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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-XtremE:
I just switched 4 days ago to the OCTA S4 version from a Note 2.

Pros: Best display to date, really really snappy, there's no lag what so ever, it looks beautiful, it's slim, easier to handle than the Note 2 and the build quality is far better. Pair it with S View Cover and the experience is even better. A few of the new features that actually work are useful such as air view options and voice commands, even though stopping the alarm with my voice usually means running late to work. :)

Cons: A TON OF PROBLEMS! accessing the camera app usually restarts the phone, battery life is HORRIBLE ~ 10% drain / hour on moderate to light use, smart screen options gimmicks don't work.

On a personal note, pun intended, switching to a smaller device is uncomfortable once you've got acquainted to a bigger one. The main reason I swapped my fatty was the build quality, it was my second Note and the back cover squeaks and the wobbly s-pen inside its slot made me give it up.

My personal advice is: if you can stand the annoying build quality of the Note 2, don't make the switch. The features available on the S4 are months away to being released on your Note. It was the best phone I've used and i can't wait fot the Note 3. I'm certain I'll swap my S4 for the new Note.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanr Zij:
I own both Note 2 and S4:

1. S4 better: touch sensitive, faster, a little bit better camera, smaller - slimmer for better handle, better looking, easier to see on direct sunlight, more accuracy colors display. Many smart feartures but most of owner love to turn it of for better battery life, much cooler operation.

2. Note 2 better: smoother ( yes I said smoother ), much better battery life ( about 150 - 180% ), S-Pen, more free Ram, easier - cheapper to replace bezel, better sreen quality ( S4 has smearing ).

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Note_2:
http://gigaom.com/2012/10/17/so-what-can-you-do-with-the-galaxy-note-2-pen-anyway/

This is just a quick article I found on it. S view works better on it, it is attached to the phone so you won't have to carry around a stylus, it has like 1024 pressure points or something crazy like that, it's great for business people as you can sign contracts, you can take screenshots with it, helps with multi window, and several other features I have not discovered.

JediX13
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fade777:
Bro... I just shed a tear while posting my note 2 out to the winner of the ebay auction I had for it...

Note 2 just kicked crack... BUT I hated the excruciating slowdown I had on it when I changed DPI to 280.. having a big screen with 320dpi is just plain dumb... if samsung don't utilise the note 3 screen better.. I wont get it.. I feel like im using a 27inch monitor in 800x600.. its just dumb.

I'm now using my gs4 with 320dpi (from 480dpi Thanx balla_gamer !) it looks amazing and NO slowdown.

I had battary drian problems. . And have since fixed em.. im now getting comparable battry life to my note2.. the devs are doing a great job.. I have an octocore and getting 30,000+ on antutu with the perseus kernal..

Love it !

Oohh did I mention the screen? Its just scrumptious!

Also just for refrence.. my note 2 screen scratched just by me looking at it.. the gs4 screen is gorilla glass 3 so it should be much better!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slai:
Yeah the colour retrieval is very nice. I jut tried using some pens and objects I found on my table with the s4, and unlike the 920 most actually don't work.

So yes s pen clearly is a selling point.

Gextreme: battery life is amazing. Lasts me 1.5 days of light/moderate use, a solid day of normal heavy/moderate use.

"Gimmicks" work quite well on my phone. Same with the camera, never had a reboot due to that at all. Never had a reboot for that matter.

Its also quite smooth on my copy.

Sounds like you have a faulty unit really.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kEvinErd:
1) you can do a screen shot with the S pen and then scribble on that screenshot to highlight the main points/focus.

2) you can clip pictures out using the S pen instead of taking the entire screen as a screen capture.

3) you can pull out your S pen in the middle of a call and jot down whatever notes while on the call.

I'm sure there are more but these are certainly features which are dam useful (and not gimmicky) and that you don't get on the s4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-XtremE:
Actually there's a thread dedicated to this topic [Q] Galaxy S4 - reboot launching camera from lockscreen it seems a few of the OCTA version users have been experiencing this issue and it appears to be a software issue.

Related to the battery life matter, would you be so kind telling me what features do you have turned on (wifi, mobile data etc.) and how is your screen usage before plugging your phone. Also, how much battery do you have left in the evening?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slai:
Ah that sucks about the camera.

Yes sure, I have 3g on at all times, wifi on as well but only connects at home, air view, air gestures, screen rotation, gps and multiwindow.

I have one push mail account, Facebook, Google+.

Euhm... Let's see now, I'm at 50% right now.

Yeah no, I've charged it sporadically, took it off of charge before full charge. Screen is about 61% atm, but since it's not off a full charge it's hard to say really.

I can post back next time it's off a full charge :) ?

In the evening I usually sit at around 30-40% iirc.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsuvedi:
I think after so many bugs and complaints about s4 note 2 is better option

If we drop gimmicky 2 or 3 feature of s4 there is nothing new in s4

Even note 2 has benifits of

Bigger screen

Wel costomized firmware

Better battery

No such heatin problem

More free ram

Now much cheaper than s4

Great dev support in XDA

(u can use all kind of roms, apps tweaks & mods...even many s4 features :cool: )

S pen creativity

And dont forget...Fm app;)

I think untill note 3 or s5, note 2 is best deal:thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
The S pen is like a wand, it lets you do magic tricks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slai:
Yeah it seems crazy awesome.

If only the s4 had the high sensitivity of the 920...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konstruktor:
hello and good day

after a lot of rom try-outs i'm getting crazy not finding the "perfect" rom for me. i think here are some people flashing roms all day so perhaps you can recommend me a rom with the following criteria:

what i want:

- music player integration into lockscreen

- lockscreen pattern should be seen -without- "slide-to-unlock" (double unlocking like in stock-rom does not make sense to me)

- battery life and gaming performance

- quick-toggles in notification area

- reliable and rock solid stable because i don't want to think about roms anymore

- of course i like to play from time to time

i tried

- dixperia 2 (didn't like it because of branding, dixperia branding and wooden backgrounds everywhere)

- nxt 1.3 (this was the rom of my choice but the new lockscreen took sometimes more than a second to appear)

- jokawild v3 (like nxt a good and solid rom but there was a bug in the wifi-toggle - didn't work sometimes)

- xperia z 1.1 (ICS, by markphyton) (the best ics i've tried so far. everything works except the sony playstation emulator and real racing FC sometimes if it runs out of ram)

it's not easy to find the right one and i don't want to flash every rom in this forum. i have work to do :D

if nxt 1.3 by krisdee would have pattern-unlock without the slide-to-unlock-screen and if the new lockscreen would be visible as i press the home button - this would be my favourite.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
Well Havent tried gin2jellybean or auroraplay. Here's a screenshot of gin2jellybean lock screen. And it has great battery and performance. Aurora play is also great and I can't choose between them it all depends on what kind of look you want. I don't currently Havent auroraplay screenshots but check out the thread I'm sure youll like both. But if you wanna flash a Rom and not anymore afterwards. Then aurora play would be better for you since there is a final version coming soon while gin2jellybean gets constant updates which is something I like

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konstruktor:
thanks for the response!

yesterday and today i thought about one of these two.

i was close to flash gin2jellybean but i've read that there are new bugs in every new version when he tried to fix other ones. this avoids me to flash this rom as i don't really have the time to twist my mind about it.

auroraplay seems promising. do you know how updates are handled there? if i flash 0.9 now should i make a full wipe when 1.0 is out or can i just flash it over and keep my preferences and data?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
The bugs are usually small and irrelevant but if you want wait a couple days spizzy said he's going to release a new version of aurora play that might be the final if no bugs are found. It think they're both great Roms made by great developers and youll probably like both. Gin2jellybean hardcore of the great jelly bean features while keeping the stability of gb and aurora play had an Xperia z look which also looks great. Really it comes down to your own preferences

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konstruktor:
flashed gin2jellybean yesterday and i have to say that it does not feel polished.

bugs like images in mms force closes messanges app, add-new-message-button is not themed, battery life feels very short.

i ended up installing NXT 1.3 by krisdee. never had any problems with this (except i can't flash 36 baseband with the new lockscreen).

battery life is awesome, fluid in games, great lockscreen, never noticed any bugs (had it a few months last year).

for a hasslefree experience i recommend DiXperia2, NXT 1.3. both are really bug free as i can tell, have the best battery life and so on.

i'll have a look at AuroraPlay when it is really finished.

but for now NXT 1.3 was and is my favourite i have to say.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
Cool im going to try nxt 1.3 and see if I like it. Also krisdee posted that he will release a 1.4 version of it

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pingguo:
Edit: SOLVED by searching others' appfilters. :)

Hi! :)

I have a Nexus 10, and love it. There are, however, a few things that annoy me more or less, but none of them is caused by Google or Samsung. The device is awesome. It's just that the app drawer contains many 3rd party app icons that were created before the high-res times.

Since the app drawer is a rather central thing to Android, I decided to do something about it.

I'm a total noob, so I thought that creating a theme all by myself would be too much of an effort - I decided to modify an existing package instead. I took this icon package, appended it, and used it with Nova Launcher: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2053625

This is what I did:

Added a 144x144 PNG icon to res/drawable-xxhdpi for each app.

Added lines of code to res/xml/appfilter.xml, which you can see below. Within ComponentInfo{} I wrote the APK name first, then a slash, and then the activity that is shown by the Nova activity widget activity chooser.

About 95% of the replacements worked fine, one example would be this:

<item component="ComponentInfo{com.sand.airdroid/com.sand.airdroid.Splash}" drawable="airdroid" />

These are the lines that did not work:

<item component="ComponentInfo{org.ebookdroid/ui.library.RecentActivity}" drawable="books" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{gpc.myweb.hinet.net.PopupWeb/PopupWeb_Browser}" drawable="browser" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.android.calculator2/Calculator}" drawable="calc" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.google.android.diskusage/SelectActivity}" drawable="disk" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.inisoft.mediaplayer.a/tivity.MainActivity}" drawable="dice" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.ivona.tts/WelcomeActivity}" drawable="ivts" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.bel.android.dspmanager/activity.DSPManager}" drawable="dsp" />

Can help me with this?

(The items that do not work are: EBookDroid, Floating Browser, (Stock Calculator), DiskUsage, Dice Player, Ivona TTS (Engine), Mantano Reader, DSP Manager.

Cheers

ping

Edit: FYI

The corrected lines

<item component="ComponentInfo{org.ebookdroid/org.ebookdroid.ui.library.RecentActivity}" drawable="books" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{gpc.myweb.hinet.net.PopupWeb/gpc.myweb.hinet.net.PopupWeb.PopupWeb_Default}" drawable="browser" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.android.calculator2/com.android.calculator2.Calculator}" drawable="calc" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.google.android.diskusage/com.google.android.diskusage.SelectActivity}" drawable="disk" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.inisoft.mediaplayer.a/com.inisoft.mediaplayer.a.SplashActivity}" drawable="dice" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.ivona.tts/com.ivona.tts.WelcomeActivity}" drawable="ivts" />
<item component="ComponentInfo{com.bel.android.dspmanager/com.bel.android.dspmanager.activity.DSPManager}" drawable="dsp" />
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Notorious09:
Hi,

i have just purchased Anker® 2 x 2600mAh Li-ion Batteries for Samsung Galaxy S4 with Anker Travel Charger, but it does not come with a case to carry the spare batteries in, can anyone recommend a case to carry the spare batteries?? i have searched ebay without any luck.

Thanks in advance :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] fade2green514:
Find a leather pouch imo
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] John.E.Boi:
I use my pocket.

Sent from Hell
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
soo i was looking for some zipalign script and after i flashed it, it apparently bricked my phone,white screen if i do a normal boot or recovery boot , i only could access download mode but when i wanted to flash my stock firmware in odin, odin gave me

<ID:0/010> File analysis..

<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/010> Initialzation..

<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/010>

<ID:0/010> There is no PIT partition.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Please help :(
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
use search button.

any way, here you go
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
After putting pit file in PIT section and stock rom in PDA and checked repartition still giving me

<ID:0/010> Added!!

<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..

<ID:0/010> File analysis..

<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/010> Initialzation..

<ID:0/010> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/010> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/010>

<ID:0/010> There is no PIT partition.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
put pit file in pit window (re-partition will be marked automatically) put firmware in pda / all at the same time.

so only: auto reboot, f.reset time and re-partition are checked

press start.

please report back the result
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
:confused::confused:

did you unzip to get .pit file?

does re-partition is checked?

did you put .tar.md5 file in PDA>

change usb port

use original cable
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

having same problem with this person

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38802514&postcount=10
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
but odin say there is no pit partition, im confused...
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
having same problem with this person

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38802514&postcount=10
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Download mode also says Custom Pit Binary
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Oh...your variant is N... i dont know if this pit file works for you (i think same pit file for all variants)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Can you find N version pit file please?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Yesssssss finally found the pit file, thank god

Here's the pit file if anyone ever run into this problem
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
did it work?

Edit: i see solved. good to hear that
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Thanks for the help, i think you should include the pit files in your unbrick thread :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariolob:
Sir, you just saved my life :p
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Haha welcome, took me pages of google search to find it
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akashlite:
unable to root

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-t03g-t03gxx-gtn7100.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/017> Added!!

<ID:0/017> Odin v.3 engine (ID:17)..

<ID:0/017> File analysis..

<ID:0/017> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/017> Initialzation..

<ID:0/017> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/017> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/017>

<ID:0/017> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/017> Removed!!

Trying to root my device gtn7100. This is the error I get . any help?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Er this is for S3 Mini and not for Galaxy Note II, try following the thread where you found the root
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abelrolon77:
hi friends can help me? i need the pit file for my GT-i8190L plz =(
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
use the normal s3 mini pit file
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abelrolon77:
i tried but the odin show me the error there is not pit partition and my phone show me error custom pit =(
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
Sorry, i couldn't find any L pit file from the thread i got, i think you will need someone with an L version to extract it out
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abelrolon77:
igual gracias!. En caso de que yo encuentre un celular con la misma variante, cómo extraigo de él the pit file?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjenck:
Hi

I'm desperated about my galaxy S3

I have also no pit partition in odin

No model name appearing, and at system status custom binary

custom binary counter :no

so i dont know if its the emmc is totally faulty or should i find a pit file and maybe revieve my phone ????

It was freezing often and more often about 3 weeks long than it freezed by samsung logo , so i had to flash by odin , but the result is a dead phone

Please if someone can help me , i'm without my phone 1 monts ago

:(

Blessing who can help ...
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
Mine is bricked with a bootloop it can only access download mode it but not normal mode or recovery (shows TeamWin for 1 second and shuts off) I tried flashing the LaFleur ROM that JackoMJ recommended me with the PIT file you gave me and it shows this:

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CSC_QXE_I8190QXEAMA1_20130109.163004_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CODE_I8190XXAMA2_809600_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> STE_boot.bin

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005> STE_boot1.img

<ID:0/005> STE_boot2.img

<ID:0/005> ipl.bin

<ID:0/005> modem.bin

<ID:0/005> ssgtest.img

<ID:0/005> normal.bin

<ID:0/005> normal2.bin

<ID:0/005> param.lfs

<ID:0/005> boot.img

<ID:0/005> recovery.img

<ID:0/005> system.img

<ID:0/005> cache.img

<ID:0/005> hidden.img

<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/005> RES OK !!

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

<ID:0/005> Remain Port .... 0

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

Seems to me that it succeeded but nothing actually changed or unbricked my phone :'(
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
[MENTION=5382115]KoolKid98189[/MENTION]

Are you sure which device you have, and are you sure you have flashed the files EXACTLY for that device?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
Yes it was the NFC version and it was the exact files for that device! But don't worry now I got a replacement S3 mini so I'm sending the other one back and I'm too scared to root it as my other one got bricked. The stock ROM is so slow and really annoying!
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
That was probably a hardware issue. I wouldn't worry about rooting it, but you must know :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
Oh so are you saying it had the eMMC brickbug?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
I haven't heard that the sgs3mini was affected by SDS. Hardware can also have other issues like corrupted internal memory or other parts. If it is a vital part for the OS, anything can happen.

Then it had nothing to do with root. I have flashed several i8190N (and w/o N) and all are working perfectly fine.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geo_stef:
4589953 101

I have the exact same problem with gt-i8190
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grumpy Cat:
Well, didn't work for me. Thanks for sharing anyway...
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carperman:
hi, trying to flash room in jodin and it can't extract pit for i8190n, tried the pit files posted in this thread and get error that it is corrupted?

Any ideas?

Trying on OSX

thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
S3 mini is generally a messed up phone anyway. It think there's something wrong with the storage on the phone itself.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carperman:
Thanks for reply

All seems ok, have done factory reset.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilstutor:
hi guys hope you all doing well.

see the problem i am facing is with alliance rom v3.0 in my note 2. the problem is that whenever the screen turns off in landscape mode i.e while watching movies or playing games it never turns on and i am left with only option of removing battery and restart the phone anyone else facing the same problem? help me in it :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Lostprophet:
Youd of done better by posting this is the rom thead.

This is caused by having ripple effect enabled in lock screen settings. Turn it off and when phone screen turns off in landscape it will no longer freeze.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bushako:
Did you try updating OTA? There's a couple of fixes which might resolve your issues.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilstutor:
well dude no offences but this is my first post here n as far as i know one cant post in development thread if its post counts are less than 10. n btw tnx for ur advice i will try it n let u know about it :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilstutor:
it worked thanks :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Lostprophet:
No problem. Sorry I didn't know you couldn't post with less then 10 posts. I'd also recommended doing all the updates. Irons out all the bugs. Apart from the issue you have had.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilstutor:
Ok thanks I will do that :) & btw I tried using boot animation but it dint worked dont know why :/ & which kernel is best I have perseaus