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[Samsung Infuse 4G] sam1skhan:
can u tell that nandroid back up can restore s/n of i997 . because i hv same phone at shop for repair , i restore efs but couldnt repair s/n so it keeps restart at some periods and hv network issues...

can some one get nandroid backup. plz

its i997 rogers

thnks in advance

skhan
[General Topics] I-Bickerstaff:
5 critical decisions for planning a mobile development budget http: //blog.azoft.com/mobile-development-budget/ (I'm a new user here so I can't post links there, sorry)

This article was written by me and my collegues. It's based on our practical experience. Feel free to ask, suggest, and comment here or on the article page.
[Windows 8 General] Hrishikesh Somchatwar:
If anyone here has a problem with the windows8's start menu,, post here..!!
[Windows 8 General] apples723:
There us no start button

---------- Post added at 07:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:01 PM ----------

There us no start button
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
1) Sure there is, it just auto-hides.

2) Sure there is. On most keyboards, it's between the Ctrl and Alt keys on the left side.

3) Sure there is. It's in the Charms bar.

4) There are at least four third-party programs, at least one of which is free and open-source and has been ported to RT as well, for displaying the "classic" Start button.
[Windows 8 General] apples723:
oh you mean the metro screen!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaydee99:
Hi,

I have an HTC one with Android Revolution 8.0.

Each time i make a phone call, the number appears in the call history with the correct contact linked but another "unknown" phone call appears at the same time at the top of the history list.

Anyone's having the same issue ?

Thank you !
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr9722:
Unknown means someone has called you who has Withheld there number.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaydee99:
I know but my problem is, an "Unknown" phone call appears at the top of the history list, each time i make a phone call, and whatever number i'm calling...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechamp007:
Are you using Headset button controller ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaydee99:
Yes, exactly ! Is there a way to correct this problem ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechamp007:
Its feature off the app

Headset button controller puts a entry for unknown to override double tap redial feature offered by sense.

HTC sense offers feature to redial last number on double tap of headset button, Now most of us are used to pressing double tap to skip to next song. Now there is no way a app can disable this as all hardware interrupts are first intercepted by Core OS i.e. Android then overlaying framework i.e. Sense and then app. so this app intelligently pus a null entry on top of list. so that it can use double tap interrupt for other things like fwding to next song.

Now if you dont want this feature and want to switch back to defauly sense behavior you can go to Headset button controller setting ->advanced tab-> advanced settings and uncheck Redial Fix (HTC)

cheers
[Networking] manuelkuhs:
Hey everybody,

I really miss the SMSreport feature from my old mobile phones!! Even though you can turn it on individually for every SMS you send, this is not really an option if you send a lot of text messages :-(

There must be a registry entry where you can change the default from reports off to reports on. Does somebody know what this is?

If other people would like this problem fixed, please say so in this or some other post, to encourage some programmer to look into this.

Thanks for any help.

Manuel

P.S.: To turn on the SMS report when writing an SMS: Edit --> Options.
[Networking] alexball:
Hi There. I am really also looking for a fix to this anoying problem.

Perhaps a little app that does the click. A regedit or something.

Thanks alot

Alex
[Networking] dcs:
There are other threads on this and for the moment, at least, it is not supported on the XDA. I have looked and cannot find a registry entry or such. I have added this requirement to my 'possible development ideas' list :)

The only alternative I know which works is to use a special character string at the start of every text. This string depends on country and operator. For me, on O2 UK, the characters are *0# (thats a zero in there) so I enter it in the subject field (I set it up as one of my pre-defined strings) then enter my text as normal in the usual place. Other special strings I know of are: 111 for Fido and *noti# for T-Mobile US.

See

here

for more.
[Networking] alexball:
Sure... I used the search before. But in none of the topics there`s a final solutin.

So i thought I push this topic up again.

Technically a program or reghack must be possible...

Could somebody please figure that out.

Thanks alot

Alex
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palsp:
Got my shiny s4 the other day, all working well.

Now I did get an ota yesterday, don't know if this has anything to do with my issue.

The first day I could pull down the notifications area with two fingers to get all the quick settings.

Then there was all twenty or so toggles.

Now it's just the 7 basic ones.

And I can't add more from the settings, unless there is some hidden menus...

Any help appreciated! XXUEMA2
[Galaxy S 4 General] dmostert:
Sorry - just spotted duplicate sorry

Just spotted this over on geek.com:

http://www.geek.com/android/samsung-galaxy-s4-google-edition-to-be-announced-at-google-io-1555174/

Hopefully this will be coming to ALL S4's

Cheers,

D
[Galaxy S 4 General] Alexanderbooth:
While this seems like a good idea on paper, updates will be faster, but all the great samsung features wont be there air view, multiview apps, smart stay even changing the font in settings. The lighting effect in the lockscreen is also cool. The switching tabs in the browser by swiping your hand over the sensor. While touchwiz launcher isnt the best touchwiz add some greqt features beyond that imo.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ritch15:
I think it would be a good alternative to CM10.1
[Galaxy S 4 General] nitramcek:
This is good news if its true. When we get bored with Samsung room we will have choice to flash that Google room.
[Galaxy S 4 General] John_A:
Perfect news ... Samsung roms have many garbage ....
[Galaxy S 4 General] mr.r9:
I am pretty sure this will be for the Snapdragon version (I hope I am wrong).

Good news nonetheless.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aerys:
Haha friend I hope you are right :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Toss3:
IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED! :good::good::good::highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 General] DocRambone:
Lte... S600 version :(

I have to swap device :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] cashyftw:
But it's $649... Holy crap.

Sent from my GT-N7105
[Galaxy S 4 General] -A-P-M-:
Only available in US :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] cashyftw:
Proof (:

Sent from my GT-N7105
[Galaxy S 4 General] RMXO:
Did I hear $649 correctly? I'm a little disappointed to hear 16gb only. I'm guess it will be the US Snapdragon version?
[Galaxy S 4 General] paddylaz:
this is depressing.

If only I had waited.

Please don't polish the turd people....touchwiz is and always will be awful.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Toss3:
Same phone, so it'll be available on the international and other US variants as well! :good: ;) Perfect AOSP EXPERIENCE! HELL YEAH!
[Galaxy S 4 General] wlolc:
it´s for the snapdragon lte version hell I chose the octa one...
[Galaxy S 4 General] DocRambone:
Htc one was just passed to 2nd place...
[Galaxy S 4 General] xxnoelziexx:
Im in the UK funds are ready can't wait just sold my S4 two days ago :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] harise100:
Yeeeeaaahh, so awsome. :D:D:D:D

I'm so happy in my country got the Snapdragon Version!
[Galaxy S 4 General] -A-P-M-:
Awesome :cool:

Finally brilliant harware with brilliant software + fast updates :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 General] respider:
standard i9505 has locked bootloader?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aerys:
Nah its unlocked.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mithrandir007:
About the trolling, at least do it right :P his sentence was correct, "not" would actually be incorrect here.

Back on subject, I also prefer Touchwiz to AOSP, I have both in dual boot but use TW 95% of the time. A custom rom though.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aerys:
I hope we will be able to dualboot stock Google S4 firmware and Touchwiz =]
[Galaxy S 4 General] C_green:
Well, i hope it never happen.

Samsung is doing a favor too us!

See the amount of issues the TW is giving with new S4. The top hardware don't deserve this...

Imagine all this hardware power running only Pure Android and of course CyanogenMod with 100% of his power. Will be awesome :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] runedrune:
As if Touchwiz doesn't take enough system space. :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkaede:
not much just arr 7gb. :D

anyway i really hope android can make use all s4 sensor in the future.
[Galaxy S 4 General] DocRambone:
7GB? ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] climo:
Its all a matter of opinion. How many nexus users with pure android end up installing a custom rom like CyanogenMod , AOKP or others? Why because pure android is kinda boring it brings nothing new. Most users here are looking to add special features that sets their phone apart from others. Same with touchwiz hate it or love it.....it does bring some additional features to the S4 not found on other phones. For example look at the galaxy note series. if not for touchwiz you could not use the spen or any of the features that make it so popular. If only we could get the S4 features and still run pure android now we would have the best of both worlds. Smoothness of stock android and new features of the S4 like dual photo/video, eraser, and the sensors all working. But once you remove these features you have another basic phone...nothing new except those that are built into the rom. So for me the S4 running pure android is not a big deal as i rather use the special features (some may call them gimmicks) of what makes the S4. Dual boot would be nice addition also but it may be very difficult to develop.
[Galaxy S 4 General] borchgrevink:
What difference is there in space taken up by TW vs vanilla?
[Galaxy S 4 General] zelendel:
Alot. Mainly when people start installing very large games. Take the 16gb version with only 8gb (roughly) available and the inablility to have games on the SD card. Then it becomes a very big deal when Stock android will leave you with almost 13gb free
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
First, you have 8.82GB available space, not roughly 8GB.

Second, show me how the average (and even the high-end) user will install apps worth of 8.82GB.

I consider myself average user when it comes to the apps I install on my phone and I barely installed 1.5GB of apps. This include 4 1080p 3d games, some 2d games and benchmark apps.
[Galaxy S 4 General] respider:
640K of memory should be enough for anybody
[Galaxy S 4 General] bungadudu:
You know that for example one of the most popular games, NFSMost Wanted has 1.93GB installed, right?

Same thing with Nova3.

The S4 is a great phone, I love it! but 32 GB should be the minimum for this beast, otherwise you just can't use it at its max performance...
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
So 4GB, you still have 5GB left. Even if you take 4 of the most demanding games on android you won't get more than 7.5GB.

You tell me that you install more than 4 demanding games? Sounds weird to me and far from being an average user.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rkaede:
im just doing a rough math. from 16 gb only avail 9 gb:)

anyway i hope this issue will be addresed soon.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Cristiano Matos:
You're comparing totally different frameworks (TW with AOSP).

AOSP and CyanogenMod use 99,99% the same framework.

So when a user switch through ASOP and CM is totally because of new configuration it brings with.
[Galaxy S 4 General] zelendel:
Mobile gaming is a very big thing all over. I dont really do alot of it but you have to remember that alot of the sales for this device are mainly to the younger generation that is all about gaming. A buddy of mine has a 16gb and is always asking how to free up space for more games. Add on the new multiplayer options coming to games and they will need to be even bigger to support the extra code and graphics.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
I've never heard complaints about a lack of memory and gaming is not the sale point of this devices. Maybe he has more than just games in his device, did you check that?

I've never heard/saw someone installing on his device 9GB total of apps size. Most of the storage demanding games (1.5GB+) are paid apps and only ~1M users actually install such apps. Considering that the s4 expecting to sell more than 80M headsets, it's only about 1% of the users of the s4 (and don't forget that other devices owners install these games too).

I'm sure that if someone really need more than 9GB for apps he'll have the patient (and in some places it's already exist) to wait to the 32GB version which comes in 2 months or even less.

That's said, most people don't need more than 9GB for apps and want to play less for their devices so a 16GB option is a great option for those people.
[Galaxy S 4 General] zelendel:
Did you really just ask me that?:confused: Of course I checked. I agree that 16gb is good for most, Hell I still have 7gb left on my Nexus 4. I was just playing devils advocate on the gaming side.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
Oh, ok then :highfive::good::silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] climo:
I agree they are different frameworks (TW/AOSP). And that CM is like an enhancement of AOSP since they are built off the same source. What I'm getting at is that you loose all the TW features when you switch over to AOSP or CM. No sensors, no special camera tricks and the like since they are designed to work with the TW framework. In my opinion these software features are what makes the S4 so special not the hardware. Without them its just another phone running AOSP. Now if CM could incorporate these into their framework somehow...then all bets off.
[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
It adds up fast. ;) Apps that let me save data are all configured that way but many, especially those with DRM protected content, don't let you. For example I have CoPilot North America and Europe installed and they are 3GB by themselves. It wouldn't be a crisis if I had less storage, I'd just be more selective about what I store. But I'd buy a 32GB device if it was offered just so I didn't need ot worry about it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] prodigyX:
+1

Couldn't agree more
[Galaxy S 4 General] ursubpar:
What if this new google edition S4 has an entirely new partitioning system and google's bootloader to support the use of fastboot?

Reminds me of the Galaxy S 1 and the Nexus S.

Both phones had basically identical underlying hardware but totally different bootloader and partitioning scheme.

Galaxy S 1 - Bootloader was samsung based. Odin only.

Nexus S - Bootloader was google based. Fastboot was used most of the time, Odin was possible.
[Galaxy S 4 General] borchgrevink:
Meaning?
[Galaxy S 4 General] ursubpar:
Straight firmware ports from S4GE to a regular S4 and vice versa aren't so simple. Noninterchangeable firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MaKTaiL:
That's a big word. :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Shtihi:
cant wait for it
[Galaxy S 4 General] Super Chimp:
Annoyingly the Google Edition appears to be only for the US, just like the developer edition of the HTC One. Do these companies think that developers for Android only live in the US?

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s4-google-edition-is-us-only-for-now-50011231/
[Galaxy S 4 General] Proweedsmoker:
Forgive me for playing devils advocate, but other then the vanilla ROM and unlocked bootloader.... The GE provides no other benefit?

So, in essence, thanks to the amazing community here at XDA, whom will crack all bootloaders for the S4, and provide us with many free ROMS/kernels/tweaks/mods/How to guides/HELP etc.., The GE version seems just like a marketing strategy to sell more products...
[Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
Its niche product for those true stock android diehards who want stock from the get go. Otherwise you can just purchase a regular S4, use touchwiz for a bit and before you know it, an amazing developer will have ported a stock android ROM from the Google edition.
[Galaxy S 4 General] nexo85:
It would be so much easier to remember if they called this phone the Nexus S4
[Galaxy S 4 General] abibibo:
Saw Anandtech/Brian Klug have an article up about the Google S4. Since his posts are usually pretty well researched thought I'd share. However, not a whole lot of specifics besides further speculating its the T-Mobile SGH-M919 hardware and that they've switched from 'Google Experience' to 'Nexus Experience' branding.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ap3604:
Well they've got to give us

SOMETHING

as much as we are screwed over by our telco's compared to the rest of the world ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] borchgrevink:
Any hints on a COMPLETE list of LTE bands? Will it work in Norway which uses 1800 and 2600 frequencies?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Super Chimp:
I just thought it was an odd thing to do. Especially as I associate Nexus devices as always being globally available. Plus with the GS4 lacking internal memory, well the model we get in the UK anything that increases this would be welcome.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jodvova:
It will work on the US AT&T and T-Mobile networks, you can find their frequencies here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S4
[Galaxy S 4 General] jeffs99:
Buy the looks of it, the i9505 supports different LTE frequencies than the ATT S4(SGH-I337). Does tht mean the i9505 LTE isn't supported by AT&T?
[Galaxy S 4 General] jodvova:
That's correct.

You will be able to get 2G/3G signals only.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Rixsta:
Im sure this is the way it will go, is it more likely to be a lot easier to port to the I9505 than it is the I9500 ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mithrandir007:
I've been waiting for the 32GB version as well, I've just settled for the 16GB because I found a very nice price for the i9500 and the fact that FolderMount works on the S4 as a work around.

I currently have the 32GB version of the Galaxy S III, and my apps take about 11GB of space after a clean up.

I'm not gaming a lot on it, but there's a few games I wanted to have, or to try : GTA 3 and Vice City, + 2 Gameloft games -> already about 7 GB taken.

The rest is for apps (including iGo and Sygic).

In addition to all that, I also have a DCIM directory for pictures taken with burst mode (which don't go to the sd-card), the "SharedByWifi" directory used when my wife sends me pictures via wifi direct (we have a 7 months old daughter, so we take a lot of pics and videos).

There's also a directory "cloudagent" which takes about 3GB of space (Google Drive sync, I think).

The rest, I can control and put on the SD-Card (which has 5GB free / 64GB, so I'll have to clean it up also before I use it on my S4).

With FolderMount, I'll be able to bind those large directories to the sd-card, but I really would have liked if I didn't have to use such workarounds on a new flagship.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
You my friend a really heavy user, much heavier than most of the users.

IMO, you need the 64GB version and 64GB microSD card OR the 32GB version with 64GB and 32GB microSD cards.

I see you had the S3 before so I am sure you can wait a month or so till the 32/64 variants arrive ;)

And again, I was referring the average user, so I think that my argument is still apply.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mithrandir007:
Well, I do use my phone for a lot of things, but I still think it's not that much.

I just have 4 big games, 2 navigation apps (Sygic is nice to use, but a bit more limited than iGo in some cases, so I got both) and about 100 apps.

Most of my friends have at least as much.

The only difference is that I take a lot of videos and photos currently.

Oh and I really intended to wait for the 32GB version.

FolderMount and finding a i9500 for 550€ was what made me change my mind :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] zelendel:
Thats the thing. This is about the average user. They play games and always want to try the newest games out there. They take tons of pictures and videos. Also storing losts of data on their device. The days of using a phone for calling and text as close to over. As an example I have helped 4 people (ex Iphone users) with their S4 over the weekend. All of them were close to having no memory left on the device. None of them flashed roms and all the devices were stock. Guess what was eating up the available memory? Yup game data, pictures and videos. When I told them they would have to be more careful about what they stored to the device they had no idea that half the Storage was taken up by the OS and promptly went and returned them.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
Really? Sounds weird to me, the same way 32GB will be over easily by only few 1 hours FHD video captures.

What you do then? This is what microSD cards are for.

Are the extra 4GB you'll get with the Google edition will help these people? NO

I've never said that the average user doesn't need more than 9GB, I said that the average user doesn't need more than 9GB for apps. The other data he can store to a microSD card.

And no, not everyone will buy all the high demanding games available in the play store. As I wrote somewhere here (not sure if on this thread specifically) but if we assume that the 1 million people bought the Asphalt 7 game also bought all the other games in the store (which is impossible) than we get only 1 million people, to Samsung sales is nothing and I can say it's only heavy users who use this kind of games.

And again, I don't see people brag about the other companies use of the internal memory (25GB of 32GB for the HTC one for example) which takes the same amount (7GB) of room from it.

What about the Surface PRO tablets who takes lots and lots of more storage from the internal storage? Why not complain about it? People just see one company take over the market so every mistake of the ENTIRE market is only this company's fault.

Again, I can't see how a few more GB will help when 10 minutes of FHD video capture takes up to 1GB :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Shammyh:
There's a world outside the United States? Like most of my fellow Americans, this is news to me.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I'm not totally sold on this S4 "Google Edition" until I see a screenshot from the phone with an Android build number. I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that this version of the Galaxy S4 will run stock Android, but it won't be a Google ROM. For those not familiar with the Galaxy Nexus, a little background:

The Galaxy Nexus was a stock Android "Google" device, but most GSM variants sold in the world, plus the Sprint model in the US, ran firmware variants that were updated by Samsung rather than Google. Google updates the Verizon variant, the US GSM version sold in the Play Store, and the GSM variant sold in the UK and a few other western European countries. Otherwise, if you bought a Galaxy Nexus anywhere else in the world, you're running a Samsung-built and maintained firmware. It's easy to spot, just by looking at the build number. If you look at the Android build number, the Google variants all have a standard 5- or 6-character build number like ITL41D, JRO03C, JDQ39, etc. The Samsung firmware has the Google build number plus the baseband. For instance, the Sprint model's latest build is JOP40D.L700GA02.

Whenever there's a new Android version, the Galaxy Nexus variants that Google handles get the updates right away (except Verizon because they have to approve the updates first), but the Samsung-maintained variants take months sometimes.

So, if the Galaxy S4 "Google Edition" has an honest-to-God Google ROM, I'll definitely consider it. If it's a Samsung ROM, count me out. In the keynote, all they said was that the S4 would receive "prompt system updates". That sounds intentionally vague. Even though they take months, the Galaxy Nexus models with Samsung firmware get "prompt" updates as well if you benchmark them against any other phone on the market. So until I see a build number, color me skeptical.