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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] troyboytn:
First, I'll get this out of the way.....no one can beat Verizons network footprint and speed. Haven said that, for anyone who plans to use a lot of data, Verizon will gladly bend you over every month. They are the worst network in terms of phone selection, they are the worst network when it comes to phone firmware updates. ...1-3 months after everyone else (and even then, it will be riddled with bugs), all their phones bootloaders are locked down and they block a lot of apps from Google Play (including Google Wallet) that compete with their crapware. Terrible customer service, a full 24 month upgrade cycle and the phones they do carry are usually released a month or more after Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. There is no way in hell that I would EVER consider going back to "V".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeMi-GoD:
This makes me a little nervous bcuz j jus left att for Verizon and got the s4. Att had absolutely horrible service in my area and Verizon is amazing. What concerns me is you said Verizon is slow when it comes to releasing the firmware updates. How do you know they will be slow with them again with the s4?

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] troyboytn:
It's a pattern among ALL previous devices. They say they are "testing" said firmwares for an extended period to be sure it is a bug free experience but it always seems that more bugs are introduces into V specific devices than any other. A little searching here on XDA on the matter will give you an idea of what I'm talking about.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
After all these posts, the OP doesn't have any comment?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
Totally agree, you also forgot spying on their customers and giving info to the federal government without our consent. But hey, they have good data speeds, right. :thumbdown:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Gam3r 4 Life:
I just did the opposite. Came from Verizon back to Sprint. Main reason was unlimited data. I hated having to monitor my data usage. And I am very glad I came back to Sprint. So far everything has been great, and they are in the process of finishing up the LTE upgrade where I live.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neonsector:
verizon 14 day trial thing is a joke, they will charge you for usage, activation and restocking fees, 35 dollars restocking fee, activation fee 36 dollars, and half a month for service, from 50 to 75 dollars depending on what plan you get

so you are looking about 120 dollars plus tax for *trying* their network, thanks but no thanks.

At least with Sprint you dont pay anything ig you return the phone within 14 days, no service, activation and no restocking fees.

---------- Post added at 10:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:00 PM ----------

Wrong, ATT has the fastest network hands down, it makes verizon look bad.

I dont care where you live, if you get same signal on the phones att will dunk verizon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Kingmdm:
Google Voice

About 6 months ago I thought about switching to Verizon but honestly Google Voice alone kept me from making the switch. I use most if not all of the Google Voice features and Sprint alone has full GV integration. Now I'm glad I hung in there since the network in my area has vastly improved 3g &LTE, with LTE at my home and work address. I used to be so jealous of everyone on AT&T and Verizon having access to faster speeds for videos than I used to, but this is no longer a major issue. GV features I love the most are my cell calls ringing at multiple phones. For example I have all work related contacts/numbers ringing on my phone and my wife's phone. While at my desk at work I have all cell calls scheduled to ring at desk phone and cell phone. I love using any pc/tablet to answer or make calls with my Sprint cell#. I like the option of adding incoming callers to current call. I also love the custom VM messages I have setup for specific contacts and/or groups. I haven't had any major issues with GV and shocked more do not use it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
Sprint is not perfect but, IMO, hasn't made me mad enough to leave. If you were to change carriers, it would be expensive. The other two have limits on monthly data usage. From just a few days before June 1, I've had over six gigs of mobile data. I'm sure that number is low compared to actual usage. There is no way in hell I'm going to pay more money for a higher data tier plan with another company that might have faster speeds. My best DL speed on lte for sprint so far is 32mb. I have yet to have a full month's billing cycle on this phone to get a better idea of how much data I use. I know that there are some that have much higher data usage than I do. I use a lot of streaming internet radio with tunein radio per month. I don't listen much to local radio. There's no way that I could get this much usage in a month for an average of 85 a month with my discount with another carrier. I've been with sprint for seventeen years so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] POQbum:
I have just cancelled my Verizon contract early and am going with a sprint contract plan.

The main reason is unlimited data, also my area (Hampton Roads, Virginia) has great 4g coverage.

Roaming with sprint will use Verizon towers, so as far as being stuck without any service, it just isn't an issue. The only real problem is data speed and availability, and my area is good for that so I'm set.

Other things I've noticed is that sprint does not lock down their devices as much as Verizon, and of course, cheaper.

I would have gone with a prepaid service plan but most had data throttles or very poor selection of phones. Also sprint prepaid does not allow roaming on Verizon network, so there will be plenty of places where you may be withoutaany service. That's scary for me, which is why I went contract.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] curly9:
I left sprint cause terrible 3g and my bill was raised 60$ and no one would help me and yes and I just switched from att to Verizon and both were good to me. I only left att for the droid DNA which i love. And LTE is great its faster than my WiFi. Att doesn't even have LTE where I live.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nemesis93:
Where I live, moving to sprint was a big mistake. I am still in hopes waiting for their "vision project" to be completed. But I had tmobile before and had a much better experience both on voice and especially data. On tmobile I always had 4g coverage everywhere I went and occasionally 3g. Never had a dropped call. When I switched to sprint on the first day I had a dropped call whcih was very discouraging. There are many places I go here in south florida in which I dont even have data coverage at all. So I hope they finish this upgrading to lte soon. Hopefully by the end of this year. If not as soon as this contract expires I'm going back to tmobile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nicotheandroidguy:
So true that's why I left them after they aquired Cingular and told me to get a new phone with no discount and no upgrade avaliable so I told them suck it paied the etf then went to Verizon then they wouldn't let me keep unlimited data for an upgrade. Then I told them suck it no etf! Now I'm on sprint and never looked back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Trident:
I feel all of you. This has been an extremely helpful thread.

I've been with Sprint for over 15 years and have generally been happy.

Until recently. Last September I took them up on some upgrades that I was offered. I got three LTE phones. The store/sales rep told me that LTE would be up and running in Central Florida by the end of the year and completed in the area by the end of 2013Q1. Guess what? Still almost no LTE. (I do see it pop up in areas occasionally, but nothing reliable.) I'm pretty pissed about trading in my WiMax phones- not as fast as LTE, but way faster than the 1x/3G that I have to use now. And of course, they're still charging me for the "Premium Data" that I haven't seen yet.

I've been calling them for the past week- I want some sort of concession, like A) stop charging for premium data on all lines until LTE is available, B) let me downgrade to my WiMax phones until LTE becomes available C) let me out of my contract without any (or a reduced) ETF.

I'm hoping that being a long time multi-line customer gets me something.

If anyone has any advice as to what to say or who to talk to in order to get something done, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nicotheandroidguy:
Figure out how to force roam on Verizon 3g it depends on each device and they will let you out with our a etf.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Guest:
Hi all ...

surelly somebody have allready an italian qtec9090 ...

I want that someone download the rom image please...

Like this, we (italian) can upgrade the mda or others xda with italian os.

Thanks all

DenisJ
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] 101069:
Italian ROM

Hi Denis,

I got yesterday my new Qtek 9090 with Italian Rom.

I found the way out to dump it to the sd card (Thank you xda-developers) and for Monday (the 6.12.04) I will shurely be very happy to share it here for all they that need it.

Version

Rom 1.12.24 ITA of 09/24/04

Radio 1.02.00

Extrom 1.12.165

Bye

Stefano

ps: If someone know that this rom already awailable is please tell me so that I will not do confusion.

ps2: sorry for my english
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] pablo:
ok, we're are waiting!

grandeeeeeeeeee!!!!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Guest:
I have an image of qtek the 9090 from some days, but I have not had of

it time neither way to unload it on the PC, someone has the correct program? Thanks ! Grazie....
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Gibbo:
I'd like to have it.

Can you post it in xda ftp?

How did you dumpd the rom? In wich sd size and what command have you used?

Thanks a lot!!!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] boobee:
won't work guys... section 3 update not allowed...

we have to wait for complete upgrade via the exe
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Guest:
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I don't think so!

If I could have a copy of the ROM but only dumped with d2s command I'll be able to change it and it's very easy too.

Can someone to post ONLY THE ROM no Extended ROM and Radio, jest the ROM duped with d2s.

Looking foward for you replay, tahnks.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Riccardo:
I agree!!!

Where can I find the ROM dumped only with d2s?

Cheers

Grazie.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] dado84:
Come on boys were are you all???!!!! i want ittttt :D :D :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nickhimself:
I've noticed my 4G speeds have suffered tremendously since switching to this phone. I was getting 15-20mbps on my Razr Maxx, but with this phone I'm seriously seeing 50 - 150 KBPS downloads from Google Play Store. It took 9 minutes to download Play Music, an <8mb file.

I saw this problem on Stock, on the debloated deodexed stock, and on Slim Bean. I've tried different recoveries, different kernels, different variations of installing the roms. Nothing seems to fix this problem.

I even got a new SIM card today in hopes that'd fix it. It didn't.

Does anyone have any ideas on what's going on with this? One thing I've noticed is that for some reason, when I first flash a rom, my phone chooses a speedtest.net server about 50 miles away, and when I go to change servers, the actual closest server is shown as the fourth farthest. I don't know what's going on, but it's a pain in the ass. I didn't pay for a slow phone and I know this phone shouldn't be suffering from any issues as it's a brand new device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chronoquestion:
I haven't tried any of the stock roms but I do have this exact issue on the AOSP roms that I have tried.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
Might be a good idea to call Verizon. If the phone is defective, you can hopefully flash back to stock and exchange it. I've heard a few complaints about slower LTE speeds, but yours are slow for 1x data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shuddle13:
I had that issue at first as well. I did a factory reset (for other reasons) and it seemed to resolve the issue for me.
[Off-topic] phownage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUBzjL2XN9Q
[Off-topic] veeman:
Video unavailable?
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Unavailable to Commies.
[Off-topic] veeman:
Damn, how did they know?
[Off-topic] phownage:
http://youtu.be/sUBzjL2XN9Q

try this link if the other didnt work.
[Off-topic] IXChicharitoXI:
Power Drive by Pryda.
[Off-topic] deathnotice01:
"please don't pull me up for speeding" by loloool

Enviado desde un Samsung Galaxia S Cuatro LTE
[Off-topic] Archer:
Please use the existing YouTube thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178307
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Slacker101:
Hey guys, for whatever reason I cannot get past an hour to an hour and a half screen on time per charge. I used to be able to consistently get 3 but for whatever reason that no longer seems to be the case. I use CM 10.1, usually the official but sometimes mastamoon's build. Intially I thought my battery went bad but even after replacing it with a new one I've seen no real difference. I actually replaced the phone once as well but still to no avail. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BattsNotIncld:
What's eating most of your battery? Do you have Better Battery Stats it has more specific info on wakelocks.

If you have no significant wakelocks first thing I would try is a different ROM/kernel combo. TouchWiz roms generally get better battery life than AOSP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Slacker101:
Yeah, but it seems like people usually end up getting better battery life on AOSP ROMs than I am. I haven't checked this iteration of CM but usually it's screen on time eating most of it and wake-locks doesn't seem to be an issue. It just drains super fast, especially with even 5 minute phone calls. I'm in the middle of Cleveland so signal shouldn't be an issue. Although it is usually yellow on the graph.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BurningDog:
I would definitely install BetterBatteryStats and see what that shows you. I only run AOSP roms and while battery life isn't great its nowhere near that bad.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Androideka5:
I'm having the same issue. No big wake locks, my phone just dies really fast. Running latest AOKP nightly with latest KT747 kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Slacker101:
So here are some pictures from my dreadful battery life. More to come. Anyone see anything? I'm not sure what deleted wake locks is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Slacker101:
So those were yesterday, here is today. Noticeably less talk time but I hit that magic 1hr screen on time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thesoldier:
The only thing I can get from that is your poor signal, it's simply destroying your battery. I don't see anything else that could be the problem besides a bad battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Slacker101:
****ed up thing is I live in Cleveland and work down town yet sometimes this phone refuses to get signal. It's really frustrating that it's also killing my battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
I also think it's mostly due to signal loss. You have an 8 hour no data connection. That entire time your phone is looking for a signal and killing your battery. I highly recommend trying to use a touchwiz rom, doesn't really matter which one. I used to use cm10 but it would drop my signal constantly. From my experience, touchwiz roms are much more stable when it comes to holding a phone signal.

There are some amazing devs who've made some cool aosp features and customizations built into touchwiz roms. Some highly customizable roms are goodness and hyperdrive. In my opinion, pair one of those with nova launcher and you'd get a very aosp like experience with the stability of touchwiz.

I also recently flashed the mb1 firmware, that's giving me slight increases in signal strength. Might just be a placebo affect, but I think it helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
You might have to try a touchwiz Rom. My battery is at 77% after extensive use for an hour and 40 minutes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnwilliame:
I am having a similar issue with stock, verizon OS. There was a system update just a couple days ago through verizon, and I installed it, ever since then it's been horrible. My battery usage blames it on "Media Server" though. Not really sure if it's related, but wanted to let you know in case it might help someone trouble shoot. Also, I noticed that since the update, my 4G icon in the top is on at the same time as my Wifi icon, which previously was just one or the other depending on if I was connected to Wifi or not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
Just disable the caller id app and the 4G icon won't show up. Also I don't think you get my post as I said extensive meaning watching movies and playing games with out any screen off time all in an hour and 40 minutes the person who started this thread is on an AOSP ROM and is getting the same. The main difference is I still had 2/3 of battery life left while his battery is dying or dead. Right now I have been on this phone for 3 hours and have about 60% of battery life left. I don't have a media server problem and on a custom touchwiz ROM with a custom kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Usually the ROM is not a factor, its one of two things 99% of the time,.

1. a rogue app, that won't stop looking for location or data or is just hung

2. Poor or lost signal and the phone keeps boosting power to stay attached or search for signal;
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yosterwp:
Edit: As many have pointed out by now,

It appears that you are not getting the best cell signal on your phone. From personal experience, I can tell you that bad reception takes a huge toll on battery life.

You could try switching modems/roms to see if that will solve your problem. In my experience, I have gotten better signal using a TouchWiz ROM. However, I do miss the lag-freeness of CM
[Galaxy S III Android Development] M_J_Nazari:
Hi to All

I found the RTL bug on default MIUI V5 applications, after working on default's miui programs like Messaging, Contacts, Notes, .... finally i found the bug where it comes from.

little explanation how to fix this issue on Messaging app.

the problem is come from where the miui developers did not defined the android layout gravity for text editing layouts, when you don't add layout gravity for item, it will stick to left for all items. now when you want type over right layout based languages, like Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu ..., it will stick to left and you cant edit the text, the courser will stick to left while you are typing from right. i hope understand what i mean.

now get back to title and there is a solution.

we need to edit all MIUI V5 apps and put the layout_gravity parameter on edit text layouts, but its required huge work and need too much free time.

but there is simple way to fix this issue:

i study an d checking the MIUI V5 apps , and find that all of those text layouts have common style and they referred to "V5.TextAppearance" style.
​

i found this style on "framework-miui-res.apk" file. finally i changed this style and all RTL problems are fixed already.

lets begin the tutorial:

1- De-compile the framework-miui-res.apk file.

2- open /res/values/styles.xml file via Notepad++

3- how to fix text edit layouts rtl problem , like Music player meta ID3 editor, Messaging app and phone.

do a search and find this style:

<style name="V5.TextAppearance" parent="@*android:style/TextAppearance">
<item name="android:textSize">@dimen/v5_text_font_size_primary</item>
</style>

4- fix the styles:

add this below line through above style:

<item name="android:gravity">start</item>

finally we have :

<style name="V5.TextAppearance" parent="@*android:style/TextAppearance">
<item name="android:gravity">start</item>
<item name="android:textSize">@dimen/v5_text_font_size_primary</item>
</style

​

4- how to fix texts on search layout's rtl problem like Contacts search function, Notes search function, Music player search function

find this line:

<style name="V5.Widget.EditText" parent="@*android:style/Widget.EditText">

on this style you will see this parameter:

<item name="android:gravity">left|center</item>

change the above parameter to below one:

<item name="android:gravity">start|center</item>

finally we have:

<style name="V5.Widget.EditText" parent="@*android:style/Widget.EditText">
<item name="android:textAppearance">@style/V5.TextAppearance.EditText</item>
<item name="android:gravity">start|center</item>
<item name="android:background">?v5_edit_text_bg</item>
<item name="android:singleLine">true</item>
</style>

5- save the "Styles.xml" file and close Notepad++ application.

6- compile "framework-miui-res.apk" file.

7- now transfer your edited "framework-miui-res.apk" into your phone.

8- enjoy!
​

Original Thread, Persian Language

Best Regards , Amestris Team
[Galaxy S III Android Development] M_J_Nazari:
How to fix RTL issue on Global search in home screen.

1- decompile QuickSearchBox.apk

2- open /res/layout/query_text_view.xml via notepad++

3- find this item:

android:gravity="left|center"

4- change above item to

android:gravity="start|center"

5- compile and move it into system/app folder.

​
[Galaxy S III Android Development] M_J_Nazari:
thread is updated. if you find any rtl bugs either please report me.

best regards.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] SagiMedina:
Thanks!! What about SMS pop-up (the quick respond)?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] M_J_Nazari:
yes, its fixed too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] topgun303:
The corresponding site below is dedicated to note 2. Amazing wallpaper collection. No need to crop. Fits perfect on our screen.

Open site. Select category u want. Click on wallpaper. Click one time to make the message dissappear in the bottom. Then click once snd hold the screen. Option will appear to save image. Save it. Go into gallery and downloaded wallpapers. Set as wallpaper under settings. Done. :D

http://www.mygalaxynotewallpaper.com/m/index.php
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djc6535:
Hello. I am fairly confused by a system status symbol that I do not recognize. I downloaded the S4 manual and it didn't have the symbol either. Since I'm new XDA won't let me post a picture, but it looks like a diamond with a wifi wave coming out of it to the right.

It's hosted here: i75.photobucket.com/albums/i309/nytrojan/Symbols_zps27344dc8.jpg

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djdmbrwsk:
I believe its the location indicatior. If you turn off location services the little wifi bars go away but the diamomd with a cross don't...not sure why. Man I can't wait for vanilla roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] steven.singer:
Pretty sure it's for inactive gps. After turning on the gps and going to maps, it goes away and a different gps symbol shows on the left.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djdmbrwsk:
Good catch. Such a waste of space, lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sparatan117:
someone mentioned earlier that the symbol is a 911 GPS location ... which is kinda why it looks like 4 triangles... trying to use 4 towers to triangulate your position... sorta.. it makes sense though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] azjaffo:
That is the e911 icon. You can't turn off the e911 services, though.

On previous phones, I've been able to suppress the icon from displaying while leaving the e911 locator service running. I'd actually like to do this on my s4, too, but haven't yet found a way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] azjaffo:
Ok, I did finally find a way to get rid of the GPS Icon - but you have to have a rooted phone to do so:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297869

I also removed the "ongoing wifi notification pop up" and the "dim eye" icon using info from this thread - requires a rooted phone, too:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297213