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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SanFranGiants:
Hello world,

I just purchased an Samsung S3 but I haven't done anything to it yet because I am deciding if I want to keep it or sell it. I have always used iPhones and know how to jailbreak, tweak and customize it the way I want it but due to the ongoing battle with Apple and jailbreakers and having to wait for a jailbreak I think it's time to switch. An iPhone is nothing without a jailbreak and I am tired of the cat and mouse game.

So now I am here. I know I need to root the phone and can find useful info on this site but what I want to know are the tweaks for the droid phones just as good as the iPhone or better? Please don't be bias especially if you never owned an iPhone.

Can I customize the phone so if a friend ask to use the phone and wants to know the password I can give a dummy password? Can I create a secret account that won't show any of my apps, emails, photos, text call logs? Something similar to an iPhone app called igotchya?

Privacy is my number one concern but I would also like to add tweaks similar to what you would find in Cydia on an iPhone.

Before you rip me a new one for bringing up iPhones or Apple just note I am here to learn and not compare. Everything is foreign to to me which can lead to frustration but if I can have full access to my phone then it's worth it.

Before Apple I use to use HTC window phones like the 8525 and Fuze and came here to flash my roms.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] liltitiz:
The best way to know would be to root it and explore the different custom ROMs out there. Aosp or touchjizz . you can always revert back to fully stock if you decide to sell it.

Customizing a rooted android device is in no way comparable to a jailbreaked iPhone. Way more customisations posibilities and control over your phone hardware(CPU/internal memory)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SanFranGiants:
Thanks for the reply.

I guess I am more concern about privacy. Prying eyes going through my stuff and accidentally deleting something. When my iPhone was jail broken I used a tweak called Protecti were I can lock certain apps from being launched and have a second passcode so I don't need to give up my real passcode.

The one thing I do like about the droid is how you have more options. You payed for the phone and allowed to do whatever you want with it. Unfortunately with the iPhone, Apple wants to control everything. I am really disliking Apple and waiting for the day when when the next big thing happens and Apple struggles to stay alive.

In my opinion if Samsung would make their phones feel solid instead of plastic they can really do some damage to other cell phone company's.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TRusselo:
cant find good root info???

look...

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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] liltitiz:
I think you need to read his post again... He said he can find info! Look....

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For the security, I'm sure you can find an app or something that will do the same thing you were used to on your iPhone. You will just need to find the app that does it :p check for lookout in the play store I think it will do want you're talking about. If not search security in the play store and I'm sure one of the all will suit you. Root my be needed tho. So don't be afraid to root your device and try. As I said you can easily revert back and be able to sell it after.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TRusselo:
oops. eyes tripped on themselves
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SanFranGiants:
Thanks for the info.

So the play store has tweaks such as these? I don't need to go through a different source (similar to cydia for iPhone)?

Is there anything comparable to Installous (iphone cracked apps / try before you buy)?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] liltitiz:
You can search for the .apk on Google or XDA and install it manually on your phone. You put the file.apk on your sdcard you select it from a file manager like es file explorer and it will install the app on your phone and you don't need root to install app manually.

And yes the play store has tweaks such as these and many more. And if you look on the main page of XDA-developer(not the forum) you can find apps that are not in the play store yet. So instead of using cydia, you just need Google, XDA and the play store :p

Android is the land of endless possibilities :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SanFranGiants:
Thanks for useful info,

That's cool you can just put the file on your sdcard and don't have to use a third party installer.

I guess my next stop is to buy an SIM card adapter since the iPhone 5 uses a smaller SIM card. Once installed I don't need to do anything like call AT&T, it should just work right?

Hopefully the keyboard and the auto spell corrector on the S3 is much better than the i5. I wonder if I should sell the S3 and get the S4 or do you think the S3 is better for now since the S4 just came out and is still a little buggy?

Much thanks in advance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SanFranGiants:
Thanks for moving thread!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mreadshaw:
After restoring a Nandroid of cm10.1 my phone is now stuck on 4G. Data and texts work fine but I can't make or receive calls. If I toggle LTE off in mobile network settings it automatically puts it back on. Same thing if I toggle only use 2G networks.

I imagine this has something to do with me going into the radio dialer settings (the settings page you get on touchwiz by dialing *#2263#) but am unsure.

Is there a way to access that screen or one that has similar function on cm10.1 so I can test? Or do I need to flash a TW ROM and change it back? And to what, automatic?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mitchallica:
Did you try changing apn's?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] flexfulton:
*#*#4636#*#* gets you into the testing menu on CM10.1 where you can then go to phone info and change the preferred network type.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mreadshaw:
Ya I tried apns, sim resets, really anything I could think of that's connected to the radios. *#*#4636#*#* had the same results as the toggles in settings. It would automatically just switch back to lte.

In the end I just reflashed a touchwiz ROM, went into *#2263#, the LTE band had an * beside it. Hit automatic and Nandroided back to cm. Everything working fine now.

I guess those settings are on a hardware level nandroids can't get at. Live and learn.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kevin M:
This issue has since been resolved by an Instagram update.

Anyone else having problems with Instagram's photo rendering? Instagram claims to have updated their app for the S4 in early May but the "sun" feature appears to be broken and photos have very low quality resizing. Turning off the "High Quality Image Processing" option has no effect on these problems.

Example with resizing (no filter):
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zregnier:
I have same issue. As long as I don't hit the sun button I'm fine.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playboypaul:
Can anyone please help me find a stock rogers

M7 ruu for the one? Please and thank you
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pitrick:
Did you find anything?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playboypaul:
Nothing still
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duy.la1811:
Did you guys notice the battery take too long for full charge? Especially charging while in use. It seems doesnt charge at all
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duy.la1811:
Could anyone help me out? I was charging and surfing web the XTZ at the same time, but the battery even went down by 2 to 3% in 3 hours even though the tablet was charging. Is it common or should I exchange it?

Thanks
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Jones:
Is this with the charger and cable it came with? I am not having this problem but different chargers and cables can cause issues
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ABT4:
Yea I had mine at 10%, put it in to charge. Come back home 6-7 hrs later and it's only at 44%?!?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duy.la1811:
Yes. I used the original charger and cable. When I let the screen on while charging, it seems like its just preventing the battery run down, instead of adding more charge. I guess I got a defective battery. When the screen off, it just take too long for full charge, like almost 9-10 hrs. I test the cable and charger with another device it seem working fine. How long it take for you to do full charge when screen of btw?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Jones:
I don't know exactly how long. But charging and using the device at the same time is no problem and adds charge at an ok rate. I would guess that a total charge would take around 4 hours but it is a guess.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaddyWhale:
Have you tried Stamina mode while charging? I believe it shuts down some background processing while the tablet is asleep. Might help speed up charging.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Walter_White:
I did some research and this is what I came up with...

-- the USB charging seems to be hard-limited to a maximum of 500mAh intake. This is consistent with the original USB specifications, although no one really adheres to those anymore anyways. Charging with 500mAh is bound to take a long time and presumable even light usage (screen-on + sufing) will prevent charging at all and still drain the battery or keep it at the same charge level. I consider this a quite major design fault and wonder why Sony did this - if they had any strong reasons (overheating near USB port due to the thin build and no heatsink properties of the material?) or if it can and will be adressed later on by software (I am not sure if that is the case...)

-- this also means that using different chargers (if they work at all, the Tablet seems to be picky and did not make use of two generic ones that were tried, only a HTC wallcharger was accepted next to the original Sony one) that put out more than those 500mAh will either not work or they will deliver just the 500mAh the USB port accepts as a maximum

-- however the charging cradle contacts will readily charge the tablet with up to 1500mAh

If one were to assume the worst of Sony one could say they probably limited the USB charging to a minimum to push the sales of their original chargers. On the other hand one can argue that SLOW charging is actually better for the battery longevity, so Sony could defend that move with that reasoning...
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shanliang-:
I'd also believe this might help charging faster while not using the device. Could anyone try that, please? I'm interested in the results. (My XTZ hasn't arrived yet :( )
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rootk1t:
There is a thing that while playing "heavy" games and charging from usb connected to pc it even dicharges. If connect it to stock charger (1.5A) it manages to charge but very very slow. There are chargers for 3.1A or even 5A which will charge your device very quickly.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Walter_White:
Have you actually tried one of those with success? If so what is yout exact serial number for the XTZ ? As I laid out in my post a little bit above yours the XTZ seems to not take more than 500mAh via USB even from any charger...
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trno:
WTF...

i just did check the charger ... its 1500 mAh output. But it surely doesnt charge with that so clearly usb is limiting it Oo. So clearly dock is a must not only no flaping cover but also faster charge. Anyone with dock can confirm that ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duy.la1811:
I guess this how they boost the sale of their dock and avoid overheating..limit the USB output. They also sell the micro USB and charger on sony website. Dont know if it could make any difference.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahadbr:
I had my tablet plugged into my pc and while I was using it the battery actually went up a 1 or 2 percent. I got mine two days ago so maybe it's an early production issue?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duy.la1811:
I noticed that if I set the brightness to the minimum, I would be able to charge while screen on. If I set to max or somewhere middle, i would not. did it happen to you? if not I think my battery got issue then.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahadbr:
I believe mine was on auto brightness for that moment. I did notice that in the last two days, full brightness drains the battery A LOT. Within 2 hrs of screen time I was down to 55% battery
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyneon:
Just got mine XTZ and so happy with it, but same thing it take so long for charge it even with the wallplug.

I just notice, i have the XZ and if i use the cable directly on the phone it take a long time for charge it too. But if u use the dock my phone charge in less than one hour ( or maybe a little bit more), So i can guess is a usb limitation on the sony product (or maybe a marketing trap)

Sorry for my English.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juanyunis:
In my case, since i've the Galaxy S4 ATT version, i use that wall charger i've not tried the one that comes with the tablet but the S4 charger is a 2A while the Tablet Z is 1.5, with the S4 one + stamina mode + auto brightness + special mode(only 1 core running under clocked to 1036Mhz, conservative governor) my tablet charges ultra fast from 10% to 50% in 1 hour and half or even less, also my standby time is up to 8 days at full battery.

If you have your tablet rooted and you want to use my special mode, just download CPU Adjuster from Play Store, give it root permissions, then create a screen off profile, 1 core, max 1036Mhz and that's it.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] om22:
why should it be like that? We have a 6Amp battery in there and if it WOULD charge all the time with 500mAh max we would have a charging time of 12 hours. But if the battery reaches 80% charge charging will be much slower. That means if your statement would be true, we would have charging time of over 14-15 hours.

I charged mine in 6-7 hours. 6000/6=1000 so it´s normal for our 1,5 Amp charger.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psykhe:
Okay, tested it. Shorty story is, there is no difference between charging via dock and charging directly via USB port.

Long story:

- variation tested: SGP312 (WLAN 32GB)

- Battery percentage at start: 58%

- Charging time: 70 minutes

- Charger used - the one which came with the Tablet. The dock does not have a charger in either case, you have to use the Tablet one (which I do) or a 3rd party charger for it.

The only difference between the tests is that once the USB cable went directly into the Tablet and once the USB cable went into the dock.

Battery percentage after 70 Minutes with USB cable: 80%

Battery percentage after 70 Minutes with Dock: 81%

So basically, it got from 60 to 80% about ~1150mA / hour independently of the charging method.

As a sidenote, bringing it from 80% back to 58% took 28 minutes of playing a 1080p mkv at full display brightness,
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasenbein1966:
Seems more and more that this tablet is like that hot woman where all men instantly go "Aaaah! Ooooh!" - until they get to know her better and learn about her bad character and her unreliability... Tablet Z: hot candidate for "most overrated product 2013"...
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattforchi:
Not only sexist but simply untrue.

Gesendet von meinem SGP311 mit Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasenbein1966:
O weh, a XDA member from Germany who is indoctrinated with the disease named "political correctness"...

(And now the moderation may delete this post because it's off-topic - I know...)
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naujoks:
Graz is in Austria.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psykhe:
Except the result of the test are *good* news, not bad news.

The issue was not that the dock magically can get more juice (and therefore the dock charges faster), but that the USB port was rumored to be limited to only 500 mA (and therefore the dock charges faster). In other words, the test did not show that the dock is worse than thought, but that the USB port is better than thought.

Essentially the test showed that a rumored character flaw isn't there.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trepaulo:
I am charging with an HTC charger and I think I got something like 15-20% per hour (30% up to 80%). Not 100% sure though, might need to test some more times.

also, I try not to fully charge it when it is not necessary, I try to maximize the battery's lifetime, not the battery time per charge.

I got mine yesterday, and still love it :)

fyi: battery says 89% remaining with 80 minutes display-on time
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Walter_White:
Can you guys post at least partial serial numbers, exact models, purchase dates and locations?

I came to the above conclusions after carefully measuring the draw of the wallchargers at the socket, which came to something between 600 and 750 mA draw depending on the charger. Accounting for loss / inefficient conversion / inaccuracies in measuring my conclusion of the 500mA cap was the only logical one.

I now wonder if maybe something was changed during the first phase of production. I cant check on mine as of now as I am currently travelling and have the Tablet at home. Mine was pre-ordered and supposedly from the first batches to hit the retailers.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psykhe:
43010054 0000205, SGP312DE/B, preorder 22.04., Germany.

Regarding your charger draw - did you then have a charging time of around 12-15 hours as om22 estimated? You have to have if you only get 500 mA.

In other news, due to Sonys wisdom of not bundling the dock with its own charger I figured I need a separate charger for travelling anyway so I ordered a 2000 mA one for that. Will test if it improves charging times compared to Sonys 1500 mA charger.

/Edit: Same test as above, 70 minutes charging beginning from 58% over USB, but this time with a Samsung 2A charger: 86%. Which gets us 1440 mA / hour compared to previous 1130 ma/Hour. Or in other words, a 33% stronger charger resulted in a ~27% higher charging rate.

If we take the charging efficiency loss when you get closer to full capacity into account we have pretty much a linear charger power / charging rate relationship.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeViller:
my experience with charging the tab

the Galaxy charger output is 5.0V = 1.0A

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2323741
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simplyphoto:
I bought portable power supply for my phone/tablet and used its charger to charge XTZ. It is 2.1A and it took 4 hours to go from 9% to 100% which is pretty decent(1350mA per hour)
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeBoy:
I too was thinking that my tablet was defective because of the over 6 hours charging times but after reading your post I realized that it’s actually working as designed.

All chargers I have around the house are for regular phones (1A) and if one does the math it’s obvious that an empty 6A battery would never fully recharge in less than 6 hours. I also checked the Sony website and it states a 6,5 hours changing time (http://www.sony.de/product/xperia-tablet-z/tab/editorialarticle1) – sorry, I could only find this information in German. I will stick to the delivered Sony charger (1,5A) from now on and see if it goes faster.

Questions:

- I usually use my tablet until the battery is almost empty and then recharge it back to 100%. Is this bad for the battery? What are the recommended charging habits to extend battery life?

- I also found at home a generic 5V recharger which can deliver up to 2,5A of current. I didn’t try it yet but it will probably recharge the tablet faster. Would it be bad for the battery to use this regularly?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gfdsaorg:
1. Neither bad or good. Reading on topic http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

2. You'd better stick with what the manufacturer had in mind designing circuits. Unless you know what's inside and how it works. Given the battery is not replaceable I for one would not experiment with feeding different current into it. Besides, connecting a charger with a higher amperage doesn't mean the circuit can suck more ampers from it anyway.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlow78:
Why don't you sell it and buy iPad, nexus or windows 8 tablet. Nobody forced you to buy it. I like Sony's tablet. Have no issues with it (so far). Also i usually don't apply any updates! If it ain't broken why do you try to fix it?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testdasi:
Please don't feed the trolls. I have learnt to ignore them. :D
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeBoy:
Thanks for the info!

By the way, the 2,5A charger didn't work with the Xperia Tablet Z. It simply didn't charge at all. I guess Sony built some internal security feature to block "high" current from flowing into the device. My tablet is undamaged though :)
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalentjne:
Can anyone post your dock's specification and also the original charger's specs? Mine has output 5v and 850mA, while I see someone mentioned that he gots 1.5A output with his original charger.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat McGowan:
The charger's part number is EP880. Its input is rated 100 to 240 VAC, 250 mA, 50/60 Hz. Its output is rated 5.0 VDC, 1500 mA. The cradle's part number is SGPDS5. Its input and output is rated 5.0 VDC, 1800 mA. The cradle is powered by the charger, so the cradle's actual output amperes is 1500 mA.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalentjne:
It's really weird. Mine just rated 850mA. Should I contact Sony to get another?

When I did a small test with 2 chargers, ones output 5v and 850mA(original that comes with my tablet) and ones output 5v and 2100mA.

With the first charger, my battery was at 250-300 MA charged per second

For the second charger, it was charged At 750-850 per second

All using the usb port, not the cradle one. Can some one explain this case?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] navyaircrewman:
Hey I am curious, has anyone used one of these?

http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/53/products_id/433

I was thinking about getting one of these for my vehicle but would like to have someone who has used one give me their input about them first. :?:

Also I have looked the Powered GPS Mount for i-mate / XDA II but I am not sure if I want to go with a unit that is all in one.

http://www.arkon.com/gpsmount.html#imate-gps

Has anyone used one of these yet? What has been your experience? I wish that they had one of these that was portable and had battery power. I am torn between getting one of these or getting one of the Delorme Blue Logger GPS's which I could use anywhere.

Any an all input would be appreciated. :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] cruisin-thru:
Any Arkon mount with built in speaker has been terrible in use, the RF breakthrough causes extreme noise in the speaker and cannot be rectified. You can disconnect the speaker internally but that defeats the object. I also found it to be very bulky and used with the windshield mount had to be rested on the dash top to prevent it falling from the window due to the weight.