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[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashis.kyal:
I am currently using Xperia SP and my Big Bro is using galaxy s3 and we usually compare both the device in everything.

I can say that Xperia SP is a fairly good device but S3 is also a very good device for the price at which it is offered in the country today. S3 scores above Xperia SP in following things:

>Fairly better screen and viewing angles than X SP (super AmOled)

>Marginally Better battery backup

>16gb internal memory for apps and games (X SP has Half)

>much better camera, both front and back (has video call too)

In real life, i consider SGS3 can be a good option if budget can go for that.

Looks of X SP is also not that good but imo better than sgs3
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dumraden:
Thanks for both of your inputs.

I went for the SP in the end. Battery Backup is very very very subjective to if you have it rooted, how you use it etc. I couldn't give a flying about the FFC, since I never do video calls :P

So, depending on some key factors regarding on what is what when you unlock the bootloader, you might be seeing the (SP)artan Rom soon enough... ;)

Mods, you can close the thread. My questions have been answered.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashis.kyal:
SO finally u bought Xperia SP..

For how much did u get?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dumraden:
Got it sorta pricey, but I due to my recent problems with the Xperia Active, I decided to get it from here. It cost 360 Euros. I could find it in the UK for around 300, but then if something went wrong, I would have to pay 30 euros every time it had to go and come back to me from Greece to the UK.

First impressions are nice, I really like the floating touch. But i need to get used to it :P And yes, the soft keys do not get in the way, because the fingers kind of arch over them when you have it on landscape.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajeev:
I am going to return back my SP to the dealer ( My Friend ) and going for S3. I dont know y but i love S3. After using SP for three days i decided to buy S3... I am a big gamer.. Can i really go for S3.? And 4.2.2 update for S3 is on d way i think.. Any advice From Any Old S3 user ? Pls ...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dumraden:
I think your question is in the wrong section completely :P Try looking in the S3 phone section.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IE-coRe:
If you care about gaming xperia sp is a better choice becouse the adreno 320 is way better than mali 400. Current gamesrun well on both but think about the future my friend ;)
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajeev:
Thanks for the reply my friend. I wil go for S3 ( Some budget problem dude ) ..
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonwsc:
Most games require only 2 cores, and the rumour about Key Lime Pie requiring quad core is just BS, as that will leave out the dual core Galaxy S3, all but 3 Xperias and the Nexus 10.

Nexus 10 owners will then be pissed that the nexus 7 guys who paid less will get KLP. Impossible on Google's part.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajeev:
U r correct. Me also heared that rumor. But i dont really care about future updates.. I will not keep any mobile more than a Year...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asman.kr:
Which I want to choose: GS3 or XSP??

Guys, I love gaming and also watching movies.. I like to run apps.. But I confused in these 2 smartphones..

I have budget for these 2 phones..

But I hear that Xperia SP have a display defect..nd also in battry backup..

So i turnd to GS3. But I also here a news that the glass of GS3 will broken when it falls down..

Guys, here I'm a ltl bit confused..

Can u plz suggst me a gud phone frm these 2 smartfones???
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raziel123:
According to Quadrant, 3D-mark and Antutu, and general percieved performance, the Adreno 320 is Faster than the Mali400 in the S3 and the Adreno 225 in the US S3,

Linpack shows approximately the Dual core Krait CPU with Double the CPU MFLOPs, compared to the slower Quad core Cortex A9 Exynos CPU in the S3.

but don't get me wrong, the S3 is still fast enpough to run any game out there at the moment.

Gone of Samsung, due to their Super Amoled screens and build quality.

as fo Not being able to see anything on the SP, dunno what your talking about, the screen is clearly much brighter than the Super Amoled screens and easily visible during Sunny days.

regards

---------- Post added at 07:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:18 PM ----------

Both are good performing phones,

as for the defects you mention, never experienced any of them.

the SP lasts longer on standby, due to stamina mode and a bigger battery,

can't comment on the S3, but judging by the Superamoled screen it probably has a longer screen on time,

the Glass screen on any phone CAN break if it falls down from a height or onto a sharp or hard surface etc,

Manufacturers are yet to give us a Indestructable screen, :silly:

regards
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leafs99:
I could either get the Xperia Sp for 0$ or get the S3 for 140$ through my carrier. I game a lot and the Adreno 320 is better than the Mali but, the support behind the S3 is much larger than the Sp. Which one should I get?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noahvt:
Depends on what you want! i had to choose between these two phones as well i chose the xperia sp because of the build quality: metal vs plastic and performance wich is better then S3 I think the support behind this phone is reasonable with a soon upcoming 4.3 build
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jusin_cartor:
S3 without a second thought

S3 is a very high end phone which was released with an introductory price of above $600.

Samsung packed the best of its features into it.

It has won numerous awards and it was once the most bought android phone in the world.

The body of xperia sp is very tempting, but trust me, it is the internals that matter wayy more.

The back camera on the Xperia SP is very bad. The photos have noise, red-blue-greenish dots all around when zoomed. I clicked many photos myself on the mobile store. The 0.3 mp front camera is so horrible, that I'd rather not comment on it.

On the other hand, the back camera on the S3 is spectacular with no weak points to it. Superb clarity and there's no noise. The 1.9 MP front camera clicked some really beautiful shots.

The music quality on Xperia SP is good but not if you use walkman. The walkman's clearbass option increases the bass, however the volume of the sound is weirdly lowered at different points of the songs. This happens on all sony phones only. It's weird sony hasn't fixed it.

Use poweramp however, and you'll love all your songs.

The S3's sound quality is superb and it is an ideal phone for audiophiles. You can check the audio lab test results in this genuine GSMarena review -

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9300_galaxy_s_iii-review-761p8.php

The battery on my S3 is amazing. I dont know about xperia sp, but after hearing from my friends, it is equally good.

Gaming on the S3 is superb as well. I have never seen any of my games lag on the s3. Xperia SP's snapdragon cpu is also very much ideal for gaming.

So the decision is yours :)
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revontheus:
Ram wise the S3 is better but then If Were you guys just sell your SP save up some cash and buy the Nexus 5 because it is clearly the better one here

but nonetheless SP is better than that older S3...don't get so tempted by that bigger SUPER LCD2 screen it runs on older ARM hardware compared to the newer krait architecture our devices have

GPU wise the SP is still better and besides sound could easily be improved by installing Viper4Android so its no big deal
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] darren_the:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Bluetooth\HandsfreeProfileOn]

That is all you need

TESTED with my HBH660, ask me want to set as handfree or headset

only problem now need to fix, is speaker also got sound

& bt also got sound using this way

as headset , just BT got sound
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] rmercado:
How to include it in the existing Registry...

Please give me detailed how to...

Thanx...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] darren_the:
just need to use some software to do it

exmple RESCO REGISTRY, REGEDITCE
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Sin:
...this file from 4 days ago: http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=75597&highlight=#75597

lol :lol:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aj9594:
I recently rooted by phone then updated to 2.3.6, but it took away my root so i tried to re root it again, but all it does is keep rebooting. How do i bring it back to the stock rom, or fix this without that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aj9594:
I have download mode, phone still charges, and I can go into recovery mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vale amicis:
Samsung provides a tool called Samsung Kies and another tool called Odin... Every phone's odin package is different... And someone may have made them for your device..

Google is a free and fast service... Use it :p :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rjshrjndrn:
It's a good rom! But why it's not in xda?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
because breaking of forum rules.

this has been discussed before. use search next time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] illr:
There was a n4 thread but I can't find it anymore... The ROM was my favorite of them all, until MIUI came out lol :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChavitoArg:
Yeah, im new here but i couldnt find it. Where is it?

Enviado desde mi Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] illr:
Shoot I dunno lol I gave up looking...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] E.Cadro:
DroidTh3ory was banned from XDA so his rom was removed.

Thread Closed
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramakrishnansm:
Hi,

i have followed the steps given in the below posts

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2173465

and

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36351786&postcount=1

but i receive the error in the updating step.It reaches only 4% in update process and the error shows as in the pic.Even i tried DIAG mode instead of EMERGENCY but no use same result.As the result my phone's mobile network is not working.Please kindly guide me to root my phone completely or if possible please guide me to redo the root plz.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] st1m33:
Hello, so i tried to downgrade my phone from v20d(4.1.2) to v10k(4.0.3) everything went good, but then KDZ_FW_UPD closed(error) with message SUCCESS, and phone quit from emergency mode and stuck on 2nd LG LOGO(gif). So i had to again update to newiest version(I don't need it, horrible lags). Tried to turn on VOL DOWN+TURN ON BUTTON and then tried to do factory reset, but i was unable.

Please any tutorial or help, im n00b so can't solve it by myself.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39606536&postcount=333 used this, not works
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sabyn:
you tried to flash again the v10 version?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skopski1991:
is there any hope cuz i hate jb too
[LG Optimus G Pro] 7xnari:
will the note 3 beat the OG Pro?
[LG Optimus G Pro] mrfeuss:
How could anyone know that? The only specs for the N3 are rumors-unless it has been announced in the last few hours and I didn't notice. I personally prefer IPS screens to AMOLED. I feel like the color representation is more true on IPS panels. Other than that, I hate Samsung's build quality and TouchWiz software. This phone has a good, sturdy feel to it and, despite being all plastic, does not feel cheap or flimsy. LG's software seems to ape TouchWiz in a few ways, but only its better aspects and it affords a greater level of customization of its stock applications (themed keyboards and messaging apps, settings menu can be tabbed or list-view, etc.) Unless they make some amazing strides in build quality and software design, I think sticking with the OG Pro is the way to go. The only compelling feature that the Note line has is the Wacom S Pen, but I've read from plenty of user accounts that it's something you hardly ever use, unless you're a creative-type who is always sketching or if you have kids.
[LG Optimus G Pro] natienn:
Spec wise yes, everything else is what people personally prefer, we'll see.

Sent from my LG-E980
[LG Optimus G Pro] barondebxl:
Maybe you can tell us. What do you know about the note 3?
[LG Optimus G Pro] RaiderDuck:
From a hardware standpoint, it probably will, but so what? Six months later, a phone will come out that will beat it, and six months later, a phone will come out that will beat that, and so on.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Jammol:
Waste of time. I remember when I had an iPhone and dreaded the day when cellphones would be like computers. It has arrived. Smartphone industry is like PC now. Everyone comparing specs. Makes me wonder what's going to take it's place.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Clark Joseph Kent:
We can rumor all day & night....can we wait til the "official rumor comes out/leaks"...Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supermooshman:
Hi all,

Until recently I have been having very unstable results with my SGS2 (gt-i9100), every time the phone would freeze, overheat, use most of the battery in 2 seconds (figuratively speaking that is) or rebooting itself.

Some people on this forum told me to try a different kernel or roms, something I did and well no real improvement, I tried combinations of ressurection remix, omega and kernels such as siyah and dorimanx (I tried more but these are the ones I still remember by name)

Luckily (or unfortunately) I love my phone and android so I didn't really want to change hardware.

Couple of weeks ago, I figured that maybe I should try yet another rom and... SUCCESS!!

Ever since flashing AOKP milestone 1 everything is the way it should be (well to be honest first thing I always do when getting a new phone is rooting it and getting a new rom, so I am not sure how "normal" out of the box operating of an android is :silly:)

So basically my question to you is:

does the instability have anything to do with the kernel? currently using 3.0.31-cm-00008 (which incidentally, is that CyanogenMod?)

if it is related to the kernel, anyone has any suggestions to make dorimanx/siyah work (as they seem to be pretty popular here on xda, I'm guessing it has more to do with me)

and less kernel related, if a rom is AOKP based (or CM or whatever), does that mean that this rom has all the bugs from the base + the things the specific rom has?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_below_my_lord:
1. May or may not be, usually it's kernel related, yeah that is the usual kernel made for CyanogenMod

2. The latest dorimanx does work fine with xwlsn and so does the latest siyah for xwlss.

3. An AOKP rom has different frameworks and usually is more buggier than stock rom, because of closed source codes (blame Samsung) several features are disabled or improperly functioning.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] almightyblk:
I recall when I first got my Evo that there was some hooplah about how the phone handled links that caused HTC to change the software some to get it into customs. I've since rooted my phone and I remember seeing somewhere that the community had figured out how to change the software back to how it "should" be. Can anyone point me to that thread? Or post directions on how to do this?

Thanks

T
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jocarog:
It's called FAPPLE : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1947686

{DEV} |1/18/13|#Fapple JB VER 2 *the streets are safe edition*{MOD}

Some Roms have included it like viper rom, after you flash the rom you have to flash it immediately, it's a separate zip, meanbean had it but the developer tool it out, I think omj has it too, not sure, cm10.1 does it the way it should be...

Sent from my EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] almightyblk:
Thanks for the link - - Can you recommend a custom ROM that sticks fairly closely to stock? I'd like to give this a try.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jocarog:
Unofficial CM 10.1 by kushdeck... Go to IIRC Channel #htc-evo - 4g-lte and you'll find what you need...

Sent from my EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] a senile fungus:
Super jelly m4 has this built in and is based on stock ROM.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jocarog:
I was half sleep when I answered lol, but yeah jelly m4 or viper 3.1 5 are stock based with some amazing customization options...

Sent from my EVO
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
okay the first phone was my fault. after doing the root process with moto chopper and loki found on android root site I forgot to read the steps required for the wicked ROM. I jump straight to the ROM install but after finishing the install it ask to reboot. Then it vibrates like it is trying to boot up but I never get any video. I tried the reboot recovery button commands but that no longer worked and neither did the hard reset button commands.

luckily walmart exchange that phone for another so then I go home I root the phone and follow the install option for wicked ROM. then the second phone reboots and I get the same vibrating pulses but hard reset works now except it hangs up on the downloading screen. this morning I return the second phone for the third phone but now I'm too scared to try the ROM again because they are not going to let me get another phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _eroz:
I think you did something wrong. Did you also flash an AT&T kernel after flashing the ROM? Did you use a loki-doki or a lokified recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] KY Wildcats:
shame on you OP, really.........

think about what you are doing next time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
Loki recovery which was successful each time. 2nd time i Reboot recovery, Wipe data factory reset, Wipe cache, Wipe dalvik cache, then installed rom zip from ext sdcard.

Some settings afterwards i was a little unsure of but selected what fit a att phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
Words of encouragement lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] 21cdb:
Sounds like you're doing something wrong. I've installed it multiple times without any issues at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
I heard that at&t blocked roms. Any video on step by step install for the sgh-i337? Plus mine had the 22mb update Samsung released few weeks back.

fyi. I did kernel stock, Launcher Options Stock, Camera & Gallery Options Stock, Music App Options Stock, Minfree Memory options (1st), Keyboard Options Swype, Nexus Soft Key Mod (no), Shut down sounds (no), Select The Apps You Want Installed (Kies, S Voice, Voice Recorder), then i confirmed reboot and it's DEAD! lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
It's people like you who give a bad name to modding phones. No wonder all the carriers are locking the boot loader. They can't afford jerks like you screwing them all the time. Stay stock you don't have the intelligence to flash a custom rom!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mattdm:
So you not only committed fraud by pretending you hadn't broken the phone and voided the warranty yourself, but you also straight-up lied about how long you had had the phone?

On top of that, I'd be willing to bet the phones weren't hard-bricked and were actually recoverable.

That's pretty despicable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
Well they couldn't get it back on either and hard reset didn't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
You still screwed them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mattdm:
Could you boot into Recovery? Could you boot into Download Mode? Did you try using Odin to flash back to stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] getbuzzin:
I doubt the people at Walmart care to investigate what the issue is. Where they send it to, we'll that's a different story. Then it'll suck to be you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
Vol down/home/power no longer worked. Vol up/home/power then release power gave warning so I continued then it sticks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
If you had any life you could have odined back to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _eroz:
This here sounds liked you probably flashed wicked for the S3 with aroma installer. The wicked Rom for the S4 have no options like you are describing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Well, that would brick it. So much for Odin, lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804260

oppps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Dope!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] acruxksa:
Good Call,

I was wondering how he got an aroma installer version of Wicked.

This should be stickied with a big banner telling users they need to READ BEFORE FLASHING! or Else this could be you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dxwilliams40:
That warning is download mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
No because I don't do contracts, only Straight Talk. I pay cash no contract on all my phones. Which rom is best atm for S4?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _Dennis_:
Sounds like your in download mode. There is no such thing as a hard reset button combo. Have you heard of odin? Did you do 5 minutes of searching? Honestly you have a bunch of strikes against you

1) Failed to READ even a little bit about the ROM you were flashing

2) Failed to READ even a little bit about the device you own

3) Committed fraud to get a new phone

4) Repeated strikes 1&2 on a new phone

5) Committed fraud a second time

6) Still have no clue because you still haven't READ anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
which hangs forever lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] KroniK187:
Your supposed to use ODIN once your in download mode. The phone won't do anything until you tell the computer your plugged into to start the process.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dxwilliams40:
In download mode you connect your device to the computer and use odin to return it to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lycan71701:
Hard Reset --> /watch?v=G77QEe-0Wfw

So ODIN works even though the phone won't power up?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _Dennis_:
If you get to download mode yes, and I bet you could have gotten to download mode on the first. If buttons don't work a jig. Fairly simple to make, or cheap to buy.

The video shows resetting with menus in android and recovery. There is no reset buttons shown. Really think reading is needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] KroniK187:
Wait a minute.... Now your saying it wouldn't power up but said it would give you a warning when you did the second method below. If its giving you download mode its powering up

You need to get your story straight...... That warning you said the phone showed was Download mode and you could have easily recovered the phone with ODIN.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Febby:
I just laughed so hard at this thread for not doing proper research TWICE!.

@OP, do proper research on sticky post. Look up some videos on how to restore the att Samsung galaxy s4 back to stock with Odin.

I don't think any of us have gained the right to accuse others of fraud though. Let the man do his thing. If man in black or blue come looking for him that's his problem but I doubt it. Majority of us are guilty of a crime on one way or the other.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] KroniK187:
Can't do that since you already wiped the phone's original rom and replaced it with the wrong S3 rom you downloaded.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _Dennis_:
Claiming you did not void your warranty when clearly you did and should have know you did is fraud. Plain and simple.