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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffsmash:
I have been a samsung fan since the S2, but have to say, the build quality of the ONE, even with the so called gaps, is a lot better than the S3 and S4.

The galaxy s2 was amazing for build quality, no squeeking back cover, and withstood drops onto concrete without breaking. The S3 and S4 and squeeking, badly built, dainty devices that break with only minor 1 foot drops.

I've dropped my HTC One, twice, from over a meter, onto stone tiles, with only scuffs to the corners of the housing. Two friends have broken their SGS3's, one twice, with only 1 foot drops onto the floor.

As for overheating, my One gets what could only be described as warm, not hot. Sgs4 overheats like mad.

I think HTC are getting a rough deal, because they aren't Samsung or Apple. As soon as you tell someone your phone is HTC, they instantly lose interest and wonder off lol.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
Oh, don't I know it, lol! :laugh:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpbl1976:
Agreed. OP, head on over to the Apple forums, search for iPhone 5 threads from October last year and you'll see that there were tons of issues with the iPhone 5 on launch from the cosmetic (the electroplating on the chamfered edges was poor and you get screen sensitivity issues when you use the phone while it's plugged in).

I think we're just more sensitive with HTC issues because they've had a really rough time of it the past 24 months -- whether it's in the financial press or among tech sites and everything gets blown out of proportion.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
I know about the issues the iPhone 5 had. Anyways, I think everyone are praising Samsung because Samsung has a lot of money and easily enough money to pay off reviewers. I mean, why else would anyone with a fully functioning brain even remotely like something made out of glossy polycarbonate and have an ugly design at that?

It's to me something extremely hard to understand, but maybe it's because I think logically, who knows.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
What rubbish. The S3 or 4 for that matter might feel less strong, but if anything they are stronger and the fit and finish is better. My One (im on my third after rejecting the other 2 for faults) is lumpy on the sides, it has variable gaps all around and seems easily damaged. Its already more marked than my S3 was at the end of its life despite being in a case.

I eventually cracked the back of my S3, I replaced it with a new original part for £8 and sold it on for £300 after a year. I have already seen marked HTC Ones sell for less.

Its a beautiful phone but flawed like no other.

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No it because your tastes differ and youre to self important to accept anyone elses opinion. I actually prefer the front of the S4, but the back of the One.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
Lol! :rolleyes:

I would accept that the phone is made out of polycarbonate or other types of plastic, but why the hell did they go with the glossy/slippery finish?

The S3 and S4 both feel budget, there's no denying that and one doesn't want to put a case on his or her One solely because it feels so great but I will have to put a case on it because it's more prone to serious injuries than any other phone I've ever had. Plastic seems to withstand damage the most. I think I've dropped my S3 in a lot of various ways. Screen down, screen up, each of the sides and then I remember I dropped it and it literally bounced off on a solid concrete floor and how does it look today? Almost mint. It's got minor scratches on a the back only visible if you look like really close. It's got some color loss in one of the upper corners and that's about it, the screen has no scratches whatsoever.

That's what I liked with the S3. I don't dare drop the One.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
Keep laughing, it just shows im right.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
I do accept people's opinions. It's not like I'm showing metal phones down their throats. If they want plastic phones, that's fine.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
Then maybe you needed to word your comment better rather than sound so self righteous. There is no right and wrong in design.

Its cultural, design is very much a cultural thing. Take cars for example, Americans like their cars massive, bloated, over the top, loud, garish. The Chinese like them bland, slab sided with tiny wheels, ill proportioned to my eyes.

Some like the glossy finish, it doesnt take Samsung to pay them off. after all the designers and whoever signed off the design must like it, and it has sold 10 million in a month..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpbl1976:
I don't know why you're flaming the other poster: he's only expressing his opinion. Also, what you meant to write was "you're too self-important..."

Seriously, though -- the main critique against the GS4 is that it's ugly -- the reviewers are just afraid of not getting any inside information on upcoming Samsung releases which is why they're circumventing the fact that the S4 is a poorly-designed device.

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In the first place, those sales figures are meaningless absent context: you have to ask things like: did Samsung subsidize the sales? Was there a discount incentive to order in bulk? How many units were available to ship? Also, you have to take into account the fact that there were production issues with the HTC One.

Besides, HTC have come and said that they've sold 5 of the One. That isn't too bad considering that Samsung can outspend everyone outside of Apple to market their devices -- and that includes giving retailers sales incentives and their more aggressive advertising.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xile6:
All I can say is this.

I had an s2 for about 2yrs and the main problems I had with it was, the charger port going out. Overheating, it would get almost burning hot in my pocket, and with the jelly bean update the battery die way to fast. Would lose 3-5% just by unplugging.

The s3 didn't add much I wanted so I didn't get one

My friend did and had the s2 before. Said it wasn't much of a change and that the s3 was cheap. He broke the battery back, chip the sides and then finally broke the screen.

Had the phone not about 6months. He said his old s2 was build better and last longer then that and he went back to it once the s3 was done.

To me the HTC one feels nice and I don't have a problem with anything. No overheating, crazy battery, I haven't drop it but I'm willing to beat it won't fall apart like a s3 or s4.

But to each his own. There is people who look iPhones but imo they are cheap parts of crap. Have replaced way to many screens for people that drop them from small Heights.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
Why? Well this is what he said..

'It's to me something extremely hard to understand, but maybe it's because I think logically, who knows. '

So anyone who likes the S4 is not thinking logically? There is no logic to taste anyway..

I have said this before in previous threads but the S4 is a quality device. Its made of good quality plastic, and crucially, its made well. The HTC is also made of good quality materials, but its made badly. Whether you like how the material are used is not a build quality issue, its an issue of taste.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
I'll try to word my sentences better next time. Sometimes, they sound better in my head and in my native language then come out sounding completely wrong in English. ^^
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpbl1976:
Actually, a lot of cognitive scientists will argue with you on that: there does seem to be some natural inclination towards things that are symmetric -- model's faces tend to be more symmetrical than an average person's. A peacock's tail feathers have a symmetric pattern to them. Anyway, in the age of the internet, I'm sure you can look it up

Also, that's neither here nor there: my point is, don't take it personally, man. As I said earlier, the consensus even among reviewers is that the GS4 won't be winning any design awards: the guy you replied to is simply expressing an opinion held by quite a few people. I will say this, though: if the Galaxy S4 is the best that Samsung's mobile device team can come up with, someone needs to get fired: Samsung's other consumer devices -- notably their ultrabooks are beautifully-designed and well-built. At the very least, they're on par with Apple's work.

As for whether the Galaxy S4 is better-built than the One, I think you've just into a bad batch or your dealer/phone company is passing you bum units because your experience isn't exactly the norm -- or at least there are people who've had just as bad an experience with Sammy's build quality as you've had with HTC's.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
Im aware of that, but that is just the most basic thing, its not like the S4 is asymmetrical! Something being more popular doesn't make it correct anyway.

I have yet to see a single One thats built 'correctly' (unless you accept HTC excuse and accept that the faults are actually intentional..). Not one unit, anywhere.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpbl1976:
Well, this is clearly a very personal issue for you.

I will say, though, that I have no issues with my HTC One -- and I'm about as exacting a customer as you can get. Also, the S4 is designed a bit asymmetrically: that home button towards the bottom really needs to go: it wasn't so bad on the GS2 but it's gotten to the point where it's no longer necessary and adds to this perception that Samsung specializes in knocking-off Apple's stuff. It's just poor design that got them into trouble. They've already shown (with the Nexus line) that they can do away with it and have classic devices. '

Anyway, that's it: I really have no desire to waste more time talking about smartphones. I just wanted to remind you that you're on a forum where a lot of language and nuance is lost because of the static text and that you should perhaps take care not to take things personally and try to be civil. I don't think anyone reading your posts will be handing you an award for your level of civility in responding to your interlocutor.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
I disagree about the home key, strongly, I miss it hugely, a phone without it seems functionally retarded.

Im past being Civil, its not bluntly realistic, it seems the only way to be heard. Seems to have worked!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
Gonna ask for this to be closed.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KD0SKH:
Hello all,

I am the new proud owner of an HTC ONE from Sprint. Here's what I have on it:

HBOOT v. 1.44.0000

TWRP Recovery v2.5.0.0

Cyanogenmod v. 10.1-20130529-NIGHTLY

Using Google Maps and GPS Status both search for a GPS signal, but are unable to get a lock. This is even under the most ideal conditions (clear skies, outside and standing on top of a multi-story building). Since this has been a constant problem I've set up the phone, I wonder if I am missing some drivers for the device. Is there anything I can do to get my GPS working?

The second, perhaps loosely related issue, is with the NFC; I have it enabled, but even when I have it placed near another phone, nothing happens (the other phone, interestingly, sees mine). I'm not sure if this is because the cm nightlies are still immature, or if I am missing a driver.

Please let me know your thoughts! And thanks in advance for any help!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt:
Probably an issue with CM10, have you tried on a Sense based rom?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KD0SKH:
I was worried that would be a suggestion. Frankly, I don't like Sense at all. But considering that I've been struggling to find a good vanilla Android ROM, I guess I might have to switch to a Sense-based ROM. But that's for another thread.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abubbae:
I also have no GPS using cm10.1 nightly 6-9-13. Any chance on a fix soon?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcfool123:
Just use a different rome till cyanogen is stable till then if you stick with it you will have to continue dealing with nightlies till a release candidate is up that will be more stable since it will most likely be the final release minus a few small things that will probably be found/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abubbae:
Any recommendation for a good rom?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] epicsilence:
1)Go to your apk manager or multi tool folder, then go to the folder which contains all of the dll,exe like aapt.exe, adb.exe(normally the folder is "other") folder

2)Copy the address of that folder

3)Now go to My Computer's Properties, in advanced TAB go for ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES

4)In system variables ,check for path variable

5) Click on edit after selecting path variable

6)Check if semi-colon is given at the end of its value....if not provided...put a semi-colon and paste the address of your other folder which you copied earlier....:laugh:

7)Press OK save....come out....open cmd from anywhere and type adb...........................
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] XivilidMohamed:
That's all?:confused:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Prince:
Hello everybody!

Please, help me - which program needs to be used for changing the operator or ROM (ms_.nbf, nk.nbf, radio_.nbf) in JAM Compact? Is it program ER2003Edit or another one?

If it's another program where it can be copied from?

Thanks
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] neofurby:
In this topic you can fnd the right program.

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=14973
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] vazersecurity:
What do these governors do?

asswax

smartass v2

badass

wheatley

I don't understand. I have switched to them. But can't figure out what they do to manage the CPU frequency.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] somerandomname1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369817
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] 24ky:
Thanks for referring him that thread, but I personally use smartassV2 it gives me best battery and performance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevin95:
I know the Galaxy S4 only has 9GB of usable memory but I'm curious where the remaining 6.80GB is. Even when I flash an AOSP rom, the usable storage space is still 9GB. Is it possible for Samsung to resolve this with a software update?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
I believe it is stored away as reserved system memory that will be unusable. That's why I'm really looking forward to the Int2Ex storage mod.

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasha007:
Get yourself a 64GB SD card and folder mount pro .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scorbion:
I used to play GTA vice city in my note 2 N7100. It was so smooth, now im playing the same game but it feels laggy. It looks like im playing below 30 fps.

I think its something with the game or driver issue. Anyone with same problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beefheart:
Haven't had any lag on a single game I have played myself, although GTA isn't one of them. Perhaps there is a compatibility issue. One thing is for sure, it isn't the I9505 being too slow.

Sent from my Qualcomm Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Funkym0nkey:
This happens in many games. It shouldnt, but it does. And it is known and odd issue.

I play lot of 2D games like Hill climb racing, bubble shooter etc and those games used to play fine on last year's hardware. Even if we are talking about 1080P screens, these games play fine on Oppo Find 5 which has same GPU as ours and inferior Krait 200 CPU. And it plays those games fine. But microstutter is experienced on I9505 as well as HTC One. Both of them are using S600 chip.

A lot of tinkering and manual CPU frequency lock at max speed (manually or though setcpu profiles ) reduces the jitter and microstutter, but it does not still completely eliminates it.

Hell these games play fine on Mediatek MTK6589 SoC.

I am not able to solve this on my either S600 phones for over a month now.

It is not SGS4 exclusive issue. Either these games are not optimised for S600 or governors on these phones are not ramping up GPU clock when required or there is thermal throttling happening.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toss3:
Try setting the GPU Governor to performance while you are playing to see if that solves the issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Funkym0nkey:
That is exactly what I do. In SetCPU I have created custom profiles for games.

It just reduces the jitter, does not eliminate it. Funny thing is, some more heavy games play just fine.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kriomag:
same issue

i have the same issue with vice city, on s3 it was so smooth and now i uninstalled the game because i dont like shuttering... it was lagging like hell :( nfs most wanted, carmageddon etc are working great.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrionBG:
What I have seen is that the SoC Heats up very quick and it begins to throttle down CPU and GPU frequencies to cool itself! Our phones should theoretically be 1.9GHz beasts and they are..... for 15 to 20secs! :( Then everything goes to hell as the CPU throttles down to 918MHz (GPU too goes down) and it actually becomes slower than last year's Phones!

I hate Mobile technologies! My Acer Iconia W700Pro behaves the same! It has an Intel Core i5 3317U CPU with an Intel 4000HD Graphics GPU and it should be able to play many games without problems but Because of throttling it is actually Slower than an i3 CPU if you rum longer tasks!

Somebody must begin thinking of new ways to cool these CPUs instead of ramping Up MHz just so manufacturers can brag about it!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hung2900:
That's why I keep my Note 2 (I sold my S4 already, mainly because of the pen)

It's very cool, no throlling in any case, perfect smooth with no lag at all. Stability test proved it the best also.

I don't know why reviewers and many people keep screwing about benchmark and raw power. They are BS and do not convert to the real experience.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Emix*:
Maybe because these games are not optimized for FHD resolution?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scorbion:
They play well on i9500. I really want octa but 4G is fast where I live.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Funkym0nkey:
Nope. If that was the case they would have problems with my i9500 or Oppo Find 5. They work fine on these.

9500 does not even get warm playing Hill climb racing.

This issue is specific to Snapdragon S600 powered phones.

From my Galaxy S4 Exynos, in your face.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scorbion:
Should I exchange my i9505 for i9500 or wait for solution or software update that fixes this lag?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom-Helge:
Have you activated the 4x MSAA under Developer options?

Many of my games started to lag quite alot after i enabled that. So i turned it off and every games runs buttery smooth.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiaolipa:
Maybe if you make a profile to undervolt and underclock your phone, just to prevent it to get too warm, the the throttling won't underclock teh GPU because of war issues.

I just Undervolt 50mv on all frequencies and it seems fine on all games!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renosj:
Interesting, can you please give some brief steps to achive it? Which app you use and setting etc. Are you sure, it works? For example, if you disable undervolt/underclock, some games start to lagg?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason2k13:
i have both GTA 3 and vice city aswell as modern combat 3 and 4, and all of them works fine on my S4, although i have the octacore i9500 version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xajel:
I have the i9500 version ( Octa ), and faces this problem a lot and also most of the times the phone gets hot and starts draining the battery too fast !! so it's not throttling at all with this temperature and battery drain !!

I had this problem with Note2 but not as much as S4 ( and without getting hot or eating the battery !! ).. the S4 sometimes gives me as low as 1FPS or less sometimes ( measuring by eye )
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renosj:
And do you notice overheating when playing? How bad is it? Can you compare it with your previous phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duveldg:
I have a i9505 and are not that butter smooth as on my old i9300. But then again after the latest MEA update it's better then before. Not perfect but its something. This sure means they can fix it over time. I did not own a i9300 for long but I assume at launch that phone had the same problems as this one. After a while with update the phone became smooth right?

About the heating issues. I don't really think its a problem. CPU and GPU will get hot while playing games like Modern Combat 4. The iPhone 5 also gets really hot so its nothing abnormal. Mine is getting hot while playing games but not concerning hot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiaolipa:
I use Ktoonsez Kernel. It comes with an app that lets you control all that.:good:

For how to install the kernel though, I'd rather not give any advice on that, because I have done quite a mess on my own device on my mistakes during the instalation. I never had any problems installing Kernels on my Galaxy S2, S3 and Note2, but on the S4 I'm still pretty inexperient.:eek:

On the Kernel and Roms foruns you will find plenty XDA users that can help you on the installing process sweetly though!;)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L473ncy:
So I used to be on Dark Unicorn Resurrected 2.5 (ICS) and recently upgraded to JellyBellyG1.1 (JB). Specifically it was this version of the rom without the nav buttons "3b. Dark JellyBellyG1b (Without Navigation Buttons)".

Before on my phone I could play videos from sites like vimeo and pinkbike no problem directly in my browser (Opera Mobile) they also worked on the new Opera Mobile 14 so it's not that. The Youtube app works and watching youtube videos from the browser plays no problem, it seems like it's just videos from other sites.

It seems like the problem is playing .mp4 files since I get an error saying "sorry this video cannot be played". I downloaded MX Player and it does play the videos (if I download them to my SD card first then select it to play via MX Player) that I want but I want to stream videos directly from my browser.

Well it looks like I can't post a url to a sample video because I don't have 10 posts but look for the "redbull uci-dh-world-cup-season-teaser" video. This is the one I'm using as a base to see if I can get other (non YT) videos to work (it does the same with pinkbike and vimeo videos as well). I get the error message above when trying to play it in the browser (note that it also does this in Opera and the stock Browser as well, I'll be trying out Chrome later today to see if that fixes it but I just like Opera as a browser for some reason).

Could it be some sort of codec issue? AFAIK droids should be able to play mp4 container files natively and it definitely did work when I was on Dark Unicorn so I suspect it's something with the Jellybelly codecs or whatever.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N_otori0us_:
How about trying a newer ROM. I think you prefer AOKP judging by the two ROMs you mentioned.

Try Cnotes aokp its 4.1.2 I think.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L473ncy:
Ha, you would be correct. I never got into Paranoid but I was on AOSP/CM7 before and it was alright but I think AOKP's ROM control layout is more logical and has more cutting edge features. Kind of like Fedora which is more cutting edge and "shiny" vs CentOS which is more stable/long term and for "Enterprises".

I'll try out Cnotes AOKP ROM. But do you think I should go PACman or stick with his AOKP ROM since that's what I like?