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[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Still wrong. For instance, the aspect ratio of Note I is bizzare (making it really painful to watch movies in standard 16:9 ratio), one handed use is awful etc.. Also RAM, 2GB is more than sufficient for most people I would assume but 1GB is still a tad short. Same with battery, it's significantly better.

What exactly are you basing this claims on?
[Galaxy Note II General] jetbruceli:
No that's too easy!

Just don't see why it bothers you that others ask for opinions between this and other devices
[Galaxy Note II General] ozyk100:
What I meant was - Has someone with N2 had experience with LG, since there are a lot of comparison with other devices...

If I took Your advice and posted in LG forum, asking for comparison with N2, You would probably ask me to post in N2 thread!

It's a kind of magic circle, no?

I think I will just have to resist till N3 comes out, by then I will raise enough to buy the "best" in my opinion...

I did some research on LG, and it really is a great device but since all my experience is with Samsung (S1, S2, N1...),

I don't see myself jumping ship just to try something else - don't have that much money,

And like they say - Don't fix it if it's not broken

:D
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.m0x:
If money is tight then I'd advise you to wait until the Note 3 comes out and then buy the Note 2. You will save a lot of coin as the price will drop overnight on the Note 2and while the Note 3 will have better specs on paper it won't be much of an upgrade from the point of view of user experience.

The release of the note 3 won't change the fact that the Note 2 is still a very good phone. I'd still advise people to buy the s3 over the s4 as well if it wasn't for the fact that Samsung bloatware makes 1gb of ram somewhat of a limitation.

It's really reached a point where mobile technology is starting to peak, just as pc technology did a couple of years back. Sure advances are still being made but for 95% of users a 2-3 year old pc (assuming it was reasonably good spec at the time) is still plenty powerful enough for everything that most users do.

-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
[Galaxy Note II General] dmydrlng:
S4 is a great phone.

I haven't experienced any of the issues described except for the screen being impossible to read in direct sunlight. I love my S4. Nothing against the Note 2, but it's just a little to big on my opinion.

at&t Galaxy S4

Clean ROM 1.5 MF3 OTA

KTweaker Kernel
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.m0x:
My biggest complaint about the s4 is that the battery life is significantly worse than the note 2, specifically the screen on time.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] fcasoli:
I hope the next Note 3, with more power and approx the same battery (Note 2), will have good autonomy...
[Galaxy Note II General] nabilsweet007:
my bad experience with s4

I had note 2 grey..then I swap with s4 with some money..trust me by god after using s4 only for 2 hours I went back to the shop keeper to give back my note 2.but bad luck he sold out..my mind n hands were not accepting s4..then I sold s4 and purchased note 2 brand new..I lost money for exchanging..I bet if u r using big screen and extra battery life like note 2 u will never see down little screen and poor battery life than note 2..now I m happy to have note 2 again waiting for note 3
[Galaxy Note II General] ketani73:
At the moment Note 2 is the best smartphone from every possible aspect !! Take screen size or battery-life , even performance & speed is at par with the best in the market...If Note 3 fails to impress me I will just stick to my Note 2 till something betters it in many ways...!!
[Galaxy Note II General] Ev0d3vil:
Yep the note 2 battery life is superb. I still carry around my anker battery pack just in case haha.

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It.only runs a 2600mah..
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.m0x:
Yeah and I was kind of hoping that the s4 would only be a little bit worse in battery life but that 1080p screen just kills the battery real quick.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] terenceng:
note 1 is better

I prefer the note 1 screen aspect ratio to note 2's.

QUOTE=artnada;42623715]I got my S4 on day of release, and have just, yesterday, swapped it back for a Note 2 (plus cash).

I had a Note 2 before the S4 and I liked the size of the screen etc.

I was impressed with the S4, but after a while I noticed a few things that actually annoyed me intensely with it.

Battery life is awful. It would last only around 5 hours, and that was not doing a lot, and would drop from 100% to around <10% in such a short time.

The heat issues the S4 have are incredible, especially when charging. I actually wondered if one day the thing would burst in to flames.

It would be uncomfortable to hold at times, especially on a warm day. It seemed to exacerbate the problem.

Another thing, the screen in direct sunlight. Even though it would be set at the highest brightness, it still would not be bright enough, and because it would get warm, it would dim the display more to "save it"

I guess that's AMOLED for ya.

The Note 2 I have now, I got it at around 12 pm yesterday, and after setting it all up how I like it, programs, themes etc, after around 5 hours unplugged, it had only used around 16%. That was after messing with it a lot. Had that been the S4 it would be way down almost out of action and I'd have to charge it again.

So, I'm sad to say, I only had the S4 for 23 days.....

The S4 looks and feels nice in the hand, has some nice features, but I have to say, the Note 2 does it for me due to battery life.[/QUOTE]
[Galaxy Note II General] albsat:
After using note for 1 month, I think it's selling point at me at least was the battery life. Software support is bad comparing to a nexus device.

However there are a couple of 4.3 roms, asop ones that are satisfying me.

S4 with a 3000 mah would have been a great phone.
[Galaxy Note II General] Paul013:
Has anyone checked out the galaxy MEGAs? They pack a weaker hardware, but they are surprisingly smooth! Maybe due to the polishing done by sammy or the Android 4.2.2...
[Galaxy Note II General] ekunagba:
This constantly gives the assurance that note 2 is one of the best... no regrets using it.
[Galaxy Note II General] Justinhopaolo:
Just got my note 2 today.

I'm coming from my beloved Galaxy nexus.

And im stunned to be able to own a phones that could achieve this

And I still have 33% left. Damnnnnn
[Galaxy Note II General] bondhanu:
Note2 battery just rocks. If u use uv it could be much better, around 7-8h. I myself don't like this as it affects my charging cycle. :)

Idiots worship phones like hell♡♥
[Galaxy Note II General] Justinhopaolo:
Im not even thinking of flashing a custom

First time in Android I'm satisfied with stock
[Galaxy Note II General] Jasonchewy91:
What is uv?
[Galaxy Note II General] bondhanu:
Under voltage ur cpu so that the battery lives longer. U can do this with several custom kernels: Perseus, adam...etc

Idiots worship phones like hell♡♥
[Galaxy Note II General] Justinhopaolo:
Who needs that when you can turn on 3g all day and be able to have a screen on time of 5:30 hours with 16 hours standby.

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Ps. This is with a lot of game time
[Galaxy Note II General] bondhanu:
I just play more games and expect higher battery stats. :)

Idiots worship phones like hell♡♥
[Galaxy Note II General] dazza7111:
Ive gone to s4 from note 2. Reasons against note 2 was in summer felt too big wearing shorts, and people at work showing me there s4 the screen was a lot brighter. I thought long and hard about got a decent deal I thought.

But now miss note 2. I never use s4 features remote is good but never use it. Keyboard too small. Screen too small. Only thing I like is s view cover. And screen is brighter. Note 2 felt smoother.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mipepim:
Everything works fine, but sometimes no sound on speakers!! nothing helps only restart! Please help
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
did you do a reset on the phone?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mipepim:
yes, its a same.., sometimes in a few days, sometimes 2-3 times in a day. I miss calls and mesages, its no sound....sound comes only from ear speaker. Its weird, when this happend slider for volume cant go to the end of minimum, stack on 6-7mm for the end of slide. Only restart can back the sound!!!

.253... Existenz black.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
try a different rom? that is weird...maybe one of your app stopping it.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] techmatlock:
On the Android Developer website, when you go to the Design page, there's a tab called Style. When you click on Style, it shows a picture of the new HOLO colors featured in a wallpaper.

On another website, I read that people download the color swatches and are able to create this wallpaper. It would look best without all the lines in the picture, just the five colors.

http://developer.android.com/design/style/color.html
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] bradyonly:
How does this work for you.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] N3V3RS3TTL3:
Another version. View attachment 2053633
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Toledo_JAB:
back on topic

That is enough off-topic chatter.

Thread was cleaned

And everyone knows that rainbows are for unicorns and leprechauns ;)

EDIT: and my little ponies.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Unhived__Mind:
Haha...well played and point taken. :D
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] elzafir:
Here, just made it in Photoshop. Especially made for the Nexus 4 (wallpaper resolution 1536x1280 in PNG format).

Exactly like the pic above, but without the white technical lines.

Two versions. Personally I like the first one, because it will show a wallpaper scrolling effect,

Wallpapers are in the .zip attachment.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Sentimus:
Out of curiosity, what launcher are you using?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] are2power:
hi all,

im using Ripper ROM v15.1...still using Modem BUALI6...but seems i see this modem eating more battery life when im turning on wifi...

could anyone susgest me what the good modem i can flash into this rom..?

i live in Malaysia. anyone?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] JJEgan:
Modems are for networks not roms try the modem thread .

jje
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] chrismast:
as JJ said, modems are not connected to the ROM itself, but to the region you are in (at least it should work like that).

Go to the Modems thread in the General Section and try out different once (you can flash them via CWM). Maybe start with the modems coming from your region as they "should" work the best.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] q171807909:
The modem eating more battery life when im turning on wifi ? You can edit the parameters in system\build.prop “wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180”

If there's not this ,add it .

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinrubio1:
Why do I have root and a custom rom (I was running ktoonsez kernel before i did the hard reset) when I hard-reseted my phone?

I'm trying to make my phone like it came out of the box.

With no root or anything. With the original kernel and stuff.

How do I do that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] umair42:
I don't think hard reset can make your phone look like out of box.You have to flash stock rom with Odin to return to stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinrubio1:
How do i do that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] umair42:
Go to sammobile.com and download your phone's firmware.Then search on google how to flash roms using odin.

I can't post links because i'm not on my pc and using it from mobile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinrubio1:
It looks complicated, I'll see if I need to do it tomorrow because I reset my phone because I was experiencing an issue,

Is there a thread made for the S4 to revert to complete stock? I know I saw one in Android Development, but it said "fix soft brick" or something like that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Android_Monsters:
This thread in the stickies shows how to unroot and how to use odin.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2268880
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinrubio1:
so this is the thread I need to be looking at?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] santana_pr:
yep is too easy if you read and if you have a doubt read again, follow these steps...good luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rockstarar:
a hard reset does a factory reset too if i'm not mistaken which only wipes /data /cache and dalvik. doesn't touch system or boot which is where the rom and kernel are, respectively. therefore doesnt get rid of root
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] abcdefg1234567:
It is so... not hard, its easier then buttering toast, if you can adjust the sound volume on a pc or navigate a standard windows xp/7 o.s , you can odin a tar file to a galaxy phone .. it takes literally 5 min from dload file time / to flashing finished.

In fact you have the easiest phone to deal with be :thumbup: thankful not a motorola or htc.

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Puting a galaxy any galaxy back to stock requires what wr call removing root and more importantly getting stock 3e recovery back. Its only done by flashing the stock out of the box firmware, otherwise known as a tar.md5 file.

You search in GOOGLE,for

"M919 uvuamdl stock tar. "

Dload it to computer then extract file to desktop or a folder

Next Download odin and open odin,

Connect phone to usb cable to the computer. You will see in odin top left corner a com port when your phones recognized the port will be yellow and say com with a # like com8 for example.

Select pda in Odin, it will direct you to the folder you put the tar file in and select open.

Then click start in Odin.When its done itlll say reset/pass .flashing takes 3-10 minutes on average the s4 takes little longer than older galaxy's used to.

Your all done Back to as STOCK AS YOU CAN GET:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
Sent you a PM also
[Android Apps and Games] akash akya:
Awesome notes and reminder app from baidu ROM..

Features :

* Notes

* voice & video support

* reminder

* a better replacement for Google keep

Bugs : location is not working

Steps:

Download , move to system/app

Credits :

* baidu developers

DOWNLOAD :

http://www.mediafire.com/?4mnp1ca3y362ync

SS:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] braindump:
Hi guys,

In case people haven't seen this one before. A uhm.. Case for the himalaya, it makes the device look more cool, and less nerdy i think. Better then the typical admin style ledercase.

Would love to use this one, too bad it's so expensive.

http://www.pielframa.net/prodi.asp?ID=1022

Greetz,

Braindump
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CoreyMck:
It is available for less elsewhere. I am using one that I paid 900 baht (18 euros) for in Thailand. JavoEdge sells them for US$28.95 (22.30 euros). If you buy one, be sure to get good screen protectors too. I use the Martin Field's Overlay Plus. Now if I could just find a way to get a commission from these guys!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
i would get this one

http://zxpro.com/catalog/product_16...20_with_unbreakable_screen_cover_cat_325.html

i havent come across any screen protectors which was able to save the screen if the xda fell on a corner of a table or something

the pure silecon imho protects the part of the xda which is protected the most already
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CoreyMck:
I had never seen that one before. Other than the belt clip, it looks great; and I'm pretty sure you can remove the belt clip. Part of my problem with belt clips is that people here will steal your phone off your belt. No sense advertising you have an expensive phone.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Timmeh:
I got one of those silicone cases (not the one with the screen protector, the first one). Cost about £5 off ebay.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Hissing Syd:
Re: Nice Silcone Cover

I too bought one of the silicon cases. Very happy with it apart from one aspect: with it fitted, the Himalaya will not fit on the Sync Cradle! It is just slightly too bulky. This means I have to repeatedly take the cover on and off and, even over a week or so, I can feel the cover is less 'snug' than it used to be. I suspect it is getting stretched.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
For 16GB Xperia Tablet Z LTE (SGP321). Flash on variants of this device at your own peril.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!UZBhTZKQ!B4A753kOZEwPczt5hFWc1V-62eJzLIK8a4v6YOx_ERE

Mirror: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8IkQjiPjX_DWHlURl9heVpXTU0/edit?usp=sharing

Created from SEUS and Flashtool. Not tested. No warranty. No mirrors, please.

Use Flashtool v0.9.11.0 to flash.

If you want root, unlock your bootloader, flash a kernel with recovery and flash superuser.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] jasonfoknxu:
Is it possible to root on this version (.307)??

I need root >_<...
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Root is not a "need", but a "want", and the answer to your question is probably not. Just unlock your bootloader, flash a kernel with recovery then flash superuser.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] UserX10:
I´m not able to flash it.

Flashtool says "Device connected in flash mode" and that's it.

Other Firmware are working, any idea?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Did you update flashtool to the latest version? Only 0.9.11.0 works for Xperia Tablet Z iirc.

EDIT: 0.9.11.0 flashes fine for my XTZ on OSX.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] isimobile:
Tried it and installed, thank you!
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] shaun.s:
Hey,

works great thanks, I don't have the DoCoMo crap anymore :D

I have the LTE 32GB version, is there anyway I can resize the partition or I need to wait for a 32gb version you think?

Thanks again
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Not by flashing via flashtool. You may be able to resize partitions using adb shell or something like that, but that's highly dangerous and untested. There is no 32GB LTE version of the XTZ for worldwide though, so you may be stuck with only 16GB of storage.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] shaun.s:
im sure there will be a 32GB LTE version coming soon....ill just have to wait..:S

I wouldn't want to resize using adb shell...I guess ill wait and see
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] shaun.s:
Thanks for that.

If one was to go back to the stock docomo firmware by putting tablet in flashmode will pc companion download the docomo firmware?

Basically how do I go back to 32gb version until I get international LTE 32gb

Cheers
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
I guess repairing via PC Companion would work. Flashing the DoCoMo ftf might work, but not sure about that.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] shaun.s:
So ill need to find a ftf download first :/

Wish there were just a partition resize app lol
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] blurblur:
I lost root and custom recovery after flashing this. But this update brings about the wonderful update to the touch screen which makes the tablet so much more easy to use.

Hopefully, someone will create custom recovery and root for this later.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] shaun.s:
no go.

I tried to get default DoCoMo firmware using PC companion but it just says my tablet is up to date.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Did you make sure you chose 'repair' rather than update?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] shaun.s:
Yup did repair it goes looking for the software comes back and says no software available...

I'm trying to find firmware dumps now I don't kno what else will work
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] shaun.s:
I downloaded the stock DoCoMo and im back to 32gb..

ill wait until a international 32GB LTE version is released...

thanks
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] snorfu:
i have .253 with locked bootloader...if i flash this .307 the locked bootloader stays and i don´t loose bravia engine 2! am i right?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
No FTF file can be modified. It will not unlock your bootloader, nor will it do any dastardly things to your tablet other than update it.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] gerzii:
u know a method to unlock the bootloader of the lte version?

becuae the official method doenst work
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Official method works fine for me. Is bootloader unlock allowed shown as 'yes' in the service menu?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] gerzii:
it says: NO

:(
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Then i'm afraid your bootloader isn't unlockable. You can try though, some users at the Xperia Z forum managed to get their bootloaders unlocked even though it says no. Not sure if it will do anything weird or nasty if it fails, so don't hold it against me on that.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] gerzii:
what do u mean ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Even though the service menu says the bootloader is not unlockable, some Xperia Z users managed to get their bootloaders unlocked officially. You can try that, but I'm not sure if it will do anything nasty if it fails.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] dhruvaz:
I thought it was fresh 307 it came with file commander and other stuff..
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Sony stock always come with these apps, whether they're needed or not. Usually they can be uninstalled.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] Quaker_31:
Is it just me, or is that Mega - website- just utter crap. some1 needs to give me a lesson in using it and yes I am on chrome.
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] tehSmoogs:
Just you !
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Mega is actually one of the best file hosts right now. If I made you use dev-host, you would complain about speed, if I used Dropbox, you would complain about the public links being down due to high bandwidth, yada yada...

Also, a how-to on using Mega:

1. Open site

2. Wait for it to load. It uses super crazy ninja magic powers or something, and good things come to those who wait.

3. See that red button with the word 'Download'? Click it.

4. ???

5. Profit!
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] dhruvaz:
Well being on 10 Mbits connections I can get those files in like a minute or two. google docs too have some impressive download speed. Btw pandaball mine didnt came with file commander. (Sweden)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Strange. I've always have had those apps preinstalled, so I assumed that it was standard across all customisations since my tablet is definitely unbranded.

About Google Drive: yes, I have used it and it is crazy fast, however my Google Drive is nearing max capacity so I had to use another file host, and Mega seemed like the no-brainer. You can increase file download speeds by increasing the number of simultaneous connections for downloads ;)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] gerzii:
u have a link for that? :)
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] b8drf:
I have tried to download this .ftf file on several occasions but always get the "Temporarily unavailable" message

Can you re-post or is there an alternative link I can use ?

Thanks for your help

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The link I tried was in the OP https://mega.co.nz/#!UZBhTZKQ!B4A753kOZEwPczt5hFWc1V-62eJzLIK8a4v6YOx_ERE
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] pandaball:
Not sure why there's this problem. I got it too. Uploading to Google Drive, will update OP once it's up.

Uploaded. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8IkQjiPjX_DWHlURl9heVpXTU0/edit?usp=sharing
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] b8drf:
Thanks - that worked a treat - now on .307 on my SGP321 and rooted successfully ....
[Xperia Tablet Z Android Development] rootuser:
md5 checksum for ftf file

Hi

Can someone kindly share a md5sum of the ftf file.

regards