yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slig:
This Youtube video is total bull****. According to it Amazon sells fakes:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-GT-I9500-Factory-Unlocked/dp/B00BV1NKCW

and also Gadgetreview presented fake phone:

http://www.gadgetreview.com/2013/04/delay-on-galaxy-s4-shipment-unlocked-international-version-on-ebay-daily-deals-for-700.html

And here are photos on Samsung Webpage - check second photo, yellow flash light and engraved logo = international version.

http://www.samsung.com/pl/consumer/mobile-phone/mobile-phones/smartphone/GT-I9505ZKAXEO

Nice, this suppose to be "counterfeited" phone with such a level of details, samoled display, CPU, camera sensor, original firmware beacause the only difference that TechRex guy can present is different color of flash led and logo on back cover...... What an idiot/troll.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentvisitor:
I have asked him for few more pics.

He is quite depressed actually :(

I'll keep posting as and when i receive images.

He tried to update but it said "Your system is up to date".
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tanis64:
I don't think it's a fake.

Looks like the international I9500, the firmware will be the official Chinese version.

So he should install a international ROM.

I'm from Europe Germany, as far as I know all the cell phones in the states are provider bound.

The provider bound smartphones are specially build for the providers. They have different hardware and firmware. Is there an international version of the I9500 that is sold in the states?

If so try to get the firmware version of that and flash it via Odin.

The other option is to contact Samsung USA, maybe they can help your friend. I can't imagine that he is the only person with this problem.

Regards

Send from my GT-I9505 using TapaTalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slig:
IMHO You should check if Kies detects this phone and connects to it. Also try to flash proper firmware for Your region with Odin.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] patjer05:
When I use my JAM to call someone (so without headphone), many people complain about listening to their own voice when they are talking to me. I thought it might have to do with the sound of the speaker being to loud as the sound of it is picked up by the microphone again. When I lower the volume during a conversation to counter this (using the volume switch), the lowest volume level still is quite loud. Is there a way I can decrease the volume more?

More ppl having this problem?

ROM: 1.03.00 WWE

Radio: 1.01.00

ExtROM 1.03.141
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mannyman2:
I hear myself sometimes. I cannot pinpoint when and why. It happens spradically. I hear myself echo super clearly. The other person on the line also hears echos.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] R. Knops:
Upgrade would fix ...

I've got the same problem. Without a BT headset there are sometimes echo's in the phonecall. With my BT headset there are no problems at all, according to the other user.

According to what I've read on this and other forums an clubimate update / upgrade would fix this problem. So the engineers are working on it. I don't know when this update will come out, and don't blame me for false information. I've based this on other posts ...

Knd regards ...
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] ericshmerick:
I posted a few weeks ago about my defective camera on my HTC One. I sent it to HTC who just flashed a ROM and sent it right back to me. That didn't fix a thing. I escalated it to Tier 2 and had the name of one person in T2 support. I called her daily once I sent it back in again, insisting that something was wrong with the hardware. We left on Friday morning for a trip to Vegas and I made a deal with HTC...I'd pay to overnight the phone to them in advance of my trip if they promised to overnight it back to me for delivery on Thursday (prior to us leaving).

No promises were made on HTCs part, but I did call them daily to check the status. I was told that a software update would fix everything (.29). I strongly disagreed since I've seen photos from .27 phones that looked much better than the ones coming out of my phone. I emailed them many examples of the poor photos from my phone to support my case.

In the end, sure enough, HTC not only overnighted my phone back for delivery on Thursday, they completely replaced it (it's brand new, no refurb!). In all, I was without a phone for over 3 weeks - annoying for sure, but at least they made it right! The photos from the new one are crystal clear!

TL;DR: HTC replaced my defective phone after I stayed on top of them - was calm, firm and professional. I'm happy!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] IAmSixNine:
We hear to many stories of how manufacturers fail, or carriers fail with customer support. Its nice to hear a happy ending.

Thanks for sharing that with us.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] TrueYears:
Jesus 3 weeks?!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] bnbhaohao90:
Thanks for sharing that with us.

Thanks for sharing that with us.

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dual SIMcard one from china is a very popular device.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] infinitywithin1:
OP,

Can you post those pictures you emailed them?

I like my One, but my camera is letting me down. I want to see if my picture quality is similar to the ones you used to convince HTC your camera was bad.

Thanks
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] ingenious247:
I have to say if the camera is not amazing to you then something is wrong with the phone.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] EmceeGeek:
It never fails, happens to my friend a lot with HTC. Lol he usually has to wait for weeks as well. Lucky for you, you didn't have to send it right back because the other or "fixed" phone was damaged.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] th3b055:
Have a business account with T-Mobile. Took my phone in to a store because my mic went out on my HTC One. Explained my situation to the guy, no questions asked. He didn't even bother to test or check my phone. Placed an order for a replacement phone shipped over night. Got it the next day. Life is good.

+1 T-Mobile customer service
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dubsteps:
Hi

When I get onto my car, and the BlueTooth in my phone and car stereo sync, PowerAmp plays the next song in it's playlist. However, I would like to have Tune In Radio start instead.

There is an option in PoweeAmp to not have resume play - which is default - on A2DP Bluetooth.

This was the only audio player that i found that offered this option.

Is there some way to easily change the preference from PowerAmp to TyneIn? Maybe in Headset Micro service?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Alex1123:
I bought the unlock code for my Samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket and I originally had it rooted on 4.0.3 I believe and I would insert my tmobile SIM and it wpuldnt prompt me for the unlock code. It just said invalid SIM. So now I thought maybe I did something wrong with the root or the firmware so I updated to 4.1 and it works greats no bugs but I still won't ask for the unlock code if someone could help me out here that would be great havent really messed with a galaxy s2 in a while since they first came out and not to good with gsm phones as I use cdma for the most part. All help is appreciated
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Maybe be wrong but I think you have to be on a stock ROM. There's a thread in general about unlocking.

Edit: this may help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2029650
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Alex1123:
Well I am on stock but I'll check that out thanks also any other help or suggestions anyone has are welcome thanks again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Should be all you need and I think you could have done it for free with the instructions you'll find in there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Alex1123:
Well I tried that method before but didn't have much luck
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrew21:
Hello, i have one piece i9300 that shows "firmware upgrade encountered and issue" when i plug in cable. Without plugging cable phone does not switch on or go to download mode also with jig also. I tried odin but says failed all the time...I also tried running as administrator but same "failed" problem...help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
your thought is correct. ;)

SRIRAM

Sent from GALAXY S3 I9300 running PARANOID ANDROID 3+
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrew21:
Come on man, there must be a solution, maybe i'll try with Kies upgrade....can anyone else help?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
goes to recovery mode?

SRIRAM

Sent from GALAXY S3 I9300 running PARANOID ANDROID 3+
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrew21:
No recovery mode, no download mode. Doesn't even switch on until I attach a cable to it and shows "firmware upgrade encountered an issue". I have jig to put in download mode but that doesn't work.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
that should be a mother board problem. hand it over to service center.

SRIRAM

Sent from GALAXY S3 I9300 running PARANOID ANDROID 3+
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrew21:
Ok, thanks for help
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macevanscb:
I've been happily using a Nook Color for over two years running CM7.

But when B&N reduced the price of a new 16GB Nook HD to $150, I couldn't resist.... I grabbed one.

Haven't even had it for 18hrs and its running CM10.1 in EMMC (thanks to verygreen's fantastic skills and files)

Now I'm trying to get moved in and get it configured like CM7 was in the Nook Color.

1: In the CM7 system tweaks, there was a setting to allow apps to run full screen on request. I can't find anything like that in CM10. I tried the FullScreen app from the Play Store, but all it does is run full screen all the time or not at all. I want the status and navigation bars to show when not in a full screen app. Any suggestions???

2. Having a problem with wallpapers.... I can choose and set to any preloaded wallpaper that came with CM10. But when I try to use a downloaded wallpaper JPG from the Gallery, the wallpaper setup goes normally, but won't change the wallpaper after tapping Set Wallpaper. ???????

3. I managed to get a Power Control widget stuck in the upper left corner of the screen. Press and hold to move or remove it doesn't work. Help!!

4. Navigation Bar: This thing is a total mess compared to CM7. I had full control over which buttons showed in CM7. Now it appears I can't do anything with it. The home button is a useless duplicate of the Nook button. And personally I have never had any use for the Recent Apps button. But in CM10, I can't turn them off!!! All I really need in the navigation bar is Menu and Back (which is all I used for two years in my Nook Color). And I don't even need them. There's a navigation app called Button Savior that I absolutely love. When not in use, its just a little tab on the side of the screen... tap the tab and a full navigation menu shows in its place. And its totally customizable. What can I do to get rid of the Home and Recent buttons in the navigation bar.... or barring that, how do I turn off the navigation bar??????

I really liked CM7 because of all the nifty tweaks it had.... where did they all go????????????
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macevanscb:
Forget about number three... the widget went away on its own somehow.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan in la:
Have you tried using expanded desktop and pie controls? If not, you may find it does pretty much what you're looking for with both #1 and 4.

Go to settings --> system and tap on "expanded desktop." When enabled, you can hold in the power button, and one of the options will let you toggle expanded desktop on and off, which allows you to get rid of the navigation bar entirely whenever you want.

Also in settings --> system at the very bottom, you can enable Pie controls. When enabled, you can tap the bottom of the screen to bring up the navigation bar controls.

I don't know if there's a way to enable or disable expanded desktop automatically depending on the app in CM 10.1. I don't use the option myself, so I'm just not aware. Maybe with Tasker or something?

If you just want to get rid of buttons in the navigation bar, that's also under settings-->system. Tap "buttons and layout," and you can add or remove whatever buttons you want, including a menu button.

Hopefully that answers at least some of your issues, and I wasn't just telling you stuff you already know.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyperxguy:
About #2 (setting wallpaper):

I found that changing wallpaper in landscape mode --> it won't stay.

But doing the same thing in portrait mode --> working fine.

I think this is a small bug in verygreen's CM10.1 (don't see this in other devices running CM10.1).
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macevanscb:
Hiding the Navigation Bar

Thanks for your help Dan...

I looked up both "expanded desktop" and "pie controls" and then played with them.

The expanded desktop only deals with the status bar and that's not a problem in the apps I want to use full screen.

Those apps do hide the status bar but not the navigation bar.

I don't need the pie controls because the Button Savior app does the same thing... and is much easier to use IMHO.

I finally figured out the interface for Buttons and Layout.... I don't find that setup intuitive at all... but I did manage to beat it into displaying just the Menu and Back buttons, the way I like it.

So I still need to find some way for full screen apps to hide the navigation bar.

I really liked the old way it was done in CM7: There was no separate navigation bar. Navigation buttons were in the status bar. And the status bar could be placed either at the top or bottom of the screen. I had the status bar at the bottom with just the Back and Menu buttons in it. I'd love to find some way to make CM10.1 work that way.

After living with the Nook HD for another day, I see that some apps do go full screen and hide the Navigation bar... both YouTube and MX Video Player do this. But the one app I use for reading PDF eBooks, RepliGo Reader, won't go full screen and hide the Navigation bar. My secondary reader app, Aldiko, hides the navigation buttons, but not the navigation bar.... strange. I guess I'll talk to Cerience about RepliGo Reader under Jelly Bean.

hyperxguy... re: wallpapers: I've been doing all my attempts to change wallpaper in portrait mode... sigh

Had anyone out there set wallpaper from a Gallery file successfully???

Is there some special place I need to put my wallpaper JPGs in???

Right now they're just sitting in /mnt/sdcard/download/
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan in la:
Expanded desktop definitely gets rid of the navigation bar. If you choose to enable it, it will give you options that say "status bar visible" or "status bar hidden." But with either of those options, it will get rid of the navigation bar.

I agree that these functions are implemented in a non-intuitive way. It seems like there should be easier ways of configuring it.

I'm not aware of any ways to do the more involved things you're talking about, like moving the status bar down with the nav bar. There are other ROMs out there that allow more fine grained control (Paranoid Android is especially popular), but I don't think they're available for the Nook. If you want more customizability, you might be better off with a tablet like the Nexus 7, which is not much more expensive and has more development support.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macevanscb:
I'm sorry Dan, but I can only go by what I see.

With expanded desktop set to either hide or show the status bar, the navigation bar will not go away when running either RepliGo Reader or Aldiko Reader.

I would be totally happy if it did.

I'm running CyangenMod v10.1-20130615-UNOFFICAL-hummingbird

That's what was in the EMMC instructions I used.

Is there a more stable version I can load up????

Maybe backing down a build or two would get rid of all my problems.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan in la:
I think this goes back to the user-unfriendliness of the way CyanogenMod implements certain things. To get rid of the nav bar, there are two steps involved. First, you have to go to settings-->system, and choose Expanded Desktop, either with status bar visible or hidden.

But all that does is enable the option to turn the nav bar on and off. To actually turn it on and off, you have to hold down the power button to bring up the power menu. If Expanded Desktop is enabled, you should see an option for "Expanded desktop." Tapping on it turns the nav bar on and off.

I tried to say that in my first post, but it's a complicated process, and it's not easy to describe.

Also, in an earlier post you mentioned something about wanting the status bar at the bottom of the screen. I didn't really understand what you were talking about with that, but it may be TabletUI, which Google used to put on large tablets but then discontinued. There's a mod where you can install it for the Nook: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2275939

I haven't tried it, so I don't know how stable it is. But it may be worth trying if you like the look of the screenshot on the page I just linked to.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macevanscb:
IT WORKS!!!!!!

Thanks, Dan!!!!!

I never noticed the Expanded Desktop option in the Power Menu... in the week I've had the HD I've almost never used it.

My apps are now running full screen and I don't miss the navigation bar at all... Button Savior takes its place.

Status bar on top or bottom was in the CyanogenMod Tweaks settings in CM7 as was adding navigation buttons to the status bar.

I don't really need it here at all as all my navigation is handled by Button Savior.

I have a new question about pixel density... for you or for anyone out there.

I learned in CM7 that pixel density had to be set to either 420 or 69 for Google Play Store compatibility.

Use any other pixel density, and it was very difficult to get new apps or app updates.

And a setting of 420 was perfect for my Nook Color with its 1024x600 screen.

Now, on the Nook HD, the default setting is 420 for the 1440x900 screen.

This leaves a number of things a little too small for me... especially the status bar and other text.

Does anyone know a larger density number I can use that is compatible with the Play Store????
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macevanscb:
density

Wow... I sure didn't remember this correctly.

160 was the original setting on my Nook Color and 240 was what I used to make things the correct size on screen.

Now 240 is the original setting on my Nook HD and I've found that 320 is the Play Store compatible setting to make things larger on screen.

I am not totally happy with my CyanogenMod Nook HD... everything is working perfectly!!
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan in la:
I'm glad the full screen is working for you. I don't know anything about the pixel density, unfortunately. I've only had the Nook for about a week myself, and I haven't run into any app compatibility issues that would make me start messing around with that.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srgibbs99:
How are you now not happy with perfection? :D
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macevanscb:
Stupid fingers

Damn dyslexic fingers.... NOW.... I am NOW totally happy with my Nook. :D
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macevanscb:
pixel density

The reason I had to mess with pixel density is because I don't like the stock Trebuchet launcher app.

I started out almost three years ago with the Zeam launcher app and I got used to its simplicity and gestures.

But Zeam adheres to the pixel density in build.prop and the icons are too small.

When running Trebuchet, the icons are ok, but widgets and things in the status bar are too tiny at stock density of 240.

Then, running Zeam, everything is too small at stock density.

But with the density set to 320, everything is just right.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan in la:
You might try Nova or Apex launchers. Both have lots of customizability with gestures, though you may have to pay for the full version to get all the options. I'm not sure if they deal with the dpi issue.

It's too bad there's not a Nook HD port for the Paranoid Android ROM, which allows you to customize the dpi separately for every app you have. If it ever becomes available, you might want to try it out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shaqqq:
Is there going to be a Samsung update or firmware update for the lag that's been going on a lot ? I don't wanna root for the lag to stop I like being on stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] britoskates:
Some updates will help with lag but honestly don't get your hopes up :/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] rkennison:
You can root stock... and still be stock. Root refers to the user account it uses and permissions only.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shaqqq:
Yea I know but when I said root I meant like I don't want to put a custom rom or anything like that. If I just root it is there anything I can so it stop the lag?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] spetsnazzz:
[MENTION=3932350]shaqqq[/MENTION] i installed nova launcher and it solved my problems with at least the home screen lag, and it gives you a touch of AOSP, personally i love AOSP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hapticxchaos:
i too have noticed significant lag compared to my note 2, when on stock. perhaps rooting and removing bloatware might help, but i ROM'd just for that reason (cleanrom+xposed)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] erasat:
I don't know if you have read the tons of suggestions to reduce or get rid of the "lag", but here it's a summary:

1-) Activate Developers options and then set to off all the animations options

2-) Freeze/Disable the AT&T and/or Samsung Bloatware

3-) Remove the option to activate the S Voice by double clicking the Home Button, go to options on S Voice and you will see it there.

4-) If you have the Default Weather Widget, get rid of it or at least set the options to not update all the time.

5-) if you have downloaded Swiftkey, people seem to have issues with it and Weather widget combined. try using Swype (already on your phone) or Google Keyboard that was updated on the Playstore and now most can have it for free.

Maybe there are a couple of other suggestions, but the last ones, 4 and 5, seem to have affected the most. I haven't had any lag but can't say that there is no lag, as there are a lot of people that seem to have it, so it seems that it maybe some productions issues if that's the case, that is affecting some, while others don;t have it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] AxAtAx:
Custom roms would be the only way to limit the lag, as most of the devs have pretty much put a stop to it. If you stay stock you will have to wait a LONG time until they release their slow ass updates.

I am running WanamLite with NO lag so far. The above post is about all your going to get running stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shaqqq:
I did all those steps I noticed less lag but still lag though but it did help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shaqqq:
I wanna root and put custom Rom on it but I'm not good at doing it on the Galaxy S4 I don't wanna mess up my phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Bigtjmc:
Its really not bad . read read , read again Lol , root , recovery , backup, learn about Loki patch , DL Loki doki , (or make it easy and use cwm auto Loki) once you have that and are comfortable , DL ROM , gapps if any, kernel if you want a different one ,

Cwm

Flash ROM , gapps if any, kernel.

Twrp

Flash ROM , gapps if any , kernel, Loki doki.