yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Here's the thing, a lot of people can't afford over £500 upfront for a phone, so they move onto a contract, now on the contract they have to keep paying for 2 years (most common, at least on UK) so expecting everyone to upgrade every year by refusing to update will be corporate suicide for them, people will choose a different make because they don't like having to keep a dead phone for a full year.

Remember HTC used to be number one in Android manufacturers and are now failing badly because of build quality issues the same could happen with Samsung. (I personally don't want to buy LG again after I got one update in 2 years from them)
[Galaxy S III General] Rexton270:
Aright guys, this is mostly about 9300 (non LTE) version. I have S3 9305, so wondering if my device will get the update in same time as 9300 or will have to wait longer ? Contacted Samsung, but no reply yet (has been 4 days since)...
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Nexus has a part dump arriving for 4.3 . So to me looks like it will be announced soon as a release .

Samsung some months later probably .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Its a different phone so there will be different time scales.
[Galaxy S III General] Rexton270:
Well, I am aware of that :cool: , the question is will be the 9305 treated same way as 9300 or not...

I took the 9305 as it has better spec than S3 9300, but it might be an mistake, if Samsung will put it on "side-line"...
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
All international S3's will be treated with teh same respect I would imagine, but developement and releases will not be simultaneous most likely.
[Galaxy S III General] Rexton270:
I don't mind fast updates, but regular. So if 9300 gets 4.3 i am expecting the same. Hopefully Samsung will support 9305 in the same way.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Yup. Don't know if we're getting 4.3 or not yet. Haven't got 4.2 yet
[Galaxy S III General] CHEVYbarracuda1:
A cuti budalo dje si se zaleceo..
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
English please. Private messages in PM only. Open Messages, MUST be in English or at least translated.
[Galaxy S III General] Nick Fury:
Honestly I think samsung need to skip us up to 4.3 as a sorry for messing us around for the last few months
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
I think samsung should just offer free upgrades to the new galaxies they release
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
......why not ask for a free share pack as well, I recently complained about updates and asked for a chair on the board of directors.........they didn't give it to me so I'm throwing my phone away and going back to using my 10 year old Nokia......I mean, who the hell do they think they are....all my requests were reasonable :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
Best act of the smartphone rights movement. You're making good progress, keep it up
[Galaxy S III General] alexx910:
I'd rather prefer pure Android on my S3 than those battery-hungry and partially crappy samsung builds with Touch-Wiz, even if I liked TW in some way.

The s3 is a great phone itself, but Samsung f*cks everything up, as usually. Got a Samsung tv and what happened, it is pretty laggy even if it has dual-core SoC. Great. And no Stupid evolution kit sockel build in, so kinda f*cked up, even if the tv is still a great one (S6900 series)

But back to phones, sammy could do so much for gathering more customers ,if they made TW optional. They even gave a galaxy s2 to the CM-Team once, for developement reasons, but without sources its imperfect and cant give the user experience it could potentially give.

Hopefully Samsung will release the sources for exynos, when they stop to support it software-wise.

Otherwise I'm never ever gonna get a samsung phone with samsung-colored FW, better get a phone with stock android, which will still get a lot of updates even after the official support cycle.

OH, and there is only one practical thing on my s3, that was made by sammy. Guess what.

Samsung Dive (or however it is called now).

cheers
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Just get one without exynos ;)
[Galaxy S III General] alexx910:
Good idea, but in Germany there was only the galaxy s3 with exynos :D And if you win one, you shouldnt complain about it, but thx samsung I have to complain^^ And of course there will be a phone without samsung-exclusive chipset ;)
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Same in uk. Although now s4 LTE no exynos ;)
[Galaxy S III General] wicked1683:
Hmmmm... Who needs stock touchwiz? We have lots of better roms like CM10.1

Super smooth stock android experience...
[Galaxy S III General] CHEVYbarracuda1:
Sorry bro.. I used methaphore there like maaaan u r sooo smart to be claiming that like we are all blind.. Yea well i should say my opinion.. Im on aosp rom. Not having any major issues except camera is sometimes 'stubborn' but everything else works great.. Honestly touchwiz failed on the s3. How can they go ahead and push new updates when old things and old stuff isnt polished.. Its just stupid to start smth new and add new features when big major things that are issues arent fixed.. Redrawing,especially phone app lag really annoyed me..
[Galaxy S III General] Geordie Lad:
Seems obvious Samsung's stalling because the S4 is still new and they want as many early sales as possible.

Because S3 is almost as good in just about every way and a lot of people like me see nothing in the S4 that makes me want to rush to upgrade so I'm betting Samsung wants to keep running the old 4.1.2 as long as possible to make the S4 look even better.
[Galaxy S III General] UrbanDrawer:
And when the 4.2/4.3 is released, Samsung looks like a saint feeding the unfortunate...

Now I know how S2 owners feel.
[Galaxy S III General] anthonys2r:
Can someone clarify this for me: Do OEMs like HTC and Samsung get the source code first (if so how long?) before Google announces the next version of Android to the public? Or are they waiting just like the rest of us?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
They'll get it earlier than we, the public. How much earlier, I'm not sure.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
To my way of thinking, as its open source I would imagine manufacturers get it pretty much straight away? Opinion?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I think Google want a grace period as a selling point for nexus devices. Sure, I know OEM's have loads of work to do to compile drivers, UI's and frameworks but some OEM's like Huawei leave it looking fairly stock. I think google will delay a little so no one else can release too close to the nexus roll out.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
valid point....I think there is a nexus 4. 4.3 leak out, or so I remember seeing

Edit...yup, it's on XDA news
[Galaxy S III General] testadeferro:
I think google is delaying things in order to fight ios7. In October we will see klp.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AGoogleUser:
Hey everyone. I'm confused as to why, in 2013, developers are STILL putting warnings in their ROMs that disabling your shutter sound is illegal in some areas. It's not and never was or will be. It would have been, if the Bill from 2009 labeled "H.R. 414" passed. Which it didn't. So I ask, Why put in a warning from something 4 years ago, if there is no danger of breaking any law?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Critical Detox:
Because it would still apply to private areas.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scientificharmony:
Hey Guys

Does anyone know if there is a way to disable the volume buttons on the side of the S4 I9505?

Im tired of the volume being changed or muted during the day just because the buttons were pressed by accident.

Any info appreciated.

Chris
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AiMwasNeD:
hy,

i found no solution for this in stock rom, but in some third party lockscreen-app's like widgetlocker, there is an option for exactly this feature.

I tried this a few minutes ago and it devinitively works without root. Also some aokp/cm - roms offer this option, if I'm not mistaken.

edit: sry i misread! U want to disable volumebuttons general...... my proposed solution was just for phone wake-up / lockscreen
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vpwrf:
I use Volume Locker for locking the volume. I always keep knocking the volume buttons and this app is great for automatically putting it back.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scientificharmony:
Thanks guys
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] enkelad:
Is my battery life ok?

I think my battery is losing capacity or something is draining it a lot since few months ago i still could squeeze out of it about 3.5 hours screen on time, nowadays i get barely 2 hrs.

What also bugs me is that when i unplug it from the charger it loses top 10% very quickly. It goes from 99% to about 90% in just an hour or two in standby. Here are some screenshots, I don't see anything suspicious, still, I get less from it than before.

All screenshots are standby with everything shut, no sync, no internet on, nothing, it consumed 15% in about 9.5 hours and before, i got to lose about 1% in about 10 hours in standby.

Stock austrian rom 2.3.6. rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Adam77Root:
Why are you still on GB?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] enkelad:
lol. Because of the battery life and need fully working rom, but battery is very important to me. Tried stock ICS, after 2 weeks had to get back to GB cause of the battery.

Also, is there something wrong when battery monitor reports high kernel consumption? Sometimes in standby when there is more battery drain it shows high kernel consumption
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] enkelad:
More than 100 views and no comments.

Can you at least say is it normal for launcher to use about 10% of the battery? It's Holo launcher
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Truemeaningoffear:
So I just rebooted my phone and realized that on the boot screen it still had the word custom and the little open lock icon on my boot screen the same as when my boot loader. I did take latest update before realizing it would cause me to lose root and I do not have root access so I'm curious if the boot loader is really locked and the boot screen just doesn't change or what the deal is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Delakit:
The latest OTA locks the bootloader and makes you lose root. It says Custom because of the flash counter (I assume). Mine said the same thing yesterday after uninstalling root that was obtained before taking the OTA so I could return the phone back to Verizon. Your bootloader is locked.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] iCue:
I have a problem with my Jam

During the upgrade ( I messed sth up :/ ) the software quitted and the mdac went off. Restarting leads to nothing. After Cold reset,

the device is stuck in bootloader and doesnt do anything at all

only way to kind of restart it is to connect it via usb, remove the powerpack, ( red light glooming ), reinserting the power pack -> Device is Restarting last rom.

After the autoconfig ( T-Mobile ) device restarts ( as usual ) but again stucks in the BL

From time to time it communicates via USB in BL(after several restarts), but not enough to do a d2s.

How to handle it?!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] bolasz:
When in BL disable usb connection in AS, connect it to PC and try to reflash.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] JayEs:
we already did so,

but the problem is that there is no rom for our mdac outside....

(usb is deactivated in as)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] bolasz:
I guess you'll have to use another rom (imate, qtek).
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] JayEs:
we tried this way, we used this rom: JAM_WWE_106_110_10500

with this patched application: MaUpgradeUt_noID...

Our bootloader is not able to reinstall its own backup from

a sd card...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] bolasz:
I don't know what to suggest...

Sorry, mate...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Belbol:
Hi guys:

I just want a recovery for the Xperia P on last 6.2.A.1.100 build , locked bootloader.

I had searched for it but i found only the one for ICS.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Wind07:
The ics ones work perfectly.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] moli2398:
Well, flash your phone to ICS and then root it. After rooting install CWM Recovery and then install a JB zip from the recovery. The whole procedure is given in Development section.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Wind07:
The ics one works don't confuse.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] moli2398:
He is on JB and want a recovery which works in JB. So flash ICS then root then install CWM and then install JB ROM. So he will have both JB and recovery. I think he want this only else if I am wrong please correct me.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Belbol:
Lol guys now i don't know what to do.

You mean if i was on JB i can install the CWM one? Will it work fine? You mean this right?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2020895
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hliasant:
Since you are on locked bootloader, you need to:

1)root your device following the steps on Xperia p development section(doomlord toolkit)

2) install cwm using recoveryx on your pc!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChikeD:
That one would work once you have root.

Depands which JB, DooMLoRD Easy Rooting Toolkit only works for 6.2.A.1.100.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Belbol:
Thanks guys , that's what i want , and i know how to do the rest.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Wind07:
I use recoverx
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adi_sat123:
+1 :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayloon:
Hi,

I have an Orange UK HTC One which i've been flashing various roms on. I've also updated the firmware and S-OFF

I'd like to return to stock so i can send it back (minor fault).

I have found a CWM nandroid backup for my carrier - CID ORANG001 / 1.28.61.7 which i've flashed but the touchscreen doesn't work afterwards and the firmware is still at the new version. HBOOT is also at V1.54.

I presume the touchscreen doesn't work because of the firmware issue (old rom, new firmware? ).

How can i return to a out of the box status ? Im really confused.

Please help.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rex2369:
Find a android backup that is the same as yours and restore that. Flash stock recovery and have S-ON and you're done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
I was disappointed to read about Scott's decision to stop developing his CleanRom. I found it to be a great balance between TW and Google Edition.

I hope someone will take it over. I don't see a clear alternative to CR.

Thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Forgetfull:
First I've heard of this. Bummer. Well now i have a reason to try hyper I guess.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 318sugarhill:
Giving Synergy a try. But still keeping CR backup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
If you're looking for a fantastic running ROM with the same odex'd stock feel go with synergy and odex it yourself.

The "life after" stuff is a bit melodramatic

sent from my GE gs4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kheltek:
Try Hyper

The newest release of Hyper is incredibly stable, easy to use, and insanely fast. I strongly suggest giving it a spin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] matt1733:
disappointing clean rom is stable I will definitely miss it.. Thanks for a nandroid backup that I will keep forever
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] theycallmerayj:
just wondering if you have a link or anything saying he's stopping development for it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
The locked thread and the last post in said thread are what are giving people that idea

sent from my blu vzw gs4 :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] theycallmerayj:
Ah ok. I just saw it. That sucks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rafael4096:
Another CleanRom fan here.....still running 1.2 cause it worked so well for me. :)

I wish Scott well in whatever he is doing next! I certainly appreciate all the hard work he put in.

Thank you, Scott!!!!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] imablackhat:
I went to eclipse and used tb and deleted health and Samsung link. The two things left of bloat. Then flashed latest faux. I dig it so far. Farewell clean.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] reggie cheeks:
Life after cleanrom is fine but better with it. Scott stopping has me wondering the birth to death rate of android developers. More devices and old ones that stay relevant already spread them out pretty good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] guyver2077:
No idea Dev had stopped.. Def a great and stable ROM...now decisions decisions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lSUPERFLYl:
My signature should say it all ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 2crazeybolt:
Yep totally bummed he's stopping, just loved how great everything worked on his ROM. I will give Hyper a try again. I used it before but had a few issues, looks like he's got it running pretty good now. Can always nandroid...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mtown_cyclone:
So, is hyper where everyone is heading?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Eric214:
yeah I'm still on 1.0 cause its the best battery life. I've tried 1.3 and 1.5R2 though not 1.6 or 1.6.5.

1.0 is still my DD. Smooth no lag (though i had no lag on stock) and everything worked with crazy battery life. I have all of the Zips DL so I'll always have the nandroids plus the zips. The battery life i got on 1.0 (.25% drain per hour idle and 6-7 hours on screen time) makes me not need to mess with other roms right now. Unfortunatley i was not getting the same battery life with the other versions of this rom.

Also unfortunate he closed the thread right away as we're unable to thank him for a great ROM. I wish him the best and hope whatever changed in his life is good or if not so good things improve for him. Thanks Scott
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xs11e:
Not me, I like CleanRom, I've tried Hyperdrive and really like all it's features but I'm running CynogenMod. Why? Because it works on my phone and NO TouchWiz ROM I've tried does work properly with all my apps and I can't figure it out? Apps that ran just fine on my Galaxy S3 work perfectly on AOSP ROMs on the S4 but will not work on any TouchWiz ROM and I haven't the knowledge, time or inclination to trouble shoot TouchWiz so.... CyanogenMod.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Evocm7:
I almost cried when I read that message. After having terrible lag issues with hyperdrive, it looks like synergy will be my next go to rom when the update comes out which I will like because it will have more features than CR did. I don't like anything crazy but some tweaks that scott doesn't offer in his stockish rom will be nice. I am going to miss him very much though. Great guy and great dev.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TH3 ST1G:
Lmao, I loled when I read this... Good stuff.

I am far from a dev, hell I've barely been using an android device for a month but, devs have such a thankless job/hobby. I am not aware of one that gets money for anything they do (short of "bounties") yet, get ridiculed when something they do may not work for someone.

I appreciate everything, would love to get into doing things like this just have no idea where to start. I wouldn't mind taking a crack at making my own ROM for personal use and if good enough, maybe public. I just have zero experience, lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Everyone starts somewhere.

And you are right. In general. We get plenty of thanks. We get donations here and there(generally from the people that actually help or aren't all that vocal on the forums). And we get a handful of vocal people who don't actually help us with useful info about the bugs they have, and treat us like we owe them something. Its really kind of strange.

As far as clean rom goes I'd challenge anyone to open a version of clean rom and look around at the apps that were left in place, the build.prop, and init.d tweaks(if any). Then open a stock rom and mimick what you saw. Debloating a rom is not hard at all. And making an already stable stock rom stable... well...

sent from my GE gs4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JFazYankees:
How do you odex a ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I plug it into my computer open the toolkit I use(rujelus22's aio) and hit odex. It then pulls the system/app and system/framework folders and then odex's it all. After that I make a working ROM zip from those files.

But for those not comfortable with that stuff... there are odex apps available for on your phone that will odex the ROM on your device. I suggest [MENTION=599465]rujelus22[/MENTION] 's Kuban Odexer but there are many others. And there are also scripts you can run in recovery that do the same also. If you go the app method just be sure the app odex's both app and framework files.

I'm working on a script for my ge project now so I can include odex as an option into an aroma package.

sent from my GE gs4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SMR-DINO313:
hello

im really thinking of trying to build a rom . but i dont know how to ... can someone point me to the right direction ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Download a stock ROM and open it up and look at it's contents. Best way to learn IMO is to do it.

sent from my GE gs4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] abendx:
If CM didn't have the voice and bluetooth bugs, it would be the best bet.... all you really lose is the nice camera software (well more, but that seems to be the big one ppl are looking for).... they will figure it out before too long. As for the TW ROMS... I have tried many and have come to like CR the best. Now that he's gone, I have tried HELLSROM and am finding it to be very snappy, no odd issues so far, and the TW apps that I have added work just fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Evocm7:
I sort of did that already but it's no fun(and wrongish in my opinion) copying someone's work and calling it your own. Alot of devs all use the same basic tweaks because there's only so much you can do without getting crazy. Now that scott has offered his rom as free for use, I am going to build off of what he left. I will add a couple more tweaks and mods that he probably would not consider but nothing outrageous. :rolleyes:

Give me 2-3 weeks to try and cook something up :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Respect. :good: I've always tried to build my own init scripts and compile my own prop tweaks. Anything I've used verbatim I've credited and talked to the original dev.

Like you said though for clean ROM, he offered it all up as open source so it's all good.

sent from my blu vzw gs4 :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
HellsROM looks like a very promising follow on for me after CleanROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xs11e:
What voice and Bluetooth bugs? Been running CM for months now, haven't noticed any bugs but that might be because I'm using it differently than you are?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] s4noob:
This is the first i heard of this..... I need to read more
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tripsuire:
I LOVE Synergy. I have tried Hyperdrive and it is great, but it almost seems like "too much". I also find that Synergy has better battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] abendx:
IDK.... that call bug (no audio) was biting me hard. Supposedly the fix was to cycle BT while standing on one hand and waving a foot towards Canada. Well... maybe there was more to it than that, but I do recall people toggling BT to possibly fix. BT bug?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brw9100:
Tried others but...

Been running CleanRom as my dd almost since Scott released it. Always been stable and only one or two minor bugs. I have tried both Synergy and beanstown's Jelly 'Beans". Both nice ROMS but I had bluetooth issues with both. At home my S4 is paired to a home phone base so I can use my home phone handsets for calls and both Synergy and Jelly'Beans' refuse to pair with an error saying it can't communicate with my Panasonic base. Deal breaker for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I'm looking at Eclipse as my ROM of choice after CR 1.5R2 . Reading through the thread seems like it has the best balance of AOSP and TW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] evanhumanist:
I'm using eclipse right now, it's really the best you can get if you like all the touchwiz features, but prefer a lighter ROM, with great battery saving inverted apps, and the most beautiful AOSP look you can get with Touchwiz.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2351840