yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II General] htc-rocks:
I've taken a punt on it - not convinced they will meet their $32million target but they will get close. I know 14 may is a long way away but it will probably beat htc and Samsung to the market.

Wouldn't be surprised if its htc they have lined up to make it for them.

Htc did a good job on the x1 for sony - then put it in a different package and called it a touch pro. Same with google nexus and the desire.

Wouldn't be surprised if the ubuntu edge is just next years flagship htc in different clothing.
[Galaxy Note II General] hacker00740:
I got in at $675 for the Ubuntu Edge. I'd love it if HTC makes it, as I now have the HTC One as my daily driver and couldn't be happier.

Good news: http://ubuntu-edge.info
[Galaxy Note II General] a.cid:
Just because I think something doesn't make it right. And just because someone else thinks something else on the same issue does not make them wrong. These are known as "opinions" and everyone is entitled to their own. You need to respect other's opinion, bashing it down with rhetorical posts is not the way to go.

Thread cleaned :)
[Galaxy Note II General] FinancialWar:
Android just died...
[Galaxy Note II General] xdapao3:
Useless small display, fricking integrated battery, scrap metal body = not interested in the slightest.
[Galaxy Note II General] cybot_x1024:
The Edge will have 4gb of ram and based on rumours and probability the Note 3 will have 3gb of ram. Based on Samsung's release schedule it should come around the same time as the Galaxy S5 which will probably have 3gb of ram as well based on how all other Galaxy Ses have been released.

Based on it having 4GB of ram it will need a 64bit processor and the only processor we have been told that will have 64 bit support is the Tegra 6 (not even the unreleased Tegra 5) which is still at least 2 years away from mass production.

The Edge will run on a Silicon Anode battery which is a refinement if the current Li-on batteries available today. It is more compact and efficient than lithium ion batteries. This tech, based on Li-on battery makers won't be available for mass production till 2015

The phone will get sapphire glass for the screen which is a lot harder than gorilla glass 3 and scratch resistant. On top of that they are going to have colour and brightness as their primary focus. And they do achieve good results the pentile displays Samsung is fond of won't match up.

Based on hints of upcoming flagship phones none has mentioned usb3 or 64gb+ memory capacities.

From the little we know about this crowd source project, the Edge will be at least an year ahead of its time. So how people on this thread are saying there'll be something better already out by the time it releases or how useless it is just ignorant fanboism. The only thing Samsung or any other phone maker will have on it when it releases is screen size. I feel it should have at least been 5" with 1080p instead(compared my Note 2's screen to an S4).

Don't get me wrong. I am a Note 2 owner who has actually made a point of looking into knowing more about this device and what it will offer if it does see the goal reached. And if you think about it, even with the $830 price tag it is still a good deal considering what we currently get for that much (S4 32gb or iPhone 5 64gb)

Imetumwa na mtambo wa Samsung kwa xda developer's app
[Galaxy Note II General] bahtsiz_bedevi:
I agree with @cybot_x1024 on some points.

Ubuntu Edge's specs are a bit overkill. They could have lowered some of them to lower its price. At least for the first version.

People want to buy Ubuntu Edge for its OS, not just for its specs.
[Galaxy Note II General] bahtsiz_bedevi:
They've set $695 special price until the end of the campaign. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge?c=activity

I think they should done that at the beginning. They'd have reached $32M already

This campaign is not well planned but let see what happens.
[Galaxy Note II General] FinancialWar:
can someone explain to me the campaign, if you say you order a phone now, do you actually pay like right now?? What happens if 32M is not reached? Do you get your money back?
[Galaxy Note II General] hacker00740:
Yeah, you pay the $695 now, but if the $32 million dollar goal is not reached, you get a full refund immediately, so there is no risk that you'll lose your money. You either get the phone or your money back.
[Galaxy Note II General] FinancialWar:
what about the lost interest? At least they should reinburse lost interest at LIBOR.
[Galaxy Note II General] liquidguru:
If the goal is reached, then you get charged. You do not get charged until the goal is reached.

sent from somewhere
[Galaxy Note II General] roger_1960:
Hi

hacker00740 is correct. They took my money. I will either get it back soon or receive an edge next year.
[Galaxy Note II General] apallohadas:
FinancialWar makes a good point. If the goal isn't reached, they just gathered quite a bit of interest that goes to...?
[Galaxy Note II General] FinancialWar:
who gets the money during the period of fundraising? The Ubuntu or indiegogo or some third party financial institution?

And seriously who gets all the interest payment if the whole project does not go through?

Considering the amount of money, that's a lot of interest that someone will pocket? The whole thing sounds like a interest raising scam!

Look let up take a look at this funding objectively.

Currently they raised $9 300 000

DBD from July 22 to today Aug 10 is 19 days

That is approx $489 473 a day.

Lets assume that the Ubuntu Edge project will continue to raise $489 473 for the rest of the duration. That is $489 473 times 30 days. They will raise stated amount of $14 684 210 when the funding ends.

Now because they don't count interest payment into the "raised amount", someone will POCKET the interest earned! Probably divided between Ubuntu and Indiegogo. How much will the interest be? Let's see.

The money is obvious put into an interest bearing bank account, at a higher than current LIBOR, assume at 5% compounded daily.

PMT = -489473

I = 5

N = 30

P/Y = C/Y = 365

Put these variables into BA II plus financial calculator

total Future Value is $14 713 395

minus total principal of $14 684 210

total interest payment earned = $ 29 185

Someone familiar with Indiegogo please tell me where will the $29185 go to? If the backer (more like investors who takes risks and get no interest return...) do not receive interest payment for their funds.
[Galaxy Note II General] fy168:
Excellent financial estimate.. and i believe you must be expert in finance.. however, the project is based on funding and i really respect people that contribute money without asking for phone.. and most importantly, the team that working on open source platform to make us free from paying every pc with licensed os.. you are absolutely right in your arguments, but... sometime innovation that count.. ^^
[Galaxy Note II General] komig:
Help spred the word!

https://www.thunderclap.it/en/projects/3486
[Galaxy Note II General] apallohadas:
Wow dude. 5 posts in a handful of minutes is spamming.

I understand the excitement of the project but you aren't helping if you get the thread shut down for being a spammer.
[Galaxy Note II General] apallohadas:
And it failed:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/22/ubuntu-edge-founder-failure-canonical

I suppose IndieGoGo keeps the interest?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kntp:
Hi guys I’m having problems with fixing my phone, here comes the

descriptions of the problem:

I had SDSyndrom on my S3 on April, I live in Brazil and I’ve bought my phone in Paraguay, however, this phone was made in UK….

So I’ve took my phone to Samsung Brazil and they told me they couldn’t fix it because it wasn’t a Brazilian phone. After that I found a charlatan that told me he could fix the phone. After 1 month trolling me, I’ve decided to pick my phone back and send it to ANOVO in UK by mail to fix it.

I’ve got it back recently and the phone is turning back on again, however, I first experience one minor problem, the Factory mode (like this one: http://i.imgur.com/kdbwtX8.jpg) and after a long time in the phone with UK they told me they hadn’t modify anything except flush new hardware.

After long internet research I was able to fix the Factory mode by a terminal code.

However, I’ve put my SIM card in the phone, I’ve got antenna signal but it wouldn’t call or receive calls… after a long time researching again, I’ve figured out that my IMEI was changed to 0049… (probably was that f*king asshole here in Brazil that told me he could fix it and he couldn’t!).

What I’ve done so far:

Flashing

new firmware with Odin won’t work

,

I’ve tried to access *#7284# but the Qualcomm USB settings is missing with the all android versions I've tried (4.0.4v; 4.1.1v; 4.1.2v; and 4.2.2 leaked v) so I’ve typed su -c 'am start -n com.sec.android.app.phoneutil/com.sec.android.app.phoneutil.USBSettings' in the terminal to access it

When I’ve select 'RNDIS + DM + MODEM' my pc tells me it couldn’t recognize the device and ‘RMNET + DM + MODEM’ won’t find any port in

NV-ITEMS Reader/Writer

(http://prntscr.com/1gw4ts) . The only option that the Reader/Writer will find a port is with the ‘MTP+ADB’… witch will

not work

.

I can’t find the *ss h*le that did this to my phone and other places won’t change IMEI because they say it is illegal to change IMEI, But I’ve just want to put my IMEI back to normal no change it… Is there a method to put back the IMEI that it is written on the back of my phone, without using a Z3X Samsung box? (can’t seem to find them here… and in Brazil this definitely would be way expensive… probably it would be cheaper to buy a new S3)… ANOVO in UK told me I could send it back by mail again, at my costs… but that would cost me again about 150 US dollars…

Sorry for extending myself, but I've couldn't be more direct...

I ain't a advance user for this matters, but I'm trying to do my best...

Thankz

Rodrigo
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You cannot flush or flash new hardware its impossible .

Is the phone a I9300???

Looks as next step is a service centre if you have no backed up EFS folder.

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kntp:
Sorry my bad English is not flash it was swapped (I think the mother board)

It is a I9300 phone

And I do not have any backup because I’ve just got it back and it was like this…

I’m trying to contact that guy that dealt with my phone in the beginning but he won’t answer his phone… the place he work is closed and there is a new store in there…

I’m pretty sure that if I take my phone to a Samsung repair center here in Brazil they will tell me what they told me before with the SDS: “the phone is foreign and we cannot do anything to assist you…”

(sorry I'm using Microsoft word to correct my english and I mistakenly copy all)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
there is nothing you can do. you need a motherboard with an imei, which this one apparently isn't. you've been scammed
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kntp:
I cannot be scammed because ANOVO is one of the two authorized service centers in UK...

I don't know what they changed because they don't tell, but every post you look about SDS they say that the motherboard are exchanged in this process
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
motherboard is changed, yes, but the efs is there. your motherboard doesn't have an efs and there's nothing you can do about it but take it back. it's not going to be a problem if those guys are as good as you make them out to be, right?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kntp:
Thats not the problem... not sure if u readed the whole post. The problem is that I live in Brazil, I've got to send it all to way to UK because it is as UK phone and Brazilian Samsung won't fix forign phones.

Besides costing almos 150 US dolares to send it to UK and getting it back, it took almos 2 months to all this process!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Fact is you have the generic IMEI and no backup of EFS .

You may not have been scammed but something is not right with your phone .

Anova flashed new firmware and fixed phone . Flashing firmware can delete the EFS folder and render the generic one .Easy to fix with a backed up EFS folder .

Your report does not say they fitted a new motherboard .

Whatever you now need a new motherboard .

There are a number of Samsung repair centers in the UK the one you used is not one i would take my phone to .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
You didn't read my reply. I said that there's nothing you can do but replace the motherboard
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kntp:
what would happen if I make a backup of my brother phone EFS file and flash it to my phone? (we bought it at the same place at the same time)

would I be able do edit it later?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Answer is no .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
no, and doing it is illegal anyway. send it back, nothing you can do, again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sigi1995:
that won't work. but if you know anyone who has a z3x box or a smart sam box you can write your old imei to the new pcm. i had the same problem after changing the board. but take care write down the serial nimber of your board bevore writing the imei number, maybe you will need it if somthing goes wrong.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghclemente:
Same problem

Rodrigo, I'm also brazilian and I'm facing exactly the same problem that you were facing some months ago. I'd like to know if you already have a solution for this problem or not?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Read general > sticky roll-up > "imei /EFS - know this stuff"

-----------------------

Sent via tapatalk.

I do NOT reply to support queries over PM. Please keep support queries to the Q&A section, so that others may benefit
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
Well guys I used to have Gnex...there we had nightlies,mods,ports,milestones,kernels and latest google updates...life was so fun..I became flashaholic...and then I bought gt-i9500...thought it will have a great developer supoort and if not nightlies I'll have good number of interesting roms to flash.but I was realky realky disappointed when I see 6 roms only . I'm not saying that these rons are not good..no way...all of them are great and stable...but when I see s3 forum and htc one forum or even gt-i9505 forum I realky regret buying this phone.who else does??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
It's all because of Samsung...I mean come on guys...u create a chipset and you're not sure about its effectiveness or whateva the reason is that you declare 9505 the "international" version??it has never happened in the past.samsung is surely losing grounds or at least surely is nervous by htc one and the xperia coming one after another that you create exynos then u say no we'll put snapdragon thing in the other model and then again u say no let's have a snapdragon 800..and then u put a bulky camera in it and call it zoom and then u put tight screws in it and call it the Active...one is so much cinfused in all this GALAXY that I start thinking s4 is a GALAXY within already congested galaxy.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gloris:
well, just to throw another opinion out there...i chose the s4 because i was looking forward to a phone that will just work straight out of the box, stock rom, without having to try custom firmware and roms just to get any sort of use out of the thing. other android phones i've used have awful battery life and all sorts of system instabilities and bugs. it's nice to finally have a phone that just works, does what it's supposed to do and i don't have to worry about switching off all the smart features because of battery life. only thing i'm waiting for now is the a2sd update so i can free a little more mem for apps. but with 64gb sd card, i have loads of room for music and videos. definitely the best stock rom/device i've had so far.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratif:
That is quite well said bro..this device is a beast in itself..but everybody has different expectations and differebt priorities. At least samsung should have overhauled the UI..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kriomag:
im dissappointed because s4 has no hdr video, there is weird lag in shutter sound, and i dont understand why they couldn put a 3100mAh battery, there is a plenty of space in such big phone :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay794:
Not really disappoi but the predictive text acts like it's drunk all the time
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
Disappointed by stuttering in some games, which really should be flying. (granny smith, rr3...)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conics:
This might be shallow for some but I'm disappointed cause you can't have lockscreen widgets on stock firmware
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deaffob:
Well first of all, GNex was Nexus. It makes it a lot easier if devs are working on Nexus. Also GNex was a lot cheaper and this led to more users. Generally if there are more users, the development blooms. You can't really compare your i9500 or even i9505 against the development of any Nexus phone.

S3 has been out for a lot longer than S4 and now you are really comparing these two's development?

HTC One and i9505 have more developments going on because simply they have more users and also AOSP devs have more experiences with Snapdragon from phones like Nexus 4.

I don't know how you bought i9500 but I'm going to assume that you bought it off-contract for like $700. Very small amount of people would actually go this route instead of just paying $200 with contract.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valentinrascu:
I should buy s3... Is the same..

Tapatalked with s4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarmafia:
?? I guess u were trying to say something else..

Sent from my GT-I9500

---------- Post added at 05:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:49 AM ----------

Agree with evrything except..s4 or s3 or s2(mayb evn s1) sold more than any nexus phone..so no,,none of the nexus devices hs more users than any of the mentioned phones..

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Nexus always had source and the last couple of nexii may very very have sold more than the i9500. A lot less people own them compared to i9505 and many Devs have shied away from phones with no source.

sent from my gt-i9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IIIPowerIII:
I have a Gnexus and a N4 at home at the moment. I gave them to gf and kids.

Am I disappointed of my 9500? Not at all, everything is better than my old N4 from screen to battery life.

Yea i have less rom to flash, but I don't care, I have one without bloatware that's running great, fast.

Here they're selling the 9505, so I imported my GT-I9500, paid 150$ more than what 9505 would've cost me. And I would redo it tomorrow without hesitation if I needed to.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
i love my S4, only dissapointment would be the purple tint i get at low brightness and maybe the touchwiz ui crappy looks besides that my 9500 is a monster
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdh2834:
I was also using a GNex befor i bought my 9500.. i got bored of aosp.. so bought a touchwiz device.. but now i miss aosp so much.. :(

But thanks to vertumus, his themes looks awesome like the good old aosps :D

Hope aosp or atlease cm releases soon..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
With all of Samsung`s latest android tablet`s having stereo front facing speakers, i think they dropped the ball, Letting HTC get the first stereo phone, i would have bought the S4 instead of the One if they had.

John.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SohumD:
I just switched from the 9500 to the htc one a few days ago.

I had a note 1. I enjoyed it for a few years. I wanted an updated experience that felt fresh and snappy and provided something slightly different. The s4 just did not do this for me.

Is it a good phone? absolutely.

But for me it didnt do anything i was left wanting.

The htc one has provided me with what i was looking for. Absolutely blazing UI theres no stutter or lag in any form or in any function. An enhanced sound experience vis a vis the boomsound speakers.

Zoe. - its fun

Premium finish - seriously its just so superbly crafted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titus1:
I think what most S4 I9500 user longing for was an absolute support from Samsung. An update that would really fix issues. Devs could only do as much. Fws came flying out from Samsung lab that does nothing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astoncheah:
why do you need more custom roms, kernels, mods to consider it a good device?

the i9500 has fewer roms, kernels but those developments are unique that you cant find it in the i9505 dev's threads. especially the Persues Kernel from Andrei, the screen/sound mods are the true original works that others dont have. and i have seen users from 9505 going to Persues's/Wanam's Thread asking to port their mods to i9505 just because they dont have those unique features even they have more roms/kernels.

i upgraded from n2 to s4 because i know Andrei, Wanam, Indie are there. and their qualities are more than enough to convince me. i am lucky that i dont have to import i9500, my country is selling it:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omias:
My s4 is a monster !!!

Enviado desde mi GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
Did you try Automatic brightness instead of manual under the sun?

I heard it gives more brightness
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasmastate:
I've yet to experience any brightness boost outdoors using automatic brightness. Its been three months since I bought the phone
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
I don't have my own personal Samsung staff member following me everywhere to answer every question or do on the spot customised coding. I understand it's coming with the S5 though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RossFixxed:
You can turn up the auto brightness with the slider bar.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s.illes79:
Likes:

- full hd screen

- performance, I don't have any lag [yet]

- very light and easy to handle

- looks good in blue

- air gesture to check clock during night

Dislikes:

- was expected a bit more screen on time, real racing sucks battery in 3-4 hours

- sd card (sandisk class 10 ) read speed is only 15mb , write speed only 7 mb

- only 9.2 GB free space and can only move app, but not app data which is much bigger than app
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pfeffernuss:
Not exactly a problem of the phone but rather of the SD-card itself imho.

Root + Foldermount.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zambeezi:
This is my 1st Android and it's a lot better than I expected BUT the amount of heat is killing me (most likely the phone too). 1 game of solitaire or 3 songs and it gets uncomfortable to hold...

Staff at my local Samsung store said "It's normal, don't worry" :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvelonTs:
which one u have ... mine doesn't get hot when i m playing songs ... even flac ... it doesn't even if i watch 720p movies from mkv file not source though ... it may be a little warm ... maybe updating firmware improves things
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zambeezi:
I've got the GT-i9505 (International). I don't mind a little warm but 45C - 50C is too much.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harysick:
i think my S2 more solid than S4.

i don't know why, but i'm sure that gorilla glass 3 is too weak (screen easily crack) :rolleyes:

? sent from my fingers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robogo1982:
The build quality of mine is atrocious. The metal bezel totally changed shape and is now misaligned with the chassis. And it creaks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RossFixxed:
It isn't. At all.