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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] frescagod:
i'm not sure if they lied - my understanding was that you can easily swap a local SIM in to get access to voice and text, but that data does not work (at least out of the box). there's another post that talks about swapping APNs, which is what you would need to do. i thought that the latest OTA allowed that flexibility though...? i'm rooted and use Beans B14 though, so i don't keep up with OTAs.

for what it's worth, i went to europe recently and used 97 MB over a two week period. i saved all google maps offline before heading there, checked emails and used internet only on wifi, and only used mobile data occasionally when i was out and about in order to look up restaurant reviews and whatnot.

they pro-rated the $25 over half the month so my bill was only $14 more than it would have been normally. for me, at $14 it was worth it so i didn't have to screw around with buying a local SIM and worrying about things not working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EliBaker:
[QUOTE=frescagod;44178283]i'm not sure if they lied - my understanding was that you can easily swap a local SIM in to get access to voice and text, but that data does not work (at least out of the box). there's another post that talks about swapping APNs, which is what you would need to do. i thought that the latest OTA allowed that flexibility though...? i'm rooted and use Beans B14 though, so i don't keep up with OTAs.

for what it's worth, i went to europe recently and used 97 MB over a two week period. i saved all google maps offline before heading there, checked emails and used internet only on wifi, and only used mobile data occasionally when i was out and about in order to look up restaurant reviews and whatnot.

they pro-rated the $25 over half the month so my bill was only $14 more than it would have been normally. for me, at $14 it was worth it so i didn't have to screw around with buying a local SIM and worrying about things not working.[/QUOTE]

I will be going to France and England in September. I have a stock S3 with very little tech knowledge. Could someone explain in simple term how to go about obtaining and loading Sims. I don't even know what you all mean by APN:(

EB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wrngway:
The sim is a small card inserted in the back of your phone next to where you'd put the SD card. It lets you connect to the cellular provider. You have a Verizon sim card in your phone. There are several sizes. The GS3 uses a micro-sim card. If you turn your phone off now and take the back panel off, you'll see it. I can't remember, but it may be under the battery.

If your phone isn't rooted, which it doesn't appear to be, then you won't be able to get data service, but you can still get phone service with an overseas carrier. You can see my earlier post for steps, but all you need to do is have Verizon add the Global Roaming feature to your plan. When you get to Europe, you can buy a micro-sim from one of the local carriers and put some money on a pre-pay plan. Turn off your phone and swap out the verizon sim for the local sim. Turn your phone back on and you'll have voice service.

The APN info needs to be changed to connect to data services after the sim card is changed out, but you need to have a rooted phone for this. You can change that with an app. I use APN Manager Pro. There are several fields you have to enter, but you can get it from the carrier. It's a little like telling your computer what IP server to connect to to get internet access.

Another option entirely is to get a Google voice number and use a service like GrooveIP or Talkatone. You won't have cell service, but you can make and recieve calls using your Google voice number when connected to wifi. This will let you call back to the U.S. for very cheap rates.

The easiest thing would be just call on Verizon using their global roaming feature, but it can get pricey. Ask Verizon for roaming rates in the countries you'll be going to.

[edited for clarity]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] locodroid:
just came back from Europe and I was able to buy two prepaid data cards(Wife and I) in Germany(Orange) and Italy(TIM) and was able to get HPSA+ data without any issues, all I had to do is add the APN setting into my phone and I was good to go. I was on CM10.1 and wife on stock rom and didnt have any issue getting them to work. Good Luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] timaloud:
in search of experts advice

Hey !

So i purchased a Verizon galaxy s3 a few months back on Craigslist. I'm currently living in Mexico so I'm using Telcel Mexico as my carrier.

I rooted it and added the apn for telcel using hiapn and currently internet and data is working but all i'm getting is Edge or 2G speed.

I've looked around and read various different posts, it seems that verizon blocks the the speed.

This is deffinitely a hindrance for me since web browsing is really slow and downloads are even worse. If i flash a different Rom with this be taken care of ? Does anyone know of any other way of dealing with this ?

Please help! I've looked everywhere in vain :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vgs929:
I do not think flashing any type of Rom will increase your data speed since it depends on the radio frequenices allowed for your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] timaloud:
continued - thanks for answering so fast

So there is nothing to be done then ? :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vgs929:
I can not say for your specific carrier.

But it seems that your apn settings are correct because you are getting edge/2g speeds.

The problem is what frequency Telcel uses for 4g/LTE and the frequency Verizon allows for that device.

Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] timaloud:
I'm sorry, I'm still trying to make sense of all of this. so you're saying it's hardware related, in other words the phone doesn't have the right frequencies to pick up the 4g ? or that verizon has blocked it somehow and that's why it's not working?

if that's the case do you think something can be done to unlock it?

thanks again :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wrngway:
I hadn't heard of Verizon throttling international carriers. The first thing I'd check would be coverage area or maybe the service you purchased doesn't include 3G. I've been able to get 3G service internationally.

The Verizon S3 uses [EDIT]:

2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 - SCH-I535

3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - SCH-I535

4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 - SCH-I535

If telcel doesn't use CDMA, that could be your problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] timaloud:
sorry for delay

After investigating it, it seems that TELCEL uses the TDMA 850 / GSM 1900 / UMTS 850 frequency bands for its network. So this would mean that since they use a different frequency for 3g and 4g than my phone there's nothing to be done right ?

Cheers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wrngway:
Yup, that would be the problem. Here's some info on the differences between the networks.

http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/cdma-umts-att-verizon-networks/

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/gsm/tdma_and_cdma.htm

Verizon offers global roaming there with 3g service in Mexico. They must partner with another network. Here's a list of available service by country:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/content/dam/vzw/pdfs/Available_Global_Servies.pdf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jkq1996:
Here are the specs for the Verizon Galaxy S3:

LTE, CDMA/PCS/1xEVDO Rev. A (800/1900 MHz)

Global: GPRS/EDGE/GSM (850/900/1800/1900); HSPA/UMTS (2100)

I don't know the answer to your question but I use a "Movistar" wireless carrier SIM in Mexico on my Verizon S3 and I get ~150kbps data speed. Its not very fast but at least it's something...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MicFizzle:
So let me get this straight...

So once I root my phone I can use it for Sprint? Also, does my phone have gsm capability?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neotremer:
No. You can't just use it for sprint. But it is a global capable device and supports international gsm.
[Sony Tablet S] mitchell985:
So I brought the Sony Tablet S last year and I am now bored of it. I mean I've have had some fun controlling the projector in my maths class and my maths teacher had no idea what was going on (that was fun :) ) but because of its age and how locked up Sony makes their products and even though you are able to root it on Android 4.0.4 and things like that but I have become bored with a device I own that I am unable to change the ROM on or mod it to make it more functional due to it's lack of developer support and/or ROM developments.

So please tell me if I am right in saying that this tablet is boring or is it that I am just not able to find interesting things to do with this tablet?

Thanks,

Mitchell.
[Sony Tablet S] lopezk38:
Your right, although someone is trying to develop a bootstrap to allow for custom ROMs
[Sony Tablet S] mitchell985:
Mmm true I think I just needed somewhere to complain, should get a nexus 7 :)

Sent from my HTC One
[Sony Tablet S] limax182:
In my personal opinion, this tablet is designed to casual users, my dad have a XTS and he's enchanted, I have a STS :good:

This was my first android device and its not bad but now with my new Xperia phone I feel a lot of difference, more ROMS and a lot of development and now I learned a lot of android OS and of course I would like to see all this things in a more powerfull device like my STS

For my next device Im going to read a lot to see if there is any development :D

Sorry for bad english

Regards!
[Sony Tablet S] Cat McGowan:
Quote: [Q] Am I Blind Or Is This Tablet Boring

You're blind.
[Sony Tablet S] Amiga4ever123:
I had XTS 2 weeks. One is sure - I won't buy any sony tablet in the future. Now I have Nexus 10 - amazing tablet :)
[Sony Tablet S] freelancer81:
Hi Mitchell,

People's choices/needs differ....and I believe that things are not really bad just because you and I don't like it;)

Some will like it...while others dislike it. It's natural.

We have choice for everything in life (except for when we are born or when we die though:().

Peace to you, bro!!!:angel:

---------- Post added at 10:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:38 PM ----------

LOL!!!

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

If he is blind, I have two pair of eyes coz I am totally loving it!!!
[Sony Tablet S] mitchell985:
:p i should just go back to trying to finish Crash Bandicoot :D

i still have to wait for the Nexus 7 (2013) cos new zealand does not have assess to the play store devices :(

plus no money o well this has been fun :p
[Sony Tablet S] carlosvn:
I own a Sony STS tablet and an android phone. From a developer point of view, I am a little frustrated because I am not running the latest version of android in the tablet. From a user point of view, the tablet provides everything I need.

As someone mentioned earlier, there is some development in progress to modify the boot process and be able to upgrade the system. Time will tell.
[Nexus 4 General] cbaronne:
Hey guys,

Long time lurker, but just wanted to share this as a quick fix for people struggling with the bluetooth streaming audio quality issues that Google still hasn't fixed in 4.3. I've been reading through one of the open issues at Google:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39632

and found in post #157 that someone noticed this commit elsewhere that supposedly fixed the low quality issue:

https://github.com/djp952/android-p...mmit/2ee778598e3b2e3f826e3f6b4eeafbb11005b21b

All credit to the people who found all this information in the first place, but I've been so tired of this stupid quality thing that I downloaded the source for 4.3 and tried to toss this one line in there to see what would happen. Long story short, I built the JSS15J branch for mako and it seems to have -vastly- improved the quality (back up to where CM was to my ears, at least).

Afaik, all you have to do is backup and replace these two files living in system/lib/hw and set permissions to 644. Then reboot and all should be well - with the added benefit of AVRCP 1.3 working too now.

Please don't be to harsh if I've forgotten something crucial... it's my first time sharing anything at all :P

UPDATE:

I've uploaded a different set of files built with DEFAULT_SBC_BITRATE=345 (mako-JSS15J-345-btaudio.zip). The original was set with DEFAULT_SBC_BITRATE=328 (mako-4.3-JSS15J-btaudio.zip). Those of you who were having issues with stuttering...maybe this will fix it? I have no idea...not a real developer :P But give it a shot!

UPDATE #2:

From the sounds of things, these files are only compatible with AOSP compiled roms - no one's gotten it to work with CM10.2 yet, I believe. Just fair warning if it doesn't work for ya.
[Nexus 4 General] AdamUpNorth:
Cbaronne, this particular issue has been such a pain as I'm a heavy music listener in the car so I'm excited to see this.

However, any idea if this work on JWR66V?

As I understand it, the difference between the two are mainly wifi related so I'm willing to guess that those two files would be the same.

Your thoughts?
[Nexus 4 General] cbaronne:
I originally compiled JSS15S because I had aspirations of running a clean new build to test the WiFi stuff, but then just took those two files out to try 'em. I'm on stock 66V rooted and they work just fine for me ^^
[Nexus 4 General] AdamUpNorth:
You Da Man.

Trying this right now.

UPDATE: Works like a charm. No more nasty hissing/crackling of the higher frequencies. Sounds great. Thank you sir, you just made my week.
[Nexus 4 General] NishantM:
I'm using the same files extracted from GNex factory image and is working great. However I think I may be missing BLE as GNex doesn't support it. I will give this a try and report back.
[Nexus 4 General] JPinAZ:
Thanks for this. I upgraded to 66V from AOKP the other day & have been seriously considering going back due to the horrible highs (listen to some dubstep and you won't be able to focus on anything else.)
[Nexus 4 General] wera750:
Here's a flashable zip I made. Don't mind the updater script I just used one from another zip I had I my phone that mounted

http://db.tt/LZPJNzjV
[Nexus 4 General] noobdeagle:
getting quite a few glitches using this. audio seems to randomly stutter like its being stretched; may have something to do with cpu speed scaling not sure yet.

quality does sound better tho with this.
[Nexus 4 General] NishantM:
That happened to me too initially when I was playing with GNex files. Try repairing the device.

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Just tested this. Working great.
[Nexus 4 General] muff99:
Does AVRCP 1.3 really work? For me, it looks like this in the image appended ... trackname + album working fine, but band does not :(
[Nexus 4 General] [chris b]:
I get track number, time played, artist, track name and album name on a cheap sony car stereo unit.

As for sound quality I don't really have a reference point so haven't noticed it being all that bad. If I wanted to flash the attached zip how easy is it? The limit of my experience flashing was a stock 4.3 using this tutorial http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
[Nexus 4 General] mykchan:
Thanks for supplying this patch. It works excellently :)

I've noticed though that last.fm scrobbler can't 'see' what Play Music is playing anymore though, reckon the patched file breaks that connectivity?
[Nexus 4 General] cbaronne:
I've never personally experienced the stutter problem, but afaik, that's an ongoing issue that other people have reported (and perhaps why Google still hasn't made this small change). I know it isn't perfect yet, so while waiting for CM10.2 I'm keeping my eyes open for other tweaks to that file
[Nexus 4 General] cbaronne:
I've only ever used this fix with Play Music so far, and it all seems to be working (at least artist/title/album). I don't have a lot of experience with the new Bluetooth stack outside of that x.x
[Nexus 4 General] budjb:
Thanks for the fix! The audio quality is much improved, and the AVRCP stuff still works completely. I was going to make a CWM zip of this, but someone earlier in the thread beat me to it.

Thanks!

Edit: I'm using Google Play Music, which seems to work very well with AVRCP. I can't speak for other players.
[Nexus 4 General] AdamUpNorth:
Darn. I'm getting the occasional shutter as well. Although, I'd much rather deal with the odd stutter than terrible audio 100% of the time.

Looks like google is having the same issues. See post #182 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39632#c182

cbaronne, could I bother you to create another set of files using the max bitrate of 345 for 48Khz? After reading the comments on the Google code site and from here (http://soundexpert.org/news/-/blogs/bluetooth-audio-quality-a2dp), I'm curious to see what happens.
[Nexus 4 General] cbaronne:
Sure thing - now I'm curious too. :P Changed that value to 345 and kicked off the build... will have something to post when I get home from work!
[Nexus 4 General] wera750:
Edited my post with a more friendly link for the flashable zip.
[Nexus 4 General] diegozz:
I just ended building JSS15J just to get this fixed and found this post lol... an incredibly annoying bug and an easy workaround. Thanks for posting it.
[Nexus 4 General] glozbuhl:
If I use Pandora I have the same issue:

Artist shows up in the song name field on my car radio

Album shows up correctly

Song Title is missing

If I use Google Play Music everything shows up correctly.
[Nexus 4 General] itlnstln:
I've noticed this, too. Remember, though, there are two parts of the metadata equation: Android's ability to relay the information to the receiver (AVRCP 1.3) and apps' ability to serve the information to Android. In this case, this would be a Pandora problem, not Android. Similarly for apps not showing any metadata.
[Nexus 4 General] cbaronne:
Updated OP with new files for 4.3 mako - this time with DEFAULT_SBC_BITRATE set to 345 to try something for those experiencing stuttering... I haven't tried it yet as I've yet to experience the stuttering issue to begin with.

Speaking of, for those of you that reported that issue - were you running something other than stock 4.3?
[Nexus 4 General] AdamUpNorth:
I'm on the stock ROM(66V) but using faux kernel. But I'm not sure that effects it. I had this issue on 4.2 on the stock kernel.

UPDATE: Tried that 345 kbps version. I don't get any high frequency distortion but I'll have to wait until I drive to work tomorrow (1 hour commute) to see if I get any stuttering.
[Nexus 4 General] budjb:
Update sounds awesome. I didn't have stuttering before so couldn't say if it fixes it.
[Nexus 4 General] AdamUpNorth:
Ok. So another possibility is enable the ability to stream the mp3 audio directly instead of converting to SBC.

Apparently this can be done by editing the audio.conf file in the /system/etc/bluetooth/ folder. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1256407

The problem is that the file doesn't exist in 4.22 and 4.3..I'm guessing it's due to the new broadcom Bluetooth stack.

Anyone have any ideas how to do this with the broadcom stack?
[Nexus 4 General] jc monkeyballs:
I've tried both sets of these files, and after restart my bluetooth won't start and it FCs - only way to fix it is to dirty flash my rom over this.

I'm running CM10.2. Any ideas why this would break the bluetooth?
[Nexus 4 General] AdamUpNorth:
Permissions not set correctly on one of the files?

-Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
[Nexus 4 General] muff99:
Since I got feedback from several people that it works for them, I tested again with another player: It works with Google Play Music, but not with Apollo.
[Nexus 4 General] cbaronne:
As Adam said...check permissions. Otherwise it's entirely possible the CM guys are using different files/configurations that would break this patch. I built it straight from android source and haven't taken a peek at CM stuff, unfortunately.
[Nexus 4 General] AdamUpNorth:
Ok. So I tested the 345 kbps files and still got the stutter. Also noticed the audio sounded a little hollow. This may be due to the fact that the 345 kbps is for 48kHz, not 44.1kHz. Maybe there's some additional converting happening that's causing quality loss. So I've gone back to the 328 kbps version. That gives the best quality IMO.

Now here's the funny thing with the 328kbps. I drive to work this morning with the phone charging (something I normally don't do) and I didn't experience any stuttering. Going to try it on the way home tonight.
[Nexus 4 General] jc monkeyballs:
Thanks for the reply. I was very sure permissions were 644. I tried this both with a flashable zip as well as manually copying the files and setting the permissions in ES File.

That's about the only thing I can think as well, but unfortunately it's beyond me to check. I can upload these files from CM10.2 if anybody has time to look at them?
[Nexus 4 General] war1:
Install fail in jwr66v odex rom
[Nexus 4 General] lsv-1:
Hello everybody, this is my first post in this thread, I just wanted to provide the feedback of my experience with bluetooth streaming, last week I purchased this bluetooth receiver for my home theater, I decided to get this particular one because I read on the reviews about its good sound quality. It seems that the quality of the audio output does not resides entirely on the phone, it will depend also on the device receiving the audio stream from the phone. So far I have not experienced any stuttering at all and the sound is excellent.

I am on stock 66V, with stock kernel and rooted. (Phone rev.301K).

Bear in mind that custom kernels and roms have their own bluetooth fixes (that may cause the stuttering) and also that not all the bluetooth receivers have the latest bluetooth standard (Nexus 4 comes with v4 implemented).

:good:
[Nexus 4 General] AdamUpNorth:
Very true. I'm still testing. What I do know is that there is no stuttering without this fix using the stock kernel or Faux. Stuttering starts after the bitpool setting is increased using the file in the OP.

After reading one of the posts by an Android dev (read back a few posts) it looks like Google is having the same issue. I think it's a Broadcom bluetooth stack issue. This problem started when Google to it in 4.2.

I currently have 3 BT devices (earphones, car deck and boombox) that all exhibit the issue.
[Nexus 4 General] itlnstln:
The updater script wasn't modified to copy these files. Here's a version that should work.

EDIT: As a matter of fact, I just flashed it on my device, and it works fine.
[Nexus 4 General] Plutonium0587:
So I'm visiting you guys from the GNex forums... Apparently over there I'm looked at as crazy for still having the high pitch scratchy crummy BT quality while everyone else's is magically fixed. We had this problem going from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2. Someone released a bluetooth fix at the time that changed the bitrate and it worked. I see this is something you are doing over here now. How difficult is it to edit this. I would like to duplicate this fix again for the GNex and I have no idea who made the first fix for 4.2.2 to ask them about it. Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] cbaronne:
I can possibly take a look... Though I'm probably not the right person for the job. I'm only just starting to get my feet wet with building android to begin with.

It's very, very simple. The only line I changed is in WORKING_DIR/external/bluetooth/bluedroid/btif/src/btif_media_task.c ... take a look at the second link in the OP and that's what I swapped.

Funnily enough, I have a version I build for the Galaxy Nexus for a buddy of mine that was having this issue... if it'll save you some time, here's the link to my dropbox: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2057589/maguro-4.3-JSS15J-btaudio.zip

This was only changing the bitrate...and there may well be other changes necessary for the Galaxy Nexus that I'm not aware of. You're more than welcome to play with it though!
[Nexus 4 General] Plutonium0587:
Thank you very much. I have not edited these types of files much, what do you use? Is there a good place to look for instructions? I'll check out the file you posted too. That's awesome. I appreciate your help.

UPDATE: I tried your files and they worked like a charm so far! Audio sounds waaaayyyy better now. Much thanks man.