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[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] holmesnmanny:
Ok so I had the S4 for about 29 days and couldn't for the life of me get voice recognition to work. I mean, work at all. Outside of that the S4 was nothing short of amazing.

I'm in the SF Bay Area, specifically the San Jose area and my LTE speeds were phenomenal. However, I had the Evo before the S4 and the voice recognition vs the S4 were night and day. The S4 is absolutely sad when it comes to voice recognition. So anyway, swapped out the S4 for the One after paying the restocking fee and I have yet to have the One fail to recognize anything I have said. On the way home for the store I saw my data speeds actually seemed to be better than the S4 but just before I got home I software updated to the current version and now my speeds are actually worse and it actually has a harder time keeping an LTE connection. I am not just imagining all this I used my S4 constantly to test speeds anywhere and everywhere around me and now it's clear the One just isn't as good. Again I'm not too sure how much of a difference the new software update did because I updated shortly after I got the phone but it's definitely worse. Even so, it was definitely worth it to trade in the S4 for the One since I use voice recognition for a lot of things and I don't mind the smaller LTE speeds since I can still get decent HSPA+ speeds.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] hd2joel:
Got to love having HSPA+42 as a fall back. So your S4 was T-Mobile as well I'm assuming? I can go from 4-5 bars LTE to 4g in a 50ft area. My wife has the One also & our phones before that were not LTE. I'm trying to figure out if it's the phone or T-Mobiles immature LTE network. But I have nothing els to test. Like you said it's no big deal I go from fast to stupidly fast. 10x10 LTE is coming which is supposed to be the fastest in the industry were on 5x5 now. The CEO called out all other carriers to match their speeds when he announced the 10x10 roll out. Testing in Newyork will be in 25 areas end of 2013 one of the benefits of being late to the LTE game & having newer LTE equipment. Twice the band width.

Anyway so the S4 held LTE on the same network? Just held it better but still spotty, or held it strong?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] holmesnmanny:
Ok, I'm going to be a bit more detailed.

Yes, I was Tmobile with both phones that's why I was able to swap phones within the 30 day period...actually at the 30th day :D

The route I took from the tmobile store to my house I tested my speeds and I was getting actually better speeds than I got on my S4. Just before I got home I did the software update. When I got home I now see that my speeds in my house are around 10-15 down and 7 -10 up....My best download speed thus far is 17mb. Before on my S4 I was around 15-25 down and 7-15 up. Before, on my S4 I got around 2 bars only but it rarely toggled much out of LTE to HSPA+. Now, when I try to do a speedtest it bounces off of LTE and down to HSPA+ just after the download test is done and before it does the upload test. It doesn't do this always but usually. With the S4 it would occasionally drop down to HSPA+ but hardly. This isn't something I'm imagining, it's very clear to me.

Driving around now my upload speeds are actually sometimes higher than my download speeds. It's like 15down and 20 up. I never seen this before with the S4. It seems like I'm getting throttled now. Also, it's harder for me to get LTE at spots where I used to always get LTE speeds. Again, this is very clear to me not something I'm making up. Even with that said I'm still really happy with my One. Like I said it ALWAYS recognizes my voice and correctly gets what I say. With the S4 it RARELY if ever got what I said and I wouldn't dare try to enter in cities and state or it would not recognize at all. I just can't believe me and my friends are the only people having problems with the S4 recognizing voices.

Yeah, I can't wait for the 10x10 speeds. I gotta think that that will come to the Silicon Valley as part of the first rollouts.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] kobezklutch:
I did almost the same thing with the same results as the OP. I started off with the S4 but just hated the plastic field (ended up selling it instead of paying the restocking fee though :)) Anyway, ran a bunch of speed tests with the S4 while at home and was consistently getting 20-25 mbs down compared to a max 16 mbs down with the One. I also have T-mobile btw, and again all tests were done at home. Im wondering if the aluminum casing has anything to do with the change in speed? What do I know though, lol
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] SmiLey497:
I own both and the S 4 not only holds a better LTE connection but it has gotten me faster data speeds. If there was someway to combine these phones they would perfect. :/
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] invisibro:
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I get that in areas with good LTE reception.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] kobezklutch:
Interesting that you get those speeds but I still dont understand why results would be so different from the same location. Can data speed change according to time of day by any chance?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] jonathan3579:
I can get some pretty decent speeds with my One here in Houston. For what it's worth, they got better after I changed to the old APN.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] ridearoundsolo:
I'm in san Jose area as well and had the s4 but honestly I didn't notice a difference in internet speeds, I just like the one better, it's great for rap music and is very fast, only thing lacking is software support but I think America should be blamed for that
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] s10shane:
well i got the s4 first. it was ok, but it lagged pretty bad in normal usage. at first i was like, its not that bad. but then after a week, i wanted to throw the phone at a wall lol. the lag just drove me nuts for a phone with this good of hardware. also i came from a nexus 4 which was much smoother in day to day use then the gs4 imo. so i sent back my s4 to get the htc one. once i got it, right off the bat you can tell it was much faster and smoother. i haven't had any lag issues or anything. so far i am very happy i made the switch to the htc one. it hasn't let me down yet. lol
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] hd2joel:
Damn I'm loving my LTE it's spotty but these speeds are consistent when the LTE is 4-5 bars. Noone els has mentioned speeds anywhere close to what I'm getting. I'll quit complaining almost 40Mbps down & 20Mbps up on 5x5 come on 10x10 CEO said 60Mbps that's what I want to see when 10x10 hits we always get things first here in AZ. There gonna have to make a new gauge in speed test. Mine just pegs at 20 & sits there lol.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] xxquicksh0txx:
Those are the same speeds I get where I am. It's pretty nice.

...except I'm throttled.

It all depends on how many people are using the network. If hardly anyone is on you'll get amazing speeds. But if there are alot of people using it it'll slow down.

(Which is the main reason carriers are so picky about tethering. If someone is downloading at 40mbs 24/7 it's making everyone else slow)
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] holmesnmanny:
I just tested my One vs my buddies S4 side by side in an area with only hspa+ and I was getting 7mb down and my buddy was getting around 15mb down on each and every test. It's clear that the S4 is far superior in terms of download speed. It's not really even close.

Also, my LTE speeds are far less than my S4, it's not even close. Most of the time I get less download than upload.

It's either this or I'm getting throttled. My bill cycle ends on the 24th so I will compare again at that time and update here. I am currently at 12gb of data in my billing cycle.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] hd2joel:
Why are you throttled? Not on the $19.99 truly unlimited? I don't know why anyone wouldn't be at that price.

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Either way 7mb down is plenty for anything you would do on a phone. That's more than enough to stream Hi Def video which is about the most demanding thing you can do on a phone download wise. You only need about 4-5mb down for that. The 37mb down I get with a strong LTE signal is just stupid fast. Unless you're teathering multiple devices there is no need for those kinds of speeds though I'll take them. & were still on 5x5 LTE wait until 10x10 goes live. 25 markets by the end of 2013. One of the bonuses of being late to the LTE game newer hardware in the towers. Verizon can't get 10x10 without replacing a lot of equipment. With the new 10x10 T-Mobile will have the fastest & most bandwidth of any carrier in the US. It's a good time to be with T-Mobile. That & I got 2 HTC Ones for $17 out the door with the tax only sale. $97 for tax on the two phone minus $80 for my amaze 4g trade in. Best cell deal of my life. I'm loving T-Mobile, leaving Verizon was the best thing I ever did.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] holmesnmanny:
No I got the full unlimited plan but it's really the only theory that explains my lack of speeds with the One vs when I had the S4 except that the One really does have issues with the signal getting through the metal case.

I agree with your entire post. You just can't beat Tmobile right now. And its only going to get better especially if the San Jose/Santa Clara area gets the 10x10.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] norazi:
Ever since I flashed GE on my S4, I've been liking it alot more than my One... TouchWiz was really holding back the S4 IMHO with all its bloat

- Much faster LTE speeds on my S4... easily over 30mb/s download and upload in most cases

- Re-moveable battery and microSD

- S4 seems slightly faster after flashing GE... was MUCH slower on stock rom
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] cvsolidx17:
I traded my One for an S4 about a week ago and boy do I regret it. Sense absolutely ****s on Touchwiz, the lag was so bad that I am now forced to go strictly AOSP on my S4. At least with my One I could back and forth without feeling like I was losing significant speed. Battery life on the S4 is slightly better (getting about 2-2.5 more hours of screen time) but I can attribute that to the bigger battery in the S4 and honestly I was complacent with the life that my One was giving me. The One is just a better device in my opinion, I had an S3 before I had the One and thought I'd be hooked again if I got the S4. Negative. I miss my One so much -_-
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] holmesnmanny:
the deal breaker for me really is the voice recognition....I guess it doesn't really resonate too much with most people but the S4 is so absolutely gawdy with voice recognition....it's not even close...as I've continued to use my One I now have Google Now on the homescreen and now I just realized that my Evo actually had that same feature but I never used it...I can't really believe I don't hear many S4 owners complaining about the voice recognition problems with it

i gotta be honest tho...the difference in LTE signal is sooooo immense...there are times when I'm directly next to a tower i used to get 4 bars with my S4 and 38 down and 20 up at ...it doesn't even connect to it with my One

I gotta say if voice recognition is no big deal to someone I would say just stay with the S4..both phones are probably the same processing speed all things being equal, but the LTE disparity is really great
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] air2k57:
I have both as I got an s4 through Samsung free and I bought my HTC one at release. I hate touchwiz, and this is coming from the guy who used to always choose Samsung over HTC. Sense 5 is the only skin which I feel adds to android and does not make it ugly or really slows it down at all. Touchwiz is built, ugly, with no design elements at all. I'm a web designer and I always appreciate well designed software, touchwiz has no flow to it at all, plain ugly.

I would agree that s4 does hold lte better though.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] hyperboltziii:
You all messed up by returning your s4. tisk tisk.

Verizon sgs4 32gb

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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84121/gs4sigsm.jpg
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] Kroy73:
I'm looking for a torch app which uses the LED flash of the camera, does anybody know of a good one - preferably free!

I've tried several and none of them actually utilise the flash - only the screen lights up brighter but I want the power of the LED

.

I'm guessing there is something within the software of the camera which can't be overwritten by the apps currently available??
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] annukman:
i am having the same problem too.. so far the apps i found now only turns on the red focus light for a few seconds. So if anyone find any suitable app do share. Thx in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] -Falco:
Try teslaled thats what I use

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[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] Kroy73:
Another fail for me I'm afraid!

:(
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] David Braund:
i found it quite fun the first time i tried to use a torch app.

i got one that flashes the LED when the phone rings

rang my phone and all that happened was the lens extended then retracted several times so my phone moved up and down off the table

which was actually a cooler thing lol
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] Kroy73:
LOL, "Look at my party trick - my phone does press-ups"!!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] arcxandroid:
this phone don't have led flash, so all torch apps will not work, i wish samsung put one for video recording :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] pakisan:
flash in the video

how, by title as active but a flash on the video?

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[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] jjhuopa:
torch app

This is a big disadvantage. Come on, some developer must be able to do it!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] togardergrosse:
Bump this old thread. Looking for a working apps. Have tried 20+ of all the LED/torch in PlayStore with no luck.

Last hope (that will be unlikely) is to hope Samsung update the firmware to Lollipop, since it will have dedicated Torch button in quick settings.

...nah
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] ssurell:
Another huge fail for Samsung. No wonder this phone is so cheap on eBay. If they arn't careful, they'll go the way of HTC.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] dukemagus:
a xenon flash isn't a led. turn it on for more than a minute and it'll burn your battery!

it isn't a standar light, that's why it doesn't work as such for flashlight apps
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] morfana:
torch doesn't work on Samsung s4 zoom...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kunalkumar2611:
Hey Everyone,

After using Alpha 2 long back, I finally decided to try Alpha 8 looking at response from all the users over here. I do find its almost close to be beta.

But I somehow feel a little lag when i am using the mobile internet(2g) and also even when i start using it after the phone being on sleep for quite some time.

Probably i am missing some tweaks in setting or somewhere which may have already been discussed.

Kindly share some tips for me to improve the performance as i relatively unaware as to what all i should do in CM10.1

Thanks in Advance :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Anhilator007:
Working fine

I am on alpha 8 cm10.1 it is a very stable and feature rich ROM, I have no problem with it. I don't use 2G always, when there is no 3G network, I am forced to, 2g even otherwise is laggy, don't enjoy browsing on it. As far as I know, there are no such tweaks to improve 2G performance. Go 3G boy!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kunalkumar2611:
Actually its not the 2G thats a concern, but phone in general. There are few obvious looking lags, like when using the launcher and surfing thru various screens. I am not sure if its jus my SL or its normal fr any SL.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harkaman:
i have been try 2 days already JB to GB , using RUS rom and thailand rom also many rom with pit also .

:crying:

when i use firmware 4.1.2 it work on my phone but donnot like that . i want GB back what should i do .

when i flash with 2.3.6 rom then i got problem hang at boot screen .

when i use kies not happpening anything , what should i do , after flash with GB i cannot go to recovery mode also .

i want my GB back please help,

GT-I8160L (thailand)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harkaman:
first: my phone is i8160L, ive updated to jelly beans but the phone performs really slow. ram is always full and its verys frustrating.

second: ive tried to go back to ginger bread but the phone gets stuck in a bootloop. ive tried with an official firmware and also with the custom which have three parts. none of them works. odin shows me the fail message when i mark re-partition option.

so the thing is: how to really go back to gingerbread?

which files? which firmware? which odin?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harkaman:
is not allowing me not install other firm , only allowed GT-I8160L VERSION ONLY. WHICH ARE NOT WORKING , ANYONE can help me with GT-I8160L WITH 3 FILE or 5 parts please provide link please , thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
What is your reason to go back to gb? Because i'll never go back cm10 is much smoother and faster than gb and with jb you have many more apps supported
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harkaman:
Regrnvi prescience

thanks for reply,

main reason is hang and freez alot GB IS MUCH BETTER, and lighter i think , even sky call are hang some time gtalk can hang to cano oprn line anr other program . like start playing game can call come cannot pick up maybe other GT-I8160/p are good with JB but not with my GT-I8160L

.

,i like also jb but i want little more smother ,not with freez and hang .

thanks , please advice ,
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bekken:
I agree, JB do not perform well at all on th GT-I8160L I got, it can be used if turn of all animation and stuff like that but my biggest loss is that I can not run the 3 apps simultanously I need to use (Skype, Viber, CSip), the phone then is so slow I hardly can use it as a phone, I can never answer because the phone app starts so slow that the other part already hung up when I finally slide for answer :-/

I have EXACTLY the same problem downgrading to GB (I8160DXLF2_I8160OLBLF2_THL.zip), I have the official GB firmware and it installs nicely using Odin 3.07 but it get stuck in the bootscreen. If I then put JB (THL-I8160LDCME1, official thai) on it, no problem and it starts.

What todo? Please advice, anyone?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dharisd2:
i m also

im about to upgrade my I860L. to that I860DOME1 .is it so slow that the phone is unusable. ithink flashing cm 10.1 or 10.2 will be faster
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teogepe:
3 part firmware

I have the GB 3 part firmware, if you still need this, i can provide you...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tofueatsbread:
theres no 3 part for L varient.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teogepe:
Yes there is. I have it!.

I will upload later, but where can i post it!?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mentor.37:
This is a patch to fully enable the GSM on CDMA Global phones.

The Global Phones are phones with CDMA and GSM modems but that are usually configured to primarly work on CDMA network and at least to be able to call on GSM network.

The patch is working on every Stock Rom, on every AOSP Rom and on every Android version.

If you are successfully using this patch please comment the thread with your phone model.

This patch will enable:

- GSM/UMTS -> [GSM auto (PRL)] in Testing menù

- SMS

- MMS

- 3G Data

- USSD Code

- Call Forwarding

- Testing menù to manage the baseband accessible dialing the code *#*#4636#*#* (locked on Verizon Phones)

How to install:

- Copy the .zip file to the external memory or memory card

- Reboot your phone and enter on your custom recovery

- From the Install menu select the .zip file and instal withotut signature verification on your Rom

Risk of briking:

- no one: during installation the installer checks everything is ok and stop installation in case of problem; in case of problems after installation the old settings can be restored by simply installing the patch a second time. In this way you can test the gsm settings without any risk.

Advice post-installation:

- If the patch has not been installed on a clean system then you have to do a factory reset

-

On the AOSP Roms the Patch is persistent, when you will update your rom you do not have to reinstall the patch

- *#*#4636#*#* -> Phone info -> Set prefered network type -> GSM auto (PRL)

How to uninstall:

- To uninstall the patch you have to reinstall it a second time from the custom recovery

The patch should work on every CDMA Global Phone.

The patch should work on every Rom.

Download the patch here

If someone successfully use this patch on some other model please leave a comment in this page, so I will be able to update the above list.

If someone has edited this patch to support some other phone please inform me so as not to waste information and in this way I can update the patch.

Any help is precious.

HOW TO POST REQUEST FOR HELP:

You have to entirely read this thread, I do NOT answer redundant question.

If you want to know if the patch is compatible with a phone then you have

to attach the /system/build.prop

in your post in this thread because i don't know all phones. (You can also send me the build.prop as attachment via the contact section of my site.)

If you installed the patch and there are problems you have

to attach (and do not post) your /system/build.prop and your /system/build.prop.bak

.

I do not answer to requests for help in private, I have neither the time nor the interest in doing so.

Any doubts, questions or requests must be posted in this thread in order to answer a single time and help everyone.

XDA:DevDB Information

Patch CDMA to GSM for Android Global Phones, Tool/Utility for the Android General

Contributors

Mentor.37

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 4.2.7

Stable Release Date: 2016-04-25

Created 2014-12-04

Last Updated 2016-04-25
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mentor.37:
The patch has been updated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mentor.37:
The patch has been update.

Everyone can help me to extend support for more phones.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mentor.37:
Patch updated for better GSM support.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] farbwn:
works flawless on my Razr xt912 in Pakistan using Gsm network.

Thanks a lot man.:good:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mentor.37:
Available a new update to solve problems with apns on 4.3.x roms.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] elangrama:
It works on my Droid razr Maxx xt912 with CM10.2-20131020-NIGHTLY-spyder ROM, my phone is using GSM carrier
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] niallb:
New version working well on Vodafone Ireland with cyanogenmod 10.1.3 on XT912.

This version also leaves the ROM version intact - older version for 10.1.2 seemed to update the string.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mentor.37:
The version that changed the string was only for the xt894 with cm 10.1.2, that was the first version.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] huatz84:
Works great on my XT912 with MIUI v5. Thanks. :)