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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Double tap and zoom with your thumb on the new Google Maps, easier than buttons
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ind3lible:
Mostly will be my new phone! Was gonna go for the LG G2 but this looks amazing :eek:!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Is there any sales that don't require a contract? I just got out of a sprint contract and I'm not about to go back into another.

Edit: Galaxy Note 3 estimated prices

http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/06/verizon-galaxy-note-3-prices/#continued
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
You will probably be able to pick it up under one of the prepaid programs out there once the hype settles down.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Yeah I rather wait after release since release models always have some bugs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RigorousNinja:
Ive got my upgrade now, so as soon as i can pre-oder it i will!! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Insane PPC:
check out ting, you have to buy the phone outright (or ebay a sprint verison) but then its month to month, i guess it depends on how heavy of a mobile data user you are, if you can get by with mostly wifi, its a great plan!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
That's not really a sale. I can do the same with T-Mobile prepaid and Solavei and it's better coverage than ting and fast tmobile lte.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trojanv:
Don't forget you can bring your own device also.

Not every place has the same coverage
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Yeah I checked florida and T-Mobile has a solid network here. I can't wait.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Onemoa:
If you already have a Note 2 I think it would be best to wait another 10 months and get the Note 4. Since the Note 2 will be getting allot of the features of the Note 3. Things like the new multi tasking windows, the new Touch-Wiz UI and all of its features, better Camera features, so on and so on.

I do want a Note 3 but at the same time don't have the money to get one. I have to pay for school and help my parent's out as much as possible. It would be nice if I could get one though.

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I know what you mean. It's just that I really like to write about phones. It's the one thing I can count on to take my mind off of allot of the stuff going on in my life. It's hard times for me right now and my parent's and I need to help them as much as I can. I couldn't go get a Note 3 and be happy about it since I know that extra money I spent could have gone to helping my parent's.

I just like to have one flagship device I can write about and have. As I said it's crazy but it helps me take my mind off of the hard time's and I'm going to be going to school soon. So it would be cool to have such a nice device. I know it may sound weird to people that are well off and don't need to worry about money. It's just something I like to do. Even just browsing the forums on TapaTalk 4 and helping others out. Or writing about how I feel about the device, ect.

The Note 3 looks to be very powerful and I can't believe the benchmarks, it's also very good looking. It seems the display isn't RGB from what I've read but with 388ppi and the new diamond pentile layout the display should be fantastic.

It's been nice to be able to come to this forum, along with a few of the other Android forum's. I've got to know some of you very well. It seems I'll be taking the next year off though. It's going to be hard coming here and listening to how great the Note 3 is and how much everyone is enjoying it.

Again, I hope you enjoy your Note 3's and have fun with them as well as helping each other out and all the other talk that goes on here, lol.

I'll be around for a little longer but once it's released it will be hard to bear. It's so weird that a Phone can do so much. I'm getting all emo, I'm going to miss it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MSK1:
Excellent phone but too expensive. ..

£650 sim free. :eek:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Yeah I'm thinking about either waiting till the bugs get sorted from the release versions and price drop, or get a note 2 and wait till the note 4.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bobturismo:
From what I read $700-$800 no contract, $250-300 under contract ($200 t mobile with $21@mo payments).

My e4gt does everything I need and the battery probably lasts a bit more than an s3/4. Everything except 4g as we never got wimax. I was thinking that I would get the N3 since I passed on the s4 but now they are talking about the s5 all ready.

Such a hefty discount on the n3 means I could get it and have lte and then when the s5 comes out sell the note for $500 I would guess and then buy the s5 outright. Unless the s5 is super badass because it folds in half and it would drive the price high for a year. I guess on the flip side I would still have a badass n3 and could still get a gear if I wanted.

Still unsure at this point.

I feel bad for everyone that paid $300-400 for their s4 when they're giving then away.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Onemoa:
I don't know. I think if you're not someone that really likes the features of the Note devices. I would just wait for the S5.

I'm pretty much a Note user until another phone that can beat the Note brand comes out.

I wouldn't want to upgrade every 6 month's. Going from the Note to the S series, back and forth. I figure if you like the features the Note brings it would suck losing them every six months.

I'm starting school and having the S-Pen and it's features comes in handy. Even studying on what I want to study the Note 2 has really come in handy. It's also great that you can use the Note just like a normal galaxy S device but have the added features when you pull out the S-pen.

I would love the Note 3 but due to financial issues and helping my parent's I won't be able to get it. I've been watching videos and reading about it during all of my free time though. The CPU is amazingly powerful as well as the GPU. The only thing it's lacking is the OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) the S5 will have along with it being 13MP rather then 16MP the S5 will have.

But other then that it has the power to stay a top tier device for a while to come. Another great feature I find the Note 3 to have is due to the Qualcomm S800 is the envelope tracker. Allowing up to 30% less power draw on LTE, so you will get much better battery life using LTE and when you're phone is on standby. Along with the S800's already great battery management it's the iceing on the cake. I really think the Note 3 will definitely be a good choice for anyone that's able to upgrade. I know I would get it and I'm very picky about pentile displays. I will say from the few close up shots that I've seen and I've only seen a few. The display looks very good, I'm guessing it's because of the diamond layout and high pixel density and of course it being a 1920x1080 screen. Though I haven't seen it in person I can say it looks at least as good as the Note 2's screen, but that was at max brightness and we all know pentile displays look there best when at high brightness as it fills in the gaps of the missing sub pixel's. But I'm not sure that's the case since I haven't seen it for myself. I really wound like to see close ups of text on a white background and the same text being displayed on the Note 2. I just don't think you can go wrong either way with the Note 3 even if it's not the best display under a microscope.

What do you guy's think about the display from what little we know so far. Because Samsung didn't call the Note 2's display Super AMOLED Plus but it turned out to be.

Any thoughts on the display?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MSK1:
I got a £100 discount and paid £400 for the note 2 and i thought that was the limit of what it was worth paying.

Was planning to trade in old phone if it was similar price. Ie £500 before any discounts.

But I cant justify paying that much of a premium for something that for all intents and purposes is just a bit faster with better screen resolution.

They need to rethink their pricing or it will flop.

The Gear will definitely flop at that price. Mark my words.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Onemoa:
I definitely agree with that. Though there is better build quality and it's much more then just a bit faster. The S800 is a beast and the Andreno 330 GPU is the best you can get right now, far better then the GPU in the Note 2. Then you have the better LTE usage, due to the envelope tracker. Qualcomm has it in the Note 3 allowing up to 30% better battery usage while connected to LTE. As we all know LTE uses allot of battery life, even more so when you don't have a good connection.

So while I do agree with you about the pricing. I must say the Note 3 is much more then a bit faster. The display will not be that big of a difference though, but that's because it's pentile. If it was RGB there would big a bigger difference. But it's still going to look at least as good as the Note 2 display and hopefully better.

The only two letdowns I have with the Note 3 is it's pentile and it's camera doesn't have a optical image sensor. It was rumored to have one but it seems Samsung is saving that for the S5. Since Samsung basically releases two flagship phone a year they tend to hold things back for the S line of phones since they sell much more. But there is a big and fast growing market for they're Note line of phones as well.

In fact now that I've gone with there Note line of phone's I can't go back to the S line. I feel the Note's have much more things that I use even if it's something I don't use everyday like some of the S-pen features. But they are great to have when you need them. Other then that it's just a bigger version of the S line to me, just with much more features. Using the Note 2 on a desk, table or any where you can set it down and use the S-pen makes it very close to using a computer with a mouse.

There are people that feel it's too big but the S4 is no one handed phone either. So I feel the extra screen real estate is really great to have and even more so with floating app's that are gaining more popularity everyday.

But that's my opinion. I know others that wouldn't even think of using a pen on there smartphone. But that's the great thing about Samsung, they build a phone for everyone's needs.

One thing I do feel is technology is moving so fast right now, it's very hard to keep a phone for a year. Due to faster and better processors being made right now. Like the S5, what chip is that going to have and how much better will it be. Then there's the Note 4 that we will start to hear about in 9 months or so. And on top of that the cost seems to keep going up.

When I get a new phone I always wonder how are they going to make something faster then this, keep it the same size and give it more battery life. The Note 3 is smaller then the Note 2, faster by far and it's said to have better battery life and that's with a bigger screen and full HD. What will the Note 4 be like?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
Looks like I may just hold off for the S5 or N4. Simply because it seems the N3 will be single band LTE vs tri-band. Sigh... :banghead:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
I'm a noob when it comes to lte. What does that mean?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Three bands vs one band.... One can pick up three different bands of LTE, almost guaranteeing a better connection, or at least the best possible.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IamFlynn:
I would love to get this phone but I don't think my dad likes the idea of me having a 5 inch phone...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] im0rtalz:
Tri band support means the phone will work with all three bands of lte that Sprint will eventually roll out. Currently most of their lte deployment is in the 1900 band which does not do so well indoors. Lower frequency bands offers better building penetration, higher bands while less penetration have higher bandwidth also.

2013+ beyond sprint should be on track to roll out lte on 800 band from the shutdown of iDen and TD-Lte on the 2600 band that they got from clearwire. So to get the best lte experience it would be a good idea to have a phone that can work with all 3 bands than to just rely on one ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Wow, excellent explanation, Thanks! Would you happen to know how T-Mobiles LTE is? I know they merged with metro pcs and I've read that instead of 2 5mhz signals for lte they're going to use 2 10mhz signals now or something like that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] im0rtalz:
10x10 deployment will allow T-Mobile to have a greater max bandwidth (bigger pipes) to play with. I believe the current 5x5 max bandwidth is about 38Mbs thus you see that Sprint's current lte sees just about the same average speeds as wimax (15-20mbs lte vs 10-15wimax) althought with a bit more bandwidth on upload. AT&T, Verizon deploys on 10x10 so their max speed is about doubled.

AT&T 10x10

Sprints 5x5

Once Sprint rolls out Lte-TDD on 2600 the max bandwidth on that one is 167Mbs *not sure if correct but somewhere around there but this will be split between up and downlink allocations* and users should be able to reach 95Mbs speed.

There's really so much more to their rollout I really can't remember everything off the top of my head but s4gru has much more detailed explanation on the roll out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hakcenter:
I've been considering getting big reds gn3

Hopefully I can get out from etf since wimax is going under. I'm guessing that Amazon will do another sale in November
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Holy crap, have any of you held the Galaxy Mega? That thing is huge.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noobtoob:
I tried that thing out. It is massive.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
That's what she said lol. Does it feel bad to hold? 6.3 seems huge.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Gotta hold it with two hands (that's what she said)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noobtoob:
It's Official!

Well, come October 3rd, I will have the note 3 in hand. It became cheaper to pay my ETF than to pay out the end of contract. And t-mobile has the note 3 pre-order right now for $199.99, $21 a month for 24 months financed, no contract. I am actually saving $14.00 a month by switching. The only bad news I had about the purchase is I had to buy my wife an iPhone 5s, cause she will NEVER change! I still love her though...lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] im0rtalz:
You should see how big the Experia Z Ultra is, it is even taller and wider than the mega.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Well here is the Note 3 Launcher until you guys upgrade-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45800726
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
That thing is huge! It's almost a 7inch tablet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
6.4 inch... Here it is next to the 5 inch Xperia Z, that's too big to be a phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Yeah 6.4 that's way too big!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noobtoob:
No kidding. Oh yeah, and that's what she said.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MSK1:
What's the lowest price for the phone sim free in the UK?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Try asking on the note3 forums. I don't think anyone knows here since this is a Sprint phone forum.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SmoothWest:
hmm

maybe Christmas I might spoil myself and get one.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] camargod20:
I have an lg E970 which had snow bean 1.1 everything worked perfect until the message insufficient space came, then I put the stock rom but no signal remained something happened with the modem, then i enter in to CWM and for error put the modem of LG e971 rogers canada, the phone start well but no signal, I went back to CWM and put the modem JB AT&T stock. at restart it remained in the LG logo and black screen came out and went from there, as he had not released the bootloader would not let me get into fastboot, I then chooses LGPNST or LG FLASHTOOL And trying to put back the stock rom in .TOT format. but tells me the dll is not right for the phone connected and detect my IMEI but PHONE MODEL: LG-E971 and not let me put roms E970 or e971, either. and only enter download mode logo LG does not leave black screen Fastboot not only download mode. Please help support the phone is new.

sorry for my bad english I'M FROM COLOMBIA HELPPPP!!!!!:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[AT&T LG Optimus G] evanprice:
...

Is The Phone Still bricked?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Zekeman:
Is there a simple way to change the color of the clock on the lock screen?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CrazymanJr:
Ive been trying to figure this out since I got my s4...only thing that isnt themed blue on my phone....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cerj:
I should be able to do it. I remember seeing the lockscreen clock images,,lm busy but will try get to it this week. What color would you like, I need either thwe hex or a picture to reproduce
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CrazymanJr:
U the man cerj!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Zekeman:
Can you do something like hex FF1488CC which I think you use now?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cerj:
[MENTION=523195]Zekeman[/MENTION] yes I can and I will hook it up

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cerj:
I tried changing the color of the lockscreen time, and it looks like they are 9 png's. Im not able to edit those yet.. I will be learning some new things in the next few weeks. When I figure it out I will post here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Zekeman:
Thanks for all your hard work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dschachm:
Try this site. The clock is awesome. Just have to enable multible widgets and ad or replace the lock screen. Here is what mine looks like.

Sorry, forgot the link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2186734
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
NiLS. Best lockscreen widget out there!! You can customize lock screen clock color, date color, and all notifications appear on there. Check out the thread (linked above) and it's on the Play Store for FREE! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InterFan7:
Hi,

I have I9000 device with the stock Anroid 2.2.

I've installed there CWM 2.5.1.0 by fllashing in some SpeedMod kernel which had the CWM built-in.

When trying to install the Supernexus 3.0 ZIP, it reaches to line "Installing update..." and the progress bar is showed but it doesn't progress at all forever.

What can I do? new CWM? how - it was difficult to find a kernel wtih built-in CWM.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
First are you sure Supernexus 3.0 is compatible with i9000?

Officially Supported Devices:

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II (i777)

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 (jflteatt)

Samsung Galaxy S II (i9100)

Samsung Galaxy S IIG (i9100g)

Samsung Galaxy S III (i9300)

Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9500)

Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE (jfltexx)

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 (jfltetmo)

Samsung Galaxy Note (n7000)

Not advisable to jump from 2.2 to 4.3 (you will have efs /IMEI problems with most ROMs) always upgrade progressively so follow this method

after that follow the developers guide of the ROM (meant for i9000) you wish to flash

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzysiekx:
Maybe you should update to 2.4.6 stock ROM first (Gingerbread)? Would be easier to find kernel with built-in CWM.

That's what worked for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InterFan7:
Yes. I've taken it from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2159519

I understand from you two that I should do a preogressive update, though I'm not sure which versions to follow. I guess that could be 2.3.6 like in XSENMAN guide, then ICS then the SuperNexus 3.0.

I want to try XSENMAN guide but it is for I9000.

I wasn't accurate enough in my 1st message - I have I9000T. :(

BTW the 1st link in your guide is refered to the PIT file d/l rather than to Odin SW (but it's easy to find the Odin SW anyway).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
First and foremost, the moment you want to Flash, the rule of the thump is you should have a EFS folder backed-up somewhere else ( external SD card or PC or cloud)

The latest ROM for i9000 T is here, choose the one for your region

BUT

if you want to go/upgrade to CM the only way would be to use i9000 ROM with root and CWM as I had given in my earlier post and changing/swap the i9000T modem for your region ,

if your phone is under contract and locked to Network, you may need to unlock before proceeding.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InterFan7:
Thanks for mentioning the EFS backup! I'm studying it and will backup it.

Considering my final target is to have SN 3.0 on the phone, I understand the Samsung update ROMs are of no use for me. I have to go through your guide.

As for changing/swap modem and unlocking - is it something I have to do before all the intermediate ROM's I'll install? Or it is better done when I finally have phone installed with the targrt ROM SN 3.0 ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
Modems can be changed at any time, there are ICS and Nexus modems available at My Android Collections, link below but you should note down the current modem details, such that you can return to it, if others don't work too well. Unlocking is more for the SIM card, that you are using , if locked to a particular phone company but you had already rooted it and had no problem, so just go ahead and use the JVU ROM to upgrade and use the CWM to reach your final goal.

Check this out!You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InterFan7:
I'm exhausted after 10+ hours of searching and trying tuffs.

Every little step in this journey has hurdles :)

Even using the EFS Pro ends up with "Unable to create archive".

I'll search for it to solve it.

I'm thankful for your help and will get back to it later, I'm too dead now :good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
yup, rest first and do it later, efs backup can be done easily by a number of apps, so don't worry . already updated in link I gave earlier

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedsolve:
Hi xda,

My galaxy nexus is rooted on Android 4.3, using Franco kernel, using Lmt launcher and no custom rom. I noticed this purple bar at the bottom of my screen on my phone and I am curious if my phone has a screen problem and sometimes, there are random pixel jitters and it gets annoying when that happens. Do anyone know what this is. The screen shot is the pixel jitters