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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] podface:
I'm gonna stick with my 2... not much change...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] djsaad1:
Hmm...I want the note 3 but the nexus 5 isn't too far off and it should have a 5 inch screen this time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] adamantypants:
$300? Yikes. I guess that's expected. Maybe I'll jump on it when it eventually gets to the bargain bin. It's just too obtrusive for my tastes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chuko303:
Yea $300 for it is a lot the note 3 probably going to be $350 with 2 year contract. In tmobiles case no contract :D. But same rules still apply -_-
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dd323:
Same with me I'll get it when its cheap
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] love2diehigh:
the note 3 look great and all but as like some other people say ill wait a little before getting one
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
Looking for a smarter smart watch (more activity functions, that can last longer then my workday, if even) and not sure about the Note 3... I know what i'll say is sacrilegious around here but, i'm kinda satisfied with my Note 2. I do have my upgrades on account so I might be talking smack right now. Lets see what the hype machines can spit out from now til release. But I am eyeing the Note 10.1(4) though.... :angel:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dd323:
All I want is our upgrade to 4.3 I am happy with my phone .....plus by the time I can upgrade my line the note 5 will be out lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] james robinson:
I will be getting the Note 3 later on this year or next when all of the bugs have been fixed. As for the watch, I rather get my hands on Google Glass when it's released to the masses!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chuko303:
Can you tell me the bugs?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] james robinson:
In my experiences, all first run products have defects!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dd323:
That's true like the first batches of the first nexus 7 the glass was lifting up and also they never went in to sleep even with the screen off.. .. I know I have one it dies with or without using it .. I regret getting one of the first ones
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jreuschl:
No problems with my day 1 Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dd323:
My note 2 since the day I got it the bezel was popping out a little it didnt bother me till it keep getting worst but sprint said that couldn't do anything about since I took it back a month after... No drops or nothing it has a crack now were the earphone socket is... But not every one gets a bad one . my gf got a white one and nothings wrong with hers and we got them the same day but my cousin got one a week before me and it has a lot of problems..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Naddict:
Please take this discussion to the Off-Topic thread within this area already...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2411748
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAV17:
Touch screen does not work at all and i need to do a factory reset before i send my old Z to the insurance company.

Anyone know how to achieve this?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maddhouse:
Flashtool will do it
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAV17:
can you walk me through the steps?

i have flashtool 'emma' opened up and rebooted my z into 'safe mode' and flashtool still says 'connect a phone or accessory'.

my phone needs a lock code to unlock but touch screen does not work
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dreiundachzig:
I hope you have USB debugging turned on. For flashtool you need this.

Turn off your device. Open flashtool and click on the lightning. Chose your stock rom. Wait until the command comes to plug your phone. Hold volume down and plug your phone in. Wait a few minutes. You are done.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maddhouse:
If you haven't got debugging enabled the Sony Update service (SUS) will do it, this will only work for locked bootloader
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAV17:
Thanks for the help, SUS got the job done. :good:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbell13:
False. I flash mine all the time without debugging turned on.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maddhouse:
Thinking about it, very true because flashtool uses phone in flashmode dis-regarding of system settings to flash file
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbell13:
Yup! :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] almactan:
I hope someone is subscribed to this thread. If i use flashtool, does it mean there is no way someone can retrieve my deleted photos? Am sending my phone to the service center and i dont want them getting some private photos
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nameless One:
If you have a broken touch panel but the screen is still good enough to see, all you need to do is get a USB OTG adapter/cable (micro USB plug on one end and a computer USB socket on the other) and a USB mouse. Plug the mouse into your Android device via the USB OTG and it will give you a mouse pointer on screen which can be used to do any single touch action you would normally do. This works in TWRP's recovery too.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] £note:
Hi all

I'm hoping someone can help me fix my HTC One. I’ve just acquired the phone (from my son) which was bootloader unlocked via HTC Dev and rooted with a custom recovery installed (cwm) but still on stock 4.2.2. Due to a camera problem I need to send the phone in for repair/replacement and therefore need to get back to the pre root state. I followed instructions in a YouTube video and you can probably guess this didn't go fully according to plan and I need help to get this sorted. The phone is running but continually prompts me to download and install an update 2.24.401.8 (31.66MB) but when I select the option to install the phone reboots into the bootloader and just sits there. Bootloader is now showing tampered and relocked with a highlighted security warning below these, if I select reboot bootloader the security warning disappears but the update still wont install and, probably related to this, if I try to factory reset this fails and stalls in the bootloader as well. The phone is a UK sim free model bought from P4U and the software is as follows. This is the first HTC phone I've had any dealings with and I’m seriously out of my comfort zone here so I need a gentle lead towards what I need to do to get this fixed. Really appreciate any help.

Android version4.2.2

Sense 5.0

Software number 2.24.401.1

HTC SDK API level 5.34

Kernel version 3.4.10-g445d072

root@abm013 #1

SMP PREEMPT

Baseband version 4A.17.3250.14_10.39.1150.04L

Build number 2.24.401.1 CL211355 release-keys

Browser version WebKit/534.30

CID HTC_001

Bootloader shows the following info

M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH

HBOOT-1.54.0000

RADIO-4A.17.3250.14

OpenDSP-v31.120.274.0617

OS-2.24.401.1

Emmc-boot 2048MB

Jun 22 2013, 00:54:00.0
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herwegan:
for this OTA you need stock recovery too (not cwm), grab it from here and flash it via fastboot: http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.ch/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] £note:
Thanks for your reply. I've downloaded the recovery image from your link but when I try to flash it fails with "FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)" Any further thoughts? Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herwegan:
you'll have to unlock your bootloader again via htcdev, then flash recovery, then "fastboot oem lock" bootloader again..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] £note:
Herwegan All sorted, thank you so much for your help, really appreciated.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herwegan:
great to hear! :highfive: thanks is much appreciated ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] johnw91498:
Although I've only had my Mega 6.3 for 8 days, I've gotten used to the large screen. Now that the Note 3 has been anounced, it's got a 5.7 screen and I think that's too small. Once you go large, you can never go back...:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] SquirtingCherry:
I love the features and the horsepower of the Note 3, but the design... it looks like the Note 1 again. Bigger rounder corners like the Mega are better for comfort in your pocket in your jeans. i think i have to hold it and try be4 i buy this one.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] john.2011:
Yes me too mega is the beast... disappoint of note3 size

i9205 Tmobile USA
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] x2h:
Same here. Although I am still kind of on the fence.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] inurb:
I'm picking up a 16gb mega right now. I'm back lol.

I didn't like the note 3 design, I was hoping for a large 6 inch screen. Acer s2 liquid also looks good.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] gx3k:
When I had the original Note I didn't feel attracted to the Note 2 because the difference in screen size wasn't big and it was actually lower resolution. It felt like a downgrade and anything smaller felt lacking even if they had better CPU/GPU. That changed when I saw the Mega and now I can't get excited for phones having a smaller screen. The things that I was hoping for that might interest me with the Note 3 was a bigger screen in the same pocketable size as the Mega, optical stabilisation, and 64gb/128gb standard internal memory. Those never happened so I'm much better off waiting for the Mega 2.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] inurb:
You took the words out of my mouth. The megas screen spoiled me.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] johnw91498:
I think the Mega screen spoiled all of us. I just can't see going to a smaller screen. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] dparrothead1:
This may sound like sour grapes but it's not. IMO, the 3 has way too much stuff. I mean, if it gets unlocked and rooted and people install a custom ROM such as 10.2, then most of the stuff is not going to work anyway.

I came from the org Note and rooted and installed a ROM the first day I had it.....never used the spen as it was intended.

I've had my 6.3 for a little over a week and I'm still finding things on it. I just found the task manager two day ago.

So, my vote would be no on the Note 3. I'm very happy with the Mega and will be even happier when it gets rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kipue:
What you said about the CM rom disabling the features of the Note is actually a really good point.

True the screen resolution of the Mega isn't the highest but it sure looks good anyway!

So yeah, agreed too, will pass on the Note 3 ^^

Only downside of Mega is that it's such a niche product that I'm afraid that the developpement will be slow
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Techngro:
I'm still hedging between the Mega and the Note 3.

I really want a powerful device with the latest specs, but the Mega's screen real estate keeps tugging on my heart.

I guess i'll wait until the Note 3 is actually in stores so I can play with it myself. That's the only way I'll be able to make a good decision. I am excited about all of the features. The enhancements to Multiview look pretty nice.

As an aside, I hope they do another Dropbox promotion soon. I need more space.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] jusho:
Once you try bigger screen, you'll feel its the best. Im only using mega 5.8, when i look my iphone 4s its kinda smaaaal:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] gx3k:
I agree. High end devices tend to be more of a numbers race to beat the competition while the mid range is more value for money. With the Note 3 you will be paying for specs and features you will never use or don't need. If most people think like us in this thread then I'm confident more people will buy the Mega. It only had 2 months in the market and just available in the US so it's still early days. With the price getting lower after the release of high end phones (the Mega is now just £316 on Amazon) it will be a hit this Christmas.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] koniakki:
This is somehow a re-post of mine from another thread but I think it applies perfectly to this thread too.

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I have been holding on and skipping devices that really appealing to me(LG Pro, Oppo, Sony Xperia Z, etc) for the Note 3.

I was going to order the Xperia Z Ultra but thankfully I convinced my self otherwise. I'm not playing many games now days nor using it heavily.

Mostly for above average media consumption, light gaming, browsing.

Also as I said I was waiting for the Note 3 since the day Note 2 was announced since I decided to skip a generation.

And thankfully I decided to skip the Note 3 for the Mega. I really wanna go even bigger this time. I don't mind the mid-range performance.

And since my original Note with Asylum 4.3 now feels so incredible(it felt good with custom JB 4.1.2 too), I can only imagine the Mega will blow my mind.

I got the Note 1 at launch and I paid for it quite dearly for it back then.

And today I got my Samsung MEGA(i9200). HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! I'm really in love with this devices. The size, the screen, its sound are just... amazing!

I can't even remotely explain how I feel about it. This IS really the device that ever wanted.

I'm using it for a couple hours now and I can tell you I wouldn't even think about trading it for a Note 3(for free yes as I could sell the Note3 and buy another Mega :p)

This is really my preferred size of a phone. But I can go down to 6" too if the N4 is released next year and its 5,9-6,0". The best device so far I ever owned.

I also stated that I can go up to 6" when I got my Note in previous post of mine. So I was kinda always wanted a phone this big,

Watched a few trailers, videos clip, youtube videos, listen to many songs. I can say the experience was amazing. I haven't played any games yet tho.

This phone is big. You cannot really how humongous it's unless you light up the screen. The you can understand how huge it is. But it doesn't feel THAT bigger than my Note tbh.

I think that sums things up for me. I haven't felt this excited for a phone since 21 months ago when I got my original Note. Really happy owner here. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Christogq:
I'm torn between this and the Note 3. I don't really use the phone for more than playing games, talking, texting and facebooking. Oh and a music player. I'll watch a movie when I can. I have the Note 1 and I'm cool with the display whatever it is. The only reason I'm getting something different is because my Note 1 is about to bite the dust. Does it sound like the Mega is good for me? The only reason I got the Note in the first place was because of the size if that helps at all. I use my S-Pen to draw on pictures every blue moon.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] rikken:
I believe the Mega would serve you well. It is truly a great device that performs exellent. You don't have to waste money on the extra features on the Note III if you don't need them. I have had both the Note, Note II and now I am enjoying the Mega :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Christogq:
Quick question. Is the screen the same as the Note? I guess the density or whatever the hell it's called? Oh and is it the same speed or faster? Does it have MultiWindow? That's about the only thing that I want from my Note.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] thering1975:
No resolution is slightly less due to ratio change

The original was 1200×800 this is 720 i think but could be wrong however its a brighter more natural screen as opposes to the note 1 which was a poor amoled. The note 3 is obviously a 1080p

Yes multiwindow is ther as is airview

Much faster than note 1 way slowe than note 3
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] inurb:
The mega screen is better than note 1 and 2 imo. I think the crispness of the LCD panel puts it over the edge.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] gx3k:
Benchmarks wise, the Note 3 will beat the Mega but actual every day performance will not be that different specially if you do some tweaks (replace Touchwiz, disable unused features, set animation to 0.5 or 0, etc).
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] koniakki:
Some obvious facts here:

Games speed: Note 3 although its almost double the price of Mega. But the Mega is no slouch either.

Games experience: Mega. Its 6.3" display dwarfs the Note 3 screen. Not by long tho.

Music: I'm pretty sure the Note 3(waiting for appropriate tests) will be better on the sound department but my Mega's sound is loud and clear. No complains.

Video consumption(Movies/Youtube): Mega. Although the Note 3 will be a lot better I believe in terms of quality, it can't beat watching on a 6.3". No sir.(I watched some of my subscribed channels and oh boy, what a phone screen!)

Phone speed: Obviously the Note 3 will be 2-3x as fast in 3D and processing speed in benchmarks and a lot smoother in real user experience. But 2x priced.

As for rest camera, build quality etc, obviously the Note 3 will be a lot better. I believe that it can come down to that the Mega in almost all aspects is good enough compare to Higher end phones. But then you light up the screen and you forget that "good enough" nonsense... Its great.

While with the Note 3 people with get a quality experience, with the Mega you you get more quantity in your Android experience.

And thats what I wanted since my Note 1. I will get the N4 probably or Mega 2(if it sells well and they release a new one) next year.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Christogq:
I'm sold lol. Mega is a faster Note 1 with a bigger screen and MultiWindow. I'll be getting this on 9-25-13 then. Payday :) Thanks fellas!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] koniakki:
I consider my self a die hard fan of the Note series. I waited for the Note 3 for over a year when I decided to skip the Note 2.

And to be honest the ONLY phone that got me to even think about buying and I almost pulled the trigger on it, was the Sony XZU. Thankfully I didn't.

I would love a Note 3 with all its bells and whistles. I really would. But just the sheer volume size and screen estate more than makes up for it. :good:

As an avid overclocker/benchmarks guy, I never thought I would say this and although I would had preferred a Snap 600(S4 Pro APQ8064) really,

I'm really satisfied with its performance.

Coming of course straight from the Note 1 the diffrence is well, amazing... Well worth the wait and its money...
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Christogq:
Oh man I went to the AT&T store and played with the Mega. It's awesome. A man's phone. I'm in love. I'm not even gonna wait and try out the Note 3. I underclock and don't use my S-Pen other than drawing on a picture maybe once a week. I don't do any business type things. Just text, watch movies, Facebook and maybe game here and there.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] koniakki:
About the same here. I used to use the Note's S-Pen for fun, memos etc at first obviously, since it was kinda its novelty back then.

But after a while it rarely came out. I had forgotten the poor thing.

And about the business stuff nothing fancy than a few emails here and there. Nothing that multi-email apps and gmail can't handle.

It been said before but I will say it again. The Mega is slower by long, but its bigger, more fun imho and above all, cheaper. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Christogq:
I'm so geeked up man. I swear to god if my court stuff doesn't come out to too much money tomorrow, I'm going to get the Mega as soon as I get out. I seriously can't wait until the 25th. Not anymore. Not after I got to hold it.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Alvie03:
Agreed.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] rikken:
I find this display better too. Crisper, clearer with more natural colors :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] koniakki:
I would love a Note 3 if I had the spare cash to order it and it was available now, BUT besides the fact that I went for the Mega mostly for its price(almost half of Note 3 at 57% of its price.) the MEGA has:

NFC

BT 4.0

Snapdragon with the krait cores(proven to be powerful)

1,5GB Ram

6.3" screen of good quality

Huge battery with great life

IR Blaster

I wouldn't mind a Snappy 600 in it and 2GB ram but all the above are ALL that I wanted in a phone to replace my aging Note 1.

And to be able to get that at 57% of Note's 3 price, well, for me it was an instant buy. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Right on and the same goes for me here..price wise and it looks awesome and it does everything i want it to do also..best investment for me indeed. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] megalomanic14:
As a huge note fan myself, I was waiting and waiting for note 3 when I ordered the mega in june...day 1 it was released in europe...the day it arrived and I fired it up I was blown away...heres the run down...the snapdragon 400 is a dual core custom chip by qualcom based on arms processors and soc architecture...the fact is the mega is a dual core a15 chipset, basically a dual core version of the note 3 quad core...while the note 3 benchmarks are impressive the truth is barely, if any at all apps or games can even run on the 3rd or 4th cores, so other than benchmarks they are useless and sit idle 99% of the time. When I went to new york for the note 3 hands on earlier this month, I went with my mega thinking the real world day to day speed would just destory the mega...in fact quite the contrary...while there were some minor differences in the feel its hard to equate it to hardware or 4.3 vs 4.2...the truth is with my mega and note 3 side by side the performed most every task nearly identical. Now im not claiming by any means that our mega has the true power of the s800 chio at 2.3 ghz, but until the day the extra cores can be used, the mega will stand up to the note 3 in a majority of use cases. Where the mega comes good and destorys the note is the screen and battery...the note 3 is only .13 inches larger than note 2 from 5.55 note 2 to 5.68 (advertised as 5.7) inches, whereas our megas 6.3 inch stunning lcd just puts them to shame. To the point that I haven't carried my note 2 and have only turned it on to do a battery cycle 2x since the day the mega arrived. While I may pick up a note 3 solely as a fan of the series as a secondary backup to my megas, undoubtedly the mega will remain my main device. For anyone interested the galaxy mega i9205 is by far the best device ive ever owned, and I own quite a few samsumg devices.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] koniakki:
Somewhere inside that mess of text/letters/words there's actually a decent comment/opinion.

Here's it is in case someone want's to read it. And megalomanic14 don't take this wrong. I did it with the best intentions because I liked your comment. ;)

megalomanic14 wrote:

"As a huge note fan myself, I was waiting and waiting for note 3 when I ordered the mega in june. Day 1 it was released in europe.

The day it arrived and I fired it up I was blown away.

Heres the run down. The snapdragon 400 is a dual core custom chip by qualcom based on arms processors and soc architecture.

The fact is the mega is a dual core a15 chipset, basically a dual core version of the note 3 quad core.

While the note 3 benchmarks are impressive the truth is barely, if any at all apps or games can even run on the 3rd or 4th cores, so other than benchmarks they are useless and sit idle 99% of the time.

When I went to new york for the note 3 hands on earlier this month, I went with my mega thinking the real world day to day speed would just destory the mega. In fact quite the contrary.

While there were some minor differences in the feel its hard to equate it to hardware or 4.3 vs 4.2. The truth is with my mega and note 3 side by side the performed most every task nearly identical. Now im not claiming by any means that our mega has the true power of the s800 chip at 2.3 ghz, but until the day the extra cores can be used, the mega will stand up to the note 3 in a majority of use cases.

Where the mega comes good and destorys the note is the screen and battery. The note 3 is only .13 inches larger than note 2 from 5.55 note 2 to 5.68 (advertised as 5.7) inches, whereas our megas 6.3 inch stunning lcd just puts them to shame.

To the point that I haven't carried my note 2 and have only turned it on to do a battery cycle 2x since the day the mega arrived.

While I may pick up a note 3 solely as a fan of the series as a secondary backup to my megas, undoubtedly the mega will remain my main device.

For anyone interested the galaxy mega i9205 is by far the best device ive ever owned, and I own quite a few samsumg devices."
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] WaystrikerXI:
Sure, I'm gonna keep this big Mega, I really would love to have Note 3, but it's about the price tag, I cannot afford it, so I'm pretty happy with my Mega.