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[Galaxy Note 3 General] Andrewtst:
My Short comments/experiences on mobile phone I use this year

After so many mobile phone I change this year, finally I am stopping now with Samsung Galaxy Note 3. All people surrounding me already though I am crazy or too rich...

Sony Xperia Z (5") - one of the most stable Android phone I ever use, but I can't stand on it really bad viewing angle, I find it is low end phone screen panel. I love and need great display. Beside this, I shoot like hell on the Camera when I just bought it as it really too bad, lucky the camera quality do increase a lot after few firmware updates but the panel is hopeless, how great fine tune by Sony, it still can't be outstanding due to it TN characteristic.

Sony Xperia Z Ultra (6.44") - I change to this as I find Sony finally use great display IPS on it, the screen panel is nice! but frank said, sometimes it do a bit troublesome due to it monster screen size, and the camera quality is crap like hell, my friend call it VGA camera. Then a big issue fake hang and SOD is really bother me, wonder why Sony implement that not so useful and only make screen even worst - backlight optimisation. I sold it after around a month usage only even though this phablet look sexy and screen is nice.

XiaoMi Mi-2s (4.3") - this is not my phone but lend by my friend, thanks he lend me, after using it, I just know how bad Sony in processing the photo output, this phone use same camera lens as Xperia Z, but the output is like comparing heaven and hell. The Mi-2s photo output is outstanding!

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (5.7") - as stable as Sony Xperia Z but with extreme awesome screen panel & great camera. Don't forget it really useful S-Pen now. Note 3 is still plastic but is a well design and trick, Note 3 look as elegance as Sony now. Overall, really nothing I can complain on it. I am truly satisfied with Note 3. Some more pairing with Samsung Galaxy GEAR (1.63") smart watch is another awesome new experience. :victory:

I believe this Note 3 can last long me until next year Note 4 unless something crazy things out before Note 4 then different talk :p but it seems less choices for me already, I feel I hardly can step back into Sony already unless Sony make some changes, use comparable with market great display panel, remove that stupid shattered proof sheet, I hate screen protector and I don't want to be force using back screen protector. Camera wise as long as it is same or better than Sony Xperia Z1 quality, I got nothing much to complain on it. By only design and build, it can't serve me long and make me want to buy it again. HTC wise, nothing is really impress me yet, even the HTC One as I dislike curve back design phone. LG wise, till date, none of their phone design is awesome even though LG is well making the phone performance solid and stable. As for those China brand, it still too earlier to adopt one.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] -Nx-:
Questions about humidity / pressure / wind

Hi,

How did you manage to get humidity / pressure / wind on your lock screen ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Ather:
Same question...

HDR Mode with Smart Stabilization On:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Andrewtst:
Lock screen? That is my home screen, I use Android Weather & Clock widget from Play Store:cool:. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] -Nx-:
Thank you dude :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] vegetaleb:
It takes infos from the onboard sensors or internet?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Andrewtst:
Onboard sensors? What sensor you mean.

Location can detects by GPS or WiFi. Data confirm needs internet data.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] vegetaleb:
The Note 3 like S4 has weather sensor for humidity and temps ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Andrewtst:
Oh, then I not sure. I don't care much on this. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nielsvg:
when connected with the galaxy gear. is it still possible to answer your calls throught the phone and not through the watch?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Andrewtst:
You can answer either way, if you answer at phone, the notification at GEAR will auto dismiss.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ganstar:
No that app doesn't use the onboards. Just installed and checked it out.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kusumalaga:
Anybody know other flip covers that support S View on Note 3 besides the Samsung ones? I bought this Baseus leather cover, although it's a good one sadly it doesn't support S View.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Darrenwen:
I face same prob like you and end up I buy the ori from samsung one. The samsung cover, at back cover there is something like chip or metal stuff that connecting to Note 3 board to activate the S Windows. Tried without back cover attach, just cover the front with Samsung cover it won work. Must back cover attached and that thing connected to the board. Get the original one, the quality so much better ans solid. I didnt regret since. Good luck.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] djrm:
OK so im coming from a long line of iPhones and after getting bored of iOS this is my first venture into Samsung. I took this photo at the club I work at last night and seriously, what is going on here? The flash pics were pretty crap too, finding it very hard to focus after pressing the shutter.

p.s yes i know how to take good photos normally and no there isnt any plastic over the lens.

Here is the link to the full size image, zoom in yourself and look!! CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR FULL SIZE PIC
[Galaxy Note 3 General] H0rn:
Even that image is better than any iPhone I've seen, personally I've not had any problems with the camera although there are a few different types of modes that you can use while on the camera have you tried playing with them?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] djrm:
Sure, tried every mode available! Let me upload a similar iPhone 5 pic, hold on.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] vinokirk:
I also noticed the pictures weren't what I expected.

They tend to blur quite easily.

I'm hoping a software update will sort it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] redpill2016:
It's a 13MP camera, you're either doing something wrong or your camera is bad.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] H0rn:
I haven't used the camera too much but if there is any focus problems I'm guessing they can fix it that way.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] djrm:
Definitely not doing something wrong lol, you can clearly see its actually a good picture in terms of light pickup its the smearing like an oil painting and thats nothing to do with the megapixels either
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SquirtingCherry:
I agree with the poster, ive had many phones and by far the note 3 has the worst photo quality ever, im really dissapointed for a ~750 euro device to have such a bad camera. 13MP looks nice in the specs but numbers is not everything.

To me it looks like there is some kind compression on the image, maybe the firmware has some kind of compression method to keep the camera up to speed for zero shutter lag.

Hope samsung will look into this and give us an update in the camera firmware.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] spridell:
Thats weird.

In this post the camera pics are amazing

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2462052
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SquirtingCherry:
Yes you are right, the bright and especialy daylight pictures are pretty nice, but when things get dark or far away they smudge out. You can see it happen in the bottom 2 pictures in that post, the last 2 are obviously lower quality than the flowers for example.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Andrewtst:
Haha! That is taken by me.

Note 3 is the best phone camera I ever use, the photo quality is outstanding!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] spridell:
Can u upload some more low level light pics?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Andrewtst:
Here is some I post before - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45941670#post45941670 and also the differences between Smart Stabilisation ON/OFF.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] spridell:
thanks for the link
[Galaxy Note 3 General] fscherz:
What do you expect? The camera has a 1/3" sensor, a FX SLR has ~28 times the sensor area. This means that you would need 28 times the light (or time) to shoot a photo with same quality.

This is not possible because in the conditions where your photo was shot you would need a tripod and long exposure (which is not useable on moving objects) to make a photo which has comparable quality like an outdoor picture!

Anyhow, I have the N3 for one day now and I am happy with it so far, especially with the better camera!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] redpill2016:
Well it does have to do with the megapixels because the more you have the less the typical blur will be visibly apparent as a result of movement, which seems to be the case here, whether that be movement by you or the subject.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] staticx57:
It isnt blur, it's the denoise that samsung is using. This is a software issue, among other things obviously. Whether or not they fix it I have no idea.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Bataga:
What's wrong is there's too many fat ugly chicks at the club.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] americasteam:
Until manufacturers either quit trying to outdo each other with more megapixels on the same size sensor, lower the megapixels on the same size sensor (like HTC did with the One), or increase the sensor size (such as Apple just did with the 5s), low light photos are going to have more and more noise. The smaller the pixel, the less light it captures, which results in worse low light performance.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Impuls3101:
Here is the metadata for anyone interested .. It seems like the camera shot the picture in night mode

http://regex.info/exif.cgi?imgurl=http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1652/qkly.jpg

here is a similar shot on a iphone 4s

http://regex.info/exif.cgi?dummy=on....com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_36372.jpg

iphone 5

http://regex.info/exif.cgi?dummy=on...nthemix.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bild1.jpg

htc one

http://regex.info/exif.cgi?dummy=on...bemm.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/imag1352.jpg

night club shots are hard on any phone there are too many lights comings from odd directions.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xManMythLegend:
I saw a review that said Note 3 removed the night mode altogether??

Low light pics are what set phones apart. Does anyone know the aperture sizes for Note 3 /Note 2/new Lumia /5s

More megapixels without much better software and compression methods can lead to subpar pics.

That wax effect is annoying in first shot.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cybermessiah:
I checked out the camera in the store under artifical low light. Not amazing quality..I honestly expected better from the 13mpx..:(

but definately not as bad as that club pic.:eek:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] :
hehe

it s not even like worst experience of mine with android phones or java phones

u can do these;

Flash another stock ROM

take it to official service

...

try more and use another setting

OR back to iPhone :D

:good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] htc9420:
:good:

It's mostly because of the cr@ppy software algorithm. I was amazed by "stellar" low light capabilities. I got troubled at first but then I remembered that it's a Sammy so any "complaints noise" is useless as their implemented policy is to never care for customer. I bet 100 that we will see a camera FW update just prior to the day Apple starts deploying IOS for my Nokia 1020.

Tech speaking, it almost looks like Sammy is trying to get into the pixel binding thingy. Also, we need to consider that due to the external dimensions and to the sensor being so small, the tiny hand shaking are exaggerated (factorial growth) at sensor due to angular movements, hence a lot of blur even @ fast exp time. Keeping the device in "portrait" orientation should yield better results than in "landscape".

Anyway, low light pix belong more in "handheld shoe" category than in flagship one. This happens also on other so-called "flagships" but Samsung succeed in taking us even lower, in a so called "a$$ broke shoe" category. Oh snap, the pic OP posted looks like the result of a hipster using Photoshop blur filters while on an good ol' acid trip. Go home, Sammy camera, you're wasted.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Dumbo53:
Looks way over processed to me. I think the night mode is doing an hdr like thing - combining diff exposures to reduce noise and improve shadow details. The algo just can't say no to opening up more shadows! It fits into the lmao category. Yup, needs work... Btw does anyone know if this happened with the s4?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
[Galaxy Note 3 General] barnabydog:
Thanks for that post. I don't know diddly about photography, but even I'm tired of the mega-pixel war that doesn't deliver better pics.

I think it was HTC (One?) that touted a smaller pixel count as a reaction to the mega-pixel marketing trend, focusing on actual picture quality instead. I have no idea if that actually worked, since I've never used an HTC device, but I don't think about how many pixels I've got if my images look like junk.

I care enough about the casual snaps I take to dig into the settings and see what manual control can do, but it seems like low-light situations really show the limitations of the hardware, and the software that tries to overcome it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] grifter9931:
Most folks think a 41 megapixel "camera phone" or are convinced that their Iphone will take images that equal to or close to a Canon 5D or a Nikon 30D. I have heard this conversation in person many times. Sometimes you just have to "Smile and Wave" and let people spout nonsense.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JCM800:
Jeez, looks like a cartoon picture when you zoom in wtf?

Dodgy camera as well as audio then.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] p51d007:
Or to quote an old phrase...."you can't fix stupid"....sort of like that iphone4 video..."but why do you want an iphone 4?"

Because 4 is better than 3, so it has to be better LOL.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nsurg:
There's nothing wrong with the camera in the phone, at least relative to other phones. Samsung simply chose to apply extremely heavy noise reduction to low light/high iso photos rather than accept heavy grain. Find it in the software options and turn it off, then you'll be stuck with lots of grain and chromatic aberrations. There is no phone in the world that will take a good photo in those conditions, and even $5k worth of modern slr and lens will struggle to take an acceptable photo in that context. I continue to be puzzled why people expect magic from these pinhole cameras, let alone try to take pictures of otherwise important moments with modern phone cameras that are still worse than point and shoot digitals from 5-8 years ago.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] designgears:
Looks like you need to turn off some of the auto settings and manually adjust them for your shot. The auto settings are nice, but they can't account for every situation.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] weirdingway:
You need to explain what's wrong in "those conditions" so people have a better understanding of what is making it difficulty for the camera. No one is expecting magic if they don't understand what is going on to make the shots so difficult. The original post claimed this was a worse experience than an iPhone which really just proves the OP didn't understand the conditions the shot is taken in vs the specs on his phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Impuls3101:
if you check my previous post on pg 2 u will see almost all phones have this problem under those lighting conditions. On page 3 there is a very detailed explanation of what is going on in that shot. Best thing to do is let this post die because its been explained.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] iahk:
OP never delivered. It's quite possible he noticed that the iphone 5 shots were not that dissimilar to this photo under the same conditions?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ShadowLea:
A) Stop using the bloody auto settings.

B) It's a smartphone, not a DSLR.

C) Have you tried a different camera app?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] unlockingsky:
if you can't adjust your settings in the software, then your camera is defective!

get a exchange or refund asap!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] naheel azawy:
Xperia X10 LockScreen

Downloads:

For mdpi ICS "hdpi soon"

For GB "mdpi & hdpi"

Thanks to [MENTION=4891820]alextheboss96[/MENTION] for testing in GB Xperia neo and for the screenshots.

​
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dontbelive:
Will u gonna make it for gb too?

With camera shortcut instead of mute/sound

Like mine in the screenshot ;)

Would be great looking forward for gb version :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] naheel azawy:
Actually I didn't tried nxt lockscreen on gb before, is gb using Uxpnxtlockscreen.apk in system/app

If yes plz give me the apk and I'll try to do it as soon as possible

And are using mdpi or hdpi
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Raptor_3000:
Good Work,Bro! I like it!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dontbelive:
as u can see iam using xperia neo so its hdpi :) and yeah gb has it
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] naheel azawy:
Can you give me the apk plz
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dontbelive:
Here u go its not mine btw thanks to Cilenco :) http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2213826&d=1377483187
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] naheel azawy:
You can download from here:

https://app.box.com/s/5a6yybv79a7h5586na0k

I'll add it to the original post soon
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] xp7:
do working this mod on cm10.1?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] naheel azawy:
Are you using any nxt lockscreen port?

If yes try to delete Uxpnxtlockscreen.apk from system app then install as a normal app

Don't forget to backup first
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kingozzo:
No bro, only stock ics.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] naheel azawy:
You can try this first:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2224547

Then delete Uxpnxtlockscreen.apk from system app and reboot

Now just install it as a normal app

---Don't forget to backup first---
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Marília de Oliveira:
strange

When I open my qwerty keyboard on my mini pro is the lockscreen with the black screen and the mangled clock!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] naheel azawy:
It's known issue on xperia t lockscreen
[Galaxy S 4 General] WooAf:
I would like to know if I can have PAC Roms on my Galaxy S4 (Canada) SGH-I337M

Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elektroda:
Hy all.

I've been watching this board for quite a long time but in the end I decide to ask for advice from someone that knows.

I'm searching for ideal rom that has working device parts like tv-out. I kinda dount I'll find any 4.3 tom with this feature if not pease suggest me some other latest build. I tried sevral latest rom on CM base (CM 10.1, 10.2 Slim beam 4.2.2 4.3, C-rom v4) but with no luck, thus many of those are very buggy in basic operatios. Currently using updated Helly Bean 4.3.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
CM currently doesn't have DeviceParts working. And because a lot of 4.3 roms draw from CM sources, none of them will have that feature fully working.

Odd though, CM10.1 and Slim 4.2.2 should have it working
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elektroda:
Thanks for respond Soryuu, I see your point but I was unable to make DeviceParts working on Cm 10.1 and slim 4.2.2. though I really like every rom I tried (might be cause I'm still new ith those :p ).

I'm lost...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakymod2120:
But when i`m using CM 10.1.2 stable the deviceparts worked as well ... what was your prob???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elektroda:
When I connect phone with tv with cable, I just can't enable tv.out setting under menu, it stays gray. Cable is fine, I've been using it with my very old rom (2.2) before and decide to refresh my rom, that is why I asked in the first place.

Am I missing something or?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakymod2120:
Okay i think you should report it here ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2039755&page=569
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elektroda:
I probabl should, but I don't bave privilegies to post in dev section. Othervise I would share my experience and report qute few bugs with different roms which could help solving them.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
Just keep posting and helping others in the Q and A section, you'll get to your ten posts in no time :P don't spam though, that doesn't go down well...

But once you do have ten posts, as freakymod said report this in the dev thread and see if someone knows what's going on.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakymod2120:
Ah okay sorry i haven`t that you have <10 postings ,sorry...

Maybe you can describe the bug or missing function and i post it in teh dev thread for you ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elektroda:
Alright, thank you both. I'll probably do that. Freaky I'll send you PM so that way we could rool things up a bit.

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakymod2120:
Okay no prob i wait for the PM ...:good:
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrewT3:
Tried flashing the system.img in fastboot but it returns an error about a mismatched PIV partition and that the max download size doesn't work well. How do I get it to actually flashing and go back to stock. Edit: I'm on a mac so RSD lite isn't an option unfortunately.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greatnesstx:
You will need Windows plain and simple, I also have a Mac but I dual boot with bout camp. I am sure you find a Windows os online somewhere, after you have Windows installed read this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448908

DROID MAXX mirrors
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrewT3:
You mean like a pirated windows os?
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigv5150:
Try using this tool http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/28162-house-of-moto/ by Samuri it works on windows mac and linux you can fxz full or fxz save data it will wipe out root. I used it and it works great follow the instructions to a T and you will be up and running.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrewT3:
You tested it with a droid maxx XT1080M?
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
...never mind ...
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrewT3:
DONT DO THIS. You need to use rsz. Trying to flash the system returns an error with the max download size. So that doesn't work and flashing the recovery will make your phone give you Andy with the red error if you try booting into recovery...

So basically Mac is sol
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasstar:
Anyone able to get this working? Sync Manager does not see the HTC One and I cannot find any updated drivers.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biohaz55:
For HTC Sync you will have to wait until HTC update their package to include windows 8.1 support. This may be a while yet as 8.1 is not yet officially released.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khortytsa06:
my htc one's cid htc__032 but i want htc__m27? Is it possible? If it is possible, how can i do it?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul_59:
Yes you can, providing you have S off

Use revone to obtain S off - Only works for hboot 1.44

When S off

fastboot oem writecid HTC__M27

Or substitute your preferred cid (8 digits)

111111 is supercid
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patlun:
Change CID

On the ONE S its possible to chane cid by editing mmcblk0p4 file,

can i do the same thing on my ONE
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ieldra:
Nope.
[Off-topic] Dakky:
Is there any website from which you can send SMS'es to the world (i would need to croatia) but with the option of changing "sender" number? Like Smsextender used to do on S60 platform... thanks