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[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kipue:
Hey, you are preaching to a believer!

My message to you was because Mega to Note 3, don't you keep Sammy crap?

Touchwiz is acceptable on the Mega, and I use exactly zero features that come with it, but that's not the "only" selling point of the Mega, but it is for the Note family (with its S-Pen), so what would be the point with AOSP on Samsung hardware in that case.

Another thing that we have to understand, is that grass is always greener elsewhere. I used to have Nexus 4 before the Mega, and I can tell you that forum messages saying : "Hey, tired of AOSP blue and black, need MIUI, need TouchWiz/HTC port, etc."

So yeah, I went to Sammy for the big screen and battery life, and now have to put up with it's software as well, I guess that's life ^^

(Oh, and if I could afford it, I would get Ultra Z as well, haha!)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] n1tro:
My point was whichever Sammy device get AOSP first (I'm hoping Mega but it's not popular enough). I'm addicted to Samsung phones since the first Galaxy S thus hesitant getting the Ultra Z. Even though Samsung has treated it's loyal users bad, like a battered spouse, I keep coming back for more abuse, hoping one day to be treated better. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kipue:
Fair enough :)

It reminds me of the Nokia golden days, when it was a little the same : weither you liked it or not, the best you could get for money vs quality was Nokia, and that's it...

Love/hate relashionship ^^
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Can I pick your brains, please guys?

I am torn as to which to buy: Note or Mega.

I, like you love the Mega, have played around with many a live display model in the shops and am blown away by the screen.

I have poor sight and appreciate the huge keypad when using it as a phone and also the large keypad when texting. I know I don't have to use the KP to text, I could talk too, but I find the speech recognition makes too many errors.

My dilemma is mainly this: I have been frightened away from the standard 8 GB Mega as the OS takes up almost half of this. As apps are not getting any smaller and (without rooting) apps cannot be stored on the SD card, the advice by the professional reviewers is to buy the 16GB version.

However, nearly all of the 16GB versions I have seen on Amazon and ebay are not. For some odd reason, when I check with the seller, they mysteriously claim something like "oh, sorry, mate, that's an error". Even where the 16GB claim appears in the listing more than once....

More than a bit naughty...

It seems the genuine 16GB listings have a much higher price, around £440. That's a huge premium to pay, when Amazon are selling the 8GB version for £280.

So, for those of us who don't want to get into rooting the phone, is 8GB enough? Should I buy 16GB?

What do you advise?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kipue:
I'd say 8 Gb is enough if you get a memory card to go along with it (I have a 32 Gb).

According to my experience with my 16 Gb Nexus 4, that was really feeling small quickly. Right now my Mega's internal 16 Gb are far from full although I have been piling up the crap in there (and also using a light ROM).

So If the price of a 32 or even 64 Gb memory card should still play in your favor, I think 8Gb internal is usable :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Thanks, kip.

Yes, I do intend to get a nice fat SD card to store piccies and music, video etcetera. And I don't want to load up 100's of apps, either.

But I don't want to be in the position my son is with his S5830 where his phone is running erratically. Mind you, there's a lot less available memory in the Ace and he's got many more apps loaded than I would ever want!

Just a couple more tips?

What type and brand of SD card did you plump for?

And the case? I nipped over to the Mega cases thread and thought the Ballistics one looked good. Without wishing to start another discussion here about cases, which one have you got?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shingers5:
if you need it for visual purposes then the Mega is a winner hands down..........i dont like how narrow the note 3 is even if its listed as 5.7. the Mega is wider and larger and the 8gb memory is more than adequate i find. obviously if your into a ton of apps that could be somewhat problematic but in most cases you be fine...........ext sdcard option is there for media etc.

TBH i dont see you have any issue with storage
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Thanks, shingers.

That's my main reason for choosing a large screen, yes.

I take it you have one?

Which SD card and cover have you got?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shingers5:
Yea got 6.3 i9205 and I love it. Just can't look at my s4 or iPhone 5 right now. Sold my note 3 too. Got 32gb Samsung ultra micro sd card. Got slimline cover in black off Amazon but don't use as makes it feel bulky
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kipue:
Hey, happy to give help :)

My SD card is from Sandisk. I had it for a little while now (since my Note 1 I think), and never had reasons to complain.

The only reason why you'd like a fast SD card is probably for when you Nandroid or install to/from SD, because that can take a looooooooong while on thos big ROMs :). Otherwise, maybe take a real brand, but don't care overmuch about the performances.

As a protection, I got some crappy free stuff given at the store, which is OK but is not well made and i suspect will be scratching the silver bezel.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shingers5:
bought my mega on amazon for £285 but complained about lags and touchwiz hiccups ad got 20% off making it about £230.06 overall. i am extremely happy now lol...........

- ive modded mine a bit using xposed framework with a few modules like app settings and wanam settings. xposed works quite well on mega. got g2 launcher on it for a change too
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Moandal:
I don't think 8GB is enough, when it's actually only 4GB. I got my 16GB i9205 from www.simplyelectronics.co.uk, but expect it to take a whole month to arrive regardless of any claim that it's in stock. Mine had a Hong Kong ROM when it eventually arrived, so I flashed the stock UK ROM from sammobile. Once that was done I had no other issues, except it didn't like my SanDisk 64GB card. It's quite happy with a 32GB card though.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2195149Thanks guys! I really appreciate your thoughts.

@ shingers... do you think the lagging was due to lack of GB??

I'm not fully conversant with the different ROM's worldwide. What would it mean using a phone with an HK ROM in the UK?

I have actually been avoiding simply electronics, as a lot of folk have not had their goods...:mad:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2195149

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These prices make no sense??

http://www.simplyelectronics.net/search_ss.php?q=I9205&asug=&currency=gbp&country=GB

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Moandal: if I didn't buy from SE, where would I go for a reasonably priced 16 GB Mega that I didn't have to flash?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Moandal:
I think it's reasonably safe to buy from Simply Electronics especially if you pay by credit card, but you will have to be prepared to wait a month or so for the goods to arrive, regardless of what the website says. The prices they're quoting at the moment are less than I paid (£329) but not by that much, so they probably are genuine.

There's not much of a problem using a Hong Kong ROM in the UK. You have to go into the settings and switch off the Chinese keyboard input option, and the Assistive Light widget had its name in Chinese on the widget itself, but other than that it worked fine and connected to Virgin Mobile without any problems. It was also very simple to flash the UK ROM, which cleared up those two issues and won't invalidate your warranty since it's stock and unrooted. However I think the UK ROM must be multi-CSC and it decided to install the Polish CSC for some reason rather than the UK one. The only possible side effects that I've found are:

1) If you do a hard reset, the default language in the setup screen is Polish, Big deal - select English and continue setup

2) I suspect Samsung Hub thinks I'm in Poland since I've only got Samsung Books and Samsung Games. However since I don't use Samsung Hub (why on earth would you unless you're 100% certain you'll never own anything other than a Samsung phone?) it's not an issue. Google Play and everything else works just fine.

I suspect I'd need to root the phone to change the CSC to UK, but since the above two issues don't matter I'm not going to bother for now.

All in all I think it was worth it to buy from Simply Electronics, both for the price saving and for the 16GB storage which I regard as essential. Another option might be ValueBasket:

http://www.valuebasket.com/en_GB/Sa...Unlocked-(Black)/mainproduct/view/13303-AA-BK

but I've no experience of them. Looks like they might deliver a bit quicker, but they're a bit pricier and since there is no such thing as a 16GB UK version you'll almost certainly still get a phone with a non-UK ROM. But it will still be perfectly usable in the UK even if you don't flash it.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Thanks so much. Really appreciate your input!

Does the region sim-lock affect Mega yet?

I heard it was not just affecting the Note 3, but other high-end phones produced from July 2013.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shingers5:
Mega is cool as its anything high end from Note 3 onwards...................makes no sense as some claims state that once you sim unlock it the its ok or if you buy it factory unlocked it is also free of region lock. i'd assume so as if carrier locked you cant use another sim in it anyway :laugh: so makes no damn sense........................

My lag is due to touchwiz as doesnt matter what samsung device you have touchwiz lags period. it sticks for noi apparent reason but better with nova/apex etc
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Better with pure Android a la Nexus, no?

As I said earlier, Samsung at the Westfield said the region lock applies to phones that are SIM-free. They can be region-unlocked by using a local SIM card before inserting any other.

However, the interwebby is awash with complaints (just look at Amazon's Note 3 listing) that this unlocking does not work. The trick, it transpires, is to leave the local SIM in the phone for a week so that it registers properly.

It is said they put this in place to try and cut the number of grey imports.

Back to SD cards while I remember......is there any point going for Class 10?

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Has anybody had any dealings with HK-based Wowcamera?

Thanks.;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Whosat:
Just take note that there are several reports that 64GB Sandisk microSD cards do not play well with the latest generation of Samsung devices. Users of S4, S4 Mini and Mega 6.3 devices of all variants have had increased battery drain or issues with detecting the memory card when used with, specifically, Sandisk 64GB cards.

Also, you probably won't need the Class 10 unless you're going to be recording lots of lengthy videos or pictures at a high speed. Seeing as the stock rom will not allow you to install apps into the external SD card, the speed increase won't really help. I'm using a class 4 32GB Sandisk card and its playing 720p mkv videos without hitches.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] gx3k:
I've been using a SanDisk 64gb on my Mega for 4 months now and I never had any problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Moandal:
You've had better luck than me then! I've got two SanDisk 64GB cards, both work fine on my Note 1, but my Mega 6.3 doesn't get on very well with either of them. I'm currently using a 32GB SanDisk card in the Mega with no problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] gx3k:
I have this one, it's formatted as exFAT if that helps. Never got problems.

Beware of fake Sandisk 64GB cards like this one:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ps000000:
I am thinking

Note 3 has a smaller screen but Full HD res.

Note 3 will have a lot of custom ROM for sure

( I never use any pen since I have my note 2

so pen is not benefit for me)

(I am a ROM flash aholic and prefer a phone that has many custom ROM)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shayneflashindaily:
Be patient. Roms will come dude

2SHAYNE-MeGa
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] dparrothead1:
Bigfau has a rom waiting for the i527.....if we can find a custom recovery!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shayneflashindaily:
Didn't mean to quote that post... Xda mobile has been messing up on me with this mega. :mad:

2SHAYNE-MeGa
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] kipue:
With CM in our hopeful reach?

No need to switch to anything else ^^
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Thanks, folks, for all the info. on the mem. cards.

When you talk about issues with 64 GB cards, is it just SanDisk, or other brands too?

So no need to go higher than Class 4 then?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shayneflashindaily:
I just order a Sandisk 32gb...will let you know of how it goes.... I got a 64gb from eBay and I think it was a generic cause it was deleting apks I had saved on its own which was very irritating. I told the seller I wanted my money back (25$ which was really low and odd) and they gave me my money back and told me to keep the SD card... I don't even use it

2SHAYNE-MeGa
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Thinking about it, 32 GB should be enough!!!

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shayneflashindaily:
Yeah 32 is enough. Make sure it's a real Sandisk. :)

2SHAYNE-MeGa
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] jimmbomb:
I'll take a Note 3.. who wants to swap me for this i9205??
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shayneflashindaily:
Yeah good luck with that

2SHAYNE-MeGa
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] neames:
Guys need help.

My parents got a note3 as gift...my dad is happy with his gnexus..soo i can change to note3 for free.

But i love my mega..the screen is beautiful and its very fast with novalauncher..I like the big screen...and the long battery life..so im confused if I should change or not..

On the other hand note3 has smaller screen so maybe it wil last a few more hours..and people say amoeled screen appear to be washed out colour wise after a few years(considering I wana use my phone for really long time)...the specs are higher and it wil have many custom roms too (I dont care about all samsung features.)....

Should I change?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Moandal:
For me, the big screen is the important issue. I'm happy with the stock ROM, the Mega has all the power I need, so I wouldn't swap for the Note 3. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't. It depends what's important to you.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shayneflashindaily:
I would probably. But is have a mega too :D

2SHAYNE-MeGa
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] neames:
Like if I plan to use my phone for like 3-4years then in long term will the colours of note 3 appear to be washed/dull as its amoeled and mega is lcd...??

Will it be a huge problem in longterm?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Emancoo:
hi can you please tell me what seller you used,thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] koniakki:
I have used about 5 or 6 Samsung Essentials 32GB Class 10(the ones with the blue 32GB on them) and never had a problem so far.

And I'm talking the last couple years I been using them since Note 1 from Dec 2011.

BUT, be careful of fakes. Buy from Trusted Shops/Sellers.

So thats what I recommend. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
I use the Patriot LX series 32 GB class 10 sd card and it works awesome and does not lag and the size is big enough for me..but as mentioned by others..there are fakes out there..and I have always had good luck with Patriot stuff. ;)

Sent from my SGH-I527M Mega 6.3
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] securespark:
Thanks for all your suggestions.

Of the 3 (Samsung Essentials, Sandisk, Patriot) is there anything in it quality-wise? It's just that I've had issues in the past and lost data due to bad cards.

Guess using Amazon would reduce the chance of buying a fake - or am I being naiive??:)
[General Questions and Answers] bowwowl:
I both the new lenovo k900 somebody know how to extend the memory. It's 16 GB memory no SD card but i read on the internet it's posibile extend the memory up to 32 GB but i don't know how. Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Wiskid15:
Sooo... My screen cracked under the glass. I've got a new device coming from Sprint, but in the mean time, I'd like to run some backups on Titanium Backup. I tried installing AirDroid to be able control my device from a browser, but you apparently need to run the app before being able to browse to the IP of the device.

I have the paid version of Where's My Droid, but apparently have neglected to sign into the web portal, so I can't use that either. I am rooted, are there any commands I can use with ADB to open apps, or something like that?

I have a lock on my phone, and it's the bottom half of the phone that's non-functional. Any ideas?! I feel that if I can use ADB to start up AirDroid, I have a shot!

Thanks in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] johnylovejoy:
If your just trying to backup the apps and files you can just use ADB to pull them i believe. ADB cannot open an app to my knowledge though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Wiskid15:
I tried that. I couldnt get adb to connect. It said no devices. I booted holding vol down and power, then it showed up, but said unrecognized, or something like that. Is it possible usb debugging is off? If so, is there a way to enable it w/o using the screen?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2485138
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Wiskid15:
Thanks for this. I must not have USB Debugging enabled, or something. My devices doesn't show up in this, either!! :(

I've got an adapter coming to try using a mouse and I've got the HDMI adapter coming. Hopefully I can somehow get this beast unlocked and get AirDroid activated or something...

I've done some research on enabling USB Debugging remotely, and it seems as though it's impossible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] abc767:
Windows 8.1 crack is here...then why should we download?

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Download links are also there.

Perfectly worked for me...

Intel core i3, 4gb, ati radeon 6750, coolermaster k100

:cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Wiskid15:
Spam... Thanks for that...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Conza89:
Hi, I'm a new to rooting, but long time jailbreaker, and man this is way harder than I thought!

I think I'm on the right track, I've uploaded Rom (Super Nexus 3.0 i9100 ect), CWM-SuperSU v0.97 and Google apps (gapps-jb-20130813 ect)

But, I've unfortunately had a couple of failed attempts, originally coming from 4.1.2, I'm now back to 'stock' 4.0.3 and can't update, so I'm going to try again.

So I wanted to know, using Odin, is 6.0.2.9 the latest version of ClockwordMod and/or for the Galaxy S II (if it matters?) I've already got it on there, but I've also got a Siyah on there too, so just want to do another flash to a CWM.

And yes, no quarms about completely wiping the phone, I've backed up all the music, pics, call logs, ect, so just want to learn how to root to the latest version of android, and this version looks great.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hopper8:
Mm it's really not harder than you thought. You're over complicating things.

2 current options :

Have you flashed & are currently running siyah? If so, then boot into recovery and flash supernexus & gapps. Done.

Not currently running siyah? Flash siyah via Odin in download mode. Reboot then into recovery and flash your rom and gapps. Simple. Rooted and new rom.

As far as using CWM on its own (ie just flashing the recovery) it'll only be temporary. Every reboot it will reset to stock recovery. Hence why you need to flash siyah to keep the permanent recovery & be able to flash a new rom.

Sent from a galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Conza89:
Thanks Hopper,

I decided to use CWM 6.0.2.9 (so now there are three kernals, 2 CWMs and 1 Siyah, wish I knew how to clear them out).

First time I tried to use Super Nexus 3.0, it looked ok, but wouldn't reboot, but then I just re-installed eveything again (both times CWM), and now I've rebooted twice no problems? I think I read somewhere that it had to be done twice, I have no idea why that would be.

Oh yeah, but now I need to get Swype back on there, forgot it was a Samsung exclusive, I'll see how I go from the Google Play, but I'm guessing I could get a custom .apk from the internet anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] stergmtl:
Alright so I've been at this for hours and I'm starting to get frustrated and tired. I have a I337M Rogers phone I bought off Kijiji second hand and was already unlocked for rogers. I noticed the "Device Status: Custom" today but to my knowledge I'm not sure if it has been rooted or not in the past. Seeing as I had no way of updating OTA or through Kies I decided to try and fix it by rooting through Odin with CF-Auto-Root and then use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter. After that I tried to re-flash the stock rom I downloaded off here. Sadly that didn't change the Device Status back to "Normal". I then re-rooted, did Triangle Away again but instead went into Superuser app and tapped the permanent unroot option. I then through ES File Explorer deleted the Triangle Away app and the super user app. After that I re-flashed the stock rom again.... Still **** all. As of now I am about to smash this phone to bits. All I want to do is get it back to normal stock so I can bring it in for a repair. ANY help is greatly appreciated. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Have you odin'd the stock firmware and then used triangleaway?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] stergmtl:
It's alright, I realized after all this crap that I could just factory reset within the settings. That worked so now I am downloading the new OTA update it's also confirming "Official" as the status. Can't believe it was that simple haha.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Cool
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] O2XDAmini:
Dear all,

Anyone who has original ROM (1.12) from German O2 XDA mini could give a a copy?

Many thanks!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] oltp:
Have you been at this link ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Magician/Shipped_ROMS/
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] O2XDAmini:
Hi, thanks for reply, but there is no German O2 XDA mini ROM, only T-mobile.

Please, help me Bros!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cooper_man:
:D:D:D:D

http://twaintyfour.deviantart.com/art/KITKAT-LEAKED-Items-in-my-style-407891523
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jewveeski:
Cheers man!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deucedimetexas:
Thanks.. Flash able rar?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cooper_man:
Just replace

Just replace in each icon :fingers-crossed:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dicit_lvx:
Can i send request to cyanogen.org to make cm rom for my device ?
[G2 General] Heatshiver:
I think that the D802 variant has shown that it deserves its own forum among the US carriers. What I propose is we make a petition of sorts here by posting a comment or emoticon on this thread if you agree. After a good amount of "signatures", I'll go through and write down the names to pass on to our forum administrator, MikeChannon. He is not the one who will decide if we do get our own forum, but I believe he can pass along our petition to the ones who will. I had already asked him if we could get our own forum, and while he obviously could not guarantee anything, he stated that he would add us to the request list.

I am hoping that with a petition of people behind this effort we can have a forum that will help us organize our items from the other variants. I will also be adding a poll so that a quick visual representation of who wants a D802 forum can also be seen.
[G2 General] sacredsoul:
Hear hear! :good:
[G2 General] Walter21026:
It would definitely clear up all the "can i flash this on this network" confusion :good:
[G2 General] srps:
I'm all for it