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[Verizon HTC One (M7)] BygSii:
I will guide you the best I can in deciding between the two phones keeping it short and sweet. Having had both phones, I stuck with HTC One, but hear me out.

IPhone 5(s) - Pros

>Perfect Design - small and lightweight

>iOS - is strong, doesn't require any ram, super smooth, and it's the most developed platform. Usually apps run better on iPhone.

>Durability - because it has a small screen, it will survive drops better.

>Accessories - Apple Tv is great. Wireless streaming of your device onto your TV

>World Phone - truly unlocked. Going on a trip to Paris? Pop in a SIM card over seas and the iPhone will work almost anywhere.

>Value - retains it's value.

IPhone 5(s) - Cons

>software - your stuck with ios.

>Browser - can't compare to HTC.

>Keyboard - no Swype.

>multitask- still can't talk and surf the web at the same time on 4G LTE last I heard. Important for me.

HTC One - Pros

>Price - better value than iPhone with more storage. HTC One 32GB is $199, iPhone 5s 16GB is $199.

>Screen - bigger at 4.7 inch with a higher resolution to boot at 1920x1080.

>BoomSound Speakers - how did I ever live without it. Louder alarm clock, louder ringer, it's like it's own little boom box for listening to music.

>Design - gorgeous, with a curved back, this phone was meant to be held all the time.

>Wide Cameras - forget the purple hue issue that only happens to some in low light situations. HTC One cameras are extra wide with extra depth. Can literally take a selfie and capture your entire body into a photo.

,>Web browsing - ever have to zoom in on text your reading, just to have to finger scroll left then right then left and right just to read everything? HTC One browser has a built in smart fit to allow zoomed in text to fit to your screen.

>Swype - the iPhone killer.

>Customize Everything - hey it's an android!

>ir blaster - control your TV, sound bar, heater, you name it, anything with ir.

>NFC - I use it. Have NFC Tags everywhere. The one on my car stereo shuffles my music. Tap the one on my tv stand and it opens Xbox Smartglass.

HTC One - Cons

>Build Quality - some have a flush power button. Some have gaps near the headphone jack. Some have a purple tint in the camera. No two HTC Ones are alike.

>Slow Charge - HTC wanted the non removable battery to last forever, could be a pro or con. But it takes around 3 to 4 hours to completely charge the One, vs the 1 hour 80% charge that the iPhone 5 is capable of.

>Trying to think of more cons and it's just really hard to do. The 4 mega pixel camera could be a con to some because you can't zoom in too much on pictures taken, but they also don't take up massive amounts of storage.

There Ya go. If you learned something today, send me a thanks! :)
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] josh995:
A lot of people who bash the iPhone have never actually tried the iPhone. Or they tried it once, several years ago when it was the iPhone 3G, which wasn't the greatest iPhone to be honest.

Others complain about the specs but they don't take into account that iOS does not require the same specs as Android to operate as efficiently.

That being said, I wouldn't recommend a Samsung phone to anybody. I've given them so many tries and have been let down so many times.

For the One, there is the GPE Rom and it was alright. But when I put CM10.2 on this phone...omg I fell in love. I had NO issues at all, well, other than my music didn't sound nearly as good with the BoomSound speakers. If I were you, I'd give it a try. It's CM, so of course it's insanely customizable.

If you do go back to the iPhone, I'd highly recommend you go to the 5S, not back to the 5. And there was talk of someone being close to jailbreak. A lot of Android users who bash iPhones have also never had a jailbroken iPhone. I'm just gonna say it here, I honestly prefer a jailbroken iPhone over an unlocked Android phone. Jailbreak is an awesome thing, but since Apple locks that stuff down like Ft. Knox, it's hard to get!

I'd recommend you try the One first, and if it doesn't work for you, then go back to iPhone. I mean at the end of the day, there's little difference. They both make calls, they both have email, they both have cameras.

They both arrive at the same destination, Apple just takes the short, direct highway route, while Android takes the scenic route.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] croppz:
I went from a droid 2 to an iPhone to a droid DNA and now am on the One. I can say that the One is the best phone I have had to date. The phone overall just feels so well built and everything is smooth, quick and just overall awesome. I liked my iPhone for what it was but it was just too small and their following is what drove me away.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mtva24:
I don't get why people bash the S4. I got mine in July because the One wasn't out. I did the Loki bootloader bypass and I can flash whatever rom/kernal I want plus there is WAAAYYY more development. The 5 inch screen is awesome and the camera is better.

My wife also has the S4, but she took the update. No problem, HASHCODES came out with Safestrap, so now I have her rooted and rommed out too.

I love both phones, and I even prefer my One because of the way it feels in the hand and the speaker. But the S4, is far from garbage. The only issue is that it isn't good at all out of the box. I admit it is a laggy piece of **** out the box, but once you flash another rom you are golden.

Just my opinion...
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
Even after installing custom ROMs the performance of my S4 wasnt very impressive. The custom ROM experience on the S4 couldn't compete with the out of the box experience of the One.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] xbrianx619:
If you like the iPhone, go back to the iPhone. If you like Android, give the One a chance. I upgraded from a Galaxy Nexus. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Vanilla Android experience...but a debloated Sense-based rom is a real breath of fresh air. Especially with xPosed Framework and the Sense 5 toolbox. I pretty much have everything looking exactly like Vanilla (after installing Nova...Didn't really give the Sense launcher a chance because I can't live without the gestures and customization of Nova) except for the settings menu, which didn't take long to get used to ever. I used to be SUPER hyped about the Nexus 5, but after realizing that it wasn't coming to Verizon, and all the rumors going around, I just got sick of it. Extremely happy with my One though :D
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Dark Jedi:
Touchwiz is just bad
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] rmd0311:
HTC One purchased thanks all for your help I'll start with a Sense rom and go from there.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] kookahdoo:
Sorry....wrong thread.

Sent
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] rmd0311:
Found a dude 40 minutes away with what looks like a brand new one. Won't play with it till tomorrow. Need to s-off and unlock the bootloader first.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] cstrife999:
I think that's true of both sides not just iPhone bashers. Android bashers are usually the same thing. I can't stans how limiting iOS is personally and have owned many iphones including the 5s. One of the strangest new problems interestingly is bad battery life... My gf uses it for her job.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] josh995:
That is true, however through the years I have found Android users to be more extremely vocal about their hate for iPhone than iPhone users who don't like Android. It's crazy and sometimes scary, just yesterday morning their was a guy on I think it was android central saying every time he sees a person using an iPhone he wants to kill them or he wishes they would die! Wtf!!!!!

And about battery life, it's so hard to get a steady answer because of all the variables. Personally, my iPhones have all had crazy better battery life than my Android phones. But then again there is usually more going on in the background with my Android phones so it makes sense buuuut like I said, so many variables. :)
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mtva24:
That's a strong statement. What custom ROM did you use?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] res0prw2:
I must say the cat & mouse with iOS is the reason I finally switched. I will agree that in some aspects I prefer a jailbroken iPhone to a rooted android phone, but the constant fear of updating in order to avoid losing jailbreak is something I no longer miss.

Sent from my HTC's darkside.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] rmd0311:
My thread has fully deviated. The OP has opted for the HTC One. I'll probably activate it tomorrow time bearing. Thank you all for the help. This thread really did push me to make the right decision.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
Awesome, man! Enjoy!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] BreakingVZW:
That right there is why I sent my device to sonic to have him work his java s-off voodoo magic. Harder to patch. I love the freedom of being able to flash stock recovery and do OTAs will little concern of being unable to root afterwards.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] croppz:
If Samsung got away from CRAPOLED screens then I'd consider one. They try too hard to be like apple with bumping up the contrast to make colors pop which in all honesty looks like crap. I've never been a huge fan of Samsungs mobile devices though.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Dark Jedi:
Yeah the display looks so fake like a woman that had to much plastic surgery. They need to turn down the contrast and the color setting. My son has a galaxy tab 2 and he hates how the screen looks. I wish I would of got him a nexus 7 when I got mine.

seems like every year Samsung tries to be like apple more and more. Was at best buy the other night and they have their own little mini store in there just like apple did with their stuff in best buy. I guess they will change their name to pear or something like that.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dhaliwal925:
I know I am late to the party, but I just felt the need to chime in. I haven't had the chance to flash as much as I like since I got rid of my Galaxy Nexus, long story short I got tired of the S4's bootloader issue and randomly found a guy willing to trade a HTC One on Craigslist. My decision was made in literally 2 minutes. Picked up the HTC One unlocked using rumrunner and installed CM 10.2..me equals :D Can't wait to see where this thing ends up, but honestly I am perfectly fine with CM. As a bonus man this thing is sexy!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] rmd0311:
Well activated the phone today... Sorry but could not for the life of me leave it stock. Rocked the S-OFF immediately. Waiting for Bonestock to finish rebooting to start setting up my phone. I will try sense for a while. May eventually Vanir things up. But figured a strong Sense Rom is the place to start...
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] HypostaticOnion:
I don't understand why you guys are comparing Samsung to apple based on the screen. Apple doesn't use amoled screens, they use LCD. Samsung and Moto are the only ones afaik that use amoled. I agree that the colors look off, but the amoled makes the blacks blacker, and that's pretty sick. Uses less battery for dark backgrounds and makes for insane contrast. LCD imo looks cleaner, but as far as blacks go, I prefer the screen on my s3.

But all in all, Samsung isn't copying apple on their screen tech, maybe a few other things, but not the screens. However, apple does use Samsung hardware in their devices :P

If I've helped, please hit the thanks button
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] cstrife999:
They used to make apples screens I'm assuming that's why. Now sharp makes it I believe.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] nrfitchett4:
reviews are saying even the note 3 has lag. When is samsung going to back off the software bloat? A quadcore phone should not lag, period...
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] croppz:
Nobody is saying they are copying Apple's screen tech. I was saying they are trying to be like apple by trying to have a screen that makes colors pop more.

Sent from my HTC One

---------- Post added at 10:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 AM ----------

While on the subject of Samsung. They need to ditch all the gimmicks/sensors and optimize their UI so it doesn't lag on a quad-core phone. Ive been using sense for only a year or so and I never had any lag on my DNA with sense 4+ and no lag on my One with Sense 5

Sent from my HTC One
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] josh995:
This.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] piffsta1:
Once I installed Cyanogenmod on my s4, it was an entirely different phone. I wish I could do the same with Verizon except the lock down every damn bootloader.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] :
I'm in the same boat as some people, I have the s4 now, looking to get an HTC One, but I love having my 64gb SD card and I have a 32gb S4. I love having my movies available to watch when I please, without the need for the cloud. But I'm tired of the plasticy feel of the s4 and the cartoonish TW themer.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] rmd0311:
I have now had the HTC one for 1 month and love it. Especially now that it's fully unlocked. Being able to run whatever I want is awesome. Funny enough though, I am rocking a sense rom with nova launcher. I like the hybrid feel of it, but will jump ship to a gpe build once kitkat rolls out. For now sense has been awesome.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AceManiac007:
Hey guys i want to ask if Bbm ( Blackberry Messenger ) is working on cm10 ???
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharingan:
i am not sure brother cos on play store it shows incompatible but you can try by installing apk from here http://www.apkdad.com/

also you can wait for a ported armv6 version of this so please have hope in future cos if we can get adobe flash player for our ace why not BBM
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackbox421:
no.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nix01:
BBM is not working on Galaxy Ace... Whether you use CM10 or CM10.1 or CM10.2..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharingan:
i think we should wait for some sort of ported version of BBM
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackbox421:
Yea there is no other option
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mataflakitas:
Thanks seanz ....download now...:eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sweetboy02125:
Downloading. This what im talking about.... thank you

Sent via ★♡★ Galaxy Note II ☆♥☆
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hälftebyte:
awesome.. downloading now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] crixley:
I really hope people who can't flash the other version can flash this :/

If you own an M the one click fails.

So if this can't be flashed, we are left stranded for now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Xenocide83:
You are the man! Great work as always :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mataflakitas:
SkyNote 4.3 zip not work for me install TWRP zip Faile....:(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] seejeremy:
Did you wait to download it after it was fully upoaded? The file is 1014mbs. It just finished uploading about 20 minutes ago.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hälftebyte:
Thanks. My download was 937mb. Re-downloading now. Luckily i didnt have the time to flash it yet. :good:

When i saw "uploading now" on the OP i thought it was for a mirror upload
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] seanzscreams:
test version 4 uploading 2 hrs remaining

flashed on my phone and is working fine

xposed installer

gallery from note 3 (sped it up a bit too)

sec mms from note 3

xposed modules

all bloat removed

all traces (so far ) of knox removed

-also killed ready2 go

and a few other att things pissing me off hiding around

in preloaders and cache folders

some build prop magic

two small changes to the root script

and binary
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pc747:
I dont have the latest 4.3 Im still on the last skynote so I can tell you a go /no-go from someone who isnt on the latest 4.3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Joshua79:
Wow Thanks Sean!!! Did you sleep? Still running the one click will wait for the ver 4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Xenocide83:
Any idea how to get rid of that security check that keeps blocking apps?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pc747:
2 hrs remaining..cool Ill check it after I wake up. I just got in from work so I figure about time I take a quick nap it will be ready :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Joshua79:
Disabling KNOX Using Terminal Emulator

This method requires root access on your device.

Download and install the Terminal Emulator app on your phone or tablet.

Launch the app on your device and grant it root permission when prompted.

When you see the command box, type the following command:

su pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid

Doing this will disable Samsung Knox on your device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] softballjunkee13:
Great. I was mad. I'm at work for another 4 hours with not a smidgen of Wifi. Now I can wait in peace. Thanks seanz! U always come through. Idk how u do it with all of ur home life going on . and u still manage to squeeze in time for us lowly peasants here. Thank you!

:thumbup::cool:

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Hälftebyte:
Doubt it :victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Xenocide83:
Air Command

Anyway to include the Air Command from the Note 3?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2467810
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] seanzscreams:
Still like 20 mins left

Vers 4

http://tinyw.in/ZUhZ
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_XaFFaX:
Hello all,

I have a very interesting (at least I think so ;) ) problem with a Galaxy S mainboard I have. The problem is I do not know what exactly variant/model this is. The mainboard came with 16GB flash and only back camera (no front facing), so I assume this is Captivate model. This is not the end of the story though. The board was initially with broken system, so after I managed to get it back working it was registering as GT-I9000 (as it still is). I have currently installed cyanogenmod 10.1.3 for standard international version. So you may ask - what is the problem? It is standard Galaxy S International. Well, I am not so sure. For one, based on my knowledge international versions have both back and front cameras (this came with only back one, unless someone switched it) and also to check if this is international I installed double camera in this phone (from another board). After that the back camera works fine (takes photos etc.) however as soon as I swap to front camera I get "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped." and I am unable to launch camera again without full wipe (probably there is some setting that could be reset, so that camera app uses back camera, but I do not know what that that setting is). Anyway based on that I assume it may be a different model. Visually there are also some differences in mainboard vs. other 100% sure international mainboards I have (I can post photos if this will help). I have tried installing cyanogenmod for captivate without luck (ro.product.model error), as well as other mtd mods - all go with this same error.

There are also other issues with this mainboard which make me believe that this may be a different model:

the wifi range/signal is very low compared to other same but international models (may be because of kernel issues, I read about that somewhere, unless a hardware problem(?))

the sound from speaker works when I change ringtones for example, but does not on youtube (headphones work fine with sound)

when phone goes to sleep very often it restarts or hangs (just black screen)

this may be unrelated, and should not cause mentioned issues, but the mobo also has broken EFS partition, so you cannot make calls and there is no IMEI present

My question is: could someone overwrite this setting so that it "thinks" it is a GT-I9000? How can I check which model this actually is? Were there any international models with only one camera?

Thanks a lot!

XaFFaX
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Val D.:
Wiki says the only I9000 model without front facing camera is GT-I9000T - Mexico, Latin America, Caribbean version of I9000.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_XaFFaX:
This is not entirely true, unless I am reading another wiki ;).

Obviously this is not Fascinate, since the mobo lacks LED flash, but still at least 3 models without front camera...

EDIT:

I have added pictures of label of the battery compartment with some information, maybe this will help in determining what model is this? I am wondering about the NTT in the upper left corner.

The second picture shows that there is a place for front camera, however is was not made transparent it is black as seen on the picture, which means it was a back-only camera version of the phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Val D.:
Looks like the board came from NTT DOCOMO SC-02B phone - a version of Galaxy S for Japanese market.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_XaFFaX:
Yes, exactly I just made the same conclusion. I just flashed stock ROM using Odin from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11614716

and the phone works fine (in terms of not hanging/restarting). I even have baseband visible, unfortunately it did not fix the EFS partition :( (what is not news for me, but still I had hope... ;) ). Interesting thing is how it got itself in Europe... Anyway, the issue with speaker (not working with youtube for example) still persists, as well as very low wifi range and GPS not locking. This is probably due to differences in back casings (antenna), however in general it works fine. The camera software works fine too, only with back camera (not possible to change). I replaced it back to original one and works fine. Maybe I will take this mobo to Samsung service, they are able to restore EFS for not so much $.

Anyway, thanks for all help, I appreciate it.

XaFFaX
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Val D.:
The shipping + diagnostic only will be more expensive than the board. Upgrade the phone to a better one. SGS is a 3y hardware, it's not worth it to repair. Try to find a DYI solution to the EFS problem. You may have to learn Japanese first... :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_XaFFaX:
8835994 fg

Yeah well, I was asking around about it, if the situation has not changed it costs about $20 to do that, while the board is about $70 (I mean only the EFS repair). But in general you're right, there may be something more wrong with it and it will not be worth it. I will consider it.

About EFS repair DIY: I searched about it over the internet, everywhere I got information that you cannot do it "for free" there is a software that can do it using servers, but that costs A LOT. I will look around more, but I do not think it is possible unfortunately (without backup).

Thanks again,

XaFFaX
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Val D.:
If services are so cheap in your country, than go ahead and see what they can do.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldGaf:
Ok, so I installed a daily 14.x using TWRP and everything seems to be workig fine.

When I check storage, it shows I only have 2.6 GB free space and ubuntu is using 12.1

Surely this can't be right?
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldGaf:
OK.... clearly I am a total noob and I don't understand how the file structure works when we install UT.

I see all my old data files when I go back into recovery (TWRP) ... all my pictures, music, ROMS...

So I assume that the UT install only uses free space?

Also, is there a way to get UT to see my old files that are there?
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldGaf:
so... tried to make a soft link in /home/phablet/Music to /data/media/0/Music but getting permissions errors....
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldGaf:
I backed everything up on my PC... wiped and just put some roms related zips back on via adb.

Installed UT and copied back music and videos via drag and drop... all good.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] baysidefish:
Hi,

I installed outlook app on the phone, I disabled vibrate in notification in outlook. But when I received emails, the phone will still vibrate . Any ideas? thanks