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[Galaxy Note II General] crizolli:
That's what I really want.. The kernel upgrade is what would give the most benefits, and would be a shame if Samsung doesn't do it.
[Galaxy Note II General] shhbz:
so finally the 4.3 update on its way to our beloved note2 samsung announced that they have already started rolling out for us variants through the Premium Suite software now lets see how soon we get a hand on it and even expect the kernel source soon

http://www.samsungmobileuspress.com...r-Compatibility-to--Iconic-Galaxy-Smartphones
[Galaxy Note II General] thedadio:
Yay
[Galaxy Note II General] de_kegels:
samsung galaxy s4 active

Hello, i have a samsung galaxy s4 active (europe GT 19295) ,and i am looking into buying a samsung gear. but this is not compatible.

is there any update on the release date for non carrier users ? or is there a hack i can use to make it work.

Thanks for your reply and for this good conversation .
[Galaxy Note II General] john.r.raynor:
I was hoping that the majority of N3 features would make it through to this update, but I guess there is a lot more going on behind the scenes, and a lot more thought going into which phones get updated with which features. After all, Samsung develops all these cool features using millions of dollars earned through selling it's top handsets, so that's got to be the priority for them I guess.
[Galaxy Note II General] subheet:
and it was necessary to bump this post up for your S4 active queries?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T0b3:
Hi there,

did anyone else have this problem? Occasionally, my screen would not react to my touch input. That is either the status bar stopping in the middle of the screen whilst collapsing, a character on the touch keyboard appears pressed and activated, even though I don't type anything (Can't continue writing when this happens) or the widgets screen on the home screen appears and re-appears and I can't change the homescreens since they are stuck in-between.

This is my second Z (Switched from a black to a white one) and so far, everything's been fine. It doesn't have any custom stuff on it except root. But the problem also occured prior to rooting.

Does anyone have a fix for this? My workarounds so far: Switching it off by POWER+VOLUP or leaving it in standby for a couple of minutes.

Might this be a hardware problem?

Thanks you very much in advance!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T0b3:
bump
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -totonio-:
you can try to reflash a stock ftf via flashtool, doing a full wipe maybe will resolve this issue! ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240614
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] benshannon:
Has anyone successfuly installed Link2sd or s2e or any other ext programs on a rooted stock rom? is there any way to store games to a sd card?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ide70:
Dear members Im very new on that forum and also Im new to samsung galaxy s4 gt 19505...(Im from Finland)

So I had downloaded from sammobile the latest german firmvare android 4.3 and installed with the instractions

the way sammobile gave and with Odin3 and everything went well fhone works with out problem, but the reason I

ask your help is why I did not get any new effect for camera for the keybord for dial numbers and most important

for bluetooth?? that is why it botters me and I want to go back to android 4.2.2 but how? I tought maybe it is better

I wait for officaal releise from samsung for Finland. That is why please please give some help..

by the way I called samsung cusromer care in finland and told them about my problem and they said I lost my warranty

because I have installed 4.3 by Odin and they said ofcourse there is way to roll baxk to

original firmware in same way but they cant tell me how and they told me I should search google...

thank you very much if you help me I will be happy to donate some money to your web page
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maanz "L":
Hi.

U should read here if u wish to roll back to 4.2.2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250824.

Follow the steps on 1st page.

Cheers..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ide70:
Dear Maanz first I want to thank you for the quick answer and yes I read the page but Im so confused because so many thred and so many instraction for root for other things and talking about knox and many kind stuf :)

I just want to to have my original firmware that I can wait for official 4.3 for Finland then I can update form OTA or kies so please help me to do that because samsung says that right now I dont have warranty because I have installed 4.3 from Odin :(

Edit

I tryed to donate you by pay pal and it says that singapore people can send not to recive money :( Im sorry
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maanz "L":
u have to read carefully in the OP, mate. Install the stock version through odin.

If in doubt, just ask in the thread.

Just ignore what Samsung told u.

They just out to scare u.

Don't worry about other things.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ide70:
Thank you maanz I will give a try and let you know if I succes...... but only one more question will my fhone will be in warranty again after I install knox fee rom??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maanz "L":
Yes, if u stay unrooted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ide70:
Dear maanz I did install the knoxfree version on my galaxy everything went well and fhone worked but after a few minute every thing lagged and most time I got message that app stoped and so on I mean no stabilasation at all so I went back to german ver. 4.3 again it work with out any problem but still warrenty void and knox is 0x1... :( have you heard anything if some one has fixed that isue and got the warrenty back??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maanz "L":
oh, u flash the second time?? that's why knox trip to 0x1...

what's yr german 4.3 firmware? MJ3 or MJ5? what's yr previous 4.3 firmware version? MJ3 or MJ5?

U have to read up the thread I given u above. It looks confusing at first.

Just post yr problem if u have difficulties and someone over there will help u out.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ide70:
Yes did flash it again nothing helped and also knox counter did not increase at all I mean may knox became one when I was on 4.2.2 and I installed leaked ver. 4.3 by sammobile (aasian singapure I beleive) after that many times i did flashed german one and Fiinland one which was 4.2.2 and knox did no increase or any other things.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maanz "L":
hmmm, ok. u did say knox triggered 0x1 in yr previous post.

so, u still encounter apps stopped and that weird stuffs after u installed again and again?

i don't seem to find the solution to that.

I'm not sure if others are having like yours.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
NOT ME!

I'm yet to get my universal, its on its way ;)

Whats worse, it'll take another 15 days...as my sister is getting it from USA for me...and i'll have to wait till she makes it :(

I was just freaked out by the number of ppl selling away their devices, and thought i'd just start a thread where all of them give their reasons here...so that we'd know if it was the memory problem, or battery life, or bulkiness or whatever maybe the reason....and will help others making a decision to buy it!

Also, if you're one of those hanging on to the device from a while, and feel that this is "the" device to own, then tell us why! :)

Keep it nice and concise, bullet points as much as possible for easy reading ;)

S
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] sl9:
I'm keeping mine. The 'faults' are mostly little niggling things that can usually be gotten round by various hacks/tweaks people have made. And yeah it's a bit big, but you do get used to it :)

Positives:

- It's like having a little laptop.

- Connectivity wise it truly has it all - 3G, WI-FI, BT, video calling, SDIO, IRDA, etc. No other device has all of this.

- The WM5 OS makes it very easy to write programs/hacks for, so we will see a lot of these over the coming months.

- The VGA screen has a massive "wow" factor!

- Mini-USB connector and charger are very convenient indeed.

- Full-size headphone/speaker socket.

- Built in terminal services client is VERY useful!

- Awesome little keyboard with very good looking backlights.

- Persistant flash-based storage.

- Battery life is very good, lasts for many days on one charge.

- 4 (FOUR) speakers, and 2 (TWO) cameras! Flash is a nice gimmick too.

Basically for me, the huge amount of positives outweigh the small amount of negatives. Best "phone" I have ever owned.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vapor:
on a side note,

how much is your sister gettin it for for you from the US? did she have to sign a line?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
Bought it at Mad Monkey Boy's Gadgets for 930 USD [qtek 9000]...and 20 USD for shipping to her address...

That makes it a total of 950USD....in comparison to 1350 USD here in India!!!

San
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jah:
@sl9, I can only manage one day of use from my Exec's battery. I have been very careful with it from new. My Nokia 9500 with similar use can give me twice the life of the Exec battery. With the Exec if you use BT and forget to shutdown PIE you could run out of battery while you think the unit is "off/standby".
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vapor:
wow thats crazy man. but thanks for the heads up
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
I echo everything sl9 has said. The most important positives for me are:

- persistent storage

- WM5 means I never have to use my stylus, except for 3rd-party apps that haven't caught up yet

- full keyboard makes SMS a breeze

- some very useful touches in the software, like the easy switch on/off of BT and WiFi using just a couple of keyboard presses

- flexible and automatic speaker usage depending on the machine's orientation

- the way the thing feels in your hands (cool/cold, solid, 'tight'): it's nice to hold

- the VGA screen for browsing, Excel, calendar, contacts, ListPro and Today screen (I'm in proper VGA mode)

- battery lasts days for me, but I'm probably a lighter user than y'all and now (because most are awful on WM5) have no 3rd-party apps except PocketZenPhone, TomTom and ListPro (per day: 8 hrs Bluetooth, 1 hr phone, 10 SMS, 1 hr general use, 30 mins WiFi browsing)

- stability: Haven't done a reset in a week or so. I never force-close apps, but rely on WM5 to handle it. I have no idea how much program memory I have free, and I don't care: it just works :)

- Microsoft's contacts app is very good for keyboard-only use: makes dialling a contact easy

- there are some neat improvements in the UI, such as the way BT comes on automatically when you choose 'ActiveSync over Bluetooth', and headset mode is always on automatically if BT is on and the machine has found your headset to pair with

Negatives for me:

- WiFi reception is very poor

- OEM-supplied voice dial is poor. I hate having to record voice tags, and it's not 100% reliable with detection. This could be my HBH-65 headset though. Sometimes the voice dial prompt cuts in when I'm trying to answer a call on the headset :evil:

- Microsoft's calendar app is very very weak, as is PocketIE, and PocketOutlook for emails

- the phone app should scale to VGA properly and it should have a built-in T9 contact finder (the O2-supplied 'Smart Dialler' doesn't take advantage of the hardware keyboard, so is pointless)

- speaking of which, O2's bundled software is pointless and unhelpful

Umm....

- oh yeah: the cameras are still very weak and useful only for taking emergency pictures, such as recording car accidents that you have :( and newsworthy moments

- the camera flash is useless as a camera flash, but very good as a torch, if only the machine had an easy way of using this feature ;)

- the hardware application buttons aren't as programmable or flexible as they could/should be. I wish we could program each button through the OS for both Press and Press-'n-Hold

Of course a big negative ATM is the lack of 3rd-party apps that are truly compatible with WM5, but this is hardly the fault of HTC or the mobile operators.

So, the hardware is excellent (with the exception of the cameras and WiFi reception) but the OS-bundled software is flawed. Hopefully we'll get ROM updates that will improve things, just like we did for earlier HTC machines.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] sl9:
Then I would say your battery may be faulty. Do you have wi-fi on?

With bluetooth on permenantly, my MDA PRO lasts for 3~ days on one charge. Without bluetooth, it lasts for 4-5 days.

I'm a fairly light user though, 1 short voice call a day on average, although I do open it up and turn on the screen about 10 times a day to check for reminders, text, notes etc.

Perhaps you are a much heavier user of it than I am? Even so, battery life on your device does seem unusually short :(
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jah:
@sl9,

Without BT I get 3.5 hours of use with a combination of eBooks, PIM, email & web browsing (50% using 3G). With BT on that reduces to 3 hours. I use my Nokia in a similar was as a phone, ebook reader, PDA, etc. This is my second Universal as I had a JJ before the Exec and the JJ's battery life was a little worst. This level of use is not unusual for a business user who also travels a lot.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
woah! your negatives sure scares the daylights out of me!

- bad wifi reception??? what seems to be the problem???! for me, this is going to be really important!

- bad camera quality? how bad is it??? I saw a few pictures taken from the universal on a couple review sites, and they looked pretty good! am i missing something? (damn i didnt play around enough with the camera when i had the device with me the last week :( )

S
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
Well, the WiFi is hard to measure, but the range is nowhere near as good as my HP laptop. I struggle to get a signal on my Exec if I'm not within about 4 metres of my Access Point in my house. (Standard modern house, thin internal wooden walls.) I can use my laptop anywhere in the house (up to 10 metres away) and in the garden too, but no chance with the Universal. I need to move the Access Point. :(

As for the camera, I guess it's subjective, but I wouldn't rely on it for decent photos. It's OK for times when you just have to record an image but you're not needing to print it out. Here's a comparison between my Universal and a 4 year-old 2 MPixel Canon Ixus300. Both photos without flash, because the Universal's flash has no effect on photos when the subject is more than a metre from the lens. Both photos are at 640x480 and at the same compression level (filesize 38KB). Neither camera is at its native resolution, to make it a realistic comparison.

Edit: moved photos to a new thread

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=33960
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
Hmm. Not sure why they don't both appear as thumbnails. :roll:

Forgot to add: Universal was in 'Night' ambience mode.

Edit: Incidentally, when you take pictures at the Universal's native resolution (1280x1024) the quality is better, but the same problems are there: poor light sensitivity, poor light colouration, blurred focus, indistinct details etc.

It's better, but a long way from good.

And don't forget, the Canon camera is old now: 4 years. Just 2 MPixel - only twice that of the Universal.

Edit edit: ;) Moved photos to a new thread so they don't break this one

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=33960
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
@SiliconS

thats a nice comparison shot! ( still wondering if you took them both with similar lighting conditions!!! ;) )

i did read that the universal is fairly bad with "colors" as such....guess we have to live with it!

with the wifi range issue....gosh!! 4metres??? tell me your joking please! :( :( :(

S
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
Same room. Same lighting. Photos just one minute apart.

It's not really much better than my XDA2. Just bigger resolution. Low-light shots are really not its strong point though. Only by comparison can you see how bad it really is.

Sorry - I'm serious. Maybe others can confirm, or tell me that mine is worse than theirs. It's hard to measure objectively though.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] universaldoc:
You have to be kidding about the 4m WiFi range. I have the router placed in my bedroom and i can actually connect 2 rooms away which are in serial. Oh and there are 2 concrete walls in between.

I still get 2 bars inspite of all this. If you call this weak, then i dont know what to say.

Regarding the camera, its oodles better than the xda2 or the xda2s. It is also much better than the JAM, but then again these are not very good standards to compare to. Yes, it is not as good as Nokia or SE but if the camera is the reason one decides not to buy this device, then this device is clearly not for you.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cool_case:
Yeah, the camera sucks. Who cares? The rest of what's on the Uni - the critical stuff - works great. Quality in a cell phone camera is few years off ...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
hi universaldoc!

i currently have an xda2 running on wm5! So when i junk my device and buy a new one, i'd first of all see what are the pluses i get by making such a decision.....

heres what i can count -

1. Awesome keyboard (i really love it!)

2. VGA screen (finally!)

3. Built in Wifi

4. Better Camera

5. 3G support (currently useless to me....but its still good!)

6. The cool factor???

7. 10MB more device root space??

8. I'm running out of points!!!

Having said that....I still have bought my universal (but i'm waiting for it get here :evil: ) only because, i'm a god damned gadget freak and wouldnt mind trading away my spare kidney for one!

I'm just reconfirming my buy....the "reality hits" phase....you know???!! :)

San
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
I totally agree with all the positives already mentioned. As far as negatives are concerned, I have none. I love my O2 XDA Exec!

One point I'd like to mention though. My XDA Exec has GREAT WiFi. When I was setting-up my MSN Messenger, my Exec detected 4 different access points including my own. I happen to notice my neighbors' access point which I helped her setup included in the list. Now, she lives about 3 apartments down, so you can just imagine the lenght and obstacles my Exec has to traverse. :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Anton.Valleyman:
I don't have wi-fi yet though hoping to get it sorted in the next month or so. Though on the odd occasion I've switched the Exec's on, I've picked up stuff that must be about 30 - 40 metres away. I know for sure I picked up my cousin's network from around 20 metres outside his house the other week - and he lives in a converted barn with thick interior / exterior walls!

Regarding everyone else's positives and negatives, I agree with most. The camera is a LOT better, and is better than the 2.0MP one we had up to a few months ago. However, it's certainly not the main reason for buying a phone and certainly not in a feature-rich device such as the Exec. The pose factor alone is worth it, especially when sat in laptop mode in the car :wink:

It's 3G. It's an awesome looking bit of kit. One or two niggles in the software that will be ironed out. It's inspired 3 of my colleagues and bosses at work to get one. Less kit to carry around between home and work (no cradle, just a lead). VGA screen - which I STILL look at in awe sometimes. I didn't think I'd get to like landscape mode, but now I LOVE it.

Best XDA by far for me, and I've had most :wink:

Cheers

Ant
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Biso007:
if else is positive, the main negative would be the response to incoming phone calls especially thru BT headset :evil: ... you would be lucky to take it from the 1st time ... usually it takes 2-3 sec which is more than enough for the caller to hang up :evil:

Believe it or not ... I use the Universal now only for data activities (e-mail, net, ...) and I have to carry my old i-mate for phone things ... nice scene ... huh ? :x

I can't wait to see a real update for the Radio ROM

ohh ... and a one hell missing feature ... a secondary LCD on the cover to avoid opening the screen just to see who's calling ... a very simple idea you find on almost all flapping mobile phones!!!!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
ola!!!!

looks like everyone is realllly happy with their universals ;)

cant waittttttttt to get mine here :D

17 days from now........holyyy hellll! wonder if i'm gonna live that long!!

S
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] universaldoc:
@Biso007,

I have seen more than one person mention that problem. I dont know why you guys are facing this problem. I get a ring in my headset, almost a split second after my jasjar starts to ring. It definitely has to do with some 3rd party applications IMO.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] universaldoc:
@dreamtheater,

You are not going to be disappointed mate. Not one bit. If anything, all you might get irked about is the memory management in the device which IMO is acceptable since it now uses ROM instead of RAM. Get yourself a 1Gb or a 2Gb card and you wont even realise that the memory is a tad less.

Also, with buzz working to free up 10MB, it will be good enough ;)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Biso007:
At 1st I thought it's the arabizer ... but the problem does exist even after a fresh hard reset and skipping all OEM s/w installation ... I can confirm as well that even pressing the out side green button doesn't work most of time!!!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
What bluetooth headset are you using, as I plan to purchase one myself.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Prerna:
Gonna get one most probably, although I'm still checking reviews and your comments.

Sad to hear the incoming' calls happen to delay, just like all HTCs have been doing since my very fisrt smartphone back in 2002. I can't believe too much it is due to a 3rd party app, but more sth to do with HTC...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] shoshone:
Why I'm keeping my Exec

I'd like to confirm how excellent he Exec WiFi is...

I get good connection all over my house (2 stories) in the garden, only when I start walking down the road does it drop out. I have to disable it when driving with TomTom 'cos it keeps detecting wireless networks and interrupt Tt5 !

My 2 cents worth.

First time I used the 'quote' option to post so I hope it works.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
Interesting. I'm disappointed by the WiFi on mine, so I'd love to improve it.

Can you be more specific about the protocols? At the moment I've just got WEP enabled (plus MAC filtering). Would alternatives offer better reception?

I'll try changing channels and see if that makes any difference.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
These are nice themes. Can I install them to a folder on my card, or do they have to stay resident on internal memory?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
Sadly they don't work on true VGA :(
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
Do you mean they won't work at our O2 EXEC because it is capable of VGA or only if we have applied true VGA option on our machine?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
I guess they'd work if we're running the original-type VGA display, but with OzVGA applied (i.e. full, genuine VGA) the theme background pictures appear much smaller than the Today screen, in the middle of the display.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] coldpenguin:
Is that the only issue though? The fact that the background image is 1/2 size?

Has anyone tried using Microsoft's Theme generator (free download from MS site) to generate a theme with a picture that is twice the size to start with?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Hemant:
You can place all your theme files on the root folder of your storage card. Basically \Storage Card\ and also delete the file ignore_file_doc (I guess the name is correct). That way you can save your precious internal memory.

Hope this helps.