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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
Hey.. Used s4 4 months ago.. Had No issue(had screen blue tint issue but its common in all amoleds)

Sold it for some financial reason..

Thinking to buy new phone..

Will s4 good option again..? Is that phone is gonna old now?

Will my friend will feel wow if I buy s4 ?? xD lol

If s4 is not good then any other phone in this price range?

(Note 3 is high price + its big for normal use + I don't need stylus pen..)

Please suggest....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ktouy:
You can give a nexus 5 a try, maybe the htc one.

But personally i love my s4, if you try to have the last and most fashioned tech ever you will end with a new phone eveey two weeks...

But yeah what one you had? The i9505 or i9500.

I ask that cause you need to keep in mind all roms and posibilities you have with one or another.

I have a 9500 and slowly but surelly roms and magic start to roll and now i have 4.3 and my little beast run everything smooth, with no issues.

So my answer is yes it whorth it..

Sorry for the long answer...

Good luck

Sent from the past...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skrapi:
Although the lack of camera and external storage on the nexus 5 is very off putting... I'm still very tempted. Would have 200 left if I sold my phone. And it looks stunning the nexus 5 does.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] difyel:
well if u are asking if it s kinda old news , then yeh . the s5 will come out in a couple of month according to samsung so it s bettet to wait. Also as ktouy said u might want to give the nexus 5 a try .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zoddex:
Yes it's still a great phone and still getting updates. If you are a fan of always getting the latest things you could go for a nexus 5.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurocds:
only if you need the camera or sdcard

nexus 5 kill every phone out there and you can buy more stuff

but s4 camera is really epic
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
Thanx guys.. Actually m not heavy user not much camera just personalisation fan obviously should smooth.. But my next question is.. after buying s4 spending big money.. Will worth? I mean my friends(include girl friend) xD.. will think that "shee!! This is s4 how cheap.. Not good"

That is second thing I don't want...

So. Is there any thing like that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asbanoglou:
If you want to stick with s4 you can buy the I 9506 with the new snapdragon s800.Then you will have your beloved phone with new top specs :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jujuburi:
NO. Wait for S5. If it's January then it's not long. Going to Nexus from S4 is ridiculous unless you are a fan of that other thing, AOSP or whatever, a dumb display, impossible.

However S4 is pretty badly optimized outta box. You need to install a custom kernel and do some tweaks to make it run smooth. 4.3 is another big blunder Samsung has done, a testing ROM got released just to stay in competition with other brands and their upgrade schedule. If it weren't for the size I would never have sold the Note 2, God it was so smooth, so much better optimized than S4!
[Nexus 5 General] Whelan189:
Gunna make it nice and sweet

Pros

Screen beautiful

speed

ceramic buttons

Design

thin/light

cons

terrible battery, so wish it was better

camera hit and miss, expected better

back plastic is'nt the best feeling feels cheap

on white version the speaker phone is white on the front making it look stupid black then white there

4.4 kitkat is all google now 3 ways to access it (really) why so many irritating

first impressions is if you have it keep it, if your on the edge i would go with another phone tbh the s4 or something bit dissapointed 70 quid more then my last year nexus and not worth the warrant of the increase
[Nexus 5 General] Deekayy:
Going to give my feedback nice and sweet.

Terrible Review. I learned a lot.
[Nexus 5 General] aohus:
op is an idiot. moving along
[Nexus 5 General] b.spec:
Thanks for your initial impressions.

The battery should improve after a few more cycles, so give it some time. Others have reported good initial battery performance, which is interesting.

Early shots taken with the N5 looked really sharp and fairly comparable to the iPhone 5s. Can you elaborate where it fell short of expectations?

If the back plastic is anything like the N7, I think the feel of it is really nice and comfortable. Frankly it's a probably a better choice than having a glass back and is also part of the reason why it's so light. I don't mind this =)
[Nexus 5 General] inasar:
OP needs a lesson on how to write reviews

Yeah. That.
[Nexus 5 General] dale_cooper:
How people test out battery life early on is beyond me....

It takes a full week for battery to adjust in my experience (and many times it gets WAY better in that week span).
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
With a review like this you should have just piggy backed off of someone elses thread.
[Nexus 5 General] Itchiee:
I really hope the battery isn't terrible since coming from my Note 2 I got spoiled.

- Oh the beating the OP will endure until the ref jumps in and stops it
[Nexus 5 General] the1onewolf:
10/10 Best Review ever. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] 1stx2:
I wish we could down vote a thread.
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
You can, you can give it 1 star up towards the top where it says rate.
[Nexus 5 General] cHarOn99:
just report the thread to the mods, which i did, thats like downvoting, if it doesn't get deleted then maybe a mod will merge it into one of the other threads
[Nexus 5 General] MaxRabbit:
Good thing you can ;)
[Nexus 5 General] digweed4me:
Too many rookies coming to nexus these days google just don't release until they pass nexus test
[Nexus 5 General] shook187:
Typical fanboyism. Someone doesn't like a device everyone lines up to flame him.

Let's be frank, the N5 will fall short on all comparison reviews to all current flagship.

Just get over that fact.
[Nexus 5 General] cHarOn99:
i am fine with his "review" but sorry for such an small review, i think we can agree that it isn't even a review, i am fine when it gets merged into a thread
[Nexus 5 General] the1onewolf:
No.

We're not ribbing on the OP because we disagree with him.

We're just giving him **** because we're sick and tired of seeing stupid posts like these on the forums.

This is also not a matter of elitism or ganging up on newer members.

Anybody can write a generic, two-bit review like this one.

If you're going to post a review, have some substance and be scientific about it.

Tell us what you did on your device, what apps you have on. Don't just write oh battery sucks.

Most people just have the common courtesy to keep it in an existing thread so we don't have to see a hundred of these type of these "new posts" everyday.

The next thing you know, somebody is going to write oh the nexus 5 has such **** terrible voice quality - oh I forgot to mention I called from a dead zone in the middle of nowhere.
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
Hey hey hey, let's respect each others opinion. This is not The Verge forum.
[Nexus 5 General] digweed4me:
Verge said camera software is bad all brainwashed ppl think it's bad
[Nexus 5 General] hrcoprco:
My review for the day one:

Positives:

-great design and shape

-screen and natural colours

-love the white "plastic" material, rather feels like ceramic tile of some sort, not plastic. great build

-speedy and responsive

Negatives:

-battery is main concern, didnt last me from 9 am to 6pm with moderate usage

-slow charging

-kitkat lacking in features and settings

-context menu missing on some apps

-3 main screen buttons (on the bottom of the screen) still taking valuable space

Will give it a go a bit longer, not making any rush decisions
[Nexus 5 General] Enddo:
thankfully it doesn't cost 600+ dollars like the other flagship phones, so it doesn't have to compete with them, does it?
[Nexus 5 General] shook187:
$600 is an imaginary price that people throw at phones. In reality current flagship phones are not retailing for that much if you shop at the right places.
[Nexus 5 General] elementaldragon:
.... you do understand the meaning of the word "retailing", right? MSRP. off contract price. "if you shop at the right places" only leads me to believe that you're talking about sketchy websites and such. It's not imaginary. If you go to Best Buy, they clearly show you the "retail" price of the phone if you were to buy one off-contract. If you look somewhere like Amazon, it's generally the same.... maybe a bit less if they're having a sale. Like the (i believe) already mentioned Galaxy S4. MSRP Off-contract price is $750 for the AT&T version. Amazon has it on sale for $580. Sooooooo.... what's "imaginary"? Even on SALE, the $600 price is accurate. Unless you're talking about buying one on Craigslist, where you have to worry about taking that phone home and suddenly it doesn't work anymore.
[Nexus 5 General] Enddo:
I dont think that word means what you think it means. G2 is on amazon for 580 right now. latest iphone is what, 750? note 3 is what, 850?

I say 600 dollars is a fair average, and you're lucky people dont say 800(taxes, cases, etc)
[Nexus 5 General] djkinetic:
S4 over the Nexus 5, to me thats laughable...there's only 2 phones I'd recommend over the N5, they are the G2 and Moto X.
[Nexus 5 General] zephiK:
You can't really talk about the battery because it usually takes 3-5 days for the battery to take in and to give its full potential.

Lacking features/settings... well, thats what custom roms are for. Nexus devices are meant to be toyed with custom roms.

Context Menu.... Google wants to get rid of the context menu whereas other phones have the menu button still. See more @ http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-menu-button.html

Taking valuable space... custom rom to make it smaller (not in yet but eventually). Its either a hit or miss with on screen keys, I personally prefer on screen keys.
[Nexus 5 General] Clark Joseph Kent:
Thread Closed.....
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lancair360:
I don't want to say I abuse my cell phones but they do get dropped on occasion. One time I fell while holding my GS2 and since I was holding it in my palm it got a pretty good smack when I hit the ground palm first. The phone survived with only a few scratches. If that were to happen on a new LG G2 I am guessing I'd have to replace the glass as it most likely would have shattered.

Is the lack of Gorilla Glass 3 a bother to anyone? I want this phone but I am very worried about it's durability from even a gentle fall.

Doug
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiguy99:
Get an outterbox case if you drop it alot. Shouldn't have any problems after that
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ag4751:
I thought I would share my wallpaper collection with you, you can find them around the web but this is just some I have collected.

There are a number of wallpaper threads but these all work in Portrait and Landscape mode where the others I have seen don’t appear to do that.

I do keep adding to these so take a look and if you want any just download them, if not check back any time and see if there are any new additions that you do like.

The link will just take you to my Mediafire folder just select the wallpaper or wallpapers you want and download to your PC and move to your phone or download direct to your Phone by using your phones internet browser it’s as easy as that.

If you do use any please remember the Thanks button.

Wallpaper samples, click the link to view more Wallpapers
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ag4751:
More wallpapers have been added today
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] cyberbob72:
Hi to all from BoB. Excuse me for my poor English.

I have made an error and hour I have need of the rom Italian for Qtek 2020i. Someone knows where can download it?

Thanks to all!!!!
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] clustered:
maybe you can check it out at here

ftp://ftp.clubimate.com/

try to find out PDA2 ITA at there.....

thanks
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] cyberbob72:
Resolved problem

Resolved problem thanks however!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nemmfesta:
I have a problem with my camera orientation stuck on landscape, anyone else has this problem or know a fix?

Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yugemonz:
Hey guys, I've searched Google and the forums and I couldn't find my answer. I apologize if I overlooked anything.

I'm on Verizon and I understand that GSM phones cannot work with CDMA which made me bummed out since this phone is what I really want to use. I was even planning on going to a different carrier but decided not to.

Anyway, at Best Buy a mobile associate told me that as long as the phone supports Verizon's LTE bands, I can just slip in Verizon's sim card and I'll be able to use the phone. Now I told him that I'm sure he was wrong about it and he insisted that it's a fact and wouldn't change his mind about it at all.

So basically, since the Sony Xperia Z1 supports Verizon's LTE bands, can I just pop in a Verizon sim card and everything will work?

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AhsanU:
Sorry, but you cannot simply slip a Verizon Sim card into a GSM phone and expect it to work 100%. You may get LTE but I don't believe you'll get anything else (such as phone calling capabilities and what not).

The Best Buy associate is only half right. It's unfortunate because it's guys like him that make us look like we don't know what we're talking about (I'm am employee as well).

Good luck though! At this point, Verizon can offer all the LTE they want, they can't provide customers with all the amazing phones that are available. The Nexus 5 will be another big deal breaker for Verizon customers, as it won't fully with with Verizon either.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] benny3:
Good news to all of us with the Sprint Model Gtab 3 7.0 SM-T217S , We now have the factory stock firmware

T217SVPUAMH9_T217SSPTAMH9_SPR

MD5

F10FE83DE640CD8EA4AB157D7A448935

SamMobile​
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] btvolta:
I just bought this model number today. Is this firmware just for people that bricked their phones? I rooted mine today without issue and hope that there will be all the other goodies available like on my samsung phone. The guy at Sprint told me that there were already custom roms and recovery, but I found out he was wrong.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] mrocklewitz:
Can't find it anywhere on that link. I wouldn't mind having a stock unrooted restore in hand. This is all that's preventing me from rooting.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] benny3:
Yeah looks like they pulled it off the shelf. Let me get it up uploaded and i'll post a link
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] cougarcougar:
It's under the phone section:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SM-T217S&pcode=SPR#firmware
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] benny3:
Thanks!! i updated the OP with a link also

I'm working a little project right now for this tablet. Nothing special but its better than stock

BTW , You can install a app from the playstore from Vonage and it allows you to make calls and you should see the looks you get talking a 7 inch phone....lol

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vonage.TimeToCall&hl=en
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Vampyrate:
I was just curious as to how to install this onto the device... i have rooted it and want to return it to stock form to give to a relative, but no matter what i try it doesn't seem to want to install using twrp or cwm... odin doesn't even recognize that it's even a file that i could use
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] mrocklewitz:
I believe u use kies somehow
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Vampyrate:
Ive tried about 4 versions and it says that irs not suppirted for kiesvor kies 3
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] cougarcougar:
did you unzip the file?
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] btvolta:
WE need some dark themes. I have xposed installed and have themed the status bar, but need something to add darkness to the settings menu.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Vampyrate:
Yep and with no luck. I'll give it another shot once im done putting my nexus back to stock
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Murph22:
Any luck.. exposed still leaves a ton of white up there in that bar :(
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] btvolta:
I have the status themed well with wanam exposed. My issue is with the settings menu.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Murph22:
Did you see this?

Just making sure :)
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Vampyrate:
Got it working, just had to be patient and push it through Odin
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] M1k3Carson1369:
Wth? I installed the Vonage app but can't get passed startup screens cause it wants to verif6 my tab's # via call/text..?

SGT3_SM-T217S

Rooted TW 4.2.2

CWM Recovery
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] michaelc2005:
Monsterously Large "Phone"

I have no affiliation with Talkatone nor Google, I just like their products because they seem to work well. Further, I do earn any money nor commissions from either. With that said:

I have turned my little tablet into a huge phone using Talkatone and a Google Voice Number. Most of the time I use a bluetooth headset, pay for the "pro" version @ $0.99/month for a little better quality, and it works great on wifi. And, it's pretty easy to setup, but if you need any help... Hope this helps.​

I am really hoping for a custom ROM soon, preferably something from Cyanogenmod, but...
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] M1k3Carson1369:
But how do I set up the Vonage app if my tab can't make/send/receive any calls/texts natively? Do I have to change the number at the initial setup screen to my Google Voice number?

I have Google Voice set up and can use it for texts and voicemail but that's just about it. Been wanting phone capabilities on this tab since I got it...

**EDIT: HAHA! THAT WAS IT! The sms didnt work, but I requested the code via phone call, answered on my S3, put the code in, and called my Sprint number, AND IT WORKED!! Thamk you so much, you have no ides how happy this makes me!

Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 [SM-T217S]

Remedy Rom v1.1 [4.2.2]

CWM Recovery
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] afextwin:
MagicJack also works for free phone call's. They give you a random Florida or Wisconsin number when you make a call, and no one can call you back, but for free it's nice. I think if you have a MagicJack hardware device you can use that number with the APP and have in/out calls free over wifi. It works very well with my Verizon Galaxy Nexus (unlimited data plan) on wifi tether :D
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] graffix31:
Thanks for this. Always nice to have.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] paulward111:
help

Help my sprint tab 3 7.0 SM-T217S is in a reboot circle. It will bring up the samsung galaxy tab 3 screen but will stop there and wont continue to boot i will hold the power button to turn it off but it will automatically start back up and freeze again. I have gone to the recovery menu to try to wipe everything to factory. It said that it wiped it so i would resart boot same thing. i have tried hooking it up to kies and it wnt connect to my tab. Help I dont know what to do to fix it.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Linkmatt:
Thank CHeezUS

I have yet to use this but I've been spending so much freaking time looking for a stock restore cuz I changed my device to custom and I needed this i couldn't find a single stock rom unrooted so thanks
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] evilware:
Hey I was wondering if anyone has the stock B8 firmware? The Sammobile one seems to be corrupted. Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] mdiaz33685:
look on my signature, goto my roms, I have both the new and old firmware loaded there, goto galaxy tab III 7.0
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] afextwin:
From the zip archive, is the SS_DL.DLL file required for ODIN 3.0.X to work with this phone?

Should the file be placed in Odin's directory or can I just ignore the .dll ? Also, is there a .PIT for this device?

edit: I flashed the file just fine w/o using the SS_DL.dll file, I used Odin 3.0.7, phone did not auto-master-reset as I had hoped it would.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] graffix31:
can you use any of those zips to flash over the old firmware and keep your current setup? is it even worth it can you re-root afterwards?
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] mdiaz33685:
I used the new firmware NB8 through Odin and it actually did keep my settings,

then I Odin the twrp2700 recovery and rooted with chainfires SU and had root...
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] afextwin:
LOL. I answered graffix31s question before he asked it...sigh.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] graffix31:
Honestly you're post meant nothing to me. I did read it again and I guess it did. I always search and have read this while thread. I don't want to upgrade and loose root for good either. Thanks for the help anyway.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] JohnCorleone:
I got my SM-T217S today and it came with 4.2.2 (no system update available and Knox showing in bootloader mode. I took a shot and flashed the CWM from the"all in one" root video on YouTube. I immediately booted to CWM and flashed the latest SuperSU 1.94 followed by installing my Pro version from Play Store and it detected the Knox and removed it apparently. I am all stock with extended power menu, scrolling wallpaper and center clock from Xposed Gravity Box but still stock so I think all went well......not bad for $5 Sprint charged me....

Sent from my SM-T217S using Xparent Gray Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] JohnCorleone:
Edit.....sorry, double post.

Sent from my SM-T217S using Xparent Gray Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] cxifenton11:
sm t217s

Did your WiFi still work after this process? There has been some trouble with other stock firmwares?
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] JohnCorleone:
Yeah everything is working great! I used Wanam Xposed mod and was able to add whatever apps I wanted to my multi window sidebar. I am now going to make a nandroid then test the Crossbreeder mod but even with Animations set at .5x and Seeder app the tablet feels twice as fast and I have had ZERO Wi-Fi issues

Sent from my SM-T217S using Xparent Gray Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] oddie3500:
probleams with WIFI and all other data

Flash to the stock firmware from here and now have no wifi or any other form of data no BT 2g 3g 4g no notta plz help I have the sm-t217s
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] JohnCorleone:
I am not sure what the stock firmware version is that's available but yeah I am even starting to mess with the Xposed Theme stuff. I am tethered to my T-Mobile HTC One running ViperROM and getting great speeds and I downloaded on 4G and 3G earlier today....I still haven't hit any snags

Sent from my SM-T217S using Xparent Gray Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] cxifenton11:
217s

can you do me a favor and send me a link to what you use for root. the file i got is making the cpu run slow as ****. id appreciate it. also to as far as themes... any links... i really am hoping se.a.l. comes out for the 217s. i feel like it is getting neglected in to community. i might end up just purchasing 210 so i can play.

---------- Post added at 03:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:58 AM ----------

you have to flash the nb8 stock firmware. the mh9 will not work because sprint upgraded the bootloader and mh9 will no longer work. i had the same problem and this fixed it
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] JohnCorleone:
Yeah I got jammed up and need it as well. I won't hold my breath though. I am on Carbon or CM11 and they workj but I flashed a ROM not knowing it had older firmware and my nandroids will restore but won't boot and the ROM I flashed has borked WiFi because the kernels don't match. We need someone on stock to do a system dump and hopefully a dev can make a stock flashable or get a leaked full stock tar for Odin

Sent from my SM-T217S using Xparent Gray Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] JohnCorleone:
The new firmware is available on SamMobile Forums that's linked in post 5 or 6 of this thread and I just can't get registered on SamMobile Forums! If anyone could do me a HUGE favor and download it and post a link, I will take care of you with a donation and some thanks. I can't get the damn anti-spam puzzle to show on registration page. Can someone help me out? Thanks

Sent from my SM-T217S using Xparent Gray Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] gr8nole:
edit: My bad...Still need a login for that link

Sent from my SCH-I605