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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nutpants:
Any benefit to formatting sd card ext2/ext4 or another file system?

Since mtp is now the default for connecting to the desktop, there is no compatibility concerns to keep fat32 or exfat (many of my computers are now Linux anyways)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] speedy1979:
Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me will answer this thread soon. But my understanding is that not all kernals support Ext 2/3/4. And I would prefer Ext 4 because its a Journaled file system which would result i less filesystem error. But that is assuming Journaling is enabled.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nutpants:
I was under the impression that journalized files systems access the drive much more often and can wear out the drive because of the limited times you can read write to flash drives.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] speedy1979:
Yes that is one of its downsides.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobby Buggs:
Who is using miracast and what Rom. Does it work with cm10*1
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] shaolin95:
hi!

So I can upgrade to Note 3 for about $150 and would like to know, how the experience has been for you guys.

Coming from Rom and kernel flashing addiction I might feel a bit trapped with note 3 but then again, with so much power, OCing may not be as exciting as it was on Note 2 to run MAME reloaded for example or some higher end games.

Thanks for any comments.

Regards
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mutantblack:
I had note 2 and now note 3. Used to run clean rom on note 2 and loved it. After upgraded to note 3, I realized that I don't need any custom rom or kernel on this phone. It's perfect with just rooted, debloated and wanam exposed. Everything I want the phone to be and very happy with it.

That being said, I still do miss flashing custom rom though. Hope near future, we can get unlocked bootloader
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Mad383Max:
Only thing I miss is playing around with OC'ing. Not really necessary on the 3. Really was not necessary on the 2 either.

Non of the ROM's could compare to the stock debloated ROM on the note 2 for battery life (they were close), and I would expect similar results if we were to get the boot loader unlocked. The difference was small so the features/benefits of a custom ROM far outweighed staying stock.

With root and xposed modules on the note 3, don't see the need to flash a custom ROM. A custom kernel would be nice though that would allow Playing with clock speeds and the like.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] opasha:
I agree with what everyone said. I remember you from the Note 2 threads, and I know you were in the kernel threads quite a bit helping people out and maxing out your Note 2, lol.

I honestly don't see any lag whatsoever with rooting, debloating, and using wanam exposed like the guys above mentioned. I never even used xposed installer or wanam until I got the note 3. I'm actually surprised I never tried it on the Note 2. It's very useful. I guess I never had to considering I was always flashing roms and themes that took care of the customizations.

$150 is worth the upgrade in my honest opinion. I'm sure somewhere somehow a bootloader unlock is around the corner in some computer genius's lair, lol. Despite that, you won't be disappointed with the stock. I use Nova Launcher and customized my DPI with xposed and rom toolbox lite. Really makes everything look great to me. Everything works just like on my Note 2, even flash. Just make a titanium backup of your Note 2 for your apps and make sure that folder is on your sdcard, then transfer that folder to your sdcard and your phone memory, and you're good to restore. Unless you prefer starting fresh, up to you. I restored my Nova launcher preferences with the apps quite easily to keep the same look. So it wasn't a big change for me visually except a much crisper screen. The camera is amazing. I've taken 4K video and it's just great. Battery life is solid too despite being stock. It also is lighter than the Note 2 so that's a plus as well.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] shaolin95:
Thanks all guys. I am close to pulling the trigger now. It was not in my mind because my biggest wish was a 6" screen but for $150, it is more tempting now :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dawheat:
As long as you can root it (I found the MI9 de la vega files archived on other sites), I find the N3 much superior to the N2. Better screen (much better outdoors), better in-hand feel, better S-view cover and back material, and about the same battery life (though that's a custom ROM N2 vs. stock ROM N3).

For me, rooting is needed to lower the dpi to an appropriate value as the stock 480 wastes so much of the screen. If I had to pick between a customized N2 and a totally stock N3, that'd be a harder decision for me.

One other oddity I've found is that many of the videos that played fine on HW decoding on my Note 2 require SW decoding on the Note 3 (mostly for sound, but sometimes for video as well). Not a big deal as the quality is the same and the Note 3 has power to spare, but just a bit odd.

The occasional security prevention message is annoying, but it's easy enough to long press, clear data, and have it disappear for a while. Generally comes back after a reboot and I have to do the above again.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ukic:
Like mutantblack, I use to have note 2 with Clean Rom. Never needed a rom but Clean Rom was simply awesome. It saved me a lot of time debloating. Now with note 3, root+wanam+xposed is like Clean Rom all over again.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] megalomanic14:
Hey man I'm gonna take it from your post your rooted...Just download root app delete from the play store...Open it up...Go into system apps...and disable all 4 Knox apps...Once they're disabled those messages will dissappear...

As to the op...I still have my att note 2 and now have att note 3...The biggest improvements for me are the camera, which is so much better than note 2 in terms of clarity, speed, and color reproduction it's amazing...2nd is the s pen finally has the precision and feel of true writing...lastly is the experience of tw; on note 2 I found I needed apex launcher and many rooted customizations to make the note 2 perform how I felt it should given its already great hardware. With note 3 I still run apex occasionally but love the improved tw experience, lag free, fast, and clean on note 3

What I miss of note 2, the battery life. The batter life on my Note 2 was astounding. With note 3 I find I only get about 3 to 4 hours of on screen time vs 5 to 5.5 hours on note 2. But this can be remedied with another backup batter and for all the note 3 offers in terms of speed, gorgeous 1080 screen, and features galore it's an easy tradeoff.

So summing up, note 2 was a major bump over note 1, but note 3 set a new standard in my eyes for what a super phone is. Note 3 hands down...and in time I feel well have some form of cwm and romming but maybe not at the level of note 2, though as others have mentioned it's really not necessary anymore. Samsung hit it outta the park with note 3.

Mega
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Quickvic30:
Remember you can always buy a T-mobie note 3 and run it on ATT AMD then you can still flash your Roms and kernels. You could get your ATT upgrade then sell that for a T-Mobile device, that's what I did.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ahmarchi:
The stock rom runs better than a few custom roms,.... However we do not have custom kernels nor can we flash different ROM due to the boot loader being locked. In my opinion the phone is a lot snappier smooth here and the screen is a helluva lot better. Remote control features amazin and the battery is even better than my note 2. However route is a must and either the leading or freezing the extra bloatware is necessary to achieve such performance
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hacktheplant:
Yes yes and yes agreed with that I upgraded and paided for the full 750 I know I know lol but I think it was worth it here's a couple of more things to Note ;)

1. The screen is drop dead gorgeous!! Omfg I love this screen!!

2.Its faster "duh"

3.The camrea is very good too!! Love the camera :))

4. Same battery life "CANT WAIT for ZeroLemon and case!! :)

Its up to you but yes I think its worth enough :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] kennonk:
As a former note2 owner who bought the note3 on release day, I think it boils down to how important flashing custom roms is to you. I have my note3 rooted and really debloated and it is running awesome. And I thought that would be good enough for me. But last week I bought an LGG2 so that I could continue flashing and tweaking stuff. Even though this phone is the perfect hardware I am really irritated that I am not allowed to choose what software to run on it. So tomorrow when the g2 arrives this phone will probably go into a desk drawer or to one of my kids until someone can resolve the custom recovery issue.

But this is a hobby for me. Im the guy who installs whatever the latest distro of Linux came out this month and I rarely have a machine running the same distro longer than 90 days. ..so im kind of a freak like that.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] thegameksk:
How did you get the 150 upgrade offer?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] shaolin95:
Sorry it was not an offer, I was calculating selling mine and getting a used note 3. :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rac2371:
Note 2 with cm 11 kit kat was awsome. Daughter broke phone and insurance sent the 3. Sucks with locked bootloader.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] faslane:
With Xposed, Wanam, Safe Strap, Apex or other decent launcher and a Kit Kat theme or two there REALLY isnt a need for custom roms. The Note 3 can have pretty much any system mod and tweak any rom would bring and you wont lose the IR Blaster support thats built in and Safe Strap allows you the capability to backup the current state before tweaking.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] shaolin95:
I ended up going a different way after all as you can see on my sig. Maybe Note 4 but I am getting so used to the huge Xperia Z Ultra that not sure anymore.
[Zooper Widget General] tikl:
Hi guys,

I've already created 2 Iconsets which work exactly as I wanted to, but now I'm stuck creating an iconset with 3 modes inside.

When I'm trying to select my iconset in Zooper, it causes Zooper to crash even before he openes the available set list.

What am I doing wrong here?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<config>
<title>Missed Stuff</title>
<description>Missed Calls, SMS and Email</description>
<icons>icons</icons>
<demo>demo.png</demo>
<default>empty.png</default>
<mode value="#SMCALLS#">Missed Calls</mode>
<mode value="Email">Unread Emails</mode>
<mode value="SMS">Unread SMS</mode>

<condition>
<test>#MODE#=SMS</test>
<condition>
<test>#SUSMS#=0</test>
<image>NoSMS.png</image>
</condition>
<condition>
<test>#SUSMS#>0</test>
<image>SMS.png</image>
</condition>
</condition>

<condition>
<test>#MODE#=Email</test>
<condition>
<test>#SUG#=0</test>
<image>NoMail.png</image>
</condition>
<condition>
<test>#SUG#>0</test>
<image>Mail.png</image>
</condition>
</condition>

<condition>
<test>#SMCALLS#=0</test>
<image>NoCall.png</image>
</condition>
<condition>
<test>#SMCALLS#>0</test>
<image>Call.png</image>
</condition>

</config>
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronwi2:
My prior GSM phone (used only occasionally for travelling) was an unlocked Tmobile LG L9. With that phone, every time I replaced the SIM I had to log back into Google - a particular pain for me as I use two-factor authentication. I researched and read that was how it was supposed to work.

On the Nexus 5, it seems I can swap SIMs all I want and I never have to log back in.

Anyone know if this is a characteristic of Kit Kat or the Nexus 5, or is there some other reason I am not being required to log back in each time? As someone who travels and swaps SIMs a bunch, this is the best new feature.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profeet:
hi im new here,and use the LG G2.Its a very nice Phone,its awesome...

My Question is, it is possible soon,that we have get a MOD for Quick Launch, for all APPS,and a Mod for Slide aside for more Pages?

Regards
[HTC One S] Crossvxm:
Does the T-Mobile HTC One S always come S-Off or was I lucky on my trade today? I traded my mint Sony Xperia Play (AT&T) this morning for a HTC One S, also mint. I've traded, bought and sold to the guy before and I know he gets his devices new by special means and knows nothing about rooting, bootloaders or S-Off.

Anyways I got curious in snooping around the bootloader menu and to my surprise found it to be S-Off...

Was this luck or do all/most/many come this way?
[HTC One S] Crossvxm:
...nobody knows??? Just curious...
[HTC One S] tivofool:
Most come with S-ON, although some are sold S-off and Supercid (International use, I'm pretty sure)
[HTC One S] Crossvxm:
Oh okay. I was surprised to find it S-Off when I got this thing. I couldn't believe my eyes. That will save me a load full of work, especially the part were some of the tools require a Linux OS instead of Windows. Now ofcourse Linux is a download and installation away, but my "temporary" (now permanent) laptop is so old it only packs 128mb of ram (max can ONLY reach 512mb) and any type of Linux installation just hangs and never installs no matter how many hours you leave it running.

Not to mention some of these devices require the "hotwire" trick, and every time i need something (such as a paper clip) it is nowhere to be found.
[HTC One S] real187:
htc wil never ever give you a s-off device for free.

you have several situations. here are a few.

1: the previous owner of the device,

A was so kind to leave the device s-off, sold it

B he wasnt able/willing to get the s-on back properly, sold it.

C he ****ed up the device, was able to get it running again, left it as is, sold it.

D...

when i sell my devices i always ask you gonna customize it, if yes i leave it s-off. if not full stock

all the devices come with s-on.
[HTC One S] Crossvxm:
Nah trust me his knowledge on rooting and so on is VERY LOW. It once took me nearly an hour to show him how to flash a rom on a device I sold him and in a day or two he already messed things up since the rom would wipe many key apps when given an old fashion factory reset. ANOTHER good hour wasted explaining to him the process over phone. If he were to buy these devices used already then sell them to me I would believe that perhaps that person did it instead of him. He gets them brand new in a store he works in, instead of commissions/bonuses for his many sales his boss lets him pick a free phone of his choice as long as its not 100% modern (e.g. a Nexus 5. wish I had that type of boss) in which he gets the opportunity to make more money off of that but remember, his boss doesn't have to pay cash, and he's basically stuck with selling it himself.

If he cant flash a simple rom, or even use a simple app to root a device, I doubt he will ever be able to S-Off an HTC. Also if he were younger (lol) I'd consider the possibility. I honestly believe that this thing may have mistakingly been left S-Off or something by the factory. Or maybe it served a purpose back at HTC.

Whatever the case, it was a big surprise to me.
[HTC One S] tivofool:
I would have to dig through old posts to find it, but I was talking to one guy who had just bought one from a store and they were S-off supercid. He said there were about 3-4 more there. Now this guy was from the middle east, I cannot remember which country he said.

I just assumed they had to sell them to that area that way so they could be used with their particular carrier.

I'll search and post it if I can find it.

Edit: found it, he was from Pakistan

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2483636
[HTC One S] Crossvxm:
Hey now that you mention it I think thats the race his bosses are. But whats a supercid? Never heard of that before?
[HTC One S] Crossvxm:
Nah definitely not as lucky to have a supercid. I assume CID = Carrier Identification seeing mine is T-Mobile related.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Nadavi:
Hi.

I need software that will dial 9911#p before any number i dial on any

Phone edition Phone.

couldnt find one.

Anyone know?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkeller87:
Im going to be purchasing the Verizon variant of the G2 in a week or so. I know as of right now, the phone is compatible with Loki. My questions are what specific software version is the G2 at? Does anyone know if a software update is coming? How can I check the software version of the phone in the store, without telling Verizon why I care about it?

Thanks!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rquiett:
phone comes running 4.2.2 and most likely will see an update at some time but there has not been official word of a set date that I know of
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkeller87:
Thanks, is there a build number or anything I should be aware of?

Also, I've heard the white version will be coming out this week. It would likely be running the same build version?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rquiett:
not positive of the verizon build number. I know they did a very small update right after release so I am sure it will have that preinstalled.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkeller87:
I'm assuming that update is the one that's still able to be Loki'd. Crossing my fingers that nothing changes until I can get one.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rquiett:
as far as I have seen in the dev sections you can still use loki. just make sure to read up before you use loki and start flashing.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkeller87:
One last quick question

on my previous devices, once a newer software has been installed, its been impossible to go back to an older software version. If the G2 has a newer version that isnt compatible with Loki, does LG let you revert back to an older build? From what I've been reading on the TWRP thread here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 it kinda sounds like it.

Sorry to ask, but Ive never had an LG before.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rquiett:
personally I don't know. Maybe someone else will chime in that knows for sure.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr8cture:
Build version doesn't matter.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkeller87:
Are you positive? When the S4 came out it was Loki'd but the ME7 build came out and killed that. Is Loki for the G2 different somehow?

I'm not meaning this to sound negative, just genuinely curious. LG development is so much different than Samsung or anything else I've been on.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da_reeseboy:
As of right now, the newest software version for the VZW G2 is VS98011A. There are no issues rooting and romming that version.

To check what version it is, go to Settings -> About Phone -> Software Information. Its Software Version.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkeller87:
Thanks for providing me with the current software version.

I do know how to find the version number on the phone. I just am trying to figure out how I can check the version number before I commit to buying one. But if fr8cture is correct about the build number not mattering, this would all be moot.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da_reeseboy:
Since the latest version is no problem, you should be good.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr8cture:
The reason I say that is there is yet to be a problem with the updates so far. Also you should be able to flash back to any version fo the software through the back to stock threads. They are LG tools.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkeller87:
This is what I was wondering. Currently on my S4 there's no way to do this kind of thing. I am happy to hear that its possible to flash backwards
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paedz718:
current build is vs98011a. try settings, general, about phone, software update or software info/software version on vzw model. root and loki exploit working on both versions, make sure u flash what u have.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wadamean:
The newest update since the release has the last part of the software build 980-11a
[HTC Droid DNA] mattsimmons:
I have been able to do hard resets on droids before. This droid HTC DNA I cannot get it to HARD reset at all. Ive read a few sites, even information on HTC's website, youtube videos.

holding vol down and power does nothing but boot the phone normally and then prompts for a (forgotten') pin lock screen

Does anyone know the for sure how to do a hard reset on DROID DNA? the factory reset menu never comes on. the vol up and down keys work fine.
[HTC Droid DNA] Uzephi:
Hold down power. The buttons should blink. This will hard reboot the device. Once it shuts off, hold down volume also. This should send you to the hboot screen where factory reset option is available.

Be sure not to hold down volume - until the phone hard reboots.
[HTC Droid DNA] mattsimmons:
I hold down power it gives me the 3 seconds countdown until restart, screen goes black after 3 seconds but its still booted never restarted. (im guessing this phone has fastboot enabled and I cannot disable it because pin lock is on)
[HTC Droid DNA] Uzephi:
Odd, I have fast boot enabled on Viper and did what I mentioned with no issues.

Edit: are you still holding power down after screen shuts off and then pressing vol down also?
[HTC Droid DNA] durgis:
Can you do adb reboot bootloader?
[HTC Droid DNA] t1gartist:
just press and hold volume down and power for ten seconds or until it boots into hboot and if you are going straight to fastboot unplug from a usb cable and select bootloader
[Sony Xperia L] scorpio_K:
Xperia l got 4.1 android

Few months later…………

Android 4.2 2

Wow this is great although was buggy but an official rom in 5 to 6 months for concept phone is awesome .

Gaming

Is the best with psx (PlayStation certified)

Ea ,game loft ……

Yes some problem with game loft but overall okay.

Screen quality

Awesome

Videos 720p wow .

Widescreen .

Design

Cool cuts nice back curve

Silver strip across actually, made of aluminum .

Elastic fibre coating ( the black coating u can see)

Rest u know……

Phone is smooth

Lag free

Lite

XL

This phone is in perfect or low for some :p but within limit .

Perfect for daily handling.

Actually Sony XPERIA™ device so they have brought it to the limit

Now cm 11 coming for XL now nor problem ,was expecting off..

But yet good so buy it if u like

Out of 20

As i did at Sony work space

I gave XL 7.9 out of 10.l wish I could have given more!!!

And out of 20 I will give 16.1 after overall check final .

So buy it if u like

Hit thanks:D
[Sony Xperia L] siankatabg:
Where you read that the cm11 is coming for us?
[Sony Xperia L] soupmagnet:
A couple things to note...

1) Off-topic discussion is not allowed in this forum: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46847787&postcount=1

2) There is already a general discussion thread for the Xperia L: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2295935

Thread closed. Thank you, and have a great day :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] motwani.jayesh:
first of all i would like to thank each and every member of this website really thanks a lot

i have samsung epic 4g touch i have rooted this fone with Touched By S4 Rom for rooted Epic 4G Touch(GB27) rom

but the main problem is phone is getting restarted abruptly can any one please guide me to install latest / stable kernel with stock / stable rom also the data pack is not working in that Touched By S4 Rom rom please help me

following are the screen shots of my cell fone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Your data is not working cuz you have an ICS modem, you probably need to install the one click stock to correctly partition your phone as TBSGS4 is a very stable ROM. Your Software and Baseband versions are both FI03 so you need to do the one click to use Jelly Bean TouchWiz. Find it here- http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=166
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Yes, follow the directions in the link, boot it up, use Mobile Odin to flash a custom recovery (kernel in .tar format), then reflash TBSGS4.