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[Galaxy S III General] techno-np:
Only TouchWiz need 3GB ram !!
[Galaxy S III General] jason11:
Yes you're true. But performance is important to me. we will see what will LG bring.
[Galaxy S III General] devadatta:
been using SIII since it launched..

Samsung scares me now using

1. KNOX - knockout punch to dev community

2. TouchWiz - at some point of time, it starts to lag and literally drag its feet (noticed since the original S)

3. Exynos - makes sure that less and less devs support it (It will be exynos version in India)

4. Price - this is priced almost $850 in India

Looks are of least concern to me, but with S5, my ancient S2 feels good.

M8 has more or less the same issues.( well, the Front camera > Back camera joke is funny)

So it's Z2 IMHO.
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Considering note 3 or z2 though.
[Galaxy S III General] tomsi91:
they are all so big. the best is LG G2 (32GB). size of normal smartphone, large display, best battery....
[Galaxy S III General] dobbin b:
Loved my original galaxy S, when my contract was up was an instant no brainer for the S3 as at the time it was trouncing the rest of the market (i admit to being a sammy fan boy , hell i even like touch wiz !)

But the S5 has left me feeling decidedly meh, as others have said the increases in ram processor etc just arnt enough to make it the next must have for me. Maybe with the other version of it they are releasing later in the year i may be tempted if theres imprived specs but at the moment om thinking it may well be time to switch
[Galaxy S III General] iam_delan0:
For now I will stick to my S3 till it lasts... Later might consider Nexus 5/6.
[Galaxy S III General] BanziBaby:
Well my upgrade is now due with Vodafone & I'm still leaning towards getting the Sony Z2, the CPU might be a tiny bit slower but the screen is slightly bigger than the S5

Touchwiz will lag at some point as it is one of the worst optimised skin overlays ever (Galaxy S lagged, S2 lagged, S3 lagged etc) I have watched many videos of the S5 & the UI design seems to be all over the place, some icons are flat while others have the 3d effect, the colour used in the notification drawer just looks childish, the settings menu seems to be all over the place (although you can change the view) fingerprint scanner & heart rate monitor are just gimmicks, I have heard a quite a few reviewers saying that the home button is more squidgy feeling than on previous devices due to the fingerprint scanner, the text & UI looks huge & cartoony like.

I will try both the S5 & the Z2 when the the mobile shops in the UK get demo models, I did have a go with a Z Ultra & really liked that as well, the screen on it was lovely looking & it was fast & nippy when doing things & opening apps.

Build wise the Z2 wins hands down & has a much more refined & premium feel to it whereas the S5 is still mostly plastic & cheap looking.

My only pro for getting the S5 would be the custom rom support will be much larger than the Z2 whereas the pros for getting the Z2 are bigger screen, more memory, much better build quality, more subtle UI skin & generally a more refined experience.
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
The top and bottom of the z2 is VERY large. Making it way bigger than it shld be.
[Galaxy S III General] SaphirX:
I am going to get a s5 for sure. It has everything I want.

SD card support? Check

TouchWiz lagging? Who cares? I am using Nova launcher anyway.

Samsung updates? No need, Cm and Omnirom is all you need.

All pre-installed bloatware? Titanium Backup is your best friend ;)

Exchangeable cover? Yes damn it yes. I want to be allowed and able to change battery if the stock one gets bad after 2 years or if I need a bigger one...

Plastic? So what.. I am buying a cover anyway. Heck I am buying a phone for 500-700 euros so of course I am going to protect it...

And plastic isn't bad anyway. Better reception and lighter. Especially this back cover is cool because of the riffles..

And yes I admit all my smartphones have been Samsung :D
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
U do realise u can't root, flash custom recoveries or rom without losing ur warranty right? Losing it FOREVER. No solution has been created atm to reset the Knox counter.
[Galaxy S III General] hassanm70:
The Samsung Galaxy series has had it's time.

I'm not going to upgrade my s3 to an s5.I'll move onto HTC again.My last phone was a HTC Desire HD.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Lol why do you need warranty when you can do all you want in xda. The worste thing that happens you can odin back to stock.

I never used warranty on all my android phones...

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Enjoy your bad reception and great 4 up camera :p
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Lol why do you need warranty when you can do all you want in xda. The worste thing that happens you can odin back to stock.

I never used warranty on all my android phones...

---------- Post added at 01:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:38 AM ----------

[quote name="hassanm70" post=51462340]The Samsung Galaxy series has had it's time.

I'm not going to upgrade my s3 to an s5.I'll move onto HTC again.My last phone was a HTC Desire HD.[/QUOTE]

Enjoy your bad reception and great 4 up camera :p[/QUOTE]

Actually, sometimes not even odin can save ur phone.

Also, metal has a better reception than plastic do.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Enjoy your bad reception and great 4 up camera :p[/QUOTE]

Actually, sometimes not even odin can save ur phone.

Also, metal has a better reception than plastic do.

Lol try buying a metal cover for your phone and watch your reception decrease. Simple experiment that you can try.

Also if u want more, see the iphone 5c reception is better than normal iphone because it has plastic.

So hes plastic is better for reception and is lighter. ;)

When odin doesnt save ur device, means you screwed up badly, and its your fault so you probably deserve it because you didnt read. Ive never had any problem flashing anything for the past 4 years and trust me im a flashaholic.
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
You've never heard of SDS, obviously.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
And Samsung bugs sometimes makes u even wonder why u bought their phone.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
No i have but i heard of XDA and the SDS fixes as well so i never had this problem.

And if i wasnt on xda and not rooted then samsung would have replaced my motherboard.

Try sony's service center LOL now that will be fun trust me, i can never ever buy sony again just because of their service.
[Galaxy S III General] ömERgin:
I'm waiting Note 4 ;)

GT-I9300 cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Galaxy S III General] franatic08:
Not sure yet, but leaning towards the Z2. Why? Next to stock ROM, good specs, waterproof and 3GB RAM!

I'm seriously dissapointed in the Samsung build quality and nit into the bloated TW interface.
[Galaxy S III General] hayals:
I will buy S5..
[Galaxy S III General] glockadam:
iPhone or M8 maybe, but both are ridiculously overpriced where I live (Hungary) even with a contract.
[Galaxy S III General] saulee.:
I still consider G2..... I don't think the new flagships are worth.
[Galaxy S III General] SaphirX:
Hm sure Knox and so on but I believe in xda and the devs. This is going to be a challenge I guess and there is no better motivation than that :D

What I don't get is why people are complaining about TouchWiz.. Come on you are on Android. We have got tons of free and paid alternatives who are a lot better than any stock launcher. Why even bother with TouchWiz?

Please don't get me wrong I don't care which phones you get, it is entirely your choice of course. I just wanted to mention it as this is something I just can't unterstand
[Galaxy S III General] MethMargera:
tbh ill stick with s3 rather than move to other phone currently..

it still good enough to survive on this world..>.<
[Galaxy S III General] techno-np:
My next phone top list (I will buy any one of these bad boys) --->

1.Note 3

2.Xperia Z2

3.HTC One M8
[Galaxy S III General] ridowski:
Samsung S5 no way

No way for samsung, my next phone will be sony z2, the samsungs look very poor,
[Galaxy S III General] HAAAAAATIUUUU:
Why not just wait for LG G3?

Quad-HD

Snapdragon 805

3gb Ram

Thin bezels

OIS

Just wishing some wateproofing
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
My thoughts too
[Galaxy S III General] Jackos:
I'll go for the Z2.

I wanted so much this damn M8, but the specs make the phone look outdated from the beginning. I love the design though.
[Galaxy S III General] Trunkam:
Considering oneplus one.

Just have to wait to see design.. but price/specs ratio is far way better than Samsung HTC Sony etc..

Honestly i do not understand why should.i add 300 to have a good phone

sent from tablet
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
If I had to get one right now I would've waited for note 4 or g3 ,but for now there is no better choice[emoji52]

Hardware wise Z2 is the most balanced phone among the three BTW support would suck [emoji53]
[Galaxy S III General] Tachikoma_kun:
Played with a S5 on the weekend (in white) here's a few thoughts:

Bad:

Too light for something so large, feels like a childs toy

The chrome Note-esque trim makes it look cheap, what works on a Note doesn't work on the S5

The squared edges, also apeing the Note make the phone look thicker than it is

Phone back vibrates when sound level is high (not motor vibration, sound vibration)

Sounds hollow when you tap the screen

The back is actually a pearlescent off-white, a little too bling for me and doesn't match the plain white front

Good:

Screen is superb

Camera is excellent, despite early reviews, the refocus function is quite quick, although it had trouble identifying a "target" to enable the feature

Fast, but then again, a new phone fresh out of the box with no apps installed always feels fast!

The textured back feels good and grippy, even if it looks crap

Didn't get a chance to test the fingerprint function, network performance or run anything demanding

Overall, I really don't like the look of it, I was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and see it in person first before deciding. Now I have seen it and I'm waiting for the Z2.

Had a play on the M8 as well and... looks ok, seems to work ok, but it's barely any different to the One.
[Galaxy S III General] g4rvd4:
There's no way I'm going for another Samsung. The biggest problem with my S3 is that it takes about 1 second (or sometimes more) to turn the screen on after I press the power button. It's ridiculous.

And Touchwiz? Are you serious Samsung? Like really??

I'll be getting the Z2, most probably.
[Galaxy S III General] gsw5700:
Was looking at the Z2, but may hold out for LG G3.I think the LG G2 is better than the plasticy S5!
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
All the android phones of this year disappoint me ALOT. I might just go for iPhone 6 xD
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Hahah u might want to choose the galaxy s2 then if you are feeling in a downgrade
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
I was being sarcastic xD
[Galaxy S III General] delightlink:
If I relaced a colorful glass for my cracked screen S3

If I relaced a colorful glass for my cracked screen S3, it is all right? like this

Have anyone experienced this case?

I like this color if my phone screen.is replaced this color of glass. But I was worried about if it influence the touch function of my phone after replacing.:confused::confused::confused::confused:

You guys have any ideas?
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Although this post does not even relate to this post in anyway, yes, it will work if u put it properly.
[Galaxy S III General] coolbreeze0688:
Played with the S5 yesterday, its pretty snappy but I thought overall ehh its decent.

Considering going the Nexus route for good, since i prefer stock android + I have an obsession over mom duke's N5.

I wanted to like the HTC M8, since I have owned a MT3G, MT3G Slide, HTC G2 (still one of my fav top 3 devices) but my

last HTC device, the sensation was a bad experience. Was trying to decide between N5 and the Note 3 (root)

but unless I need a big phone for future work as an accountant no need for a Note, although I have a feeling

the Note 4 will be groundbreaking.

I like the Z2 but who knows when its coming to the states and idk how strong the dev community will be

for that device.
[Galaxy S III General] dakoookie:
HTC's update policy is even worse than Samsung's. Way worse.
[Galaxy S III General] darkshaft:
I will go for Note 3 4G the best out there.
[Galaxy S III General] Velkam:
33268545 850

Love the HTC for great sound and solid case, and it could have better support for future android versions. Hate it for difficult repair ability.
[Galaxy S III General] Comed1an:
I decided to retire my S3 yesterday and give Nexus 5 a try before all the new flagships are available.
[Galaxy S III General] johnnyspritz:
HTC M8, for the Sense interface. It does the PA color switching thing, without being AOSP and sacrificing things like camera quality. I thing the interface just looks gorgeous, and the exterior design is unparalleled. The one problem I think is that the screen is so damn difficult to replace, and those things break easily... Second choice would be whichever new Nexus phone comes out. DEFINITELY not Samsung, EVER AGAIN.
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Not sure abt camera quality... It is good... but compared to other flagships... nah.
[Galaxy S III General] bv_abhi:
I would like to buy one plus one as it is cheapest in high end mobile phone category. More over I am being used to galaxy S and S3 will be looking for some new company.
[Galaxy S III General] jasi275:
i will buy z2
[Galaxy S III General] gsw5700:
Oppo find 7, nothing gets near it
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
i have an s3, when s4 came out i said nahhhh no way you're milking me off with my money with just an "s" style upgrade.

then s5 came over then again nahhhhh.

so i thought i should try htc because i admit they make good looking phones.

going to gsmarena, the specs underwhelmed me and basing from people's post here and i do agree with front camera > back camera joke and htc 2014 flagship is nexus 2013. damn! why did they have to go cheap and underwhelm route this time!!!

now on my list is LG since they also make good looking phones (and also refrigerators hahaha) i hope the specs of lg g3 is very good.

as one poster here said, pay premium to get premium.
[Galaxy S III General] Wsky:
Will get an HTC M8 soon, love the design, love the interface and the sound of it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
I'm back again.

It's the Andromadus htc7x30-3.0 (andromadus_4.4 branch) source compiled by me with tweaks. At the moment I'll consider it alpha, updates will be sporadic and not necessarily better than whatever came before it.

GPL Stuff

Source

Toolchain: @Christopher83 's Cortex A8 Optimized Cross Compiler Toolchain

Branch: andromadus_4.4

Kernel Version: 3.0.x

defconfig: vision_andromadus_defconfig

And the Rest...

Instructions: Click the link below, flash in recovery (no need to wipe anything), reboot

UPDATE 22/03/14: Click "Downloads" above for latest download

Changelog

Credits: Andromadus team, and a ****ton of people who have supported open source allowing me to take stuff for this kernel, and testers (you know who you are)

XDA:DevDB Information

AlterNdromadus 3.0.x, Kernel for the HTC Desire Z

Contributors

HTCDreamOn

Kernel Special Features:

Version Information

Status: No Longer Updated

Created 2014-11-29

Last Updated 2014-11-29
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
Justin case

Justin case
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DaBrinz:
Told ya I'd wait for it. Downloaded and about to install. Thanx
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
Hi, just a quick report from V17 I had yesterday :

Not good at all for me :

- always a little latency before acting. Really noticealble on wake up.

- Same wifi bug as in stock one (scratch after airplane mode)

- long black screen during synchros this morning

- multiple android.process.media alerts. I had to reboot twice.

- with all that I can't say if it save battery as all the reboot consumes a lot...

I went back on stock ROM which is really more responsive for me.

Will try V18 but tonight. I need my phone at work today!

Are logcats required or unusefull for you?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
RE: [KERNEL][DEV][ALPHA] AlterNdromadus 3.0.x KitKat CM11 | AOSB [24/02/14]

A lot of those problems will be because I mucked about with memory allocation, but that should be fixed on Alpha 18. Logcats are more useful than nothing, last kmsg is good too, both is perfect. I expect the WiFi thing will be a ROM problem, and as to the latency I'm not sure. I tried to implement a GPU on input thing, maybe it doesn't work too well. You don't have ART enabled do you? Regarding the media crashes, are these random or happen at a particular moment, e.g. playing music, games, videos?

Thanks alot

PS as these are alpha I wouldn't suggest anyone else using these during work :p
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DaBrinz:
evrything seems to be a okay this way. the wifi from airplane mode is from the rom, noticed it before installing ur kernal. no lag here. battery seems to be holding up well. idk if its the kernal or because i have radio turned off but together they seem to be doing great. THANK YOU. only time i got lag was when i went from dyninteractive to powersave, but since evrything is going well just went back to dyn
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BIade:
Awww great to see you again my friend :)

Will test it tonight. Only for flinny's alpha3 or also AOSB 1.2.9 / 1.3.0?

Cheers

Blade
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
RE: [KERNEL][DEV][ALPHA] AlterNdromadus 3.0.x KitKat CM11 | AOSB [24/02/14]

Yeah this is only for KitKat ROMs, so the ones you mentioned; it won't boot on Jelly Bean.

To everyone: if I were to compile a ROM, what would you think of a revival of cn.fyodor's AOSP 4.2.2 with added features? Or any other suggestions?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
NO ART for me

Just Seeder

media crashs are random. Sometime related to nothing but it seems to happen when working and screen goes off

I had to wipe things and reboot twice to fix it

Will report if it comes back

V18 far betteer. But I still notice this latency with black screen which is longer during synchro
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
personally I would like to see if we can get a newer kernel working, like a 3.4 release.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
RE: [KERNEL][DEV][ALPHA] AlterNdromadus 3.0.x KitKat CM11 | AOSB [24/02/14]

Are you reading my mind :p ? I've already been thinking about porting 3.4 (with help) for a while. It would be hard though, so in the meantime any ROM suggestions?

[MENTION=3126797]Kéno40[/MENTION] I'm not sure what this latency problem is, I'll compile a version without the GPU input handler implemented when I have time and see if that makes a difference. Other than that I really can't figure out why you're having a problem, it's fine for me at least. What do you mean by synchro?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
I would be interested. I have compiled the lastest flinny merged with the lastest cyanogen frameworks. It boots but the camera doesn't work. So I have been looking further, but still playing around. I need to increase my virtual linux box diskspace, so I am working on reconfiguring it b/c of lack of diskspace.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] arunal_123:
I would love to see AOSP KK rom for our device. Just plain and simple.....(thats just my opinion, dont know about others)

Thanks...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] a.s.j:
And how about BT call audio? Is it working correctly with your Kernel? It is the only think I am missing wiht all the KitKat ROMs and it is definetely Kernel drivers fault... to be honest... the only roms that had it working since GB were those of 4.2.2...

And for me it would make a big help for my phone usage, cause I spend lot of the time in the car... :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
In fact I don't use the lockscreen so when I tackpad wkae it, I arrive to the homescreen. But- I notice with it a little latency / black screen for less than half a second, but noticeable.

I cut Synchro during night because of the wifi problem. On the morning I put it back. It goes to slleep (the phone, not me ! :D ). If I wake up, I have a 1-2 seconds black screen.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
RE: [KERNEL][DEV][ALPHA] AlterNdromadus 3.0.x KitKat CM11 | AOSB [26/02/14]

I'm gonna try Paranoid Android, CM10.2 (Android 4.3) base unless anyone has objections to 4.3, it was stable and working as far as I remember. I don't know if 4.2.2 can be used for PA anymore.

I would love pure AOSP too but unfortunately I don't have the expertise to get it working, I'm gonna try something simpler.

Which ROM are you using? I think these might be issues with Flinny's alpha 1/2.

If it doesn't work with the default kernel then it won't work with this.

TO EVERYONE: UPDATE 26/02/14: Latest Download It has 369MB of memory available to user
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
Alpha 3 since weeks and with it, I don't have this latency.

I reflashed Am=lpha 3 over and problem's gone!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
That's very weird, no-one else is having that problem. What kernel settings are you using?

To everyone: UPDATE (again): https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B6rld7atb8yHYXBDdUxMX2NacU0

Also, would people want Paranoid Android based on 4.2.2 or 4.3?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
It was on V18.

Tried V19, better. Less latency but tonight I had a black screen on the 1st incoming call I had and I missed it.

Went bak on Alpha3...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] a.s.j:
Pitty :( Is there a way to fix this issue? Updating drivers or anything else? Will it be on your list of fixes or just on my wishlist? :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DaBrinz:
never used PA before so no it wouldnt matter much this way, but id be glad to try it out for ya :good:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BIade:
Oh man! Thank you soo much :)

Tried it on AOSB. It had 339MB before, and with your kernel it IS 369MB. AWESOME WORK DUDE.

I don't know how you did it, but if its possible to get more out of that 512MB, its just NICE.

I heard the rest of the space is used for gps,etc... Perhaps we could make diffrent versions of your kernel:

-Deactivated gps [get X-MB more]

-Deactivated bluetooth [get Y-MB more]

- ...

Don't know if its even possible...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
RE: [KERNEL][DEV][ALPHA] AlterNdromadus 3.0.x KitKat CM11 | AOSB [26/02/14]

There's always a way... it wasn't on my list but I'll look into it ;)

There's plenty of videos of it, quite cool, probably not as useful on our small low density screen but it's more the experience of doing it that I want, so I'd be more than happy if someone would try it out :)

Yeah, 369MB with a non working camera though.... The problem is that changing the memory allocation sizes can affect lots of different things, and I may not necessarily be able to know in advance what. I don't know how to specifically disable GPS and bluetooth either, unfortunately.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
RE: [KERNEL][DEV][ALPHA] AlterNdromadus 3.0.x KitKat CM11 | AOSB [27/02/14]

oooh look an update. But what's changed I wonder? Thanks [MENTION=1270461]NeverGone\RU[/MENTION] I kanged a load of your stuff :o
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
Cool, I would like to test it, but serously, I'll be the only one to complain. I'll let others do!

No, in fact I will try it tommorrow, but what for if I'm the only one to have troubles !

:D