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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
I'm not buying a Sony, that's for sure. The htc one is another thing, but I'm afraid it will be quite expensive at launch, at least that's the way it is where I live. The way I see things is I have two options - get the G2 now or wait for the M8, hoping it won't be THAT expensive
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsw5700:
Check out the oppo find 7! Big, cheap, blows everything away
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafioso:
Why does galaxy s4 sucks ? Although I do agree the design is same and somewhat boring especially when upgrading from s3 but its a practical design. For me, its best choice among the given choices, especially if you can get the qualcomm version, as its google play device so you have option to seamlessly put aosp roms. That negates the N5 advantage as it is..

For LG G2 and Nexus 5, you have limitation of fixed storage, do remember on 16GB devices you get only about 11GB of usable space. Also camera and battery on nexus 5 will be a downgrade for you coming from s3. HTC one although awesome design but has ultrapixel camera which didn't do very well and again a restricted memory.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
Not an option. I'm getting a device from a local carrier, and they don't have oppo.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
The only reason I'm not sure I want the S4 is that it's deemed even more fragile than the S3. It's slower chipset is also a bit of a disadvantage.

I can get the qualcomm version, so yes - vanilla OS is possible.

As for the G2 - it's awesome and I don't think storage will be that much of an issue. The HTC one is also an option, but the same as S4 - slower chiset and I hera the camera just sucks, but I have a DSLR and a mirrorless camera so I'm not going to expect much from a phone camera anyway. I'm using the iphone 5 now and while typing on it is a real pain, the size is really nice refresh fromthe huge slate the S3 was. I really miss the huge screen though.

The whole thing is quite complicated, as my wife has the RAZR I, but wants an Iphone, so I got one to test it out while waiting for my next android, and I actually like it a lot but the battery is basically on par with the S3, but the screen.... it's so small. It's superior when it comes to actally using it as a phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
Which one of these handsets is most durable when dropped? I think the g2 would have a bad time due to edge to edge design.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iqbal Ansari:
iphone 5s for durability.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkshaft:
For me:

1-Note 3

2-Sony Z2

3-Iphone 5s

4-S4
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techno-np:
This year I am leaving my S3 also and this is the list of devices I am targeting of buying from !!

I will get one of these bad boys --->

1. Note 3 (appealing in every aspect)

2. HTC ONE 2014 (has microSD card support)

3. Xperia Z2 (Sony really stepping up their game)

4. iPhone 6 (a really good phone for basic telephony)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minabasla:
I recommend nexus & S4 from the point of view of a good battery and high specs and features, Also the nexus 5 has good feature which is wireless charging, The S4 has higher features than the nexus as usual samsung strikes with stunning technology.

-Mina
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erik1805:
I am getting a new phone in two months. Got an S3 now. This is my top choices :

1. Note 3

2. Xperia Z2

3 HTC one (2014)

4. S5

Very difficult to choose :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
I'm between n5 s4 and g2 for now...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Havoc-X:
i know a few people with S4's, both versions. They both completely suck. In all honesty, the design isnt that bad, it looks very similar to the s3 but the feeling is alot better. However, Samsungs OS skin just down right fails. The ui is laggy, and please dont say theres no lag. i dont know how people dont notice this crap. The UI lags. Maybe the galaxy s4 google play edition, is a viable option.

There is literally nothing that the S4 has over its competitors. If you compare it to the HTC one (2013), then really, the One beats it hands down. You really dont need crap like the air wave.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaypeezinoff:
SGH-m819n galaxy mega running the megafire v5 rom. Ive had two people literally sell their note3 after seeing how big and fast my phone is. 60 dollar truly unlimited unthrottled LTE data on tmobiles network though metro is a pretty nice perk, too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got-petrol:
You can't beat the nexus 5 its not full of **** and no waiting for updates
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alexis46:
From what you say, I think HTC One is what you're looking for. Nice screen, a very well built body and an interesting camera. Good luck with your choice :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Havoc-X:
So two people sold their high end note 3's (with a fairly good multi-tasking capabilities, snapdragon 800 and 3gb RAM) for a Dual Core Mega after seeing a modified software vs a stock software?

Those people don't deserve smartphones. I still maintain that most Samsung fans have never used an HTC / LG / Sony Device of the same generation.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
Well, II'm really tempted by LG's 3000 Mah battery - my iphone 5 barely lasts the day and so did my S3. Actually the S4 doesn't look that bad, with Google Play rom of course. The G2 will work with CM, but I'm expecting the usual battery drain issues and other glitches.

With all that said, I will wait a little for HTC to unveil the new One tomorrow. The S5 is going to be on the shelves in 2 weeks, but it's really nothing interesting IMHO. I'm a bit put off by the stories of HTC One's problems - many people here in Bulgaria complain about theit handsets spending more time in repair than in their hands. I love HTC, but their QC seems to be a bit off.

From what I've found, I usually get CM on my devices, because I'm tired of waiting for upgrade. Then when they upgrade the firmware I end up with an optimised stock rom, as it just works better. That said, I'm going to think a little harder, as it's the first time I'm getting a phone on contract, so I might be stuck with it for a while. When I got my G1 I really loced it - never thought about selling it the first year. What I've seen with HTC is that their batteries tend to degrade faster and my guess is that at the end of the second year the battery might be in pretty bad shape. That's not the case with Samsung - their batteries are rock solid. I got my S used for at least an year and used it about two more years with no visible battery degradation.

Now the HTC will be the most rugged of them all, or so I think, so that's another thing to consider. I'm tempted by the option of geting Google Play rom on it too.

So my guess is - HTC<SAMSUNG when it comes to battery and overal hardware reliability and pretty much HTC>SAMSUNG for build, ruggedness and software.

LG is another story. Last year, when I got my S3 I tested a nexus 4 and returned it beccause

1) Battery life was terrible - like my old HTC G1

2) The screen was unusable in harsh light

3) The earpeace was cracking while talking with someone - pretty annoying.

4) Speaker volume and quality were dismall

Thinks I liked -

1) Buttery smooth

2) Beautiful design

3) Fairly compact

Now that we have the N5 - it's just not that pretty as the N4 was and I'm still not sure about battery life and other things mentioned above.

P.P. I don't see myself getting something like the Note or Mega - they are way too big. Hell the G2 is way too big. I can't imagine using it with a case, which will be my only option, as I can see it's fragile as hell - it literally cracks when you look at it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Havoc-X:
I've owned an HTC flyer for a few years now, battery is still as good as ever. I honestly doubt the battery will deteriorate in a hardware sense, if u worried about software deterioration, its easy to sort that out with things like battery calibration, wiping battery stats etc. HTC does tend to use less powerful batteries in their devices, but their battery software is better, making it last longer.

The only reason i do not approve of a nexus is because of the AMOLED screen and the Camera is usually bad. I personally wouldnt recommend getting a standard One or s4 and installing a CM ROM. They always tend to have problems. Some just run amazing, but there's almost ALWAYS battery drain, among other smaller issues.

But remember, of all the people with problems, Samsung by far has the most. Lets just look at the S3, they accidentally set the wrong amount for standby drain from 3.4 to 34.0, causing battery life to drain in a few hours. There was the sudden death thing, your phone had the change to simply just die (i mean WTF), there's also our 4.3 update, that was just a joke, it took months after the initial release for a semi stable one. And Lastly, every time you read the tech news after a new android release, Samsung is always there with their problems. "Users report battery drain, rebooting, lag etc"

I know 3 people with the HTC One 2013, they have no problems. Most problems that people experience, can often be solved by rooting. And also with regard to sound, u can't beat an HTC in any regard.

Chances are, there will be a Google Play edition of the HTC One (2014) and the Galaxy S5, just like there was last year with the 2013 One and the S4. So maybe wait for one of those?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
I'm more and more tempted by the one. They are about to announce the all new one tomorrow, so a little patience is what I need now. Or I might just get last years model.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
Went for the lg g2. It was cheaper than the N5 and way cheaper than the HTC one 2013 so I went for it. It's pretty good, but has it's own quirks. Probably one of the best smartphones out there. I still had a tough time choosing between the g2 and the N5 so I had to flip a coin...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] danishda:
Hi Frnds,

I Need help i have samsung galaxy i9003 , yesterday i flashed xxkpe then ddlf2. the problem is with wifi, it is getting connected but no internet access, tried to keep only (xxkpe) .same problem, then ddlf2 same problem ,then i flash custom rom same problem, is it any hardware issue .if its hardware issue .how cum its getting connected with wifi router.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] coolcowboy:
Assuming the internet connection is working properly, please try network options like inserting the ip address and dns server details manually.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShawnMercer:
i want to flash kernel in this rom, so which is the best kernel for cm11? and i am also not able to play asphalt 8 force closing :'( plz help :confused::crying::crying::crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Cancel357:
I just flashed a ROM called AOKP Beats for the N7105 and wow, it is great!! Haven't had an issue yet, still installing apps but seems pretty damn good! the thread is here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2685493
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mykalbrock:
Updated to A.O.K.B http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2685493
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] slicingtaco:
Since the N7105 is the LTE Variant, can we flash any ROM meant for the N7105 to out i317?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mykalbrock:
I have the n7105 I can't answer this sorry. I have flashed Roms for at&t variant on my device I guess it should work going the other way. Flash at your own risk :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kylemcallister4444:
Hi, so after searching the forum for a bit I've decided to post my question, this is also my first post even though I've been a member for awhile.. Just the first time I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. So hey hi hello. Okay. So. I am in need of a tutorial for the uninstall and replacement of the sim/micro sd port. Solder points ect. I'm not a master at modding devices, but I'm pretty sure this is within my ability. So yeah, thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gabesir:
Why would you wanna do this , are you planing to taking over the world???? anyways you may be able to find a tear down of the phone and go from there. Maybe this link

:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kylemcallister4444:
haha, nothing that sinister. im just having trouble getting my device unlocked for gsm networks. just a thought i was having. anyways, i couldnt get sprint to do an international unlock on it because it didnt have a sprint number attached to it. apparently.. ive used chainfires region lockaway. didnt seem to work, as i was going through the terminal emulator i couldnt get the sim lock to turn off. which i assume affected the editing of the build.prop i couldnt add the ril. and ro. lines. which in turn affects editing the apn, i cant add a straight talk apn. so now im sitting just going through files looking at all of them, wondering if i do some hardware modding and then edit the corresponding files... if there is a way around sprints customer service ineptitude.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gabesir:
maybe get a sprint prepaid service for a month or two, and tell them you going out of the country:fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kylemcallister4444:
yeah i was coming to that conclusion myself. really id only need a sprint card long enough to activate it with them. i was really hoping to avoid giving that ... evil evil company, anymore money. ill keep digging for a day or two and post any progress.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Epix4G:
Yes sprint is a evil company ... How dare them not unlock a phone they are losing money on .... They pay full price and people want to get them cheap and unlock .. my phone is unlocked and had no problem doing it ...I have had sprint for about 10 years ... Do you really think that you should get a $700 phone and get it unlocked for like $200 and sprint just eat the rest. .. It's the reason there are international gsm phones ... You pay $700 and it's yours ... I just don't understand how all you people think by stealing these companies will not continue to allow this .... Should have got a vzw phone the government made them unlock them

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kylemcallister4444:
Sorry if I offended you. I assumed xda was a community of individuals that enjoy the challenges of outsmarting giant companies that.. I'm sorry, aren't losing money off these phones. I don't believe for a second sprint pays 700 + for this device. And regardless, what is the percentage of consumers that take the time to learn how to do anything technical enough to be considered rude or less profitable to the company? ..1 maybe 2 %? Like I said.. Sorry if I offended anyone, definitely not my intention. I bought this phone full priced.. Because I ran the meid through straight talk byop and it came up as compatible for their service. Then spent another 60 at Walmart to buy their activation kit. Yeah I consider a company that will put regional and domestic locks on their devices to turn more profit evil, and not just that, if you remember the launch of this device they didn't come out and tell people what they were doing with the locks; they waited until their was too many negative comments and videos going around to ignore. Even now people/business's that are less tech savvy are paying full prices to unlock their phones because their told it's the only way. My bad.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Epix4G:
If you paid full retail. .... If .... Yes they should unlock for you but you also have to see the company side. ... They are there to make money ... They are a public company ... They answer to Stock holders. .. They don't pay 700 but yet they pay way more than 200 and they get their money back by the customer fulfilling the contact they sign. ... If they lose 400 on one out of 20 phones. ... That amount is at least double that on s4 and lg g2 just because they are easier to unlock .... I can tell you this is not acceptable to the ceo and others running sprint . So I can almost guarantee it will get harder to unlock these phones because of it . I am not offended but I see both sides of the argument

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kylemcallister4444:
Geez I just realized my reply didnt post. If I remember correctly; it was really long winded, basically only amounting to one actual point, I just said I totally understand that aspect of it, and that I completely support the capitalistic way of life. Everyone from a CEO to a cashier at McDonald's is just trying to get paid and make the people around them happy. Really the only thing that bothers me is when they've clearly made their money off me, and now are gouging me for the few pennies and nickels I have left. I'm a typical poor college kid, so money really matters to me when I get it. And yes I did *really* pay full price for the phone, so this is just that much more annoying. I've mostly given up on getting it to work, aside from today, I put about 2 hours into digging around the net and snooping through the devices root directories. I had a thought that maybe if i could get a log of another note 3 source codes as a unrecognized sim was inserted, pushing the msl unlock prompt. maybe I could write an adb command emulating that. The problem I'm still stuck at is having an invalid sim error, tried 2 different carriers sim cards now (straight talk and verizon) having verizon show as invalid confused me because they are CDMA as well. Not really sure, Oh also getting a prepaid sprint plan apparently is a no go because their prepaid service only works for like three or four of their phones, and the note 3 isn't one of them. so I couldn't activate it if I wanted to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Epix4G:
They are first cdma phones not true gsm ... so sprint just like Verizon will never let another cdma phone on their system.... The only way to do such a thing is to change esn to a known good vzw esn ...which is illegal by the way ... You could never get vzw lte bands with this phone which is the only reason it has a sim card ... it can be put on cricket etc some other carriers as well ...do some research

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] JPS:
My screen got damaged last night, got no insurance to cover it so need to locate a screen in the UK to fix it myself. The touchscreen film still works as I can navigate blindly through the unit to make certain calls, using my memory of where buttons are supposed to be located but it's a bit hit and miss and would like to get functionality back without having to buy a new one.

Any help would be appreciated

email me on jps@supersportperformance.com
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] fluffcat1:
As well as getting a price for a screen only ( around £120 on ebay ) as you have an mda pro ask www.htceurope.com for a quote including fitting. Getting them to do it will be more but has the benefit of maintaining the manfacturers warranty on the device. If you fit a new screen and something else goes wrong in the future your on your own.

Richard
[HTC Droid DNA] koksheng999:
I cannot get my phone to start, whenever I reboot it takes me to recovery!

When I'm at recovery it shows black screen. (Recovery installed from Rom Manager)

I can only access bootloader. What did I do?

I installed Rom Manager and install the Clockworkmod Recovery

I wanted to flash cyanogenmod 11, I did that in the Rom Manager

Then my DNA restarts and shows black screen after the HTC Logo

Help please!! >.<
[HTC Droid DNA] findinghomer:
Being in recovery is a good thing. You should have done a backup before flashing. Go to cwm , wipe system data and cache. Restore your backup. Then get a fresh cm down load and start from scratch. Don't use rom manager to flash this time. Flash from recovery.

Oops sorry reread your post. Recovery is not working? So did you flash recovery through rom manager, then immediately flash cm without booting to recovery first to make a backup? Either way your phone will be fine. you will likely have to push a new recovery through adb. You will find instructions through search.
[HTC Droid DNA] Jaggar345:
Put the phone in fastboot open a command window on your pc and then use the command "fastboot erase cache" and then see if you can boot into the recovery.
[HTC Droid DNA] koksheng999:
Reply

Well you see, fastboot is not working for some reasons... I installed the drivers, tried other drivers but still nothing. Whenever I try to lock my bootloader it say "waiting for device" (I wanted to use RUU but cant lock bootloader)

Pardon my english
[HTC Droid DNA] cragunk:
Are you using windows? I had trouble getting adb to work with my current windows install. I used unbtu booted from a usb and adb worked perfectly....
[HTC Droid DNA] Yehudah:
I borked up my DNA a few weeks back like yours. I use Linux Mint, used some flashboot commands (I'm at work, can't remember exactly) and was able to flash TWRP recovery (but you could flash CWM if you wanted to). Then I was able to RUU. I could have pushed a ROM and flashed afterwards, but I RUU'd instead.

Hope this helps.

Word to the wise, when flashing anything on your phone, READ ALL THE DIRECTIONS VERBATUM. If you don't, you risk the bork (like I did).
[HTC Droid DNA] koksheng999:
Replying

Ubuntu? Ok I'll try that. And yes I'm using windows 8

Ubuntu also not working >.<!!

Thanks for your replys~
[HTC Droid DNA] jaymazz13:
Try installing HTC sync on ur computer and see if that installs the right drivers
[HTC Droid DNA] danjull:
Do you have adb & fastboot working on Ubuntu?
[HTC Droid DNA] koksheng999:
Thanks guys! Problem Solved!

Hey guys thanks for trying to help!!

In the end I went to the place I bought it and they sent it to the factory and fix it for me for free :D
[Java for Android App Development] Moonbloom:
Hello :)

I'm currently using the official Facebook SDK to log in with my app, using the "com.facebook.widget.LoginButton" and it works perfectly.

But i would rather be able to use my own EditText fields to input the login information and then simply use that to log in with Facebook.

So i would need to relay the EditText information to the proper fields in facebook.

Is this at all possible? Or is the Facebook SDK locked down to only use their own login button?

- Moon
[Java for Android App Development] jdroidsoft:
Hi,

You can change the look and feel of the Facebook login button, but you can't ask for the user and password inside your app. If you could do that, you could easily stole the users credentials. That's the reason why the user have to input the credentials inside the Facebook app.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackshitt:
After installing Asylum Naughties ROM (which is fantastic btw) and I started experiencing sync issues. I am unable to receive emails/whatsapp messages unless I open the app...and then it works fine. I thought it was a force close issue and even if i let the app run in the background, it ceases to receive messages after sometime. The sync settings is set to "auto-sync app data". I've tried other ROMS (Carbon and SlimKAT) and I seem to be facing the same problem.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AA1973:
Try Push Notification Fixer

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andqlimax.pushfixer

There is a thread on xda for PNF too. This issue does not only happen on the Note, but also on the Nexus 5...

Auto-sync app data is for whatsapp contacts only, not relevant for sending or receiving messages IIRC..

It is more a problem of "START_STICKY". Google it for further information...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackshitt:
Will try that and post results.

Cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackshitt:
Seems to be working fine now

Thanks mate
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AA1973:
My pleasure.