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[Galaxy Note 3 General] ashouhdy:
So having both in my hands now was curious testing performance for quick snaps.

challenged both under artificial 4300kelvin light bulbs ... both in low and high light to check

So its typically challanging the f/2.2 with 1/3" Note3 sensor (Sony Made) vs f/3.1 1/2.3" Zoom sensor (Samsung Made) .. Although the higher count of megapixels on the zoom yeilds to pixel per pixel equal size with the note3 (1.12 microns)

to be fair Both were set to Auto with highest settings possible .. Note3 Smart Stabilization was ON

S4 Zoom was in Auto Mode not Manual (Expert) cause this is a category beyound Smartphone capabilities, Am looking forward to get the S5 Zoom or Galaxy K Zoom Camera hybrid .. it was leaked to have Hexa Processor topped the Antutu Benchmark already in a Slim Profile phone same as the Lumia1020

i found that at 100% picture size the Note3 weirdly has lower noise level or maybe its the higher Contrast algorism the note3 follows.

you can check exif on flickr

now to the photos

Note3 low light

s4 zoom low light

Note 3 low light

s4 zoom l.light

Note3 flash

s4 zoom Xenon

Note3 full darkness with/without flash

s4 zoom full darkness with/without flash

Note3 mixed light

s4 zoom mixed light

Note3 Zoom

s4 zoom zoom (!)

Note3 close up and Bokeh effect

bokeh effect from a distance with 3x zoom

Note3 close up flash

s4 zoom bokeh effect and close ups

bokeh effect with zoom

s4 zoom with flash (washed out)

s4 zoom second trial close up (with zoom) with flash to stop washing out

Now from what i see the zoom got Muscles although the dimmer narrower aperature f/3.1 and despite the same pixel size it manage to get from my point of view a better over all low light pics which the brighter wider aperature f/2.2 of the note3 cant match.

switching to full lights now for further inspections

Note3 full lights

note3 full light flash forced on

s4 zoom full lights

s4 zoom full light flash forced on

Now whats is interesting is when viewing full size and cropping the note3 pics are better ... even with Xenon flash forced on the note3 doesnt fail by wide margin

note3 crop

s4 crop of the same image

note3 crop

s4 zoom crop

crops with flash on in the full darkness pics

note3

s4 zoom crop

note3 crop flash full darkness

s4 zoom flash crop

So what do you think .. ? in my opinion again the quality isn't with a bit wide margin which doesnt justify the thicker chunkier phone if samsung wanna success for the zoom series they must convince people more with a wider margin of pic. quality lets wait and see what S5 zoom brings to the table.

N.B:

i could have made it a much much better photos with the zoom playing with shutter time and aperature but that would be beyound my scope of comparison of point and shoot.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cj.lyon21:
To me, it looks like all the colors and clarity turned out much better with the note 3, other than a couple. It could just be me but that's my opinion. Then again, I am not a professional photographer either. Lol
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tclocki:
Ive alwys wanted to compare s4 zoom shots with my note 3. This is what I have been looking for. Thanks for the review and things like these are what keeps my eye off of the newer phones today.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] orly_mihai:
For me look like note 3 it's better.Good colors.The only photo good with s4 zoom it's only that with the stereo zoomed.But the rest are better colors with note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] yuk7392:
I seem look like note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] GodXen:
Note 3 seems far better in overall.

BUT with zoomed pictures s4 zoom is in the lead here.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ashouhdy:
Yes ... It also adds high contrast values to mask noise
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 80000037:
Hi, quick question here. Since S4 Zoom use Xenon Flash Light, does the video camera setting have "video light" function?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ashouhdy:
No it doesnt but its much brighter at night than the note3 due to the much larger sensor 1/2.3" and yes its of much higher value in recording in dark environments as streets pubs cafes and so on ... Am looking forward to swap both with the new galaxy k zoom .. The OIS and Xenon takes magnificent pictures .
[General Questions and Answers] toggly:
Hi All,

I'm having a similar problem to this Samsung Galaxy S4 Call Drop and Network Issues thread.

- signal randomly drops from full bars to nothing/nil

- however it isn't random when connecting to a wifi network (cell connection drops completely every time)

- this doesn't happen when using 2g only

Phone model = SGH-1337M

Running Jamal2367's 4.4.2 GPE ROM

Baseband version = 1337MVLUAMG1

Build number = KOT49H.S001.131204

Any help is greatly appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] toggly:
Can anyone please help me with this?
[Galaxy S 5 General] CZ Eddie:
The S5 is a great looking phone, spec wise. Nothing is dramatically different over the S4, other than Waterproof, fingerprint and a couple other sensors. But everything is an upgrade in some way.

Except for ease of charging.

Yes, for those of us who like to get everything done with one click, one hand, one motion, one something.... the S5 has taken a step back in docking/charging capabilities.

While the USB 3.0 offers *faster* charging to some degree, we are now obstructed from ease of use by the very thing that makes this phone *really special* and unique. Waterproofing. Yep, those dang "doors" that seal up the USB port have added "one more" step. This time, one more step in the form of attaching a USB cable or docking our phones. I myself paid $75 for a killer dock that gave me one-handed, one motion docking that offers charging. I just plop my S4 phone down and it's secured and charging right away (Craigsdocks Dock).

Most of you probably don't care about this "one extra step". So those are the folks who will step into this thread and participate the most, because they don't care and think it's stupid that other people care. lol

But for you "one step" people out there like myself, who are avidly into Tasker automation, modifying the Quick Settings panel and want the fastest launcher with coolest widgets possible.... YOU will understand what I'm talking about when I say the S6 *NEEDS* to have Magnetic Docking Pins.

And I cannot believe Samsung has not only locked the bootloader on us USA citizens, but they have also not given this phone some semblance of ease of use when it comes to Car Docks and other types of docks, for everyone in the entire world.

Ugh, shame on you, Samsung. Your lack of foresight is amazing. Because we all know the S6 will have Magnetic Docking Pins and thus, every single one of us will pay to upgrade our phones once again, next year.

Oh, you might ask why Magnetic Pin charging is better than wireless charging?

Well that's because it charges twice as fast. Which is very important when your screen is set to 100% brightness, Pandora is streaming over Bluetooth and GPS is wildly trying to re-route me every few seconds. All while I'm on a 25% charge and have no plans to be anywhere near a charger for the next 24 hours after I get out of my car.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Acaibowl:
I only use the USB 3.0 port when I really need to charge my phone very fast. Otherwise, I always use wireless charging.
[Galaxy S 5 General] AMoosa:
Maybe the phone isn't for you..... The beauty of Android is that you can get whatever manufacturer you like to sort your hardware needs.
[Galaxy S 5 General] da.trute:
it will be the US carriers that have requested the phone is locked, not samsungs fault as is usually the case. You get a RAW deal over there compared to Europe.
[Galaxy S 5 General] CZ Eddie:
Hey, Sony has done it with the Xperia lineup and other MFG's have all fit it into production costs without any problems.

"Greatly" = what, $0.37 in materials? lmao

And here they all come, just as I predicted. lol

Umm, you think?!

Yeah, another intelligent post. :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
although the flap annoys me, the huge USB cable with 2 prongs annoys me more

I'm just using my old S4 charger, which works nearly just as fast and i dont have to fuss around with it as much
[Galaxy S 5 General] JS_racer:
does the usb flap fold around flat ?? not sure i understand what happens to it in a dock.

thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
Good observation. It will definitely interfere with docks
[Galaxy S 5 General] sandeep20064096:
Hi How much time its taking to fully charge with USB 3.0
[Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
Gull charge from 5 percent full in a hour

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[IDEs, Libraries, & Programming Tools] lamike:
I have not upgraded or change drivers for 4g ,can't see system apps so I need n9510 drivers please.Have to start somewhere.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Jerrykist:
Hello,

I want disable or hide Navigation Bar in only Lockscreen. Can you help me?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] CupCakeBombardme:
I am still using my SK4G. Love it! and there really are some excellant roms here for it. I was wanting to use the aroma installer, can I use this with any rom? Or does the rom have to have it included already? If I can use this with any rom, do I just flash it after I flash the rom or ?????

Thanks for any help, and sorry if this has been addressed. I have been searching and combing through everything here, and chasing down files and all that fun stuff, so it can be a bit of a mess to untangle now that I have jut about everything I was wanting.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] demkantor:
There is only one ROM with aroma options during the initial flash but I believe it still had some issues where ricandroid and I left off.

There was a thread with an aroma install for various apps and mods which I believe yo are referring to, and yes that can be used with any ROM (except for the not finished gingerbread port) it can be flashed at any time. So if you flash a ROM and like it, then flash that aroma installer and you can customize the ROM currently on device.

I hope someday to pick up where I left off and even hopefully work on a gingerbread ROM where xindixix left off.

There are still a few people on this forum who are left and are glad to answer any question, even a few willing to do some work for the sk4g so long as someone will use it...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] CupCakeBombardme:
3682425694

Thank you for the reply. And yes, it is the aroma installer that you came up with, that I was refering to.
[General Questions and Answers] doubleelec:
I use a phone with single core yet and I managed to buy a new phone recently, do you think it is meaningful to have 2-cores, 4-cores, or 8-cores in the phone?
[General Questions and Answers] d2russel:
with the abundance of quad cores nowadays flooding the market, developers and apps would surely catch on optimizing apps to take advantage of

4 cores. As for octa cores, if you're seriously into multi tasking or using your phone/tablet for number crunching, then 8 cores would help.
[General Questions and Answers] Xperia-Ray:
I think today Quad core is must, and even better if it comes with 2GB ram.

The prices keep dropping and if it fits the budget it better.

For the Octa core- I think it's the same stupid race like with the Camera MP - "look!- I have 30MP!"

Strong Quad core with 2GB ram in enough I think.
[General Questions and Answers] nikhilghuge10:
The Bigger. The Better

I had a dual core phone with half a gig of ram until a few months ago..then i switched to quad core & a gig ram..i really didnt notice much of difference..until last week, when i switched back to my old phone(as it has beautiful AMOLED screen..i just love that)..i realized that my old is quite slow n can't keep up to me speed..

so..there u go..the bigger the better..
[General Questions and Answers] davidtc:
Same thing happened in PC industry.

The software, especially video games will use every bit of your cores,no matter how many they are.
[General Questions and Answers] gionamameli:
totally agree with you! :good:
[General Questions and Answers] Fulcro:
I think that the Quad-Core cpu is the best, it will works perfectly for years and years (that s my opinion)

But the software optimization is even more important :)

Sorry for my bad english
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucky_Slevin:
Looking at a galaxy gear watch and I know I have to tinker to get it to work but I was wondering which features will work and which won't ? I know weather and s voice doesn't work obviously but would I still be able to change songs and receive regular notifications for texts and emails and Facebook ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hi,

Maybe take a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2596455.

And about notifications: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2649884 (last post).

:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ericmcintire:
I was referred here by someone at howardforums... here is my original post.

okay I've posted before but never with this title, so to snag some of you hackers out there.... heres what I need... a hybrid ROM that makes the network think I'm using a 2125 but has the wifi support of the qtek or the tmob... the reason I have to do this is because unless my carrier (cingular) thinks the phone is a 2125 the picture messages sent to me are tiny so small I can't see. so I put on the 2125 rom and that problem was solved but now there is no way to turn on the wifi... I have seen a lot of refrences to wifi in my registry (including a very interesting file called "wifioff.exe") so anyone that has any advice would be greatly appreciated. there are also a lot of refrences to wifi on my 2125 rom under the "control panel" settings in a couple of keys in the registry. I might be able to help figure this problem out if I had a registry edit I could run from my comptuer that edits the phone... anyone know of such a program?
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] A7Aa:
Please Some one Renew The Links of Inspiration Rom Arabic because i cant download it or just upload it on another server :(
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] kk9999gada:
Inspiration ROM V18 Arabic Version is not there.

V16 is the Final Version for the time being.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ds18s20:
I have XXLH2 and no OTA update more than a year after all the rest got theirs; this is unbranded and region-less Tab

Any hope for getting Jelly Bean on this one?

I have looked everywhere and other than broken links to hotfile or whatever I can't seem to determine whether JB is even available for this revision? Any help will be appreciated! Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cebs:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-P3100

Flash it with odin

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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ds18s20:
Thanks cebs; however XFA region ONLY has 4.0.4 available, no 4.2.2 for that region. If I flash it with the wrong region that would be a bad thing :(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cebs:
Not at all... my p3110 is running BTU cause i still dont have it in my country (TPH) and works very fine

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---------- Post added at 05:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:23 AM ----------

Take a look

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36265178

Best tab2 p31xx rom :)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Toaster Strudels:
My friend has a Galaxy S4 on T-Mobile.

It has the Knox Counter set to 0x1.

It is currently on CM11, and I have TWRP installed, but apparently he cannot receive texts...

I tried restoring to the MDL firmware with Odin but it failed... I think because of the boot loader. I tried installing a 4.2.2 ROM but it was boot looping at the T-Mobile screen.

I have 1 hour tomorrow with him to fix it -- I just want to restore it to a Samsung Stock ROM (just downloaded the 4.4.2 Deodexed KitKat ROM).

How can I restore this phone to a 100% working Samsung Stock ROM? I don't care if it is a rooted ROM. I just need texts, calls, etc. 100% working and I need it to be a TouchWiz ROM.

Thanks!

EDIT: I also found this list of firmwares: if I should try again with ODIN with the right firmware, which one should i be flashing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheArtiszan:
If he just mainly wants stock and already has knox tripped just flash the newest odin image for the device.

You can use this one that Fenny posted.

http://www.cheatersedge.org/android/m919/M919UVUFNB4_M919TMBFNB4_TMB_FENNY_FIXED.zip

If you can still get into recovery you can flash the custom stock rom from Fenny or the Sickness. Both work really well.

The one from the sickness seems to have more of a stock feel though.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2683507
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Toaster Strudels:
Thank you!!!!!!!!!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivan333:
Hi guys I'm new in this forum but I've seen it and followed it for a thousand times and now I'm gonna be part of it, so HI GUYS xD.

Well to start I've to say that after I rooted the device and so on, I decided to change the famous:

Lock.ogg

LowBattery.ogg

Unlock.ogg

Well I started using "Es explorer" and then I realized that I couldn't just copy paste and overwrite those file with my gallery OF: MGS

-I can't post the link after 10 POST xD-

- Well then I used "Root Browser" to do it and I could without any problem.

- I restart the device and didn't sound anything when I try to lock and unlock the device.

- I realized that "Root Browser" did change some permissions and then I changed them to leave it how it should. NEW

- I restarted again my device and nothing happen..........

- Then I replace them for the originals leaving the device how it was before working.

But now is not working when I lock or unlock the device why I rebooted several times so...

Can someone help? did I do something wrong or what? this is very weird....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivan333:
I've fixed it in SETTING DEVICE SOUND UNLOCK SOUND...

Sorry guys I didn't see it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Themes and Apps] nism0o:
Are there some root apps or xposed modules who can put unread badges on apps like snapchat/instagram? Don`t want to use google play apps who uses a widget to get this solved.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Themes and Apps] Tonio78r:
You could try Xperia™ Unread.

It's paid, i've didn't tested yet :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Themes and Apps] nism0o:
Yeah i know.. But im using Apex launcher and heave notification badges enabled there but notifications only showing for phone app. I know there was a root app a couple of years ago who worked with all apps but dont remeber the name and can`t find it.. :/
[Xperia Z1 Compact Themes and Apps] Tonio78r:
This one works well but it's only widgets...I don't know if Apex allow app drawer 1x1 widgets but on homescreen it works well :)

Notifyer Unread Count

ps : tested with snapchat
[Xperia Z1 Compact Themes and Apps] OmarEinea:
This might be helpful (in a way or another):

http://marcusforsberg.net/blog/android-notification-badge-app-icon-sony/

Also, This app does the job, but for a very limited number of launcher (it might help to find a similar one):

Notification Monitor
[Xperia Z1 Compact Themes and Apps] nism0o:
Its working but the text is bigger on messenger so it is like this messeng Dont look good :/ Maybe i can change the font in the paid version but didnt find any info about it. er
[Xperia Z1 Compact Themes and Apps] nism0o:
Yeah I heave to look into that.. Waiting for a kernel with cwm so i can root again :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] JReeher:
Accidently deleted my internal storage and have no os on my phone so I reverted back to stock via Odin and then the update hit and my phone got stuck in a boot loop and I can't boot into recovery. I tried doing the Odin nothing I tried flashing cwm and twpr recovery via Odin now I'm stuck in a boot loop anyone have any ideas on what I can try ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Did you ODIN 4.1.1?

The bottom of Post #1 at the link below should fix it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] JReeher:
Thanks I figured it out shortly after I posted this sorry thanks for the reply ... If someone could tell tell me how I disable the security so that I can use SU that be great don't remember having the problem when I rooted in the past
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dicksteele:
Check what version of supersu you are running. If it's not 1.94, go to play store and update.

After its updates run it, a window will pop up. Say yes to disable knox
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skytbest:
For some reason my battery is consistently dying when the OS still notifies 15% remaining. I'm running the official CM11 nightlies 4/8, dalvik runtime, KT747 kernel. When it dies I plug in and it will say 0% again when I turn it back on.

Is there any standard procedure for this? Any tips on what I can do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
How old is your battery?

You probably need a new one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skytbest:
Actually its rather new. I just got one of those Anker 2200 batteries about 3 months ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayjr1105:
I have the same issue on my Nook Tablet. Running CM11 too. If it get's close to 15% it just dies sometimes. I think it's an android thing not hardware related. At least the CPU-z app shows my battery as healthy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sevinex:
This happens with my S3 as well, and I resolved it by getting a different battery. I bought a couple different batteries to make sure it wasn't hardware/software related, and could only replicate said issue with my original “old" battery.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Styper:
I'm posting this here since I can't post in the original OmniROM thread.

My 3G works just fine on my Note 2 but I can't make or receive any calls. The SIM card is OK, it works fine on my S3, and I don't think the phone is carrier locked, or I wouldn't be able to connect to 3G (or would I?).

Does anyone have any thoughts?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sartic:
I got my first M8 monday. After an hour I noticed a weird clicking sound when I pressed on the circle with 4 dots in the camera app. It sounded like broken plastic was being crunched. On tuesday I went back with it, got a new one and today that one started making that sound.

I called HTC support, but they said they haven't heard of it and asked me to do a hardware check within HTC Guide and found that it was the left speaker that was broken. The output levels were the same as the right ones, but you could barely hear anything from the left one.

You guys heard of this? I don't want a third one breaking on me in 2 weeks (then it have to get repaired hardware).
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rohanpatelt7:
You guys have any idea if CM will start making nightlies and roms in general for Jewel post RUU that HTC officially launched for Android 4.3 and Sense 5?

I am aware that using the RUU on the device will update radios, bootloader, etc and partitions. The existing CMs (I have tried nightlies) don't flash because of different partitions.

GoblinZ, here on XDA, uploads the nightlies for CM with the modified partitions and this leads me to my second question. Every time I flash one of his roms of CM (unofficial) does that mean if I want to update then I need to factory reset and install rom from recovery? I cannot use the CM updater in the settings menu because it is unofficial right?

Whoever can help, thanks very much! I am new but feel welcome! :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] GoblinZ:
Updater will not work because unofficial right. CM will probably not be doing official with new partitions.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rohanpatelt7:
That means that any time I want to update from your nightlies, I would have to factory reset and loose my phone data? Thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] GoblinZ:
In order to go from that new format CM I built to an official cyanogenmod build on the old format, you would need an RUU to go back to the old format...this alone would require a clean flash (ie you would lose your data). I built this as a stop gap for people who would like to still use an updated CM on the new format.