yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 General] Azurael:
Really? So I'm imagining my friends' (often repeatedly) bricked S3s and Note 2s? I'm imagining that all the comparison shots I've seen (especially low light) make the G2 camera with its OIS look better than the S5? I'm imagining that even though Samsung released kernel patches for the broken ERASE/DISCARD on S2/S3/Note/Note2 eMMC (not to mention other manufacturer's devices that also used f**ed Sammy eMMC), the performance of those devices now sucks in comparison to other Android hardware running TRIM enabled Android? I'm imagining that the S5 has a smaller capacity battery and I get 7-8 hours SOT out of the G2 running PA4 beta4? Oh, and AMOLEDs - even if you can't see the subpixels, they've finally decided to stop calibrating them to a cartoon colour space, and you can read them outdoors: I've seen myself that even the panel on the S5 suffers from wild differences in colour temperature at different brightness levels and I see no evidence that it won't be subject to the rapid decay that is AFAIK inherent to their manufacture at the moment, the display on my S2 looks crap now. Its gone purple. And the device has hardly been used.

And finally, I'm imagining the fact that my girlfriends old S2, which we replaced with a Nexus 4 after 6 months because it was so crap is the most unstable POS with the worst battery life of any Android device I've ever had the misfortune to own, regardless of what it was running?

GPL compliance? Bootloader security? Any other reasons to hate Samsung required? They're a blight on the face of the Android ecosystem.
[G2 General] zathus:
Stock camera? Xdabbabs camera is a work at art. Just saying... I can't take a bad photo now.

Sent from my VS980 4G
[G2 General] Idan73:
I see that indeed you have strong feelings on the subject, and I can go with you, toe to toe, on all points, but I won't. You're just too much all over the place with your arguments, and sufficiently off topic, to make it really not worthwhile discussing this further. Salutations! ?

I stand by my original post.

Sent from my LG-D803
[G2 General] schnip:
changing from G2 to galaxy s5 is not an upgrade. some things like battery and screen are outright downgrade. some other things like fingerprint scanner/heartrate monitor are an upgrade.

The key thing is: you have to decide what factors you personally prioritise. If fingerprint scanner is more important for you than good battery life, go for the S5. Otherwise dont "upgrade".
[G2 General] Azurael:
So we can summarise this interaction with the following:

'You are wrong'

'Am I? Because my experience and evidence, while largely anecdotal, suggests very much the opposite.'

'I have no counterargument, you are wrong because I say you are and I know best'

Well, that was a waste of time.

Anyway, I hope you have a lovely day too! :highfive:

Edit: But to clarify, you're disputing that there was a widespread issue with bricked S2s, S3s, Notes and Note 2s due to faulty eMMC? You're disputing that the brightness of subpixels in AMOLED displays decay quite noticeably and at a different rate by colour (which is why they're PenTile in the first place) within the typical usage span of a mobile device equipped with one (say 2 years?) You're disputing that the CM device maintainers for Exynos devices threatened to quit/did quit over Samsung's delayed and dysfunctional kernel source dumps? Because I assure you, all of those are FACTS. Not all totally relevant to the S5, but factual. They've proven they have reckless disregard for their customers and go out of their way to make things difficult for the kind of people who hang out here on XDA.
[G2 General] schnip:
And youre digressing thus not helping the OP

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[G2 General] anl2304:
I do not own the S5, but tinkered with one a bit on the day of release. I am sure in some respects the S5 is an upgrade to the G2. I hear the camera is better than the stock G2 camera. Battery life is also improved. The thing is, the battery life on my G2 is soo good ( and so much better than the S4 that I had previously) that I cannot imagine the S5 offering me a noticeable improvement. As for the camera, since I started using modded cameras (Jinsu or Xdabbeb) I have not had any issues. The stock camera had some issues (like the long delay before shooting and i think low-light performance). I think the two phones are so close, that you may be better off waiting a few weeks to see what the G3 has to offer.
[G2 General] jayochs:
I returned my s5 after 7 hours. the camera is garbage. the phone got as hot as the s4 did. the screen while nice, did not match the accuracy and whites of the g2. it had crappy build quality bc it has the body shifting issue my s3 had, where the battery didn't fit right in the cavity and would move inside that cavity and made the phone twist and crack everytime you picked it up.

I stuck to my g2 and I'll wait for the g3.

Sent from my Verizon LG G2
[G2 General] joeynox:
I tried an s5 at an att store yesterday and I like the feel of the device better than the g2 and the camera was great. It was super fast and took insanely sharp images. Low light wasn't good. The screen is gorgeous the weight is good. Its not a great leap over the g2 but it is a nice device. The g3 is rumored to have a very high resolution screen which is useless . hopefully they fix the bad camera. All LG has to do is water proof , fix the camera low light and noise issues and possible up the battery to 3400. That would be golden
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
the camera will be same as in Oppo Find 7

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[G2 General] SolGoodGuy:
I'd stay stick with the G3 ;)
[G2 General] abhinav.tella:
As much as Samsung makes good phones, AMOLED kills battery on web due to all white background as all sub pixels are needed for white. AMOLED uses more battery than LCD in such conditions by +100% or more. Not to mention at full brightness, and the screen burn to top it off after a few months which I have seen.
[G2 General] Fir3blade:
Easy, leaving the G2 for a S5 wouldn't be an upgrade.
[G2 General] drakexpl:
Do not upgrade, my friend did and he regrets. 3 hundred dolar behind, same spec. Siak!

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[G2 General] player911:
Nope.

G2 wins in almost all rounds.

Better battery, smaller size, larger screen, knock on, etc.
[G2 General] tthaz777:
If I have a chance to upgrade, my next phone would be LG G3 or Galaxy Note 4.
[G2 General] sanke1:
I would advise people on G2 to sit out this year's upgrade cycle. The Snapdragon 800/801 are almost same. 801 is actually a stop gap to the real deal which is Snapdragon 810 which would be 64 bit capable and would have Adreno 430.

Buy the next phone which has Snapdragon 808/810 CPU and Adreno 418/430 GPU respectively. Now that's what I would call a real upgrade.
[G2 General] abhinav.tella:
I really don't see the need for an LG G3 with only a 4X HD Display as an upgrade, I hope it has a Snapdragon 810 otherwise its a needless upgrade.
[G2 General] jayochs:
here's a camera sample if you don't believe me:

GS5:

http://i.imgur.com/eXnTecL.jpg

G2:

http://i.imgur.com/dYYSG4U.jpg

both in bright daylight, around 1pm.

here's an album for you as well:

http://imgur.com/a/tSJBt
[G2 General] abhinav.tella:
Blind Camera test by Phonearena,

LG G2 second only to Lumia 1520

(testing taken from around time of Galaxy S4)

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Noki...nds-up-last-HTC-One-M8-finishes-sixth_id54561
[G2 General] sanke1:
OMG The G2 is pissing on S5 in those camera tests.

I think S5 is just a pointless device. I got a Nokia Lumia 1320 as a backup phone and now I feel it is just too big at 6" screen. I keep going for my G2 all the time.

G2 is a winner.
[G2 General] goodmamba:
For me no upgrade until 64-bit processors are included into the high end phones.

Any investment until a major technological advances is pointless taking in account the huge performance LG G2 already have.
[G2 General] 10maxbor:
+1
[G2 General] Elnrik:
Agreed 100%. It's all personal preference though. If you're picking nits between the two, and those nits are critical, life altering, "I should have taken the blue pill" kind of things for you, then sure... go get the S5. Just don't call it an "upgrade".
[G2 General] 4ty-phive:
I lol'd :D But seriously, crzy is right. The S5 is a better phone. I love my G2 however due to my buying off of contract for super cheap. That just wasn't going to happen with the Samsung. This phone, imo, is the best bang for the buck. If price is no object and you can wait a little, the G3 is going to be the device of this year. The screen alone will win this year by itself.

Scrib'd on my OG2

---------- Post added at 08:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:45 PM ----------

Totally agree with this

Scrib'd on my OG2
[G2 General] sanke1:
But then again Snapdragon 810 with Adreno 430 GPU combined with 4K screen means all the games will play like crap at that super resolution. Has anyone thought about this?

That combination may even be slower than our current Adreno 330 and 1080p screen. :silly:
[G2 General] Elnrik:
You state that like you've already got the hardware and run the tests.

" the 808 and 810 move to a big.LITTLE design with a combination of Cortex A53s and Cortex A57s. The latter is an evolution of the Cortex A15, offering anywhere from a 25 - 55% increase in IPC over the A15. The substantial increase in performance comes at around a 20% increase in power consumption at 28nm. Thankfully both the Snapdragon 808 and 810 will be built at 20nm, which should help offset some of the power increase."

"The Snapdragon 808 will use an Adreno 418 GPU, while the 810 gets an Adreno 430." ... "Note that the Adreno 420 itself is something like 40% faster than Adreno 330, which would make Adreno 430 over 80% faster than the Adreno 330 we have in Snapdragon 800/801 today."

Quoted From Anandtech.com: http://goo.gl/tOuco9

I'm thinking 4k screens, while admittedly overkill, will run just fine on these SOCs.
[G2 General] sanke1:
Of course they would run fine. But we should not expect an increase in fps performance in games or OS transitions as more muscle would be required to draw those 4k screens. I predict no increase in performance over Adreno 330 at native resolutions respectively.

Do you remember iPad 3 (retina) was actually slower than iPad 2 despite Apple's claims that A5X in iPad 3 was 2 times faster than A5 in iPad 2?

Hope you are getting my point. :D
[G2 General] buenarc:
G2 is for keeps. Samsung galaxy line is just the same..
[G2 General] jomansch:
keeping G2 and waiting for G3...i'm not gonna touch a Samsung anymore (at least unless they quit this Knox/NSA/eFuse s...t :rolleyes:
[G2 General] CaraMuuu:
The features that S5 got and G2 lacks are irrelevant for most users (fingerprint reader, heart rate monitor, waterproof, marginally faster cpu/gpu, etc.), and nowadays it costs more or less twice the price of G2. In exchange, the main reason to get a S5 is the scene; since it will be a more popular phone, more people will be developing for it, so it has potentially better and longer unofficial support. That's the only subjective benefit I see, and maybe (JUST MAYBE) build quality might be a bit better. I won't pay twice the price I payed for G2 just for those features. I think G2 offer for the high-end range, what the Moto G offers in the in the mid-end range: a very solid and competitive product and amazing bang for the buck.
[General Questions and Answers] ikithme:
I have an app that isn't developed by me, it tends to crash on the device I'm running it on, I was wondering if there was an app or script to detect when the app crashes and re open it.

Anyone?
[Android Apps and Games] kalodio:
A scientific calculator with unit converter and calculations history.

Features:

Basic and scientific calculations

Constants

Unit conversion (70 categories)

Calculations history

Extras :

Car tire size calculator

Least-squares regression calculator (Linear, Parabola)

Quadratic roots calculator

Area / Volume calculator

Rule of three (direct/inverse proportion)

VAT calculator

Tip & split calculator

Loan calculator

Adults BMI calculator

Chemical elements list

Rectangular to/from Polar

Interface features:

Light / Dark theme

Keypad feedback

Widgets keypad feedback (Can be enabled in-app settings)

Keep screen on

*Widgets*

Lockscreen support (android 4.2+)

Scientific Calculator widget

Basic Calculator widget

VAT Calculator widget

Unit Converter widget

Tip & split Calculator widget

Google Play

SlideME
[Android Apps and Games] kalodio:
Updates Changelog

Version 2.1.0

Widgets themes (Blue, Green, Red, Pink, Yellow)

Fixed Loan Calculator actionbar title

Version 2.1.1

Settings bug fix

Version 2.1.2

Added widgets of version 1

Version 2.1.3

New speed unit "ft/day"

Loan Calculator bug fix

Version 2.1.4

Updated Android Support Library

Updated to Google Play Services Library

Minor improvements

Version 2.1.5

Removed Ads
[Android Apps and Games] kalodio:
Update

Version 2.1.2

Added widgets of version 1
[Android Apps and Games] TheLucidEnhancer:
Wow... great ! I love the design, too. You respected the android guidelines, congrats for your app !
[Android Apps and Games] kalodio:
Thank you! Comments like yours make me want to try harder and make my application even better!
[Android Apps and Games] kalodio:
Update

Version 2.1.3

New speed unit "ft/day"

Loan Calculator bug fix
[Android Apps and Games] kalodio:
Version 2.1.4

Updated Android Support Library

Updated to Google Play Services Library

Minor improvements
[Android Apps and Games] kalodio:
Version 2.1.5

Removed Ads
[Android Apps and Games] Zilandoz:
thank you for this best app :victory:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdn:
I'm having a problem with my M8. The digitizer registers touches when my finger is quite close to the screen (1mm) but I haven't actually touched it. It's not a massive problem as it's just 1mm but it makes the user experience quite strange. Sometimes I press something on the screen but two touches are registered (one when I approach the screen, another when I actually touch it). Or sometimes I'm going to press a button and the action happens before I actually touch the screen, leaving me thinking "WTF just happened?"

It's something similar to this but of course a lot less serious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTfyPCjDaio#t=113

Can any other M8 owners check if this happens with their phone? Thanks in advance!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HtcOneJon:
Yep, you can control the screen from 1mm above it. Makes it very stressfull trying to type at times lol
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craig0r:
Yeah, the M7 did this for me too.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otariq:
Can you guys push you glass down at the edges? I don't have to put a lot of pressure and the glass pushes down on the lcd and creates that blue mark
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craig0r:
Nope, doesn't seem to be an issue for me.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewnelson:
Yeap.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naja_return:
Sorry for digging this up. But I've just bought M8 last week. And I found this problem too. I struggle to type correctly. Is there anyway to fix this?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OctoberNexus:
Yeah this is very annoying when I'm holding with my fingers just to the edge of the screen but its registering touches
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Same here thought I was going mad.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmpampis:
But they said that the M8 have the best touch responsiveness.

Tapatalked with my "refrigerator look" HTC one M8
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scojosmac:
I'm hoping someone / you guys can help me.

Ever since I did the 4.4.2 update, my phone has been brutally slow and killing the battery and overall just a POS. I looked for wakelocks, screen is extremely low etc. I'm just sick of it to be frank. So I'm hoping to wipe everything, format the sd card and completely fresh as if it were a brand new phone.

From spending the last 3 hours researching, I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. ( maybe I'm overlooking it with my lack of sleep since we have a 8 week old )

From my understanding, I can't downgrade to an older firmware cause of knox. ( I would love to do this, so then I can root it and put on knoxraid or some other rom so I don't have all this bloatware etc )

Now with that being said, since I can't downgrade, I also can't replace my phone since I can't find the 4.4.2 files to odin my phone. I can find the mj5 files, but not the NC2 ( I think those are it )

Can someone please help me here, my sanity is running thin ( again, lack of sleep )

Thank you in advance.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrycoffman45:
there are no oden files for 4.4.2 you have a couple of things you can try go to settings,general and backup and reset and do a factory reset or go to best buy or a att service center and have them reflash the 4.4.2 firmware
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scojosmac:
So to confirm, Best Buy or AT&T can flash it? I pretty much can just go in there and say " Hey can you reflash my phone?" :D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 147aaron:
From what I have heard the employees in the samsung experience shop inside of bestbuy have a tool that can reflash the phone. Make sure to call ahead before you go into the store. Explain to them whats going on and ask them if they are able to reflash the stock version on the phone.

If your phone says that its rooted they are not allowed to do the flash.

If they do not have the software my recommendation would be to contact ATT. Since it is a software issue the phone will be covered without that warranty that you pay monthly for. So they will ship you out a refurbished (like new) phone and then you will send yours to them.

EDIT :

And also the ATT service centers do not have the tool to reflash your phone. Only Samsung has access to that. ATT service center will just give you a number to call to have them ship you out a phone.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scojosmac:
Thank you Aaron, I appreciate it
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcdeux:
I've been to Samsung smart station at Best Buy:

1. Being on MLG 442 it said that being up to date it couldn't flash

2. The rep "said" that since it was previously rooted it wouldn't allow the flash anyway
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixilplic:
there is adb sideload of the ATT OTA update

device must have NB4 or NC2 otherwise update aborted due to expected fingerprint not seen by the OTA such as MLG or MJ5 MI9 MI1

if rooted or not will not matter it's the fingerprint = NB4 or NC2 to get stock 442 OTA
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zacharyt86:
I've been looking everywhere for this as well, do you have a link?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixilplic:
not certain what i can link ya to..but

for myself dwnlded

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

there are probably more appropriate versions on the forums to install adb to windows seen even one with a GUI being worked on

some youtube videos searched showed setting in DEV mode to turn on usb debugging & change security settings

booted the phone to recovery select adb & plugged in the usb

run adb.exe from a command prompt on windows

got the OTA from thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2686652

hope this helps

ya payz yer moniez an takes yer chanskiz :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazdamiata210:
I was having problems also... Just do a factory reset and then do a wipe in recovery mode and you'll be good to go. I got a brand new phone from AT&T service center, came on MJ5 - I installed some apps and setup the phone before I could get on wifi, updated to kitkat when I got home and I had issues all over again. A simple reset works.
[Android Apps and Games] anuloid:
Hi Dears,

This is my first thread at this forum, so if it is not comprehensive, please let me know.

Our team (Anuloid Games) has just released the first version of My Movie Quiz. The idea of the game is actually not the newest :), but we have tried to keep our game as simple as possible.

- big movie base

- high resolution screenshots

- 5 hints by default (simple removal of a wrong option)

- 1 hint each facebook invite

Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anuloidgames.moviequiz

If possible, please provide comments and feedback on the game, report the bugs you might find and the most important part for me is the monetization strategy we should stick with. Any type of monetization proposals are welcome.
[Java for Android App Development] Fragmentos:
hi

i am writing an app that needs to get sim cards phone number.

i tried this but its not working.

TelephonyManager telemamanger = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
String getSimSerialNumber = telemamanger.getLine1Number();

it returns null....

i have tried every thing but nothing worked.

any help?
[Java for Android App Development] GRYMALA:
It should work, however there is no guarantee that phone number is physically stored on a SIM-card or broadcasted from the network to the phone.

Alternative solution might be to ask the user to enter phone number manually in case if telemamanger.getLine1Number() returns null.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Meteo:
I was thinking about getting one of those 2400mah batteries from ebay. Are using these batteries safe? Will they damage my device?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] markgamber:
if you're not buying it from a carrier or company the phone came from, all bets are off. if something goes wrong and your phone fries, you're on your own. that having been said, I've used extended batteries I bought off ebay with my old blue angel and now my wizard phone without problem. if you don't want to take the risk, you can always opt for one of those battery based chargers. just make sure the battery is designed for the phone model in question and you should be fine.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Krinkiespijer:
As long as it's b.e. 3,7 VDC out (as needed on a variO) it's no problem. The 2400mAhr can only deliver more Power or Current as whatever your device likes to ask for.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Jaka57:
I'm using this kind of battery (2400mAh) almost 1 year without any troubles.

I bought this battery at eXpansys USA.

Anyhow, how can they prove that I'm using this kind of battery? :shock:

They are not able to do that! :twisted:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Percz:
Seen as how your buying from Ebay, have you checked the sellers history to see if he has sold many of these high cap batterys before? If so what are the reviews like. :wink:

As the Blue Angel I got already came with the standard TWO batterys I haven't needed a high cap one, but I have used one for another phone and never had any problems. Unlike them cheap high volume ink cartridges that exploded on me....

Think most of the problems with batterys have been down to the chargers over heating the batterys which causes pressure to build up inside. Useraly only happens with 'rapid' chargers.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] vivi:
2400 MAh @ Brando costs 36 US$ + Shipping cost 3 US$ = 39.00 US$.

Have a look at http://shop.brando.com.hk/pdabattery.php

I bought one from Brando.Good service and good price.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] atom069:
Same battery on ebay only $24.50 shipped I have 7
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] vivi:
็Thanks for the info.

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[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Black6spdZ:
these $25 2400mAH batteries on ebay.. are they actually 2400mAH or is that what the sticker says? anyone compared one to a new standard capacity battery? the reason I say NEW standard capacity battery is that of course even a new SC battery would last longer than the old battery so it wouldn't be a good test to say the new 2400mah batt last longer than the old 1850 mah batt... understand where I'm going with this?