yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Thats not just 5th best tablet. Thats 5th best consumer technology product of any kind and the top pure tablet on the list. Considering CNET's love affair with Apple this is impressive.

http://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-10-5-inch/
[Galaxy Tab S General] ShadowFlare:
Not bad. Quite happy as well with the 8.4 myself after tweaking it a bit here and there. Super AMOLED is mostly the reason I keep getting Samsung stuff, if only other Android based brands would provide Super AMOLED as well and give Samsung some competition, ie LG. I only know LG as the other brand who does OLED products.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Yes. Once you have gone super amoled on an Android device it is hard to go back to LCD. Windows devices allow us to dial down the gamma which gives just as good blacks as amoled, but until Android allows that as well, amoled is your only option for truly black blacks.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Y.G.:
[MENTION=4425542]jball[/MENTION] yeah I still have the S III. It's collecting dust though. I moved on to the S V. You still rockin the S III?
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Please start an S3 thread in the S3 forum if you wish to discuss the S3.

Sent from my SM-T700
[Galaxy Tab S General] Y.G.:
Was just answering a question (seems to be deleted now). Not trying to derail your thread breh.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
Just stopped by BestBuy to look at the Surface Pro 3. Is it just me or does that thing look and feel cheap? Hated how it felt in my hands. Definitely too big for a tablet. And the screen doesn't come close to the Tab S. Super Amoled has spoiled me forever.

Sent from my SM-T700
[Galaxy Tab S General] skeeterpro:
Agree. Somehow for me the 8-8.4 size in THE sweet spot for tabs. Got on board with SAMOLED when I bought the original "First" SAMOLED Sammy tab 7.7 a few years back. Got it up to 4.4 (thanks to Civato) and still like to play with it ever so often. Probably will never sell it. :) I read somewhere the 7.7 was the tab that got Apple all riled up at Sammy...lol! But this Tab S is just perfect!
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
I really wanted to like the Surface Pro 3 but it just was so meh to me. Plus if you read the forums it has so many problems. Overheating, throttling, wifi drops, pen drops, touch drops. Just couldn't do it.

Even at the higher resolution the ppi is actually lower than the Surface Pro 2.

Sent from my SM-T700
[Galaxy Tab S General] Y.G.:
The Pro 3 isn't supposed to be compared to tablets like the Tab S. It's supposed to be compared to other ultrabooks and high-end laptops like MacBook Pros and Airs.

That being said, I don't think my Pro 3 feels cheap at all. It has a very, sturdy, premium feel to it.

I've haven't compared the screens since I only have the 8.4 and the Pro 3 is so much bigger. I do love the display on the Tab S though.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Diversion:
I'm probably returning my 8.4.. It's slow in all tasks compared to my iPad Air.. battery life just drains when using it.. it gets hot. Android is still clunky on tablets.. iPads still do everything better in my opinion. If only Apple used this OLED panel on their iPads it would be perfect. .

For being the same price as a iPad Mini I don't see how this is a winner unless you have some aversion to iOS..

I know I must sound like a troll but this Samsung is just slow and choppy/lagging just browsing the web and yes i've tried a stripped, clean, deodexed rom as well which improved it marginally. The choice of a slow Exynos over a 801 Snapdragon is likely a reason, for a "premium" tablet and "premium" pricing Samsung went full derp on the CPU choice.

Most of my above complaints are 90% Android's fault, not Samsung.. If Android actually ran natively to hardware, it might actually smoke iOS in terms of smoothness and speed.

I think Android is far suited better to phones still, even after 3+ years of Android tablet history, it's still a bad experience.
[Galaxy Tab S General] xaznxplaya:
I'm in the market for the Tab S 8.4, after reading this, I'm not too sure anymore. Can anyone confirm? I havent used both device neither.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Mithrandir007:
I don't have any of the issues he's talking about, but I have the Tab S 10.5 (32Gb version) though I doubt they are much different performance wise.

In my case, it's as fast as my wife's iPad 3rd gen, but it has less issues than the iPad which was pissing me off quite often lately..

Battery life should last for weeks if not using it (dropping about 1-2% during the night).

Last time I charged it, it was about 3 days on battery, with a bit over 3 hours screen on time, and there was 72% battery remaining.

For me it's more than enough, I guess some people would need more but I'm ok with it.

Performance is great for me, I haven't had any complains.

Sure, there is sometimes a micro stutter, but they are pretty rare compared to my previous Android tablet.

All in all, it's very nice to use, I'm not thinking about the performance of the device when I'm using it, so I guess that means it's fast enough for me :)

It boots very fast too if turned off, the sound is better than the iPad 3rd gen, and the screen is just in a league of its own, way ahead of the iPad's and other Android tablets.

There are sometimes Android related quirks like on phones (an app that crashes, etc..) but nothing that's really annoying, and it happens rarely.

I guess you should try it out yourself though (if using one in a store, be sure to kill everything first, as it most likely is filled with stuff in RAM) before making a decision.

I am probably a bit biased because I don't like the limitations of iOS to begin with (though I was using my wife's iPad quite a bit more than my Asus Transformer Prime for performance reasons, even if I was pestering about things I couldn't do on iOS when using it ;) ), so I was waiting for a good Android tablet, but my wife actually wants to replace her iPad with a Tab S now.. she keeps using it when I leave it at home instead of her iPad.
[Galaxy Tab S General] xaznxplaya:
Thanks for the feedback. I heard you can sync it to your s5 as well(receiving phone calls, etc... ) ?
[Galaxy Tab S General] blueboy1971:
You can indeed use sidesync with the Tab S and an S5
[Galaxy Tab S General] Mithrandir007:
Indeed, that works fine as well, though I mostly used it to test out the feature, I haven't really had the need to use it, except once when I was too lazy to go get my phone that I forgot upstairs and wanted to check my sms messages ;)
[Galaxy Tab S General] RonH54:
I am been thinking about getting a new tablet hopefully a Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal. I have S4 phone so I love Samsung products but been torn between Surface Pro 3 or the new 10.5 Tab S. After reading few posts here seems a few of you guys been doing same product comparisons. You seem to swaying me to the Tab... :).
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
let's say your going to pay full price or close enough to it.I would get the

"Tab pro" or a Nexus Tablet .this tablet is nice but the chip isn't the best compared to a Snapdragon in my opinion.not a big enough difference in clarity between Amoled and LCD also in my opinion. Oh and the biggest factor and why most of us are on XDA is the overall development
[Galaxy Tab S General] Flyer66:
After selling my 32GB Amazon Fire HD 8.9", I also looked at the MS Surface Pro 3 at BB and was not impressed either! You're right, definitely felt cheap and is more overpriced than the Samsung Tab S. Once I saw the display on the Tab S, I was sold. I bought the 32GB 10.5" Tab S mid July and have not regretted the purchase at all!
[Galaxy Tab S General] xaznxplaya:
Could you compare this one to the Tab 4?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Livebyte:
Surface Pro 3 feels cheap?! :eek: You have got to be kidding me.

If any case, Tab S is the most cheap feeling tablet I've ever touched.

Even cheaper than the Tab Pro series.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
Wow how did you come to find this thread,do you have a Tab S ?

After reading you post I decided to Google the specs of the Surface Pro 3 and it sounds pretty nice .remember now it is the OP's opinion .

Oh and the Amoled screen really isn't that huge of a difference
[Galaxy Tab S General] UpInTheAir:
Then you haven't touched too many "cheap feeling" tablets then. ... :p

Although i do love their concepts,... Lenovo, OMG :eek: Yes, I was given it and haven't touched it since ;)

Maybe the "feeling" is due to it being so bloody thin. For such a thin almost bezel less device, it's quite sturdy. These are some of the advertised features and selling point.

So brings me to the question; if you feel this way, why on earth did you end up buying it?
[Galaxy Tab S General] BarryH_GEG:
All Samsung's high-end tablets pretty much feel the same. At least the designs deliver compact and light form factors. 10" tablet sizes compared...

As for the Surface, the flaw in its design isn't materials; it's how awkward all of its components come together.

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[Galaxy Tab S General] kenkiller:
Just ignore him. He's got a huge hard on for the Tablet S. :D

The Surface Pro 3 is great, especially when you see it as a full fledged laptop running full Windows.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
[MENTION=2165778]kenkiller[/MENTION] [MENTION=4740334]Livebyte[/MENTION]

HUGE HARD ON
[Galaxy Tab S General] BarryH_GEG:
Exactly. And by its lack of sales and MS reviewing its viability not many/enough do. Android fakes productivity a lot better than the Surface fakes consumption. Depending on which is more important determines which is more appropriate in the buyer's eye. After positioning the Surface 1/2 as iPad/Android competitors and failing MS is positioning the 3 against the MacBook Air. Uhm, OK?
[Galaxy Tab S General] apprentice:
Look at my signature and you will see I am a bit of a Sammy Fanboi :) So I think I am pretty experienced when it comes to evaluating their hardware. So my reply to you is this... The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is THE best tablet I have ever owned or used and I do not have the same problems as that guy has stated. My advice is to simply buy one and enjoy it, you won't be disappointed!
[Galaxy Tab S General] DAvid_B:
Surface 3 is hobbled because intel did not deliver the broadwell chip it was designed for. Would have bought it if it had one. Haswell is to hot for the surface 3 chassis.
[Galaxy Tab S General] BarryH_GEG:
Surface 3 is hobbled because it arrived late in a crowded market, it's awkward to use on anything but a flat stable surface (no pun intended), has a dearth of native Modern apps which would benefit consumption (using legacy Windows app is downright painful on an HD display), and high-end tablet sales (even Samsung's and Apple's) are cratering.

From today...

Consumers' appetites for new tablet computers looks to be waning fast.

Following back-to-back quarters of unimpressive tablet shipments, researcher IDC on Friday slashed its 2014 worldwide forecast for tablets and tablet/laptop hybrids, citing an obvious slowdown in demand. IDC said shipments of tablets and hybrids, often called 2-in-1s, will rise 6.5 percent this year to 233.1 million units, well below its prior forecast of 12.1 percent growth.

There are a handful of reasons for sapped demand in tablets. First, most people who want tablets likely already have them. Anyone interested in upgrading often passes down an old model to a friend or relative, which cuts down on demand for the newest products. Also, wireless providers don't generally offer two-year contracts -- and the subsidies that come along -- for tablets, which also reduces interest in upgrading.

However, IDC pointed out that while North America and Western Europe will see flat growth in the tablet market this year, emerging markets are still seeing demand. This trend appears to parallel what's happening in smartphones, where since 2011 emerging markets have accounted for more than 50 percent of annual smartphone shipments, while mature markets are experiencing slower growth.

These trends mean tablet and smartphone makers will have to build up a presence in emerging economies to capture that growth. At the same time, they'll have to live with less profitable sales from those regions, since devices sold into those markets are usually cheaper.

The tablet market could get a shot in the arm next year, when Apple is reportedly going to*start production*of its next*iPad tablet, expected to include a bigger screen. Still, even Apple -- the leader in tablet sales -- has*admitted*demand for tablets has been soft lately.

http://www.cnet.com/news/idc-slashes-forecast-for-tablet-shipments/​

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Here's the latest tablet market share numbers. Acer sold more tablets than MS with probably 1/100th of the advertising budget.

In 2013 MS spent $898M marketing Surface. They generated $853M in Surface sales. Through their 2014 fiscal year MS has lost $1.7B on Surface. They killed the Surface Mini (8") in May before it was released. Satya Nadella's a lot more rational then Steve Balmer ever was. The numbers alone pretty much point to Surface's eventual death. And from the sales numbers few will even notice its departure.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gingerdude:
I have a tab pro 8.4, is it worth to upgrade to the tab s? Is the tab s really that bad for gaming? Especially interested to hear from those who have made this switch. TIA
[Galaxy Tab S General] CyberManiaK:
IMO, it's not worth. In fact you will see a decrease in performance on daily usage I had the tab s 10.5 and pro 8.4, the pro gives a very consistent performance. I returned the tab s. You can see my thread on the q/a forum here on the tab s section.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
I agree without owning the Tab pro simply by overall comparison. The store I had credit with didn't have anymore Tab pro's so I ended up with my Tab S.it is much better with AOSP on it though
[Galaxy Tab S General] gingerdude:
Thanks for the replies guys i think I'll sit out the tab s and wait for the tab s2 ....... so about 3 months or so!! :)
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
Do you have a link to that Tab S2 info
[Galaxy Tab S General] CyberManiaK:
Could be that AOSP fix some issues, but knowing that the exynos variants are not very dev supported and there is only one beta AOSP rom, I didn't want to take the risk to trip knox to "test" a beta rom and see if the inconsistent performance is fixed. Because with knox broken i wouldn't be able to return it.

I trip knox once i know the performance is there even doing basic task like smooth web browsing, which the Tab S IMO doesn't have. With the PRO in stock form there is the "normal" touchwiz lag but it has a consistent performance

Exactly this http://androidandme.com/2014/08/news/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-10-5-performance-benchmarks-vs-reality/ problem is what i have noticed on my ex Tab S and the demo at Sears and Best Buy.
[Galaxy Tab S General] gingerdude:
No it was a joke, but wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
True true "Knox" sucks,

I've been on the AOSP ROM since day one and like all ROMs the updates make it better each time.I haven't run into any issues browsing on any of the browsers I use .I do wish that this Tab S came with the snapdragon though.my Nexus 5 has the snapdragon 800 and its slick

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Damn I thought so cause I googled it and came up with nothing,very funny ?
[Galaxy Tab S General] CyberManiaK:
Agree 100% if there was a snapdragon variant then would be a killer tablet. But as you might know at first the LTE's where supposed to be snapdragon, but Samsung decided not to do it, and until today i haven't read/see about LTE with the snapdragon maybe Samsung is taking advantage of its reputation of the super amoled and stuck there the crappy exynos.. Probably they have a very large stock of the exynos and that's why they killed the tab pro so early, How can we get rid of the exynos? Ohh yeah lets put there a super amoled.. And lets kill the pro lol...
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
I'm sure if they continue to use exynos than the devs will end up doing wonders with it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] CyberManiaK:
Yeah BUT if Samsung is still doing this http://androidfannetwork.com/2013/0...laxy-s4-i9500-is-not-getting-custom-rom-love/. I doubt devs would like to work with exynos. :(
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
I thought it was illegal to hold back the source code on an android.we all have the legal binding agreement in our devices
[Galaxy Tab S General] CyberManiaK:
It's Samsung lol :) they spent more time doing tv ads "making fun" at Apple.
[Galaxy Tab S General] kenkiller:
Remember, this world isn't as perfect as you imagine it to be. :(
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
Oh man and I have a huge imagination to, ?
[Galaxy Tab S General] UpInTheAir:
Supposed to abide by GPL and also support their devices for at least 18 months. Many OEM just choose ignore part of the licence.

Some of their product isn't covered by GPL, such as their closed source binaries, and that means $$patents$$
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
Gotcha
[Galaxy Tab S General] DigiPooch:
I'm in the market for a new Android tablet is well the last iPad I got in still use is the second generation which has been fine but absolutely the limitations of iOS and no external SD support just kill it for me. I used to be in love with Apple products and I still love my MacBook Pro that I use because it doesn't restrict me and I can boot with Windows on it as well which is far different then the iOS constraints placed on their mobile devices. I currently hate Asus because my transformer infinity tab tf700 just crapped the bed and I've had that for maybe a year and a half or two. The performance was not in balance with the battery ever and this thing literally would feel like it would put a hole in your jeans if you started up a game like Fifa or Modern Combat. Not to mention oh yeah probably the only tablet in this century that does not have an accelerometer so forget about those race games . Point being I'm looking for a tablet that will handle gaming and have a decent battery life which I absolutely love that the Samsung seems to have micro usb not some proprietary BS so any carry on external battery pack which I use all the time, should work just fine . I love android now over any platform except I do have a major beef with kit kat and the destruction of writing permissions on external sd . Has there been any major issues not software related, that people are experiencing with the Samsung Galaxy S 8.4? It seems like there is a lot of development support already which is definitely a requirement in purchasing my next tablet . Another reason I'm leaning on this is because I own a Samsung television, I will be upgrading most likely to the s5, and apparently you can control your phone from your tablet and even redirect calls which sounds amazing to me .
[Galaxy Tab S General] CyberManiaK:
I think the Pro 8.4 will better suit your needs, because it has a snapdragon soc, and games are more optimized for that one. you can see this threads regarding some hardware issues about battery on some tab S, http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/8-4-battery-life-results-t2809818 and here with gaming http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2799255 and some hardware problems with the screen http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/help/galaxy-tab-s-backlight-bleeding-problem-t2838337

BTW: the Pro 8.4 also has the side sync feature so you can control the S5 with the tablet.
[Galaxy Tab S General] DigiPooch:
Wow thank you for that info and the links :) This has a drastic impact on my decision , I think you're absolutely right it looks like there's a lot of problems with the new processor and games lagging insanely. It's not like all I do is game or something on it but I know it's extremely important to me in my next android tablet. The display would be great to have but if battery life is being destroyed by either apps or games trying to fully utilize it and not working well with the processors they use , it kind of defeats the purpose . It seems like there isn't going to be a fix or at least a universal fix anytime soon. I mean that would be my assumption with an issue like that , and I really do not have the patience to deal with that on this tablet and wait for things I love to work on it in the future. Thank you again for showing me those posts I was ready to make a very impulsive decision in fact I almost got one tonight lol .
[Galaxy Tab S General] xRevilatioNx:
No lag issues at all with my device (with my games) it's a beast. And the best screen to date. I would try them out in a store before you make your final decision. See it for your self. That old proverbial saying. "the proof is in the pudding" not on a message forum.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jball:
I play Dead Trigger 2 and have zero lag as well,my basis is simply cause it lacks the Snapdragon .Netflix also plays bad ass
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahul1011:
Whenever I try to install any theme, I am getting the error 'auth rejected 406'. How to install these themes?
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaibhavverma2710:
make sure you are installing Miui v5 themes

OR

Post link of the themes.. i will try and tell you the solution...
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
There is a work around in the forums for bypassing the theme requirements. Search it up. It will null their stupid rules on it.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahul1011:
I am trying to install the iron man theme from the forum. It is a v5 theme only.

Tried with other themes also, not being able to install.

Sorry, I am not allowed to post external links here yet.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2623610&page=3
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahul1011:
it is causing a lot of problems..

anyways, I do not want to root my 3 day old phone yet :)
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnabbiswasalsodeep:
Go to local tab

Press menu

Select import from sd card

Select the theme file

Done!

Note that the themes may give authentication error but somehow it got fixed on my mi3 after 1 week (try wipe cache of all and wipe data of themes selector)
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navinshark:
In order to use third party themes we have to register as a developer/theme designer. For that we need to upload our ID's copy as well.

Whenever I tried authentication failure is appearing.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] !nDsP0!7T:
Removed
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] princygupta:
hii I got verification code now what should be done where to fill d code
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] spiritofseth:
hello all

I was just asked how I could set up a single contact for group messaging, for both email and text.

example

I want to text all my managers without entering each name, is there a group send contact or anything that I can set up?

are there any third party applications for this?

Also is this possible with email?

I know that a messaging group can be set up on the domain but how would I do it for a device.

thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaca:
hey guys

i have a Samsung Galaxy S4 GT I9505, with Vodafone from Portugal and i followed all the steps in this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282683 tutorial to unlock my smartphone.

i can do all steps untill the last, and when i do NV rebuild the phone pops a window saying "ERROR" and reboots.

the phone isnt unlock, i tryed a diferente chip and says its still locked and my original Vodafone chip now says that "Not Registered On Network" when i try to make a call.

have i dont anything wrong?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAX 404:
Hi

What rom version you have installed? that used to work in the first generation of s4 , 4.2.2 , unless you are in 4.2.2 i do not think it will work
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
I think you could try these steps:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54379909&postcount=1242
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaca:
it worked, tnks a lot...it gave me eroor in the end again but when i rebooted the phone was unlocked... yay :D