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[G2 General] NicoC72:
It depends on what it available in your country. Get the best phone your budget for a new phone allows for. Check the XDA section for the phone to make sure it is still being developed for and has no major issues.

Like here in the US, I can pick up a G2 D802 (not the best example, as none of the carriers here sell them) for $200-300 at the moment, depending on what condition you want it in. I paid $400 for a new one a year ago. An international G3 goes for $300-500, again depending on the condition. Swappa has used Tmobile G2's for around $250, Tmobile G3's for $350-380.

The G2 is still a viable phone though. Don't let it's age foul you, it was ahead of the competition when it came out. The Galaxy S4 and HTC One M7 only had Snapdragon 600's The Moto X had a SoC similar to the one on the Nexus 4! The Snapdragon 801 used on last gen phones wasn't a huge jump from the 800 in the G2. Rather it smoothed some things out and was more power efficient. The G2 can offset this with it's larger than normal 3000mAh stacked battery.
[G2 General] yoavp10:
Thanks guys, I ordered the g2 for a bit less than 300 euros via amazon (and with a little bit of luck, the local costumes won't charge me abd I'll get a 46 eur refund :)).

I just hope that i wont have any problems with the official lollipop as some people had (mostly battary life).

Thanks you all!
[G2 General] Masteryates:
Well done on your purchase. Dont worry about Lollipop. If its not for you, 4.4.2 20H is really good. At least with this phone you have the choice to go back. :victory:

Coming from the Nexus 4 you are going to think you are seeing things when looking at your battery stats. ;)
[G2 General] yoavp10:
Coming from nexus 4, I don't know what battery means :)
[G2 General] tiguy99:
G2 is still the best bang for buck phone you can buy...even with its issues.

There's nothing that compares to it in its class.

It like buying a 650whp Supra in mint condition for 2 grand.
[G2 General] MikeD23:
I'm really hopeful that LG combined all the advantages of G2 and G3 without the negative points in new G4.

But right now there is truly no better phone than G2 for the prize. I still would prefer it because most of the new phones are too big but have no bigger screens. You've made a good choice.
[G2 General] igos2:
I bought a brand new G2 for less than 300€, d802 32g, received it 3 days ago, and I can say it's a really grezt phone, I prefere it to my other galaxy s5, the display is great.

I updated it to lollipop 30a and it's awsome. But I can't say if the battery is good compared to kk cause I did not used it.
[G2 General] gummybear00:
G2 is still a good phone and only $200 in the US. It has a great screen at 1080p. Battery is great at 3000mAh, more than the new Galaxy S6 and most other phones, except phablets. The CPU, 2gb ram can run most modern software for the next year or two.

I don't find the G3 or G4 to be much of an upgrade. The bigger screen makes it half way to a phablet and the higher resolution only drains the battery faster and lags the CPU. 1080p is more than good enough. My 23" monitor is 1080p!
[G2 General] Cst79:
The G2 is still a truly great smartphone. Since the Lollipop update the speed has greatly improved (at least for me), camera quality is also noticeably better, navigation buttons can hide increasing the usable screen area. Form factor is the largest one could reasonably fit in the pocket. I could afford more expensive smartphones but I can't find a match for it right now. Hopefully LG will release a smaller screen G4 sometime in the future. But still I can't see any reason to upgrade.
[G2 General] Ace42:
The battery in a new G2 will not necessarily have its full capacity if 3K mAh anymore. Chances are that the internal battery has lost power even if they have been cooped up in some warehouse.

A G4 will likely have a 3K battery but with 1440P & S808 instead of 810. It should also have G-RAM like the G2, improving the battery life during idle activities such as reading a website.

Snapdragon 810 & the Exynos in the S6 both have 64bit+A57/53 with powerful GPUs too. They can handle 2K resolutions just fine, even in games. The real issue is bloat because they tend to add so many things that bog down the experience. After removing bloat from my G2 it even ran better.

And Android has had hardware acceleration since ICS, so the UI is partially rendered by the GPU...The G3 had the G2's GPU which caused it to perform worse in similar use cases.

I think the speed is somewhat worse. Try restoring the JB tot & you'll see how the G2 really flew back during launch. Right now I'm back on JB until the G4 releases.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adawi:
hi gents

in short i have problem every time i call the name is not displayed or in the log.

this happens when i updated to official ZHUHOC3 GT-I9505

PLZ your help required
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] JoeVulture:
This is more of an informative/warning post to those who are considering purchasing the Garmin Mobile 20 GPS unit.

I've been a big Garmin fan since I owned an iQue3600, which was a Palm PDA that contained a GPS antenna and software. It worked quite well, but I recently migrated to a Cingular 8525 to get the convergence device.

The Mobile 20, unfortunately, suffers from the problems described in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=277742&page=1

Essentially, the Mobile 20 advertises the fact that it can charge your cell phone while using the GPS function, using it's passthrough cable. While I know that it will charge with a T-Mobile SDA (a Windows Smartphone), it does not charge the TyTN/Hermes, even though the Cingular 8525 is listed as a compatible phone. (Note that the GPS software does run on a TyTN, and runs well.)

The trick of connecting pins 4 and 5 on the mini-USB end of the cable does not work, I tried that today. So, sadly, the only solution at the moment is to not use the Mobile 20 to charge the phone, but use a second charger.

I am hoping that Garmin can fix this issue, but I am not holding my breath. In the meantime, I am content enough to use a secondary car charger.

-- Joe
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narunekogi:
So I have a Z3 Dual D6633 and I love it to death, upgraded to Lollipop (not rooted) when I heard there was going to be a move to SD card function. Oh boy was I wrong, it doesn't move to your external SD card but your internal SD card which literally sucks. Anyways,

I'm following this forum:

http://xdaforums.com/z3/general/d6603-5-0-2-flashable-stock-23-1-0-690-t3056361

and as far as I know, I need to root, flash and all that good stuff when it's in Kitkat then upgrade to Lollipop by a Flash and pre-rooted Lollipop. Now the question I have is very simple.

My phone is a Z3 D6633 bought from Hong Kong. I want the language Japanese on it (I'm Japanese) but I recently moved to Sweden and use their SIM-card. So far, I can only find the RU version of a pre-rooted Lollipop. Does it matter what kind of pre-rooted Lollipop I get? Will I be able to make normal phone calls, SMS, MMS and all the normal functions just + with rooting. Also, if there's a way to move apps, games, movies or photos while functioning to my External SD card without actually rooting the device, please teach me how.

Regards,

P.S. I was going to follow this post for upgrade:

http://xdaforums.com/z3/general/d6603-5-0-2-flashable-stock-23-1-0-690-t3056361
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diazlol:
What is it exactly you want to do?

As far as I know the version of pre-rooted lollipop is irrelevant to being able to send messages and stuff.

Currently without root there are very few apps capable of doing this, supposedly FileKommander is one of them.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narunekogi:
Just simply want to root my phone but since there are only Russian and UK Lollipop's (that I could find). I'm wondering if it'll be stuck in that language and so on. I have File Commander on my device but I never tried using it. I guess there was no simple "Move app to SD" function so I guess I will have to move the entire folder and see if I can still run the app then. I do not want to have to root my phone just because I can't move apps to my External SD if possible.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheTeslaCoil:
There is also a Baltic Generic, and other versions. Look harder.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
The CM 12.1 ROM for jfltevzw is golden except for the compass. This compass has been an issue for over an year now. I am starting a bounty to try to get this fixed. I will include some relevant informational post quotes below.

Rajones19 summarized the state of the compass on CM for jfltevzw

AntaresOne says the compass works in his CM 12.0 nightlies for jfltexx and expects it to work on jfltevzw but it did not work when I tried his 'optimized CM 12 ROM' which is compatible with all jflte variants

Contributions-

phonedawg - $50

vanberge - $25

FernBch -$25

Please PM me if you wish to contribute
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rajones19:
I am not going to be a contributor here, because I finally dumped the S4 and moved on. But I would be very curious to know if the compass on AntaresOne's build is actually 100% working, or if it just appears to work after a cursory test with Smart Compass. The real error shows up when you start using other 3rd party apps that rely on the magnetic sensor for directional information. I am not doubting AntaresOne, nor casting doubt on his work - I used his ROMs for quite sometime, and they were stellar in every other way. For everybody's sake, I do hope they get it fixed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
Tens of users say it works. I am almost certain it works. There might be a limitation in the jfltevzw phone that is causing the compass to not work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vanberge:
Put me down for 25. PayPal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
Thanks. Added your contribution.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I can do $25, too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
Thanks. Added your contribution
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
AntaresOne provided the following zips - Can anyone please try these and let me know if the compass works. I tried these but had no luck.

first flash this: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=96042739161891216 reboot and test compass

if no luck,, flash this: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=96042739161891217 and repeat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jbats:
As far as I can tell, compass works on my du 5.1 builds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I have flashed the above files. Each flashed started with a cache & davlik cache wipe.

The sensor hubs seemed like it wanted to work for about 2 seconds then the compass would not lock on a direction solidly. Third party apps report it as being 180 off. Calibrating the compass had no effect.

The S4 fix behaved the same as the usual.

Flashing both also did not work.

I also checked the sensors after each flash (used Advanced Sensor Tester). Each sensor has three color bars associated with it. I can see movement on the magnetic and gyroscope sensor on all three bars when moving the S4 around in various positions.

The orientation sensor shows movement on bars 2 & 3 when moving the S4 around. Bar number 1 only shows movement around the area that would be represented by 180 to 270 degrees (when facing north). Hope it makes sense, I don't know how else to describe it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
Thanks a lot. We will soon have more zips to test.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AntaresOne:
jfltetmo? it works in my jfltexx too (cm-12.0/cm-12.1)

jfltevzw is the unique variant with this issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
I had issues with GPS and compass too. Flashing back to stock KitKat, enabling Location > Device Only, entering Maps, waiting for lock, and then immediately powering the phone off while GPS is locked, and reflashing root and recovery and then flashing custom ROM fixed all my issues. Compass is accurate, GPS is accurate. Has anyone attempted to do it this way? It should be noted that I am using the SPH-L720T Sprint tri-band edition (jfltespr) but my compass and GPS work absolutely flawlessly on DU 5.1 unofficial build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Is the compass correct with third party apps? The issue with jfltevzw (SCH-I545) is the compass orientation is usually 180 degrees off. The other issue that seems to affect us is the compass is only correct when moving (orientation is set by GPS). When stationary and even when walking the compass orientation is quite inaccurate.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Triscuit:
I might as well chime in on this. I am running jfltevzw and I used to have issues on early builds of lollipop with my GPS not locking at all. Flashing back to either stock ROM or a aosp/cm KitKat build and then reflashing lollipop would fix the GPS for a while but the issue would return after flashing a new nightly. One of the developers over at Vanir found that it was the lollipop GPS blobs causing the issue. Once he started to build with the old KitKat blobs the issue was gone. I hope this helps you guys out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rajones19:
You are talking about the GPS. This thread is about the Compass. Not the same thing. While some have had trouble with the GPS (I was lucky, it always worked for me), the compass is an entirely different sensor, an entirely different problem, and no published fix for GPS that I ever read had any effect whatsoever on the compass.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
My compass is accurate in every app I have used to test it (just installed a couple different compass apps to test). Not off by any amount, especially 180 degrees.

EDIT: and before you ask, my location was OFF during the tests.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Yes, but your device is NOT the Verizon SCH-I545. The compass issue only seems to affect us. If you have one from Sprint, AT&T, or any other carrier it seems to work properly.

This is the last comment that I am aware of from our maintainer regarding the compass. It comes from post 135 of the CM12.0 thread

What needs to happen is the difference between us and them needs to be determined so maybe it can be figured out why it doesn't work properly for us. I may be way off here but I am curious if maybe one of the other sensors may be influencing the problem, too. I have seen some screwiness with the gyroscope as well (using advanced sensor tester).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
Relax with the caps lock dude, I was just letting you know what I did to my S4, that had the same issue, that fixed it. If you don't want to try it, good for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
But I have tried it. And I did not mean to offend here.

I have gone as far using Odin to return to bone stock, reroot, recovery, etc. and the issue returns.

If anyone using the VZW variant has tried this and had success, I'm all ears. Maybe I missed something?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I have decided to post this little tidbit of info.

*** Please Note ***

This thread is about the Verizon Wireless variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 aka the SCH-I545 Only. If you have the SGS4 and are on Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, an International Carrier, etc. Please do not comment as it only clouds our search for a solution. While many users of the GS4 who run CyanogenMod do have a properly functioning compass we do not. Do Not confuse this with GPS. GPS is working for us.

Allow me to re-quote rajones' explanation below:

The last time the compass worked correctly for me was on CM11 M9, build 08/04, using Faux123's kernel - faux123-018u. Compass was working on CM10, broken on CM11 unless you replaced the kernel. Functionally was permanently broken when the change was made that disallowed 3rd party kernels in August of last year. I still have that kernel, if it would be of help to you.

The compass appears to work when you are moving, since the GPS actually provides directional data when in motion. When you are standing still, relying on the magnetic sensor for directional data, that is when the problem begins. Compass apps like GPS Status and Toolbox report compass headings in any number of directions, none of which are correct. The directional data provided to other apps that access the compass - the geocaching app, for example, or any of the astronomy apps like Google Sky, is always 180 degrees off. If this was ever fixed, I would be the happiest man in southeast Michigan :)

In any case, thanks for all you do. It is much appreciated.

**End Quote**

There is something different about the Verizon variant that is causing this issue and we are on a quest to figure out why. Who knows, maybe Big Red is behind it, wouldn't be the first time they have pulled some BS like this. The feeling for us is something changed either in the firmware, the kernel, or both.

If you know of a third party kernel or some other piece of info post it up. Any help or valid info is greatly appreciated.

If you can look deep into our kernel and figure out what isn't right and maybe fix it we urgently request your assistance.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
Are you sayng that bone stock TW also has the compass issue? When was the last time you tried bone stock? I flashed a TW stock 4.4.2 ROM yesterday and had no luck with the compass which was surprising.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I am unaware of any compass issues on stock TW 4.4.2. Haven't ran stock since about 10 min after taking mine out of the box as I immediately made the change to Cyanogenmod. The main intent of my above post was to try and explain that the thread was only talking about the VZE GS4 running CM12 hoping to limit the users of other variants commenting on how we have not tried something, or done this, etc because their compass works. The last time the compass worked correctly for me was under the same conditions as rajones.

I do, however, remember reading about compass issues when Sammy released 4.4. There were articles on Android Police and a few other places about it saying something about a problem with that firmware. GPS Status and Toolbox also commented about it on their G+ page while they tried to find a solution to it breaking their app.

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Edit:

Went I Odined back to stock, rerooted, etc it was to the MDK firmware that I have the tar file for.

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Edit 2:

I am no developer but I am very curious as to what is different between the Verizon GS4 and all the others and why their compass works and ours doesn't.

That is unless I misunderstand things and don't know what I'm talking about....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
I tried this stock TW 4.4.2 ROM and surprisingly the compass was broken in it too. It is not that I do not know how to calibrate and use the compass - it works fine in my Nexus 6.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I know how to use one too so I understand your frustration. When I'm sitting in my Jeep and it's built in compass says I'm facing east but my phone's compass says west it's pretty much self explanatory.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
Finally got the compass working using this faux kernel and this this CM 11 M9 ROM . Rajones19 was absolutely right.

This information and this code can help AntaresOne help us. I should have tested and then provided him this code earlier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Outstanding!!

Still have a nandroid of that combo. It's what I restore when I do an activity that absolutely needs the compass to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rajones19:
Would I lie? [emoji1]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
I dont remember the last time this compass worked. It was unbelievable to see it work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Legitsu:
I know it works on kitpop 1.3 safestrap using the stock NC6 Kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] invisiblek:
Someone try this please: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/96448/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!! THANKS

I tried it in CM12.1 with AntaresOne's help. He zipped it for me.

Here is the zip for others to test - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952592860

I am returning my Nexus 6!!!!! Can we paypal the bounty to dan.pasanen@gmail.com ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] invisiblek:
If you really feel you must, then yes. If you donate to a local charity I'd be just as happy :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AntaresOne:
[MENTION=2385005]invisiblek[/MENTION] well done mate, awesome as always!! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
This is a bounty and we must. I just paypal'ed my contribution. Thanks a lot for your selfless work maintaining the CM jfltevzw ROM all these years. I hope we have many more years of a golden jfltevzw CM ROM on latest android.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I agree, we started a bounty and it should be paid as we stated. Can someone PM me the info so I can pay my share please. It will be Thursday this week before I can do it, though.

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BTW, I have also tested it. It works!!!!!!!!

Thank You invisiblek!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
Check my earlier post in this thread. It lists invisiblek's paypal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Saw it after I asked. Thanks!

Guess I need new glasses. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Bounty payment sent, Thank You!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vytorhugo:
When it will be repaired in i9505?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AntaresOne:
Currently working on
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vytorhugo:
Compass doesn't give correct readings with the last build. I tried to flash "jfltevzw-CompassFix-REV11.zip" but stay on boot loops. I guess is not for my phone model. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AntaresOne:
I fixed jfltexx compass, but I need a jfltevzw guy now. I don't want to fix one and break another, hehe. Please PM me

EDIT: jfltexx and jfltevzw share the same board revision (11) but for some reason their compass is soldered differently, therefore the parameter to indicate compass calibration is not the same.

Unfortunately if vzw's is working xx's can't work at the same time, unless (in short) there are two different kernels which will be flashed dependly on the variant, this means that for a jfltexx build the board-jf_eur must be used, for a jfltevzw the board-jf_vzw which must be called from a different defconfig... The idea for now is this (at least for me), I can't ensure what will become reality
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I have both zips that invisiblek posted for us jfltevzw users to test and I can backup the kernel if it would help.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gkostic_bass:
Not much to find about this sound issue with Mi3. Help, anyone?
[Java for Android App Development] hadarszostak:
Hi there,

I'm developing an app that calculates an algorithm at the background. Since the application starts, till it ends.

This is a tracking algorithm (with now further explanation about the algorithm operation principles).

So the background task need to be calculated at all screens on the app regardless of user actions on app, clicks, wifi communication messages (already done on app) , everything needs to be done while the algorithm is running at the background.

Is it an AsyncTask ?

If not what else?

The application is running and the algorithm is being calculated at a specific screen now, i want to make it a background process with no respect to current application screen.

An example will be appreciated

P.S- Further developing , do not need to be discussed if not needed right now:

1. The next stage is to insert an indication (virtual bulb) that change between to states depends on algorithm result each time.

2. The algorithm is getting data from USB device attached to the phone as the phone is the host using FTDI chip.
[Java for Android App Development] dbcooperXDA:
Seems like running the algorithm in a classic Service could be a way to go.