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Hercules VS GT-I9100

Today I Traded my wifes old MyTouch 4G for a GT-I9100 (The Real GS2) Unbranded and Unlocked. I Installed CWM & Rooted it. I installed VillanRom 3.0 and ran some Quadrants to see what this thing could do. I started off with 1.4GHz ondemand with SetCpu and first score was 3950 lol. The second one I bumped it to 1.6GHz and thru down 4750 Then it rebooted itself on the third, But I mean Damn this thing is fast.
To bad I can only get EDGE with it or I would keep it. This is going to make one happy AT&T user!! Craigslist or Ebay it goes soon, but I do want to play with it a few days. lol
Our T-Mobile Variant does'nt stand a chance against this Beast. LMAO

Where the heck did you trade for a gt9100?!

cashyftw said:
Where the heck did you trade for a gt9100?!
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I had my Wifes MyTouch for sale on Craigslist for $225 Modded to the max. This guy text me and asked me if I could root his GT-I9100 because he could only pick up the EDGE Network. I told him that phone is the international version and he would not get 3 much less 4G. He asked if I would trade for it, I told him sure no problem that it would make me a great Dev Phone. we met and did the EVEN trade. Lol The I9100 is like new. Haha

let the flames begin

Teo032 said:
let the flames begin
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Be Courteous Teo...

You got an excellent deal my friend! I thought the international would get 4g though?
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vabeach454 said:
Today I Traded my wifes old MyTouch 4G for a GT-I9100 (The Real GS2) Unbranded and Unlocked. I Installed CWM & Rooted it. I installed VillanRom 3.0 and ran some Quadrants to see what this thing could do. I started off with 1.4GHz ondemand with SetCpu and first score was 3950 lol. The second one I bumped it to 1.6GHz and thru down 4750 Then it rebooted itself on the third, But I mean Damn this thing is fast.
To bad I can only get EDGE with it or I would keep it. This is going to make one happy AT&T user!! Craigslist or Ebay it goes soon, but I do want to play with it a few days. lol
Our T-Mobile Variant does'nt stand a chance against this Beast. LMAO
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One its a god damn phone. They all run the same with enough tweaks and optimization. Two its a got damn benchmark. Quandrant means nothing which can be easily faked. Three I guess you lack confidence in real life somewhere to feel good about a benchmark.
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jasontx said:
You got an excellent deal my friend! I thought the international would get 4g though?
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I wish it would, but I have been on the I9100 forums most of the day and everyone says it does'nt support 1700MHz or 2100MHz (Our 3g and 4g) but it does support AT&T HSPA+.

Killbynature said:
One its a god damn phone. They all run the same with enough tweaks and optimization. Two its a got damn benchmark. Quandrant means nothing which can be easily faked. Three I guess you lack confidence in real life somewhere to feel good about a benchmark.
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If you dont have anything good to say... Shut the **** Up!! Dont you realize that some processors are better than others?? Retard!!

vabeach454 said:
Be Courteous Teo...
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lol, see it as a considerate warning
vabeach454 said:
If you dont have anything good to say... Shut the **** Up!! Dont you realize that some processors are better than others?? Retard!!
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whoa whoa whoa, watch the language, no need for name calling, but yeah you should expect replies like this especially since you are in the hercules forum... But yeah you shouldn't rely on benchmarks much.
awesome deal though

vabeach454 said:
If you dont have anything good to say... Shut the **** Up!!
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You made a flame bait thread and then you do not even want to hear the truth. Before you tell people to stfu you should learn not to start a flame thread. You can't even have normal conversation without calling someone a retard. It be different if it was a nice comparison between the actual two devices. I would of left this thread alone.
Then you start by showing how big you feel on the Internet. The difference between two products is hardly night and day. Not like I can't run android apps because I don't have a exynos chipset. My phone still makes calls and still does literally and what the other variants can do. Unless the other variants with the exynos chipset grants me the ability to fly then there is no difference.
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Teo032 said:
lol, see it as a considerate warning
whoa whoa whoa, watch the language, no need for name calling, but yeah you should expect replies like this especially since you are in the hercules forum... But yeah you shouldn't rely on benchmarks much.
awesome deal though
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Sorry for the cursing, but here he chimes in with GD Phone and quite frankly pissed me off. No I dont Rely on Benchmarks, but it is what it is. There were no shady mods done to boost #s. I own both phones and should be able to tell wich is faster. Clearly the processors on the GT-I9100 will Smoke Our T-Mobile US Versions.

Killbynature said:
You made a flame bait thread and then you do not even want to hear the truth. Before you tell people to stfu you should learn not to start a flame thread. You can't even have normal conversation without calling someone a retard. It be different if it was a nice comparison between the actual two devices. I would of left this thread alone.
Then you start by showing how big you feel on the Internet. The difference between two products is hardly night and day. Not like I can't run android apps because I don't have a exynos chipset. My phone still makes calls and still does literally and what the other variants can do. Unless the other variants with the exynos chipset grants me the ability to fly then there is no difference.
Ok... Maybee your right. I did not mean to start a flame war, but mearly piont out what I had picked up and my experience with it.
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vabeach454 said:
Sorry for the cursing, but here he chimes in with GD Phone and quite frankly pissed me off. No I dont Rely on Benchmarks, but it is what it is. There were no shady mods done to boost #s. I own both phones and should be able to tell wich is faster. Clearly the processors on the GT-I9100 will Smoke Our T-Mobile US Versions.
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lol, yeah i noticed you own both phones based on your devices, but this could be a better opener lol. You can actually do comparisons and stuff not just benchmarks... good luck with the thread.

vabeach454 said:
Sorry for the cursing, but here he chimes in with GD Phone and quite frankly pissed me off. No I dont Rely on Benchmarks, but it is what it is. There were no shady mods done to boost #s. I own both phones and should be able to tell wich is faster. Clearly the processors on the GT-I9100 will Smoke Our T-Mobile US Versions.
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I wouldn't even test both phones unless they are the same playing field. Both running cm 7 or 9. Both have different kernel optimizations.
A flag ship device with the same internals which has had tons of tweaks and optimization. For at least year compared to Samsung which probably work on this device for the most at less than three months.
Forgive me for coming off rude. But in all reality you can't compare these two devices unless everything is put on the table on a fair ground. All phones are different just because the does the best benchmarks does that mean anything no it doesn't. People have the galaxy s2 but are still selling their phone for ics and a galaxy nexus. As I see it now it not a difference maybe in the far distance like a year or two future processors will matter.
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Killbynature said:
I wouldn't even test both phones unless they are the same playing field. Both running cm 7 or 9. Both have different kernel optimizations.
A flag ship device with the same internals which has had tons of tweaks and optimization. For at least year compared to Samsung which probably work on this device for the most at less than three months.
Forgive me for coming off rude. But in all reality you can't compare these two devices unless everything is put on the table on a fair ground. All phones are different just because the does the best benchmarks does that mean anything no it doesn't. People have the galaxy s2 but are still selling their phone for ics and a galaxy nexus. As I see it now it not a difference maybe in the far distance like a year or two future processors will matter.
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I agree and I would'nt trade my T-MO GS2 for it. It will be up for sale on Craigslist Very Soon. I guess your right and I got caught up in some Quadrant #s. lol

GT-I900 HANDS DOWN NO CONTEST, Specifically in graphics performance
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vabeach454 said:
I agree and I would'nt trade my T-MO GS2 for it. It will be up for sale on Craigslist Very Soon. I guess your right and I got caught up in some Quadrant #s. lol
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Yeah I apologize again all I see is why isn't ics here yet and vs threads. They start to annoy me. Cause the threads get made every day with the same questions.
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I loved my i9 but because I had to switch to T-Mobile, I needed our t989
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From what I seen the original Samsung Galaxy s2. Started at 2.3.1. Gingerbread and. Pretty much Samsung start optimizing till 2.3.7 which was a year. They also have advantage of having an international phone which brings developers from around the world to work together and optimized each other's stuff. When you have dozens of people tweaking the same things they start to get refine. Then performance starts to show.
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Check out this tethering warning on T-Mobile

Solved/workaround found! I cleared my cookies and cache (first time since getting the phone in November
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Anybody else getting this when trying to pull up the desktop version of a website? I called customer support and politely explained what I was experiencing and I was told (that she was posting this on the T-Mobile forum) she'd get back to me on Thursday.
Workaround, perhaps?
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That's weird. I always tether and I have never seen that.
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I've heard of others having this happen, but I haven't experienced this myself. What data plan are you on? I wonder if that is a factor? I'm on the $30 Walmart plan.

Ulver said:
That's weird. I always tether and I have never seen that.
I wasn't even tethering! I was just trying to pull up desktop sites instead of mobile.
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I've heard of others having this happen, but I haven't experienced this myself. What data plan are you on? I wonder if that is a factor? I'm on the $30 Walmart plan.
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I'm on a family plan with 5 GB "unlimited data"
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I've replied to every one of these threads it seems. Do just a little research here.
T-Mobile "catches tethering" by filtering UAstring (user agent strings). Problem is, people can have desktop UAstrings on the phone, because they request desktop sites or use 3rd party browsers that only use desktop UAstrings.
Basically theres not much you can do (some things work for some people, no solution worked for me). You can call in and ***** about it but in my experience I wasn't able to get anyone to tell me anything they either literally had no idea what I was talking about, or refused to tell me anything.
In 14 months of T-Mobile service I've only had this happen 1 time, and it was for about 2 weeks then it stopped.
Good Luck.

OP, do you ever tether? If so, how much data do you typically transmit?

canca14 said:
OP, do you ever tether? If so, how much data do you typically transmit?
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It literally has nothing to do with you tethering. You can never turn on tethering and still get that message. They are only filtering UAstrings.

I just started having this problem today, and I spoke at length with a tmo tech who really couldn't help me much, said I needed to talk to Samsung (lol!) And unfortunately the cache/cookie clearing didn't help me at all. I think I'm going to call TMo back again...
UPDATE: Ticket has been submitted to the TMo engineers, so hopefully this will get fixed permanently at their end. This tech was much more helpful and actually listened when I told him was was obviously going on with the UA string filtering, etc. This sucks though...

I know this has nothing to do with tethering but it first showed up after I downloaded a massive file from tethering.
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joeski27 said:
UPDATE: Ticket has been submitted to the TMo engineers, so hopefully this will get fixed permanently at their end. This tech was much more helpful and actually listened when I told him was was obviously going on with the UA string filtering, etc. This sucks though...
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Good luck. My ticket got "submitted to engineers" with an assurance that I'd hear back in 3-5 days and I never got a call back.

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I actually talked to someone in customer support and they seemed to understand that I was not tethering, just trying to access a desktop site. She got back to me with sorry don't know what I can but give me a couple days .
She actually got me on the phone with an engineer who kept asking me about the UAstring. Finally, I had to get into an in depth conversation about ICS and why the UAString is irrelevant. I think it hit home with him and he said they're working on a solution. He promised to keep me in the loop, let's see how that goes.
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BlazinGTI said:
I actually talked to someone in customer support and they seemed to understand that I was not tethering, just trying to access a desktop site. She got back to me with sorry don't know what I can but give me a couple days .
She actually got me on the phone with an engineer who kept asking me about the UAstring. Finally, I had to get into an in depth conversation about ICS and why the UAString is irrelevant. I think it hit home with him and he said they're working on a solution. He promised to keep me in the loop, let's see how that goes.
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Hey thanks for posting your update. I also feel fairly confident that I conveyed the idea that TMo is erroneously using the detection of a desktop UA string as a means of detecting tethering users, and that users of all the best new phones (like the GNex) only ever use the desktop UA as these phones with their big displays and Flash capabilities have rendered the mobile site versions useless. So clearly its on them to sort it out ASAP, otherwise they are going to have thousands and thousands of really pissed off smartphone users.
BTW I'm giving them til Monday afternoon to return my call at which point I'm going to start calling tech support every day and really be up their butt about it. Plus it just so happens that I'm now no longer under contract with them, so I'll let them know if they can't sort it out quickly I'll take my business elsewhere.
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By the way to the OP, might we be able to change the title of the thread to something like "Tmobile using desktop UA to detect tethering, block full websites?" just hoping that anyone and everyone who might be experiencing this to be able to easily spot this thread and know exactly what it is about so that they can chime in with their info or experience.
And actually it would be nice if Android Police or Droid Life picked up on this and posted a story.... perhaps a couple of emails might be in order this evening

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And actually it would be nice if Android Police or Droid Life picked up on this and posted a story.... perhaps a couple of emails might be in order this evening
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Ya it'd be nice but this has been going on for a very very long time. You're not the first one to call and ***** at them about this.

martonikaj said:
Ya it'd be nice but this has been going on for a very very long time. You're not the first one to call and ***** at them about this.
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Well I just sent email tips to both AP and DL, and linked to this thread so that they can see the screengrabs, etc.
As for the *****ing, I may not be the first to call them about it, but I promise you I can be a bigger pain in the ass about it than pretty much anyone. I'll call and have a ticket processed every day if I have to! The other odd thing that I can't figure out is, I'd been running my Nexus One for over 2 years and now my GN for the last 3 months (on desktop UA for every day of it) and only this morning did I encounter this for the first time. I just wonder, why now all of a sudden? Makes no sense.

A 0001 PRL story...

For those of you who often wonder about the implications of using the Verizon PRL and struggle with poor Sprint service, here is a little story.
I finally got my warning letter after using 0001 for about 4 or 5 months. What surprised me is that I also got a courteous call in which a Sprint rep reminded me of Sprint's roaming policies.
I kindly pointed out that I barely have any data or voice service at my home, which is essentially true. The rep verified my claim, and actually offered me a contract termination without fees as an OPTION. I took the offer, and I am now an ATT SGSII owner. I have full service at my home, and often see dl speeds of 4-8 mbps in my general area on their HSPA+ network.
And so in the end, if you are a Sprint customer struggling with poor service...I really have to recommend using 0001.

boolboo said:
For those of you who often wonder about the implications of using the Verizon PRL and struggle with poor Sprint service, here is a little story.
I finally got my warning letter after using 0001 for about 4 or 5 months. What surprised me is that I also got a courteous call in which a Sprint rep reminded me of Sprint's roaming policies.
I kindly pointed out that I barely have any data or voice service at my home, which is essentially true. The rep verified my claim, and actually offered me a contract termination without fees as an OPTION. I took the offer, and I am now an ATT SGSII owner. I have full service at my home, and often see dl speeds of 4-8 mbps in my general area on their HSPA+ network.
And so in the end, if you are a Sprint customer struggling with poor service...I really have to recommend using 0001.
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I get about 20-25 Mbps up and down with my wifi. And the ping is something like 30ms.
Can your ATT beat that?

I use 1115 so I'll roam when I need it. I don't think I'd last long on a tiered plan without getting dinged with $500 bill sometime. Especially since ATT likes to encourage you to consume data more than usual. Its not like im downloading ROMs or watching movies when I'm out and about.
They could have sent you a airave, problem solved.

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I get about 20-25 Mbps up and down with my wifi. And the ping is something like 30ms.
Can your ATT beat that?
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This wasn't a "ha-ha" sort of post. Just sharing a personal experience. Does your wifi reach outside of your house?
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I use 1115 so I'll roam when I need it. I don't think I'd last long on a tiered plan without getting dinged with $500 bill sometime. Especially since ATT likes to encourage you to consume data more than usual. Its not like im downloading ROMs or watching movies when I'm out and about.
They could have sent you a airave, problem solved.
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Im scared of brain tumors. Doesnt the airave give you those? hahaha

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I get about 20-25 Mbps up and down with my wifi. And the ping is something like 30ms.
Can your ATT beat that?
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this is a stupid response because 1) he obviously doesn't care about how fast his data speed is INSIDE his house where he is most likely using his computer connected to broadband internet anyways; 2) any idiot could've assumed he cares more about data speeds when he's out and about with friends; 3) even if he didn't have broadband internet at home and was tethering his phone data, then all the MORE reason to use ATT instead of Sprint.
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nabbed said:
I get about 20-25 Mbps up and down with my wifi. And the ping is something like 30ms.
Can your ATT beat that?
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Is there a reason you compared wifi speeds to AT&T network speeds besides to be an ass?
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boolboo said:
This wasn't a "ha-ha" sort of post. Just sharing a personal experience.
Im scared of brain tumors. Doesnt the airave give you those? hahaha
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i have a airave that goes out all the time my internet at home is 30down 10up and sprint sucks in my house unless my airave works which it works at times. I want out
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eao1991 said:
Is there a reason you compared wifi speeds to AT&T network speeds besides to be an ass?
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because intelligence is overrated.

How do you like the AT&T SGS2 compared to the E4GT? I switched to AT&T because of their data speeds and am trying out the iPhone 4S right now, still have 2 weeks to decide which phone I want to go with. I might just keep this thing and buy a used SGS2 off craigslist and switch between the two depending on mood.

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How do you like the AT&T SGS2 compared to the E4GT? I switched to AT&T because of their data speeds and am trying out the iPhone 4S right now, still have 2 weeks to decide which phone I want to go with. I might just keep this thing and buy a used SGS2 off craigslist and switch between the two depending on mood.
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Its fine, a lateral move really. I miss the notification light though. The slightly smaller screen is a toss up. Word has it that ICS will be hitting the ATT SGSII Q1 2012. How do you like the Iphone right now? I almost thought of getting it, but the SGSII is such an awesome device.

Aside from a couple minor (and one MAJOR) complaints, I like it quite a bit. I really thought I was going to hate it, my original intention was to only keep it for a couple weeks and then swap it out for an SGS2 but it has really grown on me. My only real complaint is about Siri. It sucks. I used to use voice commands all the time on android and I feel like that ability is all but lost. Aside from that, I really like the simplicity of iOS, games on it are bad ass (save for the small screen), and the phone itself is beautifully designed and built.

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Aside from a couple minor (and one MAJOR) complaints, I like it quite a bit. I really thought I was going to hate it, my original intention was to only keep it for a couple weeks and then swap it out for an SGS2 but it has really grown on me. My only real complaint is about Siri. It sucks. I used to use voice commands all the time on android and I feel like that ability is all but lost. Aside from that, I really like the simplicity of iOS, games on it are bad ass (save for the small screen), and the phone itself is beautifully designed and built.
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Just don't drop it. EVER. I sell these things and I will toss my ET4G to demo the gorilla glass for customers all the time.

Good stuff boolboo.... cant wait for the e4gt

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Aside from a couple minor (and one MAJOR) complaints, I like it quite a bit. I really thought I was going to hate it, my original intention was to only keep it for a couple weeks and then swap it out for an SGS2 but it has really grown on me. My only real complaint is about Siri. It sucks. I used to use voice commands all the time on android and I feel like that ability is all but lost. Aside from that, I really like the simplicity of iOS, games on it are bad ass (save for the small screen), and the phone itself is beautifully designed and built.
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Do you miss the larger screen at all?
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boolboo said:
Do you miss the larger screen at all?
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For some things. While the games on iOS are FAR superior to those on Android, playing them on such a tiny screen sucks, to be frank. I'll play MC3 on this thing and then play it on my E4GT and it does make me question what the hell I'm doing by switching phones. Internet browsing too just isn't the same. That said, it is nice to not have to do any type of finger acrobatics to reach every corner of the screen. And everything else is great. I thought texting was going to be a problem too but it isn't, the iOS keyboard I'm sorry to say is FAR better than any keyboard I've tried on Android. It's fast and accurate and the autocorrect isn't nearly as bad (or as funny) as all the screencaps floating around would lead us to believe.

_MetalHead_ said:
For some things. While the games on iOS are FAR superior to those on Android, playing them on such a tiny screen sucks, to be frank. I'll play MC3 on this thing and then play it on my E4GT and it does make me question what the hell I'm doing by switching phones. Internet browsing too just isn't the same. That said, it is nice to not have to do any type of finger acrobatics to reach every corner of the screen. And everything else is great. I thought texting was going to be a problem too but it isn't, the iOS keyboard I'm sorry to say is FAR better than any keyboard I've tried on Android. It's fast and accurate and the autocorrect isn't nearly as bad (or as funny) as all the screencaps floating around would lead us to believe.
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I have to agree on the iOS keyboard, best one I have ever used.
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JasonK75 said:
I have to agree on the iOS keyboard, best one I have ever used.
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so true.
i came from iPhone to E4GT and one thing... i mean one and only thing i missed from iphone was the keyboard.

How snappy Is the AT&T version compared to ours?
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My wife has the Skyrocket on the grandfathered plan & her data speeds kick my phones ass.

boolboo said:
Its fine, a lateral move really. I miss the notification light though. The slightly smaller screen is a toss up. Word has it that ICS will be hitting the ATT SGSII Q1 2012. How do you like the Iphone right now? I almost thought of getting it, but the SGSII is such an awesome device.
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Why didnt you get the skyrocket?
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[Q] Is there a way to Force Roaming on the Samsung Epic?

Hey there all, I just got my Samsung Epic set up on Sprint again the other day and came back to the reality that Sprint's network does have holes in it in places. I downloaded a PRL that allows roaming on Verizon with EvDo data, but I'd like to be able to force roaming on demand when needed without using that other Verizon only PRL (I don't carry a computer and USB cable around everywhere in my pocket anyway). I've also tried version 1.6 and 2 of "RoamControl" and it is not working, for me anyway on any PRL I've tried so far, Legendary ROM version 2.1 or 2.2, or the latest version of the Samurai Kernel.
I saw somewhere there was a really complicated tweak you could do with the Evo that would just put the "roam only" option back in the regular network selection menu where it's supposed to be, but I haven't heard or seen of that working on a Samsung.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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OP is wasting people's time
Negative reply? Does that mean Roam Control doesn't achieve your goal? If not then say so. Responding with the post url for your OP and absolutely no feedback is just stupid.

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Negative reply? Does that mean Roam Control doesn't achieve your goal? If not then say so. Responding with the post url for your OP and absolutely no feedback is just stupid.
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Calm down there dude, it was just a joke. It was a joke because in my opening post, I already stated that roam control doesn't work, and your post was a hasty reply that consisted of a lonely link to a thread promoting roam control.
I've also tried version 1.6 and 2 of "RoamControl" and it is not working, for me anyway on any PRL I've tried so far, Legendary ROM version 2.1 or 2.2, or the latest version of the Samurai Kernel.
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kainppc6700 said:
Calm down there dude, it was just a joke. It was a joke because in my opening post, I already stated that roam control doesn't work, and your post was a hasty reply that consisted of a lonely link to a thread promoting roam control.
[quoteI've also tried version 1.6 and 2 of "RoamControl" and it is not working, for me anyway on any PRL I've tried so far, Legendary ROM version 2.1 or 2.2, or the latest version of the Samurai Kernel.
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Roam control works fine if you actually pay for it and do not pirate
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Roam control works fine if you actually pay for it and do not pirate
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I'd really like to avoid paying for functionality that should be present in the software. I'll just stick with the free working version, but since that apparently does not work, we need to find an ALTERNATIVE to Roam control beside putting a different PRL on (I don't know about you, but I don't carry a computer or even a USB cable in my pocket that much).
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I'm not going to pay money for functionality that should be present in the software. I'll just stick with the free working version, but since that apparently does not work, we need to find an ALTERNATIVE to Roam control beside putting a different PRL on (I don't know about you, but I don't carry a computer or even a USB cable in my pocket that much).
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Support the hard work of the devs, it's not their fault manufactures don't know how to make a phone to everyone's personal preference. Because of some awesome developer there is usually a app that'll fix things. Case in point I payed for roam control and use it w/ no problems.
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Agreed. I got paid version of roam control and it is worth every penny.
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kainppc6700 said:
Calm down there dude, it was just a joke. It was a joke because in my opening post, I already stated that roam control doesn't work, and your post was a hasty reply that consisted of a lonely link to a thread promoting roam control.
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I was very calm when typing my response. I simply stated my issue with your response to my suggested link.
I read your OP and saw what you quoted from it. I figured you were pirating Roam Control when you said it didn't work. If you don't wish to purchase the application, then that is fine. The link was provided because it is the easiest solution to your question.
The link I shared wasn't a promotional thread for Roam Control. It was an information thread at the time when Roam Control was in limbo on the Market. (As you can see/read in that thread's OP with the update edits)
At the moment it looks as if you have 4 choices remaining:
1. Buy a license for Roam Control.
2. Use CM or AOKP (assuming they offer forced roaming options in their vast array of settings)
3. Keep searching.
4. Give up.

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Love having the ability to force roam when I'm at work in a dead spot for sprint. Also the roam control widget works great as well.
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Roam control works fine if you actually pay for it and do not pirate
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I'm pretty sure the developers got it figured out. From what I've been reading, version 1.4 works for most people. Do you have a copy of it? Why would the free version not work?
Speedin07si said:
Support the hard work of the devs, it's not their fault manufactures don't know how to make a phone to everyone's personal preference. Because of some awesome developer there is usually a app that'll fix things. Case in point I payed for roam control and use it w/ no problems.
Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
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I tried roam control too and it didn't work. I need to find a solution that does work.
Anyone! Any suggestions beside "Roam control"?
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2. Use CM or AOKP (assuming they offer forced roaming options in their vast array of settings)
3. Keep searching.
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Isn't option 2 a set of ROMs though? I already have what is possibly the best available ROM for the Epic - Legendary.
I've actually been doing a lot of searching too. Somebody found a complicated mod of a certain file on the Evo, but I'd like confirmation that it works on the Epic before I go in there and wreck something (I'm really leary of the whole process altogether).
Apart from those, I need the help of the community.
Any ideas?
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kainppc6700 said:
I'm pretty sure the developers got it figured out. From what I've been reading, version 1.4 works for most people. Do you have a copy of it? Why would the free version not work?
I tried the pirated roam control too and it didn't work. I need to find a solution that does work without paying for it.
Anyone! Any suggestions beside "Roam control"?
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There fixed your statement. Short answer You must pay to play or develop you own app. At least until a rom has this capability that works. I know CM7 and CM9 have the options but they currently don't work . Who knows when or if they ever will.
As far as you question "why won't the free one work" ... well there is no free one. The download is free but you have to purchase the license a one time $3.99.
http://www.roamctrl.com/download/
Clearly states will not work without a valid license.
Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.

Most roms will help with that
Most of the replies here work it out, some with the dreaded roamcontrol app, some within the custom rom itself if you go that route. Good luck!

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Most of the replies here work it out, some with the dreaded roamcontrol app, some within the custom rom itself if you go that route. Good luck!
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I was hoping for a fee solution, so in reality, I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know aside from the fact that people have had limited success with the free version of Roam control.
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There fixed your statement. Short answer You must pay to play or develop you own app. At least until a rom has this capability that works. I know CM7 and CM9 have the options but they currently don't work . Who knows when or if they ever will.
As far as you question "why won't the free one work" ... well there is no free one. The download is free but you have to purchase the license a one time $3.99.
http://www.roamctrl.com/download/
Clearly states will not work without a valid license.
Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
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Well, that's not entirely true. There was a free version on Mobilism for a while, but they stopped developing it. I'll try the paid version though.
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Why do people complain so much about spending $4 on an app? That's a gallon of gas. Just take one less trip to the store. If you are that broke then don't buy feature phones damnit.

Dude. Roam Control is cheap. Are you really complaining that an app that you pirated does not work... I purchased it and it fully works. There is no free version as it is a payed app. The developer of the app has spent more than $4 of his time to make the app. You do not just say "I have an idea for this app" and have it just appear. It takes alot of hard work and time to make an app... buy it or do not complain.
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Roam Control doesn't always work
Hey all.
Just a heads up, but roam control doesn't always work... even if you buy it. I have an Epic 4G and bought the app with no luck. Yes the app does what it's supposed to do, it puts the phone in roam only mode. That's great, but here's the catch, for samsung phones, they only roam in 800mhz mode. Some parts of the US are 1900mhz only. This leaves the phone with no signal at all. Happened to me with the full paid app v 2.2.0.
Read the FAQ at roamctrl.com if you don't believe me.
Also found this blog where someone found a way to force roaming without changing PRL. Looks like you still need a pc and usb cable though.
http://mikescloset.blogspot.com/2011/10/force-roaming-on-samsung-epic-4g.html

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marcusant said:
Dude. Roam Control is cheap. Are you really complaining that an app that you pirated does not work... I purchased it and it fully works.
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He must be.
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Why do people complain so much about spending $4 on an app? That's a gallon of gas. Just take one less trip to the store. If you are that broke then don't buy feature phones damnit.
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I don't know.
Why do some people complain about random things in a thread they haven't read?
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Hey all.
Just a heads up, but roam control doesn't always work... even if you buy it. I have an Epic 4G and bought the app with no luck. Yes the app does what it's supposed to do, it puts the phone in roam only mode. That's great, but here's the catch, for samsung phones, they only roam in 800mhz mode. Some parts of the US are 1900mhz only. This leaves the phone with no signal at all. Happened to me with the full paid app v 2.2.0.
Read the FAQ at roamctrl.com if you don't believe me.
Also found this blog where someone found a way to force roaming without changing PRL. Looks like you still need a pc and usb cable though.
http://mikescloset.blogspot.com/2011/10/force-roaming-on-samsung-epic-4g.html
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Interesting. I was always under the impression that Sprint was exclusively 1900Mhz and that Verizon was almost all in that 800whatever Mhz band.
The post is very interesting though, I wonder if there is a way to do that right on the device itself.
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Is sprint blocking torrents now?

I have been trying various torrent apps and none of them seem to work anymore. Is it just me/my phone, my service area, or did sprint block all torrents from getting through?
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I think Sprint might have. But I have no issue when I tether my phone to my computer
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lol no sprint does not block downloading torrents, I average 30gb a month using phone/tether I would know =)
all torrent apps work but i recommend using aTorrent it always seems to work.

They're definitely blocking torrents now. Especially if you are using closed websites. If you are using open websites vuze connects after a few restarts but forget about utorrent. You can try downloading the openoffice torrent to try it and you will get the closed connection by peer error (or something like that) on utorrent and the socketexception error on vuze which mean they are indeed blocking traffic.
edit: btw Im talking about torrents while tethering, I have not tried it with a client app on the phone itself.

I torrent all day long using native usb tether with Utorrent or any other program/app, please guy your spreading false rumours...sprint is NOT blocking torrenting
btw I have that torrent downloading just fine usb tethered to my laptop.

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I have been trying various torrent apps and none of them seem to work anymore. Is it just me/my phone, my service area, or did sprint block all torrents from getting through?
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Delete the sprint proxy using ##3282# in the dial app

that was one of the first things I did, and it seemed to help for about a half an hour, then the connections got crappy again. I have since deleted the torrent I was trying to get and started a different one. it completed with no problems. I am also being told by sprint that my area is going through network vision upgrades. so I'm guessing that is the likely culprit

Have you tried orbot app or DROID vpn? Orbot is a little slower but it worked when I had the problem before I deleted the sprint proxy
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For some reason it seems that TouchWiz ROMs are fine about downloading torrents but the AOSP based ROMs are not... /hmm

Still having this issue? I am. Sometimes it will work if I pause and unpause the download but that's rare. VPNs don't work either
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Delete the sprint proxy using ##3282# in the dial app
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Ok I dialed the number. Now what? Is there a risk? Will it void my warranty?

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Nope. Works just fine for me. I use tTorrent.
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SGSIIIJB said:
I torrent all day long using native usb tether with Utorrent or any other program/app, please guy your spreading false rumours...sprint is NOT blocking torrenting
btw I have that torrent downloading just fine usb tethered to my laptop.
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Dude he is NOT spreading rumors, they are doing it to me too. ALSO There is a link of Sprint straight up admitting that they block peer2peer traffic
Just Google Sprint Blocking Torrents, It'll be the first link that leads to the Sprint Message Board (I can't post links yet)
SprintCare:
"Peer-to-peer sharing directly violates Sprint's terms and conditions. This includes the use of file-sharing sites such as Bittorrent, Ares, Gnutella, eDonkey and PP Live. Sprint has begun blocking these sites proactively. Thank you for your patience and understanding."

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Dude he is NOT spreading rumors, they are doing it to me too. ALSO There is a link of Sprint straight up admitting that they block peer2peer traffic
Just Google Sprint Blocking Torrents, It'll be the first link that leads to the Sprint Message Board (I can't post links yet)
SprintCare:
"Peer-to-peer sharing directly violates Sprint's terms and conditions. This includes the use of file-sharing sites such as Bittorrent, Ares, Gnutella, eDonkey and PP Live. Sprint has begun blocking these sites proactively. Thank you for your patience and understanding."
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As Ive posted time and time again... Sprint does NOT block any type of downloading nor does it monitor when, where, why, what your downloading. My GS3 is my primary ISP I torrent HUGE files up to 7GB all day long! highest month usage was in the 60GB range with no issues. I pay for my unlimited data and I use it to the FULLEST.
Sprint does NOT block any type of downloading/torrenting, please stop spreading false rumors.

SGSIIIJB said:
As Ive posted time and time again... Sprint does NOT block any type of downloading nor does it monitor when, where, why, what your downloading. My GS3 is my primary ISP I torrent HUGE files up to 7GB all day long! highest month usage was in the 60GB range with no issues. I pay for my unlimited data and I use it to the FULLEST.
Sprint does NOT block any type of downloading/torrenting, please stop spreading false rumors.
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I'm guessing you didn't bother doing the research I've provided you. It's too much reading for you I suppose.
It's great for you that it works for you and I have a Galaxy S4 with unlimited data as well. On my phone, bittorrent DOES in fact work, and I do several gigs a month as well. My point with this is that just because something doesn't apply to you, it doesn't mean it's not an issue. That's a very narrow-minded and immature way to look at the world.
My wifi from sprint however does not work, on any of my devices (7 in total between computers, tablets, and phones) nor on my neighbors computer (so it's not just me).
PLUS THEY FREAKING ADMIT TO DOING IT! I don't get why this isn't enough evidence for you considering they don't hide the fact.
Using a VPN I can get by the block and make it work, so it's not an issue for me anymore. For anyone else out there with this issue you can try using a VPN or I've heard enabling encryption on your torrent client will work too.
I hope this helps those who are having this issue.

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I'm guessing you didn't bother doing the research I've provided you. It's too much reading for you I suppose.
It's great for you that it works for you and I have a Galaxy S4 with unlimited data as well. On my phone, bittorrent DOES in fact work, and I do several gigs a month as well. My point with this is that just because something doesn't apply to you, it doesn't mean it's not an issue. That's a very narrow-minded and immature way to look at the world.
My wifi from sprint however does not work, on any of my devices (7 in total between computers, tablets, and phones) nor on my neighbors computer (so it's not just me).
PLUS THEY FREAKING ADMIT TO DOING IT! I don't get why this isn't enough evidence for you considering they don't hide the fact.
Using a VPN I can get by the block and make it work, so it's not an issue for me anymore. For anyone else out there with this issue you can try using a VPN or I've heard enabling encryption on your torrent client will work too.
I hope this helps those who are having this issue.
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Guy, this is real simple... If Sprint was blocking torrneting/downloading/w/e u want to call it; It would effect ALL of US customers not just you, Short answer Sprint does NOT block any torrneting/tethered/Hotspot/again w/e u want to call it; downloading.

Maybe it's just their partners.... in central VA we don't have sprint towers we use ntelos towers, everyone I know who has sprint or boost mobile can't torrent with out a vpn like torgard...
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SGSIIIJB said:
Guy, this is real simple... If Sprint was blocking torrneting/downloading/w/e u want to call it; It would effect ALL of US customers not just you, Short answer Sprint does NOT block any torrneting/tethered/Hotspot/again w/e u want to call it; downloading.
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If you had done any research on the statements made by Sprint themselves (Which your ignorance and ineptitude clearly have shown that you didn't) you would know that they only block or throttle certain ports known to be used for torrenting, and only in certain locations at the moment. AGAIN This is ALL COMING FROM SPRINT! This is why using vpns to port forward seems to work. Other people have had the exact same issue, and have also heard from Sprint that this is in their T and C. I made it really easy for you understand and gather the information for yourself only because it's a benefit to others to have this info. However I don't really like dealing with idiots so if you still don't get it after this, then I will just give up. I will continue posting this info on here and on other boards and forums to spread the word.
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Maybe it's just their partners.... in central VA we don't have sprint towers we use ntelos towers, everyone I know who has sprint or boost mobile can't torrent with out a vpn like torgard...
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blastboi, thank you for you contribution. You and your friends are not alone in this experience. Maybe SGSIIIJB will see that he is not the only person in the world and that just because he doesn't experience a problem, it doesn't mean that others don't experience it. I really appreciate your help.
Edit: Reading more and more I am finding so much stuff that confirms this and I'm finding that most ISP's are throttling p2p in some way.

SGSIIIJB said:
As Ive posted time and time again... Sprint does NOT block any type of downloading nor does it monitor when, where, why, what your downloading. My GS3 is my primary ISP I torrent HUGE files up to 7GB all day long! highest month usage was in the 60GB range with no issues. I pay for my unlimited data and I use it to the FULLEST.
Sprint does NOT block any type of downloading/torrenting, please stop spreading false rumors.
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https://community.sprint.com/baw/message/756219
I'm in Portland, OR and I can't download torrents anymore. Tethered to my PC or from my native client. Sprint is doing something.