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I am a longtime android user, own all nexus devices, etc.
My brother is thinking about making the jump from iPhone to an sgs3, should he stay on touchwiz or should I help him get a stable ROM on there? Maybe AOKP jellybean?
Suggestions and opinions/experiences appreciated.
I'd say stock for a bit then later aokp. Let him get a taste of both worlds...
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Agree. Flashing a frequently updated ROM might be a bit much for an iPhone user, and touchwiz is friendly enough!
I'd say stock w/ either Apex/Nova launcher
I say let him run stock, maybe if he wants a luncher on top of it, but if coming from iOS I would let him run TW fully there are some really cool features in TW that he will enjoy so much .
I say run stock for a few months, or until he is throughly annoyed by touch wiz. Then start flashing. Let him get used to how Android works, the menus, eyv before throwing custom stuff at him. If he doesn't know how it's SUPPOSED to work, he won't know when it DOESN'T work on a custom.
Personal opinion but no god awful touchwiz...and with the USSD bug goin around even more reason for me to never ever reccommend anyone use it
You say you have all the Nexus devices, so I'm assuming that means the Galaxy Nexus? How about letting him use your Nexus and you get an S3? That way he can get used to pure Android without having to root.
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Personal opinion but no god awful touchwiz...and with the USSD bug goin around even more reason for me to never ever reccommend anyone use it
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There is no bug, Samsung fixed it long before it was made public and current versions of the stock firmware don't have it
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That depends whether he uses Wi-Fi or not. If he does then AOSP/AOKP ROM's will not work for him.
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That depends whether he uses Wi-Fi or not. If he does then AOSP/AOKP ROM's will not work for him.
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Maybe I'm missing something but, are you implying wifi doesn't work on aosp roms?
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That depends whether he uses Wi-Fi or not. If he does then AOSP/AOKP ROM's will not work for him.
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LOL What? WiFi works fine...
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corythug said:
Maybe I'm missing something but, are you implying wifi doesn't work on aosp roms?
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Not that it completely does not work. It works for awhile. And then disconnects.
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Not that it completely does not work. It works for awhile. And then disconnects.
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No it doesn't.
crash822 said:
No it doesn't.
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Lucky you.
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Lucky you.
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Go into advance settings for WiFi on aosp/aokp and uncheck the box for don't use weak signal. Problem solved.
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miztaken1312 said:
Go into advance settings for WiFi on aosp/aokp and uncheck the box for don't use weak signal. Problem solved.
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Also make sure to uncheck the box that turns wifi off when screen is off.
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Go into advance settings for WiFi on aosp/aokp and uncheck the box for don't use weak signal. Problem solved.
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Also make sure to uncheck the box that turns wifi off when screen is off.
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Tried both settings many times. Never helped. On Ariel 2.7 (and I suspect on the latest OTA as well) WiFi just works and never drops.
Aren't alot of features that come on the GSIII tied into TW? I haven't switched to AOKP on this phone but ran it on my GSII. There are things you have to give up by going AOKP or CM.
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Aren't alot of features that come on the GSIII tied into TW? I haven't switched to AOKP on this phone but ran it on my GSII. There are things you have to give up by going AOKP or CM.
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Like crap battery life, 26 hrs plus on AOKP. Lol. There are TW features that are missing (certain camera features come to mind). But to the point of the OP, if you haven't used TW much, you won't miss them. Yes, AOKP/CM10 are updated frequently, but you don't have to update unless you want to. If the build you are on is stable, battery life is great and you're happy, don't update. I flash every update, my wife is on an early August build. For a person new to the S3, I would stay stock for a month (30 day return policy). If they're happy, leave it alone. If the battery sucks, root it, load Titanium Backup, and kill all the S-crap and carrier bloat. It should be a learning process, done in steps. Android is fun and there are so many options, which (to me) is why it is better than IOS. Too many people rush into custom ROM's without acquiring the basic knowledge of how Android works.
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Hi , I'm currently using Lg g2x
and it seems like this phone is a good option for me right now.
i have a few question for the phone.
1. How are the driver and development support for this phone? ( both from samsung and devs)
my g2x is a pain right now because LG did not release enough drivers and we have no fully working ICS/JB and developments are dying....
2. Are there screen burn in problems?? (This was the major reason why I tried to avoid AMOLED phones)
3. what is your general opinion?
Thank you
This phone and the dev support kicks ass. I had no qualms about keeping this through the S3 cycle, and every time I think I want to upgrade, I'm reminded that this phone does everything I want it to do.
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Ex-G2X user here. By all means, go for it if you have a bargain! This is a sweet phone, so stable compare to the G2X.
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Dev support is killer!! You'd be crazy to not switch to an S2 or S3.
Im an ex g2x user also and I'd totally make the switch if i were u also
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How are the burn-in problems?? Is it a major issue?? That's the only factor that's keeping me away from buying the phone
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How are the burn-in problems?? Is it a major issue?? That's the only factor that's keeping me away from buying the phone
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Never heard about that happen on this phone
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id say if you can switch phones and keep the g2x make the jump that's still a good phone if you ask me i dont get rid of my phones i love to have back ups and stay in tune with the development just in case something comes up and it looks tasty flash it !! lol
Thank you all for respoding back to me
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I'll take a thanks lol
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X g2xers unite. Yay baby!
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YUP
well I just got my SII X from koodo today, seems like a great device.
Just gonna wait 14 days for the warranty, and I will jump straight into custom roms.
stock seems bit choppy?? oh well just 13 more days(gonna be a long time)
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well I just got my SII X from koodo today, seems like a great device.
Just gonna wait 14 days for the warranty, and I will jump straight into custom roms.
stock seems bit choppy?? oh well just 13 more days(gonna be a long time)
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Good for you! Welcome to the team!
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Oh I was reading development thread and I saw that some ROMS need to flash radio? and I read about people flashing radio file. (ULV..etc)
What is it? is it necessary? are there ROMS requiring specific radios? Thanks!
jnhsd0319 said:
Oh I was reading development thread and I saw that some ROMS need to flash radio? and I read about people flashing radio file. (ULV..etc)
What is it? is it necessary? are there ROMS requiring specific radios? Thanks!
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I'm in Canada as well(however with Wind Mobile) and so far the stock koodo or Telus radio suits the best(most reliable, no data drops, etc). You may try different radios from the thread below to see if any of those works better for you with your provider. The stock koodo is there too if you wanna go back to that.
Radios in general affect the mobile signal, data connection and wifi signal. On a side note, the Telus Jellybean release is just around the corner for our device (April), we will see how is the bundled radio performs once it drops.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
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DupleX01 said:
I'm in Canada as well(however with Wind Mobile) and so far the stock koodo or Telus radio suits the best(most reliable, no data drops, etc). You may try different radios from the thread below to see if any of those works better for you with your provider. The stock koodo is there too if you wanna go back to that.
Radios in general affect the mobile signal, data connection and wifi signal. On a side note, the Telus Jellybean release is just around the corner for our device (April), we will see how is the bundled radio performs once it drops.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
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so it's only for people with bad signal or weak wifi after flashing roms?? Thanks for the info!
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so it's only for people with bad signal or weak wifi after flashing roms?? Thanks for the info!
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Flashing a custom rom(unless stated otherwise by the rom developer) won't touch your radio. So in theory your signal and other radio characteristics will remain the same. However based on the feedback in the radio thread some radio performs better for some user depending on their location(most of them are US based Tmobile customer). So it's about trial and error, try them and see if you have better results with different ones (signal, ping, download/upload, voice quality, battery life).
For Wind mobile here in my location (Ottawa) the koodo radio is the champ.
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This happened back in Febuary and went away. Now it has started up again. Everything runs fine and I can make calls. But when someone tries to call nothing happens until a voicemail shows up.
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Can you give us some info? Is your device stock? Is it rooted? What Android version are you running and are you on a custom rom? If you can, post a picture of your About Phone page so we can see versions and firmwares please
With those questions answered we can take a look and see why you're not receiving your calls. There are a few reasons this could be happening, ranging from data toggles to APN settings. Without knowing what I'm working with, I can only speculate. When noticing these missed calls are you on a particular data network? 4G LTE through AT&T will momentarily disconnect and run on 3g while a call is implemented, then return to LTE 2-3 seconds after the call has ended. Maybe you have an option to prefer LTE and it's not disconnecting the data to allow the call? This may only occur on a custom rom though. Check your APN settings under APN type and make sure things like default,supl,mms are there.
If you're on a stock rom with stock recovery, you may want to consider backing up your data and performing a factory reset. This may not help at all though.
If you know what you're doing, and have root on a custom rom, then chances are you know how to flash a new radio (modem) and may want to research ones available to you and try flashing one of those. (NOTE: Be sure you know what you're doing before flashing anything, and remember to flash a radio (modem) twice for good measure. - MAKE SURE the modem is compatible with your phone model and your rom.
Mine does this every now and then. I assumed it is a network thing, but it may not be.
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Can you give us some info? Is your device stock? Is it rooted? What Android version are you running and are you on a custom rom? If you can, post a picture of your About Phone page so we can see versions and firmwares please
With those questions answered we can take a look and see why you're not receiving your calls. There are a few reasons this could be happening, ranging from data toggles to APN settings. Without knowing what I'm working with, I can only speculate. When noticing these missed calls are you on a particular data network? 4G LTE through AT&T will momentarily disconnect and run on 3g while a call is implemented, then return to LTE 2-3 seconds after the call has ended. Maybe you have an option to prefer LTE and it's not disconnecting the data to allow the call? This may only occur on a custom rom though. Check your APN settings under APN type and make sure things like default,supl,mms are there.
If you're on a stock rom with stock recovery, you may want to consider backing up your data and performing a factory reset. This may not help at all though.
If you know what you're doing, and have root on a custom rom, then chances are you know how to flash a new radio (modem) and may want to research ones available to you and try flashing one of those. (NOTE: Be sure you know what you're doing before flashing anything, and remember to flash a radio (modem) twice for good measure. - MAKE SURE the modem is compatible with your phone model and your rom.
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I'm rooted running Wicked Sensations
V 3.1 with TWRP 2.3.1
I have flashed the modem updates as they had been put out.
On Android version 4.1.2
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metalfan78 said:
Mine does this every now and then. I assumed it is a network thing, but it may not be.
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It maybe, just trying to figure it out. The first time it went off and on for 2 weeks. Now it was most yesterday and so far this morning
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This happened to me back in February and it was a network issue on sprints end. I called and they took care of it.
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mongo41 said:
This happened to me back in February and it was a network issue on sprints end. I called and they took care of it.
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That is when it happened the first time for me also...and for a few days got 2 different stories. It started up again yesterday, I thought that I would post on here about it. I have come to a pretty safe conclusion that people on here know more about these phones than the people at Sprint. And I am thinking it is a network issue again...it has been ringing like it should this afternoon.
Area code 336? That's in NC, and where I live. Seven of my coworkers have switched from Sprint due to issues with the network. It is a local issue here though, and in Sprint's defense, they are trying hard to fix the issues. (I'm not knocking anyone or any carrier
If we are sure this is a network issue, it may be best to contact Sprint and ask if they have had others complaining about the same problem.
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I'm rooted running Wicked Sensations
V 3.1 with TWRP 2.3.1
I have flashed the modem updates as they had been put out.
On Android version 4.1.2
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Might wanna edit out your username, phone # and MIN there pimpin
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I like to break stuff!
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I'm rooted running Wicked Sensations
V 3.1 with TWRP 2.3.1
I have flashed the modem updates as they had been put out.
On Android version 4.1.2
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I know who I'm calling at 4am!
SPRINT GS3 FAQ
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Might wanna edit out your username, phone # and MIN there pimpin
☆SoA: Son's of Android™☆
I like to break stuff!
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You right...bad move on my part. What happens when you try to do 3 things at 1 time.
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I searched and didn't find anything. So my problem is I have a stock i317. I randomly lose service. Sometimes it's just data, I'll have 3 or 4 bars but no data. Other times it is everything just the no service symbol. I usually turn airplane mode on and off and everything comes back. Any idea what the problem could be ? I just updated ota to ucamh3. Hoping that would solve the problem but there is no change.
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Some devices had internal antenna issues that required a repair /replacement ....
If a stock rom is used and the device has been factory wiped ...but you still get antenna issues ...
The device may have a problem ..
It's not uncommon ...
And if the device is truly stock and no tampering has occurred ...then the odds of a hardware issue certainly go up...g
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Thanx for the reply. Is that something I can fix myself ? If so, a link to a guide
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Thanx for the reply. Is that something I can fix myself ? If so, a link to a guide
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I found what works with my phone is a quick smack to the thing. On the side or the back Im not sure I hit it a few times. Then it goes from not being able to find a network to having full signal strength. Im not hitting it hard enough to hurt it. I hope this continues to work for me.
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Upon further testing smacking it does not seem to make a difference. We are on Straight talks BYOP sim plan using AT&T towers. My wifes skyrocket does it sometimes and has Cyanogenmod Rom. And my note2 I just got and immediately flashed with Pac Man Rom does it a lot. Cyanogenmod Rom has some of Pac Man rom built in it hmm. My skyrocket never does it and it is still stock 2.3.6. Im thinking of doing a nandroid backup of my hard work setting up my Note2 and then flashing back to stock to see if it still does it. Or try to see if it only does it on a low charge. Or only wail plugged it. Or flashing a different radio, or different modem or baseband how ever you are supposed to say it.
Right now my Note2 is on baseband I317UCAMCE.
My working Skyrocket I727UCLD2.
Wifes Skyrocket I727UCLL3
Yea i have tried different roms now. It was official.tried a couple diff roms. Just did the new leak and sll having same problem.
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Device issue most likely ..
And many have repaired it themselves ...g
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I hope to repair myself. Can't really find anything from phone. Going to try searching from pc tomorrow.
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I hope to repair myself. Can't really find anything from phone. Going to try searching from pc tomorrow.
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Hi Sid,
Having similar issue and not finding much info. please reply if you have discovered anything (as will I) Cheers !
simplesid242002 said:
I hope to repair myself. Can't really find anything from phone. Going to try searching from pc tomorrow.
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[RIL] AT&T I-317 UCALK7/UCAMC3 RIL Update Packages Collection CWM/TWRP Compatible
What is RIL:
RIL is like a driver for the modem, it allows Android to talk to it.
What the hell, worth a shot.
Easy fix. Set the SE LINUX to permissive. Can be done in withe x pose setting using Wanam or down loaf the SE LINUX changer app. If you have any questions I can walk you through it.
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See my screen shots below.
The first is in Wanam.
The second is the se linux changer app. Both will fix the problem.
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No Mobile Network
ShrekOpher said:
Easy fix. Set the SE LINUX to permissive. Can be done in withe x pose setting using Wanam or down loaf the SE LINUX changer app. If you have any questions I can walk you through it.
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Iam having a very similar issue with my Note 2(sgh-1317).
If you could please walk me through this. Permissive and Enforced are both greyed out using WanamSELinuxModeChanger. It is rooted(CF-AUTO-ROOT), os IS 4.3, IMEI under battery matches IMEI as listed under [SettingsAbout Device/Status] as well as that listed using Android System Info from play store. Radio is "UNKNOWN", KNOX status empty
This is the 4th phone, all note 2s, that I've had "No Mobile Network" issues with since I originally got this device last Christmas(2012).
the 1st 3 were replaced under warranty by AT&T. But now I'm on Straighttalk and rooted and the issue remains.There is an iPhone 4S in the house, also on Straighttalk, that has no network connection issues at all. I have verified APNs etc etc and am at a total loss.
Any help is much MUCH appreciated.
thanks
ok so here is my issue, I am unable to receive phone calls while on cellular signal. How ever when I use a wifi signal and wifi calling it works fine.
My phone is the TMobile Samsung S II running Jedi Mind Tricks v7.
Can someone help?
Thanks in advance
falldownpioneer said:
ok so here is my issue, I am unable to receive phone calls while on cellular signal. How ever when I use a wifi signal and wifi calling it works fine.
My phone is the TMobile Samsung S II running Jedi Mind Tricks v7.
Can someone help?
Thanks in advance
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What radio are you using?
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What radio are you using?
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I am a total noob at this were do I look that Up? or is it something I need to install?
I am able to make calls while on cell, along with send/receive texts and get on the web. if that helps at all...
thanks again
Can make calls but not receive them? Oh. Try to google the issue. I'm stumped. Lol
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Can make calls but not receive them? Oh. Try to google the issue. I'm stumped. Lol
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I tried, nothing that is close. most are "reset to factory" solutions
Im thinking of installing a different rom that may work, suggestions?
I don't like to suggest roms.... I say try them all. Lol Everyone has different needs and tastes.... So it's pointless to give my opinion.
But yes... Flashing a new rom should fix it. Just make sure to read the opening post for instructions.... Carefully. Reading through the last however many pages of the thread is always a smart idea also. You'll find out about bugs and stuff, and see what folks at saying about it.
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I am having the same problem using radio UVMC6 I am not a noob been flashing since G1 Ive tried Slim bean roms several different Cyanogens stock everything still same issue. I can get rid of it for a day or 2 then it comes right back
Bump! Anyone ? Still having issues,rooted stock same radio and same problem as above