Okay,
I think being blunt is the only way. I think this might stop stupid questions about ROM OTA's
Okay everyone,
Everyone needs to realize that all dev's do it for free because they enjoy it. When people start to demand things, I think dev's get pissed and decide to stop. Honestly, I don't blame them. Stop your b**ching & asking for OTA's. ROM's will be updated when they are updated. I'm ranting, but I'm so sick of this coming up. Don't unlock your phone and flash custom ROM's. Everyone needs to calm down & realize that nobody gets paid for this s**t. I'm not trying to be rude, but really grow up.
I wish I didn't run out of thanks for the day
Dear Diary,
Today, someone on the internet was angry.
Love,
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I think there should be a section that only senior members/Devs have access to.
Then when there's a final release-- public section.
TA4S
Truckin'Ain't4Sissies said:
I think there should be a section that only senior members/Devs have access to.
Then when there's a final release-- public section.
TA4S
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That's a good idea but it would just result in all the new/junior members spamming the general, Q&A, and themes sections just so they can get access. Another type of restriction of some sort would have to be added to prevent that.
P.S. The 4.2 keyboard is AWESOME
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P.S. The 4.2 keyboard is AWESOME
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I agree. Are you talking about the new gesture typing? Makes it so fun to type. I kinda just wanna type random messages to my friends now.
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brokenchains said:
I agree. Are you talking about the new gesture typing? Makes it so fun to type. I kinda just wanna type random messages to my friends now.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
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Yeah the 4.2 gesture typing
nitsua98 said:
Yeah the 4.2 gesture typing
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Well, I'm loving the SwiftKey flow beta...It works better than I expected, but I miss swipe left to delete.
gtdtm said:
Well, I'm loving the SwiftKey flow beta...It works better than I expected, but I miss swipe left to delete.
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Installed it and my sd card becone unreadable by everything i trued to format with or restore.stuck with no memory card atm u.u
GoonAssJuan said:
Installed it and my sd card becone unreadable by everything i trued to format with or restore.stuck with no memory card atm u.u
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That's a strange result to installing an app...your pc can't read the card?
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That's a strange result to installing an app...your pc can't read the card?
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Nah any electronic doesnt read it seems dead to me now, kinda like the sd doesnt know its a disk drive but probably since i had it for about 4-5 years already, dont know.
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Nah any electronic doesnt read it seems dead to me now, kinda like the sd doesnt know its a disk drive but probably since i had it for about 4-5 years already, dont know.
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Well, when restoring my chromebook made my usb drive unreadable, I used the following little tool:
http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html?tag=mncol;3
It actually saw the drive and let me reformat it. It's a last ditch effort, but probably worth a shot. Hope you don't lose anything valuable.
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Well, when restoring my chromebook made my usb drive unreadable, I used the following little tool:
http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html?tag=mncol;3
It actually saw the drive and let me reformat it. It's a last ditch effort, but probably worth a shot. Hope you don't lose anything valuable.
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appreciate your feedback, but I already tried this and other things. Sdcard reads as 0bytes i cant write new volumes partitions and formats fail so yea im believing its dead. ordered a 32gb class 10 though for 20 bucks at amazon
GoonAssJuan said:
appreciate your feedback, but I already tried this and other things. Sdcard reads as 0bytes i cant write new volumes partitions and formats fail so yea im believing its dead. ordered a 32gb class 10 though for 20 bucks at amazon
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Dang. Good luck with the new one. I just upgraded to a 32gb card too. It makes me less stressed about how many nandroids I keep on it.
Related
Guys
I see there's kind of couple minor/major issues with the phone so my question is very general, are you happy with the phone or you would have rather wait for the official release if you could?
Minor issues:
- Market
Umm that would be it IMO. Doesn't bother me, I can download APK's online and use ADB.
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Guys
I see there's kind of couple minor/major issues with the phone so my question is very general, are you happy with the phone or you would have rather wait for the official release if you could?
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I would be interested in the answers to this too. Stuff like speech-to-text which MAY be included in the unlocked/unbranded version - I would certainly rather have that from the get-go, than have to root my phone to have it.
Having said that, I know I will probably root it anyway when some genius works out how to do it, but it would be nice if I had the CHOICE not to
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I would be interested in the answers to this too. Stuff like speech-to-text which MAY be included in the unlocked/unbranded version - I would certainly rather have that from the get-go, than have to root my phone to have it.
Having said that, I know I will probably root it anyway when some genius works out how to do it, but it would be nice if I had the CHOICE not to
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yeah same here, though i dont really wanna brick a phone worth £300-400
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Minor issues:
- Market
Umm that would be it IMO. Doesn't bother me, I can download APK's online and use ADB.
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ok, so apart from that your a 100% satisfied user then?
I read somewhere here (in the forum) that SENSE UI has crashed twice (with that guy since he purchased it)
is the sense UI stable even with lots of widgets running? or there is a little bit of un-stable-ness/lag when alot of widgets are active?
NO problems with this phone at all for me, the text to speech is over rated i have it on the Milestone and it doesn't always get it right and is slow.
I might see if i can put the apk file on this and see if it works will let you know.
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NO problems with this phone at all for me, the text to speech is over rated i have it on the Milestone and it doesn't always get it right and is slow.
I might see if i can put the apk file on this and see if it works will let you know.
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I still want it! It's part of Android 2.1 and I'm entitled to it, goddamnit!!!
setspeed said:
I still want it! It's part of Android 2.1 and I'm entitled to it, goddamnit!!!
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haha i want it too
this would be my first android phone and i think it wud be pretty cool to use
DAMN!! i want this phone so badly
After the deceiving ringtone volume of the N1 could you say it's the same issue with Desire?
I mean in an average noisy place like a street can you still hear your phone ringing?
vegetaleb said:
After the deceiving ringtone volume of the N1 could you say it's the same issue with Desire?
I mean in an average noisy place like a street can you still hear your phone ringing?
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Haven't been in a noisy place but the phone is much louder than the G1
Got a bit peed off with the apps taking up loads of room and not being able to install them on the sd card, so i gave HTC a call and asked them if theres a round this?
I was told:
Robert: "No im sorry not at the moment"
Me: This is not on! i can only install a few apps!...
Robert: "Can i put you on hold for a couple of sec's"
Me: Yeah noprobs.....
Robert: "I have had a chat with my superviser and she said theres nothing you can do.... But you never heard this from me.... A new update is coming the 23rd of june and you will be able to put some apps on to the micro sd card."
Me: ok ill have to wait then, thanks for ya help.
Robert: "ok is there anythink else i can help you with?"
Me: nope have a good day cheers
Robert: "thank you have a good day"
If this is true im happy!
Lol, i sincerely hope you didn't write his actual name.. otherwise he *might* be screwed >_<
good news, though
nope his real name is shorter! lol
flunkyou2 said:
nope his real name is shorter! lol
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Was it Rob?
flunkyou2 said:
nope his real name is shorter! lol
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Like Rab?
don't get too excited. froyo's apps2sd is different than one you get with rooting your phone. with froyo it's up to app author to decide if his app may install on sd card or not.
If this is true and they get Froyo on my Desire just one month after the Nexus they will have me forever. I have not rooted yet because I'm afraid and because I have faith in HTC (Hero owners probably disagree with me). I am counting on the fact that the Desire (and brothers/cousins) is their flagship and will probably be for another 5-6 months. I trully beleive no other GSM phone will beat it this year, at least not price/performance wise.
@HTC: this is one test you really have to pass. You have to build confidence, people that buy your products need to know their investment in you is seccond to nothing. The branding/ad campaign is brilliant but now we need some facts. Make us proud!
pelotasplus said:
don't get too excited. froyo's apps2sd is different than one you get with rooting your phone. with froyo it's up to app author to decide if his app may install on sd card or not.
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This is a very good point, I'm sure not many people understand this. However I'm pretty sure once it's possible many developers will upgrade their apps to enable this, especially if users flood them with emails asking for it.
WillyVWade said:
Was it Rob?
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im not saying pmsl
pelotasplus said:
don't get too excited. froyo's apps2sd is different than one you get with rooting your phone. with froyo it's up to app author to decide if his app may install on sd card or not.
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he did say some apps, we will have to wait and see
Some apps probably just implies "non-stock" apps; since they are locked to the internal memory in stock roms anyway.
This might be what we were waiting for =D
This is awesome if true
Not that big delay ha?
I had a USB bricked Desire, but went to the store and convinced them to give me a new one..
now i have been trying to figure out whether to try rooting and get a nexus one port of 2.2,
but with these news i dont think i will risk it just yet..
hope this date holds true, that would be awesome!
Maybe a stupid question... but why would HTC not want everybody to know that they will bring FroYo so fast? This is good news, not bad. If I would be HTC, I would tell this good news to the whole world.
Anyway, I was and still am sure that we will have FroYo before August starts.
They said press release 2nd half of the year, but they also said something about we will publish details when we now them ( meaning might wait til monday maybe) and also said something like not 100% guarenteed as they might hit problems etc...
Delete this post.
*crosses fingers and everything else*
Not sure I would count on this too much. Yes it is a possibility, but it may not be also. I used to work in a call center, and from experience I know some people say there will be an update soon just to get the customer off the line. I have had to deal with the backlash of customers not getting the update the previous person told them was coming out. Hopefully it is accurate information though. Would be nice nice to get 2.2 soon
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Me: This is not on! i can only install a few apps!...
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In the words of John Mackenroe "You cannot be serious!" Although I suppose it all depends upon your definition of "... a few ..."
The Desire's available memory is possibly the largest in an Android handset to date.
But that was a good bit of leakage to post to all of those waiting eagerly for Froyo on the HTC Desire
flunkyou2 said:
Got a bit peed off with the apps taking up loads of room and not being able to install them on the sd card, so i gave HTC a call and asked them if theres a round this?
I was told:
Robert: "No im sorry not at the moment"
Me: This is not on! i can only install a few apps!...
Robert: "Can i put you on hold for a couple of sec's"
Me: Yeah noprobs.....
Robert: "I have had a chat with my superviser and she said theres nothing you can do.... But you never heard this from me.... A new update is coming the 23rd of june and you will be able to put some apps on to the micro sd card."
Me: ok ill have to wait then, thanks for ya help.
Robert: "ok is there anythink else i can help you with?"
Me: nope have a good day cheers
Robert: "thank you have a good day"
If this is true im happy!
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DUDE! You got me fired... How could you... They log those calls, they listened into each one and found out it was me...
pascanu said:
This is a very good point, I'm sure not many people understand this. However I'm pretty sure once it's possible many developers will upgrade their apps to enable this, especially if users flood them with emails asking for it.
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This isn't true and they even explicitly said this in the IO Presentation.
Apps2SD in Froyo can work automatically, the system will decide weather or not to install the app to the SD Card (Presumably, if your internal storage is full, apps are then installed on the SD Card)
You also have the option to manually transfer from Phone to SD and vice versa which is what they demonstrated, probably because they couldn't demonstrate an automatic process.
Hello fellow ET4G owners and enthusiasts!
I'm new to this side of the Android community, but have been on the OS since the G1. I recently purchased the ET4G after my Evo4G was no longer meeting my data capacity and speed needs.
I was a little skeptical at first as my ex girlfriend had gone through a samsung moment and the update cycle was painfully slow, along with the TouchWiz UI being somewhat distasteful as compared to Sense but still better than MotoBlur...but after a few data with my ET4G I can confidently say I have bonded with this lightning fast behemoth.
Camera is phenomenal, speed and usability makes emulating Android on my i7 rig look like a tortoise, and the display is untouchablely gorgeous...so much I'd like to lick it! (facetiously of course)
I was admittedly a little skeptical at first given the price point and my attachment to my EVO and the related community..but so far so great, and I look forward to being a part of this growing (and very knowledgeable) group.
One question before I go; can anyone recommend a good mashup blog for news and dev updates associated with the ET4G? GoodandEvo was a fantastic EVO blog, and if there's a need for the ET4G perhaps I can contribute.
Thanks!
Sent from my Samsung Epic Touch 4G using the XDA mobile app.
I'm gonna be new to this forum as well I just ordered mine and can't wait to push OG Evo to the side for the same reasons but it needs an SD card since I bought it off of Swappa, any recommendations on brand and size and also a dumb question I can't use TB from my Evo to the E4GT, or can I lol? Thanks!
For android news including anything to do with the ET4G I read Androidcentral.com and Androidpolice.com welcome aboard!
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I'm gonna be new to this forum as well I just ordered mine and can't wait to push OG Evo to the side for the same reasons but it needs an SD card since I bought it off of Swappa, any recommendations on brand and size and also a dumb question I can't use TB from my Evo to the E4GT, or can I lol? Thanks!
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im sure you could. just make sure to go under preferences in titanium and select the right backup folder location to your ex sd card. then ONLY restore APPS ONLY and not apps/data
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im sure you could. just make sure to go under preferences in titanium and select the right backup folder location to your ex sd card. then ONLY restore APPS ONLY and not apps/data
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I usually only just do apps so I don't run into any problems when switching roms, and I think I'm gonna get a 16gb SD card, specific brand snappier then others?
If you ever have a question about your phone.
DO NOT ASK ON THIS FORUM, let alone XDA.
People will just yell at you
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If you ever have a question about your phone.
DO NOT ASK ON THIS FORUM, let alone XDA.
People will just yell at you
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Be careful they are watching
DonutGrunt said:
If you ever have a question about your phone.
DO NOT ASK ON THIS FORUM, let alone XDA.
People will just yell at you
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lol that was the only non productive reply on here...well other then this one stating that
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I usually only just do apps so I don't run into any problems when switching roms, and I think I'm gonna get a 16gb SD card, specific brand snappier then others?
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not sure, im just using my old evo sd card
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lol that was the only non productive reply on here...well other then this one stating that
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not sure, im just using my old evo sd card
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+1 and thanks a bunch Paranoid
Welcome, this phone is a beast. I'm sure you'll enjoy it
I don't think there's a blog focused on this phone, but many Android blogs in general.
ZombiiBite said:
I'm gonna be new to this forum as well I just ordered mine and can't wait to push OG Evo to the side for the same reasons but it needs an SD card since I bought it off of Swappa, any recommendations on brand and size and also a dumb question I can't use TB from my Evo to the E4GT, or can I lol? Thanks!
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They didn't come with sd cards .... Get the fastest you can we will be able to dual boot off sd card Soon .... A Dev with a B in his name is working on it right now
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Yeah I can't wait for it to come in, I'm gonna be so flash happy think I might start with Unnamed and I've come across a few recoveries on YouTube should I just stick with CWM?
@epix oh lol I thought it did thank ya and I can dig on dual booting
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Yeah I can't wait for it to come in, I'm gonna be so flash happy think I might start with Unnamed and I've come across a few recoveries on YouTube should I just stick with CWM?
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I would stick with CWM personally for now, simply because it's the most widely used. If things change down the line and something else replaces it as the standard, you can always switch.
Damn thanks guys, that guy who said this forum was no help is crazy appreciate all the insight!
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Yeah I can't wait for it to come in, I'm gonna be so flash happy think I might start with Unnamed and I've come across a few recoveries on YouTube should I just stick with CWM?
@epix oh lol I thought it did thank ya and I can dig on dual booting
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cwm is the only recovery right now. rogue recovery is based on cwm. a new recovery is in the works for our phone, but we just have to be patient for that. jump over to rootzwiki if you want another aosp rom that isnt on here
I definitely want to take advantage of the 4G and see how it compares to my OG Evo so I'll be staying away from the AOSP for a bit
As of right now, the roms for your S3 are not meant to be used on other S3 variants. Bricks might happens or a soft one might happen. Before flashing a Rom make sure you are in the right development section an you read the entire op, twice. Until other devs or experienced users find a way to make them cross compatible, please refrain from using other carriers S3 roms.
I am working on this so that all roms will work on all carriers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735482
incubus26jc said:
I am working on this so that all roms will work on all carriers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735482
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check out my last few comments on that thread and tell me if that doesnt make sense
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check out my last few comments on that thread and tell me if that doesnt make sense
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Makes perfect sense to me
Good to see you.
You add an S3 to your (growing) device collection?
mrhaley30705 said:
Makes perfect sense to me
Good to see you.
You add an S3 to your (growing) device collection?
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no, i was considering it, but i think i will stick with my one x for now
Don't want a brick?
Don't try to use a swap partition!
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no, i was considering it, but i think i will stick with my one x for now
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Ill give u an e-cookie if u getz le device
im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
howtomen said:
Ill give u an e-cookie if u getz le device
im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
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lol. how did you know i love cookies?!
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lol. how did you know i love cookies?!
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Dont we all? but come on u know u want s3
im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
howtomen said:
Dont we all? but come on u know u want s3
im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
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Lol. I have a nexus 7 coming soon. No time for love, dr Jones
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Pirateghost said:
Lol. I have a nexus 7 coming soon. No time for love, dr Jones
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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I'll be glad to see you over there when I get my nexus 7! Can't wait!!
I bricked my device
Flashed a wrong Kernel of the other S3 Variant, now I suffer a Black screen of death and cannot access DMode with the 3 button combo.
Can someone tell me if a JIG will get me out of this mess ??? Or do I have to send it in to a JTAG service
**The LED light shows up, and when I plug the device in the computer reads it as a "QHUSB_DLOAD"**
Any help would be appreciated ....
Fuzz21 said:
**The LED light shows up, and when I plug the device in the computer reads it as a "QHUSB_DLOAD"**
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I had to replace my device at that point; You're only able to access the Qualcomm download mode right now and unless someone has made a full rip of the AT&T/Rogers/Telus/Bell software using the Qualcomm tools, you're probably SOL. Not to mention that it's apparently very hard to find the Qualcomm download tools.
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I had to replace my device at that point; You're only able to access the Qualcomm download mode right now and unless someone has made a full rip of the AT&T/Rogers/Telus/Bell software using the Qualcomm tools, you're probably SOL. Not to mention that it's apparently very hard to find the Qualcomm download tools.
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K, so as you said you replaced your device right, what should I tell Bestbuy about what happened to my phone so they can replace it for me (I bought the warranty) ???
I don't know what to do LOL
We get this same thing on the att one X, as they share the s4. The simplest thing over there can get you stuck there. Kind of ridiculous.
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Fuzz21 said:
K, so as you said you replaced your device right, what should I tell Bestbuy about what happened to my phone so they can replace it for me (I bought the warranty) ???
I don't know what to do LOL
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It went a little something like this:
Me: I bought this earlier today and while I was setting up my Google account, it froze up and I had to pull the battery to get it unfrozen. Now it won't turn on and I just get a red light when I plug it in.
Sales Rep: Well maybe it's just a bad battery... < Tries another battery > Nope, that's not it....
< I sit in silence trying not to smile about the fact that they're about to replace a device I busted. >
Sales Rep: Well, I guess we can just send it back as a DOA unit, here's a replacement. < Swaps out SIM + SD and gives me the new phone >
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It was actually quite painless lol Don't worry about them noticing you modded it; If all you can get is the Qualcomm download mode, they'll have to do a complete wipe of the phone to get it to boot, they'll never see your attempted mod.
I almost flashed an international ROM!
Maybe if there weren't TWO different forums for the International and US variants it would be easier to see....
I just did a search for Galaxy S III in the forum and first thing was apparently the international version. Just have one GS3 forum and separate sub forums for each variant.
brushrop03 said:
I almost flashed an international ROM!
Maybe if there weren't TWO different forums for the International and US variants it would be easier to see....
I just did a search for Galaxy S III in the forum and first thing was apparently the international version. Just have one GS3 forum and separate sub forums for each variant.
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That'll never happen an cause even more problems then you will think. The admins an higher officials know what the are doing, an us mods have prepared for how this is setup. At first it's going to be hell, but it'll be worth it, if people just read what they are doing an where they are.
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That'll never happen an cause even more problems then you will think. The admins an higher officials know what the are doing, an us mods have prepared for how this is setup. At first it's going to be hell, but it'll be worth it, if people just read what they are doing an where they are.
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thats the problem that is rampant in xda....
people need to slow down, stop being so excited and take a minute to actually get their bearings and UNDERSTAND what they are doing.
it seems so many people think this is all just child's play and nothing bad could possibly happen. as we have seen over the years, nothing could be further from the truth.
as android grows in popularity, so does the noobery, even though they are warned, they will still ignore the warnings and rules.
this is my favorite XDA post of all time and sums it all up:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2031989&postcount=45
self-proclaiming yourself as a noob will get you nowhere, everyone is responsible for what happens to their devices.
NOOBS: READ AND LEARN, RATHER THAN WATCH AND BLINDLY FOLLOW
i will get off my soapbox now
Won't lie ... I am only replying because I ALMOST did that. I have graduated from Sheep to Shepard! I will guide the flock best I can
This just in. It looks like the site to SD function will be coming back with Android 5.0. Straight from the mouth that matters.
https://plus.google.com/112333815159468020407/posts/4kxjY9JFemL
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Happy, but I'm still irked about this reversal, since one of the reasons, but not primary reason, that I returned my AT&T GN4 was the difficulty in getting write permission to SD Card
That was your choice... I always recommend that people buy a phone for what it can do NOW, not what it might do later...
Who knows when AT&T will even release that version for the phone. If samsung releases it in December, it could still be July before AT&T gets done testing /modifying /approving.
Nice! This makes me so happy. I can live without root I think but it has been annoying realizing that only certain apps work with writing to the SD card.
JasonJoel said:
That was your choice... I always recommend that people buy a phone for what it can do NOW, not what it might do later...
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exceeeeeeept when it comes to root, need dat asap thx
soraxd said:
exceeeeeeept when it comes to root, need dat asap thx
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Why?
There's so much to love about the phone as it is, then when root comes it will just be that much better :good: