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I think the phone looks great, but since it has the different processor and the consensus seems to say it is bad, would it be better to get the htc amaze? I really like this one as its lighter and bigger screen. lack of camera button bothers me a bit but I guess I can live with that. but if its crappy dual core and not going to be much better than my single core epic 4g, that wouldn't be so great.
Processing horsepower is much higher than any single core phone. You can't even reliably run Firefox on a Hummingbird SoC, my Vibrant has issues with it on CM7 and when it's overclocked. Not so with any dual core Android phone.
robl45 said:
I think the phone looks great, but since it has the different processor and the consensus seems to say it is bad, would it be better to get the htc amaze? I really like this one as its lighter and bigger screen. lack of camera button bothers me a bit but I guess I can live with that. but if its crappy dual core and not going to be much better than my single core epic 4g, that wouldn't be so great.
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Fyi the Amaze and this both have the same exact processor and gpu. The processor on this phone isn't as great as the other Galaxy SII, but you'll never know the difference once this phone gets its software more optimized for the different processor we have. I advise you watch a few YouTube reviews, read user reviews on XDA and go in T-Mobile store to see which phone is the right choice for you.
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thanks for the info on the processor, so then this would likely be the one. what is the thought on this getting cyanogen or even ICS?
this is a big issue with the epic 4g since its so different from the other galaxy phones. I don't want to run into the issue again where i end up with the odd duck phone that doesn't get upgraded.
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thanks for the info on the processor, so then this would likely be the one. what is the thought on this getting cyanogen or even ICS?
this is a big issue with the epic 4g since its so different from the other galaxy phones. I don't want to run into the issue again where i end up with the odd duck phone that doesn't get upgraded.
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I think this phone would be a shoe in for Cyanogen mod especially since Cyanogen was hired by Samsung. As far as getting ICS officially I would think this phone should be one of the first Gingerbread running phone to receive the update. Would we get ICS unofficially? I definitely think so!!!
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I think this phone would be a shoe in for Cyanogen mod especially since Cyanogen was hired by Samsung. As far as getting ICS officially I would think this phone should be one of the first Gingerbread running phone to receive the update. Would we get ICS unofficially? I definitely think so!!!
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well my reference was to the fact that it uses a different processor then the main galaxy s 2. like with the epic 4g, it has the keyboard and wimax and is last for everything while the other galaxy phones are not still stuck on froyo.
robl45 said:
well my reference was to the fact that it uses a different processor then the main galaxy s 2. like with the epic 4g, it has the keyboard and wimax and is last for everything while the other galaxy phones are not still stuck on froyo.
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The chances of an official release of ICS on the T-Mobile Galaxy S II are very very good, the chances of a custom rom of ICS are about 99%
word of advice to the OP...don't even think about it, just buy the phone. Performance and battery life on this phone is amazing!
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word of advice to the OP...don't even think about it, just buy the phone. Performance and battery life on this phone is amazing!
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+100 to that
OuncE718 said:
Fyi the Amaze and this both have the same exact processor and gpu. The processor on this phone isn't as great as the other Galaxy SII, but you'll never know the difference once this phone gets its software more optimized for the different processor we have. I advise you watch a few YouTube reviews, read user reviews on XDA and go in T-Mobile store to see which phone is the right choice for you.
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Lawl, and who's going to do the optimizing? Samsung?
If anything, you'd need to wait for Samsung to write the proper drivers or properly polish the TW ui to include hardware acceleration based on the A8-architecture. Something which I am going to assume is not going to happen.
To the OP, buy the phone based on what it can do now and based on how you like it after having played with it in the store.
I strongly advise you buying into this phone or signing a 2-year contract based on the hopes of other users on this forum.
Remember that. Just because people think this is XDA doesn't mean that every single problem on the phone will somehow get miraculously fixed or improved upon by developers.
I've seen too many buying a phone based on what it COULD/SHOULD be and not what it was.
Hardware acceleration would be done by the GPU no?
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Hardware acceleration would be done by the GPU no?
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Yes it would be done as you seen in the game dead space only one worth mentioning. It wont lag when we have google new os on it because of hardware acceleration. It will be very little difference between our version and galaxy s2 variants.
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Lawl, and who's going to do the optimizing? Samsung?
If anything, you'd need to wait for Samsung to write the proper drivers or properly polish the TW ui to include hardware acceleration based on the A8-architecture. Something which I am going to assume is not going to happen.
To the OP, buy the phone based on what it can do now and based on how you like it after having played with it in the store.
I strongly advise you buying into this phone or signing a 2-year contract based on the hopes of other users on this forum.
Remember that. Just because people think this is XDA doesn't mean that every single problem on the phone will somehow get miraculously fixed or improved upon by developers.
I've seen too many buying a phone based on what it COULD/SHOULD be and not what it was.
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This guy is like a roach. Smh. Just annoying. Stop bashing this phone.
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Lawl, and who's going to do the optimizing? Samsung?
If anything, you'd need to wait for Samsung to write the proper drivers or properly polish the TW ui to include hardware acceleration based on the A8-architecture. Something which I am going to assume is not going to happen.
To the OP, buy the phone based on what it can do now and based on how you like it after having played with it in the store.
I strongly advise you buying into this phone or signing a 2-year contract based on the hopes of other users on this forum.
Remember that. Just because people think this is XDA doesn't mean that every single problem on the phone will somehow get miraculously fixed or improved upon by developers.
I've seen too many buying a phone based on what it COULD/SHOULD be and not what it was.
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Who ever is on xda most of the time relies on developers. Because it is to hard for them to learn it themselves. For optimization wait till google new os comes out so that way every phone with a dual core will basically be the same. Touchwiz may never be hardware accelerated till google releases source till ice cream. Its not a big deal you can run bunch of other variations of android. That will be hardware accelerated which are far superior to stock rom. By the time samsung gets touch wiz working fine on this phone.
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This guy is like a roach. Smh. Just annoying. Stop bashing this phone.
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He just wants a perfect phone that is all. He need something to take out his anger and it is this phone. He may not be satisfied with his purchase. Can't take it back so he is stuck with it. I would be pissed to if i was stuck with a phone i didn't want as well. Just ignore him. Xda becoming more and more like Engadget everyday. Nitpicking at everything.
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This guy is like a roach. Smh. Just annoying. Stop bashing this phone.
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As opposed to what? You? Hawking this phone in the Amaze forums?
Please, get over yourself. I'm sick of people like you trying to coax people into purchasing the phone based on POTENTIAL things that may or may not come.
I've seen this happen so many times when people in other sections of XDA get coaxed into getting a phone due to hopeful users who think that the phone will get all its problems fixed.
If you can't accept the technical facts, what are you doing on XDA? Preaching and selling hope and prayer for what the phone will be 3 months from now?
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Who ever is on xda most of the time relies on developers. Because it is to hard for them to learn it themselves. For optimization wait till google new os comes out so that way every phone with a dual core will basically be the same. Touchwiz may never be hardware accelerated till google releases source till ice cream. Its not a big deal you can run bunch of other variations of android. That will be hardware accelerated which are far superior to stock rom. By the time samsung gets touch wiz working fine on this phone.
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He just wants a perfect phone that is all. He need something to take out his anger and it is this phone. He may not be satisfied with his purchase. Can't take it back so he is stuck with it. I would be pissed to if i was stuck with a phone i didn't want as well. Just ignore him. Xda becoming more and more like Engadget everyday. Nitpicking at everything.
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I don't even own the phone. But please, be quick to pass judgment.
I've said numerous times that I am still planning to get this phone regardless of the drawbacks. However, I'm one to remain objective and not to hawk the phone like I have an oversupply of these phones in my warehouse.
I dont think hes out to just bash the phone, hes just pointing out its flaws (albeit in seemingly every thread lol).
This phone is amazing, easily the best phone ive ever had, but its still not perfect.
To the OP, this phone is head and shoulders better than the amaze. factor in the problems the amaze are having its an easy choice
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word of advice to the OP...don't even think about it, just buy the phone. Performance and battery life on this phone is amazing!
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Also you can't beat tmobiles data speed. Sprints 4g is maybe as fast as Tmobile 3g ....and that's a big maybe!
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PoisonWolf said:
As opposed to what? You? Hawking this phone in the Amaze forums?
Please, get over yourself. I'm sick of people like you trying to coax people into purchasing the phone based on POTENTIAL things that may or may not come.
I've seen this happen so many times when people in other sections of XDA get coaxed into getting a phone due to hopeful users who think that the phone will get all its problems fixed.
If you can't accept the technical facts, what are you doing on XDA? Preaching and selling hope and prayer for what the phone will be 3 months from now?
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I don't even own the phone. But please, be quick to pass judgment.
I've said numerous times that I am still planning to get this phone regardless of the drawbacks. However, I'm one to remain objective and not to hawk the phone like I have an oversupply of these phones in my warehouse.
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Why would you even consider purchasing this phone knowing how "slow" the processor is compared to the Exynos? You lost me with that one. Maybe you should wait for something better to come out.
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Darmokk said:
I dont think hes out to just bash the phone, hes just pointing out its flaws (albeit in seemingly every thread lol).
This phone is amazing, easily the best phone ive ever had, but its still not perfect.
To the OP, this phone is head and shoulders better than the amaze. factor in the problems the amaze are having its an easy choice
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You shouldn't say that. I think he's an Amaze owner.
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Why would you even consider purchasing this phone knowing how "slow" the processor is compared to the Exynos? You lost me with that one. Maybe you should wait for something better to come out.
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I still love the phone despite knowing these technical drawbacks. I just know the limitations.I've played with them.
Do you still want the galaxy sg3 ????
http://freeyourandroid.com/viewnews.php?fya=65568051326121985
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It's been posted before. Sorry mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446328
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Zoidpilot said:
It's been posted before. Sorry mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446328
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Yep....and I seriously f****ng doubt Samsung would ditch Android for that crap OS.
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Yep....and I seriously f****ng doubt Samsung would ditch Android for that crap OS.
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Damn so much for are convo yesterday on upgrade plans lol
I kind of have a feeling that this article/news/etc is meant to imply they're ditching touchwiz for tizen... because if you look closely, it looks like a skinned Android
I don't think Samsung could be stupid enough to get rid of Android.I think they may merge bada and tizen and replace bada OS with it...Samsung would have to be as stupid as coke to do it ...remember new coke
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I don't think Samsung could be stupid enough to get rid of Android.I think they may merge bada and tizen and replace bada OS with it...Samsung would have to be as stupid as coke to do it ...remember new coke
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If you searched more you would see that is exactly what the idea was in the first place...to merge bada and tizen. However, recent reports say it still isn't a sure thing.
Apk07 said:
I kind of have a feeling that this article/news/etc is meant to imply they're ditching touchwiz for tizen... because if you look closely, it looks like a skinned Android
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Nope. The article clearly states it will be supposedly tizen powered and not some UI like touchwiz. The person who wrote that article is reporting information like Fox News does.
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Damn so much for are convo yesterday on upgrade plans lol
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Lol...
10char
Yea....can't groove with that GUI
I wouldn't switch over from Android and it would be hard to make the switch even if something better came out.
Mostly it's because of apps. I think Apps should go the way of blu-ray. If you buy the blu-ray, you get the DVD and the Digital Download as well.
Fact is I was one of the owners of the Palm Pre... I also own an iPod Touch.
There are certain apps that I paid for on my iPod, my Palm Pre, and now on my Android. I wouldn't switch platforms a this point just because of the sheer investment I have made in Apps for the Android.... It's a shame.
Same way I thought the Zune was great, but I already had such an investment with my Bose Sound Dock and all sorts of other iPod only connections and cables that I just stayed with Apple.
I can totally see this happening. This is the kind of crap I would expect them to do.
Please god give the nexus on sprint soon. This is Samsung at its best.
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I happened to love the Palm Pre at the time. The hardware was horrible but the software was great.
I also have a big investment in apps now Andriod. If they go their own way with an OS hopefully they will make it able to accept Android apps. It would be a smart move.
Personally I think it is a little late in the smartphone game to bring in a new OS with no app library. App developers will be reluctant to make apps for a new OS.
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I think Samsung might use Tizen for some of their devices but as this OS is far from perfect I think Samsung won't switch Galaxy S3 to it. Instead they could test it on lower level devices and maybe if the system is ready they could pre-install it on next years Galaxy flagship device.
For me this sounds more like marketing campaign for Tizen or just stupid guess
Found more information about release date: http://samsunggalaxys3review.net/samsung-galaxy-s3-release-date/
If Samsung drops Android on Galaxy S3 then I would choose another phone that does have Android.
Basically Motorola or HTC would step up and produce a nice Android phone that others would go to. The whole reason why Samsung Galaxy S II did well was mainly because of good hardware, a version for every carrier, and Android.
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Personally I think it is a little late in the smartphone game to bring in a new OS with no app library.
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I know it feels like that...but it's not. It's still early into the smartphone game....very very early. Compared to the 35 years of the "PC Game" a lot of things can happen between now and then....even though I don't they will you can't rule that possibility out, lol.
I think they are going to release it with android. Samsung is the #1 android manufacturer in the world and why would a company which only purpose is to make money change up their extremely successful formula. Why would they risk billions of dollars to introduce a new OS into the U.S.? If it ain't broke don't fix it.
If they think they can make a play to be their own ecosystem, why wouldn't they?
Sticking with android means being a commodity hardware player, selling phones at low margins while google gets 30% of app revenue from market.
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But don't you think they might try that out on less prominent phones first. Kind of test the waters and see if it will work. I just don't see them dumping a new operating system on their flagship phone. The one that put them on the map in the cell phone markets. It seems like jumping off a cliff and hoping you have wings.
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And the bottom line for me is I will eventually want a GS3 with android so I'm gonna think happy thoughts.
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If they think they can make a play to be their own ecosystem, why wouldn't they?
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Exactly, the worst that can happen is that their idea fails, they go back to the drawing board & either improve on it or fall back to what was previously working (Android), though I highly doubt they'll abandon Android all together.
Only time will tell. Honestly I'd like to see what it's all about. If the os is highly customizable, functional & not too restrictive, then good, it may turn out to be a winner.
Samsung did get offered incentives from the south Korean government to work on an in house os. I read an article from Engadget months ago explaining how the south Koreans feel with android they depend on the west too much. With androids guess manufacturers are trying to find ways to distinguish their products from the rest.
I personally feel it would be a mistake to move from the android ecosystem once android starts to really mature. But, once again from Engadget, I read an interview of a top exec from Samsung saying that the tizen chose is not definite.
I'm not sure if everybody uses this, but Autostarts is one of my favorite root apps and I recommend it to all of my friends who have rooted. I don't see too many people talking about it anymore so I figured I would remind everyone of this awesome app. It allows you to prevent any apps from running on their own. After using Titanium Backup to debloat my ROM, I then open up Autostarts and run down the list and disable any apps that I don't want to startup without my say so. I did this on my Epic 4G Touch and never needed to flash a single custom ROM because I was able to get the stock ROM running flawlessly. It is an invaluable tool to me and I recommend it highly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts
edit: Haha whoops, meant to post this over at the One X forums.
You still rockin an Iphone? And still post in this forum..too funny man..
Indrid Cole said:
You still rockin an Iphone? And still post in this forum..too funny man..
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Nope, ditched the iPhone yesterday for a One X! Back to Android for me
I knew you would come back to the dark side bro.. L o L.. HTC/ samsung/ sony..etc etc.. As long as it's ANDROID..
Good to have ya back..
I always intended on coming back, just needed the right phone and let me tell you, this One X is definitely the right phone. I was really hating that iPhone towards the end, I felt like I was neutered with that infernal thing. It had its merits but just can't compare to a high end android phone. I can't tell you how good it feels to be back on Android. It's like coming home after a looooooooong trip.
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Yeah a bad acid trip..lol. I bet ya hated Itunes the most right..right?
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The one X looks nice but I have had many a bad and sad experience with HTC. Let me tell ya I went through alot of Htc's.
They did state they were going to concentrate more on the quality not the quantity this year.. We shall see...we shall see. As for me Me wants the SGSIII. WOOT.
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I always intended on coming back, just needed the right phone and let me tell you, this One X is definitely the right phone. I was really hating that iPhone towards the end, I felt like I was neutered with that infernal thing. It had its merits but just can't compare to a high end android phone. I can't tell you how good it feels to be back on Android. It's like coming home after a looooooooong trip.
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Towards the end? I think I remember you saying you hated it after, like, 3 days, don't I?
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Yeah a bad acid trip..lol. I bet ya hated Itunes the most right..right?
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The one X looks nice but I have had many a bad and sad experience with HTC. Let me tell ya I went through alot of Htc's.
They did state they were going to concentrate more on the quality not the quantity this year.. We shall see...we shall see. As for me Me wants the SGSIII. WOOT.
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Don't even get me started on iTunes. It was the bane of my existence for the entire time I had the iPhone.
HTC definitely focused on quality with this thing. If you have an AT&T store near you I would go check it out, you might be surprised.
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Towards the end? I think I remember you saying you hated it after, like, 3 days, don't I?
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Yeah but that was because I was frustrated with it and hadn't gotten used to it yet. I built up a love/hate relationship with it over time, but the love part eventually went sour. I did really love all the games on it, but that only went so far for me. I do think it's a great device, it's just not for me.
I just can't imagine playing games on that tiny little screen... No matter how good they were..
Like I said good ta have ya back Mr Metal.
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I just can't imagine playing games on that tiny little screen... No matter how good they were..
Like I said good ta have ya back Mr Metal.
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Me neither. Especially after having the E4GT. I used to love playing games on my iPhone 2g & 3g, over the G1, Hero, or OG Epic. I haven't picked either of them up except to use iTunes while running and to use Sleep Cycle since I bought this phone. The screen feels so tiny, it's hard to imagine using that small screen as long as I did. Lol
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Sorry Metal for hijacking your thread.. But yes autostart is a purty good app.
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Sorry Metal for hijacking your thread.. But yes autostart is a purty good app.
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Haha it's cool, I posted it here on accident anyways.. it was supposed to go in the One X forum.
Back on point, eh?
I thought you two were going to start swapping spit next... some bro-mance...
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Have you try Gemini App Manager? Kinda like Autostarts but better
I've been using autostarts forever, since I had my Samsung intercrap, it was the only thing that would keel that POS above 40mb free ram. Still use it actually have it on every android device I have, Kindle Fire, ET4G, Evo 4g and photon works great especially being able to kill the Widgets I don't use even tho I use the apps they go with, when u disable the widget it removes it from.the widget list so it declutters the menu which is nice
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love that app!
Hi XDA users,
I have a Sprint GS3 with 4.0.4 on it, but it pales in comparison to my previous GS2 on 2.3.* ...
(calendar [Mark/Space MIssingSync] swipes from week to week are MUCH slower, 4G data NEVER connects, data seems slower in general, etc., etc.)
All in all, i'm just extremely disappointed with this phone; and although the last time I was digging into my phone's ROM seemed like it was in the Palm Pre days, I believe I'm ready to take the plunge.
The GS2 still screams on 2.3.* and I can only imagine/hope that this GS3 would see great benefit from a down-grade...
Might anyone offer any pro/con advice on this effort? Am I crazy?
I found a thread for MAC (10.6.8) users, and am getting ready to give it a go... (right after I do some massive data back-ups, etc.)
thanks, in advance, for any input.
jim
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newalker91 said:
I vote XDA requires new users to take an IQ test to register.
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a BIG +1
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No gingy for gs3, have fun building
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Yikes
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To answer your question:
It would be quite interesting to see older versions of Android run on this phone.
However, you'll need kernel building experience to make one capable of booting Gingerbread as well AOSP experience. Not sure how easy it would be to backport older software to new phone in the case of Stock TouchWiz.
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To answer your question:
It would be quite interesting to see older versions of Android run on this phone.
However, you'll need kernel building experience to make one capable of booting Gingerbread as well AOSP experience. Not sure hot easy it would be to backport older software to new phone in the case of Stock TouchWiz.
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Don't forget proprietary library implementation for "multi core support"
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please uninstall xda-developers.com from your IE browser.
I second that. The signal-to-noise ratio on the custom ROM forums has gotten way out of hand over the past 4 years or so.
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Woooow thing is jelly bean is vastly superior but. .....yeah please for your own sake.. .....go read the technicals before you post >_<
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uh.
well hey, that's why i thought i'd ask the smart people - wasn't really needing the smart-ass answers but i guess that's what i get for thinking outside of the [fish in a monitor] box...
regardless, i still think 4.0.4 sucks, comparatively. not sure what you guys are doing that makes it so superior... i just try to make phone calls; keep a calendar current; post pictures and use the internet... seems painfully slow... even typing on it quickly seems to bog it down.
anyway - guess i'll try the ol' factory reset, with a fresh 4.0.4, and see if it snaps out of it, a bit.
happy programming guys.
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2.3.x on a GS3 .... I'm sure you could. Would take a bunch of effort and extensive knowledge .... all for the equivalent of retrofitting a 1979 dodge charger's 4 barrel Carb onto a v12 Ferrari. Hmmm.
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Some guy on here actually ports older android OS' to other phones. I forget his username though
Yeah thing is stock 4.04 sucks , but not so much when you read first then go flash, configure, maybe even write some fanciful .conf or init.d files don't take xda people's. Word on stuff Linux is a great big multiverse composed unlike those of us in it for fun of many professionals whom write books. ...whole websites and of course when coding in Linux man pages, white papers, tutorials, help files .by far the underlying traits of Android are documented perhaps more then any thing on the internet. .......subject matter i mean
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you must have a detective phone my gf gs2 is a joke compared to the speed on this phone . This isn't the fastest phone out there but it's not slow by any means.
And if you having speed problems with internet we all are. Idk if it's a gingerbread versus ics issue it could be your phone is only running one core because you flashed something. Try running some benchmark test to see how bad your phone is performing. Hope that reset help you.
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you must have a detective phone my gf gs2 is a joke compared to the speed on this phone . This isn't the fastest phone out there, but it's not slow by any means.
And if you having speed problems with internet we all are. Idk if it's a gingerbread versus ics issue it could be your phone is only running one core because you flashed something. Try running some benchmark test to see how bad your phone is performing. Hope that reset help you.
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go2car said:
Hi XDA users,
I have a Sprint GS3 with 4.0.4 on it, but it pales in comparison to my previous GS2 on 2.3.* ...
(calendar [Mark/Space MIssingSync] swipes from week to week are MUCH slower, 4G data NEVER connects, data seems slower in general, etc., etc.)
All in all, i'm just extremely disappointed with this phone; and although the last time I was digging into my phone's ROM seemed like it was in the Palm Pre days, I believe I'm ready to take the plunge.
The GS2 still screams on 2.3.* and I can only imagine/hope that this GS3 would see great benefit from a down-grade...
Might anyone offer any pro/con advice on this effort? Am I crazy?
I found a thread for MAC (10.6.8) users, and am getting ready to give it a go... (right after I do some massive data back-ups, etc.)
thanks, in advance, for any input.
jim
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If your SG3 isn't running way smoother than your old SG2 on Gingerbread, you've done something bad to your phone. ICS on my SG3 is a quantum leap smoother than Gingerbread every was, and JB will be even better. Perhaps you should look at what tweaks you've done to your phone.
go2car said:
Hi XDA users,
I have a Sprint GS3 with 4.0.4 on it, but it pales in comparison to my previous GS2 on 2.3.* ...
(calendar [Mark/Space MIssingSync] swipes from week to week are MUCH slower, 4G data NEVER connects, data seems slower in general, etc., etc.)
All in all, i'm just extremely disappointed with this phone; and although the last time I was digging into my phone's ROM seemed like it was in the Palm Pre days, I believe I'm ready to take the plunge.
The GS2 still screams on 2.3.* and I can only imagine/hope that this GS3 would see great benefit from a down-grade...
Might anyone offer any pro/con advice on this effort? Am I crazy?
I found a thread for MAC (10.6.8) users, and am getting ready to give it a go... (right after I do some massive data back-ups, etc.)
thanks, in advance, for any input.
jim
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Jim,
I am not going chime on some of the trolls who are above all but I will have to agree that your statement was a bit ludicrous. You have to take into perspective what you just said to a bunch of Galaxy S3 hackers. It's obvious that there is something wrong or we would've saw an iPhone ad bragging about the S3 'downgrade' and that didn't happen.
So, the first thing I would suggest is a factory reset. Assuming you are/were not rooted, let it run for a day and see what happens. Its possible an app could be causing your problems. There are many things you can do to slow things down but its impossible for me,us, xda to guess. Perhaps change up some applications that you are using...?
If this persist, I would suggest taking it back to Sprint and see if they can swap/fix it.
Your next option would be to root and try a different rom. However, if it is a hardware issue, I would want to replace it before I start rooting/making it my own.
As some of the people here mentioned, there might be some very useful information to achieve better 'speed'. I personally use JellyBomb specifically because of the dev and support amongst its users willing to help. You may benefit from others, each their own...
I sympathize as I myself was a webOS fan and can definitely tell you, this is not a walk in the park like webOS Internalz made it but definitely achievable considering almost every process (root, roms, themes, hacks, flashing) has a pretty thorough explanation if not a video.
Hope it works out.
JohnnyPre aka JohnnyEpic
Sent from my billion dollar iPhone S3.
I came accross this thread in Canada, can't but wonder how did they create this sheer excitment?
Blackberry? really?
http://www.cooldeal.ca/forum/read.php?3,4
it must be that micro HDMI :laugh:
Idk why you titled the post GS3 vs Blackberry....
GS3 wasn't mentioned once in the post.
And it just seems to be about a RIM fanboy who shipped out Z10s to people who bought them....
Nothing to do with the GS3
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Should've titled it excitment for ..... vs ...... , I was just looking again at the photos taken for the lines in front of US stores for the Z10 & wonder was the GS3 received with the same excitment, will the GS4 see people lining up?
maybe you are right & its just RIM fanboys.
jayRokk said:
Idk why you titled the post GS3 vs Blackberry....
GS3 wasn't mentioned once in the post.
And it just seems to be about a RIM fanboy who shipped out Z10s to people who bought them....
Nothing to do with the GS3
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RIM has a long and pretty solid history for producing a good product (usually geared towards the professional world) this one be a step away from what they are used to and more geared towards the average consumer has people that want to be part of the next big thing all hyped up. All stick with my s3 though lol
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RIM has a long and pretty solid history for producing a good product (usually geared towards the professional world) this one be a step away from what they are used to and more geared towards the average consumer has people that want to be part of the next big thing all hyped up. All stick with my s3 though lol
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They have a solid history of crashing, clocking, lack of apps and slow boot times
BlackBerry has an enormous following in Canada. On the TTC every day I still see a massive amount of old blackberry devices. Because of our ridiculous 3 year contracts, you still have people using them and those people will likely upgrade to the new blackberrys simply because it's all they've ever known.
Also since they're a Canadian company they're going to have a customer base that by default will buy their products because of that factor.
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BB would have to wow the world to get me to go back. People on here ask when is 4.1.2 coming to their device. On BB forums, people were asking (for years) when are we going to get a xx mp camera or xx gb memory? There were a series of imminent product releases that completely fell through.
Even the Z10 seems a little behind hardware-wise. For a company trying to claw back market share, they should have at least tried to beat some specs. I know internally, they'll say their users don't need 32gb memory, 10mp camera, or a quad core processor, but that's also why they've lost a lot of users. They've tried to be adequate and not exceptional for too long.
Long before I switched to Android, I posted on some BB forums what they needed to do to be competitive. The responses were always, BB owns the enterprise market, BB isn't going anywhere, those other phones aren't serious devices, people don't really use their camera, memory management is so good on BB you don't need more memory, etc. While those weren't company responses, it mirrored what the company seemed to think.
z10 is pretty slick actually. all this swiping around is much faster than android... when i use android i find myself swiping to no avail now
lack of app support tho
bilalwiggles said:
z10 is pretty slick actually. all this swiping around is much faster than android... when i use android i find myself swiping to no avail now
lack of app support tho
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I personally don't see how swiping is any faster than pressing a physical home key tbh...
I played around with one and it was ok. Plus you're limited to 8 apps in memory.
I didn't find tasks any faster, just different
Not sure u will ever see the app support other than commercial app support
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Not sure u will ever see the app support other than commercial app support
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I personally think they built up hype themselves by sending people to stand in line and only releasing 4-5 per store. Sales figures don't show nearly what they are claiming.
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