I know that the internal components are not easy to modify but has anyone ever heard of cell modifications using PCB etching pens. I mean all these Note 4's have to be similar and have small tweaks that make up the different variants. Root exists on some models of Note 4.
So does anyone think there a chips that have certain abilities enabled/disabled by cutting a trace or adding a trace between pins?
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Hi, I'm mainly from the Samsung Galaxy S 4G forum and I am considering buying this device, before I do I would like to ask a few questions:
1. Just 2x checking, this runs an android ICS port, right? if so is it fully functioning?
2. What is your default clocked processor speed?
3. How much RAM & System memory does this have?
4. Are there any major drawbacks to this device?
5. Would the 7 in. screen be an issue for typing notes during my college classes?
6. Is it possible to mount devices (ex. phone, camera, etc..) through your micro USB port with a type B male to A female USB cable?
7. Does anyone have any major regrets about buying this device?
8. How fragile is this device, compared to most phones? (I just want to make sure it wont shatter after a 3 foot drop since i have a baby brother)
9. How is development? How many active devs do you have? (i just want to make sure I'm not buying a device that has a dead dev section)
10. Does this have expandable memory? (ex. micro sd)
Thank you so much and sorry for the newb like questions, I will remove them as I research tonight if I find some answers to these questions.
Thanks Again!
1.yes
2. Mine is 1008 but its clocked to 1200
3.512 mg
4.internal storage capacity
5.I type fine on it could depend on finger size
6.no not yet
7.none I love my kindle
8. Very sturdy but not indestructible
9. Plenty development is very active
10.no but development is working on USB otg
1. Just 2x checking, this runs an android ICS port, right? if so is it fully functioning?
CM9 ROCKS
2. What is your default clocked processor speed?
most roms overclost @1200
3. How much RAM & System memory does this have?
512
4. Are there any major drawbacks to this device?
Memory
5. Would the 7 in. screen be an issue for typing notes during my college classes?
I am way oldschool when it comes to this.... I use Grafitti for android
6. Is it possible to mount devices (ex. phone, camera, etc..) through your micro USB port with a type B male to A female USB cable?
yes
7. Does anyone have any major regrets about buying this device?
baught as a stepping stone to get soemthing bigger.... good starter device
8. How fragile is this device, compared to most phones? (I just want to make sure it wont shatter after a 3 foot drop since i have a baby brother)
there are loads of shock cases on the market to assist in protection.
9. How is development? How many active devs do you have? (i just want to make sure I'm not buying a device that has a dead dev section)
plenty of developers, new or improved ROMS are released all the time
10. Does this have expandable memory? (ex. micro sd)
not yet
Hope it helps.... emjoy
others have answered the specific questions so here's my take on the general ones:
4. Are there any major drawbacks to this device?
No 3G is a pain in the ass. I feel like I'm limited where I can use this thing fully. If I want to play a little WWF during lunch, I gotta stick to places that have wifi. I can't just whip it out and get directions while out walking, or look something up on the spur of the moment. If you have a phone that can act as a wireless hotspot, this is no biggie.
Also, nothing major but I've found some basic customization and tasks have been a bit harder than expected. It took forever to get a proper screenshot program working... should be built into the OS. I'm still trying to find a randomized wallpaper changer. Little things like that... it seemed like people were on top of this stuff when I looked into customizing my phone.
5. Would the 7 in. screen be an issue for typing notes during my college classes?
I find the screen more than enough to do anything. Feels big and clear. Also, swyping with this thing in portrait mode is perfect, you don't have to be as precise as you would with a phone, but it's not so far between the letters that it slows you down. If you already use swype you'll be golden for note-taking.
7. Does anyone have any major regrets about buying this device?
No, I'm quite pleased with it, and the price is amazing for what you're getting. The lack of 3G still gets on my nerves and I would gladly have paid an extra 50+ bucks to add that functionality.
8. How fragile is this device, compared to most phones? (I just want to make sure it wont shatter after a 3 foot drop since i have a baby brother)
I got a screen protector and a cheapo (like 6-10 buck) carry case. I've dropped it twice from waist level or so and the case kept it fine. I'd say if you get the case you'll be ok, but an unlucky landing facedown onto blacktop might crack the screen or something.
9. How is development? How many active devs do you have? (i just want to make sure I'm not buying a device that has a dead dev section)
I feel like it's pretty good but I don't have much to compare it to. One thing I really liked is the devs made it SOOOO easy to root and install a new rom/os/bootloader/etc. I got the appropriate usb drivers, used the KFU, and in no time I was able to back up my stock image, get a good bootloader going, get a new launcher, get root, and even get some sort of hack that gives you access to both the amazon marketplace and google play store. Most apps I've installed work fine, a handful that were made for the phone do not, but they make it very easy to DL, install, update and uninstall apps.
4. there are some drawbacks:
-no bluetooth
-no volume buttons
-only about 6 GB of useable storage space
-no upgradeable storage (except through mounting something on USB)
Hi,
Can someone explain me why some apps (e.g. Songpop) doesn't work on WFS although they work on other HVGA devices (like optimus one)?
And if there's something to do about it..
Thanks!
Android has a very vast ecosystem which includes a plethora of different devices with different specs or small changes within similar specs......this makes app development a little hard and since the developer does not have all the phones in the world......some phones remain untested
It might be possible that due to some internal or coding reasons, some apps do not work on our WFS
This can be resolved either by contacting the respective developer and wait for a bug fix or try using it on different roms
Some apps require full floating point support, which is something you would get with armv7. Sometimes its about the resolution or dpi. Our phone is very underpowered, and it wasn't exactly bleeding edge on release. It was cheaper for HTC to release a budget phone with last gen tech.
I recently purchase a epic 4g, and to my surprise look on phonearena.com to compare it to the nexus S. I found this is what the have in common:
Same processor clocked at same speed
Same screen(epic 4g is slightly bigger)
Same cameras(front and back)
And everything else
Only difference:
Epic 4g's hard keyboard
My questions is, will nexus s roms also work on it, has anyone tried? Thanks
Splinter836 said:
I recently purchase a epic 4g, and to my surprise look on phonearena.com to compare it to the nexus S. I found this is what the have in common:
Same processor clocked at same speed
Same screen(epic 4g is slightly bigger)
Same cameras(front and back)
And everything else
Only difference:
Epic 4g's hard keyboard
My questions is, will nexus s roms also work on it, has anyone tried? Thanks
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umadbro? In your theory too many HTC phones would have universal ROMs...
Frankly speaking, never. Differences lie in where you can't usually see, like touch panel controller chip, SD card support, baseband (Nexus S is strictly a GSM/HSPA phone, while E4G is CDMA/WiMAX), storage size and partition table, etc... No devices are the same or, say, near-identical enough to make ROMs universal (that is, with the exception of some "unbranded" phones that are shipped to different manufacturers just to make their shells, so hardware could be identical)
However, based on this similarity across all phones with S5PC110 CPU ("aries" board), ROM codes can be shared to a certain extent, and some ROMs can be easily ported from Nexus S 4G to E4G or vice versa.
Satisfied?
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM10.2
AndyYan said:
umadbro? In your theory too many HTC phones would have universal ROMs...
Frankly speaking, never. Differences lie in where you can't usually see, like touch panel controller chip, SD card support, baseband (Nexus S is strictly a GSM/HSPA phone, while E4G is CDMA/WiMAX), storage size and partition table, etc... No devices are the same or, say, near-identical enough to make ROMs universal (that is, with the exception of some "unbranded" phones that are shipped to different manufacturers just to make their shells, so hardware could be identical)
However, based on this similarity across all phones with S5PC110 CPU ("aries" board), ROM codes can be shared to a certain extent, and some ROMs can be easily ported from Nexus S 4G to E4G or vice versa.
Satisfied?
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM10.2
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Thanks, guess I'll get to porting. I just thought that it might be possible because you can use samsung fasicanate roms on the samsung mesmerize.
Splinter836 said:
Thanks, guess I'll get to porting. I just thought that it might be possible because you can use samsung fasicanate roms on the samsung mesmerize.
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No, these are almost identical phones actually (look at the shape and model number). Mesmerize is just a re-carrier-branded Fascinate with (minor) baseband difference.
I got the active and the edge and flat s7 and I wanna know if the SD s7 and the active have the same or similar kernels? I see no reason why if I was to flash the s7 roms on this and edit the build prob that a rom would work. Now If its a kernel issue it'd be a problem and if someone could maybe pull the kernel and make a flashable I fell this could work. I mean we got twrp for SD versions on all edges and all flats so it makes sense.
Any feed back would be great.
there IS hardware differences, the chips used, and hardware configuration are different, plus mother board layout is different ..
the fact the SIM/memory cards are in different locations for example, then theres the differences in buttons, the active button, and the two physcial buttons on the front too....
so althou the hardware is VERY much similair it DOES have difference which need altering... how much and where i have no idea !!
Hello there,
I was wondering if there could be a chance that I could swap ram chips between my S9 and the Note 9.
They have both the same SoC but with different ram chips on the very top of the SoC, I know you can physically swap the ram chips but I was worried if the Stock software could boot the phone without any changes made to it. I was also considering a full SoC swap, maybe that could increase the success rate of the SoC not dying.
Thanks in advance
short answer no. Long answer will be posted soon
tamojit_ray said:
short answer no. Long answer will be posted soon
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You have a very interesting concept of the word soon
Never seen this, has it been done before with other models?
vinokirk said:
Never seen this, has it been done before with other models?
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Not that I know of. That's why I'm asking. Of this was possible it would open up some DIY ram upgrades for a lot of phones if it works.
I've seen similar things before, with the old Sony UX UMPC, they figured out to solder another 1GB or RAM on top of the existing 1GB RAM
vinokirk said:
I've seen similar things before, with the old Sony UX UMPC, they figured out to solder another 1GB or RAM on top of the existing 1GB RAM
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Nice, it's basically the same thing on the S9 in theory. You de-solder the SoC from the original phone, you get the SoC (the same SoC with different Ram capacity)that you want from an other phone and then you solder it on the original phone. I was wondering if there was a software compatibility issue. You could de-solder the Dram chip that is located on top of the SoC but I think that's a little bit more complicated. I have never done this, I've only seen photos of the motherboard of the S9 and how it's made.