JB holy smokes - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I just loaded a JB build an I gotta say...wow.
I came from synergy..which was great., but thought I would give jelly bean a shot. when I first loaded it I thought I would miss the Samsung apps.....but I gotta tell ya..I don't.
I can't believe how responsive this phone is. if.you've ever used an iPhone..yeah...it's like that.
I just want to tell people....go get it. it's amazing.

sudermatt said:
I just loaded a JB build an I gotta say...wow.
I came from synergy..which was great., but thought I would give jelly bean a shot. when I first loaded it I thought I would miss the Samsung apps.....but I gotta tell ya..I don't.
I can't believe how responsive this phone is. if.you've ever used an iPhone..yeah...it's like that.
I just want to tell people....go get it. it's amazing.
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Agree.. Been hesitant to load up. Not looking back now.. Got the s3 for hopes ofpure jelly bean sand man it flies and has everything I need

BlueCross said:
An iPhone.....right. Go crawl back into your hole.
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that didn't take long

BlueCross said:
An iPhone.....right. Go crawl back into your hole.
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that is one of the things the iPhone has had over.the android phones....screen response. I'm an android guy, believe me. but you gotta give the lemming phone credit where it's due.
however, this phone...with JB....youzers!

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An iPhone.....right. Go crawl back into your hole. <br />
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that is one of the things the iPhone has had over.the android phones....screen response. I'm an android guy, believe me. but you gotta give the lemming phone credit where it's due.<br />
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however, this phone...with JB....youzers!
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Agreed. I've only used an iPhone briefly and strongly prefer android but there's no denying how smooth iOS seems to run. Jellybean makes this phone run just as smooth and overall I think faster still. Virtually no delay on anything, it's really nice to use like this
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Mind posting a link to the build you used?

I'd like to try it but sounds risky. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I have the bootloader unlocked. Mind posting the link to the thread you got the rom from?
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BlueCross said:
An iPhone.....right. Go crawl back into your hole.
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haha! No kidding.
Wondered if it was a joke at first, but clearly it's not.
an iphone? seriously?
Still kinda wondering if it was a joke, even though Im sure it wasnt.
I've used 3-4 year old , busted up android phones that work better than a *new* iphone.
Unbelievable. lol :cyclops:

Where did u get your jb build from ?
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I pulled it from the noob thread in the development forum. I'm sitting in. bar right now so I can't really pull the link.
lol for the jelly bean noob thread in the development forum.

At the risk of sounding like a nOOb, I gotta ask... are you able to use flash with JB?

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At the risk of sounding like a nOOb, I gotta ask... are you able to use flash with JB?
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I loaded a site with flash content and it worked fine.
I have this CM10 build installed:
https://plus.google.com/105844328547178759011/posts/VzBXbXKMZKL

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I pulled it from the noob thread in the development forum. I'm sitting in. bar right now so I can't really pull the link.
lol for the jelly bean noob thread in the development forum.
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was just curious cause i keep finding a bunch of different builds from a couple different people and its hard to keep up with the bugs in each... wanting to give it a try soon

Rasa11 said:
haha! No kidding.
Wondered if it was a joke at first, but clearly it's not.
an iphone? seriously?
Still kinda wondering if it was a joke, even though Im sure it wasnt.
I've used 3-4 year old , busted up android phones that work better than a *new* iphone.
Unbelievable. lol :cyclops:
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please tell me YOURE joking. I'm not biased. I like both OS's (own an iPhone 4S, SGS3, GNex, and iPad) But as someone stated, give credit where its due. iPhones are extremely smooth n responsive. You must have had a factory defected iPhone cuz I never held an Android phone that was as responsive as an iPhone. But I love how Android was able to give that iPhone like smoothness and even top it. Good job Google. Bravo
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Agreed. I've only used an iPhone briefly and strongly prefer android but there's no denying how smooth iOS seems to run. Jellybean makes this phone run just as smooth and overall I think faster still. Virtually no delay on anything, it's really nice to use like this
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I've seen posts and just general people talking and complaining about their iPhone being slow. They all must of had defective ones it seems. I never had a complaint about any of my Android phones.

xXJay_RXx said:
please tell me YOURE joking. I'm not biased. I like both OS's (own an iPhone 4S, SGS3, GNex, and iPad) But as someone stated, give credit where its due. iPhones are extremely smooth n responsive. You must have had a factory defected iPhone cuz I never held an Android phone that was as responsive as an iPhone. But I love how Android was able to give that iPhone like smoothness and even top it. Good job Google. Bravo
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No, I'm really not joking. lol
I have never "had" or will have an iphone, but i've held/played with 3 or 4 different ones that belonged to acquaintances and I wasnt impressed.
I didnt find them super "smooth", nor any more 'responsive' than my only current Android device (Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0)
I don't think all 3 or 4 were 'defective', do you?
I've heard complaints from numerous people telling me how slow/unresponsive/crappy their iphones are..
and my little bit of experience with them .. only strengthens the owners/users words.
I've even had a few friends give up their iphones (and ipods) and switch to android after they actually used an Android.
I don't know..
Kinda seems to me like the iphones that you guys claim are "smooth and fast and super responsive" are the "defective" ones.
Which would kind of fit for apple..
completely backasswards. lol
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I've seen posts and just general people talking and complaining about their iPhone being slow. They all must of had defective ones it seems. I never had a complaint about any of my Android phones.
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Exactly.
Going on my own experience with iphones, plus my friends & acquaintances experiences with them,
plus all the people/posts online complaining about their iphones...
Well, Yeah..
no thanks

Having owned 2 I phones myself along with any android Verizon phone this year or two I would say overall ui would have gone to iPhone until I used jellybean on my old nexus and now on this gs3..... unless u have owned an iphone for at least a month u shouldn't bash it... if u go into a store or use a friends for 5 min u will def be clueless as to what your trying to do and begin bashing because you are comparing it to something you have become real familiarized with.
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I'm a little hesitant to flash JB just yet. Are there are any major bugs that haven't been worked out yet? I've heard of the MMS bug (not sure what it is) but are there others?

For all those comments regarding this iPhone vs android crap..... You do realize just how unequivocally seat of the pants and subjective all of it is? I can pick up 2 identical S3s and one will feel faster. I can drive to identical civics and of course mine is going to be faster because it's red. I wonder how many others read these posts and roll their eyes and question the intelligence of those writing them.
Keep it on task for once. JB is great. iOS 6 will be great. They are both phone eco systems with pluses and minuses. Stick or automatic. Total driver preference.
Now where are these CM10 builds!
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Deathbynukes said:
I'm a little hesitant to flash JB just yet. Are there are any major bugs that haven't been worked out yet? I've heard of the MMS bug (not sure what it is) but are there others?
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I flashed the 8/16 awesome, slicker than snot on a door knob, clean as a whistle and fast as hell, but not a daily driver at least not for me, wonky data seemed to get better signal but dropped often, mild screen flickers every once and a while, had issues with netflix, nfl mobile, MMS worked but I had issues signing into xda for some reason, and after booting back up after a cwr backup I lost my data (IMEI, MEID read unknown) restored a backup and they were all back to normal......I think I sharted a little but luckily it was easily remedied.
I completely wiped everything even internal sd went back to bone stock, rooted then unlocked. Waited 10 minutes before I even touched the phone after flashing, said three hail Marries, and threw a horse shoe over my shoulder lol
I highly recommend wiping everything and going back to bone stock first for one it will rule out any ghosts in the closet that may come back to haunt you, and it also keeps the forums from clogging up with people asking for help getting rid of those ghosts, you're more of a control when you start from scratch and when you have problems you won't be using up the devs valuable time hunting down wild geese, that have nothing to do with CM.
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That was my experience with the 8/16 build (used the latest CWR v6.0.1.2)
I'm going to play with it some more see if I can help weed out anymore bugs.

Related

Proud owner of G2x

So yesterday I went into the store to play a little with the sensation and man I'm glad I got a G2x since release date and not waited for the Sensation. It felt slow all over the place and I compared everything with my G2x.
My G2x felt super smooth while the sensation was feeling laggy and stuttery.
Quadrant scores ( Rounded numbers)
Sensation - 1900
G2x - 2400 (Running stock)
The screen was the biggest dissapointment, The screen was all washed out, and with a yellowish tint. I was hoping to see a major improvement with the higher resolution but didn't compare at all against our phone.
So overall I didn't like the Sensation over the G2x and is not even a match when It comes to speed.
I am a proud owner of the G2x.
Hopefully they start selling the G2x soon. I am pretty sure T-Mobile will be marketing the G2x much more once they release the gingerbread update.
My advise is that you go to your T-Mobile store and try them both and decide for yourself.
Sent from my snappy G2x
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My advise is that you go to your T-Mobile store and try them both and decide for yourself.
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Thats it, best answer !! ....Several people have called this out. Go try it. If you like it...buy it. Good for you. If you don't, then good for you. Reasons for buying or not buying anything are between you and yourself.
Please feel free to not share those reasons....privacy laws and all...I'm sure you understand...
Yeah, I understand.
And don't get me wrong, Sensation is a good phone, just like you said, if you like it buy it if you don't, don't buy it. Lol
Should be simple, but humans care too much about what other people think.
Sent from my G2x
In my opinion, the G2x, right now, isn't ready for the general public. I think it is a good thing they aren't selling them again until GB comes out.
For me, the phone is a beast. I'm not afraid to root it and start ripping out crap that causes problems or flashing custom software or patches. The phone, completely stock, suffers from crappy programming.
Thats one thing that kills me about Android. I LOVE android but manufactures dig their own graves. Google should hire the CM team officially and make all phones require AOSP drivers. I mean the Nexus One still gets official updates from Google. If Google hired the CM team to work on making phones compatible with AOSP roms, then all phones could get pushed stable updates the way Google pushed updates to the Nexus phones.
See right now, manufactures have to build roms around their drivers. If all phones were made compatible to the same set of drivers then we wouldn't have this fragmentation crap.
They need to make the overlays just additional installs.
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In my opinion, the G2x, right now, isn't ready for the general public. I think it is a good thing they aren't selling them again until GB comes out.
For me, the phone is a beast. I'm not afraid to root it and start ripping out crap that causes problems or flashing custom software or patches. The phone, completely stock, suffers from crappy programming.
Thats one thing that kills me about Android. I LOVE android but manufactures dig their own graves. Google should hire the CM team officially and make all phones require AOSP drivers. I mean the Nexus One still gets official updates from Google. If Google hired the CM team to work on making phones compatible with AOSP roms, then all phones could get pushed stable updates the way Google pushed updates to the Nexus phones.
See right now, manufactures have to build roms around their drivers. If all phones were made compatible to the same set of drivers then we wouldn't have this fragmentation crap.
They need to make the overlays just additional installs.
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Agree 100%. Why you think the Nexus One forums are still booming
It's wierd I read of all these problems all I have is slight screen bleeding in the corners and I would've never recognized if I didn't read about it I love this phone my wife has a sidekick 4g and it feels way out dated to this phone never had a reboot or any thing so patently waiting for gingerbread
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moshe22 said:
Yeah, I understand.
And don't get me wrong, Sensation is a good phone, just like you said, if you like it buy it if you don't, don't buy it. Lol
Should be simple, but humans care too much about what other people think.
Sent from my G2x
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Yeah, agreed. I have both. One goes back. I switched to the beast again today. Handed them both to my girlfriend, seeking her opinion. After 15 minutes she chose the G2x. You are right its a beast.
Decision made.
Thanks
alodar1 said:
Yeah, agreed. I have both. One goes back. I switched to the beast again today. Handed them both to my girlfriend, seeking her opinion. After 15 minutes she chose the G2x. You are right its a beast.
Decision made.
Thanks
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Good choice brotha, I effin love my g2x it seems to amaze me everyday......they should rename this phone the hulk smash....cuz it definitly smashes the competition and is a straight beast!!!
alodar1 said:
Yeah, agreed. I have both. One goes back. I switched to the beast again today. Handed them both to my girlfriend, seeking her opinion. After 15 minutes she chose the G2x. You are right its a beast.
Decision made.
Thanks
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Good to have you back
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sarni84 said:
Good choice brotha, I effin love my g2x it seems to amaze me everyday......they should rename this phone the hulk smash....cuz it definitly smashes the competition and is a straight beast!!!
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I know dude, this thing impress me everyday.
And..... I'm running stock lol
No problems whatsoever
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sarni84 said:
they should rename this phone the hulk smash....cuz it definitly smashes the competition and is a straight beast!!!
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HAHAHA! They totally should! I think I found my next notification sound!
Love my phone! Even with the "issues", I wouldn't trade this for anything.
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Amen boys...this is my favorite android phone to date and I've had most ....love the sense clock but want nothing to do with sense ever again. Vanilla = real android experience .....we should come up with a clan name for the users that never turned their backs on this beast...what y'all think?
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laker666 said:
Amen boys...this is my favorite android phone to date and I've had most ....love the sense clock but want nothing to do with sense ever again. Vanilla = real android experience .....we should come up with a clan name for the users that never turned their backs on this beast...what y'all think?
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My wife will probably think it's lame, but I am down. Lol
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laker666 said:
love the sense clock but want nothing to do with sense ever again.
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Check out GO Weather, its a widget set that includes a click that can be skinned to look just like HTC.
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LordButtersI said:
Check out GO Weather, its a widget set that includes a click that can be skinned to look just like HTC.
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No offense, there is no app that would make me buy a phone. The Beast is the beast because of how it feels and what it does. Sense or an unlocked bootloader are not part of it... For me.??
alodar1 said:
No offense, there is no app that would make me buy a phone. The Beast is the beast because of how it feels and what it does. Sense or an unlocked bootloader are not part of it... For me.??
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No, I mean you can download out for your g2x and it will look like the sense clock. Best of both worlds : P
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LordButtersI said:
Check out GO Weather, its a widget set that includes a click that can be skinned to look just like HTC.
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Thanks man. I downloaded GO Weather and am using it now. Very sense like indeed
My first post .... ) ..I don't know what all the fuss is about. I've had the G2X since day 1 and can honestly say it is the best android phone I have ever used. I switched from the Samsung galaxy which honestly led me to hate android. Switching from Samsung to this beast has changed my mind completely. I love everything about this phone. At first I was getting the random reboots but that hasn't happened in over a month. I can honestly say.. this phone is simply incredible.
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jcabrera03 said:
My first post .... ) ..I don't know what all the fuss is about. I've had the G2X since day 1 and can honestly say it is the best android phone I have ever used. I switched from the Samsung galaxy which honestly led me to hate android. Switching from Samsung to this beast has changed my mind completely. I love everything about this phone. At first I was getting the random reboots but that hasn't happened in over a month. I can honestly say.. this phone is simply incredible.
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I know, I'm looking at my G2x right now and is just gorgeous. This beweled screen and shinny screen, the metal, around the sides. I just don't like to put this phone down lol.
It is simply gorgeous
Sent from my super snappy G2x
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My first post .... ) ..this phone is simply incredible.
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Nah man!!!! The Incredible is a different forum!!!! This forum is for beasts and the sensation.

ICS depression

Its kind of upsetting/depressing that almost every other high end Android device had at least one ICS ROM. I hope the wait is worth it :/
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jghidalgo307 said:
Its kind of upsetting/depressing that almost every other high end Android device had at least one ICS ROM. I hope the wait is worth it :/
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I think it will be considering the great progress some of these guys are making. Besides we will have(most likely) multiple Roms, before LG even thinks about the OTA.
Lol I know even nexus one is running ics, NVIDIA is a joke, the sad part it no one want to buy this phone either.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
jghidalgo307 said:
Its kind of upsetting/depressing that almost every other high end Android device had at least one ICS ROM. I hope the wait is worth it :/
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Depressed about a software update for a phone? Really?
What are you trying to do that can not be done with gingerbread? Maybe someone can help you.
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Lol I know even nexus one is running ics, NVIDIA is a joke, the sad part it no one want to buy this phone either.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
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The Nexus One was destined for high end development anyways...But even the freaking HD2 now has ICS. Now thats ridiculous
But yah, ICS really has nothing to be depressed over. Except for the hardware acceleration capability...now CM9 is a whole other thing. But i'm sure CM9 will be available way before LG drops the major update.
I spent a few hours installing ICS on my daughter's Samsung Vibrant. It was nice to play with but not totally earth shattering. Some UI changes (improvements?), some different features. I was very excited about ICS now after spending some time with it, I can be patient and for the developers to work it out.
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Lol I know even nexus one is running ics, NVIDIA is a joke, the sad part it no one want to buy this phone either.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
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+1. I tried selling my g2x on CL and everyone's first question is " is it getting ics?".
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Stopfakn said:
+1. I tried selling my g2x on CL and everyone's first question is " is it getting ics?".
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What do you answer?
Core Memory said:
What do you answer?
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Hopefully he directs them to thread by tombaker1.
100INFINITE001 said:
I think it will be considering the great progress some of these guys are making. Besides we will have(most likely) multiple Roms, before LG even thinks about the OTA.
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I don't think there will be any official ICS from LG or Tmo considering the g2x is already discontinued.
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/01/t-mo...status/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Looks that way huh. Well it is LG we're talking about. I would rather a custom Rom anyway, but that's just me.
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ICS sucks without CM. I ran ICS on my HD2 and switched back to CM7.2
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ICS sucks without CM. I ran ICS on my HD2 and switched back to CM7.2
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must just be your HD2 because it runs well on my Vibrant.
Anyway, we will probably see ICS from LG at some point but that will be the last update this phone gets.
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What do you answer?
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I can't lie so I tell them it should but there will definitely be a rom. I do direct them to the FAQ
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painter_ said:
I spent a few hours installing ICS on my daughter's Samsung Vibrant. It was nice to play with but not totally earth shattering. Some UI changes (improvements?), some different features. I was very excited about ICS now after spending some time with it, I can be patient and for the developers to work it out.
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I have ICS Passion 10.6 on my vibrant and its flawless and super fast. Still hoping I dont throw my g2x against the wall before before it finally gets it.
Let not your heart be troubled.
Before you smash the G2x, flash Phoenixblood rom + Faux latest cm kernel and let us all know how you feel about your G2x then lol
I think just about all of us are anticipating cm9 but i believe i have found the best cm7 experience with 0 flaws imo with PhoenixBlood rom
To me is not really about ics, its about how they treat us (g2x users) if it wasn't for cm7/cerqueira this phone would be nothing, im glad i got a good one but many people got ****ty phones and the only reason they did gb was because of the lawsuit. They don't want to give us a fish (updates) and they sure as hell don't want to teach us how to fish (drivers).
I for sure dont want nothing to do with lg/nvidia, had a chance to get 2 cheap LG tvs for xmas, went with another more expensive brand!
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
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To me is not really about ics, its about how they treat us (g2x users) if it wasn't for cm7/cerqueira this phone would be nothing, im glad i got a good one but many people got ****ty phones and the only reason they did gb was because of the lawsuit. They don't want to give us a fish (updates) and they sure as hell don't want to teach us how to fish (drivers).
I for sure dont want nothing to do with lg/nvidia, had a chance to get 2 cheap LG tvs for xmas, went with another more expensive brand!
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
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Well lets not be silly here. LG makes some bomb ass TV's and I wouldn't mind owning one at a good price. I just wouldn't buy another phone from them for obvious reasons, but that's completely different than TV's.
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must just be your HD2 because it runs well on my Vibrant.
Anyway, we will probably see ICS from LG at some point but that will be the last update this phone gets.
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It ran fine without any bug and everything working. It sucks because there is no CM Settings menu.....thats where most of the feature that I use daily are located. losing all those features to gain better new looks is pointless.
I like this phone but, because of the lack of support for it, not LG, NVIDIA and Google. Although it's blasphemy stating this on an Android focused website forum, because of the total messup with this phone, except for the devotion of independent developers and others who support/supported this phone, I will not be buying anything with NVIDIA in it, made by LG, and probably not Android. I am going to seriously consider phones which run the new Windows OS and the iPhone 5 when it comes out.

Welcome?

new forum scent is still here
Finally
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Glad to see a forum, I bought this device for my mom and hope to see devs get behind it. With an unlockable bootloader, anything can be done with the device
Since there are no mods here yet, can I be the first troll? *starts grafting the walls*
lol jk
why is it taking soooo long to restore 8600 text messages??? Actually, why does it not limit people to 300 like I checked. Would knock off a couple thousand easy. i have limits set in gosms and stock to no avail.
And it feels weird having a phone that doesn't say Samsung on it. It's been about four years. Would've been longer if Sammy would've made the i550.
Will say, the Q charges a lot quicker than the Epic ever did with or without a charge only cable. Keys have a bit more travel than the Epic's. Doesn't feel like a good thing at the moment, but I'm sure it's more of just what I'm used to. Same goes for the tab key, weird punctuation placement and the annoying on screen keys. What's the point of having onscreen buttons if there is so much bezel space at the bottom. Phone feels light and plasticy, but not in a bad way. At least there's no chromed plastic. Slider seems solid. Screen is definitely bright. Colors aren't oversaturated, and I still see a touch of pixelization that probably would be non existent if it were HD and not qHD.
Hopefully there will be some worthwhile development for this thing. Cheers all.
Damn!!!! hurry Advocate phone I am rocking an S2 and S3 right now so dont know how this is gonna top them but eh they are giving me one so I am going to learn it and use it to the best of my abilitys! had good experience on the original mopho expect them same here.
Shabby you in on this device ....... then all is well
wheres the love guys? there was more forum activity before you guys got rooted.
Hectic weekend, and my slider is loose. Going to call and get it switched out. Will root and nandroid once I know I can get a new phone so I can do an easy restore.
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shabbypenguin said:
wheres the love guys? there was more forum activity before you guys got rooted.
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Bought this device for my mom, will be rooting it this weekend and starting the debloat. Hope to see the community around this grow, maybe even get a CM maintainer. This has the specs to make it through a few Android OS releases
jefbal99 said:
Bought this device for my mom, will be rooting it this weekend and starting the debloat. Hope to see the community around this grow, maybe even get a CM maintainer. This has the specs to make it through a few Android OS releases
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as it stands the cm i keep trying to compile is failing in webcore granted that is just purly grabbing cm and adding in my device tree. havent applied any of the moto stuff yet
shabbypenguin said:
as it stands the cm i keep trying to compile is failing in webcore granted that is just purly grabbing cm and adding in my device tree. havent applied any of the moto stuff yet
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you are awesome
shabbypenguin said:
as it stands the cm i keep trying to compile is failing in webcore granted that is just purly grabbing cm and adding in my device tree. havent applied any of the moto stuff yet
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Do you have a tree up? I saw there's kernel source from Moto...
I was looking at buying this device, and I want to put TWRP 2.0 and AOKP on it. I'd love to help ya .
i handed the device tree off to dees_troy since he did the photon twrp himself before i imagine he will prolly do this one as well twrp currently doesnt boot
as for device trees i got sick of so many cwm ports back in teh froyo days not having source up so i do everything in my power to ensure people can get it https://github.com/Shabbypenguin/android_device_moto_asanti
as for aokp/cm and the like i tried to compile CM9 and it threw a bit fit. thats about where im gunna stop
You've been thanked, this should at least get me somewheres. Would like to see some good ROM's for this beast
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You've been thanked, this should at least get me somewheres. Would like to see some good ROM's for this beast
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give me some time and ill have us some goodies, buying this phone real soon, and will port over what I've done for the photon to the q (not saying I'm going to port from photon)... in case you don't know of me....I've taken on miui, aokp, aokpcb, cm9, cna,.paranoid android, and themed/tweaked stock ....I've had alot of great friends helping me through them, so in no way can I take full credit for them but I'm certain I should be able to do the same for the q.....
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Hell yeah I've heard of you and enjoyed your work. I can't wait to see what you put together for the Q.
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Alright! I am getting CM9 and will work with some other peoples to get Shabby's device tree fleshed out. Hopefully we can get that up and running pretty quickly so we can move onto CM10/AOKP
Also, I ordered the phone today - hope to have it here soon!
My wifey wants this phone but she said she wants to wait till ROMs come out for it. Was shocked when she said that I think I got her spoiled on ROMs from her epic 4g lol.
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why is it taking soooo long to restore 8600 text messages??? Actually, why does it not limit people to 300 like I checked. Would knock off a couple thousand easy. i have limits set in gosms and stock to no avail.
And it feels weird having a phone that doesn't say Samsung on it. It's been about four years. Would've been longer if Sammy would've made the i550.
Will say, the Q charges a lot quicker than the Epic ever did with or without a charge only cable. Keys have a bit more travel than the Epic's. Doesn't feel like a good thing at the moment, but I'm sure it's more of just what I'm used to. Same goes for the tab key, weird punctuation placement and the annoying on screen keys. What's the point of having onscreen buttons if there is so much bezel space at the bottom. Phone feels light and plasticy, but not in a bad way. At least there's no chromed plastic. Slider seems solid. Screen is definitely bright. Colors aren't oversaturated, and I still see a touch of pixelization that probably would be non existent if it were HD and not qHD.
Hopefully there will be some worthwhile development for this thing. Cheers all.
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AGREE was so upset there was no hd screen,jokersax,shabby,spleef,th3bill made my MoPho (og photon) so awesome.tegra rox!! now new photon ,no hd, yucky keyboard,and no quad tegra. LEFT and went to gnex!!!! done with MOTO.soooooo loved and still love og photon
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give me some time and ill have us some goodies, buying this phone real soon, and will port over what I've done for the photon to the q (not saying I'm going to port from photon)... in case you don't know of me....I've taken on miui, aokp, aokpcb, cm9, cna,.paranoid android, and themed/tweaked stock ....I've had alot of great friends helping me through them, so in no way can I take full credit for them but I'm certain I should be able to do the same for the q.....
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I second this comment,ya all made my photon fun bro. your top notch spleef. too bad moto went backwords with q,accept 1.5 gig but no tegra and tegra rox.memories of shadowrom
Wow
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First Impressions

What are you guys pros, cons, and recommendations.
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Great phone, few annoyances
Overall I think it's a great phone, with a lot of potential. The battery life blows the Epic out of the water, the reception is WAY better, and the keyboard is amazing once you get past the initial learning curve.
Even the stock ROM is not that bad.. My only real gripe is the lack of any toggle buttons in the notifications menu. That drives me insane, I use those constantly and HATE having to go into the settings every time I want to turn anything on or off.
I am, however, eagerly awaiting a root method and some custom ROM goodness. Which will quite easily take care of the majority of my gripes (besides the non-removable battery).
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Overall I think it's a great phone, with a lot of potential. The battery life blows the Epic out of the water, the reception is WAY better, and the keyboard is amazing once you get past the initial learning curve.
Even the stock ROM is not that bad.. My only real gripe is the lack of any toggle buttons in the notifications menu. That drives me insane, I use those constantly and HATE having to go into the settings every time I want to turn anything on or off.
I am, however, eagerly awaiting a root method and some custom ROM goodness. Which will quite easily take care of the majority of my gripes (besides the non-removable battery).
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I hated that damn epic. this phone is superior in every way. contrary to the "bigger is better" hype, I like the size of the phone. It fits nicely in my hand and I don't have to be a contortionist to get my fingers across the screen. the only issue I have to complain about so far, besides the lack of toggles, is that if you have head phones or a bluetooth device connected, the notifications play thru it instead of the back speak. But that could user error on my part.. It isn't that much thicker than the original Photon. I'm holding them both in my hands right now and the weight isn't that much different either, especially for a slider. I'm not in to much of a hurry for any custom roms. but it would be nice to have root. I'm sure shabby or one of the other great devs will have that taken care of soon enough...
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Overall I think it's a great phone, with a lot of potential. The battery life blows the Epic out of the water, the reception is WAY better, and the keyboard is amazing once you get past the initial learning curve.
Even the stock ROM is not that bad.. My only real gripe is the lack of any toggle buttons in the notifications menu. That drives me insane, I use those constantly and HATE having to go into the settings every time I want to turn anything on or off.
I am, however, eagerly awaiting a root method and some custom ROM goodness. Which will quite easily take care of the majority of my gripes (besides the non-removable battery).
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How about a widget? or maybe this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle&hl=en
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How about a widget? or maybe this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle&hl=en
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I tried it out, and it basically works... It does have a sort of tacked on feeling. I'd much prefer a baked in solution tho.
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I tried it out, and it basically works... It does have a sort of tacked on feeling. I'd much prefer a baked in solution tho.
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There are other alternatives, just giving 1 example.
So far, my thoughts on this device are that it is amazing! This could just be because i'm upgrading from a DROID Eris from Verizon, but this device does just about everything right!
The keyboard is by far the best one I've used on a mobile device, its very tactile and the back light is bright and adjustable. The phones performance is top notch, no lag in apps or just scrolling around. I've even gotten my ps1,n64,and gba emulators running great with keys mapped to the keypad
My internet browsing experience is been quite good, even though I'm still using sprint's 3g network, all websites load up quick and are smooth.
The screen looks fantastic, although it isn't full HD, colors are vibrant and watching videos is great on the phone. Overall, i am VERY pleased with the device so far, and i cant wait to see what developers have in store for it!
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I tried it out, and it basically works... It does have a sort of tacked on feeling. I'd much prefer a baked in solution tho.
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I just tossed the power control widget that's included on my home screen. While you can't get to it from everywhere, it's only one button away.
The only thing about this phone that I truly do not like is notification light. I don't like green XD
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I just tossed the power control widget that's included on my home screen. While you can't get to it from everywhere, it's only one button away.
The only thing about this phone that I truly do not like is notification light. I don't like green XD
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When that's your biggest gripe things are looking up for this phone
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If anyone buys/uses the HD Dock and/or the Vehicle Dock for the Q, I'd be highly interested in hearing your thoughts and experiences after a bit of time using those as well....just tossing that out there for present and future owners alike.
Found this fairly indepth impression post by someone over at Phandroid, worth a read by those considering buying:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-photon-q-4g-lte/604051-my-impressions.html
Better than the Galaxy S III?
So, the question for me is how does it compare to the Galaxy SIII?
Well the sg3 was out because samsung does not update crap. So I was leaning towards the htc evo lte when I heard about the photon q. Sometimes I have to compose some sizable emails for work and the touch typing can get pretty frustrating in those situations, so I end up using my epics keyboard a lot. Even thought about getting the htc and a blackberry just for emails for work
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Well the sg3 was out because samsung does not update crap. So I was leaning towards the htc evo lte when I heard about the photon q. Sometimes I have to compose some sizable emails for work and the touch typing can get pretty frustrating in those situations, so I end up using my epics keyboard a lot. Even thought about getting the htc and a blackberry just for emails for work
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im really wondering where you are getting your sources for samsung doesnt update crap, as far as ive seen they have done a pretty decent job on sprint so far.
I guess u havent had an epic 4g
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I guess u havent had an epic 4g
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Why you say that cause it's stuck on ginger bread unless you use cyanogen mod?
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Why you say that cause it's stuck on ginger bread unless you use cyanogen mod?
The epic started with eclair. Updated to froyo n now has ginger bread stock. That's 2 major updates
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I guess u havent had an epic 4g
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i did actually, froyo came a little slower but i understand why, back then AOSP was really closed off towards just the nexus one. you want proof in that look at how long it took from eclair to froyo vs froyo to gb, samsung had based the nexus s off its samsung galaxy line so it was able to know how to have the code work on the humming bird a hell of a lot sooner. in fact the gingerbread update was posted the day ICS was announced, thus making the epic only 1 update "behind". granted its two now but its also past its two year mark (or rather tomorrow it will be, i remember picking mine up on august 31st 2010 launch day)
the epic 4g touch launched with gingerbread not that long ago it got ics and will prolly get jellybean someday. sgs3 launched with ICS and the tmo version already has leaks of JB, meaning it will prolly happen soon.
now lets compare that to the photon (im sure a few other moto phones fit this bill) launched with 2.3.4, after 7?8? months got an update to 2.3.5 instead of ICS, ICS is coming later this year which means it will only be one update behind until Key Lime is released this november, what do you think the odds are of the photon getting jellybean officially? so as of this november it will be 2 behind and stay that way, considering photon owners are 1 year into their 2 year agreement for that device doesnt leave a lot of hope.
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Why you say that cause it's stuck on ginger bread unless you use cyanogen mod?
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YOU!!! ;P
tumbes20000 said:
I guess u havent had an epic 4g
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XD Helps if you know who you're talking to. He's pretty on point.
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i did actually, froyo came a little slower but i understand why, back then AOSP was really closed off towards just the nexus one. you want proof in that look at how long it took from eclair to froyo vs froyo to gb, samsung had based the nexus s off its samsung galaxy line so it was able to know how to have the code work on the humming bird a hell of a lot sooner. in fact the gingerbread update was posted the day ICS was announced, thus making the epic only 1 update "behind". granted its two now but its also past its two year mark (or rather tomorrow it will be, i remember picking mine up on august 31st 2010 launch day)
the epic 4g touch launched with gingerbread not that long ago it got ics and will prolly get jellybean someday. sgs3 launched with ICS and the tmo version already has leaks of JB, meaning it will prolly happen soon.
now lets compare that to the photon (im sure a few other moto phones fit this bill) launched with 2.3.4, after 7?8? months got an update to 2.3.5 instead of ICS, ICS is coming later this year which means it will only be one update behind until Key Lime is released this november, what do you think the odds are of the photon getting jellybean officially? so as of this november it will be 2 behind and stay that way, considering photon owners are 1 year into their 2 year agreement for that device doesnt leave a lot of hope.
YOU!!! ;P
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you nailed it right on the head.
I love when people don't realize me n you have been working on the epic since the beginning and we seen the phone grow and know what where talking about. Silly newbs
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you nailed it right on the head.
I love when people don't realize me n you have been working on the epic since the beginning and we seen the phone grow and know what where talking about. Silly newbs
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actually i tend to get confused when people mention me and epic. as i never did anything big for it, i leaked DK17 froyo build. i did the first linux/mac one click but i didnt do any roms or anything :/

crazy feature for Galaxy S IV

http://www.talkandroid.com/152819-g...ing-similar-to-smart-stay-and-smart-rotation/
and just wait until some hot chick walks by when your looking at you're phone.
dligon said:
http://www.talkandroid.com/152819-g...ing-similar-to-smart-stay-and-smart-rotation/
and just wait until some hot chick walks by when your looking at you're phone.
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I look forward to the inevitable s3 port
Michael503 said:
I look forward to the inevitable s3 port
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Just buy the s4 that's what I'm gonna do. In with the new, out with the old
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I won't touch the S4 until it's been out a few months.
I'm done with buying brand new phones and flashing this or that AOSP port while all the kinks get worked out.
Better to stick with the S3 until ROM's & accessories are widely available for the S4.
Oh, but I WILL be going S4 as soon as that first killer AOSP ROM is finally bug free.
It took three months on the S3 for that to happen. Then it sucked again while everyone dumped the ICS AOSP before finishing adding all the extra super cool features, and instead started working on JB AOSP. Which took another three months to get all the features & bugs worked out.
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I won't touch the S4 until it's been out a few months.
I'm done with buying brand new phones and flashing this or that AOSP port while all the kinks get worked out.
Better to stick with the S3 until ROM's & accessories are widely available for the S4.
Oh, but I WILL be going S4 as soon as that first killer AOSP ROM is finally bug free.
It took three months on the S3 for that to happen. Then it sucked again while everyone dumped the ICS AOSP before finishing adding all the extra super cool features, and instead started working on JB AOSP. Which took another three months to get all the features & bugs worked out.
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what you say =)
beside unless you're going for international version, otherwise U.S versions won't come out till June.
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Just buy the s4 that's what I'm gonna do. In with the new, out with the old
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I just got my S3 last month. I still haven't rubbed the new off of it yet.
I just got mine as well so I got 2 years before this inking about another phone. Maybe a s5 by then lol
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It took three months on the S3 for that to happen. Then it sucked again while everyone dumped the ICS AOSP before finishing adding all the extra super cool features, and instead started working on JB AOSP. Which took another three months to get all the features & bugs worked out.
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Agreed... even today's AOSP ROMs for the i747 still suck IMHO !!
No offense to the devs, there just not there yet for me to hop on the train... but they're getting closer by the day!
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Agreed... even today's AOSP ROMs for the i747 still suck IMHO !!
No offense to the devs, there just not there yet for me to hop on the train... but they're getting closer by the day!
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Maybe you should just stick with TW then. Probably more your speed.
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Maybe you should just stick with TW then. Probably more your speed.
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On the GS2? No way, so many people are having SOD issues! If I had one I'd have a Rom on that thing no questions asked.
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Agreed... even today's AOSP ROMs for the i747 still suck IMHO !!
No offense to the devs, there just not there yet for me to hop on the train... but they're getting closer by the day!
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This is all a matter if opinion. As some dislike the bloat and useless features of TW. Saying nothing of their bloated pointless framework files.
Wayne Tech S-III
Woah, that sounds cool, I even thought face detection was something...
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This is all a matter if opinion. As some dislike the bloat and useless features of TW. Saying nothing of their bloated pointless framework files.
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Right.
Age has probably just caught up with me as I do not feel the urge to flash my phones anymore.
Even my good ol' international GS1 isn't up to par anymore even though I still use it almost every day.
It's lagging at leat 4 versions behind in both ROM and kernel lol
We might not even have to wait for a port. Look at the comments in that article, someone with a leaked 4.2 for i9300 (international GS3) shows a screenshot with "Smart Scroll"!
Worthiness: I worry about implementation. Facial recognition is nothing new; we've had that for decades. Retinal recognition (or pupil, I guess) sounds too new. And will it work everywhere? Do all apps have a "scroll" function? What about Flipboard and Currents, which are more like "next page" functions?
~Ibrahim~
HiKsFiles said:
Agreed... even today's AOSP ROMs for the i747 still suck IMHO !!
No offense to the devs, there just not there yet for me to hop on the train... but they're getting closer by the day!
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You're really missing out then. Some of the new 4.2.2 ROM's like CyanogenMod, LiquidSmooth and Vanilla Rootbox are pretty freakin incredible lately. All the good options are starting to go back into the AOSP ROM's now. And these are very reliable also.
I haven't had an SOD since 4.1.2.
I am looking foward to seeing this in action maybe i will spend less time cleaning my screen lol
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/06...ts-leak-confirm-smart-scroll-and-smart-pause/
It's not eye-scrolling. It's head-angle detecting. So, if you lean your head "down," it scrolls. And it can be adjusted per application (Chrome and GMail are two 3rd party apps listed with support).
~Ibrahim~
i as well just bought my s3 on a separate line and only cause i bought it refurb for 29$ to hold me off till the s4. but i also agree on waiting the usual 3+ months.
Anybody going for the HTC One? Pretty good specs, really nice looking too, one solid piece of aluminum, deciding between that or s4
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HiKsFiles said:
Agreed... even today's AOSP ROMs for the i747 still suck IMHO !!
No offense to the devs, there just not there yet for me to hop on the train... but they're getting closer by the day!
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Your nuts lol
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irish.iolar said:
Anybody going for the HTC One? Pretty good specs, really nice looking too, one solid piece of aluminum, deciding between that or s4
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Your nuts lol
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Samsung's lack of support for my note and this phone make me unlikely to but another Samsung product in the future.
also, what about his nuts? why are you talking about his nuts?

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