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I'm on sprint right now with my evo 4g I wanna know if you guys think I should make the switch I have lte in Indy so I would love to use the skyrocket but is it worth it I know y'all might wanna flame me before you do I have searched but I'm using the taptalk app so cut me some slack lol
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I just did switch from sprint to att, and being in the MD/DC area my signal has gone from little to very good, but that's a decision that only you can make, I had the 3d as well and got a skyrocket. Loving the phone, samsung takes a little to get used too, but it's a great phone, battery is very good too, and it's speedy as all getout.
I haven't touched a Sammy since my moment I see rooting has changed a bit is it pretty easy
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you're asking skyrocket forum members if the phone is worth it? I'm going to assume most will tell you its worth it, since they have the phone - lol.
Some of us are capable of unbiased opinions (at times)
I myself am curious of what the lte offerings from sprint will be. Devices, speeds, plans
If I were still on sprint I would not leave and tie myself down to a contract on another carrier right this moment.
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you're asking skyrocket forum members if the phone is worth it? I'm going to assume most will tell you its worth it, since they have the phone - lol.
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You make a good point but honestly sprint has done me wrong to many times and I feel as though its time for a change of pace
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I wouldn't trust Sprint. I mean, they won't expand coverage in Oklahoma and Kansas and just want to roam on VZW because they have no money left after getting the iPhail.
Honestly, AT&T is a good investment. I switched from T-Mobile to AT&T, and I haven't been happier with coverage, and speeds (AT&T must have done a new LTE configuration, since my downloads have doubled).
The phone, is actually really great. I noticed no performance difference when compared to my moms AT&T SGS II, and the Adreno 220 is better at a lot of things then the Mali, which is awesome.
You'll be nothing but satisfied, believe me. And if you want unlimited data, the iPhone 2G trick still works.
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Haha. I know I know. It has only been since August since I left Sprint after 13yrs....but the only reason was data speeds. If they were to increase that, unlimited, at a fair price..sure I would look into them again.
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You make a good point but honestly sprint has done me wrong to many times and I feel as though its time for a change of pace
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Hows the development on the SR do you guys have Roms not using twui is dev picking up blah blah blah lol
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Hows the development on the SR do you guys have Roms not using twui is dev picking up blah blah blah lol
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Well, as it's said before, it's really not ever going to has as much dev as the Evo 4G, unfortunately.
Honestly, I think we've squeezed out as much GB'ness as we can, since the phone stock is pretty much perfect.
I don't know if someone is building AOSP ICS (look on the T-Mo SGS II forums if you want to know if they have anything interesting, we can run anything they run), but once we get ICS, development is SURE to pick up.
You could always switch launchers, since Samsung doesn't deeply integrate TW into the OS like HTC, they just add their launcher and a few mods, which makes the phone really nice honestly.
I believe I've been sold lol hope to see you guys soon you have been awesome
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I believe I've been sold lol hope to see you guys soon you have been awesome
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Yay! Another one converted!
Believe me, you'll be shocked when you see how snappy the SR is, even on stock.
The S3 is no Exynos in terms of CPU, but the Adreno 220 is faster then the Mali-400, so it'll be amazing GPU wise.
EDIT: Actually, I think the only difference between the Exynos and S3 CPU wise is that Qualcomm went for a modified Cortex A8 design which lets each core run at different frequencies constantly, and Samsung went for a cortex A9 design that doesn't allow that, could be why the Exynos is quicker, but hell if I know.
Lol I might do the switch today if I get off work in time also I'm in early stage dev work so who knows I might bring something to the table I'm good with decompileing and editing but still alot to learn about smali and xml
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Hello comunity i just want to check if somebody esle at this point where our phone is locked and is kind of hard to get all the goodies that you can get with full root and unlock phone, think on return the phone and get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, this is just curiusiti and also get some recomendation
Edit: ps: We can get the Nexus for
1 cent from Amazon Wireless. Wich is a big save
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Hello comunity i just want to check if somebody esle at this point where our phone is locked and is kind of hard to get all the goodies that you can get with full root and unlock phone, think on return the phone and get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, this is just curiusiti and also get some recomendation
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Well chap,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsyLBxY-Sik
In my personal opinion I think that would be foolish when we are almost about to have full aosp and Adam, along with the community, is working very hard on cracking the bootloader.
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I would keep it. Radio is better. Only by a little. Also i get 5+ hrs of screen time with s3 vs 2.5 on nexus.
There battery life alone is enough for me.
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keep it, the nexus hardware is outdated or atleast wait for the next Google phone.
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In my personal opinion I think that would be foolish when we are almost about to have full aosp and Adam, along with the community, is working very hard on cracking the bootloader.
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thank you, that what i like from XDA community always helping that one of the part that make me refuse my iphone and go back to android this place, thank you again
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I would keep it. Radio is better. Only by a little. Also i get 5+ hrs of screen time with s3 vs 2.5 on nexus.
There battery life alone is enough for me.
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Say what you will about the SG3 radio... But I have never dropped a call or had a 4G outage since I purchased it on launch day. My Nexus however was a completely different story. The Nexus will give you a new rom to play with every night, but the GS3 will give you fewer headaches in the signal and battery departments.
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Say what you will about the SG3 radio... But I have never dropped a call or had a 4G outage since I purchased it on launch day. My Nexus however was a completely different story. The Nexus will give you a new rom to play with every night, but the GS3 will give you fewer headaches in the signal and battery departments.
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i just rooted and start to play with my GS3 running CM10 so far so good, even is to late to return it, but ass soon i follow all the steps i can keep playing with it, im pretty sure official CM coul hit Verizon GS3 sooooon
Sell your Samsung s3 for $550, buy a Nexus for $250-325, profit? That's if you don't like it..
I'll trade you my brand new certified like new replacement nexus.
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Do what you feel. It's your decision.
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In my personal opinion I think that would be foolish when we are almost about to have full aosp and Adam, along with the community, is working very hard on cracking the bootloader.
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I totally agree. There's a large bounty for getting this thing unlocked. It will be soon. Just be patient. Speaking of, where did the bounty thread move to?
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
Even if the bootloader dont get unlocked, ill be happy using the kexec method...other than the extra 30 seconds boot time, I see no difference. Also our current flashig methods dont trip the flash counter since were Not flashing non-stock firmware in odin!
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I'll trade you my brand new certified like new replacement nexus.
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Also willing to trade my near brand new Nexus (no scratches or marks on it as it was cased and screen covered) for an SIII. All original materials included.
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Also willing to trade my near brand new Nexus (no scratches or marks on it as it was cased and screen covered) for an SIII. All original materials included.
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Cash on top?
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Cash on top?
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I had an Epic Touch (on Sprint) and went to a Galaxy Nexus (on Verizon) then a S3 and IMO it's a huge upgrade. I absolutely love this phone and wouldn't even consider going back to a GNex. The only thing I don't like is the physical home button but a stable AOKP will resolve that. As for the locked boot loader I was a little concerned too but with Kexec it's irrelevant. They already have CM9/CM10/AOKP running on this phone. I'd rather just use Kexec knowing I can return to stock then void warranty with a bootloader unlock. JMO!
Both are great phones, I have the GS3 and my old man has the Nexus. Touchwiz isn't too bad if you get use to it.
Any suggestions guys. I have a sprint sgs3 that I have no issues with. I see alot of issuse about Lte dropimg and other things I realty want to stick with the sgs3. Any suggestions would be great thanks in advance
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If I may, why is Sprint booting you?
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For purposely roaming i bet
VERIZON GALAXY S 3
No I moved to north Carolina and they have no service here. I have no choice but to roam. So they are canceling my contract for excessive roaming.
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Do you have to pay an ETF if they cancel your contract?
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Any suggestions guys. I have a sprint sgs3 that I have no issues with. I see alot of issuse about Lte dropimg and other things I realty want to stick with the sgs3. Any suggestions would be great thanks in advance
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Where are you seeing all these lte issues? Beside even if it is dropping its better than Sprints NO LTE.
I have seen people complaining that it keeps kicking them down to 3g. But you are right the speed difference is huge. And no I don't have to pay an etf. I just have to send then all of my phones. Witch sux I just got the sgs3 two weeks ago
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I am just trying to get a feel for issues if any at all. You know how some people whine and you can't get a good idea on a phone I assume it will be about the same with way better coverage and ddata speeds.
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A lot of the lte drop you may be hearing of comes from the cynogen mods and aokp roms. But Verizon has the most solid lte coverage out there.
Plus like it was stated. I'd rather lte drop but have lte as apposed to no lte and real slow 3g speeds from Sprint
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A lot of the lte drop you may be hearing of comes from the cynogen mods and aokp roms. But Verizon has the most solid lte coverage out there.
Plus like it was stated. I'd rather lte drop but have lte as apposed to no lte and real slow 3g speeds from Sprin
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I'm w you on that. So you guys are having no issues? No complaints?
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Go to the Verizon coverage map and check your area and see what kind of reception you get that's the best way to find out of Verizon is worth it.
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Go to the Verizon coverage map and check your area and see what kind of reception you get that's the best way to find out of Verizon is worth it.
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Shows solid lte and 3g so we shall c
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bgolden84 said:
I have seen people complaining that it keeps kicking them down to 3g. But you are right the speed difference is huge. And no I don't have to pay an etf. I just have to send then all of my phones. Witch sux I just got the sgs3 two weeks ago
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You should just keep it and pay an ETF. You could easily sell for $500 on eBay to cover a $200 ETF.
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I'm w you on that. So you guys are having no issues? No complaints?
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I'm cynogen 10 running jellybean and I've some 4g drop but that's a known issue.
While on stock all I see is 4g on top here in Phoenix. I don't even know what 3g is anymore
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I'm cynogen 10 running jellybean and I've some 4g drop but that's a known issue.
While on stock all I see is 4g on top here in Phoenix. I don't even know what 3g is anymore
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I am using AOKP Milestone 6, and after tinkering with a couple things, I have a solid 4G connection. No unexplained drops to 3G in a 4G area for me.
And I agree with what's stated above. There is no way you'll want 3G once you get used to 4G.
stock Rom at the moment works best on this phone I would just stay with that till development matures a bit.
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Verizon is a total rip off now. Data is way too expensive.
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
It may be exspensive but for the same plan I have on sprint I can switch. And save 30 bucks a month that's with 4 gigs. Ill never use that Much. With sprint there data is so slow it'ss painfully. That's why its unlimeted. Cause there is nothing to limit lol.
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It may be exspensive but for the same plan I have on sprint I can switch. And save 30 bucks a month that's with 4 gigs. Ill never use that Much. With sprint there data is so slow it'ss painfully. That's why its unlimeted. Cause there is nothing to limit lol.
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Haha "I'll never use that much" just wait til u get on lte...
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Haha "I'll never use that much" just wait til u get on lte...
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I agree. I use 1 gig in about a week, easily. I definitely wouldn't come to Verizon with their new data plans. You're just asking for a huge bill.
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
Alright so I'm purchasing a device for my uncle. If I was purchasing it for myself, the answer would be simple if it were for myself (Motorola can go **** itself after the way they treated my Bionic and my Droid 3) but he lives in the middle of no where and I mean the middle of no where. They only offer dial-up at his house and basically this phone is his only connection to the world and I'm certainly worried about radios and reception. I know that it all depends on the area overall but I'm hoping to get a general consensus of what will receive better reception.
I know that Motorola locks down their phones and I know that they are known for good reception but in my experience, a open phone means a better experience all-around but this really isn't a trade-off situation. I need a phone that will receive 3G, he'll never receive 4 bars or anything like that but even 1 or 2 would be a much needed improvement.
If any of you guys live out in the boonies or anything like that, please let me know what your experience is. Here is a somewhat general area of where he lives. Just look at the map and you'll see what I mean.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ashf...chrome,mod=15&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl
people complain about the reception. ive never had issues with it though. in fact i was with my brother in a poor service area over the holiday and i had slightly better reception with my GS3 versus his droid razer (not max or HD)
Reception is pretty good from my experience playing with the modems, but I would say go with a Motorola or hTc for reception reasons.
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You have 14 days, buy the s3 and see if our works, if not, take it back.
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If reception only criterion, Droid Maxx hands down
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Signal strength on this phone is absolutely terrible. I don't think I've ever seen my GS3 go under -100dBM. My Rezound constantly hovered around the 55-60 range. Everything else is perfect, but if signal strength is the only criteria I wouldn't recommend a Samsung phone.
For what it is worth, I have a SG3 running the latest jb leak and my wife has a stock razr maxx. Our signal is the same wherever we go. My Rezound did have slightly better signal than both of these but not by much. Hope this helps.
I live in Kansas and as much as Motorola pisses me off they have much better reception out in the sticks.
Definitely go with an HTC phone if you want the best reception, HTC has always been on top in that department from my experience.
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I have seen just as many folks complain about signal issues with htc...moto is definately known for its radio quality. However I have yet to run into anybody with a device that gets substantially better signal than my s3. I have compared my device on the edge of 4g coverage against 3 razr's...they were all within -5db signal of eachother. The thing with samsung is your mileage will vary...some devices get grea signal others not so great. As previously mentioned, get the s3, if reception is bad simply return it within 14days.
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I've personally had the best luck with HTC phones in the signal department.
Samsung is kind of known for weak signal compared to other phones.
Motorola, to me, is irrelevant. So I won't comment on that.
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Alright so I'm purchasing a device for my uncle. If I was purchasing it for myself, the answer would be simple if it were for myself (Motorola can go **** itself after the way they treated my Bionic and my Droid 3) but he lives in the middle of no where and I mean the middle of no where. They only offer dial-up at his house and basically this phone is his only connection to the world and I'm certainly worried about radios and reception. I know that it all depends on the area overall but I'm hoping to get a general consensus of what will receive better reception.
I know that Motorola locks down their phones and I know that they are known for good reception but in my experience, a open phone means a better experience all-around but this really isn't a trade-off situation. I need a phone that will receive 3G, he'll never receive 4 bars or anything like that but even 1 or 2 would be a much needed improvement.
If any of you guys live out in the boonies or anything like that, please let me know what your experience is. Here is a somewhat general area of where he lives. Just look at the map and you'll see what I mean.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ashf...chrome,mod=15&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl
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RAZR maxx is far far better in terms of reception and maintaining signal strength . The S3 really lacks in this department .
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I love my sg3, but for reliability of signal outside of major coverage areas, it'd be maxx hands down. I can't even make phone calls in my house, where I could perfectly with my Rezound and the gf's Razr. So especially if your uncle doesn't care about rooting and roming, get him the maxx.
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My wife has a MAXX, I have the GS3. Side by side we have nearly identical signal. Within a couple dBm. We live in the boonies also. Check the coverage map on the Verizon website. Its pretty accurate once you zoom in. I am VERY fortunate to have VERY strong 4G at our house. Definitely check the map that will let you about type and strength of signal in general. And I said said about the phone they are nearly identical.
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Just wondering if I take the update to 4.3.. Will it be possible to odin back to ICS if I don't like it? I just odin'd back to ICS due to gps issues. I was rooted and unlocked and a crack flasher. .lol..I have wanted to try the new update, but read if you do so. .the root and unlock method won't work. Is there a root and unlock method for 4.3? If not, Will odin still work so I could just go back to ICS and update to 4.1.2 then root and unlock like normal or does the 4.3 update break Odin to?
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Short answer, once on VRUCML1 OTA you can no longer go to anything other than VRUCML1.
Long answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639337
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Thanks. .I saw that just after I made this post. .its a shame odin won't even get us there..my gps issues are even worse..I guess I need to get a good 000 Phillips screw driver. .for the screws. I tried to do that a while back and they seemed tight. I'm gonna get the right size and really loosen them tighten them to see if that fixes Samsung screwy situation. .no pun intended. Or. .yes. .. pun intended. Lol
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Trust me going to 4.3 won't help GPS. Only thing that helps is a nice screw tightening. I have to do it every now and then. Someone posted something in the GPS thread about propping up the antenna to get a better contact area. I might try that next.
Yeah..I have lost all respect for Samsung now... what a crap design. Does this problem follow into the S4 and S5 or Note? I might go back to Motorola...or try a HTC.
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droidxxxxx said:
Yeah..I have lost all respect for Samsung now... what a crap design. Does this problem follow into the S4 and S5 or Note? I might go back to Motorola...or try a HTC.
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It's likely going to affect every single Samsung phone from now on in Verizon's network. And nearly every other device in their network, everything that comes out is going to have a locked bootloader implemented by Verizon.
It's not really Samsung doing this, it's Verizon. HTC is amazing, absolutely love the m8 and am never looking back. S3 is still a great device, and the TouchWiz rom developers are some of the best. They really make TouchWiz 4.3 a much better experience.
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I'm complaining about the hardware/screw issue. .lol..I agree w the rest of what u say..
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I'm complaining about the hardware/screw issue. .lol..I agree w the rest of what u say..
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Lol! That's what I get for not reading first. Just assumed you were complaining about 4.3.
Yes the screw/gps situation sucks also.
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Well first of all I want to apologize to all the developers threads I gave hell to about the GPS not working lol I never had a really good Phillips head to try this retightening trick. The one I was using never allowed me to correctly tighten. I Loosened them all up and tighten them down. There was a couple that were very loose. GPS locks instantly now. 3 meters in doors. Has anybody tried putting a small dab of Loctite on the threads to keep them locked down? I bought the $10 screw/phillips head set from Home Depot with a triple zero size Philips head and it worked like a charm. Seems like the phone works better all around since I did that.
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Is there a way to change the title of this thread lol because obviously it has nothing to do with the ROM
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Anyone remember the name of the file(s) that need to be removed to stop the OTA message?
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Anyone remember the name of the file(s) that need to be removed to stop the OTA message?
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