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Hey guys, I have a good friend that has an amazing offer for me. He is able to get phones for nothing basically and I was curious if you guys could help me out.
I don't like to leech with comments like these, but this is my first leech XD.
I am rooting phones for him and I have done like 10 different ones so far, and he has offered me any phone I want...I love my inspire, but it is already being outdated by the tegra 2's and the tegra 3's coming soon.
Basically, should I go for the Samsung Galaxy SII or wait for the nexus prime? I know there isnt much information on the prime, but it is probably going to be announced at Samsungs event next week. I know someone will be like, "oh just get both", but that is rude to my friend.
ThEiiNoCeNT said:
Hey guys, I have a good friend that has an amazing offer for me. He is able to get phones for nothing basically and I was curious if you guys could help me out.
I don't like to leech with comments like these, but this is my first leech XD.
I am rooting phones for him and I have done like 10 different ones so far, and he has offered me any phone I want...I love my inspire, but it is already being outdated by the tegra 2's and the tegra 3's coming soon.
Basically, should I go for the Samsung Galaxy SII or wait for the nexus prime? I know there isnt much information on the prime, but it is probably going to be announced at Samsungs event next week. I know someone will be like, "oh just get both", but that is rude to my friend.
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wait for the nexus i say...once that is out over here in the UK im selling my Galaxy
Alright, I am not here to discuss the hardware of the HTC Amaze. I am in the workings of getting a new phone obviously my choices lay between the Amaze and Galaxy S2. I have had an android phone since the G1 and now have the G2. My question (and I am not hating) even though this phone is in the early stages of its lifecycle, do you guys think that the dev support for this phone will be like it is for the G2?
I realize the hard work the devs are doing for this phone (xboarder) and like, I appreciate all the work they do, cause without them we would have nothing. If I knew half the things you guys do about the android file system I am just wondering what the possibilites are?
Please no flaming or trolling, very disrespectful.
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Alright, I am not here to discuss the hardware of the HTC Amaze. I am in the workings of getting a new phone obviously my choices lay between the Amaze and Galaxy S2. I have had an android phone since the G1 and now have the G2. My question (and I am not hating) even though this phone is in the early stages of its lifecycle, do you guys think that the dev support for this phone will be like it is for the G2?
I realize the hard work the devs are doing for this phone (xboarder) and like, I appreciate all the work they do, cause without them we would have nothing. If I knew half the things you guys do about the android file system I am just wondering what the possibilites are?
Please no flaming or trolling, very disrespectful.
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I think that most members around here would agree that the devs are waiting for ICS to be released for the Amaze before they start doing some hardcore stuff.
The ROMs are here, don't get me wrong but we only have about 3 or 4 devs by my count that are pushing out all those ROMs.
Xboarder himself has got like 4 to 5 that he already has out or is working on.
I'd like to believe that when ICS hits we would draw other devs.
Although that's not a for sure thing.
Either way, having it announced that ICS WILL come to the Amaze is enough of a reason to pick it up as your first choice, right?
To sum it all up we're waiting for ICS and true S-Off.
I'm sure with those two things in hand ROMs will take off.
Hope that helps.
I totally agree on the count of ICS, a lot of the devices are going through the same "dry spell." It does help, it nice to have a little reassurance, you know?
Thanks
The Amaze has great dev support (albeit from one, but he's awesome) but I don't think it'll be anything like the G2 was. The G2 had two main things going for it: first, it was a stock Android experience. Second, Steve Kondik (cyanogen) had told many people that he was going to be using the device as a daily driver. So many devs flocked his way. Let's just say the only reason I have the Amaze right now is because my G2 stopped working and I didn't know where to get another one. It was all the phone I needed at the time, and was trying to hold out for the Nexus.
I think the GS2 has better support for now, but that should change once ICS drops. If you really want a ton of development support, I say go for the Nexus. Me, I'm happy with the Amaze and QuickSense!
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The Amaze has great dev support (albeit from one, but he's awesome) but I don't think it'll be anything like the G2 was. The G2 had two main things going for it: first, it was a stock Android experience. Second, Steve Kondik (cyanogen) had told many people that he was going to be using the device as a daily driver. So many devs flocked his way. Let's just say the only reason I have the Amaze right now is because my G2 stopped working and I didn't know where to get another one. It was all the phone I needed at the time, and was trying to hold out for the Nexus.
I think the GS2 has better support for now, but that should change once ICS drops. If you really want a ton of development support, I say go for the Nexus. Me, I'm happy with the Amaze and QuickSense!
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Good point, I wish I could wait for the Nexas, but I am selling my G2 to a family member and I told them I would this month. <-Dilemma
What made you choose the Amaze, if you don't mind me asking? I love my HTC phones, it would be different having a Samsung.
I made the same lineage, g1 to g2. And tbh I couldn't imagine using a phone that isn't htc (quality wise), I know the dev'ing will never be @ the g2 level, but we have some awesome devs and a strong device with promise of ics.
The zero lag shutter and unified sense 3.0 ui was an easy sell for me. If Samsung had produced the all white ver. sans that terrible touch wiz at the time of my purchase I might have made a different choice.
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Good point, I wish I could wait for the Nexas, but I am selling my G2 to a family member and I told them I would this month. <-Dilemma
What made you choose the Amaze, if you don't mind me asking? I love my HTC phones, it would be different having a Samsung.
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It compared them side by side in the store and for all the hype of the SAMOLED+ screen, it kinda reminded me of the original iPhone - less pixels stretched over a bigger screen. The Amaze looked great. PPI is where it's at!
I would rather have had the Samsung from a development standpoint (no locked bootloader and such) but the screen in the GS2 sucked balls.
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It compared them side by side in the store and for all the hype of the SAMOLED+ screen, it kinda reminded me of the original iPhone - less pixels stretched over a bigger screen. The Amaze looked great. PPI is where it's at!
I would rather have had the Samsung from a development standpoint (no locked bootloader and such) but the screen in the GS2 sucked balls.
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^agreed on both counts^
Which is why I'm still considering the Nexus... no locked bootloader BS and it has an even higher PPI than the Amaze (over 300 vs ~250). The best of both worlds!
I for one believe development is doing great for the lack of open sources. The thing is that the amaze is really great straight out of the box that little development actual needs to be done except we all want custom kernels which would help our battery life and heck make it even smoother.
A lot of other phones development section has a lot of support but not all the roms and kernels being developed are being used, so you shouldn't compare and say since some phones has a lot of roms it has better support. I for one want quality over quantity.
But honestly once things are fully released for the amaze, developers will come. However, not many would want to compile a ROM or kernel from scratch like x and faux are working on. remember this phone is barely 2 months old. You'll see a huge expansion by January.
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I made the same lineage, g1 to g2. And tbh I couldn't imagine using a phone that isn't htc (quality wise), I know the dev'ing will never be @ the g2 level, but we have some awesome devs and a strong device with promise of ics.
The zero lag shutter and unified sense 3.0 ui was an easy sell for me. If Samsung had produced the all white ver. sans that terrible touch wiz at the time of my purchase I might have made a different choice.
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Can't you just install Launcher Pro (or similar)? That should replace Touchwiz.
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Can't you just install Launcher Pro (or similar)? That should replace Touchwiz.
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TouchWiz and Sense both are throughout the entire OS. Replacing the launcher only really fixes the homescreen.
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TouchWiz and Sense both are throughout the entire OS. Replacing the launcher only really fixes the homescreen.
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Ah. I thought the problem was with the homescreen arrangement. I acutally like the Sense enhancements like the extra widgets & etc.
Last month I was forced to decide between an Amaze and a Galaxy S2.
I also had a G1 and a G2. I used the vibrant for a while but i preferred my G2 mainly b/c of the keyboard. I played with the Amaze and the S2. I preferred the amaze because i would choose sense over touchwiz. And what really drew me to the amaze was the qHD resolution. If the s2 had a qHD resolution, i think i'd still be deciding what i want. Hope this helps
Do you guys think this phone will have an outstanding developer support like the SGS2 has? Will Samsung release the bootloader stuff and all the good code from the start like the SGS2?
Samsung has recently built up a good reputation with the development community, it would be foolish for them to mess that up with their new flagship device. I'll be picking one up coming from the Evo 3D which hasn't had much going on for it as far as development so I'm excited to see how things play out.
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Samsung has recently built up a good reputation with the development community, it would be foolish for them to mess that up with their new flagship device. I'll be picking one up coming from the Evo 3D which hasn't had much going on for it as far as development so I'm excited to see how things play out.
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This is my same boat. I will be purchasing this device, and will be handing my MyTouch 4g Slide or HTC Doubleshot off to a family member... the phone has almost 0% development! I can only dream of a device that I will own with countless options. We don't even have a official CM7.
I miss having the option to flash pure AOSP, MIUI, CM, CM Supers, Always hated sense but it was nice to have the options that I did on other HTC devices I have owned.
Hopefully we rake in the devs. I really miss a good kernel dev as we have none really ... BUT.. to bigger and better things!
Development will be much much better, exynos is not new anymore for the developers , so we can expect some great things
bala_gamer said:
Development will be much much better, exynos is not new anymore for the developers , so we can expect some great things
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Plus it will be the most anticipated quad core and Sammies first go at a Quad Core beast. I see soo many epic things for our device!!!!!
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Yeah, I'd be surprised if Samsung locked the bootloader and given the amount of interest with the device so far I would expect a huge community following. (unless of course Samsung releases a dog. ---not gonna happen--- )
From the Samsung Vibrant...
I got burned with my Samsung Vibrant. I'm not sure if it was Samsung or T-Mobile who dropped the ball, but there were no official upgrades past Froyo. Since they never released the source to anything related to GPS, our latest AOSP/MIUI ports have horrible GPS performance and GPS-related wakelock/battery drain problems despite the best efforts of some really talented devs.
I've heard stories about HTC being either better or worse, depending on the day, but I don't have firsthand knowledge, so I'm not making my final S3 vs. OneX decision until there's a good AOSP port.
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I got burned with my Samsung Vibrant. I'm not sure if it was Samsung or T-Mobile who dropped the ball, but there were no official upgrades past Froyo. Since they never released the source to anything related to GPS, our latest AOSP/MIUI ports have horrible GPS performance and GPS-related wakelock/battery drain problems despite the best efforts of some really talented devs.
I've heard stories about HTC being either better or worse, depending on the day, but I don't have firsthand knowledge, so I'm not making my final S3 vs. OneX decision until there's a good AOSP port.
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That was definitely T-Mobile. The (international) Galaxy S was updated to Gingerbread by Samsung, but carriers are idiotic and decide to change everything about the phone and then take forever to update it.
tehh4ck3r said:
That was definitely T-Mobile. The (international) Galaxy S was updated to Gingerbread by Samsung, but carriers are idiotic and decide to change everything about the phone and then take forever to update it.
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No. Only T-Mobile is retarded. So bad
Which is adding to my pros about buyin a int. Phone.
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CoNsPiRiSiZe said:
No. Only T-Mobile is retarded. So bad
Which is adding to my pros about buyin a int. Phone.
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Verizon is pretty bad with carrier updates as well (see: almost every US Motorola device)
tehh4ck3r said:
Verizon is pretty bad with carrier updates as well (see: almost every US Motorola device)
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Yes both are terrible..
Back on topic
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Killa357 said:
Samsung has recently built up a good reputation with the development community
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No they haven't, they neglect the dev community, just ask the cm9 dev's.
We need Gokhan on board. Surely
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bala_gamer said:
Development will be much much better, exynos is not new anymore for the developers , so we can expect some great things
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Why do you think so? The platform will still be very different. I don't see what previous developers could be able to take with them from the S2.
AndreiLux said:
Why do you think so? The platform will still be very different. I don't see what previous developers could be able to take with them from the S2.
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I believe that's a good point - I also think in that point it also brings up the fact that - this is
A) probably the most anticipated phone I've seen in a while.
And
B) its the worlds first major quad core beast
So this will be a huge step from dual core kernel/dev work. Just like developers had to get used to the dual core kernels when they were used to single core devices way back when.
When u bring this up I think it means more development will come for the fact that its a major stepping stone as well as those who use the SGSII right now. Do u think this is valid?
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CoNsPiRiSiZe said:
I believe that's a good point - I also think in that point it also brings up the fact that - this is
A) probably the most anticipated phone I've seen in a while.
And
B) its the worlds first major quad core beast
So this will be a huge step from dual core kernel/dev work. Just like developers had to get used to the dual core kernels when they were used to single core devices way back when.
When u bring this up I think it means more development will come for the fact that its a major stepping stone as well as those who use the SGSII right now. Do u think this is valid?
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Yes. The processor will be a quite different beast in terms of kernel functionally; if Samsung goes forward with their governor we can forget about adding any if the traditional ones. Each core will be hotpluggable plus there have been reports that each core will run on its own frequency, making this an symmetrical multi CPU design. I highly doubt there's anything similar at all which could be used, so basically in terms of platform specific things, this has nothing to do with the S2. I don't even understand what most of you understand with development, for me it means low level kernel changes in how the device will function, not silly ROM development or modding.
Initially, I think it also depends on the price of the phone, Samsung have some competition right now, the One X is only $600 at Expansys. I can imagine the SIII will be $800+.
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I got burned with my Samsung Vibrant. I'm not sure if it was Samsung or T-Mobile who dropped the ball, but there were no official upgrades past Froyo.
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If you buy a carrier locked device, or if you device is older than 9months, you should expect that. With that said, I run CM9 on my Vibrant and it was great.
I read Sony provides some of the most firmware updates for their phones.
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I read Sony provides some of the most firmware updates for their phones.
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this might be because they have the most security flaws.... you know Sony
This is why I buy unsubsidized now on.
CoNsPiRiSiZe said:
this might be because they have the most security flaws.... you know Sony
This is why I buy unsubsidized now on.
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Don't count on that either. It took a very long time for Google to even release ICS for the Nexus S, a developer device.
Would the verizon version be left in the dust since it runs a Dualcore s4?
I would really like to see sense ui on this beast of a phone.... Want to hear feed back from users that would like to see sense
On this device. I came from the S4 and i was a samsung fan boy but im sure glad that i made this leap to the G2.. Post away with
Your opinion
April fools right?
OP... You was a Samsung fan boy but you got the G2 but you want Sense UI?
I think you just confused
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lol what the **** is this blasphemy??
Ok... I have the response i expected! April fools, confused, blasphemy etc
But if sense ui for the G2 was to ever be in development stages you same hating
Mother F'ers would hit the refresh button every 5mins saying... Oh i've
Aways wanted to try out htc sense on this device! Thanks and keep up the GREAT WORK!!
Will donate when its a dailey driver... FLASHING! WILL REPORT BACK BUGS! When really
No one cares about your feed back! Your not a Dev nor a tester. Just flash n shut up. Thanks
Hit the LIKE button if i helped you out
@ OP Nobody said that we wouldnt be interested but its funny that you were a Samsung fanboy, bought the G2 to be excited about a possible sense UI rom on the G2.
whats all the hate? sense 5.5 is pretty good, and thats coming from someone who despise HTC...
I have the HTC one along with the G2, If it werent for the battery size i would pick HTC one, the Beats audio is phenomenon and blinkfeed is not that bad.
Definitely YES! Will just adore it!
Only reason I don't get HTC is that it's way overpriced in my country and due to some hardware limitations.
Ain't never gonna happen.
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Ain't never gonna happen.
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I like your optimism!
As far as I know porting Snapdragon S600 software to our S800 should not be that hard although there's a lot of different hardware, drivers, etc...
But Never say Never!!!
I love sense 5, it would be cool to see a port kinda like the S4's sense 5 port:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceYr2KNv4-A
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2402208
A port has been done before, just need some good devs it would be VERY hard to get everything working... maybe need to wait for a snapdragon 800 phone from HTC
Im not an HTC hater.... I started with HTC G1(awesome Dev forum) htc G2 then droid incredible. I then made the
Leap to Samsung S2/S3 then S4 loved every single Samsung devices experience.
B4 the S4 I bought the optimus G hardware wise was awesome but durability was a problem
Dropped it once and it shattered! Kinda hard letting the S4 go for another Lg device but i did
And im satisfied. G2 is an awesome phone but manufacturers ui is almost identical to Samsungs
Interface. Im a fan of stock android(due to G1 experience) but i miss the sense ports to android devices.
I'm just saying if you've ever owned the phone that started android(G1) you too will/would miss the awesome
Ports that the G1 had.
shaolinmunky07 said:
Ok... I have the response i expected! April fools, confused, blasphemy etc
But if sense ui for the G2 was to ever be in development stages you same hating
Mother F'ers would hit the refresh button every 5mins saying... Oh i've
Aways wanted to try out htc sense on this device! Thanks and keep up the GREAT WORK!!
Will donate when its a dailey driver... FLASHING! WILL REPORT BACK BUGS! When really
No one cares about your feed back! Your not a Dev nor a tester. Just flash n shut up. Thanks
Hit the LIKE button if i helped you out
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I sure as hell would not refresh a page waiting for Sense on the G2. Not now, not ever. Don't tell me what I would do.
mgolder said:
I sure as hell would not refresh a page waiting for Sense on the G2. Not now, not ever. Don't tell me what I would do.
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You would! Thats y u clicked on the thread hoping to see a sense port! Hit the refresh button! Lol
So....
You had the G1, HTC G2, Incredible, S2, S3 and S4 and OG... you joined in 2010...
Why do you have 10 posts? What have you been doing this whole time? Why can't you speak grammatically correct English?
"But if sense ui for the G2 was to ever be in development stages you same hating
Mother F'ers would hit the refresh button every 5mins saying... Oh i've
Aways wanted to try out htc sense on this device! Thanks and keep up the GREAT WORK!!
Will donate when its a dailey driver... FLASHING! WILL REPORT BACK BUGS! When really
No one cares about your feed back! Your not a Dev nor a tester. Just flash n shut up. Thanks
Hit the LIKE button if i helped you out"
^There are so many things wrong with the above wall of text. YOU'RE not a dev, nor are you a tester, and we are definitely not "Mother F'ers". Oh and did I mention, why do you feel that you are
entitled to a press of the "like" button? There is no "like" button, only a "thanks" button, and you have helped no one.
Why don't you go back to under the rock where you came from? It would save us a lot of trouble.
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@ OP Nobody said that we wouldnt be interested but its funny that you were a Samsung fanboy, bought the G2 to be excited about a possible sense UI rom on the G2.
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Exacly!
Current Device: LG G2
Previously Owned
Apple: Iphone/ Iphone 3G/Iphone 3Gs/Iphone 4/(3) Iphone 4S/ Iphone 5/ Iphone 5s
Google: Nexus One/ Galaxy Nexus/ (3) Nexus 4
HTC: HD7/ Mytouch 4G/ Sensation/ One X/ One XL/ DNA/ One
LG: Optimus G Pro
Nokia: Lumia 920
Samsung: Vibrant/ Galaxy S II SGH-T989/ Galaxy S II I-9100/ Galaxy Note N7000/ Galaxy S III I-9300/ (2) Galaxy Note 2 N7100 ( white and grey) / Galaxy S IV GT-I9500/ Samsung Galaxy Note 3
WOW! Soo many devices
ChaseRxx said:
Exacly!
Current Device: LG G2
Previously Owned
Apple: Iphone/ Iphone 3G/Iphone 3Gs/Iphone 4/(3) Iphone 4S/ Iphone 5/ Iphone 5s
Google: Nexus One/ Galaxy Nexus/ (3) Nexus 4
HTC: HD7/ Mytouch 4G/ Sensation/ One X/ One XL/ DNA/ One
LG: Optimus G Pro
Nokia: Lumia 920
Samsung: Vibrant/ Galaxy S II SGH-T989/ Galaxy S II I-9100/ Galaxy Note N7000/ Galaxy S III I-9300/ (2) Galaxy Note 2 N7100 ( white and grey) / Galaxy S IV GT-I9500/ Samsung Galaxy Note 3
WOW! Soo many devices
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I didn't even put the tablets.....
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@op first of all, this is XDA..A PUBLIC FORUM!! There will be people that are assholes, there will be people that support your ideas. There will be people to try porting sense, there will be people to tell you youre stupid for wanting it. Dont start crying because a couple people didn't like your post. If you can't handle it, get off the internet...because let's face it, anywhere you go, there WILL BE HATERS. Now, on to your post, I would like sense on the g2, will it happen? Who knows, I myself think it won't happen. Now stop your whining about people wanting to help the community...
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I like tangerines. They are my favourite fruit.
I personally love options. If there was a port, I'd flash it! Why not? That's what makes android great. Firefox, ios, bb. .if any of those were ported I'd try it...because I can! (I'm aware ios was a stretch, just saying)
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Hello everyone,
My question is,
Is it worth to buy Galaxy s3?
second,
does Stock Kitkat(sammy touchwiz) working fine in S3??
EvilKing009 said:
Hello everyone,
My question is,
Is it worth to buy Galaxy s3?
second,
does Stock Kitkat(sammy touchwiz) working fine in S3??
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Well, the S3 is still a very good smartphone with a very good camera, but it wont receive any updates from samsung...
Work is in progress and I think, when the KitKat for the LTE version (I9305) will be released, it will become very stable
I think its worth, chek posts here, there are something like this question, there are more answers..
Barina said:
please check this
DarkDream theme
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From my point of view it doesn't worth to buy s3 in 2014 and I will tell you why, don't get me wrong it is a good phone but not extraordinary.That 1 GB of ram is not that capable with 4.3, or 4.4 sammy and the bad exynos processor bleahh, so I advise you not to buy S3, or any Samsung( it is a totally s*** ), now depends on how much money you have for your new phone
Cheers, gabyif
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Dude.. You quoted the wrong dude....
And i will recommend you to take a look at lg devices
Barina said:
Dude.. You quoted the wrong dude....
And i will recommend you to take a look at lg devices
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Lg devices,yeah i saw LG G pro,its awesome but i love S3 more cuz its Super amoled screen is really awesome and its camera as well.
EvilKing009 said:
Lg devices,yeah i saw LG G pro,its awesome but i love S3 more cuz its Super amoled screen is really awesome and its camera as well.
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Maybe take a look at the S4? It costs around 300$ if you find the right seller
Now I would buy a nexus 5, a little bit more expensive but it's a really nice phone.
After a S1 and a S3 I also need some changes.
Yosh,
Don't forget the LG3.
G3,S4,NX5 all of them are expensive in my country.Maybe G pro has same price as SGS3.Will try to look up at right seller.
EvilKing009 said:
G3,S4,NX5 all of them are expensive in my country.Maybe G pro has same price as SGS3.Will try to look up at right seller.
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Well, for what will you need your phone?
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Maybe take a look at the S4? It costs around 300$ if you find the right seller
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I agree, I prefer S4 more :good:
gabyif said:
From my point of view it doesn't worth to buy s3 in 2014 and I will tell you why, don't get me wrong it is a good phone but not extraordinary.That 1 GB of ram is not that capable with 4.3, or 4.4 sammy and the bad exynos processor bleahh, so I advise you not to buy S3, or any Samsung( it is a totally s*** ), now depends on how much money you have for your new phone
Cheers, gabyif
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Well your absolutely wrong Samsung make amazing phones.i have used them all and I always end up going back to Samsung they just make the best phones with great features
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affliction said:
Well your absolutely wrong Samsung make amazing phones.i have used them all and I always end up going back to Samsung they just make the best phones with great features
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great features,yeah maybe...features like smart scroll,smart stay and other smart features I never used,this occupe alot of RAM and slows down the device and if the device has 1 gb of ram the situation is even worst.Best phones NO,I mean there a alot of brands better than Samsung,if you ever used a HTC you know what I mean,it(HTC,in general) has not as much bloat as samsung puts in their phones,samsung puts tooooo much bloat...of course this is just my opinion and I still don't recommend Samsung anymore,I regret that I bought S3 but this is the life
gabyif said:
great features,yeah maybe...features like smart scroll,smart stay and other smart features I never used,this occupe alot of RAM and slows down the device and if the device has 1 gb of ram the situation is even worst.Best phones NO,I mean there a alot of brands better than Samsung,if you ever used a HTC you know what I mean,it(HTC,in general) has not as much bloat as samsung puts in their phones,samsung puts tooooo much bloat...of course this is just my opinion and I still don't recommend Samsung anymore,I regret that I bought S3 but this is the life
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I use to be on a on development Tom team for HTC phones so yes I know all about HTC and I will never go back to them.the only phone I would consider other than the so would be the LG g3 but I still wouldn't leave Samsung for it my next phone will be the note 4.plus the great thing about x da and android is if you love a certain phone but don't want all the features that come stock you root and flash a romantic to your liking
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affliction said:
I use to be on a on development Tom team for HTC phones so yes I know all about HTC and I will never go back to them.the only phone I would consider other than the so would be the LG g3 but I still wouldn't leave Samsung for it my next phone will be the note 4.plus the great thing about x da and android is if you love a certain phone but don't want all the features that come stock you root and flash a romantic to your liking
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Hmm...don't know what to say I used a HTC one s and at that time I had a s2 as well and the one s was more faster, cooler and the battery was much better so I remain at my point of view that Samsung is no more a big manufacturer, at least for me... )
And if I would to buy a new phone I definitely choose a AOSP phone, like nexus 5 or ONEPLUS ONE
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I'd also say don't bother. The display's picture quality is rather poor compared to the competitors at the time and all of the current gen high-end phones. My phones wifi is defective, effectively giving me 2-3m range. The back peels off and the fake metal plastic rim gets damaged very easily. The led indicator is only good at displaying R, G or B, as it doesn't mix effectively at all. The display and resolution needs to be a bit larger, as the lack of quality makes certain tasks difficult. I'd suggest a bigger display anyway. The Samsung official software (I'm currently using S5 software), is rather lacking, it hides useful Android features and gives a plethora of useless features which are poorly organised into categories.
I'm considering getting a new phone. It's hardware is pretty good, but it could be so much better in every aspect.
affliction said:
I use to be on a on development Tom team for HTC phones so yes I know all about HTC and I will never go back to them.the only phone I would consider other than the so would be the LG g3 but I still wouldn't leave Samsung for it my next phone will be the note 4.plus the great thing about x da and android is if you love a certain phone but don't want all the features that come stock you root and flash a romantic to your liking
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Get a g2. Port over sense and collect that $1000 bounty. Then get whatever phone your heart desires
No, Don't buy it. If u want an older smartphone choose the HTC One M7. S3 is just too outdated imo and I hate touchwiz from samsung hence why I have AOSP
If I were you go I'd go for Moto G.If from older devices: HTC One M7,also if you can look at HTC Desire 816 (if price in your country of it isn't very high) if price is too high you can look at HTC Desire 601.If you wanna be update to date with Android updates choose Nexus 5 .Just everythng depends on your needs. But Galaxy S3 won't get official Kitkat update (so officially it abandoned and forgotten by Samsung) also,Sudden Death syndrome bug (it will only depend on luck if you will get affected or not affected by it)