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I want to hear from you guys that are more experienced than some idiot that post it on a website. What is really new and improved from gingerbread to ics?
Any other info would be great.
Will the battery improve your too?
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Chrome browser and apex launcher are the big ones for me.
Other than being a little smoother I haven't noticed much difference honestly
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A lot of it are little things but it's not like Gingerbread is horrible.
I personally like the new Google Apps interfaces, particularly Gmail.
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Its like windows xp vs windows 7...they both do the same ****, but one is newer, nicer, and more refined.
Ics also has hw acceleration
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This Should answer most of your questions.
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Remember, ICS is still basically ALPHA for our device. In the later releases it will become more stable.
720p videos play so fluidly on ICS compared to when I was on GB. Huge deal breaker for me.
Also tablet mode is the bee's knees.
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Its like windows xp vs windows 7...they both do the same ****, but one is newer, nicer, and more refined.
Ics also has hw acceleration
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It is one of the biggest myths that ICS adds HW acceleration to the UI that GB lacks. Here is the truth straight from the horse's mouth:
https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/2FXDCz8x93s
Bottom line is Both GB and ICS have HW accelerated graphics for animated windows. What ICS adds is a check box to force HW acceleration within the windows, but checking that box breaks applications, and also adds extra overhead that is unnecessary. ICS overall is a smoother running UI with more polish than GB, but it's not because of the reason you believe.
Whats is the best rom , when ics Att leak come out i install and was too slowwwwww...so i went back for GB , So right now there is any good quick rom and nice looking ???
Battery is the biggest upside. Ics has a ton of cool little things that make it worth it, but the biggest advantage is battery. I am just over 15 hours of battery usage today and just got to 15%. On gb I was lucky to get 10 hours total usage.
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Does instagram work on ics yet? That's the only thing holding me back!
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Battery is the biggest upside. Ics has a ton of cool little things that make it worth it, but the biggest advantage is battery. I am just over 15 hours of battery usage today and just got to 15%. On gb I was lucky to get 10 hours total usage.
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Whats rom are u using is fast like gb?
+1 for instagram wprkkng
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Thought ICS was optimized for dual core as well?
I personally think the voice to text interface is a lot better. For example, when I'm texting on ICS using voice, the microphone box doesn't just disappear and start "working" to figure out what you had said. It translates your speech to text in real time and you can actually pause to think without having to hit the mic button again. And you don't even have to hit "Done," you can just hit Send and the keyboard minimizes to show the whole chat again. To top it off ICS allows you to select words or phrases and correct them if Google got it wrong.
I didn't realize how much better this all was until about an hour ago. Last night I switched back to GB because on the leaks half the time my text wouldn't go through and I wouldn't realize it, or I just couldn't get them to send. Can't wait for the full stock version to release
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Anyone used the face unlock? I I'm worried that by switching to the camera every time we unlock the phone it'll drain more the battery
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Anyone used the face unlock? I I'm worried that by switching to the camera every time we unlock the phone it'll drain more the battery
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I'm pretty sure you will have the ability to disable it.
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Anyone used the face unlock? I I'm worried that by switching to the camera every time we unlock the phone it'll drain more the battery
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I have used it for fun for a while, but it gets old quite fast.
It's not as pragmatic, especially when the phone is in landscape mode or in low lighting situations.
I love ICS for multiple reasons. Chrome browser for one, smoother more polished graphics and interface as well. Going from GB to ICS on my atrix and HP touchpad...then back to GB on my note really made me appreciate ICS.
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Anyone used the face unlock? I I'm worried that by switching to the camera every time we unlock the phone it'll drain more the battery
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I've been using it since I upgraded to ICS, and my dad got on me about not actually locking my phone. In my opinion, it's just something new and fun, not necessarily better than the other unlock methods. In my experience, it has a negligible effect on battery life, and I unlock my phone probably a hundred times a day or so. I still see roughly the same battery life as before I was using it, so it's at least insignificant enough for me to not be able to tell.
Like somebody else said, it can be a little less practical, but I only notice it being less practical than the pattern, and only when in bad lighting, as then it doesn't work and forces you to a secondary unlock, either pattern or code. When you're in good lighting, however, it can be the fastest method to unlock. So in my eyes, it's basically a wash.
Also, I get the random, "The f*ck did your phone just do?! Does it recognize your face? That's sweet!" from anybody who hasn't seen it before. This also leads me to believe that people like looking at your passwords, so in that sense, face unlock is awesome because nobody can really steal your password. Unless of course you have an identical twin or a dedicated friend that carries a picture of you around. Or they cut your face off Hannibal Lecter style. Haha.
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Really the only thing I liked about ICS is chrome and better looking google apps.
I had to switch back to GB because I use backlight notification.
So finally the galaxy s3 is here. What do you fellas think of it. Please share.
For me, considering that I took no notice of the over hyped rumor mill that preceded it's launch, its a great phone with a few decent new features like s voice, s-beam, eye tracking, etc.
Although these features I suspect will have very limited day to day application, they're still nice to have and show Samsung to be at the vanguard of new innovations. It also feels like an ICS phone which sadly the HTCs do not. Maybe something to do will the 3.0 kernel.
The processing capabilities are very impressive with a buttery smooth user interface and silky scrolling. In terms of speed, it obviously won't feel much faster than most multi core devices but it's smoothness is unrivaled.
An 8mp camera and the absence of a hdmi port is rather disappointing but not crucial. It's design will not please all. Let's face it, no design pleases all.
Given a choice today between it and the xperia s, I probably would still go with the xperia because it has the hdmi port and better quality display but I hope the ICS update improves the UI performance and scrolling. Without improvement in those areas, I might find myself beginning to regret picking the xperia.
I thing user experience counts for a lot and a jerky and even laggy experience is quite frankly in my opinion, beneath a 2012 phone.
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Compete fail just a slight incremental update at best to GN and It looks butt ugly, like an old plastic mid range Nokia, screens to big for most ppl, also uses touchwiz, phone will only be good for 10 mins of benchmarks and that's it. Enough said.
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Not good and pretty enough. I didn't regret buying SXS over the One series and still I don't regret buying it.
And seriously. Pentile display in a flagship phone?
My thoughts?
I couldn't care for it really...like all the other phones out now besides the Sony line, its...blah...
Nothing appealing to the eye :/
They should/could have made it better, all bark and no bite.
....next!
Meh. Looks like a Galaxy Nexus 4S. A bit more screen, a bit more CPU power, a bit of this and a bit of that. Lots of gimmicks that you're never going to use - the best are wireless charging and S Beam ( which is most likely SGS3 to SGS3 only ), though the latter can and likely will be implemented in AOSP or forks when someone gets their hands on the actual device and explores the protocol, or maybe even earlier without Sammy compatibility. Lots of even more gimmicky accessories (spebble). Ugly ugly ugly ugly UGLEH body. Battery hog (quad-core x AMOLED x front camera always on aka Smart Stay - wireless charging = fail ). If I had to choose between my Desire and the SGS3, I would pick SGS3. But my XPS does everything I need so I won't be getting that thing ever.
@OP Sammy never was the innovator in the first place. Almost every single killer feature they have is either vanilla ICS or already exists in some form.
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Compete fail just a slight incremental update at best to GN and It looks butt ugly, like an old plastic mid range Nokia, screens to big for most ppl, also uses touchwiz, phone will only be good for 10 mins of benchmarks and that's it. Enough said.
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I think it will do much better than that. Credit where credit is due. It's the best performing phone right now and I just hope ics improves the ui performance of the xperia s because it's the poorest part of the phone. It's pretty fast and instant everywhere else but the UI feels very 2011 possibly even 2010ish in its performance which is a damn shame.
Well lets keep hope alive even history tells us that software development has always been one of Sony Ericsson weaknesses.
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I think it will do much better than that. Credit where credit is due. It's the best performing phone right now and I just hope ics improves the ui performance of the xperia s because it's the poorest part of the phone. It's pretty fast and instant everywhere else but the UI feels very 2011 possibly even 2010ish in its performance which is a damn shame.
Well lets keep hope alive even history tells us that software development has always been one of Sony Ericsson weaknesses.
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The thing is smoothness to CPU power is not linear. Having four cores doesn't give you an instant boost and a buttery smooth UI. This 'lag' is the way Android works and the great multitasking power we are used to might not have been possible without it. The rest is manufacturer optimisation. And yeah, quit whining about smoothness. Try ICS on a G1 and you'll be happy about how smooth your UI is on any other device.
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Who care about galaxy s3.
Ask tghout on it forum...
I will never regreat my buying sxs.
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It definitely fell short.
I think too many people hyped it up.
I know that many Samsung fanboys are upset. I was on another forum and after the unveil all I heard were complaints.
It is the new performance benchmark though.
However, it's too freaking big and the design is ugly.
Can't wait for the Sony Hayabusa to mop the floor with it.
and just one more thing, MEIZU quad core is most powerfull phone on market this year...
Samsung isnt top BEAST out there...
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The thing is smoothness to CPU power is not linear. Having four cores doesn't give you an instant boost and a buttery smooth UI. This 'lag' is the way Android works and the great multitasking power we are used to might not have been possible without it. The rest is manufacturer optimisation. And yeah, quit whining about smoothness. Try ICS on a G1 and you'll be happy about how smooth your UI is on any other device.
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I don't think I mentioned CPU anywhere in any of my posts. The UI performance of the xperia is the poorest of all the new phones out right now. It's as quick as any if not faster at performing tasks. Could be something to do with the very graphics intensive nature of it but I think it's performance is not quite 2012ish.
Let's not turn this into a fanboy topic. It's not a major crime hoping for software improvements now is it.
I did not believe any of the rumors that followed the Samsung so I'm not surprised in any way by it's spec sheet.
Those who were expecting 1080p displays and all the rest of it were just living on another planet. You can't expect too much after just a year after the release the S2.
Can we not discuss the positives and negatives of phones without reverting to all the tribal nonsense.
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Can we not discuss the positives and negatives of phones without reverting to all the tribal nonsense.
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Then you should ask this question on general android forum section....not in SXS section...we are with reasons on SXS, reason to buy it, to keep it and reason to develop it.
We do not need any other phones on this part of forum if you ask me..
but you asking in wrong places....
that is like a blog of iPhone ask that about SGS3....LOL
Seriously you think that big egg is very beautiful??
I mean you're joking right!you know I even had second thoughts of buying HTC OneX,
Then again thank god that I didn't go for the Tegra 3 chipset cause nVidia has some issues with HD video playback and which snapdragon doesn't have at all.
and I even noticed that XPS is very responsive and smooth,
I seriously don't care about the faster performing tasks, only thing that bugs me is the yellow tint that I got, which is a pain in the ass when it heats up.
and even though samsung tried too hard to put up their new phone and they failed to beat up iPad's GPU which is sad for them,
technically I don't regret having this phone and I really love the timescape UI and I think they will do something new with their ICS update,
cause they always the first to come up with new ideas and others tend to copy it from them.and I love the fact that they are keeping up with snapdragon chipset.
I know nothing much about nova thor chipset though..
GS III is an epic failure to me and I'm looking forward to get this hyabusa with S4 chipset.
the funny thing is that after GS3 the very next day LG comes and anounced a BEAST phone with Quad core chip,1,5ghz,4,7 inch screen with 720p display 32gb internal with micro sd support,LTE and the best thing 2GB RAM which Samsung already has 1GB AGAIN with GS3..i love galaxy s2 but galaxy s3 dissapointed me...i own a Sony Xperia S now and i am very happy with it..after the Samsung Galaxy S3 event i trade my Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Sony Xperia S because Samsung made me mad (seriously PENTILE SCREEN again??i dont give a fawk if it is AMOLED screen)...Now i love SXS because its my first Sony smartphone and i have to say its brilliant and fast and the screen is just AWSOME...!LOVE IT seriously and i prefer to go for the new LG with 2GB ram rather than SG3 if i had to give SXS for another but i will not do this soon...now i will shut my mouth and i will enjoy SONY XPERIA S!!!!
I do like the eye tracking idea (bugs me like hell when the screen switches off when I'm reading something!!).. but I the rest of it is generally pretty lame.. and the size.. Jeez.. I'm 6'1" and I couldn't operate a phone like that with one hand.. just too big.. Quad core.. schmod core... once we have ICS we will see a smoothness added to the UI...
not impressed... and other than the fact that they have a big customer base from the SGSII.. I can't see why anyone would choose it.
Not bad!
I can't deny that i've been anxiously waiting for the release of this new Sammy device and a bit impressed of it overall!
The design is not bad as most of the people say, not new but not repulsive.
As of the specs, we all expected most of the things; that's y most of us SXS owners didn't wait for its release coz the SXS did it all!
I already owned SGS2 and HTC sensation, both were amazing, but after i used SXS, i really enjoyed having a smartphone, in terms of build and sound quality and most of all the software, but really annoyed from the touch buttons though. The phone never hanged on me, always smooth and responsive, not like the touchwiz which is primitive and the sense which is laggy no matter what u do with it.
We should wait and see when it's available and after being used by people and assess after user experiences!
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Seriously you think that big egg is very beautiful??
I mean you're joking right!you know I even had second thoughts of buying HTC OneX,
Then again thank god that I didn't go for the Tegra 3 chipset cause nVidia has some issues with HD video playback and which snapdragon doesn't have at all.
and I even noticed that XPS is very responsive and smooth,
I seriously don't care about the faster performing tasks, only thing that bugs me is the yellow tint that I got, which is a pain in the ass when it heats up.
and even though samsung tried too hard to put up their new phone and they failed to beat up iPad's GPU which is sad for them,
technically I don't regret having this phone and I really love the timescape UI and I think they will do something new with their ICS update,
cause they always the first to come up with new ideas and others tend to copy it from them.and I love the fact that they are keeping up with snapdragon chipset.
I know nothing much about nova thor chipset though..
GS III is an epic failure to me and I'm looking forward to get this hyabusa with S4 chipset.
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Again I never said the galaxy s3 was beautiful. All I said was beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I also said that given the choice, I world pick the xperia because it suits me more.
I'm very disappointed that very few people in here have the grace to say anything positive about the S3 which is a shame as it has many good points too.
Instead we have ended up with the same tribalism where you only dwell on the negatives.
The eye tracking thing is a bit suspect in my opinion. Having the front facing camera constantly working like that could have a detrimental impact on battery life.
My greatest appreciation is reserved for the silky smooth UI. Now that's something I could really do with. I'm rather tied of jerky and laggy.
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Again I never said the galaxy s3 was beautiful. All I said was beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I also said that given the choice, I world pick the xperia because it suits me more.
I'm very disappointed that very few people in here have the grace to say anything positive about the S3 which is a shame as it has many good points too.
Instead we have ended up with the same tribalism where you only dwell on the negatives.
The eye tracking thing is a bit suspect in my opinion. Having the front facing camera constantly working like that could have a detrimental impact on battery life.
My greatest appreciation is reserved for the silky smooth UI. Now that's something I could really do with. I'm rather tied of jerky and laggy.
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I for one never said that it's a bad device. I even said I would buy it in certain conditions. The chipset is good, the screen is good, the software has some good features that I outlined. But overall SGS3 is the Half-Life 3 of mobile devices. It was hyped so much that it couldn't live up to the hype built around it not without Samsung's help. We expected something revolutionary, and got something evolutionary. Therefore the general meh direction this discussion is taking.
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Was expecting a Arc>>>SGII situation
But it's just another One X
To put it in a metaphor, the SXS is ya Japanese/European supercar
SGIII/One X is ya American Muscle
I guess It depends on what ya want from the phone really, I personally still think what you lose from the SXS for them quads is too much.
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I for one never said that it's a bad device. I even said I would buy it in certain conditions. The chipset is good, the screen is good, the software has some good features that I outlined. But overall SGS3 is the Half-Life 3 of mobile devices. It was hyped so much that it couldn't live up to the hype built around it not without Samsung's help. We expected something revolutionary, and got something evolutionary. Therefore the general meh direction this discussion is taking.
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Finally a bit of objective commentary. Thank you sir.
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Hello,
I just want to get the opinions of all xperia users who would like to take the time to answer my question.
I currently have a samsung galaxy note and i stumbled across the xperia s via the smartwatcha and smart wireless headset pro (i have this ocd-ish problem where all of my gadgets need to have one brand primarily) and i was wondering what are the community's take on the phone?
I'll primarily be using it as a secondary phone if not become primarily as soon as i get tired of lugging my big ass Galaxy Note around.
There is just something alluring about its sharp minimalistic style not to mention having a hd bravia tv in the palm of my hand.
Anyways, back to my question: what are your general opinions of the phone? Good or bad i'd like to hear them all.
Its a good phone, I love the screen and the processor seems fast enough. My gripes with it are, I am not sure about the button placement. Also I am not a fan of the usb flap cover. The light bar is awesomeness though.
It's awesome. That's all.
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It would be a great phone if it wasnt for that damn yellow tint!!
I love the phone
There's a few more threads about people on the fence with this phone around here somewhere. I imagine it may feel tiny though after lugging around a note .
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i had sgs2
now i have XS
worth it ? yep
I came from a note as well although mine died
I love this phone, my only gripe is the lack of developers here on xda, most devs seem to goto Samsung or HTC. I actually don't know if that's a good or bad thing because Sony's UI is fantastic and so is the whole experience so rooting the phone isn't really worth it at this stage for me, whereas with the note I was flashing every other day and that wasn't necessarily a good thing.
I miss the big screen of the note but I sure don't miss the SAMOLED display and the bad placement of those capacitive buttons and also the power button. The other real bad thing I noticed when I came to the xperia was how badly the note handled itself under sunlight I could never make out what was displayed and had to use my other hand as shade which didn't improve it much and also adding to the already difficult handling. With the Sony there is zero problems under sunlight I was amazed. I've held the Sony directly in sunlight and still can see the screen at around 80% vision comparing to the notes 10% vision.
I paid 800AUD for the note in November and I just paid 420AUD for the xperia s just after they got released and personally it outperforms it in software and hardware.
Sony feels expensive in the hands yet its cheap, Samsung feels cheap yet its expensive.
Oh yeh one other thing I really hate is the flap covers for the USB I could understand if the phone lasted a week without charge but when you charge everyday its pointless and frustrating.
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XS is simply stupendofantabolouslyfantasmogoricallymagical!!!!
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it's an amazing phone...
but in my case i a little bit disapointed because i can't root it (yet, i hope) and i can't unlock the bootloader
I love this phone. Best android phone I have used or seen. The button placement does take a little getting used to but this phone rocks otherwise. Smooth, fast and to me looks better than any other android phone.
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It would be a great phone if it wasnt for that damn yellow tint!!
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xps lcd is warmer the gs2 that is so cold... anyway you can adjust as you like
with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa&feature=search_result
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I came from a note as well although mine died
I love this phone, my only gripe is the lack of developers here on xda, most devs seem to goto Samsung or HTC. I actually don't know if that's a good or bad thing because Sony's UI is fantastic and so is the whole experience so rooting the phone isn't really worth it at this stage for me, whereas with the note I was flashing every other day and that wasn't necessarily a good thing.
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The Xperia S is a new phone, just give it some time and more devs will come to make roms and add-ons Most of them are just waiting for the ICS update I think
But the phone is really great Also love the fact Sony will give us 4.0.4 probably instead of 4.0.3 like most devices
Considering XperiaS to be my first dual core smartphone, it does its job pretty well. Superfast processing,loads of RAM,great camera on a phone.. Unlocked Bootloader on mine.. And ICS not that far away.. What more would you want?
@All SXS owners
I'm thinking about jumping from Galaxy Nexus. I saw Xperia S in local Sony Center and fall in love with it's design and UX <3
One thing that concerns me is lack of light sensor... How do you guys manage to live without auto-brightness? (Serious question, my last 4 Androids had one)
I appreciate all your help
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@All SXS owners
I'm thinking about jumping from Galaxy Nexus. I saw Xperia S in local Sony Center and fall in love with it's design and UX <3
One thing that concerns me is lack of light sensor... How do you guys manage to live without auto-brightness? (Serious question, my last 4 Androids had one)
I appreciate all your help
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I got no problem without.
I got my screen brigheness on around 25% normal, and the Sony screen widget that turns it on max if needed. So i didnt even knew we lacked such a thing.
k_myk said:
@All SXS owners
I'm thinking about jumping from Galaxy Nexus. I saw Xperia S in local Sony Center and fall in love with it's design and UX <3
One thing that concerns me is lack of light sensor... How do you guys manage to live without auto-brightness? (Serious question, my last 4 Androids had one)
I appreciate all your help
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Well its a simple answer....
We don't.
Its enabled by default
A lot of people think its not there but it is and works just fine. It just doesn't adjust drastically, its more of like using a dimmer switch.
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shmoejoe said:
Well its a simple answer....
We don't.
Its enabled by default
A lot of people think its not there but it is and works just fine. It just doesn't adjust drastically, its more of like using a dimmer switch.
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So.... Does it adjust itself when you, ale for example, go outoors or turn IT on at night? I saw that it doesn't have auto brightness option in the settings and in Sony Center was quite bright and I asssumed that for some reason Sony didn't install this feature:-(
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The Xperia S is a new phone, just give it some time and more devs will come to make roms and add-ons Most of them are just waiting for the ICS update I think
But the phone is really great Also love the fact Sony will give us 4.0.4 probably instead of 4.0.3 like most devices
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4.0.4? Sure about that? Any sources?
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So.... Does it adjust itself when you, ale for example, go outoors or turn IT on at night? I saw that it doesn't have auto brightness option in the settings and in Sony Center was quite bright and I asssumed that for some reason Sony didn't install this feature:-(
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It works just as any auto-adjust, it just isn't as drastic when it adjusts ( more adjusts in phases than the 'low light > omg my eyes!'). It adjusts how it should at night, and outside (even in the sun) it is the most visible and clear I have ever seen in a touchscreen phone, the clarity is really impressive.
I don't know why, but I guess since most people use the auto setting,they removed it? I dunno, but you can still disable it with a widget anyways, so it doesn't really matter
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It works just as any auto-adjust, it just isn't as drastic when it adjusts ( more adjusts in phases than the 'low light > omg my eyes!'). It adjusts how it should at night, and outside (even in the sun) it is the most visible and clear I have ever seen in a touchscreen phone, the clarity is really impressive.
I don't know why, but I guess since most people use the auto setting,they removed it? I dunno, but you can still disable it with a widget anyways, so it doesn't really matter
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Thank you That's the answer I was hoping to hear I'll definitely try to get rid of Galaxy Nexus and look for this 2001 Space Odyssey monolith-like piece of great hardware
I had the captivate before and i don't want to go thru the GPS issues again.
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its faster and getting locks almost instantly.
I've seen the S2 and S3 side by side with GPS Test Pro running on them and the S3 blows the S2's GPS away.
Its awesome in the uk, locks in seconds, stays llocked normally accurate to < 10m (often 4 or 6m)
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I'm still using S2 with crappy GPS at the moment. Can't wait till I get my S3 later.
Second that in the UK locking super quick.
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Fast and very accurate. In my experience it is very accurate if I will disable mobile data and use only GPS. :good:
Best GPS in any phone (or even tablet) device I have ever seen.
Sitting next to my Garmin gpsmap 62s the sgs3 is surprising accurate and gps lock is pretty quick, even indoors.
That being said I haven't had a chance to test it in anything other than an urban environment..
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Speedy Gonzales.
Coming from a Vibrant with useless GPS that never locked, this thing is amazing, locks fast and stays accurate even going through mountains and areas covered in trees. I managed to use Mapquest navigation flawlessly. Real good.
The GS3 has a GLONAS compatible chip which almost doubles the available satellites. With the assistance of the sensors and mobile/wifi networks it gives me pretty accurate positioning even indoors, which is quite remarkable.
Insane. Up to 22 satellites and instant. Couldn't ask for more.
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I didn't like the GPS on the S2 until I got the latest official ICS ROM.
Nowadays I simply love the GPS on both my S2 and my S3. Fix is very fast and precise. The latest Samsung ROMs brought a great improvement on GPS.
For the versions of the ROMS I am using, see my sig.
Thank you for all your answers... I hope I can still return my HTC One X and get this.
I really really like the One X and GPS works well as well but i'm on Rogers (canada) and the phone only has 16gb of ram and not expandable.
I can't live with that.
Excellent
super
Its good and works very good, fast.
I'll second what every1has already said, extremely fast to lock and very accurate. Have used the gps recently along with endomondo to track exercise activity. Very happy with it.
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For those of you who have had the phone for the full run since the Verizon release date, how have your opinions improved, worsened, or remained the same about the galaxy s4?
I have had the phone for almost a month now and been through a few roms and have been pleased for the most part. I have gripes with the keyboard and the way the camera is great sometimes and totally worse at others.
I'd say after this long, I am happy with my purchase, but not so happy to the point where I'm not looking at upcoming phones later this year as a possible replacement.
Thoughts after two months?
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I came from an S3 so I wasn't expecting a whole new experience but I love my S4. The screen is amazing and it's snappy as hell. No lag. I got the 32 GB one and the fastest 64 GB SD card I could find. Unfortunately I got the update so no rom flashing for me. Oh well, I love it the way it is. I was going to wait for the HTC One but I'm happy with my purchase. I also get way better signal too. When I had my S3 I would always get 3G at work but I always have 4G on my S4. My average battery life is 18H, 49M according to GSAM.
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I love my GS4. its perfect for me. Does more then i need. If there was no root i would have been happy with it the way it was but with root and CleanROM installed, i basicly can't run it out of juice in a day, besides, charging is soooo fast anyway. I was also one that never had lag even on stock unrooted so with what i have now being rooted, its even snappier then it was originally. The phone is a beast. Signal is always strong screen is amazing and its the perfect screen size.
Honestly it is an amazing device.. I had it on clean rom for weeks and loved it.. just flashed CM10.1... I am blown away by the lightning fast speed.
I had the s3 as well before this. I've had mine since launch day and love it. I do have typing issues with the keyboard sometimes. Guess I sbould look for a good replacement. I wish it had more haptic feedback though. Doesnt hardly feel like im typing on a touch screen, it's too smooth to the touch. I had htc phones before this and rooting this s4 was 50 times easier.
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I had the s3 as well before this. I've had mine since launch day and love it. I do have typing issues with the keyboard sometimes. Guess I sbould look for a good replacement. I wish it had more haptic feedback though. Doesnt hardly feel like im typing on a touch screen, it's too smooth to the touch. I had htc phones before this and rooting this s4 was 50 times easier.
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I recommend SwiftKey keyboard. It's predicting is amazing and creepy at the same time.
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I recommend SwiftKey keyboard. It's predicting is amazing and creepy at the same time.
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Does swiftkey let you use the Google speech engine for voice to text? I have Swype+Dragon and I find the Google engine better in understanding my accent
I came from a droidx to the s4 so i am just amazed at what this phone can do. I am new to ROMs also so i am messing with this phone all day long.....
Coming from a locked down bionic, the lokid S4 is like a wet dream. ... Although, when comparing radios/signal reception, moto dominates Samsung. ..
Also Came from a locked down Bionic. After the JB upgrade that phone turned into hot garbage. The S4 is light years better!!!
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Does swiftkey let you use the Google speech engine for voice to text? I have Swype+Dragon and I find the Google engine better in understanding my accent
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Yea it lets you use Google voice to text. SwiftKey also has SwiftKey Flow which is like Swype. SwiftKey has the best predictions of all keywords I've tried because it constantly learns what you type. It looks at your Facebook posts, Google posts and by past texts if you authorize it.
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I came from a 32gb S3 (white) to a 32gb S4 (black).
For me, it's slightly faster, the screen is noticeably better and the battery life (which was already excellent on my s3) is slightly better.
I actually like the "flat" feel of the edges compared to the S3. The camera is phenomenal.
Overall, it's a nice evolutionary step up.
Love it
Download Jelly Bean Keyboard from the dev VLLWP. It fixed every issue I had with the keyboard and more. It's free and there is little to no reason to get the paid version.
After fixing the keyboard, I have zero complaints about the phone. My battery life suffered after the update a bit but now seems to be back to normal which for this phone means I can go two days of light use with my settings the way the are before I plug it in. The only thing I have noticed is that my battery gets eaten up if I am using runkeeper and listening to music. I think it is the combo of GPS and headphones. I'll find a fix eventually. REALLY looking forward to android 5.0 on it this Fall!
I like it a lot more now that the GPS glitches in CM10.1 were resolved.
Disclaimer: I came from a Galaxy Nexus.
Waiting to see how solid the post bootloader lockdown ROMs are. The devs will eventually backport everything that does not require a firmware upgrade. But they will effectively be a port-rebase hybrid since we will not be able to run the stock ROM anymore. 4.3 will be the big test. If the moto x is unlocked like a sort of nexus device, swappa here I come.
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Should I go S4?
Hey guys, it's been a while for me since I've last posted here. Pretty much I'm curious if I should buy the S4? I obviously want the latest and greatest but at the same token, i don't want TouchWiz. It would seem the answer is to just root and flash CyanogenMod but now I'm curious if Cyanogen allows for all features, like 4g & WiFi and full camera features like 1080p recording, to be used without problem. I remember, with my original EVO 4G, I mostly ran Cyanogen but 4g didn't work for a long time and there were a couple of other things that were a problem like 1080p video recording.
Hopefully you get a sense of my question: Can I buy the S4, flash CyanogenMod and use all features of the phone? (I know the eyeball and wave sensors most likely won't work...)
Side note: I got pretty turned off to Android with the purchase of the EVO 3D (my fault, I know). So turned off in fact that the EVO 3D no longer looks like a phone. I am soo tempted to just go iPhone so I don't have to worry about this stuff anymore... I just want ANDROID or bust!
I came from the gnex. Absolutely love this thing. Obviously battery life is 10 times better. I'm in casinos all the time and I almost always have 4g.
My biggest gripe is the lack of development, not that it's the phone's fault
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generalExpert said:
Hey guys, it's been a while for me since I've last posted here. Pretty much I'm curious if I should buy the S4? I obviously want the latest and greatest but at the same token, i don't want TouchWiz. It would seem the answer is to just root and flash CyanogenMod but now I'm curious if Cyanogen allows for all features, like 4g & WiFi and full camera features like 1080p recording, to be used without problem. I remember, with my original EVO 4G, I mostly ran Cyanogen but 4g didn't work for a long time and there were a couple of other things that were a problem like 1080p video recording.
Hopefully you get a sense of my question: Can I buy the S4, flash CyanogenMod and use all features of the phone? (I know the eyeball and wave sensors most likely won't work...)
Side note: I got pretty turned off to Android with the purchase of the EVO 3D (my fault, I know). So turned off in fact that the EVO 3D no longer looks like a phone. I am soo tempted to just go iPhone so I don't have to worry about this stuff anymore... I just want ANDROID or bust!
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I also got the 3d. I actually took my gnex back from the wife when I got iy
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I'm curious how you mean lack of development? You have CleanROM (stopped at 1.6.5) HyberDrive, Slim Beans, Carbon, CM10.1, Liquid Smooth, Synergy, Eclipse, Google Edition port, Chameleon, PAC-man and a few others im not thinking of im sure.
I can't see a lack of development.
I am coming from the bionic. I actually liked the bionic. I love my s4 except the new update puts a huge damper on things. I was fortunate to have root still and twrp. I am running brands me7 ota so I don't have wi-fi. Once that is fixed it will be perfect for me. I so miss Motorola skin. This is my first Samsung.
Anyone having a problem with screen burn in?
Hey, so I was at best buy the other day looking at the S4 and noticed they all had various degrees of screen burn in. Now, I know these devices are on all day long but I'm curious, do any of you, under normal use, have this problem? There were numbers burnt into the screen from the clock and the top info bar...