Hello, after the death of my Evo 3D, i'm thinking about buying a GS2.
How is it? Do you suggest it to me?
I have some questions about battery and building quality, how are those?
Make sure its i9100 and not some i9100G
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The seller said that its code is GT-i9100
Make sure its not a G model and double check its not a G model .
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Cero92 said:
The seller said that its code is GT-i9100
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SGS2 is rootable much much easier than any other phones, and wide range of custom roms available......
HTC hacking is too much ennoying......this off- that off.....
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Make sure its not a G model and double check its not a G model .
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Whats the difference? I too my be getting one. However after checking out att and tmobile's website i noticed the t mobile version has a 1.5 not a 1.2 Ghz processor. is this correct? Also how hard is it to CID unlock the tmobile version?
*Figured id post here instead of creating my own thread ^^
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Whats the difference? I too my be getting one. However after checking out att and tmobile's website i noticed the t mobile version has a 1.5 not a 1.2 Ghz processor. is this correct? Also how hard is it to CID unlock the tmobile version?
*Figured id post here instead of creating my own thread ^^
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Its 1.5 because of snapdragon 3 chipset and its weaker BTW
And also have different sections so the roms here are not compilable with them
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Its 1.5 because of snapdragon 3 chipset and its weaker BTW
And also have different sections so the roms here are not compilable with them
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Wait, so the T-Mobile version, the 1.5, and it has a weaker processor than a 1.2? How so? And what do you mean "And also have different sections.." as in CDMA and GSM sections?
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Wait, so the T-Mobile version, the 1.5, and it has a weaker processor than a 1.2? How so? And what do you mean "And also have different sections.." as in CDMA and GSM sections?
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Clock speed doesn't really matter
exynos 4210(1.2 Ghz) is better than snapdragon 3(1.5 Ghz)
Just google search for it
You will get 1.5 ghz(weaker one with less dev) on at&t
From t-mob you will get epic touch 4g(same as international in hardware but different buttons and different section)
So its better to buy i9100 international unlocked sgs2 if you care about development
Dont buy it noww..
Wait for sme rtme and get the Samsung galaxy S3....
SGS2 is now a year old...
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Clock speed doesn't really matter
exynos 4210(1.2 Ghz) is better than snapdragon 3(1.5 Ghz)
Just google search for it
You will get 1.5 ghz(weaker one with less dev) on at&t
From t-mob you will get epic touch 4g(same as international in hardware but different buttons and different section)
So its better to buy i9100 international unlocked sgs2 if you care about development
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And yes i care greatly about development. Thanks for your awesome info
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Wait, so the T-Mobile version, the 1.5, and it has a weaker processor than a 1.2? How so?
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More horsepower doesn't mean that a car is faster. (Nissan GT-R anyone?)
Just the same thing with cameras and megapixels.
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Can anyone tell me what the TMO GS2 will be referred to as in cyanogen lingo? Also will the existing CM7 ROMS for the GS2 work on the TMO version?
I realize that the product hasn't shipped quite yet but just wondered what was going to be involved to get CM7 ported to TMO's version? I assume not much but then again TMO is using a different processor than the rest. Not looking for a hard answer here, just an educated guess as to what was involved based on similar situations.
Nothing for sgs2 international version will work on the tmob version.
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Thanks. Would you guess that the tmo port would be pretty straightforward?
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Thanks. Would you guess that the tmo port would be pretty straightforward?
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Unlike the at&t sgs2 which is almost identical to the int sgs2 porting to the tmob sgs2 is like porting to a whole new phone, so not really straightforward.
As noted the 1.5ghz chip in the tmob sgs2 is not any faster than the int version, so i would lean towards importing an int version, as long as it can run on tmobs 3g bands.
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Looks like it will be called the SGH T989
http://www.userguidemanual.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-sii-manual-user-guide-sgh-t989-t-mobile-specs/
can any one please tell me will samsung galaxy s III have a quad core processor? will all the versions will be international version? I live in India & I've decided to buy it. but this thought is disturbing me will s III have a quad core processor or not? please help me as soon as possible. please
International version is quad core. No confusion here.
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I think only the US versions will be dual core. The rest will be quad.
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I think only the US versions will be dual core. The rest will be quad.
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Japan is dual core.
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LTE versions will be dual core
Others will be quad
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions &
Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting
Moving to Q&A
There has been no official word on the dual core version the only reason there is some speculation was because something a Samsung executive said when he should not have and a device profile for Verizon.
Now don't get me wrong here I still thing the US LTE versions are going to have the S4 chipset but I am going to keep my hopes up and pray to god we don't get an HTC One X clone(Hardware Wise)
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There has been no official word on the dual core version the only reason there is some speculation was because something a Samsung executive said when he should not have and a device profile for Verizon.
Now don't get me wrong here I still thing the US LTE versions are going to have the S4 chipset but I am going to keep my hopes up and pray to god we don't get an HTC One X clone(Hardware Wise)
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You will though.
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Do what everyone else has done, read the reviews and posts, they will answer 99% of all "will it......" questions.
Don't mean to pick on you and I will say I am sorry if that's how I come off but the sections are really getting cluttered with some useless questions. I enjoy reading all the reviews and watching the videos of people who already have them in their hands. It's very informative.
can any one can make me understand that why samsung will use a dual core processor instead of a quad core processor for LTE?
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can any one can make me understand that why samsung will use a dual core processor instead of a quad core processor for LTE?
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The S4 has a built-in LTE modem, Samsung has not yet made their own SoC with a LTE modem in it.
Basically they would have to make room for a LTE chip, and instead of doing that they simply opt for the S4 with the built-in LTE modem.
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can any one can make me understand that why samsung will use a dual core processor instead of a quad core processor for LTE?
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Because the hardware for lte isn't currently comparable with the quad core.
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thanks too all of you to make me understand what I've asked.
samsung has promised to give LTE service in some selected countries. but one of you has said that LTE is not capable with the hardware of s III. then how it'll be possible to give LTE service? can you please make me understand?
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thanks too all of you to make me understand what I've asked.
samsung has promised to give LTE service in some selected countries. but one of you has said that LTE is not capable with the hardware of s III. then how it'll be possible to give LTE service? can you please make me understand?
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By changing the hardware to make it work with LTE.
Got it now?
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By changing the hardware to make it work with LTE.
Got it now?
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yeah! but how the change will be? any idea?
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yeah! but how the change will be? any idea?
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The change is processors. The US versions have a dual core processor so they can support LTE. Any other version with LTE will also only have a dual core processor.
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I think we need a thread that compare dualcore A15 vs quacore A9 once a for all so people can stop complaining that they didn't get a quadcore.
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I think we need a thread that compare dualcore A15 vs quacore A9 once a for all so people can stop complaining that they didn't get a quadcore.
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Useless!
This will be a dualcore S4 Krait which is not A15...
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Useless!
This will be a dualcore S4 Krait which is not A15...
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It is based on A15.
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Since all the LTE Variants have identical hardware, and radio, would you deem it possible to have interchangeable roms?
It should be just like the gnex have to change a couple things in build prop and a few files and should be good
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It should be just like the gnex have to change a couple things in build prop and a few files and should be good
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Then this is extremely exciting news, UNIFIED development!
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Then this is extremely exciting news, UNIFIED development!
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I agree, finally we should have good development for both the international, and the lte version
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I agree, finally we should have good development for both the international, and the lte version
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That makes me wonder, would all (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, Rogers, etc) the S4, LTE Devs share the same initial repository through Github for development and just branch off with the different Init.d, and radio files?
Is this how it's done for the Galaxy Nexus?
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That makes me wonder, would all (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, Rogers, etc) the S4, LTE Devs share the same initial repository through Github for development and just branch off with the different Init.d, and radio files?
Is this how it's done for the Galaxy Nexus?
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It will greatly reduce the time for getting aosp up and running as many more devs will be working with the same hardware....the only thing that really needs to be different is the device tree...porting from gsm to cdma and vice versa will be easy. Replace vendor folder in system then replace apns-conf.xml with the one for your phone.edit build prop and it should boot.you may have to fix a couple things but hard work is done.like with gnex all kernels should be interchangeable.....gsm kernels work with cdma and vice versa........
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It will greatly reduce the time for getting aosp up and running as many more devs will be working with the same hardware....the only thing that really needs to be different is the device tree...porting from gsm to cdma and vice versa will be easy. Replace vendor folder in system then replace apns-conf.xml with the one for your phone.edit build prop and it should boot.you may have to fix a couple things but hard work is done.like with gnex all kernels should be interchangeable.....gsm kernels work with cdma and vice versa........
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This sounds really sweet! Thank you for your input!
I'm glad to hear this as well. I do strongly believe that S4 variant should have a completely different forum.
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I'm glad to hear this as well. I do strongly believe that S4 variant should have a completely different forum.
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And it will, as soon as it starts being delivered. Earliest possible release is for CA on the 20th of June I believe.
Oh my god.
It's not a S4 variant if it's a SGS3 LTE.
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Oh my god.
It's not a S4 variant if it's a SGS3 LTE.
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Forgive me for reading between the lines , but I think he was saying that the North American versions with the same hardware should have their own forum section for development.
Which actually makes sense.
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Forgive me for reading between the lines , but I think he was saying that the North American versions with the same hardware should have their own forum section for development.
Which actually makes sense.
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I didn't read the whole thing.
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Oh my god.
It's not a S4 variant if it's a SGS3 LTE.
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S4 as in the processor
I expect the North American S4 variants to receive the best developer support to date for an Android phone! As it's been explained, it's basically the exact same phone across all of Canada and the US. And with the powerful processor and 2Gb RAM, we could be in for since amazing ROMs, hacks, tweaks, and more. Can't wait!
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Oh my god.
It's not a S4 variant if it's a SGS3 LTE.
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Lol I mean dual core processor s4 variant. I hate calling it dual core variant because many people may get offended and also it does not do justice to the hardware.
It's just so much easy to call it s4 variant.
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Not all the dual-core/2gb versions are going to be exactly identical hardware.
Docomo version has a digital TV tuner, dual-mode NFC-A/NFC-F but no FM radio.
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Not all the dual-core/2gb versions are going to be exactly identical hardware.
Docomo version has a digital TV tuner, dual-mode NFC-A/NFC-F but no FM radio.
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That's the Japanese version though, a minority in the grand stake of the North American variants
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Since all the LTE Variants have identical hardware, and radio, would you deem it possible to have interchangeable roms?
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Man that would be nice. I think once us Americans get our hands on the S4 variant we'll have some brave users who'll flash them and confirm if they work or not....not sure i'm gonna be one of them
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I think he was saying that the North American versions with the same hardware should have their own forum section for development.
Which actually makes sense.
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Agreed. It's been confirmed we are infact getting our own dev forum, the layout of which is still being discussed.
I don't think the S4 version will get as nearly as much development as everyone will go for the superior quad core version. 2GB ram is useless of you have a crippled copy to begin with.
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I don't think the S4 version will get as nearly as much development as everyone will go for the superior quad core version. 2GB ram is useless of you have a crippled copy to begin with.
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You think that the entire North American market is somehow tiny from a development standpoint?
Just how many people do you expect to pony up for a more expensive international version with more limited functionality on most carriers over here?
Statements like this just confuse the hell out of me. Though I really shouldn't be responding to trolls to begin with...
Sorry if this has already been posted or is in the wrong section i am new to the forums.
Okay i recently got into rooting and putting custom roms on my phone right now i have an HTC evo 4g.
But i am eligable for an upgrade with sprint i have been waiting for a while because i knew there would be an amazing phone to be released soon enough and i am starting to think the SIII.
Is this phone worth it? I would only be paying 250$ for the 32gb and 199$ for the 16gb with my upgrade.
is there any other phones that are up there with the galaxy s3 on sprints network? Or should i just go and get this phone.
is it alot faster then the s2? also will i be able to put jellybean on it if i was to get it? is there a stable release out.
Yes. Go get this phone.
Is the best currently available.
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Buy the phone if you want it. It's a great phone but it may not suit your needs. Check it the specs and compare it with other phones you can choose from .
Your s3 model won't be the international version, it will be the dial core version so check their forum to see their development.
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Buy the phone if you want it. It's a great phone but it may not suit your needs. Check it the specs and compare it with other phones you can choose from .
Your s3 model won't be the international version, it will be the dial core version so check their forum to see their development.
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Is there anything less with the dial core version? I will go try to find there forum now thanks.
Yes
He meant dual core version. You aren't really losing much. Both versions are top of the end amazing phones.
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Yah.. Amazing phone and pretty cheap compare to Iphn5 but more features
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The dual core GS3 has documented and developer-friendly Qualcomm = definitely worth buying.
S3 is easily the best phone I have ever owned (and I have owned a great many top-spec phones).
That said I preferred the S2 in terms of size and weight. But the S3 has a higher quality screen and considerably better battery life
Oooh i see now the I9300 is the quad core version which is not in the US
The US version is dual core.
Okay how big is the difference in speed between the two?
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Okay how big is the difference in speed between the two?
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Should be similar on stock touchwiz. The dual core one is lightyears ahead of the Exynos one, though, when it comes to custom AOSP roms. Why? Well, just ask @codeworkz ^^
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Should be similar on stock touchwiz. The dual core one is lightyears ahead of the Exynos one, though, when it comes to custom AOSP roms. Why? Well, just ask @codeworkz ^^
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Thank you very much.
Just wanted to add my opinion to this one as I'm sick of all the exnos bashing.
Just because cm devs can't get it to work properly does not mean it's bad. It's the best version and I've never ever used a ti Omap or Qualcomm based phone that wasn't **** and dont get me started on cm roms on phones as from desire onwards I've never encountered a cm version worth installing as they aren't worth it. Stock android has always been and always will be lacking and ugly no matter how many cookie cutter mods you implement like volume button wake which is old old old.
Do yourself a favour and stick to Samsung based roms and save the headache and the laughs from people who see your stock android device and the pictures that come off the aosp camera among other things.
The SG III is way better value than the iphone 5.
If you want something "worth buying", you are the only one who can actually decide on this.. because it may/may not suit you. So i suggest you search and gather info for yourself so you get accurate infos
I do not mean to flame or anything, just a mini-suggestion. Hopefully this will help you in your decision
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I am surprised that no one said that you should wait for the Note 2 or the new Nexus or the next Galaxy S x, where x>3. There will always be better, but when you actually start using the phone you see that you don't need anything more, except less call log lag
It is that great that I don't even have the urge to root it right now and I rooted and reflashed everything android I had before.
we have gone pretty far with s-off ing however we need a device to test on if you are willing to help PM me ( we take no responsibility for bricking ) i don`t own the x+ ( ATT ) so i can`t test on it!
What about INTERNATIONAL ???
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What about INTERNATIONAL ???
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sadly not yet! we need the ATT first
Ok ... thank you
S-OFF
Hey Guys,
I might consider it. I know the brick % is around 90%. So I consider doing it. I know it means a lot to the community. So give me alittle time to think about it. Its about a $400 risk.
Thanks
I'd be willing to give it a try on an international device if you ever need some testers for one :thumbup:
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thought att already had s-off?.
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thought att already had s-off?.
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Att one x yes... Att one x+ no
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It's a Qualcomm chip so it won't be hard unlike tegra chip which is impossible to achieve at the moment
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It's a Qualcomm chip so it won't be hard unlike tegra chip which is impossible to achieve at the moment
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have you read the thread? apparently if they are looking for a tester they have made advances, so the term imppossible appears not to apply.
!!Go Team Magio!!
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have you read the thread? apparently if they are looking for a tester they have made advances, so the term imppossible appears not to apply.
!!Go Team Magio!!
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have you read the thread or my comment ? they have made advancement in the att version which is a qualcomm based chip ,as i said the international hox version is a tegra chip and YES at the moment it is IMPOSSIBLE unless willing to send device to russia with 50§ dollars tag + shipement
ps: read next time dont jumpp the gun ...
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have you read the thread or my comment ? they have made advancement in the att version which is a qualcomm based chip ,as i said the international hox version is a tegra chip and YES at the moment it is IMPOSSIBLE unless willing to send device to russia with 50§ dollars tag + shipement
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From device manufacturer:
Features
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Android OS: v4.1.1 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset: NVIDIA Tegra 3 AP37
CPU: Quad-core 1.7 GHz
GPU: ULP GeForce 2
so unless Chipset NVIDIA Tegra3 AP37 means quallcomm
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From device manufacturer:
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Android OS: v4.1.1 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset: NVIDIA Tegra 3 AP37
CPU: Quad-core 1.7 GHz
GPU: ULP GeForce 2
so unless Chipset NVIDIA Tegra3 AP37 means quallcomm
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The htc one xl ( Evita) is quallcomm the rest ( HTC one x one x+ at&t one x+) are tegras the dude is mistaken
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The htc one xl ( Evita) is quallcomm the rest ( HTC one x one x+ at&t one x+) are tegras the dude is mistaken
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Are you find somebody to test the s-off. I am with HOX but look on any news for S-OFF :good:
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Are you find somebody to test the s-off. I am with HOX but look on any news for S-OFF :good:
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Sadly it's not going so well but we're trying hard
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Sadly it's not going so well but we're trying hard
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**ck 4 days no body whon't. Why is only for ATT not for international any specific thing on international or ATT
Thant said:
**ck 4 days no body whon't. Why is only for ATT not for international any specific thing on international or ATT
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We had a fluke with an ruu for the at&t.
Besides i have the international version
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We had a fluke with an ruu for the at&t.
Besides i have the international version
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I hope if work on ATT, MAGIO TEAM will find the way and for International version. GO GO GO MAGIO TEAM
I'm currently using mine. However, if I can get my hands on another one for a decent price, I will donate one for the benefit of the community.
[EDIT] I've just bid on one on eBay. Fingers crossed. [/EDIT]
So we have hope for s off for tegra devices after all good luck
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Edit: I have 2 international normal hoxes and willing to test with one if this ever comes for testing on that device