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i;m will to by SII galaxy , but i found 2 models in the market 9100 and 9100G , i found only the difference in the chipset and the GUP only , i need to know which one in better and the newest one ? and i read that you are not allowed to install custom rom on 9100G is that right ? and please if there are any other difference between these 2 models tell me ..
Definitely get an I9100.
Has a better processor, capable of faster data speeds if your network supports them due to the better processor. Lots more options on here/elsewhere so far as custom roms/kernels are concerned.
Do a Google search for the exact differences/specs.
You can install custom roms on I9100G, there just doesn't seem to be a lot of them around. That's certainly the case on here, put it that way.
i found a comparison here between the 2 models , like i said in my previous post all the difference i found in 3G speed, chipset and GPU , nothing else... so do you think regarding the previous differences the 9100 is better? by the way is 9100 is newest than 9100G ?
For me, the I9100 is better because there's far more custom roms & kernels for it on here (about a 20:1 ratio). Technically speaking by way of an "inferior" processor, the I9100G wouldn't even be on my radar. We have networks in Australia capable of much faster than 7.2mpbs.
If something is superior processor/GPU-wise, newest has nothing to do with it
sshehab said:
i found a comparison here between the 2 models , like i said in my previous post all the difference i found in 3G speed, chipset and GPU , nothing else... so do you think regarding the previous differences the 9100 is better? by the way is 9100 is newest than 9100G ?
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MistahBungle said:
For me, the I9100 is better because there's far more custom roms & kernels for it on here (about a 20:1 ratio). Technically speaking by way of an "inferior" processor, the I9100G wouldn't even be on my radar. We have networks in Australia capable of much faster than 7.2mpbs.
If something is superior processor/GPU-wise, newest has nothing to do with it
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As far as i understood from your reply that 9100 is better from custom ROM and kernels perspective but 9100G is better from specification perspective.. Right ?
No. Wrong.
I9100/T has a better processor/GPU and a billion times more custom/rom kernel options.
sshehab said:
As far as i understood from your reply that 9100 is better from custom ROM and kernels perspective but 9100G is better from specification perspective.. Right ?
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MistahBungle said:
No. Wrong.
I9100/T has a better processor/GPU and a billion times more custom/rom kernel options.
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when i was googling i found this nice comparison
That's a good article so far as the specs go, there's a bit of opinion in there tho (the mention of the heat issue with the SGS2, never had these problems running stock & have rarely encountered them running custom roms/kernels).
At the end of the day if having choices so far as different custom roms/kernels are important to you, then you'd probably get a I9100/T. If not, you'd get any other I9100 you like.
With the SGS3 due later this year, the lack of custom firmware available for the I9100G is very unlikely to change, as well as most of the developers living in countries where the I9100/T is the most commonly/readily available device and those devices having seemingly larger userbases (at least on here anyways).
It's entirely up to you.
G = very very BIG no 99% of users regret buying the G model .
But your choice .
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here is also another useful comparison see the last paragraph "Which phone to buy?"
OK. So you should have enough info to make an informed choice then.
after a lot of searching and according to my requirements i think 9100 will be suitable for my needs.. Thanks guys for your help..
Definitely the GT-I9100 !!
If you are interested in modding, playing and getting support for ANY phone, NEVER EVER go with models that have been branched-off from initial model. They just cause trouble regarding updating, developer support, and OEM support. They're a cheap sales trick, used by companies (Samsung) who are more interested in selling NEW phones without any long term commitment to support like Apple's 3+ years.
Just look at what happened to the I9000! It is still my opinion the best phone ever created by Samsung, but they already stopped supporting it long time ago, including by Google Android ICS, even though there is no apparent reason for not having that support...
E:V:A said:
Just look at what happened to the I9000! It is still my opinion the best phone ever created by Samsung, but they already stopped supporting it long time ago, including by Google Android ICS, even though there is no apparent reason for not having that support...
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That's not entirely true. Yeah the S1 may not be getting ICS, but support has not stopped.
On the S1 forum the latest firmware is a leaked JVU 2.3.6, same version as the latest S2 firmware. It also has plenty of new changes, including the Note lockscreen & faceunlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431596
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hi,
so after reading about the differences between the two models i feel kinda screwed. after my i9100 got wet i got some cash from the insurance company and went to buy a replacement.
good thing i'm a newb and didn't think about the possibility of a cheap rip-off version of my phone existing. so i just got a new "sgs2". well great. aside from more than lacking custom dev support it's also supposed to be slower and weaker in regards of game performance.
do you guys think, this will improve or should i throw my phone into the sh*tter and try to get another replacement? if they even had any non-g models. i feel cheated! thinking that for only 50€ more i could have gotten a nexus at the same store.
/edit: i do not acutally plan to heavily mod my phone. just use bacis (root) apps and all that. no custom rom or anything. i only fear that updating to non-official android os versions in the future (like when the sgs2 is outdated in ~2 years) might prove difficult. if i can't get ics on this phone i'm going to murder everyone at that store.
My first SGS2 was i9100 but it crashed and seller gave me my money back. So I ordered the same phone from another seller and he sent me i9100G but on his site was clearly said he is selling i9100 with MALI400 GPU.
So I sent it back again and I am waiting for answer from seller now.
Here is my comparison i9100G to i9100 version:
- i9100G was slower in rendering web sites in Chrome and opera
- same battery time
- G was slower in apps
- I had problems with many apps on the G version, they were crashing all the time: opera, email, games...
I didn't like the i9100G at all, it was slower, less powerful phone with crashing apps for the same price.
I've noticed talk of different SGS3's in certain countries, sorry if this sounds a bit of a stupid question but I'm confused.
What are the differences between these devices, and why are there differences? Why not just ship the exact same handset worldwide?
Thanks
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Except for north America they are just different firmware. Hardware is the same.
The reason is different languages, modems and in some cases locked to a certain carrier or with carrier branded firmware.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
The reason I'm confused is because I've noticed some people saying they bricked their phone because they accidentally followed the root instructions for the international version (something like that anyway).
Also I'm sure I read somewhere that the international SGS3 has a different (better?) processor. Is this true?
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The International version Uses - Quad Core &1GB RAM
The American version Uses - Dual Core & 2GB RAM - Due to LTE being a battery hog - LTE is super fast internet
The Korean Version Uses - Quad Core & 2GB RAM - Don't know why they got that maybe because its Samsung's home town - Brown Nose
Anyway there all the same on the outside. That's all i can tell you but I'm sure somebody else will fill you in
My name is Optimus Prime and I send this message..
Hardware is different - as already stated - so drivers from the international I9300 won't work on those and hence "brick" it.
Firmware / ROM / OS / whateveryoucallit differs a lot on those models too, down to the partition layout. It's a nightmare what Sammy did there this time.
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Hardware is different - as already stated - so drivers from the international I9300 won't work on those and hence "brick" it.
Firmware / ROM / OS / whateveryoucallit differs a lot on those models too, down to the partition layout. It's a nightmare what Sammy did there this time.
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So, no hope for anything resembling, hellraised rom or at least framework for these, right?
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NA SGS3's use the qcom S4 over the exynos quad, thus roms and kernels will not work across them, and flashing an international rom on a NA phone will brick it.
There is no foreseeable way to simply and easily port roms across (aka nothing as easy as hellraising).
so whats the point in having an unlcocked bootloader if you cant even do anything to it..
i have the tmobile version of the galaxy s3 which only has 2 roms available
we cant flash any international roms onto the phone.
when i had the htc sensation i unlocked the bootloader and got s-off
and was flashing international stuff/roms
why cant we do that with the galaxy s3???
i know ill probably get lots of hate on this
or this has already been posted,sorry if
it has..
The international version has different hardware. It has the Exynos processor and Mali GPU. The US versions have the Snapdragon SoC. This requires different code optimization and different communication interfaces for each hardware component. There are actually a lot of little differences in the hardware, most because of the Exynos vs. Snapdragon CPUs and the way it interfaces with the hardware.
For example, both versions have the same LEDs and everything, but the Light Flow dev(s?) had a problem getting the US S3 to work even though the international one worked. In fact, I'm not sure if Light Flow is fixed yet for the US S3. And that's just one of the minor differences. More important components could cause huge problems.
I'm willing to bet that the Sensation had all the same hardware, international or not, but the radios were a little different. If that were the case with the S3, then yeah, we could use international ROMs. Different processors (and most likely, different motherboards, too) make a huge difference.
There are more roms than that. Flash cyanogen 9, 10, aokp, or redrum or team sonic's to name a few
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At this point, you can't even flash Roms across different US carriers much less the international version. Which really is an almost completely different phone.
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Just Flash It !!!
The phone was released THIS MONTH.
Go develop something
this may be a dumb question... but can anyother roms from different phones be used on our galaxy notes? example. when i had the htc inspire i noticed rom updates not becoming as frequent, then i was informed i could use roms from the desire hd and they were updated more often in that section even though the were basically the same phones just different networks..... Just curious as roms seem to be very similar for galaxy note and could be because of note 2 being released idk just wondering thank you
Only ROMs from a I717x are compatible.
Flashing ROMs from another phone is a very dangerous thing unless you want to intentionally brick your device.
Hi Guys!
I will be getting my AT&T unlocked OG e970 next week. My previous device was HTC Desire S and I used it's official xda section to get answers and stuff... I came here to xda in search of a dedicated forum for the e970 model and was surprised to see only a single OG forum for multiple variants of this device.
As the hardware specs are more are less the same except the dimensions, camera and modem versions, I am kind of left wondering what features (either software/hardware) are drawing the line between these models.
Things I know so far
1. There are 2 variants for the device (International and regional)
2. Different radios (modems) can't be flashed across the devices. Eg., Flashing e975 Europe's radio onto an AT&T e970 as this would cause disruption in networks and connections such as 3G.
Things I would like to know
1. Are the radios of different models for the same region cross compatible? Eg., Is it possible to use the radio of Europe's e975 onto an Europe's e973?
2. Apart from mere hardware changes what are the features present/absent in the various versions (e970,e975,etc) of this device. Do they have any additional standout features such as qmemo, "see through lockscreen", irblaster (as in G Pro). If so what are the unique features of different models?
I've seen various review videos and articles and nothing seems to highlight the uniqueness of various versions of this phone other than that 13/8 MP camera.
So if you own one of these models of OG and happen to bump into this thread, kindly spare a few minutes of your time to clarify my doubts and many others out there too
Thanks
Andromann said:
Hi Guys!
I will be getting my AT&T unlocked OG e970 next week. My previous device was HTC Desire S and I used it's official xda section to get answers and stuff... I came here to xda in search of a dedicated forum for the e970 model and was surprised to see only a single OG forum for multiple variants of this device.
As the hardware specs are more are less the same except the dimensions, camera and modem versions, I am kind of left wondering what features (either software/hardware) are drawing the line between these models.
Things I know so far
1. There are 2 variants for the device (International and regional)
2. Different radios (modems) can't be flashed across the devices. Eg., Flashing e975 Europe's radio onto an AT&T e970 as this would cause disruption in networks and connections such as 3G.
Things I would like to know
1. Are the radios of different models for the same region cross compatible? Eg., Is it possible to use the radio of Europe's e975 onto an Europe's e973?
2. Apart from mere hardware changes what are the features present/absent in the various versions (e970,e975,etc) of this device. Do they have any additional standout features such as qmemo, "see through lockscreen", irblaster (as in G Pro). If so what are the unique features of different models?
I've seen various review videos and articles and nothing seems to highlight the uniqueness of various versions of this phone other than that 13/8 MP camera.
So if you own one of these models of OG and happen to bump into this thread, kindly spare a few minutes of your time to clarify my doubts and many others out there too
Thanks
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there are multiple threads for the LGOG phones, you just happen to have posted in the AT&T thread, which is the E970.
international forum (e975) includes canadian variants (e971-e973) http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1838
sprint LGOG http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1928
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1907
Our standout feature is an SD card slot, my main reason for preferring this model. Also, having hardware keys is nice (compared to google nexus 4, aka mako ) which is exactly this phone, but with the other two options reversed. We can flash mako radios, but theres little reason to do so, but there are hybrid radios that use core parts of ours with updates revisions from the google side. I haven't used stock rom in so long I have no idea what would be different, if anything among the stock features. Poke around the forums, including the nexus 4 forum and get your read on for whatever it is you're looking for.
Thanks for the info
[r.]GimP said:
there are multiple threads for the LGOG phones, you just happen to have posted in the AT&T thread, which is the E970.
international forum (e975) includes canadian variants (e971-e973) http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1838
sprint LGOG http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1928
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1907
Our standout feature is an SD card slot, my main reason for preferring this model. Also, having hardware keys is nice (compared to google nexus 4, aka mako ) which is exactly this phone, but with the other two options reversed. We can flash mako radios, but theres little reason to do so, but there are hybrid radios that use core parts of ours with updates revisions from the google side. I haven't used stock rom in so long I have no idea what would be different, if anything among the stock features. Poke around the forums, including the nexus 4 forum and get your read on for whatever it is you're looking for.
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Hi GimP, thanks for the info on availability of various forums for various variants. And yes, I forgot to mention about the SD card slot. Before reading your reply, I thought each one of the model eg., e970 had an international variant and a regional variant. Thanks for clearing things up for me. Although your answer was helpful what I expected to know was the presence of special feature available on the different regional models (like the indian e975 which has native fm support, the korean models which can receive free to air TV channels, etc) like that.
But thanks anyway