Hi,
Im new the Android world of 'rooting' and 'custom roms' I have been a iPhone owner in the past and done plenty of JBs on the iDevices however i have since been converted to the droid world and im not looking back lol
anyways so i just followed some guides on here to root the s3 i9300 and all good!
i then decided to use the following rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2076672
And its look great!!! love it! except just one issue which im not sure if it really is an issue or not.... when i press the lock button to lock the phone it locks but as the screen goes off the only way i can explain it is it looks like an old TV screen going off where the content meets in the middle and then goes blank. if this description isnt clear enough i can record it and youtube it.
I hope this isnt a major issue im sure it might be an easy fix but as im new the custom rom/droid world i have no idea what todo.
I think that's the CRT animation and it's included in the ROM by default. Many people like it but if you don't I guess you could try flashing another rom.
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Yeah, It's CRT animation not an issue. More info here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Is it just me, or does the S2 not have the cool screen off animation that looks like an old TV switching off? I thought it came as part of gingerbread?
Now there is a proper reason not to buy the phone, it's rubbish without this feature.
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Now there is a proper reason not to buy the phone, it's rubbish without this feature.
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Time to cancel my pre-order
On-topic: Can be re-added in custom rom or maybe even with a nice option through an app.
gruff83 said:
Is it just me, or does the S2 not have the cool screen off animation that looks like an old TV switching off? I thought it came as part of gingerbread?
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Only for Nexus S and One with pure Google experience.
BTW I hated it and disabled it on my HTC Desire custom ROM.
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Someone will make a flashable update.zip, don't worry. We need CWM first though
Ive had the phone for 5 days and have only just noticed, so no big deal really. Would be nice to have though as I think it's pretty cool looking.
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i have the screen off animation on my nexus one, and it really is worth it to have that little feature. HTC took it off their upcoming phones as well, who knows why they are removing it.
it will be added back with custom ROMs for sure.
If you want the old CRT TV-off animation try the program "Screen Off and Lock", has the same thing. I use it on my SGSI now, and from memory there was a recent update for gingerbread compatibility. You can check youTube for examples of it in action, unfortunately I cannot supply a link since I'm at work.
I'm new to the forum and was successful getting android on a htc hd2 but I'm having issues after "sucessfully" getting F1 JVP Mod V9 on my samsung vibrant for the second time. I was able to solve the media scanner FC but i have certain apps that are also fc on boot up, i also have problems getting the phone to unlock my sim card. Another problem deals with the home and search buttons not operationg properly. In their current state, they act like "tab" buttons. I'm just clueless on how to fix it now. Someone please help
Sounds like you flashed a Rom not for the vibrant. Odin back to stock and pick a Rom out of our development section
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I thought i did, i used 2 F1 roms(v6&v9) and the same results.
If this is the rom you're talking about then no, its not for our phone.
wow, i feel like an idiot now. Then how do i tell which works for the vibrant out of the list on this page?
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wow, i feel like an idiot now. Then how do i tell which works for the vibrant out of the list on this page?
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none of those will work, they are for the I900, any of these will work though
Thanks alot bfranklin1986.If i knew this i could have done this in an hour. but i decided to go with the Phiremod Fusion V1.1 and so far it's pretty nice.
Hi there. I am looking at upgrading my Google Nexus one. I have been looking at the XPS and also the SGS3. I dont want a comparision of the 2, but does anybody regret buying their SGS3? I want to buy one, but I am not a fan of Samsungs UI for one, but then again I am basing that from pictures/videos I have seen of Samsung phones.
Thanks for all the info you can give
regret ?
not even close
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I did at first cause I upgraded from the SGS2 and coming from something with loads of great roms to something where there was nothing was kind of disappointing but at the start the SGS2 had no roms.
But in each and every way this phone is better after looking back at my old phone.
So its well worth it.
Definitely Not. This phone is a beast.
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I did at first cause I upgraded from the SGS2 and coming from something with loads of great roms to something where there was nothing was kind of disappointing but at the start the SGS2 had no roms.
But in each and every way this phone is better after looking back at my old phone.
So its well worth it.
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Coming from sgs, upgrade was worth EACH and EVERY cent
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I think a lot of people don't realise the full potential of the S3 I'm learning something new everyday about it. No regrets at all.
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Hi there. I am looking at upgrading my Google Nexus one. I have been looking at the XPS and also the SGS3. I dont want a comparision of the 2, but does anybody regret buying their SGS3? I want to buy one, but I am not a fan of Samsungs UI for one, but then again I am basing that from pictures/videos I have seen of Samsung phones.
Thanks for all the info you can give
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Not at all. Loving it.
Everyone keeps talking about how ugly the UI is but it's actually really functional and has a lot of features that I am not willing to lose by using another UI!
But you are coming from stock ICS so you may find the transition harder..
As my last phone was an HTC Desire which I was more than happy with (the only real reason why I bought a new phone was because I had broken the screen, though it is still usable), and as the S III addresses everything that displeased me about that phone, plus having a lot of new interesting features like NFC and USB OTG, I do not regret buying it for a second. As with any phone there are a few things that I dislike, but none of them are deal breakers. At first I didn't like the UI as much as I liked stock ICS, but it's easy to get used to and it actually has a lot of handy features that you won't find in stock ICS.
its the best phone ever really a beast i am loving using it every sec the phone has too much to explore... its fun
I had to get a second contract to get one and I do not regret it.
The one thing that worried me was battery life and I am surprised by how good it is.
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Best phone I've ever purchased.
No choice, No regret,
I might regret if you could show me a phone with same features and performance...for the time being the SGS3 is the king in the phone world.
lol this phone is the ultimate phone. just waiting for the north American galaxy s3 sim unlock app or tool. carrying s2 for calling around and the s3 for everything else
the question insults the phone. just buy it :good:
Yes, a bit. It does really do anything new that my s2 couldn't - not that great a step up, plus I find it a bit more buggy e.g. redraws, browser quits.
deezle said:
Yes, a bit. It does really do anything new that my s2 couldn't - not that great a step up, plus I find it a bit more buggy e.g. redraws, browser quits.
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I'm sorry, but buggy???no. Redraws yes, but upgrading to LFB firmware and it's gone and browser experience is great.the camera has some issues taking pics in low light without flash(depends on camera hardware. There is Sony& Samsung) and it's not as durable as gs1-2,because the edges of the gorilla glass is a bit thin(nothing a case wouldn't solve, if dropped)
This phone is a monster beast and great update from gs2(yeah got 1 of those to)
Do u even own this phone, doesn't sound like it.
Nope, just do away with Touchwiz and use Nova launcher and all is good.
My only gripe is no physical keyboard, I was a big fan of slide out keyboards, then the missus moved in and suddenly there's no reason to send loadsa texts etc so I went to on screen keyboard.
I have to say the huge screen makes the keyboard usable but still doesnt compare to the keyboard of my HTC Desire Z.
No not at all, well it was a present from my brother...
Never had such a sharp display, as im coming from Galaxy3 GT I5800.
So i played around the first days and what I mentioned, the phone definately has some bugs. The SMS/MMS app is very buggy by closing it with the homebutton, so it often blacks out for 3 secs. Running CM7 on my old phone i never had something like that and oh it didnt have a quadcore... so i was a bit disappointed. Well this is the only thing i noticed... hope CM9/10 will fix that.
nevertheless, the phone is brilliant! definately the best phone for now!
Nope very happy with my phone
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Coming from an HTC Desire, the S3 is really a beast. I can't find any default, it's the best phone I ever bought and used.
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After upgrading to ICS I have been having some issues with my phone; Bluetooth needs to be cleared of data each time I want to pair a device, ringers and alerts don't sound, and the most recent and debilitating- the phone restarted twice by itself and now the sleep/wake button is unresponsive. Has anyone else experienced these issues? I've done factory resets once or twice since upgrading to ICS and it's really getting on my nerves.
-is it time to call it quits and just bring the phone to a service center?
-any insight into rolling back to gingerbread (on a Mac preferably)
Thanks guys!
Sorry to be "the jerk" post, but there are tons of threads out right now about problems on att's ics rom. And in the stickies is a good start to figuring out how to "roll back" to gingerbread. I've found that if you search and do the work yourself, how to do it will be 100x easier when u run into a future problem. Good luck man.
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Not to mention the fact that he factory reset the phone with stock kernel installed. Which has been known to completely hard brick our devices (its referred to as the emmc bug) make sure yo read folks! We don't want hard bricks on our hands
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Root phone and flash another kernel stock ics kernel bricks phone u should of been reading before posting factory/reset can brick your phone I'm just run a custom rom look for a stock one or something different that u might like
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Haha you're not being a jerk. I usually wold go searching through thread after thread but I didn't know if this was a unique problem. I know a TON of people are having issues with the IcS update though. I'd love to roll back the phone, but I'm nervous my phone will get bricked in the process....the official update did that and I was without a phone for a day or two until I magically got it to work. This it total BS.
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Haha you're not being a jerk. I usually wold go searching through thread after thread but I didn't know if this was a unique problem. I know a TON of people are having issues with the IcS update though. I'd love to roll back the phone, but I'm nervous my phone will get bricked in the process....the official update did that and I was without a phone for a day or two until I magically got it to work. This it total BS.
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Lol yeah, you should really look into other Roms if u wanna try out ICS. Stay away from Att stuff lol
Check this one out to start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948
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Retry with another kernel ^^ good luck !
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Heimdall works on Macs , just noticed in the op u said u had one.
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I have the GS2 for Sprint and I just got the new 4.0.4 update - I'm not happy. I was excited to get it, but after using it for one day I was less than thrilled. They have really retarded the ability to move quickly through the phone, LOTS of screen animations and transitions are added and really do make things much slower as the screens pops around on you and places buttons in different locations. I want these turned off ASAP. I went to the developer menu and "turned them off" as I was instructed from another website, but that didn't do a damn thing. Every menu change has a cute little animation adding time and lagging my muscle memory screen presses. The phone is laggy now, it wasn't before, at all.
Anyone else share my strife or know how to fix my issue?
Thank you
I totally disagree...since 4.0.4 firmwares have started to come out, i even managed to stay on stock firmware for a couple of weeks without flashing custom ones. S2 can take care of animations without lag.
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drowsy1982 said:
I totally disagree...since 4.0.4 firmwares have started to come out, i even managed to stay on stock firmware for a couple of weeks without flashing custom ones. S2 can take care of animations without lag.
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Well, you "managed to stay on it for a couple weeks" implies that eventually you didn't like it.
I Don't have lag with the animations, I have lag with nothing happening, and THEN whatever it is I was going into pops up.
Test - right now I hit home screen and it takes about half a second, going into anything takes the same amount of time. This sounds rather trivial, but when comparing to the way it originally operated I think we're talking about a set back.
I'm not opposed to switching to another rom, but I've gotten to the point in my life where I use my phone enough for actual work that I don't have the time. Ideally, I would like the old ROM back, and rooted removing the bloatware.
I will do some research to see if I can achieve my goals, I just wanted to see if someone had an answer for my questions and see if I could avoid the issue altogether and get over the "Facebook layout" syndrome.
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I have the GS2 for Sprint and I just got the new 4.0.4 update - I'm not happy.
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Anyone else share my strife or know how to fix my issue?
Thank you
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You're in the forum for the i9100, a phone that doesn't even work on Sprint.
The Sprint Galaxy S2 is the Epic 4g Touch.
No matter what phone , wether the original i9100 or the sprint one , things at first may seem slow , til everything is caching and stuffs ... Do a factory reset or format /data and /cache .. Would defenitly make a difference..(if it still lags try to disable the animations and transitions OR activate the force GPU and see)
I didn't post this in here, it got moved. I think...
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I didn't post this in here, it got moved. I think...
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You just posted another in here. Still the wrong forum. So I'd say you did post in here. Go to the Epic 4g Touch forum I linked above before you irrevocably damage your phone.
Yeah welcome to xda.If you dont like stock rom/update then flash a custom rom.
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