I want to debloat and have ability to run custom ROMs. Im on stock unrooted ME7. I have offers to sell my S4 for almost $600 (then I'd buy dev edition) or I could straight up trade for a Note 2 or I could keep my S4 and wait to see if we can get root and/or bootloader unlock.
What would you do?
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I want to debloat and have ability to run custom ROMs. Im on stock unrooted ME7. I have offers to sell my S4 for almost $600 (then I'd buy dev edition) or I could straight up trade for a Note 2 or I could keep my S4 and wait to see if we can get root and/or bootloader unlock.
What would you do?
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I would sell it if I could get $600 for it and get the developer edition.
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I would sell my s3 for 1 million dollars and buy a Bugatti veyron
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snyderbrad01 said:
I want to debloat and have ability to run custom ROMs. Im on stock unrooted ME7. I have offers to sell my S4 for almost $600 (then I'd buy dev edition) or I could straight up trade for a Note 2 or I could keep my S4 and wait to see if we can get root and/or bootloader unlock.
What would you do?
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Sell and get the $600
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If you have some sucker willing to pay $600, you'd better reel him in, before he gets away.
Sell ASAP, wait for Note 3 ;p
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Sell ASAP, wait for Note 3 ;p
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Lol what's to say we will be able to gain root on that guy
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You are going to need more than 1 million for the Bugatti. Try 200 million - 400 million depending on the model you want.
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You are going to need more than 1 million for the Bugatti. Try 200 million - 400 million depending on the model you want.
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What. The. Hell. Are. You. Talking. About?
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I'd probably sell it and get the Dev edition.
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You are going to need more than 1 million for the Bugatti. Try 200 million - 400 million depending on the model you want.
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Maybe you meant to say 2-4 million?
errr....wut?
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You are going to need more than 1 million for the Bugatti. Try 200 million - 400 million depending on the model you want.
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Going to go with Will on this one...wtf kinda of space craft car are you talking about? As for the first question, I'd sell man. Take the $600 while you can.
just get a custom rom problem solved
Where are you getting offers to sell a used S4 for $600?
Isn't this a line from Speed?
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Where are you getting offers to sell a used S4 for $600?
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where oh where
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I want to debloat and have ability to run custom ROMs. Im on stock unrooted ME7. I have offers to sell my S4 for almost $600 (then I'd buy dev edition) or I could straight up trade for a Note 2 or I could keep my S4 and wait to see if we can get root and/or bootloader unlock.
What would you do?
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I would sell it if I could get $600 for it and get the developer edition.
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panwala95 said:
I would sell my s3 for 1 million dollars and buy a Bugatti veyron
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Me too
DUUUUUUUUDE SERIOUSLY? Developer Edition NO BRAINER. A Dev Ed Note 3 will be like 900 bucks. Whatelse could you ask for? New GS4 unlocked is best you can do in my opinion.
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Maybe you meant to say 2-4 million?
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I did. I was going based of my horrible memory, which somehow inserted a couple extra zeros. Thank you for correcting me.
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A friend of mine will trade me a Verizon Unlocked GS3 and an Att HTC One X for my Unlocked Att Note. Would You?
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A friend of mine will trade me a Verizon Unlocked GS3 and an Att HTC One X for my Unlocked Att Note. Would You?
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Hell yeah ........!!!!!! Do it and I'll trade you my note for them lol
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I wouldn't want anything Verizon. GSM is the way to go in our world. The HTC might sweeten the pot but not enough for me.
I would keep the Note.
As long as they're not stolen, take the trade then resell them and use the money towards a note 2 =)
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Yes..I would never buy a non international compatible android phone again.
written in your mud with my stick.
the one X is a fine bit of hardware. Mind you it's far from my first choice, but like the other poster said, do the trade if they aren't stolen, sell one or both of them and buy yourself what you want, chances are you'll walk away with cash in your pocket and a newer phone. Though if he's offering 2 phones, both of which cost way more than the note's worth on the open market there's a VERY good chance that they're stolen. You know the saying, if it's too good to be true...
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Hell yeah ........!!!!!! Do it and I'll trade you my note for them lol
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Lol yea its tempting!
chrstndsgnr said:
As long as they're not stolen, take the trade then resell them and use the money towards a note 2 =)
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This is true... How can I check? Is the a site or do I gotta call att/Verizon?
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Lol yea its tempting!
This is true... How can I check? Is the a site or do I gotta call att/Verizon?
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Yeah probably call thwmia best bet to check imei or whatever ............and the one x I think could be a unlockable device to switch carriers whenever and pretty specs are way better then our notw...all we have is a big screen honestly lol .. but I love my note without a doubt
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I was thinking of buying an S4 to replace my rezound. If I don't let the Verizon people touch it or turn it on, what are the chances that the phone will NOT have root breaking OTA?
Thanks
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If you use a discounted upgrade price they are not going to let you walk out with them activating it.
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H3Dude said:
If you use a discounted upgrade price they are not going to let you walk out with them activating it.
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Discounted upgrades were discontinued earlier this year. You purchase just like you were a new customer.
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warnette said:
Discounted upgrades were discontinued earlier this year. You purchase just like you were a new customer.
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I think he means if you purchase one with a 2 year contract.
Buy online...
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Buy online...
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Yeah I meant to year contract but this will work for sure.
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warnette said:
I was thinking of buying an S4 to replace my rezound. If I don't let the Verizon people touch it or turn it on, what are the chances that the phone will NOT have root breaking OTA?
Thanks
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I used my two year upgrade at flywire. Com
Came with mdk
When I first got my phone at the store I told them not to open it and they didn't. I told them I was in a hurry and that I'll activate it later.
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I bought my S4 from Best Buy last Saturday. They made me activate it and set it up, but it only began to download the update. When the update notification asked me to install the update, I said "wait 23 hours". When the 23 hours were over, I instructed it to wait 23 more hours. In that time, I was able to root my phone, install a custom recovery, freeze the update APK, install Darkside's ME7 rom, and sigh with relief. Also came from the Rezound. It was a good choice.
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Buy online...
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One more day than necessary with this busted Rezound may kill me.
Thanks for all the info, I'm going to try the hurried customer approach.
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Just bought my S4 from best buy 2 days ago it came with the mdk firmware first thing I did was turn off mobile data to make sure the update could not download. Rooted unlocked and had CM 10.2 on my S4 within the first hour. Just make sure when you buy the phone you turn off WiFi and data that way the update can't download
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Also just came from the Rezound. They sure fooled us on that one. Gd paperclip hack. Those Norweigens sure are innovative
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Also just came from the Rezound. They sure fooled us on that one. Gd paperclip hack. Those Norweigens sure are innovative
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Don't get me started on the Rezound, by far the worst phone I have ever owned.
Anyway, just got back from Verizon. They said they wouldn't let the phone take the update before I got it, and it was pre update. So all is wel.
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I have a stock rooted S4 I got as a replacement from asurion, for a S3, it's on ME7, I have not activated it. Just thoughts from the community, I am a long time aosp user, anti touch jizz since fascinate days. Should I keep the s4 and bear with it on rooted stock or send it back and get another S3?
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Put nova launcher lol.
It's much better device however I will patiently wait for few months then hopefully bootloader will be unlocked.
you can try to exchange it (or sell it and buy) for a mdk s4
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I wish I had got a replacement for my s3 with a s4, lucky you
reinaldistic said:
you can try to exchange it (or sell it and buy) for a mdk s4
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Any specific service you recommend?
zeyaan said:
I wish I had got a replacement for my s3 with a s4, lucky you
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I know I'm somewhat lucky, but unlucky at the same time lol
patt2k said:
Put nova launcher lol.
It's much better device however I will patiently wait for few months then hopefully bootloader will be unlocked.
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Haha its the very first thing I did @ nova launcher.
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I have a stock rooted S4 I got as a replacement from asurion, for a S3, it's on ME7, I have not activated it. Just thoughts from the community, I am a long time aosp user, anti touch jizz since fascinate days. Should I keep the s4 and bear with it on rooted stock or send it back and get another S3?
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You have to ask??
SCORE!
Root it and move on. A device that is almost a year newer, better screen, better battery, two more cores and a better GPU.....
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You have to ask??
SCORE!
Root it and move on. A device that is almost a year newer, better screen, better battery, two more cores and a better GPU.....
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Butttttt TOUCHWIZ! lol
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I would sell you my mdk but the htc one max isn't out yet :banghead: can't wait to get rid of this thing
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Bu he had the S3 already...
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Evocm7 said:
I would sell you my mdk but the htc one max isn't out yet :banghead: can't wait to get rid of this thing
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I didn't know anyone was actually buying that lol.
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joshm.1219 said:
I didn't know anyone was actually buying that lol.
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Why wouldn't they? People buy the one. It's just an htc one with a note 3ish size screen and larger battery + sd card slot finally. I just want reliable and fast 4g again, something I can't have with my s4.
Edit: just read some reviews on the one max. Disappointing. Now I really don't know what I'm going to do for a phone. Maybe back to my rez.
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Why wouldn't they? People buy the one. It's just an htc one with a note 3ish size screen and larger battery + sd card slot finally. I just want reliable and fast 4g again, something I can't have with my s4.
Edit: just read some reviews on the one max. Disappointing. Now I really don't know what I'm going to do for a phone. Maybe back to my rez.
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What condition is your S4 in?
Does anyone honestly believe a unlock method is being worked on?
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masri1987 said:
What condition is your S4 in?
Does anyone honestly believe a unlock method is being worked on?
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mint condition. Never dropped. No scratches. Kind of undecided what to do with it now. The only thing keeping me on the s4 is 5in screen and battery life. Was definitely getting rid of it before I read the one max review, now I'm not sure what to do
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mint condition. Never dropped. No scratches. Kind of undecided what to do with it now. The only thing keeping me on the s4 is 5in screen and battery life
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Yeah, first you gotta figure out if you selling or keeping.
I honestly don't see any reason for any other phone at the moment. If I can get it unlocked I'm straight for a year or more.
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masri1987 said:
Yeah, first you gotta figure out if you selling or keeping.
I honestly don't see any reason for any other phone at the moment. If I can get it unlocked I'm straight for a year or more.
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Yeah I know. Your best bet may be a dev edition. I really don't think an unlocked bootloader is coming unless samsung leaves a door open for someone to get into in a future update.
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Yeah I know. Your best bet may be a dev edition. I really don't think an unlocked bootloader is coming unless samsung leaves a door open for someone to get into in a future update.
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This whole ordeal reminds me of the RIL bs with the fascinate.
This blows extremely. Let me know if you decide to sell yours. Or if you wake up and decide touchwiz is your friend I'll trade with ya
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Will do
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Evocm7 said:
Why wouldn't they? People buy the one. It's just an htc one with a note 3ish size screen and larger battery + sd card slot finally. I just want reliable and fast 4g again, something I can't have with my s4.
Edit: just read some reviews on the one max. Disappointing. Now I really don't know what I'm going to do for a phone. Maybe back to my rez.
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Yeah I don't know that One design just doesn't scale well. I mean look at a One compared to a Moto X, it's a joke. They have the same screen size but the Moto X is almost the same size as an iPhone while the One is bigger than our phone. So the BoomSound speakers plus the 5.9" screen means it massive. It only has a Snapdragon 600 after all these devices are coming out with the 800. It loses OIS, which ruins the whole point of their "UltraPixels" with the larger light aperture, in favor of a fingerprint reader which so far hasn't been reviewed very well. Apple integrated the reader into the experience of the iPhone by putting it right on the home button, the One Max makes the same mistake as the Motorola Atrix. Furthermore, it doesn't even retain the best part of the One design, the unibody aluminum shell. It features a plastic ring around the phone like our S4 as well as an apparently spotty removable back that doesn't even feature a removable battery. Very disappointed in the One Max.
Haha not a big difference. Why didnt you just post this in the other thread
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He did.... no offense but these pics are pointless, it's the same phone just with an unlocked bootloader
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2swizzle said:
He did.... no offense but these pics are pointless, it's the same phone just with an unlocked bootloader
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He did after i posted
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All you haters!
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All you haters!
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Now is it possible to use odin to flash the dev restore to the retail version?
I heard the DE is water proof.
Can you dip it in a bucket of water?
Thanks.
HA! J/k dont do it.
Now, maybe we can unlock ours with the DE software.
I would buy a DE phone...but I want it in white!
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Now is it possible to use odin to flash the dev restore to the retail version?
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any company with half decent security measures wouldnt allow it to be that easy, but then this is samsung and verizon we are talking about, so im actually hopeful for this.
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any company with half decent security measures wouldnt allow it to be that easy, but then this is samsung and verizon we are talking about, so im actually hopeful for this.
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Considering they left SELinux permissive on... I am hoping they screwed up big time and will allow this...
All my Androids have always been rooted soon after getting the phone.
Is the Dev version rooted and bootloader unlocked? Or is it just the bootloader and have to root it yourself?
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Is the Dev version rooted and bootloader unlocked? Or is it just the bootloader and have to root it yourself?
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My understanding is that it's only bootloader unlocked and needs to be rooted.
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My understanding is that it's only bootloader unlocked and needs to be rooted.
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You are correct.
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any company with half decent security measures wouldnt allow it to be that easy, but then this is samsung and verizon we are talking about, so im actually hopeful for this.
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Not a chance this would happen. Samsung knows without proper security checks we could so they'd lose revenue.
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Samsung knows without proper security checks we could so they'd lose revenue.
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How exactly? A Note 3 sale is a sale, it's the same device. It costs them pennies practically in extra work. They don't care from that end. It's whatever their contract is with Verizon that matters.
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How exactly? A Note 3 sale is a sale, it's the same device. It costs them pennies practically in extra work. They don't care from that end. It's whatever their contract is with Verizon that matters.
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Well i sold mine for less than the dev edition and so samsung made the difference i paid. I know most people sell their retail ones for less than full price. And because i bought two phones so they made two sales, regardless if i sold one, they still got two phone payments.
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Well i sold mine for less than the dev edition and so samsung made the difference i paid. I know most people sell their retail ones for less than full price. And because i bought two phones so they made two sales, regardless if i sold one, they still got two phone payments.
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That makes sense on a personal level, but realistically the number of people doing that is statistically insignificant. I have a hard time believing anyone's 'developer edition' device has sold much more than a rounding error.
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That makes sense on a personal level, but realistically the number of people doing that is statistically insignificant. I have a hard time believing anyone's 'developer edition' device has sold much more than a rounding error.
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I get what your saying and agree
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Here's what @Hashcode said in a conversation on rootzwiki about using dev edition stuff on the retail edition:
polo2883, on 07 Nov 2013 - 2:20 PM, said:
How that the dev version for verizon is out. Is it possible to grab the image from the dev edition and restore it to the retail edition?
polo2883, on 07 Nov 2013 - 1:13 PM, said:
would it be possible to use the dev devices image to restore onto a retail versions phone? Looks like someone on XDA already got their dev device.
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Hashcode, on 07 Nov 2013 - 4:25 PM, said:
Please dont try this. There's some device checks being done during the boot sequence which allow for the sig check bypass.
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Hey! Right now I have a Galaxy Note 2 and I was just curious if I should get an S4. I have a little over a year before I can upgrade again and I'm finding Galaxy S4s on Craigslist in my area around $250-$350, which isn't all that much more than a regular upgrade. I like the higher resolution display they have and the better camera, but I'm not sure if that would be the only thing I'd be getting out of it. Also, since there are developer edition S4s, I figured I could easily flash it to Kitkat, such as CM11, and expect no bugs or glitches. What's everyone's thought on going from a note 2 to an S4? Worth the money? Do you think it'd hold me off another year?
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Hey! Right now I have a Galaxy Note 2 and I was just curious if I should get an S4. I have a little over a year before I can upgrade again and I'm finding Galaxy S4s on Craigslist in my area around $250-$350, which isn't all that much more than a regular upgrade. I like the higher resolution display they have and the better camera, but I'm not sure if that would be the only thing I'd be getting out of it. Also, since there are developer edition S4s, I figured I could easily flash it to Kitkat, such as CM11, and expect no bugs or glitches. What's everyone's thought on going from a note 2 to an S4? Worth the money? Do you think it'd hold me off another year?
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Well if the things listed here justify spending the cash I'd say go for it!
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/Samsung-Galaxy-S4,Samsung-GALAXY-Note-II/phones/7597,7254
I love mine. But definitely get a dev or mdk version. And I'd feel safer getting one off swappa myself.
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Well if the things listed here justify spending the cash I'd say go for it!
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/Samsung-Galaxy-S4,Samsung-GALAXY-Note-II/phones/7597,7254
I love mine. But definitely get a dev or mdk version. And I'd feel safer getting one off swappa myself.
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That link helped a lot bro. Thanks! It does seem that the S4 has some nice hardware upgrades from my note 2. It has camera stabilization too! That may explain why my pictures get blurry quite often. You may see me in the GS4 forums soon!!!
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That link helped a lot bro. Thanks! It does seem that the S4 has some nice hardware upgrades from my note 2. It has camera stabilization too! That may explain why my pictures get blurry quite often. You may see me in the GS4 forums soon!!!
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Happy I could help. I always use that site when comparing phones.
And I'll say the camera on the S4 is really awesome. The note 2 is still a beast of a phone though. Lot of development for it also. Good luck whichever way you go!
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if you want an unlocked bootloader then no you don't want one, other than that its an awesome device.
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if you want an unlocked bootloader then no you don't want one, other than that its an awesome device.
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Can you still flash ROMs with a locked bootloader? I cant stay on stock touchwiz... its bloated and horrific.
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GagesiPad said:
Hey! Right now I have a Galaxy Note 2 and I was just curious if I should get an S4. I have a little over a year before I can upgrade again and I'm finding Galaxy S4s on Craigslist in my area around $250-$350, which isn't all that much more than a regular upgrade. I like the higher resolution display they have and the better camera, but I'm not sure if that would be the only thing I'd be getting out of it. Also, since there are developer edition S4s, I figured I could easily flash it to Kitkat, such as CM11, and expect no bugs or glitches. What's everyone's thought on going from a note 2 to an S4? Worth the money? Do you think it'd hold me off another year?
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if you can't get a dev edition or a retail edition on mdk don't bother. on anything after mdk there is no custom recovery, only safestrap. and even on mdk there is no unlocked bootloader, just a loki exploit that allows us to flash twrp.
the phone is a great phone, but if you are looking to mod it, you have very few choices with the s4 unfortunately.