Is anyone using a sony smartwatch with the note 3? Does this even work?
I would find this a great combination since the smartwatch is way superior to the galaxy gear.
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Is anyone using a sony smartwatch with the note 3? Does this even work?
I would find this a great combination since the smartwatch is way superior to the galaxy gear.
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Have not used the Sony 2 but no calling capability or camera so I do not think it even comes close and the gear is only just out so hopefully lots more to come.
I read that even Samsung executive's aint as happy with the gear as hoped because it limited in ways thats too late to change, but they are going to make a 2014 edition or V2 which is already designed, so for the cost of the gear I'd wait at least until January and see what happens.
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I read that even Samsung executive's aint as happy with the gear as hoped because it limited in ways thats too late to change, but they are going to make a 2014 edition or V2 which is already designed, so for the cost of the gear I'd wait at least until January and see what happens.
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How can it be limited Have You Seen What it does
lucky for me the callling and the camera are the only things i probs wouldnt use so the sony smart watch is a great choice, i ordered it yesterday
stormerjack said:
lucky for me the callling and the camera are the only things i probs wouldnt use so the sony smart watch is a great choice, i ordered it yesterday
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I hope you enjoy it but for me it's not even close
Hey don't shoot the messenger dude, like I said its what I read, and it was on Engadget's blog and I trust their tech news,
But just to add abit of spice to my reply, yea I no what it can do and im very optimistic about what it will do via firmware etc but the hardware issue of battery life is not an easy work around, maybe for modders & hackers but not the general customers.
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budgierless said:
I read that even Samsung executive's aint as happy with the gear as hoped because it limited in ways thats too late to change, but they are going to make a 2014 edition or V2 which is already designed, so for the cost of the gear I'd wait at least until January and see what happens.
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Let me guess read it on the internet? I keep finding most people never had a smart watch to compare to. I have been wearing a moto Activ for the last year and this is a great up grade of that smart watch. There is no "smart watch" without a phone, all of them are dependent on a phone for updates.
Notifications work really well able to read most of my emails and decide if I want to read the rest. This works best at work and home as the phone can now sit across the room on a charger. The problems come from the gmail app which I don't use. I have several email address and like to check them in one place.
Speaker phone works really well, was quite surprised but the phone allows for the Bluetooth headset and watch to be connected at the same time. If I answer on headset audio goes there, if i answer on watch audio goes there.
You can install more than 10 apps but can only have 10 apps on quick launcher. There are apps released that allow you to create your own watch faces and details, another one looks at the local pictures from the phone on the watch. I would also guess that it will be streaming video from the phone to the watch shortly.
Photo quality is really pretty good if lighting is ok.
Almost forgot battery life is about 2 days and fully charges in about an hour. The moto started out lasting only a day and via firmware updates got it to 2-3 days about the same time as the Galaxy Gear.
Finally, I don't expect an iwatch to support other vendors. When I bought the moto activ it didn't support any other phones but motorola's. You had to run a special app or the watch was stand-alone, if the app crashed (did often) it was standalone. The Gear and Galaxy just work together much better than the combination of vendors. The gear will support other Samsung phones later this month. If I was Samsung I wouldn't support every android phone, if you want a Gear get a Galaxy!
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Hey don't shoot the messenger dude, like I said its what I read, and it was on Engadget's blog and I trust their tech news,
But just to add abit of spice to my reply, yea I no what it can do and im very optimistic about what it will do via firmware etc but the hardware issue of battery life is not an easy work around, maybe for modders & hackers but not the general customers.
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Well i don't agree battery life on smart phones can be very poor yes of course i would like my phone to last a week (charge on Sunday night) and a smart watch to last a month but technology is just not able to do that we except that with phones and I think if we want the benefits of a s watch some of us will except that about them as well,don't wait for gear 2 or I-watch battery technology is just not able to give us longer Without Taking Out Features
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Well i don't agree battery life on smart phones can be very poor yes of course i would like my phone to last a week (charge on Sunday night) and a smart watch to last a month but technology is just not able to do that we except that with phones and I think if we want the benefits of a s watch some of us will except that about them as well,don't wait for gear 2 or I-watch battery technology is just not able to give us longer Without Taking Out Features
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I do totally agree with you, but the waiting aspect which I pointed to was for the case of what maybe announced in the next 8 weeks, and if nothing then I buy one myself but as I said the gear isn't cheap so if a new version is only 2-3 months away then I'd rather wait for the latest.
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Let me guess read it on the internet?
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Well after all, They can’t put anything on the Internet that isn’t true.
Bonjour.
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Hey All,
I will be receiving my free Sony SW 2 in a few days, which was on backorder from when I bought my Xperia Z Ultra which I've since sold to move over to the Note 3. My question is which do you guys think is the better accessory to the Note 3 - the Galaxy Gear or Sony SW 2 and why? I personally am thinking of selling the SW 2 to purchase the Gear, but before I do, i'd like to know the pros and cons.
Thanks - and sorry if this has been posted prior. I searched and did not see much on this.
Cheers
The gear hasn't been brought to its full potential. I'd wait for the Google watch or the qualcomm smart watch
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very good question !
I am looking for answer myself : )
I v got curently SW2 ,
smartwatch 2
pros:
better looking as galaxy gear
much better battery life (SW2 live for about really 3-4days!)
when you recive email you see what and who wrote to you (on G gear you only see notification and need to get phone and check)
microUSB charger (on gera you have to back to home and use special charger)
much quicker MENU on SW2 than galaxy gear
all the time you see what time is it right now (dimmer screen is on)
galaxy gear compare to SW2
pros:
better display
you can answer the phone and speak
BT4.0 on board better coverage than BT3.0
video camera
THATS ALL
probably I will try galaxy gear but I think it is no good enough than SW2 !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465821
There is great progress being made here....
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what block me to buy it immediatly
is -> no information inside lettter in gmail
Received my Sony SW 2 yesterday. Haven't unboxed it but from what I can see it looks like a very nice watch. Reading the Galaxy Gear threads, it seems like there are a ton of issues with the GG, so I may hold on to my new SW 2 for a while longer and see what developes!
Thanks to all who've inputted their opinions!!
I own galaxy gear....special charger means a little box with micro usb connector. The size is.a little bit more than a zippo.lighter. The menu is a lot faster.in.the.real product and the platform for gear is getting a lot of dev attention. We have.Root. And we can.install any app from Google play. And I am sure that Samsung will.bring updates to the firmware soon. As for.mail...if you use your Samsung email.acount for Gmail you can see the.content.of. Your mail, for example. There is an app.on the Samsung store for Facebook which works great. It's a well start and.will be.better. With future software updates. P.S. 1.You can really use the.gear as a handsfree, I use that while driving and.my hand.is.on.the.weel. 2. I miss IP67. 3. Battery last at least 24 h with heavy usage and the.charging time is minimum, aprox 1 hour.
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so you really recommended galaxy gear much more than SW2 ?
nowy57 said:
what block me to buy it immediatly
is -> no information inside lettter in gmail
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If you use the stock Email you do Get the Email on the gear.
http://swappa.com/listing/ZZV485/view
note 2 for sale
I understand that there is a gmail notification but no content I tought ?
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I understand that there is a gmail notification but no content I tought ?
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You thought wrong
http://swappa.com/listing/ZZV485/view
note 2 for sale
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You thought wrong
http://swappa.com/listing/ZZV485/view
note 2 for sale
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wow
so I am goint to buy it
thanks !
any special thread to install or root tools for it ?
The Gear is way too expensive for what you pay vs what you get. I'm dying to buy one but I cant bring myself to piss 3 bills away on something that has hardly any functionality. I hope they update OT soon
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/samsung-galaxy-gear
I bought galaxy gear
cons:
looks much worse on wrist than SW2
I tought coverage signal will be much betterthat SW2 (BT3.0) but I think is a little worse than SW2 - serious !
SW2 has capacative under screen button wich is a lot qiucker to navigate
ooh I forgot .. much more SW2 comfortyble to wear on it , gear is not to flexible on wrist as SW2 wich fit perfect
I dont see by now much more better feeling using galaxy gear as :
better screen AMOLED and density
I am selling galaxy gear by now !
maybe next time , v2 ?
200pounds for it I want
checked Galaxy Gear and for me it's not worth it
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I heard only bad opinion about GG
but I need to check it on my own
now I know - we have to wait for v2 - cheaper , better build, better looking ..
of course , I see much potential on XDA , olny wait and software will be much better
but the oters is no good as SW2 or even pebble watch
nowy57 said:
I heard only bad opinion about GG
but I need to check it on my own
now I know - we have to wait for v2 - cheaper , better build, better looking ..
of course , I see much potential on XDA , olny wait and software will be much better
but the oters is no good as SW2 or even pebble watch
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You convinced me not to get it. THANK YOU!!!
I was seriously contemplating dropping the 3bones on it but finally someone who doesn't only have good things to say about it.
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I understand that there is a gmail notification but no content I tought ?
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You get a notification for gmail but it tells you to look at your phone. It doesn't show you the content of the gmail itself. If you use the stock email client and just use that you get to read the content.
Scribbled From My Note 3
I have the GG and I love it. Depending on what you need of course.
Here are some good things that I like
-I love checking my notification when I am in class. I don't care about emails. I get quite a lot text message and checking from watch is really useful to me.
-I also use it as headset when I don't have my bluetooth headset. Just a quick call/answer and found it to be quite good. Not for long conversation though.
-Battery life is more than decent. I can use a lot and still have about 30-40% left at the end of the night. I have no doubt it can get 24 hours battery.
-Pedometer is not so good. I don't use it since it's not accurate.
-Camera is not bad for quick pics. I take some pics of lecture, signs and it works great.
-Music control is awesome. Just wish my note 3 speaker is louder.
-Ability to install regular app through ADB is genius. I can actually install some useful app such as calculator.
Now bad things and wish they will improve
-More apps
-Water proof/Sweat Proof
-Longer battery life is always a welcome
-Notifications from all apps that I use(I don't like using every apps from samsung just to get notifications) This is a huge huge drawback IMO.
Those are my use of GG and I love it for my needs. Your mileage may vary. I hope the god of all devs from XDA find a way to hack the GG and make all the notifications pushed to GG of what user specify. This will make GG a truely fantastic device.
I'm looking to buy a phone for around this price. The Flipkart sale lets me buy this phone for around 11.5k, and spec wise it seems worth it.
Do any of you have any horror stories about this? (Mainly after sales service issues)
Any major faults with this phone because of which I should avoid it?
Any suggestions for a phone under 13k?
After sales is horrible..... I got the phone after 60days.
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I am using this phone for about 4 months and its working excellent. If you r not a fresher, then you can tackle most of the issues yourself.
I'll recommend this phone.
Go for it!
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As the above post said if u know your phone completely you can solve any software issue on your own you just gotta know it! and even if you dont then you can always ask on xda and also google your problem....there is always a solution for software probs
All in all cHD is an awesome phone....never gave me any problem
Its the best phone in market. Trust me i have bought it after researching like for 6 months. Its been 2 months now and it works fine no issues yet. Did all experiments like rooting, custom Roms and it has a active developer community. What more do you wish for?
Happy to help.
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gr8 ph...only battery backup is less...
Naveen
Only one word.. Go for it.. It is far better than Samsung Grand duos
If u have good money wait for next Micromax release..... I think it will be coming in last week of November
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nrgmalik said:
If u have good money wait for next Micromax release..... I think it will be coming in last week of November
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which model??
Guys I plan to buy this & want to the following.
How good is the A-GPS? I plan to use this for map navigation.
Does it support 2 way call recording natively or does it have a patch to support 2 way call recording? I use Galaxy call recorder app on my 2 yr old samsung (Chinese rom) & it works fine I need this feature to be working before deciding for this phone.
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Guys I plan to buy this & want to the following.
How good is the A-GPS? I plan to use this for map navigation.
Does it support 2 way call recording natively or does it have a patch to support 2 way call recording? I use Galaxy call recorder app on my 2 yr old samsung (Chinese rom) & it works fine I need this feature to be working before deciding for this phone.
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A-gps and navigation are good I used it to reach my exam center once in my city worked really well. I wouldn't say its best but its gets the job done. And about call recording, it support call recordings during call you get the option to record.
Happy to help.
Owns : Canvas HD a116
Thanks for confirming that it supports call recording with native dialer, I am reading lot of negative reviews about micromax service support which is holding me from purchasing as of now.
Whats your experience with micromax service support, how long have you been using this phone?
Best deal for 13k approx.
Mohit12 said:
I'm looking to buy a phone for around this price. The Flipkart sale lets me buy this phone for around 11.5k, and spec wise it seems worth it.
Do any of you have any horror stories about this? (Mainly after sales service issues)
Any major faults with this phone because of which I should avoid it?
Any suggestions for a phone under 13k?
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If you are willing to spend 13k, this is the best phone. I purchased this phone 4 months back after lot of research. Even if you are a fresher, this phone isn't bad with its original ROM. If you know about playing with Custom ROMs nothing like it. Only drawback is the poor customer after sales service. If you are ready to risk that, just go for it.
After sales
Mohit12 said:
I'm looking to buy a phone for around this price. The Flipkart sale lets me buy this phone for around 11.5k, and spec wise it seems worth it.
Do any of you have any horror stories about this? (Mainly after sales service issues)
Any major faults with this phone because of which I should avoid it?
Any suggestions for a phone under 13k?
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After sales may be pooor but i havent xperinced any oprob from past 7 mnths all is working properly and have tried different roms till now
Risk it
sgsI9003 said:
Thanks for confirming that it supports call recording with native dialer, I am reading lot of negative reviews about micromax service support which is holding me from purchasing as of now.
Whats your experience with micromax service support, how long have you been using this phone?
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I know after Sales Service is damn poor. Still I took the risk. I haven't found any problem since last 4 momths.
I am happy with this phone. In performance this phone is better than many Sammy and lg and HTC phones. My only unhappy points are:
1) the camera could have been better
2) cpu architecture, we don't have cyanogenmod
3) the speaker positioning is horribly wrong, added to the weak speakers makes it difficult.
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Mohit12 said:
I'm looking to buy a phone for around this price. The Flipkart sale lets me buy this phone for around 11.5k, and spec wise it seems worth it.
Do any of you have any horror stories about this? (Mainly after sales service issues)
Any major faults with this phone because of which I should avoid it?
Any suggestions for a phone under 13k?
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just bought the phone from ebay for 10949.. used HDFC coupon..got 15% off
u can also go for magnus..much better than CANVAS HD
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How good is the A-GPS? I plan to use this for map navigation.
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A-GPS work better then in Samsung Galaxy Grand, but Samsung Galaxy S4 find satellites much better the A116
If possible I would suggest holding off buying the phone for now, since the latest contender(the moto g) will be available from January with an affordable price tag.
The development(custom roms, kernels etc) of the phone would be immense. Though the lack of an sd slot might put off a few buyers.
Another option though would be lenovo p780. If you can save up another 5k or so this would be the best phone you can get keeping battery life in mind. I charge it twice a week! It is one of the most hassle-free phones Ive brought. I get screen-time of ~16-17 hrs on a single charge, this is with wifi on always and screen brightness >50%. My canvas HD struggles to reach ~4 hrs of screen time with the lowest brightness!
The only disappointment is the lack of development for the device.
Id say dont go for it as LG optimus L9 is a much better option you will love it and development on xda is very good i currently have the device and im running cm11 on it
Hi guys, I'm planning to get alpha or some similar phone, and yeah, i have YouTube channel and i m recording some ROM reviews and some things about phones, as i can see there's just one ROM in android development Will be there more, if yes i will pick this phone for sure, would you suggest me some other phone to pick instead this, that have great developer support? Its really disappointing that there's one rom just for alpha it is really beautiful phone
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KiaTheKing said:
Hi guys, I'm planning to get alpha or some similar phone, and yeah, i have YouTube channel and i m recording some ROM reviews and some things about phones, as i can see there's just one ROM in android development Will be there more, if yes i will pick this phone for sure, would you suggest me some other phone to pick instead this, that have great developer support? Its really disappointing that there's one rom just for alpha it is really beautiful phone
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Yeah it's too bad about the alpha but it seems right now people want 5 inch screens so it loses out on that. I would recommend the S5 or HTC one m8, both have great dev support. But the best idea is to wait for spring/summer when the S6 and the new HTC is released
lingowistico said:
Yeah it's too bad about the alpha but it seems right now people want 5 inch screens so it loses out on that. I would recommend the S5 or HTC one m8, both have great dev support. But the best idea is to wait for spring/summer when the S6 and the new HTC is released
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I really really like alpha Probably i will sell mine lg g2 for 250 euros and i will add 100 or less and buy lg g3, i will play with it for a while and then i will buy galaxy s6 or some phone that will come out I was thinking about xperia z3 or z3 compact , but z4 will come out in march (i think so) , also i dont like plastic galaxy s5 but i like htc one m8....
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The Galaxy Alpha is a great phone! you don't need actually replace rom.
Just got a small ota update and se security update from play. Changelog anyone?
Perhaps preparing for 5.0
KiaTheKing said:
I really really like alpha Probably i will sell mine lg g2 for 250 euros and i will add 100 or less and buy lg g3, i will play with it for a while and then i will buy galaxy s6 or some phone that will come out I was thinking about xperia z3 or z3 compact , but z4 will come out in march (i think so) , also i dont like plastic galaxy s5 but i like htc one m8....
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Since quite a lots of android users switched-to/switched-back Iphone now because of 4.7"/5.5" Iphone launched. You really don't expect any android discussion board will be as busy as in the old age, the time has gone. Another major reason is nowadays people slowly upgrade their smartphone because hardware is started to mature. When you look on XDA, you will know many new phones development board isn't that active now.
I'm now with Z1 Compact and also thinking to upgrade to Z3 Compact or Alpha or S6(if it manage to smaller than S5 in size a bit) in around March/April. I think mostly I will pick Z3c or Alpha because I believe S6 would be too expensive to me and excess my budget but I will put an eye on it. Z4/Z4c/Z4U is almost sure to hit a big delay now, they will all announce only on May/June sometimes. So, I decided to don't wait them now.
If you like Alpha, just go get it. It is a rare Samsung phone though almost no development here but the phone itself is very capable without any support. If you want a little bit bigger community and need a microSD slot, then pick Z3c.
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Since quite a lots of android users switched-to/switched-back Iphone now because of 4.7"/5.5" Iphone launched. You really don't expect any android discussion board will be as busy as in the old age, the time has gone. Another major reason is nowadays people slowly upgrade their smartphone because hardware is started to mature. When you look on XDA, you will know many new phones development board isn't that active now.
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Switching to Iphone from more matured system? Iphone was good and impressive like 3 generations ago when android wasn't so matured system, nowdays I don't see a reason for people who own for example a S4 to switch to Iphone.
The latter part is very true, a 100€ phone can handle basically anything that basic user throws at it. And the devs and other people who can get more out of their current older phones trough custom roms, don't really have reasons for upgrade.
leripe said:
Switching to Iphone from more matured system? Iphone was good and impressive like 3 generations ago when android wasn't so matured system, nowdays I don't see a reason for people who own for example a S4 to switch to Iphone.
The latter part is very true, a 100€ phone can handle basically anything that basic user throws at it. And the devs and other people who can get more out of their current older phones trough custom roms, don't really have reasons for upgrade.
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You gonna search more information. Iphone market share worldwide is same with Samsung in 2014 Q4 and already excess Samsung now in 2015 Q1 so Apple is the No.1 smartphone company again now.
System-wise is always Android better but since Iphone borrowed more and more functions from Android in every generation OS, the gap in different will just become smaller in long run. But on the other hand, Iphone still owns the most best apps and even both platform got the same one, IOS one usually performs better.
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You gonna search more information. Iphone market share worldwide is same with Samsung in 2014 Q4 and already excess Samsung now in 2015 Q1 so Apple is the No.1 smartphone company again now.
System-wise is always Android better but since Iphone borrowed more and more functions from Android in every generation OS, the gap in different will just become smaller in long run. But on the other hand, Iphone still owns the most best apps and even both platform got the same one, IOS one usually performs better.
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I don't like Apple at all... I really like Android cause you can access all parts of system and you can do many things. also i mentioned that i m making video reviews of many android roms and i need phone that have good developer support... Can u suggest me some phone that i can buy right now instead Note 4 (its too big)... I will buy some better phone (probably g4) when some phone that impress me come out.... Thanks for reply
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I don't like Apple at all... I really like Android cause you can access all parts of system and you can do many things. also i mentioned that i m making video reviews of many android roms and i need phone that have good developer support... Can u suggest me some phone that i can buy right now instead Note 4 (its too big)... I will buy some better phone (probably g4) when some phone that impress me come out.... Thanks for reply
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Only G3 or S5 or M8 have active development I can name(Z3/Z3c isn't active coz most people still using Z1/Z1c/Z2) but M8 camera is really suck I don't suggest it. And you don't like plastic samsung so no S5 I think, only G3 leave.
S6 will use Exynos and no S810, this time S6 development should not be very active as well because Exynos is harder to support. G4 will also hit a big delay becoz GFlex2 will out first on March/April, G4 won't appear until May/June much like Z4.
I feel bad right now cus im hoping to see alot of roms for this great device but i guese i was wrong.Im not upset or anything but this is why we buy android phones instead of iphone we need to change to somthing new
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The Samsung Z3 has been launched in India today, and is the second Tizen based Smartphone. Here is the launch Information:
http://www.tizenexperts.com/2015/10...unches-in-india-on-sale-next-week-21-october/
Available from next week.
the phone is available for sale also on eay.com and ebay uk...
the price is good...anybody interested?
Instructions to enable USB Debugging mode
Start the Phone application
Type * # 84936 # – The numbers 84936 actually spell out TIZEN
Select Icon to enable Developer Option
Open the Settings application
Scroll to the bottom and you will see the new Developer Options submenu
Select the icon next to USB Debugging
@bogdan_wrc
Your Z3 arrived?
Which Firmware version was installed?
*#1234#
Best Regards
Edit 1.
Latest Firmware is now AOK1... compiled in November:
http://www.tizenexperts.com/2015/11...tware-firmware-update-in-india-z300hodd0aok1/
Here in XDA we can also talk much better about Odin...
not yet...it was paid on 30 OCT and the seller said 18 days...
good to know about latest firmware...
i will post impressions when it arrives..
bogdan_wrc said:
not yet...it was paid on 30 OCT and the seller said 18 days...
good to know about latest firmware...
i will post impressions when it arrives..
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I am asking about Firmwareversion because older Firmwares can create trouble... to update...
Z300HDDU0AOIH for instance... and earlier Firmware...
So better check Firmwareversion before you use Odin.
Z300HDDU0AOJ4 should be safe and ready for update via Odin to:
Z300HDDU0AOJ6
Z300HODD0AOK1
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and if i get an older version..shall i update via OTA only?
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and if i get an older version..shall i update via OTA only?
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If device is arrived... you will find answer.
Now and without device it makes no sence...
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probably when the device arrives, i dont have time for forums )) and i want a clean install
OTA is available and obviously the easiest solution.
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phone arrived, updates through OTA ..everything is fine.
Do you think it will ever be available in the USA? Or will they wait until it is proven more?
my opinion is, that they will develop another phone, better than Z3, before launching it in US... tizen store its still in its early days, apps are very few..and most of them are like android apps from 4-5 years ago...
on the other side, the battery is amazing..i got 3-4 days of normal use, while on my Note 4 i got...maximum 2. at least double the time of usage.
the phone is VERY good for its price... i paid around $180 for it, shipment included...
once the big "players" develop good apps for emails, bank, G+,uber...games... tizen will be welcomed in EURO and USA...
after 1 year with Z3, probably a better "Z5" with better tizen store will be available worldwide...
That's sad oh well.
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if you use the phone for its primary purposes..or as a second phone..its a wonderful phone.
its got Fb, Whatsapp, email, browser...everything you normally need. it lacks additional apps to make the life extra easy...
somebody at samsung read my mind )
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_is_...end_tizen_phones_due_next_year-news-15059.php
bogdan_wrc said:
somebody at samsung read my mind )
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_is_...end_tizen_phones_due_next_year-news-15059.php
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What do you think specs wise? For the z8, I'm assuming:
1080p screen
2.5 GB of RAM
2800Mah battery
5mp front camera
13mp back camera
Dual LED flash
Dual Sim
Micro sdxc card slot
Dual speakers
Fingerprint scanner
Gorilla glass 4
5.5 inch screen
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dual speakers means reduction screen to front ratio...and samsung is not a fan of this solution...not yet.
the rest..seems doable...
with 2600 battery i got 3-4 days of usage..twice as much as my former note 4...its amazing..
bogdan_wrc said:
dual speakers means reduction screen to front ratio...and samsung is not a fan of this solution...not yet.
the rest..seems doable...
with 2600 battery i got 3-4 days of usage..twice as much as my former note 4...its amazing..
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Yeah, you're right. No dual speakers
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the rest of the features will make the next tizen phone a really good option for the EUR and US markets, but due to the increase in price, probably will lose the current markets where the Z3 is for sale..
also, a little tizen update is necessary..a more polished and experienced OS...
dual apps on screen, light sensor... s-voice...change the 3rd hardware button to match note 4 si s6 usage and not as "options" anymore.. are also really welcomed...
Hi,
The tread is so other people don't make the same mistake and they don't have high expectations. I was able to connect Gear S to Sony Xperia (the usual: some features worked, some didn't). One of the main purposes of buying this watch was running outdoors. I think there is no way to use S Health with a non-Samsung phone. Nike+ works. However Nike+ was designed/coded by a complete idiot. I am extremely frustrated. There is a big white distance number. Other metrics (time, pace, time of day) are displayed with a small black scrolling font on a red background. The scroll is pretty fast. It is impossible for any normal human being to read those scrolling numbers, especially while running: they are too small, scroll too fast, the contrast is too little.
The design is as if they want to discourage people from using the app! Or maybe it was designed by someone who never run?! I am returning the watch!
BTW, you can find "revelations" on the Internet about reverting Gear S colors in order to use Nike+. Doing it breaks other watch functions and doesn't help much. Why would we have to go through so much hassle for the very basic feature: seeing running time in a running app?!?!?!?!
S.
Why not use S health?
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contradude said:
Why not use S health?
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Because he doesn't have a Samsung phone.
foxbat121 said:
Because he doesn't have a Samsung phone.
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I believe the 9/17/15 S Health update added support for non-Samsung Android devices. It's available in Google Play.
And he didn't even complain about how inaccurate the GPS is. I shaved a minute of my mile time switching back to the Nike app on my phone.
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simplest solution, install android on the watch and download any running app youd like, like endomodo or so, or download nike app for android ahahahha
Thanks for replying. I have returned the Gear S watch. Samsung did everything it could to discourage me from using it with non-samsung phones. No problem! Fortunately, there is something called: competition. I am thinking about buying LG Urbane 2 LTE. It will be available in a week or two. If not Urbane, the progress is fast and there will be more wireless/phone watches soon.
S.
smatofu said:
Thanks for replying. I have returned the Gear S watch. Samsung did everything it could to discourage me from using it with non-samsung phones. No problem! Fortunately, there is something called: competition. I am thinking about buying LG Urbane 2 LTE. It will be available in a week or two. If not Urbane, the progress is fast and there will be more wireless/phone watches soon.
S.
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I'm also interested in the LG Urban 2 LTE but need to see more details first. I have absolutely zero interest in another Samsung phone. They are pure crap. My current phone, Galaxy Alpha, not even one year old can't get a decent reception anywhere. The only reason I haven't jump on Nexus 5X or 6P is because of my Gear S.
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I'm also interested in the LG Urban 2 LTE but need to see more details first. I have absolutely zero interest in another Samsung phone. They are pure crap. My current phone, Galaxy Alpha, not even one year old can't get a decent reception anywhere. The only reason I haven't jump on Nexus 5X or 6P is because of my Gear S.
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So you but a low end device and then complain about a low end experience? Try a note 4 or 5 or s5 or s6. All of them are impressive devices.
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So you but a low end device and then complain about a low end experience? Try a note 4 or 5 or s5 or s6. All of them are impressive devices.
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First of all, Galaxy Alpha is not a low end device. Don't confuse it with A3/5. Not the same thing. I have owned Galaxy S, S2, S3. All premium devices at their time. And they are all craps (original S has crappy, barely working GPS, a well known/documented problem, S2 is a so so device. S3 battery circuit craps out a few days past 1-year warranty). Have no interest in Note 4/5 or S 5/6. Handled them and they are not that impressive.
Why would you continue to buy samsung devices if all of them are "crap" as you put it? Do you always buy products you hate and then continue to do so as a form of self punishment?
It is none of your business what devices I buy. But I thought I need to speak flankly about Samsung products since I probably owned more Samsung products than most.
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