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By chance do you have the setting selected to "delete old messages" or something like that?
Unknown Soldier
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The best part is because we are Tuna owners, right about when everyone else is getting ICS, we'll be looking forward to the next version of Android!
GoldenEye 007
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Yeah I was basically caught off guard and in a pinch because my Nexus One crapped out a few months before my contract was up.
The plan is ok if you don't intend on switching, but it gets you if something comes up and you want to move to something better. The effect is minimize though if you can sell your phone for a good price.
Didn't even think about that
So that's supposed to be the Samsung Galaxy S3?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NxJloZ1Rq0E#t=431s
Good Job Bob
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Can't be with that physical hardware button.
So that's supposed to be the Samsung Galaxy S3?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NxJloZ1Rq0E#t=431s
It's the Galaxy SII HD.
So that's supposed to be the Samsung Galaxy S3?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NxJloZ1Rq0E#t=431s
Dead Prince
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a novelty button. it just makes clicky noise!
[Nintex];34476577 said:
Meh. I want them to show the S3. If the Galaxy SII hadn't seen a 100€ price jump after Christmas, I would've bought that one already.
Edit: Are you sure? I think the screen on this device is larger and the phone doesn't have a Samsung logo on the front.
SirChained
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I would wait for the S3. Definitely looking like it will be a beast. All Nexus has going for it is ICS, which will eventually be released on many phones.
chalkitdown1
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I have some kind of memory leak problem with my Galaxy S. Often after using the browser or when lots of apps are open at once, the phone slows to a crawl and sometimes eventually locks up altogether and I have to take the battery out to restart it. I have a program on the home screen called 'fast reboot' which closes every opened program and that sorts it in the short run but tbh I'm sick of it. Happens at least twice a day. Would flashing the phone fix the problem or is it a problem with the phone itself that will always be there?
Also, If I put custom firmware on it do I lose EVERYTHING? Contacts, message history, all my apps etc?
Also, If I put custom firmware on it do I lose EVERYTHING? Contacts, message history, all my apps etc?
Al-ibn Kermit
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I would wait, the sgs3 is going to be a lot more powerful than the nexus but the problem is you have no idea when the gs3 will even come to the US.
I would at least wait until mobile world congress five weeks from now to see what kind of release date Samsung gives for the US.
Contacts - no, not if you're syncing them with gmail
Message history - yes. Unless you back them up (GO SMS for example does SMS backup)
Apps - yep. Although some will download automatically (YMMV) and most saves will still be there (provided you don't format your SD card).
faceless007
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Man the upgrade bug is dangerous. I got an HTC Inspire 4G 6 months ago and it's already looking old-hat next to the Nexuses. Doesn't help that it's been freezing and crashing on me randomly.
Not sure what a higher spec phone will really give you at this point. The GN is incredibly smooth running with the best builds of ICS (official or otherwise) around. Hell, I've resorted to severely underclocking it by 500mhz to conserve more battery and its still the smoothest android experience out there (GS2 and touchwiz gingerbread is an automatic pass for me).
Unless there is an explosion of high end gaming on android or a massive screen res increase, I don't see the point in having super phone specs for ICS.
All that said, I'd wait till mobile world before deciding.
chalkitdown1
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Thanks. Another question. I'll still be able to download my apps again right? 'cos they're tied to my google account.
There are apps that will backup everything you listed.
Titanium Backup Pro - Apps
Google Sync (not an app) - Contacts, calendar
SMS Backup or Go SMS (my favorite) - Texts
shinshoryuken
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those 3 is the exact method I use to restore my apps when trying new roms.
Nanoid backup to come back to my previous setup if the new rom is buggy.
So far I think only 1 rom is worth using on the Gnex, AOKP milesstone 2 and Franco kernal.
The other roms been buggy for me.
Yes you will, but if you just use Titanium you wont even have to. Though you have to pay (probably).
Yup, can't forget that nandroid. I do those steps everytime. Makes flashing new things so easy.
br0ken_shad0w
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Is there something special I have to do with Google Sync? For some reason it wouldn't sync my contacts unless I did it manually. (which made me lose countless contacts I thought were saved already)
And I use Google Voice for texts. <3 Sprint.
uhhhh I believe just settings -> accounts and sync. have auto-sync on
I hate google voice as my main source of texts. Makes multiple conversations in the inbox with the same person. Even loses my texts sometimes and I don't get them at all.
GringoLOCOo
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Thinking of getting the Motorola Xoom WiFi for £250 but heard there are alot of problems with it since it launched.
Have the problems been sorted out at all ?
Have the problems been sorted out at all ?
It's ancient in tech years at this point. 250 pounds is a lot, how much does the Transformer Prime or iPad 2 go for in comparison?
I'm up for an upgrade in March and I was wondering what phone you guys would suggest. I know about SII and GN, but is there anything else I should be considering? How far out is the S3?
I'm not in too much of a rush to make a decision, like I said, this isn't until march, but it would be nice to get some advice.
I'm not in too much of a rush to make a decision, like I said, this isn't until march, but it would be nice to get some advice.
Its solidly built, but fairly heavy. Crappy screen too.
With ICS, its pretty decent performance wise. Eh...I wouldn't pay more tan $200 today.
Gnex. Then you get to enjoy Jelly Bean with the cool kids this fall.
Plus that grandfathered data plan of yours will magically turn into unlimited 4g.
Al-ibn Kermit
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I'd imagine the gs3 will have lte and will come to verizon. The question is when?
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
TouchPad.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Yeah, I was rather thinking of tablets that can actually be bought.
Best to grab one second hand. It's still your best bet cost wise.
Yeah, I was rather thinking of tablets that can actually be bought.
New Acer tablet is $300 with ICS upgradeable I believe.
It's A200 or something like that.
Player Pro, it allows you to browse by album artist. Its the only one i found. I can't believe they haven't fixed this yet. Its like gmail zoom thing. 3 years of people moaning and they just ignore it.
After Big Red's handling of the GNex launch, I'd rather not wait for an unannounced phone on their network ever again.
This is the closest one I've found to what I'm looking for, but it still has 2 big problems.
First, when browsing by Artist with the "Show Only Album Artist enabled", if you select an album it will only show you the tracks from that album where the track artist matches the album artist tag.
So in my Blu & Exile example, the program now only shows "Blu & Exile" under artists, but if I select them and then select the album "Below the Heaven" it only shows me the 2 tracks that were tagged with "Blu & Exile" rather than the whole album. In fact it's not possible to play any of the other tracks from that album using the Artists category.
The second problem is that for some albums it does not seem to properly obey the Album Artist tag and instead randomly choose one of the track artists. Both of my Daft Punk albums are separately listed under different track artists rather than "Daft Punk". It does only show one entry for the album, but it's under the wrong artist.
Not sure about the first part. However the second part is a bug in the android media scanner. Which they were supposed to have fixed in ICS, and didn't. (Player pro uses the stock scanner)
There is a thread on the poweramp forum asking him to implement album artist sort which should be possible as he now uses his own media scanner.
I gave up waiting and bought an iphone however.
Did you try poweramp
Not currently implemented. Thread with people asking for it here.
http://forum.powerampapp.com/index.php?/topic/1735-album-artist-tag-support/
Japanese carrier KDDI is putting ads in the notification bar on Android phones:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/23/kddi-putting-ads-in-the-notification-bar-on-android-phones/
ruh-roh
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/23/kddi-putting-ads-in-the-notification-bar-on-android-phones/
ruh-roh
brotkasten
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This. Is. Amazing.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/23/kddi-putting-ads-in-the-notification-bar-on-android-phones/KDDI putting ads in the notification bar on Android phones
Imagine you're walking down the block when, suddenly, your phone goes off. You take it out of your pocket, unlock that sucker and pull down the notification bar to reveal... an ad! The idea of such a travesty is enough to make our blood (which is primarily just liquid caffeine and taurine at this point) boil. Disturbingly enough though, this isn't some terrifying dystopian Android future -- this is the reality for at least some KDDI au customers. The Japanese carrier bundles the au one Market on many of its handsets as an alternative to the standard Google offering, and a recent update to the third party app outlet has it sending ads as push notifications to users.
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So that's supposed to be the Samsung Galaxy S3?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NxJloZ1Rq0E#t=431s
I highly doubt it.
It's heavy and a tad bulky, but most problems it had were software and those have been fixed. It's an excellent tablet right now with the ICS update. And the screen is fine.
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