Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Which carriers does this phone work for in Germany?
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Oh I see. I'll look around and mention here if I find any. Thankfully Mobile Odin makes installing roms so easy.
All of them?
The Faceless Master
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so, you're switching to Best Galaxy?
That was added to CM9 literally a few hours ago - http://review.cyanogenmod.com/13306
You lucky soon to be Euro bastard...phones work on anything!
So far this rom has been phenomenal. The only thing missing from it is numbers instead of the battery icon on the status bar and it's perfect. For those with a Nexus S, try out the Neapolitan ROM if you want a stock experience that has some added functionalities like notification bar toggles and whatnot.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Well, it's either this or the GSM Nexus. If the Note had on screen buttons and the ROM support was to my satisfaction (How is the ROM support?), no contest, I'm getting it. But it's mostly the on screen buttons holding me back. That's so... Antiquated.
I am really loving the idea of the Note lately.
Awesome.
Whats so great about the One X camera app? (serious question). The Camera app on the GN is great. Has everything I need
shinshoryuken
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better pictures especially low light.
real zero shutter speed, the galaxy nexus is fake because its not focused.
burst mode is really awesome and actually works well.
take picture while recording videos, actually works well too.
um yeah...it is just better.
See, why cant that be in stock Android? Wtf.
From what I've seen there is a delay in the GN function. Much better in One X and GS3.
Anyone with 4.0 using the chrome beta browser in the play store? I must say it totally blows the stock browser out the window on my galaxy nexus. It's just so smooth and I like the way it handles multiple windows. Now if it only had flash support I would never go back to stock.
Way too slow on my Nexus S compared to the stock browser. I also hate no quick bar and removing the omni bar as well.
Speaking of Chrome, any idea when it'll be out of beta?
I used to..but then all of a sudden it started sucking ass. It freezes all the time, especially when on Google.com ironically.
JonathanEx
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While effects are often a bit of a waste, worth noting I really like the HDR mode too. It's helped me take a few good shots that'd just get silohetted out thanks to the sun. Don't know how that compares to the GNexus/stock, but hey.
It's a really good app. It's just a real, all round good package on it, doing everything you want it to.
Because Google doesn't want to add a bunch of settings that most people don't need, and which make it harder to find the important stuff.
Ooh, is there a CM9 for the Galaxy Note yet? How would that work on it?
Is there a timeline for when CM9 will be out of beta?
I think nightlies for the international Note just started recently. But that patch wouldn't do anything on it because it has hardware buttons.
I haven't seen completely stock ICS but there are ROMs with on screen buttons (both tablet and phone mode). I went with TheMidTeam simply because it was at the first thread I saw in the XDA forum and the screenshot showed the ICS menubar icons. There are so many ROMs though all in different states of development and it's all so confusing. It's a hassle going through the wiping and reinstalling process but most of the posters on XDA don't seem to mind.
Nice to hear. I've been checking on the device page and started to believe it was never getting CM9. At this rate the Galaxy Note 2 will be out before the first one gets a stable feature complete build. Where's the best place to ask the CM9 developer to include onscreen button feature?
You shouldn't request features when the devs are still just trying to get everything working. Well, you could PM them on XDA but I wouldn't expect a positive response.
You can already force the on-screen buttons to show by adding this line to your build.prop:
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qemu.hw.mainkeys=0Alright. I didn't intend to ask that it be included in the next nightlyI'd wait until it was a part of the final feature setbut I can see how requests would be annoying.
I didn't properly explain what I was looking for:
Greyface said:
I don't want on-screen buttons (they'd probably interfere with the palm rejection anyway :/). I want the app menu/settings/actionbar overflow button included in standard ICS holo themed apps like gmaps and so on.
How do I edit the build.prop file to tell it I want this button in the ICS apps? Perhaps even without removing the hardware menu button as an option so legacy apps don't force a row at the button for the software menu button?
Yeah I have found xda's forums completely archaic. Going by my experience with my last 3 android devices. I would root, unlock bootloader and install cwm first before starting at the roms. They don't even bother to tell you how important cwm is.
As far as the best rom, I usually just find the most popular threads. I also use the qualify of the first post and how many other roms has the author made to guess the quality of the rom. It's a fucking jungle out there. As long as I have cwm, its very easy to test new roms.
Speaking of good Galaxy Note rom, do you have a international Note (n7000) or ATT one (i717)? Can you check if the "MIUI theme launcher" work for your rom? If you don't have any theme to try out you can try mine.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8x0r1vsykdoxdaw/9lUdLBJ97i
My opinion of CM9 is that while its superior to the google AOSP rom is not always the best. A stable MIUI rom usually has much better human ergonomic. I don't use those Sense inspired crap they use too much memory.
GN did these fine back in the original firmware. Along the lines Google have tinkered with the camera app and just made it worse.
First point is just down to the hardware, happy to accept the sensor in the GN is average (has very good and bad days)
Cheers for the clarifaction though
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
I use ICS Browser+
Chrome is reaaaaaaally laggy on the tf3. I'm not even sure why. The tf3 is supposed to be one of the most powerful tablets out now. If I open Chrome, it takes a good minute to respond.
It'd have to be a little more in depth than build.prop, unfortunately. Probably requires framework modifications since it's API related. ciwrl on the CM team has always been receptive to functional feature requests so try sending it his way.
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Cyanogen really likes the GSIII, and played a small bug fixer role in the software, totally awesome for him!
https://plus.google.com/100275307499530023476/posts/ACXhYPa3g4xOpinions below are not that of my employer!
I finally got my hands on the "mostly final" version of the Galaxy SIII today and can finally talk about it! I feel compelled to say that this thing is just great. It's sleek and thin, insanely fast, and just sexy to look at (if you find gadgets sexy that is). I'm not going to talk specs, you can look those up if you want. I'll just mention the pluses and minuses.
1. Industrial design. It's smooth and sleek. The screen is huge. It's thinner than anything else you can buy. It does not have the on-screen navigation like the Galaxy Nexus, instead it has a menu, back, and hard home key. I didn't like that at first, but it's great for taking pictures and holding the phone in landscape mode.
2. Smart Stay. Probably my favorite feature. When the phone is about to time out and turn off the display while you are reading, the camera will snap a picture (with zero shutter lag) and do a face-detect. If it finds a face, it stays awake. It works brilliantly.
3. Gyroscope. Samsung did some great stuff that detects certain gestures with the gyro. This has been on other devices but is even better on the GS3. When you are scrolling a list, you can double-tap the top of the phone to jump back to the top.
4. Camera. It's an 8MP (rear, 2MP front), zero-shutter-lag camera. It's what we wanted on the Galaxy Nexus but didn't quite get. The stock camera app is really great and has tons of hipster effects, HDR, touch focus/zoom, burst shot (hold button for consecutive snaps), and panorama.
5. HOLY CRAP, it's fast. Depending on where you get your device the chipset may be different, but the US model is no slouch. There's almost no jank in the display, it's super smooth. For you people who know how long it takes to "adb push" a full CM ROM over to /sdcard/, you'll be happy to know that it just takes a couple of seconds. The I/O bandwidth seems to be far and beyond any other device I've used.
6. Lock screen. The water-trail lockscreen is great, and very functional.
There are things I would do differently if I were in charge of the project of course (ohai CM9) , but I think we did a great job (OK, so maybe I only fixed a couple of bugs, I am just fanboying everyone else who was involved).
The bad- it's still carrier-branded in the US and comes with all the baggage that's involved. I like my technology to have a lot less fine print.
It's a solid piece of engineering and definitely pushes the state-of-the-art forward, considering that this will end up in the hands of a huge amount of people. I hope that the US market will be able to break away from the current subsidy model at some point (ohai Google) but if that's what you are out for, it's a great choice.
Check it out if you have the chance. I'll probably get distracted by some new shiny thing in a week, so take it for what it is
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Very soon, probably at Google I/O.
Funny you should mention that; I submitted a patch to CM9 for review about a week ago to allow the action overflow to be shown or hidden independent of the soft keys - http://review.cyanogenmod.com/15871. Though I didn't add an actual setting in UI to control it because I just want it as part of a larger Galaxy S II patch that allows the app switcher to be placed on the menu key (here).Alright. I didn't intend to ask that it be included in the next nightlyI'd wait until it was a part of the final feature setbut I can see how requests would be annoying.
I didn't properly explain what I was looking for:
I don't want on-screen buttons (they'd probably interfere with the palm rejection anyway :/). I want the app menu/settings/actionbar overflow button included in standard ICS holo themed apps like gmaps and so on.
How do I edit the build.prop file to tell it I want this button in the ICS apps? Perhaps even without removing the hardware menu button as an option so legacy apps don't force a row at the button for the software menu button?
shinshoryuken
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looks like there's no release date for the 32g and 64g SG3...only the 16g will be available first.
hopefully it doesn't turn out like the GSM nexus and Note where the higher gig model were canceled.
hopefully it doesn't turn out like the GSM nexus and Note where the higher gig model were canceled.
The Faceless Master
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well, you just go to the play store and redownlo......oh kindle fire.
Can't you root the fire and then install Play Store apk on it?
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Hey guys. I just inherited an old HTC Hero from my Mom, and was wondering what I should do with it, since I can't use it as an actual phone right now. Someone in the thread I made mentioned putting a custom ROM on it. Could anyone help me out with this? Like, what's the best one to use? How should I go about doing it, etc? As you can tell I'm pretty new to all this. :lol But any help would be greatly appreciated.
bean breath
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Is there a way to access Tasks from the gmail or calendar app? Right now I have a bookmark shortcut to the Tasks page via browser.
Nope, Google doesn't care about tasks, but there are a few apps that tie into it your account: Tasks, Gtasks, gTasks, Astrid.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
Instead of selling my older phones, I turned them into mini-tablets. I use one for a remote and the other for a wifi phone. Not sure if the Hero can run CM9 or any of the other ICS roms, but that's the best route to go. Look on XDA to see if anyone still makes roms for your phone. It should be a tutorial on how to do everything.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I have no idea what you just said. :lol All I know is that I tried following an older tutorial and got as far as trying to run Instant Root and getting an "activity not found" error. So now I'm stuck again.
The Faceless Master
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something like that.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
I'm kind of glad I got the TF3 and Iconia. I've tried to install the Microbes LWP on the Iconia for the last hour via apk and recovery. It won't work at all..just a black screen. I installed the apk on the TF3 and it works flawlessly. The Iconia has the GN LWP that I use on my phone pre-installed..however they don't work on the TF3. what the hell......
go to xda to find a rooting guide for your device
go to xda to find a rooting guide for your device
The Faceless Master
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i dunno if i'd use anything other than the Asus Transformer Water LWP, tha thing just looks bawss.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
I used that on my phone over a year ago. It's another version of that on the tf3 with a whale in the ocean. It sucks ass.
The weather/time widget sucks on both of them. Iconia doesn't open anything when you touch the clock or weather. TF3 just opens the weather refresh settings.
Now I'm going to have to install Beautiful Widgets on both.
I might just say fuck it and put the CM9 port on the Iconia just out of boredom.
Or watch a YouTube video. I've put custom ROMs on half a dozen Androids and still can't follow half the guides on XDA.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
It was 2 days ago
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Alright, managed to root this thing, and get CM7.2 installed. Runs a lot better now, but stuff like Angry Birds runs pretty choppy. I guess that's to be expected seeing as it's a pretty old phone. But hey, it's something.
Fire is rooted and running ics...
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