The Faceless Master
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Wish that was for Verizon.
Sam's Club. Black Friday. 96 cents.
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Samsung Galaxy S III (new flagship Android phone from Samsung)
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Sam's Club. Black Friday. 96 cents.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Personally I find the layout to be more appealing, the stock keyboard it seems you have to hit in a very specific spot to get the right letter. With SwiftKey I feel that I'm typing faster.
Also predictive text is really neat.
The Abominable Snowman
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doesnt the leaked JB 4.1.2 KB have this as well?
I have it installed (As it comes with every rom) and its almost as good as the Windows Phone keyboard here.
The 4.2 keyboard also has Swype but it isn't nearly as good at it as Swype is.
The big problem with Swype right now is that it has tons of problems with web forms. It is completely broken in most Android browsers other than stock and chrome.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
VanquishUK
Member
Does the TMO ROM work with the UK version?
Ah damn, that's a shame - thanks though... I was thinking for apps/games etc too, sometimes it's nice to play in bed, but it's bright enough to hurt my eyes and keep my girlfriend awake... so will stick with the iPad I guess
The two big reasons have been stated. Predictive text and it feels like the keys have a bigger hitbox or something. I feel like I hit the one I want more frequently and thus can type faster. Also much more customizable than the stock keyboard.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I'm not a member there.
blainethemono
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Gonna try CM10 out. I heard gapps doesn't come with gmail anymore though? Is there a specific apk for the jelly bean gmail app that everyone is using?
Also looking to try out that new 4.2 camera if anyone has a link for that
Also looking to try out that new 4.2 camera if anyone has a link for that
virtuoso88
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Received my backcover with wireless charging built in. It seems to charge as fast as the usb cable charges. Pretty nice for the bed side table. It does break NFC but I have not used that yet so I'm ok with it.
Join me.
Haha.
Rooted, Titanium backup in progress. Then flash. WEEE
Holy fuck has that GS3 toolkit made it easy to do this stuff..damn
The Faceless Master
Member
there are custom roms with TouchWiz
and you don't even need a custom rom to root, just a pre-rooted kernel
virtuoso88
Member
But if you load a Note 2 rom like I did, you get even more exclusive samsung features!
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Damn, I may end up going Android instead of iOS. How hard it is to sync iCloud features like my calendar to an Android device? Are music/media players suitable for a iPod replacement? I really have no idea about Android stuff.
virtuoso88
Member
Piece of cake syncing calendar/tasks/contacts/notes. Stock Music player is great and a few you can download that seem to be awesome as well.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Okay, thanks. I'm definitely looking into it. I guess I should probably ask stuff like this in a more general Android thread.
virtuoso88
Member
If you read the past 10-30 pages, I believe a few have asked similar questions and received detailed answers.
damn, still waiting on the tutorial for Mac users.
You can sync stuff like contacts and calendar to GS3 quite easily but expect to run into a few hiccups. Several of my contacts got messed up when syncing my GS3 with my Google contacts. Also the default contacts app is not fantastic. It doesn't even have separate fields for first and last name.
Music-wise, all my stuff are ripped from CDs so transferring them to the GS3 was just a simple task of copying the files over to the SD card. The default music player did a decent job of recognizing the file tags with all the info on the music including artists, album titles and cover art. However, once again, there are hiccups such as some songs not appearing when selecting tracks by artist but showing up when selecting by albums.
On the whole, transferring most stuff from iOS to the GS3 works but don't expect it to be a hassle-free or smooth experience.
virtuoso88
Member
My contacts has a first and last name field.
virtuoso88
Member
How come I don't get the voice with Google search in CM10?
Yes the volume is up.
Did you lower the volume then raise the volume? There is a weird volume bug in CM10 that when you first flash the rom, you have to lower then raise all the volumes before the volume actually works properly.
You can really screw yourself when it comes to alarms because of this.
Tried that, no go.
Gone into Voice settings and set the Speech output?
Wait what? You can do this? Does it run as smooth and fast as stock?
On always speak.
The Faceless Master
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iirc, the contacts field when you're creating just has a single name field, but when you go back to edit, it has first and last...
lack of various quick setting options in notification is actually pretty annoying
Woo! T-Mo getting the 4.1 Update finally.
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/11/14...eives-official-android-4-1-jelly-bean-update/
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/11/14...eives-official-android-4-1-jelly-bean-update/
What? You mean the notification toggles aren't standard Android? Jeeeez
It has like 4... but yea there are little things I miss from various skinned roms for sure. 4.2 adds more toggles as standard.
Edit: check out AOKP, you can customize toggles.
I went back to test this and you're right it has first and last name but not just when you edit. Apparently, you need to hit the little button beside the field to enter the name to expand the field options so you get the option to enter by first and last name. This applies to when you create a new contact as well as when you edit an existing one. I never did notice that button before. Learn something new everyday, I guess.
It's not a hassle at all. Once you've flashed a custom recovery on there (i.e. Clockworkmod Recovery), everything is a total breeze. I just recently took the plunge with my Nexus S and rooted/ROM'ed it, and my only regret is that I waited so long to do it.
Um, what? In CM10 you can customize the quick toggles in the notification bar to include pretty much every setting there is.
Settings > Interface > Notification Bar
There's a lot more than 4. You can even add cell data toggles, a flash light,, media controls, plus all the standard stuff.
Ephemeris
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Banjotanooki
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Still no Jellybean for me on my Sprint S3.
Weird, pretty sure Sprint got it a few weeks back. There's a link floating around somewhere you can use to just flash it yourself.Still no Jellybean for me on my Sprint S3.
Really hoping that ATT rumor is true. Damn you ATT!