I finally got ICS on my Rezound yesterday. It is great!

8/3/2012 10:03:59 PM

^ well, then, if the rezound got it, my tbolt my actually get it before the end of august

^^

Quote :

"MetroPCS Communications Inc., the country's fifth-largest cellphone company, started selling the Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G for $459 on Friday. It has a built-in, extendable antenna that can receive special TV signals, broadcast from regular TV towers for reception by cellphones and other small gadgets."

hey, look, it's 10 years ago!

joking aside, i DO think it would be neat to get OTA tv on my phone (as opposed to streaming)

[Edited on August 4, 2012 at 8:07 AM. Reason : [s] != <strong>]

8/4/2012 8:05:29 AM

8/4/2012 2:02:37 PM

after having trouble with dolphin displaying pages correctly (or, rather, sites not playing well with dolphin), i went back to opera mobile...and love it

fastest browser i've used on my phone and i like the new(er) layout

8/4/2012 7:47:19 PM

Question: I have a couple of contacts saved as shortcuts on my homescreen for direct messaging/direct dialing so I can text/call them easier. Now when I want to text these contacts, it brings up my google voice texting rather than the regular texting. I haven't altered any settings. Where do I go to fix this?

8/4/2012 8:37:14 PM

^from home screen: Settings, Applications, Manage Applications

scroll to down Google Voice, select and and click Clear Defaults

the next time you try to send a text, it should ask you if you want to use Text Messaging or Google Voice. Before selecting Text Messaging, click the checkbox to set that as default

8/4/2012 8:53:01 PM

Nexus 7 as an in-dash entertainment center
http://www.androidcentral.com/nexus-7-makes-best-car-entertainment-system-ever

8/7/2012 8:22:30 AM

I accidently set vz navigator as my default rather than google and clicked do not show me again, how can I change that?

^^nevermind, just saw that, thx

[Edited on August 7, 2012 at 6:51 PM. Reason : .]

8/7/2012 6:50:05 PM

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/mp3-players/YP-G70CWY/XAA

Has anyone played around with one of these?

I would really like two devices..but adding another phone on to my plan is $40, mobile hot spot is $free.

Seems like a very cost effective solution to my problem.

8/10/2012 11:44:16 AM

GS3 people: is it worth it? any big issues making you wish you had gone with something different?

talk me out of buying one today

8/11/2012 1:28:57 PM

do it. you'll love it.

[Edited on August 11, 2012 at 1:34 PM. Reason : and if you don't love it, root it and put CM10 on it or something.]

8/11/2012 1:34:03 PM

^^ just got it a few days ago. I love it and have no problems with it what so ever.

8/11/2012 5:58:42 PM

got a galaxy nexus and i have to say it's significantly better than the phones the carriers fuck up

[Edited on August 11, 2012 at 7:24 PM. Reason : i almost dont think android is some shit]

8/11/2012 7:15:53 PM

picked up the GS3 a few hours ago. still messing around getting everything set up, but I'm gonna have to agree with Ernie on this one:

Quote :

"My review: "

8/11/2012 10:15:16 PM

I wish you could directly add teams to Google Now.

Its kind of pissing me off.

8/14/2012 6:37:56 PM

Just in case you might want flash and don't already have it installed.

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/08/14/reminder-new-installs-of-adobe-flash-to-be-blocked-starting-tomorrow/

Quote :

"Tomorrow is the day that Adobe marked as the beginning of the end for Flash on Android. Starting tomorrow, updates of Flash from Google Play will be limited to those who already have it installed on their device. Meaning, no fresh installs – only updates. Development of mobile Flash for Android was killed off in November, but the software has seen updates from time to time for security fixes. As mentioned plenty of times previously, the newest version of Android is unsupported by Flash, so many users out there basically have no use for the application. If you’re running a device that does allow for the install of Flash, you may want to install it today before it’s gone for good."

8/14/2012 8:19:55 PM

Quote :

"joking aside, i DO think it would be neat to get OTA tv on my phone (as opposed to streaming) "

I can only see this being useful in a near-apocalyptic world, where cell phone transmissions are unreliable, and people need to disseminate information on a point-to-point, decentralized basis.

8/14/2012 11:37:16 PM

and amateur radio would work better for that anyway

8/15/2012 8:15:45 AM

ota isn't going to eat into your data limit though

8/15/2012 10:22:24 AM

^ that and, as far as i know, local network stations don't offer real-time streaming...yet

8/15/2012 11:32:33 AM

So much for that GSIII bootloader issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30274025

8/15/2012 8:45:01 PM

reading a forwarded email thread in gmail.. why does it format text like this?



and is there a way to make it quit doing this?

[Edited on August 16, 2012 at 9:21 AM. Reason : .]

8/16/2012 9:20:01 AM

Quote :

"Nick Wingfield @nickwingfield Judge Koh just accused Apple's attorneys of "smoking crack." "[Your] Honor, I'm not smoking crack," an Apple attny responded in earnest."

Quote :

"According to Wingfield, Koh was “incredulous” and “blowing up” at the Apple teams’ proposed list of witnesses to call to the stand over the remainder of the trial. (Some could argue, however, that calling 29 witnesses in eight hours of court time does appear illogical.)"

http://mashable.com/2012/08/16/apple-lawyers-smoking-crack-samsung/

8/16/2012 4:55:51 PM

Has anyone on sprint gotten ICS to really work, or is everyone just getting issues with it?

8/17/2012 3:38:43 PM

^What phone, and what are the issues? ICS has been working fine on my Sprint Galaxy Nexus since I got it.

8/17/2012 4:11:29 PM

WTF Verizon. It seems like everyone else with this phone has Jellybean, except your customers.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/08/20/slow-verizon-galaxy-nexus-jelly-bean-update-frustrates/

8/21/2012 6:30:13 PM

Let them know how you feel, I did, I posted on their wall and at them via Twitter.

https://twitter.com/VerizonWireless
https://www.facebook.com/verizon
https://www.facebook.com/googlenexus
https://twitter.com/googlenexus

8/21/2012 7:09:45 PM

Anyone still have a Thunderbolt? Might have to dust mine off.

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-403-ice-cream-sandwich-htc-thunderbolt-leaks-out

8/21/2012 10:02:22 PM

^ yeah...i've been running the spjester liquid release (no 4G, but working 3G data) since monday...saw that yesterday, but bamf's servers were slammed yesterday so i just skipped it and i'm downloading it now

the liquid release is slick...ICS seems to run very well on the tbolt, more smoothly than GB than the liquid desensed AOSP build i've been running

8/22/2012 7:10:37 AM

went back to my liquid nonsense GB build today (not that anyone cares, as i'm probably the only thunderbolt user in this thread )

the ICS leak was nice...it's faster, surely, but it absolutely destroys the battery...going from ~36 hours of battery (with moderate usage) to watching the battery meter tick down (even on 3G/wifi) was just too much

also, it seems a bit flaky in a couple of other ways...figured i'd give the modders time to come up with a great AOSP build and then go back

8/24/2012 11:04:28 AM

I have one, but I haven't rooted it or anything

8/24/2012 11:19:57 AM

i can't imagine NOT rooting an android phone, for a number of reasons

in the thunderbolt's case, i think it's unlocking the potential and fixing problems with the stock ROM and subsequent settings

for example, my thunderbolt gets 24-36 hours of life (depending on how much i use, whether it's 3G/4G, etc) using the regular battery, an AOSP ROM, and imoseyon's leankernel...that's overclocked to 1.4ghz, too (with a minimum of 368mhz because 245mhz was giving me lag issues)

[Edited on August 24, 2012 at 1:44 PM. Reason : also, sense blows huge donkey balls]

8/24/2012 1:43:31 PM

While Sense appears to be one of the better ones out there, I prefer my phones to come without anything on top. I'll stick with the Nexus line as long as they keep putting out phones regularly.

8/24/2012 6:20:12 PM

I think many people root only to get free mobile hot spot.

8/24/2012 6:51:38 PM

i'm probably going to get a nexus phone next time around. only reason i didn't this time is because i cracked my screen and the galaxy nexus was outdated and didn't support ATT LTE. if the next nexus device can use ATT LTE i might buy it OOC .

8/24/2012 7:06:08 PM

OOC nexus ended up being like 350. Not bad at all imo, just no CDMA version.

8/24/2012 7:13:47 PM

^ there is a cdma version as my friend has 2 of them, though he got them free from work (google). when i was at the att store in mountain view an att employee let it slip that someone came to his store trying to get an LTE nexus a sim card. it was more than likely a google employee so take that for what it's worth

8/24/2012 7:27:49 PM

Quote :

"While Sense appears to be one of the better ones out there, I prefer my phones to come without anything on top."

i agree...sense sucks a lot less than something like blur, but i'd much rather put what *i* want on there...something that is undoubtedly leaner, faster, and less of a resource hog

Quote :

"I think many people root only to get free mobile hot spot. "

that's why i did it first...got the tbolt in june, was spending a week at the beach in july and there was no wifi available at the house...but there WAS 4G available

8/25/2012 2:23:15 PM

Quote :

"I think many people root only to get free mobile hot spot"

Hope that's not true these days...there are apps in the market that provide that functionality.

8/25/2012 2:48:51 PM

^x

ever since going to ICS (ATT galaxy s2), my phone will randomly restart maybe 2-3 times a day. About once every 2 days it will just turn itself off/crash and I'll have to manually turn it on.

8/25/2012 8:24:02 PM

Quote :

"^ there is a cdma version as my friend has 2 of them, though he got them free from work (google). when i was at the att store in mountain view an att employee let it slip that someone came to his store trying to get an LTE nexus a sim card. it was more than likely a google employee so take that for what it's worth"

I meant that Google was only selling the GSM version on the Play store. The toro (VZW) and toroplus (Sprint) seem to be redheaded stepchildren and I have to wait substantially longer for my updates because the carriers can lock down drivers and sources and shit. At least I think that's what is happening but I may be wrong.

8/25/2012 8:46:23 PM

i was able to play with a Galaxy S3 and I think the Droid Razr Maxx is a better ICS device.

S-Voice seems to literally be a rebranding of Google's Voice thing, I can't see anything it does really differently.

I would miss the "search" button of the Droids, and the UI didn't really seem as "fluid" as ICS on the Maxx.

And i'm not sure what Samsung was thinking with the hardware home button, other than trying to ripoff the iPhone? It didn't add much to the experience, and was slightly out of place as someone used to the traditional "button" styles for android.

8/27/2012 4:25:42 PM

Fuck ICS. Jelly Bean with Project Butter for life.

GSM GNex is the way to go, gents.

8/27/2012 4:27:54 PM

Also not a fan of ICS. Since the install my phone:
- Is slow to unlock. I'll plug in my password and the phone just seems to freeze for about 3-4 seconds before any of the buttons become responsive again.
- The option to enable USB storage when connected to my computer seems to be gone. Sometimes it is recognized as a mass storage device and sometimes it isn't when I plug it in to the USB port.
- I missed three hours of work yesterday because it broke my tethering functionality. Turned out that the "Enable USB debugging" option was switched off during the upgrade, but it took me forever to realize that was the issue. I initially started troubleshooting it as a driver issue, but the lack of internet connectivity on the PC and the aforementioned issue of getting the PC to recognize the phone as a storage device caused a lot of difficulties in troubleshooting.

8/28/2012 9:19:43 AM

network-provided OS updates will always blow...always

if you're not downloading a custom ROM/kernel, you're doing it wrong

8/28/2012 1:18:50 PM

So is there a rumored date for a new Nexus announcement?

[Edited on August 28, 2012 at 2:28 PM. Reason : or at least a rumored month?]

8/28/2012 2:28:11 PM

Hey what flashlight apps do you all use? I used to use Tesla but I think it was screwing up my camera (got "cannot connect to camera" pretty often) so I uninstalled it.

9/6/2012 10:03:25 PM

I stopped using a flashlight app and have an EDC flashlight.

Best upgrade ever.

9/6/2012 10:27:10 PM

The touchscreen on my Atrix 4G developed a deadspot right in the center.

Being so far away from an upgrade I caved in and bought the GSM Galaxy Nexus directly from Google. It got here in exactly 2 days, just in time to take it with me on a trip to DC this past weekend.

I can't imagine using anything besides JellyBean now. Such a fucking fantastic device. I mean you've got WiFi hotspot tethering available in the Settings menu right out of the box... Loved being able to tether my Nexus 7 to the GNex and watch the NCSU v Tennessee game during the drive up. I'm never buying a carrier-flavored phone ever again.

[Edited on September 6, 2012 at 10:41 PM. Reason :
]

9/6/2012 10:38:54 PM

I use tiny flashlight + led. it has a one-click on widget that is awesome.

9/6/2012 10:38:56 PM