Android thread V-garychencool finally rooted his phone and got ICS edition - Hardware & Software

If you get a Nexus 4 screen protecter you could wrap it around your phone and have a case

whoa thanks for posting that link. this is gonna take some getting used to but i like it. very nice. one question, why doesn't gesture typing have auto capitalization?

[QUOTE=garychencool;38538925]Black S3 looks best.[/QUOTE] I've never seen anybody with one. What countries have them available?

I have a feeling the new colors are available pretty much worldwide now, but they got released like half a year after the original Pebble Blue and Marble White, so most people just got those instead.

GTA:VC is being released for iOS and Android on Dec 6th! Happy happy joy Joy

[QUOTE=sdwise;38541216]whoa thanks for posting that link. this is gonna take some getting used to but i like it. very nice. one question, why doesn't gesture typing have auto capitalization?[/QUOTE] You swipe the first letter then to the shift button and continue your word or state at shift.

[QUOTE=DHB;38541529]I've never seen anybody with one. What countries have them available?[/QUOTE] i got one

What country?

sweden

I guess the black S3 isn't a North American thing?

[QUOTE=DHB;38542161]I guess the black S3 isn't a North American thing?[/QUOTE] Well, Sprint doesn't have it, so I guess it's carrier-related. Sprint also had the red GSIIIs for a while but then they just vanished.

[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;38541052]If you get a Nexus 4 screen protecter you could wrap it around your phone and have a case[/QUOTE] But I wouldn't be able to use the slide out keyboard I never use!

I fucking hate most review sites with a passion for smartphones, almost all of them don't bother actually getting technical which means nothing gets done to move the state of the art forward. Seriously, why does the iPhone 5 and Nexus 4 have a cropped preview when they use the full CMOS? And why is Anandtech the ONLY damn website that noticed this?

[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;38542373]I fucking hate most review sites with a passion for smartphones, almost all of them don't bother actually getting technical which means nothing gets done to move the state of the art forward. Seriously, why does the iPhone 5 and Nexus 4 have a cropped preview when they use the full CMOS? And why is Anandtech the ONLY damn website that noticed this?[/QUOTE] Because most review sites employ writers with less tech knowledge than the techy kids in middle school.

Which GPU is better: PowerVR SGX540 (rate winner) or Adreno 205? (rate funny)

[QUOTE=Vault;38542337]Well, Sprint doesn't have it, so I guess it's carrier-related. Sprint also had the red GSIIIs for a while but then they just vanished.[/QUOTE] I know some US carriers have it. Do any Canadian ones have it?

[QUOTE=DHB;38543152]I know some US carriers have it. Do any Canadian ones have it?[/QUOTE] Bell has the red, white and blue (but not black). Rogers only has the white and blue, and not the red, which is ironic because Rogers' main brand colour is red.

good ol'e red white n blue 'merica god bless

[QUOTE=garychencool;38543061]Which GPU is better: PowerVR SGX540 (rate winner) or Adreno 205? (rate funny)[/QUOTE] Let's not jest. The SGX540 is an obviously faster GPU.

Just got a LG Spectrum 2. Its pretty large. [t]http://i.imgur.com/rwzdX.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Ibn8C.jpg[/t] Odd circular lock button, that has a badass blue ring of light around it when charging. [t]http://i.imgur.com/IbJvl.jpg[/t] 720p in 4.7 inches is pretty nice. [t]http://i.imgur.com/qURlm.jpg[/t] Also came with some NFC tags. [t]http://i.imgur.com/L4hiy.jpg[/t]

Not a bad device at all. [editline]21st November 2012[/editline] Honestly, given the choice, I would rather see LG as the dominant Korean OEM for Android. They just need to make a good UI and be good with software.

LG is actually surprisingly good on the hardware front, but the exact opposite on the software front. Yin-Yang & shit.

[QUOTE=Van-man;38545244]LG is actually surprisingly good on the hardware front, but the exact opposite on the software front. Yin-Yang & shit.[/QUOTE] You are exactly right. It is built like a rock, but things like the LG NFC app are really bad.

[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;38544311]Not a bad device at all. [editline]21st November 2012[/editline] Honestly, given the choice, I would rather see LG as the dominant Korean OEM for Android. They just need to make a good UI and be good with software.[/QUOTE] I thought Samsung was...

Holy shit, people are actually starting to play Ingress in my city despite there only being 6 portals. This is going to be amazing. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/miTMs.png[/IMG]

I sold my SGS3 today and bought a Nexus 4 :rock: It's so sexy

Hey Media Storage is taking up a lot of data and I know what it is but should I clear the data? It's like 10Mb and is it really necessary? Also POBox Touch, do I even need that? Can I like un install it?

[QUOTE=garychencool;38547045]Hey Media Storage is taking up a lot of data and I know what it is but should I clear the data? It's like 10Mb and is it really necessary? Also POBox Touch, do I even need that? Can I like un install it?[/QUOTE] Dear god 10mb is a lot of data to you.

[QUOTE=BagMinge104;38538467]I got Garnet Red on mine but I dunno if you are on AT&T, it's carrier exclusive. I love it though: [img]http://1.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/garnet-red-att-galaxy-s3-2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Oh my, I had that option, I just stuck with the white one

[QUOTE=Doritos_Man;38546763]I sold my SGS3 today and bought a Nexus 4 :rock: It's so sexy[/QUOTE] are you insane