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

[QUOTE=Ezhik;39056239]and that's why i don't want to use it, i need something that works out of the box, and itunes does that for me[/QUOTE] fair enough

I just got the Galaxy S III, and this is my first experience with an Android phone. It's a great device, but I prefer the UI of the Nexus phones. Figuring out how to mod it to look like that.

I can't use stand-alone Android anymore at all, it has to be Cyanogen. Then again, Cyanogen is pretty available on everything I would ever consider having, and it fucking rules, so that's not a negative.

[QUOTE=Swiket;39056943]I just got the Galaxy S III, and this is my first experience with an Android phone. It's a great device, but I prefer the UI of the Nexus phones. Figuring out how to mod it to look like that.[/QUOTE] One thing would be flashing a custom ROM (CyanogenMod), but then you lose a great majority of pretty good features that the stock S3 firmware offers. Or you can get a theme, but finding one that looks good enough will be a nightmare. And you need to be rooted to do that. Or you can at least get a custom launcher (search Apex Launcher or Nova Launcher on the Play Store) which will give your homescreen and app drawer a more Holo (that's the stock Android UI name btw) look.

So, is Cyanogenmod really all that? Should I flash it on my GS3? I'm still amazed by going from 2.3.3 to 4.1.2, with all these new features and smooth things, I'm still blown away by multitasking because FINALLY I can have a game up and running, then get a text, close it, respond to the text and then open the game again exactly where I was

i havent made a single modification on my GS3, havent found a reason to do so

[QUOTE=FlashFireSix;39057088]So, is Cyanogenmod really all that? Should I flash it on my GS3? I'm still amazed by going from 3.2.2 to 4.1.2, with all these new features and smooth things, I'm still blown away by multitasking because FINALLY I can have a game up and running, then get a text, close it, respond to the text and then open the game again exactly where I was[/QUOTE] I think you mean 2.3.3 unless you miraculously got Honeycomb on your phone :v: CM is [B]great[/B], but on a phone like the S3 I'd really spend more time in getting something like a theme or certain AOSP apps instead. You'll lose so many custom features that Samsung loaded the phone with.

[QUOTE=TippZ;39057105]i havent made a single modification on my GS3, havent found a reason to do so[/QUOTE] I installed SiyahKernel, and got Stweaks and fiddled with some of the EQ's and other in depth settings rooted it, of course the only thing I could think that would make me want a custom rom is the RAM usage on the S3, I have the international 1gb version and it's only a minor problem, but running apps often relaunch when I open then from the multitasking menu, making it pointless as I may aswell just relaunch it anyway as it ran out of memory

i got the LTE version so i have 2GB of ram

[QUOTE=iCole;39057127]I think you mean 2.3.3 unless you miraculously got Honeycomb on your phone :v: CM is [B]great[/B], but on a phone like the S3 I'd really spend more time in getting something like a theme or certain AOSP apps instead. You'll lose so many custom features that Samsung loaded the phone with.[/QUOTE] this is the second time I've done that, and the second time you've responded saying that :v: oh well, corrected I'll stay stock for now then, seeing as it is overflowing with features (alternative title: why can't I hold all these features)

The thing I'm really in love with, in regards to Cyanogen, is the rapid development combined with fast and easy installations of the nightlies. Just take a look at [URL="https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_kernel_samsung_smdk4210/commit/0b7eacb438f217b730a74f5d254ef12810a8b78e"]this[/URL]. When a problem is found, code gets created and pushed out at a pretty amazing speed.

I'm on CM10 on my Epic 4G Touch After today's build, I keep getting this popup message on the bottom center of my screen that simply says "/storage/sdcard0." Shows up every five seconds or so. WTF is causing this and how do I stop it?

[QUOTE=nikomo;39057202]The thing I'm really in love with, in regards to Cyanogen, is the rapid development combined with fast and easy installations of the nightlies. Just take a look at [URL="https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_kernel_samsung_smdk4210/commit/0b7eacb438f217b730a74f5d254ef12810a8b78e"]this[/URL]. When a problem is found, code gets created and pushed out at a pretty amazing speed.[/QUOTE] But it broke the camera on my N8010 :(

[QUOTE=faze;39057232]I'm on CM10 on my Epic 4G Touch After today's build, I keep getting this popup message on the bottom center of my screen that simply says "/storage/sdcard0." Shows up every five seconds or so. WTF is causing this and how do I stop it?[/QUOTE] Do you update daily? I went back 4 days of changelogs for epicmtd and didn't see anything of importance.

[QUOTE=nikomo;39057293]Do you update daily? I went back 4 days of changelogs for epicmtd and didn't see anything of importance.[/QUOTE] I do update daily. It's not an official build though.

[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;39050631]2.x is the Android OS for smartphones that might as well be featurephones. 4.x is usually for the higher end stuff.[/QUOTE] Why yes, "usually" the but them you have my phone and the HTC Desire C having ICS. :v:

[QUOTE=iCole;39057065]One thing would be flashing a custom ROM (CyanogenMod), but then you lose a great majority of pretty good features that the stock S3 firmware offers. Or you can get a theme, but finding one that looks good enough will be a nightmare. And you need to be rooted to do that. Or you can at least get a custom launcher (search Apex Launcher or Nova Launcher on the Play Store) which will give your homescreen and app drawer a more Holo (that's the stock Android UI name btw) look.[/QUOTE] Thanks, I just installed Holo Launcher. Wish there was something similar for the lockscreen, but I'll live.

So I've been using Firefox beta and holy shit it's smooth as fuck. Still in beta hence having bugs all over the place.

[QUOTE=garychencool;39057598]So I've been using Firefox beta and holy shit it's smooth as fuck. Still in beta hence having bugs all over the place.[/QUOTE] Firefox was a shit browser ever since it hit the Android platform.

My only problem is with it's poor UI

[QUOTE=garychencool;39057598]So I've been using Firefox beta and holy shit it's smooth as fuck. Still in beta hence having bugs all over the place.[/QUOTE] I'd recommend downloading the [url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/aurora/]Aurora[/url] builds because for some reason, they seem to have less bugs than beta.

Any other browsers to check out then?

[url]http://i.imgur.com/2pcuE.png[/url] Should the "Android OS" process be taking this much battery? It was even higher when I woke up this morning, and my device lost like 15% battery overnight

considering "Android OS" is actually all the little shit that doesn't warrant having its own battery meter, the fact that its highest in your battery consumption list is actually not bad

[QUOTE=Swiket;39057561]Thanks, I just installed Holo Launcher. Wish there was something similar for the lockscreen, but I'll live.[/QUOTE] Holo locker is a lock screen based on the vanilla android locker. It's actually hard to tell the difference between the two. It will display the owner information like any other jelly bean lock screen as well, as long as you're running JB. I use it to replace the annoying Motorola lock screen.

[QUOTE=Ezhik;39051529]i don't want to theme it i just want it to work fine when i install it[/QUOTE] please explain the problem because honestly unless you're installing some older version it's flawless [editline]1st January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Ezhik;39056239]and that's why i don't want to use it, i need something that works out of the box, and itunes does that for me[/QUOTE] ...it does work out of the box oh my god just because it doesn't have fancy shit like "OMG ASSORT MY MUSIC BY HOW POPULAR THIS ARTIST WAS" doesn't mean it's bad. it just doesn't feature stupid shit that's only used by a small amount of people who want a music player to fit their custom specific needs

[QUOTE=The First 11'er;39058767]please explain the problem because honestly unless you're installing some older version it's flawless [editline]1st January 2013[/editline] ...it does work out of the box oh my god just because it doesn't have fancy shit like "OMG ASSORT MY MUSIC BY HOW POPULAR THIS ARTIST WAS" doesn't mean it's bad. it just doesn't feature stupid shit that's only used by a small amount of people who want a music player to fit their custom specific needs[/QUOTE] i never said it was bad i just said that i don't want to use it because it doesn't come with features i need and i don't want to fuck with plugins

[QUOTE=faze;39057602]Firefox was a shit browser ever since it hit the Android platform.[/QUOTE] It's faster than Chrome now, by a long shot. [editline]1st January 2013[/editline] IE10 is stupidly fast as a mobile browser, just putting that out.

[QUOTE=faze;39057232]I'm on CM10 on my Epic 4G Touch After today's build, I keep getting this popup message on the bottom center of my screen that simply says "/storage/sdcard0." Shows up every five seconds or so. WTF is causing this and how do I stop it?[/QUOTE] Re-flashed 12/31 and I still get the message. Time to reflash... Gotta love buggy apps.

[QUOTE=The First 11'er;39058767]please explain the problem because honestly unless you're installing some older version it's flawless [editline]1st January 2013[/editline] ...it does work out of the box oh my god just because it doesn't have fancy shit like "OMG ASSORT MY MUSIC BY HOW POPULAR THIS ARTIST WAS" doesn't mean it's bad. it just doesn't feature stupid shit that's only used by a small amount of people who want a music player to fit their custom specific needs[/QUOTE] Calm down man, it's just a music player, just because people don't think F2K is the best doesn't mean you need to get butthurt about it it's called an opinion