hello friends
happy christmas 2 all of u
hope u people are fine
i am comming from htc hero g2 there we have a app2sd where in all the application are saved to sd card... i am using samsung vibrant from last 5 months and now since i have installed lots of games and apps . i have a query that is there any limitation for installing the apps (apart from internal memory)
is there any way or tip to increase the size of data folder
Nah dude okay the reason those 1st gen phones have it is because they only had like 150 mb of storage where as the vibrant has over a gigabyte of storage. In froyo it does it but I miss the rooted style
I had a g1 with 350 apps at one time and it ran smooth
But the vibrant gets slower since it os using internal and not external
Too bad there are no roms that support apps2sd rooted but you can always download an app
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[or, is there any budget device which is more future-proof?]
So, I recently sold my ZTE Blade to buy a (used) Motorola Milestone and payed something like 50 euros more than the price I sold the Blade for.
I got, though, quite disappointed by the phone's performance. RAM was full even when no real-world applications were running. The phone lagged and I thought this was an issue with the default ROM, so I flashed an aftermarket ROM. I still stood no chance. Performance was horrible and when I found that the bootloader is locked down I was even more disappointed. It seemed like a waste of money to me.
The bootloader being locked down is a bad thing. It also means that the phone can't have any future. At all. Also, all the drivers are closed source and can't really be applied to custom ROMs. It means it won't have any version above 2.3.7 too.
So, no ICS for me. I was really expecting it. What really dragged me down afterwards was that everyone said the phone is OLD. OLD? Can you believe it? I had just bought it and it was old? I think this is the worst buy I've ever made.
After all now, I'm quickly looking to replace my Milestone with a future-proof phone. When I say future-proof I really mean it. So, in my head future-proof means:
- ability to run Android 4 and even Android 5 when it gets released
- unlocked bootloader
- available kernels; last version of Linux would be appreciated
- good enough CPU and GPU
- much available RAM
After looking at the forums all I can say is that Galaxy S has the following:
- unlocked bootloader
- available Linux 3.0 kernel
- running Android 4
- 1GHz CPU
- no more Samsung support (no stock ICS)
And that's all I really know. I'd be genuinely interested on what you believe about the future of the phone and if it will be worth buying.
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No phone at all is future proof.
No one can tell you if any current phone will run, android 5. No one even knows what that is yet, or what power would be required to run it.
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greeced said:
No phone at all is future proof.
No one can tell you if any current phone will run, android 5. No one even knows what that is yet, or what power would be required to run it.
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You're right.
You understand here, though, that I'm not serious about Android 5, I'm just asking if it has the potential to run any newer software that what we might consider now.
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Anything that's out now SHOULD run, but without an official or leaked ics rom from Samsung, you're just hoping ported ics roms are ported correctly.
But at this point, without official drivers for ics for the i9000, it's hard to give a concrete answer. At least, until the Nexus S rom is officially available and given the i9000 love from developers. Seeing as it's the closest thing to the sgs.
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I have the 8gb model Nexus 4, and it comes with 5.67 gb available to the user. My concern is what that other space is being used for, which I assume is the OS, and why then does the phone need 2.3 GB for the OS when we flash whole ROMS that are a couple hundred MB's. And will new rom upgrades in the future not work on my 8gb because of storage issues I assume everytime Google puts out a new version of Android its gonna require more space on the phone, and my question is how long till my 8gb phone cant support those upgrades anymore?
Righteous Joe said:
I have the 8gb model Nexus 4, and it comes with 5.67 gb available to the user. My concern is what that other space is being used for, which I assume is the OS, and why then does the phone need 2.3 GB for the OS when we flash whole ROMS that are a couple hundred MB's. And will new rom upgrades in the future not work on my 8gb because of storage issues I assume everytime Google puts out a new version of Android its gonna require more space on the phone, and my question is how long till my 8gb phone cant support those upgrades anymore?
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Google promises support for Nexus devices, small or large storage. They will stop updates when they stop updates for the 16 gig version
To answer your ROM question, you'll notice that ROMs are .zip files which means all the files are compressed into a couple hundred megabytes but are really more
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Hello to everyone,
I 'm thinking on buying S4 Mini LTE (i9195), to replace my old and precious HTC Desire, and i am a little conserned about the few rom variants that are present so far for the device by the community.
I don't see any miui, aosp, aokp or cm variants (PA, Android Revolution HD etc.) beeing for the device for the time beeing and I am worried if the hole android community is not going to embrace the S4 Mini. I would like to have your thoughts and your experience in general by using the device.
Thanks in advance and sorry if this matter is already discussed elsewhere.
I can give you my opinion, for what it's worth, as a new user who migrated a few days ago from Galaxy S2. I actually wanted an S4 but my finger slipped on ebay and I got an S4 mini instead. I've got a 64Gb SDcard because I carry a lot of media files.
Like you, I thought the custom rom market for the S4mini was a bit weak. But actually it's not bad, considering the few weeks since phone release - we have a way to root and a few 4.2.2 and 4.3 roms available.
First thing I did was to root and remove samsung bloatware with a script from xda. Then I reformatted my sdcard to fat32 'cos I want to be able to mount it in CWM. Now I'm going to wait tile some stable 4.3 roms emerge and CWM mounting of exfat disks is fixed before deciding to stay with stock or move to something else.
The phone is pretty good - a decent size, easy to hold and operate, decent screen, good camera. It's a bit expensive and the 8Gb memory is a pain but at least it has an sdcard slot and replaceable battery which many competitors don't.
tip: buy the i9195 (LTE) variant, I think it's more future-proofed than the others.
Good luck with your decision
Im about to swap my Iphone 5 for an s4
having owned HTC ONE, Note 2, Xperia z before, i terribly miss Android...
My concern for the s4 is memory space, I've read that only 9GB are available
also battery life is meant to be less than the HTC ONE is this true
and people have said stear clear as the s4 lags like crazy
hopefully im making the right decision, any advise would be great
Memory is ~ 9 GB , it's right. I don't have a HTC One but I can say the S4 Battery is ok. I don't know if you will stay on stock or you will root and use custom roms/kernel , with original stock you can come on 4-5 hours screen on time, with custom roms and kernel more ( my own experience , every user and phone are different )
About lags I can't say anything,I never use stock roms , with aosp I have no lags.
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Memory is ~ 9 GB , it's right. I don't have a HTC One but I can say the S4 Battery is ok. I don't know if you will stay on stock or you will root and use custom roms/kernel , with original stock you can come on 4-5 hours screen on time, with custom roms and kernel more ( my own experience , every user and phone are different )
About lags I can't say anything,I never use stock roms , with aosp I have no lags.
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9GB blimey thats pants, coming form a 64GB Iphone...eek, can you install apps on the SD card?
It's enough, you can use a external SD Card you can move apps to SD yes ( I think with stock it's possible too but as I say I never use stock roms ). I never need it, I have 200+apps on my phone ,a lot of backups, pictures and more and never had problems with space only music is on my external card. For me personal the space is enough
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It's enough, you can use a external SD Card you can move apps to SD yes ( I think with stock it's possible too but as I say I never use stock roms ). I never need it, I have 200+apps on my phone ,a lot of backups, pictures and more and never had problems with space only music is on my external card. For me personal the space is enough
GT-I9505 ~ SlimBean ~ Aosp 4.3.1
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Thanks, apparently he is throwing in a 64gb card, so thats handy, I am interested in the Samsung more, as we have just got a Samsung Smart TV, so im hoping I can utilise some of the features etc...
I would say Samsung is a good choice and all in all I think you will like it I use the most time nexus phones ( I am a aosp freak ) but as second phone I use to 95 percent Samsung phones.
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I switched a while back from 5 to S4.
And my conclusion is that I can do whatever i want with the phone
fatihbatur said:
I switched a while back from 5 to S4.
And my conclusion is that I can do whatever i want with the phone
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I would say that new firmware has bought the new Knox bootloaders on them. Again certain things will trigger the Knox warranty status making Knox useless but apparently also making the warranty useless and you can't reverse this not yet anyway if you trigger the flag. Bare that in mind if warranty is something that is crucial.
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I dont care about the Knox.
When there will be a hardwarematic problem with my s4 I will repair it self.
I dont need Samsung or Apple for this. (I owned more then 10 iPhones in the past without any need of the customer service)
Iphones are so overated with iOS 7 and the animations that go with the new os. touchwiz lag will be unnoticeable compared to that, but a good thing is you can turn off all the animations which in iphones you cant plus turn off s-voice via home key and it'll fly. If I was you I'd trade it for a 32 gig. I traded my 16 gig iPhone 5 for a 32 gig. But I mean the deal is on the table now and a 64 gig SD card with apps to SD is helpful. Plus rooting an adding a ROM makes it much better.
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fatihbatur said:
I dont care about the Knox.
When there will be a hardwarematic problem with my s4 I will repair it self.
I dont need Samsung or Apple for this. (I owned more then 10 iPhones in the past without any need of the customer service)
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Lol tech support is always online just use Google to find what you need to do
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Like everyone above said, you can install apps on the SD card. Also it works nicely with samsung smart tvs (Allshare and tv remote controls via WatchON app). I'm currently running Omega v13 ROM and theres no lag whatsoever.
Thanks for all your advice, best response from any post I've had on these forums. Thanks for not just telling me to google it.
Must admit I'm quite excited about having so many sensors. Like barometer, temp, proximity. Are there apps that utilise these.
Oh it seems the S4 is locked to EE, i need it to run with o2/giffgaff, is it easy to unlock these s4's, with iphones its a nightmare, should I not do the swap
THUDUK said:
Oh it seems the S4 is locked to EE, i need it to run with o2/giffgaff, is it easy to unlock these s4's, with iphones its a nightmare, should I not do the swap
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I can't really say because I'm in the US but even if we unlocked a phone say att for Verizon or vice versa we wouldn't be able to utilize the data plan like a carrier based phone. So say you got LTE on att phone but att won't allow you to bring an unlocked Verizon phone to att you can still get service make phone calls but you won't be able to get LTE and its just a headache to deal with. If I was you I'd shop around some more and see if you can get your carriers s4.
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Got it, wow what a phone, makes the iPhone 5 seem like a small toy