Which version (made in Korea, made in Chaina, others) of Galazy S3 is better? In case of the availability of multiple versions which one should be chosen?
sameee781 said:
Which version (made in Korea, made in Chaina, others) of Galazy S3 is better? In case of the availability of multiple versions which one should be chosen?
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This topic should be in the Q&A section(http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1569), not the general.
The I9300 is the international version, I think that one suits you best.
"Galaxy S3 makers"? Are you looking for an alien life force?
Choose the international version (GT-I9300). It will get the fastest updates and it has the most development work being done on it (and it will continue to be developer supported for a very long time).
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Hi Guys,
Here in france, we only have the option of the M110S Galaxy S and not the i9000.
Since I am very interested in changing the rom to a non-touch wiz rom and since we do not have a M110S section here, does that mean that the same process etc can be used with both?
I would appreciate any help on this topic.
As far as I know the M110S is the korean version. In France as well as in Europe, they only sell the i9000. I wonder how you ended up with an M110S...
Looking at the phone specs and pictures I can't see any differences between it and the Galaxy S, so I'm curious as to why it has a different model name?....
Is it CDMA or something? As to my knowledge all i9000 are GSM, so that's the only thing I could think of.
well.. i havent bought it yet. i browsed through the website of orange and matched the pic to the m110s..
I'll have a look at it and confirm..
na we have the i9000 in France
Orange doesn't even have it yet (although there are ways to get it through shops like the phone house and all).
So far only Virgin, Bouygues/Universal Mobile have it in shop
phonehouse.com and phoneandphone.com have them.
Bought mine at phoneanphone.com and couldnt be happier.
AXIS of Reality said:
Looking at the phone specs and pictures I can't see any differences between it and the Galaxy S, so I'm curious as to why it has a different model name?....
Is it CDMA or something? As to my knowledge all i9000 are GSM, so that's the only thing I could think of.
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DMB, different firmware (and hence different software, no swype, no social app, some features like swipe left/right in contacts for text/phone call are gone), I believe a different radio. DMB and a quicker Froyo launch are big wins, the rest is BS that pisses me off
(SHW-m110s owner)
alovell83 said:
DMB, different firmware (and hence different software, no swype, no social app, some features like swipe left/right in contacts for text/phone call are gone), I believe a different radio. DMB and a quicker Froyo launch are big wins, the rest is BS that pisses me off
(SHW-m110s owner)
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no froyo at all..
i have a m110s galaxy from korea
it was working here in philippines but the dmb tuner is useless here
chrisluffy25 said:
no froyo at all..
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SK05 and SK22 are both official froyo. Both released last month.
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chrisluffy25 said:
no froyo at all..
i have a m110s galaxy from korea
it was working here in philippines but the dmb tuner is useless here
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Hi Chrisluffy25,
I would like to ask you what issues have you encountered when using the galaxy s m110s (korean version of galaxy S) in the philippines?
i heard there are some problems compared to using the galaxy s i9000 in the philippines.
Appreciate your inputs.
ahaha.. i said that no froyo at all but im in froyo now without rooting the phone...and oh yes!! it was a great device but as i said.. dmb tuner is useless maybe until 20 years from now..
how much do you planning to buy?
I changed from Samsung Galaxy S2 to Samsung Galaxytab 7.7 3G.
In xda-developers forum there are many Roms (Custom and Stock) for the S2 but only a few for the Galaxy Tab 7.7.
What is the reason for this?
Will there be more roms if ICS for Galaxy Tab 7.7 is out?
I dont understand why there are only a few roms for this really great TAB
I think because it is such a new product and also development is focussed on ICS and there is a fair amount of work to port from CM9 from other devices and build a working rom with no issues.
It is close though! I can't wait.
The custom tweaked and stock v3 is soon to be released and if anything like v2 it will be even better and run very well.
Lets support our devoted devs!!!
The answer probably is:
GS II sold a ton of devices (10 millions at least) and was brought to Us early
GT 7.7 is selling few devices and in Us came only trough verizon few time ago
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I remember reading awhile ago an interview with one of the CM developers saying that he's sick of samsung not updating/releasing their exynos codes and as such he stopped develpoing for samsung devices.
As i'm looking to upgrade my s2 to a new phone I'm wondering if we'll see better support from samsung for the developers this time.
any thoughts?
two words- ignore exynos
tal123 said:
I remember reading awhile ago an interview with one of the CM developers saying that he's sick of samsung not updating/releasing their exynos codes and as such he stopped develpoing for samsung devices.
As i'm looking to upgrade my s2 to a new phone I'm wondering if we'll see better support from samsung for the developers this time.
any thoughts?
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i9505 is a much better choice if you want the stock Android experience. Don't know if you missed it, but Google are launching a Google Edition of the S4(SD600 version), which means it'll be much better supported than the i9500.
yeah just a shame that the exynos version is the only version you can buy in some country's(mine included)
would be much easier buying that one over the GE one!
check areas of custom rom, there more for exynos.
lol I got the qualcom version. haven't seen exynos version is that the I9500 ?
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lol I got the qualcom version. haven't seen exynos version is that the I9500 ?
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Exynos version is i9500 (plus I believe one Korean version and one Chinese version). Which so far has no CM/AOSP support whatsoever. All of the former Exynos CM maintainers have stopped working with Samsungs, leaving only those who worked with Snapdragon-based Samsungs (of which there were quite a few...) still working on Samsung devices. So far not a single person with a track record of doing good CM bringups/maintenance has stated their intention to touch the Exynos variant.
Snapdragon versions are I9505, I337, M919, not sure what the Verizon and Sprint versions are. M919 got CM support from Cyanogen himself within a day or two of launch, and all other Snapdragon versions are just needing maintainers. Of the Snapdragon versions, the I9505 seems to be getting the least attention. (Except for maybe the bootloader-locked I337...) But the I9505 can leverage M919 and other Snapdragon work, the Exynos version stands on its own, sharing nothing with any other device.
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Exynos version is i9500 (plus I believe one Korean version and one Chinese version). Which so far has no CM/AOSP support whatsoever. All of the former Exynos CM maintainers have stopped working with Samsungs, leaving only those who worked with Snapdragon-based Samsungs (of which there were quite a few...) still working on Samsung devices. So far not a single person with a track record of doing good CM bringups/maintenance has stated their intention to touch the Exynos variant.
Snapdragon versions are I9505, I337, M919, not sure what the Verizon and Sprint versions are. M919 got CM support from Cyanogen himself within a day or two of launch, and all other Snapdragon versions are just needing maintainers. Of the Snapdragon versions, the I9505 seems to be getting the least attention. (Except for maybe the bootloader-locked I337...) But the I9505 can leverage M919 and other Snapdragon work, the Exynos version stands on its own, sharing nothing with any other device.
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some people are trying port cm to exynos but with no samsung support must be painful, samething happen with gs3
are there custom roms for Galaxy S5 prime? I haven't seen any.. and there's no xda forum for the s5 prime right?
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are there custom roms for Galaxy S5 prime? I haven't seen any.. and there's no xda forum for the s5 prime right?
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Officially the "S5 prime" isn't a S5 model at all. according to Samsung at least. We all know it is a derivative model though. No dedicated subform here. As the phone has now been designated an Asian market only phone, pretty much everything is in Chinese or Korean. There is a thread dedicted to the prime here (just do simple search for it) that tabulates what is available for the model. The last I looked it was just rooting methods plus a few semi-custom Chinese ROMs.
As a niche model limited to China and Korea; and with it's own firmware path and incompatible drivers we probably won't see a wealth of custom ROMs for it. More likely you will see a 900H type path with very little development simply because most developers won't own the variant.
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oic... this variant specs is pretty awesome though.. the galaxy s5 should have had these specs in the first place!
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the galaxy s5 should have had these specs in the first place!
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Agreed. But Samsung took the safe, conservative way out and didn't break much real new ground with the S5. They just refined the S4 and added more apps. More to the point, amongst all the rumours of a S5 Prime model, Samsung blatantly lied and told us categorically that there would be no forthcoming S5 prime model, to boost initial S5 sales. They didn't want people holding off in wait for the Prime version.
That created a lot of anger and outrage when the deception was revealed. And a lot of us suspect that the S5 Prime was originally planned for wide release, but to save face was subsequently designated as an Asian market only handset. At the very least, it was criminal that Samsung released the original S5 with a 16 GB ROM in NA and less RAM than the existing N3. Criminal because the S5 was supposedly the flagship device, but the marketing people new thought that they could get away with the inferior specs.
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And as another nail in the coffin of the so called S5 Prime gaining wider distribution.. Samsung just announced (earlier today) a Note 3.5 model. If you look at the specs, it's really the S5 Prime with a 5.6" screen positioned as an intermediate Note model.
Obviously a face saving move allowing them to continue the charade that the S5 Prime was never intended for worldwide sales. The new model is being called the Note Edge and makes it even less likely that you will see many custom ROMs for the "S5 Prime".
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yeahman45 said:
are there custom roms for Galaxy S5 prime? I haven't seen any.. and there's no xda forum for the s5 prime right?
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I had spent some time looking as we'll but couldn't find anything.
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And as another nail in the coffin of the so called S5 Prime gaining wider distribution.. Samsung just announced (earlier today) a Note 3.5 model. If you look at the specs, it's really the S5 Prime with a 5.6" screen positioned as an intermediate Note model.
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The note 4 has the same specs as the G906 (S5 "Prime", which is a Korea only model)... So maybe other than the S Pen it'll have similar hardware.... But who knows till we see a ROM!
Besides that Miscom has made a custom ROM for it (G906), just with root and a bit of de-bloating. It is super fast on it, so I'm not sure what you want from a custom rom.
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fffft said:
And as another nail in the coffin of the so called S5 Prime gaining wider distribution.. Samsung just announced (earlier today) a Note 3.5 model. If you look at the specs, it's really the S5 Prime with a 5.6" screen positioned as an intermediate Note model.
Obviously a face saving move allowing them to continue the charade that the S5 Prime was never intended for worldwide sales. The new model is being called the Note Edge and makes it even less likely that you will see many custom ROMs for the "S5 Prime".
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Please explain how the S5 "Prime" is gaining wider distribution.
The Note edge is more than just a 5.6 inch S5 Prime. Have you seen it's defining software features? With what you're saying, this applies to the G3, M8, Find 7, Z2 and Z3 and pretty much most of the flagship devices coming out this year. The Note Edge and Note 4 are completely different devices to the Note 3 and S5 Prime, unless of course you are just looking at what brand chipset it has and how it has the iconic Galaxy design.
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fffft said:
Agreed. But Samsung took the safe, conservative way out and didn't break much real new ground with the S5. They just refined the S4 and added more apps. More to the point, amongst all the rumours of a S5 Prime model, Samsung blatantly lied and told us categorically that there would be no forthcoming S5 prime model, to boost initial S5 sales. They didn't want people holding off in wait for the Prime version.
That created a lot of anger and outrage when the deception was revealed. And a lot of us suspect that the S5 Prime was originally planned for wide release, but to save face was subsequently designated as an Asian market only handset. At the very least, it was criminal that Samsung released the original S5 with a 16 GB ROM in NA and less RAM than the existing N3. Criminal because the S5 was supposedly the flagship device, but the marketing people new thought that they could get away with the inferior specs.
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I wouldn't call it a Prime model, I would call it a region specific model. Aren't those two exclusive to South Korea and parts of Europe?
do you guys any chinese/korean forums where there are custom roms for the samsung galaxt s5 prime? I can get a prime for almost the same price as the galaxy s5 .. but I am hesitating because of the lack of roms
yeahman45 said:
do you guys any chinese/korean forums where there are custom roms for the samsung galaxt s5 prime? I can get a prime for almost the same price as the galaxy s5 .. but I am hesitating because of the lack of roms
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U can go to the S5 Android development forums you'll get both root and ROM from Miscom for your Samsung galaxy S5 prime SM-G906K/S/L
I look for new phone, i9506 is in my opinion best phone for me, because it can record 1080p60 fps and S5 is too big and more expensive.
However in Galaxy S series I appreciate the support. By now I have first SGS and it still has daily updates. What do you think about i9506 in this respect? Will it have newer androids in next years?
przemek211 said:
I look for new phone, i9506 is in my opinion best phone for me, because it can record 1080p60 fps and S5 is too big and more expensive.
However in Galaxy S series I appreciate the support. By now I have first SGS and it still has daily updates. What do you think about i9506 in this respect? Will it have newer androids in next years?
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Heya mate,
main difference between these 2 models is their location use, i9505 is more available in europe whereas 9506 is produced for the east...
as for galaxy s4 in general, I already own it and it works great for me, just stick with the newest official rom and you won't have any problems, keep flashing the up-to-date version for your country from sammobile and you are good to go!