FM radios are indeed hardware specific, you won't be able to find a generic fm radio app. Your phone might even not support fm radio at all...Originally Posted by Lana Torrin
Can you even get one? Wouldn't the radio hardware be phone specific?
You will however find shitloads of internet radio apps.
Last edited by balistic void; July 2 2012 at 02:59:42 PM.
Exactly.the ROM I use came with the miui radio, which turns on Bluetooth to get signal, so goodbye battery.Maybe its me but your post makes no sense.
FM radio apps? Why would they use Bluetooth.
tappin dat talk
I have also used what looks like the stock one but can't find it.
Last night I found spirit free radio, but functionality has been locked out unless I pirate it.
Well, the end of my current phone contract is fast approaching... and I'm wanting to upgrade. So, I come here for advice.
First off, I dislike apple, so no iPhone. Also, BlackBerry is not going to exist a year from now, and I dislike physical keyboards.
I'm currently looking at either the Galaxy S3 or the HTC One X as options. The reviews/comparisons online say that they're pretty damn close to each other, and it's mostly a preference thing. Anyone have either phone/care to comment?
Also, I've looked at the phone contracts from the major carriers here (I'm in Manitoba, so MTS, Telus and Rogers - rogers is out 'cause they're dicks.), and I'm thinking that my best bet is to buy an unlocked phone and go with a month-to-month plan. Any reason I should be wary of this idea? (and, does anyone know a good source to get either the Galaxy S3 or the HTC One X online?)
I'm also considering rooting the phone (or at least the possibility). Any major reasons I should avoid that/should do that?
Very funny, Scotty, now beam down my pants.
So my first Galaxy S3 was broke (Kept crashing). Hopefully getting the replacement one today. Fingers crossed for one that works!
Could wait for a Nexus - Google phone with instant updates (Instead of updates 10 months later when the phone company approves it). Will come with Jellybean too.
Got the HTC One X and the screen is HUGE! It gets some getting used to, but the 720p screen and the quad core really shine when you use a lot of different apps. On my desire my twitter client or game would stutter when a bunch of mails came in via exchange & gmail, now it just all flows perfectly. The space on the phone is also more than enough.
Colleague has the S3, is very happy with it as well and I've tried it out and it's about the same. I'm just very fond of HTC Sense and how it integrates everything for me, so for me the choice was easy.
Basically this.Could wait for a Nexus - Google phone with instant updates (Instead of updates 10 months later when the phone company approves it). Will come with Jellybean too.
Nexus-> Hardware inferior, Google superior
S3-> Hardware superior, up to Samsung on the coding(and possibly your carrier too. Too many hands in that cookie jar)
we have them in the office (some of the dudes got them as company phones, the rest are for testing) and they are fucking HUGE. like, hard to hold huge. borderline dell streak size but wafer thin.
good phones, in the same way the ipad would be a good phone.
Midgets y u so mad at sgs3?
Hi, it's me again, the tard who killed his Desire HD GPS antenna a couple months ago.
Well GPS reception was pissing me off once again, not even getting getting a proper fix outside with clear sky(even after a while only ~4-5 satellites with SNR of 15-20 db according to GPS Test) so I gave it another go.
This time I applied small blobs of solder directly to the golden spring contacts on the PCB and didn't mess with the antenna cover.
Verdict: Huge fucking success.
Booted up, launched GPS Test and within a couple seconds I had a lock to 9 satellites and overall increase of ~10dB. In my flat. With the blinds shut.
The HTC guy responsible for the design of the GPS antenna on the Desire HD should be shitcanned, sobad.
Freakin sprin contacts with 0.1 mm² contact surface connecting to a shitty strip of conductive paint on the antenna/flash cover.
would rooting the S3 and installing ICS (or jellybean) clean be worth it? also, looking at the numbers, it makes financial sense for me to get an unlocked phone and go month-to-month (if I don't want to be locked in to a 3 year contract)Basically this.Could wait for a Nexus - Google phone with instant updates (Instead of updates 10 months later when the phone company approves it). Will come with Jellybean too.
Nexus-> Hardware inferior, Google superior
S3-> Hardware superior, up to Samsung on the coding(and possibly your carrier too. Too many hands in that cookie jar)
Very funny, Scotty, now beam down my pants.
I thought exactly the same way. Bought my nexus one outright from google, and went on month-to-month. It's almost 3 years later and I've got the same phone, and all this time I've had a shitty month to month plan and no upgrade option. You have to keep in mind, the companies are in close competition so its not like one will be far better than the other in a year or something. Also they use different network technology, so since my phone only works on Rogers, there is literally no reason NOT to sign a contract since I couldn't get 3g+ speeds using the other networks anyway.would rooting the S3 and installing ICS (or jellybean) clean be worth it? also, looking at the numbers, it makes financial sense for me to get an unlocked phone and go month-to-month (if I don't want to be locked in to a 3 year contract)Basically this.Could wait for a Nexus - Google phone with instant updates (Instead of updates 10 months later when the phone company approves it). Will come with Jellybean too.
Nexus-> Hardware inferior, Google superior
S3-> Hardware superior, up to Samsung on the coding(and possibly your carrier too. Too many hands in that cookie jar)
The contract people get better plans, cheaper phones, and upgrade deals. With Rogers btw... yes they are shit but the others aren't much better. Their prices are a few cents off each other last I checked, its silly. Basically I'm saying... yes I've had "freedom" from a contract. But there is little point unless I wanted to re-buy another phone to join another provider.
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In theory yes. But put it like this, cm9 only just officially came out for the sgs2. If you go the custom route yes you can have the latest android but it will be a beta rom with probably lots of minor problems (bluetooth or video not working etc). SGS3 is brand new so will takes ages for roms to catch up again.
Conversely with a Nexus device you have the latest shizzle, and it's an official rom...
Sooo.... Are you guys still suggesting this fragmentation bullshit isn't a big deal? Having recently switched, I'm finding it even more of a PITA than I feared.
Wouldn't mind 4.1, but not at the cost of my phone missing basic functionality until who knows when.
Yes and no. I highly doubt that the average user really cares that much about his/her version of the phone OS. It's nice to have the latest stuff, but if you ask the average user which android (or iOS) version their phone is using they won't know the answer. It's not like a phone suddenly stops working.
For powerusers it's more annoying, but for those iPhones have their own problem with their highly restrictive garden which essentially requires jailbreaking if you want to do anything halfway "non-conform". In general you will have fewer problems with Android "beta" roms compared to iOS jailbreak roms. Unlike with commercial software Android roms usually only get out of beta when the people making them are happy with them, so minor issues (missing basic functionality is very much *not* a minor issue) can keep them in beta for quite a while. They are usually very useable months before they get out of beta.
tl'dr: For the average user fragmentation is no issue. For powerusers it's annoying, but there the situation (jailbreaking, custom roms, etc) is for iOS if anything worse.
That being said, it is certainly one of the major problems with android, but that does not mean its effect is major. What kinda puzzles me is why Samsung, HTC, etc still insist on adding their own version on top of those of Stock Android. Customer research should have shown them by now quite clearly that people either do not care about their additions or that they dislike them.
Yeah. As far as users are concerned, anyway. Most users couldn't give a flying fuck what version of android their phone is running, as long as it looks nice, runs smoothly, lasts 24 hours and runs whatever app you throw at it. I used to root my phone and install the VERY LATEST OF EVERYTHING like some sort of version-obsessed crack addict, but honestly since 2.3 or so other than UI improvements (wasted since I re-skin everything anyway), battery improvements (wasted since i charge every night without fail) and some minor performance bumps I've not seen the point. Fragmentation is simply not a user issue. It might be an issue for a small number of developers, but they just need to deal with it.
Jail Braking iPhones is piss easy. Rooting/Flashing and installing a new rom on an HTC One X was- Feels like I traded walled garden with Carrier/Manufacturer cockblock.
Also, i'm still bitter about not being able to play Galaxy on Fire 2 and Bejeweled!
Because it's the only thing that differentiates their products from the competitors.
Sense isn't as *bad* as, for example, lolSony and Samsungs touchwhiz. It even has useful features which still aren't in ICS/Jellybean(USB Tethering, Reverse USB Tethering, Sync over USB and so on).
Not using a sense rom anymore though, the sleekness and speed of ICS >>> those features.
@Pattern
Notsureifsrsorjustabad
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1644167
Literally one click to root.
Then it's just a matter of installing rom manager and choosing one.
Last edited by Stoffl; July 6 2012 at 01:18:55 PM.
Um, stock android has had USB (and wifi) tethering for what... 2 years?
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Not necessarily. Stuff like the screen size and type, physical (or not) home buttons, quality of the sound chips, battery size, etc. can result in quite a few differences. And while their own skinning of Android further differentiates them it is more of a negative effect. You buy a Samsung smartphone despite touchwhiz, not partly because it.
They could instead implement their own additions as smartphone-hardware-locked Apps on top of stock android, that way we wouldn't have issues with Android updates and users could decide which of the extra features they want to keep.
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