The Android Thread

[BaaBaa.]

is it just speed and battery life cos you can out the dross?

That's more dependant on your Kernel (In computing, the kernel is the main component of most computer operating systems; it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level) which are again downloadable and flashable from XDA, the whole process takes about 2 minutes, some are geared towards performance, some towards battery.

I get about 4 hours screen on time and it drops 1%-2% overnight but you've obviously got a bigger battery.

[BaaBaa.]

Google Music Player download. Pretty nice UI.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachm ... 1342646239

[Super Joe]

Thanks, think I'll give the rooting a go tmw if son allows me 5 spare mins!! Does look easy and I so badly wanna get rid of all the cr@p bloatware stuff.

Google Music Player download. Pretty nice UI.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachm ... 1342646239

What's the name of the player BaaBaa, the link goes straight to the .apk download? Never yet found a music player that I can settle on.


SJ

[BaaBaa.]

Thanks, think I'll give the rooting a go tmw if son allows me 5 spare mins!! Does look easy and I so badly wanna get rid of all the cr@p bloatware stuff.

Google Music Player download. Pretty nice UI.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachm ... 1342646239

What's the name of the player BaaBaa, the link goes straight to the .apk download? Never yet found a music player that I can settle on.


SJ

Play Music, it's only available on the market in America for some ridiculous reason.

It should have given you the option to install instantly, if not, go in a file explorer and it will be in your downloads, you can delete the apk once it's installed.

It's got a nice itunes style flow on the artwork.

Best player by a mile is power amp pro, put the ics skin on it and it's lovely.

Also have a look for. MP3dit pro, it let's you edit all the tags on your tunes and googles your album artwork etc.

[BaaBaa.]

think I'll give the rooting a go tmw

See you on the other side.......... Hopefully!

If you're doing the Chainfire root triple check you're installing the correct file for your firmware, once the scary part of actually rooting is done the rest is a breeze, can't go wrong really and as you say, the rooting process is actually really simple.

On the plus side, a bricked note would make an ideal bookend. Silver lining and all that.

[bonnielass]

Hi,
I live in UAE and cannot buy anything from the itunes store.
A while back somebody posted info about creating a second iTunes account, using a different ISP, I think.
Now I can 't find the thread. Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Cheers
BL

[BaaBaa.]

Probably in here somewhere. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9670&start=270&hilit=Itunes

Fortunately I don't have to deal with anything with an i infront.

[PeteC]

Probably in here somewhere. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9670&start=270&hilit=Itunes

Fortunately I don't have to deal with anything with an i infront.

Someone find out where BaaBaa lives when here and put Apple decals all over his house. Pete

[BaaBaa.]

Probably in here somewhere. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9670&start=270&hilit=Itunes

Fortunately I don't have to deal with anything with an i infront.

Someone find out where BaaBaa lives when here and put Apple decals all over his house. Pete

TBH I've never used anything by Apple on a day to day basis, I've played with iphone and macs and had itunes installed for at least a day, just not my cup of tea.

[BaaBaa.]

You'll never guess what I've got.

[BaaBaa.]

You'll never guess what I've got.

Considering this an "experimental" Jellybean for the S2 it's awesome.

Google Now works perfectly and it's at least as smooth as ICS/Cyanogenmod9 already and "project butter" hasn't been fully implemented into the S2 rom yet.

I've deleted my backups and am using this as of now, it's nigh on perfect and i'm looking forward to the developers perfecting the port.



Browser is smooth as (insert something very very smooth)

[Super Joe]

You bassa! I was hoping to beat you to the post Was nearly there in the small hours then I think I got a bit ahead of meself and naused something right up. I was sitting with a new S3 'stuck', or so I thought, in CWM recovery mode. It would only reboot to the white 'Samsung Galaxy etc' display halfway through booting. Then I decided to actually read some stuff and went back to the USB connection to 'Odin' on the laptop, re-rooted again... which cleared the bung and rebooted the phone ok... but took me to the phone with a then spasticated rom platform. And of course during that rom flash just prior, I had followed the instructions to do a wipe & reset, but not the step prior to that which was harping on about Titanium back-ups and the like. Doh!

But then took a step back and played safe with a more tried & trusted CM9 (Trebuchet), on ICS 4.0.4 which is actually what was on it from the shop, and CM9's provided 'Pinky Ghost' Kernel. In a nutshell the rom is awesome, very fast, faultless, smooth and every smart tweak you'd want.

A lot of the new improvements were already in the new 4.0.4 firmware though that's stock on the S3, and as I started rooting it the same night I got it, as you do, then I probably won't know exactly who does what. Some of the new features are hard to get your head around...
- Camera has a 'smile' mode and take the pic when someone smiles.
- Put the phone to your ear on a contacts page, or an sms they sent you, and it rings them.
- The 'x' second backlight turn off gets overruled when you're looking at the screen.
- The phone detects when it's in your pocket and rings louder.

Overnight the 6Mbps I used to get to Bangkok server has gone up to 10Mbps, which is nice... plus shot of the lockscreen, the screen quality on this model seems a big advancement on Note etc...

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I've just given up working on homescreen as decided to try a different rom or two tonight, this one's ideal if you like to set it up then leave it but I love the GO Launcher way you can edit individual icons etc and am forever fiddling with them.

If you got any ideas on good roms BaaBaa??... I like the look of this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1752232

for the help, wish I done it earlier!!
SJ

[BaaBaa.]

Haha, you've got an S3 as well now? you'll be buying Note2 soon.

Nothing to stop you using Go launcher on Cyanogen, I've just downloaded Nova launcher (paid version but found apk) which is the launcher I see mentioned most. Not had time to play with it much yet though.

I was on Paranoid Android for ages which is basically cyanogen 9 but you can change every app, menu etc seperately to tablet mode. He's updating to Jellybean very shortly, maybe even already.

Currently I'm just on the basic Cyanogenmod10:Jellybean. I just wanted to test it but it's good enough to keep and use as a "Daily driver" plus all the google now, improved notifications etc means i'm not going back to CM9/ICS.

While your playing with roms you might wanna look at Siyah kernel, you can dual boot, which means you can have 2 roms installed. ICS roms only atm though, JB will need it's own kernels.

Have a look at desktop visualiser app for messing with icons etc.

Anyway, nice one, let us know how you get on.

BTW,why's your Battery back to Gingerbread green in Speedtest pic or is that when you still had Samsung Touchwiz?

[BaaBaa.]

That Rom looks good SJ, it's Cyanogen based so it will be fine and the Aroma installation is awesome.

You've basically got 3 kinds of roms, AOSP (Android open source project) AOKP (Android open kang project) and Samsung based roms.

AOSP is Googles own source, how Android is intended by Google, eg Cyanogen, AOKP take all the work done by Cyanogen and Team Hacksung and add mods and features. AOSP stay developing the fluidity and main features of the main rom, AOKP take the code at will and stick it in theirs.

Samsung based is obviously Samsungs code after they've messed about with Googles original source, so for example the Camera will look as it did when you first buy your phone. The trouble with Samsung based is they probably won't have Jellybean for months, then they've got to develop it.

Some of your fancy S3 features you mentioned above, like the text to call thing, probably won't work in AOSP/AOKP, Samsung based should. I used a Samsung based one called Checkrom which is superb but I got sick of waiting for ICS in the end.

EDIT: That Rom is for an American S2, it will probably kill your phone

Make sure you find the correct model of your S3 btw, there's loads of American versions, I'd guess yours is international.

[Super Joe]

I decided to stay on this rom in the end last night after I downloaded 'Apex Launcher', which I now like better than GO. It seems to do everything+ that GO does, but without the Google-like proprietary add-ons. Albeit free ones. Just had a quick look at Nova as saw that being touted with some of the rom's and it's near on identical to Apex. So should be good.

So lucky I didn't try and flash that other one then!! Main reason I didn't bother is realised I'd be doing all this to Note, so better that if I make a cock-up. Cheers for your help anyway, plus that info on the AOSP/AOSK stuff, saw that and it was just another level of confusion. The rooting/kernel/rom stuff is a very basic exercise, as you said, IF you have the time etc to read and take in a lot of guff, a lot. If you're trying to rush it a bit or don't like reading reams, (my case), then it's confusing as hell. I'm off and running but don't really know what just occured

While your playing with roms you might wanna look at Siyah kernel, you can dual boot, which means you can have 2 roms installed. ICS roms only atm though, JB will need it's own kernels.
Anyway, nice one, let us know how you get on.

BTW, why's your Battery back to Gingerbread green in Speedtest pic or is that when you still had Samsung Touchwiz?

Well spotted, and very profetic given your earlier sentence!! I was going to ask about this... you know I had to go back to Odin to re-root after it wouldn't boot at the rom stage, well the initial XDA rooting guide I followed, (CF-Root-SGS3-v6.0.tar), recommended a compatible kernel that posters were raving about. So I done root+kernel at the same time via Odin and played around for a while to see if it was essentially stable before taking the big step of the rom. I see as big step as involves a system wipe & reset. After last nights play I was going to ask you if a.n.other kernel, where compatible, will really work as well as the one the rom developer proposes... because I don't think this one that came with the CM9 rom is as fast in areas, ie: internet, as that first kernel I flashed.

And taking it all full circle, that initial kernel was... Siyah (Siyah-s3-v1.3.7beta.tar)

So will probably do same root+Siyah kernel+CM9 rom on that 'friends' S2 (IF compatible), to get some kind of comparison. Be interesting to see if the kernel can overcome the technically improved model.


SJ