Hello guys i want to ask you if the 1GB extra ram that the i9305 has makes the phone faster or the speed remain the same. Also is it better on the overall performance than the i9300? Thank you..
apoellitsi said:
Hello guys i want to ask you if the 1GB extra ram that the i9305 has makes the phone faster or the speed remain the same. Also is it better on the overall performance than the i9300? Thank you..
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You see the ram is not mainly for speed but for multitasking so say i9300 can run 20 apps at a time then i9305 can run 40, this is highly inaccurate but shows what i mean. when apps are left open then they will be killed by a memory optimizer, which allows a certain amount of ram to be free. also i have heard that more ram is for the 4g aspect of the phone as it is said that 4g eats ram. power comes from cpu and gpu. so therefore speed will be the same except when to many apps are open when 2gb will be faster.
pashinator said:
You see the ram is not mainly for speed but for multitasking so say i9300 can run 20 apps at a time then i9305 can run 40, this is highly inaccurate but shows what i mean. when apps are left open then they will be killed by a memory optimizer, which allows a certain amount of ram to be free. also i have heard that more ram is for the 4g aspect of the phone as it is said that 4g eats ram. power comes from cpu and gpu. so therefore speed will be the same except when to many apps are open when 2gb will be faster.
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What you heard is wrong the ram has nothing to do with LTE and LTE does NOT use any extra ram then when i have it on 3G I cannot tell any difference what so ever.. And when i have had them compared side by side after 7 applications i have opened with the I9300 and the I9305.. well the I9300 started killing the 1st application out of the 7 that were open so when i click back into the application it has to reload all over again, where as the I9305 is instant, Also If you compare whats held in Cache memory Setting/Applications manager/ running> then click on show cached processes well even tho the i9305 has double the ram, the I9305 has almost 3x the apps stored in the Cache memory then the i9300..
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Although it wont be technically faster the device becomes alot more usable and alot more responsive I believe. My i9300 regularly was closing apps as it was generally hovering around 70-80MB free mark, the i9305 has around 500-600MB free at the moment, so its using more than 1GB RAM. I personally like the i9305 as it has more potential in the future.
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yshaikh01 said:
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Although it wont be technically faster the device becomes alot more usable and alot more responsive I believe. My i9300 regularly was closing apps as it was generally hovering around 70-80MB free mark, the i9305 has around 500-600MB free at the moment, so its using more than 1GB RAM. I personally like the i9305 as it has more potential in the future.
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I actually today got it as an upgrade but i am already having i9300. And i am thinking which one to sell the i9300 (which has a lot of development, roms themes etc.) or the i9305 (less development) which basically the difference is the LTE.
apoellitsi said:
I actually today got it as an upgrade but i am already having i9300. And i am thinking which one to sell the i9300 (which has a lot of development, roms themes etc.) or the i9305 (less development) which basically the difference is the LTE.
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True i9300 has alot of dev support but what about in a years time? It is a tough decision but I think the i9305 is more future proof.
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apoellitsi said:
I actually today got it as an upgrade but i am already having i9300. And i am thinking which one to sell the i9300 (which has a lot of development, roms themes etc.) or the i9305 (less development) which basically the difference is the LTE.
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the difference is not Only the LTE its the Ram aswell.. And most of the themes and mods from the i9300 are able to be put onto the I9305
@ yshaikh01 ...dude you must have so much memory eating applications because when I had my I9300 i had arouns 200-250mb free ram.... And now with the I9305 I have 1000-1050mb free ram
btemtd said:
the difference is not Only the LTE its the Ram aswell.. And most of the themes and mods from the i9300 are able to be put onto the I9305
@ yshaikh01 ...dude you must have so much memory eating applications because when I had my I9300 i had arouns 200-250mb free ram.... And now with the I9305 I have 1000-1050mb free ram
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So you are saying that all mods and themes working perfectly on i9305? which did you try ?
Thank you.
apoellitsi said:
So you are saying that all mods and themes working perfectly on i9305? which did you try ?
Thank you.
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I replied to the themes in your other thread but as for mods n stuff Ive tried the Camera mods, such as note2 and also the gallery, Popup browser, smart rotation all the 4.2 apps, acid sound mod, call recording mod, extended power menu, Crt off And more so alot are easily ported to the I9305 by only changing the partition location in the updater script if you goto the I9305 dev forum and check out the roms and there mods and tweaks. well most of them all came from the i9300 and were ported over.
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I replied to the themes in your other thread but as for mods n stuff Ive tried the Camera mods, such as note2 and also the gallery, Popup browser, smart rotation all the 4.2 apps, acid sound mod, call recording mod, extended power menu, Crt off And more so alot are easily ported to the I9305 by only changing the partition location in the updater script if you goto the I9305 dev forum and check out the roms and there mods and tweaks. well most of them all came from the i9300 and were ported over.
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You are saying about changing the partition location in the updater script what is the partition location for i9305?Actually what i should type there.
Thank you.
btemtd said:
the difference is not Only the LTE its the Ram aswell.. And most of the themes and mods from the i9300 are able to be put onto the I9305
@ yshaikh01 ...dude you must have so much memory eating applications because when I had my I9300 i had arouns 200-250mb free ram.... And now with the I9305 I have 1000-1050mb free ram
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You know I thought the same but I have not got that many apps installed, maybe around 25-30, maybe its the free games. I use Nova launcher with 4 home pages a clock widget some shortcuts, twitter widget, fav contacts widget, calender widget (google and exchange). Not sure why it uses so much RAM? Any pointers?
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IThis is what i should replace? -->run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");<-- or that -->package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
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apoellitsi said:
IThis is what i should replace? -->run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");<-- or that -->package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
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No if it shows busybox and system thats Fine Aslong as you dont see a locations like mmcblk0p12 things like this... As these numbers are different in the I9305..
btemtd said:
No if it shows busybox and system thats Fine Aslong as you dont see a locations like mmcblk0p12 things like this... As these numbers are different in the I9305..
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Nice... Thanks again.
yshaikh01 said:
True i9300 has alot of dev support but what about in a years time? It is a tough decision but I think the i9305 is more future proof.
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I've been waiting for the 32Gb version of the i9305 (I already have the i9300 32Gb, but my wife would like to get one as well, so if I get the i9305, she gets mine).
I'm starting to hesitate because of the lack of activity in the i9305 subforums though..
The 16Gb version has been out for a few weeks already, and it's still very very quiet in those subforums.. will it really take off, or maybe too many people had already bought the i9300 and prefer waiting for a bigger upgrade to change phones (like S4)..
Yeh I was waiting for the 32GB but then I thought Stuff it may never come out as this was a later release and I think I may be right as it should be out by now its been over a month since release now. honestly I have a 64GB SD card which is a total of 80GB in my phone, Plus when 128GB MicroSD comes out I will have 140GB which is just crazy for a phone The only reason why it says the S3 only holds 64gb SD is because thats the largest available at the moment. And the Dev support is quite good for there not being much Devs that bought the device as they have bought the I9300 and do not want to spend more money on another phone. Well who cares because all the themes are transferable, most of the tweaks are aswell, even all the mods. Just go through the Roms in the I9305 dev forum and check out the mods and tweaks they have embedded and the only thing that you cannot interchange is rom and Kernel these have to be ported by someone who knows what they are doing. But most of the 4.1.1 mods are interchangable, So far we still dont have any AOSP/MIUI and CM10 Roms.. But back to your decision If you have to think about forking the money out for it then dont do it, it should be the kind of decision where you dont have to ask anyone for their opinion and just go out and buy it.
I made the mistake of getting the i9300 2 weeks ago, I had no idea there was a 2gb version and my mobile provider didn't have it in stock nor did any other store.
2 weeks later it starts to get available in most stores around here
Had I known about the i9305, I would have waited. Too late for me now.
There's probably newer gonna be as much developer support for the i9305, and keep in mind it's probably less than half a year before the new galaxy is out, so most people will be waiting for that (including me). I even read that Samsung will show the next Galaxy even eralier on the MWC in February.
1gb ram really sucks and I definitely feel the lack so I would take the 2gb any day.
I would say you don't need CM10 and all the custom ROMS because with quadcore and 2gb RAM, the phone runs beautifully.
Only reason I have a custom rom is because with the stock rom, I cannot open more than 3 apps without them being closed after a few minutes of inactivity because the ram is always full. AOSP roms are better because they use less ram but when you have 2gb at your disposal, it really doesn't matter.
Get the the i9305. Or just wait for the s4.
Guys don't fool yourself and keep your money in your pocket instead of hurrying to sell your i9300 to get a i9305. The Galaxy S4 is already in the making so no way the i9305 is more future proof than the i9300. Most people here just want the latest and the greatest and won't be holding on to the i9305 when the S4 gets released. So just save yourself some money and stick with the i9300 for now.
Yeah but the s4 is still around 6 months away, I would not wait as when that time approaches there will probably be somehting else out there that is even better. It is just a vicious circle, if you go down that route you will be waiting forwever.
If you are on a contract and have an upgrade available then go for the 9305, if you can sell your 9300 for a good price and then add a little to get the 9305 then it is probably worth doing as the 9300 is only going to drop in price, OK the 9305 will also but as it has LTE it will hold its value a little more as people will be prepared to pay that little bit extra to get LTE and 2gb of Ram. The market wil be flooded with 9300's next year as there are so many of them about but not so many LTE 9305's!
Just my view and I have both and am not selling either!
I would be surprised if the S4 gets released in 6 months... LOL all these people waiting then in 6 months time they hear the word saying its another 6 months away so then they say to themselves AGAIN might aswell wait for it now its only 6 months away lool.
I wouldnt believe any of the sources you here.
Anyways good luck
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The new 9305 is hitting the market here in germany ... and what i can see kernel and drivers are not 100 % compatible to the good old 9300 ...
so, i am a really flashaholic ... but on the other side LTE and the main thing 2 GB RAM sounds really great.
What would you buy if you have the joice ?
Will custom roms in future have booth drivers and so we can merge the development, or is this technical impossible?
I don't want to buy a new monster and stay on good old samsung release versions without (daily new) custom roms.
Help ! 8)
Then dont buy it!! Dont create useless threads containing useless information and me personally, i couldnt give a monkeys toot about 2gigs of ram and lte....the 2gigs of ram isnt going to make my phone faster or smoother, its just going to offer better multi-tasking and tbh i struggle to use 1gig of ram and lte doesnt interest me because its just an excuse to use your data allowence quicker through bragging about it to your friends etc....im happy with what ive got, their are worst phones on the market.
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speedyjay said:
Then dont buy it!! Dont create useless threads containing useless information and me personally, i couldnt give a monkeys toot about 2gigs of ram and lte....the 2gigs of ram isnt going to make my phone faster or smoother, its just going to offer better multi-tasking and tbh i struggle to use 1gig of ram and lte doesnt interest me because its just an excuse to use your data allowence quicker through bragging about it to your friends etc....im happy with what ive got, their are worst phones on the market.
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If the thread is useless (Question in Question Forum is useless ?... not for me - i'm asking the question) - why do you answer ...8)
any way - thanks for the impulsive answer ...
2 GB Ram will do it's work - i'm a heavy user mit 300 Appz installed ... so i don't think it's useless ...
Thanks for your very personal view ... 8)
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If the thread is useless (Question in Question Forum is useless ?... not for me - i'm asking the question) - why do you answer ...8)
any way - thanks for the impulsive answer ...
2 GB Ram will do it's work - i'm a heavy user mit 300 Appz installed ... so i don't think it's useless ...
Thanks for your very personal view ... 8)
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Of course its useless, if you dont want to buy it....dont
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Oh .come on ... i never wrote i don't want to buy it ... i asked
1. will 9300 and 9305 ever be kind of "compatible" focus on custom roms ?
2. what would the people do now the LTE and 2 GB version is out ?
No topic about " i don't want to buy it - but ..."
so - now bakc to topic ... 8)
Get the 2gb one, it helps a lot unless you are a total newbie =/
This is what you said.... I don't want to buy a new monster and stay on good old samsung release versions without (daily new) custom roms.
So....
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speedyjay said:
This is what you said.... I don't want to buy a new monster and stay on good old samsung release versions without (daily new) custom roms.
So....
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That's why i'm asking my question ...
if $arg1="true" then $model="9305"
else
$model="9300"
buy($model)
endif
dude - we have a hard time ...8)
Let's stop writing real nonsense ...8)
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That's why i'm asking my question ...
if $arg1="true" then $model="9305"
else
$model="9300"
buy($model)
endif
dude - we have a hard time ...8)
Let's stop writing real nonsense ...8)
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Are you on drugs?? Bottom line is....if you want it, go buy it, if not dont. Ive told you 2gb ram and lte doesnt do it for me thats my opinion.
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I think what he's trying to say is that it all depends on you
2GB RAM and LTE does sound fantastic but do we REALLY NEED it? I,myself, ha been tempted to buy the LTE version, but since I have ORD, it's taking a holdback.... so i'm personally sticking with my i9300
Cheers!
I have purchsed an LTE variant of the phone. I have been specifically holding off for it.
The ROMs are not compatable but there are devs working on release new roms. The device is fairly new so we gotta wait for the dev to get their hands on it.
The 2GB of ram will make a difference to you, especially if u have 300 apps and I am sure some of them are backgrounders.
My advice: If you have the 9300, stick with it, its powerful. If not and you are tossing between 9300 and 9305, go with the 9305.
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I think what he's trying to say is that it all depends on you
2GB RAM and LTE does sound fantastic but do we REALLY NEED it? I,myself, ha been tempted to buy the LTE version, but since I have ORD, it's taking a holdback.... so i'm personally sticking with my i9300
Cheers!
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I like her reply..
Im sticking with my i9300 also..
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Then dont buy it!! Dont create useless threads containing useless information and me personally, i couldnt give a monkeys toot about 2gigs of ram and lte....the 2gigs of ram isnt going to make my phone faster or smoother, its just going to offer better multi-tasking and tbh i struggle to use 1gig of ram and lte doesnt interest me because its just an excuse to use your data allowence quicker through bragging about it to your friends etc....im happy with what ive got, their are worst phones on the market.
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u sound like u just got b*tch slapped a couple of times before posting this!
anyways, my opinion, go for the 9305. Im pretty much in the same situation, but holding off for the 9305. The devs will get their hands on it sooner or later and im sure there'll be a ton of mods soon enough. end of the day, its more advanced.. 2gb ram, lte... might as well, i say...! g'luck!
Sagar4995 said:
u sound like u just got b*tch slapped a couple of times before posting this!
anyways, my opinion, go for the 9305. Im pretty much in the same situation, but holding off for the 9305. The devs will get their hands on it sooner or later and im sure there'll be a ton of mods soon enough. end of the day, its more advanced.. 2gb ram, lte... might as well, i say...! g'luck!
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Pretty much this, but where in the US can we get a i9305
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Pretty much this, but where in the US can we get a i9305
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no idea unfortunately. sitting in the same boat as u, in Dubai UAE. No clue on a release date yet. can't find any date on google either
Hey there.
currently rocking the international i9300 S3 - but have the option to xfer over to an i9305T for free.
i understand the hardware differences between the two, namely the RAM increase and LTE.
my main concern is custom firmware - ive done a fair bit of reading, but i notice that CM10 is still unofficial on this device, and being an AOSP junkie im just wondering peoples opinion on how popular this device will be in comparison to the i9300 (mainly PA and CM i suppose).
Sorry if this has been covered, but i couldnt find anything really relating the two, or any hard word about CM/PA and timeframes/official support etc etc or what will be required before there is a version of either blah blah.
Thanks a lot!
I wouldn't do it. I regret that I picked the i9305 over the i9300... barely any custom roms out there fpr the i9305 :S
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diz_dizane said:
Hey there.
currently rocking the international i9300 S3 - but have the option to xfer over to an i9305T for free.
i understand the hardware differences between the two, namely the RAM increase and LTE.
my main concern is custom firmware - ive done a fair bit of reading, but i notice that CM10 is still unofficial on this device, and being an AOSP junkie im just wondering peoples opinion on how popular this device will be in comparison to the i9300 (mainly PA and CM i suppose).
Sorry if this has been covered, but i couldnt find anything really relating the two, or any hard word about CM/PA and timeframes/official support etc etc or what will be required before there is a version of either blah blah.
Thanks a lot!
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Unless you really want LTE speeds, then I wouldnt bother.
I came from a SGS2. I want going to bother with a G3. Til I saw the 9305 had two gig of team on board. The are users with both phones. And the 4g is quicker. ..
Sure there is less choice.. But I'm very happy on ripper rom.
But it's much more complicated to EFS secure. . That weighed more heavily than the lack of rom choice after I acquired mine.
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No real CM10 (yet), but the current custom roms are pretty good. The 2gig ram is always good to have.
Though they're unloading them like hot cakes because everyone expects S4 to be released in 5 months or so. I believe this is some kind of a plan recontract?
Hi
I am using samsung galaxy i9000. its a great device but one feature that irritates me is that it has just 512mb of ram. i have used many ROMs but still can't find any suitable ROM that consumes less ram. By less i mean max 200 mb.
Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
cool.bilalrana said:
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I am using samsung galaxy i9000. its a great device but one feature that irritates me is that it has just 512mb of ram. i have used many ROMs but still can't find any suitable ROM that consumes less ram. By less i mean max 200 mb.
Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
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I've had this phone for two years and I've done everything you can imagine with it, not once have I come anywhere near running out of RAM... Have you actually run into problems? And how? I'm on CM10.1 right now and it's sitting at 209MB used.
Now I've been trying for several minutes to make a problem with it. Opening everything I can and making it all use as much RAM as possible at the same time. The cache is full now, but it's sitting at 212MB used when I go to the running apps page. Your problem is a mystery to me.
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Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
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Linux uses all available memory as a cache, it's not a problem.
Have a look here: http://www.linuxatemyram.com/
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I've had this phone for two years and I've done everything you can imagine with it, not once have I come anywhere near running out of RAM... Have you actually run into problems? And how? I'm on CM10.1 right now and it's sitting at 209MB used.
Now I've been trying for several minutes to make a problem with it. Opening everything I can and making it all use as much RAM as possible at the same time. The cache is full now, but it's sitting at 212MB used when I go to the running apps page. Your problem is a mystery to me.
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Well i am using different apps for different purposes insted of using custom apps. like GO SMS, Go launcher, and some keypad apps.
and most importantly it slows down the games like subway surfer, 6 guns. and there are many other lags that accour after running some apps.
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Well i am using different apps for different purposes insted of using custom apps. like GO SMS, Go launcher, and some keypad apps.
and most importantly it slows down the games like subway surfer, 6 guns. and there are many other lags that accour after running some apps.
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Are you looking for a JB ROM?
Try using some clean AOSP ports: Oficial Android 4.2 (Galaxy Nexus Stock Rom) <Beta 1> by Dev Elitemovil / presenter: iall5tar,
or custom mixes build on sources: Slim Bean 4.2.1 RC1
You should also consider giving a try some older ROMs from Gingerbread (2.3.6) family. You will find fairly up-to-date i9000 ROM list over: HERE.
cool.bilalrana said:
Hi
I am using samsung galaxy i9000. its a great device but one feature that irritates me is that it has just 512mb of ram. i have used many ROMs but still can't find any suitable ROM that consumes less ram. By less i mean max 200 mb.
Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
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I installed stable C-ROM 4.1.1, it works blady fast....
Should be noted anyone checking available ram in system settings loses 40-50mb ram to... system settings x)
It's not even remotely accurate at gauging exactly what you have to work with, for several reasons.
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I'm starting to get a little twitchy as to weather it was a good idea or not to get the lte version?
I'm really beginning to think that development isnt looking good for us. At the moment all we have is roms with lots of options but not roms from major cooks like darky rom, miui, cyanogen, etc?
No disrespect to the devs that are making roms but I do feel that there isn't a big enough audience to warrant devs developing/porting roms for this handset?
What do you think?
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yeah the i9305 development is nothing compared to the i9300, unfortunately
Well the s3 has been out longer so I would expect there to be a lot more roms for it but there don't seem to be much buzz about the lte?
I thought having 2 gig of ram would of been tempting to a Dev to make a super fast smooth rom but it seems the difference between the two is quite a lot!
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yes, it's surprising and disappointing. I wouldn't expect much change, because soon the devs' attention will shift towards the newer devices like the s4
Glebun said:
yes, it's surprising and disappointing. I wouldn't expect much change, because soon the devs' attention will shift towards the newer devices like the s4
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Luckily our device is so much like the S3 and Note 2 LTE that that doesn't really matter, all we need is a little push over the edge and we'll at least have CyanogenMod builds.
Yeah, its the only reason I have not bought one yet Seriously, CM will be a beast on this phone if it ever gets ported
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Was seriously looking at the N4 but all the shortcomings (fixed battery, breaking glass, short battery life and no ext sd) make me come back to the S3.
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Yeah, its the only reason I have not bought one yet Seriously, CM will be a beast on this phone if it ever gets ported
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Was seriously looking at the N4 but all the shortcomings (fixed battery, breaking glass, short battery life and no ext sd) make me come back to the S3.
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Don't forget the half-arsed build overall, I mean including a deactivated LTE modem just screams "unfinished" to me.
I'm looking to buy an S3 and I really can't decide. My carrier now only sells the i9305, and when I want warranty, I would have to stick with them - used i9300 prices in my region match or surpass the carrier's price for i9305.
My only gripe with the i9305 is that I don't really see too much development going on. Sure, there is CM, but with my current trusty old SGS I saw that CM/AOSP mods can bring so much difference - like SlimRom for example.
Are there quality ROMs out there, will there be a strong support later on?
I doubt that i9305 users are familiar with i9000 development
Development i see devs as more likely to switch to SGS4 rather than take on I9305 .
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Theres plenty of 9305 roms.. 95% of functionality of the 9300.. Your not missing out on anything over the gain through having more RAM etc..
9305 will continue to be developed and at less regular intervals the updates will be aligned to a great degree with 9300 functionality wise.. Sure a few of the ROMS that are for 9300 would be awesome for the 9305 but mainly visuallly i guess..
Then again the 9305 roms a few of which are outstanding in their own right !
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Theres plenty of 9305 roms.. 95% of functionality of the 9300.
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not true at all
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How come i tested many I9305 roms and the all have and work very nice so no problems here, your statement is incorect, i was having the same problem and i got i9305 and i'm very happy, the devs we got working for i9305 are fewer but they are some of the best, and just look at the version numbers on romes and you will see that they work to improve! I love my I9305 and I don't ever look back , for not taking a I9300 even if some friend cald me crazy because i didn't get a S4 but in the end i was right not trowing the money out the window.
So if you want an S3 get the I9305 and you will no regret it (i came from i9000 and must say that i look at i9001 and i9003 and they still got a good dev team after all this years so way not i9305 , some really think that a phones has a bad dev after they trie only 1-2 roms).
If you don't need 4g you will even get a better battery life that the i9300.
my statement is fine. There is more than 5% difference in development between these to devices. It's far more
I think mick was saying that there's 95% functionality, not 95% of ROMs, numerically speaking. Since there's massive overlap of features among many different ROMs, what he's saying might not be so far off...
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95 percent of functionality can be achieved with like two ROMs. that's a very bad indicator for a development support
Yes 95% of funcitonality.. not roms, not close sure.. but given the overlap and given the benefits.. well i personally don't feel i'm missing out and any 'feature' that comes to the 9300, well lol 95% are at some point integrated.. If you want to be first cab of the ranks just for ROM purposes then go tthe 9300.. Also keep in mind yes only a few ROMS have the majoirty of features but these roms and now with the new kernals for 4.2.2 work a treat and a very customisible/configurable..
If someone could likst features they believe don't exist for 9305 that are really valuable ones i'd love to hear about them.. Otherwise it's just athesics which isn't to be underestimated but not a game changer givne what is available..
pretty much sums up my view and very happy with 9305 roms.. Ok sure would love three times the number but again not really missing out and 2gig ram is great.. oh only peeve for me is no FM radio which does suck but with 4g here etc download speeds make up for any shortfall and i can also utilise tunein radio or the like..
Anyway rant over guys! Happy hunting