Hi all ,
I currently use a HTC Desire S , and it's still working well after 18 months , except for a fault with the headphone jack .
I'm thinking about picking up a Galaxy S III Mini .
How does it compare to the Desire S ?
Has anybody gone from a Desire S to the Galaxy Mini ? , if so , what are your thoughts ?
I've had a look around , and the Galaxy S III Mini doesn't seem to come with headphones , will my HTC ones work properly with the Samsung ( I mean the microphone part )
How does TouchWiz compare to HTC Sense ?
Thanks , and sorry for all the questions
It has headphones in the package.
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I upgraded from the DS and REALLY glad I did!
it WILL come with headphones
Thanks for the replies ,
I didn't think it came with headphones for some reason . All I could find for box contents were the phone , charger and user guide .
No mention of headphones .
How does TouchWiz compare to HTC Sense ? Is it similar enough ?
Thanks
MalekoUK said:
I upgraded from the DS and REALLY glad I did!
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Anything in particular really stand out as being better for you with the Samsung over the HTC ?
How does TouchWiz compare to HTC Sense ? Is it similar enough ?
Is there an FM radio ?
Sorry for all the questions
Thanks
Ninja 12 said:
Anything in particular really stand out as being better for you with the Samsung over the HTC ?
How does TouchWiz compare to HTC Sense ? Is it similar enough ?
Is there an FM radio ?
Sorry for all the questions
Thanks
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I was always a bit 'nervous' about moving from Sense, been used to that for years! But really impressed and love the TouchWiz! Similar yes, but feels more fluid and polished.
Yes to FM radio.
Its a hell of a lot snappier, better size with it being slightly bigger.
My only gripe with it is the stupid placement power button, on the side... They have been able to disable the power button from waking the device up on the s3, but that doesn't work on the mini...yet.
MalekoUK said:
I was always a bit 'nervous' about moving from Sense, been used to that for years! But really impressed and love the TouchWiz! Similar yes, but feels more fluid and polished.
Yes to FM radio.
Its a hell of a lot snappier, better size with it being slightly bigger.
My only gripe with it is the stupid placement power button, on the side... They have been able to disable the power button from waking the device up on the s3, but that doesn't work on the mini...yet.
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Perfect , just the info I was looking for .
I'll probably order one on Monday or Tuesday
Last question ( for the moment ) ,
Does it have NFC or not ?
I've seen some posts saying it does and some saying it does not .
Thanks again.
Ninja 12 said:
Perfect , just the info I was looking for .
I'll probably order one on Monday or Tuesday
Last question ( for the moment ) ,
Does it have NFC or not ?
I've seen some posts saying it does and some saying it does not .
Thanks again.
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I can't answer that as I'm really not sure myself! I have read and heard Yes and No like yourself...
Look for I8190N version, that's the one you want for NFC at the moment. The other versions I understand don't seem too have it.
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Thanks ,
I'm not sure which version I'll be getting .
It'll be supplied by Three Ireland .
It'll be free , so NFC would just be a bonus
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Can someone tell me what the big difference is between the Nexus S and the Galaxy S9000?
I know the Nexus S has NFC and a LED flash - but what are the differences in performance and battery life?
why dont u just google it here is the link
CLICK IT
and stop spamming...........
Man, you're a real helper! Or just an idiot?
I wanted personal opinions, not stupid spec-comparison.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17578399
Cousin sold the SGS and bought a NS recently, so I played with it. What to say ? Build quality is great, SGS is a plastic toy compared to it. System is faster, because it doesn't have the crappy moviNAND like SGS (so no microlags) + also AOSP Android helps with that. There's no 720p video recording though and no 3G video call. The SLCD screen aint that bad, AMOLED on SGS still prettier though. Performance regarding apps & games is the same on both (same hardware), battery usage also (same battery size). Anything else ? If you're deciding between those 2, go for NS.
madd0g said:
The SLCD screen aint that bad
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nexus s has super amoloed.
f3n0m3no said:
nexus s has super amoloed.
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not the european version only us
romdroid. said:
not the european version only us
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Correcto mundo.
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f3n0m3no said:
nexus s has super amoloed.
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No my friend ! Bacause of shortage of super amoled screens samsung used lcd screen in nexus s for many countries ( i am from india and its lcd here) ! Also the processor is same in both galaxy s and nexus s but nexus s is a bit thivk also internal memory is just 4gb while galaxy s has 16gb! I dont think that nfc has gr8 use in the near future so dont compare in terms of nfc ! I also had the same choice and i chose galaxy s! But for a fact i must tell you that nexus s will be the first phone to be upated to ice cre sandwhich when it comes out ! Bit still go for galaxy s ! Its the best ! Also development of roms and all that stuff is more on galaxy s and in some countries nexus s has thr bootloader locked which can be unlocked but requires some work !
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Janzomaster said:
Man, you're a real helper! Or just an idiot?
I wanted personal opinions, not stupid spec-comparison.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17578399
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Some people just like to flame others, and ruin the community of XDA.
Honestly there isn't much difference. Nexus S gets stuff first, but the SGS eventually gets the same FW anyway.
Actually I like the SGS more anyway, since the Nexus S doesn't have Micro SD and that's an automatic dealbreaker for me...
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The i9000 has a Better Hardware...the nexus s was a failure thats what i think
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Hello fellow xda members, im visiting from the p500 section, and I'm in the market for a new phone. So i have the choice Between this and the nexus s. Can you all. Demystify the issues I've heard? The hdmi out is really selling me, but people tell me about various issues. So can yall help me?
Thanks!
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well to be honest this device has had a fair share of problems i luckily didnt face any of them from my experience it beats nexus s in all ways, processor camera hdmi speed display built quality, all aspects are better. There are a few thing though u should look before getting this device if u get a used one from the market
1- Put on a black wallpaper or image and see the corners for lcd bleeding
2- Load couple of system apps like camera and stuff see if it looses responsiveness or restarts, finally look closely at lcd if there are dead pixels if it passes those test ill buy the g2x no doubt about it
rukhi said:
well to be honest this device has had a fair share of problems i luckily didnt face any of them from my experience it beats nexus s in all ways, processor camera hdmi speed display built quality, all aspects are better. There are a few thing though u should look before getting this device if u get a used one from the market
1- Put on a black wallpaper or image and see the corners for lcd bleeding
2- Load couple of system apps like camera and stuff see if it looses responsiveness or restarts, finally look closely at lcd if there are dead pixels if it passes those test ill buy the g2x no doubt about it
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Oh, ok. Well I'm getting it new on my provider (wind mobile) so i hopfully won't run into those problems
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Oh, ok. Well I'm getting it new on my provider (wind mobile) so i hopfully won't run into those problems
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welcome m8 to o2x users!!! hope that you will get a good one. even though you get a bad one, you can still exchange it right???
Yes, if i don't use 30 minutes. Is there a problem with quality control? How will i know i got a bad one?
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Yes, if i don't use 30 minutes. Is there a problem with quality control? How will i know i got a bad one?
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usually when you get a bad one, there is problem like BSOD(Suddenly your hp shutdown it self), SOD(Sleep Of Death = when it goes to standby, you cannot turn it on again)
or maybe example like another users the device so hot
joeyxl said:
Yes, if i don't use 30 minutes. Is there a problem with quality control? How will i know i got a bad one?
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O you will know
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Get s2.. ram matters In android
..512 mb is low for high end...
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But with roms, kernels, etc...is this a better device than the nexus s?
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I know this thread is old but...
Just have to say... If you didn't get it, I bet you wish you did Nexus S is first phone after gn to get ics! This phone is the ISH! It is now clear why google chose this phone over the g2- the gpu still beast enough to handle ICS, while none of the other phones (except gs) of the time(not event g2) can compete. I will never buy anything but Nexus.
Nexus FTW!
For those who like dark HTC keyboards,keyboard is similar to the one from HTC Sense 4 ,it's not exactly the same it's a little bit darker but still looks nice,it is a temporary solution until someone will succeed in Porting the real Sense 4 keyboard. Install it as regular apk. If you like it hit the THANKS button
Looks nice
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So lameazz what happened to your XL, is it rely dead or what. And how does the One X feels like,is it any good i heard they have some defects or problems with their screens ,flickers and such issues especially in landscape mode. I am thinking on buy one my self and was reading in XDA forum about those issues now i am not so sure to buy it. Are you experiencing any problems with One X or is it the best device ever
I've named sxl dead cause it's still at service center with no infos at all.
And about One X... I have not faced any of mentioned "bugs" except kinda lag in menu/browser, but there have been 2 sw upgrades in one week while i have it, and now device runs better. Meybe i have not tested all stuff (will do in next days) but for now I am very pleased with the device
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I use this keyboard,its really goodthx
It says can not connect to server?
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I want this keyboard.... Please and thank you
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i appreciate your work mate, but is there anyway to add Arabic language ?
Edit: seems your keyboard FC when i am start typing for some reason.....
i am on three musketeers new ota build .
What am I doing something wrong?
It appears squashed on my HTC Raider ...
Doesn't works with HTC One X (Android 4.1.1, CM10), but looks very nice.
(I'm dumb. please ignore)
Dark stock keyboard looks much better....thank you for your work
Is this working on Desire S?
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thanks...
good
How can I install this. My phone is rooted but still on stock firmware ICS.
farazhassankhan said:
How can I install this. My phone is rooted but still on stock firmware ICS.
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Got it
its working mate and looks amazing
Gunman84 said:
For those who like dark HTC keyboards,keyboard is similar to the one from HTC Sense 4 ,it's not exactly the same it's a little bit darker but still looks nice,it is a temporary solution until someone will succeed in Porting the real Sense 4 keyboard. Install it as regular apk. If you like it hit the THANKS button
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Multi touch doesn't work on it. Can you fix it mate? Rest, its lovely
Here is the link. Try this apk and you'll certainly like it. Multi touch works in this one. Best part is that you don't need root as its an apk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24809121
I Am Currently using sgs2 . soon planing to buy a new phone , but i am stuck up with two great devices .... please help me to select any of the above mentioned Phone, on which you guys think i should spend money !
deependra said:
I Am Currently using sgs2 . soon planing to buy a new phone , but i am stuck up with two great device .... please help me to select on which device shall i spend my money !
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Go for htc one x or xperia s
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king-iyokan said:
Go for htc one x or xperia s
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cAN WAIT FOR SGS3 too
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deependra said:
king-iyokan said:
Go for htc one x or xperia s
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cAN WAIT FOR SGS3 too
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in that case, buy both.
If one, htc one x.
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Xperia s replacing a Samsung galaxy s2? You must be CRAZY, get a one x.
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Really?
I lost it now, but isn't there a stickied "what should I buy thread" somewhere in general? Can't find it now. Maybe Archer or jaszek know where it is. These type of threads are popping up alot lately.
deependra said:
I Am Currently using sgs2 . soon planing to buy a new phone , but i am stuck up with two great devices .... please help me to select any of the above mentioned Phone, on which you guys think i should spend money !
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I HAVE THE AMAZE, HTC BLOWS..... THEY ARE SUCH EVIL PR!CKS!
I would suggest going with Samsung..... there is way more development for samsung than there is for HTC..... I doubt that the new HTC devices will have much development either.... Having a great phone with no development .... is like not having a great phone at all....
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deependra said:
in that case, buy both.
If one, htc one x.
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heard many negative comments on performance of htc one x...it's dealing with several issues such as low battery life overheating and bla bla( inquired about it from the people who own One X.)
But the Plus Point about htc -> Very nice interface. that's the only thing attracts me !...
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mznatnat said:
I HAVE THE AMAZE, HTC BLOWS..... THEY ARE SUCH EVIL PR!CKS!
I would suggest going with Samsung..... there is way more development for samsung than there is for HTC..... I doubt that the new HTC devices will have much development either.... Having a great phone with no development .... is like not having a great phone at all....
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yea...i am just waiting for sgs3 to hit market first then i will analyse what people got to say about sgs3.
UI of Galaxy S3 sucks like anything... ( saying it on my personal experience of handling sgs2 ) Other wise it's perfect in each and every prospect ...well nearly perfect just bit confused what to get and what not to...not interested in sony's xperia s (12mp camera phone) got Sony DSC-HX200V to capture pics...
mznatnat said:
I HAVE THE AMAZE, HTC BLOWS..... THEY ARE SUCH EVIL PR!CKS!
I would suggest going with Samsung..... there is way more development for samsung than there is for HTC..... I doubt that the new HTC devices will have much development either.... Having a great phone with no development .... is like not having a great phone at all....
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Not much development? come back after looking up HTC Sensation development please
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deependra said:
lamborg said:
heard many negative comments on performance of htc one x...it's dealing with several issues such as low battery life overheating and bla bla( inquired about it from the people who own One X.)
But the Plus Point about htc -> Very nice interface. that's the only thing attracts me !...
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Every HTC device overheats, every single one, just more noticeable as you get into dual-core and quadcore processors, something HTC will never fix. That's the reason I want to buy a SGS2 ( and super amoled+ screen), their UI is AWFUL but yet again, there are roms e.g. don2012 is working on porting sense 4.0 to SGS2.
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HTC all the way. been on my EVO for two years, the HTC devs are awesome and sense is much better touchwiz
mznatnat said:
I HAVE THE AMAZE, HTC BLOWS..... THEY ARE SUCH EVIL PR!CKS!
I would suggest going with Samsung..... there is way more development for samsung than there is for HTC..... I doubt that the new HTC devices will have much development either.... Having a great phone with no development .... is like not having a great phone at all....
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You wouldn't have said that about the Sensation. The problem with that device is 768Mb of RAM isn't enough. I have the Amaze as well, and while development is lacking on it, it's NOT because the device sucks. It's because most devs went for the Sensation and then skipped over the Amaze....AND UNTIL RECENTLY, NO S-OFF....
Meh.... From my Amaze 4G
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Not much development? come back after looking up HTC Sensation development please
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Yeah Sensation has a lot of development.... what about the Amaze..... lets see how much development will come to the One S ....
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Yeah Sensation has a lot of development.... what about the Amaze..... lets see how much development will come to the One S ....
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By my guessing you'll be waiting a while ( not trying to be biased )
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hmm i guess i will wait Samsung galaxy s3 to hit market first...anyways, i find sgs3 superior in terms of hardware and battery life both .
Hi everyone,
i'm looking into buying a new smartphone, the s3 mini got my attention!
i do have some questions about this devices do:
1:is it easy to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery?(with my previous phone htc desire c it was a pain to do it)
2: i'm a heavy modder (install another rom almost everyday ) and i noticed some issues with the cyanogenmod roms RIL and tearing are these issues a big of a deal? (I rather like touchwiz so i don't know if i'm gonna install a custom rom on it)
3: my final question: does this phone have a notification LED like the galaxy s3/s4 note etc
thank you very much,
noahvt
noahvt said:
Hi everyone,
i'm looking into buying a new smartphone, the s3 mini got my attention!
i do have some questions about this devices do:
1:is it easy to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery?(with my previous phone htc desire c it was a pain to do it)
2: i'm a heavy modder (install another rom almost everyday ) and i noticed some issues with the cyanogenmod roms RIL and tearing are these issues a big of a deal? (I rather like touchwiz so i don't know if i'm gonna install a custom rom on it)
3: my final question: does this phone have a notification LED like the galaxy s3/s4 note etc
thank you very much,
noahvt
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1. Yes
2. No, they are not a big deal imo, Maclaw and Oliver's roms are working without any problem right now
3. no, it doesnt
i see you are getting a nexus 4, just get that since the price just drop to 199, way cheaper than s3 mini
AssToast said:
1. Yes
2. No, they are not a big deal imo, Maclaw and Oliver's roms are working without any problem right now
3. no, it doesnt
i see you are getting a nexus 4, just get that since the price just drop to 199, way cheaper than s3 mini
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thank you for replying!
nah i'm not going to buy a nexus 4 anymore since i live in belgium and lg want's to be a jackass by selling it for 460 euros :\ so yeah the s3 mini was my second choice
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thank you for replying!
nah i'm not going to buy a nexus 4 anymore since i live in belgium and lg want's to be a jackass by selling it for 460 euros :\ so yeah the s3 mini was my second choice
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Do note the gpu is a single core if you play games on it
AssToast said:
Do note the gpu is a single core if you play games on it
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nah i don't really play games on my phone (have a tegra 3 tablet and play games on that)
noahvt said:
Hi everyone,
i'm looking into buying a new smartphone, the s3 mini got my attention!
i do have some questions about this devices do:
1:is it easy to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery?(with my previous phone htc desire c it was a pain to do it)
2: i'm a heavy modder (install another rom almost everyday ) and i noticed some issues with the cyanogenmod roms RIL and tearing are these issues a big of a deal? (I rather like touchwiz so i don't know if i'm gonna install a custom rom on it)
3: my final question: does this phone have a notification LED like the galaxy s3/s4 note etc
thank you very much,
noahvt
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1. Yes
2. Not a big deal, probably you can provide logs to the devs if you want to help them work out a stable CM ROM.
2. No.
Encrypted11 said:
1. Yes
2. Not a big deal, probably you can provide logs to the devs if you want to help them work out a stable CM ROM.
2. No.
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Yeah i'm gonna buy an s3 mini the only downside ofcourse is no notification led :\
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Yeah i'm gonna buy an s3 mini the only downside ofcourse is no notification led :\
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Yeah, unfortunately the S4 mini doesn't have it either, I think.
yea
1. Yes
2. No, they are not a big deal imo, Maclaw and Oliver's roms are working without any problem right now
3. no, it doesnt
i see you are getting a nexus 4, just get that since the price just drop to 199, way cheaper than s3 mini
That's really
bmvx564 said:
1. Yes
2. No, they are not a big deal imo, Maclaw and Oliver's roms are working without any problem right now
3. no, it doesnt
i see you are getting a nexus 4, just get that since the price just drop to 199, way cheaper than s3 mini
That's really
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unfortunately i live in belgium and LG and google (maker of nexus 4) decided to sell the 16gb (only 16gb here) for +/- 460 euros wich i'm not going to spend on a phone so yeah the s3 mini looked nice and i like touchwiz!
One more question!
Does this device have nfc i heard rumors about it? (and i also don't know if it's available in belgium)
noahvt said:
One more question!
Does this device have nfc i heard rumors about it? (and i also don't know if it's available in belgium)
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i would like to believe that you have been on XDA long enough to know that the first rule is to search before you ask
there is a model of the S3 mini that has NFC support
please search next time
same goes for opening a thread on a topic that has already been done before
noahvt said:
One more question!
Does this device have nfc i heard rumors about it? (and i also don't know if it's available in belgium)
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If the model on the box says i8190N, it has NFC.
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If the model on the box says i8190N, it has NFC.
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all shops just say i8180 so i think it's just not available in belgium yet
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all shops just say i8180 so i think it's just not available in belgium yet
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Well IDK but there seems to be i8190 Belgium firmware on sammobile.
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Well IDK but there seems to be i8190 Belgium firmware on sammobile.
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Sorry i meant i8190 (just a typo)
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Sorry i meant i8190 (just a typo)
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Ah I see, probably that's the case.
Get S4 Mini
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Get S4 Mini
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More expensive than s3 mini
S3 Mini is just great with my latest release. Other phone than on stock xD
I can recommend that phone.
There's a i8190N version with NFC chip, fully compatible with all custom ROMs for i8190.
But temporary there's no custom ROM that support NFC. I'm working on it, so NFC support might be soon.