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is the s3 mini recommended?

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

noahvt said:
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 :\

noahvt said:
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.

Encrypted11 said:
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

noahvt said:
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.

Encrypted11 said:
Well IDK but there seems to be i8190 Belgium firmware on sammobile.
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Sorry i meant i8190 (just a typo)

noahvt said:
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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ppero196 said:
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.

Need help with hyperdrive

Hi
i did everything and were able to install the hyperdrive rom s4 rls8 for my samsung galaxy s4 sch-i545 ok, its awesome the only thing that it seems i cant do its update apps from the play store like twitter facebook and so on...
Can you help me please?
Regards

urol007 said:
Hi
i did everything and were able to install the hyperdrive rom s4 rls8 for my samsung galaxy s4 sch-i545 ok, its awesome the only thing that it seems i cant do its update apps from the play store like twitter facebook and so on...
Can you help me please?
Regards
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You've posted in the wrong forum my friend. This forum here is for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, not the regular S4. I think you want this one.

uvbeenzaned said:
You've posted in the wrong forum my friend. This forum here is for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, not the regular S4. I think you want this one.
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sorry, thank you

Does the Galaxy Gear work with the Galaxy S4 Zoom??

Hi,
I have the chance of buying a Galaxy S4 zoom but need to know whether it works with the Galaxy Gear or not? I have a Galaxy Gear (Original Galaxy Gear 1) already and don't want to render it useless should I chop in my Galaxy S3 for the S4 zoom!!
Thanks

zim_zimmer said:
Hi,
I have the chance of buying a Galaxy S4 zoom but need to know whether it works with the Galaxy Gear or not? I have a Galaxy Gear (Original Galaxy Gear 1) already and don't want to render it useless should I chop in my Galaxy S3 for the S4 zoom!!
Thanks
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The S4 Galaxy Zoom came with android version 4.2.2. On this version it "might" work if you jump thru some hoops. It is able to be officially updated to 4.4 on some carriers. If the Zoom is on 4.4 stock firmware it will work. If your able to get to a retail store and test drive the device, open samsung apps application and search for gear manager. If it's there, your 100% good to go!

440bro said:
The S4 Galaxy Zoom came with android version 4.2.2. On this version it "might" work if you jump thru some hoops. It is able to be officially updated to 4.4 on some carriers. If the Zoom is on 4.4 stock firmware it will work. If your able to get to a retail store and test drive the device, open samsung apps application and search for gear manager. If it's there, your 100% good to go!
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So its all based around whether the device can download the Samsung Galaxy Gear Manager then rather than hardware capabilities?

zim_zimmer said:
So its all based around whether the device can download the Samsung Galaxy Gear Manager then rather than hardware capabilities?
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Hardware requirements for the gear are a bluetooth v4 connection. But users with v3 have it working properly. The S4 Zoom has v4.0 with A2DP, LE so it's good to go hardware wise.
Software wise the gearmanager requires an android version of 4.3 or higher that's based on Samsung's touchwiz framework. If your on anything different you have to do some modifying and tweaking. That's where xda can help!

Thanks for the quick reply. I guess that answers my question!! The S4 zoom only has Android 4.2.2 and no upgrades to it so I'm not going to run the risk!
I might wait for the rumoured Galaxy K Zoom just to be sure!
I also don't think that the S4 zoom can run S Health either so the integration between the watch and S Health won't exist either!?

440bro said:
Hardware requirements for the gear are a bluetooth v4 connection. But users with v3 have it working properly. The S4 Zoom has v4.0 with A2DP, LE so it's good to go hardware wise.
Software wise the gearmanager requires an android version of 4.3 or higher that's based on Samsung's touchwiz framework. If your on anything different you have to do some modifying and tweaking. That's where xda can help!
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Is this a fact? Well, if that's right, I know why my Galaxy Note 1 does work very well with a force installed Gear manager, but calling is silent and with no mike working... Bluetooth 2.1 here... In that case, be sure that your device supports more than mine ^^

emuandco said:
Is this a fact? Well, if that's right, I know why my Galaxy Note 1 does work very well with a force installed Gear manager, but calling is silent and with no mike working... Bluetooth 2.1 here... In that case, be sure that your device supports more than mine ^^
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The original Galaxy note has Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, EDR. I use to have one and didn't have mic problems with my gear. You might want to reinstall gearmanager and all the apks individually again.

440bro said:
Hardware requirements for the gear are a bluetooth v4 connection. But users with v3 have it working properly. The S4 Zoom has v4.0 with A2DP, LE so it's good to go hardware wise.
Software wise the gearmanager requires an android version of 4.3 or higher that's based on Samsung's touchwiz framework. If your on anything different you have to do some modifying and tweaking. That's where xda can help!
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That's not right!!!! I use gear with S4 mini dual sim from November 2013 and it has 4.2.2. Samsung implemented the necessary files in earlyer version of android. If you could update your phone with a 2014 firmware it is a very great possibility to work. (99%)
Anyway, gear manager works just fine with devices from other manufacturers, I reccomand you to read on the gear forum some more.
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440bro said:
The original Galaxy note has Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, EDR. I use to have one and didn't have mic problems with my gear. You might want to reinstall gearmanager and all the apks individually again.
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Which ROM? Omni KitKat ROM does not work.

I don't suppose anyone is able to definitely confirm that the Galaxy Gear works with the Galaxy S4 Zoom?
I've double checked today and its actually the SM-C101 model I have a chance of getting... OR I can now get a Galaxy S4. So I need to be absolutely sure that I can use my Gear with the Zoom, otherwise I'll go for the S4

zim_zimmer said:
I don't suppose anyone is able to definitely confirm that the Galaxy Gear works with the Galaxy S4 Zoom?
I've double checked today and its actually the SM-C101 model I have a chance of getting... OR I can now get a Galaxy S4. So I need to be absolutely sure that I can use my Gear with the Zoom, otherwise I'll go for the S4
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As stated in your other thread in the s4 zoom thread, yes the gear version one works fine with zoom s4 SM-C101 running 4.2.2 c101xxuamk4
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Android wear on gear 2 ?

Does someone work on it ?
Android wear on gear 2 ?

micleg77 said:
Does someone work on it ?
Android wear on gear 2 ?
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I have absolutely no idea. I would say some devs are probably looking into it but I don't believe it will be anytime soon. But the good news is I believe there is an awesome Tizen update on its way, not sure neither but that's my guess (that they will port Gear S Tizen to other Gears).
Hope that helps.

Can i use Galaxy Gear with no phone?
I have galaxy S2 KitKat 4.4.4 and download Galaxy Gear Manager and doesn't work.
So, i'm buy Galaxy Gear 2 Superuser and still not work
How i can use this with galaxy S2?
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qava said:
Can i use Galaxy Gear with no phone?
I have galaxy S2 KitKat 4.4.4 and download Galaxy Gear Manager and doesn't work.
So, i'm buy Galaxy Gear 2 Superuser and still not work
How i can use this with galaxy S2?
:crying:
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You need Bluetooth LE 4.0 to work properly. So, sorry to say that but it isn't gonna work

Albadros said:
You need Bluetooth LE 4.0 to work properly. So, sorry to say that but it isn't gonna work
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Yes, thanks. I just buy S4 and fix the problem.

[Q] Gear Neo 2 and Grand Prime...

Hi,
Is there a way to pair my Gear Neo 2 with Samsung Grand Prime?

gear 2 neo vs galaxy grand prime
Hello,
Did you find a solution on this issue ? I will be grateful for any helpful information about this question.
TubiZ said:
Hi,
Is there a way to pair my Gear Neo 2 with Samsung Grand Prime?
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Fediir said:
Hello,
Did you find a solution on this issue ? I will be grateful for any helpful information about this question.
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Did you try this, seems like it worked for others pretty well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2855389

Thank you.
Yes, I can flash gear 2 neo by this guide. But what I need to do with official Samsung Gear Manager App on my smartphone ? It isn't support any Samsung device that have < 1.5 Gb of RAM. Gear Manager doesn't see the watches, but system bluetooth menu successfully create connection from smartphone to watches. How I can solve this issue ?
tonyevo52 said:
Did you try this, seems like it worked for others pretty well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2855389
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