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S3 custom ROMs are so less.Why？

As a S3 uesr, I am very worried about the numbers of custom ROM.
Yesterday I saw a ROM for S3 which is named BackToBasics.But dropbox is busy.
What is the difference between S3 and S4 ROM? Can we make it by ourselves?
Thanks!

fenxer said:
As a S3 uesr, I am very worried about the numbers of custom ROM.
Yesterday I saw a ROM for S3 which is named BackToBasics.But dropbox is busy.
What is the difference between S3 and S4 ROM? Can we make it by ourselves?
Thanks!
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You have to have development knowledge to make any rom. The S3 One S has a different chipset (duh) than the S4 One S and less users have it. ROMs are not compatible with both.

Just wait a bit s3 one s is being sold more than the s4 version so we should get more support in the future.
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The S3 just got its first custom recovery a week or so ago, ROMs will come. Until HTC releases the Ville C3 with AMD K6-2 CPU in select markets in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and the Americas that is.

Please thank this post, if you want TrickDroid for the S3 (just want to see how many people are interested and if it's worth it)

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Please thank this post, if you want TrickDroid for the S3 (just want to see how many people are interested and if it's worth it)
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Be sure that whole people in world will thank you for S3 rom if they knew for this post. I am from Serbia, and whole our country have S3 version.
More and more people are getting S3 version, i think that soon S3 will be much more popular than S4.

thecoby said:
Be sure that whole people in world will thank you for S3 rom if they knew for this post. I am from Serbia, and whole our country have S3 version.
More and more people are getting S3 version, i think that soon S3 will be much more popular than S4.
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S4 will always be more popular...
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No it won't all Asia and middleast and most Europe have s3 version, so wont be as big gap in couple months.
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clewis said:
No it won't all Asia and middleast and most Europe have s3 version, so wont be as big gap in couple months.
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But why would you buy a phone with last generation tech in a next generation world? Unless it is a specialty phone--Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note--you'd be better off waiting until the newer model is within your grasp.
I might be wrong, but I thought this was how most people thought when it came to technology? I imagine the anguish of people who bought the S4 model only to find out it had been replaced with an older processor when they were sent back to the factory or the anger of people who see their friends with the original model, love it, and rush out to buy it only to find they've, again, gotten the ''New and Improved'' model.
HTC's S3 model will not become more popular. It will be the reason why people leave the phone or the brand.
EDIT: I should bring up that if you have your S4 model replaced by HTC. You can call them and request that they replace the replacement with the model you originally bought.

Tbf it isn't the stock s3 cpu it has been improve with better battery life and performance so isn't as big gap as u think there is. And I have played with an s4 one s and I have the s3 and from when I played with it there was no difference between the two they did a good job with the s3 version off the phone it is the best and fastest and most smooth phone I have had I'm loving my one s s3.
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clewis said:
it isn't the stock s3 cpu it has been improve with better battery life and performance
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I'm quite confused on that. The reason that the S4 is better isn't due to the clock settings. It's due to it being a newer 28mm platform. Improved battery life over other S3 phones doesn't mean much to me when I get 6+ hours of screen time as the average for the S4. [My latest is 9:20 hours of use]
I know this cuts both ways--I'll say this so you don't have too: ''It's the same for you''--but just because you think the S3 is fine doesn't mean other people will. The Questions section is a large showcase of this. People complaining that they got the S3 or wondering how they could tell if it was the S3. The fact--I say quite poshly--is that you're paying the same amount of money for a worse phone. Doesn't matter how big or small the gap is, you're still paying for less.
Sorry if I come off negatively, but this is something I'm quite passionate about. I believe that everyone should be given the phone that was originally released. A phone other people still get to use. For HTC to shaft my brothers of the globe is--in my eyes--a travesty.

The people who don't know the difference between the two models won't be on xda. Therefore it won't become more popular on xda. People on xda or those who do now he difference will buy the s4.
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Please thank this post, if you want TrickDroid for the S3 (just want to see how many people are interested and if it's worth it)
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There are lots of Licensed one S whose CPU is S3 and most of us have less ROMs. If you can make TrickDroid for the S3, We would appreciate you very much!:good:

xxquicksh0txx said:
The people who don't know the difference between the two models won't be on xda. Therefore it won't become more popular on xda. People on xda or those who do now he difference will buy the s4.
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I only want to said when I bought the one s ,I didn't know it is S3 . HTC hadn't announced the one s after June which sold in China interior is all S3! Although I feel very angry , now I only play this mobile anyway...

fenxer said:
I only want to said when I bought the one s ,I didn't know it is S3 . HTC hadn't announced the one s after June which sold in China interior is all S3! Although I feel very angry , now I only play this mobile anyway...
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Yeah, or people didn't know they were being ripped off.
Still a good device, but not as good as it should be for a "flagship"
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Being that S4 is indeed better, but for HTC.. there will not be a lot of S4 produced because there short on parts thus the S3 will come around more. The S4 is like experimental.. S3 tho will be more wide ranged.. I will still stick w the S4 tho... Better chips.
(S4) HTC 1s

I need two more guys who have some free time and can test a S3 ROM, please write me a pm if you are ready

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I need two more guys who have some free time and can test a S3 ROM, please write me a pm if you are ready
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Where is the download address? I want to have a try.

[POLL] Which version do you have, S4 or S3?

Just a bit of research I thought may be interesting... Enter the poll and add any comments if you feel necessary :good:
How can I tell?
If you don't already know the S4 model usually clocks around 1.5ghz and the S3 clocks at 1.7ghz which you can check with several apps on the market. Another way to check is the model number on the box, Z560e is S3 and Z520e is S4.
Prediction:
I recon there is going to be more S4 people around due to this forum being used by a lot of people in the regions that only sell them. Although saying that, I bought my One S in the UK which should have been an S4 model but turned out to be a S3 and I can't refund it
Results so far:
Interesting, 2 days in (23/10/2012) and the results are as follows.
S3 - 13 Votes - 30.23%
S4 - 30 Votes - 69.77%
Don't Know - 0 Votes - 0%
Did I not say there would be more S4 users? ;D .. No brainer really..
25/10/2012:
S3 - 25 Votes - 35%
S4 - 53 Votes -74.65%
Don't Know - 0 Votes - 0%
S3 percentage is slowly decreasing..
And who knows, if there is enough S3 users dev's/chefs may consider whipping up a few more S3 Roms.. ;D
Also, Tell me if this is the wrong section for this poll, but I felt general should be fine for most things including polls

S3 here. I also didn't know what I was buying it is not a bad phone, but it is not the best either
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S4 us tmobile
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saculetz said:
S3 here. I also didn't know what I was buying it is not a bad phone, but it is not the best either
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I know your pain.. I presumed coming from the UK mine would be an S4.. Never presume people, never presume!

S4
T-Mobile USA hTc One S

th3ant said:
I know your pain.. I presumed coming from the UK mine would be an S4.. Never presume people, never presume!
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Did you get it on T-Mobile UK contract? Is it branded?

th3ant said:
Just a bit of research I thought may be interesting... E
And who knows, if there is enough S3 users dev's/chefs may consider whipping up a few more S3 Roms.. ;D
Also, Tell me if this is the wrong section for this poll, but I felt general should be fine for most things including polls
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just to know,I think that devs have s4 version,so they didn't get any s3 phone on which they could work,that's my thought
but despite that I hope there will be somebody,that good soul that will do the job :laugh:

torxx does not have a HOS with S3 processor but he still cooked a great rom for us!
L.E.
And tweaks!

usaff22 said:
Did you get it on T-Mobile UK contract? Is it branded?
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I got my phone off Amazon.co.uk unlocked and unbranded. I did however talk to the seller before getting it and he said it was from the UK (Carphone Warehouse to be precise) I have a feeling he may have lied as the CPWH website says it sells the S4 model :C Oh well, live and learn eh?
mikness360 said:
just to know,I think that devs have s4 version,so they didn't get any s3 phone on which they could work,that's my thought
but despite that I hope there will be somebody,that good soul that will do the job
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Yeah I have a feeling your right apart from torxx who has done a great job! Why can't more people be like that.. or should I say why can't I make roms :')

th3ant said:
I got my phone off Amazon.co.uk unlocked and unbranded. I did however talk to the seller before getting it and he said it was from the UK (Carphone Warehouse to be precise) I have a feeling he may have lied as the CPWH website says it sells the S4 model :C Oh well, live and learn eh?
Yeah I have a feeling your right apart from torxx who has done a great job! Why can't more people be like that.. or should I say why can't I make roms :')
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I'm trying to learn, but will start off with the S4 and maybe make one for the S3 if It's good.
You have an S3?
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usaff22 said:
I'm trying to learn, but will start off with the S4 and maybe make one for the S3 if It's good.
You have an S3?
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Yeah, I have an S3, completely stock at the moment, haven't bothered Rooting/Flashing a ROM on yet.

S3
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S4
Bell Canada
Didn't know about the difference when buying either but I think Bell only sells S4s also got lucky with the hboot, also was unaware of the differences when I bought the phone.
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have an s4, being in australia, only model available is s3 im pretty sure, had to import and s4 version ^^"

S4 here, from Orange France, but bought second hand, I was looking for a S4

S4
July 11 Sold to Holland
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S4
Bought in June from telefon.de where I also made a contract with O2 Germany.

I got an S4, sim lock free, from Holland. Bought the phone august 2012.
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I bought my S4 at the end of May this year without any branding. Im very glad i bought this phone in Austria. I heard the S4 is out of stock there now.

S4 bought in Germany begin of July
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Thinking of Buying one-s: S3 Model

Hello,
I am from india and i have short--listed one-s or xperia-p to purchase. India also has the C2 model with S3 processor. I find one-s better, but during my reserach on the net, i find lot of people here not happy with various issues regarding the phone.
I am ok with lack of s4 processor, but i am worried that some of you are unhappy regarding os updates and some lockscreen problem etc.
I am worried as i won't be able to buy another phone quickly if this fails. So, pls advice.

If you are not interested in the lack of support and updates buy it.

i have read your thread on this model. Can you elaborate on lack of support? and as for OS update issue i have written an email to the indian CC here...let's see what they have to say.
Problem is i am not able to find too many indian customer reviews on net.

Well basically the s4 model received an update to sense 4.1 android 4.0.4 around 2 months ago and the s3 version has never received an update.
And we are all now wondering if it ever will... I'm pretty sure it will get jelly bean but when I have no idea.
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Sachinfan said:
i have read your thread on this model. Can you elaborate on lack of support? and as for OS update issue i have written an email to the indian CC here...let's see what they have to say.
Problem is i am not able to find too many indian customer reviews on net.
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Don't get it in s3 version as mentioned lack of support and there are better phones out there for the price
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We received sense 4.1 and android 4.0.4 today!

Hey brother am from India too , don't buy the s3 version , I bought the s4 version off ebay for 24 k , and the s3 version is 28k in market , just buy the s4 version from ebay and the good thing the homescreen bug never appeared on my one s s4 , even in very bad conditions which could trigger it
The seller's name is randeep Singh arora if you in case you want to buy from ebay
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The phone will be delivered via FedEx next day for free and it has a T-Mobile logo on top and ofcourse its tmoUS version
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If your only option is the s3 version of this phone you might as well get a htc sensation same s3 processer with qhd screen, sense 4.1(though viperS), micosd card slot and removable battery.

See, i am not going to buy S4 model, coz it won't be supported by HTC in India.....as there won't be any warranty given with the imported model... and a good news has been told by stylus regarding the update for the c2 model.
From the feedback i have got here, i can conclude that apart from lack of s4 processor, there isn't any usability issue with the device and the only worrysome problem of "No updates" seems to have gone now.

U are wasting your money if u buy s3 model get a better phone for cheaper eg sensation like mentioned, Google nexus or get s4 version and root it rooting is the best for Android phones the amount of new features and you can even get updates for custom roms
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Sachinfan said:
See, i am not going to buy S4 model, coz it won't be supported by HTC in India.....as there won't be any warranty given with the imported model... and a good news has been told by stylus regarding the update for the c2 model.
From the feedback i have got here, i can conclude that apart from lack of s4 processor, there isn't any usability issue with the device and the only worrysome problem of "No updates" seems to have gone now.
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Bro if you are not buying S4 Version then don't buy the phone! It's not worth it!
But hey its your money, if you want this phone badly, then I am not stopping you from buying it!
Think wisely bro
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From what I understand, you don't really care about custom roms.... While it is great to have the latest updates the current software on the s3 version is not bad at all.. I don't have any issues with my phone .. and I'm sure there will be 4.0.4 and 4.1.2 coming soon... So considering the recent price cut you should go for it... I think you'll get it for around 24k
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Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and more

Hey Guys, i am starting this thread for the Pakistani Samsung Galaxy S4 Users. I will be updating all the relevant information, pricing leaks, previews, reviews and all sort of stuff which will pertain to the Great Galaxy S4 users in Pakistan

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First...!! jk
I'm curious as to how much this will cost here at launch... I heard around 75k from a few shopkeepers who are generally right. I remember when the S3 came here and was officially brought in by Samsung they really helped the price drop down from the import price to local with warranty... If I remember correctly it came for about 65k via Samsung...
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It'll be expensive here. Then, they'll lower the prices oh-so-slightly after a couple of months. Typical.

farrukhna said:
Hey Guys, i am starting this threat for the Pakistani Samsung Galaxy S4 Users. I will be updating all the relevant information, pricing leaks, previews, reviews and all sort of stuff which will pertain to the Great Galaxy S4 users in Pakistan
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:what: Mate, seriously..

K.A. said:
:what: Mate, seriously..
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lol .. that was a typo:laugh:

Re: Official Pakistani Galaxy S4 Owners Thread - Discussions, PreOrder, Reviews and m
Ive found this on ebay whixh is pre-order
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=160975162881
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cool but any information about initial price in Pakistan?

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I have also created a thread for s4. Alright, lets keep this one.
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The online prices are around 730-750 $, so by converting, it makes same but with , 000.
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I think I will skip S4 unless its screen blows away 720p s3 and because many cool new software features will come to s3 anyway.
has anyone checked out 1080p screens of dna/xz? i mean how big is the difference?
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Screen is going to make a huge difference. I saw the initial reviews. The difference is noticeable. Regarding features, well you wont get all of them, only few.
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Great to see this thread for S4 Pakistani users...
Any idea how much does S3 LTE costs out there, second hand?
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sohebq said:
Screen is going to make a huge difference. I saw the initial reviews. The difference is noticeable. Regarding features, well you wont get all of them, only few.
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hmmm screen needs to be tested in person. as for features then i read that features not requiring extra hardware will come to s3. and that means infrared feature wont come. any other that requires special hardware? i hope 1 gb ram wont cause any issue...
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samydroid said:
hmmm screen needs to be tested in person. as for features then i read that features not requiring extra hardware will come to s3. and that means infrared feature wont come. any other that requires special hardware? i hope 1 gb ram wont cause any issue...
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Even if s3 got all the software features, it won't be that effective. The low ram and battery is going to make things worse. Hope for the best.
Regarding price, my rough idea is that will be around 75k.

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So apparently its official, Team Hacksung / Cyanogenmod won't support the S4... That is a really big blow for Samsung from the Dev community... I think it may very well be the deal breaker for me and I'll end up sticking to the N4...
I had a bad feeling something like this might happen... Samsungs Anal Retentiveness is quite sad...
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DrunkFuX666 said:
So apparently its official, Team Hacksung / Cyanogenmod won't support the S4... That is a really big blow for Samsung from the Dev community... I think it may very well be the deal breaker for me and I'll end up sticking to the N4...
I had a bad feeling something like this might happen... Samsungs Anal Retentiveness is quite sad...
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Why is it that Cyanogenmod wont support S4? Though i have never rooted my phone and flashed CM, but just asking for info.
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DrunkFuX666 said:
So apparently its official, Team Hacksung / Cyanogenmod won't support the S4... That is a really big blow for Samsung from the Dev community... I think it may very well be the deal breaker for me and I'll end up sticking to the N4...
I had a bad feeling something like this might happen... Samsungs Anal Retentiveness is quite sad...
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If you dont want to enjoy samsung's version of android experience then why even consider galaxy series? I am sure N5 will have equally powerful hardware and would give best stock android experience. I know its about choice but choice of running half baked or even 100% functional stock android on a non nexus device when both have equally powerful hardware doesnt click.
just my 2 cents
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omer7 said:
Why is it that Cyanogenmod wont support S4? Though i have never rooted my phone and flashed CM, but just asking for info.
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Because samsung didnt release the source code for their exynos processor in s2 and s3 and developers had a hard time trying to make CM fully functional on these sets. So, same might happen in S4's case.
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guys u know expected release date for S4? Homeshopping is stating April 30th and in india it will be released in first week of july ...

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Even if s3 got all the software features, it won't be that effective. The low ram and battery is going to make things worse. Hope for the best.
Regarding price, my rough idea is that will be around 75k.
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You are right. Lets see how battery and ram will go with the new features...
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guys u know expected release date for S4? Homeshopping is stating April 30th and in india it will be released in first week of july ...
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As much as I have read, It will be released in the first week of May.

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http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/20...variant-of-the-galaxy-s-4-we-have-the-answer/
We will get exynos version od s4, yeahhh
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Howcome dev support seems to be popular for the i9500?

So is it me, or does preliminary support seem to be focused more on the i9500 than the i9505 variant so far? It's pretty weird seeing as everyone seemed to be sure that the Octa wouldn't enjoy as much support from the dev community as the S600 would.
I see a lot of ROM / root / flashing / kernel / firmware threads for the Octa already

prodigyX said:
So is it me, or does preliminary support seem to be focused more on the i9500 than the i9505 variant so far? It's pretty weird seeing as everyone seemed to be sure that the Octa wouldn't enjoy as much support from the dev community as the S600 would.
I see a lot of ROM / root / flashing / kernel / firmware threads for the Octa already
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Is the i9500 already out in some countries?
I know we have a lot of Devs in the US and not sure how many people have got their hands on i9505 as of yet? Plus no carrier kernel sources yet?

nba1341 said:
Is the i9500 already out in some countries?
I know we have a lot of Devs in the US and not sure how many people have got their hands on i9505 as of yet? Plus no carrier kernel sources yet?
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I'm getting my i9500 next weekend :good: (South Africa)
It's not officially out anywhere yet, but if you just glance in 'Android Development' you'll see a lot of i9500 development threads already.

The difference between 9500 and 9505 in terms of development is that the later one is more user friendly when it comes to aosp roms, no difference in the rest.
《posted from s3》

The l9505 will have huge support being the main US, UK and others phone. Don't worry.
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recklesslife85 said:
The l9505 will have huge support being the main US, UK and others phone. Don't worry.
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Don't the US carriers get their own individual devices (with the SGH and SCH names)?

JihadSquad said:
Don't the US carriers get their own individual devices (with the SGH and SCH names)?
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It's the same device as far as I've seen just carrier branding is the diference. Same hardware so should both run the same roms.
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recklesslife85 said:
The l9505 will have huge support being the main US, UK and others phone. Don't worry.
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I wasn't worried, I'm glad to see support already happening for the i9500
My mobile service provider just called me an hour ago to verify my work address. They want to courier my i9500 to me on Friday morning
(Vodacom, South Africa, if anyone's interested)

prodigyX said:
I wasn't worried, I'm glad to see support already happening for the i9500
My mobile service provider just called me an hour ago to verify my work address. They want to courier my i9500 to me on Friday morning
(Vodacom, South Africa, if anyone's interested)
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Nice one mine should be with me Friday from amazon.. hopefully.
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IMO the initial "WHAT we can't get i9500 Octa in my country!" is replaced with a shift toward i9505.
Anyway some Danish shop i9505 is released tomorrow and i'm going to get one :good: