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S3 in canada and ROMs

So I'm trying to consider whether I will purchase the International version or the LTE Canadian version...
I know that in terms of the processor's, quite frankly, they are identical for performance, with the LTE having better cores but the International having 4, so this isn't exactly a problem of "which is better"..
What I'm curious about, is how easy/likely are ports of ROMs and Mods going to be from the international version to the LTE version? Because quite frankly even if the Canadian version is outright better I want some dev support.. :/
What do you guys think? Same dilemma as with the HOX intn'l vs LTE ><

I will take LTE speeds and the 2 GB memory...
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rafsi said:
I will take LTE speeds and the 2 GB memory...
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No yeah they seem awesome and the CPU will perform pretty much identically, but I really like the dev community the HTC Desire Z had and I want something similar :/

There probably wont be many ports of international roms if any at all. Though, if the Canadian and US versions are the same that will certainly bring more to the lte version in the way of development.
I'm getting the international version version for several reasons.
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Look at the one x american dev and you'll get your answer D: no love from devs for S4 based phones....

duykhang524 said:
Look at the one x american dev and you'll get your answer D: no love from devs for S4 based phones....
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look at the intl note and the american note dev, you will get your answer

Totòòò said:
look at the intl note and the american note dev, you will get your answer
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Not sure i found the answer lol
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Lol the amswer is that if the device is astonishing both versions will have great devs
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duykhang524 said:
Look at the one x american dev and you'll get your answer D: no love from devs for S4 based phones....
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Well i mean it does have over 60 thread on it ! That's not too shabby.. I want a way to get the phone cheap but there's no way bell will carry the international version i may just have to wait for the next nexus.. *sigh* this coulda been cool haha, expecting as much development as the s2

[REQ] N5120 LTE/4G thread

Request to have a separate rom development thread for note 8.0 LTE/4G.
Thanks
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Yes, I agree with you.
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I think once its widely available they will split it off like they did for the N7 3G. It probably wouldn't hurt to have the GT-N5100 thread also.

freearcher said:
Yes, I agree with you.
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+1 Y(^o^)Y
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lazzy said:
Request to have a separate rom development thread for note 8.0 LTE/4G.
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Hmmm .... no respond from moderators.

Does Note 8 LTE not going to have any dev support? Does LTE based ROM more troublesome that the 3G counterparts?

Holywolf said:
Does Note 8 LTE not going to have any dev support? Does LTE based ROM more troublesome that the 3G counterparts?
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My bet is that development comes in full force. Att is offering such a sweet bundle deal on the N1520 that its hard to resist picking it up when you buy either the Note2 or the SGS4. Speaking of those two LTE devices, look at all the developent they are getting!
Patience...
As for separate threads:
I wouldn't bet on it until after the proliferation of development makes it hard to navigate within the existing shared thread.
Edit:
My mistake, looks like the Note8 that att has a deal on is the I467 not the N5120 (just checked in About Device).
Where are the N5120's coming from?

agree!

lazzy said:
Request to have a separate rom development thread for note 8.0 LTE/4G.
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+1

N5120 is 3g + LTE model for around the globe (minus US, which is in a totally different world of their own)...
N5100 is 3G model
N5110 is wifi only model

I would love that too. Looked through the dev forum and not a single custom kernel for n5120.

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N5120 is the only model selling in Hong Kong.

+1 from me also, problem is that we need some devs to own a LTE-device and then also develop for it. A thread is good and all, but it wont magicaly make ROMS and Mods appear
And hopefully now that Samsung released 4.2.2 for the N5120 we might see some more things pop up

Guys, there is a mod post for requests in the main forum. Please post there as well.

+1
just got this model as well over the weekend. been enjoying the ride so far.

morgand536 said:
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N5120 is the only model selling in Hong Kong.
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In singapore, we only sell 5110 or 5120 model... haha... there isnt any 5100 model for us....
On a side note, i would strongly recommend all users of 5100 + 5120 models to buy Sony SBH52... its not released yet, but it would make a great complement to our device...

[Q] Google's ROM? [UPDATE: June 30th]

Hey guys
So Google will be releasing their own version of the Galaxy S4 ("Clean" Version) pretty soon.
Will we be getting the chance to install this ROM over our current phones? (i9505 + i9500)
Or is it just for people who bought this specific phone?
Thank you,
Omga4000
UPDATE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43081117&postcount=321
Looks like we will be getting this clean ROM after all!! Yay!!

Most likely yes. Devs should be able to port it over. However it looks like many of the sensors won't work. Ie infrared
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I think the i9500 will be left out.
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Theshawty said:
I think the i9500 will be left out.
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yes

Why will he be left out?
Is the Galaxy S4 Google Edition based on rhe snapdragon SoC?
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Omga4000 said:
Why will he be left out?
Is the Galaxy S4 Google Edition based on rhe snapdragon SoC?
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Check this link -> Site
If somehow, CM10.1 arrived at i9500 variant then google AOSP may be come over 9500.

Psykologikal said:
Most likely yes. Devs should be able to port it over. However it looks like many of the sensors won't work. Ie infrared
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Why? Sensors like Infrared works because App for it already available on store because like WatchOn...
you can Download seperate

Omga4000 said:
Why will he be left out?
Is the Galaxy S4 Google Edition based on rhe snapdragon SoC?
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Because the Google edition will be the I9505G, i.e. using the Qualcomm SoC.
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Yes figured it's going to be snapdragon..
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Omga4000 said:
Yes figured it's going to be snapdragon..
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With regards to aosp roms, the i9500 is doomed, my friend. Doomed. Anyone compiling aosp for i9500 is wasting their time because exynos 5410 is even worse than 44xx.
So the joke's on you for not buying the qcomm version.

Theshawty said:
With regards to aosp roms, the i9500 is doomed, my friend. Doomed. Anyone compiling aosp for i9500 is wasting their time because exynos 5410 is even worse than 44xx.
So the joke's on you for not buying the qcomm version.
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I don't see the joke here..
In what way is it my fault I live in Europe
and Samsung decided to market the OCTA version here?
Anyway - yesterday Samsung began releasing the open source code
for the i9500, so future may be brighter than you think
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Omga4000 said:
I don't see the joke here..
In what way is it my fault I live in Europe
and Samsung decided to market the OCTA version here?
Anyway - yesterday Samsung began releasing the open source code
for the i9500, so future may be brighter than you think
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I live in Europe as well but luckily they chose to market the LTE variant here. You could have imported an i9505, though.
Look, what they release on arndale has nothing to do with what they have in their phones. If I'm wrong on that, I'd request an insight from @Entropy512 because he knows a lot about this stuff.

I would like a better insight as well.
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Omga4000 said:
Hey guys
So Google will be releasing their own version of the Galaxy S4 ("Clean" Version) pretty soon.
Will we be getting the chance to install this ROM over our current phones? (i9505 + i9500)
Or is it just for people who bought this specific phone?
Thank you,
Omga4000
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Remember, this is a stock Android UI - so far, nothing more (such as AOSP support) has been announced, and I suspect it's unlikely. So it actually will be of zero benefit for AOSP bringups like CM.
As far as porting it just like porting a TW firmware between Qcom devices? Maybe, I don't know how successful people have been in doing such a thing. (e.g. if they've got it as automated as I did with Hellraiser on the I777).
Since I9500 is Exynos, the Google Edition is of zero use for that device.
As I said long ago when the Google Edition was first announced:
If it's not AOSP supported, it basically means nothing
If it's AOSP supported and qcom, it's nice but not a huge benefit since CAF is already quite good
If it's AOSP supported and Exynos, that's a game changer and would be what would cause me to consider Samsung again. But we know for certain it's not Exynos, and it's highly unlikely it'll be AOSP supported - Samsung's underlying base software is too Samsunged (hacked up) in the non-GE GS4s for them to have AOSP support any time soon. The Google Edition is just covering up their crappy underlying software with a less sucky UI as far as I can tell. We'll know for sure when the device is released.

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Why? Sensors like Infrared works because App for it already available on store because like WatchOn...
you can Download seperate
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They won't be able to include Samsung drivers into the device. If you use a non stock rom now watch on won't work because it doesn't know where to find the infrared.
I hope that Google does it right and gets the sensors to work but at this point it doesn't seem like they will. Maybe Samsung will release the drivers someday
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Psykologikal said:
Maybe Samsung will release the drivers someday
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Seriously starting to doubt it.
I'm actually thinking of selling my device and getting the snapdragon variant.
I heard there's going to be a version with the snapdragon 800 + LTE
so I might wait for that and replace my phone.
So sad
UPDATE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43081117&postcount=321
Looks like we will be getting this clean ROM after all!! Yay!!
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[Q] Google Play Edition for Sprint?

The Play store says that the GPe phone can work with sprint. Is that still the international version of the device? If so, does LTE work? I'm confused because we have the ROM, but we're still having trouble getting everything to work on our network.
Thanks everyone :beer:
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No, it won't run on CDMA networks. Only for GSM networks. That is a reason as to why we are having such issues getting things to work properly on a ported version of S4 GE ROM. It WOULD be nice though.
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EPayne123 said:
No, it won't run on CDMA networks. Only for GSM networks. That is a reason as to why we are having such issues getting things to work properly on a ported version of S4 GE ROM. It WOULD be nice though.
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Ah okay... that would do it. Thank you sir!
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Cheater912 said:
Ah okay... that would do it. Thank you sir!
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Youre welcome. Thank my post if you found it helpful
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My bad. Forgot that there was a thanks button in the app
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Retail vs Dev Edition: Bootloader Discussion

Qualcomm vs Exynos... We have all seen exynos is easier to unlock (note 2)...
But will the VZW GN3 get unlocked?...
Will you wait for the Developer Edition?
Please share your thoughts below.
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bajasur said:
Qualcomm vs Exynos... We have all seen exynos is easier to unlock (note 2)...
But will the VZW GN3 get unlocked?...
Will you wait for the Developer Edition?
Please share your thoughts below.
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How does one go about acquiring a developer edition?

Look at the Verizon SGS4, I would say no.

bekyndnunwind said:
How does one go about acquiring a developer edition?
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They have been dropping dev editions for the latest devices and I'm sure they will announce the dev edition note 3 a few weeks after the initial release. Check the forums and android news websites in the coming months
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I would very much like someone with more knowledge than most of us combined to chime in on this topic.
Why is it an impossibility to somehow use the dev edition to assist in the unlocking of the retail edition?
The answer must be simple Or it would have been done long ago with the S4
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We don't have any idea if there will be a Dev edition.

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We don't have any idea if there will be a Dev edition.
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This
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We don't have any idea if there will be a Dev edition.
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Exactly.
My personal guess would be there is no dev edition released, but I am only guessing like everyone else here.....

Im guessing there will be a dev edition ther is for the s4 why not the note 3. What has me curious is a read a thread about chip bending or binary bending which changes a chip into dev mode basically. Im only read the thread and have ben wondering this since. Plausable? What is the physical difference between dev and regular note 3
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I'd be pretty confident that there will be a developer edition. My question is: will there be anything developed for it, since the main phone will most likely remain locked or, at best, be only partially unlocked? I think it's gonna be developer phones or bust for these Verizon Samsungs from now on. We should start dedicated developer phone threads.
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Here's hoping they release one. I want a Note 3, but I'm at the point where I simply won't buy a phone with a locked bootloader.

Any confirmed benefits of the retail VZW GN3 vs. the Dev Edition for VZW?

Phandroid reports the developer edition website is up and says "coming soon".
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Well, here's the page. Doesn't really confirm anything, but it gives us something to drool over...

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Well, here's the page. Doesn't really confirm anything, but it gives us something to drool over...
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It also says 32gb! This seems to be the norm for Verizon developer galaxy phones.
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Only AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloader. So there's already a number of rom option. I couldn't wait and already have a n3 so I hope to hear a release schedule before I have to return this bad boy.
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