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I Got a T-Mobile Galaxy S4
May 5th
I got a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 last week. So far im happy witb it but there are a few down sides. For one thing the TecTiles the people have been using with their Galaxy S3′s are no longer compatable with the new GS4. Its good news is hat samsung is moving to a standardized NFC tag but it would have been nice if they did it from the start. Ill be buying my nfc tags elsewhere. I have some nfc tags that I got from the guys over at nfc task launcher that work on both my gs3 and gs4.
Rooting the GS4 could not have been an easier process since a root method that targets the hardware was aleady available.
Yesterday I installed the first build of CyanogenMod 10.1 on the GS4 but quickly switched back to the stock touchwiz rom. The current build of CyanogenMod does not yet have the GS4 features ported over yet so it pretty much makes the GS4 a GS3. For example, no irblaster and things like the new flip case does not auto lock/unlock.
So I got a Galaxy S III
Aug 7th
Last week I got the Galaxy S III…
The phone was great, I like all the features and how speedy it was. The only problem is that I chose to go with sprint because of the overall features and whatnot. Sprint only has 3G currently but they planned to have LTE rolled out in my area within the next to months and I figured I could wait it out. One of the main reasons for picking Sprint over the other companies was the fact that Sprint is the only one allowing Google Wallet without rooting the phone and they are the only provider that allows full intigration with google Voice witch I use a google voice number as my primary cell number (Not being able to receive MMS message on other providers has been annoying).
So, how did it turn out? I ended up returning the phone and canceling my service on sunday because I have Zero Reception while at work where I spend the entire day. I have no issues in the area currently with MetroPCS, Verizon, and AT&T.
Now I’m back to waiting for something to come along thats not just a good phone but a good carrier as well. I’m half way thinking about checking out the new iPhone 5 that is just around the corner.
MetroPCS to start offering tethering plan.
Feb 12th
I’m being told by an extremely credible source that MetroPCS is now starting to monitor LTE and Evdo tethering. They are getting ready to offer a tethering plan that will be $20 extra for the $60 plan.
We already knew MetroPCS was blocking desktop web browser traffic on their network but we are not sure if they are planning on doing anything other than stop the traffic. We also knew they would probably offer a tethering plan at some point. They might as well give people the option, it makes sense to let people pay them for tethering rather than rooting their phones to tether for free.
Our New Look!
Feb 10th
Everyone stop by and check out the new look of our forums.
I know postings have been really slow here on the main page, but we are kicking things back into high gear. We just got news this morning of the new MetroPCS feature allowing users to block call’s and texts. I’m not seeing any other sites mentioning it (yet). Stay tuned, I have a fealing there will be a lot more breaking news in the coming days/weeks.
MetroPCS – Block Calls and Text Messages
Feb 10th
MetroPCS customers are now going to have the option to block certain phone numbers from calling or texting them. For those of you who have made the switch over to Google Voice, you have had this ability for a long time. It’s nice to see MetroPCS is now going to start offering the option to its customers.
Not much going on lately…
Jan 9th
Not much has been going on lately as far as me doing any android stuff. I did post on the forums just before christmas how to trick the LG Esteem into thinking your External SD card is the Internal SD Memory.
Has anyone had experience using PepLink Routers for multi-WAN load balancing or VPN Bonding?
LG Esteem not a simple Root
Oct 4th
It turns out that the LG Esteem has been patched very well by LG to keep users from being able to root the device. Most known root methods have been tested on the esteem without success. So far it looks like its going to take much longer to find a working root method for this phone than most were hoping for.
Importing Your Photos from Android to iPhoto
Oct 1st
For some odd reason iPhoto just cant seem to locate photos from my android phones. When the phone is connected and Mass Storage mode enabled, Itunes detects that it has been connect and acts as if its going to import photos. But it then says that it cant find any photos to import. After doing some research I found a lot of other users have had the same troubles with iPhoto and their android devices. I tried a few of the solutions and only one of them has been working for me. The method that is working is to install a simple automation script that runs when ever the android is plugged into the computer. When the android is connected iPhoto automatically starts its import. The only down side is that you have to remember to open iPhoto before connecting your phone. If you just connect the phone without iPhoto already being open the import process doesn’t seem to start.
@MetroPCS – LG Esteem detailed specs
Jul 26th
Up until now there have been rumors about the phones specs and for the most part they have all been about the same. However things like camera megapixels, 4g LTE, front camera, flash, android 2.3.4, and 4GB interall storage have been the extent of the spec details.
I now present to you some specs for the LG Esteem that will give a little more detail.
OS
Android 2.3.4; en-us; LG-MS910
BuildInfos
Android version : 2.3.4
API LEVEL : 10
CPU ABI : armeabi-v7a
Manufacturer : LGE
Bootloader : unknown
CPU ABI2 : armeabi
Hardware : qcom
Radio : unknown
Board : lge_bryce
Brand : MetroPCS
Device : MS910
Model : LG-MS910
Product : lge_bryce
Battery
Charging in progress…
Level : 31 %
Technology : Li-ion
Temperature : 35.0 °C (95.0°F)
Voltage : 3778 mV
Memory
Download Cache Max: 197MB/ Free: 193MB
data Max: 1.48GB/ Free: 1.22GB
External storage Max: 4.00GB/ Free: 3.95GB
Total RAM: 371MB
Free RAM: 100MB
Threshold RAM: 24.00MB
Low Memory Killer Levels
FOREGROUND_APP:__ 8.00MB
VISIBLE_APP:_________ 12.00MB
SECONDARY_SERVER: 16.00MB
HIDDEN_APP:________ 24.00MB
CONTENT_PROVIDER: 28.00MB
EMPTY_APP:__________ 32.00MB
Telephony
Data Activity: DATA_ACTIVITY_NONE
Data State: DATA_CONNECTED
IMEI(or MEID): ################
IMEI/SoftVer: ###
MSISDN: #############
Registered MCC: us
Registered MCC MNC: ######
Registered Operator Name: MetroPCS
Network Type: DATA_CONNECTED
Phone Type: PHONE_TYPE_CDMA
SIM Country Code: us
SIM MCC MNC: ########
SIM Operator Name: MetroPCS
SIM Serial Number: ############
SIM State: SIM_STATE_READY
Subscriber ID(IMSI): ##########
VoiceMail number: ##########
Roaming: false
Base Station ID: ####
Base Station Latitude: ####
Base Station Longitude: ####
Network ID: ####
System ID: ####
No Cell detected
Networks
Background Data Usage: true
type mobile[LTE]
state CONNECTED/CONNECTED
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true
isIpv4Connected true
isIpv6Connected false
type mobile_mms[LTE]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true
isIpv4Connected false
isIpv6Connected false
type mobile_supl[LTE]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true
isIpv4Connected false
isIpv6Connected false
type mobile_dun[LTE]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true
isIpv4Connected false
isIpv6Connected false
type mobile_hipri[LTE]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true
isIpv4Connected false
isIpv6Connected false
type mobile_ims[LTE]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true
isIpv4Connected false
isIpv6Connected false
type mobile_admin[LTE]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true
isIpv4Connected false
isIpv6Connected false
type mobile_vzwapp[LTE] I’m guessing this is from the Verizon revolution and has not been removed
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true
isIpv4Connected false
isIpv6Connected false
CPU
Processor ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v7l)
BogoMIPS 681.57
Features swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3
CPU implementer 0×51
CPU architecture 7
CPU variant 0×1
CPU part 0x00f
CPU revision 2
Hardware QCT MSM8X55 FFA
Revision ####
Serial #####
Freqency range: 122.88 -> 1024.0MHz
Current Frequency: 1024.0MHz
Frequency Stats (time):
- 122.88 MHz 0.0% (0)
- 245.76 MHz 53.79% (525502)
- 368.64 MHz 2.87% (28017)
- 768.0 MHz 3.04% (29677)
- 806.4 MHz 0.2% (1940)
- 1024.0 MHz 40.11% (391863)
Screen
Resolution: 480 x 800
Refresh Rate: 0.013
X factor for DIP: 1.5
Density: 240 dpi
Pixel per inch X: 160.42105 dpi Y: 160.0 dpi
Sensors
AK8973 Compass: 20.0 mA by Asahi Kasei Corp.
kr3dh: 20.0 mA by st micro
AK8973 Magnetic Field: 20.0 mA by Asahi Kasei Corp.
apds9900 proximity: 20.0 mA by Avago Technology
apds9900 Light: 20.0 mA by Avago Technology
Gravity Sensor: 20.0 mA by Google Inc.
Linear Acceleration Sensor: 20.0 mA by Google Inc.
Rotation Vector Sensor: 40.0 mA by Google Inc.
Features
android.hardware.location.network
android.hardware.wifi
android.hardware.telephony
android.hardware.location
android.software.sip
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch
android.hardware.sensor.compass
android.hardware.camera
android.hardware.bluetooth
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct
android.hardware.sensor.proximity
android.software.sip.voip
android.hardware.microphone
android.hardware.location.gps
android.hardware.camera.autofocus
android.hardware.telephony.cdma
android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer
android.hardware.touchscreen
android.software.live_wallpaper
android.hardware.camera.flash
glEsVers=2.0
JavaProperties
java.vendor.url: http://www.android.com/
java.class.version: 46.0
java.vendor: The Android Project
os.name: Linux
os.arch: armv7l
Camera
Antibanding: off
Color Effect: none
Exposure Compensation: 0
Exposure Compensation Step: 1.0
Flash Mode: off
Focus Mode: auto
Focal Length: 4.31
Horizontal View Angle: 54.8
Jpeg Quality: 85
Jpeg Thumbnail Quality: 90
Jpeg Thumbnail Size: 384×512
Max Exposure Compensation: 5
Max Zoom: 60
Min Exposure Compensation: -5
Picture Format: JPEG
Picture Size: 1944×2592
Preview Format: NV21
Preview Framerate: 31
Preview Size: 240×320
Supported Antibanding:
- off
- 50hz
- 60hz
- auto
Supported Color Effects:
- none
- mono
- negative
- solarize
- sepia
- blue
Supported Flash Modes:
- auto
- off
- on
Supported Focus Modes:
- auto
- infinity
- normal
- macro
- continuous-video
- manual
- fixed
- edof
Supported Jpeg Thumbnail Sizes:
- 288×512
- 288×480
- 288×432
- 384×512
- 288×352
- 0×0
Supported Picture Formats:
- JPEG
Supported Picture Sizes:
- 1944×2592
- 1536×2048
- 1080×1920
- 1200×1600
- 960×1280
- 768×1280
- 720×1280
- 600×800
- 480×800
- 480×640
- 288×352
- 240×320
- 144×176
Supported Preview Formats:
- NV21
Supported Preview Frame Rates:
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
Supported Preview Sizes:
- 480×800
- 432×768
- 480×720
- 480×640
- 432×576
- 320×480
- 288×384
- 288×352
- 240×320
- 160×240
- 144×176
Supported Scene Modes:
- auto
- portrait
- landscape
- sports
- night
- sunset
Supported White Balance:
- auto
- incandescent
- daylight
- fluorescent
- cloudy-daylight
White Balance: auto
Vertical View Angle: 42.5
Zoom: 0
Zoom Ratios:
- 100
- 102
- 104
- 107
- 109
- 112
- 114
- 117
- 120
- 123
- 125
- 128
- 131
- 135
- 138
- 141
- 144
- 148
- 151
- 155
- 158
- 162
- 166
- 170
- 174
- 178
- 182
- 186
- 190
- 195
- 200
- 204
- 209
- 214
- 219
- 224
- 229
- 235
- 240
- 246
- 251
- 257
- 263
- 270
- 276
- 282
- 289
- 296
- 303
- 310
- 317
- 324
- 332
- 340
- 348
- 356
- 364
- 373
- 381
- 390
- 400
Smooth Zoom Supported: false
Zoom Supported: true
OpenGL
OpenGL Version supported : 2.0
OpenGL Version supported : OpenGL ES-CM 1.1
Vendor : Qualcomm
Renderer : Adreno (TM) 205
Extensions :
GL_AMD_compressed_ATC_texture GL_AMD_performance_monitor GL_APPLE_texture_2D_limited_npot GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV GL_OES_blend_equation_separate GL_OES_blend_func_separate GL_OES_blend_subtract GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_compressed_paletted_texture GL_OES_depth_texture GL_OES_draw_texture GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_framebuffer_object GL_OES_matrix_palette GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_OES_point_size_array GL_OES_point_sprite GL_OES_read_format GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_stencil_wrap GL_OES_texture_cube_map GL_OES_texture_env_crossbar GL_OES_texture_float GL_OES_texture_half_float GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_QCOM_binning_control GL_QCOM_extended_get GL_QCOM_tiled_rendering GL_AMD_compressed_3DC_texture