fixzylani: I've just installed Android 4.0.3 ICS onto my Samsung Galaxy Note with 2.3.6. The installation was done by wifi via official installer. I did not download anything specifically, just got a popup with something like "Do you want to upgrade to 4.0.3?" After answering 'yes', it downloaded some files over wifi, and restarted the phone.

But the restart didn't go well. I can see the initial Samsung animation, but after that the text "Samsung" keeps flashing in the center of the screen and nothing happens. I left it for a couple of hours - no changes. I tried rebooting and even remove battery - the same thing, it does not boot. I have never rooted the device or replaced the ROM.

Pls help me

4llerbuntu:

the phone is bricked.

and ics for note is bad. comes with brickbug
you need to flash with odin on a pc.

flash either gingerbread or jellybean stock rom

texazzpete: Anandtech just gave the HTC One their first ever Gold Editor's choice award for a smartphone



Full review here
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review


Forget all the fanboys will say, the HTC One is fricking amazing!


Still gonna buy the Galaxy S4 though

Instead of reaping the rewards of putting out a lovely new flagship, HTC has just reported its lowest ever profit -- a mere $2.8 million in unaudited net income -- during the first three months of this year.


That compares to $173 million in the same quarter of last year, representing a pretty catastrophic fall of around 98 percent. Underlying revenue dropped by a third to $1.4 billion.


The reason? The top-end smartphone on which the company's fortunes currently rest, the HTC One, mostly missed its scheduled global arrival date in March due to manufacturing delays, so it effectively didn't exist during the period in question.


It has only just become available to pre-order in the US and won't start shipping to customers until April 19th. At this rate, the HTC First -- the manufacturer's second big announcement of the year -- might actually deserve its name.

newman10: Android family, I greet you all. My samsung galaxy grand does not have the option of 3G only in its Internet settings. I've used the code *#*#4 bla bla bla and installed this app "3G only" from playstore, still none has worked. I've gone to xda forum and posted the problem there, search Google. Anyone have any idea what I can do again? Btw it's on JB

4llerbuntu:

the phone is bricked.

and ics for note is bad. comes with brickbug
you need to flash with odin on a pc.

flash either gingerbread or jellybean stock rom

opestein:
BRICKED OR BOOTLOOPING,EITHER WAY UR OPTION IS TO FLASH STOCK ROM IN ODIN OR U FLASH VIA RECOVERY(DATS IF U AV CUSTOM ROMS IN UR SDCARD AND U ARE RUNNING CUSTOM RECOVERY.E.G CWM,TWRP)AND DEN U CAN FLASH STOCK ROM ON UR FONE VIA MOBILE ODIN IN CUSTOM ROM.
BUT THE EASIEST WAY IS TO FLASH VIA PC ODIN

4llerbuntu:




first world problems.


when u enter the service menu, u did not see a small box that has a drop down menu?

that menu has all the bands/network modes the phone is capable of.

one of them is WCDMA ONLY OR HSDPA ONLY or UMTS OONLY

thats the 3G only option. select that



other than the fact that i haven’t checked a Galaxy Grand setting page personally, i know samsung uses the exact same menu on all its phones and right under the mobile networks settings, the network mode has GSM/WCDMA (AUTO MODE), GSM ONLY, WCDMA ONLY.

wcdma only/umts only/hsdpa only is the 3G option.

if neither of these 2 options work, pls leave the phone be and use it like that

isquar3d3: 4llerbuntu pls do u know if HTC c has a problem wt WiFi? tried to use swift 4g wit d phone yesterday but didn't browse. it connected wt d WiFi tho. I use an mtn sim.

isquar3d3: 4llerbuntu pls do u know if HTC c has a problem wt WiFi? tried to use swift 4g wit d phone yesterday but didn't browse. it connected wt d WiFi tho. I use an mtn sim.

malikalhaj: I just wonder how difficult it is for people to read. . . . Most questions have already bin answered yet people will keep asking again and again. . . . Not saying it's bad to help nooks oooo, I am believer of "whoever helps a noob has a lofty place in heaven" but make una de read at least 5 pages before asking questions

4llerbuntu:


yeah. too bad the company is too dense to be a business

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/08/htc-financials-q1-2013/




so how will samsung not sell 95% of the market? the S4 will meet this HTC One at the market despite the months of a head start.

BlackBaron: HTC only have themselves to blame.

Aesthetics and specs looks top notch, however a device with no external storage will never appeal to people like me.

BlackBaron:
Their marketing is also just so bland. Bar the few enthusiasts like you and I, quite a chunk of consumers don't even know there are better devices that tip say the S3 off the 'King of android' throne like the Oppo Find 5, SE Z and the HTC One.

newman10:

My Oga thank you so much. The grand is a dual sim phone. I guess that account for why i didnt see any drop down menu when I input the *#*# bla bla bla and yes i know 3G is the same as WCDMA, UMTS and HSDPA. I have previously used a galaxy s2 and s duos. Both of them has the WCDMA only option. So I know what I'm saying. I guess I have to use the phone just like that. I will upload the screen shot sha

from what i know about the grand, SIM2 can only
use EDGE while the SIM1 uses WCDMA

texazzpete:

People like you are in the minority. The success of the iPhone shows most people don't NEED external storage. I doubt your total storage used is over 32Gb anyway.
Most people who complain about expandable storage buy a 16GB phone and stick in a 16GB or less memory card. Total is 32GB or less!
I may also point out that the internal memory is way faster than even a class 10 microSD card. 99% of Nigerians who use expandable memory use crappy class 4 or class 6 cards. I use a 32GB Class10 card from Sandisk...I am an exception.

texazzpete:
You cannot compare 2013 phones like the Find 5 and SE Z with the S3 that came out in April 2012. Why not compare with the Galaxy SIV that blows the Find5 and the Xperia Z out of the water with ease...and is pretty much even (or a bit better) than the HTC One?

HTC doesn't have that much cash for the kind of aggressive marketing Samsung can churn out. You know the massive mindshare Samsung won with their Olympics sponsorship? Samsung is VERY rich

ciphoenix:

from what i know about the grand, SIM2 can only
use EDGE while the SIM1 uses WCDMA

BlackBaron:

As at now, my phone capacity is 48GB. Slapped on a 32GB sd card after only a few hours out of the box cos I was running out of space already. At any given time, I need that extra space which I use to download latest 720P/1080P yet to be released movies after which I upload to my 50GB dropbox cloud storage. My apps also accounts for a hefty storage of the sum total of installed memories. I also got spare memory which I use if I'm out and without the luxury of deleting.

Couple in my extra files, documents et al and see why a phone like HTC One would never be my cup of tea. Those iphone peeps you mention always swoon and curse when they see the media content available on my phone which they never have the luxury of expanding.



2012-2013 comparison or not; at present most don't even know what latest better phones there are out there, mention Oppo 5 or SE Z to some and watch out for their blank faces. The S3 still outsells superior flagships even though it is no longer the best.

Truth is even if HTC One might be better, the in-your-face marketing of S4 would well and truly make sure there is no rival to clinch the heart of potential flagship smartphone consumers.