Recent content by burrrton

I downloaded this...

I'm having to install "Good for Enterprise" on my Sprint Galaxy S4 to get a stipend, and our Good Server does not allow rooted phones. SO, I'm trying to get back to a stock firmware. I've put what I think are a couple of correct ROMs on my SD card and tried to flash them, but they keep failing...

Um, virtually *all* Android apps are "ICS compatible". If you want recs for good apps, fine, but this isn't MacOS vs XP vs Win7.

If you value your battery life, stay with GB. I used to get at least a day and a half of average use (some gaming, a lot of texts, some websurfing, etc) on GB- with FH13 doing virtually *nothing* today, I got 15 hours and it was beeping at me to shut it down or plug it in. I did just install it...

Why on earth would you carry a keyboard around with you unless you're doing heavy word-processing (in which case I'd wonder why you're doing that on a phone)?

No, or at least not that I'm aware of. Note that there are some that *claim* to be higher capacity and the same size, but all those I've ever seen were cheap generic knock-offs that didn't have anywhere near the claimed capacity* according to tests I've read in various places. *This isn't to...

And the reason your phone is at 99% when you unplug is because of the charging algorithm. Once the battery is fully charged, it starts 'trickling' by allowing the battery to discharge slightly, then recharging, and repeating this. If you look closely at laptop power management schemes, you'll...

Get rid of the Task Killer. Uninstall all the bloatware (Media Hub and Social Hub, and maybe others, run in the background- not sure how much battery they use, but it can't be 0% so if you're not using them, and you don't need to, get rid of them). Also be sure to stop Google Maps from running...

The Zaggs are 'rubbery'- they protect well, but IMO with the resistance that 'rubbery-ness' adds aren't ideal for covering the surface of a device you have to rub your finger over all day. The Steinheils OTOH are smooth and as resistance-free as the Gorilla Glass? underneath. I replaced my Zagg...

Nothing wrong with letting coverage decide who you go with. Where I live, Sprint's coverage is second to none, so that fact along with my SERO plan makes Verizon et al absolute non-starters.

Then take your thumb off the lens of the Galaxy. Image quality is almost universally considered superior on the Galaxy compared to the iPhone (and yeah, that's saying something, as the iPhone's camera is one of the best).

I agree wholeheartedly, but you assume the protection is quantifiably better with an ugly case (yeah, looks are subjective). In this case, whether a thin layer of soft silicon will provide a noticeable improvement over other materials is highly debatable, even ignoring the dust/grit it will...

Legitimate enough concern, but I'm wondering if by the time LTE is ubiquitous and reliable enough to be worth insisting on, you might be eligible for another upgrade. H3ll, 4G has been out and marketed on for what, a few years, and it's *still* hardly worth anything as a feature (and I say that...

I don't have an answer for why, but last I heard there was direct confirmation from Otterbox itself/themselves that there would be no case for the Epic 4G Touch. They're too dmn bulky anyway. Put a Steinheil Ultra-Fine on there with a Seidio Surface or a TPU case and you'll be golden.

Thought I'd throw my 2c in there having just finished evaluating the Seidio Surface, a TPU case from Amazon (Cimo S-line), and this Case-Mate Tough. The Case-Mate is quite big relative to the others, and while it undoubtedly provides good drop protection (exactly how much more than the others...