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What can you do with S3 that you can't with an IPhone

ylexot said:
There's no trigger in a dock other than power. So, Tasker would have no way to differentiate between car and home
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Sorry dude, but not only is there a trigger for dock, but it can also differentiate between a desk dock and a car dock. Presumably using mA...

If you create a new profile > State > Hardware > Docked....

Tasker for Android

States

State Contexts represent a continuous hardware or software state. The following are available:
Airplane Mode, Bluetooth Connected, Calendar Entry, Display State / Orientation, Docked (Any/Desk/Car),
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Ok, so I merged a few (17 to be exact) posts to make the thread more readable. Please use the Multi-quote feature when you wish to respond to multiple posters. It helps us all.

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Thank you for your understanding!
 
universem2 said:
I would like to find out all of the things that an iPhone can't do compared to an android device to help sway iOS to the light.
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Constant resets and battery pulls. And you get to know your Verizon rep REALLY well when you're on your 3rd phone... I keed, I keed.

Widgets
Google apps on steroids- much better on Android (this really is the big one here- the killer apps so to say)
Bigger screens
Live wallpaper
NFC tags
 
Grab a usb OTG adapter and plug in any old usb flash drive, keyboard, mouse, gamepad, etc. with no special modifications needed for the OS.
 
out of the box, the android wins however jailbroken iphones are very nice, i could never have owned an iphone if it werent. i will say this, these following features can be found in cydia once jailbroken:

1. Widgets -plenty to choose from in cydia
2. Live Wallpapers (limited but vwallpapers uses mp4's not gifs)
3. Pure phone customization. ( themes ) -thousands of them on cydia
4. Emulators to play old video games. ( snes, n64, mame....)
5. Google Maps Navigation. -if you have installous you can download tomtom for free ;D
6. Access to file explorer like in a pc. -yes, ifile via cydia
7. Share most files with other apps for easy uploading. (In iOS you are restricted to what applications the app is designed to share with )
8. 4g Speeds -the iphone 5 will have, my wives ipad 3 does
9. Better notification system with control over individual notifications.
10. True multi-tasking. -its called backgrounder in cydia


long story short, android hooks their customers up. what i dont like about iOS:
- is that those above features are not included on stock phones
- i cant use gifs as background, im limited w video mp4 wallpapers
- i cant easily send media like gifs
- i cant enable flash
 
SUroot said:
Sorry dude, but not only is there a trigger for dock, but it can also differentiate between a desk dock and a car dock. Presumably using mA...
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I bet that setting is for Motorola phones that use a magnet to trigger the dock and differentiate between desk and car (using magnet polarity). Samsung has no such trigger. Using mA would not be logical unless the dock somehow pulses the current.
 
Maybe its just me but PORN APP'S and Mikandi App Store and using multiple app stores like Amazon without hacking your phone.

FWIW, I have not touched my iPhone 4S in weeks really since getting the S3. I was looking at it in the dock yesterday and just though naaahhhhh...
 
I don't think it's necessarily what one can do over the other. It's more a question of how. I just left the iPhone 4S to come to the G3 and am totally happy. I didn't realize how much I like Android until now. And it's for a lot of little reasons too. Here's my list:

1. iPhone screen is just to darn small for me although some people prefer that. I don't because my eyes are old and bigger is definitely better.
2. Customization of ringtones/notifications and the ability to assign songs as ringtones. You can do that with iPhone by buying an app to make one but that's just dumb.
3. The Apple infrastructure makes it very cumbersom to get technical support and if you want take advantage of the insurance, every iPhone is $200 - 3GS to 4S. That's just dumb
4. I don't have to constantly back thru menus to get to the main screen
5. Widgets
6. Direct dial/message shortcuts
7. SWYPE
8. Back and menu buttoms

I guess in general, iPhone and Android can pretty much do the same things, it's just a question of how. I definitely prefer Androids way and the fact that I now have a much larger phone. I think it's time iphone start thinking outside the box and come up with a totally new physical device instead of sitting on their success. That's what BB did and look what's happening to them.
 
ghost0211 said:
out of the box, the android wins however jailbroken iphones are very nice, i could never have owned an iphone if it werent. i will say this, these following features can be found in cydia once jailbroken:

1. Widgets -plenty to choose from in cydia
2. Live Wallpapers (limited but vwallpapers uses mp4's not gifs)
3. Pure phone customization. ( themes ) -thousands of them on cydia
4. Emulators to play old video games. ( snes, n64, mame....)
5. Google Maps Navigation. -if you have installous you can download tomtom for free ;D
6. Access to file explorer like in a pc. -yes, ifile via cydia
7. Share most files with other apps for easy uploading. (In iOS you are restricted to what applications the app is designed to share with )
8. 4g Speeds -the iphone 5 will have, my wives ipad 3 does
9. Better notification system with control over individual notifications.
10. True multi-tasking. -its called backgrounder in cydia


long story short, android hooks their customers up. what i dont like about iOS:
- is that those above features are not included on stock phones
- i cant use gifs as background, im limited w video mp4 wallpapers
- i cant easily send media like gifs
- i cant enable flash
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How does sharing of files to other apps work in cydia?

SNOOKIE: How do you long press the pdf to open it in other programs not listed in the Open IN.. menu?
 
universem2 said:
How does sharing of files to other apps work in cydia?

SNOOKIE: How do you long press the pdf to open it in other programs not listed in the Open IN.. menu?
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I think what youre asking is the transfer of files between apps- that is through a vey handy in-phone app called ifile and on your desktop you have limited flexibility w itunes and complete access w iFunbox.
 
What can you do with S3 that you can't with an IPhone?

Short Answer = Everything.

Non- OS dependent features:
- Expandable Storage
- Removable Battery
- LTE
- Large Screen Size
- AMOLED 720P
- NFC
- NO ITUNES!!!
- Lightweight
- Uses a non-proprietary micro usb charging port
- Get's Women (the best feature in my opinion)
 
ghost0211 said:
I think what youre asking is the transfer of files between apps- that is through a vey handy in-phone app called ifile and on your desktop you have limited flexibility w itunes and complete access w iFunbox.
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This. Once you have iFile on your jailbroken iPhone you can move files around, and actually 'save' folder extensions to find later. However, navigating around the root files of an iphone is an exercise in frustration, trying to find the one file you want. That is, until you just aboutmemorize where everything is.

IFunbox on a Mac or PC makes life a lot easier.

And there was a previous post in here talking about how Android phones can be made to have the UI look like WP or even iOS. Well, same thing can be done with an iPhone via Dreamboard tweaks in Cydia. The iPhone UI can look like Windows Phone, OSX, Windows 7, Android variations like sense from HTC and so on.

All that said, I got fed up with the cat and mouse game with Apple. You have devs crack the OS via an exploit, so everyone can jailbreak. Then Apple will put out a patch to fix the exploit and if you mess up your jailbreak with a tweak that has major conflictions with other tweaks you have installed or you accidentally hit the ota update, well you were screwed. Jailbreak gone. Strides have been made so you can now always downgrade, regardless if Apple is not signing old OS updates, but it requiresmore work by the user.
(by the way, anyone that said that jailbreaking was a difficult process and rooting was easier, hasn't jailbroken an iphone. Both are so easy a caveman can do it.)

Sorry for the lengthy post. I bought an S2 a while back then got one of the first AT&T S3's. Unless Apple creates a phone that prints money, I'll likely never buy another iphone. I just wanted to chnge some bad info posted earlier in this thread to good info.
 
thelastdraco said:
What can you do with S3 that you can't with an IPhone?

Short Answer = Everything.

Non- OS dependent features:
- Expandable Storage
- Removable Battery
- LTE
- Large Screen Size
- AMOLED 720P
- NFC
- NO ITUNES!!!
- Lightweight
- Uses a non-proprietary micro usb charging port
- Get's Women (the best feature in my opinion)
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I wouldn't have put the amoled 720p on your list. The iphone display is sharper, clearer and displays truer colors. This is a common concensus amoung photo experts and journalists.

The non-proprietary usb charging port is great, except for the fact that in many cases regular usb cords won't work with pc/mac's. You end up having to use the cord that comes with the phone. And there have been issues with car charges powering the S2 and S3. So while the connector is non-proprietary, the cords and dongle connectors which are in some cases Samsung exclusive, are required and defeats the purpose ofnon-proprietary connectors.
 
Hmmm.... Surprised no one has mentioned the All Share Play stuff you can do if you have a new fangled Samsung Smart TV.

As for one thing that is true of the iOS world that is sadly lacking for Android: Apple never release a phone with an earlier version of the OS and a vague promise. In the Android world OTOH, I would never buy a phone that doesn't come pre installed with the latest OS.
 
I was watching a video and a text came in. The video was still playing on the top of the phone. I was amazed to see this!
 
Covart said:
I wouldn't have put the amoled 720p on your list. The iphone display is sharper, clearer and displays truer colors. This is a common concensus amoung photo experts and journalists.

The non-proprietary usb charging port is great, except for the fact that in many cases regular usb cords won't work with pc/mac's. You end up having to use the cord that comes with the phone. And there have been issues with car charges powering the S2 and S3. So while the connector is non-proprietary, the cords and dongle connectors which are in some cases Samsung exclusive, are required and defeats the purpose ofnon-proprietary connectors.
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Yes ifile gives me conplete flexibility to edit move modify create all system files
 
humandroidster said:
Cant convince my Smart Ass sister that I made the right decision buying a S3 over an eyephone
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Someone else posted earlier - that Android is more suited to "enthusiasts" that iPhone. I totally agree. I like the Back and Menu buttons rather than THE BUTTON on an iPhone. I like the flexibility to customize. And I don't really feel like I'm missing much that iPhone offers exclusively. Facetime I guess, although there are other video chat services.

Yet I never cease to be amazed at how many iPhone 4S's there are out there....everyone has one.....because that is how good the marketing has been.

I believe the FACT is that the iPhone is right now falling behind....iPhone 4S is old technology. We assume iPhone 5 will bring them back but I wonder whether it will really vault them AHEAD again?
 
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