i dont feel any speed improvement after using art.
maybe need 2 phones side by side only can feel the difference.

not all app compatible.
not worth using art at all if have to sacrifice app compatibility,

brotan from garage sales got sell 3000mah official extended battery
but his one no nfc.

if you dont use nfc get it. since available locally get fast delivery.

3000mah battery rocks. not too big and great battery life.

for me enough lo.
i got tablet also.

day time abuse phone, night time abuse tablet.
cant kill both on the same day.

you flash the wrong kernel? look for the ones that says for aosp rom

greenify dont auto hibernate apps on kitkat.
known bug.

anyone with random hang lag crash has app issue, most likely pirated/cracked apps. if you use all original apps, phone will never randomly hang.

wifi is good, no issues. i never get disconnected while surfing the web

camera has no issues on original rom. when we says camera problem, we're talking about kitkat custom rom.

what is casing crack problem? since when got this problem?

samsung touch wiz rom,
just use stock rom (maximum stability), root, then use xposed framework and wanam xposed module (tons of features),
optional to use titanium backup to freeze all bloatware

aosp custom rom,
temasek rom, most feature pack kitkat rom.

temasek>cm11>archidroid>omni>super nexus
in terms of features

for battery life and smoothness, they are all identical

touchwiz is more than just the launcher.
and it cant be 'removed' just by using another launcher.

many aosp feature cant be reproduced on touch wiz rom.

~enable customizable nav bar. which i feel is much more easier to handle the phone.
~long press back to bring down notification tray, no need reach all the way to the top and pull down
~long press recent apps button to switch to previous app. quick and easy
~nav ring makes things easier to launch, easy access to google now, able to add screen off as ring target to turn off screen at anytime without pressing hardware button
~custom notification LED, fading effect, color, blinking time, apps in play store are not reliable and doenst work all the time.
~display wifi download/upload speed in status bar,
~way useful quicksettings tiles (torch, screen timeout, network mode)
~more lockscreen shortcuts, up to 8
~able to hold the bottom bazel of the phone without worry after disable hardware keys, cant be done on touchziw since you will press the back, home or menu key. very good grip when watch video or snap picture
~halo, no intrusive sms/whatsapp during gps navigation
~my favourite, slide status bar for brightness control (used to have in TW gingerbread, no idea why it's gone now)
~volume button control media volume instead of ringer volume
~6x6 pattern lock, way more secure and difficult to hack

only way to get this, is to watch video non stop on wifi.

somehow, when watch video, doesnt use much battery. processor just stick at 200MHz.
in gsm arena, battery test for video, can go max 9.5hours

during weekends when i watch alot of youtube, i get 6 hour sot.
but weekdays normal use, 4-5 hours sot

How much it cost? Delivery?

It can integrate with tasker.

You can do amazing amazing things with it.
Look in YouTube for Armando fierra videos.
I learn how to use tasker from him.

Tasker can really change your phone.
Too bad it's a paid app so many Malaysians won't get it.
I hesitate to get it at first, but after watching all his videos,couldn't resist.

Imagine holding up your pebble watch, press a button, speak your command,
And it sends to instruction to your phone and perform the action while it's in the pocket.
Cool....

It will reach when you willing to spend time to read how to flash official firmware using Odin.
Official 4.3 from samsung has been out for such a long time.

Unofficial custom rom even have 4.4 kitkat, which I've been using since December.

The camera quality is the same.
Samsung rom have some sharpening for its screen.
Making text and everything looks sharper, at the cost of losing some vibrancy.

Kitkat Roms also start to introduce this sharpness fix in samsung Roms.
The actual image is of the same quality.

Snap a pic using your cam, send to another s3 on stock rom and view it on gallery.
You'll get what I mean when you compare. The color shift abit, and the picture looks sharper in touch wiz gallery.

i dare not use ahem version for root apps, especially one so powerful like tasker.
root apps have lots of permissions. dangerous if the ahem version have malware.

proud to say my hp now 0 ahem version apps.

i dont buy too many apps. some i buy i really regret. some are very useful

+ good
tasker (bring the android experience to a whole new level via automation and bulk action)
swiftkey (the best keyboard ever of all time, i did tried many alternative and this wins)
titanium backup key (essential for rom flashing)
snap camera (great camera with loads of features)
nova launcher pro (favourite launcher, pro version unlocks all features)
rom toolbox pro (easy nandroid backup)

- regret
camera JB+ (obsolete compared to aosp cam)
widget locker (lockscreen widget not really useful, even after 4.2, i never use them)
HDR cam+ (totally useless app, snap camera have better HDR)
swype keyboard (pales in comparison to swiftkey)
set cpu (i dont underclock anymore)
apex launcher (prefer nova launcher)
friendcaster pro (default FB app is good now, no need 3rd party app)

This post has been edited by mtxx: Jan 13 2014, 03:24 PM

swype looks promising at first, very nice button placement. lost of predictions appear.
but then i realize it doesnt predict next word very smart. many times it predict nonsense and unrelated words.
end up making more mistake.

swiftkey predict 3 words only, but many times those are the words i want to type next.

example i wana type "wan tan mee", after i type "wan", it predicts the next 2 word as the first option, knowing i always use this word. swiftkey also memorize buildings, location that i always type. another example, it predicts "canai" after "roti", and "lemak" after i type "nasi", it can also do "pasar" "malam", which is really good.

swype just doens't do that for me. i already used it for 1 week, should be enough time for it to learn my habbits.
it only predict normal english grammer, but not custom terms.

another thing i notice is swype might be using more battery.
swiftkey never appear in my battery usage. but swype appear to use as much as whatsapp in my battery usage.

swype no google voice shortcut, it uses dragon something for voice, which sucks.

the only downside of swiftkey is no chinese language. i need to switch to googel pinyin ime for chinese input. but thats not too troublesome for me since i rarely type chinese. swype can directly switch to chinese which is very convenient.

for number 3, actually i think its really cool to speak to your watch.
when phone ring, instead of reaching pocket bring out phone to answer, just swipe the watch and start talking. stylish!

dude, kesian la. you all the time hoping for the 'next' android version.
why not you just enjoy the current version? after all you spend more than 6 months waiting for 4.2, and suddenly you get 4.3. rejoice la.

this is not nexus or google edition phone, getting latest OS is not possible.
if you do want latest, aosp rom are the way to go. you cant get best of everything, sure got compromise one.

the key is to be happy with what you have

what do you mean? glance of previous task?