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[Vibrant General] eminembdg:
The GPS deal , well... that's hit or miss it seems. Mine on the other hand works perfect and has worked fine since I got it right after release.

Flash... well ya knew it didn't have flash when you went to get it, so... yeah.

I love this phone. It's tough , even though it feels light and wimpy. It's super fast, the screen is beautiful and there's so many ROMs and mods to customize it the way you like it that I'm never bored with it.
[Vibrant General] jpcdeux:
Had a galaxy s 4G, it was a disappointment but I miss the ffc!
[Vibrant General] SliderGT:
I just wish the GPS would lock in a little quicker and that the battery was a little better.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I never understood the cheap feeling people got from it either, and I had a hd2 that is supposed to be the best build quality in a phone, my vibrant may not be that solid, but hell, its solid....
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
It's plastic and yea it feels cheap. The HD2 is in another dimension. It does feel cheap, but that's nothing a Body Glove or Otterbox case can't fix trivially.

The battery and GPS is a bigger issue, though... Both of those are terrible. If I take my Vibrant off the charger and never use it, 30% of the time the phone will drain to nothing in 4 hours. I have no clue how it's doing it, why it's doing it. The battery is good (I've tried a brand new Stock Samsung OEM battery replacement) and it still happens. It has the most Volatile Battery Life I've ever experienced in a Mobile Phone, or any mobile device, ever...

A couple months ago I went to Houston for a couple days and forgot to take my Wall Charger... I ended up having to plug my phone into the Samsung HDTV in the room becasue the battery was dying all over the place. I had to stand there tethered to a television just to use my phone. Wanted to talk? Go to the TV. Check your Twitter/Email? You know where to go...

Even on the car charger, the phone would barely charge. I was basically < 50% charge 90% of the time I was there, and even had to turn my phone off for like 3-4 hours when I was getting stuff done to make sure it didn't die on me.

That is something I had never experienced using my Windows Mobile (6.5) devices or Aria, and the HD7 doesn't do this. The Blackberry Bold I tried out for a couple weeks could go 2-3 days with extremely heavy usage on one charge, and charged fast as ****... Even on a Car Charger while being used.

The GPS in the Vibrant was constantly putting me on the wrong road, or on the service road when I was on the other side of the Interstate. At intersections, the GPS would bug out and it would take it upwards of 1-2 minutes to straighten itself out.

Back to the battery. I think the cell radio is killing it. When the phone is on WiFi, it can work about 18-24 hours before it you have to turn it off, because it's not using the cell radio for anything. So, I think a lot of people who say their battery is so good are probably on WiFi most of the time, and likely don't make that many phone calls.

As far as updates are concerned, KA6 was a hail mary and I think Samsung would like to not have this phone even be mentioned in headlines, since those same articles will just remind potential buyers of their other phones just how terrible their Android support/updating actually is. They want to move on. They even bothered to miff up the Software on their WP7 devices. If Samsung touches any software, they will make sure they find a way to miff it up.
[Vibrant General] Abu-7abash:
One quick remark on what you said regarding Cell drainage vs. Wifi, that's just not true. At least in my case it isn't.

Today for example I took my phone off the charger about 8 a.m and by the time I walked out of uni 8 hours later I had 78% left. All this while making about a total of 70 minutes of calls not to mention a couple of texts.

Now when I reached home I turned on my wifi and started doing my net business, that got me to 15% in less than 4 hours. Without doing any calls/texts in the process.
[Vibrant General] raduque:
What more could I want in a phone?

How about no interface or response lag? I'm running Bionix V 1.3.1 with Voodoo lagfix enable, and there's still some lag in the response.

I'd also like the GPS to work every time with accuracy at least matching my 2+ year old G1.
[Vibrant General] xtone:
you guys are not thinking this through.....

i want my phone to have a vagina.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
This made me lol so a thanks hit...

Also 3g uses more battery than being on wifi to the person talking about wifi draining their ****....

I have excellent battery life...
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
haha I wanted to say this but I might get flame. lol
[Vibrant General] anthonys2r:
This is based on the Vibrant (as other phones have these features)

camera flash

led notification

better battery (or more battery efficient hardware)

spot on GPS

FFC (1.3MP instead of 0.3MP)

timely and guaranteed updates

no RFS (ext4 default)

NFC chip

more weight, maybe a metal backing (vibrant is WAY too light by itself)

FM tuner
[Nexus One General] jangomango:
Hey nexus one worshippers ... come on.. lets see what you look like.... ! ;-)
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
Where's yours then?
[Nexus One General] xsnipuhx:
You beat me to it.... /shrug
[Nexus One General] musashiken:
Err, meow? Meow?
[Nexus One General] jangomango:
Lol.... that's my little bald head in the avatar ;-)
[Nexus One General] willhot:
Come on, it's yourself who started this tread, show more skin.....:D
[Nexus One General] Dirk:
XDA is not 4chan. Let's not allow this forum to degenerate into it! :D
[Nexus One General] negroplasty:
Agreed. Here I am tho:
[Nexus One General] wang1404:
Too much skin on the head. ;)
[Nexus One General] Dirk:
Just to get into the spirit of the thing...
[Nexus One General] zipredictive:
Hi everyone this is me!
[Nexus One General] BikerBoy030:
please don't laught....it was halloween
[Nexus One General] lynkx:
Digg'n the power glove :-) .
[Nexus One General] danger-rat:
This is me... :cool:
[Nexus One General] TheSneakerWhore:
Yep. Nothing much.
[Nexus One General] Babydollll:
Me:

Sparky & Casey (R. I.P.)

Sent from either my N1, Nexus S or telepathically using two tin cans and some string (I still can't decide I really love string)
[Nexus One General] wang1404:
Hi everybody I'm from china lol
[Nexus One General] venec:
There, gotta take care of some **** right now so cya...

xoxo
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avio07:
how can I get the vibrant 4g launcher on my vibrant without flashing a custom rom? I just want the transparency of the launcher when going to menu screen...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipeench:
I know to do it with the OG vibrant you would need to go in to a rom dump and then to system>app> and copy "TouchWiz30Launcher.apk" Then you could edit it how you would like. At least that's what i did when i wanted a costume launcher.

Have you checked out market apps like Launcher Pro or Go Launcher? I know they are not exactly what you are looking for... but they are pretty sweet
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hobbes2099:
Just went back to baseband .55 after noticing the terrible effect .58 had on my battery.

Long story short; I decided to install a fresh copy of FreeX10 beta 4 and after erasing the stock Facebook app w/ Titanium, I wanted to ask around if anyone has the same annoyance I'm facing and how they got around it:

The Facebook app starts on its own ALL THE TIME.

I've tried different Task Killers, Startup Auditor, Autostart and similar programs to prevent Facebook from starting every few minutes.

Anyone have any recommendations? I only check Facebook once or twice on my phone, and I use Tweetdeck for that. I like having contact profiles having their profile pics updated to the latest status changes, but I can live without it.

Sony Ericcson x10i

FreeX10b4|2.1.55|2.6.29
[General Questions and Answers] serioussam886:
Yo guys! I have Sonyericsson Xperia X10,and I wanna ask a question.... : is it possible to flash other phones' rom such as Htc, samsung, motorola,etc? ? Thx!
[General Questions and Answers] n00bvn:
yes you can, and absolutely with the same OS
[General Questions and Answers] youthforlinux:
Drivers probably wont work at all...probably will bootloop
[General Questions and Answers] serioussam886:
what do mean by that? Drivers dont work? What kind of Drivers?
[General Questions and Answers] erosmagnum:
*throws an anti troll grenade*

read windows for dummys.

thats an easy way to put it,

same reason you cant put WindowsXP on a phone. the drivers wont work.

if you put a rom for a phone with a touch screen, on a regular smart phone it wont work.

if you put a rom for a 5000 CPU in a device with a 7500 CPU it probably wont work.

you don't sew your leg onto your arm joint and wonder why it doesnt work.

Computers are picky things. they have to be told what is where and how to use it. or you get a critical error, or at best, something working but barely.
[General Questions and Answers] serioussam886:
which mean... I cannot -3- sosad, I wanna try HTC sense
[General Questions and Answers] erosmagnum:
well thats where rom cooking comes in, basically, its like theres something you like from one salad, like the olives. but you only have a basic salad with just lettuce and tomatoes.

with rom cooking you basically take the olives from the other salad and put them on your salad.

you can move apps possibly, images and themes. but if the screen resolution doesnt match guess what? no go, mobile doesnt stretch like windows XP.

since you are a beginner, your best bet is to learn your phone first.

get all the device information. get some tools, and back your phone up.

or at least learn how to hard reset it back to factory state. and add apps, or mess with the registry (this is how most of us learned about Windows, and every other OS.)

learn how to reinstall an OS, than you can go and eff it up. try to fix it, and if you can reset back to factory state.
[General Questions and Answers] serioussam886:
I know all of them, and My phone would restart every 90 secs before (coz I installed Busybox Twice and messed up the system ) , I can deal with it. About the resolution of the screen, many phones have the same of Xperia X10 , so...... Can you directly tell me, Is it possible or not ( meaning that cant even install it ) ?
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
Without modifying you CAN'T just put a ROM from a different device on yours.
[General Questions and Answers] zeemar007:
NOBODY EXPLAINED WHY..

ok i will tell u..

to get others rom to work for ur device, first look which device is the rom made for..

then google for that phone's hardware specs.. if the chipset & other general specs of that phone match yours then WALA!!!! u can use the rom!!!!! for sure!!!
[General Questions and Answers] scopio:
will it b anything wrong if suddenly out phone out of battery while flashing the rom??
[General Questions and Answers] serioussam886:
Thx dude.... I will try it later!!
[General Questions and Answers] zeemar007:
nooo..

BIOS EQUIVALENT to custom recovery mode.. it wont harm ur phone but u will have to flash rom again..
[General Questions and Answers] -SourceCode-:
Yes I agree with zeemar007.

Most likely the ROM would have to be ported (or hacked in pure tech terms) to make it compatible with a different phone/model. Especially if the hardware specs are different than the phone the ROM has originally been designed for.
[General Questions and Answers] lilmo22:
there will be a bootloop
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cthulu:
Hi all

I am running stock Samsung Froyo 2.2.1 and somehow, SNS status of my contacts stopped working. It does not show if I create a shortcut on desktop, hovewer it shows in the Dialer app. I tried to re-join facebook and phone contacts, re-enable facebook sync with the samsung app and also with facebook app, nothing helping. The only thing not tried is removing the Facebook sync account and add it again. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nk137:
that wont help either im having the same problem i guess its messed up but i tried removing the account & adding it again still did nothing hope this answers ur question
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cthulu:
damn... i expect you did not try to do hard reset too ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nk137:
nope didnt try that it seems like there fixing it but who knows how long that will last lol y did u try a hard reset??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cthulu:
Nah... :) I am saving that for real issues :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joelunch:
I am having the same issue. The get friends screen simply says "No SNS accounts". This is a samsung galaxy s. I have a facebook account setup... On Android 2.1 I used to be able to select who to sync. I am now on 2.2.1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] branalvere:
I had heard Facebook and Google having a falling out and Google disabling sync but I thought it would only affect official 2.3 firmwares. Might be a corporate rather than a phone issue
[XPERIA X10 General] Tejstar:
Title says it all. The Xperia X10 will not be open. See article for more information.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/03/29/official-–-sony-ericsson-opens-bootloader-for-new-xperia-range/
[XPERIA X10 General] bra1n0uk:
I had to read it with my own eye, even then i thought i was still asleep.
[XPERIA X10 General] akila87:
Official one http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/devel...e-boot-loader-in-the-new-xperia™-smartphones/

I was thinking to myself if I were the CEO of SE the first thing that I would do is opening the bootloader and giving GB to x10. :D Some companies started to put bootloader follwing the SE path. Now what they are going to do.

ANDROID IS READY TO (FREE)

Also, please note that you may void the warranty of your phone if you unlock the boot loader. See your phone’s warranty statement for details. Additionally, due to the modified phone software, Sony Ericsson’s repair network may not be able to properly test and repair your phone according to our normal procedures. Consequently, if Sony Ericsson does perform a warranty repair, Sony Ericsson may charge you a handling fee for any additional incurred costs due to your modification of the software.

Therefore, you should only unlock the boot loader of your phone if you are an advanced developer with good knowledge of the technology and risks involved. We strongly recommend that standard users NOT unlock the boot loader, as it is not needed. We are proud to deliver great phone experiences through our rigorously tested and official software releases.
[XPERIA X10 General] Yperion:
Thats very good news, even the x10 dont get the unlocked bootloader all this will help our devs to learn more about se and make easier to them the cracking of the bootloader
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
Guys, sorry to disappoint you, but there are only two possibilities:

1.) the london drug cartel spoiled the drinking water around SE headquarters with a ****load of LSD (accidently?)

2.) Some bastard hacked blogs.sonyericsson.com and spreads ****.

*sry, joking*

Seriously, who is this at SE that turns a whole company's concept upside-down?!

Very good news and the first time I suggest to buy another XPERIA phone!

edit: Did they perhaps recognize that their upcoming phones'll have a hard time around the competition due to hardware specs? I think it makes sense. Their flag ships don't look all that good (if you look at the hardware only!) and the XPERIA Play received some quite bad reviews out there. So to stand out from the crowd, they open the bootloader while every other company starts to lock it up. Only my suggestion.
[XPERIA X10 General] anders260:
****, most probably need to buy the Arc Now ;-(

I really like my x10, but more fun with open bootloader
[XPERIA X10 General] kunalgahlot:
so now we fans got another target to go and post on sony blogs and pages

OPEN BOOTLOADER!!!!!!!!!

OPEN BOOTLOADER!!!!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] akila87:
I thought this is another GB thread (seriously didn't read the title correctly) I put my hand on the KB to type some very bad things.

Then when I'm reading im thinking WTF man this is impossible :D :D So the same company that going sue one for cracking a bootloder is going to open the bootloader. is this 2012 :p
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
I would prefer if our devs could crack it before. Would be a lot more satisfying (even if I didn't contribute anything :p)
[XPERIA X10 General] MJ_QaT:
very good move from Sony Ericsson, it only shows that they do listen
[XPERIA X10 General] kunalgahlot:
Seems like some change in top management and the bad image SE got in Android field that now they want to beat Samsung and HTC!!
[XPERIA X10 General] downesey:
This is a really good point, someone should tell sony about this
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
Are you trolling? Sony Ericsson isn't suing anyone for trying to unlock the bootloader of the X10.

Are you getting the Sweden-based mobile phone company Sony Ericsson confused with the United States of America-based video game publisher Sony Computer Entertainment America?
[XPERIA X10 General] MJ_QaT:
The sue case is for playstation not X10

Don't get confused

And if you read the article, they already explained why they can't do the same with X10
[XPERIA X10 General] akila87:
Yeah I know anyway SE is half Sony and I mean the playstation no one never even talked about suing someone for X10
[XPERIA X10 General] totalundone:
Wow, SE has really made some wonderful decisions! This is more than what any another non-nexus android phone has done. Kinda hard to hate SE after they at 2.3.3 for the x10 and unlocked bootloader option for their next phones. They've pretty much made sure my next phone purchase will be an SE.
[XPERIA X10 General] raihansazal:
how is it possible...!!!!! now i think it's the time to move to arc.....:)
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
What the hell is SE up to lately??? Is the end of the world really coming in 2012 so there like "screw it,just give them what they want" lol.

Bravo SE.....you have really turned things around!
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
"... it could ruin your SE user experience by running smooth and offer full functionality on an up-to-date Android version." :D

edit: HAHAHA sorry, just read the rest of the text:

LMAO --> Although I'm very happy with their latest decisions and thing about buying another SE in future. But that's really funny *sniff*
[XPERIA X10 General] Ambroos:
I personally tried prototype versions of the Arc, and you'd be surprised how smooth SE's Gingerbread is. It feels a lot more polished and complete than the stock Gingerbread.
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
Don't doubt that mate, SE really did learn from their first Android device in every aspect (newest Android version, faster updates, open BL, ...) and they regained my trust with their latest decisions. But if I think of every single official X10 firmware in stock conditions I just had to laugh out :p

If I look at all that SE is doing lately, I actually can imagine them at the top of the Android device manufacturers in a few years. Their UI looks beautiful and obviously is finally smooth, devices were (well, quite) powerful and beautiful from the start... And all this while the top dog HTC fails at innovation and starts locking their devices. I'm excited where that is heading! Although I'm personally a little disappointed from their latest devices :(
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Holy heck, you guys, SE has done some amazing things in the last 4 months. It is a complete 180. It says it is not for the X10, but that's ok we're getting Gingerbread. Quick question, if the ARC's bootloader is open does that help us at all with a custom X10/Arc Port?

I hope this puts an end to those who are still hating on SE after they listened to our concerns, admitted their mistakes, and took drastic measures to correct the problems in the interest of their advanced users. I guarantee we will all be buying another Xperia after this news.

I propose a moment of silence for all the doubters, haters, and conspiracy theorists, so they can insert foot in mouth. :D
[XPERIA X10 General] jayman1986:
Is there a great marketing ploy here?

Xperia x10 will not have bootloader opened....

So SE now give you a choice- do u want an open phone with fully customizable OS?

Or do you want to stick to Gingerbread X10 which may be locked down further with upgrade?
[XPERIA X10 General] qwer23:
I highly doubt that. But sure it is a marketing strategy to open up bootloader. They're no charity ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] MJ_QaT:
*cough* fiscidtox *cough*

@fiscidtox, I'm kidding bro. You know I love you
[XPERIA X10 General] Resset:
Well... Will it helps with opening X10 bootloader by XDA devs?
[XPERIA X10 General] Ambroos:
Probably not, bootloader on the new device is different, and the bootloader on the X10 will probably not be changed with the update to 2.3.
[XPERIA X10 General] Resset:
:(

(10 chars)
[XPERIA X10 General] Prolab:
Hopefully this is a step in the right direction and more companies follow through.

Although, I'm a wait and see approach when it comes to this.
[XPERIA X10 General] away:
its a nice start from SE what people seem to be missing though is this wont be all phones.

nice that you have to get the phone home before you can truly know if its bootloader can be opened.

while i'm sure with all of the great devs we have here that `in the end' they will most probably all be opened, surely it wouldn't be too hard to have some info on the box / phone somewhere.

anyway grats to SE for coming out of the dark ages and trying to bring something people have requested at long last :)
[XPERIA X10 General] javagreen:
Excellent damage control by SE, and I'm loving it :D
[XPERIA X10 General] will.m:
Holy f--k balls. This is not the kind of news I expected to read this morning. With all these changes, it wouldn't surprise me if they were #1 in a couple years. They're going to out HTC HTC. And to think I just bought an Incredible S last night for my second line. My head asplode.
[XPERIA X10 General] coolsid8:
well I think although it is a great news but still I think se could also have unlocked the boot loader in the next 2.3.3 update. :(
[XPERIA X10 General] Yperion:
Geohot: i will crack the bootloader of xperia play... bla bla... bla bla...

SE: No, you dont...

:p
[XPERIA X10 General] Ambroos:
Problem is that they probably agreed with all carriers the X10 is on that the bootloader should be locked, and they can't just simply ignore their contracts... If they could (without getting in trouble), they would.
[XPERIA X10 General] kafej666:
This is very bad news for Us. A lot of Devs gonna replac x10 ....
[XPERIA X10 General] robbyf66:
WOW oh WOW, I was considering staying away from SE, but then SE announced x10 to update to 2.3.x, and now open bootloader, despite hardward speces, I dont know why i wouldn't buy an SE device now, the question is availability of open bootloaders in the North America's.

Are you guys going to a Arc, Neo, Play?
[XPERIA X10 General] Ambroos:
I wouldn't count on open bootloaders in North America. Definately not in the US, maybe in Canada or Mexico, but I doubt it. If you're on AT&T it might be better to just get a device shipped in from the EU... (my Arc is arriving tomorrow, unbranded, unlocked and open bootloader)
[XPERIA X10 General] robbyf66:
I'm just going to order from Canada because I can get the 3 year term pricing which i assume will be under 200CAD. I'm sure it can be open'd up somehow if it's just certain markets.
[XPERIA X10 General] kitsVA:
Does it have AT&T 3G?
[XPERIA X10 General] Ambroos:
You know, with those contract-based 'lower' prices, in the end you end up paying a lot more? Just paying for the phone might be a relatively big amount of money up front, but combine it with a SIM-only plan and you have complete freedom, and you'll save money in the end.