yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adecostres:
Hello,

Could you explain me, how can I get best possible quality of photos ? I mean, I can read here and there, that X10 has got really, really good camera with 8MP and so on.

Thruth is, though, that I can't get any photos with reasonable quality. I mean picture is blurred and in locations inside house, photos are rather dark.

I really like this phone but I also have HD2 with Android and looking at picture quality of photos made on these two phones I'm positive that HD2 makes far better ones (in spite of its worse specs).
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayman1986:
Buy vignette software -with the appropriate settings and a bit of picture taking practice by you(you need to learn how to use it properly).

You can produce high quality pictures with vignette, much better than stock camera app that comes with phone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-FACE:
Or best of all, use this camera mod thanks do 28spawn
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adecostres:
Thans for advices. I'm using camera mod v10 but it's still not quite what it should be. Maybe I just must get used to ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddymild:
Try fxcamera or 360camera from market. Both are better than stock.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
vignette is the best by far
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordKitsuna:
Use spawns but use touch to capture mode it made my pics much clearer since it was really easy to hold the camera still
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
Absolutely!!!!! No question about it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadevelopers1222:
I think that in the X10's case, the phone's camera hardware is better in quality than the stock camera software.

I too had lots of high hopes for the built-in Sony Ericsson camera app. Unfortunately, although many of the pictures I took seemed to look okay on the phone screen, they were actually terrible when a computer or HDTV screen revealed the blurriness of them all. The speed in which the app captures an image is just too slow, particularly if I tried using the actual camera button on the phone. Even with image stabilization enabled, I would rarely get a decent picture. Using the touch capture feature helps a little, but not much. Taking pictures indoors generally yields the worst results. I've taken some good shots outdoors as long as the lighting is bright.

My favorite camera app is Vignette. With so many options to choose from and so many high-quality effects, it is the best one out of the few I've tried off the Android Market. The only thing I don't like about Vignette is that by going full resolution plus using its 'superfine' quality mode, it can take a while to process after you've taken a shot and start to save.

We're not alone in the hard-to-use stock camera app department, though. My girlfriend has an HTC EVO 4G (known also as the HTC Supesonic), and the indoor pictures she takes with her stock app often has similar blurriness issues as the X10.

I still use my Sony DSC-W290 or DSC-TX7 point-and-shoot cameras if I want better quality, but the X10 and Vignette will do in a pinch.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adecostres:
Thank you very much for all the answers. I'll try vignette, fx, 360 and spawns. Hope it will change my current opinion, which is similar to xdadevelopers1222's point of view ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] milestone97:
Hey can somebody port this theme for milestone with the newest Cm7 Port
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] wisefreakz:
Will try to work on it and if time allows... in 2 weeks :)

(I know i can be done in less time but, i'm normally out of time... so be patient)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] milestone97:
here is am metamoph design.
[Wildfire General] jangofett18:
I have a question why htc wants to prevent us from rooting and changing the roms of our android devices?
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
1: Wildfire is now EOL. They want to promote their new line of devices, and, by locking the bootloader, they are hoping people will get rid of the Wildfire and move to their new device. (Major Reason)

2: Prevent their backsides when they get complaints of bricked phones when people try to mod it. (Minor Reason)
[General Questions and Answers] rsadiwala:
Sorry if Posted to the wrong location.....

I have Motorla Backflip Rooted and updated via custom ROM to Android 2.2.1 (cynogen mod 6.1.2) . I need an application Known as Motonav........cause it was deletyed when I flashed That ROM..:(...plz help ...no help received from motorola..:(
[General Questions and Answers] johnson8cyl:
found this

http://www.techgeekguy.com/2010/12/download-motonav-apk-motorola-android-phones.html
[General Questions and Answers] rsadiwala:
:( i already KNow THis THe Problem is Itz Password Protected RAR file ...and i cannot figure out the password...if u know plz inform me...thanks..:)
[General Questions and Answers] ironlood:
Try techgeekguy or techgeekguy.com as the password
[General Questions and Answers] rsadiwala:
Neither Worked..:(
[General Questions and Answers] johnson8cyl:
Tried to find the stock rom or one with it built in? Maybe pull it out and install on your phone?
[General Questions and Answers] rsadiwala:
tried but cannot find the stock rom..:(
[General Questions and Answers] johnson8cyl:
Sorry it took so long. I found the stock rom on motorola's site but dont seem to see the motonav app. Did it come stock with the phone? 2.1 is what they have up. Don't know if your'e even still looking for it.

Edit: Maybe i spoke too soon is this it?
[General Questions and Answers] johnson8cyl:
I was able to download that motonav.rar file from the site if that's what you need.

Site is this one. http://www.filecrop.com/motonav-android.html

Attached is the rar file. Too big to attach i think so i uploaded it to 4shared. you dont need a password. Here you go if you still need it.

http://www.4shared.com/file/sYhIppTR/Motonav.html
[General Questions and Answers] rsadiwala:
sorry man u were a little late anyways thank for ur help....

btw..u were unable to find the apk on tht ROm caz its maybe at&t version...motonav is only in the Indian version of BAckflip....

i think i had downloaded those files u gave bfore....but they r fr the milestone and thy work fr backflip but the resloution doesnt...(meaning th app wud be installed but u wudnt be able to get past the Eula screen due to wrong resolution)...

I found the apk by the following steps...:

nandroid backupped

restored stock ROM..(i found it at last in mod my mobile forums but it didnt extract so i took the long route)

RE-rooted

pulled out the apk from system/app folder

restored the backup

thn installed the apk pulled out

thanks anyways.....:) i recommend this procedure any1 is unable to find stock apps....:)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnahabhain:
Hi,

this is just a crapy question cause i am sitting at university having freetime drinking chocolate.

I came previously from THE HTC HD2, a fantastic device. One of the most hacked and developed machines out there (look at the WP7/Android development sections - its great)

But for me it was to big and heavy and not android-native; so i wanted to have an htc desire a month ago. But I spotted a google nexus one and bought it.

Now i am a tiny bit disappointed. There are some things actively being developed thats right, but nothing really stable and reliable exept CM6.1 and CM7 (though it is still RC yet) and the stock ROM (which all look and feel more or less the same)

Sense Builds are to old (ModaCo) or to beta (or even gamma) or to sluggish.

The new MIUI-ROMs are fare away from stable and smooth if you are honestly :p

I dont want to complain; i just want you guys to give me a bit of hope that we still have a devive that will run state of the art software like smooth MIUIs, stable Gingerbread-Sense, Meizu-Ports, interesting CM7-MODs and so on some time. Or is the nexus one somewhat outdated and not really atractive for the devs? I guess its the second one :(

What do you think?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
I think that it's not going to happen.

Unfortunately, I see lots of ports for lots of devices, and 90% of them are ridden with bugs and not completely usable. It's not specific to Nexus One.

If you want ROMs with even less difference of look and feel - look at Nexus S section. They don't even have SenseUI ported properly and functional on the basic phone level.

It might probably change with time, since Gingerbread is out, and Gingerbread-based builds from manufacturers are still rare. If all the devs that attempted porting would be doing their jobs well - we would have more choice, but it's not the case, and not likely to change in the near future. Hopefully, it might change a bit when proper Gingerbread SenseUI is out. Right now, there isn't much to port - only to polish the bugs out of the Froyo SenseUI ports (Desire port has none, DesireHD port is a bit half-baked).

Plus, the "outdated" part is also true. But you see development on Windows Mobile phones years after they're out - HTC Touch (Elf) had actively developed ROMs until recently, and still has. So I hope Nexus won't be considered "dead" for quite some time from now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cenaticz:
i receive my brand new htc hd7 i found out there got 2 small dot in my upper screen. and my seller said is sensor dot. not the defeat. do i believe on him ?

btw, izzit anyone else ppl on/off button is quite hard to press ?

after cover with soft pouch, more harder to pressing it to on the screen.

weird !

2 ques rite here, any suggestion ?]

or it's normal case as usual 1.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sifon187:
The two dots are sensors. One is a light sensor and the other is a proximity sensor.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cenaticz:
btw, the on/off button can be fix ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sutt359:
Once you put it in a case it should fix the power button as most are raised.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moshikko:
Hi everyone

i just bought myself the moto atrix and i have a question:

I'm coming from the Htc Desire Hd and i wanted to know if there is any roms for the atrix

like with htc?

I mean can i install a rom without motoblur, or an optimized version of the stock rom with

Improvments to speed and stability, i know that this device is devil fast but i wanna have a stock android rom strriped from moto stuff

thnx for your future help
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banes:
there are pseudo roms, check out atrix development page for gladiatrix or gingerblur beta roms
[Xoom Themes and Apps] dino325:
Heya guys,

So I just recently discovered the real beauty of E-books and the awesome capability of the Xoom in this activity. My question is what are the settings everyone's using to convert their PDF's into E-book format in Calibre? I'm pretty lost in a lot of the settings and all of my PDF's loose their colorful pictures and such when I convert them.. I'm also playing with Aldiko, Kindle, and Nook for viewing my books.. Whats everyone else's preference?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] msalem:
I just have mine set to generic e-ink and then I just convert any pdf to epub and it works great. I have not made any changes to any of the settings. If you have played around with your settings then just revert them back to default and try it again.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] HuckFinn:
The problem I am having is that I have a few magazines that were scanned into PDFs. If I use QuickOffice to view the pdf the font is small, but very crisp and clear. The only issue I have with this option is that I can not save where I left off reading and the page turning is not as smooth. I do not care about the fancy page transitions, although Google Books does look nice. I would like just a simple button to advance pages. With QuickOffice you have to drag the page and it does not snap to the next page.

I tried using Calibre and then reading in Aldiko or using Adobe Reader and the fonts do not render nearly as crisp as using QuickOffice. Does anyone have some suggestions?

These magazines have plenty of color pictures so I do not want to loose those either.

Thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] pratik5705:
Same boat here. A solution would be helpful!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] msalem:
For large PDF files (like magazines for example) I have found that converting them to epub format is a waste because it lags when you open it using any of the book readers. You can use Adobe/Quickoffice/Documents to Go but like you mentioned, the only downside is that you cannot create a bookmark so you always have to find your way back to where you left off. If you do convert the files how ever to epub and they are not too big then I found that the problem is that most scanned magazines just do not appear right since you may have 2 magazine pages scanned to one pdf page, images distort how the text looks or where it is located, etc. Another solution is use a comic viewer to read the magazines but this takes too long to create sometimes but it is much better than using a book reader since coming viewers handle large file sizes very well.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] dino325:
My problem is that the PDF's I convert to Ebooks lose all their formating. There is not seperation between lines anymore, the text is all one size, page breaks get deleted, so on and so forth.. They look terrible.. I wonder what type of PDFs everyone else is converting with so much success..
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
Is there any progress in multi-touch? I heard you guys were trying to make it an Kernel Module and add it to the phone, can't you do it?(Just like you did with that X8 Pinch Gesture)
[XPERIA X8 General] JasoX:
Wait until the X8 bootloader is bypassed, then we might the multi-touch with the other goodies.
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
Well, why to wait, when we can insert it as module, right?
[XPERIA X8 General] Sgt-Hartley:
Crack on then... look forward to seeing your work. There are so many threads about MT and DT they explain alot go read them. We got one finger pinch zoom what more do we need. Be patient.
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
This topic is for my MoDaCo Custom Kernel for the LG Optimus 2x - Stock Edition

Features include...

Based on the LG source

[*]Kernel version 2.6.32.9

Includes EXT4 support (with optional EXT4 conversion on install)

Includes CIFS and TUN modules

Two downloads area available, one for users who wish to stay on EXT3 and one for users who would like their device converted to EXT4 on install (without data loss).

r4 DOWNLOAD - EXT4 version (ROMraid Load Balancing) - MD5: 55470db6a9cb5a88716210de5afbfbb1

r4 DOWNLOAD - EXT3 version (ROMraid Load Balancing) - MD5: ae9d85a37bb6fe439f12066d20345df8

Installation should be carried out via ClockworkMod, please do a backup first! This kernel should be compatible with all stock and custom ROMs.

Enjoy! :D

P

PS I will be posting the full sources on my GitHub in due course.
[LG Optimus 2x] mikael120:
keep up the great work paul :)
[LG Optimus 2x] Redshark976:
Does this change alot?
[LG Optimus 2x] Redshark976:
Fastest kernel I used!

3400 quadrant, without overclock! Very snappy
[LG Optimus 2x] kelvin_tan:
Hi,

I'm coming from MCR fr17 Fear Kill edition 10.. it is using the 2.6.32.8 kernel.

My questions are as per below (Sorry I'm new to android devices and trying my best to learn):

a) When flashing a new kernel, I just put it in my SD card and flash it in recovery correct? Or do I need to perform a wipe before doing so? Need to clear any cache etc?

b) For those that have tested this kernel, care to upload the stable voltage for 1000 mhz, 1200mhz and 1300mhz?

c) What if I undervolted it so much that it isnt a stable voltage? Will my phone be a brick? :(

Thanks to all that take the time to guide a noob like me.
[LG Optimus 2x] Sckank:
In Pimp my CPU, use the stress test to see if its stable. Use the settings without saving it so you dont boot with those settings. But just to make sure, make a backup of the rom if absolute everything f*cks up. :-)
[LG Optimus 2x] kelvin_tan:
Currently I cant even run a CPU Stress Test. When I do, the application will be forced closed. :(

Do take note that I havent flashed in this new kernel yet.. Using 2.6.32.8 atm
[LG Optimus 2x] foxb_1st:
I flashed this Kernel with Stock ROM, but I found that my existing Pimp my CPU not work anymore. Please suggest use with version is fine, Thanks.:)
[LG Optimus 2x] salisbury_steak:
Same, this kernel doesn't support PimpCPU I believe. Nevertheless, it's the most stable kernel that I've tried so far...
[LG Optimus 2x] thatguychris:
What advantages are their of converting to ext4? Looking for a good kernel current running modaco fr17 will this be ok?
[LG Optimus 2x] 3c:
Please delete...
[LG Optimus 2x] ilos:
it's not a OC kernel so its normal that PimpMyCpu not work...
[LG Optimus 2x] salisbury_steak:
I'm actually not looking for an OC, I was looking for a UV. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] sahilkhurana:
Sorry if it is a noobish question but wat advantage does this bring over stock kernel?
[LG Optimus 2x] salisbury_steak:
This kernel provides ext4 support. And a small fix I believe. So the advantage is a general speed improvement with phone usage.

Guys, my O2X just got updated (via LG PC Suite) to v10d. I already rooted it, but can anyone confirm if this kernel still works with it?
[LG Optimus 2x] noxxious:
doesn't seem to be compatible with v10d (Philippines)...
[LG Optimus 2x] salisbury_steak:
Thanks for the confirmation pare! :-D
[LG Optimus 2x] noxxious:
no problem. i hope we get an updated version of this kernel... :)
[LG Optimus 2x] kahtunz:
is this working for MoDaCo FR19 Fear Edition 12.2 ROM? because i get stuck at the lg logo.. or maybe can someone list down the exact steps to flash this kernel..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zurchpet:
If you are like me, and try out things alot that leave you with an unusable system and you want to recover as fast as possible, I made a small Listing, that shows what you have to enter on adb shell while booted in recovery.

Prequisites:

Tested on FuguMod >= 2.0 only

Be sure you have enough space free on internal SD

all these commands are issued in adb shell while booted into Recovery Mode

It restores to JFS on all partitions

One-liners for copy paste while root on adb shell in Recovery Mode:

Backup:

mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard; mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data; mount /dev/block/stl10 /dbdata; rm /mnt/sdcard/system.tar /mnt/sdcard/data.tar /mnt/sdcard/dbdata.tar && cd / && tar cvf /mnt/sdcard/system.tar /system && tar cvf /mnt/sdcard/data.tar /data && tar cvf /mnt/sdcard/dbdata.tar /dbdata

Restore:

umount /system; umount /data; umount /mnt/sdcard; umount /dbdata; umount /cache; /sbin/jfs_mkfs -q /dev/block/stl9 && /sbin/jfs_mkfs -q /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 && /sbin/jfs_mkfs -q /dev/block/stl10 && /sbin/jfs_mkfs -q /dev/block/stl11 && mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard; mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data; mount /dev/block/stl9 /system; mount /dev/block/stl10 /dbdata; mount /dev/block/stl11 /cache; cd / && tar xvf /mnt/sdcard/system.tar && tar xvf /mnt/sdcard/data.tar && tar xvf /mnt/sdcard/dbdata.tar

In detail:

Backup:

# backup - in adb shell (as root) do:
# --------------------------------------------------
# mount all filesystems
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data
mount /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount /dev/block/stl10 /dbdata
# remove older backups
rm /mnt/sdcard/data.tar /mnt/sdcard/system.tar /mnt/sdcard/dbdata.tar
# backup them all to the root of the internal sdcard (make sure enough space is free)
cd /
tar cvf /mnt/sdcard/system.tar /system
tar cvf /mnt/sdcard/data.tar /data
tar cvf /mnt/sdcard/dbdata.tar /dbdata

Restore:

# restore - process
# --------------------------------------------------
# flash stock ROM with Odin/heimdall
# flash fugumod with Odin/heimdall
# reboot recovery - claim root and open a shell
adb root
adb shell
# unmount all filesystems
umount /system
umount /data
umount /mnt/sdcard
umount /dbdata
umount /cache
# recreate filesystems (jfs)
/sbin/jfs_mkfs -q /dev/block/stl9
/sbin/jfs_mkfs -q /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
/sbin/jfs_mkfs -q /dev/block/stl10
/sbin/jfs_mkfs -q /dev/block/stl11
# mount all filesystems and internal sdcard
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data
mount /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount /dev/block/stl10 /dbdata
mount /dev/block/stl11 /cache
# restore the tar
cd /
tar xvf /mnt/sdcard/system.tar
tar xvf /mnt/sdcard/data.tar
tar xvf /mnt/sdcard/dbdata.tar

Listing: http://pastebin.com/rpZW1uWD
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Good stuff.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theduckking:
really useful, thank you.

Danke^^

When I think about it, it should not be too difficult to write an application to create and pull the backups off the phone. And pushing and restoring would be the same thing in the other way. If I got some spare time I could do that, I think it would be really handy:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zurchpet:
Yeah... I also though about to supply an update.zip for backup and one for restore... but I was to lazy :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theduckking:
I'm starting to form the project and layout for the program in my head, but on the other hand my laziness starts to fight all growing motivation. I'm wondering how this will turn out:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Perka:
Works perfect, thx.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zsori:
How and in what regard is this faster than making the backup with CWM?

Not that I don't believe you that it is faster I just want to understand things :)

I pretty much understand what your script does, so probably what I would need to know to see the difference is how the CWM does the backup. I guess CWM is storing the whole file system with dd or something like that...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zurchpet:
It's faster since it does not create a new filesystem to back up the data... TBH. It is less safe than a nandroid backup (no md5 check). but faster in creation. and actually never failed on me :)

also everybody modding the hell out of their phones should get to know adb shell and the power that lies within it. You can take many shortcuts and debug errors easier.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] taigawutz::::
do I understand correctly that this is able to restore a TAR file decrypted from a AB android backup file created before?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Galane:
Can this make the backup on the computer the phone is connected to? Not enough free space on the phone to backup to.

Can it pull apps and their data from external SD?

Does it work without the user having to touch the screen? Broken screen, no touch possible and can't see anything so even if I had paired a bluetooth mouse before the damage it'd still be useless.

Can it restore to a different but identical in every way phone?
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
This topic is for my MoDaCo Custom Kernel for the LG Optimus 2x - Enhanced Edition

Features include...

Based on the LG source

[*]Patched to 2.6.32.36

Includes ck2 patchset

Includes optional BFQ scheduler

Includes EXT4 support (with optional EXT4 conversion on install)

Includes CIFS and TUN modules

Two downloads area available, one for users who wish to stay on EXT3 and one for users who would like their device converted to EXT4 on install (without data loss).

r5 DOWNLOAD - EXT4 version (ROMraid Load Balancing) - MD5: 8da29803f1da756706595cfb34d2fbeb

r5 DOWNLOAD - EXT3 version (ROMraid Load Balancing) - MD5: 6f6f78f3f4d2380e5ba85ce6acefe272

Installation should be carried out via ClockworkMod, please do a backup first! This kernel should be compatible with all stock and custom ROMs.

Note: This kernel is already included with MoDaCo Custom ROM Fr5.

Enjoy! :D

P

PS I will be posting the full sources on my GitHub in due course.
[LG Optimus 2x] darknighted:
It's what your "ck2 patchset" and "CIFS and TUN modules"? Can you explain that !?

Thanks.
[LG Optimus 2x] Mike_52:
I will give it a try.
[LG Optimus 2x] mirsalimov:
@Paul,

Can you please add overclock option to this kernel?
[LG Optimus 2x] Cpasjuste:
Paul, could you take the time to add an "init.d" system to the initramfs, this would allow saving min/max cpu frequency (and maybe uv if i get it to work) at boot.

Thanks, and upload the sources one more time :)