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[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
Yeah I am having the same issue. I have an iphone 3g and 4 as well as many other htc,samsung,palm smartphones. Of them all the inspire has the weakest signal all things being equal. Kinda disappointing. I honestly think it has something to do with the crap ass cover on the bottom,aka one of the antenna's. I plan to experiment this weekend and see if something cant be done. I am on the stock radio but have tried many different roms and tons of playing in the build.prop to no avail,except exponentially increased data speeds.

maybe there are just some bunk inspires out there. I dont get too many dropped calls and my data is ok, but compared to every other phone I have its sub par.
[HTC Inspire 4G] phonejunkie30:
It could be the 4g reception is not as strong I also came from iPhone 4 and I noticed the reception in some spots on the inspire is not as good but I am happy over all
[HTC Inspire 4G] mjgunn:
No experience with an iphone 4, but I can definitely say it's not quite as strong as the captivate I came from, but not to the point that it's worth switching back.

That's not really my problem though, the audio quality on it is pretty bad, talking on the phone itself it's not too bad, but while talking on my bluetooth headset the "gsm hiss" is extremely pronounced at all times.
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumrt562:
I came from a craptivate, and here in Los Angeles County, USA, my signal with the Inspire 4g is way better than my craptivate... and it spends less time scanning for a signal too than the samsung!
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
You should compare dBm of each phone because HTC uses a different range with their bars. At -89dBm HTC will switch to 3 bars, -109dBm will be near zero bars, etc. But apple uses completely different range. So the only way to know for sure is compare dBm numbers.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aridon:
Newer radios give approximately a 10 db increase over stock.

Bars mean nothing. If you are not comparing db you're doing it wrong and inaccurately.
[HTC Inspire 4G] romeo0119:
I used the phono app on the inspire and the reading on it is always worst than the iPhone, I really think it's the antenna design on the inspire. Newer radio works better? Is it the new one that leak from the gingerbread rom? I might have to try that, if I can get 10db more and lose a bit of battery life then I'll gladly do it, I really like this phone but at the end of the day if I can't use it as a phone, it's no good to me
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aridon:
Radio thread.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877295
[HTC Inspire 4G] SNadler:
I am not having any speed issues at all with the Inspire.

It does seem to switch between GSM and WCDMA a little more frequently but speed is the fastest I have ever had on a mobile device without WIFI on. :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
I just did a quick test again because I am getting very annoyed at the poor signal of this phone. I have an aria here next to me. The aria is at -91db and the inspire in the same spot is at -103-105db, obviously the higher the worse it is. Also the aria is more stable in that it goes right to -91 and stays there while the inspire takes some time to settle, and never really settles completely like the aria. I did experiment with the antenna but could never get the signal any better than the cover despite my best efforts. :(

I have not given up yet. I will try a different radio as I have only used the stocker since the beginning. 10+db's is a hell of a difference in my opinion, and in real wold experience the difference is painfully obvious. I dont even want to get into how much better the signal is on my dumbphone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mjgunn:
Try radio 12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M, I was having a ton of dropped calls on the stock radio, that fixed it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] johnbibbs:
I have a weaker signal but I drop significantly fewer calls then I did when I had an iphone 4.

Sent from someplace using something to send it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] MartyLK:
I have both and just compared them. I held them side by side and observed the signal bars and both were identical with two bars showing. I moved them apart about 10 inches...still holding them in hand.. and the signal is 1 bar each. I laid them down side by side and saw that the Inspire had 3 bars, the iPhone 4 had 2 bars. I moved them about 3 inches and now the iPhone has 3 bars and the Inspire has 1 to 2 bars. I moved them to a different spot about 1 foot away and separated them by about 5 inches and they both show 2 bars consistently.

From what I'm seeing, I would say they both have identical signal strength quality. At one point I did see 4 bars on the iPhone 4. So I moved the Inspire to where the iPhone 4 had 4 bars...exact same position and place...but it stuck with 3 bars and never showed the 4.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
That is pretty weak. Have you laid both on a table so that your hand is away from the antenna not causing attenuation? Just as a baseline test.
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
That's exactly how I did it. Layed it on a my wooden dining room table in the middle of an empty room. I even moved away so as to keep my body from being a shield/conductor. Same sim card to by the way.

as for the iphone 4, they calculate their bars differently than htc does. Apple is notorious for giving more bars per db than other makers, they took some heat over it a while back, remember antenna gate.

I am gonna try to switch to the radio listed above and see what happens. I love this phone too much to give up that easy.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
Yeah dBm is the best thing to look at. All I can say is keep doing more tests and see if you can find any more info. Maybe different locations. It is possible for the phone to use 2 different cell sites in same exact spot. So install the app antennas and record which towers on the map your phone is using.
[HTC Inspire 4G] HAYDENB:
My inspire gets probably between 2-3 bars in my area. Compared to my Cappy before i rooted would get 2bars at the most and i would lose a signal in alot of places.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aridon:
Stop quoting how many bars you get. It is a meaningless comparison.

If you aren't comparing db you are doing it wrong.
[HTC Inspire 4G] divinewisdom:
finally someone with some sense. people fail to understand 3 bar on one phone could be equivalent to 1 bar on another in terms of dbs. there is no standard set by anybody that correlates db to the signal bar, thus every manufacturer phone signal status bar could be different.
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
Well just an update, like anyone cares.

I have since flashed a new radio, Radio_12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M_, and my signal is much improved. Now when I put my inspire in my test area I am within +2-3 db's within range of the aria. Much better than the +10 before. I also have much improved battery life. My data speeds,gps and everything else are either the same or improved. So in short, success with the radio flash, thank God.

It should be noted that radios are extremely subjective to location, or so I have read. I am in south florida just for reference. I used several phones to test the signal strength comparison, iphone 3g&4,Aria,fuze,and a samsung dumb phone. I only used the aria/inspire for extensive testing as its a pain in the arse to change sim cards over and over again. With the stock radio in the aria and the stock radio in the inspire the inspire was constantly down(or actually up as in worse signal) a minimum of 6db's and most of the time it was closer to 10db's. I always set the phone in a clear area and stepped back as far as possible so as to not interfere but still see the screen giving it plenty of time for the signal to stabalize. I did not log anything as it was just a personal experiment, and its really meaningless to anyone but myself anyway seeing as how radio performance seams to be so subjective. Also it should be noted that the signal was not affected by rom, I have tried many. Sorry so long.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
That's because in one spot a phone will switch to different towers all the time. That's why these tests are so hard. Use the antennas app to physically see which tower you're connected to to compare.
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
I agree. Antennas, or similar apps, are a great way to see whats happening. And like you say these tests are hard due to so many different variables in play. Which is also why results are subjective at best.
[Nexus S Accessories] carling_mascot:
Has anyone used or seen a decent arm band for running with the nexus s yet? The only one I can find is the Blk Neoprone, of which I have seen a few people say is no good on other forums.
[Nexus S Accessories] DKYang:
Since the phone is practically similar in size as the Vibrant. I've read that some Vibrant users used an iPhone type of arm band or something like that. You can check out the links if you're interested.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=807169&highlight=arm+band

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=779236&highlight=arm+band
[Nexus S Accessories] carling_mascot:
That's great thank you, the tunebelt one looks good I'll have to see if I can get it from their UK distributor.
[Nexus S Accessories] Zero4:
I'm using a phillips sleeve...i really like it, but its solid, no window to control.

it was at walmart for 20 if you want I can send you a pic or get the upc next time I'm at the store.

If you're interested, pm me
[HTC Aria General] josh_7111:
I tried to update my Aria from Cyanogen 7 RC 2 to RC 4 last night and phone got stuck on the spinning blue android boot screen. I didn't have enough space on sd card so I couldn't back up the old rom. I've done this multiple times but it wouldn't work this time. I put the rom on sd card, flashed into recovery using power+vol down. Wiped data/cache/Dalvik and tried flashing, yet it still gets stuck. I've tried flashing rom about 4 times now and it still gets stuck. Any help would be appreciated
[HTC Aria General] drumist:
Try formatting the system partition as well before flashing.
[Galaxy Tab General] ukjeeper:
Not sure if you can help, but i'm having a strange issue on my Galaxy Tab. When i'm out walking i usually listen to podcasts on the same device as Viewranger is running on. However, i have found that if i have an MP3 (podcast for instance) playing, in any app (default music player, Doggcatcher, etc), the GPS appears to turn off with the screen, or soon after. I have to turn GPS off (status bar at top of Tab) and then back on again. It then dies with the screen again. If the screen stays on, so does the GPS.

Turn off the MP3 app, and the GPS returns to normal (ie, stays alive). I can repeat the issue every time.

This also affects other GPS reliant apps such as Google Earth and BackCountry Navigator.

Hard resetting the device hasn't worked, neither has trying different roms.

Do you have any suggestions as i currently have to choose between having something to listen to, or having a correctly functioning GPS.

Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] enahs_:
Name: color match

Color Match is a challenging game that is easy to play and fun to play. A random color is generated, and you adjust the red, green, and blue components to reproduce the color. Sounds, easy, but it is quite challenging and fun! Four different skill levels, easy, medium, hard, and nightmare! Give it a try! Small download, fast loading.

It has already gotten some positive reviews in the market place, and I have already submitted an update to address the complaints as well as tweak the skill levels a little.

Give it a try, free, comment and or rate it please!
[Nook Color General] Pinoy8125:
Watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrpS4PTSBKg
[Nook Color General] rogerdugans:
Obviously a pair of bozo's who are trying to advance a specific agenda- maybe Kindle or Ipad, I don't know.

But it seem pretty obvious that they don't know what they are talking about.

Fortunately most of the press about the Nook Color and everything concerning rooting/ROMming NCs is better informed.

Go ahead and click on the link to drive up their stats or just ignore them and let them fade into insignificance. :)
[Nook Color General] Pre-dawn raid:
I almost clicked on the link out of curiosity until I read the last part of your post. Skipped and moving on to other threads.
[Nook Color General] The Chris:
Those guys are retarded. Have they not seen the videos of it running circles around the GalaxyTab?
[Nook Color General] lechiffre:
We can only hope this is a poor attempt at April's fool. Otherwise /facepalm
[Nook Color General] Jgrimoldy:
These two are just a couple of ass-clowns that are long on bluster and rather short on specifics.

The don't refer to any benchmarks and don't have any illustrations to support their ambiguous contentions.

They claim, in the video, that the Xoom and the Galaxy tabs "blow the nook out of the water.... blah...blah..blah..." yet give no specific benchmark evidence. They say that the NC is underpowered, again without any supporting evidence. They also neglect to mention the enormous price differential.

They make no mention of the lack of camera, microphone, or 3G. These are legitimate shortcomings for those want these features. If they had talked about that, they would have had something. Or if they had talked about the audio sync issue when playing videos, again, we'd have something to talk about.

No, the two whiney little biatches in this video are just unskilled hacks that have no idea how to review a product. They are not Consumer Reports type material. Heck, their product-review-fu is so weak that they're not even up the the lowly hack level of Gizmodo.

Watch the video for the folly of it, but don't take their ill-supported opinions too seriously...
[Nook Color General] damthman:
my favorite part of their talk, and granted i got bored within the first 30 seconds, was how with their own verbage showed how uninformed and baseless their claims are. When they said, well you can jailbreak it I started laughing and knew these two jamokes only had iphones and didnt have a clue as to android.

1. Jailbreak - what you do to an iphone/ipad

2. SPL unlocker - what you do to a old school windows mobile phone

3. Unlock/Jailbreak - what you can do to WP7

4. Root - what you do to an android device

verbage is very important it shows your knowledge of the subject area that you are trying to show your expertise in.
[Nook Color General] {Diemex}:
hmmm,

I stopped at about the half of the video, because it simply didnt interest me what they were saying.

I had a NC till about 2 weeks ago, had it for about one month. I tried out nearly every Rom and stuff, but i didnt really get happy with it.

I wouldnt say it totally sucks, but I rather have something that is actually working.

I had problems with the sensivity of the screen, I sold it and got a SGT for 80€ more.

A lot better, a lot....

Maybe as a tablet bundled with a good android smartphone, with tethered internet its okay, but as a standalone device as I was intending to use it, it sucked.

But everyone can decide what they buy, I wasnt happy with the NC, therefore I like to hear it even more, that you all are...

oh lol, the "I's"
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] pmdied:
Is it me or is the XDA app very slow to load? I am constantly getting timed out messages..
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Sweeny Russ:
It is the integration with virus rom. This is not a big deal for me as virus runs extremely smooth with any kernel so 4G with Miren browser does great for me on xda. XDA app seems to run great sometimes and get gummed completely other times.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Chopes:
Front page says they are having server issues. Might be related to that.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Thrillhouse847:
It's not just you. I gave up on the XDA app for now because of the time outs/slow loading. Just going to be rocking vanilla Tapatalk for the time being.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] mcmillanje:
Tapatalk has been having issues too.... Poorly server related. IM sure they'll fix it soon
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] scarfman4:
I thought it was slow network or signal strength related but today I was within viewing distance of a tower with three bars and still couldn't open it.

Also who could we request to have the splash screen not cover up the notification bar?

Sent from my Fascinate

Superclean 2.9.1

EB16 voodoo kernel

EA28 radio

No current theme
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] ddgarcia05:
The sites been down off and on the past couple days. When the site is down the app is down also. That is why you're getting timed out.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Aerogriff:
Yeah, it was buggy earlier but good now. Probably server probs like others said.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] baracatwp7:
Name:Fifty 5

Description:

Enjoy playing one of the simplest and most addictive games!!!!

What’s new in this version:

-Background music + Sound effects

-Volume Control

-You can now choose the colors of the bubbles

-Added new cool animations

-Changed the tutorial

-Improved the transitions and line animation speed

-Included Contact us and tell a friend pages

-Removed the snow flake animation

-Changed the font

Coming Soon:

Multiplayer support + more animations + HD graphics

Features:

-Autosave when interrupted

-Calming Background music

-Cool Sound effects

-Volume Control

-You can choose the colors of the bubbles

-One Player or two Players

-Choose the difficulty level

-Choose from different background images

-Impressive graphics and smooth transitions

-Cool Animations

Waiting For Your comments and Feedback!!!

What do you think should be improved or added to make it addictive and fun to play??

I am thinking of adding game modes like time mode and bonus mode maybe achievements???

Source of game: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1017992

Download Link: Fifty Five
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddiepapi:
Does anyone know if T-Mobile is going to add more gb or remove data throttle? I use the 5gb within 2 weeks.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death1246:
Just change your APN to another one and you will reset your limit
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddiepapi:
How do you do that??
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddiepapi:
Like what do you set all the tabs to?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
After the at&t merger competes it's much more likely that you will be capped at 2GB and be charged $10/GB if you go over.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
Not true. Any users that had unlimited data before price changes were grandfathered in..what makes you think it'll be any different?

They cap you at 5GB? No unlimited plan?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddiepapi:
Yea at 5gb they slow it down to ridiculous speeds.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Febby:
The method of changing APN's doesn't work anymore. I do believe that as far as getting around the 5GB limit throttle, there is no way around it!

@OP, there was some rumors or news that T-Mobile was considering rising up the limit to 10GB, but I can't verify that sadly.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddiepapi:
Ok thanks I guess ill just wait.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
They don't have to keep around grandfathered plans forever, I'm sure they won't be forcing people to change right away but I expect that at some point they will make it harder to hold onto the old plans as they did for the other AT&T users when they did away with unlimited data.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puravida82:
I just got throttled too =(

Learned my lesson, I'm going to set up a notification next month to warn me when I get closer to my cap...
[Samsung Mesmerize] bsbokc:
I think is is a great idea as a newbee myself I had and still have to dig through post after post all the time to try and figure out how to do things. It should be relatively easy to set up one thread that can be a go to for all of us.
[Samsung Mesmerize] okctmaxxer:
Agree that would be helpful
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
I concur and would be willing to write up a starter if someone would be willing to update and maintain it as I'm short on time these days
[Samsung Mesmerize] rrockstar.kidd:
Im constantly digging through posts myself especially when it comes to modding that ive never done before and its always a bummer cause its takes me 2 hours to find exactly what I was looking for only for it to be a 5 minute post that explains it all. +1
[Samsung Mesmerize] ChromWolf:
I'm seeing in other threads that people are wanting this there too. So.....

I think I'm gonna take on my own request, especially if I've got the backing of Bdemartino. I mean I've learned a good amount of terms so far, but I know I've got a LOT to learn. Still, one consolidated post would be great---and then people could just reply to the thread with requests or suggestions for stuff to be added to the first post.

Bdem, I'll get with you over PM in a moment here, and either over PM or IRC or something, whichever we work out, we can out our heads together sometime this week and I can collect what all you have, and on the slim chance I have something else I want to add myself (Laughable!) I'll do so. XD
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Sounds great :), It'll be very beneficial to the community!
[Samsung Mesmerize] zarnax:
I agree that would be a great tool to have. I spent many a sleepless night when I got my mesmerize, searching for roms, mods, kernels...would have been easier had I known what they actually were beforehand
[Samsung Mesmerize] alaindesjardins:
I'm going to post to you what I thought was a major discovery for me at the time when I found all these terms confusing myself and got a bit of clarity. The terms I just learnt this past week:

Odin

Deodexed

AOSP

TwLauncher

blue/red/orange recovery

.tar

nandroid

BLN

Hopefully you can get some clarity from other members as to what exactly these terms are as I know kind of what they are, I can't really place them with words as well as other members could.

I will try to contribute as much to this thread as I can because this is exactly what I needed when I first came here but i didn't have the time to research it all.
[Samsung Mesmerize] ChromWolf:
Wow... some great feedback, and already some pledges of help! Maybe I'd better start the actual thread... XD

I've already got a prelim post in the works. @alaindesjardins, DEFINITELY post definitions of the terms you've listed below. I plan to basically merge any and all points of information about a term together. Anyone who contributes will get credited, and it just makes for that much stronger and more accurate of a glossary. There are actually one or two terms in your list I don't actually know yet!

......In thinking about it, here's my plan: I'll collect what alaindesjardins and bdemartino get me, mix my own stuff in, and merge it all together to form the original Glossary post, and mark it as under construction till I get it all cleaned up and polished. Once it's more or less "complete" at that point, I'll pull the under construction notice, and just let terms get added to it as we go. Official glossary post once I've gotten the contributions I'm after.

Thanks guys! :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Overlord Yuri:
There has been similar threads, but I'll just go ahead and make a new one. :D

As my HD2 has came to an untimely demise, I'm currently stuck with my old Nokia E65, and I'm starting to wonder if it's really worth waiting for the Galaxy S II.

I could buy an Optimus 2X or an Xperia Arc today, do you reckon the Galaxy S II is so much better that it's worth being stuck with an aging symbian phone for (at least) a month? What would you guys do? :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkusPO:
one-word. super-amoled-plus.