yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] p00kienrayray:
it basically comes down to your preference for the evo's stellar hardware, or a slight edge in development benefits for the nexus s 4g.

personally, i didn't really use most of the ground-breaking hardware features on the original evo (kickstand, hdmi, 8mp cam/front cam). and i've gone through so many baked roms on so many different phones, that i'm kind of yearning for a simplified stock google experience again.

but then again, everybody's complaining about how outdated (i was disappointed that there was no significant hardware difference between nexus s and galaxy s) the hardware is. so i guess it depends on what youre looking for.
[General Questions and Answers] I Am Marino:
Only 16gb? That's pretty damn decent internal storage for a phone when you can add external.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[General Questions and Answers] aweislow:
There's no external storage on the Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
You might not have seen my main post on my Performance Audit, so I thought i'd post a seperate topic.

Basically i've been auditing the LG ROMs for performance tweaks today, and I came across a monstrous cockup by LG!

On device startup there is a piece of code which looks to check if the device is running an engineering build (this is set in the build.prop). If it is, then it sets up the system as such that dexopt doesn't happen at startup (which is normal), but happens on the fly. This is fine for engineering builds, but for user builds, it's a huge and unpredictable system overhead.

Now, in my audit I discovered that LG have manually changed this code to always return 'true' instead of looking at the build.prop! So the device always runs it's dexopt in engineering mode (no pre-dexopt). Crazy!

This explains the slowdowns and random weirdness we have been seeing. I've reversed 3 LG builds and they all have this problem.

I've now fixed it and i've implemented the fix in my Fr7 releases but, well, bad LG! :D

P

PS For the techies amongst you, let me post the code snippets below.

The 'stock' Google code (smali):

const-string v5, "eng"

const-string v6, "ro.build.type"

invoke-static {v6}, Landroid/os/SystemProperties;->get(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;

move-result-object v6

invoke-virtual {v5, v6}, Ljava/lang/String;->equals(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z

move-result v5

LG's code (smali):

const/4 v5, 0x1

LMAO! :D
[LG Optimus 2x] DocRambone:
Nice find. Where do you find this particular smali?
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
In the services jar.

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[LG Optimus 2x] DocRambone:
Thanks, lets see if i can find it :)
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
com/android/server/PackageManagerService.smali

It took me a while to find this particular issue!!!

:D

P
[LG Optimus 2x] Koyuki-kun:
Haha thats why we love having you to check these things and fix them for us!

Cheers!
[LG Optimus 2x] DocRambone:
I can guess, looking for a bug in a smali is not for the impatient ones :D
[LG Optimus 2x] ryaneu:
So is it possible to fix this code ourself?
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
Heh, I did a top to bottom performance audit. All I knew was 'it's jerkier than it should be' - doesn't give much to go on. :D

P
[LG Optimus 2x] reidar.ostrem:
F... amazing.. can this be the cause for the battery drain some of us have been seeing?
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
Well it certainly won't help!

P
[LG Optimus 2x] peacekeeper05:
Wow you truly are great. Can't believe that lg who is spending millions of dollars for their devs screwed up bad. w/ the performance edit that you made, your finally starting to tap o2x's full potential. Great great job

The next tym i buy a phone again ill make sure modaco/paul would be supporting it. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] ryaneu:
can this be fixed without using your MCR
[LG Optimus 2x] Hitchi:
Well, that may be caused by the high pressure they have to release a "final" ROM from the marketing department. If u think about it a moment... the LG Optimus Speed is the first real DualCore Tegra device which is launched worldwide now. I think that the devs could do a better job if they have the time for.

But anyway @Paul:

I think they should send u a crate of beer :-). You're amazing!!! Keep going so hopefully we will have Gingerbread asap on our LG devices...

:p
[LG Optimus 2x] grontoft:
Heh...

I was discussing with a guy on a danish forum about rooting and custom roms, he couldn't see how private persons ever could make roms that was _better_ than stock roms. "They dont have the same ability to code and design something that complex"

Well, he should read this thread, lol:p
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
Yes, see this topic.

Mmmm, beer! :D

P
[LG Optimus 2x] BritSwedeGuy:
In the 80s I paid a visit to IBM UK's techies looking for some new kit on which to run a fairly obscure language (which I still work with today!)

They had some fancy dual processor kit (imagine!) but the language didn't seem to run in more than one thread.

Out of interest they looked at what it was doing through their fancy disassembler and it turned out it was scanning the keyboard several times a second - and then checking if it needed to.

Quality coding - horse, cart... ;)
[LG Optimus 2x] svceon:
Great, ive always heard of Sir Paul Obrien but never had the time to aknowledge why your so famous among the android people... Your work is inspiring, hope you stick with 2X for a while now... cheers
[LG Optimus 2x] Jabbypants:
I just have no luck with your normal rom its jerky and slow for me can't understand it, but your vanilla rom flys.
[LG Optimus 2x] Dana_X:
Hi Paul !

Nice work !

LG sucks !

I flashed r7 now, but the laggyness in the UI is still there.

I´m using Facebook & Twitter Widgets @ one screen each, and one Screen for my Apps.

Whatever i do, appdrawer open or what else, its not lagfree. It seems the Speed from the Box is disappeared. Is it possible, in your opinion , to get this phone lagfree in future ???
[LG Optimus 2x] simoicm:
Another problem is that when you are connected to the wifi network when the phone goes to sleep immediately switch data connections

paulobrien N°1
[LG Optimus 2x] Megabit:
There is an option to set for this. Go to the Advanced tab of the WiFi settings and set "never" to "criteria for ceasing WiFi"
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
That's a setting in wireless connections?

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[LG Optimus 2x] simoicm:
it is true what you say but other phones do the switch after 10/15 minutes. this phone switch immediately. doing consume much more battery
[LG Optimus 2x] utp:
PM please your mailing address, I send you beer! you like Carlsberg, Heineken or Budweiser??

:)
[LG Optimus 2x] riph:
Now to this, I can only say thank you very much... found the advanced menu and changed it...

R.
[LG Optimus 2x] Mehrsau:
sorry for offtopic.. but.. god damnit do you want to kill him!?
[LG Optimus 2x] Fredouye:
Hi Paul

do you know if V10b is also affected ?
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
It is... i've yet to see any version that's NOT affected.

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[LG Optimus 2x] Fredouye:
Do you plan to release the modified file for V10b ?

Thanks in advance !
[LG Optimus 2x] paulobrien:
Yes...

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[LG Optimus 2x] mcnob:
So if my 2X is on v10b, will the latest MCR also solve the problem?

Sent via Optimus 2X on the app.
[LG Optimus 2x] marco_ch:
hey, would you mind detailing where to find it? couldnt find such a menu.

thx
[Desire General] twoods00:
Hello Everyone. I have been searching the forums for an answer to my problem but haven't found any info.

I recently purchased a Desire 4G online with out realizing that there was no AT&T 4G coverage in my area. I also made a poor assumption that this phone would be backwards compatible to my current 3G service.

My question: Is this phone backwards compatible and I just don't know the proper settings or do I just stick it in a drawer and wait for AT&T to role out 4g in my area sometime in the fall. ( so they are saying )

I would appreciate any help

Thanx
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Do you mean an Inspire 4G? There isn't a Desire 4G
[Desire General] twoods00:
Absolutely right Inspire 4G. My mistake sorry. I also realize that I posted this in the wron forum. It should have went in Q&A. If someone could move there I would appreciate it.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Shouldn't even be in the Desire forum - needs moving to the Inspire one
[Epic 4G General] DiGi760:
The devs may already know about this, but I figured I would cross post so we can get this into the roms for the epic. Basically it is just changing the read ahead cache for the card, and it appears to be giving some people quite a boost.

[Script][CWM] SD Card reading speed fix
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Damn do you live under a rock lol. There are all the flashables in q&a. Was posted in dev then got moved.
[Epic 4G General] DiGi760:
I got a new guitar amp a few weeks ago and haven't been on xda nearly as much.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Be sure to read through the whole thread in Q&A before you start flashing things. Some zips work with some roms and not with others.
[Atrix 4G General] JanHoJan:
the 1000 messages limitation in the atrix is very annoying to me as i have over 3000 sms with my girlfriend and i would like to keep them all, is this a way to disable this stupid annoying limitation???? this is the first time i came across a smartphone with this limitation... tht sucks!!!

tried different messaging apps, message number can be over 1000, but after some time it go back to 1000, very annoying!
[Atrix 4G General] cegna09:
no idea how to change the limit, but grab SMS backup and restore. When you get close to 1000 back them up, move the file somewhere, and clean them out.

honestly though, how many of those old messages do you really need to keep?
[Atrix 4G General] bongd:
OP loves his girrrlfriend, ew that's gay! :D

jk.. I like using GO SMS. You can backup messages there and apparently you can even disable the native SMS client. I haven't done so because it's not problematic for me, but all in all it's a great SMS program and I believe you can have more than 1000 messages. If not, you can easily and safely back them up.

My only gripe was that in the past you couldn't backup user settings, but now you can. So IMO their SMS app is damn near flawless. I have hundreds, if not thousands of texts from my wife too. :cool:
[Atrix 4G General] Rezznor:
Get a new GF. Problem solved :p
[Atrix 4G General] emandt:
1000 SMS limitation?

I've imported my 11000 SMS (from year 2007 from Windows Mobile) and those was been accepted from Atrix.

However it seems Atrix becomes instable and very slow with that amount of SMS stored in "text Messaging" application: many times it freeze for 2 minutes and I'm unable to delete a conversation because of timeout (timeout restarts SMS application before it has finished)
[LG Optimus 2x] dohanin:
Seen someone mentioned about the service manual. Searched for a while and finally found this!!

http://www.hotfilesearch.com/download/58684573-EN.LG-P990.SVC.ENG.110216up.by.nasirahmed.pdf.html
[LG Optimus 2x] xmoo:
Just what I needed.

Thx!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g0vP90:
Android version: 2.2.1

Kernel: 2.6.32.30-LeeDrOiD-Ace-V2.2.4

Build: 1.84.661.1

I've been using CoreDroid 3.2 for a couple of weeks now (was the only one that flashed and actuaky worked with my old data etc) Everything was working fine but now the WiFi has stopped working. It manages to connect to networks, but does not actually load any web pages, connect to the market etc.

Is there any fixes available for this??
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zexbig:
does it stop working completely or it works from time to time?

I have similar problem here but with different rom's it started suddenly...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g0vP90:
never works..

just tried CM7, works fine so no hardware problems. really prefer CoreDroid so still hoping for a fix! til then, multiplayer modern combat 2, anyone? :P
[HTC Inspire 4G] z_zk_z:
Is your camera locking up (No pre-view picture)?

When I select the camera icon, I see the camera menu in the lower part of the screen and I can even take pictures, however I see a black image instead of the pre-view photo on the screen. This issue goes away by soft resetting the phone; however it usually comes back after few days and the only way to see the pre-view image is by resetting the phone. The strange part is that the camera can actually take pictures but I cannot see the photo before taking it. Have you heard of this issue? The phone works just fine otherwise and I like it a lot.

Thanks,
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Are you running stock?

I can't speak for whatever potential issues might be caused by any of the custom roms in circulation, but on a stock phone, obviously it shouldn't be doing that.

I can't imagine what hardware issue would produce intermittent preview-ability that's temporarily remedied by a soft reset, yet still manages to capture the photo itself, but there's a first time for everything.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ryguy25:
My stock camera application (and Camera360) and camcorder applications both exhibit this behavior. A soft-reset of the device usually temporarily resolves the issue (i.e. allows me to use the camera for a short period of time). However, after my phone has been on for a while any app that uses the camera just locks up (eventually have to force close or soft-reset).

It is rather annoying. The only information I found seems to indicate that there may be an issue with the API within FroYo itself. Hopefully when we get the update to GingerBread the problem will resolve itself.

I also read something else about something to do with an LED widget that caused someone problems but I'm not using any LED widgets, so I'm not sure what that's referring to.

Hopefully there's a fix out there somewhere or we get the 2.3 update soonish.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Hmmm...

This is the first thread I've come across that brings up this problem.

My stock (rooted) phone, my mom's stock phone, and my dad's stock phone have never encountered an issue like this, but then again, maybe we were the three lucky ones... ;)

EDIT:

That's not to say you guys are crazy... maybe we just haven't had the right combo of circumstances to expose the problem/bug on our phones.

Now that I think more about it, I did have an issue when I ran barcode scanner once, about a month ago. That of course uses the camera. As soon as it identified the barcode, and I pressed the 'search web' button, it just froze (image still visible), but the back key/screen input was unresponsive. The only thing that worked was the home button, which, instead of going to the home screen, displayed the screen you see when you are about to end a call with someone on your phone. Thing is, I hadn't made a single call that day. That screen was also unresponsive, but when I pushed the home button again, it finally got to the home screen.

I then went into manage apps in settings and FC'd barcode scanner and the dialer/phone, just in case. I even uninstalled barcode scanner because I thought it might have a phone-specific bug that I didn't want to deal with.

I don't know if there's any correlation between the yours/OP's issue, but it sounds like it's ****ed up in a similar way. FWIW.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ryguy25:
I think I managed to fix mine by wiping my dalvik cache. On the downside, my current drain used to be around 5 when my phone was in standby and now it is around 45. On the upside, I haven't had a problem with the camera or camcorder since then.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ryguy25:
Mine ended up being a hardware issue. Phone was exchanged with at&t. Haven't had an issue with the camera since.

Just wanted to update for the OP.
[Desire HD General] jedifozzie:
Hi guys don't know if I'm getting abit paranoid but how prominent is your power button mine is nearly flush with the body is this about right? Still works fine oh I've hat the phone 2 weeks.
[Desire HD General] festa20:
Mine is basically flush with my dhd they are all the same as I know
[Desire HD General] jedifozzie:
Thanks for the reply festa just checking make sure I don't have dud one ;)
[Desire HD General] festa20:
Haha no man u should be fine nothing wrong with making sure I really think they shud of made it a couple of mm higher personally
[Desire HD General] 0semaj0:
they have really improved the power button on DHD over the Desire...Ive had my Desire button replaced already...because its not flushed and the design means that it protrudes a little out from the body slightly, feels flimsy after a few months...DHD feels much better, I think its because of the internal design...
[Desire HD General] TurkXtreme:
to open screen you can use tap tap app and to close it use screen off app. in this way you can protect your power button.
[Desire HD General] festa20:
Yea I used that tap tap app just brush ya finger over sensor on the top right hand corner and it works really like it personally
[Desire HD General] TurkXtreme:
yeah. this app is very useful.
[Desire HD General] hisheeraz:
hi guys

i have updated my Desire HD from Froyo to Gingerbread using RsGingerX 2.7.1 ROM

I had this App as well TapTap to unlock the screen that I was using with Froyo 2.2 but ever since I have updated my phone's OS to ginger bread This tapTap as is not working.

any one else having the same issue with that Application.

and is there anyother solution to the problem (not having to press the powerbutton to unlock the screen)

or is is there any other app ?

regards...

shiraz
[Desire HD General] Pedal_Bike_Pete:
Hmm, I haven't used this before, but I'm liking the sound of it. There are quite a lot of apps that don't work yet on Gingerbread, I don't know of any alternatives, but it's likely the developer will eventually get an update out for Gingerbread devices
[Desire HD General] Aenima462:
I have no problem with my power button being too flush. It works fine how it is
[Desire HD General] hisheeraz:
Hi I found 2 apps worth mentioning

1 AnyUnLock

2 ScreenOff

I use AnyLock my self to unlock the screen. Using Volum Up/Down buttons. Better than Power button I guess :-)

Sent from My DesireHD

Using XDA App

[ROM] RsGingerX 2.7.1

Based on Gingerbread 2.3.3
[Desire HD General] I'm TheQuest:
Hi hisheeraz

Can not find AnyLock on the App Market. :confused:

Could you say if that is the correct name of the app to search for on the App Market please.

Take Care

TheQuest :cool:
[Desire HD General] festa20:
screen off and lock

hi guys there is an application on the market called screen off and lock if u r wanting different types of lockscrens i think its pretty good and it doesnt just have gingerbread lock in it it had a dozen or so all really coolones i know it isnt nothing like tap tap but just thought id share with u what i found off someone else
[Desire HD General] DrBasta:
Button on my phone is also almost flush, but I'm OK with it...
[Desire HD General] hisheeraz:
You canuse Tap Tap App

Working fine for me on Gingerbread

Or also

AnyUnlock is another good one :)

Sent from My DesireHD

Using XDA App

[ROM] RsGingerX 2.7.1

Based on Gingerbread 2.3.3
[Desire HD General] Nubzori:
Mines starting to decay also =D
[Desire HD General] zallik:
Hey, i like AnyUnlock, but it seams to kill my security pattern, is there any program that lets you use the volume keys, AND makes you do your pattern?

Tap Tap App, is good, but it reduces power life :(

Is there anything else on the market?
[Desire HD General] MetallicS:
The problem with tap tap app you comsume battery quickly since sensor is on all the time. no?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesjaw:
after I reporting the bug in Market I got emailed from market customer..they say there is a new update for xoom, here is what they said to me :

the bug I report is my market change its language to current country I live, and there is no way to change it back to english language.. I can't buy app from market too..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dimitri407:
The marketplace updates just happen. But I couldn't tell you if I recieved one or not. Not sure which version I have at the moment. What version are you on?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesjaw:
i see, thanks for replying..

I didn't notice the update too, but now market show the right language..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arrtoodeetoo:
Mine is v. 1.0.17.

That seems like such an insignificant update. There's MANY more complaints about not being able to rate and comment. They should get that fixed.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesjaw:
mine 1.0.17 too.. hmm..nice..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arrtoodeetoo:
Ok. Whatever they did broke the market for me. I get a force close for My Apps every time I try to download and install an app. :mad:
[HTC Inspire 4G] ZXMustang:
SOLD********
[HTC Inspire 4G] ZXMustang:
Please make offer.
[HTC Inspire 4G] pumasmedina7:
Y do you want to sell it
[HTC Inspire 4G] jmollabi:
try craigslist also
[HTC Inspire 4G] ZXMustang:
Honestly, I want an iphone. Im sick of android, and my wife just got an iphone 4 and its hotness. Hate me if you will, but I am on my like 5th droid device and Im just tired of them. And its on craigslist. But I have been getting hammered with the scammer emails that want to mail me cashier checks. ****ing nigerians.

Brian
[HTC Inspire 4G] SNadler:
If you can do a little better I will buy it as a spare. I am very happy with mine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ZXMustang:
What did you have in mind. But also remember that I have a speck case and car charger with it. But I am totally open to offers. I will PM you a price.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ZXMustang:
*****************
[HTC Inspire 4G] aaronv89:
email sent.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ZXMustang:
SOLD!!!!!!!!

:)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minho422:
3g stopped working after I installed imnut's 100 uv kernel...even after I went back to jt's ec10 kernel, 3g won't start at all. How can I fix this?
[Xoom General] Fluxjedi:
I bought a motorola xoom wifi and even on a factory reset, the google books app has a dead icon on the main screen and clicking on it says that the application is not installed.

It also dosen't show up on the apps list but if i go to manage applications, it's there but showing 0 kb in size.

Anyone has the apk so that i can reinstall it?
[Xoom General] fauxreal:
I think it's available in the market if you live in the US.

If your not however, try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863124

In the event the link I posted doesnt show up because I am not allowed to post them, google search "google books .apk xoom" The 6th link down will bring you right to it, it's actually a link to a post from these forums.
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
You need to be signed into your google account before you attempt to launch it.
[Xoom General] patass:
I had the same problem after I rooted. You need to sync your google account and reboot a few times, then it starts working.
[Xoom General] dadoc04:
same exact thing happened to me...
[Xoom General] Fluxjedi:
I have discovered how to fix it.

The problem is because wherever you are, your google account is not getting 'google books' synced down to it. Probably because you're outside of the US but also happens to people in the US at times.

To get this to happen, download and install the MOBILE version of Google Books. This will prompt you that it's going to overwrite the version on your xoom. Select yes and it will.

Once done, launch the app. This will create the 'Google Book's syncing to your account under accounts and sync. Let it sync finish. Now uninstall the app, by clicking on uninstall updates under manage applications for the google books app. This will prompt you saying that you now have reverted back to the factory install of google books. Now launch google books again and you will be able to. And it will be the xoom version of the google books along with all the books you have in your account. You just need to make them offline readable. This can be done outside of the States too.
[Xoom General] musashiken:
Meh, I still can't install Google books nor Earth for that matter. The above instructions do not work for me.

I'm not from the US, and when I tried to go to the mobile Google Books app, it only says that item cannot be found...
[Xoom General] MitchRapp:
mobile version....?