yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG Optimus 2x] konio25:
Ha ha ha that is the best one over here, so far :p
[LG Optimus 2x] DarthD:
Save to remove but i didnt notice any improvement. battery still sucks
[LG Optimus 2x] BigBlue007:
Well, sorry to tell you that the supporters in Germany from the very same company called "LG" from their support chat, their blog and their Facebook account clearly state that the foil is part of the antenna design and must NOT be removed.

And now? :)

Which is BTW exactly what I think as well, for one simple reason: WHAT do you think should this foil protect? And against what exactly? :)

Obviously it's not that easy to recognize irony in a language you are not speaking natively. :D
[LG Optimus 2x] djmcnz:
Source please?

I call bull****.

And if your German LG friends are claiming it must be left on the I say they have no ****ing idea.

Read the service manual.

This is a pathetic and ridiculous thread.

Just think about it.
[LG Optimus 2x] BigBlue007:
I could post the chat transcript that I had with them, but it's german, so it probably wouldn't make any sense here. But if you want it, I can post it, no problem.

The mod of the LG Blog is posting in a german Android forum and posted this info there. It's again german, but I can post the link if required.

Regarding Facebook: I hate Facebook and have blocked it completely via hosts file, so this is not personal experience, I just read it in the german forum that LG said this on their Facebook message board.

Well, the same could be said about your statement. :)

If you have it, I would love to do so. And yes, if the service manual would state that this foils is to be removed, I would 100% believe that statement and would agree and the above mentioned statements are BS.

Yes it is. There is a similar discussion in that german forum, and it is as ridiculous as this one. :D I personally don't really care about this at all, but currently I tend to believe that the foil is not meant to be removed (while removing it will not cause any harm, but also won't do any good). But again, I would 100% believe in the service manual, because I know that the folks that create these service manuals usually are the ones that really know such stuff. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] djmcnz:
Yes, please post the source links, I understand Deutsch enough to follow the threads. Of course it only counts if they're official LG sources.

Feel free to search this forum for the service manual, it's all here. And perhaps read the whole thread? ;)

Do post back...
[LG Optimus 2x] Mertoglu:
I removed it and now i‘m horny. Is it because of the radiation?

Sent from my LG-P990
[LG Optimus 2x] djmcnz:
100%

Do you have some tin-foil? Wrap yourself in it if possible. Immediately. And your pets. Quickly.
[LG Optimus 2x] kopchev:
I asked a question in the official US forum...Hope they reply.
[LG Optimus 2x] djmcnz:
+10000000000000000

We all need this answer, man, I feel like I can't trust LG or the European Microwave Emission Consultancy & Capacity Regulation Administration Agency Bureau (EMECCRAAB) any more. :mad:
[LG Optimus 2x] BigBlue007:
@djmcnz: I found the service manual, but I cannot find anything in it that would state anything about removing or not removing that foil, so it would not support either of the theories. :)

Can you please point me to the part in the service manual you are referring to?
[LG Optimus 2x] djmcnz:
Let's make sure we're on the same page, it is plastic, not metallic foil. So there are no inherent conducive properties. It sort of makes the manual redundant. However, you'll note in the manual that the little sticky plastic bit isn't mentioned. That means it serves no purpose related to the function of the phone. Why is the obvious so difficult to accept. The sky is high and water is wet.
[LG Optimus 2x] BigBlue007:
Sorry mate, but you're making things a little too easy. :)

The fact that the service manual doesn't mention the foil as a spare part does not necessarily mean that it can be removed. The reason why it's not mentioned could simply be because of the fact that it is always present on the antenna assembly (part# SNGF00).

The foil could act as some sort of shielding component (this is actually what the LG chat guy said).

Honestly, I don't really get the logic that something can be removed just because it looks like a simple protection foil against scratches. When I open up my notebook, I see quite a few "foil"-like things that are surely not meant to be removed. :)

At the end you might of course still be right, but until now I have not read anything that would convince me. Let alone the fact that I don't have any reception problems, so I don't feel a need to remove the foil anyway. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] wh1tekn1ght:
Had a great of a laugh reading this thread. :D

I used to design patch antennas (I'm an electronic engineer) and I can only agree on that. So getting better signal is just placebo imo. I would'nt remove it though as it cannot harm either and do not know if LG is picky about warranty things.
[LG Optimus 2x] ppsun:
Do you think that the traces underneath the antenna housing might be a possible reason for the protective foil? And that LG made the antenna traces so shallow that it might get wear damage from back cover closing over the lifetime of the phone?

I am neutral on this unusually divisive issues though, thus, I shall keep my foil "status" a secret. :-)
[LG Optimus 2x] Mehrsau:
Check. :> kinda sucks
[LG Optimus 2x] eniux:
I've removed the foil 3 days ago, still nothing has changed.

I'm starting to miss the foil now, although it did nothing, at all. ;)
[LG Optimus 2x] raf2k:
I agree. It doesnt improve connectivity.
[LG Optimus 2x] kopchev:
I asked the Bulgarian LG Support about the foil. They said that they "came to the conclusion" that the foil is there for a protective purpose, i.e to protect if you spill smth, etc. They said I shouldn't have removed it, but it's unlikely to harm the antenna performance...
[LG Optimus 2x] DarthD:
Still a strange discussion. if LG didnt want customers to remove it they could have used better glue

If the warrenty is a issue (Dont know it will be) The customer probably wins because it looks like a foil that should be removed
[LG Optimus 2x] infinityhombre:
On some of the later produced 3G models Samsung placed a plastic sticker over the micro sd and sim card housings that was meant to be removed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] poohtbear:
Hi,

I downloaded and compiled the source for exploit-2 and rageAgainstTheCage exploit that should get root shell on any android.

The only thing is you need to have a writable and executable mounted partition.

On the Droid i have /tmp directory. on the Galaxy i could not find such a partition. it's either writable with noexec flag on or it's not writable for me.

Anyone knows if there's such a directory or could it be that the phone is hermetic closed ??? :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] poohtbear:
solution

the writable executable directory is:

/data/local/tmp
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hazem2101:
Hi All,

I have recently installed the DFT ROM om my HD2, I want to sync my contacts using my Windows Live account.

I got this message every time I tried to access the network data connection:

"can't connect

We're having a problem connecting to windows live. make sure you have good reception. if you do, the problem may be on the other end. wait a little while and try again"

and if I tried to access gmail:

"Not updated We're having a problem connecting to m.google.com. try again later.

Error Code: 80072FA8"

I tried both data connection and 3G connection.

does this ROM have such problems? what is the best ROM to install instead of my current ROM?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] reeg420:
All the other roms are directly based off the original DFT rom. Only major difference would be the chevron is built in. Was fantastic for me since I had all sort of connect problems with chevron. I would use a rom that has that built in.

As far as data goes you would probably have to enter your apn. I had to. Or an easier way would be to load a rom that had chevron built in and download HTC Connection Setup from the market or sideload it and that should straighten that out.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickallison:
Ok, I've searched for this and the few solutions that I have found do not make any difference for me, so either, something fundamental has changed at Google, or I have set something else wrong.

The Problem;

I have one Google Calendar and one Windows Live Calendar set up on my Windows Phone. (HTC 7 Pro).

Until 2 weeks ago (approximately) every thing sync'd correctly both ways.

Now, events entered as Google Calendar Items on the Phone do not sync with the Online Calendar. Events entered on the Online Calendar sync as expected.

I have tried changing the "Automatically add invitations to my calendar:" setting to "yes" or "yes, but dont send event reminders....." as suggested in other threads, but this does not have any effect. i am aware that this fix will not work on events created before the setting change. It does not work with events created before or after the Setting was changed.

The Windows Live Calendar syncs properly both ways. There is no issue with this, but could it's presence be affecting how the Google Calendar behaves?

Any further advise would be appreciated.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MortenRJ:
Have you considered that it can have something to do with summer/vinter time. check that you phone and gmail account have the same time zone and both are updated to summer time.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] termleech:
I've had the same issue on my Samsung Focus since I pretty much bought the thing. I gave up and finally just moved to the live calendar. I guess I could try again now that I have Nodo to see if that fixed it.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoboDad:
There's nothing for NoDo to "fix" on your phone. I've been using Google Calendar on my Focus since day 1, and it has always worked (both pre- and post-Nodo) once I got it properly configured (using the "Automatically add invitations to my calendar" setting). I just tested it to make sure.

I wonder if your Google account on your phone has become corrupted somehow. Have you tried deleting the account from the phone and recreating it?

But, I am puzzled that you say that the events were syncing correctly before. If you didn't have the "Automatically add invitations to my calendar" setting enabled, I don't see how that could have worked. WP7-created events are only sent as invitations to Google, and without that setting, they can't show up in your calendar.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickallison:
Thanks for responses.

I'm fairly certain that this is not a DST issue. I have checked clocks and all seems correct.

Apologies for confusion, robodad.

I switched the "automatically add invitations..." setting to NO about the time it stopped working, but didn't notice until the last couple of days that it had, stopped working.

On noticing, I researched and discovered how this setting should be set to YES due to the way that Google handles new events from WP7.

Now that this is switched back to YES it is still not sync'ing.

A response to the same question on Google's forums has suggested that the ICS is broken. I do not know what this means but it appears that this is at Google's end.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peekie:
Hello,

I've exactly the same problem with my Trophy 7.

i had the setting on " yes, but don't send.." , the appointments came into google calendar with a question mark.

All of a sodden it stopped working, so i changed the setting to "yes", but it doesn't make a difference.

The strange thing is that it does work both ways on my iphone, so there is no problem (i think) from googles side as you suggested.

This is very frustrating because i use google calendar as my main calendar, i hope someone has an other solution.

Thanks for any help.

Monique
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickallison:
Update

Well, from the Google Forums where this has been posted (OPs:-Am I allowed to link to that from here?), Google have now taken some sort of ownership of this and are apparently looking into it.

They have contacted (seemingly) everyone that has posted on their Forum for details as to the problem.

Maybe something sorted out soon.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickallison:
Latest from Google

This posted on the Google Help Forum as a work around.

Hi everyone,

Thanks for keeping us updated here with what's worked for you and what hasn't. Andrew has been working with me off-thread and has been super helpful, and we think we might have a workaround for now. Do you guys mind trying this out and letting me know if it works for you?

1) Delete the "Google" account on your device

2) Add an "Outlook" account

3) Be sure the email address is correct the first time it asks you

4) Device will say "Check your information and try again" and give a more

detailed form

5) Be sure that both email address and username are correct in this form

(domain can be blank or a dummy value like "goog")

6) Device will give "We couldn't find your settings", choose "Advanced"

7) This time device will give a field for server, enter "m.google.com"

8) Now it should sync.

9) Configure the account as desired and you should be able to add a

calendar event successfully

10) Keep using this account or, optionally, delete this account and add a

"Google" account (either way is the same)

Cheers,

Alice

This appears to have had limited success. Certainly hasn't worked for me. But does appear to have worked for at least one other contributer there. If intermittently
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erfansaberi:
Can you please tell me how did you sync your phone calander with windows live account? I can not do it.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickallison:
Latest from Google Forums

This from Andrew who seems to be doing a lot of work on this.

"I've spent quite an enjoyable an hour on the phone with a mobile-software chap from Google, who has access to sync logs. What's happening in my case is that although I set up the sync with my gmail address, the phone is sending events with my live.com address as "Organizer", and those events are being rejected. This happened again when I connected with a test Google calendar account as well -- my phone used my live.com address.

Steve then tried to sync his phone with a test Google calendar account, and events created on the phone were synced correctly. He then tried his phone with *my* Google calendar -- that is, set up my gmail account on his phone -- and the event was created with his live.com address (and consequently was rejected).

So: the issue can be reproduced using my Google calendar account and any phone, or my phone and any calendar. But no phone should be leaking live.com addresses to Google.

Investigation continues. I'm now going to look for a way of reporting the problem to Microsoft..."

I fear that this may be bringing the issue back full circle to NoDo. We shall see.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickallison:
Automatic?

erfansaberi,

So far as I am aware, i never had to do anything other than set up the account, to sync my Live Calendar across from Phone to Desktop to Cloud.

I use Outlook Connector with Outlook 2007. This syncs the Desktop.

To be honest i don't use web apps at all (other than Google where i have no choice at present) as I am invariably on a Mobile Data connection and at least Outlook only transfers the relevant data, and not all the gubbings required to render a web page, in a browser.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tsointsoin:
I also have this google thing problem... :( It is quite annoying.

Did anyone here try to delete the account and create an outlook account trick? Does it work? I guess it also removes the contact list, doesn't it?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleunge:
Work around?

Not sure if someone has come up with a good work around yet, but this is annoying as heck! I actually lost some calendar events after creating events on the phone and syncing to google calendar. Darn you google!

Anyways, after playing around a bit, I think I've got something that works (for me anyways). I created a contact with my own google email address that I use with Google cal in it (it happens to not be an @gmail.com address). So this is pretty much my own contact card with my google cal email address. Now every single calendar event that I create, I have to go to "more details" and "add someone". I add myself under "required" and making sure to select the google cal email. Strangely, after syncing with google cal (manually or just wait a bit) it will show up in google cal.

The setback is that you'll get an email notification in gmail and all the events will have a little "?" next to it in google cal since you're supposed to confirm you're going or not to that event. But at least now we can backup our events to the cloud instead of losing every god dang thing if our phone goes to the crapper.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickallison:
SOLVED (well sort of)

Posted at the Google Calendar forums thread that has been going on on this topic by Shaun_G

[

I have been having this issue for the last month and have found something that works for me:

On your Windows Phone do the following:

1. Open Settings

2. click email & accounts

3. click your google account

4. Under Content to synchronise make sure that Email is ticked (this was not ticked orginally for me).

5. Add a new event to you calandar

6. go back into Settings -> email & accounts and click and hold you Google account until the menu appears and select synchronise

7. you should now see your newley created calandar event in your google calandar web

]

This seems to work for me, I do not have to re-sync from the settings>email area either as it happens automatically.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] android_master:
Some great news friends.

Samsung Mobile India has just confirmed today regarding the launch Samsung Galaxy Tablet 8.9 & 10.1 this month in India:p

However it's not clear if it will be only a wifi version or not{indications are that it will be launched with wifi version only}

Update:- It seems like it has been pushed to Mayy release:D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Srikar_NBK:
Good news. But, is it going to be the thinner version of the 8.9/10.1 or the fatter version that is getting released in UK ?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] android_master:
No the thinner version only,there is no fatter version of 8.9 as far as i know.;)

& The fatter version has been changed to 10.1v:)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Srikar_NBK:
I think in CTIA, they showed a fatter version of 8.9 for demo purposes with Touchwiz 4. If its the thinner version coming to India April mid,thats surely great news :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] android_master:
Yes indeed a great news,SGS 2 on 13th April followed by new tabs 8.9 & 10.1 :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] duongla:
At CTIA, Samsung said that the 10.1 model will be available at June 8th, hard to be earlier.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] android_master:
Actually i am looking for the 8.9 & as reports are suggesting it will be the newly announced ultrathin 8.9 tablet.

But if i am correct that june date is of US launch for 10.1 & around summer for 8.9.

Samsung generally launches their products first over here.Samsung Galaxy S,Galaxy Tab,upcuming SGS 2{launching in April over here} all were launched in India at the earliest.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Srikar_NBK:
Once you get your hands on it in India, plz do post some YT videos for waiting creatures like me :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mith500:
any idea on pricing in India?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] android_master:
No pricing details yet
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] thenewak:
what would the difference between the india launch and the u.s. launch? im sure there are language packs for english right?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] android_master:
I think if you are talking about the wifi versions,than yes no difference.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] thenewak:
maybe ill see about just ordering one offline from india then.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jvs60:
http://tech2.in.com/news/tablets/in...g-galaxy-tab-89-and-101-this-month-too/211392
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] arika44:
Does "launch" mean "on sale" or "annouce to be on sale sometime in the future"?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] santoshkp:
Any Update on India Launch

Guys does any body has update on the launch date. :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] wipefox:
Gi Guys,

I am looking for a launcher that resembles the iphone homescreen.So you have all your apps and ONLY apps on your homescreen like touchwiz but without the widget screen, cause i don't use widgets too often. I think the iphone launcher isn't too complicated to resemble because it is so simple.

PS: I have tried MIUI already but it doesn't sort icons properly on the left upper corner :-/
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] rdbhalla:
Try vLauncher
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] colindodds:
Should of got yourself a iphone then
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sgsI9003:
You can try launcher pro
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Drift spunk:
ADWLauncher EX has a iphone option
[Flipout and Charm General] pallavikv:
Need urgent help.rooted Motorola mb511 and its stuck in boot loop..

Sent from XDA App
[Flipout and Charm General] pallavikv:
Solved
[Galaxy Tab General] biopsin:
SOLVED - bug in widget

Have this neverending error - snippet

04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912): Writing exception to parcel
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912): android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: no such column: Calls.TYPE: , while compiling: SELECT numbertype, new, duration, _id, numberlabel, logtype, name, number, type, date FROM logs WHERE (logtype=100 OR logtype=500) AND ((Calls.TYPE=3 or Calls.TYPE=4) and Calls.DATE>1301915260951)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCompiledSql.native_compile(Native Method)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCompiledSql.compile(SQLiteCompiledSql.java:91)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCompiledSql.<init>(SQLiteCompiledSql.java:64)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteProgram.<init>(SQLiteProgram.java:80)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQuery.<init>(SQLiteQuery.java:46)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDirectCursorDriver.query(SQLiteDirectCursorDriver.java:42)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.rawQueryWithFactory(SQLiteDatabase.java:1454)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQueryBuilder.query(SQLiteQueryBuilder.java:330)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at com.android.providers.contacts.CallLogProvider.query(CallLogProvider.java:195)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.content.ContentProvider$Transport.bulkQuery(ContentProvider.java:150)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.content.ContentProviderNative.onTransact(ContentProviderNative.java:111)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:288)
04-05 13:07:41.009 E/DatabaseUtils( 2912):	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method)
04-05 13:07:43.381 E/ShutdownThread( 2746): IsShutDownStarted()

this is repeating itself over and over and is a toe on battery.

Anyone see what this CALLs.TYPE error is all about?

Found it, bug in a widget..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Themes and Wallpapers] buzabenedek:
Hi Everybody,

I just wanted to make a few simple HTC branded wallpapers for my Magic... You can use them, if you like...

Here you are:

Enjoy! :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Themes and Wallpapers] Tylym:
Very nice Wallpapers!

Congrats :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Themes and Wallpapers] buzabenedek:
Thanks, I was just playing... :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Themes and Wallpapers] Tylym:
You can do more :)

ahah