yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sycor:
I didn't really investigate this issue deeply, but I think it works out like this:

Right now, the android sdk (2.3) provides no means to use more than one CPU core.

Still, multicore CPUs will increase performance because background processes can use CPU time on the core not being used by the running app.

This also applies to garbage collection (GC) which happens periodically (I guess you can trigger it manually too) whilst an app is running. With more than one core, the GC won't block the app which makes it feel "smoother".

I remember reading about Google's plans to improve multicore-support in android 2.4. It will take some time for existing apps to use it though (like it's happened with desktop applications).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
Then just imagine the performance of the SGS II device with hardware acceleration support. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sycor:
Since Honeycomb utilizes GPU for UI rendering, I guess it will be available on Ice Cream too.

Android is handicapped by the big range of hardware used by manufacturers. Some GPUs are simply too slow or have other issues which will make GPU acceleration fail. This is not an issue for Apple, because there is no hardware choice on iOS.

All parts of android (2.3) are open sourced, so Samsung can customize anything they want. They don't have to release the changed version as open source though (except for the GPLed parts, like the kernel) - so we'll probably never know what they've been doing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MouFou:
german wikipedia says that gingerbread 2.3.3 features dual-core support ...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
Link it please, thats odd.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taskman:
My German is bad as I only read it for a couple of year but here is the Wikipedia page http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(Betriebssystem)

At the bottom you have "Dual-Core-Unterstützung" on 2.3.3 which means it support it.

But as always Wikipedia is never 100% correct so who know ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banner:
I read that they will re-release a gingerbread version (2.4?) that will take advantage of Dual-core apps. So basically, they add dual-core support and it will also still be gingerbread but version 2.4 of android.

Come to think of it, they did the same thing with Eclair (2.0 and 2.1) already.

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
I think they have already done that with "Gingerbread 2.3.3", Instead of calling v 2.4 GINGERBREAD as well, they made the changes in "Gingerbread" and gave it versioning 2.3.3.

Thats what it looks like all on Wikipedia pages. Highlights 2.3.3 as a Major release.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC_Spree:
Yes, the wiki says that dual-cores are supported from 2.3.3 and it says too that dual-core-apps are supported on single-core smartphones! --> Thats an indication for real dual-core support!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MustWarnothers:
I'm just waiting for when Android decides to implement GPU UI acceleration.

Even if apps are offered dual core support, if both of those cores are still working on UI animations instead of tossing it to the GPU, it seems like 3 steps forward, 2 steps back.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xailter:
As I understand it, Gingerbread (2.3) offers limited dual-core support. If your phone has a 2nd core available, then it will move the Garbage Collector onto the 2nd core which means there will be a lot less lag in applications and games when the GC fires off to remove unused resources.

http:/ /developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html

It's under the 'enhancements to games' section I believe.

Honeycomb (3.0) offers full UI hardware acceleration and makes full use of both cores - so wait for Ice Cream to come to phones and it will be fully supported.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MouFou:
I know that wikipedia isnt always right but if i assume that it is right this time it says that what you just wrote Xailter was integrated in 2.3 and real dual-core support in 2.3.3 :

2.3 features:

Linux-Kernel 2.6.35.7

Unterstützung von WebM

Unterstützung von HTML5 Audio [31]

Unterstützung von Google TV

Unterstützung von Near Field Communication

Parallele Garbage Collection für ruckelfreiere Animationen

verbesserte Integration von sozialen Netzwerken

Unterstützung von Gyroskopen (nicht zu verwechseln mit Bewegungssensoren) und anderen Sensoren (u.a. Barometer, Schwerkraftsensor)[32]

Integrierter SIP-Client für VoIP[33]

Integrierter Downloadmanager[33]

Unterstützung des Ext4-Dateisystems[34]

translated something like "parallel garbage collection for smoother animations"

while 2.3.3 features:

Dual-Core-Unterstützung

Unterstützung von Dual-Core-Apps auf Single-Core-Geräten

verbesserte Unterstützung der NFC-Technik

verbesserte Bluetooth-Unterstützung

kleinere Verbesserungen

which means dual-core support

support for dual-core apps on single-core-devices

improved support of nfc

improved support for bluetooth

minor improvements

if we can believe in what wikipedia says ... 2.3.3 features dual-core support

and i think it is true because it would just make sense to support the hardware that is releasing right now ;)

source: de. wikipedia. org/wiki/Android_%28Betriebssystem%29#Versionsverlauf

sry for the spaces .. but i'm not allowed to post outside links ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xailter:
I have no idea which is right or not, but going by the English wikipedia (and the notes on android.com) I don't think 2.3 has full support for dual-core yet. Though if someone can run speed tests on 2.3 and 2.3.3 and there's a noticable difference I'll believe it :)

http:/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history

2.3: Concurrent garbage collection for increased performance

3.0: Support for multi-core processors
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anupash:
Ever since I installed Gingerblur on my Atrix, I have not been able to login into twitter app.

It always says "error while signing in. Please try again later "

Does anyone have any idea?

Already tried clear data/cache.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexbush:
Could anyone confirm for me the polarity on the power socket - central pin -ve or +ve? I have an Archos 70 but suspect 101 is the same
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexbush:
...and answered my own question. Centre is positive (it's written on the back of the charger). Apologies for stupidity
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Antitoon:
I can also answer your question: centre is positive! It's written in your second post. :D
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lenn:
Yes you're right;)

its the same charger as the Archos 7/8 HomeTablets too:D old stuff..^^
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubnub82:
So the Mytouch3g has a port of GB with Sense 2.1. Is it possible to port this rom over to the Hero because I would really like to try out the new Sense.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1025330
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonmaloney:
It's definitely being worked on ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubnub82:
You wouldn't believe how happy that makes me :)
[General Questions and Answers] djdevy:
Hey folks,

I've searched a bit around but I cant find anything useful for my problem.

I just downloaded xda app from android market for Htc Legend with root & Cyanogen 6.1 on it...it works fine, but when I subscribe to any forum on the Desktop website it doesn't show up on the android app :(

If i subscribe to any thread...it works fine and appears in the android app Favorites -> Topics tab.

I do the same for forums and nothing shows up :(

Can someone please help ?
[General Questions and Answers] djdevy:
nobody ?? :(
[Desire HD General] stratplayer:
This is my mates HTC Desire HD, he keeps it in an Official HTC case which covers the full screen and is very careful with it.

A mark has appeared on the middle of the screen which as you can see in the video is really annoying. He has not dropped it, nor hit it with anything.

Anyone got any ideas, or have had the same problem??

Here is a very small video which demonstrates the issue that I placed on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTtFHV2IdNA
[Desire HD General] nobnut:
Looks like he has either sat on it or had soemthing heavy pressing on the center of the screen. Either way it looks as if the LCD layer is sitting too close to the digitiser and even the slightest pressure on the screen causes that distortion.

I'm not aware of a fix other than a new digitiser maybe.
[Desire HD General] FManning23:
Contact the dealer. Maybe you're friend can get an replacement (Y)
[Desire HD General] stratplayer:
:)

Update... turns out over the weekend my mate took out the extended battery (he had to use tweezers to get it out!).

He had purchased from an Ebay seller from a UK seller (not an official HTC battery though). It was a 1600mah battery.

The issue went instantly.

Looking at the 1600mah battery, its curved!

So beware everyone, get an official battery! Or risk screwing up your touchscreen!
[Desire HD General] mali019:
Thats interesting . First time I have heard a battery casuing screen problems.
[Desire HD General] arjunr24724:
I have yet to read a successful hi-cap battery story... makes me wonder whether HTC has ensured the H/W cant use anything beyond the specs.
[Desire HD General] Nichie:
TS said that the battery was curved so it was prolly pushing against the inside of the phone onto the panel
[Desire HD General] njay-uk:
Hi just joined as its my phone in question ;)

The battery has bulged very slightly in the middle so that if you placed it on a flat surface either way up you can rock it in any direction. I reckon its approx 2mm thicker on either side in the middle than at the edge

Signs were there over the past few weeks as it wasn't lasting as long on each charge and no-where near as long as the original HTC HD battery which is now back in the phone.

As to the High capacity one its a generic battery i.e. no mfr markings on the black and white label

Details say

"Replacement for HTC Desire HD" on two lines in top left corner

"Li-on 3.7V" in top right

"3.7VDC 1600mAh" below that and CE logo next to that

You will find the battery sold at lots of places online (both UK and international) as the picture from the UK seller I bought it from was by no means unique.
[Desire HD General] Doctor.Who:
You better buy a second original battery from HTC.
[Desire HD General] sergiu_07_07:
5 mins ago i read about buying a nonHTC battery with higher capacity and I nearly ordered it. Good thind I found this thread.

Thank you
[Desire HD General] SensationStyler:
safty :D more safty
[Desire General] berre:
The big "how do you restore your apps and settings after flashing a ROM" thread?

Hi all,

Just rooted my phone a couple of days ago and been playing around with some ROMS.

Now I've found one to my liking so I am installing configuring everything again but what if there's a new version of my ROM I want to install, I have to do everything all over again which is a bit silly in this modern time ;)

As I see it

- you have apps installed from market

- you have manually installed apps (e.g. modded widgets, applications and stuff)

I currently use Astro to backup the apps, this works well but

- the market doesn't recognize the apps (to do with market cache I suppose)

workaround: you can use the atrackdog app to follow application updates

- it doesn't restore app settings

some of my apps have backup mechanisms of their own but not all

I've flashed a GB rom now and I've selected the google backup option, is this reliable? What does it exactly backup?

Any other tools available? I heard about titanium back but also read stories where it doesn't always work.

Anyhoew: what do you use? what works for you?

Would be great if we could consolidate everything here and figure out the best/easiest way.

Cheers

B
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Titanium Backup - restores apps and data

Job done
[Desire General] berre:
Do the apps show up in the market again?

Cheers

B
[Desire General] davebugyi:
Titanium backup - backups apps dta/settings fo apps. and basically everythig (settings,sms etc.).
[Desire General] davebugyi:
Yes, they do.
[Desire General] berre:
ok great so how's the best way to use this?

I've downloaded the free version, and the busybox

I guess I have to use the filter for files of type "user" so I only see my apps?

which batch should I run then, backup all user data + system data?

*edit will this restore stuff like my launcher settings and design, email accounts in enhanced email and stuff like that too?

cheers

B
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Don't know, just used it to backup my Angry Birds saves as the rest I do from scratch anyway
[Desire General] Droidzone:
Almost everything will be restored. Free version will prompt for each app

Swyped with my Starburst based Desire. Forgive any typos!
[Desire General] Spin Dr Wolf:
Be careful backing up system settings though as they often don't restore very well on different ROMs, i broke my first flash on Cyanogen by restoring bluetooth settings from a Sense ROM. :rolleyes:
[Desire General] breezing.we:
I use My backup Pro app for this

And I can backup and restore everything but the widgets
[Desire General] Kalavere:
Open Titanium, click Backup/restore, hold down the menu key then go to batch, then backup all user apps. Don't back up system settings, as this will conflict with the new OS and cause instabilities. Android should auto backup Wi-Fi and calendars online for you, mine does, but it's Gingerbread 2.3.3 I'm not sure if this feature was around in the Froyo days.

Everything will be restored as it was, except widgets on the homescreen, you'll need to remove them and put them back on, all settings for them will save so you don't have to mess about customizing things.

You've probably worked it out by now, but just in case this is my 2 cents. :)
[Desire General] Fraize1:
I'm using Titanium Backup for the Apps.

For the Messages I've got MyBackup and MIUI Backup but I prefer MyBackup because I've got different Roms.

But I never restore the System Settings.
[Desire General] freakzone:
I just don't factory reset, format, wipe or however you call it when I flash a rom, I lose the texts though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] marketxp:
i have the following mobile phone, the model is HTg7 bought in china on focalprice dot com, it has the software Nucleus RTOS and i wish to change it to Android or to another software that i can use for mail and internet browsing. anybody can help me to install it from scratch?

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] iruganisan:
Hello, just want to share this apps, its good thing it works in X10 perfectly as it was...

Note:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
WTf.. is spb3d?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] iruganisan:
SPB SHell 3D,

try it, and you will see the difference from current Home Screen you are using...

Like it better than ADW and Launcher Pro
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
This is that thing thats GPU crazy?

is it compatible with 2.2.1CM6.13?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] clarance:
Fire up any terminal app??? What is that mean? Sorry for a noob like me..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] rmourar:
Man, if I understood anything about what you're doing that's warez! I don't recommend it for any user that doesn't want to pirate the app...

Other than that that's what he's talking about https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spb.shell3d&feature=search_result

post reported
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OmegaRED^:
Yeah it disables the ad's and license system.\

App deleted.

Wares... delete thread... ban user.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] h.boushi1987:
old news baby but your post shouldn't be here
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zlive:
is not compatible with cm6.. i have tried it before, will break ur phone..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] clarance:
I am on WB rom and it just run smoothly! ! The problem is when I turn on wifi or 3d.. and something like this appear (we can't found ur purchase in android market) please uninstall this copy before u install the new 1) and after that I can't use it anymore. So have to uninstall and install it again.. then it back to normal... funny
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mr. Clown:
Thread closed, no warez is allowed here.
[HD2 General] cobhc:
Don't try and clean your speaker grill in a heavy handed way. I've now some how made it where I can barely see the Notification Light, and I've damaged the grill itself and will have to send my phone back to HTC. Just making sure you guys be careful when cleaning it.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Unlucky. I remember this being discussed last year, three popular options were cotton bud stick, compressed air, and blutac.
[HD2 General] cobhc:
Yeah, I know to be more careful next time. Just about to put WM back on instead of my nice NAND Android and then off to HTC to pay up to £50 plus shipping to have it repaired.

Quick OT query, do you know if the LEOIMG.nbh on this thread cause me problems with getting HSPL and MAGLDR back on it once I get it back?
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
I know it just came out, but for those who already flashed it can post their bugs here. I will update the OP with a list of the most frequent bugs over time.

The reason or this thread is to help people get a general idea whether or not they want to flash it, and helps the devs know what they have to fix.

Sent from my Samsung Epic

KNOWN BUGS:

Screen turns off while trying to take a call

Speakers when listening to music make a popping noise when you touch the screen.

SD card will not mount

Have to toggle the speaker button on and off to hear the person on the other side

Notification LEDs do not work

Some Third-Party Apps (such as Touchdown) FC

Can't restore data in Titanium Backup. Only fix is to re-flash
[Epic 4G General] swanysto:
Where is alpha 4 posted, I see the thread in development is linked to alpha 1.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Turned screen off then tried to turn it back on but it wouldn't.... had to battery pull
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
Its on page 119
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
What....the...****....is up with your signature.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Lol working on changing it as you typed this....
[Epic 4G General] maldito.boss:
I think we should've post bugs in the cm7 thread

Hate on me idgaf hbahahaha
[Epic 4G General] bickman2k:
The screen is no longer turning on when a call comes in. The phone rings, but the screen stays black.
[Epic 4G General] Poryhack:
The powered off battery charging animation seems to be broken again.
[Epic 4G General] bickman2k:
I was able to get the screen to turn on when taking a call by pushing the power button, then sliding the keyboard open and closed again. It brings up the answer screen at that point.
[Epic 4G General] dexterboy1106:
Alpha 4 is posted in alpha 1 thread but nullghost has created a new thread and will be updating it daemon87 had to start a new job and doesn't have as much time as he did before

Sent from Epic 4g running cm7
[Epic 4G General] spitefulrain:
Hes not starting a new thread, he was given ownership of the current thread instead of Dameon.
[Epic 4G General] dexterboy1106:
Having no problems so far. However did install titanium backup and restored apps+data and phone wouldn't boot had to re flash alpha 4 then used titanum again but only restored apps and it worked.

Sent from Epic 4g running cm7
[Epic 4G General] dexterboy1106:
O

Sent from Epic 4g running cm7
[Epic 4G General] qbking77:
When you listen to music and swipe your finger across the unlocked screen it makes a popping noise. At least over speakers, haven't tried headphones
[Epic 4G General] dexterboy1106:
No popping noise here just tested

Sent from Epic 4g running cm7
[Epic 4G General] keith5039756827:
Works fine
[Epic 4G General] keith5039756827:
Can not access SD card..
[Epic 4G General] kab0b0:
Attempting to connect to wifi causes failures upon obtaining IP address. Repeating the connection attempt sometimes resolves it. Has done this in every alpha though. Or is it just me?
[Epic 4G General] Dameon87:
If there are problems with calls, it is the fault of the person who compiled. All of these things work fine for me on a proper build.

I did not compile alpha 4, because it wasn't ready...
[Epic 4G General] ThrIsNoSpork:
I noticed that listening to music while touching the screen at all makes a constant popping noise til I turn the screen off. Also notification led doesn't work for me.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Bump. Guys who find this pointless:

Look, this helps the devs by having an easy thread that only talks about the bugs. So please, if you have bugs, POST HERE. It will be much more organized and useful.

Sent from my Samsung Epic
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
When I get a call I have to toggle speaker in order for me to hear the othr person. But its only sometimes.
[Epic 4G General] gawro1bs:
Won't recognze my sd card
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
That's been a know issue since alpha 1 I think they might have a flashable zip for that fix this weekend
[Epic 4G General] smwinn7:
Is there known issues with the hotspots and wired tether because I've been running since alpha 1 as my daily and it has never worked for me
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Gives me seizures from the speed
[Epic 4G General] ThrIsNoSpork:
Hahaha good one sir
[Epic 4G General] rygran87:
Someone posted a manual fix for this in the rom thread. It involves modifying a file in text editor.
[Epic 4G General] smwinn7:
Noticed yesterday that while using a headset that my phone kept ringing after I picked up. The person who called me couldn't hear it though.
[Epic 4G General] amirite:
This is less organized. Have you alerted the devs to this thread and confirmed with them that it would be more helpful to have a thread in General that is managed by someone outside of the dev team? How do you know what's helpful or what's not at the current juncture? From what Daemon said earlier in the thread it's highly possible that none of these things are even bugs. Unless you have gotten a specific request from these guys to start this thread you're only creating more fragmentation in what

I know you made this thread in good faith, I can tell because you're updating the OP to be very concise and all. But without knowing what the devs need or where they're at this thread only draws bug complaints that should be worked out in the official thread to another place that the devs may or may not know even exists.

This is frustrating because I literally just came here to General to look for a bug thread so that I could post about the screen not turning on. I was relieved when I saw it was already logged, but when I realized it was some third party person managing the thread, how am I supposed to know if my bug report will even make it to the devs?
[Epic 4G General] the_dark_knighton:
I've had this problem as well.

As for the popping in the music while touching the screen, I have noticed that will all of the roms that I have ran lately. I wonder if it has anything to do with the voodoo sound that everyone is using
[Epic 4G General] the_dark_knighton:
I don't see why you are really getting all worked up for this. It's not really hurting anything by being here. And I have to assume that the devs come into the general area every now and then, and they could see it, but it can help be a little more organized and see if people have fixes to the "bugs" that people are having. All that to say... Calm down bro
[Epic 4G General] kdub1990:
not sure if this is mentioned but can cyan 7 be used on the ec05 modem?
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
It really doesn't matter what modem ur on it is build completly from source. The ec05 modem is froyo and cm7 is gingerbread. I'm on ec05 and I flash it with no issues.
[Epic 4G General] kdub1990:
cool. but whenever i got to flash i get stuck on the samsung screen. thought it may be due to ec05. i've wiped data and cache 3xs like always. any ideas??
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
Hmm not sure. I would say odin back to stock re root and start fresh. But I keep seeing people say they have problems with syndicate rom.