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[Vibrant General] Tarzanman:
Things are winding down. There are only a handful of people around who have the knowledge and inclination to roll their own ROMs.

As newer devices with more capabilities are introduced (the dual core LG G2X will be in T-mobile stores April 20th), then the older ones lose favor.

That is how it is with Android. Your 8 month old phone becomes old. After 15 months its an antique!
[Vibrant General] khulsey:
I actually have tried to develop a theme to post here but there is so much involved with all the editing and i simply don't have the time. I really wish I did. Trust me I have a great respect for what the dev's do once I started playing around with just a theme. I can only imagine what a rom would take. Plus I can honestly say i'm not skilled enough to put out a quality rom any time soon, if ever. I'm really not complaining about effort or quantity from the devs, i've just noticed lately there seems to be a dull in the dev section. I was just wondering why.
[Vibrant General] thegreatcity:
Eugene is back. He said on twitter that he bought a Vibrant. You can see evidence, his newest Ginger Clone version has already had 4 updates.

Sure a lot of the development is for 2.2 and 2.2.1 roms, but I'd say we're easily WAY more active than we used to be. We've now got plenty of choices of roms, kernels, and themes. We've also got new people joining the Vibe development scene. There's an experimental Gingerbread Sense that's just started testing. We are now officially supported by the MIUI team. I see new things happening every day. Development doesn't always happen overnight, but I believe we've still got lots of good things look forward to.
[Vibrant General] dcontrol:
Slowing down? I still remember when there was only one rom in the dev section. Now there's a new one each week, and at least one update every day.
[Vibrant General] regP:
I still dont understand what people are trippin on. We have some blazing fast 2.2.1 ROMs and a few gingerbread ROMs that are stable. What functionality are people looking for int he Vibrant that we dont have?
[Vibrant General] Romanbb:
Haha yeah I remember that too. But ROMs every week != good. Most of them are ports and aren't stable.

I really wish we could have AOSP roms so we could have TRUE development going on. None of this hack and patch stuff.

They want CM lol (as do I)
[Vibrant General] jfdebo779:
Why do we keep having these threads. I rooted my phone late last year. I have been more then satisfied. I'm just glad to have a faster better phone than what I had originally. Just have some damn patience.
[Vibrant General] masterotaku:
Keep in mind the psychology at work here. Most of the people who get all angsty about this are rom comsumers, and not active dev's, themers, or kangers.

It appears that what we are experiencing now is a lot of cross development, taking existing roms from the international i9000 and porting them to our universe thanks to the availability of kernel source for 2.2. So the nature of activity has changed, but the scope has actually expanded.

This phone (thanks to dev work here @ XDA) stopped sucking ass A VERY LONG TIME AGO. Gains to be had at this point are largely cosmetic, so there is the appearance that improvements are not coming at the rate they used to. The fact of the matter is that quantitative improvements are largely unnecessary at this point.

As a "consumer" myself (I gave up on linux development a long time ago, owing to my own inherent laziness) I find the current state of affairs quite amazing. Your mileage may vary. YMMV. :P
[Vibrant General] Romanbb:
What's funny is that people much prefer a broken ROM that gets fixed rather than a fully working ROM out of the box ^_^
[Vibrant General] strikerx312:
Well said.:D It's just like what happened when I had the N1, people started to complain because the roms were so stable there weren't many updates being released.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
i dont know either...

2.3 probably WILL be faster than 2.2 (duh) but besides the speed, we have everything else.

All thats going to be different is when you go into settings about it will say 2.3 gingerbread

instead of 2.2 or 2.2.1

the rest is good.

im on miui, and i switch between cm7 and miui once in a while

im never going back to 2.2.1
[Vibrant General] thegreatcity:
Very true. People want updates, but they don't know why.

If its not being updated as fast as it used to, chances are it doesn't even really NEED updating.
[Vibrant General] explodingboy70:
Well said. Someone just asked on one of my 2.2.1 threads why it was so quiet and my only thought was because everything works. Here it is everything has been fixed there should be nothing left to discuss here flash and enjoy.
[Vibrant General] lotherius:
That's the point for me. I stopped updating at KA6. Sure KA7 came out not long after, but why? I had been updating daily/weekly until then, always fighting some bug or flaw. With KA6, I flashed the ODIN version, removed bloatware myself, added the round battery icon, power off menu, and that was *it*. More recently I've updated the Kernel to Overstock 2.x and voodoo FS, but I'm not even sure why I need voodoo. Can't tell a difference in the real speed of the phone.

I didn't take the phone apart to add FFC like so many did (and who also never use it in most cases), so I don't need improved support for that... and themes, well... I guess there is that, not much going on in KA6 themes -- but that doesn't affect the use of the phone at all.

KA6 for me has been fast, stable, and by far the best on battery life of any I've touched yet. There are few if any programs out there that require 2.3 or higher, and until that is the case, why change?

The atmosphere is totally different than it was last fall, when the rest of the world was going 2.2 and Vibrant was stuck on 2.1. At that time, there were an increasing number of programs that simply would not work on Eclair - plus Froyo had been promised as an update. Now we have everything Samsung promised, and really if you're running a lightly modded ROM, it *is* bug-free.

So... until I am forced to consider 2.3, I'm sticking with KA6.. It is nice after years of constantly flashing upgrades on the HTC Vogue (wm6), then the G1, then flashing the MT3G constantly, then constantly flashing the Vibrant, to actually pick up my phone and have it work the same way it did yesterday.
[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
Yeah I'm probably never going back to 2.2.1 either, I had a taste, but Ginger is oh so much better.
[Android Software Development] frizbeano:
Hi All,

I'm doing a android project as part of my college course and I'm using eclipe as my IDE.

When I transfer the app to the device which is a nook color it will only take up a small part of the screen. I can't find a way for it to take up the whole screen. Any help would be great thanks.
[Android Software Development] blackaardvark:
Same problem here!

BUMP
[Android Software Development] rigman:
Have you read this;

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

________________________________

http://ron-droid.blogspot.com
[Android Software Development] frizbeano:
Thanks rigman I have not read this.

I also got a pm from fvztdk

Thanks all for the help it worked.
[EVO 4G General] runsoverfrogs:
http://twitpic.com/4hyeo5
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
~ d3rk
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TexasBadger:
This is a question for Zach, but as a new user I did not have access to his thread. First, congratulations on developing a great ROM. You do great work, I love XTRSense 5.01. However, I have come across two small glitches, both related to your GScript app.

After running the Apps2SD script, all of the other scripts disappear. There is a note to find them on the SD card, but I haven't been able to find any scripts there. I specifically want to install the battery life script. Is there a way to recover access to the scripts?

Second, I accidentally ran the script that deleted HTC Teeter. Is there any way to get it back short of reinstalling the ROM?

Thanks in advance ...
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Hi! Just to note, I'm not currently running xtrSENSE or xtrROM, but I have quite a lot in the past and probably will again someday, so I thought I'd answer what I can.

1. I don't know what's going on with scripts disappearing, are you sure you actually added them to GScript's list of available scripts? When you load GScript, initially it's blank, and you have to tell it to load each script individually. Make sure the checkbox for run as root is checked for each one. Then the first time you run one from the main GScript screen, it'll prompt you for SU access. Sorry if I'm including info you already know, just making this answer friendly for anyone who happens to find this thread. There should be a folder called gscript on the SD card.

Note: Different folder listing programs list files and folders in different sorting orders. Linux is case sensitive so you can have both a folder named gscripts and one called GScripts (only the first should exist, I'm just using it as example). What I'm getting at is that some programs list all the files and folders with starting with the lower-case letters first, and then the upper-case ones after, so if you look for the folder gscript, make sure and search everywhere in the listing.

Also, if you must, you can open the ROM zip file on your computer and look in the sdcard folder in it and you'll see the gscript folder there with all the scripts inside. Just copy the gscript folder to your SD card if they got deleted somehow.

2. Same as the last suggestion, you can open the ROM zip file on your computer and in the system\app folder there you'll find "teeter.apk". You can use Root Explorer off the Android Market to put that back in system\app, or you could just install it from your file manager (Astro, File Manager...) for it to reside in normal user memory.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TexasBadger:
Partial Success

"Also, if you must, you can open the ROM zip file on your computer and look in the sdcard folder in it and you'll see the gscript folder there with all the scripts inside. Just copy the gscript folder to your SD card if they got deleted somehow."

This worked perfectly. The GScript folder on the SD card was empty. Not anymore, and the scripts work fine.

"Same as the last suggestion, you can open the ROM zip file on your computer and in the system\app folder there you'll find "teeter.apk". You can use Root Explorer off the Android Market to put that back in system\app, or you could just install it from your file manager (Astro, File Manager...) for it to reside in normal user memory."

I put teeter.apk on the SD card, but my attempts to intall it with ES File Manager failed. Maybe related to Apps2SD?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
You don't want it on the SD card. You need to navigate to /system/app in internal storage on the ROM. Apps2sd moves third party apps that you install from the market to the SD card, but does not move the internal apps in /system/app.

You may need to restart after you pop that .apk back in /system/app to get it back in your app drawer.
[Droid X General] bigskyx:
I have tried several encoders and player apps and still have major sync issues with movies and videos. Does anyone have a solution for this? Can't believe it is such a problem.

The exact same file plays just fine on my wife's iPod Touch and on the computer.

This has been an issue since stock and still happens in Apex. Anyone have a solution?
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
What system version are you on? You possibly may need to update your system
[Droid X General] bigskyx:
I am on 2.3.340 with Apex 1.4.1
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
Hmmmm that's interesting. Have you tried any roms other than stock and apex?
[Droid X General] bigskyx:
I haven't. There are quite a few complaints about this issue online but no real solutions.
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
Ok. When you said this wads an issue since stock does that mean it was like that when you got the phone?

You may want to try another rom such as liberty or fission or possibly try a SBF
[General Questions and Answers] jr2673:
Hi,

I wanted to know if I should install AntiVirus I just nand flashed coredroid to my HTC hd2 this was my first flashing ever on my phone and im new to all this I love the way its running now I just want to make sure it stays like that any help would be great
[General Questions and Answers] tmpchr:
Check "lookout" app ...
[General Questions and Answers] Avetes:
agreed, currently have i on my phone
[General Questions and Answers] the_scotsman:
Personally I think antivirus type apps are not needed on android. But if you want one for peace of mind, Lookout is one of the security type apps :)
[General Questions and Answers] jr2673:
can the phone be restored if i get a virus then? like re-flashing it?
[General Questions and Answers] ppcmaster1:
i use lookout as well, but i recomend checking the norton symantec option.
[General Questions and Answers] saefulloh:
I think my android can be slow if i using antivirus..so any suggest!:D
[General Questions and Answers] Siresmokalot:
"can the phone be restored if i get a virus then? like re-flashing it?"

yes,but only if you have a nandroid backup,titanium backup will do the job ;-)
[General Questions and Answers] MaFi0s0:
I use Kaspersky mobile security. Lookout was released at a time claiming to be an AntiVirus when Kaspersky had claimed that there were no viruses out on the Android OS.

Since then there has been atleast 1 exploit which was reported by Kaspersky. (http://androidandme.com/2010/08/news/kaspersky-reports-androids-first-sms-based-trojan/)

Kaspersky being the most consistent AV for Windows over the past 10 years I tend to trust it over Lookout.
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
I agree with the scotsman ;)

Anti virus form any form of mobile OS is overrated and not really required,virus are SO rare it really isn't worth it, but your decision ;)

btw ive had various os over the years and never had an issue.
[General Questions and Answers] TheATHEiST:
Previously I would have agreed on this but it is far from the truth now. There is various malware been released even on the official market, let alone off-market. Now they wasn't exactly damaging to device/software but they was privacy risks as IMEI/numbers/emails and possibly logins etc are logged and sent.

For the sake of about 10MB of RAM and small battery use its worth the peace of mind.

I recomend either Lookout or Kaspersky. I got a free 6 month license for Kaspersky via German site, cant remember the exact source but found the following, not sure if its still valid or not.
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
Thats true but were all taken down afaik, droid is the biggest "risk" for sure though.
[General Questions and Answers] TheATHEiST:
Yes they was but because there is no vetting of what gets added to the market there is nothing stopping the same malware, variations of, or new malware been added at any time and because of the sheer popularity of Android now its only a matter of time before it happens again and may be even more serious next time.

If installing a small/low resource app can potentially protect/make you safer I dont see why not. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Siresmokalot:
i installed lookout a few hours ago and so far i didn't notice any major slowdown (desire)
[General Questions and Answers] MaFi0s0:
We should remember though these arnt just anti-virus apps but security apps, the biggest problem with mobile devices is physical theft of personal data, more so than any malware.
[General Questions and Answers] pulser_g2:
Lookout is pretty good, and regularly updated by their researchers.

Some other (I won't name them) "security apps" don't actually scan or look at the apps you are installing. Instead they just look at the package name. Stick with good and trusted apps. Lookout is free, for "antivirus" features, and you shouldn't need to pay for AV on a phone given their offerings are pretty impressive.
[General Questions and Answers] TheATHEiST:
Correct, And decent AV apps like Lookout etc come with inbuilt remote wipe features aswell as device location etc so even if your device was stolen you have possibilities of either locating it via GPS/Data/Sounding of alarm or in worst case wiping all personal data from it.
[General Questions and Answers] cordoni:
A few things:

Lookout is a great app. Little battery use, works well. The draw back is that it will not deep scan the entire phone, only apps and live scan (downloads). It does auto update definitions.

Netquin is also good. Little battery use as well. It will live scan downloads and deep scan. Drawbacks are that scan time is slow and virus definitions do not auto update.

AVG is the best, in my opinion. Moderate battery use. It will live scan both downloads and web. It will also deep scan and check settings. Virus definitions also auto update.

Dr Web is decent, but with Heavy battery use and multi-hour long scans, I don't recommend it.
[General Questions and Answers] Sparkz914:
Trend Micro has a free mobile security app in the market

I use the computer version on all my laptops, yet to have a virus on any in that time
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
Thanks guys, safe to say the OP should have a good view of what whats out there now ;)
[General Questions and Answers] TheATHEiST:
Even more malware found on market...

http://pocketnow.com/android/google-removes-ten-malware-infected-apps-from-android-market
[General Questions and Answers] Muzikant:
Thanks for your post.

How about memory consumption ?
[General Questions and Answers] xs400:
Scanning Android device from PC

Can the antivirus on a PC scan an Android device, not just the SD card but internal memory, processes, etc.?

Is there such a product on the market/Market?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Springdale:
Hi,

As you might have heard, there are several users having problem with their DHD that occassionally they get a "SIM card not detected" error, having to restart the phone, then the problem disappears but happens again after some time:

http://www.htcdesirehdforum.com/htc...starts-often-unable-to-detect-sim-card-error/

http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-support-troubleshooting/297925-sim-card-not-detected-error.html

I also had this problem, after checking the SIM card every time I found out that the SIM slot on the DHD seems to be a bit too loose. I am not sure if it's related to the DHD itself or some SIM cards are a bit thinner than others.

Anyways, since every time I faced the issue I found my SIM card to be slipped out from the slot by about 0.5mm, I decided to cover the SIM with special 3M plastic tape. Check my attached pictures for detailed guide:

If anyone's having the issue, it would be appreciated to find out if this prove to fix the problem for them as well. For me, I did not have the problem since I have done the trick (more than 2 months now). Make sure you cover both sides of the SIM card to prevent it from detaching when inserting (not overlapping the contacts of course), and insert the card very carefully not to damage the SIM slot.

Hope this helps for some :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Springdale:
Glad to see no one had the problem lately :-)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matzestinks:
I have the problem since december. Till some days ago it didn't happen that often.. I'm gonna try it!

thanks :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hmohammed43:
I'd really love for this to be a sticky, because it's damn useful! It worked with good old sellotape too! You just gotta be careful not to cover the contacts on the sim card, but the narrower tapes should be good enough!

Thank you!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobo81:
Thank you to the OP!!

I was searching all over the net for a solution and finally brought it into a repair shop.

They replaced the sim holder. For a week or so it worked but the problem returned. Finally I decided to search the net, stumbling upon this thread. After taking normal, desk tape and wrapping it around the sim (not on the chip itself), I wedged it in and its been weeks without the problem!!

Thanks again.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stylez:
There's a small piece of paper exactly same size as sim behind mine and hasn't happened since tweaked.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohme:
@ Springdale - many thanks for this top tip!! :):)

I have been getting this "SIM card not detected" message recently, was thinking my phone was seriously malfunctioning. I tried you trick tonight, hopefully the problem is solved!

thanks again mate ;)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferraripassion:
This is just brilliant m8 :), i fixed the Desire HD in a matter of seconds.

Super fix, hats off to you :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordyffc:
I dropped my DHD recently and think it may have loosened up the sim card slot as I have been getting that message constantly over the last few days.

Just cut a thin bit of card though and popped it in beside the sim and was a much tighter fit so fingers crossed it's solved the probelm.

Many thanks for the tip :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Springdale:
I am so happy that many of you found my thread helpful :) I'm glad I could help.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyiles:
It worked for me as well!

The buyer of a phone I sold inserted a micro/mini SIM card, extracted it, and must have widened the gap, and a sliver of paper fixed it!!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davood21:
thanks a lot dude.

It solved my problem.

I thought "No Sim Card" error was because I flashed a new ROM.

But as you said I put plastic tape on the Sim Card and it made the trick.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazGame:
Damn, man. You give second life for my DHD

<3
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikkiVann:
Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm going to go try this out too!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ria__x:
im using clear tape so maybe this is why.. but it not working :(
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] darinmc:
Just wanted to share my experience with Ambling Book Player Pro.

For the longest time now I've been using PowerAmp. It's wonderful, it is by far the best music player available. Impressive EQ support, folder and playlist support, and a VERY clean and slick UI. Highly recommend it. That being said, when listening to an audiobook I always had to remember my place if I wanted to listen to music or say, flash a ROM 3 or 10 times a day. It got relatively annoying, so I went searching for an alternative. Everything I found was ok, but nothing was great.

I finally decided to give Ambling Book Player Pro a shot (since a lot of the books I listen to are .m4a and .mp3, and you need pro to load files from your SD card). It's wonderful. Support for .mp3, .ogg, .mp4, .wav, .wma*, .3gp, and .m4a. You can create as many bookmarks you want for each book and they save to the sdcard so you never lose your place. It has options for using the button on a headset as well, including play/pause and set bookmark. Another problem I have is that I listen to books all the time while doing other things and often find myself missing a section of the book, trying to skip back to hear what I missed was frustrating. The app has forward and back at 15 and 60 second intervals, which made tracing my steps very easy. It's not the prettiest interface, but it's so incredibly functional that I don't even care. Now I have PowerAmp for my music and ABPP for my audiobooks. If you find yourself in a situation at all like my own, give it a shot. Music and Audiobooks are, for me, one of my favorite things about smartphones.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] ggolemg:
Does it have speed control? I really utilize the ability of Astro Player to speed up audio books, it's nice because it doesn't increase the pitch (chipmunk), just the speed. I download with Audiobooks by Traveling Classics and listen to them with Astro Player. The combo is perfect I've found.