yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Actually, the way viewsonic operates looks more like communism than anything else. We know what they came out with doesn't work. They know what they came out with doesn't work. And yet, they insist on continuing to do the same damn thing over and over. It's like having a 5 year plan on top of a 5 year plan over and over even though millions people are starving. They (viewsonic) insist on continuing with TapnTap UI even though it caused the biggest return rate they ever saw. Communism!

The xda community is like capitalism. This is an open market environment where people who are capable contribute what they have and users are presented with many different choices to choose from. Take OC, for example. We can either use Persh's or we can use Clem's kernel.

We've learned from history that communism simply doesn't work. Why? Because people have no choice. What's given to people to use isn't the best but rather what the originator could present to the premiere. We all know how sucky TapnTap UI is, but the fact of the matter is TapnTap has access to the premiere, aka Viewsonic's board. It doesn't matter if TapnTap suck ass. Just like that submarine called the widow maker. It doesn't matter if people keep dying from radiation exposure and all of that good stuff. The premiere says people have to use it and people use it. That's how communism works.
[G Tablet General] jholmes5:
Not to turn this into a political thread, but we have never witnessed pure Communism.

What we have witnessed in history are Authoritarian governments using the term Communism or Socialism and even Democracy, as a way to deceive the people into supporting them, until the people realize too late; that they have given away their freedoms.

Many countries claim to be democracies, except they rig the ballot box and 'disappear' people who oppose them. Communism, Socialism, Democracies; the labels don't matter, the results do.

Does Apple or Microsoft allow end users the ability to easily 'root' their devices or even offer their code to the community, like ViewSonic has? If not, are they communist-like?

ViewSonic has created a truly bad UI. That's because they're not in the UI business and unfortunately have made several bad choices. Do you really believe they wanted to take back all those devices and receive the bad press? They have paid for those choices in market-share and reputation, just as the free market demands.

Further, they have responded to recent user demands and have in the past released their code, which allows the 'capitalism' on XDA you cheer about. Without code, you can have no choice. Without Nvidia releasing their drivers, Gingerbread will be doomed not to have hardware acceleration. If they don't release their code, is Nvidia communist-like?

A truly Authoritarian company would not have responded to the emails, tweets and phone calls of average users and they certainly wouldn't have offered any code or tried to deal with the users on this forum.

Try getting that response from Apple or Microsoft.

What you are witnessing in ViewSonic is not some take on Communism, but the typical results of a business that merely 'rebrands' merchandise with no real understanding of what the device does and more importantly what it should do.

It's no different than a company sending a job lot of talking Barbies to South America and not bothering to check if the dolls spoke English or Spanish. Bad research? Yes, but if I have razor thin profit margins, do I really invest more money into the hole I am already in or do I just fill it in and start digging somewhere else?

I guarantee you, someone looked at the numbers involved in this mess and decided to band-aid just enough to shut the community up, while positioning the community to help them push their next product.

You have to remember that for the average user and there are many on the board who have said so, the latest TNT UI, is 'good enough' and that's all ViewSonic needs to produce... Good enough.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I completely agree. I was using the word communism to avoid this very thing... a political debate. That said, I was comparing one specific aspect of these communist/authoritarian/goo-gaga/hoogabooga (call it whatever you want) to what we're seeing in VS in regard to the gtab.

Everyone, including VS, knows that TapnTap UI simply is sluggish and doesn't do the gtab's hardware justice. And yet, VS continues to use the TapnTap UI.

It's like the 5 year plan on top of the 5 year plan that starved millions of people. Everyone knew that those plans never worked, and yet those communist/authoritarian/goo-gaga/hoogabooga (call it whatever you want) kept using those plans. Sure, they eventually improved upon those plans to a "good enough" state.

No, but you're forgetting something. By law, VS had to release the source code under the GNU license. There have been companies completely liquidated because they broke this law.

And again, I was comparing this one aspect of the whole gtab return rate fiasco to those communist/authoritarian/goo-gaga/hoogabooga (call it whatever you want) regimes. Do you think those regimes wanted to see millions of their people starve to death? And yet there they were kept making the same mistakes over and over. We're seeing the same damn thing with VS. They don't want to see those high return rates, and yet here we are with VS continuing to use TapnTap UI.

I've a different comparison to this one particular thing as well. The gtab to VS seems to be that one child that the parent wanted to become a doctor but then he ended up being an engineer so the parent is ashamed and doesn't want to mention him at gatherings. When it comes to it, the parent proclaims that he hasn't disowned his son. That said, he isn't fond of his son either.

The gtab is very popular because of the hardware. And yet VS continues to shy away from the device. They only mention it once or twice when they are pressured to do so by the community.

Oh, please, a truly anything wouldn't do a lot of things. A truly android tablet would have market right out of the box. A truly dog wouldn't eat vegatable (my dog last year went through and ate all my veg in the garden). A truly cat wouldn't come when you call it (my friend's cat comes when you call her). What's your point?

I never said those companies don't resemble communist/authoritarian/goo-gaga/hoogabooga (call it whatever you want) in certain areas. Take windows vista, for example. To this day after update after update and service pack, it's still a piece of crap.

No, what I'm witnessing is you not seeing my point in comparing just one aspect of the matter and instead nitpick other things. For example, suppose I say "Like you, I need to use the bathroom on a daily basis." Imagine how annoyed I'd be if you respond with "But you're not like me because I was born here and you weren't." Sure, I can't dispute that, but that's not what I was talking about.
[G Tablet General] jerdog:
Ok guys.... let's get back to the topic of the OP or else we'll close this thread
[G Tablet General] D Wright:
I was quite happy with my stock G tablet until this latest update. Back to being sluggish at least on web surfing.

If this was Apple they would try to shame you for believing anything is even wrong.
[G Tablet General] amusedkid:
Woah haha...we've digressed quite a bit eh. Anyway, i think Viewsonic or the OEM just contracted TapnTap to do this for the g tab. Can't really blame VS for everything -> if the startup was a little more capable, everything would be fine.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Why can't we blame them for everything? They were the one who decided to put that terrible TapnTap UI. And even after that initial mass returns because of the sluggish UI performance, all they did to try to fix it was change all the later ones to classic view.

In engineering, we call this the no-common-sense engineer. Do something, see that it doesn't work, try to do it again and again and again.
[G Tablet General] amusedkid:
Go ahead then.changes nothing though.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
I know it changes nothing. VS doesn't seem to feel bad about keep putting the TapnTap UI on there, so it doesn't matter what we think.
[G Tablet General] cjean:
There are plenty of tablets out there without the TapnTap, why do you stick with it?

As far I'm concern, that TapnTap makes the ViewSonic WAF capable tablet. I have mine on the Fidge and she can't live without it now. This is a great software, not perfect yet but lot more user friendly than the majority at this price tag. If we have a tablet today, it's because of TapnTap, that about it.

I feel you will be better served with an Android no name tablet that you can dismantle and hack the way you want.

Again, this tablet is not for you.

Charles
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
And yet the high return rates because of TapnTap tells us otherwise. In this case, TapnTap decided to sacrifice speed and efficiency for the sake of user friendliness.
[G Tablet General] cjean:
like the "Evolution" of Windows.... ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddwood1089:
Is there any app out their for freezing apps on none rooted phones?????
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newklearx3:
Nope, you my friend need some root in your life.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnarcotics:
exactly you cant freeze without root
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stoney 666:
Sorry for the noobish question but what's a non rooted phone?!?!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Echo2Lincoln:
get a root!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newklearx3:
A phone with unmodified permissions.
[Atrix 4G General] DarkRyoushii:
Hey all

With the Atrix hitting Orange UK early May, what are the chances that we will see a bootloader solution or even update to gingerbread in the near future?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/motorola-atrix-to-be-an-orange-exclusive-in-uk-coming-early-may/

- DarkRyoushii
[Atrix 4G General] noxlord:
look like it will feature a different radio than the US-Canada Atrix. And FM radio support too.

More Atrix on the market probably means higher chances of Gingerbread update. The whole webtop thing might complicate things a lot for Motorola tho.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] raulfuentes:
Hi all

I want to root my DHD and install cm7. But I don't have a pc(I have mac) could anybody root it for Mr Pleaseeeeee
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] marcnvidic:
Easy way:

install z4root then use the root option
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] frosty_ice:
First: You should check out the Desire HD forum, there are a lot of tutorials & guides there.

Second: If you want to root your DHD, you will have to check your firmware first. If the firmware version is greater newer 1.32, you will have to downgrade before you can root.

Once downgraded the rooting can be done by installing Visionary+ on your phone.

But as I said, for a more detailed guide check out the DHD subforum.
[Desire HD General] alpha7158:
Solved: HTC Desire HD vibrates randomly on phone call

If you are having an issue with the HTC Desire HD where the screen will randomly vibrate when you are on a call then here is the fix:

Goto Menu > settings > Profiles > (currently selected profile) > Phone > vibrate mode

Then set it to "No Override"
​

The vibration happens when the proximity sensor in the phone detects that your face has left the screen.

I searched around and it took me quite a while to identify the solution, I figured others will be having the problem and posted this so that it will come up in search results.

I am running Cyanogen Mod 7.0 (CM7).
[Desire HD General] Fihlvein:
Yeah, bugged me since a while as well, and finally found it was the Vibrate Mode, just before performing data wipe. :p

This will only affect for CM7 users, as profiles is NOT part of stock ROM.

Edit: I forgot to add that the guy who wrote this feature on CM7 commented that it was a bug. I just cannot find the source now.
[Desire HD General] alpha7158:
I think the profile settings are good. The default values just need changing. I'm surprised I haven't seen an influx of threads complaining about this haha.
[Desire HD General] yfital:
THANNNNKKK YOUUUU!!!!

I was getting crazy over this damn annoyance!

FYI, for me, only deleting the dailer from the PHONE application group helped ...

fooking annoying :)
[Desire HD General] 2wice:
SAVED!!! Was about to loose my mind.
[Desire HD General] Roastgoat:
Thankyou thankyou thankyou! It was driving me nuts...

FYI, when I lifted the phone away from my ear, the phone not only vibrated when the screen turned on, but also played a random song from my SD storage. I didn't understand what was going on, and Dr Google couldn't help this time! Thankyou XDA.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ADB100:
I want to apply the digital compass fix to my ROM but need the Footprints_Pages.XML from a Leo version 1.66/1.77 ROM. To save me downloading and dumping one can somebody post the Footprints_Pages.XML file?

Thanks

Andy
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] HD2Owner:
here we go..
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ADB100:
Thanks for that,
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] saurabh88:
Hi.i just bought unoff. Ext battery from ebay(11$).

I m using raffroid ext4 nand.

With my original htc battery i can make full day ue but with this extended battery it doesnt ladt for even 8hrs of moderate use with wifi off.buletoth,gps off 2g data and auto syn. Off what is the problem.m using setcpu also.my idle drain is 4mah
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Eelkede:
Fake extended battery, or not conditioned right.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
install currentwidget and see what the drain is lke
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] saurabh88:
Its 4mah in idle and 250mah in use
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] justj:
Let me give you some clues - 1: from Ebay 2: 11$usd
[Galaxy 3 General] Mr.Gamer:
I've been trying some paid camera apps, specifically Camera Advanced and Camera360

I found myself really comfortable with the Camera360 antimovement sensor, cameraadvanced is more technical but lacks this feature, the main ISSUE is that i can't SILENT THOSE APPS!

Even if i select the silence option they still make a LOUD shutter, that personally i don't like.

I'm speaking about the commercial apps, not the free versions, i've tried both and went refund, cause i was disappointed by the non-functional sound issue! If i have no other way to silent them, i'll get camera360 :(:(
[Galaxy 3 General] sven.cnrd:
As far as I know they only way to avoid this shutter sound is to delete the sound file from /system/media/audio/ui. I can't tell you how the file is named, since I already deleted it, but it was something with "camera" in it.

You can delete the file by using root explorer.
[Galaxy 3 General] Mr.Gamer:
dear lord! it was so easy!

:-(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pitpaplo:
I'm currently running CM7 ROM and I really like the look and feel. Works perfect!

The only problem is if I go away I'll have a problem with battery life. I won't be able to charge the phone.

Could you make any suggestions on the best battery life on these ROMs?

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Lee:
The one in my signature is awesome in battery life. Give that one at least a look. Plus its fast too.

Sent from XDA Premium from my X10a rooted running 2.2.1 CM Rom from Rendeiro2005
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pitpaplo:
Thanks.

Do you have a link for this ROM? I'll give it a go
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pitpaplo:
no worry! i'm busy dwl
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaisan1:
try this..!! its much more good looking!!:D

any way choice is yours..!!:p

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=945264
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImS0Raw:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1040497 there you go just 2 apps
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prodigy:
Awesome ROM i'm using right now is Freex10 Beta 4 (Android 2.2), with the video recorder fixed. The ROM is stable and excellent. Runs really fast.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=900441

The battery life is OK add long add you calibrate it add described here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=943626

Cyanogen 6.1.3 (gingerbread) by rendeiro2005

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=947613

Cyanogen 6.1.3 (gingerbread) by rendeiro2005 with bitsnacker theme(go3easy)

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1015765

If you want a really good looking ROM, try the Bitsnacker 2.1 rom. It is basically the stock rom with the bitsnacker blue glow theme.

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1005636

If you mean THEMES, check the bitsnacker theme out for the x10 which works on android 2.1 stock and 2.2 Free X10 Beta 4 (for Freex10 ignore first post, check the second half way down the screen)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=935187

Finding the links took me ages, i got them all mixed up

If you like it plz thank :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hyul:
CM 6.1.3 Wolfbreak..
[HTC Desire S] Power_Getter:
Everyone know that HTC speaker is worst than other phones, so can any one share some info about Desire S speaker?
[HTC Desire S] titus1:
It's loud but lacks bass
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shatred:
i did an task 29 on my phone, flashed the 4.49.25.17 radio (also tried different radio's, did not make any difference), and then flashed the latest simplicity rom.

as the the title says, my friends are complaining about getting random old messages i already had send them before.

for exaplme: this morning my girlfriend said: how can it rain there its the sky is clear here.. i asked wtf? i never said its raining here, so then she said i sended that to her O_o

then i looked into my sent items, i saw nothing but i can remember sending 4 days ago something like that, so what my phone did was resend an message from 4 days ago.

and this happend with every other rom so far.

I can't re-create the problem because i dont know what i causing it.. and its also just random messages.

I do know that, people only get resended messages i have send to them before, so for example, my girlfriend does not recieve any old messages i have sended to someone else.

But as you can all guess, this is kinda anyoing and i was wondering if any one else is having this problem?

btw. i tried running frx06 with success and i dont have the text message problem on there, so i can assume its an problem in windows mobile?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shatred:
bump? its really anyoing lolz
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] johnhale:
I've had this problem b4 when switching between WM and android????????

I wish that I could help more but I don't know of a fix Sorry:confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] madplaya1:
Try checking your outbox/sent items and delete the message or resotre to factory defaults to fix the problem.

Had the same problem before.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shatred:
did both just now, asked my friends if they recieve an weird message again to tell me imidiatly. will report back here if it happens again =]

\thnx bro!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] madplaya1:
Alright, I did that it & it stopped. If it worked let me know .

I hated this problem >.<
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shatred:
nope, its not fixed, my friend got yesterday 2 old messages again..

btw. it happend while i was writing an text, and i pressed the "FN" button to get the "<" symbol (i was making an heart lol)

but when i pressed the FN button, the symbol screen did not popped up but instead the message list (in threading) scrolled up a couple messages.. right after that she said that she got some old messages from me..

is this maybe the cause for it? the not correct loading of the symbol screen that causes message resending..

it btw. happend before that the symbol screen would not load (never made an problem of it) but now come to think of it, i think those times they also complained about getting old messages.

This "second" problem of the not loading of the symbol screen happens randomly, when it fails to load i just exit the message screen and open up the message screen again and then the symbol screen just loads fine.

(sorry for my bad language, its not native =] )

hope this clears some things up..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] madplaya1:
Hmmm, never had this happen to me before, except the old messages part. I would wipe the system to start fresh, that should work. Backup anything you need.

I also have a problem with the FN button, it shows up but when I choose a character, it doesn't appear in the text screen.

That's why I perfer android on this phone lol.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shatred:
i already did an wipe >.< doesnt fix anything

and for android, yeah i used it but the battery is empty way to fast + the camera is not working for me because i have an AUO panel >.< and it seems like viruscrazy is not having time to fix this
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] madplaya1:
Ah, wait I think there's an option in the messaging app in winmo saying clear sms/account or something like. But try that ?

Battery life is good for me 7 hours full use, try wistilt 2 kernel. My camera works but rarely use it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shatred:
hmm, i tried it =o still waiting for my friends to tell me if they recieved any double text messages again.. will report if it does not fix it =]

and yeah i tried those kernels, i tested allot of kernels aargghh posted out there :p but 7 hours is not enough for me xD i am getting 35 hours with my current winmo rom :p
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] madplaya1:
Alright, maybe that should work anyways.

Dang, 35 hours is a lot, lol I always use mines nonstop ll.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shatred:
yeah, im using the Maxsense rom. great battery life once you charged it an couple times :p
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] madplaya1:
I should try that then (:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] shatred:
hmm i dont have the problem since i am using the max sense rom.. maybe its fixed due to the rom? would be awesome :p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lugiber:
Well, if someone is interested in porting froyo/gingerbread to this phone it may just have been made easier. I wrote an email to huawei and requested the source code for the kernel of the U8300. Their reply was:

So please devs, start hacking! ;)

EDIT!

The sources are now released.

You find them at:

http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwi...d=list&flay=software&directoryId=20&treeId=0#
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TuoNonno:
ginger rom here if u want to try -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1091159
[Desire Themes and Apps] bryand75:
Hi

I had to reflash my rom the other day due to my Desire having a random hissy fit, stupidly I didn't have all of my icon packs backed up on my pc. The pack I am looking for had a green at symbol that I liked for email.

I know I am clutching a straws here but I am hoping someone has the same pack and can tell me where I can locate it.

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Yorzua:
Green icons pack

Any chance to be those icons ? :rolleyes:
[Desire Themes and Apps] bryand75:
Unfortunatly not but thanks for the suggestion, I should mention that it was in a mixed icon pack IE not all the same colour, the symbol was just the symbol on it's own with no background. I think I may have downloaded it from the market hence not having a backup on my pc.

Is there anyway of finding out my download history from the market?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Yorzua:
IE Icons

You could at least pushed the button thanks for someone trying to help you after so many time past...

looking for the description, those icons looks like this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822278

still you can use appbrain free app to check your download market history if never wipe your device in between...

Hope it helps you :rolleyes: