yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jolined:
I haven't had a chance to go look at this phone yet. I remember the old sidekicks were huge. Is this as clunky?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] badboi_zero:
The phone isn't as clunky as it was considered back then. Yeah, they're about the same size, this 4G and the LX 2009. But back then there weren't all those 4.3 inch screen brick phones. So although this is a big phone it's not as bad to carry around when you see the Sensation 4G, Droid X2, Evo 4G.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mrhorology:
Which are u using? Vote now.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mrhorology:
Keep up the voting.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dueces99:
I'll vote once Vegan RC1 is one of the choices, just think the current choices are a little in favor of the Clem/Calk combo is all :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mrhorology:
That's not out yet I'm guessing ?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dueces99:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1031250
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
And about 6 others. I hate polls. It leads to geek fights. Nothing scarier than flying pocket protectors and slapping
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
My problem with Calk's rom is you can't connect to enterprise security network or any other corporate network. Otherwise, I honestly believe Calk's touch screen is a little bit more responsive.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crutzulee:
These are both great roms. My vote goes to Calkulin as it is notably faster on my gtab. Otherwise they are both very stable.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcflman:
Calkulin w/ Clemsyn's Ver9 kernel. VEGAn 5.1.1 is great too though. Didn't care for CM7.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
I'm back to clem/calk combo v3. I was on vegan rc1 for a couple days and what I found annoying was the sluggishness of it. It looked really nice, but everything was just slow... or rather everything was not fast enough. I just ran a benchmark test with the clem/calk combo v3 and holy cow I got a 4081... and this was after I've already installed apps like quickoffice and stuff.

For me, I like speed over looks. I will definitely try harder to connect to enterprise network.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g0t0:
lmao!.......too funny.....
[Vibrant Accessories] Chip05:
So I decided to buy a tv out cable from amazon, and I had read about how some cords simply not being compatible with the galaxy s phones. So I decided to get a jvc cord because it was 3 dollars with free shipping and I had tried my friend's jvc cord before and it worked.

When I finally got the cord, to my surprise I they sent me an oem samsung tv out cable! I was pretty excited because on the samsung website it says this cord is designed for the galaxy s phones! But guess what! This cord sucks **** and was only displaying garbled images with crackly audio!

So I was wondering what everyone's experience was with tv out (specifically the OEM samsung tv out cable).

As I side note, I did try switching the red and yellow plugs, and various combinations of the three plugs but it still didn't work...
[Vibrant Accessories] Chip05:
Another question: I'm running axura 2.3.1.3. Does the kernal and or rom effect how tv out works?
[Vibrant Accessories] Only Loki:
I have used a bunch if cords (not the Sammy one though) and none has worked. Including the jvc you ordered. I have tried a Sony one and a cheap one that came with my camcorder, and a random one I had lying around and gotthe same
[Vibrant Accessories] masterotaku:
I've used a knockoff Panasonic camcorder cable I got off of Amazon, and a Zune120 video out cable, and these work just fine.

Need to make sure the connector is fully seated into the headphone jack, and make sure TV-OUT is set to the correct setting for your region (NTSC/PAL) or you'll end up with garbled unviewable crap.
[Vibrant Accessories] thegreatcity:
I've used a Zune video out cable as well as a cheap cable that came with a generic iPod (my swiftkey kept correcting that as "joke" haha) dock. Both worked fine, without me even having to switch colors. As was said before make sure the cable is fully seated into the jack.
[Vibrant Accessories] badaphooko01:
I bought the one from amazon and was disappointed when it did not work. I tried one off ebay and it worked great. On this one you don't have to guess what color to plug in or switch.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...513499&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1156
[Vibrant Accessories] tKoHaXoR:
I use an original Zune video out cable and it works great!

I actually purchased one from a 99 cent store near my house and that only gave me a fuzzy image and fuzzy sound.
[Vibrant Accessories] candyman123:
i bought a samsung oem rca vibrant cable on ebay and it worked for me no problems, audio and video are both rca quality.. now if there was only hdmi cable that is inexpensive :p
[Vibrant Accessories] Chip05:
Ok I found out the problem! I had the correct settings and I pushed in the headphone jack as hard as I could but I still kept getting garble. I finally got irritated enough and cut the blasted cord open where the headphone and rca cords meet. Hopefully i'll get around to posting pictures but there 5 different lines of wire (red, yellow, white, black and green) in the middle yellow is connected to green. While the rest just continue on. I decided to cut and switch the black and green so it would be yellow to black and black to green and it works! Sound is clear, and picture is perfect! Now I just need to find a way to weld the wires back together...
[Vibrant Accessories] David111jr:
that sounds like fun
[Vibrant Accessories] kawika:
thats awesome! makes me wanna go buy a cord this weekend and cut it up! LOL:D
[Vibrant Accessories] 1freedude:
whoa haws, put that welder down!! just electrical tape one, then the other around the first..
[Vibrant Accessories] Chip05:
Pictures

So if anyone is still interested, here are some pics:

If you have a ghetto tv out cable like I did, you might want to try this. Keep in mind this was for the OEM Samsung TV out cable and has not been tested with other TV out cables.

So basically I circled the part on the cord that you will need to pry open.

inside you will need to cut the yellow to green connection and the open copper wires to black connection.

Re wire the wires so yellow and black are connected and open copper to green is connected.

after that, your cable is de-ghettofied and should be good to go. :P
[Vibrant Accessories] David111jr:
Hows the picture quality on these TV out cables
[Vibrant Accessories] Chip05:
It's standard definition, so nothing too spectacular. I found that after doing the wiring mod on the cord I bought, the picture quality wasn't good enough to read text on. So, for example, if you can read the text on your galaxy s display on a normal zoom level, you most likely won't be able to read it on the tv regardless of whether you are using an hd tv or not. Of course this might be different with other cables.
[Vibrant Accessories] IshV1982:
Im just using the old ipod a/v cables and they are workinv just fine.
[Vibrant Accessories] Andreal:
The same here, my cable is from some dock for Ipod.
[Vibrant Accessories] rabeatz:
I got this cable off of amazon for under $4 including shipping, and it works right out of the box, with the colors matching up properly .

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006N5I5I
[Vibrant Accessories] coasterman927:
I got some JVC cord (I think...) off Amazon for like $3 when I first got my Vibrant and it was giving me crackly video/audio at first, then everything's been fine since then. I use it a lot more than I expected to, actually. Watching movies at my friends house, doing P90X on the living room TV as opposed to in my room off my computer, etc. Works fine for me, I've had it for going on a year now.

And yeah, you have to switch the red and yellow.
[Vibrant Accessories] sgreene84:
I just ordered one
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajdrausal:
I think it is worth taking a look for the inspire community

Please read more about it before you go ahead and flash

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1036446
[HTC Inspire 4G] pavaccar:
I was able to flash it on mine but the resolution was off. But that is a bug in the rom itself, But I did get a successful boot
[HTC Inspire 4G] leemoss84:
i read about this on the portal. about 60 - 70 percent of this is buggy and non working. need to wait til all the bugs are worked out and fully ported b4 using.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajdrausal:
Hopefully that will be sooner rather than later, looks really nice!
[HTC Inspire 4G] pavaccar:
As we speak the devs should be getting the screen resolution right which will probley make it work for everyday normal usage once thats all worked out
[HTC Inspire 4G] buddy17:
the 60-70 percent being non-functional is a load of BS.....besides the resolution, the main thing that ISNT working is the camera/gallery. Nearly everything works. The dev's are very hard at work in the DHD section trying to fix the resolution, and once that is done, it will be a mostly stable rom.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tat2me2:
I had it on my Inspire yesterday for a few hours, it was very fast and smooth for the most part. The LockScreen will be one of the most notable improvements to the Sense UI - IMO
[HTC Inspire 4G] ChrisAC84:
I'm about to buy an Inpsire, and this makes my purchase seem so worth it lol. Can't wait until all the bugs are worked out!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Krisbo:
Just flashed this. It booted but I couldn't get past the lock screen. Says something about dragging a ring but a can't see a ring or manage to unlock it in any way.
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
This is getting some love on engadget. :)

Nice job guys
[HTC Inspire 4G] h_22_accord:
im having the same problem, it sucks...anyone know a fix?
[HTC Inspire 4G] tat2me2:
do either of you have icons toward the bottom of your screen?
[HTC Inspire 4G] pavaccar:
Have someone call you or call your self from you home phone then once your in you can go to personalize and lockscreens to fix it
[HTC Inspire 4G] leemoss84:
well, thats what the portal said.guess they have no clue what they are talking about lol:rolleyes: but im sure they will have it figured out soon enough
[HTC Inspire 4G] buddy17:
I have been running it for almost 16 hours now, and have been following all of the development threads on the DHD forums. I would say no, they don't know what they are talking about. Besides the HTC widgets and anything dealing with Rosie.apk, most everything else has the correct resolution.

And what i don't understand is why SOOO many people are flashing this rom without even reading a single page of the thread. It is an alpha. It has been asked thousands of times how to get past the lockscreen. On the first boot, you will have to call yourself to get it unlocked. Then you need to go to personalize-lock screen and choose a different lockscreen that has icons on the bottom. To open the lockscreen from there on, drag an icon to the bottom of the screen.

What i don't understand is why no dev's from the Inspire section are teaming up with capy on the DHD forums to help out and get it ported. They are really having a hard time finding the code to get it to scale correctly. We have a lot of talented people over here, and all the development is public on that thread...i wish i was smarter so i could help out
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnigro21:
I installed VIPERrom trinity 2.0 (no blame on them great rom I'm sure this is my doing) but now I can't access sprint services I.e. I. Can't make phone calls send texts or access internet unless via wifi...if anyone would have any possible fixes or suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You can either try to reflash the ROM, try a factory/data reset, or Odin back to EB13 prerooted with CWM3 and flash the ROM. Sounds like Odin is the best bet. For Odin instructions follow this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773032

For EB13 prerooted go here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853209

Hope this helps.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnigro21:
I greatly appreciate the info but unfortunately neitherof those links helped, most likely my inability to follow the instruction, but when I would download the prerooted eb13 file it did not have any of the files mentioned in the directions...oh well get up early and try again. Thanks again for the help.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
To use the EB13 file you need Odin which was in the first set of directions. Here is Odin in case the download link is broken.

This will wipe your phone and restore it to a factory condition but already rooted so on your computer unzip Odin into a directory (I called it Odin) then unzip the EB13 file and put the .tar and .pit files in the Odin directory. Open Odin. Uncheck the F.Reset box. Click PIT and put the EB13-EXT4.PIT in that box. Click PDA and put the EB13 tar file in there. Now power down your phone and Turn it back on holding the 1 key on the keyboard and then hitting the power button. A yellow triangle stating download mode will appear on the phone. Now connect your USB cable to the phone and computer. In a box on the Odin screen a COM number will pop up. Hit start, let it do its thing. If it passes it will reboot. If it gets stuck, pull the battery and try again, try other USB ports or a different cable if it gets stuck a few times. Check your service. If OK then continue to flash ROM.

Now with your ROM already on your sd card, shut down your phone and 3 finger (camera button, volume down, power all at once) into Clockwork Mod Recovery and let it do the EXT4 conversion...do not reboot. After that is done pick Install zip file from sd card, choose zip file, pick your ROM file and hit camera button. It will now flash your ROM.

All this is assuming you still want a custom ROM. If not I will point you to the stock unrooted files.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnigro21:
Thank you so much for the help, once i figured out i needed to download 7zip in order to release the file types it worked flawlessly and took only minutes so again thank you so much...yet after all that the problem was that sprint activated one of our very old phones sitting in a drawer at our house and removed my epic from service haha, so a long, unecessary road but glad to know the process works seamlessly thank you very much.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
HAHA, that is great. Well now you are much more experienced in restoring your phone in case you get into trouble.
[Desire General] GuestK002:
1. Turn your device ON, charge the device for 8 hours or more

2. Unplug the device,turn the phone OFF, charge for 1 hour

3. Unplug the device, turn ON wait 2 minutes (basically when the phone is all booted up and ready), turn OFF, charge for 1 hour

Happy longer battery life everyone!

:D
[Desire General] Franz Jakob Tim:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7690163

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sent from my Zuse Z1
[Desire General] GuestK002:
Didn't notice it had already been put down similar.

My bad.
[Desire General] Keon91:
Does this really work?

Batterys die slow normally, does this recover them?
[Desire General] cez10:
Ive done the method from that thread and it worked the first time, second time and more didnt see any difference really unless you do that every charge but i guess that would just kill the battery
[Desire General] ArmenianFlasher:
I have done all the above and did't see any changes
[Desire General] rkuijpers:
Would be nice if this would work, but I doubt it...
[Desire General] mortuus82:
That doesnt do anything, i get good battery from not having any auto sync updates, brightness is low, widgets for 3g, gps wifi etc.. thats how i get up to 2 days normal usage on full load.
[Desire General] Choper81:
Didn't make any significant changes to mine. I guess if it ever really works then this would be a brain new, never charged battery.

I can only make like up to 24:00 (no use), usualy 7-10 hours of moderate use, can kill in an hour our two on gps.
[Desire General] krezo1987:
I used this method when I got Desire and it worked very well! In a meanwhile my battery life weakened, probably because of new ROMs and kernels...so should I repeat this to extend battery life?
[Desire General] mclaren2:
that reads like overloading the battery. didnt that just work for the old type of batteries?
[Desire General] Borat38:
HTC uses Ni-MH batts, guys. These things attain long lifespans through two things mostly:

a) keeping it protected from extreme temperatures

b) frequent top-ups

I don't think the idea of keeping it plugged in after full charge is a good idea. The ff is from batteryuniversity.com:

"Lithium-ion suffers stress when exposed to heat and kept at a high charge voltage.

Elevated temperature is anything that dwells above 30°C (86°F), and a high voltage is higher than 4.10V/cell. When estimating longevity, these conditions are difficult to assess because the battery state is in constant flux, and so is the temperature in which it operates.

Exposing the battery to high temperature and being at full state-of-charge for an extended time can be more damaging than cycling.

"
[Desire General] theliquid:
Doesn't work for me :( I really need more battery life!
[Desire General] mr_norris:
I learned a long time ago, even before my smart phone days, that battery life is something I'll never had.

Quick fixes will never work, but preparedness will. For instance; I have 3 charging cables. 1 at home, 1 at work and one in my car. I even had a spare battery for my previous phone.

Things like the first post, I'll never bother trying. It's silly. And looking at the poll results says it all.
[Desire General] GuestK002:
I recently did it and I got 2 days out of my battery.

But I assume it will weaken over time and slowly have no effect.
[Desire General] theturtleman:
What kernel is your ROM using?

Kernel's have a big impact on the life of your battery. I know mine doubled switching from kernels. :)
[Desire General] olly230:
my phone has just recently started to give me the 15% warning then 2 minutes later switch off.

I used to get 10% and 5% before auto shut down.

I'm debranded orange on stock

2.2 2.29.405.5 (release keys)

kernel

2.6.32.15 -fg5a401chtc-kernal@and18-2#1 (whatever that means)

Is this caused by software/rom based issues or is my battery on the way out?

(I did the fix in the OP and it did have a positive effect but that was months ago)
[Desire General] maxvanni:
don't believe it's a good idea
[Desire General] swimon:
HTC Desire doesn't use Ni-MH :confused:

I'm interested in this, what kernel did you use first and to which one did you switch? Also what ROM do you use and how much battery life do you get now?

Grtz
[Desire General] oursoul:
Surely when the charge reaches 100% the charge is stopped?
[Desire General] Borat38:
Sorry, I meant Li-ion. Was caught up in reading about different kinds of batts.
[Desire General] Lord_Quack:
Yeah, the charge is stopped to prevent overcharge (at least that's what HTC say)

[On a sidenote, I've noticed sometimes if I leave the phone plugged in overnight, in the morning the battery will have dropped about 10%, anyone else had this?]

I've been using my Desire for over 6 months now, it was originally a branded orange 2.2, now rooted, S-Off and experimenting with ROMS (Currently Leedroid's 3.0 build.)

I've found that depending on which ROM I'm using, battery life also changes.

I tried the 1st post's method after about a month of using the Desire when still branded, and it did nothing at all. To be honest, the only true good method of conserving your battery is to make sure you deactivate any features that can eat it up- extended controls is great at this.

Turn off your wi-fi, hotspot, gps, bluetooth, etc and only turn them on when using them... also, if you set the brightness down to 50%, its not that much darker and you can easily use the phone still, and its saves a few hours (for me at least)
[Desire General] Borat38:
I've been trying to find the right kernel for my ROM (Starburst 1.3.3.4) that would achieve a 2-day lifespan without sacrificing performance. I mean two days of about 50 text msgs, about 20 mins worth of calls, 20mins on the internet, some games, etc. I've tried snq-'s kernels for Starburst, but the newer ones caused bootloops (which is harmful to Data2SD ROMs like mine) and the older ones didn't really improve speed.
[Desire General] Lord_Quack:
Have you perhaps tried to use CM7? From what I've read, and from the time I tested it, it seemed great. Nice low battery drain on standby.

I quit using it because I use way more texts (about 150 a day, and ****loads of data, I'm a heavy internet user, so I ran it down too fast. LeeDroid 3.0 is great for me, also, I'm impartial to Sense :)

Recommend any Sense UI ROM's?
[Desire General] theliquid:
I tried the instructions in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755903 ... this worked for me!
[Desire General] theturtleman:
Before:

ROM: CyanogenMod-7.0.0-RC4

Kernel: 2.6.37.4-cyanogenmod-gd307828android@giulio-desktop#13

Radio: 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

VERDICT: Battery was dying real fast, had 12hours/full charge of moderate use

After:

ROM: CyanogenMod-7.0.0-RC4 (Same ROM)

Kernel: couttstech-2.6.38_OC1190_HAVS_Ginger_BFS_BFQ2_SLQB (changed)

Radio: 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08 (New)

VERDICT: Battery was way better, had 24hours/full charge of moderate use

I believe because the kernel I'm using now is undervolt'ed.
[Desire General] Borat38:
Well, I'm fairly new to Android, having bought my Desire only last X'mas, so the only ROMs I've tried are MIUI, LeeDroid (both 2.3B & D), and my current, StarBurst. No major complaints about these, except that LeeDroid seems to be prone to more glitches than the other two. MIUI I discarded because it looked too much like an iPhone UI. StarBurst I love for the HUGE /data allocation.

Didn't know there was a CM7 kernel. Where do I get it? If I have to extract it somehow, well that seems to be too much trouble to get at a kernel--unless it's really head & shoulders above the field when it comes to batt conservation.
[Desire General] Borat38:
Lucky for you. I stand in the majority (as shown by the in-thread poll) that it doesn't work for most. And from what I've read elsewhere, this kind of calibration does shorten the battery life, even if it provides a short-term boost.
[Desire General] Lord_Quack:
Well, when I installed the CM7 ROM, I gained the CM7 kernel, I looked at the system details specifically. Although as I have since changed back to LeeDroid, its changed again.

I recommend you try CM7, its incredibly popular, and also it gets updated a lot.

I tried original CM7, but then I noticed this mod someone did, and preffered it over the original. However, it still wasn't good enough to beat LeeDroid for me.

Head over to This page for the CM7 mod, try that out, or Go here for LeeDroid 3.0 (Highly Recommended!)

Hope this helps!

[Edit] Link for LeeDrOID is now for 3.0.2, yesterday's update.
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/15/sprint-plays-the-green-card-drops-10-data-surcharge-on-froyo-b/

Did anyone see this today? What the HELL is this? People with this phone don't have to pay to 10 dollar premium data fee, because it's a "green" phone? What the hell? Damn, I'll call sprint, and promise to save a gallon of water a day, and turn my lights off, if that will get me away from the 10 dollar bull ****.
[EVO 4G General] redsoxfan320:
lmao i would to haha
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
Bull mutha ***** ish I'm calling tomorrow.
[EVO 4G General] billbowers:
I'll gladly keep paying the 10 bones a month to avoid having my phone look like that.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
This is crap. I'm paying $10 a month for DIAL UP 3G SPEEDS.
[EVO 4G General] bronxknight28:
If you call sprint to complain about that....umm good luck I guess. I'm sure you'll get the "you can get that if you our has and activate this phone" crap lol
[EVO 4G General] slickrick54:
Green These in yo Mouth

Yeah this is some bull.... and i will be calling right f..... now. F... waiting until tomorrow.
[EVO 4G General] J Snazzy:
They are trying to sell the phone. Makes sense.
[EVO 4G General] hellcatt:
i bet $10 ill never see one of those being used in real life