yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt Accessories] xXJay_RXx:
aw really? i wanted to get this only for charging purposes but whats the point if it doesnt charge :confused:
[Thunderbolt Accessories] pray59:
Bah, Noob with first smartphone here! I failed to read any replies, and jumped at the deal, and even ordered the silicon soft case from the same guy.

I want to plug the phone into my Roku box's USB to show videos and pictures I took on the phone. I went to the Verizon store and they said that their multimedia cradles would be available soon, but so far 3 weeks have past and no cradle.

Well, I guess I could fix it if it don't work, I just hope that the extended battery fits.

I bought the soft case to see if I could cut out the extended battery hump easily with a laser engraver.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] lippstuh:
Misleading title, please change.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BigMcGuire:
Hmm... I've been wanting a cradle for awhile now. So I jumped on this offer, and like any good online buyer, I look for reviews on the product AFTER I buy it. Can you guys confirm that this won't charge the phone? I was just looking for something to hold the phone up while I use WiFi keyboard. :/
[Thunderbolt Accessories] mbellis:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JX1FOY?tag=5336653508-20
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
OK I have this dock but I knew going in what it was going to be about so I can give you an idea of what you're getting.

The dock has two connectors on it. One is a USB cable (removable) and one is an A/C plug. The A/C plug is there ONLY to charge the second battery and does not charge the bolt when plugged into the dock. It WILL charge the extended battery (the OEM extended batt does fit in the spare battery slot) but not when it's actually on the Bolt. You can't fit the Bolt in the dock with anything other than the stock battery on it.

The USB cable plugs from the dock into (duh) a USB port on your PC. When it's plugged into the USB port the Bolt does detect the connection and I have been able to charge the Bolt this way. I've also been able to mount the SD card this way to move files and stuff. It doesn't charge as fast being USB vs wall charger but it does charge it. I'm looking at it right now and it just charged it to 100 percent.

The USB cable will not plug directly into the Bolt. It's Mini USB and not Micro USB. Another issue is that you can forget leaving the Bolt in a case and putting it on this dock. It will not fit with any case that I've seen. As was previously mentioned the viewing angle is a bit harsh (it's not angled.) It's basically a straight up and down mount so unless you're putting the dock somewhere at least at eye level it's not as easy to view.

This dock also has NO HDMI port on it. I have mine at work because I don't need the HDMI here. I'm going to get the OEM dock for home use since it's expected to have the HDMI out.

So to summarize it does charge the Bolt's stock battery in the dock as well as the extended in the spare battery slot. You can use the USB functions while plugged into the dock. I'm streaming Pandora right now while docked. The viewing angle is a bit harsh when the dock sits below eye level. The Bolt charges over USB with this dock. The spare battery will only charge via the attached A/C plug. You can't charge it in a case. The USB cable (removable) is mini USB NOT Micro USB and there is no HDMI.

Hope this helps.

ETA: I should add that you could use one of those USB to A/C adapters and plug the USB cable from the dock into A/C and charge that way (if you just wanted a faster charging solution.) I have tested it and it does charge that way.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BigMcGuire:
Many thanks Cubs2008 ! This is exactly what I was looking for. I feel bad that I bought the dock on Ebay for $27 when I could have gotten it on Amazon for less, but lesson learned. Glad to know that I can charge the phone and the battery! Now to figure out the viewing angle problem (post it notes under the front end?). lol.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
I paid even more ($34 I think) but it does what I need it to for now. If I needed HDMI at work I'd have waited but no point in that.

As for the viewing angle it's really not too bad if you can raise the dock more to your eye level. It does wiggle a little bit left to right in the dock (but very little.) You could put it on a book or something that would raise it up and it's fine. I sit pretty low at my desk in my chair so it's not nearly as much of an issue for me (and it's not quite at eye level.)

There is one more thing I forgot to add...someone mentioned getting it in and out of the dock being a pain and I totally agree. It's due to the fact that it basically sits almost upright in the dock. There are times where I've gotten frustrated just trying to get it in or out of there. It's because I always think of angling it into the dock rather than going straight down with it. When I do drop it straight in it usually slides right in with no issue. However I also have a Zagg max coverage shield on my Bolt so I may have more of an issue because of that.

Good luck!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] pdxdon:
Thanks for the information, Cubs2008! Very much appreciated.

Wish I had a contact at a factory in China... probably wouldn't be very difficult to produce a better quality desktop dock at a competitive price!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
No kidding! If they would've angled the dock in front just a little bit and added an HDMI port this thing would've slayed the OEM dock. It still does a lot on its own IMO and we probably would've seen the dock for $60+ instead of around $30.

I'll still get the OEM dock when it comes out but this one does do what I need it to at work. Yay.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] lippstuh:
they can't just add an HDMI port just like that. if they could we already would see a post on here about a hdmi cable.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] pray59:
The dock arrived today...

Here is the lowdown after disassembling it:

It looks to be assembled by children with a hot glue gun and old fashioned soldering gun. There is gobs of hot glue used to hold in the 2 LED's. One is an insanely bright blue led, and the other, untested and discarded, is a bi-color led.

There are 2 completely isolated circuits inside, one being a simple micro-USB connector on a cable that is hot glued in place, with the blue LED tapped off the 5V from the USB. I could not find any resistor inline with the LED, so it's lifespan is questionable at best.

The second circuit is the battery charger board held in place with 1 screw at one end, and the mini-USB socket at the other. It has wires to the bi-color LED. This is powered by a 5V 1A wall wart. It does not supply any power to the USB that connects to the phone

The LED's have their full length of lead wire in tact, with over-sized shrink tubing loosely covering them, and all that excess lead wire is sticking out of the hot glue like cat whiskers.

In effect it electrically comparable to a $5 battery charger, and a separate $1 USB to micro-USB cable, nothing more.

There is no media functions whatsoever. It is difficult and time consuming to plug the phone into the cradle, and you cannot use it with the extended battery or any type of case.

Advice: pass! Use your easier to plug in HTC USB cable, and if you want a separate battery charger, get another brand.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
They probably could've when they manufactured it.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] ScottyC_08:
wow, Cubs2008 thanx for the indepth info!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
I wanted to add to the topic that you can actually stand the entire dock upright with the Bolt plugged in and the extended battery in there and it will stay standing up. I'd advise placing the battery and the Bolt in it landscape and then pick the entire dock up and it will stand up. I've used it this way with no ill effects.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] dopediculous:
I work for vzw and the Samsung charge and thunderbolt have a charging dock that not only charges, but comes with an extra battery that charges in the dock itself. Should be released very soon.

4Geezy ON DopeDiculous's ROOTED TBeezy!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] TheLoonyRebel:
How soon is "very soon" then?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] NCX Designs:
The ThunderBolt, Desire S, Incredible S, EVO3D and Sensation all have MHL

thats why there is NO hdmi port on the phone itself, however its possible that the OEM dock will have an HDMI output, why else would this thing be so expensive compared to a standard charging dock (ie: Droid 2 dock - $29.99)

ThunderBolt had its accessory support leaked before launch via Verizon's developer site, it listed the wireless battery accessory for wireless charging as well as the HDMI adapter, which is the usb to hdmi cable, the wire will be able to also charge via HDMI, so yes, your TV will be able to even charge your phone.

The technology has existed for a little while now, it started with the Galaxy S phone by Samsung, however it did NOT have support for it right away, as it required a software update from Samsung to enable it, the same can be said for our ThunderBolt, it would require software to control and manage the connection, this support could arrive with the Gingerbread update which is currently slated for late May early June.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
Will it have HDMI?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
I'm right there with you NCX. I knew the hardware in A dock could support it (plus we kept hearing from HTC that the OEM dock would have HDMI...but then with all the delays getting a dock to market who knows what it would look like at release?)

Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] gorgio1:
doesnt look bad but i would wait for one from htc or Verizon to come out.. not a fake
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
It is a fake (and it's obvious at this price point) but it does do the job if you are looking for a dock that can charge two batteries at once and give you USB functionality while docked. You can also use it in portrait or landscape mode which is nice.

I usually leave work with a fully/almost fully charged stock battery and a fully charged OEM extended battery. That right there makes it worth the $30 for what I need it for. We wouldn't have to have this conversation if the dock came out for the Bolt by now.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BigMcGuire:
I just got this in the mail yesterday. The rubber/plastic? smell is really overpowering... Also, I can't believe how retarded the design is. I mean, anybody with a brain would figure that the phone needs to be tilted up right? But noooo..... while in the dock, the phone is completely 100% perpendicular with the desk making it useless as a media dock unless your chin is on your desk. It's impossible to put it in the dock with one hand. The phone will ONLY charge via USB (so don't rely on it for a quick charge), and the cable that plugs into the wall only charges the extra battery. The blue LED is *incredibly* bright; it lit up my entire room at night, lol.

That said... the charger is a 1A charger, so I'll be using it to charge the extra battery. But as a dock, this thing is pretty bad imo.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
A few things I've done with it that might work better for you:

1) You can plug the USB cable into the A/C wall charger that came with the Bolt and charge it that way.

2) You can stand the Bolt up in a portrait setting if you want to view it that way.

3) Raise the dock's level to your eye level or above to view it in landscape.

There are the obvious problems with this thing but some of them can be worked around.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] deltwalrus:
+1, this thing is ****e. Poor USB connection, lousy angle, terrible build quality.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] itsDollar:
It will be worth the wait to bypass this dock and get the one coming soon from Seidio

http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bd2-crdhtmec.htm
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Cubs2008:
Love the fact that I wouldn't have to take it out of my Active case (or Active Extended if it ever comes out.) I'd also love the viewing angle if it's actually angled properly.

Hate the fact that it doesn't charge two batteries at once.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] dopediculous:
Should be within a few weeeks. Check WWW.AndroidAndMe.com for alternatives. That's what I did n got a great extended batt that's same size as stock batt. Saweeeet!

4Geezy ON DopeDiculous's ROOTED TBeezy!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] FlojoMojo:
they need to hurry up with the official dock:mad:
[Thunderbolt Accessories] rommer2:
I whole hearty agree!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] ludionis:
OEM Desk Mount

"Soon" means the item is already loaded into the VZW Accessory database, just awaiting stock.

Can't confirm the extra battery included, but can confirm price is going to be $59.99.

Specs: "Triggers multimedia menu when docked; Fits with XBat; Integrated battery dock to charge spare standard or extended battery!"

No word on HDMI port
[Thunderbolt Accessories] TheLoonyRebel:
Awesome to hear. I hope its out soon as I'd love to have a real dock for the TB.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] gcantrell:
Anyone heard anything new on the official dock? Can't believe we haven't gotten one yet.

Of course the Samsung Droid Charge got one immediately... :rolleyes:
[Thunderbolt Accessories] stoli412:
I'm really starting to fall out of love with HTC phones....locked/signed bootloaders, poor accessory support, peeling kickstands, etc. I think the Thunderbolt will be my last HTC phone. Hopefully Verizon will get the Nexus 3!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BigMcGuire:
As much as it pains me to say this (not very much). Ditto. I agree.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] sabindaman:
IMO if it doesnt have video out it isnt useful
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deio:
Hello all, I'm planning to get myself one, when it will appear in my country... Question is, how much battery consumes in standby? I mean, number of hours before it is under 5 percent and needs recharge, from 100%. For example an Ipad has 30 days, I've read numerous reviews that show EEE Transformer in a bad light, with sleep mode eating 20-30 percent per night, or 30 hours standby(Engadget) at most. Rest of reviewers don't point to standby time, only to battery life, I want to know if it dies after 30 hours of sleep mode. WiFi on and without, it's good to know. For example My Galaxy S with WiFi on and a weather app refreshing every hour, with Gmail, has 2 days before it drops below 30%, I don't talk that much on phone :):p and never use Internet browsing on it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rio911:
I can't compare to Ipad, but overnight the Asus drains about 5 to 10 percent. That is wifi set to switch off when screen is off. Second about the Endgadget review, my asus lasts on one charge 2 days (48h) normal use, that is normal usage: playing, web browsing, reading, overnight screen off, etc. So you see 30h of sleep mode is very very very wrong because not optimized/too many apps/wifi on.

So I'm no longer reading reviews of the asus, but reading/playing on the Asus :D:D:D

Hope this helps,

rio
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_dani:
but still it looks not that much compared to apple ipad2, which is kinda sad. I was kinda hoping that this device outperform ipad2 in battery too...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seshmaru:
some reviews claims it gets close (1hr difference) and some say not even trying (6hr difference) against the iPad, but I think some of them were using live wallpapers which drain battery pretty fast. It has never stated to be better than the iPad though unless it was with dock.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inakipaz:
I dont know if it lasts so much as ipad. However, in my exp. with ipad1 when it had ios 3.2. battery was lasting ages, almost no loss overnight as you point out.

After updating it to 4.2 battery was really drained hard. It was difficult to have it running more than 2/3 days on a row. And the difference came on non use periods. On continous use, it was lasting about the same.

This is, are you sure ipad is doing 30 days?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
The only thing that lasts almost a month in standby time in the android world is the galaxy tab.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johantheolive:
The battery is definitely not as standby friendly as the ipad. My mom has the first gen ipad and it uses basically no power in standby. On my transformer, I get a drop overnight (8 hours or so) of about 2-3% with wifi off. I use setcpu with a screen off profile to restrict the cpu to the minimum frequency.

It's disappointing because my droid incredible, with a 1500mah battery (1/4 of the transformer?) doesn't drop at all overnight in airplane mode.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoCalTiger:
I just turn mine off at night b/c I have no need to sync stuff overnight. For that matter I also turned autosync off by default for most apps even when it is on. Basically uses 0 battery that way (maybe 1%). I know that doesn't work for everyone though.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_gunner:
I pulled my TF & dock off the AC on Tuesday at about 7:45AM, both fully charged. As of an hour ago, I had about 72% juice left in the TF (dock is drained). It's been docked the entire time. I've only used it lightly the last 3 days. I did download & install 3.1 during this time as well.
[XPERIA X8 General] silentw:
[YOUTUBE]mHhjG7fEnhU[/YOUTUBE]​

Access hidden testing menu on your Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 (E15). This secret service menu allows you to check if your Xperia phone is network locked. Moreover you can check if your phone is permanently blocked or you still can type your unique unlock code!

Just type secret sequence:

□ ← ← □ ← □ □ ←

on lock screen of your phone.

Just found out this on youtube!

Edit: Someone in the posts posted that this works on any custom ROM:

Just type this in the dialer: *#*#4636#*#*
[XPERIA X8 General] LuisDias:
I can't acess to this.. :(
[XPERIA X8 General] mati96PL:
Doesn't work
[XPERIA X8 General] LuisDias:
Maybe it only works with SE Stock Rom.. Maybe, i don't know, it's my guess xD
[XPERIA X8 General] aerosmith1:
its working, just lock the screen, and then press the keys.
[XPERIA X8 General] rafcamora91:
It don't work on mine!
[XPERIA X8 General] silentw:
It works on mine, I have stock rom 2.1.1.0.A.6 :cool:
[XPERIA X8 General] diegoxcore12:
Don't work on 2.2 or 2.3 because this rom not are Sony Ericsson ROM's
[XPERIA X8 General] akirayjin:
Yeah don't work in other rom beside sony rom...
[XPERIA X8 General] kecil26:
this is sick!! works on mine :D stock rom..weeeee thanks for the nice info.
[XPERIA X8 General] Blagus:
Only stock ROM.
[XPERIA X8 General] pedro_78:
Going back to stock room, just to see the secret menu.....:confused: No, I don't think so.
[XPERIA X8 General] Blagus:
It's servicemenu.apk on stock ROM. However, it probably depends on some other files too because it can't be installed/run on custom ROMs.
[XPERIA X8 General] X1111:
that's fun

:D:D:D
[XPERIA X8 General] henryKI11:
Doesn't work on minicm6
[XPERIA X8 General] X1111:
miniCM is not sonyericson's rom....
[XPERIA X8 General] josecabre:
work s on my too!

you can test all the hardware of your phone with this....
[XPERIA X8 General] henryKI11:
I know

Sent from x8 miniCM6
[XPERIA X8 General] NinoRapis:
is possible to use ?

[App] Service Menu Application for Xperia X10 2.1

:confused:

???
[XPERIA X8 General] wilbso:
this isnt a secret menu its service menu powered by sony...
[XPERIA X8 General] dipusen:
Try this

*#*#4636#*#*

It will work.
[XPERIA X8 General] petric1:
Dont work on froyopro
[XPERIA X8 General] BIG JD:
LOL bring me back when I just got my x8 lol oi it only for stock x8
[XPERIA X8 General] c0dex:
This method does not work on custom roms
[XPERIA X8 General] ahmadsamhann:
it works on mine. currently running gingerxperia

posted via tapatalk

edit: I meant *#*#4636#*#*. this □ ← ← □ ← □ □ ← one doesn't :D
[XPERIA X8 General] phil18:
This works with froyopro 2.4.
[XPERIA X8 General] lwkkazz:
Nice, this work on MiniCM 2.1.9 :)
[XPERIA X8 General] dUnstein:
Yeah...this works on GingerDx too...

But what's the use of it?

Sorry for being a noob...:|
[XPERIA X8 General] dUnstein:
Damn it, i cudnt update the message centre number using this menu, now changed d sim to Vodafone... :@
[XPERIA X8 General] androidnerd2:
Works on stock only.. :\
[XPERIA X8 General] glich:
*#*#4636#*#*

this rocks on MiniCM9 ICS

;)))))
[XPERIA X8 General] Brucegsm:
x8 no service menu

For old x8 work only this key combination :

right key + center key !!!

← [] [] ←
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jrkoffjonson:
I'm sorry if this has been answered before, but is there a kernel running while clockwork mod recovery is running?

And is there a way to make clockwork recovery run faster?

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] GFX:
Here's the official HTC 6.5 ROM with Arabic support for the whole system and the hardware keyboard as found on HTC ME website.

File name: HTC Touch Pro2_WM6.5_RUU_Rhodium_S_HTC_ARA_1.86.415.2_Radio_Rhodium_4.49.25.17_Signed_Ship

Download from 4shared: http://www.4shared.com/file/OWxT-6dN/_HTC_Touch_Pro2_WM65_RUU_Rhodi.html

Hope it helps somebody.

Cheers :)
[Captivate General] Oxicottin:
Hello, I wanted to ask everyone's opinion on what is the best ROM/Modem combination. I live in WV (Eastern) so there is a lot of hills so really I don't have any trouble with reception most of the time being on top hills but I would like to have better if possible because it seems the places I need it most I get from "No Service", "Edge", "3G" or "H" and it moves around but mostly on edge. Right now I am running the stock Serendipity 6.4. Any ideas on how to get better reception?

Thanks,
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Mods frown on these types of posts. ROMs are very personal and what works for one may not work for another. Radios/modems are very geographically variable. Try looking in the modems sticky in Dev. Lots of good info in there.
[Captivate General] jferg5:
You should try flashing different modems and see which one works for you. I'm in the same area and kb1 and jk4 work well for me. But I've been running 2.3.3 for a while now. Good luck!
[Captivate General] newter55:
Mods in training frown on these threads.....;)
[Off-topic] -IK-:
This is a no name GPS unit with wide screen using a SiRF Atlas V processor running at 600 Mhz. Never knew SiRF made general purpose or SOC chips with an ARM core.

Anyway, it's running Windows CE 6 as a backend OS (not sure if it's the embedded version or full blown), and I was wondering if anyone here thinks it could be hacked to run other navigation software such as TomTom for Windows Mobile.

The specs look quite good as a sat nav (20 channels, MP3, JPEG, FM), but I'm wary of the actual navigation software it uses because it's not really mentioned and could be crappy.

What do you think?
[Off-topic] the_scotsman:
If it's running CE6 then yes, it's quite likely that you can get some kind of file explorer on there to install Tomtom...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] alnova1:
I just saw on Engadget that if you hold down the Power/Lock button and the home button it takes a screen capture. It also puts it right there in your gallery. If this has been already posted sorry but thought I would pass it on.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GavinMazey:
Yea there is a thread about it in the apps section but thanks works like a charm, wanted to show off my benchmarks to friends.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] alnova1:
Damn! I thought I looked there...Oh well..I'm glad we can do it with out root.. although I'm still rooted but cool anyways.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GavinMazey:
I was pretty excited too when i found out, much better than the apps