yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] backlashsid:
but i wish...my HD2 can control tv's and dvd players :cool::cool::cool:
[HD2 General] daemonfly:
Redeye is a popular app & hardware dongle for Apple products, but they've also said in their FAQ that they are trying for Android version sometime this year. http://thinkflood.com/support/redeye/faqs/ (near bottom)

There's a few other brands for Apple, but none have mentioned android versions.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorealmighty:
Some months ago I rooted my Vibrant, and realized that was all I had done...rooted it. I had no idea where I was going after that point, so I unrooted and went about my day. I am taking a new approach, I would like some advice in rooting. Pros and cons (other than by rooting I have the chance of REALLY messing things up...i know that thanks.)

I would like to know what exactly rooting does for me, and if there are any articles anyone can point me to I would greatly appreciate the links.

ALSO I am dipping my toes into app development. the best way I could think to do so was with Google Labs App Inventor, but I think ive read that it limits you as far as developing and then sharing through the market, if someone could set me straight on that I would appreciate it, but this also goes in hand with rooting, I have read that alot of people who develop have rooted their phones.

I appreciate any help that you can give me.

Gore
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leocreo:
Pro : Access to all the amazing ROMs this community has to offer.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shortbus-Driver:
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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorealmighty:
well, that was helpful...thanks. next?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movieaddict:
First off if u didnt want to deal with something u could tinker with u could of gotten a iphone but u didnt? Androids are open source so u can tweak it the way u want it to be, leave it stock or u can add themes to ur stock froyo and make it look like u want it to. But if u want to go all the way and realy make the phone live up to its potential u can root it and do so many amazing things with it once its opened to the power of the Superuser. U can make ur phone run so much faster and once it runs that fast and smooth ull wonder how u lived with that dull slowness of ur phone before. And dont forget all the cool colors u can add to ur phone that dont come with just stock, ginger red theme, high voltage blue and so many more. And then theres the mods that u get with ur phone that the brilliant developers port from other phones. Theres just too many reasons to root and none not to. now u know...LOL
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chui101:
Let me count the ways...

You can install applications that need root:

* AdFree - block in-application ads

* Titanium Backup - backup/restore applications AND their data, and with the paid version you can also backup to your dropbox account

* Root Explorer: Lets you manage files that aren't in your user partition, including the files for the annoyingly loud T-Mobile jingle that plays on boot. Sometimes you do need to start up your phone discreetly, without letting everyone in a 50m radius know you're a T-Mobile customer.

You can also UNinstall applications that you don't need. Don't want T-Mobile TV cluttering your applications list? Gone. Don't want Slacker Radio? Byebye.

Also, you can flash ROMs (or just kernels) that are much faster than the stock, unoptimized Samsung one. There is a thing called the Voodoo lagfix that makes your storage access cached, so applications aren't held up by slow writes when they need fast reads. Some also come with kernels that support Voodoo Sound which makes the audio output sound much better by increasing the sampling rate on the DAC and tying the DAC to the clock to reduce jitter. Definitely a must whether you're an audiophile with $10k cans or just plugging the phone into a sound system.

Let's see, what else. With root, you can also add on wifi tethering without having to shell out more money to use T-mobile's version. You can also install Clockwork Recovery and use it to make a complete backup of your phone, so in case you break it and get another one, just root it, install clockwork recovery, and restore the image and you're back to your old configuration.

So yeah... hopefully at least some of this stuff interests you. If not... well, yeah there's really no point in rooting.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpolito73:
Root becuse your mom told you not to
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Not to be rude but if you don't know why you should root then you shouldn't.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
OP, if you want an answer to your question, read my Vibrant Guide (why root) and then the Noob root (detailed steps) guide if you need help doing it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shortbus-Driver:
If you read anything on this forum...and still cant figure it out...then give up...you'll never understand :-)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichu_9:
OP, rooting is for those who are not 100% satisfied with there phones. Samsung has given us an amazing device, but fell short in delivering in some areas. Rooting helps us add more functionality & personalization options. If you are happy with the phone and no issues using the way Samsung gave you the phone. Then I do not see a reason for you to root. But if you are like one of us, Then you need to get on the Root train and follow the wonderful guide maintained by "s15274n".

Statutory Warning: Rooting & flashing an android device is a serious addiction. Might lead to serious domestic and or job related issues.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haasor22:
Why shouldn't you?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danielpc:
Unless you want to become a flash junkie with an obsessive need to mod, update, enhance or customize; jonesin’ to flash something every few days, suffering from withdrawals if you ever have to ODIN back to stock due to error (has yet to happen to me, though), scrounging XDA daily for your next hit, do not concern yourself with something like AOSP. Simply turn away and do not look back.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VanillaSoda:
rooting your hpone basically gives you Admin privalages.

You can install custom apps and ROMs with awesome features!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorealmighty:
not to be rude but if you didn't have anything helpful to say then why say anything at all? :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorealmighty:
Thanks to most!

I thanked those who gave me some helpful advice. I do appreciate the insight. I guess i'll give this another crack.

By the By, with the exception of the handful of mildly entertaining comments, if you didnt have anything helpful to say, why say it? No one should discourage anybody from trying anything. Weighing my pros and cons was just a way to decide if its something I really wanted to mess with again.

SO again, thanks to all who did help, and thanks was given :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ I can't vouch for everyone, but the one you quoted I am confident didn't mean it negatively. Way too hard to decipher words on the Internet.

If you want additional features, you should root. If you are content, do not.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willentrekin:
Thing was, nomad had a point. If you genuinely don't know why you should root--and a Vibrant, of all phones--you probably shouldn't. You mention the con of messing up the phone in your original post, and if you don't know the advantages of applying custom ROMs and kernels to the Vibrant, there's a decent chance you may well brick the device.

The Vibrant is a great phone, but tends to be so only after it's rooted and customized. Without the rooting and customization, there are problems with lag, gps, battery life, and myriad other functions.

By rooting and customizing, you're essentially updating the software in various ways that will help ameliorate those issues. My Vibrant was unusable to the point that I upgraded to a Nexus S. However, with the Nexus S, I got comfortable with rooting, unlocking bootloaders, adb, and flashing ROMs and kernels. It became rather routine.

It became routine enough, in fact, that I ended up going back to my Vibrant, because I was comfortable enough to experiment and attempt to make it better than it had been.

But if you don't know that you have to root to correct the lag, say, you may well be better off getting a more midrange Android phone that's more feature than super. You don't want to bork anything, after all.

Just do yourself a favor--understand that rooting and customizing are individual things, and that the forum is great for technical help but less so when you want to know things like which ROM is "best"; there's no such thing. If you root, play with the device, and play with the different ROMs. Give yourself a week where every day you use a different one so you can get a feel for which one's your favorite.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorealmighty:
with the initial quote in mind, I understand. But thank you just the same because this is in fact the kind of feedback I was looking for. DID get my phone rooted btw, now im just fighting with rom manager. I'm on my way though

:)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willentrekin:
Well good luck with it. It's a totally fun, very empowering process. And XDA is the Android equivalent of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; the users here are so knowledgeable and helpful, there's no reason to panic, ever. Pretty much everything you do to your phone will be mostly harmless.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 6dlt:
I waited several months after I got my vibrant before I decided to root. If I could do it over again I would do it the same day I got it. This is a great phone, but you can't enjoy it & all of its potential without rooting.

Sent from my SGH-T959: Trigger 3.0.1, Overstock 2.4.1
[Fascinate General] smilepak:
Anyone using EC01 or ED01 notice similar situation where 3G bounce in and out of connectivity constantly? Originally thought it was Community Rom, but later change to Evil Fascinate 3.4 and 3.3.2 with same issue. Downgrade to EC01 and same issue. Here are some pictures of it.

Did *228, wipe cache, wipe data, wipe devik, and all of that each time. No idea what's going on.

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UPDATE 04/26/2011 - 9:50AM

* I'll start playing around with various RADIO and see which one will give me the stable I am looking for. Thanks for the info...

DJ05>DL09>EA28>EB01>EC01>ED01

So far

ED01 - unstable

EC01 - unstable

EB01 - currently on....

Will try both Evil Fascinate & Community Rom 1.1 with each radio
[Fascinate General] Zacisblack:
TBH, that's happened to me on every radio. At first ill think the new radio is the culprit, but once I think about it my Fascinate has always had issues with reception. I believe its a hardware issue.
[Fascinate General] Legato525:
I did not experience this until the community from. Evil fascinate has not given me the issue.
[Fascinate General] shorto85:
I would try a different radio.
[Fascinate General] smilepak:
I've tried both EC01 and ED01. I guess I'll try the next older one.
[Fascinate General] DevinLeFevere:
Ditto. Ive tried ec01 ed01.
[Fascinate General] durakbane:
Not that we need another thread on this issue, but I started one of my own because I want to draw attention to the fact that I pulled a logcat (radio) file trying to help with this topic:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1051543
[Fascinate General] smilepak:
I've gone through all of the RADIO till date. One thing I can confirm as someone had suggested or eluded to....

By going to EC01/ED01 some how hosed the hardware. I even went back to stock DL09 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1044474) and the 3G still goes in and out....

*sigh*
[Fascinate General] neyenlives:
hey guys, it's making headlines now, Verizon is having data network issues....relax, stop your flashing madness
[Fascinate General] dw77x:
Care to share your headlines with us?
[Fascinate General] neyenlives:
http://phandroid.com/2011/04/27/ver...ges-cause-thunderbolt-users-to-settle-for-3g/

While that only mentions 4G going down it's pretty easy to connect the dots, even if this is anecdotal, the fact it is affecting stock users and others alike is enough for me to not worry, simply relax and wait for them to sort it out.
[Fascinate General] dw77x:
Yeah, hmmm. I'm still baffled how my wife's DX can be right next to me and have perfect data?
[Fascinate General] superchunkwii:
Seriously?

Look in community rom thread as well as BGR or simple google news search. Verizon has been having issues all day.

Its reported on a great number of phones (not just fascinate), stock or not, 3G and 4G.
[Fascinate General] superchunkwii:
also, i'm on a rom'd phone and having no issues.....
[Fascinate General] dw77x:
Sorry for wanting to see what jamesnmandy found. Shame on me.
[Fascinate General] neyenlives:
Mine is coming back online here, sketchy and slow but getting better slowly.
[Fascinate General] ashleygreene:
its good to know that its almost surely something on verizons end of things. this has been bothering me for about a week. i figured it might have been particular radio files or something like that, then it happened on a stock rom and i started to doubt the integrity of my phone.

hopefully there will be a timely fix.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptoner:
I'm on trips froyo rom and running custom kernel. but the battery heats up to around 48C while charging and battery life is also not that good. anyone else has the same problem? anyone has answer for this?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptoner:
plz help m new on xda
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Girn:
Ok here is what happened.. had a stock x10 phone with 2.1 update. Checked unknown sources and USB debugging. Went ahead and downloaded z4 root and rooted phone fine, then installed busy box fine.. then installed xrecovery fine.. then used flashtools and updated baseband to 55, THEN went ahead and downloaded a custom rom. Booted into recovery and installed the rom but something happened halfway during rom install and phone turned off.. after that phone would be stuck at SE logo.. I ended up downloading sony erricsson updater and used that to restore my phone to factory settings.. after that phone worked again.. phew! booted up phone and went through setup process blah blah blah.. installed z4root.apk and tried to root it but no luck! it doesn't root! 55 baseband is still installed but the phone isnt rooted anymore and no busy box and no recovery.. what do I do? ive tried factory resetting the phone a few times during options but no luck.. phone wont root!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aR_ChRiS:
what firmware version do you have?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tot31:
Download the latest flashtool from here http://www.multiupload.com/7H4JT35B6G and install it in your pc...

Use it to root your phone and also install the latest xrecovery..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] humpinbaybays:
Hello All ! i came across this lwp when snooping around DHD forums hehe:D

this is the Sense 3D Live Wallpaper

anywho... i have flash this with a myraid of roms and haven't gotten it to work.

a friend of mine flashed it on his Inspire and got it working

please flash and tell me if you can get it working
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -Spyros-:
Hey,

it´s not working on HD2 CoreDroid HD :(

Installed with Recovery 390 MB Layout.

Greetings
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] humpinbaybays:
Hmm thanks for your input too bad it didn't work:'( , I'm going to try it on cmylxgo's Stock Desire HD Rom
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -Spyros-:
Hey,

today I flashed the zip on my HD2 with Rafdroid rEVOlution ROM.

Big system failure : (

Greetings.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] humpinbaybays:
What happened?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bhead:
Did not work for me too.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rodolfojr:
Didn't work here either. :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] malybru:
Hi,

Nice thought ,but if you read here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1036948

you will see that the HD2 is not quite ready for SENSATION.

:(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] humpinbaybays:
unfortunatly your right :( but its nice that the HD2 is in

the Sensation "race" even though its not native android by what people are telling me is that this wallpaper is only working for Desire HD / Inspire4G sad-face :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -Spyros-:
System won´t start.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] malybru:
WAIT!!!

It seems that all is not lost.

Imilka has worked his magic and released his double shot with sense 3 :D

Check out the ROM thread.

Flashed from my fingers to your face
[General Accessories] irishgreen:
I just thought id let people know that ive found Amazon.com to have a vast variety and great pricing on EVO accessories compared to other sites..check it out for urselfs!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
so this galaxy tab is interesting, well all of the android tablets are, not sure which one is the best, but yeah. i mean its not as powerful as a computer, and its limited because it lacks the huge support windows has.. its much larger than a phone, yet worse specs.. i cant help but think i should just get a netbook.. i mean i want to like tablets, because i think it might be fun, but i just cant seem to find any big selling points to convince me to drop a few hundred dollars into one..

thoughts?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kersh:
- watch videos while you cook

- watch videos while you are in the bath

- watch videos while you are in the livingroom with the tv on and not watching it

- watch videos in the public transport

not much more, the tablets are simply a sustitute of the netbooks, more battery. more screen, less weight, similar funtions.

*watch videos can be changed for play angry birds or reading websites
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpete:
I know what you mean, I'm struggling with the same thoughts.

I kinda want a tab, but I have no idea if I'd use it over my laptop.

I guess its smaller, lighter and more mobile, longer battery, more focused (by that I mean the apps and games are really geared up for the platform, where as a lot of windows games are awkward to play on a laptop).

Thats about it I think?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
but didnt they take out more battery from the tab, to be thinner than the ipad2? whats the battery life now, compared to what it was?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extrememonkey:
Dont know what this is doing in a mobile phone sub forum but hey I'll bite anyway....

I have a very decent desktop, extremely decent laptop, currently using a Dell Steak as a phone (cross between a phone and tablet) but whilst im at home none of them really get used.

I have a Advent Vega 10.1 inch tablet, it is not the best tablet out there by far, but you get good bang for your buck. Im currently running froyo on it and love it to pieces. I use it for general web browsing whilst watching tv, reading books via kindle app, emails, playing Angry Birds etc whilst again watching tv, music whilst cooking/washing up etc.... The great thing is the portability for its size, also how easy it is to pick up and quickly do what you want snd then put it back down again...

I know what you mean, but until you have one then you wont actually realise how handy they are - I wouldn't be without mine now
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerkysh:
whats the use of having brains....you know...nvm
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DVC1985:
My Galaxy Tab lasts a good 2-3 days before needing to be charged. I use it for about 20 minutes at a time at least 5-6 times a day, although mine is flashed with the overcome rom which I'm told improves the battery quite drastically. I use it for almost everything now, email, web browsing, call making, text sending, video playing, game playing, music listening(winamp widget :D), GPS navigating and even comic reading(reading The Walking Dead on the Tab while taking a poop = heaven).

When I was considering buying it, I had the same questions going through my head. I already have a laptop and a phone so what's the point in a tablet? And to be totally honest, ever since I bought it I've used my laptop all of about 3 times in a month, and that was only to capture video. And my phone? Ugh, hate it now. I'd rather use the tab as a phone than my crappy Nokia.

If you're planning on getting an SGS2 then don't bother with the tablet. Aside from the screen size the SGS2 will kick mud in the Tab's face all day long. Once my SGS2 arrives I foresee the tab doing nothing more than collecting dust.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
yeah i guess youre right, it would be nice to use my manga app on tho, but i guess ill pass on the tab.. i wonder whats better, the tab or the xoom
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
My mum and dad got me an iPad first gen for xmas.. i sent it back the next day because i think tablets = worthless..

Im gonna get a 4.3inch phone that is mad powerful.. why would i need a tab?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
I was thinking of getting a Tablet when I had my Blackberry, but since leaving crackberry and getting an Android phone I was really impressed, got a DHD at the moment and it can do most thing I want it to do, nice 4.3" screen for web browsing, music, videos etc, all things i struggled to do well on a crackberry! I think this Samsung will replace most things I use as in MP3 player etc.

For the time being I won't be buying a tablet until I get fed up of the phone or my needs expand over time.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
Glad to know I won't be disappoint when I drop my berry for the SGS2 !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
I always thought tablets were pointless. I have a laptop, I've tried netbooks, why do I need a tablet? I've since tried the Galaxy Tab, and now my Xoom, and without going into a lengthy explanation, I use the crap out of the tablets, rarely touch my laptop anymore.

Even with the phone, there are still things you still want to use the tablet for. Plus, there is just something awesome about having android apps on a 10" screen.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
To be honest I miss the push emails but being a main Gmail user not an issue, also the notification lights, BBM is not an issue with LiveProfile/WhatsApp etc. But very happy moving to Android.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
Plus there are also reports that BBM is coming to iOS and Android soon enough. Dont know how true that is, but the story is out there.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
That would be suicide for RIM... It's the only thing that draws the younger generation to Blackberry Smart(annoying)phones...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shabs52:
I have a desktop and galaxy S which ill be replacing with S II... aside from that im also getting the asus transformer tablet mainly so that I have a tablet and eventually a netbook too for when im away from home and need more "netbook" utility than a tablet (particularly the keyboard) aside from that... tablet itself will be used while cooking fore xample, or watching videos while im running on my treadmil. for $400 id say not bad, considering thats almost half the price of the phone (if getting from Uk which we basically all are at this point).

again im getting the phone definitely but tablet to compliment it otherwise
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
I agree and was debating that myself. Why would RIM go ahead and distribute one of the few leverage points they have.

In either case, aside from BBM, Whatsapp is a great alternative.