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[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
You should go back to HTC. For every person that loves Sense there's another that hates it. Sense tries to integrate major functions in to a single interface and in the process hides Android. That's great for people that want everything done for them but not so great for people that like to pick and choose their applications and functions. TouchWiz is really more akin to a Samsung-branded launcher with some proprietary widgets. TouchWiz is far less intrusive than Sense and that appeals to many people. I've had numerous HTC phones and this is my first Samsung device in years. I thought TouchWiz was going to be like Sense which, by design, its not. I actually like the ability to pick and choose my individual apps and still use TouchWiz which is difficult to do in Sense and retain all the integration benefits. You're also dependent on HTC to keep all the individual functions that comprise Sense updated which based on history isn't their top priority. If you read the Sensation board, Sense is still a memory hog and slows the phone down, even though its dual-core, over time. I never got HTC's obsession with the weather and all the animations and sound effects grow old over time.

SGS2 also offers the best support for Microsoft Exchange of any device I've ever seen. I truly doubt its lack of Lotus support is going to effect many people. What's Lotus' market share now, 5%? You also mention Facebook integration with Sense with picking pictures an important feature. What about LinkedIn? Samsung's Social Hub provides seamless syncing and joining of LinkedIn contacts where the HTC connector is a half-ass effort and chokes if you have a lot of contacts. I'll take integration of my business contacts over better picture picking any day.

You need to pick the phone that serves your needs best and based on your positive experiences with Sense that sounds like it'll be an HTC device.
[Galaxy S II General] alex9898:
SGS2 is clearly tje best phone i have ever had in matter of 3G/GSM reception (And i already had a lot of recent phones : Desire, DHD, iPhone 3G, 3Gs, 4, Acer Liquid, ...).

With the SGS2, i get full EDGE where no other phone had signal and my girlfriend too
[Galaxy S II General] motodude:
just 2 hitch with SGS2 wifi and "fone get hot while gaming" ... and believe me guyz, there's awesome piece of sweetness in the fone
[Galaxy S II General] Athar Mansoor:
Thanks for the response, Pretty honest.. Appreciate it..

If I could somehow get to delay, based on the inactivity (not just screen off) the locking of the phone for the security password input, I could give it another few days before I make a decision of moving back..

Now I have to put input the password (a minimum 8 character alphanum driven the remote administrator) even after a call.. getting on the nerves..
[Galaxy S II General] leogeeko:
Before saying anything, I really think that if you are a XDA User, you are not here for "out-of-the-box" features. It´s just lame to think about original phones when you have a world of multiple alternatives to everything.

Yesterday I bought my S2, in the time I was paying it, the seller came with the Sensation. Sense is really amazing and as a former user of HTC HD2, I took a good look in it.

The thing is using both devices and assuming that I WILL NEVER use a original phone, Samsung won, won because the screen were better, it was lighter and thinner, of course, I could conduct a review like I would in the store. But Im very very happy with S2 and I don´t think I´m going back to HTC so soon.

:D
[Galaxy S II General] daivik:
+1 in epic agreement.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
To be honest nothing comes close to the Sense user experience(there are no widgts/apps combinations as good as the ones that come with sense) and in the end I believe that's what important. I like toying with my phone but it's not just a toy and for practical day to day use you can't beat Sense

(edit btw Touchwiz ain't bad, it's better than ios 4.3 anyway, it just can't beat sense)
[Galaxy S II General] Noam23:
With all due respect, SENS could never have the functionality of LauncherPro. Even if SENS 3.0 will become available for the GS2, I will never use it. SENS is all beauty over function.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorkobe23:
Hello dear,

I have one question before I get my new smartphone.

I'm currently using WP7 which is Samsung Omnia 7.

I finally think it's not mature enough to use now in terms of some crucial features and a lack of apps. But actually I like the hardware such as super amoled and 4 inch screen.

Ive been searching for my new handset for few days and it's the time to make a decision.

My priority when I consider new smartphone is screen.

After I've used galaxy s, iPhone 4 and omnia 7, I think I will never get htc devices unless they will have amoled, though I like the sense UI. Because Amoled is one of the best screen ( black is real black.)

Google nexus s has super Amoled as well as Nokia N8(just amoled though)

And second priority is map. Nokia n8 has it's an own map app which is called ovi map.

And it works without wifi or 3G data as it's integrated. It's one of the attractiveness for me actually.

in google market, there must be some navigation apps but they are not free and cannot work without data.

Last thing I care of is multimedia function. I don't know if you guys know that Nokia n8 is called camera phone as it has 12 mega pixel camera. While nexus s has only 5 mp.

And Nokia n8 can connect with hdmi on tv as hdmi cable comes with handset when you get it.

What is the advantage for nexus s compared with Nokia n8?

Can anybody give me some answers or advice for me to decide?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoomFragger:
Nexus family of products are showcases for the latest Android state. There are a lot of features that are not released with this phone. FM Radio, for instance.

I like to believe that a Nexus is a more geek friendly phone. People who like to thinker with its capabilities. Trying several ROM, etc, etc... In my opinion it's not a consumer phone, per se.

If you are only interest in the final features. Multimedia, camera capabilities, etc... I advise you to look for more friendly consumer products.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambda30:
Seriously...? Are you comparing an Android phone with a symbian one? Really? No further comment.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vandam500:
All Android phones have Google Navigation and it works beautifully. While the camera quality of the Nexus S isn't as good as the N8, it still works pretty good in my opinion.

Also Symbian is a dying OS. If you haven't noticed Nokia is committing itself to Windows Phone 7 as their primary OS.

And finally the Nexus S is a whole lot faster and "sexier" then the N8 :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rejanmanis:
N8 has the best camera 12mpx with the real xenon flash. Nexus S will have better gaming experience with better 3D graphics.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorkobe23:
Oh I know the OS is dying but not yet. Still they update the firmware every 3 month.

And as I stated the above, I'm not playing game often and I do care of offline map and multimedia features.

I just want to hear you guys from the advantages on Nexus S compare to Nokia n8.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambda30:
Riiiiiight... So it isn't already dead for 1 year or so ? Clearly...

And what's up with the hole offline maps thingie ? You've got Maps 5.0+, which has offline caching, vectorized maps and offline re-routing. What the heck do you want more ? And you wish to sacrifice Android just for this ? Really ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorkobe23:
Size of memory and as I said, multimedia function.

Nexus s camera isn't great I read it from the review.

And I like Samsung made hardware but not camera and speaker.

Is there a hdmi port on nexus s?

All the multimedia features on n8 are the strongest attractiveness for me.

If there are something special things on nexus s, please let me know about it.

I had used android phone such as galaxy s and desire hd but I dislike android system as it looks unstable and fast but not too laggy.

The spec, the number of apps and speed are not important for me. The most important thing is if it is suitable for my needs.

Therefore, please give me some feedback from your experience.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haizum74:
The camera is more than adequate for taking pictures and video, MP is only really good if you want to blow the picture up to 'x' size. 5MP is more than enough for taking snaps.

No HDMI port, never really had any need for one myself, just chuck my files over onto the PC.

' I dislike android system as it looks unstable and fast but not too laggy.'

Really? Then you have made up your mind already! Its far from unstable or laggy. I came from a Nokia phone, it was all I would buy the last 10 years odd. That was until a friend showed me his Android phone. They really are awesome bits of kit. Symbian? Pah, thats so last gen ;-)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avili:
If you want a good camera, symbian, ovi maps than choose the n8 but If you want very good software, much apps, android, big screen etc. than go for the nexus s.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] funny keyboard:
What I have is Lenovo N500, 4 GB of memory, 2 GHz dual core, Windows 7 64 bit, conexant high definition smart audio 221, 250 GB hard disk, Windows 7 experience rating 3.5.

I have upgraded my blue Angel to WM6.5_21888_EngV2. A. Before this I have the Windows Mobile 6.1. With both these operating systems when my telephone launches I get the error message

voice command has quit due to low memory. Close running programs and try again.

If I then launched a program it seems to run.

Any suggestions?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgrimm:
hi,

running the nexus s with stock rom 2.3.3 and i'm still getting a random reboot with PIN input.

anyone else with this problem or ideas to solve this problem?

thx

bernd
[Xperia Arc General] Jinx13:
Heyy :-) I have had the xperia arc since o2 release on the 19th April.

1 question where is the file manager and personal profiles etc.

Also what app is used to take screenshots as looking at android market all the apps there say the phone has to be rooted.

Thanks in advance,

Jinx13
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
There are many file manager & personal profile apps in Market :)

I use Astro file manager to manage my files :)

Root is available for ARC, so you can root your device... Without rooting you can use MyPhoneExplorer to take shots (need to be installed on device + on PC)
[Xperia Arc General] Jinx13:
Thanks for the tips downloaded that file manager new to android :-)

Jinx13
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
android Is awesome.. but it might take you a bit to get used to it.. depending what platform you've come from...

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] Retrosid:
you can use dropbox to make it like ftp and upload files from your computer that you can download anytime with your phone

try it :)
[Xperia Arc General] Jinx13:
Always had semc but just upgraded from symbian vivaz LOL

Thanks will try now :D

1 other thing what are you using to root the arc? I seen a thread HERE Is that what your all using?
[Xperia Arc General] Retrosid:
About root, i think you should wait a little more for custom stable roms.

Im looking into it since im new to android too :)
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Depends what you want to root for, and if your phone is unbranded and sim unlocked?

If it is.. then you can unlock the bootloader and flash a rooted kernel. here..

then root here..

I rooted mine to delete some stuff and install screen shot apps, and reboot widget!.. awaiting kernel to allow overclocking..
[Xperia Arc General] Deville:
voice dialer

Where can I find it? According to the help files it should be in the application list but it's not there... in gsmarena's test it says there's 'a dedicated homescreen widget' but I couldnt find anything as such in the widget list.

I need it and I don't like the idea of browsing through the market for finding applications for each missing feature :( (yes, I'm a beginner in Android :) )

Dev
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Just copied this from the sys.. you can try installing it.. make sure you check "unknown sources" in the settings/ application menu.
[Xperia Arc General] Deville:
No luck, it says its installed, but when I try to launch it 'Activity not found - android.com.voicedialer'. Same if I try to use the apk in /system/app. Is it there in your applications list?
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
actually..no, it's not.. and doesn't seen to be accessible grin within the dialer either.. have you tried plugging the headset in and clicking the button on there. long press I think? haven't got mine with me so can't test it right now.

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] Deville:
Using my BT headset I could use the voice dialer (rather voice command, because its like 'call xxnamexx', 'open calendar') Now I'd like to assign custom voice tags to contacts because it will never recognize hungarian names :(
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Bijî-Kurdistan:
Hey peeps,

I am very new here. I have already read some posts of you, but I still don't know how to start.

I want to become an xda developer, who both develope Apps and OS like Android.

First of all I want to pimp my very old HTC Prophet aka O2 XDA Neo. :)

General Info:

ROM-Version: 5.2.19.48 WWE

ROM-Date: 7/10/06

Radio-Version: 02.69.21

Protokoll-Version: 4.1.13.30

ExtROM-Version: ShadoW 1.0 GER

Hardware:

CPU: OMAP850

Speed: 195 MHz

RAM-Size: 64 MB

Flash-Size: 128 MB

Flashchip-Typ: M-Systems

Databus: 16 Bits

Ext SD-Card: 2GB

OS:

Windows Mobile 6 Professional

:confused:

Well I don't really know if a ROM-Update is necessary, in order to start with Android my HTC.

Where can I download the necessary Android Files for HTC Prophet (O2 XDA Neo)?

Maybe you will ask, why don't you buy another HTC? Well I got already another HTC but I want to test everything on my old HTC and I want to collect experiences during the developments.

I will be very glad, if you give me some tutorials.

Keep it up! :)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Bijî-Kurdistan:
Well if I don't get any answer, then I should better delete my account here, or?
[Android Software Development] Rodriguez92:
Will android ever get REAL TRUE Multi Tasking? not the app switching that it has now but real multi tasking like webos and bb playbook os, would developers be able to add this somehow to tablets on their own? or could we port other os like webos and bb os to our tablets when wanting or needing true multi tasking
[Android Software Development] MarkusPO:
android already handles asynchronous threads. that' is "REAL TRUE" multitasking. and android already has background processes running along with apps running in the background.

on a mobile device, there isn't enough screen real estate to show two apps running, so that's never been a priority for android, it's not a case that it can't do it.

as for tablets, i'm sure if not already, it's coming.
[Android Software Development] Rodriguez92:
I meant multitasking like have a youtube video running n writing an email at the same time. In android if you switch out of youtube the video pauses even though it stays running un the background. I would like things to keep running as if I was still in that application. On tablets im not talking about mobile devices.
[Android Software Development] MarkusPO:
if you really want that,buy a laptop. tablets are in an early stage of development. as an early adopter you need to put up with the tech while it's being developed.
[Android Software Development] Rodriguez92:
I have a laptop n a desktop that's not the issue but if my tablet is just as strong as some laptops why not be able to do these things. Im just asking can we port or will we be able to do it at some point if you didn't realize the question.
[Android Software Development] Brut.all:
It's a feature. YouTube intentionally pauses playback, but it does not have to - it could play in the background. So Android has "REAL TRUE" multitasking, but YouTube doesn't use it that way you want.
[Android Software Development] Rodriguez92:
so what about videos on the device can those keep playing? one thing on the playbook that i really like and was hoping we could get on android was being able to do one thing when your device is plugged into your tv on the tv n doing something else on the tab for example playing a game on the tab n watcxhing a movie on the tv thats playing on the tab
[Android Software Development] Brut.all:
I'm not sure about that, but I think there is no API for displaying something on a TV, so if you have some kind of TV-out in your device, it'll probably just clone the main screen. But speaking of multitasking, it's possible to play video and some game simultaneously - it's just impossible to display and control both of them :-)
[Android Software Development] willy900wonka:
Android is naturally single threaded. You can handle asynchronous threads, but your context is manually set ( yeah your global vars will get clobbered, unless you handle context switches). You dealing with stacks? You even hear of recursion?

I can prove it to you in an app.

Take mail, build two accounts with different pwds and hosts.

Start a long download on one.

Try a short download with the other.

The asynchronous top level will allow the context switch, the single threaded android bottom end will loose context while spinning on a lock.

Java was outdated 15 years ago ( great graphics on a sparc station), but needs guts now.

The interpreter loader would have to be able to build data structures dynamically, so as to allow examples like the above to run correctly.

SO APKS WOULD CHANGE SIZES as they ran.

OR a limit to the number of mail accounts would have to be preset.

OR a monolith APK bundle (htc sense 3 ) would have to be created.

IMHO
[Android Software Development] generalamerica:
Youtube does that on purpose to prevent you from just using it as a music streaming service, you can listen to Pandora or Last.FM while writing an Email or pretty much anything else.
[Android Software Development] Brut.all:
Err... Android is single threaded? ;-) I think you meant "apps for Android" instead of "Android" and "single process" instead of "single threaded". Of course apps are multi-threaded. Same for Android OS - it's not only multi-threaded, but even multi-process.

But you're right: most of Android apps use only one process, so one context, etc. It's possible to run your app in several processes, but you can't spawn them whenever you want - you have to define each process in AndroidManifest.xml.

You should take into account that multiple processes aren't good, because device uses some RAM for each process you will create. You could run 2, 5 or 8 processes, but when you try to create 10th one, your device will run out of memory and some of your tasks will be killed. But if you redesign your app, so it will manage all of these task in one process, then this will take minimal amount of RAM and will give you exactly the same possibilities.

Of course Android isn't Apple, I think that should be a choice of an app developer, not Google. But they would have to add some API for this and they know it would be totally impractical, so I think they just don't want to waste their time on that :-)

I think you should learn OOP and multi-threaded programming ;-) Recursion? What's the problem? If you run recursion on instance A of some class X and second recursion on instance B of X, then they won't even know of each other.

Single-process doesn't mean there is always one instance of each class. If you use singletons and/or static methods where you shouldn't, then it's your problem.

Err.. what? ;-) Java was created 15 years ago, it's up-to-date language right now and it's still developed quite rapidly. Also if you think about these problems with single-process, then this isn't caused by Java, but Android OS.

I have no idea, what are you talking about O_o

OR learn how to properly write multi-threaded applications ;-)
[Android Software Development] MarkusPO:
i assume op has never listened to music while browsing the internet. if that isn't "true multitasking" then i don't know what is :)

anyway, i think this thread was a mistake on op's behalf :)
[Android Software Development] alostpacket:
Locks only apply to concurrency, no?

An interesting discussion about how to manage Binders and IPC and Threads at the native level I found:

http://groups.google.com/group/andr...hread/thread/532f2ec1d17eadf/5cb6a1491fb23274

I'm not very well versed at the low level stuff, but having Threads and Binders and IPC would indicate to me a multi-threaded environment.

This is a quote from Diane Hackborn who's one of Android's framework engineers:

(from 2009)

So yeah, process scheduling has to occur at some point when you only have one processor, and it seems you can grab a nasty deadlock via native code, but none of that implies single threadedness. This is obviously not to mention Binders and IPC/AIDL and Threads at the Java level.

Anyways this thread sparked my interest to read about this stuff more, so thanks all you guys for that. Now I'll never fall asleep ;)

Edit: also found this interesting overview of Bionic (Android's version of libc)

http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/1.5/bionic/libc/docs/OVERVIEW.TXT
[General Questions and Answers] jackb0x:
I got this android app GrooVe IP but have had not been able to receive incoming calls. The outgoing calls works great. If this works seamlessly then it would be awesome.

This is just like the talkatone app for iphone, so one can have google voip without involving sipdroid and pbxes peering.

The issue with using pbxes is that it kills the forwarding of the calls to your gmail.
[General Questions and Answers] jackb0x:
Okay, it seems the issue is that if you have gmail logged on computer and if the call gets forwarded to it. Then it doesn't come to the app on the phone.

I though that incoming calls would be forwarded to all logged in instance, but apparently it is not so. So you need to make sure to log out at other places.
[General Questions and Answers] Link_of_Hyrule:
Here is the forum to request bug fixes, make requests, and ask questions the developer is really willing to help out! http://androidforums.com/application-announcements/320717-app-groove-ip-google-voice-voip.html
[General Questions and Answers] hardy1906:
Was not even aware of the app until this post. If this work.....WIN WIN WIN....got to try it!
[General Questions and Answers] emooney:
I just installed it and it works right out of the box. Tried incoming calls and outgoing calls. Just had to make sure that my google chat on my laptop wasn't up (or that would have attempted to answer)

I was looking for this exact solution because I get crappy Verizon reception in my home. So if your using a profiling app like Setting Profiles to turn on your wifi, then it automatically comes on when your wifi turns on. There's no need to build it into your profiling app since it piggy backs off of your wifi on/off status.

The only thing I had to do was adjust the volume level of my mic because it was low. This is a setting built into the app so it's a one time adjustment.

Pretty slick app. Hope it pans out for me.
[General Questions and Answers] mukhi:
works great incoming and outgoing on my wildfire
[General Questions and Answers] demdex:
new version 1.29

GrooveIp works great for both outgoing and incoming calls
[General Questions and Answers] info[]box1:
Groove IP Disappeared from the Market..w/my new $5!!

Groove IP totally disappeared from the face of the Earth today(Android Market). I just paid $4.99 for the App two days ago and there gone. I know there not a fly by night app cause I have been hearing good things bout since my WinMo days. Is this want they do when they're updating the App? Is this normal or has me and many other been hood-winked??