yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Lol I don't care what goes down or who's on what dating site, but I have to put my foot down when I read that gears is overrated! Leave gears out of this you a$$hole :-). last but not least matty, hondacop DOES NOT approve of this sympathy everyone is giving you.
[EVO 4G General] iitreatedii:
Back to thread I took someones pm to thought and removed the avatar so the tags don't appear anymore nor the hate...thanks for the pm
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
matt, sincerely sorry for your loss

___________

IMO this comment solves the mystery.. He finally gets called out on his video chat offer and NOW I'm instructed, nay, forbidden to respond to him..ever

BAAHAHAHA!!
[EVO 4G General] pulser_g2:
No idea why there have been so many reports for this thread, but closed for now.
[General Questions and Answers] iheartbacon:
I'm in the market for a new phone. I can't seem to find comparisons between rooted Thunderbolts vs. Rooted Atrixes (Atri?)

My dilemma so far:

Verizon has unlimited data: Att does not (advantage Verizon)

Verizon has "4G": Att does not :mad: (advantage Verizon)

Verizon 3g coverage=Att 3g coverage in my area (tie)

Thunderbolt price > Atrix price (advantage Atrix)

Thunderbolt battery :mad: < Atrix battery (advantage Atrix)

Thunderbolt download speed> Atrix download speed (advantage Thunderbolt)

Thunderbolt ??? Atrix ease of rooting/backing up/restoring to factory (unknown)

Thunderbolt custom roms ???? Atrix custom roms (unknown)

So while Verizon does seem to have the advantage in my neck of the woods, the Atrix appears to be the better ahead in stock form (due to battery and price). As far as performance, the only CPU-intensive processes I would be running would be watching movies.

How do the Thunderbolt and Atrix compare after being rooted and bootloaded?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidHam:
this is the 8mb install file, it is supposed to reach out and pull the other 168mb from the internet. It fails before it gets that far, so I got the files from a friend and put them in the correct path, but still error...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigrushdog:
lol I think I found it!

E/AndroidRuntime(11379): at com.gameloft.android.GAND.GloftLG09.LetsGolf.GameI nstaller.isValidLicense(GameInstaller.java:718)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
Just a quick Google of the Failed Binder error shows many examples of images being to large for the system to handle.

Not sure if that could be the cause, but I would gather if someone else has it running, its not that.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidHam:
What do you mean? Its a legit copy
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
My Guess: It's legit for the Iconia, but not for the Xoom.
[HD2 General] Mastiff:
I have been using my HD2 with differnt 6.5 ROM's (lately mhostly Energy's Max Sense), and that has never been a problem. But lately it suddenly has started to mess up. Either it locks up the phone when it's trying to get a fix (around 20-40 seconds after clicking the TomTom icon) or it can't get a fix and complains about bad reception, and asks if I am indoors. Then sometimes I actually manages to get a fix, and it will loose it after a while or lock up completely. Then it can take a day or two (it doesn't seem to matter how many soft resets I do) before I can get it working again.

I have another, very simple GPS program called GPS Speedo (use it to test speedos on bikes and cars), and that seems to work all the time. But I have tried reinstalling TomTom from the ground up several times. This doesn't change anything.

This has been intermittent for a while but getting worse and worse. So I tried to install the latest official ROM (from October or November 2011), and that works without a hitch. Does anybody know what this can be? Driving me crazy... THis weekend I have been navigating through Sweden with my Adam and Igo (which was the best I could find for Android) and I found out that I really don't like any other nav programs than TomTom very much!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukaro:
My search skills seem to be sub par because I can't find the modified asop deskclocks that work with pandoro or playerpro. Can anyone help me find those?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ttsunny:
Hi Friends, i have made a wire to speed up the GPS.

now the speed is very good.

before i do it, the google maps accuracy in my spot is 500m,

now it is 30m.

i will upload the pic to clear it.

but you need to DIY it, so not everyone is suitable to it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JJEgan:
No wire no mods accuracy 5/10 m .

For info only.

Please post your GPS wire trick for others .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 General] buntoo:
Without any mod, My GPS is doing great with 5-10m accuracy.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ttsunny:
1. i found out the two metal point that related with GPS siganal.

2. i put the wire on these two points

3. put the wire porperly and hide it under the back cover. no one will find it.

the test shows it took me 20 seconds to catch all the sats and accuracy is not VERY GOOD. but good than before(500m)

4. when i put the wire out, it took me 10 seconds to get the sats and accuracy is good.

you can find the look when the wire is out.

i know most of you have good GPS condition, but mine is poor, usually 500m before. so i did that and hope you can show us a better solution.

just for your reference.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bricheun:
Does the wire have to stick out like that or can it be looped inside the casing?

You can probably use some wire wrap to do a few loops around the internal casing?>
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JJEgan:
Top most red circle explains the sweet spot on other posts .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ttsunny:
yes, when it is hidden inside the case .i found out the signal is improved but not the best.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sgsI9003:
@ttsunny

Thanks a lot for posting the images & solving the mystery of gspot.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NasrulBond:
thanks a lot for this, but im currently using the simple gps fix and seems that my gps can lock in 5-10 m accuracy
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kar200:
Will that improve even better with handsets that are already working? My GPS works fine for Google maps and other navigation software but I use it also for runkeeper and Google my tracks and it is bad as I want to calculate running distance and end up with a few 100 meters more in a 5k run
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ttsunny:
i have checked my device today, in 5 seconds caught 9 sats.

i think this wire is very useful for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] colindodds:
Looks bloody awfull would not use something like that on my phone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] allotrios:
Thanks for this. A post like this is what I was looking for when I figured out the "g-spot" :D

While the trick with blue-tack/tape is working, this may still be needed later as I don't know if plasticity will play an effect and eventually the blue-tack/tape trick may stop working.

So thanks again!

PS: Could you please post a link with the instructions you used to safely open the cover to expose the contacts? Was it easy?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rk7987:
What Kind of Wire You are Using ???

And if u Can Please Upload a video ....... it will be helpful

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] flying_shadow:
Query

How did you know that those two points are related to GPS signal ? Do you have any datasheet ?

Also, do you know where is the GPS sensor located for GT-i5801 ( Known as samsung galaxy apollo ) ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] $omator:
will try to find some hires pictures of that gps spot later
[Xperia Arc General] sahha:
how we can Enable BRAVIA ENGINE @ ALL SYSTEM ? home screen .. etc ?

we know bravia engine only for images and videos and browser
[Xperia Arc General] omaritta:
the bravia engine is for display

ya3ni go settings}}display}} nd u'll find it

hopes that helped
[Xperia Arc General] sahha:
i know

but

we need enable it @ home screen
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
you mean that you want a widget or shortcut on your home screen to enable and disable it? try using any cut.

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
I think what the OP means is that he wants the Bravia engine to run all the time on games, home screen, in the messages etc etc, not just in the photos and the videos
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
No, what he's asking is whether the Bravia Engine can be tweaked to function all the time, not just when viewing pictures and videos.

edit: should really press refresh before using the quick reply box...
[Xperia Arc General] noxlord:
I wonder what would be the impact on battery life if BE was enabled all the time.
[Xperia Arc General] Juevani:
that would be awesome, but I wonder what it'd do to the battery life :/
[Xperia Arc General] Regii:
I wouldn't give the battery more than half a day with a function like this... also, I wonder how it would look on things other than pics and videos, since there it's more or less for color correction and so on...
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
My homescreen doesn't need noise-reduction ;)
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
1: It wouldn't work. It's hardcoded image enhancement code completely integrated in the gallery.

2: It'd look bad. It treats everything as images, so text could get blurry/oversharpened, antialiasing would get partially undone, everything would just look worse.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
I agree with Step666... homescreen doesn't/ shouldn't need enhancing this way. There's no value in it.
[Xperia Arc General] SiRIus[X]:
my home screen doesn't need bravia engine and why would u want it to run on home screen or any other programs? does it make u feel better? i'm happy with how SE-BE works :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnia1994:
can someone recommended me an app that can backup all of my apps, bookmark etc thing in my xoom? so that i will easily put them back after rooted or flashed my device. its quite annoying to reinstall them 1 by 1 zz

thz =]
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Athenon87:
Titanium Backup. I've only been using it for a day, but everybody I've ever heard who has it says it's wonderfully amazing, and it seems to work pretty well from what I can tell. Root required. If you're looking for something without root, then you won't find much.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwbtx:
I'll second that... its the best i've seen/used
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rj2885:
I bought titanium because of all the good reviews....but....out of the 30 or so apps I have installed, it seems to only backup a few...like 8 or so. I kept wondering if I was missing something simple, but when doing batch backup it always list a small portion of the apps I have installed.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sistum Id:
Titanium Backup

I've been using it since it first came out.

No problem backing up and restoring 200+ apps on my Nexus One.

Plus it will do settings, sms messages, and bookmarks.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rj2885:
Update. Since I updated to 3.1 and rooted again, seems all 150 or so items are being backed up....yay!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dersh:
I found this thread while trying to figure out if there is any way to backup BEFORE rooting.

I have a stock 3g Xoom with 3.1 I would like to root it, but my understanding is that it will be wiped, and then I will have to reinstall everything and reconfigure everything, as I now have it, and like it.

So, my question, and I think the question of the original poster, is whether there is a way to backup before rooting? Or is there a way to not loose everything I have now, when I root.

I have used Titanium Backup on my rooted Evo, and it is a great app. But, as was stated, it will only work once the device is rooted.
[Xperia Play General] cybik:
http://goo.gl/GSW3l

Logically speaking, the a would be the unlockable one, and the at, the AT&T locked-to-kingdom-come-and-then-some one.

Sorry if this was already posted.
[Xperia Play General] axiomjunglist:
R800a will be SIM/Network locked to Rogers and will likely have a Rogers boot screen. Unlocking companies say they can unlock it for use on AT&T though it may need the APN settings configured correctly to use 3G on AT&T.

Also, R800at will probably take forever to be officially released ;)
[Xperia Play General] cybik:
So we're basically f'd with the bootloader then?
[Xperia Play General] axiomjunglist:
There isn't a variant model number for the off-contract full price option for Rogers (which could have been a wildcard for unlocking) so I guarantee all North American Xperia Plays will be SIM locked to their respective carriers and therefore not eligible for the official bootloader unlock (there may be other ways but I don't know). It makes no sense for them to do otherwise since the carriers are using contracts to subsidize the phone to make more money in the long run. It does make sense for the international model (R800i) to be SIM unlocked in key markets since it covers most of the rest of the world other than North America and that is a much bigger market with many variables.

Somebody will have to ultimately connect to a Rogers Xperia Play R800a model and see if fastboot will run on it since the "at" model won't be available anytime soon. At least not before the CDMA Verizon model which has yet to even be announced. I just wouldn't be surprised if it won't run...

http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/which-phones
[Xperia Play General] Warudakumi:
I have a AT&T Xperia Play R800a

I tried to contact Engadget to show off some pictures of the AT&T boot and bloatware but they never responded yet to my e-mail.

I traded my iphone 4 16GB + Cash on top and met up with a guy in Fremont CA earlier today and he was willing to take my offer since he was a big Apple Fan. He already owned a Droid X from Verizon and Apple Ipad and had no use for it. At first I thought it was a R800i UK model but after seeing the phone description in the settings I was shocked!

If any you guys want some information about the phone i'll be happy to snap some photos of it.
[Xperia Play General] MechaBouncer:
I'm a little confused? So you have a R800a with AT&T boot and bloatware that's not a R800at? Or did I misread that? In any case, I would be interested in seeing what they did to it.

Also, I suspect that it's locked to prevent the install of 3rd party apps. If so, have you been able to use ADB to install apps? I know Sony Ericsson has a program with USB drivers for the X10, but I don't know if it'll work with the Play or not.
[Xperia Play General] Warudakumi:
Nope I have an authentic AT&T R800at model. I made another thread with pictures linked to my photobucket account. I don't have enough posts to post pictures directly at the moment. I didn't believe it myself when the guy showed me the phone. There are lots of scammers on craigslist with the iphone etc. where people are buying "dummy phones" and packaging them like they are legit.

He didn't seem to want to tell me where he got it but he was dressed pretty professional so maybe he knows somebody that works with AT&T? I'm just scared to update the software on the phone in fear it might lockup or something. I'll post more pictures later when I get off work.

If there is anything else you wanted to see, please feel free to ask. I'm still new to the android scene but i'm quickly learning. I have a Galaxy Tab and a 3G Vibrant with the awesome FFC mod I learned from this site. I finally joined the darkside and i'm enjoying this phone. If I didn't come up on this find I might be one of those Fanboys anxiously waiting for a Iphone5 with probably barely any new features to justify it being cool anymore.

This is what I'll upload later

More better pictures of the homescreen icons etc.

Phone Properties Screen

More boot pictures
[General Questions and Answers] mkioshi:
Hi guys,

I see that everytime I open the task manager on my Milestone 2, the 'Social Networking' service is using up quite a bit of CPU and RAM, it's one of those motorola, maybe motoblur apps. I only put my facebook account on Motoblur to get pictures on the contacts.

I have Titanium Backup Pro so I can freze this app/service if I want, will it cause me any trouble? Anyone knows what is its purpose anyway? Seems it's just an universal messenger (facebook, mail, sms) to me.

Thanks a lot!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yantheus:
Hi there,

Apparently I 'm having a problem with the widget. For some reason it does not detect my location right. Shows "current location" only. Tried different roms but no go. Any suggestions? Thanks..
[G Tablet General] cotangent05:
i have read some post from Nvidia.. im just kinda confuse..

http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-stop-supporting-harmony-platform-past-froyo

do they really trashing our tablet ? no more drivers for future updates?
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
that's an old article and speculation has been around since it's original release. From updated stories, Nvidea claims that it WILL provide support IF the manufacturers request it. It's confusing becuase Nvidea says it wants Honeycomb from Google, Viewsonic wants drivers from Nvidea. Google won't approve use of their market or code for Viewsonic, and of course, WE want it all.

So, as it stands right now:

Google will only release Honeycomb to their approved vendors

Nvidea wants Honeycomb, and will support Harmony boards IF manufactureres request it

Viewsonic will update what they currently have, but can't advance their Harmony based products without Nvidea's cooperation.

WE are sitting with Froyo systems with no hardware acceleration becuase either Nvidea isn't providing it, or Viewsonic is not requesting it (or it cant be done) and getting Honeycomb is a pipe dream, since that all depends on Google.

I think I summed it up nicely, but there are a plethora of posts dealing with this exact topic.
[G Tablet General] kekinash:
That's why my next device is gonna be an apple ipad. They support their devices after more than 3 years. I will never buy anything with the damn android logo or OS on it. Screw you Google, screw you all android companies, you deserve it. I can't believe that I bought 2 new gtablets to become obsolete and without future in the moment I opened the box. If that's the "experience" that google want from android users, so well I got the "experience", now you can make a roll with android and stuck where you know, Google and Android :mad:

By the way I know this is old news, but each company is throwing the ball to others and I see they don't give a damn about users.
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
It's not Google's fault.
[G Tablet General] kekinash:
It is Google fault for not given permission to companies for using the sources needed, and the companies for no giving support to android. It is Google fault for the mess a Google Market, being not accessible to a most devices, and for the mess with all android versions.

So go and kiss Google if you a fan of them, but don't take out the blame from them because they are guilty as the companies. For me is the end of all Google related products , I'm sick of them. They become the Microsoft of the 2000's.

Bye bye Google and Android.
[G Tablet General] craigacgomez:
Well, only "Google experience" devices get full Market access... anyone can build an Android device... anyone can use Android... but they have to partner with Google to get Market access and early access to Android... Viewsonic does not have this partnership... (No, I'm not a die hard fan of Google, but I do love Android).

It's basically up to the manufactures to ask for Google support (and pay for it)...
[G Tablet General] tcrews:
Not really.

Google sets certain standards that have to be met (primarily hardware features) on a device for that device to have "google support" which it basically Market, Gmail, Gtalk, etc....all the Google provided apps.

As mentioned....anyone can build a device and run Android on it.....download the source code from AOSP and go to town. However...AOSP doesn't have or support the Google proprietary apps (Market, Gmail, etc..).

So, it's not Google's fault, it's the device manufacturers fault for being cheap and not adding the required hardware components to the devices to gain Google support.

This is also another reason why Honeycomb (OS 3.0) hasn't been released to open source yet.....hardware requirements are changing (3G not required, etc...) but they are still wanting a cohesive tablet design.

All these cheap android tablets are built to be cheap....because most people only want to pay xx amount. This gets you a "non supported" device....but if you are on this board.....you know that going in on the purchase. It's the community of developers that increase the overall function and use of these cheap "non supported" tablets.

If you wanted a "Google supported" device, buy one. Xoom, Acer Iconia, ASUS Transformer, etc.... Not a Viewsonic Gtabet, 10s, Nook Color, Coby whatever, Folio 100, etc...etc...etc...

Apple makes the iPad and the iOS running on it.....of course they support it.

Viewsonic makes neither the device or the OS.
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
thank you tcrews. well said
[G Tablet General] kekinash:
Thanks tcrews for the explanation, but I think that companies must put somewhere that the device they sell you doesn't have the blessing of google, or they can't access the market and that you will end with an unsupported and obsolete device after you bough it. for a mere 150 dollars more I can have a device that I know for sure is gonna be supported for more than a year. The same happened with my 2 android phones. I bought them and didn't see any update or fix for all the mess with the Android OS, and the same happens with a lot of devices or phones. The companies just put them on the market knowing that they will not be supported in the future. When it was a cheap phone, that was OK for me, but for a phone you pay more that 400 bucks it's an insult.

Simply put Android right now is a big mess, and will stay in the future far from it, until they fix the mess and companies start giving support to what they sell.
[G Tablet General] partymonkey:
I share your view kekinash.

I don't care who's fault it is, the point is Android is a mess unless you want to get into development, hacking, etc. (All of which I can do to an extent).

I have an android phone made by Samsung, I've got the G-tablet, and I used to have a Motorola android phone. Each device has had a number of unexplained issues, of which no one tends to take responsibility for or any level of accountability. The fingerpointing I observed with my current Samsung phone is nothing short of comical. It's AT&T's issue, oh no, it's Samsung that does the software, oh no, you have to call Google "Android support". Nonsense.

My wife has had to iphones, and as much as I despise Apple, any issues (and they were minimal) were resolved quickly. And, you don't have the issue of the same app not working on the same version of the OS. Yes, Apple will discontinue support for older devices just like anyone else, but I've never fought with the iphone as much as I have to do circus acts with these Android-based devices.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I respect everyone's opinion. I love the Android "concept", but the execution, for me, is far from worth my time.

That's why, whether good or bad, an ipad costs what it does.
[G Tablet General] edirector:
Why must we be bothered with cr-apple plugs on a Android forum? Just go over to cr-apple you don't have to announce it. These type of posts leads us to believe you are just a fanboy trolling.
[G Tablet General] kekinash:
Yeah, typical answer from a fanboy. I not married to either company, I just pointing the differences between both OS, on one (IOs) you get support, on the other (Android) you're at your own.

It's my right to criticize the things I see wrong, you may like it or not, agree or not, but you can't take this right from me, at least here at the States. And saying what another company is doing right is not to be a fanboy.

And by the way, if the developers here and in another places weren't doing a great job with Android, the OS will be a Sh*t, specially with the g tablet, so a big thanks goes to them. I using a non stock rom and this is the only thing that avoided to send back the 2 tables I have.