yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fascinate General] vgupman:
You update through the sd card. It is 75 bucks to buy the updates, but you can spend a little more and get the nuvis that end with "lm" or "lmt" which stand for lifetime maps or lifetime maps and traffic.

Usually, especially around christmas time, they have great sales where the ones with lifetime updates are basically as cheap if not cheaper than the ones without. But definitely look for the ones that come with lifetime map updates.

I'd much rather use my gps so I dont have to waste precious battery or keep my phone plugged in to the car charger. Especially because when you get calls, it cuts out your data signal...plus I like having the map with street names mounted right in front of me at all times. I use my phone to play music in the car so it gets to be a hassle.
[Fascinate General] GoogleAndroid:
Seeing as though my Fascinate's GPS had worked flawlessly ever since DJ05(and I used it this weekend for a few hours), I can definitely say it's better. The satellite view is really awesome. The only advantage a dedicated GPS has is the voice. If Google improves the voice, the free GPS on Android phones WILL be the best, even though I consider them that already,
[Fascinate General] MattRussNC:
Personally I prefer google nav over my garmin. I still keep the old gps in the trunk incase of emergency if my phone was to die. If you already have one, might as well take it just incase.
[Nook Color General] ewidtfeldt:
I've been trying to use autonooter 3. I wrote the image to SD with dd if=image.img of=sd. With my appropriate values of course. The nook will not boot with the SD inserted. If I take it out sometimes it still wont boot for a few presses/plugs. New to nook but not Droid or nix so let me know what's wrong if you can.

Got to boot now and see softkeys and YouTube when I try to use some of the soft keys I get a message saying cannot execute as root.

Used cwm SD to flash rooted 1.1. Easy enough.
[Android Apps and Games] Hectic Phoenix:
I saw a backup app on the Market that lets you backup your call logs to your Google Calendar. I'm just wondering if there is a similar app that does the same for SMS's?
[Android Apps and Games] trystan4861:
"Call log calendar" do it for sms too.

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.jp-joao-android-calllogcalendar-nmjx.aspx
[Android Apps and Games] jacobmllr95:
Yes for me too.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Whenever I push, chmod, then reboot, my device reboots but nothing else. Adb DOES recognize my device, I can install/uninstall, remount, etc... So wat?

I'm try'n to get a modded Ziggy script to run on boot (to further undervolt- others have gotten to run)

I've tried manually pasting in unit.d folder, then manually fixing perm.s but after I reboot, the permissions have reverted n nothing has changed.

Yes, I'm a noob, please help.

sent from rooted ThunderBolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nilius17:
I've gotten weird problems with adb in Win7 by not running cmd as an admin
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Ok, well I'm the admin. (only 1 user acct.) so I should be good
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
Maybe you're pushing whatever to a system folder not mounted with write access? I know if you try pushing to say /system/etc/hosts and you dont have it mounted in write access and have root permission (on the phone in both cases), it will reset it back to the original on reboot.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Crap, I think ur right. I was fixing perms thru adb w chmod, but AFTER I pushed.

But regardless I don't think I set as R/W.

Also, wat would cause me not to be able to set permissions manually (for individual paths) using root explorer ( or similar file manager)?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Nope, doesn't change a F'n thing. God I wanna swear soooo bad. almost more than I respect this forum.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
K, I found that adb thinks I'm mounted as R/O tho I'm mounted as R/W. WHY
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
Dunno offhand; you're not being very descriptive and it's hard to read what you're saying. Try a different approach, like using sshdroid pro (with putty or xshell) and the command line there instead of adb. I dont really use adb to push/mod things on the phone unless there's no other choice (like rooting your phone). If you're using a custom rom, they generally have a small script built into them to mount the system folder(s) as r/w (type sysrw or sysro).
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
It was as simple as having slashes backwards, lol, figures.

Adb still thinks I'm in read-only tho. I tried "adb remount" to no avail.

I'm not familiar w/ the other things u mentioned (i can barely read em til I change my font)

R those things I DL? Put in my SDK?

I'LL check em out
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
To be more descriptive: I'm using virusROM RC1B2 w/ updated Ziggy kernel (bfs).

I have a modified script (from Ziggy) that I recently pushed to system/etc/unit.d that I'm tryn to run.

After I push I type "adb shell chmod 755 /system/etc/init.d/04vddlevels" (file name).

Then adb says "can't chmod" cuz the file system is "read-only"

I try "adb remount" n then re-entering chmod n it says nothing n nothing happens.

I am mounted as R/W so I'm confused.

Hope that explains it btr, Thnx 4 the help!

Edit; I also have a "tweak" zip file I flashed from adrynalyne to enable script to run on boot encased the Rom isn't set up to, tho others (one that I know of) has had no problems. He hasn't been able to help either.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/sshdroid/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid

then you log into it with either

http://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_detail.html

or

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

or if you're using linux or osx, you can do it natively on the terminal line with the ssh command.

You can transfer files over sftp (with ssh) using something like filezilla http://filezilla-project.org/

Tutorials:

http://www.netsarang.com/tutorial/xshell/list

http://www.howtoforge.com/ssh_key_based_logins_putty

http://psychologyit.rutgers.edu/helpdocs/filezilla.html

There's plenty of pages out there on ssh if you search google though. Just read up. It's the primary way to communicate (securely) remotely with a linux/unix server. It encrypts your traffic to and from a server (in this case, your phone). It also means no cables (though you can do that with wireless adb also).

Basically, it's a way of remotely using the terminal built into android (since it's linux) without having to use adb.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
try this (all one line):

(for write perms)

adb shell mount -o remount,rw,noatime,nodiratime -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system

(to set back to read only)

adb shell mount -o remount,ro,noatime,nodiratime -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system

if that doesn't work, then you're not root, so you will have to type:

adb shell su -

to get root before doing the other commands
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Cool Thnx, yeah I have seen that b4, I'm tryn it(adb thing 1st) now.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Ok, I typed: adb shell mount.... N got "Device or resource busy" ?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Next I tried: (all one line) "adb shell su -adb shell mount... n got permission denied. ??
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
if you do it all as one line you have to put a ; in between the statements so it terminates the last command before doing another
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Ok, wat does "device or resource busy" mean?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q="device+or+resource+busy"+android
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Do I type: "adb shell su-" (then hit enter) ? Cuz I get "su- not found"

There's not supposed to be a space between 'su' and '-' , correct, cuz then I get a '#' sign n adb freezes.

Wow I'm a mess, lol, Thnx 4 help, maybe I should do some studying n come bak more prepared!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Yeah. I here ya. Thnx. Again
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
BTW, that animation was awesome, lol
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
There's a space between su and -

su means "switch user" and - means act as root

# sign means you are now root, $ means you are a normal user without system permissions.

In your free time, it would be worth while for you to try out linux as a desktop and the command line for it or try cygwin (google it) on windows to semi act like you're using linux just so you get a better idea of what it all means. You can run linux on top of windows without a problem with a virtual machine or by using something like wubi (google it). Wubi will let you install kubuntu, which is the version most like windows 7 (for the desktop manager) so you have a little familiarity. You could also make a separate partition for it on your hard drive if you want to do it the most proper way, though a virtual machine would be best if you want to mess around and not have to worry about screwing something up. Remember, you can google all this. Learning on your own when it can be done is always the best way.

I'd estimate that the majority of the android hackers out there all had some knowledge of the Linux operating system before they had an android phone. Not to say you cant just jump into it without that knowledge, but it makes the transition easier.

Getting a book on linux couldnt hurt either. I reccomend a general one that's not distribution dependant, unless you can find a decent one that's about android only, which might be hard to do, since I'd think most android books would be more geared to development of software, not hacking around on the OS. The commands are the same either way though. The file system on android is set up slightly different, but it's not a huge difference that you would get confused imho.

Something like

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Lin...r_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304221375&sr=1-18

or

http://www.amazon.com/Running-Linux...r_1_19?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304221375&sr=1-19 (This was the book i started with some years ago for linux, but with a more recent version).
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Great thnx, I should be fluent in all this gibberish in a yr, or 10, lol.

I do love learning all this, when I'm not ready to rip out my hair n bang my head off the walls!

N ill try to remember Google's my friend.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Now I just need to figure out how to type further commands after I'm root (#), as it seems to freeze afterwards...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
well if you want to actually get a shell, just type adb shell without anything else after
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
"Adb not found"... I'll come bak to it when I'm not an idiot!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Dammit, I'm lost. Yes I still haven't learned anything... But I thought I simply couldn't go further, now I can't even do things I was doing

All I want to do (for now) is successfully chmod this file so it will run. Now I can't even push... Or find ADB apparently.

To get permissions (to chmod) I tried -as above_ "adb mount -o recount...", But I "device or resources busy." So I tried "adb shell Su -" to get root ('#)' 1st, but then it freezes, so I can't type!

...So then I tried " adb shell" n I get root, n CAN type, but now I get "adb not found," so that when I try to do anything, like 'chmod' or even 'push', either ADB isn't recognized or I get, as when I try to push, "cannot stat -file name- :no such file or directory"

I've tried 'adb remount,' tried unplugging then reconnecting, tried closing, them reopening command prompt...

I would love to successfully 'chmod' then run this script after pushing, but would settle for just recognizing adb (being able to push,install,etc...)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Anyway, yes I googled n mostly noone knows. All I can tell is I'm inside the shell? N can't run commands from shell, n can't get out...ugh!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Nvrmind, I got it...just had to go bak to SDK.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CleveRuse:
Anyone reading this...I was doing everything correctly,apparently it was a glitch with the ROM set up... I re-DL'd VirusROM n everything worked as it should have.

Thnx 'yareally' 4 all ur help, my script is now running
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
sure, np, lol
[Android Software Development] imso:
Is it a bug in CheckBoxPreferences or what? I only wanted my audio to run correctly like by default there is audio in the video recording process unless the user go to the preference page to "untick" the checkbox for without audio and vice-versa? Or i could have the default having no audio to solve the problem of mine here?

Any simple solutions here please... I'm kinna new to android/java Can someone lend me a hand to solve this problem of mine? :)

My mainActivity file

SharedPreferences prefs_tab2 = getSharedPreferences("tab2", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

audioStatus = prefs_tab2.getBoolean("AudioPref", true);
if(!audioStatus)
{
mediaRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
mediaRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.DEFAULT);
}

My xml file

<CheckBoxPreference
android:title="Audio"
android:defaultValue="True"
android:summary="Select w/o Audio when Recording"
android:key="AudioPref" />
[Android Software Development] jug6ernaut:
Are you sure that you are using the same preference table for both is it always returning true or false? using eclipse or adb got to your apps data folder and to you shared preferences xml file and see if the value is changing or not. That way u know if the problem is in you setting the data or retrieving it.
[Android Software Development] imso:
This was the result i tested and result but it turns out with these results.. So what's with the problem? But i might be wrong because http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6641

Before i activate/press the setting button to enter the preference screen

Prefs ("audioPref", defaultValue) xml result

true true true

false false false

true false true

false true false

After i press the setting button to enter into the preference screen and switch the checkbox state(But i might be wrong here with the result i debug with because i'm kinna new in android/java) Can someone compare the result with the link above and give me some sort of solution... Thanks

Prefs xml result

true true true

false false false

true false true

false true false
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChromeFR:
I use multidpi apps, but I don't know which DPI setting seems to be the best. Who can help :)?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
I prefer stock dpi you have to try them all .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
I was stuck on 200 for a while now trying 210. (200 was fine with a sharpness fix, but as i dont have it now, 210 looks better)

Also depends on the font you are using.

EDIT: Add a poll maybe? (no idea if that will help to get some opinion)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theoscat:
btw, is there any apps can change the DPI?

it seems that my fonts have some kind of blur...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
try to search on the market for , LCD density changer etc ? , and the blur, hmm, I get that when I am using a screenfilter.
[Verizon Droid Charge] facinater:
Why is there not a section for the Samsung Droid Charge???

It's in VZW stores and goes on sale Tuesday!

Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Robertjm:
I am with the OP. It's apparently already been fully Rooted, according to Android Police, though no recovery is set up yet, nor One click method.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/30/instructions-how-to-root-the-verizon-samsung-droid-charge/

Robert
[Verizon Droid Charge] Robertjm:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/30/instructions-how-to-root-the-verizon-samsung-droid-charge/
[Verizon Droid Charge] Balthazar B:
Hear, hear!
[Verizon Droid Charge] facinater:
I guess I'll have to got to the "OTHER" forums if I want any ifo one the Charge since theres no section for it here.

I mean for crying out loud u have a section for the nonexistent "Bionic" Why the hell cant you have one for the charge???
[Verizon Droid Charge] poloboogie:
Yeah it does hurt I picked my charge up today and I can't even rely on my favorite developer site. Sad day for us all
[Verizon Droid Charge] jism31:
wait where did you get a charge its not released yet? Also, please add a section for DROID charge guys!
[Verizon Droid Charge] jamor414:
Hmm well I was interested in this phone but unfortunately it looks like it won't be getting any developer support.

Not even a section on XDA? ouch..
[Verizon Droid Charge] poloboogie:
i lucked up and found a small radio shack inside of a target, and got the guy to sell it to me as i was swiping my credit card his manager called a nd he was explaing the sell, and the problems he was having activating at first, and his manager told him that it wasnt supposed to be sold yet so i hurried up and press accept and there you have it.[/URL][/IMG]
[Verizon Droid Charge] jism31:
hahaha lucky you! I hear the phone is already rooted. I actually work for Verizon and we are unable to sell it so I am waiting for mine. This phone better get some dev support, once its converted to ext4 its a beast. The new PowerVR gpu is supposed to be sweet.
[Verizon Droid Charge] deez1234:
I wish you luck getting a forum as they totally ignored the LG G - Slate which is also a popular device!
[Verizon Droid Charge] alienolas:
Wish i had the droid charge its sick, my dream phone
[Verizon Droid Charge] poloboogie:
So who do we actually talk to about a charge forum, this sucks
[Verizon Droid Charge] facinater:
We got a Charge forum!!!!!

Thanks mods!!!

Sent from my Froyo Fascinate.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jism31:
Looks like they listen, nice to know!
[Verizon Droid Charge] davey11:
Wow just scrolled thru the forums hoping they would open this place up.

Very good. I will be a regular here.

Hope some good devs will be on this phone.

I know imnuts has serious intentions of deving.

Can't wait till the development forums get kicking.

:) :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] moondrius:
I can't wait to see some roms start coming out for the Charge. This phone is awesome.
[Verizon Droid Charge] davey11:
Hey moon haven't i seen you somewhere before lol

Glad to see ya made it here. Even tho I don't have a charge. (yet)
[Verizon Droid Charge] davey11:
One bad thing about getting the charge is starting from scratch as far as deving goes.

I have a fascinate and this thing is chock full of mods. Themes galore, lots of roms and kernels, all sorts of mods. I even have a custom splash to replace samsung logo at boot.

Gonna be tough starting with nothing. I guess it will be exciting watching it grow from nothing. :-)

Message sent from XDA premium app
[Verizon Droid Charge] moondrius:
It will happen quickly if devs can get the phone. This phone has so much potential.
[Milestone XT720 General] jackfrost3821:
I dropped my phone few days ago and screen is really messed up. :mad: I tried JScreenFix and Pixel Fixer, ran these apps overnight but still nothing from it!

Friend of mine said these dead pixels will go away in 2-4 weeks. I really don't think it will work. :(

Btw those blue pixels have become even more intense now!

Please Help!

Here are the photos of my XT720 with loads of stuck pixels :
[Milestone XT720 General] R-D:
THis is not a problem software/apps will fix. You will need to replace your screen, look for parts online.
[Milestone XT720 General] shungun:
I had the same problem, I just went over to the local service centre and they fixed my screen! took them 5 days though! mine was still under warranty. I believe you have a year warranty and you don't need the warranty card or anything!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoogWeed:
I've seen a few people mention that various UK networks cap the mobile data speeds, especially if you buy from 3rd party vendors e.g. dial-a-phone or buymobiles.net rather than the network themselves.

Does any know how much truth there is in this?

This will probably decide who I get my SGS2 with...

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinokirk:
Afaik, tmobile uk only let 3rd party contact on 3g networks I.e. 385kbps. To get the full 1.8mbps you to pay an extra £5a month.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaspyYeti:
Anybody thinking they are being hit by speed caps should try using NDT mobile client from the marketplace as it details what is happening between you and the NDT servers.

I am currently testing a 3UK payg sim and getting 3Mbps down/1.4Mbps up

Sent from my HTC Hero
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sammy555:
I know my original galaxy s through mobiles uk had no limt pulled up to 3meg tested on speed test. this was with vodafone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoogWeed:
Thanks for the info guys. If everyone could post their experiences with their network and data speed/caps that would be very useful.

I'm currently using a HTC Hero with the latest VillainROM on T-Mobile UK (bought from tmobile).

I just done a few speed test with the speedtest.net app and I got:

Test1

Ping: 195ms

D/L: 153kbps

U/L: 180kbps

Test2

Ping: 265ms

D/L: 280kbps

U/L: 346kbps

Test3

Ping: 117ms

D/L: 277kbps

U/L: 332kbps

Test4

Ping: 350ms

D/L: 319kbps

U/L: 448kbps

These are pretty poor results... I'm gonna have to chase T-Mobile up about this. :(

p.s. I'm in Central London
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ice_coffee:
I take it you missed my thread then :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1054255
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinokirk:
I spoke to T-Mobile yesterday. The lady I spoke too, her call centre manager and the top man off the forums whom she spoke to on the phone all advised me that there are no speed caps whatsoever. Whether you buy from T-Mobile or a 3rd party, there are NO speed caps, only usage caps of 500MB.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ice_coffee:
But what they told you has been proven to be false, members here have complained and had the limitation lifted, from 300kbps to 1.5Mbps
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoVR:
But dont forget the results will vary with times of day and network congestion..

Ive just run speedtest from just outside manchester so not on a congested city centre transmitter and also at a weekend.

Im on o2:

over 5 tests:

ping between 115/120 ms

DL between 3500-4023kbps

UL between 1582-1701kbps

Im pretty happy with that :)

even in city centre during the week i can consistently get around 3meg - i know because its faster than my company wireless which is capped at 2meg ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] td444:
This is true. I got Phones4u to get T-mobile technical support to confirm this over a conference call, and made sure the call was recorded in case T-mobile were talking rubbish. If I find its throttled, and they've clearly said its not, I now have evidence that lets me void the contract...

The tech support guy mentioned how newer contracts weren't affected. My advice would be to purchase using the distance selling act, and do some tests yourself. If you find it throttled, ask them to sort it in the next few days otherwise you'll invoke your distance selling act to return it.... that should get them moving!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoogWeed:
NeoVR,

That's pretty impressive! And it contradicts whats the OP in:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1054255 said.

I Just did another test and got 132kbps... :confused::confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinokirk:
+1 for this. I will be doing this for sure.

I think Tmob speeds are just crap in general. My mate on 3 get 1.7mbps stood next to me.