yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Lootes:
That is more or less it. The main advantage, and it is a big advantage to flashing via the NVFLASH method is that if something does go horribly wrong and you are unable to boot up your phone, you can still get to recovery using the hardware key combo. If you do not have this option you may be left with a brick.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dagaetch:
even if you couldn't get it to boot fully, would you still be able to go in via adb and hit 'reboot recovery'?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] v8dreaming:
When I'm in recovery and have what I want highlighted, how do I select it and make it do what I want? I'm coming from an Inc. and I would just press the track pad to make the selection.

I know this is noobish also, that's why I put it in this guys thread.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
Wow I didn't know the Rom Manager version wouldn't boot via hardware keys. Since the hard way came out first, I figured it worked the same.

Weird thing is that I flashed the hard way, and it won't "Reboot to Recovery" from Rom Manager, I just get normal boot. I HAVE to use the hardware keys.

@Above = Power button selects, Volume Keys scroll.
[Android Themes] DocMAX:
hi, how do i change THIS pinpad??? (its not the dialerpad!)

i tried lots of cm7 themes, but none did change this... (metamorph etc.)
[Android Themes] DocMAX:
Anyone?

Send from my SGS, CM7 Alpha
[Android Themes] DocMAX:
Please

Send from my SGS, CM7 Alpha
[Android Themes] 3rdstring:
I think the pattern unlock is somewhere in framework-res.apk so I would assume the pin screen is somewhere too.
[Android Themes] DocMAX:
No chance. I cant change it..

Send from my SGS, CM7 Alpha
[Android Themes] gomorrah:
The buttons that control the PIN pad are btn_keyboard_key_fulltrans_normal.9 and btn_key_fulltrans_normal_pressed.9. Here is an example when you change them:

EDIT- They're in the framework-res.apk.
[Android Themes] DocMAX:
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally an answer!! =)
[Android Themes] Thumbsis:
This is basically the only thing that is annoying me aesthetically on my current CM7 setup on the HTC Desire. Would love to have it look more like ICS or the PIN-lock screen for the SIM Card. Could you guide me to a step-by-step-guide how this is done or have you done any mods on your own that can be installed through e.g. clockworkmod?
[Vibrant General] gorealmighty:
My original issue got resolved thanks to s15274n. This mans ROOT walkthrough is amazing!!!!!

NOW I have a problem getting my ROM to load.

Im trying to Install the Malice ROM. and nothing is going quite as smoothely as I think it should.

This is attempt 2, the first time I waited an hour to try and install this rom, straight from SD, and I think the furthest it got was "installing ROM"

nothing. pull the batery out (I assume thats a total noob move, and at beast ill-advisable.) rebooted, went about my day. well, im trying again, and now the furthest ive gotten is "Installing update" the status bar is never filling or scrolling though.

Whats the problem? (going on about 15 minutes with no change btw)
[Vibrant General] laylovj:
You must use Odin to either

-Flash back to stock so you can reinstall packages

or

-Flash a voodoo integrated kernel so you can flash roms w/ CWM/Voodoo Recovery
[Vibrant General] CrazyCharlie:
Download a voodoo kernel and flash it using odin.
[Vibrant General] gorealmighty:
ok, I have the kernal and I have ODIN. once again I have never used ODIN< I definately used a one click root.

does anybody have a link to a thread with *detailed*, hold my hand, walk me through it and pat me on the butt at the end Instructions on this? It's a learning process and damn if im not learning something by the time this is all said and done lol.
[Vibrant General] movieaddict:
last time it sat still for me when it said installing update, it was a bad download. I redid my download of the rom and it went through fast and smoothly. Thats how i fixed my prob maybe it will fix it for u.
[Vibrant General] elmoslonely:
I really need some help i want to cry

I got the samsung galaxy s(vibrant) and it doesnt go pass the welcome screen im trying to install a rom but i dont know how have looked over thing i installed odin3 and everything else but when i plug it to the usb it doesnt show on my computer idk why and nothing shows on the id com for odin someone plz tell me this can be fixed please can someone plz plz help me i begg you from the bottom of my heart
[Vibrant General] flipnotiq:
i always odin to stock whenever i flashed a new rom, works like a champ all the time.
[Vibrant General] gorealmighty:
do you have the .pit and .tar files? Also, are you turning your phone off? There is an awesome guide by s15274n called the noob guide. It goes over very specifically how to root, it also has a small tutorial on rooting using ODIN3. Search the q&a forum, i believe thats where the guide is.

Also just to clarify, im not saying ur a noob or inept, im just saying its a super awesome guide. My phones neen rooted for three days now, ive flashef a bunch of roms and i always flash nack to stock...REALLY helpful tutorial. Good Luck!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mysterioustko:
Though initially I wasn't going to, I decided to give the G2X a shot. The following is my real world experience with the G2X as compared to the Nexus S.

-One of the first things I noticed with the G2X is that it feels a lot more solid than the Nexus S. It simply feels like a better quality product.

-Screen: The Nexus S has deeper blacks than the G2X, however the G2X has richer more natural colors and the screen is much brighter and is more visible in sunlight than the Nexus S. Overall, I prefer the G2X's display over that of the NS.

-Horsepower: Obviously the G2X has more horsepower than the NS so I won't go too in depth on this one. Yes the NS is snappy (mine was running CM7 with netarchy kernel and it flied) but the G2X still felt faster and more responsive overall.

Battery: In my opinion the Nexus S has THE BEST battery life of any smartphone I've ever owned (and I've owned quite a few of the higher end phones). The battery life on the G2X is not bad as I can get through a day on a charge with moderate use. However, with the NS I could EASILY get through a day on a charge with HEAVY use and still have battery life remaining.

Data Speeds: I am in Atlanta and the 4g speeds that I've been experiencing here have been in the 5-10meg range, but mostly around 5-7megs. As for web browsing on the phone, the speed difference from the Nexus S isn't very noticeable. However where the speed difference does show is when streaming video or video chatting when not connected to wifi.

Speakers: I love that the speakers on the G2X are on the bottom of the phone. This means that my phone can be sitting on a soft surface (like a bed) and I can still hear it ring, whereas with my NS when the phone rang and it was face up, it muffled the speaker badly. The speaker volume of the G2X is fantastic, the richness of the sound however is not. The speakers on the G2X are much louder than that of the Nexus S, but the richness and depth of the sound on the NS is better. I wish they could have gotten the sound quality as good as on the Nexus S but still have the volume.

Camera: The camera quality on the G2X is definitely superior to that of the NS, ESPECIALLY the video camera. I compared a video shot with my NS and one shot with my G2x (1080p) and there is no comparison. The G2X wins hands down. Still photos come out clearer and richer on the G2X also.

Misc Features: NS has NFC (which of course is almost useless at this point in time). The NS has hdmi-mirroring (which can come in handy every now and then) and MICRO SD SLOT (the NS was the first smartphone I owned that didn't have an sd card slot..which was quite an adjustment).

Overall: I like the G2X better than the NS, although there are things I do miss about the NS (better battery life and richer sound quality). Overall, the pros far outweigh the cons and thus I am very comfortable with having sold my NS and having replaced it with the g2x. Hopefully this post will help someone who may be on the fence about making the leap.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] demo23019:
My main gripe with phone is screen I prefer amoled

I'm all set with constant backlight not to mention the gx2 screen has major backlight bleeding

Ips is one of the flagship panels for computer LCD monitor but IMO still don't compare to OLED

3 Most popular topics over in that forum is

backlight bleeding

Battery

rebooting

I'm waiting for galaxy s 2
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mysterioustko:
Having used both phones side by side and compared the same images right next to each other I have to say that I disagree with you. The only thing that seems to look better on the NS' screen is the blacks. The colors are richer and have a more natural look on the G2X. On top of that the G2X screen is more visible in sunlight than the NS.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] demo23019:
My friend has a gx2 actually it's his 5th one with backlight issues. He is sending to LG for repair pretty sad but that seems to be the only way to resolve
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mysterioustko:
I really think the whole "backlight issue" is overblown by a bunch of nitpicky people. Every time a phone comes out, no matter what phone it is, there is always some "issue" that people seem to harp on. I don't have any issues with my backlight at all. As for your friend, perhaps he doesn't realize this but, the backlight will "bleed" with lcd. Look at a solid black screen on an lcd television and you'll see an example of this. If this isn't something he is comfortable with, then he probably shouldn't buy any phones with an lcd screen. I for one don't see this as an issue at all, due to the fact that you really have to go out of your way to notice it. In the meantime I prefer to have the richer and more natural colors.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] demo23019:
If you're compairing colors off 2.3.3 kernels without voodoo color. Then yea g2x looks better because Google messed with color profile and looks absolute garbage colors are dull

But in real world u can't compair ips doesn't have an unlimited constrast ratio and true blacks like oled and its a fact the higher the constrast the more vibrant colors are.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mysterioustko:
I am not comparing lcd and oled. I am comparing the Nexus S and the G2X. LCD vs Oled is a different conversation. This post is simply about how the phones compare to each other in my real world use of them.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] demo23019:
lol i said my main gripe is the screen. and you replied bak so that's what our convo is about.

And i know its common in pretty much any LCD for backlight bleed but not to the point is interferes with IQ its especially noticeable in the two top corners and you can see it threw the notification bar...granted not all are like that but allot are including my friends 5 he went threw

now with that said i never said te phone was bad becasue its not and i agree it out performs the NS i just cant stand the screen and sorry but you look at the function 99 percent of the time you use the phone.

If you like it than that's cool you have every right to its great phone :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Hexmaster93:
The g2x having only 512mb ram was never an upgrade option for me. Besides I hate how much space was wasted on capacative buttons and will wait for the next nexus device
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mprziv:
My friend just picked one up yesterday. The backlight bleeding from the top 2 corners was absolutely terrible. I was very surprised.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] smashpunks:
I love my g2x....

Backlight bleeding is blown way out of proportion...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] goldeman:
i guess the backlight issue is such a big deal when your playing with your phone in the dark amongst other things! .... this phone rocks stop the *****in!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moshe22:
I really love my G2x too, even the name is awesome!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mr.orange303:
I love it like my g1. I like the tegra2, vailla android. Really just love it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] CB620:
i went from a g2>nexus s>mytouch4g>g2x and i still like the build quality of the mytouch 4g but it looked more like a kiddy phone. i have cases galore and accessories for my g2x so i think ima have it for a little while than i intended. i moving more away from the sensation but a little towards it because I LOVE HTC
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mprziv:
You don't see it as soon as you boot your phone on the top corners? I noticed it in the tmobile store with florescent lighting immediately.

Look at this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1042703

It's a shame b/c it washes out colors and really detracts from an otherwise excellent phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] smashpunks:
That still wouldn't bug me too bad, as long I'm not watching aall black show I could care less if on bootup I see it, or start of the video player.... The second the ***** shows picture it goes away..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ashman3000:
obviously you never handled a g2x cuz once you touch one and handle it for a while.you will never talk about the two issues you brought up.trust me, go and play with a g2x for 10 mins. You will be hooked.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] superleeds27:
Any ideas if there's a theme with a black, or dark notification area. All the themes out seem to have a white area, even the darkish ones!

Would love to find one,

Using Trips 1.0.6 ROM :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] synn21588:
I use FROIS-02
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] momen.helal:
www.miuitheme.com

thanks to trips
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kr3g3r:
im in the middle of making a fully dark theme........even the dropdown screen
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
nice, do post it when you finish, atm I'm using Ultimate iPhone4 theme to get the black/dark theme...
[Galaxy S II General] dickie2007:
EDIT: I have updated this post with features/discoveries to date - 01/08/2011

Hey guys,

i've just arrived off the HTC boat and i'm lovin' the world of the Galaxy S2... what a phone!!

anyways, thought i'd make a thread on features as they get discovered as i tend to find that a lot go undocumented, and as i'm not a user of a previous version of Touchwiz, i'm not sure whether some of these are new or not, but maybe of interest to someone else like me...

Dickie

Mentioned so far - 01/08/2011

Dragging left on a contact sends them an SMS, and right calls them. This works in all the contacts list, messaging, call log etc...

You can pinch-zoom the app drawer and move panes as per the home screens

Home + Power buttons = screenshot

With manual brightness set, hold your finger down on the notification bar after a few seconds it becomes a brightness scroll. You just move your finger left/right on the notification bar to decrease/increase the brightness

In the address bar type in "about:debug", hit the go button. It won't do anything, or so it seems. Hit the menu contextual key and pull up the options. Go all the way to the bottom

In the address bar type in "about:useragent" to change user agent

An easter egg you didn't know about(it's from Google), if you go to preferences and about phone and click three times on Android Version you get an art

Pinch on browser whilst zoomed right out takes you to Tab/Window overview

Customise shortcuts in the Camera app. Just click 'Menu' and 'Edit' or hold the 'Cog' icon and you can drag the shortcuts you want to appear on the left of the screen

The dots that represent the home screens/app screens can be tapped to take you directly to the relevant screen, or held to reveal a slider for super fast scrolling

You can Pinch to zoom in the camera app

If you pinch to zoom in the stock e-mail mailbox it compresses all the mail by date. When you press on a compressed date, it expands the mail for that date only

You can smart dial in the phone app by typing a contacts name, if its not the correct contact displayed, click it to reveal all possible contacts, then select to call

Hold the power button for approx 5secs for an immediate shutdown

Use 2 fingers to scroll on a list to get an immediate stop upon release, use 3 to get a fast scroll that will continue to the end

Drag left and right on the video player to control FF and RW

Pinch the calender app to view by year, then swipe to change

holding on a letter on the right side of the contacts list & dragging to the left (without lifting your finger) will bring up another alphabet list & do a sub-contextual search under that letter of available options like 'AA', 'AB', 'AC'...'AZ'
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
didnt know the app drawer could be pinched zoomed : ) that sounds cool.

the swyping contact to call or message was there in the original G S as well though.
[Galaxy S II General] dickie2007:
cool, thanks for letting me know!!

the pinched view of the app drawer, with my current 6 panes, are very large, requiring scrolling down to see them. theres only enough room for the first 4 (2 per row) and 2 halves before scrolling... if that makes any sense lmao...

Dickie
[Galaxy S II General] Tennis11:
This is a big one: apparently Home + Power buttons = screenshot... I just heard about it. I live in America so haven't used it.
[Galaxy S II General] soyef:
Just checked and it works!!!
[Galaxy S II General] ryude:
I don't know if they left this feature in, but in the original SGS if you hold your finger down on the notification bar after a few seconds it becomes a brightness scroll. You just move your finger left/right on the notification bar to decrease/increase the brightness. I think it only works if you enable/disable auto-brightness. Someone will have to verify of course :)
[Galaxy S II General] steve228uk:
Very cool! Still works :)
[Galaxy S II General] ryude:
Can you also see if the browser trick still works?

In the address bar type in "about:debug", hit the go button. It won't do anything, or so it seems. Hit the menu contextual key and pull up the options. Go all the way to the bottom and see if it will let you change user agent strings now :)
[Galaxy S II General] steve228uk:
It worked to an extent although there is no browser agent option any more.
[Galaxy S II General] Enthrall:
Sweet! Let's hope you guys find some neat tricks!

As for the ones mentioned:

- The sliding on the logs/contact list was already present in the predecessor (slide to the right to call, and to the left to message)

- Helicopter view/Pinch-zoom on the App Drawer was enabled in TouchWiz after the official Froyo update on the Galaxy S (International version)

- Screenshots were also enabled on the previous GS(International version) after the Froyo update, but there you had to hold the Back softkey for a second, then press the Home button.

Let's keep hoping for new things!

On a side note, could you try and let me know about this please:

While editing text, does it pop a magnifying glass to help easily position the cursor, similar to the iPhone's iOS and I believe HTC Sense as well?

Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S II General] r2001uk:
Thanks for the screenshot trick. I was thinking it was the same combination as the original Galaxy, never thought to try other combos!

Now I can uninstall the shortcut app I downloaded :)
[Galaxy S II General] vitalij:
try about:useragent
[Galaxy S II General] ryude:
I'm pretty sure "Normal Rendering" means desktop mode.
[Galaxy S II General] QuboidRC:
No, but there is a little tab that appears just below the cursor, which you can drag so your finger doesn't cover the text you are trying to look at. It works well.
[Galaxy S II General] Enthrall:
Aww rats, so it's still the same! Thanks for the response!
[Galaxy S II General] steve228uk:
Yep, that did it! :)
[Galaxy S II General] steve228uk:
The magnifying glass pops up in the browser but not in any other apps as far as I've seen.
[Galaxy S II General] awesome-member:
really cool thread.
[Galaxy S II General] nickbarbs:
wow finally you can take screenshots.

really a fantastic phone, samsung hit it out of the park with this one.
[Galaxy S II General] jimbiye:
Original SGS can take screenshots too...Holding the back key then pressing Home will do the trick on mine.

Looks like they changed the button combination on SGS II
[Galaxy S II General] kryptoner:
Clicking several times on android version in 'about phone' brings some zombie art.. I dont know if its new but I found it out just now
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
:lol: great stuff, never knew that, i'm very glad to have found this topic, lots of useful and neat features in here :D

here's the pic, the same with yours?
[Galaxy S II General] R3Y:
^^Yup, its the same for everyone. :)
[Galaxy S II General] kryptoner:
Yeah its the same
[Galaxy S II General] yetep:
And on every android device too ;)
[Galaxy S II General] NightsSPIDER:
hi friends im new to android, i had an iphone 4, i repair iphones and other cel phones but i spent all my time learnin about iOS moding, i consider my self an expert on it, but that is making it more dificult when it comes to android, i got my galaxy three days ago and i figure out most of this that you posted here and some other stuff about applications. what i need now is someone who can explain me the basics of rooting and how it works and the pros and cons and how the roms work and if there are some moding roms that can be loaded without rooting. a little help will be apreciated, someone who knows where to go or something. i want to start making a theme of my own for that i need to use someones first and learn from it i think :S any help you can give an any of this :)
[Galaxy S II General] whmcal:
Just found out that you can get a view of all seven screens not only if you pinch diagonally. It also works if you place two fingers at the top of the screen about 2cm apart and then drag your fingers simultaneously and vertically down to the bottom. Also works if you drag your two fingers simultaneously horizontally from left to right side of screen. Try it, wkd!
[Galaxy S II General] commodoor:
If you wan't to play with the OS you have to ROOT it. Root gives you access to modify the OS files, gives you more power over the OS. You have to be carefull to not mess with the OS it can brake the OS and don't boot anymore so you have to do a factory default.

You can find a lot of blog posts about rooting the phone. just do a search on google "Why root android phone".

Hope this will help starting with learning with rooting
[Galaxy S II General] Aymara:
For a new theme you don't need root.

Here's some inspiration and a few hints about the needed apps:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102965
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
Check out this topic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

You will also find a lot of useful info about this subject in the i9000 section of the forum, the process and basics are the same

GTi9100-xdaPremiumApp
[Galaxy S II General] milst:
this is good one
[Galaxy S II General] decaturguy:
This one is great thanks for the tip :)
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
+1, just discovered it a few days ago, by mistake, and I looked for this topic to post it, but it was already here :-) nice

Don't forget about the Home + Power = Screenshot

GTi9100-xdaPremiumApp
[Galaxy S II General] nraudigy2:
Would be great if the OP can put these on first page. People are just repeating these tips :)
[Galaxy S II General] dexteral:
here is a vid i made on the software and features

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LNL56Aae08
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
nice work dexteral, maybe you can also name the exact features at the exact time they are shown in the vid, congrats ;)

+1 @nraudigy2
[Galaxy S II General] dickie2007:
I do check back every now and again, and have noticed myself that over the last half-dozen pages that we are getting repeats, and even considered consolidating it down to the first post, but i kinda feel that people will probably continue to do this anyway as some features mentioned recently were on the first few pages...

If i have some time over the next few days i might well do it, but in the mean time, feel free to compile it into a list and i'll happily add it to the first post ;)

Dickie

EDIT: don't worry, i've done it lol
[Galaxy S II General] cue_32:
Motion zoom..surprised no one mentioned it yet.

Its basically a variant of pinch to zoom but instead you keep 2 fingers on the screen and tilting forward zooms out while tilting backwards zooms in. I never thought i would use it but it actually is pretty handy.