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[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Sometimes, I have to text one handed. That's when I use the gb keyboard. Otherwise, I use the hardware keyboard.

Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
coming from a blackberry the epics kb was a nightmare for me. esp with the skipped keys. and the spacing i've just never gotten used to. swype for some reason got worse with froyo but its till better for me then that slide out nonsense. and even if i didn't use swype i liked better keyboard more then the hardware. perhaps if the epic had a smaller screen it would be a different story
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
My favorite keyboard is smart keyboard from the market. Has a lot of customization options

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] Blad3:
you must not have practiced very much because I have the one handed typing on lockdown. doesn't distract me at all very handy if a cop is sitting next to me.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
There is no way you one handed type on the hardware keyboard while driving unless you have freakishly gigantic hands/fingers.
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
It's not that difficult, just phone on lap/steering wheel and typing using four fingers ala full keyboard.
[Epic 4G General] splashmktg:
I thanked you 'cuz I needed a great laugh today...my kind of humor!
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
After seeing some similarities in the GSII's UI and our ED12 leak, it seems we may actually get a lot of the same UI and features...I'm being optimistic, of course, but none the less I'm excited!

Sent from my Samsung Epic
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I'm still hoping for 4.0, but I'll settle for whatever we end up with.

Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Agreed. And if we dont get 4.0 ill just wait for a port

Sent from my Samsung Epic
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Lol, I'll bet you can guess what I'll do if we don't get 4.0.

Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
[Epic 4G General] wrxtc714:
3d haters

Ok well first of all id like to say I am waiting to get a Sgs2 as well.

I think it would be a great toy.

Will it replace my evo 3d. NO

The 3d games are awesome and I feel sorry for those with opinions that haven't even tried one. You sound like. A bunch of iphone users talking about android.

New technology is great and so are the companies that bring it to us.

Htc had the first 4g phones for every carrier.

THE specs are pretty much neck to neck with the evo having 3d and a slightly better resolution.

Fyi we have full root and s-off on the evo 3d already.

This is the best phone i have ever owned.

My last phone was a nexus s and honestly imo it was probably the worst phone i have ever had.

My daughter has an epic that I have mastered and her previous phone was a vibrant.

So my experience with samsung phones is way above most.

Long story short. Rfs and all of the other hassles were a pita to deal with as well as waiting for updates.

Htc always updates their phones first and know android the best because they made the first android phone if you didn't know.

To me they are great toys and phones for girls and simple users.

If you really want a phone that you can mod htc is always the way to go.

Look how long it took Cm7 to get on the vibrant and it is still having issues.

All samsungs have had major gps complaints as well.

Like I said. I will be getting one for fun and hopefully they come through with a solid phone this time. All of my opinions are completely unbiased. I love android no matter what it is on.
[Epic 4G General] FrameCityJackal:
Do you wear glasses????
[Epic 4G General] wrxtc714:
Not sure if you mean normally or with the 3d phone.

Either way the answer is no.
[Epic 4G General] FrameCityJackal:
I know you don't need it with the phone.

I'm asking because you may need them later after a while with the phone...I've tried to like the phone tried the "3D" just couldnt get into it and it always hurt my eyes.

I'm not sure why this was necro'd for the post you made. Help me understand please....
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
Thanks for the insightful and thought provoking post OP.
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
"long story short"

lolz
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
Ok?

10char
[Epic 4G General] ThrIsNoSpork:
Cool story bro

Might wanna keep this thread on topic before it explodes though...
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
this thread is from april...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] nemuro:
Any way to boot wp7 from sd?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] samson291:
Sadly no there isn't.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
no legal way anyway ;)

whoops, scrub that, wrong thread!
[Nook Color General] Miltani:
Is there any way to uninstall adw launcher from phiremod?
[Nook Color General] Miltani:
anyone knows?
[Nook Color General] reaper12:
I used titanium backup to uninstall it when I changed to launcher pro.
[Nook Color General] boxcar8028:
You do need a launcher. All you have to do is to go to the market and download a launcher that you like, and there is a lot to choose from. I prefer ADW myself. after downloading the new launcher to your NC go to settings / Applications / Manage applications / All / scroll down to ADW and clear defaults. Now the next time you hit home you'll have to choose a new launcher. Now if you still wish to kill ADW its safe to do so.
[About XDA developers] moshe22:
Hello everyone :) I have been wondering for the past few days about this

What does the dev have study to be able to do all this tweaking for Android phones?

My assumption is that they went to school for Computer Engineering
[About XDA developers] MarkusPO:
roms or applications?

if the later, java and the android documentation
[Vibrant General] richiehd:
I can get the NS for 99 bucks through Best Buy Mobile. Is it worth it, honestly? I'd have to sign a two year contract and probably be tied into the new 2 gb data cap.

No dual core, essentially a Vibe with guaranteed updates. Worth it?
[Vibrant General] jamesd86:
Not to me. If u could pick it up off craigslist for 200 2 250 itd be worth it
[Vibrant General] VICosPhi:
Depends if you can live with these drawbacks:

No camera zoom

No Tap focus on camera

No ext SD

No 4G

No 720P HD recording

I bought it, its an EXCELLENT phone, loved it but returned it due to camera related drawbacks. At least you don't miss superamoled if you go NS route.
[Vibrant General] demo23019:
$99 plus 2 year contract you will be paying more than 99 for the phone in the long run think its $20 more a month for being on contract that pretty much pays for the phone...add it up

you will be paying more than what the phone is worth

edit

not sure if off contract plans are still available

Id wait for the galaxy s 2 to hit tmobile should be in a couple months

also that 2GB cap isn't really true

Ive gone over my 2gb cap almost every month since September and never got capped
[Vibrant General] willentrekin:
I upgraded from the Vibrant to a Nexus S the week the NS came out. I was so tired of Vibrant lag and piss-poor battery life.

Last week, I upgraded again, from my NS back to my old Vibrant. I was tired of the lack of memory card, gorilla glass, and hd recording, and I'd discovered one can ameliorate lag and battery life through the proper use of ROMs.

I really do feel like I've upgraded the phone; using the Vibrant now is a totally different experience than it used to be.

Let's be honest: the NS is a "developer" phone, which is great (and a lot of people are doing great work on it), but really pretty much every Android phone is a developer phone if you care to roll your sleeves up. Stock Gingerbread is great (though not all that much greater than Froyo), but seriously, how long are any of us on stock anything before we're rooting and flashing?

I never used the NS front-facing camera. I never used the NFC. And those are really the only two differences from the Vibrant I can really see that can't be overcome with ROM changes.

Long story short, the NS isn't really an upgrade. It's more lateral, and you're sacrificing memory and HD for software you're likely just going to change, anyway.
[Vibrant General] sahil04:
Being off contract is not always better, I actually get a better deal being in contract than I am off contract.

*edit*

As for the OP, I wouldn't bother with the NS as it isn't worth the upgrade for less features and straight updates from google (IMO anyways). I'd wait for the upcoming dual core phones, possibly the SGS2.
[Vibrant General] dcontrol:
For $99 its pretty good, but of course there are definitely better phones out there, so it depends on what you're upgrading from and how soon you want it.
[Vibrant General] mailboy1412:
Vibrant is an amazing phone because of extensive library of custom roms and the community here.

Nexus S has the same hardware as Vibrant without the nice custom roms.

So just wait for better phone like Galaxy S2
[Vibrant General] junglerumble:
NO! wait for the sgs2. that baby is going to hold the number 1 ranking for best smartphone for a long time similar to the way the iphone and the htc desire hd held it
[Vibrant General] richiehd:
Im debating the sensation tbqh. I was never one of the #neveragain people- but I like that most htc phones get cm and miui rather quickly. I think I might htc and then get the sgs 3 afterwards.
[Vibrant General] Smokexz:
If it were back then when it came out, sure, but since it's right now when T-Mobile has just gotten the LG G2X, hell no. You are losing a lot of features you could get for a device that could cost you 100 dollars more.

LG G2X:

Tegra 2 @ 1ghz

4 inch display

SD card support

8mp camera w/ 1080p video ( not sure if it supports zoom)

Stock 2.2 (dev support is strong and it's stockish plus T-Mobile stated you will note have to wait long at all for 2.3, they have been working on it before launch)

4g

Nexus S:

Hummingbird @ 1ghz

4 inch SAMOLED( wins in that department for sure)

No SD card

5mp camera with no HD video recording or zoom

Stock 2.3+( this will get updates fast, but if you do not care about updates it fine, since the G2X can get Cyanogenmod I think)

3g only

A little bonus NFC

But if you want to wait for something that just out classes the G2X completely, wait for the Samsung Galaxy S2. Faster processor more RAM, better camera ( might be debatable compared to the LG G2X though), better screen, and it comes with 2.3. Wait for the Galaxy S2 or get the G2X, my advice.

Sent from my Xoom
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
Great idea. I'd love to see the outcome!
[Galaxy S II General] inteligo:
sample I and II does not work on stock player

sample III works perfect but no sound

sample IV works perfect but no sound

sample VI works perfect with sound
[Galaxy S II General] ice_coffee:
im downloading the 40 mbit jobby, I will let you know how it goes

as inteligo said 40 mbps is a no go
[Galaxy S II General] DesktopMan:
What about the subs on sample 3 and 4? Switchable subs on 4? Changing audio track on sample 6?

Also, which model of the Galaxy II do you have?
[Galaxy S II General] Xero Xenith:
Many thanks! :D

Sound from Sample III (Monster's Inc) = DTS 6-channels, 1,510 Kbps CBR

Sound from Sample IV (Haruhi) = Vorbis, 160 Kbps CBR

This is interesting! I didn't imagine that sound would be an issue.

Could you confirm that the subtitles work, especially in Sample IV (Japanese animation with styled subs)?
[Galaxy S II General] inteligo:
on stock player subs doesnt work

on mvideoplayer

subs works fine on sample 3 and 4

cant change audio on sample 6

i got unlocked uk i9100xxkdf

/edit: Could you confirm that the subtitles work, especially in Sample IV (Japanese animation with styled subs)?

subs works fine english and japanese on mvideoplayer

doesnt work on stock player
[Galaxy S II General] Xero Xenith:
That's interesting. It seems the software support (especially for audio in MKV) isn't what I expected it to be.

I wonder if it could work if the GPU renders the video, while a software codec included with a player handles these less common audio formats (like DTS and Vorbis for 3 and 4 respectively)?

Maybe when VLC finally rolls along :cool:

EDIT: more tests would still be appreciated - especially sample 5 :)
[Galaxy S II General] DesktopMan:
I have added a high profile h264 720p sample to my mirror, would be great if someone tested that as well.
[Galaxy S II General] Xero Xenith:
Suzumiya_Haruhi [...] .mkv : High@L5.1

Test IV is essentially 720p, with high profile :) Still would be interested to hear any other reports on what works and what doesn't - maybe we can get a comprehensive set of results!
[Galaxy S II General] inteligo:
planet sample works fine with sound (stock player)

sample 4 works fine with sound and subs on moboplayer

sample 5 doesnt work on stock player but works great subs + audio on moboplayer
[Galaxy S II General] DesktopMan:
Oh crap I tagged it wrong, you are right. It's very low bitrate though, and since it has vorbis audio it might throw some players off. So they're both good tests :)
[Galaxy S II General] Xero Xenith:
@inteligo: Many thanks for your results! :) Moboplayer seems to be the most compatible so far.

@DesktopMan: Exactly, and it has a higher bitrate. Maybe I'll add it as a seventh test?
[Galaxy S II General] DesktopMan:
Please do!
[Galaxy S II General] ndnesh:
Hmmm judging from these early results, seems like almost everything that we throw at it, can be played. (Almost). Hopefully, our community and Android market should be able to fix whatever the SGS2 thinks that it cant play! :)
[Galaxy S II General] Xero Xenith:
Very true, but I doubt they will ever fix it to work for the 40Mbit/s video. To hazard a guess, I'd say that was a hardware limitation - my PC's graphics card seems to struggle a little with it.

Hopefully the rest will be sorted in due time though :)

New test results, especially with different players, would be helpful! :)
[Galaxy S II General] DesktopMan:
The problem with other players is they either use the built in player (can add subs but no new formats), or use software decoding (only play sd).

I am not aware of any player that does container and audio formats in software with the video decoding in hardware, which will be needed for these to play properly, not just on Galaxy S II but on many other phones / tablets.

I have hopes for VLC but it's not out yet.
[Galaxy S II General] DesktopMan:
I wouldn't put it quite that optimistic. Out of the 7 samples only 2 has both video and audio in the stock player, with no subs.

Add a software player and you add 2 more (both of which with pretty low bitrate).
[Galaxy S II General] Xero Xenith:
Or to put it another way, we have everything that was tested as working except two videos with abnormally high bitrates, and one that only offers surround sound. Glass 3/7 empty or 4/7 full? :p

EDIT: To make this clear, I made them varied and difficult tests for a reason - to push it to its limit :) so far the results are perfectly acceptable.

Other tests would be fantastic!
[Galaxy S II General] nonato:
im rooting for coreplayer
[Galaxy S II General] sun-drop:
mate my pc's core 2 duo @ 3.5 GHz can't even play test 1 smoothly in VLC
[Galaxy S II General] hakkinenvthh:
Hey guy, don't use VLC for HD, try KMPlayer, you'll see :) Regards
[Galaxy S II General] jiant2k:
Anyone tried running rockplayer instead with the samples?
[Galaxy S II General] kr00t0n:
I can play 720p mkvs of Hard Times Of RJ Berger and Misfits, along with the ones here without any issue using Mobo Player.
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
I have a ton of 1080p movies that work perfectly. I give these a try
[Galaxy S II General] NZtechfreak:
Thought I would up this since I just tried Sample II (Iguana.monsi) with the Diceplayer trial. It plays with sound and subtitles all working, video playback isn't 100% smooth, but given the ridiculous bitrate I'm extremely impressed with Diceplayer's handling of this file...
[Galaxy S II General] fracmo2000:
its a vlc/codec problem and the fix is so easy.

1) download this from your local torrent store

http://corecodec.com/products/coreavc

2) download Media Player Classic - Home Cinema and use it instead of vlc for your hd/mkv files
[Galaxy S II General] kei_kusanagi:
Test III (Monster inc):

-- Stock player -> Framerate is perfect but without sound neither subs.

-- mVideoPlayer -> Framerate and subs are perfect, but no sound.

-- VPlayer -> Framerate is SLOW but sound and subs are perfect.

Test IV (Haruhi):

-- Stock player -> sound doesn't works and no subs.

-- Vplayer -> works perfect (with audio and subs in jap and english)

Test V (Matrix):

-- Stock player -> doesn't works

-- Vplayer -> works perfect.

Test VI (Harry potter):

-- Vplayer: works perfect (no subs?)

-- Stock player: works perfect (no subs?)

I used vplayer free trial
[Galaxy S II General] whycb:
I am thinking of getting SGS2. Other the phone calls and sms, the media player is next most important for me. Seems like thirdparty media player is needed. So many were mentioned. What is the recommendataion? Which is a must have?
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
Stock player and meridian player do not play all and subtitles don't work. Using Moboplayer, everything plays smoothly and all subtitles work, including Japanese and Arabic.
[Galaxy S II General] NZtechfreak:
Not everyone will need third party players, the SGSII is the best video player in the mobile world. Most of the players people are talking about here have free/lite versions available in any case. I have moboplayer, mvideoplayer, Rockplayer lite, vplayer, and Diceplayer on mine - if something fails on stock then I try it in those.
[Galaxy S II General] iXNyNe:
Can someone mirror test 1 since megaupload is gone...
[Galaxy S II General] :
That's a pretty massive bump you've done there. Last post in June 2011. Wow, and all because you couldn't read the first post properly, which even lists a mirror for that file.

http://www.auby.no/files/video_tests/
[Galaxy S II General] iXNyNe:
The way the OP is worded it sounded like only 3/6 of the tests mentioned here are mirrored there, and I can see there are more tests on the mirror than what are mentioned here so I wasn't sure that there were all the same tests.

Sorry for the bump... maybe the OP should be reworded...

Anyway I'm thankful for the idea of testing all these things.
[Galaxy S II General] Muterror:
Wow. nothink works at me, my samsung is laggy. I need to flash another rom =(
[Galaxy S II General] pikachu01:
It's supposed to be laggy. :/

The hardware needed to run those encodings are far too high for a SGSII to satisfy.
[Galaxy S II General] ghost77:
You probably have one of these CyanogenMod, MIUI , or some kind of port, these roms don't have Samsung Media Codecs , that's why its not working for you.

Just like a Stock Windows not gonna play much without a codec pack or third party player with integrated codecs.

And off course sample 1 and 2 is pushing the limits of SGS2.
[Galaxy S II General] sacall:
Tested with my SGS2 stock KI3 room SiyahKernel 2.6.12 no oc.

Payer used: BSplayer lite free player with hardware decoding and lan mode.

imho one of the best players for SGS2 that allows playing movies from my network server via wifi.

Files stored on internal memory

Test1 - almost imperceptible stutter in 1st 2 seconds of playing. No stutter after 2nd second of playing.

Test2 - couldn't play the file

Test3 - video plays with subtitles

Test4 - video plays with b&w subtitles only in bottom of screen.

Test5 - video plays with b&w subtitles. Can choose several subtitles including arabic

Test6 - video pkays and can choose 2 audio streams: English and other ( Hindi ? perhaps)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tampaboy1984:
I just checked my Battery Usage under about phone and here's my stats...

Cell Standby = 49%

Phone Idle = 34%

Display = 18%

WTF!!! All I've done is text about 50 messages and checked Facebook through Facebook for Android app and my battery is at 1% right now and its only been off the charger for about 11 hours...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dougstoner:
There are about a million battery threads floating around now, but anyway, welcome to the club. What I did, is I installed switchpro and have a toggle switch for turning the radio on and off. (You still get texts, calls, etc) But, you turn on the data when you need it. Been working great for me so far, and saving a lot of power that way.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Aaron636r:
Do not get emails though, correct (when data is off)?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dougstoner:
No, you don't. I have all my sync's off though, so when I want my emails, updates, just toggle the switch, sync, then untoggle. I know it's a bit of a pain, but it's helping a LOT with battery.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] strung:
The Wifi app appears to be constantly running even when set to "off", which prevents the CPUs from sleeping, resulting in battery drain.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] spencersir2:
Goto the link in my sig has information about extending battery life and if you have question post there.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jimbo831:
This doesn't really say anything. Do you understand what those %s mean? In your case, of all the battery drain on your phone, 49% of it has been cell standby, 34% phone idle, and 18% display. It is entirely possible that in 5 hours of use, only 5% of the total battery life has been drained, and that is just the break down of what used that 5%. The point is, those % mean nothing.

To elaborate, a few devs, and many users, have noted that the battery drives for this phone are not good. I can promise something on your phone other than those 3 processes has used battery in 11 hours. I know no apps ever show up on my battery use, which is completely different than all other Android phones I've used. Something wrong with this phone is preventing Android from telling us where the battery is going.

As others indicated, try one of the other battery threads. Specifically, try using an app like "Wheres my droid power" to get a better idea of what is using all the power. That app showed me that WiFi calling was using the majority of my battery, at least beyond built in system processes that can't be avoided (like display, cell radio, etc).
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jsapp:
11 hours? I would kill for that. On any of my previous android phones.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaphod_fl:
Okay... so I have to vent a little bit. I am on my 5th Vibrant replacement from T-Mobile. Every one has had the same problem. I am on the phone with Bluetooth for 20 - 30 minutes or more. Everything is great. Eventually turn off BT and the phone ceases to make any noise when an alert comes in. no MMS, email, phone ringing, nothing. I have to restart the phone to get it to work again. I am on Stock KB5 right now but have tried Bionix and Trigger... both do the same thing... which makes me think it is much deeper in the kernel or the hand off between the BT and sound devices. I have an open case with Samsung but they want me to send the phone to them. I'm like... go get one... I've had 5 and statistically it can't be me! I am using a Rocketfish Stereo headset and a Motorola H117. Both do the same thing.

Am I alone? Am I the only one who uses Bluetooth and the Vibrant as a phone?

The rest of my config is...

Gmail (Obviously)

Rooted or un rooted... does not seem to matter.

Exchange Email

Straight MMS (Tried Handcent as well...)

Bionix V, Bionix 1.3.x, Trigger 3.0.1, Eugene's ROMS.... all the same thing. BT eventually goes to hell in a handbasket.

Any advice? Any help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weztcoazt:
Is it possible to get the stock evos GPS on cm7 nightly...if so do I just go back to stock n backup using titanium backup...the car home GPS is not something I would like lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aweskelo:
Say what???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
yea, what exactly are you asking?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weztcoazt:
...is it possible to get the GPS from the stock version evo to the cm7 nightly...like will it work or will it just foreclose everytime...since my evo is not sense anymore...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmegalodon:
Are you saying your GPS isn't working on CM7?

Not sure what you mean, car home GPS confuses me ...