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[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
T-Mobile kept the price rate for Sprint low, if T-Mobile and AT&T merge, their stock holders would be bailing. If Sprint took the cheap apporach, they'd be out millions, considering Verizon AND AT&T have 2-3 times their customers already and charging a lot more. It would be a lot more ideal for stockholders to move to Verizon or AT&T.
[Epic 4G General] southparkeric:
the only thing is on att they block all side loading of apps. i am not sure if custom roms have the ability to side load at all. I say we should all start our own cellphone company lets call it Freedom Wireless.....
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
That is exactly correct. Already Sprint is losing millions, but they are gaining customers :)

Last quarter they gained 1.1 million customers but lost 500 million dollars
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
No that is only Iphone. Android phones can still throw apks on their sd card and load it with any app installer.

Do you BONSAI?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
How do you lose millions charging for air? Yes maybe R&D, adding towers, and maintenance costs are in there but that is weighed against future gains.

Do you BONSAI?
[EVO 4G General] touchjon:
I like android and all but it just gets old just like if I had the iPhone for awhile it would get old too. I'm tired of all the new phones coming out being android because its all the same with a little hardware change. If I'm going to get a new device I don't want it to be a android cause the evo is a great phone and there no need to upgrade it to something that really doesn't do much more besides have a nicer screen or a faster processer. So does anyone know if any new OS coming to the market soon to keep things fresh?
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
We need consolidation not expansion.

Already too many platforms.
[EVO 4G General] darrie1:
WebOS maybe?
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
(Jeopardy?)

What is....a two year old platform that fell flat on its face?
[EVO 4G General] touchjon:
Had a palm pre if they could get the hardware right it would be a good os if they placed that os in something like the evos hardware it would have been a success. But it still needs far better apps and someone to restrict the crap they put in there market. Anyways I'm tired of that os too.
[EVO 4G General] touchjon:
I herd Motorola is coming out with something new possibly
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Sounds like you have a really short attention span.

A.d.d. perhaps?
[EVO 4G General] mlin:
Without the release of new OSes, you could always jump from OS to OS with each upgrade to switch it up a bit, Android > WP7 > WebOS > iPhone (where available) etc... By the time you make the rounds, years will have passed and the OS may be much different from what you remember.

On another note, there was rumor that Motorola was working on their own OS, we'll see if that comes to fruition, and Nokia has a new OS, Meego, that is linux based and supposed to be pretty smooth. Since we don't see many Nokias here, I am not sure if we will see Meego (though I do believe it has been ported to the HD2- along with every other OS).
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
Honeycomb is a pretty big changeup

I'm digging it so far ;)
[EVO 4G General] mlin:
On your xoom? I don't think we'll see that version of HC on our mobile phones...
[EVO 4G General] Android 17:
I'd love to see a pretty solid Meego phone come out in the near future, it seems like the next best thing to Android.

Also, I wouldn't touch any proprietary Motorola OS with a ten-foot pole....
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
If palm/HP partnered with HTC and started making manly 4" phones and not little black Easter eggs webOS would bend android over and make it beg for mercy.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
...AND have the same (or hell, any) dev interest.
[EVO 4G General] tejasrichard:
My wife had the pre and the pixi. I didn't like webos. Won't be trying it again any time soon.
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
Can you please explain what features your missing that android or ios don't have?

Would you be pleased if they made another platform exactly like android or ios and just called it something else.... like "Humpty-Dumpty"? That's be something new I suppose...

Or you can just try Wp7.

In all reality though, there are more than likely no more os's coming out for phones at least for a while. Between android, ios, and wp7 there is really no reason...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syntropic:
Hi!

I am finding i need to get into & extract rar files. I have root explorer, but it appears as if RE only extracts zips (if i am wrong though, let me know).

If RE does not extract rar archives, what do people use? Looking for something convenient... I would rather not have another file manager since i use RE.

Thanks!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dubie76:
Um, the free app in market called unrar.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syntropic:
OK.. Thanks... I infer from your response that the answer was maybe obvious....

I saw unrar, but didn't really know if the free app was limited (perhaps by time like the windows version is), and I also didn't think it would work in Root Manager.

But perhaps I should have installed it.. I just knew that installing File Expert or anything else would be ridiculous as I have RE... It annoys me that as RE is the de facto standard file explorer for enthusiasts, and considering that since other file managers have now added this functionality plus since Root Explorer already extracts zip files, I do not understand why the author would not have added this functionality by its current version. Zips are great, but rar files are pretty commonly used as a windows archival format... and obviously gunzips should be supported (actually, I can't remember if it extracts tarballs and gz's...it may)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danyune:
the windows app doesn't have a limited time afaik

I've used it for years free, no cracks or anything. I think they just encourage you to donate
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SE7EN-:
I use androzip for rar files.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnjjschmidt:
Speaking of which, anyone know of one that can extract multiple RARs at a time into one file? I've tried many but none have that feature from what I saw.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syntropic:
that is what the paid version of winRAR claims it can do.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnjjschmidt:
Yeah that one is good but I was hoping there would be an Android app that could do that.
[Acer Iconia A500] theorangeguy:
Best one I have found so far is thumb keyboard...it splits very well and allows you to use just your thumbs instead of pecking away...
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
tablet keyboard is also split and very fast
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
+1 here typeing from it right now
[Acer Iconia A500] Tahde:
Just got the keyboard last night and I'm very happy with it.
[Acer Iconia A500] rog152:
How do you change keyboards?
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
While the keyboard is showing there's a little keyboard icon in tray
[Acer Iconia A500] technojunkie:
I love swype on my nexus one, but it doesn't work on the a500. A close second is slideIT also on the market.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
I got Tswype Pro (but I would like find a free version or maybe I will pay 100THB) but it's really nice and support Thai language so I am happy works on A500
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
Thumb keyboard is pretty nice, but I find myself switching it off with stock every now and then because I want to type home-row periodically. The other great keyboard is the Hacker Keyboard because of the directional arrows. I miss those on stock. I just wish they would clean it up visually so that it looks as simple and clean as stock.
[Acer Iconia A500] karlkarloff:
I've been switching between thumb keyboard and flext9 keyboard. The voice to text feature works great on flext9 as does the handwriting feature. Thumb keyboard is still my favorite straight typing keyboard though.
[Acer Iconia A500] propagandax:
I bought flext9 to use with my stylus but thats not working out so well. Ended up back to using stock. Will try those suggestions.
[Acer Iconia A500] groaner:
waiting for swyft to release thier tablet version. I think its in beta right now.

Love it on my phone. very intuitive.
[Acer Iconia A500] belber095:
Stock really isn't bad at all. It's just about as good as a touch screen keyboard can get.

Sent from my rooted Iconia Tab
[Acer Iconia A500] dadoreverend:
i'm in love with thumb keyboard 4 smack smack smack at my new kb!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
+1 for the Hacker's Keyboard. I like having the numbers and symbols in the standard location rather than like a phone. I have to have the arrow keys since the HTC Evo's Sense KB has them and I've gotten used to them. That being said, I have moved on to Swype on my Evo.
[Acer Iconia A500] three2008:
Loving the thumb board

XDA Premium / www.stillticking.eu
[Acer Iconia A500] imprezzadude:
Just downloaded the hackers keyboard its awesome! Thanks for the find.
[Acer Iconia A500] kwx:
Thanks :) FYI, recent versions (including the current Market release) have a config setting controlling the on-key hint display for the alternate characters, you can turn them off entirely if you want an uncluttered keyboard. The prerelease builds (v1.14rc5 or later) at the project page have additional layouts and plug-in language-specific completion dictionaries. Please let me know if you have feedback.
[Acer Iconia A500] ignitros:
I use the Swiftkey Keyboard for tablets. Here it is to try out
[Acer Iconia A500] burg1n:
I love thumb keyboard, many different layouts and custom "macros" are awesome.
[Acer Iconia A500] housas08:
hello everyone!

I was trying to find a way to connect my iconia via usb with my laptop and use my internet access for instances that wifi isn't available.

I searched a lot but there wasn't any usefull clear guide. So after some failing attempts, finally i managed to succeed (using win 7). Here are the steps:

*root is required*

1. install http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/ (i used stable version 1.2 but i don't think 1.4 will make any problems) but do not enable it yet.

2. Install USB drivers from Android SDK instructions found here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html , later you will also need RNDIS drivers because when you connect the tablet with your pc and enable wired tether it will install the drivers. I found working drivers from HTC sync located at C:\Program Files (x86)\HTC\HTC Driver\Driver Files\Win7_x64\htcrndis.inf

you have to install them manually from the device manager (pick the: HTC Remote NDIS based device)

3. now that we have completed the installation with Wired Tether (still leave it running), we are ready to proceed to the next step. Open network connections. You will notice that now there is one more. (in my case no1 is local area and no2 local area 5 (the one wired tether created). select the connection you want to share go to properties and enter "sharing tab". tick "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection" and pick the connection made by wired tether. Hit apply and you will have bridged the two connections.

4. open any emulator on your tablet and type:

su
ifconfig usb0 192.168.1.9 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 192.168.1.1 dev usb0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop "net.gprs.http-proxy" ""
netcfg usb0 dhcp

at ifconfig command you enter an available ip of your router for example if your pc is connected to 192.168.1.7 you can pick 192.168.1.9 that is free.

at the second line enter the default gateway of your internet connection found under the detailed view of its options.

setprop "net.gprs.http-proxy" "" is in case you are NOT behind a proxy server

5. wait about 15 seconds and...

enjoy!

each time you enable wired tether you have to type in:

su

netcfg usb0 dhcp

to undo the hole "reverse usb" thing, simply unbridge the 2 connections, restart wired tether and you are ready to use it for normal tethering.

browsers work fine, facebook, pulse, tunein. i haven't tested many apps yet...

issues: Market browsing is ok but downloading apps not, some apps do not work.

p.s: it's my first guide so if something seems confusing or unclear, please forgive me! :)
[Acer Iconia A500] thor2002ro:
interesting... question... why do you do " setprop "net.gprs.http-proxy" """?

i'm asking because maybe this is what i'm missing in my usb 3g for my wifi only
[Acer Iconia A500] housas08:
forgot to implement the source link...

comments to focus are:

it gave me a headache trying to understand what exactly does this line...

the only thing i managed to figure out is tha it redirects and leaves blank proxy server via gprs connection... is it a fake connection (gprs) that blocks data transfer via usb from apps? the only sure thing is that these 2 lines with setprop command fixed the issue with the apps (browser and others)...

first is google's dns, probably necessary as well...

btw great job with the modules! :)
[Acer Iconia A500] HQRaja:
A quick question

Is this Iconia-specific or can the same method be used on any Android device provided we have working RNDIS drivers for it?

The way it appears to me, I don't see why it shouldn't work on other devices but please correct me if I am wrong.
[Acer Iconia A500] housas08:
in devices which already have the tethering ability, the hole wired tether thing doesn't need installation, so it is easier and i think it will work on any android based devices. so give it a try!

probably you won't even need to install RNDIS drivers, but in any case the HTC ones work like a charm (some other that i tried crashed windows upon connection).

you don't have to get specific RNDIS drivers especially for your device cause they are used for connecting usb devices used as network ones.

so... give it a try!
[Acer Iconia A500] usman3206:
Exactly what i need desperately, i have a wifi signal which is very poor, i use external antenna to boost wifi signal. This external antenna has no drivers for android for sure, therefore i need to do reverse tethering to share internet connection from my computer.

I tried to use your guide but i think it needs a bit more details. I installed android tethering 1.4 but i am stuck at step 2 cause at this step when i turn on debugging mode on iconia then PC searches for drivers but doesn't accept the ones i downloaded from android SDK.

Kindly help me with this, i will be grateful for that.

Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] housas08:
Hi! Sorry for my late answer to that. I've been away for a while...

try the drivers that are located at http://acer.us/ac/en/US/content/drivers

pick tablet, iconia tab, a500 and then download the usb drivers.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bec07:
Any chance to enable this with an android phone? Wired tethering from the phone I mean.
[Acer Iconia A500] XCellPhoneSalesRep:
There's actually a free program @ http://www.connectify.me

Its for Windows and they are developing an android app as well. But the windows software is quite easy and makes your computer or laptop a "hotspot" to connect multiple devices too.

enjoy!
[Acer Iconia A500] housas08:
i'll give it a try (i assume you mean via usb connection).

connectify is for wireless networking. the hole reverse usb tethering thing is based on usb connection without any participation of a wireless network at all.

the majority of the latest android phones can become a hotspot natively anyway.
[Acer Iconia A500] LaysMan:
He does not want to install the driver from HTC. There are other options?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhartse1:
I am having SERIOUS issues with the new version of the ROM. It is super glitchy and very unresponsive... Is there anyone that is having similar issues? If so, did you get them fixed? How? I loved 1.5 but 1.6 is giving me serious fits...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuwlness:
If you did a full data wipe prior to installing you should be cool. Try re-downloading the ROM and make sure you check the md5 to see if they match the original posting's md5. Seems like a lot of problems occur due to the download/upload not pulling properly, so always check the md5 before flashing. Full data wipe is always the way to go if you're running into problems.

You can grab an md5 checksum program here if you're on Windows: http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/md5sums/
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhartse1:
I did do a full wipe but I didn't check the md5 I will look into doing that! Thanks for the response...

Edit: Checked the MD5 and it matches :/ So should I try a full wipe again to see if that fixes it?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidGraphix:
Try that same rom with a different kernel.

Sent from Verizon in Phoenix, AZ, running a rooted Thunderbolt, with Lightning Rom v3.3.1 / Adrynalyne 4.4.3
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuwlness:
I would recommend downloading again from another location to be safe. And check the md5 before and after you place it on your SD Card. Keep us posted.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcore09:
Same issues here. I checked the md5 before flashing, and did a full wipe. No good...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhartse1:
I did wiped twice and flashed the ROM again... Seems to be running better now. I got everything fixed in time for the 1.6.1 o_O
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyfingers:
This is the smoothest bamf yet for me, everything is working better than ever here. You must have done something wrong somewhere. If you installed it from ROM manager try doing it manually instead, sometimes ROM manager is screwey.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprodigy:
how is the BAMF Remix on battery compared to normal BAMF? Or BAMF remix compared to stock rom? I want to take the plunge and get my first TB Rom going, have some hesitation. I am happy with the kernel/rom combo I have going now but I wouldn't mind some eye candy either. :D

any comments appreciated
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdibbles:
I can't get the 6 bar signal strength indicator to show up or the time stamp to go away on the status bar. When I reboot, the 6 bar indicator shows up intially when the phone doesn't have signal, but once it picks up signal it reverts back to the old 4 bar indicator. Used the BAMF toolkit to try and remove the status bar clock and no dice. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhartse1:
I'm not sure about the difference between the regular and the remix. I have only used the remix. I think the battery life is pretty rocking, but I use the imoseyon lean kernel extreme or 1.92X. I get awesome battery life from the extreme kernel but not so much from 1.92X (because of the MASSIVE overclocking). The best thing to do it try it out there is no harm in doing so, in fact that is the best way to find the combo you like best!

Sent from my DAS BAMF 1.6.2 ThunderBolt!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devindpotts:
I'm confused, I flashed DAS BAMF 1.6 and the animations, toolkit, and battery with the percentage are there. Although I'm not debloated, still have blockbuster and all the VZW apps. I don't have the 6 bar signal either. What did I do wrong, I flashed this using ROM manger and wiped data and cache and davlik cache. Has anyone else had this issue?

EDIT: Fixed the issue, evidently flashing with ROM Manager was the problem. Did it manually and all is good.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toadzilla:
Random Reboots

I'm getting random reboots with this version. I also had this issue with the previous version. Has anyone else had this issue? MD5 is good, I have not overclocked just using standard clock speed, but I have not tried any different kernals. Ahy help would be appreciated.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devindpotts:
Are you using the new leaked radio? If you are that is causing a lot of people random reboots. I was having trouble with reboots with that leaked radio, flashed back to stock and all is good.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toadzilla:
Yes I am. Maybe that is the problem. Thanks for your help. I changed kernels this morning and I'm going to let that run for a while and see, but if that doesn't help then I'll flash the old radio back and try that. Thanks Again.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprodigy:
Sounds like some random stuff. I installed Das Damf Remix 1.6 yesterday with whatever kernel it comes with. I also installed the new radio before installing the rom. I'm clocked at around 1.2 ghz max with the smartass scaler. I haven't had a single problem with reboots or anything. I wonder whats different? Did you wipe your data and cache first?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toadzilla:
When I installed the 1.5 I did a complete wipe, installed radio and then the ROM. As a matter of fact I'm still a little old school and did the 3 wipes like we used to with the D1. I had the issue with 1.5, so I did another wipe re-checked the MD5 and reinstalled. Still had the same issues. It is random some days no reboots, and some days 4 or 5. So far wiht the new kernel installed I have not had a reboot, but the day is young. I'm gonna run this set up for a few days and see how it works. It already seems a little smoother than it was with kernel that comes with the ROM. We shall see!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ka2449:
I am having trouble with the new 1.6.2, when i was on 1.6.1 everything was perfect. now i am having battery issues... I went and saw a movie last night with 90 % battery and when i came out of the battery i had 20 % battery and i checked the battery usage and it said the phone hasnt slept since i unplugged it and that the main cause of battery drain was system or something was running. I had nothing running and again today the same thing. another issue is depending on who i call especially another verizon phone the people on the other end cant hear me. i have to restart my phone and then everything works fine. ANY IDEAS!!!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mayhem8869:
Das BAMF 1.6

I also had various issues with the 1.6 version. Altho, I did mess around with some of the BAMF toolkit stuff (it did warn me it could mess things up). I love the BAMF ROM's so far. My only customization is a transparent flip clock and transparent status/task bar (and wallpaper, of course). OH, and it always changes my wallpaper on reboot?

EDIT: Running on new radio as well. And getting the random reboots. Thought it might be the OC'ing, so removed it and running stock. Still get the random reboots. Will revert to old radio, as it didn't seem to help with GPS at ALL..
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devindpotts:
Definitely try out the stock one, you will have no more issues with random reboots. I actually didn't get as good of a signal on the leaked radio, odd I know.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SA-07:
Hi,

I was just wondering if it is absolutely REQUIRED to unlock the bootloader to flash a rom on the nexus s and why? Can I use Clockwork recovery image without unlocking the bootloader?

Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jruweaver:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1060974
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SA-07:
Thanks,

but what are the advantages of unlocking the bootloader instead of using some other exploit like this?

Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgi:
Unlocking the bootloader deletes all user data on your device and resets it to factory defaults.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SA-07:
Hi,

But what is the advantage of losing that data and unlocking the bootloader than using the exploits?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgi:
None that I can tell. If you stay on stock rom, I would consider it an advantage NOT to lose all data and settings.

If you want a different rom like cyanogenmod, then you will likely have to wipe your device anyway to avoid random problems. Then you can unlock the bootloader, too, while you are at it, because you have to backup everything (you don't want to lose) anyway.