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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcarsenal:
Pretty sure the gradient you mention is just a UI flourish that will be in Ice Cream Sandwich and other hybrid tablet/phone apps. You can see it on the new Music Beta you can grab from the market.

As for the icons, I noticed them as well. I'm pretty sure it's just a NS4G, and that icon you think is WiFi is actually "4G"/WiMax signal. I haven't seen a NS4G in person yet, but I'd wager that's what it is.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tequilapr:
That is the 4g icon.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OJ in Compton:
The only reason it interested me is thus far, the status bar has always been solid black, so my first thought was that they might be making it transparent..

I got excited for it being 2.4 but I'm assuming the status bar icons would be changed to match 3.0's color scheme, unless they still plan on differentiating the two by color schemes.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OJ in Compton:
I'll take your word for it since you have the phone :p

Sorry to get you guys excited.
[LG Optimus 2x] ronnow1000:
Hi, people i've kinda messed up, i'm new to android and i wanted to try a new rom after i've rooted my phone. now i want to restore it back to default rom, because CM7 didn't function as whished.

i've backed the orginial rom up with rom manager, but when i enter recovery mode using clockwork it all seems fine untill after restore were my phone won't boot

any suggestions?
[LG Optimus 2x] keldbroe:
Think you have to use the ext4toext3 Paul have made.

Search for it in the developer forum
[LG Optimus 2x] ronnow1000:
dosen't help me much can you explain further? seems like i'm stuck in clockword recovery mode. i might need to install a new rom?
[LG Optimus 2x] xmoo:
Just go into recovery mode and flash stock rom and baseband using smartflash
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
CM7 is EXT3, so I can't see that fix helping. NVflash back to stock, install ClockworkMod the restore /data
[LG Optimus 2x] ronnow1000:
Smartflashtool can't find my phone, now it've got in to S/W upgrade and now i'm stuck with please wait while upgrading
[LG Optimus 2x] xmoo:
If you had cm7. Youve deleted the LG usb drivers. Re install them.
[LG Optimus 2x] ronnow1000:
no i don't think so hmm, i've just attemped to reinstall them but it's says that they're there
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Try NVflash instead then
[LG Optimus 2x] ronnow1000:
can't find the compnent in device mananger for NvFlash, and i've tryed two computers for smart flash, can't detect the phone
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] supermooshman:
Hi all,

a while back I had a problem with my wifi (still do by the way) and someone advised me to flash the radio.

Now how is it possible to check whether I have the stock radio, and where do I go to find a update?

many thanks
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] maijungza:
hi, i want to 10 post love u na..
[LG Optimus 2x] ikhwan4420:
hi there,anyone here using a o2x from malaysia?i got a few question,when i bought my o2x,the firmware is v10a,n then after i upgraded my firmware using lg mobile update to v10b,it seems that the rom is starhubs rom(coz theres a starhub logo at startup screen and a few starhub app),so my question is,issit normal that my rom seems like starhub branded?
[LG Optimus 2x] doublehell:
Hi. Good question, and it was something I was wondering myself.

I picked up a parallel imported O2x here in New Zealand that was Starhub branded (i.e. with the Starhub boot screen and apps).

I flashed the ROM to the Australian stock 10a ROM to get rid of all the crappy Starhub stuff, but after running LG update, all the Starhub stuff came back.

My best guess is that LG update uses the IMEI to determine what ROM to update the phone with, rather than the current/existing ROM on the phone. Can anyone confirm this?

I'm currently running the UK 10d ROM, and I'm happy with it. No branding, and it comes with a few extra (game) apps that the Starhub/Australian ROM's don't.
[LG Optimus 2x] new2city:
I got mine almost 2 weeks ago. Its on 10b, no branding.
[LG Optimus 2x] ikhwan4420:
hmm weird,coz my set is a official lg malaysia set,not ap,i think i should give lg a call,if the cust service understand what im trying to say,hehe
[LG Optimus 2x] new2city:
sorry, ikhwan, my mistake, I am still on original verision, 10a, not 10b....... I still haven't felt the urge to update yet... seems ok to me the stock version..
[LG Optimus 2x] ikhwan4420:
well the only thing i noticed after the upgrade(minus the starhub startupscreen) is the freeze issues never happen anymore,coz the first week(when im on 10a) i haf a couple of freezes,but now approx a month after i updated the firmware,never had the freeze problem
[Nexus One General] josemedina1983:
So Google I/O they Announced the new Android update what do you guys think? and do you guys think the update be available for N1 users?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/10/google-announces-ice-cream-sadwich-for-q4-2011-for-smartphones/
[Nexus One General] uoY_redruM:
Yeah, just saw it on Android and Me as well:

http://androidandme.com/2011/05/new..._campaign=Feed:+androidandme+(Android+and+Me)

I'm curious as well..
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
What I think is it won't come to the Nexus One. Google said that they're aiming for 18 months guaranteed update for a phone, and the Nexus One is conveniently almost at the 18 months mark.
[Nexus One General] josemedina1983:
I'm actually optimistic about it since they didn't say the minimal specs for Ice cream, Also I'm Sure the Nexus S still supported which specs are not too far apart NS still runs a Single Core
[Nexus One General] Chosen_on184:
I believe that was in referrence to Manufactures and how long they are required to support a device with current updates granting the hardware can handle it.

Google branded devices to my understanding ( they never stated otherwise ) will continue to be updated nexus1 included for many updates to come.

Glad they are merging into just one OS. While we might not like to Admit it .. thats a apple stratedgy to make one OS that fits all, makes updates much easier to manage.

However this is GOOGLE and i am sure they will be do it better than rotten apple.
[Nexus One General] decodecoding:
I don't believe they will spend their time on the N1... I guess we're done with the N1 :mad:
[Nexus One General] DarsVaeda:
Hopefully they learned from the "version mess" bad news currently going through the press and "one OS for all" means really for all and every product including the nexus one and other hardware.
[Nexus One General] josemedina1983:
That is what I thought in the begging but now I actually think they will for the simple fact N1 was and still is A developer phone and specs still relevant.
[Nexus One General] OJ in Compton:
Wouldn't surprise me if the Nexus One gets left out of this, it's already been from 2.1 to 2.3. Neither of the 2 previous dev phones have recieved this many updates in the first place.

Lets hope the new nexus device for this year is a phone and not a tablet!
[Nexus One General] dnlsmy:
Ice Cream Sandwich is scheduled for a Q4 release and will come with a new Nexus device, dual core or possibly quad core. I just hope its the Galaxy S2 frame, with all the codec support and Gorilla Glass =)

Nexus S will MOST LIKELY get updated as they just released the 4G version on Sprint. Nexus One is similar to the Nexus S bar NFC and FFC. The coupled Hardware Acceleration should make it fly even for a single core old Snapdragon though...
[Nexus One General] josemedina1983:
By Google not releasing Ice Cream to N1 owners would be the whole opposite of what Google is trying to advocate to manufactures & carriers. even if they said a 18 months which I think they should of made it 24 months it would of made more sense to people.
[Nexus One General] AfzalivE:
N1 is gonna get that update if NS gets that update, that's for sure.
[Nexus One General] garfnodie:
In the end, I don't care if there is an official release from Google for the N1. Dev's here on XDA will port it over anyway.
[Nexus One General] josemedina1983:
I actually don't mind running stock I just wish I could use setcpu without rooting that would be my dream.
[Nexus One General] garfnodie:
I like all the tweaking options that CM gives you, coupled with the full version of ADW Launcher EX and it's perfect.
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
IceCream should hopefully make for a cool desert on my N1 :)
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
Nexus One is the current developer phone. Unless it gets replaced, it will get the update.
[Nexus One General] mrxniick:
... the nexus S is the current dev phone.
[Nexus One General] Wisefire:
No, the Nexus One is the current developer phone.

http://developer.android.com/index.html

First page, then click Dev Phones. You'll see the HTC Magic and the Nexus One.
[Nexus One General] dnlsmy:
Nope, the Nexus S is not a Google Dev Phone. The most recent Google Dev Phone is still the Nexus One and can be purchased by developers from Google directly. The Nexus S is consumer focused, and there's a thread in the Nexus S forum that heavily denounce being called a Dev phone.
[Nexus One General] NardVa:
I doubt the Nexus One gets Ice Cream Sandwich. Ice Cream Sandwich will probably set the base standard for dual core phones with higher resolution screens.
[Nexus One General] lolobabes:
Ice cream will be on N1 thats for sure! ahihihihihi
[Nexus One General] boompang:
I'll bet on Nexus1 will get Ice Cream. Google need to set example for manufacturers to follow. Only if Nexus1's hardware lack seriously behind, which is not the case.
[Nexus One General] Dirk:
Can people at least call it by its proper name? Ice Cream Sandwich. I'm going with ICS from hereonin as it's less of a mouthful. (Pardon the pun).

I'll wait to see what Cyanogen and Team Douche come up with. I'm not at all enamoured with the Honeycomb look so i hope there are some drastic changes in this Gingercomb hybrid!
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
Heh, I like the ICS abbreviation. Hell, people even abbreviated Gingerbread to GB, so I think it is safe to shorten Ice Cream Sandwich to ICS. It even sounds good. ICS.
[Nexus One General] Lythandra:
It looks like the N3 will come out about when my N1 contract ends.

I don't expect them to upgrade the N1 forever and look forward to getting the N3.
[Nexus One General] jacindc:
I think we should go back to all of the threads when Gingerbread was first announced, and count the number of Eeyores who whined about how there was no way that the N1 would get Gingerbread, since the Nexus S was coming out.

(I'm guessing we'd also see some of the same names saying the same thing now about ICS.)
[Nexus One General] sitinon327:
I'd personally prefer "Ice Cream Paint Job"

:cool: :D
[Nexus One General] josemedina1983:
I think ICS name is too long I wonder why couldn't they just call it something more catchy?
[Nexus One General] crishna:
nice Google I/O, features upcomming! i hope that the N1 will get icecream sandwich. Music feature looks awsome! i loved the music little boxes where you can output song to different devices on the fly and switching... as a part time DJ, it becomes more and more easier to use such intelligent devices to make a party! i'm basicly doing music each saturday night, at my camping site, right now, im using all my equipment and i uses winamp for my playlist (from a computer), with my N1 phone, i can be dancing at the same time and switching songs using this app called "aWAremote pro", queue next songs, and such... while i use virtualDJ for sound effects on top of winamp playlist... using effects.

if that new google music thing, which can allow me to make the music outputing to anything i want ( with the little black box ) would be using a mixer like interface on android, that would be awsome! so i could mix, using nothing else than my phone, without any computer, just my disco equipment and my cell phone, all this, wireless ! awsome!

for a camping, thats perfect! so i can dance/drink at the same time as queueing and mixing songs! while being either outside the building taking a smoke or inside!
[Nexus One General] Estimated Prophet Hawk:
The Nexus One will get Ice Cream (I won't say sandwich because I'm defiantly against the stupid name) because it will have the hardware needed, it's a developer phone and because it can get the Ice cream and run well.

I also agree with others that the Nexus One will get it because this phone is a phone they want to hold up and say... see the older phones work fine with this.

One more thing. I really hope the next Nexus is on Sprint first, because I've had it with T-Mobile and AT&T.
[Nexus One General] KidTech:
I wanna see the icecream UI, how long do you thing till they show us how it will look?
[Nexus One General] garfnodie:
3.1 has/is being released the current Xooms, and assuming that version has all the phone and tablet stuff in it, it's only a matter of time before a dump is released. Lets also hope that Google feels 3.1 if ready enough for prime time to release the source code to AOSP. I would imagine we'd be seeing custom stuff in a matter of weeks myself.
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
I'm a bit confused about Google's implementation of hardware acceleration they say is coming with ice cream sandwich.

It looks as if Google is just opening up some APIs to give a developer the option to code it into their app should they want to. But I don't think this means the entire android OS will now be hardware accelerated, which i think is what the main criticism of the android platform has been.

Specifically, people point to the iPhones UI smoothness as example that the iPhone experience is good quality because the entire UI is hardware accelerated. If Google doesn't do similar, then its kinda useless as each component of android will still be CPU powered laggy.

Look to the new galaxy s2 browser and other components which are actually hardware accelerated to show how much it improves the UI experience. Its a whole new world. That's what Google needs to do.
[Nexus One General] jasrups:
Great post, couldn't have said it better myself.
[Nexus One General] enisoc:
The following is paraphrased from the Android hardware acceleration talk at I/O this year:

If the hardware supports acceleration, all built-in OS interfaces WILL be accelerated. However, third-party apps will NOT be accelerated by default. Each app will need to specify that it wants acceleration turned on for its own interfaces by setting a flag in its manifest file. There are two main reasons for this requirement:

1) Google has found that many apps currently rely on a "bug" in the current software renderer that causes it to redraw parts of the interface that it hasn't been asked to redraw. The new hardware renderer is much more efficient at only drawing what has been updated, but this relies on the app developer to tell it what has been updated. The "bug" in the old renderer meant that developers could be lazy about this, but now they need to test their apps to make sure they work with the new renderer before enabling hardware acceleration.

2) The software renderer has some features that the hardware renderer doesn't have yet. That's because software can implement whatever it wants, while the accelerated renderer has to rely on underlying hardware capabilities. Apps that rely on the features of the software renderer that are not available in the hardware renderer will have to be altered before they can opt-in to acceleration.

So, to summarize, what you suggested is exactly what they have done. However, it is now up to third-party app developers to test and fix their apps under acceleration. Even if your apps don't enable acceleration though, you will still be accelerated in built-in apps like the home screen, browser, maps, gmail, settings, etc.
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
This is superb info and exactly what I was confused about. I had thought Google was gonna leave the android UI as it is, all components like launcher, messaging, browser, etc rendered by the CPU and just give developers the option to set a flag in their specific app to utilize hardware. But it seems they are in fact going down the full implementation.

This always made me angry with Google for not giving users the best possible smooth UI experience that iPhone users had, and I never understood why it even took Google this long to get there rather than logically doing it from the start.

I've seen the explanations by Google engineers talking about gpu not necessarily being the best most efficient option, proper garbage collection, etc. But I never could fully grasp that. Why have a gourmet sit idle wasted on each device rather than using it? Never understood that.
[Nexus One General] josemedina1983:
I hope ICS update brings better support for Duo-Core support and bring a more battery efficient OS. Duo core to me seems like a big blur and Android doesn't seem quite how to handle it, and battery has always been a big issue with android.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] grainysand:
Soo I'm considering which Honeycomb tablet to get. One of the factors is: which tablet gets the most attention at XDA? The Asus Eeepad Transformer was my first choice, but I'm not sure how much development activity is going on around it; the Xoom seems to be getting more dev love, but it's also ridiculously, unnecessarily expensive. I kind of got shafted with the original Galaxy Tab, which doesn't have as much modders/custom ROMs going for it as I'm used to (compare with Nexus One, for example). Thoughts? Opinions?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Bling_Diggity:
As far as dev activity is concerned, i would say the xoom is getting the most attention (most likely bc the bootloader came already unlocked). Which is too bad, as the eePadd and G-Slate are superior machines. I wouldnt buy a device based solely on dev activity tho. All three have been rooted, unfortunately the G-slate is proving to be a bit more difficult than the others to mod as we have yet to figure out how to flash a custom recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] jscsltd:
Looking in my Settings>Storage and Applications, I am being told I have 15gb of Apps. This can't be as I only have about 80apps installed.

Anyone have any idea about this.

Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] michaelg1030:
Reboot and see what happens. Sure its not 15 gigabyte free?
[Acer Iconia A500] jscsltd:
Thanks for the suggestion but it is now 17.22gb used by Applications.

I suspect something is just filling up the space. I have a 32gb Iconia and a 32gb SD card.

After a bit more digging using DiskUsage App, it appears that in the /mnt/sdcard I have 17,779mb of System Data somehow!!

Any help much appreciated.
[Acer Iconia A500] rushless:
Something funky for sure, since even if all 16gb were free, it would of course be less than 16gb total. Out of box, the A500 has 12.5gb or so free, but 1gb can not be used due to Honeycomb's sucky memory management.
[Xperia Play General] jdz7t8:
Is it possible to play the non optimized games on the Xperia Play with just the normal touch commands? For example, I want to play Eternal Legacy, but it has not been optimized for the Xperia Play, is it possible to play it by just touch screen? Would it work on my phone?
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
Zenonia 2 wasn't optimised for Xperia Play but the buttons do work:

[YOUTUBE]DYsKTgkBo_g[/YOUTUBE]

So let us be optimistic :)
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
To actually answer your question, yes, any android touch screen games will run on the play just fine.

Optimised for Xperia Play just means that the gamepad can be used to play the game.
[Xperia Play General] jdz7t8:
Ok so I went to the gameloft site to select the game then it asks for my phone type, when I put in the Play and select next it says sorry this game is not currently supported on your phone, and then it directs me to the games that are supported. So what do I do? I don't want to buy the game and then it has issues working on my phone. Any suggestions?
[Xperia Play General] johnsongrantr:
at what point is it asking this? You are sure the game is a game for android right?

http://www.gameloft.com/android-games/top/

is there an option to choose sony ericsson xperia arc/neo/pro/mini instead? Those phones are almost identical (from a game software point of view) so you shouldn't have an issue with the version of the software if it is written with the NDK. (don't really worry too much about this, just know that some games have data files optimized for different builds of phones, samsung hummingbird phones vs qualcom snapdragon based phones are a good examples)

if that doesn't work, here's a copy/paste of all the phones with the same chipset you might want to try

Acer Iconia Smart, HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire S, HTC Incredible S, HTC Inspire, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini/Mini Pro (2011), T-Mobile myTouch 4G, Sharp GALAPAGOS 003SH/005SH, Sharp DM009SH
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
just set your device as a desire hd on the gmeloft site, its the nearest device (spec wise) to ours :)
[Xperia Play General] jdz7t8:
Well I tired Gangstar West Coast Hustle and it did not work, half of the screen is black when you try yo play it.
[Xperia Play General] kenshindono:
Most of them works without problem some of the game are still different depending on the source/device they was meant for but at least 95% of them i tried works without any problem. if not with the controller with the screen.

So yes go ahead install what you want and enjoy The Play
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bongo2k:
please delete
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] arika44:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/10/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-launching-in-about-a-month-google-giv/

Does this mean GT 10.1 actually becomes google supported device, instead of Xoom?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] SlimDan22:
They gave out EVOs lastyear, so probably no, its just a giveaway, probably want more people to develop for honeycomb
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] djsaad1:
The question is if they are allowed to sell them. (will check ebay soon)

According to googles keynote it doesn't seem like there will be anymore google devices. They are trying to get everyone to partner up and support all devices within the same time frame.

---EDiT

Just checked ebay, they are going for over $1000, I am pretty impatient, but I think I can wait the month or so.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Eclair~:
According to Andy Rubin, there will continue to be Nexus devices.

Sources: Gizmodo, Android and Me
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] StuMcBill:
Hopefully we will get an end to the "What SoC will the new Tab's come with" question very soon!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] SteveSlimer:
I've already asked on a couple of gadget sites.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] djsaad1:
my guess would be tegra2. As much as I would want the exynos, I don't think samsung is going to give up on the tegra games. A lot of people are going to want to play tegra games on their device, and barely any of those people are really going to notice the difference between the tegra2 and the exynos.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Chandelure:
are you kidding me?

Samsung could sell the 10.1 as a standout tablet!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] RMXO:
People on CL in my area are already posting for 800-1k. I emailed a few sellers asking if it has a microSD slot & which CPU is it. Was curious on this.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] djsaad1:
Standout to whom? To people like us that care about the benchmark difference between the two? There are not enough of us for Samsung to care. They would rather please the masses and let them play the Tegra games that are out there. Don't blame Samsung blame Nvidia for locking their games.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] oxeneers:
I got one today at I/O. No SD card, no SIM card slot, and it has the Tegra 2. I noticed that Fruit Ninja THD lags like crazy whereas on the Xoom it doesn't. So I don't know what sucks about it, but the graphics performance is poor. Possible?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] romedundun:
they also gave out this redemption card for a "Verizon Mobile Hotspot & SIM card" courtesy of Samsung & Verizon.. not sure what that SIM card is for since there's no slot for it..

EDIT: n/m!! didn't realize the mobile hotspot devices required a sim card!