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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
samsung galaxy s2...

in 6 months you'll regret getting an arc, believe me. You want something dual core...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andddy:
agreed the s2 isa beast ofa phone
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jujukos:
yeah i also checked s2 but here in greece will be available in about 1 month :/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
Believe me, it will be worth the wait to go with a dual core phone... The cpu in the arc will be outdated very shortly, better to go with a phone with some lasting power
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riginal:
+1 for sg2 although it hasn't got style but it's got substance, it's the opposite for Arc
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davor_:
Yeah im kinnda with you on this one arc as far as the looks go but s2 for its power (dual core nd all of that)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danielfr:
Hi,

Which one is better for the Galaxy :LauncherPro Plus or SPB Shell ?

I had a HTC Desire HD and was happy with the HTC Sense.

Daniel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoney73:
Tbh, I'm quite happy with the TouchWiz interface. Have ADW, LPP and Spb shell, and have gone back to touchwiz.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacksome:
You can try LauncherPro without paying. The differences between the plus and free aren't far enough to make a purchase decision.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
I wouldn't go near SPB Shell, for that price you can get the paid versions of basically every other good launcher in the Market.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beefheart:
SPB Mobile Shell is s**t, and uses too much resources and memory. I'd go for Go Launcher myself, seems the best option and I have used pretty much all of them.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
ADW-EX for me. Its super smooth after the latest updates. Never seen the app draw so smooth.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJTaurus:
zeam launcher ftw :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Same here :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winwiz:
+1

ADW -ex is excellent
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuddyLee:
Count me in, been using ADW Launcher since the days I had the i9000 for months and Its been awesome.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zebadee_uk:
Launcher Pro for me, wasn't keen on Touchwiz, had to change it!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vulpix:
ADW EX + Colorize Widget + Folder Organizer + Beautiful Widgets + Pure Messenger = Why even bother with Touchwiz? :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Some of us prefer touch wizz is why .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoeeKa:
SPB Shell is too buggy for me in my opinion
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uvaavu:
LauncherPro for me - I preferred the Twitter/Facebook widgets in it to the alternatives.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] temp9300:
It's not as bad/unusable as the gps in SGS, but the accuracy on my Nexus S is quite weak.

It's ok for driving/navigation but not for walking.

If you haven't, please try to record a track (use "My tracks") next time you go walking, any 5 minute stroll will do.

Even if i walk in a straight line my recorded track wonders off several meters from me, over buildings, etc.. :(

I'm running stock 2.3.4 but it was the same with 2.3.3

Any idea if a custom rom will help this?

I'm not worried about gps lock speed, that seems ok.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 3843930:
A custom ROM won't change the gps accuracy as AFAIK no ROM does include a custom driver for the gps. This might even be impossible for phones where gps reception is managed inside the baseband and only communicated with the software stack using NMEA.

There is no consumer mobile phone that provides reasonable gps accuracy.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] temp9300:
what you say makes sense, i asked because i have read people reporting gps working better after changing rom (not specifically with NS but with SGS)

I guess it depends on the level of accuracy you are aiming for but having tried different consumer mobile phones i have to disagree with you, i have tried other phones that have consistently better accuracy (most HTC models do), don't loose signal as easily and also, when they do, are much quicker to get it back.
[General Questions and Answers] mtjennings:
Ok, though I am a relative noob, I managed to successfully install the Motoman234 EVO Black&Blue Remix (SD ROM) to my HTC HD2 and it is light years beyond WinMo 6.5.

The only thing that I have found is that, on setup, there is no option for English (US), the closest available is English (UK), which is what I selected. Just noticed that the barcode application is only bringing up results from the google.com/uk site though and all prices are in pounds. Are these tied together (cause/effect?) and if so, how do I resolve? I went back over the developer thread and did not see anything noting a language difference. Also searched the boards and don't see a solve out there (though I could have missed it)

Dev thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=847631

Anyone have ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] mtjennings:
well, should've continued to look for just a bit longer...just found this:

"Go to the Market and add MoreLocale2. It will add the additional English (United States) to your phone."

I applied the fix and all appears to be well.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyd:
after flashing gingerblur 3.1 to my uk orange phone and using titanium backup im not sure if i seleceted something wrong as now i cant accses my fingerprint reader or change any settings for my lock screen so whenever it sleeps i have to input my lockscreen code with no way to turn it off as it wont aloow me to

does anybody know of a fix or something to do?

do i need to reflash etc?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seven2099:
reflash.

In case you never read this anywhere, you should NEVER do a Ti Restore of system + data, EVER, unless you backed up on the same exact ROM. None the less, I'd avoid doing that as it always causes wierd ones if you manage to avoid any severe ones.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyd:
thanks for the reply ive added a few extras but was having issues with 3g conections and web in general whilst out and about so restored back to stock from a backup i made

is there any custom roms avalible which are more for the uk phones as it was telling me i was roaming due to it being based on an at&t rom lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawa636r:
I have done these works :

1. Removed full battery notification

2. Installed supercurio kernel

3. Removed touchwiz launcher (replaced with the stock gingerbread of the nexus s 9020)

4. Removed all Samsung stuff (unuseful) except voice commands and dlna.

Now i would share this with all the comunity, but how i can do this ?

(i can't do a nandroid backup because clockworkmod isn't avaible).

Please, help me, this phone it's terrible with all samsung customization!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoney73:
Think you should have posted this in Q&A
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawa636r:
Thanks! I do this immediatly
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manuvaidya:
do you have the final product file in .zip format or .tar format ???

if its in the latter format, we can flash this file using ODIN as PDA......

otherwise i think its difficult without a custom recovery..... waiting for Supercurio .....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Locster126:
ok so I installed custom framework-res.apk but stupid me I renamed the original one with root-explorer and then suprise suprise my system crashed as there was no framework-res.apk present :rolleyes:

anyways now I'm stuck at the samsung galaxy s2 boot screen with the yellow triangle on it as I have rooted my phone.

Now the next problem is, I tested to de-activate USB debugging to see if it had an effect on my battery life but now obviously I cant access adb without usb debugging and im stuck at bootscreen...

what can I do? can anybody help me I'm lost!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cezar`:
Did you try accessing adb while in recovery?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Locster126:
If I type adb devices it says list of devices and its empty..i thought its because I disabled usb-debugging...???

EDIT:

ok tried now and it worked...strange..ok happy anyways...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cezar`:
Glad it worked :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gessi2000:
I have the same problem as I renamed the framework-res.apk file and now stuck on boot screen...

How can I activate the USB debugging mode now if I cant access the settings tab in the GUI?

How can I restore the framework-res.apk ????

Also adb shows no Device?

Please help!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Locster126:
Do adb kill-server and then adb devices again, should work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renamedresfile:
did you find any solution to this problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Did you read the entire thread? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renamedresfile:
I can only see one page and I read it completely. Here is description of my problem:

I already rooted my kindle fire, downloaded android market I loggedin using a google account. After that I was unable to change the google account. Browsed web and I saw the post of the video. I followed the instructions in the video.

steps followed: using root explorer, went to /system/framework and renamed framework-res.apk and and after I completed the renaming, the device crashed (or I clicked something; hence crashed?) and stuck in blank carrousel page.

So, I rebooted and all I get now if boot logo of 'Kindle fire'. It doesnt go any forward.

I connected to PC and I am able to see the device in ADB. But no root access in shell. So, any adb command I give I get back errors like: no permission; read-only folder, etc.

When I use the Kindle fire utility v0.9.3 and try to do temp root or root, I get.

Error type 2 android.util.AndroidException: Can't connect to activity manager; is the system running?

adbd cannot run as root in production builds

PC detects the device as 'Android Composite ADB interface'. But cant do anything in adb. I can push files to /data/local/tmp folder. Thats about it.

when I do

adb shell mv /system/framework/framework-res.apk.bak /system/framework/framework-res.apk

I get:

failed on '/system/framework/framework-res.apk.bak' - Read-only file system

Can someone help rename this file back to original framework-res.apk?

Thank you very much;

Oh! by the way, I also have a cable jigged as described in another thread. I plugged in the cable, did adb and the device is recognized. But no root access so all commands come back with permission denied; read-only file system, etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
First off, you're asking for help on your Kindle Fire in a forum for the GT-I9100. Totally different device...

That said, if you're getting "failed on '/system/framework/framework-res.apk.bak' - Read-only file system", this means your system folder needs to be remounted as read/write before you are allowed to rename or otherwise alter files in the system folder.

You need to do "adb remount" before you do "adb shell mv /system/framework/framework-res.apk.bak /system/framework/framework-res.apk"

EDIT: I'm also confused... Why the heck are you trying to rename framework-res.apk to solve what sounded like an issue with changing the google account attached to the device? No offense, but it doesn't sound like you should have root on your device at all. At least, until you understand what you're doing.

EDIT 2: Alternatively to the "adb remount", can you boot into recovery and rename the file there? I don't know anything about Kindle Fires, but on my I9100, I can boot to recovery, run an adb shell, and have root access to rename /system files once I remount.

But again, since you have a Kindle Fire, I don't know if that will work for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renamedresfile:
Is there a kindle fire forum?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Yikes. You really shouldn't be messing with root stuff if you have to ask this question. No offense - I'm not trying to be insulting.

Kindle Fire forum. Found by going to the forum home page and searching for the text "Kindle Fire" on the page.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flipponzio:
Hello, i want to edit some images (png) of a little game i installed from the market.

Problem is i can't find them on the phone.

Only i see them when i extract the .apk file.

Where are those image files extracted? Which folder?
[HD7 General] pizzlep0p:
is there anyway to locate n delete the files because its taking up a lot of memory on my laptop
[HD7 General] ruscik:
Yep

I have windows 7 so it will be the same on Vista and similar on XP.

Win7/Vista:

C:\Users\Username you did the backup on\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update - look for big folder but all can go TBH. Obviously if your windows is on other drive then C look there.

Windows XP it will be something in line off:

C:\Documents and Settings\Username you did the backup on\Application Data\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update
[HD7 General] pizzlep0p:
thanks bro i was able to find it
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamb':
Hi all,

Is the game works on Nexus S ?

I took the Epic 4G version and it doesn't work for me, I have a white screen (just sound, convenient ? :D).

Thank.

EDIT: @ CM7.0.3 + netarchy 1.3.0.11 bsf, but it's the same with stock android 2.3.3.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alisonb:
I have a Samsung GT-9000i in Israel with Cellcom, but on connecting to Kies it tells me "this version of the device cannot be updated". Anyone have any ideas when we will get the Gingerbread update please, its very frustrating.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Gingerbread will roll out slowly across the world . When ask Samsung and your Network .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
It has not been announced for Israel, or even promised as of yet. Be patient, or go for a custom ROM.
[Blade General] blade-rvp:
phone: Sun Francisco Orange 3.2Mpx.

There is strange camera view like "thermal view" - see attach.

The phone was flashed with "MoDaCo Custom Froyo ROM" (bought) and "CyanogenMod 7.0.3" (present).

When flashing doing data/factory reset and wiping cache partition and Dalvik cache.

Tried using different camera programs - the same result.

I'm not sure if it's hardware problem or wrong flashing.

Does anybody have an idea how to solve the issue?
[Blade General] arknailed7754:
Do u know how to fladh the blade
[Blade General] blade-rvp:
Yes, I flashed CyanogenMod
[Blade General] Mr Wonderful:
I have the same problem on my new (1-2 months) blade. At first it worked correctly. Then it would sometimes work correctly, sometimes have 'thermal view', and now I always have thermal view. I havn't changed ROM or anything so I have to assume its a hardware problem.
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=683123

How to use Swap space on SD to increase ram on our devices so we can run more demanding apps. :)
[XPERIA X8 General] fifo171:
swap is possible only with custom kernel, so it will not work for us :(
[XPERIA X8 General] Graveir:
I believe that doixanh proved more than enough that custom kernel is not needed for any kernel modifications :p Still, we would need a module.
[XPERIA X8 General] fifo171:
but i don't think that he should make swap module :) it will be better if he will finish this :)
[XPERIA X8 General] Graveir:
Well, it's up to him what he wishes to develop ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] doixanh:
IMO swap is useless for Android. It has its own memory management already. :)
[XPERIA X8 General] Graveir:
And it would certainly take a high class sd card, AND it would be harmful for it ;) So next time we should just buy a phone with bigger RAM memory :p
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
So, how can we increase the memory through SD, my finding isn't good ? If not, how to do it the right way?XD
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
I don't really care about my SD card's health XD i just want more ram XD
[XPERIA X8 General] Graveir:
But what do you need slow RAM for? RAM is very dynamic and since we already use app2sd it could even slow your device down instead of enhancing performance...

EDIT: Well, maybe it would be faster if you have a class 10 card...
[XPERIA X8 General] doixanh:
Yeah SD is slow and putting swap there will be incredibly slow.
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
Yes, but i want this because you know that there are some applications that won't run on X8 because of it's low ram...so, i dont care about about speed, also, i don't use app2sd, so no slowdown, I am using Class 4 card
[XPERIA X8 General] doixanh:
Yeah I know. Just my opinion :)
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
So, is there a way of using ram just for the ram consuming apps, to make X8 able to at least run them? (You already released an SD card speed fix, so it should go a bit faster...Can you help me, cuz i really like running RAM hungry apps and i don't have enough ram :|
[XPERIA X8 General] doixanh:
No I don't know about that. Haven't tried swap thingies yet :)
[XPERIA X8 General] wujekandrzej:
for example, there are games, like dungeon defenders that requires 256 MB of RAM at the runtime (it's the requirement of unreal enginge 3 i belive). some guys have managed to run the game on LG swift, which is pretty much the same device as x8 when it comes to hardware. maybe it's not running too fast (although i saw some video where it was even faster than on some more powerful devices), and it's not quite playable, but some people might still enjoy it. and without SWAP, it's impossible; and it's just a one example.
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
Thanks for supporting my ideea XD We really need Swap for Ram Hungry apps :)
[XPERIA X8 General] SMALLJIM:
Yes. great. ideA. but... is posible?
[XPERIA X8 General] widiril:
The app that does this on market requires custom kernel so might not be possible atm
[XPERIA X8 General] hugerth:
Next i-wonder-if-you-can-make-...- topic?

Wysłano z X8 z użyciem Tapatalk
[XPERIA X8 General] viper001:
actually, a class 6 sdcard is faster than the x8's internal NAND mem. :-)

Sent from my TI99 4A
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
So, that means SD card wins XD

SD RAM FTW !!! :))
[XPERIA X8 General] viper001:
X8 internal NAND vs Transcend Class 6 8gb SDCard. stock read ahead cache. ;-)

Sent from my TI99 4A
[XPERIA X8 General] argpsi:
But it's still not RAM
[XPERIA X8 General] viper001:
Yes it's not RAM but a faster SD will help a lot once the X8s kernel is opened and swap file support is enabled. but until then....:p
[XPERIA X8 General] SMALLJIM:
yeah my SD SONY class 4 have BENCHMARKS of READ: 1.7 and WRITE: 2.2 :P
[XPERIA X8 General] oisteink:
Also it's a lot faster than my old CD-RW drive!!! But I'm not sure why either point is relevant in utilizing sdcards as ram.... You don't use your nand as ram and I don't use my CR-RW drive as ram.
[XPERIA X8 General] viper001:
my point is not using it as RAM, its about being able to use it as swap.

i also wrote that it is not possible right now because there is no support for it on X8.

i assume that the OP misunderstood the previous linked thread.

I hope that's clear enough for you.

Sent from my TI99 4A
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
maybe doixanh can help us if he thinks more ram should help...also, for the guys saying we dont need: WE NEED!! THERE ARE APPS THAT JUST WONT RUN ON THE X8 BECAUSE OF IT'S LOW RAM!! We Need RAM!!
[XPERIA X8 General] oisteink:
I misunderstood you. Yes the sdcard can be faster than internal nand. I thought you was trying to compare it to ram. As we don't have swap at all, comparing nand and sdcard within this context made no sense to me (and still don't).

regarding 256mb: While swap can give you more free ram it would have to be within the 168mb (?) that's there from the start. Swap will NOT give you more ram than whats available. It will make the system believe it's got more ram, but you can only use 168mb at a time before swapping occur.
[XPERIA X8 General] viper001:
agreed. exactly my pov. :-)

though i wish swap capability is available though.

also, i did an HW mod on my old palm 100m and V, added an extra chip for more ram. i wonder if the same can be done or if someone did it already. :-)

Sent from my TI99 4A
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
LOL Epic Fail :))

It actually makes things faster. Come and look in the XT720-section. With sdcard SWAP enabled, the XT720 is litterally flying.
[XPERIA X8 General] doixanh:
Yeah trust what you think :) I don't care about this swap so whatever to me :)
[XPERIA X8 General] firdausmbois:
if you have an linux based cpu

look at the system monitor look how swap is used, it not used (or just small amout have used) even you make swap memory bigger it doesnt change anything, its not ram it just like temporary folder android is linux based platform (even you say no) but the folder structure is same just like ios

if you had windows seven use your flashdisk as readyboost is it make your pc run faster than ever before? NO!
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
You dont understand my point! i was trying to say that we can use swap as ram, not for faster phone, but for more memory, I DONT Care if it's slow...All i want is more ram....
[XPERIA X8 General] nobodyAtall:
Hello,

Besides the obvious speed drawbacks swap has, due to the sdcard read/write speed being orders of magnitude less that RAM (any RAM), you should consider the wearing your sdcard will suffer with this approach. If you plan to replace your sdcard in one year you may be ok with that.

The only benefit I can accept as such, is the ability to have more apps open and being able to open apps that require ridiculous amounts (phone-wise) of memory.

What are the kind of applications that you really can't run in this phone? - just curious -
[XPERIA X8 General] XperianPro:
I just need it for gingerbread, iy cant handle more apps opened.for that only no other reason
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
Well, There is one i can remember...SDL APP(Windows 95 Emulator) I really need it for running .exe files:> also, If you say that we'll get wear 'n tear on Sdcard, maybe we should use Phone's NAND memory as ram...As i said, i dont want speed, i just want more ram, every method will do for me, just Give Me The RAM XD
[XPERIA X8 General] Graveir:
Isn't NAND the mainboard part of memory? If so, if you use it as RAM, you'll fry your mainboard within weeks.

And frankly, buy yourself HTC wildfire :p It has 512 MB of RAM memory, it's all you need :p
[XPERIA X8 General] hugerth:
Exactly... it's art for an art only. Is the cust-rom working so slowly that you need more RAM? I don't think so. And YOU should do sth, not asking : please devs, apply swap... googling isn't a sin.
[XPERIA X8 General] firdausmbois:
ok maybe this stupid, presume internal memory is ram and external memory is harddisk install operating system on external memory Voila! you got 128+168mb ram if you think this is impossible than this is no point of talk
[XPERIA X8 General] LFSPovo:
That's actually a good idea, although I wouldn't like the concept of running your OS on SD card, as some people (like me) remove the card often.

But still, it's a very good idea, and someone should try it! :)
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
when you use an Flash memory as RAM you are actually damaging it slowly but surely, so if you use your internal memory that's on the motherboard, you'll fry it...you must have Operating Sistem on internal mem. and ram on sdcard, cuz you can easly replace SD-CARD :) But you can't replace the motherboard...Wooo, actually you can, if you fry your NAND(Internal Memory) You go to SE and ask for warranty, they'll never know you had modded software
[XPERIA X8 General] Blitzkri3g:
I think the whole thread is technically a bit pointless... :-S

N.
[XPERIA X8 General] bogdan_mihai554:
No its not, we need ram