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[T-Mobile LG G2x] VisedMonk:
The sensation will be another physically huge phone, too. it seems like that's all htc makes anymore - evo, inspire, thunderbolt, sensation - w/ the exception of the incredible. i had an evo for almost a year (launch day last june) and while it was a great phone, it always seemed just a little too big for me. the g2x is just the right size, imao.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ickster:
My thoughts exactly, just that much too big...I did like that Evo though. But this is a better one!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mapin0518:
Exactly. They lucked out with the Thunderbolt. The Sensation could end up being like the the D2 and DX, where they have yet to be cracked. Presumably the Sensation will be a bit easier (not encrypted), but you never know.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dismaljester:
Damn, and I thought getting s-off on my g2 was a pain.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jlevy73:
Correct, it's not hardware locked which Moto did with eFuse. But anything not signed with the proper keys won't work. So in effect, it's just as bad as what Moto did, difference is that HTC is doing it at the software level.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
It is encrypted from what the article said.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] baykakes:
lengthyyyyy sheesh... doesn't seem too difficult though.... The Inspire isn't a walk in the park either... HTC is locking their phones DOWN
[T-Mobile LG G2x] JWhipple:
Why do people freak out so badly about this? Look at the G2 and the MyTouch4g - THEY WERE THE SAME WAY PEOPLE!

Geeze!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mr.orange303:
Does it really matter. Coming from the vibrant I like to mod. But I still like the sensation. Its just not quite what I want.

The dedicated games to the tegra. The vanilla android. The dual core for multi tasking. Modders dream. That is the g2x.

Not the sensation.

The only thing I miss is the toggle options being in the notification pull down. And it seems that will be a short lived problem.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] VisedMonk:
I dunno. Not hard to follow directions, but I think that adb is intimidating to a lot of people. It was for me until I rolled my sleeves up and made myself use it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] 299792458:
Chris Soyars (CM team) recently made a statement about the locked down Sensation: something to the effect of 'i wont be wasting my money on it'.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] JWhipple:
Just because Chris doesn't get one doesn't mean someone else from the crew won't.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] 299792458:
I just mention it cuz he's not the only CM guy I've seen make comments like that. They've actually got some bit of influence on the market to make a statement to the hardware vendors.

Its more fun though when someone hacks it, but a lot less powerful of a statement if it takes 6 months or more to do it and the phone is almost done with its life cycle. Who's gonna buy one then?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EmceeGeek:
bummer.... =/ guess my dreams are gone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] iunlock:
I agree about the hardware but LG did a fine job with the G2X...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Wadech:
HTC's latest trend of this makes me sad. I was seriously considering an Evo 3d, but the potential lack of aftermarket support is making me rethink it. Maybe a Galaxy S 2 is in my future.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mapin0518:
who's freaking out? We're just saying we're glad we didn't bother with the phone b/c it's gonna be a pain to unlock. It's not b/c we're afraid of adb etc. It's just that if/when the Sensation gets unlocked, it may be months into its production cycle, which is something many of us don't want to bother with. Why support such devices over those that are more quickly and easily unlocked? It's a bit of a no-brainer for most of us who bought the G2x.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] instigator008:
The other 95% who have no idea what a bootloader is :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jlevy73:
Lol, well said
[T-Mobile LG G2x] katiepea:
I'm getting one regardless, most of my flashing is sense related anyway. I don't care about cm anymore, hasn't been good for a while. I'd be fine with stock sense for a bit

I hate the g2x we got, tremendously underwhelming, its issues are severe to me
[T-Mobile LG G2x] JHaste:
you dont know what issues are until you dealt with the N1 call wonk for a couple months... that **** drove me ****ing nuts!

And dont even get me started on getting shorted on the touch screen on the N1, thats what eventually drove me away from the device!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] aironeous:
I love you guys, you keep me so informed.

If skynet comes online you'll tell me right?

Sent from my T1000
[T-Mobile LG G2x] katiepea:
Sure I do, I still have my n1, after I didn't like where cm was going I started using sense roms, haven't looked back. G2x is just sitting there, still using the n1 tho
[T-Mobile LG G2x] packruler:
Before you get to confident of an unlock of this bootloader. This has signed bootloader and barring a small miracle it wont be unlocked. TeamAndIRC the team behind unlocking the thunderbolt basically said they weren't going to waste their time. Remember the confidence we had when the droid x came out that it would be unlockable. Now everyone has realized nothing short of moto unlocking it there is no chance of unlocked bootloader. Sorry to be the downer.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] packruler:
Also fyi thunderbolt had signature checking bootloader sensation has signed bootloader like droid x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] 299792458:
I love my rooted g2x :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mingkee:
Probably G2x/Optimus 2x will be another developers' dream?

Powerful hardware needs proper software.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] faux123:
Omg the world is ending, the bootloader is locked... iPhone 4 has more draconian protection than HTC. Besides Sensation will have world wide presence, it will be unlocked eventually. In the mean time, enjoy sense 3.0 ;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] grenademasta:
Yeah I like this phone and wouldn't trade this in for the SGS2.

The LG Nexus 3 thats another story. Ice Cream Sandwich and a quadcore chip (Tegra 3) that's at least 3 times more powerful than the Tegra 2? I might leave the G2X for that.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Wildchld:
2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nate420:
The lagged out sense 3.0 UI will be overwhelming.... have you seen any of the reviews for the phone? LOL not that great
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
I never cared about Sense. I've flashed sense roms for a few days and end up flashing back to a stock android rom. My GF has an HTC Aria with Sense and **** drives me crazy. I think some of the widgets are neat, but I hate the theme.

Sense comes with some neat functionality but that can be found elsewhere. I'd rather use Launcher Pro and its widgets on a slim rom.

Glad I got the G2x. I flashed the latest nightly before I even got out of bed this morning.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] katiepea:
I use launcher pro over top of sense, I like sense for the social integration. Don't care about the widgets or launcher. I like its mms, dialer, contacts, Facebook/integration way more than stock, with launcher pro running atop, you get the best of both worlds
[T-Mobile LG G2x] katiepea:
No I haven't seen any reviews of the phone, I wasn't aware there were production units around. Videos I've seen look good to me
[T-Mobile LG G2x] VisedMonk:
Sense blows. Imao it's worse than touch wiz. At least that's relatively unobtrusive.

Sense is a resource hog. With all the new widgets they keep adding and the landscape support it has only gotten worse. It's fugly. No one uses most of the widgets anyways. Ever look at how many "elements" Ti Backup loads on a sense-based rom? Who needs all that crap running on their phone? Back when I had my evo the first thing I did was get rid of sense.

Imported from Detroit using XDA Premium App
[T-Mobile LG G2x] katiepea:
As stated above, sense is MUCH more than a launcher, my nexus is currently running a gingerbread sense Rom that's just as fast as stock was. I don't use the sense launcher either, to each their own. I'm returning the g2x I got, I'll try the sensation when it drops. G2x seems like a flop though. Old OS, no good recovery still, cm is lame at this point, Id rather go with a stock sense
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mr.orange303:
If you try adw ex with the fast profile and all animations off.

It will be the fastest phone you ever touched.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nate420:
LOL yeah its got a 2.2.2 OS... but it is getting gb soon...

No good recovery?!?"? Nvflash!?!?!

The fact your still trolling g2x forums tells me.if and when u get the sensation you'll find something wrong with it and return it..... we got another nitpicky android user here........

And yes sense does lag bad... find a review of the 'pyramid" or sensation.. androidspin has one I think it lags.... now adding a adequate launcher might make it faster but its still a bulky HTC sense bloated phone..... again just stating facts and my opinion so don't get a banana stuck up your ass and Google specs that claim to be better than the rest.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jdaclutch:
Based on your signature, look's like you finally got a g2x too, ayy? :) Now gonna enojoy some of your good works:)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] :
No one has a finalized production unit yet on the sensation. Also if you buy a HTC phone with sense you might as well use sense. Sense is bloated but not with useless things. An everyday user will find sense easy to use compared to stock. Some sense features are better than stock. Every phone wont be perfect HTC is known for crappy speakers and hit or miss camera. Samsung is known for crappy GPS intrusive software. LG is known for screen bleeds and crappy stock software. Every phone has a problem.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] down8:
I never found TouchWiz intrusive....

-bZj
[T-Mobile LG G2x] erikiksaz:
It's just damned ugly. An abomination of a color scheme for such a beautiful screen, IMO.

I had a chance to play with Sense 3.0 on a Sensation (from one of the HTC reps at Google IO) and the operating system is so pretty :p I never really cared for Sense on the Desire, but Sense 3.0 has some gorgeous animations throughout.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jlevy73:
That's the beauty of Android, so many choices so little time. Skins are all about personal choice so whether its vanilla, Sense, blur, etc etc.. there something for everyone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gypsy214:
no **** that looks very complicated to root a phone... i like it easy lol

the sensation looks like a cool phone the only thing i like is the sense 3.0 thats all and i love my g2x very simple to root and to flash roms... it would be nice if somebody comes out with a rom include sense 3.0 for the g2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
Well it came stock with an old OS but CM is working pretty well. The point is I'd rather have the phone come with a older stock OS that can be rooted and flashed to the latest and greatest (and beyond) then a phone is locked down. We may not have a "good" recovery but at least we have a recovery cause the Sensation looks like it won't. Plus if Sense 3.0 is being released, you know it is going to be riddled with at least a few weird bugs and without a recovery and unlocked bootloader, you'll be at the mercy of HTC to release an update in a few months. HTC is pretty good on updating their roms but you are still looking at a few months of dealing with it at least.

Plus with the recovery, you only have to NVFlash it once. Then you can still use the normal method of simply downloading Rom Manager, reflashing CWM, download, and commence flashing directly from Rom Manager. Just today Rom Manager alerted me of a new CM nightly that it downloaded, wiped cache, and rebooted to flash. NVFlash only enables doing a cold boot into Recovery. You can still reset into recovery like normal. Flashing the Recovery from Rom Manager doesn't overwrite the NVFlash version.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] eqlipze:
My HTC Tilt 2 doesn't boot passed the splash screen. Help.. :mad:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] jimenezboy:
Man, I'm guessing your phone was fine before; in that it powered on normally. Had this same problem a while back, turned out the battery was completely flat. Charge it externally, or if you have access to an extra Touch Pro 2 then you can use it to charge your battery. All the best.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pietsukkel:
Remove the back cover of your device, press and hold the volume down button and press the reset button on the right with your stylus. Do you see the bootloader screen? It's a screen with colored stripes and the word Serial at the bottom.

Now connect your device to your pc. The word Serial should change into USB.

Now you can flash your device with a (new) ROM.

Good luck!

Piet
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sharkfinrazor:
i agree with this guy. this happened to me once and I just used an external USB charger to charge the phone instead of using the charger on the computer. and it works.

If it doesn't work, then u might need to do a hardreset on the phone.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Joe Bleau:
Re: My HTC Tilt 2 doesn't boot passed the splash screen

Which ROM are you using and what is the exact model number of your phone (look under the battery)?

Are you using a dual boot utility?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ulissescg:
i have search the web/forum for a windows app that running on the PC you can see at least the apk icon, I have several apks on my PC but when I’m looking for an apk, is hard to remember the name or when trying a new apk is not enough just looking for the name, I may be more visual guy that if I see a nice icon I will try it jajajja

I just found this thread but look die..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=577735

is there some application or dev that can easily do an apk viewer, just looking inside the APK folder on the /res/drawable/ the apk icon shows, but how to make it shows at the apk compressed file…

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alahdal:
I am looking for such Windows Application since a time, have you found any way to see the icon. :).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ulissescg:
i'm looking for...

i just tried a Droid Explorer but i can not found a way to explore on the Actual PC. then i have try an other Windows program called Icon viewer but than only works on a dll and exe files, i try changing the extension but didn't work...

the only way that i think it should other that writing a windows applications is to use the emulator with a Virtual Device, then run a File Explorer APK and look in to it. i did but i try to find where is the SD Content in to the PC and i think i found it in to the /User/.android/avd but no lucky putting the apk file on it, i will check it later but i think that one way to do it, i need to read more about the content storage when using the emulator..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kblood:
Maybe someone could make an addon for Total Commander. Should be very possible to have it extract and use the icon inside the APK.

It already has addons for Blizzard MPQ files, C64 emulator files and Amiga emulator files. Seems very possible that it could get an addon to show this icon as well. I use it to browse APKs already.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ulissescg:
i was checking File Expert and just notice you can share or see the SD card content from your PC, but also notice, the APK's you can see how the actual icon for the app looks like...

is there someone could make a modification to this that we will be able to see our Hard drive Apps also?? or could be also good to have a chrome or firefox extension that allow us so see the icon of the app, i'm not expert on this...

regards
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djoshalfa:
I have created my own in C#

it doesn't display an icon on desktop, like normal windows app, but something look like this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kian.bisadi:
how to do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebraminio:
Ops, sorry

Actually I can not find delete post button :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getmore2012:
That's wonderful! Would you please share this program?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VictorC666:
Please could you share with us? thanx
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtualdj:
+1 for sharing the app
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VictorC666:
hmmm... not possible? or fake? ;]
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davy Bartoloni:
APK-VIEWER for WIndows (for Linux on next days)

last week i've wrote a similar utility.. maybe can help someone on APKs identification (for now is only for windows)

the app archive is called apk-viewer.zip .. and can be downloaded from my site : www wcn.it (it's on root)

coming soon the linux version...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VictorC666:
cant find it there :( can u provide url please? thanx
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davy Bartoloni:
sorry i'm a Junior member and i can't post direct links... you have to write on your browser this:

www wcn.it/apk-viewer.zip

(add a . after www )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davy Bartoloni:
Apk Viewer for Linux (and Windows)

here the new Linux+Windows app archive

www .wcn.it/apk-viewer.zip

just the Linux binary (GCC 4.7.1)

www .wcn.it/apk-viewer.tar.gz

please send me PM for any issue
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adimcx:
Hi.

Thanks for this great utility!

I have found some apk's not recognized and I will send it to you by email, on the next days.

Best wishes!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davy Bartoloni:
Thank you for your feedbak :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drvignesh:
Very nice! Looking forward to more features! :good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magician369:
wow nice one.....it would be so useful if i can see the thumbnail of the exact app instead of the android green logo ...thanks for sharing
[Galaxy S II General] bryant_16:
Hey guys,

I'm planning to get a Galaxy S2 and I would like to enquire on the battery life of it.

My daily usage will be lots of whatsapp, google talk, sms and some surfing. I wonder if I can get through a day with this usage using stock rom.

Thanks and looking forward for your response.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Not to be rude, but there are multiple threads on the first page with several pages of posts discussing battery life. You might want to start there.
[Galaxy S II General] slyydrr:
Not rude at all. That's why they have a search function built into the forums... :) If a mod comes across this thread, mind closing it? Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] dlwnew:
15 hours with lots of use :) sat-nav, Qik video calls, lots of seeing how things work, internet, email, wifi, bluetooth.
[Galaxy S II General] computermilk:
I gotta be honest.. not smashing XDA in anyway... but the search function doesn't really work.
[Galaxy S II General] stoney73:
Yes it does
[Galaxy S II General] slyydrr:
Sure it does. Go to the Galaxy S II General thread listing page, and search "Battery Life". I'm not sure what about that doesn't work as the top 5 topics (including this one) are about battery life, one of them being the thread BarryH referred to that has 400 replies.
[Galaxy S II General] eitama:
I can confirm the search algorithm of XDA sucks.

Whenever I need to search xda, I go to google, and search "xda whatever"

talk.maemo.org had power-search using google at the backend...
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Kakarot:
agreed, I often do a quick search on a subject... see nothing, then create a new topic... where it shows me there is no similar threads... only to have people say it is old news/repost etc....

If you know the answer, just reply... if not, move along.

Overall the battery life is very decent for the hardware it is pushing.... but it is nothing special. I get about 16 hours out of it a charge... it might be the best battery performance I have had yet out of an android device, but not by much! As always, it depends on what you do and how often!

It is an amazing phone IMO, and you will not regret the purchase
[Galaxy S II General] rocketpaul:
my battery life is great, phone can easily last a day with heavy use. Just hope you dont get the android os bug.
[Galaxy S II General] BoogWeed:
I dont understand how quite a few official reviews claim they got 2 full days use.

I get 12 hours with very light use, if I'm lucky.... :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] trinityb4:
Mine was very satisfying as it was at 45%after more than 7hours of heavy usage. No movies. But wifi surfing. And plenty of calls.
[Galaxy S II General] slyydrr:
I have the Android OS issue yet can still get 2 days of use. Granted, I'm a light user like you claim but perhaps explaining my light usage would help. Phone is currently at 66% battery with 15min of calls, 1hr 30min of screen on, and currently 17hrs 30min off the charger. When the screen has been on, it's only been for texting, installing some apps, some WordFeud and taking some photos.

If I extrapolate my current usage, I should be able to get around 50 hours out of this charge.
[Galaxy S II General] Raspster:
In Qik, do you see yourself upside down? That's what I'm getting. The other person will see me just fine. I can see them fine as well, just myself, upside down.
[Galaxy S II General] emorej:
i got 18-24hrs on mine!!:D:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] bryant_16:
I see. But with if 3G is always on instead of wifi?

Because I would be very happy if this phone is able to last me 12 hours, 3G on all the time, background sync on, whatsapp, google talk, sms and some light surfing of browser here and there..
[Galaxy S II General] bryant_16:
Can I check the bug of the Android OS that drains the battery life a common problem among all the galaxy s2 users here?
[Galaxy S II General] Sweely:
The battery life of the S2 is awful. I honestly hate it.
[Galaxy S II General] thkc:
I am not sure if I have the Android OS bug or know what really triggers it.

Anyway when I first got my device, I charged it for about 8 hours and started using it. Installed some applications - whatsapp, waze, news readers from major news sites, twitter, facebook (from what I can remember) - and turned on push emails for gmail, hotmail and yahoo. 3G and Wifi settings were turned on. With all these running, the battery life was really bad. I could hardly get more than 8 hours in a day. Tried this for a couple of days and gave up.

Hard reset the device to stock to test what was causing the battery drain.

1st full charge (battery lasted 26 hours)

with 3G turned on, only push gmail running and made a few calls. no wifi turned on and no wifi access points set up on phone

2nd full charge (still in process)

still running push gmail with 3G data turned on and installed whatsapp and running it with an active chat group that has a constant flow of messages (averaging about 60 -100 whatsapp messages per hour). currently battery is at 67% after 14 hours uptime.
[Galaxy S II General] JuniorGG:
If ever I will sell this phone, sure it will be for its ridiculous battery life and for how slowly it charges up. The combination of these two issues is a real psychological break down!!!

Anyway... anybody with a rooted phone has ever tried clocking the processor down to, say, 800 MHz? Does it improves batterry life somewhat? Because I am not having noticeable battery issues in idle, but I really do as soon as I use the processor, even if I deliberately avoid 3D games and in general any sort of power eating tasks.
[Galaxy S II General] zkyevolved:
+1. It works, and works VERY well. I use it daily ;) Maybe you should learn to use it better :) (not in rude way, but we can always learn how to use something). I don't think this forum would have lasted more than 2 weeks without a fully functioning search tool.
[Galaxy S II General] fajn.snek:
Last week when I was on holiday, it hold 4 days, i only have some phone calls + using camera. I am on KF2
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
I purchased and used SetCPU and down clocked it too 800 MHz and 500 MHz during nighttime, believe me or not it doesn't improve battery life at all. Some users say down clocking works very well, but for me it did not work. Well I am not a person of recommending a software just for mental peace if it doesn't have any good sides. So the thing is, I DO NOT RECOMMEND SetCPU at all for improving battery life, but if you wanna see your CPU running at at a lower clock rate and have an imagination that it improves battery life then go on.

If there is anyway to giving away the license somehow please tell me.

Regards.