yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G General] vbetts:
It's spotty here in Toledo. I can get it in some areas of downtown, and like one or two different spots in west Toledo.
[EVO 4G General] dangerruss:
actually they kinda do have something to do with each other. the towers can only handle so much bandwidth. so with the 4g sucking up most of the bandwidth there is less for 3g.
[EVO 4G General] r916:
3G is fine in sacramento area, I get 2.14 mbps on probably not an amazing 3g signal.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I don't know if any of you guys realize how much time it takes to build/upgrade just one tower, and how many contractors it takes to get the job done. I've been involved in a few tmobile tower builds, and it takes a long time. I work for an air conditioning company, and we've been sub contracted a few times to build, design, and install the air conditioning systems that are required to keep the equipment from over heating (that stuff generates a ton of heat, and those towers are hooked up with an alarm company to notify us if the room goes over 80 degrees)

Anyways, from the time we get the bid on the job, and go look at the empty job site that will eventually be a cell tower, to the time we get the job, complete the job, and all of the other contractors such as electricians, concrete guys to pour the base for the tower, and the specialists that tie it all together, it takes about 5 months. There are inspections that need to be passed, codes that need to be met, spaces and property that needs to be leased, and companies that need to get paid. None of that ever goes flawlessly, smooth, or quick. It just doesn't.

So the 3 or 4 projects I've been involved with leads me to believe that cell tower construction is a slow.and tedious process. You can't just go plop a tower in the ground and turn a switch on...
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
Sprint has tons of towers, no need to build more cell towers, just have to upgrade their cell sites.
[EVO 4G General] dlinsbeck:
My guess is I won't see it for 10 years! I live in rural WV with Sprint service. 4G is nice though, I love it when I travel to DC or Baltimore and get to mess with it.
[EVO 4G General] sgt. slaughter:
Yeah this isn't about sprint adding physical towers. NetworkVision is about them reconfiguring their current towers. They might add some along the way in this process but the main part of it is reconfiguring the current base.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
Nope. Different bandwidth channels at this point.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Sorry. My mistake. For some reason i thought that they had to build a good portion of their 4g towers, and figured that was why their 4g rollout has been at such a slow pace. I will refrain from posting in the early hours of the morning after a night of partying from now on, haha. :-)
[EVO 4G General] spencer88:
Well I just talked to my Sprint Business rep today. I specifically asked her if they were converting towers into 4g or putting up new towers. She said they were taking down the old 3g towers and putting up brand new, all-in-one towers, with voice, 3g and 4g. She said by 2013 there will be 4g wherever there is currently 3g.
[EVO 4G General] SteveGrandRapids:
I am amazed at how limited the transmit range is on the 4G towers in my area. It stops, and I mean STOPS, about 1 mile from my house. This area has had 4G since roll-out and it has not expanded one iota as of today. Downtown is blanketed . . . rural areas only have a few "limited" spots . . . I have yet to witness 4G on either of our Evo's . . .
[EVO 4G General] DroidHead225:
Sounds like more bull****

sent from my evo, *****!
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
Probably not, but the major issue is the backhaul. What good is upgrading the tower to 4g if the transfer speeds are still .1mb

Even with the slow speeds i will enjoy talking and internet simultaneously
[EVO 4G General] spencer88:
Not sure, but they have to be working on something for it though. Maybe the towers are just overloaded and they are putting in higher-capacity towers?
[EVO 4G General] lakhanim87:
They shouldve thought about the problems we would face while the 3g is down. I literally get less than 50kb at times and its frustrating as hell
[EVO 4G General] Killa357:
Ok this is to those of you who are having sucky speeds. Try getting your phone re-provisioned either by calling Sprint or doing it yourself. I had worse than dial up speeds on my Evo a couple of months ago (normally about 1 Mb down before it sucked) and provisioning my phone fixed this. If you call Sprint asking for help or go to a store they will probably bull**** you or tell you your phone needs to be replaced. I had a person on the phone tell me that my area is being upgraded to "4G" which was a bold faced lie.
[EVO 4G General] lakhanim87:
How can I provision it myself? I always hesitate going to sprint with my phone since its rooted and all..
[EVO 4G General] spencer88:
Been there, done that. Didn't work. My g/f's brand new Nexus S is getting the same speeds as well.

It's the network.
[EVO 4G General] Killa357:
It could be the network or it could be that your phone was not provisioned correctly. Frankly, either is quite possible. I have experienced both of those problems. Let's try ruling out what could be slowing it down, maybe it isn't just the network. If I had just assumed it was the network and listened to Sprint I would still be blazing at dial up speeds nearly 3 months later.

Anyway... to reprovision your Evo enter ##3282# on the dial pad and choose to edit. You will then enter your MSL code. Then go to Data Profile hit menu and then choose to restore. Your phone will reboot and then reprovision.

Make sure you are in an area with decent signal so that it can provision correctly. Also, to get your MSL you can download MSL reader from the market. I'm not sure but it may be a root only application. Good luck.
[EVO 4G General] jrich19:
I agree with this, when I first got my Evo they were working on the 3G network and my phone ran super slow, one i did a Data Profile Restore my speeds were incredible! :D
[EVO 4G General] Killa357:
I hear that, I'm actually getting up to 2 Mb down in some areas. That's pretty fast for where I'm at.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I don't understand what is so hard to believe about this...

ALL

carriers are going to be all 4g at some point.

Much like all of em are pretty much 3g now...

It's really not "unbelievable" or deserving of any of this sarcasm.
[EVO 4G General] GrimReaper24:
Lol that 10 dollar charge is popping up on every new phone kinda blows.
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
agreed

10char
[EVO 4G General] DroidHead225:
Ha

sent from my evo, *****!
[EVO 4G General] Killa357:
Considering that by set standards no network in this country actually reaches 3G speeds it will be a while before 4G even exists. Stop being a sucker for marketing.
[EVO 4G General] smatherlee:
I will believe it when I see it and in the meantime I will work on my complaint count to Sprint for weak signal.
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
my speed is not great... 400- 700kb

but i can watch netfix just fine. clear!
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
You're absolutely right but when they are referring to "4g" its their same definition as "4g" now.

Not "true 4g"

You can't accept one bs without accepting the other as well.

The post is NOT "sprint will be converting all their towers to true 4g"
[EVO 4G General] detcup4evr:
I spoke to a sprint rep today and he said the world will end on may 21, so sprint/clear have given up on building more 4 g towers since the it will be unusable after the world ends

Sent from my Evo using the XDA app
[Android Themes] mcranford13:
Edit: Thanks guys I got it working: I used your advice and I also realized that the desc.txt file was renamed wrong so it looked like desc.txt.txt instead of just one .txt.

Hey, I'm new to this whole boot animation thing.

But here's the deal:

I used photoshop cs5 to make my .png files.

I have done a little research on how to edit the desc.txt file, and

I can't seem to figure out whats wrong.

I use root explorer and paste the bootanimation.zip into /system/media

and I've even tried it in /data/local and all i get when I boot up is a black screen. I can boot into my phone perfectly and I've tried bootanimations so I know it works, I think I have just messed up on my own bootanimation.

would anyone care to check it out or give me some tips? anything would be appreciated.

p.s. I have been using this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623960 and i also have an Evo 4g.

Thanks again!
[Android Themes] bkmo:
You cannot use any compression when zipping. You can only store the files.
[Android Themes] Dont Panic:
Remove the extra blank lines inbetween the text, leaving one blank line under the last line of text. When you zip, don't compress the images, compression level should be set to Store.
[Android Themes] TheWeasl:
i´d be really interested in an abstergo bootanimation...i´m huge assassin´s creed fan :D
[Android Themes] bkmo:
Glad you got it working. Also make sure you haven't got any of those pesky thumbs.sb files in there. They cause a black flash at the end of each loop.
[Xoom General] clandest:
So I have the 3G Xoom, but I do not have verizon service. Is the update only for people that have the verizon 3g service or people that have the verizon 3g device and use only the wifi can get the update?

Thanks for the reply.
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
The update comes from google. You can download it however you want. Google has no idea if you subscribe to 3g or not.
[Xoom General] clandest:
thanks, then I guess it hasn't been pushed to my device, cause it says that my device is currently up to date......
[Xoom General] wang1404:
You can update it manually
[Xoom General] monstercojones:
Nope, just got an OTA pushed to my Wifi Only Xoom courtesy of Google :)
[Xoom General] skullvet:
I have a verizon 4g and haven't gotten the update yet either.
[Droid 2 Global General] Newby_Leader:
How to keep your stock multimedia dock motorla-widgets/DLNA widgets on a custom rom. "Liberty 2.0"
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pathaniya:
Why aren't there enough DAF nand rom version, is it really difficult for Chefs to produce them? Recently it's been on the downside. Is there any particular reason.

It'd be kind on any chef's part to elaborate, is DAF inferior to CWR, CLK, etc

Regards
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kypeth:
what do you deem to be "enough"? It's just a more reliable and versatile way to flash the roms. DAF is more of a quick cheap flash compared to magldr or especially cLK
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Capt.PP:
With DAF you have to executed on pc. A ROM with MAGLDR support, you can just scan the QR code and install the whole ROM without even touching the computer. With CWM and cLK is super easy to install updates, all you had to do is flash the update to a current build via CWM.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] silverwind:
I agree with you. that is actually the advantage of using CWM and cLK :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pathaniya:
Agreed with you all, I also wish to know if it's really time consuming for the Chefs, to produce DAF version in comparisons to other versions. What adavantage do Chefs have while producing different NAND versions?

Pardon me if the question is too personal or intrusive.

Regards
[Acer Iconia A500] idelfin71:
Ok so I'm sure there are others that would like to get vpnc widget working I have looked at links and none are clear to me. Need help:eek:
[Acer Iconia A500] dc13:
wrong area this needs to be moved to general area
[Acer Iconia A500] idelfin71:
I posted it here because I was hoping developers would see this. The standard VPN that honeycomb offers doesn't work with Cisco IPSec XauthUsername/XAuthPassword. My Vibrant has the VPNC widget and works fine. I have installed the tun.ko file and tried with openvpn/ vpnc widget and no go.
[Acer Iconia A500] dc13:
we dont just stay in this area. i go even to the acc. area a few times a day and i know others do also. and when a fix is found some1 will post the fix here. this goes for every1 if u post in the correct area u get helped fast. dont pm some1 unless it states to. dont make multiple post with the same question or fix. this goes for any and every forum. im not attacking u or anyone just giving food for thought. i cant help as i dont have this tab any more
[Acer Iconia A500] idelfin71:
Ok I don't know how to move the post . I'm very new to posting. Any help much appreciated...
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075631

I opened a thread earlier today.. so far no joy, and we are going from ipsec to ssl..

so I imagine its just openvpn and a bunch of coinfig..

but you need to start with the tun.ko module, found in another thread
[Acer Iconia A500] purevpn:
VPN

thanks for briefing!
[Acer Iconia A500] idelfin71:
thanks for the help!!! You guys are awesome!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djluis48:
Well, that. Are they the same "under the hood"?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Not entirely. While both are Galaxy S phones, there are some significant differences that makes ROMs non-interchangeable.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djluis48:
For example?...Except for the networks frequency both phones use, they seem like twins with different clothes to me. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
you can swap roms around between them, but you have to make sure you use a kernel AND modem made for your device in the rom zip. also, it seems that some of the framework in vibrant roms causes higher battery usage on the captivates...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
^^^^What he said. The differences are small, but enough to cause issues ranging from important to minor. Most can be overcome with the right kernel/modem setup, but you'd probably be better off with a ROM specifically designed for your phone. And some carrier differences are problematic. Heck, even within the Captivates, there are some significant differences between a Rogers i896 and an AT&T i897. Then there's the issue of European Captivates that are slightly different from their U.S. counterparts. We can't even get the same ROM to run the same on all Captivates.:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djluis48:
So they are the same. Just with little difference, but at the end of the day, they are twins. Just as i tought. Thanks for your answers!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Not twins, unless you mean fraternal and not identical.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
just be careful. kernels and modems are not really something you want to mess with if you are unsure. always replace the kernel and modem in a rom zip with a pair that work with your phone....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damonib:
I would say they are different enough that you should stick to the one you have as far as getting ROM's and other such info. It is too easy to miss some minor difference.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
close specs really but the gps chip is different, the vibrant technically can get fm radio output from the gps chip but i dont know if the circuitry is there to enable it. the captivate does not have any chip that can support fm radio. also the vibrant is so close to the i9000 that the ffc fits and can be enabled with an i9000 kernel, the captivate has no room for an ffc and we are unsure if the board can support it.

so of you are talking off the shelf features that are not rom related then yes they are basically the same. but they do not have identical internals or features, the tmobile roms have some things that att likes to take out or charge for.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
It's fascinating to see all the passion behind some of the posts on things like games, still photos, video, and audio. Some people seem to care a lot about certain things while others care less.

So, using the categories below, what percentage of your time on the phone is spent in each? I think it'll be fun to see how differently we all use our phones. Commentary on how the phone performs in your most important categories would be interesting too.

I'll start:

Voice/Productivity/Web/Photos&Video/Audio/Games

15/40/20/5/20/0

BTW, the tally should always equal 100%

My phone arrives Friday so no commentary from me until then...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreoXDA:
why did not you add a multiple-choice poll to the thread????? would have been much easier.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasist:
agreed :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dashers:
Probably 50/50 AngryBirds/Charging
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwc3b:
20% - troubleshooting battery problem

75% - showing off

5% - phone/text/etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DocRambone:
Lol, my sgs 2 is charging 12 h a day now :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Flashing 100% .

rumours that you can do things like internet messaging and talking to people is really a bit far fetched .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperTheMando:
100% posting links of vidoes of it to friends with inferior phones.

Okay... *all* friends.

I can't wait for it to arrive!

Then it will be 100% showing it off to them!

;3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
everything you can imagine, except making actual phone calls :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohanlon07:
I use it to pick up women
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxxiB:
are you serious?! my SGS 2 lasts me 1 and a half days, with moderate / heavy use, i'll be downloading from the market, leaving wifi on, listening to music, sending files from my laptop to my phone over wifi ( try to use as little cables as possible :P ), going on this forum + engadget, few calls and texts.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sticks02:
Games seem to eat up a LOT of battery life.

As for me... Video, Music, games - Beats is addictive as hell, plus the retro game emulators, showing it off

...and...

paying for my bus and train rides with the NFC chip. :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxxiB:
In South Korea has the NFC chip system really taken off? Is there a good security system in place for NFC based smartphones say if the person looses / has his phone stolen?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B3311:
I shall be collecting mine in 2 hours.

Tonight I intend to use it to film Mrs. BB3311 and myself whilst engaging in lewd acts.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadSage:
Now, usually I'm a proponent of rooting anything and everything immediately, but I'm not so sure about this yet.

Without HC source, we have a very limited ROM set, and I don't really see much appeal to the ones available. I haven't seen any custom kernels for things like overclocking/undervolting, etc. either.

I know there are a few apps that require root, not really sure if the few are worth it at the moment. All the backup apps are kind of unnecessary if I won't be flashing ROMs anyway.

At this time, with official updates rolling out every few weeks, I'm just wondering if it's actually worth it to root at this point. Are there any major benefits to doing so right now? Killer apps, undervolt kernels, etc.?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graffixnyc:
well for 1. this shouldnt be posted in the dev forum, it should be in the general forum.

2. There is currently one OC kernel in the works, there are some roms already(Prime was faster than stock and IMO I know benchmark scores dont make a difference but stock gave me about 2500 in quadrant, prime gave me 3500), There's titanium backup, ad blocking, you can change boot animations, access the system and move things around, change config files, hmmm lets see what else.. other apps that require root which many are VERY useful. One I have is a reboot widget, it's a 1x1 button widget that you press and it reboots the transformer. That's VERY useful and requires root.. There are many positives to rooting besides just flashing custom roms.. Hope that helps
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garnmeister:
Also you need root if you want to run Ubuntu. I know that made me root asap :)

Sorry for any typos. I have fat fingers, a 4" screen, a small child and a dictionary gone wild...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thorpe24:
How is Ubuntu does it work with the dock
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garnmeister:
Dunno, can't get scandinavian dock yet :-)

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Digitallife in the sky!

Home Server / Mediacenter core i3

Asus eee Pad Transformer

Samsung Galaxy S

... All in wonderful sync
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p0k3y:
To me, the immediate benefit of rooting is Titanium backup.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timtlm:
I agree, that's the immediate thing. Especially if you use another android device. I can restore my progress from angry birds on my phone to the tablet :) Also, you can uninstall some garbage. I have no idea why layar is a system app. Seems strange to have an augmented reality app on a wifi tablet. Also, I got rid of that press reader app. Obviously asus was paid to put it on their since it's about selling subscriptions to news sources.

The next thing is the ability to block ads by installing AdFree from the market.

Eventually I hope to see some custom kernels that will speed up this thing. (We need to get toastcfh a transformer.)

With Ice Cream not coming until Q4, that will likely mean we won't get any source until then either. However, that doesn't mean that we won't be able to see a few cool things come out of some rom developers.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omguss:
Did I miss the thread on how to get Ubuntu installed? If so, can someone please kindly point me in the right direction? I got a US TF with stock rom and newest fota if that helps.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garnmeister:
Look here:

http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android

Or here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=987740

I am running Ubuntu Maverick ATM, but am going to try the other over the weekend I think

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Digitallife in the sky!

Home Server / Mediacenter core i3

Asus eee Pad Transformer

Samsung Galaxy S

... All in wonderful sync
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corwinmortac:
Lets not forget

Setcpu - set underclock profiles for stuff like low battery or screen off. My battery time is through the roof now.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smashingblue:
Do any of the custom ROMs allow for one to hide the menu bar?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tastycakess:
I'm in the same boat. Til a dope custom rom comes out or a nice OC kernel, i'm staying stock.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
The AOSP screen when on a call shows a small contact picture and othet nonsense. I really like the sense in call screen thats all black and displays the huge green android and small red end call button. Would their be a way to theme it to look like Sense?

Sent from my......ummm...let me get back at'chya!
[Thunderbolt General] ad78:
Few more days now and the mobile hotspost will end.. now my question is. what is the best tethering?

i am rooted and using dasbamf 1.6.3

is there any way to patch the mobile hotspot? i have the barnacle and i preferred the native tethering on TB.
[Thunderbolt General] GuestD1098:
Wireless tether for root users... Perhaps
[Thunderbolt General] mcmillanje:
It would be better to just pay for it..... Unauthorized tether is the #1 reason for locked bootloaders and such IMHO.
[Thunderbolt General] bomber889:
What does tethering have anything to do with the bootloader? O.o
[Thunderbolt General] n2imagination:
LMFAO!!!! Seriously! Wow. The hardware manufacturers that create locked bootloaders could care less about wireless tethering. The dumb pipe cell companies are the only ones that care about it. The locked bootloaders are so you cant screw with their bloated overlay. IMO.