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[Android Apps and Games] intelintelintel:
thanks for all the reply guys! ill be looking into all of them.. and once i get more opinions ill pick up the favourite few and put them in the 2nd post so its convenient for everybody..

and if someone could get in touch with the cyanogenmod devs.. i get what theyve done is beyond amazing.. i mean these roms are unbelievably fast and just NEVER bloody lag.. if they can do that, they could also try to make the whole thing better looking? i just think it wouldnt be that hard for those devs since they definitley know what they are doing.. the thing i miss THE most when i leave Sense is the camera, and facebook integration..

the stock facebook integration only gets very very blurry contact display picures.. any solutions to this?
[Android Apps and Games] tehseano:
Personally, I cannot stand the Sense SMS app, and I think the CM Dialer with its transparencey is way sick too. Also, the 3D gallery it beautiful, I've never seen any photo app thats as integrated, smooth, and as slick as the gallery. I guess I just don't know what you mean by non-functional apps.

Default browser too, its the fastest of all the browsers, except MAYBE Opera, but I find just having all those extra plugins and themes and **** you can have with Dolphin, just slow page loading down in general, plus stock browser is already slick and allows for maximum screen viewing. It just lacks some kind of bookmark sync, like chromemarks or foxmarks etc.
[Android Apps and Games] intelintelintel:
Honestly, I was perfectly satisfied with the sense SMS app, until I came across GoSMS. Now its my default.. and i agree with you on the 3D gallery bit.. its definitely by favourite too, but a lot of people don't seem to like it for some reason so i was hoping to get together more alternatives for them..

and yes i have to admit the default browser isn't bad at all.. It is definitely a bit faster than the rest, but with all the little features the other browsers have nowadays i think its a little outdated..

what do you think about the camera, btw? happy with it? if not what do you use?
[Android Apps and Games] maxexcloo:
I don't mind the CM7 applications that much.

The only one I dislike is the Camera application (ugly).
[Android Apps and Games] intelintelintel:
then why dont you go ahead and try the MIUI app ive attached in the second post.. do nandroid first, since im not sure if itll work on phones besides desire hd.. let us know the result
[Android Apps and Games] Snowtoad23:
Miren for browser, swype for keyboard
[Android Apps and Games] bm3r:
SwiftKey will always be my keyboard of choice. Nothing comes close.
[Android Apps and Games] hsichan:
Cool thread. I'm down with most of the stock apps, but the bundled File Browser is terrible.

File Browser:

File Expert (Free, theme support, support for root, batch processing, support for SMB, etc. Best free file browser on the market, easily.)

Camera:

Default (I still haven't gotten around to testing the MIUI camera, but I will try it later today.)

Browser:

Miren. (Slickest, smoothest browser on the market. Unfortunately, text does not reflow correctly after pinch zoom.)

Keyboard:

Swiftkey OR Flex OR Default. (Just got Flex from Amazon for free, and it's quickly become my new favorite. It allows input via voice, handwriting, trace, and taps. AND IT WAS FREE, yesterday.)

Gallery:

Stock. (I like Quickpic, but the stock video camera app does not allow you to use Quickpic as the default preview handler for some reason. It's an annoying bug/feature/etc.)

Dialer:

Stock

Contacts:

Stock. (None of Go's apps mesh well with the Haxzamatic's Honeybread theme, imho.)

Music Player:

PlayerPro or Google Music Beta. (Haven't plunked down the cash for PlayerPro yet, since Google Music Beta is pretty awesome. But if PlayerPro was cheaper, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.)
[Android Apps and Games] tehseano:
I just use the stock Camera app, I so rarely use my camera. I take 1 picture a month, if that, so the Camera app really isn't ever part of my concern tbh.
[Android Apps and Games] Haraldr Blaatand:
I'm running pretty much stock everything.

I would like to see the Camera UI get a makeover. I would like to have the look of the HTC Camera back (full screen instead of boxed in cropped view).

I'd love to be using Firefox, but... The relatively slow load time and lack of Flash just doesn't cut it, yet (I hope). (And I use Folder Organizer, which can tap the bookmark database.)

Now, this isn't app related, but I wish they would move some stuff into 'user' land. I'd like ROM Manager and Terminal to be in /data/app (or not at all). And the ringtone list is enormous. Yeah, I can deal with this with my root access, but I just don't want to have to deal with it EVERY time I update.

Am I ever going to switch to another ROM? No way!
[Android Apps and Games] Namuna:
Here's some of what I've found...

Keyboard: FlexT9

*Note: I have fat fingers and big hands (I wear size XL Gloves). I'm using a 3.8" screen on my N1, so your run-of-the-mill keyboards aren't cutting it for me.

Why FlexT9: Because it's a hybrid offering of Dictation, Swype and Swiftkey.

Have Tried: Swype, Swiftkey, HTC IME, Thumb keyboard.

Internet Browser: Skyfire

Why Skyfire: It's up to par performance wise, but what sets it apart for me is integrated Facebook and Twitter.

Have Tried: Default, Opera Mini, XScope, Firefox, Miren

File Browser: eFile

Why eFile: ASTRO was actually my default until today when someone mentioned another app. I went looking for it and the market had some other suggestions and eFile was one of them. I gave it a shot and so far I'm VERY impressed! It's the closest functionality to how a desktop File Browser works, which is surprisingly absent in many of the current popular offerings

Have Tried: File Expert, ASTRO

Email: k9mail

Why k9mail: Because Yahoo's email app SUX. HARD. For gmail I use the default gmail app, for all my other email accounts I pull them in through k9mail.

Have Tried: The default email app

Backup: TitaniumBackup

Why TB: Backup, Restore or Uninstall ANY app (including system apps). It also utilizes labels. Being a nightlies user, I have a label for the set of core apps that CM7 installs that I don't need. After a nightly install, I just filter for those apps and dump them in 1 fell swoop!

Have Tried: Just TB, I haven't had any temptation to go anywhere else.
[Android Apps and Games] intelintelintel:
thanks for all the reply guys! ill go through them and put some up in the 2nd post..

and just a thought.. does anyone personally know one of the cm7 devs? is it possible to get in touch with anyone of them to get them working on a better looking ui?
[Android Apps and Games] zepoind:
I found Dialer One interesting.
[Android Apps and Games] takfu76:
The only 2 apps I have any problem with are the messaging and camera apps.

For messaging I've been using Go SMS Pro, which is sleek and customizable.

After reading this thread I tried some of the cameras suggested here, including the miui and camera 360 apps, but found one not mentioned here called camera advance that I like a lot.

It has a minimalistic look, which is not my style, but has a lot of options that the other cameras are lacking, including taking panorama pictures, burst and reduced noise settings.

Try it and let me know what you think.
[Android Apps and Games] falcon_knife34:
You also miss video player and i would recommend moboplayer for that because its video player only plays mp4 files but galaxy s plays wmv mkv etc.
[Android Apps and Games] c00ller:
Jonasl abandoned the HTC_IME mod project a long, long time ago. A more recently maintained version of it is here, by gimpsta

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868131

It also has a link to his online kitchen where you can make your own themed keyboard.

Also, for the Dialer, "Dialer One" is a much more simple, barebones T9 dialer whose dark theme fits more with Android.

https://market.android.com/details?id=kz.mek.DialerOne
[Android Apps and Games] zasanil:
Is there a keyboard that has the arrow keys like in the htc stock sense keyboard? I really miss the arrow buttons.
[Android Apps and Games] Saturn1217:
+1 for Go SMS, that is my favorite

I know it wasn't on the list but I think the stock clock app is a bit lacking too. I need to have a stop watch and timer function as well which the HTC sense ROM had a great app for.

I've been using stopwatch from the market to supplement the google clock app. If anyone knows an app with all 3 functions built in (alarm, stopwatch and timer) please let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] iflip:
This has got to be my favorite thread thisweek. I could definitely leave sense for cm7 alongside the apps mentioned here. This would be the second reason to root and try aosp roms
[Android Apps and Games] StaticMaal:
My options are

Music Better Music https://market.android.com/details?id=app.odesanmi.and.music.full, WP7 Zplayer https://market.android.com/details?id=app.odesanmi.and.wpmusic and Miui Music its not in the market though i have them pm if you want one

Message GoSmS Pro https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms&feature=search_result

Launcher Golanucher EX https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex because it support theme and has messagesing widget and you dont have to use GoSms with it

Phonebook/Dialer PhoneBook 2.0 https://market.android.com/details?id=com.voxmobili.phonebook2&feature=search_result or Contapps https://market.android.com/details?id=com.contapps.android

Those are the apps i think would be good couldn't make up my mind.
[Android Apps and Games] Bernardos70:
Old thread I know, but does anyone know of a decent video player that plays everything the Galaxy S supports? The default one definitely doesn't, and Moboplayer is very buggy with the Galaxy S. I am running another ROM now, but I didn't get a chance to try the moboplayer codecs. Do they do anything for the playback? I couldn't even playback some videos I recorded with the TouchWiz camera smoothly when I ran cyanogen.
[Android Apps and Games] drive2droad:
I have replaced many stock apps on CM7 namely the following :

File Browser: File Expert

Browser: Stock or Dolphin HD

Keyboard: Go Keyboard or (any free alternative but i really like MIUI Keyboard)

Gallery: Quickpic

Music Player: DoubleTwist with AIrSync

Messaging: GoSMS Pro

Launcher: LauncherPro Plus

Dialer & Contacts : Can the default app handling them in CM7 be removed to make Go

Contacts the default app ??
[Android Apps and Games] hmohammed43:
As a sort of addition, here's what i use:

Keyboard: Swype (only available as a beta from http://beta.swype.com but i have no idea if it's still open, sorry :( )

Music: Mixzing is really good! As in really good! Has lots of features which are quite nice: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mixzing.basic&hl=en

Browser: +1 on the Dolphin HD recommendation, Dolphin Mini's quite good too: https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser

SMS: Handcent SMS still wins, just because of it's ability to give you quick reply popups: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms

That's my 2 cents (or where I'm from in the UK, 2 pence)
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
Alarm Clock Plus improves upon the stock Clock app quite considerably. Lot's more functionality and scope for tweaking appearance.
[Android Apps and Games] xI mEzMeRiZe Ix:
Browser: Opera Mobile...only browser that has truly smooth scrolling.

Launcher: Launcher Pro...Even though it gets hardly any updates, it is still the smoothest and fastest launcher.

File Explorer: ES File Explorer...root access and it's free, nuff said

Calculator: Seven+ Calculator...extremely responsive compared to the stock calculator and has scientific functions

Gallery: QuickPic...fast and responsive

My main reason for using any alternative apps is based on smoothness and responsiveness...I don't the minimalistic look that most apps have now. Sometimes I'm in shock how unresponsive Android apps are. The only app I can't find a good replacement for is the Calendar. The TouchWiz one was amazing and I haven't found anything from the Market that can match it.
[Android Apps and Games] thronnos:
Messaging : Handcent SMS (easily better than goSMS)

Launcher : ADW or ADWex

Keyboard : SwiftKey X or Touchpal Input

Music : google music or powerAMP

Camera : MIUI camera or Camera 360 or Vignettes Camera

Teleported from my Shifty Speedy using Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Vadwiser:
Good to know that - at least on a HTC Desire HD- the SRS/Dolby functionality disappers in Power Amp (there is no longer button in the application). I have CM7.1.0 nightly #260
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] anantshri:
Hi All Dev's,

In all dev forums we generally face various challenges and as such need to ask users a lot of question's if you have done this or not etc.

I am thinking of creating a simple script which when run on the machine can give us all the details as much as required.

for example for my BT5 and ubuntu work i require output of following commands.

mount

which busybox

echo $PATH

busybox

need inputs from other developers what exact details do they require to debug so that we can make a custom debug script which we can ask user to run once and use that as input for all its queries.....

More i will keep on adding in here... need dev's input here.

Note to MOD : this thread is in Dev section coz work is going on i am working on script just crowdsourcing the content as i don't want to leave anything out....
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
u will need to check for the following most used commands:

cat /proc/mtd
which
busybox
mount
ls -l `which mount`
ls -l `which busybox`
ls -l `which sh`
ls -l `which chmod`
ls -l `which chwon`
ls -l `which grep`
ls -l `which sed`
ls -l `which awk`

and so on...

u get the idea...

so u get most info related to the device... MTD blocks, busybox location, mount points, location & symlink info (if any) of most used commands
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] anantshri:
Thanks for the inital tips ... working in this as i needed it for BT thread thought i would crowdsource the idea.

ohk so here is what i am doing right now.

creating a simple script which will generate all the debug output and dump it in /sdcard/debug_log.txt

then we can ask use to upload this debug_log.txt for our debugging.

To All Dev,

please suggest anything else you need to check frequently which we can add in here.

Will be uploading first version in few minutes.

@DooMLorD : might need your help in creating a recovery zip file of it.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
ya sure let me know...

till then something for u to read/check for creating update.zip

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1041064

also some examples of update-script:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13522506#post13522506
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] anantshri:
First Set of code file

@DooMLorD : shamelessly copied your script to check type of Recovery, although added a bit of my logic in.

# DEBUG Log generation script created by Anant Shrivastava
# known as anantshri in XDA forum
# credit goes to B,J,Z and other developers.
# any specific code taken from other dev's have credit in place.
# incase i missed something send me a PM and i will add it.
debug()
{
#general debug listing.
echo "********** BUSYBOX *****************"
which busybox
busybox
echo "********** MOUNT *******************"
mount
cat /proc/mtd
echo "*************Command Permissions***************"
ls -l `which mount`
ls -l `which busybox`
ls -l `which sh`
ls -l `which chmod`
ls -l `which chwon`
ls -l `which grep`
ls -l `which sed`
ls -l `which awk`
echo "********** ROM SPECIFIC SETTINGS ***************"
cat /system/build.prop | grep "ro.build.id"
cat /system/build.prop | grep "ro.build.display.id"
cat /system/build.prop | grep "ro.build.version.incremental"
echo "************* KERNEL INFORMATION ****************"
uname -a
echo "************* DEFAULT PATH **********************"
echo $PATH
}
debug_bt()
{
echo "BackTrack Specific Log"
ls -l /sdcard/bt

}
chk_recovery()
{
#
# Script (v1) to check for type of Recovery
# by DooMLoRD
#
# For Xperia X10 users only
#
echo "Recovery disk's available"
if [ -e /system/bin/xrecovery.tar ]
then
echo "xRecovery FOUND!"
fi
if [ -e /system/recovtools/xrecovery.tar.gz ]
then
echo "FreeXperia Recovery FOUND! [TYPE 1]"
fi
if [ -e /system/recovery/recovery.tar.bz2 ]
then
echo "FreeXperia Recovery FOUND! [TYPE 2]"
fi
echo -n "Chargemon Configured Recovery : "
REC=`cat /system/bin/chargemon | grep tar | grep recovery | cut -f4 -d"/"`
if [ $REC == "xrecovery.tar" ]
then
echo "Xrecovery"
elif [ $REC == "xrecovery.tar.gz" ]
then
echo "FreeXperia Recovery"
elif [ $REC == "recovery.tar.bz2"]
then
echo "FreeXperia Recovery type 2"
fi
}

export LOG_FILE=/sdcard/debug_log.txt
echo "Creating DEBUG LOG please wait"
echo "Collection general information"
debug > $LOG_FILE 2>&1
echo "Checking Recovery installed on phone"
chk_recovery >> $LOG_FILE 2>&1
echo "Collecting BT specific information"
debug_bt >> $LOG_FILE 2>&1

I am right now just attaching the sh file we can add an icon on desktop using gscript lite.

Please suggest if anything i missed.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
ooohhhh nice modular functions in shell script!!!

great will be using this trick later for some advance work...

btw do shell scripts allow for "include" commands/scripts

EDIT:

yups i was thinking of including grep code to search for exact "Active" recovery in chargmeon...

EDIT2:

Gscript is weird... the output for ur code will display on device screen:

stderr:

stderr:

stderr:

stderr:

....

lots of them too
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] anantshri:
1) just pulling off old shell scripting tricks i used to use.

include bash do support need to check if android shell will support or not.

2) So your task half done...

3) Stderr is what i don't understand at all why they occur in gscript
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
u might also want to search for:

which

on FreeX10-beta4 its a part of busybox (symlinked to busybox)

also some additional stuff u might want to check from build.prop

echo "********** ROM SPECIFIC SETTINGS ***************"
cat /system/build.prop | grep "ro.build.version.sdk"
cat /system/build.prop | grep "ro.build.version.release"
cat /system/build.prop | grep "ro.product.model"
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] baz@gmx.co.uk:
I think this is a great idea, as a standard user it will give me a chance to provide useful feedback (rather then just saying "that's a good idea!")

So, forgive me for my ignorance of development, but could you also use the routine to perform common tests. i.e, besides the bug reports are there other sub-routines that can be executed (harmlessly) to provide the dev's with additional info on the phones' make-up.

I suggest this assuming there are some common problems that could be identified by accessing additional date not currently found in the de-bug outputs..?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] anantshri:
Hi All,

updated the script with some more codes ....

Please suggest if anything else is needed will try to see if i can make a flashable zip for this.

changelog

1)added logcat's for events main and radio. also added option to get stacktrace of dalvik.

EDIT : script updated.....
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
dude u posted output of script and not the updated script itself ;)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] anantshri:
@DooMLorD

thanks for pointing ... correct script updated....

Please check and suggest...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
looking good so far....

few more sugestions:

dmesg

kmesg

last_kmesg
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] anantshri:
I DooMLoRD,

Checked about all three

dmesg gives runtime output of kerenel messages.

cat /proc/kmesg is a copy of dmesg output... with a twist. once cat /proc/kmesg is done the output goes out of file and it just keeps waiting for more input.

last_kmesg as i know is for the last session.

Script is done ... will just post the details. here.

Need your help in creating a zipable file for creating this script as a simple command on shell.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] PooN_HeaD:
anyone able to find a good spoof texting app FOR the phone not a computer

T-Mobile G2

Gingerbread 2.3.3

CM7
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bryyyan:
pranktxt. its not totally free though
[EVO 4G General] :
yes well after I wiped everything to re install mikfroyo .4.62 to fix an error I kept getting something surprising happened.

At 6 am I unit my device each day. Now it is 11 pm and I had 49 percent left. That is with about 70 messages, internet browsing l, reading some questionablecontent comic, reading the articles on CNET, two calls. Bluetooth on for 3 hours, 3 short phone calls. Reading xda using this app. Sendong a few mms, and photo downloads.

Now Idk wtf happening to get this battery life but it is amazing.

I also use the throttle tweak, netarchy toatmods.4.3.4 more havs, battery increment fix, and have never gotten anywhere close to this kind of battery life.... ever....

Just thought it was amazing
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
First, you can never judge battery life until you have ran a rom for a few days. THe first few days will always be a lot better or a lot worse. Second, did you wipe battery stats? Or run the Battery Calibration app? If you didnt, you could be getting a false reading, and while your phone says 40 percent, it may be more like 10, and your phone could die any time.
[EVO 4G General] :
Yes I did the full large techniques.and reset battey stats everytime I flash. and I have ran this donbefore as in I had an issue that I had to re flash the Rom. Nothing is different except I wiped everything this time LOL. I know the whole Rom and battery thing jot my first time flashing not the last.
[EVO 4G General] adeyo:
when i was running cm 6.1.2, after calibrating everything and tweaking all my settings just right, on full juice that was about right. the phone sleep was awesome. I would go about 30-35 hours, but with light surfing, texting here/there and phone calls. maybe -maybe some gps but that usually lessoned my hours. under heavy usage i would get 18 hours or so. ...i miss that :) cm 7 doesn't seem to be anywhere near that.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
I averaged 1day 9hrs on CM7...with 3 hours of playing emulators and some calls, ect.

And lol at the "questionable content comics."
[EVO 4G General] bjb_nyj101:
It's just the cynic in me. But whenever I've seen people post ridiculous battery life like this with a stock battery, I immediately discredit it unless I see a picture of the battery usage.

And almost every time I've seen someone post the pics trying to "prove" their amazing battery life, they either

a) claimed to use a stock battery but were actually using an extended one (people went back through their posts and saw that they had extended

or

b) they had almost no display usage
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13722006&postcount=826

My post. Can't post the more up to date one [phone is backing up before rebooting] But it is possible. And I am using the stock 1500maH battery.
[EVO 4G General] bjb_nyj101:
Nice. What's your kernel/setCPU/undervolting/JuiceDefender setup?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Well first off, I don't blame you for being skeptical, cuz I used to be too, untill I started getting it. And second, I won't say something unless I can back it up. :p

Setup:

Rom: CM7, latest nightly

Kernel : Tiamat 4.0.2 / 3.3.7 [both are the best, in my opinion, 4.0.0 breaks cameras, stay away from it.]

Undervolt: Viperboy's bsm -100mv extreme / bsm v2

I don't use setcpu or juice defender.
[EVO 4G General] :
Well that is true but this is my first time. It is the same exact Rom I just had to re flash. And been running for three days now. It is shocking me to. When I get home I will try to get a screebshot of the batter stats to prove the off charge time and battery usage stats..
[EVO 4G General] Tilde88:
FAIL.......

unless your phone is as thick as my shoe... you sir, are full of it..

PFFT CM7.. WHAT A JOKE!!!

3 hours of emulator play... RIIIIIIIGHT. Sounds like someone has cannot tell how long a minute/hour really is...

not trying to bash you dude... but cmon...