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[General Questions and Answers] ness3DG:
I wanna install Can Knockdown on my galaxy 3, but i cant find them in the market and when i try to download from the android market web site says there cant because its not aviable in my country, and when i download the .apk file in my phone and install, my phone restarts. can anybody help me or upload the apk file?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linsalata28:
I've asked this before but never really got a good answer I'm trying to make icons with the kitchen but after I make them and flash the zip not all of the icons show up I take the framework res apk from the ROM I'm trying to mod and some of the icons work just not my 3g and signal any idea why this would be happening am I doing something wrong? Please help any help is great thank you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Concordium:
I'm having an issue with Mine as well. It keeps telling me that the theme is missing assets for my device's screen size. I'm not sure why.....

HTC Evo

CM7.0.3.1
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mizzouse:
I was having similar issues, until I read on the site that clockwork recovery is the default. Try that recovery when flashing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Journeyman83:
Doesn't work for me...

Did that fix it? I've been trying to change the battery indicator 5 different times now, and have had compiling errors. I've tried ClockworkMod and Ra. Ugh...
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
I got the very first android that was available in Japan, HTC Magic via docomo 2 years ago. It was a terrible experience back then, super slow, but somewhat relieved by cyanogen mods back then.

Finally I gave up and decided to get an iPhone until Android matures enough.

I went thru two iPhone cycles and what can I say ... while they are very boring, they just worked.

2 Days ago I decided to get another Android, the Xperia Arc from docomo.

I am running Android 2.3.2 SO-01C build. All stock.

It's a lot better of an experience than the Magic was, but still I am surprised how slow it is. I read all these fantastic reviews here and I am just thinking "don't you have these issues, too?"

Yesterday I was at a networking event and tried to pull out my phone (xperia arc) to get someone's contact details. I tried to launch the Contacts app, and it actually takes 10sec+ with a white screen, then some sluggish interface pops up.

By the time I was ready to enter the number and email, the moment had passed and we settled on exchanging business cards instead. (quite embarrassing)

I was very disappointed.

I am having the same problem with the browser and the Gmail app. They both go thru these 10-15 seconds loading stage with white blank screen. After that I can close the app and restart it quickly, but if you leave it for sometime it does the blank screen thing again.

When going back to the home screen from any app, I first get a blank screen with just the wallpaper, then the dock loads, then some apps load, then the google widget loads. Feels like I am loading images on an 3x86 running windows 3.1.

Sometimes, it's even worse. I close "Pulse" newsreader app trying to return to "home" and I get to the home screen but "Pulse" turned into my wallpaper and it won't go away until I kill the process explicitly.

I mean ... can this really be thru? A brand new, top of the line phone running stock rom from Sony Ericsson.

They must've seen these issues when testing the phone.

Almost like XP writing to swap partition and my harddrive is falling asleep, except that my phone doesn't have a hard drive...

How can it still be that bad??

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Solved. It is crazy fast now!!

I reset the phone and DID NOT sign into any of the timescape stuff.

That did it for me.

It actually feels faster than the iPhone4 now. Wow, I am really amazed how far android got since I last tried it with the HTC Magic.

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[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
They didn't and it isn't - you have a faulty handset.

Do you honestly believe that if the reviewers had handsets that took 10+ seconds to open an app that it would get the sorts of reviews the Arc has had?

That's ridiculous, no reviewer worth their salt would ever try and pretend that was reasonable performance, they'd lose all credibility.

Try resetting your handset or repairing it via SEUS, if that doesn't fix the issue, get it replaced.
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
... trust me, I don't want to believe it, that's why I posted here. I am very very disappointed after having spent a lot of money on this phone an then getting this.
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
It's a faulty phone, it happens - even to Apple.
[Xperia Arc General] icepixie:
^ Agreed. I also had the HTC magic before and just recently upgraded to the arc and what a world of difference!! The arc is so snappy and I don't have to wait 10-15 seconds to load up anything as I did before.

Suggest you reset and start from scratch....
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
I've seen almost similar problem. I reflashed and it never had the problem. Could be because of some Widgets or apps you installed are the problem. Also, very high resolution wallpaper could be issue. Some of the weather Widgets could be a pain depending on what add-on you installed. I find weatherbug elite slows my Arc.
[Xperia Arc General] keijames:
Mate, 2 option;

1. go back to iphone. Sell you ARC.

and

2. visit your local Sony repair services, again for swap.

cheers

James
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
will try the reset now.

... sigh, so disappointed. Hope this is gonna help a bit.
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
Guys, I am using this app called "share my apps" to show you what I've got installed right now.

Also I am using the "nexus" live wallpaper. That should be fine, right?

my apps:

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Adobe Reader

Advanced Task Killer Free

Aedict

Amazon JP

ANA GLOBAL

AnkiDroid

AppMonster Pro

Chase

Chrome to Phone

ChromeMarksLite

CliphWeather

Clocks around the world

Docs

eBay

Expedia

Finance

Global Nuclear Watch

Goggles

IMDb

Kayak

Linda Manager

LinkedIn

MetroTouch

OurGroceries

Pulse

QR Droid

RunKeeper

ShareMyApps

Shazam

Skype

TripIt

Twitter

Wapedia

WebMD

xda premium

Zeam Launcher

ぐるなび

乗換案内＋
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
can't go back to my iPhone, I still have it. I have two contracts running. I wanted to use both simultaneously for half a year to really test it, while my iPhone contract is still running.
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
Get rid of the task manager, it'll do more harm than good.

Android manages tasks automatically, you don't need any extra apps to do so.
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
guys, I reset the phone and it seems a hell of a lot faster now. Unbelievable. I hope it stays this way, almost snappier than my iPhone.

Just one thing is weird, I cannot use the android market on my desktop anymore to install my apps remotely.

I haven't added cliphWeather widget back yet. I wonder if that was slowing everything down.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Don't use task killer and it won't help you anyways.

Try to do a factory reset or try and put a stock ROM without Docomo's stuff on it. You can simply flash with "Flash Too" program with no problem.

Even some apps in market says built for android 2.2 and up or 2.1 and up they are not yet ready with 2.3 therefore they have bugs which have not been worked out.

Flash a brand new ROM and don't install your apps. just set up your stuff and see if you have problem still.

If yes, then return the phone and get a new one.

If no, then you will be a happy person.

Good Luck
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
thanks for all the replies.

All I did was reset the phone and not install "CliphWeather" and it is lighting fast.

I am very impressed.

I also didn't sign into all the timescape stuff that SE offers.

Everything working as expected now.
[Xperia Arc General] ajftl:
Lol yea from 1000 iPhone 4 maybe one is faulty. It is true. The arc is not what is suppose to be. Its just a beautiful phone that takes great pics... and I know u all going to say to op guy do a master reset. Get rid of crapware use launcher pro or adw lol. Here we go again. Look around here ..there is a lot of people complaining about same.issue. mine is running "OK" I use my thunderbolt more(blows this away 1000 times in.speed even running a beta 2.3.4 with sense 3.0 seriously) its the Sony UI ..definitely ...I'm gonna play around with the xperia play USA version tomorrow. Not Sony UI ..plain gingerbread and I guaranteed its way faster than arc. ..when sensations comes out this arc going up on eBay ..definitely. its 2011 no need to have headache with this when there is great faster devices out there. ... dude. Trust me. U gonna do a reset/re install rom maybe bla bla. At the end of the day u need to reboot cause phone gets laggy. Period. Unless a custom rom comes out without Sony UI then we talk
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
Apple have similar failure rates to any other manufacturer.

Except unlike SE, they only give you a one year warranty.
[Xperia Arc General] SuperDeform:
are you comparing the iphone 4 or 3gs to an arc? what's your experience with speeds i was thinking of going to a iphone 4
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
iPhone4.

Arc feels much snappier.
[Xperia Arc General] dj_jokke:
Lol are you seriously that cynic? Just because your phone, which you probably screwed up yourself, seems slow and crappy, ALL the other Arcs in the world have the same issues? You made my day man..
[Xperia Arc General] samvig:
My Arc was facing the same slowness problem...

Seem if u sync facebook contacts the arc always connects to the net before opening contacts to sync the status updates... useless really....

Uninstalled FB ... is now lightning fast ....
[Xperia Arc General] Mobage:
You bought many apps. Not many local Japan apps though?
[Xperia Arc General] iead1:
Bump to say that Docomo will be updating to 2.3.3 tomorrow evening around 6 PM.

Included in the update is the Facebook Inside Xperia stuff and a new version of the POBox Keyboard, including a full keyboard(with numbers/symbols) in landscape mode.

Also included: 8 new links to crappy programs that can't be uninstalled! Yay.
[Xperia Arc General] ShaunD103:
Agreed, I've owned the iPhone in the past, in fact I used to be a bit of an Apple fan boy but my 3Gs was replaced 9 times and the iPhone 4 I got.... well I couldn't make calls on it. No manufacture is perfect and you are going to get the odd few units that have faults unfortunately.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SantinoInc:
This ROM has come a long way but the only thing I can't get to work is wireless 4g tethering. I have tried with the built in WiFi tether as well as the wireless tether app. They don't seem to work with 4g. Is this a known issue or am i I doing something wrong?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalai:
these guys got it working pretty good...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046764

...have you tried it? worked for me
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Beat me to it; but yea, it worked for a lot of people. Help is available upon asking.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I have given this modem several chances and it has disappointed me everytime. I consistently get 300 kbs less at home on my Airave on 3G. Out of the house it stops downloading in the middle. Speed is up and down. I lose internet off and on. All on 3G. 3G icon sits there but no blue arrows flash. Sometimes I have to toggle airplane mode several times to get 3G going again.

The only good thing I have found is that I can connect to 4G in my living room consistenetly where the EC05 modem was hit or miss. So if you use 4G all the time this may be a good modem for you. for 3G...throw it out.
[Epic 4G General] p3dr0maz:
I had problems with 3G (dropping out and not coming back) and GPS lock when I first flashed the EE03 modem. Second time around GPS locked and I haven't had the dropped 3G issue since that first flash. Not sure what's up with that, you'd think the problems would be consistent. However, im prolly not the best gauge as I have Wifi everywhere I go. I use 3G sparingly. I haven't compared speeds between the two modems though.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Yeah, that's why I gave it the best test possible with an Airave. I get 1.8Mbs with EC05 and 1.5Mbs with the EE03.
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
3g signal and strength seems a little stronger for me but not by a whole lot. I've been running it without any issues.
[Epic 4G General] Kif420:
3g drops constantly with ee03. Can't wait for a stable gingerbread!
[Epic 4G General] bondosho:
EE03 speed up my connection quite a bit. No issues here, and paired with SRF 1.1.1, my phone is extremely fast.
[Epic 4G General] sceptor:
I'm fine with it. Little difference
[Epic 4G General] akenis:
For those with EE03, does it write/change your Wimax settings. I changed a bunch of mine while using ED05, namely the min signal strength toconnect. Default was like -89 and I lowered mine to -94. Def able to connect more, but if it doesn't... u can just watch the bat guage spin. Just wondering if increased performance with the new modem may be due to tweaking the settings.

I had changed my 3G extensions... blanked them all out. They got set back to default while flashing a ROM. Never got a chance to evaluate a difference. Are the ports/proxies set up the same with EE03? Maybe try blanking the 4 entries and see if that helps.
[Epic 4G General] bondosho:
No changes, just flashed the modem.
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
No way I love the ee03 modem. I used to have a lot of emails that I would send hang for the longest time. Haven't had a problem at all with ee03 modem. Also 3g speed is so much faster for me as well. Just my opinion.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] epic4GEE:
Have you ever seen this behavior on eb13's and ec05's modem? I have and also dk28's modem. I have this pop up from time to time on various rom/modem combinations and I'm starting to think its some sort of RIL bug or 3g handshake bug, maybe even some sort of permissions bug (really I have no clue tho).

I see this happen from time to time. I'm in a spot that always has 3g, but what happens, it just sits there loading, all the while my 3g icon is dormant, doing nothing. Then out of the blue it goes to 1x and starts working, but only with 1x, then when its done loading whatever, it will bring 3g back and it may or may not repeat the same thing again when I try to pull data. Note; occasionally it will retain 3g, but be hexa slow.....1~10kbps slow.....ouch, that's slow.

That was why I spoke of a modem binge in some other threads. Originally I thought it was sprints network taking a dump in my hand(set). Now after seeing an evo getting 3g right next to me, while mine was stalling and eventually dropped to 1x and also trying every decent modem. I have to believe the problem is in my phone some place.

Only thing I have recently discovered to work is to fix permissions in rom manager, I don't use rom manager for anything, except fixing permissions. The only reason I even tried fixing permissions in rom manager, was after fixing permissions in cwm (3.0.0.6) my phone would (sometimes) get stuck in a boot loop and the only way to fix it would be to clear cache and dalvik cache or restore a backup in cwm. However this modem bug/issue still pops up from time to time, mostly when the phone has been sleeping for 10minutes or more.

I actually think the ee03 modem is pretty good. Just my problems are not.
[Epic 4G General] pjames:
i wouldnt know lol ive been stuck on dk28 since the usb ports on my laptop are broken :(
[Epic 4G General] SwimDrewid:
I'm unable to connect to GPS and I don't like how switching from WiFi to 3g necessitates me enabling airplane mode

Sent from my fully armed and operational epic battle station
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
@Epic4gee...Yeah, I got those symptoms but only going to the EE03 modem. Maybe it is a tower/modem issue for me. But the biggest thing is that it is slower on an Airave which should be the best connection I could get with a 30Mbs broadband connection. I could pass off the connection drops as Sprint but not the speed difference.
[Epic 4G General] jmax313:
Yeah 3g sucked for me too
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
I'm calling malarchy on this thread since this morning I was getting 1.2 mbs/s on 3g, 7.45 mbs/s on 4g and 17.07 mbs/s on wifi with multiple attempts. I think like all devices thios varies by region, modem software and device hardware. It'll never hit that venn diagram where all 3 circles coexist at their highest points. I was probably in some mecca of coverage this morning.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Did you put the EC05 modem back on and test it in the same area? You will get about 200-300 kbs more in speed on 3G. I consistently tested this on the fastest connection possible, an Airave with Broadband 30Mbs connection. EC05 is faster, EE03 connects to 4G better in low signal areas.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
I have 4g in my city, why would I ever use 3g unless I really had to? My 3g has always been jack unless in specific circumstances. I've actually noticed it to be zippier while lacking the download test results.
[Epic 4G General] eigerzoom:
christ man...i think i could negotiate a flash off a laptop at bestbuy/staples/officemax if i was that screwed

go get a library card or rent/buy a friend for a minute

hell go rent a laptop from rent-a-center for a week

i see people give away p3/p4 computers on craigslist like they are going out of style...oh wait...they are...but hell they still do work

consider broadening your horizons just slightly past your own living room

thats all i'm sayin

hell take a walk onto a college campus and have a seat or a high school

people will help you...you just gotta ask
[Epic 4G General] rangerover_95:
I see a major improvement in the signal with the ee03 modem. I live in portland, and went from 2-3 bounding bars to a steady 4. My 4g still disconnects in my apartment, but it is stronger than it was outside my building.
[Android Themes] johnny quest:
I made these clocks for myself and thought I throw it on here for anybody who would like them. I've included 3 docks.
[Android Themes] ratchet789:
awesome job looks really good.
[Android Themes] firetiger:
Awesome clock! ^.^
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlhdk:
Hi,

I tried to make ashortcut on the homescreen straight to a file - is it possible???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rumble6059:
IIRC it is possible with Launcher Pro, but atm i'm using touchwiz so i cannot confirm.

Rumble
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempest2112:
Yes you can use Launcher Pro to do this. Just press and hold on the screen and Shortcut is at the top of the list.

Sorry think that gives apps etc not a single file ( assuming like a word document)

Edit: might be worth trying a folder widget and see if you can place a file in it, at least it would be quicker to get to that way instead of going through the menu system.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] padlad:
Astro file manager allows you to do that. Once installed, press and hold the screen, choose shortcut, choose astro, that will fire up astro and allow you to navigate to the file you want as a shortcut, just select that file and it will place it on your home screen as a shortcut in Touchwiz, Launcherpro etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
Anycut in the mkt.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlhdk:
Thanks guys ;-)

I found a app. Adao file Manager - it does the job 70% (it can make a shortcut to a folder - not a file) -

I will give astra a try one of the comming days.

Thanks for all the answers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlhdk:
I installed Astro File Mamager - its working perfect. It can make shortcut both to a file and to a folder. Thanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChongoDroid:
No

Sent from my Googletron
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommy_vercetti:
Please do not mislead if you do not know! there is a big chinese community out there http://bbs.gfan.com/forum-522-1.html but it is all in chinese, try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1615689
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyAlik:
He didn't mislead,it was sarcasm i believe...before asking questions like "is there chinese roms" etc,you can just google your question and get the answer..
[Epic 4G General] husher:
https://market.android.com/details?...-apps&rdid=net.hexage.robotek.hd&rdot=1&pli=1

This isn't half bad and looks nice. Anybody else try it out.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Looks nice

Did the news get around about a guy named butcher pete?
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Really cool! Love how it includes the classic slot machine game!
[Epic 4G General] husher:
it kinda reminds me of the FF7 PSP game. not a lotta people like that kind of RPG. Then again I'm a sucker for simple lines and bright colors like pata pon and lumines
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Really? That was one of my favorite games of all time for some reason. xD

I don't really see the similarity but I love the colors in this game and how it's kept fresh with different choices.
[Epic 4G General] husher:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5xd2HFIIYU
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
The news has gotten arround.

Did the news get around about a guy named butcher pete?
[Epic 4G General] spf2722:
I heard he was hackin and wackin.
[Epic 4G General] Elite11b:
Did the news get around about a guy named butcher pete?[/QUOTE]

Fallout 3?
[Epic 4G General] caileb:
Its not a bad game... but anyway of obtaining more energy besides giving them money?
[Galaxy S II General] viniturb0:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ered_to_show_its_new_prototypes_to_apple.html

Hello everyone,

i guess now the S2 will receive some major updates to change the phone software entirely cos of the lawsuit from Apple. The new update already has a new music icon, please read the new above itll explain more.

Samsung has nailed the hardware and i really do hope they can do the same with the software eg touch Wiz which is a terrible UI.

they could have learnt to make something like the sense Ui which is much better.

Apps integration is so important for smartphones to work in harmony, not many phones can do that includng Multitasking and push notifications which are so important. preview widgets could have been improved to give more info to a user without having the need to tap so many times.

Its time for Samsung to bring in some great developers to help them with great UI to nail the market

Apple developers are only human!!!
[Galaxy S II General] SBS_:
The topic is a little misleading (the same goes for most of the headlines in the tech press). Apple will not be able to see unreleased Samsung hardware, only the legal firm handling this case for Apple. That means (as mentioned in the article you link to) that Apple's engineers and in-house legal team will not be given access to the unreleased products.

Apple might very well lose the case as well, so I don't expect any drastic changes in the near future as these cases tend to go on for a couple of years.

Would be funny if Samsung terminated their contract with Apple though, think there would be a slight delay to their new products if they were suddenly missing almost all the hardware parts ;)
[Galaxy S II General] dinan:
Maybe this is why the US s2 launch date was postponed?
[Galaxy S II General] viniturb0:
I dont know why they have to fight with each other rather than working on better software for the user. They work with each other and samsung provides some hardware to Apple, as a company Samsung totally rocks but probably lacks vision cos they dont have a steve jobs sat there. They have even demoed flexible and transparent screens, if anyone Apple would miss out on these if Samsung lost the case.