yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Off-topic] idavid_:
You beat me :(
[Off-topic] idavid_:
...or just use software keyboard.
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Ooohhhhhhhhhh... so that's what soft keyboard stands for:rolleyes: I feel kinda stupid now.lol

Sent from my 'SilverBullet' HTCDesireZ running CM7
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Yeah I can, I noticed that after;) but I don't like it :p
[Off-topic] husam666:
and that is why I love my TP2 :D
[Off-topic] SuperDeform:
Use a bluetoth keyboard
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
The point of me getting a G2 and not DHD was they keyboard, I might send to HTC :D
[Off-topic] Diamond_dawg:
Send it to HTC?
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
I think I'm going too, lol I haden;t thought of that at first but then a mate said and I was like.. Oh yeah! :D
[Off-topic] vmiguel:
Keep the keyboard as is, and join this group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=100376546675870 :p
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeahman45:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Portable-AA-Bat...562538?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3cb826682a

are these good? was thinking of getting one as i am going on a travel soon and will take lots of photos and videos with my camera.. so i think my battery will not last long... was thinking that this portable charger might help? can i use it to charge and at the same time use my phone?

i am opting for a mobile charger with aa batteries as aa batteries are easily available and transportable but was wondering how much capacity are the aa batteries? (how much battery life does it provide)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbhadusia:
Appologies in advance if this is complete rubbish. From what I understand, NFC works by holding devices/cards that are NFC enabled close to a suitable paypoint. Some bank cards, eg Barclaycard already offer this service. From this, am I wrong in assuming that its not the hardware thats important, but moreso the acual chip on the card. If thats the case - is it down to the network operator to issue the modified chips/sims to slot into the phone to make it NFC enabled - OR do you actually need modified hardware on the phone? If you do need modified hardware, whats stopping anyone from opening a bank account that issues NFC credit/debit cards and simply cutting out the chip from the cards and putting that chip under the back cover of your phone (the chips from the cards would be pretty small and should easily fit under the cover in the battery region)? That way, you could still tap and pay with the back of the phone. Is that completely ridiculous?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
NFC posts here show on sim .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live_0978:
I think the idea is that u can reprogram the chip if its hardwired into the phone or something..maybe look it up on Wikipedia or something.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbhadusia:
thanks for replies. So, JJEgan, the nfc enabled phones are physically the same as 'non enabled' oness? Its just the SIM thats modified?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slice77:
They are not the same.

The NFC chip in the the Nexus S can read, write, and emulate an NFC tag. It allows developers to use it for their apps.

I suspect that the NFC enabled sim cards only have an embedded NFC tag, which I don't think developers can access. It simply acts as a single purpose tag for payments for example, just like in some credit cards. It would not allow for read/writes, or for multi use emulation.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve228uk:
Orange demoed the SIM being used to read and write tags as well as making payments. The SIM is using technology from Gemalto to allow it. It's just a case of having the right app on the phone. I'm hoping someone with a GS2 will get ahold of one soon enough.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelestat:
Yeah that is my understanding to, you can either have the phone with a built in chip. Or use an NFC enable micro sd card.

Both give you the same functionailty. The down side is the sd cards are probably small capacity in terms of gb for storage, and you would not be able to swap out the micro sd and still use nfc (if you are one of those that uses multiple sd cards for storage)

The micro sd route would be a good route for samsung to go, send a free one to all of those that purchased the launch model without nfc built in.

Not heard of the sim option. But I guess it would work in the same fashion as the sd card.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueScreenJunky:
I don't think so. From what I gathered the NFC enabled SIM card can only be read by other devices, so it will be able to act as a contactless payment or transport card. BUT it won't enable your phone to read or write NFC tags, so you won't be able to tap nfc enabled ads to get information (like with QR code but without the camera), nor to create your own NFC tags with your phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slice77:
Unless someone can point to the 13.56 mhz antenna, this phone won't be doing any read/writes.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelestat:
The antenna is built into the microsd card

http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2009/01/12/3485/tyfone-puts-nfc-into-microsd-cards/

Reading around it does look like both the sd and sim options focus more on using nfc as a payment method, than on other uses for the tech.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slice77:
True, but that antenna is just for the NFC tag in the SD card to be read by another device. There is no embedded antenna or NFC chip in the phone, nor the ability to add integrated NFC at a later date. The NFC abilities in Android can never be utilized without that.

You are correct that this limits the use to small payment or transit access. Might as well tape your Barclay credit card or Oyster card to the back of your phone, there will be no integration with apps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I_am_Incredible:
EVO4G Hardware Version 0003 Rooted but Running Stock Sprint Rom.

Hey guys, I've been rooted for a while. I've ran CM6 CM7, The Alpha Kingdom from Virus. All worked fine... Lately whenver I've flashed a sense ROM it doesn't seem to boot. The B1 and the B1.1 from Virus for the Kingdom ROM gets to the "HTC EVO 4G" screen and d oesn't go past it. The exact same thing happens with Fresh 3.5.0.1 which worked perfectly fine before since it was my regular ROM. Last ROM I flashed was Kush's 2.3.4 and it Booted and Ran fine.

I have 100MB internal free currently. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

I'll be very appreciative of any help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redwiz666:
you internal memory doesn't really matter because when you flash a new rom you should be clearing all your cache and doing a factory reset while in recovery before flashing the rom. From the sounds of it this should fix your problem with no being able to flash most roms.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qudwis:
When I try to add new city to the HTC weather..

i force closes.. what can i do here??
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flexor224:
How fresh is your installation? Sure you downloaded version VIII?

Did you wipe everything...

Wipe data/factory reset

Wipe Cache partition

Wipe Dalvik Cache

I had no issues with this one... at all...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R_Corbijn:
Upgrade to the latest version (8).

Weather issues are gone.

Adobe reader bugged, but if you uninstall it and reinstall from market it fixes it.

Camera had some lag, upgraded to latest kernel (test 4) and this fixed it too.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onyx_64:
Is it normal that the live weather wallpaper stops its animation after a few seconds? It runs whenever i unlock the ph, but stops after like 5 seconds..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sdobron:
So, the process seems pretty simple...much easier than htc inspire 4g, how recoverable are these devices? Hard to brick?
[XPERIA X8 General] skyboyextreme:
Does it mean that the brightness is controlled by the light sensor?

If us then why when i un-check it and set the brightness manually my x8 brightness keep changing according to the ambient light!!

I hate this light sensor and want to disable it in minicm 6 but can't seem to do this, can somebody tell me hot disable this light sensor i just hate it :(

Thanks.....
[XPERIA X8 General] Griffrez:
Are you sure it adjusts? It might just be the light difference and it might look like it changes, but it doesn't. I use CM7.0.4, and it works just fine.

And yes, Auto-Brightness uses the light sensor to determine what is the adequate lighting level for your current surrounding light levels, so it makes an adequate light contrast, so to say. In my opinion, sometimes Auto-Brightness makes it too bright and sometimes too dark.
[XPERIA X8 General] archanged:
yes, brightness is controlled by the light sensor when autobrightness is on..

i've used miniCM and CM6 and i don't experience a change in brightness when my autobrightness is off..
[XPERIA X8 General] skyboyextreme:
No in minicm6 1.0.1 when i uncheck the auto brightness my brightness STILL keeps on changing according to The sarrounding light so checking it or unchecking it (autobrightness) is the same in minicm the brightness just keep on changing no matter whatsoever
[XPERIA X8 General] Mimk0oo:
Agreed. But i am not sure that it does it on all minicm6 roms. So if you want your battery more than some slobbery functionality in custom roms. Chose what you need most until we get a nice and stable 2.3 rom.

P.S. I am using stock rom, customized by me. Removed what not needed, reframed, etc.
[XPERIA X8 General] traffic22:
auto brightness is controlled by the light sensor in CM6 sensor should be disabled by changing a line in hw_config ...check the threads of the ROM's. you have information how to do in this place:)

Sorry for my bad english :(!
[XPERIA X8 General] Azat77:
you need to edit hw_config.sh
[Xperia Arc General] stiffen:
Just want to share with you we are (Hong kong) starting to get ota update for Arc 2.3.3. now. My unit has been updated.

UPDATE 1: IF NO OTA DETECTED, PC UPDATE IS AVAILABLE NOW, USING USB CONNECTED TO PC COMPANION AND SEARCH FOR PHONE UPDATE. I AM UPDATING MINE NOW THRU USB...

UPDATE 2: AFTER UPDATE, THE BUILD IS 3.0.1.A.0.145, NO LUCK WITH MY ROOTED ARC, EXPECTED ANYWAY, I NEED TO ROOT IT AGAIN WHICH I AM DOING NOW... GINGERBREAKING... NOT YET SAID IT FAILED...

UPDATE 3:

GINGERBREAK NOT WORKING,

BATTERY LIFE IMPROVED (playing for half an hour of installation, video playing) STILL GOT 98%,

VIDEO PLAYBACK STILL LAGGY...:confused: STILL FREEZING DURING VIDEO SHOOTING

AUTO BRIGHTNESS IS MUCH MORE SMOOTH AND RESPONSIVE,

TOUCH SENSITIVITY IS IMPROVED (NO MORE MISTAP WHEN SCROLLING), AND NO MORE PAGE MOVING WHEN TAP ON PAGE IN CERTAIN WAY IN WEBPAGE

FACEBOOK INTREGRATION IS SMOOTH AND PHONE NOT LAGGY WITH FB ON!

BUT CONTACTS MESSED UP MANY COPY NOW...

WE CANT UPLOAD THE UPDATE FILES AND THERE ARE NO UPDATE.ZIP OR SIMILAR FILES IN PC COMPANION/UPDATE... FOLDER... WILL HELP IF OTHER PEOPLE CAN ADVISE FUTHER...
[Xperia Arc General] whocancatchme:
Great !!! Thx for sharing
[Xperia Arc General] akusokuzan:
firmware dump once you receive it please!
[Xperia Arc General] stiffen:
too advance for me... sorry mate...
[Xperia Arc General] jatt101:
another troll
[Xperia Arc General] stiffen:
what do you mean by another troll, if you dont like my post, just ignore it... dont be smart if you are not certain of certain things...
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Did you get it? what's the new f/w reference? ending .145?
[Xperia Arc General] stiffen:
my unit is being updated now... should be another 10 minutes...
[Xperia Arc General] oXunknownXo:
A link to that forum thread would be nice ;)
[Xperia Arc General] Blomkungen:
Nothing in sweden yet

Unlocked and unbranded device
[Xperia Arc General] stiffen:
3.0.1.a.0.145 is the latest build number. After updating i need to root again so if you want rooted version, better dont update now...
[Xperia Arc General] oXunknownXo:
Apart from root, do you loose your Contacts and apps?
[Xperia Arc General] ajftl:
nothing here ..rogers arc running nag rom i even used pc update
[Xperia Arc General] CarbonX13:
Does Gingerbreak still work?
[Xperia Arc General] stiffen:
Seems not unfortunately... For gingerbreak, it has been 10 min already, but my updated device booting is much faster now...
[Xperia Arc General] ajftl:
What's your arc model? LT what?
[Xperia Arc General] stiffen:
mine is LT15i
[Xperia Arc General] skyluvu:
mine is LT15i HK version too....after updated to 2.3.3, faster reboot..but failed to root with gingerbreak...so i flash it back to 2.3.2
[Xperia Arc General] ajftl:
So tell us about the update. Hows Facebook integration?
[Xperia Arc General] ajftl:
There is no custom Roms yet so no big deal ...
[Xperia Arc General] whocancatchme:
Nobody mentions that there is notification on lockscreen since 2.3.3 or what ?
[Xperia Arc General] phrsoft2003:
I tried Tigrer's solution. My Arc is rooted with Gingerbreak. Edited with Root Explorer the system/build.prop file to "United Kingdom Generic" 1247-1073 and it's now updating with SEUS.
[Xperia Arc General] cruzargel:
Hi guys.. I'm on a rooted generic UK firmware right now. I came from .181 rooted Global. Nothing is lost (apps and settings).

Boot time is down to 40secs.

Unfortunately there is no more autobrightness.
[Xperia Arc General] wholoot1:
Great !!! Thx for sharing
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
it doesn't seem to work on my LT15a
[Xperia Arc General] Super Chimp:
This update went very smoothly, so good job by SE on that. Impressed as it seems to have sped the Arc up quite a bit and it wasn't that slow to start with. Also after the update the screen seems both more responsive and more accurate. Haven't had a chance to run it long enough to comment on if the battery life is improved that much.
[Xperia Arc General] bmwbasti:
Still no update for unbranded german arc, come on SE :(
[Xperia Arc General] robiceli:
No update in Romania for unbranded Arc either. I wonder for how long we will have to wait to get the 2.3.3 update :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] sausalito:
Do they work the week end??
[Xperia Arc General] migsguerra:
ei robiceli

try to upgrade by using Flashtool we have alrea tft file .145 hk or UK custom ROM:D
[Xperia Arc General] bmwbasti:
You can be shure that companies at this size don't know weekends that we know ;)
[Xperia Arc General] tomatos:
I was not able to wait for it longer! Rooting and SI number rewrite to generic UK, and the SEUS now downloading the update :D :D
[Xperia Arc General] dubist:
branded o2 germany arc still no update -.-
[Xperia Arc General] :
Singapore no updates...

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] MaLt-:
No updates yet in the philippines too
[Xperia Arc General] Focal86:
Mine is bought here in Denmark with unbranded nordic version and no update. :(

Hope SE will start rolling the new update out.
[Xperia Arc General] krycho:
I just called to Orange PL Technical Department and they told me they have no idea when Orange PL branded phones will receive the 2.3.3. update.

Maybe it's time to debrand ;)
[Xperia Arc General] smr309:
just tell me if u have the same problem ....

when my friends send me a url video link by WhatsApp and i click on it ,it go for browser for less than 1 sec and go back for whatsapp, and nothing , the video is not working you have to copy and paste it on the address bar to work....???
[Xperia Arc General] Kalesh:
Pls put this as a separate thread... Here the discussion is regarding an update...
[Xperia Arc General] czerwus:
PL Era (in nearly future T-Mobile) no update :(
[Xperia Arc General] bmwbasti:
Still no update for unbranded german arc, SE's update policy sucks :(
[Xperia Arc General] robiceli:
I second that.
[Xperia Arc General] sausalito:
Hope we have news tomorrow!
[Xperia Arc General] casper0k:
Vodafone IRL, no update..
[Xperia Arc General] gibbo82:
Been running 2.3.3 on unbranded UK arc now for afew days, and can say battery life has improved alot, mainly in standby mode :)
[Xperia Arc General] krycho:
Orange PL still nothing..
[Xperia Arc General] PAVNEET101:
still nothing on the indian unbranded version of the arc too :(
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
Still nothing on SouthAmerica, Debranded LT15a.
[Xperia Arc General] Abuasad:
Still no update on an unbranded Arc -- Jordan
[Xperia Arc General] Kyraa:
Still no update for unbranded arc in germany
[Xperia Arc General] frostywinter:
No update in Australia (Telstra) on a Rogers ARC...

Hope it wont be too long to wait..
[Xperia Arc General] Emmoth:
Still no update in Sweden for unbranded Arc's

Telia branded got theres same time as UK.

:-(
[Xperia Arc General] SirRobin78:
I think we will have to wait for the end of the week... :(
[Xperia Arc General] sausalito:
Why do you think that?
[Xperia Arc General] cherryfish:
Erm, as much as I'd love to have the update as well, I wouldn't be sure it's SE's fault alone. I mean, the update is ready and available and some countries. Might be as well that it's due to the countries' regulations. ;)
[Xperia Arc General] TanMak:
OTA says phone is updated to latest software ... however PC Companion gives me the 2.3.3 prompt. I'm on Generic with file system : WORLD-1-8_3.0.A.2.181

Would love to update but have to wait for root to be achieved without unlocking the bootloader.
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
So, you have a lt15i??
[Xperia Arc General] TanMak:
Yeah mate, LT15i ... pretty sure it's world generic considering the following:

Phone software Version:

1241-4323_3.0.A.2.181

GENERIC - user

File System Version:

WORLD-1-8_3.0.A.2.181
[Xperia Arc General] tomo100brt:
I have arc with unbranded software and got update on friday. By the way I am from Croatia and we are going to get phone this week in stores. Only one store get this phone so far. Good work SE. Nice speed of Android and better battery life. They even fixed thad buttery problem I had. Haven't got other bugs like reboot and video recording. I am thrilled with those notifications about missed calls, messages and social networks on lockscreen. This was missing on Android. Nice feature.

Sorry for bad english.
[Xperia Arc General] robiceli:
I know but I'd prefer to update via SEUS. I have a german unbranded Arc so I guess (and hope) that I'll get the update when SE Germany confirms it :)
[Xperia Arc General] robiceli:
So it seems that some of those major issues like the camera app and battery problems got solved. That's good news. Thanks for the info :cool:
[Xperia Arc General] tomo100brt:
They claim that most problems are fixed. I can confirm only battery fix as I only had that battery problem.
[Xperia Arc General] MaLt-:
weird, i have the same software and file system version as TanMak, but when I connect my phone it doesnt prompt a new version. Still saying i have the latest version.
[Xperia Arc General] kiz1983:
aww so its available already but no one wanna update it due to no root available?
[Xperia Arc General] kiz1983:
through PC Companion or SEUS? try using SEUS..
[Xperia Arc General] robiceli:
Oops, seems I missread your post. Sorry, my bad. I thought you were referring to the camera issue as well. Anyway, the battery fix is also a good reason to update. Too bad that the update isn't yet available in my region..:(
[Xperia Arc General] TanMak:
I can assure you of the prompt mate, would really like to update but there's no incentive on going on unrooted firmware for me. It's taking a fair while for root it seems.

Personally, this is true ... I was surprised to see the update prompt for what I believe is World Generic last night as I assumed someone would have spotted it well ahead of me, strange. I'd go to UK generic if it was rooted mind.
[Xperia Arc General] MaLt-:
Nope, checked it thrice :) no update prompt.

now i'm confused with this. My phone is locked to a network, but it's unbranded. so I should be getting the same updates as those generic roms right? I mean we have the same software and filesystem version
[Xperia Arc General] robiceli:
Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I know, update services checks for updates through your SI number. For example, if your device is a UK version but you're using a global rom instead, SEUS will check and update your phone with the software customized for the UK device by reading the SI number of your device. That unless you've changed your SI number already for another region. But again, I may be wrong...
[Xperia Arc General] jamiesquarters:
Just an observation, I thought I had an unbranded, generic phone, as I bought it independent of any phone company but when I checked the number in build.prop, it wasn't a generic one... Maybe others waiting for the update may want to double check that as well.

Sent from my LT15i
[Xperia Arc General] Abuasad:
Would someone please advice how to check if my firmware is uk/world generic? branded or not? i bought the arc from dubai, and yet no updates available.
[Xperia Arc General] jamiesquarters:
Don't think I can post the link (yet), but there's a thread with info and numbers called '[wanted]post your build.prop/fingerprint/customization number' in 'xperia arc general'.

Week has started, hope this thread fills with more update reports soon.

Sent from my LT15i
[Xperia Arc General] Abuasad:
Thanks a lot,

This is my customization number, i've looked into the topic you mentioned, yet my customization number was not mentioned.

Its 1246-8626_r6C, anyone with an idea for which region was this device made for?
[Xperia Arc General] cruzargel:
@malt

Gamit ko Generic UK firmware.

Boot time down to 29secs. Cool
[Xperia Arc General] jamiesquarters:
No idea, sorry, but that topic is still active and frequently updated. I would suggest keeping an eye on it, if it's not there yet, maybe it pops up over there in the next few days.
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
World Generic in Norway... Still no update
[Xperia Arc General] va5ja:
Still no update

I bought the phone in Berlin, Germany. It's unbranded, non-SIM-locked.

OTA: Cannot connect to network

PC Companion: Already have latest version

SEUS: Already have latest version-

So still no update :(
[Xperia Arc General] fender77:
No update here yet for my Norwegian Telenor locked version.

Edit:

My version is GENERIC-USER

WORLD-1-8_3.0.A.2.181
[Xperia Arc General] arcanixX:
I'm getting "software could not be updated" with OTA, after it even downloaded the update (around 42 mb). I'm rooted, does this have something to do? I removed Timescape with Titanium Backup, and some other things.

I have LT15i generic.
[Xperia Arc General] Ricke77:
Still no update on swedish Telenor Branded ARC.

I sure hope it wont take long...
[Xperia Arc General] pifsworld:
Got my experia arc update 2.3.3 wireless didn't have to hook it up to pc companion. Much better although I didn't have any issue with camera or battery drain,battery lasts longer than my htc desire hd,
[Xperia Arc General] pifsworld:
I was told to uninstall maps updates and have maps bog standard and then turn of auto update on maps doing this helped my battery last nearly 2 days with normal use, also advised to let battery drain to under 50% then powerdown experia arc phone take battery out leave out for a minute then power up phone and charge overnight or at least six hours and it's supposed to reset battery%, my battery now lasts nearly 2 days normal use...
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
Mine is:

Phone software Version:

1241-4324_3.0.A.2.181

GENERIC - user

File System Version:

WORLD-1-8_3.0.A.2.181

Still no update :(
[Xperia Arc General] Ricke77:
Sorry for a perhaps stupid question but where exactly do you see this information in the phone??
[Xperia Arc General] Focal86:
I have exactly the same version and no update for me here in Denmark. :(

Ricke77: your punch in *#*#7378423#*#* in the dialer>Service Info>Software Info
[Xperia Arc General] dubist:
o2 germany still no Update :(