yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] fmedina2:
Seriously... I have a camera that takes better pictures than my EVO. But I rather not carry it around anywhere. The idea here is an all in one device. If something can be improved on then why shouldn't it? That is how we have an EVO today and not those old blue nokias with the green screens. HTC camera's definitely have room for improvement when compared to Samsung. Are you actually suggesting that phones shouldn't have cameras at all since we can just go buy a camera?
[HTC EVO 3D] rockky:
I Know I was making fun of the get-a-camera comment...
[HTC EVO 3D] fmedina2:
I know... I was agreeing with you.
[HTC EVO 3D] 1wingangel:
All I'm saying, is if the iPhone can achieve such great pictures, why should we have less than par cameras. I'm not trying to shoot a movie or win art awards. I just want to have the latest technology in my phone. I don't think that's too far fetched of a request.
[HTC EVO 3D] eman3316@optonline.net:
I think for a top of a line phone we are expecting the camera to at least be in the ballpark of other cell phones. People aren't comparing it to top of the line camera's they are comparing it to other cell phone camera's.
[HTC EVO 3D] xHausx:
Believe it or not the Evo actually has a superior camera to the iPhone, what ruins it is cheap optics htc used. You can have the best camera in the world but if your optics suck then none of that matters.
[HTC EVO 3D] 1wingangel:
So what optics will the 3d have? Will it be comparable? I know nothing about cameras....obviously lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] crabjoe:
Ummm isn't the optics part of the camera ... as in no optics, no camera?

I just don't see how someone can say the camera is better, but the optics sux, when without the optics, you have no camera.
[HTC EVO 3D] Overstew:
Were the screenshots confirmed to be taken by EVO 3D? I'm horribly debating whether to wait it out for the samsugn within or just jump into the EVO 3D all together.

Things I like about Samsung,

- Best CPUs on the market (including GPUs)

- Screen (Super Amoled Plus is a plus)

- Picture/Video Quality

- Touchwiz Launcher/Lockscreen. I simply love it and it's the most comfortable launcher I've ever used.

What I don't like about Samsung,

- Gotta wait for SGS 2 to come (when Evo 3D is almost here)

- Lack of updates (took 5 months for Froyo on their original GS line of phones.)

What I like about HTC,

- Great development community (huge, much larger than Samsungs').

- HTC Sense is good, but I haven't messed with it in a year now (HTC Hero was my only HTC phone).

- Timeliness of release (right around the corner)

What I don't like about HTC,

- No Super Amoled Screen. (:()

- Slower CPU/GPU than Samsung's phones.

- Picture quality (judging by this thread).

---------------------------------------------------------

It's really killing me to decide. :p

All of my developer buddies over @ the epic section is also moving onto the Samsung Within for Sprint when it comes out.

P.S. Picture quality is a must, bad camera = no purchase.
[HTC EVO 3D] Alanmw86:
In reply to the last post (and I'm not saying this is the case) but from what I've read I haven't heard anything about the SG S2's CPU/GPU being superior to the one in the EVO 3D, infact, I heard the opposite in regards to the GPU.

As far as the camera goes, I'm thinking some fail person with access to an EVO 3D didn't change the camera settings to its highest option or they got borked while being uploaded.

we'll wait and see.

I had an IPhone 3GS before my EVO and I Can tell you the camera was very nice, and I've had my hands on the IP4 and it was also pretty nice (and very acceptable for a phone) I wish (AND hope) that the EVO 3D has a nice camera to go with it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Overstew:
When it comes to CPUs, I take GPU over CPU anytime. I'll research more into finding which one will run better with games. It'd make sense for the Evo 3D to be better though because it's coming out soon, whereas the GSII series is already out in other countries (UK specifically).

Your post makes me lean more towards the EVO 3D, so I think I'll give it a shot. I just wasn't very impressed with the camera shots in the OP.
[HTC EVO 3D] nate420:
Seeing how the gpu sucked so bad compared to the g2x I decided to stay away from the sgs2 a month ago... Let alone the gps problems I had with my vibrant... And now I hear the radios are jacked up....

Im leaning towards the e3d>sgs2 gpu

QHD display

3d gaming movies and pictures

Those two reasons lead me to think HTC didn't skimp out on the GPU... Let alone the CPU...

sent from anything but a iPhone
[HTC EVO 3D] Tilde88:
evo 3d CPU is a 1.5Ghz CPU... it has been underclocked by factory... meaning all E3Ds will be able to run @ 1.5... and many @ ~1.7, and few at ~1.8... of course with the right kernel that is
[HTC EVO 3D] nate420:
Yup I heard that also... Thank god the bootloader will or can be unlocked. But I found a few sites saying it will be shipped unlocked..

No way to tell till HTC says something though

sent from anything but a iPhone
[HTC EVO 3D] treckin:
This. Im LOLing so hard just sitting back 3 weeks from the launch of the sickest phone of the year while people are just working themselves into a frenzy over bull****.

The specs of these phones are common knowledge, check anandtech.com for their review.

The camera details have been kept under wraps...

And since when are there sooo many sammy fanbois?? It's COMMON KNOWLEDGE that Samsung has the worst build quality, bar none, worst update schedule, bar none, and worst QA procedures, bar none.

Get a effing SGSII and GTFO IMHO
[HTC EVO 3D] rockky:
Look into cheap meds my man... Chill
[HTC EVO 3D] Overstew:
It's all personal preference. The reason of this conversation is to get a real comparison and the only fanboy comment so far has been yours. I had a great go with samsung (regardless of their update schedule) and I know a lot of people have gotten attached to super amoled screen. If you don't want to add to the conversation, then get off the forums or ignore this thread.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Corey Bryant:
I have a Dell Streak 7 with Android 2.2.2 on it. I have gone into the settings to check for upgrades, but I do not get an option to upgrade to Android 3.

Is Google pushing the updates slowly or is there another way to upgrade to the new OS?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jonturk:
I guess you mean"2.2.3", there is no and 3 just 2.2.3
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fragargon:
mhhh Ur meaning 2.3.4 gingerbread. indeed should have a upgrade => menu/settings/about.../sys soft update ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] j_j2:
He could be thinking of honeycomb
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dastin1015:
It is not Google that pushes updates to phones, it is your carrier. Also not every phone gets the newest updates. Such as my phone the Sprint HTC Hero CDMA which was left behind at Android 2.1. The only way to update the phone if your carrier doesn't push an update is to root and flash a ROM for your phone. You need to check your individual phones development section on how to root and flash a ROM. If you need more info on updating PM me.

Sent from my Hero that never dies! ;D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dastin1015:
Honeycomb is never coming to the phones as telephony is broken and is made for tablets. Android 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich is Gingerbread and Honeycomb mixed optimized for phones. Also 2.4 is planned to be released Q4 of this year.

Sent from my Hero that never dies! ;D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Corey Bryant:
Thanks - I guess I will call T-Mobile to see if the Dell Streak can be upgradable. Sorry for the delayed response - I am not receiving any emails from this forum. I added the domain name to my "white list" but still no luck.

The reason I asked I saw Android 3.1 is here on this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Corey Bryant:
Also I saw that the T-Mobile G Slate has Android 3.0
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] walidhazem:
Hi all so I got an activation code from Ms and activated my device. It worked fine for the first 3weeks then xbox live started saying your live id is not working ... and marketplace says cant get info now check back in a while, and now IM stuck with no downloading and no xbox live: ( pls help
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Beany69:
Did you have Marketplace access etc... for first 3 weeks. Usually the error message you're getting is related to use of original DFT ROM that hasn't had registry tweak applied.

Can you provide details of the ROM you're running.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] walidhazem:
I downloaded apps and games normally first 3 weeks, IM using football ROM and no nodo.

THX for the reply
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] walidhazem:
Pls help guys=(
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] walidhazem:
Anyone?! :'( pls
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchell4500:
On gingerbread It was fine, good battery, no heat.

After reverting back i get HORRIBLE battery like. Like loss of 10% in 10 minutes all the time (Not just 90%)

The phone also gets really warm in my pocket when it appears to be doing nothing.

Any ideas whats causing this?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackHoleSlam:
A rogue app look for a battery monitor and let it watch for like 2 hours and then read what it says

Is causing the problem and uninstall it
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchell4500:
Reports nothing abnormal. :( Still happing though.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daggy1985:
Did you try pulling your battery for a minute and putting it back in? I've had this issue as well on stock still have yet to figure out what causes it but the only way I've been able to stop it is by pulling battery and issue goes away...not to say it won't happen again...I'm currently monitoring my phone with system panel and current widget to see if I can find what is causing it if and when it happens again. Which i suspect it will as its happened at least three times now in the past week.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchell4500:
I will try now, The past few days iv barely used my phone so id let it sit and ran System panel and I get like at max .4% usage from the System Process and everything else (about 5 other processes) uses like .1%.

I upgraded bamf today to 1.7 and ill try the battery pull. I hope this fixes it.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnxbeast:
I've tried over and over to update this thing. I've searched around, tried to do the undo webtop mod with no luck. Factory reset it twice. I'm still on the original software that came on it and want to update really bad.

It gets about 1/5 through and goes to the ! android guy. When I pull up the recovery menu after the ! guy it gives an error with AppandSyncsettings.apk...any help would be greatly appreciated.

So I guess my question is has anyone else experienced this/know the solution?

Thanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You need to sbf first.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnxbeast:
Thanks! Do you have a link to that file? And is there anyway to back up my info?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Here you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991072

Found in the dev forum.

I use Titanium Backup. Make sure you transfer the backup files to your ext or comp or dropbox, that way you can always get it back.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
The most likely reason you can't get through the update is because you have either frozen or deleted one of the original Motorola apps. This will always stop future updates. If you did freeze any apps, unfreezing/thawing prior to updating will allow you to update without flashing a sbf. If you deleted files/apps, then you definitely have to flash sbf as was stated by WiredPirate.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnxbeast:
Thanks guys! All updated. Last question. So I used titanium backup..i copied the backup folder to my computer and now copied it back, but TB wont recognize that backup?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
+1 for freezing/deleting will fail the update.

I havnt done the webtop mod but I was assuming that was what was causing the moto check to fail. Do you know if that is a fair assumption or if anyone has reported succesfully updating with that mod enabled?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Have you checked that the folder you placed the backups matches TiBU> preferences> backup folder location ?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Another +1.

I do believe that will cause a fail also.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnxbeast:
Yes I did, it's the same. Which is what's weird.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesseji:
Any Fix For Multitouch lost after 10 to 15 seconds of holding?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirtburgler:
Check this out. most likely will answer your question in full.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058304
[G2 and Desire Z General] rockscientist01:
Hi!

So I was looking for a way to use AdFree and backup my device and came across This how to on how to root the desire Z. But once I pushed the first set of files to my device and ran the Terminal Emulator and closed it, it won't open again. So I'm kinda stuck there... . When I re-open the emulator, just as the how-to says, it will force close. But then when I try to open it for the second time, it wont open nad my system gets sllooowwww.... All I can do from there is restart the DZ and open the Emulator again from where I would start the procedure all over again...

Any suggestions?

Is there a recent step by step guide on how to root the DZ?

I dont need s-off, do I?

Thanks

AO

Device specs:

HTC Desire Z

Android 2.2.1

Kernel Version 2.6.32.21

Build Number 1.82.405.1
[G2 and Desire Z General] oZ87:
Same here.
[G2 and Desire Z General] trundlenut:
You need to downgrade from 1.82 before you can root. I think there is a sticky that explains this.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Fludizz:
Indeed, for now you require the much older 1.32 firmware revision in order to root the phone... Or leave it on 1.82 and wait and see if people manage to root the new firmware as well...
[G2 and Desire Z General] xT4Z1N4TRx:
that happened to me, but i was able to get around it by downloading a different Terminal Emulator from the android market.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rockscientist01:
And then you rooted your phone with or without downgrading?

What happens, if I dont downgrade? Does it "just" not work or is there a brick risk?
[G2 and Desire Z General] takram:
I just rooted a G2 earlier today, essentially a Desire Z, but with one file different to download. This is done entirely in adb and took me 10-15 minutes max. Known as the G-free method: Steps are located here. All links aside from the drivers for your phone to pc are alive. For the drivers for your PC to read through adb (if you don't already have them), you can download them through the Android SDK manager. For a brief guide on setting up ADB, go here.

This will root your phone, unlock sim, give you s-off, super-CID, and ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.

As mentioned earlier, you will probably have to downgrade your phone's firmware. Check it in your phone's settings with the one required by the wiki before progressing. There are instructions on how to downgrade in there, but I didn't have to go through that step.

Once you're rooted, the first two apps you're gonna want to get are Rom Manager and Titanium backup. Good luck on not getting addicted to custom roms.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mattyguk:
I've followed the same link as above on two different DesireZ's now and its worked perfectly, just read it a couple of times first, get all the files, check md5's and follow it step by step making sure you don't miss anything.
[HTC Sensation] fifdfifd:
This is the greatest review :)

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
this is a nice post & all, but seriously, there's already a post for reviews (& your roundup) that you could have put this in. Why create another post?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1048090
[HTC Sensation] beautyangel:
nice post

Nice reviews and great post. Thx dude.;)
[HTC Sensation] ehrine:
Which is the opposite of Engadget who said "In voice calls, the other party heard us even on a busy street where we had our own struggles keeping up with what they were saying to us". Combined with the contrast on battery life between the reviews I really do think TechRadar had a dodgy phone.
[HTC Sensation] giorgisp:
Thanks, and well, I posted it in a new thread because it is pretty lengthy for a reply. The purpose was to compare and constrast the different reviews available, so we can see the opinion of different people, summarized in one place.

The only thing I'm worried about in the Sensation is the screen. Next to the GS2 it looks really washed out. As for the performance, everyone said it is very snappy and fast as you can see.
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
Of course it looks washed out next to the GSII. taken from the GSII review from engadget:

taken from the OLED wiki:

AMOLED seems to just be the better screen technology. As long as LCDs are going off of one backlight, they're going to look washed out when viewing from odd angles. The only reason HTC is putting in SLCD over AMOLED is due to shortages.
[HTC Sensation] giorgisp:
Yeah, I believe that too, and it's not like TechRadar has something with HTC (they had the desire 1st best phone for more than a year). They have no reason to complain more than they should, but I think we hit a bad reviewer who had a problematic device :p
[HTC Sensation] giorgisp:
Actually, I have an AMOLED Desire and the screen's colours are very vivid, and the blacks are the deepest I've ever seen, they are perfect. I just can't stand the PenTile Matrix (it is really really annoying, you have to live it to believe it) and the fact I can't read the phone's screen outdoors. Now with the S-AMOLED Plus these problems are solved, but I'd rather opt-in for a more established technology this time (my second smartphone) and of course the better resolution is nice to have too.

I hope there won't be shortages on the upcoming ultra-high resolution and with superb contrast Toshiba screens later this year.
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
yeah it was stated in the engadget review that they fixed that. I've never seen why the PenTile Matrix is bad. care to point me to some articles that show it? I'd really like to see. My buddy had the original Galaxy S & I thought the screen looked great, but didn't actually sit there with it for a long time to notice anything wrong.
[HTC Sensation] giorgisp:
That's my personal experience and I have to say that sharpness is a thing that you will miss on a PenTile Matrix display. PenTile Matrix displays actually have ~30% (not very sure) less sub-pixels pixels than normal RGB displays and that is because each pixel has 2 sub-pixels instead of 3 (half the pixels have green and blue subpixels and half the others have green and red).
[HTC Sensation] george232:
It looks washed out next to the Incredible S as well:

http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/2794/
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
I forgot this video. hopefully it's better with the tmous version
[XPERIA X2 General] adils3d:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] techluvr:
When I CD to the platform-tools folder and type

adb devices

it says "adb: command not found" If anyone could help me that would be wonderful. I am on the Inspire/DesireHD running AOSP Gingerbread. Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anxsds:
You have two choices. You can either run the command prefixed with ./ (dot slash), which allows for executing an executable in the current directory:

./adb devices

Or, the other choice (which will be better if you intend to use adb a lot) is to add the platform-tools folder to your path by editing or creating the file .bashrc in your home folder (~/.bashrc).

Let's suppose your platform tools folder is: ~/.android-sdk/platform-tools

Then, you would want to add something along the lines of the following to your bashrc:

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.android-sdk/platform-tools"

Save the file, the run this or log out/in:

source ~/.bashrc

Et voila, you should now be able to run adb from any folder without issue.

Explanation: adding the new path (folder) to your PATH environment variable tells BASH to include that folder in its search for an executable. The reason $PATH is added at the beginning of the new string is so that your default path does not get overwritten. $HOME will simply expand to /home/your_user_name when BASH interprets it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] techluvr:
GENIUS! IT WORKED! Thank you! Now, one more question- how do I get superuser privileges using ADB? (device is rooted, of course)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anxsds:
No problem.

On my G1 you were root as soon as you adb'd in. Just tested on my Defy and '$' - shocking. So once you have run adb shell, just run 'su' (without quotes of course) and accept the permission on your phone screen as usual for root programs and you should be good to go.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] techluvr:
Sorry to keep asking questions, but when I typed

su

into adb, it asked for a password. No popup on device screen. I do have superuser installed on the device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anxsds:
That is odd. I'm not sure why that would be. I'll see if I can think of something though. Hopefully someone else can make a suggestion.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] techluvr:
Thanks! You have been very helpful.

Don't think I can hit the thanks button from the app, sorry
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] uefcommad:
Hello,

After moving from CyanogenMod 6.1.0to 7.0.3 my motorola droid will lose data after 4 - 6 hours and i have to restart the device to get data synced back up. the signal indicator and the data indicator will turn grey.

any ideas?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] adamz667:
Yep, one - you need to go to the Motorola Droid forum and ask there. This is Motorola Milestone forum, so (probably) nobody will help you..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hemix:
Hello Everybody,

I bought My Transformer 16Go + Dock yesterday, and I must say I am completely satisfied.

But there's one thing annoying me. When I plug the charger in the tablet, this one starts automaticaly.

Is there an option to disable this functionnality ?

I'm on an european version, maybe US version has this feature in the latest firmware ?

Another question, is there a way to have the charge indicator for both the tablet and the dock on the status bar ?

Thanks :)

Mx
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunatis:
Plug it in

Hi

Mine does the same - it is a bit annoying. I have posed on the ASUS UK page asking about it. Will post here if they reply.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wynand32:
I think this is pretty typical behavior. My phones all turn on when I plug them in, and my Xoom also turned on when plugged in. I just hit the power button to put it back to sleep...

A battery charge indicator for the dock was in a beta firmware release but got cut from the latest shipping release. Hopefully we'll see it come back, perhaps in the 3.1 release "coming soon."
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrayAdjacent:
As Wynand said, this is pretty standard behavior. Droid, DroidX, Archos 101, Nook Color and TF all did it.

I would like it if they didn't, but if you want to charge when OFF, you need to plug it in, then turn it off.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hemix:
Ok, thanks for your answers !