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[HTC Inspire 4G] AudioMaster13:
As it comes time to upgrade once again, I find myself confronted my many options. The phones I am looking at are the Infuse 4g, Inspire 4g, Atrix 4g, Focus and iPhone 4. I am very partial to the Android devices and was hoping to end up with one. I currently have an iPhone 3g but want to trade up due to performance and battery life issues.

I would greatly appreciate some discussion and information on these various devices and the problems and plus's of each. I like the Atrix due to its power, battery and potential if the bootloader is ever unlocked. The Inspire is interesting due to the wide amount of development but I have sever concerns about the power in comeing years, battery life, despite ROM's and the speaker. I like the Infuse's screen, power, and, due to unlocked bootloader, development potential.

I have had Samsung "dumb" phones in the past, the SMS flawed Impression and the sub-par Solstice, so i have some concerns about Samsung phones. I like HTC but dislike them putting tiny batteries in their high end phones. Motorola is generally OK but I understand support is a bit lacking. iPhone is super reliable but I believe the OS is stale and boring. Also, i worry about the 4's future with the advent of the iPhone 5 in the coming months and, like I said, I like Androids.

Lets get some discussion going!

This is posted in the General's of all 3 phones. Excluding the Focus.
[HTC Inspire 4G] willwalk93:
Hi there! i have had my Inspire for 2 and a half months. The first thing I must say is, I am unsure of how battery life was on the Iphone, but battery on the Inspire could be better. As any smartphone, the screen consumes A LOT of power. Only twice, however, has my battery not lasted me through the day. On average, I consumed 5% battery per hour on moderate use (25-30 texts per hour, fiddling with a few widgets, looking at stocks, etc) when unrooted on the stock ROM. On heavy usage (screen on especially if playing games, etc), expect to consume at least twice that. I have later rooted and upgraded to the Inspired Ace ROM and done a few battery calibrations and my battery has seemed to sustain much better.

Battery aside, this phone ROCKS! First impressions may be lacking as the battery cover was very difficult to remove on mine, even left scratches where a screwdriver was needed to pry it. The case covers that up though. The phone seems to be very fast and powerful. I have never had any major problems with this phone. It is by far the best phone I have every had. The only problems I have had were when this phone was stock and unrooted. I have more apps than any one person needs (>100) and the built in Froyo application manager does not seem to handle this number well. You have to exit the Manage Applications app then go back to it to load them all sometimes. This problem was fixed with the installation of a Gingerbread ROM, however.

Root was painless with bubby's simple root. (I was almost disappointed at the small amount of user input required! ;) )

The HTC Sense ui makes the phone very user friendly, as it includes many custom widgets for things like mail, stocks, news, and other things. The SRS Enhancement included with Sense ROMs makes music sound amazing.

I have included the high parts here. If there are any more questions you have, please ask. I will be happy to answer any questions you have, as I would HIGHLY recommend this device.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ThroughHymn:
hey will! im thinking about getting a inspire, but a user at the store todl me the phone freezes alot. is that true for all inspires or probably happened to him because he bough a faulty or defected device?
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
That's not true for my phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ThroughHymn:
thank you! and also, i saw the inspire in the store, and the picture and just the quality of the screen and colors was BEAUTIFUL, i thought it was the exact if not better than the iphones visual quality. But i saw somewehre that the iphones resolution is better? how!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] willwalk93:
It has to do with the inspire being superlcd whilest the iPhone has a retina display which in essence is a very high res lcd to the best of my understandings. Keep in mind, however that the inspire's screen is much larger. (take that, Mr. Jobs!) As for the freezes, the guy at the ATT store must be a fan of another phone he is trying to push (blackberry perhaps? Sure...) Or has a total lemon. Mine has never truly frozen. The app manager lagging due to so many apps in froyo and one time out of a thousand in a text message the keyboard would not type when unlocking the phone straight to messaging were the only "freezes" I found and like I said, hitting back and re entering solved instantly.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ranklepup:
The iPhone is somewhat nice...But considering it is Apple I must hate it naturally, retina is wonderful, but side by side with an inspire I do not see much of a difference.

Also the 3.5 inch screen is such a huge turn off for me...having a nice 4.3 inch screen to type messages and play games on beats the iphone right there...

(I just noticed im going against the iPhone alot)...Lets attack the Focus! I also considered this phone, I enjoy windows and all, but a mobile OS that is still new to the game didnt interest me much...4 inch screen was okay, I found it a little too small for my taste and I know most of you are saying "whoah .3 inches! Huge deal!" it actually is a really big difference, have you ever compared an inspire side-by-side with a focus? Plus its Samsung, every samsung takes forever to charge, and they are not the highest of quality.

The atrix is a nice competitor, but yet not one at the same time. Cool it has a dual core, so what? My inspire blows it out of the water overclocked at 1900Ghz(of course not constantly running). I can run my inspire at 500Mhz and it is still extremely fast and it surprised me. Also as many know the locked bootloader on the Atrix is also a big turn-off, not custom kernels and plus no ability to remove motoblur? jeez just the fact it runs motoblur makes me cringe, and also the fact that it is made by motorola.

Now moving onto the infuse, finally. This is the best competitor to the Inspire, although I had a choice of getting it I purchased the Inspire, here is why. A 4.5 inch screen was just to large for my hand, I would rather be using an actual tablet than using a half phone half tablet. Also the fact that it is Samsung also scares me, not the best quality device. Touchwiz is not my thing either! Although once rooted that all can change, I still dont like how it is the native OS. If you are really banking on buying an Infuse, you should really just wait for the Galaxy S2 to come to the US, that phone will be a beast. If you read this whole post then kudos to you, I apologize ahead of time for all of the grammatical mistakes and comma splices, but you cant blame me, just got out of school, time for summer ;).
[HTC Inspire 4G] willwalk93:
Yeah I have not used and Samsung Android phones, but my last phone (well last 3 due to warranty replacements) was a Samsung Jack. Between WinMo and Samsung, I'm definitely a lifetime customer of any of its competitors. Plus HTCs recent decision to stop locking bootloaders will be nice for future phones if you are going to mod. My last Samsung was more like samsuck. Just saying.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ThroughHymn:
thank you both!! To me, HTC Sense is so well made that all the other operating systems? lol or whatever they are called in my opinion are just a more flexible edition of the IOS. I mean really, i look at the atrix, its widgets are boxes liek the iphone, it scrolls liek the iphone, and i find, well, i dont know if its the infuse or the atrix but the screen of one of them, may be both, is liek darkened? Its display isnt bright but its almost liek a gloomy type of brightness that the phone has. Im surprised no one else has commented or complained about it. But yea, i really want the Inspire, but ppl keep saying wait for a dual processor, but im only goign to get a dual processor phone that has HTC Sense the best in the business!
[HTC Inspire 4G] willwalk93:
Not sure about the infuse, but I am pretty sure they do make sense based ROMs for non HTC devices. I know I have seen them for the galaxy s. So if you can get a non HTC dual core and want it to have sense, I'm sure you can find a ROM out there. However, from what I have read the second gen snapdragon (aka scorpion, according to HTC's specs) processor can hang with them fairly well especially with o/c kernels.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ZeroRilix:
I would like to add, that the Infuse has 428 of RAM and the Inspire has 768, very noticeable difference. Yes, gsII is going to be a beast, but I still don't wanna touch a Samsung. After having one of their dumbphones for a year and a half before getting this phone at the end of Feb, and reading their mishaps with the last year concerning the gs line and the fact I can't stand douchefizz, I will no longer consider Crapsung. I'd rather wait longer to give up my Inspire. The only phone I will give my Inspire up for right now is the rumored HTC Holiday. This is my first smartphone, and I am very happy! Liked em since I first saw the Evo and Incredible last year. Now, since owning this phone, I am HTC 4 Life!
[HTC Inspire 4G] ST3ALTHPSYCH0:
I am SO glad to see this. I had been jonesing an Infuse, but couldn't find a RAM spec. Jones now over. All I need is an overclockable kernel for Inspired Ace and even the 1200 MHz of the Infuse won't give me any envy.
[HTC Inspire 4G] willwalk93:
I am very happy with the MDJ's v19 kernel on inspired ace. Overclock up to 1.6 GHz supported. I know some kernels will go up to 1.8 but I find this kernel good for battery life. I have leedroid on my sd card to try, but never have as I am happy with MDJ.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ST3ALTHPSYCH0:
Quick threadjack, been looking for an overclock kernel for IA!

The only d/l link I'm finding is for MDJ v22... any chance you can link me to v19?
[HTC Inspire 4G] willwalk93:
I suppose I should keep up with the changing kernels a bit better! V22 is just the latest update. it should be as good or better that v19. Allows higher oc speed best I could tell by the changelog. I suppose I should update my kernel as well! Remeber to change the governor to smarta** for better battery life without the need to set screen off profiles with the ondemand governor. That is what I have read and seems to work, anyway.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kumayam:
updated today... just some common free apps that have been skinned

please remove or move if duplicated or in the wrong section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=990014
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Prodigy:
Thanks for sharing :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kumayam:
updated a few apps

updated meridian 1.7.1 widget(full transparent widgets) using NINJAMORPH from the market and signed the app with ZIPSIGNER2

i attached meridian, the updated youtube and facebook 1.6 transparent with white lettering and full transparent widget apps below

* added transparent semc music plus widget* enjoy!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ARUNNREVA:
Thanks.

ARUNN's XPERIA X10i using XDA Premium App
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Trollizas:
Thanks :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] koj012:
After upgrading the firmware, MyLibrary stopped working. Just closes up immediately when clicked. Anyone can help?

I have done reset, but problem still persists. Please help......
[Eee Pad Transformer General] koj012:
can someone help???
[Eee Pad Transformer General] PrinceMike:
Me too

Just got my Transformer yesterday. I'm getting the same exact thing.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] yaaah_hoo:
Same here ):
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
Me too. Asus probably ought to do a little more testing with their bundled apps before releasing an update (the Zinio issue should be embarassing to them). I guess when you clamor for a point update as quickly as possible, quirks like this are gonna happen. Hopefully Asus is just as quick at fixing them.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ErickE:
Mine was force closing this morning when I was without a wi-fi connection. Once I had a connection, the problem went away. Not sure if this is the same scenario as you but I thought I would mention it.

Erick
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Digiguest:
Mine works fine. With or without a connection.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] aibo:
Did anyone find the solution to this, mine also stop working. Cleaing cache doesn't help.
[Nook Color General] randallu:
Hi, I haven't posted 10 times yet, so hopefully somebody can move this to the Android Development section for me...

SurfaceFlinger has a mode called "COMPOSITION_BYPASS". This lets a fullscreen OpenGL window draw directly to the framebuffer, instead of SurfaceFlinger copying each frame to the framebuffer itself. It avoids a fullscreen copy and avoids a GPU context switch. It should be a major performance enhancement.

I haven't got it to work yet, but I've made some progress. Posting in case anybody has any good ideas to try...

The COMPOSITION_BYPASS mode is enabled in SF's Android.mk and the part that allocates the buffer for the client app is in Layer.cpp:387. I tried previously to enable COMPOSITION_BYPASS mode but got stuck because gralloc would not return a valid FD for any buffer allocated with GRALLOC_USAGE_HW_FB (i.e.: a framebuffer backbuffer).

I noticed in the new SGX drivers that gralloc.omap3.so has a constant string HALCompositionBypass. I *think* that adding a line like HALCompositionBypass=1 to /system/etc/powervr.ini might change the behavior of gralloc and give valid FDs out -- however, when I set it gralloc_open in FramebufferNativeWindow.cpp returns EFAULT!

Maybe some kernel poking is required...

Randall
[Galaxy S II General] dawgfan:
I don't know that I've had something THIS nice before. I've had an iPhone for a while and the app store is nice but this phone with the Android system is really neat.

I've got Call Recorder working that records both sides of any call I want. It'll even upload to google or evernote if I want.

The pictures and videos it takes are great.

The screen is great, the blacks are black. I love it!!
[Galaxy S II General] Little Dragon:
i am stuck deciding between an asus laptop with bluray and 1gb gfx card or a SGSII... this is a dilemma, for real :D
[Galaxy S II General] ptscon:
Been lurking for a while and finally pulled the trigger few hours ago from Clove. Better be worth all those pennies. My 2-year old Magic got toooo slow to be usable :(

Hoping the Airmail shipping will let me avoid the tax man when it gets to Canada :)
[Galaxy S II General] deepforest:
These both devices are very different frm each others. How you can replace a laptop with a mobile in ur pocket

Dear first check ur aim
[Galaxy S II General] pham87:
mm, good to know

what app are you using to do phone call recording?

I have yet to find one, let us know.
[Galaxy S II General] wackyD:
+1

Swapped from the atrix and never looked back. Getting 7 hours standby per 10% of battery so I'm lucky I don't have the battery drain issue. Though having said that, the screen really sucks up power when you've got it on.
[Galaxy S II General] zoro25:
+1

Also looking for recording app
[Galaxy S II General] dawgfan:
Call Recorder by Killer Mobile was just updated to work with this phone. Use profile C when setting it up (I didn't know so this will save you some time). It is a really cool program!!
[Galaxy S II General] mindracer:
I'm completely in love with this phone, Im so glad I ordered it from the UK

Dennis

Montreal, Canada
[Galaxy S II General] hiraj_panosian:
I got my phone today and I'm loving it!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no banding, but the screen is a bit pixelated but if you keep it at a distance you won't see it :D
[Galaxy S II General] -Zork-:
LOL, yeah really amazing computer iin mobile mod:p
[Galaxy S II General] Little Dragon:
Wait...a laptop and phone are DIFFERENT?? So I wont be able to put my laptop in my pocket?? :rolleyes: thx, noob
[Galaxy S II General] blue265:
I feel the same way as all of you. Just got the SGS2 Friday night and absolutely love it. I rooted it within a few hours as I wanted to Titanium backup but for now I am totally happy on stock. The phone is absolutely brilliant. I love surfing webpages now, no more lag even if I choose to play a flash video within the page. Video recording is amazing too. I was a little nervous reading about issues people were having but I have experienced none.

I also love that you can turn the soft keys off or extend how long they are on for. Samsung really thought things through on the design of this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] du.renato:
Man, I can't wait to get my hands on mine! Why did it have to be a bank holiday in UK today?!
[Galaxy S II General] bblanski:
Can't wait for mine to get here. Possible be happy with a phone for awhile...
[Galaxy S II General] Dark_Lord0122:
I received my SGSII from handtec yesterday i really like it :) its my first android phone me previous phone was satio which was horrible but i loved it camera :P
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
Is your old NB good enough to soldier on? If so buy this as you'll find it will replace your NB for all but the heaviest of functions. Me I'm caught between this and anAcer Revo 100. I'm worried they will stop selling the revo....
[Galaxy S II General] wackyD:
Word of advice, don't update to KE7. Stick to KE2, hard reset and freeze the bloat. You will get good battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] techclan:
I absolutely love this new Galaxy S 4G but the battery usage is outrages. When at home I usually have it on WIFI since I read in a few other places that WIFI uses less battery than 4G but I'm starting to doubt that. My phone at 100% with wifi running is drained down to 60% by morning just sitting there on standby.

I have removed all bloatware and any app that uses background data beside Gmail, and collaborated the battery couple of times just to be sure.

In the next few days I'm going to test the phone in wifi vs 4g to see how they compare in battery consumption. Any input from anyone who has already done this is appreciated. I like to know what others have experienced...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Try the Bali kernel by drhonk I've seen at least a 30% increase in battery life. I don't use wifi though. Use to get between 5 and 7 hours of constant use now its at least 9 to 10 now. Moderate use has gotten me a little over 24 hours.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Eric-1987:
Wifi gets better battery than 3g.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] techclan:
I did try the Bali Kernel but had to switch back to stock KD1 because bluetooth and wifi calling doesnt work right on Bali yet...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] despos:
Bali kernal works fine. Make sure you are flashing 1.4

Sent from my Galaxy S 4G

[ROM] DEODEXED KD1 (Whitehawkx)

[KERNAL] Bali v1.4UV (drhonk)

[THEME] GB Blue 7.2 w/ Batt mod (AERODKNG, robbbbit)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] techclan:
Wifi Calling is known issue with Bali and has been confirmed. Calls route to the back speaker. I did use 1.4u.

One thing that I'm noticing is the constant wifi scanning for APs, even after the phone is connected. This helps draining the battery I believe. I found that on most Android phones the wifi scanning interval can be changed by modifying wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=xx in build.prop. This didn't work in Galaxy S 4G.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zenofsong:
Autokiller from app market had am advanced wifi tweak that may work
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] techclan:
Thanks I'll check it out again. I looked on the market before and couldn't find anything that could successfully change or stop the scanning interval on this phone.

I ended up using Wifi Timeout to shut the Wifi when phone screen is turned off and put the phone on GSM only. That has made a huge difference.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cufd440:
I use wifi calling all the time with bali and have no problems
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] techclan:
You must be real lucky then, check the Bali thread and you'll find tons of people having issues with it. Sound gets channeled out of the back speaker instead of the earpiece...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Eric-1987:
My wifi calling works perfect too. I just used it a couple hours ago actually.
[Galaxy S II General] beWater:
My apologies if this issue is addressed somewhere else, I did so search and returned no results.

Is it possible to remove the default samsung keyboard? (Using swiftkey and swype for text inputting, samsung keypad sits there completely useless to me, and the fact that comma is being replaced by voice command really pisses me off ... ...):confused:
[Galaxy S II General] chribruu:
Yes it is possible. Just install wichever keyboard you like. I use swiftkey, but swype is preinstalled on the device too.

Sent from my SGSII.

EDIT: ouch! Misread your post completely. Sorry about that. You could try to uninstall with titanium backup, but you need root. Unsure if it will work, though. Sorry about the misreading.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Loads on the market try them .

Likewise misread OP .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] OrionCarl:
i use better keyboard 8, best ive used so far!
[Galaxy S II General] CandyAndy:
Of course you can if you root. I have frozen the Samsung keyboard.
[Atrix 4G General] AudioMaster13:
As it comes time to upgrade once again, I find myself confronted my many options. The phones I am looking at are the Infuse 4g, Inspire 4g, Atrix 4g, Focus and iPhone 4. I am very partial to the Android devices and was hoping to end up with one. I currently have an iPhone 3g but want to trade up due to performance and battery life issues.

I would greatly appreciate some discussion and information on these various devices and the problems and plus's of each. I like the Atrix due to its power, battery and potential if the bootloader is ever unlocked. The Inspire is interesting due to the wide amount of development but I have sever concerns about the power in comeing years, battery life, despite ROM's and the speaker. I like the Infuse's screen, power, and, due to unlocked bootloader, development potential.

I have had Samsung "dumb" phones in the past, the SMS flawed Impression and the sub-par Solstice, so i have some concerns about Samsung phones. I like HTC but dislike them putting tiny batteries in their high end phones. Motorola is generally OK but I understand support is a bit lacking. iPhone is super reliable but I believe the OS is stale and boring. Also, i worry about the 4's future with the advent of the iPhone 5 in the coming months and, like I said, I like Androids.

Lets get some discussion going!

This is posted in the General's of all 3 phones. Excluding the Focus.
[Atrix 4G General] grncivic2001:
Had iPhone 3gs since it came out. Got the atrix in March and I'm loving this thing. The power and everything u can do with it. Battery is top notch. Speedy. A lot more to do than iPhone not boring. Same apps pretty much. I can't comment on the other phones but from iPhone to atrix don't think I would ever go back to iPhone

Sent from my atrix stock launcher pro, lockscreen widget and bw clock
[Atrix 4G General] chria01:
I had the 3gs and now the Atrix. I would recommend waiting at least until the reviews come in for the SGS II or Motorola actually releases that "Bootloader Solution" they talked about a few months back.
[Atrix 4G General] xredjokerx:
get the infuse and trade me for my spare atrix xD
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KaL-EL3038:
Mod please close this thread sorry!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blameme:
I am running the latest cyanogenmod 7 and I always get failures when Downloading my mms pictures. Any help please? Thanks

Evo 4G

Cyanogenmod 7
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chickut123:
here, can anyone help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cesarcerros31:
Look at the cyanogen nightly thread ( generalthread ) there's a fix for mms its a known issue

sent from my Motorola XOOM
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blameme:
Is there a link for that?

Evo 4G

Cyanogenmod 7
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cesarcerros31:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=729802 just follow the steps that are asked