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[T-Mobile LG G2x] thienlang072:
Hi, what is the "running the gfree method from g2/mt4g"? I want to unlock my G2x, too. It's running CM7-No58. I', frustrated to get it unlocked 'cause I'm going out of the country. Many thanks to all of you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sincest:
if you call tmo will probably give you a unlock code if you are goign to be out of the country dont know from experience but heard from a few friends that they have.
[Xperia Play General] kenshindono:
With this game coming on Xperia Play you will not regret owning this device.;)

Probably the best games graphics ever made for Android.

Desert Winds:

Following a beautiful princess determined to avenge the death of her parents and regain her desert kingdom, Amira, the beautiful, deadly star of the game Desert Winds, you will see one of the most visually impressive games ever seen on mobile and it's coming soon to Xperia PLAY. Can't wait! Here is a trailer from Qualcomm folks who are showing off their Snapdragon Adreno GPU with this game:

Trailer link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=es2iEHKUrG8

Ingame video Preview released sooner : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W2EV6oYe0E

source : http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/06/07/desert-winds-coming-to-xperia™-play/

official site: http://gaming.qualcomm.com/games/desert-winds

video to get : http://gaming.qualcomm.com/sites/default/files/desertwinds_mp4_hd_480p.mp4
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
I'm buying that game. When is it on sale?
[Xperia Play General] kenshindono:
"Soon" is the last info I got

I hope that Square enix titles on Isucks will be available soon for this device.

***************

People should try playing MMO Dungeon Defenders Second Wave the graphic are absolutly amazing too.

(But it's not my type of games i prefer JRPG 2d or 3d like FF)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srB_VvbiZR0
[Xperia Play General] Nhialor:
For all those that cant see the trailer on their phone, its... www.youtube.com/watch?v=es2iEHKUrG8
[Xperia Play General] primary_lotus:
im sure you all want the game because of the graphics (boobs) but anyway, seems to be a good game, does it have a demo or somthing ?

Thx for posting btw.
[Xperia Play General] sdlaurin:
So maybe this phone can play ps2, psp, ps3, quality games after all.
[Xperia Play General] Techdread:
That was never in doubt. The debate was if it could Emulate the PSP or PS2;)
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
+1 there are many games out for the play already with textures just as good as the ps2, take battle bears for example, emulation requires much more power than the machine you are emulating though :)
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
I have a wife for that thanks.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
More like "So maybe this phone can play ps2, psp, ps3, games after all."

It can play them if they are ported and made to fit.

You will never see PS3 quality on the Play or any current gen phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] karankyb:
ho all .... i have flash KD1 rom ... when i get rid of the blot using titanium pro .... it will uninstall the program but icon will still be there and also some times that app will try to run its self in back and force close .... any idea how to over come this?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
After uninstalling. Longpress icons and move them to trash can to remove them from home screen. And for keeping the force closes's from happening u need to clear the dalvic cache after your done uninstalling all the programs you don't want. Please correct me if I'm wrong

sent from MT. OLYMPUS using my kickass sgs4g.

THE GODS ENVY US!!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] karankyb:
how do i "clear the dalvic cache"?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Eric-1987:
You can do it using rom manager or boot into cwm.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] karankyb:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
Theres some bloat you cant delete. Visual voicemail messed up my phone
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] chadster214:
Visual Voicemail is needed for voicemail notification even though you're not using the app.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
really? ive been removing visual voicemail since i can rememer and have NEVER had any problems with the force close or anything, then again i use bloat freezer instead of titanium because bloat does a better job of removing the icons once frozen titanium slacks a little ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] karankyb:
cool i am gonna have to try that

thnks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilbert789:
I want my phone to vibrate or make a noise every couple of minutes if I have a new notification. I'm not always able to hear / feel it the first time and the only vibration setting I can seem to find is only two quick pulses.

I also noticed that the green status light doesn't flash if I get a text message, where if I have an email to my gmail account it does. Is there any way to change this?

I feel like I have to check my phone all the time without these.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamiesquarters:
Have a look at Tasker. I use it to watch for certain notifications and then play a sound or do something else to get my attention, without me having to look at the phone all the time. Telling it to wait for x time before the next action is also possible (and a whole lot more).
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sejder:
probably it will works
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilbert789:
That's frustrating... Since tasker is about $7 I have to buy an app to provide functionality that my previous basic cheap phone had. I also found that there used to be a nice free app called 'MissedCall' that you could do it with, however it's no longer on the market. GRRR
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daveybaby:
There's a 'missed call deluxe' for $1

Or there's Missed Reminder which is free.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilbert789:
I think that's exactly what I'm looking for! Sweet thanks!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hansmeierxda:
My recommendation is Light Flow - There is a free version in Market, perfect customization possible: set different LED Colors for Calls, SMS, Mail, Low Battery etc, set different repeating sounds, vibrations...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4redstars:
When you sprint customers swap phones do you use the online activate process? I just bought a new sprint phone from a friend and want to activate but don't want them to accidentally use up my upgrade or re-up my contract...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
Its an ESN swap and it will not change your contract at all. You are not purchasing anything but merely changing phones. I do it all the time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stuke00:
I have always just gone into the store.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digital2go:
Activating your device online should be simple although calling in works too. I always activate my phone online avoid waiting in the call Que.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dynagem:
I am on stock 3.1(wifi)

Unlocked bootloader fine

Flashed recovery image fine

I put the wifi root file in the root of my SD and navigate in CWM to "install from SD" and i can't keep getting the following error- "no file found". I can't mount or nothing.

I tried a 1 gig, 2 gig and 4 gig card all formatted to FAT32 with a fresh format.

What am i doing wrong?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharma06851:
+1

Having the same issue.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
Did you just install the latest version of Clockwork Mod Recovery (4.0.0.1)? If so, that's your problem. It's not reading the external sdcard so it can't flsh from it.

I had thatproblem and Ihad to install Solarnz's cwm 3.2.0.0 via fastboot/adb. It did work and now I'm fine and have flashed the tiamat rom.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] digitalray:
i never coded for android before, so i thought it's best to get into this forum here.

i just coded some homescreen stuff like quick wlan on/off for win mobile 6.1 so far, directx9, c++, and several scripting languages.

the IDEA i got is the following:

you are playing a flash game, but on a tablet with android 3+ you ain't got no arrow buttons or other buttons to play these games. so you can't play them or only play games that rely on left mouse click buttons or got their own soft touch gamepad in-game.

so all you need, is a configurable SOFT TOUCH GAMEPAD BUTTONS app that stays in front of all applicationsif you enable it in the taskbar.

fire up a browser flash game and enable the softtouch gamepad via taskbar.

on the left you got a 4way-arrow-key interface (looks half transparent like a 4-way gamepad buttons), on the right you got 2 or 3 soft touch buttons (also half transparent white).

settings for this app are complete keyboard bindings to all keys (4-way digi buttons left screen, 2 or 3 action buttons on the right).

v2:

second version of this app would include real usb gamepads to be used (onscreen soft touch gamepad display off), and i saw that android 3.1 has some useful classes and pointers for usb gamepads and joysticks.

"To support joysticks and gamepads, the InputDevice class includes these new input device sources:

•SOURCE_CLASS_JOYSTICK — the source device has joystick axes.

•SOURCE_CLASS_BUTTON — the source device has buttons or keys.

•SOURCE_GAMEPAD — the source device has gamepad buttons such as KEYCODE_BUTTON_A or KEYCODE_BUTTON_B. Implies SOURCE_CLASS_BUTTON

•SOURCE_JOYSTICK — the source device has joystick axes. Implies SOURCE_CLASS_JOYSTICK.

To describe motion events from these new sources, as well as those from mice and trackballs, the platform now defines axis codes on MotionEvent, similar to how it defines key codes on KeyEvent. New axis codes for joysticks and game controllers include AXIS_HAT_X, AXIS_HAT_Y, AXIS_RTRIGGER, AXIS_ORIENTATION, AXIS_THROTTLE, and many others. Existing MotionEvent axes are represented by AXIS_X, AXIS_Y, AXIS_PRESSURE, AXIS_SIZE, AXIS_TOUCH_MAJOR, AXIS_TOUCH_MINOR, AXIS_TOOL_MAJOR, AXIS_TOOL_MINOR, and AXIS_ORIENTATION."

is any android dev at xda able to code this ? should be an easy thing if anyone knows android sdk.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] JosepiOT:
some/if not all of the emulators for NES/etc all have an interface like your description, you could likely pull what you/anyone would need from those (for the first half)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] digitalray:
yeah i thought so, there are several games and stuff that already do have this interface, one would just need to code a settings page so android gets specific keypresses.

as i said, i am not into android sdk, and it would take me quite a month or more to get into that and will have problems at start to code that.

if any dev is into android sdk, please help.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BennyJr:
Whats up guys i got more of an opinion question. Right now you can get a oem battery for 20 bucks on the Verizon site, but on ebay i can get 3 battery and an external charger for 25 bucks. Now yes the ebay battery's wont run as good as the oem, BUT im getting 3. What do u guys think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/3x1700-mAh-Batt...ccessories&hash=item4aabb71d23#ht_1038wt_1139
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Mystery252:
I got the 3 and external charger for 12 bucks off eBay. They don't last as long as the OEM, but 3 last a lot longer than one. Then I got the seidio 1600mah and it actually lasts me a full day. Guess I got one of the good ones.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] strongergravity:
I got the 3...If they don't last as long, I really haven't noticed.

I charge on my 2-hour commute, so I usually don't have any problems. I keep a battery at work, 1 in my backpack, & 1 at home. Options are nice.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] nbdysreal:
I also got the 3 extra batteries for around 12 bucks. I haven't noticed any significant time differences between them and the OEM. Not to mention its kinda nice to have the external charger if i need it to charge an extra battery.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BigMcGuire:
I'd do that just for the external charger. I bought an "OEM" HTC battery on Ebay for dirt cheap. It barely lasts 6 hours where my stock OEM battery will get 25+. Figures... you get what you pay for. I'll never buy used again to save a few bucks cuz you end up throwing that money away (usually).
[Thunderbolt Accessories] kriskmk:
My experience with non OEM batteries has been disappointing. I bought the 2 battery + wall charger from Ebay.. and no matter how long I charged it.. it never went above 75%. Also one of the batteries would drain to 0% and result in the phone powering off.. almost 5 minutes after I took it off from the charger (which said it was fully charged).

It was perhaps defective.. but that is something you might get when you buy so cheap.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] joshnichols189:
I got the two "1700 mAh" batteries from htc express with the external battery charger and they definitely last a lot longer than the stock battery.. they were 30 bucks altogether which is more than the ebay deals but well spent imo
[Thunderbolt Accessories] dragonsamus:
i would recommend staying away from the ebay batteries. i bought a bunch (5) for my incredible and they never lasted as good as oem. now that i have the thunderbolt im looking for a good deal on an oem battery.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] necosino:
Been using eBay batteries since my Samsung Omnia. They may only last 85% of the OEM battery, but I always have a charger (in car, office, and home) so very rarely do I need to run off battery for more than 6 hours anyway. 3 eBay batteries + the OEM battery last me a good 3 days with minimal use. If I turn on airplane mode though they'd last about 4 days, so I'm happy with them.

To each their own though.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] boristhebladexx:
ill sell you my OEM HTC battery for $10 plus shipping. i still have the original box and everything. i'm gonna be taking a chance on one of those 3500mAh batteries on ebay so i won't be needing this one anyone. PM me if you're interested

EDIT: cost me $40 at the time -_______-
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BennyJr:
Well i kinda just want one battery. Im not into the whole swapping batteries all the time thing. Im thinking about trying a mugen power battery
[Thunderbolt Accessories] boristhebladexx:
i just bought a 3500mAh extended battery on ebay for $9.99 with free shipping. ill let you know how it is...... when it arrives been july 5th and july 15th -_______-

Sent from my ADR6400L using the XDA Premium app.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] kriskmk:
I got (2) OEM batteries for 11 dollars each from ebay... and they work beautifully. It is exactly the same as the stock battery.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] McLabia:
I bought three my touch 4g 1500 mah batteries for 12 bucks off ebay and they work just as well as the 1400 OEM battery. Dont see a noticeable difference good or bad. Plus the standalone charger is awesome.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BennyJr:
lol the Chinese one? I wouldnt trust those in my phone...
[Thunderbolt Accessories] McLabia:
Hate to break it to you, but theyre all Chinese ones. haha.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] kriskmk:
THAT particular ones were what I would advise to stay away from. For me they never charged beyond 75%... unless I left them in the wall charger for many days.

.. and One of them would cause the phone to continually poweroff with sudden charge drops to 0%
[Thunderbolt Accessories] McLabia:
o.O Been using them for a couple months now and not seen these issues. I dont let my battery get below 10%-15%. They charge all the way for me. Perhaps you got a bad one? Mine have been great so far.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] BennyJr:
ha true but it ships from china, directly. Thats what i was reffering to
[Thunderbolt Accessories] crookshanks:
I've been using them for the last two months without problems. I usually can't even tell when the battery that came with the phone is in the rotation.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] dpham00:
The oem HTC battery is made in China, but the cell on both of my extended batteries and the stock battery is made in Japan.

It really depends on the quality. I've bought cheapo batteries before, sometimes they'd be okay for a while, but after a few months, they gradually lose charge way faster than an oem battery. or some do not get what they are spec'd at. with these cheap 3rd party batteries, the quality control is not as tight, so you may get some that are okay, others, maybe not as good.

if you are using just one battery, i'd get oem. if you are willing to lug around 3 batteries all the time, then ebay should be okay, they aren't likely to all 3 die at the same time.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] McLabia:
Cargo pants+slim battery=win. lol
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Jaxidian:
I have these ($25 shipped on an ebay auction). They last same as stock, which is a win to me. The best part is the external charger. It charges much fuller than my tbolt charges.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] jonnynov:
I would do the ebay ones just for the external charger alone!
[Thunderbolt Accessories] kpj313:
In my eyes the OEM will always preform better.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Y3arin:
Thanks!

I was wating for somthing like this.. still trying to decide between this one to the Ultra capsule..
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Little Dragon:
nice review. is it bulky? attract dust?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] zxz88:
Does your case have a slight bulge on the volume rocker and top part of the phone, mine one isn't straight. If you hold up the edge of an A4 piece of paper you can see they're not parallel, just wondering if there's an issue with my case. I've got the UK model.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] forkie44:
I bought this as well from Korea :)

Still waiting for the SII to launch in my country :mad:

From the pictures it seems to have quite a bit of dust sticking on the case even though you said it does not attract dust... Hmmmmm......
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Pfeffernuss:
Same here, two small bulges on the sides as well. Some images I made (also contains cheap ebay cover images for comparison) here :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] yamanote:
I got the ultra silke b/c I already have 2 other (generic) TPU cases which are similar in form to the ultra capsule. Depends what kinda case you like ;)

Doesn't add much thickness or weight to the phone.

As mentioned in the OP it does attract dust directly OOTB but after using it for a bit it becomes bearable.

I wish you hadn't mentioned that... now all I see are the slight bulges on the sides... :p Yes I have that issue too, but it's very slight.

Pictures were taken immediately after taking it out of the box. It's better now, and when dust does stick, a quick brush with a finger solves it.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] connectandroid:
thanks for the review, i have SGP Oleophobic screen protector coming soon. So let us know how the SGP Ultra fairs
[Galaxy S II Accessories] yamanote:
Sure, like I said, I'll apply it if I trash my current protector. I'll be sure to update this thread when I do that.

Let us know how the oleophobic protector is too, hm? :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kevink82:
You sure the screen protector is sgp? Cause mine looks way different to yours and i got mine sent from seoul from my sister in law.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] yamanote:
The clear film under the microfibre cleaning cloth in the 2nd image is the SGP Ultra Crystal protector provided with the Ultra Silke case.

The 2 'Phone Mirror/High Quality' protectors in the 3rd picture were a 'free gift' from the seller. Those are generic Korean protectors, not SGP.

If you rip open one of those packages you have it should look similar to what's in the 2nd picture.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] yamanote:
Just wanted to add that the microUSB cutout in this case is large enough to fit the DealExtreme USB OTG cables.

Also dust barely sticks on to it now. Only major issue is the TV antenna cutout in the top right- I can see myself dropping the phone and having that corner hit the floor (yeah I'm unlucky like that).
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Forsh:
I have the gloss version of this case and I can very highly recommend it. I had the 'casemate - barely there' case, but sent it back cause this was £1 more and much much better.

Comparing the two i'd say that the SGP is marginally thicker, but is still by no means a thick case and can be considered a slim case. As OP mentioned case has a lip that extends over the front of the phone, which i'd imagine would give some (though limited) protected against being dropped face down. The casemate didn't have this. The cut-outs are perfect except for that troublesome TV tuner corner, but you'd have to drop your phone at a very exact angle in order to do any damage. Whereas the cutouts on the barely there .. well.. they were so large they exposed massive regions of the phone.

Also the case is made out of a hard rubber type material. I've had a cheap silicon case from eBay, and this is nothing like that. Much slimmer and the material is much harder. It feels like its built to perfectly absorb shock. The casemate was hard plastic, i'd image that would give absolutely minimum shock protection if the phone was dropped.

I haven't had the dust attraction problem that OP had, but the gloss case gets covered in fingerprint marks really easily. A quick wipe with the t-shirt sorts this out though.

Not sure what else to say. Oh, the gloss effect is 'enhanced' by having a bit of glitter on the case. Its like darkish glitter and subtle, but non-the-less my case is covered in glitter. As a man I feel slightly uncomfortable with having a phone covered in glitter. I really wanted the gloss case, but if i'd know if was all glittery I probably would have gone for the matt. Its not enough of a concern for me to send it back though, just a thought for people wanting to buy the gloss case. You can kind of see in this picture, though it just looks like dust - it is in fact sparkly glitter:

In terms of the screen protector that came with the case. Nothing new to report. I received the Stienheil Ultra screen protectors and a little microfibre cloth. I'd say the surface is slightly less slippery and hold finger prints slightly more, but is worth it for the protection.

The cutouts were perfect and cover the whole of the screen surface except for the speaker and the middle button. The front camera is covered, but I haven't noticed and picture quality difference. There is a 1mm margin uncovered margin around the face.

Thats all I can say. Pretty much do not buy the 'casemate barely there' because for £1 (eBay prices anyway) and the tiniest margin of thickness more you get a much higher quality and much safer feeling case that comes with high quality screen protectors.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Deleted member 2842059:
Great thread. I just can't understand why the cutout is there on the corner. You would think they would want to make two versions given the international market for this mobile.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] yamanote:
The glitter is one of the reasons I chose the silke over the capsule.

The dust problem is no longer noticeable and even when dust does get stuck to it a quick brush with a sleeve or something. Can't say the same for the inside though- seems to be more rubbery than the exterior.

I eventually stuck some tape over the top right corner to cover up the TV tuner hole. Might help just in case, idk.

Nice review, and makes me glad I chose the silke :p

Well to be fair the guy I bought it from is from Korea, and the box clearly states for Korean SGSIIs, so can't blame em too much :) Would be nice if they made an 'international' version though, yes.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Harvin Dhillon:
Bought an Ultra Slike and loving it. Had one of those cheaper cases but this one looks better. Unfortunate though for the cutout, could have been so much nicer without it
[Galaxy S II Accessories] yamanote:
It does look sleek doesn't it?

Makes my s-curve case look bulky and ugly in comparison (and I thought that looked good when I bought it, hah).

It's a bit slippery though. Is the inside of the case more rubbery/grippy than the outside on yours?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Harvin Dhillon:
Haha it does and it fits nicely. True about the slipperiness but I can live with it. Just have to be careful