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[HTC Sensation] Darnell_Chat_TN:
It was a decent review.

HTC has a habit of trying to use every bit of a device's resources for their own user interface. That's why the lag issues occur, but it's worth mentioning in a review. Not something you worry about much when you know you won't stay stock.
[HTC Sensation] stratax:
i think i did, i dont remember. i will i have to re watch it. i watched some british dudes review and it was pretty much just (lag this, lag that, laggy browser, cool 3d effect). i watched a couple others but i got bored. everyone has their oppions though. no reason to judge. like the other person in this thread bashing on aaron. its a phone review.. lol im pretty sure if he had more time on his hand, etc he could cover more. it seems as 1080p for all phones released is crap, they should have worked on it more.
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
the links for the reviews are in this thread. enjoy

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113026
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duendecito_vivo:
Hello,

I other android kernels, you can switch on/off the back light of the keys (menu, search, back,home) just by switching to 0 and 1 the value of a file.

However, I would like to know how to do it in Nexus S kernel.

Please, notice that I am not interested in getting a kernel which is already capable of doing this back light blinking stuff for notifications, whatever,

What I want to know is if anyone could give me a hint about where it is set in the kernel so that I can develop my own stuff.

I have seen that there are many kernels with this stuff implemented around the internet, but noone explains a little bit how it is done. So what I am asking for is not for a kernel doing this, rather for a brief introduction on how to do it.

Thank you !!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathon Grigg:
Not sure myself, but fine an open sourced kernel which allows this feature and look through the commits (GitHub or something) to see if its obvious.

Good luck!

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treUse:
I read somewhere that this isn't possible with the NS, might be wrong though.

Good luck either way ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dario3040:
I don't think it's possible to do, because they are always on then the screen is.

But your best bet might be to ask Neldar about it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thiagodark:
according to this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14350642

that reffers to this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=net.geekherd.softbuttonshack

that contains thit text:

*ALERT: The Samsung Nexus S will NEVER be supported. Not because I don't want to, but because it is not possible, I own one and I have tried and tried. Samsung (or Google) have decided that the bottom LEDs will always be on as long as the display is on, powered at the same time. Obviously breaking a few APIs as well as the ability to turn those LEDs off based on the light-sensor.*

it is not possible at all!

=o\\\
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akent:
It's possible on both i9020 and i9023, but through slightly different methods. This is how Neldar's BLN works.

My understanding is that on i9020, the button backlights are not individually controllable (that is, you either have all 4 on or all 4 off) but on the i9023 it is possible to individually control each LED.

Have a look at this patch for generic BLN on my github or neldar's github as a starting point. It doesn't have a /sys or /proc file interface to control the LEDs individually but one could be hacked in relatively easily.

https://github.com/akent/samsung-kernel-crespo/commit/374edad6f03fb04b6a9e4522519df69ea5f9795b
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duendecito_vivo:
Thank you !! I will go through it :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duendecito_vivo:
I checked but...

I was checking that patch for the supposed Nexus S kernel...

However, after downloading the original source from source.android.com I see that the source code that this guy tweaks is completely different from the one I get from the official repository.

Does anyone knows somewhere else about how the backlights of the keys are controlled ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathon Grigg:
You want the kernel source, not the android source. Find Netarchys or Supercurios GitHub account and then I think it is called linux-samsung or something.

Sent from my Nexus S
[G2 and Desire Z General] Pump Fake:
I'm new to the whole smartphone/android market. I just received a G2 and wanted to know how to fully take advantage of all the features. What do you guys recommend, what apps should I download, updates, etc.

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nospin:
Take a look around, you'll find everything around here. One thing is don't feel pressured to root your phone. Especially with the ota update to gingerbread on it's way.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Pump Fake:
Will do what is the benefit of rooting a phone. Do you get apps for free similar to jailbreaking?
[G2 and Desire Z General] astriaos:
Alright so here we go!

For root you want This Guide with Gefree/Visionary Read it several times, get root.

Install Rom Manager, Flash Clockwork Mod with this.

Good launchers to try are: Launcher Pro, ADW.

Good Apps are: GPS Status, Quadrant Free, Set Cpu (paid), Juice Defender, Adgree, Juice Plotter, SeePu, Shootme (for screengrabs), Wifi Analyser (to see strength of various wifi networks), Barcode Scanner (for QR Codes among others), Speetest, and lastly AdFree. You also should consider getting the Busybox Installer and Titanium Backup so you can back your applications up when you inevitably....

...Install a custom rom. There are a ton of roms to choose from. All of them have various merits and downsides. Personally for the beginner I always suggest CM 6.1.1 to get familiar with the idea of custom roms as it is super stable and not a huge departure from stock Froyo. A good rule of thumb when flashing roms is to (after making a nandroid backup in clockwork mod, accessed by pwr+vol down) always do a full wipe of phone data and cache. So many rom installs are messed up by not fully wiping your phone prior. I always run two full wipes and two cache wipes.

Depending on how you like your interface, you can select a ton of different roms through Rom Manager or downloading them right out of our android dev section. As with all things, always do your research. Read the damn thread to find out any bugs. The devs here are not infallible and frankly, some of them do a darn shoddy job in throwing together whatever the hell it is they want to call a rom over the weekend while absolutely trashed on Milwaukee's Beast.

Prospective roms are:

Virtuous 2.1: A clean SenseUI rom that is very predictable in battery life and sense experience.

Virtuous G-Free: A stripped down Gingerbread rom built by the same gentleman as Virtuous.

Virtuous 3.0 Sense: A sense 3.0 port that hasn't been updated in a while. Who knows if it is any good.

Cyanogen Mod 6: A nice retooling of froyo 2.2.x, this rom is incredibly stable and has very good battery life with preshoots kernel.

Cyanogen Mod 7: This is a retooling of Gingerbread 2.3.x, not as stable in my experience, however I know this will get better. Okay battery life, 7.0.3 is not as **** as 7.0. Wait till the next major update of 7.1 drops before flashing this rom.

I cannot speak for any of the other roms out here. I only say that you should always do your research and make sure to do nandroid backups. If you brick your phone, that really sucks cause the g2 kicks all sorts of ass :(

Edit; ROOT ACCESS MEANS ADMIN ACCESS. ROOT DRIVE MEANS THE BASE DIRECTORY OF YOUR SD CARD. DON'T **** IT UP OKAY.
[G2 and Desire Z General] slapshot30:
One of the biggest features is overclocking. TAKE YOUR TIME reading though. My Desire Z is on the way but I've spent the past two weeks scoping out ROMs, learning how to root and use ADB just so I can do all of that as soon as I get the phone. I would definitely root though, and as soon as the official gingerbread ROM comes, someone on XDA will make a rooted version of it. So you will essentially have stock gingerbread with the ability to overclock.
[G2 and Desire Z General] silverwind:
You are totally a good example for others :)

I believe you will be successfull in rooting your coming DZ :)

Grtz
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Btw their already is a rooted version of the final gingerbread rom. Just thought i'd throw that out there.
[G2 and Desire Z General] c00ller:
IMO The best benefits to having a rooted device are

1) root-only apps like setcpu (but don't use this if the ROM/kernel has built-in cpu management), titanium backup (best backup app ever, hands down), themeing, etc

2) remove bloatware apps

3) custom ROM. think of it as a modified OS. they usually run faster, have little to no bloat, in most cases have better battery life, and have added functionality (cyanogenmod, especially)

without root, the best thing you can do is find great apps like home replacements aka launchers such as ADWLauncher (free version of the superior ADW Launcher EX), LauncherPro, etc

if you're new to Android you may not know that you can browse apps on your computer here https://market.android.com/ and whenever you click "install" it will automatically start downloading and installing on your phone!

a root method was mentioned previously, but I will have to recommend a different one considered to be the safest and most up to date by most.

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD

the whole wiki is a very good read. if you do root, read it thoroughly (multiple times if necessary) and learn how to join #g2root on IRC to get real-time chat support with other xda members
[G2 and Desire Z General] Pump Fake:
So rooting helps me have a device that has much better performance. Sounds great to me, I'll look into it.

Is there anyway to get free apps etc? Don't ever want to pay haha.

Also what other tips do you guys have to take advantage of a smartphone?
[G2 and Desire Z General] c00ller:
Word of advice: the xda forums heavily frown upon those who promote or even mention pirated apps. These forums are powered by developers who put in their time and effort for average-joe users like us to use, free of charge! Donations are encouraged when possible. If you spent hundreds of hours writing an app and working out the bugs, I don't think you'd like it if someone downloaded your paid app for free. I didn't mean for this to sound like a lecture but just think about it, and if you're still interested you'll have to look elsewhere, as distributing pirated apps is against the xda forum rules.

Also if you're new to smartphones, you probably realized with added functionality such as facebook, twitter, gmail, and syncing of EVERYTHING possible, your battery life not as good as before you had a smartphone. In general keep account syncing/internet usage below unnecessary levels to save on battery life, among other things
[G2 and Desire Z General] slapshot30:
Thanks :D I regularly try to do that with new phones so I don't have to ask a bunch of dumb questions or brick my phone.

And to xsteven77x (my multi-quote isn't behaving at the moment), I was not aware that a final GB rooted ROM was out... I thought they were only test ones. Would you mind posting a link to that?

EDIT: Is this the ROM you're talking about? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074852

It was leaked so how are they sure it's the final one?
[G2 and Desire Z General] ethanj93:
If your going to root your phone and put a rom on it, HTCCLAY super cm7 v1.9 is my favorite. its smooth, lots of customization, and already has the set cpu thing built into it and had a good adjustable lockscreen. not to mention u can just keep putting new themes form theme chooser on it when u get bored instead of flashing a whole new rom. one prob with it though. it has trouble connecting sd card to computer so if and when u want to remove it you are going to have to restore to a previous back up of another rom or stock and then reapply the new rom. best of luck.
[G2 and Desire Z General] LikeaG2root:
Highly recommend meXdroid V4.1 rom. Fast, eye candy galore, and constant developer support and updating.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmduluth:
This made me LMAO!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Vicente fernandez:
I like mexdroid rom, its combined with CM7 and it has a lot of customizations in it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Alucard400:
I am recommending to watch Virtuous Unity if you want to have HTC Sense 3.0. It's still being updated and fixed up from all the bugs, but I think the rom will be really good after the devs work the kinks out.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cowballz69:
dont get to excied with the newest update from adobe flash, everything still lags and no changelog included
[Eee Pad Transformer General] andyzarins:
i thought the latest version of honeycomb was supposed to enable hardware acceleration for flash? Seems no different to me or maybe flash adverts run smoother..had a Toshiba folio which was running 2.2 back in November last year. Flash seems to have not really improve since then. To be honest I am getting sick of waiting and wonder if this is down to limitations of the tegra chip again? I want to be able to watch BBC I player in HD. Just stutters. Definately think if the frame rate improved it would look amazing on the transformer. Standard play black looks very pixelated. Ipad performance in term of playback is miles better on the Iplayer site (know the BBC would of optimised performance for the ipad) whole point of having flash on a tablet is sites like Iplayer should run smooth without special support.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] tekkitan:
i dont have laggy flash...?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Itaintrite:
Have you tried maximizing the screen?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] BBXiong:
weird... i don really have much laggy experience with flash since HC update...

then again, maybe the site i visit doesnt have that much flash
[Eee Pad Transformer General] andyzarins:
Have i tried maximising the screen? Yes it makes playback even worse lol. Flash is pants, works for adverts and SD video if you are lucky again thought 3.1 was going to enable harware acceleration. Are my expectations to high to expect smooth HD video performance of flash on utube and BBC I player.....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mattcoz:
It was a security update.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] igot6strings:
no issues with flash here at all. Works just as good on my TF as my pc.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] brachiopod:
yeah, it is just a quick patch to fix a security hole.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lrthumwood:
Mine has smooth HD performance on youtube and Iplayer, not sure what's up with yours :confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] andyzarins:
Hmmmmm. Most posts I have read disagree. You Tube only works smoothly via the app. I player is smooth but only when watching Sd video. If you try and stream anything HD it falls over.. You have to change the settings in your browser to appear as a desktop otherwise the bbc website defaults to mobile and all content is standard definition. Things like the BBC HD channel won't even be listed. Sorry the other person who posted that flash performance on the Asus was just as good as their desktop must have a poo PC........
[Eee Pad Transformer General] levenite:
youtube speed test

For those with flash issues, has anyone tried the youtube speed test?

http://www.youtube.com/my_speed

Make sure to click the "Show Test Video" link.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] andyzarins:
The test video does not load. I have a 30 mb broadband connection but it is only showing just over 3mbps for utube speed average and my connection to the router is 72 mbps which i thought is fairly good. May have a quick play with my wireless router.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EP2008:
For those with flash lags, what site(s) is this happening on? I'd love to test them out. Flash has been quite solid, but it's not working on the browers I use (Firefox, Opera, etc.).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EMB Driver:
No lag here.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cowballz69:
There's no lag with 420p were getting lag with 720p wich was supposed to be fixed in 3.1 and it was clearly not
[Eee Pad Transformer General] andyzarins:
Well i read this could be an issue with my ISP virgin media. However, not sure how likely this is my PC performance with both youtube and iplayer is excellent. Unless this is a specific issue with android and my router which is possible. Sorry can I check again can anyone in the uk access BBC Iplayer with watchable playback in HD? Could be a wider issue with some types of routers. Anyone getting more than a 72mbps connection speed to their router.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chungylau:
Try this site:

http://www.ittf.com/ittv/

Click on any of the videos. My TF will not play any of them without stuttering and macro-blocking.

My biggest disappointment with my 3.1 TF is that it does not play flash videos properly, via any of the browsers.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EP2008:
I see what you mean. For that site, I would either have to say the problems are coming from the unconventionl player they are using or perhaps the streams are coming from overseas.

Does that page play well on a computer?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jimbob1971:
I haven't got my TF with me, but it runs fine on a macbook.
[Xperia Play General] ospechin:
Hi to all,

I need to change the message centre number because I just enter a program as beta tester in a spanish carrier, but I'm turning crazy, because even the centre number is changed in the sim (I do it easly on my nokia xpressmusic clicking on the settings option for SMSs) when I put the simcard in my xperia play the short message is sent using another centre.

It's very important for me

Pleaseee... Can you help me?

Must I root the xperia play ? I don't know what to do.

What is extremely easy in other phones... here I can't do anything...

or I don't know...

Thanks
[Xperia Play General] NielDK:
You can try entering service menu, from phone dial *#*#4636#*#* then another menu, service, pops up. In phone info you can try to change Smsc and press update.
[Xperia Play General] ospechin:
Thanks.... a lot...

This afternoon I'll try at home.

This kind of codes to enter Internal Menus... are published? where ???

Thanks in advance

Very very "thanked" to you
[Xperia Play General] ospechin:
GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

GREEEEEAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

yujuuuuu juuuuuu

it works !!!!

Mis sinceras Gracias !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Un abrazo from Madrid
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
Hey that has a turn off Radio option. I wonder if that would fix the bricked phones?
[Xperia Play General] NielDK:
Nope. Basicly just flightmode
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
OK. Would have been nice. Good to know that menu is there.
[Xperia Play General] ospechin:
if you need change de sms centre , you also have to change in the menu just below for the option for the sms centre

and put : Allowed change DNS or similar...

if not, then the system doesn't allow change the number.

Thanks again.
[Xperia Play General] ospechin:
The same thing happens with the nokias C5/03 and Nokia C3

Any brilliant Trick ?

I don't know why manufacters block the introducction of any other sms centre, I mean, you can change it, but when the phone is rebooted the sms number centre is changed...

:-)

I've found inside xda-developers for nokias issues, and with no results...

maybe you could help me...
[Xperia Play General] NielDK:
I dont think Nokia have something similar in any menus.

Only way is (what you have done I guess) to change the SMSC settings in SMS configuration.

Press "Menu"

Scroll to Messaging, press "Open"

Press "Options", scroll to Settings, press "Select"

Scroll to Text message, press "Open"

Scroll to Message centres, press "Open"

Scroll to SIM message centre, press "Open"

Scroll to Message centre name, press "Change"

Enter carrier name, press "OK"

Scroll to Message centre number, press "Change"

Enter +XXXXXXXXXXX (SMSC number), press "OK"

Press "Back" twice

Scroll to Message centre in use, press "Change"

Scroll to the carrier you entered and, press "OK".
[P3600 ROM Development] Matrix_71:
Quale ROM posso usare con WM6.5.x che permetta la videochiamata ???
[Atrix 4G General] people people:
I just bought the Atrix yesterday and love it, but I also wanted to get the laptop dock. I know they have a bundle deal but from what I was told I had to buy the $45 a month tethering plan. As I currently have the unlimited plan that didnt make any sense for me to do. I know you can get around the phone not working with the doc if you dont have the tethering plan, but my question is, is there anyway I can buy the doc on that bundle price? By itself that is way too much money for just that, IMO. Any thoughts, hits or tips?
[Atrix 4G General] Saschwatch:
You can get it refurbished from At&t for $199. May not be the most desirable option, but it's the only price that I don't see as outrageous.
[Atrix 4G General] Numbaonei:
I went to bestbuy n I kept my unlimited data and got the dock for the bundle price. They can do it just gotta convince them.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Goronok:
Found this on the VZW forums and haven't seen it here yet. If you create a widget with Elixir, you can toggle the hotspot on/off without needing to change your phones date/time.

https://market.android.com/details?id=bt.android.elixir﻿

Install this app.

Create a widget on the homescreen.

I picked Elixir 1x1

Click on the X at the top and choose Wi-Fi Ap(Hostspot) switch.

Then click create.

Then click on the widget you created and it will launch your mobile hotspot.
[Verizon Droid Charge] V.A.T.Juice:
Good Find!
[Verizon Droid Charge] octomobiki:
Thank you!!!

Edit: where is the x button located?

I've checked around a bit but am unable to locate.

Further edit: found it. It is a bit transparent at the top.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civano:
Hey everyone ,

since i rooted my phone i have problems with my camera , it keeps giving weird colors while making a picture or on camcorder, like you get purple, green and other diffrent colors who mess everything up, but sometimes the camera goes back to normal without those wierd colors in my screen... btw when i take a picture the colors are embedded in the picture too , and no this is not a camera effect i checked that all. Did this happen because i rooted my phone? more or less i've regret of rooting.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahmanxda:
No it has nothing to do with rooting . what rom are you USING? Have you tried reinstalling the camera app or at least clearing the camera app cache?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civano:
hey thanks for your respond.

i've tried allot of things , i cleared camera cache , i installed like 3 diffrent ROMS and it still kept occuring. and i used diffrent camera apps which didn't help either :S but sometimes the camera works but not for long. atm i'm using MIUI Rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingoftheroad40:
Did you do a factory reset & wipe delvk cache befor you flashed another rom ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civano:
i just tried that , and did factory reset & wipe delvik cache, and installed a sense stock rom , and the camera still keeps getting like that. :S , any other suggestions?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mystax:
im curious if anyone had their new transformer arrive with no charge in the battery. Since the first one that came to me had 50% charge i was just curious. The replacement that came the box looked beat up, but it was still sealed but when i tried to power it up out of the box nothing had to plug it in. Sorry for the incoherent sentences, but xD just woke up.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] vukis:
Mines came with totally depleted battery. BTW box was sealed :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Smoje:
Yes, mine too, it was a surprise, but other users comments that comes with 30% of battery use, but not in my case...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ppirate:
Battery was completely empty. Box was sealed and tablet is good. Have not seen something hardware-wise that troubles me and have not had a lockup.