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[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laslad:
I wanted to buy this pair of earphones and wonder if the button on the remote control works well with Defy (i.e. pick up and hang up calls). There is only one button on the remote and I do want earphones with a remote so this is pretty important to me. Can anyone answer the question?

Thanks!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt19873:
i have these and they work good on the defy.

the button works and can also be used for music player control (play/pause)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocity92c:
Keep in mind that I'm brand new at this so please don't just say "do this ____" and expect me to know what you're talking about :).

I finally was able to root my new fascinate and flashed CWM. The ROM installation guide says if you're already rooted with CWM installed to simply reboot into recovery, wipe everything and flash. Only problem is, when I boot into recovery I am getting this error message.

-- Install from package...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted

Can anyone tell me step by step what I need to do to solve this? Also I was assuming the camera button would work as the 'OK' or 'enter' button but it does nothing. Is one of the soft buttons used along with the volume rocker to select choices in recovery? I have some experience hacking my og Droid but this fascinate stuff is all greek to me.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocity92c:
With the help of google I think I figured out what was wrong, needed to flash something from odin to get it to work beforehand.

http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/fascinate/4786-how-flash-clockwork-recovery-fascinate.html

Rebooting now, will let you all know if it worked.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocity92c:
I have definitely messed something up.. after flashing CWMRecovery.tar (used PDA, not phone) my phone just stays in a bootloop now. I can get into stock recovery but reboot now and the apply option do nothing but throw out error messages. I'm pretty sure it's hosed so I'm going through the steps to flash it through odin back to stock. Can anyone explain to me what exactly I did wrong here?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shakes The AssClown:
It may help if you give details... what rom did you flash? What kernel? This could help us help you.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoninja118:
I second this, from previous personal experiences with this it sounds like something has gone wrong with your odin/flashing or you may be using old/outdated/corrupt files.. if you could tell us what you are odin-ing/flashing and exactly how you're doing it we can give you specific answers

tapatalked from my KangBanged Fascinate
[HTC Incredible S] nikant:
This is intended for users that have rooted (S-OFFed first) their IS and won't flash a custom ROM in the near future.

It's just a small "hack" to decrease the jpeg compression of the default camera app in order to get much bigger jpg images (about 3MB).

Please note I'm new in this and I'm just describing what I did to my phone hoping that some may find it useful and in no case I take responsibility for any harm to your device.

Also any suggestions or corrections from other experienced members are welcomed.

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Requirements

- you must have root (su, busybox installed)

- android sdk (or any other way to run adb from your PC successfully)

HowTo

- copy the original media_profiles.xml from the phone (in case something goes wrong) with

adb pull /system/etc/media_profiles.xml

-rename this file from .xml to .bak

- download the attachment and extract it in order to get the media_profiles.xml and copy that file to sdcard (by any means)

- connect your phone and get into su with

adb shell
su

(now here -assuming you have SuperUser installed- watch your phone since superuser might popup and ask for permission wich you will grand.

if you don't get to root shell # then try again and give watch again for the Superuser popup in your phone)

- (assuming you are in root shell # in adb) make the system writable, copy the new file and restore the system to readonly with

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
busybox cp /sdcard/media_profiles.xml /system/etc
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

- reboot your phone

- done
[HTC Incredible S] djbenny1:
any chance of some before and after shots??
[HTC Incredible S] hussainmushahid:
I tried this out, it quadrupled the image size but idk if it made any difference in quality( its supposed to) will take some outside shots and see.
[HTC Incredible S] nikant:
I'm sorry for not uploading samples.. well.. I tried to get a photo today from one that I had some days ago. Not the same angle but similar.

Since I'm a photographer believe me when I say that even if the sharpness of the image won't change (and that's a big IF since I haven't checked it after the hack) the extra size of the file means that we have much more info to work on postprocessing. And that's simply because jpeg is a lossy algorithm.

Here is the analysis of the two files with JpgQ software

(in both pictures focus was set on the rock so the sea in the upper part seams out of focus.)

before hack

View attachment 630752

full size image: http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/6135/imag0102d.jpg

after hack

View attachment 630753

full size image: http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4992/imag0088t.jpg
[HTC Incredible S] DJjay18:
Hi Nikant,

This is exactly what I've been looking for, to increase the image size and lessen compression!

I haven't done a comparison of before and after to check the quality, but it definitely increases the file size to around 4MB when set on 8MP quality. Now, if only we could improve the picture noise on the camera...

Cheers.
[HTC Incredible S] djbenny1:
just updated mine

heres some before and after pics - first 3 photos are before, last 4 are after

PS to my eye theres absolutely no difference
[HTC Incredible S] hussainmushahid:
any luck on fixing the compression?
[HTC Incredible S] nikant:
the first post is about the compression.. jpeg is the compressing algorithm.. what are you talking about..?
[HTC Incredible S] hussainmushahid:
the quality remains the same. My N900's 5mp camera takes superior pictures to the IS's 8MP camera, this .xml script doesn't do much in improving the quality. I really hate that the 8MP pictures don't actually have a 8MP resolution, zoom in and you will find out. Makes the pictures unusable for me to edit in photoshop.
[HTC Incredible S] itandy:
Have to agree the camera of IS really sucks. My previous Hero (5MP) took pictures of much higher quality than IS 8MP camera. The pictures look even worse when viewed in a PC. Really hope there's a fix for this.:mad:
[HTC Incredible S] hussainmushahid:
I wish some one made a application that takes raw pictures and then you could choose which format to use and set the noise reduction.
[HTC Incredible S] RicarduZonta:
I took far better pictures in dark with my hd2. If there's enough light the pictures look great. Photos taken with flash in a darker room are soooooo noisy it hurts my eyes... 720p videos seem to be way to blurry as well. I didn't expect that.

Otherwise I am absolutely happy with the phone.

Hope htc is working on a fix pack!
[HTC Incredible S] DJjay18:
HTC definitely won't be working on a fix for this. I doubt they see it as a problem. I've submitted a couple of fix requests to them, but all they ever reply is 'we'll pass it on...'!
[HTC Incredible S] hussainmushahid:
do all new htc phone have this problem? desire s? sensation ? I hope some one comes up with a fix or something.
[HTC Incredible S] nikant:
I never tried to fix the quality of the camera or the noise. Those to an extend are hardware problems and cannot be fixed by any xml file..

All that does is to reduce the jpeg compression. When you have a jpeg file at 100% or 99% quality then the rest are mainly hardware/firmware problems which can be fixed only by HTC..
[HTC Incredible S] DJjay18:
Any progress on trying to improve the image quality?
[HTC Incredible S] Raptylos:
You won't get better image quality out of the build in sensor. The noise is a tribute to the stupid need for more megapixels especially on low current sensors. There is a similar problem with the compact cameras. The increased pixeldensity of the small sensors cause increased noise as well. I could rant for hours on this... Better compose your pictures while shooting instead of cropping them afterwards. Then you don't need more pixels and get less noise. But that is all about selling more devices. More pixels, more sold units....

Enough. Sorry for my harsh words. And no offends. I appreciate the efforts to get the best out of our IS.

The pic attached is taken with a 6MP cam...

Cheers
[HTC Incredible S] coy1987:
There is nothing change :(
[HTC Incredible S] DJjay18:
Because of this reason, are you likely to get better photos by setting the image size to 5MP? Or would this still take the photo at 8MP and then resize whilst saving?
[HTC Incredible S] hussainmushahid:
I noticed a bit of reduction in noise by setting the sharpness at -2, I was reading this DHD camera guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875230
[HTC Incredible S] Raptylos:
Sure. The sharpening algorithm increases contrast at light/dark borders. Hence noise is less visible due to less amplification of contrast.

So, in dark conditions, reducing the sharpening is a good thing to do.

There's another thing that bothers me: you can't fire the flash to help focusing. That is something I miss a lot from my good old HD2 on WinMo. There is no way to focus acurately in very dark situations.

It would be awesome, if someone could add that little extra.

In that manner, I wish you always good light ;)
[HTC Incredible S] Raptylos:
Hi acksen,

you can see more of my pics here :

http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/653441

Cheers
[HTC Incredible S] acksen1986:
It's a big problem
[HTC Incredible S] Raptylos:
What is a big problem?
[Milestone XT720 General] Conneyjr:
I have installed chainfire 3d as directed in the other post for the XT720 and it loads but when i goto play it sends me back to my launcher. Is anyone having this problem if so has it been fixed? I am run miui rom beta 5
[Milestone XT720 General] polda78:
nope, i got mine just fine. which rom do you use?
[Milestone XT720 General] Conneyjr:
miui version 3
[Milestone XT720 General] vari9:
I have the same problem....I'm running steelepicblue v4 clean version!
[Milestone XT720 General] Conneyjr:
I found this in the development section by khal, and it fixed my problem.

"I moved 01_minfree from /system/etc/init.d to /system/etc/ and the amount of avilable RAM seems to be lower..."

It worked for me
[Milestone XT720 General] polda78:
i face the problem either when using MIUI xT Final version by khal, and follow that instruction above, it works like a charm.
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
Darn, doesn't work for me. Tried moving, deleting, reflashing, redownloading 2 different apk's. nothing works. Any advice much appreciated!

**EDIT**

Finally figured it out. it's always something simple and stupid lol. Didn't click on use plugin. Here's a helpful link

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-pl...a2-android-phones-with-chainfire-3d-tutorial/
[Milestone XT720 General] Bryannxx:
i followed all the steps, but nth works out, into 1st min of gameplay, game crashes:(
[Milestone XT720 General] polda78:
now i used MIUI xt final v2, and now i can't even intall the game (Samurai II Vengence). any idea?
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
From my link 3 posts up

And here is the detailed guide on installing and setting up Chainfire 3D Pro to play Tegra Zone Games on non Tegra devices.

1.The first step is to make sure that your Android phone has at least 1.0 GHz processor and is S-Off, rooted with Recovery installed.

2.Now download and install Chainfire 3D Pro version from Android Market on your phone.

3.Once the installation is complete, download this Plug-ins.rar file file. This archive contains the plugin that’s needed to enable Tegra Zone gaming on your Non Tegra2 device.

4.After this connect your phone to the computer, mount SD Card as disk drive and copy libGLEMU_NVIDIA.zip from plug-ins.rar archive you downloaded earlier.

5.Once done, tap on CF3D app icon on your homescreen.

6.After the app launches, tap on CF3D Driver and select Install Plugin.

7.Now in the resulting pop up radio button menu, tap on NVIDIA.

8.Now CF3D will attempt to install the required driver and reboot if installation is successful.

9.After your device reboots, launch CF3D app again and tap on Default OpenGL Settings.

10.Once you are in Default OpenGL Settings, tap on Use Plugin and select NVIDIA.

11.Once done, head back to Chainfire 3D main screen and tap on Fix Market Settings.
[Milestone XT720 General] polda78:
Thanx for your advice,

but my problem now is, i can't even install Samurai II vengence.

whe i try to install via adb, i get this error :

failure [install_failed_container_error]

when i try to install mannualy via file manager on my phone, said that "error parsing the program"

help.
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
I installed Samurai using my miui backup no problem so something is wrong with your phone v2 setup, not v2 maybe if you reflash? And try installing it first after?
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
I got an unlocked Asian version of the sensation. It has the same bands as the US sensation so I'll get 4G. but no USA English and the charger had the European adapter. The place I bought it from said I could exchange it for a tmobile branded sensation. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to keeping the Asian version over the tmobile version(locked)? Other than the no USA English (which will be addressed when we get soff and custom roms)and power cord(i can have him swap the adapter)
[HTC Sensation] nextonline:
Manufacturer's warranty?
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
From most of the sensation problem threads I've been seeing, it looks like most have the european version.
[HTC Sensation] brusko1972:
I have the unlock asian version as well. keep the asian version unless you like that tmobile logo on your phone
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
Hey Brusko,

Sent you a PM but not sure if it went through because it didnt show up in my sent box. If you got 3 messages from me, sorry.. Wasnt sure if something was wrong and they werent going through
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
I havent had any issues with mine the past 3 days I've been using it.. Also trying to avoid the threads where people nitpick over everything. If I start reading them my OCD will take over and I'll start to nitpick.. hahaha

I have only noticed mine gets a bit warm when I'm constantly doing things on it, but other than that, no major issues..

I did lose my weather lockscreen widget(and any other lockscreen widget) and lock screen app shortcuts, but a factory reset solved that. And I think I know what caused it. I had installed ADW EX used it for a few minutes but went back to sense, I guess when I went back to sense it didnt reset the sense stuff so I didnt have the widget and shortcuts
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
Spoke to HTC, After giving them my serial number they confirmed it was a phone from Malaysia, but since it was the same model as the one available in the states it would still be covered under the Manufacturer's Warranty. She did say though that they wouldnt most likely do an exchange if something was wrong with it, but they would definitely repair it under warranty. So that's good news. Also spoke to the insurance company with tmo and they said they would cover it as well. I asked if I had to give them the IMEI number to update the records and they told me to do it through tmo. Called them up and gave them the updated IMEI so incase anything happens to my phone I know it's covered :)
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] Robbie P:
I posted this on Plopper's thread here(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=923864) but thought it might be better here as I might get a quicker reply

"I have bought a 4 way USB hub which has a usb socket on its input lead. This can be plugged into your PC or into a usb mains charger or usb car charger.

If the input lead is plugged into one of the four output sockets and the lead is cut open and the red and black wires are exposed, a 2A 5v charger can be connected to these wires by twisting together and taping.

This then powers both sides of the hub with 2A supply and by-passes the protection.

It does sacrifice 1 output socket but HD2 +keyboard+mouse= happy Ubuntu

Will this work?"

I am dying to try it but thought I'd check with tech savvy types first.

Edit; I am thinking now that the green and white data cables in the input leads may have to be cut and the ends taped, but it may not matter(?)
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] Robbie P:
Have attached photo of the hub and the charger

The charger is an old Nokia one and has a lump of plastic near the end which I assume houses a fuse of sorts.

Reading through Plopper's thread again I am sure this is OK, but am unwilling to brick my HD2!

You could get a 7 way usb hub and add things like external HDD or (my favourite) a usb fan to cool down your HD2!
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] Robbie P:
Working

OK over 300 views of this thread and no reply!

this usually means the idea is a dud or its been done before!

I have searched around but can only find y-cables, which supply extra 500mA from another USB socket but only allow 1 device connection.

If this has been done before, I apologise.

However, I got bored of waiting and went ahead with cutting up leads and splicing wires. I flashed WM6.5 and loaded Ubuntu 0.3 (only one with USB host that I can find!)

AND IT WORKS!!!!!

I had to buy a micro USB cable because I didn't want to cut my stock one (get a data cable because a charging cable only has 2 wires in it).

Note on cable colours, apparently there may be variation on some manufacturer's cable core colours, take care to identify by tracing circuits on the hub and checking continuity from the pins to each core.

Also, being an electrician, I am wondering what the current carrying capacity of the tiny core cables are, I will have to look it up at some point (adiabatic equation) meanwhile check for overheating.

Enjoy! (something to do on wet weekend!)
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] nikola360:
Homemade USB

i made this, unfortunately i can't use it with 0.3 bucouse i installed magldr and i use Android, and linit tutorial doesn't work for me

http://i54.tinypic.com/2dquiwo.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2zsxz6b.jpg
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] Robbie P:
Impressive!

It sure beats the above from me.

What do you use it with?

What else might support USB hosting?

I prefer to use WP7 and Android too (see sig)
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] nikola360:
i made it for HD2 for use it with Ubuntu, i hope that the v0.4 come out soon and with usb host support...
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] Robbie P:
Doh!

467 views after first posting this and after re-reading plopper's thread again I have realised what plopper and Mister B were saying in their last posts.

There is no protection in unpowered usb hubs, so no need to bypass it!

I have over-complicated everything.

It is only necessary to change the hub lead plug to a microUSB one and then connect the charger to the usb plug which you have just cut off, then plug it into one of the spare ports.

Oh well never mind!
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] nikola360:
i take a photo with HD2 on it http://i53.tinypic.com/34dr96v.jpg
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] dxjwtjy:
很好很强大！:cool:
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] kurvicka:
nice... :) ...but, don't smoke so much.... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] erlern:
Guys,

For those using Android, you can try Dorimanx's latest 2.9.9 ROM which claims to have USB Host enabled. I don't have a USB OTG cable to try it on, but let us know if having a self-powered USB hub works on it. Thanks :)
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] bever86:
OMG this thing is amazing! I really want to make something like this, got any pointers on how to do it?
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] jackrabbit72380:
wow thats the crazyest mod ever you should move to hardware moding scection! maby you will get more help!
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] nikola360:
Thanks!....unfortunately i haven't a tutorial, i made it only with my fantasy, i saw 2 DVD cases and i made it.

i tried it (XB V.19 that is based on it, with the same kernel USBH enabled) but unfortunately it doesn't work, i saw in the system partition of this rom and i saw that there aren't any driver for USB hardwares support (USB Keyboard, mouse, USB Flash memory...)...so i think that the problem is this (no drivers support)
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] pronor:
This looks really cool, you should produce it and offer it, I guess I would buy it :D
[EVO 4G Accessories] mastermayhm:
So I am looking to redo my home audio system and change out the in-wall control panels. It looks like the only products out there are for freaking apple products...and that type of product will never enter my home....so does anyone know of an alternative...not necessarily android but anything other than apple...

these are the types of things i keep finding

http://www.iportmusic.com/products/in-wall
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mashed_ash:
Hi Guys,

I'm considering purchasing a tablet mainly to read my many pdf documents and books on the commute to work. I currently have ezPDF on my phone and love the UI, but the small screen makes it hard to read anything and take it in.

I will alslo use the device to surf, watch videos, play games etc which is why i'm not interested in getting a dedicated ebook reader like a kindle.

Do any of you guys use the Transformer for reading ebooks? Whats your experience like?

Many thanks in advance for your replies!

Ash
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CrunchyDoodle:
I have used my Transformer for reading ebooks with the Kindle application. It is one of three tablets I have used for this purpose and the clarity of the screen is the best on the Transformer, as you might expect. I would think reading PDF files would be a similar experience. For PDF files I use the official Adobe PDF reader, which seems good to me. My only complaint is that the Transformer is a few ounces heavier than the 10" Archos tablet I've used, though the Archos screen is not as good.

Bye. :cool:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ppirate:
I use it every day as an ebook reader (next to a lot of other things). The nice thing about the transformer is it's screen. Even if you don't hold it at the perfect angle, it still is very good to read from. It is not as light as most books, so for very long reading I always look for something to rest it on.

I mostly read pdf documents with the application mylibrary that was pre-installed. I always read in portrait so I see the whole page. It is good, but it could be better. For instance each time I flip a page, I have to zoom in a little as there is otherwise to much whitespace at the sides. It remembers the last position in the document and it contains a bookshelf to order your pdf's. It can read some other formats, like .epub and probably more. For some other formats, like .chm you will need to look for other software. It would also be nice if I could add extra bookmarks. And to jump into the document (and back), but even the acrobat reader in android seems not to do this.

So to recap. The hardware is very good. The software is currently good enough, and probably in time will get a lot better.