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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunstar3035:
Well that and beards.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwilkinson:
Well, if the Nexus S has a GPU, why wouldn't they use it? It makes no sense NOT to use it. I don't care about the iPhone, I'm talking about MY phone.. the Nexus S. Don't let it be just a little better...make it better in every way ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnythan:
It is used, in games and whatnot, but it's not used on a fundamental level.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwilkinson:
yeah sorry, that's what i meant. it would improve performance and battery life by taking some of the load off that poor single core cpu doing all the work :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Award Tour:
So what can you do on an android phone that you can't do on iOS?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
Root :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwilkinson:
customize customize customize...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewbz:
Ill admit I am an Android fanboy, ill even go as far to say I am a nexus fanboy aswell. But come on this xda, I dont exect to go into an iPhone forum and hear anything positive about android. So why should we not criticize apple?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroCool84:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/230168/5_reasons_to_still_consider_android_over_the_iphone_ios_5.html
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrNago:
I came to XDA because of knowledge, not to see Apple being criticized, nor Android glorified.

I came to see imaginative and creative minds, intelligence, progress, and openness.

I don't think I'm alone, but again, I may be wrong.

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Back to the topic, I agree with everyone except gunstar3035, primarily because of the way he stated his "opinions".

jonnythan, I totally agree with you. I come from iOS and it is smoother, but try having stock Android. Only a few icons, no tweaks, no nothing.

Pale OS = smoothness

Of course I do not use my Android like that. I pretend to enjoy Android!

The iPhone has it strong points, but it's certainly not for me.

Maybe someone who wants something dead simple sure, choose iOS.

I want variety. I'm so so so glad I got a Nexus S. It's awesome!

Again, I enjoy tech, no matter the icon it has on the back, or on the top...I choose Android on top of iOS no doubt, but I would not refuse a free iPhone (though I'd probably sell it, as I have my sweet Nexus now :D)

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Sorry for the brick, and feel free to correct me if you think I'm wrong:o
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treUse:
@MrNago

Well written post, I agree with you.

And no, we should not critize Apple just to critize them, nor should we glorify Android just to glorify us.

There should be reasoning and logic behind every post and discussion, not mindless babble leading to nothing.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meetagrawal:
Calling others stupid while continuing to misspell the word "you're" is full of irony.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnythan:
I did as well.

Edit: I should stop with this post number.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrdatrackstar:
lol look at your post number.....

but back on topic, I really hope ICS does push true HW acceleration that makes the scrolling kinetic with a higher framerat a reality....

seriously looking at Windows Phone 7 or webOS again....:mad::(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lvnatic:
Get a life mate.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikadnanm:
I feel bad for whoever married you and your offspring. You seem kind of mentally unstable.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treUse:
Well put :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewbz:
Hmmm I wasn't trying to encourage the bashing of any company, I didn't really word it right lol. I do like some apple products and was gonna get an iPhone 4. But I just don't see it to be rational to defending an apple product in a primarily Android forum. It's kind of an upward battle if you know what I mean. Not everyone is going to have an open mind to things and that's just life. Its a shame but there will always be indivuals out there who will never try something but bashing it evermore. That goes for ios and android.

Okay no more going off topic for me. If there are no more hardware acceleration in ICS imma be like pacquiao and get a webos device lol :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrNago:
Agreed on the off-topic opinion, specially the last part :)

Anyways, back to the topic, I think that if it is very well implemented, HW acceleration can be avoided in many situations.

On some others, If you want it to work right, you have to have it.

But then if you think about it, isn't hardware acceleration tied to the actual hardware?

Isn't that what ICS is NOT about?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwilkinson:
Dude... Come on. Don't talk to people like that here. It's against the rules and just rude. Sorry if you're having a bad day or whatever, but nobody here did anything to deserve to be talked to the way you're talking to them.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Award Tour:
You can jail break.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Award Tour:
These are supposed to be the most compelling reasons?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
jailbreaking != root
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewbz:
Lol I do find all your posts rather humorous but I also undersand that other people are rubbed the wrong way by your words. Lets just leave it at this, we all enjoy android and we should all give each other a hug while holding our nexus'es.

I'm just kidding with the last part but not really ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopy1e11:
If ur phone lags then its not behaving as advertised at least that's how I feel especially wen u got a dual core phone
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aFo3262:
I think people always confuse the issue when they say their Android phone doesn't lag. Sure, opening apps and browser pages is quick but the lag comes from jerky animations not running at 60 FPS. Go to your browser and pinch to zoom or double tap. Dual cores still struggle(HTC Sensation, Atrix etc). Only the Galaxy S2 is smooth due to some hardware acceleration. Composite based UI, caching, hardware acceleration are just a few places that Android falls behind. ICS has me hopeful though
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrNago:
Have you tried Opera Mobile?

Pinch to zoom and double tap are instant on my single core.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrdatrackstar:
agreed....def my browser choice for it's hardware acceleration....

it needs better CSS3 and HTML5 rendering (i.e. the Google homepage looks terrible compared to the stock browser), but i can easily overlook these drawbacks for the performance...

I think one thing that we are also forgetting is the different type of screen and pixles that are used for iOS drawing, which can result in the smoother scrolling framerate. If you look at an iPhone 4 next to the Nexus S (not getting off topic with an iOS vs. Android....just a hardware to hardware comparison) you will see the pixel difference between icons and stuff. I think that's why we saw such an improvement in speed and smoothness in Gingerbread (stock) because of the change to 32-bit graphics (i think?), which is another reason Romain said GPU usage isn't as easy as it sounds. Outside of the screen types (SuperAMOLED vs whatever other screen you compare the Nexus S to), you can see images and text are clearer, and the matrix dots (or whatever they're called) aren't as apparent as other devices running Froyo or below. This is one of the first things that stood out to me in Gingerbread on the Nexus S (with stock Android anyway).....if you hold an Epic next to a Nexus S with the brightness turned up on both and look at them, images are "cripser" on the Nexus (despite the fact they have the same screens and Touchwiz is a crappy cartoony imitation of iOS)...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
opera has hardware acceleration?....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnythan:
Yes. It shows, too. When navigating Facebook Mobile with a lot of pictures, the stock browser is very very slow and laggy while scrolling. Opera Mobile is smooth.

http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/blog/2010/10/14/opera-mobile-for-android-coming-soon

Hardware acceleration allows Opera to run at lightning speed. Navigating a page, panning and zooming will be faster than ever. All this is made possible by taking full advantage of the GPU power available on your phone. Hardware acceleration allows us to do amazing things like pinch to zoom for all sites. It also allows a more fluid interaction between you and your phone, improving your browsing experience!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Award Tour:
What kills Opera is the load time from a cold start. I could live with the less than perfect rendering but watching that splash each time I go to a link is annoying as hell.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thiagodark:
opera has some problems with java script and i really hate the way it can't "lock" for scrolling... it goes exactly where your finger goes instead makes a straight scrolling!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnythan:
I noticed both of those problems pretty quickly and uninstalled it. The hardware acceleration in Opera makes it that much more painful to use the stock browser, which really isn't that bad. It does very much show how big a difference hardware acceleration makes. I can't wait for ICS.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thiagodark:
it depends on what page you are browsing, some pages get really unusable... it's quite funny how a google's device, that is mainly an internet company (and makes one of the best desktop browsers) could mess up that much with mobile browser experience...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwilkinson:
The stock browser sucks... I have yet to find a browser that works any better though, so I still use it anyway.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
I actually prefer dolphin hd in desktop mode
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Windst:
I'm using an X10 right now on ATT, and im switching to sprint soon. How is a stock Nexus S compared to the current X10 Roms
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acesofbelkan:
YES! I completely agree with you on this. I love the Opera web browser. Its superior to stock in most ways. But that damn splash screen really kills the rhythm of hopping from app to app.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdh10475:
I thought all Canadians were nice and Americans were the assholes. :confused:

Come down to the states where the gun laws are lax and we will go to the range and let out the frustration.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarmalik:
is it possible to have android as smooth as WP7? Now dont say its because WP7 has no background and stuff, even with the mango update and multi-tasking, its as smooth as ever. So why cant google do the same?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treUse:
Hopefully that's what we'll see with the arrival of ICS.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lvnatic:
Which will be...next year? :|

I am getting a galaxy S II until then, but hopefully nexus 3 will be announced soon so I won't have to.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnythan:
Probably this winter.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrdatrackstar:
so...today is my first day being on call for the week (just started my new job as a software developer a month ago....fresh out of college and this is my first job so it's gonna be interesting to see how this goes over july 4th week :rolleyes:) and we have the iPhone 4 as our work phone....

so of course (being the geek I am) started playing with my Nexus and iPhone next to each other. right off the bat, the Nexus HOLDS Wi-Fi better than the iPhone 4 (which can't even connect to our work Wi-Fi right now)

after playing with them side by side, i see what we are missing, but I can live without it for now I GUESS...

I mean yea it would be nice to have it that smooth (or Windows Phone 7 smooth, which feels exactly like the iPhone, if not smoother), but Android is just so much better (for me) and it really helps you not NOTICE the difference in scrolling speeds and stuff (being the Nexus S is close enough FOR ME right now until we "get it")
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunstar3035:
LMAO

Well its funny, because I was kidding around this whole time but people kept freaking out so...I don't know, it was funny so I kept it up :p

But honestly I am one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet, seriously. I just find that most boards on XDA are so super serious, and everyone seems to be ultra careful of what they type I though "What the hell, I'm going to stir up some ****"...but it was all in good fun, if anyone was truly upset at anything that I wrote, I'm sorry.

Just trying to lighten up the mood, got a few laughs...good enough for me :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thiagodark:
that's what trolls use to talk "it's funny", but the problem is they laugh alone most time (when everyone else is pissed)!! =o)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunstar3035:
A) Trolls troll a product most the time, like a console or a phone. I own a Nexus S and love it, I was poking fun at people and thats it.

B) Check the thread, lots of others laughing, so fail post award to you :D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrNago:
I don't know, but being mean and insulting people is not funny to me in any way.

We're just trying to have a nice and respectful conversation, at least I am when I'm in public forums.

Funny is one thing, disrespect is another.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Running Sloth:
Hmm... This thread made me realize why I have days where I hate the internet.

But regarding android and the future of the OS. I think this lag issue stems from a concern regarding the overall polish of the OS. We have stood behind the features for quite some time in terms of competition with other operating systems. However I feel it's due time that android gets its presentation together. And i think it will ... Slowly but surely. Google has a much larger and more diverse ecosystem to support.

Like it or not iOS has is a pretty polished product. As are most Apple products. Just from a purely design perspective.

I really hope the Nexii / os releases of the future take android up a notch. The last bastion of pure Google experience.

SO SAY WE ALL. - fat Lee Adama
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianDigital:
What if I don't care about scrolling around menus?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
I feel like this, android is in its infant stage as a mobile phone platform. The aosp rom no doubt has had enough time for further advancements yet at the same time, the is must work across many different devices and along side of the proprietary bits. I think

Were just rushing the developers who are no doubt already working on this and more.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrNago:
That is why I refused to buy an android phone and use it as my daily driver.

But I realised Android has improved a lot here, just try an older version...sure, it still has a lot to improve, but the sure thing is, it will.

Being so so popular, and very likely the main mobile platform in the future, assure it will keep improving as time goes by.

This is all IMO of course :D

It's not perfect, nor close to being, but it's close enough that I enjoy it more than any other mobile OS. :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
Actually I have some friends with iPhones and they complain about lags and lack of flash.

Android is the dominant phone os no matter how you look at it. And in my opinion it doesn't matter what Apple will do, android is on its way to take over.

I love Apple's products and I think Steve Jobs is a genius but I hate his nazi guts. Choice is what its all about.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackOtaku:
Use it with a Linux OS without having an aneurysm. :D

On topic; Android certainly needs better hardware acceleration, but I think Android is plenty snappy on high end phones right now. Tablets however, are where it starts to fall apart; but I think they need a bit of time to mature before we can really judge it. Honeycomb may be nice, but that still doesn't mean it isn't a hack job compared to say, Gingerbread (which is why Google won't open source it). I'll start worrying more when Ice Cream Sandwich comes around, if things aren't better by then.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRIE4IPIER:
If only you guys can see how smooth my nexus s is. Now, I fiercely monitor the system and keep a lot of stuff out of memory and have several hacks applied. The main reason, IMO, the nexus s lags is the amount of RAM that is available to the system. 512 is not enough for this OS, I even freeze apps like Google maps and sign out of Google voice until I need these apps, because they are always running. I've noticed that helps a lot. As long as there is 105+ MBs of RAM available on this phone, it is fast as hell, faster and smoother than the iPhones SIMPLE O.S.

What I'm trying to say is this is a very nice phone if you know how and are willing to put up with it and manage it, at first I regretted getting it, but once I got to know the device, I love it and couldn't be any happier. If you switch away from android, it is your loss, because things are getting better, I believe Google will do the right thing and enable hardware acceleration throughout the O.S, possibly with ICS? Hopefully. Look at the SGS2, its web browser id hardware accelerated,'i think' and it is the best mobile web browser around. So that is just a glimpse as to what the future of Android holds.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -sandro-:
what I don't get if there's an actual official statement that they will add it in ICS :o
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] martinbone:
Is there a reliable way to back-up the default Froyo ROM yet? I would like to give Gingerbread a try, but only if I can back up the official Froyo ROM with confidence ... Thanks in advance for any thoughts ...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] catapult1234:
Download latest FROYO (official samsung) from samfirmware.com and you safe to go.

Cheers
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] martinbone:
I'd prefer to backup the entire rom if possible, i.e. including apps and data. So that if I have limitations with Gingerbread, I can put my phone back to how it is now, with one click ... ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] catapult1234:
You could check this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1121192

or

use titanium backup in combination with latest froyo firmware from samfirmware.com
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] n-j-f:
Just got my TF101 but I do not seem able to add files to Ambling BookPlayer from my microSD card. I can select the files but when I try to install them I ger a Problem Code 359 - Index 0 requested, wih a size of 0. I've emailed the Ambling developer but wonder if anyone else has tried Ambling and did it work?

TIA

norm
[General Questions and Answers] blueren:
Hi.

I recently installed widgetlocker and am loving it.. I use handcent sms and whenever I receive a message, i unlock to read the message via the popup and reply from the popup itself.

Now the problem is that (when widgetlocker is on) whenever I try to type in the popup edit box, whatever I input isn't showing up. This isn't the case when widgetlocker is disabled and the native lockscreen is functional.

Could someone please confirm this? I need to know if its the same for others as well.
[General Questions and Answers] Ohkuni:
I'm having the exact same issue with Widget Locker/Handcent. Did you find a solution?
[General Questions and Answers] blueren:
Unfortunately, I haven't. Which is why I posted it here looking for leads
[General Questions and Answers] Ohkuni:
I've done abit of testing, looks like it only happens when:

1. Widget locker is set to be on top of the sms popups

2. Popup is viewed from when the screen is off

It works if I have the popup appear above widget locker, or if I have the screen turn on when an sms is received in Handcent. But if the screen turns off and I have to unlock it, then it doesn't work.

So it looks like the bug occurs when going from a screen off state to widget locker to the popup. At the moment I have it appear over the widget locker lock screen but would ideally like to unlock before seeing the popup.
[General Questions and Answers] blueren:
Exactly! I can confirm the exact same scenario. I wonder why others using the two app combo haven't noticed it
[General Questions and Answers] beenz:
Are you guys (or gals) using a different home launcher? I used to have this problem when using Launcher Pro Plus. I have since gotten a different phone, and am using ADW. It works as it should, now.
[General Questions and Answers] james60007:
I have the same issue. Anyone gets a solution yet?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KRiusd:
Hello everybody,

I've installed the latest version of mike's Android Revolution HD (5.1.11) ROM (and the 5.1.x versions before). Before I used version 3.x of Revolution HD.

Since I use version 5.1.x, I'm no more able to use my bluetooth headset for phone calls. Even though the headset is set as default, it is not used.

If I try to change the device while doing a call it is also using the internal mic and speaker. Listening to music via bluetooth headset is working fine.

With version 3.x everything was working fine.

Is there anything I can do?

Many thanks in advance!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blue phoenix:
bluetooth headset not working on AR HD rom

I, too, am having problem with bluetooth headset not working.

I wasnt allowed to post inside the developers area coz am a newbie. Sorry if i dont know where else to post so again sorry in advance... am all new to the android world (1st time getting an android fone SG Note2 and then 1st time flashing a ROM (AR HD 5.0)).

My problem is when im trying to use any kind of bt stereo headset it just wont work. Ive paired/unpaired/paired again but still no go. Tried using the BT stereo headset to other smartphones and all go.

I havent installed any multimedia apps that might mess up the recently installed/flashed AR HD 5.0.

Can anyone please help me. Ive tried reading/scanning the developer's forum thread but cant seem to find any workaround here....

Please please dont scorn me for being so stupid about the bt issue that im having...

Any help would really really be appreciated.... so to those that will try to help me out... many thanks in advance....

***If someone who could reach out to mike the kind sir who developed AR HD 5.0 for Galaxy Note 2...please relay our issue...***
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonjthomas:
My question is an academic one, of sorts.

My workplace has recently permitted the use of personal devices at the workplace, and they are using a Mobile Iron appliance to "secure" and manage these devices.

A recent change to these appliances resulted in my rooted Incredible being blocked access to the system. The one answer I cannot seem to get a clear response on is how this was detected, as my device had been working in this capacity before a recent change to both the back-end appliance and the client on the device. Clearly, though, this is not the case for all devices, as I know of someone who is still successfully using a rooted Samsung Galaxy S.

I tried a couple of iterations to determine how it detected my rooted device, and, at this point I have returned it to stock with S-OFF. I am pretty confident that the latter is what triggered my device being detected and blocked.

So, anyone have any insight as to how these appliances/devices detect root? Are they inspecting at the hardware level as opposed to a scan of applications?

Looking forward to the discussion.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Assuming superuser no longer on the device?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonjthomas:
Correct. I returned the device to stock FroYo (2.2), with no SuperUser.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vernox701:
On the sd card there is a log file that says s-off maybe it see that