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[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
okay, am a noob so be gentle if i go wrong or violate any rule :o :)

in this post, i would mention some apps to get as close to WP7 interface as possible.

none of the applications attached in this post is made by me. each of them are collected from internet. if i violate any rule, feel free to warn me.

1) WP Lock - the windows phone lock imitates the WP7 style on Android it's fairly light (63 kb only)...also has missed call and message count like WP7 lock

2) Interface - i use Launcher 7 as it not only supports 2X1 horizontal tiles, but also 1X2 vertical tiles and widgets which is pretty awesome :) METRO UI is also good (it has a better WP7 statusbar than Launcher 7) both these launchers support "LIVE" tiles of Contacts (displaying pics of your contacts), counts missed calls, unread SMS/MMS, unread Mail count, etc.

3) PEOPLE HUB & DIALER - The App attached here ("people hub") imitates the "contacts" interface of WP7..the WP7 dialer is also featured here..looks pretty good :D

4)PhotoSafariPro - the WP7 style Gallery for android...the only downside is it dosen't allow multi touch...but there is a nice "film" interface

5) Music - there are many imitating the WP7 music player but the 1 which suits the QVGA resolution of our X10 mini is UBER MUSIC

6) Keyboard - the WP7 keyboard....this keyboard is also available in blue colour if you want, just surf up google :)

7) FACEBOOK - the FB has got the awesome "live tile" (like) look :D :D

if I helped you, kindly press the "THANKS" button
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] galvic:
Thanx mate PM me ur fb link...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Deleted member 3979716:
Aaaaaawwwweeee.......................some!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] RublJow:
yeah that is pretty good i will test and give feedback
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] anancr:
it will be nice to see some screenshots.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
actually derz some prblm wid dis 1.....tis givin a "parsin error"; tryin 2 resolve....once done, will PM u ASAP :) :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
thanks man :) :D....test dem nd please give me feedback :) :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
yea, please do, thanks :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
actually, i don use dem ryt nw....am on launcher pro+ (wid dose awesome HTC Sense widgets) nd SPB Shell 3D alternatively :) :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Eyama:
Nice i like that Launcher and other apps;)

PhotoSafariPro is not fit to our screen :/

For contacts is opening only original from Rom no WP7 style:/

Could you find sms/mms WP7 style and for contacts?

everything else is great:)

here are som screenshots:

i use Launcher 7 it have more option then Metro UI.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
1st of all, i thank u fr da screenshots :) :) thanks a lot :)

nw f da PhotoSafari Problem, i used it wid my mini and it actually fitted the screen perfectly, even u can go to market and see for device compatibility yourself....and for contacts, i had da notorious "parsing" error, so i never actually got a chance to test the same.

and i am already searching for the WP7 mms/sms style for quite sometime now...will keep you updated if i find something :) :)......anyway, thanks for taking your precious time and testing these apps, thanks
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Eyama:
i found mms.apk, contact.apk, phone.apk allmost everything styled in WP7 for android but it is made for Galaxy S I9000 so if someone know how to comile it to our phone will be great:)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
dis is great newz....PM ur query to ne X10 mini developer and see wat dey hv fr resizing nd repixelling the apk's. GREAT NEWS man!!!! :) :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] zurce:
Gonna try it all in my mini pro

thanks!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
:) :) test nd give feedback :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Eyama:
i found on market WP7 contact (free app) and it is working on our device;)

https://market.android.com/details?id=milkmidi.minicontact&feature=search_result
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] rafadm:
hey! i'm gathering info on wp7 apps on android , and i was wondering if i have your permission to use the apps on this thread.

thanks in advance
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
ahh...absolutely NO problem mate.. :)

as it is, none of them are owned by me.....go ahead and make the best use of them :) :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Burn2Hell:
Looks cool, gona try it.:cool:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
yup.....try nd give feedback :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
has anyone got multi touch (da"fake" dul touch :p ) working in photosafari???
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] luke24:
It wont let me install these on my phone...?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] rspy:
thanks! nice job! :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Ddoublevisionn:
S

thanks mate!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] harsh.tiwari87:
facebook app not installing on my xperia neo v.. sayz application not installed.. ne idea wat cud b d cause??
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Ticklefish:
This is very nice work. Many thanks!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nookroot19:
Facebook apk

It wont download and since when is Facebook 1mb?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] drazga9:
Yeah Good Work! When someone get bored android style so smb change to this theme. Let's say big thanks and click button.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] razoraniruddh1998:
Facebook live tile.

How to add the Facebook live tile in launcher 7?:confused::confused:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] swapyy:
Now the only thing needed is an windows 8 style whatsapp look apk for chat.. plz let me know once u get it...
[Desire HD General] xscavio:
What is the matching RIL for this Radio:

Radio_12.48.60.23U_26.08.04.07_M3

Thanks
[Desire HD General] JagDave:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13011243
[Verizon Droid Charge] dapperdanman55:
I recently rooted my droid charge for the first time. I still really don't know what I am doing but I did the cwm recovery with odin. Then I had pbj OC and gummycharged 1.8.5 in a zip file on the phone and I did not use odin with them. I want to try out humble because I want to try something different. But I want to use the theme ADW minimalist metallic. Is there a certain ROM that has to be used with this theme.

Another question I have is if I do a wipe via recovery mod, will I have to reinstall CWM with odin and redo pbj OC?

Thanks, sorry once again for noob questions. If anyone is able to help me via skype or some kind of instant message/mic program I'd be very appreciative. Ill be on for another hour or 2 tonight.

EDIT: If i do a factory reset on my phone will it unroot it and put it back to stock? On a few guides i see it where it says "wipe/factory reset" then next line it will say "wipe cache". Does this mean to go through cwm and wipe it. Then go to privacy and factory reset, or do they both do the exact same thing. And I dont know what wipe cache means. Thanks

PM me if you are able to skype/IM me.
[Verizon Droid Charge] hrdc69:
I went through the same rooting process you did and did a factory reset and it won't make you lose root and you will still have CWM and whatever kernal you installed. By the way I always wipe cache when I do a factory reset to be on safe side.

Since you can't use CWM to backup in nandroid then once you do a factory reset to try out another rom you lose all your programs, settings etc and have to reinstall.

A program in the market called "Samsung Odinmaker" is like nandroid in that you can make as many backups of your system as you like thus making it very easy to switch roms and play around
[Verizon Droid Charge] dapperdanman55:
So to try another rom all I gotta do is factory reset, put the zip of the rom in the sd card and go from there?

I dont plan on it but is there a way to try a new cwm or kernal.

Thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] apascual89:
Check your pm
[Verizon Droid Charge] quantim0:
Thanks so much for this tip.

The only thing that has kept me from trying new roms was the hassle associated with not having a nandroid to restore if I didn't like the new rom.

I'm currently on Humble 1.2 and will flash the Humble 2.0 when I get home because I guess Odin doesn't work for Mac.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] partyboynx2:
Basically, I was trying to root my myTouch 3g. I kept getting error messages with fastboot and other things with my PC, SuperOneClick wasn't rooting my phone. I had downgraded to Cupcake 1.5 to do the entire process. I had been using sappimg.nbh files to downgrade and upgrade. But, somehow, I download the Vodaphone HTC Magic 1.5 file instead of the MyTouch 3g cupcake 1.5 file. I'm tired of trying to root my phone and having things go wrong. But I want to get my MyTouch Froyo 2.2.1 rom back, but I can not find any sappimg.nbh files that will let me restore it, it keep getting the "Main version is older, please reboot" error message. All I want is my 2.2.1 froyo rom back. How can I do this?

EDIT: Also, ROM Manager won't install on my version of android, and flashrec.apk isn't flashing any recovery images on my version of android either. I downloaded Universal Androot, and it says my phone has been rooted, and installed SuperUser. I just can't get a recovery image flashed, and can't get fastboot to do anything on my pc. Basically, whenever I flash something with fastboot, my command prompt says "Downloading recovery.img xxxxkb" and just hangs on that, while my phone, in fastboot mode, just sits there. It gets a progress bar, but never moves.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] TheBladeofFate:
Is this a 32a or 32b board? It would be immensely helpful if you could list out everything it says at your fastboot screen.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
As TheBladeofFate suggested, please provide ALL fastboot info.. ALL

Also run these command in fastboot mode:

fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar cid

We will take from there
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] partyboynx2:
Fastboot info:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009,21:02:32

c:\Android>fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 2.16.151.1
finished. total time: 0.003s

c:\Android>fastboot getvar cid
cid: T-MOB010Å╥♠ÿ"
finished. total time: 0.002s

I have made a goldcard, but everytime I try to put a SAPPIMG.nbh/.zip on it, it still says "Main Version is Older" everytime I try to flash something else onto it..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Download this file:

https://rapidshare.com/files/436753940/2.53.707.2_-_sappimg.zip

1)rename the file to sappimg.zip

2)put it on the goldcard

3)start in hboot mode (hold volume - together with power. '-' = volume decrease)

4)The device should pick up the file, follow screen instructions and flash the sappimg.

5)once this has finished, you should restart and confirm you have 1.33.2010 as spl nr.

6)post here the progress and wait for further instructions
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] partyboynx2:
Still getting the "Main Version is Older" error message with this... :/
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Cannot be... your version is 2.16.151.1 and the one i gave you is 2.53.707.2...

Simple math:

2.53.707.2 > 2.16.151.1

So either you have provided the wrong version or there is something completely wrong with your device...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] partyboynx2:
My bad... it gave the "Model ID Incorrect" error this time, not the "Main Version is Older" one.

Could it be the goldcard? I've tried it using two different SanDisk cards and a Transcend card... I know certain card manufacturers won't work as a goldcard...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
It's a faulty goldcard.

That error is the reason why you use a goldcard... to use a sappimg.zip from another model id :0)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] partyboynx2:
Should I try remaking my goldcard? I just went to the website to make it, and the page seems to be down... or should I try a different brand of SD card with my original goldcard.img file?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Every goldcard.img is unique for the specific sdcard which you got the unique cid.

Thats why you can make a goldcard on one device and it will work on another... its sdcard specific... but you cannot take an image from sdcard to another sdcard...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Try to remake... try another sdcard... what ever...

As long as you get the "model id error" you are doing something wrong...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] partyboynx2:
I made downloaded the QMAT (I think it is now called Rev Tools) to reverse the CID string. I'm getting the CID string from the Terminal Emulator app, then emailing it directly to my email, copying the string, pasting it in the Crypto Toolbox app, reversing the string, replacing the first two digits with 00, creating the goldcard.img, opening that and my sd card in HxD, replacing up to line 00000170 with the goldcard, saving, placing sappimg.zip on it, and hbooting the sappimg.zip. Still getting the Model ID error. I've done this with 4 different SD cards now... what could I be doing wrong?

Am I not supposed to replace the first two digits? I swear it says that in the instructions.. that seems like it could be my only error.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] partyboynx2:
I think I know what happened. I wasn't clicking "Removable Disk (I:)" in HxD which is where my SD was mounted. I was clicking some other Removable Disk in the list.. Once I corrected this, I tried doing it, then my SD card kept saying to format it. Looks like I need to wait it out a few days until I can get a Kingston SD card :|
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] partyboynx2:
Sorry for the triple post. I got the Goldcard working finally. I followed all these steps and completed them all, and my spl is now the one that is noted.

1)rename the file to sappimg.zip
2)put it on the goldcard
3)start in hboot mode (hold volume - together with power. '-' = volume decrease)
4)The device should pick up the file, follow screen instructions and flash the sappimg.
5)once this has finished, you should restart and confirm you have 1.33.2010 as spl nr.
6)post here the progress and wait for further instructions

What do I do in the next step?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Sorry for the delay.

You now have eng spl = full control.

You need custom recovery: http://rapidshare.com/files/387932919/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

You need this radio: https://rapidshare.com/files/455782324/2.22.19.26I.img

You need fastboot commander: Get it from signature (v.1.1 and NOT magic)

You need this rom: http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/dream/update-cm-6.1.0-DS-signed.zip

You need gaps (google apps): http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/gapps/gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip

1)

Flash the radio and recovery from the fastboot commander tool.

Restart into recovery: Hold home and power together.

2)wipe everything you can find

3)flash the rom

4)flash the gapps

5)restart into the system

6)enjoy and take a rest... you have been working to long.

Good luck
[Captivate General] Soccer_Dad:
I've heard in multiple ROM threads that you basically can only get four hours of screen display out of the captivate battery. The concept is that the screen is the single largest drain on our battery. I'm not sure that's the case, as the following screen caps show.

The first pair was run a couple days ago (wifi and data off). I charged the captivate to full, and turned the screen on permanently, set the screen filter program to 25% (darkens the screen - supposedly saves battery), ran "Desk Home", and went to sleep. I woke up, and the battery still was not drained. In the end, I was able to minimize usage until 11am or so, and took screen shots before the battery drained completely, and ended with over 12 hours of screen display on 80% of the battery (and some trivial usage).

To see if it was the screen filter program was the cause, I repeated this last night. This time, I didn't run desk home, but just turned the lit up phone upside down. Again, there was still significant battery when I woke up. I had to turn the screen off at 9am (as I was going to be away from the phone), and checked back and screen captured at 11am again. In the undimmed (but lowest brightness setting), I got 9 1/2 hours of display usage on somewhat less than 80% of the battery.

Conclusions I draw are that the screen filter program does extend the life of the battery a small amount - say, 7% per hour vs. 8% per hour with no external dimming program. In the past, I've had similar results playing games or reading ebooks (about 8-10% per hour usage). But it seems obvious that 4 hours of indoor (lowest brightness) screen display on my captivate should only be using a third of the power. Where is the rest going, and why doesn't the battery usage display show what is really drawing down the power?

I have my theories - all related to the modem functions: connecting to the data network, connecting to wifi, and connecting to cell phone towers. Perhaps when I have time to move some massive file across a good wifi connection, I'll see what kind of battery drainage that gives me.

This is on Continuum 6 RC1 with the JVQ modem and talon 0.3.1 - 1400, for reference.
[Captivate General] ghost77:
Huh ? who comes up with stupid myths or why would you even believe that when review sites like gsmarena did a review and they tested media playback they got 7:25 hours of media playback with screen at 50%.

Alot of things can drain battery radio , cpu , screen.
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
Ya I have to agree. It is meaningless when like you did you turned brightness down l left screen on doing nothing. It in no way tests actual usage
[Captivate General] nybmx:
The 4 hour limit is one I've hit on ever rom since 2.1. It is not based on the phone/cpu sitting idle. It's based on actual usage (browsing the internet, playing games, texting, etc.). When you are actually using it the cpu clock ramps up and that along with the display being on is what eats the battery.
[Captivate General] Soccer_Dad:
Criminy. First of all, the "four hour limit" is mentioned in multiple ROM threads, as well as by nybmx in the post above. So I'm surprised that you are inferring this is new to you.

And if you try a little reading comprehension, you'll see that I specifically tested this out because I didn't believe it.

I hadn't heard of a 7 hour test. I've heard of some roms lasting 5 hours or so, running a single task. Which, in theory, could be consistent with a "four hour display life" and a days worth of other stuff - random calls, messages, etc.

Which, coincidentally, is how the conclusion I came up with at the end of my post. Except for the CPU. In normal phone usage (for me at least), the CPU isn't under constant strain. Does anyone have actual data about what the CPU is doing under typical tasks, like talking on the phone or listening to music? I have looked at CPU usage with the GPS test program in Froyo, and the cpu usage was always at 100 and 200 Mhz (i.e. not topped out at 1 Ghz, or more if OC'd).
[Captivate General] Soccer_Dad:
It's called the scientific method. You test each variable separately. If you know how much power the display draws per hour of use, and how much the phone draws, and how much wifi draws, etc. you should be able to figure out what kind of use you will get in any scenario.

Do you know how much battery is used when GPS tracking alone? If you don't, then you won't know if you can track constantly during a 6 hour hike or whether that will drain the whole battery. I do, because I've tested it separately. If you gave me a scenario where you said I would track GPS while listening to music, and checking my position occasionally (say an hour of screen time) over the course of four hours, I'd be able to give you a pretty good idea of what my remaining battery will be, because I've tested those variables multiple times. On my phone, that scenario would drain the phone about 64%. [I imagine I'd give it a plus or minus of 8%].

For my money, that's "actual usage". If you are trying to figure out battery drain without controlling conditions, you'll never have accurate information.
[Captivate General] Soccer_Dad:
First of all, thanks for confirming to ghost77 that such a limit is "known".

Reread my post. I think it's clear that I'm not saying that I think the 4-hour limit is based on an idle phone. The point I hope I'm making (explicitly in the 3rd to last paragraph) is that, even though "the cpu clock ramps up" and is used in whatever program you are using, the battery monitor is reporting that it is the display that is using the battery. It does not seem to credit the program (messaging, phone, internet, game, etc.) with the boost in CPU needed to do whatever you are doing.

After all, if we can all agree that the display uses 8-10% of the battery per hour, then having the display on while idle or when displaying a web page shouldn't make a difference to how much energy the display is using. In reality, if your phone is good for 5 hours of surfing, it's not the shiny display that has drained your battery, it is the transfer of data and rendering of the data as you manipulate the pages - all usages that should be credited to your internet program, not your display.

And if I've got you to agree that far, then it's a short step to reiterate what we've both said - it's the actual usage on the phone, not the display time, because the phones are more than capable of more than four hours of display. In which case, the four hour display limit is really unrelated to the display, but is a proxy for how much time you've spent using your phone for other stuff.

And then we can agree that you can get maybe eight hours of doing something simple like using a book reader program like Aldiko.

And then maybe you can see why I called the four hour limit a myth.
[Captivate General] whiteguypl:
It's not a myth... Your taking a statement out of context. And wasting a lot of white space in the process.
[Captivate General] DaNaRkI:
Actually it might, depending on the colors the screen has to show.

It's a well know fact that for OLED screens showing white uses up a lot more power then any other color. Most articles even say that showing white is the one area that LCD screens end up using less. Unless the screen actually contains white OLEDs (which ours does not, but whatever comes

after

the SuperAMOLED+ most likely will)

A second way that color matters is that for our SuperAMOLED screens the number and size of the green OLEDs is different then the blue/red. Without the specs on them no one can say just how much electricity is being used, but it is a factor.

Also, I recall reading that red LED/OLED use the least amount of electricity then any other color (given that all other details of comparison are equal) So there may very well be a difference between a screen that is using mainly red then blue, even tho they are the same in size and number.

Since the vast majority of web sites are a white background and black text, or a similar bright screen and dark txt, they are gonna use up a good deal of power (in comparison to any showing any other screens). This is also why there are no white, light gray or other such bright themes made for our phone.
[Captivate General] AdamOutler:
I'm pretty sure that "Screen" includes the Display, multi-touch sensors, tilt sensors, GPS, compass, and all other sensors/input devices.
[Captivate General] noside12123:
Hey, this is to anyone, but i saw Soccer_dad's graphs/ battery usage, and I noticed my battery stats dont reset when i plug in to charge and unplug. Even if i reboot my phone it still keeps past charges and discharges. Right now it says my phone has been on battery for 4 Days and 7 hours, when clearly Ive been charging every night. Is this a bug?
[Captivate General] AdamOutler:
Looks like TasKilla is abusing it's launch on startup power. You should remove that app. No app should be using that much over a 4 day period unless you had it running for that long.

Yes it's a bug.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Four hours of use is not the same as four hours of screen time.

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate General] noside12123:
sent from a piece of plastic and glass It says CPU usage is 1 hour

sent from a piece of plastic and glass