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[General Questions and Answers] slapshot30:
Yes the iPhone will beat it in sales. Look at us, we aren't the average consumers.

The average (American) consumer is obsessed with that little Apple logo. Do they give a damn about dual core processors and such? Nope. As long as it's Apple branded apparently it is the best because of all the advertising they do.

Heres a funny little video for you in your spare time. :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
[General Questions and Answers] Windst:
jailbroken iphone=stock galaxy s
[General Questions and Answers] :
The iPhone 5 will be release sometime in the fall (I've heard September-October) and the Galaxy S II was released not to long ago. However in the phone market it could be a entirely new generation of Android phones by then and due to the different companies making phones one is almost bound to beat the iPhone 5.

I also think that site is slightly biased toward iPhones...Just saying because they don't mention cons, and they use words such as "vastly better" to promote the iPhone.

the iPhone will get their usual customers more or less no matter what. A single branded phone could not beat the competition that HTC, Samsung, Lg, Motorola, and possibly a few more have built up.
[General Questions and Answers] daryoonone:
Of course, you can quantify what you mean by "beat."

I believe Apple is still raking in all the money.
[General Questions and Answers] :
In market share or just that the iPhone makes more sales than any stand-a-lone Android device?
[General Questions and Answers] PabxH:
It will sell lot more, but I think that obviously sgs2 is better.

Android!
[General Questions and Answers] jags_the1:
u guys seriously don't have a life ... predicting about products which are not yet released ... iphone vs android is getting on nerves. who gives a damn . just be happy with what u have!!!!!!!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] Monty Burns:
Then, don't read or skip the thread? "Seriously" these guys are happy talking to people who are obviously happy to discuss/predict this subject so, the question would be, if you don't like the subject, why are you here reading and commenting on them? ....... so, who doesn't have "a life"?
[G2 and Desire Z General] krankdroid:
I want to perm root my phone..

But to do that i need to downgrade first. And i would like to be able to backup and maybe extract rom first.

So whats the best way to temp root a DZ?

Via HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] jankrix:
Afaik when you downgrade, you loose your rom before you downgrade, so let say you downgrade from 1.82 to 1.34, you can perma root 1.34 hence backup your current rom which is 1.34 not 1.82.

I have the same worry as you, in fact I face a dillema upon not able to backup my current rom, but I simply being bold and try to downgrade the whole day until 2 hours ago where I get stuck where I'm ready to flash the PC10IMG.zip, btw I use amt tool, just search 'amt tool' here in this sub forum, and also check the sticky thread in development section there are various guide to root and downgrade, however in principle they work the same, just remember to stick to one guide to make life easier.
[G2 and Desire Z General] krankdroid:
As far as i know. The downgrade procedure is only for perm root. There should be a way to temp root. Extract rom, and then being able to downgrade and perm root with a little less risk.

But then again.. im not sure of how to extract a rom.. so right now im just hoping that temp root + extraction is possible before downgrading.

Can you extract a rom using titanium backup?

Via HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] catherall:
Best temp root methods that proved to work in IRC #G2ROOT

in the IRC channel #G2ROOT on freenode.net we helped some people to temp root their HTC Desire Z and G2 phones (commonly also known as HTC Vision).

The best methods that worked for us are:

* zergRush (works good for Froyo / 2.2 and Gingerbread / 2.3 ROMs)

* tacoroot

* fre3vo

== zergRush ==

Usage see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296916

== Tacoroot ==

Usage see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424023

Do NOT download "1.32 PD98IMG.zip"!

Only download tacoroot, extract the zip file into platform-tools (directory that contains adb) and connect your phone to computer using an USB data cable, enable "adb debugging" in menu settings / applications / development and make sure you are in "USB charge only" mode.

Then run:

adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/tmp/tacoroot

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/tacoroot

adb shell

/data/local/tmp/tacoroot --setup

This command will reboot the phone to recovery. Once it is done, use vol up/power then choose 'reboot' to reboot the phone. After it boots (it will bootloop, that's expected)

adb shell

/data/local/tmp/tacoroot --root

this command will kick you out of adb shell, so we need to return there:

adb shell

Now you should see "#" as sign of root access.

To uninstall tacoroot use:

adb shell /data/local/tmp/tacoroot --undo

== fre3vo see ==

Usage see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178912

To test if fre3vo works on your phone you can use the command:

adb shell cat /dev/msm_rotator

The output should be: /dev/msm_rotator: invalid length

One of the following commands for using fr3vo should work from phone shell, which you can open by "adb shell":

/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF

/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start 10000000 -end 1FFFFFFF

/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start 20000000 -end 2FFFFFFF

/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start 30000000 -end 3FFFFFFF

/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start F0000000 -end FFFFFFFF

/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start E0000000 -end EFFFFFFF

Enjoy! :cool:
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
First off no reason to backup stock rom, contacts saved in google, sms and call log can be saved in various apps. App cache is who cares start over on your game or what have you. Also you can always unroot and go stock whenever. Find a custom build be it aosp or whatever your liking you'll be way happier. Just having root access is what makes your phone a good phone. So follow the wiki, downgrade, root, be happy. Still can't think of a reason not to going all the way back to the days of the g1, no reason not to root.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Hi,It is stupid question ,i know but i am new and i want to know,,,

Is it possible to flash radio like rom?

Thanx
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Anybody?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JagDave:
Here you go.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896597
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
I know that..tnx but i need solution to flash radio like any another rom.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanijelDesire:
What does that even mean?

You can't flash in clockwork recovery cause it doesn't work that way.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hero000:
Follow the instruction. click here! It's not a rocket science.
[LG Optimus 2x] hisham027:
When I switch on the screen in the sunlight I am seeing small white dots (around 0.4 cm apart) on the display, is this a hardware problem or software problem?
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Neither, that's the digitizer.
[LG Optimus 2x] hisham027:
so its just normal right
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Pretty much, you can see them on most phones in the right circumstance.
[LG Optimus 2x] hisham027:
that was a huge releif, thanks for the info
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurnishdhillon:
Hello Thr ,

I am in a bit of a problem

I have Kies installed - Version 2.0.1.11053_99

Windows 7

Galaxy S2 - I9100DDKE2 ( PDA:KE8/PHONE:KE2/CSC:KE2(INU)

which i bought from INDIA two weeks back .

Now i am in South Africa when i connect it to Kies here , i am getting a popup which says that a Firmware Update is available.

Latest Firmware Version shown is

PDA:KF3/PHONE:KE4/CSC:KF3(INU)

Now when i start the Upgrade process , it fails to download the Firmware update and shows me the error :

"Error found in the downloaded file.Do you want to try downlaiding again ?"

and if i click YES then the same thing happens again .

I was using this Kies on the same laptop for my Galaxy S(SGS 1) before and never got an issue with it.

This is happening numberous times and i am not sure whether it is due to my phone being from India and that i am trying to upgrade it here in South Africa or

actually something with Samsung South Africa .

Can any one please explain to me what is happening and how do i Fix this now.

P.S.- not going to either use a ROM or Root it myself options ...

Many Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Poor internet connection turn off AV and firewall .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurnishdhillon:
Thanks Will try it tomm,

Strange i never faced this sort of a problem with my Galaxy S ..

U think it has nothing to do with the fact that my phone was bought in India and that i am now in South Africa?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurnishdhillon:
failed to run firmware upgrade unknown error occured

OK so still getting the Error

I have tried to reinstall the Samsung Kies again on my laptop.

"failed to run firmware upgrade unknown error occurred"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandeep_madahar:
see i was facing same pro before i try numbers of time and alt last i succeeded wht i do it sounds pretty odd dont let your windows stay ideal for more then 45 sec it let the download interrupt try tht method u will be able to download the updates best of luck
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurnishdhillon:
Can u please elaborate where u were facing this issue and what ur firmware version is .

Also did u buy the phone in India and used it elsewhere or not?

what is happening in my case is that the download keeps failing and everytime i start it again , it goes a little further so in about 5-6 attempts it reaches 100%. and then when it tries to update the device with it , it fails to say that the downloaded file is corrupt or has an error or something like it.

Guyz please help !!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurnishdhillon:
help please----Galaxy S2 experts..

Guyz do help me please. i have tried reseting my phone and reinstalled kies a number of times now...

nothing seems to be working,,,,and now worse enuf all Kies does it says that the update is available and i click YES and then it just looses connection with the phone and reconnects again and again keeps giving me the update available popup ....what to do?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepsleo:
Looking at how the connection is being made, I'd refute the USB drivers problem and would rather resort to ODIN for FW install. Its fairly easy to use, if you are still able to get into Download/Recovery mode. The help on ODIN is spread all across the forum, let me know if you would still need any help on ODIN part....KIES is usually found to behave irrationally while upgrading firmware.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurnishdhillon:
Thanks for coming to my help.

You see i am a little scared of using ODIN since i only bought this phone a week ago and don't want to mess up the warranty or future updates etc.

If i do use Odin (i have used it before for my galaxy S) , does it void my warranty or anything like it?

also will i be able to use Kies for future updates or would i always have to use ODIN from then onwards?

Finally , what sort of issues can i run into since i bought this phone in India and am now using this in SA?

Any help is appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepsleo:
Well, ODIN doesn't really void the warranty as you could always flash the country-specific firmware and flash the download counter too with the help of a small USB JIG (available for a minimal price at e-bay). If you really want to go down the KIES road, you might want to try a different system, cable/USB port (yes, it sometimes is the culprit) and see how it treats you then. If it still fails to do its assigned job, I think ODIN is the way to go...I have had 2 SGS and now SGS2 and never once did I go with KIES, well I tried once but it didn't go too well...since then ODIN is what I love. You can use KIES afterwards if you wish to, provided it has the country specific FW, so if you bought it from India, it should reflect the FW of India (seems like FW is mapped somehow with the IMEI).

Regarding your last, you shouldn't really bump into any roadblocks, should you find yourself in a soup, XDA fraternity would come to your rescue. Read thoroughly and proceed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepsleo:
Any update on how did it go?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurnishdhillon:
Sorted ,,,actually tried it on Win Xp and after two failures with decompressing binary files it went thru the third time :)

Seems like Win 7 didn't like my brand new galaxy S2 :)
[Android Software Development] rsenden:
I'm developing an activity with a floating main window (e.g. windowIsFloating=true in the activity style). Unfortunately, within a floating window my layout (using fill_parent) is not expanded to the full screen size; fill_parent behaves like wrap_content instead. I suppose floating windows are not automatically sized to the regular/maximized window size.

To circumvent this problem, I use the following code to add the layout to my window:

View view = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.main, null);

setContentView(view, new LayoutParams(width, height));

This renders my layout correctly. However, how do I find out the correct width and height, taking into account decorations like the status bar? According to the documentation, floating windows automatically get the FLAG_LAYOUT_INSET_DECOR set, causing the WindowManager to report inset rectangle needed to ensure the content is not covered by screen decorations. However, I can't find any documentation on how I can retrieve this inset rectangle; does anyone know this?

I've tried many options (all called from my Activity onCreate method), but they all either return non-usefull information or the full screen size, not taking into account the status bar height:

WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = (WindowManager.LayoutParams)getWindow().getAttributes();

Rect rect = getWindow().getDecorView().getBackground().getBounds();

getWindow().getDecorView().getGlobalVisibleRect(rect);

getWindow().getDecorView().getHitRect(rect);

getWindow().getDecorView().getLocalVisibleRect(rect);

getWindow().getDecorView().getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(rect);

I'm now using a work-around that simply substracts 38 from the height to account for the status bar, but of course that's not a real solution.

Also, does anyone know whether it is possible to hide or overlay the status bar when using a floating window? Setting windowFullScreen=false only works correctly for non-floating windows.
[Android Software Development] killersnowman:
I believe you can set the theme in xml to remove the status bar in your app.

<activity android:name=".YourClassName" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"/>

And

<activity android:name=".YourClassName" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"/>

From something awesome
[Android Software Development] killersnowman:
O yea that is in the AndroidManifest.xml

From something awesome
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ARC X12:
Good day. Sorry for my ignorance since this is my first android phone. But can anyone assist me on how to log out of facebook for android? When i log in, there is no option to log out anymore which means that when i click on the facebook icon, it would direct me to facebook under my log in account. So if someone uses the phone, he would not be able to use it since its in my account already. Mine is 2.3.3 version. I could only remove my log-in when i go to settings and remove my account in facebook.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timroth:
This xperia roms are working together with facebook account. You probably would have problems after using another account especially with phonebook. So better tell them to use your browser like opera to check their fb once.thats what i do
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
Perhaps you can prevent access to the fb app by means of some locking app? That way you wouldn't have to worry about others using your profile.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juvezio:
I just tried to log out, it is ok.

just tab on the fb logo, it will open up the fb with 9 icons with notification menu, the press the Menu (right) button, and you can log out.

I am also on 2.3.3
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ARC X12:
Thanks alot! :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uyo_kun:
You can log out all of your account by reboot your phone

Sent from my LT15i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doministry:
You must be kidding. Reboot doesn't logout from FB ot Twitter.

What does log out is to clear ALL the data in App prefs in settings.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrankBurns:
Clear data

You can go to settings/apps/Facebook and choose "clear data." This will remove your log-in information from the Facebook app.
[HTC Sensation] linkmaster_6:
I was wondering seen as how we have an external antenna couldn't you build something that attaches to it and improves phone signal or make a cantenna? Any suggestions on how to do this?
[HTC Sensation] Elchemist:
I don't know how much help this will be but I love the DIY spirit so here are some of my ideas.

Connecting to the existing antenna array could be achieved by attaching wires into the existing contact points in the back plates, then route through the camera lens opening out of the phone. The wires will have to be thin so that is something to consider. i.e. more fragile at longer lengths.

The new antennas could be based existing off the shelf parts or from existing DIY projects for each respective technology, but AFAIK you cannot use a single cantenna type device. Due to the different frequencies used for WiFi/Bluetooth vs. GSM vs HSPA+. I am unsure about how many you will need as a minimum or if there are special power requirements between the different technologies involved here.

Power will have to be another consideration. Not 100% certain, but I believe to get these "super" antennas to be truly super, you will need to increase the power to them. This will of course lessen battery life. So that would be another consideration. This mod might spawn a separate battery mod/swap.

I am not sure if this is cost effective or not, but DIY doesn't always consider cost. Of course if you are planning on using this to power some autonomous super killer robot, that can record in 1080P, and stream back live VGA video using the hardware built into the phone this could work out pretty well. :D
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
What if you somehow took gold wiring like on the connectors, attached it to the connectors and ran it along the inside of the back cover?
[HTC Sensation] TJBunch1228:
This.... It might not shoot lasers, but this sounds like a good idea.
[HTC Sensation] Xx12thANG3LxX:
Wow sounds like you guys are gonna start up your own company. I like people that think well!!!!!! All good ideas in here!!!!!

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G
[HTC Sensation] linkmaster_6:
Well the first thing is does anyone know what each contact relate too?
[HTC Sensation] bpear96:
if this does improve reception htc should replace all our back covers, with this^^ already done.
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
I think the one above the camera hole is for wifi because I saw a youtube video of a guy that took some tin foil and stuck it in the hole on the phone where that connector would make contact and it gave him a really strong wifi signal. He took out the foil and the signal dropped. So I'm thinking that the connector on the top is wifi. The strange thing is I also have an unbranded euro/asian sensation and it has one less connector than the TMO us one (but uses the same mobile bands/radios) and when I use that cover on my US sensation there is no signal difference. So I really wonder what that extra one is for, since I have noticed no signal difference when using one over the other on the US phone.
[HTC Sensation] joemm:
Hey guys Ive been giving this some serious thought and here are a couple of my ideas on this....I am looking for some serious Beta testers for my ideas, there is no money compensation for testing just fame and prestige......PM me if your intrested in beta testing for me..hurry I have a feeling a lot of people are gonna want in and space is limited.
[HTC Sensation] idavid_:
Maybe T-Mobile uses AWS bands for HSPA+? I'm not sure if that's even possible, but I don't know much about that stuff.

Anyway, I believe the antennas are:

Above the camera: Wi-fi

Below the camera: BT? (correct me if I'm wrong)

On the bottom cover: Mobile network

And @joemm Lmao!
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
No, My Asian sensation has the same bands as my tmo sensation. It has the AWS band and gets the same download speeds as my TMO version. If it wasnt the same bands I wouldnt even get 3g, I would be stuck on edge. Tmo's 3g and 4g(HSPA+) run on the same frequencies. So if you have a phone that doesnt have the AWS band and the phone supports 3g and 4g you will only get 2g speeds. I believe All the the sensations first released had the AWS bands. I think only now are they starting to release versions with different bands. I know a while back a sensation passed through the fcc with att bands. Maybe those are the ones we are seeing popping up on Bell now?
[HTC Sensation] Utking:
Hmm, not sure how good this idea would be, but it's worth a shot :)

I'm thinking as the antenna has to be of a specific length to work, this length is determined by the frequenzy of the signal :)

Here is some examples : http://www.air-stream.org.au/wavelength
[HTC Sensation] linkmaster_6:
This helps alot. I guess the only thing to do is to make an extended anttena and keep sticking it on contacts till i get better signal lol
[HTC Sensation] johnsmith970:
I was toying with this idea after I noticed the sub-par data connections I've been getting. Maybe there will be a new radio after we get s=off. Here's hoping...
[HTC Sensation] bobsbbq:
I have a new back cover coming and I might due some experimenting with the old one.
[HTC Sensation] gavin-phelan:
ive stuck tin foil in the back of it touching th ebottom two connecters and ive never suffered from death grip since , going on 2 weeks now :0
[HTC Sensation] v5nat:
It should be possible if we could get a flexi pcb that we stick inside over the exisining connections and route outside and fold around that sticks down. I dont think we need more power, just a increased area. Should be easy to do.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] chaz_redux:
My old phone has just died and I have dug out my old Vario 2. I have since found out T-mobile UK released an official Windows Mobile 6.1 software update.

I can't find it anywhere online or on the T-mobile UK site. I understand it was released in 2008.

Can anyone advise how it can be found?

Is the installation fairly simple, I have been able to use the HTC_Hermes_SIM_CID_Unlock_v3a program but I don't have any experience installing ROMs.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Hakim Rahman:
I 've seen these rom at https://rapidshare.com/#!download|0l35|256523239|HER_TMUK_1211103_1050500_WWE_Ship.exe|0
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] chaz_redux:
Thanks,

I just checked that link its appears to be dead. Could you provide another one?

Is it hard to install a new ROM? If I am using the T-mobile one do I need to use the Hermes Unlock program?
[Verizon Droid Charge] stang68x:
Hey guys,

Now that Verizon's Mobile Hotspot promotion is done, what are you using to tether with your rooted Droid Charge? I am trying to use Barnacle but it keeps giving me errors.

Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] lakas187:
Simple, Pay for the native app.