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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Triple0:
hey i just got my arc

when i press any hardware keys, there are two very bright lights on both ends of the home button. this is way too bright, do you guys have that too ?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
What do you mean with way too bright?

They are bright, but not too bright imo
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Triple0:
well in dark conditions, the lights hurt my eye. in bright conditions, you don't really notice it
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nirak:
Yep,noticed the very bright lights during dark conditions as well, but suppose that's how it's designed.

;) anywayz...keep in mind the real arc (Noah's one) didn't have any lights at all ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
That was the ark with a 'k'. :rolleyes:

PS: There's only one, true 'arc'. :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ucubz:
I have that two light, but not really bright.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nirak:
LOL, you're right, twice! :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dann26:
Any way to disable them?

Hi.

Have anyone found a way to disable or dim the keypad lights ?

Thanks.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squalldua:
seriously.. those tiny lights hurt your eyes ? i never noticed them too much :P

i don't think there's any way to dim them, disable maybe.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackhawk1:
remove battery, remove 6 screws. use your nails or thin plastic to separate the housing enough to access to the board underneath the main keys.

use a small flat blade screw driver lifting the housing off the board then insert a thin piece of paper on top of the light (to both lights)

you can use colored plastic wrap to suit.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackhawk1:
there are instructions around to disassemble arc but its quite easy just to filter or block that light. so try. careful with using.metal tools on plastic
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinyXperia:
SuperDim is your friend (needs root)

>>

Click "other lights"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fathomssen:
I like Lite'ning on SGS2 very much - except the blue theme which looks too modern IMHO. So I wanted to install the black theme which looks quite neat.

The problem: You can only install a theme using CWM but this is no option for me as my device is encrypted (thanks to Exchange) and CWM only works for unencrypted devices.

So it would be nice if there could be several versions of Lite'ning - one for each theme. Or even better: An installation routine for theme within Lite'ning.
[Xperia Play General] Flipfoot:
My phone tells me there is a software update. I accept, it goes through the whole process but then says unable to update. I assume its due to me being rooted via gingerbreak?

Is there a way to update?

Is there a way to un-root my phone?

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
Are you try to update via ota? Are you already on 2.3.3? Have you uninstalled any of the preinstalled apps?

If you are on 2.3.3 already there is no new update out for the phone. If you are still on 2.3.2 and are trying update via ota you will need all the preinstalled apps still on the phone, if you have uninstalled anything you will either need to reinstall the apks from here or redo the process of flashing 2.3.2 (to regain the uninstalled apps) then rooting and then doing the ota to update to 2.3.3.

Rooting will not stop you from getting an ota update as long as the bloat is still present. So it would be better to freeze the apps instead of uninstalling (if you plan to do the ota update in october to 2.3.4). If you want to un-root your phone you can reinstall gingerbreak and when you open gingerbreak click unroot, but it is not required to unroot to update.
[Xperia Play General] Flipfoot:
Thankyou! I cant remember what bloat I deleted, how do I flash 2.2.3? Im a complete noob at all this, but im trying to learn.
[Xperia Play General] Dousan:
Read these threads for how to:

Flashing with flashtool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1048422

Updating and keeping root on 2.3.3:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119074

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
If you dont want to keep root and you have a locked bootloader you can just use SEUS (google it) and it will install 2.3.3 on your phone even if you have uninstalled something. But as said you will loose root.

Or follow the links in Dousan's post to update while keeping root. Just flash the uk 2.3.2, then root, then do the ota update without removing anything and you will be on 2.3.3 with root. There is another guide here diff poster but the same guide really. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116090
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
Hey guy finally i made my mind of buying SGS2 but heard that this phone is having may problems .. will u guys plz help me in reply if that is true or not ?

1- Yellow tint problem

2- Overheating

3- Banding

4- Pink spot

So guys do help me as i will be getting it before 18 July :) :D
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
1. Yes.

2. Depends what's your definition for overheating and what you do with your phone

3. Some do.

4. Yes.

5. It's still the best phone out there.
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
is yellow tint problem in every phone ?

also what banding n pink spot problem ?
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Yes, yellow tint and pink spot are present on every SII. You might wanna use the search function and check all the threads about these problems. You'll make an idea about how much those things can affect you :) Personally, i'm not bothered by any of those problems
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
Ohk so these problems are not serious rit ? also what is this pink spot is it the problem with the screen?
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
PLz guys help me
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
The only problem i noticed from the ones that you mentioned are overheating while i am playing certain games such as order and chaos online. I simply lower down the brightness from 100% to 50% and problem solved. However i read somewhere that overheating is fixed in the next firmware which is 2.3.4!

I never saw any pink spots or yellow tints in my phone. And if u have any second thoughts about the screen, don t have! It s one of the best screens out there. Period! Like the first poster said, you can t go wrong with this device, it is the best smartphone out there :) I bought mine when they first were available and i can t find a simple fault in it :D Just go for it! :)
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
thnx a lot bro for ur reliving reply i was really paniking after reading all the faults of this phone .. Also i will check the phone b4 buying
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
The things on your list are very minor issues. Most of the minor issues you have to be looking for them with a magnifying glass.

1. Yellow Tint: You have to be in dark room/With a solid GREY screeen/Brightness Turned all the way down to really notice the yellow tint. Its not something you see in everyday/normal use.

2. Overheating: This is all dependent on what your doing. It usually overheats with games being played for long periods. Personally my phone never gets past warm. You normally feel this heat from the camera area or top part of screen. Thats where CPU is located.

3. This is something you see on rare occasions. Most users in the banding threads see this on only certain wallpapers, xda load screen(3sec process), angry birds load screen(3second process). Another minor issue you rarely see but it is present.

4. After 500+ pictures/videos from my Jamaca vacation I never notice a pink spot. Ive had phone since UK launch but never seen pink spot. Some users reported after updating camera firmware pinkspot was gone. Very minor issue.

Do a little research in the general section, there should be plenty of post explaining each issue with pictures.
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
Ignore "JJE" hes just a random oblivious troll, yes the pink spot in the camera and the yellow tint is very possibly on all phones, many websites are struggling to find 1 which doesnt have this problem, the yellow tint is hardly noticeable and only in some shades of gray.

The pink spot unfortunatelly is easy to notice but perhaps with better light conditions you can overcome it.

The overheating problem has nothing to do with playing games to much time, its possibly a OS bug which can be fixed, everytime my phone overheated all i had to do was to getting out of all apps, clear memory ram and start that app again, the overheating happened in 20 minutes, after exiting apps and clearing ram it didnt happen untill battery drained...
[Galaxy S II General] diamondX04HT:
Believe me you won't regret buying this beast. I had exact same doubts b4 buying and after using it for almost one week, I am glad that I decided to buy it. Btw, ordered from clove to Japan.
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
wow thnx for a great reply seems like i need to test the device before buying it :P
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
ok mate thx fore the reply
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
not to hijack other threads but once you buy the phone if youve found some issues with it which you think they are not normal you should check my thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1159959
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
ohk thnx mate also is ur device having these problems ?
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
the yellow tint issue cant be noticed easelly you need specific shades of gray with very low brightness to even notice it slightly, overall if you want the best performance and best contrast you wont find anything that comes close to this phone, after i have traded 2 of my phones my third one still is and will remain to be galaxy s2 for a good while because the competition in comparison to this phone is simply outdated.

So if you want a top of the line performance phone this is the best, if you want mostly for gamings then either this or xperia play, but even tough xperia play is very good for gaming its a single core 1.0ghz cpu with a not that good gpu, so u win at something and loose at something else.

No phone right now offers the best in all areas each has its up and down.
[HTC Sensation] dreko2000:
i did not understand if its a bug or not..but when i start a new phone call or answer a call , the speaker is always on.i have to close it manually and could not find a setting about it ..any ideas ?..thanks
[HTC Sensation] hedovi:
Same problem here. Have you find any solution?
[HTC Sensation] kpjimmy:
Are you guys on any custom Roms? Or/and custom kernels? If yes on either, reflash the custom rom and/or kernel. And remember to have a nandroid handy and wipe dalvik cache and cache partition before flashing anything!
[HTC Sensation] Lucky Thirteen:
Are you guys using GO SMS as texting apps? It could be it, GO SMS did have some bug with sound, make sure you have the latest update.

Have a check also there Menu > Settings > Sound > Incoming Call make sure that Flip for speaker is not ticked.

Otherwise... no clue.
[HTC Sensation] hedovi:
It is stock rom. Solved with safe mode boot. Flip over option was not checked.

Until now, everything is ok.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sthbr82:
From yesterday am running into this. Android Market isn't downloading anything. It's not even updating apps.

It always ends up throwing up this error.

"Download Error"

Download was unsuccessful, please try again.

Enabling fast web installer in Appbrain isn't helping me either. It loops me back to Market for downloading the "fast web downloader plugin". And Market won't download that.

Any workarounds?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xybadog:
Don't want to state the obvious here but have you got enough internal memory? Market won't download if your internal memory is less than 15.6MB
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sthbr82:
Hmm..., I got 507MB free space left in my SD-ext 1gig ext4 partition, and around 100mb of free space in internal memory. Space isn't the issue here.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Try clearing the data for the Market app - helped for me.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Which rom do you use?

Swyped from Oxygen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xybadog:
If clearing the data alone doesn't work (though it should) try this (worked for me a couple of times when I had issues with Market)

1) go to settings>applications>manage applications>all>google services framework>clear data

2) go to settings>applications>manage applications>all>market>clear cache and force close

3) go to settings>applications>manage applications>all>market>clear cache and clear data

4) Reboot phone

5) Open and sign out of GTalk, then re-open and sign in. (IF YOU HAVE GTALK INSTALLED ONLY)

6) Open Market and accept agreement. Let it load your apps. Close Market.

7) Go to market.android.com and sign in. Go to My Market Account>Settings tab>Edit>Nickname your phone and click Update.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sthbr82:
Am using RCMix S 2.0 Evolutionary Sense. Temporarily got around the problem by downloading Fast Web Installer and enabling it in AppBrain.

Will try out the above solution.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erklat:
Which hboot?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sthbr82:
Bravo Hboot-0.93 PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
[HTC Sensation] eadred:
Is there any way to disable this bloody carousel animation on every unlocking of the phone? I seriously hate it. It made me switch to adw to get rid of it. But adw is buggy, not updated and freezes a lot (my advice: don't buy this crap!), so not very much of an improvement.

Any resolution welcome!
[HTC Sensation] r3v0Lut10n:
no there isn't on stock.
[HTC Sensation] samnada:
I really dislike the pointless unlock home screen animation as well.

Been using Go Launcher. No bugginess that I've seen. You might want to give it a try.
[HTC Sensation] t0ny0:
Been using launcher pro and i am really happy with how it performs and looks.
[HTC Sensation] Matt1408:
Waiting 2 seconds for the animation to finish every time...
[HTC Sensation] gf7800:
No way so far

BTW : that unlock home screen animation is very very attractive !!!
[HTC Sensation] Paging Dr B:
Adw is a great launcher and I've used it on every single one of my phones. Before knocking it you might want to learn how to use it.
[HTC Sensation] ZeeGerman:
this is true i tried launcherpro its faster and more solid but adw(the ex version) is better with way more features once u set it up and lock ur desktop its amazing
[HTC Sensation] eadred:
Thank you arrogant. I have been using adw for the past two years. You might wanna keep your lessons for you and accept that many users experience freeze with adw, just read market comments for instance. I am pissed with anderweb cause his app is relatively expensive but he has been quite a let down lately.

Launcher pro has more lag but does not freeze at least.
[HTC Sensation] mathrania:
Somone with an android phone suggested me Launcher 7... i downloaded it,and used for 30 minutes...

it sucks....:)

UNINSTALLED....
[HTC Sensation] CB620:
I like it. What's the point of having Sense if u wanna strip it.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sherwood W:
I tried downloading the "Racing Post Android App" off the market but says incompatible with my device so I was wondering if someone could post the .apk. As I've had this app running before on the desire.

Thanks
[Desire Themes and Apps] bortak:
you can get it from here

EDIT: My bad, I couldn't fnd it ^_^ its not on market either sorry buddy.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] boki2911:
what is in your best and fastest rom miui,thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] boki2911:
I am interested in your experiences
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mutil:
all miui roms are very similar to each other. but i prefer ladyboo's or langthang's roms. because they make updates quickly, and they are very concerned about problems you faced in their threads.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thekingofangeles:
MIUI roms all basically all the same. But if you want more performance just install setcpu and overclock it. Also add spare parts and change window & transition animation to faster.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] boki2911:
Thanks for idea
[Defy General] ozols:
Is there a way how to start 3g wifi hotspot on my defy running CM7?
[Defy General] zakoo2:
download 'wireless tether' from market, works like a charm :)
[Defy General] netarchie:
it does not support infrastructure mode!
[Defy General] theles:
isn't working...

Hi there

I'm using nightly 110722 CM7 and almost everything is working flawless... I just couldn't found the wireless tether that should be available.

So my question is, and I'm sorry if it's a dumb one, the "Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot" option isn't available for Defy, or this is a "feature" of my Defy with green lens?

On the stock rom I remember that was a 3G Hotspot app, but it never worked.

I had installed Wireless Tether and gave to it root permissions, the software tells me that it is working, but nobody can see or connect to my network.

Thanks.
[Defy General] insomaniac.droid:
Use "Barnacle Wifi Tether".

Tested and works fine(Ad hoc).
[Defy General] gustavo.rocha:
I had to use another custom rom (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1156855) to make the the hotspot (infrastructure mode) working and I'm very happy with it.
[Defy General] gustavo.rocha:
Hello Theles!

To fix your hotspot app you have to set your apn settings correctly.

You can try APN Brasil (https://market.android.com/details?id=br.com.droidbrasil.apnbrasil&feature=search_result).

Then you have to set this parameter on the APN you're using:

APN Type: default,dun
[Defy General] nameite:
I use wireless tethering from the market...ad hoc is fine for me since i just wanted to share for my ipad2 wifi
[Defy General] theles:
Hi

This is an old topic, I know. But now, the CM7 is offering Wireless and USB tether natively, under Wireless Network configurations.

I'm using the Nightly build 110822-1650 by Jordan and it's working like a charm, and, in infrastructure mode with WPA2, etc...

Thanks guys.
[Defy Themes and Apps] Dzsekkbajer:
Hey Guys!

Can you offer me a great gallery app?

I have some problems with the original app.

I'd like that the gallery shows the pictures 'by date added descending'.

I tried 'Fish bowl photo gallery' and 'Gallery 3d' but I didn't like them.

Thanks in advance!
[Defy Themes and Apps] rogier666:
Try QuickPic. It's lightning fast and it can sort your pictures in many different ways.

The main flaw of QuickPic is that the lacks the "all pics" and "all movies" views of the stock gallery.
[Defy Themes and Apps] Dzsekkbajer:
Thanks, It works fine. :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dali47:
This is how i managed to install the Google Maps 5.7.0 ownhere/Brut.all MOD which enables Navigation in countries where originally you cnt use this app. this is a modified version that seamlessly replaces the original app.

i tried to follow the instructions provided in the original thread but i kept facing problems and errors like "Application not installed" when trying to install the app, and "remount failed: no such file or directories", among others.

i also dnt have the Maps app availble in the market in my country, i can only sideload it.

it took me few days of googling to finally make it work on my Galaxy Ace. i'm running a rooted stock 2.2.1

it's simple once you got the right instructions. but as usual, i'm not responsible if your phone just decides to go brain dead on its own :p

for this you need ROOT access, Superuser, ADB and Titanium Backup

in Titanium Backup, choose Maps and back it up (app+data).

in case things dnt work out, you can always use this backup to restore the original app and data.

in Titanium Backup, choose Maps and wipe data then uninstall.

in Titanium Backup, choose Street View, wipe data and uninstall.

use whatever way to place the maps5.7.0-ownhere.apk file in the root of your sd card.

(i dnt know what's the diffrence between maps5.7.0-ownhere and maps5.7.0-ownhere-testkeyresign. i used the first and it's working fine.)

now connect your phone to your computer and make sure you keep your screen on. that's very important for the next step to work.

launch ADB and enter these commands:

adb shell (in the next line, a $ will appear)

su (when you inter this, Superuser in your phone will prompt you to grant root access. confirm it. a # will appear in the next line)

mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system (this will remount your system in Read/Write mode)

cp /sdcard/maps5.7.0-ownhere.apk /system/app/maps5.7.0-ownhere.apk

mount -t rfs -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system (remount system back in ReadOnly mode)

exit

exit

Maps should appear in your app drawer.

you can now reinstall Street View.

if anything is not clear enough, just ask :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mdfzhi:
I think its more easy to just use root explorer to copy that googlemaps apk to its proper place, because what i understand from that adb command is it copy the googlemaps apk to /system/app folder which could be done in just two or three click with root explorer. Cmiiw :)

But nevertheless, thanks for this tutorial tho :)

Sent from your phone
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] imranaryan:
is it working
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dali47:
that was the first thing that came to my mind when installing didnt work. i copied the file with root explorer but the Maps app didnt show up in the app drawer.

i only speak from my own experience, i'm no expert.

thank you for the contrbution :)

it is working on my phone :)
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] supetawesomedude:
Hey, I found this awesome theme for the Spica created by Mr. Megi. It is for mdpi, but I don't know if this will work for our Aria's. I don't have my phone with me (and I won't until i return from vacation) so i have no way of porting this or messing around with it. It's a very nice build of a "dark miui". Anyway, is there anyone who knows how to port this to a ROM like Drowningchild's Gingersense, Gene's Liberated Aria, or most preferably CM7? Thanks in advance!

Here is the theme for the Galaxy Spica:

http://www.mediafire.com/?5464pq8qg777kg5
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ezone010:
sorry can't help coz the website is blocked from my part:(
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] supetawesomedude:
?

Sorry, I don't understand your comment.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] M1m3R:
Some of us can't get to mediafire... love proxy servers at work.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] kaboose01:
www.hidemyass.com works wonders for proxys
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] hshah:
I am using ADW Launcher and the GMail widget causes the the homescreens to always switch to the one where the widget is when the tablet is rotated. Anyone else noticed this?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] paua__:
This also happened to me after i added the Email widget! Even worse, LaunherPro FC's and I'll have to repick my default launcher (wich is LP) every time i reboot and the launcher is loaded.

I've done nothing else but rooted my tab.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] droxid:
I had the same problem. It annoyed me so much that I went back to stock launcher.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] paua__:
I only had these problems straight after doing the gmail widget fix since i lost gmail widget after rooting so i tried this;

Solution: uninstall both your launcher switcher and launcher, then install latest home switcher (the gingerbread ready), and reinstall launcher.

Now, change transition effect, if you have that option, to 'none' and turn off high quality scrolling etc...

I'm now running a pretty heavy homescreen including gmail widget, emailwidget, several widgetsoids, twitter widget, facebookwidget, g+ widget and some other stuff on latest bonsaiROM, and everything runs smooth. Note: I was already on latest bonsaiROM when the problems occured