yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
If I know a thing about settlements like these you are only getting 1% of the entire picture..what most likely is happening is HTC is paying 5$ for every android device and it gets credited to their account, to which they can purchase stuff from M$. This kind of information is always kept secret so it seems like HTC is paying loyalty/licensing to everyone..as they go on from one provider to another, the deal gets worse and worse as they now have some leverage. Then afterwards they are gonna use these to pressure others in court.
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
What exactly is functionally the same in the new market as the windows phone? What because they switched from a list view to an arranged block view they violated a patent or copyright? That isn't anything that wasn't done before MS put it on their phone. I guess maybe the White Stripes should sue MS for stealing that De Stijl ripoff styled interface from their album cover.
[Epic 4G General] Etrick:
Yeah but kde had several features like the drag to edge of screen to snap to full size feature and various things they stole from kopete to use in outlook/messenger and those features were in kde 4. (Like almost 10 years ago) but some guy on a windows commercial said it was his idea. Lmao

And iphone had patent to pinch to zoom/multitouch in like 03 and it was cool to have on android only if it came from a download, not out of box (ie update android from 2.1 to 2.2 and its fine)

The pda functionality of a phone was a big lawsuit attacking kyocera for making a ipaq phone back in like 02 and I believe microsoft purchased sole rights from palm/sued them or something and then patented sync with a pc, so as long as u can't do it without an app download its cool.

But now all these features ship native on galaxy and htc phones hence lawsuits. Htc settled some by agreeing to make crapphone 7 phones. Samsung said blow us and won't comply.

{etrickery}
[Epic 4G General] Jasonhunterx:
Apple should be banned from court system they Sue to much it should be a limit..... this is the phone http://www.letsgomobile.org/images/news/samsung/samsung_f700_cellular.jpg
[Epic 4G General] Dulanic:
So you like the ability of large companies to just sue small companies out of existence even if they didn't even violate a patent?
[Epic 4G General] wynand32:
I thought that had already been debunked, in that this phone actually came out after the iPhone. However, if it IS prior art, then Apple will lose the case. I'm sure Samsungs lawyers are aware of it and prepared to use it in the lawsuit.
[Epic 4G General] wynand32:
Samsung doesn't need to have patented this in order for it to be a defense. Rather, if Samsung had released this phone prior to the iPhone patent having been applied for, then it would represent prior art and Apple's patent would be invalidated. In fact, if ANY other company released a phone with the necessary design elements (I'm assuming the Apple patent in question is a design patent), then Apple's patent would be invalidated and Samsung would be off the hook.
[Epic 4G General] Xiutehcuhtli:
I'm shocked that nobody has brought up that a fundamental element of Apple's argument for patent infringement by Samsung is their use of "rectangular design" similar to Apples. Attempting to patent a shape, it reeks of arrogance and ignorance. Not surprisingly, Apple has been consistently left out of the "most ethical companies" list compiled by Forbes. They couldn't even make the top 110! LMAO!!!

Back to the OPs point, I personally don't think that the new market feels ANYTHING like the W7 market. My wife has the Arrive and I play on it every so often and their apps are laid out in lists and you swipe (you can't swype on W7, that would infringe on patents) the screen left and right to define by categories. I don't see a similarity aside from the fact that they have apps in there...
[LG Optimus Black] somboons:
for optimus black with stock ROM
[LG Optimus Black] quyTam:
flashing Nova v1 rom ?
[LG Optimus Black] spyb0y:
I`m using at the moment NOVA v1 ROM but the ascending ringtone is still present :P
[LG Optimus Black] murrun:
i'm wondering this too.
[LG Optimus Black] mgregor:
You can't. Maybe in 2.3?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MattSkeet:
Hi

Ive searched this forum from top to bottom and just cant find a right solution.

AdFree is not working fr me what so ever

Ive got ads in Angry Birds Scrabble and quite a lot of other apps

Ive tried Absolute system root

Ive tried some host files (with user R/W Group R Others R) but that did not help either, unless im doing something wrong

Can anyone help ??

Simple guide or even a link to it would do.

Thanks

PS> Sorry if its in the wrong section
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MattSkeet:
Anyone?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Theeky:
Hi,

I think that the best way to stop the adds is manually disable the network before starting the game.

Usually the add-free apps don't work very hell, you try can search for another in the market.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MattSkeet:
Yeah but disabling data connection is not the point here.

There are games that require internet connection to play and yet have adds..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GinoAMelone:
From what I've been able to piece together from other threads (here or CM forums, I don't remember which) the source files that Adfree relies on have become much less useful lately. Some users seemed to have some luck manually putting-in an older version of the source files.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxbluelake112:
Hey guys, since I've yet to find anyone requesting, I would like to do so here.

In light of the end of the harry potter saga, i would really love to see a custom lock ring based on it. I'm pretty much a noob here, and you guys can hate on me, but i really would hope someone would come along and make a custom lock ring for sense 3.0 based on harry potter.

The deathly hallow symbol is what i hope would be made into a lock ring. Thanks again finally. My English isn't pretty good, so please pardon me.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajrocks91:
Leedroid hd rom lets u choose ur ring ..i think...try there!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxbluelake112:
Like I've said, I've checked everywhere and there doesn't seem too have any. Including there.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haerigrek:
I believe what he means is that someone create a HP ring. The problem is though, what would it look like?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxbluelake112:
Erm, I'm not allowed to post links sooo. Go google deathly hallows symbol. The first image is what I wanted it to be :P Thanks guys
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haerigrek:
the triangle with circle? try asking the person who started the lockring thread, he/she is known to have made a few rings so I assume he/she might be of some help.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stretch0r:
Basically you find a picture that you would think would be a good lock ring, and someone can possibly make you one, I have done some recently to a bit of success, but if you look in a couple of the lock ring threads, you will see they will do requests on occasion as well, but typically you select the picture and they can let you know if it will work and if they can make it work for you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EZTYC:
Hi all,

A while back I broke the screen of my i9000, and instead of bringing it back to Samsung to get the screen replaced I bought it to some random phone repair shop to get my screen replaced for cheaper.

My phone technically has a year warranty, but since they removed the Warranty Void if tampered with sticker at the back Samsung will definitely not fix my phone for me, so I was wondering if there was anywhere on the internet or any shops (I live in Hong Kong) that sell that Warranty Void if tampered with sticker, so I could bring it back to Samsung for warranty, or just bring it to an electronics shop to trade in (They usually trade in for a higher price it the phone has warranty).

Thanks!

EZTYC
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] thisishafiy:
Hi all, I bought a 2nd hand HTC Magic with Mytouch 3g rom. It's the old model (without 3.5mm headphone jack) and its made in Taiwan.

Been using well for 3 months until what happened I tried doing system update from 1.5 to 1.6. Success!! Then I tried doing 1.6 to 2.1 update.

Halfway while updating it, the phone blacked out ( guess I didnt have more than at least 50 % battery power)

And from that point onwards, whenever and everytime I switched on my handphone it boots up and stucked at the Mytouch 3G green screen.

I cant get access into my handphone like how I normally do. All I can ever go far is just the stucked Mytouch 3g screen.

I've read alot from lots and other Android users and tried to do it myself.

1) Tried unrooting it by downloading the sappimg.nbh file, copy into a newly bought 2GB micro SD, pressing (VOL DOWN+POWER) and let the phone do its job.

Manage to get to the parsing, updating and checking signature part but it just say 'Model ID incorrect! Update Fail!'

2) Next I read is about doing GOLDCARD METHOD. I did as instructions and follow it step-by-step and carefully.

3) I can and able to download all needed files like 1.33.2005 HBoot, Amon Ra's Recovery Image, SappiMG.zip and all others.

BUT the only problem is that I cant get it in sync with the comp.

4) I cant get access at all into my phone to go to Settings > Applcations > Make sure Unknown Sources is checked on as required to.

5) I cant get access into my phone at all to go to Market and download the required File Manager App.

6) I tried installing all kinds of files for update.zip by pressing (HOME+POWER) still to no avail.

Tried all kinds of HBOOT, FASTBOOT still cannot.

7) The only thing I'm able to do is just (VOL DOWN+POWER) , (BACK+POWER) , (HOME+POWER) , (TRACKBALL+POWER) which emits the blue LED light, i don't know the reason. But still, nothing can be done.

And by pressing (BACK+POWER) this is what my phone's motherboard or whatever they call it.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-12

RADIO-2.22.28.25

Oct 21 2009,22:33:27

So what should I do now? Is this what they called it a bricked phone? I tried everything and really at lost. Is there someone out there who's able to help me with this? Been like this the past 4months. And Im really a noob with Android Gadgets as Im new to it. Do pardon my ignorance.

Thanks! really need your help. I'll do my best as long there's other alternative methods unless like I've stated the methods that I'm unable to do.
[Desire General] be4con:
My phone has just developed the annoying loudspeaker issue which is apparently associated with short circuit of pins 4 and 5 of the micro usb port. It looks like I will have to try and return it under warranty.

My phone is S-OFF (Alpharev) and rooted (unrEVOked3), and fully debranded.

I'm guessing I will need to return it to (UK) O2 stock to have any hope of a warranty repair. I need a little advice.

Can anyone tell me what bootloader I should have (currently HBOOT 0.93)? Which would be the correct O2 ROM for an LCD Desire (a link would be greatly appreciated)? Will S-OFF become S-ON when I reflash with stock or do I need to do something else to reverse it?

Failing all this... how easy is it to replace the port? I have found the part micro usb port I need and it's very cheap. I have to replace the earpiece speaker anyway (as it's buzzing) so I'm happy to dismantle the phone to do this. Is replacing the port a soldering task or is it just a push connector?
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
To find out hboot, boot into fastboot/bootloader. Hboot version is written there. In case you do not have one of the two new r2 hboots, so should not be any problem in flashing o2 ruu. You will get an unrooted phone with o2 branding and s-on.
[Desire General] be4con:
Thanks. My current HBOOT is 0.93, what I need to know is what it should be (downgraded to) for it to be UK O2 stock. I think it was 0.89 but I'm really not sure.
[Desire General] jampot5000:
i have not changed the hboot on my o2 desire and i have

HBOOT-0.93.0001
[Desire General] be4con:
Much appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] THUDUK:
Coming from the iphone, I used to be able to play movie rentals from my itunes account directly on my iphone, it's there a similar app on the sgs2, had a look at hulu, but it's not for the UK
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] THUDUK:
Blimey 68 views, no one
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Kazz88:
Google are or have released a service with movies and music download (not sure if there rentals). search on google.com
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Knucklessg1:
Qloud media, it's on the market, works great on my sensation.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hernan078:
Hi my Samsung Infuse sometimes starts vibrating and then it turns off randomly, does someone here is experiencing this problem too?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] turbodolphin:
If it vibrates once, then twice and reboots I think somwthing is force- closing but why it reboots Idk. Mine was doing that at one time (dont remember what rom/kernel I was on @the time) but I flashed 2 stock, then back to bionix & havnt had problem since
[Samsung Infuse 4G] matermine:
Mine does this too. Except when it reboots, my wallpaper changes back to what it recently was before I changed it (even after I deleted the obnoxious picture).

After flashing to Infuse 1.5.2, the wallpaper and shortcut locations were all normal (also lost my texts, not a problem). Later on, it vibrated and rebooted again, and all my old shortcut locations were back, my old wallpaper was back, and all of my texts were back, but I was still on Infused v1.5.2

It's kind of annoying seeing as it happens every other day or so.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] drowningchild:
might be too much UV

i only had this happen with test kernels on bionix -almost- never with infused
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hernan078:
im not doing any UV/OC, this problem also existed when i was in stock firmware, i updated now to infuses 1.5.3, lets see if the problem persist, nobody know a possible fix?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] AndyM8218:
I was rooted orginally and had to reflash the oem rom that came rooted. i went back to unroot my phone and installed the new market and google videos to play the movies and it still says i am rooted. dont know how to fix, please help?
[Acer Iconia A500] BadProgrammer:
I am very new to android and tablets as well.

I want to know what is Custom made ROM ?
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
You get 1 freebie from me.... :)

Please Google and also learn to use the search function of the forum in the future ;)

Android custom ROM explained:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/

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[Acer Iconia A500] BadProgrammer:
Yes ! I tried searching forums but i din't got the exact meaning for this so far i can understand Cutom made ROM is adding extra features and functionality on your tablet OS.

I also tried searching google which gave me this result

ROM is an acronym for Read-Only Memory. It refers to computer memory chips containing permanent or semi-permanent data. :)

More Clarification on ROM's will be helpful.

Edit : Thanks for the link
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
what does the narwhal bacon
[Acer Iconia A500] hazard99:
Its just a custom made os for the device.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
The ROM is your OS, your system. With all the apps and settings, Kernel from Linux usw...
[Acer Iconia A500] rchrdcrg:
My gut instinct was to start describing a doofy Ferengi who eventually becomes Grand Nagus... wrong ROM!

But yes, the ROM is simply the software from your device or another which has been modified in some way by the community to add new features or fix bugs or whatever. Honestly, and I'm usually the last to say RTFM anywhere, there really is more than enough information around here on the subject... you may want to look around at sections for other devices to get a more generalized idea of what Android hacking is all about.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
a ROM is not a place where we sleep???

go to your ROM and don't go out!

ROM is not a software...

Read-only memory (ROM) is a class of storage medium used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be modified, or can be modified only slowly or with difficulty, so it is mainly used to distribute firmware (software that is very closely tied to specific hardware, and unlikely to need frequent updates).

In its strictest sense, ROM refers only to mask ROM (the oldest type of solid state ROM), which is fabricated with the desired data permanently stored in it, and thus can never be modified. Despite the simplicity, speed and economies of scale of mask ROM, field-programmability often make reprogrammable memories more flexible and inexpensive. As of 2007, actual ROM circuitry is therefore mainly used for applications such as microcode, and similar structures, on various kinds of digital processors (i.e. not only CPUs).

Other types of non-volatile memory such as erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) and electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM or Flash ROM) are sometimes referred to, in an abbreviated way, as "read-only memory" (ROM), but this is actually a misnomer because these types of memory can be erased and re-programmed multiple times[1]. When used in this less precise way, "ROM" indicates a non-volatile memory which serves functions typically provided by mask ROM, such as storage of program code and nonvolatile data.

but we call ROM because we put on the ROM
[HTC EVO 3D] knowledge561:
I downloaded Avatar 3D and when in handbrake it wants to convert it to a .m4v file but I'm pretty sure that the 3vo won't play this file type. In the conversion window can I just rename the extension to .mp4 to convert it to that file type?

Edit: Problem solved.
[HTC EVO 3D] housry23:
Please share how your problem was solved. I too use handbrake & would like to know how to convert 3d movies to play on my phone. Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] knowledge561:
Make sure it is a side-by-side video. Press source and choose the video you want to convert. Destination will be the output video. My brother told me that .m4v will play on the 3D so this is good. Press audio and change the mixdown to stereo. On video choose your target file size, other the converted file will still be the same size as the original.
[LG Optimus 3D] marinos2000:
as i said on title my pc cant recognize my O3D , only charge it ...

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/helplm.jpg
[LG Optimus 3D] nic85:
install the lg usb driver
[LG Optimus 3D] marinos2000:
any link please where to download it ?

i forgot to say that i am using windows 7. also i tryed it on win vista and phone again didnt sync. is like mising somethink from the phone and the only think i can do is to charge it
[LG Optimus 3D] roxito:
Έλα πατρίδα πάρε.

h**p://boohay.com/lg-optimus-3d-p920-pc-sync-software.html
[LG Optimus 3D] Jabbypants:
wrong thread.
[LG Optimus 3D] marinos2000:
what do you mean wrong thread ? what is wrong on it ? did you mean wrong section ? if yes any mod to move it on the right section please.
[LG Optimus 3D] marinos2000:
solution: ok i had to go under "settings...wirless and networks...usb tethering... .. somehow it got unchecked..
[HTC Sensation] Mystik:
has anyone else noticed that if you go to the battery usage on the S4G it shows the phone as always awake? check the graph. it's really strange!

perhaps this could be linked to some of our heat/battery issues? the phone is not sleeping correctly?
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
You have a rogue program that isn't shutting down. Now you need to figure out what it is.

When I had this it was VTOK since that program never shut off.

Go to Settings> Applications> Running Services and look at the times that everything has been running and try to figure out which one doesn't belong
[HTC Sensation] stuart0001:
HTC watch can be a culprit too
[HTC Sensation] Mystik:
I practically uninstalled every application that had an associated service, disabled everything from startup that I could find and the issue persists.

The only way I can get it to not be always awake is if I disable data completely... not background data, or autosync, but all data. no 3G, no 4G, no Wifi, nothing.

As soon as wifi comes on, I get a "sync" circle in my status bar (despite the fact that all sync is disabled on my phone), and the problem returns. The only active connections are to Google IPs (as shown by a netstat from the terminal), looks like gtalk/market ports...

I'm stumped.

I'm going to update the market, see if that helps.

EDIT: it didn't.
[HTC Sensation] Mystik:
Just an update:

Downloaded ATK from the market, there seems to be a lot running for a phone I just rebooted.

I killed everything one-by-one, none of them made the sync icon go away.

There was only one that I could not kill... Watch.

... it also has a service that will not die either....

but if it's watch, surely someone else out there has the same issue?
[HTC Sensation] Utking:
HTC watch was the issue with mine, it took some time until i figured it out :)
[HTC Sensation] Mystik:
it was. I disabled the account and rebooted a few times.... I'm good now.

very strange. And for some reason, when someone said "watch" I thought of a clock.... ha. that wasn't any help.

No, the video application. turned out to be the culprit. ffs.
[HTC Sensation] Utking:
great if else you could freeze it with titanium backup :)
[HTC EVO 3D] random1204:
I recently went to the dunes and totally forgot my phone was in my pocket and fell over...in the sand. It had an otterbox..but only the commuter, which is why sand got on it in the first place. BUT, now my speaker sounds absolutely HORRID. It buzzes like crazy when I make a call and I can't stand it. Should I try cleaning this out myself? or pay Sprint to do it? The store by me is a repair center, so technically, they could do it...but I just don't wanna pay $100 for them to vacuum some sand out of my phone. Any help would be appreciated? :(
[HTC EVO 3D] BDawgTrap:
I guess it depends on how good you are at taking small electronics apart and how much you value your warranty... I've heard the 3vo isn't horrible to tear apart comparatively, but I haven't personally done it. For the majority of people I would say take it in. There's a possibility that the speaker has been damaged and needs to be replaced anyway.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Turwaithion:
Hey Guys

I was wondering. Is the bad wifi signal strength on the HTC legend unfixable ?

I am currently standing 5 meters away from my Wireless router and only getting "good" sometimes "fair" reception when i got 2 meters to the left and into my kitchen whereas with my laptop I can go out into the yard of my appartment complex and still get "good" reception - out there the legend can't even pick op the signal.

I'm running CM 7.0.3.

(And also has problems with getting a gps fix even when lots of satellites. And overly exposed flash photos - but that's another story - maybe these will be fixed in the next CM)
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonesy:
Have you tried different radios?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Turwaithion:
As far as I have been told the radio firmware is for the GPS since the WIFI is on a separate chip ?

But have tried several deffirent radios to try to fix the GPS issue I also have without any luck.
[Wildfire General] dpockets:
Hi guys I am confused having H in notification bar but when I download anything through my wildfire I get speed like 2g even worse but when connect to PC via USB tethering I get awesome speed upto 300 kbs on downloading files can somebody pls help me regarding this how to fix it or is like that only? I am on cm7 rc1
[Wildfire General] dpockets:
And one more thing folks I tested my speed on speedtest.net app from market it shows 2.5 mbps. And even getting good speed from there when downloading apps but speed sucks when I download files thru browser
[Wildfire General] george1234567890:
Same with mine.

On stock and cm7