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[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
I see his point as just because you guys love the idea doesn't mean everyone should. MrNetrix, one of us is totally wrong :).
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
It isn't about everybody loving it, that's the point. Some people may love it, others not. Which way serves more? To reject the feature, or make it selectable? If the feature is implemented and a person doesn't like it, they can simply not use it by selecting normal tiles. If a person likes the feature but it isn't implemented, only the people who don't like it are served.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sayonical:
All I really want is this

http://lifehacker.com/5823241/the-dont-panic-home-screen

background wallpaper! :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] munkeyphyst:
devil's advocate... At what point is "just make it an option" no longer possible? I mean everybody wants their own little tweak or whatever, and everybody says, "just make it an option" but if everybody got their way, the os wold be a confusing cluttered mess of options...

So whose niche desire becomes an option and whose doesn't. Where do you draw the line? At what point is "just make it an option" no longer possible?
[Windows Phone 7 General] blindpet:
Homebrew anyone?

Also the OS wouldn't be a cluttered mess, the options area might get cluttered with checkboxes like options screens always have been...The goal here is to keep it live tiley and clean but make better use of the screen's real estate. Just compare the new Android market UI with the WP7 marketplace, WP7 can show half the amount that Android can on a single page. I'm all for less scrolling and swiping which is what this feature would accomplish.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
So... :) ...the question is, who gets their way?
[Windows Phone 7 General] blindpet:
Choice and flexibility should get its way, none of this is unreasonable, it's logical and progressive as an OS should be, especially a baby OS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Agreed. I do believe MS has the right to limit or expand WP7 (their product) anyway they choose. But as a user I would like to have the ability to petition if I desire. I can live with WP7 as is. But if MS were to actually see my request and incorporate it, I firstly would drop my jaw. Then would probably seek them to make it a human woman that I may marry her. :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] MrNetrix:
That kind of attitude usually results in fewer options and fewer satisfied customers.

Different people will want different tweaks, and it is up to Microsoft to figure out how to give more freedom to allow people to make tweaks that they want to make, otherwise Windows Phone will seem very non-personalizable and not sell very well. Being able to change the theme color and toggle basic settings is not sufficient.

Ease of use has its benefits, but that alone is not enough for many people. If the people at Microsoft have the same thinking of "Where does it stop?" whenever customization is brought up, there will simply be little or no meaningful customization. What real customization is already provided by Windows Phone 7 other than the current tiles?
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
I would say it depends on the number of people who would use an option, the amount of work required to implement it, and the resulting effect on other users. If the number of people is miniscule (say, 5% or less), then it would most likely not be worth the effort, unless the effort itself is miniscule, and the result doesn't clutter or obfuscate the day-to-day experience of everyone else.

However, if the number of people is larger (say, 25% or more), then it is worth the effort. And in this case, I think that the number of people who would take advantage of the option would be moderately high, probably in the 30-40% range.

I mean, if I'm being honest, there are already options and features on my phone that I will never use, but they exist because some other subset of users want/need them. But I don't begrudge them those options/features. If anything, I'm glad they are there, if it helps sell more phones and ensures the future of the platform.
[General Topics] Emerl:
I found this and found it very useful. So I'd thought I would share this....

I'm sorry if this is already posted...

http://mirrorbrain.cyanogenmod.com/cm/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scratchiester:
Hi all, I have a mod for the Potatoman/hyperX hack, which solves the 'camcorder zoomed-in at 1080p' problem, and also allows zooming at 1080p...

Because it's my first post here, I can't add a link to a new apk on the dev thread...admins, is it possible to get permission to do so?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiebum:
Why don't you just paste the text for the link but with a few spaces then? It's not like people don't recognise links here just because there's a space.

Also, can't you just attach it to your post?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scratchiester:
Sure :)

Download/install.

Choose 1280x720 for resolution...shoot/zoom/record etc.

Now check the properties of your recorded file...

The only catch at this stage is you lose the original 720p functionality, which wouldn't be hard to add back in with more work. Also note I'm currently using the 'super high-bitrate' settings for both the original 1080p(zoomed) mode, and this new one. I haven't had a chance to test those bitrates myself under difficult rendering conditions (daylight, detailed moving foliage/city scene etc) for stability, so can't make any guarantees in that respect.

A few commenters have mentioned being willing to donate to have this functionality, and I happen to be exceedingly broke atm ;) Not sure if my paypal link appears yet, but any contributions would be much appreciated!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
Neato burrito, but I'd like to keep my 720p functionality too. Hmm not paying for small functions like this.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scratchiester:
Uncrippling the sgs2's fixed 2.0x zoom ratio at 1080p is a small function?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanwray:
You not just taking the 720p version and resizing are you?

+ the sensor in not capable of zooming in 1080p (sensor crop) as there are no more devisions for pixel binning. So this is a digital zoom?

Post any video links as examples?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom-Helge:
I'm sorry to say that this mod is upscaling from 720p (that you have to use to use the 1080p mod) to 1080p when you use this mod.

So the videos looks way worser than my true 1080p movies that i have recorded with my Galaxy S II.

So yeah, the mod doesn't work.

EDIT: Hold on, i'm gonna upload a short video clip to show you the difference.

EDIT 2: Here is the true 1080p recording i did on my Galaxy S II one and a half month ago. This video clip is taking 145 MB and lasts for 1 minute. Just right-click on the link and choose 'Save as'.

And here is the "fake 1080p" recording with the mod from this topic. This video clip is taking 36.5 MB and lasts for 15 seconds. Just right-click on the link and choose 'Save as' here to.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanwray:
Thanks for that!

I do think the OP should mention the simple resize of 720 as not to mislead people. Especially if donations are being asked for!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scratchiester:
Yes, you're right, deanwray and Tom-Helge.

Did some testing of my own earlier...

Ah well, was excited there for a bit.

Interesting the encoder can do different res to file on the fly, which might be useful for something or another...but that's about it.

DO NOT DONATE!

;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scratchiester:
1080p zoom problem (solved)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanwray:
Didn't actually realise you were asking for donation for something you had not done!!!

wow!!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spx_trader:
Over the last couple weeks I have been flashing and restoring my roms and kernels quite a bit. with the problems that have happened with MIUI, i would flash that and then end up going back to a previous back up. I have had just about every rom kernal combo in the forums as a back up to try and find the combo that I liked the best. I noticed as I would flash and restore my battery life would get worse and worse. I always wipe at least 3x in between restores and new flashes. It got so bad this weekend that after starting a 2hr long podcast with a full battery i was at 30% by the time it ended. So i decided to do a complete wipe back to stock unrooted and re root. right now it is 100% stock rom and kernel and I am at 50% battery after about 10 hrs of use, had another 2hr podcast play, played about 20mins of angry birds and a lot of misc stuff in between. just wanted to see if anyone else experienced this and maybe if someone else is experiencing poor battery life after flashing a few rooms they could get their battery life back by doing the unroot/root again.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daniel Jay:
Try completely draining your battery then wiping the battery stats in your recovery and let the Nexus charge to completely full. This should be done every time you flash a new rom.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Insideac:
So until about a week ago I had jusy been using the infused rom, and my phone would be unplugged at 6am, and by 2pm still have about 97 percent battery life. I was using setcpu to underclock to 800mhz, and nothing more.

A few days agoil I tried installing go launcher and launcher pro to check em out, and battery life was absolute crap so I uninstalled them, however my battery life is still terrible. Now I have to charge it to 100% every 6 or so hours, even though I reverted back to infused. Can anyone tell me if theres an obvious solution, or help me out? Would a wipe work?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
A battery calibration helped me.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Insideac:
How do you do that?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] benholman:
Charge the phone to full (wait for it to say "full battery" in status bar)

Unplug the charger

Turn off the phone

plug the charger back in

wait until the battery icon says 100%

turn the phone back on

charge to full again (the notification will say battery full)

Reboot into clock work mod recovery

navigate to advanced -> wipe battery stats

reboot phone
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MattSoRaven:
Also, there's an app for it called battery calibrator I used and it seems good.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hwaters:
there's also the possibility the DRM service for the media hub is bugging out (happened to mine earlier)

there was a thread about it a week days ago.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1161949

Note: Some people were reporting issues where getting rid of these services were causing problems with the stock music player and/or other things. read through the post.

I personally haven't had those issues after freezing those two apks with titanium backup (I'm on Infused 1.5.0 and the drm apks are in it for whatever reason)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Personally I didn't disable any of these DRM services. I disabled the media hub though cos I don't use it. I disabled the media scanner too, and replaced Gallery app with QuickPic app.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jayson94538:
Dont get rid of the drm. I did and my notifications were not working until i reboot, but happens again after a while..set it back to how it was, and everything was fine
[Samsung Infuse 4G] The Jack of Clubs:
just kill the drm service. settings > applications > running services. dont actually delete the apks. youll start having some things crash on you. hopefully its not something we need after gingerbread.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] lafastfords:
Try a different kernal ... recommend infusion 1.8 and then UnderVolt the Ghz
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Insideac:
So...i realize now I uninstalled the drm services, that must be why my clock and video player keep crashing and possibly affecting battery. I dont think I backed them up, does anyone know where I can find copies of the apks?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
You should be able to get them from the 1.5.0 ROM zip under /system/apps.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] VinnyCh4se:
you can use any rom actually seeing as i doubt they modified it its called sisodrmprovider.apk
[Samsung Infuse 4G] reissy:
what method did you use to disable media hub? Thanks
[Thunderbolt General] tornadog:
I was just checking my phone when I noticed a VM message. But the message was left yesterday. Curious I asked my wife to call and leave a message. I got the missed call notice but no voicemail yet. What could be the reason. I am running Synergy Tom nightlies.
[Thunderbolt General] C@rn@ge:
Custom gingerbread roms have a known issue with vm not operating properly or extremely delayed. There is a fix by using google talk as your vm provider for now. Until the devs have the official tb gingerbread ota leak.
[Thunderbolt General] :
Try Google Voice! Its free and sooo awesome!:D
[Thunderbolt General] C@rn@ge:
Edit: clarity
[XPERIA X8 General] m4ds3n:
I have the arc-x8 rom and i want to shange rom to froyobread but i have some apps that i want to save and i wonder if i putt them on the SD they will still work after Shanging rom? Sorry 4 bad English =√
[XPERIA X8 General] deedii:
indeed it will work. there are several option to do that;

1. copy the apps you want to save in /system/app, paste it somewhere in your sd and install after changing ROM.

2. Use titanium backup and restore after changing ROM.
[XPERIA X8 General] m4ds3n:
Tnx alot. Ill do it today. Posting result.
[XPERIA X8 General] m4ds3n:
Done. I backuped using titanium backup. But when i had updated the apparently ware still there so i didn't nead the backup =)
[XPERIA X8 General] deedii:
coz you didnt full wipe after you changed ROM but expect for bugs. :)
[XPERIA X8 General] m4ds3n:
bugs

i have been using it 4 the whole dag and the ondely bug i stumbled on was that i coudent open market but after i cleaned all chache and re instaled it workes just fine :):):):):):cool::p:p:p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 6xceo:
I would like to know if i flash over my phone to use Android will I then be able to use it on another Network?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
on a different network no. rooting your phone does not sim unlock your device. if you call your provider they normally dont have any problem giving you an unlock code for your device. im on the tmobile network and i wanted to unlock my old phone to sell on ebay (unlock can fetch more $) so i called tmobile, they gave me an unlock code (free) i put a at&t sim in my phone to complete the process and it was done. really very simply.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 6xceo:
i purchased the phone from CL and i was on a month to month plan with T Mobile for about a year and I did not renew this month. Do I have any options?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eenbox:
You can pay $30 on eBay and get unlock code for it - that will get it unlocked and then you can use it on any other network.

BTW - if you get the unlocking code while you have Android on your phone you can still unlock it with your code you get.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
yea i've seen unlock codes on ebay as low as $10, it all depends on your phone.

i would still try t-mobile anyway and say you use to be a customer and you wanted to unlock your old phone so you can sell and use it on a different network. the most they can do is say no so there wouldn't be any harm done in still calling. i think that they would still do it. if you reach someone and they say no, hang up and try 1 last time. i always get conflicting stories everytime i call t-mobile anyway so you might just luck out.

(they unlocked an old phone i wasn't using with t-mobile, giving i still was under contract but they still unlocked a phone that wasn't on my contract)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 6xceo:
I called T Mobile and told them I am going overseas and I need it unlocked the rep told me he would submit the request and I will get an email within 5 -7 days with instructions on how to unlock the phone. That is a long wait I did not know it took 7 days to do anything anymore. Oh well .

Thank you all for helping I appreciate it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
if you need to unlock a phone to go overseas i think its a different process so maybe thats why its so long because it only took me 10 mins to get the code from them.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Stom:
T-Mobile uk charge £25 and theres a 28 day wait for them to snailmail the code to you.

Unlocking.com was £10 and 10 minutes.

Source: my experience < 10 days ago.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 6xceo:
From T Mobile

Thank you for taking the time to contact T-Mobile. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide the unlock code at this time. After review of the account we have determined that the device is not in use with the corresponding mobile number. T-Mobile policies and procedures state that the device must be in use on the mobile number requesting the unlock code. If this is a new device please allow 3-4 business days prior to submitting a new request to allow your usage to update in our system.

Looks like I will have to pay...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
That really doesn't make much sence because they unlocked a phone I no longer was using. I think I was using my hd2 for 6 months when they gave me the unlock code for my mytouch 3g slide. Well it was worth a shot...kinda goes back to me saying I always hear conflicting things from t-mobile.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 6xceo:
I contacted T Mobile on 3 other occasions and recieved the same answer 1 manager told me to contact HTC Directly as that is how they get the unlock codes but that did not work.

However I found a company that provides you with the code. It took him 7 minutes and only cost $7.00. He had a perfect rating on ebay well 99.9% and he provided pre purchase QnA via direct email.

ebay store URL

http://stores.ebay.com/Freedom-Mobile?_trksid=p4340.l2563

Again thank you all and I hope this helps anyone else who might have similar issues.
[Android Apps and Games] SemperGumbee:
Hello all! I had a thread but it was locked because it was a paid app. Now, there is a free one to check out. It's called Prox Lite and it has just been added to the Android market.

Prox makes use of the phone's proximity sensor and accelerometer to initiate an action. Prox figures out what orientation you are holding the phone and then activates that action when you swipe your hand across the proximity sensor. Prox Lite has 4 actions:

*Flat - Emulate home button

*Toward - Expand and contract notification panel

*Left - Launch phone dialer

*Right - Launch browser (google.com)

All you have to do is turn on the service through the app and then tilt the phone in the direction you are trying to activate the action for and then pass your hand over the proximity sensor and it will activate the action for that direction.

You can amaze your friends, and feel like a Jedi. Imagine the look on your friend's faces when you do things without even touching the phone itself. Just to ease your mind, Prox is disabled when the screen is off and when you are in a call. Normal proximity sensor usage is preserved during these situations to you don't have to worry about Prox doing things when you don't want it to :)

Here are some thoughts about the app :)

Gizmodo best apps (June 10th)

Lifehacker App of the Day

Droid-Life App of the Day

Addictive Tips Post

Make Use Of Post

Here is a video of it in action (Pro version) if the description I have provided doesn't really make any sense :P Be sure to follow me on Twitter: @SemperGumbee for updates and support.

[YOUTUBE]TKMk_K-Am6g[/YOUTUBE]

Here is another video made by one of our own members here at XDA. Thanks patrick848!

[YOUTUBE]NQ8eBMDOc8w[/YOUTUBE]

He also wrote a little write up here if you want to check it out.

And, here is a link to the android market

Download Prox Lite from Android Market

Download Prox Lite from GetJar

If you have an issue where it doesn't show up in the market or it says that your device is incompatible, I have made Prox Lite available to XDA peeps via direct apk. If your device will allow install from the market, please use the link above, otherwise, click here to download the apk directly. Downloading from the market allows for easier tracking so I would appreciate it if you would download it from there :) This is for the members that cannot find the version because of certain software...

P.S. Some users are having trouble with making this work properly. If you are having issues with the left and right actions, try just a slight tilt and then a swipe. Refer to the video for an example of this. Also, different phones have different proximity sensors and some of them just happen to work better than others. Give it a try to see what you think and don't forget to leave a rating in the market. I hope you enjoy this app :)
[Android Apps and Games] SemperGumbee:
Reserved for Wants, Updates, and Changes to the OP...

UPDATES

* Direct apk download added to OP (7-29-2011)

* App added to GetJar (8-2-2011)

* Added ability to disable constant notification

* Added other apps page...

WANTS

*More intuitive orientations

Let me know what else to add here :)
[Android Apps and Games] Dungeon47:
This is really cool. My biggest concern right now, having only just tried it for a few minutes, is potential battery drain. If it doesn't end up being too bad, i may consider trying the full version. It would be nice to be able to hide the notification bar icon, but the full version may already have that.
[Android Apps and Games] SemperGumbee:
Battery drain is really not all that bad. The listeners are unregistered when the screen goes off. During normal phone use during the beta a few months ago, Prox was only using around 3 - 4 % battery during a normal day. But alas, this depends entirely on how much you actually use the phone itself. If your screen is on for the better part of the day, then drain will occur. But under normal use, it really isn't that bad. Thanks for the feedback :)
[Android Apps and Games] hewlett777:
Market says its incompatible with my hd2 :(
[Android Apps and Games] SemperGumbee:
Hmm. It should show up for anyone running android 2.1 and over. I will investigate...
[Android Apps and Games] orlandojumpoff:
fun idea, i'm going to have to try it even though i probably won't use it regularly.
[Android Apps and Games] SemperGumbee:
Yeah. I was originally going to put it into the Productivity category on the market, but I think it's more of a novelty than an actual productive applications. It's just cool to show people. There are some things in the paid version that can be put to actual use though. There is a Timer mode that activates an action based on how long you cover the sensor. It could be useful in a car dock or a cradle at home.
[Android Apps and Games] SemperGumbee:
What version of Android are you running?
[Android Apps and Games] SemperGumbee:
Forgot to quote. What version of Android are you running?
[Android Apps and Games] Dungeon47:
I picked up the pro version. So far it's pretty solid. Battery drain is pretty much non-existent, maybe 2% with a lot of screen time.

Some things I would like to see:

Tasker integration (this would be the best addition by far).

A combination of the Timed and normal types so you could hold over the sensor longer for a different option.

Being able to hide the icon in notifications.

Media button options like Previous Track, Play/Pause, Next Track.

Simulating a long-press of the search button to bring up Voice Actions.

Profiles that automatically change based on what app you're in.

Thanks for making this, I've been using it a lot today, and it has already become habit. Keeps my screen cleaner, too.