yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] stolenmoments:
Any news about the fix for this issue? I just flashed GingerLOL 1.5 ROM and faced this issue. It's based on V20c.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] venz0ja:
no fix it

but

To end calls turn on ending with power button - settings > accessibility > power button ends call
[Optimus One, P500, V General] paco68:
proximity sensor

The V20H version resolve this Bug !!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300421
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mach0boi:
You can add xscope on the browser's list :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] soraxd:
updated this a bit
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] leftovermagic:
Friendcaster is much better than the default Facebook app.

For lockscreens, I use GoTo Lockscreen
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Tricky103:
Maybe add launchers. Touchwiz is great. I prefer the simplicity of zeam.

This may open a new can of worms
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kryptoner:
nice guide!!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LawAce:
Nice guide there.

Sounds like your stock music app is different to mine though?! Bright pretty colours :confused:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zabihjan:
you could add miren browser

maxthon browser

double twist and cloud skipper for music player

tweeteck for twitter and facebook
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tbong777:
Just Pictures in place of the gallery..

It contains ALL pics Local and from FB,Photobucket and most other sites you upload to in one interface.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.justpictures&feature=search_result
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
Pure calendar for calendar widget. Power amp for music. Camera 360. G tasks.

I'm looking for a replacement to yahoo finance widget.any suggestions
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] leftovermagic:
Business Calendar as a replacement for the default calendar.

Ubermusic beta for the music app
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] KLoNe1:
mVideoPlayer is by far the best Android video player I have found over the years!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Cygnuss:
I use Jorte as the calendar app very good one.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rodeo_calling:
+1 for jorte. I actually froze the stock calendar.

For videos I like mobo player the most.

Sent from my galaxy S2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] EarlZ:
I define better as something that is better in all aspects, no other app yet is better than the stock browser due to the HW rendering and flash support.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NZtechfreak:
Dice Player is better than the stock video, best player I've yet found.

I disagree that something has to be better in all respects in order to consider it better overall. By your own standards the stock browser is not better than most of the other major players as it lacks dynamic reflow, persistent desktop UA, and has worse tab handling than them.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tameracingdriver:
I must be one of the few that thinks the stock browser isn't really particularly good. It might be hardware rendered, but the checkerboarding is irritating, the pinch gesture to view open windows (tabs) does not work very well, and it all feels a bit clunky to me. In fairness, even those browsers that are not hardware accelerated, the SGS2 is so fast you rarely notice any degradation is performance in practice.

I've tried most of the browsers out there, and I personally prefer Dolphin HD - it has the nicest looking interface, and is also the nicest to use with its desktop style tabs (which I believe iOS getting something similar in iOS5). Opera isn't bad too (it works with some websites that other browsers, including stock, have difficulties with), although I am not a huge fan of the UI, but it is just as smooth as stock, but without the checkerboarding.

I tried Miren, but I don't like the UI either (too cartoonish) and it was a tad unstable for me (used to bomb out for no apparent reason)... shame as I did like that when you went back you instantly got the page you were looking at previously without it refresh = fast.

Never tried xScope, but the last time I looked it was paid app and I ain't going to pay for a web browser.

The thing with the stock browser is it tries to mimick the one in iOS, but doesn't really do it as well, and when iOS is moving to desktop style tabs, it seems pointless.

Back to the thread, and thanks to this thread I'm using QuickPic (which is indeed FAR better than the crappy default gallery), and Jorte which again, seems better than the stock calendar. Good thread :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] soraxd:
ahh awesome feedback guys, ill check these out and see about posting some of them when i get home keep the suggestions coming weres building something great here!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
i agree. alsthough others have more features they use up an inoridinate amount of resources too, such as dolphin hd, thus limiting its use for me.

other have complained about checkerboarding, ive never had it till my last fw update. its wierd but i think i can sort it out.

other than that i like the simplicity and speed and battery usage of stock. id try another browser if it can match stock in these categories. ive tried opera mobile, dolphin hd, xscope, miren, firefox and theyve almost all had poorer battery usage than stock, plus some dont even have full flash support. others too have textflow issues.

maybe ill look into dolhpin mini and opera mini.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DSA:
Great thread..

i use skyfire for web browsing...fast load up of pages, easy to use, customisable to a certain extent
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hEEGy:
Dolphin Browser HD is a great one, maybe the best on android.

WidgetLocker is a "must have" app if you want a nice and customized lockscreen!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
dolphin hd is a battery hog so its a no go for me.

how's widget locker in terms of battery usage?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] B3311:
Thanks for this - got it yesterday, it's excellent.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] luminus:
For years pocket informant is my replacement for the stock calendar.

Used it on every platform and still my favorite.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Nyssa1104:
Whatsapp

Whatsapp over the default messaging app.

Messging across iphone, BB, Nokia and standard messaging without costing you for message.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tameracingdriver:
Dolphin HD - definitely the best browser on android for me - fantastic.

Quickpic - I only learned about this due to this thread (kudos for the guy who pointed it out) - brilliant gallery replacement. The gallery is the one thing I really hated about Android, this one is so much better.

ES File Explorer - Clearly better than "My Files", and IMHO quite a lot better than the usually suggested Astro (and no adverts either).

Go SMS Pro - Excellent SMS package spoiled only by the annoying update popups that come on now and again.

Go Contacts - Excellent phone replacement app, looks far nicer.

Go Launcher EX - Best aftermarket launcher out there for me. Fast, simple and flexible.

PowerAmp - Best music player, one of the only ones I've found that can play MP3s without a gap.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] B3311:
Any recommendations for office stuff? Haven't tried Polaris yet, any good?

Transferring some stuff to phone tonight - just after something lightweight to read docs and pdfs (some editing facility probably needed).

Thanks for any tips.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] harrisony:
I love DoubleTwist for music (and AirSync)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LuffyPSP:
Check out the Mx video player. Free on the market.

Nuked from Samsung Galaxy S2 GT i9100 using XDA Premium app
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny68:
+1 the best browser on Android.

I agree with the OP with regard to most of what he posted though, i have Quickpic and Power Amp myself, i use mostly Mobo player for video and i also have real player installed too.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jameslfc5:
Love the idea of this! Although some of these are better than stock, I'd prefer to use the stock icons ... anyone know how to do this?

Can we CHANGE the app ICONS?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Silly Man:
Great idea

Go Launcher EX and in fact all Go products to replace TW Launcher, SMS and Dialer.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] adesva:
I'm using Opera Mobile as browser, thinking about changing to Dolphin HD but I've heard it devours way too much battery.

Chomp + WhatsApp as my messengers. I LOVE WhatsApp, but not everyone has it...

QuickPic is my gallery browser, found it after looking through this thread.

ASTRO. No explanation necessary.

SwiftKey X as keyboard replacement. I like the UI of the stock one, but SwiftKey is so fast and I'm used to it since before. Don't like Swype since the telephone is too big in my hand to only use one hand.

Vignette is the best camera app so far, by miles. Sadly enough, it can't record videos.

I'm also using the original launcher, I really like the look of it. It's bad that I can't replace the dock shortcuts, but I don't really like any of the other ones out there.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
try dolphin mini. for me it and opera mobile are the best alternative browsers (but i like stock the best)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pik1:
what do you mean? you can change the apps in the dock in touchwiz (standard). just launch the app drawer and then menu - edit - and you can drag and drop apps into the dock...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] adesva:
Now I feel like such a dumbass. Thank, though. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pik1:
no need to :D thats what the forum is about - share experience ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] beaver2233:
Hehe same...some of the icons are quite ugly and don't fit in with the stock icons...for example gosms icon looks out of place next to phone/dialer and contacts...would be great if I could replace the gosms icon with the stock messaging icon...I'm sure its possible but probably too difficult for myself haha
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pierro78:
I mostly use Opera Mini with images disabled for speed and mobile data savings ...

(disabled images are represented as labeled colored areas so they do not disrupt the pages layout too much ...)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sajadkhan806:
SLIDE IT- better then the stock keyboard

XPLORER- my fav file browser

quick pic- no explanation needed

go launcher ex- better then TW [ except that 400x800 wall bug]

real calc- better than the default calculator

criskelo's rom- the best rom [ wats your fav]

poppuri full screen mod- best mod in s2 forum, a replacement for caller image[ made for kg 1 and 2 but works with criskelo's rom ]
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jasonleeg:
better apps

I use 'dialer One' as a replacement for the stock dialer, Jorte as replacement for the calendar, opera mobile as replacement browser, swiftkey to replace stock keyboard.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] maranello69:
GO SMS Pro, deffinetly much better that the stock app for messaging

ADWLauncher to replace touchwiz, i use it since day one on my sgs2

QuickOffice for documents handling, the stock Polaris is a huge crap
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
Pansi sms, it's like go sms was before it got too bloated. And SwiftKey x as the keyboard replacement
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] omnomnomkimiiee:
Edit: Sorry for the bloat-post, I cra***d up.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ingbrzy:
S5830XWKPK - Android 2.3.3

Download: http://goo.gl/byO6N

pass: samfirmware.com

PDA: S5830XWKPK

MODEM: S5830XWKP6

CSC: S5830TMHKP1
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] vlc_marcos:
what can we find in this rom??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] viktorlj:
I just installed KPK ower KPJ. It seems little faster, but it's to early to judge. Also, I think that wakeup lag is only below a second, so it's shorter then in previous Ginger releases.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] BehradGH:
how about quadrant and RTL support?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] vlc_marcos:
how can i install it?? there isnt the files
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] viktorlj:
I dont know for RTL. For me Quadrant is irelevant. This is my second Android and from my expirience, sometimes quadrant shows high values, but phone is laggy. In my opinion in first hour, this FW is the fastest (in real use, not quadrant) till now. I talk about stock FWs.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] viktorlj:
BTW, This is the one file package (tar).
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] vlc_marcos:
so i put where on odin?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] viktorlj:
Last button on the bottom right, one package and olso tick one package under options (top left)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kaarburo:
OPS flash or not?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] viktorlj:
Yes, .ops is a must.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] albertbm:
What csc options are in this fw?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] chinoyray:
Just the ops and one package. Csc is already inside the package.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Jekle_Ace:
Why is Samsung pushing updates for the Galaxy Ace with 2.3.3. We have had 2.3.4 updates with earlier Build Dates. What's going on Samsung?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] villemann:
Officially Samsung updates Ace to 2.3.3

Any builds higher than that are unofficial and unsupported ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Jekle_Ace:
If you know where I am coming at here. KPJ and KPK build's are dated along time after 2.3.4 was released It makes sense to push updates for the latest version?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] catapult1234:
Why does does that make sense? All 2.3.4 fw Where leaked and thus not finished. Samsung chose to officialy release 2.3.3 which they

Apperantly polished and optimized for the ace. Its not always better to Get latest version Just because it has a higher android buildnumber.

Cheers
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Jekle_Ace:
Wiped Data, Cache before ODIN Flash. And stuck on system.rfs Ended up flashing back KPH. I have a feeling it is because of the One Package. Or Could it be because I was on KPH before? Help?

I have also flashed KPJ before now with the different packages. And that was successful
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] villemann:
I think that you have to flash a full 2.3.3 rom and then flash one package S5830XWKPK when downgrading from 2.3.4.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Tib44:
What is the Quadrant score of this ROM?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] albertbm:
I know the csc package is inside but if I were to do *272* what country codes are avail in the other 2.3.3 update there were atleast two country codes
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] chinoyray:
http://samfirmware.com/samsunglettercode.htm
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xybadog:
I'm looking at different ROM's and some say you need this HBOOT or that HBOOT but to be honest I haven't got a clue about HBOOT's so I'm worried about messing up/bricking my phone.

I successfully S-Off'd a couple of days ago and on the recovery screen I noticed that my HBOOT had changed (see sig for current HBOOT). Many of the ROM's I like state CM7 HBOOT but how do I know if I have the CM7 HBOOT or not? Also, if I do have it, or later flash it (if that's what you do with it), can I use other ROM's that don't need the CM7 HBOOT or will I have to "downgrade"?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Troop:
To check Hboot turn off phone then hold VOL down press power you will see cm7 r2 in the s-off pink strip,then too change Hboot downgrade then choose your hboot, look for Android flasher hope this is what you mean!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xybadog:
Thanks. I haven't already got CM7 HBOOT according to the recovery screen. But, if I understand what you say, I have to downgrade before I can change to CM7 HBOOT, is this right? If so is this because of the HBOOT I already have (showing on my sig below) or do you have to downgrade regardless of your current HBOOT?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jakedude2011:
No need to downgrade or android flasher.

Find and download the HBOOT U want at http://alpharev.nl/.

Put it on your sdcard, and rename it to PB99IMG.zip.

Then start the phone in HBOOT mode (VolDown+POWER)

and follow onscreen instructions (that is to choose between yes or no to flash! ;-) )

Read here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1177739
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Troop:
When i first flashed cm7r2 i didn't downgrade but this might not be 100% right but it worked for me,i just used that Android flasher,but if you have problems use the downgrade say like when you change back next time you change your rom
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
You do not need to downgrade hboot when coming from non-protected hboot, only when coming from protected.
[Xoom General] russellgarrett:
Hello all.

I have a uk 3g xoom, I love the device but I feel totally, utterly let down by Motorola. I've seen quite a lot of guides from various people (all much smarter than I am) about how to flash the Australian firmware, however you are still being bent over by Motorola for updates. What I would really like is the GED that I was sold.

I've got a pretty good knowledge of computers (mostly Linux), but the guides I've found seem a little confusing, anderstand the radios are different so the 3g has problems.

I suppose the point of my post is just asking for a little help, I understand that what I'm doing could potentially brick my device but I accept that. I don't need to be spoonfed, just a little push in the right direction.

I do study astrophysics, so if anyone needs some help with that...... (half a joke, half genuine;) offer)

Thanks for your time.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
Where are you, in the UK, in Australia? If the latter, you should contact solarnz maybe on freenode; he's really knowledgeable. If UK, you have a number of mates that rooted/flashed other images, and so on. Why not seek them out?
[Xoom General] laredo7mm:
I guess that is the problem, if it is a UK Xoom, it is not a GED device.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] LongTrail:
I was doing root using:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125714&highlight=Eee+pad+screen

And missed this:

So I ended up using the wrong boot.img and recovery.img. Net result is that the TP would not boot (just saw the EEE Transformer screen and it wouldn't boot). I managed to solve this by overlaying the correct boot.img and recovery.img files in C:\tf_rootkit_31\root, putting the TP back in APX Mode and running the root.bat and cwm.bat commands again... Phew!

I leave this here for anyone else who is panicking! I couldn't post to the DEV forums as I don't have enough posts :-)

Hope this helps somebody else who missed the subtle overlay of the files (aka a noob like me!).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] UKseagull:
Glad you managed to get it working again, well done.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] LongTrail:
Thanks, had a few minutes where the palms were sweating... Anyway, I hope others who miss the nuance of the firmware version will get help from this post. The thing for a noob like myself is that there is a lot of reading and digging around that has to be done to get up to speed. As you learn you become more and more familiar with the jargon.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kevin112996:
my optimus v is rooted and has cm7 on it. It worked fine until today when i tried to connect my phone to my computer. When the "usb Mass Storage" icon shows up and i press mount, all it does is say "sd card can now be safely removed." It can only charge for now when connected. Here are all the steps i have tried to fix it,

*Tried different Usb Port

*Turned on/off debug

*Installed and Updated my Drivers

*Used apps for usb tether

*Reboot, Unmount

I haven't tried to reflash a rom but i dont think that will work. I haven't taken the sd card out and put it in the computer because i lost the micro sd reader. I do think that its the crappy stock sd card that came with the phone might be the problem. Anyone have any suggestions?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] D4rKn3sSyS:
The thread it's open to discussions. Thanks for your help puppet13th / doixanh

Tested on Stock / CM6 / CM7

This is it! :)

#!/system/bin/busybox sh
#
# Unified Chargemon / DualRecovery By D4rKn3sSyS
# Idea from FroyoBread DualRecovery
# corrected by DooMLoRD ;)
#

# keychecks
cat /dev/input/event0 > /dev/keycheck&

sleep 3
kill -9 $!

keypressed=`cat /dev/keycheck`
if [ "$keypressed" != "${keypressed/ž/}" ] # If the key that you pressed contain character "ž" (on mini pro back button give this character), then boot to recovery
then
echo "recovery" > /data/local/tmp/bootrecovery
else
if [ "$keypressed" != "${keypressed/f/}" ] # Else, If the key that you pressed contain character "f" (on mini pro home button give this character), then boot to xrecovery
then
echo "xrecovery" > /data/local/tmp/bootrecovery
fi
fi

# DualRecovery
if [ -s /data/local/tmp/bootrecovery ] # check if key was pressed
then
boot=`cat /data/local/tmp/bootrecovery`
rm -f /data/local/tmp/bootrecovery
# remount rootfs rw
mount -o remount,rw rootfs /

# Umount MTDs
umount -l /dev/block/mtdblock1
umount -l /dev/block/mtdblock2
umount -l /dev/block/mtdblock3

# Mount recovery partition
cd /
rm -r /sbin
rm -f etc
if [ "$boot" != "" ] #this is unnecesary, but just to be sure, can be removed
then
tar -xf /system/bin/"$boot".tar
fi

# Umount /system
umount -l /dev/block/mtdblock0

# chroot
chroot / /init

fi

# offline charging
/system/bin/charger

# CM & Stock compatibility
if [ -f /system/etc/CHANGELOG-CM.txt ]; then
# for cyanogenmod

# remount rootfs rw
mount -o remount,rw rootfs /
chmod 0777 /dev -R
chown 0.2000 /dev/oncrpc -R
cd /
rm init*
rm logo.rle
rm default.prop
tar -xf /system/bin/ramdisk.tar
# nobodyAtall - Fix
mkdir -p /minicm
cd /minicm
tar -xf /system/bin/ramdisk.tar
sync
# Umount /system, data and cache
umount -l /dev/block/mtdblock0
umount /dev/block/mtdblock3
umount /dev/block/mtdblock1
rmdir /system /data /cache /mnt
# Mount /system to /minicm/system
/sbin/mount_system
sleep 1
chroot /minicm /init

else

#for stock

# Continue booting
exit

fi

Yes, that simply, back key to open CWM Recovery, home key to open xRecovery.

Install through CWM Recovery ( no xRecovery )

NOTE: If you install this, reboot into recovery will not work, the new way it's this:

#Boot Into Recovery
echo "recovery" > /data/local/tmp/bootrecovery
reboot

#Boot into xRecovery
echo "xrecovery" > /data/local/tmp/bootrecovery
reboot

Cheers, d4.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] D4rKn3sSyS:
Updated Code, im still getting problems with touchscreen events on startup, but now works manually (echo xrecovery/recovery > /data/local/tmp/bootrecovery)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] doixanh:
I guess you can try event2, event3.... There may be different event mapping name.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] D4rKn3sSyS:
I thought that too, but when you do

cat /dev/input/event2

With the phone booted, if you touch the screen, you get output, (like when you do with event0 and press a key), I think ill try different approach, wish me luck :D

EDIT: See this

B ž 1 ž

That mean 1 press of back button, but this

6W ž sÁ ž «7 ž ž

Means 2 press.

Now you know my approach :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] puppet13th:
Any keys can trigger /dev/input/event1 including power key
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] D4rKn3sSyS:
Yes, i know, on mimmi it's event0, and touchscreen it's event2, but I have tried a script that redirects all the output of cat /dev/input/event2 to a file, and seems like dont catch any touchscreen output. That's why im trying a different approach.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] puppet13th:
check input.rar for x8

/sys/devices/virtual/input/input3/name :

qwerty

maybe x10 mini pro hardware qwerty keyboard can be used to trigger the recovery
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] D4rKn3sSyS:
Our input4 it's qwerty, i'll try with it, also, this is weird

# cd /sys/devices/virtual/input/
cd /sys/devices/virtual/input/
# ls
ls
input0 input1 input4 input5

No input2 or input3

but

# cd /dev/input/
cd /dev/input/
# ls
ls
event0 event1 event2 event3 event4