yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaintfm:
If you want a REALLY stable rom with not a lot of bells and whistles apart from the standard tweaks, Zendroid 2.0.1 with Bali is an excellent choice for a beginner (its what I started off with) and has excellent battery life, especially with it's generally dark colored theme.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwleonhart:
Im sorry but no offense. At this point, roms for the vibrant aren't very originally.

I've found that all the gingerbread roms are based purely off CM7 at this point, even burgertimes roms are based from CM7 source.....

CM7 really is the way to go at this point. It's more than stable enough as a daily driver, and if you know what you're doing it's even better.

Can't go wrong with CM7 these days.... Anyone who tells you otherwise i'm just going to have to believe is a fool...

Hey why not go with Bionix, it's only 10 years outdated now. :D
[Milestone XT720 General] alexhks:
Thanks, good article.
[Milestone XT720 General] spectacle:
Very detailed and useful
[Milestone XT720 General] try-and-error:
Thanks for this interessting article!

Could you make a list of the bloatware that can be safely removed?
[Milestone XT720 General] syrenz:
I figured this would just list all the usual stuff I've heard. I'm glad to say I was wrong! A bunch of useful info here I now plan to put to use. Many thanks :D

Might want to mention the display being the biggest drain of battery on this phone. Setting it to automatic brightness or lower will increase battery life. I love the screen at full brightness so I don't really follow that, but for those looking to squeeze some extra time and don't mind less brightness...
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Thanks guys, glad you people found it useful.

Yes! Can't believe I missed that one out. In the start id use the lowest brightness setting, which would be fine indoors. But outside it was impossible to see the phone because of its insanely reflective glass. Since we have an ambient light sensor I use it on automatic and it does a good job. Full bright strains my eyes abit thats why I dont keep it on full bright :) So for people really wanting to save the juice you can keep your brightness on the lowest level. Also when you take the phone out of your pocket and use it, its better to put the phone to sleep with the power button than let it timeout by itself. Those 10-15 seconds for each time you use phone count towards many minutes of unused display time in the end and does make a difference.
[Milestone XT720 General] androidlover123:
This is a very gd post with lots o useful info!! ok i have a qn, is using the phone a lot while the charging good for the battery? And if u let the battery charge even though its already 100 percent for an hour good? srry if it is noob qn...
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
1. Using your phone while charging does not affect your battery life, and is neither good nor bad. It is perfectly normal to use your phone while charging and is sometimes recommended while doing battery intensive tasks for example navigating while driving, wifi tethering, playing memory intensive games and finally outputing video through HDMI.

2. Overcharging was a phenomenom is older lithium ion battery. New batteries have bypass circuits. So when your phone reaches complete charge, it does not charge any further. So you should not be worried about overcharging your XT720.

Hope this helps.
[Milestone XT720 General] xaser66:
Excelent article and good quality info. Thanks and best regards!
[Milestone XT720 General] jigglynuts:
awesome article! Great information. Thanks a lot for putting that together. I have already started using a few of the tips mentioned.
[Milestone XT720 General] illmatic75:
u da maaan dude, thanks for a very detailed and informative article :)
[HTC Sensation] mitchsurp:
Has anyone noticed their stock Sensation battery getting smarter? I was only getting 8ish hours previously (brand new battery/phone) before I'd start getting the first battery warning (15%). I just checked my phone after an extra-long day of work (my usual usage) and was delighted to discover this:

...and still going, but I'm going to juice up.
[HTC Sensation] n1ghtl1fe:
yeah me too, these batteries dont really shine till after first 4 or 5 charges/full discharges
[HTC Sensation] galaxys:
After a few weeks of drain & charge, it's been holding up very well lately!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sryan1983:
MIUI!

Seriously, is the hype for stock GB really that important? Still surprised LG hasn't said anything yet.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] faux123:
Only if MIUI was open source :( Their idea is amazing, their implementation is cool, but not open source.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Rayvenhawk:
There fixed it for you. :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jjdill:
How is that miui isn't open source? Isn't it based off android?

Sorry for the stupid question
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiloJKilo:
Why do you have to flash to a stock rom before moving to a custom rom? If I want to install Viper 5.0 on EB13, why do I have to go to stock EB13 first? Just curious. If I flash to the stock EB13, does that change the modem to EB13? I'm on DK28 now with Viper Trinity 2.0 and want to try 5.0...Why can't I just do the wipe 3 times and then flash the custom rom? I just want to understand this is all.

Thanks,

Kevin
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qbking77:
Its worth a try.... if it doesn't boot you'll have to odin anyway. Wipe everything 3x each and flash your rom and see if it fixes it. Also, you can always flash different modems with odin.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiloJKilo:
Sure, but that doesn't really get to the root of my question. When I went from EC05 stock to DK28 ViperRom, why did I have to flash to the stock DK28? what significance does this have?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It is probably due to the modem compatibility and support files. Most ROMs include all support and stock files needed but may remove bloatware. Some check for modem and will install the needed modem, others not. For EB13 and EC05 ROMs the support files and data are compatible but not necessarily with DK28 since that was an early leak.

As mentioned, back up your stuff and you can always try without Odin'ing first and if you get no errors you are good to go.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris41g:
you dont have too., you could just odin the modem, and flash the rom... unless you have to change from rfs to ext4 or vice versa
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] robifis:
Hi all,

This is my first post on xda so please move it to the right section if this isn't it.

As the sgs2 doesn't have a notification led I was wondering if there is a possibility to have the soft keys flash upon receiving a text or an email and so on.

Reason I thought id suggest it because my other phone the lg o2x has the same issue with regards to the led and there is an app for that.

I am willing to buy it from the market to support the developer of course.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kwerdenker:
What you are looking for is called Backlight Notfication or BLN and as far as i know the kernel for the phone needs to support this. Since the SGS2 is fairly new there isn't a kernel with working BLN yet but most of the kernel hackers are looking into this feature. I'm sure it's coming, it just needs some time.

Hope this answers your question even if it doesn't help you with your problem.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] robifis:
Thanks for the quick answer. I just thought id put it out there.

It's not really an issue since most ppl prob check their phone regularly but I think it would be a nice addition to have it think.... Especially at night when you don't really want to turn your phone on every few mins to check for a notification
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lauslein:
I miss this as well.

It seems to be rly complicated to implement, as some ppl are working on it for quite some month (!) now and still there's no BLN available… I hope that some day we'll have it nevertheless…
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kwerdenker:
Well, if you consider that these people do it all in their free time then "month" suddenly isn't that much. Also this is probably not a top priority in the first kernel releases. These will concentrate on speed and stability, before new features are added.

Patience is a virtue, especially if you don't have to pay for the finished product ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cosmicbb:
hello,

maybe this app can help you -> https://market.android.com/details?id=com.led.notify&feature=search_result
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Deonix:
I have a crappy Orange ROM... very slow... makes Energy ROM on top lag.does not work at all actually... where to get a page with the latest Europe working ROMs? to download.

What Base official ROM do you use?

Which one is the best/ with Energy on top in Europe?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ionut.micu:
You can find all the original roms at Shipped ROMs, or you cand download the latest rom directly from htc website.

My old Touch Pro is running Timolol's stock-like WM6.5.5 ROM with radio 1.14.25.35, the radio that cames with the latest original ROM has a verry long GPS fix and lag.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] exhno:
When you flash another ROM, like the Energy ROM, it completely replaces the old ROM. So the Energy ROM is not running on top of your old ROM. If the Energy ROM is too slow for you, maybe you should try another ROM.

I haven't tried it, but the one ionut.micu recommended looks pretty good. I actually might try it soon.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] dya:
Hi Ionut,

I have followed the link for the shipped ROMs and I found this one: RUU_Raphael_HTC_WWE_5.05.405.1_R2_Radio_Signed_Raphael_52.58.25.30_1.11.25.01_Ship.exe

I am trying to upgrade my shipped ROM with WM6.1 to one having WM6.5. From the site I could not tell if this ROM has WM6.5, do you have any ideea?

Thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tidewaterns:
How do you back up your game once before you root your phone?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hukkguai:
Check out "Titanium Backup"
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
Yup +1

I found my 4 year old is getting good enough where he knows how to go in and erase all of my saved games... so while I usually don't backup any of my normal apps, the games are a must. Being a Crackflasher doesn't help. Things can go wrong at any step.

Titanium Backup is the best option. The Free version has limitations on How Many Backups you can have at one time... which means you can only have 1 current backup of an app saved. Which is fine for most people. If you backup a game, it will overwrite the old backup.

You still can backup every app as many times as you want, but there will only be 1 backup per app.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tidewaterns:
Okay thanks!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] krekabl:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/18669/t_mobile_g2x_gingerbread_upgrade?source=rss_blogs
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mikeglongo:
Don't want to send rumors or whatnot but I spoke to a good buddy of mine who works at a local t-mobile store (roots his phone, does everything to it) and he said he has heard about the GB update, he said that it's being piloted now and will be here around beginning of August, shouldn't take longer than that.
[HTC EVO 3D] empiire:
My touch screen is being partially responsive, I've been getting camera freezes, it reboots randomly when listening to music, and it also doesn't sleep properly. I know I SHOULD return it but is it worth the hassle? Should I just ride it out and see if things return to normal? Factory reset it? Ahhh...
[HTC EVO 3D] cruise350:
Return it!
[HTC EVO 3D] ranger61878:
What's more of a hassle...returning the phone under warranty and having to set up a new, working one, or being stuck with a brick and having to buy a new one at full price?

Return it!
[HTC EVO 3D] Ryan00:
Return it when you can ! That's what i would do. However i have been really lucky and have had zero problems with my evo 3d :) (knock on wood)
[HTC EVO 3D] DomSim:
whats with this mentality? try to fix it before taking it back. try a hard reset and if that doesn't fix the issues, then and only then, see about exchanging it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mt2020:
See link below, New version I tried for my Tablet and figured I'd try it on my Incredible2. Guess what? Didn't work on my Acer A500, BUT DID work on my Inc2!

I am NOT rooted!

Enjoy!

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/07/20/download-netflix-version-1-3-works-on-honeycomb-tablets/

Oops.. Just saw another thread updating this info, can't see a delete thread button so sorry if reduntant.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] 88VDUB:
I'm rooted and it works for me as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] combat goofwing:
What do people find to be the beet music player,also is there a decent app for tagging music with album art

DESIRE HD using leedroid. ASUS TRANSFORMER using prime
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] curti.nogg:
I use album art (i think) from the market if my music is missing anything. I use the stock music player.

Sent from my Captivate
[Galaxy S II General] Unamrakerag:
I have had the phone for about a month now, and have been very happy with the device so far.

But recently after the firmware upgrade, I have notice that the phone is not able to support proper playback of .mkv video files.

I am still able to play them, but not able to fast forward or rewind them, the video just freezes. I am taking about .mkv videos with file size of about 600-800 MB. The Blu ray rips are the ones giving the problem. I have tried different files,and all of them have the same problem, not able to fast forward or rewind.

I use the default video player, no apps.

.avi format works flawlessly ,the biggest file I tried playing was 1.3 GB, and I faced no issues. Its only the .mkv files, big ones, that are giving the problem, after the upgrade.

Anyone facing similar issues, or any solutions to share, please reply.
[Galaxy S II General] hayspat:
try diceplayer
[Galaxy S II General] dazza_84:
Hi, sorry if its been asked before but is there a rom that is close to stock android? If so which is it?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] nilezon:
Why don't you just stay with the stock ROM?
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
Think the op was asking closest to stock android not stock sgs2

Cm7 looks like stock but has loads of extra goodness. Not for beginners and its still a wip but still.. well its ace the devs are doing magic stuff
[Galaxy S II General] dazza_84:
I'm adventurous lol, na all seriousness I just wanna try summink different, I've got touchwiz , I've had sense, , but never tried stock android and a lot of people on here rave about it, so just wanted to try it out
[Galaxy S II General] dazza_84:
Yeah I tried cm on my desire hd it was quite good but always went back to sense as I liked it, but in my opinion touchwiz is a bit more stock androidy feel to it rather than sense , so wanted to go all out and just try out stock android , so the cm rom, is it available yet? Obviously not stable I take it??

Oh I would also like to ask if someone can tell me is what's the difference between cm stable and nightly builds??

I think I can assume what stable means but never knew what a nightly build was??
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
Its not 'stable' yet for sgs2 in fact the first nightly only came out today.

Stable releases are known quantities I.e set milestones whereas nightly builds have commits added as they're submitted... nature of the beast some will fix stuff some might cause issues. Pot luck.

Stick with stable builds (there isn't one for sgs2 yet) if you want something rock solid without the occasional gremlin or two.

I quite like touchwiz but always run launcherpro so rarely bump into tw!
[Acer Iconia A500] Achristocat:
I am still looking for information on the docking connector pin out for the Iconia A500. If anyone has ANY info on where I might get that information please let me know or send a PM. I want to bring a Docking Cable / BreakOut box to market.

Let me know!!!

Thanks in advance!
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
sanaell seems to be someone who might know of, of have access to, that kind of information.

I don't know for sure of course, but a PM wouldn't hurt.

Good luck!
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
I am not able to give the information at this moment because my external hard drive who contained some precious document get some diving lesson and is learning how to speak with the fishes....

"simple version, my external hard drive fall in the ocean"

I try to get my documentation as soon as possible....

haaa my gosh... I was so happy to find back a save,.....

A501... oh... A...amiga....
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Buy the doc take it apart and fallow the leads and some testing might give you the answers. Don't think Acer would do so.
[Acer Iconia A500] Achristocat:
Hmmm....

Documentation if I can get it, beats purchasing something that everyone says doesn't do enough for a docking station and taking it apart, and tracing leads and hoping I don't short something. I'm hoping to give us Iconia users More functionality, and not duplicate the foibles of and overpriced, an underspecified POS.

Should I not be able to Get said docs, I will undoubtedly get one and destroy... for scientific purposes...That docking connector on ourA500 Has to do more than what the current dock can do...

:)
[Acer Iconia A500] cd85233:
if we can get the pinout id sure love to do some stuff with it. Being an ee major I'm always looking for stuff lie this to do. I hope it comes before my summer ends.
[Acer Iconia A500] kpfx:
What can the port do

If somebody has found this info, please post!

I'm anxious to see what that port is actually capable of. The dock Acer has now is pretty lame. It can only charge, pass out audio, and maybe HDMI (there seems to be conflicting info on this, trying to get to the bottom of it).

Surprised there's no USB on it.

Just saw the dock for the Toshiba Thrive... would love to see if Acer could ever release a proper dock like that one.
[Acer Iconia A500] orinoko:
Thought id just drop by and post this. I opened my dock last night. You can clearly see where a HDMI port and controller would go, also a microcontroller for the IR input.

The plug is a 40 pin plug.

https://picasaweb.google.com/101742863087764134140/AcerIconiaA500Dock
[Acer Iconia A500] loialotter:
I've been working on reverse engineering it, this is the thread I've put my stuff in:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1245048
[Acer Iconia A500] brouild:
Power up tablet throught dock port

Anyone knows if it's possible to send a signal to power up (as if you push the power button) to power up the tablet?

I know that they have a powerbutton on the remote but i don't know how to do it to start it.

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] george64g:
Good Luck...this beast needs a dock

My first tablet was a wifi Xoom that I got the speaker dock for it. Use that as your starting point. That dock could do it all, it has hdmi out on the back and the speakers are built in the dock. I,am sure you want to be able load data also, plus look good holding your tablet. :D This one tablet that could use some serious love on decient accessories. If you can bring it too market I,ll check it out... I know I passed on Acer Portfolio case the leather like clips to hold my tablet looked weak as hell. For $39.99 from BestBuy they could kiss my butt on cheap ass crap, I wont be buying it. I a truck driver by trade and I,ve always spent lots of cash on gear for the road that's light, portable & durable. That Xoom I mention earlier, is in the hand of tech savy 8yr old. talk about geek 2.0, which she choose too root before the update. Now she switches themes whenever the mood hits. (Just like a Women) I myself would like to see what could out of the colabiration in the forums. So if there any thing I could do too help let me know...bye for now.
[General Questions and Answers] androidrockz:
I was wondering there is a an LG, HTC, Motoblur chat style apps. They need to be chat style and if you can find a WP7 messaging app I would appriciate. Screenshots please!
[General Questions and Answers] androidrockz:
Bump
[General Questions and Answers] Robbies7897:
Have you tried looking into Handcent, GoSMSPro or Chomp SMS? They are themable and I'm sure you can reproduce the look you want.
[General Questions and Answers] androidrockz:
Since no one posted I went with handcent. It is pretty good and with Go keyboard it's a nice experience.
[General Questions and Answers] amartir5809:
This is a GoSMS theme posted over at wp7android.com. Idk if this fits your needs. I just went and checked thier site and it seems their links are down.

Im not sure if im allowed to posted the apks here or not. I would assume so because anyone could download it before over there before.

The only problem i had with this theme is the "send" from the send button disappears when you're typing so you just have to press in the area it would be
[General Questions and Answers] androidrockz:
Thanks, i like the WP7 messaging look.
[General Questions and Answers] androidrockz:
U can post the apk here. The entire site seems like its down.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
hi,

first, excuse my poor english

then, I have a problem with my dear desire :-(

I have a rooted desire with an oxygen gingerbread rom. I was using it in the subway, as usual (I was looking at some video on youtube), and it freeze, as it sometime happen. I remove the battery to shut it down, replace it, power back and... it didn't restart! It show the white screen with green HTC letters, Vibrates 7 Times, and nothing more!

I can go into Hboot, but then, when I select recovery (to flash a rom), the phone reboot, vibrate 7 times, and that's all.

I have try with and without sdcard and simcard, => exactly the same.

what can I do? thanks for answers
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Bring your back to complete stock. Download stock ruu here:

http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe

Boot your phone into fastboot mode and run the exe. When you get cid error, create goldcard with linux, put this in your desire and flash ruu again:

http://www.nazriawang.com/2010/04/how-to-create-goldcard-with-ubuntu.html
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
thanks, I'm trying it :) I hope it will work
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
I have no cid error, but the following messages:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
I will try it: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15634713&postcount=108
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
I can not flash hboot; someone got an idea?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Post your hardware details from the bootloader please.

Sent from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
Hi,

BRAVO PVTI SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.8.0000

MICROP-031D

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT 0101

RADIO 4.06.00.02_2

MAR 29 2010, 21:34:33
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Was your phone in fastboot when you wanted to flash the hboot?

Sent from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
Hi,

Yes: since I try to install the RUU he always start in fastboot for recuperation (the black screen with HTC write in silver, and four little triangles).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
This is not the fastboot mode. To get your phone into fastboot, you have to start it with pressed back and power button until the white screen with the three androids at the bottom appears, where you can see "FASTBOOT" in red highlighted letters.

Sent from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
Hi,

I have no longer access to the boot loader; but I'm pretty sure that it is in fastboot since when I'm sending an img instead of hboot with fastboot.exe, it succeed to transfer and begin installation (but it fails with the "partition fails error", as the ruu file do)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Why can't you access bootloader/fastboot?

Sent from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kerri007:
because when I boot my phone, pressing vol. down, back, or anything, it always start on the htc black screen. If I unplug the phone, I access to hardware information and below "RUU" is write in orange