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[G2 and Desire Z General] jinxman:
picasa web albums sync is doing "force close" frequently after the update. i don't notice much speed/performance change, if any. lets see whether there are any more pleasant or unpleasant changes.

anyway, happy that the update has come at last. its been a long wait, specially amongst the germans around me who already had the update for weeks
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kid_droid:
After a morning of playing around with adb trying to root and failed so many times...i can confirm im downloading the 2.3.3 GB update for the UK unbranded desire z...im gonna have to do with stock for now..till they find easier holes in this..lol..
[G2 and Desire Z General] Poshfc:
I haven't had any problems with the Picasa web album force closing, that's one thing I've found to be quite useful.

Hopefully you'll find more pleasant than unpleasant from now on!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tankslappa:
UK OTA Desire Z

Yup, shows up for me too, also unbranded (orange sim) Desire Z.

I haven't done it yet, waiting to see if phone is still unlockable afterwards, but I did grab the URL from the logs and shared it in another thread if anyone wants to actually OTA zip file to play with.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cartman09:
Just reinstall the picasa web albums plugin, helped me and others in the other GB update thread..
[G2 and Desire Z General] lombardo8:
What was all the hype about? Juts updated mine and apart from a few visual chnages, there isnt much to the update! maybe its a little bit snappier but there is almost no improvement from Froyo. So what was the big deal all the cry babies were crying for?
[G2 and Desire Z General] whitepandaaa:
has anyone managed to play around and root the phone??
[G2 and Desire Z General] jinxman:
helped, thanks. i had just stopped the sync to get rid of the annoyances, but uninstalling will not tempt me to use it again. in fact, dont think i need it that much, so i will install when i really need it.

otherwise i am waiting to find out if the 2 major bugs have been fixed:

phone going off once in a while and only turning back on again when battery is removed and reinserted

text messages completely disappearing every now and then
[G2 and Desire Z General] gascanieto:
Phone has done the going off twice since update on 1 August 2011.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Shambolicuk:
I have the option to upgrade but ur puttin me off a little with this phone turnin off issue lol

Sent from my Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] lombardo8:
Noticed so far:

Battery is much imropved. Been on one charge for almost 30 hours now and still got four bars. This never happened on 2.2.1.

My pictures havent disapperared in gallery (yet)

Phone hasnt gone dead and required a battery pull (yet)

Funny sound when flicking between weather in diferent cities

Snappier
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragan985:
I live in area with low GSM signal but I noticed that my X8 has very bad reception comparing to my old k750i.

k750i has 5/5 bars most of the time but on x8 I have 1 or 2 bars (max is 4).

The strange thing is that X8 gets 4 bars if I make or receive a call or just check my credit (ussd code) but it's only temporarely. After few mins it lose signal again.

What do You guys think: Is it normal behaviour?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatthewWu:
Maybe you use WCDMA signal (i had it with 1 or 2) or signal is low on your place..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragan985:
I checked use only 2g so it's not wcdma.

I just don't understund why I have much better signal reception in calls than in standby mode. :confused:

Sometimes it cause that I can't be reached because of low signal in standby mode.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcticmedia:
Hi xda members

Since I didn't get a reply in issue's in GB thread I will make one my own.

it happens to be that my battery life has greatly discreased with the GB update.

Let me tell you what I did

I had a rooted FW of 2.1 because I have read that the update doesn't update with CFW i repaired trough SEUS to stock. I wiped all caches + battery stats and updated this friday to 2.3.3

Now I think my battery still needs time to calibrate again since I wiped stats but here is the strange part.

whenever the phone is on idle the phone only uses about 34mA ( using battery monitor widget ) which is as before noting big . But whenever I go to youtube/ watch mp4 vids it skyrockets to 900mA!? This makes my battery last for 2 hours. The brightness is at it's lowest though and still it consumes so much. before my mA was around 300mA with that kind of usage now it's freaking 900mA !?

Should I relfash wait for the battery to be calibrated again ?

Thanks for you time
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcticmedia:
bump no one !?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julio_ton:
I think this problem is due to original sonyericsson kernel in 2.3.3 that causes the problems, and I think it can be fix it with custom kernel, because the processor is always operating at 998Mhz and 245Mhz little.

look it in cpuspy ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcticmedia:
Yup downloaded cpuspy and indeed it's always clocked at max speed even when just browsing and stuff going to look to root this device and underclock thanks for the input ! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hexaloner:
Has this issue been fixed somehow, or addressed? Is it even possible? I'm on WB TW 2.3.3, lovin' it, but battery running down crazy when screen is on. CPUspy does show, though, that when in an application (e.g. Drag Race), the middle CPU frequencies are indeed used.... At the moment I have

1h34 @ 998MHz,

8min @ 768MHz,

6min @ 576MHz,

2min @ 384MHz,

12min @ 245MHz,

30min deep sleep.

So they are not inaccessible... any ideas on how we can get back to normal battery use? CPU profiles etc. of any use?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcticmedia:
I am on wolfs rom aswell and calibrating battery as we speak I hope it works

I will keep you posted! Going to stress my x10 for a while and see how the battery goes and post some screenhots when done.

I hope I can fix this with wolfs rom and by underclocking some :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcticmedia:
ok seems I can get more battery life out of this old sucker :D

but whenever screen is on it still goes pretty down fast :mad:

even on a low brightness I think it's kernel related
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acerulz:
do one thing .... charge ur phone to 100% and then reboot in xrec and wipe ur battery stats...then unplug ur charger , remove battery and plug in ur charger and wait 5 seconds, put ur battery and turn on see if the battery is below 5 % ..if its then do full charge until 100%..after that check ur battery how it works ..

i did this thing 2 hrs back my battery ran in 100% for more than and hour with 50% brightness !!

hope it works for u too

Thank me if it worked for u!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadsnobest:
I'm afraid you may still have problems with battery time. I had the same prob. and got the free market app "set cpu", battery time doubled as soon as I set up the app.

Install the app and on the main page set the scaling to "ondemand", then click "set on boot". Set sliders to 245 min. 998 max.

hope this works for you as it did for me.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcticmedia:
Ok thank you going to test that out mate ! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcticmedia:
sorry double posted thought I didn't post
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsrailfan:
Installing SetCPU didnt help me out...battery life still dismal as before.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadsnobest:
Have you tried battery calibration app, free the market? It helped me also.

I forgot to mention this in my first post. Also, what update to wolfs rom are you using
[HTC Sensation] htcsensation:
i have restore to Virtuous Sensation but to many app crashing,

facebook, gmail and so and so...

anyone had same problem? any suggestion for fix
[Desire General] qwertyuiop89:
HI, I have a Sense3.0 ROM, but I can't ever seem to answer a call in time!

I find it really difficult to move the green answer call button to the ring successfully. I want to keep the lock screen, but would prefer an alternative way to answer the call - any suggestions?
[Desire General] bridgstfer:
+1 TOTALLY AGREE - i keep missing calls!
[Desire General] killerofsniper:
Working fine for me...

Running Insertcoin 1.0.9 !

I don't think you can't get an alternative, unless you modify yourself your rom !
[Desire General] killerofsniper:
You can try to revert to sense 2.1 or 1.9 and then apply this :

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sense-3-0-lockscreen-for-any-phone/
[Desire General] sudkcoce:
Just drag the ring upwards. Same gesture as unlocking your phone.

You don't have to bother dragging the answer key ...
[Desire General] Sinbad_NI:
I had the same issue, ended up ditching it and running CM7.

Could never seem to work unless I was really quick, felt like the phone couldn't cope with the unlock, was always really slow to answer.

CM7 sorted that problem right out at the expense of the sense camera :-(
[Desire General] bridgstfer:
Same here this issue caused me to move to CM7 but i missed Sense so much I am now back running IC 1.0.9

This problem is abit hit and miss as sometimes it works like a beaut. I also found workaround where pressing the trackpad can snooze the alarm etc.

I know you can flash back to the old Sense 2.1 lockscreen but i really like being able to shortcut into 4 different apps as well as the on screen text message dialog and stuff.

I find having a plain lockscreen (ie not weather/animation) helps with the unlock lag too
[Desire General] Sinbad_NI:
Ended up with XJ MIUI, even prettier than sense imho, and many lockscreen options
[LG Optimus 2x] asathor25:
please anyone can help~?!

i was using the Fr19 rom and forced upgraded the o2x to the latest v10e stock rom. done and restarted the o2x, it doesn't boot into system but repeatedly restart and looping in the lg screen.

i think it is because fr19 was using ext4 and i didn't change back to ext3 before force upgrade.

how can i install the cwm recovery without booting into system or switching back to fr19 to boot it up?

thanks a lot~!!!

i reinstalled the new rom and it works.. thanks.
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
If you boot into the stock recovery it will wipe /data, and I imagine that has no support for EXT4 and will put it back to EXT3, like unmodified CWM does.
[LG Optimus 2x] asathor25:
i tried again to force upgrade and it worked again...

thanks a lot~!
[LG Optimus 2x] Jakkelomme:
And now my 2X won't boot. It freezes at the LG startup-screen. I've probably overlooked something, not checked for the right baseband or not updated something else - AND I've been dumb enough only to back up my setup - not my OS.

Is there any way to get out of this? I had FR8 before...

Thanks.
[LG Optimus 2x] sezerx:
Backtoext3 or just flash your old rom over this
[LG Optimus 2x] Jakkelomme:
That did it, thanks. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Robdunc:
So, what is all the hype over the iphone about?

Apart from the app store and the retina display, what does it have over say an orange san francisco/ZTE Blade

Perhaps i am missing something but to me it seems more like a fashion accessory than a phone :confused:

Anyway, hopefully someone can clear this up for me

Thanks

RDS
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
In before the flame war.
[General Questions and Answers] Robdunc:
Lol i dont mean offence to anyone, this is an honest question :D

RDS
[General Questions and Answers] Alexander243:
I don't think the iphone is like a magical device from outer space, the problem is that there is no real competitor when it comes to user experience. So all the hype is mostly pointed toward the iphone since the other phones fail.

Ex iPhone: Your neighbor downloads an app, he recommends it to you. You download it and the app runs flawlessly on your phone and you really enjoyed it.

Ex Android: Your neighbor downloads an app, he recommends it to you. You download it and the app freezes your phone and you have to reboot every time you try to run the app and you get really frustrated.

I own an android phone and I enjoyed it, but I've been through the waters of android fragmentation and is not a good experience! My next phone is a WP7.

What I'm trying to say is that I think all the hype is because of the excellent user experience on the iPhone.
[General Questions and Answers] Robdunc:
i suppose this makes sense as with iOS, everything works straight out of the box whereas that is not really possible with Android as it is designed to work with so many different devices rather than the three aplle ones which are very similar anyway

Thanks

RDS
[General Questions and Answers] Amadeus01:
I believe its just a Hype.

Dont think they are better or wors than a regulair smartphone.
[General Questions and Answers] sweetnsour:
i guess this is where ice cream sandwich comes in. in the words of gizmodo:

The next Android phone version Ice Cream Sandwich has one clear motive: to put a stop to having dozens (ok, under ten) different versions of Android on devices. Yes, fragmentation. Not just for phones, it's Google's "most ambitious" update yet.
[General Questions and Answers] Alexander243:
I really hope Ice Cream Sandwich puts a stop to fragmentation, but until now I stick to the present.

I can't wait to see how Ice Cream Sandwich will do in the market. Hopefully it will be the one OS to rule them all (Android Phones)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben cole:
I ask the question because last week I finally got sick of waiting for Samsung to release Gingerbread for the GT in the UK and followed the instructions to install it myself.

I was gald I did it but a couple of days ago Samsung obviously released it officially.

Are there any differences or any reasons why I should go to the UK official release?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JojoSFO:
+1
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rangercaptain:
What number is the UK rom? JQ1 is Italian, JP4 is Spain.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icanfly77:
Hi all,

Excuse the noobness but trying to get my head straight before I dive into rooting and flashing custom ROMS

I currently have a Telstra Australia S2 on kernel DVKF4. My aim is to root and flash Litening ROM

I think to flash Litening ROM I do not have to Root I can just go ahead and flash it however I would like to take a backup of my current firmware first, if I go ahead an install Litening my original Telstra will be gone and wont be able to back it up now?

If I understand this correctly I first need to root and I need to flash an insecure ROM. Now currently the DVKF4 insecure ROM hasnt been uploaded yet... Can I use any old kernel to get root access?

I know if I do this I will get the yellow warning label but will this even matter since after I gain root I am going to flash litening anyway so that will replace the kernel anyway with the litening one and I will not get the yellow warning. Correct?

Anyhoo I wanted to backup current Telstra firmware in case I need to flash it back for warranty. Also I would have to unroot it. So in order to do this I would firstly restore the backup made which would flash back the original telstra ROM but the phone will still be rooted?

Since I made the backup with the 'any old' kernel to get root does that when I restore I am going to have that kernel still on phone and giving me yellow warning?

OK so I would have to flash back the correct DVKF4 kernel to get rid of it again. So I would have to flash back the original (secure) kernel to get rid of this and user superoneclick to unroot and then its back to its original state? (besides the download counter of unsigned ROMS which can be reset with jig)

Also does the yellow warning come up even if you use an insecure kernel which is the same version your firmware needs?

I thought it's the kernel which gives the root access but it's not is it? It just allows superoneclick to install the superuser files etc?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
As was pointed out above by JJEgan, either wait for the Telstra carrier branded firmware to hit this thread.

Or you can try the root/unroot method as described here. Good luck
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icanfly77:
yeah thanks I get that part it's just that he mentioned if I want back a backup of an unrooted rom I need to make the backup while unrooted but I did not think this was possible since you need to root first before being able to backup?

Just after some clarification about that.. Thanks
[Galaxy 3 General] MrComputerRevo:
So I want Stock Android feel on Galaxy 3. I set froyo launcher theme on LauncherPro but now I want stock status bar. Is there any for G3? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy 3 General] ka'cipeder:
there is no froyo, but there is gingerbread theme, IMO it looks much better then froyo
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnShade123:
Every time i charge my phone overnight the battery only reaches 50-60% and it gets extremely hot and the only i fixed it was to flash it back to stock 2.1. Any way to prevent this cause i want to stay on gingerbread.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pppn:
This is my problem too
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frosty666:
If you installed via xRecovery, did you wipe battery stats?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnShade123:
Yeah i made sure to wipe battery stats. i guess ill start over from stock 2.1
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pppn:
if someone solve this problem pls write here

thanx
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnar_k:
Hi I think you should calibrate your battery with this app https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&feature=search_result
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mayazcherquoi:
You need to reach 100% charge first...
[Xperia Play Android Development] captain67:
I'm requesting a Rogers 2.3.2 FTF file to use with the flashtool.

There was a 2.3.3 update one posted already, but there are none for the original.

Basically, my phone was screwed, factory reset didn't work, only thing that fixed it was flashing the ftf for 2.3.3, but now I'm stuck with no root. I do use the Rogers apps, and the UK generic obviously doesn't have them.

I'm hoping someone with the required knowledge could make a 2.3.2 for those of us who want to root first, then update with OTA, with the Rogers software included. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to have 2.3.3 with root, and not be stuck using the UK generic.

If someone knows how to get the Rogers apps (like the "My Account" one) working in the UK generic, then I'll try that instead.

Much thanks in advance.

EDIT: Screwed up on the thread name and forgot to write what the request was. I apologize for that.

UPDATE: Turns out the Rogers apps are downloadable in the Android market. Would still like the official version though.
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
can u unlock bootloader on Rogers branded phones?

if yes then u can use the prerooted kernel i have posted here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1176502
[Xperia Play Android Development] sdlaurin:
Rogers phones are locked. We are hoping for a method to unlock our bootloaders
[HTC Sensation] B-Man2005:
Hi,

i tried adfree the first time now on my sensation (rooted) and it doesnt seem to work .

i tried tank hero and there are still ads in upper corner. did i do some wrong ??

adfree obtained root at start !!

mmhh ??!?!

thanks
[HTC Sensation] 7even1982:
Install Adaway from the Market, works fine here :)

You need Busybox too, if you dont have it yet, its also on the Market.
[HTC Sensation] schoei1:
Does Adaway work for Angry Birds?
[HTC Sensation] B-Man2005:
oh ... i thing busybox is the problem ... ill try ..
[HTC Sensation] 7even1982:
Yes Angry Birds and Rio is Adfree now :)
[HTC Sensation] abuserkadayf:
or you can install an adfree rom :)
[HTC Sensation] galaxys:
That's the best solution!
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
Neither work for me. I am S-OFF and perm rooted.

Matt
[HTC Sensation] nxt:
S-Off, Perm Root, SuperUser updated, BusyBox latest version.

AdFree still doesn't work for me, Angry Birds and other apps still show admob ads.
[HTC Sensation] redwoodflyer:
Check out the recent reviews for Adfree..they did something really shady to the app by switching to a yet-unusable payware model, but in the interim, the app forces you to update to a new version, which basically leaves your hosts file untouched.

I've attached an adfree hosts file from another rom, that I've using successfully on my N1, a MT4G, and on a Sensation.

To use it:

Download the attached hosts.zip

Open Root Explorer

Extract the hosts.zip file

Copy the extracted hosts file

Navigate to \system\etc

Mount the folder as R/W

Delete the existing hosts file

Paste the copied hosts file into the etc directory

Mount the folder back as R/O

After a restart, you should be in good shape!
[HTC Sensation] wallah:
Thank you, i tried Adaway and work fine for me!!! :D
[HTC Sensation] nxt:
Adaway worked for me, but in the Android Market version of regular Angry Birds, ads still show up. Maybe Roxio is just smarter and doing something else for ads.
[HTC Sensation] 7even1982:
Hmm thats the only Version of Angry Birds i dont have, cause the rights of this App is a brashness. There are no Ads in AB Seasons and Rio and also in other Apps like Astro or Grindr.
[LG Optimus 3D] cinemano:
Hello, I fell in love with the Optimus 3D but i chose the Galaxy S2 because of reviews, and afraid the LG would be hard to resell at a good price when the Galaxy 3D comes out..

Now my fears with the LG 3D was the battery life and the video quality.. 3D 720p is actually 640 lines across (split screen 1280) so its technically just regular SD video. But i just love that 3D screen, however i dont feel like carrying 2/3 batteries in my pocket to use it all day.. But i still have 14 days to return the Galaxy S2 and get the Optimus 3D, please anyone out there can give me personal reviews of owning that phone? Any disapointment with low light, videos, photos, weight or bulk?

Does someone have a Optimus 2D 1080p video on youtube AFTER the v10b update for me to see how the HD looks after the rom? Thanks
[LG Optimus 3D] cinemano:
noone yet has any opinion on the optimus 3d ownership experience ? has the galaxt s2 made you hesitate too?
[LG Optimus 3D] Jabbypants:
I had a GS2 for about 3 months and picked up a O3D, have sold the GS2 as I could see no real drawbacks keeping the O3D over the GS2, it may have a better camera for 2D stills and can do slightly better 1080p video but is missing one key thing it can't take pictures or record video in 3D, so the choice was simple for me, I can do everything I did on the GS2 on this but have the bonus of 3D.

It all depends what you think of the 3D side of a phone, if its important to you then there is no reason to not get one, personally I couldn't go back to watching 2d things on the GS2 and recording videos/photos in 2d.

I am very happy with the phone all that lets it down is the battery life but am sure when Gingerbread comes out that will get addressed a bit as we all know Forya wasn't very good with power management and battery life.
[LG Optimus 3D] mmace:
I sold the SII to buy the O3D

no regrets

one downside is that in 3D mode you cannot use the LED "flash". anything indoors after 5PM looks awful as the gain is too high.

Looks fine on the screen, but if I put on my 3DTV or get the photos printed in 3D then it looks bad!