yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Gen8 General] Lenn:
i dont try it yet, but what problems do you have when you try it?:);)
[Gen8 General] eagleofdeath13:
I tried it, it's SO NICE! the only problem is whith games who need keyboards (like Simon the sorcerer) i haven't found a fix yet for that problem, but Monkey Island works like a charm :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] andrewNY:
I saw Skype updated to 2.1 today. My G2x is getting repaired so I can't try it, but has anyone been able to confirm if video works on this version?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pecata:
No, It doesn't work. They have made it work with the Sensation and other phones release way after our G2X and the G2X is still not supported. What the hell? I am pissed as hell, I want to use it tooo...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] andrewNY:
That's really annoying. Skype is really the only reason I care about having a front-facing camera.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pecata:
I know, Right?! Me too!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] C0dy:
I've read several articles that says it has unofficial support for other devices, but I'm not seeing that option.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pecata:
I've tried all the unofficial builds and none of them work with the G2X. Can someone make it work please! I really need video call on my phone....
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SaHiLzZ:
Would editing the build.prop help? How else would Skype know?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pecata:
No idea, I hope someone can make it work on our phones as well. It seems only the Tegra 2 phones aren't working with it...don't know why
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nucleartoasteroven:
It's making me extremely mad. What video chat for phone-to-desktop actually works with this thing??? And now that Skype claims this will work on all 2.2+ devices, why is it not working on my 2.3.5 gb g2x?? Is it because the Tegra 2 doesn't have Neon support? Well neither does the Sensation's snapdragon... and that's officially supported. Come on, skype...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pecata:
I am using oovoo currently since there is nothing else that works for video chat from phone to desktop.

I am so mad at skype as well. I don't know what the big deal is.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nucleartoasteroven:
I tried Oovoo a short while ago, and had trouble with sideways video or sometimes no video at all. Guess I'll be trying again. And Skype should at the very least quit advertising that this works on practically all froyo+ devices... They need G2x support, and they need it soon. Taking their time has already earned them the low rating they have (or had before this release, fixing for many people) in the market.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Danishswag:
The sensation's hummingbird does actually have Neon. Google sensation, hummingbird, neon, and you should see it. I always worry about posting links to outside of the forum, but it's easy to see.

They do claim it'll only work on 2.2+ devices with neon capabilities... I'm no electrical engineer or dev so I have no idea why both gtalk video and skype need it but they do.

Sadly it means it's not as easy as a build.prop fix. One day... or I'll just get a phone with tegra 3 when that comes along which has neon support haha.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nucleartoasteroven:
Hmm, interesting. I remember reading somewhere on XDA that "Our friends over at the Sensation board are out of luck as well as the Snapdragon doesn't have NEON either."

Oops, sorry, I meant Snapdragon. Haha XD

I wonder if that guy is still right, though. If he is wrong, that explains why Sensation is officially supported while non-NEON t2 is not. But... If he's right, there is no reason why Skype doesn't support t2 and in that case a build.prop change or decompile and removal of the apk's device checks would work.

Got some looking up to do...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nucleartoasteroven:
This may not be correct either, but I think it might be for hardware acceleration/an easier video processing library. I gotta look into that too.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
The Sensation has a Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor, not a Hummingbird.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nucleartoasteroven:
Yep, I corrected myself in my response to Danishswag when I went to look up the quote. Thanks! Now to confirm that Snapdragon doesn't have NEON...?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bakedpatato:
I'm pretty sure Snapdragon doesn't have NEON. Qualcomm licensed the ARMv7 ISA only and not the Cortex-A8 or A9 designs(The Cortex-A8 introduced the NEON core FPU but you seem to know this). The ARMv7 ISA only mandates Thumb and such.

From personal experience of doing video encode from an Android device;FFmpeg, the open source library for video encode/decode is preferred on Android and is very optimized for NEON(TI is one of the main contributors for FFmpeg for ARM and all TI OMAP3 and OMAP4 designs have NEON). I'm guessing the video APIs for Android use FFmpeg so Gtalk and Skype would be reliant on these libraries.

However the Atrix got Gtalk so there probably is some workaround for this...

Back On Topic: I hear vtok(Gtalk) works
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nucleartoasteroven:
Ahh, OK, thanks for the clarification. So Skype has adapted an official certified version for non-NEON processors, meaning there shouldn't be much reason why they still aren't supporting Tegra 2.

That is correct, both apps rely on NEON and that's why previous ports failed. Atrix (T2) did get gtalk, so there is a new attempt underway. Have a look at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1184999

There hasn't been too much progress (at least publicly displayed) or as much as the LG cam port attempt, but it's promising. And now that a version of Skype is availible for a non-neon processor, I'm guessing our wonderful devs will soon attempt to use the new libraries to make a working port. Let's hope for the best :)

I tried this, without much luck... I haven't gotten it to make a video call without force closing yet.

For the record, anyone, I'm running my G2x with CM7 nightly 94. I will be updating to 97 tomorrow; maybe, just maybe, that will change the results with programs I'm describing here, such as oovoo and vtok not working. If it does, I will repost.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bakedpatato:
We don't have source so we don't know how they did it...

:D Yeah I would rather see working gchat than LG cam but I'm happy to help out anywhere.

Fuuuuuu....:mad:

CM 97 has some FFC/cam fixes(looked at changelog) so it might.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
That's some BS. The G2X has been out 2 months longer then the Sensation! -__-
[T-Mobile LG G2x] wmm:
Depends on what you mean by "work," I guess. I installed it last night and tried a session with my Vista desktop system today; it worked great, except that the image from the front-facing camera on the phone was rotated 90 degrees clockwise on the PC monitor (it was fine in the thumbnail on the phone). For the record, I'm using the stock V21e Gingerbread update.

Anything that can be done for that? I filed a support request with Oovoo but haven't heard back from them yet.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jose makalolot:
A lot of Tegra 2 device owners have been complaining why skype doesn't work when Richard Seis of Nvidia shows off his Acer Iconia, with Tegra 2 of course, 720p videocalling using skype during the CES 2011. He even said it is much better than typical computers (pc) because Tegra 2 is better in decoding and encoding videos.

Video is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsX_VQ-bzAs

While on the other hand, Skype says

:confused::(:mad:

Now, who is hiding dirty laundries?:confused:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nucleartoasteroven:
We don't know how they did it but we know they can do it and they did it, so why are they holding back on Tegra?

Saw you on the LG cam thread. Your help is much appreciated, my dev skills are pretty sad compared to yours! :rolleyes:

Also, take a look at the google talk port I pointed you to. Seems it's now working (with some bugs) for some people! Flashing (or pushing via adb if that's what it takes, seems flash process isn't always going smoothly) after nandroid tomorrow if I get the chance

Sadly, Vtok still FC's and no luck with oovoo...

Agreed. Not only that, the Tegra is practically the standard for upper-end android tablets. Why they aren't supporting it is beyond me.

I'm having trouble with oovoo too. On cm 97, after the supposed ffc fix, the ffc thumbnail is still rotated 90deg and video doesn't go through to either side. bfc quality is so bad it's practically all noise in thumbnail, and video doesn't go through.

You know how those idiots over in big corporations can be... :mad: We need a fix for tegra, and NOW. Time to see if the checks can be bypassed without fc.

Skype, please step it up. This is unacceptable, we know you can provide a fix for us. So please do, you're only slowing the slew of negative ratings by only supporting a few more phones.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
That's some BS.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
Don't feel bad can't be used on a mytouch 4g either and that phone is nearing the one year old mark now

G2x with CM7 and faux kernel. NONSENSE!!!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jbdaka6445:
i was using it on my touch 4g just 2 weeks ago
[T-Mobile LG G2x] s10shane:
this is bs.. what kinda hardware do we freaking need to get it working? when crap like that happens it makes me wish i had my sensation 4g back. i cant believe skype is being stupid like that when they clearly have got it working on that youtube video..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mr mystery:
Doesn't Skype work on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tegra 2?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mrbo:
Basically, the Skype app uses ARM NEON instructions to accelerate the video decoding, and the Tegra chipset does not implement NEON. This is what they mean by "do not meet technical requirements." Of course, the Tegra is plenty powerful to encode and decode the video, it's just that Skype a chose a NEON hardware specific method of encoding/decoding the video stream, so in its current form, the app can not possibly work on a Tegra based device. If Skype would use the standard video codec API instead of cooking their own, then the app would work on all devices, but as it stands, we have to wait/hope that they will add support for hardware that doesn't have NEON extensions.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jose makalolot:
Have you seen the video?

Sent from my Calculator with Android.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mrbo:
Yes I have, but that was obviously not a released version of Skype. Most likely something that nVidia cobbled up together with Skype so that they could show it at a trade show. This is a common practice. The fact remains that the app in the market requires NEON, at least that's what Skype says.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nucleartoasteroven:
Agreed. Although I'm not sure that it was Skype that got it working, or rather if Nvidia built their own version with Skypekit, but then why hasn't that code been shared either? It doesn't add up.

I'm not aware of this, but I don't think so. If it did, though, it would be even more outrageous for this still not to be working, it's then the exact same processor.

Yes, I am aware of this. But the HTC Sensation is officially supported, and so far as I know, its dual core processor does not have NEON support either.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] adeptustech:
we all know that Skype will wait for us to do all of work for them then they will

say that they have fixed the problem for all of us. when in truth we are the ones that really found the fix.

that is how the world goes around. welcome to the work of devs.
[Thrive General] Cotys:
I have GPS with maps and aviation software with maps, but on the Thrive or Honeycomb I cant use the SD Card to store these?

So the SD card is basically like an external device? Man, I miss Gingerbread already....

If that's the case, I should have "bought big", really big, on internal memory!
[Thrive General] Brerlappyn:
The Thrive allocates part of its internal memory as an SD Card. you should be able to store your maps on an external SD and it will be included in the internal allocation. If you use a file explorer (other than the stock file manager) you can see where the system places the external SD: /sdcard/sdcard-disk0 is your external card (if you plug ion a usb drive, you will see a /sdcard/usb-disk0 folder). You may be able to direct your GPS app to the storage location.
[Thrive General] Cotys:
OK, I do see it and can access it using Astro. Looks like the maps do not offer an option for storage location.

That's good to know for the future.

Is it true that HoneyComb does not allow you to move apps to SD?
[Thrive General] Cotys:
Hey, thanks for the tip. I just changed my backup to use the external card. Thanks!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] hellmonger:
Hey guais!

Any ideas on how to get the Status bar background transperant?

EDIT

The background image of the status menu not the bar it's self

i tried modifying framework-res.apk and add the status_bar_background.png from CM7 <Black edition> but i get a dithered image...

Any help would be appreciated.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] Woody:
Droidpirate has a few on that site that are transparent. I think they have both balck and grey transparent. If I can get to a PC later on tonight, I have them both and can upload.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] hellmonger:
Thanks man, but i have never been able tyo get most of that stuff on droid pirate working...
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] sileshnair:
http://droidpirate.com/?s=transparent+statusbar+metamorph
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] hellmonger:
wow! sileshn !!!

I've seen your work.... you're good!!!

Thank you for answering my post i feel honored.

I'm sorry i want to make the background of the status bar menu transparent, not the status bar it;s self

Sorry for the mix up i should have expressed my self better...
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] 3rdstring:
I've tried a few times but never had any luck.

7. Transparent background Notification Drawer

I only tested this only for a pure AOSP-ROM (Oxygen).

CyanogenMod based based already have this patch integrated.

It may work for Sense Roms. Feel free to test it and report your experience.

Files that have to be edited:

/system/framework/services.jar

Tools you need to do the job:

smali/baksmali

text editor of your choice

zip tool of your choice (WinRAR, 7zip, WinZIP, ...)

What you have to do:

Extract the services.jar from your phone/rom file to the same directory as your smali/baksmali jar files.

Extract the classes.dex out of the services.jar using a zip tool of your choice. Only extract it. Do not extract the whole file

Decompile classes.dex: java -jar baksmali.jar -o classout/ classes.dex

That will create a directory classout where your decompiled files are stored

move to the directory classout/com/android/server/status . There you will find a lot of .smali files

Open StatusBarService.smali in the text editor of your choice

Search for the text const/4 v5, 0x2 (there should be only one)

Change this to: const/4 v5, -0x3.

Save the file and move back to your directory, where you have saved the classes.dex

Rename it for having a backup file

Run this command: java -Xmx512M -jar smali.jar classout/ -o classes.dex

Replace the classes.dex INSIDE your services.jar with your newly created classed.dex

Push the new services.jar to your phone (/system/framework/) and reboot.

Don't get panic, this reboot can take several minutes..
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] B_e_n:
In the new sileshn theme (twisted inception) there is a background of the status bar menu transparent (you can see it here)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] jasonb1108:
I just went to J&R in Manhattan and found out while shopping for SD cards that they sell Samsung cases for the tab. Got the book case it looks awesome
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] spyz88:
If you have it stood up, does it stand the correct way to watch Netflix? Reason I ask is because it would raise it up backwards and the screen would be upside down. (Netflix doesn't auto rotate properly)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] Raistlin1:
I walk by J&R everyday, I may have to take a trip inside to check it out.

Did you notice if they have the USB and/or SD 30-pin adapters in stock?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] b00sted:
i use the modded netflix w/ the rotation patch ;)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] Raistlin1:
Nice, link to download that modded file?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] jasonb1108:
I asked about the sd card adapter and they said they dont have it in stock
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] spyz88:
Me 2 please :D

+1

10char
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] ericyyou:
the official case is so nice except the whole upside down thing...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] Raistlin1:
Went for a quick walk to J&R after lunch today and they out of that case already!!! :mad:

I just wanted to actually see it in action in person!! Bollocks
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] njfoses:
Here you go, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178425&highlight=netflix
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] Raistlin1:
thanks njfoses!

Works great so far, will be good if I get the samsung case that had the upside down problem.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] kitts:
The case I got from provantage stands up correctly.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] Raistlin1:
I thought all of the samsung cases caused tab to be upside down in one of the positions?

at least that is what many are saying in the thread dedicated to that case.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] dinan:
It will be upside down in the typing position with the samsung book case I have. I've heard there's new ones which are the other way... which will make the tablet upside down when in the multimedia viewing position.

I have the original version and like it a lot. All of the other non-samsung cases just look cheezy.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] kitts:
Like dinan said above, there are two versions of the case.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] jasonb1108:
Two versions of case how do you order different versions
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] kitts:
Here is the part number for the one which stands correctly: EFC-1B1NBECXAR

Provantage Link
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] akarol:
What do you mean by "correctly". Upside-down on typing mode or viewing mode?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] kitts:
Upside down on on typing mode, and power buton and headphone jack on top on multimedia mode.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] akarol:
That's exactly the same layout as the other 3 model numbers floating around. Meaning that there is ONLY ONE version of this case. The version you mentioned.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] kitts:
There is one version of the case with camera hole near the folding edge. This will make the tab to stand up correct orientation for netflix and so.

There is another version of the case with camera far side of the folding edge. This will make the tab to stand up in upside down position while in multimedia mode. This will require you to have the netflix with orientation fix cab.

I hope this clears, and there are some youtube videos on this too.. check it out.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] akarol:
Those switched cases were preproduction units and never reached the public. If you know where I can find one like that, let me know. I'll pay 80 bucks for it if I have to.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G.
[Captivate Android Development] illwafer:
My friend finally got the courage to install a rom on his ATT Captivate, however this late in the game a lot of the instructions have changed and/or are outdated. It took me a few hours of hunting everything down, so I figured I would post up a combined instruction list. I won’t be able to support it since this isn’t my phone, but hopefully it can help a few people. Credit to everyone who created the original instructions.

Why do you need these instructions? After the Froyo update, your recovery changed to 3e and requires signed packages to install. This means you can't flash a recovery and therefore can't flash any roms.

On your computer:

1.	Download/install USB drivers. Enable USB debugging on phone.

Windows 64bit: http://www.mediafire.com/?3dh4d6up72me9re

Windows 32bit: http://www.mediafire.com/?0b45zo7o75rc5d5

2.	Download/install Android SDK. There is a separate download for adb you will need: “The adb tool has moved to platform-tools/If you don't see this directory in your SDK,launch the SDK and AVD Manager (execute the android tool) and install "Android SDK Platform-tools"

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

3.	Download/run SuperOneClick (I used 1.65, but hopefully the new one works too). You may have to turn off your AV software because it sees a virus Exploit.Linux.Lotoor.g.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

4.	Connect your phone to your computer. In SuperOneClick, click the Root button. It won’t give you root until you reboot. Reboot and disconnect your phone from the computer.

On your phone:

5.	Download Titanium Backup. Back up your apps (optional).

6.	Download ES File Explorer.

7.	Download Clockwork Recovery Manager (Rom Manager).

8.	On your computer, download 3e_recovery_no_sig_check.zip from: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10517130&postcount=1.

9.	Reconnect phone. Extract the file “recovery” from the above zip, mount your phone’s sdcard and copy it to your sdcard (internal storage).

10.	Unmount your phone's sdcard. Go back to SuperOneClick. Click Shell Root button.

11.	Go to adb directory (platform-tools) in command prompt. Type “adb shell”. Then type “mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl9 /system” hit enter.Then type “chmod 777 /system/bin/recovery” hit enter.

12.	One your phone, open up ES File Explorer. Find the “recovery” file and copy it. Go to ES File Explorer settings and show hidden files and change your home directory to “\” from “\sdcard\”. Go to directory “/system/bin” and paste in the new recovery, overwriting the other file. Close program.

13.	Go to “Rom Manager” (Clockwork Recovery) on the phone, and click the first item to flash CWM to phone. Then click the 2nd option to reboot into recovery.

14.	When phone reboots, select “reinstall packages”. It will probably reboot super fast and the install didn’t work, so do it again. On the second time, it should install CWM and you should be staring at CWM.

From there, you are a good to go.
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
U know u can take the zip(maybe not the zip u posted)and put it on the root of ur SD card, rename it update.zip and it will work, way easier dude.
[Captivate Android Development] RichMD:
3e recovery will not allow unsigned zips so unless I am missing something you can't just place update.zip on the phone. That worked for 2e recovery which allowed unsigned zips.
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
Yahh, it replaces the stock recovery(3e) with a moded 3e recovery, then just flash CWM. I did it multiple times
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
Oh? So it has been signed by Samsung?

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
Look, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=909213 flash tht, it has no signiture verification. Dont argue what u dont know
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
comment removed. im done dealing with jackholes
[Captivate Android Development] illwafer:
bro, u can't "flash" it in the recovery since it isn't signed. your link (which is the same thing i linked above!) has steps that assist, but don't get you 100% of the way there.

this guide is for people not entirely familiar with linux commands (i'm not) and compiles all the steps necessary. it's not just "flash" this update.zip, because that isn't going to help anyone.

edit: oh, and you also need root+shell root to even get the recovery onto the phone.
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
Name it update.zip and select reinstall packages and reboot, then flash CWM with rom manager, it will work, sorry if u dont take good advice!
[Captivate Android Development] ou812bkewl:
If you follow this on 2.2 stock (from kies), you will only get a failed sig error. If it worked for you, then you weren't on secure 3e recovery in the first place or you were on 2e. Anyone on froyo 2.2 that updated to it using kies should not even try the renaming trick. It was only for 2e.
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
Well i was, cuz i had to change modems tht u flash in CWM and this trick worked for me.