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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dezel29:
my wife got a call from sprint last week telling her she had 10 days to reduce her usage or they would cancel her line...she was rooted and using wireless tether...not installed from the market....she uses mp3 rocket on her pc to download music, streams movies via netflix and various other outlets...thats it for her...it was all over 3G data connection...i called sprint to find out wat the deal was and they straight told me the sites and protocols she used...they also told me that yes data is unlimited unless u use it to stream or download things...had them push me up to higher dept manager and i complained that the 3G speed was so slow, .5 dl, and they told me that is perfectly normal and fine, you dont need anything faster to web browse...i am still furious over this...i had her unroot her phone so we wouldnt be canceled...i am still in shock that this happened...they said she was using over 5Gb a month for 3 consecutive months...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxl180:
umm be happy she wasn't charged for tethering
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
The reality is she is the minority of users that carriers lose money on with unlimited. They did studies in the USA and most folks don't even come close to using it all but we get so hung up on having unlimited we pay extra just for the comfort. I am sure sprint has it all in black and white in our contracts so you should feel good that you weren't charged
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingsway8605:
Considering sprint advertisers true unlimited, and they emphasize the true unlimited, I would contact the BBB. Find a link to one of the sprint true unlimited ads and give the link in your report.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norskidamus:
+1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvice19:
Does anyone know if the Samsung Galaxy S II will use a 3.5mm to RCA TV out cable like you could on the original Galaxy S?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manish_ram378:
Hi, tried one of those cable at work (used for the SGS), but didnt worked.

Guess the 3.5mm jack is for audio only. Not sure, just my guess...

A quick google dearch gave me some link, from xda developers site :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1121160

Hope it help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvice19:
ok probably doesn't then, thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3waygeek:
The SGS2 is one of the first devices to implement the MHL standard. Basically, it repurposes the microUSB connector to provide digital HD video/audio output. This output is translated to HDMI through an external adapter, allowing you to view the SGS2's output on currently available TVs.

With the recently available MHL-to-HDMI adapter, you plug a charger into the adapter (the adapter pulls a little power from the charger, sending the rest to the SGS2), the adapter into the SGS2, and run a HDMI cable from the adapter to an external display (HDTV, monitor, etc.).
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] tengtengvn:
I found this nice app called Widgetsoid2.x so I thought I would share.;)

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jim2&hl=en
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Lawliet:
Nice! Could recommend this to my friends.

Extended Controls does this as well (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.extendedcontrols) Bought the app a while ago.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] iRcKenny:
My Widgetsoid2.x has no icon labels in the notification area, how to activate them??
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] philburkhardt:
Thanks for pointing that out. I bought Extended Controls a LONG time ago. Haven't had it installed since my EVO was on 2.2. Installing it on my TF right now :).
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] vipfreak:
d/ling now. Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] iRcKenny:
Solved! Simply changed the base color of labels.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] htc-hd2:
So how did you get them to show in the notification bar?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] vipfreak:
^hide notification icon. Under notifications.

LOVE IT! Even swapped out switch pro on my EVO 3D.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] player911:
Awesome find! Solves the much needed solution for notification toggles! Looks and works awesome.

LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI or CM7.1

Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver/Custom Kernel

www.SnapSiteAdmins.com

www.MiiWiiChat.com
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] LAYGO:
Is there a way to hide the widget from the desktop? It doesn't seem to be as needed with the notification switches.

Also, why the transparent notification icon? If I end up with something to the left of it, will there be a gap?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] tengtengvn:
IDK how you do it but once I selected the option to put the widget to the notification bar, it's no longer on the home screen. Did you create 2 set of widgets?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] player911:
Just create one and hide from desktop and put in notification.

You can also adjust the color highlights which is cool for different themes.

LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI or CM7.1

Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver/Custom Kernel

www.SnapSiteAdmins.com

www.MiiWiiChat.com
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] pda:
Edit..

worked it out..
[Android Themes] fixxxer2008:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1217794

thought id post this here too. once completed this can be ported to any aosp rom.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sp1kez:
On my phone I get 15-20mbps on speak easy speed test

When I use googles android wifi tether or the verizon app I get 1mbps down

What gives? It seems lie the tether app is using 3g instead of 4g

I have tried wifi tether and the hotspot app and both have the same issue

I also searched and others are having the same problems but no solutions posted.

Anyone get wifi tether to use the 4g instead of the 3g? please post how
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fajardoju90:
Yea same here.I've searched the Net looking for an answer but no luck.I even tried flashing different radios but no luck either...

I did that there's a WiFi tether beta but who knows how long before they get it working with 4g, not to mention make it compatible with every phone and network out there.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voxigenboy:
heh. i go to the library often and will occasionally want to play Left 4 Dead online. problem is, the library's wifi is super slow and regularly disconnects.... so i will use pdanet to my laptop. theres no 4g in my area but at least the 3g is stable enough to keep me connected and my ping averages 200 - 300. sometimes itll jump as high as 700(which really sucks) but im at least surprised that the 3g can even do that.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sp1kez:
So nobody has figured out why tethering only uses 3g instead of 4g????
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
Just figured I'd let you know that I let a guy tether his iPhone (just to show him LTE) to my Tbolt recently and he got 12dn/3up using the built-in tethering hotspot in CM7 (he ran the Speedtest.net app on his iPhone).
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
It's not a universal problem. It sounds like a "just you" problem and maybe a few others. LTE works fine for me and I get 1.5-2 Megabytes per second on it with CM7.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Well, it's not "just you". My phone won't USB tether if I have "LTE" radio selected. If I just select EVDO, then it will tether. Running OMGB.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
Not everyone is having the problem. Seems to only be a handful of people.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
I'd say if you're running cm7 and you messed with the radio settings other than just using the toggle for 3g and lte/3g auto, that is why your tethering is not working. Don't mess with those and dont force it to LTE only.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hgray:
Anyone ever figure this out?

I'm running stock rooted Galaxy Nexus and I'm having the same problem. No matter what method I use to tether it seems that the tether switches to the 3g radio after a few seconds of turning it on.

I know this is a TB thread, but I have the same problem so it must not be a TB issue...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Everyone posting is running aosp roms, could that be the issue? On shiftsense i get 10-15 down with pings around 100. I also use the wifi tether fix i posted in the general threads. Ive flashed the newest radios, but never change the settings for lte/cdma.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pabdaddy1995:
I want to add another data point. I can tether to my android device and get about the same speeds I get on the phone. However, when I tether to a windows machine the speed is extremely slow <1mbps u/d. The only way to get better speeds on the PC is to run filterproxy on the phone. It's still about 35-50% of the bandwidth of the phone but a little better. Could this be related to like a MTU size on the PC or something timing out when being routed from the PC through the phone?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
I use Wireless Tether for Root Users on my TB, and I get about 10-15Mbps down, but only around 0.5Mbps upload.
[Atrix 4G General] 1chris89:
I recently did some testing. I encoded 2 of the exact same videos at h264 AVC .mp4 video files. Both at 2,000kbps video bitrate. The hd2 was at 800x480 with a 5:3 pan and scan at 23.97fps. I do realize that the reduced resolution is easier on the hardware but doesn't use much more cpu. I will do another test at a more universal resolution like say 720x480 for both devices to test again. The atrix was at 960x540 with a 16:9 pan and scan at 23.97fps. I then played back both videos on both devices in Vital Player Pro in software decoding. I set the clock to 750Mhz on the atrix and it was unable to playback smoothly. I had to increase to roughly 800Mhz to barely playback smoothly. For flawless playback, I needed 900Mhz+ on the atrix. With the hd2 on the other hand I first set the clock to 576Mhz and it was very choppy. So i increased it until it could playback smoothly. I raised it to 652Mhz and was able to playback flawlessly. I'm losing a lot of respect for the atrix with it not being able to decode without raising the cpu way up. It's a dual core but it's likely the OS and the application can't utilize the additional thread. This however shows that when running on one thread, the HTC HD2's cpu is much more powerful while software decoding video under vital player. I suppose once the roms and kernel's get more perfected, I suppose the Atrix will perform better. The down side is that's not going to happen for some time.

Your thoughts would be highly appreciated.

ATRIX @ EternityProject kernel, android 2.3.4, stock

- Maximum Available frequency @ 1210Mhz

HTC HD2 @ Rafpigna's 2.0, android 2.3.3, stock

- Maximum Available frequency @ 1536Mhz
[Atrix 4G General] jbrussee:
Wrong section..

Sent from my CM7 Atrix+ 4G using the XDA Premium App
[Atrix 4G General] 1chris89:
sure someone cancel and close this thread please. Or just move it to GENERAL.
[Atrix 4G General] Young Cardiac:
Cool story bro
[Atrix 4G General] Pietrona:
HD2 wins

Yeah,

I have an atrix and an HD2 with nexus s rom on it. I found the HD2 better in anyways than the atrix, the hd2 is very very smoot compared to the atrix.........

maybe motorola did not a good job in software optimization.....

I have last official rom
[Atrix 4G General] sauronith:
It requires more power because your running it at a higher resolution...
[Atrix 4G General] hem.acharya:
I have both the phones
[Atrix 4G General] 1chris89:
installed cm7 and eternityproject kernel for 1100mhz. Same result. Couldn't maintain stable playback until 912Mhz. I'll reconvert the video into a universal 720x480 one at a 16:9 pan and scan and the other at a 5:3 pan and scan. I may even do a universal standard video to just compare the two devices.
[Atrix 4G General] diedemus:
you need to take into account the fact that the atrix is also driving a larger screen regardless of the video resolution. this is like comparing an orange to a fork.
[Atrix 4G General] neer2005:
Since when could you run cm7 with kholks kernel?
[Atrix 4G General] nexxusty:
One cannot use Kholk's Kernel and CM7 together. This is correct.

He seems slightly like he is trolling as well.
[Atrix 4G General] TheBassman369:
This comparison really matters because most people under clock their phones when watching videos, amirite?

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[Atrix 4G General] nexxusty:
No no, his point is valid. If the other device can play the same video at 652mhz and our at 912mhz, ours drains more battery while doing the same thing.

He still hasn't actually proven this anyways.
[Atrix 4G General] dLo GSR:
i loled

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[Atrix 4G General] ceo.mtcl:
+1 troll.
[Atrix 4G General] Jonous:
I'd like to point that the player used in op's test is not mentioned. As i posted in the best video player thread, i tried all video players mentioned in there and NONE was able to play correctly 2-3 test videos i tried, except for one, dice player. Plays 720p FLAWLESSLY! No choppiness, no out of sync, nothing. I am realy amazed! Please do try it and report back. It's a paid app, but has a 3day trial version. The player you use makes a huge difference. As if developers don't yet know how to take full advantage of tegra's capabilities in playing videos? Anyway, my new player, DICE!
[Atrix 4G General] diedemus:
Op said he used vital player pro.

Mx video player performs pretty well on everything I've thrown at it so far and its free
[Atrix 4G General] Jonous:
Hmm you're right i missed that, guess too eager to reply. But i insist on testing with dice. Mx is no match trust me plus it pixelizes a bit my videos and ruins the quality.

Wow i just tried vital and it reaaly struggles to keep sync, hopeless to say the least.
[Atrix 4G General] smohk:
well fork the orange and see what kind of pulp you get (maybe a new ROM?)
[Atrix 4G General] 1chris89:
Vital player pro is by far the best player I have used. It plays almost every format. Unlike other players. Anyway, using hardware decode on both devices you can run the bare minimum frequency and run flawlessly. However under software decode it uses raw cpu power and not the gpu ie (adreno on the hd2 and the nvidia tegra 2 on the atrix). I encoded a fresh new movie using AVC h264 mp4 video at a 2,000kbps video bitrate, 720x480 with an auto aspect ratio letterbox at 23.97fps, AAC audio at 48,000khz and 128kbps. I ran the tests of both devices and the results were very interesting! The htc hd2 was able to software decode with no problem at an astounding 537Mhz! Anything lower resulted in terrible audio sync issues and stuttering. I then ran the test on the atrix with very interesting results as well! The atrix was unable to decode stutter free at anything below 912Mhz!!! I suppose it comes down to the cpu not being designed to efficiently decode video in single threaded applications or software decode in general. However in combination with the devastating gpu power, all hell breaks lose and it would blow the doors of an hd2 in a balls to the wall full hardware comparison. However the atrix performs poorly in a single threaded application using software decoding. The hd2 is a beast when it comes to software decoding with it's beastly single thread. Just for your information both devices are able to decode the video in hardware mode at there minimum allowable frequencies perfectly. What I honestly suspect being the culprit is the fact that the kernel has not been perfected and it still highly based off of motoral's kernel with minor modifications. Once a fresh kernel is built from scratch and perfected for at least 6 months of release builds, then we will see the atrix outperforming the hd2 under this type of test. I believe Motorola intended people to rely on hardware decoding which is ideal since the cpu power doesn't really matter.

Hope you guy's like the tests.

Later

Atrix on a honeycomb blur rom w/ faux123 kernel (atrix cm7 rom had no effect on this test)

HD2 on a cm7 rom with rafpigna's 2.0 kernel
[Atrix 4G General] Tinderbox (UK):
I was reading the xoom forum that the Tegra 2 was pretty poor at playing back even hd video, never mind the fullhd i thought it could do.
[Atrix 4G General] Rayan:
Not everybody knows that there is no Android OS that can currently fully support dual core processors.

Ice Cream Sandwitch supposedly will support multi core CPUs. So until then, our beloved Tegra devices are somewhat crippled.

Marketting scheme if you ask me...

Project Et-Al? ... Ha!... Don't get me started!
[Atrix 4G General] Jonous:
You haven't used dice yet that's why. Try downloading and playing a 720p video from YouTube and you'll see how crap it is. I'm playing transformers 3 trailer with vital and getting out of sync video with messed up audio with gaps and ruined image quality.

Not entirely true, the player you're using for the test makes a whole lot of a difference. It must be the one that can get the most out of you phone, which is not the case with Vital.
[Atrix 4G General] Magnetox:
how is it that the atrix playsback 1080p on my 42" tv perfectly well?
[Atrix 4G General] Jonous:
Using which app?
[Atrix 4G General] DSMjrv:
mine too, 1080p is ez breezy
[Atrix 4G General] Magnetox:
Using entertainment center :p
[Atrix 4G General] crnkoj:
Its because you guys play mp4 movies which are hardware decoded
[Atrix 4G General] diedemus:
Its really not, I play all types with software decoding in mx and haven't had a problem with playback yet
[Atrix 4G General] :
Only certain formats can hardware decode. The primary codec being .mp4. Android devices love this format. For your information all the players out there decode hardware and software the same, some however use a different internal decoders for the extended formats in software decode only. It comes down to the formats which matter the most. Each player decodes the same, using the same internal decoder for .mp4. I've ran the test using the same players you guy's have suggested. With the exact same result. Both phones can decode ultra high definition video without a problem under hardware decoding at minimum frequencies, it's when you decode on the cpu is when the clear difference shows. The up side to software decoding is you have software brightness control so you can essentially save battery by turning down the clock and turning down the hardware brightness and turning up the software brightness. I don't think the problem is with android or the application. My money is on the kernel and hardware optimization within the kernel and rom. Motorola rushed the os and kernel for the atrix leaving minimal perfection. The hd2 has been ported to android for a couple years with custom built and optimized to the max operating systems and kernels.
[Atrix 4G General] Jonous:
I'll have to agree about the HD2 though, it is a fascinating piece of equipment, even now. I was once tempted to buy a used one from eBay. Dev's have achieved wonders with this thing, android port even CM, wp7 you name it. Wm realy didnt do it justice.
[Atrix 4G General] dragon_76:
Duh and or hello?

This is exactly expected behaviour.

Single core (or single CPU) machines operate better than multi-core/mutli-cpu machines when running an OS or applications that are not optimised for multiple processors.

The difference is the Atrix is future proofed. ICS is designed from the ground up for multi-core. It makes a big difference. When multi-core is active, you get anywhere from a 50%-80% boost in performance over single core for basically the same power consumption.

Check and see if there are any multi-core aware encoding apps in the market and test that.
[Atrix 4G General] dragon_76:
Just did a search and MX Video Player apparently is multicore and claims a 70% improvement over single core decoding. I could not find a multi-core encoder.
[Atrix 4G General] :
MX player is optimized for multi threading and the tegra 2 specifically. This is exciting!!! Everyone give it a shot! I'll re-run the test using the app. :)

http://sinfulandroid.com/android-po...layer-v1-2a-codecs-1-2a-android-apk-app-4565/
[Atrix 4G General] :
I ran the test on the atrix, not the hd2 yet. The phone was able to barely playback but still relatively acceptable at 608Mhz. However 750Mhz may offer a much more desirable experience. Better than 912Mhz, if you ask me!

Will update with the hd2 results!

later
[Atrix 4G General] edgeicator:
Actually, the Tegra 2 SoC straight up just doesn't support decoding anything other than main profile for H.264. Anything that is high profile decoding, and only up to 4.1 with no prediction @720p, is done via software decoding. This is due to the lack of the NEON core on the Tegra 2 SoC.
[Atrix 4G General] :
I ran the test on the htc hd2. Low and behold 384Mhz No problem at all!

Later
[Atrix 4G General] Jibraldor:
lol. Troll +3 since it clearly states that he did install cm7+ Kholk's Kernel.
[Atrix 4G General] zizux:
So just to get this straight. You didn't do the same tests on both phones and yet you conclude that one is faster?

Atrix is doing ~35% more work based on pixel count. With all things encoding, higher res = more load.

BTW The "this is like comparing an orange to a fork" made me LOL
[Atrix 4G General] edgeicator:
Wrong. It does not do 35% more work simply because it has 35% more pixels. Video decoding does not work this way. In fact, if we're dealing with a video with the same resolution, upscaling the video would probably result in maybe 10-15% more overhead.
[Atrix 4G General] :
video format @ avc h264 mp4, 720x480, auto aspect, letterbox, 2,000kbps video bitrate, cbr, aac @ 128kbps 48,000khz 2 channel.

MX Video Player @ Software (Fast Mode)

Playback results

htc hd2 - cm7 - rafpigna 2.0 oc gb - 384Mhz

motorola atrix - blur 2.3.4 rom - faux123 - 608Mhz

Vital Player Pro

htc hd2 - cm7 - rafpigna 2.0 oc gb - 652Mhz

motorola atrix - blur 2.3.4 rom - faux123 - 912Mhz

cm7 atrix rom or blur 2.3.4 rom with eternityproject kernel or the 1210Mhz kernel had no effect of improving the cpu performance for this test. Results remained constant.

End of test.
[Atrix 4G General] phobos512:
What its this thread a viral marketing campaign for HTC and Dice player? Hey mods shut this nonsense down!
[Atrix 4G General] diedemus:
dice was mentioned in what, 3 posts?
[Atrix 4G General] tuantuti:
what this thread concludes is that our beloved Atrix cannot run fullHD 1080p (or even 720p) .mkv file smoothly :(

With MX Player, i was able to run 720p file with some laggy-ness

but to me, a DVDRip quality is perfectly enjoyable on the phone's screen. What Tegra 2 core can do is how fast it process apps and daily tasks, and i love it for that.
[Atrix 4G General] TheBassman369:
Post a video. Until then, I won't believe any of it.