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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Pavel M:
hello friends,

I'm newbie here and I can help you with adding russian support into your applications. of course, it's free for you, but you can also donate me if you like my work (it's not necessary). btw, I have already translated a lot of applications, for example: Battery Booster, Memory Booster, DailyYoga for Toining Abs, SMS Backup & Restore etc. all that you need to do is to contact with me via PM or e-mail and give me source files (.xml or .xls).

regards,

pavel
[General Questions and Answers] lylerry:
Hello everyone, Now, I've just gotten into the Android game. I have a HTC Desire, but I want more (no surprise, :) )

Normally, I'd post such a question at my favorite forum, but unfortunately, it is down, and I was hoping you guys here could help out.

It's a 7" android 2.3 tablet from a China site: SpeMall.com.

1) It's cheap. Half the price of branded tablets

2) People say that it can out-perform the iPad in certain areas.

3) The size seems to be just about right, a good compromise between portability and legibility

Now, I don't really need all the features that other tablets have, namely the 3g/4g wireless connectivity. I was just looking to use this at home, or at my grandparent's place (Where the computers there are absolutely ancient!) just for web browsing, facebooking, and the occasional game of Angry Birds.

Now, to the question. How does this stand up to other tablets of today? (Examples would be iPad, maybe iPad 2, XOOM, Galaxy Tab (7 inch and 10 inch)

I know that this tablet can be overclocked to 1.3 ghz and more which puts it to the same clock speed as most of today's tablets, except for they have dual core processors. How much of a difference would it make? Also, It can play a lot of high end android games when overclocked (Tegra 2 games?). However, I'm sure all the rooting and overclocking is bound to kill the battery. The original battery is said to last 8 hours with WiFi off. If Overclocked, and with WiFi, can I expect to have 5-6 hours of constant usage? Also, assuming it does last about 5 hours overclocked, I know that there are some kernels that allow for the tablet to be a USB Host, meaning keyboard, camera, and (maybe) mouse support. But such devices require power to be used, so can I expect 3-4 hours?

Thanks for your time to read this long writing, If anybody with a mid-high end android tablet can give some suggestions would be great, tanks a lot!
[General Questions and Answers] Kiboe:
i wouldn't buy anything off a chinese site TBH, bad experiences in the past.

2.3 tablets? hmm, most on the market are running 3.1 and higher (honeycomb)

so, i can't REALLY say much. bigger question, why would you want a Gingerbread tablet? when honeycomb has been out for almost a year now.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimsonconcepts:
I recently updated my rooted Eris running nonSensical ROM to the laest version of the Market and now when I search for any applications (games or apps) I get no results found.

If i search for books or movies I do get results. Any ideas on how to fix this?

I have tried clearing cache, clearing data, and even doing an uninstall on updates to the Market app.

The uninstall does take it back to e previous version, but no results found still. Then after restarting the Market, it auto updates to the latest version again.

Am i going to need to reload the ROM to get the market going again?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PillClinton:
Try the procedure from this post here. This cleared up the market issues I was having. Also, it may be my imagination, but after doing this, things seem to load a bit faster in the market for me. Just a thought!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxeli:
this is not for noobs though ... i have no freakin idea what file to put where and what to do? i just downloaded stock FW and kernel, flashed it via odin on my samsung galaxy s2, and after the flashing my market just don't respond. i can't find facebook, gmail, google+, zedge, nothing. it's just as if my account has been banned... i only get some homebrewed apps shown when i search for proper apps. and since my phone is not rooted, i believe i don't have the premission to move any system files ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouisJB:
Google is planning to buy Motorola.

Do you think this is good or bad news for Samsung and the S2?

See:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14530543
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddiedk:
I think it's great news. By bying Motorola with all it's patents, Google is able to countersue Microsoft, which wants a licence for every sold HTC and latest Samsung phones with Android. Google can then demand a licence for every sold Microsoft phone, or demand that Microsoft removes the licenceagreement for HTC, and stops the case against Samsung. So Google is in a better position, to defend it's licencees now, which they have promised.

So... bad news for Nokia and Microsoft, but great news for Android in generel.

Sent from my korean dual-core beast
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouisJB:
But do you think that Samsung and HTC will become third class citizens with only Motorola having access to the latest leading edge software?

After all Google/Motorola will become competitors to Samsung!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddiedk:
No, i don't. And my reason is that Google live of commercials delivered through their products. By reducing the rest of their licencees, they risk to push them to the competitors, which in this case first and foremost is Windows Phone 7 - if that happens, they have no income. So Google should be interested in pushing as much licences as possible, and by betting only on Motorola would be a serious risk.

By placing it all on one horse, Google WILL loose money, as they don't sell as much advertisingspaces.

Furthermore Android will face a serious competition, when Nokia starts selling Windows phones. Nokia IS the worlds biggest phonepusher, but not yet on smartphones. Again a reason not to reduce the licencees, as they produce very capable phones, which even is posing a threat against Apple.

I really think that Google saw a problem coming up, as they did'nt get the Nortel patents. And even if they did, they could'nt use the patents to protect the licencees, as Microsoft were in on the same deal. So they had to do something to keep the money rolling in, by protecting Android and the licencees, and this was the way to do it... :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnas786:
Seems like to me Google wants to compete with Apple on the Hardware front... Altho I am not sure what this may mean for all the other android phone manufacturers becuase now they are also competing with Google directly rather than having a direct partnership per se...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
This has nothing to do with the Microsoft patents and nothing Motorola has will effect the main MS claims. Its about protecting Android from Oracle and Apple. Oracle want money, LOTS, but the real danger is Apple who want bans. Apple are scum who buy patents to cause trouble, not gain IP for their own use.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rovex:
Nokia was and had been number one in smartphones for many years until just one quarter ago. Its still officially second.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] systemcrasher:
I don't think Google will be that stupid to buy Motorola and then suddenly stop releasing Android phones for other manufacturers such as Samsung and HTC..

After all, Android has such a big market share because different manufacturers are able to release the phones using the Android operating system.

Like suggested above, Google may be thinking of going head to head with Apple on both software and hardware front..

Also, it could be a way for Google to make sure no Motorola phones are released with other operating systems - which in turn gives Google more concrete operating market share and profit by selling Motorola hardware.

I think it is going to workout pretty well in the end.

oh, also, I don't think Nokia+Windows mobile is such a big threat.... for some weird reason, Nokia's customer service went dismal couple of years back and by the time I gave up using N97 end of last year, Nokia's customer service and support was basically non-existent. Also Symbian's support for basic 21st century functions - i.e supporting multiple languages etc still lags behind other operating systems... And let's face it.. Windows Mobile isn't that great either.
[myTouch 4G General] sunsean:
Just curious to see what people think of Launcher 7, for those who've tried it. I gotta say, I put it on yesterday out of curiosity, and was surprised by how much I like it. I love Android, and balked at Launcher 7 at first because it was a completely un-Android UI, but maybe it's because I've been on Android for like 2 years now, but I find it really refreshing. I like its simplicity, efficiency, and different sleek look.

I'm curious to see how it does with battery life. I used my navigation/GPS a lot today so my battery went pretty fast, not a good test of Launcher 7. I'm running it over Synergy (lightest Sense ROM I could find) and under battery use it's not even showing up so I'm guessing/hoping it doesn't have a big effect.
[myTouch 4G General] Ace42:
Many home launchers don't use much power, i've used GO/LPP and both are normally floating around 1%. Now I used the L7 very long ago, back on my MT3GS, and it was pretty nice to have IMO, I did like the UI's feel overall. But at that time it was still buggy so I think that's why I had abandoned it. I'm a fan of eye-candy so I prefer something more flashy with fancy effects.:D Which is what GO gives me, it has this cool sphere effect for the app drawer. :cool:

Your biggest power drainers will be idle/standnby and Signal, and GPS.
[myTouch 4G General] sunsean:
And screen if you're running a Sense ROM. I've always wondered why on a Sense ROM Screen will be like 70% under battery use, but on AOSP only like 5%. I mean, the same screen is being used on all these ROMS right? I've asked that a couple times but never found an answer. Oh well. I'm sure it has something to do with how the ROM is utilizing things, but who knows lol.

Yeah I've been a loyal LPP user for my 3rd party launcher for a while. Love the widgets and the customizable dock. My brother runs GO on his Samsung Galaxy S and is always telling me I should try it, haven't yet but it does look very cool. I've seen pics o that globe app tray thing, looks sick. Is it smooth though?

So far Luancher 7 has been VERY smooth and seems to have minimal battery influence, like you said about 2% I think it wound up being. More than if you weren't using it, but solid nonetheless. I'm doing a lot of driving to new places this week so I'll be using my GPS a lot, it's going to be hard to get an accurate guess of average battery life but as far as function/style I am a big fan.

I will say though that the strength of launcher 7 (simplicity) might turn out to be its ultimate downfall lol. I'm enjoying it now, but it's just been a couple days. I can certainly see myself getting bored with it after a while. It's very functional but there is certainly something to be said for style and flare, and that's one thing it doesn't offer much of.
[myTouch 4G General] sunsean:
As an add-on question along with what people think of Launcher 7 in general - I'm curious to hear from any users who are using the donate version - does it offer better performance and features? Or does it just remove the ad in the app drawer? I think it adds a folder feature, which is probably worth the $1.50 in itself, but curious what else it offers.
[myTouch 4G General] I2IEAILiiTY:
I think i read somewhere that you can change the autobrightness and stuff of the screen and that sense has theirs up more or something, i don't remember.

But i use adw launcher ex and never see it on my battery stats, so i'm guessing that's good. And it never lags for me either, smooth as butter.

I didn't really notice a difference with the donate version when i used it other than it looks alot better without the annoying ads.
[myTouch 4G General] SirChang:
I installed Launcher 7 and used it pretty exclusively for a while.

I got to really like how the UI operated, and found it very quick. But I eventually stopped using it and uninstalled it.

The idea, for me, was to get to a LiveTiles experience, where I could see at a glance how many new emails and social postings I might like to read, upcoming appointments, etc... without having to deal with the rest of the crummy WP7 interface. So I suppose my goal is probably different than many. But I couldn't get there with Launcher 7 (no surprise, since it's built - and named - as a "launcher").

As a simple app launcher, it was decent, for my most-used apps... though the second I needed to use less-used apps, I was somewhat disappointed/frustrated trying to find and run them.

That and, while I eventually understood it wouldn't take me all the way to LiveTiles, the fact that it didn't have (at the time) a clock/date widget that looked decent within the interface (seems like a stupid thing, but actually became a necessity for me) made me opt for something else.
[myTouch 4G General] sunsean:
Haha, yep - after about 4 or 5 days, I'm off Launcher 7. It WAS very good and functional, but as I predicted I got bored pretty fast. I play with my phone too much to not have something flashier and more interactive.

Wound up trying Go Launcher Ex, and have to say - it's way better than LPP! Loving it so far!

Question if you read this: how do I get that sphere app drawer thing? Can't find it?

EDIT: NM, I realized they only come up with horizontal app drawer, I had it set on vertical.
[myTouch 4G General] khathaivu:
yup i used Go launcher Ex ever since i got this mt4g and i can say i like this a lot more than launcher 7 ( tried it for like 2 days and then i just got back to Go L Ex)
[myTouch 4G General] NatsuDragneell:
It sucks what wit the ad s to I rather use a theme for a another launcher like adw <-, best
[myTouch 4G General] Ace42:
Look in the settings of Go launcher, look through all the settings, i've ended up on LPP again b/c it has the Sense3 widget skins, and appears to be running faster for me on miui. With GO I would get many fc's and it would lag sometimes, this started on the newer versions of GO though. Sphere is the app drawer effect, look in effects, when on home screen, press menu, goto preference, and look for effects. Sphere effect is with chariot, binary, random, and the other animations.
[myTouch 4G General] flir31207:
having just recently moved from a WP7 to an Android phone Launcher 7 made me feel "back home" :-) instantly. I like the WP7/Launcher 7 home screen with the big tiles; IMO it's a nice, fresh look compared to a large number of Android launchers or iOS. I never liked the 2nd page of the WP7 home screen - a one-column alpabetically sorted list of all installed apps? Boring and not very flexible.

I now use Go Launcher Ex and while I still like the look and feel of the Launcher 7 tiles, I do not miss it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldohulk:
I have a rooted SGS, but with the official ROM 2.2 (unfortunately, until the EUR 2.3.3 official rolls out for my area. I always had extremely slow GPS locks, even worse compared to the Magic and ZTE Blade I had. I had never modified the NTP server, but anyway this affects fix time only if you are connected to the internet.

2 days my GPS went off. Specifically, launching an application such as igo does makes the satellite icon in the status bar flash, indicating that it tries acquire a GPS fix. And then the icon ... disappears! First time I see something like that. Closing and reopening a navigation application, the icon now does not appear at all, as if GPS is totally disabled. But the application does not complain about lack of GPS functionality!

The only way to make the GPS icon to appear is to reboot and restart a GPS-using application. Then the icon disappears again. This happens with Google Maps, iGo, Navigon.

Running GPS Status is a bit different. In this case, the GPS icon remains flashing as long as the application remains active. But no fix whatsoever is achieved... I have tried to Reset A-GPS data and download new data into it. Nothing.

Relating what can be changed on the mobile, I remembered that just upgraded the version of google maps sometime a few days ago and I enabled caching to be able to off-line browse maps. Thinking that this could somehow be the culprit, I disabled offline browsing and rebooted again. Problem persists. Even tried changing the SUPL server, as mentioned in http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/...air-and-froyo/

Any ideas on what might be wrong here. The phone is in perfect condition, no crashes, NOTHING! It is within the guarantee period, but I'd hate returning it. Any info will be appreciated.

Phone firmware is given in my signature. This phone is, and has been, running official 2.2 out of the box. No custom firmwares on it ever.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldohulk:
It was that damned Google Maps update after all! I stumbled into this: http://www.google.ru/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=53e25a0d053f4eeb&hl=en

Uninstalled (the updates over the stock) Google Maps and presto: locked just fine!

Case solved :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roxy.schram:
Okay, so I was watching TV the other day and saw a commercial where a guy and girl were walking through town and were looking for a place a friend ate. They used their phone and they showed comments and messages in front of different places. About a year ago I remember and app where you could leave messages for other friends or people walking by with the same app could see. What is the name of this program or a program that does this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topsecret03:
app

I think that's name is "Sekai Camera". :cool:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roxy.schram:
That app is so close to the one I saw but it doesn't work on my phone. :( I have a thunderbolt and it loads but won't let me post or anything. Any other apps you can think of like that or anyone else got an idea of what it was in the commercial? I thought it was an HTC commercial for some reason but I really doubt it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsrailfan:
Hi!

For obvious reasons, i want to switch over to a custom ROM, most likely Z's CM7. However, I am dead addicted to the the SE stock UI (UXP, if you may say). I just love the blue backgrounds everywhere, the messaging interface, the phonebook, the music player and the dial screen, and I don't think I could live without it.

Is there a way I could integrate these UXP elements into a the CM7 ROM?

Can i just copy-replace the framework-res.apk and SemcGenericUxpRes.apk and other apks (phonebook.apk, semcmusic.apk, phone.apk etc) into /system/ folders? Or is there any other workaround? :confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M3mPh1z:
I am wondering the exact same thing, just installed CM7.1 and dont like the dialer at all, really miss the SE dialer and messaging etc.

If someone could assist that would be GREAT!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaryMick:
Woldbreaks custom rom maintains the SE UI. You could give that a go! It's one of the main reasons I went for it myself.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilWee:
Try Erickwills EWJet with full SE option, uses original styles, but is super-smooth :-)

Sent from my X10i using EWJet GB and XDA-App :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsrailfan:
Ok i checked the screens & the descriptions...its very much the original SE UI with custom tweaks. One question - How's the camera on this ROM? Does it work normally (8mp/720p HD)?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
It works perfectly fine, since it's stock ROM! ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrispiVizz:
I bought my Nexus S at Best Buy when it was free for AT&T last week and I was coxed into buying their Black Tie Protection Plan. I have to say that it was a great idea. However, I took my phone in, because I had a deep scratch in the screen and they told me it's a no go, and they wouldn't accept it for repair. The scratch was deep enough where I could feel it with my fingers... In the end, the phone had to be more impacted, like a cracked screen. They told me Zagg would make it look like new again... All of this while I was waiting for my Case Mate case in the mail...

So I went home and intentionally dropped my phone from two feet from the ground and it smashed the screen! I was "hopping" it would hold up a bit better than it did, but it did have a scratch in the screen. Went back to BB today and turned it in... unfortunately I had read terrible stories of BB repair turn around times, taking up to three weeks!!! So here I am waiting for a commencement email from BB regarding the repair...

Anyone else have experience with BB Black Tie Protection?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosdos4790:
The speaker on my first nexus blew out and I also had the black tie protection. Instead of repairing mine they just approved me for junk out about a week later and i went into best buy and got a brand new one. The only way it's gonna take a terribly long time is if the repair center is bogged down or they are having trouble repairing the phone. I wouldn't worry about it too much as the typical time is usually gonna be no more than two weeks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
I have the black tie. Never did a repair though. however I did have to take my nexus in yesterday because of wonky touch buttons. They said I qualified for rapid exchange. They took my nexus, gave me an LG Optimus loaner, and said I'd h have a new nexus in 3 days. Can't beat that!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] generalagony:
I took mine in for repair because the screen started to lift up on the top right corner. They said it would be taken care of in 3 to 5 business days. That was four business days ago. Also on the Geek Squad tracking website it still shows my device only as being checked in. Luckily I still have my N1 as a backup phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GchildT:
I was with GeekSquad a long time ago and their Policy then was, that Under no circumstances would they cover screen scratches or cracks. I'm sure that still stands now.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rentaric:
3 weeks is normal if they send the phone to Samsung, at least it's normal for European electronic device (phones, laptops, tvs, etc) exchanges/repairs.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jake.corey.jacobs:
Because I work for Geeksquad, I can answer most questions reguarding BTP.

90% of the phones sold at BBY qualify for Rapid Exchange BTP, the remaining 10% are either standard repair (taking approx 3-4 weeks to send it in get it repaired and then shipped back, but they provide a loaner phone everytime.) or In-store exchange.

Rapid exchange is essentially a pre-repaired phone, aka refurb. Instead of waiting normal repair times you get refurbs normally within 3 business days.

As for the OP, whoever told you scratches were not covered is lieing to you. BTP covers everything except blatent abuse, IE smashing the phone infront of an employee or sticking it under a tire and driving over it on purpose(yes they really can tell). This also includes water damage. Next time they tell you its not covered, ask to speak to a manager.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrispiVizz:
Well, I should have posted this before cracking the screen. And I thought they told me BTP covered everything except lost or stolen! (So I wouldn't have to go through the pain of cracking my screen...) And the rapid exchange wouldn't work because I have an AT&T version, which I believe is sold out...

Now I have to pain through three weeks!!! Dang!

Thanks for the info.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GchildT:
Sorry, BTP was not around back then. I was a GeekSquad DA at launch; remained for two and a half years.