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[HTC EVO 3D] darthstewie:
Msl reader worked, thanks for the help!
[General Topics] DerekZ10:
Alltel is my current carrier they are owned by Verizon.

We have had the same family plan from Alltel since 1998 when we used the Motorola StarTAC and every 2 years we renew it. I don't think it takes into account data. In the last 4 years Ive had a Motorola Razor and a Motorola Hint both of which I could not use the browser. The Hint said I had to buy a 1 day pass for $1.99 or internet package. That phone broke and the warranty replaced it with a LG Chocolate Touch. I went to the Alltel store and they would not activate it saying I needed a data plan. So I called Alltel instead and they did activate it over the phone. The internet features and GPS worked on it. I used it sparingly knowing there was no data plan, I was never once billed for data.

That phone broke and was recently replaced by a Samsung Messenger. This phone would not let me go on the internet saying I needed a data plan. It was a POS so I purchased off ebay a HTC Hero. Again the Alltel store would not activate it. I called in and they activated it on the phone again. Data works and I've been using it semi frequently. I always shut off the internet 3g connection when done or use WiFi.

I had the understanding that for every minute im online counts as an airtime minute. However my last bill did not reflect how many minutes I used it for online and I have no incurred any data charges. I've been using it a lot more this month and for the last 2 weeks it says I only used 64 anytime minutes.

Basically what I'm asking is if my plan is so old that it does not take into account data? Has anyone heard of this before? Should I just try to enable 3g all the time? I'm just worried I will get hit with a 300$ bill.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] bakskj:
Are there any Touchdown users out there on the 10.1? I find this app way better than the pre-installed mailclient. Especially since the pre-installed client has major sync issues for me.

But, I wonder if anyone has managed to sync the calendar from touchdown to the stock calendar? I would like that, so I have both gmail and exchange calendar in the same view.

If anyone knows if this is possible, thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] satur9ine:
You can install Google calendar sync on a pc with outlook on it and it will sync your outlook calendar to Google.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] bakskj:
Thanks and a good idea, but I really like to keep google (private) and exchange(work) separate, but would like to be able to view them both in the default calendar on the GT. Is it not possible?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] cfisher:
Touchdown is working well for me including the calendar. The license is only supposed to be good for one install but I was able to register my phone and my tablet.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] bakskj:
Are you having calendar synced with the builtin calendar as well? I know it works well with the touchdown calendar but I want to use the builtin version..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] Zoide_:
Unfortunately you cant do that. My solution was to use the Pure Calendar widget and tell it to show both my Touchdown and Google calendars in the same view.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] djchad72:
Touchdown world great but honestly for same money Moxier works and looks 100-times better. You can also use the same purchase/license on your phone. Your email, calendar, tasks, notes, and contacts are all synchronized over the air via exchange active sync. The contacts will show up in your phones contacts, but can only be edited in the Moxier client itself. So on your phone caller ID and dialer will recognize your coworkers that call, text, or email you outside Moxier.

It's got a trial version you can try. I already had a Touchdown client paid for and bought this after I tried it on my Nook Color. Its awesome. Moxier just trumps it.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] djchad72:
Your calendar will be separate on Moxier but it has a nice set of Widgets that can be use along side the stock Widgets on a singlebhome screen. I sort of like having them separate. I always end up creating personal events in my work calendar and vice versa when they are together.... which is counter productive at times.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] ButtonBoy:
I'm very pleased with the touchdown tablet edition. I've been using td on my phone, but I'm in Cancun this week, and telmex networking doesn't seem that stable, so I've been using the tablet version on my SGT. It took me a while to get used to the new navigation style, but I'm liking it.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] bakskj:
Exactly what I needed, will check it out! Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] 6foot7foot:
I have tried pdanet and easytether, none of those give me 4g speeds while tethering. I have tried unlocked hotspot, but neither the usb nor the wifi tethering let me use 4g, as soon as i plug it in or start the wireless hotspot, it disconnects me from 4g and it cant reconnect, but once i turn off tethering it lets me connect to 4g

anyone get 4g speeds on tethering?
[HTC EVO 3D] triscuit1983:
This has been an issue since the OG EVO. The only way I ever had 4G speeds on tether was USB tether with CM7. But that's on the OG EVO. It's only a matter of time.
[HTC EVO 3D] cruise350:
I get great 4g speeds while tethering with PDAnet, in fact when I use the speed test app on my phone and then use the speed test website on my laptop I usually have a 50-100% increase in download and upload speed.
[HTC Sensation] Dano79:
Trying to get my battery cover off is a real pain it feels like im gonna snap the thing in two I mostly have to wiggle it back and forth to get it out. Turning it off to let it cool down helps some. Just wanted to know if anybody had any tips or pointers on getting the thing off. Since Im flashing it now I must be ready for some hard resetting
[HTC Sensation] Dacoit:
This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyyJcTXCBhg
[HTC Sensation] Dano79:
So the clicking I heard is normal. Thats good cause I was thinking a almost broke some plastic piece inside the cover
[HTC Sensation] jools5431:
Thanks for that clip. It did work.

But for me the following method worked first time, every time. (and less risk of hurling the phone accross the room when it snaps open)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_axtbNcyo&NR=1
[General Questions and Answers] b-eock:
I have two options

1. MI-One MIUI phone- looks amazing and has great performance specs, unlocked bootloaders, no network locks.

http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...-dual-core-soc-a/&category=classic&postPage=1

2. New HTC line in 2012- HTC is great, but i dont like the having the.nand locked

Whats your take?

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[General Questions and Answers] ladygagaLITE:
neither for me. galaxy is good enough. lol
[General Questions and Answers] kuj0n:
htc is better, there will be more fun with unlocking :D
[General Questions and Answers] onesss:
Motorola defy+

Is new ...

Defy ,the changes is small.
[General Questions and Answers] onesss:
Motorola defy+

Does anyone know the model?
[General Questions and Answers] b-eock:
Model of what

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[General Questions and Answers] Eness17:
samsung is better...:cool:
[General Questions and Answers] deividaaas:
Samsung is best for me. (samsung galaxy SII)
[General Questions and Answers] nitrobg:
Wait for MIUI phone.
[General Questions and Answers] lorenbo:
Easy! Unlock Nand!
[General Questions and Answers] sygeek:
HTC is going to unlock their bootloaders in their phones. But as a suggestions, go with the MIUI phone. It's cheap, it's chinese, it's new and it's great.
[General Questions and Answers] b-eock:
Isnt HTC a Taiwanese(idk if thats how ur supposed to say it :P) phone company. But if I unlock a booloader with HTCs service then i cant ever get a warranty replacement

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[General Questions and Answers] sygeek:
If your phone's bootloader isn't already unlocked (which it probably isn't), you can use HTC's official tool (still awaited).

But here's the catch, you need to sign away your warranty. Peter Chou revealed that you may have the freedom to unlock the bootloader, but only after you accept a disclaimer notifying you that "all or parts" of your warranty may be null and void.

Edit: Direct answer - HTC phones are manufactured in Taiwan, and after you use it's official service to unlock the boot loader, you can't get a warranty replacement ANYWHERE.
[General Questions and Answers] b-eock:
I know that much, thry collect ur IMEI # and store it, and if u have used their unlock bootloader service u cant get around a warranty replacement, like u can if u use hacks from here

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[General Questions and Answers] sygeek:
Yup, you probably can't recover back to normal without leaving a trace with HTC's official tool, like it is possible with other custom workarounds. Although, this method offers much more reliability unlike others (read - bricking your phone).
[General Questions and Answers] SamDenial:
Samsung is the best. Samsung sII rocks.
[General Questions and Answers] andrewsxxx:
I like HTC! Great phones with great quality.

But i like Samsung Galaxy II too :Ъ For awesome display.
[Flipside General] JBallin4life27:
Ok I had memory issues when I went from the Backflip to the Flipside. But thankfully links2sd made a huge difference and i was able to get all the apps I wanted using that nifty little app. Now however after this update I can't even get half the apps I had on 2.1, and that is with using Links2sd. I've tried getting rid of ATT bloatware, moving some apps to systems apps, and clearing davlik cache using Titanium Backup but it only does so much. Anyone have any solutions to get more internal storage or a better way to get apps onto the SD card because this is making the update almost not worth it...and what's worse is that we cant even revert back to 2.1 without bricking the phone....sad day!
[Flipside General] boazjuggalo:
I'm having pretty much the same issues, but I'm wondering how you moved apps to the system apps? This would be helpful to me.
[Flipside General] HiloDB1:
How much internal memory do you have free? I have about 45mb which is less then half of what I had before the update. Im not sure what is taking up the memory. Ive removed what I can and feel is safe with Ti Backup and moved my apps with Link2SD to my SD card.
[Flipside General] pre4speed:
This is done via titanium backup. Long press on the app and the menu gives you the option to convert to sys app.
[Flipside General] JBallin4life27:
Yea that's how I moved it to system.

And I have about 20MB after moving a few apps and moving some to system....ugh this is frustrating
[Flipside General] telegraph0000:
I have my wife's phone running on 60mgs free...
[Flipside General] boazjuggalo:
I have 2 or 3 apps installed (Facebook and whatnot) and I have roughly 32mb after clearing davick (or whatever it's called)
[Flipside General] JBallin4life27:
Really, how? How many apps do you have? I have about 17 apps
[Flipside General] telegraph0000:
Just basics

Adfree

Adobe flash

Adobe reader

Adwlauncher

Fruit ninja

Pandora

Jorte

Jw reader

Lik2sd

Maps

Market

Palmary weatherb pro

Pure messenger widget

Quick boot

Titanium backup

I also added opera, and that brought it down to 50megs

Tadaaaaaa.....
[Flipside General] JBallin4life27:
Hey, I just posted the SBF in the Flipside Android Development part of the forum and I flashed that and it appears that this version of 2.2.2 runs better with links2sd and has significantly made a difference in freeing up memory. I'm gonna play around with it some more but it appears to have links2sd running as well as it did when I had 2.1. Some of you may want to consider backing up and reflashing the update. Just something to consider. I'll post an update again soon after I play around with it a bit.
[Flipside General] bakageta:
Do you know how much space was available on /data when you fresh flashed it?

(edit)

So, I ended up breaking something, as usual, and had to reflash, so I used the fresh 2.2 sbf. Turns out there's roughly 74mb free on /data when you first flash, although that quickly drops as the system apps (maps, market, and flash offhand) are brought up to date.
[Flipside General] telegraph0000:
You're right!!!

My wife's phone is down to 55 megs!!!
[Flipside General] JBallin4life27:
Sorry, I meant to post again after my last post but my phone kept freezing on the red Moto screen everytime I flashed the update and I took my phone back to AT&T 3 times this past weekend only to find out it was my SD card causing the problems. Just FYI if you partition your SD card to use link2sd make sure your second partition is set as primary otherwise the 2.2 Froyo update will completely shutdown as soon as you put your card in and will not let you do ANYTHING!

That being said, you definitely have better memory after flashing the SBF as opposed to the other methods i've tried for the update. I was able to install almost all the apps and games I had previously (some I didn't add just cuz I hadn't been using em). Everything runs smoother for me and I havent had any freezing or anything. Hope this update is running well for you guys
[Flipside General] bakageta:
I'm reluctant to move many things over to system apps, personally... Don't forget that link2sd won't link the dalvik-cache of system apps, so you'd actually have more free space in /data by leaving it as a user app and just linking app/dalvik/lib. I'm at roughly 95mb free currently, with a pretty reasonable amount of stuff installed, so I'm much happier now.

Another space-saving trick I've found: Titanium Backup has a folder in /data that it uses as a temp file storage, any time you restore a backup it moves the .apk over there then installs it. It's located at /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files, and also contains busybox, sqlite3, and your license file. If you're restoring a backup of a large app, this means you need a pretty large amount of space free to do so, which can be difficult on our phones. You can move this folder over to the second sd card partition that link2sd uses and symlink it without problems. Here's a (probably ugly) method:

cd /data/sdext2
mkdir tbfiles
cp /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/* ./tbfiles
rm -Rf /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files
ln -s /data/sdext2/tbfiles /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files
[Flipside General] rignfool:
Actually....

If you have auto-link on... and move it to system with tibu... it will link the cache...

Why are you linking lib files... when you reboot... they go back to internal... you'll have memory issues at reboot that way...
[Flipside General] bakageta:
The file I manually link isn't a lib, or at least it doesn't get linked by Link2SD when you link TitaniumBackup's libs. The link stays through a reboot and hasn't caused me any issues so far, it just makes less free space required to restore backups.

As for linking libs in general, while they do tend to get unlinked on reboot, I have plenty of free space to let them exist in /data, and the newest Link2SD has a one-touch option to relink them all again to recover that space. It's not an issue unless you're linking libs and also filling your /data partition near the max.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veritasaequita:
ive never had an issue bluetooth pairing my g2 to anything up until today. My dad just bought a handsfree bluetooth kit for his car from walmart i believe and asked me to hook his g2 (stock, rooted) to the bluetooth unit and his g2 didnt even see it. I then tried my g2 (cyanogenmod 7 latest nightly) and it didnt see it either. Just out of sheer curiousity i tried his old motorola razor and bam, found it and instantly hooked to it. Im kinda bummed our "smart phones" wouldnt but the one dumb or "challenged" phone would. anybody know why? or how to fix, or even an app to help get around this issue? thanks for any help.

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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
Did you set your phone as discoverable in the bluetooth settings?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veritasaequita:
yes, it was set as discoverable

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[Android Software Development] snailer88:
As far as I know, there is only 1 other Android graphing API. While it is very good, having options is important, too :P Enter GraphView!

You can find it at googlecode
[Android Software Development] glodos:
Awesome, can be useful:)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] chrs2021:
I noticed the g2x's clock drifts.I know most phones support getting the time from the carrier, however this phone has kind of an incomplete modem and is unable to pull the time from the network. My question is, is there anyway to prevent the clock from drifting?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Maris_:
Not sure what you mean by the clock isn't able to pull time from the network. I have no problem keeping accurate time with my clock.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] baldwinguy77:
The G2X is able to sync its time with the network like most other phones. Are you using a ROM?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] chrs2021:
Yes I am using Cyanogenmod, the latest nightly.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shorty1993:
EDIT: Mod please correct spelling in topic title. Rushing combined with no proofreading isn't good.

I searched, couldn't really find what I felt was accurate information with what little was available. I need to change Gmail cause the one associated with my DInc is years old & become cluttered with junk. I realize I can export my contacts from the original then import to the new at which point they should sync with that account.

Big question. What about apps? How can the purchase history be changed, app info backed up. Just any opinions, advice or whatever. Prefer to do it right the first time.

Basically would like to have work completely as is but with fresh address.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMarkwald:
Since everything is associated with your Gmail account, I presume you'll have to contact Google about it. I am not sure if they've made changes to allow that or not. You also could contact the developer of the app, they may be able to help out too. It seems like it is an issue for a lot of people, so if you find an answer, please share your steps!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
For apps I guess it would depend upon how you paid for them. I use Google Checkout so all my app purchases are linked to my account. The dev has to keep that information somewhere to verify that you bought it but not sure that you could get it out of them that easily a lot are just ma and pa devs and who knows what they keep around. Also not sure if Google allows you to rename your email address but it might be an option in account settings. That way you don't have to open a new account and all your Google accounts would be updated.

I went into my account but didn't see any thing in the settings which would allow you to rename the email account. Google tech support might be able to do it if you contacted them.
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Reserved for later
[Desire Android Development] Niffer:
thanks for this you absolute babe <3
[Desire Android Development] ziggy1001:
Did you read post #7 by CitizenJohn a few posts below the original HOWTO: Increase write speed by 'aligning' FAT32

Tends to contradict the method posted by kd8cgo for Fat32

Presumably both methods can't be correct!
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Of course I did. I read many posts about SSDs to come to this tutorial.

First of all I don't use the same geometry for creating partitions.

And so far this way of formatting has always been able to give me the best of all my flash memory based devices, SD and USB keys.

Have you tried both methods? Which of the two gave you the best results?

I'm gonna try it again, maybe I missed something the first time.

Of course if there is a proven better way to get even more from our flash drives and SDs, I'll gladly learn it and change the tutorial accordingly.

EDIT:

Posted atto results for both methods on a pretty old flash drive. Left is formatted with the post you mentioned and right is with the "standard" method.

Don't see much of a difference.
[Desire Android Development] ziggy1001:
I have but quite a while apart, i didn't use any software to measure transfer speed but using a sd-card adapter according to Linux i get ~10Mbs sd-card to PC and ~8Mbs PC to sd-card with the method i mentioned can't imagine a class2 sd-card could get much faster

Damn just realized to PC was Fat partition to PC : To sd-card was to btrfs linux partition:o
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
The problem is that we don't know the actual erase block size of each flash drive.

And on top of that, fat32 has block sizes of 64K max. Max erase block size for SD is 256K but is usually less.

I also just tried both methods on a faster usb key (with write speeds up to 15Mb/s) and results are the same.

But each his own and if anybody can get a better data transfer rate with the 2nd method, please report all the details here.
[Desire Android Development] ziggy1001:
No worries mate thanks for the TUT, the question came out of ignorance rather than any understanding of the methodology;)
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Actually it was an interesting question.

We assume that for any device the erase block size is 128K

But the guy in your post is formatting also a usb flash thumb drive or an SD card.

If the erase block size of his flash drive is 16k, then his file was aligned ;)

details:

8011776 / 131072 = 61.125 File "not aligned" according to him.

8011776 / 16384 = 489. Round number, file aligned.

To get even more speed, one has to use bigger fat32 blocks (up to 64k). But then each file will use blocks of 64Ko on the drive, even if it's real size is 1Ko !

Good compromises are 16 and 32Ko blocs.
[Desire Android Development] Terepin:
... Or you can use GParted.

problem solved.
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Could be a good idea but:

1/ Some people have reported issues with Gparted when aligning their partitions and even some 16GB SDs were not detected by the Desire after using Gparted. On the opposites, the phone could detect them by doing it manually.

2/ Unless I'm mistaken, Gparted is NOT optimizing the FAT32 formatting process nor the EXT4 one.
[Desire Android Development] t-minik:
is there really a difference between Gparted live and your method ?

when you wipe your SDext with your recovery, does sdext returns to default value ?
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Yes there is: I don't think that Gparted is using 1024Ko cylinders.

But most of the time, choosing MB alignment is working to align partitions. However, it is not aligning the filesystem. And like I already said, some people reported issues, that's why I published this tutorial.

If Gparted is working for you, keep using it :)
[Desire Android Development] t-minik:
yep, GP works ..... but I'm really curious :D

and what happens when wiping SDEXT ?
[Desire Android Development] ziggy1001:
If you change -s to 128 does that give 64k block size?

sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 -R 78 -n UserData-s 32 -v /dev/sde1

Well whatever it was transfer Fat32 to PC went from ~10Mbs to ~16Mbs :)
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
yep, s128 gives 64k blocks.

Did you calculate R78 with the given method?

Happy that you're getting higher speed, but usually this method goal is to increase write speed to the SD :)

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[Desire Android Development] LiooO:
Does 4ext recovery does this aligned partitioning/formatting?
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Great thread, Sibere.. Will modify my installation steps to point to this TUT than Sd formatter :)
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
According to the dev, it should. Didn't try myself though. but like Gparted, it won't optimze the FAT32 formatting part.

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