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[Eee Pad Transformer General] DilloDroid:
Obviously you got the joke then genius ;)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Daywalkr1990:
Hi there

I just encrypted my /data and rebooted and i got one problem i just can't enter recovery because it asks my pw every boot and i can't enter recovery
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gdavies08:
maybe thats a security issuse if its asking for a pw before getting to recovery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slugger09:
On my Desire I did it so I could get rid of all the operator rubbish and take screen shots, on my S2 its unbranded, unlocked, and can take screen shots out of the box.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotlipsH:
It seems allot of peeps out there just flash roms for the sake of flashing, curiosity I guess. But I am getting the feeling very few actually take the time to read up on what any particular custom rom actually aims to do, thinking every rom is a silver bullet.

Official roms are a good solid middle ground where things like stability and battery life are the denominators. Some custom roms aims for a more elaborate GUI while others go for overclocking or perhaps fast adhoc bug fixes, again there are no silver bullets here, they all tackle different needs.

If you plan to try out custom or unofficial roms I suggest you read up on a few things like:

If it will impact your warranty

Do you know how to get back to stock

How do you get Samsung official updates after custom flash

What are my needs and what rom match them

I have tried out a few roms myself on a plethora of Android phones and always ended up back on stock roms. The only exeption was my old Galasy I7500 that never got a official rom above Cupcake and when Google started implementing features in Maps and Gmail that was only supported by Donut and above I was forced to go AOSP.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
I agree their is currently very little performance difference between stock and custom roms .

Debrand yes via Stock Samsung rom but custom rom your choice read the posts in each rom to get an idea .

Saying that i run a Frankenstein rom with bits from here there and everywhere .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiFE1688:
For Stock ROM vs Custom ROM from stock derivative, there is overclocking and under-volting Kernels. So there can be a performance increase and lower power consumption depending on what the setting is.

Another difference is that there are certain "bloated" apps removed, or "better" apps pre-installed.

Such derivative roms are Lite'ning, Skyrom, etc.

As for Stock ROM vs Custom ROM (Non-Stock Derivatives), this is no longer a Samsung ROM, so there are no or little Samsung features and apps.

Non-Derivative ROMs are like CyanogenMod 7, etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative1933:
The real advantage is that most of custom roms are more battery friendly then a stock one, makes your phone faster and very offen fix stock bugs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amdaley:
I would agree with this myself.I have just answered a thread somewhere else where someone wants to root & flash their new phone & they haven't even got it yet.I say "Have a play for a couple of weeks" Change some of the apps for one's from the Market & give it a chance.You might just stay with the stock rom.I know I did.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
I don't agree with this at all, more often than not you will get substantially better battery life on custom ROM's as opposed to stock,not hearsay this is fact, not to mention more speed and less lag,etc,etc the limitations and possibilities are endless.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
endorsed....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Your view mine and based upon my testing is their is not much difference .If their was you would not have so many complaining in each rom thread about poor battery life .

Much better battery life and the majority would be running that rom only .

Possibilities may well be endless but at present no significant improvement such as their was on SGS1 .

Thats my view others as usual will agree and others will disagree .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troed:
Although I flashed my Touch HD and HD 2 like crazy on SGS II it does not make much sense.

Only if You want to have a special theme You fell in love of it makes sense ............

For me: I start flashing when Darkedge-Theme is available for CM and CM is really flawless ....................
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
Well on the stock ROM i was lucky to get 15/16 hours battery life, on custom ROM's (for example Cognition 1.15) the highest i got was 28 hours 57 minutes, that is a serious difference in battery life, this is with pretty much the same usage - internet,calls,texts and music,people are always going to have issues with battery life regardless but if they follow some procedures good battery life can be achieved, installing Juice Defender ultimate should be their first step, of course your entitled to your opinion ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norpan111:
I flash custom rom because the homebutton lagfix (reacts instant now) and removing all the text messages from my log. Looks really messed up with all those sms. And ofcourse theming :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Sorry not opinion fact stock rom for me had good battery life increase in battery life with Villain rom Cognition rom and varying kernels gave no noticeable boost to battery life .Thats the principle reason i answered the question with my views .

However that does not stop me from running custom roms , Frankenstein/ further customized . Nor should it stop anyone experimenting with such .

Personal view re battery life is that correct procedure regarding the apps that can be deleted frozen and good battery management will be better than flashing a custom ron just to gain a hoped for better battery life .Thats why many that are running custom roms are totally disappointed as they are approaching the problem from the wrong end to start with in regards battery drain .

But i am sure with two contrasting points of view the OP is now better informed than they where .

jje

Tá mo bhríste trí thine!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiFE1688:
I forgot another reason.

Most phone manufacturers including Samsung and HTC, have a 18 mths support life, once the full 18 mths are up, there are no more upgrades or official rom releases from the manufacturer.

As for Telco branded phones, roms updates almost never appears unless there is some major issues with the shipped rom.

Custom ROMs just keeps coming out almost every night. They release fixes faster than manufacturers and you don't feel forsaken like waiting for a rom released by your telco.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyn:
Sorted. delete.
[Acer Iconia A500] elwood1229:
I have only had my A500 a few days. It is not rooted but updated to OTA Honeycomb 3.1. Otherwise it is as it came out of the box. The last two mornings, after being on the charger all night, it showed it was still charging and was only at about 60% charge one morning and 80% the other morning. When I unplugged it, however, the indicator (and "About" screen) showed it was at full charge. Use the remainder of the day would suggest the full charge indication was correct. Has anyone else come across this issue? Any suggestions?
[Acer Iconia A500] bpivk:
My device sometimes does this but it's probably just a slow refresh setting on my rom.

I just don't look at the status of the battery but use the light on the power button to know when the battery is full.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] combat7up:
I'm having trouble with the Samsung Focus after NoDo cuz after i update it the keyboard sudden become slow and not as responsive as before. the clicking sound of the keypress isn't sync with what i typed and it's so fustrating... i need HELP!!

everything else seems to work fine
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linh1987:
It got it, too. It's because of the "Samsung update" from AT&T goes with NoDo update. What I did at the end is flash my Focus to Rogers ROM and voila, no keyboard lag.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kweis87:
YES.

I've had this problem since March and have so far not found a fix for it at all. No one has posted any helpful responses, either. I got fed up with it eventually and have disabled the click sound on my keyboard. Way to go AT&T for ****ing up my phone. You never cease to amaze me...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fluffedup2:
had the same problem, format fixed it.

I had this issue, too, though it didn't go hand-in-hand with getting NoDo. It got progressively worse after getting the update over the course of a month or so, and I just got used to it. Coincidentally, I chose to add a MicroSD card which means I needed to format the phone and start over, and the keyboard lag has been gone since.

I know a format/reset is not an ideal solution, of course...

I did a format (power+camera+volume down) instead of a normal reset through the menus because I was adding a MicroSD card. I don't know if just doing a normal reset would have different results.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Inventfmc:
I had my keyboard progressively lagging. What I found was that ALL of my text messages were still saved since december, so I cleared out most of them, and that seemed to resolve the issue for me.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablosblizz:
I had this issue as well, upgrading to Mango seems to have fixed that.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] combat7up:
hey where can u get the rogers rom? isn't it the canadian rom? and will updating to mango be affected by this rom?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexx210:
How do I play avi movies from my Windows XP computer using DLNA on my phone? It always says "The media file cannot be played". I have a feeling that has to to with the fact the default video player can't play avi files, but is there a way or a hack to pop-up a menu with all my video players so I can choose one that can play avi files? Also, on the subject of DLNA, how can I copy my music, photos, videos to my Windows XP computer? I always get "Copy to media server is not supported by remote server". Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regspy:
Hi i'm on WIFI, dont have have data package. The integrated messenger just signs out from time to time....

Its connected to WIFI at all times....when i check the status of my live msessenger/facebook account from a friends pc...it says offline.....i've open the phone goto ME tile>> and under status choose available again...

this is driving me nuts....Kik messenger works flawlessly.... but integrated messenger with live/facebook signsout.........

i tried a soft reset but the problem persists....anybody else having the same probs?

i'm on Mango RTM on samsung focus v1.3
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphasaic2002:
Wifi connection drops when the screen locks, and then re-connects when you unlock.

Maybe this could be the issue? Only 3G data connection is able to run under the lockscreen.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regspy:
Thanks that explains it, i hope they change this.....i understand they are doing this to save battery but my iphone doesnt do that and still has an amazing battery life.

Perhaps windows phone should ONLY drop the wifi connection IF the person has chosen the "battery saver option"....otherwise let it be....
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcizzle:
If you put it on the charger WIFI won't drop.

Otherwise I have the same problem as you.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] day2die:
Actually, iPhone does dropped WiFi when it's locks.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regspy:
No it doesnt, my iphone at home lies locked but i still get message/email notifications as usuall....

with wp7 its weird....wish someone could find a registry hack....cause with the current microsoft update schedule i doubt we'll see this fixed anytime soon....
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphasaic2002:
This is correct. Persistent wifi connection was a new feature added to iOS4 :

http://www.tipb.com/2010/06/14/ios-4-feature-ipod-touch-wifi-stays-connected-asleep-iphone/

If it were that simple, I have a feeling MS would have implemented it. Apple only added it last year, and for Android, you need to root your phone to enable persistent wifi, so guess it's more complex; probably a real battery killer?

Hopefully addressed in the future; it is a pretty huge issue!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyCLown89:
I have a quick question which is a bit off topic.

With the integrated MSN client in Mango.

How often does it check for new messages? How does the checking for messages work?

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJBlaster-303:
it's push, as soon as someone sends an im, it pops up like a sms
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnomnomkimiiee:
iOS drops wifi at sleep+300 seconds, then "wakes" in background every 300 seconds to prompt/receive push updates.

Sent via my magical HTC Wildfire S.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnomnomkimiiee:
It's push, your phone establishes a "permanent" connection to a centralized server. Server receives messages, notifications, alerts, and forwards them to your phone via "permanent" link. At sleep, push turns into fetch.

Sent via my magical HTC Wildfire S.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphasaic2002:
That's interesting, thanks.

Unsure why WP7 doesn't do this. When I first got the phone and set my email to poll every 15 minutes, I expected the wifi to wake up under the lock screen every 15mins and check for new messages. Or at least do a new poll as soon as I unlock and the wifi wakes up?

Instead when you unlock the phone, it checks email 15 mins later - so you end up having to check your email manually. Quite annoying.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyCLown89:
ok, I see. So how does fetch work and what if you walk into an area where you completely lose signal and are using your cellular data connection for msn, then 5 seconds or so later you walk back into a normal fine area with signal. BUT as you lost signal someone sent you a message and/or you sent a message. You obviously won't get it with no signal, will it resend it or something?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnomnomkimiiee:
Fetch is when your phone retrieves all it can on a regular basis i.e: every 15 minutes. If you walk into a dead spot, your phone'll resume when signal is regained.

Push = permanent link

Fetch = scheduled "grab"

Sent via my magical HTC Wildfire S.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyCLown89:
Awesome, exactly what I wanted to know.

Thanks! :D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regspy:
its a microsoft OS, they developed the direct push tech & active sync...they've been in market far longer (first with windows mobile - yrs of experience developing that)....than google/apple..........

yet its apple who has nailed it with keeping wifi alive even at screen lock without sacrificing battery life.......
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnomnomkimiiee:
You're welcome :)

Sent from a mysterious mobile device.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crawler009:
One wired thing, when i'm listining to TunIn Radio, over wifi (Data connection = Off), it continus streaming when i turn off the screen. Maybe they found a workaround.
[Milestone XT720 General] thejaycan:
So here's a weird problem that I've been having with Google Navigation and I'm wondering if there are others out there with the same.

So reading the screen I can see the directions, for instance "Turn left onto E Mountain View Ave". But the Google-lady (TTS) says "Turn left onto <e> Mountain View <ah-vey>", instead of "east" and "avenue". I was pretty sure 2.1 said it correctly.

But it gets more fun, after following the directions for a bit she'll start saying sentences out of order in a bad grammar type fashion. For example, after making a turn she'll say "continue on head northeast on <e> Mountain View <ah-vey> towards 39th street for 400 feet" and then "turn left onto continue onto 39th st in 1.2 miles". Seems like she's just grabbing some wrong phrases.

What I've tried to do to solve it:

1) Uninstalled Gmaps 5.7, installed 5.9

2) Reinstalled Pico TTS

3) Installed TTS Service extended

4) Changed languages from English (US) to English (UK) with no difference

5) cleared the cache in sdcard/android/data/com.google.android.apps.map/cache with no difference

Anyone know what's going on? I don't remember having any problems like this in dexter's 2.21 or KahlPower's V4.
[Milestone XT720 General] thejaycan:
Still having this problem.

Did a bit more digging and found this file in the GMaps cache on the sdcard. It demonstrates the problems I'm seeing. (The "R-D" part and the "continue onto Turn Right onto..." stuff).

The interesting part is that this is all in one .wav file making me think that GMaps is building the speech patterns wrong as opposed to my previous thinking that it was just grabbing the little phrases incorrectly.

Anyone else seeing this in MIUI? or am I really a man without a country on this one?
[Atrix 4G General] fleurdelisxliv:
Ive been wanting to try the atrix i just see a lot of mixed reviews so no where better to ask but here true users! Thanks for any replies maybe yall can help
[Atrix 4G General] Monsi:
Its depend on what you want, But for me the phone is a solid one, good gps (coming from htc inspire and the gps there was an horror) the screen seems very nice 275ppi, very fast phone, feels great in the hand. If you looks in the htc's dev there are much more support from dev than the atrix but here the roms are really nice, no craps, no experiments, and in some time we're getting cyan. I really like my phone!
[Atrix 4G General] sylvaron:
I personally am in love with the phone. Great screen size, great resolution, great touch response, insane amount of onboard storage and ram so that apps never freeze up, and battery life that has made me question what good battery life really should be (even with moderate daily use I can go 30+ hours without a charger, I can go days if I don't use the phone at all, and about 9 hours of intense useage). It runs every app I've encountered like butter, including intense HD games (thanks to the Tegra processor and graphics).
[Atrix 4G General] Swiftks:
Good phone, fast, slim, etc... but if your looking to get one in the near future, I'd wait till Oct. and get the Nexus Prime. Just my opinion though.
[Atrix 4G General] osprey23:
It is a very fast phone, you almost don't have any lag. Nice big 4" screen which works well even under bright sunlight. Though there are a lot of complaints about Motoblur, I kind of like it, it has almost everything I need, on my previous phone Motorola Milestone, I had to install all kinds of widgets just to get my phone to do these things.

More importantly if you are looking for a perfect phone, it is not and there is really no perfect phone. What is important is what are looking for in a phone? If you could list what you are looking for in a phone, then probably the users here would be able to provide you with input as to whether the phone will meet your expectations. ;)

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G General] Semseddin:
The mixed reviews of the Atrix are caused from the old radio roms which were current on 2.2.2 froyo roms. Now on stock 2.3.4 and latest radio rom, atrix is a true beast. It does everything instantly when you click and the best part, you always have a battery enough for the next charge. I truly love my atrix and always trust it wherever i'm, whatever i tend to do. It has no limits.

Plus, you can extend its functions way more with a lapdock accessory.
[Atrix 4G General] AndyPhreak:
I bought mine about a month before the Gingerbread OTA update. As soon as that came out I applied it from MSU, then waited a little more than a week and finally took the plunge and ran mramirezusa's unlock/CWM/root script.

I really like the phone now and have absolutely no issues with it -- though I do miss the "white text on black background" menus in the previous stock ROM. I'm running navalynt's piCRUST ROM to dispense with some of the bloat, but the phone runs fine on the stock 4.5.91/2.3.4 ROM.

My only complaint is that the back cover could be a bit beefier. It uses tiny plastic clips to snap onto the main phone body. I wish it used a slide & lock type of affair like the BlackBerry.

I pulled the battery many times while learning how to flash the phone, and the back cover has gotten a little "creaky". Putting a case on the phone will firm it up enough so you don't hear or feel this. And learning how to use adb or fastboot to reboot when possible (instead of pulling the battery) will save wear and tear on the cover. But it's not like I ever need to pull the battery during regular use. I've only needed to do this when flashing didn't work for some reason (usually because I did something wrong).

Before this phone I had an HTC Desire HD. That phone was beautiful but it was simply too big for my hand, I couldn't comfortably hold it and push buttons with the same hand, and I felt that I needed to keep it in my smoking jacket when not in use. :cool: Gave new meaning to the phrase "Ginger-bread"; I always held it gingerly like some precious piece of jewelry. A bit too elegant for my tastes -- and heavy to boot.

I was pretty sure that HTC Desire would slip out of my hand within the first week of owning it, so I went back to Costco and picked out the next cheapest Android phone, which turned out to be the Atrix. It's much more my style. Nothing flashy except what's on the inside. :)
[Atrix 4G General] TheBassman369:
QFT

10 char
[Atrix 4G General] maxip:
Useful thread as I very close to buying one. My choices (at the min) are the HTC Sensation, Samsung SII & Atrix and I know that everybody is going to scream 'get the SII' but I don't want a phone with such a large screen. I use my phone a lot but don't read ebooks or surf when in my lounge as I have an Android tablet for all of that.

I want a powerful phone that will run all my apps, allow me to 'play' with ROM's, have DLNA / HDMI connectivity and have a battery life better than 8 hours so (for me) the Atrix seems like the perfect device. I like the idea of the dock as it could replace my tablet but not at the current cost ! The Multimedia dock looks decent though as my plan would be to stream movies from my NAS through Atrix to HDMI TV.
[Atrix 4G General] ccrows:
I like the power that the Atrix produces, especially the 1gb ram. No other Android phone runs as smooth that I've used.

With that said, I don't like Qhd. Text font is too small at times IMHO. I've changed the build.prop density, but it can still be an eye strain.

The biggest thing that I want from ICS is hopefully a way to change a screen resolution like a PC.

Do that and this phone would be flawless!...
[Atrix 4G General] b30sam:
I came from Samsung Captivate. These are my own thoughts and YMMV

- The screen is not as good as the captivate. I mean yellow color seems funky

- The camera is baaad.

- Rest of the phone is good. 'Solid' is the word I would use. GPS is superlative. Well, i think coming from Captivate any GPS would feel superlative. :-).

- ROM options are less than that on Captivate, but we had a late start because of the locked bootloader. Soon Atrix will catch up.

I love it and don't regret dumping the captivate.
[Atrix 4G General] fleurdelisxliv:
thanks for all the replies so far! :) seems like a great phone
[Atrix 4G General] guidoido004:
who said the next nexus will be called prime? (im just askin!)