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[Droid Incredible General] LoraxEleven:
From what little I've followed throughout the past, Waz was the brains, Jobs was the bollocks, or so to speak, capitalist-minded. Waz, is just one us guys who love to tweak everything and learn everything, pretty evident from his Phone Phreak notoriety, a fairly wonderful hero in that fashion, I suppose. I've had some little experience playing around with my daughter's iPod, but not much else from Apple since The Oregon Trail, and that was a really long time ago! I have a G4 on the way right now, though, my Dad found a couple at a state-sale and he's shooting one my way, so I'll finally get to check it out. I'm planning on running the Leopard on it, I guess, I ran across a copy of that, or just go with one of the Linux's.

Although I truly despise the capitalist mind-set, so I guess Jobs by association, I've always liked Wazniak's side of the Apple story. At least the old stuff. I'm looking forward to digging a little deeper into the system, though. I hope there's been some progression since the Typhoid Fever ridden world of Oregon Trail...
[Droid Incredible General] loonatik78:
After discussing this with a friend in the know, we've arrived at 2 undeniable observations. First, Apple is NOT in the position of innovative leadership it once was. Two, it's primary commodity is the name Apple. Fans translated directly into name value. Apple, however, does NOT sell that many products. I can count them on one hand. Samsung, LG, Acer/Benq, and ASUS are not in that same boat. They are what's called diversified, unlike Apple. Apple makes 3 products. Software, hardware designs, and the name Apple. They outsource all of their hardware to companies like Foxxconn.

I find it highly possible, if not likely, Apple will collapse inside of 10 years because they will be innovated right out of power. Android and WP7/8 are already more powerful platforms than iOS, and the hardware will be decidedly more advanced on those platforms for at least the next year. On the tablet front, chips like tha Intel Atom, Qualcomm S4 snapdragon, nVidia Tegra2, and Texas Instruments OMAP4 chips will bring that platform up to PS3/XBOX360 performance standards, if not beyond, before the 3rd quarter of next year. Their computers are spiffy, but overpriced hardware, running increasingly obscure and obsolete OS's.

Consider: iFone has held about 1/4 market share in smartphones for several years now. The smartphone segment had exploded since then, but Apple has abjectly failed to expand it's share in a segment that's radically transformed since the first iFone, largely because of that first iFone. Car companies get sold and shut down for this kind of performance. This is NOT what would normally be called success. Their increased sales numbers for iFone are equivalent to a COLA on an income. The only REAL growth product they sell is iPad, and Google is marching strong into that market through partners like Motorola, Samsung, Acer, and others who offer excellent and often superior equipment. Apple will find feel the choke chain on iPad soon enough.

So, where's all this Apple optimism coming from? If you ask me, their behavior of late reflects the latter days of SCO, not Microsoft, Google, HTC, Samsung, ASUS, Acer, Dell, HP, Motorola, or even LG.
[Droid Incredible General] loonatik78:
Waz WAS a brain, but it seems time forgot him. That man needs to avoid the public light. He's done and said some really, really stupid thing in the last couple years. For instance, his idiotic comments concerning the Toyota throttle issue and the white iFone camera flash issue. Waz was flat WRONG about the Toyota throttle issue, asserting the physically impossible was happening. It's been well documented he was either seriously confused or clueless concerning the white iFone4. I feel bad for the guy... He's become completely irrelevant and can't seem to accept that fact, and nobody cares enough about the guy to stop him from making a laughing stock out of himself.
[Droid Incredible General] CrazyJek:
I really despise apple, but it does create competition. It just sucks because I see potential... But their business model is so restrictive...

They are limiting themselves.

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[Droid Incredible General] LoraxEleven:
In some small defense of Steve Wozniak on the Toyota throttle issue... In my extensive mechanical life, I've yet to see a problem related to throttle-sticking be as simple as reaching down and pulling the floor-mat back... Which was the initial stance from the good people of Toyota... And on the other hand, I've never seen it at the blame of software, either... It usually comes down to electronics on the newer vehicles, mostly throttle-positioning-sensors, et cetera... And with the old style, any cruise-control issues could be figured out in the vacuum system (99%) the rest were usually electronics, broken switches and the like. It's rarely an issue with linkages, that's more of a heavy vehicle issue, such as tanks and dozers, in that world linkages are a real threat for sticky-throttle, with ball-type joints, sand dirt and time cause potentially very dangerous circumstances. But on a relatively new Prius? Not so much... I can't say that it was software related on the Prius, I haven't had the opportunity to directly troubleshoot this same problem on this same vehicle, but I will say for certain that it was more than just mechanical, without a doubt. If you can find some descriptive info on the actual cc system for the callback Prius's, I'm sure you could deduce that yourself, too. I'm looking into the contents of the official fix-pack from Toyota, because my son, daughter-in-law and first grandchild will be rolling in a Prius in the near future, and I'll be the maintainer, I plan on dissecting the throttle system with much care, and seeing this thing up-close. As for defense, level throttle = stuck linkage... Increasing throttle = more than that!
[Droid Incredible General] godsmacked4653:
I think you're dead-on about Apple not being the leading innovation in technology anymore, but I don't think that's a bad thing for them.

The iPhone hardware wasn't superior to other phones when it first released, and the new iPhone won't make any great leaps in that department, either. But two of the three things Apple sells will keep selling; the software, and the name "Apple."

I'm not sure why you consider the software inferior and obsolete compared to Windows (unless you're just counting the sheer number of games and apps that you can't run on a Mac) but that software is why people do buy Apple products, and will continue to buy them, even if the hardware isn't up to par with the next computer. It's extremely simple. Security is a much smaller concern, you don't have to clean up your system like you do with a PC, it comes preloaded with applications that most people are going to download anyway. The buttons are big and colorful and idiot-proof, and that's what a lot of not-so-tech-savvy people want.

Will Apple continue to be the top dog and control the direction everything goes? No. They've already lost that position. But will they completely fall behind and go out of business? Also, no. As long as they keep manufacturing iPhones and iTunes, they'll be around for a long time. They're always going to have that niche market, and iTunes is the Internet Explorer of media players, for good or bad.
[Droid Incredible General] loonatik78:
OSX is widely considered neglected and obsolete on many levels because they don't support a number of widely used APU's and other utility software. It's only secure because the core of it is obscure; Unix/Linux based. Run Linux on any PC and you've got a platform that's just as secure and capable.
[Droid Incredible General] loonatik78:
The thing about Toyota was that people were saying all kinds of things that simply could not be true, and it seemed Steve simply didn't acknowledge some readily obvious facts about automobiles in general. I'm not familiar with any vehicle permitted to run on US highways that cannot be completely stopped under full throttle conditions, in any gearing of the transmission, on level pavement. That would include any motorcycle ever built up to and including a 80,000 Kenworth sporting a Cummins ISX 500HP with an Eaton Fuller 13 speed.

Failure rates for TBW are documented, with GM's being the lowest. Toyota's was well above average, but the sorts of complains Steve gave merit to simply cannot be true. Not only do all modern cards with TBW incorporate fall back feature that cut throttle after so many seconds of braking, but there are no cars built at any price that have drive trains capable of overwhelming the brake system. Not even a terminally faulty ABS system will allow that to happen.

To me, every time Steve opened his mouth on that subject, he was speaking of pure ignorance. I think he heard about a problem that included a product he owned, he dug into just that problem, and came up with some really nutty conclusions because he didn't look a the issue as a whole or in context. The bottom line is virtually every day a number of cars in the US have run away throttle issues. He didn't point his attention at the other makes and models that suffer failure rate on par with Toyota's, and he accepted undocumented and physically impossible scenarios as fact. Solar flares are probably a better explanation of what happened than what he came up with. Guys like you and I shouldn't be able to point this out to a guy who's supposed to know stuff like Steve is purported to. His attitude about Toyota blowing him off, being the great Wizard of Waz and all, didn't impress me either.
[Droid Incredible General] godsmacked4653:
But I've always assumed that Apple doesn't aim their software at people that are affected by that. In the nicest way possible, it is generally targeted at idiots. :P

And from their marketing standpoint, it works. It's definitely keeping them in business.
[Droid Incredible General] loonatik78:
Oh God, I couldn't agree with you more. I went to Apple's website and looked around a couple months ago. If a salesman walked up to me and tried selling me a product using the kind of language and attitude Apple uses to describe their products, I'd punch his teeth in for treating me like I showed up on a short bus, led around by some special ed teacher, wearing a hockey helmet with a lexan face shield to keep me from splitting my skull or stabbing my eyes out when I try to fork food into my face. Dr. Seuse is less pandering than Apple, and a bit more mature as well!
[Droid Incredible General] Mustoura:
LOVE IT
[Droid Incredible General] riko540:
They say OSX is generally more user friendly so calling them idiots is probably a bit harsh. Lets just call them computer illiterate.
[Droid Incredible General] iowabeakster:
I have to give respect to Apple.

They have made numerous hardware and software products that have helped push the envelope (in consumer type electronics).

I use some Apple developments on my Linux PC. CUPS anyone???

But I've never bought any of their products, and likely never will.

1. I guess I seem to be one of the few people immune to their marketing.

2. There are other products on the market that always offer better value.

Apple will continue to make big bucks selling overpriced products to those who believe that they are the next Albert Einstein when they own a device with an Apple logo on it... and those people who's consumer choices are driven by social status (must have the most expensive available).

Apple's real talent has always been marketing, and cornering their customers so customers must continue to throw money at Apple, after the purchase. This is Jobs's legacy.

I really tried to defend Apple when I started this... lol... fail.
[Droid Incredible General] godsmacked4653:
It probably is a bit harsh, but I didn't mean it negatively, per se.

Some people aren't good with computers and technology and just want something simple to use. I have many friends and family members like that, so they buy Apple products. Sure, it costs a little more, but it suits their needs and gives them less headache than a Windows PC. And I can attest to the simplicity there. Even my most "technologically illiterate" friends can work a Mac with little to no trouble, whereas they do have some problems with PCs. (why did Windows media player burn the songs on my CD in the wrong order? Stupid stuff like that.)

And I've tried going down the "let me put Linux on a computer for you to try!" road. IMO, a clean install of Ubuntu beats out Windows and OSX any day. But there's no big icons and shiny colors that people like, so it doesn't work. It's the same reason you go to McDonald's when you probably should be eating somewhere else. Sometimes it just fits the situation.
[Droid Incredible General] Mustoura:
I love the pic you made i hope you don't mind me using . if you do let me know and i will remove it.

Nice work
[Thunderbolt General] ctinsley:
Is it just me or is the battery life from the the latest ruu(2.11.605.0) amazing? I'm at 16.5 hours with out a recharge and I still have 40% battery to go! I'm not sure if I just didn't install some random app that drains my battery like crazy or what but as far as I know all my settings are consistant with my normal setup. Its also worth noting that this is the second day with mega battery as the same thing happened yesterday but I shrugged it off as a fluke.

Please don't flame this thread, as I'm only posting this to see if others have had the same success. My guess is that HTC finally fixed what ever was draining the battery like a brick.

My setup

Latest Stock rooted ruu

3 hour weather sync

4 hour Facebook and twitter sync

2 Google accounts full sync on(ie. Docs, reader, gmail, cal, music, etc. One is business and the other is personal)

Once a day rss feeds

Wifi turned all day connected for probably 60% of the day.

My phone is mostly used for data and text messaging since I only talked for about 15 minutes today.
[Thunderbolt General] lrs421:
Sounds pretty solid. Are you using the extended battery or the stock one?
[Thunderbolt General] loonatik78:
You have no idea what kind of work has gone into making this phone possible, much less work right. I have no doubt there were lots of bugs to work out. I'm waiting for some good ROMs to come out of the RUU. I just can't STAND stock setups.
[Thunderbolt General] ctinsley:
I'm using the stock battery and stock kernel
[Thunderbolt General] Jaxwindle:
I use extended battery and stock kernel. So far, battery life has been as good if not better than any custom kernel setup I had.
[Thunderbolt General] C@rn@ge:
How is the charge time with the stock kernel? Are you receiving voicemail notifications ok?
[Thunderbolt General] braxtoq:
I have also noted better battery life with the leaked 2.11 release. Don't have any specific numbers or timesframes because I do plug it in while on the road while using navigation. I am very happy with my TBolt right now!
[Thunderbolt General] cmhfdisker:
I installed the 2.11 update this morning. After getting things configured I jumped in the car to run some errands and noticed I did NOT have landscape mode after exiting the dock app. This never happened to me on MR2. After the first errand I rebooted the phone hoping it would fix it but no dice!

Anyone else not getting landscape mode on the homescreens (outside of the dock app) when in the car dock? Hoping it's just me.
[Thunderbolt General] ThisIsCrazy:
What's this "Display" thing that is using all my battery and how do I get rid of it? :D
[Thunderbolt General] ctinsley:
Drop your phone face down from about 5 feet onto concrete and you will no longer worry about display eating up your battery :D
[Thunderbolt General] ctinsley:
That's a stock thing you've been on a custom Rom too long my friend. All apps will auto rotate and while in the dock you have landscape but the stock sense homescreen has never rotated on the thunderbolt.
[Thunderbolt General] ctinsley:
Yes cm notification is working for me.

And charge times are pretty good I haven't noticed a difference from the custom kernels I have been running recently.
[Thunderbolt General] cmhfdisker:
Yes, I have been on the rooted MR2 for a while. Can the leaked 2.11 RUU be rooted so I can go back?
[Thunderbolt General] superstretch:
CL3ANTH3ORY 1.2X is based off of 2.11, and from what I've heard, Revolutionary will still work. If you upgrade and have S-OFF, just flash CWM and then SU.

While we're at it, why stay rooted stock? Seems the OTA will be out shortly and that will cause all sorts of problems-- or at least be an annoyance
[Thunderbolt General] cmhfdisker:
Thanks. I may give Revolutionary a try this afternoon.
[Thunderbolt General] musicfreak190:
so guys do you honestly see a increase in battery life with the new base...or was it just in the beginning ?
[Thunderbolt General] Diversion:
My battery life is very consistent and great with 211 base.. The best battery life i've ever seen using a stock HTC kernel. Can't wait for custom kernels to start rolling out for even more battery life.
[Thunderbolt General] knothead:
check out my life on NonS3nse yesterday http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17061615&postcount=116
[Thunderbolt General] voxigenboy:
i have the extended battery(2750) & running latest Synergy. i get about 6 hours with heavy use(watching 2 movies & screwing around on the web).
[Thunderbolt General] recDNA:
Has anyone been in touch with the revolutionary developers? I wonder if they will add some code to block ota's in the next version?
[Thunderbolt General] jbh00jh:
Go to their site or on twitter and ask them. :)
[Thunderbolt General] fixxxer2008:
that's not good at all with an extended battery. :eek:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veener79:
My fiance and I are looking at getting new phones. She loves the Inspire and I am sure that is what she is going to get. I also like the Inspire a lot. When I looked at the Infuse I liked it too. I think part of my issue is having a captivate right now and a Samsung phone before the captivate I am not that happy with how Samsung does their updates. Though I have been on many roms to correct that.

I am just trying to figure out what I want to get for a upgrade.

From searching and reading this is what I am getting.

The HTC has a boot loader that makes it hard to unlock and install roms on. Is this correct?

The Infuse I am worred about the Samsung screwing it all up again!

What I like about the infuse is I am tall and have long thin hands. That size fits me very well. The HTC is not that far behind.

The HTC seemed a little slower. I noticed that it seems like the HTC has a lot more software preloaded then the Infuse. I am not sure if that is the cause.

Thank you for any help with making up my mind.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Amphibliam:
My mom recently got the Droid Charge and she wants to set up Microsoft Exchange on it. Does Verizon still charge extra to use Microsoft Exchange? If so, is there a way that I can get around it?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bkhorn:
Try Touchdown: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nitrodesk.droid20.nitroid&feature=search_result

I have used it before and it is slick. Free to try is even better.
[Verizon Droid Charge] elucid:
Not extra. Just use stock email app
[Verizon Droid Charge] mattybaby:
I use SherWeb's for hosted Exchange 2007 and I do not pay extra for the data using the built-in email client (both in the stock and custom ROM's). This has been going on for over 4 months with no extra fee's. I think at the time of the signup, if they know you are a small business, then you pay extra just because you are a business.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] einrae214:
We'll there be any sense ported over to the g2x? I was hoping maybe in the future just to mix it up
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Beggars1923:
Good luck with that. We don't have as many devs here and the few good ones we have are bogged down creating better roms.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] einrae214:
Thx for the info I have a g2 and love it cuz the mix choice of roms to try. It seems like I just cm 7 and miui roms to choose from bummer.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rvdangel630:
be lucky you have those to chose from.:)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] flaronb6:
still would be nice to have a variety of roms

im getting a little bored of just stock roms and i wished this phone was more dev friendly

but we'll see
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wierdoha:
Is there a way to download battleheart on the SGS vibrant?? I heard some people got it on their phone and I'm wondering how... (IF ur wondering battleheart isnt supported on vibrant yet..) :mad:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] traicer:
i got it off the amazon app store cuz it wont show up on the android market place. i dont see any compatibility problems, everything is work fine.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legalizedterror:
well i updated the assend to Cm7 and it keeps relooping the boot screen with the skater android. when i try to go into recovery it will not let me because it keeps saying updated failed. I really need help.:mad:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave2582:
It is only considered a brick if your device will not power on, no lights, no nothing. Hence, a 'brick'.

Have you tried running the RUU?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] [d]amour:
Hi i just wanna know why is it happen so occassionally when i hit reboot recovery on my cm7 mod or any rom it goes to bootloader err occassionally..i have to flash my phone and restore nandroid almost 4 times a week..is there any solution??
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnowdapowda:
do we really have to tag group tags on every thread we make even if its not a release? i mean i know were proud to be affiliated with whatever dev/theme group we've joined up with but it seems a little kiddy to tag your general threads (and sometimes questions) with whatever group your in because it makes titles cluttered, and in my opinion it's quite pointless.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris41g:
honestly I agree.. its in my signature... I only tag my releases that are on the ACS site as [ACS] basically so you know that you are gonna be going there to DL it...

otherwise you already know im in acs, I don't need to tell you.. and if i do #sigcheck
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnowdapowda:
Lol true that I think anyone who cares enough about your group to be lookong for it will already know who to look for.

Cd's or tapes?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shane6374:
I gotta agree with you on this. It's gotten a bit out of hand.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnCorleone:
I pulled my banner and am going to put a thinner one because I post so much and I know it takes a lot of space.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shane6374:
Yeah, I pulled mine yesterday until I have time to make a smaller one.
[Acer Iconia A500] sonkey:
Hello All,

I finally made the jump from a gTAB to an Acer Iconia, got it on craigs**** for 250.00 brand new.

Anyway, I went through the steps to do the Gingerbreak root method and all it does is sit there. It isnt doing anything but say Rooting.

It is updated to the latest stock ROM. Is there a new version I should use to root for a newer stock Rom,?

PS, I have a mem card in slot, usb debbuging and Unkonwn sources checked, usb cable plugged in.

Please help.

Thanks, SoNK
[Acer Iconia A500] Diablo67:
Download Iconiaroot from here.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138228 its for honeycomb 3.1.
[Acer Iconia A500] sonkey:
Awesome, It worked.

Thanks, Brotha, SoNK
[Acer Iconia A500] bitterevp:
what is gingerbreak for? And why is it posted as the way to root an a500? It doesnt work. Iconia root adk does great though.
[Acer Iconia A500] CSeb95:
gingerbreak was the first way to root an iconia.

iconiaroot appeared long after.
[Acer Iconia A500] sonkey:
Sweet

Thanks for the help. Its nice not to have to put clockwork on like the old fashioned way on a Gtab. This Acer stuff is automated and easy.

Thanks, For the help,

SonK
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
If I was any good at Wiki editing, this should be mentioned that Iconiaroot should be the method to go for stock 3.1 Iconias.