yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassie112:
Depends on what you define a visually the best. Go is more polished than ADW or Launcher Pro. But the last 2 can be customized more with themes, although Go is catching up really fast. Then you have SPB Shell 3D, which I think is the best looking, but personally I like the Go experience more all together.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobleskill:
Go is great for themes and such, different ones released all the time and often free. ADW and vtlauncher share a base but go completely different directions. ADW is closer to go and vtl is really good if your a landscape lover. More functions than looks though.

DxTop is one I thought looked slick (enough so I remember the name and have been considering jumping to it. Oh and zeam launcher. There was one I found and I swear it was CClauncher but its gone from market or, and more likely, I have the name wrong. I have GO as fallback but the only way you'll find what appeals to you is through trial and error imo

There is endless choice and all appeal to different folk for different reasons.

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philansel7:
i guess i will go with the Go launcher :P
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
GO launcher eats memory like a fat kid in a cake shop. Imo launcher pro is still the best 3rd party launcher about :p
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finbaar:
Second that. I have paid for mine and when I get my Arc today it is going straight on it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinyXperia:
Launcher7 looks good if you like WP7:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] punkmonkey1984:
Im liking Miui launcher

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1220695
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komedol:
+1. I like it a lot, visually. Too bad it lags my O2X. Try 360launcher, it looks great & polished too.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1345601
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
+1
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theduke89:
ATOM Launcher. Amazing.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaew:
I am using Xperia play with unlocking BL, 4.0.A.2.368.

How to root my Play? :confused:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
You search. Thats how you do it :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaew:
How to root 4.0.2.A.368

I can not get way to root my play.

Please teach me, if you know.

:confused:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yohandesilva1:
I was searching and the only way I found is the ota method. But i dont have OTA here. BTW if any one know trackID works on unlocked boot-loaders now?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El_Colombiano:
Assuming you have 4.0.2.A.368 STOCK, it MUST be stock, then go here and follow the instructions. I mean you could have found it yourself but I really dislike when people send others straight to the search bar. It's no help.

I have it rooted and trackID does not work. Shame as I absolutely love the app.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yohandesilva1:
No cant be cz I have root and its working maybe you have unlocked the boot-loader then it wont work.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
If you use the paid method of bootloader unlock rather that the official one. You dont loose DRM certificates or ability to OTA update :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El_Colombiano:
There is a paid version?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
PM Alejandrissimo he will give you deatails of his remote unlock method. I think it costs about 15GBP

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=3484087
[LG Optimus 2x] mrjeff:
Anyone seen this? The browser just stopped rotating ?!? I am on stock ROM v10c. Any hints very much appreciated, cheers
[LG Optimus 2x] antec123:
check browser settings, make sure that you untick the landscape only display
[LG Optimus 2x] mrjeff:
Tnx mate, prob solved
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Izzy Stinson:
Can someone send me an invites?

Both on Google+ and Pool Party.

Any invites will be aprreciated.

izzystinson@gmail.com

Thank you! :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ahm09:
I will send you one to Google +
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Izzy Stinson:
Thanks! Just got an email and invites from you :)

How about Pool Party, anyone? :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] prasenjit07:
Can you Send me the google+ invitation??? My email id is, prasenjit.smith@gmail.com
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Izzy Stinson:
I cant. I already been invited. But I cant sign up because I'm under 18! :(
[General Questions and Answers] baySF:
so i wanna use groove ip and i have to use google voice and my problem is, i have no service/data/mobile plan. when i get to google voice and create my google number, i get to the part where it has to send a verification via call and it always says it can verify bcuz my phones not aloud to recieve calls if its been turned off. how can it do this if my phones been practically shutoff? any help please?
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] tudorc11:
I will order a Galaxy Tab P1000 soon and I plan to buy an anti-glare screen protector with it. I've found the Momax Anti-Glare Screen Protector for Samsung Galaxy Tab pretty interesting but it is quite expensive.

I wonder if it's worth 3 times other screen protectors cost. Has anyone used it?
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] 0okami:
Any updates on this?
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] audiobookman:
dunno about that one, i just purchased a pack of 3 cheap screen protectors in matt - wasted 2 of them as they didnt go on to well but the third one went on a treat and now i can see the tab in bright sunlight using sat nav, also no more constant cleaning prints of the screen.

some dont like the washed out effect from matt screens - but for me it makes the machine usable.
[Desire HD General] Ky1:
Hi There,

Just downgrade my DHD and want bit advice on which is best rom to install

Many Thanks.
[Desire HD General] Spawn86:
In my opinion the best ROM for a HTC Desire HD is the Cyanogenmod...
[Desire HD General] Ky1:
Many Thankds for replay, do have link were can download?
[Desire HD General] copex:
In my opinion the best ROM for a HTC Desire HD is LeeDroid :-)
[Desire HD General] Ky1:
Thank you, but can you please give me a link?
[Desire HD General] darren91teo:
You can find all in the development thread. Find your own preference. :) You can flash new ROM anytime anywhere.
[Desire HD General] paul c:
Look in the Desire HD ROM section for all ROMs.

I have no experience of the Cyanogenmod ROMS, but you can also consider the Revolution and LeeDroid ROMs. They are well built and stable, and you can choose versions with or without Sense.

Order the posts in that section by number of posts, and you´ll quickly see which are the most popular ROMs.

Popularity does not = the best choice for your specific needs. I´d suggest flash a Rom, play with it for an hour (don´t bother customising), try another, and so on.

In terms of performance, battery drain, read through the threads to get a feeling. The most popular ROMs shouldn´t give you problems there anyway, they're all tuneable via overclock settings.

The more you customise the first ROM, the less you´ll want to change ;)

Take a Titanium Backup of all apps and data, then for example to get everything across follow this guide carefully: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/pr...an-install-restore-using-titanium-backup.html

Bear in mind the data structure in the new ROM will probably be different from your current one, so it makes sense to follow those steps carefully.
[Desire HD General] Grant Barker:
To give DHD / Rom newcomers a better idea and a little inspiration..

List of current XDA roms.

Some rom screenshots.

(Sorry for the plug to my own site but it was made to help people with exactly your question.)
[Desire HD General] ernmin:
CyanogenMod is the most popular one and most people use it (including newcomers).

But I'm using MIUI.US 1.9.2 and I do recommend it. It runs smooth and stable, with good performance and battery life.

It's all to your decision though. Not every roms are suitable for everyone. You can take a look at the comments and reviews.

You may also download different roms through ROM Manager app from market.
[Desire HD General] japre:
I think the most stable and smooth rom is ARHD 5.2.6. It is fully stock with Sense 2.1. If You want Sense 3.0, try VU 2.35. It isn't so smooth as ARHD, but have better battery life and of course full Sense 3.0 (pyramid base)
[Desire HD General] shantu:
I think "Best Rom" is different from person to person...battery, performance, features ect...a good place to look is http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1079108
[Desire HD General] nish77:
ARHD 5.2.6 ...as smooth as butter really..with sense 3 addons installed...but if you really want the whole sense 3 experience go for coredroid v8 or virtuous unity v2.35...you are soon gona be a flashaholic!
[Desire HD General] barthoz:
Try the roms, read the reviews and make your own choice. Look for the rom that is best for you
[Desire HD General] dewa-angin:
I recommended VU 2.35 for you if you need better battery life with enought smooth display...

but everyone have a different result depend on their setting...that's why I love android :D

we use same ROM but get a different result and sensation :)
[Desire HD General] mbeats:
No question !

Mike´s Revolution HD official Sense 3 6.1.0
[Desire HD General] MyHTCDesireHD:
Gotta say, liking the latest Android Revolution. CM7 was good as well.
[Desire HD General] Juusuhako:
RCMix3D if you want sense 3.5. I use it myself and im very happy with it. :D
[Android Themes] zkibz:
Hi,

I'm having problem downloading skins for my weather using Beautiful Widget. I go to Weather Skins -> Download Skins but the problem is on the tab shows "Loading Skins List" ONLY all the time..I wait for more than 10 minutes but still the same..also on Clock Skins

I'm using Beautiful Widget V. 3.65

Please help me :(
[Android Themes] crash74:
be original
[XPERIA X1 General] mohibb:
spend ages looking for panels!! finally managed to pull them off an iranian website! God bless those hardworking souls!! original link is posted below (though you will need an account if u understand farsi or google translate is good enough). Cabs are also attached. If anyone want more than those posted below please let me know ill download them and attach them

http://www.ir-tci.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-29166.html
[XPERIA X1 General] mohibb:
bump.......
[XPERIA X1 General] tripledoom:
All of em in 1 link ? :)
[XPERIA X1 General] Feregorn:
Hello mate and thanks for your efforts. I would like to have here for easy donwloading, the Fish panel, Gallery panel, Radio panel, Xperia X2 Tilewaves for X1 panel, Original X panel, Cool Hunting panel and the two Pixel City panels. Thanks!
[LG Optimus Black] dpockets:
How to make lgob totaly stock from rom nova 8 for sending it to LG service bcz somewhere read like ext4 of nova creates prob in flashing stock rom and i mean complete stock no root no cwm
[LG Optimus Black] quyTam:
just go back to stock rom, then do 1 factory reset (or 2) with the hidden menu.
[LG Optimus Black] assotracti0n:
Hey dpockets,

just use the lg updater to flash latest official stock rom. after flashing the rom launch the hidden menu (3845#+970#) and select "factory reset" - do a reboot and everything should be fine again (:

Greets

Edit: Ouch... too late x.x
[LG Optimus Black] dpockets:
Thanks man, the flashing will not have any prob due to change ext3 to ext4 in nova
[Android Development on Bada] Tigrouzen:
QBA GSM.GPRS.EDGE :"RFMD" RF3225 -1103 - F14BMTB

http://www.rfmd.com/CS/Documents/RF3225DS.pdf

Memory : "Sandisk" SDIN5D2-2G http://omapworld.com/iNAND_e_MMC_4_41_IF_data_sheet_v1_0[1].pdf

PMIC : "MAXIM" MAX8987 EWQ 1041

Update in second...

I hope now Android well porting to easly on Wave II
[Android Development on Bada] Rebellos:
Atmel chipset under LCD is touch panel controller, I think it's the same as in S8500.

LCD is usually Hydis, some codename: nt35510 (dunno if its Hydis or Samsung marking)

WM8994 is the same thing as in S8500, I9000 and many more.

MAX8997 is also the same as above.

Camera CPU MC-10170 too.

Broadcomm wifi chipset also.

MoviNAND flash is different, but works exactly the same way.

Aint sure about Wifi/BT broadcomm chipset, but on my S8530 I haven't seen any driver errors and it seems to be the same as in S8500 also.

The only thing on our way to port it succesfully was lack of LCD drivers (only guessed display, now I'm sure about it), lack of skills to port these drivers. Now the barrier is that I have no development device. If anyone can find and donate/sell cheap S8530 mainboard to me, would be nice.
[Android Development on Bada] Tigrouzen:
PMIC different

Broadcomm too

Im sure ist verry different pcb in Broadcomm

Quad Band Amplifier Triquint on S8500 and RFMD on S8530

http://www.rfmd.com/default.aspx

Understood ist maybe another entreprise but pcb circuit its same
[Android Development on Bada] Rebellos:
PMIC is the same.

As I said I'm not sure about the 2 you posted.

anyway chipsets from GSM/UMTS RF block aren't important for porting, these are handled by Modem AMSS.

One of my S8530 macro photos:

http://tinypic.com/r/v6t9xy/7

//edit:

Or, maybe PMIC really differs, it's 8987 on my picture, or Im wrong...?
[Android Development on Bada] Tigrouzen:
You right its 8987 but S8500 its 8998 or its same just number differ

You're smoker ;)
[Android Development on Bada] Gothic253:
Any progress?
[Android Development on Bada] Tigrouzen:
We find LCD DATASHEET, now need developper make driver for.
[Android Development on Bada] memht:
I hope you can do it. Good luck :)
[Android Development on Bada] BiapLorScarp:
dev s8530 open

Hello.

I have Festival installed, but if I try to get it to say anything, I get the following error.

FreeBSD: cant open /dev/dsp

Ive searched this, and have found that some process is probably hogging the device. So, run fstat grep dsp, but nothing shows.

Any clue as to what I can do here?
[Android Development on Bada] Tigrouzen:
:D Think you litle mistake something !!!

Stop Beer !! lol
[Android Development on Bada] furkey:
hey dudes you are just doing an awesome work! But (just wonder) any progress with porting android on s8500? There has been a progress made (at least display is working :D ). So how about that? Can you find the modem drivers? Or sensors?
[General Questions and Answers] ratmach:
So I Am Working On Some Project And I got stuck...... Problem is i can't PUSH my files From My Device To PC (Note: I am not using PC to PUSH/PULL). So is there any Terminal/Busybox Command :confused: ? Really need some help :(
[General Questions and Answers] mercianary:
I hope not as this would pose a major security threat to the pc.

If you had a service running on the pc for this purpose yes.
[General Questions and Answers] ratmach:
Well, The PC Side Isn't Much Of The Problem, Thing Is I Want To Record recived Message In File And than Copy This File To PC or let PC Know that it is time to pull that file, I managed to write sms recording software with ease, however i'm stuck there :(
[XPERIA X8 General] qweasd1111:
I'm curious about what do you think. My favourite is GingerDX however it's draining the battery fast.
[XPERIA X8 General] Chris95X8:
Well, I've only tried XGin before and now I'm using GDX which I LOVE!! (I don't have battery drain BTW)
[XPERIA X8 General] qweasd1111:
i charged 100% at midnight now it's on 59%. I've installed advanced task killer and set an autokill but i think it's still drains fast . With froyobread the battery would be 80+ maybe even 90+
[XPERIA X8 General] Dare-Devil Inside:
Dont use task killers.;)

Peace, DDI!
[XPERIA X8 General] qweasd1111:
Why not ??

Somehow we must prevent unused applications run in the background .
[XPERIA X8 General] Chris95X8:
This is why!
[XPERIA X8 General] codfreak:
I´ve read that, and it sounds logically, but my phone begins to lag when there are too many apps still active, so I use Autokiller.

Especially when I played NFS before and it still runs in the background, my phone is laggy.

And my battery lasts 1-2 days what is normal for me, because I play games, download mp3s, have a look at xda for new stuff for my X8.

@All those who are having battery drain:

Discharge the phone until it powers off itself, then go to xrecovery and wipe battery stats (it seems not to work for me in CWM-rec,don´t know if you´re having this problem too), then charge to 100% and wipe those battery stats again, and:

tadaa!

Your battery life should last longer now.
[XPERIA X8 General] Chris95X8:
Just use the battery calibration app. It's far more easy and fast.
[XPERIA X8 General] oferas:
I use Gingercrutz 7.4...

It works like a charm after battery calibration, and it's fast enough unless you load it with a lot of apps. BTW I use autokiller on "Strict" preset.

Bottom line I love GC 7.4 !
[XPERIA X8 General] samyeung97hk:
Definitely GDX, its smooth, fast, almost bug-less. btw, I don't have battery drain, just close 3G when don't use it,That will save battery.
[XPERIA X8 General] StormIceX:
gingerdx for me ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] mikel_0004:
what version of gdx is most stable for you guys?.. im currently using the latest which is v13 and i have some problems like sometimes auto rotate not working after reboot... wifi taking too long to connect and keeps on reconnecting...
[XPERIA X8 General] biluwky:
wher is GingerXperia is that same Xgin :confused:
[XPERIA X8 General] proadi96:
Today morning i went from gingerdx to ginger xperia and i can easily recommend it :)
[XPERIA X8 General] milenkokg:
New link for gingerxperia v6 fixed?
[XPERIA X8 General] gaillard:
gingerdx for me is the best
[XPERIA X8 General] madsponge26:
I love gingerdx.. i use v15 now! So far i have problem.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ahm09:
Let me here give you and example of how bad is this phone battery situation is .

I have an HTC HD2 running android 2.3.3 and it has a 1GHZ processor which is the same with the xperia mini pro i bought , on the other hand the HD2 has 4.3" screen while the mini pro is only 3" so I already nticed after using the mini pro that its consuming so much battery than the HD2 but i wanted to be more specific so below are the details

HD2 Battery is 1230mA, xperia mini pro 1200mA ( Almost the same )

so I left both of them in idle for 8 hours ( wifi is on both have the same apps like Facebook , google+, twitter, with the same update settings, )

the HD2 dropped from 82% to 71% in 8 hours in idle (Lost 11% )

The mini pro dropped from 100% to 50% in 8 hours in idle ( lost 50%)

for me this is a big gap between the two devices and to be honest i expected the HD2 to have a shorted battery life conidering its much more powerfull device and its 2 years old with the same 2 years old battery.

and i also noticed that during the test:

the HD2 never exceeded 10mAh consumption at all

the mini pro rarely went below 50mAh and the minimum was 26mAh

so i guess there is something that eats the battery during the idle time and it is taking alot of it comparing the two devices.

in fact when i bought the mini pro i wanted smaller device that will have a better battery life , but now its totally the opposit which make me confused.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] heyalhijri:
custom ROM may increase the xperia mini pro battery life. before this i had a xperia x8, using the custom ROM, battery life increase 30-40% more than using the stock ROM. original ROM contain a lot of junk/trash application which consume more RAM and battery life.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] knudsen81:
I think there is something wrong with your phone or a app. my phone had lost 20 % on 8 hours, i got my phone today
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ahm09:
I think there is something wrong but I'm not sure what it is exactly, and this is happening while the phone is in idle (sleep)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] yz77:
Ya my battery drains very fast too
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] r33p:
:) no problems with battery here... Maybe pro drains more
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] galimpic:
There is (was?) similar problem with SE Arc, which I had before this phone. The culprit was the stock picture app which whould, once started, drain battery from the background. Try keeping it on idle after a reboot. I hope this phone does not have this issue, too, since it already has enough of them :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpha-dog:
tried using this but keep on getting the "Communications with phone unexpectedly interrupted. Try again." i dont have HTC Sync installed and ive got the fastboot drivers installed. any ideas people?

thanks in advance
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andQlimax:
ensure usb debug is enabled..and, if u have htc 2.3.3, check setting/application and untick fast boot

also ensure that any other program on ur pc is not interferring with the process
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkabout:
doubletwist or anything else your phone would connect to when you plug it in will cause an issue. Do you get the generated code, or is the error preventing everything?

EDIT: I did exactly this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16853832&highlight=revolutionary#post16853832 and it worked perfectly.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpha-dog:
yeah ive done everything you said, still no luck
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpha-dog:
heres the log

=============================================

| Revolutionary S-OFF & Recovery Tool 0.4pre4 |

=============================================

Brought to you by AlphaRev & unrEVOked.

Waiting for device...

Found your device: HTC Desire (bravo-0.93.0001, Android: 2.2, ROM version: 2.33.

161.2)

This is a beta release and requires a beta release key.

Please visit: http://revolutionary.io for more information.

Enter beta key [ serial: SH08EPL02192 ]: s1vB3q1sBH35BJCv

Beta key accepted - thank you for participating!

Zerging Root... this might take a minute or so.. Root acquired!

Sending in Caroline...

Cleaning up...

Rebooting to fastboot...

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!

Waiting for fastboot...

Communications with phone unexpectedly interrupted. Try again.

Press (almost) any key to exit.

my phone says 'fastboot usb' and is locked untill i unplug the usb
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkabout:
Are you using a front or top usb connection on your computer? I've had issues with that before and a reboot fixed the communication. Even with the wife's laptop (though very rare) the usb connection just doesn't show up properly. Outside of that and possible clearing cache I'm not too sure what else. Kind new at this myself ...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpha-dog:
ill try with one of the usb sockets at the back, how do you clear the cache?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkabout:
Boot in recovery and it's one of the options.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpha-dog:
omg.... the usb socket at the back worked.... ffs
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkabout:
HA! :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] dumraden:
Hello people,

My line of work is gonna change in the near future, from an IT im taking a 180 degree turn to construction :P

Since i dont think my G2 will cut it in the dusty wet and harsh enviroment of Construction, I would be much obliged if someone could help me out in choosing a rugged phone.

I thought maybe getting an otterbox case for the G2 but that adds way too much bulk, and still lacks water resistance as well as dust resistance.

Anyways the 3 candidates for me atm are:

Samsung Galaxy Xcover

Motorola Defy+

Casio GZone Commando

So... Which would stand out for you people?