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[Motorola Photon 4G] gomopho:
Maybe it's just me, but I'm so underwhelmed by the communit(ies) for the MoPho. Coming from a Pre, I'm used to a passionate and active community of near-fanatical phanboys waxing poetic on the delights/disasters of their phone. But there's so little excitement/action/enthusiasm around the MoPho. I'm really surprised. Personally, I'm happier with this phone than any other tech gadget I've used. Period. The signals are great - Phone, Wifi, GPS. The battery life is by far the best I've seen on a smartphone, there's no lag, the screen is easily seen in sunlight, the speaker is loud. Without root and just adding some widgets and a new launcher, this thing kicks A$$!

So why is it so dead in MoPholand? Where's the developer action? Am I the only one who loves this phone?

Maybe it's just the nature of the fragmented Android universe?

Or are people just ho-hum about the MoPho?

Or is everyone so happy that they're not spending time on forums b1tching about it?

C'mon mophos! Represent!
[Motorola Photon 4G] M@XLOL:
I don't frequent this board as much as some others as the Photon works so well with just the stock software and the few modifications posted in the DEV section. I am tired of trolling people that are talking about the SGS2 and I've got my theme how I like it (save for a few xml edits that I am too lazy to try and figure out).

There are two things that I would LIKE but I know will be harder for ME to figure out then its worth. Reboot options (have to edit android policy jar) and power control widgets in the pulldown bar (inb4 widget locker)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Awesomejc:
I totally see what you mean. However, I do remember when I first got my EVO it was a good 3-4 months before any activity started to pick up.

Honestly, I could care less. With my EVO I was looking forward to developments simply because ..... well there were many flaws with that phone.

The photon stock is sufficiently acceptable for me. Great battery, great speed, i really dont care about roms/kernels etc... All i care about is launchers, widgets and aps thats more than enough for me to customize

And with Android 4.0 coming out, anything I do to it now wont matter because I'll be one of the many curious people to upgrade

I say give it a couple of months at least until after the 4.0 comes out.

Two things I'm looking forward to: Android 4.0 and Nexus Prime.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
This ^

Also, getting an unlocked boatloader with 4G (without having to jump through hoopes to make work) and other custom recoveries might help as well. It will happen...just very early for this device yet. In my opinion is moving along very nicely.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jamesdwalters:
+1

The Photon is such a kick ass phone all I really needed was root. Now if someone makes a cool and stable (or more stable) as the stock rom, that has a cool theme or offers me some neat functions I will flash it. Other then that WTF else do I need. If you are not happy with the phone or development then GTFO! Don't waste your time or ours *****ing.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gomopho:
Good to know things are likely to pick up over time. I'm glad to see everyone else generally very happy with the phone. There are some tweaks to do - but that's true of every phone. The MoPho has its issues down to things I'd call minor annoyances. It's got all the major issues covered. And they are totally on top of it with the updates. I think we will start getting big bonuses from the Googlerola combination.

I'll keep talking the phone up to everyone on my own.
[Motorola Photon 4G] R2DeeTard:
This phone is so fantastic that I only need root. If some cool rims are developed with working 4g I will surely go that route, but for now I am fine with the way it is.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bigjim1488:
Things are still in the baby stages here and with the coming of the new Sammy phone I am sure a lot of people are undecided what they want to do. Once the line is drawn in the sand and folks make their decision on if they are staying with the mopho or going to Sammy things will pickup.
[Motorola Photon 4G] HondaCop:
Yea, I agree. Fact is that the SGSII Epic Touch 4G is a killer phone and once released, this place will be almost a ghost town.

Sent from my stale MoPho...
[Motorola Photon 4G] scoobdude:
I disagree. This phone is very well done stock. But in comparison it has its weakness to other phones and when the sammy comes out more of those will be pointed out. But so will some of the places it shines. Give it time and the dust will settle. As of now there is no clear winner, but going either route you cant lose IMHO.
[Motorola Photon 4G] noefects:
I would have to agree with everyone as well, has the pho even been out for a month yet?

I am very excited about the prospect of the unlocked bootloader w/4g as that is the only thing stopping me from going buck-nutty on this thing with new Roms. Motos have been hacked for so long im sure its only a matter of time before the flow of devs come back once the SGS2 hype dies down.

as for now all I need is root, since 4g is way too much fun to not have at the moment.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ghodzilla5150:
Exactly. I LOVE this phone Out OF The Box. Great/Amazing Battery Life. Stock ROM is fine with me. I finally feel I have NO need to put on another ROM. With Google Buying Moto Mobility, sky's the limit for our Super Phone. I can see it in Broad Daylight. I have the Sprint Hotspot on it (for Xoom, HP Touchpad, 3DS and Netflix) it works just Great with only 3G, 4G is Lighting Fast.

I am a happy customer. My wife liked it so much she gave our daughter her EVO Shift 4G and I got her a Photon. Everyone is Circle Jerking with the SGS2. Let them have it. When Sammy does not deliver (like usual) and we have Ice Cream before everyone else, they will be jealous of us and not the other way around. This is the BEST phone I have EVER had. I'm Rooted for My Backup Pro and Titanium Backup and that's it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jamesdwalters:
Honestly I couldn't care less what phone someone else has or what they think of mine. If everyone else in the whole world dropped the photon for the SGS2 that is fine with me. I will still love my Photon. If I wanted to have the same phone as everyone else I would have an Icrap phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] 21productionz:
I love this MoPho! It's working its way to becoming the best phone I've ever had.

Sent from my MoPho using the XDA Premium app
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
This is the first android phone i didnt have to root to be happy with lol (out if abt 15 difficult devices). Im rooted now but stock rooted just for cache cleaner and titanium backup. Its definitely the best android device ive owned...
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
The only thing I dislike about the Photon which is really minor anyway is the pentile screen. The gloss effect is annoying.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Torisen:
Peeps keep talking about the problem with the pentile screen, I've never seen it. Do I just have bad eyesight? Everything looks sharp and clear to me.
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
You have to really pay attention to see it

Sent from my PHOTON blaster!
[Motorola Photon 4G] HondaCop:
The display is very sharp but the Pentile effect is very obvious. It's like a dithering effect. Everything has this grainy effect to it. Charge your battery full and look at the battery meter. If you don't see a large green icon full of tiny black specks, you are in denial. You don't see a solid green icon, it's got that dithering effect. And so does everything else on the screen, but the screen is still sharp and vibrant.

Sent from my stale MoPho...
[Motorola Photon 4G] jamesdwalters:
Your high, and no I am not in denial. Blind? maybe but it looks about as good as any other screen I have seen and better by far then some I have had.
[Motorola Photon 4G] HondaCop:
Whatever bro. You see whatever you want to see. I guess a visit to the eye doctor is in order for you because the Pentile effect is so obvious on this device. Does it hinder the screen in a major way? No. Is the screen still one of the sharpest and brightest screens on any phone? Yes, but the effect is obvious whether you want to admit it or not. Even when you scroll the display, the shimmering due to the Pentile matrix is obvious.

Sent from my stale MoPho...
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
hands down the screen CANNOT even come close to touching the samoleds of samsung. the pentile is noticeable, but only really during scrolling. its not a horrible screen just not nearly as nice of one as my nexus/epic
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
ah crap! i see it on my battery indicator just like you said! but i had to put my eyes about 6 inches from the screen and close one eye. guess ill live lol :p

i havent had many issues with the phone. i think they did a GREAT job. internals are top notch, and externals too. few things that i dont like are things that will come in time, Lapdock or rigging up one to work, and ICS.

Ill be jumping up and down when Icream is released on the Photon because then the dual core processor will be properly utilized. right now were are stuck in the middle like running a dual or quad core on a windows 2000 machine. im happy where i am now, and i would unlock and load the custom kernels that are out, but just watch... when we get a OS that better utilizes the dual core it will be night and day from a custom kernel on gingerbread.

oh, and it would have been nice for it to have come from the factory with an induction charger like powermat or something. but slowly phone manufactures will be doing that down the road.

i give my photon 2 thumbs up and two big toes also.
[Motorola Photon 4G] flipper12:
DITTO! You took the words right out of my mouth.
[Motorola Photon 4G] falcoxda:
Yup, unlocked bootloader with 4g would be really nice, but otherwise it just works fine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mfriggio:
The camera sucks!

I have had several android phones, starting with the G1...this is supposed to be a high end phone and in many ways it is, but the camera takes terrible pictures (even on sunny days) compared to other high end devices.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrwinscher:
Hmmmm... I thought the exact opposite. Obviously its not a nikon, but the quality of pictures are much better then my EVO was. And the video quality is amazing!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdpyo:
I have till the 27th of this month to return my NS. am I pushing the envelope or what?

Anyone ever had a hard time with such a close return date?

I cant make up my mind if I should keep the NS or return it and shoot for the SGS2.

Seriously losing sleep over this.

The NS camera sucks and the S2 is to big. I've put my Inspire up for sale, but I cant make my mind up! lol
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
If you are within the return period you don't have a problem.

You really think the camera sucks? Why? I think it takes great pictures for a phone camera. It has even beaten the iPhone 4 in an outdoor comparison.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2wheeler:
NexxyS4G is nice, but if I had the option of the SGS2, I'd return the Nexxy in a heart beat and get the SGS2. (super amoled PLUS and that extra .5" of screen to me is a benefit. I think the slightly larger footprint is ideal for a smartphone's screen)

Only neg is if you are one of the few that require NFC (near field comm) as I do not believe the SGS2 has that capability.

As for the camera, I don't expect much when using a phone but surprised it wasn't a little better when reviewing images taken on the Nexy.

BTW this was the first time I bought a phone with a retail presence - BestBuy. (still purchased online but picked-up). Anyway highly impressed with their service. Free 30 return policy. NO restock fee as one would see at RadioShack.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
I know a phone is not for me when I start constantly youtubing and dreaming about my other choice. SGS 2 is nice, but Nexus Prime will be nicer
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdpyo:
I think I'm gonna flip a coin heads I keep it tails I return it. Lol
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idelgado782:
I don't want a phone bigger than the nexus s. I'm going to be sad of the nexus is bigger. I actually think the camera on this phone is decent. Takes good shots. I actually have the buy back program from best buy and I'm waiting to take advantage of this for the new nexus although getting the sgsII would be nice. Hmmm you got me thinking now.

Sent from a Brainmasters MIUI powered NEXUS S!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
It seems like that's the best bet lol. There hasn't been a single phone currently released that makes me want to switch yet. I want something that is a vast improvement over my Nexus, not just slightly better
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bridgebldr:
You'll like the camera on the sgs ll. I've had the unlocked version since May and it works great.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdpyo:
I have 6 days left for the return, I cannot talk myself into returning it!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Honestly I would wait for the next Gen nexus. The specs are like a laptop and 4.65" sounds big, but I'd appreciate the extra real estate, especially on a reported samoled nd screen... man I love technology
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdpyo:
I have my Inspire back up and running an AOSP ROM, gonna try to return it tomorrow I guess, I don't want to but at the same time I've worked myself up for the s2.

Ugh :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
since they both share the same modules except kernel, would i be able to make CWM work on I9001 using rom manager. It won't do any damage would it? i mean if i take outthe battery and restart, it would normally boot without loosing my original recovery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
Bumping this thread...i was hoping a helpful reply
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hygge:
I have found that you can enable www access through a proxy server by inserting new iptables rules in Android. I have used it successfully to browse internet throughput the wifi at my office, it should be the same for school networks with proxy servers as well.

Requirements:

Root access

Kernel with iptable and netfilter support

Known working kernels:

Doomkernel v10

Have been tested on .368 firmware and Doomkernel v10, all iptable and netfilter modules are included in his kernel.

1. Open a terminal emulator or use a scripting app, I have been using ScriptManager.

2. Add iptables entry, root access is needed to manipulate the iptables.

Replace ip address and port in the --to parameter to match your own proxy server address

$ su

# iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp -o wlan0 -d internal.ericsson.com -j ACCEPT

# iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp -o wlan0 --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 153.140.40.150:3132

# iptables -t nat -L (to list newly added rule)

All apps will now connect to the proxy when accessing port 80

To remove iptables:

$ su

# iptables -t nat -F OUTPUT

You might see several error messages, they can be ignored

modprobe: module 'ip_tables' not found

getsocket for multiport failed strangely: No such file or directory

FIX ME! implement getprotobyname() bionic/libc/bionic/stubs.c:378

Please let me know if you know how to improve the ruleset and if other kernels are working as well.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hygge:
Updated ruleset:

Have added additional rule to configure iptales to bypass proxy for intranet web addresses, it would otherwise try to open up intranet web pages trough the proxy server.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] w1000i:
The easy way

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=766569
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hygge:
Thanks for the url, have you tried it? Might give it a try but is sounds like it is just a frontend to manipulating the iptables, I prefer to change it myselft, that gives full flexibility to do whatever I wish with the iptables :)

Did give DroidProxy a try from the android marked but it did not seem to work which is why I started to setup the proxy manually in iptables.

---------- Post added at 10:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 AM ----------

Found out that, the transporxy project has been discontinued and replaced with autoproxy which according to the forum members should work very well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1083284

It should work as long as multiports are not used as this is not included in Doomkernel v10. This only mean that you will have to add a seperate rule for each port you wish to forward ie. one for port 80 and one for port 443 instead of having both included in the same rule.
[HTC EVO 3D] Febby:
Opps! I didnt notice there was a thread already.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Ox:
Well, as You all might know, Windows 8 Developer Review is now available for download.

Is it possible to get this to work on the Transformer? This would be AWESOME
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sert00:
read this mate..http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17540849#post17540849
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
No support for Arm yet so no
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerdog:
Follow the Forum Rules before posting. The FIRST rule of XDA is "SEARCH BEFORE POSTING." This post already exists....

FORUM RULES:
[LG Thrill 4G] bsutton:
Well, I was thinking about switching over to this, and was wondering how easy it would be to port a rom from the optimus 3d to this. From what I understand, they're basically the same phone, right? Anyways, thanks in advance!
[LG Thrill 4G] malickie:
Well from everything I have heard, the only difference's are the radio. I could be wrong though considering I am not a dev. and have no clue what else might be different.
[LG Thrill 4G] bsutton:
That's all i could honestly think of that would be different, too..
[EVO Shift 4G General] dumper1234:
This is great!
[EVO Shift 4G General] Scaryghoul:
Yeah just going to come out and say this, I didn't read all of it but you SHOULD/MUST take your phone off of toasty.

Toast is performance renamed. It spends all of the time clocked at the max speed....So you've been spending all this time at 1.9ghz. I recommend either dropping your clock speed down to 1ghz -1.2ghz or doing that & changing governors. Should never spend a long period of time at high speeds/voltages.
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Updated the governor suggestion to Scary. I like having it at max CPU settings in case the phone needs to burst up to that speed.

In fact on either toastcfh's kernel or Tiamat's kernel Jesusice noticed that setting the max cpu speed to the highest actually improved his battery life. I don't know maybe it's different with your kernel.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jesusice:
Having the max set higher is not a problem as long as your phone is stable at that speed. Personally I don't like to go above 1.5 but each device is different. The problem is having the governor set to Toasty or Performance. With those governors you're not going just get a quick boost to the max when your phone needs it, it's actually gonna stay at the max all the time. Currently I'm using Smartass on Tiamat's. Scary can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Smartass scales to your max when actually using the device but scales all the way down to the minimum when screen is off. I believe Scary is a modified version of Smartass.

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[EVO Shift 4G General] jesusice:
Oh, and as far as performance settings I used to have purging of assests and lock home in memory checked and VM heap changed to 48 but lately I've gone back to the stock setting (unchecked with 32 VM heap) and I think I like it better. I've noticed no loss in performance and have noticed that Tapa used to require me to restart it frequently or it wouldn't refresh but now I don't have that problem. No comment on Compache since I'm not on Scary's kernel and that's the only kernel I've noticed that adds those settings.

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[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Tiamat's kernel kept freezing on me. I could try it again soon sometime.

As of right now Scary governor + ScaryStable kernel has not frozen at all. Running good.

@Jesusice, could you take a look at the rest of the settings and let me know what you think?
[EVO Shift 4G General] dumper1234:
How's about the data and sycn buttons? I turn off the sycn thought it'll save battery.
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
You can do that if you like, but I didn't really notice much of a difference..I find they are more trouble than they are worth and sometimes my sync stops working. The bigger question is notification power widget vs power control widget.. it's like 2 places to put in some of the same settings. Anyone know about this?
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
Using both the notification widget and the power control seems kind of pointless. Unless you would rather have the widget set for different toggles because you don't like scrolling the notification widget. I don't know...

Sent from Gingerbread Speedy 4G
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
There are settings you can change in power control widget that you cannot change in notification power widget settings. Add the widget to your homescreen and see for yourself since you ARE running CM7 after all. ;) ;)
[EVO Shift 4G General] jesusice:
Most of the settings you list are subjective and there's not a "best" setting or "better" setting. So, I'll just go over some of the settings that I have enabled and enjoy.

This is how I have my homescreen and power widget set up:

View attachment 722697

I don't have 2G/3G toggle enabled because I don't believe it actually does anything on our phones. I wish it did though. And I don't think you have to worry about which widget (power or status bar) takes precedence, they work together. For the status bar widget I have my media controls (prev, play, next) and my torch.

I've been using Tiamat 1.1.2 since release and have kept all performance settings at stock default. 1ghz max w/Smartass governor. I also use AutoKiller Memory Optimizer set to Optimum preset (40, 50, 60) with all the Advanced System Tweaks enabled except "Remount all partitions as noatime". I did have that enabled for a while but then I noticed that when using Gameboid it wouldn't keep track of my quick save correctly.

For me, the beauty of CM7 is in CyanogenMod Settings. There's just some small tweaks available that I don't think I've found in any other ROM that's not based off of CM7. (And I don't feel the need to use a ROM based off of CM7 when I can just skip the middleman and use CM7.) For example, long pressing volume keys while screen off to skip tracks is freaking awesome! (Big up to Bobtsunam for enabling it on MIUI, thereby removing one of the dozens of reasons that prevent me from using MIUI). Also, incoming calls in the background is genius. There is a small bug with it when using apps that exclude the notification bar since it locks the home button but otherwise it's awesome sauce.

If you turn off auto brightness then you can slide along the notification bar to adjust brightness. The long press action for Home, Menu, and Search can all be customized to open whatever app you want. I have my Menu set to bring up Subsonic when held. Whenever I want to leave an app that doesn't provide an easily accessible exit button I just long press Back and BAM!, app killed.

Oh, and I've also been using ViperMod and lowered voltages by -50mv yesterday and haven't had a problem yet. It may be a fluke or because I just wiped battery stats at 100% but I've been getting amazing battery life today. About half and half on wifi and 3G with moderate usage I've gone 7hrs 15mins and am still at 66% =)

I am on nightly #178.

BTW: To any new users reading this, you really shouldn't even bother with the CM7 RC for the Shift. That thing is way behind the curve. I know it's the only CM7 posted in Development but you should really check out the nightlies. 178 is my recommendation. The nightlies thread is in General if you have any questions.

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