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[Windows 8 General] Emi_Cyberschreiber:
You dont close them.

you dont have to think about them... you should see Channel9...

Sam Moreau explains how people have to stop thinking about closing apps. the App should close itself in a suspended way.

that been said... you wont have 15 apps opened ever, like some people say "how im going to swipe 15 apps. its because you wont. if you alt tab some apps in suspended mode wont be alt tabbed anymore.

the point is they have to tweak that suspended thing. but you don't have to think about closing it. like i only use task manager when an app just freeze. but i have never closed an app.
[Windows 8 General] godS3nd:
Yeah, thankfully my Android phone has helped me get out of the habit of needing my apps "closed" but still love to have an option to exit, even if it only suspends the app. It just needs to suspend it faster I think.

My experience was with that little robot game from the dev preview. Played the game for a few minutes then went to check out the new metro browser. Performance wasn't visibly impacted but the sound from the game kept playing and it didn't stop until I rebooted... I couldn't figure out how to get to task manager and totally overlooked the tile that shows your desktop (duh!). Definitely going to take some getting used to.
[Windows 8 General] domenukk:
Exactly. It's like Android and it's still an early beta.
[Windows 8 General] noamsml:
Are you sure it slows down? It's kinda surprising, since Metro apps are supposed to stop running entirely when you swap out of them. Do they show up as blue in the task manager? How much memory does your machine have? My best guess is that your machine is running low on physical memory and is swapping to disk, you could check that by seeing whether your total memory usage is close to or above the amount of physical memory you have.
[Windows 8 General] Wossner:
In touch pc there is the slide down gesture to close metro app. Damn, they want us to buy hp tm2
[Windows 8 General] banderling:
My annoyance came when I went to install flash and had to close Explorer... I didn't even have a keyboard so the shortcuts to task manager weren't workable (using touch, which I thought was the whole point). It was really goddamned annoying.

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what's the gesture?
[Windows 8 General] mikeymax:
Gophers
[Motorola Droid Bionic] tct08:
Is anyone else having issues with the quick contacts widget in alternate launchers? My other stock blur widgets work in Go Launcher except this one. Running Theory's ROM 1.2 if that makes a difference.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dougdascenzo:
Doesn't work for me either in Go Launcher.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Lsdozer:
I was wondering the same thing. I swear I saw a post stating that the moto blur widgets worked with alternate launchers, but I cant get this widget to work with ADW, LPP or GO launcher.:mad:

I like that widget a lot.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] CC Lemon:
Bump... has anyone had any success with getting this to work properly? I actually liked the stock contacts app for the short time I was running the stock launcher.

It would seem it adds the widget, but it's invisible and doesn't function... I am able to long press and delete it with go launcher.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dougdascenzo:
Still no dice in Go Launcher. On the other hand, I have been using this lately and am really liking it.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sonyericsson.zwooshi&hl=en

It actually automatically fills up with contacts based on how recently/frequently you interact with them, pretty nice if you ask me.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] moosc:
Its a blur app and u need the blurred launcher.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dougdascenzo:
That is not true. Other blur widgets work outside of the blur launcher. Also, this widget shows in the list of available widgets from other launchers but when you add it (in my exerience on Go Launcher) it adds an empty space to your screen that you can't say unless you try to put another widget down as it will say the spot is occupied already. You can delete the empty spot though.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] TakeitEZ:
Any update on this issue or do those who use alternate launchers just out of luck with this widget?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
+1 you need a blur launcher its built into /system/apps it like having a razor blur camera and downloading it and won't work correctly at least from what I have read over the months on alt launcher you pick the widget and it won't even be visable
[HTC Incredible S] audiotranceable:
I bought a Bell HTC incredible S.

I first hacked it to get S-off than installed HD 1.1.7 rom. After flashing it I had "error while searching for networks" in network operators when booting up the new rom. So during that time I flash radio to the new one (as the guide recommended).

After flashing, still got the same error. I can't connect to my bell network. I took my backup nano on my 4GB and restored.

The phone connected back to the bell network but when I plugged in my USB to it. Network disconnected and now I can't connect back. i've tried restoring the phone again with the same backup and this time it doesn't even connect.

Please help me, i followed this post .

Which says to type in bunch of characters in the number screen. I did what that user said to do and when I do "Run ping test" it says this:

Ping IPAddr: pass

Ping hotname(www.google.ca): pass

http client test: pass

signal strength 0 dBm 0 asu

Location: LAC = unknown CID = unknown

Neigbroing CID: unknown

Roaming: not roaming

GSM service: emergency calls only

GPRS service: Disconnected

network type unknown

Message waiting: false

call redirect: false

call status: idle

radio resets: 0

data attempts: 0

data sucesses: 0

gsm disconnects: ========DATA========

I have a feeling the guide i followed wasn't for bell, and radio flash screwed up everything. PLEASE HELP
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
It wouldn't matter if the radio was for bell.. You can flash any of the radios.
[HTC Incredible S] audiotranceable:
than why can't I connect.?
[HTC Incredible S] Maqui:
stupid question, but did you put back cover on? (antenna is there)
[HTC Incredible S] itsbeertimenow:
good call never thought of that hopefully thats his problem
[HTC Incredible S] audiotranceable:
now that's hard, because I remember putting the case back on and I do remember it working. However I was also leaving my place with it and it randomly disconnected. I went back home and restored it again and still had issues.

I ended up getting a replacement. not sure if I should flash, kinda scared to find out if I can't connect to my call/text/3g connections
[HTC Incredible S] dr_pepper:
"stupid question, but did you put back cover on? (antenna is there)"

+++1 to that one. Been there and did that last week. :)
[Nexus S Accessories] AardvarkAdventure:
It seems like the #1 complaint about the Nexus S is the shiny plastic battery door- well I, like others, decided to do something about it. I started by seeking out a can of the now-ubiquitous, slightly infamous PlastiDip.

No luck.

Instead, I wound up with a similar product by 3M. On the downside, it sucked. The upside? It was not possible to "peel it off," which is often mentioned as a benefit [and the main shortcoming] of PlastiDip. Removing it required long soaks in acetone, and a lot of scrubbing & scraping. [I do want to note, however, that the 3M undercoating spray could probably work quite well for someone with the time to figure out when, after spraying, to roll the surface flat].

Anyway, here's what I ended up with / resorted to / etc. It looks fantastic!

Steps:

1. Wetsand like crazy with 60 grit paper. The shiny black layer is surprisingly resilient. Once you're through it in one spot, you'll see what you're trying to achieve in this step.

2. Wetsand like crazy with 150 grit paper. The goal here is to smooth out the inconsistencies left by the 60 grit paper. Note- you are not trying to eliminate all striations.

3. Wetsand in a linear fashion with 150 grit paper.

4. Sand normally in a linear fashion with 150 grit paper.

5. Rinse.

6. Dry.

7. Rub some chapstick on it like it's car wax. Buff it like its's car wax. Repeat like it's car wax. Or maybe use car wax(?).

8. Admire your handiwork.

9. Get angry with Google for these stupid Justin Beiber commercials.

That's it! Takes very little time.

Be reckless. You're getting a Nexus Prime soon anyway.

Higher resolution pics....I'm not a photographer!:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22487748/phone/IMG_9519.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22487748/phone/IMG_9520.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22487748/phone/IMG_9521.JPG
[Nexus S Accessories] Jeremiah239:
Looks awesome man, when my cover gets really scratched I will do this.
[Nexus S Accessories] AardvarkAdventure:
Thanks for the positive feedback! The surface ends up feeling a lot like a soft-touch, rubberized finish, btw.

That reminds me- one huge "plus" of going with this method over PlastiDip is that any future scratches can be fixed by a simple swipe of 150 grit.

Now if I could just find a Google or Nexus stencil, I'd spray it on with the 3M stuff and be super happy.
[Nexus S Accessories] danboard:
Damn that looks amazing I think I'll buy a 2nd battery cover just to try it.

You should spray it with a matte clear coat.
[Nexus S Accessories] AardvarkAdventure:
Thanks! I was thinking about covering it with the Invisible Sheild Dry back protector, but I'm not sure it's worth the money considering any damage can be buffed out in about one minute

Ehhhh, who am I kidding? I'll probably do it.
[Nexus S Accessories] stexyn:
Hi man it looks great!

I try to remove google and samsung logo by this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17905924#post17905924

but I screatch the cover.

Maybe I can try your mod
[Nexus S Accessories] AardvarkAdventure:
Go for it!

The result looks 100% OEM quality. And you'd have to try really, really hard to mess the process up...this battery door can withstand a TON of sanding.
[Nexus S Accessories] stexyn:
Ok, I think I will try soon.

If I understand fine (my english is not perfect):

- use 60 grit paper (is the most coarse-grained right?)

- use 150 grit paper

- wash and dry

- use a kind of product I don't understand this

PS: do you have hq pictures?
[Nexus S Accessories] AardvarkAdventure:
Make sure you sand under warm, running water, adding soap occasionally and changing your sandpaper frequently. This will make the process a lot easier. Only sand with the surface dry at the very end, to put the final finish on the plastic.

If you can, sand in vertical motions the entire time. I became impatient and used the 60 grit in a circular motion to get through the layer of shiny black plastic. This didn't damage the finish product, but it meant I had to spent more time sanding out the curved lines I had left.

Chapstick is an extremely common product in the US; it's just a waxy substance meant for chapped lips. The type of wax you would use on a car would work just as well. To be honest, I don't think this step is even necessary, but it seemed like a good idea.

I will add more detailed pictures to the original post in a few minutes!
[Nexus S Accessories] madeincanon:
I just tried it on mine and it looks great! I had a spare battery cover that I wasn't using, so I said what the hell. I still need to do a bit more sanding to get it perfect though.

Thanks for the tutorial! :D
[Nexus S Accessories] willverduzco:
Wow. This looks fantastic. I am actually considering doing this to my "limited edition" Nexus. Perhaps I should try to find a standard cover first, though...
[Nexus S Accessories] danboard:
Exactly what I plan on doing, they can be had for about $19 USD these days.
[Nexus S Accessories] AardvarkAdventure:
Nice! It looks great man. I'm really glad someone else did it and was happy with the result.

The best part about doing this is that it actually makes the phone more scratch resistant; I don't have to worry at all about sliding it in and out of my car cradle or anything like that anymore.

How long did it take you? I had to kind of ballpark the amount of time this requires since I had no idea what I was going for when I did it myself, haha.
[Nexus S Accessories] madeincanon:
Thanks! And I know! All you would have to do is just buff any scratches out and you're fine.

It really only took me about 45 minutes overall. The chapstick idea was genius. That really helped with making it look polished. It almost feels like wood lol.
[Nexus S Accessories] X1111:
looks really good but how much is it guys ?
[Nexus S Accessories] suomaf:
sure would appreciate a link for the USD 19 battery cover :D
[Nexus S Accessories] stexyn:
Looks fantastic!

Can you explain me exactly how you do?

Guys about chapstick, do you mean the Lip chapstick? :confused:

If you use chapstick it greases all the cover no?
[Nexus S Accessories] madeincanon:
Thanks!

I pretty much followed the instructions that Aardvark gave. I wet sanded with 60 grit until most of the shiny polish came off, and then finished all the corners and edges by wet sanding with 150 grit.

Then I dried it off and started dry sanding with 150, trying to sand as straight as possible. Then washed with soap (because my hands were black as well) and dried.

Yes, it's lip chapstick. It looks greasy at first, but once you rub it in for a minute and let it dry, it looks perfect.

Hope that helps!
[Nexus S Accessories] AardvarkAdventure:
Free, unless you have to buy some sandpaper and chapstick haha.
[Nexus S Accessories] stexyn:
Sorry, another little question:

I have to buy the sandpaper.

How much I have to buy?

I mean it needs a little piece of sandpaper or it consumes a lot?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kagevazquez:
I rooted my optimus v with super one touch then installed CWM to flash a rom then later on I tried to factory reset messed up my optimus v fixed it but it was stuck in a bootloop then I went into a fastboot out of nowhere I also fixed that but then I tried to install a backup that i made when I first rooted but but I didnt know CWM wasn't for the optimus v (I know now) but now my phone turns on to the lg splash and if I boot into recovery it goes black after lg splash
[Optimus One, P500, V General] junier016:
how did you fix the bootloop
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kagevazquez:
I never did
[Optimus One, P500, V General] jeetBLswami:
You can enter in recovery mode???
[Optimus One, P500, V General] xSyntaX:
Which Recovery Manager do you have ?

kind regards

xSyntaX
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kagevazquez:
I had the official cwm recovery (I later found out it shouldn't be used) and no I need a kdz or kzd I don't remember what its called but I need it but can't find a working one
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ualdriver:
Hi all-

I've seen a few threads related to this issue, but nothing recent and unfortunately no solutions.

The microphone on my Epic suddenly stopped working. Tried rebooting, removing the battery for a while, etc., no dice. When I hit the speakerphone button when making a call, people can hear me fine, but when I just use the phone as a phone, the microphone is dead.

Any advice?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maxwell255:
can anybody send the me the download link to salwson [WIP][2.3.5][Sense3.5] Fortified Beta Series rom please
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metaphysical_calamity:
It's been removed.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sednafx:
If you are looking for a sense 3.5 rom I would check out newtoroot's. HERE is the link to his thread at XDA.

Though I would download beta 6 from themikmik site. HERE is the link. The link on XDA is old.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mliou:
I got a small problem here. I would like to sync facebook pictures with my phone and I use Facebook for HTC Sense because it has higher resolution than the facebook app from the market. However, my pictures are showing up fine in People widget on the desktop but in the People app, every face is grayed out. I tried to delete both facebook account and then re-add it but same thing. If anybody can help, that would be great.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Check this one out. I remember doing the thing at the bottom of the thread in terminal emulator when I had that issue with old InsertCoin rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921971
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mliou:
I ran it but it doesn't seem to work....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Clear cache and dalvik after you run the command on terminal emulator. If that didn't work, I'm not sure what's wrong. :(

What ROM are you using may I ask?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecastrignano:
Hi guys, I have been reading all the threads regarding installing 2.3.5 and I'm very confused. I am new to Android and bought my SGS2 about a month ago.

My phone states the following:

Baseband: I9100MUGKG2

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-I9100JPKG2-CL342890

root@DELL104 #2

Build Number: GINGERBREAD.UGKG2

Now what I'm confused about is all these different versions, am I able to flash something that ends in KI3 for example?

Also how do I upgrade using a mac? I have never had to do this, since the phone came this way. I have tried to read the multiple threads here and my head is spinning.

If you guys could help me it would be greatly appreciated. Basically looking for a very dumbed down answer. Sorry if I'm bothering you guys.

BTW: I live in Toronto and would be willing to pay between 30-50 dollars if someone could help me install it. I know it's desperate lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouisJB:
All rookies and beginners should read this thread first.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125282

MODS: PLEASE MAKE THAT THREAD STICKY. It is not easy for rookies to know where to begin or what to search for!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akbarhash:
What you should do, read, read, read. Till you are confident you are not a rookie anymore. Then cross your fingers and flash.

That's what I did.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecastrignano:
After reading should I be buying a netbook? Seems like using a mac is limited.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
good point

done
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roni2915:
Bro, did you figure out how to update to 2.3.5?

If not I just did it myself and i could help you do it :)

i was on KG2 and i updated to KI3 :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecastrignano:
I didnt figure it out yet. I went out and bought a netbook and am reading and re reading.

The one think I figured out is I have cf root I believe. Since it came rooted. But with the root manager I see a folder labeled cf root. So I assume that is what I have.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomascunill:
Are you sure your phone is rooted? If you're not 100% sure you can download a root app and see if it asksfor superuser permision, if so then you can rest assured that your phone is rooted.

You can download titanium backup from the market for example.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecastrignano:
The phone is 100% rooted. I am now trying to install a rom and am super confused thats all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomascunill:
Ok.

FOr flashing the ROM you must be able to go into clockwork recovery and flash the ROM from there. Once you have clockworkmod recovery the rest is a piece of cake.

Do you have clockworkmod (CWM) installed?

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I didn't see before, but you said you have CF-root and so you should (if I'm no mistaken) have CWM installed. The only thing you have to do is this:

-Download the ROM you want to flash and put it somewhere in your internal SD card. It must be a .zip file so don't extract it.

-Power off your phone.

-Enter in recovery mode by clicking volume up + home + power button for a while.

-Do a wipe factory reset

-Do a clear cache partition

-Then select flash from zip file and select the zip file of the ROM. That's all

To navigate in CWM you use the volume up and down buttons, home button to select and power button to go back.

http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-install-rom-on-galaxy-s2/

The link I gave you is a video of the procedure taken from www.galaxys2root.com.

That's about it.

Important: Before doing doing the wipe I sugest to do a backup, this can be done selecting the backup and restore option in the recovery mode, and is very easy, the backup will take a little more than 1 gb (at least that was for me) so I sugest you have enough space. The backup will be saved in the clockworkmod folder in the nternal SD card (in that folder there will appear a backup foler with your backup).

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, ask me if you didn't understand.

IMPORTANT: Before doing the wipe verify you are in clockworkmod recovery, this should be writen somewhere up in the screen when you acces recovery mode.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecastrignano:
I believe the 2.3.5 rom requires Odin no? If so is it just a plug it in thing
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecastrignano:
Thanks a bunch. I was able to flash my first Rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomascunill:
Congratz man. I hope you enjoy trying out new ROMs, there a lot of great custom ROMs in this forum, when you yget the need to tried new ones (trust me, you will get the need).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serpicoUK:
I have tried to follow those instructions but I get

Android system recover (3a) screen appear when I press volume up + home + power button for a while.

:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexi250:
Good info by tomascunill! Time to change my first ROM. :eek::D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matriak31:
Another member loses their romvirginity...:D welcome aboard guys..:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spectronic:
Then you do not have cf-root. It comes with clockwork mod recovery.

Try flashing the cf-root you need with odin.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hdorius:
Hi...i want to ask,what is the bestvcpu tweaks application?
[Huawei Ideos X6] ukbt:
TPU CASE
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
Here you go guys!!

Its Android 2.3.6

http://android.clients.google.com/p...c0.signed-soju-GRK39F-from-GRJ22.7d114042.zip
[Nexus S General] LowQue27:
You beat me to the post. Lol
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
Ok I posted the link!!!
[Nexus S General] simms22:
downloading..

gonna open it up and check it out :)
[Nexus S General] Остап:
Yep !!! Thanks ! :)
[Nexus S General] simms22:
its a GRK39F from GRJ22 update. lots of new lib files in it. a radio file in there as well. nfc stuff.
[Nexus S General] apreichner:
Its about time for an update. Is this 2.3.7?
[Nexus S General] loveperday:
How to update manually ? same operation as flashing ROM and no wipe ?
[Nexus S General] MotorcycleKopp:
Its 2.3.6
[Nexus S General] sirius b:
Do we have a change log yet?
[Nexus S General] GeoWatsons:
Can it be updated to i9023?

thx.
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
Seems to be working fine so far; no visible changes I can see. I can also confirm that tethering still works, so that's nice, too.
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
That's a phone model, not an OS version. Hardware ≠ Software
[Nexus S General] simms22:
did the baseband version change, the radio?
[Nexus S General] daveloft:
Duh, he's asking if it works on the AT&T version or if it's just the T-Mobile version. So... does it?
[Nexus S General] coorior:
Thanks!

Just updated !

works fine , no complains so far !
[Nexus S General] madd0g:
Only difference on 9023 is the SLCD.
[Nexus S General] tekkitan:
Well I haven't received the 2.3.6 update yet, but my Market just updated... I only had Google Maps and YouTube apps listed as installed and that was it. Had to go to manage applications and clear the data for it all to work normally again. Google must be busy tonight...

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The AT&T version has SLCD? I don't think so...
[Nexus S General] madd0g:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_google_nexus_s_i9023-3910.php
[Nexus S General] challl88:
I thing that this one is only for US 9020T version - not for the EU 9023. Is this correct?