yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berky99:
There are some things I can't get my head around.

From the screenshots of all the cool user ROMs and themes available it's clear they've been designed by clever people who use their phones a lot. So why does it appear from these shots they use the Sense launcher, and their default home screen has a big Sense clock and hardly any apps?

Presumably, like me, these people are pulling their phones out their pocket and putting them back there many times a day. Presumably also, like me, these people use a number of apps and widgets in a day that hits two figures. With this in mind, I want to be able to get to those apps and widgets easily and quickly. I.e., with as few swipes/clicks/screen presses as possible. I'm sure these people do too, right?

So that rules out the Sense launcher doesn't it, with its 4x4 grid limitation and non-resizeable widgets. Not to mention its time-consuming spin-in carousel effect every time the phone's security screen is unlocked. I haven't found anything useful the Sense launcher does that another launcher can't, at least after downloading other apps.

Furthermore, who really keeps that big clock on their home screen, when 1. you probably wear a watch; and 2. you can see the time on the top right. It seems like a silly amount of screen 'estate' to use.

Or is it that these people in fact have a more practical default home screen and it's just tradition to post the screenshots they show?

Finally, why do so many of these otherwise brilliant ROMs not mod the battery icon to show how much battery is remaining, percentage-wise? Appreciate this can be modded using the kitchen website. But surely everyone wants this info from the off, so is it not included?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breathlesstao:
Well, I'd never call myself a hardcore user - although I believe that term should be defined too, because I'm not sure it's interpreted the same way by everyone. That aside though, here's what I think on tinkering with the launchers. You buy an Android phone - be it of any manufacturer. In general, and especially considering the top level models, it can be said that there isn't much diversity hardware-wise. What does make a difference is the UI, the services integrated and how the phone handles them. (And let's exclude synthetic benchmarks for now, I don't believe they represent real-life scenarios.) So, someone knowledgeable going for an HTC device (meaning it's not chosen because of price or because of how "pretty" it is), imo, means they're attracted to Sense: those little nuances that do make the difference. Ditch the launcher and you've pretty much ditched at least about half of what Sense - of what HTC is about. But then, why did you go for HTC in the first place? And the same can be said with Samsung and SE as well, those who quite heavily modify the Android UI. Sure, you can do it, you can dump the whole customized everything...but can doesn't mean that you should: if you're a "hardcore user", however we define the rest of it, you know you'll have an easier life with a phone that runs stock Android, there's no point in choosing something customized (read: more complicated), with risk of locked bootloaders and whatnots.

And you're right: you can get the puzzle pieces from the Market (or elsewhere) to create a Sense-like experience. That's because Sense offers so many good things in one package that ppl are aiming at re-creating it, but ask this: if you want to re-create it, why not spare yourself the hassle and use the real thing right out of the box?

As for the clock: I haven't even owned, much less worn a watch for at least about ten years, nor do I feel the need. Actually they seem pretty redundant now that mobiles have become as complex as they are and being carried everywhere. But as for the battery percentage - I couldn't agree more, I wish I knew why HTC itself doesn't make it available at least as an option.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CitizenLee:
In addition to the great points made by breathlesstao, I'll add the following:

Many devs concentrate on performance, stability and removing bloat when developing their ROMs, so if you want UI mods like battery percentage etc then the option is there for you to do it yourself. It would be nice if HTC could add percentage but they do have a battery widget that shows it.

As for on screen icons, I suppose many people like a sleek looking interace with not a lot of clutter. Plus, the more you have on the homescreens the more likely you are to experience lag when scrolling between the screens. Personally I have every app I use often on one of the 7 screens and if I need anything else it's only a few presses away in the all apps menu. I like it to be set up with each page having similar types of app, so on one I have music / media related stuff, another tools / settings type stuff... etc. See my helicopter view screenshot below for an example. My screen aren't crammed, but then they're not too sparse either.

I actually like the flipclock as it integrates local weather and just generally looks cool... I also haven't had a watch since the 1990s.

Choice and the ability to customise things are part of the many joys of Android, you set it up your way and use it your way.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
The replies are right in. As for the launcher I have people coming to me all the time cause their phone is slow and lagging and whenbi unlock screen they have dozens of shortcuts all over the screen. Of course its gonna be slow when it need to reload a the launcher and all those Widgets. I swear some look so much like an icrap with all the shorcuts when I see it I have to double check. Lmao

As for the battery icon, you have to edit the coding for the file to add the extra 150 images that make up the % battery and charging icons and the bigger the file......

Now the clock well to be honest I remove the clock from the top bar any chance I get as I see it as pointless. We have Widgets for that.

As for sense it has its pluses like everything is prebuilt in. Social networking (not sure as I don't use FB at all) built into contacts and all the other handy apps that it comes with. I mostly run a senseless Tom my self but that is only due to it be long a resource hog. But the contacts and dialer work so well together that I have not found a better dialer/contact combo. The sense 3 lockscreen is just too good. I have widget locker but prefer the sense lock screen
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damac:
Some very good replies, and here is my take, i've been modding my phone(s) now for a few years now (Since the Windows Mobile 5 Genre) and I would say function is not the only thing i look for. I want "coolness", "graphics"... I love the way the flip happens when you unlock a Sense ROM ..I strive to make it smoother :-) !

Having said that I do resort to simplicity at times however, and you can too. have a look at Cyanogenmod and get Launcher Pro.. Ain't nothing simpler than that with the most "Function".

The ROM above will satisfy anyone who loves Function over Heavyness and also it has the option of showing percentage battery amongst plethora of other customizations neatly laid out in the settings menu.

But sometimes that just isn't enough for me..I want a ROM with More......Sense framework is probably the best Integration of everything I've ever seen. Yes its huge ! But then...this phone ain't that weak either...It is a beast :)

That is why you have an "option" my friend...an option to choose non-sense ROM or a Sense ROM. You could go for a Sense ROM (if you like all the integration of sense) and get yourself a different launcher from the market if you choose..customize it with the battery percentage mod.... yourself... The Dev's like to leave the option customize some aspects of their ROM's to the users... mostly because its personal preference. :-)

The Sense Rom cooks, mostly, give u the most basic thing... A highly optimized ROM with a stock-like UI. You can choose to customize it the way you like ! After all thats what XDA is all about ..do it youself modding.. :-)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berky99:
Hi all,

Your responses are appreciated and it's nice to have a polite conversation about this!

You're right breathlesstao, what the hell's a hardcore user. I just meant anyone who'd flash a ROM, root their phone, perhaps mod some element themself.

So I guess many of you - suprisingly for me - are happy to swipe between screens to get to their apps or widgets. You like what less clutter for doing this. Can see your point of view! I don't experience any lag though, zelendel, for packing my homescreens.

I suppose it was assumed that if you're more knowledgeable you'd be aware of apps and widgets with more options and functionality than the Sense launcher and its own widgets, and choose to use the former instead.

To be clear, I do like using other HTC features such as their contacts and dialler. It's just the homescreen layout I'm ranting about.

In particular for me, a good GUI, as well as looking pleasant, is as simple and quick to to use as possible. So when, for example, I'm going for a lunchbreak at work it's satisfying to be able to put my music or podcast-player on in a second without having to hunt it down.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ponk2k:
i keep meaning to try a non sense rom but i like virtuous unity 2.39 sense 3.0 rom so much i´m loathe to part with it.

i know it only takes twenty minutes to go back to it but i just find it does everything in such a pleasant manner.. its smooth fast responsive and most of all it looks the buisness. plus as others have said you dont have to use all that sense stuff if you dont want to.

for music i do tend to use the stock player but i have been playing with other ones of late same with video but things like the clock and weather widgets for me are much more polished on the sense versions than anything comparible available from the market. plus i´ve not had any problem running low on ram or anything, the dhd is more than capable of handling sense 3.0 and whatever else one cares to throw at it without any hiccups
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killersloth:
Circle launcher 1x1 widgets are the best :p
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berky99:
killersloth, thanks for the heads up - it looks very useful.

ponk2k, you know I also use VU (2.39) but with Launcher Pro - have uninstalled the Sense widgets that aren't connected to anything else. You probably think what's the point! To answer my own question, I wanted a custom ROM for things like battery life optimisation, and the VU team's branding has seemed more user-friendly to me than the non-Sense ROMs. Though maybe I'll try one soon. While I've got you though, can I ask if you have a problem with the brightness dimmng slowly on command in most scenarios with that ROM version? More info in my question here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1292894

:)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killersloth:
Capys runny 1.5 is perfection :p
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CitizenLee:
100% bug free? I was thinking of trying it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Just a fair warning man. No rom will be 100% bug free. That is what the stock roms are for. The roms here are for learning and trying new things. So there will always be bugs that need to be fixed. Plus some things that one person may see something a a bug while another sees it as a feature.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killersloth:
Thanks lol.

&by 'perfection' I definitely don't mean bugfree but it is everything I expect in a good rom. From the improvements to audio, the good battery life, and now decent skins too...

If it was bugfree what would be the fun in developing with it ?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CitizenLee:
I meant with the basic day to day phone functions and stuff like WiFi, video playback etc. To me that's an expected level of functionality for any non beta ROM. I've flashed and tested many over the last 2.5 years of owning Android handsets so my standards are quite high ;)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killersloth:
It is fully functional. I believe there is the bug in camcorder still where you have to watch play.the video in the same orientation you recorded it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ponk2k:
I haven't had any problems with vu dimming slowly no. I do find that the dimming settings on the ROM are a bit brighter than on the stock ROM though but with no noticeable battery drain incurred.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berky99:
Thanks will have to investigate further.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breathlesstao:
...aaaand potentially not even those. I mean, they're made by humans as well, and humans are bound to make mistakes, aye? It happens. :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srikanth.naidu:
The most productive thread i ever encountered !!! Thanks to OP :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] igolfchip:
Lots of talk about removing "tethering managager" to ensure that AT&T doesn't detect unauthorized tethering to your device (via USB).

On a similar thread for the Mobile AP built in....

I'm seeing 2 apps:

Wi-Fi Sharing

Wi-Fi Sharing manager

Should I be disabling any of these apps in Titanium to prevent detection?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] foxbat121:
You can't prevent detection because AT&T does packet inspection if they suspect you're tethering. There is not much you can do here.

Removing Tethering Manager is to disable the account check feature that prevents you to use tethering if you're not paying for it. If you don't remove it, your tethering won't work without paying $$$.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] igolfchip:
Thanks for the quick reply - as mentioned in the OP, I have disabled Tethering Mgr. My question is around the 2 other programs Wi-Fi Sharing & Wi-Fi Sharing manager. Do they need to run in order for Wireless AP to work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shadow65781:
I'm curious about this also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] foxbat121:
There is only one way to find out :)

My advise is leave something you don't understand alone. Once you you removed it, there is no way to get back unless you flash back to stock.

If you have the paid version of TitaniumBackup, you can freeze them to see if anything breaks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] haris-100:
1. Go to Android Market and download SpiritFM

2. Open App

3. Go to settings and put Regional band "World"

4. Put in settings Audio -> Audio Method -> Galaxy S MIUI ALSA

5. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jose.celestino:
Or install CM7 :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] RolluS:
Spirit FM works also on CM7.

Plus it have preset, rds, search, etc.. MIUI Radio for CM7 does not...

Nice trick thanks ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] KashMiester:
Not getting spectacular reviews in the market recently but i'll give it a try nonetheless
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ken4G:
I see this in a lot of apps, so its not just one app. I'll be slowly scrolling through a list of items and then all of a sudden it will start scrolling super fast all the way to the bottom of the list. What is the deal with that? Does this happen with anyone else?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpghtc:
This happens because of the nature of the scroll settings. You can scroll slowly, or quickly. You can also flick the screen to rapidly scroll. Just watch how you are lifting your finger. I was getting the same thing until I realized I was dragging my finger slightly at the end when I lifted my finger. Just lift your finger straight off, and not drag.

You can test this by placing your finger very close the screen, but not touching, and you can type/input.

So that little second after you lift your finger makes the scroll shoot in the direction your finger comes off the tablet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fpdragon:
Hi!

I am building a special car charger for my galaxy s.

I put the 5V to MicroUSB VCC and also GND...

The phone is charging.

Here the problem:

I'm using tasker app to detect many phone states and automatically switch some features when pluging in some devices. I noticed that the normal galaxy s charger is detected as normal power supply. My method with just VCC=5V makes the phone think that there is a usb cable on it. So it says: Charging with USB power.

I started thinking about how the normal power supply tells the phone that it is no USB. First I thought of the 5th pin (pin 4: ID) on the micro USB connector. Later I noticed that it seems that the normal charger does not has this pin. So it should be open circuit like I have on my charger...

Does anybody know what the normal charger does to tell the phone it is a normal charger?

Additional story:

I found another usb device with micro usb which is charging with the normal charger only! With normal usb cable it is not possible to charge it. Right now I can't charge this device with my car adaptor.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogem_kk:
What sets the charging type is the resistance between the data pins. USB charging will be limited to about 500mA, a plain charger can deliver more current, thus reducing charge time. Somewhere on XDA resistor values are listed for various modes but this site has a really bad search engine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fpdragon:
you are right!

normally nobody dares to say something bad about this site. Don't get me wrong... The information and the community is awesome but the search engine is awful.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spamtrash:
But google works still OK ;)

Refer to the thread: Click and look for post 60 to start from :rolleyes: there are some interesting conclusions, e.g. in post 71 as well...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigystylz:
Sorry for the noobness but i was seeing where i would flash the carrier fix in my phone... i am running the miui rom. all that is showing up for netowrks in numbers. the phone stays connected fine if it is just lying down, but once i put it in my hand to do something i lose signal and it goes to emergency calls only!!

very frustrated .. any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pa.kratas:
I have the same problem i unblocked it but the network conection doesnt work i put in the numbers to show if im conected but it showed its of im sure of the numbers but some help woould be nice is well did u root it and unblock it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riskyrix:
hi guys im really new to all this and recently rooted my desire. I then installed miui ROM the latest one with a2sd+. I already made a 1gb partition on my 16gb card and for some reason any apps i install go on internal memory and not on partition? Before miui i used another ROM and all the apps went straight to the sd card so i cant understand why this inst letting me?

in sd card settings it says A2SD+ total space 0.96gb and available space 0.91gb?

Hope someone can help

Thanks

Ricky
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayloon:
It looks awesome !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afilopou:
Miui?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayloon:
Oh i see :( I saw it on the miui thread but since i don't know much about miui, i was hoping it was an app i could just download
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deskmat81:
This is a mod of the android stock version, if you go to Settings->About phone->Battery usage you can see almost the same information by clicking on the battery usage graph...
[LG Optimus 3D] Gaba90:
Hey guys, im stuck in a bootloop after editing the build.prop file... i changed the line user.lock.Feature.andy=true to false... i wanted to change to stock android lockscreen since this works on the o2x.. now the phone boots normally but as soon as i unlock the phone it reboots.. can anyone help??
[LG Optimus 3D] Gaba90:
sorry about that.. stilll having the problem..
[LG Optimus 3D] dexxxterek:
You use stock rom or custom? Post version and i try to make a zip flashable through cwm
[LG Optimus 3D] Gaba90:
the problem is i dont know what kind of rom it was because its my girlfriends phone and i didnt look up the rom version.. but i think it was stock, since i didnt notice anything different from stock lg rom, but still dont know if v10d, e or whatever...

but since she got it since august im just guessing it has to be v10d

i was desperate so i wiped dalvik cache and fixed permission.. but didnt help of course and now when i see the lock screen there is no writings anymore...

thanks for your help in advance
[LG Optimus 3D] docentore:
had the same problem twice over last few days. First time I managed to fix it by changing permission on built.prop (adb shell chmod 644 /system/built.prop).

Second time only the reflash fixed it. It seemed that there was memory leak in Power Manager
[LG Optimus 3D] Gaba90:
i flashed stock v10k now, everything is working fine again, but data is lost

i made a data backup before but that was after wiping the dalvik cache, and the writings on screen were still gone after restoring... but thats ok now
[Android Apps and Games] Khalid Ali:
Hi All,

If you are one who loves photography or takes lots of pictures (of family, trips etc), you might have wondered that if you could use your own awesome taken pictures as wallpaper for your android device, well here is a free version of such application.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nettech.android.awallpaper.free.main&feature=search_result

It allows you to select a folder containing all of the pics you want to use, and then set up a schedule, by minutes, by hour, by day or weekly, it will keep on changing wallpaper, quietly without any issues unless you set the app to not repeat...

Please be kind and let me know if there are issues so that we can fix them asap for you.

It should work for most android devices, however screen is optimized up to 4", it will have no problem with larger screen as functionality will work with any device with android =>2.1

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Erahgon:
I was looking for an app like this! Thanks, will check it out!
[Android Apps and Games] Khalid Ali:
Hey let me know if there are things that can be made better to make it user friendlier (that is if you do end up downloading it)

:-)
[Android Apps and Games] CRIME INC.:
Sweet, taking this baby for a test drive now!!
[Android Apps and Games] Taverius:
Rotating on screen unlock would be neat :-)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adinis78:
I have 2 issues and they are as follows: issue 1- how can I get my tab to start on landscape mode and keep it locked in at all times, everytime I start my tab it always boots up in portrait mode even if i lock it on landscape before shutting down or rebooting. Issue 2- I purchaced LCD density changer and I cant get it to start on 200 it always boots up on default 240, then I have to reboot it to display at 200. Hope you guys can help me out with these annoying issues. Thanks.

PS. I am running overcome Jupiter on a T-Mobile tab if that helps.
[Dell Streak 7] sctouch:
Anybody successful with bluetooth tethering on new HC 3.2 update for DS7?

I was unsuccessful with HTC vogue on winmo 6.1 and android 2.2 (using pdanet and wireless tether programs).