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[General Topics] BrandoHD:
Please keep in mind I was not trying to bash, I just wanted to point out that your opinion is your opinion and may not be that of others, while there are those that may agree 100% with all of your statements, there are also those that would disagree 100%, it's all personal. My real rebuttal was against you passing it off as an "unbiased" story, I really don't think it can exist when talking about the topic you chose, e.g I knew one person that sold their iphone because they could not get their head around the "difficulty' of using it mainly due to itunes, I know another that didn't have a computer, I had to install itunes and activate their phone for them, I am sure most people would not make that an issue, I even had one person ask me to sell their android phone cause it didn't have enough hardware buttons:eek:

I have heard people can't get 15 hours out of their SGS2, I have never gotten less than 30, same phone, same specs, so the difference has to be mostly attributed to the user

People are so different and I really think we tend to forget that.

This was the purpose of my comments, not to bash, but to remind us that all, that the comments that you and I have made may mean everything to one person and absolutely nothing to another, it's not that I wish you didn't make comments about your experience, that would be idiotic, just pass it off as your personal experience and not an "unbiased" one.

PS: My statement still stands, you have compared iOS against Samsung's implementation of android, you may find that if you used vanilla, HTC Sense or Blur, your personal experience may vary quite a lot in both negative or positive ways, I have used vanilla and sense extensively and I honestly have to say that Touchwiz 4.0 is in my personal experience, the best implementation of a manufacturer skin on android, Sense was beautiful up to version 2.1 (iirc), now this is my personal feeling and experience, many may disagree, in fact all may disagree, it still doesn't change the fact that it was my personal experience that I would stand by and put my money on...
[General Topics] AllGamer:
the only thing i agree on is iPhone is dumb prof, it simply works, you can't fail with the iphone

a lot of my less techie friends likes the iphone to have no hassle

for everything else there's Windows Mobile and Android devices.

while both of those are fun, they are full of surprises (headaches)

people not willing to put up with those, prefers iphones.

however, application wise, i prefer Android Apps/Market, you can actually find a lot of useful real work application that can unload the work onto your phone or tablet, from your work PC or laptop

on the apple side, i can't find as many

apple apps market, has more quality games, but that's about it.

on the windows market... it's practically raw, it's in worse shape than when the android market started
[General Topics] BrandoHD:
Trust me, it is not as dumb proof as you may think, explain to someone who has never used or even heard of itunes that they need itunes so that they can start using their phone, I talk about my 24 year old female friend that has to call me if she wants a new song on her phone, if she wants set a particular song as her ringtone.

Edit: she won the phone in a competition
[General Topics] THUDUK:
These are the reasons I am back to Iphone 4 after owning the SGS2 which i miss for its speed of reading pdf's and playback of any media format and the superb browsing speed:

The screen resolution in my opinion is far clearer and crisper on the IP4 even though its smaller the dpi res is far superior, OK the SGS2 has a wonderful bright colourful display, that sometimes can be a little to unrealistic i.e.. colours.

The Android market which has most of the apps the Appstore has, only gaming on the SGS2 just doesn't come close to the quality and choice you have with the IP4, also multi-switching between a full on 3D game on the SGS2, took almost a minute in some cases to re-awake to start play again, on IP4 its instant, not sure the developers on Android conversions have got the tomb-stoning quite correct, only game I found to actually tombstone properly was PES11, the gameloft series is terrible (also gyro control is poor compared to the IP4)

Cant make my mind up about the huge screen size, the retina quality at 3.5" is superb to read text with, but the 4.5" or whatever it is on the SGS2 is fantastic to watch films on, but I find one handed use, easy on the IP4, impossible on the SGS2, which brings me onto keyboards, I tried practically every different keyboard free to bought on Android SGS2, not one could compete with the IP4's (not sure why) keyboard seems so easy and quick to type with, even swype which i really liked just never felt as easy or simple as the IP4's

Sound quality although good on the SGS2, just doesn't sounds a clear and full as the IP4's although i loved some of the choices of music players Android offers, also using Bluetooth 3 on SGS2 actually sounds better than using the headphones directly and is fuller than the Bluetooth 2 on the IP4

So at the moment its very very close, but if Android could perhaps help game and application developers increase the quality for higher end android devices in particular ones with dual cores and better graphics cores, sort out the tombstone issues, increase the screen DPI's to match the IP4, use better sound chips (actually my old SGS1 actually sounded as good as the IP4) so they seem to be decreasing in this area

I shall be watching the Android development as I believe the one thing Android give you over all other platforms is choice...
[General Topics] Archer:
Best statement in the whole thread. It's the main reason I use Android over its competitors.

At least this is a thread where people try different things and then give objective viewpoints as to what they did and didn't like. Most threads about "which OS is best for me?" are basically flame-bait, and usually written by trolls.

Thanks, OP, for the refreshing change :)
[General Topics] dikai_yang:
Actually, there is one great keyboard for SGS2, the SwiftKey X (paid). I like it a lot more than the IP4 keyboard. The main keyboard, you can enter numbers and signs directly by long press (even dash, "@" and underscore). The second page is my favorite, it groups all the number buttons together (like a mini number pad). But for sure, the default Samsung keyboard can't be worse. You even have to set it up to do auto-correction.

The iP4 keyboard: I don't like how you can only access numbers on the second page. And I really don't like where "@" is located. You have to press (and/or hold) the 123 and you have to go all the way to the right to get to the "@" for email. For SwitftKey X, it even remembers your email address (and words you type in often), so it's VERY fast!

Minor detail: Swiftkey X remembers your "always capitalize" even after a space (IP4 doesn't). So it's much easier to enter the postal code for us Canadians. (i.e. try A1B C2D on an IP4).
[General Topics] AllGamer:
i've used the iphone before, i could never get used to that keyboard

before GB came out, my favourite keyboard was swype

but after GB came out the stock android keyboard was the fastest and most natural keyboard ever

now i can't live without it
[General Topics] orb3000:
Please continue discussion here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1289168
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammadiqbal37:
hey guyz i just got a galaxy s and i am a noob, and today i tried using my gps but it is not working and i have also installed a gps test application from the market but that is also not working and on the maps it is keep on saying, "your current location is temporarily unavailable", i was in my university so i thought that its because of the place, so i came home, but still the gps is not working, i tried the *#*#3214789650#*#* solution but still no use, please help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bushido76:
Hey hammadiqbal37,

you have to try it outside buildings. In buildings GPS reception is extremely bad.

Bushido
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammadiqbal37:
hey thanks for the suggestion but still its not working :(, i guess i have to upgrade it by rooting... thanks anyways
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbnaul:
Sme firmwares ve gps bugs... I never had my gps wrking when i was on 2.2.1... Or else it used to shw loc aftr standing for 10 mins under the open sun... But now in gingerbread its fine for me...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dome44:
Hey guys, the NAND Toolkit upps are down ? some other mirrors to download? :(

greetz dome
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Sinaptik:
Hello,

Here's a mirror for the 4.1 version:

hd2_toolkit_setup.exe - 10.99MB
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Naith32:
I have just got a HTC Incredible S running stock 2.3.3 which I bought from the UK.

I live in Spain but work in Gibraltar. I am on contract with Vodafone in Spain, but when I take my mobile to Gibraltar where the signal from Vodafone disappears, it switches onto the Gibraltar network which will be costly. On other Android phones (including a Desire and ZTE Blade) when the signal dropped it didn't connect to another provider - it simply connected once again when in range.

So, is there any free app (I've tried all the settings related to network roaming in Settings) available that will prevent my phone roaming onto another network? I've seen one or 2 but they're paid apps and simply force the phone into Airplane Mode when out of range.

I've been looking on Google and in this forum all afternoon but with no success. I can't believe that there isn't an option in Android to prevent this happening - man alive, I had it on phones from more than 10 years ago!!!! :mad:

Many thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoolApps:
its possable LOL
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoolApps:
1. Vodafone service is not in Spain so your Sim Card swiched to a different Service

2. My O2 sim card was Corruped and caused Force Closes when i was in a different Contrey so swich on Airplane Mode to stop Force Closes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Naith32:
Found the solution! It was to choose my preferred provider (Vodafone) and not press the option below ('select automatically' the network)

It's been fine since :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoolApps:
I almost forgot about that
[General Accessories] nutpn:
I got a mugen high capacity battery for my droid pro a few weeks ago and after extensive usage, I have to say this is a fine battery,I am a droid pro heavy user. So when I got the battery I was sort of skeptical,but hey after the break in period that I put all my batteries through , this is the best battery I have ever owned ,it lasted 6 times longer than the high cap from moto ,now of course its a larger mah than moto,so I figured it may make it maybe a hour more than the moto battery ,but it was several hours past that,If you are wanting a great battery for an excellent cost then you need to go to mugens website and pick you up one for your device.link below

I have a system whenever I get a battery.

1- I charge it completely.

2nd- I let it run all the way down.

3rd- I charge it completely again.

4th- I let it run down again,what this does is sync the battery.

last charge it and from then on keep it charged and about every other month let it go completely dead again and recharge it,helps the battery life.

so there you have it,I am planning on ordering me another high capacity for my droid 3 ,(gave my wife the droid pro) and got me a droid 3,the battery on it from moto isnt large enough,so I'm hoping mugen will make at least 4000 mah for this droid 3.thank you

http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/
[General Accessories] yeahmon:
I was going to post about this for the Galaxy 2S. I wonder if the 9100 will work on the i777?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daguse:
I am only getting the subject in the email notification on some of my email accounts but not the main one. It only tells me how many email I currently have. Is there any way to fix this without reseting? Thank you.

Runing Cyo 7.1
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
menu button > settings > account & sync > google > enable gmail sync
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daguse:
The sync and notification is on it just does not give me the subject of any of the new mail.
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
Have you ever had a random invention/idea that you think would be awsome? wel how about lets share these ideas here! Feel free to comment on ideas as well as post your own, I will start...

veding machines (pop/candy/chips): all vending machines should have a "mystery" button you put a dollar in and select "mystery" and it will randomly choose an item to vend. Somtimes people just cant make up thier mond standing in front of the vending machine holding up a line while they choose between m&m's and Twix, or coke and dr pepper, why not let the machine do the thinking for you!

Disclaimer: If your "idea" is not pattented or whatever somebody may steal it and get rich off of it, post at your own risk!
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
I wanted to patent a mechanism where idiots who make new topics without doing a quick search for it are mauled by a non-teddy bear of popular choice.

Fortunately or not, you are not going to be mauled today.
[Off-topic] hiu115:
i wanted to make a refrigerator with a touch panel at the door that functions as a grocery helper. example : if we want to buy milk, we don't have to go to the groceries. The onboard AI will contact the shop's computer to send a gallon of milk to our house.

I've seen it in one of Arnold's movies
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
we are getting close! http://www.megatechnews.com/samsung-refrigerator-with-android-priced-ready-to-go/
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
Would I be if your idea came true? The only random idea threads I could find were rom/app topics, not off topic?
[Off-topic] INSM Sin:
vanilla syrup. for like... icecream... cause chocolate syrup goes good on vanilla ice cream... but theres not syrup for chocolate ice cream... -.- unless im missing it lol.
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
My sister lathers chocolate syrip with chocolate chips on chocolate ice cream.
[Off-topic] INSM Sin:
thats too much chocolate... unless its dark chocolate. then its not enough ;p
[EVO 4G General] 3foxy1roxy7:
Am I the only super excited about the new Ice Cream Sandwich update android is releasing can't wait to see what these great developers are gonna do next! What are your expectation if any with this update?

sent from a real life flashaholic!
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Most of us are excited, as there are already leaks of some apps, such as the music, talk, google+, ect. I personally know some dev teams who are going to be working on it, so I foresee good things.
[EVO 4G General] 3foxy1roxy7:
Me I've been reading things online and everything looks great I'm a cautious rooter and flashers like to do my research before I just start putting stuff on my EVO but I'm super excited! I love Google + so I always looking forward to them making navigation easy so I can get more of my friends into it!

sent from a real life flashaholic!
[EVO 4G General] renegade37918:
It s coming I can feel it

Sent from my swagged out evo
[EVO 4G General] cesarcerros31:
That's what she said

sent from my HTC evolution running a freshly baked gingerbread with the 4gs in it
[EVO 4G General] eniamg02:
Lol yea I can't wait for this update,looks good and that nexus prime,can't wait!
[EVO 4G General] Art2Fly:
Right now, I hardly see a good fast sense port coming to ICS unless we port it from other phones, but idk about how that will work. As far as AOSP comes along, once CM8 comes, imma slap that on my supersonic as fast as possible.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
I've had google plus since day one, when it was in beta stages, and I haven't used it still.
[EVO 4G General] 3foxy1roxy7:
I love Google + I'm so over twitter and facebook

sent from a real life flashaholic!
[EVO 4G General] kingdazy:
Apparently, they are "skipping" 8, next iteration is going to be CM9, from what I heard.

And from how ICS looks, I might skip CM, forget about Sense, and actually run a pure AOSP for once. ;)

Sent from my calculator watch.
[EVO 4G General] GuestX0011:
Most likely will be the only good running thing...
[EVO 4G General] cesarcerros31:
Does anyone know if it will have full hardware acceleration

sent from my HTC evolution running a freshly baked gingerbread with the 4gs in it
[EVO 4G General] IceCreaMan:
yes? Someone called me?.... good things come to those who wait.
[EVO 4G General] cesarcerros31:
Lol he's legitimately the ice cream man since 2007

sent from my HTC evolution running a freshly baked gingerbread with the 4gs in it
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Why don't you come around my block anymore? :( :p
[EVO 4G General] bigtoysrock:
Cause you smoked all of Big Worms product! :)

My knocked up EVO
[EVO 4G General] stinky_pinky:
Ya mang and Carlos ain't to happy neither about his missing pipe esa. Better go get some fried plantains to make it up to him Holmes.
[EVO 4G General] Hemipwr07:
So you love sitting around empty space playing with your circles not doing anything? Lol
[EVO 4G General] dynamicpda:
I WAS super-excited until the 4S came out.

I was looking for news everyday as I am ready to replace the Evo.

The game changer for me is Siri. I use the phone a lot while I am driving and voice actions, vlingo, etc, etc, don't work great. (Voice is fuxored on Gingerbread 2.3.3.)

Until the 4S, I could compare Android to iPhone spec for spec, and find Android winning favorably. But a big AMOLED screen does me no good when a smaller phone do hands-free magically.

Before the 4S, the most exciting thing to me would have been interface improvements. After? I want to see what Android is offering to match Siri.

Google had plenty of time to see Siri in the App Store then Apple's acquisition of it. They are not RIM, so they don't have the excuse of having their heads in the sand.

Except for leaks of what seem to be fake pics or videos and some leaking of apks, Google has been tight-lipped about anything new in Android. So it should be pretty exciting. I don't expect ICS to have AI--how ironic, Android without a brain--but I do expect them to announce significant improvements in voice recognition. In some ways, the iPhone was playing catch up with visual interface features like the notification bar, so Android is in the lead in that department. I like the busy interface of Honeycomb, not on the tablets but on the smart phones.

I have NO idea new features Google will be revealing. We know about NFC and Google Wallet but as far as basic phone features go, that field is wide open. Four more days!
[EVO 4G General] Crossrocker:
300$ is a bit to much for me.

Having trouble with AOSP? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
[EVO 4G General] malibu_23:
google doesnt have to match siri. siri inst new. check vids: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=android+edwin&aq=f

im looking forward to ICS but not on a sammy phone. theyre all flash, and fail to do so simple things like hold a gps/3g signal consistently. waiting for a supersonic port, or possibly on the 3d. im good on sammy phones no matter how well there spec'd out it is and how nice the screens are.
[EVO 4G General] Hemipwr07:
I personally think the 4s was aa complete let down for all the apple fanboys. Then they tried to act REALLY impressed by siri to make up for it. Big deal we have multiple apps to counter everything the 4s came out with. Basically they were just playing catch up.

Android phones are just flat out better IMO. More customizable by rooting and other apps. I'm excited for ICS

Sent from my CM7 Rooted Evotastic-ness
[EVO 4G General] chitownevo:
agreed on that ! Everyone keeps talking in the office that the 4s is something amazing. NOT !!
[EVO 4G General] 3foxy1roxy7:
Omg watches the ICS event on YouTube last night and I can not wait to have those features running on my EVO glad I'm rooted right now!

sent from a real life flashaholic!
[EVO 4G General] jcdip1:
So when is the ICS coming out?

It says it's out right now? On android developers website. (Can't post outside links)

Now how do I install it, please keep in mind I have not been in the loop on all this for the last year.

I have my phone rooted using Fresh (ROM) and netarchy-toastmod

Would love some help to get back in the game.
[EVO 4G General] atapia984:
Patience friend. Patience. The SDK is out right now. Those are Developer tools. CM9 will be right around the corner the minute they release Android 4.0 source.
[EVO 4G General] lagvoid:
Agreed! Just wish Android phones would get comparable cameras.
[EVO 4G General] 3foxy1roxy7:
So Sprint EVO 4g users won't get the ice cream sandwhich updates because the EVO is considered an old device now! So I wonder how if at all this will effect developers capability to create roms with ics features for the EVO if the device is considered out of date! I must say I've had my EVO longer then any device I've owned! So I give HTC much props for holding my attention! It is time for a new gadget though I'm getting antsy

sent from a real life flashaholic!
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
They can be done, because the Evo 3D may get an update as its dual core and will play nice. or the Evo, tweaks will be made so that it'll play nicely, as CM 9 is supposed to be AOSP ICS based. If you're looking for a new phone, I'd recommend the samsung galaxy S II.
[EVO 4G General] jimbo.levy:
ICS looks great, but I'm completely satisfied with Gingerbread. If we never saw an update, I wouldn't be irritated in the slightest.
[EVO 4G General] Admiral688:
Without sense wouldn't ice be at least usable with the EVO 4g?
[EVO 4G General] Crossrocker:
Of course it will

Having trouble with AOSP? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
[EVO 4G General] Admiral688:
Nah.....would like a nice 3.5 sense ROM or an aosp ice ROM for my EVO...trying to learn how to cook one for my phone.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
There are a few sense 3.5 roms in the development section.
[EVO 4G General] Diablo67:
Same here,i like to get more info and see how the mod or custom rom is running before flashing.I've been waiting on ICS for awhile,cant wait to see how that does.

---------- Post added at 09:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:25 AM ----------

I heard that from another post also,that they will be dropping CM9 here in a few days.
[EVO 4G General] someonenewhere:
Want something close to Siri for Android?

I suggest you all download Speaktoit Assistant in the market, trust me..it works great!
[EVO 4G General] Art2Fly:
What about an ics sense port from like the 3d later down the road?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Well I think your opinion is somewhat misinformed, because you say for them to do aware the mid - low end phones, though apple is trying to make some 'lower' end phone to compete more. Not everyone can afford a 'high end' smart phone, and that's one reason other competitors stay alive, is because they can market to everyone.
[EVO 4G General] Justin.G11:
You mean maybe.

All AOSP projects have been dependant on getting the drivers out of the GPLed kernels. With the EVO now obsolete we will never see newer drivers from Sprint/HTC so if ics requires driver updates we could never see a stable ics on evo.
[EVO 4G General] gears1979:
Sense, motoblur and touchwiz are all user interfaces, not operating systems. I for one think that sense UI works very well with android os. Motoblur and TW, now that's another story.