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[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
I get what you are saying but after about a year the old phones will become mid to low end. And as time moves on the hw will become cheaper to make phones of today at a cheaper cost. What would help would be if the economy picked up but that's a diff story. But I agree they can't get rid of lower end phones cause like you said its part of the reason android is awesome gives more people a chance to own a smart phone. Where iphones are just always at the same price or increase. Over time they drop but what's the point of a iPhone imo if urs a gen or two behind. With android if u get a mid range urs not going to be left behind far and if they are serious about 18 month support for phones all phones should be able to run any new OS Google puts out for that time frame then u only have to have a older phone for two to 6 months after support stops which is better then it is now.
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
I agree as do most HTC has to change some stuff up and make it less sense and more vanilla with added extras.with ics looking nicer then any vanilla android so far they can not make so many changes which would improve updates update speed as far as getting out and make them smaller probably as well and it wouldn't create problems with updates. How many updates come out that mess other things up it happens rather often.
[EVO 4G General] :
The less crap you add to it the easier it is to do updates

Now crap does not mean crap but a general sense of everything you can add without listing and its a LONG list.

Now I feel like sense does a lot to the core of the OS. ICS is supposed to be great but HTC needs to separate its product. If people didn't add UI and framework or whatever improvements it would just be who can shell out the best devices with the best specs simply put.

Now the UI's are meant to make things easier and add improvements for hardware the company installs on them. It is great. The UI isn't just the UI it is also changes made to the core of Android OS. Now what many people may not believe is that this isnt good for the end user. You get a Open Source(generaly) Rom put on a phone and then it is tinkered with to work on the phone they put out.

Now the bad side is it takes longer to push updates and companies see updates as a lot of work and would rather push a new devices with a system redesigned for it. Now that blows for us. They try to make a device as good as possible because they don't want to support it.

Google wants people to really see what Android OS is at least in a UI sense. Companies will still add tweaks to the system. The question is. Is android what we see on a nexus devices Or is Android what the companies put out on their phones. this is a higher order thinking question but some of you will understand and make you ponder while others wont.

ICS I can't wait for it but I also know without the tweaks from HTC (evo 4G) my phone wont run it. It is up to the people who can take those tweaks and transfer them to ICS in a rom for my device.. Now re read ( the high order thinking question)
[EVO 4G General] megabiteg:
1+

10Char!
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Well, I agree to agree. :p Its exactly as said between us. If you go on sprint.com, the iphone 4 is selling for 99$ on contract...when the SAME phone was 399$ ALL because the 4S came out...if you're an 'iperson' you need to on the latest. Older android devices can get ports and still run newer firmware, so it can look pretty, you're just limited by your device hardware.
[EVO 4G General] ECrispy:
I wonder what oem's will add to make it better, since ICS borrows a lot of features from Sense/TouchWiz/WP7 etc.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Perhaps go less hardware like the galaxy nexus, because it'll be redundant to have the virtual and hardware [capacitive] buttons.
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
Someone's mobile speedtest banner here is making my AV wig out
[EVO 4G General] vbetts:
True, they aren't Operating Systems but I know though that Sense UI runs deep into Androids core, making it more than just a user interface.

I'm looking at history right now, for instance how Gingerbread is on HTC Evo stock. Sense 1.0, mainly stuck at Sense 1.0 because there simply isn't enough room for Sense 2.0, or 2.5, or even 3.0 and still have a decent amount of room for apps. I doubt HTC and Sprint are going to commit to having a Sense ICS rom on the Evo, Google even isn't committing to ICS on the Nexus One that runs the same platform as the Evo, so I can see HTC following the example.
[EVO 4G General] 3foxy1roxy7:
I want my ice cream sandwich I wish I knew how to build a rom
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hammadiqbal37:
hey guyz i just got a galaxy s and using stock rom froyo 2.2 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 General] ccrows:
Goofy name, but try "GPS AIDS" from the market and see if that helps at all...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hammadiqbal37:
hey thanks for the app but the gps is still not working, i guess i have to upgrade it by rooting... thanks anyways :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xpcomputers:
Or, it might need the connectors for the gps aerial bending slightly, as they are made of a weak metal, and get pressed in over time in. There are several threads about it.

I did the fix on mine, and the gps works brilliantly now!

Hope this helps

Mike
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rob_z11:
I have just received my B60 Eee Pad from Newegg, and did all of the firmware updaes, and I have peculiar problem. This is similar problem that I ran into early days of GTablet/Viewsonic.

Only way to get the sound out of the EEPad is to plug the headphone, and then sounds works once you pull out the headphone.

If Eee Pad goes to sleep, no sound from either Youtube or Google Music.

Any ideas? I am running stock everything, and have not had chance to root it yet.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jyams:
Same problem for me too after 3.2.1 update. Anyone have any suggestions. Have done cold boots, stopped sound apps, etc. No solution so far. About to do factory reset as last resort. This has got to be something in the update as mine was working fine before.

EDIT: Factory reset did not help
[Eee Pad Transformer General] blessedswine:
ok i would suggest to try this take a qtip or something small and soft and put it into your headphone port and turn it a little then pull out, i had this issue on a few of my phones and my ipad, it was dust tripping the headphone jack saying headphones were plugged in even though they werent, the exact situation you have is what i had if i put headphones in and pulled them out it would work but after going to sleep or turning off i would have to do process all over again. i used just a tad of rubbing alcohol on my qtip for cleaning the contacts.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jyams:
Great suggestion. I will try this tonight when I get home. Thanks button applied!

---------- Post added at 02:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:29 PM ----------

I don't want to send my TF back to Asus via RMA.

Please, does anyone else have this problem or know of a thread that has discussed???

I've searched extensively but can find little or no mention of this problem. If the alcohol/qtip tip works tonight I will definitely post results. One thing I did notice is that my 3.5mm audio jack is a very snug fit. First time I put it in I was thinking my headphone plug was too large. This may be part of my problem. Thinking something internally in the jack is making contact all the time, like the post above states.

EDIT: 10/12 - I did not have a chance to try the Qtip/alcohol cleaning tip last night. However, this morning I needed to remove the TF101 from the keyboard/dock and use most of the day without the keyboard. Now the sound works correctly through the speakers and headphones. Me thinks the sound problems are related to the dock. So glad to have this narrowed down. Haven't had time to re-dock and test, but will report here when done. I've read of many wonky things with tablets that, all of a sudden, start working again, or problems go away. Thinking that's the case here. I bet it works properly when docked. BTW, I did use a Asus Support email to report this problem, but have yet to hear back.

EDIT: 10/13 - Problem solved. See post #8 below. Basically, problem related to tablet not being seated firmly in dock, although the latch was secure. Firm downward pressure with a slight side to side movement was exerted to be sure the tablet was seated in slot. Sound returned immediately. Lesson is, even though the latch seems to be securely in place, the tablet might not be seated in its dock slot with all connections firmly in place. Push down and wiggle a bit to be sure. Thanks again to 'blessedswine' for the suggestion.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] blessedswine:
could have been loose on the dock and caused the issue when you finally redock make sure its all the way down.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rob_z11:
Mine was brand new out of the box when I ordered from Newegg last week during the free dock sale.

I am going to try to see if I can wiggle it little bit to loosen up something to get the sound.

I tried both with and without dock, but did not work. Well, I am glad that I am not the only one who is suffering from this. I thought there was soundfix.apk that I used to install during the early days of Viewsonic GTablet, but can't seems to find a copy.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Lokks:
Wrong thread
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jyams:
I can confirm the previous post that it is a problem with the tablet fitting soundly in the dock. I just put mine in the dock after dealing with the issue described. As noted in my previous post sound works fine when the tablet is out of the dock. I have just now had time to test re-inserting the tablet into the dock and the problem recurred. So, I wiggled it around and made sure it was seated good and bingo!!! Sound problem solved! Never thought of trying that. Thank you 'Blessedswine' for your post about that!!:)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kushal_Iceman:
i just wanted to know weather 2.37.720.3 india built can be downgraded to be rooted.. if so let me know how please help.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] tempter94:
I am trying to get froyo calculator to CyanogenMod-7.1. (i like it more than one in CM)

I tried installing it but it says Application not installed

and I tried moving it to system folders but it dosent appear in menu
[General Questions and Answers] Ziotalla:
HI,i've an SE X8 with Froyobread v0,23b...

On android market or when i open titanium backup appears a message that the bin of su is upgradeable,but somewhere i read that i cannot upgreade the busy box...

What i should to do?
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
You talk about upgrading su then you talk about upgrading busybox.

Those are two sepperate things.

You can upgrade the superuser binary, or upgrade busybox, or upgrade both.

There are apps on the market, to upgrade the superuser binary (SuperUser app) or busybox.
[General Questions and Answers] toyo_woods:
hello!

i was wonder if its possible to create live wallpaper from piss of video i downloaded from youtube on high quality, lets say 2 to 3 seconds scene..(not real scene), i saw how to make one but i dont know if its possible to create this with high graphic pic..

tnx for the help.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] nubie:
Hello,

Don't you just hate it that when you save a scribble, it opens a note and you have to discard that note... All that time wasted.

I use my Flyer for school and wanted to share this workaround that I've discovered. This is on the stock gingerbread ROM, so I can't say about the HC.

The issue is that I use the notes application and record my lectures, and when I take a screenshot of something and save that scribble, it opens a new note and stops the recording on the existing one. So I was trying different ways to save a scribble and not open notes app.

When done scribbling and want to save it and not open the notes app, try these 2 workarounds:

(if you don't have a printer installed)

1 when done scribbling, instead of tapping save, tab print. It will say you have no printer installed, then just back out and that image will be saved in the scribbled folder.

2 when done scribbling, press the power button + home button. This takes a screenshot and saves it under camera shots folder in the gallery.

By doing these, you don't have to deal with the notes application opening up whenever you have to save a scribble.

Hope these help,

Regards
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ftorres:
Thanks for your info
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] tsuharesu:
Really Thanks!

I thought I could only take screenshot with the pen. Now that we know about Home + Power, its a lot easier =)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Sn8kbordin:
Is there a way to save it as image (JPG, or PNG)?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SNadler:
What is the difference between these two models? And can I uses anything or everything from the I9100 (root, roms, etc.) on the 777? Hope to have one this week to play with and dont know where to start. Why is there not a seperate 777 section?

Thanks everyone! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Disfected:
What are you talking about, there is a section for it. Also not everything from the i9100 will work on AT&T version, since they have completely different kernels and what not. Your best bet to find what's available is at the at&t gs2 section.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SNadler:
Thanks,

Looked under Samsung and Galaxy and did not see it.....

I will look some more....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevens4life2:
its close to the bottom or the main forums listing page!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skimminstones:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1301
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jgrimberg1979:
Is anyone else having this issue as well I can get rid of it I've tried everything to what happens is sometimes when my phone is asleep tonight wake it up it's completely unresponsive, the screen turns on but I can't do anything other than hit the power button on and off and volume other than that I am stuck on the same screen. Also when I wake up in the morning after charging my phone overnight it is always frozen like this but even worse when it has been more than a few hours. Could this be related to using an alternative home? I have used both launcher pro and adw with the same results. I have never had this with any of my other android phones. Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idefiler6:
Take it to Verizon and get a switchout.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jgrimberg1979:
Before I do that I would like to make sure that it isn't software based otherwise I will just run into the same issue.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cryptiq:
I haven't experienced that issue, but something similar. About once every 2 days my phone won't wake at all. The notification light seems to be working, but pressing the power/lock button doesn't wake the phone, screen stays black and I have to pull the battery. If I call the phone while it's in this state, nothing happens on the Bionic's side, but the phone I calling from hears 4 rings before going to voicemail. I've uninstalled Widget Locker and Home Switcher to see if either of them are the culprit.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] KoaLaBea:
awesome, thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dellenrules:
I would do a factory rest and see if it was a software problem first.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] quentin0:
Do you have in pocket detection on under settings? Try turning that off. I was having major issues like that when I was using that setting.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idefiler6:
Good advice, the pocket sensor on this phone is borked.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Deeco7:
I don't have wifi at the moment, can someone please upload the apk for me. Thank you.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] applejacks108:
I'm running RMK's gingersense and lately i've been noticing my batter bar is grayed out with an ! in the middle of it. what's happening?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tincbtrar:
Good question. Never seen that before. Have you applied framework tweaks?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] applejacks108:
what do you mean by framework tweaks? if that means the upgrades then yes, i've been keeping up with the new versions he's been putting out.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] digitalsynner85:
if i'm not mistaken, your battery isn't being detected by the ROM, if it was detected before you flashed a bunch of things, you should restore back to before you flashed all the upgrades and install one at a time, whichever things you flashed that cause the issue is your culprit

you could always try to go into your recovery and delete your battery stats and see if that helps it too
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tincbtrar:
Framework tweaks are patches for:

- Battery mods

- Volume on wake

- Remove GPS icon

Any of these things. Pretty much anything you would use to change what the ROM looks like.

Or your battery isnt being detected...which unless you are using a non stock battery I dont see how that could be happening (defective battery?)

Nandroid and do a fresh install of RMK (factory wipe, data and dalvik - also format system/) and let us know how that goes.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] iceman99393:
Pull battery out make sure its not corroding or has a poor connection. Then I'd reflash newest stock gingersense.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] andybones:
I had this happen a couple times, battery pull fixed it haven't happened since.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] applejacks108:
Hey guys, so i totally wiped everything and started new with a whole new rom. i'm now using tsm gingerbangevolved.

The battery bar still comes up. if i remove the battery it goes away for a little bit and also when i charge my battery it stops. but it still randomly keeps popping up.

i haven't downloaded any other tweaks or patches other than the rom. i'm not too tech savvy thats about as much as i can do. the only other battery app i have is batt stat but all that does is tell me the % of battery i have left as a widget.

i checked the battery it seems fine to me although i could be wrong. there's just a little dust and waht not in there but everything else seems pretty good and the connection *spring like* part is fine as well.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] andybones:
If pulling the battery doesn't work (make sure the connectors are clean), the battery may be shot, or you may need a replacement.
[Shift General] raffinator:
Hello,

i bought a htc shift and i have put win 7 on it with all the drivers also the bluetooth radio.If i try to connect the shift to my bluetooth stereo headset it says that the bluetooth peripheral device driver is missing .i searched in many forums and the solutions there are to change the driver from the device list to windows company but i cant find this in my device list just windows. so is there any other driver or what can i do ?

thank you
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mupepe:
I have a TMOUS HD7. After updating to Mango it seemed to brick. All I get is the white HTC screen.

It did this twice actually. After the first time I updated it did this but when I pulled the battery and rebooted it had wiped everything. So I rolled back and after a few days of it working I updated to Mango again. After a day or so it did the same thing. However, this time it won't load up to WP7 at all. It stays on the white HTC screen.

I can still access the bootloader so I want to try to load a ROM. But I can't find a ROM to load. Any help would be appreciated. I don't care of it's Mango or NoDo. I just want my phone to work again! Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyaj:
Try to check on the HD7 forum. I believe there are ROMs there from ansar. That's where I found a ROM for my HD7 when it was stuck on the connect to pc screen. Now I'm on unlocked Mango thanks to ansar and petbede. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mupepe:
thanks so much!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bjarnehe:
My Transformer simply refuses to take any firmware updates!

I am currently still stuck on version HTJ85B.WW_epad-8.6.6.9-20110804.

I have not received any update notifications since the 3.2 update mentioned above (and I have pushed the Check Update button a lot lately).

I have also tried to install a newer version via the SOP method (download latest available version, UpdateLauncher_WW_epaduser8659.zip, from Asus, unzip to root of sdcard in ASUS/Update folder etc). unfortunately that does not work either. I have not rooted, just been running the official version of the OS.

I have cold booted the device and finally done a full factory reset. Still no update notification, and manual install via SOP is still not working either.

Does anyone have any idé how I can fix this?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] larryk:
When you say the root of the SD card, you are talking about an external micro SD card correct?, as that is the only way it will work...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bjarnehe:
Yes, I have used an external micro SD card for this.

I have tried it both in the plates SD slot and also in the SD slot in the keyboard dock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bjarnehe:
This is strange

As it turns out, the HTJ85B.WW_epad-8.6.6.9-20110804 version I have installed probably was installed when I had my Transformer sent in for service(my screen died). Not sure how they could make a mistake like that, but thats what it looks like.

This explains why I do not get any OTA notifications and why I do not succeed manually installing a new firmware version for the TF101, since it is expecting a version for the TF101G.

Note: I do in fact have the TF101 without 3G!

I went ahead with installing the latest version available on the ASUS site for the TF101G version via SOP, and that actually worked! (UpdateLauncher_WW_epaduserV8_6_6_10.zip)

Hopefully this will not cause any issues.

Is it possible for me to rollback/reinstall the correct version of the firmware for my TF101, instead og the TF101G version? I would prefer that since I will not get OTA notifications otherwise.

Anyone have any thoughts about how to fix that?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mughalgxt:
tHIS SHOULD HELP, IN CASE your tab has pre-b7 serial i.e b4,b5,b6(check at bottom base). it will format all partitions in nvflash mode, the process is automated.

http://tabletroms.com/forums/transf...stock-3-2-recovery-roms-unbricking-tools.html
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bjarnehe:
Thanks mughalgxt!

That was exactly what I needed, worked perfectly ;-)

I also got the notification for 3.2.1 soon after I had flashed to the correct firmware for my TF101.

Awesome!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gk527:
Hello!

I'm leaning towards buying an ASUS TF. From some of the posts on here, it looks like some models aren't able to be rooted. My question is, when I'm at the store buying the TF, is there anything I can look at on the box to tell whether that particular TF is rootable or not?

Also... would you buy a TF again now knowing what you know about it since you've had one for x amount of time? If not, what would you get instead?

Thanks in advance!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] uploder:
what the heck im feeling helpful today :)

yes theres is a way to tell right in store although the clerk may look @ you funny because they have no idea about this ;) take a look @ the back of the box and look at the serial. ideally you want one that starts with B50 or B60. BUT if theres only B70 you may or may not be able to root. gimmie a sec and ill point you to the thread which explains it all in glorious detail....

not the one i was looking for but it'll do

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1294687