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[General Questions and Answers] Jades007:
I am planning to buy an Android phone but I want one with a QWERTY keyboard and one that fits my needs.

I have a few different uses for it.

Uses:

Gaming-A lot of games, need a bit of power (800Mhz-1Ghz).

School-Storing documents and editing them on the go.

Social Networking-Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace.

Music player-Playing my music.

Movies-Watching some movies maybe.

Notes-

It must have the 850 and 2100 UMTS 3G frequencies and GSM 850 2G.

Must be available unlocked online somewhere because I don't live in the USA.

My current options-

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro

HTC Desire Z

Also must have or be able to get Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) officially or unofficially.

Thanks, Jades
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kosdi:
why its only shown 8gb instead of 16gb? :confused:
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordmorphous:
Try using this tool from the market:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&feature=search_result

It's free and will show you what's taking up the space. If you think it should be empty and aren't worried about losing anything, go to settings-sd card and storage and format it. See if that takes care of it.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kosdi:
its not the SD card but the internal storage...

thats why i'm curious about that since dell streak only available on 16gb

i'm using streakdroid custom rom
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordmorphous:
The 16gb is external storage. The streak only has a 2gb internal card.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] BGreeNZ:
Hello XDA,

First up, I apologize if this has already been addressed elsewhere -- I searched Google, but it was in vain.

With the current version of OpenOptimus, even from a fresh installation, when I type "exit" in either the Terminal Emulator app, or from whithin ADB, the following happens:

1. The screen will flash black.

2. A bright cyan pixel will appear in the upper-left corner of the screen.

3. After a few seconds, the pixel will turn black.

4. Several seconds later, the lock screen will reappear (sometimes momentarily flashing the boot screen first), just as if the device has freshly booted.

I have tried to reproduce this broblem with both Cyanogenmod7 and the stock (rooted) LG V10a ROM. This problem is specific to OpenOptimus.

What is happening here, and what can be done to fix it?

Regards,

Brendon Green
[Optimus One, P500, V General] h3xw0rm:
I am having exactly the same problem ! :S
[Optimus One, P500, V General] StyxD:
It's a well known bug of OpenOptimus, I don't know if it's rom or script related (happens even if you update OpenScript to 1.0.5 version).

It happens a lot when messing around with CPU frequencies and governor, very rarely when changing graphic stuff like boot animation or font.

Let's hope Bytecode will fix this when releasing OpenOptimus 3, if it's ever going to happen.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] h3xw0rm:
Thank you ! I'll wait then! ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] BGreeNZ:
Has any progress been made on this? Are there any thoughts about what causes the bug? Is OpenOptimus still being maintained?

If I could figure out where to start looking, I would have a go at tackling this, as it is quite annoying.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] highmage:
Well, if the ROM creator got his laptop back, it might be of help. Message Bytecode about this. OpenOptimus is a very good ROM, anyway
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lalit.kultham:
I wanI want themes for Batista Foxhound 2.1. Can you guys post them here. Please
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Genkville:
+1 anyone got any good ones?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shirbo.g:
same here! Was waiting for something, looking through each thread but to no avail =(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Have you had a look at the universal themes?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] uppon2:
You would be surprised how many themes for other ROMs will work just fine. Try the eskodroid 1.4 clear theme and the galaxy blue theme. If not switch to the revolution ROM and have the luxury of using the kitchen to pick multiple themes
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Matriak31:
try out juicy orange droid by rixsta..you can find it in checkrom thread and works perfectly on batista rom
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shirbo.g:
Really? Other themes from other roms can also work? Nice!

To install these themes, I'm guessing I just use CWM to install zip from sd card?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Matriak31:
Yep you got it. you can only install those themes though by being on stock theme batista. so flash 2.0 then 2.1 flash stock theme then one of rixstas themes. more info are on the rom thread with screenshots
[Motorola Photon 4G] slmclarengt:
I encrypted my device (both personal data and storage) through the Location and Security selection in the main menu under Data Encryption. Unfortunately now I cannot find anyway [besides the tedious process of e-mailing them to myself, which is inefficient and ineffective for videos] to get my pictures/videos onto my computer DECRYPTED.

Is it possible and how can it be done???

I tried mounting as Storage device, failed, gave 'invalid image' for pictures (taken after encryption enabled) and wouldn't load videos. Then I tried using Motorola Media Link import thinking 'of course Motorola would recognize the need to decrypt my damn files' - haha, not.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dc907:
Im in the same boat

I am in the same boat. I was able to SU in an ADB shell and wipe the data partition, so I now have no screen lock code and all my apps are gone but I still cannot get my device to fully zero itself to new as it wants the password every time to decrypt storage.

I have an unlocked boot loader and CMW recovery installed, which fails on factory wipe/reset. Stock 4.1.2 FW

Any help from the peanut gallery? :eek:
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhaoyz777:
I've been successed in x1 nand by flowing Alex&caliban2's instruction,and bring it to my country as the first one,thx to xda.

Now could anyone tell me how can i use "ast-alex-linux-xperia-android-2.6.35.tar.gz" which download from "gitorious.org/~ast/linux-on-qualcomm-s-msm/alex-linux-xperia":confused::confused::confused::confused:
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caliban2:
your question leaves two reasons why you're asking this:

a) you want to learn how to develop kernel.

b) you think you're missing out on latest kernel and want to use it on your phone. or "bring it to your country".

well, if it really were a) you wouldn't be asking this in here, but would've found the answer how to compile kernel elsewhere. so let's go with b):

you're not missing out on anything. suspend-bug is still unfixed, flashing android to nand is nice, but even less usable than haret-version. alex was stuck on this, he went back a step and is rewriting lots of kernel-stuff.

quote from irc-chat today:
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhaoyz777:
thx a lot! i see
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bronz1983:
I find good karnel is to be 2.6.27.46 its 890 kb big, you can find it in sensdroid v5 android from jertan93, and in hendroid android..

very good battery consumpiton last two days, charging is also working but not always so that is the issue, and some keyboard freezing sometimes...

Maybe is better kernel out there but i did find where...
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caliban2:
nope, no better kernel. you're using ygge-kernel, btw. (zimage is part of kernel too)

there's midnight's kernel on neopeek, based on .27 from xdandroid, adjusted to x1. faster, no bug with hw-keys, charging works in theory.

but:

batt-meter is broken, it always shows 100%. so you never know how much juice is left. and it doesn't shut down the sys when batt gets critical. it runs till it's completely depleted. (=deep discharge = bad thing for the battery)

so you have to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. :)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bronz1983:
Is this kernel "htc-msm-linux @ 20111001_013904" you are talking about?

I download that form neopeek.com but i don't have a link.

That kernel is 2.1 mb big, I just rename it and replace my ygge-kernel with this, i'm now using it for 15 hours.

I found that charging is working only when you leave phone alone, my battery menagment is working it it is not showing 100% all the time.

I charge my phone over night was shown 41 % on evening and 100 % in morning, now is on 82 %.

I also found that my benchamrk result is slightly less than whit 890 kb kernel (ygge) 560 points copared to 490 points whit this in quadrant standard.

Is there a way for fully market working?

Now I get only few app to be able to download couse others are "uncompatible with device" :confused:
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caliban2:
huh?! :eek:

nah, that's original xdandroid-build. ("glemsom") midnight is based on it.

so you're saying they fixed batt-meter?! Oo this would be the best news ever.

i'm gonna test this right now, we'll have a serious talk if it doesn't work! :p

and yes, kernel being ~2mb is normal, it consists of zimage and modules.tar.gz. (i'm getting a slight feeling you didn't understand this, and just replaced the modules. "main-part" of kernel is in zImage. but let's see...)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bronz1983:
yes i didn't replace zimage file i keep old one... but it is working i just rename the image to original.

here is download link of that file

http://xdandroid.com/wiki/Main_Page

and here is jerrytan93 talking about new kernal that is the most stable...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1288765&page=3

post number #29 to #31

well i didn't find zimage of that kernel i'm still new in that :confused:
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caliban2:
alright, time for serious talk... :mad: ;)

of course batt-meter doesn't work. would've been a surprise. by not replacing zImage you kept ygge's kernel, just replacing the modules. (question is if the new modules even got unpacked to system)

thank you, i know where to download glemsom-autobuilds. ^^ but i prefer this link...

so remember, always replace both files! zImage is the more important one.

dunno why you shouldn't find it, it's called zImage_xxx_something_xxx. just rename it to zImage.

problem with most "cooks" here releasing roms is that they never tell which kernel they're uploading with their builds. just useless blabla like "the most stable, the best...!!!"

so here's an easy guideline:

- battery shows correct percentage, charging is buggy, hw-keys stop working -> ygge-kernel (march 2011)

- battery always shows 100% -> xdandroid-build ("glemsom") or a kernel based on it (midnight)

in theory, charging works on glemsom, bug with hw-keys is fixed

the reason why you get higher scores with ygge is because it has gpu overclocked (ygge-turbo < ygge-monster), glemsom doesn't. midnight's kernel has gpu overclocked too, it's faster.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bronz1983:
agreeing with you apsolutley 100%

They only upload new build but newer talking about the kernels, few kernels didn't work for me because they are highly overclocked so didn't boot at all, i lost so many time studing for reason but i figured later it is from kernel...

Well keeping than my 11 march kernel 890kb it is working fine but have some bugs that i can handle with...

Thank you about sharing your knowledge and links nobody is talking about kernels and threads and posts are so messy with kernel information...

I have now two androids on 2 separete sd cards on

1. is hendroid here is my comparison with samsung galaxy 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU0dM168DDE

2. is sensdroid v5 which is better it looks good and it stable enough for daily use without need for windows mobile.

Did you try arcdroid v2?

On each android build my market is not working as i should, do you know reason for that and is there a fix?

I download stock gapps with everybuild.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caliban2:
good. but listen, you're mixing things up again. :)

- i wrote gpu-overclock, as in graphics (not cpu). this has nothing to do with what you set in startup (=cpu-speed), gpu-clock is fixed.

- keep zImage as well, it's the most important part! (kernel-files always have 2.x mb in total)

nope, tried almost none of these roms. if i'm not running nand for fun, i'm running neofroyo.

not interested in themed roms which are based on neofroyo anyway. :) the android-part in my sig is there for a reason.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinese Kung Fu:
I am a newer about this, waiting for a stable nand andriod system.

---------- Post added at 06:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:24 AM ----------

There are so much I can't understand , Admire you so much!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bronz1983:
Here is quote from jerrytan93 how to roll back Market to 3.13 version and stop future updates. This is major problem on all android version so i found it to be useful:

"Apps not compatible is because of the lastest version of Market, Market had updated automatically from 3.1.3 (originally in GAPPS package) to 3.1.5 version which was unstable now. I found some a solution for you all:

Use Terminal Emulator (if you don't have it, download in Market),type the following command:

su *PRESS ENTER TO GAIN SUPERUSER PERMISSION*

pm disable com.android.vending.updater *PRESS ENTER AGAIN*

This will disable the Market Updater from updating the Market.

After that, go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Market > 'Uninstall updates' and then 'Clear data'

Your market will roll back to previous version. "

@caliban2 thanks, i messed some things when extracting the glemson kernel, the same problem for me battery is 100 % all the time.

Notify me when there would be best kernel out.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhaoyz777:
I don't use the market at all....can download apps from many other webs,try to use ucweb.apk which can download from www.uc.cn
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhaoyz777:
haa~~~new nand android can be tested now,for i can't post in XPERIA X1 Android Development,i just say thx to Alex here!!!
[Galaxy 3 General] sonijd:
Hi ,

I use a G3 and have been facing a phone memory problem since i had the phone.I keep getting this warning often regarding low phone memory..th ephone becomes very slow...at times non responsive and dsnt let me install any new apps..I have Kyrillos' ROM 7on my phone and have a 16 gb class 4 sd card..can anyone suggest me a workaround on this....please???:confused:
[Galaxy 3 General] Blackyx007:
Create an ext4 partition on your SD card and use the kyrillos apptoSD script :p
[Galaxy 3 General] Smonic:
Just to expand on what this user said. Use minitool partition wizard or go into recovery mode and make an partition. I'd say a 1024MB partition and a 256 MB Linux swap will be more than enough unless you want loads of apps which will in turn slow your phone down.
[Galaxy 3 General] Fakso:
i don't think swap is suggested for sd card class less than 6..
[Galaxy 3 General] Smonic:
I used swap on class 4 SD with no problems.
[Galaxy 3 General] sonijd:
Hi,

Thanks for the update...just wanted to check what difference does it make..if i do this...will this make the phone work faster...or increase the phone memory ??
[Galaxy 3 General] coolsvicky:
Create an ext4 partition on your SD card and use the kyrillos appt2SD script
[Galaxy 3 General] vivekmishra:
I use a class 4 sd card, and the position works just fine for me.
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
I'm presently using Market 3.1.5 and using wifi it is really really slow. The issue lies with the DNS resolution time. The new market uses url like v11.lscache3.c.android.clients.google.com. The delay to resolve this url over wifi takes usually over 10 seconds. ( +/-). Apparently the new market over mobile network isn't affected by this.

Now how to speed up new market? Since it is a DNS resolution issue, I think Google should do something about it but in the mean time something a user CAN do to speed up the new market.

I use Set DNS to change my DNS servers to use OpenDNS (there are other choices like GoogleDNS, etc). Once set, the new market opens almost instantly.

Set DNS

https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.mytechie.setDNS&hl=en

Bye bye sluggish market.

Enjoy :)
[LG Optimus 2x] Mungulz:
Can confirm it works, went from 5-6 seconds before image load to about 1 seconds, thanks for this tip !
[LG Optimus 2x] luka2858:
I realy works!
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
Of cuz it works. I won't dare to post if ain't working good. :D

Kinda sick of the sluggish new market for some time now so tried several ways to speed it up.

This is the best for now, at least for me.
[LG Optimus 2x] stevvie:
My market already opens instantly as I have set open DNS in my router ;)

That explains the longish wait when I'm around my mates.
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
So now u set it on your phone and u don't have to worry about sluggish new market anywhere over wifi. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] salisbury_steak:
I had no idea that Market over 3G was faster. Thanks for the tip Temasek!
[LG Optimus 2x] Treatcon:
AWESOME, thanks!!
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
That's a 'bug' due to DNS resolution delay (I cannot confirm but that's my bet). Wifi usually should be faster.
[LG Optimus 2x] 75markus:
fine tip, thx !
[LG Optimus 2x] Fulwood Sedge:
Holy cow, that's amazing thank you so much!!!

Never really noticed that the Market takes soo long to load until reading your thread.

And then I never thought the improvement would be that good either!

Thank you!!!
[LG Optimus 2x] Marsou77:
Works perfectly ! Thank you for the tip ! :D
[LG Optimus 2x] imfloflo:
Works well for me with Google DNS thanks @temasek like always
[LG Optimus 2x] kfallz:
Oh wow, that made all the difference. Was getting really pissed of at how slow the new market was... now it's instant haha ^^ Good stuff!
[LG Optimus 2x] Soulj4h:
Kind of off topic but I like opendns better than google's dns servers :)
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
That's one reason I chose OpenDNS instead :D
[LG Optimus 2x] Soulj4h:
Well, part of the reason is because of parental filters. For example, blocking porn. :D
[LG Optimus 2x] TrymHansen:
I'm confused. Are you saying that the market does not use the dhcp-supplied dns-servers?

If that's the case why would changing the dns have any effect, it the market doesn't use the system's dns anyway?

This is not to cast doubt on the solution, just curious to how this is supposed to work. I get no tangible improvement in market startup-speed. Maybe I'm not suffering from the startup-delay anyway, 10 seconds as some have mentioned seems like a lot, mine starts in 4-5 seconds (admittedly too long) after a force-stop and cache-clean.

My phone/market seems to use the dhcp-dns, which of course is my local router, which again forwards to my favourite dns.
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
If your router already has your favourite dns in place then there wouldn't be sluggishness in market. But when u surf elsewhere with wifi and probably u will get sluggish market.

If u don't have any sluggish market then no need for this method. :)

Btw try phishing the market route. See what u get. :p
[LG Optimus 2x] mrrocker:
Thanks a bunch! No need to freeze the market updater anymore :-)
[LG Optimus 2x] TrymHansen:
I have no idea what this means :)

Do you mean running a traceroute?
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
Hmm...yes. Its trying to resolve the url ----> v11.lscache3.c.android.clients.google.com which took damn long. By using other dns servers like OpenDNS or GoogleDNS, it somehow resolve that url almost instantly.

Anway if u ain't affected then that's great news.
[LG Optimus 2x] TrymHansen:
This is a weird setup by google. Look at this:

root@Leon:/# nslookup v11.lscache3.c.android.clients.google.com
Server: 195.159.0.200
Address: 195.159.0.200#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: v11.lscache3.c.android.clients.google.com
Address: 74.125.15.40

root@Leon:/# nslookup v11.lscache3.c.android.clients.google.com 8.8.4.4
Server: 8.8.4.4
Address: 8.8.4.4#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: v11.lscache3.c.android.clients.google.com
Address: 193.213.124.23

root@Leon:/# nslookup v11.lscache3.c.android.clients.google.com 208.67.220.220
Server: 208.67.220.220
Address: 208.67.220.220#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: v11.lscache3.c.android.clients.google.com
Address: 173.194.19.40

Three different responses from three different DNS-servers. They're not set up as aliases like you would get from this for example:

root@Leon:/# nslookup google.com
Server: 195.159.0.200
Address: 195.159.0.200#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.39.104
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.39.99
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.39.106
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.39.105
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.39.147
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.39.103

Not sure if this affects anything, but something weird is going on with that url. Anyway, it seems to be working for those who need it, I'm just inquisitive by nature. (And far from an expert in DNS-matters, so feel free to educate me.)
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
I'm far from an expect myself on DNS matters. What's most important is can we the user do something to help ourselves.

I hate when I open the market and its taking forever to loadup. Once loaded it takes again forever to show my installed apps ... all over wifi.

With DNS change, all these sluggishness are the past, at least for now.
[LG Optimus 2x] flacoff:
This worked on my N1 and Transformer.
[LG Optimus 2x] mas.edo:
great....its work :) faster than before
[LG Optimus 2x] jamesalfred:
Oh wow, since I bought my LG P990, I've never used Market with 3G. I thought that Market is just simply sluggish. After I applied your tips....... it loaded many many times faster..... Damn google.... Hot damn.....
[LG Optimus 2x] sancho1234:
Fine tip, but no faster than original DNS. :(
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
Probably u are the few who isn't affected.
[LG Optimus 2x] MUNDO23:
Bookmarked
[LG Optimus 2x] fredlys:
thanks for this tip ;)

it will help http://hannspad.fr users
[LG Optimus 2x] wayneace8888:
I did this on my phone & I agree the market is so much faster, shame the internet kept disconnecting after I installed setdns. SOLUTION: I uninstalled setdns internet problem solved, I'd rather have a slow market lol. Just so you all know I tried all of the different DNS servers they was all the same problem.
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
Too bad for u.

It works fantastically fast for me. No wifi disconnect issues here. Anway it shouldn't disconnect ...

U could also set the dns on your router. Works the same.
[LG Optimus 2x] mindwalkr:
How do you set the Dns in the router ? There's a DHCP section where you can do it... I've pasted there the OpenDNS adresses but still no cigar.. Market still sluggish.

This somehow seems to affect also Linux desktops as my Ubuntu can get really slow loading BBC videos whereas WIndows wizzes by!! Nevertheless if I configure the Open DNS servers on my Ubuntu WiFi connection it's still slow... dammit!
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
Depending on what router u have. I just write some generic info.

1. Look for "Use the following DNS Server address" and enter 208.67.222.222 & 208.67.220 220 in the boxes provided

or

2. DNS Server -> Make sure "Enable Automatic Assigned DNS" box is not checked. Enter the above OpenDNS server IP addresses into the boxes provided.

The exact wordings of above may differ depending on your router model.
[LG Optimus 2x] leonclement:
It works alright! thanks! the new market is so slow normally, cheers
[LG Optimus 2x] juliusedward:
Thanks for the tip.
[LG Optimus 2x] paul_cad44:
Works a treat thanks!!!
[LG Optimus 2x] idefix13:
Many thanks for the tips. It works perfectly.
[LG Optimus 2x] blakki73:
Thank you! It is working for me:-)

Inviato dal mio LG-P990 usando Tapatalk
[LG Optimus 2x] NaViTo:
Can I uninstall the app after changing the DNS settings? Or I have to keep it to mantain the OpenDNS setting...

By the way it works great on my Hero with the last Cyanogen,

Salu2
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
No harm leaving it installed. In fact I use Opendns on both wifi & 3G (mobile data).

Or u could just disable in the settings of SetDNS. it doesn't consume battery much.