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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
The bootloader is fully unlocked, other than the custom binary warning - which is a warning only and not something that blocks anything.

However don't expect Windows 8 ARM to work on it - it's only going to work on a very specific limited set of hardware architectures - look at the control MS exercises over supported platforms for WP7 as an example.

In general:

Open-source OSes (such as Android) can be ported to run on non-native hardware that doesn't normally support it

Closed-source OSes can't, except in very rare situations where the target hardware is nearly identical to a supported platform. (I believe this was the case with the HTC HD2, a WM6.5 phone that was nearly identical to many Android devices and WP7 devices hardware-wise)
[HTC Sensation] ikrispyyy:
Everytime I see a screen shot of someone else's sensation It says they have 613 ram total my tmous Sensation only has 568.. is this a factory defect or is that just how tmobile sensations are made? I feel like I'm getting screwed out of a decent amount of ram.
[HTC Sensation] flamingrage:
for me it says 563 MB I think the missing is used up by the OS and htc sense
[HTC Sensation] The Illest 619:
the extra ram is opened up in mikes first arhd rom 4.1.x with sense 3.5. (maybe with other sense 3.5 versions as well not sure)
[HTC Sensation] Zehlek:
Mine also says 563
[HTC Sensation] geoffcorey:
Well, your gpu needs some ram, and it doesn't like it when Tue amount of ram it has changes, so that value is constant.

Also, some low level system stuff needs some constant memory as well. Also, this has been asked, AND answered many times already...
[HTC Sensation] The Illest 619:
the opened up ram is on 3.5 based roms i believe... i know i first seen it on mikes arhd 4.1.x getting 613mb while previously only 563mb on sense 3.0.
[HTC Sensation] Alipk52:
Bro stock HTC kernel has 613mb...all the custom ones limit it to 563....that screenshots you've seen must be taken from a Rom which has stock kernel...I don't know why custom kernels have limited the actual amount of ram...I have check this when I was using insertcoin with bricked kernel...it shown 563mb ram...when I returned to stock kernel...ram get back to 613mb
[HTC Sensation] ikrispyyy:
Thank you for the answers everyone. I apologize for asking a scrub question.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mister Hat:
Anyone know how to get the MIUI 1.10.7 launcher working on CM7. This would be amazing and switch me over. Thanks!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
And the damn Dialer for christ sakes! The MIUI dialer is just awesomesauce.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sUsH667:
me too would like to have the miui launcher up and running on cm7 and others...

for the dialer you should take a look at exdialer in the market, it is an exact copy of the miui dialer and contacts, but it comes with even more functions.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] fcisco13:
But there is no launcher, just put all apps to home screen.

+1 for dialer, there are good ones but nothing like having it integrated.

NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] regP:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1220695

Close enough.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Turducken:
I'm in a bad mood, it looks like there won't be an official Gingerbread update for my P509. I'm now reconsidering Android in general. Read my rant here if you're interested:

Android Product Life Cycle, it's potential downfall?

Anyway, so what do you think based on specs and features, is Apple in good hands without Steve Jobs? I say yes.

It'd be cool if you could apply an avatar to Siri ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Feeshie:
2.3 is out for the Sprint version. It's ready but its t-mobiles decision when to release it. Gingerbread has been out for the international Optimus as well. For us t-mobile users we should just root and install mik's cm7 or any Rom u like. It was painless for me.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Turducken:
LG forum mods don't believe it will be released for the Optimus T .

T-Mobile has made no promises.

The Optimus S release was so f**ked up that they pulled it on Sept. 28th

It's a mess and it ain't gonna happen.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Feeshie:
LG promised all phones will receive a minimum of 1 version upgrade. Whether you will believe that or not idk. I'm running happy with mik's CM7 and I would never go back to stock. You should give it a shot. Stock Rom will not match the performance of this.

EDIT: I headed over to the Optimus S section on another forum and it seems ok. Some quirks and bugs, but seems usable.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Turducken:
As of Sept 8th US T-Mobile had not yet contacted LG to begin the process. I've done a fair bit of digging on this. I hope I'm wrong but I didn't just pull this out of my arse. It's all over the LG and US Tmo forums.

With regards to the Optimus S they wouldn't have pulled it if there weren't some serious issues.

I'm running CM7 and happy with it but I don't recall seeing a disclaimer saying "update it yourself" :rolleyes:

P.S. The 3GS released in June of 2009 and was just updated to iOS 5, now that's service
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Feeshie:
Updates for Android are slow and it's pretty obvious. Comparing android updates to Apple is not the right thing. Apple just has to look after a few devices. Iphone 3/GS/4/4S. While there are hundreds of android devices. Even though devices are split between manufacturers like Samsung/HTC/LG they still have 10-30 devices to look after and high end devices will always be their top priority. It's a bummer, but we will just have to deal with it until Google comes up with something and they have taken this into account. They have said publicly that they know this is a major problem with Android and they are looking for ways to fix this. Lucky almost all high end phones have great developer support so we don't have to wait for the manufacturer.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Turducken:
Google claiming ignorance as their defense, that's rich.

High end phones get great treatment, somebody file a lawsuit, please! Google will continue to drag their feet until they're forced to change. That's just how business works these days.

Anyway, here's to hoping............
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Feeshie:
It's a wise decision to invest into a higher end phone. Don't expect to get the same treatment when you got a lower end device because sadly things don't work that way. Phones like the Optimus/Galaxy Ace/Mini/Gio are pretty much not even budget phones anymore. They are at the bottom of the bottom. The mid-range phones now are the low end phones now. Things are shifting and it would be a waste of time for them to get in the trouble of working on a phone that is obsolete.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] monalisa2121:
I've install different roms, on my Optimus T and i have the same issues with all of them, the MMS come to small and i refuse to use the GO sms app so i'm stuck on stock! was really hopping on the Gingerbread version! :(
[Optimus One, P500, V General] terratrix:
Anyway, why bother waiting for LG stock ****, LG gingerbread really crap on Optimus One, with so many bugs.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Turducken:
I agree my point exactly. Where's the QC? Google cashed in by not holding it's partners responsible. They had the power to do it right, and CHOSE not to. This isn't an accident.

Us XDA members will work it out but the other 90% of users are staring at a ****ty phone, saying "I think I'll by an iPhone next time". I've heard way too many times from noob friends of mine. In fact, I don't even recommend Android to friends anymore.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Feeshie:
You don't have to buy LG if your not satisfied with their products and their quality. In the end, if you buy a low end phone you get what you paid for. TBH This phone without the great developers we have would be a POS.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Turducken:
You clearly didn't read the link in my first post did you? It's an OS and updates include security patches. These are necessary not optional! IMO my 2 year contract has been breached by TMO LG or Google (let the lawyers figure it out)

Amen but it's not just this phone it's ALOT of them.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] fancccc:
no, thanks
[Optimus One, P500, V General] 22VIN:
You're making me laugh.

Let me see, you're comparing Android on a $200 max phone with an iPhone? A low-end phone will never provide the real Android experience.

I was looking at my O1 and I said "I think I'll buy a better droid next time, this one is just offering me a small taste of what Android can do". So I did; I bought a better, dual-core, 4.3" phone. Trust me, daily use of Android on a premium phone can't be compared to daily use on a cheap one.

So don't compare your O1 to an iPhone. Try and compare a GS2, Arc S, Sensation, Droid Bionic, Nexus etc to an iPhone and then see if the iPhone's really worth it.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] IamIrene:
might get it

or stick to android

off course buy high end android phone

such like not sgs 2, sensation / sensation xe / evo 3d and other
[Optimus One, P500, V General] orsonbear:
22VIN...

you

are

RIGHT!

I don't understand people comparing a $200- old phone to a $700+ fresh-tech phone...

From my point of view iPhone and all other closed phones may rests on the shelves forever, coz are too performance/price unbalanced.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Turducken:
Hardware and Software are different.

What's so hard to understand about wanting a well defined Product LifeCycle?

Buy a $300 Windows Home Laptop and buy a $2000 Windows Professional despktop. The SOFTWARE Product Lifecycle is the same.

No wonder Google is dragging it's feet with regards to this fragmentation. It's customers have been brainwashed. I thought Android users were supposed to be the smart ones... do yourselves a favor and THINK.

P.S. a iPhone 4S is $99 with contract in the US.

**EDIT**

I went down to the Apple Store this morning and played with one... It's pretty nice. I'm not getting one, I'm just pissed at Google (we all should be).
[HTC EVO 3D] efan3719:
Just got my Evo 3D in the mail and was wondering if using the HTC unlock method gives me root or if there is another step to follow.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
well, here's helpful advice, search for your answers before you post threads, I promise you'll learn more from it, plus no waiting for other members to respond.

look at this link, it is a guide for hboot 1.5 HTC unlock/root/flash roms/etc.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239821
[HTC EVO 3D] efan3719:
Thank you for the response. I guess I didn't word my question right or I'm just too dull to see the answer. I was wondering if just to get root if I had to flash the twrp recovery and everything else. I'm sorry if I'm wasting everyone's time with stupid questions.
[HTC EVO 3D] blakklanta:
Yep, and be prepared it will erase everything. :( Just did it myself but never better. Rooting is worth it, at least to me.
[HTC EVO 3D] churro7:
This is why I haven't done the htc way.

Don't want to erase anything

sent from nowhere
[HTC EVO 3D] Alpine-:
What do you mean "erases everything"? It hard resets the rom to factory defaults when you use the htc method? Mine is coming to me in the mail and I assume odds of getting Hboot 1.5 at this point are very high. :(
[HTC EVO 3D] blakklanta:
HTC method is like a hard reset.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxdal89:
Hi to all, I wanted to know which are the main differences between the two rom, and to which advised me to install on my SNS. excused for bad English.

thank!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orrorin:
10 seconds until someone grills you for not putting this in the Q&A section.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SA-07:
Why is this not in q&a???

Yikes!!!

Ouch, that was over 10 lol
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonnieRuff:
Damn you! Must you always showoff (grin)

MATR1X n ADROID rocking cell towers coast to coast -- Posted by RuffMeister
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonnieRuff:
One has a long funny name... and so does the other

MATR1X n ADROID rocking cell towers coast to coast -- Posted by RuffMeister
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxdal89:
please, give me a serious answer :):):):)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragnarokx:
You only get serious answers when you post in the right section.

Sent from my Google Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] encinocr:
you just have to test both themselves
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehgeekguy:
Or pull up the two threads and compare what's been added to each one.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ser Gilgoroth:
Wrong place son, follow the rules, read the threads and all that good stuff.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guildamx:
The main differences are:

Theme

Animations

Localizations (Bm's full rom comes with a lot of languages)

Bm can be updated OTA

Sorry for having possibly forgot something important...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverEagle:
When i tried the bm based on miui 1.9.30 i had a lot of reboots, with kels noone, so in my specific case its a matter of stability
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousse04:
KerlLMSKing is also multilanguages.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxdal89:
which is faster and drain less battery?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainmaster:
Every opinion is subjective. At best try both ROMs and decide for yourself.

Both ROMs are good and are updated regularly.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guildamx:
BM, one of the two is good and one is very very good! ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonnieRuff:
On a serious note both are excellent. I have noticed little difference in performance. I like BM a tad better for 2 reasons. He does not have the annoying transitions and his supports OTA.

JUST MY 2 CENTS, your mileage may vary

MATR1X n ADROID rocking cell towers coast to coast -- Posted by RuffMeister
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] window7:
I personally love BrainMaster's more because he is the first one to step up and spend his time on MIUI rom just for Nexus S :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B52:
Both are excellent - but the best of BM because of the support of multiple languages ​​and OTA.
[HTC Sensation] csorrentini:
hey everyone was wondering if this rom has a built in ad blocker? trying to use full version of gamecih2 and no ad pops up so it stays lite version. much appreciated for any help
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

3.6.2 has blocked ads.

Not sure about 4.1.3, but it shouldn't matter, because you can download "Ad Free"from market which works well.

:)
[HTC Amaze 4G] kyo_vs_iori:
This is weird, but wondering if anyone else here has experienced it...

This is my second HTC Amaze with this problem. When I play a game (such as Air Attack HD, Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, etc.) and my preferred network mode is set to either WCDMA only or GSM / WCDMA auto, I get a slight stutter/some lag in my game when I'm connected to 4G.

When I switch to GSM only and am on 2G, the stutter goes away. Wonder if anyone else has this problem or am I just unlucky to get a second phone in a row that does this? :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] dmonkified:
I've had the same issue as well when i play copter. I didn't know that it was attributed to which network you are connected to. I'll try using the 2g and see if that helps fix it like you said.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] black6218:
I am currently running Swagged out Rom 1.9.0.5 RCI. When I try to use the camera it shows me a brite white screen no matter what setting changes I make. But if I snap a picture even not being able to see what I'm taking a picture of in gallery it shows up clear as day. Oh and the video camera does the same and will not play any of my videos taken prior to flashing this Rom.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {ParanoiA}:
Try settings, camera, clear cache n data

Sent From My Pocket
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wfrandy:
Are you running the kernel that came with SOS? The reason I ask is that I have only heard of this happening when someone tried using a Froyo kernel with a Gingerbread rom.

I am using this same rom and my camera works fine.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] black6218:
Just needed to re flash the ROM. What I realized is I was using titanium backup and installing all apps and system data instead of missing apps and data..funny how something that small can screw up everything
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lareina805:
Were u able to figure out how to fix the problem? I'm having the same issues
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fOmey:
Hey guys recently changed my DPI, I found using this app you can set your saved density as "240" and change your density via the "PREVIEW" button to "190" and still be able to use the market as per normal..

Although this got me thinking.. why cant we make this a permanent change ? So spoof the DPI to the market making it believe were on 240.. although in reality using 190..

Any ideas ? every a start up script which will detect if the current DPI is set to 240.. to put the device in LCD DENSITY CHANGERS "PREVIEW" state of the DPI to 190.. or better yet actually edit the Market app.. to force it to read the DPI as 240 all the time ?

Im new to the android scene.. so not sure if this is possible or not but would love to see this happen..
[Off-topic] 2dmaxhtc:
How do you send someone a message tjat also has Google plus cause i keep getting a error message
[Off-topic] NickDunn:
not using that thing....we hv Weibo in the house. LOL.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarkise:
Hello, I bought my I9000 about one year ago. My brother has an older I9000 and many friends have newer devices. I just noticed that my I9000's colors are weaker and un healthier compared to other devices.

The colors on the screen are weaker, especially the blue colors. I don't 100% sure but I think that more colors are weaker. I took a shot of my galaxy near my friend's galaxy when they both running the same facebook application.

My galaxy is the device on the left.

It's very noticable and very annoying since it has to be exactly the same. I'm not sure, but I think that the problem was since the first day I bought it. I just noticed it few days ago when I used my friend's galaxy.

Any advice?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nieohl:
check your brightness level

Settings - Display - Brightness

or if your phone was rooted, and the rom/kernel has voodoo controls, you can make your phone twice the brighter as normal. my lowest brightness in settings (with voodoo controls RGB multiplifier and gamma hack) is just as bright as the iphone's MAXIMUM BRIGHTNESS. or i think mine is more brighter. (WHAT MORE IF I SET MY BRIGHTNESS IN MAX? LOL)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarkise:
First of all, thank you for your answer.

I'm using full-brightness all the time. I do have darky rom, your voodoo suggest is very interesting, I'll check it. But any way I'm pretty sure that it's not the problem. He's using the same rom I used a few days ago (DamianGTO) and still he had better colors when I used it.

I have pictures of the two phones but I can't upload them to the forum because I'm new.. I'll upload them after I'll get the permission.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nieohl:
SGS has two kind. the Super AMOLED and the Super Clear LCD. the amoled has brighter color compare to the clear LCD, and cost higher than the super clear LCD.

the super clear lcd is just like the iphone4's retina display :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtluis:
Same here, My SGS from is one year old and I just got my girlfriend a brand new SGS, hers is stunishing bright and crips, mine looks decolored next to hers.

This is "normal" behaviour on AMOLED screens, they bright so much that they deteriorate in time, you must have noticed some burning in your screen, specially in the clock area when having an all white screen. Our screens are just simply more burnt, that's why don't look so bright as a new phone :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarkise:
Well, as I said, my brother's older I9000 had better colors, so it's not about the age of the phone. Any way, I flashed a kernel that supports the voodoo colors change, and I changed the colors. Now the screen's colors are way better, and even better than my friend's I9000... So it's all about the colors settings. Now I'm happy with my screen :)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aletib:
Hey there! I own a streak since august 2010 and I know quite well the whole thing (fastboot, recovery, clockwork recovery, etc.).

recently Ia colleague gave me a streak and I noticed that even if sometimes it was correctly booting, most of the time it went into a booting loop.

context: my adb driver is correctly working (tested same config in a few minutes on another streak) so I exclude any adb driver problem.

I tried to refresh it and now I'm in the following situation: stuck at dell logo during boot, no way of going into recovery mode, no way of going in fastboot mode (which means that if I push the came button while powering on, the white screen doesn't show and instead the streak keeps rebooitng).

I'm able to flash with streakflash but not to reflash the whole system with QDL; here are the logs of QDL;

streakflash (QDL Upgrade build M 2.7.4.5):

complete QLD (QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500 QLDTool Upgrade Build M 2.7.4.8):

just once i've been able to complete the procedure until:

than after more than 10 minutes stuck on a 1Kb file i had to stop it.

still the phone didn't boot.

Any idea on how to recover from that situation?

thank you very much boys&girls!

byt he way: i will keep trying and share the infos with you.

Alessandro
[myTouch 3G Slide General] katbastard:
So i called t-mobile today for a warranty return on my phone, been meaning to for a while the slide out part was a little loose. the guy on the phone said i am sorry sir, but the MT3gS is no longer available... but we will send you a MyTouch 4g Slide...... The phone i was going to try to buy in the next few months. was going to have to work around and eat roman to buy the thing. so this is my good buy. i have learned alot for alot of people on this forum, i was even going to donate my old phone to someone when i got my new one, but since i will have to return this one to get it, i will not be able to do that.

be cool,

kat bastard
[myTouch 3G Slide General] umaro:
Sounds like it's gonna be an awesome upgrade for you man, good for you.

Out of curiousity is it from t-mobile or asurion? How much are you paying out of pocket?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] WhoWhere:
Best of luck to you with your 4g Slide! I've been thinking about doing the same thing. my power button is getting recessed and making my nervous for future problems. Same question as the above post. Is T-Mobile replacing it or is it through asurion? Are they charging you anything (Shipping?)? Also; I've never had to warranty a phone before. Do they require you send it back prior to getting your new phone sent?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] SKAm69:
myTouch 4g Slide is the best!
[myTouch 3G Slide General] katbastard:
its t-mobile, the upgrade is 100% free due to the warranty replacement. don't have to pay for shipping or anything. man replace your phone while you can! if you do it now you might get the same deal i did.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] umaro:
Hey man, thanks a lot! Called them and got the free upgrade replacement to a mt4gs since mine was under warranty

Thanks for the heads up!
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Raiden8816:
So my phone randomly turns off, would I call technical support from tmo and ask for a replacement and I should be able to get the mt4gs?