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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Static energy: Not a friend of gadgets

Are you aware of what static electricity on the human body can do to gadgets?

If I walk 10 feet across carpet while wearing socks and touch the case to my tower PC,

it will shut it down. Now I touch my metal desk instead and usually see sparks.

Every so often I suspect static on my body is affecting my E4GT.

Anybody else ever notice anything similar with your smartphone?

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Biker1:
I hear ya regarding static electricity.

I don't know if that played a part regarding the glitches I had, as it could have been caused from a range of things, but of course, I can't rule out static electricity as a possible cause ;-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Weirdness

I see you're running Calkulin's V1.1 and Renegade. Not saying that combo caused your glitch

but I had some weird things happening with Calk's 1.1 and went back to his 1.0 and then only added

ICS 1.5 beta 2 theme. Scaling conservative 1200 Max, 200 Min.

Only weird thing I'm dealing with now is that when I go into volume and change notification,

it changes incoming call to exact same volume no matter what I try.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
So is the no shutter lag in the camera and ICS feature that will be present in all phones or does that just relate to the Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graffixnyc:
I think that is just a feature of the nexus camera
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Galaxy Nexus camera vs. E4GT Camera

First of all Galaxy Nexus is only a 5 Megapixel vs. 8MP in E4GT so the hardware

isn't even the same. No Shutter lag is something we hope to get but only way to know how

E4GT will be affected in Android 4.0 vs. 3.1 is to test it when we get it.

I've yet to see a perfect zero lag in ANY digital camera unless you completely turn off autofocus

which I never suggest unless you're on a tripod and smartphones don't have tripod sockets.

Although the camera specs in smartphones keeps improving, if you really want the best pics,

I suggest using a digital camera with much better specs all around AND a tripod.

Glenn :)

P.S. In case any of you are close to my age (ancient) I suggest using a Welt/Safe-Lock Tripod.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Viperboy, I have a core i5 Sandy Bridge and 16gb ddr3. I'd possibly let you and a couple others remote into when I'm at work or sleeping. I've worked with bubby323 before and told him he would have to help me set it up for proper remoteing. I've got a separate harddrive you can utilize as well, just will have to find a way to block you guys out of my personal stuff.

Guess I should mention my Internet clocks at 20mbps is
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
lol how old is ancient? Do you ever sleep? Your very entertaining Glen we gotta have a ICS party when this is over I want to drink with you:-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MadFlava:
Set up a separate user account and install LogMeIn. Doesnt get any easier than that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joetrisman:
Its been a long time, but I have had good success with log me in.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
I posted the specs of my pc earlier in this th read and it cost me around a grand. never, I repeat never buy a pc from one of the major company's if your looking for good value for your dollar and a really stable rig that will be the most problem free
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Biker1:
I had neither installed at the time.

For clarification, I put a ✔ in my sig next to what I have installed at the present time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
I imagine they will want to work on linux. Does logmein work with linux?

Maybe use teamviewer?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jluster:
To the point, we could get whomever compiles the kernels a few hours on Amazon'

s CCS. If we go for the "big" option it's maybe 30 bucks or so for a day worth of number crunching and if Twitter can index all its tweets I think compiling a kernel shouldn't be too much of an issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
Its not hard to build. Its definitely more reliable of a computer and every one loves modding! I'm pretty sure my computer would have what it takes to year apart ICS source code. I just don't know how to do it. People can work remotely on a computer right? Using the remote desktop program? Viper boy want to use remote desktop program and use my computer? My internet confection is 11Mb/sec so connecting would not be a issue either! Hit me up and let me know bro. Anything fire the cause of ICS!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
Ha ha I didn't see that post before I posted about doing the remote desktop thing. But I'm sure one computer won't be enough and mine is available 24/7 if you want bro
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
No problem. I just play skyrim the 1/4 time I'm at my computer. Having dual availability of computers might offset the time someone is at the computer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
You can build it and slow it down . You can use incremental variables on the make command ....ex -j 4 built on my laptop quad core with 6GB ram in 4 hours but I could have used -j10 and done it more than twice as fast but may have failed ..... You just have to find the magic spot for how fast you can build it with out erroring out
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graffixnyc:
I did a make -j4 on my dell duo with an atom 1.6ghz and 2 gb of ram. took about 20 hours and didnt fail out
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Ancient = legal drinking age x 3

What is this thing you call "sleep" ?

Although sleep is not allowed for people who live within 10 miles of Vegas casinos because

they're open 24/7, I cheat by getting a few 4hour episodes here & there without having to call Dr. Murray.*

Glenn :)

*In all seriousness, in case anyone reading this doesn't have sufficient common sense

DO NOT TAKE MEDS AT HOME THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR FOR USE IN HOSPITALS ONLY!

P.S. Seeing all the teamwork (offers to share computers) on this thread is restoring my faith in humanity

AND if you guys want to use the easiest & fastest Android remote desktop app I've ever seen, try the 99cent Jump Desktop.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
I actually love that feature. There is a checkbox on HTC phones for that but not Samsungs. He does a similar thing that I do for LoS Checker and messes with the settings.db and had a script that sets that value on boot along with some other things.

Thanks for the offer man! We will let you know! But keep in mind that our goal is Android, not looking through your computer for porn lol and there isn't much you can do about hiding things if we are using Linux anyway if we really wanted to find something ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
Ill be in LV at the Mirage from Dec 18-22 :-) see ya then
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Building vs. Buying a name brand PC

Amen brother! From my experience, I can always build a rig for at least 50% the cost

of a name brand desktop PC and you didn't even mention how much crapware/bloatware

comers installed on EVERY name brand PC (some of which slows a PC by 30% and

is nearly impossible to remove unless you wipe the HD and reinstall the OS).

When CompUSA had 225 stores, I traveled the USA to position my ChecksNet software on top shelves.

While I was there, I tried to educate young salespeople so they could advise customers to remove

bloatware & regain PC speed.

Glenn :)

P.S. Not sure if the stats have changed in past 10 years but last time I looked

about 40% of prebuilt name brand PCs are DOA out of the box.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Volume Settings

Thanks for letting me know that Calkulin's settings is reason I can't have different volume levels

for incoming call and notification. Please DO NOT code that setting in our ICS ROM!

After all, what's the point of having 4 volume slide controls if we can't adjust each

to exactly what each of us wants.

Thanks,

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
First thing I do when buying laptop is wipe it and install a real operating system.... Mint 12 sucks by the way ...hate gnome 3 .... Just did it to my Dell m501 r tried mint 12 & had to go back to 11 .... I did it to my daughters NetBook its amazing how fast stuff will run without windows slowing it down...but I do build all my desktops.... I am amd from back in the day ...have owned 2 Intel computers and 8 amd
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
I mainly go to convention center events for inexpensive pc parts. Weltwon, besides that where else would you suggest?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cricketjoe:
newegg.com has never failed me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
No porn just pictures and resumes and what not but you are more than welcome.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
Are you guys serious?!? Weltwon, I would've thought with your "40 years of business management experience" :rolleyes: you'd be able to google search for an answer before saying incorrectly that a service doesn't exist.

It's called a Virtual Private Server (VPS), and there are hundreds upon hundreds of providers all around the world. I have heard good things about Linode.com, but there are TONS of providers to choose from. I haven't used any myself since I actually run a small private cluster for me and some close friends. I'm also talking with viperboy and bubby323 about possibly getting in on that system, but unfortunately we are nearly at capacity. If we could direct some of this pledged money into renting a VPS, that would be the best solution since it would be a dedicated machine instead of borrowing someone else's machine, and it would be rented for only the amount of time needed. Plus all these people so eager to pony up money would have a real place to spend it and directly benefit ICS development.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
I won't put this in the ICS ROM. When I get some time to work on viperROM, I am going to decompile Settings.apk and see if I can get to some of the features that aren't there - like the checkbox for making the notification volumes the same, stay awake, etc.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
WTF?!?!?! You hate NewEgg and think 40% of OEM manufacturers computers are dead on arrival...? :confused: Where on earth did you read that? And if it were true, wouldn't a "businessman" like yourself see a business opportunity for a computer company which advertises "Only 39% DOA rate!" for their computers? :rolleyes:

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Looks like high memory VPS are not easy to come by. http://buildyourvps.com has the following config for $134/month:

BANDWIDTH:	2TB/mo

MEMORY:	16GB Burst/8GB Guaranteed RAM

DISK DRIVE:	50GB SSD

DISTRIBUTION:	64bit CentOS 6

The one thing ominously missing is the CPU type, which will be very critical for the build process. I'm guessing it may be upwards of $200/month for a beastly config that we'd probably need. It may seem cheaper to build our own whitebox system, however bandwidth/hosting costs are a consideration as well. Most VPS providers are on very fast Internet backbone. Or, maybe bandwidth isn't an issue, I don't really know much about building Android.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DonutGrunt:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/18/ice-cream-sandwich-ported-to-a-galaxy-s-ii-and-the-people-rej/

OH MY GODDDD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
DOA Computers

1. I got those figures from industry experts that I paid $thousands for an education about the PC industry,

during the time I was fighting to get my software into retail stores.

2. Experience taught me what happens if you try to juggle too many businesses at one time,

plus making a profit in computer hardware gets harder by the day.

In many cases, by the time a PC reaches stores shelves it has gone done in value

due to upcoming faster/newer/better devices, which is one major reason why retailers

limit PC returns to 14 days. You need look no further than our smartphones to see the same thing.

We've only had our E4GT for 2 months and here comes the Galaxy Nexus.

By the time I step inside the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 10 for CES,

we might be anxiously awaiting Viperboy's 3rd or 4th major update of ICS because

technology moves at warp speed and human thirst for it follows.

Glenn :)

P.S. Took less than 60 seconds to find a case where Dell knowingly shipped MILLIONS of defective computers.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DonutGrunt:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347753

The GS2 team has got a working ICS rom

will this help us in any way?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
That's sdk port. I'm pretty sure were working from source.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
You can still use mine guys, it's free
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
Yes it will help us :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
Money != Expertise

Obsolescence != DOA

Defective capacitors do not typically cause DOA, but rather premature failure. Even if we call "DOA" the same as "defective," this does not represent anything close to "40%" of what Dell has sold.

I install and manage hardware purchased for a research compute cluster at a major university. We have purchased over 600 Dell systems in the past few years, and have only had about 4-5 cases of hardware failure (less than 1%), and none were DOA. Some of these systems are now out of warranty, and are still running. Your statements are not based in (true) fact.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
thats what PM's are for. Lets keep the focus on ICS and the progress, its been a welcome change from the **** fight's
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dmexs:
I'm calling bluff on the ability to hide stuff statement. Linux is the basis of the virtual private hosting industry. Look in to permission sandboxing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Besides I can encrypt my entire

/home
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
I was assuming he was using Windows lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
FACTS

I'm glad you've had good experiences with Dell. However, after you've had years of distributing computer products through the world's largest distributors and spoken with managers & salespeople at several hundred retail stores, then tell me I don't know facts. I would LOVE to publicly divulge all that I learned by working through the "retail channel" but after I got my settlement from the largest of them, I had to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Setting up linux for you guys tonight. Might need to let someone remote in and set it up the way you guys need it though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Check out mint .....its my favorite distro
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Already have ubuntu downloaded.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
I'm using mint11. Been using Linux less then a year, but mint definitely makes the windows to Linux transition easier
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Don't go to 12 gnome 3 sucks ati drivers nothing but problems, but same drivers in 11 work great .....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
I've used mint before, wasn't impressed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
check it now

mint is the most popular linux distro for a reason it is very good now .... ubuntu has just went down hill it used to be nice then i went to kubuntu , but gnome is the best now as long as its not gnome 3 .... fedora and redhat really suck though .... arch is great just takes alot to get it setup .... comes with no gui and u have to install it all ....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Well, I cannot get this darn thing to install. The live CD times out. Apparently it is the fact that I have a UEFI Bios? I don't know. If anyone has a quick fix on this please let me know via PM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
what machine ?

what kind of machine ... my dell laptop i had to use bootflag acpi=off to boot the live disk ....

"Some machines (all Dell laptops, all new Apple from 2010 on, some Lenovo) have bugs in their UEFI firmware, preventing them from booting (black screen). Linux Kernel 3.0 (and higher versions) includes patches with workarounds for them. It is therefore recommended to use a Linux kernel of version 3.0 or higher."
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Security Holes in ICS ?

We haven't even gotten our first Ice Cream sandwich ROM

and PCWorld is already reporting security holes in Android 4.0 but

before anyone hides under your bed, I suggest reading the entire

article because IMHO the ICS pluses heavily outweigh potential minuses.

Until we get our ICS, if you haven't tried the latest ROM from Calkulin,

I strongly recommend his V1.5 which I installed last night. Without making

any CPU or voltage changes it is very fast and smooth as silk. I was

also happy to discover that in V1.5 he removed the link between ringer

and notification volume so each can now be set at volumes you choose.

My only frustration today is that nobody has an ICS theme that I can

add to V1.5 ROM. I tried every available one in XDA Themes section.

Overstew's V1.6 ICS Theme worked partially but what I'm really seeking is ability

to add text to my lockscreen for someone to see in case I lose my phone.

I normally add "REWARD: 555-555-5555" <I use my real phone # not the 5's.

If anyone knows of an app that will let me add the lockscreen text while

running Calkulin V1.5, please let me know.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
You can use widget locker and minimalistic text. You can add a text widget to say whatever you want it to say.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Home built
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mikeman_2002:
Two of my dislikes about the Epic 4g Touch is that the button on my earbuds cannot play/pause or skip music (it only activates Voice Search), and that none of the voice activation programs (Voice Search, Voice Talk, Google Search) can play specific songs, artists, or albums, but can only play/pause whatever music was already playing. Are these things that could be changed in an ICS ROM?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
I'm pretty sure it's android wide issue, not custom issues
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
Agreed, widget locker had three ability to add txt
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
apps like "find my droid" and "lookout" should be able to remotely enable your GPS or in the case it was stolen sound a verbal alarm etc.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Just read the article and it was a joke. Not one of those things were really a security hole and everything they posted can pretty much be done on Gingerbread minus the facial recognition. Looks like they were just fishing for anything. That article is a true fail! I posted below if anyone wants to read the stupidity.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/244337/android_40_security_holes_in_ice_cream_sandwich.html
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
Try Theft Aware, it has the ability to remotely turn on the gps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
OK, some pics of this new ICS ROM that isn't an SDK one I believe... lots of differences and new live wallpapers
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
is it the viper one?

Hi John is it the one form viper's github?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
This is the one from General section because he's never posted on XDA before. Try it for sure. Go into System Settings/Developer Options and enable 2d hardware acceleration and its quick too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
For nexus s?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
can you provide the link for download?

Can you provide the link, from the pictures looks like phone signal is working
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
Radio isn't working on E4GT.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS pics / wallpaper / ringtones

People:

There are already numerous sites where you can download lots of screen captures, wallpaper and ringtones taken from ACTUAL phones running the full official ICS ROM but as of this minute NONE of them are from any developer working on ICS for our E4GT except the WIP images posted by Viperboy.

If you want a taste of the ICS wallpaper, you can grab these 3 off my biz site server :

ice-cream-sandwich-wallpaper-5.jpg

ice-cream-sandwich-wallpaper-9.jpg

ice-cream-sandwich-wallpaper-12.jpg

to get the others: ice-cream-sandwich-wallpaper

If you want the ICS ringtones/notifications/alarms/ui tones download Nexus_Audio.zip

then using a Windows PC, laptop or netbook, follow these instructions:

1. Extract zip file (should automatically be renamed “audio.” If not, rename the folder “audio.”)

2. Place “audio” folder in “media” folder found on your SD card. If there is no “media” file then create it.

3. Choose Notification or Phone ringtones from Settings>Sound and the new ICS sounds should show up.

4. Getting UI sounds working requires moving the UI directory into /system directory. Use this path system > media > audio > ui.

NOTE: If you have a custom ROM already installed, you may already have some or all of these ICS sounds on your phone

(in which case you'll see duplicate names when you go to select a tone).

Enjoy!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Flug:
Thx for the post Glenn.

-Flug

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Sorry, didn't mean to cause a stir. I was posting screenshots from my Nexus S 4g (which it says) because it is completely different than those SDK builds. I was merely illustrating the fact (by posting pics) that its going to be to our phone soon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dviperbigt:
put me down for $5
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS screenshots

No problem. Nobody suffered any injuries (other than possibly shedding a few tears).

At least you generated more $ for our pledged donations ... now at $1777 !

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS Updates & Donation Thanks

We appreciate every donation pledge,

especially since a team of developers is working 7 days a week

to bring us our ICS ROM.

In other news today, ICS AOSP is working on an HD2

thanks to XDA Developer Tytung.

The device has most core functionality working,

including 3G, WiFi, touchscreen, BlueTooth, GPS, phone and sound.

Hopefully, this progress & news will help the Viperboy team that is working

on our ICS ROM.

Anybody want the ICS keyboard NOW? DOWNLOAD

Install like any APK, go Settings>Language and keyboard and you'll see the new

listing for Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard. Just check the box.

You'll also see a 2nd heading for keyboard settings with lots of options.

I'm using it on my E4GT running Calkulin's 1.5a and loving it.

Enjoy!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmcg26:
Put me down for 10 please, very interested in this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bryanh85:
Put me down for $15
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Put me down for $5 for now...I now it's not a lot but I just want a piece of this action right now.

I can always give more later without any upfront commitment.

Thanks Welton for leading this for as long as you have so far. Hopefully everyone does right in the end...These guys deserve it!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
I'm glad everyone is participating in this. It is our epic touch community so our devs are here for a while until Sprint brings out bigger and better things. Any dollar counts.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Thanksgiving

Tomorrow I will be thankful for...

1. Turkey & all the other yummies!

2. My great new Epic 4G Touch smartphone (that does almost everything except prepare a Thanksgiving meal).

3. People who pledged donations on this thread.

4. Hard work being done to build our ICS ROM by Viperboy and his team.

Happy Thanksgiving to all !

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Tommorow ill be thankfull for

A day off from school

Hours of "fun" on common app

And even more "fun" waiting on line for hundreads of thousands of hours
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
We need someone to donate $3 to round out that total number. Here is the chance for someone to get away small but look big!

If no takers by 12am tonight, you can add another $3 from me although my wife will not be happy! So please someone save me from my addiction.........
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Midnight where?

12AM GMT or some other time zone?

Glenn :)

P.S. Think of your extra $3 this way ...

$3 less for you to spend on something your health might regret later

& something that might last you until JellyBean ! :D

P.P.S. If you wife is reading this, this message will self-destruct in

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