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[HTC Sensation] ThierryHenry:
Hi Im on the HyperSensation CM7 ROM.

When I try and import contacts from my SIM it says theres no contacts on my SIM when clearly there is. A quick google search says its a CM7 issue, anyone know a solution to this?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] jkirk737:
Hi, I'm new to this site so please excuse me if I'm in the wrong area or what ever.

I've got a minor problem with my Xperia x10 and maybe an unusual one.

The phone is rooted and xrecovery installed, thanks to many people here, much appreciated.

I noticed earlier today that the system ringtones and notification ringtones are duplicated, or over 90% are.

I've installed a ringtone manager and deleted the duplicates but they came back when I rebooted my phone.

It's not a major problem, but I would like to know why and what can be done.

If any one has experienced this or knows why, I would be grateful for your help.

Jkirk737
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello xda-developers :)

I wondered if someone heard some news about SPL for Samsung devices? I thought I've read somewhere that the DarkForcesTeam will try to develop a build for some Samsung phones. Will it ever be developed? o.O Just curious.. it's there for HTC devices a few weeks/months now and I would really love to see custom ROMs and .cab updates for my Omnia 7 :o

Thanks for any information,

experience7
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Really nobody out there who got information regarding this? o_O Okay, then I think.. this won't come up anytime soon :(
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sensboston:
"Anybody" has no idea what you are talking about :) If you really wanna answer, try to ask an involved people from DFT (you already know the names, do you?) by PM. Otherwise wait for announce.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I think you're probably right.. thanks anyway :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waitingmp:
Hi

Noob here. Was just wondering what the general consensus was on the 'old' GPU that the Galaxy Nexus will be supplied with. It isn't as powerful as say, the Galaxy S2 or the iPhone4s, but will this have an overall effect on how the phone performs in day to day use? Will it only effect the high end games that are currently available? I'm seriously tempted by this phone - mainly due to the lovely looking ICS but I'm concerned I may regret purchasing if there are serious issues with the GPU.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragooon123:
I am presuming the GPU is clocked all the way up to 384Mhz like the chip's specification says, if not then curses to Google.

TBH I believe it'll be fine, although it is an old GPU it is still quite a powerful one and can handle almost every game fine. Tegra 2 is generally a weaker GPU than SGX540 @ 200 and can still manage games just fine at 1280 x 800, I don't see why the SGX540 @ 384 can't do that. Although we'll never know for sure until we get the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sjael:
I'll quote myself from the other thread here:

Like I said, that's just my theory, and it's got no real grounding (since I haven't used the new Nexus yet.) :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tornlogic:
Hope you guys are right, of course I'm not going to hold you to it, I just would like to have seen fresh architecture.

If we get a kernel, or I should say when we get a kernel that allows overclocking, does that only OC the CPU cores or will it OC the GPU even more?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Korntoff:
And while you guys are skeptical of a gpu more powerful than the Geforce on the Tegra 2, which has its own games zone dedicated to it's well-known-to-be-awesome-or-atleast-marketed-well performance, I'm rocking an Adreno 200 powering a thoroughly shattered-yet-still-working-perfectly 4.3" WVGA standard LCD display. That powervr is probably more powerful than my Geforce3 ti 200 on my desktop.

I need a refresh.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ace42:
Andreno200 < Adreno205 < SGX540@200 < SGX540@384 < or = Adreno 220

The Andreno 205 is 2X the 200, but the SGX is around 1.5X Adreno205, 220 is 2X Andreno205...So SGX@384 is similar to Andreno 220 at same res, but slower at 720P?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
I think it's stupid that people think it's weak because:

* It isn't brand new

* They've never seen it clocked like it is and/or matched with the OMAP processor it's matched with.

* Have never played a game optimized for it

* Can't name a game/movie/program that will run on something else but not the combination mentioned above

* Assume that superficial benchmark results mean much in real world applications

The entire conversation is like talking about a way to make your race car's top speed go from 210mph to 230mph on a track that is designed to make it impossible to go faster than 175mph.

For the last time, this is NOT the same GPU that is in the SGS. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] taxas:
You got it wrong there dude, SGX 540 @304 Mhz is equal or +1 to 2 % faster then the Geforce ULP GPU @800x480( Note that this can be because of the Dual channel memory the 4430 soc uses (optimus 3d)). Also the ULP Geforce does not work the same way as the SGX. Geforce ULP has the tendency to not get major performance hits when resolution gets bigger hence why all tablets use Tegra 2(Got a source for this however cant find it right now), it was Nvidias plan all along to grab the Tablet market.

I hope the extra Mhz helps the sgx 540 to perform well on the galaxy nexus when it comes to Games and so on. If it doesn't there are tricks to bypass things and get good performance in gaming however it up to google/samsung to implement them
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bejeweledman:
I'm looking forward to try the phone myself when it hits the stores, and hope it'll be ok...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragooon123:
That might be the case but I saw SGX540 outperforming tegra at 720p, so even then at a tablet resolution the SGX540 doesn't fail to perform. Regardless, the gpu in galaxy nexus is nothing short of high end and should perform fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Android_GR:
...and Tegra isn't that great either!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
Regardless of whether the phone is fast or not, there is the overwhelming feeling that it could have been better. I think most people wanted a 543MP2 or if it were possible, the 543MP4+ (it isn't) on th Vita.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veyka:
There is no soc out yet apart from the A5 with the 543mp2, the lead time on a soc is huge, i mean they were designing the OMAP 4460 back in 2009 or earlier (first mentions in white papers of the 4460 where in Feb 2009) but i am sure they where working on it before then.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
True. We know that the new A15s have been in development since at least 2009.

The Omap 5430 has a 544MPx; we don't know how many cores.

I suppose there was no alternative except the Exynos?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veyka:
Well there is Exynos, OMAP or snapdragon for current generation soc's.

OMAP and exynos are S9 cores. Snapdragon is kinda A8 with extra SIMD performance.

That's generally why snapdragon gets out performed clock for clock by A9+neon designs (that's why a 1.5ghz snapdragon eg sensation xl gets or tmob USA sgs2 is out performed by a 1.2ghz exynos.

I am more happy with OMAP than snapdragon that's for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
A lot of people seem to bemoaning the fact that this phone doesn't have a 1.5Ghz Exynos 4212 or even the 4210. The big worry is that the chip may not run well at 1280x720, hence the "lag" we saw in the leak videos.

There is disagreement on if the Mali 400 or the SGX 540 is better (at this clock anyways), but there seems to be a consensus that the Exynos is a faster CPU than the OMAP 4. I suppose that a few were hoping for a ARM Cortex A15 with a 2-core SGX 554. No such a SOC currently exists sadly.

I am also hopeful that there have been some software optimizations in Ice Cream that could improve performance.

Part of me wonders if Google should do what Apple did - get its own semiconductor design department and outsource the actual fab. It seems to be offering Apple a competitive advantage of sorts.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] e-dub:
my thoughts are that i don't care.

eric b
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
Agreed. Better Omap 4 than Scorpion.

Apparently there are also a few people who were hoping for a Tegra 3. It might have been doable (and I stress the might), as the new Asus Transformer Prime is rumoured to carry Kal El.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragooon123:
TBH the GPU and CPU are more than capable off handling the gui, its not like they are pulling out a fully 3D gui, even if the resolution is bumped the hardware should still be able handle it without breaking a sweat. It's only the games where the doubt arises.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veyka:
I am not sure if kal el is ready yet, i dont think the transformer prime is due till q1 2012, and I'm sure if the smartphone Tegra 3 is ready as well.

And Tegra 2 doesn't even have neon!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
Games are my concern as well.

I imagine that throughout 2012, we're going to see more games, some of which are more resource heavy. This GPU is going to have to render things at a higher resolution too. I have started to game pretty heavily on my phone.

For that reason, I won't purchase at release . Perhaps a tablet is a better choice for gaming. I'm gonna make a decision in early 2012.

Edit:

@Dragoon

It's why I stress the might. Kal El was delayed, reportedly due to poor die yields.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jxs1984:
take a look at this... using the older omap 4430 model @ 1ghz with powervr sgx540 clocked @ 304mhz. this tablet is pushing 1280x800 resolution as well.

http://www.arctablet.com/blog/archos-tablet/archos-g9-review-benchmark-archos-101-g9-1-ghz/

the galaxy nexus with the newer omap 4460 cpu and the higher gpu clock speed should do slightly better than the archos 101 g9 due to slightly smaller resolution, updated hardwares and ICS.

i hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tornlogic:
So the article basically states that the powerVR chipset fairs well against a tegra2 chipset. Not cool. It needs to blow it out of the water because tegra2 is just okay in my book.

Here's another real world comparison. I owned a Bionic. I play Dungeon Defenders. Bionic plays it okay. Its certainly better than the Charge which I owned too, but Bionic which really has the same chipset as the Nexus. Then you add a steeper resolution, I think the Nexus will choke on next Gen games.

Aren't we wanting to future proof as much as possible? That's my question. Wont happen on an already 12 month old architecture. Doesn't matter how much you OC it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veyka:
There are no next Gen gpu or soc's ready, kai el isn't ready for tablets, and we don't have a clue when it will be ready for smartphones.

As far as the gpu goes, its good enough. The lg optimus 3D beats the exynos when they are both at 1ghz, see here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4179/ti-omap4-and-lg-optimus-3d-tested

And we don't know what the limiting factor is for each gpu, is it fill rate, vram, geometry, etc etc.

I would hope and think that they didn't put a gpu in that couldn't deal with the screen in there new flagship device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ace42:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4760/arms-mali400-mp4-is-the-fastest-smartphone-gpufor-now

Mali 400 beats SGX...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] StuMcBill:
I thought that Kal-El was going to leave be in Asus Transformer 2,which is going to be released next month?

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sjael:
It's being announced next month. And right from the get go Kal-El wasn't going to make it into phones until late Q1 2012. Tablets were Q4 2011 though, so the Transformer Prime shouldn't be far away.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veyka:
Yeh, at 1.2ghz vs older OMAP with lower clocks, in the end we will just have to see how it performance when someone gets there hands on it, but i am not worried really.

Mali 400 is also supposes to have poor triangle throughput compared to its pixel shader throughput.

There is also no dual core + powervr comparison on that benchmark set.

Benchmarking mobile phones is hard, no easy comparisons due to a lack of similar enough but different at the same time hardware/software to get good comparisons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Spartoi:
GTA 3 on Smartphones

Apple iOS Devices: iPad 2 (A5), iPhone 4S (A5)

Android Phones: Droid X2 (Tegra 2), HTC Evo 2 (Qualcomm), LG Optimus 2X (Tegra 2), Motorola Atrix (Tegra 2), Samsung Galaxy S2 (Exynos)

Android Tablets: Acer Iconia (Tegra 2), Asus Eee Pad (Tegra 2), Motorola Xoom (Tegra 2), Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Tegra 2)

Notice any particular SoC missing?

I personally think graphically/resource intensive games (like GTA 3 and Dungeon Defenders) will run (if at all) poorly on GN, buts that just my speculative opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkhawkff:
Like many others, I don't think the TF2 will be out until next year. All things considered, as you said, it'll be announced next month. That means nothing if they say it won't be out until Jan/Feb (which is what I expect).

Throwing in my thoughts that the SGX540 is fine. There is no other SOC that is 'ready' right now. OMAP4 4470 isn't due until Q2 2012.

For what it's worth, I like the OMAP4 over anything else out there right this second. I'd much rather see that than something else. Also consider that RIM's Blackberry Playbook is also running an OMAP4 4430 at 1024x600. Granted, not the same resolution, but not far from it. I realize there is going to be some OS overhead that can't be accounted for, but from what I've seen and experienced with that tablet, it ran everything very well, even at that resolution. No reason this won't work for the phone either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnchad14:
I don't sweat the graphics issue until I try the phone out, but it does kinda bug me as inefficient to have a higher res pentile display when it would probably look as good as a qhd super amoled with RGB and be less processor intensive to use. But we will see....I figure I'll just load up dungeon defenders on it and see how it goes. Any other graphics intensive "benchmark" games we can gauge performance with at launch? That will be part of my purchase decision, alongside looking for evidence that the LTE radio is decently improved over the current crop.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vash63:
Probably because they haven't had a 4460 to test with. Notice every phone on that list is well over 4 months old... the TI is brand new.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Spartoi:
There is no device with OMAP4 on that list. A somewhat higher clock speed won't change that; its probably an issue with the GPU itself. That's why everyone is complaining the GN using this old GPU.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt2053:
Guys, you know that on the Nexus S we have seen Quadrant scores over 6,000 with this SGX540 GPU/bus only overclocked to I think 240 (And CPU to I think 1.5 ghz). I think it will to just fine. :)

This thread is the only place I have ever seen it called "weak!!" Lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragooon123:
What's a htc evo 2?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] itsjusttim:
Those quadrant scores are exaggerated. They are exploiting parts of the test.

But you are right about one thing... this phone is not weak.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vaxick:
The phone will perform fine. Do you really think Google sat around thinking about how they could design a phone that would not perform well with 3D applications? No, there is a lot more to performance than meets the eye. Look at Windows Phone 7, it's using what everybody would consider a weak GPU, but still handles 3D content better than some Android handsets with more powerful GPU's. The reason why is because the OS is better optimized. One of the benefits of the GN is the fact that Google has optimized it so it can reach its full potential.

The even sadder part of this argument is how many games are pushing phones to their limits? The answer is obviously not many. Developers want to develop games so that they will run on as many phones as they can, not for a select group of phones.

This phone is going to perform better than you expect so don't just feel "doomed" because you think the GPU might be weak.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xManMythLegend:
Not worried about games since I don't play then on phones. BUT I do wonder how GUI and codec decoding will be affected. HW acceleration must be subpar because we still see lag in the demo vids for GN.

As a galaxy tab 10.1 owner I have a hatred for tegra 2 as its awful performance in the gpu was supposedly to blame for the portrait lag and awful HD codec playback.

If someone familiar can explain how this gpu/CPU combo performs with the above it may help clarify.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragooon123:
Firstly, the demos at the event were running ICS at userdebug mode, which means more lag. And secondly, a damn SGX540 can easily handle a GUI at any resolution, it is that powerful. The lag is probably caused by some other factor such as live mirroring.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vash63:
There's also no phone with a single core CPU on it, and all prior OMAP phones I know of were single core. It's not like GTA3 is really that graphically intense anyway, it's really the CPU and memory that'll be a problem with all the streaming and objects/characters.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Spartoi:
OMAP4 = Dual Core yet none were listed (Droid 3, Bionic, Thrill/Optimus 3D, Atrix 2, etc).

If that was true, why was no OMAP4 device listed?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragooon123:
Tegra 2 on phones isn't faster than a SGX540 unless that game is specifically taking advantage of some tegra technology. Also dungeon defenders runs okay on my galaxy s, the lag caused is due to lack of ram, graphically changing the settings doesn't make a difference.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veyka:
Due to non standard shaders they have to make versions for each gpu, just as they had to for the sgs2 with its Mali400, once there are highend handsets with OMAP4 on the market, we will see versions for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
Our best bet at this point is to cross our fingers and wait for the first benchmarks, which if this phone is released on the 10th of November will be in a couple of weeks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b15love:
As games continue to become more graphically advanced, this gpu won't do as good on FPS. You can pretty much see what this GPU does on the Optimus 3D which has the same over clocked GPU and processor as the galaxy nexus; check out the benchmarks at GLbenchmark. With Chainfire3d app (4xMSAA or 16xMSAA, also allow u to play tegra games etc) it'll be much more demanding on the GPU as well. Even the Mali400 needs to be over clocked(tegrak) to keep up with a game like Dead Space with 16xMSAA( and that's at the native resolution / 480p)..and we all know the Mali 400 is a much better gpu. If u don't like gaming on ur phone it shoulnt matter
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s44:
It's not going to lag but it IS slow for gaming. Too bad Google locked in with TI and not Samsung.

Still the best and only option on Verizon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vash63:
Why are you even bringing up or expecting MSAA on a 720p screen with a cell phone chipset? The dpi is already so high... that's a bit crazy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b15love:
Because u can, and because some games run at a lower resolution anyway. Also with nvidias new quad core, games will get more demanding even more so, and we will be able to port those over, it's gonna be super gay to not be able to play these games smoothly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
Unfortunately, a lot of us DO game quite a bit, so a good GPU is pretty important.

I'm thinking about skipping this handset and seeing what comes out in early 2012. Maybe if you game a lot, keep your current phone and buy a tablet? I'm thinking there should be some good tablets out there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
I got a Nexus One with a crap GPU and a Moto Xoom (Tegra 2) im still planning on getting the galaxy nexus as it is well worth it, and way better then my N1 for games and in general.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jebus99:
I game as well, but this is a cellphone, not my computer or ps3. My favourite games are things like Cut the Rope and other physics based games. I don't think they are going to suffer on this phone. I mean, its a phone and phone like games, especially touchbased ones like cut the rope are far more fun to play on a phone than an FPS. I already hate playing FPS games using analogue sticks on the ps3, a touchscreen FPS seems like taking it one step in the worse direction. Just my opinion of course.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] raydm:
From android.com

Across all types of content, the Android Browser offers dramatically improved page rendering performance through updated versions of the WebKit core and the V8 Crankshaft compilation engine for JavaScript. In benchmarks run on a Nexus S device, the Android 4.0 browser showed an improveSment of nearly 220% over the Android 2.3 browser in the V8 Benchmark Suite and more than 35% in the SunSpider 9.1 JavaScript Benchmark. When run on a Galaxy Nexus device, the Android 4.0 browser showed improvement of nearly 550% in the V8 benchmark and nearly 70% in the SunSpider benchmark.

All I want is powerful. Browser...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b15love:
Hopefully tegrak will support a gpu overclock on this phone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Spartoi:
But the GPU is already OC'd.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
Yeah i dont see a mobile gpu getting clocked much more, especially when its oc'ed as high as it is. I hope it scales real well.

I voided my warranty and your nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b15love:
I doubt google would clock it close to it's max, bleh we will see
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antlaa:
I actually think its just running higher mhz than most 540's. When people think the gpu is weak, they somehow dont consider the fact, that galaxy nexus is very very well optimized and with those specs + super optimization this will be the fastest phone of 2011.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Spartoi:
Yes, that's what an overclock does.

Galaxy S2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sjael:
Well technically 'overclocking' is running a chip above the manufacturer-specified frequency. They specified 384MHz in this case.

Anyway, Intel ran the SGX535 at 400MHz in their first-gen Atom chipsets. The SGX540 is practically the same chip but twice as wide. It should run at 400MHz without too much trouble. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Spartoi:
PoverVR made the SGX540 run at 200mhz.

Not all chips are made equal, but regardless I don't think 016mhz will make a significant improvement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
Thats what i'm saying. I think the 540 will run fairly warm and i think a 10% oc isnt going to do much , if even possible. I think some optimizations by google and developers will be the saving grace.

I voided my warranty and your nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sjael:
1. But Texas Instruments manufactured it in the OMAP4460.

2. Er yeah, what I meant by that was, it has safely run faster before, it should be able to overclock pretty well if there actually is cause to. I really didn't explain that well at all. :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b15love:
Tegrak would be the dev to contact to support this phone. Only thing that sucks(for me) the gpu only supports 4xMSAA, well at least other 540s in the galaxy s family
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragooon123:
You won't even need 4xaa at that density.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schriss:
I think youre right, on the reviews of the screen they wrote they can't see individual pixels from the normal distance.

I would be interested to see benchmarks of 720p and 1080p videos, to see not only if it plays smoothly higher bitrate videos, but how much does the hardware decoder (IVA 3?) offload the CPU, thus saving the battery. I think that might be one of the bigger differences between Nexus and other phones including SGSII.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SubyWill:
The only games I play on my phone is WordFeud and Beer Pong, so I don't care lol.