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[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] _nobody:
i like imo.im but it forcecloses when i multi task, currently using ebuddy again but it always disconnects and displays messages multiple times.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] gowtu:
whatsapp, best by far!

never had any problems on any ROM
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] frankth3frizz:
Imo! AMAZING app! Even the desktop version is great!

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] BootloopedMillennials:
I went back to Trillian, imo was crashing and restarting too often. Love the features of imo though.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] yogi2010:
Wow, am I the only one that spent the 10 bucks on Beejive? LOL. Beejive worked great on the Blackberry, so I sprung for it, but it didn't seem to work as well on Android. So for a stretch it was all eBuddy for me, and then Imo.... But currently eBuddy and Imo seem to be having their quirks, so Beejive is working the best for me in terms of reliability and everything. Plus, I like the ui and customization options of Beejive the best. IM+ is nice too but seems to use more battery.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] d_gkal:
imo is the best
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] David Dee:
whatsapp. Seems to be the one that most of my contacts are using.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Palingenesis:
I use trillian mostly. The upside, clean, simple and organized layout. When sending a picture from my phone to somebody else, it uploads the photo to trillian and sends it as a link. Which I prefer more than sending because, when I'm talking to somebody who is at work or on a computer that blocks file sending, they can still view the photos without me having to upload it to an image hosting site such as flickr or tinypic. The downside? Well it seems to lag a bit. Sometimes it takes a few seconds for the message to send, while other times its instant. Fortunately, it let's you know when your message was sent or if it's loading. After you press send, your text turns grey in the IM box, once it's sent, it turns white. Also, you can't receive files on trillian. Atleast I haven't been able to.

This is where beejive comes in. I can send and receive files. It has a decent layout and messages seem to send quickly. I just don't like the popup box when typing... On beejive, instead of having a standard typing box, it has a popup bubble which pops up when you begin typing, which can be a pain when trying to paste something. Also, I've noticed many of my online contacts don't appear as online when using beejive. While on trillian, they do. Not sure what the problem is there.

The other universal messengers I've used don't support file transfer. That's a deal breaker for me. I've tried ebuddy, IM+ and IMO. I believe IMO says they support file transfer, but it wouldn't work for me. I don't remember.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] nik3r:
eBuddy for battery life.

IMO for features.

What sucks is eBuddy doesn't autoselect the input field when you open HW keyboard - makes using it on the go a pain. And I've reported this to the devs repeatedly. So it's IMO now with text-only smileys - hate the green guys :D
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Aktivehate:
Mercury IM Donate

Just one of the better apps for MSN.

Whatsapp crap is just draining my battery so i used it for one day.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] xNAPx:
I recently use beejive, it seems very stable and doesn't lose connection that for me is really important
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] AntSmoove:
IMO for me, however I've seen maaaaaannnny people use eBuddy
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] spannow:
Imo for me too. Can still be used without having to link accounts. Plain and simple. Like it.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ArmedandDangerous:
Whatsapp definitely. People that matter to me are on Whatsapp xD Have eBuddy for emergency MSN conversations, other than that nothing else.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] BootloopedMillennials:
So I decided to give IM+ Pro a go since I got it free from when it was Amazon free app of the day. Talk about a battery killer; spare parts showed device 99% running and 50% screen on. The screen on is not the problem; I was using the phone alot. Problem is the 99% running; half of which was when the screen was off.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] v1r0x:
I'm using IM+, because I wanted a free app with ICQ and Jabber without creating an account (like meebo or so does).

Just missing a history and an OTR-Feature.

anyone know an app with OTR?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] walterhagemann:
IM plus

I am using IM+ . It is a combined client for a number of messenger services. Satisfied with it.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] xNAPx:
I'm using IM+ pro and I found it the best program for facebook chat cuz' it's very stable

Inviato dal mio HTC Desire Z usando Tapatalk
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Timmyfoxeh:
I don't use IM apps that much, but when I do use them it's the official Facebook Messenger, Skype and Mercury Messenger (MSN).
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] johrie:
I am using imo beta, it s still beta but good. It has steam,msn,facebook,skype and alot of other things. Great app!

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] N_ine:
I use viber on a daily basis, it's voip+text but I'm not sure if it counts as an im app.

Other than WLM, I don't use other IM clients so it's MSN: Mercury on my phone. Best wlm client available, imho.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] boricua10:
I use Beejive and Whatsapp. best apps ive used so far.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] sdequant:
I use Ebuddy and I think it's a pretty good Instant Messenger!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] terpi74:
Handcent SMS &WhatsApp
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
I'm+ does everything, in my opinion.

Sent from my CM7 G2!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Zombie Steve Jobs:
I'm just using the old AIM app. I updated it, but the new design was terrible. Had to restore the old one via Titanium

Rooted w/ S-OFF

Current ROM : G2Slim 1.6

Radio : 26.13.04.19_M.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Talesin_BatBat:
Trillian for me. Desktop chat/log-sync is awesome (screensaver on or workstation locked? chat updates are automatically sent to your phone, and both sides of the chat are sent to your desktop for logging), as are meta-contacts (put someone's AIM, YIM, MSN and ICQ into a single contact, set an order to use them in, no more hunting through four networks to find/talk to someone!)

Also works WAY more reliably than IM+, Meebo or eBuddy did the last time I'd tried them.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] jpb39:
I recently tried out the current IM apps in search of a battery-friendly client that I could use to send text messages to North American cell numbers via AIM. I liked the layout of IM+ (vastly improved over the design of the BlackBerry app I used long ago) and Imo (stable/beta) also had a fairly uncluttered layout. But Beejive was the only app that could consistently send IMs to cell numbers (which mainly show up as 'offline' in Imo) and also run in the background without draining the battery too dramatically (the straight SMS apps like Heywire and Textfree tended to be the worst offenders because of their polling rate for pushed ads).
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] carbonjha:
IMO its fast & sleek

I started with nimbuzz but after somedays I googled for best IM client for android & read a lot of reviews and my final result was IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dinuguang_tobol:
android phones are prone to hangs due to incompatible and poorly managed apps, i have custom roms installed, all optimized and stuff but occasionally i still need to restart my phone using the three button combo because my phone wont respond at all, the home button is a physical button that is sure to send a signal to the underlying hardware which is very useful for overriding stuff, in the event of hangs, how does the gnex deal with it? the power and down button is already reserved for screenshot..sigh..guess be prepared to take out the battery then..

another thing is, the home button is a quick go to action for exiting no matter what you're doing and its location is fixed, with a software home button, it changes location and even hides, not very intuitive..

if they really have wanted a maximum real estate, why didnt they just put the home button at the top or the side but maintain it as a hardware button

i guess well just have to see from reviews when the gnex comes out, after all honeycomb tablets have no physical home buttons anyway
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nebucatnetzer:
Maybe they use the same thing as on the sgs II. Long press of the power button and it reboots.

And I like the fact that it doesn't have hardware buttons (except volume and power) because of two things:

1. Clean front (looks great).

2. Hardware buttons could brake.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LordButtersI:
Keep in mind that apps run in a java virtual machine but the buttons will probably run in the OS itself. Meaning home will still be an override.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
but that is the problem

how would "home" button work, if the screen is hung, and the buttons are not responding, when say you were in a game or playing a video, and it hung, then you have no access to the "home" button

that's why i prefer a real button or at the very least the capacitive buttons, than a software button
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Remember that when it comes down to it, hardware buttons on the front interface with the phone's software too. If the screen is hanging, the hardware buttons won't work any better than a row of software buttons would.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
i had many many cases where the app/game whatever hung, but the hard button or capacitive buttons were still responding

so i was able to summon Taks Manager to kill the hung app, that would not let me switch to other apps

so in this scenario when you have no buttons to press, you wont be able to invoke the Task Manager to kill the hung app
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
I guess what the other posts are trying to say is this:

Even if a specific app may freeze completely, the software buttons should still work. Crashing apps normally don't freeze the whole OS because they're running in a Java Virtual Machine, but since they're often fullscreen, you need to press the HOME to exit the app. This should still work with the software buttons (as long as they're visible in the app) because they're running outside the frozen Virtual Machine.

I have an ASUS Eee Pad Transformer since its release. It runs Honeycomb and comes without hardware buttons as well. But the Transformer never got totally unresponsive, some apps froze, but the software buttons still worked perfectly normal.

edit: the post below this one is actually a better explanation than this, read it and you'll get it ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Touchscreen presses are captured by the OS and then passed onto app event handlers. With past Android versions, when an app hang, the OS is still responding to and dispatching touchscreen events, but because the app in the foreground handling the events isn't doing anything, it looks like the system is not responding to touchscreen events.

With ICS, the OS has handlers for touchscreen events, not just apps, due to the software buttons. The OS makes sure that if the system bar is hidden, any sort of interaction with the system, including touchscreen events, bring up the system bar. Thus if the foreground app hangs, touching the screen should still bring up the system bar and let you press one of the three keys.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
if that works as designed, then it should be safe to have software button
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] degeneration:
My phone only has power and volume hardware keys, then 4 captive touch. People keep freaking out about this but it's not all that different. The captive touch are sensors but they only react with the OS (and sometimes freeze up).

They are looking at it from the point of view that most phones are using captive touch buttons, which is very similar tech to the rest of the screen so they just made it a little adaptable. Now you can theme all your buttons (minus power and volume).

I don't know, I am probably being naive, but I see little difference between on screen and captive buttons. I have been just fine with the later so I see no issues and only new possibilities.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Yes, they are very similar. The problem is that both are sub-optimal solutions. One the one hand you don't get physical keys with tactile feedback. On the other hand you don't get to use the space taken up by the buttons to display other things when the buttons aren't needed. If Google's goal in designing ICS/GN is to maximize the screen real estate through the use of hideable system buttons, then they went halfway and stopped short and ended up with a solution that isn't particularly good for anything. To go all the way with this idea, you'd need a dedicated home button somewhere else, like on the side as the OP suggested. Then the system keys can truly become part of the application, rather than a constant part of the system, and can be hidden, customized, etc. depending on application context, and allows full screen apps to truly take advantage of the screen real estate. As it stands now, only video playback can take advantage of the whole screen, with anything else you are frequently interacting with the device and the buttons will pretty much be there the whole time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sjael:
They take up quite a bit of screen real-estate. If they could be auto-hidden without popping back up every time you touch the screen, it would be vastly superior. I still maintain there should be an option for a bezel swipe gesture to show the buttons, which would auto-hide after 5 seconds or so of disuse.

Or at least, make them smaller. I checked out a Galaxy Nexus screenshot on my Droid 2 - the on-screen keys occupied more vertical space than the capacitive keys on my phone, and that's on a screen a full inch smaller.

In any case it isn't going to turn me off the phone - I'm sure some clever developer will make a 'fix' for it (and will definitely receive a donation from me when they do :p) and it's still an unbeatable screen besides.

Also, I don't terribly mind the lack of bezel-reduction, because the phone still looks so damn slick. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyHoyle:
I'm sure someone will come up with a ROM that hides the buttons etc. fairly shortly.

I've had a year with the Nexus S, and the only real difference is on that the buttons are etched onto the bezel - it's still handled in software exactly the same way. Never had an issue with it.

On my tablet, software buttons are really handy since the charging cable is (for me) on the wrong side.. so I hold it the other way up and the buttons obligingly flip onto the other side for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mastapsi:
Your thinking might be a tad flawed there. Due to the greater pixel density of the screen, the buttons will actually be smaller in absolute size than they were on your Droid 2's screen. They will take up a smaller percentage of the screen as a result.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sjael:
I took a 100% screenshot from the Nexus and viewed it on my Droid 2 at my screen's native res (854x480, 16:9 just like the nexus.) Difficult to describe what I mean, so have a photo:

The ICS buttons in the screenshot are pretty much the same size as the Droid 2 capacitive keys, however on the Nexus, that very same image will be displayed but 1" larger, so the buttons will be quite a bit larger on the Prime.

Also I erroneously said that they were bigger than the capacitive keys in my last post, which isn't correct on second inspection. :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
Pretty big "if". I'm a bit miffed that the search button is gone now as well. I use it more than I think do; let's just say.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the_colombian:
My home button never hangs on my xoom so im sure all will be ok.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Taskman:
Same for my Galaxy Tab.

Have had some apps crash/hang using custom rom on it but the home button have still worked so I think we are safe with SGN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tornlogic:
I really use my search button a lot. On home screen I use it to bring up a Google search bar, in other apps I use it to search within the app itself.

So its kinda stupid of Google to basically shoot themselves in the foot and cripple their own OS and hardware spec for no apparent reason. There's plenty of room down there for a search icon.

I'd really like to know their thought process on this one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _hyperdude:
On the homescreen the search bar is on every screen.

In the app, they expect devs to implement a search button/bar within the app (or its options menu). It's really not that hard to understand.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
If a program crashes, the buttons still work... as far as I can tell. Dolphin browser isn't optimized for the ICS and it crashes... but I can always go to the home screen with the "home" button, or use the "recent apps" button. The menu / back button won't work, though...

Also, yes, there is a search bar on every home screen :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ruthlesset:
The best thing for those having concerns regarding the s/w buttons is to wait for user reviews once the phone comes out and then decide.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peachpuff:
Not a fan of the software buttons either, first they sit higher than hardware buttons, second they shift the display up a bit making reaching the notification bar with your thumb a bit of a chore, and you cant wake the phone up with them like you can with the home button on the sgs2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _hyperdude:
To be fair, if you move the GN down about half an inch or so in that photo, the software buttons are about right in line with the buttons on the GS2, and the notification bar is actually slightly lower on the GN.

Comparing two phones purely based on button's distance from the bottom (like that photo) is a silly thing to do - more useful to judge based on comfortable holding position. Practically all the videos I've seen of the Nexus in action show no difficulty hitting the buttons if you're not basically holding the phone at the top.

Edit: Adjusted the photo to show the similarity between the GN and GS2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Kinda a weird assessment considering they're not the same shape chassis an the screen sizes are different. Don't think you can compare them this way.

I mean each person will have their own opinions/feelings on how they use it, but I don't think its going to be an issue from an ergonomics standpoint.

As far as having the home button to wake the phone on the SGSII, that's only the international version. Not all SGSII versions have hardware home button. Very few devices actually have physical hardware buttons. A vast majority just use capacitive buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ruthlesset:
On my Nexus One (not rooted) you had to use the power button to wake it up. Come on dude... you're better off with an eyePhone. I heard it's perfect!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _hyperdude:
Exactly. If you can't stand using a button dedicated to waking and sleeping the device (with the power options menu thrown in) for actually waking the device, so be it. Get a GS2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ruthlesset:
Well said...

I cannot believe people are *****ing so much about this phone. I'm sure whatever choices Google made, they thought hard and long about it! It may not meet everyone's needs. But hey... it's android and there are so many choices. Grow up people!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] itsjusttim:
x2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peachpuff:
That's the thing, with the buttons and screen sitting a bit farther up using the phone with one hand just got a bit more difficult. Trying to reach the corners of the screen at the top with your thumb is going to be a chore.

OMG where can i buy this ifone you speak of?!?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
The buttons will react the same way as honeycomb now and it's fantastic.

I love themeing the buttons too, to change it up. This is a good thing people.

Plus I've never owned a phone that could wake with the capacitive buttons. I think there are mods that leave them powered on all the time to accomplish this but why would you want that? Just hit that power button like normal.

G2x - 2.3.7 CM7

Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _hyperdude:
All depends on exactly how you hold the phone and how big your hand is. I feel like unless you hold the device with your thumb centered near the bottom of the screen there shouldn't be trouble using it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ruthlesset:
Here you go..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHUpWuqNHY
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericc191:
What is this? Like the third "mixed feelings" thread already? Damn.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Barkleyfan:
My feelings aren't mixed. I plain and simply don't like absence of dedicated buttons, any more than I like locked bootloaders, or non-accessible batteries. I've tried getting used to absence of dedicated call button, physical keyboard, and now absence of a dedicated camera button as well. I miss them all. This might be ok on tablets, but I'm not on the go with a tablet; I don't need it to function "right now" the way I need my phone to. And when I pull the trigger on my upgrades, I'm stuck with them. I could space them out, but 3 of us are sick of our current handsets. I only have 2 upgrades until the end of next year. Full retail? Fellas is broke these days. Besides, Verizon isn't going to lower my bill when I'm past contract, so I might as well make use of my upgrades. Just need a device released that justifies it. With Razr I'm giving up bootloader and battery access, with GN I'm giving up dedicated buttons, and with Rezound, I get a screen that will look like a chew toy in no time, just like my Bolt did.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I haven't seen physical buttons aside from volume and power on high end phones in years. Capacitive touch buttons work no different then the GN on-screen version. Capacitive touch control = not hard button.

Seriously dude chill out. They work perfectly on honeycomb. I use my transformer religiously. Not a problem. Galaxy nexus is the best thing out for a while. We won't see quad core phones through US carriers until this time next year or early 2013. Relax.

LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI

Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xManMythLegend:
Im pretty sure home key still works like capacitive button does in HC.

Hardbuttons still function as well.
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] ericsonicsson:
Amazing, but I have managed to get VolDpad working on HD mini

Last year I had tried that with no result.

Have found this method in HD2 forum -

Disable HTCVOLUME service with the value

"HKLM\Services\HTCVOLUME\DLL"=""

and after softreset run VolDpad.exe

Do not forget to backup the original value of "HKLM\Services\HTCVOLUME\DLL"
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] chaiboshi:
Thank you very much for your efforts！
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] rastahigh:
I test this ! Thank you !
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] Ell cullend:
hi, does the link you have up work without making any changes to it?

i installed it on my mini but i dont know how to activate/use it.

any help would be great

thanks
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] ericsonicsson:
Yes, Voldpad you should install as usual.

But to run it you have to disable HTCVOLUME service on your HD mini with this registry value

"HKLM\Services\HTCVOLUME\DLL"=""

Then after softreset Voldpad will work.
[Galaxy 3 General] SerkSerk:
[HELP] [SOLVED] Flash rom grigora bloqued on "<1> factoryfs.rfs download.."

Hello, here I was on Kyrillos rom 8.2 and I wanted to try grigora but the flash is stuck on

<1> factoryfs.rfs download..

What should I do, it's been 20 minutes :S

Edit: i got the black screen of the death by unplugin the phone

Edit 2: i removed the batery and it's work now :)
[General Questions and Answers] zombie.raised:
To all the people owning HTC Raider/Holiday are you seeing the device backside warms up very quickly.

It is not as bad Samsung Galaxy S2 , where it gets too hot, just wanted to be sure that its just not my device.