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[Motorola Droid Bionic] wanderfowl:
I just realized that I neglected to address your real question. I recently switched from AT&T to Verizon, and the difference in network has been night and day. I went from getting 100kbps down on a good day with AT&T to consistently getting 500kbps+ with 4GLTE, and I've only dropped one call in the month+ I've had the phone. Switching to Verizon was among my better decisions I've made lately.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
I believe the Bionic is still a priority. They're advertising it during NFL games that it comes with free NFL network. The average user doesn't really care about a lot of what we talk about on here. Some people will prefer the bulk of the Bionic, and others will prefer the Razr.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lfegerber:
I would definitely recommend waiting for both the razr and galaxy nexus to be released, then going to the store and giving 5 minutes to each phone. I like my bionic, but I regret not examining it more closely before buying it. But with that being said, the battery life on this is amazing with the extended battery, and that is a critical factor for most. How would you like to have a droid razr that only lasts half a day? Sure it looks pretty, but what's the point if it's off half the time. As for the galaxy nexus, samsung is on fire now, so I have no doubt that it'll be the best phone you can have.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cixelsyddyslexic:
The radio CAN go wonky, but it seems to be only when you are in a mediocre LTE area or otherwise are switching between LTE and CDMA connections. If stability is more important to you than speed, I've found that if I set my radio mode to CDMA only, the connection is rock solid. As an added plus, the battery lasts MUCH longer without the LTE radio going!

EDIT: Also, the speed is very acceptable, even on 3G/CDMA. I had a Sprint Photon 4G and 3G throughput often didn't break 200Kbps in either direction. With my Bionic, i regularly get 600Kbps+.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Stank0:
Dude I've had the same dilemma. After my fiasco with Epic 4g Touch with terrible reception and slow internet (where my EVO was doing just fine) I left Sprint and signed my soul out to Verizon.

I also couldn't wait for Galaxy Nexus which I'm gonna get eventually.

Now. I didn't want to get an expensive temporary phone so I went for LG Revolution. God I'm glad they have that 14 days exchange policy. What a piece of junk.

So now I've got Bionic and I'm temporarily happy.

Now the important stuff.

I drive truck all over the country and all I can say about Verizon coverage is wow. I don't know what a dropped call is and I can watch Hulu almost everywhere.

The infamous LOS happened to me every now and then on that POS Revolution (Stock unrooted). Now I read that this is happening on Bionic too. So it must be the network problem then. Nothing we can do about that I'm afraid.

It didn't happen yet on my new Bionic but I've gotten it 2 days ago.

Rooted and de-bloated today so we'll see.

BTW. I don't believe Galaxy Nexus will come out according to leaks. (11.10)

Similar leak said Motorola Razr will come before (10.27) and now it's for pre-order on VZ website saying "Will ship by 11.10.11.

I think Galaxy Nexus will follow that pattern and it will go on pre-order 11.10 and will start to ship 2-3 weeks from that date.

But I would be more than thrilled if I'm being wrong.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MillionManMosh:
The 27th was always the pre-order date for the RAZR, a few sites got it confused.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] fetalp:
Same for me with the Samsung epic 4g touch. Just crap of a phone samsucks when it comes to udates on their firmware even my wife has the nexus s great software updates. Horrible firmware and software fixes from Samsung. Galaxy nexus will suffer from samsungs lack of updates for fixes and issues. Look at the Droid charge. I just switched from sprint 2 weeks ago and took over someones unlimited plan and bought my bionic happy now

Sent from my DROID BIONIC
[Motorola Droid Bionic] fetalp:
Also have HTC rezound coming too
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Stank0:
The leak shows the release date for Razr as 10.27.11 (Engadget) and it became available for pre-order that date. (or was it 29th?) the same way it shows release date for Galaxy Nexus as 11.10.11.

By way of extrapolation, Galaxy Nexus will be availale for pre-order 11.10.11.

And again, I'd LOVE to be wrong.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
The radio dropouts for data have been fixed in the newest update 5.6.893 and this shouldn't even be a matter of discussion
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dylanear:
Just switched from T-Mobile and a LG G2x and I CAN'T BE HAPPIER!!!!!

I'm still on an older software version 5.5 something, but this phone has been rock solid. I get sick fast LTE at work and still darn fast 3G at home and have had no data drops or lost calls. The G2X was constantly loosing the network and often required reboots to get it back.

I got the Bionic, basically mint for $300 off Craigslist. So I'm month to month, no contract. So I'm still eligible for a subsidized Razr or Nexus if I want to sign up for a contract. But may see if the ICS upgrade will keep me happy with this for for another 6 months or more until there's a phone with ICS, a 1280x720 LCD like Nexus' screen, but with a removable battery and SD card. SO disappointed the Razr battery is not removable and Nexus has no SD card, are they intentionally crippling phones??!!

My only real problem with the Bionic is the pentile pixels. I'm hoping they are small enough on the Nexus to be less noticeable. It's not all that horrible, but I may hold out for a Super AMOLED Plus or IPS LCD screen

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[Motorola Droid Bionic] moondrius:
There is no rush to switch to Verizon for you so I would wait it out. Its not like earlier in the year people were switching for unlimited data. I would wait until the Rezound and Nexus come out. As a Bionic owner I do like the phone but the Rezound and Nexus will both be better then the Razr and the Bionic. Wait until those are released and play with all of them in a Verizon store.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] trscons:
I find the VZW coverage to be consistently good, even when on the train to Denver. About the only place I don't have train coverage is in the valleys and tunnels of western MD and eastern WV southeast of Pittsburgh. That is no surprise when you look at a topo map.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
Unless you get crappy coverage, I don't suggest switching to Verizon. Why willingly sign up for a limited data plan? Unlimited data, no worries.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MikeG7265:
That was one of the points he made in his OP. I can understand where he is coming from, I just switched from Sprint myself after being a customer for 11 years. The signal and data drops were unbearable. Not to mention the fact that they did away with the perks of being a long time customer.

I can only speak for myself, but what good is unlimited data when it doesn't work the majority of the time. I signed up for the 2gb data plan and have been very pleased. Luckily I am around wifi most of the time so I don't really have to worry about data overages......as I said though, I can only speak for myself. My signal and data are constant with Verizon......and the 4g is blazing in my area.

I have the Bionic and personally could not be happier. I am rooted and running the latest 7.893 radio leak and so far the data doesn't seem to be dropping like it was before.

To the OP, I hope this helps some.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
Hi, I'm new to the forum and fairly new to flashing phones, although I fix computers so I was a quick learner.

Anyway, I have recently flashed my Galaxy Mini with the cyanogen mod I found in the galaxy mini developers sub-forum on this very site and come across a number of problems. Some of these I have fixed using my own best judgement and others, however I'm still having trouble "cleaning" the functionality issues.

For the record can I just say, I love the mod and my thanks and congratulations go out to all the devs involved. Well done!

So, my issues so far...

wifi issues - sometimes hangs on the obtaining ip address part

Android Market - installed both old and new versions (including the download link on the cm 7 thread) - installs fine then asks to create new account, I click ok and it closes the app

Creating sync accounts in settings - gmail, hotmail etc will not add (error: Setup could not finish. Unable to open connection to server

Downloading from internet - I have constantly been clearing the data and cache of the download app and browser and after a couple more downloads I have to repeat these steps. Anybody know a permanent fix for this?

Email: also not completing user accounts registration

I have searched and searched both this site and others for solutions to no avail. I love this mod and am very impressed with the tools included and my one wish is to be able to use it to the best of its ability. When I installed the update from sd card, my installed apps were also deleted (from the sd card), which I found strange, but thought hey, no problem if I can just download them from the market again right? But obviously since I cant run the market app, here lies my problem.

I hope there is a solution to this problem that doesn't involve reflashing my phone. I would be saddened to have to give up on this mod as I love nothing better than to get the most out of my phone.

Also just to clarify, I followed every step detailed in the CM 7 thread exactly as outlined and the flashing process was a pass for the cwm and the update completed successfully for the CM 7. I also cleared all data and wiped cache partition before and after each step as outlined.

Thanks for any comments/suggestions and I look forward to joining you on the forum.

Fraser
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] genieass:
No idea about wifi - not used it.

For market crashing, try this:-

Settings > applications > all > Market. Try clearing data from this.

You ought not have to create new account for everything. Creating /adding a single gmail account will work for email and market and address / contacts, google+, maps, etc.

Having to clear browser cache / data - I do not "download" much, but browse a lot - including the picture / video rich sites. Have not much problem, though occassional clearing cache / restarting the browser does help speeding up page loading. Probably has to do with low device memory. Did use other third party browser - like dolphon (opera is the reason I moved away from Nokia), but am back to stock html viewer now.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
Thanks for your input. I managed to set-up gmail under the email app but it wouldn't accept my hotmail account (it used to before the mod)

I have lots of free memory on both the device memory and sd card. I also have plenty free ram. My phone runs like a dream now to be honest.

I have just tried an apparent workaround by installing youtube on the phone, however although I can use it no problem, when I try to add an account I get this - Unable to authenticate user (before it even asks me to input my information!)

This really sucks =(

I can't sync or download anything through market.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
Also, I have cleared the data and cache several times to no permanent avail, as I mentioned in first post.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kmdk:
Wifi -issue...i have this sometimes.But even in official 2.2.1.And this issue is when reconnect at same brodband or at remebered wifi networks.I solve this issue sample.

-Turn of your phone Wifi,disconnect your brodband from power energy,wait 10 seconds,plug in againr brodband,wait him to load ~1-2 minuts,after reboot your phone turn on again wifi and manual connect to wifi.After auto-reconnect will work a wile with no issues.

For other sync email and contacts you need to isntall googleapps.zip via CWM at first run setup your Gmail acount.After no issue with others.

Also you need to make a correct install of CM and googleapps.zip.

1.)Install official 2.3.4 KPI using tools from samfirmwares.

2.)After install CWM using ODIN like in tj's thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1167750

3.)Install CyanogenMod via CWM

4.)Boot up your phone and disconnect from 3g network and connect to wifi

5.)Reboot phone in recovery and flash googleapps.zip via CWM.

6.)Boot your phone and setup gmail acount.

7.)add your acounts and sync.

If you make this you shall not have any kind of issues with acounts sync ,only sometimes with wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
Hi, thanks for your suggestions - I've been waiting all day for a solution like this. I already have cwm installed as I said in first post. I will try reflashing as a last resort.

However, I am trying your theory on installing the google apps zip file through cwm now and will let you know how it pans out. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
Damn. Always something goes wrong! Log from cwm ; Finding Update package>Opening update package>verifying update package>E:signature verification failed>Installation aborted. Grrrrr

Previous installations have been fine through the choose zip from sd card. However, on attempting another zip (flash 10.2) also doesn't verify either (worked before)

Whats going on?? I'm at my wits end =P
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] genieass:
You can toggle "signature verification" in CWM recovery menu. (Not sure where exactly that option is - but recovery menu is not too deep.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kmdk:
1.Go in recovery.

2.Perform wipe data/reset.

3.Flash this version of cyanogen http://fulga.u-s.ro/android/galaxy ...kernel_748/cm-7.1.0-RC1-oc748_audio_video.zip

4.Boot up ,disable data network and connect to wifi.

5.Reboot in recovery an flash this gapps http://www.mediafire.com/?nqufphctuax8uci.

6.Setup your Gmail acount.

7.Go to Email app and ad a mail acount for hotmail must be something like "username@hotmail.com" or perform 8->

8.Acounts&sync settings ->add acount.

9.Chose corporate and insert complete acount adress like "yoursuersname@hotmail.com" and password

10 Domain/username :" \username@hotmail.com and server must be "m.hotmail.com"

chose next step and name your acount with "Hotmail" :D

Enjoy :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] crazy_k_p:
cwm recovery>install zip from sd>toggle signature verification

Done!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
Thank you everybody, will try all above steps after work and let you know promptly! Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
Thank you all that did the trick, and I'm ecstatic now! Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ghop:
Wifi MAC address changing every time I enable Wifi!

All, I am using CM7 for Galaxy Mini 09102011 and I have ony one problem:

Somehow the MAC address of the Wifi device in the phone is changing every time I disable and re-enable Wifi connection. This was a problem, since because of that I had to disable MAC address filtering in my home network just to prevent myself always setting the new MAC address in my router's MAC filtering "white list".

What I observed that the changing part of the MAC address is always the 2nd half (meaning the last 3 pair of hex numbers)!

Does someone know a fix how to prevent Wifi MAC changing?

Some people say that the don't have this experience with the previous release of CM7 for Galaxy Mini (01102011).

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

-gHoP-
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
I haven't noticed this kind of problem before with CM7 personally and I wish I had a fix for you. Perhaps it may be better to back up and try a reflash? Assuming you haven't already tried that of course! :p

Sorry I don't have any other methods but I noticed nobody is replying to your question! :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] yagya:
Yes, this problem is not there in CM7 01102011. You can try flashing it after a nandroid backup. :) I had similar problem with latest (09 10) CM7 so I restored my previous backup and everything is fine now... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] letmepass:
Hello there!:)

I want to ask you to write -how many time does your battery work until the phone asks to charge it?? And can you add, do you keep your wifi, gps, bluetooth, auto rotation,3g,background data,auto-sync on? What programs do have running in the background?:}

You see, the problem is that i have my mini for about a week now, and i'm a bit dizzy about the fact, that my battery stands for ~9 to 14 hours, AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT, i have everything what i have mentioned above TURNED OFF. I use only wifi for about ~30 minutes a day and listen to music while i'm traveling somewhere..

My mini has android v2.2.1 Maybe newer versions can extend the battery life?

Cheers!:))
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
Hi letmepass,

I understand your problems with battery life as I'm sure a lot of others here can sympathize. I am running android 2.3.7 and my experience is that even from 2.3.4 onwards the battery life is significantly improved.

Currently I run wifi constantly and sometimes gps when I'm outside. Gps doesn't seem to pose a huge threat running in the background although WILL drain your battery if in constant heavy use (maps/navigational applications etc). I suggest upgrading your firmware version of android to at least 2.3.4.

Also theres a quick check to see whats hogging all your resources which I always find to come in handy. Go into settings, then application settings and choose running services. Press your info button on the mini and touch show cached processes (press again to switch back to running processes) From there you can get a pretty good idea of what is using your system resources and you can pretty much guarantee thats a huge drain on battery also.

Hope that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] letmepass:
Thanks a lot Fraser1978 !:) I'm thinking about upgrading my android, the only thing stops me is warranty, i don't want to loose it yet. And of course the risk to brake my phone.. Am. Can you tell me please how often do you charge your mini?:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
I sometimes only charge once a day but it depends on how heavily I use the phone. In general my phone is charged twice a day. How often do you have to charge your mini?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] letmepass:
Once or twice a day.. Uh, I thought.. I've read somewhere, that mini can stay alive up to 2-3 days.. You know, it's my first smartphone, so didn't know the battery behaves this way ;D before i had Samsung s5230, and it worked for 3-4days, so it's a big difference :)

One day i downloaded avg antivirus for mini and ran it. Can you imagine, it discharged the full battery in about 3-4hours ;D ...

Thank you anyway!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] genieass:
Did not use rooted 2.2.1 for long.

2.3.3 and 2.3.4 (stock rom), rooted, with CPU tuner installed helped getting 40+ hours of battery life - no wifi; GPRS on full time, 1hr + talk time. 15 to 45 minutes browsing. This meant charging alternate days.

With CM 7.1, it charge alternate days, but if first charge is today morning, next charge is tomorrow evening.

Edit:- This also a bit operator / location dependent. If you travel a lot, phone will obvious discharge fast. Try using a different operator (if possible), or using in a different location.

Changing operator selection to "manual" might help.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
I really feel your pain! It's the main drawback for me with this phone. Its my third smartphone and second touch smart phone. My last 2 were both symbian. It's a great phone but the battery life is really disappointing!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] inihccor:
Mine can survive up to 2 days...I'm running CM7.1 with governor interactive x and scheduler sio(using no frills).

I use my phone in two ways: one as a simple phone, with just 15 minutes of 3g, about an hour of call, and a lot of SMS...and it stands up two days...the other way is about an hour of 3g and a bit of gaming, over the phone using...and I can get a whole day :-)

I keep everything disabled when not using, and (the most important thing) I use "battery calibration" every time I flash a new ROM :-)

Try my suggestions and let me know ;-)

Inviato dal mio GT-S5570 usando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] letmepass:
Thank you guys for your replies!!:))
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] alvarorojas4:
For me it survives in a normal day (with travel, in Froyo 2.2.1 with 3G and tweeting every 30 mins) from 7AM to 8/9PM, If I stay at home with the wifi always on and a few calls 1 day and 12 hours...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
I wish they had thought about the battery life before finishing the product!

---------- Post added at 09:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 PM ----------

And you're welcome letmepass
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ian_trueblue:
Max 7 hours if full network
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Akath19:
That's a problem with all smartphones, have you seen the battery stats for the HTC Titan.....3 to 4 freaking HOURS before charge....I think that's just irresponsible!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] letmepass:
OK :) I have one more question, is it ok to leave mini charging over night?:o I mean, doesn't it have bad effect on the battery life?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] letmepass:
Hello friends!:)

I have good news:} I think I've found the solution for my situation:} In my case, the "Use packet data" was on, which means that phone was always using/reconnecting to the EDGE:} I turned it off and battery works just fine!!:} Now there is only one thing to look for is for how many time will my battery survive!;D

Just in case anyone find it useful;}

Cheers!:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] flowish:
hmmm , im using wifi up to 8 hours but only sms my phone up to 48hours !
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lalit.j:
Hi All ,

Please help me find a nice pair of headphones with mic compatible with SGS2

I am especially looking for those in-ear headphones

price not more than 50$

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] woaloo:
I think that there is enough threads in this forum to help you making your choice.

You could begin to use the search function, and then browse a little some topics!

With this amount of money, you could find what you want :

http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=97972780
[Galaxy S II Accessories] chobie:
This has already been asked. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1040294
[Galaxy S II Accessories] VDK:
You would try the MEElectronic M9P-BK headphone:

http://www.meelec.com/MEElectronics_M9_Hi_Fi_Sound_Isolating_Earphone_p/earphone-m9-bk-mee.htm

- Deep bass sound

- Excellent treble

- Press to talk, press to activate/pause the music

- Best for the money ( around USD 29)
[Android Themes] xtracrispy69:
anyone seen this font for android?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbso:
hello, i was wandering

how do we make a custom rom for our x8 using windows 7

one that we can use.

i await any reply.

any helpful reply will be thanked (by the thanks button)

-wilbso :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95X8:
This is that kind of question that comes to every XDA member's mind sooner or later (including me :D). The thing is that, making a ROM requires special knowledge, e.g. you must know the Java programming language, XML, and some other stuff. So before you make your ROM, you should learn those things first. Making apps is good start.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbso:
ahhhhh... so like for eg. an app made by myself to do with music player or calender.

hmmmm i will also have to do some research on java script programming too.

(i hit the thanks button)

okay i will look into that first. once tht has been researched on and all the rest i will look for a god program that i can make the update.zip with:D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95X8:
I don't think you will need to know JavaScript, although I'm not 100% sure. It's entirely different from Java.

Any app will do. I made my first app some days ago, the ICS simple clock.

If you have no experience with the Java language, I think it's a little too early to mess around with update.zips, just sayin' :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbso:
yeah, im not entirly new about java language but im still learning.:D

steadily and slowly does the job as they say...;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj_mol3y_x8:
but can we use win 7 to cook a rom or do we need to use linux
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbso:
either i think