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[Fascinate General] nm3210:
I have been trying just about everything over this past month. I came from a simple debloated Froyo and wanted to finally get into the CyanogenMod scene. I started with the big CM7.1.0 stable release but I found the bug with the wifi/3g (where it won't properly connect and requires you to reset the connection all the time) too annoying and I had a longing for some of the Samsung features that I was so used to.

This led me to the GeeWiz TouchWiz ROM which is GREAT except I was personally having some Force Close issues (where a FC would reset the phone instead of bringing up the prompt). Then from here I then tried out the TSM 1.0 using a couple different kernels, but I couldn't get it to perform very well - it was lagging all the time and got just too annoying.

Finally, I am currently on the 1.10.28.1 MIUI from the miui.us forums (with the Glitch Kernel to fix all the stupid problems normal kernels have) and I am extremely pleased with the performance and the new UI is very refreshing. I personally had to revert to the TouchWiz4.5 launcher because I'm so used to it (and I wasn't a fan with how MIUI launcher handled installed apps). And just for the record, in case someone thinks they have a reason my previous attempts at installing roms has not been positive, I ALWAYS do a clean fresh wipe. I use Odin3 to flash the full retail Froyo ED05 with Atlas v2.2.2 partitioning and then migrate to a new rom from there.
[Fascinate General] whoisandy:
A Custom ROM that just works all around?

I've tried a lot of ROMS/Kernals, too. While these are all great, there are always quirks with them. Some may be faster, more powerful, but then MMS may be flaky, low volume on speaker phone or in-call, 3G/Wifi issues, Force closes, freezing, lag, restarting, etc. I just want my phone to work and be better than stock! Is that too much ask?

Would love to have a faster, more efficient smart phone without losing ANY functionality that stock has. It seems all these custom ROMS fall victim to it. There is always something important to the phone that gets sacrificed. Am I mistaken? Does anyone else feel the same? I just feel like there is always some annoying/frustrating quirk with whatever ROM and I wish it would just plain work. Seems like it requires so much tweaking and updating involved because of this.
[Fascinate General] laureanop:
Forward this to Samsung. Devs are trying their best to get this phone out of the software mediocrity that Samsung handicapped it with.

"the relentless pursuit of the perfect rom"
[Fascinate General] droidstyle:
imo the few minor glitches cm7.1has still out weighs the slow, boring, stock tw rom.
[Fascinate General] nitsuj17:
we all try to do our best to make the phone better in whatever capacity we can....if stock works best for you, then use it

we all do this for free in our spare time, and deal with a buggy phone software wise...thats just reality
[Fascinate General] whoisandy:
I totally get that. There's pros and cons to each of these versions and you just have to see which functions best for you. Always appreciate the time devs take to make the experience better and give users a choice.

Some people love to tweak and customize and while it is quite fun, sometimes I run into situations where I wish things would just do as they should. I think we've all been there. I agree with you, too, that it is software and that's the nature of the beast - regardless if it's on a phone, computer, or any electronic device for that matter!
[Fascinate General] thedoman:
+1 TSM resurrection. 1.1
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
I wonder if the Nexus phones have these tradeoffs or if it's just because we have Touchwiz. You have to admit that Touchwiz does have some useful features that are hard to duplicate in AOSP. On the whole, though, the drawbacks of Touchwiz outweigh these benefits, IMHO.

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate General] dogg94:
Cyanogen w glitch v13 ml
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dionysos803:
I'm having issues with my laptop detecting attached adb devices (Thunderbolt specifically). I can get my main computer to recognize/detect an adb device. I will then disconnect my phone from my main computer and plug it into my labtop, and yet my laptop will not recognized there's an adb device attached. Regardless of the following, i still can not get it to work on my laptop: Closing CDM, disconnecting the phone from the computer, plugin the phone back then pull up cmd (or pull up cmd and then plug in phone -ive tried every common sense trick there is).

Whats going on with my laptop that will not allow it/android sdk to recognize the device? How do I fix this?

PS in case it needs to be mentioned, yes i have USB Debugging selected (thats why i am able to get the one computer to recognize it).

never mind i'm an idiot, since i manually add the script in for the USB drivers i forgot to select where to pull the drivers from in device manager. Sorry about this post, please delete it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skmlau:
Hi all,

Is it ok to flash the latest semaphore kernel 1.8.1 on my juwe's rom v6.0 jvt?

Juwe's rom already contains semaphore 1.8.0.

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppeterpp:
You can! I have tested with 1.8.1. IT works fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skmlau:
Sorry for the late reply, but thank you
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tessut:
Did someone managed to get the new HTC Camera Modes to work on 1st Generation Devices or can someone explain why not or help me develop a solution ?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lkachun9129:
I would like to know how to get the Camera Enhancements o my Mozart too! :D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ludacris:
If you tell me what the new modes are, I can tell you if I have them. The Camera Enhancement is installed on my trophy and is working aswell
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkp1977:
I suppose he's talking about burst and panoramic modes which can be found in the camera settings of both HTC Radar and Titan.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckydog98:
If anyone could figure out a way to get the burst ad panoramic modes, I would greatly appreciate it.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tessut:
I think the camera modes are driver controlled but how do we crack the camera enhancment app to do that is someone a app developer? and could help me a little bit to bring it to 1gen HTC's or the other manufaturers Devices?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] O_G:
Moved to WP7 Q&A

No questions in the development section please.

Take it easy

O_G
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webwalk®:
well its no question but more a important discussion were noone seems to care about...

truth is, now with mango almost at tango we still did not have one improovement, even worse..

most of the new applications HTC made, are NOT COMPATIBLE with 1st Gen devises, even OLD APPS like the COMPASS are NOT COMPATIBLE anymore..

WTF!!! and i mean.. WHAT THE FRECKIN FRUC

im seriously mad about this!

if we hadnt had ripped their apps and cracked them,

we couldnt even use them anymore...

those lazy profit orientated leeches

like the mozart couldnt make those cam shots

they just dont programm the driver and

dont give us access to do it ourself...

even worse then apple... damn...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tessut:
I agree with you that was my reason to change my trophy to a desire hd and now im lucky ^^
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Budniu:
BUMP

If chefs coking ROMs for first gen devices with camera settings from device second gen (and this happens) maybe anybody have xap file with these camera settings (from second gen of course)? If yes it could give to the forum. I do not think about modes panoramic or series but other like: white balance, brightness, etc. I need this file for my friend. THX
[Captivate General] qwertyaas:
I was going to upgrade to a SGSII until I just heard these two are coming out in the next couple weeks.

Issue with SGSII is now the user base and Devs will be split between these two devices. Add to that, it's still unclear if the phone will be on Exynos or Snapdragon - which could affect the Rom base.

The Vivid however looks like a really nice phone as well. Just unsure how many Devs will be jumping on that. Add to that it's a qHD screen (although probably not close to the SAMOLED+ in terms of colors and blacks).

Decisions...

But 4.5inch on a 800x480 doesn't seem to great. The qHD is quite better for a 4.5inch.
[Captivate General] Aus_Azn:
The GS2LTE is a 1.2GHz clocked CPU; therefore, it is an Exynos and not the 1.5GHz Snapdragon present in the TMobile version.

The Vivid, being the only AT&T HTC device (and since it's a newer HTC device, hopefully stock unlocked bootloaders), should have a decent following both in general userbase and in development. I get the feeling that the only reason why people gravitated to the Captivate is due to the fact that it was AT&T's only reasonable Android device at the time.

I've just been so frustrated with Samsung's stock experience on the Captivate and all the problems that this phone has been giving me, unlike my friend's rooted and near-stock Inspire 4G, that I will never consider buying a Samsung Android device again. I don't care how good it looks on paper; the Captivate did not really work in practice until developers got their hands dirty and fixed it for the rest of us.
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
HTC.......

the SGS2 is great, but HTC always gets the latest and greatest and the most dev support....
[Captivate General] sola fide:
As much as I'm getting frustrated with my Cappy, I think I'm going to wait it out and see what other XDA members say about both of them before buying. Also, I want to see something official from the manufacturers and ATT on whether or not these are getting ICS.

I don't know about this (just thinking out loud here), but could the resolutions change after an ICS update? If it's possible, it would be worth waiting to see what happens after (if) they get an ICS update.

I really want to trust the specs from Samsung but after the GPS issues, the reboot issues, the poor camera quality, the lack of release updates (be it ATT or Samsung) - it's going to be tough to woo me back to another Samsung phone. I know I have a 1GHz phone with good hardware in my hands but my senses always feel like my wife's Nexus1 runs smoother and better on older hardware.

If Samsung (and all phone manufacturers for this matter) actually cared about the customer there would be one form factor across all wireless providers to help encourage innovative accessories and to help reduce the cost of accessories for the customer. Ok, now I'm ranting on a tangent. Time to stop. ;)
[Captivate General] RockRatt:
The SGS2 i777 already has a good Dev base and continuing to grow already. The sgs2 i777 has in common with the i9100 as we that have/had cappys should know the i897 cappy and i9000 were like sisters and is HOW we had so much Dev support. Most the devs that I have seen already are stating that they are staying with the i777 and NOT moving to the i727 skyrocket.

There are already a few post over in the ATT SGS2 General forums debating this so you can catch up on it beforehand.

Basically it is an ALMOST FOR SURE thing that it is NOT the 1.5Ghz Exerynos chip in it since Samsung stated that ONLY test chips were ready by the end of this year and should make it into phones by the middle of 2012.

The screen is .2" larger but with the SAME 800x480 resolution.

It is Lte which is the ONLY GOOD THING I see in it unless you live in an Lte area now and don't stray out.of that area. The Lte coverage will ONLY BE 12 markets by the end.of the year and will take a few years to spread it out better.

Back to the Dev support, if you look into the tmobile section of xda you will see how slow the Dev support is there and how they have like 1 base kernel that is not tweaked much at all. The Dev base is not too good compared to the Dev base of the i777.

The reason I mention the T-Mobile version is it sounds like MOSTLY it is the same phone with the same chipsets just with a different Lte radio.

I came from/still have 2 of 3 of my cappys, went to the sgs2 i777 on Oct. 4th and Lte will be in my area by the end of the year. I am within the timeframe to return the sgs2 now but wont be doing it due to the Dev base and the similarities with it and the i9100. Which as we know the i9000 got all the updates and goodies which were pretty easily ported over to out captivates since they were similiar. The SAME is/will be true with the i777 and i9100. The i727 doesn't have a sister unbranded phone to port from so will likely be at the mercy of ATT for future software updates. The i777 should get ICS shortly after the i9100 well before att decides to give us ICS on either phone. So to make a long story short I am choosing because.of the Dev support and compatibility of phones already out there. The i727 will be a 1fer phone, one of a kind for the most part. Not wanting to start a i777/i727 flaming war here as each person will have their own ideas about it. That is how.it has already turned into in most of the post about this subject over there. Just giving my thoughts and feelings here.

Plus I have always qualified for an upgrade.on my line every 12 months as I did this time. So 12 months.from now Lte may be in a better spotlight with coverage, the sgs3 should be making its way by that time. The i777 sgs2 kicks ass for sure and I have not had any of the little learning issues/bad flashes/ test software as when I started out with my cappy last year in July. It just works without any of the hiccups. We had actual roms on LAUNCH DAY due to being SO CLOSE to the i9100...

Sent From My KICKASS CM7 AT&T SGS2
[Captivate General] qwertyaas:
I guess it's true and I thought this before. If going for a SGSII, no point not getting the original - especially since soon ports of the International SGSII will be coming around and the Skyrocket might have different HW.

But the HTC is tempting as they usually make really nice phones - and there might be a good amount of Devs and people in general jumping on it after the Inspire.
[Captivate General] ou812bkewl:
Looks like the SGS2LTE has the Exynos 4212 just from comparing hardware specs. The 1.2Ghz version in the regular SGS2 the Exynos 4210. Throw "Exynos 4212" into google search and you'll see some impressive specs. It is supposed to have 30% better power use and 5 times more powerful graphics performance. I'm not an expert, but this is just what I think is under the hood.
[Captivate General] kornklown69:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1319484

Read on the Rogers version Qualcomm
[Captivate General] RockRatt:
Posted by Mr.Junky on other post. http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4124&idPhone2=4130

Only issue I see is that it list the OG SGS2 as still having the FM radio and the pic of the Ltd version is of a i9100 or something with the physical home button.

Sent From My KICKASS CM7 AT&T SGS2
[Captivate General] quarlow:
Once the chipset is officially confirmed exyons vs qualcomm that will be the deciding factor in ROM porting. If the skyrocket has the qualcomm chip, there will be no i9100 ports. The only chance of ports will be the TMo version, which should have very little likelyhood of being any better than the ATT version.

There is a lot of circumstancial evidence pointing to the qualcomm chip, check out the several large threads in the i777 Galaxy S II forum. Most devs chimed in and have said the i777 will be the only us version capable of getting ROM ports from the I9100, because they are so close.

There is no proof yet the Vivid will have an unlocked bootloader when shipped.

If you enjoy flashing ROMs, or want the most selection in ROMs, the i777 OG GS II will likely be your best bet.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[Captivate General] vl221:
Can't decide if I should get SG2 skyrocket or HTC vivid.

I am returning my AT&T SG2 tomorrow.
[Captivate General] jordanpatrick:
Ah, first world troubles. I seriously doubt either phone will disappoint in any showstopping way, with or without a substantial amount of developer support.
[Captivate General] jimmiekain:
Currently I have a Galaxy S II Epic 4g touch on sprint. I will be leaving sprint for multiple reason and going to AT&T to get the HTC Vivid. In my opinion samsung makes better phones but HTC gives you a much better user experience. Here are some pro's and cons of samsung and htc (my opinions are based on my current phone the gs2 and my previous phone the evo)

Samsung beats HTC at:

Screen is better

Camera is better

CPU is faster

Sound on speaker is louder and more clear

HTC beats Samsung at:

Way better widgets

Screen is more sensitive

GPS actually works (gps on samsung phones are always pure failure)

Higher quality plastic

please dont get mad if you disagree this is just my opinion. I will be getting the white vivid and will never get a non htc phone again. :)
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
The normal SGS II is better than the Skyrocket. FYI.
[Captivate General] kangi26:
The one real downer to the SGS II LTE that would probably stop me from getting it is the resolution is 480 x 800 pixels @ 4.5 inches = 207ppi pixel density?? REALLY?! I think the G1 had better than that
[Captivate General] RockRatt:
So the HTC vivid and the SGS2 Lte both have worse processors that the OG SGS2? One with 1.2 snapdragon and the other with 1.5 qualcomm?

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/3/2535251/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-pictures-hands-on-att-lte

Glad I am sticking with the OG SGS2

Sent From My KICKASS CM7 AT&T SGS2
[Captivate General] parcsalooc:
Only downside now w/ the Vivid, is that it is plastic and not the usual aluminum unibody construction. One of the things that always separated HTC from Samsung IMO
[Captivate General] mossination:
Noob question: I don't know much about the new phones coming out but wouldn't the new nexus that's coming out be a greater or just as good choice. Just wondering because I always thought the nexus s had the most dev support and updates since it was a google phone.
[Captivate General] Aus_Azn:
It will, but not everyone is willing to fork over money off-contract; I've heard that they're changing it to allow multiple carriers to subsidize, but still. I am passionately avoiding Samsung devices from now on.
[Captivate General] vl221:
I thought Nexus is exclusive to Verizon in the US. Not much help for the ATT, Tmobile and Spring folks.

What is wrong with Samsung? I have a SG2 but debating if I should get the Vivid or the Skyrocket.

Specs wise it seems like the skyrocket got the Vivid beat.
[Captivate General] Aus_Azn:
WARNING: This post is opinion, and may contain strong assertions based on user bias.

I could care less about the specs. With the quality of the Captivate and its stock software experience, I was dumbfounded at how much tweaking the phone needed to actually perform decently and lag-free, even though the Captivate had top-notch specs (but for some reason, only 340MB of RAM unlike the promised 512MB...Would someone care to explain?). Even when I go back to stock or try TW4 when getting sick of my existing launcher (running decently courtesy of GB), I cannot get used to the interface or some of the strange design decisions made in earlier implementations. Were it not for the XDA community, and me bumbling here as an Android newbie and rooting it on day 1 onto a custom i9000 ROM, the phone would surely have gone back to the store.

In stark contrast, I had gotten the ability to use a bog-standard Inspire 4G for a couple of weeks while my friend was abroad, which had no such setbacks. First off, the phone had a solid build quality, and a working (moreso than the Captivate, at least) GPS. The design of Sense actually made sense; albeit heavy, it created a contiguous user experience that was good-looking, lag-free and genuinely useful. While rooting it (with permission) was a pain, I found absolutely no reason to depart from a stock HTC ROM, pretty much only using backup utilities and SetCPU.

I guess you could just say that my ownership of the Captivate has left a sour taste in my mouth. I don't really even think that I would miss the Super AMOLED had it not been for Supercurio and Voodoo.
[Captivate General] vl221:
Great perspective.

I am really leaning towards the HTC Vivid since it comes in white and got LED notification. Hopefully the Vivid will have good dev support like the SG2.
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
the inspire had 768mb RAM, yet only 640mb usable by you.....

do you think the entire phone runs on unicorn blood and pixie dust? it requires RAM to run the hardware components. you wont see a phone out today that gives you every bit of ram as usable by you. some of it HAS to be reserved by the hardware.

do you think they would sell many devices if it was marketed as having 340mb vs 512mb?
[Captivate General] Aus_Azn:
My point is that the Inspire did not really require too much dev support, since the phone worked out of the box. Sure, it's a good fallback if the experience is not satisfactory, a la the Captivate, but having the device work near-flawlessly out of the box is a huge help.

I see. I was just wondering where it went, since I didn't see people fussing too much about it on HTC boards, while this board was alight with complaints back in the day.
[Captivate General] loganmc10:
I say SGSII, but that's just me, generally a Samsung fan
[Captivate General] quarlow:
After a year on the captivate I too was skeptical to give Samsung another try. I got the Thrill for this reason, great phone, awesome build quality, 3D screen, but terrible battery life, constant Bluetooth woes. I took it back and figured I would give the SGS II a try, knowing there was lots of dev support already, even though the phone had only been out a week (at the time).

All I can say is wow. I went almost a week before rooting, and that was because I wanted to take screen shots before I knew it was built in. GPS locks in places the captivate never could, and fast. I think 4.3" is the perfect size (but I said 4.3" was too big last year, may just need to step up one size at a time). Its thin, and light. Like picking up a brick made of styrofoam. Data speed almost double my captivate. And I literally whooped for glee when I saw there is a built in setting for capacitive button time out, that was just a pet peve.

Now I'm running UnNamed ROM, its basically stock, but with a few tweaks. This phone screams on stock, but the battery life is better on the ROM. I have tried everything I can think of to try to bog this phone down, I can't. No lag, no hesitation, never feel it slows. TMo GS II owners have a much different experience, stuttery, laggy, sluggish. The Skyrocket is the same phone, so expect less that buttery smooth with that phone, plus all the devs have vowed to stay on the i777, so it may be a ghost town in there for a while.

If you are in a LTE area, I can see that or the white vivid as tempting, but unless you are in an LTE area, the i777 is the best phone on att, period. Even in a LTE area, the i777 could easily be argued as the best phone. With the throttling and tethering crackdown, what are you going to do with all the extra speed?

There is like 4 huge threads about this in the i777 forum, check them out. The consensus is i777 > skyrocket or vivid.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[Captivate General] vl221:
I think I might give the Vivid a shot since it seems like there will be more dev compared to the skyrocket.

Plus, I hate Samsung vibration. I just can't stand a 2 second vibration for every notification. I was hoping that the Skyrocket will have the Sprint SG2 notification LED. :mad: