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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Camaros_Kill:
Yea i wish i could do the same but ull notice that you cant play individual levels without updating. Also, if i were you id make a titanium backup before you beat the last boss(if you can :p) because after i beat him all the individual levels were locked again. So i restored from that point and am now going around collecting the bonus cards. i just need 4 and 11 now and im all complete!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Yep, on the Galaxy S II it requires Root, but not for the Transformer.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelduy:
Whoah.. So TF doesn't need root to use ds3!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Camaros_Kill:
just wanted to give a quick update...the 1.04 game update fixed the sixaxis controller lag so its back to perfect, for me at least. I havent played in a while but now im back into it a bit to sharpen my skills and prepare for multiplayer online! Also im still looking for bonus cards 4 and 11 to complete my collection. If anyone knows where to find these let me know as my ocd is killing me. Apparently they arent in order with the levels either, making it that much harder
[Epic 4G General] Fire n mage:
Where's the promised bread of ginger? Not like there's already a million threads up about this or anything.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Who promised it to you at the end of the month? And did you really need to start a new thread on it?
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
What promise? And yes, there are already threads about gingerbread.
[Epic 4G General] djjroc007:
End well this thread will not....
[Epic 4G General] Fire n mage:
Oh nobody promised it this month but they promised we would get it eventually =P, I was bored, apologize making a useless thread. Feel free to delete moderat0rs
[Android Themes] OratioFabulae:
Hi everyone,

Go Launcher EX is pretty popular these days. I would like to make some themes for it.

I already used Go ThemeFactory. It works, but it seems to be unable to change the folder themes. I can edit the .pngs, but somehow, when installing it on my SGS2, the launcher keeps using its default icon for the folder.

I tried a different method as well, downloading a .apk theme and decompressing and compressing it again using Formatter and WinRAR, editing the .pngs manually.

Same problem keeps coming back, the default folder icon.

Downloaded a theme (using pc) that already had it's folder icon themed, installed it on my SGS2. Even those do not work.

The only way the folder icon can be changed is by downloading and installing a theme (including a themed folder) directly from the AndroidMarket.

Go Launcher EX seems to be dominant over the DIY-themes as for the folders.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jay_993:
Would this be the case? I enjoy having good selection of ROMs with different looks :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FISKER_Q:
Can't see why that would be the case, unless you're thinking about Gingerbread roms, which would make no sense.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jay_993:
I know its a dumb question but would htc and samsung etc make phones with no buttons? I believe you can use ics with physical buttons as shown on nexus s.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Well why would you want a Gingerbread ROM ported to the Galaxy Nexus? That's the only way you'd have an issue.

Once custom ROMs are based on 4.0, it'll already have the hooks to run with on-screen buttons and not hardware buttons. That's part of ICS, not just this particular release.

Problem solved...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SomeGuyDude:
Yeah, but all ICS releases will be made for phones with no buttons, unless you're anticipating someone building ROMs on Android 2.3 for some reason.

Any custom ROM that comes out will be ICS based, so there's really no reason to worry. The ONLY one that might be in some trouble at first is MIUI, but I'm sure some intrepid dev out there will fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
I doubt ICS releases will assume phones have no buttons. The emulator in the SDK for ICS is still button-based. I think the ICS base software will be agnostic to the button arrangement, and then vendor-specific hardware drivers will then determine whether virtual buttons or physical buttons are used to interface with the OS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Well of course the emulator will be button based, as you can't touch the screen of your laptop :P

But yes, I get your point. The idea is the manufacturer chooses whether to use buttons or not. I think they'd be stupid to include buttons though, when the soft buttons will obviously make the experience much better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfspider:
ICS will work if you have or don't have physical buttons.

http://gizmodo.com/5853298/will-your-android-phones-buttons-still-work-with-ice-cream-sandwich
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I think the focus is ports such as MIUI... but either they'll include the hooks for the buttons or 3rd party controls... or custom launchers like the ICS launchers we have now.

Not to worry

G2x - 2.3.7 CM7

Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
You didn't really think through your point...

If you can't simulate touchscreen input on the emulator, how are you going to perform all those touch-based actions in Android on the emulator? Did you think that on the emulator, you press buttons to do everything?

The answer is that with the emulator, you use mouse presses to simulate touchscreen input. Which means that, if the softkeys are a standard, always-present part of ICS, then in the emulator for ICS those softkeys would be on the screen. However they are not, which means ICS works just fine with hardware buttons, and hides the softkeys when they are present.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I was making a joke about it. Easy tiger.

They're just simply running 4.0 in the old emulator so the emulator interface is the same whether you're running a 2.3 or 4.0 AVD.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
I thought you might have been making a joke, so I wasn't overly critical, but tone doesn't come across well over the web...

Sure, they reused the old emulator interface. But that already tells you everything you need to know. If ICS doesn't work with physical buttons, then they would either need to revamp the emulator, disable the physical buttons and put on-screen buttons on the emulator display, or just leave the physical buttons there, but they would do nothing and on-screen buttons would be displayed. The fact that the emulator works without change, already tells you that ICS supports physical buttons and can hide the on-screen buttons when they are not needed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Oh I'm 100% sure ICS is set up to work with either on-screen or hardware buttons. Its pretty well exemplified by the SDK ports of ICS running just fine on a Nexus S with hardware buttons, and the fact that manufacturers are saying old phones (pre GN) are getting ICS upgrades. I think Goog would be stupid to make it only work on all-screen phones.

All I was saying is that I think manufacturers would be dumb to make new phones with hardware buttons and ICS, as the software buttons work so much better. Just as we saw with honeycomb, a few tablets used a hardware home key or something like that, but most just used on-screen buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lil Jones:
Most likely we will see more phones with hardware based buttons in the future. The button-less design will be standard for high-end phones but on the smaller phones with smaller screens where the size of software buttons will take up to much space. I think that the option to use hardware buttons will stay as an options for years to come.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
How exactly do software buttons work better? I would much prefer hardware buttons with real tactile feedback because it's much harder to accidentally press them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FISKER_Q:
Well for one they're dynamic, meaning they can adapt to whatever changes in lighting, orientation, etc.

They can also be changed after the fact, for example if Google decides that there should be a search button instead of, or in addition to, the button(s), then they will adapt it on the software side.

Failure of the buttons is also dependant on the touch sensor failing, and not just wear and tear from the user, i know the trackball on my Nexus One was becoming increasingly frustrating because of that.

Lastly as for the con that it's easier to accidentally press, i disagree. I can't speak for Google's implementation, but there are a variety of software options to prevent stuff like that from happening.

For example the already existing capacative buttons cannot be activated unless you actually click on them, or atleast that's how it is on my phone, yes the touch required is otherwise light, but could likewise be adjusted in the software.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
There are no advantages to this. If you have hardware buttons with real tactile feedback, you can press them in your pocket without looking at it. You don't need fancy virtual buttons that change icons and dim, all you need are real, physical buttons.

While this is a potential pro, the chances of this happening are slim to none. For this to work, Android would have to truly do away with physical buttons and make software buttons an integral part of the platform. Physical buttons and virtual buttons remain viable options for the platform, which means that the platform can't make changes to the button specification at will.

I'd like to see some statistics to back up the claim that physical buttons fail before touchscreens do.

Touchpanel makers have been trying for years to master the technology to prevent accidental presses, but none of them work as well as a real button that you have to depress to activate. I think if you were honest with yourself you'd agree with this, any reasonable person would.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Not sure if you're thinking this through. When you remove the hardware buttons, the screen gets larger. The net real-estate you have for screen+buttons stays the same, but now the buttons can change/move.

When you don't need the buttons (games, videos, camera, etc.) they go away. Leaving you with MORE screen then you had before.

Software buttons can dynamically change. They get brighter or dimmer with the screen, they rotate with the phone, and the buttons can change (add or remove menu button for legacy apps) depending on where in the OS you are.

Not to mention that with ICS software buttons, the positioning is standardized. No more rearranging of the buttons from android device to android device and manufacturer to manufacturer.

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why do you need to press the home/menu/back/search buttons on your phone in your pocket?

Its pretty clear that ICS is moving Android towards a buttonless design. When the Nexus comes out with no physical buttons, I think they're sending a pretty serious message about what they want manufacturers to do and what Google sees as the future of Android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No, we didn't establish anything. You established that you think the phone

needs

a 2nd static button. And why? Because you're worried about malware taking over the buttons? You can write a malicious app now that disables your hardware home button (or any other button, for that matter) too. How is that ANY different? Just because its hardware doesn't mean that it doesn't link to software at some point. If you think about it, Android already has software buttons, they're just linked to hardware switches on the front of the phone....

No, android actually hasn't realized the necessity for at least 2 buttons. Its actually quite the opposite. They've gone from wanting 5 static buttons, to ICS+Galaxy Nexus only having 1, the power button. The home button will always be in the same place when you need it, it is just able to disappear in full-screen apps to allow them to use the full real estate of the phone's front panel (and not just movies. Books, games, web pages, etc.).

You make it sound like because the software buttons are able to rotate with the phone or fade out during watching a movie or reading a book that they won't come back when you need them

in the exact same spot

when you're done with the full-screen task. It is just as easy for a user to remember where a software button is as it is to know where a hardware button is. Software just brings more consistency across the platform, where software buttons will always be in the same spot.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cwecker:
I can't get the theos 1262 to install in my Bionic...any advice? It shows "Download Unsuccessful" every time...tried it with wifi and without...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] agentfazexx:
Article: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...apkudo-can-run-it-through-nearly-300-devices/

For all the app dev's out there. This one's for you.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
So about the whole Honeycomb issue where it disables the physical buttons. I was playing with Lenovo's Thinkpad tablet and noticed that, in fact, it has physical buttons in Honeycomb just fine. They feel good and the fact that they are both on the screen and in physical form doesn't seem to be an issue, besides it being a little redundant. Anyone else noticed this?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
Honeycomb, the OS doesn't disable anything, HTC made that decision on their beta HC. What are you asking? The Acer tablets running Honeycomb have physical home buttons. The A100s home button was redundant and really annoying due to placement. I wish they had left it off.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
I'm not asking anything. There was some speculation on the physical buttons being incompatible with HC entirely. Clearly that's not true. That's all.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] globatron:
I think you misunderstood, what was being speculated on was whether it would be allowed to get rid of the on screen buttons and only have the capacitive buttons because the on-screen ones take up space on our smaller screen. If the answer to that is no, then I probably would have made the same choice as htc did in the beta if it was up to me.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
That's a good point...
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
Sorry I misunderstood your post. GlobalTron is right, the notification bar buttons are an intrinsic part of the Honeycomb OS. It is possible to hide the entire bar however, some apps that require full screen display invoke this feature.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] globatron:
I meant permitted, in terms or the normal UI, hiding within an app may possibly be different.
[HTC EVO 3D] ilya.finkel:
hi,

i just got my new HTC Evo 3D (gsm). (bought in china)

can someone please explain me step by step from the beginning (or give me a link) what are the operations i need to do, to replace the original rom to a new one.

and if you have a recommendation for a good rom that supports hebrew (right to left writing), i'll be very grateful.

thanks allot.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
I thought China used CDMA? If not, and you really do have a GSM, go to the GSM EVO3D dev section. There should be some guides in there.
[HTC EVO 3D] Nigeria2u:
You must first root your phone. Follow this guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1248231

or check the Evo 3D GSM android development thread for other options.
[Milestone 2 General] viiniq:
So a couple days ago I installed MIUI to my phone. Everything went great, it booted successfully and worked for 2 days or so, until i accidentally let the battery die (not sure if this is related to the problem or not). Since this day, it wont charge or turn on while connected to the wall. When it is connected to the wall, it starts the screen and show a big battery with a question mark inside. I tried a friends battery and it gets stuck at the M logo. The only thing i can access now is the stock recovery screen. Any ideas on how to solve this? Thanks
[Milestone 2 General] c0nvict:
1.Download RSD Lite

2.Download the stock .sbf file for your device

3.Use your friends battery and boot into bootloader by holding Power+Volume Down+Camera button

4.Open RSD Lite, choose the .sbf file you downloaded, connect your phone to pc with usb cable and flash it.

If your pc doesn't reckognize your phone, you'll have to download and install the latest motorola milestone 2 usb drivers.
[Milestone 2 General] viiniq:
Ok. So i tried to apply the sbf file, but as soon as the process starts, RSDLite says under the status area "Phone[0000]:Creating Image File." and it wont get thru this. Any ideas?
[Milestone 2 General] Anonymous_:
Maybe try sbf_flash on linux?
[Milestone 2 General] viiniq:
Will the sbf_flash work the same on the mac? Or should they work differently on mac and linux? I tried it earlier today and i got stuck at some part i cant remember...I'll recharge the battery with a universal charger that i found (cause it's saying its too low to program) and try it again tomorrow, so i just wanna be sure that i can do it on the mac...

Thanks :D
[Milestone 2 General] Anonymous_:
It should work same way. OS X version is just port from the linux version.
[Milestone 2 General] ZolaSlo:
You have to run RSDlite as an administrator. Right click on RSD.exe or RSDlite.exe not shure what's the exe file named and Run as administrator.

br Zola
[Milestone 2 General] skygunner:
having the same problem

after flashed MIUI/CM7

the battery died then the phone cant boot to desktop

tried RSD Lite, flash failed lol
[Milestone 2 General] viiniq:
Tried to run RSD as administrator. Still stuck at the same point.

Tried sbf_flash, stuck at 'waiting for phone:'.

I'll try to download the sbf file again, just in case it is corrupted.

Any other ideas?

PS.: I'm running rsd on VMWare, could this be the problem??
[Milestone 2 General] Anonymous_:
Dunno how exactly works USB bridge in VMWare, but rsd on pure (not virtualised) system is worth a try. Also - are you sure, your battery is charged? I know, that if your phone can't boot, the battery will not charge via USB - you should use universal charger or somebody here recommended (and successfully repaired MS2 this way) put contacts directly on the battery to charge it little (just for RSD flash).
[Milestone 2 General] viiniq:
I charged it on a charger that you put the battery directly into the contacts. I'm sure that it is charged cause 1) the led display on the charger says so and 2) when i get to bootloader mode to apply sbf, it says 'Battery OK / OK to program' , and before i charged it, it would say: "battery too low, cant program", or something like that.

I'll try to get a windows pc and try to apply the sbf
[Milestone 2 General] viiniq:
Thank you guys.

I was trying to flash it with a sbf that was on a pendrive. All i did was transfer the file to the HD and flashed it via RSDLite, using VMWare.

Now my phone is working again.

Thank you very much to everyone that helped me :D
[Android Apps and Games] razorlocker:
Hi

Me and my friend made a simple Reaction-time testing game for Android.

Idea in the game is just touch the buttons in the same order as they show up.

There are 3 different speed levels and you can also submit your score to Online.

I would really appreciate if you guys could try this and post here some feedback :)

You can find it from android market with name: SpeedClicker

Thanks to all participators!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
please see these 2 attached photo

i was able to change the first , when status bar is not shown up

but when i slide it down , the single icon and others such as WIFI remains default

how am i supposed to do to change it ?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w98seeng:
I have an I9000M that I have had since September 2010 and the GPS has never worked with the stock Bell software (except JL2, it worked but only just).

When I put European firmware on it, the GPS works fine.

Why is this? What about the European firmware is it that makes the GPS work and why can't Samsung/Bell put it in their firmware?

Thanks,

Ian
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cantIntoCode:
Probably due to a few things. For one the modem that comes supplied with the firmware could be bad and/or the gps files themselves inside the ROM are faulty. Things have got slightly better on the GPS front with the newer firmware however I doubt the GPS will ever be 100% functional.
[Droid Eris General] WhistlingDog:
Hi all,

I'll be eligible for an upgrade in a couple of weeks, and while my Eris running GSB has been great fun, I am ready for something that's faster, has more memory and a better screen. My wife has a DInc and I like it--excellent screen, a nice size--not too small, nor too large--and the browser is so much faster than on my Eris.

Therefore, I'm thinking about the DInc2, which adds in the ability to run a SIM when traveling outside the US as a nice perk. While Sense is attractive, I'll probly want to root it soon, both to de-bloat it and find a custom ROM that suits me.

So what current Vzw phones are you considering as a step-up after your Eris? Is 4g really valuable, if you're not streaming music or movies (I don't)? And does 4g suck battery and bandwidth (I'm hoping to keep my legacy unlimited data plan but don't know yet how that will work out). I'm not sure I like some of the newer humongous-sized phones, so a middle-sized device feels the best compromise.

Suggestions?

Thx in advance...
[Droid Eris General] Citi:
I will be getting the Galaxy Nexus once it is released
[Droid Eris General] cdkizzle:
Either the Galaxy Nexus or Droid Razr perhaps unless Razr ships with locked bootloader.
[Droid Eris General] dbnaruto:
I'm upgrading to the Galaxy Nexus in December, and I too am on a legacy unlimited plan. To the best of my knowledge we can upgrade to a 4G phone without loosing it, but I will probably have 4G off most of the time to save battery. I have wanted a Nexus on Verizon since the Nexis One and it is a huge upgrade over this phone (but I will always love my little Eris) so that is what I plan to get :D

As for the Droid Incredible 2, it would be a solid phone and nice upgrade, but you would be buying yesteryear's technology. But it would be better than no upgrade at all. Good Luck

P.S. Be sure to check out the dev community around any phone you are thinking about, the Nexus family usually has a large one but I don't know about the Droid Inc. 2
[Droid Eris General] Citi:
It does :mad:

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/1...ons-droid-razr-will-have-a-locked-bootloader/
[Droid Eris General] Stonent:
I'm down to the revolution, dx2, and the stratosphere.

Previously the fascinate but I've found other phones that are free.

I made a spreadsheet of my comparisons of free phones (either from BBY, TigerDirect or Wirefly)

I threw the charge in there just for comparison. I've seen it for $99
[Droid Eris General] ferrocene:
Galaxy s2. Screw verizon and their crappy phones.
[Droid Eris General] Decon1:
I'm about to "do this".

;)The info here specifically the spreadsheet is invaluable. Thanks!

Stratosphere here. I really don't want the slide-out but...the phone has everything else.

They better not take away my legacy unlimited plan ;)

I let you know, I'm probably going through Wirefly!

D
[Droid Eris General] thcbytes:
I love my Eris. But gave it to my daughter and upgraded to the Dinc2. I like the not too large footprint. Rooted easily. Great battery life. And a reasonable price.
[Droid Eris General] TheXev:
I'll take some flames here and say the HTC Trophy 7:3

The Eris was the first and the last Android phone I will ever have. Only downside is the Trophy can't tether at this point, so I keep the Eris around only for tethering.
[Droid Eris General] scouter68:
Down to one

Well this weekend I couldn't pass up the deal on the red DInc2. I upgraded my wife to one for free!! Soon we will have no Eris's in the house, I just need for the Galaxy Nexus to come out.
[Droid Eris General] neederishelp:
I think I'm gonna go try to upgrade early, so I can get the nexus and finally have a non cracked screen