yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G General] treehumper:
How is it insurance fraud? The BBY Black Tie plan is in no way any sort of insurance. It's a paid service offered by the company, nothing more.

It's the company's plan policy to accept the phone regardless of damage and if it cannot be repaired under the cost of replacing the phone then they repair it, otherwise it's replaced. Technically speaking, they shouldn't care as long as you've been paying for the plan. I've had it and dropped it in a toilet, subsequently frying the phone, told them that and they replaced it with a working refurb (after sending it off and their repair shop saying it the damage was irreparable). I've taken a phone in with "short battery life" and they've sent me a brand new one since they were out of refurbs.

Edit: Quite simply, it's the best phone replacement plan around... and it has no deductibles. I'd rather pay BBY $10 a month and guarantee that I got my phone replaced at no extra charge than pay AT&T $7 a month or whatever it is and still have to pay a deductible.
[Atrix 4G General] jaketc:
Waiting for 3 weeks to be told your smartphone isn't repairable, while they give u a flip phone and take off your data plans, that they can never set up correctly again...... I tried it 1 time. Ill take the deductible and 2 day turn around on phone replacement any day. BB black tie was a waste of my time and an insult.
[Atrix 4G General] indieman91:
Black tie is the best! They don't technically have refurbished phone. Its more like refreshed so their not giving you a toilet phone. Plus it doest matter if your phone is rooted unlocked bl or whatever. Plans still covers it.
[Atrix 4G General] dhf9*&Dh884jdk:
Thanks for the advice! :)

From what I hear their plan allows you to upgrade your phone if it's broken and just pay the difference in price. The Atrix 2 for $50 looks nice but like the Atrix it'll probably be months before the bootloader is unlocked and developers really start working on it. The Galaxy Nexus would be perfect it it wasn'ti so big and the Galaxy S II is really nice but it's too expensive. The Captivate Glide looks nice and is supposed to come out sometime this year, I'm going to wait a bit.

Btw kenn, I don't see this as insurance fraud, my phone is already messed up, I just want to get a new one instead of having mine "fixed" and keep my current battery.
[Android Apps and Games] voku1987:
Hi, I have compiled an optimized Gallery3D-app for my good old Samsung Spica (Android 2.2.2) and possibly it's running on other devices, too ;) ... so I'd appreciate your feedback ...

Download (current version in my blog-post): suckup.de/linux/android/optimierte-gallery3d-app-fuer-android-froyo/

Sources: github.com/voku/android_packages_apps_Gallery3D/

Changelog:

* Gingerbread-Sources (Android 2.3)

* disabled dithering

* disabled dynamic background

* fixes / updates
[Android Apps and Games] eoghan2t7:
Just tried it the font looks blurred abit and it wont load the thumbnails for me

LG gt540 cm7
[Android Apps and Games] Pinak.ahuja:
works pretty good on my galaxy 3 except for the blurred font.
[Android Apps and Games] dyetheskin:
nice try but I'll stick with quickpic
[Motorola Droid 3] johnniekombat:
Hello Everyone. I am a long time Android User, new to rooting.

Before I get too deep in this I had a general question....

I have a Droid 3 that I am finding to be slow compared to my stock Google Nexus One. I really enjoy the qwerty keyboard and don't want to go back to my Nexus, However the lag in the contacts autofill indexing and email autofill indexing is Killing Me.

I run my email, calendar, and contacts etc through the gmail/ google apps platform and REALLY want to get the speed I had with my Nexus One on my Droid3.

What would you recommend?

How can I speed this thing up and still have a very reliable phone?

I also need to be able to use the following features (which work now):

wifi hotspot

tethering

hdmi out

bluetooth

calendar

Thank you so much for any insight you can provide. I am really impressed with the knowledge base on this forum.

Much Appreciated.
[Motorola Droid 3] gbarayah:
I am by no means an expert in Android devices but can definitely tell you that the 'slow down' you are experiencing is due largely in part to the poor ROM/Skin that is built onto the phone by Motorola and Verizon.

I would recommend rooting and trying out one of the custom ROM's in the Android Development section.

I have an XT860 so there are no ROMs really available at this point but from my experience with my HTC Desire Z, there was a night and day difference in speed and usability of the phone after I rooted it and began using custom ROMS.

For the Droid 3, 'Steel Droid' seems to be a very popular ROM, but again I don't have any direct experience with it because its not compatible with the XT860 (Canadian GSM variant of the D3)

Hope that helped a bit...
[Motorola Droid 3] jellman:
i use steal droid its great. renaming your bloat to .bak will speed up your d3. if you do use steel droid just flash dlna back.
[Motorola Droid 3] johnniekombat:
I am reasonably intelligent person, confident with technology, but am finding it difficult to make sense of many of the posts because of the jargon.

Is there a cliff notes version on how to do this?

I rooted my phone with the 1 click root.

I have also installed Droid3 Bootstrapper (but I dont know what it does?)

I believe this helps me build a backup in case the ROM fails?

Where do I go from here?

Thank you!
[Motorola Droid 3] jellman:
its also for flashing roms in the form of .zips
[Motorola Droid 3] gbarayah:
Check out this thread in the development section, it is for Steel Droid specifically but in the first post, just after the changelog, he gives pretty good instructions on how to flash the ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1278056
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Be like me my friend. Just start searching around the xda forums, on google, rootzwiki, etc. Start absorbing information. I started with a normal Droid 3, and within 3 or 4 days, I found out just about everything I needed to know. You are correct about bootstrap, and it also allows you to install system files, theme files, kernel files, etc.
[Motorola Droid 3] Androidsims:
I would recommend Liberty. It's mostly AOSP (Android Open Source Project) which means it's not bogged down by Motocrap. It flies, you can still have some blur elements and I have not experienced a single bug.
[Motorola Droid 3] The-Captain:
U need to root, install custom recovery, then I recommend installing a stock android rom from the android development section. Also try SetCPU to raise your processing power. But as said, the speed is mosly do to bloatware. You can also remove these without installing a rom, using root unistaller( must find of internet). Must be rooted though.

Please thank me if I helped.
[Motorola Droid 3] kern417:
Just my 2 cents, contrary to others I won't necessarily recommend flashing a CUSTOM Rom. But definitely update to the 5.6.890 to see an increase in battery life and performance, and root your phone so you can debloat.

I have seen no real improvement between custom ROMs besides the themes and user experience. however if you are satisfied with how your phone is running and have required apps you need to work, i'd just debloat the stock ROM yourself. it will be a lot faster with the bloatware frozen using an app like titanium backup. a lot of the custom ROMs end up having bugs, especially Liberty seemed to be causing trouble for some folks before the update. but basically all the speed improvements people are seeing is from the apps removed from running in the background that you don't need, so do that and youre good to go.
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
CHECK THIS OUT http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238472 THEN USE THIS http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1192795.html TO DELETE THE REST THAT THE FIRST DOESNT COVER. I KNOW THE SECOND IS FOR A DIFFERENT PHONE BUT DONT WORRY IT IDENTICAL. I PERSONALLY DELETED THEM. AFTER I CLLEANED UP DAVLIK CACHE AND MY PHONE FLIES ON STOCK ROM.

THEN DO YOUR SELF A FAVOR AND MAKE YOUR CAMERA BETTER WITH THESE SIMPLE THINGS. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1271927&page=2, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1326101
[Motorola Droid 3] Seirÿu:
What settings have you done in SetCPU??

I was having major issues with SetCPU when I originally set it up...

This was also when the phone just got rooted too though...
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
I thought we needed a modded kernel to do any CPU clocking things...?
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
Set cpu will only allow you to underclock and change governor. I would only suggest switching the governor to performance, which beware will drain your battery faster, because its reported that other than stock governor and performance cause phone to act goofy.

Cannot overclock yet, we may not be ever be able to because **** bootloader locking.
[Motorola Droid 3] johnniekombat:
Just Froze most of the bloat ware using the free Bloat Freezer in the market and am already experiencing improved performance!!! Thank you all so much!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Monu123:
Hi All,

I am using galaxy s for quite a while and now looking for a upgrade, but really confused as there are so many phones in this category now.

Please suggest best upgrade, preferably either from Samsung family or HTC.

Thanks...!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
I'm a little biased towards Samsung because I am not a fan of battery life on HTC phones (just my opinion).

So for Samsung, I'd recommend either a SGSII or a Galaxy Nexus. Those are the only real Samsung phones available now as an upgrade over the OG SGS...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] upichie:
I would have to agree. If you enjoyed the SGS, I would definitely suggest the SGS2—for obvious reasons.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eallan:
Looks lie in have a stuck pixel in the middle :(

Hard to see. Anyone else?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Prozac69:
Nope. Just you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eallan:
Doubt that. Thanks though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JannisLouw:
Also got one in the top left of the screen (aftewr having the phone for only 2 weeks!). Will be taking it in for exchange or repair shortly. It's so small the service center might have trouble seeing it but I know it is there and I find it very annoying! This is not a cheap phone and I expect it to be perfect as I plan to be using it for the next year or 2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eallan:
Agree completely, Ive owned like 10 phones this year and this is my first dead pixel. Bad luck.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ankydu:
I have also one stuck white pixel visible only on grey background on close inspection.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alexd83:
Same for me
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] echandan7:
me too

found some companions ...

i also have one which is visible only on close view (actually very close view) and that to on only grey background... :sad: :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DMax99:
wow...sad to see another one...which version is yours?

Mine was a Polish
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ankydu:
Is it in the bottom half or top half?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rhn:
Had one dead pixel as well. Just beleow the clock in the status bar(top right). It was visible only on dark-ish backgrounds. Have given the phone for replacement, hope the new one i get will have a perfect screen :\
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mazerB:
Mine has two dead spots , one in the middle one around second row of keyboard.but I guessI am keeping my own as I barely feel them,I don't know even next would be perfect but anyways still this is the best gadget I ever owned.

Btw mine is Polish too.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] martcerv:
None here, my screen doesn't seem to have any issues that are hardware related
[LG Optimus 2x] HD2MAX:
Hi

I'm trying the mod for external sd to internal but am having problems with usb mode not working properly

someone has made ​​this mod and that work properly on v20l with usb mode?

Cheers
[LG Optimus 2x] orlox:
I am trying right now LoL. Its funny how we post this almost the same time. I have made to swap the sdcards with a hard way but as soon as I mount and umount to the pc its lost :P
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommyguns818:
When i went to do a clean wipe, i downloaded the latest gapps-gb-20110828 and noticed that in recovery that it said it was for android 2.3.5? is there a 2.3.7 gapps out there? i tried searching for it and no luck. thxs
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
Alright, guys. I got the lock I was looking for. Thanks to those who helped me with it. :)
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
Bump!

+10Char
[Android Themes] N-Forced:
If you can wait till tomorrow I can help you out.
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
IDK IF I CAN.

Thank you.
[Android Themes] HarlanPepper0010:
Almost done with the music controls... so far so good?

Do the chickens have large talons?
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
Thank you for working on this, first of all.

Secondly, I might like them better if they were above the unlock bar. If that's not too hard. D;
[Android Themes] HarlanPepper0010:
No worries I will continue working...

Do the chickens have large talons?
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
Much appreciated.
[Android Themes] HarlanPepper0010:
How bout now??

Do the chickens have large talons?
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
Looks good!

Are you working on the notification thing too or just the music.

Thanks again.
[Android Themes] HarlanPepper0010:
Unfortunately, have to work in the morning here is the .mtz file for now if someone beats me to the notifications they are welcome to it. I will check it out in the morning.... :0)

http://db.tt/nyWJXrro

Do the chickens have large talons?
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
Thanks! : ]
[Android Themes] mikep99:
try this....
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
Thank you for working on this.

I noticed a couple of little things. I'm attaching a screenie to show.

With the music controls, the buttons kinda overlapping the text bar, and the play button covers the song title.

With the notifications, is there any way you could make it to where when I get a notification, its always the topmost 'layer.' Like with the texts, there's the clock, then a space, then the notification. If you want, you can switch the calls and SMS layer, because I get texts more often than calls. (Hope that makes sense)

Say, I get a text, I want the notification to be right under the clock.

Same with a call. But if I get both calls and texts, they can stack (like the original lock looks)

Thank you again.
[Android Themes] mikep99:
I know what you mean about stacking the notifications and I've been thinking about this when I get a spare few minutes in work. I've not found a solution yet....

I'd like to know how it could be done.

re: Music controls, I'll leave that to HarlanPepper, I'm not up on Music controls I'm afraid.
[Android Themes] picard666:
maybe you have to include visibility tags in the coordinates (eg. y="200+(#visibility.sms_bar*10)")

but i don't have now the time to test it myself, and i don't know if it would even work (it should, but who knows)
[Android Themes] HarlanPepper0010:
Going into a meeting right now. Will fix the overlap in a bit.

Do the chickens have large talons?
[Android Themes] mikep99:
Where would I find a full list of variables available to use when messing with the xml for the lockscreen?

I've googled but cant seem to find anything :(
[Android Themes] picard666:
here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1146200

miui lockscreen manifest by pomenx, the dev behind miui ls system
[Android Themes] Fun With Drugs:
Thanks for all the help, guys.

If I knew how to do any of this, I would edit it myself.

Watching Zee's tutorial was confusing and I don't understand xml and stuff.

Luckily people in this forum

do

, so.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] XxsydenxX:
Hey there, i have a nexus S 4G, im aware what im trying is a tiny SDK port, however when it comes down to it, ICS is ugly. Just so very ugly. I understand why it would appeal to minimalist perhaps but i mean when it comes down to it the icons have regressed into something that looks vanilla. Who makes a menu dark greyish blue and then has a contacts application with BABY blue and pure white in the background. When i used to click on peoples icons i would get intuitive popup menus leading to a list of contact methods I.E. Phone, SMS, Facebook, Gmail... now i get this light blue pop up with a picture and some low quality icons that look as though they have been made by baboons. ICS in the theme department is no doubt a regression from Gingerbread, then when i go to phone i get a black background..Where is the consistency?....Where is... everything looks bulky, like they made it friendly for the use of 70 year old people with cataracts... on a good note the hardware acceleration is nice, i like how smoothly all the application run..and how the new browsers functions when scroling..actually scrolling in everything is nice now. Again lack of any consistency when in the phone app on the keypad..diagonal 2 tone lines with thin blue text..i look at it and nearly vomit because my eyes cant focus...definet regression. If this is the future of android..i dont want it...Sorry guys, just wanted to speak my mind.

Edit: After using it for about a day, it's grown on me a bit, but it still needs some polishing in the theme department. I mean it's like they could make up there minds of what color trend to stick with. White and baby blue or blue gray with black. Please google, bring back some consistency. Everything else is nice. Digging the new SMS , I imagine it will look good black. can't wait for cyanogen to have a crack at it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] XxsydenxX:
Didn't know this was a graded assignment. :P You really shouldn't flame people for there opinions, Brochacho.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mtmerrick:
QFT. you're running a buggy SDK port of somehting that hasn't been released yet. and guess what?

that's what CUSTOM LAUNCHERS are for. you don't like something in android, you can CHANGE IT.

I think vanilla ICA is beautiful, but if you don't, well, go buy an HTC phone. or get ADW. i really don't care. stop hatin'. you're the minority.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cl8rs:
Wow, you guys, its HIS opinion. If you don't agree with him, its not the end of the world. Honestly, I agree, it isn't very good looking at all. Just my 2 cents...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zelendel:
Agreed. It is his/her opinion and they have the right to it. And I for one agree with it. It is ugly but then I have not seen many stock android themes that weren't. As for being in the minority there I think your wrong. Look at how many custom themes there are for android. Only a small percentage stay on a stock theme.

Either way everyone has the right to what they think and should not and will not be flamed for it.

Nuff said
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hp420:
man, I don't know what you are on....I think the ICS theme is the nicest one so far!! Honestly, none of the stock vanilla android themes are pretty or aesthetically pleasing!! Froyo was just flat-out ass-ugly, imho!! At least they started trying to make it more intuitive and they are adding features that people are asking for....like the data monitor that can be broken down app-by-app....I love that!!! I now have unlimited data with sprint, but when I had at&t I can't count how many times I had screaming matches with customer service about my data usage!!

Like people said above....this is why apps like adw & launcher plus are around....use 'em!! They have hundreds of themes each :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] XxsydenxX:
View my first post for an update.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mtmerrick:
hence, why i always advocate, try before you troll ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SWGlickman:
"Eye Sore"

I'm not a fan of most of the changes either. DevBeat has an interview with Matias Duarte, where he discusses his reasoning, but I don't agree with some of it. I don't care that the phone and media apps are dark because they pop, and the Google apps are light to better match the web apps. IMO, they're all phone apps. They're installed on my phone (many of them preinstalled), they should be consistent.

venturebeat. com/2011/10/26/ice-cream-sandwich-design/

Out of boredom (and a most-likely misguided sense that I know better than Google) I started redesigning everything and posting it to my blog. I'd appreciate feedback.

swglickman80.blogspot .com/2011/10/android-40-ice-cream-sandwich.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maxmax0:
Well my initial response was quite negative also, but as you say, as time goes by you get used to it. Overall I believe it is quite an improvement over 2.x, and the dark themes and dark live wallpapers (eg bubbles) will look awesome on amoled screens.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dllm1679:
i installed the egl driver , but the msaa option is still greyed out.

i wonder if the vibrant gpu actually supports antialiasing

are there any vibrant users who can enable msaa in chainfire3d?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myunitisz:
this might be a little crazy and I hope there some car guys here that can help me this. This has been on my mind for a while and I was wondering how it would be do and how hard? I want to mount a 7inch Android tablet in my dashboard. Take out the radio and in place a tab. sound crazy doesn't in.

What cables would I need? Would tthe LCD mess up in the winter? It would be for a 2008 honda crv.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melvinchng:
Why don't you buy a tablet dock to put it in your car? It won't hurt at the first place.

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myunitisz:
ya i know i could do that but i want it in the dashboard...its just cooler that way lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myunitisz:
what if i get like a OEM dock for a tablet mount that in my dashbaord have it be able to easily put in my tablet and take out my tablet...hmm

maybe something like this

http://www.google.com/products/cata...a=X&ei=eWGzTt2ZC6Lm0QH8mpW-BA&ved=0CGIQ8wIwAA
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myunitisz:
Bump?
[LG Optimus 2x] orlox:
No matter I have tryed the new vold.fstab wont let me mount nand and microsd at the same time as internal and external sd.

If I mount microsd to /sdcard nand wont mount at /sdcard/_externalsd

Any thoughts or solutions?
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
Can you attach the vold.fstab and the build.prop please?
[LG Optimus 2x] orlox:
here are both

The only thing I managed to do is either bootloops or manually swap them by umount and mount but that breaks as soos as you connect it and munt it to pc.
[LG Optimus 2x] davjan:
here is mine , working on v20L

internal is now in sdcard/_ExternalSD

and

external is now sdcard

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35450501/vold.fstab
[LG Optimus 2x] HD2MAX:
Nope the same problem with usb mode, I did some tests but I have not gotten it to work properly usb mode

The problem is that instead of mount the extsd, is unmounting when active usb lol

to see if we can get it to work properly, I have tried a few things but no luck for now
[LG Optimus 2x] bitdomo:
Is this change require root acces?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Global Swag:
I have owned my Atrix 2 for around a week now and im very satisfied with it.

The only issue im seeing is that ALOT of the best games (modern combat, nova, asphalt 6) etc. Are not compatible with this phone.

Is this just because its new and the devs will update their games for it? Or would i have to install a different ROM or something? Answers are appreciated.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Gadgetz:
I think it has something to do with the cpu/gpu not being compatible with tegra 2 based games.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Global Swag:
Wow. That sucks. So ill never be able to play Modern Combat or anything even if i installed a different ROM? Sorry, i'm new to Android.