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[HTC Sensation XL] Mico25:
I'm really shocked here,

Today I read the Phonearena review on this device ( HTC Sensation XL ) and to my surprise, the review was really bad. The reviewer claim the 8mp camera is very weak compared to Htc Sensation XE, even with better lens and sensor?!? How can it be? Moreover, the reviewer showed that the 720p camcorder is even weaker than image quality, and I'm really pissed off by that.

Can anyone who has a Htc Sensation Xl confirm this claims? Now I am in a real dilemma here, because I love this phone, and I can overlook the fact is has inferior resolution and no micro Sd Slot, but if the Camera and Camcorder is weaker than the Sensation Xe counterpart, I'm think I will swap in favor of the second.

Please check the review from PhoneArena and help me sort this out!!! Anyone!

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] retskrad:
Do you think Google will make Ice Cream Sandwich even smoother? As far as I can tell, ICS doesn't have FULL GPU acceleration. It's the same with Honeycomb. How come WP7 has 100% fluid in scrolling everywhere in the OS and Google cant even put it in one place?

I have proof:

- The multitasking menu is NO WAY gpu-accelerated

- The browser is much much smoother than Gingerbread, but not fully silky smooth as iOS/WP7

-The Gallery where you swiped images left to right, it's not SILKY SMOOTH like iOS/WP7

-Swiping homescreens when having Live wallpapers

-Android market , I have never seen something this bad EVER

ICS is a great improvement in smoothness, but there are still very very small lagg here and there. I wonder if Google will put on a full GPU-Acceleration in the final build of ICS?

I love Android and I love my galaxy S, I would never support Microsoft/Apple, but I'm just confused what the problem is with Google: It's the same with their Chrome browser, there's GPU-acceleration but not fully. Do you understand the pattern here?

And I'm really bothered, because Galaxy Nexus is a nexus device and it's supposed to be very optimized with the hardware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] disclaimernotice:
Gingerbread is rather laggy to me, but froyo 2.2.1 was extremely smooth with no lags at all. It's all due to ram consumption.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
how do you know that there isn't "full" GPU acceleration? You don't even seem to understand what that means

ICS isn't out yet anyway so how can you say it's not smooth?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] narenback:
Exactly, Google are saying that it will be fully accelerated. What kind of proof do you got??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Herman76:
If what you have tried is the i9000 with the ported SDK ICS ROM, I doubt it is very optimized and fully taking advantage of the GPU.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Adriaaaaan:
ICS is fully hardware accellerated, its in the documentation and it is a system hardware requirement to be able use the os.

End of...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ctcng:
Well, I guess being hardware-accelerated doesn't necessarily mean it was implemented well-enough to offer silky smooth performance.

I believe Google implemented it in an higher-abstraction level, but it's not responsible for the drivers made by the phone manufacturer, so, for instance, if the GPU driver isn't optimized well enough, it would reflect on poor hardware acceleration, right?

Edit: In the Windows Phone case, Microsoft only uses SnapDragon SoC and Adreno GPU, so they might have optimized the code to take full advantage of that specific architecture.

I think Android implementation is probably a more generic one, not optimized specifically for some kind of SoC, but generic enough to run on different CPU/GPU combos.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jutezak:
And Androis is sometimes not smooth because you scroll in a list where certain items must still be processed, like icons fetched, a list sorted, mails fetched, and so on.

Hardware acceleration will not change that. A longer load time could mean a non choppy list...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bavaria85:
Try miui, just as smooth as ios or even better. Especially with glitch kernel. Opens apps way faster too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] phzi:
If you are talking about the sgs ics sdk port, then it is definitely not hardware accelerated. It is using software emulation because no ics gpu driver exists yet because the source code isn't available.

People need to read more before making stupid posts about alpha/demo/dev software - but on xda I guess that is just too much to ask.

Anyway, my sgs cm7 is smoother then an iphone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DarknessWarrior:
yeah, till they release the AOSP 4.0 code i doubt you will be able to test HW accelerated android, unless you get a galaxy nexus
[Galaxy S I9000 General] admir3000:
I don't think so. I had so much problems with cm7 because of the stupid ram management. Tryed any combination that i knew but never managed to get smooth multitasking at all!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vasra:
In addition to decent HW acceleration, the main reason (AFAIK) that WP7.x doesn't lag is simple scheduling.

The Metro UI thread(s) have complete priority over any running 3rd party app all the time. No other sw can slow Metro UI to crawl, the scheduler will just slow those other apps accordingly instead.

Changing the scheduler priority for the UI thread(s) in Android has probably turned out to be slightly more complicated for Google, because in theory it's such an obvious change that they should have implemented it properly already at Android 2.0.

But they haven't and it shows.

I can easily lag my Galaxy S so that basic UI launcher actions take 4+ seconds to complete after a button has been pressed. That is roughly 3.8seconds too long.
[General Questions and Answers] ardabelati:
Hi all

Im looking for suggestion on smartphone (android) around $200.

I was looking at samsung wildfire s but i 'd like to hear if ghere is any other phone which is a great value with less or abit more money.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] st@matis:
hmmm galaxy mini seems very good and it costs like 135 euros
[General Questions and Answers] jimbo.levy:
Samsung Galaxy Ace
[General Questions and Answers] drdra:
xperia mini?
[General Questions and Answers] Dark-DJ:
Do you want new or occasion phones ?

Xperia Mini is around

€

200
[General Questions and Answers] ardabelati:
Thanks for all the replies.

I want new one not 2nd hand. I look at the xperia mini. It looks abit too small on the screen

Let me know if im wrong.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed786:
can some one please help me ive just started to use me hero again after a few months as my dad now wants it so i updated it to Elelinux-7.1-Hero-v3.5 then Elelinux-7.1-Hero-v3.6 from a Elelinux- rom which was a few months old and now when i have me rebel unlock sim chip in and a sim card like o2, 3g, or giff gaff the phone stays on airplane mode and when i try to turn airplane mode off it wont it says its trying then go back in to airplane mode =[

i have also done a few full wipes and reflashing and nothing =[

do i need to update my modem or is there somat else i need to do ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] opensourcefan:
http://cache.vzw.com/multimedia/mim/mot_droid_razr/droid_razr_manual.pdf
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Puddlejumpernva:
Corrected Link

Nevermind, the original link works fine.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Semseddin:
User manual

Quick start

Legal rights and Warranty
[HTC EVO 3D] sdc177:
I think I need to do this before rooting 1.5 bootloader but have little time.
[HTC EVO 3D] thos25:
About 10-15 minutes. Why do you need to run an Ruu before root?
[HTC EVO 3D] sdc177:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239821

There have also been a couple reports of difficulty applying HTC's unlock to new phones that shipped with the updated software preloaded.

During the process, and after this output,

Code:

sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.152s]

writing 'unlocktoken'...

(bootloader) unlock token check successfully

OKAY [ 0.006s]

finished. total time: 0.159s

Nothing happens on their phone and the remain locked.

Thanks to lchupacabras for posting about this and his solution. Run the 2.08 RUU and then retry the HTC unlock, hopefully this works for everyone. I will do some more looking into this when I get a chance. My phone took a swin today and I'm awaiting a replacement, good thing i'm insured.

2.08.651.2 RUU

http://www.multiupload.com/09NOXKCUN0 Thanks lchupacabras for mirroring!
[HTC EVO 3D] sdc177:
Did not have to run RUU
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
Great!

When using the HTC unlock method, ideally, you shouldn't have to run the RUU first.

HTC doesn't officially release the RUU files, they are leaked onto XDA. In order to run the HTC unlock method, no RUU should be *required* but in some circumstances they might be helpful.

Hope that helps clarify for anybody else traveling across the thread!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] droidaem:
Hi. Just flashed CyanogenMMatt 1.1 ROM and I have no root access. I noticed it when I was Installing other busybox version. I can't root the phone with SuperOneClick method, it shows "Permission Denied, FAILED". Flashing superuser via ClockWorkMod also doesn't help.

When I open busybox installer, it requests SuperUser, but after I allow it, the program can't see root access. Tried two installers - both don't work.

What's wrong, guys?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Ianis G. Vasilev:
There was a bug with Superuser 3.0.1 binary on ARMv6 devices. Download this and flash it. It should work.

If it doesn't, try Gingerbreak.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mak.3736:
try this method to root http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1200167
[Optimus One, P500, V General] droidaem:
None of the methods above don't work, but anyway, already flashed mik's cm. ;)

thanks anyway...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reaper1357:
Hello,

my Transformer won't update since i flashed the stock WW 8.6.5.7 onto it.

First the pad has the version DE 8.6.5.13 and it was rooted. Then i encrypted my pad and problems appears.

So I flashed the only stock version I found onto it (WW 8.6.5.7)

Anybody knows this problem or how i can fix this?

Anybody knows the dirfferent between DE and WW versions?

I searched for a DE version (boot-, recovery-, systemimages) but i got nothing.

Does anyone have the current images? DE or WW 8.6.5.13?

I'd be really grateful for any help.

Thank you!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
go to asus.com then find the transformer click downloads and download the latst DE frimware from there and place it in you /asus folder on your sdcard make sure your batter is above 50% arnd reboot
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reaper1357:
Thank you mrevankyle,

but I never try this because ASUS wrote it cannot convert from WW to DE version.

I moved the file to /sdcard/asus/ but nothing happens after reboot :confused:

Then I try:

/sdcard/asus/DE_epad-user-8.6.5.13.zip

/sdcard/asus/META-INF/*

/sdcard/asus/blob

/sdcard/asus/UpdateLauncher_DE_epaduserV8_6_5_13.zip

It won't work :confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reaper1357:
No ideas? :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nthnthn:
It needs to be in the folder /mnt/sdcard/asus/update/

Grtz
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reaper1357:
I've tried this but nothing happens...

I extracted the complete content from the ZIP-File to /sdcard ..... /sdcard/asus/update/blob and some other files
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nthnthn:
Ok, rename the .zip file to: EP101_SDUPDATE.zip and put it in the root of your sd card. Turn your tf off and then hold power+volume down button. Then you will see a little white textand then press vol up. Then it should update

Grtz
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reaper1357:
I try to put the EP101_SDUPDATE.zip in the root of the sdcard and reboot

after VolDown+Power then VolUp the Android-Symbol appears with the yellow triangle and nothing happens :confused:

The eeePad was not updated :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee one:
I think you can only convert the country code via nvflash. This means that you need to flash the stock DE firmware via nvflash. Then you can apply DE updates. This will completely erase your TF.

You can download the firmware from asus, unblob the blob (use rayman's tools http://androidroot.mobi/2011/05/06/blob-tools/), then use nvflash to flash all the partitions. Be sure to use the new EBT/bootloader or else you'll get bootloops.

Alternatively, you might be able to flash this via the staging partition, but the stock firmware might be too large. I'm not 100% sure this method will work. The system partition can be flashed via recovery, but to convert to DE, you need to flash the DE EBT/bootloader. This will still require the blob tools.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] loonsy:
All current Note users, anyone here can tell me if any of the currently released Note's have NFC? Also read a spec sheet somewhere stating it to be optional, any chance we can get this as an add-on accessory?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LeeJS:
I'm also keen to find this out. The UK devices have NFC listed as 'optional' which doesn't really reveal anything useful. Can anyone who has one identify whether the capability is there but not enabled or just not present? It would be nice to think that the devs here could enable it if it was available.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kangal:
NFC: Optional

It will be supported by a connection through the micoUSB *sigh*

However, the Korean models will get internal NFC and LTE (4G) support. I was going to hold out for that model but aterwards I learned they will not have the Exynos but instead a Snapdragon (Qualcomm S3) chip instead.

I prefer an ARM chip (TI OMAP, Samsung in-house, ST-Ericsson, Nvidia Tegra) rather than Qualcomm = usually more devices, better performance, less battery drain, fewer driver issues, possible to recylce drivers from one device to another.
[Wildfire General] marcelsw:
Hey guys,

is AMR-WB ("hd voice") supported by default?

My specs:

CM 7.1.0.1

Baseband: 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10

Radio-3.35.20.10

And if not: (How) can I enable it?

Thank u!
[Wildfire General] henkdv:
Yes and besides, AMR is what GSM uses and AMR-WB is very similar.
[Wildfire General] marcelsw:
Thank u for the post.

But I tried:

ro.ril.enable.amr.wideband=1

into build.prop, and phone didn't work, it was just quiet, so I had to restore my system...
[Wildfire General] henkdv:
There's a difference, what you did requires radio firmware and network support. This has nothing to do with Android which DOES support AMR-WB and allows you to play 3gpp files just fine.
[Wildfire General] marcelsw:
Allright, then!

The network (T-Mobile Germany) supports it in its 3G network since 4th of november.

Where do I get a radio which supports amr-wb?

I already have 3.35.15.31.

On this site, no newer radio is available:

wiki. cyanogenmod. com/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Support_Downloads

Does that mean that there's atm no radio out that supports amr-wb? :/

Thank u!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FatGuyWithWifi:
I think itd be kinda cool to have a deathbat live wallpaper (deathbat is the avenged sevenfold logo btw). i dont have any particulars in mind but just the fact that someone made one would be pretty cool.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scary Guy:
Not sure if you saw this yet. Saw it in another thread while doing a search for live wallpapers on the site, then found your question too.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1378721
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] enkoder:
It's great news to see TMO's GS2 ROMs work great with the Skyrocket. Now it's only a matter of time until CM7 releases an official ROM.

CM7 for T-Mobile GS2

Until this is released, anyone suggest other ROMs I should try. CM7 is the only ROM I have experience with.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CZ Eddie:
Thanks for the heads up. Would be great to get CM7 working on the Skyrocket and I hope this leads to that direction.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jake:
The lead dev / originator of CM is a lead programmer w Samsung guys this has already been considered I feel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Driggity420:
MIUI PLEEEASE AND COGNITION
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
So you are confirming that CM7 for T-Mobile works Rite?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CZ Eddie:
No, he's saying that CM7 may be coming to T-Mobile GSII soon.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nismokidz32:
I know some1 has to have a stable kernel for weapon 3.0 send link for download please
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Kabley:
Are you having an issue with the stock Kernel? Just wondering.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nismokidz32:
Not really its just to slow and I can't boost up the CPU on stock kernel
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jghidalgo307:
Yea I'm having the same problem its too slow n laggy
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nismokidz32:
I used to use dragon but I had to many problems with it. I know there's gotta be a better 1
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ZeroT| Demented:
there isnt they all take like 3-4 minutes for every boot
[T-Mobile LG G2x] C0dy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102720

I use the UV kernel, but it takes a while to boot up.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
Try faux 123's 013 kernel, oc and super stable

Sent from the fastest g2x in the world
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jghidalgo307:
Can you post a link for that one please?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nismokidz32:
Yeah post a link for the download
[T-Mobile LG G2x] marquise10:
Use the Faux 123 kernel & use Pimp My Cpu for the OC/UC....At 1.4 GHz OC i have gotten a 4105 score using Quadrant Advanced(Your results may vary)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
Just google kernels g2x, you will find more than u need. I won't give up my combination, but oc'ed at 1.4g, it pulled a 6796 on antutu benchmark, just look at my avatar .

Sent from the fastest g2x in the world
[T-Mobile LG G2x] 95Z28:
I've gotten a 6798 on antutu usings fauxs oc/uv kernel at 1.5, but the phone does take alot longer to boot up.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lotherius:
Fix coming for those long bootups :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] XxTripleBeamxX:
Here is a good theme made just for Weapon 3.0, I am currently using it and love it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1314526
[T-Mobile LG G2x] 705:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102720

http://www.multiupload.com/KFCY74Q85M

http://www.multiupload.com/DVO5CXS92I
[T-Mobile LG G2x] I.R.Chevy:
I am running the new Weapon G2X 3.0 RC On a Wind Mobile LG-P999DW I was wondering which kernels are compatible with the device/rom. I too am looking for the ability to OC my processor. :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] I.R.Chevy:
So I got the faux 123 .0.1.3 running on weapon g2x 3.0 rc1 got a 6707 benchmark ;) winning!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
It seems that a few people are tweaking their APN settings and achieving faster downloads. These are the changes that I have done and it does seem to improve the speed some. Before I was getting 6 down and 1 up. Now Im seeing almost 8 down and 1.5 up.

New APN Settings:

Stock APN Settings:

If anyone has changed their APN settings, feel free to write in and tell us what you changed them to and how it affected your device.

References: This post, and this post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] selfassembled:
Aren't these settings unavailable on our phones anyways? From within android at least...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pmpntl:
has anyone posted Skyrocket APN settings for comparison?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yahoowizard:
Do you delete the other APN's or what? I mean, I added the new APN with the settings provided, but there's still a bullet point thing next to the stock APN..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apexi350z:
I can add new APN, but cannot modify the existing ATTPHONE APN. Maybe we need to modify the existing one? I am rooted btw.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SSJ_Gomike:
Download apn manager from market ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
Ya, that works for me. ^^
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dungeon47:
[This post is no longer relevant, as the data measured was flawed. My later post explains that after proper testing, I saw no reasonable improvement with this APN.]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yahoowizard:
I'll just wait till people get some finalized settings, lol..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] monkey28rb:
i don't think it does anything.. If anything i noticed lower speeds
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zanson:
Whole lot of no effect on the data speeds
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dungeon47:
After further review, I don't think this makes any difference.

Sent while riding a buffalo.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cfaberlle:
Well the original posts do include the disclaimer "it may not work for everyone"

Why it works for some and not for others? Who knows...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] foxbat121:
Because that is solely based on the assumption that AT&T's network is not congested and always gives out consistent results. We all know how true is that :)

I can sit here and make 10 speed tests in a row. The results will be 10 diiferent speeds varying widely.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cfaberlle:
That could definitely explain it, since I made the change I see faster results more often.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sweetboy02125:
Using S8.2 ROM i noticed i have 2 APNs setting: ATT Entitlement and ATTphone. Which one should i pick?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apexi350z:
ATTphone is the default I believe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jconfus:
may be someone can do a test with two same phones testing at the same time,

one with new apn one with the default one.

testing at different time does not prove the trick is working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kyentabug:
I tried the recommended APN settings. no solid change.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] runtohell121:
I used this setting, couldn't send/receive MMS. Switched back to regular settings, didn't see any speed gain throughout the Bay Area.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
I think the important thing to look at here is why it works. The changed soon settings put you on a network designed to handle higher data speeds. Do the potential for higher speeds is there. whether out not you'll get them is based on a lot of things. Also it could be that your are doesn't have this faster network. I seem to have gained a little speed with these son settings. What a really need is the apn from the vivid or skyrocket
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yahoowizard:
Can't we just get one of the persons with Skyrocket to tell us their APN settings?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RocketSled:
The ever changing dynamics of network loading have an unpredictable effect on transfer rate. If you want to evaluate these changes properly, you need a statistically significant number of data samples in order to eliminate the "noise" (determine the average). You can't draw any conclusion with just one or two test cases. Ideally, you'd have two phones, leaving one unchanged to act as a "control".

You need to be extra careful about your conclusions, especially when you get the answer that you want. It's human nature to conclude there's causality when it reality it's only random outcome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] foxbat121:
OP's APN setting uses the exact same APN as the default out of box settings. It is called 'Phone' which the only benefit currently is require your account to have 4G data plan feature. Otherwise, it has the same speed as old WAP.Cingular APN. His only chang is add supl and other connections to use phone APN as well. Out of box, GS2 is configure to use Phone APN for internet, wap.cingular APN for mms and supl. Supl is used by AGPS to download almanac data.

In other words, there is no logic what so ever why the APN settings OP proposed has any effect on data speed. And we are not even sure if MMS and AGPS will work on Phone APN at all. Some one already posted that his mms no longer works.

LTE phones require a new APN called ptr (IIRC) which also requires your account to have LTE data plan provisioned. The new LTE APN also has the added 'benefits' of a proxy and web site filtering which AT&T decides which website you can visit or can't visit.