yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Falkner09:
this. I'm pretty surprised by it, give that it's a GOOGLE made phone. the search button and its integration into apps is (was?) one of the best features onf Android, made navigating and finding files, contacts, anything you could think of so smooth and thoughtless, with one tap or press, always in the same spot without needing to distract yourself from anything else. now, google seems to be actually TRYING to kill it by relegating it to submenus.

look at Honeycomb: the "task" bar has so much potential, as a persistent bar that can be modified, upgraded, and given a myriad of quick functions due to being a screen based, persistent ~10 inch long area that could be able to launch a million functions. yet Google gives us only back, home, and app switcher. no search icon. even in apps that use the hardware search function on phones, a search button won't appear when you use them, yet menu will if they've been programmed to use the hardware menu key.

*shakes head* I thought Android was set to become THE dominant OS in the mobile sphere, but if Google keeps downgrading their product's most useful and unique functions while the iPhone copies the good ones, at the rate we're going, the iPhone may end up an overall better system by the end of 2012.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AllGamer:
i use the search button almost every couple of minutes

makes it easy to find what i want, and read the websites i want in a blink of an eye

without it; i'll have to go the long arse way to find the app i want to run, then execute the app, then enter the website i want...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] N8ter:
I don't know what studies they did. Microsoft destroyed the WP contextual search button and now I barely use that phone. Replacing search with app switcher when there's more than enough Tom to fit it there?

Idiotic.

Unless an OEM mods it back in, this won't be usable to me. Its not something I cab just get used to. It completely destroys the way I use my devices.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cape Lucid:
How do you copy music/pictures then?

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Gadgetz:
Es no bueno!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] russ18uk:
MTP quite likely. I hate that ****. It makes navigation, copying, pasting renaming etc annoying and slow compared to standard windows explorer.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] boomn:
Yep, Android is MTP from now on. This switch already actually happened with the first version of Honeycomb. Supposedly a benefit is that the SD card doesn't have to be unmounted and remounted when transferring files. If you search online you can find some quotes from Google dev's on the topic of MTP.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] PrawnPoBoy:
I don't have a Galaxy Nexus to test, but I do have a Galaxy S II which defaults to MTP instead of mass storage USB. This is fine as it means it works perfectly with existing media managers, which is what I expect most consumers want.

That said, you can enable Mass Storage by checking USB Debugging in the Development section of settings. I suspect it's the same in the Galaxy Nexus.

TL;DR This report is unlikely to be true.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spartoi:
The Google Search Widget is integrated on every homescreen in ICS.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] z33dev33l:
Funny, that's one of the things fandroids tend to bring up when discussing androids advantage over other OSes... And it was one of few valid points they had.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spartoi:
I suppose its a good thing then that Android has many OEMs that will probably provide the feature.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Falkner09:
indeed, it hurts my heart to see my fave OS being downgraded. for the record, I think that quality wise, it's still ahead of the iPhone, but its lead is shrinking, due mostly to its own quality dropping, rather than the iPhone's increasing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] z33dev33l:
Quality-wise exceeding the iPhone? Heavily disagree. Its too laggy to be of high quality and there's no uniformity across any aspect of the UI.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] N8ter:
Oh there he comes with the trolling again.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Akulamenuri:
I am a huge fan of Android but I also have to disagree with you when it comes to quality, in both software and hardware. Android still has more functionality but iOS is gradually narrowing the playing field (Multitasking, OTA updates, Notification Bar, and once HTML5 becomes widespread the Flash argument will become a moot point).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vikas776:
Correct me if i m wrong this is Android forum ( i mean not 100 % but sill majority )

u will see majority of android fans here other than apple and other os.

Why u always wanna start fight with others ?

Is something bothering u in ur personal life ?

Consult someone buddy u need help :mad:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kenkiller:
Nope. Honeycomb didn't have mass storage mode even if debugging was enabled, and it is the exact same case for ICS. :( Mass storage mode is gone unless one installs a custom kernel with UMS support along with an app on market....at least in theory. :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Falkner09:
when Android does the things it does, it's often laggier than the iPhone, this is true. the catch is, Android is laggier at doing things the iPhone cannot do at all. how fast are the iPhone's widgets? how smoothly does the iPhone change its default browser? how quickly does it download apps from sources other than the app store? how responsive is its uniform, built in back, menu and search button? how stable are its home screen replacement apps? how stable is the hardware keyboard equipped model? how well do swype, touchpal and swiftkey work on the iPhone? how good are the device file managers? how fast is bluetooth file transfer? how many icon packs are available for it? how many alternate players are there for on-device music, movies, etc? how fast is the SD card reader? how fast does USB mass storage work, with an unsynced PC or Mac? how many emulators are there in the app store? how good is the iOS version of Wave Launcher? how quickly can you biuy Kindle books from the iPad if you prefer that to iBooks? how well does iBooks work on a non-Apple device? etc. etc.

I could go on and list dozens more, but the fact is, the iPhone can do none of the things I listed, no matter how stable and smooth it is. quality in electronics is a relationship between stability and utility; for millions of people, Android is stable enough that its broader functionality makes up for the lower stability compared to the iPhone. true, google appears to be downgrading a few (I count 4 in my list) of those functionalities, for reason that are either short sighted at best, or baseless at worst. but even if every single Android phone had those 4 functions taken away suddenly, there would still be ALL the others. Android has been winning by a mile for some time now. if these downgrades stick, it will only be winning by half a mile, but winning is winning.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] z33dev33l:
I'd say that the fact that you have to utilize all those third party programs is a testament to the lack of quality. Not to mention most of those things can be done after a one click jailbreak but that's not the point. I don't use either OS so meh. I do find it funny that you chose to point out the hardware buttons as though they were something profound.

Vilas, when I joined, it was a winmo forum. It shifts but is first and foremost a developer forum. When people say android is of high quality I have to reply. A few OEMs have polished it to make it bearable but vanilla android is terrible in every sense.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vetvito:
Haters gonna hate. Zee you never posted pictures of your many devices. So you're two things now.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] z33dev33l:
I asked what pics were wanted in one thread and to my knowledge never got a reply.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] N8ter:
Vanilla WP doesn't even have DLNA, decent Turn by Turn Navigation, or a YouTube app. They don't even have OTA updates so while my iPod has 5.0.1 my HD7 can't even downloat the update that was released today until I get my PC's setup again... still can't email or MMS a video off the device unless I missed something. Still can't run Navigation in the background like every other factorable platform. Still get broken webpages in the browser thanks to Trident. Still have terrible sound quality.

However I will still use it to perform searches in my spare time since Bing rewards gives me free slacker premium and Xbox gold for my 360.

Really a WP fan is the last person who should be attempting to lecture others in dependence on third party apps. The whole reason why people don't want to use the platform is due to the bad third party app selection.

The fact that people like you pass up design misshapen (browser changes, for example) and design ommissions as gems in technology gives a knowledgeable user a sour taste cause there are too many of you and it makes the company think they're on the road to stardom.

You realize Android phones have People Hubs and Live Tiles in the form if Widgets right? Checkin support is also built in if you use Google+ now (Analogous to Windows Live, but offers more functionality).

I had someone suggest a market app because I don't like how the phone app opens to history instead of the dialer - not configurable, of yourself.

I'm starting to doubt you even use or used an Android phone. That's how clueless you're coming across these days.

I've already bought a WP device. Its no nearlybasbgoid as you people make it out to be. Its crap hardware with a walled garden but none if the perks those "other" people have.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vetvito:
any pics, you pick.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ttg:
The reason they made the GN lack features is simple.

Cannibalism.

Samsung still use the SGS2 as a flagship product.

While in the US they have different handsets many other countries has the SGS2.

And it's even not that old product especially when compared to Apple's product cycle.

Making a "better" phone would make you simply say... ahh I'll prefer it over SGS2 or other versions of it (like in the us).

Limiting the camera and some addons ensures you'll think about it.

Samsung still has SGS2 stock they need to sell and still it's a great phone.

Except of the penta-band and HD res this phone has nothing huge but for Google's Dev phones it's important to keep some features updated.

Though, since the N1 they haven't released and market changing feature set (the N1 was one of the first 1Ghz phones if not the first).

If it were quad... different story.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spartoi:
Google is the one who tells Samsung what parts to make/use in the Galaxy Nexus. The Galaxy Nexus is Google's flagship not Samsung's.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ttg:
Yep, however Google unlike Apple has more "partnership" into it. and especially when Samsung makes its flagship. Samsung won't be happy to create something that hurts it business as google won't wanna hurt others such as HTC, Sony, etc... by making something that totally changes the market.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vapotrini:
+1. Really not sure why people aren't grasping this.

They fully well know that if this phone was uber spec'd it would mean certain death for every other high end android phone out there. As everyone would undoubtedly choose the phone which gets updates first.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] z33dev33l:
You see, you do the same things. You mock windows phone's shortcomings while sweeping android's under the rug. You act as though android's shortcomings are either there or can be fixed by XDA. That's not the case, If there was I'd jump. Thisfar there's still no valid UI replacement and the stutters are painful. Then there's the fact that third party integration with things aren't on par with direct support. There's many things each OS can do that the others just can't, to highlight one's weaknesses and compare them to another's strengths is just foolishness on your part.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] N8ter:
Have you read my posts in the vibrant forum. Seriously, don't pretend to know what i do. Get a clue.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] z33dev33l:
No, I had that phone for a week and passed it off to my 6 year old sister. I have, however, read years worth of trolling in the wp7 general section.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Intratech:
Dude why you respond to troll? Just use the ignore function on the forum. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] CM Wave:
So how exactly would I be able to copy files over? Like, let's say ZIPs.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xT4Z1N4TRx:
it will work on phones with SD cards, just not galaxy nexus etc, which doesnt have an SD
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spidey01:
It's not the OS, it's the device, check Android Police 8-). This topic's title is missleading.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Falkner09:
um, no... I think you missed the point. Android is preferred by many because it gives users the OPTION to do all the things I mentioned. users don't HAVE to use them, as you claimed. in general, it natively does virtually anything the iPhone can, sometimes does it better (not always), AND gives users the option to do much more. I'm not going to go into too many examples here because i have a paper due, but one example would be the browser. android's browser is pretty nice, gives many more options that the iOS browser does not. the Android advantage is, if you don't like the default browser anyway, or do like it but think Dolphin, Firefox, Opera, etc. are even better for your browsing habits, you can switch the DEFAULT browser to always open links in one of those programs, which themselves have the option of add ons, mods, gestures, etc., all without having to hack the the device. iOS does not allow this.

I don't know much about WP7 honestly, except that it seemed fairly unremarkable when I tried a demo in store. it's worth noting though, if you DO prefer WP7, there's a launcher on the Android Market called Launcher 7 that basically turns the home screen into WP7's live tiles interface. check it out if you get the chance.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Falkner09:
Ok, now I'm confused. Cnet's review says ICS does have USB storage. does anyone have a Nexus yet that can answer this for sure?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spidey01:
A phone is not an operating system; damn a better test would be to see if ICS supports it in the emukator :-P
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaydog:
Anyone familiar with CIQ, and how it relates to our Streaks?

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-rootkit-of-all-evil-ciq/
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Dell doesn't use it. I searched for signs of its existence in my Streak running 360 and found none.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickshertzer:
Via Lifehacker.com:

Carrier IQ: How the Widespread Rootkit Can Track Everything on Your Phone, and How to Remove It

Check If Your Android Phone Has Carrier IQ, No Rooting Required

No Carrier IQ on DSC 0.61b confirmed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Daxten:
Hey I've got news from amazon.de today, Galaxy Nexus will ship from 3. to 5. Decembre officially!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deyanp:
I have got:

"Voraussichtliches Lieferdatum: 02 Dezember 2011 - 07 Dezember 2011" ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Thyrus:
mhhhh.. could it be that ONE ordered EXPRESS and the other STANDARD maybe :) :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deyanp:
Standard here
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Daxten:
standard too, shouldnt make a difference anyway since amazon sends preorders always so they will arrive on release date
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deyanp:
Anyone thinking the amazon.de batch will NOT have the SAV-ghosting/volume down problem? I don't really believe that it is possible in practice to change the hardware within 10 days, and a software workaround is might be limiting ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nesx87:
any news on amazon.de orders? ive ordered on the 20th of november, with an estimated despatch day between 5-7 december.. but no news yet. dont know if and how their stocks were affected by last weeks' issues.
[Dell Streak 7] cboulais61:
hello,

i searched for a similar question but still did not find an answer. i have just recently bought the dell streak 7 wifi, then updated to honeycomb 3.2. everything is bone stock.

i want to root the device to remove all the garbage dell software, and bloatware that came with it, but i don't want a new ROM, or OS or anything like that, i want to keep the android honeycomb 3.2 with the dell stage set up. i just want to remove the stupid software that came with it. my question is what tutorial or software would i use to do this because i have seen so many tutorials but no idea which way to approach this.

my second question is i have read so much about an SD card. do i need to like buy an external SD card, or is there an internal one that i would use for all this rooting and mounting and installing.

i apologize if this is in the wrong place here. i am not too tech savvy, but with the right instructions, i can get the job done.

thanks for the help.
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
What you want to do is pretty simple as a matter of fact. All you have to do is look for the threads on Clockwork 5 recovery for the Streak 7 and rooting the Streak 7. More detailed instructions in the thread but you basically boot into fastboot, flash Clockwork Mod 5 and then just reboot the phone.

Your Streak 7 has 16gb of internal space, but you also have a slot to add memory with another external SD card that can recognize up to 32gb. So, how much is the only decision you need to make, because I would recommend flashing from the external.

Once you have the Clockwork Mod on your Streak 7, you need to find the Superuser7.zip file and place it on your external SD, boot into ClockworkMod, flash the Superuser7.zip through CLockwork and you are rooted.

Now to get rid of the Bloatware there are many ways. You can either use an app like Titanium to uninstall what you don't want OR you can do by using a Root File Explorer like Root Explorer to delete the apks and all corresponding libraries and databases associated with the apps, but be careful
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zee:):
I recently got Xperia Arc where I was able to play/pause music & answer/end calls with the mic button on original headphones.

But after I updated the software on my phone this button does not respond while playing music,although I can still answer calls. I have tried another xperia headphone & it did the same,even tried a reset:( Any1 else facing similar issue after update or any fix for this, please help!!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zee:):
Hey no replies yet :(

Last night I updated my software to 2.3.4 & even downloaded Headset Button app.

I still does not work, I cannot play/pause music from my headphones,even with the Headset Button app I can hear tiny beep when I press it once but not response,however if I press it twice it skips to next tack & everything else is fine.

My only problem is I cannot play/pause music when I press the mic button on headphones....any help would be appreciated
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
which headphones.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiaarc?cc=hr&lc=hr#view=extras

Look here for compatible headphones.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
Maybe music player settings are not right or etc...?

Sent via my FXP046 MT15i®
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShyamSasi:
Try Headset Control it's trial version but does the trick ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cerus3083:
I was wondering if anyone can identify exactly what "DirtyFriend0" is in my settings.db.bak file on my Galaxy S they go all the way to "dirtyfriend2" Just wanting to know what this is please help O wise ones
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] younix258:
Leftovers from the porno vid you downloaded

Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Rofl!!!!!

...Sorry but I couldn't help but laugh at this...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cerus3083:
Yea thats not what it is, but thanks for being a big help *rolling eyes
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movieaddict:
delete it!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cerus3083:
The truth,of the matter is it was on my girls phone and she says she has no clue what it is, so I'm trying to discern its origins
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cerus3083:
Its hard to believe no one can tell me what this is
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sugartibbs:
always last to know, #the hedgehog
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
I looked for a good 3 minutes under /sys/ & /system/ and couldn't find any "dirtyfriends" in my phone, lol. Well, I found a few but not the ones we're talking about.

On a side note I did find a couple "slaves", lol and I did find "head" in there too! lmao.... I was glad I found that one. I found an "ash", that's my ex girlfriends name and I wanted to delete it soo bad.

I'm gonna have to agree and put another vote towards porn download remanents, lol

I know, not much help:rolleyes:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djquick:
Why is it hard to believe? Apparently it's not a common file in the system so that means only YOUR daughter has it in her Vibrant. I mean it could be a left over porn file that was deleted, it could be a left over app file from an app that was deleted. Just Google it and do some research instead of having other people do the work for you. Developers have more "important" things to do than look into a useless file in your daughters phone system.:rolleyes:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sugartibbs:
Your right of course djquick, but how do you ignore a "dirtyfrend0 post, its gold
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
So very, very, very true. And it is because of this even days later I'm still...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
.. it is 100% porn.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cerus3083:
I have searched all over google and found nothing about it except for one other guy asking about the same thing but no replies, my girl doesn't download porn, and I'm wondering if its something thats been intentionally hidden in a db file if thats possible? How would I go about translating it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sugartibbs:
Cant never did nothin
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djquick:
Why do you care so much about what it is or its origin? If it bothers you that much, just delete it and you'll never have to look at it again. It's not rocket science.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sugartibbs:
moderator kill this thread please. its a hook.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Is this guy still on this "DirtyFreind0" file? Just delete it or leave it. I doubt it's going to cause any sort of harm either way.

Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cerus3083:
I guess you didn't read a word of what I wrote, I guess I was mistaken when I interpreted this as a place to receive help thanks a lot for showing me that there isn't anyone that values helping over being dicks to someone just looking for information