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[Nexus S General] hah2110:
What are the stages where this is at right now? Fully usable? Still Alpha? I currently have a Galaxy S2 and love it, but it is big and I really want ICS. Is ICS helping with battery life at all? What are people experiencing performance/battery wise? Things like data speeds? Is image quality any better on the device?

Thanks!
[Nexus S General] hboot_zig:
Another ICS thread? Ever thought about joining one of the other 10 threads on this subject and actually read what others have been already saying about it.
[Nexus S General] jaestreetss:
Lol
[Nexus S General] hah2110:
The ICS dev threads have hundreds, if not thousands of posts. Makes it hard to find information. I don't currently have the phone so it makes it hard for me.
[Nexus S General] hboot_zig:
Real simple is to jump to the end of a ics dev thread and read the posts backwards. You will see the most recent info. In short the rom I am running is very smooth, few things need tinkering with to get them working, no 4g but that is expected with a non nexus 4g source. I will also say that after using a ics rom as a daily driver since last weekend the rest of the world who are waiting on ics for their device will not be disappointed when it finally gets there. As far as the battery life goes I have had the best daily usage out of my nexus as ever, true story.
[Nexus S General] hboot_zig:
My home screen for a taste. Taken with the built in screen shot per google.
[Nexus S General] hah2110:
When everyone says 4G, they mean Sprint, right? I have T-Mo so would HSPA+ work?
[Nexus S General] hboot_zig:
well there are roms being developed for all variants of the nexus s. But yes I have the nexus s 4g on sprint.
[Nexus S General] hboot_zig:
I'm not sure about hspa+, isn't that just t-mobiles way of saying 4g? Like lte and wimax? If so then I doubt the ability to connect to it works without the official sources being released by google yet.
[Nexus S General] JohnCorleone:
There are a few daily use status versions out now IMO
[Nexus S General] hah2110:
Tmo 3g and 4g are really the same technology
[Nexus S General] davewpy:
i noticed your wifi and mobile signals aren't full, like the rest of us 3G Nexus S users!
[Nexus S General] hah2110:
Sprint or T-Mo?
[Nexus S General] jaestreetss:
Sprints 4g? Idont think so
[Nexus S General] Bruce lee roy:
Answer

Excuse all the thread police. Apparently some on here have OCD and treat the threads like their personal panty drawr (nice and neat). But to answer your question: ICS is pretty far along on the device, battery is better than ginger, performance has the potential to be better when source drops (right now it's faster sometimes and slower at others), data speeds are about the same, and image is great. In all, the ports we have are daily drivers for MANY, including myself. Although most of the bugs seem to have been ironed out, I can see there is still a lot of potential. Our DEVS are pretty gangster so we will surely see much more progression. ;)
[Nexus S General] Shark_On_Land:
I agree but keep in mind that Ginger was developed fromour phones CPU. Hummingbird. In which why if runs so fluid. Ics is for the what's ever in the galaxy nexus. No other phone will run ics smoother than the gn as no other phone had ever beaten this on Ginger.

My point is that we need source code so we can make a ron with other elements intwined to the framework. Show me how to sign a Tom and I'll. Dev the crap out of it
[Nexus S General] ChanceStad:
I'm using Brainmaster's V2 and it's a daily for sure. I haven't updated because I use A2DP a lot, and the newer versions built off of Koush's rom lose that.
[Nexus S General] hboot_zig:
So your signal bars are lying?
[Nexus S General] CROrION:
Hi guys, any idea when we should receive official update?
[Nexus S General] davewpy:
yes most of the roms on ICS for i9020/23 (3G) are lying.

seems like ALL of the 4G Nexus S is working. I found an updated radio image i9020xxki1, but i didn't have the guts to flash it to see if it works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jonnyredcorn:
So I just rooted and installed UnNamed ROM which is working good so far stability wise, however I am interested in using the Voice Command MOD to add it back because it did come in handy while driving a few times. However I heard vlingo is way better...anyone have a preference and why?

Also, my battery on UnNamed w/ Entropys daily driver is draining faster than stock rom rooted w/ apps frozen. Is there something I'm not doing that is getting these people running unnamed awesome battery life? I can't make it past 12 hours med usage. Tonight I plan on running a test to see how much battery my phone uses over night starting at 100%.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] penguinlogik:
Vlingo is the same program, just untagged by samsung. Vlingo also offers other features such as a little driving applet, and is basically an updated version of the one samsung provides. Post a picture of your battery graph, check your cpu speeds with cpuspy, and wakelocks with betterbattery stats.
[Off-topic] lorddart:
Hey guys. I'm wondering if anyone has personal experience with the amd fx 4100 or that series? Or even the phenom ii vs a core i5? I have only seen benchmarks and opinions based on benchmarks. But as we all know benchmarks can be incredibly biased and flawed I need something reliable that can process stuff (for games) decently fast. Before we get into the other things that matter I will be getting decent ram either way and a mobo that works well with the processor. Please just hit me up with personal experience thanks guys
[Off-topic] bradleyG:
I have a Phenom ii x6 1100t and it screams.
[Off-topic] lorddart:
Okay thanks for the move and the reply. Spec wise including the l3 cache tells me it is awesome by the people keep saying it blows once again most of the crap people are talking is based on benchmarks... So I think it's mostly poorly educated individuals on it I was planning to build an amd comp but after all the negative It's starting to make me second guess the specs : / thanks though anymore input would also be appreciated!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Are you looking for a drop in replacment for your current CPU or are you planning on a total upgrade; Mobo, CPU, the lot?

The obvious choice is the Intel 'Sandybridge' i5-2500K, or 2600K if you do a lot of Multi-threaded work like transcoding. You can expect to get between 4-4.5Ghz out of one of these without any problems.

If you can wait a while, the new 'Ivybridge' chips aren't too far away and the platform will bring native USB3 among other things.
[Off-topic] lorddart:
Thanks looking to actually build a new pc. Mostly gaming and routine tasks. Currently running a Q6600 Intel processor with some stock mobo. Probably nothing good. I just need something that works well I honestly don't need anything too intense I may go with the fx 6100, i can get one for $100 near here.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Do not, i repeat, do NOT buy an AMD 'Bulldozer' FX. They are a total disaster generally, but even worse for gaming!

i5-2500K is hands down the best bang for buck that you will get right now.
[Off-topic] bradleyG:
I agree, while I am an AMD fan because of the pricing, you would definitely enjoy a 2500k. Pair it up with a nice mobo and a good gpu and you'll be set, 4 or 8Gb of RAM at 1600mhz will be great for anything you are doing. I highly suggest investing in a solid state drive, if you told us your budget I could spec something out for you. And NEVER skimp out on the power supply, you want a high quality psu always, corsair is well known for good psu's.
[Off-topic] lorddart:
So question here is why is the bulldozer such a disaster like what's the problem with them? Does anyone know what's causing the performance failure? And i want to say my budget is about 400 I could budge a little though
[Off-topic] lorddart:
I appreciate the image once again I'm hoping for actual experience use not benchmarks because I've seen about a million benchmarks as to why I should get the i5 2500k despite it having a higher price tag.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Experience use? You'll have to go with the reviewers and their benchmarks on that one. As for user reviews, you won't be seeing many. Why? Because nobody in their right minds is buying into Bulldozer when a better performing SandyBridge can be had for less money! :p
[Off-topic] Lavell7298:
Call me old fashioned if you want. But my AMD Phenom II x4 965 quad-core processor still kicks ass!:cool:

I'm not into benchmarking statistics because they don't measure everyday performance after everyday use. To me, the real concern should be "After months of use, will my PC perform just as fast as it did the 1st day it came out of the box?" I can say for my PC, it does perform just as fast as it did on day 1. That's because I did the research on all the components and planned my build very carefully. My PC is now 3 years old and I still get to enjoy the blazing speeds that it can deliver!;)
[Off-topic] lorddart:
Yeah I gotcha for sure. I just don't get it all but okay i'll have to figure it all out. I do appreciate the info though sorry if my request was unclear. But I appreciate it. Thank you I don't see much for deals on pc parts this black friday curses! Oh well
[Off-topic] lorddart:
Thanks yeah I get you and I agree. Although I think consistent performance is based on more than processor but I think that's what you were saying as well.
[Off-topic] josip-k:
Lol I have amd sempron :P
[Off-topic] Lavell7298:
Sorry if I didn't clarify myself. Consistent performance is based on the components of the computer system as a whole. I just used the processor as an example since we were talking about CPUs.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Remember i asked about the possibility of a drop in upgrade? If your current board will support Bulldozer CPU's, (which it might as the Socket is backwards compatable), and if your current CPU is pretty weak compared to the FX, it makes for a sensible upgrade path to buy one.

The reason i add this is because the money saved doing that, rather than buying a whole new system, can be spent on an SSD for your Primary Drive. You talk about the performance of the system as a whole. Well, that's the most important upgrade you could make right now.

The IO sub-system has been the bottleneck in modern computers for years. Once we had multi-core processing, more memory bandwidth than you can shake a stick at and Graphics power to run pretty much anything, it all went to pot as soon as you had two applications trying to access your HDD at the same time. Playing a game when your virus scanner started up? The game becomes a chundering mess!

I'm on my second SSD now and it's the wisest money i ever invested in my PC. If you want an all round improvement, something that makes every second of PC use more pleasing, buy an SSD.

Of course, every time i have to use the work PC now, i end up wanting to kick the crap out of it for being so lacking in comparison.
[Off-topic] lorddart:
Okay thanks yeah I go nuts when I have to use the work computer already. Well for $100 the fx 6100 can't be too bad and I'd get 20% off a motherboard. My main desire there is I really want mobo that supports ddr3 so I can upgrade my terrible ram too. And yeah i'd want an ssd probably sata iii was the dream. Any thoughts on this, I'd probably get a 64g one would this be decently sufficient, also has anyone checked out the Seagate monentus xt? I don't plan on getting it but yeah just curious.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Don't skimp on size. 64GB won't be sufficient. Buy reliability and size rather than speed. i.e an Intel 320 160GB (SATA 2) > Any 64GB SATA 3.
[Off-topic] lorddart:
Hmm okay i think I found a 120gb one i'll probably go with decent reviews and such. And I would like sata iii just because it will have more future use, but is the sata ii pretty good compared to a normal hdd?
[HTC Sensation] pyromatic18:
Hi guys,

Very soon I'll be upgrading my from my Xperia X10 and have been looking to get the Htc Sensation Xe.

But after some thorough research I noticed that they have very similiar specs and now I'm unsure over which one I should get.

I know that because they use the same CPU and GPU then if I were to get the Sensation I could overclock it to match the XE.

And the fact that the XE has 3GB more internal storage compared to the Sensation. If I get the Sensation can I expect to see the same amount of updates as the XE?

Anyways I'd mainly just like to request opinions from the rest of you on what I should do!

Thanks in advance
[HTC Sensation] Galaxa12:
I'm assuming the HTC sensation is cheaper. Is go with the sensation. Yes we have roms and kernels to make it just as quick.I personally don't like storing things on my phone so the internal gb isn't that great to me. Ics is coming to sensation. Stick with the sensation. Xe seems like a rip off.
[HTC Sensation] exxpired:
when i got my xe senstation and xe were both the same price, if thats the case get an xe! It looks cool and you get £80 beats handsfree with them :)
[HTC Sensation] ramses70:
If you get the XE for the same price take it and you will get ear phones which will cost probably more than 60 €. ON the other hand the beats "extension" is only different software and there are a lot of customer roms for the sensation which includes that piece of software.
[HTC Sensation] knuddeknurft:
I've chose the XE. It looks nice (all black) and here in the Netherlands u get some fancy ear buds who cost like 75€ without the phone
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alcnaeon:
Apparently it just happened. I was curious as to whether this was something we already had for the 10.1 or if it was something that might help in future ROM development.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SouthPhilly:
Don't know how different GTab7 is from the 10.1 (but I expect its real close) but the 10.1n is only different in its looks. The 10.1n is just a cosmetic redesign so it can be sold in Germany and most likely Australia to.

Sent from my Galaxy10.1 TouchWiz/ADWex equipped Starship.
[HTC Inspire 4G] richm052569:
Ok hi everyone, pretty new to the Inspire, although not to Androids and ROM flashing. Actually I'm a bit of an addict. Anyway I'm successfully rooted, so far have run CM7, MIUI, and currently Revolution. So here are the questions I have come up with so far, and haven't seen this asked as I've been poking through the threads past couple of weeks.

1. ROM Manager, it was a must on my prior phones, and I have the premium version, but is it usable on the Inspire? I noticed right away that the Ace Hack kit automagically installed Clockwork recovery, is it OK to update CWM from within ROM Manager? Is there anything in there for us? My most recent phone was the Droid Charge, and you would seriously mess up your phone if you did that. They don't seem to have CWM official support.

2. I noticed that my latest ROM, Revolution, brought with it a different recovery 4EXT (or is it EXT4?) ASSUMING that the answer to question 1 is yes, can I flash CWM over it? From ROM Manager? Not that this flavor of recovery seems to have anything wrong with it, but most ROMS specifically mention "flash in CWM" so I don't want to mess things up from the get go the next time I flash something.

Appreciate any input folks
[HTC Inspire 4G] 1ChesterD:
Quick and dirty answer-Yes.

Rom manager is very useful on the inspire. Also using the premium version, and it's the only way to fly. And as to the 4EXT recovery, it changes how the files are saved. Wouldn't worry about flashing it, as it works just as well as the stock version of recovery.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sharksfan7:
One thing I like about the 4EXT Recovery Control app is that it lets you verify the md5 checksum of your rom backups. I'm not sure if the premium version of ROM Manager does that, but the free version didn't. Or if it did, I never saw that option. Before I started using 4EXT, there were a couple of times where I went to restore a backup and CWM would say the MD5 didn't match. Having already wiped data before attempting to restore, I was stuck flashing a fresh ROM and starting from scratch. Now with 4EXT Recovery Control I can check the md5 of my backup before I boot into recovery and be sure that the restore will work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cjohns8792:
I have a rooted samsung infuse 4g. I tried to follow the 3e video to get to clockwork mod recovery. When at the step to flash rom manager and reboot phone it reboots into recovery and bypasses the "check" and when i click "reinstall packages" i get the e: error about file no valid. I have tried to follow everything and do everything over again and still the same error. I don't know what I am supposed to do. I am so stuck with a rooted phone and no way to backup or put roms on without CWM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cjohns8792:
It has been a day, I have viewed every possible thread on this topic I could find. I have no root problem, and no loading problems, only when I try to reinstall packages do I run into the e: error. I really dont want to go through odin if i dont need to.

I rooted with superone click, then put the modded 3e file in the system/bin directory, rebooted phone, and tried to reinstall packages but it doesn't work. I would love cwm on my phone so I could backup my stock rom. I have no way to backup currently.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woooeric:
Check out the super thread in the infuse section of the site. Huge how to section.

infused miui
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cjohns8792:
I got everything working now and have refuse 1.7 on my phone with a backup just incase. I want to know if I can use one of the roms that don't list as froyo? Will it just update me to the next update of 2.3 or does it ruin my phone because i am on 2.2.1?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cjohns8792:
So I finally got it all working, runny caty 1.5 rom right now. Seems pretty smooth. I can't wait to have ten posts so I can post about the bugs in the dev forum so they can be fixed in the nxt update. 2.3.6 is so smooth.
[Kindle Fire General] ajq:
I managed to compile a tun.ko that loads on the fire. I don't really have to time to test establishing a VPN tunnel right now, nor do I know if there is anything else needed to make a VPN work on this device.

I did install the module and tool around a bit to make sure nothing blew up though. It hasn't yet.

Things seem to be coming along so quickly with the ROMs and whatnot, I don't know that there's much of a need for this right now anyway....

Anyone able to test anything with this? As normally goes for this type of stuff, anything you choose to do with the attached file is at your own risk.

# insmod tun.ko
# lsmod
tun 12481 0 - Live 0xbf13a000
tiwlan_drv 972959 0 - Live 0xbf000000
#

Cheers.
[Kindle Fire General] Rubarb:
Hi,

I tried this (noob alert)

I placed it in /sdcard/

Using OpenVPN I set the TUN module settings to load module to insmod and path to /sdcard/

I then set load tun kernel module before starting openvpn

Generally on trying to connect I get, wait - auth - get config - reconnecting (due to tls-error)

This happens twice then I get "Fatal error - unable to assign TUN/TAP dev dynamically.

I have a log file if it's of help.
[Kindle Fire General] ajq:
Wish I was somewhere I could play around with this today, but I probably won't be until tomorrow.
[Kindle Fire General] Rubarb:
FWIW From a read of other people's experiences with tun.ko for other devices I tried it a few locations, /dev/net/tun /dev/tun but the same result each time.
[Kindle Fire General] mclad:
There is definitely need for this. I'm rooting and will be romming my Kindle Fire, but my wife's Fire will probably stay fairly vanilla, perhaps just with full market enabled. As we are in Australia VPN is essential to have access to Amazon Prime and other services...

Anyone made any progress to working VPN yet? I'm at work so can't play...
[Kindle Fire General] nonef73:
Hi, I tested it and failed. tun.ko crashed and system reboot, just after openvpn try to make tun device ;-)

FYI, I use this openvpn binary for test: https://github.com/fries/android-external-openvpn/downloads
[Kindle Fire General] damianarnold:
Installed OpenVPN from Android Market and configured VPN config files and this compiled tun.ko caused a reboot during the 'get config' phase of the OpenVPN login.
[Kindle Fire General] pendave:
I'm in China and I tried PUFF SSH apk for Android system and it worked!

You can check my ip is USA in the browser.

https://seapuff.com/puff.apk

I post the screenshot images and tutorial in this Chinese forum:

http://bbs.mydoo.cn/thread-54630-1-1.html

I am looking for VPN app for Kindle Fire as well, if someone knows that please don't hesitate telling me, thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] holla2040:
fire tun.ko almost

same result as damianarnold. insmod happens, lsmod shows module. openvpn gets almost done, then fire reboots.
[Kindle Fire General] mclad:
bump. need VPN :(

just tried to share my PC's VPN (HMA pro) using connectify.me which makes a wireless hotspot rather than an adhoc network, but for some reason connectify drops out when the VPN is active, dammit.

VPN on the Fire itself would be so much easier...
[Kindle Fire General] ajq:
If unblock.us isn't working for you, wait for the custom kernels and/or ids/cm9, and it wont be an issue.... waiting stinks, but there are some smart folks working on it.... sorry the module didn't work, but all the rest of the von stuff has been left out of the device. Unblocked.us worked for me a good portion of the week I was in the eu.
[Kindle Fire General] zhxiaobo:
try it ,it is working on my kindlie fire openvpn !:)
[Kindle Fire General] Astrobrewer:
I just went to Market and grabbed TUN.ko Installer app. The developer's web site says it works for Kindle Fire. I installed it and now the "Rooted AnyConnect" app works. No muss. No fuss.
[Kindle Fire General] mjay3000:
Hi Could you please describe a little which VPN service you use or even recommend to use to access Amazon prime service?

many thx

regards

Mjay
[Kindle Fire General] evgeny9:
Not working

Unfortunately, this does not work for me. Neither do other tuns attached to the thread. Is there any other alternative?
[Kindle Fire General] digitalcupcake:
Tun.Ko is fantastic! Had some issues getting FeatVPN set up with my Kindle Fire but after installing tun.ko everything's working flawlessly. This is awesome.

Installed Tun.ko > Installed/Ran FeatVPN setup > Connect with HideMyAss VPN.

BTW, running @twa_priv's CM10 Jelly Bean ROM.

Thanks for the tip for tun.ko!
[Kindle Fire General] hamidwt:
what should I do with this " tun.ko" file to run vpn? how can i install it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo_hito:
Since the sgs2 will usb mount as two sd cards, is there any way to mount ONLY the external sd card? (as that's where I plan to put the music files)

I tried the "multi mount SD" app - it had the right intention but unfortunately doesn't work, since even though it is not mounted the internal sd is still being read (like a card reader without a card in it)

so the headunit at the moment can only see the internal sd...

also found a "usb sharer" app which can limit what files to mount but it FCs and won't even start in sgs2

any ideas anyone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murmur95:
Not to necro a post but this kindof helped me out and I would like to answer for anyone else who had similar issues.

I found my SD kept mounting two drives when I only wanted my external SD card mounted so I downloaded "Multi Mount SD-Card" (trial) from the market and it worked for me by changing "what SD card mounts" to "card two" in the settings.

FYI it requires root access.
[Droid X General] guitarevan07:
Hey guys just isntalled the newest liberty ROM and lost backup assitant and some of my contacts are stored there so I definitely need it. I saw you can install it through his app that comes with the rom but when i try to it says failed. IS there a simple way to get it?

Thanks!
[Droid X General] Ferradinho:
1. Log onto VZW.com go to the backup assistant tab and click export contacts.

2. Go to www.google.com/contacts and click on import.

That way you won't have to mess with backup assistant anymore...