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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeep364:
I have been trying to put the 'widget' itself (2x2 square) on the home screen but even if i hold and drag it to where I want it, it never actually appears on the screen. And of course i'm still getting crazy ping times...Does anyone else have this working on a GN (verizon - not that it should make a difference)?

I have found a few workarounds to this issue, none are great and frustrate me greatly. :mad:

1. Root and use the franco kernel. Seems people with that have no issues - since you can set? the wifi to full performance.

2. Use this wifi performance widget

3. Use an app that has properly set its own wifi settings. - Going through all the radio apps on the google market, i am finding only one app that seems to be doing this right: DI Radio - some kind of dance/techno/etc - confirmed it with ping times, they remain low on sleep.

Not one other radio app seems to have set 'proper' settings - which shows that something needs to be addressed in the os...I was having good luck with the yahoo music app, but depended on the stream (maybe some buffer more :dunno:) - the ping results are garbage.

EDIT: I tried installing high performance wifi again, and finally got the widget to one of the homescreens! Let me break it down for anyone else who comes across this. After install, the small 1x1 blue app box is put on your desktop and the black screen comes up with the wireless networks and a checkbox. I then went to apps->widgets and tried putting the 2x2 widget on the home screen again, and like always it clicks on like its there (and when you click home and its never there). However, this time I hit BACK instead of home after dropping the widget and it took me back to the black screen with the checkbox, then i hit home and voila its sitting there. You can click on it like you mentioned! Confirmed with ping for tune in...pings remain low.

If this continues to work, it may be a godsend. It is annoying having to have this, but far far better than not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Erlang2012:
I had that problem also especially when i tried to download big files when the screen turn off the download speed became extremely slow, this widget solve this, i think to that moment its the easiest solution tap it when you need it tap it again when you done.

By the way i had this problems with franko kernel also and again to my opinion it is the good solution for now, until the apps developers update their apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tlum:
If you download the SDK - you only need Android SDK Platform-tools - to a PC and use the adb shell it is easy to dump the WiFi lock state with dumpsys wifi and see exactly which app(s) are holding what locks. Completely takes all of the guessing out of who is doing what when. Judging the behavior can be subjective because there are other reasons that the WiFi can break up which can be very frustrating.

developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeep364:
The app does work well, however I have been running into some issues as I continue to use it. It randomly decides to turn off the forced max wifi (even though its still blue and looks like its operating) or perhaps the phone is forcing the wifi issue again. It seems to happen when you are downloading, playing with some other apps? You only notice it when you sleep it and the streaming radio immediately starts having issues.

Solution is to flip back to the widget turn it off and turn it on again. It works, but is another annoyance.

I haven't yet ascertained exactly what causes it to switch off yet.

I will look into this, thank you.

---------- Post added at 06:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:28 PM ----------

I used the adb shell (learned how to install all these dev tools and how to use it first :) ) and here is some updated info:

Tunein = type=1

Pandora = type=1

Audioaddict service (Digitally imported app I posted above previously) = type=3

google music = type=3

High performance app = type=3 (havent figured out why this likes to stop randomly)

I will update with more app info, hopefully others can also email the developers and see that it gets fixed, so we no longer have to use damn workarounds...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tlum:
Yes, it definitely has an issue holding its lock, and it definitely seems related to another application taking over and also when it switches to cell and back, I can confirm that. It may be related to the OS since the widget thinks it still on when clearly the lock as been released, so it may be that the OS released the lock and the widget has no idea. I haven't taken the time to look into the details yet, and this is something we should make the developer aware of.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeep364:
Yup, from what I can see it loses lock:

1. when cell switching

2. manually killing/starting wifi

3. when ANY application is downloaded/removed (ie. changes in permissions)

4. when playing with dolphin, other apps for more than a few minutes, it will kill it even though the blue stays lit. I think its as you mentioned, during general use of the phone, at some point some permissions are changed and hifi performance is tossed off its lock.

If you only are streaming music and re enter the phone to check a gmail alert or two...it seems to be fine. otherwise you need to hit the lock widget one more time before sending it to sleep with pandora/tune in playing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] notabenem:
Issues with WifiHighPerformance widget

Hi,

please see this thread/topic for the issues of WifiHighPerformance widget and some workarounds.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26594530&postcount=25

I'll try to resolve them in the near future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PeritoX:
wow this is a serious problem... I thought only my phone did this
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoner221:
was wondering if u were able to put the transformer into monitor mode? just wondering if u wereable to for use of aircrack or something..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
Sorry nvm

10char
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.mcdear:
That's totally not what he meant....

There is an ARM version of BackTrack Linux 5 that was designed to boot on the xoom, and I believe it there is also a write up of how to get it working on the iconia a500 as well. I tried following the xoom instructions and it didn't work on the transformer, but someone with more knowledge might be able to get it working right...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoner221:
yea a.mcdear thats exactly what iam talking about was just wondering if this chip was able to go into monitor mode if soo i shall figure out a way to make backtrack work on the tf.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.mcdear:
Just do a search through the forums here, I know there's instructions for Xoom and I think the other I've seen is Iconia, but not sure. Its been awhile since I looked into getting Backtrack to run on the Transformer...

As far as whether or not promiscuous mode is supported... i'm not sure. With the right driver I don't see why it couldn't work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoner221:
thanks for the info if i have any luck wiil post:)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoner221:
Got it Working

just got bt setup on the transformer wasnt to hard found this site "le.9.over-blog.com/article-backtrack-5-sur-un-asus-eee-pad-transformer-77610821.html" had to translate it tho but after that was really easy...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stewartherron:
I am looking for the Samsung AllShare application for installation to a non-Samsung Windows Phone 7 (Mango) handset. In my case the handset is a Dell Venue Pro running Mango.
[Verizon Droid Charge] teddykgb715:
Sorry guys I did a search and it came back empty. Anyone know if this affects the Charge?

http://gizmodo.com/5863849/your-android-phone-is-secretly-recording-everything-you-do
[Verizon Droid Charge] jselden:
I just read an article off of lockergnome and was wondering the same exact thing. How can we determine if our phones are effected by this?

According to this article it is near impossible to detect wether or not it is installed.

http://www.lockergnome.com/android/...e-sure-your-android-phone-isnt-spying-on-you/

As well the video about this is posted here. http://www.youtube.com/user/TrevorEckhart

According to the video on Trevor's HTC phone he had it running as a service that could be seen in settings>applications>manage applications>running

Our phone doesnt have this running.

I also ran alogcat and see that when ever i press the menu button i get "Input reader ( 138): delivering touch to current input target: action: 1, channel:"

I am not familiar with reading log cat but every action i perform shows input reader or input dispatcher ( 138)

Does this mean we do not have carrier IQ and have nothing to worry about?

Also I am running EP4D and am manually debloated if that makes any difference.
[Verizon Droid Charge] skydeaner:
To my knowledge there is no carrier IQ processes in the ep4d or ep4p, I can't search through the other versions right now. It is overhyped anyways. It's not that big of a deal. No need to put on our tinfoil hats ::rollseyes:: Sammy isn't big on CIQ anyways. HTC implements it to the fullest haha.. but they don't try to hide it in any way either really.
[Verizon Droid Charge] The Root:
This is absolutely not true. K0nane discovered CarrierIQ on Samsung phones starting with the Samsung Epic on Sprint. It also is on the Epic Touch 4g and is used aggressively on At&t Skyrocket. We have a zip mod we can use to extract it, but that is the only opt out. I will find out what running processes to look for and check my wife's phone, she's full stock.
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
I heard that it is possible that CIQ requires the My Verizon app to communicate. I do not know if this is true or not.

My concern is that moving forward into ICS and beyond that CIQ will be too embedded in the framework to remove at all.

I would love to know if/how CIQ works on the Charge and other Samsung phones (would I buy another brand of phone?) I also would be very interested in information that could help lead to method to discover/remove CIQ from the Charge and other Sammy phones.
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
Here's a little something I found that you guys might like. A way to get rid of it! But first, read this little part from the article:

"Note also that if you’re running an Android Open Source Project (AOSP) based ROM — like CyanogenMod — you do not have Carrier IQ installed on your system. These apps are based on the original, open source version of Android, and don’t include any carrier or manufacturer additions like Carrier IQ. If you’re using a modded version of your manufacturer’s ROM, however — for example, a modded HTC Sense or Samsung TouchWiz ROM — you could still have it installed. To avoid this, either flash AOSP-based ROMs, or flash ROMs with Carrier IQ specifically removed (many will say NOCIQ or something similar on their description pages)."

CIQ is on almost every single smartphone. It's even been found on iPhones now. From what I could find, this is the only way to get rid of it:

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/12/how-to-remove-the-carrier-iq-rootkit/

Thanks to LifeHacker for posting this and Trevor Eckhart for finding out how to get rid of the damn thing.

All it takes is a rooted phone and a $1 app.

Although CIQ has not been confirmed on the Droid Charge yet, I am in the process of going back to rooted EP4D right now to check and will post back with findings and if this app works to remove it.

EDIT: Well apparently the app is only for HTC devices or something. So I have no idea how to figure out if this is on our phones or not.
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
I tried that and it only seems to work on HTC devices.
[Verizon Droid Charge] trparky:
I installed the Logging Checker app on my phone that's running Danalo1979's EP4D stock rooted and deodexed ROM. I loaded the app and pressed "CIQ Checks" it said this in the textbox below...

It appears that CIQ may not be on this phone, which is very good.
[Verizon Droid Charge] trparky:
Although this makes me wonder.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jselden:
According to verizon's Twitter page no Verizon devices have Carrier IQ on any of them.

https://twitter.com/#!/VZWjeffrey/statuses/142206836832075777
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hiohokaybye:
Hi!

I'm a little noobish when it comes to this and android in general so I apologize in advance :p

But I was wondering if there are any inductive charging pads that would work with the galaxy nexus? I've got too many cables going on on my desk right now and it would be nice to have the drop and charge type of thing going on :D

Any help would be nice! Thanks! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whyamihere:
Well the Nexus has pogo pins, so I'm waiting for a pogo dock to become available.

Alternatively you could probably mod your Nexus to work with a touchstone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hiohokaybye:
But we'll have to wait for a while before that comes out in the US :(

And is that possible? Cuz that would be awesome :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blunden:
You probably need to do something like below.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1278127

http://asmd.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/evo-4g-wireless-induction-charging-modification/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hiohokaybye:
That looks a litttttttle complicated for a noob like me :p

Would powermat or qi pad be a good idea? or would they not even work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SphericalPuma:
Powermats are great, unfortunately unless your device is a popular one, they more than likely don't make a case for it, in which case you have to use the cube that comes with the powermat to charge your device.

I'm hoping that since the Galaxy nexus will soon launch on Verizon, Powermat will design a case for it that you can just drop onto the mat.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
buy one of these and modify it, someone has done this with the samsung i9000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-OEM-Pal...246190?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item415fce8cae

watch this video

http://www.qianqin.de/2011/09/28/high-waf-inductive-charging-mod/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hhairplane:
Yep, someone's even done it for the Galaxy Neuxs, check out [H] forum.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1038217306
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
Actually looks fairly easy with the large pin solder points. Other phones require soldering to tiny pins.

With the battery cover design, I'd be afraid I'd rip the wiring off every time I pull it open.

LTE EX Galaxy Nexus CM9

Asus Transformer Revolver
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
I've got this, after a while i'm gonna try this inductive charging, with this spare part i won't have to worry about warranty.

you can see the white dot, one wire goes their, the other will just have to touch the usim card holder, this info is just a replica of one of the links with the i9000, it should be the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ro_explorer:
Galaxy Nexus has the dock pins. Two of three pins are used for power supply. I think is possible to tap into those with the inductive charging stuff.

I think I'll try the 12 dollars kit from ebay :). it's just too tempting.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
yeh, I know, i just dont want to mess around with the soldering of the original parts, if i do mess up, i can just discard the part in the photo.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] magn2o:
Hrm.. rather than soldering, why not use conductive tape? That way it's completely reversible should you need warranty repair.

The contact terminals look large enough for a small square of tape to easily adhere to.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kupo5131:
Yes... All you need to do is replace the screen with a 3d screen.......
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmcliam:
After ive installed a new 3d home launcher!should I remove the original home on 2.3.3.my device starts to slow down with new launchers installed.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmcliam:
Ive got a wallpaper called haunted home hd and the shutters look like its producing a 3d image movment.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuelwatts:
Wow really...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kupo5131:
Wow! You might have a rare 3d xperia play! :p
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmcliam:
It runs perfect once ive incresed the speed of my device.if all of my device could run like the shutters on the house of that wallpaper it would look the same as a 3ds which ive compaired with the movment of 3ds.just wanted people thoughts on xperia play because im new to this device ty.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aekio:
Sometimes, people can be so mean.

Okay, back to the truth, Xperia Play can't and will never be able to produce a 3D effect like in Evo3D or Optimus 3D. This is because of the Xperia Play's screen, which is not a 3D screen.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmcliam:
Oh well :$ must be graphics gliching.still the xplay as lots of potential ahead of it.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Alpha Gamer:
All Xperia Plays are already 3D :p
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akaiNe-iSolutions:
Rofl
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadlyDazza:
So, my Playstation phone plays games but... Where do the UMD's go? Do I take the back off??
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
Omg bro you got a 3d play?!? Better check it for a HDMI port also.....
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
No for hdmi you plug in a usb2hdmi cable and use a hdmi enabled sim card, it cost a bit more but its worth it. Just ask your carrier for one.

Yes this is a joke
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
What launcher is that?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
Probably SPB 3D Launcher.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
On a less troll note, you can play that crappy boat game in steriophonic 3D. Ground effect pro XHD, but you need the glasses it's not like the 3DS or Evo 3D.
[Motorola Droid X2] RyanThaDude:
It seems my phone is no longer syncing normally as expected. GMail doesn't seem to be pushing email and the built-in EMail app isn't notifying me either. Other random apps aren't syncing properly, either. It happens over both 3G & Wi-Fi. Sometimes restarting will fix for a moment as everything gets synced and notifications pop up for G/EMail. Twitter is about the only app that seems to be working properly.

Also GPS constantly stops working. A restart usually will re-enable it but it keeps failing. Opening Maps or other GPS-enabled apps does not get fix (GPS icon never appears). Even the GPS On/Off toggle does nothing most of the time.

I'm running Eclipse 1.3 on a 2.3.4 kernel with the beautiful ICS theme (Email app NOT themed). No settings were ever changed and checked to be set properly. I've even tried wiping Cache/Davik without success. I want to see if there is anything I can do before trying to Wiping/SBF back to 2.3.4 stock and reflashing.
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
So yay. My LG GT540 can make calls! However, it cannot go on the internet. I'm in the USA and using T-mobile. Can anyone tell me or guide me into how I can accomplish this, step by step? I'm very new to all this I want 3g/4g internet, if possible, not just the 2g Edge.

The reps at T-mobile seems to be astounded by this phone and none of them are familiar with the settings, etc.

Thanks a bunch!
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Okay guys, my internet seems to be working now after talking with tmobile. But how can I connect to 3g/4g? I'm on 2g now and it is very slow. =/

Thanks!
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Okay the rep said that I may need to update my android from 1.6 to 2.1 and beyond because I don't have the option for the 4g...how can I do this? He only told me to check the LG website.
[GT540 Optimus General] andreas__:
gt540 has no 4g
[GT540 Optimus General] Man_u:
For internet you have to set the apn settings
[GT540 Optimus General] Th3T1n0:
go to wireless-->mobile data and unset "only 2g". so, you have 3g.

The technology 4G in this moment not exist (4 generation).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
[GT540 Optimus General] Man_u:
Yes it is ,American have LTE so 4G
[GT540 Optimus General] Th3T1n0:
no, it is not 4G. It is 3.5G or Pre-4G.

I think that in USA exist network test 4G...

China will be the first state...
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
Na they do have 4G phones like bionic and evo 4G runs on lte
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
All is great except everyone sounds muffled. Is there a fix for this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Might be a defective unit if the handset is sounding muffled. if you sound muffled it may be a mic issue with the rom you're using. but if the sounds you're hearing are muffled it may be the rom, or maybe it is simply a defective unit. Are you rooted? If so try flashing another rom before you assume anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
It was like that stock and the same on unamed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
How do I go back to stock to go back to art?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
From Google searches, seems to be a common issue. Too bad, otherwise a good phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
There's an awesome write up by creepyncrawly to take it back to stock.

I haven't had any issues with calls. They've all sounded great. This is the first time I've heard of it being an issue from anyone in this forum. Not saying it isn't affecting phones, but I don't think it's that widespread. Might want to think about exchanging if you've tried everything you can.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Using a case?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
Yes, using the pop case but it was the same before.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I've never had any sound problems - most people with issues with muffled sound are using an improperly made case.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
Thanks for the replays!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
I give up! I ordered this phone from at&t and now they want me to use a go phone so I can ship them my phone. I could exchange it if I lived in a city that had the sgII in stores but all they have are the skyrocket. This muffled voice crap is really getting to me. With a case, without or a different ROM including stock it's there. Is the skyocket really that bad? I need a phone I can actually use as a phone. I hate the idea of carrying a huge phone around!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
You wouldn't be without a phone that long. Suprised they didn't give you a loaner phone at the store.

You really want to think about getting a skyrocket? Go to the dev section over there.

Here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1383

Count the roms. For that matter count every thread in the dev section. 28. And that's including the locked ones.

Then for kicks read through the Q&A section here:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1401

I tried my best to help answer the basic android questions over there. I couldn't last a week. So many questions were repeated over and over. And by far they were beyond 'search google and pick the first result' easy. More locked threads from people being idiots than I've ever seen in a forum. I could feel myself losing patience and left before I snapped.

The level of intelligence/maturity in at&t sgsii and international sgsii is refreshing.

Hopefully in a weeks span things have improved. But I really doubt that.

Sent from my páhhōniē

Sent from my páhhōniē
[Kindle Fire General] TheMcallan:
I want to let family and friends use my Fire but do not want them buying anything, is there an app lock that will work with the fire. Thanks.
[Kindle Fire General] Thelgow:
Not that I'm aware of. I would guess you would have to log into the amazon account tied to the Kindle and disable/remove all forms of payment.

I know my wife hadn't set up her new credcard, all the old ones were in so she couldn't even download "free" apps since you still need to buy them.

On that note, I hate email spam everytime I "buy" free stuff.