yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] aayushARM:
I am not comparing 3Gs and O1, am talking abt. difference between AndroidOS and iOS............
[Optimus One, P500, V General] andy572:
This week, google started a nice topic on the android developer page "Best practices to develop android applications".

Reading some articles is recommended for developers who want to save some battery and/or network traffic, want to spped

up listviews, save ram and other good things:

look here:

Improving Layout Performance

Optimizing Battery Life

Sharing content between applications

i hope, this can someone help to understand what we can do to make things nice.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] chareos12:
Hi ppl,

I'm looking for a viable car dock solution. Ideally, it should pack both aux connectivity and charging.

Actually I found this Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 Desktop Dock

which effectively charges the phone AND gives aux connectivity trough the USB port.

Of course it's not designed for a car, yet I think I could find a way to fix the dock to the dashboard.

Question is...

Will it hold the phone tightly enough to use it in a car in portrait/landscape mode ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Gorjess:
you mean the one that stands the phone portrait right?

it should hold just fine but you cant put it on landscape.. why would you use a desktop dock as a car dock anyway? i mean, its not meant for it..

car dock works better.. you could set it on both portrait or landscape..

aux output? buy a 3.5 to 3.5 jack and plug in to your head unit (if it has 3.5 aux input)

power? if your car have usb socket (for ipods, usb drive, etc) you can plug in your phones data cable to charge the phone..
[Galaxy S II Accessories] zeitgeb3r:
use either:

blu-tack or

velcro + superglue
[Galaxy S II Accessories] liamhammond:
Or a mixture of all three?:)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] UncleScar:
The official Samsung Car Dock has AUX out and USB Charging...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] crack_monkey:
I bought yesterday this car dock from Samsung: Samsung Galaxy S2 ECS-V1A2

(sry cant post external link, cause im to new on this board ^^ )

Its perfect, strong hold on the window, but u can easy remove it. It charges the phone and has a aux out. It also let ur S2 turn into Car Mode when u dock it in.

The front from the car dock can be removed with the phone inside.

The desktop dock from ur first post is also for landscape mode, so u can lay the pohne on the side.

Hope i could help u.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] chareos12:
Thank you all !

I didn't notice the official car holder has such a feature. I'll go for it !!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Bubisch:
Im using the official car holder too. You really need two hands to get the s2 out of it. If you try it with one hand, it might also work, but no matter how much you have fastened the screw it will move.

The integrated aux input is not working properly. The audio signal is about 30% of the quality the headphone jack gives you. I recommend using Bluetooth or the headphone jack. Though, having such a port w'that is not useable is really annoying...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bahtsiz_bedevi:
Why don't you use a car mount holder as a desk dock :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jonamafun:
Can the Samsung car dock accommodate phones with cases? Will the fit with say a TPU rubber case?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mleet1980:
I have sent my phone to rma twice with no positive results. I'm having issues connecting to the network. Every time I put my sim card in my wife's phone it shows no service where it should show t-mobile.

I have the same rom on both phones. I have the July 15 baseband. Please help. If I call LG again is there any possibility they send me a replacement phone?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Might just be an issue with your sim card. Have you contacted T-Mobile about it? That's where I'd start.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mleet1980:
Yes. My sim reads in my other g2x. Im pretty sure its not my sim.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] vn00914361:
Then it's your phone. Go unlock it. Lol. Every Sim works on my phone since it's unlocked :) 40 bucks, but worthy ^^
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mleet1980:
Already tried that
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
You got ripped off
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nycelitemaster:
Unlock cost me $3. :)

Sent via MIUI-G2X
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
Heck. In my signature they are only $2.39 for XDA members.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] @moe:
unlock

you all got ripped off.. lol free from tmobile ... walked in bought the phone and had them unlock it on the spot...but a couple of days later the phone took a **** on me...

had to buy a new one then got the unlock code for 2.00$ on ebay
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Gryncc:
Either way it don't fix the problem
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] honglajiao:
Is that any ways of flashing new rom without the need of delete all my data n apps?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
this is why we have Titanium Backup...

1. use it to backup all user apps + data

2. nandroid backup

3. full wipe, flash new rom

4. install TB if the ROM doesn't come with it, then restore all user apps + data

don't backup and/or restore system data betwen ROMs, as they're often incompatible and will screw things up
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
No, You need to delete them, but the poster above me has the solution :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coempi:
Back your app data only (you can sync contacts and calendar from Gmail) and restore after you have installed all your apps. TB is not compatible with all ROMa, you can have problems. Use NANDROID backups to investigate which way works best.

Cheers
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
good point, though have not known of TB incompatibilty between roms.

@honglajiao you might as well still backup all user apps and data, because TB can still restore the data separately.

in addition to using google to backup/sync contacts, SMS backup+restore (free in market) is good for texts.

and once again, don't backup/restore system data!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coempi:
+1 for SMS backup and restore. Simple, but excellent.

Cheers
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
There is a way to try and that is to delete dalvik-cache between flashing roms. But because of the huge difference in design of roms nowadays, it is difficult to implement. Supernova does not require a wipe before flashing because my script migrates even Froyo to Gingerbread without issues..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronus101:
You can use the ic scirpt to install your apps at boot and tb to restore data.
[Nexus One General] bbq1308:
My phone's market cannot display the picture (cannot load the image) but can download & inatall the apps, anyone have this issue?? (I use Miui 1.12.2 rom and market is 3.3.12)
[Nexus One General] camalus:
Clear data on market perhaps?
[Nexus One General] bbq1308:
I have try to wipe the market data and wipe the cache from recovery but still no change....is it. MIUI issue ?
[Nexus One General] Dirk:
Is it the same with both 3G and Wi-Fi?

I have an app that for some reason only loads pictures when i'm on Wi-Fi.
[Nexus One General] bbq1308:
3G & wifi are the same -_-
[Nexus One General] narbir:
This is due to host files. Try to download Adfree App And Add host files and this would hepl you.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sherichander:
Hi Guys,

I am currently running the CM7 ROM (7.1.0.6 Milestone-KANG) on my Milestone. While the ROM is much better and faster than the stock ROM it still gets slow and laggy sometimes (Overclocked to 800 MHz).

Please let me know which the are fastest Gingerbread based ROMs out there and is there anything else that can be done to increase the responsiveness of the device.

Cheers...

Chander
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] BooZon:
Try HO!NO 7.1.1. It is build from kabaldan source, Android 2.3.7 and I love it :D

Zatapatalkowane z MotoStone'a
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] dsac:
Ultimate Milestone (formerly Ice and Fire) is the fastest ROM i've used.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] endstille:
i used ultimate mod (ice and fire) but switchted to HO!NO! then.

i had trouble with minfree settings (check thread) that it killed my apps...

HO!NO! is even faster, more beautiful (i love this ICS design and transitions) and reliable (not killing any app). i only had to adjust permissions in OR once.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vangug:
I must disagree with you guys. Ho!NO! ROM is very RAM consuming.

OK it looks nice but the phone is slow and lags a lot.

Stock froyo ROM with setcpu works faster, you must admit it.

I flashed my milestone with HO!NO! after reading this thread but i`m dissapointed.

I think I`ll give a try with a vanilla cyanogenmod
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] BooZon:
@up, apply Supercharger from zeppelinrox with best settings that fits for you and then try

Zatapatalkowane z MotoStone'a
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MotoMileCm7:
where i find vanilla cm rom to milestone?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rchacin:
Ultimate Milestone (formerly Ice and Fire), is my best. Only complaint was camera (as with any CM7 based), then downloaded MIUI Camera and I'm done!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] juanono:
If you are open to something else.... the FASTEST rom out there is by far TelusLite (eclair and no longer developed) but if you want brute speed... that is the way to go.

Enviado desde mi Milestone usando Tapatalk
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] napsterr:
i used CM6 from milaq 6.3.x - 6.3.4).... very fast and "low" RAM usage

then switched to CM7... it works well too but i feel the RAM usage when opening apps like MAPS to navigate or want to play some games. navigation browser and apps may close without warning...

then tried again milaqs CM6 (6.3.6)... it was ok but RAM usage is not good as the versions before...

i recommend milaqs 6.3.3 or 6.3.4... these two are ok, fast and you can use the most apps withouts errors.... and with supercharger you can get 60-70MB free RAM
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] KaitouKimura:
IMHO, HO!NO! is the fastest ROM with moderate amount of RAM. I've tried all other ROMs like CM7, Ultimate Milestone, CM6, Cronos, MIUI... but they couldn't meet my need as HO!NO! does.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bardaryas:
Ok it was like 2.3 works pretty smooth on the outside but gets really lag when you actully use any apps. 2.2 roms are much better but there's always a hard choice on which 2.2 is better since now most developers are focusing on 2.3
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alegara:
This is true! i try all and HO!NO! is the best!

Regards,
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] znetroll:
I am currently using CM9 RC0 (built from source myself) and must say, despite the very early status I like it even better than the excellent CM7.1! It still has a few issues (e.g. keyboard backlight and camera don't work, though I think there is a fix for the former), however, overall, it feels much smoother to me. As always with our old Milestones, the biggest issue is memory... When limiting background apps to two, I have very little issues with that anymore.

Keep in mind though that this ROM is not intended for daily use, so you need to be as crazy as I am (remember, no camera) ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] moriel73:
O.o

can i use the HO!NO! in my Motorola Droid A855?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bines123:
i recommend HO!NO! for milestone.. it works smooth and fast.. of course it comes with a great battery life:D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Dave Lister:
Not unless he's made a Droid version as well. Milestone and Droid ROMS are not interchangeable.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sherichander:
Thanks Guys!!!

Thanks a lot guys for your suggestions. i tried most of the ROMs but found Ho! No! to be the fastest. Even at 600 MHz the ROM is quite fast and smooth.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sherichander:
In fact I have been having a small problem with Ho! No! ROM. I am in India on AIRTEL 3G. Whenever I switch to 2G Network I tend to loose signal and after sometime the signal gets completely lost. If I remain in 3G only everything works fine but battery usage is obviously more. Moreover, recently after HO! NO! CM 7.1.3 I am not getting 3G speeds while internet browsing while being on 3G network.

Do I need to change my radio according to India (where to find the same and how to do it?)

I didn't have any such problems on CM 7!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] itasoulas:
First of all, credits should go to nims11 for this. I pm him and asking how to do that, it worked so I thought to write an extensive tutorial about this. Of course I am not held responsible if something goes wrong, read carefully instructions though it's quite simple, don't mind long explanation, is meant for new users too.

STATUS BAR TRANSPARENCY - WHAT YOU NEED!!!

1. This was tested on CM7.2 on both deodexed and odexed version. Also will work on ICS2. Probably will work on CM7.1 too but haven't tried this. Don't ask me if this will work on other modded versions of CM7.2, I don't know, and I am not willing to try.

2. You need a theme that supports transparency in status bar like Meizu, LunarUI, MIUI, Naked Simplicity, Orion and much more. Theme list can be found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1167075

3. You need

ADW Launcher along with theme to make this work

. Remember to uncheck wallpaper hack in system preferences.

4. You need Root Explorer or similar app to be able to do have root access.

5. Before proceed with the method, backup SystemUI.apk from system/app (deodexed version) or both SystemUI.apk and SystemUI.odex (odexed version). A simple copy/paste to your sd card will also do the job.

PROCEDURE FOR HAVING TRANSPARENCY IN STATUS BAR

DEODEXED VERSION

1. Download this file http://www.uploadking.com/V7YWUIJ3UO and transfer to your SD Card (any directory)

2. Use Root Explorer and COPY file

3. Go to system/app --> Press the Mount R/W button on top of screen --> Now Paste. A message pops up to confirm that you want to overwrite file. Press Yes.

4. You will then get a message that systemui stopped responding. DON'T WORRY. Hold power button till phone reboots

5. When it reboots you won't have status bar. DON'T WORRY, IT'S MEANT TO BE LIKE THIS.

6. Use again Root Explorer, go to system/app, press again the Mount R/W button --> then find file SystemUI.apk --> Long press it till a menu pops up --> Click Permissions, it should be as this http://imageshack.us/f/843/screenshot1323167924787.png/ So permissions under file should be as rw-r-r

7. Reboot phone --> YOU'RE DONE.

ODEXED VERSION

The procedure is exactly the same as deodexed version BUT BEFORE DOING THIS YOU NEED TO DELETE

SystemUI.odex

from system/app using Root Explorer and having pressed the Mount R/W button in order to do so.

So when you're done and lets say you are using MIUI Theme it should look like this http://imageshack.us/f/856/screenshot1323169878975.png/. Different theme will have different icons or different transparency level, transparency is really theme dependant!

DON'T PANIC

1. If it doesn't work then probably you did something wrong

2. Remember that you have backed up original files so you're safe

ALTERNATIVE METHOD VIA CWM (as nims11 suggested) - ODEXED VERSION ONLY!!!

Just flash this through CWM http://db.tt/vlQvk1Nx
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] akkis:
Thank you John!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] nims11:
Odexed version

Install directly from cwm

http://db.tt/vlQvk1Nx
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] itasoulas:
yours --> one line instruction

mine --> uhh, a few more lines :p

Nice!!! Thanks! Added to first floor
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] ^Deadly_Sin^:
I tried it and i lost my status bar completely :confused:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] itasoulas:
are you using odex version? I haven't tried this method myself, I did it manually. Check permissions on SystemUI.apk, it should be as rw-r-r.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] nims11:
I tested it on my odexed rom then gave here

I not want to tolerate such question like i lost my statusbar... so i not started thread

he pm me so i gave him

and by saw thread gave odexed version for odexed rom user

so if working with your good if not use other method of using deodex methos from first post
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] ^Deadly_Sin^:
I managed to make it work, sorry for the trouble i've caused and thank you :)

Also, a tip as a small contribution for people who don't like adw launcher like me. If you want to have a transparent status bar while using a different launcher then you need to download multi picture live wallpaper from the market. Set your prefered wallpaper through multi picture live wallpaper and the status bar is transparent no matter what launcher you're using :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] febriantosaka1:
yes it work... also nims maybe you can give us your transparency bar with center clock system UI too... it would be awesome... thx :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] alley23:
Same here...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] pujitjuneja:
FINALLY :P

I'm still waiting for a proper tut :P
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] doctorace92:
If anyone wants full transparency just replace every instance of @drawable/statusbar_background by @color/transparent.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] xxxMADxxx:
can u share how to do that??? more detail i mean...thx for ur reply
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] doctorace92:
If you know how to use apk manager and in which xml reference to statusbar_background is located you should be able to do it.This is not for freaking noobs.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] xxxMADxxx:
working in ics2...but when i try to choose ics theme by achep isn't transparent..anyone can make ics theme by achep be transparent?

Sent from my GALAXY ACE running ICE CREAM SUNDAY2
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] saigetshu:
CM7.2 systemUI

just want to help. here I made flashable. but before you flash you must delete SystemUI.odex using root explorer > system > app choose SystemUI.odex and delete make sure you has mount rw first, if you get FC for SystemUI don't panic, reboot to recovery and then flash it via recovery. don't forget to mount /system first...

all credits goes to him...

MAKE BACKUP FIRST OF YOUR CURRENT SystemUI.apk and SystemUI.odex

EDIT : SORRY MY FAULT. THIS STUFF ONLY WORK IN CM7.2 ROM BASED.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] saigetshu:
I think you must extract SystemUI.apk using apktool. and find value @drawable/statusbar_background then replace with @color/transparent find in some files with xml extension. I recommend to use notepad++ for editing xml extension.

Hi nims11. I think this SystemUI.apk and SystemUI.odex in zip is not compatible with CM7 by Grif_07, I've been tested but my status bar completely lost. can you tell me, does it work on your Rom? using this flashable?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] febriantosaka1:
maybe because it's for CM 7.2 based rom only....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] joryS5830:
I have go launcher and dont work transparency. Is possible some work on go launcher.? How to? And ics theme by achep wanna go create transparent theme

Sent from my GT-S5830
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] doctorace92:
Use multipicture live wallpaper and transparent theme.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] nims11:
for second my rom already have it so no need and it not gonna work on grifs as its cm7.1
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] itasoulas:
nice! good to know
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] :
ok. thanks for explanation. . .
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] pujitjuneja:
You can also disable Wallpaper hack in ADW settings and voila!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] :
sorry my fault. I think all app based on cm7.2 can applied in cm7.1 too...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] ijustzeke:
so... anybody had this one to work on 7.1?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] xxxMADxxx:
Make this theme chooser theme status bar transparent

can anyone make these theme chooser theme ics from achep to be transparent at status bar like orion theme??? i've flashed systemui for odex n working only orion theme...when i change to ics theme by achep the status bar transparent is gone..thx for ur reply...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] itasoulas:
I have already pm him to do so, don't know if he'll do it though! :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] xxxMADxxx:
i hope so..;););)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Squirrel937:
Worked on my Galaxy Ace running CM 7.2 . Just wondering, does the status bar only appear transparent when you are on the homescreen?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] sazrimz:
Work on lock screen as well running ics2...home screen not work coz live wallpaper none...can someone give me the apk and odex file please...I don't use adw launcher that why I need the live wallpaper..will press thank button
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Squirrel937:
I mean, does it still appear transparent when you are in other applications?

BTW, is this what you need? Attached .apk for the multipicture live wallpaper.

Press thanks if i helped ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] sazrimz:
no transparent in others app...

tq for the attach but this not what i needed...live wallpaper apk and the odex file in system app came with the roms...ics2 rom without it
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Squirrel937:
Oh.... that's unfortunate.

Hey wait, I think you don't need that two files to have transparent status bar without ADW launcher.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] nims11:
http://db.tt/69etCnfH

livewallpaper picker install by cwm
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] itasoulas:
having a transparent status bar while using apps that have a black background (or any color) would be agly and that you can tell for example if you set adw not to have transparency in app drawer - it looks agly trust me.

So as long as the transparency exists in homescreen and lockscreen that's all we need really :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] sazrimz:
at last...i got it...thank button pressed!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] thunderror:
At last! Transparency.

On my Icecream Sunday 2. (CM7.2)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] aceian:
For go launcher users.....

Enable "high quality drawing " from "advanced setting " in preferences of the launcher...

.. To get transparency enabled on normal wallpapers too...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] ^Deadly_Sin^:
Dude!!!! You're right!!! The only problem is that the status bar "keeps" the backround of the image you have for only one screen, when you swipe to the next one it still shows the image from the previous screen. for example, here are some screenshots. The one that is normal is from screen No2 and the other is from screen No3

Uploaded with ImageShack.us
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] aceian:
+1....

I noticed it just now...

But can't se myself using any other launcher other than go launcher... Hope that's fixed in the next version of it...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] alley23:
Working also in deodexed. ^^
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] sazrimz:
use multipicture livewallpaper or superwall lite for any launcher...solved the problem
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] gwok:
Its great, thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] pravin73:
thanx its work :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] xxxMADxxx:
hi sazrimz....how do u get transparent status bar on miui launcher?? i see u dont use live wallpaper....give me the secret...;););) thanksbutton i hit if u help me
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] sazrimz:
i used multipicture livewallpaper
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] darkpunk1:
how can i make this work for launcher pro???

thanks!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] sazrimz:
your answer in the 1st post
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] xxxMADxxx:
Thx sazrimz.....but in cm7.2 rc 1 livewallpaper doesn't worked...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] sazrimz:
see page 4 livewallpaper post by nims
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] xxxMADxxx:
Hey all....finally i can make ics theme chooser from achep to be transparent at status bar with uot kitchen...just modify in status bar mod..tick transparent stat bar n change transparency what u like. (dont touch anything just stat bar mod)..thx for all dev...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] ijustzeke:
deleted. fixed. thanks!