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[Android General] LordManhattan:
Android 17 will crush Windows 22 because.. well you know... because.

Pointless thread is pointless.
[Android General] Der Straßenapotheker:
maaan Android ftw
[Android General] primetechv2:
Isn't Windows 8 a desktop/touch operating system?

Why Windows 8 is cooler with touch monitors than CRTs...
[Android General] lvazn93:
Android 4.0 all the way <3
[Android General] FancyRabbitt:
I'll vote for android
[Android General] primetechv2:
It's still apples and oranges, people ._.

Possibly Android and Mangos, but still.
[Android General] ktt4510:
no more like Ice Cream and Mangos. Either way though your point about x86 chips being stronger is more wrong than you know. They have been major advances in mobile "weaker" ARM chipsets in the last few years thanks to Android and even iOS than the x86 chips have seen in years. In many respects the ARM chips can reliably outperform many comparable x86 chips and use less resources to do so.
[Android General] yglave:
perhaps we cant compare like this~~

android is good. it seems like that win8 supports ARM, but what is the performance~~not sure
[Android General] lilybush:
So many replies, aha, i prefer to Android 4.0

I find a Android 4.0 tablet and the price is just almost the same as ordinary tablets. This shocks me!

Android 4.0 Tablet PC

This must be the first Android 4.0 tablet, anyone has found Android 4.0 also? Pls post here, i have great interest in the new OS!!!
[Android General] Kailkti:
It seems no one here does any real work. :o

You guys must have it good to just pass by everyday playing with a phone.

Edit: just to make sure I don't come under fire, I have said the above because to choose android, a os lacking any real working work related software, over windows, a os designed with work in mind, means you probably don't do a lot of work requiring computers.

$1 gets you a reply
[Android General] kaukassus:
ITT people compare apples with bananas.
[Android General] byyasin:
Exactly Android.
[Android General] astrayasagiri:
is this topic for creating a 19 inch mobile phone?
[Android General] Kannibalism:
for my personal daily use i choose android not because it is better but because i feel i can make use of android much more than windows mobile and ios. That does not mean that android is better since for other users the other os may be the winner for them

Since i work in IT all i can say about which operating system is the best is every os has its flaws and benefits nothing is perfect the user will choose what suits them best.

To the poster who said that android does not support x86 devices i installed android 4.0 on my netbook so yes it does support x86 devices do more research :P
[Android General] AndroHero:
There is no official x86 distro of Android, the Android X86 project is totally unnoficial. As for the people comparing Android and Win 8, you need to understand the arm version of Windows 8 will be nothing like the desktop version, it will also be limited to Arm versions of metro apps, either way, Android is miles ahead of iOS and windows phone.
[Android General] Kannibalism:
you are correct mate its not official, i was just stating that android on x86 devices is possible that`s all :P

As for which OS is the best i can clearly say that android is the best at customization i am sure about this point, any user can make/use a custom rom and custom theme.
[Android General] mistermentality:
You can buy android netbooks that have windows and android dual booting on an x86 atom cpu so you can have android on x86 cpu officially. Or at least official as in by a major manufacturer as they sell them in catalogues like very and littlewoods.

Dave
[Android General] qdr:
Intel Medfield

You all've heard the news - Intel introduced their Medfield platform at CES and Lenovo and Motorolla had both said that they were planning to produce a Medfield powered phone. The Lenovo K800 was announced short time after that. So, from what we have heard - it's going to be an Android 4.0 Medfield powered mobile phone. The question that's been bothering me ever since - WHY? What are the outstanding benefits of running Android 4.0 on a x86 platform? Leave aside the battery performance, size, shape, weight, network reception, I'm pretty confident that they all are going to be on par with today's standards, but why Android? What differences will it bring to the experience? Will I be able to run WINE on it? Will I be able to sideload an x86 version of Ubuntu or Win 7/8? But why would I want to run Ubuntu on a 4" phone? No, I've seen the threads in the early days of HTC HD2 and that people'd successfully done this in the past, but WHY?
[Android General] pal.szasz:
For me it's obvious:

* Is Android 4 open source? :-)

* Is Windows 8 open source? :-(
[Android General] hidemka:
I don't think that we should compare Android (any version) and Windows. In my opinion Windows OS is not for tablets, phones, may be only for smart tvs, but not for ones listed.

Android is much lighter than Windows, there are lots of apps for droid, but only few thousand for wp/w8, ev'ry time you'll gotta troubles with your droid, millions of people can help you, but only support in case of wp/w8...
[Android General] randomchars:
Considering that windows is the most popular operating system on planet earth there is much more community support available for it.

My original problem with this thread is still valid. You're comparing an os that you've never used and is not even released to one that you're a Justin Bieber level fan of.

Also i can't take anyone seriously who refers to the android platform as "droid".
[Android General] hamdimo:
i don't know even the point of this comparison! no OS can beat android if we looked at the whole thing generally. yes windows is popular and so is that crappy ios but even both united they can't beat the Android.
[Android General] nicky.rusli85:
I think for now the best android from windows mobile to mobile

viewed in terms of convenience and flexibility to improvise :)
[Android General] mistermentality:
Um even as a major fan of android I have to admit windows 8 will easily beat android because w8 is the desktop os successor to win7 and there are lots of things you can easily do in windows because it has so much software.

Aside from the arm version windows 8 can use older windows programs. So you can use avisynth vlc dvdfab etc. You can't on android.

Android is great but you can do a lot more on windows as its a full pc os. You can rip dvds or convert videos from one format to another, for example, or create and / or mount an iso and get complex photo software like the gimp but you can't do that afaik in android. The two are totally different so comparing them is pointless.

Dave
[Android General] MavericzeK:
Android 4 is better than W8 for me i like this interface :D
[Android General] Screwedupsmitty:
It all comes down to what you use it for. Windows 8 is for the businessman, android is for all u nerds out there(if you know what a tribble is), ios is for people who A. want something you cant customize for ****, just want it to work and B. Want to be "cool"

Apples to Ice Cream to Mango

It's totally un-comparable. As for my choice, I'll have to see how these win8 tablets come out, they are looking pretty sexy even though I love the dev of android here :)
[Android General] Guru Zeb:
ROFLOL ........... CLASS ........ best comment so far
[Android General] mcord11758:
just not a fan of the look and feel of windows phones
[Android General] Guru Zeb:
Yeah i must confess at being pretty perplexed at not only the shallowness of the OP's query and the messy language used to pose it too.

Am not as volcanically scathing and condescending as you .......... but only because i can't be bothered taking it so seriously.

But i am somewhat confused and kind of alarmed at all the teen fanboys talking utter junk about Android crushing an OS no one can have much of a clue about as its not finalized yet, let alone released. I expect this kind of mindless fan boyism from iOS users not Android power users.

Oh well i guess smartphones draw the young and passionate like a flames draw moths. Shame it seems its brains that get burned in the Android community rather than wings.
[Android General] Purzifal:
imo its hard to even compare Android 4.0 against Windows 8 mainly due to the fact that Winsows 8 is not even hit beta yet and it will be different than the developer preview

and final release wont be available till next year

untill Windows 8 is officially released no comparison can really be made. also it comes down to user preference on what OS they like better. i was impressed with W8 Developer preview and have it as a 2nd operating system and i use it most

also note: apps for windows 8 PC/handheld devices will be cross compatible so basically you can use the same application on a phone as well as a tablet or a PC it will scale the application to suit the device, unsure if this will work/be incorporated with xbox 360 but there was some talks about xbox too which imo is a plus to Windows 8, my source for this info came from my brother who works for BT and BT will be supporting windows 8 due to this.

with Windows 8 app scaling it greatly reduces compatibility issues with application for W8 OS it also ads a wider range of devices that application developers can target.

i personally have been following the development into windows 8 and looking forward to the final release, i just pray microsoft does not screw it up
[Android General] CrazyPeter:
Windows 8 is a botch-job.

THe Windows 8 on tablets is totally incompatible with the Windows 8 on desktop PCs/

You won't be able to run PC applications on a Windows 8 tablet. For this reason alone, it will fail.
[Android General] sageDieu:
windows 8 is: a desktop os which runs desktop applications and uses actual computers to run it, and is not out yet

android 4 is a mobile os which runs mobile applications on completely different types of hardware and is already out

there is no comparison here, this thread is a stupid waste of time. of course people at xda will say android is better. android is better at being android: a mobile operating system. put it on your home computer and see how much you like it.

this isn't comparing apples to oranges, it's comparing apples to hamburgers or something. there is no comparison.

Sent from my ICS SCH-i500
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BossNexusS:
Hi, so i uninstalled my gallery app by accident, my fingers got a little to press-happy.. and i have no back up of it :(

can someone please post the gallery apk for the S2?

please and thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LJP1111:
Pm'd :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BossNexusS:
Thank you very much sir :-)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] alejobenitez:
can anyone send to me plz, I also uninstalled the gallery :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] joecort64:
I need the stock gallery too. I didn't realise that I cannot use quickpic to assign pictures to my lockscreen and now I can only use the default wallpapers.

I made a backup using titanium before I deleted it but for some reason the stock gallery won't restore from the backup. :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] why678:
can anyone send to me as well? I also uninstalled the stock gallery app. Many thanks.:p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] androidkid311:
To all. To be honest... downloading quickpic from the market is better than stock gallery :D. Have a look :)

looks like an iphone but powered by android baby!!!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] luminus:
Like some said, you need it for wallpaper settings. Some options are gone when you uninstall the gallery app.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] likeyoucare:
I also need stock Gallery.apk :((

Would be great if u send me to: autolux41@wp.pl

thanks !
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Galactus:
Just removed my gallery and used quickpic to set the wallpaper so don't have a clue whats happening to you lot lol.

Heres one to use anyways

http://www.mediafire.com/?wc1i75uek3fnwv2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] joecort64:
Have you tried setting your lock screen picture without the stock gallery installed? That's where I ran into trouble. Re-installing the stock app fixed mine.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] likeyoucare:
The problem is in Lock screen wallpaper :)

You can't change it if u don't have stock app...

P.S Thank You for the link !:D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Slimboball:
Yes, I have too managed to uninstall the stock gallery app, please can someone pm it. TIA :)

The 3D Gallery app is quite funky, I just need to change my lock screen image.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Galactus:
The 3dgallery IS the stock gallery
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Slimboball:
@ DramatikBeats

Is there any reason why the app you linked to won't install on my phone? I've downloaded & copied the .apk but it goes through the motions then says 'application not installed'.

I have the 'unkown devices blah blah' ticked!

I'm just puzzled as t why it won't install.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Slimboball:
Tiz ok - I sussed it! Thanks anyway! Geez I am dese at times! :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Galactus:
LOL. For anyone else just copy my file into System/App using rootexplorer or es file manager
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BossNexusS:
Lol wow us started this thread a couple months ago and didn't come back after it got mine working again.. Didn't think there were other people out there like me ahah. :-P

Sent from your bedroom with my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shaq1907:
Can you upload gallery for LPQ? I uninstalled old one before update and after flashing new rom it didn't come back.

Intratech sent it, thanks again.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] r_david562:
I deleted my gallery on my Galaxy S2 T989 too. Could you help me? Now I cant change my lock screen wallpaper.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
I'm gonna have to go out on a limb here, but if this is happening on two different ROMs, and after you reset all data and cache, etc. Then its probably a hardware issue. I'm not positive, but software problems will go away when you reset/flash a different ROM.
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
Thanks, my last shot is to try CyanogenMod 7 but I have read camera and GSM doesn't work in Droid 3, which would render my phone almost useless.

Anyway will serve to rule out hardware if it doesn't reboot in with that ROM.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
I also saw when I read the log, that your phone is having issues with the hardware keyboard, I doubt that would cause a reset though.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Yeah try all different ROMs. That's all you can try.
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
I am using Spanish language and the keyboard is English layout, basically it lacks Spanish characters as ñ ´ ¡ ¿...

I think that might be it, a layout mismatch. But the keyboard works fine when typing so I think this is not a big issue. It crashes when idling with the keyboard closed so I really think it's not related.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Have you ran any deboating scripts or frozen/uninstalled system apps? Any scripts that you have run recently??
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
No, no debloating or messing with system apps when using stock, no special scripts except rooting.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Okay then its probably ROM or hardware related. I had the same problems when I removed some system control apps.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
Do you use Titanium Backup or something similar? Try just installing the ROM and customize it manually and download and set everything up manually. If it don't work then call CS and tell them your phone is rebooting, try their troubleshooting steps, and get a warranty refurb shipped to your house.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
Crap, I saw you were in Spain. Well if you don't have any warranty or insurance you are screwed probably.
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
Just installed CyanogenMod 7, and no reboots so far. Will keep it on overnight to make sure.

GSM doesn't work so I can't make phone calls or SMS. WiFi works fine.

As the pattern for my reboots was loosing signal prior to a reboot, if I don't get any reboots now it means the problem is related to telephony...

Thanks for the help so far!
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Someone in the Development forums made a GSM patch for CM7
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
Tried this patch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1357350

But still get only CDMA and EvDO as network options, no GSM / 3G... under settings -> Wireless & networks -> Mobile networks -> Network Preferences
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Nothings going right for you today.. haha try reinstalling everything.

Format /system

Factory data reset

Reinstall CM7

Boot

Turn off

Install Patch

Factory data reset

Boot.

-Try that..
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
Installed Liberty 2.0 in the end.

Still having reboots, but much less often. Same symptoms: Loose of signal, and 30 seconds later, reboot.

So it's something to do with telephony, but for some reason the amount of reboots seems to be lower with Liberty 2.0.
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
Found a solution!

I tried a different approach, seeing the problem was with radio / telephony...

I put in another SIM from a different carrier, and so far I am having no reboots!

What is the difference? My main carrier is a "virtual carrier", a company that rents other company's network to offer their service, usually with more competitive prices.

The SIM I'm using now is from a traditional carrier that owns the network directly.

What I think happens is that when using a virtual carrier, you are having a sort of permanent roaming: the phone has to first get into the network owning carrier and then join the virtual network of the virtual carrier. Somehow this is making the Droid 3 crazy.

The signal strength meter was indeed showing a small "R" indicating I was in roaming. I assumed this was because being an US phone, it took any non-US network as roaming, but now that I am using the regular carrier SIM, the signal strength bar is not showing "R" anymore.

Seems I will have to change my carrier to a network owner, which unfortunately have much less competitive prices. But at least I found a way of using the Droid 3 without constant reboots!!

For future reference to other Spanish users: I am having the reboots using a Simyo SIM (which runs on the Orange network), but with a Movistar SIM there are no reboots.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
is it an XT860??
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
It's an XT862 (Verizon)
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
had me confused since you are overseas!
[Motorola Droid 3] flemdroid:
mcCOy51

Can you confirm for me that Liberty 2.0 works with GSM from the install? Im traveling to europe in a week and unlocked my D3 and installed Liberty. You dont have to apply a patch or edit prob.build?

Thanks

Eric
[Motorola Droid 3] mccoy51:
Yes it works, Liberty 2.0 and Steel Droid 3. The one that doesn't have GSM support out of the box is CyanogenMod 7.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
anyone try themeing using the ultimate online kitchen yet? has it worked?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] kzoodroid:
I haven't yet but the site says it supports touchwiz devices. I am a little hesitant to try yet without a custom recovery to make a nandroid backup (I know there is one out there but I want to wait till its been tried out a little longer). Though all you really need to do is make a backup of the SystemUI.apk and be able to push it back with adb if something went wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
I tried with del streak 7 on 3.2 and UOT didnt work, 3.2 apps need special apkttool with patch. I dont think UOT has updated yet. no big deal.
[Android Apps and Games] przemeknzb:
Hi all,

I want to introduce you to my app, its a nzb download app for your android device. I.e. download binary files of usenet directly to your phone! I'm proud to say its the first that is offered free on android (prove me wrong)!

Its called nzb leech, search for it on android market

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] LordLugard:
Ok, it downloads nzb files, but does it unpar them as well?
[Android Apps and Games] crusecontrl:
+ 1 I'd be all over this
[Android Apps and Games] Decalc:
+1.. almost everything is in rar...
[Android Apps and Games] przemeknzb:
you guys are talking about reparing using the par2 files not unrar right? Anyways that feature is not currently there. Actually neither is unrar :)

But I agree it would be handy.
[Android Apps and Games] nex7er:
Very nice and easy. I would, however, like to see an option to pause, to have a collapsable display of the downloadlist so we don't see every single file being downloaded (handy if you have several things queued). Also, an option to delete the downloaded files after unraring. Would save space and time for the user.
[Android Apps and Games] heisert:
I still use this App. Thanks god przemeknzb still working on it. There is still no competitor.

After a App reboot (3 years ago?) i bought/donate it again.
[EVO 4G General] ReapersDeath:
Hey everyone, just wanted to post this to see what cpu speed works best for you guys.. Im using these preset things with the program like performance or power saver etc but i dont seem to notice a difference all of them seem to be the exact same.. Wondering how to make it good for like 50% power and 50% performance, basicly balancing the 2 out as long as its better than stalk and not burning out my cpu.. so thanks, let me know what works for you guys as ive heard its slightly different for everyone else

(HTC EVO 4G)
[EVO 4G General] ultra74:
I use the standard "ondemand" governor with a 998max-245min, but the thing I found makes the most difference are the settings under "Advanced".

I use the below "Advanced" settings along with a 245-245 screen off profile.

Seems to get me the best battery and cpu scaling.

It also helps to use an undervolting kernel like Freedom-More.

Try that for a couple days.

NOTE: click the apply button a couple of times (might be bug but they sometimes don't take on 1 button click). Try them as is without "Set on Boot", until you are sure that your phone likes them. Plus, check after a reboot that you verify/reapply them.

Sampling rate: 20000

Up Threshold: 85

Ignore nice load: 0

Powersave Bias: 14
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
I'm at 691200 on smartass governor with 245000 as min on Rcmix rom
[EVO 4G General] nicholaaaas:
The "presets" are how the cpu scales i'd use "interactive" or "smartassv2" 245 min and max at 998+ then search around for here for various profile set-ups
[EVO 4G General] dsuffern:
I'm running the Gingerbread-Evo-Deck 1.3 with a Savaged Zen 2.2.1 CFS HAVS Kernel. I'm also undervolted 50mV, and using the interactive x governor set at 128MHz-768mhz. Running a few other simple tweaks learned from Carhauler, and I've got excellent battery life and great performance.
[EVO 4G General] vulcan001:
I currently run mine on an ICS rom & it comes standard with a tiatmat 4.1.0+ kernel & the cpu is running at about 245mhz-1036mhz with smartass governor(I usually set it to smartass v2 but it switches back to smartass haha). My battery life for me is enough to get me thru the day.
[EVO 4G General] dsuffern:
Which ICS rom are you running?
[EVO 4G General] oidrtybtrd:
I currently running RCMix3d Runny® Sense 3.5. Should I just got with ICS to overclock or just find a kernel that allows it?
[EVO 4G General] Kekoh:
Get a new kernal. Try Tiamat 4.1

I have my SetCPU at 128min 1152max smartassV2(i CAN overclock up to 1267) with 1 profile:

Screen Off 128min 245max

My battery life is extremely good.
[Bravo General] helldogg75:
This thread is in response to jgamers efforts on the motorola bravo. bravo owners are few or silent in their majority. other devs have come with a promise to help with the camera issue and then gone with no responses. It is not that we are impatient or demanding. This phone seems to have been left in the dust. Yeah, it's not a droid razr or a nexus s. Most of us probably recieved the phone and two months later, support was dropped by at&t and motorola. Me personally? I could care less about the camera. I am not a photographer. But, I wouldn't mind getting a decent ICS port. We've been left out of that as well with the new defy kernel. So, thank you jgamer. We do appreciate any help with ANY port past froyo.