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[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Joe-Momma:
But their contract redifines unlimited (as far as the meaning!) and we all agreed to it even though it is a legal screw over...

They can change it at will as that is in the contract too...

Oh and if you use your phone then you agree to the changes when made!

Isn't corporate Americia great, they are the cause of the economy with crap like this. Just keep screwing the money earners that make you corporate giants what you are. They are killing themselves along with the economy not just AT&T but most all large corporations:mad:

You just have to be creative to get around their rules :)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nkrick:
+1 what Joe-Mamma said.

Also, unlimited only means that they will not charge you for going over a certain amount. If you read your contract and/or TOS they say that they can throttle or suspend your access for "excessive" utilization. They never define what qualifies as "excessive."
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] BarryH_GEG:
While you're in there, check out the clause about agreeing to arbitration for disputes. There will be no sueing AT&T - individually or class action.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
That's AT&T covering their corporate asses, because they know how hard we'll screw them back once we as consumers all realize how bad we're getting ripped off and decide to band together and rebel!

And to anyone who will say "Well, that's the contract you agreed to..." to that I say: what other reasonable choice do we have? The key word there is "reasonable." There isn't a "reasonable" alternative so far as I can tell. That's why it's a monopoly, and that's why we all get screwed so badly.

Welcome to America Inc. indeed...

FML... *sigh*
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Twiddler:
I've brought this up before, but this seems like a good point to mention again that according to the last line in section 6.2 of the TOS, you violate your contract if you connect your phone to "other equipment for any purpose." This means that if you ever charged your phone, you violated your contract.

This is the point where someone attempts to ridicule me for my "ridiculous" statement . So go ahead, but it is correct. Your charger does fall under "other equipment" and charging is "any purpose".
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cocolopes:
Well...the title says all

Im trying to make a transparent status bar for ICS roms...

Can someone help me?

from ICS...yes! in your face motorola!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoboDan918:
I'm looking for the same thing...

Elegancia ROM has this, but I don't know how they did it. Jeff's "TraBar.zip" isn't compatible with ICS.

This is the only thing keeping me from upgrading my HTC Sensation...
[myTouch 4G General] gruuvin:
Hi all,

When I place a video call to my friend using the front facing camera, my friend sees my video as sideways and mirrored. I see my local preview as sideways and NOT mirrored. This problem exists no matter how I rotate the phone.

I should see my local preview as mirrored (like desktop version) and my friend should see it as NOT mirrored. Both of us, of course, should not see the video as sideways.

I'm surprised that nobody is talking about this issue. I don't know when the bug crept in, because I don't use Skype on the phone that often due to what seems like higher battery drain when Skype is running. I did some reading online about the issue, and it looks like the HTC EVO 4G suffers from the same problem, which means a LOT of people can't properly Skype again!

I did try messing with the enable/disable rotation setting in both the Skype app as well as in Android settings. I also tried rolling back to a previous build that worked properly, but as some have mentioned, rolling back to a known good build (that supported front cam) doesn't fix the problem.

I don't really think there is an easy fix for this, but I thought maybe if we discuss it here a bit, well..... ya never know.
[myTouch 4G General] sckboy78:
You need to roll back to a old version of Skype. The new one is crap.
[myTouch 4G General] gruuvin:
Does anybody know what is the latest version of Skype that doesn't exhibit this problem?
[myTouch 4G General] sckboy78:
Here you go. I posted it in virtuous affinity. It only broadcasts in landscape.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20097672
[myTouch 4G General] winvinay:
I had a similar issue with google+ video chat. My video used to come sideways to others. This was happening in GB.
[myTouch 4G General] gruuvin:
I found that version 2.1.0.46 allows use of the front facing camera and seems to orient the image properly, however there is a special Version 11 build out there that I found, and I don't know who to give credit for it, that adds an extra settings menu called Advanced Settings, which gives ALL SORTS OF AWESOME CONTROL over image orientation and resolution, among many other things.

The filename I found is Skype_2.1.0.46_v11.apk, and I found it at one of those websites that is 4 sharing files (hint). Again, I don't know who to give credit to for this build, but the advanced menu is SUPERB, and I hope to see more builds like this one!!!
[myTouch 4G General] sckboy78:
Dude, thanks for that find. Where have I been...lol! That version is sick! Love the advanced option.
[myTouch 4G General] gruuvin:
No Doubt!! Settings don't get much more advanced than that!!
[myTouch 4G General] gruuvin:
New version of skype came out today, and it's worse than before.

Landscape mode only now (no setting for auto-rotation). New bugs with front-facing cam: both local and remote view is mirrored, local preview is upright but stretched, remote view is sideways.

Skype makes a couple minor improvements while breaking the most important functions. Sheesh! Do they test this stuff before release?
[myTouch 4G General] sckboy78:
Yeah, I dont think they test any of their crap. I dont understand why we are not on the supported list. We were on of the first ffc phones out.
[myTouch 4G General] bfreexxx:
i can't get this version of the app to sign in. any clues?
[myTouch 4G General] Stovepipe:
OMG, man.. You ROCK! Thanks a TON for this.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] l3gionPT:
Hello everyone,

I changed my build.prop by following this image (http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=577313&d=1303689000).

When I go to Android Market trying to buy, for example, Backstab HD it says that my mobile phone isn't compatible. It shows my mobile phone as a Desire HD.

Why can't I buy it?

Thank you

EDIT: Additional build.prop changes:

ro.product.device =

ro.product.locale.region =

Yes, both are empty.

It's in Portuguese, but you can see that it says that Huawei U8800 is compatible with Backstab HD. :D

EDIT 2: Mods, please, lock this topic.
[Galaxy S II General] mwatson:
On my search for better battery life, I eventually flashed back to stock rom. Being a bit lazy that day I didn't bother configuring my work exchange email.

By not adding the exchange account the battery life was amazing! 20 hours and still 63% after quite heavy usage.

I configured the exchange email with a bit of a test in mind after the improved battery and realised my sgs2 is always set to push. Even if I set to manual, the phone will revert back to push 30 seconds later.

No wonder I had crap battery all this time! This thing is permanently connected to exchange with push wether I like it or not. I now use k9 email for exchange which doesn't have the push bug.

This is quite a major bug as battery life suffers and data usage must be very high. If you use exchange try deleting the account and see if you get better battery.

I'm running stock XWKI4
[Galaxy S II General] SiSL:
Mine was working perfect until I hit a wakelock and drained my battery in matter of a few hours when idle...

It was perfectly fine until today... Weird it happens now and suddenly without changing anything...
[Galaxy S II General] killall:
Check you dont have any apps marked for automatic updating. Maybe a rogue app is draining your battery.
[Galaxy S II General] leak73:
Exchange in gingerbread does have a bug. If you have birthdays in your exchange calendar then it constantly syncs. If you do a search for it you will see others with the same problem.just change the calendar sync to off and turn on for a couple of minutes a day to sync and you will see the battery life improve.
[Galaxy S II General] kalonso:
Mine working perfect
[Galaxy S II General] TheFiZi:
Can you elaborate on your Exchange settings, OS version, any customization you've done, etc?

I'm having the same problem with Exchange 2003 and ActiveSync destroying my battery life.

I've tried switching from push to pull with change in battery life. I did have calendar and contact syncing enabled when trying this.

For the weekend I decided to disable my Exchange account and my battery is doing much better especially considering I used the phone more on Saturday (Exchange off) then on Friday (Exchange on).

Here's my battery usage with Exchange push, contact syncing, calendar syncing and the following settings:

Period to sync e-mail: All

Sync schedule: 24/7 push

Period to sync Calendar: All calendar

Size to retrieve emails: All

Sync Contacts: Enabled

Sync Calendar: Enabled

Here's my battery usage with my Exchange account disabled:

I'm going to try goofing with the settings. Start by disabling my calendar syncing and see if that makes a difference.
[General Questions and Answers] GreggoryD502:
Hey guys. Greetings from the Vibrant community. Im eligible for an upgrade. Ive been lurking around here and the SGS II forums, trying to decide on a new phone. I know the SGS II is a beast, but havent seen any custom roms that just pop for me. Thats not a knock and the devs, I have a ton of respect for what they do. On the other hand there are several polished roms here. So are you guys still loving your Sensation's? Sensation or SGS II ?? Any input would be great? Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] zeroprobe:
I think the Sensation is superior now.

QHD always over an aging 800x480 resoltion. Blacks are not that much better on the GS2 and would take QHD everytime. This is the main thing for me.

Faster processor

Better built

Resolution for me always wins. I don't need ultra black blacks on a mobile device, overrated difference anyway.
[General Questions and Answers] dante-fu:
What are you using your phone for? What are your priorities?

Sensation fits mine the best. (screen resolution, audio quality, design, price - 100 EUR cheaper than GS2 here)

Yeah, I do love mine :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] csd181:
Greg,

I just switched from Vibrant to Sensation and I love this phone a lot. The GPS works great unlike vibrant. There are lot of sense roms available. CM 7 is at alpha stage. Currently, I am on TMX rom which I really like a lot with great battery. I tried muiu but had few problems. Eventually, I will get on CM 7 when they are on nightly. I had CM 7 nightly on my vibrant unfortunately, I had problems with incoming calls which was due to hardware problem.
[General Questions and Answers] GreggoryD502:
Honestly I use my phone to talk, text and surf the web. I dont watch movies or put music on it. The GPS on the vibrant wasnt an issue. I kept it off anyways. You guys are making me want a sensation! Thanks for the input guys. Nice to see its civil in here!
[General Questions and Answers] gavin-phelan:
Tbh i owned two and i just sold my sensation because the sgs 2 was the sensation + more!
[General Questions and Answers] lorddart:
Imo the cost difference isn't worth it for the sgsII over the sensation this is honestly just my transition phone till I get something worth upgrading too hopeful early next year! But I am disappointed with the slcd over samoled but... The higher resolution really is nice
[General Questions and Answers] billobob:
you can probably get a used sensation for $250-260 off craigslist or ebay if you search well, $300 easy. an SII is going to cost at least $425. all things equal i'd probably pick the SII (as i'd prefer having an awesome camera and SAMOLED over moderately more high resolution screen), but only by a hair. with the difference in cost i chose the sensation and don't regret it
[General Questions and Answers] TransporterxJ:
I prefer SGSII if the phone is not going to be modded. (e.g. S-off, root, custom rom, etc) cause the touchwiz is very nice. i like how SGSII looks and the functions inside.

Well Htc sensation is aniother choice for you if you're using the phone more in entertainment purpose. Beats audio included, 720p video recording, etc. and there's different kind of roms too, you can mod your phone in the way you want. Btw, I'm having a Htc sensation xe.
[General Questions and Answers] lyrical1278:
I'm a media head so actually the sensation works out for me. I wanted a SGS II but wound up getting my Sensation for free (business account) so I went the Sensation route.

Having it modded with Beats is nice, but I never use the HTC Music app (actually will be soon), I watch movies on it every so often (mostly because I got the 10 dollar credit on HTC watch for being a Tmo customer)

I surf the web, text, use GPS ALOT (I never turn it off), calls, emails, and more. Coming from a Moto Droid X2, I fell in love with QHD and felt the resolution on the SGS II was a downgrade.

The audio part is HUGE for me since I have the klispche ear buds they just released for Android Phones (Overrated when using the app for them, but the audio quality is GREAT)

So, I would say it is what you use it for. Me personally, my eyesight isn't great at seeing what the difference is color wise. So deeper blacks never existed for me. Battery life, build quality, and more are. I don't want to hold a phone and feel like I am holdiing a toy.
[General Questions and Answers] ryohazuki:
Lol, faster processor? They're the same.
[General Questions and Answers] mattbutsko:
Faster Processor? I was under the impression that the GSII's Exynos is the best in the business.
[General Questions and Answers] corwest:
The T-Mobile sgs2 has a 1.5 Snapdragon. Exact same as the Amaze. Sensation has essentially the same but its underclocked to 1.2. Both are in the S3 line of snapdragons. I also believe both have the adreno 220 gpu.
[General Questions and Answers] vinc84:
Sensation appears to be the winning choice
[General Questions and Answers] GreggoryD502:
Looks like I have a tough decision to make. The one thing that scares me is that I'm not familiar with rooting htc's or their recovery or s-off.
[General Questions and Answers] rawrfische:
Then it sounds like a toss up tbh. But do you surf the net in landscape mode? Deathgrip can be really annoying if you're not right next to your router.
[General Questions and Answers] corwest:
Cool thing about htc is once rooted and s-off, you can download and flash a new rom all from your phone. I believe you need a PC with samsungs.
[General Questions and Answers] Phateless:
Honestly I go where the cyanogenmod is. Seriously.

HTC phones always have the best rom support and GPS locks in seconds. Literally.

HTC quality control blows though. Dust under screen, light leaks, different screens, bad emmc chips, the list goes on.

All that said I currently have two HTC devices. Glacier and sensation and love them both. The g2x just didn't do it for me.
[General Questions and Answers] Phateless:
HTC rooting is easy once you're up to speed and fastboot is nice. But odin can and will be a lifesaver sooner or later, lol.

At the end of the day if you want to run cyanogenmod sooner rather than 6 months later than everyone else (ahem, vibrant!) then HTC is the only choice.
[General Questions and Answers] kboater:
To the OP:

i got my sensation as a warranty exchange from the vibrant. just wondering why you are thinking of sensation or gs2, i would think you would be thinking the Amaze or the GS2...

if you are buying used it makes sense as the sensation would be cheaper, but if you are getting it for signing a new 2 yr contract, why are you contemplating the Sensation over the Amaze (which is updated and has more Ram)?
[General Questions and Answers] ebatr8:
I screen resolution seems to small for that size of a screen on the sgs2 the image doesn't look anywhere near as crisp and sharp that's about the worst thing I find about that device otherwise its pretty good phone
[General Questions and Answers] GreggoryD502:
I honestly haven't even looked at the amaze. I was just so impressed with the roms here I didn't bother to check it out. Thanks for all the responses!!
[General Questions and Answers] GreggoryD502:
Do you guys have a program similar to Odin for htc's?
[General Questions and Answers] Phateless:
Sort of. Each phone has its own RUU which restores it to out of the box state. They can be flashed with a computer or booted from sdcard.
[General Questions and Answers] TransporterxJ:
HTC is the best choice for you if you like to do customization on your phone. You can find whatever mods that you like and you can flash the roms easily once you get s-offed and custom recovery installed.
[General Questions and Answers] corwest:
The Amaze is nice but honestly for me it came down to design. The Amaze is thicker, heavier and in my opinion the Sensation just looks nicer to me.
[General Questions and Answers] moshe22:
Same here, even though the Amaze is better in specs I still think Sensation is a better choice.

Development wise and design, specs are very similar though.
[General Questions and Answers] scm_crash:
The reasons to get the GSII or the Sensation (for me) made the decision hard at best to make.

The one main reason I went with the Sensation was because I liked my Nexus One and I know HTC makes a great phone. I've never owned a Samsung and to be honest I didn't want one after reading about the Nexus S.

HTC was definitely going to be releasing a boot unlocker (which I didn't use and used the revolutionary method). But the fact that HTC was releasing the unlocker at all was reason enough for me to seal the deal with the HTC.

The Sensation is a great phone. Unfortunately the software it comes with stock is just awful. But using ARHD and Faux's Kernel saved my faith in this phone. Hardware wise this phone is awesome. It's just a little difficult to take advantage of it at the moment. But the same goes for the Galaxy S II.
[General Questions and Answers] corwest:
Specs wise the only real difference is NFC, and 256 mb more ram. The processor is exactly the same as ours but clocked higher. The GPU is an Adreno 220. Same as ours. unless im missing something. Oh yeah about 75-100 dollars more too. :)

I owned a Samsung Omnia way back (Awesome phone for its time) and I held it yesterday and couldnt help but notice the build quality hasnt changed at all with Samsung. Cheap plastic, lightweight (good or bad) and creaks when you squeeze it. I also held my Mytouch 1.2 with my Sensation and can see the strides that HTC has made in improving their build quality in recent years.

Samsung makes good products but I think they make better TVs than cell phones.
[General Questions and Answers] rtimoff:
Just sold mine Sensation and bought SGS2(~1 week), and... i`am really happy! faster, lighter, thinner, great battery life, better cam, 16 Gb inside + SD, no heat when usung it... and ICS port near:)

its about my Sensation too:rolleyes:

I can compare now. And unfortunately, built in quality on the SGS 2 side: no more scratches on the screen, does not creak, no dust under battey cover, high-quality volume and power buttons etc.
[General Questions and Answers] corwest:
How is the lower resolution for you? It bothered me something fierce.
[General Questions and Answers] rtimoff:
it unique plus of Sensation

but I dont care about it, it is a not critical index(for me, of course)
[General Questions and Answers] corwest:
The screen is pretty beautiful on the new Samsung phones, just cant get over the pixelation. So as soon as the Ville comes out I may have to consider the AMOLED side of things again. QHD Super AMOLED would be rather nice.
[General Questions and Answers] kingston73:
I would definitely consider this as an option, depending on what your upgrade cost will be. I just bought a sensation from ebay for $275, I've been watching the prices for a good 2 weeks so I know what the current average prices for both are. In 2 weeks I didn't see a single SG2 go for under $400 while the sensations are selling anywhere from $280 to $380. If you search you can find good ones for about $300. It's expensive compared with buying a $99 upgrade phone but if you do it that way you'll be able to use your upgrade next year when newer, more super smart phones are out and about.
[General Questions and Answers] corwest:
Its an endless cycle trying to keep up with technology. Guaranteed that two months after the first quad core phone comes out there will be something vastly better just around the corner. Just saying.
[General Questions and Answers] kingston73:
True, I'm just saying at this point in the tech cycle the sensation is a bit old and the prices aren't bad for ebay phones. I think if I was going to use an upgrade discount I'd probably go with the amaze instead of the sensation or gs2.
[General Questions and Answers] corwest:
Yeah I see your point. The Sensation specs wise will still be a stout phone for along time. More cores in the processor are fine and all but how much multitasking can one really do with 1 gig of ram and a 4" screen? :)
[General Questions and Answers] chwads2k8:
i have both phone and to be honest to listen to music the sensation is better

but s2 got better mods and better battery life. both great phones but s2 more stable and less laggy unless you using cm7
[General Questions and Answers] KingDavid63:
everything you said was wrong.. sense is better than touchwiz, 1080 hd recording....

Sent from my Revolver Powered Asus Transformer
[General Questions and Answers] gibsonus:
If you're on a budget, get the sensation to save money. If you are getting a free or cheap upgrade then grab the SGS 2. I've used both, the Galaxy wins imho.
[General Questions and Answers] sahilk:
sensation, have tried and used both.
[General Questions and Answers] Kailkti:
I would say the sgs 2. It has a better processor (read up on exynos architecture versus snspdragon), possibly gpu, and overall screen.

Firstly I hate sense, it is a good for nothing slow, fat and hungry man. Plus I kept reading on issues like screen , antenna and volume issues turned me away from it.

But the real reason I chose the sgs 2 was eye candy versus fluidity.

$1 gets you a reply
[General Questions and Answers] Drzfr3shboialex:
Wait for a quad-core phone or the Galaxy Nexus.
[General Questions and Answers] scm_crash:
Like that 6-core mobile processor with built in dual-core GPU that supposed to be hitting the market mid-2012?

J/K :D

LOL Tell us how you REALLY feel about sense! I don't like sense either. ADW verses Rosie, I save 30+MB of ram with ADW and I can rotate my home screen. :D
[General Questions and Answers] BatOnlyRC:
i think a mobile phone and how it make feelings in your hand is not about faster processor or quadrant stats, go for SENSATION, no hasitating. you will take SGSII 1 week later you say what a diggy back cover, sense is better, no rom no luck etc.

That's my opinion
[General Questions and Answers] ArcticWolf91:
A lot of people are selling their Sensations and moving to the GSII... I'm one of them, and I haven't looked back! :D
[General Questions and Answers] Drzfr3shboialex:
If there was a quad core 32nm exynos, SUPER AMOLED HD true RGB for the Samsung Galaxy 3,1.5-2gb ram and had stock ICS or magically had HTC sense I'd buy it. I dont really like Twiz. Ill still buy it with Twiz though lol. Samsung has to be the best manufacturer. They have screen,hardware, all they need is better quality materials, and stock android with fast updates they'd be at the top for everyone. For me Sony Ericsson is 2nd they have the fastest updates, nice screens,great optics, easy hackable phones,HDMI, sexy designs they would be number one if they were on tmobile and if their hardware was dated they release outdated hw although it is responsive and fast.
[General Questions and Answers] Drzfr3shboialex:
Oh and if SE had stock as well lol