yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Ok, this is just an information post about the low resolution Google Contact photos as it seems to be coming up time and time again.

Is it just on the Galaxy Nexus

No. The low resolution images are the same for any device, be it a Samsung, HTC or Sony Ericsson. Even the iPhone has the issue

Why?

The answer is a simple one, and that its all related to Google's online contact syncing. The maximum size for a contact image on Google's servers is 125x125px.

When you assign your contact an image, this gets sent up to the Google cloud which then compresses the images and sets it to 125x125px. This is then sync'd back to your phone and you see the low resolution image

What can I do to stop this?

There are a few ways you can stop this, neither are the best solution and all have their downsides:

The first thing you can do is to disable Google Contact syncing. If this is the first time you will be doing this, i'd recommend putting your contacts onto your phone. Sync them with Google to back them up and then remove the sync. If you then assign them images, they will stay at the same resolution as the image you are using.

The second thing you can do is link the contact to their Google+ profile. This will give you high quality images. The only downside to this being that I bet half your friends haven't actually got Google+

What are Google doing about this?

Honestly, not a great deal by the looks of things. They're aware of the issue as it is brought up on their bug tracker, time and time again but nothing gets done. This has been going back to around 2009 I think.

At this point, I suggest we sit tight. The only was we can stop this is if someone can modify part of the Android OS to stop the contact image data syncing back from Google if a photo for the contact already exists on the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
This issue has been discussed to death, we raised a complaint to the official Google Mobile support:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1388810&highlight=Low+resolution

Where Google employee provided some feedbacks.

He said the Google Contacts team is considering to support high resolution image.

You will find there, this issue was raised as old as 2008!

Dont hold your breath, I dont think Google care much. Most probably they want to push the Google+ platform.

Please add your comments in the Google Mobile thread. Link is here:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=49e2b1adea1aa11c&hl=en
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Thanks for the links.

I just keep seeing the same thread about contact images pop up in here so tried to make an informative post that no-one could miss to stop the influx of threads
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beenyweenies:
I understand that they want to push Google+ but once ICS starts rolling out to more people, there's going to be a **** storm over this. The large, high quality profile pictures are almost always shown as a feature of the "improved" contacts app.

This is one of the few disappointments I have with ICS, giant profile pics that look like crap are completely pointless.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rdy2go:
I received brand new device with some strange "stuff".

Tried factory reset to get rid of it but it's still there.

Stock, unmodified ROM, and guess what?

"CSC Select" application for Galaxy S phones is there! Of course it does not work, but how come they put it here?

Do I have some kind of crippled ROM or is it normal?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paulobrien:
Dump please! :)

P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rdy2go:
I'll try.

It's ITL41F.I9250XWKK9
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
As the title says , I tried flashing RunnyMede , Cool3d aces 6 or something like this and Aurora V4.1 and none of those get past the HTC logo , I always flash C7 and it works normally but I want sense 3.0/3.5.. Any ideas? It's not bricked as one roms works right?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
1. What hboot do you have?

2. Did you partition your SD card?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
1)6.93.1002

2) How do I do it and is it needed?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
1. OK, but is it cm7r2, stock, data++ or else?

2. Yes, it is needed. Check the Newcomers's Guide in my signature, it explains everything. Step 5 is about partitioning your SD card.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
1) How do I find out? If I installed Cynanogen mod 7 do I have it? If not then I suppose that I have the stock one..

2) I will right now.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
Reboot your phone into bootloader. Or power it off, then hold back key + power button, until you get into fastboot mode. There, at the top, you should see the name of the hboot you have (e.g.: Alpharev Data ++).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
I see bravo PVT4 ship s-off , after the the hboot version , after that microp-051d then touch panel synw010 then the radio version and date/time

Also , can I partition the sdcard without burning a disc and having to boot the pc with it?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
Yes, with a custom recovery.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
You mean something like 4ext? I have it..

Also , what's my HBoot then , stock?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
I guess it's stock. And 4ext is good, you can do it with that. The usual setup is Fat32 + 1GB ext3/4, depends on the ROM you'd like to flash.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
Well now I have two options :

Remove all partitions and start from scratch

No - save my fat32 partition!

Which to choose if I want to install any sense 3.5/3.0 rom?

Also , thanks for helping me.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
I have no idea, I never used that recovery. But first, save everything to your computer that would be missed (pictures, videos), also backup your apps if you like and save those as well. Then I think you should start from scratch. Create the partitions, wipe everything and flash the ROM.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
Well now I have 1st partition , 2nd one and after that swap or something.. maybe there's more I'm not sure and don't want to continue.. what's the size of each of them? Should I skip the 2nd and swap?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
You need a primary Fat32 and a primary ext4 with the size of 1 GB at max. No swap.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
So if I have 8gb card , fat32 should have 6573mb and the sd ext 1024mb?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
Yap. Something like that.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
Done.. Now all I need to do is flash the rom?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
First wipe all data, cache and dalvik-cache. Then turn off verification signature in recovery and flash the ROM. But first, check the thread whether it has a stock hboot version or not.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaneex:
Thanks for your help , everything is working now!

I wonder though , would Desire S Endyminion mod work on the Desire? If not can you recommend any good sense 3.5/3.0 ROM that is working flawlessly? Because Runnymede kinda sluggish.. I'll try cool3d aces v6.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipusz:
No, I don't think it will work. Check the Desire Index link in my sig, it's up to date and makes it easy to navigate among the ROMs.
[HD2 General] vivek4all:
Hi friends,

I am running CyanogenMod-7-10122011-Nightly-Desire {TyphooN_v3.7.1-MAGLDR}

on my HTC HD2 Tmobile and I am really in love :) with my phone using android.

But my phone has not been connecting to my wifi network lately after I installed CyanogenMod.

In the begining it used to connect and how it just says "Not in range" and never connects but sometimes when i restart the router it used to connect. But the problem still exists and is not connecting anymore :(

But it always connects to any other unsecured networks interestingly why is this so??

did anyone come across the same problem? appreciate your feedback.

thanks in advance

Regards

vivek4all
[HD2 General] vivek4all:
looks problem solved

:) I have just gone through this thread and my wifi connected again hopefull the problem will not exist anymore.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=714822

Go to the wifi settings, menu, advanced, regulatory domains and select number of channels to use (14)

thanks guys :D
[HD2 General] BlackGURU:
If the problem persists you can install the AOSP gingerbread mod 7. 2..... its pretty much a better version of the original CM Mod and has the latest updates
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abd640:
Hi

1) as you know that the ICS is out now but its official (no root). So, If i update my phone from (Cyanogen mod 2.3.7) to the ICS, and then I want to restore my phone & I want to return back to my rom('cyanogen' restore from backup) can I do that even if my phone (ICS) doesn't have root(since, there is a problem i though with rooting now) ???

2) Also, can i install a new Rom(when its available) even when my device not rooted ??

Thanks alot...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adam900710:
to Q1

Of course you can.

You can still boot into bootloader(power + volume up).

In bootloader you can use fastboot to flash the recovery.

Then DO NOT reboot into normal boot,BOOT into recovery DIRECTLY from bootloader.

Then here comes the CWM.

to Q2,you have recovery now,nothing can stop you.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abd640:
ok, now if I want to install the ICS on my CWM I have to install 2.3.6(official) then upgrade it to ICS.. am I right ??

and if there is a tutorial for doing that I would a appreciated that..

Thanks alot for your help
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
There is a sticky right at the top of the general nexus s forum.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abd640:
Thanks.....................
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adam900710:
For i9023,you don't need to be stock rom,

There is a NANDROID backup which is official OTA:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1396224

Other models will need stock ROM.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abd640:
can you explain for me in detail how i can restore my backup. since, I want to return back to my Cyanogen. because, I'm having some difficulty with the ICS right now.

Thanks alot
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abd640:
I did it...

Thanks alot guys ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Titan X1:
Wondering if I should get a Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE from America since I want the the 32GB storage but the GSM version does not have 32GB only 16GB.

So does the 4G Galaxy Nexus work in Australia or should I wait for the Samsung Galaxy S III - Considering the Galaxy S range is usually a major step up from the Nexus before it i.e. Nexus S to the Galaxy S II. I am strongly considering it if I can't use a 4G phone in Australia and they are not going make a GSM version with 32GB storage.

Your thoughts please...

:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tangiers:
No it doesn't.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droid_does:
no;

1: LTE bands may not be compatiable

2. the VZW version uses CDMA; not GSM for voice/3G

3. the LTE is for data only on the GNexus; there are currently no Voice over LTE deployed that I know of yet
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arimus:
Like others above me have said no it will not work in Australia or any other country outside of the USA, the LTE is CDMA only, and for Verizon USA only , it might work outside USA on roaming but that's it, even some accessories might have issues like a case because the LTE is a bit thicker due to having a larger battery for the LTE.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
I've flashed my arc using some gigbeat tool. Does it mean I've unlocked my boatloader? Also there are options like install though recovery. What it means?

In many themes posts, I've found that reboot option included, what it means?

I saw cyanogen mod for arc. It's awesome and I wanna.get it. I've downloaded stable version for arc from website. What to do next??Please give me link. And can I get all Sony Ericsson features like timescape including widget , music player, facebook inside Xperia etc. Is it worth?

Xperia Arc (rooted)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
1.

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=anzu

Download last one.

2. read the tutorial here

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_Arc:_Full_Update_Guide

3. timescape including widget , music player, facebook inside Xperia etc.

wont work on cyanogenMOD.

it just work with STOCK ROM, STOCK KERNEL, STOCK LAUNCHER.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
And about flashing???'

Cm is worth??

Xperia Arc (rooted)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
cyanogenMOD is Clean android.

Chouse your self :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
Flashing unlocks boatloader??

Xperia Arc (rooted)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zangetsu2188:
No. Go here http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/ for instructions

You can only unlock sim-free phones officially.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
I mean ive flashed my arc. Does it mean I unlocked bootloader??

Xperia Arc (rooted)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
no you didnt unlock it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zangetsu2188:
No. As already stated here
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BroodjeBami:
I've recently bought the (GSM version of the) Galaxy Nexus and I really really love it. I do have 2 problems though, so I hope you guys can help me out:

1. I have battery problems. I suspect this is because of an app I downloaded from the amazon app store. On my old phone I had this same problem but I thought it would go away with the upgrade to a galaxy nexus. I get about 10-12 hours a day and even though that's more than my old Desire HD, it's not what I suspected after I read some reviews...

Is there any way to check which individual app uses a lot of my CPU? My battery information only says the Android system uses a lot of my CPU (sometimes even more or close to the usage of my screen).

2. I forgot to unlock my bootloader at the beginning and now I have everything set up already. Is there any chance there will be a way to unlock bootloader without losing all data in the future? If there is, I'm going to wait.

Hope you guys can help me out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
1. Uninstall whatever app you think then.

2. No.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BroodjeBami:
I do not know what app it is, that's the problem. If I want to find out the 'normal' way it will take a lot of time since I have a lot of amazon apps.
[HTC Desire S] twistedelegance:
Hello everyone,

I have a Desire S S-ON, rooted, HBOOT is 2.00.0002 and radio 3822.10.08.04_M.

My problem is that the only ROMs I can successfully flash are the SENSE 3.0 roms, SENSE 3.5 roms will stuck on the HTC logo after reboot (the flashing process is successfull), and the same thing for MIUI.

I would like so much to have the MIUI rom as I had on my old Desire, but I cannot find a way to fix the problem, I have also installed 4ext recovery instead of ClockWork but nothing changes :(

Thanks a lot for anyone who might help, I tried to search in lot of forums but did not find a solution..
[HTC Desire S] Jahai:
Take a look in this thread ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19071114#post19071114
[HTC Desire S] twistedelegance:
YESSSS that was the solution!!! Thanks a lot my MIUI rom is now booting!!
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I'm glad that you found an answer to your issue.....which is documented within the INDEX

But, this is a development thread not intended for question....
[XPERIA X8 General] Spevky:
Xperia™ Series of Sony Ericsson Get 50GB of storage on the app called Box. It is like Dropbox but you have 50GB free storage with your Xperia! Just search Market for app called Box download register and DONE!

Note: If you don't get 50GB that means you don't own an Xperia.
[XPERIA X8 General] _Sparks:
I already created a thread about this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393675
[XPERIA X8 General] Spevky:
Mine's better! :D
[XPERIA X8 General] josip-k:
What can we do with this box thingy?
[XPERIA X8 General] maliceomalice:
u can upload/share anything. its a cloud storage
[XPERIA X8 General] RodrigoOgasawara:
Its just like DropBox,Cloud Storage of files!

50GB is too much for me,my internet is too slow,i'll never use it all!lol
[XPERIA X8 General] x10amin:
Just register and get 50GB successfully.
[XPERIA X8 General] Acudor:
can someone explain plz ???

Alfs kernel 5 / GingerDX 21
[XPERIA X8 General] x10amin:
1.Download Box App from market and install

2.Register new account via launching the app

3.Done
[XPERIA X8 General] wilbso:
Might try it out, see what its like

sent from my x8 running gingerdx
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hurston2510:
Hey guys just a quick note, my SGN seems to lock up on connection speed when uploading to YouTube.

I have just uploaded a video of around 230mb size at 1080p resolution.

This has rendered any internet connectivity on my SGN useless.

Whilst YouTube is uploading in the back ground trying to do anything else on the phone (xda, Facebook, browser) take forever to load when usually its instant.

Everything else on my network works fine. My SGN is connected to a Linksys E4200 via x.11N and that's connected to a 24Mbs line.

So I've concluded its my phones connection slowing down. Which is an annoyance as I upload to YouTube regularly as my video sharing for distant family.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Thanks

Hurston.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [GO]Bobster:
i can't upload at all.. i've tried editing the settings etc. but the upload button is greyed out - i've filled out all the information, but still nothing :/

hurm, ok i quit the app and restarted and now its ok..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nam_nam9639:
Hi all

I'm using alcatel 990

First all, My English is bad because i'm from VietNamese

So,how to flash rom for Clcatel 990 by adb shell (for example v20g.kdz of Lg optmus one)

i see It seems all the flash rom by Cwm =.=

Thanks all
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedynamix:
Anyone know if I can update my O2-UK nexus s to ICS?

my baseband number is: I9020XXKF1 and build number is: GRK39F

It's completely stock/UN rooted..

Cheers,

Nick
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisgtl:
Root, Install clockwork and flash ICS.

But let's just wait for an ICS root image first. It won't be long now.....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedynamix:
but I heardyou can do it with an UN rooted phone No??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Chrack:
Hi,

i changed some things on my Notification Bar, but have a problem with 2 Items.

Who can i find the Valve to change the color in the red market on the scrennshot?

It´s not in the color.xml from the framework-res.apk.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] nobnut:
It's in SystemUI.apk.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Chrack:
thanks

Thats it, thanks.
[General Topics] Spevky:
Xperia™ Series of Sony Ericsson Get 50GB of storage on the app called Box. It is like Dropbox but you have 50GB free storage with your Xperia! Just search Market for app called Box download register and DONE!

Note: If you don't get 50GB that means you don't own an Xperia.
[General Topics] smallz2k:
Nice 1......btw thts my prof pic :@
[General Topics] hungry81:
I have an X1a, thats an Xperia! What about me?
[General Topics] negrobembon:
R.I.P :-(
[HTC Sensation] BolecDST:
Hi,

in 3 or 4 hours my friend comes with his Sensation to me and I'll be rooting and unlocking his phone (as I am experienced and own DHD and have sdk and everything installed). Could you recommend me some custom rom to install on his phone later on? It's going to be his first custom rom and it is his first android smartphone so I thought I could install some Sense 3.5 roms to show him all the eye candys at first, so that he knows what his device is capable of ;). Could you recommend me some stable and (well, possibly) fast sense 3.5 rom? And he's been complaining to me yesterday about battery life so maybe I'll ask him whether he prefers eye candy or battery life. If he says battery, could you also recommend some AOSP or MIUI roms? As said before stable and fast, with everything working. It's his first rom, I don't want to disappoint him, because it was me who got him into Android, he was previously on some symbian crap :).
[HTC Sensation] boroboy69r:
I would probe say arhd 4.1.8 prity simpol for him 2 get use 2 at 1st
[HTC Sensation] biggary:
Android Revolution HD, Insert Coin or for pure eye candy (and stable-ness) you want Coredroid or BlackIce
[HTC Sensation] hollywood1800:
I prefer Stock Euro Sensation LE
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
Bah, Try CM7 to show him an AOSP ROM. (or even MIUI not tried it personally for ages).

Seriously though, I'd download a few and play with then to show him how easy it is. Especially show him the nandroid backup/restore from CWM so he can easily regress to an earlier version, even his stock ROM.
[Galaxy 3 General] nunchez:
It happens only when I turn on 3G or I do some installing or I play a game. It says there's low battery and the phone starts shutting down. I've rooted and tried various ROMs but still nothing. What could be the problem? I don't think its the software because I tried rerooting and hard resetting. Any help would be great!
[Galaxy 3 General] dhirend_6d:
Well it says low battery then it must be because of low battery. O.o Maybe your calibration has gone wrong. Just recalibrate your battery and check.
[Galaxy 3 General] nunchez:
Nope it's definitely not because the battery's low I charge it to 100% then for maybe 2 hrs its fine. But once I turn on 3G and use it for 5 mins it automatically shuts down. If I try turning it back on it does the same thing what can I do now? I tried to recalibrate the battery many times still nothing. I'll try some more but what else could be the problem?
[Galaxy 3 General] dhirend_6d:
Try changing kernel?? Increase minimum frequency. Maybe. If problem is still there. Flash your regions stock ROM and go to service center. Replicate the problem there.
[Galaxy 3 General] nunchez:
Yeah I think I'll take it to the service center but before that I'll try what you said. Thanks for your help!
[Galaxy 3 General] maverickgenius:
What if you keep the phone plugged in with the charger and then turn on 3g or install something? Does it turn off even then?

If it does not, the problem is with the battery so replace it.

If it turns off even when charging, something else is causing the problem so take it to the service center.
[Galaxy 3 General] burakweischdu:
dude i have had the same problem. i did send it to the service center - will get it back tomorrow if not, then for tuesday for sure..i know what your problem is .. your phone does draine the battery very fast - if you do something, or not isnt it? then when you swith your data connection on, your phone drains the battery withing 5 minutes to 0%. in reality its not a battery problem - cuz i tried another battery of a friend and the same thing happend again. but the battery of my friend isnt bad. :S
[Galaxy 3 General] nunchez:
Nope it happens only when it's on battery and yesterday I found out that it happens when I make calls too. When it's charging everything is fine. I'll try changing the battery then.
[Galaxy 3 General] nunchez:
Yeah that is exactly the problem I've been facing too! In 5 minutes it switches off I've even tried different ROMs. Well since you've given yours for service could let me know how it goes? Thanks.
[Galaxy 3 General] burakweischdu:
Yes. I reveived it today.. seems like the problem still exists -.- i dont see any changings.. it looks like it was just a waste of time to send it to them -.-
[Galaxy 3 General] priyaavila:
have you tried changing the battery
[Galaxy 3 General] abeilard14:
I have the same problem since one week (shutdown while i use 3G or Wifi, but battery is full !)

Revert to stock ROMs doesn't change anything, i've tried o lot of them :( (was on cyanogenmod before)

I probably get the Galaxy Nexus next year ; but it's a very very annoying problem..

I can't do anything (no calling, 3G or wifi using, pictures taking..)

Please help us.. if it's possible :(