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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] no_one_can:
my phone hasn't used deep sleep slot for the last 12hrs. Is this a kernel issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
Stupid question indeed! It's the new version with a new name but same ROM (old = v0.9.2, new = 1.0.0)

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Possibly, did you wipe cache/dalvik cache when moving from previous ROM?

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Would like this too, I wanna move search to the left one space :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lichti1901:
Read the OP! It clearly says, if you are comming from build 6 and up --> only wipe chache and dalvik chache! Then flash Apexv1.0.0 and straight after gapps, then reboot and you are ok!

Best regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sluflyer06:
Is hiding the clock on the notification bar an option on this ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tryout1:
Yes it's possible do hide the clock :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] no_one_can:
sure. I always follow the instructions @OP. Nobody got this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bigxie:
It seems I could be a bit more clear about this in the OP. I will update it later when I get a chance.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tych0n:
I have a SonyEricsson Xperia X1 which is starting to break down and I'm thinking of getting a new phone. The Desire Z is the only non-Xperia phone I found that has everything I need. How is it? Pros? Cons? Battery life? GPS?

Also, I'm new to Android because the Xperia X1 has WinMo. What are the drawbacks of Android? The pros I already know of. How's the freeware app availability and development? (I will never pay for an application.) How about the advanced user customization? (I liked that about WinMo. Registry editing and changing files.)

Thanks for any answers!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blah1898:
Here's my review of the Desire Z based on my review (note: this is my first mobile device with something better than WinMo 5.

It has a nice performance (unless you're running something like HTC Sense 3.0+ HTC Sense). The keyboard (if you use it) is very comfortable and it features a "search" and a "menu" key, plus 2 shortcuts, the only thing I would like is an extra row for numbers (but I'm already used to the soft keyboard so I rarely use it). I wish I could review the stock rom, but I removed it after 2 days (and this is my first android phone). Battery life is OK, I get 1 day of battery life with medium use (screen on for like 4 hours, nothing heavy running), however, I bought my phone used, so I think the battery should have been better if it was new. The camera is OK for taking casual photos, the flash does a very good job for taking in dark places, just don't expect "ultra sharp" quality. The speaker is very loud, however, I find myself most of the time putting my hands on the back of the phone to "bounce" back the sound to myself, as the speaker is on the back side.

As for android, there are a lot of free applications, however, the market sometimes has apps that are useless or malicious (although you'll usually only notice them after scrolling a lot down). There's also something called GetJar, where you can get apps for free every week legally (they call them "gold apps"). Most of the apps you'll need will be free (soft keyboards, launchers, email apps) and most of them will be free but will have a "pro" or "donate" version (usually the free ones will have ads, which I can easily ignore, as they're usually small.

Sorry for any typo, English isn't my main language.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Time has long since passed to ditch Winmo. The drawbacks to Android? There aren't any. Winmo is a joke for lag, memory leakage, instability, and crashing. Android is stable and fast; and enjoys huge support from manufacturers, developers, and the user community. There is no "registry" since that is a Windows invention. But there are hacks and mods for anything you would ever want to do, and much more. Trust me, make the move to Android, and you will never look back on Winmo (except to shake your head and laugh).

There are plenty of free or ad-supported apps on the Market, as far as most any utility you would need. And also good quality free games. But really, why such an adamant stance on paying for apps? What would be the big deal in PAYING for software, if its something well made, that you use frequently, and say costs $1 (less than a Euro). That amount of money is completely insignificant for me when spend on something useful like a good app. God forbid the people that develop software should be compensated for it, and motivated to create other quality software, and to continue supporting their apps with updates and bug fixes? User made freeware is fine an all, and there is certainly good stuff out there. But its not going to fill every hole or need.

The con with the DZ is that its over a year old. This is really old in smartphone terms. Good phones with hardware keyboards are indeed rare. But aside from the keyboard, the Z has really fallen far behind in terms of CPU, memory, and other specs. If you are really hung up on a hardware keyboard, and can get a good deal on a Z, then go for it. Otherwise, I'd use my money on a more current device.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tych0n:
Thanks for the replies, guys!

Yes, the physical keyboard is a must. It's so much easier and faster than virtual keyboards. If I have to write more than three consecutive letters, I'll flip the keyboard open instead of trying to write with the virtual one. I do a lot of writing with my phones. My work phone is a Galaxy S and I have tried pretty much every keyboard it has, but they're all equally horrible. The same with my Xperia. I blame my first ever smartphone, the Nokia Communicator 9500. It was huge and awkward, but it had the comfiest keyboard ever.

The Xperia X1 has otherwise 95% of what I need, but it's starting to physically break and it has become abominably slow and unstable. And it wasn't that great to begin with. In hindsight, I really should have bought a HTC phone (assuming there existed one with a physical keyboard at the time).

The reason I won't pay for apps is because what has happened to me quite a many times with both my phone and my computer. I buy a program or app I need, happily use it and after a month, discover that there has existed a free alternative the whole time that is actually better. Cue me being pissed off. I have learned my lesson and right now, there is no software on my phone that I paid for and the only software on my computer that actually costed money are the operating system and games. That doesn't mean I won't donate to the authors of the software afterwards.

The only experience I have with Android is via my work phone, but I don't know about how customizable it is, because the work phone has been heavily restricted.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
The Xperia X1 was made by HTC.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tych0n:
Oh, well, something other than the X1, then, preferably something that used HTC's UI.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rirozizo:
i thought buying an HTC cellphone is reather better than other android cellphones for 2 things:

1- its tough... it doesn't break easily, even with tiny hinges holding the screen...

2- it has Sense UI...

but turns out, Sense UI really affects performance, even on stock unrooted, the phone was really slow... although HTC Sense offers great look... but no performance comparing to other UIs

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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tych0n:
May be, but it's been my favorite since I first saw it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
I've only found the launcher (home screen and app tray, for the OP) itself to really be any effect on performance, and its easy enough to use an alternate launcher. And the lag on the Sense launcher is really not as bad as some make it out to be.

Its purely a matter of personal taste, of course. But my personal opinion is that Sense is a much more aesthetic, refined, and unified Android experience than AOSP, or other manufacturer skins.

Of course, the beauty of Android is that if you don't like Sense, you can always flash a more vanilla ROM, or something else like MIUI.

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If you are just talking utilities and useful apps, I think you will be right at home on Android. I honestly can't think of any utilities that you HAVE to pay for. Many are either free, or have a paid premium version with extra features (or remove ads), if you like the free version and decide to pay.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tych0n:
Desire Z it is, then!

I can get one from two different places without a nordic keyboard for ~300€ or one with nordic keyboard for ~500€. Guess which one I'll buy... :rolleyes:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
I came to Android on the DZ from a WinMo phone. Best move I ever made, Android made my old WinMo (which I was happy with at the time) look like a laggy, clunky joke.

Welcome to Android ! :D

Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxWiz:
If you want a qwerty-slider android phone I don't think you can do better than the DZ. My preferred rom is virtuous affinity - this give a smooth and very usable sense 3.5 experience. However, I would do think this phone is at the end of its lifespan. The built in ram and the single core cpu are going to limit how much further it can be pushed and I don't think we are ever going to see usable/smooth ics or sense 4 on this handset.

If you want a qwerty-slider android phone I don't think you can do better than the DZ - but I wish there was!! Come on HTC where's the quad core 4.7in HD qwerty-slider I want so badly ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tych0n:
This a million times! I'm astonished that there's so few sliders with full keyboards out there. The market is dominated by those goddamn slates. I've watched my friends write with the virtual keyboards of iPhones, Galaxies and whatever, and it always looks slow, clumsy and awkward. They even have to use predictive text input to compensate for the slowness. In contrast, writing with a QWERTY thumb keyboard is a breeze. The Desire Z is apparently pretty much the newest and best Android slider there is on the market, but it still has a WVGA screen, while pretty much every new slate has some HD-super-gizmo screen. What the hell? My Xperia has a WVGA...

But anyway, seeing as I can get a DZ for LESS (~300€) than I paid for my X1 (~450€), I'm happy even though it might not be the fastest and newest there is. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgummeson:
I'm a big fan of hardware keyboards too. I switched from the Motorola Droid to the HTC G2. I found the keyboard on the G2 to be not so good. Not sure if it's just because I got mine used on ebay and it was worn, but it doesn't look like it's worn out. I've noticed the keyboard tends to miss/duplicate keystrokes often. So I've been tending to use the on screen keyboard, which is really good. I think the on screen keys are bigger than on the droid so it's pretty easy to type on. But I found the hardware keyboard to be much slower to type on than the Droid.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tych0n:
That could be from wear. The keyboard of my X1 worked flawlessly in the beginning, now it duplicates and misses keystrokes all the time. It's still better than the virtual keyboards, though...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] babluc:
Did you guys with imported gsm galaxy nexus get your update?

I thought it would be nice to have a thread about when updates were being received for GSM Nexus in the US. When did you get the update? Where did you buy your nexus? What country is your GSM nexus imported from? Also what carrier are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Manacit:
I got the 4.0.2 update pushed to my imported (UK -> US) GN yesterday. I installed a custom ROM running 4.0.2 and it went away though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] babluc:
I guess ill start. Im running 4.0.1 on T-Mobile and still havent gotten mine yet. Got it from expansys and i think its from UK. I did get the first OTA update to 4.0.1 when i turned the phone for the first time 2 weeks ago.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] babluc:
ATT or TMOBILE?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] babluc:
lol ops did see that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
I'm on at&t in California and as soon as I powered on my phone and had gotten sufficient hspa speeds, my phone updated, but only to 4.0.1. I bought my GN from Negri

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lightninman:
I'm on T-Mobile, ordered from Expansys as well, but still no update to 4.0.2

I did get the volume bug fix when the phone was first powered on as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Buddy Revell:
Same with me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [hfm]:
It makes no difference what carrier you are on or where you are geographically. When your IMEI is up and you at minimum are connected to wifi when it checks you will be notified. You don't even need a SIM in the phone. Also it would probably help that you have the yakju Google build.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kgbkny:
I got my GNex from Negri Electronics. Originally, I had the Samsung firmware build, so I flashed the stock yakju 4.0.1 image. I still haven't received the OTA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RickInHouston:
I have a GSM version from Handtec. It arrived Tues morning. It received 4.0.1 update the first time I fired it up. I received 4.0.2 update? Wed? Or? Thurs?, can't remember. I'm on AT&T, for what its worth.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Manacit:
I'm on T-Mobile. Has anyone else received an update notification? If it matters I got mine shipped a while back from Handtec after the very first batch but on the second.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markzip:
Exactly the same situation here.

Expansys import (presumably from UK)

Yakju

now at 4.0.1 (I do remember getting 4.0.1)

No 4.0.2 (or 4.0.3, for that matter)

Check-in succeeds but has no effect
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zedmec:
updates

got my gnex yesterday played with for half a day no update, came with itl41d 4.0.1

got 4.0.2 update from google page myself, and pushed via fastboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Buddy Revell:
Got tired of waiting. Updated manually using these instructions: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-0-2-using-factory-imgs-w-o-wiping-phone.html
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] got_milk:
Not true, it will notify on HSPA as well. Mine offered to update with the volume bug fix before I could even leave the store with the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ulver:
On T-Mobile here. Got on 4.0.1 within minutes of turning on the phone. Still no 4.0.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] predation:
tmo here still on 4.0.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TeflonFong:
Got my Galaxy Nexus from Expansys...still waiting on 4.0.2 but got the 4.0.1 update. Since 2007, I have only used an iPhone (jailbroken and unlocked) - so this whole update process is new to me.

I am on T-Mobile, but I am not sure carrier has anything to do with it...from reading other posts it seems its IMEI. My question is - on previous Android updates whats the estimated window (maximum) it takes for the update to be pushed out to all devices? A week, month?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oilfighter:
Expansys USA unit (originally from UK)

T-Mobile

Got the 4.0.1 update as soon as I turned the phone on

Still no 4.0.2
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldeboy:
Hi

I wonder if someone could help with a problem I'm having trying to flash HBOOT CM7.

I am s-off with revolutionary and with 4ext recovery.

This is what I've been doing:

- full wipe / factory reset using 4ext

- go to fastboot and use Android flasher to flash CM7 which it does successfully as I can see the pink heading change to CM7 on the phone's HBOOT screen.

- Boot into recovery

- Recovery opens but I get the error messages E can't open cache ... ... ... and it continuously reboots.

At this point I return to fastboot flash back to stock HBOOT and all is well.

I had a search for this problem and the advice was to completely wipe before the flashing the CM7 HBOOT. The first time I hadn't done this but the second and third time I did. The third time was with a new download.

Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rich
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Hofs:
Bad download of the image maybe. Did you downloaded it again and checked the file. More info on the way you flashed your hboot would be great.

Sent from me myself and i
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erklat:
Phone would most likely be bricked if that was the case.

SwiftKeyed from my HTC Desire using XDA App.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loler90:
Try "fastboot reboot-bootloader" And Then "fastboot erase cache" After flashing cm7r2

That should resolve The problem
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Hofs:
I had to reflash the cmr7 hboot file from fastboot 1time again after the first time....had a recovery bootloop....kept on refreshing over and over. After the second flash of the ext4 recovery all worked fine
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Hofs:
Depends if it affects the bootloader, in this case the problem lies with the recovery that can ne flashed through the bootloader menu....or am i wrong ? Still learning here so don't know if i am right
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loler90:
Im Not able to understand you, i try to answer anyway: The recovery doesnt affect the bootloader
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldeboy:
Thanks everyone for your prompt responses. Will try loler90's suggestion tomorrow and report back.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldeboy:
Thanks this worked. I did it using Android Flasher and the command line and used the following commands:

fastboot erase system

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot bootloader

thanks again.

Rich
[Milestone XT720 General] BuddyBud:
I've picked up the XT720 myself from Wind a few days ago at the clearance price ($150 outright, no plan). They even told me there are no guarantees with the phone with its stock ROM and seemed glad to hear that I was gonna use it with a custom ROM. I knew what I was getting into and the only reason I still bought the phone is this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300246

We are extremely lucky to get Gingearbread on our phones, so don't even think of ICS at this moment. :) As you noticed already the stock 2.1 is useless and I flashed mine the 1st day.

The ROM I linked above (the only 2.3, actually CM 7.1 available for XT720) works as you'd expect with wifi and 3g, that is it uses wifi when connected to both. Any decent ROM will do that.

HD recording - not yet (you don't lose much anyway, the camcorder quality would be crappy, check reviews with the stock OS)

camera - yes (pretty good quality)

HDMI - not yet (I'm guessing it will be fixed very soon, the devs are working on exactly this)

everything else - yes

This one is tricky, the phone only has about 225mb usable RAM, there's not much multi-tasking you can do with that amount but it's workable. There are some performance tweaks you can do (overclocking, CM settings, V6 SuperCharger, etc.) to make it decent. Moving apps on sd card is a good idea in order to save storage space on the phone (another limited resource at only 174mb) but has nothing to do with RAM.

I've been wondering the same thing, what's up with all the SBFs people are talking about left and right? The answer is don't worry about them, you don't need any SBF. They are just that, stock ROMs, all 2.1. You would only need one (the Wind version) if you wanted to take the phone back for servicing and wanted to return to the original non-rooted state. Apparently even if you take a full nandroid backup with your stock ROM now and restore it later, the phone will still be rooted and this is where a stock SBF would help. I'm not gonna bother, even if I do take it back (highly doubt it, with the custom ROM it's a very good phone for $150 outright), I'm just gonna restore my stock nandroid backup.

So what you need is:

1. root the phone (personally I used SuperOneClick, google for the latest version)

2. install OpenRecovery: http://modmymobile.com/forums/563-m.../531599-open-recovery-v1-46-11-21-2010-a.html

I can send you the file you need if you pm your email address. I HATE it when I have to register on some forum just to get 1 stupid file. And you absolutely CANNOT get that stupid file anywhere else on the face of the Earth/internet.

3. install this mod for OpenRecovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1242259

4. go to the ROM's thread, dl the latest build linked in the 1st post, copy the zip file to your sdcard\openrecovery\updates, reboot into recovery mode, apply update, format data&cache, reboot. Done. Enjoy!
[Milestone XT720 General] 3rdstring:
There's an OpenRecovery apk floating around here to install ther OR bootstrap, no need to register at ModMyMobile.

:Edit:

Woodrube has it attached to this thread. Install the apk from the sdcard, reboot, then run the apk & install OR. (Now you can switch out the OR files with Mioze's modded OR)
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
here you go
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
I knew that thread would come in handy one of these days. Plus Buddy and Acro there are other handy APKs in there too.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
Mioze actually have all the necessary Open Recovery files linked in his CM6.3 topic

that's the most updated version
[Milestone XT720 General] acrobat69:
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

to James and everyone who has responded so far - even going so far as to direct link me to files I'll need? You guys are the best!!.

I really appreciate the encouragement. I think tonight's the night.

I'll try and log my procedures and steps and make note of anything I run into for future noobs like me I might be able to help..that's how community works, right?

Wish me luck! ;)
[Milestone XT720 General] BuddyBud:
Good luck :)

One more tip: If you find that Market keeps crashing after you flash fjfalcon's ROM, flash this updated Google Apps package - gapps-gb-20111216 (dl link here).

It worked for me. Put the zip file on the sdcard right next to the ROM file and flash it just like the ROM file.

PS: Who's James? :)
[Milestone XT720 General] acrobat69:
Ah BuddyBud sorry, there is another Canadian Wind guy named Biker Bob (real name James) who was posting about his experiences in another thread, and I mixed the two of you up..

About to try this...couple questions

Has anyone watched/used Reverend's tutorial video? Results?

I don't need to unlock the phone first, right? Please tell me no, I just got it! lol
[Milestone XT720 General] 3rdstring:
The Revs videos are a good reference & if you are talking about a sim unlock that's not necessary.
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
Yes Revs videos are good to show.a visual of what you should do. Don't worry about it. I know it is scary the first time but once you do it, it will become second nature. Don't forget to wipe cache, dalvik and factory reset. If you bootloop, that is probably why.

No you don't need to be unlocked. That just deals with carriers and not ROMs.
[Milestone XT720 General] acrobat69:
Im on the edge of the decision precipice..am not too nervous about doing this, as in fact I'm pretty technically proficient..it just seemed that this process was a bit more convoluted than the one I picked up on easily for the LG.

Decisions decisions...6.3 or go all the way to 7.1

I think I need stability...and I'm not sure I want to get into a whole bunch of swapping locations etc. I noticed The Reverend mentioned he didn't bother with swaps. Mind you, I don't even think he made an ext partition either, which boggles my mind, I was almost sure you had to make at least one for any custom ROM. I might be showing just how little I know here! lol

Is it just that 7.1 is more of an ongoing thing, or by now are most of the +/- s of both pretty much on par? I know, I should be reading all 78 pages of the damn thread, right?? :eek: