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[General Topics] KayxGee1:
I've noticed that smartphones are becoming extremely thin these days, which is great but I had a thought.

I was just thinking, with technology getting more advanced and, displays, chips, and motherboards getting thinner, why not make a thin device and make it a little bigger just for the battery.

If manufacturers made extremely thin devices and added some extra thickness for the battery to take up the remaining length, width, and depth of the phone, we could have some serious battery power.

Ah? Ahhh?:)
[General Topics] Kailkti:
Uh just putting a bigger battery is the average and today's thinking. Just like how people think oh, just find more oil. What we need is something more, something better than just more. But nevertheless, that idea should satisfy today's world.
[General Topics] KayxGee1:
In that case, I propose a battery that never dies. It will output its power, that said power will then come back to the battery and the cycle starts all over.

That would be perfect ;)
[General Topics] sjsharksfan420:
If the battery was thicker but lasted longer, that would be a doable trade off
[General Topics] KayxGee1:
That's what I was saying, add width, length, and thickness to the battery only. Having a bigger battery will allow more power. The actually hardware would be extremely thin so the overall thickness of the device isn't much.
[General Topics] jasidge:
Now the battery is the biggest problem`````
[General Topics] topil:
i think all of us that use an smartphone will trade a little more size for a better battery life.
[General Topics] Phrenks:
Sounds good to me

I'd totally be okay with that. I have a Xperia ARC, and the thing is SUPER thin. However, the battery is actually already quite large. I'd say it takes at least about 30% of the phone's size. However, I agree with Kailkti: it's better to increase quality than quantity.
[General Topics] Skv012a:
Well, look at Nokias. Can do all the current basics, flash support, and battery is flawless.
[General Topics] cyrillicnl:
There was talk of a battery that used radioactivity to generate electricity, theoretically that could power a phone for a lifetime. Guess they did run into some warranty issues :P
[General Topics] sjsharksfan420:
nuke-based phone.. lol
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] koitsu1010:
I am looking for a rom that has 2.3 capabilities and is fast and streamlined mainly so my frount facing camera can be used with better quallity and in the default camera app. Now I'm also not sure if I should have posted this here, also with root can it be done without a pc? My laptop is fried and I don't have immedate acsess to one. Any help? And in not a compleat noob I'm coming from owning an evo running myns rom with clockwork recovory ect...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
i would suggest just looking at the ones individually. im not even sure what 2.3 has that 2.2 doesnt.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] GuestK0045:
I would go with glorious
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] koitsu1010:
Well 2.3 android offers suport for more video related apps such as g+ mobile video chat, just I've had devices running 2.2 and 2.3 and 2.3 is faster more compact and I feel it would b better for memory managment
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
There is no 2.3 on the sidekick, we already have video chat on 2.2.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
Yeah either ginger clone for lightness and speed, or glorious overdose for smoothness.

sent from my....WAIT THIS ISNT MY PHONE?
[Kindle Fire General] bleyten:
UPDATE:

Apparently the URL redirect was eliminated but you can only download through the browser, at this point, if you had the Android Market app (or maybe just GoogleFrameworkServices) prior to the update!

I was thinking that Amazon was loosening their grip by removing the redirect but it turns out that they just realized they don't need to block it because you can't download anyway :/

I didn't see this posted here yet...

Since the 6.2.1 update have you tried accessing the official Android Market in the browser? Not only was I able to access the Market, in both Silk and Dolphin, but I was able to successfully install apps (I only tried Words with Friends and Yahoo Mail at this point).

Even when I was rooted before the update if I type the url into the browser it would still redirect to the Amazon appstore so I assume Amazon loosened their grip on this?!

Try it out! Hopefully this works for everyone and isn't a fluke with my tablet!

I tried to post screenshots but apparently I haven't posted enough yet :o/

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[Kindle Fire General] Bman.:
Wow - just checked it out. I can verify this now works.

So I ask myself since I am just above the general users typical use, now with Android Market open, do I need to root anything in the future?
[Kindle Fire General] bleyten:
Awesome, I'm glad to hear it!! Were you rooted prior to the update? I had been rooted and even after the 6.2.1 update I have a working Android Market app so I was wondering if that was why it was working in the browser.

As far as reasons to root... when custom ROMs start popping up there will be more reason. In the meanwhile all the Google stuff can be accessed through the browser :)
[Kindle Fire General] zirooo:
thats weird, did you have android market installed before updating (to 6.2.1) ?

all reports saying that amazon no longer blocks access (redirection to amazon's own appstore) to the android market website "but" you can't actually install from the market website

can any one else confirm that
[Kindle Fire General] Winglerw28:
I read this on Engadget earlier, this news is absolutely fantastic. The ability for normal market apps on non-rooted Kindle Fires is a huge plus for the tablet, even if many Market apps don't run on the stock OS.

As for rooting, it is mildly annoying that Amazon is choosing this route, but understandable. From a cost perspective, it is very expensive for them to deal with all the users who think they brick or actually brick their Kindles during the root process or the installation of a custom ROM.
[Kindle Fire General] Bman.:
Yes - rooted with Market Place already installed. Good for me - not so much for my bud who just picked up the KF. I am sure he is sitting there going "what is he talking about!".

You can look but no touch.

I picked an app (AirPenguin...haha) and it noted "sending to Kindle" - so it recognizes the device as well.

I am not sure what to make of it for now.

Custom ROMs - yeah, I don't have those skills yet. I only rooted following the thread last week... and then stopped :) Perhaps if the root ever is accessable again, I will give it a go. Maybe....
[Kindle Fire General] bleyten:
Yes, I had the Market App installed before and after the 6.2.1 update. When I accessed the Android Market via the browser I just logged in and navigated to the free apps and tried a few. Since my original post I have download a half dozen (including the XDA app :)). I was able to pick from the list of my devices, I'd select Amazon Kindle Fire as the device and the downloads worked flawlessly.

The apps are either compatible with the device or not. When comparing apps to what I can potentially download through the app vs. the browser I can see no difference.
[Kindle Fire General] zirooo:
so far that's good

i guess same situation does not apply to those who didn't have the android market installed and activated before the update, as there is no way to associate a google's account to the kindle

i hope i am wrong
[Kindle Fire General] BigFuzzyArchon:
nope you are right

we just gotta find a way to associate without root :)
[Kindle Fire General] keithjeffrey:
Although it's great that we can add market apps without sideloading i really hope that someone is able to root the kindle once again. The whole reason I bought this thing is so I can tweak the hell out of it.

Plus you know we are all going to want ICS on it once the ROMs are done. I am just totally bummed because I was literally sitting down to install CM7 when my update happened.
[Kindle Fire General] ITS ME DAVID:
Still not all apps work I tried fontline commando and said not compatible or sometime along those lines
[Kindle Fire General] animez:
So the market stopped working for you guys after the update? I got updated to 6.2.1 the the market stills works fine through the app for me. What up with dat?

Sent from my Kindle Fire
[Kindle Fire General] butterflygirl:
I did not have root or market before update. I can see apps in web market, but no kindle fire in list to download to and can't find any other way to download to my kindle.
[Kindle Fire General] bleyten:
Apparently the URL redirect was eliminated but you can only download through the browser, at this point, if you had the Android Market app (or maybe just GoogleFrameworkServices) prior to the update!

I was thinking that Amazon was loosening their grip by removing the redirect but it turns out that they just realized they don't need to block it because you can't download anyway :/
[Kindle Fire General] bus_ter:
OK this worked, and now I've broken it trying to fully fix the Android Market App.

Some others have said reinstalling GoogleFrameworkServices.apk will fix the Android Market place if it stopped working post update. After reinstalling this app (the same version I originally installed, but from the sdcard instead of /system/app) I now get a Market Force Close when I try to installer through the browser, and also on every Kindle reboot!

Anyone have any idea? How do I undo this!
[Kindle Fire General] temekio2000:
Google should release a root for the kindle fire #payback
[Kindle Fire General] Nevil_Clavain:
Wow, works for me too! I was rooted before and I had the market. I ran it from the kindle launcher slideshow and it worked! THe only thing that doesn't work like it used to is that the default lock screen is still there when I use widget locker.
[Kindle Fire General] molivero:
I have yet to find a version of the market that won't force close under either dolphin or the amazon fire default (silk) browsers on 6.2.1. I have also just found out that amazon has just changed the market around so that you can't even download free apps without one-click enabled and a credit card in place... I am not prepared to do that for my teenager - I love her to pieces - but one bump and I owe? No thank you! So I figured I would go this route instead. Now without rooting it, I have the free market store installed and she's good to go. You guys rock - thanks!

Maria
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] OFWGKTADGAF:
i've been reading around. and i understand how to root, install cwm, rom, kernel and everything...

but what happens if i need to return my phone for warranty?

can i flash back to stock without tripping the counter?

do they even check the counter?

could i just send it in with the rom on it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] LondonGentleman:
I was in the same boat. My G2 started making crackling noise..this was before I rooted but it went away so I rooted and then of course the noise came back.

My counter was at 2 as I had flashed back to stock with ODIN twice. I think there are ways to get it back without the counter being tripped but I could be very wrong.

Anyways, I took it back the other day and they accepted it no questions asked and handed over a new device. I'm just curious to see what Samsung will do when it gets to them and they see that I had flashed twice...time will tell I guess.. but if the retail outlet (Rogers in this case) takes it and doesn't check it does it become their problem if Samsung turns down the replacement? Not sure...

---------- Post added at 09:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:18 AM ----------

I've also had others tell me they had taken in phones that were rooted, running custom ROMS and they got exchanges. In my opinion getting back to stock and then taking it in might be the best idea but I'm no expert...just my opinion...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] yoseir2:
Hey guys, im new to all this rooting and rom stuff, so sorry if this is really basic stuff.

I want to root and put a custom rom on my droid inc 2, and I think I understand how to root now.

Now, I'm trying to decide on a ROM to flash after i root. I absolutely hate sense, and think its really clunky. I've been looking at the ICS rom thread, and somewhere between pages 50 and 100 something, people start talking about CM 9 for the inc 2, and all these different developers different roms, and I was thinking, which one is the best?

So, here is what I would like to see in a ROM, to help you reccomend one for me.(listed in order of importance)

-Smoothness

-Good Battery Life.

-CRT Animation. (I know, a little silly, but i want it so badly)

-Ability to customize different aspects without flashing too many files/lots of terminal stuff. e.g. boot animation, status bar colors.

If you know a ROM that fufills most of these requirements of mine that is not ICS, please let me know. Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Tao86311:
Until today,no best,no perfect ics for Inc2.

Many rom is alpha,and beta,even don't have complete drivers for ics.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] DHackley:
Miui all the way friend, its very smooth and customization are incredible. No flashing to customize just download to go. I recommend looking at the lock screen page that alone is enough to try it out.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] broncosfan007:
PipelinerArd has the best ICS ROM in my opinion, everything important is working and it runs very smooth, and he is constantly improving the ROM.

heres the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1642846&page=5

I'm running his Vanilla ICS Graduation Edition v 1.1 ROM, with Lords Kern 9.3 BFS, and I'm loving it :D

If you have any questions feel free to PM or reply back.:)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kayak83:
Aeroevan's nightly. Has been my daily driver for a few months now without a hitch. Great battery life too.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jpradley:
That's a ROM which runs on the Incredible 2?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] baggar11:
Inspire 4G rom?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] auberry05:
Im needing to know is pipeline a 4.0.4 or what
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mjrfitz:
+1
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] msolaw:
Been using latest cm10 (jb). I'd say that fits what you're looking for. I'm a basic user. Battery life far improved over previous releases. Aeroevan ftw. Can't go wrong with his stuff, cm9 or 10.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jizzylax:
Aero's CM9 or ViperDIX.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] noobiest:
Seeing as this was about a year ago, I assume you found a rom by now. That being said, I will be flashing the IC Tazz rom (sense free version) on my wifes phone tonight. Very stable and everything works. The cm9 and 10 roms have problems with cameras and audio issues. All roms have quirks, but some have more and more severe than others.

LINK http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1745483
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] speddling:
Hey All, I know it's probably early for this... but is it possible to roll the OTA Honeycomb back to 2.3.4?

i recently bought the View for the wife and she's spent a couple weeks getting to know it and had it set pretty much how she wanted it (her first Android, and not rooted). I told to go ahead and do the update and now she's flipping over how it's completely different.

Thanks
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] globatron:
there is a sticky at the top of the page with the answer...no it's not possible and not likely to be for some time.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] speddling:
great... I've read the thread over a couple times and have also been refreshing this forum for the last hour. I saw a lot of talk about rooted Views, wasn't sure how that pertained to a stock one.

Thanks for your efforts!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Maine_Coon:
No.

It is not early.

It is too late :(

Sell this one and buy a new one with GB from eBay.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] vancraft:
Youtube tour requested:

I for one, would love to see the device with the official Honeycomb upgrade. If any early adapter would please do a 5 minute video, showing us the layout and operations. I'm really curious how the HTC Sense interface works in the HC system.

Secondly, if there are any apps that cease to function, I'd like to know ahead of time.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kaijura:
I know this is for the Flyer, but seeing how no one has put up a youtube on the HC View, here it is for the Flyer. I reckon it's not much different other than Sprint bloat on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQP9VPqsUZo
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] contradude:
First victim claimed by honeycomb ota. :-(
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] speddling:
I messed with the wife's View this morning... I really think HC is a step backwards on the View. I'm all for advancements in general and look forward to ics on my E4GT but I really hope I can find a solution for going back to GB, it just seems to be the better choice for this tablet.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
!

Wow for those of you that hate Honeycomb, wait till you see Ice Cream, its got even more new features layered on top of HC.............:rolleyes:
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] speddling:
Gladly on a 10" dual core tablet... I'll have to research ics on my phone before giving it a go. Feature, look and performance wise, I'm with my wife on liking GB better for the View at this point.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] RedWingsFan:
I don't have my view yet but I do have Sense 3.0 on my phone. By looking at that video, I think HC is a nice improvement even if the physical buttons are not functional.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] speddling:
okay, spent the morning on the phone with the store I bought it from, the local 'repair' store, Sprint support, Sprint Resolution, HTC support, HTC return/repair, and back to the store I bought it from.

No one will roll it back, either for lack of ability or desire... and I'm 2 days past the 14 day return period on the new device. LUCKILY... the local store manager gave in and is approving the exchange! I'm off to the store now... wish me luck.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] contradude:
Good luck, my ROM has updating disabled and I plan on updating my gingerbread ROM until we get ICS
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] brashmadcap:
Meaning you're skipping honeycomb completely?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] speddling:
I plan to... actually, for the life and usefulness of the View's hardware, I'm fine in locking it at gb.

I ran into a snag at the store... the one unit they had in stock was a 'ship to store' that landed today, but the person that ordered it bought elsewhere. The manager couldn't get it released from the other account. I have to go get it tomorrow.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kabuk1:
I'm right there with you on that. I do not like HC at all, I like having buttons.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Blu3Fr0g:
My plan is the same, wait for ICS or stick with GB.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] oldpueblo:
I don't have the HC update yet, but I kind of scratch my head at all of the people complaining about the buttons taking up the screen. Right now along the top of GB you have a bar running. Now the bar is at the bottom and has buttons on it. I guess to me it seems pretty much the same, minus maybe a few pixel lines. I suppose it's a different story full screen, I guess it's just not that big a deal to me.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Blu3Fr0g:
It is only a big deal because we have the hardware buttons.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] speddling:
actually the disabling of the hardware buttons had little to do with the wife's reasons.

I got the replacement one about an hour ago and just about to get it set back up for her.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Yes

Globatron is tweaking out some project and we will have ability to revert back to GB, see View Dev section
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] robincop deel 2:
Grin

Just to let you all know that I do not like the HC upgrade either.

I use the device in portrait mode a lot; that is clearly not how HC is meant to be used.

I hate losing the screen estate (the on-screen bar).

It is sluggish now; especially the browser is worse than before.

I would very much like to go back to the previous version (GB).
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] globatron:
Then go back to the previous version.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mmmatches:
It's working now - I did it this morning after doing the HTC Unlock last night.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] robincop deel 2:
That is not that easy if your not technical.

It takes some study and involves risk. Especially the risk part keeps me from trying.
[Vibrant General] naturallight:
I am running GingerTwizz 3.1, what would be the better replacement? Cymog running a 2.6.32 kernel. Would that match up?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heinrich:
I hadn't heard of Samsung free apps before, but engadget ( http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/21/samsungs-in-a-gifting-mood-is-giving-away-up-to-16-free-games/) just listed a method for getting free apps from Samsung. Apparently you instal an apk and tell the store you're in Europe. Unfortunately the apk is only for the 9100 ie ATT.

EDIT: Just use the apk ysuleman posted below, it works and is easy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mstrk242:
Or you could pull it from the telus roms, they come with a version for our phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ellac49:
is there any new word on this? i know our gs2 is only 1 of 5 vairents but it still falls under a gs2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Genesis206:
The Samsung apps works on both of Mr. x's ROM's. I had trouble trying to pull it from there and use them It on other ROM's.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ysuleman:
Guys Google Samsung Apps apk and you will find it. It worked for me...

Found the link..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1305047
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chib1panda:
Yes it works. Awesome.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
it doesnt work on cm7! i even copy and pasted it into system apps, no go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mjeezy13947:
Works on beastmod
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nailbomb:
Works on stock rooted
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessy5765:
Hello all,

I have recently, finally got to root my Evo4G after making the mistake and taking the 2.3 update a few months back. I am some experience but not a lot with rooting phones. (I'm better at "rooting" if you will w/ computers and game systems. lol) Anyways here is what I did:

1. I used Revolutionary to S-Off my phone and use that as my Recovery System

2. Installed ICS-deck-4.0.3 PA8

3. Installed the gapps that it came with and booted up.

Everything is working very well, I ran into no issues at all. However some things I noticed are:

1. I cant mount my SD Card

2. Cant seem to get the calendar fix to work

3. Also it seems that I dont have root??? I thought that revolutionary rooted the phone. If not how do i actually "root" and not just S-Off so that I can install custom ROMS.

Thanks

Jessy:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobarune:
To mount SD card you have to download a third party app.

the calender fix works (i think) but it depends on if it flashed correctly, if it was a bad download, etc.

Revolutionary removes the NAND protection, it doesn't root it. You have to flash a zip for the root binaries or you can install Superuser from the market. The su wasn't working for a little bit before because it wasn't updated for ICS. Make sure you have the latest Superuser app installed to install the latest su binaries.

my evo is aggressively runny
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessy5765:
Couldn't update from market. Had to download the zip from su website then install from recovery. I got it to my phone from Bluetooth transfer from my notebook. Damn its like trying to get something done at a DMV. Haha. All works now. Mounting, hw acceleration, root access, now..... where's those beta cam drivers haha
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessy5765:
Also, the calendar fix, I was only able to install 2 of the apk's but I did it while i was in the OS not in recovery mode. I wasnt able just install them via the .zip file in recovery either.

Does someone have some better instructions on this?