yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dataslycer:
My answer would either be either the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, or the Samsung Galaxy SII. The nexus because it is from the "nexus" line which is mostly for developing and customizing. I would also say the Nexus S but the only problem are the specs, which is a single core and not nearly as powerful as the two I have mentioned. The SII because it is still superior to the Galaxy Nexus in specs, but only that it does NOT have stock Ice Cream Sandwich. But with XDA's forums, custom roms have already been seen and experimented with. The Galaxy Nexus may be a bit over 500$ new but i believe that the SII is around 500$ or less.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mephikun:
Thank you. I will def. consider the SII (don't have a job sice I'm not old enough), but I can' tafford the nexus :( I'll leave this open :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 309041291a:
I agree with Dataslycer. The Galaxy Sll and Galaxy Nexus are among the greatest android phones out right now. Although I'd recommended Galaxy Nexus over the Sll, simpily because of the Nexus line it comes from. Upgrades first and whatnot is always nice. If those two phones are a chunkload too much hit up the Nexus S. I'm using it on ICS amd even though it's about a year old it is still brilliant AND a Nexus phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Eternox-:
htc evo 3d is also good.....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] headers.chennai:
Motorola Defy

Is a very good phone for rooting and has a lot of options for Custom ROMs here in XDA..

Only drawback would be a 4" display compared to competition.

Else Defy rocks:cool:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddada:
look to the right side of the main page of this website (xda-developers.com).

you will see a small square that says POPULAR DEVICES, the galaxy s 2, galaxy nexus and the galaxy s 1 are almost ALWAYS at the top 3 positions.

shows how massive development is for these three devices.

and rooting any of those three is super easy because of samsung's great attitude towards devs. (they even gifted galaxy s 2's to cyanogenmod's devs)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phaege:
The Samsung Galaxy S2 will be a very good choice!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prboy1969:
I would suggest an EVO4G , I know some people will tell you it's old new. But it's still one of the Best and most versatile devices out there. With a ton of development still going on. Also, fairly cheap to pick up price wise.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mstroud:
Having access to both the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus, I would say you can't go wrong with either option.

Sure, the Galaxy Nexus is dual core and has that wonderful 720p screen, but it is also a lot of phone to hold in your hand and 4G eats battery like no tomorrow. I still love it, though.

If I had to find something cheaper today I would track down a Nexus S. It runs Android 4.0 just fine and is much easier to find ROMs and mods for (right now). It also runs on any US wireless carrier except Verizon, while only Verizon has the Galaxy Nexus (today).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardy:
I have the Galaxy SII. It's a great phone and it's so easy to root and install roms.

I had an EVO 4g, but the GSII is a much better and faster device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysticMi:
I have a Droid X and i rooted it two days ago, so easy, even though the Droid X is like a phone of the past already i still think its a great phone.:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GBGamer:
Galaxy S II. Or GNexus for Verizon/non-Tmobile AWS carrier. Get a Samsung.

Sent From The Best Phone of 2011
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] add119:
I agree galaxy nexus is a great phone. But 35% of consumer dont like 4.3 to 4.6 inches devices. So , nexus s is great phone to get if you like 4 inches. Personally, single core vs dual cores is ridiculous only root mod will care. And, fyi android 4.0 os run fine with single core, not to many apps runs dual core. Their more exclusive apps to xperia play and tegra 2 then dual core. Unless game developers play favorite i wont single core dying anytime soon.
[Kindle Fire General] airmaxx23:
I haven't seen this posted but if you want to change the text that displays your name's Kindle that appears in the top left of your screens here's how to do it.

Log into the Amazon website and go to Your Account in the top right. Scroll down to Digital Content and select Manage Your Kindle then click on Manage Your Devices. Now press edit and change the text to whatever you want, you can remove your name as well. Once you're done press "update" and close your browser. Now go to your Kindle and pull down the notification bar to access your quick controls and press Sync, the text in the top left will be changed.
[Kindle Fire General] MrFrankfromCM:
Good stuff! I wondered how to do this..worked for me! Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] Sprintina:
Just did this per your instructions (and did a re-register, which did keep the installed apps in place). Thank you!! :D
[Kindle Fire General] TheMagicPancake:
For the last part (the deregister), you don't have to deregister. You can always jusy hit the sync button in the mini settings menu that comes down from the notification bar.
[Kindle Fire General] airmaxx23:
I'll change the post, thanks for point that out.
[Kindle Fire General] skullunit:
Nice! I'm gunna have to do this. Now I just need to figure out what to rename it. :D
[Kindle Fire General] ragul40:
I hated My name's Kindle. Only thing is there isn't any orage like when you have kindle in the name.
[Kindle Fire General] temekio2000:
I can't get kindle sync to work google syncs just fine
[Kindle Fire General] fulvi3tto:
thank you!:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] gianchan19:
Is there any powerpoint player tat can play the slides with animation and audio?? Please post the apk here thanks, needed a lot
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
try the thinkfree app that is stoc installed on your phone

Are you looking to me?? i have an chinese ARMY !! (-(-(-.-)-)-)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] gianchan19:
it cant play my presentation :(.. Help plz
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] xda7r:
PowerPoint viewer

Have you tried Kingsoft Office which is now free on android market.

unfortunately I can't post link yet (not enough posts) but do a search on the Market for Kingsoft Office.

For my use this is better than the stock 'Thinkfree Office' :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
I know that our camera is the best on the market...but am wondering about getting a second phone galaxy nexus, since there's more development, has ICS, flagship phone with updates first out of all the phones.

Wondering if anyone has both phones and can provide camera picture and video quality comparison of both of these phones under controlled conditions...or if you have a link or website that has already done this please link...I could not find anything online...

Thanks
[HTC Amaze 4G] Babydollll:
It has a faster (slightly) shutter but has a crappier (IMO) sensor. Megapixels don't really mean much but it has 5 compared to the eight on the Amaze. It also has a pentile matrix screen (nothing really to do with the camera, I just don't like it). While I plan on getting one, I DON'T plan on giving up my Amaze. I don't own a GNex but I've spent allot of time playing around with one. (Verizon). I suggest you actually check out both phones side to side and make a decision as my opinions are JUST THAT, opinions.

Wasn't me!! I didn't do it!
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
really want the htc rezound but verizon plans are so freaking expensive...I'd have to pay 4 times the amount for the data text and talk i'm getting now...in two months I could buy another amaze with their plan prices!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] papcoz:
you can search around google for quality of galaxy nexus camera quality.

The Amaze camera is more than likely compared to the iphone4s camera, not Galaxy Nexus.

Take a look at this link.

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/13/2632976/galaxy-nexus-camera-shots-because-its-sooo-disappointing

here is some Amaze photo from our own forum :) enjoy.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1301981&highlight=camera

IF you are so care about development, it is better off with the Galaxy Nexus.

I don't think 5MP really doesn't matter with daily usage.

The Amaze takes pictures too clearly sometimes it bothers me. :(

(Especially when I've took some pictures at keyboard. I can see some dust between keys even after I have vacuumed and cleaned them. Not happy :( )
[General Questions and Answers] ganggreen30:
What happened to the redphone app and textsecure by whisper systems in the market? Any link where I can download both. Thanks!

LG optimus v jerryscript backside iho 12/21/2011
[General Questions and Answers] schmendric:
link for textsecure

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308521

Textsecure has also been open-sourced, so if you want, go find it on github at:

https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure

Cheers,

~Me
[General Questions and Answers] awoodby:
Textsecure NOT encrypting nor really exchanging keys...

Note, if you click "send key" it will look like you're sending encrypted messages, and you are NOT.

I've yet to figure out how to make this...app... actually exchange and verify keys to encrypt any messages.

Any clues, anyone who knows crypto actually using this thing successfully? It's a great idea, would be great to have if it worked!

--Alex
[T-Mobile LG G2x] NeKr0MAtiK:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VWYBC2/ref=oh_o04_s00_i00_details bought this one a few months ago. Works fine, didn't fry my battery or phone. Good cord, cheap as hell.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] howtomen:
so anyone know if a port of TSM parts to our sgs2 is possible?

it has been ported to the i9100:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1291295

i personally love TSM parts from the captivate so just curious:) if anyone would give me instructions on how it could be done i could work on it as i am not completely incompetent :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Porting it to another base is a MAJOR effort, just like jkay.

However they support XXKI3, which can be Hellraised. I'm running VillainROM 3.0 (XXKI3) + JKay myself.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] howtomen:
So no way of getting it on our roms I tried to modify the apks to include Jkay and Tsm but when. I looked into the codes I saw that it was way to much for me to handle :P I can theme and build basic roms but this seems like a task for a real Dev:P
[HTC Rezound] j0hnnyn:
Can anyone cook these mods for stock rooted rezound? This one really satisfy my needs for this phone.
[HTC Rezound] Izeltokatl:
You can use quick boot in the mean time.
[HTC Rezound] Izeltokatl:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1421265
[HTC Rezound] j0hnnyn:
Yeah I saw this, advanced quick settings still in need of.
[HTC Rezound] brando56894:
the menu in ineffiable doesn't satisfy you? I thought it was pretty well done.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Cptnodegard:
The USB connection kit is nice, but rather annoying as it makes everything stick out like crazy. Not exactly the best if you want to watch a movie while holding the tab or something like that. I bought a cheap third part USB host adapter for the P1000 - one with a female USB connector on the end of a short cable - and glued it all together to one lump. I then paired it with a tiny microSDHC reader. The result is a much more compact external storage solution that does the job of allowing me to transfer files to a USB drive instead of the tablet itself while not making the tablet annoying to hold afterwards. This is just the first prototype though, I've ordered more or these things and an planning on taking them apart to see if I can eliminate some wires and plastic to make it even smaller. Don't want to risk breaking this one while I wait for those though, so "boring mode DIY" so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] skeeterpro:
Looks good! Have to look into this myself. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Cptnodegard:
Got four more such adapters today (they're $2.90 shipped worldwide so can't exactly complain about the price - btw, they're not originally for the P1000 as stated in the first post, but rather the 10.1).

Tore one down to see what I was dealing with below the casing and it's a pretty straight forward set of internal components that aren't glued to the casing or anything like that. The next step (i.e. the next adapter I make) will be to re-solder the wires shorter, right now I just let the cable stick out one side. The difference in thickness when getting rid of the housing is pretty nice.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Has anyone else had a problem with WiFi not connecting during a call? If I connect to WiFi before a call is connected it will work, but if I try during it won't connect to the WiFi.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Anyone?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
Nope, better reflash, starting with your modem
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TeamERA:
Whats up wdm, no problem here, running a mix of el13, el26, and el26 modem. bm4l

Sent from a phone with kNOw CIQ ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
I've had this problem on two touches running stock on all versions. I'm now on el26
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TeamERA:
wish I could help, I know you dont like to.run roms anymore...

Sent from a phone with kNOw CIQ ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Yeah, I try to stay away from custom roms. I have to have consistency as ironic as that sounds
[Verizon Droid Charge] ukrkoz:
Happy New Year everyone

here's situation, encountered many times.

I call A Company customer service. A Company wants me to go through multiple menus, press this ir that, dial this or that.

Thing is, display goes black, as set, in about 30 seconds or so. There is no way to get back to keyboard or dialpad, unless you restore display. Normally, this is done by power button, right?

Daah, power button in phone mode, kills call.

You have no idea, how much it got me yesterday, when I was calling USPS. Which is adventure by itself.

Is there any way to set phone settings so that

1. display does not go black while in phone mode?

2. prevent power button from killing phone call?

mof, I can not even input my pin number when dialing voicemail, as screen goes black every time I touch dialpad to do so. I had that issue WITH EVERY ROM I had on my Charge, and had 5 or 6 total so far.
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
Power button doesn't kill calls for me. I have to actually hit the end call button. Do you have a setting somewhere that might do this?

---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

I think I found it. Settings->Accessibility->Power button ends calls
[Verizon Droid Charge] ukrkoz:
that's what I'm trying to find out. If screen goes black, power button kills phone call.
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
Did you look at the setting I posted above? Not sure how it would get changed on a bunch of different roms, but I found it, and I've never even been into that menu before tonight, so I know I've never changed it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ukrkoz:
yep, found it, thank you very much. just disabled the feature. will give usps call out of curiosity, just to see how it works.:D
[Verizon Droid Charge] ukrkoz:
bingo!! works fine. thank you.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
Hello everyone. I was wondering if there is some way to revert back to stock kernel after I install another one such as Doomlord's.

Since our Xperia phones will receive ICS at some point, I was wondering if I could have problems if I have an unofficial kernel on my phone (most probably yes), so I want to know if there is some way to revert back to stock kernel without much hassle if the need arises.

I think the kernel is flashed with the rom updates, since I can exclude it in Flashtool, but I want to be sure.

Thanks in advance and sorry for this stupid question.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zangetsu2188:
Yes, there is. Instructions are stated in doomlord's thread (custom kernel for stock rom)

Basically, you flash the stock modules in cwm first. Followed by flashing the stock kernel (kernel.sin) via fastboot or flashtool.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dp94:
This is the link for the thread. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] scotty1223:
ive seen references to an eng hboot for the inspire 4g. im still a lil fuzzy on what DHD stuff can be flashed on the inpire so bear with me :o

im am radio s-offed and wondering if there is a download for an eng hboot somewhere thats not hidden inside a root tool.

i miss some of my fastboot commands and would like to run an engineering bootloader if one is available that works with all firmwares.

im not normally one to ask for info,but searching the entire inspire section for eng hboot,engnineering hboot,eng bootloader,engineering bootloader and even just plain eng and engineering didnt turn one up.

thanx for any info :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
It's out there - but jams up booting on Inspire devices shipped with Gingerbread. If that's you - don't even think about it. If your phone was shipped with Froyo, applied and used correctly, it's fine, however unnecessary.
[HTC Inspire 4G] edw1n24:
On my Inspire ENG S-OFF has been made correctly with DHD One click ENG S-OFF tool, but I do not remember with what firmware it was on sale. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] scotty1223:
thanks for the replys. i was able to find hboot-eng.nb0 inside the s-off tool mentioned above.

just curious... whats the difference in shipped with GB vs froyo? i picked this phone up used,so no idea what it shipped with :eek:

by jams up,i assume you mean it hangs at the htc screen and wont boot?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Galaen:
I bought my Inspire at the beginning of December, and tried that same tool. Everything worked fine, them I rebooted. It died.I yanked the battery, and no response. 10 minutes later, then phone came on by itself and vibrated for about two minutes while stuck on the boot screen. Then it loaded just fine.

But, it would do the same thing if I ever rebooted.

Thinking I would be slick, I flashed the original stock rom from htc so it would install the original bootloader. Bricked immediately! It would never leave the bootscreen.

So, I returned it to Walmart, and got a new one. So, if you aren't sure about when your phone was shipped out, don't do it. Bad juju.
[HTC Inspire 4G] scotty1223:
too late! :eek: i was running the 3.12.405.1 wwe rom and flashed the eng hboot. rebooted bootloader,and it was a .85 hboot,so i thot it would be ok,but stuck at htc screen on reboot.

unlike your experience,i flashed the stock att ruu and it was fine. currently reflashing and resetting up 3.12.405.1 rom.

did the tool turn your radio secure flag off and super CID you? maybe its got somethin to do with that? or something with the tool? i had installed it via a PD98IMG file in fastboot

thanks for the warning,if id seen it sooner,i prolly wouldnt have bothered. one thing i did notice was that with the eng hboot i was unable to fastboot oem rebootRUU resulted in a "FAILED!" error
[HTC Inspire 4G] Galaen:
Sooo jealous. I don't really know if the tool ever truly worked because I could never get back into bootloader to check any of it. Now, it isn't so much that I need eng s-off, but that it has issued a challenge by bricking my phone. It's personal.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
It's highly doubtful you actually bricked it. I can fix these. But since you no longer have it, we'll never know.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] robot4302:
What's a good app to use to watch life games on my Samsung infuse
[Samsung Infuse 4G] robot4302:
Im sorry live games
[Samsung Infuse 4G] TheCajun:
Currently the only way I know of to watch live games is if you have Verizon for the NFL mobile app or NFL Sunday ticket from direct TV. There probably are Web sites you can go to but not sure what they would be. I have NFL Sunday ticket its ok, but some games are not played on NFL Sunday ticket so you can not watch them. Which is pretty stupid if you ask me.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] STraver:
NFL

I find that Slingbox is a good way to go. Not only NFL but any channels you can get on your home TV system.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] TheCajun:
slingbox is expensive though. But it is another way to go.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] icesteve:
You can listen and see play by play using Ultimate Scoreboard Pro

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] igotdez:
You can download a app from the market called "watch football live"
[Samsung Infuse 4G] albee320:
http://88.80.11.29/

this website
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ryanbmw51:
I just go to firstrowsports.tv and stream it...

Use that for everything...nfl, ufc, etc...

Even at home il pull it up on laptop with hdmi out to hdtv...that's the jam.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] igotdez:
There's also an app on the market that's free called "ice stream" if you can't find it Google it. They have tons of movie and TV show to watch for free.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaarry:
So I tried both the vision_wipe_efs and the manual dd command in terminal. Both didn't fix my GPS issues. I'm running a variant of CM7, but even on CM7 and IWLT CM7 I couldn't get a GPS fix.

I opened my phone to fix my hinge a while ago, could I have hit something that affected the GPS?

Also, when I turn off my phone, and plug it in, it boots up Clockwork.. Why?

Thanks for any help guys!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tronmech:
Well, the GPS issue could be the issue I had. Have you tried replacing the gps_vision.so file from a stock ROM?

The clockworkmod issue is more than likely the a common issue with the recovery version you are using. What cwm version are you using? You might want to try 4ext recovery.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OriginalGabriel:
Also, the initial GPS fix after wiping efs takes several minutes but is faster after that.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaarry:
I'm using 5.0.2.7 cwm iirc. How do I replace the file?

I'll try the gps fix again, didn't know it took a while the first time. Thanks!
[General Topics] mike21pr:
Al lot of us has had more than our fair share of smartphones, so for fun post your history all the way to your most current!!! Or what you remember lol

Ill start (oh boy...)

•HTC Mogul (my first PocketPC)

•HTC Touch (Small and packed a punch)

•HTC Touch Pro (Pretty, but absolute crap)

•Touch Pro 2 (solid phone but WM was dying)

•Palm Pre (loved it but no growth)

•HTC Hero (my first Android, Sense rocks but laggy POS)

•Samsung Moment (nice android overall)

•HTC EVO 4G (awesome)

•Samsung Epic 4G (awesomer)

•HTC HD7 (i love WP7 but its not ready yet)

•Samsung Vibrant (ICS Passion FTW)

•G2 (good phone, crap hinge)

•myTouch 4G (awesome overall phone)

•HD2 (endless fun)

•TMO Comet (temp phone till i got a new one, held up nicely)

•EVO 3D (great phone, crap data speeds)

•LG Optimus T (good little bugger... CM7 gave it helluva life)

•HTC Sensation (meh...)

•Nexus S (too bad I got rid of it b4 ICS )

•AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II (very nice!!!)

•HTC TITAN (loved it but wifi issues made me get rid of it)

•iPhone 4 white (I see myself using one long term... not now though)

•Samsung Captivate running ICS (money troubles hurled me back to mid-end)

•Samsung Focus (current, till I get back on the high horse)

>>>Next? Either Lumia 900 or Galaxy Nexus

Not counting all the times I swapped back and forth between phones I already owned before

sEnT fRoM mY ExYnOs PoWeReD MoNsTeR
[General Topics] adamsbankai:
You are joking right? :eek:

My smartphone history started with the Samsung I7500 Galaxy

(I didn't know a lot about android & updates), then I went to HTC HD2 (didn't like the windows OS so I booted on Android from the SD) and finally I got the one I wanted: Samsung Galaxy S (excellent till now running on MIUI Rom) :D

PS: I somehow got in my hands for a few weeks a brand new iphone 4 but I sold it...I had Samsung Galaxy S so their was no need to keep the iphone 4.
[General Topics] GinoSylum:
BlackBerry Storm

BlackBerry Storm 2

HTC Droid Incredible

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

So as you can see the curve goes up ;-)