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[HTC EVO 3D] Sim-X:
This use to really bother me when I first got my evo4G on release day. It's a very annoying issue that google refuses to address even know there is a huge thread about it on the google message boards. They just won't fix it. Sooooo since google is worthless here is your best work around that I have been using for a long time. Anytime you set a contact picture they get uploaded to google at which point they are are resized and over compressed which makes them look like crap.

Step #1 - Delete all contact pictures from your google contacts so they are blank.

Step #2 - Turn off facebook linking via htc sense & the facebook app.

Step #3 - Create a duplicate contact for the contacts you want to use high resolution pictures for. Very Important - the duplicate contact needs to be a phone contact & NOT a google contact. It should prompt you when making a new one.

Step #4 - Name the contact the exact same as your google contact. For example if your google contact is "Bill A" you would only fill out "Bill A" on your phone contact. Leave the rest blank, no #'s or anything.

Step #5 - While still in the phone contact you just created, set a picture on the PHONE contact. (At this point you should have all your high quality pictures saved & names on your sd card. I like to do 500X500 for mine) For best results use same amount of pixels across as well as down.

Step #6 - Once you have done that you need to link your phone contact to the google one. Most the time the phone will suggest this but sometimes it gets them wrong if it does just clear suggestion. Make sure when you do the link you start in the phone contact and not the google one.

Step #7 - You now have only 1 contact entry in your phone book with a high resolution picture that will show when the caller calls you or you dial out. The picture will not be backed up to google.

Tips: If you flash or reset your phone a lot, make a backup of your PHONE contacts only to your sd card before wiping. Don't backup anything else since the rest will be saved on google. Then when your done flashing, simply import the backups off your sd card. At this point you will have to manually go through and re-link the phone contacts to the google ones. Again make sure you set the link in the phone contact, not the google one. Sometimes when importing the phone backups it will have the phone number it backed up from the google contact. You have to delete the phone number from the phone contact or you get duplicates when sending texts which is kinda annoying.

I attached a full resolution screen shot below of one of my contacts looks like. I wish stupid google would just fix this but they don't seem to care. Hope this was helpful, good luck.
[HTC EVO 3D] ssmercurys:
I've had this bug in so many ROM's.

I always get it fixed by either installing it if it isn't, or syncing the Facebook for HTC Sense. That one seems to get the crisp pictures, but the Facebook app is a bad one, that seems to be the culprit for pulling the blurry ones down.
[HTC EVO 3D] Creampuffyness:
Use Friendcaster. It has an option for hi-res pictures. Its not crystal clear, but its way better than what you are seeing.
[HTC EVO 3D] ozturkselcuk:
Hey guys, thank you very musch four you replies and I'm sorry that I couldn't write a thing for days. I was out of town for a few days. Whatever...

First thing I did was to unfreeze the Facebook for HTC application and freeze Facebook for Android. I linked the contacts with Facebook with HTC. The result was a little bit better than the old settings. I mean, not crystal clear but at least I can recognize the person calling me. But still, it's not like the way I want, or it should be. What a shame for Google. It's just a photo. Why do you have to resize it that way?
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
I believe this is solved in ICS. Hi-Res Contact Pics Was A Feature.

Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
[General Questions and Answers] SystemsLock:
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE, rooted running Android 4.0.2. I recently noticed (while playing Doodle Jump) that my accelerometer was slightly off. If I held the phone straight vertical (or laid it flat) the doodle would move to the left. In order to play properly I would have to lean the phone to the right to compensate. I tested this again with two different gyroscope apps. It's off by about 4 degrees (not terrible but enough to be obnoxious). I also used the in-app calibration option which fixed the problem, but only for that app. I re-calibrated my compass to no effect and did a factory reset to no effect. I don't know is this problem existed before I rooted as rooting was the first thing I did.

I'm unsure whether this is worth sending the phone back over (I can re-lock my boot loader if needed). Or if I did, would they even take it back for such a small issue? I've had the phone for about a month now. I would much prefer some sort of software fix. I understand that certain phones had global calibration options in the past. I have root access and am open to some hacking.

Any help is appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] SystemsLock:
With all these smart people around here, nobody has any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
The Galaxy Nexus forum is this way:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1336

Yours wouldn't be the first with accelerometer issues.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jotka2:
Hi friends

The time has come for the revolution. In connection with the way the Asus treats its customers I think we should start a revolution and a massive public campaign on the back cover replacement programme or any other solution to the problem of weak WiFi and/or GPS in Transformer Prime. The Internet is the power they are afraid of.

Asus' President would be very interested in the situation. He would like to know the way his company treats its customers.

We have to let him know... We have to make a change :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xAnimal5:
The new prime has a Qualcomm crap chip. nuff said.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jotka2:
Negative. It's a 10.1-incher with NVIDIA's Tegra 3 within (1.3GHz quad-core Cortex A9)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Meanee:
You mean the 7" tablet aimed at different market? Yep, let's petition every living thing! Occupy Asus! Torches and pitchforks! :rolleyes:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
I guess you missed this whole ongoing thread "Asus Transformer Prime TF700T official with 1920 x 1200 res and new design to improve"
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xAnimal5:
Link please.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Magnesus:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21199593
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nunyabiz:
http://phandroid.com/2012/01/09/new-higher-end-asus-transformer-prime-tf700t-with-full-1080p-hd-display-revealed/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NickSaul:
http://www.slashgear.com/asus-transformer-prime-tf700t-revealed-with-1080p-display-09207646/

I would love to upgrade to the new one.

EDIT: Nevermind, it's uglier.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xAnimal5:
From slash gear, it appears that the only changes are

-1080p

-2mp camera instead of 1.3

-changed back plate

I already got really good, constant wifi connection

My BT works fine with my Game pad and my Galaxy Note

I'm own phone, there's no need for a GPS

1080p = More battery drain for something that only Prime users will notice the diff.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] doeboy711:
engadget

PcWorld

Android Police

I just went to the same thread that you posted in over HERE and found these 3 links in about 30 seconds. Please read the full threads that you post in before you make false statements.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] h0kum:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/asus-eee-pad-memo-me171-me370t-and-high-end-transformer-prime-t/

Did you not check before posting this all over the forum? Where did you get the idea it was a Qualcomm chip?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
In order for this to have

any

change of success, we should work out possible solutions first.

Noone is helped with just bashing their facebook walls.

Let's collect some opinions and options for ASUS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] seven2099:
Asus MO

Asus TF Prime announced

Ppl preorder

huge QC issues

Preorders canceled and delayed

device arrives

Problems didnt go away

Asus Solution?

Make new device, sell 100$ more expensive, leave ppl who bought TF prime hanging like a nutsack

Problem? :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] briant97:
Here is a better link.

http://www.engadget.com/photos/asus-eee-pad-transformer-prime-tf700t-hands-on-0/#4728347

This is not a 7 inch version this is a 10.1. If you look at the back it is the exact one we need to make the prime work. So my opinion is they knew that aluminum was flawed but decided to leave it on. Then release this to fix it. While everyone wasted their hard earned money so they could be the first tegra 3 on the market.

They should upgrade us for free to the new one. Also it is still puzzling why the tf101 is going for the same price as before the prime came out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nunyabiz:
Read the engadget article it linked to....http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/asus-eee-pad-memo-me171-me370t-and-high-end-transformer-prime-t/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] biggem001:
give me some numbers for asus support and any higher ups and i'll gladly make calls
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] briant97:
Thanks for that and I am left out to hang even more like a nutsack as I sent mine back for repair and should have just got a damn refund :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jotka2:
No i mean new 10 incher shown at CES, beta tested by us using TF201. That's not the way they should do their business. I love my TF201 and I'm not going to sell it. But I do not like to be treated like a retard.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nunyabiz:
It wont be out unit Q2 (may/June), so save your money now, continue to use the prime and sell it in June and buy the new one.
[Desire General] mikbe:
I bumped into this and didn't find any threads on xda so I decided to share. Register and tell Qualcomm what you think. Let them know there are quite many users who want their Desire to have hardware accelerated UI.

https://developer.qualcomm.com/forum/qdevnet-forums/graphics-optimization-adreno™/8081

All credits go to the thread starter srdjan_segvic
[Desire General] aleonty:
Now we have it:

https://developer.qualcomm.com/foru...-optimization-adreno/8081?page=3#comment-6691

Re: QSD 8250, Adreno 200 hardware-related proprietary ...

In order to provide enthusiasts with recent improvements made to Snapdragon's Adreno graphics drivers, Qualcomm has made the updated Adreno 2xx graphics driver binaries available here. Note that you will most likely need to be a developer to take advantage of these new drivers since they'll require integration with the CAF release of ICS, but Qualcomm is providing these driver binaries "as is" to those of you who have requested them.

Forum Master

16 Mar 2012, 09:49 am
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsebbs:
Hey everyone,

Now I know this has been posted before but I still can't seem to understand the fix (assuming there is one). I rooted and installed Cyanogen on my old Aria - which ironically I did easily and yet I've had the most difficulty with my Galaxy.

Anyways..... as most of you can probably guess I did something wrong in my root.

Here are the phone specs:

Android Version: 2.3.4

Baseband Version: I77UCKK6

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7

Build Number: Gingerbread.UCKH7

--------------

My issue is that when I boot into ClockWorkMod Recovery I get that "E: failed to verify the whole-file signature" error.

I've read that my kernel is wrong but I'm not exactly sure how to go about fixing that. Also, my WiFi isn't working, I've seen other people have this same issue.

Sorry for the repeat question and thanks for all the help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OGroteKoning:
I had the same issue ... asked the question on various forums ... and received diddly squat!

So I resorted to reflashing 2.3.5 from the netherlands, used CF-root to root and now I am okay. I just want an easy way to get rid of the lil damn yellow triangle

Sent from my Galaxy S II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Sounds like a bad download

1) redownload CM7 zip, make sure its the right size etc

2) put CM7 zip into internal SD card

3) Boot into CWM recovery

4) Flash CM7 zip

5) reboot into recovery

6) Flash CM7 zip again

7) Wipe Cache/Dalvik Cache/Data (you will lose non backed up apps, not media etc)

8) Reboot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
You don't have CWM recovery.

Before someone else tells you to grab a kernel from these forums, you're also in the wrong forums as you do not have an I9100.

Go to the correct forums and follow the instructions to install CM7, to the letter.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Ooops maybe I should have noticed the I777 bit :) my bad. Go here: clickme

Stupid samsung as there stupid variants all carrying the SGS2 name
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsebbs:
Thank you all for your help - I'll head over there.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvibes:
Hi, I'm going mad because I can't get boot manager to work with the roms I want! I want to run virtuous quattro ics beta as my phone rom and smartdroid 3.1 T in slot 1. I've done everything but everytime I install smartdroid to slot 1 it hangs on the HTC white splash screen. I installed blackice and it worked just fine. I have forced large .imgs but it wont work. I think it may work through restoring nandroid but I don't get how I would do that?? Any help would be nice, spent the last 2 days trying to work it :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Some ROMs have things in the updater-script that won't work correctly when flashing them to a Boot Manager slot.

What I do is this:

1) Make a nandroid backup of my main ROM.

2) Fully wipe the phone and install the new ROM.

3) Make a nandroid backup of the new ROM.

4) Restore the first backup of my main ROM.

5) Go into Boot Manager and install using the nandroid of the new ROM to one of the slots.

There are also some pre-made nandroid backups in this great thread by SmokeyMcBong. In the last few pages there are also some good tips on how to get around various problems:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1257450

Hope that helps! :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvibes:
So basically I'm on rcmix 4.0 right now and have a nandroid backup already

I should wipe and flash smartdroid

Make a nandroid backup of it through recovery

Restore my backup of rcmix

Go into boot manager and restore nandroid of smatrdroid to one if the slots??
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Yep, that's how I've done it in the past - use the Install Zip option then Restore Nandroid. There's also some stuff in the thread about problems when using wifi and things working better using mobile data.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvibes:
when u say use the install zip option and restore nandroid....isn't there a seperate option which is restore nandroid?? Shouldn't i do that instead....screenshot attached of what i mean

And i read about data but I'm on pay as you go and not with any contracts so i can't use that much data at once otherwise i will run out of credit :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Yep, the screenshot shows the option I mean - it's the restore nandroid option on the install zip menu.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ptclik85:
Is it possible for you to be able to use the camera while on the phone. Is there a hack for that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
very interesting...

only the STOCK Samsung camera App will give you that message

but if you use any of the Market camera Apps like FX camera or paper camera, vinegar camera, or any other camera they all works even during a phone call
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ptclik85:
Ok, thanks for the response
[Kindle Fire General] 99scooter:
So here's the thing. I'm installing a Samsung Galaxy tablet into my car. My daughters got kindle fires for Christmas. I was going to use HDMI monitors for when I do netflix or whatever from the Galaxy.

My question is, can the Kindle fire get a video in signal and be able to use those as monitors instead of buying headrest monitors for them?

Also, on the same install, can I get sound via the usb cable or do I have to use the 3.5mm headphone jack for sound. The genius's at amazon decided to put the usb and the 3.5mm jacks on opposite sides. Now when I build a custom mounting dock for these fires, I'll have to have it slide into usb port, and then manually plug in the 3.5mm jack if I can't get sound through the usb.

I could really use your help everyone! Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
the kf does only have 2 ports (1x3,5mm headjack, 1xmicro-usb) and the power switch. they are all side by side on the bottom of the device.
[Kindle Fire General] GBH2:
No way to do "video in" that I am aware of - unless you crack it open and solder to the pcb or tap into the lcd ribbon connector. Usually you would either do regular lcd monitors or totally autonomous tablets.

You should check out mp3car.com for some ideas, they do some amazing stuff.

It would be cool to be able to stream the video wirelessly from the Galaxy Tab to the Kindle Fires but I am not aware of a way to do that either at the moment.
[Kindle Fire General] maw230:
Bump. I've been wondering this as well. If bluetooth is ever "unlocked" for the Fire I would be building an in-dash mount for my car.
[Kindle Fire General] Nahte27:
Instead of streaming video, couldn't your Galaxy Tab just host share the file via Wi-Fi so the Kindles could play the video?
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
That is what I would do.
[Kindle Fire General] 99scooter:
So far I've not found anything that supports my desires.

What I'm going to do is have to go with a separate monitor.

I stand corrected, thanks for the info and sorry for being lazy. The USB, and 3.5mm Jack are in fact on the same side. This makes life way easier. I've got what I need to do now. Thank you.

As soon as I can figure out how to put power to these tablets, and the two headphone amplifiers I need, I'll be in business and they'll be going in my headrests!

Thanks for the help.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] THE festivedonkey:
I know I have seen this question come up in a thread or two in development, but I can't seem to find the answer now when I look for it again.

I am currently running the updated version of Zeus 3 and am having this problem, but this has happened with any previous roms that integrate tw4 as well.

Whenever I try to place an app in the dockbar in preferences, and then press menu, save and restart, the phone locks up and restarts with nothing but the app drawer button in the dock, just like it was before I tried to change it.

Is this a permanent problem for tw4 or is there something I am doing wrong? I really like the tw4 launcher, so it would be really nice if there is a fix to this problem. Thanks!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
some users, myself including, has had some issues with tw or other launchers.

Others have had no issues.

Read the Zeus thread Dev section and Q/A.

You will get more info.

TW in default mode usually runs w/o problems.

Once you enable more animations etc. you may get problems.

to restore: boot in recovery. wipe cache, wipe dalvik and fix permissions

and reboot. it may clear your prob. If not, do a complete factory reset and reflash the rom
[Samsung Infuse 4G] THE festivedonkey:
Thanks for the tips qkster, but it still freezes up and reboots the whole phone without changing anything... It sucks cause I like the look and feel of tw4.5 better than any other launcher, but I kinda need to be able to put apps on the dock to make it look nice and uncluttered.

On a side note, I see that you have 69 thanks. I want to thank you for your help, but I also don't want to ruin a good number ;) I guess i'll go ahead and thanks you though. Just thought I would alert you about your thanks counter.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tmease1:
I have never had good luck at all with tw4. If I download a rom that has tw4 in it, I will delete it and replace it with tw30.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Here's the theory: ASUS fully planned all along to market a complete family of 10.1" Android tablets, as such:

1. Original Transformer, Tegra 2, 1280X800: $399 (16GB)/$459 (32GB)

2. Transformer Prime, Tegra 3, 1280X800: $499 (32GB)/$599 (64GB)

3. Transformer Prime "HD", Tegra 3, 1920X1200: $599 (32GB)/$699 (64GB)

The Prime "HD" (as I'm calling it) was waiting for high-res panels to be available at production levels. Otherwise, both Primes were designed at the same time and so far have been mostly on schedule.

However, the issue with the radios, and particularly with GPS, caught ASUS by surprise. Things like this do happen: radio tests all check out, but out in the wild they just don't perform as they did in the lab. I think Apple showed how this is possible with the iPhone 4.

So, in response, ASUS is re-marketing the Prime as not being a GPS-enabled device at all. They're not going to touch wifi performance because it's "good enough." And presumably they'll fix the ongoing BT/wifi issue.

At the same time, they're redesigning the Prime "HD", which they can do because they have some leeway before those high-res screens are available in quantity anyways. This redesign will be to add in some plastic to augment the metal casing for better radio performance.

Who knows: maybe they'll come out with a TF201B that will incorporated the design changes in the TF700. I doubt that, however, because it would extend their culpability for extant issues in the Prime.

What ASUS _should_ do is offer a return and/or upgrade option (Prime + $100) for the earliest Prime adopters. The cutoff date would be when all ASUS (and their partner) marketing material no longer references GPS.

The recommendation would be: let's hammer Facebook, Twitter, customer service, tech support, and everyone else we can think of with POLITE but FIRM requests for either or both of those options. Key words: polite and firm. We should show ASUS that we're reasonable people with reasonable concerns.

Who's with me?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jotka2:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1436569
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spidey01:
Just to be a prick:

TF101-A1 = 16 GB.

TF101-B1, TF201-B1 = 32GB.

TF201-C1 = 64GB.

Plus I wouldn't want that high a resolution unless they up the screen size closer to 15" which is rather to big for my tastes.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] L3rry:
If you consider your Prime to be defective then can't you return it for refund since you are within 30 days of purchase?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Depends on where you bought it from. Some don't have returns at all, only exchanges. Some have returns with restocking fees. Some have 14-day returns. Only Amazon, that I know of, offers a full 30-day return policy with no restocking fee.

Bottom line: there are folks who bought their Primes and had their return policies run out long before ASUS changed the GPS marketing. And, ASUS still hasn't changed it everywhere--for example, I just got a Prime from Best Buy (to replace one that I just returned) that still has "GPS" on the sticker on the box.

If someone hasn't followed the forums or ASUS's Facebook page, they'd have no idea that there's a GPS issue at all. They'd read the retailer's list of specs, see GPS, and assume everything's fine.

So, yes, at some point nobody will have room to complain. There are many people, however, that haven't hit that point yet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
I don't get your list, seems compatible with mine. And I'm pretty close to agreeing with you on the higher-res screen, except it sure would make text look good.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thetruth1983:
For the people outside of the return period, is it possible to send the prime directly to Asus for a refund? I'm asking because the gamestop I bought it from says that it's exchange only until the 15th of Jan.