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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RushAOZ:
Multi core cpus are the cure to this lag. Simple. I experience this lag on minor occasions with my nexus. I'm sure if I had a gnex I'd never notice it at all. Android does so much more than ios. As so, its not gonna run as smooth no matter what. I'd take a slightly laggy, fully functional ui over a closed in, non multitasking, uncustomizable heap of hipster trash anyday.

pwnd by my ns4geee yo
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetvito:
Sorry but none the Apps I use are on Windows Phone. I've even ask developers to port some apps over, and their answers were all the, "its not worth it".

Yeah its smooth, but that's it. I'll buy a iPhone if I want looks over function.

Fyi, everything is not 60 fps on IOS, just like Android.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
That's just a poor excuse for bad OS architecture planning and inefficient coding. A perfect proof for that is the above stated comparison of HTC Desire & HTC Trophy. Same hardware, totally different UI response.

And HW ain't the solution, unless they suddenly make a magical battery that lasts longer. You can't just stuff hardware and hope for the best. That's why proper coding on embedded devices is so important.

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True, at this point. But I see more and more apps that were ported first from iOS to Android, now being ported to WP and the number of major apps IS rising, even faster then it was for Android in 2009/2010.

Google can't sleep now, when he's still on the top.

Another point: they have more and more inconsistency issues then ever, just see the Nexus line. New device is on an older 4.0.2 , old dev phone is on 4.0.3, but not the 4G version. Hilarious. They managed to get their own phone line fragmented.

They start many different new services, then they get behind with trying to fit them all together, UI wise or function wise. Then in the middle they change the UI look. Like chasing their own tail.

We could go on and on, but if they want to make drastic changes for anything on the OS, now it's still the time. Specially since now there's an opportunity when they develop the next Android version.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RushAOZ:
You do understand how hardware grows? Smaller chips equal less power consumption. Like how the gs2 has better battery life than my nexus.. hardware IS the cure. This is why quad cores are being brought in so early. Do you not think Google knows this? Besides is this "lag" that big a deal to you folks?? Its barely noticeable on my nexus. My buddy just switched over from an iPhone 4 to an epic touch 4g and he wont stop talking about it. He's owned it for a month now and he always rubs in my face how fast it is and how lag free it is compared to his iPhone 4.

pwnd by my ns4geee yo
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Yeah, it grows slowly, because the makers of HW want to collect $ from each iteration. HW is not the cure, it's one part of the equation. Power is nothing without control.

Yes, I think any micro lag is a BIG thing. Have you ever worked behind the PC with a ****ty/old mouse with the ball + a worn out mouse pad ? It stuck, skipped etc. Or consider moving your mouse around in on the desktop and the cursor stutters from the time to time. It's like someone slapping you in the face every single time. And that not what I expect from a couple hundred dollar device.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetvito:
Nah, windows phone isn't targeted at the Android market. Windows Phone is clearly after the iPhone market, however it fails big time. Its 2012 and still requires the use of cords. The major apps are pathetic, ever tried WhatsApp? Tango really sucks, angry birds doesn't even have all the levels, I could go on and on. Those are just the major apps, the other apps are even worse.

But yeah, its smooth. The UI gets beyond boring after a couple of weeks. I actually missed my static icons on Android. Hell the iPhone started looking good to me after dealing with my hd7.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LGIQEXPO:
All of you are saying that Windows Phone and iOS have different priorities over Android and this is true. Apple believes in making everything look and function nicely with out actually adding anything new. Android is more like the true computer if anything. I think that in coming years with quad core phones Android will soon be able to dedicate a whole core at 1000mghz to the UI if they wanted to opposed to the current 100ish it has.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Heh. A laymans solution without thinking constructively.

You can throw 100 cores in if you want, but then what happens. On current dual core phones, the 2nd core is active only when needed. Battery life would be hammered down if it wasn't. Now imagine the same scenario for a quad. 1 core for UI animation ? Yeah, right for 4h of battery life perhaps.

This is from Cayniarb (http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2634309), question was if you can enable the 2nd core to be on all the time instead of just when needed :

"People forcing cpu1 (the second core) to be online all the time will destroy your battery life and very possibly cause permanent damage to the chip in your device. The second core comes online under load. It is supposed to work that way. The architecture here is multi-processor - not the same as the multi-core architecture people are more familiar with in desk/laptops. This means that it is 2 pretty much entirely independent CPUs cast on one piece of silicon (as opposed to 1 CPU with multiple processing cores). This architecture allows the second core to be 'hotplugged' offline. It saves on power consumption, reduces heat output, and increases the longterm stability of the chip. Additionally, the Snapdragon S3 is the only aSynchronous Multi-Processor (aSMP) available. The critical difference there is that when cpu1 comes online it operates fully independently of cpu0.

The problem that aSMP and SMP chips have in android is that the core operating system is not designed to distribute processes across multiple cores/processors. Effectively, what you get here is a single core phone clocked at 1.2Ghz except when you really push it, there is an extra 1.2Ghz available on top. It's still only working one thread at a time, so it is not multiprocessing.

In order for anyone to experience the real power and benefit of dual-core phones, the core operating system needs to be completely reworked to include multiprocessing support natively... Oh wait. Isn't that happening like next week or something?""

Not many apps are coded right now to properly use 2 cores and they exist almost for 1 year now. How long would it take to redone this for quads? Again, HW is nothing without coding it right.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harbb:
Is this not just history repeating itself? Patience, the future will answer our concerns.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetvito:
Huh, I think you don't fully understand how OSs handle multiple cores. Cores don't just sit and do nothing, and they don't just turn on pumping out 1.2ghz of extra power.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Which OSes ? You can't compare a desktop OS with a mobile one.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shark_On_Land:
Reserved for
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shark_On_Land:
I mean core two duo vs the new i5 or i7.

Intel no longer uses dual cores in their modals. So all we need is that chip. Only $100 wonder if it'll work/fit

See my cryptic point?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LGIQEXPO:
As the other guy said that isn't how CPU is handled today on Android... Also, lean back a bit any ways in a teen here and I just made a honest suggestion.

Think about it, these chips are made to be as fast and battery efficient as possible. If one core was sitting idle by while the other does the work then Android phones would have 100% NO USE for dual or quad core, the reason they do is cause having multiple cores allows them to share the load. If in the future they had say quad core 1GHz phones, they could essentially tell on core, to dedicate itself to UI rendering. This doesn't mean that they clock the core at a permanent 1GHz but they simply allow to use that much when needed, and the other three cores can be put into control of all other aspects on Android.

Also I just checked on a Galaxy S2x, according to ROM Toolbox, whenever something needed for example 300MHz it wouldn't pass it all over to one core and let they other stay off, it set each core to 150MHz thus sharing the load using what's needed.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Gabe3:
in the list of readings, which is for ma? I'm trying to see if I have a high drain.

thanks.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] wtf666:
Battery Current of course.
[HTC Sensation] realshyfox:
I've installed the sdk I made the default emulator but when I put the leaked htc sensation ics system. img in my avd folder it seems like it would not boot. Must I mod the image first and compile it before putting it into my emu?

My OS is Windows 7. I used the last original Sensation XE leaked system. img extracted with the Android Kitchen. As environment I use Cgiwin.

Thanks in advance.

Sorry. Just told me that`s a device dependent rom feature.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcduploader:
Hi Guyz,

I have come down to 2 phones .

My budget is 23k max .

1> SE Xperia Play

2> Galaxy R

I will be using the phone for atleast 2.5yrs until my graduation is over . This is my last investment on a phone :P

According to hardware specs its an obvious answer = Galaxy R

But the psp controls and the looks is pulling me towards Xperia Play .

So , Guyz plz I ask for your suggestions and thoughts .

Any other inputs regarding other mobile in that range will also help

Thanks in advance ,

abcduploader
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
If you mentioned the currency you use you would probably get better answers...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
Well you said it yourself. The Xperia PLAY isn't as powerful, but it has a gamepad. The Galaxy R is slightly more powerful, but has no gamepad. It's up to you as to which suits you better. Personally, I think the Xperia PLAY is plenty powerful, and I love the physical gamepad. The PLAY is a bit thicker too, but that's to be expected because of its slide-out pad. If you simply want a phone that can do some other things on the side, don't get the PLAY. If you want a phone that can also easily play games, get the PLAY.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zerobarat1:
Emulators bro and old school fighting games and possibly newer ones :D. When you look into the android market it's like 90% games optimized for xperia play. Where do you see Galaxy R :P? But that was a duche baggy marketing line.

If you Galaxy R you;'ll have a better screen, a better build quality, a better hardware set ( a bit more future proof) but you will never have the retro gaming experience the Xperia play has. Also many new games are being optimized for the play so you won't have problems for a while playing new games
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D.Spirit:
Neither Xperia play nor Galaxy R

Wait for XPERIA PLAY 2
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] republicano:
the xperia play is a good phone for emulators, gba roms etc. im planning to keep my play for a long time as i sold my psp and the let down of the sony vita.

if you just want a phone buy a average phone, if you want to play games get a play, the samsung looks great but you dont need all that hardware unless your playing games but then you lack a controller, gta3 is great on a play, abit of lag but its better than using the touch screen controls,i couldnt imagine clocking castlevania or many of my nes games with touchscreen.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtomicKoala:
23,000 Rupees indictates that the Play has not had a price reduction in India like it did in Europe. The Galaxy R is the better phone by and large, and I'd take it over the Play.

The controls are nice on the Play, shame emulators dont really support the touchpads.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcduploader:
Guyz whats the best deal for xperia play (GSM) ...

mostly in USA and UK ...

Those are the only places from where I can bring ...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michealtbh:
£150 from o2
[Android Apps and Games] brenton1786:
This seemed like the best place for this topic. Does anyone know of a way to change the layout of the Netflix app, I had an Acer Iconia for a while that if course runs honeycomb and would like to try and get it looking like that on one of my Android phones.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sideshowbob29:
can someone help? i flashed xda volt on my thunderbolt thru rom manager. it got stuck at the htc screen. i took the battery out and now it will not come on. can someone help
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jrocker23:
take battery out (hopefully its charged) wait 5 minutes. Put battery back in and hold power for about 5 seconds and release.

or

plug in phone & wait 2 minutes, then power on as stated above or hold power and volume down together for a few seconds & release, see if it boots to hboot
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] terroar:
Hey all, I bet alot of us Sidekick 4g owners are wondering the same question ... Can we install ubuntu on our Sidekick 4g? Is Someone or group or team doing so?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Roundtableprez:
Doesn't seem very likely. I have not heard of any android phones running ubuntu. I could be wrong though
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pintek:
sofar i checked out linux installer on the market place but it was saying the device lacked a few dozen commands for terminal to work I think it be more possible if we had gingerbread on our phones an developement for loop devices.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] wolfepakt:
I know that the g2 has Ubuntu on it.....

Sent from my DARKSIDE 7.2 RC 0 glacier.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pintek:
What would help is if one of our devs could tell us if there is loop device support for the roms that are avail cause thats what you need to get chroot linux running. If memory serves me right adam outler was thinking about deving a linux distro for our phone while he was working on the UNBRICKABLE mod for our phone.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] GuestK0045:
U can ask adamoutler he has had interest obtaining ubuntu but does not have the device or one of disposal
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Roundtableprez:
You were right my mistake.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] LinuxAssailant:
I would like Slackware on mine much more...

:D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Woody56:
I'm looking for a stand alone application to work on my verizon SCH-i920. Here is a example of a online freight container check digit calculator ://shipping-container-info.com/container-number/check-digit-calculator and a windows version avalible for download at ://.expertconsultant.co.uk/containercheckdigit.html

I could only find these links with code but nothing for windows mobile ://checkdigit.tripod.com/ ://checkdigit.tripod.com/ContCheckDigit.java ://martfish.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/iso-6346-shipping-container-codes/#comments

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] stephj:
ISO 6346

That was an interesting one!

After having had a quick look at the ISO 6346 page on Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6346 the algorithm to work out the checksum digit is not too difficult, a few lines of C# will do the job.

It is pretty basic, but it does exactly what it says on the tin!

Enter the container number in the first text box as a ten character string in the format AAAAnnnnnn , in other words, four alphabetic characters followed by six numeric ones.

Nothing will happen until exactly ten characters have been entered, and they match the above validation mask. No error messages, no menus, no prompting, nothing. Get it right or nothing happens!

When the entry is valid, the eleventh check digit appears in the second text box, as in the image shown below. The container number in the textbox, is that shown in the image in the top right of the Wikipedia page. The original string is also turned into uppercase, and the text cursor is moved to the end of the textbox string. The default would be for it to jump to the start.

Unlike the code example given on the Wikipedia page, this program does NOT use a lookup table or any program startup code to convert the alphabetic characters into their corresponding values to be used in the checksum. It does it on the fly, in one line of code within a loop.

Your task Jim, if you choose to accept it, is to figure out how it does it. This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds. Good luck!

It is written in C# for .NET CF 1.0 for Windows Mobile 2002, but it will run on all later Pocket PC/WinMo Professional versions, as there is nothing exotic about it. (Not Smartphones, as they cannot deal with textboxes.) It has been tested on .NET CF 3.5 in the WinMo 6.5.3 emulator. There is no install cab file, just drop the executable contained within the zip file on to your device.

In the true spirit of .NET, before the world and his wife started messing about with it, the exact same .EXE file will actually run on your PC, because there is nothing more complicated in it than a form and two text boxes. See the second thumbnail image below. It will also run on a Windows CE device that has any version of the .NET CF Framework installed on it.

P.S. It assumes your device is using an ASCII compatible alphanumeric character set, which maps '0'-'9' to the values 48-57 and 'A'-'Z' to 65-90
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Woody56:
Thanks stephj it works as you say "nothing exotic". It does the job and output validated using the online freight container check digit calculator's and that's the point - not having to connect to a network. THANKS again
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
Can someone do me a huge favour and upload the acersync apk from the latest 3.2.1? Pleeeeaasse! Im an idiot and uninstalled it....
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] jschall:
Here it is

I was posted at CFB Cold Lake back in the mid-60s...:)
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
Thanks so much :) this is from the latest ota right?

Thanks again and cold lake is still cold :)
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
Ok didn't work :( won't install.... gah...if I do a factory reset will it fix it?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] jschall:
Well, I have 2.007.04, and that file was in /system/app. Unfortunately, I don't know any way of checking which version it is.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
are you gen1 or gen2?

i dont understand why it wouldnt install, i found another apk through the a500 forums, which installs, but does not match the version i initially backed up. and when i try to install the one you attached it just says "installation failed"

i wouldnt think gen1 or gen2 would make a difference, but if you want to check the version of acer sync, if your rooted you can load up titanium backup and it will show you the version. im at work right now so i cannot check mine to post the version but i will after work.

if all else fails i should be able to factory reset and fix it....
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] mdowns989:
Probably a dumb question but you ARE placing the .apk in the system/app folder before trying to install right?

Its a system app not a market app and thats where itll need to be done..

Make sure permissions are set properly too...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
check and check, placing in /system/app and changing permissions to match all the other apps permissions...

i will give it another shot after work, maybe i was having a brain fart but im sure i was doing it right..
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] ptesmoke:
Ok so long story short, couldn't restore it, factory reset didn't fix it and then my home button stopped working. Downloaded the latest dycrypted 3.2.1 update from dev section, flashed and updated to latest ota. Everything perfect again. Rooted and got everything all back to my liking.

Word of advice...don't depend on titanium backup to save your system apps lol.

At least now I know how to flash the update.zip and keep it on my sdcard "just in case". Thanks for all the help though guys!

Cheers!
[HTC Rezound] tiger505:
Howdy,

Well I had my Rezound all tweaked and running stellar for about a week, rooted, unlocked etc. and running Ineffabilis ROM. For some reason I could not get my google contacts to sync yesterday. I tried everything and it's important to me as I have over 2700 contacts. Not sure what the problem was but I decided to start over and went into recovery and did a wipe data/ factory reset. Got the phone back to setup and all was good, my contacts went back fine, got Titanium from Market to get my apps back and oops no superuser. I'm unlocked. Went back to OneClick root to see if that would fix and it seemed to work sorta of, got the Zerglings sent and it went thru all the stuff etc and I got the message:

"Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !"

Killing ADB and restarting as root...enjoy!

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

However no reboot, device is just hung with the virtual buttons lite up and after 15 minutes I give up. Have tried this several times and get the same thing.

If someone has an Idea I would sure appreciated it.

Thanks in advance

PS...I tried the turn off debugging and turn back on and that did not work.

I'm also puzzled about losing superuser as I thought I had a permanent root.

:confused::confused::confused:

EDIT: I re-flashed Ineffabilis ROM and amazing I got my SuperUser back! Maybe I'm a goofball...was it really that simple?

:):):)
[HTC Rezound] pwned3:
Since you were already on a Rom you probably could have just downloaded super user from the market

sent from my newly unlocked Rezound
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
Ok, first off permanent root isn't permanent in the sense that it will always be there. It's permanent in the sense that it's not going to be gone when you reboot.

Second, the error you got in ADB(ADB server out of date) is what prevented you from re-obtaining root. When you run a script, it's blind firing commands and assuming the output was good rather than checking the output, so that's why it said you were good when you weren't.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indiandroid:
I was just planning to Map my Route through MyTracks App from a Flight :p

But , the problem is , the GSM Network will not work after few thousand feet ...:(

I want to know How much Altitude, cuts off the GSM Signal , and what are the alternates to get the Network Data working while still flying..:confused:

I know we can Pre-cache the Maps but...I want to do this experiment...Has anybody tried ?:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aengus4h:
unless you are on a small private plane, your phone should not have any of the transmitting antennae turned on (phone, WiFi or Bluetooth) as you'd possibly cause interference issues with flight equipment. Also it would likely breach current safety regulations, hence you are asked to turn such devices off by the flight crew before take-off.

Certain aircraft/carriers allow GSM calls, but use an on-board GSM cell to handle this, not sure if there is additional roaming cost for using this feature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_on_aircraft
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bud.de:
@indiandroid

As far as I know, it is not the altitude that cuts the gsm. Other factors are the high speed, and the amount of towers in range. Even though, the phone could connect, it has to switch towers too often to get a steady connection.

If it works though, I wouldn't worry too much about interception, as there is still no case, were phones lead to any problems.