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[Vibrant General] kohakuslayer:
What I did was, stick a little tiny piece of tissue on the left side of the battery slot so the battery will push against the tissue paper, and the copper metals will align correctly and receive the charge.
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
some pictures would be better
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Not working yet

Tried tissue, no luck, tried a screwdriver, no luck.

I don't think I will be able to get the battery over far enough to the right to make contact.

Oh well, it was worth a shot.
[Vibrant General] kohakuslayer:
tried this last night, lasted around 3hr 40min from a full charge. screen was on lowest brightness though. i basically played a few games browsed internet/texted until it died.
[Vibrant General] dardani89:
received the andida 2.3 ah battery from canada a few days ago. it actually shipped in less than one week. i guess that because im in new york and montreal isn't very far from here. tried some of the methods people posted here and the battery is working fine for me. i used an old credit card to wedge the battery to the right and just turned it on and took the card out. everything seems to be going fine so far. the case barely fits over it and you really have to push it tight though. my phone is from the original june batch just to let you guys know. it's funny cause my phone says charged but the battery counter is at 75%. well here goes the first charge cycle. i'm one onecomsics ics rc3.1 so lets see. my original battery was lasting me pretty much all day long but I figured for twenty bucks I didn't have a lot to lose and so much to gain.

ps. it seems as though with time the pins will wear away at the plastic separating the anode, cathode and ground. this probably isn't good as it will short circuit the charging pins. so lets see how long this battery will last until it doesn't charge anymore :p
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Amazing

It is amazing to me how different people are able to get this battery to work with paper or pushing it with a screwdriver, collar stay etc. I think I would have to trim the right side of my battery compartment to get it over far enough. Guess I just lucked out with this particular phone
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Me too. Mine wasn't even close to lining up. I would have had to shave off the side of my compartment also to get it to fit. I even tried to bend the contacts over to get them to work and then thought better of it. Why screw up a phone's contacts for a $20 battery.

Baffling how it works for some and not others. Now it makes me weary to order an Ankor b/c it is for the Epic4g also. Am I going to run into the same problems with that one not lining up right?
[Vibrant General] dardani89:
it's far from perfect though. unless i put something slim to keep pushing the battery to the right my phone will turn off randomly. it's weird that my problem seems to be the battery is not lining up with the pins but it is slightly too thin for the compartment, while your problem is that it's slightly too large??

plus don't bend the contacts cause they are pushed in when the battery is placed in the compartment. i dont think bending them would help you.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
We should all take measurements of the Andida battery and the battery compartment, something isn't right. If anyone doesn't want the Andida key me know and ill but it for my wifes sgs4g.
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Finally a connection

Through some shaving, yes actual shaving, I finally got the battery to make a connection. I then put something on the left side to hold it over to the right.

It boots up and seems to work, but everything I plug in the charger the phone reboots.

Seems really strange to me, more than just the physical connection between the battery and the contacts.

I am wondering if perhaps only two of the contacts are working instead of all three.

I meant to say "everytime I plug in the charger" the phone reboots
[Vibrant General] Sincitybronze:
Had some random shutdowns after using the screwdriver shaving technique to line up the contacts. I placed a piece of cardboard from a package of gum in the very small space in between the battery and left side of the phone and now everything seems to be working fine.
[Vibrant General] Sincitybronze:
Update on the 2300 mah battery:

I didn't do any calibrating or charging for 10 hours then running the battery down before charging again (as the instructions that came with the battery suggested), so this may not be an accurate description of the battery's potential.

Using Fishman's update on Bionix 1.3.1:

7 hours, 22 minutes since unplugged.

Display time is 2 hours exactly.

63% remaining.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] jinzo37:
Hi, i seach the launcher from Motorola Defy !

LauncherScreen : http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Consumers/Products/Mobile%20Phones/MOTOROLA-DEFY/_Images/_Staticfiles/B2C_DEFY_Black_Front_Home_EMEA_lg-DE.png
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] hamdimo:
this one look really nice, i'd like to have it on my buzz
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] radders1997:
I wouldn't mind having it on my wildfire as well
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Lesicnik1:
The closest you can get is by using HeLauncher.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=988430

But that was removed from the Market for some reason.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] jinzo37:
not found..

i have seach & i have found helaucher 2 :)

http://www.file-upload.net/download-4123020/HeLauncher.2.v1.0.4.apk.html
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Lesicnik1:
Last I saw it in the market HeLauncher2 was paid, that's why I didn't link it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkanwar:
Hi guys does amyone know any keyboard shortcuts or combination where I can go to home screen directly instead of going back one screen at a time...i know esc and right click does this but say I'm on a webpage but need to go to home screen to go to a different application.

Secondly I want to access menu items without having to reach the phone to press a button. Thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkanwar:
Nobody?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirkdaring:
I hope there is no such thing as a stupid question on here. I recently put superclean on my phone. Works great, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to uninstall an app. The cog circle I used before is gone.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hesh.monster:
I think you mean Titanium Backup... maybe? Just install it from the market.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirkdaring:
Well I mean just removing any app. I used to go into Apps where all the apps are shown, click on the cog at the top next to all page numbers.. That put a '-' on every app. Clicking the '-' I could remove any app. That cog is missing in superclean.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hypera:
I faintly remember about that cogwheel icon top right. It was like you click on the cogwheel to "edit" icons on the app menu but it is to uninstall apps.

I think you can press the menu button and then edit and be a little similar to your ' - ' you are familar with.

Titanium Backup will also work like hesh.monster typed.

or settings >> manage applications
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirkdaring:
Ahh, that did it (settings/apps). Thanks! I knew there had to be an easy way I was just overlooking.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g35slammed:
guys ive never rooted anyones phone before ,however, my friend is willing to lend me his phone for root lol i have no idea if thats such of a good idea but i really want to try . ive flashed roms and kernels but want to know if you guys can tell me steps on what i need to download so i can complete this task .any info would be greatly appreciated .and if you guys can send me links even better =) thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m_hedroom:
Check here. This should work for you just fine.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=787304
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
If its on 2.3 gingerbread the above method will not work you'll have to use revolutionary.io to root it
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] outlaw1188:
So today i booted my first android phone.

i wanted to make original rom back up, so i downloaded rom manager.

Then i took create backup, and then it asked do i want recovery reboot, so i took yes.

Then the phone turned off and wont turn on anymore!

Please help
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DeeJayAhmed:
Flash A New Rom!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] outlaw1188:
How can i flash it if i cant turn on it?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DeeJayAhmed:
Press Nd Hold Vol Down Button + Home + Power button...!

If It Goes To Download Mode Ur In Luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] yagya:
Trying going to download mode (Volume Down + Home + Power button) and then flash a rom using Odin. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] washa_rednecks:
For more info about ODIN for example:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] outlaw1188:
I cant go in that menu! I cant even get a light, sound or vibration when turning on! Nothing works!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kecikhebat:
1more rom manager victim..uhhh...u bricked ur phone dude..go sent it back for warranty..

Sent from public phone using 10cents.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] The Drag0n:
if it can't go to a download mode, then it's hard brick.. best isbring it to a service center if it has a warranty
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] franzken0:
you shouldn't have use rom manager it's a lot of bugs with our phone if u wanna flash roms then flash CW recovery... then flash from there.. try to flash ur phone to the stock rom using odin put your phone to download mode HOLD down volume down button + power + center button... if it doesnt go to download mode then its hard bricked
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] outlaw1188:
what about usb jigs? can they help?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] :
there might be a way to unbrick: try this:

1. Remove your battery, SD Card and SIM

2. Without battery inserted press the Download Mode combo (Volume Down + Middle + Power Key)

3. While keeping the buttons pressed insert the battery back in the phone.

4. Now if you're lucky your phone will enter the download mode and you are able to flash a new ROM.

5. Flash a FULL ROM!!! not a One Package ROM!

Good Luck!
[HTC Rezound] captainm27:
I was wondering if any devs out there could somehow adjust the length of the space bar, especially on landscape mode, to make it longer, as I feel it is too short. I am constantly hitting the period when typing. I think the other keys next to the space bar could definitely be shortened.
[HTC Rezound] squintter:
+ 1

ten char
[HTC Rezound] brando56894:
Some third party keyboards allow you to change it in the settings, can't remember which ones exactly. This would probably be a better option.
[G2 and Desire Z General] setspeed:
I've patiently been waiting and flashing the alpha/beta ICS ROMs onto my phone as and when they come (thanks devs!).

What I am wondering is, why am I distinctly unimpressed with ICS?

Sure it looks pretty, but when you get down to the nuts and bolts of it, it seems to be form over function. The launcher now takes several swipes to access an app which I could previously have got to in one flick. The task switcher which used to be just long-press on home button then bam, touch your desired app, is now a case of long-press then swiping through a long list of pretty windows to find the one you need. Don't get me wrong, the changes to the built-in apps are good (and necessary - having to press menu to get to the draft new email button was ridiculously bad UI) - but I'm just left unimpressed overall.

And still we have the poor choppy scrolling performance that iOS and WP users laugh at instead of the ultra-smooth buttery goodness they enjoy (although it is better than it used to be I admit).

I know the ICS ROMs are a work in progress still, and I've not spent any time using a Galaxy Nexus - perhaps it all makes sense on a superphone with dual-cores and a massive screen, and these are non-issues for those people. But I am in no position to get a new phone (need a hardware keyboard and there aren't any better ones around) and hence I don't see much compelling reason to get ICS over GB - except for the apps maybe.

Am I the only person feeling this way?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Spastic909:
Take into consideration these are ALPHA and BETA stages..cameras still don't even work. Just be patient
[G2 and Desire Z General] crestofawave:
Hm, I'd have to agree with you about the Task Switcher. There is little to no functionality to it. May I add widget grouping in the Drawer would also be a great addition. Otherwise, I liked most of the changes.

Although, I have two questions. What ICS ROM did/are you test(ing)? And did you try Overclocking? I'm currently running Virtuous Quattro (Beta 8) and have an overclock of up to 1,6GHz, and I can tell everything is running smooth as silk. Of course you don't have to OC to upto 1,6, but 1,2-1,3 would definitely suffice.

Edit: As spastic909 said, there will be a LOT of changes in the upcoming updates, this is only a preview of what we're soon going to get.
[G2 and Desire Z General] setspeed:
As a test I just overclocked to 1.8GHz on performance governor, and rebooted to ensure minimal running processes. This is on a fresh install of Andromadus Alpha v8, no apps installed except GAPPS - scrolling is still really choppy when going through lists, such as my GMail inbox and my contacts list. This is just a fact of life on Android, it doesn't matter what ROM you have, and I've been through a lot in the 14mths that I've had this phone

If iOS and WP can scroll smoothly EVERYWHERE on hardware much older/worse than my phone then there is something seriously wrong with Android at a deep functional level. I think Google needs to sort that out now they've "prettyfied" Android. Lipstick on a pig springs to mind. I love Android, and as it stands I would never consider iOS or WP. But I am jealous of the performance they get.
[G2 and Desire Z General] captainreynolds:
So the addition of hardware acceleration for moving UI elements doesn't function in CPU realtime like the iPhone or Windows Phones? I'm still running Virtuous G-Lite here, haven't flashed any ICS roms yet as they are all in beta.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kishan4910:
I feel exactly the same way especially in regards to the app list and recently used apps. I think those are steps backward which is keeping me on GB. However ICS does have some improvements in other areas of the OS which I wish I could enjoy.
[G2 and Desire Z General] muffinwaffle:
Fast real-time UI scrolling has very little to do with actual performance. From what I loosely understand, Android is fundamentally more ambitious. Rather than being flawed compared to her competitors. iOS and WP7(Not 100% sure about this.) has the UI on some kind of urgent priority line to render scrolling at 60fps. Android on the other hand, won't forsake any other tasks for the UI scrolling. In essence, Android is closer to a true computer.

That said, I'm guessing the only way to stamp out Android's inherent lagginess is to brute force it with increasingly advanced hardware. Or in my case, using MIUI bulletproof w/ that Charger V6 script thingie gives it a comparable homescreen scrolling speed to the iPhone 3GS.
[G2 and Desire Z General] noneabove:
There was a very good explanation to why you would be seeing this that I unfortunately don't remember where I found it, but it was a google employee explaining why android will never LOOK as smooth as iOs (despite both being almost the same) what it is, is that with iOS it prioritizes interaction above everything else, including rendering, in that, if you were to load a page on safari or whatever and while its loading start moving the page around, all rendering will stop, whereas with android it will try to do both simultaneous thereby resulting in what appears to be a choppier experience. As for google fixing this, they cannot (or rather will not) because it would literally require an overhaul of everything that is android to fix, yes it's do-able, but it would result in everything that we know to be android restarting practically from scratch (with some trial and error already done for us IE we know what works so we can implement it from the beginning) Hope this answers your concerns!
[G2 and Desire Z General] taurius1:
Hmm.. I'd read about it somewhere. And I'd also read elsewhere that the google devs wanted to find a decent middle ground to reduce this "choppiness" as well.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
This the article others are referring to - https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/2FXDCz8x93s

Also, another one from the same source (a senior Google/Android engineer) - https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/XAZ4CeVP6DC

Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
[G2 and Desire Z General] setspeed:
Yeah I was already aware of those posts by Dianne Hackborn and others. It also seems that NO-ONE including Hackborn herself can give a definitive answer (which doesn't then get refuted by someone) as to why iOS can achieve 60fps animation pretty much everywhere, and Android just fails spectacularly at it.

The technical issues are way above my head, and I have no real interest in changing that - I'm just a normal end-user (albeit one who likes to meddle, hence why I have an XDA account). What I would like to hear is that Google has a plan for fixing Android, whether that be through a rewrite or whatever, to nail this final issue of stuttery, laggy performance compared to the competition.

I think the original point of my post was that ICS doesn't seem to offer me much in the way of actual advantages over GB (except for apps). The launcher appears smoother (at the cost of now having to make mutliple swipes - a choice made to get around the abysmal list-scrolling performance). The task manager is prettier but less functional. It just seems like it's been tarted up, with none of the actual underlying issues fixed. That's how it is from my perspective.

I wish there was a viable alternative, as I am truly starting to get itchy feet. I know that I won't go anywhere at the moment, but one phone that really interested me was the Nokia N9. I never got the chance to actually use it, but all the reviews said that the Meego interface was a joy (despite a couple of minor performance issues and the fact Nokia killed it before it was born).

I think I'm starting to question whether in fact I need the advantages that Android offers at all. On a daily basis there is only one root app that I use and that is Adfree Android. Could I live without it - probably.

And although I love flashing new ROMs on my phone, and the choice that brings, ultimately I'm only trying to fix deficiencies with the software my phone came with. This DZ was dead slow when I first got it - overclocking and a new ROM fixed that. But when the competition is fast and smooth, would I feel the need for any of that? I suspect the answer is probably "Yes, I would miss it like anything". But the fact I'm asking myself these questions tells me I'm not perfectly happy with Android the way it is. iPhone users don't have that feeling. I know they expect less of a computer and more of an appliance, but when they have an amazing experience day after day, and I'm being frustrated day after day, I ask myself who really is the smarter one?
[G2 and Desire Z General] muffinwaffle:
No one is smarter than anyone for choosing one particular brand over another. Its just a preference in the end.

While it's short sighted of you to equate UI scrolling to actual performance, you're quite entitled to love smooth scrolling.

And if 60 fps scrolling is your thing and if the lag bothers you that much. Then it would be wise to move to the iPhone or Windows. Especially if you believe it to be the smarter choice.
[G2 and Desire Z General] setspeed:
Smarter as in "not spending a lot of time babying my phone". Is it possible to make the transition from phone tweaker to just phone user, and enjoy those benefits (scrolling performance, better quality of apps) instead of enjoying total control and customisation?? Who knows, but when my contract's up and if there isn't a decent qwerty Android on the market (highly likely) then maybe I should try a change!
[G2 and Desire Z General] ashwinmudigonda:
The scrolling lag of Android is a software design "flaw" if you can call it that. Someone wrote a nice article on G+ about it. Essentially, Android spawns a thread for the UI and lets it do its thing. That's why when you scroll down, not only does the existing content move, but new content is also added on the fly. And this happens across the OS - when you are updating an app, the phone also is trying to address your latest command of swiping homescreens. The author went on to show how in iOS this is not the case, that when a webpage is loading and the user begins to scroll, the page stops loading and full processor power is dedicated to the scrolling, thus resulting in a smoother performance. Apparently, it is baked too deep into the kernel and changing that is not a trivial issue. thus, the only solution now is to throw more HP at it, which is why the latest crop of phones don't stutter too much.
[G2 and Desire Z General] setspeed:
I think I'm a victim of my own anticipation. Like most people here I check Android news on a daily basis. When a major version revision like 4.0 is announced I buy into all the hype and by the time it gets to release I'm ready for the second coming of Jesus. When that doesn't happen then I've set myself up for a major fall. ICS brings some welcome (and some not so welcome) changes, but there's nothing earth shattering here, it feels like an incremental improvement.

I'm setting myself up for some major flaming here, but I would like Google to pull out the big guns and wow us with something. Something like Siri.

Before you all lambast me, let me state my position - I don't think Siri will set the world on fire like Apple hopes it will, we're just not ready for it yet. And I know all us jaded tech types can sneer and say "I could do all this ages ago with Tasker and Voice Search and Vlingo etc etc". But what Apple has done is wrap it all up into a nice useable package that anyone can easily access, without having to think about it, or search the Market for apps. There is nothing wrong in spotting something that you think is great and adding it to your OS. And if you try and deny that this will how we will interact with our phones in 20yrs time (or perhaps via mind control!) then you are kidding yourself.

I know Apple bought it from an iOS dev, but equally they've polished it into something that is talked about by everyone - everyone has an opinion on it when they become aware of it. What does Android do (for the average user, who doesn't root/flash custom ROMs) that's anywhere near the same level of impressive? Widgets and nice Maps? I admit voice nav is a great selling point, but seriously, I think Google needs to step up it's game and start bringing out the big guns to compete with iOS which, although limiting in lots of ways, clearly has the most polished apps, the best user interaction in the mobile world when it comes to scrolling and smoothness, and they bring futuristic stuff like Siri to the party as a part of their standard OS. It's not about bragging rights, or showing off or anything like that - it's about being the best OS around, and at the moment, aside from the fact Android is very customisable even without root, I can't say it's 100% the best OS. It is for me, at the moment, and probably for you too if you're on this site, but for the rest of the general population I can see why Android doesn't really hold a candle to iOS in the layman's eyes.

Rant over!
[G2 and Desire Z General] kaijura:
The one major thing you're missing is that ICS was designed mainly to integrate functionality between both tablets and phones. Google made a decision and then decided they weren't to keep on developing Honeycomb nor likely wanted current tablets running cropped versions of GB when it was solely made as a phone OS.

So there was a notion to make a unification with devices running Gingerbread/Froyo along with tablets running GB/HC, thus ICS was formed.