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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] projekt1:
Maybe that explains why the version of the Siyah Kernel that I have is 2.6.7 and not 2.6.11. I did flash the latter one but ICScreweD must have overwritten it or something.
[General Questions and Answers] dblake69:
I bought the Bluetooth Mini Keyboard available for £8.99 from 7DayShop.com and all seemed well. Paired nicely with my Android 3.2 tablet (Archos 80 G9 250Gb) and was working fine.

Then I ran into some trouble and I've pressed some key combination that's locked it in an odd mode!

Whenever i press B it brings up the Browser, when i press E you get the Email coming up... i.e. its like Search is permanently being pressed! (Android Keyboard Shortcuts)

Anyone come across this and more importantly - how to get out of it!

I cant even work out what key is the equivalent of the search key!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lisergico69:
I know that some roms already have that feature built-in(ex. Android Revolution HD); now, all I want to know is: how to do that by myself? Is necessary to phisically remove the files used for software rendering, or editing egl.cfg file should be enough? In any case, is root acces needed to do that, i suppose?

ps. I already use the stupid and almost useless "Force 2D rendering..." option that's under "developer settings" so, please don't ask me about that. :p

Sorry for my n00b question but I REALLY need to do this as soon as I can. I come from GT-I9100 and all those really annoying lags on the GNEX UI are driving me nuts! :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
I wish devs would stop misleading people with this nonsense.

Deleting the android_gles file is not going to help your performance whatsoever. Its not going to make things that are cpu rendered suddenly render as gpu. Its not going to speed up your game performance. Its not going to do a single thing other than help your quadrant scores. The only time it would help is if a game used it to render graphics, and lets face it, if it did, it would be 100% unplayable. So if you want to increase your quads, by all means delete it (under lib/egl). Otherwise, ignore it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lisergico69:
****, I don't even use Quadrant! So.... ok, I'm ****ed! LOL

Anyway, thanks for having clarified me this thing!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
If you want to test it, just rename the file. But honestly I don't think you will notice a difference. Don't change the conf file.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
actually, mount /system rw, edit /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg, remove first line of the file (you'll see on the second line PowerVR SGX540, that's our gpu), this will give you 2d work transfered to gpu, everywhere. even without dev options > "force gpu in 2d applications" checked. if you remove the file, you remove the configuration for it.

that's what i found when i searched about it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Have you tried it?

I received several error messages with programs that I was using software rendering when doing that.

I guess it can't hurt to try, but it didn't bode well for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] king23adrianc:
go to /system/lib/egl

delete libGLES_android.so and reboot

This will enable hardware 3D acceleration and make 3D rendering much smoother.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] williamthegoat:
Does using the force 2d option improve performance?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] king23adrianc:
if u saying from developer setting, yes it does, but some apps will crash.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lisergico69:
Unfortunately at moment I'm oem locked. As soon as i can manage to have a decent backup I will give that a try!

Ps Damn, MTP I hate you!! I want my beloved mass storage option back! LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
yes, i have, although i did not edit the file on the phone: removed it from the sauce and recompile.

i had no issues when using this, and even if i did, it would be the apps fault, not ics.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] king23adrianc:
i actually do feel a smoother scroll especially like facebook or twitter.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Never underestimate the power of placebo. The trouble with these things is that there is no quantifiable method to prove it either way.

If I find myself telling folks that I "feel" a slight difference, then imo its probably a placebo. Notice for the planets test in Quadrant, its a difference of 2fps and 60fps. Thats not something you THINK you will feel. Therefore if it makes a difference, it should give an impression of WHOA, not a " its a bit better response."

Its a bit better == placebo in my book.

Post a video running the renderer with facebook and twitter, and without. Keep the video on while you change the file however so we can see that no other changes (such as overclocking) has taken place so that we can judge for ourselves.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lisergico69:
Scrolling on FB and Twitter become already smoother with "force 2d rendering" option activated! What really bother me is the laggy system UI(ex. when I press the "recent apps" or "home" keys the system sometimes become almost unusable for 1 to 3 seconds, also in the gallery the pinch to zoom function sometimes get choppy and almost unusable! That's really frustrating!)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Are you using 4.0.1?

I don't see any of those issues, completely stock aosp on 4.0.3.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Doesn't matter where the fault lies if it affects the usability of the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
That's because those issues are fixed in 4.0.3 ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lisergico69:
I'm actually on 4.0.2 ICL53F(that's the lastest official OTA avaible for me) and I'm obviously running GSM/MAGURO edition.

At this point, in the waiting for CM9 begin officially released, what kind of 4.0.3 based custom rom do you guys recomend me?:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] king23adrianc:
there is DEFINITELY a BIG difference when i delete that SINGLE file!!

u can personally test it since i can tell u dont believe what i m saying, but all i say is there are rom developers that delete that file because this can fully enable PowerVR SGX 540 (GPU) rendering.

software rendering does lags times to times when especially in FACEBOOK while scrolling and having lots of pictures. However, once i delete that file, reboot, and lags are gone. May i say not ALL gone, but i have to say lags are gone 95% just by delete that file to have a hardware acceleration gpu rendering.

i contacted the dev of android revolution, he delete that file and therefore he is saying "Removed software (CPU) rendering - full PowerVR SGX 540 (GPU) rendering" in his rom details.

some devs have said it before too, franciscofranco said it long long time ago.

even mskip said that too. check this thread that was ages ago.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1368873&page=2

from all the above, i can personally say delete that damn file then u will get a smoother experience. Perhaps there might be tiny lags from there to there. but overall it is BETTER for sure and by deleting that file, apps wont crash. so dont just click force gpu rendering in dev options. DELETE the file.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
mskip also said you will only see improvements in benchmarks. I'd look for the post where he said it, but I'm not going to bother.

Notice how he mentions Quadrant in the improvements???

This is not a new thing to ICS. This 'trick' has been around since the SGS game out.

Back then, you certainly weren't forcing hw rendering on everything by deleting the file.

2D acceleration != 3d acceleration.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] king23adrianc:
"This will enable hardware 3D accelleration and make 3D rendering soo much smoother" - mskip

---------- Post added at 06:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:07 PM ----------

but anyway, if u dont believe, dont do anything then.

other users might find it useful to delete that file.

so ur choice.

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i know its not a new thing, when u using single core phones, its more noticeable. i was using nexus s, it was a huge gain. btw, cm7 removed that file because they found out its better to delete that file just to let u know.

as i said in previous post, i didnt say EVERYTHING. there are some lags here and there, but definitely smoother scrolling

but its ok.. end of story. not gonna bother arguing with u. so if u like, keep it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
It is easy to take things out of context.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19832108&postcount=14

Like I said earlier:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Its not about belief, its about dispelling myths. This akin to deleting battery stats.

Will this help you in quadrant? --Yes.

Can this help you in some older games? --Yes.

Will this help your GPU accelerated UI or other 2D accelerated apps? --No.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] king23adrianc:
what? it doesnt even come close to battery stats. u dont gain any battery by deleting that stats.

however, u do gain SOME smoother rendering but deleting that file.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Post a video for us, with and without it. That way everyone can judge for themselves outside of listening to a debate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] king23adrianc:
not gonna do that. its not important anyway. delete or not, ur choice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Why is it folks that can never prove anything past the appearance of placebo refuse to provide evidence?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] king23adrianc:
its a waste of time doing that. as i said. dont do it if u think it wont do anything. ok? end of story. dont want to argue anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Berzerker7:
Next time. Try talking *after* you research the point you're trying to prove.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Laynee1:
Just to make it clear : Do i have to remove file (if yes, which one), or do i have to remove some lines inside file and keep the file ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
If it is a waste of time to prove your point with a video.. why are you trying to prove it with words..?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lisergico69:
Haha! I think I found a solution! Now lags are completely GONE and also my gaming performance feels a lot better(especially in heavy duty 3d games like for ex. 9mm HD by gameloft!). For those who were about to ask me if deleted libGLES_android.so file or I edited the conf. file, the answer is NO!:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Laynee1:
I didnt get the point here .. This was sarcastic or what :D? You didnt do anything ? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lisergico69:
No, not sarcastic but DRASTIC(solution)! However, I simply unlocked bootloader-->gained root access-->flashed clockworkmod-->then flashed AOKP(Android Open Kang Project) Maguro Milestone 3-->flashed GApps-->reboot and..... NOW I'M DONE! All of that ****ing lags are simply GONE! Now, I don't know if this results is simply due to 4.0.3 version of Android or there is some Kang Team related magic tricks involved.... the only thing I know is that now I'm really happy with my GNEX and I don't hate it anymore for its lags(Just because they are gone! LOL)!:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
this is like seeing a good movie and the ending just sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lisergico69:
However the ending sucks or not, it's the only logical/rational ending to this story!

Especially because it would only be time wasted working on a really buggy base as 4.0.2, is not it? :cool:

However, I totally agree with adrynalyne and EddyOS, 4.0.3 it's a lot better/almost bugfree base to work on than the 4.0.2 and the 4.0.1, end of the story.:D

ps. deleting libGLES_android.so or editing the conf. file will be totally useless, unless of course your goal is to obtain an higer Quadrant score(that means absolutely nothing to me!) or at least, you will not get anything that you can't already achieve with the force 2D option activated. LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Laynee1:
Damn.. I dont want to flash custom roms.. I want stock ... Stock 4.0.3... Too tired waiting for ota :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
I have a 'stock' build at home. I don't have a gsm device to test though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Laynee1:
That means u have stock google 4.0.3 build ? where did u get it from :D ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
'stock'. as in aosp.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Samuka97:
Hi. I recently installed an app called GameKeyboard that would replace the Android keyboard with a D-Pad and configurable buttons so I could play flash games made for PC. However, I was noticing that when I was in the game, holding down the menu key wouldn't pull it out. Then I switched back to the normal Android keyboard, and that doesn't appear when I long hold menu either.

My dad has a ZTE Blade and it pulls out the current keyboard selected when holding down menus, so is there an option somewhere that allows me to turn that functionality on or off, or is this just downright disabled in our devices? :confused:

Thanks for your time.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Depends which rom you are running I've noticed. Cm7 does it and has the option to enable/disable actions for software buttons. I can't remember about some of the stock based roms
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Samuka97:
Ah. I'm still running stock 2.2.2 that came with my phone, since I barely just got it. Thanks for the quick answer :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
ya it wont work on stock 2.2 maybe on 2.3.3 but thats up to you to "upgrade" it. search the threads on how to update the phone to 2.3.3.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] C0dy:
Doesn't work on 2.3.3 or 2.3.4. Only seems to work on CM7 and MIUI builds.

Sent from my Phoenix Blood G2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
fair enough I thought I remembered it working with weapon, guess not.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Pok3rr:
I have been using the Galaxian ROM on my infuse for a week or so and there's only one problem with it; I am unable to send a text that is longer than one page long. If I do, then I get the "Message not sent" error and it isn't sent. I've re-flashed, returned to stock and re-flashed, returned to stock and factory reset and then re-flashed, but I still get the same error when I send texts longer than one page.

Does anybody know a fix to this?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jerrycoffman45:
the leaked modems i think its the k series and l series have a 160 character limit which modem are you using
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Pok3rr:
I just tried three different modems:

UCKJ5

UCKK1

UCKL2

All of them have the same problem. Any other suggestions?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Uckk3?

Flash, cwm, wipe data, dalvik andfix permission.

If that doesnt work, try a different apn. See my sigs for link. Reboot after apn
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Pok3rr:
After trying that I still had the same problem. BUT I searched for network operators (changing APN's didn't help) and two AT&T's popped up so I clicked the first one and I got a window saying that it was registering with AT&T. Now it works lol.

P.S. I was able to get it to work on GSM only mode and not on the other or auto.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jayson94538:
You have to flash the older modems.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bigfau:
UCKI3
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Pok3rr:
Thanks. I had it working for an hour or two and then it just stopped letting me send multiple texts. But I just wiped cache/dalvik and flashed UCKI3 and now it works again. Thank you very much for suggesting this modem. By the way your galaxian rom is legit.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Dang...off by a letter..i knew it was one of those...never had that problem, but i remember something ending in a 3. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khanbaba59:
does anyone know how to get voice actions or jeannie work. i have tried different ROMs but i cant hear it talking back to me. I have even purchased us grace package but still can't hear any thing.

also any suggestions for a software similar to siri in iphone?

thanks
[Other TouchPad Development] Dragoon0309:
Just got word of windows 8 with support for arm processors was released. Looking forward to see if anyone can port it to our lovely touchpads.
[Other TouchPad Development] rohin_adalja:
Well someone in the other thread said a good idea is to develop a bounty to get it done, in that thread someone calcjulated about $200 in donations for it. I add $10 more here.
[Other TouchPad Development] treehumper:
I am probably going to catch Hell for this from at least a handful of people, but I need to point this out:

Any sort of port of Windows, in any form, to the TouchPad without the developer first receiving permission from Microsoft (which you won't get) and the user of said port purchasing a license from Microsoft is illegal. I vote to have this thread and any more like it that appear pulled.
[Other TouchPad Development] Dragoon0309:
I was actually unaware of this fact. I apologize for creating this thread then. And please pull it if necessary.
[Other TouchPad Development] cajunflavoredbob:
It should be fine and dandy if we use the development builds, but not the full releases. Development builds are used for development, which is generally what happens here. Once the full licensed versions come out, we cannot use those without the consent of Microsoft.
[Other TouchPad Development] altimax98:
exactly. Ive been running windows 8 dev preview on my desktop for months now, and I didnt pay a dime. They install a kill switch on them, so whatever development we make may be short lived, because i dont see Microsoft selling a ARM version to the general public. I think that they will only make it available to OEM's in the long run.
[Other TouchPad Development] rohan32:
Well a dev could always release some sort of tool or method to turn a Windows 8 iso into a ROM, without actually having to release a full version of windows. We could all use our own legal copies then to make our own ROM.
[Other TouchPad Development] Adonis K.:
and how exactly do you plan to get a legal copy of win8 ARM when microsoft stated that they dont plan to sell any?
[Other TouchPad Development] spunker88:
So its basically the same situation as Windows Mobile ROMs back in the day. It was a grey area and since you couldn't buy a Windows Mobile upgrade ROM, cooked ROMs were the only option. I haven't heard of Microsoft taking any action against all of the WM roms that were posted over the years.
[Other TouchPad Development] cajunflavoredbob:
The difference is that those WM devices had licenses for at least some version of WM, making it a gray area. The Touch pad has nothing of the sort. There is no gray ara for it. None the less, I am curious to see where development goes with this.
[Other TouchPad Development] Smith7018:
Nothing to see here folks, the leak was a fake.
[Other TouchPad Development] noellenchris:
Exactly right, this thread is ok for discussion, but we can't go down this road for the TouchPad. Sorry.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AurosGamma:
Well, I've calibrated my battery ( charging it up to 100%, clear battery stats, discharging it until the phone turns off by itself and recharging again up to 100%).

Anyway the battery is fine right now, my question is if it's safe to ( now that the battery is calibrated) recharge the battery at any level, I mean, 17%, 45%, 76%... Without having troubles ( like re-calibrate...)

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumsy2011:
You have calibrated it all wrong friend

Charge your phone to a 100 then calibrate then drain your battery so you cant even turn it on no more then charge phone to hundred with no pause then take of charger and enjoy ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrrick:
Yes. You will be fine.

*just because nobody understands you, doesn't make you an artist..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AurosGamma:
@sumsy2011 I incorrectly described it, in fact, I did it just as you said, so I think I'm fine, thanks :)

@mrrick Thanks for your answer, now I can live in peace.

Cheers
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martin366:
Hi!:)

How much does memcard speed (class) affect system speed ? :rolleyes:

I have original X10i 8GB class2 card. I think of upgrade to class10.

Does this speed up photo shooting?

Does this improve camcorder video FPS on 720p ?

Any other information is welcome! ;)

Thanks! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flanimal:
I turned my phone to full volume and played a sound in an application and noticed that it wasn't THAT loud.

So I opened the SETTINGS, Sound, Volumes, where there were three sliders, one of which is labelled "Music video, games & other media. The default postion of slider was about 33%. So I ramped it up to 100%, and guess what? The applications sounds were three times louder! The phone speakers are now LOUD. :)

Sorry if this has been reported before, but I hadn't noticed it so I thought others might benefit from reading this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mistermojorizin:
up all the way and too quiet for me without volume+
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JRK-Scope:
the default ringtones are far more quiet than the older ones btw, but volume+ helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hasnol143:
All the 3 at max for me and still wasn't enough. volume+ did it for me!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPuter:
The volume rocker by default only changes the phone (i.e. ringtone/notification) volume. When media is playing, the behavior of the volume rocker changes to control the media volume...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flanimal:
Ah, thanks for the replies with the more extensive explanations. So Volume+ is effective beyond the max volume. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Most of people's complaints about the speaker volume is in regards to notifications and ringers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
I made my own ringtone and amplified it using audacity. Its incredibly loud.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dre4402:
volume plus is the only thing that worked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimboss:
now are most of you using volume+ with the stock rom or?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
Stock rom here, but i and many others use equalizer by smarter apps, its excellent. Both apps though tie into the system audio api.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neville.Holland:
In most of my experiences volume is always an issue... in fact the only phone I know to be loud enough is the iPhone... Did Apple patent noise?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m3tallikris:
Same for me, not enough without Volume+
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stretlow:
I cant get volume+ working With Codename rom and franco's kernel
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qsec:
Wrong post
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ZeroBarrier:
I may be just bias, but my OG Droid put any and all iPhone's to shame regarding loudness of volume.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cordell507:
With volume+ my Gnex puts every other phone to shame
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
No noise patent I don't think - at least not yet. The iPhone was built from the iPod though, so they no doubt wanted to emphasize music from day 1.

That said, my Vibrant with Voodoo sound could get painfully loud. But only after installing voodoo.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tigajr:
I think so, but volume+ is not the only app you can use to get a louder speaker. I use a free and very basic equalizer with almost the same effect and with 1/6 of the size. :)

If you need more than that, volume+ is recommended and It's a very small app too (86k free version and 157k full).

One last thing: be careful. Start with a low volume or you can damage your speaker.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dinan:
The iphone is far from being loud "enough." There are many phones that are louder, and can be made even louder with either voodoo or volume+

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph5310/43392.png
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Keion:
In the dock or by itself?

I normally use mine on a table while docked and laying down when undocked.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mithent:
I tend to either use mine in the dock if on a surface, or portrait in my hands sometimes if I'm reading something. Any text entry makes me want the dock in a hurry.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
By itself always in landscape mode. Thumb keyboard makes it very easy for me to type very fast. Plus holding it with 2 hands less likely to drop it. That's the goo thing with thumb keyboard. MAKES YOU get used to holding it thst way.