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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kalavere:
I am missing about 30 odd posts but I couldn't figure why. Seems like this is the reason. :( At best maybe Nitroz will come back or maybe he'll take root over at Rootzwiki. Let's just hope he maintains his site either way.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ridder10:
I think he will stay there
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] artvandelay440:
Yep, he briefly relisted here, then decided it wasn't worth it and re-unlisted. (is that a word?) Anyway, it's over at rootz and build 8 is coming out next week. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/16591-black-exodus-build-7-by-nitrozaokp-b27/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
It's a perfectly cromulent word, embiggens the smallest man.
[General Questions and Answers] chris.wueste:
I could not be more fed up with the T-Mo G2x. I just listed it on Craigslist. I have had more problems with this phone that any other Android phone I've owned. I can not find a ROM that makes this phone run smoothly. I do not blame the devs in any way. They are just working with the crap that LG provided them. Anywho...to my question. I was wondering from those of you on T-Mobile what you thought the best replacement would be. I'm not eligible for an upgrade for another year so that is out of the question. I need a contract free phone and it needs to run on T-Mo's 3G or HSPA+ network. Thanks for your advice guys. I appreciate it. BTW...my budget is $350. My initial thoughts were either going back to a Nexus S, or going with an HTC Sensation.
[General Questions and Answers] destakob:
soo..

Well.. If you have the option you should think about switching carriers. I have been on multiple carriers before, and so far I actually really like verizon. AT&T is a close second. If you don't want to switch/can't then I would recommend a HTC device. They are hard to root, but nice phones! :D
[General Questions and Answers] wutzin:
well, I run a Sony Xperia Mini on T-Mobile and I'm very happy with it.

It's a very compact phone though (which is exactly what I was looking for - the first Android phone I saw that is actually smaller than my trusty old Motorola Razr v3).

I would recommend you install the Swype keyboard in case you find the on-screen keyboard a bit too small.
[General Questions and Answers] WillShaka:
I would say sell it again on craigslist or even on ebay...

at the time you could get a second hand samsung GSII

many great reviews on it ;)
[General Questions and Answers] jamesd86:
Get a skyrocket. Its just as good as a t989 and you get the bonus of an lte phone if you decide to go to at$t.
[General Questions and Answers] xuul:
IMHO you can never go wrong with Motorola or HTC products. Avoid Samsung like the plague myself.
[General Questions and Answers] JordanC:
I had my HTC Hero for almost three years. I never had a problem with it, it is by far, the best device personally I've ever used. I got my ns purely for the Google branding.

Go for the sensation if that's the one you like. HTC for me was the best however, its only my opinion. My next phone will be HTC again that's for sure.
[General Questions and Answers] icepally:
The sensation is right in your price range, i see them all the time on CL for around there usually a bit lower.

Sent from my SGH-T989
[General Questions and Answers] jRi0T68:
Used Skyrocket is the best idea, coming from TMO SGSII owner.

Fantastic device. Even the stock rom is great. Or, go Nexus or HTC if ICS matters more to you than better hardware. Skyrocket/T989 will get ICS, but God knows when.
[Android Themes] toxicpaulution:
So I wanna change my fonts on minimalistic but all I can get to work is my barcode font everything else when I try to extract it it just says bad file. And I've downloaded like 12 fonts from many sites like dafont and others :/ help? Ideas? Website?
[Android Themes] chungviet811:
Is it? http://www.dafont.com/barcode-font.font
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] 2G1J:
I recently switched from a G2 as well and thought the same thing about the keyboard. After about a week you get used to it.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
I know this is a review of first impressions, and I appreciate that window into what someone thinks coming from a different device. This is the first android cellular device i've owned (second device total - nook color being the other) and I have no basis of comparison. This device IS my entry to the smartphone scene, so posts like this give me great insight.

( I quoted the RAM part because this is a function of the BLOAT in the stock ROM, if you cut out all the BS you can easily climb above 200 megs waiting and ready on boot. Don't forget a certain amount is not user accessible, due to being allocated for system use ( CPU/GPU etc...) But this is a first impressions thread, so not trying to take away from that, just trying to bring awareness ;) )
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nosuchfile:
good review, and I agree with all of it.

as others have said, you get used to the keyboard, and in the end it seems no worse (at least to me).

I recommend getting a case for this bad boy, helps with the slickness, and protects against damage. There is a thread in accessories forum that details various options. Well worth the 10-20 spent in my opinion.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dung8604:
Honestly, I warrantied three phones until I got one in which the keyboard gave me some kind of response. My keys actually click now.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] cybot_x1024:
Am I the only one who forgot about the keyboard as soon as I saw how fast it was? :)

Plus you didn't say anything about the camera. It is such a great improvement from what we had on the G2. I actually haven't come across a phone with a camera that can perfom as well as this in low light with no flash!

Also the front facing camera is something I always felt the G2 was missing right from the day I bought it. It makes skype so much more usable and makes sense in actually flashing a rom with the video gtalk app.

Plus let me be the first to mention this in the DS forum. I HATED WHERE THEY PUT THE SD CARD IN THE G2! FUUUUUU! It was so annoying to have to shut down your phone just to take out the card. I used to load up movies and series for when am on the go/on the road a lot on a seperate card. What is the "eject external card" for if I had to freaking yank out the battery just to get to it?!

Another thing to note is that as much as people may hate on the DoubleShot's earpiece I overlook that because now I have a fully visible notification LED,and not hidden behind a mesh which sometimes made it not clearly visible when outdoors...

The soft coating on the G2 too was a disadvantage as it was so much easier to pick up scratches and scuffs than the DS. Infact thanks to my worry that DS would suffer the same fate, I ordered the rubberised hard cover on the same day I ordered the DS.

The hinge on the G2 was a cool feature but when it finally got loose, I hated it more than I ever fancied it in the first place. I'm glad that the DS comes with a really tight slider which no amount of shock/fall could force it open.

The G2 got the 3 shortcut keys on the Keyboard, the DS got the home, menu and back buttons. Which imo makes me spend more time on the keyboard with the DS than the G2 coz am able to navigate faster and easier with the keyboard on it. I know you may not agree with me but that too makes the DS's keyboard feel more complete than that of the G2.

Another thing I felt was a bit of a failure on the G2 was the back of the top hinge which was stuck with adhesive which you had to peel off to expose the screws. For a device that is praised for its 'solid and partly metalic buid' I really didn't like the idea of using parts that were stuck to the external body with adhesive. I haven't pulled apart the DS yet, but at least the finish on the back part of the slider seems to be much better.

I don't hate the G2, it was an excellent phone, but there things about it that make me feel am much better off with the DS.

sent via a Phone Booth
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Limewirelord:
Disagree with the build quality, to be honest. I don't really mind the weight of the phone, it feels nice in the hand. Strong plastics are better to make a phone anyways because it isn't as easily deformed.

I definitely agree with the keyboard though. Coming from a Model M, I was expecting a little more from the keyboard. I almost *always* accidentally hit "B" when trying to hit the backspace. I wish the keyboard had *slightly* more raised keys as well as requiring a bit more force to get a key to register.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
I don't mind the weight, it's just there's not enough metal to justify it. If it has that much plastic in it, it should definitely be lighter.

Overall, the phone is very well built. Solid but not as premium feeling as you would expect.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Appogee:
Coming from the G2 as well, I'd have to say the Keyboard is a lot worse as well. I actually wish they had the MT4GS's design similar to the G2's. I loved the way the G2 lifted up to slide.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ryaninc:
I'm gonna guess that you have the kahki one, then? I've had both and I can tell you, the khaki one is WAY slicker than the black. With the khaki one, I almost dropped it every time I pulled it out of my pocket. It was just so freakin' slippery everywhere. The black one is a more grippy, soft-touch kind of material and it's far easier to hold onto.

So if you really can't take it and don't want a case, check on eBay for OEM black battery covers. The one I'm using now is the khaki phone with a black battery door. Still shiny and reflective bezels but a nice grippy battery door. Best of both worlds. :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Wow, that's a great observation. Yes, I am using the khaki cover. I will see if I can switch with my friend because she has a case over her black one anyway :P

Thanks for the tip! You solved the issue exactly how I would've liked.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] AgentCherryColla:
I'm using the PowerMat Battery case. Gives it a nice weight, and grip. Only 10-20USD on T-Mobile.Com.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ryaninc:
No problem, glad to help. I never would have figured it out unless I'd owned both the khaki and black ones personally. It was pretty startling how much more slippery the khaki one was.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
As I keep saying, this phone is a real beast. HTC needs to start listening to its consumer base again and give us vanilla Android and stop screwing us.

Delivered via candygram for Mr. Mongo.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
I have added/updated the review to include the headphone jack and battery
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Yep, anker is the right solution for someone that wants something better then the absolute fail the HTC battery represents.

If you want a perfect solution, Mugen is a better answer, but I personally run anker in one phone, both my stock batteries in the other, and the difference is drastically noticeable.

@ 1.7GHz with tv-out and using FPSE to emulate a playstation, I get just under 3 hours of steady gameplay before it starts to reduce performance at around 18% coming from anywhere between 95-100%.

I wouldn't be so mad at HTC about the battery issue if it just died fast, but the battery causes a significant amount of heat under heavier use, and that damages the device itself. That is unforgivable, even taking into consideration that HTC is not a battery company.

For someone using the device as a phone and minimal other use, the stock battery is likely -just- sufficient.

For anyone cracking open even a sliver of the machines potential it instantly becomes a liability, before any of the standard gripes about battery life on a phone.

(remember - dual core processor - it will eat more juice then a single core phone on avergage, but use less to get big jobs done)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] revo420:
I think people shouldn't harp on "free ram". In this environment its a good thing for memory to be used. Android was designed to be used on mobile devices. The way that it handles memory is much more efficient to say a PC running Windows. With a decent task manager or view you would see that while they are taking up memory (which is otherwise unused) they are not using any cpu cycles. This allows for a much more fast feeling and fluid experience.

Let's say I use Opera the browser, later I decide I want to watch youtube videos. When ever I decide to go back to Opera its being pulled from ram rather than internal or external storage.

When you really need the ram for an application, game, etc Android will automatically unload which ever inactive process it deems necessary.

I do agree that the stock rom comes with excessive bloatware and other unnecessary features. I use JKILO's deoxed rooted stock rom in which I absolutely remove all the bloat and extra features I don't need or use. Runs amazing now, no need for OC in my opinion.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] wesnah:
The only thing that bothered me when I first got this phone were the random reboots stock sometimes had. Other than that the phone was and still is awesome especially coming from the old mytouch 3G.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Agreed, which is why task killers are so bad.

The reason I mentioned the RAM was because what is using it is as important as having it - when I said over 200 megs sitting waiting and ready was to show what was available for user consumption on the apps of THEIR choosing and not HTC or T-Mo.

Given that this is a first-impressions thread, I thought it might be good to see just how much the carrier-level Bloat had an effect on that experience.

Definitely good counsel to let Android handle the RAM, and keep that management out of the userspace level.
[Motorola Atrix 2] cowenby:
So I'm having more and more corporate sync issues recently. It began with the 2.3.6 ota update and continued after I installed lfaber's rom. I am update 2 of his rom.

Here the case:

1. I receive an email. (In this example, i know it was from an iPad.)

2. It shows up in my inbox like this:

3. I open said email.

4. It opens to this:

5. I download the htm file.

6. The htm file looks like this:

Now for what I've done to attempt to fix it:

Delete account, add account.

Clear cache, clear dalvik cache.
[Motorola Atrix 2] lilhaiti:
Is there txt supposed to be in the email? Is the HTML file supposed to be there?

---------- Post added at 09:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:58 AM ----------

Sorry for quoting your post...didn't mean to do that.
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Hello after hearing about apple reaching 500 billion dollar, my question is what does android need to do to become a serious competitor to apple so that people would rather buy android then an iphone? What does apple have in the iPhone and ipad that android dosent? I would like to see some opinions of what you all think :) thanks
[General Questions and Answers] GrimReaper24:
Apple has always been the underdog lol Android is still new so it will be at the top in due time.
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Well in phones I meant :p ever since the iPhone came out and iPad everyone is going crazy about there products, I'm not sure why when they have no where near the selection of android
[General Questions and Answers] MunkinDrunky:
Android users need Watson, that would literally kick the $*it out of siri. I mean that would be amazing- doctors, researchers in the field, really just anyone in the sciences could use it and the average person could enjoy it as well as learn from it. Android is the perfect channel to reach all sectors and the general public with such a new and really amazing technology.
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Yes the technology is far past apple, in my opinion android will be the future, I try to write what I imagine in the future of technology but I can't put it in words
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
I see Android the same way I do Linux. It will attract the true techies but but for the average user it will not appeal to theme as it takes to much work to get it just right and most people are just to lazy
[General Questions and Answers] Firetribe:
IMHO is the main difference between android and iOS, that android is more customizable and, with that, its more complicated. So, most people who only want to have a working phone which is looking good and don't want to learn anything bout software will buy an iPhone. Because its simpler.
[General Questions and Answers] Macke93:
I think android will be catshing up with apple, because it's only getting better, it is open source, the phones is cheaper and more options to change the apperence of the phone! :)
[General Questions and Answers] ExMM:
Why, isn't it the number one OS yet? ;)
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Hey thank you all for your replies, I was at best buy couple week ago and a person was looking to buy a android tablet or an ipad 2, I was next to the person when I was playing with a tablet and he asked me do you no what is better? Ipad 2 or this tablet? (He was looking at the Asus transformer) I told him Asus was, but he end up buying the ipad because his Droid phone always get a virus, freezes and so now he thinks all android are like that....if he only knew
[General Questions and Answers] thebobp:
You can't entirely confuse profits with marketshare (which Android has 51% of, I think they were saying). Apple is able to get away with a higher price markup for lesser specs because

0) low price elasticity - iSheep will continue to buy and to rationalize their mother company no matter what

1) they're facing no competition from other, similar iPhone makers, unlike android makers who compete with each other in both specs and price

2) they slice down anything that even vaguely resembles competition with lawsuits (even where they're clearly not making iPhones)

3) the brand itself has become so hyped that it's able to continue to get new users - I guess you could count this as marketing

They still have a much greater stranglehold on the pad market, so a lot of the profits probably come from that.

Finally, if you believe this post at least, Apple is able to squeeze more profits from the way our carriers and subsidies work. Nowadays, it's standard for the carrier to bundle phones along with their services, in a dual-pay system (the carrier "subsidizes" part of the phone cost in exchange for a contract). Because of Apple's particular market power (users might switch to another carrier if the other has iPhone and they don't), they are able to demand that carriers subsidize more while taking away the profits. That way, they make more money without directly charging the buyers. Indirectly, of course, the carriers probably pay for this through increased fees in general, which means that everyone ends up sponsoring the iPhone.

In other words, they've successfully managed to implement an "iPhone tax". Isn't bundling the greatest thing ever?

As for how to make Android better, updates and better phone compatibility is definitely an issue. ICS, for example, needed to be available quickly for multiple devices as soon as it's released. There really is no way to do this, except.. release it earlier. Have a completely open beta, like the Linux kernel, so that everyone can get compatibility working from day -100 onwards. If flashiness (and non-copying by Apple) is an issue, at least give the manufacturers early access to it, so that they're able to start working on device compatibility right away.

Meanwhile, unfettered by bureaucracy, custom roms are churning out faster than any manufacturer ever could. You could have updates and features faster than you ever thought possible; the average user, however, doesn't know enough, or isn't confident enough to go through the installation process. Google should include an easy ROM installer/backup utility by default. That way, the users get a full taste of the speed and power of openness, which really is so intoxicating that they'll never go back to a closed system ever again.

(They could even put start posting up their own custom ROMs! Imagine what their developers could do, unhindered by the megacompany issues. We would have updates, the like of which we've never seen before.)
[General Questions and Answers] newbieandroid:
If Android was optimized to run perfectly on one core just like Windows Phone 7 than I can see a lot of people using it. When I talk to Android users who don't know anything about custom roms/root they complain about force closes and applications not working. Also how there phone slows down.
[General Questions and Answers] Firetribe:
Yeah, agree with two posts above... The slow spread of Android 4.0 is only good for Apple, the big companies should realize that they're depending on the users liking android, and you will not get them to like Android with refusing to give them updates. Sometimes I think they are not able to look into the nearer future to see what's necessary for them...
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
great info everyone :) yes I do notice a bit of a slow down on android 4.0 but I'm on a single core device, hopefully by summer they can find a solution to make android 4.0 more stable and better performance, I feel that the android team is working fast to come up with a software that would bring iPhone users to android, but when iPhone 5 comes out I hope some android phone company's have something up there sleeve that will be able to compete with apple
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
*bumping up
[General Questions and Answers] liammozz:
Right now there on the right path to becoming number one in the market, what i think they need to do to become number one.

all official releases of android to be the same across all phones, things like TouchWiz to be scraped altogether

moderation on the market to stop useless buggy apps from making the market look bad

an android OS for desktops/laptops that will run consumer products

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[General Questions and Answers] f4vr:
Better hardware acceleration on all applications.
[General Questions and Answers] mikebzh44:
I think that iPhone as an advantage : there is only one model.

So you can find dock for desktop, car, audio, ...

Android is only the softwar and each constructor have to make is own accessories and so on.
[General Questions and Answers] jeronski:
In my opinion, one major problem of Android devices is about fragmentation.. I hope that Android OEMs can release updates for all devices faster.
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Yes that's true but there is more money to be made in the android market rather then the iPhone. There are ALOT of brands and generics that make the same accessorizes for the iPhone and each brand is struggling to make money when they all make the same product, unlike android. Verity is better
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] DjSpunz:
Okay, so i've been on and off these forums and never decided to create an account until now. (I know you guys see these types of threads a lot)

I have an HTC Vivid and can't get it to boot. Whenever I try turning it on, it goes into fastboot (I have bootloader unlocked) or HBOOT.

I have tried getting CWM on it, but whenever it reboots, it gets stuck at the HTC logo like when you usually boot.

I can re-lock the bootloader, but it wont change a thing.

Also, when I type [adb devices] my device doesn't show up, but the phone says FASTBOOT USE.

When I try a factory reset, all it does is reboot the phone. Also I do not have a SD card with me.

This is my second HTC Vivid (the first one was rooted successfully with the Illiminati ROM but had a malfunction so I got a new one under warranty)

I have been using this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1450396

and this program: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1498003 (which may be the cause to all of this idk)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] tennockey:
I would invest in a cheap micro sd. I used the zip from the guide thread to restore mine back to stock (although I believe you have to relock bootloader first) and then try to unlock and root etc after that. I know that may not help if you have no way to get an sd. But they are always handy!