yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hi guys - firstly - Merry Christmas! Hope you all are enjoying the holidays!

Taking a break here myself, but wanted to write some on how things are going with CM 10.1. I have been pretty loyal to the nightlies (using CyanDelta) - so flashing an update every morning. My comparison will be to Slim 3.1 which is not apples to apples as its 4.1.2 versus 4.2.1 but will give you a sense.

Cons

So the cons of CM10.1 would be as follows for me:

- Slim is pretty much ready out of the box. To get CM 10.1 the way I want it - I need to flash the semaphore kernel, adjust the DPI, load up a multi DPI playstore. I flash a super launcher as well - but I also do that on Slim.

- Not as many options. slim seems to have more options than CM, but they are not ones I miss.

Honestly, that's about it.

Stale Mates

- Battery life is about the same if you make the same efforts to save battery (turning off wifi, data and sync when you do not them).

- usability. A launcher is a launcher.

Pros

So here are the pros as I see it:

- Seem to get a better radio signal even with the same modem.

- That annoying dead wake up that happens some time with slim does not happen with CM

- smoother, faster (IMO)

- I was getting more and more random reboots in slim (mostly when in the playstore doing updates).

Really that's about ti - I'm liking CM10.1 partially just to get the latest JB (although not using much - using flow as my KB and have the status bar toggles already turned back on instead of the 4.2 tiles).

However, as I said, right now - sticking with CM and updating daily - loving the experience thus far, and it does feel smoother. Worth a shot if you were itching for a project over the holidays.

Now I have to go finish setting up my raspberry pi ;)
[Fascinate General] Appetisaac:
setting up my raspberry pi..... .With Android? If so, please where to buy, cost etc? Sorry to sound so lazy and off topic.A quick google said it's possible, can you recommend a good forum if this is what you plan on doing .Many thanks, Happy Holidays.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
LOL - no, not with Android - just a new toy. Loaded raspbmc on it - works pretty well as a little media center actually. Just google raspbmc - there's a GUI installer, and then you finish set up on the device itself. Mine hung at one point, but I just unplugged it and then plugged it back in to reboot and it was aces from there on in.

Have no idea what I'm going to use it for, but it was only $65 for the card, SD, case and USB power adapter (had a good deal) :o)

Merry XMas to me - although likely going to put it in my daughter's room.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G135235611947

I've been eyeing that up. I've got an Rpi and a Pandaboard here, but That Exynos board despite it's shortcomings with code looks pretty damn capable. It's not terribly inexpensive though once you kit it out with addons. Still less than a Pandaboard though.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
yay I got a nexus 7 for Christmas!, unlocking and rooting now.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Just bought a 32 GB Nexus 7 too. Quite the amazing tablet.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
So E great cheap covers on ebay for the Nexus too.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Sweet. I'll go check those out. :)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I bought like a leather magnet one that also acts as a landscape stand. Works very well and was under 15 bucks.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
I saw some of those. They seem interesting. Just need to find one I like.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
This is what I got for my wife:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Magnetic-Sma...rs_Keyboard_Folios&hash=item19d4240bdd&_uhb=1

She loves it - very simple and practical - few different colours.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Ah cool. I completely missed that one. Thanks for posting. I just bought it. :) Do you have any recommendations on screen protectors?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
No, sorry. Don't use one myself.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
So I'm guessing Otterbox refers to the telus fascinate as the vibrant?

A tried replacing my otter box case for the s1 (I gave it to my mom) and I told Otterbox it was a fascinate. Those two phones are completely different T_T
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I think a vibrant or I9000 case would work (as a lot on ebay say its for i9000 or vibrant). I bought an i9000 case and i9000 battery cover and they all worked.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Let's see if they are willing to send me a second one -_-
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
So, just reshelled my phone. The old plastic was beat up and feeling flimsy plus the camera lens was all scraped up. Feels like a new phone now.

This is what I ordered.
[HTC Wildfire S] MrTaco505:
Hi

Can someone please guide.me on how to flash a .img file to my ads without recovery? I have a system.img file that's is Android 2.3.3 and want to flash it. I'm really looking forward on getting this flashed but if anyone has any ideas on doing so to please comment below. Thanks:)
[HTC Wildfire S] kalaker:
Reboot to bootloader and choose "Fastboot".

fastboot flash <partion> <path-to-file.img>

for example

fastboot flash system android_2.3.3.img
[HTC Wildfire S] MrTaco505:
That's all? Wow thanks, I should have know that:D
[HTC Wildfire S] kalaker:
No problem! If it doesn't work, just post it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] anoymonos:
Has anyone have some advice to connect to #teamnerd i have registered and get error saying cant join server need to be identified with services any help would be great thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22929092&postcount=92
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] anoymonos:
success thank you but room seems to be empty or just really quiet
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jeromepearce:
I have read that Repligo is very good. It does not have a free version, so I wonder if existing users could tell me how good it is compared to others that do the same thing.

Specifically, I understand it now has support for the S-Pen.

TIA
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] LemonPowerForce:
I use EZ-PDF from when it was on sale, as recommended here on this forum. I quite like it.

never tried repligo, it may well be good.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] [David]:
You know, I tried lots of PDF apps just 'cuz I NEED to annotate on such as PDF Files.

I bought SignMyPad, it's pretty good and usefull, it lets you add a sign on a PDF or writing anything you want. BUT there's a little bug I found on a full visualization (maybe on the PC)...

Sign you added is centered on the Note (or on my Xoom) but it isn't real so when you print it. Isn't aligned and everything you write (with S Pen) is pixel-buged...

So I tried the new iAnnotate app now compatible with Android OS, and I must confess it's so much better. No visual bugs.

I don't like EZ PDF but if you only want to view PDF it may be a right one! Otherwise I use just PDF reader.

Ps

Another MUST HAVE app could be PDF Converter (Adobe) if you really work with PDF as I do.

I even use CamScanner wich lets you scan everything in PDF and it's AMAZING :)

Sent from my Galaxy Note with DarkyROM 3.3
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] deserthi:
I wonder why when I try to get iAnnotate from the market it tells me it is not compatible with my international Note? If it was an ATT note it would be compatible.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Goodm7sn:
same here :confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] chasmodo:
FYI, ATT Note and International Note are two different phones, with completely different hardware architecture.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] geekaren:
It looks like iAnnotate Lite is available in the "S Pens" app on the International Note. Are you able to download from there?
[Android Apps and Games] xxjustin24xx:
The iphones in the recent update got imessage, which tells them when their message has been sent, recieved, read, and when they're typing back. I was wondering if there's an equivalent on android with these features.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Modulüs:
Whatsapp

FROM XDA APP

PRESS THNX IF I HELPED YOU
[Android Apps and Games] dvdOpulento:
I think that iMessage has that features only between iMessage clients..

whatsapp or viber have what you need but they don't integrate sms..
[Android Apps and Games] SmiLey497:
Google plus messenger
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seagheart89:
is there a way to use the bravia engine with cyanogenmod 7 for the xperia play??:confused:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
Xloud and Bravia engine hack on any rom :D. Google's there for a reason ya know
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykkfive:
it is possible. but i can tell u it wont work by just editing or adding several lines to the prop file
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shil40:
[Q] Using what encode so that video file could be played as "Hardware Accelerated" ?

I'm using Media Coder (X64) on my PC,and I use "CUDA encode" & H.264 format, which should be supported by Nvidia & Tegra2...?

But unfortunately, all the video files I created by above method, only could be decoded via "soft cpu mode" within MX player of Mobo player on TF101..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbenney:
will vvm work with MIUI or CIUI roms right after the flash, or do you need to back up from stock rom and restore data?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
I noticed a couple of days ago that my Swype keyboard is no longer a QWERTY layout. A handful of letters have now moved to different locations and I have no idea why. Anyone else noticed this behavior? I haven't flashed anything and I don't remember seeing any Swype updates over the past week. Strange...:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Karashta:
Did you accidentally hit the language button? I had it put me into some weird what I assume was british keyboard with an odd layout. I could be wrong though. I gave up swype in favour of touch pal
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
Is it the French azerty keyboard? As mentioned above, check language. Entropys early ics had that keyboard
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alacrify:
So what is the layout? Post a screenshot? <random nasty statements because you seem to live for that>

BTW, I'd like to help, and I will if I can. This is the first post I've seen from you that wasn't scolding someone, although I'm aware you've been posting a LOT more than I have. It just makes me sad that you spend so much time patrolling...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
That was it. Not sure how it changed itself. Very weird.:confused:

@alacrify, I help when I can and I criticize when warranted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
It didn't, it is very easy to accidently hit this button and if the keyboard layout is similar it's easy not to notice until you proof read.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Yeah, but other languages have to be enabled in the settings for that button to work and I had only English enabled to prevent it.:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
that's good info to know, I find myself typing txts in Portuguese or Pig latin more than i would like.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikedarula:
Glad i found this i was gonna post asking the same question...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rsngfrce:
Sorry for reopening this thread, but it was the only thing I've found which is similar to my problem. On my Epic 4G Touch, the Swype layout sometimes changes... the most obvious difference to me is that the spacebar has a no-smoking symbol on it which isn't otherwise there. Very strange! I don't think this is a language issue. Anyone have any idea what is going on?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] simplicityy:
Ask in your phone's section. Also, list what ROM and kernel you're using, any recent changes...etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karth500:
if you are in the browser or some similar app, Swype defaults to no auto space between words. This is what the "no smoking" on spacebar means. Of course you can still rap spacebar to insert a space.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rsngfrce:
Thanks karth500, this did occur last night when I was in a browser, I hadn't figured out when it was happening. There is also a line through the microphone key and you can't use speech input, I guess this is normal for this mode?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Intub8:
I recently won a 50$ gift card for the android market from samsung mobile for the 1 million facebook fans sweepstakes. I received a letter in the mail with instructions how to redeem the code but they seem to be incorrect. Is anyone familiar with the proper method to redeem a promotion code for the android market? I cant seem to figure it out and have spent a few hours trying to find an answer. Thanks for reading.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] veliksam:
You could email me the instructions or scan a copy of your letter and I can try it out. ;-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Intub8:
Lol

sent from my Shostock Sgh-I777 running siyah!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] veliksam:
If you don't use it, you lose it! ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] combatdeity:
So like the title mentions, does this ROM suffer from the slow USB transfer speed plaguing many ROMs?

I've been running unofficial build 23 by bhuvangoyal, and its pretty much perfect for me except for the slow transfer speeds. So is the offical version as stable and bug free, and importantly does it fix transfer speeds?

Thanks

Edit: Oh and what kernel does it run? Its own? If so how does it run with semaphore?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammadiqbal37:
name of this build

hey i am a noob, so i wanted to ask you that why did the developer changed the name of aokp build 27 to milestone 4??? what does this means??? please help...

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] combatdeity:
Milestones are just like builds, except they are meant to be more bug free and stable. Probably few to no new features from the previous builds, just stability and bug fixes.

So it would go:

Build 26

Build 27

Milestone 4

Build 28

Build 29
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ssj_jaypee:
Any word yet on a solid release date for ICS on the Xperia S?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ambroos:
UPDATED ICS FAQ!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26376219&postcount=998

(updated 22 may)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jerdog:
To avoid 1500 threads being created around this same thing I have created this thread as the official ICS discussion thread for the Xperia S.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Therollingstone:
I dont really understand Sony's policy about software , you're creating a new phone which relaesed in feb 2012 and the most current software is ice cream sandwich and the phone comes with gingerbread , it sounds like you creating a high end notebook and it comes with vista ,

you sucks Sony , believe me I'm telling this just buying Xperia S a few hours ago .

even though u sucks , u dont destroy my feelings about sony
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MasterLinuxer:
We'll just have to hope that they work hard optimising it.. I prefer a delayed optimised ICS than a crappy worthless update
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] arc_u:
They don't say that ICS release will be end March early April ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shmoejoe:
Yea, I read that as well. In fact, I read it on that Playstation news app last night :P
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] pennzoilgtr:
i 2nd that.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
I totally get what you say, but you don't want to wait for ages to put an outdated but optimized OS on your phone? I hope for some BETA tester ROM release from Sony on Xperia S forum as well.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shmoejoe:
I'm not sure we have to wait all that much longer...

They said it can be end of March/early April, I would assume they would try and release it around then, or at least that beta you speak of. I don't think Sony wants to adopt SE's update reputation, so I would hope they would release it around when they said they will release it.

Jelly Bean is in the works, sure, but it's all down to rumors at the moment to when it will be actually released. If we are one update behind for awhile, I don't really care as long as it's optimized for the phone, and not some half-baked, rushed OS port.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/28/android-5-release-date-jelly-bean_n_1306952.html
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 3Shirts:
I will say that coming from a Nexus S which was running CM9 (ICS), the interface Sony has put on top of Gingerbread does a great job. I thought I'd hate taking the step back but other than a few little bits, it's not that big of a difference. Things like the themed progress bars and buttons really remove some of the ugliness that GB still had.

Don't get me wrong, I am VERY excited about ICS on this device but I don't miss ICS as much as I thought I would. I can certainly hold on for a few weeks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] PandaVoyageur:
For the general public, beta roms with problems can cause much more damage reputation-wise (aka "this phone sucks, it crashes all the time lol").

Also, I like how Asus has pushed fast ICS releases for the Transformer, but it does not yet have the stability of the previous HC version. Picking up your tablet/phone for a 3 minutes read and seeing it reboot spontaneously is not that great

So I prefer Sony to be a bit late and get a good ICS release at the first try. And when it comes to the Arc/Arc S, we will know the XPS version will be close :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
What I would be suggesting is for them to work harder to hit the market at a right time with fully optimized upgrade. If they don't want loss of customer like what they did back in X10 time, they need to still work faster and base on 2011 model upgrade and what we saw, they are on a right track.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Alien987:
How many brands have upgraded their lineup to ICS so far "at a right time and fully optimized"? If Sony delivers an upgrade before end of Q2 they're still in a comparable time with other brands unless all the others suddenly deliver it in the following 1-2 months, because so far only Samsung (that is the biggest Android manufacturer at the moment) is barely pointing to an imminent SGS2 upgrade (based on rumors, not even officially yet).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Razje:
Here's your choice.

1.Be the first that has ICS.

2.Wait 2 more months and get a fully optimised ICS, totally optimised for your phone. That probably runs better than a HTC or Samsung on ICS with the same specs.

btw ICS isn't a super drastic update or something, you're acting like it's the difference between Window 3.11 and Windows 7.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] awf:
I agree :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ko0l:
Htc have already released ics for their sensation phones, also alot of manufacturers would have phones released next month with ics onboard.

I'm not buying the Xperia S until the ics update comes out, it just doesn't feel right to spend $600+ aud on a high end phone that comes with a 1.5 yrs old os that my current phone is running. If ics doesn't come out by april. I'm buying a new phone from the other manufacturers which does have ics.

It is (probably more like xp to windows 7), just hw acceleration and support for the google chrome browser is reason enough for the upgrade.

ICS is the only reason I am upgrading from my n1
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
Well, thanks for all the comments up there ^^^.

I did the ICS upgrade that ZD did in arc board and have it on my arc and it was based on Vanilla ICS. I got the best battery and performance I have ever got on any android phone (owned 4 so far)

Second, optimization with Sony won't be there ever. While I agree there are lots of work with custom UI and setting and adding extra stuff that Sony does't with their on-top of OS thing, but if you pay attention, the OS on Xperia S 2.3.7 that should be optimized, its not even close to being optimized. Battery is like hell, I got rid of all the junk apps (bascially everything) and have nothing to run live, plus battery of this phone is bigger that arc (yes, screen is larger as well) but still not close even to arc.

I like to be optimist about this situation, but I was more hoping for a Beta version so maybe our beloved developers could make something out of it.

You guys don't worry, I won't be waiting for Sony to release its optimized ICS since I really don't care about the UI.

I hope I didn't go over board since we are all here to have fun. :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Alien987:
You mean the Sensation ICS update officially released only in a couple of countries with bugs as idiot as links not opening in the browser?

If your priority is having ICS and Jelly Bean when released ASAP your only real option is a Nexus Galaxy. As of today Android is still a train wreck when it comes to OEM updates...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] THeLogiC:
you people should look at SGSII forums.People are complaining about the rushed ICS official update. :P
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
I couldn't resist in giving you a "Thank you" Button high-five.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Btw, anyone interested in a joined project to build a universal (sic!) device tree for the XPS? That is, something that can be ported to run on any AOSP based source.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DooMLoRD:
one of my friends sent me this screenshot:

basically Sony devs are already testing internally ICS build for Xperia S...

and the good news for kernel devs like me is: 3.0.x kernel :)

as for overall experience, the build looks polished but there are still some bugs which the devs are sorting out...

basically i posted this here so that the users know that the Sony devs are indeed working on ICS for this device, so dont worry abt some delay in updates...

P.S.: once the bootloader bug is resolved there might be a surprise in store ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ssj_jaypee:
Thanks for the update Doom!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] harfot:
I think it's really good Sony do not rush the ICS through for release but assures the system is tested.

Thanks for your information.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
I can also confirm there is at least some internal testing going on here in Russia too.

Update: they indeed are targeting late April / early May for starting the rollout. Beta is unlikely, as it's almost done. The build my source is running seems to be feature complete, but still bugged. I'll try to get bootloader details and maybe a dump soon.

P.S. don't ask me to post the full dump, I don't have access to it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] marousa_king:
Will you be able to leak the rom or something im really bored of gb
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Arabaldo:
A find, the kernel and build number differs...

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/175754

Some information about the firmware:

Android version: 4.0.3

Baseband Version: 8660-AAABQOLYM-314008-00

Kernel: 3.0.8+1.0.21100-1042-01617-g72bdf77 BuildUser@BuildHost #1

Build number: 6.1.A.0.232
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DooMLoRD:
if u read the last line of the post u quoted u will get ur answer ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] marousa_king:
ohhhhhhhhh thank you lol im so stupid :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Different builds probably. They roll out updates to testers every couple days.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Arabaldo:
This shows us that the they do something once in a while...just kidding :)

I have a good feeling about this mobile somehow...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chesterr:
Hey Doom Can you be more specific about this bootloader problem??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] HQXU:
FYI

A Sony rep in UAE told me the ICS update for Xperia S is planned to be released around 13 May.

But then again he told me they are also working on an application that can change the colours of the light bar!!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
The second is likely impossible. It seems the LEDs are white only on the XPS.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
Or maybe it has more colors but Sony haven't told us?

Anyway... May 13th?

That would be the best almost birthday present. (My BDay is May 6)