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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
So I know a few people have asked about this around the net and I've yet to find a solution for this so I thought I'd post my little workaround.

Anyone that's tried to create a long timelapse with the GNex will tell you 1) you NEED to be plugged into AC the whole time and 2) Phone gets extremely hot. Since brightness is automatically increased when recording video, and can't be decreased I use the following combo/setup as a workaround.

Download Screen Filter from Market (**** a play store) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor&hl=en

This app essentially lets you tint your mobile screen from a percentage range of 2-98% of your current brighthness.

Once the app installed go into drawer and add the apps widget to one of your home screens, and set your desired tint percentage. I'm currently at 2% and that makes my screen look like its completely off (except for softkeys)

The final product ends up looking like this..

lol and for all you pervos out there dont be using this workaround to secretly record down/up women's clothes and such...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neotekz:
there is a spycam app called simple notepad that will give you a complete black screen while recording and lets you take pictures by tapping the screen. it works great with amoled scene since the phone looks like it's off when there is a black background. it'd didn't work so good on my atrix but great on the captivate. It's not in the market so you will have to google it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
thanks for the tip I'll check it out
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PeterTheMaster:
but how can you do anything after recording has started? my phone stops recording even if i press the home button.

or do you darken it before you start recording, and then navigate blindly? how do you undarken it afterwards?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bandelenth:
hmm... the screen filter idea seems kind of good, even though you have to navigate blind through the menu... I wish there was a native way of achieving this, just like a button in the camera to turn the screen off and back on again on a tap somewhere or so... But I think it works for my problem, thank you for your idea.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MonkeyThumper:
I'm going to start here with this question before expanding it to the whole xda-developers Q&A area, since this is something I am trying to do specifically with my Note.

Is there a way to force an app to use mobile data connection (MDC) instead of wifi?

Specifically, I am trying to figure out if I can force Activesync and/or the Gmail app to use the MDC instead of the wifi connection when I am already connected on wifi, especially if there is a way to have either of those apps detect that it can't communicate with the servers through wifi, and auto change to using the MDC.

Reason for this??? I need to receive emails through Activesync and Gmail at all times, due to being on-call for work. The wifi connection screws up sometimes, but the phone stays connected to the wifi thinking it can still access everything ok. (yes, it is a problem with the router, not the phone, and that is being investigated separately)

Yes...I know I could just turn off my wifi connection on the phone, but I prefer to leave it on if possible, and just use the MDC for those two apps. Is that even possible to use the MDC while still connected to wifi, or is there a requirement that wifi be turned off to use MDC, no matter what???

Also, what is the proper name for the MDC? That might help me search for a solution. MDC was the best I could come up with for it, but maybe there is an "official" name for this connection?

I have the Tasker app installed, and have been thinking about trying a way to make Tasker cycle the wifi connection for me, but as I said, I would prefer to just leave the wifi turned on, and just force those two apps out the MDC.

Any help, or maybe just point me to some more info? I have search for about a week now, and am finding plenty of people asking how to restrict an app to use wifi, but not the other way around.

Thanks!

MonkeyThumper

Additional info:

Think of it this way...the wifi issue may be firewall related. So, the firewall stops my phone data from going to the internet through wifi. I need to still get my emails though. I would like to stay connected to my wifi, so that I could tell that I am having problem as soon as I try to surf the web, but my emails would still be coming through because they are using the mobile data connection instead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] baudilus:
I've never seen a mobile data connection stay active while wifi was turned on and connected.

Your best bet is to either fix whatever is wrong with your wifi connection, or bite the bullet and leave wifi off, until you can fix your wifi connection.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
i agree, dont think its possible to use data connection,without turning off wifi first(impossible to have 2 data types simultaneously)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Chief Geek:
I dont think its impossible, as I believe txts come over data, not sure on this though. Is it possible to get what you want, yes most likely. Is it going to be easy, probably not. Address the real problem rather then applying an over complicated bandaid.

If your staying connected, but losing data at home then it is likely your modem is the culprit (assuming you use a modem connected to a wireless router, not a all in one device). If it belongs to the cable/phone company then contact them. If you bought your modem, find out what is compatable and buy a new one and see if this fixes it. I had the exact same problem with Time Warner the dumb asses tried telling me it was my wireless router problem despite still being about to be 100% up and running on internal (streaming music and movies from plex server while on phone and even able to RDP internally). Eventually they agreed to send a tech out and he laughed at them and gave me an upgraded modem and we were good to go.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MonkeyThumper:
Thanks for the support, but as I said, the wifi issue is being addresses separately. It may not be a quick & easy fix, because additional "testing" is being done on the network (firewall) that may be the real cause of the issue. It is being looked into though.

So...for everyone trying to get me to just "fix" the wifi first, sorry, but it isn't going to happen right now. I would just like to find a way to do what I requested in the original message.

Think of it this way...the wifi issue may be firewall related. So, the firewall stops my phone data from going to the internet through wifi. I need to still get my emails though. I would like to stay connected to my wifi, so that I could tell that I am having problem as soon as I try to surf the web, but my emails would still be coming through because they are using the mobile data connection instead.

Does that help clarify my need of this some?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
I agree that it seems only one connection can be active at a time. On my windows mobile phone it defaulted to the data connection, android seems to default to wifi (i would bet this is a requirement from the carriers).

As for texts, they are delivered through spare bits on the cellular carrier channel that were left as spares very early on. Not via data channels. Which is why forcing us to pay to send texts is such robbery -	we are literally using otherwise spare bandwidth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] aheaps:
How to bypass MDC?

I have a similar need as MonkeyThumper. My situation is that I have a camera application which allows me to view my camera's at home. It uses port 2000 of which our corporate firewall blocks. I have to turn off wi-fi so that I can use mobile in order to connect. Wondering if there is some routing protocol that I can tell my phone to use MDC instead of wi-fi specifically for that application. It's a nuissance to have to turn off wi-fi, check the camera's, then turn it back on regularly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] netsyd:
Apps = Not Likely. HOWEVER.... and I can't say for sure - mainly because I have no idea if the radios shut down based upon connection (example 3G turns off when on wifi) - but you can modify the routes in the route table and (again in theory) force data down one pathway or the other.

For example - using a terminal on the phone try this: Connect Wifi - then in the terminal type: ip route show

Output will be something like

If you disconnect Wifi and repeat (ip route show) the output will look like this:

So, you should be able to manipulate the route table with something like:

su

ip route add 88.77.66.55/32 via 10.77.xx dev rmnet_sdio0 (where 88.77.66.55 is your home IP address or the IP you want to get to).

The problem with this is... it's not persistent. So you'll be best off doing this from a script or something once you verify it works.

There might be another way too... I'm sure there's a route file somewhere that can be configured.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] TimOster:
XDA is no longer worth my time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bauhau:
Need GMAIL on Mobile Data, others on WiFi

hi, my case is simple:

At work, we have WiFi.

But, GMAIL is blocked.

So, i want all my other apps to use the office WiFi, but gmail to go over my mobile data.

I would imagine this scenario is getting more and more common.

Does anyone have any ideas here, apart from having to turn wifi off everytime i want to check my gmail?

any help much appreciated,

thanks James.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
Then go away.

2$HAYNE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] captemo:
okay, BYE

here here, I 2nd that.

that was an easy problem to solve
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Since you randomly go around posting this same statement on many threads, let me see if I can give you a hand.

Give me just a bit.....I'll see if I can get a mod to help you find the xda door. No need to hit thanks Tim....more than happy to do it for you.

Sent from my Big Ass Outlaw Phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] serge_harle_z:
Then dont come back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 440bro:
Lol you guys! He said that over a year ago!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] captemo:
yeah, I know.

but my phone runs soooo good, im bored

been trying to decide what to flash. even if there are issues, it will give me something to do.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turboman93:
Hey guys,

I updated with the OTA update to .17 yesterday and I can now now longer access the tablet from my PC. I've tried different cables that I know work. I've tried a factory wipe. When I plug in my tablet to any PC, it's just not there. I don't hear the sound that it was plugged in. I don't see it in my device manager and adb doesn't see any devices.

Is there anything I can do at this point? I've lost root as I didn't have rootkeeper on which is how I found this problem.

Regards,

-Shawn
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turboman93:
No worries

I just got it replaced from where I purchased it from as I was inside my return window.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hojo09:
I had similiar problems when I upgraded to the .11 build one of my transformers. I couldn't find any answers here that worked, so I had to RMA. Still waiting on it at the moment. My other one has been successfully updated to ics .11 and .17 with no problems.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] badname:
http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=55985&replies=174

1. Install the beta client from the link above onto your desktop (I did not uninstall previous version, they recommend backing up your Dropbox folder)

2. Connect some kind of portable storage with pictures on it

3. In the auto run menu select dropbox picture import (or whatever its called)

It will create a folder called "Camera Uploads" inside of the Dropbox folder.

You will get 500mb instantly, and another 500mb for every 500mb of pictures you have up to 3gb. So Im not sure if you need 2.5gb of pictures, or 3.

May take a while....

You wont get all the space right away, but in 500mb chunks as the pics upload.

The source device of the pictures doesn't need to stay plugged in the whole time, as long as the import dialog completed, you can remove the device.

All i had on hand was an external HDD, and Dropbox didn't find pictures on it right away, so I made a folder called DCIM and put the pictures in there. Unplug, replug, good to go.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattheyu:
A workaround for actually uploading that many pictures and movies is listed in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1520930

Read the quoted instructions under "Dropbox beta testing =3GB". I'm at 26.88GB of storage between the initial 2GB, the 3GB from the Sense apk, an edu e-mail address with maxed referrals at 16GB, the 2GB code that I posted earlier ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1545972 ), 3GB from the camera upload trick, and 256MB from getting started ( https://www.dropbox.com/gs ) and 640MB from spamming about dropbox ( https://www.dropbox.com/free ).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mittaa:
Some good news from http://blog.dropbox.com:

If you’ve got a free account, you can invite up to 32 people for a whopping total of 16 GB of extra space.

Pro accounts now earn 1 GB per referral, for a total of 32 GB of extra space.

Have you already invited a bunch of people?

Don’t worry. Within a few days, you’ll get full credit for every referral that’s already been completed. Boom!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] quick99si:
Keep in mind that accounts with edu email addresses linked, remain capped at 500mb/referral. Wish this went up like the regular accounts.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] famester:
Gonna get rid of the old tbolt stuff in the for sale section or just pm me
[Thunderbolt Accessories] TheMuffStuff:
What yuou got?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] famester:
Hard gel case, two piece red and black case, white casemate, desk dock, car dock two stock batteries, and two Hyperion 1500 batteries
[Thunderbolt Accessories] jumpman1229:
How much for the white casemate?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] famester:
15 shipped
[Thunderbolt Accessories] jumpman1229:
Got any pics?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] famester:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1546724
[Thunderbolt Accessories] s10sdeville:
still gots??

30bux n ill take it off ur hands :))
[Thunderbolt Accessories] famester:
Still interested where are you located

sent from your moms room
[Thunderbolt Accessories] dizzyman1180:
Is anything still available?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] famester:
Got the two piece case

The case mate

Two tbolt batteries

One Hyperion 1500 battery

Still use the desk dock but the right price full let it all go. Might be able to find the black tpu case I'm moving so if it comes up ill uodate

sent from your moms room
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Zerotwistknife7:
still available? will you take $35 shipped to 60463? :)

Edit: do you still have the car dock as well??
[Thunderbolt Accessories] famester:
Have the two piece case has a broken part have the case mate all batteries the car dock
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobgeneric:
Hi guys!

Can somebody help me?

Where to find?

Using GingerDX v22; Baseband 15; Bootloader LOCKED.

Hasta la vista.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95X8:
On the dev section. Please search before opening a thread.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobgeneric:
i'm did looking for... but i didn't find it. ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iflawlietasgod:
check this out --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1511541
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobgeneric:
Thanks buddy.

But this not for STOCK kernel.

My bootloader is locked
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alinuredini:
There is a ROM by the same developer based on paulxxx CM9 sources but its for custom kernel.

They are now developing a 2.3.7 MIUI ROM for unlucky people with locked bootloaders(like me).

But please search before opening a thread, it makes a mess!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chbea:
sorry no have for stock kernel but u can try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1476951

miui theme all in one guide by lucas
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soadcma:
The first of all you need to change your Kernel.

It is a good one. It has a few bugs but that's okay
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] skipped:
Well, here I am again, trying to make 3g work on our u8800-51 with u8800pro roms.

I did a little experiment and I have some results.. But I need some help.

First, I extracted Froyo 2.2.2 stock rom files from u8800pro.

Then, I extracted Froyo 2.2.2 stock rom files from u8800-51 (Impulse 4g)

What I did next is interesting. I knew that the only differences between this models are the CPU and the bands / frequencies for 3g (1900 on Impulse and 2100 on u8800pro). So, I downloaded a "duplicate file finder", to delete only 100% equal files between both rom files (more specific, in system folder), so I would know where is the band information located.

Here are my results:

Files that are different (and have a different version of same file in u8800pro gingerbread):

system/bin/debuggerd
system/bin/netd
system/bin/wpa_supplicant
------------------------
system/etc/security/otacerts.zip
-----------------------------
system/framework/ <---- *many in this folder.. anything to do with 3g?
-----------------------------
system/lib/libaudioflinger.so
system/lib/libjni_latinime.so
system/lib/libmedia.so
system/lib/liboemcamera.so
system/lib/libril-qc-1.so <--- *Now we know this is the important in ril libs
system/lib/libskia.so
------------------------
system/xbin/busybox <---- this is a file
system/xbin/su <---- this is a file

These are the files that changed in system folder.

Please, If anyone knows about these files, please let me know. I need to discard files that are not related to 3g.. but please only if you are sure.

I wasnt able to exctract amss.mbn and EMMCBOOT.MBN from stock roms (update.app file), so I dont know if they changed too. Anyone knows how to?

Help is appreciated.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Bhran:
It was just title comparison or content comparison too?

Can you post the full file tree?

Now, how do we proceed? I mean, if we try to use libril from u8800pro, the phone won't boot... and we *know* there's something going on there.

I'm not sure what the framework folder holds... maybe someone could tell us?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] skipped:
It checked if the file content were 100% equal. I replaced my libril-qc-1 with the one from the u8800-51 froyo, and it booted, but still no 3g..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tcm9669:
I think for best results and more accurate results, best option should be do a mass md5 checksum on all files (might take a while) and remove all the files with same md5. This is more accurate because even if ONE BIT is different in a file (which might make a difference in drivers) md5 will be different.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] deofavente:
I don't know if you got it to work, but I did. I installed "APN Backup & Restore", then I backed up the APNs, deleted all of the Chile (Entel) APNs, did a search for USA APNs, edited the file (mine was 'apns-20110624003803.xml') with the correct info (for USA it happened to be):

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<apns count="4">
<apn name="att us" numeric="310410" mcc="310" mnc="410" apn="wap.cingular" user="" server="" password="" proxy="wireless.cingular.com" port="80" mmsproxy="" mmsport="" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="" type="default, supl, agps, fota, us, dun" />
<apn name="att us hsdpa" numeric="310410" mcc="310" mnc="410" apn="phone" user="" server="" password="" proxy="" port="" mmsproxy="" mmsport="" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="" type="default, supl, agps, fota, dun" />
<apn name="att us theather" numeric="310410" mcc="310" mnc="410" apn="broadband" user="" server="" password="" proxy="wireless.cingular.com" port="80" mmsproxy="" mmsport="" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="" type="theather" />
<apn name="att us mms" numeric="310410" mcc="310" mnc="410" apn="wap.cungular" user="" server="" password="" proxy="wireless.cingular.com" port="" mmsproxy="wireless.cingular.com" mmsport="80" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="http://mmsc.cingular.com" type="mms" />
</apns>

Then Rebooted my phone. Data worked after that. (I might have missed a step. My phone is bricked now because I played with it too much, so I can't go back and look.

Hopefully this tells someone something :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] skipped:
I did a md5 check on all files, eliminating duplicated ones, and I got no differences from the previous check, but was a good idea man, thank you.

I will try to do this. I had read about leaving just the apn you need, so i will try that. thanks.

Any other ideas??
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] DangKid:
I have a rooted Impulse on stock froyo. I use a Samsung Infuse as my daily driver so I haven't done much with the Impulse. Is there anything I can help out with?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Bhran:
Data works, the issue here is 2g vs 3g HSPA+
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] skipped:
Yes please!

two things:

Can you replace your libril-qc-1.so file for the one attached (its from u8800pro froyo) and check if your 3g still works? (remember to backup yours).

In another test, can you replace the image file (volume + - power) amss.mbn and tell me if your mobile phone boots and if it has any changes in 3G or 2G?

I cant upload more than 8mb here, so I uploaded the amss.mbn file here:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/1zsezr2dustp1us/amss.mbn

Thank you very much!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] DangKid:
Not sure about 2g or 3g but HSPA+ is still working. I'm not sure where i can get only 3G in my area but I'll keep checking.

And your media fire link went down so I couldn't test that.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] teckis:
Stock 2.2.2 from u8800-51

Could you upload the u8800-51 rom? Lots of us experimented with gingerbread, no At&T network wifi or bluetooth. So we all need to revert to the stock rom. it would be awsome.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] skipped:
It didnt fixed the problem as it was only a CWM recovery.. i am sorry..
[Motorola Droid X2] ogblueberry:
So I am not a huge user of the FM radio on the Droid X2, but it can be handy now and then. I have noticed that the FM radio did not work with CM7 but a little google searching and there it was. Spirit FM Radio. And it is working on my cm7dx2 and the only thing not working is the volume. How can this be fixed?

when installing it, go to settings and switch settings -> audio-> method-> to motorola2 instead of cm7 and it works.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I have used that before when I was on liberty

try one of the other Motorola choices

I forget which one I had to use in order to be able to control volume but it IS possible

if I get a chance when I go on break I'll look into it if you haven't figured it out yet

good luck!
[Motorola Droid X2] Moon Shadow - NM:
I'm using Spirit right now and it's working for me, including the volume control... :-/

Ciao!
[Motorola Droid X2] king..kranium:
Coming from the only guy who didn't have wifi issues... lol.

whoa look at that....
[Motorola Droid X2] Moon Shadow - NM:
Funny, very funny... :p

Anyhow, I went back and checked, and yes, I was having volume control problems... I.E.: No volume control.

I e-mailed the developer and sent him the requested information. Here is the setting to make the Volume Control work: Set Settings->Debug->BC 4330/20780 to "Enable" and reboot the phone. I have confirmed this works. Now off to purchase the app... Too bad it's $9.99. :-/

Ciao!
[HTC Rezound] killerb777:
Big thanks to Nils and who_mike_d for the help on this. First mod but not the last. Just flash in recovery.
[HTC Rezound] vudu:
Looks good! Will try this out. Assuming this works on all the ICS roms? Hope so cuz not waiting for an answer.

Edit: guess only works on Nils' rom. No go on CleanROM.
[HTC Rezound] killerb777:
I'll see what I can do for one on cleanrom. hopefully the apk's are the same and I just have to compile it with cleanroms files.
[HTC Rezound] vudu:
Not sure if it matters, but the problem was the phone tab disappeared from the dialer program (the four tabs at the bottom).