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[LG Optimus 2x] Mungulz:
Recently I went from CM7 to MIUI,my cm7 rom probably wasn't in the best condition, more upgrades and kernel revision than I could count on 20 hands, so I decided to switch over to MIUI backed up all my same apps etc, usage habits have not changed a bit.

On cm7 it was pretty common to change out my battery just after arriving to school (lengthy train commute) now on arrival it is on 45% with exactly the same usage.

So I guess it's worth a complete reinstall no matter what ROM you're using.
[LG Optimus 2x] Memhis:
What is the question exactly?

If you are asking about rom, I am not a fan of cm7/miui. There is some pretty good stock based roms (django manouche, rebuild of v20q, civato, gueste) which with combination of kernels (spica, gueste) gives me 2 days of battery. So, if you are a hard user, it should last at least a day.
[LG Optimus 2x] Mungulz:
There is no question :)
[LG Optimus 2x] Memhis:
What is the point of this post?
[LG Optimus 2x] Mungulz:
To hopefully be helpful.
[LG Optimus 2x] salisbury_steak:
You didn't really need to change ROMs I guess. You could've just reformatted, then reflash back to CM7 right?
[LG Optimus 2x] Mungulz:
Yes, although im not sure if MIUI just inherently has better battery life or if my old cluttered ROM was responsible. They're both more or less based off the same thing though.
[LG Optimus 2x] LarsPT:
Yes I think Mungulz's OP is understandable if you're not looking at it as a question.

When I read it I understood that the message was that instead of just flashing the updates over the old system that it is best to do a complete wipe and a complete ROM flash. Right Mungulz?

That's how I like to do it anyways :) Backup important apps and totally wipe the sucker!
[LG Optimus 2x] xilw3r:
cm7 - a well oiled machine

miui - eye candy

stock based roms - a mixed bag of god knows what, some good, some bad (but more bad..)

personally i love cm7 cuz of the many settings
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] coldracerx:
I downloaded the ICS that was leaked today for the Skyrocket and it has been sitting on the attached screen for over 2 hours. Can you tell me what I did wrong.

The phone screen says downloading do not turn off target but nothing has changed for hours. Please help I am new to this android stuff.

Please help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Envy Diz:
Could be you don't have the correct drivers installed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] coldracerx:
the steps I follow loaded drivers to windows 7 with no issue and started to copy then stopped where I show in the image. Were these the wrong steps. Did I need to install Kies first.

Steps

Plug your usb into comp

pull battery out of phone

put battery back in

hold volume + and - and plug in usb to phone

click the exe file and your off
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] coldracerx:
Got it loaded. I used the cable that came with the phone and also loaded Kies.

All good.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAndroidStop:
Hey Guys.

I have recently discovered how to change my LCD density using Rom Toolbox. I have changed it to make everything smaller, kind of zoomed out. I was so happy until I wasn't able to install apps off of Google Play. My question is: why does LCD density mess up market downloads and can it have a negative impact on the device? IE: does the screen have to constantly re-draw to set to new density?

If anyone is knowledgeable about how LCD density (build.prop) effects the device, can you please post below with your smartness :D Thanks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilusha2007:
i have seen how this work in my galaxy s where they had higher density roms.

i dont think it can actually hurt your device.

i have tried it on an ics rom on my n1 and i dont experience any trouble to install apps from play. may be its gb problem or specifically your rom?

actually i was surprised how well the system adapted to the new settings

except a few graphical artifacts everything looks ok.

btw i used 200 value on medroid 6.1 if i remember correctly.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAndroidStop:
Yea, I tried lowering the density and I couldn't install any apps off of the market. I had to set back, reboot, and clear Play's data in order to download more apps. Happened to me on CM7.2, not sure if it is a rom limited problem or if that's just how it is.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
The apps themselves aren't coded for such low (or high) pixel density for your device.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilusha2007:
as i said i havent expirianced any app related problems and i checked games as well

may be someone with cm7 can verefy?
[Motorola Atrix 2] galamdring:
Hey all, been a reader for a couple months now, first time poster.

I am running Supercharged 5.2 on the Atrix 2 (MB865)

Replacing the lockscreen with an App isn't an option for me if I want to keep my work email on the phone.

I'm wondering if there is any way to make modifications to the lockscreen? I love the changes that were made for Supercharged, but I would like to take it a step further, but don't know where to start.

If possible, I would love to be able to convince the phone that something such as widgetlocker was the built-in lockscreen.

Anyone have any ideas? Or a starting direction?
[Motorola Atrix 2] tmease1:
This is probably not what you are looking for but i use widgetlocker and it works good for me if i give it superuser permissions.
[Motorola Atrix 2] alteredlikeness:
You going to have to break apart the framework-res.apk and add a lock screen image (i think the zz_moto_lockscreen_sd_door.png file is missing from SCV5), possibly edit the related xml file, then put it back together and push it to your phone with adb... i've never done it but i'm sure with some proper searching and researching, you could pull it off..

the lockscreen image should be in /system/framework/framework-res.apk --> open the apk --> framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi

Attached is the stock lock screen, if you can manage to slip it in there...without bricking your phone
[Motorola Atrix 2] alteredlikeness:
Did you figure it out yet? I managed to swap the lockscreen on the atrixblaze rom to the stock lockscreen (just to see if i could).. and it was pretty simple.

You need an apk tool like APK Manager or the MultiTool (i did it with APK Manager, since i read that there may be some issues with the MultiTool), then copy to your computer, and using APK Manager "extract zip" the framework-res.apk, swap out the lockscreen image file, and re-zip the apk with the APK Manager (it gets more complicated if you're editing xml files, but for images only this works well). Copy the modified framework-res.apk to your sd card, then using root explorer, copy it to your /system folder (you need to copy it here before moving it to the framework folder so you can change the permissions). Change the permissions to chmod 644 (like shown in the 3rd attached pic), then MOVE (do not copy) to the framework folder. It will ask you if you want to overwrite - say yes. Reboot. And done.

But, I didn't see a lockscreen file in SCV5, so this may not work for you at all. You could try to add it and hope that everything that references that image is still intact in the xml files..

NOTE

: Please install the CWM on Boot before you try swapping your framework-res.apk, it can save you a lot of trouble if something goes wrong ;)
[Motorola Atrix 2] galamdring:
Thank you for the suggestions. I actually haven't been able to get the CWM on boot to work with SCV5.2.

I ended up finding a different way around. When it comes right down to it I hate the stock lockscreen. If I wanted to be stuck with a simple slide to unlock, I would just go back to the iPhone.

Was frustrating the hell out of me that my work email could place that kind of restriction on me.

So I hunted, and found an email app that used the webDav interface instead of directly accessing the Exchange Server, thus no device admin.

Maildroid was what worked for me with Exchange 2010.

Then to get the calendar on my phone, I used the Google Calendar Sync on my work computer, so no more need for device admin for any of it.

Got WidgetLocker and loving it.
[Motorola Atrix 2] alteredlikeness:
Ahhhh. Yea, I hooked up to my work email at one time and it made me put on a pin or screen lock. So, I uninstalled it - don't really need my work email on my phone - or i can just check it through the web.

Glad you found a work-around though.. this may help some others with a similar issue.
[Motorola Atrix 2] galamdring:
Yeah, I hunted for days to try to find some form of work around. Most of the email apps either only support exchange 2007 or have the same device admin forced settings.
[Motorola Atrix 2] nephillim:
Isn't there a "Corporate Sync" somewhere for Accounts that will sync your exchange email without requiring the Security? I could have swore I saw it somewhere.....
[Motorola Atrix 2] galamdring:
I had seen a patch to the built in email app, but I couldn't get it to work with the blur crapola. I would like to try cyanogen, but until we get an unlocked bootloader or Jim and lfaber get safestrap working, guess I'm stuck. :)

Thanks for the responses. Nice to finally join a community that's all about helping and doesn't tolerate trolls.
[HTC Wildfire S] twinels:
I have tried about 10 roms and if I get them to load the calls drop immediately.

Please help me find a rom where everything works. I really wanted cm rom but, I guess I will have to wait for a stable one.

At this point I need a rom that works. I rooted because I couldn't put apps on the phone do to low storage and that is still important to me still.
[HTC Wildfire S] Will32:
Tried this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1367701
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zmotocel:
I made a custom ROM for ly-f1 based on ics

Here are some highlights:

-busybox

-ad free (patched hosts)

-root

-120 dpi (higher res)

-DeviceID = Motorola Xoom -> can see more apps in Market

-preinstalled apps: Google Maps, Facebook, Ghost Commander, Terminal Emulator

-wi fi and interface tweaks

-JPEG Quality 100%

-render UI using GPU

-various performance tweaks

Download here:

depositfiles.com/files/683dvg1be

Official website + installation tutorial (in Romanian but you can use translate)

android.webook.ro/forum/reactor-rom-alldro-speed-t194.html
[Miscellaneous Android Development] releaser:
It would be much more honest if you just gave the credit to the person who really made the custom rom and you should say only the changes made to that person's rom instead of call it yours.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ha_Ha Shoes:
Oh for crying out loud. I downloaded terminal app after rooting, s-off and clean install of Nick's ROM. I've installed Darktremor Apps2SD script and then download terminal app. I typed a2sd cachesd, It was moving my dalvik to SD but wait, sudenly I get permission denied. What now...can I install apps2sd and write a manal code to get my dalvik mounted? No.

Someone help. Using terminal app how do I gain permission and move my dalvik to SD?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotag82:
Download from market- terminal emulator (free app)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ha_Ha Shoes:
I've done that. Take a look at first post for an update on why it doesn't work. :mad:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotag82:
Su command missing:

su

a2sd cachesd

Is script in /system/etc/init.d ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ha_Ha Shoes:
It worked! :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gibi310:
I recently flashed a custome recovery as my phone didn't have one. I flashed "United CWM v5.0.2.8 and followed the steps there. After "adb reboot," it just stays on the black Android screen. It won't let me boot into recovery, like if it doesn't recognize the home key. When i hold camera button and power button, it says no flash image found.

Is my phone bricked? Is there anyway i can reset the whole phone?

Any help would be appreciated.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
i assume you are rooted. what is your spl/hboot ?

when you hold down camera what does it say?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtremealok:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Dream:_Rooting

read this...

i believe your dreaimg.nbh file is corrupted...

hat radio and spl are u on???

and 32b device???
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankdrey:
No, he never said he's trying to flash a dreaimg.nbh

OP:

Yeah, I don't think the new recovery was very safe to flash. It's not for all devices.

If you have 1.33.0013d go here, and scroll down to "If you find yourself stuck without recovery".

If you have an engineering SPL, such as 1.33.2005, then use fastboot to flash your old recovery back.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis.iefp:
Heloo guys, i need help...I have a android tablet blusens touch 70, my problem is that i turn it on and it gets stuck in boot animation :(

I dont know what else to do, i cant find some rom that will work on it, anyone can help me??? :(
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
Righty folks, heres a quick poll, I think the results will be very interesting, anyone is welcome to vote

The discussion however is for objective views and opinions from people who have actually used and tested the OS for a reasonable amount of time, that's to say more than a hand full of days!

Views like "ive read" Ive heard" "Its crap" mean precisely bugger all and are not welcome. Anyone who binned it after 5 min or couldn't be bothered to understand it because it didn't have a start button need not bother to grace us with your presence.

This is not a place to spread FUD, start flame fests or simply come on to moan about it.

Im not saying we all must agree, im saying we need to be able to support that opinion with evidence, we are after all, Microsoft testers, it would be good to support one another and share what we have learnt and help others out.

Let the fun and games commence!
[Windows 8 General] JihadSquad:
After using consumer preview since its release i have grown to love the interface. I have to use windows 7 on my college's computers and the start button feels so counter intuitive. All of the old functionality still remains if anyone wants to use it. Also, the os as a whole is much faster than 7. My two biggest complaints about windows 8 are the random crashes when exiting sleep and the general lack of drivers, both of which are expected during a beta stage.

Sent from my handheld Linux computer using electromagnetic radiation.
[Windows 8 General] leftspeaker2000:
I installed windows 8 the day the consumer preview came out and overall I have to say it’s been a positive experience. There was a slight learning curve, nothing that a few hours and reading the proper documentation could not fix. Although I feel this was slightly due to the fact the charm bar does not seem to respond very well with two monitors, but in all fairness Ctrl + c works fine and I am more comfortable with shortcuts.

A few things I did the metro icons were not very crisp on a large display which is something that I am very nitpicky about. I also wish there was more of a windows phone influence with regards to the metro apps, currently a lot of the apps are just a long horizontal scrolling applications. I would of much preferred titled sections on a continuous loop that when clicked the title you are moved to that section like in wp7.

Currently scrolling around looks ugly and a little clumsy for instance the weather app to me looks horrible. All in all not really that much has changed its is still really just windows with an addition screen that doubles as a start screen and a way to communicate more information then there previously has been in windows.
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
indeed, ive got a few driver issues as well, but as you say, that is to be expected in its current form.

multi monitor setups are a big issue, trying to get the "zones" can be a bit of a pain, I dare say you'd get used to it but I think this could be easily overcome and is a design fault that needs fixed

Ideally id like to see metro being transferable to different monitors, whilst maintaining the primary monitor else where.

Something else I agree on is the Windows Phone influence, there needs to be more of it, I realise this is beta still but the people tile is terrible when compared to WP, id presume you would allow groups as well...

Something else id like to see imported to this idea is the ability to sync text messages in to the people tile as well, making the Metro UI an extension of WP, their half way there already and would also provide a convent backup solution for WP. The size of txt messages could easily be transferred when your live account syncs every now and then, meaning you would be able to get home, put your WP down, fire up Windows and instantly be able to work with metro containing all the info available on your phone.

In my opinion, if there going to join the platforms then they may as well do it propperly.
[Windows 8 General] HaVoKeR:
I have used it for about 3 weeks now but i am still unsure whether it should be released along with the desktop OS when the RC comes out. tbh I see what they're trying to do, but it's a very bad move for desktop / laptops (unless touchscreen). Compatibility to older windows programs is limited and it's more of an annoyance than anything helpful. They tried to emulate the launch control in Mac with extra features, but i fail to see how this is revolutionary to desktop pcs and such. It just gave you two desktops, one of which you'll rarely use. Of course there are many other things I can complain about, but don't want to rant up this thread lol. Sure it looks pretty and all, but it's more limited than win7 and I don't see how that's a plus.
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
Hows that? im unsure where your coming from on this one as it runs anything ive tried that worked on Win 7 so how is it Limited and annoying?

I presume you mean the Metro UI is rarely used? From what ive seen the key to getting the most out of Metro is to set it up, at the moment there are limited "apps" which make use of the full live tile function but it will get there, the email, messaging , photos, calendar, Music all work fine (all be it we cant use music properly outside of the US just now)

I don't see how its more limited? can you explain that? Metro is just a layer on top of the desktop, personally I cant see any less functionality.
[Windows 8 General] ShadowEO:
Howso? I use all the older programs that I've always used, It's not limited and it's not an annoyance. How are they trying to emulate Launch Control when the Metro UI dates back to before Launch Control (It's been there since WP7's release which was before Lion's)? I actually use both desktops fairly equally.

Edit: I actually have a correction to that Metro UI has been there since Microsoft released the Zune Player software for PC and Zune devices. So it's effectively been around before Launch Control and Lion.

Answering the poll:

Over 2 weeks and Overall Like. I love being able to see everything at a glance when I start Windows, I love the Metro Applications (Especially the Live Communication Applications). It truly is a step forward from the old, dated menu based interface and a step forward that I welcome. I used to switch OSes every few months because I'd get bored with how Windows looked and how limited I was with customizing it, but 8's changes give me the integration and customization that I like :D I love the Google Calendar sync, I finally have one calendar across all my devices ^_^, Can't wait to see what changes in RC. I just hope they don't bring back the Start Orb/Menu.

Edit: I would love to at least be able to post status changes to social networks in people though and I'm especially hoping for a Windows 8 Google Voice client so I don't have to open my web browser or look at my phone (especially if my phone's dead) to continue sending/receiving messages. I was going to make one in Developer's Preview but I couldn't find a suitable third-party API that supported receiving messages and I couldn't figure out XAML or the Metro Designer...

Also Dazza: I agree, I don't see any less functionality. Rather I see an increase of productivity and functionality.
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
I couldn't agree more,

The People Hub on here is pretty bad, course its a preview app so I would hope there will be some significant changes. In fact to make it easy for them, I want WP7 People hub on Windows 8, simple as that.

The challenge would be horizontal scrolling as apposed to vertical given that most of us have wide screen, at the moment its a huge waste of space and not very useful.

The messenger app could do with being linked in to FB in much the same way as WP7, in fact once again, just bring it all over, The people, messaging, email etc are probable some of the most efficient designs ive ever seen on a phone, given that Metro is supposed to be a quick efficient way of doing stuff they would do well to keep that the same and let outlook etc take care of the nitty gritty side to things.

edit:

Looks like that results stacking up, by an large the biggest portion of folk like it, and out of those that don't most of those in % terms haven't used it for very long at all. Just goes to show! :)
[Windows 8 General] adamwebb28:
I like it alot. I'd be using it as my main OS already if drivers were available for a couple of my devices.

I've always loved the WP7 UI so Metro is great for me. A little bit more work needs doing on the integration of the desktop with Metro though. Just to make things a little more fluid.

I've got Windows 8 installed on both my main PC and my HP TM2 laptop so have given the touch gestures a go too which work really well.
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
i was reading on the MS blog that whilst it will run on win7 touch hardware, win 8 hardware has been tweeked even further, have you noticed any issues, especially around fingers moving on to the screen from the sides to quickly? and tap lag (typing to quick an missing letters!)?
[Windows 8 General] adamwebb28:
I'll be honest, I haven't done much with using the on screen keyboard. But certainly not had any problems with swiping onto the screen.

The couple of times I have used the on screen keyboard it hasn't felt much better than the old touch keyboard in windows 7.
[Windows 8 General] Akiainavas:
For tablet: like it very very much.

For desktop: dislike.

I will never use metro on my desktop PC. Why ? Because it cant display more than 1 app ( nope, 1/4 sized app pinned to left or right side does not count for me ). I will never use metro apps on desktop pc, and i think most people wont...so what is it there for ?

I have nothing against metro, and i like the tiles design. But using it on a desktop PC is just not practical for me.
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
I see what your saying, but I question your expectation of it.

potentially it displays dozens of "informative apps" opening each app separately then gives you more detail. Consider Metro to be similar to your mobile phone, can you display several windows at once on your phone? unless your using WM probably not but what your phone does is displays you lots of bits of information usually very well. Metro takes this idea and gives it to your PC, a single key press will give you access to stacks of information at a glance, another key press gives you multi windowed windows, or if the metro app is any good you can fire it up in full screen.

Metro is a tool that on the desktop actually works great with impressive levels of productivity, metro on a tablet allows you a great level of finger friendly UI, desktop remains there all be it in a slightly less finger friendly fashion (bumping up the DPI can help here tho!)
[Windows 8 General] Akiainavas:
Well, yeah that's actually pretty useful. Would be great if desktop apps could create and maintain a Live Tile as well, so i could check my mail count etc with Windows key, but not necessarily read it in full-screen metro mode. They can't do that at the moment, but who knows, maybe later.