yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
BTW, great work on the piece you've composed. Found it very soothing. A name came up instinctively to my mind, maybe you can use that -

Tides of Elysium
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
lucky! Are you doing AQA maths then? I'm Edexcel... Same for history! :D I'm doing the Place in Anthology... Have you already done the English Language and Literature paper (on the 2 books?

Thanks so much for listening man! I really really appreciate the effort of going to download it and listen to it etc.

OMG, I love that name too! I don't even know what it means, but it just sounds 'right' :p It sounds original, which is what I want, the title is meant to coincide with the song and express the meaning. The title has a cool ring to it, I love it!

So where exactly did you get the name from?

Thanks man! I'm wondering if I can credit you when I get the music sheet printed out etc haha :D:p:D

EDIT: Sorry I exceeded my thanks limit :( But your post is so worthy and helpful, I'm coming back tomorrow to 'thank' it ;)
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
The name came to me from two distinct associations - one that the music is so soothing, like the gentle splashing of waves - hence the tides; and secondly it sounds a little surreal....other-worldly, so Elysium came to mind...which is a fictional planet in another galaxy in the game Mass Effect. So I just put 2 and 2 together.... :)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Once again, thanks man, I'll credit you tomorrow, with the 'thanks' like I said :) Great inspiration with the words, thanks for the kind comments! Elysium sounds like a nice place :p

How does one pronounce Elysium though? I'd look a bit of a fool if I presented it, not knowing how to pronounce it!

Is it eh-lee-see-um? :D:D
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
He's right - that is a great name for the track. I listened to it earlier, but I'm not at all artistic so the nearest I came to a name was really corny "Ode to Desire" - for obvious reasons.

You guys are making me feel so old right now, talking about your GCSE exams. It seems like a lifetime ago that I had to do them - mine was only the second year to sit them.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
It's pronounced just like its written... or at least that's how the characters in the game referred to it I think... eh-lee-see-um sounds just about right, but go soft on the h in eh

Good night fellas, need to hit the bed now - wife's screaming, and got three surgeries in the morning.

Doc out! :p
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Nope maths is edexcel. I'm glad though. AQA always have the worst papers. They're not hard, they're just terrible.

I've done the literature paper on the 2 books (Lord of the Flies and Of Mice and Men) but still got the language to do and the other literature paper. Have to say i'm not too worried about language. I got a B in the mock and barely even wrote anything. I almost fell asleep in that mock.

So you're around 39? :D
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
How long did it take you to Google the date of the first GCSE then? :p

Spot on though Dan.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Around 5 seconds ;)

The wonders of google... :D
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Yeah. Shame you can't take it into your exams with you ;)
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Damn. You got me there! :p
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Yeah well... I remember well enough how much I hated exams, mainly because I was too damn lazy to study properly for them so ended up stressed and worked-up.

Good luck to Dan, Oly and any others here who have got exams coming up.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
While the wife shopped for shoes this afternoon before we went to the cinema (Avengers = quality), I popped into a phone shop and tried the One series out for the first time, seen dummies before, but not had the chance to try out both actual devices side by side, luckily Sunday shops are quiet so I could happily monopolize the entire display for five minutes.

Both stunning devices and both amazingly slick as f### , impressed with the thinness, can't get my head around the switch in the button position, size didn't seem that big (he says persuading himself)

Certainly thought that the X's screen blew the S out of the water...

Swyped form ym Dersie S unsig XAD Permuim
[HTC Desire S] goatimus:
Nice to know I'm not the oldest member with a DS, but I may be the oldest one studying. Wish I had your young sponge like brains. My head just point blank refuses to let stuff stick in it.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Fair enough then. I haven't had a chance to have a proper play with the nexus. I've used it in store but that's not really to its full potential.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
I actually got an iPad 3 a couple of months back, sole purpose: hang around the house replacing laptops only used to surf the net and check emails, and it's doing a nice job.

I considered android tablets of course, and discarded them on a single cause: app quality. Google Play simply does not cater specifically for tablets, developers haven't caught on to what a gold mine that sector is.

Hardware-wise, I would prefer the the asus prime tablets, hands down. One other factor in favor of the iPad is that it is the ONLY apple product which is not obscenely overpriced. Given the competition, it's actually worth the price.

Cheers

P.S. of course I would never buy an iPhone. Its an overpriced, under featured piece of garbage, and the app advantage goes android on the phone form factor.

Sent from an undisclosed dimension
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
I agree with what lowveld said. The iPad has a way better app ecosystem right now. It may not be good spec wise, but apps (games, mostly) don't seem to make use of the extra hardware in Android devices till Apple stuff can run them too. Most new games with better greaphics and what not are launched when a new iPhone/iPad is launched. The quad-core devices on the market aren't being fully utilized for their power (except Tegra devices with THD games)
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
The tegra optimizations are basically not more than marketing, there are already a few hacks to enable them on other devices, at games like asphalt 7, dead trigger,... At older games there is even a asp by chainfire (chainfire 3d) to enable the so called tegra 2 optimizations.

At newer games you need for sure higher specs to run them flawless.

No offense, but isn't this behavior part of the problem?! Not buying the device because of the lack of tablet optimized apps won't force developers to optimize more apps for tablets, why should they swap the platform (or port the apps over) if most sales in this sector are made at a different platform.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
No offense taken, of course. And in my case, yes, I was part of the problem, as I do actually have the know how to have made a (very) small difference. I could have bought a android tablet and started developing for it, but I chose to go strictly "user mode" on this, given the use the tablet was intended for (it's not only for me, but for the family).

But the bottom line is still the same: the average tablet user is at this point better served by apple. And believe me, it's painful for me to admit this...

Cheers

P.S. nice to see you back around!

Sent from an undisclosed dimension
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Sad, but true.......

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
I know it as well, unfortunately and i can understand why you bought it, even more as family device.

But you got me slight the wrong way, for sure it would even have been better if you would have started developing for it yourself, but i ment it another way. Simply as every sale counts ;)
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Indeed. I far prefer the Nexus (as previously stated) but when my Dad was looking at getting my Mum a tablet computer about 6 months ago for emails, web-browsing and the like I had no hesitation in telling him to get her an iPad2. She is 73 years old and the iPad is just much easier for someone like her to get to grips with.

It's the same reason that my brother got and iPad for his family and my 5-year old nephew loves it - I'm not sure he would have been the same with an Android device.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
I don't feel android is optimised for tablets. In the case of 10" tablets, you can't seem to use them in portrait without ruining the user experience. Plus like lowveld mentions you have the apps which is just a huge win on the iPad. Although I really don't like the app store. Pretty much every app charges you and I don't want to pay for an app where I don't know what I'm getting (especially since becoming broke due to college) and I can't seem to find the good apps. Google play any day for me.

I'm gonna have to get myself a nexus 7. Would make for the perfect train companion. Wouldn't need friends anymore!
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
:confused: What are these "Friends" that you refer to? Sounds like a strange concept to me. :eek:
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
I had a play yesterday with the new galaxy note 800 (10inch). Not impressed at all. Tablet mode sucks on android even though I love it on a phone. Immediately after, I went to the imagine store (Apple) and fooled around with the new iPad. Another universe altogether... credit needs to be given where it is due and I don't think anybody is close to the user experience that Apple offers on a tablet. Period.

If I had to buy a phone, is go for android any day... but if it were a tablet, I'd shamelessly pick up an iPad without batting an eyelid. And this come from someone with loathing for Apple hard coded into his psyche...

Sad but true.
[HTC Desire S] rain987:
Sorry if someone else posted this before. If not, then, hope you enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIWKytq_q4
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Well, I may get my Nexus 7 today or tomorrow (technically not mine, more like a family tablet). Anyone here rooted it? Any good guide you followed? More importantly, what's the best ROM? I'm tempted to try CM, but AOKP has Tablet mode without DPI change. Not to mention ParanoidAndroid. The major reason behind rooting is the phablet UI, I prefer the pure tab interface on such a huge device ;)

On another note, HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!!! - http://blog.gsmarena.com/the-htc-5-phablet-to-be-the-google-nexus-5/ This seems to be more believable than the incremental update and small spec bump rumors. Google's not Apple after all ;)
[HTC Desire S] Kolo39:
I unlocked and rooted mine. As I have a Mac I used Mac Toolkit. But it has to work the same way on Windows. First unlocked, than custom recovery, after that a new ROM because AOSP returns automatically back to original recovery.

I prefer AOKP because it has the features I like. CM not enough, CNA too much and I don't need a real tablet mode so no Paranoid. But if you want a tablet mode and a some settings use Cookies and Cream. It's Paranoid mixed with CNA.
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
5 inch Nexus from HTC, yes please.

Tapatalked from Desire S running Androdamus
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Now we're talking....

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Only if there are other Nexus devices (as rumoured) available as well. I'm a short person with average hands. A 5" phone just wouldn't look right on me.

Just when my interests in computers starts declining, my neighbour throws away a perfectly good Antec 1200 case. Now my love for them has come back. The case is a beauty! I have a project to work on now as well. Shame I can't afford new components. Just have to stick my rubbish ones in there.
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
HTC Nexus sounds great.

@shrome running paranoid android a the moment, have to say im enjoying it so far :) hard to pick a best ROM though there are a lot of good roms available, just like here really :beer:

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Dad's SGS3 just arrived through the post.

Task for the week: beg and plead for his S2 to be passed down.

Hope it goes well.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
I wouldn't mind my brothers s2 but the screen resolution really puts me off. I'm just gonna wait for my upgrade
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Good luck with that Oly. There are plenty of ROMs out there to play around with - but don't forget your DS :(

Dan - I agree. I don't see any point in getting anything less than a 720p screen as I will be looking at 4.3" minimum screen size (probably 4.7"/4.8"). The resolution on the DS is just about OK on our size screen, but the difference of the extra real-estate with no increase in resolution is noticeable on the GS2.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Thanks Simon :p haha, even if I do get it, I will still be in this forum all the time! Complete jungle out there, I feel much like an outsider, and fell more at home here.

Glad its getting official JB too.

Although the DPI is technically lower than our DS, the saturation of colours really compensates, and the screen is fantastic IMO. Larger screen is definitely a much needed upgrade for me!

Shame the S3 needs a micro SIM, otherwise my dad would switch over today, but instead he has to wait till Saturday for the micro SIM, so in the mean time he's still got hold of the S2!
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
good luck with that:thumbup:

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[HTC Desire S] UmairAhmad:
Wish i could meet lowveld, shrome, oly, simon lol

Edit.. I missed amiabudda too... Plus i am always scared of simon lol... Eyahl is missing out these days
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Lol, always wondered what we all looked like real life!
[HTC Desire S] c.m.b:
Yes, I bet they are handsome (no homo ;) )
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Take a scissor and a template from the net, cut mine and the sim cards of two co-workers that way and they work flawless.

Maybe you can even play a bit with his s3, official jb is currently rolling out for it :)

Good luck with the task to persuade your dad :)
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Sorry dude - you just lost at least part of your bet :eek:
[HTC Desire S] UmairAhmad:
Xda seems to be part of our lives.... It is a site i visit most these days
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Still here :p

I'm just a bit quiet because I'm busy these days..
[HTC Desire S] Kolo39:
That's so true. With my Nexus 7 I'm also following some threads there But they have no hangout lounge :P and not such a good community :P
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Hahaha, thanks mate :)

I actually have been giving him hints ;)

Its finished charging, but he won't turn it on, because he 'hasn't got a SIM' :eek: he thinks that he will miss out on the set up if network providers setting up your data/MMS etc...

Oh well, I will just have to wait for Saturday... :D

Cheers Tectas!

@c.m.b - BTW, forgot to say the other day, I can actually tether with 3, and it works! Although, i haven't checked my bills yet, they may have charged me!!
[HTC Desire S] leimrey:
on DS Section

hope they also insert the image above the ds section like this in htc desire http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=594
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Lol, I just took my uncle's Sim to the nearest Apple store and they cut it in less than a minute. They have some punch-machine thing.
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Well this is how I look like when I am reading some of the posts in my threads :)

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
iSheep - Can't believe how stupid people are. I seriously hope this wasn't a "real person", and this whole thing is a joke.......

[youtube]BMsLArefSOw[/youtube]
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Check this, it's your video with additional people added, looks pretty serious to me.

The guy's just pretty mean^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHwPzVR0a1w&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Even small shops here have those SIM cutters... like a punching machine... just pop in the SIM and press... out comes a perfect micro SIM card. Or you could just take a pair of scissors and go Ninja on the SIM yourself.

Btw oly, plans just got official jellybean for the SIII. I'm running it now... your dad may get lucky any time !

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SIII
[HTC Desire S] premsrj:
CM10

I've had my DS for about a year now, and I decided I had enough of GB. nk111 has been doing an awesome job with the unofficial CM10 for DS and I decided to flash it, it was my first foray into custom ROMs. I will say absolutely love it, a few minor bugs here and there, nothing too serious. Been using it as a daily for about a week now. Great work done by nk111. wonderful ROM. very fast, it improved my Antutu score from 2875 to 3484!!
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Nice! Have you ever played with your DS since? :p I wonder how it'll feel!

Also, not really sure, but did you ever give us an opinion on touchwiz compared to Sense? Seeing as how much a Sense fan you were, I wonder how you adjusted!
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Touchwiz is not all that bad. It's packing almost all the bells and whistles that sense used to... and moreover a lot of what was exclusive to sense is now easily available via third party apps...

That said, nothing, I repeat... NOTHING looks as premium as sense, and the feel you get with sense is another world altogether.

Take the dialer and people apps in sense for example. Unparalleled... simply superb. The stock dialer on the SIII sucks. But I'm happy to say that I've found the perfect sense dialer replacement in the form of ex dialer. However, I still miss the intuitiveness of the People app. Alas, can't have it all.

The good thing thing is that you can easily grow out of the addiction, as I have discovered over the past couple of months. I don't use the stock launcher... I am in love with Apex Launcher, and I believe it is the single best launcher I have ever used.

The rest of touchwiz is pretty good... features like the Palm swipe screenshot, direct camera access, voice commands for apps, smart stay, etc are things that I have unknowingly gotten so accustomed to now that when I tried an AOSP Rom recently, I went running back to my Samsung based Rom Nandroid for lack of some of these features.

Add to that the silkiness that jellybean has brought, and I can safely say that I wouldn't trade this phone for another in the market currently.

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SIII
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
I have to say Enigmaamit is right, I'm no longer running a custom rom on my s3 either, it's too good as stock. I have even gotten used to the crappy stock dialler :p
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Guys 0.25$ sale on play store http://phandroid.com/2012/09/26/goo...re/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Tapatalked from Desire S running Androdamus
[HTC Desire S] Kolo39:
waiting for the list.... :D
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Here is a list, it's not complete, but it will grow.

http://m.androidcentral.com/google-play-25-cent-apps-open-post
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
looks like office is about the only one of go for from that list, cheers for looking it out

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[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Asphalt 7...

Tapatalked from Desire S running Androdamus
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
should have waited for that, couldn't wait and for it for it at full price when it came out. Hey ho

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] spiaggefredde:
so far, nothing really interesting. not a game fan though...
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
Granny smith is great fun and for the price is a bonafide bargain
[HTC Desire S] c.m.b:
If the carries would charge the users, then all the tether apps on the play store would have 1* ratings. I still don't think that they will ever notice it
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Currently having issues with the t mobile network where I live, it's been doing it for days now, completely dropping out and not coming back, leaving me on orange, seems to be related to the orange t - mobile switchover to EE.

It's happening to everyone.

Eventually I rang the network and the operator (sorry "technical expert") instructed me to leave my phone on and remove the battery and Sim. I told her I couldn't do that without risking damaging the phone, she said I'm the expert Mr Pyett, I can't help you resolve your issue if you won't follow my instruction.....and I wouldn't recommend that you do something that would case damage........Aaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Just do what I do when dealing with stupid tech support suggestions:

- count to 10 and tell them you did it, and it didn't work

They have a script to follow, it's near impossible to make them jump a step, mainly because they have no idea what they're talking about. Telco tech support is just an insulating layer between the clients and network engineers.

Cheers

Sent from an undisclosed dimension
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
At least I'm not the only one struggling with idiotic tech support. My Virgin Media connection has been getting worse and worse (on a fibre line). I called them yesterday evening and they tried to convince me that due to only getting 0.23Mb per second on my line I should test for problems by switching from a wireless to a wired connection, and should then reboot into 'Safe Mode' for further testing. They didn't seem impressed when I pointed out that I use the same laptop at work and pull through over 60Mb all day long.

Eventually got through to a 'Tier 2' guy who told me that it was a known problem in my area and would be resolved by February next year when they put new kit in :confused: As you can imagine, my reply wasn't particularly polite to this little nugget.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Virgin media is just terrible. If it wasn't for their 50mb service we'd have changed a long time ago. The first month we had virgin media, we had no Internet. FOR A MONTH! We still get continually get problems with the POC known as the SuperHub. Their advisors told us to change the router settings from 300Mbps to 150Mbps, which as you can probably guess didn't help at all (correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't this also turn off Wireless N capabilities?). Aside from Internet it's alright though but that's the main thing anyway

Ben, I'm on orange and seem to be getting full signal using Orange T–Mobile.
[HTC Desire S] blueboy2021:
iam addicted to flash roms, ds is perfect now, lets optimize asus!
[HTC Desire S] rain987:
U brought 'off topic' to a whole new level :good:
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Ds isn't perfect yet, it's not far of though

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] blueboy2021:
I tested all jb Roms and found Paranoid 2.14 with 77n kernel, all I need is working so just perfect.

Gesendet von meinem Transformer TF101

Edit: Dear Devs have a look at this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1905479
[HTC Desire S] UmairAhmad:
Anybody watching pak vs india t20 match?
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Of course - I love T20.

But England are going to have to go some to win it this year.
[HTC Desire S] UmairAhmad:
They need KP in the team
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
The problem is that a "Team" is a collection of people playing for each other - KP wasn't doing that.
[HTC Desire S] UmairAhmad:
Definitely but he is a match winner... Last time he was the star...

Some way he has attitude like afridi who announces retirement evry year but comes again.. Unfortunately for KP, he is in England
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
We still have some great players in the team who can win a match for us. In T20 anything can happen - look at South Africa this morning.
[HTC Desire S] UmairAhmad:
Africa chokes at end stages.. So they choked lol...

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But in my whole life, i haven't seen an inconsistent and unpredictable team like mine....
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
How much do secondhand DS' in good condition sell for these days?
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Not too sure of the price, as it varies quite a bit on eBay.
[HTC Desire S] jb.traveller:
Hi all, sorry to say I will miss you all

As I have upgraded my phone. My contract ended and because I have friends / family on T-mobile ( my Son worked for One to One before T-mobile took them over ) I get 50% off before VAT. If I keeped my DS I wouldn't get any benefit staying with it. Iam now on £36 a month less 50% so a new phone is a no brainer. Thanks to all and will pop in every now and then.