yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
That's also why I didn't want, until now, to try custom ROMs ... I always thought nobody would know better Android and the Xoom hardware than Google itself. To my point of view, a custom ROM may be better in the way they may purpose default apps in ROM which are more useful than the ones in the stock ROM, plus may be a few tweaks to correct bugs or add missing functions. But I really don't see how a custom ROM may be more fluid than the stock ROM, except if overclocking the Xoom which I don't want to do.

In my history of mobile devices owner, beginning in 1996 with a 3com Pilot and then owning multiple Windows Mobile devices followed by the iPhone, I always changed the running ROMs by custom ROMs. The only time where I could see performances increase is when the custom ROMs removed background running applications added by the third party company selling the Windows Mobile phone (Orange for exemple was always adding apps running in background which let the devices run slower, then it was interesting to run a custom ROM which would have remove these apps).

Is there a custom ROM for the Xoom for which we can say : this ROM is more fluid because something (like a driver for exemple) has been improved from the stock ROM ?

All I can see about custom ROMs is informations like "in this ROM you will find these apps which were not in the stock one..."
[Xoom General] okantomi:
I wish bigrushdog or solarnz were here to answer you, but hey! they're busy developing real goodness for our Xooms. My phone is rooted with tweaked ICS leak rom, and it's smooth as silk, but it's still a small screen. The Xoom has a giant screen to display and similar hardware as my phone. Xoom hardware is still great! but we need all the customizing we can get to try to match the speed and smoothness of a small screen...you would not believe how much improvement there is in the EOS family of roms over stock ICS...not to mention the many, many functional improvements and user choices it gives. But as I said, we are all different....
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
Now I just met another bug ... I was adding a widget on the desktop, then Android freezed before I could do it (I nether saw the 3.2.1 freezing). So I rebooted the Xoom, then the available memory dropped down from 510Mb to 360Mb ... I don't understand anything but I keep thinking that ICS is more buggy than Honeycomb ...

EDIT : and now.... ANOTHER BUG !!!! When you force OFF the screen rotation in landscape mode, if you lock the Xoom and put it in portrait position, when you unlock the Xoom the display will be in portrait, then right after the Xoom will be unlocked it will go back to Landscape mode. This bug didn't exist in Honeycomb.

Also trying to position the cursor exactly where you want on text to select it is now a nightmare ...

I'm using ICS for only 3 days now and I already discovered much more bugs than I ever found in Honeycomb (see the first post of this thread, I update it every days !).

I'm already tired of using the stock ICS, it is so far from what I expected. I think more and more that I may try a custom ROM but I can't believe that non-Google developpers may have corrected these bugs.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
Be logical...Google develops ICS for a Samsung device. It has to also ensure that a whole lot of android devices can run it. Developers who know the Xoom inside and out can do a better job fixing bugs and increasing functionality than Google can.
[Xoom General] ZeroXoom:
Wow, sorry to hear you are having all these bug issues! I have to say I am very happy with ICS 4.04 stock on the Xoom I just got. I think its actually pretty slick and love being able to customize my screen/widget and more open programs. I have an iPad thats going to be handed down...and was looking to upgrade to the new iPad when I found the Xoom. I really can't complain. Its fast, does what I want and has been very useful this week (i've only had it for 4 days). I've had a few app (mainly the browser and play market) crash, where the program abruptly terminates and I end up being back in the home screen. But every time I've been able to just restart the app and go back to work. On IOS, it seems that the app crashes happen too - but in IOS I usually have to restart the iPad to get the app to run again. So to me that has been a huge plus. But anyways, I digress .... I hope you find fixes for the bugs you've encountered. I'm assuming you are running stock, and have not done any rom flashing?
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
My ROM is a stock ROM, but I had to flash it as my Xoom is french and in Europe we still didn't receive the ICS update.

But I am now considering to flash a custom ROM, I'm actually checking the custom ROMs threads to see if one may be good for me but I don't want to waste too much time trying many ROMs to see which one is the more fluid and the less buggy so I may decide to keep my stock ROM and hope that Google will correct this soon ...
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
If I'm correct Google bought the mobility part of Motorola, so now our Xoom is officially a Google device. Plus the Xoom received the ICS update before the Galaxy Tabs. If they would know the Samsung better I guess they would produce ICS on the Galaxy tabs first, which was not the case.
[Xoom General] petrossa:
Been running the EOS rom now since whenever and it's great. I can recommend it,
[Xoom General] brent0r:
This is why iOS is miles ahead of android. Its so much more faster and CONSISTENT. I prey that one day the overall speed between various apps is improved. I read a few pages back about the person browsing these forums and the experience was slower. I can't agree more, but sadly its just the way android is. You notice it between different websites with longer pages or more images, its annoying. I agree that we are lucky to be able to tweak and install custom files this is the best thing about android... but having to do this because the apps are coded wrong is bull****. Could you imagine how **** it would be without that option.

I have my Xoom set to 1600mhz minimum which can help with some websites and the os snappyness but I'm still not that impressed with ICS.
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
I totally agree. I own a 3 years old iPhone 3GS (600Mhz !) which is a lot more fluid than my Xoom running ICS. It's a big disapointment for me, I would think that with ICS which is now GPU accelerated for the 2D apps my Xoom would be at least as fluid as my 3GS, but it's not (a few apps are now running perfectly fluid with ICS, but most of them have only been improved a bit).

All of this due to the fact that too many different hardwares exist for the Android platform, making things hard for Google to optimize the O.S., but also because Android apps developpers don't take care of optimization. Some apps (but only a few) are really perfectly fluid, some others are laggy as hell.

As a tablet I will not buy an iPad because of what we all already know here, but that's hard for me not being able to find a single android tablet which would be perfectly fluid, like the ipad is, whatever you do with it.

I also tried the Transformer Prime thinking that maybe the Tegra 3 power would avoid lags and would make Android perfectly fluid, but I really didn't notice any 2D performances improvements compared to the Xoom (I guess Tegra 3 is only better for 3D games and 1080p videos reading).

So I'll have to keep my Xoom for at least 2 years more and see if Google could finally make a perfectly fluid O.S. with the futur tablets hardwares on the market.
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
Thanks, I'll check it.

EDIT : I checked the EOS thread, but I couldn't find any clear indications of performances increase, compared to the stock ROM, due to kernel or drivers improvements. The only thing close to it is the overclocking possibility which I don't want to use because of the battery autonomy and the processor life.

The problem is that when we talk about fluidity, 2 different people may have a different opinion about the exact same configuration. Some people are very sensible to fluidity (like I am), some other would not notice the difference between a 50Mhz LCD TV and a 200Mhz TV for exemple ...

I would be glad to find a video, on youtube or whatever, of a stock ICS Xoom compared to a custom ROM Xoom by running the exact same apps on both at the same time, but I couldn't find any.

So my only solution is to try all the different ROMs, but as I don't want to loose too much time with it, and as I don't really believe that a custom ROM will be more fluid than the stock ROM, I will just leave my Xoom as it is and hope Google will improve things in futures ICS releases.

Thanks anyway for your help to everybody !
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
waooow ! Finally I discovered something great with ICS : I just tried Opera Mini, and now when running ICS this browser is a lot more fluid than the stock one. With the stock browser when displaying some pages with big pictures in it, it sometimes became slow. Opera Mini absolutly fluid whatever you display with it, just as good as on an iPad !!!! Exactly what I was searching for !

The only problem is an annoying bug : when you switch to another app, if you go back to Opera all previously opened tabs are closed, just like if you were running Opera for the first time.

But I feel better now that I know we can have a very fluid web browsing experience on our Xoom running ICS.

Note : I also tried Opera Mobile and Dolphin but they are slower than the stock browser. Opera Mini is really the best regarding the fluidity.
[Xoom General] ZeroXoom:
Do you have private browsing on Opera on? On some browsers that causes the tabs to be closed.
[Xoom General] flippingout:
To each their own I guess but a couple of things in response to your issues.

First, the amount of memory (RAM) shouldn't be a factor. In fact, the more available memory means the OS has to swap more memory which is slower than the program already loaded. More available memory is a sign of an inefficient OS. If you are actually using an app killer you are just burning cycles unnecessarily.

Second, iOS is so smooth mostly on the home screen because it is a static image that is scrolled. Those icons are just part of an image hence the incredibly smooth scrolling. I have used the iPad and I've experienced several apps with lag in them. It all depends on how good the developer is.

Don't force 2D acceleration. My understanding is that setting will likely hinder most apps.

For the browser try Chrome Beta. It's not perfect but it does seem snappier than the stock Honeycomb browser.

If you are having app issues it is likely that app and not ICS. I have been running Team EOS 4G ICS ROM and it is very smooth all around.

I have a second Xoom that is still stock and once that gets the ICS update from VZW I'll better be able to judge what stock ICS is like on the Xoom.

Hope you can get your issues sorted out because I really like ICS on the Xoom.
[Xoom General] timrock:
I am running stock ICS on a US wifi xoom, and i couldnt be happier. I have no issue to report at all. I use Dolphin HD as my default browser, and also have ISC+ installed. Both handle the job well.

Movies run smoothly, no lag when switching apps or screen (stock launcher). To be honest, i was thinking about getting another device before ICS came along. Now i no longer have the need to (but i will be getting the Transformer Infinity, just because, and i wont get rid of my xoom).

I used to get random reboots as well, but that is no longer an issue. I use my xoom more than i use my PC.
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
Thanks a lot, this would be very interesting.

Regarding the "force 2D acceleration", I didn't know it could be a problem for some apps, I thought the only potential problem would be the battery life.

I'll try to disable it, I just hope the smooth apps will then remain smooth ...

Now that I can have a perfectly fluid web browsing experience with Opera Mini, and because web browsing is 70% of my Xoom activity, I can say I love ICS !!!

I just hope some other web browsers will be updated to be as smooth as Opera Mini (I would love to see the stock browser as fluid as Opera Mini because Opera misses some of the stock browser functionalities).
[Xoom General] dizzy33:
I tried to disable the 2d acceleration. I had one failing app (a C64 emulator) which now works without the acceleration. So yes, the 2d acceleration may let crash some apps, but I only have one failing app.

In the other hand, a lot of apps became laggy without the 2d acceleration. So I'll keep it enabled.
[LG Optimus 2x] RestInPiss:
Hello,

I have p990 stock rom only with superuser and bussy box.

i want voodoo sound apk for better sound but my device have problem with kernal ( maybe )

Problem msg: Module need to be loaded.

Device or Kernal version not supportet:

Name: P990_EUR-xx

Kernal version: 2.6.32.9

I try free VS and donated version too. Any help ?
[LG Optimus 2x] Cydras:
Install a new kernel who support Voodo Sound.

You have a Stock Rom, try the gueste Kernel.
[HTC One X] android_master:
The wait is finally over for those in the United States. AT&T has officially announced that the handset will be available on their network on May 6th. The phone will cost $199.99 with a new two-year contract, and will connect to AT&T’s fledgling LTE network. Pre-orders begin on April 22nd.:D:D

Source
[HTC One X] Tinderbox (UK):
I thought the US version was the XL?

John.
[HTC One X] gwuhua1984:
That is correct... but US called it One X when they were promoting it...
[HTC One X] mikelebz:
I'm thinking of replacing my little Aria with this phone. In terms of the correct forum to post in, I'm assuming that even though ATT is calling it the One X, The correct forum on here will be the One XL forum, not this one? As in the ATT One X = the One XL?
[HTC One X] bobmarsh72:
Shouldn't this be in the one xl threads? Things could get confusing otherwise...
[HTC One X] MindlessLeadership:
Couldn't agree more.
[HTC One X] mikelebz:
Ha I think I just found my answer. Thanks :)
[Motorola Droid X2] KyleIsTheBeast:
Hey I have a Motorola Milestone X2 running 2.3.6 deblurred and i would love it if someone could make me a cool looking black and whitish gray or/and a black and green framework-res.apk? I hate the current lame dark blue and regular blue status bar and notification area. I will upload my apk below. I would do it my self but I don't have my pc anymore. This would be greatly apretiated!

download: http://www.4shared.com/android/9f1STrch/framework-res.html
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] null_buffer:
If anyone is facing md5 mismatch errors then see my Solution for these errors: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1606047
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kevin03:
Why dont just flash a stock rom. That would do it all.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] null_buffer:
You are free to do that. But, using CWM is often considered much easier than flashing using odin.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] encik_racun:
Odin is the best for me...connect usb then flash stock, done! Warranty is back :)

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] PsyGik:
Looking at your procedure taking 10-20min is long..one click of odin (4min) is easier for me :P :D

Good effort but,appreciate it:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] opawix00:
Thanks for your effort.

Don't forget to thank me for thanking you! LOL
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kevin03:
Flashing via odin is much better because it would be clean and better and faster. Btw thanks for your tutorial.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ardidroid:
Thanks for your tutorial :) i'll try your tutor :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] AnoopKumar:
Mm ok .. Flash stock rom with odin......:p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] null_buffer:
It takes 5 minutes actually but i just over-exagerated it. :P
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] null_buffer:
Yes, you're right but you might want to keep the applications and data you had witht the backup? :P

Hit the thanks button. plz. :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] faultytowersdude:
Thankyou for the info will come in handy if i ever need to send my phone back :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] null_buffer:
All those people who saying flashing using odin in easier, then let me remind you, i bought my ace from an Arabic region and i got the JPKP9 firmware. Unfortunately ,most samsung firmware websites lack the MODEM file of the firmware. So in order to address the issue i made this guide to enable people to restore their stock firmware from a nandroid backup. :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] charlessxavier:
Hey thanks for this dude. Sometimes i am too lazy to conn it to p c. Moreover i don't carry my lap top all. But always mess with my phone by installing many ****s :D

So this thing would be very handy :p

Sent via my sexy ace ;-)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] tysonraylee:
Thank you very much for posting this solution.

After being awake all night i finally was able to restore my stock nandroid backup successfully thank to you.

And yes this method is important for those people who want to go back to what they previously had, in my case i updated my brothers Ace to JB 4.2.2 which after using for a while he asked me to revert it to what he had before{gingerbread} but sadly for me i didnt take any note of what kernel or rom his phone was running at that time and more importantly he needed all his whatsapp messages and other important data.

I only knew that he got his from uk but after going to samfirmwares i was unable to understand which firmware to download due to my little mistake making me more hesitant on what to do.

Finally after searching i found your thread and was able to restore the backup within 15 min

there are no words to describe how thank full i am to you for posting this thread

Thank you very very very much

you are the best
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] null_buffer:
Hello tysonraylee,

I'm glad my guide was able to help you out in such a critical time. :)

Thank you for your kind appreciations.

Regards,

UsmanJ
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] crazyboy24:
Hello,

My phone is not recognising in odin through download mode or in samsung kies, I have tried every possible way like changing cables, usb ports, computers, factory reset, but nothing was working, so then I installed cw9 on my samsung galaxy ace s5830i but still no success, now I want to go back to stock rom.

I had not taken any nandroid backup. Can anyone provide with a download link for the stock nandroid backup for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830I, so that I can transfer it to my sd card and restore it

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Viper The Ripper:
GT-s5830i is not compatible with GT-s5830 model!!! They have different SoC, if you use the s5830 files could brick your phone!

Try to install a compatible rom with the compatible odin version of your device
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] crazyboy24:
I cannot install with Odin as it does not detect my phone in download mode. My only other option is installing stock rom through cwm, but I dont have the necessary files for my device S5830i to install it through cwm. Can u provide me with the files? It would be of great help.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] SaleFFS:
Hi

I have Alcatel OT-990 and i was wondering if some one could help me to disassemble this device so i can change my rear speaker because it is dead. I removed 4 screws on the edges underneath the plastic cover and released 4 plastic clips (2 on the left side of the battery and 2 on the right side of the battery) and it still holds somewhere. I have some knowledge with mobile phones but this OT-990 just wont budge and i dont want to break something. I know that it is best to take it to service but i wanna do it myself :)

Thanks!!
[General Questions and Answers] SaleFFS:
bump :D
[General Questions and Answers] guillervm:
Hi,

You have to remove:

- 4 screws in the plastic (2 on the top and 2 on the bottom).

- 2 screws under the batery (one of them is hiden behind the sticker, on the right side).

You have to release:

- 4 clips on the sides (2 on the left and 2 on the right).

- 1 clip on the bottom (it's a little bit hard).

Now, you have to remove this piece (the rear speaker is placed here) and you can access the mother board.

I hope to have helped you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mvaughan06:
Is it just me or shouldn't be mandatory to have the dates entered in the titles of threads in the development sections? I know it's mandatory throughout many other device forums, I'm not sure why it isn't on this one, and others that I've seen. I believe is makes everything much easier to follow rather than a sling of rom names and / or version numbers, etc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CBlakey292:
I'm on the fence on this because I'm so appreciative of the Devs who support the T989 with quality Roms.

On one hand I think they should run their threads however they like with reason but on the other it would make keeping up with development a whole lot easier.

I remember when the ICS leak dropped I was all kinds of confused (still am a little) on their update frequencies. This made it a bit more difficult to pinpoint a Devs work ethic (which I factor in as well as quality) because it was untimely coupled with posts from anybody bumping threads up for any reason.

M&S has one of the best titles to his threads because he updates the date, and Rom version with titles so I can't miss his from a mile away.

With that said it would be nice to have dates (especially for those who don't frequent XDA daily) or in the least change the Rom versions in the title.

I don't mind searching but it would be quicker/efficient for dates.

Can you imagine when TMob drops the official ICS...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eugene373:
Not sure how Dates will help? Revision is just the same, forcing a Date to be Posted wont make the Revision any newer...

this is imo that is, most times you can just check the last time the posted was edited to know when it was last updated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CBlakey292:
I don't mind searching a bit to see an OP's timestamp edits.

However, the dates imo help with breaking down a Rom's status quicker by scrolling the forum threads by title without much digging than that.

I think the dates would help those who aren't on XDA much because they can catch up quicker on Rom changes.

Also, I think it's easier for those use the XDA app primarily because (as far as I've searched) it doesn't readily show timestamps for edits in OPs.

I don't view titling threads with dates as increasing development speeds just readily available info. I hope others don't as well, cause great things come over time :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] born2gethard:
The devs don't do enough already...lets add more BS. Dl
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
you don't like version number but you want dates. that does not make sense. moving forward a date, is the same as moving up a version number.

Why do all the regular users here keep thinking they know how the show should be run for us devs. We're doing our part for you guys, just do yours and deal with our threads they way we choose to set them up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jim93:
I'm especially amused by this considering the hell storm when the mods tried regulating how regular users post in dev threads
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funeralthirst:
the only difference between last modified on the op and a date in the title is that last modified could be fixing a typo or something. imo, revision number is just as good, but one or the other is/should be necessary because just checking the thread title is easy (i.e. i'm lazy). though, some revision numbers are inconsistent. and a date usually makes it easy to tell if something is based off the newest leak or not (which THAT should be mandatory: the android version number and the build/leak it's based off cause i've seen a bunch of roms missing that basic info in the op).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Imposing too many rules on devs who provide a free service is a bad idea. Leave things the way they are.

I vote no.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] capcanuck:
I think it should be mandatory for users to open a thread and read the op and changelog before asking if there was an update. Derp.