yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Happy birthday :) The N7 must feel like a big leap over the Flyer :p

BTW, anyone with multiple android devices should check this out -

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quintstoffers.DataSync&hl=en It's an app you can use to sync data between devices using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or drop box.
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
I know, right?

Just by browsing through various menus you can ALREADY feel that Nexus is a one hell of a beast in terms of butterness and speed.

It'll be said to sell my Flyer though, since it is my first Android tablet and I have never ever owned one before it, only the Wildfire S and Desire S phones and used my dad's iPad 1st gen for things like Tap Tap Revenge.

BTW - today I saw the iPad mini and Note II in the tech shop where I bought the Nexus.

What can I say?

The mini - looks SO small, I actually never thought that it's that small until I saw it in real life. Looks kinda cute, haha. My mom is getting one for herself, probably during December or she's gonna ask a friend who leaves to USA for a couple of weeks to buy her one there. I'm gonna have some fun with both tablets along the way.

And the Note... My god, IT'S ENOURMOUS. I can't believe that people can actually walk around with that huge device and even use it as a phone:eek:
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
A bit late but happy birthday! :) Enjoy your new nexus :)
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Guys, is it normal that the screen/colors on the N7 look a bit less saturated?

Compared to my Flyer, it's like as if someone turned the contrast on my N7 a quarter step down, kinda dissappointing.

I believe that it has to do with different display matrix, so I doubt that it's a fault, but I just wanted to hear confirmations from the fellow users
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
I've heard similar complaints on reviews, so I guess it's normal
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Yup, I played with a nexus 7 sometime ago... totally unimpressed with the screen, especially after having got used to the vibrant colours on amoled. Immediately ditched the idea of ever considering it. The screen looks really bland and for a media consumption device, that's a bummer.

I hear the nexus 10 screen is a stunner though. Waiting for it to hit India... or at least a store near me.

Tapatalked from my SIII
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Well, I can live with that pretty much:)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Noticed that on N7's I've used instore, however, I think the resolution makes up for it. The PPI is fairly high for a tablet, and I found text to be very sharp (sharper than the iPad mini at least)
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Yeah, same here. It's not the brightest screen in the world, but for the price/performance it is still unbeatable in my opinion.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Just a heads up for anyone in the UK, at Carphone Warehouse and a few other retailers, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" is on sale for £195.

After you buy it, register it on Samsung's website, and claim £50 cashback, and you have the tablet for just £145. Pretty decent deal.
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
That IS a good deal mate - thanks. I might just have to take a look. :good:
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
No problem, been interested in this tablet a few weeks back before the sale anyway! Seems like massive firewall, as the forum I discovered it on, everyone is rushing to the stores to buy one! (Sold out in some stores).

Amazon have to same price too. If you are prepared to go through the hassle, I think you get get further discount (10%) via price match at Curries or John Lewis! ;)
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
It's being sold ATM here in Moscow for ~15.000 RUB, I believe it's for the basic non-3G version with 16gig

That's about 400-450$
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
$400 is £250, still quite a lot compared to here! Yeah our price is for the WiFi model, but you can get the 3G model for £188 here...
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
What, Where, How???
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
I like your new avatar Simon. Gonna watch Donnie again tonight. ;)
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
This was my old avatar, but I changed it a while ago for a Mackenzie Thorpe painting, and then went to the muffin one as part of my pledge in Off-Topic.

Always go back to Donnie eventually. It's even my tag in Ingress - I'm DonnieDarko!!
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
Heh... I have the same with "Bronson" and "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas". Two of my all time favourites.
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Seems like I'm having some problems with rooting my Nexus7 - cannot operate with it through fastboot or adb - no devices found. I enabled the USB debugging, of course. My DS connect and works just fine. Am I missing something?
[HTC Desire S] c.m.b:
Did you update adb and fastboot? (Open the tools folder > double click on the android file)

Use the original USB cable and try a different USB port
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Solved - I just had to manually install the driver by ASUS through the Device Manager (Win7)
[HTC Desire S] c.m.b:
Good :)

BTW try AOKP its lighting fast

And a late happy birthday bro
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Ya, thanks man.

But I'm not gonna flash anything on my GNex7 other than CWM recovery and the SuperSU - I'm pretty happy with the stock 4.2.x, at least until there is an official CM10.1 or a true Tablet UI ROM coming
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
In that case, I think you would wait for parandroid

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
@Simon

On Amazon the 3G version is going for £238 + £50 cash back = £188.

However this one isn't as easy to get as the WiFi one which is a nationwide sale. Its been on Amazon the past 2 weeks at that price but it keeps on changing every few days. Last time I checked on Friday, it was £238, but I think its gone back up.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
It's already there :p Still, AOKP is the best
[HTC Desire S] c.m.b:
Stock is really good. But I missed some stuff like a battery with percentage, expanded desktop, changing the order of the toggles etc.
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
I'm loving the latest rasbeanjelly by rascarlo, not the biggest number of tweaks but nicely themed and "just works" and works well, anyone with a nexus device looking for a fast, solid original aosp experience should give it a look....that said the latest PUB aokp by Stephen.K.Spear is a stonking ROM too :D
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
What's the point of this "expanded desktop" feature? I heard about it even in some DS Jelly Bean ROMs, but I never actually understood what does it do
[HTC Desire S] :
I'm running a self built Aokp 4.2 here :D

Though the performance on 4.2 is kinda disappointing comparing to 4.1.x

I don't use too many features of 4.2 so I'm thinking about reverting now ;p

Btw, do you guys play shadowgun or beach buggy? I love these ones.
[HTC Desire S] :
It will hide status and navigation bars ;)
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Expanded desktop is awesome. To be honest the feature should have been implemented by Google. The bars take up way too much space. And with jellybean, tablets have a navigation and status bar which wastes so much space.

The bane soundboard is 4.2 compatible!! Now I can pretend to be cool (and fail miserably) :cool:
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Really? How?? Is it slower?
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Yeah but it's 4.1.2, guess they are working on 4.2.1?

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
4.2 preview builds have been out for Nexus devices for a long time now, almost a month :p New builds use linaro, so they're much faster.
[HTC Desire S] :
The most annoying one is when going back to the home screen, widgets take ages to load comparing to 4.1, but I personally think its because I have no optimizations in it yet such as linaro. Let's try that today ;p
[HTC Desire S] :
There are some 4.2.1 repos already, running a build on my Nex7 and I'll try to bring it to saga soon ;)

Really? I haven't seen it in their repos yet... I'd better check out the kernel manifest ;p
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Created in error, sorry

Good morning all.
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
CM 10.1 for the 3G N7 is out:eek:
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Amazing, can't wait for saga build :p

Don't know about repos, but the builds can be found in this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35582598#post35582598 Since it's large, instead of going through the entire thread I just search for posts by the OP. This trick works quiet well on big threads, since most of the posts are BS lol
[HTC Desire S] :
As a matter of fact, i already had a build, only the doomed panel didnt work yet :p i'd probably better use some andromadus repos since everything is working there (is it? havent checked up on them in quite a while, only seen 2 new threads by flinny lol)

PS: thanks for the trick ;)
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Yeah, MDDI kernel seems to work fine, but the brightness is still at 100% all thr time
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Everything works in Andromadus except MDDI panel :). Branches for CM 10.1 and AOSP 4.2.1.

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
For the 4.2.1 version? Are there no Bluetooth bugs?

Been running it the last hour, so far so good.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Yeah, but they're app related due to the new BT plugin in 4.2 (maybe headset doesn't work). File sharing works fine though.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
So, apart from that, the ROM is bug free?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
The cm10.1 runs lovely, found no bugs yet but i dont use bt.

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."

- Yoda
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
How do you manage to change your signature everyday? :)
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Apart from bluetooth and a slightly laggy camera, everything else is fluid :)

Been on Andromadus since 4.1.1, which is at least a few months now. This is the longest I have stuck to a ROM :p

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Tapatalk and clipper+:D

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."

- Yoda
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Yup, completely bug free. I've been using it since build 1 :)
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Guys, is there a chance for a fix if I didn't calibrate the battery on my Nexus correctly?

It was at 56% out of the box during my first day with it, thrn I let it discharge to about 6%, charged it to 100%, let it to discharge for 25% while I was in college, charged it back to 100% through USB while I was trying to root it, and yesterday did a full cycle of 100% - 2% - 100%. Currently sitting 76%, kinda scared of facing the fast drain issue if the battery wasn't calibrated properly.

P.S. I got sick:( didn't go to college today, and I have my first exam on Friday, which I'll probably miss:(
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Get well soon buddy...

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Delete
[HTC Desire S] its_Khal:
Hi everyone (takes a sit)

Yeah, i know i'm just a noob but i think perching with bosses can add a lil mo feather to my wings so i can fly. So Bosses (bows) here's KhaL!

.

Hope i can also get help too.

Thanks.

via xda app-developers app
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Hello and Welcome! and not so much of this bosses stuff, this is Off topic and such anything goes! :D
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Lol not to be rude, but I can't believe you understood that. I'm still scratching my head
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
i know I'm old Dan, but I'm not past it :D

It did take several reads! Punctuation was invented for a reason. I figure it's from a non English speaker? Khal care to enlighten us? (No offence meant btw)
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Maybe it's just age that allows understanding easier because i got it.

"The reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
1 hour 12 minutes left until the apocalypse lol

http://countdowntoapocalypse.com
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
How weird in the last 2 days, on all 3 of my devices they all managed 3 hours 38 minutes screen on time!

Not even joking, but I usually check my battery stats when the battery is just about to run out and consecutively after using each device, they each had the exact same screen on time... This is spooky.

Because I never get more than 3 hours on my DS, which I even mentioned in the Andromadus thread, and also my tab only usually pushes it to 2 and a half...

Coincidence?!
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Oly that's because the world is going to come to an end..

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Still bloody here
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
That's because Google is handling the end of the world delivery. Give it a couple of weeks.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
This made my day :p
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Guys use this app to create your family tree... Will help the new civilization know you...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ancestry.android.apps.ancestry

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
We survived!
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Still about 5 1/2 hours to go - and remember GMT rules the world :laugh:
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Well, for me it's 22:38 already, so lol.

P.S. Do you guys think that DS for a GNex is a wothy exchange? Somehow I got a desire to get a Nexus phone....
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
I think it's only available in certain countries too...
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
If you're gonna go for a GN, why not go all the way for a N4?
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
One: There's no offical Google Play support here in Russia, so I can't buy the device straight from it

Two (which results from One): Since LG's policy is somewhat greedy - the Nexus 4 is gonna cost much more than 300$

Three: knowing Russia and its overpricing, you can easily add +300$ for the retail price of N4 when it arrives here

Four: It's unknown ATM when will Nexus 4 arrive in Russia. It can happen next month, or in 3 months, while GNex can be bought right here right now

Five: To pay 900$ for a device (and that's probably be the price for the 8GB version) is just ridiculous

Six: I can get a GNex for about 270-300$ here, and get a still pretty nice device

Seven: GNex's back seems (and probably feels) better than the glassy N4's back, I know how awful it is based on experience with friends' and dad's iPhone 4 + it's gonna get a HECK of scratches on it

Eight: Somehow, I trust Samsung more than LG

Nine: GNex still receives all the latest updates :D
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
Getting a deal for a brand new seal packed one X 16GB for 25000/-, go or no go?
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Yippee, I'm secretly glad you'll stay a little longer ;)

True, but HTC are doing a good job replacing the faulty One S' which is a good sign!

Wow, India must have a really strong consumer market? With almost any phone you type into Google, the prediction that comes up after it is 'price in India'

Most of our fellow XDA members are from India too, so I guess that plays a huge supporting role! Any idea why HTC decided not to release the One S in India?

I thought it was going to have a global worldwide launch!
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
I believe the production process of the One S is still nascent (mico arc oxicrap and all) so the production line probably can't push out a lot of sets as compared to other "normally" fabricated phones. I just think they're not churning out enough pieces to be able to supply them everywhere. Though the buzz had it that the One S was going to hit India in May... Dunno. Won't buy it enen if it does... It's either 3.7 inches or 4.7+ for me. No halfway measures anymore.
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
Oh, by the way... Somebody (was it You Enigmaamit?) mentioned, that after unlocking with htcdev warranty is over. Well... Not necessarily.

See... Couple of weeks ago I got extremely mad, as amount of dust under my d.s's screen got quite massive. Dunno how it happened, probably when I've dropped my device onto bare concrete some time ago, glue holding lcd and glass got broken and screen was getting more and more contaminated. So I've took my scratched device unlocked with htcdev, backed up my Endy 3.4, loaded latest rooted (!) official rom and I have sent it under warranty. I had to act fast. With latest hboot and no gold card it was complicated enough to get it back to original state. Well... Couldn't be bothered, so I was half expecting nice quote for repair.

Guess what? Phone was back with me within a week, with screen repaired WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGE. How cool is that? Maybe I was just lucky, but when I've unwrapped my parcel I couldn't stop smiling. I am quite sure, that my next device will be htc. ;)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
If any of you guys are interested, I've done a review for FTL Launcher!

http://teendroid.com/ftl-launcher-app-review/
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Good for you mate..!!!

What I said was in relation to a post by someone on the one x forum with screen issues who was returned his phone without repairing with an additional charge of 24$ for handling and postage, quoting that using the htcdev unlock had voided warranty and would not be serviced free of charge. The quote for repair was an additional 123$ if memory serves me right. Will try to post a link to that thread if I can.

Glad you didn't have to suffer that plight. But its not cakes and candies everywhere mate. :p

Sent from a Desire S still looking for a good replacement.
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
Yeah. You are right. I still wouldn't recommend such a stunt to anyone else. I was damn lucky, but to put it that way, htc and regenersis (they do actual repair) here in UK are kind souls. :D

Good first review Oly... ;)
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Just read it. Good job mate. Do we have a budding tech journo here..?? :D

Sent from a Desire S still looking for a good replacement.
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Can't find the original thread, but from what I remember it was a user from Germany?? who bought his Desire S from a UK website (who probably wanted to try to scam him). That is part of the reason why I would only ever buy direct from a shop where I can walk in and give them agro if it goes wrong.
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
Lol... I guess I am triple lucky then, as I've bought mine on ebay, hence it was sent without any proof of purchase. :D Maybe it was just a reward for me being brave boy..? :D
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Cheers guys!

lol, my review is quite bad haha, i made a couple of grammatic mistakes... guess i posted it too soon!

You know, i quite enjoy doing this kind of thing :D
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
lol... That's what I said. Good. Not f* brilliant. ;) Keep up the good work mate. :beer:
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
I wish we'd had the Internet as it is now when I was your age. I had to content myself with a 2400 baud dial-up modem and bulletin boards...

...and you should have seen ASCII pr0n back then :eek:
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Lol, its amazing how fast technology evolves! :D
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
Damn... I still remember pr0n pictures on c64. :rolleyes:
[HTC Desire S] :
Damn oly why didn't you start this thread when I was about? Loved it. Just read all 34 pages in one sitting!

Just thought is pop into the ds thread, to say hi and get a break from the droves of supernoobs on the One X side. Man o man.

"I tried to root my phone using my microwave and now it won't work."

Ok a slight exaggeration but literally a new thread every minute is started. Seen people taking screen shots to show scratches they have gotten on their screens, you picked up on the genius who wiped all partitions for "a fresh start".....NOBODY and I mean nobody uses the search function....Grrrrr!

Anyhow got concerned a few pages back when I saw all this sgs3 talk. ;) My 4 weeks with the One X have been fault free and fantastic. You do get used to the size. The wife has pounced on my DS, and after a week she handed it to me to fix, and it seemed like it had shrunk in the wash. Odd.

If you want a good one, myself and a lot of my team have gotten theirs ( on my recommendation) from Clove.co.uk Not one of us has had the difficties reported. Seems to be limited to ones supplied by carriers. Sim free from Clove no issues. I know not everyone can afford to do that though. Poor old Tee (marylandcookie) is on his 6th device from Vodafone. He is loosing faith.

All i'll say is that once you do get used to a phone this big and this display, you can never go back. Anything else after a couple of weeks will seem tiny and low res.

And I missed you lot! :)
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
Nice review Oly. It's filled with enthusiasm lol.

I can't believe you are 15 years old!
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Thanks for popping back and letting us know. That is really interesting about the HOX - I have serious concerns because of all the reported issues, but you may have made a difference to my decision as nothing else out there really grabs me.

What is the One-X like to root, S-Off, whatever? I'm not worried about voiding my warranty really as I used a XTC-Clip within a week of getting my DS to get it S-Offed and rooted. I just wonder what it is like for flashing new ROMs when you can't just insert a different SD-Card if you screw up.
[HTC Desire S] Tapur007:
AT&T's One X Left Out Of Bootloader Unlock Program – HTC Cites "Restrictions" As Reason For Cold Shoulder

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...tes-restrictions-as-reason-for-cold-shoulder/
[HTC Desire S] :
ah its a doddle to root. If you not worried about losing warranty. Just HTCDev unlock, push a custom recovery over using fastboot, nandroid Backup, then flash away! Not even convinced we need s-off this time. If you change base, push boot.img over first before flashing. I've written a guide on this thats in the fourth post on the CoreDroid ROM thread. Each time I've changed base (twice now) I've ended up witha new radio and hboot so God knows what HTC have changed there. Only real reason for s-off is just a bit more convenience changing kernel.

There was a danger with the first cwm, as it couldn't charge the phone if it was off. People who let their battery die were screwed. But thats been fixed.

IF you get a good handset, its bloody fantastic! Just prepare yourself for maybe a Rocky road with a few returns. Its worth it. Battery life aint that bad either. General use I'm getting 24 hours. Same as Desire S. And that'll improve once kernel source is released and custom kernels come out. That 5th companion core really does its job well. My phone never drops even 1% overnight.

Currently cwm can't mount usb in recovery which is a major pain. You just have top make sure you keep a bootable ROM zip on your sd card partition. So far no one has been able to corrupt one. Without being neolithically stupid that is!

Oh and the camera is outstanding.
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
Time to make a move... Enough of sleeping.. :D Thank God for bank holiday weekend. :thumbup:
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
The original One X? The one with all the hardware flaws? I'd say no go...

If it was the One XL or the X+, then worth considering... but the old lot was really crappy, and you'd hate yourself if you opened up the box and found yourself stuck with one of the original pieces. 2013 is around the corner man... just wait it out a few more months before spending your cash. Too much money to shell out for a phone that's already outdated...

25K does sound like a tempting price, but then you get no expandable memory and an 1800mAh battery that's know to be pretty inadequate.

It's going to be your call finally... but since you asked for opinions... here's mine. :p
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
Yup, declined the offer, would love to get the N4 here, will wait till someone I know is coming from the UK our US.

Sent from my Desire S
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Next year appears to be the year of 5" 1080p devices. Droid DNA, HTC butterfly.... and the new Sony.

I'm just hoping that clothes manufactures will start making pockets in all garments larger to cope! :D
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
I've got bad news for you, bro:

http://www.androidauthority.com/confirmed-htc-butterfly-not-head-europe-140766/

You mean this freaking thing?
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Probably not best to ask in the main thread, but anyone on CM10.1 build 5, does a cache wipe from build 4 still work?
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Did a cache wipe, and all good

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus