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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yollasho:
On my past 3 Android phones, I haven't ever used Screen Protectors. I hate the feel and look of most of them (I know there are certain that are glass, or feel pretty much fine, but many never feel like awesome smooth glass, almost a texture sometimes), and I sometimes feel cases end up pushing up the edges, making it look like **** and needing to be replaced. Or it gets tweaked sliding it in and out of my pocket.

For good measure, WM HTC Touch Pro ended up with zero scratches on screen, lived in a case at first, then without because it was such a brick. It had a SP at first, but eventually it peeled and I said **** it. Phone felt better without (Resistive Screen with stylus). It died when I gave it to my GF for a loaner, and she dropped it and left it in a river for awhile...on the first day she had it. (my phones are in constant peril!)

The HTC Aria ended up with zero scratches and still in mint cond when I moved on to an HTC Inspire 4G. Had been dropped onto Concrete, wood, etc from at least 4 feet on occasion. Protected by HTC TPU smoked case from ATT store for entire life.

HTC Inspire 4G ended up with one very slight vertical scratch toward the far right side of the screen. I only noticed it when the screen was off, never noticed it with my finger sliding onto it, or in general use. It had a rough life, and I was happy/surprised that was the only damage it ever received. Standard drops from about 4 feet onto assorted surfaces like concrete, hardwood floors, etc. Protected by Case-Mate Tough Case from ATT store for entire life.

My GNote is still without a scratch. Has only really been dropped on carpet, and a few small drops onto hardwood floors from about 3 feet. Protected by Speck Candyshell from ATT store, then Trident Aegis (kinda **** imo), and now Cruzerlite Androidified TPU (sucked at first, broken in and a few mods with the punch from a hole puncher, now perfect).

I keep all of my phones in my front right jeans pocket with the screen against my leg, and I never leave the ATT store without a case (even if I know I'll be getting a diff case very soon). I never put anything else in my phone pocket. Also be aware if your pants have very sharp/exposed rivets above your pocket. Clean out your pockets before you wear them. Turn them inside out if you can/use packing tape or something to make sure all the possible grit/**** is gone. It's entirely possible to get sand/dirt/whatever in there, and have it remain even after washing.

When I travel by motorcycle (85% of the time), my phone goes in a ziplock bag as well, and then I put it in my backpack, or occasionally front left breast pocket of my jacket. I think if you are aware of the fact that you are carrying a $600+ device in your pocket, you can easily avoid scratches. All of the cases I use have a sufficient lip to set the phone face down, but I RARELY ever set them face down (grit/sand/etc can be so small and so easily scratch)

TL;DR-I've had great luck without a Screen Protector and prefer to run without them. Many have had the opposite and much prefer a SP for extra peace of mind. Do what you are comfortable with.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] p51d007:
Streak & Note

Had a dell streak for about 14 months. First 3-4 months had a screen protector on it, for nothing else because I had 3 win-mobile phones that the bottom area where the stylus is used, had scratches.

When the protector starting peeling off, I just chucked it. I used a soft belt case for well over a year w/o issues. Not one scratch.

When I got the Note in mid December, I didn't even bother with one. I use a Seidio ultimate case, and have had no issues, and, I use the s-pen daily.

Unless you are rough on your device, toss it around or carry it in your pocket with change & car keys, I wouldn't put one on it.

It's scratch RESISTANT, not scratch PROOF.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] netsyd:
Set my Note face down on my desk one time. Moved it about two inches realized my stupidity and flipped the phone over. Scratches about the size of my thumb across the screen.

They were light and not noticeable when the screen was on, but still. Bought a screen protector that afternoon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] E_engineer:
I use this. It's as if there is no protector.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] captivated:
I have a cheap anti-glare matte one on my note. I never scratched my captivate without a screen protector but I want to be cautious with this phone after already breaking my first note. The screen protector makes the screen look like crap ao eventually I will replace it with a clear one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gk325:
+1 on Steinhill, it is awesome. Can't even tell it is there. Do the wet apply and never a problem. you can even remove it and place it back on and never know that you did so.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Scyke:
I got a small scratch right above the search button a few days after buying it. I have the white one so it is barely noticeable. I did go to best buy that night though and get a Zagg screen protector for it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Aerials:
I really only apply a screen protector to phones only because I'm pretty OCD. Mainly when it comes to fingerprints and oil marks.

It's more so with random people using my phone than myself using it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] crazzysandman:
I would suggest the glasst screen protector yet it does cost a good chunk of change. I have always had a dedicated phone pocket (left pocket) and right is keys lol anyways that screen protector is tempored glass and is suppose to be just as good as oir gorilla glass

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slowpc:
+1 for the glas.t :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] khaytsus:
Good, because the Steinheil scratches like crazy... I've had mine on for 3 weeks, and I've randomly found new scratches on the screen protector from my pocket. No idea how, there's nothing else in the pocket, no metal, nothing rough, just the pocket.

You might want to look into AA, or ask a doctor about that...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] arch3lau5:
I would

I would get a screen protector. I just got my Note yesterday, but my SP is coming in the mail this week. I had a Galaxy S II with Gorilla Glass that never scratched in 6 months. I've read about numerous people stating that the "Gorilla Glass" on the note for some reason is much easier to scratch. Like someone said in this thread, even scratched with the S-Pen? Yea I'd get a SP. I'd recommend the Spigen Ultra Screen Protectors and if you've got the money and clearance for a case isn't an issue they even have a glass one that I have not personally tried, but heard amazing things about it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hyelton:
Did they ever change gorrlia glass makings? Back with I had my cdma galaxy s when it first came out. The mesmerize the longest owned phone I've ever had like 6 or 7 months lol I never had a screen protector on it and not one scratch
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Cernan:
I bought the $20 one from my local AT&T store. I can't remember the name to save my life. It's anti-glare with a matte finish. It makes the screen a little less brilliant. However, I tried some really cheap ultra clear protector for about a day. It was high gloss and looked fantastic until any light source hit it. It also collected finger prints. This one from AT&T never gets a fingerprint, can be washed and reapplied, no bubbles ever. You don't get bubbles b/c the protector really only sticks around the edges. I love it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] clockcycle:
Resistant, is not proof.

I've scratched, left fine lines and swirls on gorilla glass while gently cleaning the screen with a clean micro fiber cloth. Although you have to tilt the phones to see them.

I had one gorilla glass phone scratched when I gave it to a girl to look at and she wiped the screen on her shirt. Lucky it was at the top near the ear piece and not in the center. She ended up buying the phone anyways.

To each their own. Personally I prefer the peace of mind, it's heart wrenching to look at your phone and find that scratch one day, then it's too late.
[Focus General] yakaaithiri:
Hi, can anyone tell me how to make my device permanently access the Indian marketplace ...

Everytime I flash my mobile , I will set the locale and other settings to English (India), but after sometime instated of seeing the apps in rupees I am seeing in dollars...

Please help me fix this

Secondly what's the importance of radio firmware's ? What does it bring to the device? .. Is it important to update the radio firmware ?
[Motorola Droid X2] dendifelani:
is happen when i upgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5 with dx2 bootstrap recovery. my 2.3.4 rom is root before upgrade, and is now broken at 2.3.5 rom. the problem is i can't root my dx2 again, cause the superuser is still at my system and su on /system/bin. but my dx2 is not in root. all rooting applacation now failed, cause read only system memory and it can't moddified. and all my root aplication is dennied by supper user (i set allow on superuser setting). i'm trying factorry reset flash again with official 2.3.5 rom. but all failed, superuser seem eternal on my device.
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
... Did you accept the latest OTA update?
[Motorola Droid X2] trafalger888:
When you apply the 2.3.5 update to go to eclipse breaks root....and using zergrush is probably the easiest way to fix that
[Motorola Droid X2] skwoodwiva:
Older 235 update info

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24233166&postcount=225

Latest ota

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24995388&postcount=92
[Motorola Droid X2] dendifelani:
nop, no ota update
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
ok, what version, are you using then?

1.3.412?

which root methods? zurgrush or superoneclick

did you read, [ROOTING/UNROOTING] DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit [v4.0](zergRush Exploit)
[Motorola Droid X2] dendifelani:
doomlord or zergrush
[Droid 2 Global General] joel_sinbad:
Hello, I have a Droid 2 Global, with OTA .629, but already rooted and everything, but i have constant reboots since i had the phone (with .330, .607, .608 and .629) maybe its a defective phone, i dont know really, but the problem i have actually it is:

I installed the newest clockwork recovery using Rom Manager, but the recovery it doesnt do anything, it says it wipe data/cache, and very quickly, but it doesnt, it gives me error formating /system, etc...

It says that installed sucessfully Cyanogenmod 7.2 (latest nightly) but, it freezes at M logo... what should i do?
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
stop using rom manager

use a different cwm version
[Droid 2 Global General] joel_sinbad:
suggestions?
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
try droid 2 bootstrap

or you already have rom manager, you can get different cwm versions, with that

try last version that worked for you
[Droid 2 Global General] projektorboy:
This is hardly discussed or documented anywhere, but if you're using CWM, you have to flash Droid X 2nd Init and NOT Droid 2 Global as your recovery.
[Droid 2 Global General] joel_sinbad:
thank you, it worked... i used d2g recovery cmw, and didnt work...
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
that's because Rom Manager isn't recommended

I used Droid 2 bootstrap, with 2.4.33 and 4.5.608 and it worked fine

your cwm was likely corrupt, selecting Droid x just installed a complete cwm

edit: if you are using rom manager you have to use Droid X 2nd Init, or just use Droid 2 bootstrap
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
You aren't quite right.

The correct way is installing Droid 2 Bootstrap Recovery and using that to hijack. This will give you CWM 2.0.0.x. Once done, install the Droid X (2nd init) CWM via ROM Manager, and you'll end up with a fully functional CWM 5.0.0.x.

(Custom ROMs like CM7, CM9, and MIUI come with 5.0.0.x preinstalled, and restoring a backup made with 5.0.0.x is impossible if running 2.0.0.x.)
[Droid 2 Global General] joel_sinbad:
ok, i dont really get it...

using Droid X 2nd-init, it wipes and everything, and flashes CM9-D2G-04162012 and update-cm-7-20120420-NIGHTLY-droid2we-signed, coming from stock .629 firmware, and it freezes at M logo after rebooting, then is necessary sbf'ing again .608, and unbrick it againg, and is a loooong process....
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
again there are no roms built for .629, so you need to search for ones that are reported to work, and how they got them to work
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
In general, according to people who use CM9 on top of .629, any .608 ROM works on .629. There are no differences.
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
have you tried, wiping cache/data, after flashing
[Droid 2 Global General] joel_sinbad:
not for me, used latest CM9 and CM7 nightlies, freezes at M logo... only before flashing update.zip for getting from .608 (hybrid?) to .629... custom roms work somewhat ok, without wi-fi, Sound Settings fc, and other little details...

yeah, after, and before... no sucess
[Droid 2 Global General] joel_sinbad:
yeah, after, and before... no sucess
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
you could try

1-wipe data,cache,davlick

2-mount and format system

3-mount system and install zip
[Droid 2 Global General] joel_sinbad:
done, no results...
[Droid 2 Global General] hd2life:
I get the same results after flashing MIUI over .629. It flashes ok using Droid X(2-int) recovery but after that its bugy as hell. I cant switch to GSM, tried dialing 46xx number and using network toggle. GSM doesn't see to work at all and when i try to restore my old rom it gets stuck on M logo.
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
Transceiver issues are in no way related to CWM.
[Droid 2 Global General] hd2life:
It would be nice if someone who is on .629 can confirm that GSM works on CM7,9 MIUI or any other room. I want some ICS goodness but it looks like it would be just a waste of time flashing again.
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
Well, .629 doesn't really differ from .608 if you're looking at it from a custom ROM's point of view. Same kernel and modules, and that's all a custom ROM needs from the “base” system.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
project done...lol sorta. cm9 device tree released.

mods you may close and unpin if you feel neccesary
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] michaelmab88:
I had been working on it... but I sort of stopped because of school and work. I'd like it so much more if I wasn't the only one working on it because when you get stuck its hard to find someone willing to help you. You can see my stuff at github.com/mafischer

There are two empty repo's with a GB prefix, those were intednded to be for the cm7 branch I'm working on... just ignore them. The other repos are for ics.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] JKILO:
rajzzz built icsex from scratch..he should have an overlay and all on his pc to put on github
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] michaelmab88:
That would be extremely helpful!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Limewirelord:
Github is far friendlier to use on Linux, in case anyone was wondering. The Windows version isn't too bad to use, however. It's just easier to run everything in terminal.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
ill go clone you and see if my stock rom boots. thank you
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] michaelmab88:
lol... it won't (I mean i don't think its ready for that)

Edit: I'm don't think it'll even compile :D (post any compilation errors you get, or pm them to me)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
i got some build\core issues...i had to fork msm commons....but ill post the actual error when i get home
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
This thread should be stickied so it doesn't get lost.

Request sent
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
nice we got it stickied (thanks gtmaster).....below is the error when building using mike's device configuration

build/core/product_config.mk:205: *** No matches for product "htc_doubleshot". Stop.

** Don't have a product spec for: 'htc_doubleshot'
** Do you have the right repo manifest?

I have the msm8660-common forked from vorbeth's sensation repo
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] michaelmab88:
As do I,

I just re-setup my ics repo using these manifests. (I killed my previous ubuntu installation after messing around with my graphics drivers; so i reinstalled the whole os and resetup the ics repo.)

---------- Post added at 08:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:26 PM ----------

Actually its thanks to vorbeth for his progress on the opensensation tree. Mine is nothing more than a fork of his work with every instance of "Sensation" replaced with "myTouch_4g_slide" and every instance of "pyramid" replaced with "doubleshot". I wouldn't have expected it to compile.

The only additions i made were extracting the proprietary files from the doubleshot. There are many many days of code investigating ahead.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] michaelmab88:
I justed fixed a path in the cm.mk file in device/htc/doubleshot/ and it started compiling. I saw some other things that need to be fixed as well.

We've got lots of work ahead of us, but you always have to start somewhere.

Hopefully we can get other devs on board and start moving the project along! :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
definetly....and yea nice find, i just merged that in with mine
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Honestly, I think this thread needs to be moved to the development section... It should get more exposure, not to mention it's dev work

Lol, request sent

EDIT: Where the heck are tbalden and rajzzz? We need to get them in on this...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
haha Lets move it to theme and apps! tbalden is mainly a rootz user because virtuous moved there.....so he checks here occationally. rajzz haas school like me and is probably busy doing something.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] arrrghhh:
Damn you :p.

I was thinking this was dev, but since it was just getting off the ground I wasn't sure if it belonged over thar yet... Seems like you guys are making some headway, keep it up!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Gonna make you work for it ;)

Yea, I didn't expect this thread to explode into a dev thread either. Yet here we are. great work guys!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
guys check my github as well as michael's for status updates. We made a lot of progress today
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] seidler2547:
Hey guys, great work! I was actually starting to look into it, too.

I started to try and just compile the pyramid tree (following this guide), but I ran into problems:

Error: bad barrier type -- `dmb st'

As far as I understand it means it's not using the correct binutils?!? I mean, I've been compiling Android hundreds of times, just never for ARM, only x86 ;) - so can anyone point me to a solution?

Stefan

P.S.: Are you planning to compile the kernel as well? Because I saw that the pyramid kernel project has made some quite nice progress, with overclocking/undervolting during runtime and other nice features.

---------- Post added at 02:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:32 PM ----------

I think the proprietary files should not be in any public repo (danger of being sued by HTC or kicked out by Github). For the pyramid there's a shell script which pulls them of the original device via adb.

Stefan
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
Well i need proprietary-files because its the reference file on what extract-files.sh and setup-makefiles.sh work with. Why would the sue me? I wont be focusing on any errors until all the required stuff is in (but thanks for the feedback).
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savage24x:
R800x - Stock 2.3.3, DooMKerneL v02 test 2.

I changed my housing to white and put all the correct connections and all in it, but broke the game pad. I'll fix that later. Now my phone won't go past the kernel without it connected to a power source. So I flashed advanced stock kernel and that just put my phone in a boot loop, so I reflashed DooMKerneL CDMA and it booted after one battery pull, but now I get inconsistent UID's, please wipe your data partition. How do I fix this as I prefer not to lose data!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savage24x:
Come on guys... Someone has to know something! Fixing permissions didn't work.
[General Questions and Answers] navaneet31:
ia m new i have little knowledge in vb in windows applications.I want to start to learn windows mobile applications.I think this is the right place to learn.so i joined here.so help me where to start and what tools need to start.
[General Questions and Answers] TheRomMistress:
Windows Mobile development is a lost art buddy, the Marketplace is soon to be deceased. Best to head for Android ;)
[General Questions and Answers] navaneet31:
u right i dont know about that.but may be i get job opportunity in my college to code these widows mobile applications....but iw ill learn android tooo...can u suggets me plz.
[General Questions and Answers] TheRomMistress:
You need to learn to walk before you can run....play around with you smartphone first, read the threads and go from there.

Check out Chef Central in the meantime.
[General Questions and Answers] lichong000000:
Slowly learning, from simple code and the study frame
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jimlarck:
Hey everybody, New to the Galaxy Nexus Forums, I currently have an Evo 3D and I'm about to get the Galaxy Nexus as soon as it comes out for sprint, and I had a question for you all. Doing a little research before I get the phone. Is the Galaxy Nexus an awesome phone? Can you state the pros and cons? And is the there a lot of roms? I'm the type of person that's a Root-whore xD
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nav200:
I just got the phone yesterday and I can say that I spent these 2 days just flashing and trying out different roms/kernels. Development is booming on this phone. So far not many cons except for the fact that the camera and build quality could have been better. Good luck with your galaxy nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FredFS456:
Yes, it's an awesome phone. Pros:

- Gorgeous screen

- very hackable/developer friendly

- vanilla ICS

- very hard to brick

- fairly durable (compared to a certain fruit company's phone)

Cons:

- average battery life (~4 hours screen on time stock battery)

- a little big for some pockets

- mediocre camera (although it'll be good enough for most situations)

- no external SD (although you won't need it on most circumstances)

Yes, there are lots of roms, kernels, radios, hacks, whatever you name it. Take a look in the Galaxy Nexus Android Development and Themes/Mods sections.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rimmir:
I'm sort of in the same boat, currently have a Sprint Nexus S. Would you Galaxy Nexus owners recommend switching to the Galaxy Nexus or advise waiting for the Galaxy S III?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jimlarck:
And as it seems, nicer environment here, in the Evo 3D forums there is a lot of hostility around.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jimlarck:
Oh by the way, is it hard to root (Gain S-OFF) I spent 2 hours rooting my Evo 3D...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nav200:
it's actually very easy if you use the galaxy nexus toolkit in the develpment section. It basiclly unlocks the bootloader, roots and installs cwm in one go.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jimlarck:
I don't want Unlocked , I want s-off :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yguns76:
I think the camera has a great low light sensor.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yguns76:
I have the galaxy nexus, upgrade over captivate. I will never ever get a non Google phone again. My 2 cents.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JaiaV:
There is no S-ON or S-OFF with non-HTC devices. Unlocking the bootloader is all that matters with this phone. You can flash radios, kernels, boot images, etc without needing all the extra hassle needed for an HTC device.