yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] :
I like Nokia and it wins when it comes to design. But htc has more powerfull hardware. Software: hmmm.... WP7 still has a lot of problems, maybe is lag or bug free, but still it works on only one resolution, dosent have alot of apps...

So Htc wins for me.

P.S: Im not Htc fan. :D
[General Questions and Answers] vnvman:
Well regardless how smooth it is I can't deny that WP7 is quite stale in terms of hardware, but right now I'm happier with it as it is. Design and style has always been my biggest complaint about Android. You can customize it and all you want but it will never feel 100% right to me: custom launchers, widget and stuff generally don't melt together too well, making the experience less consistent compared to WP7. Sure it's not as rough as it used to be in the past, but Android still feels like a pimped car to me. Maybe my needs are very special, but WP7 does more than enough for me, I really don't need a desktop like experience on my phone. I'm still getting an Android tablet tho, at least on that kind of hardware the Android OS isn't a complete overkill to me, as I can use it as a laptop replacement or for a fully blown gaming experience on the go if I feel to, without having to think too much about the battery. My phone has to follow me an be reliable throughout the day, so I can't afford to do everything with it, making it die after a few hours of usage. To each his own I guess...
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
They've been telling us that since before 2.1, still not much.
[General Questions and Answers] vetvito:
Still spouting lies? Its optimized, just not to your standards.

Just like wp7 isn't optimized for my standards.
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
We're talking about software being optimized to run on hardware here, not being upset that we can't add a wallpaper and sideload paid apps with virtually no work.
[General Questions and Answers] vetvito:
Yeah buddy, I didnt mention either of those.

You seem hurt about it though.

Lets not mention that if your WP7 is unlocked you can sideload and auto patch paid apps without any work.
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
Yup, those with HTC's and Sammy's terrible first attempts can pirate, otherwise you're paying $100 to sideload and as a developer I find it less likely that devs will sideload. I'm happy paying 2.99 for a good game when it comes out, the devs earned it. Back to software/hardware optimization, android's biggest issue. I remember them saying they'd fix it in Eclair, now that we're on ICS, any news there?
[General Questions and Answers] vetvito:
I don't know if you're trying to be funny or you actually believe yourself. ICS is well optimized.
[General Questions and Answers] vnvman:
To be honest, ICS is as optimized as it can get. The random lag in the UI depends on how processes are handled, it's not really a flaw, it has pros and cons. Android will never be a completely streamlined and fully optimized platform, it's not really all bout that. Like every OS it has pros and cons. One should just pick whatever suits him better. That's what I did, and I must say I'm pretty happy with what I have now :)
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
I agree, but to act as though the lag isn't there gets pretty annoying. I mean, looking at some of the native apps on the new one x I still have to cringe.
[General Questions and Answers] vnvman:
Well, probably people don't see that lag because they grew very accustomed to it. Try to think about it...most people use Windows PCs. Random lag, crashes and all sorts of artifacts are pretty common; even if you have a good rig your PC will become slower at some point, and this is due both to users being dumb (mostly) and to the not so good process management. When people get a smartphone they don't really come to expect better. If you live by the lag, you die by the lag :D

At the end of the day what really matters is having some sort of peace of mind about what you're using. I do have to agree tho that it's hard not to lose your cool here on XDA at times, with all of those 10 yrs old Android fangirls plaguing the forums. Still we have to face the fact that Android has made XDA more mainstream and somewhat "bigger", more relevant on the tech scene, which isn't necessarily a bad thing...but definitely has its cons :rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] vetvito:
^ you know the future? How is it as good as it gets?
[General Questions and Answers] Calient_Boy:
htc oNE x

HTC One X is better than the LUMIA. IF this LUmia will run an Android OS which I think is impossible for Nokia to run an Android in the future. The LUMIA PHONE might be the best phone EVAH..

But with Galaxy S3. Samsung will be the best so far.
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
long gone are the days when I could discuss my old HTC touch or dash amongst reasonable people. I guess android's ruined XDA for intelligent discussion leaving us with posts like the one directly above mine.
[General Questions and Answers] vnvman:
I mean, unless it's rewritten from scratch, this is as good as it gets. Android doesn't have a separated thread for UI rendering, so it will never be as smooth as iOS or WP7. It's about the way it's built. Considering that most users aren't bothered by this, I can't see Google wasting time and resources doing something that very few will come to appreciate. Future can always prove me wrong, but I think this is pretty reasonable.
[General Questions and Answers] mistermentality:
That's the problem with rumours, they often aren't true. While I doubt all wp7 phones will be updated forever I expect newer ones like lumia 900 will be updated for a while yet. It would not make commercial sense for a companies higher end phones not to be updated.

Dave

( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
[General Questions and Answers] mistermentality:
First off in response to the so called seperated thread for ui rendering being why ios doesn't lag and android does the verge disproved that http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/1/14/2706760/the-mythical-ios-separate-high-priority-ui-thread .

With decent ram and a fast cpu I don't think it lags. I have 512 mb ram cpu and dual core cpu and only get lag when low on memory such as under 100 mb and that's on gingerbread. Newer phones with ics and 1 gb do better. And ios does lag as I've seen it on iphones, you can make any phone lag.

I know some people here say android lags horribly but it really doesn't unless you have little free ram, then it does. For me androids biggest problem is it keeps too much ram in use for apps you want closed.

Dave

( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
my gs2 lagged consistently, without fail. Half the time all I was using was the browser.
[General Questions and Answers] vnvman:
Thanks for pointing me to that article, I was actually running around with dated info without knowing it.

However I stand by my assumption that Android is overall less fluid and consistent compared to iOS or WP7, maybe that's not due to its architecture, but it is what it is. Maybe it's all about Apple and Microsoft having a more strict control over everything, and pretty much everything being cooked specificaly for a single kind of SOC/resolution. Obviously this approach has pros and cons, don't even get me started about it, this has been discussed way too much already. Please note that this shouldn't be regarded as a deal breaker or anything tho, as I said I came to realize that most people don't even "see" this kind of lag, so apparently the issue isn't really relevant. However if people were as picky as I am Android would probably be a smoother OS right now. If nobody complains then nobody will ever look into the "issue" too deeply. Fanboyism and ignorance always lead to a worse product for the user, just look at how stale iOS is and you'll have a perfect example.
[General Questions and Answers] mistermentality:
I think its primarily that android is often slapped onto devices that don't have the specs to handle it.

Ios is smooth as is wp7 but they are also more restrictive and both companies responsible exert more control as you point out and yes its possible that helps. That said I agree a lot of android devices lag more but newer ones seem to be much better than they used to.

Dave

( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
It's not a matter of the specs not handling it, it's that it's not opti,ized for the hardware.
[General Questions and Answers] Black_X:
Lumia 900
[General Questions and Answers] oldmanjenkins38:
Have the HTC One X, had the Lumia 900. As an end consumer I am happy with both devices. For me it comes down to does the product meet my needs? As with anything in this world, or needs change from second to second, minute to minute ad infinitum. In my opinion the market is saturated with devices to a point that it becomes difficult for the average consumer to detect a variance. I think the situation is best represented by the Just Noticeable Difference theory . Wherein advances in technology (being what they are) to be noticed by the average consumer need to be a particular % greater in capacity for a difference to be detected. In my opinion pixels in a camera does not a phone make. Unless you are going to blow up a picture to poster size, 42mp in a phone camera is an epitome in hyperbole. The same goes with quad core. In and of itself having quad core over dual core over single core does not mean the epitome of the core spectrum. There are software contingencies to consider for the cores increase in processing power, battery size for the increase in power consumption. For me I hope BB, WP, Android as well as IOS do well. Variety makes an industry advance and gives consumers more options. As it should be, the industry needs to be consumer driven, determining what options they are looking for in a phone. As of now (in my opinion) it appears to be a little more driven by the manufacturers (and in some ways by the service providers) determining what the consumer "really" need. This reminds me of the days when games where exclusive to one console or the other. In some ways this still happens to but to a very small degree. During that time the gaming arena was stagnant. Then again I could be wrong.
[General Questions and Answers] kroizo:
lumia900 ... OneX have some minor issues:(
[General Questions and Answers] numero41:
I have htc one x for 1 month now and I just can't stop playing with android open world.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Unfortunately a factory cable won't help, so save your money. This is caused by a bad bootloader flash. Usually from flashing a corrupt file or a .zip instead of a .bin

If you're using a VM, instead of straight Linux or LiveUSB, that could cause problems as well as the Linux version you are using. It's possible you were able to get yours to work with your current setup because the bootloader was still intact on your device.

Only you would know for sure but it's possible if the battery was low enough then it might have died while installing the bootloader, which would be the only reason you should get a factory cable.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Update:

After several successful attempts at communication with the device, I was able to get the bootloader overwritten and twrp installed. I had to customize the "usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp" script to get it to go through. It kept coming back to 'waiting for device'. Maybe I didn't wait long enough. It seemed stuck. Here is my customized script. (I removed the oem format and xloader).

#!/bin/bash

FKDIR=$(pwd)

echo "Loading FFF through USB..."

./usbboot $FKDIR/aboot.bin $FKDIR/u-boot.bin

#echo "Fixing partitions..."

#./fastboot oem format

#echo "Installing x-loader..."

#./fastboot flash xloader $FKDIR/mmcblk0p1

echo "Flash FFF..."

./fastboot flash bootloader $FKDIR/u-boot.bin

echo "Flash TWRP..."

./fastboot flash recovery $FKDIR/twrp2-blaze.img

echo "Resetting bootmode to standard boot..."

./fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000

echo "Loading TWRP..."

./fastboot boot $FKDIR/twrp2-blaze.img

Note: I was running this from my personal Linux (non VM linux system) as root. I just extracted firekit into my download dir and called the commands manually, since I didn't want to bother with a USB stick (since I run linux).[/QUOTE]

Nice good job:-)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarons510:
This is a rather extreme example of excessive quotation of a previous post, something that seems to be endemic to this site. I have seen few if any other web forums, blogs or whatever where people habitually quote fully a long comment that was posted previously, especially when it is likely to appear on the same web page. It's generally considered good practice to quote only the particular statements you are discussing, and to refer back to the post you are discussing by giving its author's id and/or the comment number.

And there is a Thanks button, after all!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Sorry, it won't happen again.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Great write up hope I never need to use it but lots of people get stuck in your situation so it should come in handy:-)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcburge:
That's basically what I did. The problems I had were:

1) not performing the short correctly

I used the wands (not sure what they are called) from an ohm meter (disconnected from the ohm meter) to make the contact with the rail. On one of the Kindles it was easier than the other. I must have tried 20 or 30 times on the one that I had the trouble with. After I had resigned that it was not going to work, I decided to try "one last time", and it worked. So, as someone else said. "Don't give up."

2) not performing the short with the battery unplugged.

I performed the whole operation of booting and overwriting the bad bootloader with the battery unplugged.

Thanks for you input.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valdai-666:
switched off...need help

I have kf, its switched off and dont switched on, with the USBboot

./usbboot aboot.bin u-boot.bin; ./fastboot boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img

kf switched on, but its loaded once to yellow triangle then switched off, then i turn on kf and no more yellow triangle.... all do in ubuntu, windows dont recognazes kf. and the firekit allows ones do one of his scripts, and that all. i stuck on firekit, whats i need flash on kf to do it works?:confused:
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] connect42@gmail.com:
Hi. Thank you for your explanation, but I am having trouble understanding one part. Step 5: Ground the "USB boot" pad on the Fire's motherboard, as described elsewhere (the USB boot shorting trick). Keep it this way for the next step.

Is there somewhere I can see a picture of this or get detailed instructions? I don't want to do it incorrectly. I screwed my Fire 8.9 up after trying to root using the Bin4ry Tool and appropraite 8.9 drivers. Now I have an unresponsive Kindle Fire 8.9. It won't power on at all.

Thank you for any help.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Gunslinger:
Yeah ... I was looking for a bit more detail on that part.... I just super-bricked my Kindle Fire 7" and am hoping that this Shorting Trick works... but I also am confused at what a Boot Pad is
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Gunslinger:
Found this buried in the forums

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19762674&postcount=51
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lightn1ng:
Old thread, I know, but where can I find how to do the shorting trick
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
[INDEX] Kindle Fire Development
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lightn1ng:
Maybe I'm being dumb but I can't find it :silly:
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
post #4 Unbricking

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61563704&postcount=4
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lightn1ng:
Alrighty I've gotten it recognized on my Linux PC as OMAP444x USB Device!

I haven't a clue what to do next. thanks in advance!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NguyenHuu:
This is probably the most useful feature for me. I really miss it coming from cyanogenmod. Basically with screen off, you can control next and previous songs by long pressing the volume buttons. It is not available in stock of course. I tried several music apps but no luck. Anyone know of another way?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] niceppl:
=.=...not I know off ATM.....

wait...Perfect CWM.....WAIT for AOSP.....WAIT FOR CM9.....WAIT FOR AOKP...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Cryosx:
Lmt launcher. Set gesture or pie button to activate back/forward key. Going to do this now :)

Make sure to set min gesture score/path length lower (50 and 5 work well). Device input 2 is what works for our phone.

Right now I have:

square and diamond for pause/play (key 85)

rightDouble for next song (key 87)

leftDouble for previos (key 88)

updownDouble and downupDouble for wifi toggle

works very well outside of chrome. you'll need to hit the omnibar and then the gesture for it work in chrome
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] nephipower:
I use Jays headset from the Play store and it works great for me
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] felipenium:
do you know of an app that let skips song just with the volume buttons ??
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Jomyah:
I used to be able to download from mediafire from my phone I've tried three different browsers dolphin,opera mini and stock. I'm running the new 2.34 rooted by kwes all I get is a blank page. Any help thanks.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] g1user101:
Hold the download and press launch in new window.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Jomyah:
No workie for me, but thanks anyway
[T-Mobile LG G2x] buru898:
Opera always works for me.

Think you have to press download, then "try again" and download and it should work.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] monte666:
What he's saying is that it loads a blank page no button to press I'm having the same problem on stock 2.3.4
[T-Mobile LG G2x] PhantomRampage:
I noticed this yesterday as well.

I think the problem is that mediafire doesn't like the android user agent anymore.

If your browser supports it, change your user agent to desktop and refresh the page. You'll be able to download after that.

The browser I used was Boat Browser btw. You guys should check it out
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Jomyah:
I tried that with dolphin. I was able to download kwes rooted version that was also mediafire, after that doesn't seem to work. I'll try boat browser.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Nicoaardappel:
i was having problems too but then i tried in on my laptop and it didnt work either so i am assuming it has to do with mediafire
[T-Mobile LG G2x] monte666:
I get blank pages on media fire on my g2x. Same page loads perfect on my sensation. I've tried five browsers still blank
[T-Mobile LG G2x] PhantomRampage:
Did you try switching your user agent?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Jomyah:
Weird, finally got it to work with ipad user agent on dolphin browser.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ahirwar:
mediafire download problem in android p350

I tried all the browser and changed user agent also

but result was same for me in LG p350

Sorry for my bad English

Need help devs, please give any solution

Thanks in advance
[T-Mobile LG G2x] monte666:
Yea definitely tried different user agents still blank seems odd my sensation loads on the stock browser cause I hate my sensation
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jaywillsoul:
There's a downloader app in the market place that's supposed to help alleviate this issue as well as downloading of large files or files that tend to fail. Sadly I don't remember what it's called.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mrsixonetwo:
Its called download all
[T-Mobile LG G2x] psychoace:
I think everyone is ignoring this and it seems like the most likely solution
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ahirwar:
mediafire download problem via mobile solved

Guys

mediafire download problem solved now

clear cache and change user agent android to

Linux desktop by browser setting

Enjoy to download from mediafire

Happy to help
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dokvader114:
if i WIPE DALVIK, BATTERY AND CACHE it delete my games or prosses in the games i have?

ty for helpers :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] myawan:
NO they will not be deleted. Wiping dalvik, cache or battery stats doesn't effect you applications.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sushant_1727:
what it means flash/boot ?

i had seen on some rom posted that before installing wipe/ boot !!

what does wipe/ boot means, i had wiped all cache, battert, dalvik..
[Optimus One, P500, V General] morph7777777:
Wiping only dalvik, cache and boot stats won't delete any app or app data from the phone....Wiping Data is the one which does that:)

Wiping of data is needed to uninstall any installed apps before doing a fresh/clean install of a new ROM

Otherwise it's most probable that the new ROM gets installed wrongly (except cm7 nightlies)

So before flashing new ROM do-

Data wipe,Dalvik, cache, battery stats wipe:cool:

Press thanks button if I helped you ;)
[HTC Sensation] Arandajeanluc:
if i open the music app. it doesnt show my songs. if i open the gallery, doesnt shows pic. any fixes?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] PeeHoo:
Is there any way to get that app for HTC sensation?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] pjfriend:
I'll give way to someone more knowledgeable but if you mean S Planner I think it's dependant on Touchwiz so you'd need a port of the whole shebang.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Zamboney:
Yes, sell your Sensation and get a Note - everything is much better!
[HTC One X] guardian1128:
Accidentally dropped on one X on the floor in work today ( luckily it's carpeted so no damage, just bounced, heh ), but as I picked it up I noticed a new icon next to the wi-fi icon that i've never seen before on any HTC device, anyone know what it is or means? it's the grey one, can't find any reference to it anywhere i've looked today. :confused:
[HTC One X] mrlove6:
I think but not so sure..... it is 75% Google Tag
[HTC One X] Stuart.upton666:
RSS reader.
[HTC One X] guardian1128:
As far as I remember, i've never added an RSS reader and can't see anything in running apps suggesting anything like it running, any ideas how to get rid of it or find out what launched it?
[HTC One X] mrlove6:
If you are rooted you have to uninstall it from system, just check it now it is Tag from google.
[HTC One X] guardian1128:
ok, after having a further play with it, i've found out what it actually was, it's the Near Field Communication icon (NFC) , must have pressed the activation button as I was picking the phone up off the floor, no wonder i've never seen that icon before, lol.
[HTC One X] mrlove6:
so when u turned it off the icon disappeared ? or not yet? coz i just turned on my NFC now and i got icon, i am on Energy Rom now
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sojcar:
Hi,

I would like to know what is the best battery upgrade. Sometimes i need to use my phone for geocashing for more than two days and it is very boring trying to find time for waiting for charging. So I'm looking for best solution like extended battery or something like that. Size is not important for me, but i want something quality. Can you help me please ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Jojotron:
Since size isnt a problem, id say.. get the Mugen 3200mah battery.

The quality is good and it has almost twice the capacity of the original.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] andyb122:
Official samsung 2000 mah is pretty good. I get about 30% more usage on a full charge.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] PINki92:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1649119
[Galaxy S II Accessories] thedadio:
I bought a 9.99 3000mah battery from Ebay. Cut a hole in the back of my cover so it would fit. Anyway I'm getting over 36 hours between charge with moderate use. Atm I'm on 55% battery and I'm on 18 hours 16min. Data on. Sync on. half brightness
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sojcar:
thanks a lot for you ansvers :)