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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trevoryour:
Originally I bought the Verizon Nexus on Launch day. The phone's signal and battery was horrible until I rooted and loaded the newest radios available but even then my signal strength was pretty bad.

I eventually exchange the Nexus for the Razr because I was told Motorola has the best radios around. The Razr is nice and all but its impossible to get a stable version of ICS on it. I hear rumors that with the release of 4.0.4 for Verizon's Nexus the signal issues have been solved. I would like some feedback on everyone's experiences so I know if I should switch back to the Nexus or stay with the Razr.

What do you guys think?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
Yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] imnuts:
Some people still have signal issues, but I've seen fewer with issues since the second 4.0.4 OTA that was grabbed. The Nexus will likely also see software support longer, and the radios will continue to be tweaked and improved as more and more data is received from new radio performance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgalan14:
That's a hard desicion I have my nexus on sprint and I got no problems but my nexus s 4G had a lot radio issues idk if they got fix with ICS but what features are you looking on a phone ? If you don't want to carry an extra battery (I carried an extra battery stock one doesn't cut it) then I would keep the rzer Max(if you have the one) and idk how cameras compare I do know that galaxy nexus is good enough for me but it could be better
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trevoryour:
I'm a power user. I want to tweak and play. I don't have the Razr maxx so the battery life is comparible to the Nexus but I at least could run the extended battery with it. I loved my nexus when i had it. the only complains I had were signal. Other than that I loved the phone.

I keep hearing that the Nexus will be supported longer and that they will eventually work out the signal issues. Thats all well and good but its already been 6 months. will it take them another year and half to get it sorted out? So far Google has not been quick to release updates to the Nexus. I think Verizon might be the problem.

Another option for me is the Rezound which now has ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgalan14:
I think is more of a network issue since sprint fixed it in a week time and GSM never had problems
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
No problems here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trevoryour:
Sprint doesn't have LTE anywhere yet so I don't think you can say its fixed with Sprint quite yet. You can't compare the GSM version because it isn't using the same hardware or firmware. If it was a network issue then why is it that the Nexus is the only phone to have these issues. I switched to the Razr because it didn't have the same issues. The Rezound also appears to not have the signal issues the Nexus had. It sounded to me like the Nexus's issues were radio firmware related. My question is are the issues fixed with the new firmware or should I go to the Rezound?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Do whatever you want OP. Posting here and asking that question will just get you "yes" answers. If going back the GN is something you really want to do then do it. It's what I'd do (because its on the GN forums and I own one... if you post on the RAZR forums then RAZR users would say stay with the RAZR).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dg4prez:
the rezound has a solid radio and ICS. it actually has a really good chipset even on 3g, you can call and use data at the same time, something only it and the thunderbolt can do on CDMA. but the ICS builds are all sense based at the moment. there is no aosp, and there won't be until the RIL is cracked and released.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marek.ns:
I would like to ask if there is any way to use hardware buttons in (most of) games - like in emulator for gameboy or so. Is there any app for it?

Thank for answer.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stamatis:
You mean to use them in games thar not support it?!

I don't think so..

Only for closing the games and in some for menu :p
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dagger:
Go to the emulator settings, there must be an option for mapping hardware keys.

Press thanks if I helped:D:D:D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marek.ns:
Yeah I thought games that are not native supported. So hardware buttons mapping works only in emulators and games that support it by creator, there is no universal app to make it work in any game, isnt it?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stamatis:
Yes that's what I told...

At least i don't know any app or a way to do it.....
[HTC Wildfire S] senchait:
I am having a problem for a few days. The moment i switch on my wifi hotspot or connect to my pc using tethering the data network on my phone drops.

It still says turned on in the status bar but the connection icon is gone and i cant connect to the internet.....

Anybody here with any idea what's wrong, any help will be greatly appreciated....

Mine is a custom ROM but the phone is rooted.
[HTC Wildfire S] markyc25:
I got same problem on stock rom and custom rom it makes no sence it was working last week
[HTC Wildfire S] Android311:
Flash a new Rom, if it works on that new Rom then there is something going on in that Rom. I had a Rom work great for weeks then all the sudden
[HTC Wildfire S] markyc25:
I just installed a stock Rom its not working on it either
[HTC Wildfire S] Android311:
Might be your service provider, give them a call
[HTC Wildfire S] balakrishnan111:
I think You have to Choose any One(Bcoz me too have that prbm)

Either

Mobile Data + USB Tether

OR

Mobile Data + Hotspot
[HTC EVO 3D] mike.r.olson:
http://briefmobile.com/lg-ls970-eclipse-coming-with-1-5-ghz-quad-core-krait-cpu

1.5GHz Krait 28nm S4 quad-core, APQ8064 chipset, Adreno 320, 2GB RAM, 13MP rear cam, 4Q release on Sprint...

Demoed in February: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5590/qualcomm-shows-off-quad-core-krait-apq8064-at-15-ghz-

Fap fap fap?

Also, SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] NewZJ:
Looks promising, hopefully it will live up to the hype
[HTC EVO 3D] Meanee:
Eh.. User experience is better on HTC IMO.
[HTC EVO 3D] akiradavis:
I'll hit that if its dev friendly and ASOP. Anyone have experiences with LG devices. I really don't see them around.
[HTC EVO 3D] mike.r.olson:
My buddy has an Optimus G2X on T-Mobile that has full support for MIUI ICS and CM9, so I figure dev support should be there... Maybe?
[HTC EVO 3D] aypanthony:
Impressive....most impressive.

I wonder how good the camera will be. Dang, I had my heart set on the Evo LTE....now I am doubting that.
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
Well you have about 8-10 months to get your money ready till its released.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
Nope I'm still set on the evo lte
[HTC EVO 3D] xeper:
I'd almost be excited, if it weren't LG.
[HTC EVO 3D] Genjinaro:
Kudos to LG

I guess they've had enough of HTC & Samsung dumping spec sheets all over them.

Although I'm still getting the EVO LTE, I think LG has something to be proud of here.
[HTC EVO 3D] mike.r.olson:
With all the debate about HTC vs. Samsung support for the dev community, wouldn't it be awesome if LG popped up as like a dark horse, fully supported and encouraged development on their hardware and shocked everybody?
[HTC EVO 3D] ncfastls1:
While the specs look beast, I'm not so sure about the LG user experience and update schedule.

I think I'm going to wait for the next HTC flagship with the quad core A15 krait and adreno 320 gpu. While the one x/evo lte is nice, its not worth signing another two year contract for. My 3D is damn fast how it is and will only get faster as mikeys development continues on his ics rom.
[HTC EVO 3D] o0adam0o:
How will the screen compare to One X? Im not too worried about the processor or ram. My 3D does everything fine.. i dont play games or anything like that.
[HTC EVO 3D] gk1984:
I've owned an LG optimus s (loved it) and my fiance had the LG revolution (worst phone ever). the difference? the optimus had sprints ui spring ID and it ran well. the revolution? that had LG's flavor and ran like the crap. The revo has way more hardware specs than the optimus, but you wouldn't have guessed it...

The thing both phones had in common... slow update schedule... er, almost nonexistent. So, I wouldn't hold my breath for LG... if this phone is this high on the hardware and is an experience like the revolution... it'll actually perform like the phones of this previous fall (excluding benchmarks - i'm talking personal user experience).
[HTC EVO 3D] Genjinaro:
My only gripe with LG is the dismal update schedule.

Their Optimus 3D only recently recieved the Gingerbread update... Talk about late to the table.
[HTC EVO 3D] SoraX64:
"He did reconfirm the 4th quarter release schedule for the device"

Okay.. so it's going to release with a quad core Krait and 2GB of RAM closer to the end of the year, when that will probably be a standard in all high end phones.

Just wait for whatever HTC or Samsung have.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
wow I can't believe they actually are doing this....pairing the APQ8064 with the MDM9615.....is it really worth all that in the end?.....my answer is no b/c adding the MDM9615 likely takes up space of something else or at the very least makes things different than the normal layout of just having the one SoC with integrated modems...

They have to do it like that with the APQ8064 if in a phone b/c that SoC even though an S4 chip, it has no modem's like the others do...

personally id rather wait and get the SoC next years evo over getting this thing if it were up to me...that and its an LG...lol
[HTC EVO 3D] starplaya93:
Whoa...this thing seems pretty amazing. As long as the build quality and dev community were anywhere from decent to great, this phone would end up being AMAZING. I'm not so sure where all the negative speculation about the "LG experience" is coming from, I haven't heard much negativity about them in the past. Most feedback towards them seems pretty indifferent and/or good. I can't imagine any experience being all that bad with the amount of customization that we have on Android.

Assuming I don't give in and get the EVOLTE (that's what i'v decided to call it btw, lol) or SGSIII i'll definitely be keeping an eye out for this...

i can't believe how fast things are moving. What technology do you guys figure we'll have by next summer?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yollasho:
Hey guys and gals,

I was tired of Root Explorer and had tried a bunch of other file explorers FX, ES, File Expert, and some others. There's probably better/similar like xplore with it's tree view but figured I'd mention this one because it's less ugly and works well.

Last night I found https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solid.explorer.

Solid Explorer beta. It's pretty nifty. Decent looks, a light and dark theme, and dual pane browsing.

In portrait the panes swipe back and forth, but in landscape on the GNote they are a great size. It has four different view options, and the panes can have different views.

I was wanting to clean up some of my internal/external SD cards and this was perfect.

It allows drag and drop into folders or into the other pane, and can be set to copy or move.

Seems cool, figured I'd tell peeps about it since it's pretty nice on the note.

You can activate multi select by tapping a file icon or long press details area for context menu.

It also does standard file explorer stuff. Zips, jump to root, internal, external, bookmarks. Ftp, etc. Operation history

I haven't tested everything but it made cleaning up a bit easier. It has root access but I've only edited some .kl files in system/usr nothing major.

Here's some screens I capped. All in the dark theme.

Per-pane views

Properties, to show what's taking up space.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] the2rrell:
Yea the collective started cooking this app into there roms.......i have been playing with it. it is a good alternative to Root Explorer. just have to get used to it.

good looking though man, im sure others would like to know about it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yollasho:
Yeah. It does take a bit of learning to interact with it like any new app. So many of them are just ugly. Root explorer is awesome, but it could stand a UI update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] the2rrell:
+1 on the UI update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] e30andrew:
It is definitly a great file explorer. I love it for the drag and drop dual pane setup.

I use it when i remember to, but i always seem to gravitate back to Root Explorer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yollasho:
Yeah. For me, I removed Root Explorer from my homescreen and replaced it with this so I would use it more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
Works great. Thanks.

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sweetboy02125:
does it have an option to set permission as Root ex?

Sent from my AT&T Galaxy Note™ - please forgive any typos
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Rocket42:
yes, and it willl auto mount when need be. I too use this now only thanks to The Collective who have been baking in it their ROMS. Awesome app and the Dev is very responsive too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yollasho:
Yeah, sorry I should have more explicitly stated that.

Sent from my bigass phone or whatever on ICS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] remizik:
edit : wrong topic, sorry
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Clark Joseph Kent:
It is a great file manger...used it when it first came out and still do....gtg!
[General Questions and Answers] Deedeehtc:
Please please can some one give me some advice or guidence on upgrading this phone.

Some time ago i tried many times to upgrade my HTC Hero GSM phone to a more modern OS. At that time every thing i tried failed, so now im trying again, step by step.

I have followed the

HTC Hero (GSM): Full Update Guide, as far as i know, to the letter.

Im trying to install Amon_Ra's Recovery

At the last command of

adb shell /data/local/flash_image recovery /data/local/recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img

And i get an error message of

[1] Illegal instruction /data/local/flas...

I hope i have not done some thing stupid as putting the files i the wrong location, which is C:\ android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

the firmware version is 2.1 update1

I have spent hours and hours on this in the past, and this is my last chance before i give it up as a bad job!

With many thanks in advance,

Deedee.
[General Questions and Answers] Jhero357:
Hi

I am also having a problem updating my HTC Hero GSM from 2.1 to 2.2 so i can get aps2SD to work. My phone is already rooted

Information about Phone

ClockWorKMOD: 2.0.1.3

Firmware: 2.1-update1

Baseband Version: 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18

Kernel: 2.6.29-063c4d24 HTC-kernel@and18-2#1

Build: 3.32.405.2 CL191507 release keys

Software: 3.32.405.2

Browser: webkit3.1

what i did

I downloaded the following file FROYO_2.2.1_Final_Android_Stock.zip

I renamed it update.zip

I did a nandroid backup

I copied update.zip to root of SD card

I applied update.zip

It went through successfully

Then after i reboot

I get the word 'android' stuck on screen

I restored my nandroid backup

Then i tried the same process with Elelinux-7.2-Hero-v3.8.zip

now the phone is stuck at 'HERO' on the screen

Does anyone know where the OTA zip files are located after they are downloaded?
[Flipout and Charm General] mr_5kool:
There was a guide on debranding Orange Flipout. According to that post, we need to use "BL_9110_umts_ruth_HS_Consumer_replacer.sbf" to unlock the locked CG, therefore, we can flash a custom ROM to Orange Flipout.

But some people have the AT&T version (including me). I think there's a difference about the locked CG between Orange and AT&T version. One of my friends says the locked one is CG31. I'll post the link of CG31.smg and also the AT&T ROM here. Anyone knows how to unlock AT&T bootloader, please help (make a new unlocked smg or give instruction). My bootloader is also 9110. I appriciate!

The link:

CG31: mediafire.com/?4bt4gft19x9rm63

AT&T ROM: mediafire.com/?g1kxa7onfo6xnqr

(I dont have permission to post links so copy and paste it into your browser address. I'm sorry for this inconvenience and for my bad English)
[Flipout and Charm General] belot:
mr_5kool have you solve it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Brett3rThanU:
I've already rooted and unlocked my bootloader and I'm just about to load a custom ROM, however where do I put the files so when I wipe/factory reset they don't get deleted? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Your files don't get deleted. Only data and apps on android partition
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
Anywhere outside /system. i.e. place them on the part of your sd card where your pics, music, etc... live.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DutchDogg54:
Really? That doesn't seem right for some reason...I just unlocked & rooted my girlfriends new Verizon Nexus but didn't put a ROM on it right then (which I should have done :o ), and during that process all of her photos and apps were deleted. I luckily had backed up photos, sms backups, etc. off of the device so I was able to transfer those back, but it was bone stock (like nothing on it at all) after that process. Is that "wipe" different than the "wipe data/factory reset" we have to do before going onto most of the ROMs for the Nexus?

Sorry about my ignorance...I'm an Epic 4g Touch owner so I'm well versed in it, but just starting to learn about the Verizon Nexus. Thanks a lot guys.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
Unlocking the bootloader wipes it all; but a wipe data/factory reset from CWM doesn't touch your virtual sd card, i.e. photos, etc... remain. The OP is already unlocked, so he's "safe".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] umbra6:
I will answer your specific question, "Where to put files so a wipe won't delete them?" If you want to be safe, on your computer or on anything external other than the phone. I only say this because the phone does not have an external sd card. Ill repeat what I said in another thread...we don't backup for the disasters we foresee but for the ones we don't.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Only the factory recovery wipes the /data/media ("/sdcard") partition. Any third-party community-built recovery (like ClockworkMod Recovery or TeamWin Recovery Project) will wipe everything except /data/media.

So, to answer your question, as long as the files are on your phone's pretend SD card (the default for user-created content and files you transfer to your phone), they won't be wiped when installing a custom ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DutchDogg54:
Awesome - thank you both for your responses. That's actually a pretty cool little feature. I wish my phone could have apps retained after doing a "data/factory reset" wipe, which is such a good idea when going between ROMS.

I am stating that correctly, right? Apps, app data/caches, pretty much everything but system apps will be retained after a 3rd party data wipe? I just want to be sure, especially since it's not my device I'd be messing with :cool: Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
No, I'm afraid not. Applications will be wiped, as they reside on /data/app. The only item not wiped is the /data/media partition. Plug your phone up to your computer - the files and folders that you see listed will remain after a full wipe. Everything else will be gone.

Though, to be technical, a "factory reset" wipe primarily wipes /data (except for /data/media) and /cache. You'll generally have to manually wipe (through recovery) /system.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DutchDogg54:
Yeah, that's what I was thinking...thought it was a little too good to be true. No biggie...that's what Titanium backup is for ;)

So, just to play devils advocate...if I were to copy, for instance, the go sms backup file that's created when you backup files to the /data/media partition, theoretically that would be retained, correct? That's about the only thing that would be lost doing a 3rd party wipe that couldn't be TB restored...and when I talk about the go sms back up I would like to throw things like her circle launcher setup backup files, etc. in that ring...what do you think about that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
A lot of apps (I can't speak specifically for those, unfortunately) actually keep their user-created backup files in a directory on /data/media, so those would be safe. I know that Nova Launcher, Titanium Backup, Tasker, and some others do that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
The SD card does not get wiped between rom flashes using Cwm. Only the first boot loader unlock does everything get wiped.

So all my files and pics on my SD card stay in tact when I wipe in Cwm or flash a new rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lamenting:
Hi all,

I have a similar question.. I'm wanting to know where I can safely put the ROM zip because I want to wipe the sdcard0 partitiion

If I put it in /data/media I should be able to select it from there in CWM recovery right?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
after wiping sdcard partition, just use adb to push files to sdcard.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lamenting:
So I rebooted into recovery, formatted the sdcard.

Now when I try to push the file in adb, it's not showing up.

Tried pushing to both /storage/sdcard0 and /sdcard but they're not showing up when i ls into them from shell. In fact I can't acces /sdcard at all, but /storage/sdcard0 is empty.

I can't mount /sdcard in CWM either.

Help!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Try /data/media, as that is where the "sdcard" data actually resides. The other locations are just links that point here

You may need to use the recovery option to mount /data.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lamenting:
Thanks!

I ended up flashing back to stock and then flashed a new ROM and it seems to be working OK.

In the future, though, what should I have done different to avoid not being able to access /sdcard?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
I'd just try accessing it via /data/media instead. The other links may not be created before the system actually boots.
[Motorola Droid 3] The-Captain:
So I know a lot of people have moved on from the Droid 3. I am one of those people that is still perfectly happy with it. I have an extended 3500 math battery that gets me twice as far as stock and it has been a great phone. I also go case less and have come to realize that this is a tough phone after dropping it on concrete and wood floors many times. What so you think of yours?
[Motorola Droid 3] leerpsp:
When i 1st got it it was a upgrade from a lg ally and i loved it i will like the razer but dont have the money for it but my droid 3 i love it its been the best phone i have had i have this $30 lather case for it its been a good phone and way faster then the other phone i had
[Motorola Droid 3] danifunker:
My XT860 is pretty good. I'm trying to get 2 years out of it, so far it's been only 8 months, but I think it might be able to go a little further. ;)

If we could get ICS fully up and running, I don't think I'll look at getting a new phone until the 2 years have elapsed. I love the phone so much I am buying a secondary backup one from another xda member this weekend.

I have the extended battery in it which usually lasts me the full day. D4 doesn't have removable battery, what gives? I need a keyboard phone and love the power...
[Motorola Droid 3] doogald:
The phone is fine - it does everything that I need it to do, will be great through update time next June, and, unless there are a ton of apps that are ICS-only that come out by then, I think it will be fine even if it stays GB. I will likely keep this phone as a GSM travel phone unless my next phone can be the same, and just use the D3 when we are away from Verizon.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dri94:
I love the droid3. The keyboard and everything about it. I do want the droid4 tho because i hate having things in my pocket. So a thinner phone would be nice
[Motorola Droid 3] wtfisthat:
Loving me Droid 3

Even though I've only had the phone for a few days I'll comment anyway. It is probably the best functioning handheld device I've ever had (I've been through quite a few over the years). It replaced a basically defunct make and model of phone that I had an extended warranty for.

edit:

This thing is a horrid battery hog 26 minutes of solid use and it's down from 100% to 80%!