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[Motorola Photon 4G] findthedr:
The U.S. International Trade Commission today ordered an import ban on Motorola Mobility Android products, agreeing with Microsoft that the devices infringe a Microsoft patent on 'generating meeting requests' from a mobile device. The import ban stems from a December ruling that the Motorola Atrix, Droid, and Xoom (among 18 total devices) infringed the patent, which Microsoft says is related to Exchange ActiveSync technology.

Today, the ITC said in a 'final determination of violation' (PDF) that 'the appropriate form of relief in this investigation is a limited exclusion order prohibiting the unlicensed entry for consumption of mobile devices, associated software and components thereof covered by ... United States Patent No. 6,370,566 and that are manufactured abroad by or on behalf of, or imported by or on behalf of, Motorola.' Motorola (which is being acquired by Google) was the last major Android device maker not to pay off Microsoft in a patent licensing deal. Microsoft has already responded to the decision, saying it hopes Motorola will now reconsider."
[Motorola Photon 4G] xopher.hunter:
Ha
[Motorola Photon 4G] bitbang3r:
Roflmao. It's too bad Microsoft doesn't have a patent on locked bootloaders. :-D
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
They'll pay.

Or, hey, how about this? Since this is a corporate thing that somebody like me will never use, why not only put it on a few business-class phones, and push the cost onto the consumer? Or, take it out of the phone, and sell it as an app? That way, those who want it can pay Motorola for the software and Microsoft for being a patent troll.

Also interesting to note that Microsoft now, as well as Apple, has sent a message to Android users that they are unable to openly compete (since they aren't giving away the software, they can't sell the same hardware as cheaply). That tells me that WP7 (as well as iOS) isn't a sustainable platform as long as Android is around. And I wouldn't bet against Google. I'd think it less wise to bet against Apple and Microsoft, but Google's got them in a panic.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FC809:
Thanks for the laugh haha.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
Kind of reminds me of the days when RedHat 5.1 was makin it big. At that time MS had like 93% of the OS market. I think they tried something similar against Linux. I remember by the time it was all over with Linux had like 6 or 7% of the OS market.

Some said 7%, what l's the big deal? Think about it. All those millions of PC's that were lost to Linux. It's about money and control and Gates was losing some. Same thing with Android phones. I think the "infringement" on activesync is bull. It's just another attempt by a greedy company not wanting to loose money.

My MoPho's in the kitchen sink!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
Seem Apple and Microsoft have team up to try and crush Android
[Motorola Photon 4G] findthedr:
for what it is worth, googles purchase of Motorola was approved by chineese regulators with the requirement that Android stay open for at least 5yrs. That was the last remaining hurdle for purchase.

Hopefully google will improve motorola as well as the photon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] chabun:
Well, can you tell me someone that has spent more money for the society than Gates (Roughly half of his fortune is in his foundation) and is still quite modest and down-to-earth?

(Just sayin that it's not fair to bash Gates)

Anyway, I hate those legal battles, too. I'd say stop crying and start developing innovative stuff to be competitive!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] iONEx:
Technology can't advance if ****ty companies like MS and Appple continue to claim every little thingy as theirs.

Android on the other hand continues to grow in popularity, because of its openness.

And it's getting better every day because users&devs can improve every aspect of it.

If you have iOS though, you're left at the mercy of apple. Nothing you can do 'bout that :p

I'd choose open source over proprietary bs any time :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] kgthenerd:
Dear Microsoft,

Please make Motorola release official kernel sources, drivers and other BS stuff.

And not to forget make them unlock the bootloders.

Getting things sorted out for couple of million $$$ isn't going to be a fair deal.

Make them pay for their evil work :P

Your's truly

Proud WinUbuntu User
[Motorola Photon 4G] LiquidSolstice:
Because Android is of course completely open source and there is nothing proprietary about it, right?

Newsflash, buddy. Android as XDA knows it is not Android as the rest of the world knows it. As much as you'd love to think the world of smartphones revolves around XDA and it's open to everyone and it's amazing and beautiful and so simple, people who root and reflash are the minority and always will be. Android is not growing because of it's openness. It's growing because it doesn't cost anything and anyone can slap it on a ridiculously crappy phone and call it a "smartphone" and sell it on a high margin.

Please don't be fooled for one second into thinking that the use of Android outside of high-end devices is anything more than businesses trying to efficiently make money.

This is exactly the sort of arrogance from Android users that piss me off and sometimes make me a shamed to be a fan of Android. Microsoft and Google aren't doing anything less than what Google would do, but I have no doubt you people would all bow down to Google if Google attacked Microsoft or Apple, because of course that's ok.

You can sit there for ages smack-talking Apple and Microsoft as much as you want, but the truth is simple; as awesome as Android is, it's full of patent-infringing stuff, and will continue to be for a long time. The only reason it doesn't bother you is because you're all Android fans.

Microsoft had every right to do what they did, for the longest time they were perfectly content with just taking license fees on every Android device made. Was it a bit slimy for them to do it recently instead of much earlier? Obviously, but then again, Google pushed out an operating system without full understanding what they were creating.

I'm thankful for Android, but Android is not god. Google is not perfect. They infringed and they got burned for it. This is what happens in the business world. The way IP works does not change just because you are a fan of the "victim" company.

I came into this thread hoping for mature conversation about what happened, but it seems everyone has decided they're industry experts and that Android's quality as an operating system has anything to do with its status as patent-infringing or not.

Sad.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
I agree with you, except one thing.

There are many nonsense patents, all these companies got patented for some reason, I do not understand.

Maybe one day, you won't be able to plant some kind of a flower, because it's growing too fast and someone has patent, that this kind of flower cannot grow faster, because he has patent, that only his way is the right way and you will pay for it, that you know it.

Just a symbolic example. ;-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] scoobdude:
Monsanto?
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Lol...

No. :-)
[HTC One S] mikea3000:
So I have both phones and have been using the One S as my daily driver since it came out. Below is my assessment of the pros/cons of each device for those of you on the fence.

Positives

-The One S has a much nicer design and feels much better in the hand, build quality feels more luxurious

-I prefer the screen of the One S much more even though it is smaller. This device really is the perfect size. The resolution is much better, the icons on the SGSII just seemed too big.

-I also think the screen is brighter on the One S, the auto brightness on the SGSII always made the screen too dark.

-Battery life on the One S blows the SGSII out f the water, so much better.

-updates historically come out faster for HTC devices

--Camera is just plain awesome

Some negatives

-For some reason my stock unrooted SGSII feels faster in day to day operation

-Reception on the One S stinks in comparison to the SGSII. Not sure why, but in places I used to get low 4G on the SGSII, the One S gets no signal at all

-I believe call quality is better on the SGSII, at least from the perspective of the other party. People often complain that when I use the One S, I sound robotic and like I am in a tin can.

-No SD or removal battery

So its really a toss up. I use the phone a lot as a phone, so the poor call quality and poor reception is a tough one to swallow. On the other hand I love the screen and camera on the One S so much.

Do you gus think the reception issue can be fixed with a software update or is that Hardware?

I am worryied about this a lot, because my son just got the ICS update on his sensation and reception got even worse fr him, less bars and drops 4g often.

Hope this helps some of you.
[HTC One S] WCCobra:
Thanks for the review. My guess is the call quality on the One S is lowered by the noise cancellation
[HTC One S] seangprice:
Great review!
[HTC One S] ErriK89:
I agree with your review at all but I think that one s is faster than SGS2. With many apps installed my one S is still fast like new while sgs2 tends to slow down.
[HTC One S] qwerty warrior:
i owned the GS2 since launch and ill get the One S about 2 days

i also agree that the sound quality issue is because of noise cancellation

i had the same issue in early GS2 builds
[HTC Wildfire S] benjamingwynn:
Most people seen to not know the difference between a soft brick, a boot failure and a total brick, I made this post to explain...

Boot failure: commonly referred to as 'the HTC screen', 'the white screen' and of cause the 'help me my phone is stuck - problem'. This problem can be caused by many things, including the kernel, library's and ramdisk (think of a ramdisk like a map of your phones internal hardware). This can easily be resolved by flashing a new ROM.

Soft brick: Is where your phone gives out no screen output, but does give out some vibrations or you can access the bootloader utility/hboot, this can be fixed by flashing an RUU

Brick: your phone is as useless as a brick. It does not turn on nor make any vibrations, and you can not access the bootloader utility. There is no way to fix this.

Here's some ways to avoid soft bricking/bricking:

- Don't flash unofficial radio firmware

- Don't flash unofficial hboot software

- Don't throw your phone

- Don't flash anything suspicious in hboot

- Don't flash an RUU not designed for your phone

Here's some common misunderstandings:

- Roms, on there own will never brick your phone

- Kernels will never brick your phone (on the wildfire s at least)

- The bootloader is not the radio

- Too many flashes will not brick your phone (however, you may make the internal memory smaller by KB because of bad sectors, but that story is for another time :D)
[HTC Wildfire S] vbhtt:
Hey could i copy some of this stuff to my unbrick tutorial? (with quotes of course)
[HTC Wildfire S] davidang:
Ben would love to i think so
[HTC Wildfire S] csoulr666:
Correct me if i'm wrong but I think a complete brick can be fixed via JTAG
[HTC Wildfire S] Thrawed:
If it can be fixed then it was never bricked to begin with.
[HTC Wildfire S] the Doctor:
Thanks for the very helpful denoobifying post.
[HTC Wildfire S] heavy_metal_man:
Incorrect, jtag is primarily used to flash software onto nandchips with damaged/missing/no software. That is its purpose. So a hard, or full brick CAN be fixed by jtag, if you know what you are doing....
[HTC Wildfire S] benjamingwynn:
Not really :)

I will...make the post more 'Nice' now.
[HTC Wildfire S] vbhtt:
You didn't answer my question
[HTC Wildfire S] benjamingwynn:
Certainly, just remember to give me some credit for it ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] Gloris:
i like this post, because it made me think of crocodile dundee, and for that, i click thanks
[HTC Wildfire S] Jill the not Mecha person:
why does this make me crack up

anyways, thanks! i don't think i'll (soft) brick my phone anytime soon, but it's great that there's a post about this :)
[HTC Wildfire S] Ninoazzurro:
according to you is not my brick?

But I have tried to flash the rom and it is not possible,

and recovery, I returned back to the white screen all the time (on again).

In addition I have also flashed with the htc ruu pg7610000 but gives me errors of various kinds.
[HTC Wildfire S] Jill the not Mecha person:
wipe cache and do a full wipe in cwm, then try to flash the rom again.
[HTC Wildfire S] asdot:
Hmm... so, we have a risk to become ROM tester :D

Backup...flashing...restore...again and again :D

Sent from MARVEL
[HTC Wildfire S] benjamingwynn:
Indeed, my partition table has bad sectors in, its just from constant ROM flashing. Sometimes with .sense I would flash 6-10 different versions a day.
[HTC Wildfire S] asdot:
is there any app, script or something like that to check internal memory condition, especially for checking bad sector?

Sent from MARVEL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kingofthebraves:
I've experienced this issue twice now wherein my phone would get extremely slow and laggy to the point that it's unbearable to use anymore and the only solution was a reboot. Launcher keeps on restarting, messaging app takes 5 seconds to open, camera is lagging etc and this is after a week of uptime at least.

Why does this happen in the first place and am I the only one experiencing this? I've been running only maguro milestone 5 and franco for the past month, no other roms whatsoever. Once I power down and reboot everything becomes nice and fast again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Never happened to me on stock.

I'd say it's "normal" for a phone to slow down over time as you add apps and things, but it should never slow down to a crawl and start crashing until you reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thephantom:
normal for it to slow down a bit but not like how you described it. i'm running stock though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zapek666:
It's not normal. Install some monitoring tool like "OS Monitor" and run it when the problem happens to find out the culprit.

Oh and installing multiple apps will not slow down the phone. This is not Windows 95.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jdiddy_ub:
lol at the windows 95 comment

although the # of apps you have alone shouldnt slow your phone down, if you have a ton of apps running in the background eating up ram it may slow down if the available free ram you have is really really low

when your phone is laggy check the ram first
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kingofthebraves:
Thanks guys I'll try OS monitor to see what's running. It just happened again right now and this is getting annoying, even typing is laggy but after a reboot everything is normal again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
Kill background apps.

Sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bigjim1488:
So far I have not had that issue. Probably like everyone else said. There is some run away app that's eating up your memory
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
Its not normal, but aokp does have a bug. Check your system process in system panel, it grows larger over time if you use lock screen options etc.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
What has better performance?

Less lags? In your opinion?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
V6 supercharger has always worked wonderfully for me on the phones I've rooted and Rommed for friends, and is a simple install that's pretty universally compatible.

+1 to supercharger.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbazt_katuforzs:
done porting official firmware from other device to my device...;)

details:

* both device havent hit opensource F_U_C_K!!! i know! :D

* both MDPI screens

* both CPU freq based

* both internel space

* both ram size

What works?

* Boot Ok

* Dual sim working

* Calls

* SMS

* UI is fine

* All apps from ported

* WiFi

* Data

* Camera (from base)

* Web Browsing

* hardware keys ok

* softkeys ok

Issues:

* System sounds (tones,ringtones,sms tones,alarm tones) :eek: WTF!!????

* Download features ( from web, market, etc) just force closes the app

Overall:

The Port can be used as a daily driver. just want to know how i could possibly fixed the issues above.

questions, comments, and suggetions below are all appreciated! :D

Thanks!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ((( RedDeviL ))):
Check out ur libaudio.so And lib folder and audioplatform.csv in etc folder
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbazt_katuforzs:
thanks for the reply already check libs folders and all of them are fine however i fixed the bug the redownloading the ported roms. it seems like the previous link have that issue, just havent updated the post.. now all is running smooth planning to add some mods before posting it...

Thanks a lot mate.... really appreciated the reply already hitted thanks! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Raijynn:
Can any MIUI users share the signal and wifi icon ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malibu_23:
Download it. Pull the icons outta the system UI.apk

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Raijynn:
yea , guess no one is helping or is it too easy :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pa.pn2:
here you go
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ronnie771:
Need sum help here! I haven't been able to get decent data speeds since I've been using Sprint unless I'm on wifi. I just updated my modem to FE16, & the screenshots below are 4G/3G & wifi. Proxies are bypassed (0.0.0.0/0), & profile & PRL are updated. Don't know if there's anything else I can do to get better speeds. Live in DC, btw...

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Sent from my SPH-D710, running Blu Kuban FE10
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Its Sprint, my speeds range from blazing fast 3 and 4g to the speed of smell. Late night is often the best speeds. Try updating profile and prl after changing roms. It helps especially if you flash a lot. Also that app is sometimes slow, the speakeasy speed test is often more accurate.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crypt0kiddie:
Try flashing the EK02 modem as an experiment and retest your speed test.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ronnie771:
I wish I could flash EK02 modem. I have Blu Kuban ICS FE10 ROM, & the earliest modem I can install is FB15. I reverted back to FD02, so I will see how that acts. Here's hoping...:(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] peanut1596:
Why can you only go back to fb15? Any modem is compatible with GB or ics.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ronnie771:
This ROM has a built-in updater & the earliest modem is FB15. I've been looking for EK02 download link that works, but that's like looking for gold at the end of the rainbow :confused:

Can sumbody post a link & help a sista out?!? Much appreciated :D

MY E4GT runs Blu Kuban FE10 1.0.3.3

(ONLY on Wi-Fi)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Calkulin keeps most of the modems (missing a few of the latest ones) on his OP, both CWM & Odin versions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1332837

Edit: I know this is his GB thread but, like one of the previous posters stated, Modems/Radios are not rom dependent.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ronnie771:
Thannk u, thank u, thank u! But EK02 wasn't working 4 me either (actually WORSE than FE16), so I just flashed back to EL29 modem (unable to upload screenshots now for SOME reason). I'll just leave it like it is until the OTA comes out (if ever!). Thank you for the modem thread...I bookmarked it just in case I get bored again :p) & thank y'all for y'alls help :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] golfinggino:
This is my fifth prime bought the first when it was first released and bought and sold a few more since then I picked one up a few days ago for a crazy price i am now running virtuous prime and performance mode at 1.8 ghz and my galaxy note is still much faster with everything i don't understand this, i think the prime is the best 10 inch tablet i guess i just thought it would be faster when overclocked with a custom rom
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
for starters wrong section, should've been in QnA section. Second, you could've just posted that in one of the many existing complaint threads.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] golfinggino:
Not complaining just wondering why and how to make the prime faster
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
if you running a custom rom and overclocked it should easily run faster than what you claim. you must not of did something right. I'm stock, rooted, and overclocked n my prime runs circles around my Ipad n phone.

try a different rom and make sure its flashed correctly. virtuous is more of a stock base rom built for stability. you want performance, use AOKP or WSG rom or maybe even new gummy one. lots of different roms to try out. even still, virtuous overclocked should be running great.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] golfinggino:
OK thanks I will try another room btw my note is rooted running rocket rom lpy so it is not not stock, but it is faster then my current set up on my prime but i will take your advice and try another room thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gunz.jones:
Also remember that different chip setups use different speed tweaks. Are you running a third-party launcher? Any monitoring apps? What kind of widgets? What background services are running? I had virtuous with OC and it was great, but I changed to AOKP with OC and is much faster running the same apps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ronny71:
Im runnin a custom ICS Rom on my Galaxy S2...Its overclocked at 1.5...And its pretty damn close side by side when I bring up stuff...I too am runnin the Gummy on performance 1.8...But its fast enuff for me...:D

And I just luv the view of a 10.1 compared to my 4.6 screen on the Epic 4 Touch...:)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pileot:
why is my honda civic faster than a 18 wheeler? the 18 wheeler has a much larger engine and a lot more power!

The prime easialy outpowers the note however other things have to come into consideration: What kernel / rom is running on both devices, what device specific optimizations have been made for the specific hardware. What different chipsets, GPU's, screen resolutions, animations, versions of android, etc are there?

There are so many problems with this thread i dont even know where to start. As far as tablets go, the prime has the best HARDWARE. This does not mean, by default, the software will run faster. The same way that 18 wheeler has a much larger and more powerfull engine does not mean it will go faster than my honda civic with its 4 cylinder engine.

My suggestion is go on google and do some research on how android actually works. Learn about the hardware you complain about and maybe you might learn your answer for yourself.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] golfinggino:
Both are running ics 4.0.3. Both are running adw ex launcher and the same apps don't get me wrong the prime is great I am just surprised that my note loads webpages twice as fast on the same wifi network even on demand at 1400 MHz on the note vs 1800mhz performance on the prime - anyway I was just curious no big deal
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pileot:
lol im not surprised, wifi on the tablet sucks. try loading up some graphic intense games and see which has the fastest loading times. Its no secret the primes wifi sucks try a test that compares other things like the GPU or CPU.

And even if both devices have android 4.0.3 unless its stock google 4.0.3 they have been tweaked in one way or another. load AOSP on each and give er another shot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] golfinggino:
just loaded up the gummy v1.2.3 and now it is as about as fast as my note on the internet - of course the prime has more power and gpu but i was more concerned with everyday apps like internet, etc. i currently dont play any games on the prime

i think i wil put an aosp rom on the note and see how it compares - thanks to everyone for their advice

btw i picked up this prime to test out the unlocked bootloader / customs roms, it was pretty scratched up when i bought it used but i put on a zagg screen protector and it covers up all the scratches on the screen and then i bought a nice leather case as well not bad for $100 total !!