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[HTC One X] SolusCado:
I've been looking for a replacement widget for the HTC album widget for a couple years now and have never found anything. If anyone around here knows of one, I'd love to use it!
[HTC One X] jonas2295:
I am not sure and probably mistaken but you should check out go launcher and it's widgets..
[HTC One X] SolusCado:
I used Go Launcher for a while, and it has great Messaging and Email widgets... really everything Sense has, EXCEPT the photo widget.
[HTC One X] jonas2295:
Well my last tip for you is launcher pro.

There has been a launcher pro which was skinned like sense. But dunno if it had that widget...

There was a Rom for the hd2 that's why I know that one.
[HTC One X] SolusCado:
:) Yeah; I tried Launcher Pro too. Same issues as Go Launcher.
[HTC One X] jonas2295:
Okay I am sry I don't know anything else about that :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dey.santanu2011:
I have the XT910 and recently when trying to call, it is taking a delay of around 20 seconds between the pressing the green call key to actual dialing of the number.

After the call is setup, there is no problems. The Voip calls and Skype has no issues at all.

Do you guys tell me whether you have the same issue here or not..

version: 651.167.19.XT910.Retail.en.EU
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
Many devs do not have the phone. If we can do some bounty threads so they can get it, it would be helpful. Anybody willing to donate money so these devs can get the Amaze. Without the phone, they won't develop. Let me know if you guys are interested in doing this. If we don't, the forum will still continue to be dead.
[HTC Amaze 4G] sportsstar89:
The forum not that dead we have sense 4 and a cm9
[HTC Amaze 4G] mrmako777:
with the one series out, and the s3 soon to be here, any devs we would acquire through bounties would likely leave in a few months anyway for better devices. i guess it wouldnt hurt to try though? it couldnt get any worse lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] glacierguy:
No we don't... WIPs don't power phones
[HTC Amaze 4G] eggydrums:
Come on glacier don't be so negative man, just because we don't have so many devs doesn't mean we can't make any progress, we have sense 4 almost fully working!

Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
I'm talking about additional ROMs/Devs. No offense to you or anything. I'm trying to bring some more devs here.

There are people who will still continue developing. They won't just leace completely lol.

Eh. At least someone is working on them. But we do need more devs with experience to help us out.
[HTC Amaze 4G] eggydrums:
For just a couple of days being worked on it, its progress.

Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[HTC Amaze 4G] mrmako777:
i dunno hasoon, i would love to be wrong, but i feel like the amaze ship has sailed. without a kernel dev, we'll never have anything but sense roms :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] eggydrums:
Dude there is an aosp ics build with gsm working hasn't been released... Yet

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[HTC Amaze 4G] glacierguy:
I'm with Mako on this. Amaze is old news. The Skyrocket and One series is where most development will go.

I've accepted that Sense/Apex will be how my phone will stay until the next HTC series rolls out after the One. It's not that disappointing, since I have it set up perfectly the way I want it.

Sense 4 isn't as exciting as AOSP or CM9. It's just a slightly tweaked 3.6. Oh well
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
I agree, besides what are they going to bring, another sense Rom with tweaks like Energy or Android Revolution, unless we get some one from coin droid or virtous I'm not willing to help because we don't really need another dev That updates a rom every 3 weeks

I don't see the point unless they are going to help get stuff working like CM9 or Sense 4
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Sense 4 is much diffrent in almost every aspect,
[HTC Amaze 4G] Double0EK:
Just my opinion..

I truely hate bounty threads. There have been previous bounty threads. One developer that X wanted to get a phone for. The bounty was achieved but I havent seen anything from said developer since the phone purchase. Not 1 Rom not one post. You guys can do what you like with your money but I'm against bounties to get certain developers money or a phone.

I'm happy with Sense and happy with the buch of talented chefs we have now..they are able to do much more than I could at their age.

If the developer can prove to the community they can fix certain things and develop more than tweak, get AOSP, CM9 or AOKP (because those are the hardest things to develop)running with only minor bugs then maybe a donation for their work wouldn't hurt.

But bounties fail...IMHO.

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It's Better To Fail In Originality

Than To Succeed In Imitation.

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[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
I am talking to baadnewz (Insert Coin dev) to come to the Amaze. I'll keep you posted on it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] krook6023:
KERNELS, KERNELS, KERNELS, KERNELS, KERNELS, KERNELS, KERNELS, KERNELS! We need a kernel developer, but first we need wifi source..so...hmmm
[HTC Amaze 4G] mrmako777:
is faux done with the amaze? i dont remember seeing a newer kernel from him based off ics...just curious
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
I'm gonna look around for some kernel devs. Many will not do blind updates.

So here is a proposition.

Is anyone willing to do bounties for kernel developers?
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
I don't really like bounties period :/ and we don't have a WiFi source so we can't do much even with a kernal dev
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
I'm just trying to help our dev section.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
I am still totally convinced that a REALLY good dev is able to work around not having source - you should see the amazing things they've done without source for the nook color, with no source at all! It just takes a damned good dev. It also helped that there were members of the community who were willing to help by learning/contributing and devs patient enough to get them to that point. Where there was originally only TWO devs working on it, there are now 20+ people who have learned enough any one of them could come help get this devices kernel kicking(without source!)

But I am of the opinion of a few here, I made SMALL donations to two bounties to help devs get our phone, I know only one made ONE rom(and I didn't see anything about it better than what was already offered), and never saw/heard either do anything again.

I'm going to contact a few kernel devs I know who may do it simply because it is an awesome device that doesn't have much development - but rather than have a thread about bounties it would be nice to have a kernel dev post themselves with what they think they can offer, THEN we can decide for ourselves - it doesn't cost them anything to show us why we might want them! But talking about the theory of a dev coming.. like I said, it might be different if they speak for themselves.

Just remember, it isn't that we have a shortage of people who know how to or are willing to develop, there are others that would likely pop up if we had a solid kernel dev.. Has ANYONE heard from Faux? If he was developing before, and we know his work, and that he didn't just drop development.. that would be a good person to have a bounty for, I doubt anyone would feel like they'd get burned by him.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
This is what I like. New ideas help us learn new things. I can talk to some devs and see what I can do. I have about 2 - 3 devs who are willing to make some ROMs that do not have the device. That's a plus. I'll scout around for some kernel devs and see what I can do. But right now, I am in a 4 hour Computer Network class. So ya, I wont be able to update much for a few hours.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ed116:
I honestly think more devs will come as this device becomes cheaper ... this is what happened with the g2x .. after a year and a bit is when roms started to kick in
[HTC Amaze 4G] ickedmel:
Imho I agree with the negativity lol I just haven't posted that stuff but HTC really just pooped on us and I really feel like we were some sort of beta test and they just needed something at the time to match the competition. I really only see 2 active people deving or trying that's eclipse and sports.. I mean theyre some other people I guess. So I appreciate you guys trying. I'd be willing to donate something but this community the morale is pretty low especially with bounties we've had quite a few I think and people we've gotten phones for I thought? And I'm not sure where they're at. I currently use stock ics rooted and unlocked because that just seems like the best choice we have and most stable.

Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
That is probably pretty accurate, I think most of the noobs who got it did it for price drop or pending ICS - but when devs don't just spoon feed them awesomeness like they do in some other forums they'll sell, and then the people who truly appreciate the hardware, people who will do whatever it takes to make it awesome, they'll get a hold of the phone.

There is no reason to give up hope, there was some childishness and development issues early on that had to do with lack of s-off, but things will either get better now that we have s-off and ICS, or like glacierguy said- those of us who think the device is awesome will do what we need to to be happy with it until there is TRULY a device that is better..

I'm not giving up at all, I've made my phone awesome, I'm happy, all I'm saying is lets all try to do it right from here on out.

It all depends on what you call developing - there are limits to what anyone can do without a group of people willing to work together to make it happen - eclipse and sport are willing to work together like some in the past haven't, and I admire it more because they both have plenty of other things they are doing and COULD be doing.. and plenty of frustrating roadblocks they shouldn't have to try to jump by themselves, yet they try.

I'm sure there is stuff that I or others can be doing, but to some degree it would be re-creating the wheel, remixing what is out - until we can get something uniquely different going on(aosp, aokp, miui, sense4, etc) there isn't much point to 10 people working with the SAME base. Those same 10 people with a few more options can definitely put out more variety without stepping on each other's toes.

But as long as eclipse is willing to do some fast/good battery/mostly senseless work, I'm not going to step on his toes or just put out a slightly different flavor of the same thing, nor should anyone else. Everything I've done I would have done for myself anyways.. if no one else was doing it, I'd keep sharing.
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Yea but t mobile stores don't have much amazes left, they stopped production as well, I fear we might not see any more devs, or any helpful devs for that matter
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flipnfr3ak:
This would be awesome...I miss insert coin
[HTC Amaze 4G] mrmako777:
i read the other day that only 4% of android devices are runnning ICS. while we may not have roms out of the wazoo, we have ICS and a great piece of hardware! im almost ashamed to say this, but i kind of dont mind not having miui on this phone, as ICS runs well and this phone is a beast. now, of course if someone does bring miui to this phone...well then, they would be my hero :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
And this is the bottom line
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
I spoke to show-p1984. He's a kernel dev. He agreed to make a kernel for us but he needs a phone obviously. Look at his threads for his kernels. He can be a great asset to the Amaze.

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=4195844
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Does he know the hurdles that would need to be jumped? Working without source for wifi SHOULD be possible, but if he knows that going in and thinks he has something to offer then awesome..
[HTC Amaze 4G] hd2joel:
Are you serious i responded to what he said in a post to me and posted source links and you edited it. Ive been at this site for years and its really gone down hill and the mods areba big part of it. my post had to do with why the bounty was not a good idea if the mod like the op could read he would have seen that like others i think im done here the great community we once had is now ruled with an iron fist by power hungry mods and trolled by a bunch of people who just want to stir up trouble i sir an not one of those. The environment is a lot more friendly to new people and less modd heave. Anyone reading this if your tired of the new xda, try android Central it has more of the feel this site used to have.

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Please refrain from engaging in off-topic discussion. Posting flame bait, or disruptive comments will only fuel a heated discussion, or a flame war. Thank you.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
I'm sorry, half of what you said makes no sense.. but I can respond to what I think you're saying.

1. Half assed ice cream sandwich? Almost every other device had some HUGE bug, like the nexus did - we don't. People complain about radios, but no one has TRUELY lost signal over it.

2. The ota broke what? Look at what forums? You're gonna have to explain.

3. They stopped selling the amaze. Period. The htc one series is what they are selling now.. so whatever you're saying about customs and all sounds like crap. Don't read those articles, they sound like morons. And provide some links, because I have a feeling your sources just suck(no offense, most sources suck).

4. Again, makes no sense:"i just don't think anyone trusts this phone they speak with their wallets and the $ is not going to the amaze sorry its just true." You have an amaze, I have an amaze, we DID speak with our wallets- they still stopped making them, but likely they've had a plan this whole time when they are going to sell what device..

5. Development dud? Seriously? Everything you've said(that makes sense) seems uninformed - we have a rock solid device with awesome features that got a more stable(we have had ICS over a month now) version of ICS than almost any device gets - it is the opposite of a development dud.

If you're criticizing development here, it is going on, and a few people are trying to make contributions, but development relies solely on people wanting to give back.

You said something about the HD2, a phone you must have really loved(you named your screenname after it!)- but be realistic, it was no superphone, I wouldn't pull out my wallet for that if it was one of the few choices on earth.. but that doesn't mean I could say half the things you're trying to say.
[HTC Amaze 4G] tonyp:
Of course keyodi & fattire had a source? Or do you mean Android 4 source? But at least wifi drivers etc. were working - the parts where no drivers/libs are available (hardware accelleration) are still not working. No doubt that a "REALLY good dev" is able to work around that but this could and would take ages - which probably isn't really worth the effort.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Well we didn't get wifi source for our last kernel source(this is my understanding), but we DID have source.. since they just officially put out ICS I imagine kernel source is coming soon, and I don't think we know for SURE that wifi source won't be included..

And I meant that fattire didn't have an updated kernel source from the manufacturer that would play well with android 4.0(hence the lack of hardware accel, etc).. they just made the previous source work right?(like using our 2.3 kernel rather than having the 3.0 kernel source we are expecting soon)

I'm clear on many things, but all things kernel is where I start to get lost - I feel like I only know enough to have a deep respect for those who know more. :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] ziggy46:
I know a little bit about kernels... And I know a work around to the WiFi driver source would be to write a wrapper so the Roms will use old prebuilt wifi drivers that we have available. It's hard to do but I know someone who's done it. I will talk to him tomorrow.

Also, who wants to give out money to a person that could just pocket it? Sounds wasteful. I think we should save the money and give it to them after they get the phone and release one Rom. ( just so we know they arent pulling a fast one)
[HTC Amaze 4G] PeartFan40:
@hd2joel: Please refrain from engaging in off-topic discussion. This is not the HD2 forum, nor does it have anything to do with Amaze Development. Also, please refrain from posting comments that are flamatory or flame bait in nature. It serves no purpose whatsoever, and will not be tolerated. There's an off-topic section, where can share your thoughts. Thank you. :)

Thread has been cleaned of all off-topic chatter. ;)

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[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
Didn't really wanna read all the comments so I will post my updates.

We have a member who is nice enough to donate (temporarily) his Amaze to a kernel developer.

This shipping is from Canada to Italy.

The shipping back from Italy to Canada is around 50 Euros.

I say let's at least fund the shipping both ways, which would cost A LOT less than doing a bounty.

Deal?
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
I've reached a few kernel devs who said they'd happily work on our kernel as soon as source is released, they think it should be easy enough with source.. one even said he is pretty sure faux will once he has source. So perhaps we just wait for source and see, it won't be that long I think.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
I tweeted Faux.

https://twitter.com/faux123/status/205121987000016896

Many kernel devs said they won't even look at the Amaze unless they have the phone themselves.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Depends what we ask for I think.. here is one of the guys who works with faux:

Check his work*, pretty awesome, and you know he would have no shortage of testers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schueyisking:
so.......got the phone an hour ago. Its been plugged in for the first time, and has been charging for about 10 mins so far.

I haven't switched it on.

WHat is the best way of first-time charging, and charging thereafter, to prolong battery life?

i hear conflicting reports. Some people say 'first time charge until its full, then let it drain completely, then full charge again'.

Other people say because its a lithium battery, it doesn't need that 'memory cycle' and that its beneficial to NOT let it drain to empty, and to keep it charged as frequently as possible.

So....whats the answer?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tanner4137:
I'm pretty sure it won't make a difference! Unless it says otherwise on the instructions, you should be good to go!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schueyisking:
not to worry - figured it out.

found an excellent article here:

http://lifehacker.com/5875162/how-often-should-i-charge-my-gadgets-battery-to-prolong-its-lifespan

and he references that battery university website. so all seems legit enough. (at least its based on something...)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bryan95502:
When got my Google Play Nexus it would not turn on until it charged for almost 10 minutes.. was scared I had a defective phone.

When it did turn on, it showed a 3/4 full charge..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tanner4137:
Lifehacker is a very credible source! They know what they're talking about.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ride4mud:
So it looks like we will get our new EVOs this week. I have been trying to decide what warranty would be best to protect this new phone in the event of a drop or some other human educed fail. I have narrowed the list down to the following two and was wondering if anyone has any experience with these warranties:

Zagg Safe. Reasonable price and covers rooted phones (which I plan to do with my new EVO):

Squaretrade. Recommended to me by a friend.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] caspertodd:
I have about 12 squaretrade warranties, but have never had to turn in a claim yet. If you do decide on them, make sure you use a 30% off coupon. I get an email from them every Tuesday with a code attached for 30% off.

I personally am going to just stick with the Sprint warranty on this phone. The monthly price sucks, but I have had to bring in phones multiple times in the past for repairs, and have never had to pay a deductible. So it has its advantages. But when you don't use it, it does feel like a HUGE waste of money. If I had $600 in my pocket, I might would just skip the warranty altogether, but unfortunately for me I don't. Paying a monthly fee, then deductible if needed is much easier for me to do.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
I'm considering trying Ensquared.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] typhoonikan:
Warranty? Or insurance?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
I'm going with ZaggSafe, but I have no past experience with them.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ride4mud:
Decided to go with Zagg. Seems like a good deal and they cover rooted phones. Time will tell when I actually need to us it. :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jpratt0310:
Zagg is just lending it's name. They outsource their claims to another company called warrantech, I think, and they have horrible reviews. If you check the BBB website they have over 450 negative claims.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] grad20_09:
Well we will have to see what happens to see with the whole Zagg thing. You know people are more likely to leave negative feedback than positive feedback, so you never really know. If it turns out to be no good, shame Zagg will have their name ruined.

I bought my phone at BestBuy, bought 2 yrs for 160. That is equal to less than 7 dollars a month, no deductible. The only thing not covered is lost phones and I always have my phone on me. No questions asked, they take the phone and in 2-3 days I have a brand-new looking refurbished phone. I've never had a problem with the refurbished quality. Apperently they always replace all of the outside parts to make it look like new. I've gotten several refurbished through Sprint and they are always dents, scratches, etc.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jpratt0310:
Yea I get what you're saying. check out ensquared, too. I went to the website and they cover theft and loss and have a higher claims limit.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jackpearce:
Best buy will not replace a phone in 2-3 days. Unless they have changed their policy in the last year, it takes a minimum of 2 weeks to send a phone out and get it back repaired the first time. After that, they will escalate your phone to overnight delivery, supposedly. To get a new phone, yours must be sent out 3 times and returned unrepaired. On the 4th time, they evaluate if a new phone is deemed necessary.

I know, I went through it last year and it took 6 weeks to get a replacement phone. That's 6 weeks without a phone and sprint wouldn't compensate me because best buy was the culprit. Did best buy compensate me? Ha. No.

Oh, and the "loaner phone" is only loaned after you give them a $150 deposit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lal pradeep:
I bought my xperia s on march and I was planning to customize it with awesome roms and applications that are available only when rooted:-)

Unfortunately it is sad that root is available only if I unlock its bootloader, I don't want my phone to be unlocked and make it unrecognized by pc companion are SEUS

I have used xperia x8 earlier it had root without unlocking but I hated its hardware which doesn't support most applications

And I don't wish to try new kernels as they will promote jellybean in future if so I will unlock my phone when it releases with no flaws

Will there be any way that I can root my xperia without unlocking?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Impossible, search, thread reported.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lal pradeep:
I know but my present stock is much better ;-) and official ICS is on the way

May be when jellybean is out I will try to unlock