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[HTC One X] AJerman:
Just noticed this mod: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1582506

It does remap the recent apps, and to home which, honestly for me is a better spot since I'm used to Samsung devices that have the task manager mapped to home long press in pre-ICS versions and is the task switcher in ICS builds. Looks like the best solution to me. Didn't notice before that it did that. I'm still browsing around and seeing what you guys have done so far. :)
[HTC One X] jonshipman:
I don't know why people get their panties in a wad over this. The Galaxy Nexus has the same issue, only worse since that bottom bar is ALWAYS there. The SGS3 wont be the bees knees when in 6 months when its hardware menu button doesn't do anything in most apps.
[HTC One X] wintermute000:
NO, the gal nex has a soft menu, so the 3 dots appears dynamically in the row of buttons and there is no extra screen taken up punching you in the face
[HTC One X] dingbatt:
I find it kind of ironic that I first started reading this thread on my HOX using the XDA Premium app and it has the three dot bar across the bottom of the screen ;)
[HTC One X] lbeliak:
The 3 dot menu is caused by Google UI team stupidity - I do not understand what the f..k they were thinking when decided that ICS phones do not need "menu" button but instead of this will need to sacrifice screen space... Just stupid.
[HTC One X] godutch:
It's good move, it's just a shame htc decided on including hardbuttons. I much rather had a larger screen (or a smaller device) with on screen softbuttons.
[HTC One X] R3DH3AD:
I have been messaging companies to ask them to update there apps. Starting to think HTC have made a mistake by removing the menu hard key. Just had this from Splashtop.

As you can see the link tells you to unlock and root your phone. Not a great answer. I will keep trying and get back when I hear more.
[HTC One X] Shekar.m1986:
i am not happy with this device, battery also drains completely in no time, i can barely do anything without having to take care about the drainage, i am planning to sell it today, my bad i did'nt go for Galaxy S3 and grab this peice of crap..HTC is keep on talking about its extremely ill phone One X, grab Galaxy S3, it's a master class, or if still only want htc phone, then i would advise HTC Sensation.
[HTC One X] elgorm:
Must just be me that doesn't find it annoying...

then again I didn't find any of the changes to facebook annoying where I found my friends moaning all the time...

Bet they wouldn't go back to the old facebook now!

People set in their ways!
[HTC One X] rfgamaral:
As an app developer I don't think that's really fair to the developers if the app has no other main issues besides that little one. And yes, my own app solves that problem but just because I found the time to adapt it to ICS standards in a way I felt comfortable with the result. Sometimes it's not that easy...

Developing software is not just having new ideas/suggestions and get them done quickly, there's a process for doing things correctly. You should give the app developers time, ask them nicely about it and let them work on it whenever possible. Sometimes there are bigger concerns than a 3-dot menu at the bottom of the screen.
[HTC One X] Ripley:
I actually like the 3 dots, in horizontal mode, as it gives me comfortable menu access via thumb
[HTC One X] rfgamaral:
Of course they cannot remove it, they need to adapt the app so the menu doesn't appear, not remove it. The common way to do that is to add a 3 dot button to the top ActionBar, the problem is when apps like Splashtop that don't seem to have one. They would need to adapt the UI somehow to include a shortcut for that button or implement an ActionBar. Which I honestly think it's stupid because not all apps need an ActionBar, well, but that's Google's fault, not app developers.

But the thing is, in standard ICS devices like the Galaxy Nexus, the bottom menu will ALWAYS be there because there's not only a 3 dot button, but a bunch of other buttons too. So that's not a problem for Google nor anyone using a Google Nexus, everything makes sense for them. Some would argue that the fault is on HTC for having hardware buttons... I would a argue that's Google fault for making soft buttons the norm, but I'm biased, I hate those...
[HTC One X] R3DH3AD:
I would agree it is HTC who have not gone either way they have decided to go for ICS standards with physical buttons so we get these problems. It would be better to go physical buttons with menu button or on screen and let ICS handle it. Maybe HTC can give us the option to have task switcher as menu without going down the route of HTCDEV with mods and the problems this then brings.
[HTC One X] rfgamaral:
It would be the perfect solution but don't count on it...
[HTC One X] darthmelk:
That's not true in all cases: the first example that comes to mind is Google Reader - it has a menu button in the Action Bar, and the three dot button on bottom of the screen that does exacly the same thing.

It's more annoying that there are a lot of apps that don't even use that menu "button", but it's still there. A lot of games have that black bar with the dots, but tapping it does nothing because they don't actually have a menu.
[HTC One X] farnsbarns:
E

Another low post member bashing HTC and proclaiming that Samsung are the Saviors. What a coincedence!

I really am beginning to suspect that these people are Samsung employees or have received something from Samsung for coming in hear and spouting this crap. Anyone who really believes the sgs3 is a patch on the HOX needs their head read.
[HTC One X] rfgamaral:
I didn't meant it as a rule. But it's the more common approach.

But apps from Google are the most inconsistent between one and another so you shouldn't base your arguments on what you seem from them, but rather what they write in the design guidelines. :P

But my point is, it doesn't matter where it's actually located, what matters is that developers need to adapt their apps and provide their own menus/buttons/whatever to access the apps functionality and not let ICS take care of it on it's own. But I do realize that some apps design might have issues with this sort of thing.
[HTC One X] endursa:
for those who are willing to unlock and root their one X i made a mod which is compatible with stock 100% no custom rom needed, just flash the correct version :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1656728
[HTC One X] mazaky:
Yeah, but on the other hand, there are games which don't display this black stripe with 3dots so it shouldn't be that difficult for the developers to disable that. I don't know what's the deal with that, why they all can't do that?
[HTC One X] xn1:
Then there are games like GTA3 where the three dot menu starts the replay option, even though there is already a replay button on screen. I did send them an email asking about it and they replied saying they had no plans to update the game. It's a shame really, I would like to play games without this, as most menus can be accessed by pressing the back button.

I'd say its up to HTC to provide a solution for not adopting the standard.
[HTC One X] rfgamaral:
If the functionality from the 3 dot menu button is provided somewhere else, like in GTA as you say, you could disable the menu yourself for that specific app. Actually, you can do it yourself for any app.

Disabling is the easy part, but the app might not work properly after it, you'll just have to try it. First, if the app doesn't provide an alternative to access to whatever functionality that option provides, you're screwed. Second, there might be some incompatibility issues with this because this basically tells Android "hey, I support the latest Android versions", but the app might actually have some problem with that, something it would really need the devs hand and access to the source code to fix it.

Anyway, to disable the 3 dot menu button for a specific app you have to decompile the .apk and edit the AndroidManifest.xml file. Look for the XML attribute "targetSdkVersion" and change it to 14. Recompile the .apk, sign it, zip-align it and reinstall the app on your phone. Look up on this forum on how to do all that, there are plenty of guides out there.

You must be aware though that the signatures won't match so you'll not be able to overwrite the installation. You'll need to first uninstall whatever version you have installed of that app and reinstall the new one.

I didn't test this myself with any app, I don't have a HOX yet. But I'm an app developer and this is the basic concept behind the menu overflow button. If you tell Android that your app supports the latest Android version, than the system assumes you have provided functionality for the menu somewhere and doesn't show the menu button. Otherwise, if you tell Android that your app is "old" and doesn't support the latest versions/patterns/API/whatever, than the overflow menu is going to be shown.

I believe this will do the trick but I'm not 100%, you'll have to try it for yourself...
[HTC One X] darthmelk:
I tried a new game yesterday, Mass Effect Infiltrator, and it's working fullscreen. So now I'm sure that we don't have to blame Android+Google (maybe just for some of their apps) and HTC. The fault lies only with lazy or unaware developes.

Now I can understand the small devs that don't have access to all the phones out there, so they might not even be aware of the problem. But there's no excuse for big companies that charge money for apps and have a lot of testers, so giving them 1-2 stars and a review to explain why seems correct to me. Some of them might notice and do something bout it, others will give a bulls*** explanation that it's not their fault.

For example, Shadowgun THD shows the 3-dot menu, but that app is made only for Tegra 3 processors. I'm sure the developer company tested the game on One X - one of the best Tegra 3 devices, they even released an update for One X, but were to too lazy to get rid of the menu button that does asolutely nothing.
[HTC One X] xn1:
Thanks for that, I might give it a go, as the two apps I would like this off, both developers has stated that they will not be updating the app any more.
[HTC One X] TToivanen:
Thanks dude!

Great to have a "non-root" method for this! I tried it and it worked. I decided to use angry birds seasons as a test app. I used astro file manager to output the apk. I used apktool to decompile, edited the manifest and recompiled using apktool. Then I signed the app with signare. Works flawlessly and the menu button is gone. You can edit the attribute "minSdkVersion" if targetSdkVersion isn´t there.
[HTC One X] Dxtra:
Who's to blame here? Well, developers. ICS has been out for 6 months now no excuses. Developers need to include the new menu system in their UI bottom line, the way Google intended it to be. Even on the Galaxy nexus those 3 dots next to the software buttons you see on certain apps are out of place.
[HTC One X] xn1:
I just tried this on an app too and it worked quite well indeed. Great solution.

In fact its a shame that there are so many copyright hurdles as it would be great to have a thread of free and no longer supported apps that are modified
[HTC One X] eeeeeee:
You are right, many programs receive touch messages from it as well, can test it by scrolling some page, and go with your finger down to the buttons area.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spz0:
Hey thar.

Im making a custom 2.3.4 ROM for the Samsung EH02 (Admire/Vitality).

Im using CWM 5.0.2.7 which only requires 2 args, so one of these _should_ work, but do not format or mount.

format("MTD", "system")
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");

format("MTD", "/dev/block/stl12")
mount("MTD", "/dev/block/stl12", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");

The Code is solid -- no errors (No log file either). Its just not formatting or mounting the stated partitions.

As Im not too familiar with Samsung development, any help from devs would be greatly appreciated. :)

Thanks in advance.

~Spz0
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] visto1:
my display is turnig on an turnig off. while I´m in stand by mod dysplay is turn on and after 5 second trurn off. and it is drive me mad. is it some fix for this.

SORY FOR POOR ENGLISH

my room is : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=908528
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hengsheng120:
Try deleting all the programs that you installed after your screen started turning on and off and check for any programs that say or have anything to do with or have some "lockscreen" setting in it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] visto1:
thanx for answer
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] XW5257:
check if you battery is low power or not, what the battery is low power also can cause you problem
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] viiv:
Anyone know when this phone (or any other of the series such as the Xperia P) will be availalble officially in the US on SonyStyle.com. Right now all there is is the old Sony Ericsson phones on that website. Want to buy from SonyStyle USA as it will be the cheapest vs importing and US warranty and they sell them unbranded too :).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] batman_112:
Not sure when. But, it seems that Sony regards the U.S. consumer as second class citizens. We wait for circa 4-6 months after the global release of a certain model before we can get it here in the U.S.A.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] viiv:
I wonder if we have to wait for them to clear out the old Sony Ericsson stock before they will sell the new models. I found out the currenty inventory numbers for SonyStyle.com.

Arc S Black-6

Arc S Blue-4

Arc S White-35

Arc S Silver-1

Neo V-98

Pro-0 (Out of Stock)

Mini Pro Black-12

Mini Pro White-1

Play 4G (AT&T Branded)-28

Anyone know if all the Sony Ericsson phones are out of production? I sure would hate to see them get more stock of these models :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Spectre51:
I'll double check but I believe it was coming out in the US in June or July. I'll double check for you.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] batman_112:
Thank you. I am waiting to hear anything regarding the Xperia S and P!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] foofiebeast:
I haven't heard anything regarding US release dates for the S or P at all. We aren't allowed to have nice things :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Spectre51:
From my friend who works for Sony he said July but no firm date yet.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] samven582:
has Sony confirmed a released date yet?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Spectre51:
Xperia S - July 13

Xperia P - Should be anyday. Just waiting on shipment to come in.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] somemadcaaant:
Why wait? Buy the device on import unlocked and have it with in a few days to a week, the warranty is standard across most countries.

Had mine near 3 months before it came out in AUS, direct from china and 3 days delivery.

-smc
[HTC Sensation] urmab501:
Hello,

I've tried searching but I cant seem to find anything about this, I recently upgraded my wife's Sensation 4G to ICS but now the phone suffers from the white HTC loading screen for about 5-10 seconds every time I exit any application. Is there a solution for this I'd like to keep this phone as stock as possible.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
Not enough ram. Too much is running so to save ram, the Sense launcher is killed. That kind of shouldn't be happening. Without being rooted, you can try remove some of her applications that are running in the background or factory reset the device and try again.

You can also tell her to hold Home and swipe unneeded applications to the left or right to dismiss them, hopefully this will close applications before the Sense launcher is killed.
[HTC Sensation] CalmLikeABomb85:
I have the same phone and I had the same issue happen to me. What I ended up doing (and believe me it works) is I went to Settings>Apps>All>HTC Sense (the one with the green HTC Logo) and click on it and disable that one. Now go back to Settings>Apps>All>HTC Sense (the one with the picture of the home screen but in a tiny version and click on that and "Clear Data" and thats half the problem. For some reason it seems like HTC didnt integrate the "New" HTC Sense with the old one so they keep messing eachother up "allegedly." Well now for the last steps, So now you go back to Settings>Develop Options and scroll to the bottom and you need to uncheck the option that says "Don't Keep Activites" and make sure "Background Process Limit" is set to Standard Limit. Then restart the phone and your phone should be back to normal :D It took me all day yesterday to figure it out so hope everything works out for anyone having this same issue :D
[Motorola Droid X2] skyliner342007:
I need to root my milestone X2 from Alltel. Could anyone post a link to help me do so? thank u.
[Motorola Droid X2] 6Flip9:
Look in The q+a thread I believe they have a discussion on how to do that.

ARE YOU RUNNING 2.3.6 / 2.3.5 / ???

Sent from MB870 W/ Cm7.2 Rc1

SUCESS I THINK YES...
[Motorola Droid X2] Furioustylez:
Wrong section fool!

Sent from my Cyanogen 7.2 Droid X2 using your girls computer.
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
Thank you captain obvious. Where would this thread go without you?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1405077

Here you are OP
[Motorola Droid X2] skyliner342007:
Thank you for the help
[Motorola Droid X2] Archer:
Please post questions in Q&A forums.

Thread moved.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad82109:
Using a sprint galaxy s 2 need to know which dev found to use. Since there's several. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
None of the ones here in the I9100 forums..

Sprint Galaxy S II is the Epic 4G Touch, which has a separate forum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad82109:
Thanks. I should have scrolled down more, mods please delete.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] eerie_silence:
You find and post theme link, I or someone else wants to try, port it. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
How about porting the new nature touchwiz ux https://hotfile.com/dl/156420377/8d50db1/app_and_framework_deodex_zipalign_SGS3_XXALE8.rar.html
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] eerie_silence:
heat361, It will be difficult =( becouse all files thats need xHdpi and android 4.0

i may try another theme,pls post links only Gb based.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] blazingwolf:
Droid-Life just posted some new dates for the expected Ice Cream Sandwich update. Apparently HTC is now listing the DINC2 as being "To be determined (by the end of August). This doesn't sound very promising to me anymore. Not sure what may have changed but obviously something has.

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/05/2...lt-in-july-august-incredible-2-up-in-the-air/

http://www.htc.com/www/help/android4faq/?cid=android4blog

Hopefully, the devs can figure out things even if this does not drop for us.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
thats troubling...but given that it was previously promised and that all the sister/cousin phones (including the tbolt which was released earlier) are getting it, id say its still coming

(why even update the rhyme? no one got it, and the women that did dont care about gb/ics/whatever)

lame

although another take could be, its getting the update...but time frame is "tbd" but will be by the end of august regardless
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] contium:
I think this is correct.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] blazingwolf:
One can hope that is for sure. However, with Verizon nothing surprises me as they like to cancel things at the last moment up to and including whole phones.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dirkdigles:
Yeah, the Thunderbolt and the Evo Design 4G both have our exact same chipset, so I don't see why it wouldn't be around June or so (once again, barring VZW's inane approval process).

EDIT: I think this is causing an unnecessary freakout. It's the Schedule that is TBD, not the update itself.

The majority of devices will receive upgrades in June and July 2012 and we expect to finish upgrades in August 2012 for all announced devices.

Our device has been announced by HTC and VZW as getting the upgrade. I'm willing to bet it's >90% done already by HTC, it's just a matter of when at this point.

/thread
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jizzylax:
Eh... not too worried. We will get it when we get it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] litetaker:
For the benefit of those in here, I am quoting my post from the OpenSense ROM thread:

PLUS, and a huge plus, they said they will update it. I believe they should and would realize what a faux pas it will be if they now come out and say, you know what "We ain't gonna release it".

Plus, after scrutinizing the language used in the following sentences:

It sounds to me that they are going to release ICS for the Dinc2. It is on the list of devices with a schedule of release dates... PLUS, a FAQ below says this:

Now, tell me how can you even think that the Dinc2 is not getting ICS when, (a) it is in the list of devices scheduled to get ICS some time back, (b) it is in the table of devices getting ICS and the corresponding timelines and (c) it is NOT in the list of devices specifically mentioned as not getting ICS?

So, verdict: Chill out man! Our phone is gonna get some ICS love! :D

Captain Obvious, over and out.

=====

Not double posting. Just letting people get the relevant info as they probably wouldn't have expected the info to be in that other thread. Lemme know if I did something wrong! :eek: (hope not)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] blazingwolf:
Verizon has a way of disappointing customers with last second decisions. I have been a customer of Verizon for over a decade so I have an idea of what I am talking about.

Of course, I hope for the best but they have a distinct way of stating things so that it can be left open for doubt. As the date for the release indicates. All other devices got a, very rare, 2 month expected date. Ours didn't. Which could easily lead to a "we are sorry but we have determined it would not be in our best interests to upgrade this device".
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] litetaker:
LOL! I wonder if they say "in our best interest"... That sounds like they are admitting that doing so will effect their profit margins :D:p

EDIT: Why would updating Rhyme make more sense than Dinc2. And why is it of higher priority than Dinc2 that it gets a more solid time frame???

EDIT 2: There is no way in hell they can pull off or even ATTEMPT to suggest that "sorry, we plan not to update the Dinc2. It is not capable of running ICS". Why? The Droid Incredible S is getting it in June/July!!! It is the same phone! With same processor, RAM, ROM etc. Probably a different radio (GSM versus CDMA).. So, I feel we better calm down and wait to see if HTC releases an official statement to clarify the ruckus...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] blazingwolf:
You obviously don't understand Verizon. Please notice I did not say HTC. HTC is not the deciding factor here, Verizon is.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] litetaker:
Well, that much is true, since I have been on Verizon for less than a year. Anyway, I am no dev, but it stands to reason that Kernels written for the IncS will (at least partly) work for Inc2. Excepting code meant for Radio etc., the rest of it should work for Inc2 as they are basically having the same hardware, right??

If so, and if Verizon screws me over (again, first DX2 and now this) then experienced devs may be able to pull code necessary for Camera from the Inc S's kernel and incorporate it into ours. Problem solved.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Adding to that, most of us here are already running ICS without their official update lol... :p
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] blazingwolf:
Perhaps, but take the time to read the threads and you will notice that all devs say they need source code to do it right. Notice they have not said the source code for the IncS.

Anyways, I'm not going to debate it with you anymore. Only time will tell if we get an actual ICS release or not.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] blazingwolf:
That has never been in question as that is usually the only way some devices get updates. However, a released stock ROM will always help make things batter.