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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rlaw:
This is why other companies aren't anywhere near Apple in profit and mindshare right now. This manner of thinking.

You're focusing on the pieces and not the whole. Apple doesn't simply sell a function or a stand-alone piece - they sell an experience to accompany a lifestyle. Which is where other companies wanna buy.

Despite there being technically superior options as far as audio quality, support goes - none of the other solutions were designed with the whole package in mind.

None had the whole shebang together. None had the build quality (those 1st/2nd gen iPods still work to this very day), none had the ease of use and intuitiveness (the click wheel is really where the iPad came into its own), the software solution. Drag 'n' drop is simple but Average Joe doesn't want to mount his storage device and manually send things over, he wants to connect, forget and let the computer do things for him. I hate iTunes with a passion but if you don't mind locking down your collection and being part of the Apple ecosystem (preferably with a Mac cos the iTunes Windows experience is torture), you won't find a more polished complete package.

Apple markets exactly what they sell - an experience that comes along with a lifestyle. And with that comes healthy margins and insane profits. Why d'you think Samsung wants to be more Apple-like in approach, design and marketing (Sony tried to be the Apple of Japan for a while but they screwed the pooch on that one)?

Most people don't want to reconcile themselves around technology, they want the technology to fit them. And Apple is genius at that.

So take your irrational hate of Apple, stick it in a pipe and smoke it. Recognize what they've done well and recognize what competitors can take out of their book. Let's see if you continue to blithely stand by Samsung once they adopt more and more Apple-esque business, design and marketing (hello S3 announcement event) practices.

Why would they do that? Because when you're no longer a commodity, you can command higher pricws, margins and profits.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] monkeyluis:
They couldn't have copied android when they released the iPhone first. Remember who was on apples board of directors....

That said, seems like a cool patent & as someone said many creative people use the iPad now as an art device. So this makes sense as another accessory.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Note_E:
Right, an iPhone with no apps or app store. Steve Jobs said the iPhone would never run apps...hmmm
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Akiainavas:
Steve Jobs said that Stylus is dead and we should be grateful to Apple for killing it so if Samsung did not patent it, they're probably just trying to acquire it for licensing fees.

But again they said that 4" screen is just not good and not ergonomic etc. Now they'll probably use 4" screen because people actually want it - and call it magical and revolutionary ( not to mention amazing ).

Yes, sarcasm intended :)
[Epic 4G Apps] cerobles1:
Is it possible to use the HTC clock app on our Epic? I downloaded a ROM for the Evo and extracted the app, but couldnt get it to work
[Epic 4G Apps] ÜBER™:
NO, it requires the sense framework. However i know of a sense 4 clock that looks very similar that does work. Its an apk someone has built but its very realistic looking. Sense 4 Clock Widget

;)
[Epic 4G Apps] cerobles1:
Dude, the clock app not the weather widget.
[Epic 4G Apps] ÜBER™:
I didn't link you the weather widget idiot. That's the sense clock widget. The one you extracted no its not going to work. What did you expect?

You took it from another phone not just another touchwiz phone a whole different proprietary overlay. Which requires its resources to run.
[Epic 4G Apps] cerobles1:
Ok. Let me go this way. When u open the app drawer on a HTC phone there's an app called Clock, that has the pic of a watch. This is almost like a nightstand clock. It also has other things. It's not a widget. That's what Im looking for. Have u come accross it?
[Epic 4G Apps] Andy_nu:
The clock app in HTC sense is called clockwidget.apk....Most apps are VERY hard to port because HTC has a file system where most of the apps are dependent on HTC framework. That would mean you would have to reverse develop the sense rom which has had little luck so far..

why you see just the widget and not the clock in the app drawer is because the clockwidget.apk tells the HTC system framework for it to be there. But it will not show because fw is MIA.
[Epic 4G Apps] jaqual:
Alarm clock plus has a "desk clock" mode, plus other functions like math or puzzle wake, weather, etc...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vp.alarmClockPlusDock

Sent from space...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] «iain»:
Hi Guys,

When I try to wipe Dalvik cache I get an error which states E: unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]. If I click yes it says cleared cache or whatever but how would I know that this has worked?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soyusa:
I'm also experiencing the same message like yours whenever I wipe the Dalvik Cache in CWM.

From from my finding via Google and xda forums, majority of their answer is this is normal and you may ignore it, not a problem! :eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fxa5209:
Just ignore it. Nothing serious there, it will say in the end that Dalvik cache wipe completed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frostfree:
I've noticed that pictures I take using the camera flash in low lighting comes out dull and brownish even though the viewer shows a bright image before taking the picture.

Yet turning off the flash produces better but unsatisfactory images. I just returned from a holiday where I had to use the HTC Desire HD which consistently produced far superior pictures in low light conditions. Anyone know what settings that could improve this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kohiiou:
I had the same problem before. I solved it by cleaning the lens with some LCD solution and a microfibre cloth. :)
[Dell Streak 7] delictis:
Hi

I spent all day to solve the problem on my Streak 7, and nothing so far.

I read similar treads but nothing.

It won't start up or charge the batery.

I try the reset buton near sd card an nothig.

When I connect it to computer, the computer find device APX,

and the 3 butons on side are iluminated. Thats all I can get.

Please help me with this, at least so I can fix the charging problem.

TNX
[Dell Streak 7] delictis:
dell streak 7 is alive again :)

Its alive again but version of android is older than before.

Its my mistake, I didn't tell you the full model.

Its dell streak 7 WiFi only for EU

Any sugestions to solve the problem

Its not t-mobile version.

TNX in advance
[Motorola Droid RAZR] NeoDark:
I'm using Chinese ICS Leak on my Latam Razr, I was wondering if you can install CM9 over this leak?

Will it use ICS kernel or it requires 2.3.6 kernel?

Will it run better if it use the ICS kernel?

Just brainstorming, let me know if is possible? ;)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nednapalm:
Hi All!

A while back I had some usb issues (kept going into car mode, grrr) - so I managed to fix it by hacking a little bit of the USB port away. I went back to stock rom just before I did this also, so now cannot connect via USB to root.

Anyone know a way of doing this without adb via USB?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tim.smart:
Hmm... Without using `adb` this might be difficult. ICS builds now have a cool feature that allows you to connect to your phone over your local network using `adb`.

Why can't you use `adb`? Are you not very good with Linux shell environments or does your setup restrict you in some way? I guess a bit more information about your current setup and situation would help others and I offer a more tailored solution to your problem.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nednapalm:
I can't use ADB because I've mangled my USB port - it only charges now via USB nothing else (charges slowly also :( ).

I think I'll have to get the USB port repaired!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tim.smart:
What ROM are you using at the moment? Some allow you to use adb over your Wifi connection.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ___m0d_:
Yeah I suggest changing the USB port or use another comp. :-)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wigankev:
I've got the same issue as you. I'm trying figure out how to get back to S-ON for warranty.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] xenokc:
I used to have original EVO and went to Epic Touch (Sammy SGII) and was really disappointed with the Samsung signal quality compared to EVO. Especially when in a weak signal, EVO 3G data would work fine but SGII sometimes would not work at all if signal is weak in same spot.

Have tested it many times. EVO was OK with 3G data if barely a signal, SGII would be hit and miss in same spot.

For those who switched from Epic Touch, how does new EVO perform with weak 3G signal? I'd think with the Qualcomm chipset, EVO should do much better than ET/SGII.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regalpimpin:
Samsungs are notorious for horrible radios.

They can suffer from something called LOS. Loss of Service. Where you basically lose all connection altogether until you reboot.

In fact my sisters galaxy s2 isn't even 3 months old and its been to samsung twice.

and is currently sitting with them waiting on backordered parts.

You won't (well probably won't) experience that issue with any other device maker.

As far as i know it exists on all the current samsungs though, gs2 and nexus alike. probably the gs3 as well.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] curiousGeorge:
Considering Qualcomm invented EVDO (Sprint's 3G) and the chipset with integrated EVDO modem, it would surprise me if the signal is weaker.

That said, the device is thinner -- flimsier antenna?

Some reviewers, however, are quick to point out that 3G strength is increased compared to the 3D, if that means anything to you:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
Signal should not be as good as the EVO 3D...S4GRU article on the FCC doc released for the device explained it...its not a big difference nor something you will notice much i think, but its there according to the FCC testing done...
[HTC One X] casca:
Hello guys.

I have finally received my third X, but this one brought an HTC UK charger and another one for Portugal, similar to HTC own one but it says expansys.

No problem here so far.

The issue I have encountered is that due to the phone being destined to the UK, the Portuguese language isn't included... I have update to 1.29.401.11, and also flashed the ruu file directly but still the Portuguese language won't show (not even after a hard reset).

Any ideas of what could be causing this? Could the phone cid code have anything to do with it?

Thanks guys.
[HTC One X] casca:
Nevermind... Downloaded the app "set locale and location" and...success!

The ruu has all the languages but probably it only shows the ones the cid code refers to. Don't really know...

Tks anyway
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] earlyberd:
Sprint has been offering the HTC Stereo Clip for a little while now, so I went ahead and picked one up. Even though I don't have a HOX or HOS, it is spec'd to work with practically any Bluetooth-enabled audio device, so I figured I might as well post a bit of a review for other potential owners. Initially the compatibility with apt-X piqued my interest, but since nobody seems to know if the GNex supports it, I didn't figure that I would get any better than A2DP streaming quality out of it. Still, the idea of turning any set of normal speakers or headphones into Bluetooth-enabled is pretty awesome, so even if the GNex won't support the full audio quality I expect I will eventually get a device that does.

The unit came in yesterday, so I charged it up and ran it through some basic tests. Here's the notable things I found.

First of all, this thing is small. It's about the size of a thumb drive and can be easily stored in even the smallest pockets. That also means the battery is small, and it doesn't have much power to output sound, so you should expect to use an external amp if you need it louder.

Down next to the USB port it tells you the max voltage and amperage it is configured to expect; 5V, 1A. This was a big deal for me, since I had a previous Bluetooth audio adapter that I accidentally overloaded with my car charger. Since this accepts 1 amp, it should be compatible with nearly every phone charger currently in existence. I got it to full charge in about an hour after plugging it into a USB port on my computer, and the manual says it should most likely take no more than 2 hours to charge from most USB chargers.

Now based on the configuration of the audio plug, it's obvious HTC only designed this for car stereos with female auxiliary ports, which poses a problem if you want to hook this up to other various speakers and headphones that only have another male 3.5mm plug. Plus, my car doesn't have a dedicated aux port, so instead I use a tape deck adapter, which of course is another male 3.5mm plug. Thankfully, all you need is just a 3.5mm coupler (female to female), which I picked up at my local Radio Shack for about $5.

Does it work? Yes, and beautifully at that. You can also use it while it's charging, so for some systems you can effectively just leave it attached to the charger all the time. Using the coupler I hooked it up to my car, my A/V receiver at home, and even to my headphones. The effective range seems to be limited to about 5 feet, but this is still much cheaper than purchasing brand new Bluetooth-enabled systems for each time you want to wirelessly play your music, especially when 99% of existing Bluetooth systems are terrible quality compared to regular sound systems. I imagine the quality will be better too when I have something that supports apt-X, but for now I can deal with A2DP.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bigriggy63:
Can you tell me where/which Sprint store that you have found this item? I cant seem to find them ANYWHERE..... :(

Thanks!

Riggy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] earlyberd:
I bought it online.

http://shop2.sprint.com/NASApp/onli...tion_box=htc stereo clip&id16=htc stereo clip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fryrice8850:
thanks for the quick review...i am thinking of picking one of these up for my gs3.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jumperalex:
Two questions:

Does it time out to save power?

Does it turn on automatically when it recieves external power?

If so this would make for a perfect semi-permentant install in a car where it will get power as soon as the car starts. so far no other adaptor will do this that I have found. Either they won't accept music while charging, or if they do, they will not auto-power-on once they've timed out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fryrice8850:
just got mine in the mail yesterday...

^ it does have a time out feature for power save, not sure about auto turn on when receive external power but it does charge and stream at the same time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DJGibbon:
Have you seen the Kensington LiquidAux? Works exactly as you describe: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0011UIX2K
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fluffywings:
Kensington LiquidAux does not have APT-X though. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] banone:
Hi.

Just ordered one. Trying to find out which bluetooth version it has, as it said 2.1EDR in the specs, but The Verge listed it as 4.0 in their test.

Was the sound quality and volume acceptable when using the cassette adapter??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DanH6:
Hey guys, I've had this stereo clip for about 4 months and it's fantastic. The fact it's wireless, so small, and gives a brilliant quality are my favourite points.

Although the battery is pretty poor, so now i've hooked it up to my cigarette lighter which solves that problem.

Now though, my calls are

not

distributed through the stereo clip to my cars speakers. Where-as a couple of months ago they were. Is this something that can be turned on/off or restored? It was super clear through the car speakers but now voice comes through the phones speaker and the sound is pretty crap when I'm driving to be honest.
[HTC Sensation] elgrego4:
Hi all, I need to put back the original orange UK Rom, s-on and change back from supercid to orang001. I downloaded what I thought was the right exe, but I just get error (155), im on ARHD 6... with all the latest fw. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] refthemc:
Just finished watching the Verge's comparison of Siri and S-Voice and at the end of the video his SIII's S-Voice starting speaking with an accent. Would love to have my phone make me feel like James Bond :)

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/24/3040552/siri-vs-s-voice-comparison-video
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SmiLey497:
I use Ivona for the British voice
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KennyG123:
Please ask in the S3 apps thread.

Thanks

FNM
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khiyatesh:
hello all xdains ;)

well as we all are aware of media bug problem of ics roms on galaxy s and relatively very bad battery life as compared to gingerbread roms but relatively sexy look and tons of customizations compared to gb roms....:eek:

i have used almost all ics rom for a while...but battery life purely sucks...except for elite's rom...:cool:

according to me...cm9 is only rom without media bug(no doublets in gallery and music player):(

AOKP has gone very very far as compared to other roms and its snappy too...but still this media bug is still there till now...and i dont have even a single idea why AOKP developers are not looking into that properly...:confused:

MAIN purpose of this thread:

Kindly suggest the ICS rom without the "media bug" and good battery life

Media bug refers doublets and triplets in gallery and music player(i hate it)

little bit off topic:

FOR those who want to run ics but they are pissed of by media bug and battery life can try following configuration like me:-

1)install latest cyanogen mod 7 nightly

its having rotation animation and swipe to clear notification

2)install devil's kernel for even more smooth experience

3)install ics notification bar mod and ics theme by sonny sekhon(i hope i spelled his name right)

and trust me...latest cm 7 nightly with devil kernel is better and more snappy then the best ICS rom out there...and 3D performance is amazing purely...

Battery life is amazing...

In short,Everything is amazing....with most of the features of ICS...:cool:

BUT,one thing which me(or all of us using cm7) go back to ICS is our galaxy s android section has become "all about ICS",every new mod or some new app comes just for ics,n we(or atleast I) GB users feel kinda outdated :( (like 5 mins back when i couldnt install tw5 on my cm7)

Well again...Kindly tell which ICS rom is without the media bug and having good battery life...

Thanks :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guru_iyer:
Links Request

Hey Would you provide me link to ICS NOTIFICATION BAR MOD..??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jose_Paramore:
I agree with you. Cm7 + devil is amazing.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9000 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khiyatesh:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1363239

checl this thread out...you will a lot of mod for cm7 in order to achieve cm9 look and layout...:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khiyatesh:
nobody wants to help solving this bug????:(

though i found somewhere that media rescan can help solving this bug temporary...
[HTC Sensation] DLittle2012:
After I boot into recovery and come 4ext touch recovery screen and tape on wipe/format and it brings up wipe/format menu,wipedata/factory reset,wipecache,wipe cache+ dalvik,wipe dalvik cache,wipe batt stats,format system,format data,format boot,format all partitions(except sd card) format sd card.which ones do I wipe before I install a new Rom.
[HTC Sensation] JustinRawr:
wipedata/factory reset and wipe cache+ dalvik
[HTC Sensation] DLittle2012:
Thanks for the information my friend.
[HTC Sensation] JustinRawr:
No problem. You can also use Superwipe from ARHD ROM thread. It cleans everything for a fresh install. :D
[HTC Sensation] Deleted member 4605439:
problem switching ROMs

I have been running ARHD 6.6.3 and am trying to switch to OrDroid 7.1.2.

I thought all I had to do to switch would be

-boot into recovery

-run superwipe (from ARHD thread)

-install OrDroid ROM

but when I do this and reboot it just goes into bootloop.

What step for switching between ROMs am I missing?
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
are you using the correct firmware for the Rom? Ics based Roms use 3.32 firmware?
[HTC Sensation] Deleted member 4605439:
In settings>about phone>software>more it says my build number is 3.32.401.5

I thought it might be this but I already tried reinstalled the latest firmware and still no luck. I was running ARHD before (obviously also a ICS ROM) which is why I don't understand why I can't get OrDroid running.
[HTC Sensation] Deleted member 4605439:
Still having problems. I ran Superwipe and installed Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2 and that worked ok. Then I ran Superwipe and installed ARHD 6.6.3 again and that also worked. I redownloaded the mirror link for OrDroid 7.1.2 and that still didn't work even using the same process that got the other ROMs working. I also tried installing OrDroid 7.1.0 but that didn't work either.

Anyone know why other ROMs seem to be loading fine but OrDroid just gets stuck in a bootloop everytime?

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
Before installing a new ROM, especially if the two ROMs differ in Sense version or Android version, go to Recovery, select Wipe | Format & Wipe all partitions except SD Card.

This is a fix for the bootloop issue too.
[HTC Sensation] DLittle2012:
When backing up the Rom that's in your phone before installing the new one does it matter if I back it up in the back up or the advance back up.and what's the difference in the to different back ups?
[HTC Sensation] mpkossen:
I don't know the difference, but the "normal" backup has always worked fine for me.
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Normal backup has always worked for me too. I use 4ext to back up . Then for apps I use my backup pro. Works for me

:)
[HTC Sensation] DLittle2012:
:cool:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarthLuca:
Hi everyone,

I am running on LPF ROM and I'm not satisified, especially with contacts not showing most of photos from facebook. So I would like to revert back to GB. I searched the forum and find the safest way is the using PC Odin with stock ROM

I am planning to use Open Europe N7000XXLC1. My question is

1-) When i installed LPF with PC Odin I used the bootloader filed file from the zip and now do I need a another bootloader to downgrade to GB?

2-) Should I check the re-partition box and find & insert a pit file to the corresponding slot?

I do not want to something wrong and brick my device in the process
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasmodo:
1. You don't need any other bootloader to go back to GB

2. No.

Try this to revert to GB:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25285584&postcount=3

And if you get a bootloop after flashing:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26460335&postcount=4
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreYFoXGTi:
I'm no expert but why are you playing with the bootloader ? when i was on LPY i didn't play with my bootloader going back to GB and everything is fine

P.S. stay off recovery mode until you are on GB again
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DomeniquE80:
Is it that simple? Just take a stock GingerBread version and use Odin? By GB version I mean that big file (600MB more or less) that is listed in Dr.Ketan post somewhere.

I'm also on LPF though.

Thanks,

Domenique
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chintamanijaipuri:
Yes... Very simple...

Simply download Stock rom and flash it following Dr. Ketan's method.

I was done that 1 week ago.