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[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] oshizzle1991:
Hey guys, long time android owner (since the G1,) and my previous phone was the OG Atrix (may he rest in piece, part of the screen stopped working, I think I just fried it from too many flashes haha), I am thinking of getting a Vivid as my next phone, and I was wondering if there is anything I should know about it? How does Qualcomm's processor stack up to the Tegra 2? I am assuming the camera is better (Vivid has a higher megapixel camera), and how easy is the rootability of this phone and how is ROM development coming along?? I have heard that the battery is kind of on the bad side, but there are ways around that. Anyway, if you guys could pitch in your 2 cents I'd appreciate that!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mg2195:
Well...there isn't much Rom development to be honest...but what few devs are left are making incredible roms! So if your a flashaholic...might not be the device for you...but if you just like a good stable Rom then this phone might suit you

Rooting isn't to hard, it can be done with the vivid tool kit which is stickies in the dev section...it walks you through the process (unlock bootloader, flash recovery, flash root package or Rom), you also have the option to s-off or leave it s-on...if your s-off everything can be flashed from recovery...if your s-on everything except radios and kernels can be flashed through recovery...if your s on you have to flash kernels using a computer, command prompt and USB cable...(fastboot flash boot boot.img)

Battery is alright depending on Rom/kernel...on elegancia blitz with stockish kernel this is ky battery life:

That's with brightness at auto and WiFi and data on all day

Calling it a day...with 30% left after 15 hours and 50 minutes...not bad :)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jul644:
i would spend the 100$ and get a One X vivid it great but bad battery life as seen above (if you want to go out at night buy an extra battery) im going to buy an extra battery because i have resorted to staying on ginger bread to maintain the 24 hours of battery that i need in a phone (ovbiously light usage) to put it in perspective 30 min of watching ted talks at full brightness drained my battery 40% today. (mind you on ginger bread the phone uses basically 0 battery when the screen is off) also 3g talk time is only like 5 hours so talking on the phone kills battery life
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] clago87:
I actually came from an atrix as well. Battery hasn't been too big of an issue but its only been with light use but heavy tethering
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] altanimi:
Right now, it would probably be better to fork out $80/$100 for the One X(ATM Amazon has it for $79.99). The Vivid isn't bad, but development is somewhat slow over here and the One X is technically a better phone with more active development. That's just my two cents, though.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cmerlyn:
Unless, of course, you want a removable battery and a place to put an SD-Card. The One X doesn't have that (iPhone clone). The Vivid is a good, solid phone for my purposes. Battery life is OK, I get maybe a day and a half usually with light use. Comes with Gingerbread, but there is an Over-The-Air upgrade that should pop up almost as soon as you activate. The on-screen keyboard has swyping capability, I have been trying it out and like it just as much as official Swype.

Probably a good idea to browse this forum, lots of good information here.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
I like mine but wouldn't have gotten it if I had to do it again. Sense 3.6 ruins the ics experience and battery life is in between bad and terrible. Developers are struggling with aosp roms due to ril issues imposed by att, and you nearly have to void your warranty to put custom roms on. It's a great phone if you just leave it on stock and can deal with Sense 3.6. It's fast and has an awesome camera, but you still have to deal with the battery life and htc never made an official extended battery which imo seems odd as they usually do. There are third party extended batteries but good luck finding a case. And finally, I think it's one and done when it comes to android updates.

If you want a good every day phone and can deal with the poor battery life than go for it. If you want a phone with good development keep looking as it's simply not a developers phone.

I don't regret the purchase and I still like it but I wouldn't do it again if that makes sense (no pun intended lol). Personally if you want a carrier phone and don't feel like paying big bucks for a GS3 or One X, or dealing with the BS that comes with either one, Get a regular Galaxy S2, otherwise buy a Galaxy Nexus. That's my personal reccomendation, others may disagree, but I was in the market for a GS2, non lte, when a friend of mine said LTE was worth it, so with the skyrocket being $200 at the time, I went for the Vivid. IMO LTE is just unnecessary, HSPA+ is plenty fast, and LTE drains the battery too much, and with a 2-3 gig cap, what's the point of 50mb/s download speed anyway?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] aniym:
just wanted to chime in, as I was considering buying a Raider used. I too am coming from an Atrix 4G, and the wait for ICS with proper Tegra 2 drivers has been annoying.

Here's what I know. Almost all of HTC's 2010/2011 phones (Sensation, Desire HD and Incredible S) have been plagued with bad battery life. I can attest to that as I had the Desire HD and incredible S and no amount of ROM, radio and kernel flashing to get the battery life to be significantly better than what it was. I've considered the Sensation, but I've heard bad things about battery life too.

I can honestly say that the Atrix has considerably better life, partially because of it's bigger battery (1930 mAH) and that it has a smaller, lower quality screen. HTC's battery life did not hold a candle to it at all. Keep that in mind. You might need an extended battery or something to match the performance.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
This phone has a ridiculously small battery for such a large phone with an lte modem. 1650mah...and no extended option which I don't get. Htc usually is pretty good about extended battery options but they forgot about the vivid
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] shokuhawan:
I got Vivid and One X. Actually I don't like one X for some reasons:

-Internal Memory: 32GB, but you only have 1.7GB for Apps compare to 3.7GB Vivid.

-The Storage on One X about 24GB, but the copy speed is slow ~8-10MB/s. My Vivid with class 10 sdcard is about 14-18Mb/s

-The menu button on One X was replaced by the Recent apps button. For what, show off Sense 4.0 functions? There is a way to fix it, and AT&T is making a patch for this.

-One X has a bigger and nice screen but light weight, I dropped it about 4-5 times because of the weight. When I'm using Vivid, It feel solid and tough in my hand.

I would stick with Vivid for a long time :), the design is very good unlike other HTC phones.
[General Questions and Answers] aguha1044:
why i m not able to post any thread in android developing section??
[General Questions and Answers] TeeJay3800:
Answered and closed.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ins0dus:
Hello All, first let me say Thank you to all you Developers and supporters!

I have been a long time EVO Fan since the First one came out.

My Problem!!

I started Rooting my Phone using these steps

http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-4g-l...tc-evo-4g-lte-unlock-bootloadertwrp-recovery/

everything went flawless until I tried to update my firm ware to the newest one 1.22.651.3

using this help link

http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-4g-l...ooted-htc-evo-4g-lte-to-1-22-651-3-with-root/

When my phone finished installing the update it rebooted and kept looping into recovery, and that the point that im stuck at!!

I have TWRP as my recovery and I had the stock ROM to the last of my knowledge before I installed the update.

please someone help me!! this is my only form of communication to the outside world right now!! im stuck in a military base for the next month and a half!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
Have you tried flashing a ROM?

Hvae you tried redownloading and reflashing the firmware update?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] alexjzim:
second this. Whatever rom you have/had on it somehow failed. Just wipe and flash a new one
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ins0dus:
Thanks, initially The ROM I had installed didn't install correctly so I went ahead and installed a new Rom and everything works great now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Every time my factory keyboard opens up to type something the little keyboard icon shows up.. it did this also when I had smart keyboard...it's annoying ! Any tips on how to make it stop showing up ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Anyone please ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] g2uzer:
I belive that's part of ics,
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] pedroisweird:
n00b lol. it's there to allow you to change what keyboard you're using. if you know you specifically want to use one and never change it then disable the rest of them in language and input under settings and it'll disappear. :cowboy:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Lol noob .... even if I am using the default Samsung keyboard alone it still displays the icon. If I install smart keyboard it doesn't even let me uncheck the Samsung keyboard .
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jgalan14:
You can't take it off unless rooted, your not able to take off samsung keyboard because us part of the system apps
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] option94:
I deleted the samsung keyboard. I only have SwiftKey checked and its not there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Ah

Thank you !!! Problem fixed . I just deleted samsung keyboard and only have smart keyboard and the icon disappeared !
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rangergm:
It's part of ICS. Was a little odd to see at first, but a handy way of switching keyboards. I suggest you get used to it cause future versions might still have this as part of the OS.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
I fixed it by deleting the samsung keyboard ... never use it anyways
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leesanhua:
how did you fix it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
You just quoted the answer lol. By un installing it. I use swift key three keyboard
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leesanhua:
I'm using swiftkey 3 buy I'm not able to uncheck the Samsung keyboard. So, how did you uninstall the stock keyboard?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Root and use titanium
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leesanhua:
Oh, never mind then. I have no idea how that works.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elracing21:
What's the Apk name of the keyboard in titanium?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Just search the threads for how to root your phone. Its easy takes about 10-15 minutes not even. Then after you have root, download the app from the play store and uninstall anything you want, just be careful not to uninstall the wrong thing.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Mine just says Samsung Keyboard in titanium. Click it and hit uninstall. Gone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leesanhua:
Hhmm I think I can try that. If I have questions, can I ask you?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
yes. just shoot me a PM i can send you the folder you need to use to root your phone and a link to a video with instructions. very easy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eeamshh:
hi can one tel me how to play odf file my s3 or tell me is there available any player support odf
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thoragh:
By odf are you referring to an Open Document File? If so you could probably just use the OpenOffice Document Reader located at https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImF0LnRvbXRhc2NoZS5yZWFkZXIiXQ.. at the Play Store.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eeamshh:
i have seen card magic show in lg optimus 3d i want play that file my phone is it posible or not?
[HTC One X] Jaimesco12:
Hello, I have a T-Mobile galaxy s2 my friend will trade me his international one x and I'll add 70 bucks on my side, now do you guys think its a good deal or not? :confused: Also I'm currently on the T-Mobile prepaid 30$ 5GB plan. Will I need to get an older sim for it to work?? I just need text and calls to work the day I get it, then I'll just get an older sim. It should work with the newer sim I'm using on my s2 just to make text and calls right? And are any of you users on edge with tmobile and how did you do it so I can get ready on what to ask T-Mobile when I go to the store.

Thanks :D
[HTC One X] haree:
hi

u need a micro sim for this phone

1. u can get from the service provider at some extra cost

2.like me u can get it cut by any mobile shop guy and use the same:laugh:

this works i have done it no problem:D
[HTC One X] Jaimesco12:
So you think its a good trade and its just that I've been reading that the one x doesn't work with newer Sims so I need to get an old one and i live in Vegas.

Edit I mean the data doesn't work with newer sims

If I helped you hit that "thanks" button :D
[HTC One X] Jaimesco12:
I am but I wanted to know about the sim....

If I helped you hit that "thanks" button :D
[HTC One X] haree:
hi

dear i have given u the options available for the sim im my previous post even if u get it cut and u use it in ur phone it will work it is working for me and i got mine yesterday:laugh: and my sim is an old one worst come to worst ud need to pay some thing small extra and get a micro sim from ur provider:good::laugh:
[HTC One X] Flo95:
You'll only have EDGE data speeds, keep that in mind before getting the One X

If my guess is right and you are in the US
[HTC One X] Jaimesco12:
Yeah I didn't want the u.s version I need it unlocked and thing is I've been reading that new sims don't give you data (edge) it says I need to get an old sim in some forums that I've been reading

If I helped you hit that "thanks" button :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] &roid:
I understand now how to compile framework-res.apk on this phone from a previous question. I like to change the colors and texts to theme certain aspects of the phone, but I also like to turn on the CRT animation. I edit the bools.xml file to change animatescreenlights to false, saved and compiled, moved the resourses.arsc to original apk. I tested, but the CRT animation does not work. I've never had this problem before. I've done it on my original Galaxy, and Galaxy II with no problems. Is there something different to do on the SIII?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcsfearless:
Hit up beans he's got it up on his latest rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] greevedogg:
I would like to know as well...

Missing the CRT animation, coming from the DX. Hopefully, eschelon will include this in Synergy soon:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
There is a MOD for this in the Android Development. You can download it and flash with CWM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] greevedogg:
link?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] &roid:
Even if you get it to work, we need a nodded libsurfaceflinger file that corrects the glitch that makes the screen quickly flash sometimes after the crt effect collapses.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
Can't link because I'm considered a noob! I have the zip file to flash it. I will post it tonight.

---------- Post added at 01:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:20 PM ----------

http://db.tt/rj5OtN96

This is the download zip. This not my mod so please find the person who made this and thank him. I could not find his post but I will search for it and put the link here. If this is not protocol please remove.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] &roid:
Nice of you to provide link egor. This will have the occasional flicker crt glitch unless someone has a modified libsurfaceflinger file to correct it. The international gs3 forum has one for theirs. Theirs doesn't work on ours though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
I'm not sure if it will have the glitch I have not installed it yet. I found it either in development or theme but I went back to get the link and I could not find it. I believe it was done around Aug. 5-6th.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] &roid:
I tried it. It works, but the flicker glitch is present.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
You could open it and see what they changed to see what's going on and maybe make some tweaks to get the glitch out.

I had a tbolt that I themed and wanted to know if the themeing was the same?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] flameinthefire:
hi i am trying to root my s3 and ive installed the usb divers and kies but when i put my phone is usb debugging mode it does not recognize it the usb sound goes on and off. but when i uncheck the usb debugging mode and connect again it works. What do i do?
[Asus Transformer TF700] shadow071506:
I was wondering if anyone uses any of those emergency charger... What do you think is the best one to pair up with the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity? I was thinking of getting Sanyo's Eneloop Mobile Booster.Any more suggestion? :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] NickS VR4:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29330531

Doing this myself.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Chief Geek:
I've used them on phones before, but not one for my tf700 yet. Hope to soon once some options are out there that have been proven. I like choices.
[Asus Transformer TF700] blauciel:
I purchased the ZaggSparq 2.0 (it was on sale for 50% off a couple weeks ago):

http://www.zagg.com/accessories/zaggsparq.php

It is $100, but I got it for $50. I haven't actually tried it yet, but I'll give it a go tonight and report back.
[Asus Transformer TF700] shadow071506:
how did it go? :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] AspenMan:
Check out my review/mod for the Anker battery. On Amazon for $59 and it works wonders, can be used for all sorts of devices.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29330531
[Asus Transformer TF700] Diogenes5:
I use the Anker® Astro2 Dual USB Output 8400mAh External Battery Pack. The original transformer power supply uses a variable charger I believe that uses up to 12v/2.1 A to charge your device (it uses the max when your tablet has low battery life and less when it is near capacity).

My device is limited to 5V on either the 600mAmp or 2 Amp USB port. The tablet does not show itself as charging though when I use the device but my anker device blinks to show that it is charging. I turned my tablet off and left the charger in and the tablet gained a couple of percentage points of battery life after a few minutes.

I didn't know that the larger version could do 9 and 12V, feel like a bonehead for not checking. I got the 8400mAH version because I only wanted my charger to be about the size of my phone at max size otherwise I feel that the portability of the device is compromised (only have so much room in my pockets/bags).

If anyone else understands how charging works, I'd appreciate it if they could explain to me how using only 5v/2Amps would affect my TF700 infinity battery. Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] AspenMan:
Unfortunately 5v just isn't enough voltage to trigger charging (9v/2a isn't even enough). How long have you had your battery? Amazon has a good return policy, might be able to send it back.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Diogenes5:
Thanks for confirming. Sucks I bought the wrong one but at least the alternative is only a few bucks cheaper.
[Asus Transformer TF700] blauciel:
Welp, the Zagg Sparq 2.0 isn't even recognized on the tablet or with the dock. :/ Seems there's not enough output.

It works fine for my Samsung Galaxy S III, though.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wizzbang3:
Hello all,

I purchaed a Galaxy S3 on launch day in Australia and got an outright, full unlocked one.

Unfortunately it was still BRANDED though as the seller omitted that information >:(

Does anyone know which is the best ROM I can flash to have a complete stock and uptodate version of the S3 OS?

Also, is it possible for the phone to still check OTA for updates with one of these ROMS or not?

The Optus ROM I have keeps trying to update a 22mb update and it's annoying because it actually refuses to flash

I keep getting a 22mb system update coming down over wifi which doesn't install.

E: Invalid command argument

Finding update package

Opening update package

Verifying update package

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

Anyone know what to load on?
[LG Nitro HD] Flyview:
Quick questions:

1) Is power usage by the CPU DIRECTLY affected by voltage? For example, does 1V use twice the power of 0.5V? ...or is it not a linear response like that?

2) Does the frequency (at same voltage) influence power usage by the CPU? Ex. 1.0GHz vs 1.1GHz, both at 1V.
[LG Nitro HD] -ReaL-:
yes no
[LG Nitro HD] drumist:
Yes, it's linear. The formula is P=I*V where P is power, I is current, and V is voltage.

Yes, definitely, because when running at a higher frequency, the CPU will be drawing more current (see above formula). That's the whole reason that CPUs will slow themselves down when not needed.
[LG Nitro HD] -ReaL-:
When idle, CPU's slow down not only frequency but voltage too. Thats why cpu's consume less energy on lower frequencies. Processor on the same volgate, but different frequencies consumes almost the same power.
[LG Nitro HD] drumist:
Dynamic power consumption is directly (linearly) affected by frequency, but static (leakage) power consumption is a different beast. I may be overestimating how big the dynamic power consumption is in comparison to static with these tiny SoCs.
[LG Nitro HD] Flyview:
Yes, that's what I'm wondering. Is the voltage and current increased with higher frequency or just voltage? If just voltage then the power use of any two frequencies at the same voltage is the same. If current also changes based on frequency, then two frequencies at the same voltage would use a different amount of power.
[LG Nitro HD] drumist:
No, current increases with frequency. But there is also a certain amount of power that is consumed no matter what the frequency is (so having a very low frequency doesn't mean it's consuming almost no power -- it just means it's consuming LESS power). I'm kind of oversimplifying it in my last post. It's complicated stuff, and I don't claim to be an expert at it. I'm just an amateur.

---------- Post added at 02:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:13 PM ----------

I've been researching this a little bit since I have some free time and it caught my interest. Here's what I've come up with:

P ≈ k₁·V²·f + k₂·V

k₁ and k₂ are constants. (They have meaning but it's not necessary that we understand them.) V is voltage, and f is frequency. The first term (k₁·V²·f) is dynamic power, and the second term (k₂·V) is static or leakage power.

Some things to take away from this is that power consumption is more than halved when the voltage is halved. Even though it would appear that reducing the frequency only influences the dynamic power, the CPU automatically scales the voltage down when the frequency is lower, so as a chain reaction, the static power is also reduced significantly. (And as it happens, the static power is larger than dynamic power with modern chips, so that's important.)

Again, I'm not an expert on this. If someone sees an error or misunderstanding let me know.
[LG Nitro HD] Flyview:
Where is current in your formula? I know the CPU has voltages you can set for each frequency, what you would call the static voltage, but what is this dynamic power? Let's say I run the phone at 1.51Ghz at 1087.5mV. Would it consume more power than running at 1.35Ghz, if also set at 1087.5mV?
[LG Nitro HD] drumist:
The current is incorporated in the frequency term. The reason the dynamic power term has frequency in it is because the current drawn is proportional to the frequency. Basically, current equals frequency times a constant, which was absorbed into k₁.

Yes to your last question, but it may not be a huge difference.