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[Acer Iconia A500] MO3iusONE:
I think you are generalizing when it comes to this. I've met the worst fan boys when it comes to both android and apple. I actually recall this dude I knew jumping for joy when he found out Steve Jobs died...

Anyway I've used both, I used an iphone4 for about a year before switching back to android.

I feel that ios was way smoother (although now I'm using a galaxy s3, I can say android is on par with it) I miss the variety of apps that ios had to offer and android fan boys try to shoot back by saying android has more free apps but honestly, I'm willing to pay for apps if they're of quality.

I felt the music player was a tad bit better.. I've downloaded a game and for some reason all the audio files showed up on my music player on my DROID Pro(maybe it was something I did wrong?)

I actually felt like I got the most out of my iphone once I jail broke it. It was the little tweaks that I was able to do that really made the experience with ios a whole lot better. The sad thing about this though is that I had to jail break it just to have some features that were standard on Android.

But at the end of the day, like I said, it's the apps.. I use my phone for calls, text, music, and Internet. Basic features all smartphones include.. It's the apps, the games, utilities, the variety that ios offers in apps that I miss.

One more thing, I never understood why people hate apple products. They make solid products.. I guess people just need to pick a side.. You got Ford vs Chevy, imports vs domestics, windows vs mac os, android vs apple, ipod vs zune(lol) etc etc
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
An Apple device, can make your wallet thinner :laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Acer Iconia A500] gears177:
haha yes i forget about this one XD tho cost is to high for what there asking for :P
[Acer Iconia A500] ErwinS:
Did any of you guys read this interview with Steve Wozniak?

Sorry, I can't post the link to the full interview (long time lurker, first time poster). Just google for 'Woz on Android'.

Basically he loves the iPhone for the design and loves Android for what it can do!

Below is an excerpt of that interview. For me that says it all!
[Acer Iconia A500] chismay:
those point are valid, i dont mind paying for an app as long as it works. but ive noticed a large amount of apps for ios that dont actually do as described. like telling you one thing and you get something else.

about apple and solid product, no, this is the thing most people will confuse about me personally ,.....the ipad and phone COULD have been the greatest device ever,,,,,if:

A.you actually got a product on par with the price your paying

B. You bought it, you own it, you do what u want with it. not apples way

C. You wasnt forced to use the brands own very poor software to upload even a simple ringtone, i seriously dont get that....,,, oh wait i do you have to pay....not just for music but pay apple to get that music,. since when was apple my personal certified music agent?....self injected by apple very sneaky

D. apple products have had many of they're fair share of design flaws, these have just been swept under the carpet though. what about the massive i-4..."yeah the 4rth version" design flaw when you had to stick a rubber bumper on the side to get reception, and yeah you had to buy that rubber bumper ,,,, even though its apple fault.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/some-iphone-4-models-see-signals-drop-to-0-when-held-left-handed/

NOW im not saying thats not a story for the android phones too but heres a small snippet about the htc one wifi problem and how htc went about fixing it for theyre valuable customers:

In addition, HTC is also urging affected users to their call customer support to see if their phone is one of the affected models. If HTC confirms that a user has a phone with the identified hardware flaw, they will issue a replacement device. <---- see the big differences?

other brands : buy a bad product from us we will fix or replace it at no cost you bought the device it should work....srry about that

apple: you bought it from us , its doesnt work.......so pay more money just get what you should already and have payed for,.

these are the things people hate about apple,

apple reminds me of that AOL Representative that wouldnt let that guy cancel his account.,... "well sir I THINK you need your account so im not goin to cancel it..........against your will.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_knvtpENoQ
[Acer Iconia A500] kylereid:
the one thing that I've come across are all of the software companies in the music industry absolutely LOVE the ipad (as does every musician, producer, etc. LOVE and ADORE their iphone). When i show up to gigs, rehearsals, etc... i get tons of glances and weird faces at my android. most people have no idea that it's faster and more capable.. yada yada yada. (phone is a GNex running jb)

But, whether it be large VST firms like Spectrasonics, Native Instruments, Arturia, etc. etc, or even hints from the bigger guys like ableton, protools (avid), and logic, all have ipad apps to make the ipad "the next instrument". you see all the time on youtube videos of 'ipad bands' and all that crap. it's really stupid! lol.

There are things like actual synths on ios (arturia) to realtime hardware synth integration to add extras (like oscilators, filters, etc) to even Moog synths! (which is totally awesome!). There are software synth helpers and controllers too, whether they be third party or directly from the manufacturer (like Spectrasonic's Orb).

This is very frustrating though, with android there's almost nothing out there. the best i have so far is a few midi controller apps (like touch osc, that originated on ios) and jordan rudess' MorphWizz (which he apparently uses live, but it feels like a toy).

I'm annoyed that 1. the music world is going to this, making everything feel chincy and kinda cheep (adding to the 'there's an app for that!' ;-s), but 2. that there's NOTHING for Android!

If I'm wrong, and there's stuff out there... PLEASE let me know. I'm using touch osc live on my a500 to control ableton, but i would love more apps for it!

oh yeah, one more thing. i also have a macbook pro (17 inch mother of a screen). i purchased it because of this problem. yes there are many production and synth programs on windows... but, NO, they hardly ever work well and i found that stability was 50/50 live. Had to go apple. To be honest, was hesitant, but i've enjoyed it. And apple fan boys, it's not perfect, it's not God, and it does crash.... albeit not as much as my Dell lol.

great community for the good 'ol a500!
[Acer Iconia A500] chismay:
LMFAO talk about ios and theyre GREAT APPS?

how about this a $1000 app that does nothing but shows a picture of a gem and a sentance

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I-APPS MY ASS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os2axzJHbzA&feature=related
[Acer Iconia A500] chismay:
thats great info i myself as a "not even semi-pro" music dj'er i have used abletone, native, etc an yeah i did find that more was supported by ios,

But is that the O/S's fault or the developers?
[Acer Iconia A500] MO3iusONE:
Really? Your gonna bring up an app that was released four years ago and that was pulled Immediately by Apple? Your a funny guy. You know it's bad when it's recommend to install some kind of anti virus software for your phone. I don't want to start arguing but the proof is in the pudding, ios has more apps, a wider selection and overall better apps, even if you have to pay for them.

---------- Post added at 10:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 PM ----------

I agree with the whole ring tone, buying a song off itunes is one thing but not being able to set it as a ring tone is just plain obsurd.. Who knows maybe they'll offer it as a feature in one of their updates ha ha ha ha.. I also don't like how finicky the iphone is when it comes to trying to play videos on it... With my galaxy s3 I just drag and drop and it plays pretty much any video format I have.

I thought both the iphone and ipad were priced decently. My galaxy s3 cost just as much as an iphone4.. I mean how much was a motorola xoom when it came out? Roughly the same amount as an ipad think.

I'm really not trying to argue, we can go back and forth all day, iphone had reception issues, a few of the nexus line of phones has screen issues, it happens.. Although people seem to be a bit more harsh when it's apple.. I remember I had an HTC evo, phone worked fine but the software had a bug.. there was a known android bug where I would click on a text but it would send me to a different contact, me unknowingly would shoot out the text and by the time I realized someone else had gotten the text... It was too late.. I had a lot of embarrassing moments because of this. I know apple had that one clock bug where it didn't update to daylights savings time... Everybody has problems..no company's is perfect... I don't know what I'm getting with this really, I'm a neutral guy. I use both os's, they both have their pros and cons... That's all I gotta say.
[Acer Iconia A500] kylereid:
agreed, but as we've seen with Flipboard and every other popular ios app, is android support THAT much different? lol
[Acer Iconia A500] sergeantosborne:
And there's an APP for that too!
[Acer Iconia A500] el_venga:
i read somewhere that the reason why iOS had such great dj'ing and music apps is sound processing. nobody can deny ipods have the greatest sound, better than any portable music player. apple took that and added it to the pads and phones. dunno if it's a software or hardware thing, but it's there. with jellybean now out i thought that might change a bit but i have not seen anything about it yet.

btw some Apple fanboys that i know are actually happy that Google fixed the fragmentation and wrote the gpu code from scratch. as another user said in earlier post, the OSes are paired in performance now.

Sent from my Abacus using Android
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
^ iPods have some of the WORST sound reproduction capability of any bar the cheapest other brand MP3 players...
[Acer Iconia A500] chismay:
yeah i think your right there something about the latency n such right? i didnt go that far into it when i did but i think i remember something about that.
[Acer Iconia A500] chismay:
well this really hits me as the standard apple talk.....it was a while ago so it doesnt matter,.....just like theyre hardware faults, no i not bringing it up for comical reasons i was merely showing as history tells that ios is no angel in that department,.. i think you might have miss-interpreted my meaning matey. :highfive:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] emmedema:
Hi all,

I have a carrier-unlocked NEO and I was wnadering if there is any way I can update to the latest stock update.

It's been a while I had a notification of an available OTA but, last time I tried to update via OTA I briocked my phone (as described here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1353623&highlight=ota+bricked+my+phone) and before I found this link, I sent it to Sony that replaced my phone altogether.

I had to re-unlock the network and now I am kind of scared of updating again....

Somewhere I read that, if I use PC Companion, I can update without any problem, even if I unlocked the phone....

Is that true? Any suggestion?

Thank you very much and sorry if it's a common question, but I couldn't find anything specific for this problem around....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] geri268:
Haha you screwed up with dat bootloader unlock thing xd u can update your phone simple... You dont have to do anything with dat phone... ONLY IF ITS BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED, not network unlocked
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] pritpal17:
use flashtool to update your phone
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] aerosmith1:
Hi, did you guys ever noticed, that sometimes the digiclock or the switch widgets shrinked after sth?

Its happening to me on both 2.3.4 and on 4.0.4 official roms.

Im curious that its just happening with me?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ManthanRB:
No...

Not for me

Sent from my TELEPHONE :D
[TouchPad General] abendroidx:
hi all, few weeks back my hp tp left speaker died thinking it might be rom related i flashed but to no luck tried searching for spares but cant find any i found a disassembly guide in ifixit but need a new speaker. have anyone experienced the same problem?
[TouchPad General] spaceosc:
if u bought it during the fire sale u have about a week till (8/20) the one year warranty expires.

http://kb.hpwebos.com/wps/portal/kb/na/touchpad/touchpad/wifi/supportservices/page_en.html

go to palm support and CHAT with them. do not call cuz that cost money.

once u get an RMA they will send a box and take care of Shipping.

then go here to wipe and remove android

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1426244

once wiped send it in and your speaker will be fixed, it will take about a week.
[TouchPad General] rayacer:
Should I take a chance and send my TP in? My charging port is loose but it charges still. Do they send you another refurbished TP or the same one repaired? I have until the 24th.
[TouchPad General] spaceosc:
they will not send ua refurb, they will fix yours and give it back to you. sent it in a month ago for a bad charging port, brand new connector when i got it back. same TP tho.

if u got lucky enough to get a refurb then it likely have abetter battery than u have today. but thats super unlikely if they can just fix it. there is NO risk
[TouchPad General] sstar:
Don't wait, it isn't going to get better. Report it now and arrange for it to be repaired while the connecter is still sort of working and you can remove Android.

I had the same problem and was only just able to remove Android before it totally died. I have it back now with a new part fitted and its working fine.
[TouchPad General] abendroidx:
I cant really do that as I got mine from amazon and I'm not located in us shipping it back to usa is not practical for me if only replacement parts are available then I can diy

Sent from my YP-G70
[TouchPad General] ssuds:
I'm pretty sure they have service centers internationally... Imo it's worth chatting them up while it's still under warranty and seeing if they can work something out for your situation.
[TouchPad General] sstar:
What country are you in ,they fixed mine in the UK.
[Android] jarj28:
Hi everyone, i'm new to Android development and i have a incovenient bug. Well, i used the 'Top-Down- method to fix all my requirements, but it misses this one. I'm trying to write data to a file, and to be able to access this data in a remote html in a webview. Although i managed to create the file, here's the code

File file = new File("data/data/com.template.WebViewTemplate/test.txt");
if (!file.exists()) {
try {

file.createNewFile();

WriteSettings(this,"setting0, setting1, setting2");

} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

and the test.txt file is empty.

I'd love to fix that issue that really bothers me, though i have to have done it by thursday evening ( here in France ), thanks a million ( please excuse my english i'm french )
[Android] alex.bat98:
First of all, path must start with /. And I'm not sure u can write here. Try /sdcard/text.txt location.

Also, try using FileWriter class. I think it'll be better.
[Android] pvyParts:
Why not use shared preferences?

It looks like you are setting preferences guessing that's what you are doing but could be very wrong lol.

Pvy
[Android] Twodads:
Take a look at developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html, this contains some good documentation on how to use the various storage options. I sounds like you want either private internal or public storage.
[Android] jarj28:
Thanks to everyone for your replies !

As far i know, the file is created, i can look for it in /data/data/com.packagename/filename.txt. But it is empty :/

How can i use sharedprefs? Thanks a lot !

EDIT : I looked at the docs, but still can't get where to save the preferences

EDIT 2 : YEEEAAHHHH THANKS !!! I used

String FILENAME = "hello_file";
String string = "hello world!";

FileOutputStream fos = openFileOutput(FILENAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
fos.write(string.getBytes());
fos.close();

Great !!! Now i face another problem, but maybe i'll do another thread. I need to access the file through my WebView, and i need to figure out how to save the data from a list of countries
[Android] jarj28:
EDIT 3 : Is there someone i can PM ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamb2001:
Its been a while since ive been on these forums, i used to root and install custom roms on my X10 all the time..... but a Few days ago i rooted my Galaxy Note, following a tutorial from root galaxy note .com and my phone rebooted fine and after doing a root check my phone showed as being rooted, then last night in bed i installed lcd density and changed the settings upon restart my note is hanging on the Samsung bootup logo, i can get into odin mode where it stays on Downloading...Do not turn off target!!, i can also get it into Android System Recover, but cannot get the method of both buttons and power to work

I have been googling online for the last hour finding an answer and most seem to say i need to reflash the whole phone back to normal in odin but was wondering if there is any easier way to get back up and running especially as i didnt install any custom firmware on my phone

please help ??:eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webwatcher:
This question dosn't belong to dev-forum.

But here's the quick answer:

LCD Density changes only one line that blongs to DPI in build.prop file. But you have to alter 2 lines.

So the quick way to revert your bootloop: go to recovery, make a full wipe and reflash your ROM.

If you want change your DPI: Alter it by manually change the lines in build.prop or grab ROM-Toolbox from market and make the changes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamb2001:
hi thanks for the answer, when you say your rom ? ive been trying to find a custom uk 4.04 rom for the note for the last 45 mins but cant seem to find one, any ideas where ? also how would i change the build.prop without my phone being able to boot up, is it possible?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @denny:
if your on ics do not ...i repeat do not wipe anything or factory reset...you will brick your phone ..search for bodivas pre rooted stock firmware and flash on odin...read the instructions very carefully

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1535025&highlight=bodivas
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamb2001:
oh !! i did actually click wipe last night but on the android revoery not clockwork :(

does that mean its bricked ???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @denny:
if it was on android recovery you might of escaped , you will find out when you flash firmware...if it gets stuck at factory fs its bricked...good luck
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamb2001:
thanks for your advice, feel like giving myself a big slap honestly !!!! i was going to try a custom rom and see if it allowed that to work, where would i find an original 4.04 rom for the uk and o2 ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unubtanium:
For info about the Emmc Brick bug have a check here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1698977
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @denny:
some handy torrents here for stock

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1590284

in future i would do a bit more reading before you muck around with your phone , and dont bother with the other sites this site has the best info
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfribeiro:
If I were you I flash a GB stock rom with pc odin. If it pass you are ok and you can wipe again but if stuck on factoryfs.img you are hardbricked.

Please put here also the link for the tutorial that you used.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamb2001:
i managed to use odin to reflash the original firmware and im back up and running

thanks for the help guys :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfribeiro:
Now spend some time first and read this guide.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424997

Don't follow other sites different than XDA. It can leave you to a eMMC hardbrick.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] O_G:
Thread Moved​

Dont post questions in the dev section! Read the stickies for guidelines!​
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolkriss:
Lucky you.. Read , read and Read before you act ..

All the Best to which ever ROM you move ..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunc4n88:
Has anyone came across where the phone automatically shuts down even though says battery is at 60% and above even at 85% just force closes the phone system even had it where the battery light [red] flashes and have to leave phone off for a minute then it will turn on ok but them once it does boot after 1 min shuts down again

Tried battery calibration to no effect could it be the battery itself dying or could it be a fault with a kernel even though I've tried roughly 5-6 kernels and it does it all the same and on 5-6 different roms if anyone has any suggestion please don't hesitate I'm getting abit fed up of it doing it
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vichoh:
hey dunc4n88, which ROM are u using right now?

If it's possible provide the link of it, so we can check if there any kernel update or error reported because of the same as you
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunc4n88:
I'm on ravij jb beats audio light rom with doomkernel v6 medium oc but tried loads of different kernels and roms and all of them the same I'm I've also noticed aswell I can't update busybox it'll update then once phone reboots it reverts back to old one
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wo88les:
Is your battery slightly "fat" or swelled up?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunc4n88:
Yeah it is I noticed it today when I had the battery out also can tell its swollen up as the back cover doesn't sit flush anymore so battery problem it is then?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wo88les:
Ok I can tell you a cheeky trick to keep you going til new battery arrives

Place battery flat on a surface

Using a hammer GENTLY TAP AWAY until it's almost back in shape I STRESS GENTLY. Don't pop the cells

This worked for me while i waited for a new battery ;)

That should push the cells back together

When u get new battery charge for no more than 2-3 hours at a time

Charging for a long time causes battery to Bleb from what I've heared
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunc4n88:
I can live with it for now just frustrating at times. For replacement battery should I go for same mAh on stock battery or go for higher spec mAh and what would be the benefits
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udupa82:
Same stock amps man..... don't mess with bigger battery....
[HTC Incredible S] Overloaded:
Hello,

I have problems installing custom ROMs on my device.

When i try to instal a rom through the latest 4EXT Touch Recovery it can't instal the boot.img. Normally i flashed the boot.img myself in fastboot but now i can't connect it anymore with my pc.

I searched for downgrading or maybe upgrading the hboot to get full s-off.

At the moment i'm running *** UNLOCKED *** HBOOT-2.00 with S-ON.

The ROM i'm running is NikProjectX. The boot.img of this ROM is now installed so when i try to flash another ROM it can't overwrite this boot.img so i'm stuck in a bootloop.

I have made nandroidbackup of this ROM and the previous ROM that was Coredroid V2.4.

Can someone please help me to get full S-OFF? I've tried allot but can't get it to work :(

Thanks and Regards, Bas
[HTC Incredible S] Nonverbose:
1. Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1373697

2. READ

3. Do

4. Done
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
5. Thank nonverbose ;)

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] Overloaded:
Yeah, i have found that too. That wasn't so hard.

But the problem is that i can't connect the phone with adb. And also in fastboot it won't connect to the pc.