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[HTC Rezound] LOBBS:
Maybe its because I'm fairly new to smartphones but I never see anyone posting about hardware upgrades. When I buy a computer, I get the biggest, nastiest one I can afford. Then I upgrade the hardware over the next couple of years until it hits the limits of the old OS. I get about 4-5 years of good use before it makes good sense to start over.

These phones are basically computers that make calls so I don't understand why the same can't be done. The biggest knock on the Rezound going forward is the old S3 processor. All the other hardware is pretty solid. Why can't we put in a new chipset? Are they not available retail? Will one from a newer phone not physically fit or attach? The software controls would seem to be a rather easy hurdle given the open source nature of Android. Or are these things just considered disposable too quickly for it to even be an option?
[HTC Rezound] shrike1978:
Doesn't work that way. This isn't a general purpose computer made with off the shelf components running a general purpose operating system. This is a special purpose embedded computer with a highly customized operating system. Even the "generic" AOSP builds we have need specialized pieces of code stripped from HTC's builds to work. Every component in the phone has a specific driver to make it work, and there are very few extraneous drivers in the build. Just changing any component would cause the phone to not boot because of driver and OS incompatibilities.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
I think one big limitation as opposed to building PC's, is that these aren't removable interchangeable components like on a PC. These boards are designed with the components to be used until disposed of just like they are, as opposed to generic motherboards with slots and sockets that allow the freedom of easily unplugging the components and replacing them. For example on a PC you can just replace a RAM module or add another RAM module in an extra dimm slot, but on the phones adding RAM isn't an option because it's built as a part of the main board/chip.
[HTC Rezound] LOBBS:
I can understand the physical limitations but not the software ones. Say for instance you had a bricked HTC One with a better chipset and a Rezound and source code on both. I could see the components physically not fitting. But you look at ROMs like ViperRez or any Sense 4 ROMs and they are taking software from other phones and fitting it to this hardware set. Why is that not a two-way street fitting the current software to new hardware?
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
You can't just upgrade the RAM, or pop in a new i7. It is all surface mounted PCBs, and the phone will only work one way. The software is made to fit the hardware, not the other way around.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
The development on the vendor trees and drivers could most likely be done on the software end, or most of it at least, if you made the hardware mods. Also having kernel source would probably be something that would be required, or at least reverse engineering it.
[HTC Rezound] LOBBS:
I wouldn't have expected it to be a plug and play kind of upgrade. Software just tells hardware what to do and and when. Once you have a new hardware condition, the software would have to be modified or re-written. It wouldn't be easy but I have no doubt it could be done. But given that a hardware upgrade isn't feasible given the physical construction of the phone it makes sense why it isn't done.

I work for an aerospace supplier and we have some ancient machines (hardware) that have been modernized (software). The machines themselves are built like tanks and damn good at what they were designed for. The controls were added to expand on those properties.
[HTC Rezound] Antoine.WG:
In theory, yes but in practice it would be more cost effective to just replace the phone. It's not like you can just hop on newegg.com and order a new S4 and some RAM chips. PC components are standardized and easy to replace but in the mobile world, from one chip to the next, they may not even be pin-compatible. That, and they're soldered to the board.

I work in an industrial setting where the control systems on equipment have been upgraded to more modern equipment but it's never easy or cheap, just cheaper than new machinery. Months of planning and design goes into it before one wire gets touched.
[Android Apps and Games] halfhp:
Just wanted to do a little advertising for NapApp - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.awoona

It's an minimalist alarm app useful for taking naps in your car at work etc. If you're like me and are easily annoyed at how much time can be wasted with the default alarm app then you might find NapApp useful. Also supports voice commands like "Set alarm for 30 minutes" etc.
[Nexus 7 General] ricardowec:
I am opening this thread as I feel there is room for discussion on the amazing Nexus 7 and the incredible Kernels available .. so feel free to post your opinions.

Lets help the newcomers make the appropriate choice (difficult)

Lets talk about

-Performance ( normal usage, gaming..)

-Battery life

-Features

-Device support (internal and external)

-Rom support

-General requests to all devs

At the moment of this writing we can count on

-TRINITY

-MOTLEY

-FAUX123

-STOCK (of course)

-FRANCO

-CLEMSYN'S

-ATLANTIS

-AQUARIA

And the list shall continue and updated

So lets hear your opinions and preferences.

Cheers

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[Nexus 7 General] Jay Aristide:
I've used stock, cm10's kernel, the faux kernel (briefly), trinity (briefly), atlantis, and _motley's.

I stuck with _motley's. Best kernel I've used on pretty much any device. Superbly fast, linaro-optimized, great voltage tables, incredibly stable, and completely glitch-free :)

Currently running 1.1.1, undervolted by 100mV, all default clock speeds, interactive/deadline, and a 512MB zRam

Pure butter :)
[Nexus 7 General] Rycon33:
Faux's "mainline" kernel releases is a balance of performance and good battery life, undervolted my N7 to -75mV. It's so much better(in my opinion) than the default kernels of stock, cm10 and AOKP. Gaming-wise it's definitely very optimized. I've yet to try other custom kernels.:D Been a fan of his kernels since from htc one x and now in N7.

Tapatalked from my HOX
[Nexus 7 General] espionage724:
I prefer _motley's mostly because I can see most of what was changed/added in the changelog, and it works nicely :)

Trinity is straight to the point by generally saying what is tweaked, which is nice, but I just like to see what is changed. Also the app for Trinity kernels seemed to show strange behavior when I last used it with settings either not sticking, or changing randomly, but I believe there was a reason for this explained in the thread.

Faux's is nice as well mostly because of the other linux kernel parts used, but doesn't allow for disabling of fsync (while I respect Faux's decision on not allowing the option; I prefer speed over stability) which is pretty much the only reason I don't use it now.
[Nexus 7 General] Jay Aristide:
Disabling fsync also saves a decent amount of battery :)
[Nexus 7 General] ricardowec:
I just got my N7 four days ago and since I am a flash addict I tried most of them always sticking to the same Rom (EOS) in order to make a fair comparison.

.

I like Trinity very much.. is a no-hassle kernel..but as I was with Faux's magnificent work since the days of the Atrix, I decided to give his newest 008 a shot.

I find it to be well balanced (performance/battery) ..

I have not UVd any. I prefer the dev set of tables and come to a conclusion from his own work.

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[Nexus 7 General] rickyg946:
Call me dumb but how do you turn fsync off? Via an app like system tuner?
[Nexus 7 General] ricardowec:
I am suprised at the battery performance of Faux's 008. I've been on for more than 6 hours now and I am still at 93%

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[Nexus 7 General] leelaa:
Trinity is my most used kernel. Battery life is great and performance is right up tgere. I get 90fps in quadrant and it has no GPUoc ;)
[Nexus 7 General] ricardowec:
For some reason Trinity is having unstable releases lately. I switched to faux's 10 ultimate. Is great.

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[Nexus 7 General] simms22:
unstable :eek:

try alpha111 or a96 :p
[Nexus 7 General] ricardowec:
:)

Well yes, 100 was somehow unstable, then released 110 ( no OC ) and in the past few hours 111 which I haven't tried yet. Franco released r6 as well which I hvent tried either

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[Nexus 7 General] simms22:
a111 was released several days ago ;)
[Nexus 7 General] ricardowec:
Certainly you did for those who have your app installed or following your thread closely. It would be easier if you posted new releases eitthr in the OP or thread header.. just a suggestion.

Cheers

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[Nexus 7 General] simms22:
thanks for the assumptions, but not true. the kernels are always posted at derkernel.com right away, for those with the app and without. all you have to do is look. or, you can opwn the thread and read it from the last page, youd see that a111 has been out. there is never a kernel released for people with the app first, we do not play that game, that is wrong. it either released to all the public or its not released at all, end of story.
[Nexus 7 General] ricardowec:
Oh, don't take me wrong.. I am not making any assumptions nor suggesting that you have any kind of preference for those who have the app. No Sir. I have the app but at the moment not being used because I am with another kernel.

When reading der-kernel as I do on a dayly basis, it states ( not the precise words ) "all kernels are 1600 except if stated otherwise in the file name". Good.

Cheers
[Nexus 7 General] Jay Aristide:
Oh boy, mud-slinging.. how very xda of you both.

/unsubbed
[Nexus 7 General] simms22:
mudslinging? no. im just a firm believer of truth. but, how about the word instigator, you recognize it :p

we are having a healthy discussion. sometimes people dont agree in discussions, and thats normal. if we did agree, then there wouldnt be a discussion on it. but theres no mudslinging going on at all, and we are being friendly.

mud·sling·ing/ˈmədˌsliNGiNG/

Noun:

The use of insults and accusations, esp. unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent.

"Certainly you did for those who have your app installed or following your thread closely"..

then its i that made the assumption ;)

anyways, the "all kernels are 1600 except if stated otherwise in the file name" is really for all the other trinity kernels for other devices. i do agree with you though, that morfic should change that since the n7 kernels dont have the cpu speed included in the name except for the tsvz kernels(they are all 1400mhz).
[Nexus 7 General] tamagoyakid:
thanks! alpha a96 seems working well so far ;)
[Nexus 7 General] el_mariach:
K so I've been trying to read up on this kernel business and not had any luck. I don't consider myself super tech savvy but at the same time I'm not an idiot. Could someone tell me what this does? Do I flash it like another ROM? Or just point me in the right direction.
[Nexus 7 General] :
I fresh the kerner and my phone make explosion
[Nexus 7 General] IRX120:
My favorite kernel of all time was clemsyns elite kernel, from 4.1 I would numb back to 4.1 if the links were still up, does anybody have it stored somewhere?

Sent from my Nexus 7 [MENTION=1247388]1.6[/MENTION]0 GHz on Stock 4.2.2
[Nexus 7 General] fingerslip:
franco kernel for me is best for N7
[Nexus 7 General] player911:
I liked Lean Kernel. Just worked well. No problems. Great battery.
[Nexus 7 General] nextelbuddy:
Im on stock 4.2.2 rooted. I tried Frank kernel, latest stable and th prior 3 nightlies and all of them were severely laggy as is out of the box, even bumping up the speed to 1.7 didnt help or changing schedulers.

updated to the latest M KERNEL and even though I can not change processor speed, this kernel bows the Franco one out of the water for me bar none.

Same with my Nexus 4, Franco kernel horrible battery drain and laggy with the APPs that I use but switching to M kernel solves all of those problems for me.

not sure why Franco kernels dont work for me as well as everyone else but I sure am glad for choices and variety.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] DannyBiker:
Hey,

I tried to root the phone but it didn't work (error message at the very end) so I gave up for now. However, my AZERTY physical keyboard is now recognized as QWERTY ! In the settings, it is properly set to French AZERTY but it doesn't seem to work.

I tried downgrading to GB again and update with Companion but same results...

What should I do to get a stock ICS with an AZERTY keyboard ?

Thanks !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ScatteredHell:
What rom u use?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
Maybe try this solution :)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayaparan:
Can anyone please help, I soft bricked my Samsung galaxy tab 7.7 p6800. I tried to install, cm10 custom rom, while i soft bricked my p6800 tab 7.7.

Now, i can enter download mode, and i can go recovery mode. When i switch off and switch on it automatically gets into recovery mode.

I could not do factory reset, through odin, i could flash, recover image, kernel, but not the rom, When i try flash any rom, it will try NAND rewrite, and try to factoryfs.mg and will get struck, nothing will happen, or i will get message failed.

I tried formating data folder, no use.

Is there anyway, can you please help me.

thanks a ton, in anticipation.

regards

daya
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zykozz:
Sound like you got the SUPERBRICK. Had the same problem myself. This seems to have helped some people.. LOT to READ though. And NO guarantees as usually. Hope it will help you. READ carefully.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micger21:
hi

you have to flash HC official firmware with odin pc .......
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aletheus:
i think this may be A solution. here's the strange thing:

i thought i superbricked my tab--for 2 weeks now i've been trying to get it going again. i'd had some success with various roms, but then my cache partition corrupted. after trying to repartition data and system for a week, having to look for ever smaller partitions for both, i finally gave up, flashed the original pit file, and flashed the sammobile ICS ato firmware. i'm still stuck at the boot animation, BUT, MY CACHE SYSTEM AND DATA partitions are all checking clean with e2fsck, and some other contiguity checker i found in the gNote forums.

what they've suggested when all else fails if you're getting clean partitions, then flash back to GB (original firmware for the note) so i'm downloading stock HC firmware now and gonna give it a try... KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED!!!!
[Off-topic] t0rr3nt:
1.Obtain copy of android emulator and screen recorder software

2.Make and run a new vm of Android on your phone

3. Record area with screenshot software

4. Download to phone, cover cursor with fingers

5.???

6.Profit

:cool:

A good example on youtube (not mine though and I can't post links ): /watch?v=AR4XdpFE5gI

I thought I'd share :laugh:
[Off-topic] SimonTS:
Should this have been in the YouTube thread that is stickied and at the top of the page? Or do you really feel that this topic has a chance of life on this forum? :eek:
[Off-topic] Archer:
Agreed. OP you can post the video in the youtube thread, stickied in this forum. I know you can't post links yet but I thing the youtube button should work. Just make sure you only post the value of v=, not the whole URL :)

Thread closed.
[Off-topic] veeman:
I thought you were supposed to close threads, not pretend to close them. :P
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Ib4 actual closing.
[Motorola Droid 4] NiveusLuna:
I'm glad to see the Droid 4 can actually use full GSM now, but the option to use only CDMA seems to have disappeared.

I *like* my battery life, and I want to turn off LTE. How do I do this?
[Motorola Droid 4] Xeamlich:
Goto the Play Store and download an app called "Phone Info" and you can make all the switches you need.
[Motorola Droid 4] NiveusLuna:
Works great, thanks!
[Motorola Droid 4] Koragus:
LTE thunderbolt on/off works as well. A little more direct than phone info with a reminder of which radio to switch between...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BringMeBack9801:
I'm on the latest AOKP Jelly Bean build. Everything was working perfectly fine until I rebooted by phone after a charge. It gets stuck at the Google screen for about 4 or 5 minutes then just goes black. I can get into Clockworkmod, but it's showing a whole bunch of errors every time I try to do anything "E: Can't open cache/recovery/log, E: Can't mount cache/recovery/log". It also will not mount the SD card.

Please help!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] winsettr:
I had this problem when I first unlocked the bootloader and rooted. Do a search for returning your phone to stock. You only need to do the last step that flashes the system partition. You will lose your data, but your phone should work.

This is the site I used, step 6 only:

http://androidtobe.blogspot.com/2011/12/galaxy-nexus-installing-ics-402-from.html?m=1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] billard412:
Use Odin http://db.tt/PVsnbLIM

And flash this https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/mysid-imm76k-factory-98d21321.tgz

If you want to attempt to save ur data boot into recovery and with using adb from a PC run

adb pull data/media.. and see if it works. try to mount /data first but I have a feelin its gone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mlindema:
Recovery Options

If you can get into CWM, what happens if you do a wipe of system, data and dalvik then reboot?

If that fails, your next step is to try and reflash a new ROM image, but that could be tricky if you don't already have a ROM image on the sdcard partition on the phone. I don't know how you can copy a new image over to the phone if you can't boot to Android. If anyone knows how to do that, it would be useful to know... :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gpfnzl:
CMW > mounts and storage > mount /data

adb push NAME OF File.zip /sdcard/

unmount /data
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] sneakybear:
Anyone found any skiing themes? Besides a nice wallpaper they seem few & far between...
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Riquelme10:
Hello,

how can i add some pdfs on my homescreen. if i add the "my library" widget, it shows my music but no pdfs. is there any trick?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bwassef:
I use astro file manager, it allows me to add shortcuts for individual files including pdfs. Check it out, you might like it
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Riquelme10:
THX, but i need the style of the "my library" widget :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sandman512:
So, I needed to have wifi tether for a road trip for the kids. I recently downloaded juice defender, which by the way is awesome. For some reason, my wifi tether is shutting down. Any help? Thanks....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
Must.....avoid......facepalm..........

But seriously, that's what juice defender does. It saves battery by shutting down data except for specified times. i don't use it so i can't help you with the settings, but try disabling it when you need to use wifi tether.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sandman512:
Thanks, much appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bdozier:
As previously stated, one of the main functions of JD is to turn off data to save battery when the phone is not in use. I have JD Ultimate. I cannot remember if this is a feature in the free version, but in the paid version you can select the level of how much JD works for you. I use balanced. It gives the best settings for all the typical uses of a phone. For you when you get in the car for the wi-fi usage, I would set my phone to a more aggressive setting. The reason is because when you tell it to go from a balanced profile to extreme, customize or aggressive profile, you get to tailor the settings. You can tell JD which apps to leave alone or block all together. So, you can put your tethering app on the list to be left alone and the phone will shut down except for wi-fi tethering.

Hope this helps!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dbow32:
So I broke down and bought both the back cover and the charging pad from VZW. I'm pretty disappointed in how fast, or I should say how slow it

charges. It seems to charge at about 1/2 the speed of a normal charger.

Does anyone know if there is any way to boost the speed?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gatebil:
wall charger = 1000mA

USB = 500mA

So what is the normal charger for you?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dbow32:
Well, I stream Sirius all day long at work. I started monitoring it about an hour ago. It was at about 79% and right now it's at 89%.

If I used my stock wall charger it would be at 100% in that much time. So I think it charges about 50% or less of the speed of a wall charger.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gatebil:
so its the normal usb charging speed = all fine
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dbow32:
Well, I guess if that's your expectation. For $89.00 I guess I just expected more. Also, just letting anyone else that is interested in one know what they are getting.

Oh well.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] gatebil:
you dont pay the charging speed, you pay for wireless
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nymosis:
I have tried out a couple of ROMs on my AT&T S3, and I have consistently had one issue on every custom mod that I didn't have on the stock firmware. I have a Bluetooth setup in my car and the phone connects fine, and I can receive incoming calls just fine by pushing the accept button, and Bluetooth will work fine for dialing out if I type in the number on the phone (not the best for driving), however I can't seem to get the voice activated dictation working when using any custom ROM, and my guess is because they all remove S-Voice.

If anyone has any luck using Bluetooth with voice commands in the car or with a headset by pushing the button and then saying something like "Call so and so", please let me know!

Thanks
[Motorola Atrix 2] Papahyooie:
I'm running the ICS leak, and just installed autostarts. It says it failed to change app status, likely because I did not have root access. Now obviously I have root access, being on the ICS leak already. And root still seems to work for root browser, ROM manager's clock calibration tool, and everything else except autostarts (and also Rom manager's autostart tool.)

Now I know that there are hundreds of threads involving this on google and on XDA, but I haven't found one pertaining specifically to the A2 and ICS leak. I'm working on figuring it out myself but I wanted to know if anyone knew about a known issue involving specifically A2 on ICS leak. Doing a restore now to see if autostarts will work with a clean ICS install.

EDIT: Hm... seems autostarts has problems with ICS to begin with. I didn't know that, as my brother's samsung something or other on ICS works just fine. And they say ICS ready right there on the app store page lol...
[Motorola Atrix 2] Garnerj013:
ICS leak doesn't require root. You may need to re-root using this method:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1742879
[Motorola Atrix 2] Papahyooie:
Yes I suppose I said that wrong. ICS doesn't require root, but I am rooted. I will try re-rooting, but as I said, root works for several other root-requiring apps.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Garnerj013:
Did you root before or after flashing the leak? Did you clear your caches and wipe data? If not, I would suggest wiping data and clearing cache and dalvik and flashing again. Also, if I helped you in any way, don't forget about that nifty little thanks button...:D
[Motorola Atrix 2] lazzzyandoh:
i was having problems with apps telling me i was unrooted on the ics leak even though i had rooted and some root operations worked.

i installed supersu from the play store and used that to grant permissions to apps instead of the superuser app and that made everything work perfectly.

i have frozen superuser because i like supersu better.