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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamhcg:
The basic argumentative of yours seemed to be "if it's good enough, then we only need one". But, see , there is nothing in the world that's "best" enough to outsweep everything else. It's always nice to have options

I wouldn't say the stock rom and kernel is bad or "not enough" so the devs have to step out. I think google guys do a great job on stock rom. It's just nice for us users to have some other choices to play with.

In some sense it's kind of like buying flours. We wouldn't say,"well, if this brand of flours is good enough, we only need one brand in the world. Why so many brands out there?" Because different brands might grow in different places, use different breeds of wheats, have different moistures, use different ways to grind them, therefore different flavors. You simpy can't say anything would be that good that one is enough.

There is no limitation in improvement and imagination, and I think that's what devs here are doing. :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I Am Marino:
The devs do amazing work, if only XDA was a tech company.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Switchbitch:
I know I won't be popular for saying this but I have tried a lot of different roms on a lot of different devices and in my experience it is best to stick with the stock rom, since custom roms inevitably have flaws which only present themselves at the most inopportune moments.

There's a reason why stock roms ship in the condition they're in; it's because all the variables are tried and tested and because a shed load of time has gone in to developing the software to work perfectly with the hardware. Dev's seem to have a knack of improving the software in some conditions at the expense of breaking it in others.

As an example, I once loaded a very popular custom rom onto a handset because everyone was raving about how good it was. Several days later I was at a wedding and took my handset out to snap some photos, only to realise that the camera didn't work in a certain configuration with this rom. The bug wasn't documented and the result was that I couldn't take any photos.

All too often this sort of thing happens; you'll read threads about the latest and greatest rom and how fast it is etc etc, only to then come across a comment about someone whose wifi keeps disconnecting, or someone whose battery life has halved and so on.

It's a bit like switching to Ubuntu from Windows, Ubuntu is fine if you like tinkering but if you want to get **** done, stick with Windows.

Happy to eat my words if someone recommends a fully working rom which is a genuine improvement over the stock rom.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icytrey:
Development can go on forever. My HTC inspire is two years old, and development is still going forward thanks to great devs (randomblame). Big companies just build for the masses. Devs tweak for us geeks that are always looking for more. :D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nospin:
CM7 for the G2 is LOADS better than the stock HTC rom.

Android is a platform of options, our developers help give you more options. They allow you complete control over the hardware YOU purchased, keep you updated on the most recent version of Android, and let you tweak to your heart's desire. Microsoft and Apple lock you in, it's their way or the highway. But Android and it's developers give you the ability to say "I don't like this, and I'm going to change it".
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mentose457:
On non nexus devices I would agree. All of the aosp ROMs on my fascinate and d2g had serious issues that really couldn't be overlooked and made the phone unusable on a daily basis.

On the other hand, ROMs on my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 are a huge improvement over stock. CM is always a solid choice.

I haz no sig
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TjPhysicist:
I can't believe no one has explicitly mentioned this...Google and other OEMs have a responsibility towards their shareholders and the market, whereas "devs" (like on xda) have no such responsibility; this makes a huge difference in process and result. As an example, theres a hack for the n7 to get the sony bravia engine, which is kinda nice, but there is no way that sony is going to let google do that legally is there? OEMs have to do things proper and legal.

The biggest difference though, is one already alluded to in this thread previous (imo), testing. Now CM actually does go through a LOT of testing and so on, but there is a sense in which Google's (or other OEMs) hands are tied due to deadlines, whilst CM has no such thing. While it is perfectly understandable for CM to go "here is CM10, btw its beta, but have at it" to the whole world after months of testing, I'm sure if Google did that people would be pissed, because Google releases to general market, they have strict deadlines based on internal product cycles and market variables and shareholder crap , but most of all people EXPECT market products to be rock solid, whereas its okay for something like CM to be broken sometimes. The reason n7 runs at 1.3 in stock and not 1.6 like some other ROM is likely because the company that made the processor probably told google something like "based on our testing 1.3 is the safest speed", people OC all the time, even desktops etc, but there is a "this is what it was MEANT to do according to the dudes who made it" thing.

But, at the end of the day there is no such thing as 'best' which is likely the reason we have SO MANY ROMs and not just the one, doing different things.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brando56894:
The devs are here because people like their devices to do different things and think they can make them better, myself I love to tweak things and so do the devs. Myself I just like to run CM10 on my N7, at least until its stable then I may try out the other ROMs. Also without the devs I wouldn't be able to run my CPU at 500 MHz over what its sold at and same thing with the GPU.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frozenspark:
Determining when the development is "done" is subjective. And companies can only support their product in a limited time. Therefore, we need developers to continue where they left.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] vishalthedevil005:
cannot zipalign apks in cm 9.1.0 using v6 supercharger script

it says..."zipalign binary was not found"

is there any solution to this?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] dheeraj (dhlalit11):
download zipalign binary and paste it in /system/xbin them set permission

and then you can use v6 supercharger script
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] vishalthedevil005:
thanks for your reply but........................can you provide a link??
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] yackovsky:
Google, you know how to use it?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] dheeraj (dhlalit11):
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partne...tf8&hl=en&q=zipalign+binary+android/&sky=rndy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DrgnRebrn:
My company will be requiring Airwatch to be installed on any mobile device that accesses company email, on the 15th of this month. There is only a little information on XDA related to this, most of it being >7 months old & not very informative; however I've learned the following:

-AW can detect root

-AW allows the admin to encrypt device & SD storage, track the device via GPS, & view installed apps

-I suspect, but don't know for sure, they can also perform a full wipe - should the device security be compromised.

What I'd like to know is if any XDA users are familiar with this app/IT security measure. Is there a way to bypass root detection, or have a source in IT create a custom profile, on the server end, that would not flag my device?

I own my SGS3, & pay for my service, as my company initiated a BYOD policy a few months ago. Now they say I have to install this if I want to continue to access my email, calendar, contacts, etc. The choice is mine, but I'd prefer to have my cake & eat it to, if possible.

So, I'm putting it to the brilliant collective minds, thoughts, experience, & expertise of the XDA community! Any thoughts, accounts of direct experience (admin or end-user), solutions, suggestions - anything would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Samsung Galaxy S3

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Trinity Kernel

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DrgnRebrn:
Bump....

Samsung Galaxy S3

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LI3 Stock Kernel

LIF Baseband

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DrgnRebrn:
Bump... Still nothing! What a bummer!

Samsung Galaxy S3

OdexedBlue ROM

LI3 Stock Kernel

LIF Baseband

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
Honestly I wouldn't want to give my company access to my personal phone like that... You never know what they can look at that they aren't telling you. Plus tracking the GPS, that's pretty much the same as getting the ankle monitor when you on house arrest. Total invasion of privacy.

I'd pay the $20 for another line on my family share plan And use that for a business phone. That way unless I'm at work or do a on call shift I can turn the phone off and not have to worry abut being tracked.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stevesprivateaccount:
Do you really need email access on your phone that badly? Seems like you are giving up a lot...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DrgnRebrn:
Well they used to pay for my old blackberry, then initiated the BYOD for everyone. I get approximately 250 emails per day, have all off my contacts on outlook (I had backed up my BlackBerry contacts that way), and I typically have my days packed with one meeting after the other. So, being able to use my phone, instead of carrying around my laptop, to access emails, contacts, & my calendar is extremely useful and convenient.

I'd read on a thread for a similar security product that you can have a custom profile built that will disable the check for root functionality on that. That's why I began looking for possible solutions for Airwatch by posting this thread.

Bottom line though, I will not install it if there's not a work around, or solution of some kind.

Samsung Galaxy S3

OdexedBlue ROM

LI3 Stock Kernel

LIF Baseband

XDA Premium - Support our developers, modders, & themers!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
Your place of employment sucks... that's like saying "hey if you want to use your phone for work, well then we own it but you will pay for it."

I mean I get why they have the safeguards in place, just a sucky situation.

I'd still go with my idea, get another line galaxy note 2 would be perfect.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fuimeng:
atm there is no way u can bypass the root check from AW.

but u can disable AW frm "Device Administrator" @ Security when u are off from work.

And install it back when you are back to office.

(click the enrollment link from your email to activate AW)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trmixing:
I actually work for Airwatch, If you own your phone and the company didnt supply it it doesnt matter if your phone is rooted or has a custom rom. its YOUR phone. Yea every week on the AW client it'll report compromised device but its your phone so your company cant say anything to you unless they provide you a phone.

just turn turn off a lot of access and tracking stuff with in the AW app as well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xTMFxOffshore:
The other thing would be, perhaps a 3G tablet? Unless you absolutely need to make phone calls, that way you can check e-mails and all that jazz, and turn off GPS. Just my two cents. Either way, good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AaronCompNetSys:
Airwatch user here, member of work IT, with an iPhone, iPad, and Fascinate. Mine reports as compromised devices, and I already told them to wipe my device if it's really out of compliance and they have a problem with it. So far, jail broke and root happy still :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] evcass69:
My employer is cancelling the BES server (and devices) and switching to a BYOD policy, including Airwatch. The i* device users are ready to be assimilated, but right now there challenges getting the agent on the Droids.

Our policy is that certain employee positions (including mine) are required to have access to a smartphone for e-mail access and/or on-call, and we are in a right to work state. So that means we either comply or risk losing our job. The employee is responsible for purchasing the phone, service & replacing damaged phones, and can turn in the billing summary page each month for up to $100 reimbursement.

The BB was the only smartphone I've had, and my Droid should arrive today. I can understand they want to secure devices which attach to the internal network but that doesn't make me feel any better about how the product integrates with the devices.

Will the agent install on the Droid if it's rooted? Can they prevent me from resetting the phone to remove the agent? And if I do that, will it just re-install if the device is configured in the Airwatch console?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] maddirk:
airwatch on S4 blocking USB Debugging

Guys,

I just received a new company Samsung Galaxy S4 and have Airwatch disabling the USB Debugging option, it's greyed out:crying:. Can't even root it now if I wanted to.

Such a shame, I have now two Galaxy S4s, what a b*&(9it to carry around. :(

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Cheers!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pijo1971:
Airwatch and other email/calendar client

Hi,

recently also my company has adopted airwatch MDM to give us the access to email by phone.

I would like to know if there is a way to use a different email/calendar client instead the Airwatch Inbox client... I would like to have a client that offer the possibility top have a calendar with a widget.

cheers,

Luigi
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sagiporat:
Any updates on this?

I've tried:

RootCloak - downloaded from playstore, didn't work.

Also tried installing it from xposed, but there's an issue with galaxy phones, almost bricked mine.

There's also a thread someplace talking about editing the scripts of AW, but not all scripts are visible any longer.

Bottom line - doesn't work. Using SM-G925F. Any ideas?
[Android] FxJohnnyEng:
Hai guys on XDA,

Currently i am interested about implementing android application using Eclipse, but does anyone out there know to program an android APK with output of text message to mobile phones?

For example, like now when you register Viber,cubie and facebook account, there will be a verification code send us text message.

Does anyone know how to program this?

Scenario of my application is like

enter the application , then random text message with number will be send to mobile phone via sms.

if this work out, i might be develop application that encrypt and decrypt whatsapp messenger message.

Thanks for those who willing to give me idea or guide me.

Below are the attachment as example

Image 1

imageshack dot us/photo/my-images/203/screenshot2012100522312.png/

Image 2

imageshack dot us/photo/my-images/198/screenshot2012100522314.png/
[HTC Desire S] BadUncleJessy:
Hi!

I updated to the original HTC ICS rom and am noticing 2 little "bugs"

1: Wireless LAN doesn't stay on. I can turn it on, but once the screen turns off the wireless connection is turned off. To resolve this I have set it up so that it stays connected to the AP even in Standby Mode, but this seems to have no effect.

2: Bad GPS reception: I have noticed that the GPS reception isn't really all that good. Don't know if this is related to the update, but I have now really started to notice this problem.

Anyone else had the same problems? If yes was there a solution found?

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] rain987:
[REF][Q&A] Official ICS Update Q&A Thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1858482

Ur best chance is looking at here for anyone else experiencing anything similar.
[HTC Desire S] Marcoevich:
For your GPS problems you can try this FasterFix app. Worked very good for me ;)

Edit: Just saw that It requires root. I don't know if you have rooted your official ICS... Be careful ;)
[HTC Desire S] BadUncleJessy:
Thanks for the tip :)

My problem however isn't a FAST gps fix. My problem is getting a gps lock at all, and holding it. Strange thing is that when I am in the car I constantly lose the gps lock, or get a bad fix.

My girlfriend however (she has a Wildfire S) has no problems whatsoever in the same car. :eek:
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
I would be far more tempted to look at aGPS if I were you. I was never convinced by FasterFix - it's a very minimal app.
[HTC Desire S] Marcoevich:
It sure is, but it does what it has to do. Setting the ntp pool on my phone from Asia to Europe surely made a difference ;)
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
I agree with you there - it made a difference to me as well, but setting up my aGPS correctly brought my time to acquire a stable lock down from about 17 seconds to 3 - 4.
[HTC Desire S] koncos:
my wifi on desire s is work properly n nothing found any problem
[HTC Desire S] dejavu89:
I had a similar problem with wifi and it worked by re flashing!
[HTC Desire S] mysubcult:
gave vupgno

I have official ICS, after few minutes of using i downloaded and installed JB.
[HTC Desire S] islamomt:
Had the same problem - but I'm still using Gingerbread.

The solution:

Settings > Wireless & Network > Wi-Fi Settings > "Menu Button" > Advanced > Wi-Fi Sleep Policy.

You'll probably find you've got a policy that lets the Wifi sleep after a certain while. Turn that off, and you're probably ready to go!

Hope this helps (hope it's the same on ICS)

===

Yes. It's the same on ICS. I did it after I upgraded, and it's working fine.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stempanssi:
I just putted up a pin lock from security settings but now i have forgotten the pin code.

Theres no option for recovering pin like there is for the pattern. I dont want to factory reset. Please help...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stempanssi:
I just remembered it after 40 tries. But this is just a serious issue...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
After you fail many times, isn't there a prompt asking you if you've forgotten your password or something and then you are asked for your google account etc. and you should be able to regain access?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stempanssi:
Just to knowledge i got it changed by remembering ot after 40 tries.

But there is not this thing you said. I know this is there if you have a unlock pattern.

I tested with my optimus and same problem there... :(
[XPERIA X8 General] dagger:
Hello guys....

As we all know that the famous Temple Run has been ported to run on our X8 pretty smooth..

But the most annoying part of of the game is the autodie bug that creps in..

So i am here with a Trick to help minimize auto die bug and get 1000000000 (might be one 0 more or less;)) coins.:cyclops:

So enough of talking.. Lets get started.

First of all download Temple Run from here

Now download an app called Temple Run patcher app from here

Now open this app and click on "Apply patch"

(NOTE:-You must play the game at least once before applying the patch or else it will show an error like some missing java files)

Now after you have applied the patch, open the game and go to store and buy

the resurrection wings and mega boost.

Now start the game and click on the mega boost option.

(clicking this you will boost 2500 meters ahead of the game)

After this double tap on the screen and you will have the resurrection wings on an if you die, you will respawn and hence no tension of auto die till your first death..

So thats it...

Hope you liked it.:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[HTC EVO 3D] JohnnyBeGood113:
Hi all,

Just got new Sandisk 32GB SD card and was wondering what would be best way to transfer from old 8GB to new card?

All what I need to have on new card is SwiftKeyboard saved predictions and apps + their data that I'm using now. There's lot of folders from old apps that I've uninstalled but are still there.

TIA
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
To be safe you should copy everything from the old SD card to a folder on a PC, including the "hidden" folders that start with a ".", then copy everything to the new SD card and delete the folders you think are no longer needed. Some of the "hidden" folders are used by Android, and if you make a mistake in deleting the app folders you can always restore from the PC backup.

Edit: For future reference, questions belong in the Q&A Forum.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] sitlet:
Yep, just copy everything from the old card to your computer, then copy it back onto the new card.
[HTC EVO 3D] theosotos:
The copy time depends from the amount of files the cards speed and data(MB) that you have. My move took 1 hour !
[HTC EVO 3D] JohnnyBeGood113:
Thanks to all who replied! As suggested I've copied everything. So far everything's working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
so I just saw this online and got real excited. Being the owner of a Galaxy Nexus and an LG ally (both which i loved to death) I was excited to see this until I read the actual story. What a f*ckn disappointment. Its pretty much our phone but with a few added bad ideas. Is it just me?

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/10/5/3459788/lg-nexus-phone-specs-release-date-rumor
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] criptix:
Yeah being an lg things looking bad for the next nexus.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ekbuz:
I wouldn't be surprised if LG or at least someone else makes the next Nexus. I highly doubt it'd come in an 8 GB version. Since they never seem to have an SD card slot, going down in size doesn't make any sense.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
LG hardware isn't bad, it's the software and nexus fixes that.

I think these specs are wrong though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bad_HABIT:
we need to stop supporting this non micro sd card slot non sense!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Meh, if it's got enough storage on board, I don't see an issue with it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bad_HABIT:
I don't like the non removable battery and no sd card slot. Sorry but if we continue buying products like this its going to encourage manufacturers not to include these things as standard anymore and make it more complicated for the user and more expensive, to fix things.

For example just as the keyboard on smartphones is almost non existent, a smartphone future where there is no expandable memory as sd card slot is going to to enable manufacturers to shoot prices up for simple internal memory storage model upgrades. Like the Nexus 7, $50 extra for only 8gb's more??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
Uhhh did op read the article.. ...yes it has bad ideas but the optimus g sports the s4 krait quad which also means adreno 305 that thing is way way faster then our phones
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Ya maybe if you consider 8gb with no expansion enough. I still kick myself for not getting a 32gb s3. but at least i can expand if i need to. With a non removable battery on top of it. Ill pass on this one for sure
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tft:
Nexus is overrated, tablet or phone.. too many other better devices out there. nexus is basically a device that google gets made from which ever manufacturer can make it the cheapest..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtuansdiamm:
oops i made a poll/topic without seeing this

oh well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Epix4G:
Now read this one .....http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/10/new-report-corroborates-multiple-nexus-devices-rumor/

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] musclehead84:
The lg Optimus g is gonna scream. The s4 quad pro is a beast

Sent from Galaxy SIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
Looks like I'll be selling my GS3 for something with a quadcore
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnM:
Sure is, but considering LG's previous track record, it'll self-destruct in a month after buying it.

Eh, giving it a month is pretty generous...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
Not true my gfs viper has survived her abuse she is horrible to phone