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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT2184:
Hi Folks,

I would like to start new thread regarding my question so that I can get replies based on latest phones out there. I am looking for an Android phone for my wife and I have few things on my mind.

Existing phone - HTC Explorer. Pretty good phone and the fact that it runs on Gingerbread makes it quite fast and responsive even with mediocre hardware. Only drawback is internal storage (150 mb) which is why I am now looking for new phone.

Expected new phone - (Atleast) 1Ghz dual core, 1GB RAM, >1500 mAh battery, Internal storage 4GB. Display, OS version and other things not so much important. Budget - 15K-18K INR. Also need ambient light sensor mandatory so that I can set "Auto Brightness" ON which makes huge difference on battery.

Usage - Common apps like Facebook, Gmail, Whatsapp and few lightweight games and nothing heavy.

There are a quite a few phones which matches above config in that budget but I tried to did extensive research on reviews by GSMArena, Engadget etc and I couldn't shortlist one proper phone which will give all round performance. What I am really looking for is phone that will not start lagging after usage of couple of months and should provide decent battery backup.

Also I do not understand myth around actual RAM that is available for phone. I thought HTC Desire X could be good phone but I am not quite sure how much RAM out 768MB will be actually user available. I had HTC One V and it said 512 RAM but it showed only 350MB on phone. And HTC phones comes with heavier Sense and it kills lot of RAM. Also I noticed that JellyBean (although butter smooth) tends to lag on phones with lesser RAM. I had rooted my HTC One V and tried CM10 PrimoU on it but still it started lagging after few days. Thus 350MB RAM was never enough for Jellybean. Hence I am not sure how will HTC Desire X turns out.

Good thing about HTC Explorer Gingerbread was that it was lightweight and runs super fast even on ordinary config. I was even tempted to go for Gingerbread out of box phone with better config and never update OS but I am not sure if that will be good decision based on app supports in future. Currently I am using Nexus 4 and no other phone can match its performance with 2GB RAM without additional customization like Sense, Touchwiz etc. But I have some budget constraint buying this new phone and besides, wife not being heavy user and doesn't prefer too large screen phone, I am looking for something else.

Any ideas, suggestion will be helpful.

-Abhijit
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bogs:
just wanna ask you guys what you can do with a GPS and yr XDA? thanks..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alix776:
anything you can do on any other gps pda package
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bogs:
yea i mean like what? the only clear thing for me is the navigation..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hartej:
TomTom3 for route navigation on long journeys

MemoryMap for Ordinance survey maps when I go walking

Seamful eventually for when me and my one other gadget loving friend get bored (Not released yet :( )
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robthevampire:
Simple and to the point although there are multiple apps that allow you to watch channel 5 (uk) and it's derivatives here in the uk I cannot find a way of watching it's catch up site either on the Demand 5 App or on the Demand 5 website, I have used a multiple of different Browsers ( Flash enabled ones) but to no avail. I do get the message "broadcast protected from plating on this type of device" when using Galaxy Browser Pro.

Any help would be much appreciated as my beloved wife want's to watch Big Bro "BoT's in the garden as we now have a short summer in the uk.

Ta in advance RtV
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zammo76:
It works fine on my S3, I do have flash side loaded and am using Boat browser (with flash enabled in the settings). But I'm using the Demand 5 app so this shouldn't have any bearing on things anyhow.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serpicoUK:
I have seen apps available on playstore but how do I do it on stock launcher?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfkaudi:
Just move an app on top of other and it will create an folder
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
In the app drawer? That does nothing.

Edit: It does. See below. Sorry for the misinformation.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serpicoUK:
Oh it does, had to change it to own order.

Thanks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfkaudi:
As you can see, I just make'd one

In fact I have to
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Yes, I see now that it works if you set the view to 'Own order'.

Apologies as I should have tried changing that before posting (although it doesn't seem intuitive to have to do so). :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfkaudi:
Ha ha ha no harm done to anyone

We are all only humans:D:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Erod730:
Phone wont detec mass storage with otg cable. Im using the blue kuban rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Erod730:
Sorry newbie
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tabmowtez:
Is it normal that when I turn on 4g/lte my battery dies 300-400% quicker than when I have it off? I'm on the latest ViperX Rom using the latest elementalX kernel.

As you can see in the pic I turned on the 4g/lte at around 3pm and it dropped rapidly.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
LTE does drain battery quicker, especially if you're in an area that doesn't have very good LTE signal.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
"Normal" is a loaded term. Experiences will vary widely depending on how good the reception is in your area (as mentioned). Trying a different radio might help; but don't expect that to necessarily be a silver bullet, either.

Personally, I get good battery life on LTE. Up to 48 hours on a single charge, with low usage, on WiFi when at home. But my area seems to have good LTE reception.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tabmowtez:
What radio are you currently using? I wonder if messing around with voltage settings of elementalx will make a difference as well??
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] EliWay:
That's definitely not normal. Does your area get good LTE coverage? Your screenshot is actually showing you have acquired a pretty major wakelock , meaning LTE really isn't draining the battery, something software-related is. What do you use to trigger LTE on or off?

Believe it or not, LTE can actually be easier on the battery than HSPA+ for two reasons: 1 - On standby, it uses the same amount of battery as HSPA+ through a system called circuit switched fallback, and 2 - When actually active , LTE uses a little more battery, but it will "race to idle" quicker, meaning it's probably using 30% or so more battery than HSPA+ but completing the task 50 to 100% faster, which is, at the very least, evening things out.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tabmowtez:
Hmm that is interesting stuff. I am using the normal Mobile Data options from the standard Settings configuration. If you tell me how to trigger it and then monitor the wakelock I can do it.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] hasdroid:
this theme is liken to sony xperia devices

this them working on cyanogenmod 10 or 10.1

i'm testing on galaxy ace plus s7500 os : cyanoenmod 10.1(android 4.2.2):D

download : http://db.tt/btRNVU4p
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] pr0t0c0l:
nice share

Thanks for sharing, will try this...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JamesManios:
I had an idea to write some software that would monitor when a phone call game in, and then (using the mic) try to see if I wanted to answer the phone by saying something like "Answer Phone". What the software would do is answer the call, set the volume to max, and switch on SpeakerPhone, (and probably immediately turn OFF the screen)

The principle being that if I'm driving and get a call I can answer it without reaching for the phone, (and without having a handsfree earpiece type setup).

Usually though, when I think of something like this, someone has already done it better, :wink: , so I was wondering, before I embark on this if someone knows any software that does this already?

PS: MS VoiceCommander will not answer the phone without hitting a button....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TheLastOne:
Sounds like an excellent program. Program away!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JamesManios:
So I've got about 80% of this program done, but have hit a big snag.

How do you turn the LoudSpeaker on in software?

I thought I would just send a keybd_event(VK_F3, 0, 0, 0); for about 4 seconds, but this doesn't work. It answers the phone, but it does turn on the loudspeaker. Though if you phyically hold the talk button down it does turn on the speakerphone!

the Callback for PHONESTATE will tell me when its on, but how do I set it?

Any help?
[General Questions and Answers] galbatrox9:
Hey :)

Im not from the IT background, so never had a chance to get into programming, but i from the bottom of my heart want to learn.

My friend suggested i start from Visual Basic Is this the right way to start?

Please help me out.

Also, im planning to learn online myself. Can anyone suggest me good sites with tutorials which would help me from the very beginning.

Any help would be appreciated.

Peace.
[General Questions and Answers] SVENN0:
I think you better start with c# instead. This is used more often I think. If you want to make applications for android you better learn to program java.
[General Questions and Answers] josedair:
hey guys i want to learn how to program to this stuff really interests me
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TubeShaped:
Im having some bad battery problems lately, namely the phone suddenly dying at aprox. 30 percent. sometimes after turning it back on it shows about 15 percent of battery left, then dies again. Fully charging the phone then fully draining it seems not to have solved it til now, I really need some help now! Thanks guys
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Wesley_NL:
hey fellas, i got a qquestion, someone want to trade my rooted, custom rom galaxy s3 for an galaxy s4, thing is, what happend ifits a stolen device? or a blocked devices that he found/stolen is the risk big? need some tipes, info or w/e
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
Do the exchange at a T-Mobile store so the can verify the imei and change the phone to your name with your plan. Then the original owner can't claim it stolen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Wesley_NL:
humm kay.. the guy can buy it fir 100 euro and want to trade it, its from be and im nl, but can it harm if i dont check it if its stolen or not? im aware if its stolen i cant let it repair bcuz i know there they check it, but mostly i repair it myself, well display wise that is, not the extreme stuff
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
Someone wants to give you a new S4 for a used S3?

And this doesn't raise any concerns with you? A trade that massively lopsided in your favor has to have a catch. Be careful

Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Saintfyre:
So to clarify, the guy can go out and purchase the S4 for 100 Euros and wants to Trade the S4 to you for your S3?

Sounds like either A) the guy is retarded or B) someone is getting their S4 stolen or already have
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] DigitalUnderground:
This is what I did. Tmo gave me $190 for the gs3 and down pmt was $100 so I got a screen protector and a bill credit
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ronin4740:
You're the luckiest guy ever! I would do this in a New York minute if I were you! Forget about everyone mentioning that if something looks too good to be true it probably is - I'm sure you've stumble across one of the millions of altruistic cell phone owners who enjoy purchasing something brand new, never using it and trading it for a used, older version of the same phone.

Yep, there's ZERO chance that this is any sort of scam - really! Go do it and then post from your phone in a week or two about how it's turned out for you!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] tofi1:
Now you'd have to worry about changing your nick. :)

You should've stayed with the S3 :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznmode:
I wouldn't do it. Sounds fishy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rockstarar:
Greed overcomes humans. Don't succumb bro
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Bob Hodges:
if its too good to be true then its too good to be true

wake up and smell the coffee

or youre going to get burned
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] princeasi:
Dang that sucks that you didn't get the $225 offer they were doing a few weeks ago.

I'm just sayin
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] flipq88:
Like it has been said, ask to go to the tmobile store and have them witness the exchange. If the dude doesn't want to do it then something is definitely fishy. Otherwise it's too good to be true

Sent from Flip's Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dillon610:
Ok, so I finally got my replacement phone from Verizon after the last one's power IC crashed. Anyway, I'm eager to get it back to normal. I first unlocked, rooted, and flashed CM 10.1 within recovery with this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046439 For some reason, I didn't see the "Disable recovery flash" when I rebooted to the system. Anyway, CM10.1 boot looped. Re-flashing from recovery didn't work, so I followed this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 I struggled with that, but I finally managed to get to the last step where it flashes "stock.vzw_root66.tar" That failed for whatever reason, so I couldn't move on. Then I did a whole bunch of things, so I can't really remember. I think one point I might have actually flashed something in the bootloader part of ODIN when it was supposed to be in the PDA part (that didn't really seem to have an affect on anything after that though for whatever reason). My phone had VRBMB1 and 4.12 when I first got the device and I didn't accept the latest OTA update. I try flashing a bootloader and then a recovery image like this: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29256-tutorial-rootrecoverybootloader-unlockicsjb-verizon-galaxy-s-iii/ and this http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/04/how-to-lockunlock-bootloader-for.html but the dumb "System software not autorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone" keeps popping up whenever I go into recovery (I flash CWM). I can go into ODIN and flash stuff, but I'm currently blocked by that Verizon message. In the end, I would like an unlocked bootloader, with root, and CM 10.1. From there I can TB to my old device. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cameron321:
LOL

Ya Im wondering if your screwed or if your phone got verizon analed ????? :confused::confused::confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
He can't even remember what he did to the phone and you are wondering if Verizon screwed him???

Just ODIN back to OEM ROM stock unrooted and start over and be sure to follow root and unlock steps precisely.

Make sure you are following a thread which matches the OEM version you are using.

You may need to follow a " return to stock unrooted" thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dillon610:
Thanks for your reply. Could you give me a thread that could take me through that experience? Also, what does OEM version mean? Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zerofighter1:
OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer, aka whatever comes with said item unmodified. In this case, stock, unrooted, locked firmware.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2334876

Pm this guy. He has the latest firmware in Odin (PDA slot only for clarification) flashable format.

Flash that, and you'll be stock. If you want to unlock and flash again, I'll find you the guide and break it down for you when I get home. However I'd advise you to do some more reading before you go crack flashing again in the hopes of saving you headaches and prolonging your devices' longevity.

---------- Post added 11th July 2013 at 12:05 AM ---------- Previous post was 10th July 2013 at 11:19 PM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974114

This guide should get you back to rooted/unlocked/recovery. If you have any questions, post them here and I'll do what I can to guide you through the process. Good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dillon610:
I managed to get back to stock. From there I unlocked and rooted. After that, I try to flash Cyanogenmod CM 10.1.1 from recovery, but it bootloops again. I'm not sure what is causes that bootloop. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] apacseven:
Are you wiping data?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dillon610:
I just did before you said that. I *finally* (after countless hours) have everything the way I want it. Thank you so much everybody for the help!
[General Questions and Answers] Griffins_Oringo:
Do these at your own risk.

Windows stores its passwords strongly encrypted in a sam file.

The file is stored at c:\windows\system32\config\sam

You cant alter that file wen windows is running. Windows has extremely protected it. But you can alter passwords easily.

We are gonna use the sticky keys feature of windows.

Since pressing the shift key more than 5 times at the password box launches sticky keys ; we are going to alter windows file system to think its launching sticky keys it launches non other than command prompt. To do this just open the drive on a live cd for example linux or ubuntu ir even windows installation cd. Open the c:\window\system332 if you are using windows live cd or host/windows/system32 if you are using a debian lulike ubuntu. Just rename cmd.exe in that folder to sethc.exe rem to back up those files before that.

Reboot into windows then launch command prompt alias "sticky keys" the type

Net user [ user name] * [ new password]

Replace the user name with the victim account username and new password with new password or leave it blank to reset it to nothing.

E.g

Net user oringo * dublin

Will change account with username oringo password to dublin. Queries just post here
[General Questions and Answers] RawnyRom:
Nice! Looks legit
[General Questions and Answers] in10ct:
Nice bit of jiggery pokery
[General Questions and Answers] DasRooter:
Woah! Might have to try this one :cyclops:
[General Questions and Answers] A1deparagon:
Good
[HTC Amaze 4G] bjcolema:
I just wanted to share this to help others trying to stop random reboots. I have at different times experienced random reboots, battery drain, heating, hangs and sluggish performance. Yesterday my Amaze got to the point where it would not stay booted. I flashed different ROMS and made changes to the CPU governer settings. Every time I flash a ROM, I either Super Wipe or wipe all but SD. I checked batter contacts as others suggested, but still issues.

Finally, I tried removing the SD and the reboots completely stopped for hours. When I put it back in, they started again. I deleted the Android folder on my SD and have not had a reboot since.
[Android Themes] wai10691:
This is Flatten. My first theme for T-Mobile Theme Chooser. It's fully compatible for CM10.1/CM10/AOKP/PA ROMs out there

Flatten is a minimal approach that I have taken to iron out a flat + beautiful user interface while staying useful and simple

Currently supported screen resolution (more will be supported, or comment to request):

xhdpi

Screenshot

Mod Edit: Links removed.

Enjoy the theme!
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[Android Themes] wai10691:
Changelog

v1.0

Initial release

v1.3 (20130713)

Message App themed properly

Swype keyboard themed

Stock keyboard themed

Camera themed

Battery is themed

Other minor fixes (see screenshot for changes)

Some screenshot

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[Android Themes] wai10691:
Reserved
[Android Themes] mmegalodon:
Very good! :thumbup:

Love the subtle red accents. Not usually a fan of themes changing the softkeys, but these are nice. Easy enough to change, anyways. :D

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Themes] wai10691:
Thanks for your comment. Appreciate it. If there's any issue you found, let me know.
[Android Themes] krazie1:
Any difference from the Free & Paid versions [MENTION=1964311]wai10691[/MENTION]?
[Android Themes] HypostaticOnion:
Looks like free is only basic framework and system ui. It's against rules. Free here is supposed to be the same iirc:rolleyes:
[Android Themes] wai10691:
I'm so sorry. I didn't read the rules before posting (my bad).

Anyway, I have updated the OP with the full Flatten UI. The theme is fully themed. Those who downloaded the free one might need to download again. Sorry for the hassle.

This is my contribution for the community. Any suggestion is welcome for me to make this theme better. Enjoy.
[Android Themes] fatpeopleunite:
Anyway you can make a green theme?
[Android Themes] Surgik:
All this is missing is a skinned Swype theme and it would be heaven :D
[Android Themes] wai10691:
OP is updated with Donate link. Flatten v1.1 will be coming soon. It's 4.57am here and I shall sleep now. If the testing is good, I'll release the v1.1 tmr once I wake up.

I have a plan for that. More colors will come. Soon I'll set up a poll and start my work according the result.

Let me look into that. I have just update the theme with battery icon tho. =)
[Android Themes] dee8905:
Wonderful! Been looking for a full featured theme with dark/light grey accent like this.
[Android Themes] wai10691:
Coming soon

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[Android Themes] wai10691:
OP is updated with Flatten v1.3

See post 2 for changelog and screenshot
[Android Themes] triadd:
This theme is incredible. Nice work!
[Android Themes] wai10691:
Thank you !
[Android Themes] LordManhattan:
Fantastic. Thanks :)

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Btw, could you fix the shadows on the menu buttons? Some have shadows and some do not. It's all about consistency.

Overall a superb theme :)
[Android Themes] krazie1:
Links in OP don't work
[Android Themes] LordManhattan:
Open the thread in your browser. Tapatalk fails hard at this one :p
[Android Themes] wai10691:
Thank you so much for your comment and suggestion. I will do that on the next update. :)

Hi [MENTION=2631637]krazie1[/MENTION], first of all, thanks for including my theme in your mega thread!

And about the problem you mentioned, on browser I tried it's fine. While on the phone, I clicked the download button on the bottom of the post is fine as well. Only the link in "Free Version" download directed me back to the post when clicked on Tapatalk. Guess [MENTION=655433]LordManhattan[/MENTION] is right. Perhaps it's the issue of Tapatalk

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[Android Themes] krazie1:
Yeah its a tapatalk issue, hopefully they fix it soon. Awesome update!
[Android Themes] papstar:
This is a great looking theme! As of right now, my only suggestion is to either change the gray background on the notification pulldown, or change the toggle icon color. The white on gray hurts my eyes. :what::eek: Also, i feel like the phone, contacts, messaging icons don't really fit with the overall theme. Other than those two suggestions, this is great! Nice job on your first theme!
[Android Themes] wai10691:
I'll look for inspiration for the icons. They were just simply draft work actually. Hehe.

Thanks for your advice though. :)
[Android Themes] wai10691:
Some changes based on users request

Notification bg:

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Toggle switch is resized smaller because it becomes disoriented in some app, like trickster mod:

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[Android Themes] krazie1:
Can you still include the on/off text?
[Android Themes] wai10691:
Sure. Easier to see with text. =)
[Android Themes] wai10691:
Upcoming

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And ...

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Got my first donation of Flatten. It's not anything special for you guys, but it's the first donation I receive for my first theme. =)