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[General Topics] freakzone:
I think the best way is to go to the store and play a bit (like 15-30min) with the competing phones. I would suggest that you pay a bit more attention to HD2, iPhone 3GS and in march the Bravo will be out, if you can wait that long. I would also suggest the Nexus one, however you can't see before you buy, and people are reporting numerous problems. You can see the nexus in action on youtube.

What works for me, won't necessarily work for you, and vice versa.

Don't let the sales rep tell you that google maps is navigation, it's not.

Have in mind that iphone and some android devices don't support BT file transfer, if you use that.

If you like multitasking don't go for the iphone.Another "glitch" is that its browser doesn't support download.

If you use exchange, it works best on winmo and blackberry

If you use the phone as usb stick go for android or winmo.

There are of course other differences. It all depends on what you use and what you need.

For satnav winmo has the widest range of apps. However there are nice apps for android and iphone.
[General Topics] Sina™:
wait for the 4th gen iphone, if you can't, i recommend you jailbroken iphone 3gs.

you'll fly, if you try iphone.
[General Topics] DevaVictrix:
When I went to the Apple store and asked to look at the iPhone the first thing the chap said was "wait til mid 2010"

Thankyou for the great replies.

In the end....!! I got a Sony Ericsson Naite. And a laptop! Samsung N130.

I love my iBook but ive just enrolled with the OU to finish a couple of Uni quals I never actually finished and need windows. Plus I can synch my Diamond properly now. I run a shop on an ind est and have just setup a website and my orders come through to the phone. I need to synch.

Once again, many thanks for the time spent.

Rik
[Touch HD General] micko83:
Hi,

I'm using kwbr Topic 3.4.2 rom and I noticed that opening sms/email after I get it...It'not normal that it can take 5-7 seconds...

Can anyone help me?
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
Has this just started after flashing rom? If so, post your question in his rom thread as it could be rom related.
[Touch HD General] micko83:
that's the problem...I flashed it too often so I can't remember....I was used to a slow rom when I had manila 2.5, but this is now manila 2.1...

I thought there is a fix or something like that to repair it
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
Speed should have been noticeably quicker using a manila 2.1 rom. Haven't heard of a fix for this, but would still advise to ask in rom thread. Others may be experiencing same issue or a fix may have been made already
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] -Arturo-:
New version of OPNMARKET has just been released.

And it beats MS market on so many levels......

Her's more info

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=513503
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] darkic:
I install app (already got freewarepocket pass), but everytime I logged in and try to go to OpnMarket, it says "No connection, try to connect to internet", even I`m connected. Any idea?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] RFOX100:
thanks mate i will give it a try

nice one
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] s1lex:
I've got the same problem, with active sync or wifi, it works perfect, but with 3g or edge, impossible to connect, maybe it uses other port than 80 ??
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] darkic:
Yeah, same with me, with wifi works, not with gprs...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] -Arturo-:
Hmm that's strange it works for me on both wifi/3G haven't tried it via AS yet though.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] tango16:
Hi,

Just like to check if we can remove the scroll bar which is present when go to Setting>Sound.

The scroll bar is on the right.

Appreciate your kind advice guys!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
The tiny little scroll bar?

No you cannot remove.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Milomolly:
I have just bought this phone and used google sync to sync my google calendar with my phone calendar.

Im using the sony erricson panel 1 because i want a panel which displays the numbers of messages in each of my email inboxes seperately and also displays events in my calendar.

what i would like to do is change the number of events it displays or rather, make it display all calendar items in the next month.

How can i get it to do this/ has anyone hacked it/ can tell me how to? or is there an alternative panel that will do this along with displaying my emails seperately?
[HD2 General] Alpha4:
Just had a look at Marketplace and can't see an ebook reader client.

Anyone know of one please? I would have thought that the HD2 big screen was perfect for reading.
[HD2 General] NeilM:
The HD2 is excellent for reading ebooks, but you need to specify which format your ebooks are in.

My preference is for Mobipocket but this can't handle protected eReader files. For that you would need to download eReader . However I couldn't get this to install from the PC installer, though it's OK from This topic using the CAB file.
[HD2 General] Alpha4:
Thanks Neil, I'll give them both a try.
[HD2 General] NeilM:
I like both but prefer Mobipocket!

Just a hint though- with both you need to go into the options to select screen tapping to tunr pages as the HD2 doesn't have a D-Pad :)

Oh- & both are free programs!
[HD2 General] alex fung:
What is an ebook? I mean what is the file extension? Is there only one format for all the ebooks out there? Is it a LIT like the Microsoft Reader, or a different format?
[HD2 General] NeilM:
The file extensions are dependent on the format the ebook is encoded with, which determines which ebook reader needs to be used.

Ebooks are either encrypted or open format. To comply with the publishers requirements, all mainstream ebooks are encrypted, and different formats use different modes of protection. There is an increasing problem with being able to buy ebooks in different countries- for example many ebooks available from FictionWise can't be downloaded in UK due to licensing restrictions, but another company, BooksOnBoard have a bigger selection of globally available titles.

As you mention, Microsoft Reader used the .lit extension, but as this program doesn't work with WM6 it's a bit of a problem. There are other programs than can read .lit files, such as uBook (microbook) but they can't read any with DRM. There are ways however to strip the DRM on the PC version of MS Reader which still works.

The earliest mobile ebook reader was on the Palm Pocket, and the program I mentioned above, eReader works with these files which are still being used for mainstream books. They have the .pdb file extension

Mobipocket books have the .prc file extension but Mobipocket can also read html, text files and unencrypted eReader files.

There is unfortunately a move towards more proprietary formats with the release of devices like the Amazon and Sony ebook hardware. Also, many new ebooks are being released using the ePub format which is an Adobe protocol and is not available for any mobile devices.

Sorry for the long post! Its abit of a soapbox for me as I've been usign ebooks for a long time and relish the idea of having a large number of books always available on my devcie, especially on holiday. I don't like the way my choice has been limited more and more over the past year!
[HD2 General] jolbars:
If you have your books in simple text formats (ie txt, rtf, doc, html), alreader should be perfect for you.
[HD2 General] blackheart2925:
the format which is winning the ebook format wars is .epub and there is areader out there for that particular format...Freda
[HD2 General] NeilM:
Thanks for that- it's a very good start. It is only for non-encrypted ePub files though, and unfortunatley the vast majority of commercial titles are encrypted :(
[HD2 General] Jim Chapman:
There are tools on the internet that can be used for decrypting DRM-protected EPUBS (a Google search on INEPT will lead you in the right direction). Depending where you live, it may or may not be legal for you to download and use them though :(

Jim
[HD2 General] carbunaru:
I use Micrsoft Reader and Mobipocket. First because I have a big archive with books in .lit format, and the second one because I can convert lots of formats in books who works for it and I like this program allot. one problem if I can call it a problem is lack of updates for it. For example to make progress bar from bottom of page bigger or to make some animation with page flip (now I see iPad have implemented that). It may seem like some graphics nonsense but I think this are very important because of psychological effect (feeling good reading a book but filing good about it from start of the program) at the end of day you read a book to relax and feel good (technical or any educational books come usual in .pdf format so are not included in discussion). and I think because of power and size of screen HD2 deserve better graphics. Don't forget that iPhone had big success because of better graphics with a OS witch odder ways it was waaaaay inferior to WM, just because of that psychological effect created by very well designed graphics.
[HD2 General] xenept:
Grab a copy of freda (search here on xda). It's the best free epub reader out there. There'll be a new version released soon by Jim.
[HD2 General] Alpha4:
I do like Freda, but it's not finger friendly. Particularly the Library View. You need fingers like a small bushbaby to select a particular book.

Best I've tried up to now though.
[HD2 General] shagratt:
I used Palm to read ebooks since lots of years ago, when I moved to WM I still using the same aplication: iSilo

iSilo consist in two aplications... one in WM wich you use to read and another on the pc wich you use to encode the files to iSilo format (pdb). You can encode lots of file formats including plain txt and html (with images) or grab complete websites.

I love iSilo cause a 5 megabytes pdf can be just a 200k pdb file and got autoscroll with is a feature I love to read books (ipad don't have that)
[HD2 General] xenept:
I hope you've popped some feedback on the freda thread. Jim is always looking for improvements so comments from the user base will drive this!
[HD2 General] Jim Chapman:
Yep I will fix that display to make the lines a bit bigger. Actually, I've been thinking about implementing a setting to let the user control the font-size and line spacing used for controls (because some people don't mind poking the screen with a fingernail, whereas others really want to use finger-tips - but there is a trade-off in that the larger the controls, the fewer lines will fit the screen).

Anyhow, I had been thinking the setting should have values called 'small/medium/large', but it's clear that what I need is 'bushbaby/human/gorilla' :)

Thanks for using Freda.

Jim
[HD2 General] carbunaru:
what about flip page animation like in SPB Shell v.2 or iPad? Is that posible to implement?
[HD2 General] Alpha4:
Thanks Jim, sounds good. One point I will make is that the HD2 has a capacitive touch screen and, as you no doubt know, a fingernail won't register a touch at all. Almost any other body part is fine though :-) .

I look forward to the next version of Freda.
[HD2 General] Jim Chapman:
Freda has a rather simplistic animation which appears when you scroll up/down, or slide pages left/right. It would be nice to more sophisticated animation approach (like Stanza for instance), which shows the page contents distorted and shaded as they turn. I may implement that at some stage, but it would be complicated because I'd have to use the DirectDraw Sprite APIs, rather than the regular .NetCF GDI APIs - and that (a) would involve a fair amount of re-writing (b) might create portability problems.

Thanks for your interest in Freda,

Jim
[HD2 General] carbunaru:
Thanks for answer. I think a program with this kind of features will became no one on market because the trent (made by Apple) is for people to looking to "looks" of progams and not their utility.

Just my opinion.
[General Questions and Answers] shizzy1427:
Is there an app that allows me to create a stationary wallpaper that doesnt scroll when switching pages? Thats all i want. I've tried Wallpaper Plus (Doesnt work right on Droid) And Home++, i just dont want Home++. Does this app exist?

Thanks for any help.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] secc123:
Hi all, I have just cooked a 23518 ROM with Manila 2.5 in (Thanks to SilentP). Everything is working fine but i've just noticed that my G-Sensor isn't working? I have added the Sensor_SDK_4_2_19202033_00 which is in the kitchen but when i run the calibration app, i click on 'calibrate' but nothing happens, the spirit levels don't move at all and no apps rotate?

Does anyone have any idea why this isn't working or do you know what other files this needs?

BTW, i have a Touch Pro (Raphael) and am using EVK.

Thanks in advance

Secc
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] madnish30:
The SDK package could be corrupt in the kitchen.

Why don't you re cook with a fresh package of G Sen files and try some other rotate app.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] secc123:
Thanks

Hey madnish30, Thanks for your reply. I will probably be recooking over the weekend so i will follow your advice and download a new sdk package.

Do you know of any other g-sensor related files or is it only the 1 package?

Thanks,

Secc
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] madnish30:
i would suggest that you don't cook a rotate app and rather do a cab install latter and choose the one which is best for you.

I like the fuzeberry flip_it best ( its very smooth )

I think you should just cook HTC Calieration Tool and make sure they are the latest extracted one.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] secc123:
Re:

Hi all, does anyone have an ext package for a working sensor sdk - i have evk and will be cooking 23518 with manila 2.5 so something that will work, I have Sensor_SDK_4_2_19202033_00 but i want to try another version in case this is corrupted.

I have searched (google) but couldn't find any.

Thanks in advance

Secc
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] secc123:
Solved!

Hi all, Just wanted to say the issue is solved. I installed Flip it, enabled gsensor and its working perfectly! Thanks to madnish30 for suggesting this app, looks good.

Mods: You can close this thread, Thank You.

Secc
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] hilaireg:
As requested
[Nexus One General] konsta819:
I've noticed that my battery life is draining somewhat faster than seems reasonable...

After 7 hours away from my charger I'm at 36% remaining, and frankly haven't used the phone much today. Two 5 minute calls and a bit of playing with email.

The battery status shows that 'Android OS' is using 43% of the battery at the moment. Next after that is the screen at 19%.

Is that normal? Or have I installed something that is draining away at it? What is the best app to identify the malevolent drainer?

Many thanks in advance!
[Nexus One General] bofslime:
my "Android OS" is always somewhere around 2-3%. You running stock build? mebby reboot the phone and check again?
[Nexus One General] konsta819:
Stock build.

Have rebooted and killed most of the apps that came along with the reboot. Will watch it over the rest of the day and see if the problem repeats.
[Nexus One General] rockky:
Screen usually 70% Android 2-3%.

Mine was horrible then i saw an app G backup.that I had on auto eating up 40%... changed it to manual and eliminated that and an overheating issue... Wierd.
[Nexus One General] hobbescs:
I have been having issues with battery life also. My cell standby was using 65-85% between charges. It would go down to 20-25% battery life after 7-8 hrs with little to no use. I did a factory reset and everything was great for one day, cell standby dropped to about 4%. I added some apps, recharged overnight, and in the morning after 1 hr battery was down to 80%, cell standby back up to 75%. not sure if it's an app i installed or not. At home i have been using a different micro usb charger, not the stock one. I'm wondering if that could be the cause. I did a 2nd factory wipe this morning and now cell standy is back to 4%. I'm going to only use the OEM charger and only add apps 1 at a time to try and narrow down the cause.
[Nexus One General] kiddyfurby:
do you have the 3g problem?

my guess is ... if your phone keep switching between 3g/edge or umts/hsdpa

you keep using wireless radio and thus consumes much more power
[Nexus One General] hobbescs:
no, I've never had any 3g problems, other than only getting a max download speed of about .8Mbps.

I called HTC about the high cell standby usage and they suggested - turning screen brightness all the way down, turn off GPS, turn off bluetooth, turn off wifi, etc... If I have to have everything turned off so my battery won't die then what's the point of having an otherwise awesome phone. It's been an hour now since unplugging and cell standby is at 20%, battery life at 98%. I guess we'll see...
[Nexus One General] GlenH:
Battery issues are almost always due to apps (or services) running, especially ones that are constantly using a data connection.

That's why Apple don't allow the iphone to run anything in the background ;-)

If it was fine after reset and then bad after you added some apps then you know one of them is to blame......

My nexus one has been unplugged for 24 hours now and is at 66% (fairly light use in that time to be fair).
[Nexus One General] kozm0naut:
it's possible that android synching could cause usage to spike to those levels, but that shouldn't be happening very often.
[Nexus One General] Wobblebonk:
I leave syncing on all the time and my phone is easily 14 or 15 hours to get to 20% with what sounds like heavier usage than what konsta is reporting.
[Nexus One General] Iggy82:
I read some guy solved most of the battery issues by turning off GPS. I'm now following this practise after a full charge from completely dead to see how it goes. I normally have to charge once per day, I do use the phone quite a lot, not much for phone calls though, twitter, facebook, sms, tech news etc!
[Nexus One General] konsta819:
I think that my "Android OS" drain must have been a one-time event (hope so, anyway). After my reboot I'm now up to cell standby as my primary usage. I've spent a fair bit of time in the last few hours in patchy signal areas, so seems fair.

Will see how long it lasts tomorrow.
[Nexus One General] gf_gollum:
I agree that the GPS seems to be the biggest battery killer. Completely drained my machine in next to no time when I was playing with Copilot live.
[Nexus One General] rjgonza:
I am actually impressed with the battery life on the n1. I can keep GPS on and use it, playing games on the train and answering emails and calls all day long with seesmic constantly running and easily get through the entire day. If I don't charge it overnight I will be about 15-20% remainig in the morning. I have stock android os on an unlocked n1.
[Nexus One General] gadjet:
Power drain solved....:)

Hi every one.

My battery life to was abismal, that was until I read this over on Modaco.

GSM 2G+3G ("WCDMA preferred") drains battery over 5 times faster than exclusive 3G ("WCDMA Only")

Average battery drain / hour when phone is idle with screen off:

1-Standard shipping mode

WCDMA prefered

, i.e. both 2G and 3G enabled, Wifi off): 10% / hour

2-Alternate

WCDMA Only

mode, 3G exclusively, no Wifi: 1.7% / hour

So I tried changing the phone settings from WCDMA prefered to WCDMA only. WOW battery life instanly better!!! 3G still works and phone OK.

To do this enter *#*#4636#*#* on phone dial pad, select phone information, then scroll down to selection box, change

set preferred network type

to WCDMA only. Switch phone to airplane mode, then switch airplane off and watch your battery performance increase by 300% plus...
[Nexus One General] rockky:
Are you on T-Mobile?
[Nexus One General] rockky:
Are you on T-Mobile? Do you have a fairly strong 3g. signal ? if one did have a fairly strong 3g signal would this still be advisable?
[Nexus One General] gadjet:
Hi rockky.

No I am on Orange, I usually only get a full strength 3G at my works and not usually at home, however since getting a Nexus 1 i now get a limited 3G at home..
[Nexus One General] lightforce:
after uninstalling mobile defense and city caller id my bat went back to normal.
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
I noticed pretty good battery improvement when I turned off GPS (only turn it on when I need it).
[Nexus One General] SBS_:
I'm pretty sure even with GPS on in the widget it only turns itself on if there is a program that requests it. Haven't turned it off on my phone yet and the shortest my phone have been on without recharging it is 15 hours.
[Nexus One General] hobbescs:
I did the battery drain then recharge, turned off GPS when not needed, set my 3g to WCDMA ONLY, and switched my background to a darker picture ( had very bright one before), and now after 18 hrs of moderate use I'm still at 44% battery left!!!
[Nexus One General] idris83:
Sorry guys... those of you suggesting turning off GPS, screen brightness, using only one type of data network etc. are missing the point a bit I think... If these things were causing the drain, then they would be listed on the "Battery usage" screen. Take a look at the following (low-tech) screenshot:

http ://id.8x.cc/random/android_os_battery_drain_bug.JPG

You can see that "Android OS" has used 45% of the battery, followed by screen with 20%, and other things like GPS are way down the list. Android OS usually only uses 2-5%. I don't have any background apps and the background processes are all ones that are usually there. Besides, if one of these were causing the drain, it would be at the top of the "battery usage" list.

This is more than likely a bug in the OS. I expect a reboot will solve it. If not, I'll post back :D
[Nexus One General] Lebog:
I am having the same issue with Android System running at around 40% of battery used. I installed CyanogenMod-5.0.4.1 with the Trackball Wake mod a few days ago. I don't remember what Android System was at pre-rooting, but I was getting from morning until 11pm pretty easily.. now I need to recharge by 7pm. Rebooting doesn't seem to help. I have tried most of the suggestions made in this thread (except for the WCDMA one, which I may try..) to no effect.
[Nexus One General] whodatfever:
I'm having the same issue. Battery wont last from 8-5 and the OS is sucking 40-50% power. On Cyanogens latest. This sucks. :(

How hard is it to flash another ROM over this one?
[Nexus One General] arkavat:
so what is normal.. imean which application dominates?

in my case, i have cell stand by and Phone idle dominating.. and going upto 40% each... well..my display has been off since morning and i am sure it will start dominating once I use the display.

Nevertheless, are cell stand by and phone idle dominating applications as well?
[Nexus One General] flarbear:
I had this problem briefly a couple of weeks ago. I hadn't done much different with the phone when it started happening and it was the first time I'd seen that particular category using very much battery % at all. The condition lasted through 2 or 3 days of having to charge it extra times during the day.

In my case, simply rebooting the phone seemed to fix the problem. I no longer see "Android OS" very high in the list and I am going full days on single charges (actually less than a full charge) again.

(Edit: I forgot to mention I'm stock with 2.1 update1)
[Nexus One General] snovvman:
I have been seeing this problem for one week. I have tried to isolate to applications, but no joy. I installed an app to monitor fast battery drain so I will know when Android OS is misbehaving. I found something very interesting: Whenever Android OS starts to drain and utilization climbs, plug in the charger for a momement, and Android OS stops the high drain. Go figure...
[Nexus One General] vegetaleb:
The only major thing that drain battery is the screen...while it shouldn't as it's amoled.

HTC just doesn't know yet how to manage screen power control,we could have 3x more battery if they did