yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] BrooklynAvi:
Well, it seems to have been confirmed by Google. The TechCrunch article is a nice bit of help too. I'm a true skeptic but after reading everything I could on the subject, I played the odds and filled out the form. I figure if it somehow turns out to be fake (I'm assuming Google would have removed the site by now), any information I posted on the form is public anyway (nothing that can't be found in a phone book and in the WHOIS database). Like I've told others, according to game theory, it's a no-lose/win situation. Nothing can happen from filling out the form and I may actually get a nice phone out of the deal. A Droid would suck since I have TMO. I have a Nexus but I'm greedy and want two. I'll know in 2-4 weeks. Otherwise, nice prank. :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] IsmailBhai:
no need to be a skeptic!

http://hydtechblog.com/2010/03/30/i-got-my-free-verizon-droid-thank-you-android-market-device-seeding-program/
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] smaskell:
It costs HTC that much to make the phone and I'm sure they'd still want to be making a profit on them. Google would definitely have to pay more than that.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] BrooklynAvi:
Does anyone bother to factor in R&D? I'm positive that that brings the cost over $175.
[Nexus One General] SiNJiN76:
What's the difference? I've searched forever to try and understand how to install a theme...but no luck. While I was doing that...I stumbled upon MetaMorph.

what's the difference between the two? They are both themers, right?
[Nexus One General] Know-Fear:
While they both do basically the same thing in the end, they are a bit different.

A theme (update.zip) is flashed from recovery. They are made from a standard template. The creator replaces the images in the individual apks and once everything is done, they sign the file. When flashed, it replaces the apks that are on your phone now with the new, altered ones.

A morph is flashed from an app while the phone is running along in normal mode. A morph does not replace the apk as a whole, but rather just replaces the images that are included in the morph. In my own personal opinion, a morph is much easier to make. But that is just a presonal preference. Morphs do not need to be signed.
[Dash 3G, Snap General] motoyola:
Hi guys where can i find a blank kitchen for the snap? thanks in advance
[Imagio General] bboyle:
As many of us have noticed the screen lock on out Imagio's seems to just stop working. I have had this problem over the last week. I just answered a question in another thread about the screen alignment and how it is randomly activated when the phone is removed from a holster or pocket. In the process I activated the screen alignment, did the alignment procedure and now I see my screen lock is working again! If your screen lock isnt working try aligning your screen and let us know if it corrected the screen lock.

Activate the screen alignment by holding the volume button(up and down) and touch the screen.

Good luck.
[Imagio General] JelloSmuggler:
Good call Bboyle, I did as you stated and ran the screen alignment and the auto lock started working again. Thanks!
[Imagio General] JDM1:
thanks you very much! I had this problem a couple months ago and ended up doing a hard reset and had to reconfigure everything. It worked fine until today the lock randomly stopped working again. Just aligned the screen and now it's back.
[Imagio General] TrueMetalGeek:
Aha! I always wondered how the hell my phone would be on alignment when it was locked and in my pocket.

I didn't know that button combo entered align mode. Obviously it does it even when the screen is locked.

I've never had my phone NOT lock the scree tho.
[Imagio General] bboyle:
I got curious when I kept pulling my phone from a holster only to find the alignment utility active. It was very annoying when I needed to make a call but had to align first. So I figured out how I was causing the problem. Discovering the association to the lock was accidental.
[Nexus One General] madhartigan:
. . . with understanding development using Java for Android?

Do I start with Java books?

Where do I read about how to set up an Android development environment? I'm trying to read through everything at the Android Developers website, but I was hoping someone could point me towards better/more information.

I know this is a VERY n00b question, but in order to avoid asking any further n00b questions, I'd like to come to this party better equipped.

TIA -

Darryl
[Nexus One General] TFJ4:
Do you know Java?
[Nexus One General] madhartigan:
Thank you for the reply!!

That's where I'd like to get started. I know Android is a FULL OS written in Java, so a beginner is looking at the equivalent of Mt. Everest from the viewpoint of a new born just learning to walk, but, as I said, I'd like to start somewhere.

Advice for:

what texts to start with

texts that help provide a good foundation to address Android

texts that are the next step after beginning

how to properly build a Java IDE with Eclipse

Would probably be a good starting place.
[Nexus One General] madhartigan:
*bump* - ten characters
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Honestly, I'd start out PMing some of the devs in the Development forum... Cyanogen, Enomther, etc. I've PM'd Enomther before back in the G1 forum and he's super responsive...

Probably your best bet. ;)
[Nexus One General] madhartigan:
Thank you. I'll give it a shot.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] yzogheib:
Does anyone know of a good app for the World cup 2010 in South Africa?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] NSider:
Buy FotMob.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] smeddy:
I know this isn't what you want, but the BBC Mobile website will be very good at up-to-the-minute goals/squads/news
[HD2 General] mannyshere:
hi there i have by mistake renamed the hklm software htc htcmedsaging and from there its the first file above compose! can someone tell me what it should be named as
[Nexus One General] hurrycaine3000:
Sorry, pretty new to the Android phone scene, but loving it. I managed to unlock my phone, flash amon's recovery image, flash passion radio, and flash cyonogen's latest ROM, and did a few nandroid backups along the way. I'm just wondering which one of the nandroid backup files is the latest one. the top or the bottom. thanks to all you smart people for making these phones fly. will be showing my appreciation in the way of some $$ soon.
[Nexus One General] Know-Fear:
look at the last few numbers in the nandroid filename. It should be the date. (if that dont work, the bottom of the list is the newest)
[Nexus One General] bmj1086:
They're all in date/time format. Just look at the name of the folder. You should be able to figure it out.
[Nexus One General] pjcforpres:
The file name reads, when broken down, 2010 02 28 1642, without the spaces... that would be, in order, year, month, day, and time.
[Nexus One General] hurrycaine3000:
Thanks all, I feel pretty dumb now. haha.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] camper:
Appreciated to all your work on the delivery of new ROM, but I really don't like some of the 3-rd party applications included by default. Is there any clean ROM which contains WM OS only?

Thanks in advance.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] onysablet06:
So, you should try miri's 6.5.5 V5.0 rom
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] crazy cat:
Thx for the tip. Will try asap. First i need to take a look for the radio...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mskip:
All Radios *HERE*

Mark.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] crazy cat:
Ah! Cool thx!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogerbean101:
Where can i find this app because i cant find it in th market?1? lmao!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] auxny:
uh what app? you didn't state what the app is
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codkill:
Oh yeah, that app. The one you're looking for is called
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
Yeah, dumb question lol.:D

EDIT:

More than likely its a protected app and you have been Rom-Hoping and now you can't find it...or Trapster or Urbanspoon or several other Apps. That OR they updated the SDK and now you can't get it because you don't have a compatible phone. Search the sub-forum for "protected app" and you'll find an answer.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedudejdog:
dildroid? :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
ROFL

10 char
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogerbean101:
LMFAO!!! Fail!!!! but i dont even remember the app lol
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
Damn, where do you buy your pot? I need to meet your dealer. I would LOVE to forget stuff that quick!
[Nexus One General] Diceman4:
I just got an email from Google saying that I qualify to get a Verizon Droid or Nexus One for having an app with over 5,000 active downloads from the market (which I do) for free through their seeding program.

Has anyone else received this and can vouch for the truthfulness of the offer?

Thanks!
[Nexus One General] krohnjw:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/49da01a3cb7f8803?pli=1

Quite a few news outlets reporting the same as well (5k+ dls and 3.5+ stars apps)
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Congrats man! I'd be super stoked if I were you... get the Nexus One!
[Nexus One General] Talderon:
If you read through all 80+ messages in that thread, people from Google do confirm it is NOT fake.

Congrats! :D
[Nexus One General] grainysand:
Wow, that's damn nice of Google, especially since the requirements seem very reasonable (5000 downloads, 3.5 rating).

I don't think you get to pick which device you get, however.
[Nexus One General] blackgin:
I received it too. IT'S SO NICE! THANKS GOOGLE! I'm in EU so I'll get a nexus one for sure =)
[Nexus One General] zer0day:
I got the email as well. I couldn't go to the Google event in London where they gave out free phones, so this is a nice surprise :D
[Nexus One General] rjhay22:
Congratz guys! Yes I've read bout that too, and its great of Google to appreciate your hard work.

So tell us what apps you guys made so we can try em out.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Correction... if you're dev'ing games, then get the Droid. Seems the N1's touchscreen isn't as advanced when it comes to MT.
[Nexus One General] GNOve:
Becoming an android developer is slowly a no brainer.

Google gives you an updated device every chance they get.

So that you can develop next gen apps at their expense.

Seriously why people are still stuck developing on the iphone and not making a transition to android is beyond me.

Im sure they can dual program java and OBJ-C (objective languages)

Thats cool i hope next year i can attand a few google events or mayybe have an app in the store.
[Nexus One General] GodDriven:
Just wanted to say whats up GnOve!!! :p
[Nexus One General] Mort:
Technically, I guess they can. But Apple's not about technic, it's about religion. ;) ("Google wants your data, but Apple wants your soul")

Now, seriously. I really think Apple often polarizes with its easy to use but very homogene and restricted concept. So a lot of Apple users/developers wouldn't touch a non-Apple device (aka "blatant rippoffs") with a stick, while a lot of Android users/developers despise Apple's restrictions (and costs).

Of course most professional software companies prefer money over religios wars, but lots of apps are from hobby developers.

Besides, the differences in development aren't defined by the language's syntax but the used frameworks and APIs. Even though they're "object oriented", there are worlds between VC++/MFC, VC++/SDK, C#/.NET, Java/Swing, Java/Struts(Cx), Java/JSF, Android, and Objective C. Dialogs/forms are created differently, user interaction is handled differently, frontend/backend separation works differently, there are "specials" like MS' "device contexts", different XML files and annotations for Java frameworks, or Android's "Intents", etc.
[Nexus One General] nurre:
Anyone found any updates/information about this?

I'd love to get a mail with a "we've confirmed your registration, you'll recieve a device between X and X" or something like that.
[Nexus One General] Devastatin:
Absolutely cool.

Guess I need to start developing for android.

Now to figure out the next big thing and to learn a language that results in an app.. Hell, I've learned 12 different programming languages, whats one more. LOL. :D
[Nexus One General] David Horn:
Official FAQ.

http://sites.google.com/site/developermarketandroidgiveaway/faq
[Nexus One General] nurre:
Thanks a lot, dont know how I missed that!
[Nexus One General] deekjx:
Wow, this truly is amazing. I don't have enough downloads on my two apps but I do have the ratings. :( Oh well. I need to write apps that will be more widely used.
[Nexus One General] Burlyskink:
I just received this email a few minutes ago

Dear Guy,

We’ve received your information for the Android Market Device Seeding Program and have successfully validated the Google Order Number from your developer account.

Your information will now be sent to our shipping partner for order processing. Just to confirm, the information we received from you was:

Guy Mobile

"PERSONAL INFO"

"EMAIL
"PHONE"
If you need to make any changes to your information above, please contact us at android-market-seeding@google.com as soon as possible. Otherwise, you should receive your phone in 2-4 weeks!

On behalf of the Android team,
Thanks, and happy coding!

Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheater Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
[Nexus One General] blackgin:
I just received that email too! Yesssss
[Nexus One General] resist:
I've owned previous android devices with hardware KB's so this thought never crossed my mind til now...

On the hardware KB's there are many shortcuts and functions that can be done that improve functionality. As an example...holding ALT+Del will delete the whole sentence. This is one of many functions available. Others improve copy and paste or browsing functionality etc. However, when trying the same commands on the soft kb...nothing happens.

My question is...does the stock soft KB have additional functions or shortcuts that are not obvious and if so...does anyone know where i might find the commands?

Things I do know (to keep people from posting them):

Swipe across for voice to text

Swipe top to bottom to close KB

Long Press certain keys for additional inputs and symbols
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] plex12345:
hi, does anyone have the windows mobile01 ringtone?

thanks
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] artukas613:
Hi,

Maybe its this one.

:)
[HD2 General] Nimac91:
I've got a few problems with the music tab wich I think is very anoying. I hope anyone knows a sollution for this.

First of all, Does anyone know if there's a way to get the alphabetic numbers on the music library? Scrolling all the way down takes me al lot of time since I've got around 1000 songs.

My second problem, is there a fix for the shuffle butten in the music tab. Even when shuffle is on I still get at least 3 songs in alphabetic order every time I start my music tab. Also when I'm choosing a new song I always have to press the shuffle 2 times to let it work properly.

My last problem, I've got this game Flight Commander, wich is a great game. But it has some anoying sounds(.wav files) wich show up in my library. How can I let my music tab ignore these sounds without deleting them?

Ow and I also have this problem of my headphones. Do your devices also work slower if you put in your headphones?

Thanks, Sorry for my English, It's not perfect.
[HD2 General] Volw:
Try Nitrogen? It's superior to MW and music tab in every way.
[HD2 General] Nimac91:
Thanks for the reply and sollution, but I actually do like the music tab very much I think it looks very nice and I use it every day. So I was hoping for a sollution without changing my music player. But I will still keep it in mind. Thanks
[HD2 General] tehwateva:
I'm facing the same issues as well, as I use the default Music player to play all my song files instead of creating individual playlist. I tend to notice that the shuffle function tends to play a few 'favorite' songs of it's choice. Either that or the shuffle function stops working unless I reactive it back

I think the bug is triggered by having too much songs on your current playlists (mine being 6-7gb)
[HD2 General] mmmalas:
same here shuffle starts with couple of the same songs every time.

then letter repeat thingy.

I would really like to replace the music tab with someone else.

I wish applications inside tabs can be replaced easily!
[HD2 General] Nimac91:
So I guess there's still no solution for this?
[HD2 General] Pocc:
Workaround

I have the same problem. I'm sick to death of hearing songs that start with 'A' - have forgotten all my songs that start from C onwards unless I drive to China. Only workaround I've found is go to library>all songs (rather than playlist) and pick a song, music player will restart and shuffle the full alphabet. I've also put a bug report into HTC on this maybe more of you could do the same.
[HD2 General] chrisrj28:
Yes everything you listed as an issue has been started in two other threads, quite a few of us are waiting for a solution as I personally like the Sense music type, it's aesthetically pleasing and does what I want it to do.

Regarding the scrollbar the going consensus is that it can't just be made or migrated from another app like the contacts function. Something like that may have to come from HTC.

The shuffle button does this for me too, no matter what song I start the shuffle from it plays the same rotation of songs in the first ten I skip to. Then I notice an actual variety, also I find that after a soft reset it sometimes forgets that the shuffle is on and I have to turn it off and on again to get a shuffle.

There is no way to make the music player only look at certain folders, you can do it with the pictures tab by adding the unwanted folders as .reg entries but the music tab looks at all sounds.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but these fixes will more than likely have to come from HTC, they bill this phone as an entertainment phone (at least TMOUS version) and they include a great looking music player but dont assume that people will actually use it to play their large music lirbraries.

Playing all my sounds and the issue with shuffle are minor inconveniences to me, my biggest wish is a scrollbar.

*Edit, another issue I just remembered, when you are on a song and hit the library button it places you at the beginning, why can't it place you at the currently playing song. If I'm listening to a song starting with T and want to skip to a W I have to scroll from the beginning, utter nonsense :rolleyes:

Oh well hopefully HTC gets with the program as I have not found a 3rd party music player that I like as much as the Sense player.
[HD2 General] lbhocky19:
im having the problem where the song "blacks out" for a few seconds a couple times during songs where there is just no sound but the music is still going. also just got an issue where if i turn the screen off while headphones are plugged in it pauses the music. used to work so well...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] CzEcfIGrBXh9RnZfmoga:
I had a HTC Fuze and was able to edit the reg to enable repeat notifications. I now have a HTC Tilt 2 with Win Mo 6.5. The reg edits that fixed this problem do not work with 6.5. Does anyone know how to do this?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevedebi:
Registry edit to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/Shell/Notification/OEM. Change the NotificationLayout.dll to NotificationLayoutNEW.dll. Reboot the phone and it will go back to the default WM menus, which allow you to change the snooze time when a reminder goes off. I'm using 6.5 on my T-Mobile TP2 and it works fine.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] camell0ndosequis:
I can confirm this does not work on a GSM TP2 running 6.5.

I have tweaked the registry to allow SMS Notfications to un-grey the Repeat option. I have checked the box and the ringtone does not repeat
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ccdrew40:
Thanks, this worked on my Tilt 2 with the original ROM.
[Nexus One General] PhantomRampage:
Ok so when i first got my N1 i remember seeing GV on the market, it didn't come stock. I downloaded it and while doing the setup you can decide to use it as your voicemail or not, i decided not to use it. No problems, still got my voicemail normally.

So i flashed cyanogen 5.0.4.1 the other day and now i notice that whenever i get voicemail it comes through google voice, i don't like this because now i can't use the t-mobile visual voicemail app i have. When i check for voicemail on that app now i get nothing, they're only on GV.

I've gone to Settings > Call Settings > Voicemail Service and checked the bubble for "My Carrier" thinking that would work, well, it didn't. I checked if i could disable it in the GV settings too and there's no option for it.

I've even gone to the marketplace to try and uninstall it but the uninstall option is greyed out, im guessing because GV comes stock now and is not a removable app.

Can anyone shed some light on how i can either get my normal voicemail working again or get rid of GV altogether?

Much appreciated

tl;dr version: i dont want google voice being my default voicemail, tried to disable it, didnt work, cant uninstall it. I want to get the old normal notifications for voicemail. Help please
[Nexus One General] PhantomRampage:
Sorry for the double post, figured it out.

In case anyone else is having this problem, go to:

Settings > Call Settings > Call Forwarding

and click disable for:

"Forward when busy"

"Forward when unanswered"

"Forward when unreachable".

For some reason they will all have your google voice number enabled and when you click disable on them individually they revert to your carrier's voicemail number.
[Nexus One General] Megacamz:
Hey everyone, My nexus one gets extremely hot, if anyone holds it they always mention is as its abnormal for a phone.

Is this normal?
[Nexus One General] TFJ4:
What does the phone say the battery temp is?
[Nexus One General] gtrplr71:
the nexus is good up to 140 degrees and operates at 90 to 110 on average.hope that helps
[Nexus One General] AndyBurns:
Ask them how many other 1GHz phones they've held :D
[Nexus One General] bfspider:
how hot is hot??

can you fry and egg with it??
[Nexus One General] JJackson9995:
The real question should be...

Can you fry BACON?! :p
[Nexus One General] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
Well i can say that is getting on the abnormal side, i know mine operates normally at about 80-85F and then on charge it can reach 100F
[Nexus One General] JHaste:
thats normal, and living in phoenix (im in tempe) you should be able to handle the heat ;)
[Nexus One General] bfspider:
haha.lol! :D
[Nexus One General] dabido:
mine operates at 80-85 degrees Farenheit. thats with the UV @ stock speed.
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
Mine gets pretty warm when charging up, but other than that seems fine.

I've never experianced it reaching a temp that I would class as 'extremely hot' but then that's pretty subjective.
[Nexus One General] joshyth1012:
mine only get extremely hot when i'm charging and listening to last.fm at the same time, but i don't a seidio 1600mah battery, so that could be causing it too...
[Nexus One General] grainysand:
30C here while idle and not charging, 33C if charging by USB. I guess it goes up to about 40C when plugged into a wall charger.

It does get hotter after playing games on it for a while, though.
[Nexus One General] jkbhso3:
on a road trip about 4 hours away from me, i had the navigation, music player, trapster, and lastfm was "scrobbling" in the background. Mine was so hot that i couldn't really hold it in my hand. so i did a dumb thing and held it out the window. luckily i didn't drop it. I've never seen a phone get that hot before either. didn't get a temp as this is my first android phone and didn't know how to at the time. but definitely hotter than 100.