yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] HereAsWell:
For me the perfect tool is still TheftAware, especially after they have released Version 2.

It does provide a "Stealth Mode" which makes it very hard to find for a Theft.

Also for Root users it allows to generate a update.zip and flash it into the system part of a Rom (including the settings). This feature makes sure it survived a factory wipe!

Also I like the idea that you have complete control about your device just by SMS commands. This makes sure it is working even with an empty prepaid card or in roaming situations.

Best regards from Germany

Lars
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] S_Dot:
How do you force GPS on WaveSecure? I'm on the website I can't find it.. it's using wireless networks.. also, can I get street view? Their embedded map is annoying..

Also, Can someone confirm the Singapore business?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] crachel:
If the app is given admin privileges, it will try and get GPS automatically.it gives up very quickly though.

The singapore stuff Is true, it used to be on their website, that might have changed with the new ownership
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] S_Dot:
THanks, does anyone know any alternatives? I uninstalled it.. Mobile Defense is currently in closed beta, so I cant register:mad:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] HereAsWell:
See this quote... for me it is the best security application for Android so far.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] S_Dot:
Its not free though
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] HereAsWell:
Quality is something that is worth the one or other penny.

We are talking about a handful of bucks that gives you a lot of options.... Without spoiling your privacy by using a advertising or any other way to refund the effort of the developer.

I'm sure. Nothing is for free.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] chiehkai:
The poll should contain these :

WaveSecure

Mobile Defense

Lookout

Theft Aware

Prey

TRACK&PROTECT
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] galaxys:
^true since more security apps are now available. I was interested in how Lookout free compares to these? sounds like it's more memory & battery lighter.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Landorin:
I tried Lookout and decided against it for two reasons: yearly subscription and I can't issue commands by SMS as far as I could tell. Not really reliable if you have to rely on wifi/3G only to wipe or locate your phone.

Mobile Defense, I'd love to try it but not available in Europe yet and all you can do is sign up on a wait list for beta currently.

Didn't try Wavesecure yet thanks to the following posting:

Thanks for that hint! I read their documentation and tried it out (on SGS). Fantastic, it has almost all you need for locate, lock, and wipe or even recover your phone!

Once installed on a rooted phone it really is invisible (if installed to /system), you don't see anything of what the app is doing in the background. I was able to issue SMS commands to locate and lock the phone, haven't tried wiping yet. ;) The GPS symbol only shows up for a fraction of a second (even auto turns on GPS if it's deactivated), the received and sent control-SMS are not visible, all in all quite solid.

That should do to wipe my data, lock the phone and maybe even get it back.

The nice thing on top is they just want 10 Euro or so, once, not yearly or monthly. :D Okay it's tied to the phone but a) if I lose it I won't mind paying another 10 Euros as I already lost a lot of value, 10 on top won't matter, b) that will support the development of future features and c) way cheaper than paying per month or yearly (how often will you lose your phone per year?). I'm gonna buy it. :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
Even better... I've changed phones (same number) and my registration is still full.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] darkeingel:
What do you guys think about BullGuard Mobile Security, looks pretty solid from feture list.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Kelvino9:
Started with WaveSecure when they gave away those lifetime licenses, tried Lookout before it had a paid version with added features and now got totally hooked on TheftAware after they had a 50% price drop offer.

I love how lightweight it is on the system, the stealthiness, the root integration with its full control over the phone and the responsiveness on new ideas from the developers.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Paul22000:
Does TheftAware work if you change phones?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Kelvino9:
Unfortunately not as it is linked to the IMEI, but the devs allow you to transfer your license to a new phone for a reduced fee to the original price. not sure anymore what it was.

For regular phone user who switch phones every 2 years or more it is okay, for enthusiast it can be pricey, but as I said the devs are always open for good ideas.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Landorin:
Also, if I lost my expensive SGS I'd care more about that loss than the 10 Euro for the licence. And that's cheaper than paying monthly or yearly the tripled price for Lookout. :D In return I get so much more (complete stealth alone makes all the difference).
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] garfnodie:
Maybe I'm a little behind here, and it appears search is down on XDA, but when did McAfee buy Wavesecure? Last I used it, I'm pretty sure it wasn't owned by McAfee, and I had a login and all as I had used for a awhile. But now I try to login and it says my email is not valid. Did they purge old accounts or something?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Landorin:
Just thought I'd update this. They now offer upgrades and full licences which are no longer bound to IMEI. :D

Too bad Theft Aware is not part of the poll. I guess the other security apps are good for any normal users, but for XDA users TA might be more interesting since it contains quite a few useful options that are only available for root users (i.e. complete stealth, installed to /system etc).

They still offer a 7 day free trial on the market.

Anyways, I feel quite secured since I have this. :D I can simply lock the thing down and wipe it if I lose it (and then I spy on the thief :P ).

Mobile Defense looked interesting too but I wonder if and when they get out of beta status. ;)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LunatikBunnie:
Hey guys, simple question here.

So far I've seen a few ROM mods for the N1. Which among the popular few are the Cyanogen, Modaco's DESIRE, and ENOMTHER's TheOfficial. I've only used Cyanogen mod so far. Can anyone with the OTHER roms(or have tested them) report in with what advantage/disadvantage one rom has over the other? I'm tempted to switch over, but I don't want to do a wipe to only find out the rom wasn't up to speed with what I'm using currently.

=)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r34p3rex:
Why don't you just do a nandroid backup and dual boot? :) Don't like the new ROM? Revert to your old ROM with all your applications and whatnot in minutes!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LunatikBunnie:
You got a point there. But it'd take me time to adjust to the rom and find out the advantages here and there. I thought it'd be easier to ask someone who's experienced with ROM hopping :P
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S_Dot:
I've only used Cyanogen myself, i'm gonna try Modaco on Thursday :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LunatikBunnie:
Well, I've just tested Enom's mod, it didn't entirely feel different from Cyan besides the spare parts and the default configs it's been set. Also, it doesn't need SetCPU installed as Spareparts control that as well :O
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S_Dot:
How's the battery life... Cyanogen is raping my battery :(
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jz9833:
Enom's is what I have on my phone and what I'd recommend. It has a good balance to it. It's smoother enough for me to not notice anything, has enough addons, great battery life, good compatibility, etc.

Cyanogen has more addons and does run smoother, but the battery life was absolutely horrible.

I tired Modaco's DESIRE rom and switched back to enom's within 10 minutes. Sense just didn't do it more me.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LunatikBunnie:
With enom i REALLY like the landscaped homescreen, but it works weird because if i were to open up the drawer(That's the one with the 9 icon grid amirite?) and turn the phone to landscape, it jumps back to the homescreen landscape view. The battery seems SLIGHTLY better, but i'm thinking it's just a placebo effect.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grainysand:
The battery life is better. At least, better than the Desire ROM, whose later builds seem to be a bit more battery-sucking than usual.

I've tried Cyanogen's 5.0.1 (yeah, was a while ago), many alpha releases of Modaco Desire, and am now on Enomther's. I'm going to admit that I miss many features of Sense: pinchable homescreens (best homescreen overview ever), polish in certain aspects like search and contact management, the browser, and many more--but the performance greatly suffers. Enomther's brings wonderful configurable options, better performance, and superlative battery life. It's got a few... odd things here and there, like how sometimes in the browser multi-touch randomly stops working, but nothing major. I do like it overall, though I plan to go back to Modaco Desire when the next alpha is released.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LunatikBunnie:
Erk, the touchscreen is one of the things i get nit-picky about as i own the 3GS. I know the hardware's limited in the sense of multi touch, but i think it shouldn't be any dysfunctional than it already is. I'm going to give enom another try. I noticed i switched back to Cyan because i had already set up everything nicely, and that i didnt give enom's rom a chance to shine(yet) because it seemed bland without Beautiful Widget.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjhay22:
I'll try to make my comparison simple... Note that I am NOT trying to bash on any of the DEVs, I do appreciate all their hard work, each of their ROMs have pros and cons, so this is solely based on what I experienced. That being said, I suggest you should try em all and decide for yourself :)

CYANOGEN

PROS:

- If you like flashing, and playing around with add ons I highly suggest this, since most of the Devs base their stuff from Cyan's ROM.

- Cyans ROM is very smooth and responsive, and "maybe} slightly faster than the other ROM's.

- Updates often so flashing is your cup of tea. Then you will probably enjoy this.

- Audio Boost.

- MMS interface is better. Black background.

- More choice of Ringtones on 5.0.3 :P

- Option to save Apps to SD or Internal mem on 5.0.6

CONS:

- Battery life is not great.

- Seems to give me more FC.

- Battery over heats with intensive use of app, specially navigation.

ENOMTHER

PROS:

- Battery life is great.

- ROM is the most stable, and has mostly everything you need in a ROM.

- SpareParts makes the ROM highly customizable, so you dont have to flash stuff over. (Enom's SpareParts ROCKS!).

Here are the stuff included in spareparts

:

* PID Prioritizer - A slight fix to the Launcher2 lag

* Hotweiss's Radio Mod - which improves Internet/data speed.

* A unique auto rotating launcher with Phone and Browser.

* Built in CPU settings so you can set your frequency without setCPU.

* LED Trackball settings.

* Swappiness settings.

* Statusbar Options.

* Quick Commands - Reboot / Reboot Recovery / Reboot bootloader / Power off.

CONS:

- Less updates. (Enom wants to make sure its 100% stable before he releases his updates).

- No audio boost yet till his next release. But you can flash pershoot/persiansown kernel to get that.

Good Luck!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
I FINALLY rooted my woewtp and flashed cyanogen's latest and my battery life is now horrible. I used my phone for 3 months totally stock and I was bragging about how good my battery was. I went from 100 % to 89 % in 12 hours.

But now I've just lost 16 % in 30 minutes. Why is cyanogen so power hungry? I tried searching for similar threads, I KNOW I've seen them around, but I can't find any of them.

Thanks:-)
[Touch HD General] dreamdeath:
Hi All,

Had a problem, my full qwerty keypad space bar turn had turned to (.com), is there anyway i can switch it back?

had try, soft reset..but failed, please help.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Patkos:
Hi Guys,

I am new. I forget my password in my touch dual therefore I reset phone to default settings. Afher then, when I set up my phone I have no signal or too low (but before reset phone work normal with good signal but I am not sure with provider- may be was different). I find xda web site and I try install WM 6.5 but nothig change with signal strenght and I try few of RADIO (RUU_Nike_Radio_1.71.09.01_25.75.40.02K.exe, RUU_Nike_Radio_1.65.24.36_25.94.40.06.exe) and I try use old ver. WM (installator: 2RUU_Nike_HTCASIA_AUS_1.31.710.12_Radio_Nike_1.58.21.23_signed_Ship.exe) but nothing change with signal.

this is config of phone:

HardSPL 1.22

niki 100

pn 99HDT070-00

IMEI: *********** (edited)

before upgrade Ver:

ROM Ver: 1.31.707.09

ROM date: 10/31/07

Radio ver.: 1.58.16.27

protocol ver: 25.61.30.03H

(current ver)after upgrade:

Operator ver: animelover

ROM ver: Clean Black 6.5.2 WWE

Radio:1.65.24.36

protocol: 25.94.40.06H

HW:

QUALCOMM(R) 7200

spd: 400 MHz

RAM 128

Flash 256

data bus: 23bits

Identify:

Model No: NIKI100

My provider:

T-MOBILE Slovakia

I try other ver. of WM 6.5 (23409 3G Full.rar, 3251-23081-2GT.rar, CleanBlack652WWE.rar) but every time the same problem and nothig change :confused:

Can somebody help me?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] deepankerjha:
since u have already tried the stock rom and hardreset and failing to restore the prob not much option r left.nevertheless try my rom from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=626255

and use 1.71 radio .and c if it helps

regards
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] deepankerjha:
delete IMEI number from ur post for ur own security reasonsand don't post it ever again anywhere
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Patkos:
thanks for fast reply.

What do you mean with "and c if it helps"?

In your site is few of versions. It does not matter?

And may be stupid question but better use full or light ver?

Thanks for help.

BR,

patrik
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] deepankerjha:
c if it helps means see if that helps :D..try any one u like

regards
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Patkos:
:D :D ok, I have this with English lesson :D :D

and what difference have little ver from full? When can I use little?

regards,

patrik
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] deepankerjha:
come on mate u r having a prob of not getting signal on u device and keeping that prob aside u r asking light or full ?funny..go and check ur signal first after flashing any version
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Patkos:
I have try your engine with RUU_Nike_Radio_1.71.09.01_25.75.40.02K.exe but still problem with signal. :( It is possible that is phone locked for just one provider and therefore have I this problem? :confused: Some other idea?

BR,

patrik
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Rataplan:
Hi DJ, also edit your post 2, Patkos imei is still there.

Normally the phone picked up the signal automaticly, try to set it manual, see if that works.

You can find that under settings/personal/phone

Regards
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] deepankerjha:
thx a lot buddy,,,that was a blunder from my side bro..edited :D
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Patkos:
Hello Rataplan,

thanks for response. I have set up my home network (T-Mobile SK) to manual settings but nothing change. I have try from my provider sollution- change band settings to manual (GSM/UMTS Service) but this settings when I define to manual (GSM) and close and afther then reopen, the settings is back to auto (? - is blank -nothing parameter). Other parameter (select your GSM/UMTS band) set up solution of my provider to UMTS 2100(this settings is still set up to UMTS 2100. I try shutdown and start- still UMTS 2100) but nothing change :( . Any other idea? Thanks a lot.

BR,

patrik
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Patkos:
no idea? :confused:
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Rataplan:
Not at all, but could you tell me when you did the hard-spl 1.22 before the loss of signal or after it.

Greetz,
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Patkos:
Problem was solved with replace antena (HW problem). Thanks a lot everybody for help.

BR,

Peter
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rs0cal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHZD6l_j5A&feature=related

I dont have a X10 , yet, but for whomever that does, is it possible to take out the Rachael UI. In the beginning of the youtube video, he shows a different wallpaper and everything and no signs of mediascape + timescape.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l4rsh:
outside timescape and mediascape there is basic android, except for the dialer and messaging which is different to stock android. you got the 3 homepages and you can fill them with widgets and apps of your choice! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huetson2:
all he has done is change the desktop wallpaper, nothing more
[Nexus One General] innisdb:
what's the reason that our phones don't have smooth scrolling across the home screens like the iPhone does? even the way the scrolling is in the weather /news app would be perfect
[Nexus One General] cymru:
I think you might want to send your phone away to be replaced
[Nexus One General] FloOGB:
uhm... looks pretty smooth to me :confused: are you using the stock rom? maybe try a factory reset?
[Nexus One General] liam.lah:
This is a documented thing. It is smoother than the droid, but compared to the iPhone it is choppy, hopefully it is a software thing that can be fixed.
[Nexus One General] DocRambone:
Try helixlauncher
[Nexus One General] sd00:
I know what you mean. The iPhone is smooth and Nexus is occationally choppy & sometimes stutters - its simply not as smooth.

The best way I can describe this to persons not familiar with iPhone is screen scrolling on the iphone looks like an animation with about 25~30fps, the nexus one looks like an animation with about 5~15fps. While not the end of the world, it certainly annoys me (and others)!

I have noticed also that the appearance of this less than smooth side scolling is further visible with live backgrounds & lighter wallpapers (where as a pretty much black wallpaper seems to reduce the visible stuttering).

Does the iPhone use OPENGL thoughout its OS - I seem to remember reading something like this. Perhaps if launcher was redone for OPENGL...?
[Nexus One General] jamezracer:
This annoys the hell out of me. what annoys me more is that our phones are capable of silky smooth scrolling. It seems that the gpu downclocks itself most of the time and just refuses to display more than 5-10 fps. it's certainly not a limitation of the hardware since reducing the graphics load by using a stationary wallpaper (one that doesn't even slide side to side like the stock picture wallpaper does) or just black still results in the horrid framerates.

i've found a workaround however. using a live wallpaper which demands a high framerate such as silhouette or my current favorite: unixseb's bootanimation: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5697670&postcount=28. with either of these wallpapers running our phones seem to kick it up a notch and give >30fps silkyness :-D

this is all with helixlauncher2 btw
[Nexus One General] treble4:
it drives me daft as well everytime it happens i think to myself this never happened on the iphone ,it just stutters before it moves and when imputting phone numbers in ,there just seams just a slight delay and considering this has a faster processer it should be lightning fast no stutter ,and if you cant see it your lying to yourself ,or you have never had an iphone, slower processer but the ui is just much quicker, but dont get me wrong i wouldnt go back to the the 3gs from my n1 but i will probably move to the iphone 4g
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Because the iPhone is a nasty black screen with nothing but icons but the Nexus One has Live Wallpapers / normal wallpapers, interactive & updating Widgets, and a screen with 2.5 times the resolution?
[Nexus One General] Eclair~:
That is no excuse, Sense has this and more; and the scrolling is quite silky. It obviously just isn't a smooth, Launcher2 I mean.

Notice that Helix Launcher2 is the Nexus Launcher2 but it is 10x more smooth as that standard unchanged home. Obviously Google just didn't do something right, the scrolling is down right pitiful on the Home screen - where it could have been easily as smooth as the iPhone.

I get what you mean though, the iPhone doesn't have much to slow it down. Therefore no reason to be not smooth.
[Nexus One General] grainysand:
Basically, this. The resolution thing in particular is a huge factor. We aren't just talking about merely double the resolution, here.

Try something, guys. Dig up your oldest, ****tiest laptop/PC. Increase resolution to the highest it will support and see if your performance suffers. Or try this with a game, for that matter, and compare the framerate of 800*600 with 1920*1200. ;)
[Nexus One General] agentkalaw:
from what I've read, apple uses a different physics engine than android.

I have to say that indeed the iphone has such a better swiping/scrolling experience than my N1 (even w/ an overclocked desire ROM). The N1, despite it's less powerful GPU as compared to the iphone's is supposed to compensate with its snapdragon cpu. It would be interesting to see how the samsung with the a better cpu and gpu will perform.

from: http://androidandme.com/2010/03/new...bird-chip-to-have-3x-gpu-power-of-snapdragon/

Here is a GPU comparison for some of the leading smartphones:

Motorola Droid: TI OMAP3430 with PowerVR SGX530 = 7-14 million(?) triangles/sec

Nexus One: Qualcomm QSD8×50 with Adreno 200 = 22 million triangles/sec

iPhone 3G S: 600 MHz Cortex-A8 with PowerVR SGX535 = 28 million triangles/sec

Samsung Galaxy S: S5PC110 with PowerVR SGX540 = 90 million triangles/sec

And for comparison a few consoles:

PS3: 250 million triangles/sec

Xbox 360: 500 million triangles/sec
[Nexus One General] mykenyc:
has nothing really to do with resolution in this case it have everything to do with the launcher. If resolution was the factor then home replacements like pandahome would not but insanely smooth on my N1.
[Nexus One General] z0phi3l:
Have a Touch and a N1 and can't really tell any real difference between scrolling on both

Sometimes I wonder in N1 users are just more anal that most
[Nexus One General] innisdb:
has nothing to do with being anal but some people just notice smaller details than others. fact is that the scrolling has a low framerate like what everyone else on here is saying. if ur on cyanogen mod try scrolling from one home screen to the other as slow as possible and see how it stutters its way across and if you do it on an iphone it will go across perfectly smooth
[Nexus One General] kosworld:
Sense on htc desire is very fast and smooth for why on nexus no ???? for why im perturbed
[Nexus One General] shrub:
this is one of the worst things about android for me as well - just a small thing like this has so much of an effect on the user experience, and it's why people always will say the touch screen is 'better' on an iphone than an android phone (especially stock) when they're side to side.

i think it's basically to do with the fact the gpu isn't used. there's a link here about it where people with a lot more knowledge than me shed some light on the subject as well.

also i seem to remember it having something to do with obtaining licences from the cpu manufacturers or something to get access to the gpu code or something or other. although i cant find the link to where i read that and i dont fully understand what i said lol so take it with a pinch of salt.

://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6914

(add http in front of the link above btw)

either way i think this is definitely something google needs to address.