yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] gavmiller:
Err, sitting here with both I can tell you the iPhone speaker is much better, far fuller and louder.

If I can just wade in here. I've been playing with a Desire all weekend, an upgrade on my daughter's account. The standout for me is the browsing experience. Web browsing is an absolute delight on that screen. The same site on an iPhone looks less crisp. Downside, the nature of the iPhone screen means it's visible in direct sunlight, the Desire screen vanishes.

Many of my fav apps are available, Evernote, Spotify, Dropbox which is a plus. I really like the phone but will stick with my iPhone. I was toying with keeping the Desire and selling 3GS until I can check out the next iPhone but the speaker quality put me off, plus I've invested in a lot of Apps. The browsing experience though nearly swung it....

Really, the backwards and forwards arguments lacking any kind of objectivity here are astounding! Clearly there's the usual emotional bias by platform owners but that doesn't make arguments any more valid!

Peace!
[Desire General] gavmiller:
OK, but really bricked? In what way? You really managed to mess up two iPhones so much you couldn't put them into recovery mode?
[Desire General] panos123:
Tbh, i wasn't too fussed about jb features. i just wanted an iphone that i could use different sim cards in, and too impatient to wait 15+ working days for o2 to unlock it.

In short, tethered booting never worked out for me whether it was blackra1n or redsn0w. So once the phone crashed and you couldn't "make it Ra1n" etc.. the only choice was to go into recovery mode - Apple style.

You used to be able to revert back to older fw versions which allowed jb. Not any more. Even cydia stopped storing your fw for you.

So yeah basically was left with a Touch but no phone. Twice.

I guess i was unfortunate with my baseband and new boot but they try so hard to make you play by their rules. Really though great phone but hate the company.
[Desire General] DSF:
The real truth is that the GPU from qualcomm SoC simply sucks. There are cool games on Android.. but... qualcomm simply sucks on HQ games. I'm sick&tired of qualcomm snapdragon hype (or should i call it crapcomm ****dragon?)

See GPU thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=674340

@pina_, Motorola Milestone @ 550Mhz plays HQ games way better than snapdragon 1ghz devices. Because of powerful GPU found on TI SoC. See the GPU thread. Sad... but true.
[Desire General] rovex:
Actually the GPU in snapdragon is perfectly fine. Its not as fast as some others but its light years ahead of the older qualcomm MSM powered devices.

Anyone with an HD2 knows that it CAN perform well, there are a few games on winmo that look great. The problem seems to be that the devs arent writing to take advantage of it. Im sure that they will now its becoming commonplace. If i recall correctly the problem is it doesn't handle GLES 1 and 1.1 very well, pushing everything through 2.0, which is fine if a game is using 2.0, but bad if it doesnt.
[Desire General] DSF:
I've read the whole thread.

Well, I really cannot understand those people (aka htc fanboys) that doesn't recognize the weak things on android and that iphone is better on some.

Yes, per total, the android (as an OS) is better than iPhone: true multitasking, flexibility, homescreens, smart notification, etc..

BUT it lacks some things that even a dumb phone has: http proxy support, music equalizer, and other things I can't remember now :D. Also, is the A2DP working perfectly? Eg, try to output the sound of a youtube video on your BT PC

And for the user who said that Android Market is better... a big LOL :)). It seems that you like the so-many crap "things" (i cannot call them apps) such as: soundboard, themes, comics, quotes, ringtones, wallpapers, puzzles and so on. And there are LOADS of them, so many that's so hard to find an useful new app. It didn't happen to you to stop browsing the apps just because of this? It happened to me. Not once. So, maybe 80% of the apps in Android Market are crap. Period.

Personally I prefer Android over iPhone but I recon iPhone is better in: media playback, has more apps (not to mention hiqh quality games), http proxy support (via hack), equalizer, better copy/paste, etc. If we count also HTC Desire hardware (and generally all HTC phones, because HTC is using cheap pieces) the iPhone has better GPU, capacitive layer that's capable of true multi touch not buggy dual touch, speaker, etc.. Also, don't forget that iPhone was the first smartphone with pinch to zoom feature.

So let's be real.

@rovex I don't care.. I want a phone that's capable of everything. Plus, HTC advertised this phone as capable of playing high quality games. Yes, snapdragon it's faster than previous non FPU CPUs.. but the comparison is not fair. You compare two SoC from the same company..

See HummingBird 1Ghz CPU vs Snapdragon CPU (Benchmark: 756 vs 684)

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-478p3.php

I'm not mention the GPU because the one found in snapdragon SoC is weak.

And honestly.. a true GPU should be capable to handle very well the old opengl 1.x..
[Desire General] EroThraX:
Unfortunately it doesn't always work like that, the GPU could be the latest and greatest and handle the current graphic system used and completely fail at the handling the old system due to a drastic change in the architecture of the GPU and it's driver.

Oh and the App Store is full of more useless fart apps and soundboards than the Android Market is, they are the easiest things to get approved and it is full of them.

Both stores have a growing selection of great applications drowned in a pool of crappy applications. The App Store may have more professionally developed applications that have purpose and work excellently but this is mostly due to the greater number of users the iPhone first appealed to. This fresh new market was thus very attractive for Devs to develop for but now that Android phones are becoming more and more attractive and usable their market share is constantly increasing and so are the number of great applications. More and more Devs who before were just focused on iPhone development are now producing separate applications for Android with great features distinct from that of the iPhone.
[Desire General] shaundalglish:
v@DSF

You say the AppStore is better because thr Android Market is full of crap programs? How stupid are you? The AppStore is even more flooded with crap. By your logic that would mean the Android Market is better. Maybe next time think before posting?

And maybe others just don't find anything that the iPhone is better at? Let them have their opinion because that's perfectly ok. Just because you claim the iPhone is better at media playback doesn't mean everyone must agree with you. In fact, Android is MUCH better at media playback and it's really hard to find anything the iPhone is better at.
[Desire General] Nuntius:
The best smartphone is the one you choose! No matter what brand it is as long as you enjoy it.

Don't look at what others do, don't or else!

Just enjoy...
[Desire General] DSF:
shaundalglish yes, the AppStore it's better ATM just because you can find more useful apps & games, even if there are crap. Even with Apple censorship (yeah I hate Apple restrictive actions)..

And what about the http proxy support? This is essential and Android lacks it and I personally NEED it..

Atleast if Google filters those craps (eg: add them in a new main category "Others")

@Nuntius yes, but if you come here and say that desire beats iphone in every aspects.. then you're no different from iphone fanatics (I'm not referring to you, it's general speaking). And the best smartphone for you it's the one does what you want. This is subjective..
[Desire General] Nuntius:
If it is subjective, let's close this thread!

I really don't give a s*** if my Desire is the best or not, since it does what I want. Only one thing could finally make the final decision: the PRICE! "What do you get for what you've paid?"

You'll have to explain that to me, "if"s are even worse than subjectivity.

Let's say now that I have lost enough time in this thread, I'm off for good!
[Desire General] shaundalglish:
@DSF That's what YOU say. Other people need other apps and lots of stuff is not allowed on the AppStore. E.g. I want a better media player than the iPod and the Android player. Maybe some people want porn apps. Who knows. Such things are not and never will ne available on the AppStore. Today, both stores are lacking and whether you find what you wamt depends on personal needs. That's why you saying the AppStore is better because it has what you need is stupid. But the AppStore will ALWAYS be lacking because of censorship, whereas on the Android Market you can be sure you will get what you need, that's why it's valid to say the Android Market is better.
[Desire General] DSF:
@Nuntius sorry for confusing.. it wasn't related in any way with you, maybe I should formulate like "if someone comes here and say that desire beats iphone in every aspects.. then that person is no different from iphone fanatics". It was related strictly to fanboys.

Sorry once again, I really didn't aim at you.

@shaundalglish ok. Then should I say that you can find more 3rd party apps & games for the iPhone ATM. No matter the source (appstore, cydia, etc)
[Desire General] Nuntius:
I fully agree!

Now, I'm off for good :D
[Desire General] vydunas:
NO. You are going wrong. The iPhone sound is better with headphones. And your analog sound stupidly (lada over mercedes). My best phone was been iphone, since i got my desire. Desire is better for me, but iphone is also good choise.
[Desire General] Nickedynick:
However, the Desire sounds much better through headphones than my iPod Classic. :)
[Desire General] rovex:
Really? The iPhone sounds rubbish to me. I guess everyones hearing is different. No saying the Desire is great mind..
[Desire General] vydunas:
Really. I tested with Sennheiser CX 300 headphones.
[Desire General] rovex:
As did i, and a few others.
[Desire General] jimlad:
:rolleyes: my pc plays games way better than than an apple or Android also it has a bigger screen :p
[Desire General] shaundalglish:
What's the point of playing 3D games that get boring after half an our on a phone?!

Play real games, like all the great SNES classics. Can you get that in the AppStore? No? Well, too bad....
[Desire General] samac92:
you have a point about not being able to get emulators from the app store, but you can get them from cydia of course.

but 3d games that get boring in half an hour? i hope your being ironic :P
[Desire General] shaundalglish:
Cydia doesn't count, that's a breach of the license. Apple even kicks out developers if they write stuff for Cydia.

Yeah most of the new games get boring after half an hour or so. There are good ones, but lots of them are just bling bling and otherwise boring.

I like SNES classics a lot better. ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] onisuk:
Does anyone know of an app that will allow me to view max files ??

only that would be very handy !!!!

cheers :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ionutz6:
First of all I would like to say sorry for the pretty noob question, but I can't seem to find complete information about this. I am using Cyan 5.0.6-N1 ROM and am having problems with my BT connection to my headset. I have checked the headset against other phone and it seems the problem is with my N1. I was considering updating my radio version, since I know from winmo experience that the radio part is responsible for BT, WiFi, 3G signal etc.

The question is how to upgrade the radio ROM, since I couldn't find a pretty clear procedure (yes, i looked on xda, as well as google) and some compatibility list. As far as I understood, the worst one can do about N1 is to upgrade the ROM to an incorrect version against the SPL installed. This can brick your phone, according to this thread.

When looking in my N1 at settings, I can see:

baseband version: 32.24.00.22U_4.03.00.21_2

kernel: 2.6.33.2-cyanogenmod

mod version: CyanogenMod-5.0.6-N1.

I assume the baseband version contains the radio version, at least this is my understanding. How do I know what other radio version I can install in order not to brick my N1 and, hopefully, solve my BT problem?

thanks,

ionutz6

PS. If you think this has been answered already, a simple link to the solution is enough for me.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrandroid:
Download this RADIO

Place it on your SDCARD

Reboot into recovery and flash the zip file... reboot phone and you're done.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmarti:
I saw that newer radio and I decided to flash after reading this thread and when the phone rebooted it went to an screen that showed a box with an arrow and a little android, the phone then rebooted and went straight the recovery menu.

Then I wipe cache, dalvik and battery starts and rebooted the phone one more time after that and the phone started normally. (Got scared at first when I caw the box and the Android)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ionutz6:
Thanks a lot!!
[EVO 4G General] bubbacs1:
Just got back from making the rounds to 4 sprint stores.

Two each corp stores/normal outlets.

At the one (corp) store I use they said that even if paying full price....ie, no upgrade no contract, they were only getting 10 each at the stores.

As I traveled to the other stores they told me without me mentioning the 10 per store thing, that they would only be getting 10 units.

My store guy says to go to Best Buy and get one and then come back and he will activate it and throw in a few accessories.

They ALL said that the big box stores would be getting more than the sprint stores would be getting.

I know this might not make those who have an upgrade eligibility available to them, but those like me who will be paying full price might need to know.

That's it.
[EVO 4G General] swaze:
You must live in the middle of nowhere, because the big sprint stores out my way (Baltimore) are getting way more than 10. The closest one to my house said 200 atleast on launch day.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Where do you live?
[EVO 4G General] ejqr5:
I checked at my local Sprint store yesterday. They said that they had no idea how many Evo's they would have. She said it could be 5 or 20. I'm going to another store tomorrow to see what they tell me.

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[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Oh ****, dude. I'm in Greenville right now too. Where did you ask? I'm planning on getting mine from the Haywood Rd store. Let me know your results.
[EVO 4G General] bubbacs1:
I'm just outside Chicago, NW 'burbs.

1 of the stores is a repair/tech center, they all said the same thing and I didn't say anything about numbers till they did!

But it would be hard to believe that ANY sprint store gets more than 20, that number of 200 sounds just bragish by the store clerk.

Best Buy in Naperville Illinois, states they will have enough for Pre-Orders with a cut off date for guaranteeing them of 28th this month.
[EVO 4G General] YoungAceAtlanta:
I Went in some big sprint dealers in my local area in New Jersey. They all said that they wont know how many they would be getting. But they know whoever pre-order will most deff get theres before those paying full price or upgrade with no pre-order.

Most likly doing pre-orders on phones like this. They send in how many pre orders they got and just order that many. Same with the palm pre. people had to wait 2-3 weeks before they got another shipment in of palm pres.

Like the user said above i think they would just get about 10-20 and half of those or most will be for pre-orders. If those people dont pick they order up with in 2 days. then its just a first come first serve thing
[EVO 4G General] watzone69:
Today I went to a Sprint store that's by my work (scouting a "plan B" store in case the one by my house runs out) and asked the following:

Q: Are you taking pre-orders for the EVO

A: No.

Q: Will you be opening early on the 4th?

A: No. 9AM like usual. (the one by my house IS opening early)

Q: How many phones will be here on the 4th?

A: Not sure but if you get here before noon you will

probably

get one. Probably not if you wait until 7PM.

Q: Really? Do you anticipate a long line when you open?

A: At the Palm Pre release there were 15 people already in line when I opened.

Q: Any advice?

A: (Laughs)If it ends up being like the Palm Pre release, which had as much buzz before it as the EVO, it will be crazy for a couple of hours and then dead.

If you come here around 11AM or noon there will probably be no wait.

So, it sounds like there's going to be more than 10 phones there on the 4th. This is a small store that's kind of off the beaten path so I imagine the larger stores will have more.

I've also got a guy at a Radio Shack that said he will put one aside for me if I call him in the morning of the 4th. He made it seem like I had nothing to worry about. I think I'm (sort of) covered but I am still worrying and obsessing about it

HTC's next super-phone should have a time machine built in to get me to the next upgrade.:p
[EVO 4G General] DualSportDad:
yeah the store b y me pretty much said the same thing. the manager said around 100 phones. they are opening an hour early. he said come around noon and there should be no wait. he said sprint orders phones from numbers from recent launch dates. he said when the palm pre released the store got 90 phones and they were sold out by the end of the day. he said the evo has got a lot more attention so it should be around 100 phones this store will get. oh yeah, no pre orders.
[EVO 4G General] workingaplan:
watzone69: I checked 2 stores in the Pflugerville area this weekend with much the same list of questions...same replies. Come before the end of the day, should be ok.
[EVO 4G General] splicitysplat:
Radioshack where I live said they are getting 10 phones plus the number of preorders they get.
[EVO 4G General] mrmomoman:
Sprint is anticipated a large order. If you call most of the large stores they will not be taking pre-orders not because of the lack of interest. They are not taking pre-orders because they will most likely have enough to feed the frenzy for the first 4-6 hours.

The Droid Incredible was the same way. There wasn't a long line but more so of a steady pace that last the whole day. It was gone the next. Now nationally backordered.

Just get in a little early or call on June 3rd and make nice with a manager and tell them you would really like one on June 4th. I did that with the Incredible and they held one for me. I just got them to talk about the phone, how business, do you like the phone, etc. Then they said - "Hey look I will hold one for you, give me your name".

Don't spend your wheels worrying about it. You have to remember there are Best Buys, Radio Shacks, Sprint Stores and Independent resellers as well. Lot's of ways to get one.
[EVO 4G General] KwestJones:
The Radio Shack I went to said they haven't even had any inquiries about it. After I pre-ordered mine he said he would call the district manager and make sure they had it for me.
[EVO 4G General] kwajr:
sold out in virgina bb

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17006&type=page&skuId=9895819&_requestid=133906
[General Questions and Answers] Exitao:
So I'm using the most recent version of Sense, but on a few different ROMs I have observed that despite setting an "Album" as my favourite, every so often it defaults back to my recent photos.

Anyone know why this happens?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bandrea15:
I've a problem with my hero... The icon of headphones apppears in the status bar without plugin headphones and I can't hear the audio of the phone... I've tried to upgrade and hard reset the phone but no solution...anyone can help me?

sorry for my english!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] toastmeisterq:
Maybe its hardware related?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Apparently plugging the headphones in and turning off and back on again sorts the problem.

Give it a bash
[HD2 General] shue2701:
hi everyone

does anybody have a stock rom for virgin mobile. i want to try roms but dont want to lose my warranty so i need the original virgin mobile rom. i appreciate any help you can give. thankyou
[HD2 General] TonyCubed:
The Vodafone website has a stock ROM which was recently updated.
[HD2 General] Reptilianbard:
Wasnt the Virgin ROM just a stock one? Besides, any manufacturing faults with the phone you get advised to run a software upgrade anyway, so just download the latest one from the HTC site. I have the Virgin HD2 and there were no modifications to my model, usually Virgin apply a link to the VM homepage but there was an absence of that in the 2 models I have had....
[HD2 General] shue2701:
the one i got has virgin branding on startup and on the home panel. i have tried my serial number on htc site but it wont let me download.
[Wing, P4350 ROM development] Tribulattifather:
Anybody have any ideas?
[Wing, P4350 ROM development] tC_Driver:
Hey trib,

How about broadening your reach by using that creative, artistic flair to make themes or skins for QVGA devices? It may be fun and if you can find a niche in that market you can work your way into the other screen sizes as well. You have good roms already, you could create different new looks to keep them fresh since they are stable enough to use over long periods without re-flashing.

Another idea, just create icon sets for devices. Any creative idea like these could land you a lot of compliments, or better yet, donations, from those that like to freshen up their phone a bit without having to re-flash. On that note, have you figured out a way to skin the WP7 blocks that open the hubs? I have seen many screen shots, real and fake, that show a background image within the weather, calendar, etc, blocks on the main screen. I am still using your Trib7 rom and I really don't mind the HTC green that I have going now but was curious if you or another developer has figured out a way to alter the hub look without an additional 20 lines of code to do so.

Anyway, glad to see your new job isn't keeping you from xda. Good luck with whatever you decide to create.
[Wing, P4350 ROM development] opqr838:
nice topic, i got it

nice topic, i got it.
[Wing, P4350 ROM development] Tribulattifather:
When I have some time, I think this sounds like a great idea. Thanks.
[HD2 General] mobi:
Hello All,

I have the latest TMOUS stock rom with a few tweaks and fixes and I've installed the landscape cab and overall, I'm quite happy with it.

That said, I'm wondering if someone could help me with the picture slide when in landscape mode. At the moment, to go to the next picture, you have to swipe vertically and I was hoping there might be a fix so the pictures went horizontally across the phone when in landscape. The new rom is perfect in this way but only allows music and images to be landscaped.

Is this just one of the limitations or is there a fix? Thanks in advance.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] JM-PDA:
Posted in wrong forum.

Sorry....

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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] agriff:
Found this free app the other day while I was browsing the Market and its pretty cool. It is a Social Network Aggregator that works with LinkedIn Updates and is about the best thing I've seen so far for LI. Can't do much more with it than read updates for LI but it is also a full Twitter client, as well as Status update reader for Facebook and MySpace. You can mark a comment Like or Dislike or re-Tweet from other networks.

Works pretty nicely except for a crazy ass Status Bar icon that tells me even when I don't have any new updates.

99.9% of the app is in English so should be no issues other than the status bar thing and I can tell the app wasn't designed for Nexus resolution. Still very usable though.

This app is made by Vodafone Germany but for some reason it is visible to be in the US Android Market on ATT. No issues with it working on a non-Vodafone SIM so far.

Search Vodafone Update Plus or de.vodafone.update

I'll upload it here in case you can't find it.