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[EVO 4G General] Badious:
Isn't engadget and AOL company, that should say enough about them to not always trust their reviews.
[EVO 4G General] v2tech:
LOL...whiners...why do you care about engadget...focus on what you know you like
[EVO 4G General] heygrl:
Engadget had a positive review for the Evo 4G
[EVO 4G General] tricknasty:
from what i read engadget is really favorable towards anything apple/iphone.

Even though i think the new iphone is great, the evo seems to inch ahead with better features.
[EVO 4G General] Ikyo:
I did a review of the Evo earlier today and tried to get people to understand that the iPhone is an awesome phone, but limited by the network. With AT&T supporting it, you are going to be very limited. In my opinion what makes the Evo so great...is the network. Without the network the Evo would be another smart phone with a slick UI.
[EVO 4G General] Konfuzion:
The iPhone is also limited by apple unless you jailbreak. (by this I mean the app store and what they accept or dont accept)
[EVO 4G General] rotorwashed:
in all fairness engadget usually isnt that bad, although i agree that that comparison pic of the iphone left a bad taste in my mouth.

also, engadget does have an apple free version for those that really hate apple
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
Engadget has always favored Apple. They always seem to throw slick little comments after a what seems to be a good review to kind of downplay the article.
[EVO 4G General] tricknasty:
exactly. Im still a daily engadget browser and the rest of their stuff is great.
[EVO 4G General] billobob:
this

and for what it's worth, while they tend to favor the iphone (mostly topolsky) engadget's reviews of android phones are typically spot on. if anything they seem to have an excessive hardon for webOS.

in any case engadget for news and ars for editorials kick the **** out of gizmodo
[EVO 4G General] asrebel:
I like Engadget, but they are biased. Look at how many IPhone articles they had after the announcement. I believe it held 5 headlines/stories on the front page alone. Silly.
[EVO 4G General] jtadeo:
yea.. I would agree that engadget is full of apple fan boys

in a comparison chart I saw that it advertised the iphone as having wireless n capability.. I thought I read on here that the EVO has that too, but the current software doesn't support it.. maybe froyo will?
[EVO 4G General] rotorwashed:
wow, engadgets coverage of the iphone 4 keynote was ridiculous. they posted all the info in one post, then broke every piece into 10 different posts so that apple fanboys can read that many more headlines.
[EVO 4G General] bockjacob:
No. They broke everything down so they generate more ad revenue. Just like when the iPad was announced and they turned the comment system down to 10 posts/page (and skipping to the next page refreshed the whole page, clear BS).
[EVO 4G General] eninety:
....

kind of lost respect for all of you XDAers... You're thinking from a nerdy geeky standpoint that can't accept anything from apple because of the DRMness going on in that company and how they lock everything and what. i respect that, that's why i read XDA and get advice from all of you; however, saying you lost respect for a blog that has to appeal to the general public; rather than to just

you

is kind of childish. I bet only 15% of the people reading engadget care about things we XDAers do. the other 85% is just looking to see whats the better phone and wont even notice that the screen was dimmed... Also think from a business stand point, you wan't people to google iphone4 vs evo and your own site to pop up... who cares if the reader agrees or disagrees.
[EVO 4G General] bob13bob:
This is not about apple vs htc. this is about paid advertising sites (aka professional blogs) vs peer reviewed forums. You are pretty gullible if you think that they are a better source of information than forums.

Iphones also is driven by a very strong set of forums.
[EVO 4G General] eninety:
errr never said i thought it was a better source. maybe i still don't even understand fully on why you lost respect for them in the first place. and @ bob13bob idk what youre talking about tbh lol... i don't know how you got htc vs apple and the whole blog vs here kind of thing, from what i said before. i was more or less commenting on someone complaining that something isn't suited entirely for them.
[EVO 4G General] eninety:
oh and to all that are complaining about the amount of posts; name a company with the theatricality of apple when announcing a product. Microsoft? don't make me laugh. I think they tried with the kin, and well... we all know how that turned out. oh and guess what, that day, engadget had 4-5 kin posts... no one complained about that.

Apple has become the majority, as scaryy as that sounds, and to the general public, Apple has become a household name. Of course they're gonna post a ****load of apple on the front page to grab both fanboys, and the gp's attention. we're the minority unfortunately. do i like it? meh, i don't really care, i like what i like and respect a company doing well... Instead of starting flame wars, i'd rather focus on what interests me. For a blog to give you the option of not having anything apple related, and you still complain is beyond me.

And as for engadget being Apple fanboys, and getting paid off to make the iphone 4 look better and the evo worse... really? we're gonna stoop that low and assume a respected tech blog gets paid off by one of the most secretive companies in the world? The truth and fact of the matter is, Apple doesn't have to pay any company to make their products look better than their competition. in fact, that's the MO for all of their products. Neatly, tucked, polished products. Even if the hardware may not be as good as their competition, the finish of it all, "the complete package" of eye candy, fashion and utility is where apple trumps their competition to everyone.

Lets all complain about gizmodo... Oh wait they had no news yesterday... Just seriously, stop complaining, i know it's the internet and you can do what you want, but atleast complain with a real reason beyond yourself.
[EVO 4G General] rank78:
I don't think you really grasp this discussion because your post made our point. You said "85% is just looking to see whats the better phone and wont even notice that the screen was dimmed", well to me that's a prime example of irresponsible journalism. All the people looking at that picture who aren't aware that the EVO's screen was dimmed down would think that is as good as it gets and base their opinion on false impression. The FIRST thing I do when flashing a new rom is adjust the brightness because the default is toned down. Hell they should have adjusted the brightness for photography reasons alone because the picture looks awkward.

All the other Apple v Android debate isn't the issue, Engadget has for a long time favored Apple in one way or another and it is only until very recently with the growing popularity of Android that there has been more Android reporting.
[EVO 4G General] rank78:
I wouldn't say Apple pays off reviewers but they DO award perks and access. I've been looking for this article I read a couple months ago where the guy who was reviewing the ipad said someone from Apple called his boss and they weren't very happy with some of the negative things he had to say. I believe they even wondered out loud why they hired the guy and couldn't guarantee how available they'll be in the future. It wasn't some **** blog and the review wasn't anti-Apple, so the call from Apple particularly surprised me. Reviewers, of any product not just Apple, often get free demos for their reviews and passes to their events to cover. Apple is known for their marketing genius and all the fanfare it attracts, from fanbois who flock to their announcements and giggle over Steve Jobs' jokes to all the news networks covering Apple news yet never reporting any other mobile news other than when RIM's network goes down (I heard Android news once, Nexus 1 release was mentioned on CNN).

Nice to see you chime in though, registered for almost 2 months and suddenly jumping in favor of Engadget and Apple.
[EVO 4G General] phobos512:
That's how they always do it; have you never watched a liveblog event with them? They will liveblog the event and as they have time post individual articles about things they consider important.
[EVO 4G General] phobos512:
As far as respecting Engadget, I agree that it was ridiculous that they used a picture with the iPhone at full bright and the EVO dimmed.

What was ALSO ridiculous is that they gave several of the phones points for being GSM phones. It's pretty absurd to give phones points on the basis of the radio technology that they use in my opinion.
[EVO 4G General] fnordelus:
I thought I might chime in

I thought I might chime in

First off, thanks for your input -eninety-

I've seen discussions like this go back and fourth, and back and fourth and it basically is a matter of opinion. I have the nexus, the 3Gs, and EVO, quite frankly iPhone OS just does not work for me, but 95% of the time when people ask for a recommendation I tell them to get the iPhone. Why? Because even though we are all geeks (at least I hope we are) we should be able to look at it from a consumer perspective, because at one point we are all consumers. And from a consumer perspective the iPhone is unrivaled.

I love Engadget (even though I've been banned) and that's where I go for all my news and I'm usually entertained by their reviews and I think they do a better job than any other tech site I've seen. They makes mistakes, I don't think it was a conspiracy, but being geeks themselves it's inexcusable to no turn the screen to its brightest.

Hey, I used to be a hard core WM lover and I would get furious when people bashed WM. I thought (and kinda still do) WM is the most versatile platform and being the head of Mobile Communications for my company I suggested WM to all users. I regret that decision, they were frustrated with capacitive displays and it was an overall bad experience for them. Now they all use different devices consisting of BBs, Palm (pre), iPhones, and even WM Standard.

At the end of the day, as long as you're happy with the device in your pocket than that's all that should matter.
[EVO 4G General] Toaplan:
What are you talking about? Anyone uninformed person reading that article and looking at that picture would clearly notice that one screen is significantly brighter than the other and make an opinion based off of that perception. It doesn't matter if the person is an XDA reader or a dumb phone user. Everyone cares about a good looking screen, not just tech people. I fail to understand your point. At all.
[EVO 4G General] fnordelus:
GSM

Trus me, I'm for the android and the EVO all the way, and I Sprint to me is the best network. but you can certainly understand the benefits of GSM and why they would give it extra points. If not, I'll list a few.

Can handle voice and data at the same time

More common, enabling intercontinental support (for voice at least) for travelers

Ease of service transfer, swap SIM done!

Again, Sprint's network in every where I tested out performs ATT, and T-Mobile (I don't have VZW). CDMA penetration seems to be much better also. But I'd have to agree with Engadget that GSM is definitely a plus.
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
I am kind of annoyed about this new screen resolution/DPI. It's totally making an issue out of something that was NEVER AN ISSUE BEFORE. I have never looked at a PDA and said "LOOK AT DEM PIXELS". Now all future phones/current phones are going to be knocked down because of this and it barely matters.
[EVO 4G General] Mecha2142:
It's never going to bother me. I'm looking at my Evo's screen as close as I possibly can, and I don't notice any 'big pixels'. The text is crisp and perfectly legible.

The new tech Apple's using is nice, but it's not a major reason to get a new phone. It's just a nice upgrade that will be integrated into future phones.
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
I've read that CDMA penetration is weaker in buildings than GSM. That's what I've read in several Evo reviews.

Edit: This is due to the higher frequency used with CDMA vs GSM. Or at least what I remembered from reading about this subject. So if I'm wrong, I was informed wrong, my bad!

In my office I'm about 40 feet from the edge of the building and I get full bars, sometimes minus 1 or 2 bars, but basically full reception. My house outside gets about half (I'm out near the sticks) and inside I get anywhere from 1-3. I expected worse actually. I text mostly so it doesn't bother me, I just need a tiny bit of signal to get a message out!
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
That is what I mean. It's not a big issue when you are smart about it. But soon there will be Apple fanboys praising the screen and saying everything else looks horrible. Creating an issue out of a non-issue, annoying.
[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
I think Jobs was more trying to make a point about their 120 dpi screen compared to their 330dpi screen. I mean they almost tripled the pixel density. I'll agree 320x480 to 640x960 is a huge jump. So yeah why wouldn't you make that a selling point in your presentation. My iPad has a lower dpi than my EVO and I think that still looks good. Why is everyone getting bent out of shape. It's Apple the company that makes smartphones for people who just want their stuff to work the way Apple tells them it's supposed to work.
[EVO 4G General] fnordelus:
Slinky theory

Based on my real-world tests I've found CDMA to have better penetration than GSM, and I don't know the frequencies off the top of my head for every carrier, but I can say with certainty that the higher the frequency, the better the penetration, the lower the frequency the farther the range but the waker the penetration. Think of it like a slinky (that might only make sense in my twisted mind thought lol )
[EVO 4G General] Mooseolly2:
Engadgets are hopelessly apple fan boys. In their latest post on ios 5, icloud n lion osx, they blantantly proclaim mac as the best pc. Lmao
[EVO 4G General] kwdan:
the evo is better
[EVO 4G General] ronnienyc:
Did they recently review the 3D?
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
I know its an old topic but realistically speaking, even if it was on full brightness the Evo screen did and still does suck compared to the Iphone 4 and Samsung's SAMOLED. I hope they made some dramatic changes with the 3D but the whole qHD and high pixel density still looks like its lacking compared to the SAMOLED+ in the Sensation vs SGSII video I saw.
[EVO 4G General] chunkyhao:
don't think so. i haven't seen anything.
[EVO 4G General] nihilion_Zero:
Buy docks for your car, office, and every place that you go. I've also custom modified a back-pack with a 12 volt automobile battery off a Ford Fiesta from which I can draw power.

Try it. IT WORKS.
[EVO 4G General] 1wingangel:
R3tard!!:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] krillik08:
lmfaooo that **** is funny as hell
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
i <3 you!!!!!
[EVO 4G General] Samzebian:
You had to get a backpack with a 12 volt battery? Really? Why not buy a portable USB charger if you want to go that route, I still have the one I bought for my iphone. But I only bought it because iphone's battery is not removable. In this case, just buy a new additional battery for your evo. Not a damn car battery lol. Unless you were being sarcastic. I hope for your chiropractor's sake you were.
[EVO 4G General] turn:
...

goddamn
[EVO 4G General] Grims:
Your sarcasm filter BSODed
[EVO 4G General] egzthunder1:
Thread closed due to having trolling as its main purpose.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houzuoguo:
Hi everyone.

So far I've tried few customized android systems for my nexus one.. and most of them require wipe before installation.

In recovery mode "wipe" menu, there's an item "wipe battery stats". So I wonder what is "battery stats"? what does it do with battery?

Many thanks :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
I think it erases the battery usage history.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
This option deletes power usage logs in /data/system/
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houzuoguo:
Oh many thanks~ now i see
[HD2 General] obarthelemy:
Small App to switch screen brightness between "minimum" and "auto" ?

Hi.

The "Auto" setting for screen brightness on the HD2 still leaves the screen too bright for reading in bed at night. On the other end, forgetting the setting at "lowest" instead of "auto" is a pain to change in sunlight every morning. The setting is hidden several clicks away.

Is there by any chance a small App that toggles between these "minimum" and "auto" settings just by clicking on its icon, that I could put on my home screen ?

Or is there a registry hack to make the HD2 lower the screen brightness more aggressively while on auto setting ? actually going all the way down when in a quasi-dark room ?

Thanks in advance for any help.

PS I've tried searching the forum, nothing came up.
[HD2 General] Xp3RiM3nT:
Try g-light or lumos, g-light is simpler, lumos is more customisable. both should work on the hd2, personally I use lumos. btw both these apps are auto backlight adjusters, but you get to set what brightness the phone uses dependant on how much external light it detects.

lumos:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=450318

g-light:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=440665
[HD2 General] joshzzz2001:
myLight

I use myLight, it's user-friendly and it works!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=485141
[HD2 General] obarthelemy:
thanks guys

i'll try them out

thank you for the replies :-)
[HD2 General] judgepd:
Search for "AutoBacklight Toggle + Steps" on the forums, it should give you what you want.
[Off-topic] smjfosho:
this contest will determine who has the best looking avatar, if you dont see an avatar that you know of suggest it, and i will add it to the list.

thank you

contestants:

sean_jensen: http://twitter.com/sean_jensen

JAguirre1231: http://twitter.com/JAguirre1231

cyanogen: http://twitter.com/cyanogen

XxKOLOHExX: http://twitter.com/XxKOLOHExX

xillius200: http://twitter.com/xillius200
[Off-topic] JAguirre1231:
It's not good practice to be vain so I vote Cyanogen or sean_jensen.
[Off-topic] XxKOLOHExX:
Vote for me and i will give you a cookie :P
[Off-topic] nickstewartroc:
Wait, you have xillius200 on there, but not on poll!!!!!! I think his is the best :p
[Off-topic] smjfosho:
i dont know how to add things to the poll :p
[Off-topic] domenukk:
Screw you guys, I made my own avatar. If I just imitated whatever our great leader Steeve does, I could go get the latest iPhone aswell!

Vote for http://twitter.com/domenuk (I know you want to but can't :p)
[Off-topic] protomanez:
NO! Cookies are of the past! GIVING OUT PIES IS THE FUTURE!
[Off-topic] XxKOLOHExX:
LMFAO!!! CheeseCAKE!
[Off-topic] flybyme:
Wrecking crew ftw
[Off-topic] eessel:
can I play?! lol :p
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
I pity you fools!! I already won the contest long time ago!! Muahahahaha I rule :eek: :D
[Off-topic] JAguirre1231:
When you're the only one that votes it's not hard to win a contest.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docmalc:
I have a lot of songs that I paid for and downloaded straight from Sprint Music Store to my Krzr then my Diamond. These files are in .wma format. I try to convert them and/or play them (even from my computer) and I get a Sprint error saying that I reached the maximum number of downloads for this song?? Is there a work around? I paid for this music legally and want it to work on my Evo! Can anyone please help?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrono:
Another reason to not download music, BOO DRM!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docmalc:
anything I can do?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrono:
uhh try googling disable wma drm
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] luminiz:
At the unlockr website i followed all the intrustions to root my phone in one click

I got the Flashrec.apk and the Amon Ra Recovery Image in my SD

Whenever I finishing backing up the recovery image, im always stuck on the flashing part...WHATEVER i type in doesnt work.., the button just greys out...

I thinks its the AR recovery image thats the problem...i type in the exact letters and no results...

I have a 32B MT3G

radio 2.22.23.02

hboot 1.33.0006

cpld 10

v1.5 COC10 CUPCAKE

Kernel Verison 2.6.27-00394-gc6c6056android-build@apa27 #1
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] vision27:
Make sure Prediction, word completion, spell check are off in the keyboard settings and make sure the file is named recovery.img and that your putting /sdcard/recovery.img :)
[XPERIA X10 General] dj_divinyl123@hotmail.com:
Strange problem here guys, phone has just started refusing to charge up, both from USB on the computer and from the plug socket in the wall.

No moisture damage

Hasn't been dropped

No attempts at flashing / rooting

Only had the phone a month or so (Vodafone) and haven't had any problems with it until now. :(

Any suggestions or am I best just taking it back to Vodafone? :o
[XPERIA X10 General] andy8271:
hi, i picked up the exact same problem on sunday morning ! also a vodafone x10

other posts on the web i found lead towards it being a possible battery problem so ive ordered one to try . should arrive tommorow/wednesday and ill let you know if that solves it

i still get the light flashing when i plug the charger in but the phone just gets stuck in a loop of turning itself on , turning itself of for low power reasons and repeat
[XPERIA X10 General] dj_divinyl123@hotmail.com:
Well it's deffo the phone rather than the battery or charger, tried all the various combinations with a friends X10 so it must be a problem with the USB port.

Have taken it back to Vodafone and I now have to spend 2 long weeks using some old Nokia, excellent!
[XPERIA X10 General] andy8271:
hi did you just take it back into the shop ? ive emailed both them and SE but no replies . going to go into the shop tommorow . and 2 weeks is a bit outrageous as i dont even have a spare phone to put my sim in woops !

also ive heard of them blaming this problem on misuse
[XPERIA X10 General] dj_divinyl123@hotmail.com:
Took it into the Vodafone shop in Manchester and the guy booked it in for repair whilst I was there.

2 weeks is a joke and no replacment handset unless you have taken out insurance regardless of the fact it's a manufacturer problem. :(

I think the highlight of the whole event was when shortly after being told they won't give me a replacement handset, he proceeded to hand me back my sim card and told me they'll text me when it's fixed... yeah nice one pal!
[XPERIA X10 General] zohlll:
awesome... I had the exact same problem since yesterday.... I bought it form ebay HK, now the seller let me send the phone back to them... I will try to take the phone to some local repair centers tomorrow....
[XPERIA X10 General] MarylandCookie:
Your better off ringing SE who will send a replacement out and collect yours at the same time. Beats going to your network provider who send it off for repair to SE anyway :eek:
[XPERIA X10 General] andy8271:
SE got back and want me to jump through hoops with serial numbered receipts and stuff. which i dont have because vodafone just sent the phone in a box :p:( pfffffft
[XPERIA X10 General] MarylandCookie:
Bummer!

I got mine through O2 and they provided me with a receipt which included the date & serial number. I would kick up a fuss with Vodafone and request some paper work.
[XPERIA X10 General] Harveer:
He, its a bit weird that's loads of x10s have stopped charging, there's a couple of people on yahoo answer that have the same problem. i just rang SE and they said its probably a software issue, and to download the firmware again, also they said they wouldn't replace the phone but repair it which takes 7-10 working days which sucks.
[XPERIA X10 General] Xstarz:
sorry to hear this. hope youl have your device back soon! at the upsite, maybe when you have it back you can begini rooting. if its here already bye then :p
[XPERIA X10 General] dj_divinyl123@hotmail.com:
Possibly, but by the time I realised it was a problem with the handset, the battery was pretty much dead and it just kept turning off straight away. :(