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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Phantoms:
I thought I had posted the screen, but here it is with transparency. Thanks again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aschneid:
Anybody able to tell me how to use the SMB module with Astro? I cannot find anywhere in the application to connect to my computer. I've looked through the documentation too, with no luck. I've got both Astro and the SMB module installed.

I've emailed the developers, but no response yet.

Thanks for any help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BadBoyNDSU:
If you drag the row that contains "Home" to the left, "Network" is all the way on the right. Tap "Network" then tap "New".
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aschneid:
Thanks! I had seen that screen, but when I clicked on the WiFi symbol (thinking it would create a new share connection), all it does is take you to WiFi settings. Of course, I wasn't smart enough to click on the "New" button.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] easy4:
ASTRO SMB Configuration

It would be wonderful to have a few screen shots and a bit of discussion on how to actually get this running.

I tried what I thought would work and the system hung in a wait loop.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrono:
it works great for me, no problems
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Albaholic:
Hopefully the images speak for themselves.. Sorry it was a quick mock up
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] easy4:
Astro SMB Configuration

Albaholic, thanks for the screenshots.

The EVO It no longer hangs, but I get the following error message:

jcifs.smb.SmbException:Failed

to connect:

0.0.0.0<00>/192.168.0.5

jcifs.util.transport.

TransportException

java.IOException:Invalid

payload size:405
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrono:
means your phone can't connect to the computer, have you verified that it works on a pc?

-edit- make sure your wifi is turned on
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] easy4:
WiFi is on, and I can ping the EVO from the PC.

I've confirmed that the shared folder can be seen from another PC.

I am wondering if invalid payload size is a clue?

Are there any Windows 7 issues I should be aware of?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Albaholic:
It could be a permissions issue. In the screenshots I provided, I'm using an admin share. What do the permissions look like on your shared folder?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xoltrix2000:
bah, i have the same error, i can ping np, i can access my shares from any other comp in home, but get payload error on the phone. :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Albaholic:
Have you tested with an admin share?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daveywave:
Same error for me: payload 405

Using a windows 7 box and an admin share. Finds the ip addy of the pc using only the hostname, but it most be getting a bad response from the PC.

Anybody find a solution?

Too add the windows box shares the directory with 2 xbox's in the house and shares the printer with 4 laptops...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollercoastervj:
same error for me "Invalid payload size: 405" !!

Please fix this. I have checked my share is working properly and on a second PC. As well as works on ES File explorer but i dont like that app. :(

EDIT: phone - HTC Desire, 2.1-update1
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saltatrix:
I have a smb server running on my Ubuntu 10.04 box. I got it up and running after finding the advanced settings. On my captivate, when in the smb setup dialog pressing the phones menu button brings up an advanced settings tab. You get two options, key and value. I set key to "Workgroup", and value to my workgroup. Back in the previous settings dialog i have only filled in Label, Server (used IP address), User Name, and Password. Works like a charm now. Hope this helps
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ss4rob:
I wanted to connect to my SMB shares on my Mac running Snow Leopard OS X, and while other PCs could see the windows shares just fine, on my Android phone with the Astro SMB module I kept getting Invalid payload size: 254. To solve the problem, while in the connection profile editor, I pushed Menu and chose Advanced. Then I created a new property and key:

jcifs.smb.client.useExtendedSecurity = false

Once I added this, I was able to connect to all of my Mac samba shares just fine!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamar16:
Thanks bro, that fixed my prob i was having, i now have another problem, When trying to view files on the network say example a photo i get the following "file type jpg not found" the same goes for any other file i get "file type ***** not found" any idea how to fix that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluppfisk:
I have a STRATO HiDrive (which basically is an online harddisk that supports several protocols such as SMB, SFTP, WebDAV etc). I tried connecting to the drive (cifs.hidrive.strato.com) using my username and password, but to no avail:

UnknownHostException: cifs.hidrive.strato.com

It works fine using my computer, though. I also tried switching off extended security as you described earlier, but that didn't work either.

Another program, FileExpert, connects just fine but is really slow and hangs while reading the share's folders.

So I tried SFTP, which connects but then returns a "StringOutOfBoundsException". Dunno if they're related, I'm basically trying to solve the SMB problem.

Any clues?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatoone:
I not find Astro smb module on market.

Anybody have the apk?

Thansk.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beidsvold:
You deserve the biggest man-hug that has ever been squeezed!
[XPERIA X10 General] Harveer:
Hey all, i've had the x10 for a couple of months now, today, the phone decided it wouldn't charge, initially when i connected the x10 to my pc, it was detected but couldn't access memory card, now i have a little bit of battery left and my pc wont recognize the phone and wont charge either.

do u guys think its hardware issue? or some software acting up? cheers,

Regards, Harv
[XPERIA X10 General] dj_divinyl123@hotmail.com:
Just started having the same problem! :(

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=697355
[XPERIA X10 General] zohlll:
awesome... I had the same problem since yesterday.... I bought it form ebay HK, now the seller let me send the phone back to them... I like to try to take the phone to some local repair centers tomorrow....
[HD2 General] lemonspeakers:
(First, I'm trying to avoid HDwalls)

It has always bugged me that when you apply a wallpaper under Settings, that the wallpaper isn't as clear as if you were to view them in the "Picture" tab. In fact, the applied wallpaper is some what blurred at a lower quality.

Has anyone noticed this? Or is it just me because I can point out something you were not able to see.

try it yourself with some sharp jagged text as wallpaper. Then apply it to the lock screen as well.

You'll notice that the wallpaper on home screen is not as crisp and clear as the one on the lock screen.

Anyone know why?
[HD2 General] Xp3RiM3nT:
you are right, I did notice this.

has it got something to do with the phone trying to squish the image into the right ratio instead of just cropping the image too fit?

not sure maybe some other members can offer their help?
[HD2 General] lemonspeakers:
See, you didn't even notice youself. And i think most people dont realize this as well.

Anyone got a fix?
[HD2 General] lemonspeakers:
rebump. rebump
[HD2 General] Archer:
Sense resizes the image to something smaller than 480x800 and then stretches it again (for some silly reason). It's a long-known problem - since the phone was first released. It's also one of the reasons that HDWall came about. The only alternative to HDWall I know is to install Co0kie's Home Tab. You can set wallpaper with that and it retains the original quality (as well as having a LOT of extra wallpaper options).
[HD2 General] conantroutman:
Try resizing or cropping the image to 480x800 then setting it as a background, that way the phone won't need to resize it for you.....
[HD2 General] Archer:
It still does it. The default way of setting wallpaper in Sense is just crap.
[HD2 General] conantroutman:
Really? That is truly retarted.... thanks for the heads up!
[HD2 General] lemonspeakers:
cookies wall doesnt work. never did.

home tab>menu>home wallpaper> etc...

that path doesnt work.

unless there is some other way...

resizing images dont work either.
[HD2 General] paulrgod:
I just also want to mention that Cookies Home tab 1.8 does improve the quality of the wallpaper over normal Sense BUT they are still reduced in quality and resolution somewhat so are still not full quality.

So for me - HDwalls is what i use - though i sometimes have trouble getting it to work properly.
[HD2 General] Raven78uk:
Use SPB Mobile Shell. You will get mega sharp wallpapers (custom of course) and far better functionality than standard sense.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rsakuma:
Ok, so android newb here...

I have a MyTouch 3g (no jack), stock

hboot 1.33.0007

cpld-10

radio-2.22.23.02

32b board

I would like to root it so I can overclock, but I dunno how.

I would also like to see why my 16g sdhc card is being so onry...

Also, I'm on OSX, but I do have windows too.

Halp?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone:
go to theunlockr.com
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rsakuma:
Ok....put the cupcake image on

booted into recovery to flash it

Flashed it....

"main version is older! Update fail!"

:|
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Serris:
Rtfm .
[Android Apps and Games] twiztidmn:
So, I have been running Beautiful Widgets on my MyTouch 3G 1.2 with Cyanogen Mod 5.0.8-t1 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=673394). So far I love the way that the widget looks, but I have been having an issue with it. I have noticed it a few times where when Beautiful Widgets updates the weather based on my current location, the GPS never turns off. I can get it to stop by killing the app in Advanced Task Killer, but then the time/weather does not update until i refresh it by clicking on the weather icon in the widget, and then it doesn't turn off again. Issue is, It likes to turn on while in my locker at work (I turn on Airplane mode to conserve power. I have been able to go a 9 hour shift and have roughly 85%-90% battery left, on the days that Beautiful Widgets decides to cooperate. Other days, like today, I'm at ~50% 4 hours into my shift, due to the GPS being stuck on.) I have tried disabling the GPS location, and it still does it. Also tried rebooting my phone, which has fixed it before, but didn't work today. I finally resorted to removing the widget from my home screen and that has worked so far. I would love to buy the app on the market (Currently using version 2.992 which I found in a ROM pack), but I don't want to spend the money on it if it will not fix this issue. I have tried multiple versions of the app, and it has been doing the same thing.

Any ideas?
[EVO 4G General] 1wingangel:
Ok, just got my Evo (and loving it), but every once in awhile, when I unlock my phone the camera app starts. And earlier, while swiping, my voice dialer started.

Any Ideas.
[EVO 4G General] flexte:
very sensitive screen. your touching the icons
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
I noticed I kept hitting the home button with my hand when I was holding the phone in certain positions.
[EVO 4G General] flexte:
Yea I hit that button the time
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuaharp:
In relation to ROMs, what is a mirror? I see that on there a lot and don't know what they are and what purpose they serve.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lineman78:
Mirror is not a ROM term at all, but a web term. A mirror is a server that is hosting a file for download. The idea is that in order to either reduce load on the original server or expedite the download by allowing you to choose a server closer to you. The term mirror is derived from the idea that it is a remote server with an exact copy of the original file. Because of the mirror system being out of the original content provider's hands, a checksum of the download is usually provided to help ensure that the file has not been modified in any way.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuaharp:
Awesome. Thanks. Do you know how to check the 'checksum' or 'md5sum' as I've seen it? I'm working on the MacOS platform.

BTW - do you know how to get a term added to the glossary?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] one-of-four:
Not so sure about the "checksum" thingy, try searching the forums??

However, adding a word is as simple as going:

Settings > Language & Keyboard> Touch Input> User Dictionary> Add New OR you can just spell the word when you're texting (for example) and click the correct spelling instead of the suggested spelling, that adds it too. :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcberg2010:
On linux and windows you go to file directory and type md5sum {file name}. Couldn't see it being different for mac, don't forget the .zip, .apk, etc. at the end of the file name.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeroMeng:
On mac the command is md5 (filepath)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lineman78:
I don't have my UNIX book in my office, but this sounds right. OSx is based on FreeBSD, so it has a md5 utility built in. Just open up the terminal and type the above command. On windows, you will need to download a project called unixutils, which can be found on sourceforge. The command is md5sum {filepath}. But in order to get this working you will either need to provide the location of md5sum.exe or add the wbin folder from unixutils to your path environment variable.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeroMeng:
I have Mac and if I type for example this:

md5 /Users/kevinsimac/downloads/darchdroid-v265.zip

it returns

MD5 (/Users/kevinsimac/Downloads/darchdroid-v265.zip) = 9a7af785d5ba97bbbac1ea044c99b420
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerry43812:
What's the whole purpose of the md5 in relation to our work here?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lineman78:
As I explained above, the MD5 is usually included for files hosted on a server other than the content provider so that you can ensure that the file has not been modified. For example, I could volunteer to be a mirror for Fresh and if flipz didn't post the md5, I could add an apk into system that could do something like send me your location or a copy of all your e-mails or something else and you wouldn't know that I had modified the file since flipz handed it off to me.
[HD2 General] screwdriver6311:
I just ask because I ordered Matte screen protectors, but after I ordered them I saw that it said "not compatible with Tmobile Htc Hd2" are the screens different?
[HD2 General] barronedson:
yeah the tmobile hd2 is slightly taller, not by much tho, but im sure the screen protector will fit, just wont cover the whole hd2
[HD2 General] screwdriver6311:
Alright sounds like Ill need to tweak it a little then, I got 5 of them so one has to work.
[HD2 General] qianhaorr:
As far as I know, the ram is not same. Tmobile HD2 is 1024mb. HTC HD2 is about 570mb something.
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
TMO HD2 is vertically 1mm taller.

TMO HD2 has 1024 MB of ROM (internal storage). Normal HD has 512mb.

TMO HD2 has 576 MB of RAM. Normal HD2 has 476 mb of RAM. Normal HD2 can access the same amount of ram through various methods, you'll have to search for this yourself.

That is about it for the major differences. The bands are different as well when it comes to 3G, etc.
[EVO 4G General] leeh41:
What are you guys doing for alternate power? I'm hoping they release the extended battery/case accessory soon! This short battery life is killing me....

Some options I currently use or consider:

1. charger at work, car, bedroom, office

2. looking into an external battery pack option

3. Seidio 1750 mAh battery (how much time would this really give you? only 250 mAh more...)

Most of these are ok as alternatives, but I rather not leave my phone tethered to an outlet at all times... also, a plug isn' t an option when I'm out all day (which is why I'm considering the battery pack)...

I would consider myself a HEAVY user. My Evo currently lasts from 9-1PM for me. I use all the common apps, such as ATK (pretty religiously), bluetooth off, GPS off when not in use, etc...

Just an example, but from Friday to Sunday, Sprint reported I used about 85MB of data....

Aside from the battery, I love the phone.
[EVO 4G General] infideler:
I've got my spare battery from my Hero. I keep it charged and with me at all times. Haven't even needed it once, yet.

Thought I am still conditioning - backlight off, GPS/BT on when needed, WiFi is always off for me anyways.
[EVO 4G General] chazglenn3:
Micro USB cable at home, car charger, and micro USB cable at work.
[Android Apps and Games] jerry_nz:
Hey there,

There is a Settlers of Catan game for the iPhone. I'm wondering if anyone knew of that game being ported to Android any time soon? All I can find for Android is the 'Better Settlers' which helps with setting up the board.

Thanks in advance for any info!

Jeremy
[Android Apps and Games] jerry_nz:
shameless "bump!"

I would guess there would be copyright issues or some such :S
[Android Apps and Games] pziv2:
well you could try developing your own game..
[Android Apps and Games] skrowl:
I'd like to see settlers of catan on this platform too!
[Android Apps and Games] niknah:
Me too, if someone is interested in doing the gameplay, maybe graphics, or whatever else. I would be happy to do the development.

Doesn't neccessarily have to be clone as such, it can have similar gameplay. Try playing something like Travian, it's similar but not exact.
[Android Apps and Games] DJGibbon:
It's a game I'd love to have on my phone . . . don't know it well enough to have a go at dev, but I'd be happy to alpha/beta/gamma test if someone gave it a crack . . .
[Android Apps and Games] Willuknight:
there was a flash game i found a while ago - never got it working on my mogul though. Also I could help with graphics if a new game was designed :)
[Android Apps and Games] Khaelum:
I'd love a SoC game for my Evo. Any new info on this?
[Android Apps and Games] mesasone:
This would really be great. Id like a version where you could play with others on different phones via wifi/3g. It would be a lot of fun to play with friends and coworkers through out the day (or week as needed)
[Android Apps and Games] ii Candor ii:
Agreed. This would be an awesome

Multi-player app especially if you could save and resume a game. You'd almost have to have one person host the game so the data is all housed on one SD card.

Other thoughts are the ability to change the rules before starting, built in chat and or push to talk functionality, bartering alerts, next turn alerts, review of score and previous actions, the list goes on.

If someone is serious about developing this then I am totally willing to help think it through and create graphics. Send me a PM.
[Android Apps and Games] stoneskin:
Settlers of Catan Android game in the works

I've been having a dabble with android development and have been working on a Settlers of Catan game as it is such a great game and it's a good way to learn android dev.

I'm ready to admit that someone might beat me to it, whether by making the iphone version available to android or whatever, but still if anyone is interested in a) helping out on the project b) doing some testing or c) pimping the game, let me know! You can contact me on cettlersofsatan at gmail dot com.

It's currently in SVN online in a single user repository. But I would happily move it to Google Code or something if others were interested.
[Android Apps and Games] Latentk:
I'm as eager as everyone else to see this project pull through. And stone do NOT lose faith. It is always better to have an option then only one option for a game/app.

I have assembled a list of people who expressed interest in helping:

stoneskin - work in progress

niknah - dev

Willuknight - graphics

ii Candor ii - graphics/thinktank

DJGibbon - test

You guys should really get together especially with stone and get cracking! Heard some good ideas and plenty of offers to help. The XDA community NEEDS A SETTLERS!

Thanks guys!
[Android Apps and Games] GinoAMelone:
I'd love to help too. I don't think can commit the time to help with development though. Real life is just too hectic lately. However, I'd love to help testing.

If the time opens up, I'm interested in helping with development.

As to graphics, just no skills to bring to the table. Although, I did have a thought last night on this subject. The game might be more playable with simpler graphics. Instead of trying to have an understandable picture of sheep/ore/... on the hexes, just use colors. Light green for wool/sheep, dark green or brown for lumber, goldenrod/yellow for wheat, dark grey for ore and dark red for brick.
[Android Apps and Games] stoneskin:
Work in progress!

Gino, Latenk, thanks for the feedback. Here's the deal.

I agree, simple graphics to start with, I've uploaded a screenshot, but before anyone analyses it too much , let me state what I want from the project initially.

1) The basic game (i.e. no expansions) in full.

2) Multi-player (up to 4 initially) or single-player (with AI) on one phone.

3) Basic graphics, but a clean separation in implementation so that the graphics, special effects, zoom, board rotation, whatever the monkey-magic one wants, can be added ON TOP OF the rest of the app.

4) Game is free (shouldn't be any copyright issues right?) and would be great if it could get onto Android Market or equivalent.

5) Open source?

I hate graphics, hate the tweaking, fiddling, pixel-adjusting and so on, so I've knocked up the simplest GUI imaginable. I've slapped on a handful of buttons which as you can see, have rubbish little text labels - RD = Roll Dice (in one of the screenshots it's displaying the number rolled), BR/BS/BC are build road/settlement/city, MR = Move Robber, C=Cancel, D=Done, X=exit.

In these shots I'm not even playing a game, I'm in a test mode where I'm just free-building. My colour is white. So a hex-side is painted white for a road, the small circles are settlements, the large circle is a city. The large red circle is me selecting a vertices. As you can see, the current player (Bob) has no resources (free-building) but resources are laid out with shoddy little cards.

So the graphics are v. poor. But I'm not too concerned right about it right now.

Where have I got to?

I've got the basic 'model' in place. That is the game model that maintains hexes, vertices, hex-sides and their roads/settlements/cities.

I haven't even touched on AI, ports, trading.

I'm trying to build the app cleanly, so the views have no concrete knowledge of the game model, and any calls to it are interfaced out.

But this is my first Android app, so I'm learning from scratch, possibly comitting all sorts of Android crimes.

I'm a full-time .Net developer, so I'm kinda fitting this in around job/family and so on, so progress is slow.

Here are my thoughts. I'll aim to get this to a clean/stable state within the next week or so, then if others want to get involved in dev I'll create a Google Code project (or equivalent) and sort it out from there.

I'm currently building against 1.6 because I have an X10 mini. It would be great to support up to the latest API versions.

Ok, uploading the images now. Graphics ARE AWFUL but I'm focussing on the game at the moment.
[Android Apps and Games] stoneskin:
By the way, if anyone knows what licensing/copyright issues there are with something like this please let me know. I've currently called the project 'Cettlers of Satan' 'cos that made me smile. If rights issues meant it can't go through market places then so be it, but would be great if someone could research this.