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[Hero CDMA General] gunnyman:
nice this looks like it could be the underpinnings of droid explorer for Mac. :)
[Hero CDMA General] derekwilkinson:
It could be, but I'm going to need someone to help me create the UI for running the scripts. Right now they are all just separate applications :rolleyes:
[Hero CDMA General] gunnyman:
Perhaps, since it's free, you could build the whole thing to run as a Safari extension? I don't know how feasible this is, just spitballing ideas.
[Hero CDMA General] derekwilkinson:
Well I just finished the app to install applications. This could be especially useful for newbies who want to install custom applications. All they have to do is select the .apk and it installs.
[Hero CDMA General] derekwilkinson:
The .apk installer is now ready for download.

http://derekcwilkinson.com/Derek_Wi...0/6/9_Push_File_for_Android__Install_APK.html
[Hero CDMA General] smile4them:
Just downloaded... I'll give it a try, thanks :)
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
Something very similar is being developed or Windows and Linux, maybe you can use it or work with the developer to get a working port to MAC. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=683223

As a Mac user, it's very much appreciated that people like you put an effort to developing for our platform. Resources are very scarce and people new to Android are often discouraged with the more advanced stuff of the OS.
[Hero CDMA General] derekwilkinson:
Great idea, it would be nice to allow users to browse the device for files. Right now, unless an app is being installed, they have to know the name of the file and location ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dXsL:
I started this thread to hear about creative/brilliant ideas to create a Home Tab without a slider, using standard Manila settings and/or existing mods (so no coding).

What I did is, disable in settings all Manila Tabs except 5 (including Home and Settings), and create shortcuts for the other tabs, and put them as quick links in Co0kie Home Tab. Problem is that I have not been able to create shortcuts for all Manila Tabs.

Please share your ideas :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tilton53:
Ok I seriously love swype in portrait mode it's just so much easier to use but that said it lacks many keys that the stock HTC keyboard has. So my question is, if there is anyway to use Swype when in portrait mode and then when you switch to landscape have it change to the HTC Keyboard?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infamousjax:
Not that I know of, but that's a great idea!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebaidoo:
I second that motion!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neotelos_com:
I would assume the only way would be to make a script or app to make it switch...I don't think android supports switching like that. :/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Repnepto:
That really is a good idea. It does not sound like it should be too hard to write. Lets make it happen. I will look into it when I have some spare time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phinnaeus:
Does each keyboard apk not have different subprograms or something for each orientation? Seems like you could make a hybrid apk with each keyboard for one orientation. Maybe not.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothydonohue:
totally wrong section for this.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDave1022:
Any progress on this?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackm0d:
Is there a BitTorrent application for Android available at this moment? Not one of those PC remote control ones, an actual BitTorrent client that can read .torrent files and save the contents to a memory card. :confused:

Also, is there an application that decompresses ZIP and RAR files?

These would be so awesome. :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3Shirts:
I agree that a proper client would be awesome but cannot help you on that. Root Explorer will decompress zips, dont know about rars
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Talderon:
http://www.frostwire.com/android

As for RAR, not sure about that one.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subramanianv:
aBTC is a full featured bit torrent client. It works fine on my N1 3G and Wifi.

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xlythe:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-booleancorp-torrent-app-android-Anzz.aspx

AndTorrent also works great, though downloads are a bit slow at times.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaximReapage:
Anyone have a copy of that alpha release?

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariolopezjr:
It would be nice to have uTorrent on Android. :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
Astro File Manager works with zip files...not sure about RARs though.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2whisper:
androzip handles both zip and rar
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dessanct:
Torrent-fu
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zephyron:
This is NOT a bit-torrent client
[EVO 4G General] gonzoangel:
how do you like your EVO?

what are the quirks that are bugging you?

what phone did you come from?

and

how does it compare to that previous phone?

i have my phone pre-order sitting at best buy still.

i have my money, i have my little gift card....only thing is i've really enjoyed the past few roms on my HTC HERO and I don't feel the need for this phone because the Hero has fit me very well. that and there is no 4g here in so cali yet so what's the point?

thanks to everyone who replies :D
[EVO 4G General] weedahoe:
I left WiMo on a VZW xv6800

Quirks........

no signature in SMS and the native email client sucks. I can only get my main folder in Hotmail and not all my other folders were my mail is separated to.

Anyone know a better email client that will resolve that?

I thought Seven would do it but i see they dont have a client for Android as of yet.
[EVO 4G General] gonzoangel:
after 1 week with the stock text client i switched to handcent. it is SO SO SO SO SO much better in my opinion

i hate the mail client for hotmail/yahoo as well BUT i only really use gmail and that one is perfect for me so...maybe think about switching to gmail?
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
oh jeeze....thats what she said.

my evo is treating me great! my first complain was with the battery, but with a few discharge/recharge cycles, it seems to be doing well.

everything else is pretty much gravy. i love the screen, the real estate is just MASSIVE.

bottom line, you're going to love this thing
[EVO 4G General] _Burst_:
Phenomenal piece of hardware.
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
I love my Evo. I am still setting it up and haven't decided if I want to root or not but its awesome.

Haven't had many quirks, the soft keys are a little sensitive and I end up fatfingering them when playing some games, no biggie. Battery isn't a huge issue if you're a resourceful person. I used my phone for 6 hours before it died doing HEAVY usage. (Navigation, Trapster, YouTube streaming, Super KO Boxing 2, Pictures, recorded a 2 min video, etc)

I came from the G1, what an upgrade.
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
I freaking love it!!!!
[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
Do the unrevoked root. Getting rid of it is as simple as uninstalling the app. All Root does is give you superuser/admin rights to the phone.
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
I love this phone. I play iMobsters on it so addicting so I haven't had too much time to play with the phone. I've taken so many pictures.

Gripes:

Is there a way to turn flash on at night so I can record video? Videos come out dark so I haven't recorded much at night.

I disabled SenseUI but I wanted to know how I can get more widgets to fill up at least 1 or 2 more pages. Any recommendations? I noticed that when I disabled SenseUI a lot of widgets don't come up in the options.
[EVO 4G General] EVOKeith:
I am coming from a Palm Pre, and this phone is so amazing. I have been using the speech-to-text on text messages and it hasn't missed a word yet. I dislike the email client, but it isn't enough to make me verbally complain. I have downloaded a few apps here and there, and so far everything is working better than expected.
[EVO 4G General] Aridon:
I do miss the track pad or ball a little. Nothing earth shattering.

I LOVE THE SCREEN BUT they should have raised the resolution.

I wish the system didn't auto start a bunch of crap. That's an android issue and people shouldn't be forced to root to get rid of it. I'm rooted so this doesn't matter anymore but battery performance and even actual device performance improves after removing all the bull ****.

I wish they was another way to turn on the device. I miss menu menu. Should be an option.

I wish launcher pro worked over sense. I like the widgets.

Otherwise I love android and the evo. I will have a hard time going back to any screen less than 4 inches. I don't miss having s physical keyboard anymore with swype and especially swype on this awesome screen.

The speed is mostly good, it will improve as things get optimized.
[EVO 4G General] gonzoangel:
how about things like, how does it fit in your pocket.

does it fit in the same spot where you stored your old phone in your car

*i have a perfect slot above my radio and i think the evo may be too thin and it will fall out while driving*

i've had an htc phone since the 6700 a few years back and everything has been mini-usb now i gotta use my blu-tooth microsb cables/chargers.

ummmmmmmmmmmmm

anyone crack their screen yet?
[EVO 4G General] dukins:
Absolutely love the phone much better than my HD2. Only 2 quirks for me is that I cant control all volumes (media, notifications, phone calls, etc.) with one setting and that I can never tell where my battery percent is. I always have to guess if im on 85% etc. OTT it has exceeded all expectations.
[EVO 4G General] twin001:
uhh, there's an app for that (more like 100 apps for that). Most are free too.
[EVO 4G General] trentlythp:
It fits in my pocket quite well. (Is it just me or are there a lot of jokes that would go there?) I think that it being as thin as it is actually makes it better than my Hero. Just my opinion.

I got the silicone case from Sprint and it doesnt slide around in the cubby in my car at all. Next is the car mount :)
[EVO 4G General] thorpe24:
Led desire light. App to turn led into flashlight. Turn that on then open camera app
[EVO 4G General] mjdoran:
I use an app called battery left. It is free and really nice.
[EVO 4G General] MichaelWestin:
-That is exactly what I was thinking when I installed launcher pro but removed it due to that reason

I didn't even know what swype was 20 min ago. I installed it and did the tutorial, sent out a few texts. Will take some time to get used to, but so far it seems promising. Thanks.
[EVO 4G General] Classick206:
Pros:

I absolutely love the size. Not too big, not too small.

Kickstand, HDMI out, dual LED flash, 720P recording.

Haptic feedback is great.

Cons:

For some reason, most of my incoming text messages are time stamped incorrectly. I have googled the living hell out of this problem, but can't find a legit fix anywhere.

The camera is so grainy that it feels like I'm using a camera phone from the 90's. Flash clears this up in dark lighting, but indoor photos are terrible.

Stock keyboard is a nightmare. Thank god for Swype.

Lock/Power button is hard to locate without looking at times.

Overall, I couldn't be any more disappointed in the camera. With all the time they spend on kickstands, flash, and such a massive screen I would have thought they'd spend more time on something as standard as a camera. I've read that not many people have this problem- so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that this is a faulty camera in my phone.
[EVO 4G General] Antebios:
All my friends have been amazed how much I've been tinkering with my phone all weekend. I laid in bed Saturday night for 3 hours (until about 2am) playing with all the cool apps and features of the EVO. They all laughed when I told them I was in bed until 2am (laying next to my wife) while playing with the phone. Yes, "playing" because it's been so much fun. I already had the original G1 when it was first launched 2 years ago, so all this wasn't new to me. I can't imagine how a NEW user to Android would be just blown away at first glance of the EVO.

I was first blown away of the size of the screen. It is sooo much better to view text. I was equally blown away at the speed of the phone and apps (and it's supposed to be faster with 2.2 JIT ??? wow!!). Battery was great for me. I was using everything, including 4G. I was getting tired of waiting for the juice to run out. I was blown away at the Sega Genesis emulator and speed of the games.

I don't have any complaints, but if you twisted my arm and forced me to find something to improve on I would list:

1) Action buttons on the bottom (home, menu, back, and search). They are very sensitive and I keep hitting them accidentally. Not a major problem, but still, I think they should have been physical buttons.

2) Trackball, nice to use instead of keyboard arrow buttons, but as someone else said: This is not a deal breaker.

3) 4G: I live in Houston so we have 4G coverage, but it's spotty. I was in Best Buy over the weekend talking to the ClearWire rep and we were on the edge of the city (in Katy) and he had his usb Dongle to get 4G reception. I still right up next to the antenna and we both ran speed test from SpeedTest.net. The Rep kept getting MINIMUM of 6 Mbit down and 2 Mbit up, while I was getting max 2.25 MBit down (I've since gotten 3.35 MBit down while at home over 4g). With our limited testing I would have to conclude that 4G is NOT ClearWire or Sprints problem, but more of a HARDWARE issue. The USB dongle probably had a better antenna whereas the EVO antenna didn't pick up the signal as much. We were deep inside the Best Buy store and the ClearWire 4G reception was at least 75%, while I barely got 1 bar on my EVO. I changed positions, and we made sure we were both on the same servers running our speed tests. But, 4G is still much faster than 3G, but not what I was expecting.
[EVO 4G General] nihilion_Zero:
Overall I'm really enjoying it. My two complaints are as follows: 1) battery life is borderline not feasible (I may have to return it if it doesn't improve after a few more charge/recharge cycles), and 2) I have some light-leak at the bottom of the screen. This seems surprisingly common with this phone.

A third mention, which I shouldnt call a complaint because it was my decision, but I regret somewhat not going with the Nexus One. I was tempted by the superior hardware, better coverage, and a better pricing plan, but now have gained an appreciation for what a special product the Nexus One actually is. It makes a cell phone more like a PC. If you don't like the operating system on your PC, you can install a different one: unlocked bootloader. I hope Google considers the Nexus project successful enough to try again. I will not fail to give that product my support in the future... if there is one.
[EVO 4G General] Kshawn:
Coming from the samsung moment which was a peice of crap if not for sdx...now Im even deciding on keeping it.

I wish the Evo had:

Dedicated camera button.

Sigh...some of my apps and widgets look blurred due to the screen size... being an aspiring designer things like that bug the hell out of me.

I wish it was AMOLED although I know why it does not. I just miss the crisp colors from my moment.

You would think with the new size you could squeeze out an extra 4x1 row...instead of just making the space between widgets or apps wider....

What I like:

The feel of the device in hand. *yeah thats what she said*

the screen *duh*

Multi-touch...never saw the hype as ive never had it but I be cranking out flaw less txts while using the stock KB...going back to swype eventually tho.

I don't want to list battery as an issue as i'm sure with time "we" the community will find ways of getting pass its 4-5 hour mark. Right now my moment is tweaked for pure optimization that I get 13 hours easy with medium use and about 7-8 with heavy use.

That is all.
[EVO 4G General] awesomeindeed:
I came from a Hero to the Nexus One to the Evo in the last 12 months, so here are my thoughts.

Hero -

-Decent phone, although a little too sluggish for my tastes, especially after the 2.1 RUU

-Battery is decent, but not great

-Screen is a little too small and the device feels cheap in the hand

Not much else to say... it's kind of a beginner's Android phone in my eyes.

Nexus One-

-Extremely sleek and thin

-Loved the trackball

-Touch buttons on the front were annoying, they didn't always register and they had to be pressed at the very top of the icons almost on the actual screen

-Multi-Touch issue with the screen was annoying, although the screen was gorgeous (not in sunlight though, totally unreadable there)

-FAST... faster than the Evo, but I blame that on Sense

-Great phone for tinkering... unlocked bootloader means endless possibilities

-Decent battery life (10-12 hours)

Evo-

-LOVE the screen, a little bit of light leak at the bottom but it's HUGE and looks great

-Touch sensitive buttons are FANTASTIC on this phone

-Call quality still decent

-Battery life... kinda sucks, but still in the initial break-in period so it should get better

-Form factor is great, feels great in the hand for how large it is and it's very sleek

-Miss having a trackball

-Not sure who's having issues with the camera but this one is WAY better than my Nexus ever was

-Kickstand is a great little feature

-Fast, but it really starts to bog down when things keep auto launching after 10-12 hours of being on - every phone with Sense does this that I've noticed- the Nexus was not this way

I'd say that at least for me, as much as I loved the Nexus, the move to the Evo has left me with zero regrets. As time goes on, the community will find ways to tweak it and make it into something great. It's already a beast of a device, just needs a little tweaking to make it perfect.
[EVO 4G General] MetroKnight:
Amen!

Coming from a Touch Pro

This is definitely a big upgrade. Other than the sensitivity of the action buttons as mentioned above, my only minor gripe has to do with Android (or perhaps Sense UI) rather than the Evo. It seems to depend on the application I'm running, but even though I check to default it, pressing the home button prompts me constantly to choose between Sense and the Launcher. I haven't been keeping track, but I think it does it for each new app I run.

So, Evo is truly awesome, I've gotten used to the sheer size. As much as I love me some high resolution, it is really easy to read email with those big fonts. I keep having to remind myself to move the phone away from my face when I'm using it laying down on a couch.
[EVO 4G General] gonzoangel:
thanks for all of the input

i really appreciate it

i had a touch pro as well before i moved to the Hero *i had a blackberry for about a week, hated it and gave it to my sister so i don't count that*

i hate my battery life

i have been with sprint for 11 years so I like that. I almost don't like the huge size of the Evo.

:(
[EVO 4G General] BrianDigital:
K9 Email manager is great
[EVO 4G General] danknee:
The better Maxtouch multi-touch sensor that the Evo and Incredible got is the one piece of hardware that would keep me from ever getting a Nexus One... Otherwise I agree with you, Sense is for the birds.
[EVO 4G General] ffolkes:
i'm not sure many people realize this, but once we get an aosp rom on here, you can adjust the lcd_density property in build.prop to scale the gui accordingly to make everything smaller. right now doing that works at an os level, but it breaks the sense ui in the process so you can't do it.

and to the OP: go get your evo, NOW! you'll love it. i came from a hero with darch's aosp rom and thought life couldn't get any better/faster...until i turned my evo on. i didn't think an android phone could be that fast, and that's including the sense ui bogging it down! i can't wait until we can get some vanilla android 2.1 on here. and once we get vanilla 2.2, this phone will be absolutely amazing.
[EVO 4G General] Mecha2142:
That lag in the multi touch app doesn't seem to only apply to that test. I tried playing some ping pong on the Evo today, and my paddle was far behind my finger. My brother's Hero tracks my finger much better.

Hoping this is just a software issue.
[EVO 4G General] mjz147:
Could you help me out a little?

If I root, How would I disable apps from automatically opening, and if I do, is it alot faster?
[EVO 4G General] ap3604:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaa?!

Are you saying there's going to be a way to totally remove sense on the EVO and run stock android?!

The only thing holding me back from getting the EVO is the fact that HTC put on Sense and that blocks people from using wiimote's to play emulators :(

(btw I'm not talking about disabling sense on the homescreen... I mean removing it from the phone COMPLETELY)
[EVO 4G General] richse:
Most likely there will be a way to run vanilla android on the EVO. I run vanilla on my Hero all the time. They will need the source released by HTC to make everything work, but I'm guessing that will happen at some point since they eventually released it for the Hero.
[EVO 4G General] ap3604:
Thanks buddy, you def made my day right there :)

Now it's just a matter of playing the waiting game (my contract free Nexus One will def keep my craving's in check till HTC releases the vanilla android)...
[EVO 4G General] richse:
HTC doesn't release the vanilla android, that's my bad I wasn't completely clear. When I said source, I just meant the kernel source code for the EVO. With the kernel the devs can get all the hardware working in a vanilla ROM, but vanilla android actually comes from Google/AOSP. Either way, there will definitely be a vanilla ROM. It's just a matter of time.