yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] restrict:
Hi guys!

I just bought a Desire. (Awesome phone). I am absolutely new to Android. The phone that I bought was from Singapore so I got only language selection of Singapore English.

So to get world-wide English language option i downloaded stock ROMs from here.

But whenever i run the exes i get the error that it is not possible to upgrade to that ROM.:confused:

Please, please help me how to go about it. I shall be really thankful

Cheers
[Desire General] chrissyg123:
please refer to this helpful guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696189
[Desire General] restrict:
Yes I did read this post. But can you please tell me which guide do I have to follow. I don't wanna root my phone as of now.
[Desire General] benko286:
You will need to root phone to install wwe ROM!
[General Questions and Answers] MarcosNK:
hello.

I have a Htc Hero but I want to buy something better till 500€, can you help me choosing one of the existing android phones?

Tkx
[Legend Themes and Apps] kazzaz:
is there's any chance for the legend to get update and run live wallpaper ?

and please dose any one have the original green wallapaper of the galaxy s
[Legend Themes and Apps] reazen:
re

not by me on the original ROM that is not possible to look at, another rom site and you put it, but to swallow the battery bar on the Hero
[Legend Themes and Apps] kazzaz:
please what's rom ? and how to update it ?
[Legend Themes and Apps] iziy:
See this link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=689168
[HD2 General] ilpinto:
Hi all...

Anyone can help me if it is possible to change the T9 sms language?

I think is very helpfull if somebody want to use other language rom but want to write in his language. or for persons that write sms not only in the language of the rom.

Thanks in advance

sorry for my eng :)
[HD2 General] ersinguller:
well yeah. i am looking for a turkish t9 lang setup however i cant find it anywhere.

if anyone knows help is appreciated...
[HD2 General] edi1907:
harflerin üzerine basılı tuttuğun zaman Türkçe harfler çıkıyor, bilginize
[HD2 General] RXone:
I think this will help
[HD2 General] ilpinto:
It works perfectly!!!

Thanks!

I think is very helpfully... but the best if will possible to change without restart so I can write a message in english, and after in italian, and after in frech, etc etc...

Ops... P.S. I found that if you press the keyboard symbol (when the keyboard was showed) there is in the menu the language... and you can change it...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bgmarian:
hi friends. i know, i know this discussion is premature, but lets talk about what we want from android 2.3 ....to be a good source of inspiration for those who make it

God bless you to have the best inspiration! :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mr.trader:
Not a bad idea...

They should root it out of the box :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Unimaginative:
Love. World peace.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lambstone:
since 2.2 had a 400-500% performance boost, 2.3 should have a 4000-5000% boostv :P
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hamstermerc:
They've got the performance down. I think 2.3 will focus more on the user - ease of use and greater stability to compete with the iPhone. This will be shortly followed (3.0 maybe) with a whole new user interface design. They didn't hire the WebOS designer for nothing...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TREYisRAD:
More than anything, I want the application's interface to look better and more unified. Like on an iOS, no matter how bad the app is, it still looks just as good as anything else. On Android, having a good looking UI is rare.

'Settings' in Froyo looks great, black background, white text, easy to navigate. But then you go to settings in Beautiful Widgets, and the text size is different, check boxes are on the left instead of right, and it's just not unified. They need a stricter standard.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] trillonometry:
I would love to see pinch-zoom on Email/gmail.

Maybe an option to display google voice SMS in the standard MMS app. A more customizable phone app, as in choosing which screen to default to and have a T9 search option... ( Like Dialer One)

Launcher Pro as standard launcher ;)

Hold down volume to switch tracks on default music player
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dalingrin:
I approve of this message.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ari-free:
Yes, this is a big deal. froyo has most of the basics that people were begging for: voice dialing, apps2sd, latest opengl, etc but they really need to blow everyone away on the UI. The reason why there's so much fragmentation is because of all these custom UI's and the reason why we have those UI's is because there is a perception that Android needs them to look good.

But once you get past the first few screens and into actual apps, there's nothing to hide. There has to be a general system for UI controls for all the apps so that they can look good without much effort.

Also, in many OS's, even the controls are themable and if Google can do that, an OEM could have an Android that looks completely different all the way down but runs all the apps and they would operate the same way.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ruqqq:
from what i've heard, there's no 2.3. Gingerbread is a major release.. Android 3. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Brian_Fr:
Here a To-Do list for the android developers :D :

- add the possibility to hide some apps from the drawer

- add a theme manager to change theme and restore the original one more easily

- enable root automaticaly

- add a feature like "Android Guard" to lock and locate your phone with your google account

- add a backup manager, linked with your Google account which could backup all your apps and data (like Titanium Backup) to switch easily from a ROM to another or to change your android phone.

I've no more idea for the moment but here are some nice features ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tnpapadakos:
2.3 or 3, real flash support, that works well, not just "sort of works well"
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] egzthunder1:
Thread moved since it isn't development.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Lukxxx:
USB TV-Out
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [IO]ERROR:
I would love the magnifying glass thing the iPhone has when selecting text.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] frettfreak:
that is what i thought as well...

Great ideas!!

Sense UI has something similar... and its pretty nice (at least on my evo.

As far as suggestions for the next release...

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY AND GOOD... GIVE US A TRUE UNIFIED INBOX FOR ALL ACCOUNTS WITH PUSH ENABLED!!! (or at least the option to have a unified inbox.. this is android after all)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] chmckay:
The latest update to K-9 (which I prefer over the stock email app) has this. I was quite surprised when I saw it. Though, it does exclude GMail, but I think that's because GMail inaccessible to third-parties right now.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HTCPaul:
Android wishes

I would like a task manager that links to calender. Schedule the task to when I know when I want to do it, without writing it all out again. Please.

Unified graphics would be a good look.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MacaronyMax:
I was randomly thinging of that earlier :D thtd b good :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] The_Double:
Better looking widgets / viewports in sdk so apps become better looking/ more user friendly.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kathi17:
You said almost everything I was going to say! :)

My biggest thing though, would be easy root for those who want it and know what they are doing, and a nice UI so we could all be on the same page for updates, but we could easily change our themes to suit us.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] blackjackboy:
A better SDK would be just wonderful.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Dany0:
I want it make fly! :rolleyes:

Ok, so:

1.) new interface of course

2.) THEMES!! I WANT THEM NOW!!!

3.) OpenGL 2.1

4.) Dual core support

5.) Dual GPU support

6.) Power usage control to make the phone battery last forever! :D

7.) Better sync

8.) Support for bigger displays

9.) x86/desktop PC support... to try out Asphalt 6 on extreme graphics :D

10.) Photo/multimedia button support

11.) Custom button support

12.) Extreme loudness from phone's speakers

13.) FM Transmitter on newer phones

14.) Recovery option

15.) Google will block ROOT. No, I mean it vice-versa. They will block HTC from denying ROOT access.

16.) Official ROM manager from google :D

17.) Boot manager

18.) 32bit display support(well...)

19.) Google TV

20.) Kill an apple native app from google. You must press apples until the blow up with all gore and etc. And if you type cheetah in highscores and tap "play" twice while holding apples on the background, and then at last you press home button and then go back to the app by pressing home button on the screen while you call steve wozniak, the apple image will change to steve jobs!

:D

EDIT:

And yeah, QSXGA video support, with 30 FPS on the desire!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ckcin:
really besides the current list from Google all I want is vibrate for notifications

Really Android is great and only gets better. But....

The one thing that really annoys me (and if you search any forum, you find many others) is that when I put my phone on vibrate (like say at work) it only vibrates for phones calls, not for notifications. Yes I can set vibrate for most apps notifications, but then when it is not on vibrate, it rings and vibrates, I want one of the other, not both (unless I'm in the vibrate and ring mode).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Dany0:
I have heard that this is caused by some applications. Try uninstalling some apps and it should work again.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] PieP:
Out of the box file back-up to your Google Docs would be nice. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gavtaylor:
"Themes" are a good idea, that way we could choose if we want to use the vanilla, manufacturer or network operators themes.

Then maybe we wouldn't have to wait for handset manufacturers (*cough* HTC *cough*) to update their "theme" before being able to update android itself, could just disable the theme until an update is made available.

I like the idea of an api to allow us to locate/wipe/lock a phone remotely. I know there are a few apps out there that do this but a native version would be so much better.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] neoKushan:
I think the marketplace needs a major, major overhaul. Put it this way, unless you KNOW the name of an app you're looking for, it's nearly impossible to find it. Having the marketplace on the PC is a good step towards fixing this, but let's be honest - android is a Phone OS, you shouldn't need to use a PC to get the most from it.

I don't want much, just some categories, a better search mechanism, the ability to filter results (Beyond more than jsut paid and free - adult, utilities, games, etc.), a MUCH better commenting/feedback system and that kind of basic functionality that's missing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LBTaylor1984:
My personal gripe at the moment.

is customization, you need a PHD in computer science to do anything.

I was planning a Theme, with all the bells and whistles, but it's looking like a monumental task. I worked on the WM and iOSX platforms where any photoshopper could knock up a theme with images, icons, sounds the lot.

This maybe a bit pre-emptive but that is my gripe, I just want simplicity in customizing your handset.

other than that better Bluetooth support, and more access to the core files.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] demosten:
USB Host support and I'll retire my laptop
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mr_Bag:
My top 6 :)

1) LEAP Support - Being able to use wifi at work, without needing to root would be nice.

2) Ability to take screenshots (without the need for root or hooking it up to a pc)

3) Ability to save attachments from the gmail app (currently need to open web based one in phones browser to do so)

4) USB host

5) Java support (J2ME) would be nice, Plenty of old java games i'd still enjoy being able to run on my android :)

6) Built in theming.

P.S. Does 2.2 include gif support? If not, that would be my no. 7
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Dany0:
You already have it. Just run a special script in adb.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mrmomoman:
Just give me a better way to edit what I type. I have posted this on another thread about what I would like to see someone make or Android do.

Create something that is similiar is execution as the Apple Iphone text selection. ( Gasp did I just say that?) haha.

I am playing with Froyo 2.2 now on the EVO 4G and it's really nice and fast. Once I got into all the settings. I can also see where the development community loves these features but the casual end user would get totally confused.

You have to also remember that the IPHONE is not that intuitive they have an APPLE store for people to go into and have them shown the features. This results in a quicker learning curve. I know that the places that sell the Android phones are supposed to know it but who are we fooling? They need to get training down for the retail shops that sell the Android handsets to give the customers a better experience. This would help greatly in the adoption of it across a greater range of people.

The IPHONE has so many gadgets that work for it at home, in the car, at work, etc that they have entrenched themselves into the daily lives of their users. Great for them. Android needs to do the same in order to achieve the wide spread adoption that it wants to have. They are growing but they also have to get a greater range of consumer products to sync with it, music players that will works across different ranges of devices, etc.

I also agree with Launcher Pro :) Give up a Leap feature for the 7 windows option.

The compression on the images needs to be smoothed out a little more. The pixelation can be horrible at times. mostly on internet browsing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lindarne:
easy integration

specificly for oem's custom interfaces.

i like custom interfaces like sense, it gives their phones some personality.

but it is a slow process and delays version updates for their devices, and it would be cool if it could be made easier and faster.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anthonws:
1) Proxy with Auth support (Wi-fi)

2) LEAP

3) Improve keyboard (bigger keys, more space efficient)

Anthon.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] CyDaVi:
I would like to see secondary camera support so I can make video calls.

I know it's not a commonly used feature but I'm amongst the few that do use it.

I haven't bought an Android phone just because of this issue :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rsommerv:
Mostly the same issues I posted shortly after I got my Milestone

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5378651&postcount=7

really couldn't give a damn about themes or pretty pictures, just get the basics right and I won't have to give up on it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oarzu:
here's a no brainer

A Google Docs app!

Why they don't already have it is beyond me, my only guess is that Google is waiting for the release of Chrome OS before it hits Android.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] domii:
First of all I've just switched to android from windows mobile and for such action there is several reasons.

Discussing this reason or sharing them will pretty much explains why i did the switch and why i'm still "a little" unsatisfied.

the main reason for such move was the Windows mobile UI, simply it sucked and later when 6.5 was introduced. i thought, finally they did it... but they didn't do anything but rather a nice shining sugar coat and underneath this coat still the same outdated UI.

what "who ever in charge is" must understand is that new UI doesn't mean new home screen or some new shiny icons. what new UI means is that designers and developers sat together after doing a prober survey and plenty of analysis to figure out how to optimize, clarify and take the whole "System" to a new level.

anyway, there is other plenty of reasons that caused my switch but let get back to the point. the following list is what i really hoped to see in android and i still have faith it'll be there someday.

Note: "Keep the following quote in your mind before thinking about the whole copying from another OS is taboo"

Do Not Reinvent the Wheel​

1- Flash and/or Silverlight Support.

2- Full UI redesign "with predefined restricted UI design guide lines".

3- More performance "based of android 2.1".

4- Theming support "no flashing or apk modifying".

5- With all respect to open source but application designing guide lines will be nice.

6- Better and more powerful settings

7- embedded 3G on/off switching "meaning data connection cut off"

8- More powerful drawer when it comes to managing visible and listed apps.

9- Ability to disable/enable sms threading layout

10- a prober backup solutions "preferably cloud based" and more like Microsoft my phone service "contacts, calender, tasks & sms"

11- better eye candy games as in iPhone "would like to see some provided by Google"

that's pretty much what i can think of now...

and please forgive me for my bad English because it's not my main language and hope i didn't wast your time.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] warri:
Able to install apps to the SDCARD!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] r45k:
Integrated support for utility apps would be nice

Half of my apps are utility apps like Lamppu, Netcounter, Remote RDP, BackupSMS... I'd be cool to see them integrated into the "settings" menu. I understand standalone apps are nice, but they just seem to clutter after a while.

Also... they need to update the Calculator app (its horrible)...

Or add the ability to remove stock apps and replace it with a better one (or redirect their shortcut from the apps list)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kiwi89:
I'd love to see:

1. root access - obviously as an option along side the apps from unknown locations option

2 . refined ui - there is no unification in the current ui, not much consistancy. \

3. refined user experience - phones like the iphone have an incredibly refined and polished user experience, the apps all have a common ui, the buttons all work a certain way. I'd love to see this worked on in the next version.

4. text message archiving - after you get about 50 or more messages with someone the list of messages starts getting rather long and as it gets bigger it slows the phone down as you try to open the list. It would be great to see them implement a feature where the text messaging app only shows you the last 25 or so messages between each contact unless asked.

5. I'd love to see more hardware manifactures offering a vanilla flavour of android for their phones. Having to wait alomst a year for a 2.1 update for my hero was pretty annoying. I put other 2.1 roms on my phone, but the official one was so much better.

That is all.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] OrionBG:
This is already available in Froyo (2.2) !!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] seansweat:
Reverse tethering

I work in an environment where wifi is banned (like at many universities). I have a pc with super fast internet but when I plug into the usb port android only asks me if I want to give my phone's internet to my pc. I need the reverse. I want to give my phone my pc's internet through the usb. Windows mobile does this why can't android?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iwolfion:
sorry for my english

1.add Live Walpapers

2.increase battery life
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rock3r:
here are my (twenty)two cents about what should be going to be there:

1) easier and not warranty-voiding rooting, something like a button in the settings "enable root access" with all the warnings you have to put in there and superuser permission-like mechanism in the os

2) separate ui from os core functions, so google could push android updates ota regardless of manifacturer's custom uis

3) of course then we'd need a serious theme manager :D

4) customizable home screen (how many of them, which buttons on the bottom, ability to swap home screens and, why not, a sense-like pinch-to-zoom-out fast-home-screens-switch)

5) some serious optional fx engine, just like sense ui has (i love the fullscreen meteo, for example) that isn't as power hungry as sense is and can be turned off for even more power saving

6) in gmail app: pinch-to-zoom in mail, an easy way to get to spam folder, decent attachments handling

7) the ability to disable/hide and then reenable/unhide the system apps we don't need (e.g. you don't need the mail app if you only use gmail)

8) browser: chrome-like extensions support, more than 4 tabs and an easier way to manage them (a two-finger swype could be perfect), enable file uploading, enable cache on sd and greater cache size (life saver on 3g!)

9) screenshots/screencast app that doesn't need rooting

10) something like setcpu to save tons of battery

11) sense-like browser selection, and not only on the browser but all across the os

12) better images scaling/smoothing

13) some strict ui guidelines for developers to follow, so that we don't have apps that feel like "they don't belong"

14) far more widgets for developers to use (e.g. radio buttons that aren't in a menu-like context but in main app's screen, so we don't see anymore thos ugly arrays of "switch" widgets)

15) comprehensive backup integrated in os, sd card or cloud-based. should manage apps and their data, but also system settings, sms, mms, and such.

16) sense-like contacts app that can link contacts between themselves and with their social accounts

17) a set of native quick switching widgets for 3g, plane mode, ringtone/vibrate/silent, ... basically those you find in sense ui

18) a wifi profiles manager (eg. static ip config for school/office, dynamic at home and on public hotspots...) and a widget to easily switch between them

19) extensibility for messages app, so it can for example send sms/mms via a cheap web gateway via a third party plugin and still have those messages in threads

20) some sort of organizing for the applications menu (being it folders or whatever, it tends to get really long to scroll through when you have more than 10-15 apps installed)

21) progressive/asynch loading of messages threads so loading them doesn't hang the phone for a few seconds

22) a simple way to share internet connection between pc and phone, not necessarily having the phone offering tether to the pc, via usb and also via wifi

some are shared with other people, because i second them...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jofun:
I'd like to have full control over the phone's intents and the way apps respond to them and also on application-rights.

i can't see any reason why an mp3-player must have access to my contacs or why a timer application has to start after getting my phone gets internet connectivity.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] guigui42:
Just one thing : full COPY / PASTE in Gmail (unless it actually works in 2.2, which i havent tried)