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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichaelWestin:
What can the Hummingbird graphics capabilities do that the Snapdragon can't? I have an Evo, but my 2nd line is up for renewal soon. I could get another EVO for that person, or an Epic, and switch the lines. I'm really happy w/ my evo, I have avalaunch V9 running on it and it does everything I need it to do.

So far, I don't feel like the graphics processing has limited any performance. I have been able to play a few roms without a problem, and a few android games as well.

So in what way does the Hummingbird really make a difference besides performance tests like Quadrant?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasongthang:
Are you a burned spy?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geniusdog254:
If you don't notice anything wrong with the Snapdragon GPU, then the Evo is probably fine for you. It depends on if you want the keyboard or not.

The Epic also has S-AMOLED which is gorgeous, so it'd be best to see them both side-by-side to make your decision.

Also, Snapdragon has much better performance application wise because it's CPU core is second to none, but the opposite is true for the Hummingbird, it does have a solid CPU core, but it isn't as good as the Snapdragon, however minus the as-yet-unreleased Tegra 2 chips, the Hummingbird has the best mobile GPU on the market.

Its a decision thats really up to you, if you want the keyboard, go Epic, if you can live without it, and the Evo GPU doesn't affect you, then it's probably a good bet due to the better camera & the bigger screen.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
@Geniusdog254

do you have links to the whitepapers for the cpus or even better yet the phones? Id be very interested in just reading about the processors and their respective gpu's

thanks :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itmustbejj:
Not to mention that it isn't that the evo's gpu is THAT much worse than the gpu is the samsung galaxy, its just that the galaxy's gpu is in the powervr sgx family of GPUs that are in the iphone....so of course games are going to be optimized to that gpu more than the andreno gpu that is in the snapdragon (at least initially).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cteneyck:
The Hummingbird processor is virtually the same as the iphone 4 processor minus apple's mods. snapdragon is fast but doesn't have the graphics capabilities that humming bird has. I for one will not be getting the evo or the epic. i will wait for the first carrier to release a dual core phone. Either way you look at it you have an evo now, get a epic and if you don't like it get another evo b4 your thirty days are up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geniusdog254:
Unfortunately no. I've looked and looked and looked for ANY real Qualcomm docs on the QSD (Snapdragon) chips and none have been leaked yet. If there had been I woulda been able to overclock the GPU by now :rolleyes:

I haven't done any looking for Hummingbird docs but I really really doubt that they're out yet either.

If you find any for either one, give me a shout with a PM here, or Twitter me (@geniusdog254), or email me (geniusdog254@gmail.com)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
just sent them an email requesting it for my college final project. complete BS, but perhaps it'll hook a sucker and ill get some real technical information.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RickBaller:
I'm using the EvoV8 RevA froyo build. I'm using Bettercut to replace my home screen shortcut icons and for the most part it's working fine. When I try and replace my "Contacts" application icon I get the error "Application not installed on phone" when I try and launch it. I'm trying to circumvent that problem by using App Organizer to change the icon but all that application seems to want to do is group apps into a folder. I just want a single custom icon representing my "Contacts" application on my home screen, not a folder that contains the "Contacts" app inside it. Anyone have anyway to achieve this knowing the Bettercut has problems with this particular application?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kshawn:
Im having the same issue with some apps. everyone told me use FloderOrganizer and that works better imo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiddecks:
i wanted to do the same thing. i couldn't get it working, but i can't call myself an android expert either. but i think this method SHOULD work

1) download the rom and unzip it in windows

2) unzip the stock Contacts.apk

3) go to /res/drawable-hdpi/

4) find the icon

5) adb pull Contacts.apk from your phone

6) replace the original icon with the one from the stock rom

7) re-zip the file

8) adb rm Contacts.apk from phone

9) adb push edited Contacts.apk to phone.

obviously a nandroid backup before all of this is fairly important. if anyone else can confirm that this would work that would be helpful. i wanted the stock Contacts & Camera icons and ran into the same error you did.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AcIdC0R3:
You guys need to get Folder Organizer. Once I got it, I uninstalled both BetterCut and AppOrganizer. It's way better.

Cheers...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Konikub:
Okay...you don't need to remove the contacts.apk....when you push the new one to your phone it automatically replaces the old one. So there is a step or two less......

Are you renaming the new icon the same name as your old icon? Also....are you keeping the exact same size, example 72x72 pixels is app icon size for the EVO.
[HD2 General] msoler8785:
Ever notice how there are two metal pins on the back that make contact with the metal cover? Why did HTC put them in there?

Also would one be able to hardwire the antenna too these points so that the metal battery cover can be used as an extended antenna?
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
They are probably there to cushion the force of the back place being clicked on.

Not a chance, have you ever pulled a HD2 apart? I severely doubt it is a wise idea. Hardware modding of a phone is a fools game.
[HD2 General] HDJ80:
Is it to dissipate heat?
[HD2 General] jdwrrzmm:
It's for the car GPS kit.
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
Not the 3 pins, the 2 balls on either side of the phone.
[HD2 General] msoler8785:
Is it really for a GPS kit? Maybe that concept kit that HTC never came out with? But what would they do it can't be for power.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
This comes up every month or so, and i agree with Kalavere in that they are there to keep the back plate snug. They are spring loaded, so the plate wont get wobbly with extended clicking on/off. Since the reset button is under the back panel, it seems reasonable that HTC would expect the plate to be removed fairly often.

I also think it plausible that they are earthing points for the antenna, but i think that a little less unlikely.
[HD2 General] Agoattamer:
Not sure exactly what they are for but I am positive they are not there to keep the backplate snug.

They are some kind of a contact point. The metal cover bridges the connection. You will notice that the cover is clean where the points contact.

Never seen the car kit but that is a possibility. I doubt very much that they have anything to do with the antenna. My guess is that they might simply be a ground shield.
[HD2 General] bjkoh:
I had the same question, I rung up the HTC support here and they told me that even they are not sure, but they did mention that on the inside, it's linked to the antenna for the GPS. Don't know what they mean by that but I guess, it's either an earth (since, if you notice, the area where the nobs rest has the paint scrapped off), or the whole back plate is an antenna. I tried to insulate it, no diff to operations of the GPS or Phone.. *shrug*
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kekkle:
I was wondering what you guys use to upload your photos/files to a PC/internet without connecting the cable everytime? Built in Android has support for Flickr and Picasa. But I've also seen a DropBox app.

What do you guys use? :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] twiztedvvv:
there is an app in the market (a free one) to transfer files to pc via wifi, i forget the name tho, search for upload in the market and it should come up.

dropbox is good for uploading to the net although i just do it through Opera browser (free in market) the only browser that seems to allow uploading to the internet.

Hope this helps
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JeepFreak:
I'm giving PicPush a try. It seems perfect for what I'm looking for. If it works as advertised, I'll drop the $3 or whatever on it.

Billy
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] davesters81:
There are some free FTP apps I use sometimes when I am at work and don't have my USB cable. Your phone becomes an FTP server and you can connect to it via WiFi using any ftp client software.

I use SwiFTP, it's nice and simple, but there are others out there as well. You can get SwiFTP in the market or go to swiftp.org I believe.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bouncer5:
So would it be possible to make an offical-ish looking app that works like MSN on blackberrys? I bloody hate the 3rd party IM clients im currently stuck with, I only care about MSN not AIM or bloody Yahoo.

I don't mind making up art work, I can't code to save myself however
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekromantik:
what do you mean that works on blackberrys?

If you mean one that can communicate with BBIM then thats not possible, thats only for Blackberrys.

Also there is no official android MSN app. Ebuddy works fine, you only need to add a MSN account and then it wont show or ask you about anything else. It will auto sign in your MSN account when you launch your app and then you can start chatting away. There is nothing wrong with Ebuddy :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typhex:
msntalk is free on the market. working very fine for me. its not adfree but not that disturbing
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bouncer5:
No no for blackberry or to communicate, I mean something that looks like the MSN app provided by Microsoft/Blackberry, I am aware of eBuddy as I currently use it, In my opinion it is nasty but also the best of them, Why I was hoping to go about getting a official looking MSN app on Android
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kekkle:
I would love a real MSN Client. Like in Windows Mobile and BlackBerry.

With:

- Change your User Icon

- Change your Nickname

- Change your Personal Message

- Offline Messaging

- Able to send and receive buzzers

- Able to send and receive files.

- While looking good without crappy iPhone-style bubbles (Looking at you eBuddy!)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bouncer5:
I would be happy with just standard messages with the ability to change Nickname and personal message, User icon would be a bonus all the other stuff im not TO fussed about, especially since "Windows Live" has changed the send on files like photo to a sharing experience
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayshah:
Is it just T-Mo UK that blocks MSN via 3G, then (that is, the official version on :1873).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bouncer5:
As far as im aware the "Official" version is made and provided by Three and only works on there network
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kekkle:
Any pictures of this 'Three' version? Also, isn't there a way to reverse engineer their stuff :p
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloHimself:
OT: I prefer to use Google Talk for chatting. Is anyone else using transports to connect to ICQ and MSN via Google Talk?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bouncer5:
The apk is avalible somewhere, Not to sure on what it looks like but

I only know of one person with a Google Talk account, Everyone else is either a contact or on MSN
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rew64:
I have it on my phone but it's very basic.

I can't take a picture of it because I don't get a 3G singnal in my house. When you open MSN if it dosen't detect a 3G network it says Please connect to the 3G network and then just shuts down. :rolleyes:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloHimself:
Thats why transports are used to chat to your ICQ and MSN (and other IM services) buddies from Google Talk.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bouncer5:
As I said anybody that I actually want to talk to is on MSN, In the UK ICQ or AIM weren't really popular, so everyone of interest is on MSN
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloHimself:
Correct!

And I said I'm chatting to MSN buddies from Google Talk App...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArtieQ:
MSN Talk is the best I've found so far, does everything you want and has a very nice UI aswell.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bouncer5:
Didnt know I could do that? I'll have to look at it I guess
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Hm, my Google Talk android app fc's on me, when I try to contact a MSN contact via transports. Any comment on that ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloHimself:
Here it works all fine...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Can you tell which phone / rom / gtalk version ? And possibly the jabber msn transport server (doubt that would make a difference, protocol is protocol) ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FloHimself:
Custom cooked MCR3.1 but Talk.apk should be standard MCR3.1

Application Manager shows Version 130 for Google Talk.

Jabber server is hot-chilli.net.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Have the same version on stock Desire , 130. Will test out the server later and post the results, hope its gonna work. Thanks !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madd0g:
Nope, couldnt get the contacts imported after the authorize. I tried with another http://delx.net.au server, but same problem as before, when i click on a MSN contact, the GTalk app fc's.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowanparker:
Orange (apparently) ban it in their terms and conditions but that hasn't stopped me using it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lahroon:
+1
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdjneo:
The issue is the % sign in the contacts which causes the FC, there's a ticket open over at google for some time now
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mrono:
This is incubus26jc's thread, just posting it here for exposure.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Vandam500:
Damn that is sweet! Will try it when I get home from work :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] josue85:
Thank you for posting about this. Just gave it a shot, and it works pretty well. It's a bit laggy, but definitely gets the job done. I needed this in order to respond to texts without looking like I'm responding to texts, and for that this works very well.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] patelkedar91:
Thanks for posting this. I might have to give this a try.

Good for if your phone is in someone else's hands. :-O
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Biggest Fro:
Just tested it out.

Found a couple problems-

-It's a little slow

-If you have the phone set up with the kickstand, and it turns the orientation side ways, it does the same on the computer. So then everything is sideways.

-If the phone is Asleep, it wont wake it up

Besides those few problems, it's great!

Can't wait to see what this will be like in the coming weeks as the dev. gets the bugs worked out!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rjmjr69:
Yes very slow but I like it. Awesome owkr.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] redzee:
Cool beans, thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] DraginMagik:
i was hoping this was similar to MyMoblier for WinMo. being able to remotely control (or at least view) a device is rather handy for support folks.

has anyone seen something more like mymobiler for winmo that will work on android?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mattrb:
Works good but it needs more responsiveness in the mouse clicking. I can drag but I cant click very well. I press menu and go to Wallpaper. But I cant press Wallpaper.

Excellent program for people who want to text in privacy at work.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Albaholic:
Awesome, this could be quite useful
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] timothydonohue:
i'm having absolutely no luck with this. granted, i'm using adb wireless to try and manipulate it, but i'm rooted, and it should still work. getting absolutely no control at all. none. i can see the screen, and can rotate my view of it, but i can't do squat through the phone.

i'm rooted, btw.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbunner2012:
anyone know how to remove the text from widgets or shrotcuts using adw launcher? im on darchoid 2.7
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bk718:
i stopped using that launcher but i think i remember its in the launcher settings... when ur on your home screen click menu and there should be 2 different settings, one specifically for adw.. in that menu there should be an option that allows u to remove the text..
[Desire General] faddys123:
hi,

i did the update but now i have only amdroid widgets but on the scenes that they have and the one i made there are htc widgets on it and it also works but i am unable to add a htc widget ?
[Desire General] rolfd:
You are doing my head in with half thought out questions and not making a lot of sense!!!!

You did what update? You were rooting, so are you now on a custom rom?
[Desire General] faddys123:
am sorry and i am not on a custom i debranded and i havent rooted but the new update that htc have brought out and now i have no htc widgets but when i selct the a scene they can load up
[Desire General] Flaggie:
Had the same problem when I updated, half of the widgets were gone, a simple reboot solved my problem
[Desire General] faddys123:
hasnt worked for me i have rebooted a number of times :(
[Desire General] cr1960:
what did you update?
[Desire General] faddys123:
i did the new update the htc relased a couple of days ago
[Desire General] Aitese:
Nothing was released "a few days ago". We need numbers man. You're by far the most frustrating person on this site.
[Desire General] faddys123:
am sorry i am only 13 haha and its 1.21.405.2 i means a couple of weeks ago sorry
[Hero CDMA General] Hank0331:
I'm not entirely sure what I did, but I think I just bricked this thing. Is there any way to restore the apps that I deleted off my Hero? I basically can't do anything with it. I can make phone calls but that's about it. I get a force close message that says "com.htc.RosieUtiltiy has stopped unexpectedly" and won't do anything than show me a phone pad after that. :confused:
[Hero CDMA General] Papa Smurf151:
Lmao no man u didn't brick. Only one way to do that and that's to flash a GSM radio. Just dl and flash a different rom. Make sure u wipe data and dalvik before flashing a new rom.
[Hero CDMA General] cp0020:
What big papa said. If you can get into recovery then your phone is not bricked
[Hero CDMA General] Hank0331:
The problem I'm having is that I can't access anything through the PC either. Basically, I'm in over my head without a snorkel. I have the nandroid backup I made when I rooted the phone but don't know how to restore it.

Edited to add: When I say I have the backup, I mean it's on my PC but I don't know how to get it from there to the phone or even get past the dial pad.
[Hero CDMA General] Papa Smurf151:
Go into recovery mode and there is an option to connect to PC from there. I think its the second option. There u can transfer things to ur ad card. Once u get what u want to flash on ur SD card go to wipe and wipe the first two options and then either go to flash from SD or backup/restore nandroid. This is all from recovery. (Where u hit power and home button at same time when phone is off
[Hero CDMA General] Dave2582:
At this point, you should turn your attention to a microsd adapter/card reader. Take your microsd card out of the phone (make sure it's safe to remove), put it in the card reader, and plug the card reader into your pc (if your pc has a slot for it). Transfer your backup from the pc to the cardreader. When finished, take the sdcard and put it back into the phone, and voila, you should now have your backup from the pc on your phone.
[Hero CDMA General] Hank0331:
All I'm seeing when I go into the recovery mode is an option to clear storage. When I do that, it pulls up an option to reset phone which reboots the phone to the same problem I'm having. Am I doing something completely wrong?
[Hero CDMA General] Papa Smurf151:
Yeah is that the only option u get in recovery. U can't nandroid or wipe or flash or anything.
[Hero CDMA General] Papa Smurf151:
Hey gtalk me and ill help. Cbarlan@Gmail.com
[Hero CDMA General] Hank0331:
The backup is on the card already. The problem is not being able to access anything from the phone aside from the dialer.
[Hero CDMA General] Hank0331:
Just wanted to say thanks again Papa. Your help is greatly appreciated.
[Hero CDMA General] Papa Smurf151:
Hey that's what this place is for. Everyone helps when they can
[Desire General] jrshodges:
Hi all,

Anyone else experienced this error, it is from the auto backup system which is standard. it says Error backing up data. An Error occured while saving your data to your SD card. The backup cannot be completed.

I have plenty of free space on the SD card and have had no problems for 2 months, then it started last week, so i decided to Root the device and see if by wiping the device that would fix it - but it has been rooted for a couple of hours and it has just come up with the same error again :-(

Any ideas?

Thanks.
[Desire General] Aitese:
You're having the SD card issue where it seems like it's mounted but it's not. Try viewing a picture or playing a song from your SD...chances are it's malfunctioned.

I had this issue all the time until I got another card.
[Desire General] jrshodges:
Thanks for the quick reply - I just tried both and they worked fine. Can view pictures and play music stored on the SD card without issues.

The SD card is an 8Gb SanDisk SDHC one I have had for a couple of years, cam with the Touch HD I have from Orange I believe. Which has never caused me a problem before??!!!
[Desire General] Aitese:
I meant more the next time you get the error. My card would be fine for hours then die on me and I wouldn't really know until either that error showed or I tried to play music/podcast. If you get the error and your card is working fine then there's another issue and you should contact HTC.
[General Questions and Answers] maxpower097:
So I'm a wimo guy through and through. I don't even plan on upgrading to WP7. I do want to play around with android a bit though. Carrier is not an issue as long as its GSM. I'd like to get froyo eventrually but its not a deal breaker. At least I would like 2.1. Looking for something highly customizable so something that has been hacked to death so I can do some real tinkering with android. I'm leaning towards the hero since everyone seemed to love them in their day and you can pick one up for around $125. Any suggestions? Or thoughts of things I should think about before I take the plunge? This will not be my primary phone but just a play phone.
[General Questions and Answers] eagles16:
My touch 3g, i think for tmo
[General Questions and Answers] Fuzalert2k:
No, absolutely not a myCrap3g (excuse me). Get either a Xperia X10, HTC Desire, or Samsung Galaxy S 9something.

Edit: if you want a cheap yet good phone, then the HTC legend is the way to go. Or x10 since those are going cheap on eBay, but that's donuts. So, legend is your only choice. Don't waste your time on the Hero, or any of the maxtouch phones.
[General Questions and Answers] Boenn:
Hello, I would like some help from you, I saw a cheap tablet,(HKC) Q79, that looks a lot like mini iPad, the internal configuration is also good, I want to know this tablet is worth or not?. Thank you!!
[General Questions and Answers] a4abell:
Check out Chinese phones . theres this quad phone for 150$
[General Questions and Answers] BULLDOZE:
My favorite late model would be nexus one
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barnacles10:
Hey guys I have the unrevoked apk for basic superuser privlages, and I've read about unrevoked and the new ota but I have trouble determining whether people are describing the part 2 root or not. Can anyone tell me if theunrevoked app still works after the ota? Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
ota breaks root. unrevoked or whatever.