yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjr19:
Is anyone aware of a device connection limit with the wireless tether app? I had my laptop and my friend's connected, and my third friend tried and got unable to connect.. this was with access control both on and off.... when one of them logged off, the other was able to get on... is this intended? i don't see a connection limit setting....

thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] InspecterJones:
Any way to get stock android on this thing?

My friend got one after she broke her G1 and she doesn't like the new skin, I don't have tons of access to it so can't fool around too much but would like to help her.

EDIT: my bad, didn't realize every phone had its own section. Newb Fail.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TakoLuffer:
Ima rply to this lol uhm u can use a home replacement app or u can root ? I suggest rooting but home replacement is much easyer n I'm sure u already solved this lol : I recommend adw.helix. 3.8.2 open home new version sucks or launcher pro and set as defult

Sent from my T-Mobile *roooroooteeeddd* MySenseSlider
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] OG:
Is she a friends? Or is she a FRIEND friend?
[Nexus One General] lordzelo:
I am running 2.2 FRF91 on my N1 and I just noticed that the Facebook app caused my trackball light to turn blue... Woot!!! They finally did it.

Or else I'm just crazy...
[Nexus One General] evilkorn:
Or else you havn't read enough on the the FroYo changes.
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
You seriously just posted this thread?
[Nexus One General] Flippy125:
*facepalm*
[Nexus One General] musashiken:
Man, go get LED Tester. Think you'll really go bonkers with it.
[Nexus One General] clickwir:
Twidroid has been doing this for about a month on mine. I wish the apps gave more control over it though.

On a side note: Twidroid (now Twidroyd) would flash BLUE quickly. If I got a new email, I would get ONE (1) single flash showing I have a new email, then it would be all back to quick blue flashes. It did not continue to show me I had an email... which to me is much more important than knowing I have unread tweets. However, since it's changed to Twidroyd, the EULA is quite ominous and I don't agree to having them intercept and have rights over my tweets. Granted they may not be significant, but they are my own and I don't want a 3rd party getting into it. So I've switched to the official Twitter app. It's not bad. I'll know more in a week.:cool:
[Nexus One General] EdwardUong:
Handcent sms apps gives you blue trackball. Yahoo Messenger gives purple color. FYI
[Nexus One General] xXJay_RXx:
u seriously just noticed this? *facepalm* its one of the first things i noticed. as soon as i flashed the rom for the first time i got a text and i saw the trackball blinking and i was like OMG!!! :eek:
[Nexus One General] theartfullodger:
Sigh!

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nexus+one+froyo+trackball+colors

Only 160K+ hits...
[Nexus One General] Eclair~:
Man, this has been on the Nexus soooo long before Froyo if you were rooted. Its not anywhere near amazing anymore.
[Nexus One General] herrwinkler:
I love the geeky WTF replies on this thread. Cracking up.
[Nexus One General] player911:
While most people know this, we did not think that stock 2.2 would include trackball colors. I was pretty shocked when I got my first blue facebook notification. I was able to download LED testers and play with the colors but unable to save them to specific apps.

You'd think it would have some settings if they where planning on including the feature. Eventually it will come I guess.
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
Uh, yeah we did. The code was committed by google before Froyo even came out. It was pretty apparent it was coming :)
[Nexus One General] flybyme:
everyone here knew at least....ChainsDD mentioned that google pushed it to the source so we knew it would be out in the next android release, which happened to be froyo
[Nexus One General] frozengash:
check out 'led disco'! fun fun fun
[Nexus One General] malicious85:
led disco is cool, i wish it changed the LED with the music though
[Nexus One General] qianhaorr:
you can simply download trackball alert from market, and setup your own tractball feature.
[Nexus One General] android01:
Last time i checked, this app didnt work with stock 2.2. Is it updated to work with stock froyo now ?:confused:
[Nexus One General] musashiken:
Isn't that just for root users? Means nuts to us non-root users unless... froyo now supports trackball alert without root?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kevinu81:
im on tmobile US if i dl will it be in english?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] aoakes:
HAhaHA, good question!! He's modifying your manila graphics for the selection highlight, so to answer your question, no it won't change your English dialog format.

I like this much better!! thank you for your hard work!! AGAIN! :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fast_zorro:
...not working ?

Hi antoniomistretta,

did not working for me.

Neither the cab, nor copy the png (after extract from cab) into windows folder.

I can see the new png-file after softreset / restart sense in the windows folder, theres no other file with this name.

But it will not use.

Any idea ?? (Iconcache is empty)

(use CHT185 and Manila2.5.1921, O2-Rom 1.48 - yes, I Know, I had to update the rom....but everything works fine for me :rolleyes:)

Greetz

btw: Thanks also from me for you beautiful icons !!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] antoniomistretta:
Sorry! I don't use CHT. And thank you for icons! :)
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
So, I started with a clean slate last night after finally getting my EVO rooted and since my Exchange server was down, I decided to sync my contacts and calendar via HTC Sync. However, today, the Exchange server is back online. Now I have duplicate calendar events and Contacts on my phone. How can I delete all my HTC Sync contacts and calendar events? I know I can Hide those items via VIEW, but I'd rather remove them completely from the phone.

Thanks in advance...
[EVO 4G General] ifly4vamerica:
home screen, settings, applications, manage applications contact storage, clear data, this will clear ALL contacts, then just resync the exchange ones.
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
Saved me, thanks!

At first I wasn't able to re-sync my Exchange (unchecked and checked the boxes). However, removing the account and re-adding it did the trick.

Appreciate it!
[EVO 4G General] dwertz:
Damn. Only if I knew this earlier. Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 General] Stockis:
Sorry for this stupid question,

but how do i change the home screen? I managed to choose the crappy standard screen as standard when i want to use Crazy Home, and now i don't know how to change it back.

Please help?
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
settings/ applications/ manage applications/ select "home" app, then clear defaults.. next time you press the home key you will get the chance to choose which one you want to use.
[XPERIA X10 General] Stockis:
Thank you so much! Never would've figured it out myself.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kirandeep:
phone crashed in browser, completely froze up, i restarted by holding power button down, once it restarted i get a red disk symbol in notification about database storage low and device managment keeps force closing then logs provider keeps force closing.

cant do a thing on the phone, have restarted numerous times..dont know what todo.

i am on JF5 and rooted.

:confused::confused::confused::eek:

update:

ok hard reset and this has fixed the issue, but would be good to know if anyone else has seen this error, the last app i installed before crash was SEEPU free version, just kept getting constant cycle force closes of logs provider and device managment as mentioned.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fdot:
Ok,

*AGAIN, I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THE ORIGINAL SET*

I wanted some Icons to use with Konikub's released theme EnamoRED

So I found some on deviant art Preemptive Strike originally made by yrmybybl.

I haven't loaded these yet, as I haven't installed EnamoRED (waiting for fresh update).

I made 6 additional icons that i didn't find in the original package (tried to match as much as possible)

Download the 6 custom icons:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7832823/fdot-preemptivestrike.zip

Preview:

Download the original 46 icons from creator:

http://yrmybybl.deviantart.com/art/Preemptive-Strike-iPhone-Theme-98853512
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fdot:
Added screen shot.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Mich2Ga:
Really feeling these....
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] darkspadez:
How do I check if my mytouch is 32a?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] skyline247:
Power the phone completely off. Make sure your memory card is out of your phone (this to make sure you don't have a sappimg.zip file on the memory card). Then press and hold first the volume down and power (end call) keys simultaneously. This will bring up hboot on the device. It will tell you either 32A or 32B.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sjdean:
Will it ever be possible for Android to be able to interface to a Bluetooth GPS Receiver for use in programs like Google Maps?

What sounds like such a simple thing which would give me some respite on my Samsung Galaxy S.

Cheers

Simon
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] twicejr:
I am curious also.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] casper1:
i need that too
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obsidian06:
I know that most of the Bluetooth GPS receivers use a simulated Comm port. As long as Android can use the Comm port and receive position data through ASCII sentences, then it should be fine.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] b33:
i'm gonna try BlueNMEA (it's on the market)

i'll report back

edit: the app seems to be broken :\
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obsidian06:
If there is an app for NMEA data, that is a good sign. NMEA uses ASCII text strings to send data. To be honest, I know that Garmin's Bluetooth receivers will send NMEA data to the phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] twicejr:
Any news on this topic?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Copertine:
Look for "Bluetooth GPS Provider" or "Bluetooth GPS mouse" in the market...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] herbert1:
I didn't want to pay for something like that and I did not understand why I should give phone call or network access for such an application...

So I've have developed mine:

it' free,

it's open-source (you can verify what it's really doing and you can improve it!), :)

it just asks for needed permissions.

The application allows to use an external bluetooth GPS on Android devices:

The application starts a service, then connects to a Bluetooth device (NMEA GPS) and creates a mock GPS provider which can be used to replace the internal GPS.

It's also possible to log the external GPS NMEA data in a file on the device.

The app need the following permissions:

bluetooth and bluetooth admin (connection to the GPS device),

location and mock location (replace the GPS location provider by a new one using the bluetooth GPS device),

write external storage (if you want to log the NMEA data into a file on the sdcard).

It should run on all android devices (2.0 and above) and NMEA bluetooth devices.

I have tested it with a GlobalSat BT-338 bluetooth GPS (SiRF III), a Galaxy S (I9000) and a HTC Sapphire (Froyo CM-6).

It works with Google Maps, Wikitude, GoPenS and my own personal navigation app. It should work with all applications that use Android official location API.

Note: in order to install the app:

enable Settings/Applications/Unknown sources,

enable Settings/Applications/Development/Allow mock locations,

download and install the apk.

Project page:

Bluetooth GPS for Android on SourceForge

BlueGPS4Droid apk: BlueGps4Droid_1.0.apk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] khaytsus:
Wow, went from zero of these to three or more.. More is good I guess! Does yours reconnect to the GPS when the connection is lost (walk away from the GPS, GPS accidentally gets turned off in pocket, etc)? What happens if you turn off the phone (hit power button.. standby), does it disconnect? Reconnect? What happens to apps while running, do they pick back up, or reconnect to the internal GPS?

EDIT: It disconnects. You should have it reconnect, especially if the signal was just lost watch for the device to become available again, and it'd also be really nice if it could do it automatically even if not just used; ie I get in the car, fire up the Holux 236 and a few seconds later your program connects to it.

Very very nice start, worked as well as the Bluetooth GPS Mouse program I've been using for a few weeks.. No sat or fix info, but that's a limitation of the Mock interface of course. Not much to be done there.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] corvus:
And it will be great if supports usb gps too. I have an android device with usb host and a usb gps, so will be great if we can attach a serial port to the mock gps in your app.

Thanks.

Corvus.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] khaytsus:
I actually have stopped using this, as about 50% of the time my phone is freezing when entering Waze with it enabled, 0% of the time without it or using Bluetooth GPS Mouse.

But it is a new program, it has room to grow. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] herbert1:
I don't have this kind of problems in my car, so I haven't planned anything for that. For now, I have preferred that, in case of problems, everything stops properly. However I will verify what I can do (if I can find a simple way to do this).

A priori, no good way for doing this with the sdk. If we have a background task, which runs looking for the GPS mouse to often it won't be good for the battery.

Generally you have to switch on the GPS, so It should not really be a problem to start the service at the same time, especially if, as I do, you plug the android device in a car dock...

You can use the extra info in the location to have the number of sat used.

However, if Google has made a better Mock API, we should be able to use GPS Test directly...

Thanks for your comments,

Herbert
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bodrogi53:
Hello,

I downloaded the file but that is not apk but zip and does not include any apy files.

Where can i download the bluegps4droid.apk file from? or How can I use the zip file in the android unit?

Thanks for the help

Sandor
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yottabit:
Any Hope for Android 1.6?

I just tried Bluetooth GPS for Android but sadly found out it won't work with Android 1.6 such as used by my Archos 5 Internet Tablet. :(

Any hope for 1.6 support? Is it even possible?

I imagine the other two solutions suggested here were not found in my Market because they are 2.x only as well. Boo. I was so looking forward to this solving all my problems of the craptastic GPS in that device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bled82:
Any way you could port this to android 1.6 ? everyone with an archos needs this app cause the gps that is in it is terrible . Please please please port it to android 1.6 .
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yottabit:
I've been in touch with a developer of one of these programs and unfortunately it is not possible to port these apps to 1.6 since 1.6 lacks some of the Bluetooth APIs/libraries needed for the functionality. Without a whole lot of messy programming it isn't possible for these apps to work on 1.6. :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Stefem:
Can I use an USB GPS receivier instead of a Bluetooth one?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] herbert1:
I am not sure that such app exists...

Some devices (some tablets for example) have usb host capabilities, but not all of them.

If you can read the NMEA sentences from the USB GPS, it should be feasible (At least to adapt one of the app used with bluetooth GPS).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] miblon:
Thanks for this great App!

Wow!

Thanks Herbert1, this was exactly what I was looking for. I am using you app with a Samsung Galaxy S and a Columbus v900 BT GPS reciever. The reciever does the logging and is WAY faster and more accurate then the internal GPS android gives me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rajeevvp:
herbert1: Would you mind lending your Android + GPS expertise over at this thread here?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1062333

A couple of hardware hackers have managed to add an internal GPS to the ViewSonic gTablet. As it is shipped, the tablet does not come with a GPS module, but, one can be added because the system board has most of the required circuitry and pads for attaching a GPS module.

The hardware seems to be working fine and outputting data correctly to the OS, but, Google Maps doesn't display the longitude correctly. Locations west of the prime meridian are consistently reported as being east of PM. Latitude positions are accurate (at least for the northern hemisphere).

The Notion Ink Adam tablet (which is a sister tablet to the gTablet; they have very similar system boards) which has a built-in GPS, also seems to suffer from the same inverted-longitude problem.

Any help solving this problem would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] herbert1:
I will have a look, but I won't have much time for that this week...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Apb:
This is genius. Simple yet very effective on galaxy s ... :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FLAWLESSVW:
Just wanted to get a quick update on this before I order a Bluetooth GPS. I used to use a Holux GPSlim 236 with an old Windows Mobile phone and it worked great.

Now that I have an Android (and the Geocaching app) I need a more accurate GPS desperately!

-Is this working well with 2.2?

-Can anyone let me know success with specific BT receivers? I may try to order another Holux GPSlim 236 from eBay, they're cheap!

...I'm itching to order one and start using it but want to confirm this will work before I waste any money. It would be great not to have to use my phone for geocache info (you'll never find it with internal GPS) AND my Garmin for the actual find.

TOTALLY appreciate any feedback you guys can give.

Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkmagic99:
Flawlessvw:

I have used my Tmobile Vibrant for geocaching and I agree - the gps is very inaccurate for geocaching. I've found about 10 or so caches using my phone as the sole GPS, but I can tell you the phone made the search much more difficult. When I use my phone - to find GZ is difficult b/c it seems to jump around. I had to rely heavily on hints to help me find the caches.

I too have a bluetooth gps until - but I haven't used it yet for geocaching. Using the bluetooth gps - the accuracy is usually 1m or less so I'd imagine geocaching would be much easier using the bluetooth gps.

I'll see if I can fire up the geocaching app and see if using a bluetooth gps is recognized and if it works or not. I'll post back when I have news
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkmagic99:
I paired the bluetooth gps with my phone and started up the geocaching app and I can report it works! Much better accuracy compared to the stock gps unit.

Hope this helps.

The only issue I have is when trying to start up iGO for navigation. It'll work for a few minutes, then go haywire!

Anyone know of way to fix it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jumpjack:
How can I use this application on a WonderMedia8650 android tablet equipped ith USB host port and Froyo 2.2?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stsaerox:
From android with Gps to android whichs lacks gps?

I'm wondering if I can use my android 2.3.7 phone as GPS receiver for my android 4.0 tablet(which lacks of GPS functionality)

Is this possible? I need this because gps software will run faster on that tablet and on larger screen also...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jumpjack:
Look on GooglePlay for "GPS tethering", but consider that:

not all phones support GPS tethering

not all tablet supports GPS tethering

not all map-based apps work on tablet without GPS

not all tethering apps work both on phone and tablet (you need a GPS server on the phone and a GPS client on the tablet).

not all GPS tethering apps are free.

Please report if you try a working&free server+client couple, as I had no luck yet with Sony Xperia Mini Pro and Chinatablet... :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stsaerox:
It looks like it is one new the GPS Tether. I'll try and then I will let you know.
[XPERIA X10 General] duffy1807:
My friend came over to mine the other day with his new Iphone 4. Comparing it to my X10. The X10 quality looks shockingly awful compared to the Iphone 4, now its stayed in my head that the X10 screen isnt as good as what I use to think it was since seeing the Iphone 4's Screen. It is truely amazing!!!!!

Trying my best to find Hi-Def wallpapers since he had an Hi-Def Wallpaper on his Iphone 4, to try and make my screen look half decent, but I havent come across any of yet..

After a bit of research i found the screen Hardware Capabilities and Specs.

------------------------

Iphone 4 -

TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches

Xperia X10 -

TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors

Size 480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches

-------------------------

So, X10 has a 4 Inch screen and 409,920 Pixels (Bigger screen less pixels than Iphone 4 screen)

and Iphone 4 has 3.5 Inch screen and 614,400 Pixels. (Smaller screen more pixels compared to X10 screen) which means, this is obviously a better screen than X10

Is it just me who thinks this? also does the 16M colours that the Iphone 4 has, take any effect on this because I read that the human eye can only see X amount of colours.

Also I know I am never going to get close or near quality to the Iphone 4 Screen, but does anybody know which type of wallpapers bring out the best quality in the X10?

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 General] berbecverde:
even if its as you say the iphone 4 has a lot of BUGS like the one when you lose the signal when you hold the phone.

So i think that you should thank god you have a X10 and not a iphone 4:D

just my opinion.
[XPERIA X10 General] Astral07:
x10 has 16M, just not on android 1.6

use any wallpaper from this thread
[XPERIA X10 General] mtechfan:
Wait for the update, then you will appreciate your x10's display more.
[XPERIA X10 General] forzanerazzurri:
The X10 has a wonderful screen. Leave the iphones for those without personalities.
[XPERIA X10 General] Darthhister:
Dont believe apple when they say they have x million colors. They have said that about all their screens and have been sued before for lying about it. Besides, I trust a sony screen before an apple screen because sony really knows their stuff.
[XPERIA X10 General] cytokine:
iPhone 4 - IPS-panel, LED-backlit

XPERIA X10 - TN-panel, CCFL-backlit LED-backlit

Edit: although the X10 looks like a CCFL backlit display, it's indeed a LED-backlit one. This is clear from the disassembly shots posted on this board, as the X10 display panel doesn't have a high voltage cable going from a screen bulb to an inverter (CCFL structure) and only has one connector (LED structure).
[XPERIA X10 General] Darthhister:
Where is your source on this?
[XPERIA X10 General] gpmg762:
With the same resolution, smaller screen always look better than a bigger screen. Just compare same resolution 32 and 52 LCD TV, which one looks sharper? Iphone is 3.5", X10 is 4", of course the "smaller" screen looks better.
[XPERIA X10 General] k1sr:
Yeah, but the iPhlegm does actually have double the resolution, so that's a moot point...

In all honesty, I was pretty amazed by the iPoo's specs, it does have amazing resolution, but do yo really need that much on a phone...?

Impressed, yes. Envious, no

Screen specs aside, what about some of the other sepcs, like Android OS vs. iShite OS - x10 wins hands down (even with 1.6)