yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] outz:
i thought i'd ask openly since i've done a fair amount of homework, but i'm still inexperienced when it comes with rooting these devices etc.

i used to be a symbian guy, then switched to htc only winmo phones, and joined this forum back in 04. we would flash custom roms etc etc (i really enjoyed it)

what phone do you guys recommend that's either out now or coming out soon for a US provider? i'm looking for top of the line, super fast, easily rooted, new roms flashed (no encrypted boot loaders etc)

i've been on the iphone since 07 (2g, 3g, 3gs) but the new iphone4 just doesn't impress me very much and i'm ready to finally make the move to (what i believe to be) a better device.

any opinions out there? i'm currently with at&t, but can jump ship to verizon or t-mobile (i kinda like the htc evo, but i always hear people complain about sprint here) and i read the droid x will most likely have an encrypted boot loader, so i'm not sure about verizon either.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wastegate13:
I was in the same situation as you last week. I have no complaints about ATT's service in my area and signing a contract with another carrier didn't look too appealing since I've been out of contract since 08.

The Nexus One meets all of your criteria and then some. I do not have that gadget lust anymore, I don't feel that it is incomplete like I always felt with my other devices. Hell the only thing I really felt that was missing from the stock build is waking with the trackball, I too came from an iPhone and it just feels natural as opposed to using the sleep button.

I don't think you can really go wrong with any of the top tier Android offerings right now. They all have strengths and weaknesses but the simple fact that the Nexus One gets the (official) updates first made it an easy choice for me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] outz:
thanks for the reply. i've been looking at the nexus one for the same reasons you described... the ability to get updates quickly, and the fact it comes with a vanilla rom. i wish i could get the att version with a discount... it looks like if i go with it i'll need to get t-mobile.

i was a little hesitant just because im not sure how it holds up against the latest round of android devices (due to it being out for a while now) but it definitely looks fairly solid from what i've ready.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Leviuqse:
i ditto the nexus one..IF you want to stay with ATT..but a very customizable phone is the motorola droid..plus a physical keyboard is a BIG plus for me..but the droid is a little old and you should wait for the droid 2 next month..the thing is..who knows who long is going to take for dev to start working on droid 2...droid already has a large drawer full of kernels, themes, roms..ect
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] outz:
yeh, i think theres just too many phones out/coming out to make a decision. the nexus multitouch problem i keep reading about seems kind of annoying... i played with an evo on sprint today and apparently sprint has extremely slow data in my area (even tho it was full bars on 3g) and the droid x might have a locked/encrypted boot loader which i read will definitely affect the ability to flash roms (so i've read)

almost as bad as car shopping.

thanks guys for all the advice so far.
[HTC Aria General] xdafly:
I can download the Android SDK but for some reason the "SDK Setup.exe" just opens a dos box and nothing happens.

proxy server is handled via a localhost:8080 but the SDK Setup does not even present dialog to make changes to settings.
[HTC Aria General] doug@jdhcon.com:
You heed to install JAVA from sun's website.
[HD2 General] icemanscion:
So i finally hacked my hd2 and flashed energy rom on it it all works fine and all but im trying to redo the google sync from the sticky and its not updating my contacts etc. or giving me my emails. anyone know anything to fix this? My password and account settings are all as instructed and this worked before I flashed the rom. Plz help thanks. Update; Tried to just add gmail account as a normal gmail account not outlook and even that will notwork PLEASE HELP!
[Desire General] ukmaddnes1:
Pretty much the title. I recently rooted my HTC Desire and installed the DeFrost rom. Everything was working fine until today when suddenly my Accelerometer stopped working :/. Anyone have any info on this? Or a fix?

Thanks :)
[Desire General] Flaggie:
Have you checked that the option is still checked on? settings->sound and display-> orientation
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habs101:
Something else

probably a bug somethign i have noticed with a friend

if you go to

www.wallpapers.androlib.com

click on a wallpaper and then click the download button.. it only downloads 20kb

though if you go and try to view the image it's black..

though if you go back to the wallperp and hold ur thumb over the image and then select save image.... it ends up being 147kb

THOUGH the old download way worked prior to 2.2
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nDrg:
The same happens here with Dolphin HD browser.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Attentatosch:
I bought a HTC HD2 on ebay, it's not sim-locked but has vodafone branding, what doesn't really matter for me.

Due to that branding, i had to manually configure the mobile internet, because i'm not using a vodafone sim card but one of "MEDION mobile" (german discount prepaid provider using the eplus net)

I found the data in the internet, and the messenger i downloaded, palringo, connects with no problems via umts now, but opera mobile, as well as internet explorer mobile, skyfire browser, the facebook app and the youtube app don't load any content, i only get empty pages in the browsers, or the error messages: can't connect to proxy

The connection data I used is: (i try to translate in english, but my hd2 is running german)

Name: MEDION mobile
Modem -> GPRS

internet.eplus.de

username: eplus
password: gprs

Proxy: Advanced
HTTP: 212.23.97.2 Port: 80
WAP: 212.23.97.3 Port: 9201

I have no idea why palringo is able to connect and all other apps not.

Has it something to do with the ports?

I just used default ones because there was no statement about them.

I would be very grateful if someone would be able to help me, I really need the mobile internet.

with best regards

Attentatosch
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rp-x1:
Guten Abend :)

Try removing the proxy settings, it might be best to get it to look automatically.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Attentatosch:
aaaaaaaaahhh thanks a lot...

that was too easy -.-

now it works fine!

Ahh one afternoon of trying out different things and searching the web and the solution is as simple...

Thank your very much!

you are my hero xD

greetz

Attentatosch
[EVO 4G Android Development] bbedward:
The Zen Kernel Project presents...

The ZenDROID Kernel

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

What is it?

* Kernels for Android devices

* If you have suggestions, patches, fixes, whatever - they will be reviewed and implemented like a "community kernel", and you'll get credit if desired

What's so special about it?

* Idk, it's zen - each one will end up being different somehow, but implementing a few things others have done and implementing what others have not done.

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

ZenDROID 2.6.29 For the EVO 4g (based on HTC's official source)

Changes over HTC official source (See gitweb for the most detail

7/13/2010

- BFS v304 backported to 2.6.29 - Stopped here as it was a little bit of work to get to this point, I will continue through 318 later on only taking changes that will have a significant effect.

- BFS is tuned to be less aggressive with the nice levels, this should fix any lag that other bfs kernels experience, although without this adjustment on DC 3.2.3 my system is lightning fast.

- Remove nice from the workqueue and kthread (for both CFS and BFS)

- toast's audio boost (thanks)

7/5/2010

- Add AOSP atmel touch screen driver (from toast's kernel), but implemented differently. Selecting CONFIG_AOSP will use atmel_aosp.c, which will fix the screen for aosp. The Kconfig option is the first one above general setup, may be needed for some other drivers in the future, but for now only changes the touch screen one.

- Undervolt patches (no OC or anything yet, that will be a separate patch or Kconfig option or whatever) - about .1V less, seems what they're going with around the town

- Simple I/O scheduler. Based on deadline, v(r), and no-op perfect for SSDs or flash discs. I expect it to be ideal for the EVO and other android phones.

- Made lowmemorykiller less aggressive by default

- Some CFS adjustments (no bfs til' i start froyo, we need to research android's nice settings)

Branch: evo4g-src-2.6.29

GIT IS UP!

http://git.zen-kernel.org/?p=kernel/zendroid.git;a=summary

Like I said, don't plan anything earth shattering for the .29 kernel, but there is still more I just got started :P suggestions/patches are welcome.

DOWNLOADABLE BUILDS

*** Not yet availlable, I have a few things I want to implement like the 30fps hack fix (will also be a Kconfig option), 5 point multi touch (Kconfig option), overclocking (may not be in the first build, not really a priority over the other things)

I have tested this already on DC, the system is very fast and no lag or anything is present. The simple I/O scheduler seems to be working great with no flaws, and there is no touch lag - the system actually feels quite a bit faster. - This is with no 30 fps fix!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Geniusdog254:
This sounds like a really good idea, but what else can you bring to the table other than a well-maintained kernel? Look at the Nexus board, it's ALL kernels, most of which are pretty well maintained. I think it's great that you wanna do this, but you'll have to provide something to differentiate yourself from all the other custom kernels.

Making this a community kernel much like CyanogenMod is on the ROM side would be a good way, like allowing users to submit their own patches that you could review and choose to incorporate (or not :o) would be a good way IMO.

Just giving some suggestions, best of luck!

Regards,

Jesse C.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jblazea50:
i see you are going for BFS cpu scheduler as the default; i know that on the Nexus One, the BFS was very unstable and the CFS worked like a charm; not sure, if there are enough similarities between the N1 and Evo, but will the BFS also be unstable for the most part?

i had the N1 prior to getting the EVO and tried few BFS kernels and it wasn't as stable as the CFS; BFS ran the phone at a higher temperature and few other things that i can't remember now

EDIT: as for kernels, would like to see Overclocked kernel as well as Undervolted kernels (similar to maybe IntersectRaven's kernel on the Nexus One forum, where he uses AVS and undervolted to 925mV, which was best for N1 from experience)
[EVO 4G Android Development] fecht:
Welcome! look forward to seeing your kernel!

Josh
[EVO 4G Android Development] chuckhriczko:
Sounds good bro. I plan to start working on custom kernels as soon as the holiday is over so if you need any help just let me know.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mattrb:
Welcome, we need more kernels for CyanogenMod 6.0.

Have fun.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bbedward:
The broken BFS must have been poorly implemented or a really old version or something. I don't foresee any problems, if there are I'll work them out with CK.

It's not entirely about being 100% unique, more so being another option. And options are good in this open source community ;) Although I'm totally open to suggestions.

Like I said, I don't expect the BFS problems of those kernels, but we'll certainly work them out if need be. I have not had a bfs-related bug report in quite a long time. (pre 2xx). I'd imagine the benefits could be quite surprising actually :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] bbedward:
One of our developers made an i/o scheduler, SIO "simple I/O scheduler"

It's based on no-op and deadline PERFECT for SSD or just non-spinning disks. I imagine it would be perfect for phones, although I'd like to do some heavy testing before pushing that because of how young it still is (although it's very simple so any bugs shouldn't be especially hidden like they may be in say, cfq)
[EVO 4G Android Development] bbedward:
Updated first post, GIT is up and also updated the plans
[EVO 4G Android Development] bbedward:
Ok guys, about ready to use although I've done no testing yet. I AM implementing a zen-sched patch which will allow selection of BFS or CFS, and i have a few more tricks for CFS up my sleeve yet.

We'll get to BFS 318 , a few things in between aren't worth porting but otherwise it'll be mostly complete.

I also added compcache 0.6.2, that's all located in drivers/block (where I used to put it on the older kernels, now it's in staging but oh well)
[EVO 4G Android Development] bbedward:
Updated!

Now we have a proper backported BFS, read the OP!

I flashed a test to my phone over the DC rom i'm running and everything works great! Using SIO and BFS v3xx
[EVO 4G Android Development] chumba8:
I cant wait for the download thanks for all the hard work
[EVO 4G Android Development] KERKEDAGAIN:
Sweet man! Thanks for the dedication to the project. Looking forward to it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MetaDude:
OK so from what I can gather looking at this forum and various stuff on the web the issues with this phone are (not in order of importance)

1. UI lags. However, this can be overcome via a 3rd party launcher and some 'Nand' hacks? which pardoxicallly means limited app memory again !

2. The GPS is unreliable. It can be fine one time and refuse to lock on another time?

3. The WiFi connection is also unstable for many users?

4. The battery life is not very good out of the box but improves after a few recharges? However, its still difficult to get a full day if using it heavily?

5. Samsung have a poor record when it comes to updates. There is no guarantee when / if the phone will be updated so it should be bought based solely on the features it has today?

Have I got this about right ? Anything missing or just wrong ? Are there any known fixes for issues 2 and 3 above.

Please note this not an attack on the phone I am considering buying and, as much as possible, I want to understand upfront what the issues are.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tachikoma_kun:
Don't forget Kies is rubbish and there's no apps for Android on the Kies marketplace, despite what the manual says.

If you are on a Mac (and presumably Linux) you have to enable USB debugging mode to be able to mount it as a USB storage device.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
1 and 2 applies to my phone and I must be having a memory leak issue. My available memory drops pretty steadily throughout the day even after killing all the apps with a task manager. I need to reboot once or twice a day or the phone dips below 100mb. My guess is this is also the cause of the laggy UI.

My gps is quick to get a fix but it drops often for no good reason.

The wifi has been flawless for me, I'm on a 802.11n only network.

My battery is ok, not great but not bad either.

I still love this phone and I would buy again even with these minor annoyances.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wongja:
Wifi wont reconnect when waking up from standby mode...(sometimes)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pika007:
1- pretty minor problem IMO, i don't bump into it a lot. Let's see what samsung will do.

2- From what i see, after upgrading a firmware the problem is solved, in most of the cases.

3- Seen reports, but i didn't bump into problems with it even once.

4- After comparing with a nexus one, an HTC desire and a motorola milestone, i can clearly say that currently, after 5-7 charges, the SGS has the best battery in the android market.

I manage to squeeze over 3 days of moderate use from my device, or 2 days of heavy use.

5- I can't really say anything about it, samsung does have a poor support record for it's devices.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bookwormat:
I'm running firmware XXJF3

1.Lag) applies to me, with any launcher. it's ok most of the time, but when it happens it is very annoying.

2.GPS) No problems so far. Not using it much for navigation, thus. Just for stuff like checking into foursquare and buzz.

3.WiFi) No problems now. I had a strange problem with wlan not working at all at my first day with the device, but I did a factory reset once and since then I never had any problems with networking anymore.

4.battery life) Everything just as with the nexus one or G1: I need to charge it at least once a day, unless I do not really use it.

5.update support) It's annoying, and it's a shame. But except for the nexus one, there are not really better alternatives with better update support out there. At least here in Europe. Motorola and HTC and Sony all abandon their devices after a few month as well.

We can only hope that Samsung thinks this is something that is worth doing better than in the past, and better than the competition currently does. Or that building custom ROMs based on upcoming Android Versions on the Galaxy S is not going to be as difficult as psychoace thinks.

If Samsung fixes the blackout/lag issues soon with a new firmware, I'm going to keep the device. Most of the time it is a great mobile. I even like touchwiz 3.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
1. Yes I get lag. Very irritating on the supposed "most powerful phone around". On original jf 3 firmware though, but will surely try the new rom from modaco as I don't think I could live with this in the long term.

2. Only time I tried to use google navigation, it let me down badly.

3. Generally been ok but for the first time today I had wifi icon but no internet connection. Had to restart phone (toggling had no effect).

I've had other issues as well, complete lock ups, mass storage randomly not working, and other weird seemingly random behaviour.

Overall, so far this has been a frustrating device to live with. Things can only get better I hope.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ConceptVBS:
Latest firmware seems to have solved almost all of these "problems"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=718621
[Galaxy S I9000 General] clubtech:
Latest firmware released today solved the lag problem.

Not sure about the others. never had problems with the GPS.

Wifi connection was solved 2 firmwares ago :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Geniusdog254:
Some of you may have seen my game Reflex-A-Tron in my signature and checked it out, if you did, thanks! If you didn't, now's your chance :D

Reflex-A-Tron is a game that lets you test your reflexes. It has 2 modes:

Normal mode: Keeps track of high scores & gives you funny rankings

Practice mode: No scores or ranks, just repeats over and over so you can improve your reflexes

It features an awesome techno soundtrack, a scoreboard to keep track of your top 5 scores, funny rankings, and as mentioned, two play modes.

You can reset your scores by pressing Menu and choosing "Reset Scores" on the score screen. You can also enable/disable sound with the "Sound On" and "Sound Off" buttons on the main screen. The game is very simple to get around in and play. It's colorful and attractively designed.

One of the best things to do is play with friends, compete and see who can get the fastest score!

Please check it out! Either scan the barcode, or click the link from your device to open the Market and look at (or buy ;)) it:

Reflex-A-Tron ($.99):

Reflex-A-Tron Lite:

If you have any questions or requests, there are several ways to contact me. Either email me at geniusdog254@gmail.com, tweet me @geniusdog254, reply to this thread, or PM me here on XDA.

Thanks for reading this, and I hope you enjoy testing & improving your reflexes! :)

EDIT: As per a request, heres a video:

[YOUTUBE]L6rzLEBLL0w[/YOUTUBE]

EDIT2: There is now a Lite version on the Market. It doesn't support practice mode or high scores, but basic play is there. It also asks you to upgrade on every launch.

There is also an update for the full version that squashes the practice mode bugs.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Geniusdog254:
Reserved for changelog
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] moonzbabysh:
Just bought it, niice. Thanks bro.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Geniusdog254:
Thanks for your support! Anything you'd like to see added?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Freelancerx:
can we get a video? also you should probably put this in the main android app development section
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Geniusdog254:
Sure I'll get a video as soon as I get home. The only cam I have with me at the moment is my Evo, so that won't work :p

But yeah I'll get a vid uploaded when I get home.

Also, I put it here because I thought I'd get more visibility, since the main Android app thread isn't very active.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Geniusdog254:
Alright I got a video made as promised. It's in the OP if you wanna check it out.

Also, I've just noticed there is a bug in practice mode where if you cheat (tap the screen repeatedly instead of on go :p) it will just keep adding times instead of resetting them. This is because I haven't cleared a couple variables on your second click, so it goes right back on the old score. I'll fix it tonight or tomorrow and get a new version on the Market.

Sorry for the problems with practice, please don't let it discourage you on the app as a whole, I'll get it fixed ASAP :o
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Geniusdog254:
Hi all, hate to bump this thread outta nowhere, but there is now a Lite version on the Market.

It doesn't support Practice mode or High Scores, but basic play is there. It also asks you to upgrade on every launch.

Also, I fixed the bug in the practice mode of the full version.

If either of those things were holding you back, please check it out again!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Just a quick note to say that http://rootmydroid.co.uk is in development now, with the aim to be n00b friendly guides (Like www.roothtchero.co.uk) and ROM news.

The Hero guide has been successfully ported over, and I would like your feedback on the site. What should I do? What sould I not do?

The other thing that makes the site special is the Help section. Users can get live support from me or send me an email. This way we can help lots of n00bs to root!

If you are intrested in helping out on the live support channel, please PM me.

Thanks very much for all your support & helping me to get www.roothtchero.co.uk through the 1,000 hits a day barrier. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cy-rock:
Well done - clear and simple.

You talk about roms at th begining are you going to put the link of the most stable roms 2.1 and 2.2 as well?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
That's a good idea :)

I could put a post with a poll on for each device, so people can vote for the best roms.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cy-rock:
Definitly...Because lot of users are wondering about which ROms they should put on their Hero.

Which ones are fast and stable for exemple then the link to it.

And also, the advancement od the 2.2 on Hero. Because i think that's wat people waiting for now...They all don't want to install it because its not fully working yet...but they want to know when it will :D

...keep up the good work -
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Yeah I'm gonna be doing some rom / development news, I've done a test article on HTC sense froyo rom that's just come out. let me know what you think.

Also, if anyone is interested in writing a guide then please pm me and I will add you as a collaborator.

Any super cool WordPress plugins I might like? Thoughts on the theme?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jonlewi5:
Im having issues with accessing the site.

I see your site for a split second then get jsut a page saying
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
looking into this now... Thanks for letting me know!

EDIT: It seems to be a problem with the advertising, I've just implemented it. Give it a few hours to settle.

If it's not working by 21:30 GMT I will disable it.