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[EVO 4G Accessories] Mr.Shaky:
Pressure contacts for the EVO touchstone mod

Really interested in using the pressure contacts for my pixi --> EVO mod. Did you ever get the pictures up? I got my pixi cover last night and removed the charging apparatus and steel pucks from the cover. I saw your posted picture with the clear back cover and will install mine in the same orientation.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeackman:
I am currently running stock FRF91 and am experiencing a very frustrating issue after upgrading to Froyo.

Prior to the upgrade when using a bluetooth headset, the foreground audio app claimed control of AVRCP and kept control, even when running in the background, until a different app was brought to the foreground. For example, if I wanted to listen to an audio book using the Ambling Audiobook player, I'd launch the player hit play on my headset and it would play. I could pause it with the headset and resume while the app was in the background or the device locked. If I wanted to listen to music, I'd be able to launch Mixzing or any other program and while it was in the foreground, hit play on the headset and the new app would have control of the headset and behave in the same manner as Ambling. This is how things are supposed to work.

Since upgrading to Froyo, the default media player grabs a hold of AVRCP and and will not release control. It doesn't matter what app is in the foreground. When I hit play on my headset, the default player launches. However, once it launched Google Listen and on another occasion Mixzing. I have not be able to replicate that behavior however. It does consistently launch the default player, except for the those two exceptions.

I am using a Jabra BT3030.

Any thoughts? This is really starting to annoy me.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gf_gollum:
confirmed with my phone too.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeackman:
Of course what makes the behavior really weird are the two times where the default player did not retain control. However, as I said I've not been able to duplicate that.
[Desire Themes and Apps] thebastian74:
I have a question.

Is Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta the same as Adobe Showcase?

I need to install both or only Showcase?
[Desire Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
Different apps, the showcase takes you to a website.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Thugsin313:
Nope, they are different applications,

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 enables your browser to run flash content on websites.

Adobe Showcase takes you to a website with links to other websites with flash content.

I hope that helps :)

n now, i just gotta say this:

"Spain, bwahahahahaha!!! " :p
[Desire Themes and Apps] thebastian74:
That helps! Thank you!

But i am not so unhappy. I have family in España!

Germany maybe 3rd Place and England.....bwahahahahaha :p

just kidding!
[Desire Themes and Apps] Thugsin313:
lolz, my team didnt even make it to the worldcup!!

n when they do, they get their ass whooped! lolz

anyways, spain all the way :p
[Desire Themes and Apps] Fisken:
hello

I can't find it any where so i need to ask, is there any way to get paid apps on my desire, when i can't download paid apps from market ?

Fisken -
[Desire Themes and Apps] kqueenc:
I am in Denmark too. I use Marketenabler and so I can fake my provider as T -Mobil (US), and see both paid and free apps.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Fisken:
i can't install that, is that because i need to root it first ?
[Desire Themes and Apps] ULJ:
Yes.

Another easy solution is to use a sim card from another country where paid Android applications is possible. I have tried with an austrian sim card in Denmark without problems. Just download the applications using WiFi.
[Desire Themes and Apps] kqueenc:
Unfortunately yes. It needs root privilege.
[Desire Themes and Apps] eham:
There's a third way that requires neither root nor foreign sim. It does require that you install Android SDK on you computer, and it's a bit of a hassle to set up the first time, but once you've done that, you have easy access to paid apps. It's what I used before I rooted, and it worked like a charm.

It's too complicated for me to remember off hand, and I'm a new user so apparently I can't post links, but try googling "paid apps i emulator" or "paid apps i telefonen"; it's the top search result for me. *

(it's in Swedish, but being Danish you should have little difficulties with that; sorry non-Scandinavians - try googling key words... Although we're probably pretty much the only ones left without paid apps in Market by now ;)

* If it doesn't work, let me now, and maybe I'll just post the whole damn thing right here (if I can get the author's permission).
[Desire Themes and Apps] yothanan:
move to USA or something is another solution LOL.

ok I think the safest way for you to do this is buy a sim from a country that has market enabled. Rooting your phone just to be able to buy apps is a bit risky. Installing the SDK might be the cheapest solution tbh. And you just cant brick your pc doing that :p
[Desire Themes and Apps] vikinguser:
I was able to install the SDK, but I failed to grasp how to install market.
[Desire Themes and Apps] eham:
Not sure what you mean; you don't "install" Market per se...

Once you've installed SDK on your PC, you create an AVD (Android Virtual Device), which is basically an Android emulator on your PC. In this emulator you can buy whatever you want from Market, and then push (or copy) it to your actual phone.

Are you following a guide? If so, which, and how far have you gotten?

If you understand Swedish, try this (exchange | for / ):

blogg.tthe.se|index.php|other|paid-apps-i-emulator
[Desire Themes and Apps] hongkongtom:
Dear eham, it seems to be a good workaround for me (for I don't wanna risk rooting and dont wanna change to sim card too frequently), just a few questions to ask about the emulator method.

would I still be able to update the paid apps if I download the paid apps through emulator? and will I be able to install it back if I flash my phone?

thx
[Desire Themes and Apps] eham:
"Dear eham"? why so formal ;)

The answers are yes and yes.

You own the app (it's tied to your google account), so it's yours to update or whatever, but as long as you're unrooted you will have to do it in the emulator (as you can't access the paid app's Market page on your phone), and then push the updated .apk to your phone, replacing the old one. Be sure to add an SD-card to your emulator, and use ASTRO in your emu-phone to backup your apps to it as your emu-phone will have the same ****ty amount of internal memory as your real phone (if it's anything like mine ;).

And yes. Use ASTRO (or any app backup.. app) to also backup your apps to your real SD and/or your PC, and you can reinstall them whenever you want.
[Desire Themes and Apps] hongkongtom:
Very well said, Thx mate! I'll go try it out! Really wanna support paid apps! Anyone got an idea when will Google bring paid apps to other countries or Paypal for paid apps? It's non-sense for me in HK to be able to buy N1 though Google checkout and not able to buy paid apps.
[Desire Themes and Apps] eham:
You're welcome :)

Btw, you don't have paid apps in HK?! That surprised me, I thought for sure you did.

But yeah, I second the question. What's the damn holdup, Google? Anyone got the scoop?

The last I heard (for Sweden) was January 2010. I'm starting to think that's not gonna happen... ;)
[Desire Themes and Apps] vicster:
i had marketenabler for 2.1 but upgrading to 2.2 stops the program from working unfortunately... =/
[Desire Themes and Apps] hongkongtom:
It didn't only surprised you mate, you shocked me as well when Iphone's app store has already been working in HK since like 2-3 years ago? Man!

well, one more thing to ask, Google had just push out the newest SDK, I am using it for the workaround, but seems it uses 1.6 for the emulator, could I use 2.2 (or at least 2.1) instead so that I could install my apps onto the SD card?

besides, how could I push .apk to my phone? basically how could I find the stuff on SD on my emulator?
[Desire Themes and Apps] eham:
Like I said in an earlier post, I went and rooted my phone, so I haven't used the SDK method in a while, and I couldn't really tell you if you could use 2.2 or not. I see no harm in trying, but I'm going to leave the answer up to someone who might know a little better.

But really, why would you? Maybe I'm missing something, but once you've pushed/saved, and backed up, the apps, you don't really need them on the AVD (emu-phone) anymore, so if you're running low on memory just uninstall as needed. You've paid for them, so you can always reinstall from Market if you ever feel the need.

Not entirely sure what mean by the last part. If you mean how do you push the files that you moved to SD using App2SD, I don't know. I don't have 2.2 or A2SD, so again I'm going to have to leave that for someone else to answer. Personally, I probably wouldn't bother with a 2.2 AVD as I see no real benefit, but hey, that's me. :)

So to reiterate: Use 1.6. ;)
[Desire Themes and Apps] hongkongtom:
Dear eham (I really have to be this formal to express my appreciation :D)

finally got all things sorted out and successfully purchased 1 app and pushed to my phone (automatically through Android market), finally I can show my appreciation to the apps developers! :)

well, even though I can now get paid apps, being a non-root user with 2.1, I still have to wait for the official Froyo update from HTC to further enjoy apps (my memory is certainly full just after the 2nd day I bought my Desire).

anyway, great great help from xda!
[Desire Themes and Apps] eham:
Glad I could help :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] super-6-1:
Hey guys, i was wondering if anyone has tried this. If so does it work really well? and is it possible to connect a keyboard to the phone via the usb?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jykinturah:
I think a few Bluetooth keyboards work with EVO 4G.

Here is one: http://www.touchqwerty.com/htc-evo-4g-external-keyboard-freedom-pro-bluetooth-keyboard.htm

I read that Apple's Bluetooth keyboard and a few others don't work, so be careful.

I don't think that there is a way the Evo can accept keyboard input through its micro USB port. Not sure though.
[General Topics] larbke666:
Since my polaris is broken, i have to get myself a new phone...

I'm thinking about getting HTC Desire or the Samsung Galaxy S...

Which one do you guys think is best?
[General Topics] orb3000:
HTC all the way!!
[General Topics] tolis626:
The Galaxy S has better specs but it lacks the build quality and software of HTC...So for me it's a no-go anymore!
[General Topics] qakgob:
I've been thinking about these two as well. For me, although the Galaxy S would be great, the lack of software support historically from Samsung, as well as a less certain level dev support for custom roms(the desire has strong dev support), the Desire seems like a slightly better choise. Also, since it and the Nexus One are so similar, any future updates (eg 3.0) are likely to be ported fairly fast, even if HTC decides not to.
[General Topics] ezman:
I've recently changed from a Polaris to a Desire and the difference is amazing, it's like how I always wanted the Polaris to work but 100 times better! Some people say the HTC implementation of Android makes the transition more intuitive from WM6.1/6.5 to Android. In terms of Galaxy S, the specs seem better but not sure how this translates to real life.
[General Topics] Dany0:
For Games/Entertainment and embarrassing because it looks like iPhone:

Samsung Galaxy S

Or if you want hate Gameloft, UV/OC your CPU until MADNESS, overclock the adreno so it can run Crysis 2, "P0WNING NOKIA" by installing MeeGo, to love, hate, and love the opticall trackball, for a phone that will last 4 years through upgrading...

iHTC NDesire EVO S 4G Streak :)

Ok j/king it's the desire.

If I'd go back in past, I'd tell myself to wait and buy the Galaxy S. :mad: Someone, tell me why is my HTC Desire better then Galaxy S, WHY :mad:
[General Topics] Fuzalert2k:
It isn't.

If you want a phone, get the Xperia X10. You may regret it, you may love it.

But you'd know one thing, you were the ONE that didn't chose the HTC or the Samsung.
[General Topics] Win_XP:
The Desire is better in my opinion, just go test it and you will love it :)
[General Topics] Dany0:
Ok man don't listing to these guys, especially these haters, let your mind or hearth choose. This is just the wrong place to ask...
[General Topics] hacker01:
Wow okay the suggestions here have been pretty bad (not all though) so let's break this down step by step.

The screen:

The Galaxy S wins for the display department no matter which way you look at it. It has a 4 inch SUPER amoled display while the Desire only has a 3.7 inch amoled display. In addition, the Galaxy S also sports the new MaxTouch sensor, which allows for a more responsive touchscreen and none of the "glitches" that the Desire, the N1, and all other previous HTC devices have.

Speeds:

Both devices are quick. The Desire has slightly more ram to compensate for Sense. It also has more support for overclocking and undervolting which could potentially make it a faster PHONE.

However as a gaming device, the Galaxy S wins hands down because of the hummingbird processor's gpu. You'll get 2x the frames as on the Desire.

This one is left up to personal preference

Form factors:

I think we can all admit that the Galaxy S looks... very iPhoneish. The Galaxy S is also the bigger device (taller and wider), however it is slightly thinner. You porbably won't notice the 2mm difference in thickness.

Also, the Galaxy S is missing a trackball/trackpad which could be a big influential factor in your decision. If you absolutely need a trackpad, go with the Desire.

Again, this is left up to personal preference

Development:

For now, the Desire wins hands down. Samsung is really marketing the Galaxy S hardcore so in the future, you may have equally good dev support for the Galaxy S, however for now, the Desire trumps the Galaxy in ROMs and customizability.
[General Topics] tolis626:
I'll agree!Although I already posted my opinion... :p

Anyway,what I did was go to a shop that has both available for testing and see for myself.The Desire met my needs.Plus I felt like the Galaxy S was like a fake as it was too light...But that's me!What you do is up to your judgement and your awareness of what is good! :)
[General Topics] larbke666:
Hm yh, maybe i'll just head to a shop and test em out... Galaxy S seems to be better looking, HTC seems to be better dev...
[General Topics] orb3000:
Of course:eek:

That´s the best solution!!!

Meanwhile here full comparative specs
[General Topics] larbke666:
Anyone else has an idea...?

I used to have a Polaris. And liked the customizability of HTC, but i don't know if i should go with latest hardware or better customizability....
[General Topics] Dany0:
GRR, one thing that makes me :mad: on my desire is that I really thought I'll be able to play cool 3d games, watch HD video, listen to great music through fancy music player and shoot cool photos and videos on it just after I get it. But this all is on Galaxy S and that makes me unhappy.

I must wait so long to get this all, that it just annoys me. If you want, you can get the Galaxy S. And I don't reccomend the desire, the samsung is someway better. A whole lot. Except the touchwiz...
[General Topics] chewiee:
I just came home from a shop with a 2hours old galaxy (was thinking of desire or galaxy, but desire seemed to be sold out everywhere I went so the choice was rather easy for me.) I won't try to tell you which phone to buy, I will just say some first impressions of the galaxy.

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there are a few things i've found that i dislike with the galaxy so far, no sense (had htc magic before and sense was great there, the samsung ui over android is a bit "boring" but does what it's supposed to).

Another thing is that the "pin" for hanging your phone from a string (ex. to have it around your neck) seems to be a little bit too fragile and doesnt "hook" onto the string like with other models (htc magic etc.) I won't risk dropping my phone.

The size of galaxy is a little bit to much for me but since its 10mm thick it still fits good inside pockets. (Also because of the low weight)

And of course as everybody knows it looks alot like iphone (Which i count as something negative)

++++++

And now to the fun part, hd-video on the frak'n great 4inch screen :D

Looks great and the playback is rather smooth (equal to mini-laptops a few months/year old). The brightness of the screen is amazing, can read messages etc clearly in the sun with sunglasses on, which was rather impossible with htc magic and diamond. This is a big + for me.

Another good thing is the speed in apps (ex. internet browser) which spanks my old htc magic and htc diamond back to the stoneages.

Havent tried out gaming yet though, so won't comment that (check benchmarks for different comparisons)

This test is great if you know swedish, otherwise there is a ****load of pretty pictures and comparison charts (benchmarks etc) to look at. (WWW).swedroid.se/samsung-galaxy-s

sorry i can't link it, can't create links when a "new" user.
[General Topics] tarantula78:
Im kinda leaning towards the samsung as opposed to a desire. Although i dont think the resale value of samsung is so great. Ive had samsung fones for a while now and ive never really had a problem with them. However theres something about HTC that jus speaks like it was made for modifying. Tbh now im stuck between HD2, I9000 (Galaxy), or Desire. I guess to me it will really come down to the 3D Capability. At the moment Orb is trying to convince me to stick with windows mobile lets see how it goes :P if i dont stick with it (tbh WP7 doesnt look so amazing) then for me its all about specifications and the fact that the desire has an LED flash makes me ecstatic :P but the Super AMOLED display of the Galaxy is soooo freaking NICE its really down to preference. I feel the 3D processor speed is gonna really help me make my decision. Even if im not such a gamer on Mobile I still like having the ability to do those extra special things that other peoples fones cant do. EVEN IF its only rarely.
[General Topics] tarantula78:
Maybe this will help you decide :)

http://www.gadgetvenue.com/samsung-galaxy-htc-desire-quake-2-07065608/

I think i may have found a winner despite not having an LED Flash :)
[General Topics] larbke666:
Yh i know about the gaming performance etc.

But wasn't the desire getting updated so it could make HD videos in a later release?

The problem imo with samsung is that it isn't as customizable as HTC devices. Just because there are so many cooks and hackers for HTC devices...

I don't even know if the Galaxy S will get the Android 2.2 update? Probably later than the Desire (i guess).

And why would you play games on a phone btw? (and how? bluetooth controller?:P). I have a netbook and a gaming-pc. So why should i play games, hmm. Ok, maybe i'll just try gaming a few times, when i'm really bored, but hmm...

It's still a hard decision, it's like: hardware vs customizability (+ quicker updates)
[General Topics] tarantula78:
it wasnt the gaming i was highlighting but just its graphics capabilities in general. I pretty much have one attitude for these kind of decisions...

"I might not need the feature but glad it has it"

im always happy knowing that the phone wont become obsolete so quickly cos of its extra features :P

I doubt very much that I will actually play Quake on the phone but knowing the option is there to push the phones graphic ability to maybe dev a nice app or something is always nice. Also im a student so ... you know... gaming in class? :D
[General Topics] Dany0:
Well about the 3d gaming, the adreno has potentionally twice the power of PowerVR 540. It just needs to be overclocked and everything. The snapdragon can be OC'd to 1,5Ghz theoretically. It all just needs time and hope. If you want to wait and have hope get desire. If you don't, and want the bigger and better display, and somewhat better camera. And a bit better battery life, get the galaxy ;)
[General Topics] hungry81:
I dont believe it. Do you have a link? I heard that overclocking to 1.2 was possible but that was pushing it. Even if it could what about the heat and power useage? you wouldnt get very much time on it at all. Either way its not a benefit.
[General Topics] Dany0:
Eh dude, you can't overclock snapdragon to 1,5ghz now. I'm just saying that it's theoretically possible, since the platform on which the snapdragon is built can go up to 2+Ghz And you can OC to 1,3ghz today, not 1,2.
[General Topics] jimbob1981:
ten chars!!!
[General Topics] Dany0:
Well there are a lot people that bought the SGS and totally HATE it, so I might be lucky to make a trade LOL
[General Topics] Roland Deschain:
People that are pointing out that HTC has the much bigger and better developer community are correct, but one glaring point is being ignored in regards to that.

Samsung is attempting a huge undertaking to get into the hearts and minds of mobile hackers and developers. They made root very easy to achieve, and the bootloader came unlocked. That, combined with the RIDICULOUSLY huge launch that they're doing with the Galaxy S all over the world and with all four major networks in the U.S., will ensure rapid growth for the Galaxy S dev community. While it's ridiculously shallow compared to the HTC one now, it's a certainty that it will be growing by leaps and bounds very soon.

The Galaxy S is the winner here, largely due to the GPU. Whoever said the Adreno can surpass it with tweaks or overclocking or whatever is smoking some very illegal substances.
[General Topics] Dany0:
just-like-you

:D
[General Topics] Roland Deschain:
Got some quasi-reliable/unbiased evidence to link, or are we sticking with "hearsay"?
[General Topics] tolis626:
I dunno if the Adreno can outperform SGS's GPU,but with the newer driver by Qualcomm it will be able to at least reach that level and not be "jealous" of SGS's performance.There are threads in which people are making the differences clear,so don't make a fuss about it.
[General Topics] Logicalstep:
I'm in the exact same situation.

I have to choose between the SGS and the Desire.

I've been reading alot of reviews and have been into the shops more than once to play.

I'm still torn, but am leaning towards the Samsung, the reason being I really think the screen is important and SGS looks amazing, it's not that much better than the Desire on the face of it, but the promise of sunlight readable display with less reflections and better battery is why I'm leaning to the SGS.

In general use the UI for the SGS seems just like an Iphone clone really, then you have some usefull and some not to usefull touchwiz apps, being a Blackstone users ATm with Sense 2.5 the Touchwiz does lack something of the poilished finish and integration of Sense.

The typing on the Desire also seemed to be more accurate than the SGS, with the word correction seeming to be very dodgy on the SGS.

The SGS also does come with some useful Apps such as office editor software and file explorer.

one thing that troubles me on the SGS as on the Desire is that the screen is made of plastic, ripe for scratches. How comes none of these 'High end' Smart phones are coming with Glass?

Anyway SGS is a good phone but feels a bit of a plastic Iphone clone and the Ui isn;t great, but that can be changed.

The Desire has the larger backing of the XDA community, however that may change as mroe people get on board with the SGS.

Decide what features are more important to you, if it comes out 50:50, toss a coin!

Logicalstep
[General Topics] Roland Deschain:
Can you provide a few links, then? I'm somewhat busy at work and don't have time to do searching, I'm just keeping an eye on a few threads.
[General Topics] Dany0:
already written million times!

games/entertainment:

Samsung Galaxy S

serious business:

HTC Desire

that's it folks!

Can you provide shut up?

Sorry no offense it was just perfect moment to write this! :D
[General Topics] Roland Deschain:
Gotta love people that spout off at the mouth and can't backup their claims. I suppose you're a promoter of global warming, too?