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[EVO 4G Accessories] Childofthehorn:
Step 1: Buy some Sugru or ShapeLock

Step 2: Buy Cheapie $1 headphones

Step 3: Buy iPod female Dock connector and MicroUSB Male end

Step 4: Use Pinout.ru to connect the points appropriately (iPod dock connector pins are pretty small and you must work quickly or your will melt the plastic, do not forget the internal resistors if needed for your application)

Step 5: Wrap it up in Sugru or Shapelock (use hairdryer to smooth it out with your hands)

Step 6: Paint and Enjoy!

Creating custom cables and docks and such is really not that difficult, just need some decent soldering skill and patience.

You could also just buy this:

http://www.cablejive.com/universal-dock-converter
[EVO 4G Accessories] oneguynick:
FIPO Bluetooth

I use this in my BMW for streaming over the bluetooth to the stereo. Works great and convient to just start the car and the Evo start playing music/podcast/etc.

FIPO Amazon Sprint search will turn up the 20 dollar adapter.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Brutal-Force:
Some of us do have the necessary skills, but do not want a ugly wire staring us in the face. Also the components themselves tend to get expensive when ripping apart 3 different cords for parts... not to mention when someone tries this and melts something, then you have to go through the hassle of ordering more components. That is the main reason we come here, because someone may already be on the job.

Now..... if your offering to do it, and you have a pricetag and are willing to offer support in case it doesn't work or kills our phones or car stereos, then I am all ears. But definitely thanks for the link.

As far as BT goes, the one poster is kind of right, I think the phone industry is betting on bluetooth, although its been 15 years, and BT performance is still at best Mediocre.
[EVO 4G Accessories] OneStepAhead:
now that is sweet! best solution yet!
[EVO 4G Accessories] mayurolla:
What if we took audio out from the HDMI port?
[EVO 4G Accessories] Childofthehorn:
True, But there are those of us with drive to do something unique and have something that fits our needs exactly. DealExtreme.com is a great place to buy the cables to be ripped up and dollar stores can be a real treasure trove. Craft/ART stores also have a lot of things which can be easily repurposed.

I used to be a person who did his kind of work in college, but it is time consuming and repetitive. Plus, this is likely a market of people who are not willing to spend great amounts of money on handmade products. Even if someone charged $30 each it would not be worth the average techies time, but a worthwhile effort for a high school or college student with the drive to learn and perfect.

You are correct in MOST scenarios!

It is more of an issue not with the BT technology itself rather the way it is popularly implemented. BT does have the ability to send out very high quality audio streams and many of which are nearly lossless in quality. The issues are with the device that streams and the device that receives. The chosen connection type between the two devices must be mutual. Problem is that most BT devices streaming A2DP use only SBC coding of varied bit rate and quality.

Now if you have a really well done setup that is very thought out you can have your EVO sending out a pure 320kbps MP3 or AAC or other compatible stream direct with no conversion being done in real time to a BT receiver which is MP3, etc. stream compatible and has an excellent, typically non-chip integrated, DAC with a nice buffered output. Problem is that many BT receiver chips are made to be as cheap as possible, have crappy dacs, and push out very little power (or simply have no buffer at all) to even crappier speakers. When you combine that with real time conversion of MP3 and other formats to SBC at an even lower bit rate, you have an even worse experience.

IMO, the headphone output on the EVO does not sound that good and if you have a car that does accept MP3 320k BT streams and you use an alternative media player like meridian that allows that kind of behavior, then it should be fine for even above average car audio.

Have a Great Listening Experience!
[EVO 4G Accessories] heystek:
Great find! Just ordered one for myself :D
[EVO 4G Accessories] Brutal-Force:
Well, that was a mouthfull. Thanks though, it helps a little. I did spend quite a while researching different Bluetooth headsets. But alas, as you have pointed out, although most of what is considered to be high end headsets, still only use bluetooth 2.0. The EVO also doesn't do a very good job at streaming bluetooth. Pandora and Music Player skip horribly. I was not aware that Meridian did a better job. I guess, that might have been another option.

As far as the bluetooth headsets go though, if your looking for A2DP, the selection is still limited, unless you want a dongle type headset, which IMO, you might as well use a wire. The Motorola, Rocketfish and Jabra headsets of top end just don't do as good a job as seating properly, unless you spend 50+ dollars on a custom ear piece.

There really are a lot of trade-offs in audio performance, but a good set high quality ear buds or headphones are hard to beat. Then comes the Car audio as well as home audio into play. I use mine as a MP3 player both on the go and in the car. My car has a Audio In jack, so I am happy with that.

I ordered a E5 Amplifier to go with mine, it should be here in a week or two. While my headset has finally broken in, I could do with about 10-20% more volume, but I am hoping for a little improved base since it will have the power to push my Vmoda Remix.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Childofthehorn:
Yeah, The E5 is a decent beginner set. You may want to look at building a CMoy at some point, make sure to use slightly larger electrolytic caps and good film caps (resistors don't matter as much). If you make one with good parts and socketed chip, you can roll in to your flavor and it will take portable amps that are $100 or more to beat it. As far as kit amps go, its hard to beat a Mini3 for $100 to put together yourself.

I only say this as a person who actually owns a $450 Portable Amp and $575 Custom triple driver In-ear's. Don't even get me started about the stuff that is at home (I have way too much audio crap!)

BTW - you can make your own custom silicone ear pieces by using some Sugru or if you know an audiologist, you can get some of the Westone two part silicone that they normally use for getting impressions. As with everything, be careful and YMMV.

I wish i had the time to work on getting a USB host for the EVO so that we could use external USB DAC's (like the very small alien and grub).
[EVO 4G Accessories] JoeBass:
Just ordered this too. The cable I ordered from Bestofferbuy . c o m was backordered, so I canceled. I agree with you, this should do the trick, saw it on another forum and looks like it will also allow some steering wheel functionality.

I ordered two through amazon, also found it on geek . com. Searching either with "Sprint Anycom Bluetooth A2DP Reciever" will get you there.
[Droid Eris General] joshw0000:
I've never used wireless tether on my phone, but recently tried to. I'm running the Lightning Bolt 2.7 rom and I'm using Wireless Tether for Root Users. I hit "press to start tethering" and everything seems fine. I'm granted SU permission and it displays "press to stop tethering" which leads me to believe that the program is working correctly. I have 3G connection but I'm getting 0.0kb down and up and I'm unable to discover my Eris with any other device (my wife's Eris, PC, or laptop). Am I doing something wrong?
[Droid Eris General] Hungry Man:
Install another wifi tethering program? Make sure you're using wifi tethering and not usb tethering...
[Droid Eris General] joshw0000:
I think I've tried every free wifi tether app in exsistence. I've heard tetherWifi works but I don't want to pay $9 to test it...wish they'd let you try b4 you buy.
[Droid Eris General] geske001:
Stupid question, but do you have wifi turned on?

If so, there is an option in the settings of wireless tether app that's called enable access-control. If this is checked then you have to grant priviledges to the devices that you wish to connect to your phone. You will have to slide the notifications window down and then select the notification about some device that is trying to connect to your phones wifi. After you select that notification you must grant the priviledge before it will work.

Good Luck!!
[Droid Eris General] joshw0000:
I had my wifi turned off but I've tried turning it on and off. I enabled access-control, disabled it, turned bluetooth PAN tether on and off, and I've changed the settings to each of the different LAN network settings. Each time I return to the main page I'm seeing 0.0kB down and up. When I scan for wifi connections with my wife's phone, it never sees my Eris. I've even tried manually adding the wifi network on her phone by entering "AndroidTether" manually as the SSID which is what my phone says the SSID is. It adds it to her wifi networks but says that it is "Not in range, remembered".

Question - When you turn on Wireless Tether, before you connect any devices to it, does your phone display any kB going down or up? Or do you have to actually connect to a device to start pushing a signal?
[Droid Eris General] geske001:
You might need to start over. Do not mess with anything other than changing your SSID and enabling Access control. Do not use bluetooth for confusion reasons. When you connect with your wireless laptop watch for the access request, slide your notifications and then accept your device. You should be ok. Do not try to complicate things. Just KISS!!

PM me if you have any other questions!
[Droid Eris General] joshw0000:
That's my problem. I can't get other devices to even attempt to connect to my phone. The only notification I ever see is "tethering is currently running". I get superuser permission whenever I turn on tethering or change any settings that require it to restart tethering. But I never get any kB down or up and no other device ever recognizes the wifi connection.
[Droid Eris General] geske001:
Whenever I get an access control notification, it DOES NOT pop up. It is displayed subtly at the top of the phone and I have to slide my finger from the very top of the screen down to the bottom, and then the notification menu fully comes up. I then click the access control notification and check the device that is trying to access wifi through my phone. You have to pay close attention.

You could try to click on the menu button by your home button and select access control, and see if anything tries to attach. You will need to check the box for the device and then accept.

Good Luck!
[Droid Eris General] joshw0000:
I understand that I have to view my notifications to see the notification. But there is never one there. No device sees a wifi signal because the phone isn't pushing one. It's my understanding that the app should be pushing a wifi signal that other devices can see and try to connect to. When I'm on my laptop or my wife's phone and I scan for a wifi network I DO NOT see my phone and therefore the device does not attempt to connect to my phone (and there is not a notification if I slide my finger down at the top of my phone to allow a connection).

The question I have is: when you begin tethering (BEFORE ANY DEVICE HAS CONNECTED OR ATTEMPTED TO) do you have kb's going down or up? Someone answering this simple question would help me tremendously!

Thanks!
[Droid Eris General] MJL99:
To answer your question, no. if nothing is connected to the tether then the connection has no need to upload or download info.
[Droid Eris General] joshw0000:
Ok, thanx. That means my probem lies in the connection, not the actual tethering.
[Droid Eris General] MJL99:
What version are you running? I'm not running a froyo rom so I havent been up to date on what works and what doesnt, but have you looked thru all the froyo rom threads to see if anyone else has had a tether problem? On aloysius, I have version 1.6 and it works fine, get info transfer up and down after I connect with my laptop. If you have access control enabled, you will need to authorize your device that is connected, if you can find it in wireless networks.

Is wireless tether bundled with the rom? You said you have tried all versions that you could find but I still have a feeling its the version of wireless tether you have, but it could also be that all versions you found are only compatible with 2.1.

Heres all I could find:

Wireless Tether
[Droid Eris General] joshw0000:
I'm on KaosFroyo v24. So I tried opening wireless tether and running it. I started it and did a wifi scan on my wife's phone. Still nothing. I got on the laptop and ran about a half dozen scans and it finally saw and connected to my phone, at which point data was streaming up and down. I had just assumed before since no data was streaming and I couldn't connect initially that something was wrong.

I still can't connect with my wife's phone (which was what I used most for testing) but I got it working.

Thanks to everyone for your help!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
I can't seem to find the answer :(

Should I do anything after I do the OTA Simple Root. I was thinking of flashing the original RUU and going through the 3 step simple root, assuming this method doesn't unlock NAND.

I am using the White HTC Evo if that matter
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
It seems like I am also having issues with Wireless Tether with this root method, maybe I should just RUU and start over :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
All simpleroot does is downgrade you from 1.47 to 1.17. You have to update to the stock rooted rom(guide below). You'll still have root/nand access with superuser permissions to allow wifi tether/titanium backup etc etc.

Guide - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715915

When it says to rename to PC36IMG.zip leave the .zip off. It won't read it with the .zip but leave the other file alone...don't rename it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
Ugh that is over my head...guess that I am not as savvy as I thought. I ended up just flashing the stock RUU and am going to run the 3 step simple root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
Which RUU did you flash? The 3 step simple root won't work with the latest RUU. You need the Simple root OTA.

EDIT: Which software version do you have as of now?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
I ran the original RUU, which sent my software version back to 1.32.651.1

On another note, I get an unhandled exception error when running simple root step 2, saying file not found.

sorry, original being RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.exe
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
Okay, I'm kind of confused about something. Did you previously have root/nand access?

As for the simple root error, I have no clue. I haven't used that program. You'll have to post in that thread and ask someone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
I am not sure, I ran OTA simple root, but it somewhat confused me. Afterwards I installed Wireless Tether and it failed because of SU permissions. At that point I ran the RUU and was just going to start fresh. Everything is working fine, I just need to unlock NAND now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
Haha, you went forward then backward and now are moving to the same spot you was in earlier.

Where exactly are you right now as far as rooting? What have you done since flashing the RUU?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
Well I ran the RUU of course, and now I am almost through the 3 step simple root lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
If simple root won't work follow these two guides.

Guide 1 - **you can skip the part with the evorecovery for now** - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=690762

After that do this guide(part 2) - gives you unlocked nand - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=701835
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
Hah you guys were right, I am now back at 1.17.651.1. What a waste of my time...

Total noobie, at least I didn't brick the phone in the process
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
Hey, you live and learn.

Now, since that worked. You need the latest stock root rom(1.47). Go back to post #3 I made and follow my word of advice and the guide.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
So at this point I can flash custom roms correct? I don't absolutely have to run the newest stock?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
Yeah, you can go to a custom rom if you want. If you do the stock route first you have the option to do a nandroid backup which saves everything to that point so if you run into trouble later on you can just restore everything back to that point(meaning no doing rooting then unrooting then rooting again lol)

IMO, I would do the stock rom first and wait a couple days as the devs are cooking up the latest roms for a release here soon. Then I would get a custom rom but that is me.

EDIT: I only mention the nandroid backup because I don't believe you have a recovery flashed yet. If you do have a recovery I would highly suggest making a backup of both nand and google propiertory(however you spell it).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvibe:
After I flashed that rom that you provided me with in link three, the recovery changed. I assume that is normal. The option for nandroid backup was gone, but I did find NAND backup with I assume is the same thing. The NAND backup is in case anything ever goes wrong when I am flashing correct?

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hani1980:
this is a custom rom by two lang Arabic and english with a nice look

http://www.multiupload.com/4E1SQ4801Y

IMG]http://www.xdadroid.com/hani/color1.png[/IMG]

How to install

1- copy the file update.zip to your sdcard

2- go to recovery mod

3- apply sdcard:update.zip

congratulation for the new rom

i got it from http://www.xdadroid.com/showthread.php?t=57
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] leoon:
Could you PLEASE post Arabic language only files (this is the 3rd time I ask about it)..
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Darkstriker:
Can you please name your thread according to the standard?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] smelian:
great work i will buy the phone cuz its have great Dev team

but how u got Skype working ???
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] n646464:
Try more local 2 from the market it should change it to arabic
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] leoon:
I dont want the whole interface in Arabic

I just want it to show Arabic language in the browser!

The thing is that I've been asking for it multiple times but no one replies :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gabs333:
Yes me too....all we need is the arabic font to appear when browsing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] katsuru:
i see you completely screwed up with all .9.pngs you edited :rolleyes:

So far so good, just fix those 9.pngs.
[XPERIA X10 General] mayank.1love:
Hey,

I want to know if the Sony Xperia X10 have any FM receiver chip in its hardware? Have anyone seen the tear down video or pics of the phone, please share the links.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 General] Keegan_P:
No, Google it next time.
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Take a look at my "Upskirt Shots" Thread.

There are dozens of inside pictures incl. all Chips (watch out, there are some typos):

No FM Chip around, like discussed a few times before...
[XPERIA X10 General] mayank.1love:
thanks for the replies :-)

appreciate ur help
[XPERIA X10 General] jeRrRKKKK:
i'd believe if there was a fm chip inside, SE would have announced it already
[Nexus One General] DMaverick50:
Wow. I like the ideas but to this point Google hasn't exactly been interested in acting upon any request, no matter how obvious, necessary or simple, and that's an ass load of requests. But sure I agree 720p recording and all the rest would be great.
[Nexus One General] AbsoluteDesignz:
wholeheartedly agree with you on every point...

Google is a few major DUH points from having a relatively perfect OS...some things just make zero sense whatsoever...like not having a simple add button and a check box contact list to send a text to more than one person in the stock app...1.0, 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.2 and still this simple feature has not been implemented.

also the music player is ridiculous...seriously...like for real...wtf?
[Nexus One General] musashiken:
Hey so you're Kittehface.

Good list.

Please add:

-GODDAMN GOOGLE MAKE GOOGLE VOICE/GOOGLE NAVIGATION AVAILABLE IN MORE COUNTRIES.

Granted more countries are having navigation but most Asian countries are still left in the dark.
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
Launcher pro transitions is so much smoother between home screens, it must be hitting 60 fps easily. Google could easily fix their stock launcher to match it:-)
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
No threaded view? Uh, what?
[Nexus One General] flybyme:
agree with most of the points though
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
trackball wake and unlock for non-rooted users (is it THAT hard to implement?)

this is more of a feature. the trackball is pressed easier than the power button, meaning the screen can be turned on by accident and use more battery

- True, but we should be one to decide that right? At least give us the choice.
[Nexus One General] logger:
Horizontal homescreen is already in stock standard android 2.2. Without any custom launcher. It is just that you need to dock the N1 in the car dock, before it will activate. Point is - it is there - issue is that you cannot activate it outside the car dock.
[Nexus One General] Meltus:
4) You CAN post comments on your own application and you have been able to on every version of android. It's a bit messy but it works:

Firstly, log in to your google account on your phone and try to purchase your own application. It should say something about it failing. Then, close and re-open the market, navigate to your app and, hey-presto, you can comment :)
[Nexus One General] britoso:
I noticed that most of your points are not "issues" but "suggestions for improvement".

If so please change the post title.
[Nexus One General] fiuza91:
There's threaded view on the Gmail app, but not on th email app. I know threaded view is something from Gmail but it would be nice if implemented on the email app (I don't know if requires any server-based modification so I don't know if it's possible)

You're right. Edited my post.

Don't you think there should be a way of doing it "natively"? I'm sure it would help devs out a lot.

You're right. Call me an idiot but I can't see any way of changing the thread title. And, "suggestions for improvement" suggest there's something not quite right about whatever, so it is an issue nonetheless.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Click Edit, then change the title. :cool:

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In any case, the only issues I see with the Nexus One are the touch screen is terrible (have to turn off/on to recalibrate lower right corner of screen; multi-touch axes snap together) and the four soft buttons are not aligned correctly with their respective labels.

Other than those two, the Nexus One is downright amazing in my eyes. Everything else is software, which can and will be fixed over time, either by Google or by developers like Cyanogen. ie Nexus One first to receive 2.2, probably the first to receive Gingerbread etc.

Aside from the touch screen being subpar, almost everything else you mentioned is more of a suggestion rather than an issue, as britoso mentioned.
[Nexus One General] arcticreaver:
I'm not sure if they can even fix the screen issues with the nexus one. Because I don't really see anything wrong with the phone except for the horrible touchscreen.