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[Android Software Development] itpromike:
There is a difference between resolution on websites, text, and video than there are on games. I had a Nexus one, when I had it there were NO games on the Android Market that matched the visual quality of the iPhone games. Prince of Persia, Assassins Creed, Street Fighter 4, Archetype, hell even Field Runners are all games that I haven't seen matched in the Android Market yet. Keep in mind, I've had Sprint Hero, Euro Hero, Nexus One, and an Incredible... so I know what I'm talking about. By the very technical nature of the hardware, the iPhone having a really good dedicated GPU (by mobile standards) it would impossible for a non dedicated GPU solution to match it.

My concern now is if I get the Droid X, or one of the Galaxy Phones that have a dedicated GPU, will developers make a variety of games to use these dedicated GPU's seeing as the majority of Android phones do not have one... Will developers risk the money spent in time and development for the minority of phones. AND if they do, how do I go about finding these on the Android market?

I wish Google would make a section for specific phones that applications or games might be optimized for or some way to tell what hardware a game was optimized for.

Lastly another consideration for my decision is how long I will have to wait to get 2.2 on my phone. I'd take a slightly less good phone if it means there is 6 months I have less to wait on getting 2.2. The whole reason I'm getting an Android phone again anyway is for 2.2, 2.1 wasn't that great to me.

I really appreciate all the answers guys, it's got me thinking. So far I'm thinking about the Droid X, or Samsung Galaxy (or whatever each carrier calls it)...

I thought about the Desire but does anyone know if it has a dedicated GPU?
[Android Software Development] NovemberEcho91:
Another for the galaxy s,

The display is amazing, doesn't suffer from the subpixel issues of earlier amoled's, very vibrant and a nice size.

Very nice cpu and gpu combo.

And getting froyo in august according to a rep I spoke to when I bought mine.

Though, I don't think you'll be disappointed with any handset you get.
[Android Software Development] ciccioska:
I agree with o2-lovers, also because i have a Desire :p

However is a good phone, fabulous screen, good cpu...
[Android Software Development] blaine91787:
Droid x is digitally signed... so if you like root, good luck... I'm waiting for Verizon's new HTC... lord knows when or what that will be but they have to out do the evo... right? Just my thoughts
[Android Software Development] iammuze:
Desire uses the snapdragon, which includes an adreno gpu as part of the SoC. It is not independantly clockable.

If you really want to "play" with android, you should stick with your n1. Hardware-wise it is still basically tied for first with a bunch of new phones, and you can count on the fact that new android developments (including official Google releases like gingerbread) will happen for the n1 first.

A strong argument can be made for the n1 being the best phone in the world, still.

Don't get a droidx. They aren't as nasty as people think but it will be a while before it is rooted and there's no guarantee that its hardware will be supported by the devs quickly.

Galaxy S phones will be nice, with very good gpus and technically superior screens to the n1. You wont, however, really notice a difference in the screens, and Samsung phones are not likely to be hot modding tickets, at least here on xda. The better performance in numbers wont translate to the performance gains by software modding to the n1 by a long shot, either.

Also don't get a desire. Its the exact same hardware as the n1 (trackball vs. optical sensor, a non-issue really, and the camera res although the nexus's smaller photos have been tested to look much better despite that) except for the desire running sense, which is slow and awful. If you happen to like sense, hell, you can put it on your n1.

Just saying man. Never liked a phone as much as my nexus. Good luck on the hunt.

P.s. because I have my nexus, I have been running 2.2 (stock, then CyanogenMod 6) for a while. Love it. Don't expect to see 2.2 on anything else officially until fall.
[Android Software Development] kanwal236:
I suggest the Galaxy S as well

currently the best screen out on the market in any device, iPhone 4's screen has slightly higher resolution but, colors will will definitely make the galaxy's screen more vibrant and 'alive'

the hummingbird processor in the galaxy is the fastest and most powerful cpu available in any phone right now, the GPU, is built into the cpu, its not separate, therefore games are easily able to run on this phone, you just...need a game that would be able to put it to the test.

currently so far as i know, quake 3 is the most graphics intensive game for android, and that's a cakewalk for the galaxy

as far as the touchwiz skin, i like it lol, keeps me away from a lot of android's flaws

but no froyo on it yet, samsung has confirmed it's release soon though
[Android Software Development] learnandroid:
who has 1GHZ cpu

i think the phone who has 1GHZ cpu

because android 3.0 minimum requirrement

so if u want to use this platform one day i think must have this phone
[Android Software Development] galaxys:
Get a classic bad boy like the NEXUS ONE! :cool:
[Android Software Development] o2-lover:
to itpromike - resolution ; graphics ; android and iphone

hi guys. i dont know how much high graphics quality you need, but Desire works well for me in all areas that i use it for, including sharp quality images of camera.

PLUS IPHONE has compatiblity issues with other brands and a number of limitations which Android and Desire do not have.

SNAPDRAGON processor works beautifully and i just love the speeds.

with all due respect, APPLE has been in the world for a long time, with its ups and downs. Google has recently entered into the operating system sector, maybe 3 or 4 years, if i am not wrong. So, you need to be patient and give them time to come up to your expectations.

if Steve Jobs had not been recalled to Apple, it was gone. it was on the verge of bankruptcy, you know.

as for android and gpu, best is to read different articles and send your suggestions to the android people, rather than criticise them.

best regards

o2-lover
[Android Software Development] denstr77:
Go for Galasy S, one of the best Android phone i have in my hands
[Android Software Development] ProfWolfMan:
Galaxy S

Galaxy S is best...............:cool:
[Android Software Development] Fuzi0719:
Just avoid Motorola. It seems HTC is the best so far at providing timely OS updates. Motorola is locking down all of their phones with nasty DRM crap that will brick it if you try to root or install a modded system and any of their phones that aren't Verizon get no support or updates and are still running obsolete Android versions. Samsung has a good/bad rep, they abandoned the Behold II but seem to have learned their lesson there.
[Android Software Development] o2-lover:
galaxy s vs htc desire

dear all, better than all of us posting our own experiences here, i wish to suggest that all here who want to decide between buying galaxy s and htc desire should go to web sites such as www.gsmarena.com and similar web sites where hundreds of users have already posted their experiences.

you can also compare the phones there, besides reading each phone's experiences from different users.

another thing you might to consider - which you wont find on web sites - is which brand is selling more in your area. if galaxy s has a good market in your area, then it is even worth considering. same goes for HTC. else, you will have a phone no one else has and if there is a problem with the phone, no one will know what to do.

regards

o2-lover
[Android Software Development] androidlicious:
Well, considering that you posted this under the Android Software Development subforum, I would say the Nexus One. It has Froyo and is first in line for new updates. As much as the other phones people suggested are great, I do prefer a stock and vanilla version of Android.
[Android Software Development] o2-lover:
about nexus one and froyo

dear androidilicious (apologies if wrong spelling) and others

i read an update yesterday regarding froyo update for nexus one. it is still in beta stages and no guarantees of it working perfectly on nexus one yet.

therefore, you have to wait a little more for froyo on nexus one. i am just glad that htc desire is one of the handsets which will soon get the official froyo update, but after nexus one, since nexus is the first Google phone and desire is htc.

regards

o2-lover
[Android Software Development] JokerAce:
Desire is a very good choice. There's is an upcoming desire with S-LCD screen. May wanna wait for that.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] accinfo:
but, everyone loves Touchwiz.

At the onset of SGS release, a large portion of us, excluding me for sure, has harshly criticized the Samsung's iPhone-wannabe TouchWiz UI.

However, I have seen a trend lately. The TouchWiz UI has gained its popularity from other android device communities. For example, TouchWiz launcher has ported to Nexus One and HTC Desire .

What do you think? Love for SGS is emerging? :]

Remember, this is only for discussion sake, no need to flame. It's just an interesting finding for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
I love it much much more than HTC's Sense because it is like iPhone. It's far more useable and functional this way. My sons and wife thought that it was a new iPhone. In fact, I think the body of the phone looks more iPhone than iPhone 4.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Ha Ha, well since the iphone 4 is broken and is about to have either a massive recall or suffer endless ridicule, the SGS might just be the "new" iphone :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Morghus:
Personally I thought the widgets were annoying, too much clutter in them, like stocks and things that I didn't want, nor need.

The page-flips in the apps-listing was annoying, took me too long to go through it, and it made sorting a *****.

It's buggersome and slow, at least at the moment.

LauncherPro on the other hand, now there's a gem! Grey and sleek icons, sweet previews, and fast, even on the luggy SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MacGuy2006:
+1. I feel much the same. Launcher Pro makes a big visual difference.

TouchWiz looks nothing like the iPhone -- it's garish and tacky.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
I've seen quite the contrary, in fact the first thing i did to my phone was to install HTC sense UI :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ritkit:
If I wanted an iPhone look and feel I would have bought the iPhone 3gs, but I want something new, interesting, and completely original. Touchwiz is not that and the htc sense is. In addition the stock Android 2.2 is extremely powerful and very user friendly. I really wish the hardware developers started learning that all they need to do to the phone is customize the OS to work the best on the phone. Do not add any UI flavors, because the customer will do that. The android system was designed so that the customer can customize their phone. Yes the touchwiz is pretty cool, but that is not why I would buy the phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MacGuy2006:
I agree with you that manufacturers should not be adding any UI "enhancements."

I feel that TouchWiz is really ugly (colors, icons) and Sense is just tacky (the curved "dock" at the bottom). We should be able to go to the Market to get any UI customization we need.

I am hoping Google will just ban integrated "enhancements" on Android 3.0.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tachikoma_kun:
I hate Sense, if I could have TouchFlo 3D on Android that would be good.

TouchWiz is shameless iPhone rip-off but I prefer it over stock and Sense.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] us1111:
I really like touchwiz.. It's straightforward, very consequent and the widgets look not grey/boring like sense on my Hero. Only thing what's missing, is exchange widget. Also i like the fact that touchwiz is not drifting too far from stock android.

I must say that i'm not constantly comparing it to the iPhone and have an unbiased view of the shell.. And in that view: I like it!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ritkit:
It is a nice UI enhancement, but it like trying to put a Ferrari body on a truck frame. Just does not work very well enough.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] trancelated:
I have seen the video demo of Wiz3 earlier and I still have to say.. the UI is gay.

because of 2 main reasons:

1. no vertical scrolling of apps

2. no cool gadgets on home screen

if samsung ever fixes this, then the UI would be the best one out there.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Lol, I hate vertical scrolling. Love the way it's done in Samsung.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] trancelated:
err.. well, its matter of user preference. I say samsung must include settings for UI where one can change the orientation to cater users with different preferences.

I personally "hate" the list view. been seeing list view ever since i was a kid, why do i need it in a smart phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] systoxity:
i like some of its features but dont like that if set up a certain way it mimics ios. overall win though, just needs some optimization.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
Wrong :p

In the app drawer, press menu and select list view
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kcharng:
though I can understand somewhat the similarity between touchwiz UI and IPhone UI, the similarity are so minor and stopped at the side scrolling applications.

If something works then it works, no point in avoiding it for the sake of being original. You could as well call iphone for copying palm device for the shape of their phone and windows mobile for the dail pad.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anartic:
I don't know if this is just me, but when I'm using an app that has multitouch enabled, such as the browser or gallery, when I open my physical keyboard it can only read one point instead of two. I verified this by using the Multitouch Visualizer 2 app from the Android market. Apparently when I have my physical keyboard open the phone will read one point like normal, but when I lay a second finger on the screen it freezes the first point and that's it. The point stays frozen until I take one finger off the screen. Does anybody else have this problem?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Not sure I follow you. With the keyboard open and I am on the internet. I can expand and squeeze what I am reading and looking at is that what you mean?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcbboy:
Are you using slidemeroot5r1? I think it's just a bug because multitouch doesn't work when I have the keyboard slid open either. What I do is hit the menu key or the back key and multitouch works. Just kind of have to live with it or flash a different rom.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anartic:
That's what I'm talking about, when I have my keyboard open, my phone can't do that. When the keyboard is open, the screen can only recognize one of my finger's touch, instead of two.

I'm still using stock rom currently.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TakoLuffer:
Im not sure about the problem but maybe its a connection problem with the ribbons idk maybe its like partialy on and when u open it up that multitouch feature is disabled ?? who knows. If u still have warrenty take your sd card out and get a new mts
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Agreed you need to take it back to tmo.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcbboy:
Well try the tricks that i gave you but if it really bugs you that much (no pun intended) just return it like everyone else said.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anartic:
The trick you gave me worked, but I'll probably go replace this with T-Mobile if I'm part of a small group that has experienced this problem out of the hundreds that have been sold.
[HTC Aria General] steeler026:
I just got an HTC Aria and am having trouble staying connected to my car through bluetooth. I can pair and connect the first time but when I turn off the car and turn it on again, it does not reconnect. I need to unpair the phone and re-pair. My car is a 2009 Chevy Impala. I've tried my dealer, Onstar and HTC support and they say its just not compatable. Will there be an upgrade in Android 2.2 to fix this? Any help? thanks.
[HTC Aria General] rickyzone:
I found something after a little google searching that may be of interest.

Don't quite remember what I found, but the gist of the story was, take it back to your dealer and get the software update.
[HTC Aria General] steeler026:
I just got back from the dealer today and you were right, it did need a software upgrade. Thanks for the help!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tonyy1:
the subject says it all. I have had fresh 2.1 since May and worked well until this weekend when I was outside with the phone in my pocket for a couple of hours. I think a mixture of the heat/humidity has bugged the phone out, because randomly the phone has a dead spot in the same spot and the screens just start scrolling through back and forth..... so I need to take this into the sprint store to get serviced but need to go back to an original state.

I tried the "unlockers" all in 1 method but got Error [140]: Bootloader version error so I'm stuck trying to get it back to a "sprint" authorized version.

any help would be great so I can use my phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
There is a CDMA forum for this kind of thing
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] lufc:
The new xda app is out imthe market place its very nice
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Muo:
Thanks for the information, looking forward to using it!

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[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] rodjordan:
If you add the Dell Streak forums to your favorites in the xda app and then set the default screen on opening in the settings menu to favorites it saves a few seconds of your life ;-) .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lariva:
Quick question to the community here – could someone post or direct me to some information on the architecture of the phone / hardware? What I’m referring to is:

There is a primary boot loader, secondary programming boot loader, the core OS image, the external storage, over the air updates etc…. Then looking into the software information section of the EVO, I see firmware version , baseband version, kernel version, build number, software number, browser version, PRI and PRL version.

Kernel, build, software number and browser version are self-explanatory. However, firmware and baseband are a bit unclear, also PRI / PRL – what exactly are those?

When OTA update is initiated, which elements can be updated?

I have rooted my phone by following the instructions, what I don’t fully understand is what exactly transpired while it was being rooted, and what will happen during the next (2.2) update.

Today I have 0.72 engineering build hboot (which acronym does it fit comparing to all of the text above?). So, if I were (yes, I know, I should not) update the phone over the air, would the very first bootloader be replaced with the newer version or would be out of scope and only the software/build number would change?

Along the way, I’m planning to try to write some code for the android platform and see where it takes me (good with C , fluent in .NET, can read java code, ok with linux [gentoo], fluent in networking and other IT R&D components) – any development pointers that anyone can offer?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothydonohue:
this should probably be in q and a

and, you should probably change the title of your thread to reflect exactly what it is that you want, lol

and, you can google or wiki most of the things you want to know about.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lariva:
Suggestions to google for something are always useful, I'm not sure why you 'd assume I didn't

for exampel , -- the primary and secondary boot/application loaders, -- most of the information available is about rooting phones, not too much ont he theory on how it works.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laydros:
I'm still figuring out a lot of this, but I think it is more like boot loader with an os on top of it, like a pc. In a normal boot the white screen with no animation (just the htc logo) is kinda like bios, self test and stuff. Then once you see the animated sprint 4g screen, the bios is done and the loaded rom is running.

Booting into recovery isn't a separate boot loader, it is just another partition in the nand.

I wish there was a little more information about this out there. I kinda feel like there aren't good resources for this. The developers that know this kind of stuff don't hang out in q&a or general, but this kind of question isn't really appropriate for the development section.

I think one of the best things would be to grab the aosp source and build android, I just don't have much time right now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lariva:
The recovery image seems to be stored on SD card and not in non volatile memory. So between HBOOT, Primary loader and secondary loader, and (what indicated on the phone as) firmware: is HBOOT is the same as the primary loader and secondary loader loads up the firmware that pulls the image?

HBOOT seems to be similar to bios

SPL seems to be the thing that bootstraps the device (i.e. lilo, grub etc...)

What exactly is the firmware then? if SPL is a secondary software loader, is HBOOT = Primary Loader?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bluecat.NYC:
this is a good place to start http://tjworld.net/wiki/Android
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blizzard1017:
I'm sure a year later this was resolved, I'll even go out on a limb and say it was resolved before your join date.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllanonMage:
That's a really good way to discourage people trying to help, especially when they are actually helpful. This forum is getting a bad rap for comments like that (and "google it" being the default answer). I do tech support and understand how aggravating it is to deal with people who don't get it, but without people a forum is an empty place... and largely useless.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blizzard1017:
Actually the bad rap is from people that over analyze things and start going off the handle about it. It was a joke, obviously a joke. He/she pulled up a thread from exactly a year ago that I assume was misread as current. I don't think I barraged them with belittling comments or suggestions of selling their phone and pc and moving to a cave did I. If you care to hit my little name and then tap on that little post history you'll see I actually help. I think I have in ONE thread actually called someone an ass and they actually deserved it based on the other 100+ post doing so as well.

"Sense of humor" google it lol
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jnd16d:
HONGKONG VISION

http://u.115.com/file/f3795a4111

blob_fs.rar
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] xtnsion:
is this official? do you know what the changes are? thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jnd16d:
of course it is .

i think it is almost the same to R2BA023

but i feel it is more faster than others.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ironeagle:
post a mirror pls
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tulips:
Here you go http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HCNOPVCH
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] michaelpegaso:
X10i ó X10a?????
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] maxld:
Can I flash it to european x10i ?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] tombstonex:
Does the ROM have English Language? Does it support the Sony X10a?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ironeagle:
Thank you.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jerpelea:
in decrypted thread is posted sin version for flasher

also root for this rom is coming
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jnd16d:
thank you very much!!!!!