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[Vibrant General] jaadamoo:
if i hold it like a normal person would hold it, it drops calls like crazy. i find myself having to do the iPhone hold on it and it works fine. anybody else having this problem? any solutions?
[Vibrant General] Flak_Munky:
Absolutely no problems here with reception and calls regardless of how I hold the phone.
[Vibrant General] srqt:
I haven't dropped a single call. I even kept reception in a spot here I have dropped calls with every other phone I have ever had.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Same. Especially since Samsung has been so bad in this regard.
[Vibrant General] sigeltek:
i think i hold the phone like most people do.. no problems at all.
[Vibrant General] gravis86:
I've noticed that if I hold my hand over the bottom of the backside of the phone, I will lose a couple bars. But my signal isn't that great to begin with. Never dropped a call, though.
[Vibrant General] humblehyper:
I don't get any drop calls, I held my phone like the way it should be and no problem at all. I have the iPhone 4 also and I like the Vibrant more :)
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
I was on a call today to a land line and my call dropped 3 times while I had full signal strength. Somethings fishy. The phone was in speakerphone mode in a cradle.
[Vibrant General] gravis86:
I'm pretty sure that's not what this thread is about, but it does sound like an issue. I've never had a dropped call on T-Mobile, unless I went into a dead zone which only happened once. That was also like 5 years ago.
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
havent had any dropped calls even in my old apartment where I wasnt able to get any signal with my blackberry.

Probably a lemon, get a replacement.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
My bars are all over the place when I hold it with my right hand, but I normally talk on my left and I've yet to loose a call. Sounds awesome via the speaker too.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Quit trying to be as good, or bad, as the iPhone. Jesus.

You know, I've noticed that when I press END I have a dropped call, just like the I gadget.
[Vibrant General] zerglisk:
The Samsung Vibrant does have the antenna built on the lower left corner. If you look at disassembling process from youtube, you will find it justified.

Some do claim their Vibrant will have a similar death-grip issue when holding where the antenna is built, but so far not much ppl reported an actual drop call, just a few bars dropped which may affect the quality of the call~ :D
[Vibrant General] Alex530:
Could be the fact that its too new..Almost every electronic has problems. Remember when the 360 and ps3 would litteraly explode? Same thing with this id guess:)
[Vibrant General] SickOfItAll:
I haven't dropped any calls yet, but I've missed a few because I was holding the phone in my left hand and using the browser or typing an SMS. I will just randomly get voice mail notifications, without the phone ever ringing. When I get the notification I'll look at the signal strength meter and there will be no bars. Switching the phone back to my right hand (or setting it down) will return to full signal strength.
[General Topics] cheekugr8:
which one is better to get.

i can get both phone on almost same price in used condition.
[General Topics] Mister B:
Mmm hard one, if you like a d-pad & hardware keyboard the x1 is your device, I just set up a Diamond 2 for a work friend, quite a nice device but I did miss d-pad & a hardware keyboard is simply better than any touchscreen for serious typing.
[General Topics] cheekugr8:
any suggestions?:)
[General Topics] cmstackar:
As a diamond2 user myself, i would definitely go for the x1 just for the keyboard.
[General Topics] azaberl:
If typing is not that important to you, you should probably go for diamond2.

I have X1 for about year and a half. After few months of use it developed a crack in the housing (standard issue). Today physical keyboard is pain to use, since bottom row buttons barely register presses (sometimes nothing, sometimes 3-4 letters at once). At least in my case, my xperia's build quality is terrible.

Another issue is the SOD (appears on most ROM's with Sense), when phone freezes overnight just when just have to wake up on time in the morning.

If I was looking for a used phone with a keyboard, I would probably look some more for a TouchPro.
[General Topics] cheekugr8:
well typing is not that important to me.
[General Topics] Mister B:
Well in that case I would probably go with a Diamond 2 & load it with a 6.5.3 series ROM making it more UI touch friendly.

The Diamond is a nice sized device, has g-sensor & a practical notification LED.

Another plus is build quality is good & the Topaz forum is very active.
[General Topics] cheekugr8:
how about screen resolution?

which one has the more sharp colors and bright screen?
[General Topics] orb3000:
Have a look here for a detailed comparative where all your questions will be answered:cool:
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Phlip00ws6:
whats your favorite one? And how can we try it out
[Captivate Themes and Apps] adelaney:
I just use google maps. Works like a charm. Figured there was no sense in having multiple apps when one couple do it all. I have used htc nav, telenav, nav.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iceman4357:
I like the Igo Motonav, but there is also about to be a Navigon release soon. Both very good, and "pretty" GUI's.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Phlip00ws6:
I like google maps for searching/finding locations, but when I want to navigate garmin is better for me. Anyone had any experience with the bing navi?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] alphadog00:
I use the google navigation software. Download it, then download the text to speech app, and you have a free version of the garmin/tomtom.

It does what i need, and for this price, I won't look elsewhere.

EDIT: As mentioned below - the disadvantage to Google Maps and Navigation is you need a 3G connection for updating maps and data.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] V DidDy 210:
I like copilot

It works well and it works even when you don't have cellular connection
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Theojt:
+1

Same here
[Captivate Themes and Apps] kyphur:
I'll third this one. I've used CoPilot on WinMo, iPhone and now Android and I have to say it like it the best.

Previously I've used TomTom, Navigon, Garmin, xGPS and the Google Apps but I keep going back to CoPilot!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] accinfo:
I like the offline cache thing too, but the map support is pretty outdated. I was in a road probably 2 minutes from my house, the name of the street shown is probably 10 years ago.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] pezx44:
Are there any apps give turn by turn and can take external maps (like Garmin)? I don't live in an area that is supported by Copilot (or really anybody). I have found that OpenStreetMaps makes usable maps down here which I had working great with Garmin on my WinMo, but I feel like I'm kind of out of luck on Android.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nammyczc:
quick question, are these gps nav programs crippled by the captivate gps?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] accinfo:
Yes.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jhernand1102:


Mine works fine using google navigation...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nammyczc:
Yea, I would use google navs too but the gps problem is too great, even with the fix I cant get a lock while driving. I wanted to know if 3rd party programs perhaps was better at picking up gps signal than google navs
[Captivate Themes and Apps] phlunkie:
With the current state of the gps on the sgs line of phones, I find the best navigation tools are a map, or asking for directions.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] sschrupp:
Unfortunate, but funny. :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] kelavine:
I like nav apps that store the maps on the phone since I've done a lot of driving in remote parts of Canada and the West; no cell or data in places.

I had Garmin XT on my old WinMobile phone. However the product is discontinued now.

I'm using Sygic Mobile Maps 10 and so far like it. sygic_dot_com
[Captivate Themes and Apps] T0N3Z:
all you guys that say you like garmin or copilot or google nav should give ndrive a test. i used to love copilot then one of my friends introduced me to ndrive and since then i loved it!

i really have to say it is the best smartphone navi ever!!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] TDQuiksilver:
It's nice, but is HUGE in size. Over two gigs for a map update? Ugh.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] shaolin95:
Can someone tell me what is exactly wrong with the GPS?

I live in Utah and I ve been using it without issues....just today for example I was testing the voice thingy so I said my home address and in no time the navigation was giving me directions on how to get there so reading all this about the GPS is very confusing to me.

Thanks
[Captivate Themes and Apps] alphadog00:
Some people are having problems with GPS lock - some phones start OK, then start failing to lock on at all.

Not everyone is affected, and although Samsung has acknowledged the problem, they have not indicated the cause or ETA for solution.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] alphadog00:
FYI, the JM5 (i9000 ROM) has Samsung applications - one is a full navigation app - not sure who makes it, but it does things like dim screen between events.

it would be interesting to pull it out and see if it works on the captivate, but i have already flashed back to stock rom.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Atom6:
I am actually just attempting to find out either how to extract the .apk files from the .zip files that are floating out there with Footprints installed, or I am attempting to get someone to dish me out a direct linky ;)

Any help would be appreciated. I just cant figure out another way to handle location based GPS points without making a contact for a store...which would suck.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Atom6:
Wow. I would think someone would have information about this. What not cool enough??

Sent from the EVOCM6
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] kthejoker20:
They are probably thinking up a response to flame you to post in the Q and A forum.

But...my guess to answer your question, is because its not open source, no one will post or link it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] werkkrew:
I have been a long time Cell phone modder, and I have just gotten my first Android Phone, the HTC Evo 4G.

I have been reading androidforums.com and these forums for about a week now trying to get my head wrapped around things, but I still have some lingering questions.

I feel I have a good grip on how to get my phone rooted/nand unlocked, but its the what to do after that, which bothers me.

What I would like to accomplish:

More customized look and feel

Better battery life (without disabling half the features of the damn phone)

Free Wifi Hotspot

Removal of the pre-packaged crapware

Froyo

What I would not like to lose in the process:

Any of the phones functionality, including GPS/4G/Camera/Video/Bluetooth/etc.

Nice features that Sense has, such as Facebook contact syncing

Reliability or usability of the phone in general

As I have gotten older, my desire to mod has become less and less, and I get more tempted to just leave the phone alone and wait for OTA updates to come out, but when I just tried to do the wifi hotspot and learned I would have to pay an additional $30 on top of the $10 "premium data access" I made the decision to root. That being said, I don't want my phone to be something I am flashing every day. I want it to be as stable as possible so that I can get it all set up how I want without having to worry about re-flashing and losing all my data week after week to keep up with bugfixes and such.

What I don't understand is the differences between all the roms. The opinion at large seems to be that CM6 is the way to go, but it seems a lot of stuff is broken in CM6 atm, like 4G among other things.

Since this is my first android phone, I am already getting used to the Sense UI, but I have seen some other peoples home screens that just look amazing.

I guess what I am looking for is some advice, or a bit of a rundown (since I cant find all of this information in one place) about what is the best course of action to get from point A(stock phone) to point B(customized rooted phone which is "stable") over a path of least resistance.

Thanks in advance!

[also making this same post on androidforums.com]
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 87Octane:
You can accomplish everything you mentioned except froyo. If you do not want to lose any functionality then flashing a froyo rom is out of the question right now because they all have small issues. CM6 is a froyo rom.

The difference between roms is some are based on 2.2 (froyo) and others are based on 2.1 (stock for evo). Then they also differ in terms of what comes pre-installed, some remove all bloatware even sense and others do not, and then there are some in between. Any rom based on 2.1 will likely have everything working. I can tell you from experience that Damage Control and Backed Snack worked very well on my phone. The best thing to do is just try them out. Once your phone is rooted it is very easy to switch between roms.

Lastly the easiest way to achieve root is using simple root program which can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=720565 (that link is assuming you have latest OTA update, if not search for simple root and you will find the one pre update)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nief1313:
try dc 3.2.3 very stable release(has all the features working; 4g, camera, ect) and has good battery life(don't need to disable half of your phones features), it also allows for a lot of customization(DCupdater allows you to download themes and flash them straight from your phone), and you can pick and choose what bloatware to remove using DConfig, a froyo release is suppose to come out sometime this weekend.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ifly4vamerica:
Another option for you is to root and then flash the latest rooted "stock" rom. then flash the latest radio and wimax. then you can use a file manager to remove bloatware. I use "root explorer" from the market. be careful what you remove as removing some things can cause problems. I am currently running this on one of my evo's with no problems everything works and battery life will get me through a day. if you need more info as removing the bloatware feel free to pm me and ill help with what i can. I'm sure using the stock rom will be sufficient for you. On the phone i have running i have all features enabled and am pushing my pop3 accounts through gmail, 4g wifitether, all works just fine.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bromsoket:
Hi,

Just started to try out all the great custom roms on this site,

everythings ok except for one thing:

Internal memory after flash.

I see that other users are getting upp to 140MB after flash and reboot,

but im not even near that amount of memory, usually, im getting around

70-80 MB after flash, no matter which rom i flash.

(except for Pays roms where im getting around 135MB)

Am i missing something?

I always wipe everything before flash and always do a second reboot

after first initial setup.

Thanks :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilkungen78:
u must partition ur sd card to get full internal memory

with rom manager u can partition ur sd card but search and read before install
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bromsoket:
Ok, thanks :)

But, how come i can get +135MB using Pays rom but not others?

What differs?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Did you perform a full wipe of the caches before flashing each ROM?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bromsoket:
Yes, always full wipe before flashing.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Which ROM did you try that had low internal storage?

I know from personal experience, I had around 78 MB with DJ Droid's v1.0 R1 (BETA) release before installing the Apps2SD+ patch (not required now as v1.1 has it incorporated into the ROM), which increased the internal storage amount to from 78 MB to 142 MB.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bromsoket:
I've tried them all, incl. DJ Droid's.

Only rom's that gives +135MB is Pay's and HTC stock.

I dont use APP2SD and i have not partitioned my sd card, is it required

to get full internal memory?

If yes, how come Pays and Stock HTC stock roms gives full internal

memory without partitioning the SD card?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Not too sure why you are getting more internal memory in Pays ROM...

Does his ROM have A2SD or A2SD+?

If it's just A2SD, then that only send apps to the SD card. With A2SD+, that keeps the apps the Dalvik cache on internal memory.

Some ROMs specifically state that you need an ext partition, and because you have not created one, that's is most likely why you are not seeing the 'true' amount of internal memory maybe? I would think for this reason, the Apps2SD script included into these ROMs expect you to create an ext partition otherwise it would not work as it should.

You can create a partition in ROM Manager and it is very easy to do, so i would suggest you try creating one, perform a full wipe, and then install a ROM again to see what it shows for the internal memory amount.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bromsoket:
I think Pays roms have A2SD/A2SD+.

Ill create a partition and reflash different roms, ill be back with some results.

Thanks for the help:)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vorbeth:
The reason your not getting FULL internal space is the dev's are not odexing the rom to help theme makers.

You do NOT need a ext partition at all.

I odex all the rom's I flash myself and have at least 120MB free internal space, I dont use a ext partition at all.

Please stop relying on EXT partitions and APPS2SD+ etc, it is not needed at all on a Froyo build.

Set Froyo's install location to Externel and move widgets back to internal, then you have as much space as you need.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidvv:
and how do i odex the rom?? i dont want to use apps2sd and partition my sdcard
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vorbeth:
I'm just finishing off a script that will odex any none odexd apks in /system/app

Will get it posted today.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raho78:
I have got the same problem too. After flashing a new custom rom I start with 25mb of internal storage.

I always perform a full wipe. But when I have installed the new rom, I still have history on my mobile. So it looks like the wipe does not perfom correct and stuff is left behind on the phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] yarod_g14:
Hello all,

First off, I just got this kit. Only had it a couple of days and already I am unhappy to pick up my HD2 - unless I wanna play playstation....which I dont cos I got loads of good games from marketplace :)

It is so all encompassing, its exactly what I expected the i8910 to be which sadly failed a little and didnt really get any development going - well not fast enough for me to keep it...

I am really really happy with it.

BUT.........I am suffering with the battery, lasts about 1/2 a day of use and then gives up as I am hammering it all the time. I have advanced task killer and I worked out that if you set it to medium security it sees most apps that are running and ignores the services. I use this and free it up somwhat.

I also ensure wifi and bluetooth are disabled and I put the phone on standby, on all devices I have used in the past mostly symbian and win mo, connections were visible, you saw when it went online and connected HSDPA and could either stop it or turn it off.

Now how on earth do I go about starting/stopping GSM data connections>? The drop down bar only shows WiFi n blueteeth>?

meh?

Thanks for anticipated assistance :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
this will help you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721111
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
You might want to consider carrying a spare battery if you're a real heavy user like me. As to switching off the data over 3G, You might want to try out SwitchPro. It's only a dollar.
[Android Software Development] apristel:
Want to run Android on your PC or Laptop?

This is pretty cool, did it this morning.

If you have troubles with getting your internet to work in it, what I did was put my EVO in USB tethering mode,plugged it into my PC..then booted the PC and it worked great.

1. Download Android from here..android-x86-1.6-r2.iso

2. Download UNetBootin

Now you have a few choices... either just burn the ISO to a cd (and boot your computer off it) or use unetbootin to make a usb thumb drive bootable with the ISO image on it.

Here are some better more detailed instructions.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrena1bNl18 -- cheesy video of it on my pc.
[Android Software Development] bubba1114:
ok so this looks bad a** but like is it a dual boot? or is it if you dont have the memory card you cant run it? im running ubuntu and think this would be pretty sweet if you have the UI of this but still have the functioning of ubuntu
[Android Software Development] apristel:
I just booted up off a thumb drive so it doesn't effect your current os... you could also burn the ISO on to a cd and bootup off the CD...

You don't actually install this on your hard drive or anything. You could, but it'd be kinda pointless.
[Android Software Development] stickstickly:
Would be very cool to run on a Netbook, see how android translates as a Netbook OS.
[Android Software Development] Thugsin313:
how about froyo2.2??
[Android Software Development] trizzo:
I tried it on my laptop Dell E4200 but I cannot run it. I tried all LIVE modes but nothing happened.
[Android Software Development] incubus26jc:
mine gets stuck on detecting android x86. I even tried burning the disk and got stuck in the same place. I really want to try this.
[Android Software Development] matthenry87:
This is sick!! Can anyone think of any possible way to install apk files???? Can I add Google Apps somehow??
[Android Software Development] hazeline:
You can boot from Virtual PC too

Hi, i have successfully booted from Windows Virtual PC software..

You need to :

1. Download Windows Virtual PC

2. Go Bios to enable CPU virtualization technology(newer pc would have this function)

3. install the Windows Virtual PC software

4. Create a virtual disk

5. Give it any name

6. Go to Settings for that Virtual Disk

7. Search for dvd drive and point it to the android iso

8. Boot up the Virtual Drive you have created

9. select the third option, debug, and follow the instruction there, you should type exit twice to boot into android

10. Wella you have reached android

10a. Make sure you got a ethernet connection on your pc

10b. Try either ethernet port 1 or 2 to get connected to the internet by editing in the android ethernet settings.

Hope this helps :)
[Android Software Development] nexus5894:
I would assume that the OS uses the flash drive as a filesystem- so put the APKs on the flash drive, download a file manager from the web and install using the file manager.

Also I can't get this to work in VirtualBox, it says the ISO file is invalid.
[Android Software Development] Aaron McCarthy:
I read about this months ago but never did give it a go. I can only imagine how awesome this would be to run on a computer that has a touchscreen monitor.

That said... once windows releases a few of their tablets and we have the option to boot into android.............. AWESOME!!!
[Android Software Development] CHERNAB0G:
This is confusing...no matter how I try to start it, it always comes to a black screen with an underscore that blinks every couple of seconds
[Android Software Development] CHERNAB0G:
This came out just in time.....not even 3 days ago I was looking at live android, which has been discontinued as it seems
[Android Software Development] gatesjr03:
Mac OSX

I got a Macbook Pro and I wanted to try, so I used Parrells desktop and mounted the ISO as as a Windows 7 (unsure if that was right) but it seemed to work just fine

Check it out!

Android on OSX -
[Android Software Development] Captainkrtek:
Got it running on my Acer Aspire one, wifi works and I can connect to the internet! :D this is awesome!
[Android Software Development] trizzo:
Wow, I can run it under VirtualBox on Fedora 13... nice. Unfortunetaly I do not have touch screen so handling is a little bit tricky.