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[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] uabtodd:
You can set adw launcher to open your app drawer when you swype up or down anywhere on the home screen so you don't have to hit the button. I also like the side bars from panda home. I actually think panda home is pretty cool, but can't live with only 3 screens. I also like the scrollable bottom dock bar in launcher pro that my buddy uses on his droid, too bad we can't use that
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] uabtodd:
The option is under system preferences: swype up options, swipe down options.

Also just realized that if you put enough apps on the dock bar, it becomes scrollable just like launcher pro only with much better looking icons, so score another win for adw!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] im_iceman:
I've not seen panda home.. Can you describe the side bars??
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] uabtodd:
They are basically dock bars that slide out from each side of the screen, i think you can have maybe up to 3 on each side, not sure. functionally, i think they really offer nothing that the dock bar doesnt, just a different way to do it, kind of neat. i downloaded panda home and tried it out only for a few minutes before i realized i couldnt figure out a way to make more than 3 homescreens, so i went back to adw, so i am not 100% sure on the functionality.

I honestly love everything about adw and would never look towards anything different, but I get some force closes and slowdowns on my x10 when using adw, not enough to make me use any of the alternatives that I have tried so far, but enough to make me keep looking.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mano1982:
I use Zeam home launcher, it's very light & excellent to use :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
GDE have scrollable bottom and additional 4x1 doc widget that u can add shortcuts as much u wants n swipe. It's really cool. Try it. Only bad part is that its a paid app. But its really worth it. ;-)

Sent From X10 Android Phone®
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] progresnew:
Gde

Pour ma part j'utilise Gde ,très rapide ,le défilement possible dans la barre du bas en rajoutant des raccourcis et la possibilité d'ajouter sur n'importe quel des 7 écrans une barre a défilement par exemple pour pour les contacts en raccourci vraiment génial
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] xGary:
For those who cant find out how to get more screens on Panda. Just long press the home screen and there will be a "Panda Settings" or something like that. But Panda is kinda laggy so I dont really like it. And regarding the swipe up thing, I want it more like drag that drawer up so it slides up rather than swipe up anywhere on the screen and having it pop up. That isnt even the main thing anyways, the main thing are the sidebars cause I hate to have a messy desktop.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] uabtodd:
Functionally, is there any difference between the sidebars in panda and the dock bar in adw?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] knudsen81:
in adw the dock is hidden, in panda you can have 4 docks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kuntri:
How can I add more widgets to the dock for adw. this is what my launcher pro home screen looks like

This is how I want my dock to look using ADW! any help with this......
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
Go into adw settings, ui settings, check lab, rab & secondary actionbuttons.

to add your own shortcuts into these slots just open ur app drawer.. long hold an app n drag into whichever slot u want to place it into!

Hope it helps!!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kuntri:
Umm not really. It did allow me to add icons from app drawer to thr dock but not the icon Widgets simptext from the homescreen. It seems that LPro is the only that allow you to add simptext icons to the dock. Unless there is another launcher that has the horizontal scrolling and nit the 3d cube.....

Any suggestion?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
Ah I see.. adw doesn't yet support widgets to be placed on dockbar..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] k1sr:
Pour la rapidité et la précision dans ces forums, nous utilisons l'anglais au grand effet. vous devriez aussi! :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] k1sr:
I take it that's not on the x10...?? LauncherPro is 2.1 up, yeah...?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] WickedStyx:
You can't add widgets to the dock but you can add shortcuts. There are several ways to do this but I use FolderOrganizer:

1. Run FolderOrganizer and change the icon for Dialer app

2. Long press home screen and select "add shortcut"

3. Select FolderOrganizer Item

4. Add the Dialer app

5. Drag and drop Dialer app onto the dock

You could also do this with AnyCut or BetterCut.

EDIT: you won't get the unread count like the widget doing this
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Borci:
Xperia have only android 1.6 ...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
lol I hope u quoted the wrong thing cuz zeam works on the x10..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HunteronX:
The new version doesn't...
[Touch HD General] Looper1:
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but it is a text typing issue on my Touch HD so hope this is the right place. Could not find any similar post using search.

If I open SMS Text messaging or Notes and create a new message/note I get some strange auto-typing behaviour.

If I type 'aaa bbb' then place the cursor after the 3 a's and before the space, then type 'c' then the 3 b's get duplicated so I end up with aaabbbc bbb

Is this a feature or a bug? Can it be disabled?

I have turned off all spell checking and auto correction >Setting>Input Method>Options>T9 settings
[General Questions and Answers] Looper1:
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but it is a text typing issue on my Touch HD so hope this is the right place. Could not find any similar post using search.

If I open SMS Text messaging or Notes and create a new message/note I get some strange auto-typing behaviour.

If I type 'aaa bbb' then place the cursor after the 3 a's and before the space, then type 'c' then the 3 b's get duplicated so I end up with aaabbbc bbb

Is this a feature or a bug? Can it be disabled?

I have turned off all spell checking and auto correction >Setting>Input Method>Options>T9 settings
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MortimerJazz:
First up, hello to everyone.

I'm a new convert to Android having picked up a Galaxy S a couple of weeks ago, and I've got a couple of (what I'm sure are) basic questions about how best to work it:

First up, how do I go about creating folders on my SD Card. I'm assuming that's the best way to organise things like icons, themes, wallpapers etc.

Is it possible to edit the icons on the dock at the bottom of the screen? Can I put different Apps down there? Can I change the icons that those apps use?

I'm having issues with Widgets - do I need to restart the phone each time I install an app with a widget? There are some apps which allow me to use a widget straight away, but then there are some (like the BBC news feed) which just doesn't show up in my widget list

Can anyone reccomend a good link or article on how to root the Galaxy S? I'd like to it be as simplified as possible please.

Thanks loads in advance for both your help and your time.

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 General] random.si:
1)while browsing your sd card, press menu button and it will you the option to create a folder

2)click on applications button while on home screen to change to applications view, then click menu (left button) and edit, then you can just drag the icons in and out of the dock

3)not sure, widgets that i tried all ran after installing them without rebooting the phone

4)I suggest you check out the Galaxy S I9000 Android Development subforum right here on xda, there are some great guides there.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AXIS of Reality:
1) I just do it when plugged into my PC via USB in Mass Storage mode. =)

2) As random.si said.

3) I've never needed to restart the phone for widget...are you sure those apps actually have widgets?...Any widgets from the Market or installed apps should always be under 'Android Widgets' as soon as the app is installed, otherwise try using the app first as it may have a config or something.

4) There's a stickied guide in the Android Development subforum here! It's dead easy, so no worries there. Just follow the instructions to the letter, but that's not hard for rooting the Galaxy S.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mika34:
Hi there. Could you just tell me how to close running application? There is 6 application when i open my task manager (middle button for 3 sec) and i cant do anything with them. Is there any button to close application, not minimalize?

Like now i'm installing facebook and setting up my account. Phone seems to hanging. I dont know how to close it?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] FPRobber:
Applications open in the background don't use any CPU time and if the RAM they use is needed Android closes them by itself.

Android isn't designed to let the user close applications. If you really have to close them for some specific reason you can use a task killer from the market.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] saldawop:
Actually those 6 applications are NOT actually running(necessarily).They are just the last 6 applications you have used.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mika34:
Ok. Thanks very much guys for your help.

One more question.

How to enable vibration to incoming text message? Can`t see any option for that.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
You should try out prehome. When you press home key, it will show the active task, and you can switch or kill task there. Press home key the second time will bring you to home. I love it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mika34:
Does anybody knows how to set vibration on incoming messages? Can`t find it. strange
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
Messages > Menu button > settings. It's at the bottom : D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mika34:
Big thx for that.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AXIS of Reality:
If ever in doubt, always try the menu buttons.

Pretty much every app hides its settings and many controls under the menu buttons to stop the screen being cluttered up with buttons.

The menu button is also context-sensitive to whatever you're doing at the time, so you just need to get used to remembering it's there. ;)

As the previous guys said, Android is designed to not have specific 'closing' or exiting of apps. Rather, they'll hide themselves in the background and once the system needs to free up some ram it'll close once you haven't used for a while automatically in preference of those using the most RAM. It will also usually save the state of that app, so if you go to use it again and Android has already closed it, it will still appear where you left off but just take a bit longer to start since it was cleared from the background.

Most apps will fully close however if you exit by using the back button (bottom-right touch button on the phone), basically reversing your way out of the app until you hit the home screens.

Holding the Home button shows the last 6 apps you had open, whether they're still running in the background or not. It's just a quick way to jump between stuff rather than an actual task manager.

In the JM2 firmware Samsung have added a great widget and task manager app. The widget shows the number of apps still running in the background, as well as a colour for if they're draining battery or performance (ie: processing lots in the background). All you need to do is touch the widget and it'll take you straight to a list where you can close any. Very handy!

While it's easy to get obsessed with using one of the task killer apps on the market all the time, I eventually found with my old Hero that it performed just as well if you ignore what it's doing with RAM or apps since it's intelligent enough to prioritise and close appropriate background stuff without your intervention.

The only reason people were recommending task killers for the Galaxy S was because of the random lags / stalls caused by bugs in the firmware, some of which were caused by it not closing stuff or managing itself properly in the background.

My advice: JM2 firmware and just use the Samsung task manager widget as a guide to if for some reason something high-powered like a game was left open and Android didn't clean it up yet. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mcovaciu:
Phone number format

How can I change the format of the phone number which is displayed when I have an incoming call ? Thanks ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] itaykoren:
While writing SMS, contacts displayed twice

Hi to all,

When I write an SMS and want to choose a contact, they all appear twice, even tough in the phonebook they only appear once because I ticked the option of displaying only contacts from the phone and not from the sim card.

Is there a similar option in SMS that I'm missing here?

Thanks in advance,

Itay
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MortimerJazz:
Glad to see this thread has taken off a bit.

One more question from me:

I'm assuming I need some sort of File Explorer app to be able to do this - can anyone recommend one?

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
Astro file explorer
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Unknown_guy:
is there any way to stop sms being converted to multimedia message? if i write a text message consisting of more than 3 messages (i believe 180 characters) it converts it to multimedia, which costs me!!!
[General Questions and Answers] BigDaddyXD:
Hi there,

iam using my P525 with a custom Firmware from your forums for quite a while now. Sadly problems with it are getting bigger and bigger... So now i want to revert my XDA to the original WM5 from Asus. But as you Cracks will know, thats not possible just by unpacking the Firmware Files on my Memorystick... It says that i cannot update from the current Version.

What do i have to do to revert Firmware back to the german WM 5 Version? It must have something to do with the bootloader, right?

Any help will be appreciated ;)
[General Questions and Answers] BigDaddyXD:
Doesn't anyone at least have a hint or something?
[HD2 General] hackertom:
htc hd 2 and windows mobile 6.1..? rom...?
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
... ? ... ??
[HD2 General] c_legaspi:
i kind of with you on this... with the exception of the sense, i do like wm 6.1 better than 6.5.
[Captivate General] Jack45:
I have older chargers for that output 5.0v / 550mA and have noticed that the Captivate outputs 5.0v / 700mA.

1. Can I safely use the older, 550mA chargers with the Captivate and what will the effect be?

2. Can I safely use the Captivate's 700mA charger with the older phones and what will the effect be?

Thanks.
[Captivate General] Truceda:
1. Yes, you can use it. But it will charge slower.

2. Yes, you can use it. I believe that just because the charger output is higher amperage doesn't mean that it will affect the phone adversely. Think of it this way: A lamp is plugged into the wall outlet at your house. That outlet is rated at 120v 15A. The bulb isn't using all 15 amps, so no problem. But if you were to turn the voltage up or down, the lamp will get brighter or dimmer respectively.

The Captivate can take up to a 1A (1000 mA) charger.
[Captivate General] temperbad:
Another question. You sound smart on this so how about using the nexus one car charger on this? Fits perfect and I don't see why not, but still Leary. .. what do you think?
[Captivate General] Battlehymn:
As long as it puts out 5v, (which is USB standard), you are fine. The amperage is only relevant if the device REQUIRES it. For instance if the device draws 1A and your charger could only handle 550mA your device will charge very slowly.

On the other hand if your charger can handle 1.2A and your device only draws 700mA, then your charger will only output 700mA.

The important thing is the voltage, it needs to be 5v +/- 3% ...

I actually use a generic car charger I bought at walmart with 2 USB ports on it, and it works well for every USB powered device I own ... ZUNE, iPOD, phones etc.
[Captivate General] Jack45:
OK. Thanks for the reply. I had read that a phone requiring 700mA that uses a 550mA charger could damage the charger and possibly the phone. That's what made me wonder. And that's what led to the question.

Let's make this a bit more interesting. There's a local, highly-reputable cell phone repair store that has stopped selling car chargers because, they say, the rapid charge is not good for the phone's battery. Their recommendation is to use an inverter (no, they don't sell them) so that you can then plug a standard wall charger into it or a USB cable if the inverter is so equipped. The AC current that results from utilizing the inverter is more consistent than the current flowing from a car charger. So...I purchased an inverter for less than $20 and use it to charge the Captivate in my car.
[Captivate General] Battlehymn:
OK ... not sure we need to get this far down in the weeds on this but here goes ....

The USB2 standard for power distribution is 5v and the thresholds are 4.4-5.25V.

Power is supplied in units of 5v power ... 1 unit is 5v at 100mA, no device can draw more than 5 units from any one port. If you have ever seen a portable hard drive with 2 USB connectors it is because it requires more than 500mA to operate and by using 2 ports the device can draw up to 1A. For dedicated chargers the 4.4-5.25v still applies but shorting the D+/- and disabling the data connection allows the device to detect that it is connected to a dedicated charging port and draw a maximum of 1.8A.

In keeping with the above guidelines, when connected to your computer the Captivate can draw no more than 1 unit of power which is 5v@500mA, when connected to a dedicated charger the phone can draw 5v@1.8A and stay within the standard. (yes, it caps itself at 1A, I know).

OK ... the next bit is going to be hard to digest because there are plenty of examples to the contrary ... there is a standard for mobile USB chargers, and it requires wiring them as dedicated charging ports. What this means to us is that, in theory anyway, a mobile USB charger should allow a device to draw up to 1.8A from it (highly unlikely ... but that's the standard as written).

Here is the problem, if the device is plugged into a dedicated charging port and tries to draw it's maximum rated current, that amount of current may not always be available or it may fluctuate. This fluctuation is what causes problems. Have you ever turned you car stereo up real loud and seen your headlights dim in beat with the music? Same thing, the power system is being drawn down. There are a couple of ways to stabalize your power system ... install a large capacitor (mine is 2 Farad) to provide "conditioning", or go the transformer route.A tansformer provides conditioning, but only on its own outputs... while a large cap will condition the entire power system if installed correctly.

So yes, using a quick charger on your phone can cause issues if your car has a ****ty power system or a large stereo system which is not set up properly (again, ****ty power system). Make sure your charging device is within the standard, and you should be fine wether it is USB via a cigarette lighter port or a 110V transformer.
[Captivate General] Jack45:
I appreciate your detailed, helpful reply.

Other than the important 5v parameter, what I've taken away from your information is that a car charger can be used in a vehicle with a power supply that is known to be stable, and that either a whole-car conditioning system or an inverter should be used on one with a, shall we say, "less than stable" power supply (PG version :p).
[Captivate General] Battlehymn:
Pretty much ...

There's more than one way to skin a cat, and that Transformer will cost you a whole lot less than a 2 Farad capacitor. I hate cats, but they serve a purpose.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
@Battlehymn - one more question for you

I have converted from iPhone to the captivate (no haters please) - finally found a physical form factor with specs i like and the captivate rocks.

Anyway, I have some extra external batteries I used with my iphone that i want to use with my Captivate. I just bought a Female iPod connector and I am planning to connect it to a micro USB connector - the pinout is straight forward, but here is my question:

Should I connect the D+/- (short them together)? That is my plan. My batteries are 1900 or 1000 mAH - I assume that even if the phone tries to the draw 1.8A, the batteries have a circuit to only discharge so fast.
[Captivate Android Development] Koush:
First things first, if you flashed a previous version of Clockwork Recovery using Odin, FLASH BACK TO A STOCK KERNEL using this Odin package:

http://koush.tandtgaming.com//test/kernel-captivate-stock.tar.md5

This recovery is *very* safe to use. It does NOT flash your kernel; it is a completely uninvasive recovery method.

How it works: The recovery is packaged as an update.zip that you run from STOCK recovery. The update.zip unpacks Clockwork Recovery onto the ramdisk and restarts recovery. When you reboot, it reverts back to the original, unmodified, stock recovery. So, you will need to keep the recovery on the root of your SD card as an update.zip, and apply the zip every time you want to start Clockwork.

HOWEVER, if you use ROM Manager, all of the recovery installation and management instructions are done for you!

Installation instructions:

Download ROM Manager from the Market.

Flash Recovery.

Choose Captivate as your phone.

Accept the Superuser prompt.

Use ROM Manager to create a Backup.

On the very FIRST boot of Clockwork, you may need to manually select "reinstall packages" if Clockwork does not start. You should only ever have to do this once. It will be automatic from then on.

Watch the backup go!

That's it! This is completely painless and safe! There is no need for Odin anymore to replace the recovery or flash updates!

If you appreciate my work, please buy the Premium version of ROM Manager!
[Captivate Android Development] Croak:
Sweet!

Nandroid'd!
[Captivate Android Development] big99gt:
Ah yeah....smooth like butter baby!!! Great work once again. Remember to donate people!!! :)
[Captivate Android Development] alphadog00:
For us Noobs, can we get more information on where and when to use this?

In reading everything I get some of it, but not all. This is my first hackable android phone, so I am still learning the lingo.

With other phones, I would just Flash a custom ROM or Flash Factory ROM back.

So how do ROM Manager and Clockwork recovery come into play?

Are there any tutorials - not that just give step by step (like above) but explain what is happening in each step or why?
[Captivate Android Development] Koush:
The long and short of it is that you can now flash ROMs and make backups, and restore, without your computer.

The recovery is the tool that lets you do the backups and installations. ROM Manager is a convenient Android front end to the recovery.
[Captivate Android Development] big99gt:
After these steps you won't really have to "hack" your phone lol. Root your phone and download Rom Manager from the Android market...then have it flash a recovery (the first selection at the top) choose your device when prompted. Now after that finishes select "reboot into recovery" and as the above post states you may need to select "reinstall packages" (I did). Once that goes through, you'll see your new custom recovery menu. DO A NANDROID BACKUP of your current Rom as soon as you can....then (as long as your current rom isn't messed up, if its stock your fine) from there on out you can play as much as you want with very little risk of bricking your phone. There are others who can explain it better but your stuck with me till they chime in lol. Its a very easy process and nearly foolproof.
[Captivate Android Development] dweebs0r:
Awesome work! Premium version has been purchased by me. Thank you for the efforts.