yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Accessories] sfsilicon:
Speed-wise the Class 6 SDHC cards are fast. Most manufacturers tend to spec their cards higher than they actually work at. Transcend is one of those that specs them at the right speed and are often faster. They are available up to 16GB. The 8GB is an affordable $22. 16GB jumps more than 2x to $73. Transcend is supposed to have a 32GB class 6 card, but I haven't seen one for sale yet.

http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-mic...sical-instruments&qid=1280810599&sr=8-1-spell

Kingston has this Class 10 16GB micro SDHC card, but I've read some reviews that the write speed is only 3MB/s so less than class 4.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-memo...cal-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1280810851&sr=1-3
[Vibrant Accessories] jblade1000:
got my card yesterday, just wanted to thank the op for the heads up! verizon doesnt play around, it was over night free shipping! picked up from fedex yesterday.

ran it through my tests on both my computer and phone. on the computer it writes slower than my class 4 16gb sandisk ultra mobile micro sdhc, which was to be expected, however reading off it works just fine on both the computer and the phone. no skips or lagging with any of the media i have. on the phone i tried all of my stuff in the stock video player, mixzing, and rock player. 720p videos with 5.1 audio (.mkvs), real media video, flash video (.flv), avi, asf, wmv, and mp4. nice!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SlimJ87D:
I was wondering if there were any widgets out there that were very similar to the HTC Sense version.

Also, do they support google voice? Because I use google voice as my main source of SMS.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Bjd223:
Beautiful Widgets look close to HTC Sense. And they are skinable; I have seen a couple skins that are pretty much HTC Sense knockoffs lol.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SlimJ87D:
Are there anymore?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Bjd223:
'Weather Widgets' Weather and Flip Clock look a lot like the Sense clock. And then beautiful widgets fullscreen weather widget look the most like sense.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] ranova:
none support GV because GV, currently, does not allow the APIs to read from the service
[Captivate Themes and Apps] tat2me2:
What about the SMS Widget that flips like a Roladex, can that be ported to the Captivate?
[EVO 4G General] guitarjockey:
So I just picked up a pair of evo's yesterday.

I got my fiance a white one and me a black one.

I'm new to the whole android scene but not to the hacking scene. I came from the palm pre which lets face it sucks if you don't hack it.

But I was wondering what are some must have apps and/or widgets for the evo.

For me and my fiance alike.

I got a task killer and sms popup and some stuff like that. But what else is there that is going to really make this phone shine?

Let me know. OH and I got the xda app so don't worry about suggesting it lol

And I've used xda in the past with my old windows mobile dash/exaclibur. It's a great community.
[EVO 4G General] redditor01:
Please use the Q&A section. It's there for a reason.
[EVO 4G General] guitarjockey:
If someone would be kind enough to move this for me that would be awesome. I didn't see that question and answers thread at the time of posting this. My bad.
[EVO 4G General] Bielinsk:
Just do some research.

Task killers are a no no.

There are 70,000 apps to choose from, to each their own. Check out appbrain.com for reviews etc.
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
[sarcasm] excellent response, junior [/sarcasm]

For one, give up on the task killers now. They are redundant and do more harm than good. Task killers are good for one thing in an android device, closing a problem app. Android does a great job of managing tasks all on its own.

My must haves:

Handcent (be sure to disable notifications in the stock messaging app)

Audio Manager

DocsToGo

Root Explorer

Google Earth

Google Voice (I use it for vvm only)

Dropbox

Pandora

Shazam

System Panel

ShootMe

Wireless Tether for Root Users (now in the market :))
[EVO 4G General] guitarjockey:
What's wrong with task killers? I'll take it off cause I trust you guys but just wondering what is the problem with them?
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
Barcode Scanner

Apps Organizer - Put apps in folders instead of having one long list

Systray Monitor - See percentage of battery left in toolbar

LED Desire Light - lets you use the flash for your camera as a flash light

Google Sky Map

Dolphin Browser - better browser

Shazam - recognizes songs

Pandora

Music Junk - can find just about any song
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
Do some searching, you will find plenty of good reading on the subject. You may even start in one of the older device forums, there was a lot of discussion on the subject in the CDMA Hero section.

Android manages it's ram and it does it quite well. A task killer is just another app that is always running, it's completely unnecessary and if you don't set it up right you might be killing stuff that you need.

If you want more detail than that I'm sure it will be VERY easy to find..

@xHausx, fwiw I used to be a huge fan of SysTray Monitor but I learned it runs rampant and uses more juice than it deserves. Unless they have updated it to perform more efficiently I had to drop that one from my must haves list when I had my Hero.
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
I use a task killer and have had good results with it, I just have it ignore everything except stuff I know is not needed and kill it when I am done. If you kill everything stuff will be constantly restarting and draining your battery
[EVO 4G General] mjones832:
nebenezer got most of the must have apps. However, one app you MUST get is AppBrain. Its also a website. What it does is you go to www.appbrain.com, log in with your gmail account, get the app from the android market and then you can surf the Android market through a web browser and select which apps you want. Then go to your phone, open AppBrain, select Manage my apps, and sync. Then you can install all the apps that you just saw on your PC. Very handy and much easier than surfing the entire market on your phone.

Basically, you will want a file explorer like Root Explorer (only useful if you are rooted (which I recommend you do)), Astro File Manager, ect.

If you dont like the Sense UI that comes with your HTC Evo or if you would like to try something else, some other home applications are available. My fav is LauncherPro but another great one is ADW.Launcher. These apps replace your entire home screen and interface with highly customizable interfaces that can be themed and tailored to your expectations.

The stock music app sucks imo. doubleTwist is a great player to replace it until we get froyo.

Another must is Screebl Lite. This app detects how you are holding your phone and will prevent the screen from sleeping until you set it down so that its resting at a 90* angle or a 180* angle and with this you can have the phone's timer set very low to allow for excellent power savings. Mine's set at 15 sec so when Im reading something on the internet, I dont have to keep tapping my screen so that the screen wont dim, turn off, and lock on me.

Here is the list of Apps I use a lot and are must haves for me:

Barcode Scanner

Torrent-fu

Gmail Unread Count

Screebl Lite

doubleTwist Player

Handcent SMS

Dropbox

AppBrain App Market

Pandora Radio

AudioManager Widget

Engadget

ASTRO FileManager

Gmote 2.0 <~ Very cool app if you like to watch stuff on your PC from your bed or couch.

Places Directory

SwitchPro Widget

LauncherPro Beta

XDA

System

Lastly, the whole speculation on task killers is kinda iffy. Some ppl think that killing tasks hurts the battery cause the apps will just then have to restart and that uses more CPU cycles than just leaving it running in the background, and in theory they are right. With a stock, unrooted, HTC Evo, you are going to have bloatware constantly restarting if you use a taskkiller. I used one anyways cause I multitask like a champ and when I finished my session, I ended it with a task killer and then locked my phone and went about my business. Now, what you need to do is pay for and use a program called 'System'. Its amazing. It will show you all the apps running in the foreground, background, system apps, and user set excluded apps. System shows how much CPU time apps are using and how much of a drain it puts on your battery for a period of time which is set by you, the user. It can monitor and show apps that eat battery like a fat kid at mcdonalds. With System, you can add apps to an "excluded" list so that they arnt killed when you run the taskkiller. Very handy app.

Hope this helps. tl;dr.
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
You should definitely check out an app called autostarts, you'd probably like it

HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION LauncherPro?????

so embarrassing ;)
[Droid Incredible General] Honestly77:
So i flashed the hydra kernel and my camera is broken cause i forgot it did that. Anyone have a fresh nandroid right after ota? Or the stock kernel from the latest 720p ota? Googled and looked here but couldnt find it.
[Droid Incredible General] michaelnhf:
have you tried flashing pmf's ota rom? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=714961 , not sure if the kernal is included or not but it's worth a try.
[Droid Incredible General] tcberg2010:
Here's a nandroid backup I made right after installing the ota. Everything works great

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8WPY5JK4
[Droid Incredible General] mikeacela:
U can get it from hydrakernels.net
[Droid Incredible General] apthirdeye14:
ty so so much...lol. i did the same thing as the guy at the top. downloading now.
[Droid Incredible General] dawynkoop:
Just did a factory wipe of my phone and now when trying to log in to Facebook for HTC Sense I am getting: The service is currently unavailable. Would you like to try again. Tried again with and without wireless to no avail.

Anyone else having this issue?
[Droid Incredible General] dawynkoop:
Restored back to a Nandroid backup that had been working fine, removed the Facebook for HTC Sense sync account and tried re-adding it, getting same issue. Sounds like a problem with Facebook.
[Droid Incredible General] kurtish:
Just flashed my Desire tonight and I can't sync Facebook.....it's getting me mad now.....grrrrrrr
[Droid Incredible General] nervana1:
It is ok, that is a very useless bloatware feature of Sense... Soo lucky!
[Droid Incredible General] dawynkoop:
I like the Facebook for HTC Sense app, it sync pictures for all of my contacts to their Facebook accounts so I don't have to. I loved that feature in MobileShell 3.5 for Windows mobile.
[Droid Incredible General] kurtish:
Heres HTC's response.....not tried it though as no doubt it won't work :D

In regards to Facebook I can help you with that. Please try the following steps if these do not help please contact the HTC helpline. Check People>Menu>View and confirm is the Facebook and/or the Facebook for HTC Sense is ticked. Log into there Facebook Account online and check if anything has changed. Does your password contain any unusual characters? (!”£$%^&*()_+) etc. Open People app>select the globe symbol>Facebook>Menu> Refresh. If you have checked all this and it fails try Home>Menu>Applications>Manage Applications >Facebook for HTC Sense>Clear Cache>Clear Data. Home>Menu>Settings >Accounts & Sync>Facebook for HTC Sense>Sync Now. I trust that this resolves your query. Please do not hesitate to contact us again if required.
[Droid Incredible General] kaiser_va:
kurtish your pessimism was spot on. HTC's instructions do not work.
[Droid Incredible General] obededom:
I noticed this as well after using the OTA update leak
[Droid Incredible General] dawynkoop:
Just ran Across this on the XDA home page today

HTC Sense Not Playing Nice with Facebook

Followed the steps in the post and Facebook for HTC Sense now connects, but it still doesn't seem to be working properly. If I go to a contact and try to link it to a facebook contact it doesn't show any of my contacts. Definitel sounds like Facebook changed something that broke the way the HTC Facebook app interacted with it.
[Droid Incredible General] partizan81:
Functionality seems to be restored for some users now, I personally had to nandroid restore back to a few days ago pre-FB/HTC issue, but once I did that+some muddling/restarts, all contacts sync'd as they should. YMMV
[Droid Incredible General] whenyouleastexpectit:
I have had the same issue with sense not getting along with face book. In people, where you choose which contacts to show, I checked my contacts for face book but it showed 0 of them. After restoring any data I thought would help thru titanium, un-installing fb, re installing fb, and re booting did things seem to be back to normal.

Beamed into cyber space by my Droid Incredible
[Droid Incredible General] kurtish:
Apparently HTC have advised some customers that the issue will be fix within 48 hours.....so give it until Christmas and we'll be able to sync again ;)
[Touch GSM General] ZeraX7:
hi all

i want to extend the ram i have, so is it can be purchased..

i'm planning to go a phones stores and do it..

but for saving time i'm asking

thank you in advance
[Touch GSM General] captainstu72:
No, this is not possible.

Unless of course you are going to extensively modify the firmware and drivers and everything. It's not just like adding ram to a computer.
[Droid X General] ANDROID 3G:
Got the Droid X on 7/15, everything was great, got the system update, now the camera won't work. Black screen only, even though both the Camera and Camcorder apps behave like they're working (with a black screen). Cannot take pictures at all, can take video, although no image is shown and playback of videos is a completely black screen.

I look in the camera and it looks like the shutter is open, although I'm not 100% certain what a closed shutter would look like. I think I can see the lens.

I did a full System Restore, the problem did not go away.

I've tried the camera app from the marketplace, facebook, etc., all treat the camera in the same way: just a black screen.

Trying to take a picture, the focus noise doesn't even sound.

This was working prior to the update, albeit in a laggy manner. Should I return my Droid X, or is there some other software / use fix I have not tried?

Thank you in advance!
[Droid X General] ANDROID 3G:
No one else is having this issue?
[Droid X General] showson1:
This is the first i personally have heard of this issue.

I would take it back and see if they can exchange it.
[Droid X General] gobbles23:
After the update I would try to go into the camera but it would say that it couldn't open it. A couple hours later it worked no problem. I recommend a factory reset to se if that helps and then try to exchange.

Edit: sort I didn't se that you already tried to reset it. Yeah it is time to take it back.
[Droid X General] ANDROID 3G:
I've tried a soft and hard reset and no luck. But a quick search on the Motorola forums brings me to conclude that this could be a major problem that if it doesn't happen to you now, it might just happen later.

https://supportforums.motorola.com/m.../186355#186355

https://supportforums.motorola.com/m.../185092#185092
[Droid X General] davisbs999:
The links didn't work for be. Would u be kind enough to explain a bit further what the potential problem is regarding the camera? thanks
[Droid X General] ANDROID 3G:
Links should work now:

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/32521?start=0&tstart=0

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/32618?tstart=0

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/32376?tstart=150
[Droid X General] generic.imitation:
did you take the lens cap off?
[Droid X General] Izord:
Mine works.
[Droid X General] chuck k:
Droid X camera problems after update

I have two droid X phones. My Camera quit the first time I tried to use it after the update. My daughters died 2 days after she updated. Verizon fix is to send me a refurbished phone. My fix is to get rid of motorola and verizon as soon as possible. Any help would be appreciated
[Droid X General] chrisanderin:
Mine did same thing... i pulled the battery while phone was on per the tech on the phone and it has worked fine since.
[Droid X General] Casshern:
I have noticed this on rooted droid x's. Factory wipe didn't really resolve any of the camera issues. Re-loading with SBF resolved the issue sometimes, while other times, a simple cache wipe resolves the issue.
[Droid X General] exiled18:
I dont know if this will work, but its just a suggestion that fixed my camera. My camera/camcorder app wouldn't open, so then I went into the gallery and deleted a corrupted image (It was all strange looking, a black square with lines on it, and also wouldn't open in any programs). Once I removed this image from my SD card the camera worked. Worth a try I guess...

Also try using another app to open the camera, like Vignette, in order to see if it is a hardware issue or a blur camera app issue.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gunggu:
Hi there, this is just a simple boot animation I compiled, its very rough since I'm no graphic /animation masters.

Download here for HTC EVO (Flashable zip)

- http://www.mediafire.com/?0l5p8tly1mc9yub

Please try and give feedback if it works or not

Here is a preview -->

Cheers!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] utb:
speed it up a bit.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nief1313:
agreed, its kinda slow
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dadoc04:
yea... cool boot... just a lil slow...

nice job though
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rjmjr69:
hahaha priceless yes speed it up and make it a black background this white lights up the whole room
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jadden:
Can you post another link? The link is deleted.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] brandenk:
Lately I have been using the CM6 nightly builds for the Evo. Baked snacks is still my favorite for a stable/good battery life ROM but I like playing around with this new faster ROM and I thought you might like too as well. Basically this is what Im using and Im sharing it with you guys. I should be updating it about once a day so I should be able to keep up with CM's daily releases.

I started with this thread in the dev section: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=729367

And the link to the CM nightly builds: http://mirror.kanged.net/cm/nightly/supersonic/

I didnt need to update my radio or anything else.

The nightly build I take and mod as such:

- I add the gapps from CM back to the zip so it becomes a single file update that includes all the google apps. I also remove the 2 apps the gapps pack removes, provision and quicksearchbox

- I remove rommanager

- I edit the update script to remove all the references to backuptool.sh

- I add in the 2.2 boot animation

- I replace the battery icons with my own and a few menu backgrounds with ones I have used in previous Kspec builds

- I add in my media

- Sign the file, share, Problem?

Download:

Based on CM6 cm_supersonic-07222010-134158.zip: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3000044/Kspec_cm_supersonic-07222010-134158.zip
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dmc971989:
THIS IS A VERY BAD IDEA...

there is a reason CM doesnt include the Gapps in his builds... he has got himself into hot water before with google over it so he no longer puts them in his builds, only provides a link to the official downloads

so taking a direct copy of his work and putting the Gapps in, then releasing it while still calling it his work is a terrible idea man

i would advise removing this link asap
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] barnacles10:
yeah. they are packaged in different zips for a reason.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] macramentonate:
Pretty scary. http://shipped-roms.com/?p=199

But good lookin out tho.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] femi4ever:
Menu background

I love the background you used. Is there a way i can get it as a stand alone apk or flashable zip?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mrono:
Why make an entire rom download, just make a metamorph pack or flashable zip....
[Vibrant General] srqt:
ok so my phone has been off the charger for ;

5h 23m 17s

I am at 56% battery.

What concerns me is that my display usage is at 56% of my battery usage with just 22m 27s of usage.

now if I do the math that means the display has used 25.76% of a full charge in just over 20 mins of use.

This seems absurd especially for what is supposedly a more efficient display. Do these numbers seem on par or do I have a faulty battery/device?
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
Has it been conditioned? I know conditioning does nothing to the battery itself, but it does cause the percentages to reflect more accurately.

Also, was it fully charged 5 hours ago when you took it off the charger? If not these numbers are meaningless.

I suggest comparing multiple charge cycles, not one strange instance.
[Vibrant General] srqt:
No, I have not conditioned, the phone.

Yes it is coming off of a full charge.

This is the first day I have taken it off the charger for the full day. I have had it connected to computers via USB to install music apps and get it rooted since I got it so I do not have any other cycles to compare it to accurately.
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
To be honest these batts do not need conditioning, they have no memory effect.

OP Display is nearly always the most. Unless you make long calls (which could make calls the highest) or never use the phone (stand by would be the highest)...

I would be far more concerned if an app or other device function was at the top of the list other than display.
[Vibrant General] Pneumatic:
I had initial concerns about the battery when I got this phone. Now that I have settled into a normal usage pattern (few videos, email, web surfing, Facebook, etc.) I get a full day (7am-10pm) out of a charge.

Just use it as you normally would and don't worry too much about the numbers. See how long it lasts and then adjust as needed. You can disable something that you don't need at that particular moment and make a big difference (like turning off Auto-Sync when you don't need to be constantly updated of your friends Facebook status or turning off 3G when you aren't going to be surfing).
[Vibrant General] srqt:
The fact that the display was on top is not what is concerning me it is the percentage of the full charge it used that has me worried.

In the total time off the charger at the time of these stats I used 46% of the battery. 56% of the 46% was for the display. That means that in 22 mins my display ate 25% of my full battery, which would equal out to my phone being dead with 1h 20m of screen time assuming no other resource used the battery.
[General Questions and Answers] Longstreet:
Hello all. Searched the forums and didn't find the answers to this. Pardon if it's been asked before.

I have a Pure. My first smart phone, and I'm really liking it. It's an AT&T phone, which means it comes with all the crap they like to preload. I've read on several different web sites (and those sites all seem to refer back to xda) of a way to get rid of the ATT bloat. Apparently it involves a hard-reset of the device, then A)remove the battery, or B)push the reset button, and that will interrupt the auto-install process. I'm very interested, as I'd like to free up the memory (however big or small the amount may be), and I suspect the thing would run a bit faster as well.

My questions:

1. All the instructions I've read deal with earlier versions of WinMo. Does this still work with 6.5 Professional?

2. If it does, what exactly is the procedure? Do I remove the battery, or push soft reset?

3. Is there a possibility of damage? I don't see how, but I'd like to be sure.

4. There are some of the pre-loaded apps that are useful. Is there a way to find the worthwhile apps and install them one at a time?

Thanks for any advice you can give me.