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[Desire General] ImBarryScot:
I've recently rooted my Desire and am running DeFrost but I've noticed something different with the web browser. For some reason, I can no longer hide the fact that the browser is a mobile browser which changes the appearance of some websites. I don't like this.

Is there any way around this? I was wondering if my browser before was a HTC one so maybe switching to a ROM like Modaco or OpenDesire's official port would help. Thing is, I'm not particularly fond of Sense.

Also, I read something about there being a way to replace the hosts file so it blocks out the ads. Is this still possible in Froyo?
[Desire General] cagra:
If you get Dolphin HQ browser from market, you can download a desktop toggles add-on, which switches between android and desktop ID
[Desire General] ImBarryScot:
Will that work for all browsers or just Dolphin?
[Desire General] JohnSteveDoe:
Or just type in about:debug in the address bar and "go". Then go to Menu > Settings > UAString
[Desire General] theboylogan:
This only half works.

Some sites are now intelligent enough that even though you change your user agent to a desktop one that they can work out you are a mobile and redisplay a mobile specific page
[Desire General] ImBarryScot:
about:debug doesn't seem to work in the default Froyo browser.
[Desire General] ImBarryScot:
It's ok. I've found the answer here: http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/...ion/6167-change-user-agent-android-phone.html

When you do about:debug nothing APPEARS to happen, but if you then go into the settings there are more options available.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] appelflap:
I see people posting quadrant scores for a particular rom on their device and compare it with a quandrant score of another rom on their device. Do you guys take the average of a couple of runs or is your descision just based on one run?

I ask this because I noticed that different runs of the quadrant benchmarking tool gives different results. For example, yesterday I tested the JP1 rom and on the first run I got 939 and after 4 runs I got 1006...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jaapschaap:
Maybe because Android is doing stuff in background, so each time it is possible that there is happening more then just the bench ;) If you are lucky and Android doesn't do anything you will get higher score ;)

My PC doesn't have a constant 3dmark score either, there are so many factors that can change it just like on a phone...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] appelflap:
Yes that's right, there are a lot of background services running on android and I think they interfere with the benchmarking tool. That's why I propose to take the average of, say, 5 runs.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jaapschaap:
Sorry english people:

Las helemaal over dat stukje heen joh dat je om een gem. vroeg ;)

Ik heb 5 runs gedaan en kom op 867 uit! Met JM2 (Samjet 1.6)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] appelflap:
Really (echt :) )? :confused: That's bad.

Maybe you should turn of wifi, ap data connection etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jaapschaap:
I don't really care about the numbers ;) Wich numbers i DO like are the FPS of the 3D test wich is 3 to 4 times better then my Nexus One :D (wich gets (oc'ed to 1.13Ghz) 1750 points in quandrant ;))

BTW there where much apps running in background, now with retry i get better values :)

Scores: 904, 899, 898, 900, 891 (pretty constand btw)

Not as high as you got it but higher as my last try ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] appelflap:
I guess the nexus one beats the samsung only on i/o filesystem procedures. Which would raise the question: how much weight should be given to that for getting a good overall impression of how fast a device is for day to day use?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Limality:
Holy Crap! I actually kinda understood what you said there :D (I'm from Switzerland)

But yeah, my Quadrant score also fluctuates on multiple runs.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DocRambone:
Nexus with CM 6 is way more snappy than SGS. There is a serious IO problem with Galaxy, lets hope its not a hardware limitation.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jaapschaap:
And because it's Android 2.2 (Desire only gets 600 on 2.1) that's 3 times lower ;) Imagin your score 3 times :D 3000 points! (i think it will be at least 2000 in quadrant on 2.2 final!)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewmcd11:
Could someone explain to me what I need to do to get one of these to work on my evo. Do I need to be rooted? I currently am through unrevoked.

Which controller is the best one to get?

A type of wireless Wii remote?

Thanks for any and all help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Download "Wiimote Controller" from the Market and follow the instructions.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewmcd11:
Does it work with the Sense UI on my evo? The developers website said it doesn't work on all sense devices

Thanks again.

Also, will one of those Wii retro controllers work on this?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradleyw801:
You need CM6

The Evo in it's stock state doesn't support any of the Wiimote apps in the market. I tried several Roms that don't use sense, and none of them would pair the Wii remote. The reason is that it is not Sense alone that causes the problem. The problem is that HTC changes the bluetooth stack when they put sense on the phone. Removing sense doesn't fix the stack.

The only rom currently out for the Evo that fixes this is Cyanogen 6 mod. He actually re-programmed the bluetooth stack. He has a release candidate which I have been using for a while now. I was even using his nightly builds and it's a very solid and stable rom. I haven't used the PSX Emulator, but I have been using Snesoid, and I love it. I got a Wii remote, and a classic controller from best buy, $60 total, and it was so worth it. With the classic emulators like Snesoid, you can actually map the keys for 2 controllers. Meaning you and a buddy can play Super Mario Kart, one using the Wii Remote, and the other using the classic controller plugged into it.

The other great thing about the CM6 rom is that Cyanogen is working on getting the HDMI out to clone everything from the phone over the HDMI port. This means that you can sit on the couch with your Wii remote and the classic controller pro, and using psx4droid you can play all the classics on the big screen.

The downside is the CM6 rom disables 4G, FM radio, and has had some issues with facebook contacts. Once you get this rom on, it should be pretty easy from there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewmcd11:
Thanks a lot, Bradley.

A few more questions...

It sounds like if I want to use a retro controller I have to connect a regular wii controller first and then plug the retro into the regular? Or can I connect the retro by itself without a regular controller?

Does Cyanogen have a site or blog where he can be followed? I'd like to get that Rom once he gets 4G working... and the HDMI-out; that sounds awesome. (On that note, do you know if I can flash that CM6 rom having rooted with Unrevoked? Do you know where I could find a step-by-step guide to help install it? (I'm searching the forums right now.))
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanBergundy:
What format do these things need to be in?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanBergundy:
Awesome tutorial for .ecm roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734919
[HD Mini General] jinkky:
I have a HTC HD mini English with italian rom installed.

To download the hotfix for ita rom, the site asks me a serial number Italian.

Could you help thanks
[HD Mini General] maranzala:
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[Vibrant General] mystycs:
Just got an email there is a site made to support galaxy s users at http://www.galaxyshelp.com

I just called in, and fast anwering. Lets see how they help us out!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] appelflap:
Hi, because i perhaps go back to some other firmware version, I made some "backups" of things of the froyo alpha firmware that I eventually want to run on some other firmware versions. Haven't tested yet if they run on 2.1 firmware versions, but who knows..

* First, a nice live wallpaper (MagicSmoke):

View attachment 368948View attachment 368949View attachment 368950

(third screendump has a weird distortion that isn't there on the device)

* Second, an app called PressReader for reading papers from PressDisplay.com (haven't seen this on the market)

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Please let me know if they run on 2.1 firmware versions.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xfile087:
Thanks! I just tried installing them on 2.1 and got a fail with the wallpapers (OLDER_SDK) but the PressReader however installed fine but when running I get a device authorization fail.. I'm no good at modding or coding but I'm sure someone else will get it running !
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Piny12:
I'm pretty sure the Magic Smoke Live Wallpaper is there on 2.1, too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] culturelol:
Can you upload the Swype APK from Froyo?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] appelflap:
You're right! I just downloaded some files from the Galaxy S .apk's thread, and the Magic Smoke wallpaper is included also. Never seen that one on any of the firmwares I had :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] oswade:
Indeed it is...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkeee:
Going into the console from recovery, the sdcard folder exists, but is empty. I thought at first it wasn't mounting, but I am able to using the nandroid backup and recovery tool. I was using the console earlier to rename my nandroid backups so that I can differentiate them. After booting into the latest CM6 nightly, this happened.

Also after exiting console by typing 'recovery' and entering it again, I get stuck and am unable to type anything or get out without a hard reboot.

I appreciate the help.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Binary100100:
try /mnt/sdcard
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkeee:
I don't seem to have an /mnt/ folder anymore.

I can see things on my sdcard when I go to flash zip or nandroid recovery. But not from console...

I tried to "mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0 /sdcard" but it says invalid argument.

Output of cat /proc/mounts is:

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0

proc /proc proc rw 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock4 /cache yaffs2 rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime 0 0

/dev/block

EDIT: I got it working, thanks. I flashed Clockwork recovery and then flashed Amon Ra over that. That was strange.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Neoconair:
I've just bought a TP2 with Vodafone UK firmware for my partner. I'm in the process of customising it but have noticed that some of the normal registry tweaks don't seem to work on this ROM.

'Any Key Wake Up' - normally:

HKLM\Hardware\OEM\KEYBD\Keylock=0, or:

HKCU\ControlPanel\Keybd\DefaultKeyLock=0

Also tried the relevant option in Touch Tools PR1.4; none of these options work and I'm still unable to wake the device from standby with the front buttons (although keyboard and stylus slide does work).

Would Vodafone have changed the registry keys in their ROM to prevent this tweaking? I know I can flash another ROM but my partner will like the Voda theme, and it also has the merit of omitting the slow HTC Messaging app while retaining the rest of Sense 2.5.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] swissmike:
Hi all

I tried ES Explorer and Astro:

Astro: i can browse but not opening the files on the domain server

ES Explorer: can't login with domain\user

Anyone has a solution to access and open files (mp3, avi, pdf, u.a.) on a server in a windows domain?
[XPERIA X2 General] LuH:
Has anybody tried http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=592663 ? I think maybe that TG01-D3DM might do some good to our device, I want to test it in next two weeks (unfortunately without internet =( ). On my old E-TEN X800 the cooked GAPI driver made a big difference, so I hope something would help our device as well =)
[XPERIA X2 General] lo:
This driver is only for Snapdragon cpu

I tried neoS2007 and GFXboost,I haven't seen any difference ...

X2 has already the graphic driver.
[Droid Incredible General] gmonox:
I've been using cyanogenmod 6 for a while and I absolutely love it. My only complaint is that copy/paste in browsers is a pain to use. The way sense did it was really good imo, is there a way to get a stock-like c/p experience without sense?
[Droid Incredible General] seanrolsen:
I, too, miss the Sense Copy/Paste. Irks me what Cyanogen hasn't incorporated something comparable yet. I need it in emails mostly (exchange).

There is an app called "Copy Paste it". Currently is it 7 bucks and uses image recognition to determine the text so it is not 100% accurate. You draw boxes around the text you want to copy (similar to the boxes used when resizing widgets on the home screens).

Sean
[Droid Incredible General] igknighted:
Using CM 6.1, I don't see any issue with copy/paste. I can select whatever I want and paste it where ever as well... what issues are you having specifically? Perhaps its a new feature since 6?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] REDd SPYDER:
Hey I'm Fairly new to the android family with the Evo 4G, And I was wondering Is their any new app that supports Skype and/or oovoo? I was using fring but it no longer supports Skype, So I am in search of a new app. Please help me
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bradynapier:
I believe Skype is blocking third parties atm... they have exclusive contracts with Verizon for Skype but I also believe they want to release a skype app on all androids soon enough
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] reyderosquillas:
what about this?

http://modmyi.com/wiki/index.php/Carrier_APN_Settings#Cingular

aren't these the iphone settings?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] LoveMyPhone:
Those are not the settings that the iPhone uses. As far as I know, those are the settings that everybody else uses.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Kaostick:
I've been stuck in the limbo that is WM for what feels like way too long. I was comfortable with it; I knew it. But recently I started a love affair with Android on my TP2 thanks to HaRET and my unending curiosity. So I put an listing up on craigslist asking if anyone had an Android device they wanted to sell at a reasonable price. Within minutes, I had an e-mail from someone almost a hundred miles away saying he had a Droid he would sell for $200.. Seems like a good deal as most of the Droids on e-bay are still >$300. Unfortunately, he wants to do this deal the day after tomorrow, and has committed to driving most of the way to my city to do it.

So I come to this wonderful community that I have lurked in for quite a while in the hopes that you can give me the heads up. What do I need to know, and what do I need to look for?

Naturally, the first thing I am going to do is call the big V and confirm that the ESN is clean. But what about the phone itself? Is there anything I need to look out for? Any known issues? I read something about the back of the screen getting scratched from the sliding mechanism in another thread. Is that just the plastic that gets scratched up, or can the LCD itself get damaged?

I have also read a lot about this "locked bootloader." I think I understand this as not being able to install custom roms, but still allowing you to root. I was under the impression that rooting your device basically took care of that, so now I understand that I was wrong, and will further research what rooting is on my own. But I also see that some people have custom roms available here on XDA and that others are running Froyo on their Droids. Its all very confusing, and under normal circumstances, I would take a few days to read, research, and teach myself. But at the moment, I feel a little under the gun, as this deal won't last forever.

Anything you guys or gals can tell me would probably be more helpful than you think. I feel like I'm trying to make the switch from XP to Ubuntu.. (heh) Any and all posts will be read. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] slick69:
The Droid doesn't have a locked bootloader and can be rooted easily. I bought one just like you're thinking of, I don't even have VZW service.

I put Froyo on it and I like it even though I haven't rooted yet.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] [ L ]:
The back of the screen has a little layer of plastic to keep from scratching some of the plastic. It tears pretty easily, but it doesnt matter as it will not actually damage the LCDs/LEDs, just scratch the plastic back up a little bit.

The Droid does not have a Locked BootLoader, only the Milestone does. Some people do know how to get around this though.

Rooting a Droid is actually quite simple. All you need (if you are a n00b, like me and you) is to download the DroidRootKit from the web which does the most complicated work for you, while allowing you to do some of the simpler stuff.

When you Root, you are brought back to Android 2.0.1 and you cannot download apps, so you might want to download ROM Manager (Premium or Regular) and back it up for downloading Eclair and Froyo ROMs later.

If you do not want to do that, then you should download a ROM (ie, UltimateDroid) place it on your SD card after Rooting, and install that through SPRecovery or ClockWorkMod Recovery.

People who are running Froyo are either rooted and downloaded a custom ROM, or forced the update through the download at the Verizon site.

The first thing you do when you meet that guy is ask if it is Rooted or ever has been.

Then you ask him if it has ever had water damage or any problems with the LCD screen.

If he says yes to the first question, good.

If he says yes to the second or third question (water damages and/or LCD problems) then DO NOT BUY IT.

(results may vary)
[HD2 General] operative1:
Hello guys,

i found this on hackaday

http://hackaday.com/2010/07/28/inductive-cellphone-charging-without-voiding-warranty/

This guy manages to extract all needed electronics from a Palm Pixi backplate and modded everything into his HD2. Only problem is the metal backplate that interferes with the touchstone charger station.

Anyone got an idea on how to solve that?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djkoch:
Hi y'all

Can anybody confirm if the issue with the calendar has been fixed in the new updates. The problem is that you cannot change your default calendar. This means you have to manually change from "my calendar" to "your-google-calendar" each time you create a new appointment. Otherwise the appointment won't be sync'ed... Rather annoying since I'm using the same calendar on different devices/locations...

It's been discussed shortly here - but not firmware related: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=716005

I'm currently using the JM2 (SetROM) not the froyo version.

Best regards

DrKoch
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tommy34:
yes, this is possible..somehow. It just remembers which calendar you selected the last time and there it stores the new appointment
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djkoch:
Great - another reason for upgrading fast :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
that's the sweet thing of customizing your own ROMs
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
[PATCH] Bug fixes > Froyo V5 *7/27 leak* (Fix: Browser, Gmail, Market, Stream Audio)

Figured it would probably be worthwhile to roll an update zip with the fixes for the leaked Froyo release which have been identified thus far.

Patch contents:

Fixed force close issues with the browser when interrupting a page load or loading a URL out of email/RSS and hitting back. My patch will replace the browser with a deodexed version from the Evo 2.2 official (but pulled) release, which eliminates this issue.

Streaming audio fixes. This is NOT the same as the build.prop change found in other threads. The patch will replace the stagefright libraries using versions from the Evo OTA. As a result, the fix will not degrade Quadrant performance and should solve the streaming audio quality issues present in the original leak.

Market fix for missing apps. Changed build.prop such that the phone will identify itself as an N1 running Froyo (credit: adrynalyne).

Gmail app replaced with working version. The version included with the leaked ROM is terribly broken (such as adding 0s, not being able to open labels, etc). Patch will replace it with the latest version from the N1, which works great.

Superuser reverted back to 2.1, which despite generating sqlite errors in logcat works more reliably than 2.2.2. Should eliminate the issue with root elevation requests taking a long time after first booting.

Installation:

Apply the zip via CWM as usual (can be re-run anytime, such as for updates).

Be aware, this patch will clear your Gmail and Superuser data automatically.

Thus, your phone will download your mail again and you will need to approve apps requesting root (only after first applying the patch).

Changelog

Version 5 - Fixed streaming audio and reverted superuser to 2.1.

Version 4 - Fixed browser force close issues.

Version 3 - Updated Gmail to 2.2.1 and automated install process completely.

Version 2 - Fixed Superuser so that permissions persist.

Version 1 - Initial release.

Download:

V5 -- http://www.multiupload.com/8C0A944GDC

V4 -- http://www.multiupload.com/9YKLTFQVKB

Undo audio changes -- http://www.multiupload.com/48J3CJ7J60
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ezy1022:
thanx for this
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Greasy Joe Bick:
Worked. Thank you. :cool:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Mach3te:
Thanks, much appreciated! :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] deficitism:
RMK- Thanks for this.

There is an issue after applying your patch where Superuser permissions does not 'remember', and reprompts on every SU required app... And yes, 'remember' is checked.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] qwho:
My super user is doing the same thing, won't remember any prefs.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kartoon56:
same here, was you problems after the patch or before?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] shoman24v:
Is there any way to fix the 3G from not coming on on reboots? I've had this probelm a few times now? Wonder if its widespread?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mclarryjr:
Mine started to do the same after the update. And thanks for the update :D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] g00s3y:
Yep, just had it happen to me again. This is the 3rd time since i've installed the update...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
Ugh, yeah, confirmed.

Looking into it now.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] pieter3d:
FYI, this patch does not include the fix to disable the stagefright media player in build.prop, which is supposed to fix the crappy sounding AAC streaming audio.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] silverramsrt:
applied this update.

my gmail app force closed on boot. couldn't restart it even after reboot.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jaypr9:
Did you clear the cache under settings/applications?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] hazard666:
Could someone tell me what version the gmail app is?

Thanks a lot.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JaydenR:
Probably because adding that also hurts performance.

Clear data in the application info. That fixed it for me.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JaydenR:
Version 2.2
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
Updated version to fix the Superuser permissions not persisting properly, sorry about that guys. Go ahead and just apply the new zip file on top of whatever you have now, will work just fine.

As for the media streaming change, that was intentional for reasons already mentioned. You're trading one problem for another, streaming quality for performance. Anyone who desires that "fix" should have no trouble applying it to the build.prop included with my patch.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rmk40:
No that I am aware of. As fixes get released for these issues and are confirmed to work I'll incorporate them into this patch. But yeah, nothing for the 3G issues right now.