yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate General] Mac11700:
For all of the people who have said " there's nothing out there to really use the GPU of the Cappy "...I have to ask..What about HD movies.. ? Isn't the GPU used heavily in this ? Could someone compare the 2 side by side with Avatar or Ironman 2 and see how they do against each other ?

MAc
[Captivate General] robstunner:
I haven't watched HD videos on my phone that i've downloaded (either or) but i can say that YouTube HD on the iPhone kills the Captivate as far as picture quality goes. the Resolution bump is extremely noticeable.
[Captivate General] DJNgoma:
+1, this is really bad I must say. This has never happened with my previous phones but I suppose this being my first Android phone I guess I have to learn the hard way. I would hate using this phone on a hiking trip, or a stay away from any electricity over a weekend. You would basically be marooned.
[Captivate General] veedub1991:
I agree that with a captivate running JF6 that the iphone has better battery life. However I have noticed a huge improvement with the JH7 update, and I can no longer say that the iphone 4 has better battery life.
[Captivate General] DJNgoma:
So how many hours can you squeeze out on JH7? Currently JI6 is a joke in my opinion in battery life.
[Captivate General] tbong777:
No doubt you have to carry an extra battery or two with this phone......but you cannot do that with the iPhone now can you?

I never had a phone I did not have extra charged batteries for.
[Captivate General] robstunner:
Agreed
[Captivate General] Mac11700:
Well...I've watch HD movies clips at the ATT store a dedicated Apple tech downloaded for me when researching both phones.. It looked awful on the Iphone..It was pixelated and had really bad banding on it. When I watched the full HD movie Avatar at T-Mobile..it was utterly fantastic..

I was hoping someone who has put a full HD movie on the I4 Phone could chime in..not from U-Tube..I don't think their quality on what you can download is on par with converting a Blue-ray movie to either....

BTW..might as well ask....can you actually put a BR movie on the I4-phone..? Is that an available option ?

Mac
[Captivate General] tellim83:
Cry cry cry thats all yall people do is complain and cry about things!! Iphone this Iphone that well why dont ya just go back and get ya lil Ipoop!?!? Reurned that piece of crap after 3days cause the battery was garbage...captivate is byyy far the better of the two!! You by a phone with all these capibilities if your gonna cry about how ya battery last...carry your charger for if it makes.you that upset...haha what will my cappy do next?!?!
[Captivate General] robstunner:
I never said the iPhone was the better phone, i just stated a fact that the iPhone 4 that I own, lasts longer throughout the day than my Captivate that i own. For me personally, the iPhone does a few things that matter to me better than the Captivate, but to you those things may be irrelevant. That said, I also think the Captivate is an amazing phone. Also, if you had read my previous posts i said i dont want to have to carry a charger or a spare battery around to get through the day.
[Captivate General] flashman2002:
I will say my battery life improved by 100% with Froyo. I don't know why but now I can go 24 hrs before needing to recharge compared with 12 with any 2.1 build. Anyway, this thread is not about just battery life, I am happy with the Captivate as a whole. The IP4 does some things better and some not. I like the ability to customize and mess with the phone, something that is not really possible compared to the Captivate. Just my reason for thinking it is a better phone.
[Captivate General] Dxtra:
I get 1 day and change on a full charge battery. The captivate battery its super good. It all comes down to your set up. Don't expect battery to last if you have all whole bunch a things synchronizing every 15 min or so, also comparing the iPhone to the captivate its just not accurate, remember android lets any app real multi task, wake phone from sleep , sync while sleep , live wallpaper ect your bound to use more battery on android. But the bottom line it's all up to you on how your battery performs.
[Captivate General] XanderCorp:
I am in love with my captivate. Everybody I know who has an iPhone 4 is pretty jealous of how the screen looks, and of the whole phone in general. Plus the comparison of the CPU/GPU I disagree with. Architecturally they're both similar but to my knowledge the iPhone 4 is underclocked at 800 MHz, with no way of overclocking, and the gpu is also not as nice as the capptivates. Theres just not too many actual 3d android games to compare it to iphone things like Epic Citadel.
[Captivate General] robstunner:
I must say tho, I dont know what apple did but iOS4.1 is a battery HOG. when i was on 4.0.1 i was getting those 2 days full of no charging (sorry i didnt clarify that earlier). Playing with the two phones (iOS4.1 vs. Cog Beta4 Froyo) i would say standby time is about the same. Web browsing, iPhone won (as far as battery drainage).

With the Cappy I have

Facebook set to update 1x a day

Twitter set up to update every 4 hours (its the max)

Gmail to Push

Wifi Shut off after 3 mins of black screen

LagFix

Stock Cog wallpaper

Beautuful Widget on homescreen.
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
As far as games go, Need for Speed: Shift looks a LOT better on the Captivate than it does on the iPhone 4. It runs at a higher resolution and it's smoother, plus the larger Super AMOLED screen really makes it pop. If you want to show off your Captivate, get it and then tell your iPhone friends to install the demo from the App Store so you can compare.
[Captivate General] bamonkey:
ive actually been curious about this because nfs shift seems to be the one game that really shines on the cappy. no idea there was an iphone demo as well. man. i really wish they could pull the gpu power i know is in this phone out more often
[Captivate General] manlisten:
Those of you experiencing poor battery life, make sure you change your WiFi policy to turn off WiFi when the screen is off. I just did this last night and my phone dropped about 4 percent in battery life overnight (~ 7 hours) whereas normally it would drop 10-15 percent over the same span.

I still think the battery life isn't very impressive on this phone but this did help me.
[Captivate General] richierich1212:
Angry Birds looks much better on the Captivate as well. Smoother too??
[Captivate General] veedub1991:
Well usually charge mine every night but never need to. Yesterday it was unplugged for 17 hours 25 min, with 1h 45m of voice call, which was 58%. Another big draw was that out of 17 hours 25% was without signal and 8 of those hours max signal is 1 bar usually around -111 dBm (bad signal at work). When I plugged it in I had 45% battery left. With JF6 im pretty sure my battery would have been dead.

I've only tested out JI6 on my dev phone. No valid sim card. So I cant say anything there.

edit: This was with other medium usage, some web browsing and maybe 1 hour of pandora
[Captivate General] avgjoegeek:
Bah, although the iphones battery life is a little better I get plenty of use out of my captivate.

And I use it all day checking email, face book, xda, engadget, txt ing, calls, and basic bs like browsing the web etc... And it keeps up just fine even with all the silly widgets I have installed.

Running Cog 2.1.5 even.

My old iPhone would have a little more juice sure but it was slower than hell, and was a pain to have to wait for apps to load or update.

With a little tweaking this phones battery life is just fine.
[Captivate General] namasaya:
Having been an avid iPhone user (from the 3G to, most recently, the 4), I switched to the Captivate for numerous reasons. The biggest being the ability to use my phone without Apple's dictatorship and the Android OS (which is light years ahead of iOS, in my opinion).

The iP4 "retina display" is "cool", but I found the Super AMOLED offers a better experience when watching movies, viewing pictures, and seeing what's going on in daylight. I tried watching movies on my iP4, but the screen's aspect ratio scaled movies down to a point where the viewing experience became a little irritating. It was like watching a 19" TV from the back of the room.

However, the big debate in this thread seems to be the battery life. As much as I tend to agree with the iP4 having more "longevity", I found that my Captivate is perfectly capable of surviving 2+ days without a charge. The only changes I've made were limiting the auto-sync (I disabled it, and update my Gmail manually) and, though many of you might disagree, I use a completely black background instead of the stock and live options. By switching to a stark black wallpaper, my battery life has been phenomenal.

Some people will find that boring, but (to me, atleast), the app icons, widgets, and so on seem to be floating on the display since the Captivate's blacks are the blackest around and blend seamlessly with the outer edge of the display.

I'm just sayin. Give it a try.
[Captivate General] tbong777:
Easy to carry an extra battery and not worry about using the phone and enjoying the backgrounds one wants. One of the things I hated about the iPhone was having to conserve power all the time and be aware that I may not have a working phone at 4PM.......Not so when you have a few batteries charged up. I would not buy a device this powerful if it had a closed battery system
[Captivate General] mikel.canovas:
Just have to reopen this and say that the Captivate is absolutely horrible until you put a custom ROM on there. Samsung killed great hardware with horrendous software. With a custom ROM so many more options are available and make the Captivate truly shine over the iPhone 4. IMHO
[Captivate General] amolpatalay:
I don't know if you people realize this but our phones (well the Galaxy S atleast) does NOT have 512MB of utilizable RAM and it never will. Unlike most phones where the developers looked at RAM and wrote down/soldered in 512MB of RAM for the entire phone to use, apparently Samsung screwed us again and gave us only 384MB of RAM the entire system can use -- mobile DDR RAM. The other 128MB is apparently dedicated for the graphics subsystem effectively giving us 512MB of total RAM, but we can never use the full 512MB of RAM -- just 384MB since the other 128MB is HARDWIRED to the graphics subsystem (the SGX 540 -- it's like VRAM so in theory our phones will be graphical monsters once we get Gingerbread -- better gaming APIs = better access to the memory).
[Captivate General] bugmenever:
I personally had both an iPhone 4 and now have a Captivate.

They are incredibly evenly matched.

With the jailbroken* iPhone, I really couldn't ask for much more. Clearly it's not as up-to-par customization-wise as Android, or add any additional features. Despite that, I always liked the usability and structure of the iPhone, and iPhone has one of the best developer bases, period.

Plus, you don't have to flash a theme for iPhone, just change it up in Winterboard. Still, Android has it's perks that will supersede the iPhone.

As for Captivate, I really cannot say anything really negative about it. While I wish iOS would be ported with developer magic, Android is still pretty cool. I like how we can change ROMs on a whim, and I like the whole sophisticated feel of Android. I love the whole look and feel of the phone itself, and while I like some aspects of iOS, I would still prefer Captivate hardware over iPhone hardware, yet iOS over Android.
[HD2 General] Carnivore9:
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I used a pixi charging back case (5.99usd) and touchstone charging base (9.99usd) to create this mod. You can find them on clearance at radioshack!

Can be made for other devices: ipods, iphones, bluetooth headset, etc...

Comment plz.

-Carnivore
[HD2 General] FRANQ_23_PL:
Maybe some photos and more descriptions?

Im curious how this looks/working.
[HD2 General] ephestione:
sure interesting, and most valuable as a proof-of-concept realization, even if I'de never go out with a setup like that ;)
[HD2 General] RedWave31:
Hey, why do you use this microUSB port?

There's one marvelous thing about our HD2 : the dual-backplate setup :p

-> Use the golden plated contacts right next to the sim card.

They're used for the "old/weird" special car back-plate in order to make contact via the magnetic holder (aka the "original" car kit)

This way u'll be able to mod a plastic back plate with all the mechanism integrated, you just have to "make" two pins (and understand how the third middle one works) that connects to the HD2 motherboard :p

Hope that helps :p But i'm sure our HD2 will be the only one who will survive the wireless charging mod without too much trouble vs unibody etc
[HD2 General] keesmathot:
Nice

Yeah it looks nice but i don't think anybody is siriously going to use this do you??

Wy doing all this effort for making while you just can plug your charging cable in??

Anyways nice work. Good that people are trying to improve the phones usability.
[HD2 General] ephestione:
oh I bet he's had a lot of fun doing it :D That alone is more than enough of a reason :)
[HD2 General] palmbluetooth:
I tried doing something like this a little while back, the connectors next to the sim card can be used for charging which would make the whole thing much nicer and easier, it worked good, but the HD2 metal door blocked the signal so it would not charge, so I used it with a sillicon case on top, it was good but not the best, then I tried to hard wire it inside, opened the HD2, it got few dust specs behind the LCD from opening, I tried blowing them away and the whole screen died, well it was a sad story which eventually ended up on ebay, and I had to get a different one I WILL NOT TRY THIS AGAIN, i hope.
[HD2 General] c_legaspi:
thats good of you to try. hope you find a compatible plastic back for it or some other solution.

ill be looking forward to your progress on this as i have a palm pre and an extra touchstone charger.
[HD2 General] Carnivore9:
The car kit's replacement back is also metal. But I will look into those 3 pins in back. Anyone know what they do exactly?
[HD2 General] lude219:
they activate the navi-panel and charge your phone at the same time. Do they have the navi-panel for the TMOUS version? I'm not really sure, but yea, if you're able to use the 3 pins inside, then it'll free up your micro usb connector.
[HD2 General] Carnivore9:
I actually was fooling around with a microusb charging head and found that if you ground one of the data wires, the navpanel will show up. I was a little confused at first since I've never used it before then figured out it was a hidden feature.
[XPERIA X10 General] sanjay_2001:
guyz do anyone know know when is the next update to be released!!!

still small updates or the giant android 2.1?
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
I do think next update will be android 2.1, there is no need for more small updates. And probably it will be released on later september. (Maybe it's just what I want to believe, LOL)
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
You are correct.
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
An update for the phone will be released!
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
Why do you say that? Did I miss some new?

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[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
No... just be patient.

A new firmware will truly come... :D
[XPERIA X10 General] Candy[MAN]:
Looks promising since version R2EA001 has been made certified last week on the 21st of July.
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
I'm patient. But which firmware are we talking about?, 2.1? I think we won't see that until later september. Or, are you talking of other minor update coming soon?

Regards
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
I'd say: nothing special...

iead1 and I are just kidding around...

As S/E promised 2.1 and 2.2, saying: "A new firmware will come", nobody lies :p

Its like saying: "Everybody has to pee", "most trees have green leafs" or: "There will be no oil anymore in the next centuries" :D
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
Ah, Ok, LOL:)
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
SE Official statement is that 2.1 will come toward the end of Q3 with a further significant UI enhancement in Q4.. (mainly around TS and MS I believe).
[XPERIA X10 General] kannanX10:
@sanjay_2001

i got R2BA026 in india,intially SEUS said my phone was up to date,but by using reinstall/repair option i got R2BA026 firmware(baseband 1.0.31)......
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
What firm did you have before?
[XPERIA X10 General] kannanX10:
i had R2BA023 india--customized firmware before getting R2BA026 by using reinstall option in SEUS
[XPERIA X10 General] dundun1701:
UK also has 026 update for Generic phone
[XPERIA X10 General] Ivymike52:
R2BA026 Italian available on my site.
[XPERIA X10 General] HyperionX10:
You sure? OTA or SEUS?
[XPERIA X10 General] Candy[MAN]:
X10a now updates to 026 as well (up from 023) via SESU and not OTA.

Generic LAM
[XPERIA X10 General] fonzthegreat:
froyo?

I have a feeling.. SE will skip 2.1 altogether and go straight to 2.2. 1.6 to 2.X took long because it was considered a major version change by google.. and if they had 2.1 code ready.. im sure it will be quicker to update to 2.2. I have a hunch that 2.2 will be released with the X8 on september. Just so to make it like a big major announcement
[XPERIA X10 General] vt2000:
Still no update on x10A NAM

Still on 20!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] saltorio:
Don't count on it.. SE has been talking specifically 2.1 whenever they've mentioned the Q3 OS update, and have remained silent regarding 2.2. I've also read of some people within internal testing seeing 2.1 on the X10.
[XPERIA X10 General] fonzthegreat:
I know.. but im still hoping! wasnt the switch from 1.5 to 1.6 pretty quick? well.. im hoping they go straight to froyo.. all the major players are releasing froyo around august, sammy,htc and moto.
[XPERIA X10 General] HyperionX10:
Just updated my generic UK from 020 to 026 using SEUS.

No need for Repair option, SEUS told me that a new update is available and I had the option to keep the current data.
[XPERIA X10 General] fonzthegreat:
notice anything new? still stuck on 20 here in the Philippines :(
[XPERIA X10 General] HyperionX10:
Nope, haven't seen anything new yet. Still playing with it...

Well, at least my PlayNow did not disappear again as it happened during the last update :)
[XPERIA X10 General] fonzthegreat:
why do I always check forums for updates? I should stay content with my firmware.. lol now I feel bad that im not getting 26
[About XDA developers] noname580:
How come the devs around here use fire distribution sites instead of open source trackers? i mean android is open source, there are open source trackers, and on top of the 99% of the stuff available for rooted android phones is legal and you freely share. i figured it would help with the distribution of files for both the devs and the users.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] texass:
Is there any way to get this working on the eris? I think there's a smoked glass Pandora, Facebook, Music, and Youtube skin for the widgets. I tried renaming to pandora.apk and pushing through adb but no dice..

droidforums.n e t/forum/droid-hacks/22154-smoked-glass-pandora-pulled-your-pleasure.html
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] shoman24v:
Google talk for our Incredibles, works with the MMS app I posted. This is a messenger application for other people who have Talk too.

adb push ImProvider.apk /system/app
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n4th4nr1ch:
Hi,

I've disabled the haptic feedback and it now does not vibrate when I type.

However it still vibrates when I dial numbers. any way to disable that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
In the phone app, press menu, preference and disable haptic feedback there too
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
no preferences in my phone app menu .... just settings but nothing there about haptioc feedback ...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n4th4nr1ch:
yes only has:

edit default message, edit message, save to contacts
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mast3rpyr0:
Oh sorry, i have CM6 with froyo. cant help you man.
[HD2 General] bikkies:
Hi,

A user wants to remove the Telstra MyEmail account on the HD2 they are using the latest Telstra rom and just want it gone. Is there a way to remove a locked/carrier branded email account through a registry change so it does not show up in sense or is deactivated and not prompting for any details anymore.

Any help in getting it removed appreciated, they only want their exchange email running no other email accounts.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edge-1337:
Okay. Well I have the CDMA Hero from Sprint. I'm new to the whole rooting thing.

I was on build 1.56, but re-ran the 1.55 build, and now I'm on the 1.55 build with successful root. Super Permissions and all.

My question is, what can and should I do now? I want the lock screen like the Samsung Moment has stock. With both sides working. Unlock and sound. Also want the text and time. All of it working like it came stock on the phone.

Anything special I should install, or good roms that look professional (not sports or weed ones.).
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
Welcome to the world of HTC Hero CDMA modding :)

1) If you want a ROM made with speed, stability, and classic HTC look as its priorities then check out nfinitefx45's Sprint 2.27.651.6 STOCK Deoxed

If you want another stable and speedy ROM but with the classic vanilla Android look, take a look at Darchdroid

Fresh Rom is another popular favorite.

2) You can remove Stocks, Nascar and other useless apps...

3) Run wireless tether. Pick 1.6.0 as that has been reported to be the most stable version for our specific phone

4) If you get Fresh or nfinitefx's ROM, get Darchkernel for fixes in call receiving, wireless tether, overclock, and optional undervolt for better battery life

5) Get SetCPU to control CPU speed and tweak for better battery life

6) Regarding the vanilla lock screen: Darchdroid comes with vanilla lock screen just the way you want, not sure if the background is transparent or not though. Fresh Rom also has the vanilla lock screen with text and time, but I'm pretty sure the background is transparent. If you use nfinitefx45's rom the only way I know of to get vanilla lockscreen is a transparent version without text and time.

Hope this helps!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edge-1337:
Thank you. Helped a lot.

I look forward to learning more about modding, and more that I can do with Rooting.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
Danger bro no love huh lmao
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edge-1337:
I used Fresh's rom. Everything is running smoothly.

I have the Vanilla lock, but it's incomplete for me. I'm missing the text. There is no Sprint, No Time, No Date, and it's Transparent.

I'd like to have a background and all that text. Other than that, everything is working smoothly.

Also as for a Recovery, anything special I should have? I took a Nandroid back up (with fresh installed) before I installed the vanilla lock screen.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vampir4997:
I just rooted a few weeks ago. If you want a rom that looks awesome and is already under/overclocked Buufed from crunchysoft is pretty kool and it has the lock screen your referring to with and the data on it.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
IMO Buufed's themed-out look won't meet his requirement of "looking professional."
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jp50:
running Aloysius V11 maps and my internal memory is getting full. How do I start using the apps2sd and get my memory space back? is apps2sd an app that i can download from th market? I searched and came up with nothing in the market.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hungry Man:
No idea, it's easier to just flash a froyo ROM that has it automatically set up lol
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
i think the rom i'm currently using has apps2sd but i cant find anything that turns it on.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hungry Man:
You have to partition your drive or some ****. I dono man.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjohnson3452:
KaosFroyo has it set-up, no partition needed.