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[Captivate General] lionheartck:
What you are doing is called side-loading an application. This can be done without rooting, and is not a good reason to root.

People root there phones in order to bypass restrictions placed on their phone by the carrier or the manufacturer. For example, rooting will let you download apps from websites, download apps not intended for use by the carrier i.e. tethering, and lastly the give you more control over themes and roms on your Captivate.

Once you root, you can theme just about anything on your phone, because you have full access to all parts of the phone. So, if you want a Hello Kitty icon next to all menu options, then you'll have access to put that there.

Roms are the reason I rooted. People smarter than me can release what amounts to a fully redesigned version of the OS. They can take parts from different phones, or create tweaks that fix a lot of the issues that the phone has. They can also create stable OS updates that we can use before we get the full release from our Carrier. Which means that we'll probably see a Froyo Rom working before we get a push from the software update in the phone itself.
[Captivate General] Qmotion:
"I see", said the blind man when he turned on the lights !!!!

I'm such a noob. I'll be learning.
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
Hey, im not sure if any of you noticed but i had a nexus one which was a great phone! but it seems the vibrant is much fast when loading pages and pulling in data on edge and 3g. It's hard to explain what i mean but it's just a little more powerful. anyone else notice this? when you download apps, especially on 3g.. it's like #pow! and installed... very zippy!

just wanted some opinions. I can't wait until a real rom is generated for this phone and they create a 3200 mah battery for this. IM BUYING IT lol

Also yall should try Skyfire browser from the market and set your browser to open as Desktop rather than android or iPhone. Even on edge, the pages open so fast!

check it out! :)
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
yea, the data seems quite zippy on the phone, even if the speed readings are a bit inconsistent. I did hit 5 Mbps in pasadena yesterday tho.:D
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
yeah exactly :)
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
I too came from a n1 and yes this beats it in speeds. Even on edge with no bars is faster than my n1 with 2 bars... I just wish the signal bars wasn't wacky. Its throwing my thinking off...lol
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
The phone takes advantage of HSPA. That's probably what you're seeing.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
So did his n1.....
[Vibrant General] SE7EN-:
Coming from the Slide I couldn't even use the browser on Edge but on this Vibrant its really quick on Edge and I don't even need to switch it to 3G. Definitely a difference.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
Same here, in edge my n1 most the time didn't do anything... this is fast on edge....
[Vibrant General] I_Droid:
I just record my best download on speedtest.net. 6.1Mbs in Seattle area.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
Nice I got 5.0 this morning in Portland Oregon...
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
well the nexus was said to support HSPA as well but it wasn't this fast.
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
i completely agree. the bars issue is annoying but i try not to worry about it too much because it never loses connection.
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
i can't seem to get past 3.2 mb download speeds in Philadelphia. it normally ranges from 2.5 mb though. that's pretty good.. it's consistent compared to some unfortunate people in bad areas
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
Anything over 2.0 for me is good. ...
[Vibrant General] Arr MiHardies:
I'm lucky if I get .5 Mbps here in vegas.. And we supposedly have that high speed network here. I went to california not long ago and edge there completely blew away the 3g in vegas. That is very sad.
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
using speedtest.net i got 5.6 download speed here in richmond va

then the next day, saw 1.9 - someone on another forum said when he had spotty svc at home, he complained and Tmo sent a tech out to his tower, and a week later his was smoking with 4 bars constant

no idea how valid that report was but i'm thinking to try it
[Vibrant General] iunlock:
The Vibrant definitely processes things fast all around. I'm hitting 5-6Mbps down.

As for your battery you should just pick up some extra 1500mAh to get you by.
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
funny you mention that - had a similiar issue when i was out in vegas - called tmo cause i couldn't believe vegas would have weak coverage - csr said to try turning phone off, wait a couple minutes and turning back on - and it worked

in case it helps, she said something about the phone "reregistering with the network"
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marcehh:
Does anyone else find Vanilla roms (without sense) much smoother, but have about 1/3rd of the battery life of sense roms?

It's very frustrating as I much prefer the look and feel of the nonsense roms but they just die on me so quickly. I'd love to use vanilla all the time but sense is just more practical...Am I the only one?
[Desire General] larsn84:
Im only gonna write following in danish, as it's only for helping those who wants translated guides.

Hej, vi har lavet denne side på facebook, som indeholder guides og daglige opdateringer om hvad der sker i androidverdenen. Der er bl.a. guides til hvordan du rooter din mobil, ligger ny launcher ind og meget mere. Der er også anmeldelser af diverse programmer.

Den er stadig under opbygning, men mange ting er allerede tilføjet.

Tjek den ud her: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hjaelp-tips-og-tricks-til-Android/133290126682450?ref=ts

Det er ganske gratis ;)
[Desire General] Exlo:
får bare opp "startsiden" min på facebook jeg når jeg trykker på linken.

Kommer ikke direkte til gruppen:confused:
[Desire General] TorbenKB:
Hej Lars

Tak. Det er en god ide. :)
[Android Themes] NCX Designs:
Since Fancy Widget was available for free on marketplace but HTC demanded it to be removed, I hope we as a community of modders/themers keep the widget alive for mods/themes.

With that in mind, I have ported over my Acid clock from HTC Sense 2.5 on Windows Mobile to use on Android as well as my ZuneHD Dots clock.

To use: Uninstall any versions of Fancy Widget and install with your themed choice. Sorry, there is no way to use multiple ones without having to uninstall each time to replace a theme.

Note: I did NOT make this widget, I am merely the skinner/theme designer.

NOTICE: Due to copyright claims and XDA's request, I have removed the Modified Fancy Widget attachments shown below. I'm very sorry.

I'll try to find another way to make my clock skins without using Fancy Widget. Until then, Thanks for everyone's support.
[Android Themes] SpeeDemon:
Not my style, but looks like quality work. :-)
[Android Themes] [ L ]:
This would be cool to use, its just not my style currently. Maybe an Anime theme (ie Death Note, YuGiOh, Dragonball) woils be more for me. But it definitely does look like some quality work.
[Android Themes] dica:
this is mine (all icons r from internet) download
[Android Themes] rvpartsguy:
looks good ....keep up the good work
[Android Themes] s0mep00p:
I know this is kind of off topic, but could you post that green version of the incredible wallpaper as well? :D
[Android Themes] NCX Designs:
i didn't color mask it, someone else on here did
[Android Themes] havr69:
this widget is very nice))

thanx for this themes

can you port this Ex-CHT ROM - 6.5.5 base clock??It will be awesome!!!

link:xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=651729
[Android Themes] 45th:
Amazing stuff! It's look really nice! Give more skins! :)
[Android Themes] 45th:
Maybe write to the author Francy Widget, what would it included support for skins in future versions?
[Android Themes] NCX Designs:
This app is no longer under development because of the cease and desist order from HTC.

i'm sure if the developer of the widget wants to privately make it available to the community via XDA rather than marketplace, they could if they wanted
[HD2 General] xxypher:
I buy HD2 and unlocked i have problems with my calls the keep dropping fast

I tried diferent radios and diferent roms but the same problem i dont know how to fixit please someone help me if there something i will have to do?
[HD2 General] jibbz:
i have also recently bought a hd2 and i have done some research....and my advice would be to go back to its stock version of radio and spl....hope this helps ;]
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njs05:
Can someone tell me why when I charge it from my high power USB port on my new macbook pro this thing charges interminably slow? I've had blackberrys, ipods, iphones, and a g1, and NONE of them charged this slow.... thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
I am pretty sure the phone has a built in charge regulator so that when it detects a usb it caps the voltage (regardless of if you have a high powered usb or not) Have read a few posts on this but caant remember off the top of my head. But i do know on any usb i have tried high powered or not it takes about 2x as long to charge.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youngdhillon:
usb charging always takes more time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cawu:
It's to prevent the cable and the usb port from frying from a higher voltage. Thus they capped the charging rate via usb.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCL1981:
The charging controller in the phone limits charge current draw to 500mah maximum when plugged into USB. This is to protect the USB ports in the computer since they're not designed for more than that. When on AC power, it will allow up to 1000mah.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bielinsk:
charges at the same rate for me from my PC.

Jobs probably put in some code of

If phone!=iPhone then

usb=1mah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TularePC:
Yeah I've noticed that with my iPhone my USB charging took 2-3 times longer than on AC power.

Noticed the same for my Evo, so it's nothing new to me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Munkeymon:
So nobody has made a software update that disables the current regulator like they did back on the old WinMo handsets?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmartburrito:
Also, USB ports on PC's aren't the most consistent about output. Good buddy of mine works in high end retail electronic displays, and always tests all voltages. It's actually not uncommon for a USB port on any PC to be ~300mAh. When you're in that situation, doesn't matter what the device caps. Oh yeah, and it also applies to Macs as well. Don't think you were getting off scott-free fanboys!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beatblaster:
No offense dude but this post reeks of fanboy :D "high power USB port?" lol
[Nexus One Accessories] dskyers:
will a 16 gb class 2 card work well with our phones and custom roms im currentkey using an 8gb class 6?
[Nexus One Accessories] mkrmec:
a class 2 should be theoreticaly slower than a class 6 that's about it. N1 should work with SDHC cards to 32GB.

Picking a card is a tricky bussiness, speeds are so different. I got a 8GB class 4 one and it works above 5 MB/s transfer rate so I'm happy.. the original class 2 card that comes with the phone had up to 3 MB/s.

If you got a chance to test the cards out or find some tests on the internet about the speed, you should definitely read up on it.

I got a Transcend card.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djglenn1337:
I was in in the o2 store and I got to play with the Galaxy S, and I have to say wow...the screen is amazing!

Considering I have been completely convinced on buying a Desire for the past two months, its a complete shock to me that I now really like a Samsung phone (after 8 years of detesting them).

The only 1 thing that the Desire has over the Sammy for me is the user interface.

The Galaxy S still shouts out to me "SAMSUNG", with its Icons, and basic functions like going into the contacts, etc.

I am a XDA member, and have experience flashing windows mobiles, but promised myself to stick to a stock Android phone (rooted at most).

So my (longwinded) question, is....

Is it possible to make the UI less samsung looking , whilst maintaing the stock firmware?

Simple things like the contacts tab, and txt messaging would be a start..

I upgrade my phone in 8 days so all feedback is welcome!

p.s Swype is amazing.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yes to all of the above.

i was in the same boat, i came from Desire to SGS

i picked up my HTC Desire after like 2 months of research and planning, and quite ironically the same day i pick up the Desire i come across this video of "HTC Desire vs. SGS i9000" when trying out the phone.... and boy o boy i couldn't run fast enough back to the store to return it

quite an irony eh? LOL :D

the SGS i9000 was not available yet, but it was comming next week, that was 2 weeks ago :)

but when they arrived they only had the 8 GB version, the 16GB version was delayed, but finally got it at last.

you can remove the build in launcher, and use LauncherPro, and for the same look and feel of the HTC Desire use the Fancy Widget, HTC actually send the developer a cease and desist to remove the Fancy Widget software from the net, because it was too identical to the real thing.

funny enough they didn't do the same for Beautiful Widget which is very similar to Fancy Widget, but you get to choose from 2 different type of home screen, Android classic like, or HTC like.

there already many Custom ROMs available, lots of tricks to speed up your phone even more.

tons of good apps and games available

the amount of toys available for this phone is limitless :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djglenn1337:
Thanks AllGamer, much appreciated.

Fancy widget / Beautify Widget look like good alternatives to the Sense clock / weather, and definitely something I would get.

LauncherPro also looks to be a great mod, however would adding the like of this not make the phone slower v stock firmware? I know historcially for Win Mobiles having something cooked in is generally faster than applying a ".cab" file.

One postive thing is that it can be changed though!

Reference "Contacts" , "Email" & "Text" fuctionality.

Can these be changed in reference to layout and looks? Also does changing them via an app create issues with speed or stability?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] All Day On XDA:
Coming from winmo I had the same concerns. But I recently installed adw launcher, widget locker, beautiful widgets and quick desktop on top of my stock firmware and everything is still silky smooth.

However I have rooted the phone so that autokiller can do its magic.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pocketjpaul:
No problem =)

The "desktop" in Android (the Samsung's interface for example) is just an Application like another. If you use for example LauncherPro (which is excellent) instead, Samsung's TouchWiz interface will not stay in memory... So, the phone is MORE fast with launcherpro.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] igniztion:
Take a look here to check out some of the customization that is done, mainly by changing the launcher and adding widgets.

As for Contacts, email and text functionality, there are loads of options on the market that replaces the stock applications.

Personally I find the stock contacts app decent enough, but have changed the email client and text application. Using K9 Mail and Handcent SMS. No issues with speed or stability.

The stock email client is ok, I've used it without trouble against the Exchange server at my work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marinierb:
You can use this thread for your infighting so that the other threads will not suffer.

The infighting in this forum is ridiculous. I'm back on a Modaco ROM now, because, frankly, it works best for me. I did enjoy trying some of the ROMs around here and especially getting a taste of Froyo. I appreciate that and I thank the developers. Next week, though, I'll bet getting a Desire, so I'll be done here, thankfully. I'll be flashing a Froyo with Sense from Modaco, so all will be well.

It's very sad what's going on here. Regardeless of who is wrong or right, this should have been done via PM to spare the rest of us. I strongly believe that the root cause of all this is the quest for donations and the competition that it creates.

Anyway, that's my two cents. Enjoy your Heros. I hope you all get a solid Froyo ROM for your devices soon. Me, I'll be in Desire land.

Cheers!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] no1male:
Totally agree, its like being back at school all them years ago (Well for me anyway).

As for the donations thing you are probably right. Only thing is one of the peoople involved does not even ask for donations. Maybe ban asking or donations on XDa and keep it to their own sites?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 42turkeys:
Or use the Root My Droid Flaming Forum & avoid getting banned from XDA :)

...Not that we encourage flaming ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
this should be a ban-free thread LoL.

GPL is great. but don't forget we're all humans, respect individuality, respect people being proud of their own work, and most of all, try to read people's reactions and change your tactic accordingly.

If you present the gpl and ask for source code and get a negative reaction, and it just gets worse with every repeated attempt, change your tactic, obviously the recipient isn't responding how you'd like. A little pschology goes a long way.

And if someone is saying things to you repeatedly that you don't like, such as presenting the GPL repeatedly, and his friends are backing him up and it's really bothering you, set them to ignore in the forum. You'll be happier in the end. PMs are the best way to discuss that kind of thing anyway - random strangers like me get our own emotions involved LoL. I almost get protective of people who get the GPL notes presented since I've had it happen myself and am also a personality who gets his back up in that kind of situation. I'm defensive, it's a minor personality flaw, but a common one :-)

And my offer still stands - the first person to create a working camera with good quality pics with video working well too on the hero running froyo gets a 12-pack of beer (or equivalent credit) from me. Apparently I'm not the only one making that offer LoL

cheers - and have fun everyone! this a hobby, although an important one and possibly career improving one, still just a hobby.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NotATreoFan:
XDA does not permit threads created for the sole purpose of flaming other members. I am closing this thread, and if another one pops up, people will be banned.

There is never an acceptable reason for flaming another member in the forums. To be perfectly honest, these problems are virtually non-existent outside the Android forums. I understand that the Android OS may be in its infancy compared to Windows Mobile, but that does not excuse people acting like infants themselves.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding,

NATF
[Sable] gsmgsa:
Hi to you all! Please provide me a schematic of this type of cable. I ordered one from a site and it won't work. I'd like to try to upgrade to WM6.1 and I don't have a working cable. Please give me at least a pinout for this PDA. The one that's on pinouts.ru - I don't think it's good for this model.

Thanks a lot!
[Sable] gsmgsa:
No answer yet? I got another USB cable from provider, which is also not good, even though it has "usb detect" and USB data + and USB data - pins present.. It just says " unrecognized usb device" :( please! I want to upgrade to Windows mobile 6.1, that's all I wanna do. thanks a lot to anybody who will answer.
[Sable] Spiaatie:
Why do you think that there is something wrong with the cable?

It's quite possible that connector on iPAQ is bad.
[Sable] gsmgsa:
Hi!

It turned out I was doing something wrong. The phone needed to be in bootloader mode so that the drivers provided into this forum to work properly. Thus, I can confirm that the schematics for IPAQ from pinouts.ru works just fine at least for the USB connection part. As for drivers, they are posted here in this forum.

I also attached an image with the response of that cmd command.

Thanx to You all!
[Sable] gsmgsa:
Keyboard

Hi again! Anybody has a fix for keyboard issue? Key problem like: Delete function instead Enter and such... Please help!

Thanx!
[General Questions and Answers] Alex_GP:
Well, my Nokia 6234 is on it`s dying bed (after 3 years), so I`m searching for a new phone.

I`m looking at Android HTC phones (going for HTC because my secondary phone is a HTC Magician, bought second hand, and after 5 years of life, it`s still going strong, but I HATE Windows Mobile)

I`m looking at HTC Hero, Magic, Legend, and maybe a Desire.

My question is: which one has the best bang for buck ratio (which has the best value for money) keeping in mind that I`m gonna stick with it for at least 2-3 years...

An advice would help me alot!:cool:
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
for those models I would go for Desire
[General Questions and Answers] Alex_GP:
I would too, but it`s a little too expensive, and I don`t really think that I`ll need the processing power of the Desire.

Anyway thanks for the input!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frantacech:
Hi

i receive from UnicreditBank statement pdf in gmail, but I see only smime.p7m, not view pdf attachment.

Why? Unicredit use Verising class 2 or 3? This cert is include in rom?

Any solution?

:confused:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] raje_2000_21:
I religiously what was mentioned by chef to upgrade from wm2003 to wm6.5. Everything went fine. After booting up it got dead. What could be the problem.

Thanks
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] cmstackar:
You turn it on and nothing happens? More details, please.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] raje_2000_21:
thanks cmstackar.

Now it is working very fine, just after upgrading battery drained out. I just applied what is discussed here

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=673736
[General Topics] Brkic:
Hi,

I have problem with ScoterRomUpdate-R01 on win 7 and XP

with Windows Mobile Device Center I connect with phone and everything work fine but ScoterRomUpdate-R01 not work

ScoterRomUpdate-R01 show "error" message or "can not open USB device" message.

Where is a problem ?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmswoodfl:
if you are trying to ruu your android 2.1 build from .6 to .5 you must use a xp operating system . you must also have android sdk, and htc sync 2.0.33. you must also run the adb in the comand prompt everyhting you need is on this site

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572

as well as setting up the adb. just follow the instrutions step by step til your computer tells you access denied then run your ruu on xp and hten you can repeat the rooting process and it will work.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grundge221:
I used my laptop to go from .6 to .5 and its running Vista and I didn't have any problems with it. At least not the process. When It was finished my gps didn't work and a few other things but I had no problem going to .5
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmswoodfl:
it must just be a problem with windows seven then i never tried vista
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RhysB:
Which version of Super G runs smoothest on a G1?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raven_raven:
lolwut

SuperG (Gingerbread) is not existing at the time being. We just had our hands on SuperF (Froyo) and other test Froyo ROMs :D.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RhysB:
Well i bought a G1 off ebay, i checked the Mod Version and Build Number on the About Phone menu and it says its running Super D 1.10.4
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipodkingcarter:
ok super D is a great rom if u wanna run 1.6 donut on your G1, here is a website to get you started with new roms and 1.5, 1.6(donut), 2.0, 2.1(eclair), 2.2(froyo)

go to androidspin .com and click on release list and put in your phone type
[Hero CDMA General] trindy:
Open the Market. There are tabs Apps, Games and Downloads. Now downloads has been replaced with Sprint and for the life of me I cant figure out how to update my apps (I turned off the automatic thing)

Did I miss a memo? Was this announced somewhere?