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[Captivate General] iLoki:
yea, but you can't get it unless you turn airplane mode on, then flip on wifi to get to the market to d/l and install the app.

Same for other tethering applications.
[Captivate General] orateam:
Well i went and bought one. Figured for a 30 day trial, wouldn't hurt.

So far my very quick impression vs. the Tmobile i had for 2 weeks:

*soft keys at the bottom appear to be much more dim than the tmobile.

*overall, more slugish than the tmobile

*when i went to the network settings to see some things, it appears that whole chunks of the settings menu have dissapeared from the standard samsung stuff.

*Better reception (that is why i went with ATT)

*no navigation, not sure where google nav is. But loved that app on Evo and Vibrant.

*I like the back better, i like the front on the Vibrant better.

*plugging usb cable seems more difficult.

*Volume rocker on Captivate is nicer
[Captivate General] accinfo:
softkeys

-why do you need it so bright?

sluggishness

-sluggish? explain

standard samsung stuff

-what stuff? even so we can solve that through moddings

nav.

-you can download any apps on the market

usb

how? explain

the sliding door will keep the dust and other particles out
[Captivate General] Baldilocks:
Google Navigation is on the Captivate. You just have to update Google maps in the market.

Using a launcher like LauncherPro or ADW will speed up the Captivate a LOT.
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Well, why should you buy one?? Hopefully because you want one. Just try out all the phones and get the one you like the best. Whether its iphone4, Galaxy S, or Droid X. They're all good phones, the cream of the crop available right now. But in two months who knows what will be available.
[Captivate General] orateam:
-I don't need it superbright, but its so dim, it almost looks like its shorting out. They flicker when you touch them too, which adds to the shorting out "effect"

-sluggish, parts of it are just slow. moving from screen to screen, etc.. again, this is compared to the tmobile vibrant.

missing things.

->settings>mobile networks >network operators. This is only default setup here. ON the tmobile, there were 4 options here, allowing to choose manual/auto, network chooser, and another option. The "default setup" doesn't even work for me. There are other areas that i've noticed have been trimmed too.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
Might I add that to fully experience the captivate you should try the guides and read info here. It will make the difference between this phone bombing or being da bomb.

Face palms for actually saying that
[Captivate General] ghost77:
Do you always ask stranger's what to do with your own life ? :rolleyes: if you can't think of reasons why Captivate is for you , you probably don't need it.
[Captivate General] orateam:
You know, there are many times in my life where i've met someone with a question or statement that I thought was dumb or even inappropriate. But with maturity, i've learned to not engage, seeing as that would not foster anything positive from it. If a disparaging remark is somehow needed, then temper it with something useful like a search link.

Before you respond, ask yourself what you are contributing. Is it positive?

Yes, this means, don't respond to this. I hope it helps you out.
[Captivate General] orateam:
Can you point me to a specific thread? I searched for "guide" and didn't see one. There is no guide stickied for the Captivate. The wiki doesn't have anything either. If you know of a guide, please point me to it. thanks.

EDIT:

I think i found it, there is a post called PIMP my Captivate. I hope that's it.
[Captivate General] Sounds Good:
Awesome... just awesome... :)
[Windows Mobile] patensas:
Edit:

Never mind my question, i've got it working using a provided EXT package and patch it for Dutch language. Working EXT package is attached.
[Droid Eris Android Development] pimpin oh boy:
I have been reading the forums but i can seem to find any info on this is there a way to put vanilla 2.1 on a eris any roms
[Droid Eris Android Development] snyluc13:
Dude, Id just go with the Kaos Froyo ROM its stock 2.2 and it runs pretty awesome
[Droid Eris Android Development] Hungry Man:
Or any of the froyo roms.

The Vanilla roms for 2.1 aren't amazing because they're harder to make.
[Droid Eris Android Development] snyluc13:
ive yet to try the others yet, but i plan on it
[Droid Eris Android Development] hallstevenson:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=718092

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=674134

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=652044

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=685581
[Vibrant General] GameOver69:
Is there anyway to disable the annoying popups that say that the battery is fully charged, or that it needs to be charged....

It really annoys me when i have low battery and it wont let me watch any movies or listen to any music.

Please help.

Thanks
[Vibrant General] GameOver69:
any ideas?
[Vibrant General] GameOver69:
last bump :(
[Vibrant General] Dougefresh91:
There's a setting under sound and display called power saving mode. Did you try unchecking that? It's description sounds exactly like an auto-brightness adjustment, but why would there be two of those? Just an idea.
[Vibrant General] GameOver69:
No i tried that. Doesnt work.
[Vibrant General] jdub1911:
I too really hate this. let me use my phone! i know it's almost dead!
[Droid X General] mcmexican:
I haven't seen anyone else post this if its redundant my apologies and I will delete the thread. One of the coolest features about the Droid X I have not seen on any other Android phone is the bubble that comes up and lets you navigate through text. I spoke to several other Droid owners and they didn't even know about. Here is a pic http://bit.ly/ctnvLS thoughts??? I want to get the Droid X forum more active and even though we arent flashing roms yet we can sure root and customize our devices. Would love to hear feedback good or bad.

-McMex
[Droid X General] zanix:
This is the single greatest thing ever
[Droid X General] Seapup:
Not sure if that is an inherent part of Motoblur or the new multi-touch keyboard, but it's a godsend! :)
[Droid X General] Mikerrrrrrrr:
It's a shameless ripoff of the iPhone text navigation system, but it's so brilliant I can forgive them.
[Droid X General] dr154:
Yeah the DX is the only android phone that can do this, along with the red bubble marker.
[Droid X General] jdkoreclipse:
is is like the crappy retina display of the iCrap but 100 times better.
[Droid X General] Ezun:
This is pretty cool. But, i just came from a droid incredible and it does this with a bit more flair. Once you get the bubble you can do things like copy and paste. Or, select the text you're navigating.
[Droid X General] mcmexican:
I

You mean like this http://bit.ly/95tsdX the Droid X does it as well.

-McMex
[Droid X General] zanix:
It works with the Swype keyboard as well
[Droid X General] javroch:
this is my first android, but i figured all androids did this. my storm 1 had a similar feature
[Droid X General] sp1kez:
how do you get it to pop up?

If I hold my finger over the text it brings up a pop up menu with edit characteristics
[Droid X General] Ezun:
Nice!!
[Droid X General] derek4484:
Iphone has done that since 2007. Wondering why only one Android phone can do it. My Captivate cant and I severly miss that feature from my old iphone 2G. Makes navigating text sooooo easy.
[Desire General] siliconaddict:
I wonder if someone else has the same weird issue.

Every night between 2AM and 4AM the battery of my Desire quickly discharges with approx. 25% according to JuicePlotter :confused:. During the night it's just sitting there on my night table doing nothing, phone part is switched off even (not the device). Weird, isn't it.

I am not using any apps that are scheduled to do anything at that time, like making backups or so. So I guess it must be the OS. But what could be causing this?

My Desire is running the stock ROM and is not rooted (yet).

Any ideas?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jase2400:
I have a mytouch 3g running CM6 and I have compcache on hit on and vm size is 24mb dithering is off. I have nothing on my home screen and I get a benchmark score of 3.6 MFLOPS. CPU is overclocked at 576 MHz with setcpu.

Any ways to help speed it up. I can't go the swapfile route cuz I have a class 2 card.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
CM6.... A1 or A2?

A1 was a turd.

A2 is wickedly fast.

Be sure to enable compcache and disable dithering in Settings --> CM --> Performance.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jase2400:
On rc2 and its worse now and I keep running out of memory like 3. Mbs available.

Already have compcache on and dithering off
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdrianK:
lbcoder, do you recommend JIT?

Free memory is wasted memory
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
Only to those who understand both its benefits and drawbacks.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jase2400:
Recently had a wifi problem that made my phone stuck in a boot loop. Had to downgrade back to cm 5.0.8, it's waaay faster and idk why.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r3s-rt:
I read compcache is killing RC2. Through personal experience, this may actually be. Or it could be my phone. For some reason, my myTouch HATES Froyo ROMs. 100% SLOW. I can wipe and reflash a few times and it seems to catch hold, but it would die after a while as in my phone would get to homescreen and freeze. All times compcache has been enabled. But, as I said, my myTouch does just hate Froyo.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jase2400:
The mytouch can probably handle froyo, just needs tweaking or a better overclock. I wish I could find a working kernel to OC PAST 578. Just barely more would be enough
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehseano:
3.6 MFLOPS is a good score, I'd be happy with that. If you want it to run better, buy a new phone.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jase2400:
It showed that score but was always running like a snail.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehseano:
I've got a G1, and top at about 2.5MFLOPS, maybe 3-4 with JIT on. Our phones just weren't made for the full power of android, sadly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultra spikey:
I used to use an app called Rings Extended on my G1 to set my own Notification Ringtone(or incoming text). Doesnt seem to work on the Vibrant. Is there another way?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ISprayCandy:
I use tone picker it's in the market. Works fine on mine.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XfooYen:
You can also create custom folders which android will recognize for custom sounds. Create a folder called "Media". In that, create a folder called "Audio". In the Audio folder create folders called "Ringtones", "Notifications", "Alarms". If you put custom sounds in those folders, you will be able to select them in your settings.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manticore1977:
You can only set custom ringtones for entries stored on the Phone (not GMail like it should be). Easiest way is to create a 2nd contact with the same exact name and set the ringtone there. The phone will automatically link them together. You just need to enter the name and set the ringtone, don't need to re-enter their phone number, etc.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultra spikey:
Cool thanks...that worked.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flak_Munky:
FYI, Rings Extended works for me. I had it on my G1 also, and I loved it so it was one of the first things I installed on my Vibrant. Is it just force closing on you? Won't finish installing?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bladerunner0427:
Great solution. No extra app needed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiKsFiles:
Noob question but... where do you create the original "Media" forlder?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcaristorenas:
I believe you can put it in your sd card folder.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccherukuri:
worked perfect

Wow,...have been searching on how to add custom ringtones for an hour now...such a simple thing to make it work...Thanks a lot OP...worked perfectly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zumbahlenm:
ya but then when you go to text message there are two of the same person with identical numbers...hence my prob that i cant figure out
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linekbp:
Worked for me too on my Vibrant
[XPERIA X2 General] qube310:
How come i can't use smart dial. Or x2 doesn't support one? At gsm arena review they tested smart dial...
[XPERIA X2 General] yummy-fun:
i can't remember if the initial release had smart dial, but 6.5.3 does not
[XPERIA X2 General] doministry:
What the hell are you talking about????????!!!!!!!!!!

Of course it has amazing smart dialing.

Just the dialer has 4 tabs on the bottom.

First tab is number dialing only.

Just hit the contacts button in dialer, tap the search tab on top to diplay keyboard, and voila you have a great smart dialing.
[XPERIA X2 General] RJH57108:
If you mean being able to find a contact by spelling the name on a keypad ... then mr2 supports it ... by using the contacts soft key on the Professional layout ... it brings up a screen with the contacts on the top 3/4 ... and a key pad underneath. Typing on the keypad matches the contacts to what was typed -- both the numbers and the equivalent names ... touching the name, and you can dial it ...
[XPERIA X2 General] qube310:
thx all, special to doministry. on x1 i just started typing name right after pressing call button, but on x2 i have to switch tabs. Is there way to set up default tab on calling?
[XPERIA X2 General] doministry:
Maybe by registry settings, but that I cannot help really.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] olafos:
Hi there...

I'm finally considering rooting, however all the guides lead to flashing a custom rom... but actually I don't want to flash a custom ROM, I want to keep everything as it is, with the difference that I (and preferably only I) can become super user on the shell when I need to do some changes (like fixing the stock widget bug in the internal database).

I've read this right now:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=724741

And they say I can flash this files called EngTools.zip

Does this also work on the Hero assuming the guide (PossibleGSMRoot or something... fromt he villainforum) works on my phone?

I don't even want to permanently have some kind of AmonRa blabla recovery boot image on my phone. If I need it while I get root that's fine, but I want to get rid of it afterwards. I really don't need root for any applications liek overclocking etc. etc. just for smaller dives into the files system and changes there via adb.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Hmmm. If you are on 2.1, then you can use the GSM root i posted over at VR. The recovery needs to be flashed to the phone though, so you can flash zips to the phone from there.

As for your wish to get rid of the patched recovery afterwards, you're missing out a lot, but if you can find the stock recovery img file, you can simply flash that using

"flash_image recovery FilenameHero.img" via the phone's shell or adb (once rooted, presuming you added the flash_image binary).

As for that file, I don't know, as I've never checked if that will work on the hero.

I'd be inclined to say DON'T TRY IT, since it will contain a kernel, and flashing the wrong kernel can brick your device's radio, essentially ruining it.

But if you locate the correct files for the GSM hero, and package them similarly, you could flash that onto your phone via recovery :)

Bear in mind the stock HTC ROM is basically full on the system partition, so you might have issues actually fitting the files on.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ixampl:
I've been a lurker for some time here but just before I had thought about exactly the same issue as OP... I always wondered why there's no way to just get root access temporarily. Most people told me I'd have to flash a custom ROM.

So today I finally looked into the matter and based on your (anon2122) post on VillainROM and the Eris exploits etc. I managed to do exactly what I wanted... and thought it's time to get an account...

I only really needed root for the Stock app currency issue: [HTTP]://forum[DOT]xda-developers[DOT]com/showthread[DOT]php?t=719149 which I was now able to fix.

HTC Hero GSM soft root guide by ixampl

(... credits belong to / based on: [HTTP]://www[DOT]villainrom[DOT]co[DOT] uk/viewtopic[DOT]php?f=110&t=2096)

1 Flashing a custom recovery image

1.1 Backup (1)

adb shell mkdir /data/local/backup
adb shell cat /data/local/rights/mid.txt > /data/local/backup/mid.txt

1.2 Uploading custom recovery image and image flashing tool and setting correct permissions

adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /data/local/
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/flash_image

1.3 Center piece of the permissions exploit for the recovery ROM

adb shell ln -s /dev/mtd/mtd1 /data/local/rights/mid.txt

1.4 Normal reboot

adb reboot

1.5 Now that the recovery ROM (/dev/mtd/mtd1) is accessible: Backup (2)

adb shell cat /dev/mtd/mtd1 > /data/local/backup/recovery.img

1.6 Flashing the previously uploaded custom recovery image

adb shell /data/local/flash_image recovery /data/local/recovery.img

1.7 Rebooting into recovery mode

adb reboot recovery

2 Adding root shell (optional)

2.1 Mounting all devices

adb shell mount -a

2.2 Adding rootsh

adb shell cat /system/bin/sh > /system/bin/rootsh
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/rootsh

2.3 Rebooting into system

adb reboot

After this you can flash the recovery.img you backed up in step 1.5 just as you flashed in step 1.6 (adjust the parameters accordingly).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
That is a nice method. :)

I've long thought about making something similar, so maybe today I'll try, as an idea has come back to me...

I am thinking that I can avoid the whole recovery flashing, though I'm not going to say the idea till I've thought it through, as someone might try it before I realise how stupid an idea it is... :P

But I'll certainly see if it can get permanent root sorted out on the phone, although it won't give root adb access, as that is defined in the boot.img, though I guess I could flash that while I'm at it...

Good work. :)
[Nexus One Android Development] akaine2001:
I'm bout to start using the interactive governor that was just introduced. Wanted to start a thread so we can share results.

[tip] charge battery after green light for atleast 2-3 hours. THEN wipe before you unplug with the fully charged batt. It will def. gain you battery life more than just 1 hour after green light... I think its because of the trickling mechanism that it turns into after it has so much charge in it. I do that now and It usually takes 2-3 hours with moderate usage to get down to 85% (auto brightness). that's with wifi and edge on (0% without signal bcuz of using edge)

if battery is not at 4197mv it's not fully charged. =p GL

I just updated to cm6rc2 for this kernel... yesterday i got 12.5 hrs battery before it died. hopefully this will do even better
[Nexus One Android Development] SeEsAw12:
I'm at 79% battery after 4 hours and 30 minutes with moderate usage on 2.6.34.1 RC2 kernel. It's not bad, I ordered an extended battery a few days ago and should be coming in tomorrow or Wednesday. I hope the battery life makes up for the ugliness.
[Nexus One Android Development] akaine2001:
Bryuliroooooo

yeah my theme nexblue v8 wasn't workin with rc2 so iwent back to the 713 nightly ... i mean i got it workin buttery smooth already so its good money right now knamean... gotta tell that bryuliro cuzz to make a rc2 version so i can test it out... AND THIS IS FOR INTERACTIVE GOVERNOR TEST NOT JUST BATTERY. PLEASE BE USING INTERACTIVE GOVERNOR FOUND IN LATEST IR KERNEL
[Nexus One Android Development] SeEsAw12:
you don't have to yell at me :(
[Nexus One Android Development] Bakano:
awwwwwww =/
[Nexus One Android Development] RogerPodacter:
i'm not familiar with what this interactive governer battery thing is. is it some app or system function i can use?

also, the OP says to get up to 4.197 volts, but the highest i can ever get up to is 4.172 volts. this is even after charging for 8 hours, then dumping the dmesg and sorting thru all the results. never went above 4172 mV...:(
[Nexus One Android Development] EarthsiegeTA:
He wouldn't have to if you'd have actually read the thread and title.
[Nexus One Android Development] akaine2001:
using the method i described in my 1st post you can get over the 4172 .

the interactive governor setting is in SetCPU the overclocking program, even if u don't oc u can change this. to me it seems really stable and noticeably snappier. the phone feels iphone-ish smooth now. before it was really smooth but i can tell a difference now
[Nexus One Android Development] akaine2001:
meh..

3 h 49 min. - 64% battery. Mod. - Heavy usage.

i don't think i charged it past the green light long enough tho

10 h 15m - 10% - died.

not too, too bad, but i had background data and auto-sync on alot today
[Nexus One Android Development] akaine2001:
Day 2 Testing

Day 2 of testing. Background data off (forgot last time).

Start - 100% , 4197mv

2h 56 min. - 85% battery, 4035mv, moderate use, some calls, text, emails, lookin on xda, tryin to get psx emu .... about 50 min. of music too

8h 24 min. - 57% battery, 3835 mv phone still feels mad snappy ... like a fresh reboot... u guys should test this out, i use alot of widgets too... i'll do some shootme in here later :D

9h 46 min. - 45% battery, still feels like fresh reboot. Installed and unistalled several apps/widgets from market and everything... Been using wifi for market... turning background data off.

11h 1m. - 35%... then i put it on the charger for the night for some youtube and overnight charging while off. nice work devs.... niiiiiiice
[Vibrant General] bigg12x:
Im thinking to trade brand new vibrant for mint condition nexus one with all orginal stuff that came with it? good deal? vibrants too buggy man?
[Vibrant General] rohizzle121:
The smaller screen and the not as good touch screen really makes the deal sour. I have both and the nexus is awesome for hacking and Rom dev. But this phone is.just so damn beautiful.
[Vibrant General] nick_karstedt:
Honestly, if you can wait a month (Or so they say) for froyo + driver fixes, vibrant will perform better in all ways.
[Vibrant General] neema:
Agreed, patience will pay off.
[Vibrant General] hmarcus:
Pm me. Have an N1. Had it since launch T-Mobile. Only one little mark on side. Pics if you want. All original box and everything it came w. Plus a gel case and black siedio slider case.
[Vibrant General] bigg12x:
is it me or the keyboard rotates very slow like when u rotate it goes laggyish also sometimes its standing up and its on rotation as in sideways
[Vibrant General] duglas:
I got a Vibrant on the release to replace my N1...

But it has been almost 2 weeks but I cannot do it any longer... I switched back to my N1 today.. My reasons were:

trackball-- I always miss type and the trackball is soo much easier than..

battery life-- same usage but the Samsung cannot make it all day..

2.2.. Main reason, love the built in teethering and speed.

N1 car kit-great for hands free.

online support-- lots of n1 roms.

cover-belt clip--both phones are HUGE and trying to find a belt clip to carry them sucks, I found one for the N1 I love and there are really none out there for the Vibrant..

So, I love the Samsung and think as soon as a 2.2 rom comes out I will switch back but for now I will continue using the N1...
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
Nothing is slow about this phone to me. Just wit for 2.2.. gonna make it way faster...
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Trackball is ugly, and there is a D-Pad in Swype/Samsung keyboards.

Online support? Please.. I can bet you any amount of money that a majority of the "support" is not worth the time or frustration. I can never wrap my head around the people that act like their HTC devices have all of this great support when in fact it's really not very good at all.

Barnacle WiFi tether works great

Battery life is subjective but there is something that you weren't doing on the N1 that you we're doing on the Vibrant because it doesn't make sense for it to be any worse.