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[Android Software Development] GinoAMelone:
I've been a Java developer for 10 years or so.

From what I understand the "Android" way, would be intents. I'm still working on wrapping my brain around them too.

However, the "Java" way would be to define an interface (or several) for the plug-in(s) to implement. Then use reflection to identify classes in the classpath that implement that interface.

There are some advanced techniques using custom class-loaders, but researching reflection should get you started; if you choose to go that route.
[Android Software Development] cicada:
Thanks for the quick response, I'll take a look at the reflection implementation.

Intents do seem to be the 'way to go' for inter-application communication in Android the more I read about it though - if I can figure out how to pull in plugins which specify my applications 'Intent' dynamically. Intents seem to work really well for spawning a 'dumb instance' of an application - like the browser when clicking a link in another app - when your application doesn't want to deal with that data locally.

Seems a bit more difficult to wrap them around a bi-directional interface between the service and the external plugin application. If anyone's got experience with this kind of thing I'd definitely appreciate prodding in the right direction. Documentation on Intents is confusing at best.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3a3yface:
dose anyone know how to remove the hard film from the sony x10 comes already with the phone ...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltorio:
You mean the stock screen protector?

Yeah, it's a pain as it's so thick that it's hard to remove. I just used my nail to try to lift a corner (took a while). Once I was able to raise enough to get a grip on it, I was able to grab the lifted corner and pull it right off.

Now I have a beautiful Clear-Coat protector instead.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trojjanhorse:
Which clear coat are you talking about?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltorio:
Clear-Coat X10 Screen Protection

http://www.clear-coat.com/product.php?productid=760&cat=0&page=1

They also have a full-body kit, it you want to protect the back of the phone as well

http://www.clear-coat.com/product.php?productid=759&cat=0&page=1
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dundun1701:
After remove the stock screen protector, i found out that my fone already has another screen protector on it. :|
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trojjanhorse:
thanks, I ordered the screen plate only. If my housing ever gets too scrathed up or dented, I will simply get a new housing from dealextreme under 30 dollars.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltorio:
I know SE shipped a spare screen protector in with the X10s in some regions. That was in addition to the stock screen protector they had factory installed. So if that was the case for you and you applied the spare, then yeah you would've had 2 installed.

Haven't heard of them applying 2 at the factory, but I wouldn't be surprised if a few slipped through like that.

Yeah, I figured the same thing and thus also went only with the screen film. Application is easy, and the film is ultra-thin.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
I hadn't noticed it already came with one until reading a post on xda, so made me chuckle as I'd stuck on another one too.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iqueld:
Kinda late but I'll give in my 2 cents on how to remove the factory installed cover.

All we are trying to do is to remove the cover so we'd want something rigid but not hard/sharp enough to scratch up or break the screen. The best solution that I was able to come up with is to use a plastic knife (I'm sure you can find one in a plastic children's cutlery set). I used a Zespri Kiwifruit Spife

Next, using the plastic knife, attempt to scrape up one of the corners. This took me about 5 tries for me (about 4 seconds). When that's done, use the knife to prise/scrape up as much of the protector as you need to grasp it and pull it off. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dundun1701:
The razor is the best tool for lifting the cover up :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ballfuzz:
Why bother removing the stock screen protector if you don't mind me asking? Especially if it's in good condition.

Does the performance of the touch screen improve? Is it still better than stock if you remove the factory protector and add that clear coat one?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy8271:
I took the protector off because it was all scratched up. Didn't put another one on. The screen is very very tough. No scratches at all so far
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkk29:
lol, i think noone's trying to answer the OP's question. I got my stock screen protector removed with my nails and a flat plastic like a guitar pick or something. It takes a lot of patience and time...it took me about half an hour just to get a corner up, but once you get the corner it shouldn't be that hard to pull it out. Hope it helps :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damienx10:
awesome my screen got scratched the other week and read this post and removed film lol

Rooted X10 FTW now what wheres our custom 2.2 :-P
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonvw:
Took mine off today to install an anti fingerprint one. What a pita it was to take off. Ended up using a knife to start peeling it off from the top corner.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zubrug:
Used a plastic knife , made a chisel like edge with a proper knife, worked like a charm
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3a3yface:
thanks for the advice it works.... maybe if there was a different way to do it would be great....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reb0rn:
Well I did it yesterday. Just used a Stanley blade really really carefully on bottom right corner. then it was easy as pie. I scratched my screen with the combination of sand and a hardcase, it made awful marks on it. So gettin rid of the old fabric screen protector was needed.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bad5ector:
lols... I also did not notice that there was a stock screen protector... I just peeled off 2 layers of protectors... now I hope that between now and the time after work that it takes to get a replacement I dont scratch the screen... fingers crossed:p
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aniq:
So if I am not getting it wrong then my X10i came pre-applied with a screen protector and an extra screen protector?

Sent from my X10i
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavriel18:
Has anyone else found the screen too sensitive with no protector?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rynoon:
I find it to be about the same.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SiRIus[X]:
i'm still wondering how in did u guys manage to move the stock protector.. i've seen a few friends of mine removing the stock protector ending up damaging the who screen and the touch screen it self.. WTF.. would be great to have someone show video it and put it up.. i have second thought after seeing my friends damaging their touch screen :(
[Hero CDMA General] hyps87:
I don't know what happened this problem just started 2 days ago. I've tried reinstalling rom. Installing a new one, and every time. Data wipe factory reset.

The problem is after about 15-20 seconds of phone being woke up it works perfect no problems. Then for so reason when I try to touch the screen I have to push a little harder than normal and tap a couple times. Only on the sides of the screen never in the middle, but that is not even the real problem. When the phone starts acting up, and I try to touch the any where on the screen every time I touch the screen my status bar comes down. Likes its over lapping. Especially when I'm trying to text. I go to press the "P" and right when I touch it the status bar drops. I don't know how to fix this. Like I said I reinstalled and downloaded a new rom. Is there a better and more efficient way to reset my phone? Please any help much appreciated.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
Interesting, I have seen this as well, but only on OverClocked roms. If yours is over clocked, get one of the OC apps and set it to 528 or what ever ours are set to by default and see if it helps.

Usually goes away on its own for me. Haven't had it at all with DD or FroYo
[Hero CDMA General] hyps87:
Yes. please forgive spelling, but it started with the Pure Hero rom. I do believe it was OC'ed. Then I switched to the one I have been using for about 3 months. Alloyius*spelling*. That is oc'ed also and it didn't do the status bar thing for about 2 hours. I was excited I had my phone back. Then BOOOOM. Fuggin up again. Downloading set cpu now. Sure 528 is what it should be set or should I try some other #'s? Thanks for the help.
[Hero CDMA General] hyps87:
Damn the only set cpu app I know of is "Set Cpu" lol, and it will not accept my debit card for the 1.99$. Is there another generic cheap one I can use for about 10 secs to see if problem is fixed?
[Hero CDMA General] Dan330:
overclock

i think there is a free try one...
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
SETCpu is available somewhere here on XDA for free i think, unless the dev took it down.
[Hero CDMA General] hyps87:
Ok gaining some ground. Found the set cpu here on forums. going to try it thanks!
[Hero CDMA General] hyps87:
ok got the set cpu and did the preset for cdma hero. still doing it. is there anything else I can try to tweak? Any ideas appreciated :)
[Hero CDMA General] bycoo222:
Mayb recalibrate ur screen Idk if it'll work but its worth a shot
[Hero CDMA General] hyps87:
would deleting the nandroid file do this? The phone still does this bs after reinstalling a rom.
[Hero CDMA General] bycoo222:
Id run the ruu n if it does it on Stock return it and get a new 1
[HTC Excalibur] joko_rca:
HTC S620 please get me there if I just turn on the HTC logo, the solution that I can do what.thk please help me
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Hi and welcome to the forums. Hard reset your device or flash stock rom via bootloader. Please read the sticky as this question has been asked numerous time.

Given this, thread closed.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris2busy:
Hello!is there a cab to disable HTC messaging and enable the good ole winmo sms app? thi thing is getting on my nerves..

Any1 here done it successfully on HD2? Energy rom has it coked this way but i am not an avid fan of it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Myrixamophit:
I think the BsB Tweaks Package contains an option for that... "SMS Mode".... there you can switch to the classic view. (see attached Image)

BTW:BsB Tweaks I consider the best and most useful Tweak Collection ever for the HD2... I just love it! :D

Hope this helps...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris2busy:
Nope ..doesnt do the trick..in fact it seems to do nothing at all :3

Agreed, bsb tweaks is fascinating..
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris2busy:
bumpity bump
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris2busy:
bumpity bump

x2
[General Questions and Answers] tmason58:
I pretty much have a semi-bricked 1.2 Fender. It is rooted and I was running stokes

custom rom. Tried to flash Cyanogen 5.08 and failed. No matter what I do, The phone just WILL NOT boot into recovery leaving me with no way to install another rom. I can't wipe or anything...Is there any way to fix this? or is it completely bricked? It will boot to fastboot and to hboot and the computer recognizes it.

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)

CPLD-13

RADIO-2.22.23.02
[Droid Incredible General] drawde:
Anyone know of any android keyboard that has a much better response time? None of the ones I've tried are "fast" enough for me and do not seem to register my keystrokes.. I am forcing myself to try to write slower and I hate having to do that and I shouldn't have to.

If you're not sure what I mean, the easiest way to see this would be to try to type "hahahahaha" or something of the sort as fast as you can. If this is a universal software/hardware issue (and not just a defective device), you should see that it will register LITTLE or even NONE of these characters. I know the phone itself is registering these keypresses, as I can see the zoomed image of the letter come up on each press, but the keyboard does not seem to be adding it to the text box.
[Droid Incredible General] jdkoreclipse:
droid x keyboard. it can be found in the theme/app sectoin in droid inc.
[Droid Incredible General] rfarrah:
Or Swype, of course. :D
[Droid Incredible General] drawde:
issue stated in op is still present, no fix :(

swype is very good but i feel i can be much more accurate and faster over time with a more traditional keyboard
[Droid Incredible General] drawde:
had a few guys on the IRC channel try this, seems like they're not having the issue. i guess first thing would be can anyone reproduce this?
[Droid Incredible General] jdkoreclipse:
smart keyboard is good. you can find that in the android market
[Droid Incredible General] drawde:
I had the opportunity to try this on another incredible today and am getting the same result. Cannot just be coincidence. Really? No one else?
[EVO 4G Accessories] phillycreamboy:
I am looking for a replacement black evo 4G battery cover. Who can help? PM me.
[EVO 4G Accessories] wrxlvr:
Go to your nearest Sprint Store and ask for one. I went in to try to purchase one, and they just gave me one.
[EVO 4G Accessories] phillycreamboy:
They said they don't have them. Can anyone help?
[EVO 4G Accessories] joey3002:
How fast do you need one? I am making a clear (and colored ones) replacement door right now. Check out my thread in this forum.

thanks
[EVO 4G Accessories] phillycreamboy:
Its broken. The little tab snapped off.
[EVO 4G Accessories] joey3002:
Im bout 30 days out to getting the shipment in.. The door imo is better than the OEM one.. but thats just my opinion :)
[EVO 4G Accessories] phillycreamboy:
Thanks. Ill buy one but in the meantime I need a stock black one. If anyone can help I would appreciate it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Lyiondr:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-HTC-EVO-Sprint-4G-Battery-Cover-Back-Door-Authentic-/250672602459?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a5d405d5b

This may help, but it's a bit on the steep side.
[EVO 4G Accessories] phillycreamboy:
Thanks. Yikes that is pricey especially since someone said they got it for free. I will try again tomorrow at some other stores and post my findings. Still any other help would be great.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sprockethead:
As we all know, it vibrates right as it hits the splash screen. Is there any way to disable this? I've changed the splash image and boot animation, and removed the mp3 sound. Just trying to find out how to disable that vibration.

tia
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sprockethead:
Bueller? Bueller?

Did I just date myself?
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] jonikah:
Hello everyone,

just got my brand new shiny Streak. And man its something. Basically, everything I ever wanted from and now looking back at all the phones I had and other phones on the market I can`t keep wondering why in gods name would someone buy something else other than a 5" phone. 4-4.3" is good but 5" is just perfect.

So I made this upgrade from an Xperia X1 and never do I want to see WinMo in my life. But right now I have an ... android rush lol. Lots of info, apps, games. Its like an overload to try and understand everything and get use to everything. In a good way.

My first issue was with the car charger. Dell charges a lot as you already know. But I found an universal car charger for 7 pounds, that outputs 5V and 1A and i`m using the data cable to charge the phone in my car. No need for a holder just yet.

The pouch is good, but definately needs a proper case as its getting annoying sometimes to take it out all the time.

Got a few questions, regarding apps and games and such, if anyone here has more experience with android than me...

1. I`m planning to buy this (http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield...es-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php) . Will it affect the screen brightness in any way ?

2. Currently using GoNews as my newsreader but I`m looking for a good working one that also has to option to search a website for RSS feed. The one i`m using at the moment gives me the option to import from a file or input the whole adress manually.

3. Gaming wise, I dont mind paying for games. And the ones i`d pay for would be a good RPG and an RTS. Currently thinking about buying ZENONIA, but I can`t seem to find any RTS games out there (StarCraft, Age of Empires, Command and Conquer). Not those games, but they are examples of gameplay i`m looking for.

4. Also looking for a game that works on Streak similar to Worms world party. Could have tanks or other things, but should work lol. Tried something Armored Lite or whatevr the name was but the graphics war very buggy and made gaming pretty impossible.

5. Dialer. Can it be changed ? :)

6. Email client. BEfore getting the phone, i was reading reviews and stuff. People said the email client sucked. At first I thought it was ok but god I was wrong. Can`t do anything besides reading the email. Could anyone recommend a better email client ?

7. How do I make it stop turning the display on and off while on a phonecall ?

8. What benefits would I have if I root it ? Not an android expert and not sure if I should give it a try or not.

9. 3g or Wi-Fi videochat. Are there any apps that do this ?

10. Last but not least hehe Navigation. Basically I think its great and considering I spend A LOT of time in my car and using a TomTom, I was thinking of replacing my satnav with my Streak. BUT, is the navigation software dependent on internet connection and gps ? As far as I saw, if my internet connection drops the navigation looses the map or something. Is there any android navigation app that is GPS only. Giving the 16 GB memory, I don`t mind downloading maps and such.

Thanks
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Meltus:
I may not be able to answer all your questions, but i will do my best :)

1) No, it shouldn't affect the brightness much (maybe slightly). I've never owned an invisible shield, but i've heard very good things about them. The 'feel' of the screen will change, however.

2) Not sure, sorry

3) There are not that many good android games out there at the moment (not that look good on the streak at least). I'm not a big gamer though, so i can't really answer this question well :p

4) as above

5) Of course! there are numerous 3rd party diallers out there. Or, you can pull the dialler application from your phone and change the images if you want (requires root)

6) There's a nice e-mail client in the market called K9. It works perfectly.

7) The display only turns itself off when the sensor is covered (when you hold the phone to your ear), i believe that otherwise the screen stays active. If it does not, you can always change the 'screen time-out' in settings to 'Never Timeout'.

8) Rooting allows you to modify the system files. This means, like mentioned above, you can pull applications from your phone and modify the images. This means you can create and apply themes. You can also overclock your phones processor (not been done yet on this phone i don't think). There are countless other things you can do. Here's a good list- http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Why_Root

9) There aren't many video call apps, but if you search 'Movicha' in the market place there is an app called 'Live Mobile Video Chat' which apparently does the job. (no idea if it works on the streak though)

10) Good question, never really thought about this before. I've found a good (and more importantly, free!) app though, called 'TrekBuddy'. You download the maps prior to your journey and then it allows offline navigation. Not sure how well it works, but it's the best i can do! :D

Hope this helps!
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] jonikah:
Thanks a lot. :) Still reading tons of android forums and websites.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] fards:
If you're uk then copilot is the best android compatible sat nav app
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] lufc:
Yes that is true and if you know where to look there is a not so legal one out there :)
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] jailking:
I have the Invisible Shield and it works like a charm. No brightness effects at all. The only thing is that the shield for the back left and right is not cut very well, but the front ones and battery cover is great.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] flumps:
agreed. copilot is very good, it almost pains me to say that considering how god awful it preformed on my G1 but on the streak its fantastic. little extra power goes along way
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crakerjaks:
I Deleted NOVA DATA File from Gameloft folder on SDcard and did a reinstall, works fine now.

Not really "FC" but when I tap new game or Multi-player, it goes to loading screen, loads all the way, then just exits the game. =\

p.s: wrong forum I know I need coffee..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Issey_phresh:
Same here!
[Nexus One General] jonze5:
my unlock switch dont work properly. i gatta press on the left corner of it, real hard, for it to unlock or lock..!

so unconvinient...

anybody else had this problem?
[Nexus One General] Karolis:
Yup, many people had that problem, including celebrities such as Gina Trapani and Cyanogen himself.

If it's still under warranty, send it back for a replacement.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonze5:
my unlock switch dont work properly. i gatta press on the left corner of it, real hard, for it to unlock or lock..!

so unconvinient...

anybody else had this problem?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
Eventually it will stop working all together like mine has.

If you're not bootloader unlocked, then just call htc.

If you are, go ahead and either download an app of the market that will let you skip/disable the lockscreen or use a ROM with trackball wake/unlock built into it.

Also, if you power button stops working altogether, you will probably want to set your screen time out really low.

Finally, if your phone cuts off, the only way I have found to cut it back on is to plug the phone up to a USB cable and let the charging light come on, then remove the battery and as soon as the light cuts off put the battery back in and the phone will cut on.

I can't remember which on it is, either holding the volume down key or the trackball but one holding of those two will allow you boot straight into fastboot instead of hboot, because if you boot into hboot you have no way of accessing any of the other options since your power button is broke, but when you boot straight into fastboot you can at least apply a nandroid. Once I had a rom that broke adb usage and got stuck on the flash screen and I thought I was screwed until I happened to boot into fastboot, so these are just a few tips for you if it quits working altogether on you.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] maxld:
Hi guys,

Did you see somewhere this wallpaper on the droid on the right?

I can't find it anywhere.

Will appreciate any help.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] yetep:
Just spent nearly an hour trying to find it dude... I'll get there eventually!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] yetep:
Close, but no cigar..

Sorry mate - scoured the net and found nothing.

Here's the ones I found that are as close as I could get them to the right style..

Cheers
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] maxld:
Some nice wallpapers you've found my friend, thank you for these. Just set one of them as a wallpaper already. Even bigger thanks for your effort!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
Nice puzzle, cant find it yet...still searching....
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] maxld:
I used to have it when I had a G1 or HTC Hero (can't remember which one), but since then it looks like it disappeared from the internet, I just can't track it down.

Edit: if this will make it any easier - screenshot is from the android launcher Home++ (great one btw.)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zephyrix:
http://img.cnbeta.com/newsimg/100117/16512431889462023.jpg