yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Android 17:
Yeah, I heard HTC is releasing updated drivers as well, I hope it's true, if it is, it shouldn't be too hard to port over to the EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GadgetViews:
What does a kernel exactly do? What's the difference between a kernel and a Rom?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothydonohue:
http://tinyurl.com/ya45eea

in short, a kernel is the implementation that allows communication between hardware and software. a ROM likely contains a kernel and the software on top of it that would be utilized.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
another explanation is you have the hardware (the evo itself) the Software (the rom you are using) and the kernel that communicates between the software and the hardware (the evo and the rom)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothydonohue:
yes. except a ROM contains a kernel as well, it isn't just software.

hardware <--------------------------> kernel <------------------------>software

____________________________[<-------------------ROM-------------------->]
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Anybody else read that in Arnold's voice?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GadgetViews:
thanks for the reply, i found the link a bit entertaining :), anyway i thought a kernel has several manings , but now a kernel is a kernel! only one meaning
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shyfe:
right here.
[Desire Android Development] babijoee:
Over at PROJ: Overclocking the Adreno GPU on Snapdragon Devices they were trying to achieve to overclock the GPU to improve performance.

I've decided to open this thread for dedication for software porting/improving for adreno GPU on all Snapdragon chips.

1st thing we require/need to start work is:

Any source for the adreno/gpu drivers that are currently being run on our devices.

Its been mentioned that Acer liquid has same gpu running on lower cpu clock and achieving greater results.

Open source 3D driver for Snapdragon @ CodeAurora | Site Source

Acer liquid GPU drivers and source

Require Acer Liquid dump of adreno libegl files

Acer Liquid Kernel Source

| Source site

Benchmark Acer liquid | Nexus One = Desire | EVO4G | Incredible

From there we should be able to improve our drivers from other devices but i think its a good start to look at the Acer Liquid since the source is available iirc.

That should be what we need for a start.

If i'm missing anything please let me know and i'll add it.

I'm posting this here because our devices have the same chip/gpu so its pretty much a win/win situation and we are searching for devs to lend a hand :)

To make this easier and keep information managed/organised it would be best to post in the original thread i created in Nexus One development forum located here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741322

Reference threads

Nexus One porting thread |

Incredible porting thread

|

EVO4G porting thread
[Desire Android Development] OBSt4l0n:
Cone on guys any new information about this topic. Have any progressions been made at all?
[Desire Android Development] twicejr:
Sounds interesting :)
[Desire Android Development] chris2busy:
If you read the original post he refered to , you will see that they have hit dead end on driver path and OC the GPU is impossible (iirc an insider from qualcom told them so as well)..search to find more...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Hvdm57:
Hi

I have problems with the app. Daily Briefing.

I have set auto. Update on, but it will not update the weather.

I have to do a manual updtate in order to receive latest weather update.

Any with same with problem ?

Any help ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] heru:
I have the same problem. Any solution anyone?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] craigmack:
I have seen lots of requests for the new nexus one live wallpaper. JHPadu has just released a version that looks just like the very familiar boot animation that a lot of us have come to love. Swing over to the N1 link to download and share your feedback with JHPadu.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715773
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] arcades:
Hello!

I saw many beautiful BLACK Dialers for HTC HD2, but they look not so cool because of WHITE contact list.

I wonder if anyone knows of a solution how to make Contact list BLACK with white characters/phone numbers ??

If such skin doesn't exist, how can I make this myself ?

Any tips would be much appreciated!

Here is picture of what I want:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] arcades:
Anyone ? :S
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] digimda:
I am also interested in this regard
[General Questions and Answers] opticcyke:
In a post on these forums I saw that there was a way to load android os to a netbook or laptop. I followed the instructions and it worked, which got me thinking. I love the green robot and it would be cool if I could create a custom car stereo with the android os running on it. The equipment is rather simple, was going to use my netbook which comes with usb, bluetooth, wifi, mic and audio out as the main device, then pick up a 3m touchscreen, and a gps module so that I could have touch control and google maps. Lastly for this all to work I am going to need a way to be able to control phone calls coming to my phone but with the car receiver. I am not sure how feasible this is or if I am overlooking something. The hardware and hookup I am sure I can do, I am only worried about the compatibility of all this hardware with an android os. and information hints or suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] B3nGz:
Hi, hope you guys remember me.

I have posted a guide on how to repair dents and dink + painting for ur blueangel.

I have been running a series of test (not many)

to see how i can lighten/downsize blueangel but not compromising functions.

this is the prototype of my blueangel.

in the final stage, i hope to get a glass back, acrylic sides and a full screen front. (something like a iphone 4)

but before customizing the parts, i try building a casing out of a wire mesh (FOR FUN)

results i get is not bad, thin and sleek, light weight.. just abit ugly.

Parts i have removed/mod

-battery

-antenna

-camera

-keypad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWk4FVN4XHo
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] d-two:
Nice !

You can make a transparency case :D and what is with the buttons?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] B3nGz:
d-two : yupe was going for a transparent acrylic casing. but kinda expensive to make in 1 piece. so im gonna make into many piece.

im gonna do away with the buttons. and just put the sleep button.

need some time to plan the dimension though
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jilaxzone:
w0w what a very nice modification.

Cant wait to see when the real new casing and housing is made.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattwood2000:
Ok guys, got a low-level devel question. I'm fairly new to repo and AOSP, but just indulge me here...

Is there an easy way to switch between two different version of the ASOP source code, say froyo and eclair, and maintain sanity?

I've been looking at the repo commands and the topic branches and projects don't seem to apply to the whole AOSP itself. Am I misunderstanding repo?

I have a need to have two separate builds - foryo and eclair. Is it better to just init two separate directories one for froyo and one for eclair?

Thanks, Matt.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da_knowledge:
I would like to know this as well. Right now I'm using an Ubuntu partition for froyo, and a VM under Windows for eclair which is probably overkill.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattwood2000:
*bump*

Come on guys, I know there are some developers out there...thats why I posted this int the development section in the first place - not sure why it got moved...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luniz7:
You would use the -b in your command.....ie -b eclair, -b froyo, etc...

You can also do, git branches (think that's it) to tell you what branch you are on.
[Desire General] djc545:
Hey guys, I upgraded my desire from 2.1 to 2.2 on Sunday using ota and since then my phone contact phone numbers are displayed in an American format. For instance an area code of 01438 would now be 014-38x-xxx etc. Anyone have any ideas why this is happening? If I add a new contact then it displays it correctly...

Cheers
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] formulabird:
I updated early to 2.2 the .3 version can i manually reflash my phone to the older 1.47 version and then do the ota update from there. I know I will probably lose info but thats ok since i hard reset yesterday anyway.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
No currently there is no way to "downgrade" versions on a non rooted phone. HTC does this so that yuo cant jsut downgrade and reexploit bugs.

Saddly your are stuck until HTC releases the upgrade patcht hey talked about i believe.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigmack:
I need help from the experts. I cannot find where this png is located that shows the volume changing and the status of a download. I want to change it from green to red to finish off my red incredible themed look.

Can someone point me to where I can change this? Thanks for your help.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TNS201:
Its either in the framework.res or the htc.resources files.

Open the res folders and find the png that is just green highlights. Then edit all those to red, you probably need to do this anyway.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigmack:
thats my problem i have extracted both of them and still no dice.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oddity:
I'm having trouble finding those pngs too. I'm trying to find them in CM6 but they aren't in Framework from what I see. I thought they might be in settings but they aren't in there either.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] invisiblek:
been searching all around for this as well

found this:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-themes/60280-theming-guide-progress-bar.html

its actually not a png

the process is a bit involved, but it works. and once you figure out how to make it work, its not that complicated

i just did it and am going to upload a new version of my cm6 nightly theme :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fua1:
I've tried searching for these things, but all the info seems to be very fragmented.

If someone can give me a simple answer, I would greatly appreciate it.

Kernel - Do I need to flash a new one when installing a new ROM, or is it already in there? Do I just flash it by having a .zip on my sdcard?

Recovery - is this just a shell for bootloader (terminology from the winmo days i guess)? Are there differences, one better than another?

I'd like to install the stock 2.2 ROM that netarchy released, but there is a lot of talk about kernels as related to wifi and FPS, so I wanted to see what that's all about.

Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckhriczko:
Kernel Answers:

No. When flashing a new rom a kernel is included. Kernels are packaged up in the boot.img files inside the rom.zip. Now, with HTC Sense phones there are two types of kernels. HTC kernels and Android kernels. HTC builds their phones in such a way that a standard Android kernel will not work. This is why we need to wait for the kernel source code from them. It also depends what OS is on the device. If you have a stock Sense rom it will use a different kernel than an AOSP rom such as CyanogenMod. So as an example, you are unable to use any CM6 kernel with Sense or vice versa.

My point is this. Be careful. If you want a modified kernel make sure it is for your rom or is compatible with your rom.

Recovery Answers:

No. Recovery is different than the bootloader. Recovery is a mode built into the phone so that, assuming something goes wrong and Android doesn't boot, you can boot into recovery and flash different files. This is only meant for HTC employees however at XDA we always find a way to use this recovery for our own purposes. We take HTC's recovery, erase it and flash our own recovery over it. This allows us to backup and restore our phones, flash new files to it, wipe it, etc.

So for your question. You can use the Stock 2.2 rom and Netarchy's kernel and it should work fine. Just be careful because it is a 2.6.29 kernel. The stock kernel now is 2.6.32 so some things may or may not work properly with it as FroYo was designed to run on a 2.6.32 kernel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fua1:
Thanks a bunch for the info!

So if I do the "Volume Down + Power" thing, that goes into phones native recovery menu?

Also, if the phone is rooted (via toast's or simple root), will it then have a different recovery process?

EDIT: As has been pointed out, this thread maybe better served in the Q&A section. Mods, please move this if you feel it's necessary.
[Android Software Development] Wabiloo:
All,

I have an HTC Desire, and I don't like the standard wired headphones that come with it. I find them uncomfortable at best. It also provides no volume control. Coming from the iPhone world myself, I am a bit disappointed...

I've searched for alternatives, but after reading every thread on this forum or AndroidForums on this topic, it appears clear that:

1. There is no wired headphones with 3.5mm jack that will allow pause/play/next/prev/vol-up/vol-down/answer-call functionality on HTC Android or Android in general. Not a single one!

2. There is no wired headphones with 3.5mm jack that will allow pause/play/next/prev/answer-call functionality on HTC Android or Android in general, apart from the original HTC ones, which I don't like. Not a single alternative! (Compare that to Apple's numerous alternatives...)

3. The iPhone compatible headphones or headsets are not compatible with Android, apart from play/pause and sometimes next functions.

4. Bluetooth headsets can be used as an alternative, but are not ideal due to non-optimal sound quality, drops, interference and battery drain. Not an option for me.

Very very disappointing :-(

Given that the iPhone-compatible headsets and the original HTC remote have the exact same standard 3.5 mm connector, I'm wondering why no-one's built an application for the Android that would effectively make the iPhone headsets compatible.

Does anyone know why that woudn't be possible?

Is someone up to the challenge? (unfortunately I'm not much of a programmer myself)
[Android Software Development] sh00tfire:
I am also wondering about this issue. I am coming from an iPhone and want to use the volume controls on my Android phone.
[Android Software Development] jaboswell:
If you want to use the IPhone headphones go back to your precious iPhone, are you too lazy to use the on screen controls? Not flaming just seems pretty lame to complain about how your iPhone headphones don't work with Android....obviously it wasn't so important because you would have researched it before buying your Android.
[Android Software Development] marcmarshall:
jaboswell:

I would also like that functionality on my phone. It would be great when I'm running. I just bought a new headset and it is iphone compatible.

This has nothing to do my "precious iphone", I've never even owned one. No need to be nasty and I'm really tired of all this attitude for or against iphones. Just a bunch of snobbery either way. I tried an iphone. Though I prefer to be using android I think the apple os is more slick and polished.
[Android Software Development] Rydah:
I would like this too. Nothin to do with the iPhone itself. Great headphones.

Sent From My HTC Evo 4G Using Tapa Talk Pro!
[Android Software Development] sassafras_:
You can't flame someone and then defend yourself by saying you aren't.

It's a feature I too would love. I don't know if there is a universal specification or if the Apple implementation is entirely proprietary. I know the hardware on most Android phones supports it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caanon:
Hey all

Still trying to absorb all the info around here. My contract is up with ATT at the end of August and I'll be getting an EVO then. However, by that time all the EVOs sold will most likely be coming stock with Froyo. I'm really looking forward to rooting/flashing, so I'm a little worried stock Froyo isn't rootable if you haven't rooted/unencrypted the NAND before you upgraded. Is this [currently] the case?

-Caanon
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beatblaster:
As of now, stock Froyo is NOT rootable. Fear not though Caanon. A dev will root it. It's inevitable. I've noticed the devs around here love challenges.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
You are basically stuck until a dev finds a new root method to get 2.2 rooted. Give it time i am sure a dev will

EDIT: See above!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caanon:
Perfect, exactly what I was expecting. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JvIo55iBl3r:
+1, hope it wont wait for too long.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianfreytag:
It's also safe to assume that the phone will NOT be leaving the store with 2.2 already by the end of the month. You should be able to use the current methods (I prefer simple root) to root your phone.

It's even SAFER to assume that the latest OTA will have a root method by the end of the month, so even if it does, you won't have to worry about it.

In short:

Don't worry about it. If you get the phone at the end of the month, you'll have no problem rooting.
[EVO 4G General] calicobasin:
Rather the lack of camera or video after the update. Just opens then closes really fast. I suppose a reset of some kind is next. Anyone else have / had this issue?

Cheers
[EVO 4G General] prettyboyrob2007:
can someone tell me why when you take self photos the screen looks smaller than before
[EVO 4G General] xlrdxrevengex:
i do not have this problem it might just be you. try doing a reboot and see what happens

this is because your not taking a picture that supports high resolution. it is only a vga camera that is 1.3 megapixel
[EVO 4G General] prettyboyrob2007:
when you look at the screen before you snap a self picture its smaller looking than the 2.1 rom
[EVO 4G General] Zabalba:
I ran into this issue after updating my phone to the HTC FroYo beta. I rebooted my phone and it began working again. I've have not had an issue since then.

My GF's phone was updated to final HTC FroYo 2.2 and ran into the same problem as well. A Reboot also fixed it.
[EVO 4G General] arcanecho:
I ran into this issue right after updating to the 2.2 beta. I found that it was the LED Light app that was "breaking" the camera. Uninstalled the app, soft reset, good to go.
[EVO 4G General] Heresfitz:
Camera Resolution

My Camera dropped to 3m anyone have that problem?
[EVO 4G General] calicobasin:
I did a soft reset and voila everything is fine now. I also unistalled the LED app I was using then reinstalled it. No issues so far.

Cheers
[EVO 4G General] dehelflix:
what LED app are you using, I am also having this issue. It was working fine, then i rebooted, and now it just closes right away when opened, will be deleting all my LED apps for now.
[EVO 4G General] dehelflix:
Yep the LED Light widget (the one that looks like the sense widget) killed that and its working again. hopefully the author of the app can fix this. as thats a useful little widget.
[EVO 4G General] DJ_Bizarro:
yep, its the LED Light, the one that looks like a sense widget on/off switch.. uninstalled it and camera works fine, i didnt even have to reboot
[Desire General] mattiadj:
Hello to all,

this period is very very intensive for rom for our desire.

I'm a little new about the restore of app.

Any way to restore ALL app installed without reinstalling theme one at once??

I always backup with astro but reinstalling always sometingh like 160app si very very frustrant and slow.

So exists an app that restore (reinstall) all apps automatically without me?

Thanks

Regards
[Desire General] Rudolfje:
The paid version of Titanium Backup has a single-click-app-restore feature.
[HD2 General] Moschino02:
tried using web radio app but keep getting error message..any other alternatives guys? many thanks
[HD2 General] donwhann:
i use spb radio. its an awesome app and picks up talksport (and many many others) no bother......

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/radio/
[HD2 General] Moschino02:
thanks man - il give that a shot
[HD2 General] donwhann:
no bother mate, did you check your pm...?
[HD2 General] Yorkshire Yellow:
Try Jeyo Wunderradio.
[HD2 General] geordierussell:
thanks for that wonderradio
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] YeOj:
I'm having an issue where Google Talk will try to launch then it just closes instantly. I have tried uninstalling talk and reinstalling it with no luck. I extracted the talk.apk file from the rom zip file. I have also tried wiping the data and cache for the talk application. I am using netarchy's Froyo .6 stock rooted rom.

Other than my issue with talk, everything else is working properly. Any ideas as to what I can do to resolve this?

thanks in advance
[Touch CDMA Android Development] -Arturo-:
I've recently noticed that youtube videos only work for me when using 3G. Apparently stock youtube app uses normal quality on 3g and high quality videos on wifi by default. Unfortunately our devices can only play normal quality video, so is there any workaround to force normal quality video while using wifi?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] graphic914:
The Vogue/Touch doesn't have wifi capability?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] -Arturo-:
Right.....should have mentioned that i'm running Dzo's Froyo on Kaiser:)

Soooo..I quess this thread should be closed now. Thanks for the info i always thought that the only difference between kaiser and vogue was the physical keyboard.

I think I got Polaris mixed up with Vogue.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] xlord1:
just change the quality before you start a video.. or maybe that's too hard for you? and the touch/vogue does have wifi...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] egzthunder1:
No need for those kinds of replies as he was referring to another device. Also, the Vogue does not have Wifi...

Thread closed.
[HD2 General] chris2busy:
hey hd2 owners..i waited a week of personal daily use before i post this "tweak" that i found by snoopoing around settings :) so here is what i did :

1. run opera 9.7

2. type in the browser address "opera:config " without quotes

3 . expand adaptive zooming and then proceed to reduce the default zoom variable to zero ( 0 ) :)

4 . enjoy at last reflow-less browsing !

my default value of "default zoom" was 175 iirc , but this may vary due to my using custom rom and tweak apps.

it seems that the only side effect of doing this is loosing double tap zoom ; but come on :p u can actually zoom where you pinch!..restoring to ur default value restores this back to its original state..

i hope you guys will enjoy this as much as i did! cheers..
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] migueltherocker:
Last night I tried getting SlideMR1v4, my day to day ROM, and replacing it's MMS.apk with the one from Eugene's Froyo ROM. I did this because I want the Stock mms app, as I really hate the espresso one. Instead of adb pulling/pushing, I rather do everything in my computer, flash the new ROM, and restore my /data partition from Nandroid if it works.

While I was at it, I modded some icons from a thread I found in the Android theme forums.

I know I pushed the files right, as I added the .apk the same way I added the icons, but when I flashed the new ROM the mms app was nowhere to be found, but the icons worked. Is this because I grabbed the apk from a froyo ROM?
[Captivate General] dirtblade:
Hi,

Does someone know if it is possible to stream videos over SMB to/from Captivate?

Is there some app for it?
[Captivate General] dvdmkr:
I'm using Astro File Manager w/ Astro File Manager - SMB Module to access my Windows machine.

It works out pretty well...
[Captivate General] dirtblade:
Cool. I will try it! Thanks
[Captivate General] phlunkie:
E strong file manager.