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[HTC Aria General] MrAsianMan:
Well, I have a few questions though...

1.) How's the battery life? I may use it for occasional web browsing and listening to music.

2.) I played with it for a minute when I was at costco. touch screen seems WAY much smother than my samsung impression. However, does it support multi touch?

3.) I noticed it has FM-Radio and integrated GPS. Are those features free or must be paid to be used? What about wifi?

4.) I don't plan on watching anything on my phone, but what about youtube; does it lag?

5.) FLAC support; actually, that's my BIGGEST concern. Is there any way to get FLAC to work?

6.) I noticed that it's a 600mhz cpu rather than the 1ghz snapdragon. Although, I've read reviews that it's still snappy and doesn't lag (assuming it's because it's smaller). But there's one particular app I'm interested in, though I'm not sure if it would work on the Aria: psx4droid.
[HTC Aria General] projectDz:
1. pretty good. medium usage = day and a half. occasional browing and some music = maybe longer. I've let it sit idle for about 10 hours (work shift) and it only used about 5% of the battery.

2. yes

3. fm-radio is free, gps depends on what app you're using. If you're thinking of nav/maps, stick with the preinstalled google apps. ditch the att nav app (which you ahve to pay for)

4. no lag on 3g hq

5. i hear this works pretty well: androlib.com/android.application.net-avs234-tDqz.aspx

6. it works but is very laggy (less noticable with the sound off), the only game i've tried is ff7.
[HTC Aria General] MrAsianMan:
I was hoping more like a codec or something in order to get FLAC support with the android's media player.

Also, FF7 was the game I was crossing my fingers for... I was looking at it playing on the nexus one from youtube; guess it makes sense with the lack of snapdragon...
[HTC Aria General] projectDz:
if you plan to root and flash in cya build, i hear they modded it to where you can play flac with the stock player.

as for ff7, it isn't too bad. It is a really consistent lag so it just seems like you're playing in slow motion :lol. You'll need to play it with the sound off though, as the choppy sound is definitely unbearable.
[HTC Aria General] ocswing:
There's not really a codec type system for Android. Besides, the default player is very limited. There are a few options for getting FLAC to work, but for the most part you're looking at installing a new player, which really isn't that big of a deal. As far as what works best I'm not really sure. My friend (has a droidx) and I have started to look into it, but haven't done tried out too many solutions.
[HTC Aria General] ryan92084:
Since it was brought up I don't feel bad asking it here. Does froyo/cm6 give any improvement to emulators?
[HTC Aria General] FFXTDS:
amazon has it for 0.01 with 2 year upgrade
[HTC Aria General] mr72:
with regard to battery life, I am having to charge mine in the middle of the day to get it to last all day. it would go dead in 8 hours if I didn't.

of course, I use mine. I think 1.5 days would be astronomical battery life for this phone.
[HTC Aria General] MrAsianMan:
Really? I'm always confused about the prices on amazon; it shows the price with a new 2 year contract, but nothing about upgrading. Are they the same price or do you have to click somewhere to find the upgrade cost (without signing into amazon).
[HTC Aria General] eortizr:
if your are planning on play games on your phone... the Aria is not best choice...
[HTC Aria General] matt_b:
i have gameboid installed on my aria and it works great, even on the stock rom (i would still definitely advise you root and install clockwork/cm6). i play mostly rpgs (ff6 currently) and it runs fantastically, sound and all. gameboid runs smoother and looks better on the aria than it did on any other phone i've had thus far.

as for action games, i'm not sure because i haven't tried.
[HTC Aria General] projectDz:
wireless.amazon.com/HTC-Aria-Android-Phone-AT/dp/B003RCJA6S/ref=cell_dp_upa

on the right side of the page on that link, you'll see an option to upgrade. When you upgrade a individual line, it is 0.01, but if you are upgrading a line on a family account then it is a bit more: 99.99

Not the best, but it does the job.. and it does it pretty well.

could you try the psx4droid with ff7? I'm also curious if it performs significantly better on froyo :)
[HTC Aria General] kura808:
hey the aria is my first smartphone and i'm really enjoying it. had it for almost 2 months already.

anyways regarding the battery life question, if i do moderate work on the phone(texts, web,games, etc with syncs on manual, autobrightness, BT and GPS off, and killing att nav..attnavi kills my battery quicklyi), it'll last 1 1/2 to 2 days. if i dont touch it at all, i can do 3 days easily. the other day, i thought i'd keep track of my gaming. i spent about 1 hour playing a game which dropped my battery about 10% (from full). so if i were to use up my full battery, it'll probably last close to 9-10 hours straight.

also from what i read, the processor we have is quite similar to the snapdragon processor. i'd imagine the psx probably would be able to handle especially with froyo. our graphics is quite good and i think we can keep up with the snapdragons.

here's a link which may surprise you. the mytouch slide has the same internals as the aria i believe

http://androidandme.com/2010/06/news/high-end-android-gpu-showdown/
[HTC Aria General] FFXTDS:
go here and put your zip code in and click availability and you should see it

http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Aria-Andr..._rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=1266686442&pf_rd_i=htc aria
[HTC Aria General] klyon:
The longer you wait, it seems, the cheaper it gets.

My friend bought it for $50 with a contract upgrade.

I got suckered in by the addition of a free activation ($18).

Now it's free (but you pay the activation: total savings: $32).

Who knows? Soon they might pay you.

Three years ago I got what was one of the best non-smartphones I ever had (Sony Ericsson w820i, I think, or some number like that) with a $300 rebate!
[HTC Aria General] FFXTDS:
i payed 50 to

was the phone w810? that's the one I have it a good phone
[HTC Aria General] klyon:
Yeah, that's it! A great phone. 3-4 days on a battery charge, great audio. It did everything that smartphones do, just in an awkward way, slowly, and with a tiny screen. But I carried it all over the world, and still use it in my studio for a remote control (I wrote a HID profile to start, stop, record, erase over bluetooth).
[Android Software Development] ccflyer:
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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelhorn:
Has anyone else had this problem? Mine seems to randomly restart every couple of days. Most recently last night at 8:26pm. I had just hung up a phone call and pressed on another contact to dial someone else. When the screen was supposed to change to the connecting screen instead it reset and went through the Sprint boot screen. After 2-3 minutes it was back to normal.

I am on 2.2 (unofficial)

Looking for suggestions.

Ben
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyh703:
Are you on 2.2 or what? I know this was an issue when the EVO first came out, not sure if any OTA software updates fixed it (mine stopped happening when I rooted and went to another ROM)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelhorn:
Yep left that out. I am on 2.2 unofficial release.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toenail78:
wipe, wipe, wipe
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
It's your ROM/kernel. Simple as that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Has anyone suggested you wipe and reflash the rom/kernel yet?

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidboyd:
Mine has been doing the same thing at least once a day. I have tried Damage Control 3.5, Cyanogen RC1, and Sprint Final 2.2 Rooted. I wipe between each flash (factory, cache and Dalvik). I upgraded my recovery and even switched recovery because I read that one of them doesn't wipe Dalvik properly. Nothing seems to help. I swapped batteries tonight to see if maybe the stock battery was to blame, and it rebooted with the after market battery. I have been watching my temp closely thinking it might be overheating, but it will reboot at under 110 degrees. I reflashed the radio to the latest, wiped and reflashed DC 3.5 and it rebooted. I am now trying to run it without 3G on to see if it has anything to do with the 3G radio.

Not having much luck yet, but I will keep trying to isolate the problem. Any other suggestions besides wipe and reflash? I am running stock kernel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnstarz:
are you oc'd? overclocking too high can result in random reboots.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidboyd:
Nope, no OC.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidboyd:
I just RUU'd back to stock, non-rooted 2.2 and it rebooted within 10 minutes of usage. I was actually trying to update the PRL when it rebooted. This is getting frustrating.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snandlal:
Flash the eng PC36IMG
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alanmw86:
I'm in the same boat as you, and I have also wiped and cleared everything multiple times.

I did notice it happens most when phones been locked and im going to unlock it, or when I plug it into the car charger.

also after it does this if I have the USB plugged in it wont go past the first boot screen until I unplug it /shrug I havent the slightest as to why.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subliminal609:
Same

I actually had zero problems up until about the time that the official dropped, I was running multiple versions of 2.2 unofficial and out of no where (after flashing a rom based off of the 2.2 official) the phone randomly started but it was still usable, after some time went by and I re flashed back to nightly release 8/4/09 cm, it went back to only doing it about once a day, then literally out of no where it started constantly. It restarts 3 times in a row never getting past the htc screen, and then gets stuck at the htc screen. I have to pull the battery for about a day and then it will work for a few hours before doing it all over again. I tried multiple roms, multiple kernels, and both recoveries, after getting completely fed up with it, I relocked nand protection and restored back to stock 2.1......updated all the htc updates, and then its back to doing the constant reboots, called bestbuy(where I bought it from) and because I got it on release day and didn't purchase the N.E.W (insurance) at the time (it was 14.99 per mo) or the GSBTP their not willing to do anything. Fought it out with sprint until I got to a supervisor for account services (or something like that) he advised me that maybe rooting it would help, that I could drive 2 hrs to the closest sprint repair center, or contact htc. He said he would love to replace the phone but their sold out, I suggested maybe replacing it with the epic, but apparently they tried to pre-order that phone and their already extremely oversold their stock weeks before its release date and that the pre-order only lasted about 18 hours before they were 25% oversold on their stock. So I contacted HTC and they said they would be more than happy to have it sent in and repaired, but heres my issue, its most likely a software/radio/firmware/wimaxradio issue, so htc needs to figure out something or hopefully one of the dev. here will realize that this is a huge issue effecting a lot of supersonic users....so where do we go from here? I want my 200 dollar phone working again, please someone look into this and figure out whats going on with us that have no where else to turn, PLEASE i BEG you!!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subliminal609:
update

So after battling it out with sprint i decided to drive 2 hrs to the sprint repair center in this area....they literally looked at it for 2 seconds and made sure that it wasn't rooted....and said a new one(manufactured) would be here in 3 days. This will be my third evo since launch date...so i expressed my concern to the manager at the sprint store, and she said that if this one still had problems she would authorize it to be exchanged for an epic (once the epic hype calmed down, and once it was released), just FYI if your experience the same hell i have, just make sure you unroot/relock the phone, google how to do this, and take it to your local sprint store/repair center....thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nellisere:
hey all, i have gone back to stock 2.1 as i cannot find a rom i like, i was wondering if anyone has been able to root it, not recovery but able to give apps root permissions ie wireless tether, and also overclocking, i dont want a custom rom that does this ie modaco, but an edited stock rom, thanks :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixampl:
See here:

forum DOT xda-developers DOT com/showpost.php?p=7359202&postcount=3

At the end instead of rootsh name it su to allow all root requiring programs instant root access.

Alternatively you can get a "su & Superuser.apk" pair archive somewhere and just use that. I haven't tried that yet, but it should ask you for permission whenever an app requires root.
[HD2 General] tcsajax:
Hey all, I've been trying to use Android with my T-Mobile HD2, and I have only run into two issues. First off the sound (imported ringtones and what not) run at a faster pace then normal and are slightly pitched up. Any idea how to fix this? I'm pretty sure that it isn't the system in general, because my clock runs at the correct speed.

Secondly, I can't take pictures with my camera in 2.1 because I obviously don't have an "optical trackball".

Any thoughts?
[HD2 General] jriv:
i have the same problem i think it might be the radio so im changing it to see ill get back to you and let you know if it works.
[HD2 General] jriv:
so i found out whats the problem its the radio i bet ur using 2.12.50 that one doesnt work for sound im using 2.10.50.26 and that one is working great sound is perfect again
[HD2 General] tcsajax:
Cool, thanks. Any idea how to work the camera?
[HD2 General] hegemytouch:
Shubcrafts cm6 v1.2 builds camera and camcorder works...its a very nice and stable build too check it out...also i find that 2.10 radio does work best...
[HD2 General] zelendel:
Hey guys There is a whole forum dedicated to Android on the HD 2 Please post your questions there.

Thread Closed
[Hero, G2 Touch General] asad510:
i just tried all of them

here's my quick review of all four. Firstly I think they're all really pretty great and far better than we ought to have on the hero.

I found froyd 1.1.9 to be less finished than the other two using today's builds, but that makes sense. froyd 1.1.1 was quite finished, 1.1.9 is prerelease and uses very bleeding edge previously little tested kernels and other files.

I found froyd to be very unstable during first and second run, had lots of little issues and even reset itself once. BUT after that it started running properly. also the 1.1 kernel improved things some, and the 1.2 kernel did seem to fix the crazy clock. Some things were amazing - like how fast it played demanding 3d games. other things were subpar, like app compatibility, app installability, gallery3d, and just simple finished-ness. that last point is to be expected though.

I found fusion to be, well fusion. at times I've thought it was best. right now I'm not so in love with it but it's a really good product. I don't really love the aosp-ness of it though, but I admire the dev's work and his decisions along the way. it's very good and totally road worthy.

cronos as it's also really finished and seems to run faster in general use than froyd yet has more of the features I want than fusion does. Also every app I throw at it works and it's super stable and reliable. and it's still nice and quick for 3d gaming etc.

FROYO_2.2_elelinux_v1.2 just flashed and its Awsome its gona be tight idk i will review it more when i come back from =) DW =)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] djdavis:
thanks, nice quick and to the point, i was gonna try cronos froyo anyway but good to hear the opinion of someone who's tried all three.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BigD18t:
first of all, this is in the wrong section.

second, i have tried the latest builds of chronos or fusion, but im running froyodvillain, and its great, really fast, stable, no fc's after flashing correctly, im really looking forward to 1.2
[Hero, G2 Touch General] asad510:
well i had a lot of fc from launcher,setting,wifi stoped working,usb
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dkelley:
I think this should be understood as an IMHO sort of post by the author of this thread.

here's my quick review of all three. Firstly I think they're all really pretty great and far better than we ought to have on the hero.

I found froyd 1.1.9 to be less finished than the other two using today's builds, but that makes sense. froyd 1.1.1 was quite finished, 1.1.9 is prerelease and uses very bleeding edge previously little tested kernels and other files.

I found froyd to be very unstable during first and second run, had lots of little issues and even reset itself once. BUT after that it started running properly. also the 1.1 kernel improved things some, and the 1.2 kernel did seem to fix the crazy clock. Some things were amazing - like how fast it played demanding 3d games. other things were subpar, like app compatibility, app installability, gallery3d, and just simple finished-ness. that last point is to be expected though.

I found fusion to be, well fusion. at times I've thought it was best. right now I'm not so in love with it but it's a really good product. I don't really love the aosp-ness of it though, but I admire the dev's work and his decisions along the way. it's very good and totally road worthy.

My pref is cronos (As per my signature) as it's also really finished and seems to run faster in general use than froyd yet has more of the features I want than fusion does. Also every app I throw at it works and it's super stable and reliable. and it's still nice and quick for 3d gaming etc.

but yes, maybe this should be moved to a different area?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zbaracki:
i think it is in proper place, as a user experience of roms. dev section is imo better than general hero discussion, as a feedback to devs and other ppl that're looking for best choice, bcause it is strictly about rom releases, not general bout device.

what i can say - since ninpo's 1.2 kernel, froyd 1.1.9 is a damn good product (probably further more we will get in froyd 1.2, but whatever will be - will be).

after proper flashing (with wipe of absolutely everything), it is extremely stable. no fc's, speed really impressive, great compatibility etc... also 3d is cracking!

(had the same issue with unstability and fc's, when flashed without wipe ext, also was much slower than now, after full wipe).

and what is probably best - again teamvillain was absolutely first with new updates (camera etc), other roms are always couple of days after TV.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dkelley:
I always wipe fully before flashing, it wasn't that causing the issues. I was one of the first to download it, could be the original 1.0 kernel that I flashed after the rom before first boot, but it wasn't user error. However as noted it improved dramatically after the first couple of hours of use, flashing further kernels increased stability eventually too.

it wasn't as peppy in the user interface though, and I actually find that the other devs have more frequent updates than team villain does, but they all update quite effectively.

Villain's an effective group - no doubt about it. I actually found 1.1.1 to have the best battery life of all the froyos, so it will be fun to see what happens over the next little while!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Moved to general with expiring redirect in place. Dev is really only for technical development of new roms.

This thread has remained very civil, so credit to you guys. Let's keep it that way. A lot of rom comparison threads turn to flames, let's make this one the exception. :)

Also, anyone wanting to flame here, don't. Treat this as your warning not to.

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ante0:
The kernel works great on 1.1.1 too ;)

Just a fyi :P

I had some trouble with my alarm... gonna see if it works tomorrow, otherwise I'll be late for work. Other than that, it's just great.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] LocDogg:
Not sure if there is a thread for this but I really want to know if there is an official 6.5.X ROM for our beloved Rhodium...I don't really like any custom ones because there is always something wrong with them...Please let me know if there is and official one :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] hitekredneck:
Not official yet, but most likely will be in the very near future.

Located here -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=737168
[XPERIA X10 General] katem:
Hi every body

is there any way to format my internal memory

or app to do so!

thanks in advance
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwb2073:
Does anyone know if Telus ripped out the FM Radio App? IOW, is it some "Internet radio" (via data), or does it use real local FM signals / broadcast stations / the headphone antenna? Sorry, I got burned that way with my last HTC device (Bell's doing actually :confused:).

Also, it seems Telus states 16GB max for the microSD, but everywhere else it's 32GB. Any ideas as to why that may be?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoked:
I got the FM Radio app on my TELUS desire and when I tried it, it complained I didn't have the headset in. I didn't bother putting in the headset.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohbe:
FM Radio works, need to have the headset plugged in.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwb2073:
Just to confirm, it is a proper fm radio... iow no data is used. Thankfully TELUS did not rip it out.

Thanks for the responses guys.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dehelflix:
with the news of the first SMS Trojan:

http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=207576152a

does anyone know if the virus protection programs really work on android?

i just would like to be able to install apk's found on these the market, forums, and elsewhere with peace of mind.

anyone try virus protectors with any success or know ways of ensuring you dont get a virus (other than permissions...which i assume virus's could fake?)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jigglywiggly:
Why would you need one? You have to install the APK first.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LudoGris:
You can try lookout which has an AntiVirus included. It basically scans apk's for anything they have in their database. Not perfect, but works. Plus the other features are nice too.