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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
You're not doing terrible compared to most users, although I'll bet Bluetooth is taking a significant amount of juice. Froyo isn't a magical battery saver, though it is supposedly more efficient. You may be better of rooting and getting an undervolted ROM in combination with some conservative "Screen off" SetCPU profiles.

Three things: First, you can turn off the OTA notification by going into your settings menu - Software Update and turning off the scheduled check. You'll still be able to check manually whenever you want. Second, turning off "always on mobile data" will save a good amount of battery, but you'll lose Gmail push and some other minor things. Third, think long and hard before you accept that 2.2 OTA update. It can't be rooted yet, you can't go back to 2.1, and we still don't know if/when a root method will be found. If you want Froyo and there's a 0.001% chance you might want to root sometime in the future, you're better off rooting NOW and flashing a ROOTED stock OTA update from the Development section.

Just my thoughts. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00fette:
Ok, so I downloaded System Panel (the free version for now) from the Market and was able to identify some things that were running that I thought were closed. Not sure what, if any, impact that will have ... time will tell. Here's my next question. After going to Settings/Applications/Running services I'm trying to figure out what some of these things are to determine if I need them running:

Mail - MailService (I'm guessing this is my Gmail?)

Mail - EASDirectpush (I'm guessing this is my Exchange (Outlook)?)

Calendar - ObexService (ummm ... is this my synch'd calendar from Outlook?)

Calendar - ConnectivityService (no idea what this is?)

Touch Input - Touch Input (is it as self explanatory as it sounds?)

HTC DM - HtcDmService (no idea what this is?)

HTC IQAgent - AgentService (no idea what this is?)

com.smithmicro.dm - DMServiceApp (no idea what this is?)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Thats not the functionality you want out of systempanel - what you're refferring to here is essentially using it as a task killer, which you shouldn't be using. Those items will just keep restarting - it's more efficient to just leave them in the background where they're not using cpu or battery.

The main functionality of systempanel lies only in the bought version, I'm afraid. What it does is allow you to set it up to monitor your phone - so you can go back to it a day later and see how your battery, cpu, and device usage were affected over a period of time.

Honestly though, for non-rooted, you're not doing too bad on battery. If you want better, you're probably going to want to root, which will allow you to use custom ROMs and kernels that allow overclocking and underclocking. And also allow you to remove bloatware.

Regardless if your rooted or not, make sure you go into all of the stock apps, like talk, stocks, news, etc, and set them up to never login and never sync. Then install the network app from the market and make sure that you're set to cdma auto prl. this should help.

And note what SilverZero mentioned - CURRENTLY THERE IS NO WAY TO ROOT AFTER THE 2.2 OTA UPGRADE. This really can't be stressed enough. So if you do decide to go through with the OTA, your options will be very limited for any tweaking.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
Average apps that run on everyones phone. those apps are running on mine as we speak and I am still getting good battery life. I have been off the charger since 7a.m. and I am at 78% phone calls and text with wifi and 3g running all day. try that link I posted
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00fette:
This may sound like a real stupid noob question but if I root my phone do I have to flash a ROM? Or will the stock ROM (2.1) still be there?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
stock rom will be there - you have the option to flash a rom once rooted, but if you want, you can just stop once rooted - some people root just to be able to run titanium backup.

noob. jk ;-)
[Vibrant General] .justin1:
I have a 56" Samsung DLP HDTV HL56A650.

I know the TV has wiselink but I am pretty sure not wiselink+.

I have hooked my phone into the wiselink usb slot and successfully viewed pictures and music that is stored on the phone. As far as I can tell right now, it will not play .mkv videos, but does support x264.

I also can't seem to find out how to hook my TV up to the Ethernet which leads me to believe I don't have the + with my wiselink.

Anyone else have a Samsung TV that they can do this on?
[Vibrant General] }{Alienz}{:
Maybe wrong forum? This is not a TV help forum.
[Vibrant General] nick_karstedt:
Yeah, wiselink has nothing to do with the phone... it just uses the SD card as mass storage.

Wireless DLNA is what the SGS is all about..
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
i believe Kies has video convertor for the .mkv files
[Vibrant General] dex1701:
I have a Samsung LN46A950. I have it plugged into my network via ethernet, and when I start the DLNA server on my Vibrant it shows up as a server on my TV. I'm able to view pictures and the Avatar trailer this way, but I can't play video. Apparently my TV doesn't support the correct CODEC to play Vibrant's video files.

It's a non-issue for me since I have an HTPC connected to my home theater that can obviously handle any format. I still kinda wish my TV could play the files, though, just because it'd be cool. :)
[Vibrant General] .justin1:
Thanks dex. Thats the kinda resoonse I was lookin for. I dont particularly need help with my tv, was just interested in seeing if anyone else has had success with playing videos from their vibrant to their samsung tv.
[Touch HD General] B69MYK:
Everytime I try to send a sms it gives me the following error: " Your text message cannot be sent. Be certain that your service center address is correct in Settings and then try sending the message again.". If I try to check my service center address in Settings > Phone > Services tab > Voice mail and text message I get the following error message: "Cannot read settings from the network. Try viewing settings later, or disconnect data connection and try again."

I already tried a hard reset and I also changed my standard ROM to a cooked one and still no change.

The funny thing is that if I put a different SIM in my HD(it's from a different service provider) it works right away to send messages and if I put my normal SIM(the one with which I have problems) in a different phone it works perfectly fine. It seems like my HD and my SIM don't want to work together anymore :confused: .

Does anybody know how I can solve this problem?
[Touch HD General] B69MYK:
Solved it. I've installed a newer Radio version
[Touch HD General] barszczes:
can you specify the radio version you've installed, cos i've alredy tried 5 of them and it still doesn't work;/

it would be great if you could post a link for that radio :)

thanks a lot!
[Touch HD General] aman shah:
Radio version

I had the same problem. it solved when i installed win 6.5, kwbr 5.7 wwe(rom version) 1.14.25.24(radio version).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billias:
Hi i am attaching a photo. You will understand my problem.

It is only on grey scale. And on a Light blue color.

Strange.

Maybe the screen protector?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ik Desire:
+1

Most notable on websites, scrolling stops it, but after the next scroll it can happen again.

Sent from my Evil Lair using Doomsday Device
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billias:
Is it a problem, should i sent it for service?

Or is an amoled Prob? Anyone Knows?
[Captivate General] quadzilla500:
Sorry - posted in the wrong section . . .
[Captivate General] max_warheads:
This belongs in the GENERAL section :)
[Captivate General] quadzilla500:
Re-posting in the General Section
[Captivate General] AllTheWay:
Thread closed due to posting in the wrong section.
[Vibrant General] Texag2010:
So all of the sudden when I put my Vibrant on vibrate notifications while at work I will not vibrate for the life of me. Under the text settings as well as gmail email settings I have the vibrate box checked. Shouldn’t it vibrate then each time I get a notification?

Other settings I have are when the phone is in vibrate, the vibrate icon is visible at the top, the silent mode check box is checked as well as the phone vibrate checkbox checked. I checked to make sure it wasn’t the silent mode checkbox that needed to be unchecked as this would put it in ‘not vibrate’ mode at all

Anyone know if I have settings wrong? Please help. Any information would probably help

My Vibrant is rooted with the only modifications being some of the crapware removed

TIA
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
Can Somebody Help Me Find One Or Make One?

Thanks In Advance.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] M@XLOL:
I pulled one out of a Nexus theme. The theme is minimal black I believe check that thread and just push the apk
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
are you running 2.2? thanks bud!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] M@XLOL:
Yes I am. If you need it ill send it to you when I get home.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
i didnt find exactly what you were talking about but i found minimal matte and ripped the files from it. look just how i wanted it to. =]
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Laterz.iphone:
If u dont mind can u post or email me that apk pls. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] troyboytn:
Interested in this as well.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] yuli_capone:
Hi,

I got my Wildfire a week ago and i want Copilot, i like the most...

I installed the program and i found the Europe map.

I want only romania map.Where can found it?

Thanks!
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] robertuzy:
hello, where did you get copilot?
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] yuli_capone:
From torrent.I found the whole europe map, but i want only romania map..

Can you help me?

I have 2 version, 8.0.0.606 and 8.2.0.218( the last is with europe map)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
The reason is because when you updated the 2.1 RUU the HBoot was also updated and you need to first flash with an unlocked SPL for the hero.

THIS IS ONLY FOR THE HTC HERO (G2)

NOTE: Please note that flashing the wrong SPL can render your device useless.

I got the error 140: and could not find a way to downgrade until now.... :D

Step 1: I have uploaded an unlocked SPL (hboot-1.76.2007) for the hero, which can be flashed through update.zip via recovery. The recovery can be flashed via running 'runindos.bat'. Make sure you copy the recovery files into the SDK\tools folder where adb.exe is.

Step 2: Then what you can do there is flash using the RUU you want, this will then allow you to get the 2.1 OTA update.

:D :D :D - I am sitting here with a smile on my face! as I have gone from 2.73 T Mobile to 2.73 WWE to 2.1 OTA to 2.1 RUU to 2.73 to 2.1 OTA all through the above tools!

P.S I am the one who choked his hero (upgraded to 2.1) for the members to root!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
You got an MD5 for the file? Just as it's an SPL, and the brick hazard is an issue
[Hero, G2 Touch General] idroid84:
Added to the main post.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gibbit:
OMG finally god bless you man after about 5 days of trying every ruu with goldcard and some other tricks even some other bootloader version i stumbled over your post and it finally worked with no errors, thank you sir now i can finally send my hero to waranty without problems :).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] DanielF50:
wow, thank you, been trying to go back to RUU to sell my Hero to a phone company and been googling for over 7 hours, this is the only thing that worked, downgraded to Android 1.6 now! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tambourine:
I am using elelinux 6.2.0 speedmachine v5 and I am not able to apply any RUU (I always get error 140 - even with a goldcard) so this could come in quite handy.

Does it make a difference if I apply this update.zip from the recovery (RA-hero-1.6.2) that is installed on my hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] lobedoc:
I think there is no difference.
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Hello,

At the moment I'm working on a new version of SayMyName Dessert. It's my first app (but it's already on the Android Market for more than a year :D) and I just can't stop developing it. Mostly, I blame my users for that. ;) You send me feature-requests, bug-reports, good feedback, bad feedback... even donations! :)

Currently there are two versions of SayMyName available at the Android Market. One for Cupcakes, and one for Donuts and beyond.

With the upcoming version of SayMyName, I want to merge those versions, fix old, very annoying bugs and add some often requested features.

Why I'm telling you that? Because I need even more feedback, more testers, more contributers (:D) and some guys who translate my app into various languages.

So, if you want to help me, please download the attached .apk and give me some feedback / requests / whatever comes to your mind. Just leave a reply here at xda or send me a mail. (tomtasche AT gmail)

Thank you very much :)

Tom

P.S.: If you want to try the old, buggy version of SayMyName, feel free to search the Android Market for "SayMyName Dessert".

edit:

I forgot to mention what this app is for. ;)

Official market-description:

"Want to know who's calling you without looking at your phone? SayMyName reads out loud the name saved in your adressbook and tells you who's calling.

- reads SMS, GMail and K9-Mail too

- very customizable

- discreet mode

- Locale Plug-in

- open-source

- supports non-latin languages too

See website for changelog, etc."

edit:

Changelog:

- reads nicknames!

- fixes, fixes, fixes.

- much more

- mute gestures

- read number-/mail-type (custom labels supported too!)

- auto translate messages (enable "translate")

- improved widget

- fixes

- pause music during speech on phones with Android 2.2

- sk, cs and de translations by David K. (thanks! :))

- supports people who can't find TTS Extended in Android Market / don't have access to Android Market

Planned features in near future:

- more translations (any volunteers?)

- bluetooth (maybe I found somebody who can help me! :))

edit:

If you want to help translate, download this file and translate the text between the tags:

<string name="...">TRANSLATE THIS</string>

Return the translated file to me afterwards.

Thank you very much

Tom

PS: Please let me know if you want me to mention your name / mail-address / website.
[Android Apps and Games] MillyMoo106:
Shall report back tomorrow. Used to love this app!
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Thanks! :) Tell me if you miss something.
[Android Apps and Games] xdZKu7:
I just tried the app for SMS notifications, but it gets interrupted by the notification. I'd like the notification to come first, followed by the announce and then the message. As it is now half the announcement gets killed by the notification.

I tried setting both Reading break and speech delay to 5 (seconds?), but the announcement started immediately anyway.

The app also seems to open a TTS-channel on start, causing noticeable hiss for a couple of seconds.

And the locale-plug-in, is it a separate download? Couldn't see it in Tasker even if I force-stopped it.

Your app seems to perform all the functions I want from TTS-notifications, now I only have to wait for the engine to not sound like a broken record in my language.
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Nice, you found a bug! :D Little workaround until I upload the fix: set the speech delay in SayCaller Settings. ;)

Shouldn't happen in the next version too, thanks.

Locale Plug-In is made for Locale 1.0 (beta). I didn't update it yet, because I thought nobody would use it. :eek:

I'll note that on my ToDo-list, thanks!

Which Android version performs on your phone? Everything under 1.6 has a REALLY bad voice:

[YOUTUBE]HMDv8-VaL1Y[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Apps and Games] xdZKu7:
Tasker has Locale plug-in support. I would like to use Tasker to enable and disable your program whenever I place my phone in the car dock.

Yup, that's the voice.... Froyo (CM6) on Nexus. Truth be told I don't really like the english voice either, it's just far too synthetic compared to some of the other TTS-engines out there:

AT&T Natural Voices
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
I'll try to add Tasker-support on Friday. Thanks for the hint.

Unfortunately I'm not responsible for the voice. It comes from Android, but the AT&T sample is very impressive!

I've uploaded another update at the first post, which fixes speech-delay.

Thanks

Tom

edit:

By the way, you can change the voice in "Speech settings" (linked in SayMyName). Change the "Engine" to "Pico TTS" and you'll get a female voice.
[Android Apps and Games] xdZKu7:
I do realise that. I'll just have to sit still and wait until either google, or someone else grants us a more pleasant engine. :)

Excellent.

A slightly more convoluted feature request: Do you think it would be possible to change the TTS-language based on which contact a text message comes from? Say for instance if the contacts had TTS=en_US or TTS=sv_SE or any other preferred language in the notes-section?

The reason for this request is of course that I receive messages in different languages depending on the contact, so if I just decide on a language half the time it'll sound even worse than necessary.
[Android Apps and Games] xdZKu7:
Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't seem to work. Probably because I don't use EN/FR/DE/ES.
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Let's see what I can do for you. ;) I'll try on Friday.

Now I'm off till Friday. Thanks for testing! Keep reporting. :)
[Android Apps and Games] d11dog11:
When I tried the old version from the market the notifications didn't pause the music or podcasts so the text reading was down out by the audio. Using btunes for music and google listen for podcasts. Any progress on this?
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Android should pause your music automatically if there's a notification-sound. But I'll see if I can pause music too. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] dsMA:
so is the 6.5 file the donut version
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Yes and no. ;) Both uploaded files are for every Android version above 1.1.

Download the 2.2.6.5 file if you want to try SayMyName.

Thanks

Tom
[Android Apps and Games] malhotraraul:
thanks

thanks man, lets see if it works on my nexus one
[Android Apps and Games] Zepiii:
Looks cool !!

Good job man :)
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Feel free to ask if you have any questions. :)
[Android Apps and Games] TattooHtc:
Tattoo

Dont works on my HTC Tattoo..
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Would you be so kind and provide some further information? :)

What happens? Force close? If so, please follow this instructions. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] ScootyPuffJr1:
Can't get any of these to work on my x10 mini (Android 1.6). Old version from Market works fine but when I install these and try to open them I get a popup saying "The requested item could not be found".

Any idea what's going on Tom?

EDIT: Tried the earlier .6.3 and it seems the app is trying to search the Market for "pname:com.google.tts" doesn't find anything matching that though and just sticks on that screen

EDIT 2: Couldn't find the files on Market but the newest version of it is here:

code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/detail?name=tts_3.0_rc05.apk&can=2&q=

Sorry for the rambling post lol
[Android Apps and Games] Anon87:
Guess I enabled it not knowing what it was. Took me a while figure out where it came from. I ended up uninstalling all my recent apps to find the culprit :S
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
:D Sorry. ;) I'll add a hint to the screen...
[Android Apps and Games] X-net:
strings.xml with translate

TomTasche here you are for translate :)

Language: Russian [ru]
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Thank you! :) I'll include it within the next update.

However, you are now able to translate SayMyName here too. That should be easier for both of us. :)
[Android Apps and Games] mdjansampson:
Hey Tom. Great app and thanks for all the support. I had this working on my HTC Desire until I updated to the version 2.5.4 from the market:

Now it does not work in discrete mode for incoming calls even though the speech bubble shows up in the notification area.

It reads SMS okay except that i cannot figure out how to get it to say the full name. it current says just the first name. Any workarounds?

Thx, Miki
[Android Apps and Games] X-net:
Error on "Edit translation" in Russian: "Every resource directory 'values-{lang}' should at least have a single translation file."

BTW

The same bug on HTC Hero 2.1
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Hello Miki,

Did you try "Only read firstname" in Advanced Settings -> Text Settings? :)

Fixed. Thanks. :)
[Android Apps and Games] mdjansampson:
Yep. Tried that and a few other permutations as well. I got no feedback on the fact that discrete mode stopped working on headphone after upgrade to latest version on the market. Thx.
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
I'm not sure what your problem with Discreet Mode is. Maybe you should plug out your headset and plug it in again.

To fix your other problem try to disable "Read nicknames" in Advanced Settings -> Contact Settings. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Ofcaah:
First of all, great app :)

I'm using Motorola Milestone with Android 2.2 (official motorola's distribution)

I won't report any new problems, only problems I'm having are:

1) no speech in wired headset over ringtone (when I mute the ringtone using volume buttons, suddenly speech can be heard) - this really is a pain for me, and I can do whatever you need me to to help you debug this.

2) while helpful as a hint there's something wrong, it's a also a problem that muting the ringtone doesn't mute the speech at the same time :)

Thing to note, I recall there was an option that had something to do with audio routing. I can't locate it in current version (2.5.4.2) and it fixed the problem from what I remember.

UPDATE:

I installed older version (2.5.2), it contained Change Audio-Routing option, and it works as I want it to - what can I do to help track down this regression? :)
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Hello Ofcaah,

Thanks for your report! "Change Audio-Routing" is still available in the latest version of SayMyName, I've just renamed it because nobody knew what it does. ;) It's called "Bluetooth / Headset support" now. :)

What the...? Sorry, Android's audio-system isn't my best friend... Nice to hear that "Change Audio Routing" / "Bluetooth / Headset support" option works around this problem.

Just curious: What if you disable the ringtone completely? Does SayMyName speak through your headset now?

Try "Show Mute screen". ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Ofcaah:
from backwards:

Can't it just mute along with ringtone? I have this nifty app, that I can gently hit the phone in my pocket and it mutes the ring using accelerometer :)

Unfortunately there's still something wrong then, and maybe this is just a coincidence - as 2.5.4.2 doesn't speak EVER with ringtone over headset, with both bluetooth option settings, and 2.5.2 does so, but not reliably (more often than not it works, but there are times that ringtone is playing, but there's no speech)

Oh, and as a side note, other apps don't work consistently in the same situation, so your 2.5.2 is light-years ahead in this regard - I tried all other callerid speech apps I could find and not a single one works over headset :(
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
Unfortunately not, the system doesn't tell anyone when it stops the ringtone. :/ Which app are you talking about?

What about the attached version? :)
[Android Apps and Games] Ofcaah:
Shake2MuteCall

No joy, doesn't work in headset. :(

BTW. I downloaded 2.5.3.2 (next one after 2.5.2 from what I could find), and it doesn't work - therefore something that has been changed between 2.5.2 and 2.5.3.2 broke things for me.

BTW2. 2.5.2 works even without setting the 'change audio-routing' option. Go figure ;)
[Android Apps and Games] TomTasche:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8983880&postcount=2 :)

Did you try to disable your ringtone?