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[Android Apps and Games] GfanMM:
Which Androoid OS version are you running on ? Is there a wait option with the force close? If so it's seems a slowness problem. Please tell more details.
[Android Apps and Games] Mano1982:
Hey X10i with Android 1.6. I didn't remember whether there was "Wait" option, Sorry :( Now i've change home launcher. Will try again aHome & will let you know about "Wait" option :)
[Android Apps and Games] Che123:
Very nice launcher :)

found only one bug: the shortcut for email (on the bottom) seems not to work with htc sense, since the app name is not the same ;)
[Android Apps and Games] HunteronX:
It's slow at first, but after about a minute, it is really smooth on my Xperia X10. Everything seems to have a 'high-quality' about it, and isn't just high-res.

I think it will become very popular if you increase the startup speed, by using a cache for app icons and screen contents.

Thanks for allowing us to beta-test!

EDIT: It restarts my phone sometimes too, when you try to unlock the phone... (This could just be beautiful widgets though.)
[Android Apps and Games] bommel0815:
beautiful.

but you really should save the position in the app drawer. also, the drawer is a bit slow, even on the Galaxy S.

the zoom out on double press of the home button like launcher pro has is nice, or at least show the same mini desktops as you do when you hold the app drawer icon.

and please add support for scrollable widgets :)
[Android Apps and Games] Mano1982:
HunteronX, it's not Beautiful Widgets, because i don't use Beautiful Widgets, but has the same problem :( Actually i want to use this home launcher, it's smoother & has a great look :)

And To Dev, I tried again aHome launcher, and after sometime when i took out mobile from my pocket, it was restarted (had to use pin code). Then after some time, when i was using mobile, aHome force closed & yes i had "Wait" option also. But then again it forced closed, and this i had not "Wait" option.

Ok, aHome a option to change wallpaper automatically. I've turned the option off, but it still change wallpaper to its own wallpaper, the green one. And i think, I THINK (i'm not sure), phone restarts when it changes wallpaper :-/
[Android Apps and Games] mousiope:
theres no landscape mode ? this is realy annoying !
[Android Apps and Games] GfanMM:
Thanks. ：）
[Android Apps and Games] carinoxx:
Ahome4 beta 4.1.4 availible on market... search ahome4 beta
[Android Apps and Games] Che123:
cant find it :(
[Android Apps and Games] Mano1982:
It's available in Norway :)
[Android Apps and Games] carinoxx:
Maybe its only for android 1.6
[Android Apps and Games] Che123:
that may be. I guess it's wether the android version or the device :(
[Android Software Development] sfogg:
Hi,

I'm looking for a software solution that allows to connect an Android phone via USB in order to use the connection (WIFI or cable) active on the PC. It can be seen as a reverse-tether.

This was possible by default on every windows mobile phone via active sync.

Is it possible with Android?
[Android Software Development] Sab3elbromba:
I'd like to ask the same question
[Android Software Development] ianliew8:
came across this a while back...

apologies having issues "posting outside links"

blog dot mycila dot com

/2010/06/reverse-usb-tethering-with-android-22.html
[Android Software Development] settlethestorm:
Find pdanet on the android market. Free version only lasts a month but its worth the 20 or so to buy it. Plug the phone into the pc, run the app, run the software on the pc, and voila you'll have a wired tether.
[Android Software Development] sfogg:
Ok but that's not what I'm looking for. Pdanet allows you to use the 3G internet connection of the phone with your laptop, what I want is the opposit: use the active connection of the PC with the phone.
[Android Software Development] settlethestorm:
Ahhh ok, my bad. Should've read a lil better and saw reverse tether lol. Maybe PM a dev asking if that's possible, or post in a general section if anyone would be willing to make an app like that (if possible) for you.
[Android Software Development] ssvoogel:
I use the application "Virtual Router"

with which I can set up my pc/laptop as an access point. I set up a SS-ID and a passkey. Then I use my phone to connect using WiFi. That way my phone connects to my pc using WiFi which makes it possible to use the LAN internet my laptop has

phone -----WiFi-----> Laptop --------LAN-------> Internet

Hope it helps
[Android Software Development] cryshop:
PC Internet > Router > Wifi > Android : Connectify

Laptop Internet > WIfi > Android : Connectify

PC Internet > USB Cable > Android : no idea! (my ex HD2 can do this flawlessly, with Winmo ofcourse)
[Android Apps and Games] roxz:
I have tried many apps for msn live and I cannot see the groups that I have joined, is there any way I can fix this.

by groups I mean a group of people who can all chat in one room.

any help will be much appriciated

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] wayferer:
not sure if this belongs here or in Q&A.

I've just started playing around with changing system apks and am wondering if i should always do a adb pull before doing an adb push? if i have the apk and just keep doing adb push will this just overwrite the one that is already on the phone or keep adding?

and if i use an update.zip will that just overwrite any apks that are on the phone with the new ones from the update script?

thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Push overwrites old apk.

Pull doesn't remove old file either. Its like copy in windows as opposed to cut.

Update zips overwrite as well.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] wayferer:
nice one! that will save me a fair bit of time.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751518&page=10

Good news, hopefully its legit and its software.....

Here's a video of proof. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ65sS8nbRE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Update on compass: jhego says it works, also says compass view works in google maps... he also used gps navigation for 15 mind straight without losing the route .... some good looking stuff...

Originally Posted by smashpunks Awesome. Thanks again. This will put my mind at ease and I can sleep well.

Originally Posted by smashpunks Awesome thanks for this update.. one last thing if ya could... check google maps street view in compass mode... no hurry just wondering.. may be a seperate fix but still interesting to know.. Thanks again for your testing...

Man, that's sick! I haven't used that mode before. I can tell you that it works__________________(2007-2008) CID/SIM Unlocked ATT Tilt(2008-2010) Unlocked Blackberry Bold 5.0.0.681(2010- Current) Rooted Samsung Captivate

UPDATE 2: some people are reporting no fix or worse... hmmmm.. what's going on. Half say its getting great locks and others not... maybe its a location thing?

Farkkkkk
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
If the GPS is fixed in this rom, can we have some crow for the people saying it's not fixable via firmware?
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Agreed. People getting 8 satellites locked..... awesome
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ65sS8nbRE

6/6 INSTANTLY! 7/7 shortly after... yep, I'd say it's fixed
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Yes. This makes me very very happy.. now IMO its a perfect device... (hope not speaking to soon but I'd say its fixed also)...
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Neat.

Has anyone been able to test out the compass? Whoever is making these videos, could someone ask them to demo Google Sky Map / Street View?
[Vibrant General] tweezit:
but this isnt for the vibrant right? or can it be ported over since they are so close to each other?
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I'm having the dude test the compass... also even if this exact thing don't work on vibrant.. its proof that its software and fixable

.. that's all I really wanna know...

Update on compass soon....
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
It's the firmware for the Captivate, which flashes for different radios and so forth. It could be ported, but it would be a lot of unnecessary work.

To be honest, I find the idea of flashing different ROMs to be stressful. I stopped using my jailbroken iPhone because I grew tired of keeping up with flashing and jumping through hoops. I just want Samsung to fix the phone with an OTA, so I can go back to my normal life. :P

So, we have no word on a fix for the Vibrant. But one can assume that a fix on AT&T will find itself on the T-Mobile device.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Your the dude wanting to bail on the vibrant right? Its cool I understand . Hopefully this changes your mind...
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
The fix is leaked from samsung .. we will get one too. Point again is its fixable, we never knew this before till now.

Although its still not been said if its 100% working.. could be a start though
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
No, it's a great piece of encouragement. Still, unless something is said soon, I will probably return my phone until the official fix is out. I can always purchase it again at a later date. It's encouraging to see a leak from Samsung fix the problem, but I'm sure you can understand: $500+ is a lot to spend on a phone.

Keep delivering the good news. Hopefully the Compass has been fixed as well. I really love TouchWiz, and was dreading the possible jump to HTC Sense.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I can understand your view.

For me it is also encouraging that samsung really is trying .
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
This is encouraging news. Hopefully it's true and I can quit obsessing with it :)
[Vibrant General] down8:
This gives me a damn hard-on.

My phone locked & rebooted* itself twice today, while trying to use GPS. And I was in Mountain View, even - buncha bull****.

-bZj

*when it does this routine, it resets the volume on the system (thus the startup sound) to maximu8m - makes me even angrier!
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
don't recall anyone saying it couldn't be fixed - can you point us at one?

the consensus opinion has been no one knew whether it was firmware or software

and btw, while this is good news, we're not totally certain this is a permanent "fix"

if it's still working in 2 or 3 weeks for the folks that installed it, then it might be considered a fix
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Regardless its getting 8 satellite locks for a lot of people .. that's never happened before ... this is a leak so not even official. So official may even be better ....
[Vibrant General] klkarlin:
I was very concerned about the compass as I wasn't convinced that could be fixed via firmware basd on what I saw in the GPS service screens (seemed laggy even straight from the device). Eugene373 posted a fix to GPS for rooted phones here ://to.ly/5TFy (add http to follow the link). I installed it and it fixed both GPS and compass for me personally. This for me was proof positive tha there will be an official Samsung fix released to solve this issue.

K
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
ignored

sfsdf
[Vibrant General] marsupial99:
Mine has been doing it for a couple of weeks and I finally got fedup with this routine and called TMO and complained. I'm getting a replacement Vibrant in 3 days or so but I'm not holding my breath on it working any better really although I hope that it won't freeze and reboot at least. This official fix can't come fast enough because this GPS caused freezing and rebooting is really getting to me at this point. :mad:
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
Hows this fix working for everyone?
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
No one here has it. Its for the captivate. Original thread in OP. People are reporting good news...
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Except when they aren't.
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
Let's just hang tight. It's not an official release.

Not sent from my Vibrant using XDA App 'cause I returned it.
[Vibrant General] Chalup:
All I have changed is MS-based and my GPS seems to work well. Here is a screenshot of 16 sattelites and 7 locks. Not sure if the 0 dBHz locks are artifacts of software bugs. Or if they are actual locks but with the reported dBHz an artifact of bugs.

Note this is a vibrant with stock firmware and MS-based rather than standalone for the gps.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Well of course not everyone will get good gps, even good gps that work right still have people that report bad things... one guy in OP drove and it worked great... also a 8 out of 8 lock is a big step ahead regardless of a navigation ... maybe there still working on that part... one things for sure. There were no videos of 8 out of 8 satellites before this leaked update....
[Vibrant General] Berserk87:
pretty awesome news.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
I'm pretty sure the reports about the locking behavior are good news.

But I take quick anecdotal reports from end-users about their "navigation" performance with a big grain of salt. There is a big placebo effect. Many people don't have a clue about how to test this at all rigorously. We need to know what software they are using -- My Tracks seems good for this purpose, vehicular navigation apps are usually not. They should test different tracks driving, walking, etc., preferably captured along with tracks from a known good device or some actual path drawn. Then publish the tracks on maps.google.com My Maps so we can all see for ourselves.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Agreed. We need more testing but still 8 out if 8 is no placebo effect.... but I agree if navigation is still off we need more fixing.. good news none the less.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Placebo effect? Where? Placebo effect means it's all fictional. Getting an instant lock on all visible sats is not a "placebo" effect. If you want to be a debbie downer you're certainly entitled to, but don't start out right ignoring FACTS.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...d=102660500975740475499.00048d7eac267928944aa

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7603769&postcount=592

^ JG8 firmware. I guess they're imagining it too? Maybe the GMaps track is phony.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
gotta be mytracks messing up.. lol
[Vibrant General] JeremyNT:
The number of locked sats itself may not really mean anything on its own. The Vibrant underreports the number of sats in the stock firmware, but it's not clear to me whether that alone is impacting performance or accuracy.

I sure won't mind that bug getting fixed, but I wouldn't necessarily assume that more sats shown locked means that the gps is actually working any better.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Wow. No need for sarcasm and name-calling.

All I said last night was lets see such facts. This is the first time I have seen any posting of such facts, in the form of the My Tracks output for the Arabic firmware. I do agree that that firmware shows relatively good performance. And I never did question the reports of the locking performance. Read what I wrote. I was just asking for similar track tests to be posted for the Captivate firmware.

p.s. Speaking of facts, for the record here is a followup post by the user who posted that Arabic-firmware test:

Lessons learned: We all need to be careful and not let hopes or emotions lead us to declare prematurely that this problem is solved.
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
not much you could say

i'll chalk this up to another fantacsized assertion
[Vibrant General] d_bot:
well heres to hoping........and hoping it rolls out to us soon.....
[Vibrant General] aohmer:
I agree ... I used my G1 alot to geocache, yeah somewhat worthless trying to do that with my vibrant right now ..
[Vibrant General] PathogenX:
Awesome news! I can't wait till it is officially out.

I wonder if the epic and fascinate will have the problem when they launch.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
I don't see how they couldn't. But perhaps the negative attention is what is pushing those devices back from a launch?
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I doubt that... epic 4g has official release date now of the 31st. So their putting it out even if not fixed by then. And the fascinate ain't out cause the droids....

Just take it back already dude. You keep saying ya are but yet ya still here daily like ya staying strong with the vibrant ....

You hate the gps, say you will wait and buy phone later... so why still here?
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Because I love you.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I read it, I know what I saw and responded to. You weren't clear at all on what you we're and weren't talking about which is why I specifically stated there is no second guessing the extremely good initial lock.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Uh, what I wrote was this:

Clearly, I was differentiating between the reported locking symptoms and credible tests of geographic tracking accuracy.

I think you just wanted to get snarky and pick a fight.
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
boomer - remember, this is someone that tried to tell you that "suckering" doesn't occur until after you've purchased the phone, and having discovered the mis-description, then decide to keep it. If you returned it, why no suckering has occurred.

think about the logic of that position and you'll come to the same realization i did

facts can be ignored at will, while other facts are fantascized, all with the emotional subjectivity of a 16 yr old cheerleader that just discovered her BF was boinking her boyfriend

bang your head against a concrete wall, you'll be more successful
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Did you even read what you posted? CLEARLY you said "Navigation" with quotes as if the posters reported navigation tracking wasn't a credible experience. Not everyone uses MyTracks to be frank, most only care about Google Maps and other location based apps that DON'T track your every move. 15M of accuracy will work for most apps in the market, and most importantly - the ones that most of us use. I'm also not saying that the Vibrant shouldn't behave when use of MyTracks is wanted but it's definitely not a requirement for most.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
In the first place, that has nothing to do with your prior misrpresentation of what I said regarding locking. Not only did you fly off the handle to pick a personal fight, you did so without any basis in fact. I was not even disagreeing about the report of improved locking performance, and you pretended that I did to support your sarcasm. Apparently you now concede that fact.

Instead of leaving it there, you now shift ground to discuss the other topic of "navigation" programs. And again, you effetively concede that the underlying GPS accuracy, as shown by a more precise capture tool such as My Tracks, will be masked by the well-known property of many street-navigation programs to snap to the nearest street.

I fully understand that many end users only care about street navigation. They think that is what "GPS" means. But that is a statement about their own unsophicated understanding of the technology, not a vindication of the Vibrant's GPS performance. That was my point about not taking anecdotal reports from end users at face value. We apparently agree about those underlying facts.

But if you are asking to take an illogical leap, and say this is as good as the device's GPS ought to be just because a large number of users don't know or care about better accuracy, I just won't go there. There are lots of applications for GPS and GIS that have nothing to do with street navigation -- location-aware services, geotagging photos, field geocoding of addresses and points of interest ... the list is open ended. The state of the art in Android smartphones is to support such innovative apps, not just the lower common denominator of substituting for the dedicated squawkbox on the dash. Besides, the more accurate the underlying data, the better the street nav apps can be (lane-aware features for better turn-by-turn directions, etc.)

It seems that more than anything, you just want to fight with me, even when you are arguing with your own facts!
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Lol.. in that case.... carry on.... maybe I shouldn't have said what I did. I apologize ...
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
The ONLY reason why I "shifted" around is because you are shifting around on your huge blanket statement and you we're very condescending about the entire thing.

I'm pretty sure the reports about the locking behavior are good news.

If this is about locking on sats where are the words? I don't see them.

Like I said, condescending. If Google Maps is tracking them at a satisfactorily and if Google Maps is their primary concern why try to cut them down with this nonsense? Why don't you just ask for a My Tracks recording?

ONCE again, NOT everyone uses My Tracks. -- SECONDLY nearly EVERY other app that wants to capture your location will work FINE with 5-10-15M of accuracy which is EXACTLY displayed in the posted video.

What good is it? You didn't have a full grasp of the issue at hand. If someone can post up a pretty "track" only to have all GPS tracking fly the window the next day it means diddly squat.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Me:"I'm pretty sure the reports about the locking behavior are good news."

heygrl: "If this is about locking on sats where are the words? I don't see them."

When I was writing about locking, I used the word locking.

In two consecutive sentences, I distinguished that issue from the issue of navigation and tracking accuracy. These are two different sets of reported behaviors, and each needs to be measured empirically. You erroneously conflated the two concepts I had just deliberately distinguished and had a troll fit over it.

When I wrote those sentences, all we had seen were reports about the locking performance. We had not seen any reliable data on the tracking performance, only anecdotal opinions of end users. I tend to give little weight to such opinions, because of the well known reasons why they can be wrong. If you find that "condescending," too bad. It is sound science, and sound troubleshooting methodology.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Lies, lies, and more lies.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7626482&postcount=131
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Not a lie at all. There was no reliable published data to review, just an anecdotal report, which actually included mention of the GPS losing itself once along the way. I don't even trust my own anedotal opinions of what I think I notice on screen while driving a test, unless I am capturing a track, or a log, or something to review in detail.

I have even seen tracks published by users who charecterize them as good performance because most of the time they seem about on course. But when you zoom in and look at their captured data, the errors are apparent.

It's the difference between objective testing and just wanting to believe good things about the expensive phone we bought.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
I guess the moral of the story is: who gives a ****?

People are seeing now (in that same thread), that even the updated firmware does not completely fix the GPS and compass issues.

It's too early to tell if the problem is or can be fixed entirely. In the meantime, go collect your crows for the feast, and stop trolling.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
And yet others with excellent success... remember , this is a leaked version, which means not a full update, so it may just be the start of what's to come... bad boy seems to be getting a lot better locks than before, even if some people have not, before this leak I never read a dozen or more people saying it fixed it and now they get good locks let alone one person...

I think it'll be fixed.. and I believe this news is better than what we had yesterday afternoon...

Nothing.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
You're still here? :confused:
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Well, that's what I'm saying. It's inconclusive. We need more data of tracks posted, videos and so forth. The more data (that is replicated over and over) we have, the easier it will be to determine if the issue is indeed going to be fixed.

Having a greater number of locks, at a faster rate, doesn't amount to much if the accuracy is still in question. So let's hope that people test the hell out of these phones in the coming days.

I'll be watching the developments like a hawk. I hope that they don't forget to check the compass (and preferably upload a youtube video showing Google Sky Map / Street View).