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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXJay_RXx:
wut the f*ck. cant any of you guys be happy with what u got? we got Android the FASTEST growing mobile OS. it will beat out iOS pretty soon. but its not perfect. nothing is ever perfect. i dont kno why a lot of people gotta pick out little flaws and blow them up like some of yall. its simple. theres a little button called "clear cache"....can u read? :rolleyes:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexusdue:
That would be fine ... if GOOG refunded $100 of the purchase price (and maybe another $300 for the reception issues). But for $600, I expect bugs like these to be fixed.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khaytsus:
Yes, because refunds from bugs are what companies do.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blueman101:
Guys, this is nothing new, your desktop browsers do this all the time, a certainly cache more then a measly 100Mb sometimes. The problem is websites. 99% of sites work perfectly with the android browsers cache, other sites are programmed incorrectly, pocketnow.com and a few others are such badly programmed sites. You don't need to restart, or clear your cache (though both would solve the issue), just close the window that is eating all the cache. Hell, even flash videos dont require that much cache, and 100Mb is huge, give android some credit for even letting you cache that much, such a high allowance is unheard of outside of desktops.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidPerson:
"clear your cache, cant you read"? Dont try to act like its a simple thing and im an idiot, it makes you seem like an ass. "clearing my cache" has nothing to do with it. My "cache" has 1mb, my DATA has between 50mb and 70mb when it randomly balloons, whether I have 1 single window open or 5 windows open. I have 4 bookmarks, my normal DATA is about 2mb. Randomly, since froyo, it skyrockets to 60mb, i close the window, restart the phone and its better. Its not the end of the world but it is inappropriate. People say i should be glad they allow that much cache but this makes no sense to me, ive never had browser problems on my nexus one until froyo, nothing has changed except my browser creates tons of mb's in my browser's "data". Are we sure we are talking about the same thing? My "cache" is absolutely fine as far as i can tell, mt "data" balloons for no apparent reason (no windows open, no actual browsing is necessary to set it off). "happy with what i got"? Youre not awesome just because you pridefully ignore flaws. i really like android, pointing out issues is fundamental to progress. Im so tired of all of you mindless sheep who get belligerent when someone points out an issue with android. If i say im having a problem thats really annoying me, that is not the same as saying "apple rules, android blows llamas" so dont treat one like the other. This is XDA, guess what- people talk about issues. So either ignore threads that bother you or go play in the street. And about the iphone thing, thats great to finally know, thanks for those helpful replies.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Froyo benches much faster in browsing than Eclair, including going back-forth. It's partially thanks to the browser cache, which is STORED ON DATA PARTITION and appears as DATA. You want the system back to less efficient way? Well, guess you're a tiny minority, and no thing in life is good for everyone. You can always rewrite that part of the browser for yourself, since it's open OS. And it's your attitude, reflected in idiotic (pardon my French) topic heading, flaming instead of inquiring, that got you flamed for 3 pages.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Just to demonstrate the point - if instead of flaming you would have asked, what is the reason for the behavior you see, and got the answer - your next question might have been "is there a way to limit the browser cache usage to a certain maximum", and this is where custom ROM developers or Google can help. You could even address your favorite ROM maker directly or post a request in Development, and it might be done. This is a difference between useful suggestions that bring development, and annoying whining that does no good.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXJay_RXx:
well you sir are an idiot. you must have done something wrong while flashing or maybe your phone is retarded. cuz my "data" has never gone that high. only my cache which can easily be cleared with one button. either you live with it or you install one of the many browsers in the market. or you can just sell your phone n get a different phone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXJay_RXx:
finally someone with some common sense here ;)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXJay_RXx:
reception issues? what reception issues? i get perfect reception where i live. i get 3-4 bars and 3G. maybe its just YOUR phone or certain phones that weren't inspected well. or maybe the place you live in doesn't have good reception. but a refund for bugs? ha funny.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidPerson:
my phone is stock. yet this keeps happening, also i send texts to one person and random contacts receive them as well (native message app), the phone is stock, these are serious problems. When a native app is defective, its not an intelligent or helpful response to ignore it and tell me to get a third party app. im not going to go out of my way to fix it. i spent $600 on it and i like it, its only recently that the browser uses all of my internal memory and texts go to whomever my phone wants them to. Im the first one to say apple sucks, im not here to piss people off, im the one whos ticked, but im within my rights as a consumer to have high expectations of such a highly touted device, it should at the very very least, work properly. I cant imagine android wants my data to go up to 70mb without me opening the browser, no matter how hard anyone tries to convince me this benefits me, it doesnt. And i can imagine that android intended for my texts to go to the person i send them to plus random contacts. Lets point out flaws so our devices get better, lets not pretend problems dont exist because we are so horrifyingly threatened by apple. Android is still the best, lets help it get better
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CiDhed:
Adding that site to my RSS reader. Problem solved.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMaverick50:
thank you for bringing this up, Im dumbfounded by my superphone. I send a text with the stock messaging app from my stock phone, and it goes to whomever the (MOD EDIT "LANGUANGE" ) phone sends it to. This is absolutely the most uncool thing ive experienced with android since I got my G1 in 2008. I cant get over it, ive had numerous issues with all of my android phones but this one pretty much renders the device useless.

If this is not addressed pretty damn quick, I'm out. i cant handle this. I like android and i love the nexus but honestly, I press "send" and then wait to see which contacts received my text. All I want to do is select a contact and send them a text, the fact that my phone cant do this is shocking. It is 100% (MOD EDIT "LANGUANGE" )believable.

edit: Its the worst possible problem and its very old. Why in the (MOD EDIT "LANGUANGE" ) isnt it fixed? maybe android doesnt know how so they're hoping to just ignore it?- if thats not irresponsible, nothing is.

http://www.google.co.uk/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=345259e6d424bad3&hl=en
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khaytsus:
So is this the problem where the contacts have the same name? I don't get why the phone number isn't what's responded to, it seems to do a lookup from the name or something...

I'd think another consequence of this one is you might respond to the wrong number even of the same contact, but that's not quite as bad as sending it to the wrong user.

I haven't had this happen myself.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
I had an incoming text rejected thanks to something ballooning up the browsers cache until there was no free space left.

Luckily I had a good idea who it would be from and what it would be about, so no real harm done. Irritating though.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mssmison:
Let's keep this thread positive and on track. The OP has a valid issue and instead of being rude, let's try and help him.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
Guys I loaded pocketnow and my browser went up to 177 mb. I closed the window and it went back down to 30 mb. No reboot is required. And I already posted the link why this happens, directly to Google employee response. This isn't a bug, it was just added into froyo by request of users.

You just have to understand why its happening. What else is Google supposed to do? People asked for it, so they gave it to us.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidPerson:
thank you i now understand. i still think its unnecessary, probably because ive never had a use for it. But oh well if android is responding to user input then thats great.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamasi36:
move all cache to storage card. i'm on this site now. it loaded with no problem.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blueman101:
no, i dont need to go to the website, i was just saying that some websites that are poorly coded cause the cache overflow problem, and that its not a problem with the browser but the website.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMaverick50:
i just went to pocketnow.com, when i pressed home i got low memory and then repeated force closes until i had to just turn the phone off. If this is the website's fault, does that mean ill get the force closes regardless of what version of android i use? and if i choose iphone uastring would that fix it? Or can no mobile phones go to the mobile phone website (pocketnow.com) because its coded wrong?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
It's actually not storage but RAM that gets taken up. At least with me that's how it worked.
[Streak 5 Accessories] fone_fanatic:
So finally the streak is set to launch in the US this weekend. I've been waiting for this device but now i'm not sure because of the connection. Is it proprietary or has it been confirmed that it is PDMI?

One of my concerns is that if there is a cable that charges and does video out, similar to the HTC one, mini-USB (extUSB) to component (Yellow, red, white).

Currently i have a mount for my tilt2 and i just plug in the miniUSB and set it to video out which is connected to my nav screen.

My main worry is that if it is a proprietary connection, we won't be seeing many accessories and the ones we do see will most likely be from dell and cost a lot.
[Streak 5 Accessories] spacecat:
so far you are right

I am carrying my one charger cable to and from work everyday as I refuse to pay £ 25 for a cable that probably costs £ 1 to make
[Streak 5 Accessories] Fazziebear:
Ditto, I keep telling myself id better get spare in case I loose it......but 25quid!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Streak 5 Accessories] Bri81:
BenQ PDMI Cable Compatability

I found a cable designed for a Benq Joybee Projector.

However, it has VGA (analog?) out instead of HDMI(digital?).

It's labeled on some sights as a PDMI cable, and BenQ calls it a "CEA" cable.

Would this require it to work with the Dell Streak (if it is infact PDMI)?

I like the setup of this cable; but I can't afford to take a chance.

Please, take out spaces from Ws.

Sorry admins for circumventing restrictions.

Image: www.prad.de/images/tv/specials/benq_joybee_gp1/7_benq_video_vga_adapter.jpg

Image from: www.prad.de/en/tv/accessories/benq_joybee_gp1/benq-joybee-gp1-part3.html

Image:www.techiegirlonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/joybee-gp1-cables.jpg

Image from: www.techiegirlonline.com/2009/06/24/benq-joybee-gp1-mini-projector-review/joybee-gp1-cables/

Cable available from: shop.benq.us/DRHM/store?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=benqna&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&productID=181504800
[Streak 5 Accessories] Bri81:
You'll need to take the space out of the URL; I don't know how it got there.

It should read:

shop.benq.us/DRHM/store?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=benqna&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&productID=181504800
[Streak 5 Accessories] lungjian:
PDMI is a CEA standard, so it's not surprising to see it labeled as a "CEA cable", although it's technically an inaccurate name.

Having found that same cable for the Joybee projector around the time of the original post of this thread, I dug a little deeper and found that the Streak's

chip

does indeed support VGA out (1024x768 max), but whether the Streak or Android 1.6 has the necessary implementation to enable it is still a question mark. Since one of my desires with the Streak is to use it for Powerpoint presentations with a projector, this would be awesome if it did work. I'd much rather carry this dongle rather than the Dell Home AV dock and VGA is quite standard in the Pro AV world, while HDMI is almost unused in that arena.

Anyone willing to pop the $65 (US) and test it out? :p
[Streak 5 Accessories] shelay:
any luck with trying out this cable? or does anyone know of a way we can mirror the dell streak display to an external screen?
[Streak 5 General] moosic:
Are the conversations in the Exchange email client threaded? Can you do a lookup against the corporate address book? I've used Android 2.1. I'm worried about these features in 1.6 though.

Thanks
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
I know there are threads on tasker, but i have to say, this is one sick app.

all you have to do is send sms with secret word from any phone and Tasker will enable wifi, gps, and send back a link to google maps with phone location.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
That is amazing, but...

Pity the GPS, Compass and Google Maps implementation is completely ****ing broken!

:p

I would definitely love to use this when (or if) the locational services ever do function. Thanks for the heads up -- I had no idea this existed.
[Vibrant General] KerryG:
There are multiple apps like "Where's my droid" that do this as well.
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
Maybe, but tasker does thousand other things. For me gps works fine, but there is a problem with compass
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
And doesn't 'where is my droid' only rings the phone if u send sms ?
[Vibrant General] Texag2010:
If its not too long, would you mind posting your contexts and tasks to achieve just that exact same you just described? I'm trying to get better with the program although at a very slow pace :p

Thanks a lot mate!
[Vibrant General] Shane_pcs:
Yeah i was interested in how you did it as well. I am just learning this tasker app and it doesnt seem that you can import and export tasks easily.
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
you can find it here: http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index

the guy is using GPS only, but its pretty straight forward to include WIFI in this as well (WIFI is for better location without GPS). The time to wait for GPS to get a lock is up to you, I have 1 min.

and as you can see there is a profile there if you wish to lock you phone with SMS and/or play sound. (havent tried that)

For now I have these tasks: 1. If power ON, screen timeout is set to 45 sec (from 15), and lockguard is disabled 2. from 7:30pm to 8am screen brightness set to min and to AUTO other times. 3 Created a widget for "Vibrate" and "Bluetooth" since Vibrant is missing easy access to those functions (in a nice menu widget to save space). 4. I have several tasks killed at boot since they are useless anyway. (for this need to insert WAIT command with whatever time needed since some tasks start after the phone boots)
[Vibrant General] Texag2010:
Thanks a lot for that link! Was able to create my own widget too now!
[Vibrant General] Shane_pcs:
Worked for me too. Thanks a ton. Too bad you can't hide the sms message.
[Vibrant General] down8:
Lookout does this - good program I've been using since WinMo days.

-bZj
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
Read that Lookout drains battery, one of the features of Tasker is to actually save battery.
[Vibrant General] sareen:
you already have a good standard version on the sgs

http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/entertainment/featured-applications/mobile-tracker.do
[Vibrant General] techspy:
Any idea how to get this installed? I don't have it showing on my phone. Also, it shows it is only available in Germany and the UK. Do you have a work around to allow it to work anywhere?
[Vibrant General] Truceda:
Actually, since the latest update, you can hide the SMS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Now I've got experience with system security among other security related talents. So now basically I've run a unix based server and had to break into it if I lock myself out among other reasons for testing the security level.... So 1 can you open up a terminal with the stock permission settings of the phone.. And two I'm assuming just getting the root password hash and brute forcing the **** out of it for a week or so would get you the root password....but what's at that point keeping us from "ROOTING" froyo....i mean I'm sure one of you has a hash allready dropped.... And are we just waiting for good-old john the ripper to do his thing Or am i slightly confused..or compleatly off. Or that I don't know what I'm talking about and I should do some more reading. Any clarification is appreciated..... Thankyou
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wfrandy:
With a server you are just trying to brute force someones, usually lame, password. In this case you would have to crack HTC's security key, instead of a few days consider an optimistic estimate of 20 years to crack with a really fast computer. No gonna happen, what the people that are looking for a break are doing is looking for a security loophole. Each time HTC comes out with an update, they patch the holes that allowed root in the last one, last time it was a vulnerability in flash. we will wait and see where the hole will be found this time. No doubt someone will find one, but it gets harder every time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Well its still a unix based system right...i mean the only reason id brute force would be too get the original root password..but there's other ways in unix systems too reset the unix password...at that point were would be able to log in as root user..... Or is that not the goal (to just get logged in as root) but rather find ann exploit too give you root user permission.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wfrandy:
Well I guess the encryption key is sort of like a password, but any file that you want to flash to the system area must be signed with HTC's key, which nobody but HTC has.

Here is an interesting quote from this thread in the developers forum regarding the key.

So my point is, the password or "brute force" approach is pretty much the ultimate long shot.

My guess is that what needs to be found is a moment in time when the phones operating system itself has the system area unlocked for a legitimate purpose. During that time window a way needs to be found to flash an unsigned file into the system area that unlocks it permanently. Keep in mind, my expertise in this area is limited at best, so I am just guessing and there may be other ways.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Well.....it sounds good lol but 2.2 was just rooted.... Somewhere on this forum, so they've got the signature required, or atleast found how to get root on froyo.... Now there just trying to find a way to flash the unsigned files too run in the system? Couldn't you just get a big enough memory card and hack itso the os loads from the removable storage
[Captivate General] bird333:
I have tried the built in media player, doubletwist and also 'MixZing' I can't seem to figure out how to navigate to a particular folder to play an .mp3. What am I missing here?
[Captivate General] lilo777:
I do not know how to do this from the player but here is what work:

Open File Manager (My Files)

Navigate to the folder

Double click the first mp3 file in the folder

File manager will offer a list of music players to play the file. The player will then proceed to play the files from the folder

In general, it seems like the use of tags in MP3 files is the way to go though.
[Captivate General] jsmith8858:
Great tip! I never thought to use "My Files" since I normally use ES File manager, but that works great! Thank you.
[Captivate General] bird333:
So I am not doing anything wrong, these options are just not part of these players?
[Captivate General] wpb2:
Im not sure I understand the question. Whatever files i have on my sd card show up in Video player/ Music Player, or whatever files the player is capable of playing, no matter where they are on the sd card.
[Captivate General] haftrige:
The built in player doesn't have a file explorer

The built in player doesn't have a file explorer, but it should have all your compatible files indexed. It has an ok search function that you can use to find what you are looking for after you enter the app. click on the search touch button on the bottom right of your phone.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] }{Alienz}{:
I don't have a data plan either. And I'm a CoPilot fan simply cause due to it's ease of use. Plug in an address, it gets you there. Usually when I need a GPS I'm in a hurry somewhere and rely on the GPS to get me there as fast as possibly so this is why I appreciate the CoPilot.

I also like how pretty it looks on the Vibrant. Very high resolution, responsive, and it has VOICE! I'm not sure if Igo has voice but for me, that is a BIG feature while driving. I integrate it with my music so I listen to music and every now and then a nice voice tells me where to go. I don't need to look at it much. I love it :)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] marsupial99:
I have been using Copilot since September of 2009. Earlier versions had all sorts of problems and imagine it running on G1 - slow and paiinful. It was working very well on my Vibrant pretty from the software side but the Vibrant GPS problems made it rather hit or miss as my device would accasionally freeze or reboot. So, following suggestions of many, I have finally bit the bullet and reset my Vibrant to factory settings. I reinstalled Copilot from the Market but now it tells me that my trial period has expired and I am not able to go past that to enter my product license key. Earlier this year I have even bought the live traffic for a year for $20 and I have a separate product license key for that as well. However, as a result of being completely locked out of the software by the initial activation (where you have to enter your Google checkout number and Copilot ID) screen, I am unable to use it anymore. I paid $35 for the software and $20 for the traffic addon and I am completely unable to use it as if I was a pirate that stole the darn thing - great job ALK Sofware. I opened an online support request but they are notorious for not answering these requests so I am not holding my breath at this point for ever being able to use their software again - unless I change my Google account and buy the software again I guess but that is just not going to happen. Very frustrating...

Bottom line is, Copilot is great when it works but once you have problems with it, good luck getting their support and fixing your issue.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] marsupial99:
So, since Copilot is quickly turning into a throwaway for me, does anybody else have some comparable or hopefully better suggestions? Has anybody heard of or used Sygic Aura for example? How about Destinator? Any input and reviews will be greatly appreciated since I seem to be in a market for a new navigation software. Thank you in advance...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] engineer14:
if you search the internet hard, you could find people who have modified igo to fit our screens ;)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Pierreken:
I've been using Sygic Mobile Maps for some time now. Have used it on Windows Mobile and it's even better (more responsive on my Android (Galaxy S i9000).