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[Vibrant Themes and Apps] MobiJohn:
And I became really a fan of the recently introduced Track and Protect. It's a service that not only allows you to locate your phone on map, lock it, wipe it or let it scream via a personal web panel but also allows you to make photos remotely and send a call back command to listen to your own phone. All this works even after SIM change! It has auto lock function, it reports you the thief's phone number, operator ID and location instantly. Really useful.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] DKYang:
Do you know any information on there "credit" method that they are using? It seems like a great service to use except that they don't tell you anything about these "credits" on the website without registering first.

Currently I use both Mobile Defense and Lookout. I always feel safe when I have more than one security app just in case. Although, Mobile Defense might also have a paid service in the future, similar to what Trust and Protect is doing. I wouldn't mind paying Mobile Defense since they allow us to install it as a system app, which a previous user explained upon.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] nullflux:
Hello everyone!

Just recently I got the 2.2 OTA for my Droid (rooted) and I'm absolutely loving it, except for one thing: the new MMS app. I strongly dislike the new look; I don't want to see my own profile icon and I definitely don't want to see several of each icon. I really liked the way the Eclair MMS app looked, and I really liked seeing my friends' facebook statuses next to their contact icon.

I've tried replacing the Froyo Mms.apk with the Eclair Mms.apk, which could display everything and worked perfectly fine except for when I actually went to send a message. It would force close and never show that the message actually sent, even though I got replies back, so I know they sent. Also, in order to get this to work, I had to remove Mms.odex. Once I saw that the Eclair app displayed everything and seemed to work fine, I (foolishly) erased my backup of Mms.odex and now I can't run the standard Froyo Mms.apk. Luckily, I did find a modified app that I can use in the meantime, so I'm not totally out of luck right now.

Is there any way to get the old Eclair MMS app/look back? I would REALLY love it! :D And please don't just suggest Handcent or Chomp. I've tried them and I just don't like them. I went through all the styling and customization options and I just couldn't get it to look like I want. All I want is the old Eclair app back, not alternatives (unless they look almost identical to Eclair's). If it's impossible, I guess I'll deal with it, but "impossible" and "Android" don't really go together...

Thanks in advance!

edit:

I attached two screenshots taken out of an emulator, just in case anyone isn't familiar (why you'd need to see them, I dunno, but I figure more info is better).
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] zaiger:
Bump. This is a good question. I hadn't really even though about how much better the 2.1 vs 2.2 SMS/MMS app. I knew there was something different but thank you for laying it out. I'm having a problem where the app isn't posting my icon. It is synced with my Facebook contacts so I don't see why it doesn't show my avatar, and if it isn't supposed to then why even change it? No sir, I don't like it. If there is any way to downgrade to the earlier messaging app I would very much be interested in knowing.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] crackedvenom2:
if its the problerm im thinking of, you need to make a Me contact, and put your picture there
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] nullflux:
Shameless bump. Still driving me crazy. Hoping there's an alternative by now?
[Wildfire General] ATOJAR:
So as the thread name states does anybody have any tips for helping have the WildFire's batterey last longer?

So far ive turned the screen brigtness down by half of what it was & turned off touch vibration.

Any other tips?
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
I have not tried many things but one thing i am pretty sure of is go to MARKET >>>> Download and use Advanced Task Killer .. kill the running apps.. i leave my installed keyboard..and mobile security app ON rest most of them i kill... its a useful app.. i mean why to keep music app or weather app or news app or messaging app running when u are not using them..

Have Fun
[Wildfire General] ATOJAR:
Yeah ive been using the Advanced Task Killer for a while now already. :)
[Wildfire General] fishb00n:
I have read that usage of ATK is not required at all because of Androids near perfect RAM Management. And you also could come into trouble because android looses a small amount of ram capacity every time you use ATK untill the next reboot.

other than that you could try Juice Plotter and Juice Defender
[Wildfire General] rasenzhang:
find a app can auto turn on/off fly mode.

I ve tried Juicy defender, it seems not fit wildfire very well, some function not working. like auto fly mode, and auto turn off wifi when over 50M.

(btw,it will change your apn setting,cause me can not connect after uninstall it.)

after 1 month, I found navigation app take me 80% of battery.like google map/navi.
[Wildfire General] aaaccc:
use the automatic brigtness option under the phone settings. much better batterty performance
[Wildfire General] underwurlde:
Read:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=712990

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=701567

Not sure if these steps actually improve the efficency of the battery OR wheter the S/W behind the battery guage becomes more accurate as it goes through a process that alows it to better estimate the SOC of the battery.

Andy
[Wildfire General] sumeetchawla:
Yup, even I have read a lot that Android manages the apps in a beautiful way. When I first used Android, the first question that came to my mind was how to exit apps as none of the apps had an exit button. Coming from nokia, sony erricson etc this was an obvious question to ask. Then after some research I found that Android just freezes the apps when we go back. The app is not actually running in the back end.

But anyway, yesterday my battery again went to 8% and on checking the used status, it showed that the android system used 92% of the battery lol.

One more thing I would like to suggest is that there is a Power control widget built in the wildfire. Its pretty useful to decrease the brightness, turn off gps, wifi etc from the home screen itself.
[Wildfire General] jefmcg:
Thanks for this!

I installed this widget and it said that GPS was on even though it wasn't appearing in the tool bar along the top. I had run several apps that use GPS, but had assumed if the GPS icon was gone, GPS was off.

Is that wrong?

(good news if it is, as I was struggling to keep enough power to in my phone to get through the day without charging)

joan
[Wildfire General] Deleted member 2496007:
Avoid task killers like the plague. They cause more problems than they solve. Trust the android os to manage ram.

Just discovered the most powerful app I have ever seen called "Tasker". It its only £4, but will make your android so much more diverse. You can, for example, have it go into airplane mode between certain times (i have between midnight and 6am) but periodically check for sms or voice mail every hour. It saves stacks of battery.

I have it turning wifi on only when it knows I'm at home or at work.

I have it turning off wifi, dropping screen brightness down, and playing a louder notification when battery gets to 15%.

It silences my phone when I get within 100m of the two cinemas I use.

It is not the most easy app to use, be patient with it. Look up some of the "recipes" on the internet to get a good tutorial on how to work it. £4 is a steal for something so potentially vast. Its limited only by your imagination.

Oh and having run Tasker for 24 hours, (how long my battery normally lasts) only contributes to a 2% drain, and its adding roughly 6 to 8 hours extra! It would cost you ten times that for an extended battery!
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
I use an free app called timeriffic to auto disable WiFi
[Wildfire General] Frank C:
Try program JuiceDefender....you can download free from Android market.
[Wildfire General] 2ma:
my battery life is really awful too,i noticed it a couple days ago,that it drains to fast,so i started looking into it,and i found out,that my device won't go too sleep. so in settings/about phone/battery the awake time and up time are the same. i had similar problems on my hero, but there it was the messaging apps fault.

here, i kill everything with advanced task killer,it still can't go too sleep,android battery use shows,that android system is using most of the battery.

anybody else with similar problem?solutions? i have stock 1.25 rom rooted with unrevoked.
[Wildfire General] ATOJAR:
What? You mean your screen is permanently on? .....

Ive head bad things about using task killers too, I dont use on anymore.

Some things i have done that have helped my battery like quit alot actually is turn off Wi-Fi, Turm off GPS, Turned off haptic feedback(vibration when pressing buttons), Screen brightness to automatic & screen timeout too 15 seconds.

I can now have a really good fiddle with the phone and it can last more than a day without needing a charge.
[Wildfire General] azahidi:
As I understand when screen goes auto shut off, all apps are idle, even WiFi or gps is on. I tried with music on continuously for 2 hrs in flight mode, I still have about 80% power. With gps on for 1 hr continuous, I still have about 80%. With normal use my power can last the whole day.
[Wildfire General] 2ma:
no,the screen turns off,but something still runs in the background what eats the battery,and I can't find out what it is. I tried multiple task managers,and they show that everything is closed.i have it in flight mode,with everything turned off,still something runs,what shouldn't.
[Wildfire General] jefmcg:
Did you solve this? It's happening on my phone now, and it's very frustrating.

(just installed ATK - very scary the apps I never use are running) and killed everything except ATK. Touch the power switch to turn off the screen. 15 minutes later, up time and awake time are still the same.
[Wildfire General] jefmcg:
2 updates from me, to help anyone else with similar problems:

1) I uninstalled any recently installed or updated apps** and widgets now I have a 1:6 ratio of awake time. So, fixed?

2) In the meantime I logged a call to HTC via their website. Answer:

.

Yup, those problems started occurring at the same time as the other, so it looks like I have an underlying hardware fault. Dammit! I don't want to be without my phone for 2 weeks.

joan

**including CardioTrainer! When I reinstalled it I'd lost around 900km of workout history.
[Wildfire General] ebioman:
Just out of curiosity

What gain of time are we actually talking about here ?

I tried lots of different things but never suceeded to receive more than two full days.

What is your max. with all the different programs and hints ?
[Wildfire General] jefmcg:
If you are asking me, the answer is "about 6 hours".

I've (partially) fixed my uptime = awaketime problem. But I obviously have some more serious battery issue.

Hopefully someone else can chime in with happy battery life.

joan
[Wildfire General] andrei22:
I have somewhere between 24 to 48 h ... Use autolight fearure and 30 s timeout to sleep. Good luck.
[Captivate General] kennethpenn:
I've been hacking away at this Captivate for a month since I got it. Maybe a hundred times going into download mode. But, now I cannot get my device into download mode from the: "PHONE --/\-- COMPUTER" screen.

Here's what I've been doing since I've had the phone:

- Pull battery, sd, sim

- Put battery in

- Put USB in

- Hold both Volume and Power down

- Once the PHONE--COMPUTER screen goes black, wait.

- After it goes black one more time, let go of Power button

What is going on? Am I screwed here? I was applying the Ext2 (2.3) lag fix over JH2 when this happened, here's my CMD:
[Captivate General] NikAmi:
Was your phone rooted before you tried the fix?
[Captivate General] kennethpenn:
Of course! I even pressed "Allow" on superuser. The fix won't continue past a few lines without root access.
[Captivate General] designgears:
pull the battery, sim card, sdacard...

put in the battery, hold volume down, plug in the usb cable and keep holding volume down until you get into download mode.
[Captivate General] kennethpenn:
Worked like a charm!

Super super odd. I've been getting taking this thing into download mode like every 2 minutes since I've had the device. Never had a problem till now!

Why wouldn't my usual procedure in the OP work? It always has for me?
[Captivate General] designgears:
I think those are higher level methods, something may have been messed up and keeping them from working.

I am pretty sure this method is a lower level method that will always work.
[XPERIA X10 General] devilleather:
Hi all, I was wondering if I do a factory reset will it affect my FW updates? Will it downgrade back to when I bought it? Thx
[XPERIA X10 General] dundun1701:
Nope, the Factory Reset just delete all your personal data (setting, contacts, etc...) and your FW is stay same :)
[EVO 4G General] joshdt98:
Hey there, I just wanted you option on something. This guy post this thread about how it is BS that Sprint charges an extra $10 a month for the phone, about how Sprint is charging for the phone and not the service.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=750280

Here is what I think about the $10 extra a month:

Sprint charges $10 a month for 4G.. And if you think about it you are not losing totality. You may not have 4G yet in you area, I know in Felton, Delaware where I live there is not yet 4G. But for every $10 we put in extra every month... It helps them put up more 4G towers. And the more towers the better coverage we will get. I may be wrong, but you need to think about it from more of the positive side. And besides, When you bought the phone you knew there was a $10 a month extra charge. But you still bought it. Anyways. I want to know what you guys think about all of this.
[EVO 4G General] nukedukem:
If Sprint takes my 10 bucks/month and builds more 4G coverage, then so be it. Let those who want the service help pay for that service. The extra 10 hurts, I know as a grad student but if that money improves my 4G service then I will be happy.
[EVO 4G General] joshdt98:
Yeah, I just confirmed this with Sprint!
[EVO 4G General] snapcallem:
why didnt you just post this in that thread instead of creating a new one asking the same thing thats being discussed ... makes no sense
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
Why don't you stop trolling?

Anyway I don't mind the $10/month because I paid way more with at&t. I actually never scanned for 4G and don't plan to but I believe NJ doesn't have it yet

Sent from my Supersonic
[EVO 4G General] snapcallem:
trolling? you dont agree its annoying having 8 different threads all asking the same thing ... and he linked the thread in his post
[EVO 4G General] mcbrided:
Sprint has said many times over that the $10 is NOT for 4G but rather a surcharge for using the phone itself - in other words: hardware.

Even though I do agree the logical reason is for 4G. I just wished Sprint would come out and say this.
[EVO 4G General] champ052005:
The problem is they can't say it is for 4G since everybody will not be able to access it.

Hardware is the thing that everybody will use...this way you don't get people complaining about the 4G fee when they don't have 4G. (legally, you are not allowed to charge for a service that is unavailable to a customer.)

Just my .02. This topic never ends...
[EVO 4G General] IceCreaMan:
its a stupid charge no matter how you spin it and when you read this sprint webpage about the limits on 3G despite their plans saying "unlimited" you see why they charge an extra $10. It's not about how much the extra fee is, or being scrooge or any of that, its paying extra for something you should already have.

http://shop.sprint.com/en/stores/popups/4G_coverage_popup.shtml
[EVO 4G General] verse187:
Yeah trolling well stop coming in those threads easy
[EVO 4G General] SAlpIche:
That's for the Aircards, Over Drive and MiFi, not for the phone data usage.

Now check your data usage history for the last 6 months and compare them with your current usage (since the evo) and you will provably notice that you are using more data than before, I went from using about 1Gb per month to over 4 Gb this past month. Not sure if this is what Sprint calls Evo features but if the $10 is due to the increase on network load and it is going to give me a better network I'll pay with no problem, not to mention that I am paying $80 less per month for 3 lines than what I was paying with At&t for two lines and getting more.
[EVO 4G General] redrazr7791:
Thank you for clearing that up. When thread was started about a month ago, dealing with this $10 fee, I mentioned that broadband cards are limited to 5 GB. If you can catch 4G on a broadband card, then it is unlimited. Trust me, I hit the 5 GB cap using a 3G broadband card :(
[EVO 4G General] IceCreaMan:
i had at&t previous to the evo and my 4g coverage in atlanta is not all that good. For daily use, i only get great 4g coverage at the office but i don't need it there as we have dual DS3's pipes. Its still the same thing as the placebo effect, we assume they will add more 3g/4g towers because we pay an extra $10/m. i don't expect them to add more 4g towers in atlanta before adding even one 4g tower in Orlando, fl. I also need them to add more cell towers so i can have better coverage with just 3g cell service...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasongthang:
Ok, I'm having a hit or miss problem with the camera. I have fresh 3.1, btw.

I'll try to take a picture of something, for example, I have a rubix cube here. keeping the camera about 8" away from the cube, trying to get a picture of the word "Rubix". I tap the button to take a picture. the camera goes in and out of focus, it focuses the word "Rubix" perfectly, then goes out of focus and snaps the picture. I've tried tapping the screen to focus on the specific area, and it still does it. I've tried holding the button down until the picture takes, but it still goes in and out of focus, then snaps a blurry pic, or at least the area I want focused is blurry. Another issue with the flash... When the flash goes off, the camera will focus in and out on the object, and usually hold until the flashed area is focused and not washed out. But the camera just snaps the picture without focusing.

Like I said, both problems come and go. Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasongthang:
I've searched and I still don't see any answers. Anyone?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supdawg:
The camera on the phone is pretty bad IMO. Typical results.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd9900:
Yeah what he said. It's almost like some htc exec said on the day before launch, "you guys did put a camera on this thing right?" And some hung over strung out engineer was like "um.."
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbajwill55:
Did you try changing the settings to Macro for close up shots?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasongthang:
Im pretty sure there isnt a macro setting.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mitch Matrixx:
Indeed Jason, indeed.

The TTF utility is very hit and miss. As is the entire camera functionality.

See here for more interest on this topic:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782211

Sent from my Fresh 3.4 Evo (2nd refurbished unit) with major light leakage, crappy camera, and lag switch enabled.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabbed:
The camera focusing algorithm appears to be flawed.

It will take someone to completely rewrite the camera app code to make this right with the evo camera.

It's clear to me that the AOSP camera code doesn't work well with the Evo camera. And unfortunately, HTC chose not to use a new code, but rather use the default Froyo code with this new piece of hardware.

Until someone takes the time to write the proper code for focusing the Evo camera, you are stuck with trying to manually focus the camera, multiple times, until the good looking focus is achieved.

It takes me good 5-10 times to manually focus the camera until a good sharp image is seen...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Hypercore:
I've seen countless pictures of themed X10's that look amazing yet I can only find the "Dark10" theme. Could someone link some other themes in this thread? It would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I'm running the 024 firmware.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] hush66:
See here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=733979
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] KingCifer:
a link to a thread that didnt got updated in month^^
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Chewitt:
for 024 there are 2 theme's my dark10 and also one other that is all black were the dev does not support 026.

for 026 again there are 2 of us theming, one that has only just been posted today there are no others yet as we dont have the ability to make custom rom's yet.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
Instead of asking someone to make it for you then whining because you got an old link, YOU could have taken some initiative and made it yourself!

I thought the same thing as you and posted the thread instead of asking someone to do it for me. You're welcome
[Streak 5 Android Development] jnovello:
I don't like the O2 splash screen with the stock Uk rom. How can we have another? Discuss...
[Streak 5 Android Development] cue_32:
Also if i may since we're on the topic of US Streaks and 2.1...

i had an unlocked (00) oem version, now my version is 21 since the update. Is there a way to get that back to 00 since thats supposed to stand for unlocked.

Im using my Streak in Canada and working fine so far with 3g on Rogers.
[Streak 5 Android Development] gingernator007:
It's quite easy to do, you need Root Explorer from the market.

hxxp://android.modaco.com/content/dell-streak-streak-modaco-com/312645/debranding/
[Streak 5 Android Development] jnovello:
Thanks...very easy...easier than they originally posted.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] trojjanhorse:
Hello,

I just bought a used HTC Magic from Rogers and I bought the T-mobile white housing to replace it with. I was wondering if the T-mobile htc magic housing would fit the Rogers HTC Magic. I ordered the housing off of ebay and have not yet received it, hence why I'm asking.

Thanks in advance.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] msgnyc:
I believe that the middle section of the housing of the T-Mo myTouch is slightly thicker then that of Magic Housing. (that and the 3.5mm headphone jack on the 2 new models)

Because of this, you are unable to use the mid section of the replacement Magic housings on the myTouch, (you can squeeze it in there, but you'll lose vibration) but not to sure how it would work out the other way around.

Might I ask, Why didn't you buy one of the many white Magic replacement housings?

The rarest housings to find are the black T-Mo housings. All of the other housings can be found all over ebay. The Magic in specific can be found all over the place in quite a few colors infact.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amritttt:
Sometimes i flash a new rom and there is no internet so i have to find a place where i can get 3g or wifi and download file manager and install my backup. So is there a way to install mybackup which is in my root and without downloading file manager??:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pikipirs:
There is a way with a computer. Assuming you have a working adb on your computer, of course, you can try this.

You need to have an .apk of either mybackup of some file browser on your computer. Plug the phone in, open command prompt/console and type:

adb install path_of_apk_to_install

For example if your apk is called app.apk and is in C:\apks. Then type

adb install C:\apks\app.apk
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amritttt:
yea i know we can install through adb but is there another way of installing without connecting internet or from my computer, is it possible through terminal??????????