yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] backdown:
IPhone market is bigger because there is more users..supply and demand.

Sent from my Evo, using the xda app
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjei:
Finding the Apps is definitely the biggest problem. Besides that i think the OP's problem is there aren't enough good looking, time-wasting games. I feel a big difference between the App store and the Market is that Market has more productivity, customize your phone apps, where App store has a lot more waste-your-time games. Good-looking games like angry birds and such. I'd really been wanting to play that fruit ninja game, i was so excited to find out they made Ninja Kaka for Android which is basically the same as fruit ninja. I downloaded it yesterday and i haven't been able to stop playing it. It's sharp-looking, responsive, and addictive. We need more of this. Where's Angry Birds?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hrshycro:
Just figured out if you search "a" in the market, it displays some of the top apps! Try it out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] felacio:
I kindof agree with the OP... and I'm not touching the Java convo going on as I'm no programmer.

But, I think any "suckage" in the apps department is a lack of governing on the actual Marketplaces side of things. While I'm not saying go all Totalitarian on the Android Market like Apple has on the App Store, a tighter grip on what can and can't be published should be in effect.

There are good apps in the Market, the problem is the slew of utter crap comes flooding to the point that you just don't want to bother looking.

and on top of Brutal-Forces excellent list. I'd like the add.

Messaging Widget: Allows a widget of different conversations with multiple people and different sizes to be placed on your homscreens, very convenient and fairly customizable, appearance wise.

Widget Locker: This lets you change your lockscreen AND place any widgets on it, which makes txting and playing music easy with ANY txt program or Music player.

Tajm and BattStatt: widgets that display your time and Battery level in words rather than numbers. check screenshot in link for examples.

Quickdesk BETA: a double tap of the home button will bring up a semi transparent "homescreen" with shortcuts and widgets that you have placed in there. very nice if you are use to the iPhone music player while it's playing music and you want to pause or switch tracks without moving from your current activity. just drop a music player widget in there and there you go!

SpringPad: If you are a scatter brain like me and come up with stuff you want to remember.. but, never do. Springpad is GREAT for capturing pics, barcodes, locations, and even jotting down notes of things you want to remember. requires an account that is used in conjunction with the website Springpadit.com

and, of course. there is AppBrain itself, which is a big help in sifting through the crap.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowe343:
Thought you were being a smart ass but it does. Thanks for the tip.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v_lestat:
i too recomend appbrain. i dont know why google cant make their market the way appbrain did but just grab appbrain.

the downside to that is that you will without a doubt once and for all be convinced just how crappy the android game and app library really is.

most of the games look like they game from a nintendo gameboy for petes sake.

guys anyone who has had an iphone or ipod touch knows the simple truth... android phones and android in general just cant do what the idevices can.

you can deny it argue about or what ever all you want but the plain and simple fact is be it android hardware or os or how the os interacts with the hardware the system just cant do what the idevice can. period.

its my understanding that google is 100% to blame for this because the way they designed the whole system.

i hate it.. i hate having to have both devices but lets be honest here. side by side the entire android system is like dos compared to the idevice system.

again you can argue that all you want but grab an ipod and play some games and you will see.

and dont even try the more users excuse or its been out longer because that is a 100% fanboy excuse for a crappy sustem.

and dont use the dev's excuse either... there are good companies developing for the android and those games and apps are garbage

i keep my ipod touch for a gaming device and my EVO for a phone chat gps and email.

if you want awesome well designed apps and games go get an ipod or iphone and just suck it up. android phones are not iphones when it comes to apps and games and until google fixes the entire platform it never will be this was stated "ages ago" when android came out. it is not an iphone like platform for this type of stuff.

let the flaming begin....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Last-Chance:
Cause the program was ****. There are a ****load of games coded in java. If you decompile them, you would see that the actual gui is just images that are put together. So if the guy can't design worth crap, then the gui is gonna be **** as well. Every GUI out there is made using images that are put into motion, if the images are horrible, the gui is horrible, doesn't matter on the language.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Monkey:
I completely agree with the OP that games for Android suck. But... if you think about why it's that way it makes sense. iOS is locked down completely, right? There is no messing with the messaging app, or keyboards, or phone system, etc. That means that there are NO developers that are making apps like that for iOS. Examples... Handcent, Chomp, Touchdown, etc. That means that if someone wants to make an app for the iPhone, what options do they have left? Games.

The great thing about Android phones is that we can mess with basic phone stuff. So there have been lots of great apps written for that. Obviously Google screwed the pooch when they didnt do it right the first time around. That's their fault. But Android devs aren't limited to games.

All I am trying to say is that you have to consider the possibilities for each platform. For iOS... they only need games, cuz that's all they can do. For Android, games isn't top priority yet. But it will get there.

I have been bugged about the games since I got my old Moto Droid. I can't seem to figure out why games like RoboDefense are one of the most popular games! It looks like crap, and runs like shiz. If you come across a game that really is a gem... pay for it, or donate to the dev. That'll for sure bring about new/better games.
[Droid 2 General] Purexed:
I have a droid 2, rooted, and currently I can use barnacle or wireless tether to create a 3g wifi point of access and my laptop even recognizes it but refuses to connect to it. My other devices, such as my ipod can both see it and connect to it. Is there something more I need to be doing to give access to the 3g wifi from my laptop?
[Droid 2 General] joeld82:
Try hitting the associate button on barnacle after your laptop recognizes it. That's what worked for me.
[Droid 2 General] kmyerslp:
My friend just got the Droid 2, and shortly after rooting it, I installed the wireless tether app from google only to find out that it only activates ad-hoc mode instead of access point. If you can figure out a way to change that to access point tell me too.
[Droid 2 General] KnightCrusader:
From what I have read, the chip in the Droids can't be used in infrastructure mode. I am not sure if this is a chip or an OS/firmware limitation, but from what I have seen and experienced with Android (or even Windows Mobile) the tether apps have to share the wireless in ad-hoc mode.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
[Droid 2 General] bcs296:
I tested out the official built in 3G Wireless Hotspot that comes loaded on the phone and I could have sworn it was infrastructure mode.
[Droid 2 General] Polymira:
Yes, the Motorola Droid could not do infrastructure mode...

HOWEVER< the Motorola Droid 2 can. The official means for tethering does so this way....

I too am looking for a way to tether (for free) in infrastructure mode.
[Droid 2 General] joeld82:
Is that why my ibook won't recognize it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
I'm looking through the guide (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765496) on how to root 2.2 on the EVO. I don't own an EVO but I've read enough root guides (and rooted 2 other Androids) that a thought comes to mind.

I see that the procedure erases all data. I'm thinking there must be a less destructive way to do it. I see there is a stage where you are asked to push some files, launch an exploit and toggle airplane mode. Then you open a shell and you're suddenly at a root shell.

Okay - *pause*.

You have a root shell... is there anything you can do at this stage to back up system and app data? For example could Titanium Backup be made to work under the right conditions? If so this info would be useful to all the folks who would rather not erase their phones =)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowe343:
Any type of root method is going to wipe all your data. I would just use MyBackup before. I'm pretty sure it doesn't require root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Okay, but what I'm saying is, the instructions suggest *you get a root shell* before the stage where you have to wipe data. That means a potential opportunity to get in there and back up the app data before erasing anything. Does that make some sense?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilyheather2010:
an extra reason for the wipe is so you have no left over data that will cause problems

i get tired of wiping when flashing roms i cant wait to cm6 final is out

but there are no other methods rite now for 2.2

that method was just released and all he developers that helped on that worked long and hard so if you want root on 2.2 just wipe and start over with wat ever games or apps so theres no problem in the future
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Yah should work fine I would think. At that point any non destructive method would work. At the very least you could throw a file someplace with 4777 permissions would allow you to so whatever with it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ritzbrie:
What is the big deal with wiping data? It takes maybe 5 minutes to re-set up settings and what not. You can put apps on the SD card, or synch with App Brain to take care of the app issue. And, all of your contacts are stored on Google servers. Am I missing the big downside to wiping data other than the few minutes it takes to re-download or re-set settings?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
True, system settings don't take a lot of effort to restore, and you can back up the list of apps. But *app data* is not possible to back up without root on Android. If you have 50+ apps that you've each customized to your needs, it's really helpful to be able to back up that data and restore it later.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jngggggggg:
so my friend called my phone and i proceeded to slide the answer key. it froze right at the end of the slide. I waited a while and nothing happened. Stupid of me, i didnt have a pen for the soft reset so i just pulled out the battery....iknow im an idiot.

so after i restart it, it gives me this one error message (upon others that i was not able to record.)

"the file cprog cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring the file."

i tried doing many soft resets and got the same error messages upon trying to load the main screen (with sense)

is there anyway to salvage my phone? I dont want to hard reset if i dont have to.. all my numbers and pictures werent backed up..

please help i dont know what to do... now the phone is stuck at the loading white HTC page before the quietly brilliant logo pops up..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vlmobiles:
HTC smart 3188 ROM

Plz help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FesterSilently:
...sorry, yes - this is not a direct port for HD2s...

HOWEVER!

Quite a few of the major stable and popular ports that we DO use (to include shu8i's) use CyanogenMod as their base.

Which means: a) we (depending on the RL schedules of our fine cooks) should be getting even better builds soon, and b) we are *that* much closer to getting a permanent build for our trusty HD2s.

Huzzah! :D

~~~

In case you all didn't already know (and if this is already posted elsewhere/belongs elsewhere [I couldn't find it], please delete/move this thread):

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/home/cyanogenmod-6-0#comments

"CyanogenMod-6.0 is hitting the mirrors right now! This is our first stable release based on Android 2.2, and we’ve hit our target list of devices. I’m completely amazed at what this project has become and the community that has developed around it, and it’s only just getting started."
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zweetz32:
and how does this help us with android development on the HD2?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cruise284:
Is it compatible with HTC HD2...sorry not able to find the compatible devices list as mentioned by you...pls provide the link for the same.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Segnaro:
shubCRAFT is based on Cyanogenmod
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gdog1977:
****!!! Got all excited for an HD2 release. Where is Zego when when we need him, dudes been hiding under a rock for weeks. Probably got pissed shu8i took his rom, skinned it, and released it. Been waiting for a CM release, but without that nasty skin on the shubcraft.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] poweroutlet:
You know, I thought I would hate the skin on shubcraft, but I'm using it with original fonts and I quite like it now. But I'm pretty much fine with using stock android, sense or this one. Guess I'm not picky haha.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FesterSilently:
All apologies...

*doublepost* Sorry!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] wawa144st:
Wow this is hd2 thread why would you post it here then
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Antonioffaxii:
It's news related to shubcraft, I'm glad it was posted here. I wouldn't have found out about it otherwise. Being negative won't make the thread go away, so be positive or let the thread go. By posting you're just bumping it up which if you think the thread is pointless, is pointless itself.

Thanks OP :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slackersink:
That sounds like good news since I enjoy the shubcraft builds. Can't wait to see his new one with this version. :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] idonxda:
Can I ask why are you posting these things here if they are not meant to be for HD2, Please don't make this room very heavy as new people find very hard to find the rights things when they are mixed with the junk like this. just post things relevant to hd2 here
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tonezhou:
I like shubCRAFT too, hope to see the progress very soon.

Thanks for great work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Caramel:
Please Mod rename the topic :confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pongster:
I've been able to test the newly released CM6 (by building a ROM for the HD2) and I can say its pretty slick...

I build these for my personal use (themed and all) but if there are enough of you who want it I could release just for you... ;)

The potential release will be be custom themed with the possibility to "stockify" it for those who may not like the theme.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] HectiQ:
Yes please :) I would appreciate this so much!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dasf77:
That would be great. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sylau90:
yes...of course we want it...Please...If can PM me...and give me the link...Thanks a lot
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] baskient80:
YEAH

sounds great, i'd like to test it.

greets.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] precsmo:
I like shubcraft skin and the performance all the way! only that the most importnat feature for me, the bluetooth headset, still not working properly, it hangs when talk with bluetooth...........
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htcfreak:
Would be very grateful to you if you can release it..!!!

Thank you..!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 11calcal:
Come on pongster ;) just what we want. :cool:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] deli_gt:
come on

just release it all ready we are all eager to test it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] arifqur:
In the winmo section of HD2 there are a lot of cooks but in the Android section only a few. Why is that? This HD2 android forum is getting thousands of hits per hour yet not many cooks are venturing in to this realm.

So we the addicts of Android are not getting our dose.

If Pongster knows how to make an Android Rom he should do so. People would love another option.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hazard99:
Maybe because we have sooooo many demanding people. But seriously I think it comes down to who has what device. I am sure if cyanogen had a hd2 or a droid x or a samsung captivate he would create rom's for them.

As far as Cyanogen 6.0 it does concern us any of these rom's could be ported to our device.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phonephixer:
I second that.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] juanzho11:
+1 on the test team... I love the shub build.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sibeer:
New Cyanogen 6.0 is running lovely on my G1, but I have been enjoying the look of the Sense builds on my HD2. Can't wait till the HD2 development gets to the next level (polish rather than functionality and running off the NAND).

Sure that more cooks will follow as the progress comes along, for the minute I am made up with the work and speed of progress from the current team ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AirwolfUK:
Yes please. I would be honoured to try your custom ROM
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] superfuffo:
HEHEHE.. like you have to ask if we'd like a new release!!! I can't wait to test it... I'm on ShubCRAFT 1.4d, but I don't like the theme...And also, I've been a fan of your WM 6.5.5 Roms... remember those?? ehheeh.. I haven't been on WinMo since the first release of Android...

If you need testers I'll gladly do that for you. I use bluetooth a lot, to answer phone calls and stream music on my car, use Wifi at home and 3G connectivity when on the go, synching to my exchange server and gmail...

Thanks for offering us your work.. much appreciated!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] apeatan:
I'm in!! and willing to buy you coffee!!!:D:p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] edi1907:
I really understand nothing. Did he make android for HD2 or not? or if he made when he will put it here?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Azuske:
Cyan likes Shu8i's release & he is even talking about making it official

if you dont like the skin you can change it
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dcheng11:
holy crap, that'd be awesome. i don't think i'm over my cyanogen withdrawls since i got my hd2 haha.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eenbox:
Regardless what the port is, it looks like to me that posting thread with verbiage "not for HD2" in HD2 Android Development is pretty untastefull... what's the whole point of it if it's not for HD2?... just wasted my time for nothing :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
i agree wrong section
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] smuvman:
The reason

This is the reason this info was posted here. If u don't know why this info about cm6 is important then u don't know android point blank. I still have my g1 and i like to b kept current on info just because I know at some point that those advancements may make it to the hd2 case in point shubcraft. If u ever used cm6 u will know wat I mean. Not to mention that if cyan sees the interest for his roms in the hd2 he may even make roms himself for us. My $02 worth of food stamps
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
i know all about his work , but still this is not about acurrent hd2 build in development
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dasf77:
Don't see why not. This is excellent news. Pongster and Shu8i are working on this build so that we can have CM6 running in HD2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
ok then one question why wasnt this post in that build section because all this is going to do is have peolpe clicking here looking for a build and its not its info ...so where should it go ...ok 2 questions :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kable:
This should be posted under HD2 Android General. If that..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Raudi1:
Another cyanogen mod build can't hurt. I just can't live without the features of cyanogen mod anymore, but I don't like the shubCRAFT look. At least those ugly iPhone like icons can easily be changed, so it's not that bad...

I'd really like a new CM build with another, hopefully good looking (not iPhone like), skin.

I even thought about making my own build, but I don't have time at the moment...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eenbox:
Having in mind the intention I must say I partially agree - the guy does have a point... HOWEVER, if section is little bit wrong title of the thread is COMPLETELY wrong... It should have said something like "CyanogenMod 6.0 - development for HD2 - do you guys want it???"

This title would actually state exactly what is the thread all about...

Anyway, good luck in getting this published; I will be one of ppl to try it out that's for sure :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sterkejerreke:
Dear Pongster,

please release this one.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] osokrayzay:
Pongster

Make 2

Stock cyanogen and your theme.

I cooked up a stock build because everyone always cooks up themed versions.

But I can't upload from where I am.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gdog1977:
Wasn't talking about Cyan, was talking about Zego. He is the one that actually ported it to the HD2, not shu8i.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] wawa144st:
When is the release already
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
so once again after reading all this will this be a build , will you be posting it here and or do you have permission
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadow666:
Sure! Thanks!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadow666:
Do it!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dasf77:
Well have to say you have a point there. I mean this is just announcing a release that's not available yet for HD2. This will only confuse everybody. Anyway let's just wait for. This to be moved to the right place and then open a new tread with the actual build. One point for you :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
i honestly got confused at first , but i do want this myself to test ...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bangsters:
using CM6 on my HD2!! :)

testing it out.... if I have time i'll release it.

so far so good. stock look. adw launcher is what i'm using now, with dpi set to 180.

i'll update you guys how it goes.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Raudi1:
If you need help testing, I'm sure there are a bunch of guys (including me) burning to do so:D