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[General Accessories] sportedwood:
If i pick up a spare battery to use as a emergency backup for my captivate how long can I leave it say.... sitting in my car.
[General Accessories] xaccers:
One or two months, maybe longer depending on how low you want it's charge to go before using it.

Of course as soon as it's made it starts loosing total capacity.

A charger left in your car will do more good ;) (sorry, couldn't resist)

Not sure if those "emergency" battery pack chargers are any good, might be worth looking into.
[General Accessories] macnolias:
A day if you don't use your phone lol
[General Accessories] strike-down:
An in car charger is definately the way to go if thats what you're wanting to do. But the li-ion chemistry can hold its charge for several months, but it doesnt do them any good leaving them charged for any length of time. They lose their total capacity much faster if theyre left charged, and this is worsened if left in a hot environment (like in a car during the summer).

It would be best to cycle the two batteries (use them alternately) so they dont stay charged for too long.

Hope this helps
[General Accessories] duransuran:
Any gadgets left in a "hot evironment" for a long time will not be a smart thing to do. It's always best to charge it fully and unplug it from the charger/outlet.
[General Accessories] calvin123:
Hi

if the battery has no defects and is fully charged then it should run just as long as your normal battery.

Calvin

Website Design and Development
[General Accessories] napster_289:
A spare battery should be used regularly too, do not live it for a month without using it because sometimes some battery don't work after a long time of storage. But I have tried not using my spare charged battery for about a month and still it works after i put it on my phone, it has a full battery. As long as they are not exposed to heat/sun it can last long.
[General Accessories] tathan:
I lost a genuine HTC battery and found it moving house about 6 or 8 months later :o

I was pretty surprised to see it still had about 3/4 charge in it and worked fine.
[General Accessories] kwapiu:
As written previously:

I would like to add, that if you do not want your li-ion battery to loose their total capacity it's best NOT to keep it at all in car (where temperature is above 18C) and if left for longer time - DO not keep it FULLY charged.

The best for 'spare' li-ion battery is to be charged with ~40% for extending its live.

Also do NOT discharge your battery completely or leave it discharged.

On the other side it 'likes' to be charged constantly and even sometimes slightly overcharged (it does not have 'memory' - so charging at any moment will not affect it's life).
[General Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Maybe an extended battery :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkl1993:
Sorry, but a nooby question. What does boot into hboot mean? Is it just powering off the phone then holding down the volume button and press power? If so then can someone explain to me when I download a called PB31IMG.zip and put it into my sdcard then boot my phone up it does not say anything about an update. For instance, I want to update my radio from 1.00.03.04.06 to 2.15.00.07.28.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berzerker7:
Make sure:

1. The zip is named exactly: PB31IMG.zip, not PB31IMG.zip.zip or PB31IMG.ZIP or pb31img.zip or anything different than PB31IMG.zip

2. Make sure your sdcard is formatted FAT32. If not, backup all the files on it, reformat it FAT32 on your computer and then try again.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elborak:
Actually, PB31IMG.ZIP also works just fine, as does Pb31ImG.zIp and any other case variation.

This is, after all, is a FAT filesystem which means there will be both a long and a short name; and for all of these the short name will be PB31IMG.ZIP (no lowercase in short names). Not sure how this myth of "exactly PB31IMG.zip" started, but I see it all the time. If anything, PB31IMG.ZIP in all uppercase would be the canonical name.

But the advice is sound: one of the most common reasons for failure is misnaming the file.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berzerker7:
Seems case doesn't matter only in the S-OFF cases.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksidirt:
Make sure your file extensions are *not* hidden on your CP.

I had a similar problem because I would name the file PB31IMG.zip but it would actually be PB31IMG.zip.zip since I had the file extensions hidden.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dvdqnoc:
With SenseUI, the HTC SMS app allows for an SMS preview to be shown on the lockscreen below the gray arc. Here is my dilemma: I want to uninstall the HTC SMS app and replace it with the AOSP Android Messaging app because the HTC one is too slow. However, I need that SMS preview on the lockscreen.

Is there anyone out there that is able to and would be willing to mod the AOSP SMS app so that it displays the same SMS preview under the gray arc on the HTC Lockscreen? Of course, we would have to be running a stock SenseUI ROM (nfinite's stock deodexed ROM, in my case).

Thanks in advance, I would appreciate this to death. Here is a screenshot of the SMS preview I'm talking about:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bear9577:
Please help! I have my phone rooted - used ROM Manager to download and install Cyanogenmod 3.0 RC3 and all it get the load animation... can anyone tell me what might be theissue or how to correct it?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berzerker7:
It's probably running the initial DexOpt operation (the first boot on all ROMs take a few minutes to load).

How long did you leave it? It could take up to 10 minutes for it to finish.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] xGary:
So im wondering whats the best offline GPS. I am currently using CoPilot and its pretty good but im wondering if theres better. Maybe something like

-Public transit routes for Canada?

-Street View?

-More up to date maps? (Sometimes routes from CoPilot dont exist)

-Better signal?

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] k1sr:
You're not going to get street view with an offline maps program...

I've been using Sigic Mobile Maps for ages, and love the product. no idea about the Public Transport routes though
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] huzi7868:
i use copilot its too good

it downloads maps for you and safety cameras
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] vrs2610:
I use motonav/igo copilot sucks for the Greater Toronto Area.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] swapniladsure:
hey guys

tell me which is the best software for X10i full screen video convertor..

i want software which convert video to full screen ...for my x10i

thank you
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
i use this
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] xGary:
Is that converter fast? Cause all of the video converters seem to take very long.. How long on avg will it take to convert 1hr of video?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] swapniladsure:
thanks

i will try it
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ashirokung:
Imtoo HD is best for me, can setup 854x480 full screen.

Sed from my X10i @BKK
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] solid0snake:
With Rockplayer from the Android Market you woun't ever have to convert a video again. It plays all formats including mkv out of the box!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] SXUsr:
I use SUPER ©
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kiki_tt:
Yes use Rockplayer

After second "Rockplayer" - it really does away with having to spend hours converting "most" movies
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] QuentinCosta:
somebody really still converting?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Pims:
Yes, I still do it, because movies take less space on my SD card once they are in MP4 (with the right format) instead of original format.

I cannot change movies every nigth, I have to store 6 or 7 for the week... (and music, and pictures, and...)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] swapniladsure:
thank you

thank you guys

i will try it all..

and yaa instead of direct copy i prefer to convert it becoz it take less memory on my SD card thats why
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] QuentinCosta:
but you can save much time with bigger sd-card an the rockplayer...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] sam_a200:
+1 for super and it rocks... :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] chongbh:
So which media player is good to play HD video in MP4 format? Rockplayer or Super?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] chongbh:
Guys,

I have tried handbrake to encode and Rockplayer, realplayer beta to playback the below video clip :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJPbozRomX4

With no success and the video become stuck when it reached : 2:44

Let me know if anyone can overcome this problem, thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] sam_a200:
SUPER is NOT a media player, its a video converter to use in your PC. ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] colasin:
on my X10i (unbranded) the SE Mediascape video player plays better than Rock player, the sound is in sync more than Rock player for example.

I have also used "IM TOO" but found it very slow. (1.5 hours to encode a 30 minute episode of Alan Partridge.

I now use WinX DVD Ripper winxdvd d0t c0m (no I dont work for them).

If this is spyware or whatever please let me know, but in encodes a DVD film in 45 mins (even a Disney one with all that special encoding)

My question is....

"what is the ultimate setting for encoding a DVD to MP4 for the X10i?

Please do not

reply if you are just guessing, the X10i does not like frame rate 30 for example..

thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] azian_advanced:
x2 on using Super as the video convertor. It's free and it offers more features than most other video convertors.

but with RockPlayer (and yxplayer for some files) I no longer need to convert. my 16gb only stores documents, some pictures, and videos but no mp3 since i'd rather listen to streaming internet radio than download mp3s.

the "best" video setting will depend on how you rate video quality. imo, for smoothness and when you are watching movies, i'd go with 23 fps or less, and have high bitrate but reduced resolution (above half the resolution of the lcd display).

video conversion speeds depends mainly on your video converting settings (format, bitrate, resolution, etc.) and your CPU power, not the software.. just fyi.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] redninja22:
I am currently using xmedia recode.

I use the settings for the Motorola Milestone when converting, as for some reason the X10 settings mess the audio up.

Pretty quick, and audio/visual sync is spot on
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] XteNce:
It doesn't matter what to use.

for example, I convert films from my 720p/1080p hd collection, using parameters, such as 854x480 resolution, 160 kbit audio bitrate and 1000-1200 kbit video bitrate.

And it looks like I watch a real hd video! The picture is perfect! Enjoy :)

Oh, and I noticed, that it's better to use h264 codecs with *.mkv container than mpeg4 with .mp4 and .avi

RockPlayer is the best for my monster-like videos :D Avatar with 1200 video bitrate and near 2gb file size works without any lags. This is the power of nice program code (thx for RockPlayer devs) with the connection of Snapdragon processor :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] swapniladsure:
i am using total video convertor

i am using total video converter ...it is nice ..but video size is not fit to screen...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] lightyear420:
I don't convert....use yx player to play videos in almost any file format. Plays avi, mkv, mp4, etc :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] XteNce:
video converted from hd is much better, than usual dvdrips

use 4Media HD Video Converter. Convert into 854x480, 1000-1200 kbps of video bitrate, 24 framerate, 160 kbps audiorate. since 3-4 fails in conversion with the same aspect ratio I have learnt how to set convert options in right way.

oh yes. I advice all to convert into *.mkv with h264 codec. I use RockPlayer for my videos and films. enjoy;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] sofir786:
i use a software called Handbrake to convert to mkv, the end result is quite good, plus it allows you to specify file size for video, bitrate and many other settings and filters.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] lightyear420:
I do not convert because I simply drop mHD movies right on my sd card as-is and just run them like that ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Hikaru Kaze:
and how do you supposely get those nHD movies? through conversions, right? (in this case, I believe, someone converts it for you)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] lightyear420:
as I have said.....

I

do not convert movies for my phone.
[EVO 4G General] Mast3rpyr0:
What the *****!? Are they releasing it today cause it wants me to upgrade and im pretty sure there is no upgrade available.. I cant type without it..
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
I'm sure you'll survive without it. :D
[EVO 4G General] wekebu:
Follow these instructions:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...2-2-froyo-just-want-cool-skin-click-here.html

I just added it today to my unrooted EVO.

I will gladly pay for Swype. Why, why, don't they sell it?
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
Because it's BETA or at least it was. They'll sell it, trust me.

Personally, I prefer the HTC IME keyboard any day over the others. Has the best prediction I have tried and I like the fact that you can easily switch between various languages (in my case, English and Portuguese). That's a feature no other keyboard seems to offer yet and for someone that does about 50/50 texting in each language, it's invaluable. Also, it's the lightest and smoothest keyboard I've seen in responsiveness.
[Android Themes] Illuminaudio:
Hello I am new to xda.

Recently I had stumbled upon the option to get new themes on android, and ever since, I have been wanting to get one. I have viewed the forum called "Post your home screen" and would die to have any of those. However, I do not know how and any help as to how to get a theme or skin on my phone would be great. Also, would i need to root my phone? If so, I would need help and explanations on that as well :P . Thanks for any help, and btw I am using a Droid X if that means anything. Thanks!
[Captivate General] la fours:
I have Rock Player installed, and I can see my Windows Home Server on the phone. I have lots of video on there, some in AVI and some in MKV. AllShare doesn't recognize the MKV files, only AVI files. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
I don't think there is anything you can do. AllShare won't play WTV or DVR-MS either and these are Native recordings on Windows Media Center.

Until Samsung publishes some specs we won't know what is supported.

The only solution i have see is to find a DLNA server software package that can transcode on the fly. There are 30 or so different ones, and some are free but i have not ventured down this path yet.
[Captivate General] jsmith8858:
Try the vlc streamer app from the market, plus vlc player on your pc. Works beautifuly once you have everything configured right.

This transcodes on the fly, so you can play pretty much anything.
[Captivate General] la fours:
Thanks alphadog. I'll look into DLNA software for my server.
[Captivate General] la fours:
That does sound promising, but I don't always have my laptop turned on in order to play the media. That is the appeal to AllShare was. I could stream music or a movie with out having to use my laptop.
[Captivate General] cheese74:
Will VLC Stream and Convert work for you? It's able to connect to VLC running on a PC and tell it to stream and trasncode on the fly to the Captivate.
[Captivate General] la fours:
I guess if I install it on the server itself, it should work. Not sure why I didn't think about that when jsmith recommended it.
[Captivate General] la fours:
I think I know why it isn't working. I using my home server mostly as a file share and a way to do automatic backups of my laptops. So there are no codecs or software installed on the server to play the files. I bet if I install vlc and the cccp codec pack it will work. And if not, I can try the vlc streaming app.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
I wish you luck, but I don't think installing codecs on the server will affect what the phone plays. My machine plays every file under the sun, but the phone will only play certain file types - that is why something needs to transcode on the server to a format the phone will understand.

VLC or some DLNA server that will do this on the server side is a good way to go.

But I don't want to discourage you - let us know how your tests go.
[Captivate General] cheese74:
Sorry for my message earlier echoing the poster above me. didn't see it show up as I was preparing mine. Vlc doesn't require additional codecs to be installed. So it should work as long as you are able to install onto your server.
[Captivate General] jsmith8858:
Yeah, just install vlc on your server, and as long as you have everything configured properly you should be fine.
[Captivate General] la fours:
Thanks everyone. Hopefully this weekend I will get a minute to look into this more and try it out. I will be sure to let you all know how it works out for me.
[Android Apps and Games] sirl:
You can get offline google maps working by using Mobile Atlas Creator (Trekbuddy) to output a BigPlanet SQLLite db and then plopping that in /sdcard/rmaps/maps, then selecting it in RMaps Settings User defined maps.

As explained here:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=651624

The whole process is a confusing mess. If anyone knows the crazy Russian developer of RMaps, tell him USABILITY is important!!!

:eek:

Mobile Atlas Creator and RMaps have nearly unusable UIs. If you're reading these forums, you'll understand the developers' "figure it out yourself" mentality.

If I have more time this weekend I'll come back and post more newbie friendly HOWTO instructions.
[Android Apps and Games] iphone2nexus:
i downloaded rmaps and Mobile Atlas Creator, it took me 30 mins to create a map for rmaps and test it on my nexus one

in my opinion its fairly simple...anyways, if i will have some extra time this weekend i will try to come up with a simple step by step instructions to create custom maps

if you have any questions, i may be able to help you
[Android Apps and Games] killer_metallica:
Simple step by step instructions would be brilliant.
[Android Apps and Games] dhilberg:
I found a nice step-by-step writeup of this but unfortunately since I'm a "new user" this forum won't let me post the link.
[Android Apps and Games] CrimsonKnight13:
Just paste it here without the protocol designator in the URL
[Android Apps and Games] killer_metallica:
I managed to get this done directly on my device. I just had to install OruxMaps (available on Market)

It does the whole bloody lot (browse online maps from various sources, save them for offline use, and a ton of other things)

Brilliant app.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] keepermen:
Hi there,

Does anyone know how to build ROM(milestone)?. I want to backup my Milestone ROM, just in case.

who can tell me how to do it? eg. software, steps.

I really really appreciate for this.

Thanks in advance
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] NorskHelgen:
Yeah I'm kind of curious in finding out how to make a backup rom aswell.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] somethingdope:
i presume you're rooted ? boot into recovery and make a nandroid backup from there. done.
[XPERIA X10 General] k1sr:
Hi All,

This might be a bit of a repeat post (I'm sure there's bits of it everywhere), but I'm curious about the availablility of any real good backup for the x10...

As I see it, there are a number of options:

Android Contacts Backup (through menu/more when in the contacts app)

SE Backup - The new tool with the latest FW

Sprite Backup (I'm sure there are others too, but none that I have researched)

Sync type backup (GMail/SE Sync)

while there's a fairly decent list, all options have their flaws:

Android Contacts Backup only backs up contacts, and it does not backup FB or TW links, nor does it backup the high res contact pictures

SE Backup does not backup synced contacts (why??), but you can restore a lot of system settings, including advanced contact info

Sprite Backup - Similar to SE Backup (infact, I think SE Backup is made by Sprite) - backs up heaps, but restore options are limited - I've found best results backing up with Sprite, but restoring with SE Backup

Sync type backup - well, these again are really limited to contacts and calendar stuff

Worst of all, none of them restore apps - all have to be reloaded from scratch... :(

In my old WinMo days, there were some great backup apps - I could backup my phone, do a complete hard-reset, then run my restore, which would put absolutely everything back on my phone: apps, contacts, SMS's, everything you can think of.

Is there anything like that for Android for an unrooted phone, or do I need to root my phone to get something decent...

Also, has anyone had any experience on what works best?

For me, this was:

Run full backup using Sprite Backup

Restore using SE Backup

Reload all apps
[XPERIA X10 General] MarylandCookie:
MyBackup Pro
[XPERIA X10 General] k1sr:
So does MyBackup Pro also backup those special x10 features, like high res contact pics, contact links to Twitter and Facebook, and the face tagging in Mediascape?
[XPERIA X10 General] krazykirk:
I know this isn't what you asked, but if you ever do decide to root your phone, I definitely would recommend Titanium Backup.

It is fantsatic.
[XPERIA X10 General] zhoustanley:
titanium backup was the reason i rooted my phone
[XPERIA X10 General] k1sr:
No, but a good answer nonetheless...

Almost seems like I should consider it...
[Captivate General] itpromike:
Ok I need to install Odin3 kernel update before I continue the Super Rooter guide however I only see a .exe for this and I'm on a Mac... is there an installer for this on a Mac or a Manual way to do this on a Mac?
[Captivate General] pdxrealtor:
I have a MAC as well and it's running WINE which helps PC apps run on the MAC. No luck here. Also no luck getting the virtual machine to recognize the phone over USB.

I had to break out an old W XP laptop to get my phone to connect so I could use ODIN. Well worth it once I got it figured out.
[Captivate General] tomstrummer:
Don't use Odin

There are other ways to restore to a stock build.

ClockworkMod is one: h ttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734163

This looks like another option: h ttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739304
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bomgavs:
Have this phone Russian lang (with MoreLocale2 or just in menu)?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjtonic:
There is no Russian language in the phone. Using MoreLocale2 you can add some russian to the phoe, but not all the interface will be translated into Russian
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkVasyaK:
Если поставить прошивку от Европейского Гэлэкси, то будет русский язык)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
You can run i9000 rom, I know it boots into russian.
[Captivate General] turbogrim:
Anyone have the mobi tv apk file? I purged it all when I rooted/dropped bloatware. Turns out I won't have internet or TV for a while and I have a long road trip ahead of me. Need to provide some visual entertainment for my daughter. I appreciate any assistance.
[Captivate General] jhernand1102:
Here you go...
[Captivate General] turbogrim:
Awesome, thanks a ton, tried another system dump file but it didn't have the apk. Save me a lot of time, much appreciated.
[Captivate General] jhernand1102:
I haven't tried it out yet so let me know if it works...I got it in another thread from the superrooter,,,the apps that it removes..
[Captivate General] turbogrim:
Late response, just wanted to let you know it did work. I will no longer be forced to endure hours of childrens' music :D.
[Captivate General] pcprovenzano:
Can I get the file also. Please
[Captivate General] kevinmayer86:
the file is in post 2
[Captivate General] boborone:
Also try out androidtv. 2.99 in the market I think

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897