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[XPERIA X10 General] kitsVA:
No news yet on when X10a will get the update but I read on Brazil SE site to expect their update in Oct-Nov 2010.

More than the 2.1 update I am looking forward to SE's Windows Phone 7 announcement. The UI on WP7 looks very stylish and smooth.
[XPERIA X10 General] -PiLoT-:
dogan2010

if youd have read the rules you would have seen the rules that staters you must search before opening a new topic

also if youd have read the sticky posts you would have seen my post about deleting posts about 2.1

since you did none of these then consider yourself warned
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilPassmore:
Have rooted my SGS and Flashed to Froyo (although the external SD card seemed a bit flaky even under Eclair). I'm using a 32Gig SD card of indeterminate heritage.

When I use USB connection, and choose the mass storage option, my PC tells me I can't write anything to the external SD card because it is write protected. I know it isn't as I'm able to write to it with a stand alone card reader/writer, and also able to copy files to it using the Android Manager WiFi app. The only reason I don't just use the WiFi app all the time, is that it seems impossible to copy whole file structures, just files or blocks of files one folder at a time.

Kies is a complete joke, slow as hell, buggy bloat-ware, and only connects to my phone a small percentage of attempts,

I have tried mounting, unmounting, removing, formatting. Has anyone got any ideas what might be the problem?

Oh, I wondered if it might be caused because the SD card is a 'generic' unbranded card of unknown 'class' off a well known auction site. Could it be just that the card is dodgy (I don't have an alternative card to try in it's place)?

Many thanks, Phil

I think my question can be disregarded. Found another thread that says it is the XXJP3 Froyo build that is causing the issue. FWIW I just tried using Kies again, and it corrupted the SD card so now I've got to start from scratch again :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunswick000:
Ok im sorry if this is a retarded question but, when 2.1 is rolled out in Sept it will, in all likely hood, hit the UK first. My question is once this happens is it possible for the devs here to get a hold of this and post it for all us to flash our X10's as we have been doing for FW updates? Just wondering since im currently running X10i fw here in Canada. So i doubt that when it hits Canada ill even be able to get through SEUS.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunswick000:
sooooo im going to guess that everyone is so sick of 2.1 questions, when is it coming, and whats it going to include, blah, blah, blah that no body even wants to answer my question. I think ill just let this thread die and wait for the end of the month and see what happens.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] razvan11malancus:
Hi all.

Is it task 29 the same thing with HardSPL?

If not, then what it is?

When should I run HardSPL. I understand that I do not have to run it everytime I install a new ROM, but do I have to run it after 3-4 ROM installs or just 1 time and it is enough?

Thanks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
Task29 is a totally different thing to HardSPL. You only need to run HardSPL once, then you can flash custom ROMs as well as official ROMs. HardSPL stays on there through all of that.

Task29 is a program that wipes the ROM on your phone. So I would recommend to use it every time before you flash a new ROM (after you've backed up your data etc). It wipes out only the ROM area (not HardSPL, nor the radio), to make sure that when you flash the new ROM it's going on cleanly.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] redpoint73:
HardSPL only needs to be done once. HardSPL unlocks the SPL, which allows you to load "un-official" ROMs. Without it, you will only be able to flash ROMs from your carrier. After you HardSPL, the SPL will remain unlocked unless you deliberately re-SPL using the instructions on the HardSPL thread (for instance, to return for warranty repair).

As mentioned above, Task29 wipes/formats the memory. Its not absolutely mandatory. But may help prevent some fragments of old ROMs from causing bugs in your newly flashed ROM. It only takes a couple minutes to do, so its well worth it. I do it before every ROM flash.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] razvan11malancus:
Thank you very much. You were of great help. Now I think I understand what it`s all about
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingphil:
Hi all,

I'm trying to install adobe flash to the system partition to save space. I've done it by adding the flash apk and libs to the gapps addon (required for CM6 anyway).

I can see in root explorer that in /system/apps I've got com.adobe.flashplayer.apk, and in /system/lib i've got libflashplayer.so and libysshared.so.

Under settings->applications I can see that Adobe Flash Player 10.1 is present.

In browser settings, Enable plugins is set to "on demand".

But when I try a flash site that used to work, it no longer does. What am I missing?

Thanks for any help,

Phil
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingphil:
possibly this is in the wrong forum... can someone move to general? or should I delete and repost in general?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingphil:
reposted in general if anyone would like to delete this one...
[S740, S743 General] SkobyMobil:
Hello,

there is a HTC startup animation

this can be changed very easily.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ HTC \ Startup

Image = \ Windows \ your animation.gif

You need to do is "PhotoShop" and the "Microsoft GIF Animator"

the animator can be found on "Google" is free.

The whole is self-explanatory, just try.

An easy example I have attached.

Greeting and fun

Andreas

P.S. you can also change the sound :-)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bowlegged:
Last nite I tried to install a new rom. I ended up partiting my SD card. I lost my photos, music, and my wifi does not work. How do I restore phone and retain phone #s. I did a nandroid backup and restore but I goofed that up too. Any help would be appreciated.

Bowlegged
[HTC Startrek] Silphatos:
my usb slot died ages ago, so microsd is the only way to flash my phone. I think only official roms could be flashed, but wanna ask anyway, is it possible to flash a 6.5 rom from microsd? thx
[Nexus One General] androidjedi:
"best" converter to view nexus one recorded videos on ps3?
[Nexus One General] DBBGBA:
? what kind of post is this?
[Nexus One General] Zephyron:
he used invisible ink obviously
[Nexus One General] dfl:
If your asking I use DeVeDe. I use on a Linux machine but I think I saw a Windows port not to long ago.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harshkey:
Hey guys,

I am using an unlocked att captivate on tmobile network. Does anyone know if i could flash stock tmobile rom on it without issues since they have identical hardware?. Thank you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashman2002:
What do you mean Stock ROM? Are you talking about a Vanilla ROM made for the Vibrant (which there are none yet) or are you talking about the Vibrant version of Touchwiz. Either way they have different stuff that will not allow a simple load of it. There are many codes that would have to be changed to work on the Captivate. Its the firmware that will not allow it, not the hardware.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jazzcat55:
Ok i need to assign ringtones and message alerts for a particular group of contacts lets say hypothetically the group is called "My little black book" and i'm getting fed up of explaining the odd cherp late at night. any help would be great and help me sleep better. JC55:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VerusAmos:
I can assign different ringtones to certain people in my contacts. I've done it so when I hear this ringtone I know its her... ^^

So, I dont know for sure what you mean but your contacts has the option to assign ringtones to different people.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Novarider:
I'm wanting to root but the current method seems to advanced for me so I'm waiting on a simple root like there was for 2.1

Anyone heard if this will happen soon?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgruendler:
Sounds like a question to me, should be in the Q&A
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
agree with above poster.

Also if you take it 1 step at a time i am sure you can get through the new root process. it can seem overwhelming when you read the whole thing but it is not that bad at all. Most of it is doing copy and paste of commands into adb and flashing files on your phone. If you cant do these then i am not sure you will benefit from root.

As for simple root. i would be surprised if there wasnt one eventually but it could be a ways off.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Novarider:
I thought it would belong here since its about root. If it needs to be in the Q&A can a mod move it please
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ritzbrie:
When browsing websites with pictures or even looking at pictures in my phone, zooming in tends to blur the pictures pretty badly.

For instance, if a picture has text on it and I try to zoom in to see the text, the text is unreadable and distorted when taking the photo to full size. Whereas, if I went on a computer (no zoom required because the image is already fulls size) I can see the picture just fine.

Is there a way to fix this?

I use Dolphin HD browser.
[Vibrant General] faceman469:
Ok so I read a post that said drain your battery completely for better performance so i did.Got low bat warning and played Avatar to kill it quick.Only it didnt die fast,seemed like forever for this damn thing to really die!!!Maybe I just imagined it so I tried it again.Got low bat warning and watched a 25 min youtube vid followed by a 16 min youtube vid and several rap videos before it cut off.Try it and see how long it takes to really run out of juice and I think youll be surprised :cool:
[Vibrant General] ELStiko:
I remembered with my G1, that once i got the low battery warning, I was always able to milk every ounce of power from that battery.
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
after picking up my vibrant yesterday, i charged to a full 100% with the phone turned off

i've been on it all day long, installing apps and restarting quite frequently, and i just got my first battery warning (21%)

will probably run it into the ground after work for another full cycle charge then just charge whenever it needs it. seems to have more than enough to make through a full day, and i'm only saying this because i haven't been able to put it down since this morning and it's still ticking

edit: and this is all done indoors with fluctuating 3g/2g coverage (home and work)
[Vibrant General] ardchoille:
I have twice run my battery into the ground and charged to 100% with the phone off. Now I am getting a little over 25 hours on a single charge. this battery is indeed better than they said it was.
[Vibrant General] MacGuy2006:
Better than what?

If coming from an old WM, sure, it's better.

But coming from an iPhone, which lasted for 2 days with real use, the battery of the Vibrant sucks.

With moderate use, I can's get through a full day (14-16 hours). It's the one real problem I have with this otherwise great phone.
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
3GS or 4? cause the battery on anything before that was abysmal.
[Vibrant General] MacGuy2006:
I had two 3Gs (now have a Galaxy S and a Vibrant). It lasted almost double what the Vibrant does, with similar use.

Love the screen of the Samsung, but the battery is making me a little depressed. I am hoping that Froyo will improve it a bit.
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
yeah, hopefully drops sometime soon.

it seems battery life is either really good or really poor, not a lot of middle ground. of course, this could mostly be because of different peoples' opinions. but i'm coming from a dumbphone i only had to charge once a week, and so far i'm pretty impressed. like i mentioned earlier, i've been on this thing non-stop since this morning, and it's just now flashing the battery symbol at me. i imagine once i go through a couple of full cycles, and the new toy factor wears off, it will be a non-issue (for me)

what is your real world usage like?
[Vibrant General] iunlock:
Why not just buy some extra batteries? I picked up 3 extra batteries for when I fly so I can watch movies with no worries...

I get great battery life on my Vibrant. Make sure you turn off everything that you don't need....wifi, gps, keep screen brightness low and not on 100% at all times etc...obvious stuff....
[Vibrant General] MacGuy2006:
Just checking email and talking for maybe 30-60 minutes, plus a few texts.

Man, I have turned the brightness down to below stock, and I do have two extra batteries. But that's kind of like going back to my WM days.

After the getting spoiled on the iPhone, which would last for almost two full days with everything running, and with similar use, I really hate having to constantly think about the battery, and worry that it's going to die on me.

True story:

Someone hit my car a few days ago and I tried to take a pic with my Vibrant. It was in late afternoon, so the battery was at 15% I guess -- so the phone effectively told me to "F*** Off." Or at least that's how I took it :) No pic, of course.
[Vibrant General] iunlock:
I hear where you're coming from...have you tried switching out the battery to a different one? I know that some of the batteries were faulty and gave people horrible battery life.

The iPhone also ran at a much slower clock speed and it was equipped with a pretty good battery. There's no denying the awesomeness of the iPhone battery...I'm just thinking that you may have a bad battery. Try changing it out.

There's also a 2800mAh battery pack coming out very soon....it may suit your wants and needs...
[Vibrant General] dseo80:
The iPhone also lacks widgets and multitasking - and the screen is not as bright so those all help in maintaining battery life.

If you crippled your android in the same way - you could get 2 days pretty easily as well.
[Vibrant General] iunlock:
Very true...

It's like a Geo Metro vs. Ferrari ...hypothetically, if they had the same size gas tank which one would consume more gas and run out faster? It's obvious...
[Vibrant General] MacGuy2006:
Come on now....

I have both, and they both have their good points and bad points.

The battery is a bad point for the Vibrant.

The screen is the best point (it's actually not "brighter", but has much better contrast than a backlit LCD). I keep the Vibrant's screen at it's lowest brightness, anyway.

But in terms of speed, there is really not much difference in daily use - if anything, the iPhone 3Gs feels a little smoother much of the time. Again something Froyo might improve.

My well conditioned battery is at 5%, after 16hrs 54 min., with very light non-call use today (calls are at 49 min. 26 sec.).

My point is, that I have to expect more after using the iPhone, while some here are obviously happy with it. But it ain't great.
[Vibrant General] vapotrini:
Something is wrong with your battery if that's all you're getting.
[Vibrant General] Mark271:
We get five to six hours of display on with this phone. That number is perfect if the phone was on 35% precent or more of those 16 hours.
[Vibrant General] MV10:
It's ALL about the apps you use.

My battery life is pretty good, I can go two days with moderate phone use and my normal heavy-e-mail and occasional messaging usage. I don't do much web browsing with it, but I fiddle with it constantly throughout the day.

My friend couldn't get through one day on his, so I encouraged him to play around with some of the apps he had that I didn't, and now he can get well into day two before it gets low enough he wants to recharge.

My wife complained about her battery life, and I realized she was pinging four e-mail accounts once per minute. Just cutting that back to a five minute interval made a huge difference.

Even so, I've ordered spare batteries and a charger since I travel often and a missed call could cost me a lot of money, and they're too cheap to not keep a few around. (In one of those other threads somebody linked to an ebay deal with two batteries and a charger for 8 bucks.)
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
or he's got a bunch of widgets.

That's almost universally a theme when people complain about Android battery usage.
[Vibrant General] M5devil:
Got my replacement Vibrant yesterday afternoon, charged it full while turned off and took it out at around 9pm. Worked on it a little last night and today installing apps browsing and about 60 min talk time so far.... 3PM and still got 30% left.

Definitely much better battery life than the one I had on first phone. I did get a replacement battery as well, but haven't tested that one yet. This one so far is working as expected.

I haven't rooted yet so I am not sure if that and lag fix has any affect on the battery.

Also ATK is not installed yet, and i hear it has adverse affect on battery. Is that true?
[Vibrant General] AllGamer:
what do you guys see on the battery code?

G7, G8 or G9?
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
where is this?
[Vibrant General] MacGuy2006:
Mine is G9.
[Vibrant General] zephiK:
its on the battery... bottom center

I got G9.. day one Vibrant
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
love the phone. can pull 15 hours of use 50/50 light (wifi OFF) and heavy use with wifi ON. 3G network, all SYNC Enabled (Google, Exchange, Facebook, Google Voice, Engadgets news (sync every 1 hour), weather and world news (sync every 3 hours). Using tasker (which also drains a bit of battery by nature) for better brightness management...AUTO during day and MIN after sunset. ps. mostly web and phone calls, several sms, no music or vids, and have like 4 or 5 widgets running
[Vibrant General] rbirg:
After 10h of being unplugged with pretty moderate use. Wifi on and off throughout the day. Still at 49% when I got home. Got a couple widgets running and JuiceDefender was on most of the day. Better battery life than I had expected.
[Vibrant General] MacGuy2006:
Yep, that's my whole pint. Some people are happy with 15 hours.

I get the same, but it means that if I leave in the morning, and go to dinner and somewhere after dinner, the phone is dead before I get home. Which is a problem, in my book.

But on my old iPhone, I never had to worry, because I could go the whole day, and for most of the next day, without charging. Almost double the battary life.

Which meant I didn't have to think about the battery running out. Now I do.

BTW, does anyone know if I can disable GMail from checking mail without disabling Background Data sync?
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Just disable the gmail sync in your account settings. It won't save you any juice though. Going to your gmail and refreshing (ie manual polling) will use more battery...

What widgets are you running? You using a task-killer? Got facebook polling every single one of your friends in the background every 30 minutes (the default)? Got a live wallpaper?
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
Your old iphone was probably working on Edge, not 3G
[Vibrant General] MacGuy2006:
Nope. 3G and H (on AT&T). I've had smart phones for years, I know what to look for.

I am not a big fan of widgets and the only one I started running recently is People from Launcher Pro. No change of battery life.

It seems like I get about what most here get, which is 15-17 hours. But while this seems O.K. to many here, who may be coming from a WM or an older Android, I am comparing it to my old iPhone, and the Samsung definitely comes up short in the battery department. I guess it depends on one's expectations.

Also, I have 2 Samsungs, plus 2 extra batteries -- they can't be all defective.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faf:
I've just seen my mate do a video call with Samsung Galaxy S (UK)

This is NOT using an app like Qik or Fring.

He selected the number from his contacts list and clicked on Video Call.

I was previously led to believe Android does not currently support video calling?

I wonder how samsung implemented this and whether it can be done on other Devices with front-facing cameras
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cemian:
Now that IS interesting....please let it be something we can port over to other android phones...that would be awesome!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidsonam:
Hi all,

Linuxbozo did a fabulos job of taking the samsung galaxy s rom in samsung infuse but i am still confused whether it dials video calling or it is just an option?? coz when i try it connects as video call but the other number doesnot have video calling on phone so i end up looking my face on screen.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike's Aria:
This should be in the general section.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThinkinBig:
Video calling is a feature added with Android gingerbread 2.3.4 I believe unless its 2.3.5, regardless we don't have it on the streak yet except through apps and there is no reason this should have been posted in the development section.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huxflux2003:
Hello,

Suddenly I have a problem with YouTube video playback. The videos start streaming ok, but the appear small (not fullscreen) and very low quality. It used to work fine. The locally recorded videos play nice even in 720p. The problem is with the streaming video player.

I installed the LagFix (which works miracles) at somepoint earlier. Do you think that this could cause this problem? Any one else has seen it?

Thanks,

Michael
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rifky1780:
i had the same problem like you bro. happens about 2 days ago my youtube app no longer play videos "problem while playing" same thing happened with tubemate app. cannot download anymore. cant figure it out what to do now. even though i had great internet speed. some says its the internet connection, but NOTTT
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Easy way to test download and play results =

Stream and play results =

jje
[HD2 General] NIKOSXRI:
How can i keep backlight on while talking?

The main problem is that this fact stops my auto call recording.

Thanks
[Desire General] kearnage:
The contact images in the HTC Messages app have always worked fine for me until recently. I was getting a few FC issues so I ran the Rom Manager "Fix Permissions" to try and fix them. Since that point I only get the grey contact images. The contact images are all there, they just don't show in HTM Messages app any more.

Has anybody else had this and know how to fix it? I've tried re-flashing my rom (without wipe) and that didn't fix it. I presume the permissions are now wrong on my messages? Where are they stored and what are the correct permissions?

Thanks
[Desire General] AndroHero:
same happened to me aggggges ago, when i used the fix permissions in rom manager, none of my contacts pics would sync anymore lol obviously ive neva used that option since, i did a hard reset
[EVO 4G General] dondadah88:
Wtf. This never happened to me on my hero. Does anyone know why its so high.

I think its ridiculous.

In spare parts it says my sensor is high for android sysyrem so I wiped it and recalirabate it and nothing.
[EVO 4G General] superlinkx:
Yeah I had a similar post right after it came out. Unfortunately, its still unknown and still happens even after patches. We'll see if the next MR fixes it, but I won't hold my breath. There's a lot of processes running under it, so figuring out which one is the cause would be pretty painful. Tap on it sometime and there's like 20 something services under Android System that are shown as having contributed. I can still manage great battery life with it doing that, just annoying that the Android system uses more of the battery than anything. Sometimes it even uses more than Cell Standby.
[EVO 4G General] dondadah88:
I feel flashing another cdma snapdragon rom like the incredible and see if it would boot and if it would have this problem. Its pissing me off.
[EVO 4G General] TeknoJnky:
get alogcat and see if there are any obvious error messages