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[XPERIA X10 General] junkk29:
Hey guys,

I've been having a minor problem with my phone lately; widgets stop working randomly. This happens from time to time but lately its starting to happen a lot more often and its getting really annoying. I only have four widgets running on my screen and yet my phone still manages to screw up lol. I have Beautiful widgets, Gauge Battery widget, Xperia Flashlight and Google Search. I'm on an older version cuz I can't be bothered to root my phone again, my current version is R2BA023. I've searched the whole forum for the same type of problem but couldn't find any. When it stops working, the widgets would still be on display but it won't change anything. Like for example the digital clock from Beautiful widgets would just display the time before it stops working, same with Gauge battery. It's annoying cuz sometimes I don't realize the time until I double check it with a watch or something. Does anyone have the same problem? can anyone help? Thanks in advance :)
[XPERIA X10 General] suzed:
I feel quite daft saying it cos I'm sure you have checked it.... you've not got a task killer running? If you have received an update on it your ignore list may have changed.
[XPERIA X10 General] AdamUpNorth:
Junk, are you using adw? Xperia flashlight widget dies every time I restart my phone with adw. I have to remove and re-add for it to work again.
[XPERIA X10 General] junkk29:
@suzed: Nope, I don't use any task killer whatsoever cuz I don't think it does anything. I've tested my phone and when I had ATK, my battery drains a little faster. And it screws with a lot of my apps as well :(

@AdamUpNorth: Yes, I'm using ADW Launcher but my Xperia Flashlight works fine. I think I had the same problem when I had Advance Task Killer but when I uninstalled it, the widget works fine. But lately my ADW crashes often though, I don't know why either :( I still can't figure out why my widget stops working randomly. Maybe I'll try and switch to a different launcher...
[XPERIA X10 General] chris_knows:
Make sure you have the newest version of ADW, mine kept crashing a lot before I updated.

Same with Beautiful Widgets. I use Weather and Toggle Widget, and the clock used to stop all the time, but with the latest update, it seems to be running fine.
[XPERIA X10 General] junkk29:
Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that ADW Launcher doesn't update itself automatically or it's just me. But I've tried updating it to the latest version, I was on 0.8.9 and I assume that was a while back ago. I'm having no problems since the update so I hope that fixed it. Thanks for the help guys :)
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
There are no applications that update automatically. They require manual updates through the Android Market. Android 2.2 makes it a little faster to update, but that's about all.
[XPERIA X10 General] chris_knows:
You only get the notification that updates are available if you downloaded the app from the market. If you installed from SD card, it won't show up.
[XPERIA X10 General] suzed:
I tend to check in my Downloads section on the Market couple of times a week anyway and quite often there are updates available. I don't always seem to get the little icon in the notifications bar to say this tho.
[XPERIA X2 General] indycar:
hey there

i just got back my x2 from service (sent there cuz battery lasts 1 day !!! - in standby) well i got it back and here are the results:

problem wasnt found

reset software module SL4

battery test - ok

now id like to know what the lollypop is that module SL4
[XPERIA X2 General] The Solutor:
I don't know what SL4 is.

But a day is absolutely normal for a phone with HSPA enabled and activsync connection turned on all the time.
[XPERIA X2 General] indycar:
1 day with only

winMO

3G off

sound n vibes off

no panels slideshow whatsoever

and u say 1 day is normal
[XPERIA X2 General] The Solutor:
What is relevant on the consumption side is 3G/push email/data exchange and (obviously) apps stuck @100%.

Everything else will not change greatly the battery performance
[XPERIA X2 General] indycar:
everything is set to power savings whatever i could find here on xda forums and few tricks up my sleeve

ohhh 1day is when my phone is just turned on no calls made/recieved screen in

standby and full gsm signal
[XPERIA X2 General] mrqro:
I get almost 30 hours 3g,calls (4h) without charging,no majour mods done,upgraded to latest firmware and sd card fix.

THERE IS something wrong there,if you dont talk or play with the phone it (airplane mode) it should last 2 nights,mine did so.
[XPERIA X2 General] The Solutor:
Not necessarily.

The battery performance is strongly depended on the network conditions.

And this not means just 3G v.s 2G, or good/bad reception conditions.

There are many other variables: the 3G type (plain UMTS, HSDPA 1.8/3.6/7.2/more, HSUPA and so on), the 2G type (plain GSM, the number of GPRS timeslots enabled, the coding scheme used, the presence of EDGE and it's different revisions) and so on.

This is still not enough, you have to consider if your GSM network is on 900 or 1800 band, and you have to take in account different performances if the BTS (or nodeb) are built by one producer rather than another, and its firmware revision.

All in all you can compare the performance only if you are living in the same place and you are using the same provider.

Just for example, my Milestone (with it's intitial FW) was lasting in about 6h if used on a Vodafone network (optimal reception, high speed network), but was lasting in more than 24h if used on the Three network (average reception, older HSDPA protocol).

Same as above, years ago, my P800 (a 2G only phone) was lasting in 3/4 days with Vodafone, a mere day with Wind
[XPERIA X2 General] indycar:
battery issue is solved but im curious what is that module SL4

because thats the only thing they changed (reset) while my x2 was on service
[XPERIA X2 General] Avarell_Dalton:
How did you solve the battery issue? And what's the battery times now?
[XPERIA X2 General] indycar:
i sent it to service and they

tested the battery ---> batt ok

reset module SL4 (still dunno what that is)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaSmittyman:
When ever i restart all my widgets have "problem loading widget" The power control, my downloaded "Beautiful: widgets, and the facebook widget i use. I am using the LP launcher and those widgets load just fine. any ideas?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
Are you using a task killer or startup manager, if so this could be the cause....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaSmittyman:
neither, i figure with the 1ghz processor there is no need =]
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
If you let the phone sit for a bit, do the widgets come back.... or do they continue to be the black boxes? Have you tried to remove them and then put them back?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaSmittyman:
Haven't tried to let them sit, but they come back when i delete them and re enter them onto the screen
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disturkis4u:
Widgets typically can take longer to start up...try giving them 10 minutes or so
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
Which launcher is it that is having the issue, is it the default TouchWiz Launcher, or one of the launchers from the Market?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed4never:
I installed latest cayongen rom but after that the phone never install any app either from market or file manager. I wiped all 4 options,I tried the two latest radios, I installed many different roms but useless i only get the message "installing" and it never installs...pleeeease help
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
1. Wipe cache + dalvik-cache and retry...

2. Delete /data/data/com.android.vending/cache...

3. If the above don't work, factory reset from recovery and re-sync everything!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed4never:
thanks alot for your help BrO but i've tried what you've said but it didnt work, however i found the solution to delet the folder .android_secure
[Droid X Themes and Apps] 12yan:
*Credit to gman!!! for his work enabling more control over the X's HDMI port.

"Real HDMI" is now on the android marketplace for $1.99

NO ROOT REQUIRED, WORKS ON 2.1 AND LEAKED 2.2

Finally get control of your HDMI port on your Droid X. This is rev 1.0.3 of the app and will be continuing development down the road.

What is Does:

When HDMI is enabled it sends the output that would normally going to your phone to the HDMI output port. It unfortunatly doesn't allow mirroing of the display. But does let you watch content on your big screen. Ability of content to display properly depends on the ability of the app you are using to scale to large size of TV screen. If uses absolute coordinates for its layout it might not scale properly.

Am going to be putting together a list of what apps work and don't as I get reports from folks.

Quick Help

- Enabling HDMI Output

Hook up your cable to the phone. When connected the “DETECT” button should change to an “ON” button and “HDMI Detected” status should turn to “Yes”.

If it does not, click on the DETECT button and check your cable and TV Settings.

Once the green button displays “ON” you can click the green button to turn the HDMI output on.

Alternatively you can go to the notification bar, and when it says HDMI = OFF, you can click on the notification icon to turn HDMI ON.

- Disabling HDMI (returning to seeing content on phone)

There are 4 ways to disable HDMI output.

#1 When Real HDMI application has focus, you can change orientation of the device.

#2 You can unplug the HDMI Cable

#3 When Real HDMI application in on the screen on your TV, click appropriate location for red OFF button on the screen.

#4 With HDMI on, go to notification bar and click on the notification

- Using Dock Modes

The Application provides the ability to simulate the doc modes for your phone. Selecting the Car Dock will enable the Car Dock Home screen.

Selecting the Media Dock will enable the Media Dock Home Screen.

Clicking Dock Off will restore phone to non-docked status

- Application Problems

Some applications will have problem displaying video to HDMI as they are build with assumptions about screen sizes. They are using fixed layouts and not proper auto sizing layouts as per Android developers guides. Only way to fix those issues is to have the app developer of the application fix their application.

Enabling or Disabling HDMI out while a video is playing can have strange results as the rendering surface size ends up changing mid video. Stop and Start the application and it should be fine.

EDIT: things to look forward to as this is early in development!

- Independent control of audio out (mute, hdmi audio only with no video, etc)

- better HDMI on/offcontrol. Things like shake for on, shake phone for off. Timed enable of HDMI. HDMI on/off based on proximity sensor(I like this one the best so far)

- "snapshots" - idea being to perodically take a snapshot of HDMI out frame buffer and output to the phones screen. to at least give you some better input interface

- the whole "live dual view" thing

- screen orientation issues (getting home screen to be horizontal)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] xxjekelxx:
So does this mean blockbuster app might actually be worth a s#*$. Too bad they are filing bankruptcy...wait on netflix app
[Droid X Themes and Apps] 12yan:
yeah! haha, too bad! goo netflix!

ohh! and emulators work awesome!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] spider0875:
I've BEEN PUTTING OFF PURCHASING A CORD FOR THAT REASON. Might get one now....thanks for the work!!!!!!

1 N 5 PEOPLE R MENTALLY UNSTABLE. IF YOUR FOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS SEEM NORMAL....THEN ITS YOU.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Tapple:
AWESOME!! Been waiting for something like this!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] gmanapps:
Blockbuster app is currently a no go as they did somethings in the app to make sure it won't work with HDMI on. Am still looking into it. My app doesn't support "Dual View" or "Multi-view" or whatever folks choose to call it. This is basically a limitation in the omap3 chip as it only has one LCD controller in it and can either control the HDMI output or the LCD but not both.

App only works on Droid X as its a specific solution to controlling the hardware/gpu on the droid x. And am doing my best to get around the limitations in the hardware such as the inability of the gfx overlay to do surface scaling.

My goal was to get out an app that worked for everyone without having to root their phone. Now that I have done that am working on features specific to users with root.

For time being my semi-official support thread is over on droidxforums.com under the app section. Over the weekend hope to get a website setup where I can better posts faqs, pictures, tutorials etc.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] xxjekelxx:
It is a shame that blockbuster is set on self destruction. I remember going there as a kid...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] commie64:
[Moved reply to another thread]
[Droid X Themes and Apps] xoxidine:
How come this isn't in the android market? I searched for "HDMI" and "Real HDMI" and nothing comes up.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] zanix:
The authors web site explains why

http://www.gmanapps.com
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessesse:
I recently flashed CM6 final and after applying a few new shortcuts with folder organizer and replacing the metamorphs I now realize that the market is giving me a network error. Tried wiping over and over with RA and reflashing fresh and steelh's rom and now my 3g is borked.. I recently gained a 1.4 Pri.. I'm stumped and about to go to the sprint store. What is weird is that this xda app works but when I reflash I can't even sign into my google acount to sync. Nandroid doesn't fix my market problem either... ugh maybe I have over looked a thread somewhere.. please any advice would be appreciated.

Edit: SORRY I FOUND THE THREAD..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyxda:
where's the thread? DID YOU FIx it/ how?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] madjsp:
Which email program do you use? Do you use the gmail app, the email app, or a separate application?

I personally prefer the look and functionality of the email app, but the quickness of the gmail app and it's push gmail notifications.

anyone else?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
Personally, I don't care for either of the email apps on the phone. I use K9 for everything.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] madjsp:
k9 you say. i'll look into that.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
Don't use the version that's in the Android Market. It's actually an older version. If you search for it on Google, you can get the code.google.com page with the latest version and then Sideload it onto your phone. I believe the latest is 3.102.

Edit: I stand corrected, it's now 3.105
[Captivate Themes and Apps] madjsp:
Heh, I already had it downloaded before i read this, but I put the newest version on like you said and the one issue I had is fixed already.

On the market version, it wasn't going directly to my inbox. on the 3.105 it does. I really like this app. thanks for the suggestion.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
Anytime :)

It seems to fill in the voids left by the default Email app that comes with the phone.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dani897:
I use mail droid but it's still in beta, I can't get links to open the browser sometimes. It does supposedly work with microsoft exchange servers. I'll look into k9

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Themes and Apps] alphadog00:
When i tried K9 a month ago, it was agonizingly slow - attributed to the phone lag by most.

Are you guys seeing the lag, or do you have the lag fix installed? Maybe K9 changed something?

Also, have they added real PUSH/Sync yet for Gmail and Exchange or are they still polling and doing WebDav stuff?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] typ44q:
Do you have a link for it or what you actually searched for in google, I can not seem to find it.

thanks!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] heliumhelicopter:
http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/downloads/list

I switched from using the Gmail and Email apps to K-9. So far I prefer it because of the options and the integrated inbox w/ push for my gmail account.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] heliumhelicopter:
double post...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] typ44q:
Thanks, I was thinking it was a google product and was searching for the wrong thing. Just installed it and looks pretty good so far.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
Unfortunately, it's still not real push yet, but the app itself does seem to be pretty fast now. But I have it poll every 2 hours and that works fine for me.

Edit: They also seem to be churning out lots of bug fixes and releasing the updated version pretty fast. It went from 3105 to 3107 as of 8 hours prior to this edit.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] noidd:
I have tried quite a few as the stock left a lot to be desired. I used Maildroid,while good, it was very slow for me. I tried Seven until I noticed it sent an international mms everytime you added an account and doesn't do HTML emails. Now I'm down to K-9 which I like, just visually unappealing.

I guess its just trial and error until you find features you like.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dani897:
After reading this thread I downloaded k9 and I do agree its better than maildroid. It gives the notification faster (i have both running right now) and the universal mailbox is icing on the cake. Thanks guys!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] TheSopranos16:
I honestly don't love any mail client. I tried K9, but it is terribly ugly and more importantly than that, it doesn't do pinch zoom smoothly at all. The samsung app is very attractive looking, but its slow as hell and doesn't do push for gmail. Ultimately, I am currently sticking with the gmail app. Since no other app does what I want anyway, I figure why not use the fastest one? With push for gmail and faster performance, I'll switch back to the stock samsung app...maybe in a new version? I guess we'll see...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] LGSilva:
If only the Gmail app would let you select/copy text from the messages...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
I never knew that, then again, never tried to do it.

And for those who say K9 isn't very visually appealing, if it works, and does what you need when you need it to, then I can't see a reason to complain. You could say the same about a car, if it's your only choice, and it gets you from point A to point B in one piece and on time, you take it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] epoplive:
I dunno man, I bought a mercedes cause I like the comfort, it's stylish, and because I simply won't be caught driving a hyundai. Having said that, I just installed K9 and it's pretty ugly, more like driving a kia I suppose. Uninstalling now. Stock gmail app for me it is!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Little Dragon:
lols

10 char limit
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
But think of the savings in insurance and gas money! :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] typ44q:
Gmail does not do pinch zoom at all, it is the only reason why I am using K-9 right now.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] arabcamel:
I use to use K9, but since I loaded cognition v2.3b8 I haven't been able to get K9 to work with my work's exchange servers. I tried to post an issue on the developers google site but no response yet.

anyone have any recommendations?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SysTem-X:
Just released today, haven't tried it yet, but from the screenshots, the UI looks the same as the Facebook Android app.

Edit: .apk added for those who requested for it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] TriC_101:
They call it Facebook S.. it works really well.. I can access my video and upload video... you can't do this with the normal Facebook app I can't
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] JuWa:
Oh it came back! After long time! I was wondering what happend to Facebook S!...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SysTem-X:
Ah.. I was unaware it went off.. I still prefer the web version however..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] UnSkilleD:
where can i find it?

not in the market and not in the samsung-apps-app

have the JPC-firmware running
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] JuWa:
It should be in the Samsung apps. If not...then it's nowhere I guess. Maybe that Froyo doesn't support it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] UnSkilleD:
hmm..since the update to froyo... there are only 3 apps in the samsung-apps-app..

so maybe you're right..

but.. can anyone post the .apk of facebook S?

//edit

just saw it..

its my anniversary in this forum..

100 posts :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MagicOnline:
cool, just installed.

ty for the hint.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] JuWa:
They still haven't get the "Like" button on it... :( Would be perfect with that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] oswade:
If it just came back into the samsung apps store.. I'm guessing it's a new version.

Can someone dump it for us peeps who are on unofficial froyo? Pretty please? :)

BTW i'm on JP3 and the old Facebook S doesn't work properly, so I hope this one does..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] evensteven:
The gui is pretty. But no localized version and it's insanely slow compared to the official app when it loads the content.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MAMBO04:
any screenshots?

and +1 for the .apk :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Tehpriest:
I am not sure if this is the correct one. USE AT OWN RISK.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Tehpriest:
Didn't attach for some reason. Try again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] UnSkilleD:
yeah.. thx ..

will give it a try
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] chinedu40:
Why is it that every android version of facebook has no facebook chat?

Surely it can't be that hard to implement
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] oswade:
Did you dump that yourself? The CRC (and hence the apk itself) is identical to the old version which I already have.

If the answer is yes, samsung have not updated this app but just reintroduced to the samsung apps store.

If the answer is no, can someone else please confirm if the app is changed/updated at all (preferably dump it too :))
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Tehpriest:
Yes it is the old one. I cannot see a new one in Samsung apps yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nemethb:
Just downloaded it. It's extremely slow and lacks all the functionality. I'll stick to the browser.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SysTem-X:
The CRC for the newer one is 5c17b77c. Will be updating the first post with the new apk file in a bit.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] oswade:
Sweet thanks!. It's different and larger. Gonna test now. Hopefully works on my JP3 firmware...

EDIT: Nope, no worky.. and I liked this app.. lol :(

Wonder if it works on JPC?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MAMBO04:
Nope, does not work on JPC, FC.

ah well :D looks nice.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SysTem-X:
i'm still on JF4 :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] d3a:
terrible facebook app... liike others say its to slow, every new page you go to check takes 4-7 seconds of loading. Most of the time the page is not even data heavy. Samsung needs to optimize this app ALOT more for it to be usable.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gurluver:
its slow and has way less functionality than the android facebook.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Aqrab:
the facebook on the market is far better than this
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] seraphine:
There's no need to as any Jabber/XMPP client can do facebook chat these days...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Gerusz:
Chat activity

The app actually has a chat activity. I've accidentally found it trying to make an "update status" shortcut in Launcher Pro. It's not working yet, but it's a sign that Samsung will definitely add that functionality later.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gizmolala:
Seems to be working fine on JM5. Loads picture faster than android facebook.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ravi84m:
This is the old one... I had it since i change my firmware a month ago.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Prufrock:
Is this the same one as before? I.E. only works on wifi?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gibb3h:
is it just me, or is there no way to view events on this one? :|