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[Captivate General] Picsman:
I use a Garmin V GPS receiver for Geocaching and some other activities which demands a very high degree of accuracy. This receiver will use as many birds as it can find (seldom less than five) to determine its location but a cell phone GPS receiver may limit the number of satellites it tracks to conserve battery power.

Using four satellites, the accuracy of the Garmin V typically comes down to a target area that is two to twenty feet in diameter. This unit is fast; I can watch the current location triangle move past streets just as I am able to make out the street signs.

The Captivate I ordered will not be here until later today so I can't report anything about my experience with that device. I have been using an HTC device (AT&T "Tilt") and Google Maps for several years now and can report it has very good GPS accuracy and speed when compared to the Garmin unit. I would be pleased indeed if the Captivate even comes close to the performance of the Tilt.

As with any GPS device, it has to have line of sight visibility with at least three satellites to report its position with any reliability. Clouds (with heavy moisture), trees and tall buildings can reduce GPS accuracy substantially. Bicycling through heavily forested areas reduces the accuracy of my Garmin V from a few feet to hundreds of feet. As it takes a few minutes for the receiver to "lock on" and recalculate its position, after pedaling through a forested area I can be a mile up the road before the display catches up. Even at bicycle speeds (15MPH) I have missed turns simply because of trees!

With the Tilt, moving on foot around tall buildings, Google Maps sometimes can't figure out where I am. In the car, I usually pull the sunroof shade back so the Tilt gets a clear shot at the sky.

One final point: If I have the Garmin running at home, shut it off, then restart it again when I am fifty miles from home, it takes maybe five minutes to find three in-view birds. There is a feature in the Gamin that allows me to move its cursor to about where I think I am and it, then it uses this information to find new birds. I use this feature frequently and it usually saves two or three minutes locking on to a new set of birds. That feature is not available with the Tilt and it can take a full five minutes for it to find three birds when I change location with the GPS receiver turned off.

I hope these comments are useful. A cell phone with GPS capabilities is understandably no match for a single-purpose GPS receiver and particularly so when the two devices sell for about the same price.
[Captivate General] s.m.knipe:
I doubt that it is Maps or myTracks that is off (although I had wondered about this as well) because when you run the Captivate side-by-side with an N1, the N1's lock and track are very fast (almost instantaneous) and flawless. Of course we all know the Captivate's lock and track issues. The N1's track would not be so perfect if it were an issue with the base map accuracy, when the app on both phones is the same and accesses the same data.

The issue can also be seen running GPS Status or GPS Test together too, the N1's lock is always better, although I see no appreciable difference in SNR values for each satellite. It is just like the Captivate simply will not lock, even when it sees the same satellites. That is why I am sure it is the driver issue and therefore fixable.
[EVO 4G General] d1reyad85:
any one know where i can get the sense launcher i know their is a download file on here somewhere just can find it
[EVO 4G General] gmelchert:
what do you want it for? if you want it on an aosp rom, chances are its not gonna work. though I havent tried in a while and I may be wrong but htc sense launcher is tied in with a lot of things that would be missing.
[EVO 4G General] d1reyad85:
never mind i had to reflash the rom and do a wipe
[EVO 4G General] awenthol:
Future reference...you can/could? download Calk's zip of it in his EViO thread...

Via EVO on XDA app...
[myTouch 3G Slide Accessories] Drzfr3shboialex:
Anyone have it? I do. Also I think it should be smaller, volume adjuster to make it louder/kiwer, and should come in differ colors
[myTouch 3G Slide Accessories] PcFish:
You have a link to it? I've never heard of one. Is it official?
[myTouch 3G Slide Accessories] Drzfr3shboialex:
Yeah it's on the tmobile website
[myTouch 3G Slide Accessories] Drzfr3shboialex:
http://find.t-mobile.com/controller?N=0&Ntk=primary&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntt=mytouch music kit
[myTouch 3G Slide Accessories] PcFish:
Oh, It's just a battery operated portable speaker.

If you're concerned about size, you can find lithium ion battery powered devices that charge via microUSB. Though I would think double/triple A batteries would last longer.

If I were to get a portable speaker I'd get one of these.

http://s858.photobucket.com/albums/ab146/teamwinstore/t3/pimg_v2/60D0907.jpg
[General Topics] fgghjjkll:
AFAIK, there have been videos of Android running on the XDA Flame, but has it ever been publicly released? If so, can you please direct me where to find it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] daijizai:
I am working on a concept app, but need to get access to the method Google uses to retrieve the shadow number mappings for the direct access numbers to make it work right.

Google saves the numbers off to a sqlite database file. I know where the database is on the FS, and can get access to it with root permissions, but I want to release my prog for general consumption.

My question is to if anyone knows how to reference this via some undocumented API, get access to the web request syntax to query Google Voice directly, or even to read and understand the smali from the google voice APK that might be able to point me in the right direction.
[Desire Themes and Apps] cruzzmz:
hi all

i have whipped up this theme using adw

thanks for JAguirre1231 for all the help (which is a lot)
[Desire Themes and Apps] DDoZ:
Hi! Can I use it on my Xperia x8 Android v2.1? Is it for any mobile with ADW 1.3.3 ??

Thanx a lot, a very good job.

Edit: it's great, but I have a problem. The home key displays defoult theme and not the skin one. Same problem with other skins ( ubuntu free ). Do you know how to solve ?
[Desire Themes and Apps] duckdany:
I have the same problem. Home key is not functional. (it is the default)

Please make it! Or help me to resolve!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhoughton2011:
Every time I try it says unable to log in please try again later
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dammit2Hell:
did you try to restart your phone and try again?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Master™:
Re-Flash your rom..
[Droid 2 General] howeasy:
Is it possible to use the themes located in android apps and themes main forum on our D2 devices?

Or at least the framework-res.apk files for the looks.

I'm tempted to flash but don't feel like messing up my device at all.
[Droid 2 General] Pandemic187:
Nope. I tried a theme I really like that wasn't intended for the D2, and it wouldn't boot.
[Vibrant General] mikea3000:
Hi guys, hope you can help, twice today my messaging app crashed with a force close and as a result, all my texts disappeared. Any idea/help on how to avoid this? Has anyone else seen this? This is a major problem if I keep losing my texts due to the nature of my business. Thanks again
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimdizzy:
I'll have access to a Desire Z tomorrow and would like to know if a) Does anyone want a dump of the ROM, b) If someone want the ROM, how to get it off the device and c) Is it a needed ROM dump for our regular Desire devices?

I have made a dump of the device but would like some help to make sure no personal elements are left since the device was being used as a daily use phone. The dump is about 300MB big. All I did was put busybox into /data/local, chmod it to 755 and then tar'ed the /system directory. More pics coming up. The ROM dump will be posted once I can verify not personal info will get leaked out.

UPDATE!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8396776 - DUMP!!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s.zamani:
would absolutly love to see that online!

s.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roccos_van:
You should post this in development.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prema:
YES & name the thread "[ROM DESIRE Z] Need help dumbing it"
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
How many times do the mods have to tell people before they listen DONT POST QUESTIONS OF ANY KIND IN DEVELOPMENT, if you have a desire z rom dump by all means share it in the development section, but dont post the "how do i dump a rom" question there the mods will just move it
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] febelus:
desire z rom. help this guy.

have a look to this post....someone have a desire z in hand and want a help to dump it.........!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=795385
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciairo:
What a week! The desire HD dump, the S-OFF for GSM and now the desire Z rom.

:D

Cheers guys!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
Moved to Q&A as not development. I have however left an 8hour redirect in the Development forum as a courtesy so that it gets maximum views for you.

I have also merged both threads as we only need 1 thread on this subject.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciairo:
Just wanted to ask if you got answers to this. It seems the Z rom was what everybody was looking for to get the camera working with the Hd rom leak, this silence sounds strange to me. Anything behind the curtain?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faddys123:
HTC desire looks well better :-P
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s.zamani:
don't rush and don't trash this topic

could you please make a usefull comment or just leav it!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
I've just asked a dev on twitter to take a look in here and see if he can help you.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Provided you only tar the system partition, personal data will not be included. System cannot be written to in normal use, so you should be safe.

Just be sure only system is there, and not /data. You could ask a trusted dev to check it if you want to be really safe.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ephumuris:
Yeah only system is totally safe. Please post asap we love you!

Sent from the past.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
@the op. Can you pm NeoPhyTe and give him a download link to check the rom for you? He's a dev working on the hd rom. I asked him to look in here via twitter.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoPhyTe.x360:
No personal data is saved on a dump, only system files.

Dump is only /system, personal data is in /data.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoPhyTe.x360:
Desire Z development. And when you do it, please if you can send me a mp to know. =)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimdizzy:
Will do!! Thanx for the help all. :D
[Epic 4G General] jirafabo:
while executing the DRM battery fix on my phone, I noticed Qik always has a running process whether it's being used or not. I imagine this is how the phone is notified of a Qik call/video chat, but is there a way to keep this off? I imagine that's just one more thing draining battery.
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
I have not removed the DRM service, but Qik was ALWAYS self opening even after closing it.

I use Fring not QIK, so I removed it cos its useless. :P
[Epic 4G General] jirafabo:
I haven't really used it but once or twice, so I can't say I'm often closing the app. I don't see the app running in Task Manager, just the process running in Running Processes.

as for Fring, I don't know much about it. Why's it better?
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
Yeah...lots of running processes that I plan on removing after this next update. Should keep me until Froyo comes out.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eduncan911:
The wife's Sprint Hero CDMA phone, which she only uses for SMS and a little MMS, can no longer make any "data calls". Seriously, she doesn't even browse internet or use email (but I do sync her contacts via Gmail though, just in case). Was running FreshROM 2.1.2. Again, nothing changed.

Yesterday around 2pm, she started to get an error message (see below). Since then, no data calls! Not even an attempt at showing the Ev symbol in the headerbar. Something is preventing it from calling.

The error on FreshROM was: Error code 67 'Registration Failed' - Followed by a message, if I recall from memory, something like: "Your PCS account could not be verified or invalid login"

After all of my resets, wipes (from boot menu, yes wipe), it is never prompting me to "Provision" the handset. You know, like it asks to connect to Sprint network and such after a ROM update or alike? Since it is never provisioned, it never attempts to connect over Ev (no symbol!). Hell, now I can't even make calls after going back to OEM ROM cause it won't provision (never prompts me to). See below.

- First thing I tried was to stick FreshROM on it after a fresh wipe. Nope.

- Next, I tried to go back to stock Sprint 2.1 ROM. Nope.

- Called Sprint Technical support and had them walk me through the "Provisioning" process. Dialed the ##number# code, entered the password, edit, etc. It never asked us to provision. Got bumped to higher technical support, and they had me go through the Settings / About screen and to "Reset" the data connection. "It must prompt you to provision here, or there is a serious propblem." It never prompted me.

- Finally, as a hail-Marry, I formatted CM6's Andorid 2.2 on it. Still nada!

Help! It never asks me to provision. Never attempts any "Data" call. And now, after a ROM wipe and flash, I can no longer make any voice calls nor data calls - all because I am NEVER prompted to provision the handset.

What could have happened here?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eduncan911:
EDIT: Ok, it's working now. 6 ROM flashes later, and it decides to 'start working'? Blah.

Ok, update... I went back to the stock ROM *again*, and this time it popped up the "Configuring Hands Free" message!!! YAY!

So, humm. I wonder what is going on here. Going to try CM6 one more time... If nada, going to do it manually:

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...e-gb746811-20091007-154732?&INTNAV=SU:DP:HDIB

Wish me luck...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Good luck

Root-Hack-Mod-Always™
[Fascinate General] ytj87:
** UPDATE ** FFC works on the Vibrant!!

LINK: general i9000 disassembly instructions/video here. The camera is popped out at 2:59.

Over on the Vibrant forum here we're working on getting an FFC mod. Hardware _seems_ to be settled, with a cheap source for an i9000 cam here that has both the RFC and FFC, with the RFC working after the mod. No telling if the FFC will ever work yet.

But I noticed today when at Best Buy the Fascinate has a flash. Has anyone taken a Fascinate apart to see if the flash is connected to the RFC? There are pics in the Vibrant thread showing part of the PCB just below the RFC. Not sure where the Fascinate flash sits.

Pics would be great if anyone is willing to do a quick disassembly. This is one of the easiest phone pop-aparts I've ever had.

Thanks.
[Fascinate General] fubar1982:
funny I was just reading that forum... Seems like a pretty slick idea and would be great if it worked with the Fascinate. Another point to consider, if anyone IS willing to start disassembling their Fascinate and puts some pics up, is that if the LED flash is NOT connect to the RFC then the fine folks here on XDA may just figure out how to give the i9000, Vibrant, Captivate and Epic a Flash of their own...

Edit:

I decided to take the plunge in starting this and it looks to be pretty much the same process as the i9000 for removing the back plastic covering but after getting the screws out (I have a couple of screws loose, myself) and tinkering with the darned plastic for 20 minutes I've given up for the night. I managed to add a few cosmetic markings to my phone that will slowly give it character... I need to figure out a better tool for this.
[Fascinate General] CheetoDroid:
We still need a booting kernal
[Fascinate General] ytj87:
I know you all in the Fascinate camp are behind us in the Vibrant camp, but we were in your shoes just a month or two ago. Things move fast.

I may get a cousin a Fascinate, and an FFC would seal it.
[Fascinate General] lucious584:
I don't know about this. I have a hunch this may only work on the vibrant since the bodies of both the i9000 and the vibrant are almost exactly the same. I hope I'm wrong though cause a FFC would be awesome! xD
[Fascinate General] st0101:
If anyone could try this out it would be great..
[Fascinate General] lucious584:
I will give a try tomorrow and post pics after I get home from school. Wish me luck :-)
[Fascinate General] ytj87:
The Captivate chassis is different and will not accept this simple drop in mod. But we need a Fascinate volunteer to do this to see.
[Fascinate General] nitewalker033:
This would be a nice upgrade.....
[Fascinate General] lucious584:
Im about to go ahead with opening my phone. Any tips for me before i do?
[Fascinate General] Accused187:
I've opened it before, it's almost exactly the same as opening the international version. I would recommend never using metal tools (like a screw driver) to pop the plastic...literally all I did was unscrew all of the screws on the back, then ran a fingernail on the side of the phone between the front side [with the screen] and the silver/fake chrome which runs all the way around the phone (there's a crease there and the plastic inside backing and the front are held together with clips).

It should come apart fairly easily. I did not get any farther than that, because I was just looking at the volume rocker; but, the chips and things could just be unplugged and pulled up.
[Fascinate General] jrs159:
What is this then...???

So I am confused, can anyone shed some light on this for me....

Looking at the front of my Fascinate, it looks as if there is definetly a camera in there. Did Verizon just not enable it and lock it down, or is there not one in there and I am seeing things?

I look at the spot just to the left of the speaker at the top and it looks just like a camera and maybe a flash for that camera?

Anyone want to tell me what it is that I am looking at?

Thanks,

Jacob
[Fascinate General] chlrbwls:
You are looking at the proximity censor which turns the screen off whenever you have something on top of it that covers light entry (like being on a call)

its not a camera.

And additionally, we do not have a hole specifically made for FFC, would we have to scratch one on the front to make the camera usable?
[Fascinate General] johnnyv5:
Right next to the earpiece you'll see an oval cutout that seems like it has a camera and flash....

jv
[Fascinate General] fubar1982:
As stated above that's just a proximity sensor and light sensor to the left of the speaker. The FFC (if you look at the i9000 or the epic) is to the right.
[Fascinate General] Anderdroid:
Any news on this? I have a Vibrant and my GF has a Fascinate.

Maybe I should hop on it as she somehow cracked the screen and we'll be taking it apart to fix that anyways.
[Fascinate General] zeiroe:
Sadly its a no go.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8864552&postcount=35
[Fascinate General] den0ts:
What a blueballer... Is there anything else we can do? I really want a front facing camera on my cellular south showcase.
[Fascinate General] cesium:
holy necro batman. and the answer is no...
[Fascinate General] redgryphon:
what a shame.
[Fascinate General] AlexDeGruven:
How is saying "Nope. It won't work. Sorry. Oh well." blueballing?
[Fascinate General] den0ts:
Maybe you dont understand the expression. Basically, I had my hopes up, and they were shot down.
[Fascinate General] J Shed:
I'd think blueballing would be them saying "it will work!" and then turning around and saying "whoops, no it doesn't."
[Fascinate General] AlexDeGruven:
Precisely. Blueballing would be the devs leading you on going "Yeah, I got it working, update forthcoming..." and then saying nothing or coming back with "Nope, I was wrong".

In this case, they never said it would work. They were hopeful, but left it up to testing first.
[Fascinate General] whitexplorer:
I wish I had a skill to make this one work with FFC.

if someone has a skill and he or she just need some money, then we all collect some and pay them to make FFC work on Fascinate....
[Fascinate General] Kevin Gossett:
It's not going to work... Let it go.
[Fascinate General] hoppermi:
Why hasn't anyone put out a micro USB FFC? seems like this would extend the life of almost any phone w/o one. Any EE's/designers out there?
[Vibrant General] pdefazio:
FYI - I originally posted this in the JI5 thread in the dev forum, but it got lost in the action there so...

I installed the JI5 through Kies, no problems. Then rooted via the one-click method (not OCLF), installed the Mobile AP app, and deleted some bloatware. That's it.

Now I get forces closes when trying to adjust certain settings. I get this message:

The application Settings (process com.android.settings) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

This only happens when I try to set the ringer volume, system volume, and brightness. Every other setting seems to work.

Anyone else having this problem? Any ideas on how to fix? Thanks.
[Vibrant General] fearmonkey:
WifiAP has a deodexed settings.apk, probably from JFD firmware. Post in the wifiap thread and see if they can help.

I thnk the only way to back out of that is to restore from rom manager.
[Vibrant General] pdefazio:
Do NOT restore via Clockwork Recovery. I bricked as a result. Different kernel or some such thing...

Trying ODIN now to get back to stock.
[Vibrant General] byt3b0mb:
i just restored over clockwork and it was fine...
[Vibrant General] masterotaku:
It depends on *what* you were restoring to. Some of the custom firmwares (Bionix for instance) are built on JFD's kernel. JI2, JI4, and JI5 are using a newer kernel that the JFD stock kernel builds will not work with (and vice versa...custom kernels like Voodoo, JAC, Kingklick will NOT WORK with JI2-JI5).

Just gotta do your homework ahead of time.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Sounds like you installed the wrong MobileAP zip. Odin JI5 again or install the right one

This has nothing to do with JI5. I have the JI2 version of MobileAP on my Vibrant and there isn't anything wrong with it or JI5. Another reason why people like zipmongsrwerweg run off and say things like JI5 is a bad update.
[Hero CDMA General] smolck:
LOWERED PRICE, I WANT THIS GONE!!!

Used Hero. Bought it new in March. Is rooted and runs great. Some nicks and scratches. End call button is scratched a bit too. Works great! $65 bucks shipped

$75 if you want the body glove hard case too.
[Hero CDMA General] killacammiami:
hey i want it were u located at .. i need cod or something .. ebay sell for just me
[Hero CDMA General] smolck:
SOLD! Mods please delete.
[Fascinate General] brilliantdonkey:
Just wanted to share a trick I discovered to delete the Verizon bookmarks from the browser, from within the browser.

Just visit the bookmark, then go into history, and delete the bookmark from there with a hold-press on the history entry. For some reason this worked, even though it wouldn't delete from the bookmarks screen.
[Fascinate General] CamdogXIII:
NICE! Thanks!
[Fascinate General] egg_head:
Good work, dude.

[tapatalk on android]
[Fascinate General] Domush:
Works a treat!
[Fascinate General] kamakazman:
Wouldn't work for me, so I just opened up skyfire and it allowed me to delete them just like any other bookmark.
[Fascinate General] BamaNZ:
Looks like we found two ways to do it. Good work guys.
[Fascinate General] GoogleAndroid:
Good work, but I was able to delete them like any normal bookmark from Dolphin.
[Fascinate General] edubb11:
Easiest way I found was to go to the bookmarks thumbnails, long press the bookmark and choose "Delete bookmark" from the popup menu.