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[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
Yeahhh!!!! Kinda like LAG on a 1 Ghz phone, right? SLooooowww Laaaagggg which we always fix, right?

I may have spoken too hastily about the higher resolution, but the difference is very little considering the 640x360 is on a 3.5 inch screen while the 800x480 is on a 4 inch screen. It would only be a difference of around 20 ppi which is not a lot.

As for the UI, Nokia has to leave Symbian. No doubt about that.

Good call on the battery considering we need to pull it out every so often. I have yet to hear a Symbian phone needing to be recharged every 24 hours. But then again I haven't used one since an N76 around 3 years ago. Things may have changed for them in that regard.

Considering that review was based on a pre-production sample, lags and all. I'm waiting to see later reviews before I judge that phone. 12 MP camera with 720HD video is sure nice to have in the pocket.

One thing we need to learn more is about the strengths of our phone than the failures of the other phones. Just reading the comments on that Fone Arena contest shows a lot don't know about the strengths of an Android phone in the Galaxy S against Maemo in the N900. Nobody even responded to someone asking if the SGS can take HDR pictures. Hell, yes it can. But it seems the SGS side leaned more on media entertainment than anything else and didn't know the other strengths of this phone.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Touche. :D

But at least the lag fix is the product of an unfortunate choice in the file system and easily fixable. I'll guess the Nokia's processor is capable of being overclocked... but we'll see.

It's just too bad that Nokia's become such a moribund company. It should have been a no-brainer for them to buy out Palm and bring those designers over to redo Symbian.
[Vibrant General] gravis86:
I own both phones and the only thing I really miss about the N900 is the slide-out keyboard... I'm actually thinking about getting the G2 because I like Android so much more than Maemo and I can't part with it just for a keyboard!
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
Nooooo!!!! :eek: Don't redo Symbian! Let it die!!!

Symbian can't be redone. It has to die a natural death by relegating it into the dustbin of mobile computing history. Maemo could have been Nokia's saving grace had they focused more on improving it. But they've had Maemo over a couple of years now mostly leaving it to a small group of people to develop it while they clung to Symbian. Bad choice. Meego? Mee see first.

I also have both phones. Actually if you include my wife's Cappy that makes it 2 SGS phones and an N900. That's why I chose to stay in the sidelines because I'm happy enough to know I have the best smartphones around. :D and I can't diss one or the other as they've both served me well. They both have strengths and weaknesses but together they complement each other in my daily life.

The Vibe is impressive with it's screen clarity and speed(after some Voodoo :) )

I never had to squint or have a hard time reading the screen ( even while driving :D ) Video Camera is terrific and Picture quality is among the best out there. And Office is no sweat.

I won't diss on the N900 here as it would be the wrong place to do so. I would diss on it at talk.maemo.org where there would be someone who would take things to task and try to solve it(aside from persons who'd be pi$ $ed at me for doing so). :rolleyes:
[Vibrant General] boodies:
Here's another review of the N8

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/nokia-n8-692448/review
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
Nice review. It was done by the same reviewer who reviewed the Galaxy S (Gareth Beavis) who intentionally left out GPS issues and said "the Galaxy S will rarely slow down from your input."

Okayyyyyy! :rolleyes:
[Vibrant General] boodies:
hahaha you know his name.

how about this one?

But if you want your smartphone to be, well, smart, and connected with the mobile Web and your social media apps, then you’d be better off with a top-end Android phone, such as the new HTC Desire HD or the Samsung Galaxy S, or even the iPhone.

I give the Nokia N8 7/10

OR THIS ONE?

The chief limiting factor of the N8 is its operating system. Symbian^3 offers very little new functionality. Even worse, most of the new functionality is simply stuff that is already available on other platforms.

Nokia N8 will not ship until the third quarter of this year. Nokia still has some time to refine the user experience. However, that may not be sufficient to save yet another possibly doomed Nokia handset.

Or this one from CNET?

Symbian 3 is a stop-gap solution, just as Windows Mobile 6.5 was for Windows Phone 7

CATCH THE DRIFT? And can you leave the forum troll? To your n8 forum.... :)
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
Guess who came in trolling about the N8 in a thread about the Galaxy S vs N900?

It seems you have a hard time understanding my posts, that you had to post reviews about issues I agreed with in previous posts. Since you're the one harping so much about the N8 why don't YOU make one yourself, troll?
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
Boodies, you know what? I'll give you a break as you sound more like a HS or at best College student who just got his first smartphone from dad. (or maybe your mom)

Now that you've gone on about the N8, tell us what makes the SGS great and why did it get its butt whipped in that contest. Irrational "Nokia Fan Boy site" accusations are so juvenile so level up from trolldom.

There's lots of reasons it should have won and it could have won.

In the meantime, I'll go to bed and hopefully you'd have matured a little when I check back.

PS: Don't give too much faith in those reviews. Those ones you gave? Check their reviews about the Galaxy S and see if they included the GPS Issues and lag. Check out other known phones with their issues and see which ones of those they mentioned. Practically NADA! There is no substitute to hands-on experience and only YOU can be the judge of what YOU need. Fanboyism is so childish.
[Vibrant General] boodies:
got a lot to vent eh? You can talk to yourself from now on :)
[Vibrant General] scrizz:
guys don't forget the N900 is an old tech now.

If they rebuilt it now, it would pwn.

Agruing that android is more user friendly has nothing to do with the capabilities of the phone.

That's like saying "Since the Galaxy S runs android and is more user-friendly, it is better than a pc"

The N900 is like a PC that runs linux, it's not as user friendly(it's only meant for a niche market), but it can run your toaster ;)
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
Boodies, discussing the issue with other members was fine until you butted in, sore loser!

Man up and grow some balls...and brain cells.
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
The thing that probably makes competitors breath easier is that Nokia support for it is a big fail.

I haven't tried the toaster thing yet...don't give me ideas now :-D
[Vibrant General] scrizz:
Oh, and the N900 has better video out!
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
True that. But in fairness, it's rarely used. While the SGS screen is large enough that I can comfortably use it on long flights/trips. But on conferences, presentation, talks, etc. the N900's TV-Out becomes useful as I no longer need to carry a huge laptop :eek: or a netbook and instead just 2 phones - the SGS Vibe and the N900. :D The Vibe is on the podium with my stuff while the N900 does the needed slideshow. Proof that they don't necessarily have to be better than the other and can complement each other. :cool:
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Because it's a poll.
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
LOL! So true and only a few thousand out of the tens of thousands cared to stand up to say "I have the best phone in the world!."
[Fascinate General] fifreak:
I have a stock phone, updated with the OTA update. I have this problem where the Home and Search softkeys will stop working all of a sudden. When you press them, they seem to flash so I dont believe this is hardware. Also when I restart the phone, the problem goes away, at least for a little while. When this is happening, to get to the homescreen I basically have to use the back soft key to go all the way back. I thought that maybe this was due to some updates I did so I uninstalled NoLed and TaskSwitcher and I was fine for a few days but it just happened again. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks, this is my first Android.
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
If I were, I'd exchange the phone. Sounds like the sensor for those buttons is defective.
[Fascinate General] fifreak:
It's not the sensor as a reboot will immediately fix this issue. Some say that doing a reset will fix it. Thinking about trying that.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogerperk:
Anyone else find this?? Installed GCzII on my HD2 with Elegancia ROM and CHT (of course!) and immediately had issues. First got a "cache not located" error, then things started to go bad: settings reset, programs (like Backlight adjustment) wouldn't open, it started going into standby at 10 secs and wouldn't change, froze, and so on. I had to do a hard reset and reinstall everything to get it to work again. Not sure if the conflict is with the ROM or CHT, based on my fiddling with it. Serious meltdown!

Any insight appreciated cuz I want to use this to geocache this weekend. Thanks folks!

Oh yeah, standard apologizies if this is redundant. I found a thread from several months ago but nobody responded so I'm starting all over. :cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgrrb5:
just the other day my evo kept wanting to reboot over and over at the sprint 4g splash screen. i wiped it clean and it worked....so i thought. now i can't open the photo gallery or my music player due to it forceclosing. last night just about everything was forceclosing. i did another battery pull and now just the photo gallery and the music won't open.

any suggestings? any help will be greatly appreciated!

thanks in advance
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Back up any information you need. Wipe and re-flash.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgrrb5:
i figured that would be my next option. thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aLdaRiS:
you shoulda tried just flashing your current Rom over your broken Rom, sometimes it fixes fc without having to wipe
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bielinsk:
Hmm, how many boards will I read this post on today....

Something is screwed up with your SD Card. Remove it, reboot. Remove any widgets that require something from your SD card (skins etc)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xArmenx:
I was thinking the same LOL.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] D.B.COOPER:
hi.

1- Since I have used these roms non official that the option of use the zoom in the camara of the hd disappeared, will want to know itself some there is any idea of resolve that with some program or through the rom?

2 - How program you advise me use for make backups from hd to pc (free (preference) or share).?

3 - The best gps free?

I hope you can help me thanks.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ASK768:
1) scilors camera any key app. lets you use the volume keys to zoom in and take pictures.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] D.B.COOPER:
the volume keys doesnt work very well.But i think with a few updates will be better.

And about the other questions any idea?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] D.B.COOPER:
BUMP.

And about the other questions any idea?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] AlexandrosNic:
well for 2. I use spb backup

and for 3. I heard that IGo is a very good gps program but I'm not sure, I didnt try any gps program since so far
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Chef_Tony:
spb backup by default backs up everything in your home drive, including the windows folder, so if you change roms, you should not restore that backup, because it will combine 2 windows versions and make it unusable. therefor, instead of creating backups of the entire device including programs... you should rather use ms myphone or pimbackup to make backups of your important pim data and re-install programs after a hard reset or rom change using an auto-installer.

regarding free gps software, that's nearly impossible. you could use google maps, but it needs constant internet connection, which is not great for navigating in the car. most actual offline satnav programs like tomtom, navigon, igo, navngo are commercial, so either you'd have to pay for the program and the maps, or the program is free and the maps need to be purchased.

about your first question, camera zoom, you already got the answer scilors camera, which is one option, the other is, not to zoom at all, digital zoom does not actually make the picture bigger or better, it just cuts the borders and reduces the quality and resolution, so the same effect would be reached by taking the picture and zooming in afterwards.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] D.B.COOPER:
Ok.Thanks for the answers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rene_r:
I have JM8 installed and rooted + lag fix applied.

I rooted my SGS with the one click lag fix v2 - app from the market.

Rooting is working (for example I installed Quickboot, Rootexplorer <-- these tools are working fine)

When I connect my phone with my laptop and I type:

1.)adb sehll

2.)su

I got root permissions, indicated by the #-symbol.

But when Im in Recovery Mode(Volume Up + Home + Power) and connect my phone with my laptop and do the same:

1.)adb shell

2.) su

I got the message permissions denied

Can anyone tell why I cant get root permissions during recovery mode?

I've talked to other people and the are able to get root permissions during recovery mode!

thx in advance

rene_r
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frriction:
May be it depends on how you rooted the device.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rene_r:
Yeah, I also thought about that, does somebody know a "better" way to do it(as I sayed I did it with One Click Lag Fix v2 from the market)

br

rene_r
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frriction:
well you can ask person(s) (as you mentioned in first post) who has access during recovery mode, How they rooted?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rene_r:
Yes I already asked, but thema problem is they flashed

Froyo(jpk). So they used the kernel swap method posted somewhere here in the forum.

Br

rene_r
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frriction:
I will check mine and post result tomorrow
[General Questions and Answers] OlekB:
I edited CPR files, because I want have start menu similar to HTC Sense list of all programs. I did it similar, but I need to change taskbar and softkey bar background to black, is it possible?

I have Touch Pro2 with 2.07 stock ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] cbeck:
Are you refering to the default windows mobile start menu? I'm guessing you are refering to how the taskbar becomes "transparent" when you apply a different background. I have no idea how to accomplish this with coding... but it is possible to change to a theme with black task bars, and manually replace the background/wallpaper image in the windows directory (or whereever it's located) with an image of your choice, using the same name as the original. The easiest way (if you are getting an unable to copy b/c of write protection) is to copy the image over from your storage card using total commander or Resco file explorer.

If I'm off track of what you are trying to do... just ignore me. :o
[General Questions and Answers] OlekB:
Yes.

Exactly, I have "transparent" top and bottom bars now, but I want to have it black. I use "HTC Black" theme which has black bars beyond the start menu. Maybe I should create png file with black bars :P

Thanks for reply and sorry for my English.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jayaque:
too many costum rom, but i dont have costum rom for my huawei u8100.. Anyone have any suggestions?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rajaiko:
Hope this will help you...........

Instructions

1. Flash a recovery image (tested with AmonRA.)

2. Copy the .zip file to your MicroSD card and boot the phone into recovery mode (call+volume-up+power)

3. Choose "Flash zip from sdcard" and choose the zip you just copied. A guide in pictures

4. (optional) Wipe data+cache before rebooting. It may or may not work OK to not wipe data but it's propably best to wipe.A guide in pictures

5. If you skip step 4 because you are upgrading you MUST still clear the dalvik-cache because of JIT being enabled in RLS6.
[G2 and Desire Z General] udovoodoo:
Note that beside the Internal Memory Specs of 1.5 GB for the HTC Desire Z you will notice a number 1. This refers you down to the bottom of the specs page where it states: "1. The actual available internal phone storage may differ depending on the software configuration of your phone." Link

I believe the there is no difference in the internal phone storage of the G2 and the Desire Z. I concur that the new HTC Sense 3.0 on the Desire Z probably takes up a lot more space than the stock Android 2.2. Hence the difference in software configuration.

:)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Noxis:
Did you mean to start a new thread? Anyway my reply again :p

Does that mean you could provide more ram to the OS (as in instead of the 512MB the Z has while the HD has 768MB) you could up both to say 1GB with a software hack?

I really am clueless when it comes to how these modern phone devices allocate memory internally.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kholk:
I think that there's a bit of confusion.

Probably the Desire Z has got two internal NANDs like my good old HTC Diamond...

In HTCDiamond there was a NAND for the OS itself and a...umh...can't remember the capacity, but there was another NAND, on WiMo called "Internal storage" (that wasn't recognized as SDCard but as INTERNAL STORAGE) for other data storage like CABs, music etc, used like an SDCard.

I mean, probably in Desire Z the Android OS, system apps and kernel are stored on a low capacity but fast NAND, while installed market apps (and it seems even some parts of HTCSense) and other things are stored in the high capacity (absolutely not slow..surely faster than a Class6 MicroSD) 1.5GB NAND, mantaining the possibility to extend its storage inserting a MicroSD that will be recognized as mmcblk (SD/MMC) normally.

But hey, see the HTC HD2, EU and TMOUS versions: NAND was different but not RAM (SW limited in EU radios)!

After all, we'll never know if there's anything limited/locked, at least if we won't get a device in our hands. The only method to have some things clear in our mind is getting a Desire Z and examinating it, SW and HW parts (HW disassemble for seeing what's written on RAM / NAND chips for a better knowledge?).
[G2 and Desire Z General] Becksman:
Well, I highly doubt your thesis, as the difference between the G2 and the Desire Z is 2.5 GB of storage.

There's simply no way of Sense taking up that much space.

Regards,

Becksman
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrvanx:
May I point everyone to this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8390877&postcount=11

I know its not concrete proof of both devices having 1.5GB but its interesting??
[G2 and Desire Z General] daijizai:
T-Mobile appears to be shipping G2's with the Desire Z NAND unintentionally... If you would like to see how they make it work I posted /proc/partitions in http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8396242&postcount=25

Not sure why in the world they chunk a phone int 28 partitions, but there you have it.

I suspect this is similar, if not identical to the Desire Z NAND layout as system has plenty of room for Sense in this case...http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8396306&postcount=26 for the /proc/mounts.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JeepFreak:
I have a bluetooth headset (Backbeat 903, i think) that has a hardware pause/play button. The button works just as intended for the stock music player, as well RadioTime (the app I use it for the most). The problem is, after pausing the radio in RadioTime, it can take several minutes to un-pause, since it's got to reconnect to the feed and then buffer. I was wondering how hard it would be to remap the play/pause button to just mute/unmute. I realize the app would be eating up bandwidth when muted, but I'm not worried about that.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Billy
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cloned2:
Have you tried taking the Backbeat out of your ear instead of hitting the pause button?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JeepFreak:
LOL, yeah. I just have to do a lot of short pause/mute breaks. That, and I want to make sure I can always hear it ringing and message alerts through the headset.

Billy
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cloned2:
Perhaps you'll have to ask the application developers if there is anything that can be done. I would imagine that the applications are receiving some broadcast to stop the music, if they could allow you to change the response, that would work. Or you'd have to change the device firmware of the blue tooth. Other than that, I'm not sure if anything can be done to modify the android system to detect the signal as a different signal.

But than again, I'm not the most informed of people around here.

I'd bug the developer until they put something in for you.. All they'd have to do is throw a little

if (ANDROID_ID == "you")

{

if(volume == "0")

{

volume.set(volume)

}else{

string volume = previous volume;

volume = 0

}else{

pause

}

Yeah, its really that simple, unless you have that one droid that gives everyone the same android id.

Even then, I don't think most developers would bother, unless they were me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsims85:
I am running stock 3.29.651.5. Ever since I updated, my battery performance has decreased, my web browser has become very choppy, and overall, the phone just isn't as responsive. The previous build ran beautifully on my Evo. Anyone else having issues?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZEDEK:
PEACE,

YES!! It appears that my browser cant even get some pages (or it takes forever to load ---for instance XDA). I use Gtalk (I know most of you consider it BLOATWARE) and i barely can connect or 3G or 4G. My best connection is Wi-Fi which is good--when I'm home...not so good when I'm at work. I've ran the wimax test on my phone through Terminal Emulator and it stated that my wimax keys are still in tact and i have installed the latest radio...*shrugging shoulders*

-ZDK-
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natefuhr:
I am running rooted stock (myn's I believe) with no issues... my other evo is stock 3.29 and had battery issues for the second and third days running but has since smoothed out....

Edit... using Sprint Lovers stock-ish 3.29 from over at ppcg
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thomas1218:
I have rooted odexed Rom and I can't rip out the Sprint bloatware. It's driving me insane. DC 3.6 can't come fast enough

Spelling errors courtesy of my EVO using XDA App
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laestrella:
I'm definitely having issues with gtalk..I can always connect via wifi but for some reason 3g has issues. I can connect with other 3rd party apps though, like beejive and trillian.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] formulabird:
I am also having some issues. Used to get around 20hrs or so under moderate use. Now it seems to be more like 12 possibly 16. I get a very weak signal at work and this new update seams to drain much quicker. been thinking about rooting. Have done a lot a reading but not 100% sure how to do it yet.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmark27:
same problem here. So I read elsewhere to check your Accounts and Sync in the settings. The update reenabled sync for stocks, weather and peep....which once I turned back off, my battery is fantastic!

sent from my iEvo6G
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EVOluvr:
I can't signin to GTalk since the update. I cleared the data, but that didn't help. What exactly does GTalk do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] formulabird:
Yeah already turned the sync back off. Gonna try rooting with unrevoked. Seems pretty simple to do.