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[Captivate General] Shovelhead84:
I recently did a DIY dock station in my car. By the time I finished setting everything up it was quite dark outside. I really wanted to go for a test drive to test my GPS and new "Car Home" screen but came to a very fast conclusion. Our screens are too bright to be on during night driving!

Even at the lowest settings, the brightness is incredibly distracting. I use a black background and try to keep a minimalist style home screen but it is still too much. I remembered seeing the single color screens from Jeff Sharkey's blog and racked it down. I have seen some older posts referencing this subject and did some google searches with no major Galaxy S project results.

The concept seems simple enough and would provide benefit to so many people but I am no dev and do not fully understand the complications involved. Astronomers, Pilots, Soldiers, Drivers are just some that I would see benfitting from the ability to drop displays into Red or Blue "night modes."

I guess my concerns are:

Is this already a project?

Is it expected to be after the Froyo crisis?

Do enough people think as I do on this to make it even worth while?

NOTE: I in no way intend to reference the SAMOLED as anything less than exceptional. I rather have bright than dim any day!
[Captivate General] Tinyboss:
I'd love to have this...I wouldn't need sunglasses to surf the web before sleeping.
[Captivate General] shutterbc:
I agree with you that there's a huge benefit to having "night mode" option for many apps. Due to the S-AMOLED screen, our phones are pulling over 1 watt of power for a white screen at max brightness, according to DisplayMate [1]. A black screen draws virtually 0 watts. So it makes every bit of sense for us to use dark screens whenever possible.

I haven't tried Cyanogen with RenderFX yet. Any comments on using color calibration to achieve this?
[Captivate General] Shovelhead84:
From what I understand, the usage of a primarily red display is nearly as efficient or more so than a darkened screen. Red provides awesome viewing in low light situations and does not effect your eyes after they have adjusted to low light.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] plmiller0905:
Do anyone have the new updated Google Car Home App...its not in the market anymore.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] donatom3:
Try this link. http://www.droid-life.com/2010/10/0...feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DroidLife+(droid+life) Hurry before it's gone.

Another place to get it just in case http://www.robotbriefs.com/news/2010/10/1/google-car-home-app-updated-then-pulled-we-have-it.html
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Andy S:
Seems to not install correctly for me. Wonder if there's a conflict between it and HTC's Car Panel.

When it installed, it doesn't show up as a selectable app on the app page. However, if you start HTC's Car Panel or "Car Dock" from the market, or "Custom Car Home" from the market, it gives you the option to use Car Home.

Wonder if I uninstalled the HTC app if it would work better.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] BrianDigital:
I like it finally able to add Pandora to the menu. Also might be old but being able to start car home when connected to a Bluetooth device is greatness
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] donatom3:
That bluetooth feature makes it great to avoid having to buy official docks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Andy S:
OK, running myn's stock ROM with from the latest OTA. Still having problems getting this to work correctly. I first thought it was a conflict with HTC's stuff or one of the other two car docks I listed above, but even after uninstalling all three, it still doesn't show up as an app on the app page.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] foueddyf:
Install Car Home, and then get the CarHomeLauncher.apk from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7766688&postcount=5

Install it and you should now see the Car Home icon on your app page.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Andy S:
That worked. Thanks a lot.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] atapia984:
Install Car Home, and then get the CarHomeLauncher.apk from here:

http://xdaforums.com/show...88&postcount=5

Install it and you should now see the Car Home icon on your app page.

Thanks foueddyf.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] imageher:
Dam was too late the download is not available. Canr someone that downloaded the file share it with me?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] imageher:
Nvm I found the working link.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Winning#:
Hey guys, I am not a noob to flashing roms or anything but I have been on the new Fresh for awhile and I really want to try out a new rom. I have been eyeing CM6 and Myn's Two Point Two. I was just looking for some input of those that are currently running these roms as to why I should switch from fresh?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beatblaster:
Fresh is a great ROM. There's no real need to switch unless you just want to try something new (which seems to be the case here). CM6 is a fantastic ROM and it's even better when you run it with a >>Snap kernel in Turbo mode. CM6 offers a very slim and stock Android feel. The only bad thing is no 4G (unless you don't care about that). Other things to note about CM6 is that HDMI is not available either. I don't know if they got the FM radio working yet either but, really, who the hell uses FM radio on their EVO? I mean I could see the uses but still.....

Anyway, myn's Warm ROM is *really* nice if you like Sense ROMs. The screen transition animations are kinda trippy at first but you get used to them. I also like how dark the theme is. We're talking pitch black notification bar, black/gray notifications - pair that with a black wallpaper and your phone is super-dark. The font that comes with it is real nice to me but I can see why others wouldn't like it. Thankfully, myn includes the stock fonts in the OP on his thread. I like Warm. It's different (to me anyway). Worth giving a shot.

I'm a flashoholic though. I'll probably switch to something new or old within a matter of hours :) That's just how it goes. You'll be happy with either Warm or CM6 but if you like Sense-based ROMs give Warm a shot. I think you'll be enlightened.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Winning#:
Wow, thanks man I wasn't expecting an in-depth explanation like you gave. I really appreciate it, and yeah I am pretty addicted to Sense unfortunately, everyone always bags on it though and says how its bogs down your phone etc. Thats why I was considering trying CM6. Does the Music Widget work for you on Warm? I had read that it wasn't working for some people and that was why I was apprehensive about switching. Also, what kernel would you advise to use with it. I have always been a netarchy guy never really tried out Kings too much.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beatblaster:
The Music widget works for me. I've never had a problem with it. As for kernels, I'm with you man - Netarchy FTW! King's kernels are hit or miss for me. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I don't mean to sound like a **** but I don't have time for hit or miss :) So, netarchy 4.1.9.1 CFS is working just fine for me at the moment.

As for Sense, I like Sense too although sometimes I miss LauncherPro. Then I move to LauncherPro and then I miss Sense. Go figure. I'm never happy with these things for long. Just keep an eye out for my sig as you wander through the forums. It changes, like, every other freakin day.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Winning#:
haha will do man I appreciate all of your help, in that case im gonna head on my way to the Warm. Just curious though I tried to use the CFS on the Fresh Rom and I was getting boot loops like crazy. What is the difference in BFS and CFS that is the only thing I have never been able to understand with kernels.?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squiggie:
I am using myn's right now and is extremely quick for a sense rom. Battery life is great as well. I can go 16 hours on a charge with 4g always on. Best sense rom I have used to date. I am also a flash-a-holic, LOL.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Winning#:
What kernel are you running? I am getting ready to flash I just would like to have everything good to go with flash number 1 haha
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beatblaster:
CFS vs BFS..... they have to do with different CPU schedulers if I understand it correctly. Theoretically, you're supposed to get slightly better performance with BFS but it's been a little buggy on my phone (launch day, 002 hardware) and what's performance without stability? CFS works just as fine but, honestly, you're going to have to search for this answer on your own. King's kernel threads are where I found a really good explanation of the differences between the two and I remember it's how I decided CFS was probably best for me just for the life of me I can't remember what was said now that I think about it. Not all EVO's are created equal. For some, CFS rocks and for others it sucks. Same goes for BFS. Just try both and see how it goes. I'd start with CFS if I were you.

Sorry I couldn't give you a better answer! That's not usually my style :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Winning#:
Well I appreciate all your help man, its not every member that is willing to give an in-depth response. Very rarely do you see that. So thanks a million for that man.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beatblaster:
No problem. Just doing my part to pay it forward.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjarn:
i just flashed a few roms tonight i have been using fresh but wanted to try a new one ive tried calks 2 virus roms and now warm i personally like it like a previous post its real snappy and my set cpu isnt even installed on my phone kings bfs 9 seems to work the best for me ive tried other roms with other kernels mixed and matched but im stuck on kings
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdwing:
What do you like better about Warm over Fresh?

Sent from my EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JinxDroid:
You just happened to mention the only three roms that I have ran for long lengths of time.

CyanogenMod:

I ran CM6 the longest and it is a very lean and snappy rom - it also got me hooked on LauncherPro. I really loved the customization ability of CM6 and it was a pleasant change from SenseUI. Also one of the biggest factors was it was the first Rom that I used with FPS unlocked. This is the only rom I used SetCPU with and everything ran stable and quick.

Having said that...

I found myself missing some sense widgets (LauncherPro paid version really addresses this but there is a smoothness in the sense widgets that it is missing). Also there is the issue with 4G and some quirkiness I experienced with CM6.

Fresh 3.2 and 3.3:

I flashed Fresh 3.2 and fell back in love with Sense. The new HTC kernel 11 came out and the FPS cap was gone (Fresh 3.3 I think). There was much I had missed from Sense - it is refined and just feels complete with everything (4G, camera, etc...) working properly. I can't hit the quadrant scores that I could on CM6 but I realized that I no longer cared about that. The rom was smooth and snappy. It did everything that I wanted it to.

Myn's Warm Two.Two:

I am currently on Myn's Warm 2.2 with HTC #11 and I'm loving it. For me, it's just about the looks of this thing. It's sleek and snappy with sort of a minimalist look. It retains the functionality of sense with a completely custom look and feel. The black themed keyboard fits so well with it - I really think HTC would have been better off with this design.

Conclusion:

Your real decision is do you prefer AOSP or Sense. I personally find myself enjoying the functionality of Sense more - however, I can totally see where others love AOSP. I love them both - but prefer the refinement of Sense and it is plenty smooth and snappy for me.

AOSP - CyanogenMod

Sense (stock look) - Fresh

Sense (custom look) - Myn's Warm

My Perfect Rom - SenseUI (including widgets) with LauncherPro launcher. Unfortunately for me, this doesn't exist yet ;)

Note:

I know battery life is a hot topic and influences the rom and kernel that people select. I often wonder if it is hardware or application related because I have seen 24+ hour battery life from each of these roms/kernels. Some may have been a little better but the difference was negligible.

I don't really consider myself a heavy user - but not a light one either. Maybe I have just been lucky so far. I generally put my phone on charge every night (I've missed a night here or there) and I have NEVER gotten below 15% battery life - even camping for two days in airplane mode)
[Captivate General] the_ahmadzais:
which u guys think is better? please share need of new smartphone.
[Captivate General] LeiZaK:
You are asking this in the Captivate forum... I predict you will get a majority in favor of the Captivate.

That being said, The Captivate is obviously the superior product :-)
[Captivate General] netnerd:
i have both.

X10 with 1.6 really sucks!, no push hotmail, no live wallpaper. but if you got lost, X10 will take you home no problems!

Samsung garbage will make you LATE for appointment/meeting/showtime cus gps always losing signal and giving you all the wrong turns!
[Captivate General] biggem001:
100% unbiased review

I had the Xperia 10 before the captivate. I had it for 2 and a half weeks these are its pros and cons.

Pros:

8.1MP Camera and Flash

Cons:

In every other aspect, does not compare to captivate

I had it for that period of time, and at first, really liked it. Then i realised how slow it was. Then the keyboard was glitchy, the 1.6 android was noticeably out of date. I kept hope thinking 2.1 would come out soon, it never did and kept getting pushed back.

I went to the captivate and i'll never go back. It's incredibly faster, much more customizable, you take a hit with the camera, but it makes up for it in every other possible means.

Not to mention, i doubt the xperia will ever have custom roms cause nobody cares enough about it to crack the bootloader. Lots of people are working on improving the Galaxy S line, and its noticable. Go to the development section on both forums, one is full of custom, cool things to help improve, the other is full of wishes and i'll pay money for someone to crack it LOL

Go captivate, and you will never regret it.
[Captivate General] biggem001:
After the latest GPS fix (the one taken from the virbrant or i9000 or watever) my GPS works AMAZING.
[Captivate General] netnerd:
maybe X10 doesnt need custom rom cus everything just works?

samsung garbage, you will need lag fix, and gps fix!
[Captivate General] biggem001:
LOL, i wish. Well first of all, im not using the lag fix, and my phone runs perfect. Ok, gps fix, that it needed.

The xperia is in dire need of custom roms. Its slow, poor quality (full of bugs), lack of features. It was boring. I liked my blackberry BOLD more.

The samsung has its flaws, but its FIXABLE.

The xperia has its flaws, and nobody is doing anything about it.
[Captivate General] amtrakcn:
It's really weired for X10 to come with Android 1.6
[Captivate General] sold1erjjt:
I was totally going to get the Xperia before my captivate, and im so glad i didn't, the samsung rules
[Captivate General] ph00ny:
mine doesn't have lag fix, fully stock and i don't have any issues with it
[Captivate General] YoungGun821:
I was looking at both phones. I could have gotten the x10 for less but decided to go with the captivate. (Android 2.1 soon to be 2.2, faster, better web experience, more features, etc..)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skedi:
Hi guy, i have a galaxy s i9000m (canadian bell version)

I had the phone flashed to 2.2 prior to unlocking it. Im woundering if i flashed back to jh2, will the unlcok still work?

I have successfully unlcocked other i9000m with the unlock tool
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fbloise:
why dont try the samsung galaxy s unlock from the market?

I unlocked mined with that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pileot:
I have a similar problem: I updated to 2.2 and the marketplace app doesnt work for me. Where can i get the stock bell rom and will it even work if i go back to the old rom to get my unlock codes?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pileot:
I just tried going back to stock as well as restoring a backup i had made of the stock rom, no luck still gives me errors.

DO THE UNLOCK BEFORE YOU UPDATE TO 2.2
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nikol4s:
The AlphaRev team has successfully unlocked NAND on several devices in just the last few days using the same technique. Some of the devices are very similar spec-wise to the Espresso and some of the devices are the same devices that Dumfuq's kernels work for universally with our phone. Has anyone played with this for the Espresso yet? (Devs). I wouldn't play with it unless you are sure what you are doing due to the page having a disclaimer about it being possible to brick your device.

http://alpharev.shadowchild.nl/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794314
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ieftm:
Initial testing shows that it's very likely it will work.

Now I need to put some stuff together for a full manual test.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
Get in touch with ChiefzReloaded, he's working on it as well.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nikol4s:
I smell unlocked NAND incoming soon. :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] twiztidnutzzzzz:
Hmmm i smell s-off sooner then later..

at 935 pm est on chiefsreloaded twitter page he states he has clockwork reinstalled with no need for the update.zip bs. =>

Damn i am syked !!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
I am working with AlphaRev to help port this over to Espresso. As IEF said, initial testing shows promise. We'll keep you in the loop when we know more.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] tonyjklh:
I hope this works. Finally some great progress,
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] arayray:
Good job guys this is amazing! Thank you :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
Thanks for your help everyone. I don't need anymore model ID's! See my photo of S-OFF in this thread!

[FONT=&quot]

[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]If I can all ask you a favor - I need a lot of sample data in order to help IEF automate the process in AlphaRev, specifically your model ID numbers for your

Slides

. This is not phone-specific like the serial number, but I want to make sure different revisions of our phone aren't out there or that they didn't give them different model IDs depending on manufacturing conditions.

Here's how to help:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Run: adb pull /proc/cmdline.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Open (using Notepad, etc) the 'cmdline' file that you just downloaded using adb pull /proc/cmdline (it defaults downloading to the directory where you ran adb from).[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I need the letters and numbers after the equals sign of "androidboot.mid=".[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Post those letters and numbers here, in a reply to this thread (please do not quote this post).[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Please do NOT reply with your androidboot.cid or androidboot.serialno![/FONT][FONT=&quot]

Please understand that this post does not imply that we have S-OFF yet. I will let you know if/when that happens.

Thanks everyone![/FONT]
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] sino8r:
Deleted. As totally off topic.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] twiztidnutzzzzz:
Here You Go Man....

androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] sino8r:
Deleted...
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] MrThePlague:
I've got the same:

androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] lstevens86:
Same here to

androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] erktheerk:
androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Virus1x:
Not to sound stupid i read the.. link but wtf is.. S-OFF and what does this do exactly? can someone dumb it down for me
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] lstevens86:
S-off makes your phone fully rooted. The S stands for security which locks your NAND, HBOOT, system, and recovery. Right now we our phones are soft modded so we have to get into recovery from the update.zip. With S-off all we have to do is flash the recovery once then it boots up without the update.zip. You can read about it more at this link http://alpharev.shadowchild.nl/

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Virus1x:
Anyone pull this off yet
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] lstevens86:
There are people working on it

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kkeller416:
same as well

.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] sandpaperback:
androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] wyvernwaddell:
Same as above

androidboot.mid=PB6510000

Looking forward to having full root-thanks for all the hard work!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] DGarmon:
Same

Same as above:

androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Whoareyou:
androidboot.mid=PB6510000 :D:D
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ieftm:
Can someone link me to the latest official HTC RUU for this device?

i seem to be unable to find it.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] BSDADON:
androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] h.nocturna:
androidboot.mid=PB6510000 as well.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ChiefzReloaded:
We dont have an RUU for the device... I have all 4 software releases in ESPRIMG.zip form (NBH) if needed... I can give them to nbetcher but i think i did already... Add me on gtalk if u want.... Nicholas has that info... CR
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] slvrblt:
Same as everyone else so far, PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] gamezonline:
androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
Please see this post for more information, including a screenshot: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=798168
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Alphageek42:
Moi aussi

androidboot.mid=PB6510000
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Mirko935:
Hi! I'm interested in buying the Desire Z, but I'm not familiar with the sound quality on A2DP headphones on Android. On WM there are settings like bitpool in the registry that can change the quality a lot, but as far as I read, there are no such settings on Android and the quality is really bad.

Is it true or is there a way to change some settings to improve quality? This is really important to me and I don't think I would be buying a phone that can't play my music properly.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] HenrikPalm:
My htc hero and car stereo utilizes A2DP perfectly, streaming audio to car speakers. Have not noticed any bad quality, not åk expert though
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Mirko935:
Thank you for your reply, I'm hoping that I will be able to hear it myself sometime soon and see how it sounds.

Btw, have you had any disconnects and things like that?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mrvanx:
I tested my jabra BT320s on a desire I have access to and the A2DP was spot on, it used the handsfree function aswell without issue pausing the music then carrying on after the call etc...

Am impressed, this was with stock tmobile UK firmware aswell.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] spetke:
Only personal experience

I have to say that when compared to Nokia N900 the a2dp sound quality doesn't seem to be as good. The music sounds somehow thinner. To make these comparisons I have used the same media files, same nokia bh-214 handsfree and same sennheiser mx550 headphones.

I hope it is possible to somehow tweak the a2dp sound quality since i think it's all a question of a2dp audio quality settings.

It has the be said though that in contrast to nokias bluetooth implementation the android one does handle switching from music to phone calls and back quite flawlessly.