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[G2 and Desire Z General] veritas17:
I will say this, the boot up time WAS ridiculously fast. Battery out too, it just was super freaking quick to load in comparison to my MTS or G1(slowwwww).

I'll take some video and post it up.

Also knight you were right, its there just not as bright for the trackpad lightup.
[G2 and Desire Z General] apollouser:
Could someone with the G2 please post a quadrant score and also a linpack measure?
[G2 and Desire Z General] KnightMAREcrow:
Check this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=795152
[G2 and Desire Z General] apollouser:
Thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
Thanks for the review.

Regarding the HSPA+ - I'm in the Chicago burbs, and when I tethered my home computer to my G1 and tested the download speeds, I hit 26,230 kbps. I can't hit those speeds on my G1 alone- I think the browser prevents it from going too fast.

Have you tried a download speedtest?
[G2 and Desire Z General] KnightMAREcrow:
with 26,000 kbps = 26.0 mbps, Are you sure thats what it hit or was that your Cable ISP. I hit that with comcast, never my phone lol.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
See the attachment- that was made with my home computer tethered to my G1 via wifi.

Using Mobilespeedtest.com, I can hit 3,000-4,000+ kbps on just my G1. I tend to get bigger numbers with bigger tests (2MB+), but I think that is already past 4G speeds.
[G2 and Desire Z General] UnknownPleasures:
MST is not reliable whatsoever.

Try Speedtest.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
I tethered my G1 (one!) and tried speedtest 3 times- the ping times were all about 330ms, the uploads were all about 350 kbps. The download times were 1930, 4694, and 3663 kbps. I think those are in the low end of the HSPA+ ballpark.

Best run today:
[G2 and Desire Z General] mulletcutter:
You know there is a speed test app
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
yeah, I had it on my phone once, but I was too lazy to download it - it takes too long ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] smthkat789:
Can we stick with the G2 talk and not about G1 tether speeds.

This might confuse some people when they see tether speed in G2 thread and assume the G2 can tether now.
[G2 and Desire Z General] b1ackhawk:
Just got mine as well, really nice phone. Size, shape, quality is just right.

The touchpad bezel is a led notifier.

taskbar does signify when on hsdpa with the "h" designation.

no hsdpa+ availablity here yet, speedtest.net measured 1051k down and 574k up.

Quadrant score of 1566

http://img155.imageshack.us/i/img20100929192937.jpg

http://img832.imageshack.us/i/img20100929193117.jpg
[G2 and Desire Z General] mingkee:
So you're able to tether, right? Or you get 3rd party tether application?
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
This is on a G1 (one!) - I was just pointing out the network speeds in the Chicago area, which hasn't officially rolled out HSPA+.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KnightMAREcrow:
After a days use I have to say I'm floored by how amazing this phone is. I'm going to miss my N1 but I won't be selling it. Just retiring it till gingerbread hits it.

I cannot find a single con yet about the G2, absolutely butter smooth in all operations :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] KnightMAREcrow:
Ill probably post another vid after work, I'll try my best to take requests if there are any.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Zaim2:
My request is my question back on page 3 which you ignored:
[G2 and Desire Z General] KnightMAREcrow:
Sorry, I think I spoke about pics but in little detail. Ill put up sample pics and test short cut keys
[G2 and Desire Z General] JRG1392:
Hey my G2 is to be delivered today and I have to go work after school. My question is does the battery come charged and if so will I be able to get 2ish hours out of it. Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gecko666:
Mine came just a couple of hours ago, the battery was charged but not fully, less than 50% though I'd say. I guess you could get 2 hours out of it depending on how you use it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KnightMAREcrow:
I'm not sure on the charge. I always charge my new phones before turning them on. I took my phone off the charger this morning 8 am and there's 93% remaining at 1 pm. I'm sure that whatever its charged will last you for 2 hours
[G2 and Desire Z General] shawnlal93:
Have you been using the phone since 8 am or did the battery just drop 7% while in your pocket?
[G2 and Desire Z General] JRG1392:
Another quick question - is it important to charge it for a certain time before use or is there anything I should or shouldn't do for battery health? Thanks,
[G2 and Desire Z General] Carloswithac:
That's no longer applies with today's battery technology.
[G2 and Desire Z General] JRG1392:
So just to be sure, if I go home and charge it for half hr and only get it up to 80% that's not going to do anything bad.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dyndragon:
No, but it may not have an accurate reading of battery level until you do a full 100% charge. I recommend charging it until the light turns green, then unplug, and replug it in, and then leave it on the charger for an extra 30-60 minutes with the phone turned OFF. This ensures that the battery is charged completely full, so the calibration readings are accurate.

As you use the phone, the battery levels should get more accurate.

EDIT: my sources for this bit of anecdotal advice are from using my N1 extensively, and from information gleaned from the N1 section of this forum.
[G2 and Desire Z General] larryccf:
last battery review / analysis / test i read said there's no need to "condition" these batteries by fully draining them 3 or 4 times before charging. In fact, i believe the conclusion was the more you drained the battery, the more life was degraded, and the best treatment was to keep battery charged or charging whenever possible.

on my vibrant, i'd charge it, thru my laptop's usb port, at night while tethered and browsing, and it never got below 35% before the following night. Noticed that over the first month, that it seemed to drain less, ie by the time i got home and put it on the laptop, charge at the end was showing 45-54%. Useage during the day was fairly consistent, so i suspect the battery will improve it total charge over the first month.

someone said something about draining a few time, totally draining, to help the battery charge indicator to calibrate - there may be some truth to that but i'll leave that to someone else to address - i'm sure there are some electrically smart folks hanging around.
[G2 and Desire Z General] DiscoDapper:
G2 Video Codec Support

Hi, just wondering if you could try playing some AVI or MKV video files (or any others) to see if it can playback something other than MP4.

Also how smooth is video playback of these formats? Any dropped frames or choppiness when panning or in action scenes?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] crr127:
actually i will let you know when i get in tonight and unwrap my phone. the first thing i will be doing is loading the hangover.mkv about 4.8gigs. thank god for the 8gig card.. lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lockeskidney:
how is the 720p video recording?

the youtube videos i have seen have been less than stellar. the audio quality is suspect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4HKqwYFoLc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laOmREmte0Q
[G2 and Desire Z General] crr127:
the video quality actually looks pretty good... the sound is bad. is there any settings for like quality or anything?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Phawkes:
What i would really like to know are the list of widgets that come with the phone. I remember reading before that some sense widgets were included but the only things I've seen are google voice widgets. Can anyone let me know what widgets are on there please?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mikeybot:
Hinge and ROM issue aside, I really like the phone, although it's mildly irritating that the home screen is locked in portrait mode.
[G2 and Desire Z General] schriss:
Same here. after weeks of reading reviews I have sold my Shures 530 and bought Hippo variable Base. Hard to find, but worth it.

"The Hippo VB (Variable Bass) offers a serious subwoofer for on the go, right in your head. They don’t just deliver generous quantities of punchy, textured bass, but good audio quality over the whole frequency range with decent clarity and exceptional soundstage. Exchangeable bass ports let you customize their sound to your liking."

"Their bass is also quite controlled and rich in texture, more like a good full-sized phone, and clearly performing way above its price range. Dare I say it? … Ok, here we go: their bass is more or less as refined as the one coming from the $1150 UE11 – but the VB put less weight on midbass and provide more real sub-bass, so they win."

"Their midrange appears linear, without peaks and valleys, and it’s “lush” and “sweet” like the Shure SE530."

I've read that review and I was sold. Paid ~80 Euro.

http://anythingbutipod.com/2009/11/crossroads-mylarone-bijou-23-quattro-hippo-vb-hippo-boom-review/
[G2 and Desire Z General] Onemoa:
So about the Rom issue, I do not understand at all how the system could be taking up that much space even if they did leave room for updates. I have the Tmobile Vibrant and I really like this phone but I still would like to know more about the issue and also the screen moving. I was thinking about going to Radio Shack and upgrading using another line off of my Main account to get this phone, if the issues are fixed. For me the rom space is not that big of an issue and I wouldnt return the phone for that but its the screen moving that would kill me. I like a nice soild phone and the Vibrant being a very solid phone I just wouldnt be able to handle the G2 screen moving around, since its already a downgrade from the screen the Vibrant has. I know the GPS fix for the Vibrant does indeed work since it was downloadable for a short time and there will be a OTA for it but still I had a G1 for 2 years and I loved it and if the G2 is going to be a good phone I wouldnt mind having one. I will watch over these issues and see what happens. I just hope the screen prob is not as big as people are making it seem.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Trainer#1:
Onemoa, I think I know what people are talking about with the screen. The only way I can replicate the "loose" screen is this:

I hold the phone upside down, holding on to only the keyboard. When this is done the screen portion of the phone will swing down half way.

I'm not sure how this poses a problem for anyone. Unless you are laying down and texting with the keyboard while holding the phone above you, and not touching any of the screen portion. However the screen portion will not move if even one of my fingers is touching any part of the screen portion.

Its difficult to describe because its damn near impossible to replicate while actually using the phone.

Either I helped you or I managed to confuse you further. :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] crr127:
for all of you that want to unlock screen orientation on homescreen and such. just load adw launcher or launcher pro. that's what i did. sooooo smoooothhh lol

p.s. plus you can hide the status bar and it doesn't lag like the g1 and it looks awesome
[G2 and Desire Z General] o>c:
Just want to ask a few questions, as somebody has asked before, could the G2 open video formats other than mp4 like the Galaxy S does?

When it come to gaming, would the design of the keyboard (with no directional keys) be a burden? And does the trackpad help?

Lastly, is the fastboot function exclusive to the Desire Z

thanks for taking a look t these

Regards
[G2 and Desire Z General] mikeybot:
I did that, but you might think that would be part of the launcher already installed.

(did the G1 do that, I honestly can't remember it's been rooted so long, lol)

It is fairly smooth, though the rotation does lag like the G1 a little on occasion(eg, holding portrait and it's still showing landscape)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidicus:
FIXED thanks
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] gonintendo:
is there a way to get stock looking tabs (like the ones in the contacts/phone apps and the music app) in metamorph? can someone please provide a link and instructions?

also, is there a way to replace the glossy blue bar that says the app's name with the matte blue one from the i9000?

lol I can't believe i misspelled metamorph in the title.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] gonintendo:
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuump
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] gonintendo:
also is there a way to get rid of the weird gradient-looking overlay in lists (like the settings)
[General Questions and Answers] DraeKS:
Found the wiki.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] rosswaa:
Is there a playlist shuffler or a media player that shuffles and doesn't repeat songs? It bugs the hell outta me
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] pschoch:
I use btunes. You can shuffle within playlists or all songs
[Android Apps and Games] mr.megi:
i modded my theme and made the statusbar background complet transparent but in launcherpro the the background shows black , i saw some screenshots with complet transparent statusbar and launcherpro , so i want to know where can i get that version of launcherpro that the background isnt black or can someone modd one and send it to me.

my transparent statusbar works just on touchwiz 3.0 launcher.

my phone is Samsung Galaxy Spica

Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] DrawnToScale:
I'd like to try flashing a new Kernel. I rooted my Evo using Unrevoked3. My guess is is that not all kernels are compatible with every ROM. I'm using a stock ROM, and I'm interested in trying the Kings 6 BFS kernel. Are there info pages on each kernel that would answer such questions? I tried searching for Kings 6 Kernel and came up dry.
[EVO 4G General] nuformzdesign:
*most* kernels will work with most roms, but not all the time. Sometimes, like with the netarchy-toastmod kernels, they have been optimized for use with a specific rom, like Fresh or Damage control. This is part of the reason why kernel coders always put the disclaimer that they are not responsible for anything that might go wrong with your phone. They can't forsee all possible unique user setups, so there might always be the off chance that some particular combination will result in your phone melting. ;)

What I did, was get the rom I wanted, make a new nandroid backup, and start trial and error. I use them for a few days to see how performance, battery life, etc. are working, then try a different one.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cittris:
Hi Guys

In a bad place at the moment.

I tried flashing a new recovery to my phone using unrevoked.

It says it is installed successfully but when i got into revcovery it just sits there.

No matter what buttons i push nothing comes up.

I have also installed AlphaRev S-OFF

I have also tried using fastboot but it errors, Remote: Not Allowed.

Help me :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshkoss:
Closed per op's request.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] stone_ship:
I have searched on these forums, but can't seem to find a consensus...

Is it possible to replace the HTC Calendar with the stock Android Calendar? Or is it too "integrated" into Sense that it will cause instability? The "edit event" bug is maddening! Has anyone tried running the Android Calendar alongside HTC's dismal offering?

UPDATE: see below
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] stone_ship:
This is how i did it

OK, so I have found a way.

This is what I wanted--running Liberated R012 with AOSP calendar. No more "edit all-day event" bug! HTC widget still works, everything seems fine!

I am a noob so posting noob instructions below. Feel free to question my logic, process, or abilities :)

First, I extracted the AOSP Calendar.apk and CalendarProvider.apk from CM5:

[http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...exus-one-kang-central-station-v508-06192010/]

Then made a Nandroid backup of course!

Then connected phone in recovery mode and mount/system from the partitions menu.

using adb:

./adb remount

./adb shell rm -r /system/app/Calendar.apk

./adb shell rm -r /system/app/Calendar.odex

./adb push <<Calendar.apk location>> /system/app/

./adb push <<CalendarProvider.apk location>> /system/app/

exit

Then unmount/system from recovery partitions menu

reboot system

That's it.

BTW, I found this thread very helpful while trying to figure this out:

[http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723761]
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] stone_ship:
A few more observations that may interest people:

Can't replace with CM6 (Froyo) Calendar. Just doesn't work.

Also tried to replace HTC Mail with AOSP Email from CM5. It works well enough, but Settings>Accounts & Sync force closes every time. Reverted to HTC Mail.

Anyone care to take on the challenge?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Linuxuberant:
Hello.

I have build a modified kernel for the Epic from the Samsung sources, and want to flash it. I understand how to make an update.zip that will flash a zImage to the kernel partition, bml7.

My question is... what about initramfs? Building the kernel itself produced linux-2.6.29/arch/arm/boot/zImage, which is 2552kb. This is only about half the size of the zImage in other people's custom kernel's (such as noobl's Andromeda or Geniusdog256's MixUp). I am guessing the reason mine is so much smaller is that it is only the kernel, without an initramfs image.

Can any of you kernel modders point me how to build initramfs and bundle it properly with the kernel? Or does it go in a separate flash partition or is it not needed on the Epic?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] chmckay:
I'm interested to know how many people would like to see a WisBar Advance Desktop build for Android. Just let me know. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] fansvictor:
+1

I think WAD was a very cool launcher in WMobile
[Android Apps and Games] ngagephone:
Fantastic loved it on win mob
[Android Apps and Games] Krad:
I loved wisbar!
[Android Apps and Games] chmckay:
Well, so far it's looking like there's at least a little interest. I'll get started.
[Android Apps and Games] domotang:
Count me in a interested. Never ran wm without it!
[Android Apps and Games] specv:
Its funny that you mention it. I just visited the wisbar forums thinking there may be something about it coming to android. Before switching to android I had purchased and used Wisbar and WAD. As good as WAD for WM was, it just never really worked perfectly. And thats only because of the limitation of WM and the hardware not WAD itself.

I think android is the perfect platform that would be ready to embrace WAD. I will be looking forward to using it in the future :) I think WAD for android will be what the long term goals of WAD for WM had striven for.
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
I'm glad that you finally decide to make an android version of WAD2(I've ask for that a long time ago in your forum).

I hope that this best wm UI will come on android devices very soon.:):):):)

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[Android Apps and Games] pf:
I use WAD (now 2) since a long time. I could not do without it. It is the only reason to stay at WM6.x.

If there would bei WAD2 for Android, it would be great and I think I would change over to Android too :)
[Android Apps and Games] scottjb:
Interestng...I also used WAD when I had a PPC device. I would be interested too.
[Android Apps and Games] Grzesieq94:
I would be interested too... On WinMo Wisbar Advanced Desktop was amazing!
[Android Apps and Games] chmckay:
Thank you everyone for your interest. I've been doing some thinking about this as it will be a major step for me as I've been a long-time supporter of Windows Mobile (I've been around since PPC2000).

Given how powerful Android is, I can only think of one UI limitation at the moment: since there's no taskbar with an ever-present start menu, I'll have to make the app-drawer/launcher available on every page. At least, that's probably the best way to go right now unless someone has a different opinion/preference.

Another thing I was thinkg about: do you want a variable number of pages (being added through Menu > Add Page) or should I add a preference like some other launchers have to specify the number of pages?
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
These are very good news.

I can't wait to be able to use WAD again. I just hope that HTC Tattoo will be supported.

As for pages, I prefer the way of wm WAD2(pages added via menu).
[Android Apps and Games] chmckay:
So, I'm thinking about approaching this from a different direction than I did with Windows Mobile.

The first major change is I'm thinking about using a scripting language to describe how things are laid out and how they behave rather than just dragging and dropping items. The reason is two-fold:

1) This will give the script designer more control about how things look and how they work.

2) We won't run into the problem of shortcuts that open apps and widgets that are not installed on someone else's device (a major shortcoming of WAD2's).

So, the language would say something like: create a folder at x, y. This "button" will open it and this button will close it. You would also be able to specify an area where shortcuts could be added, such as "create a shortcut grid at x, y", but you would not be able to specify the shortcuts (this would be left up to the user who is using your theme).

One downside of this is that the layouts would have to be created on the desktop and then uploaded to your phone.

The other downside is that this would severely hamper the ability to launch specific apps using scripts. But, this is really a limitation of Android itself as, unlike Windows Mobile, not every device comes with the same core set of apps. And, for the apps that are included in most devices (such as the calendar), the intents to launch them may vary depending on the OS version (i.e. the calendar changed in between Eclair and Froyo).

I'm just brainstorming here. If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to let me know. Right now I'm in the planning stages to see how close I can keep it to Windows Mobile, but at the same time implement new technologies in order to make it the most robust launcher around.
[Android Apps and Games] ogrenator:
hells yeah man!!! i used it on my tilt for a while.....i think its ironic how similar android really is to winmo...just more refined but very similar in the idea
[Android Apps and Games] _Consti_:
I found this thread quite late but i can just say +1. =)

I would really like to see Wisbar Adv Desktop on Android. Hope you are making good progress ;)
[Android Apps and Games] shaun0207:
I just finished asking your to offer support for android on your forums.

Feel free to plus one over too, guys.

http://forum.lakeridgesoftware.com/showthread.php?p=106717#post106717
[Android Apps and Games] PollPixx:
See it for the first time. +100000

I used to love making themes!!

Sent from my X10i
[Android Apps and Games] tomhierl:
Awesome. Back in the days WAD was one of the best applications for WM, I've always been impressed by how much one could do with it.

I like the idea of creating themes on the desktop and then uploading them to the phone, because creating themes has always been kind of difficult and work-intensive.

You can map the app drawer to the home button or you might even be able to implement the ability to create shortcuts that open the app drawer.

Concerning the number of homescreens, I think Menu > Add Page is a bit more convenient and less likely to mess things up (since removing non-empty home screens could create issues, as it did with some launchers).