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[XPERIA X10 General] OuncE718:
Honestly, I do not think Apple is better than Android. They're simply too different ios. Theirs things that Apples os does better and theirs things that Android ios does better. Think about it. You probably say you prefer Apple over Android because you don't have froyo 2.2 on your phone yet. Android is amazing in my opinion. Full web content via adobe flash 10.1 (iphone cannot do every website in flash), you can not change the ui like Android, free turn by turn voice navigation, the ability to do something as simple as make phone calls and not have them drop because you do not have a case on your phone. Not one android phone needs a case to make a phone call. Apple is just now offering multitask, Android has been doing this since day one! One of the reasons why most people think iphone is the best is because of Apples marketing. Apple is smart when it comes to marketing. They only sold 3 different models (correct me if I'm wrong). 3g, 3gs and 4g and they all look similar so almost all accessories can be used through them all, they have millions of accessories. They have "i"everything. idock, ialarm, i etc. They are very smart! iphone isn't a bad phone but I do not think Android sucks compared to Apple like you make it sound. If you like iphone so bad then sell your phone or trade it for an iphone. Thanks for letting me vent.

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[XPERIA X10 General] icet925:
I lol'd to this
[XPERIA X10 General] forzanerazzurri:
To the OP. You are honestly the first person ive ever heard say this. Most people are blown away by Android, especially considering how new it is. Most will agree it is more robust and more powerful and has much much more potential than iOS.
[XPERIA X10 General] bazzatron:
lol indeed
[XPERIA X10 General] -PiLoT-:
This thread wasnt helpful at all

LET ME TRY

OP When you buy a phone, smart or otherwise, you should have a look at the operating as the OS and it app support and layout are the selling points to any phone. you should have enquired into how apps are paid for before you paid the money for the phone.

If YOU forgot to check if the things that were important to YOU ar present in OS then its really your fault not googles

tl;dr

Stop winging on the forums that's not what they're for
[Epic 4G Accessories] IBNobody:
I am really frustrated with charging my phone.

From the wall, using the stock 700mA Samsung charger, I get 5% every 10 min.

From a USB cigarette lighter charger modified to source 750mA, I get 3% every 10 min.

From a USB cigarette lighter charger that can source 3A, I get hardly anything.

I assume from these findings that one or more of the following is true:

1. The phone knows when it is plugged into a stock charger.

2. The phone has a current limiter that prevents overcharging.

Does anyone have a charger, other than stock, that they recommend?

I'm half tempted to hook my stock charger up to a cigarette lighter inverter and power it that way.

(I'm also half-tempted to grab a current probe tomorrow and measure what the device is pulling.)
[Epic 4G Accessories] r2hudson:
i havent really used my oem samsung wall charger much, but i know when i try to charge from my computers usb it takes 4EVER, thats why i jumped on this ebay deal
[Epic 4G Accessories] Geekybiker:
I'd probe the chargers and see how accurate their ratings are as well....
[Epic 4G Accessories] Spunkzz:
does anyone know if using a 1mA charger would be okay? i have one left over from my evo.
[Epic 4G Accessories] bitbang3r:
The phone won't draw more than 500mA from a charger unless the USB data pins are connected.

Be careful, though... 99.9% of the chargers from China that claim to be 700mA (the nominal value of Samsung's) or 1A will overheat and die (or worse) if you try to actually draw that much current for any sustained length of time. I'd almost go so far as to say that it's SO EASY for a manufacturer to support high-power mode, I'd be automatically suspicious of any allegedly high power charger that doesn't ship with the pins shorted together.

Manufacturers know that most consumers don't know the difference (hell, most users HERE don't know the difference, and XDA is the upper crust elite of the Android phone universe), so they omit the shorting bridge and ship a charger with quoted power capacity that it MIGHT be able to sustain for a couple of minutes if you operated it in a walk-in freezer, knowing that most phones will never draw more than 500mA and it'll work fine for them. It lets them sell the charger for 99 cents AND pretend to be better than the others on the rack because it has a bigger "max power" value.

It's "RMS-vs-Peak" all over again. :(
[Epic 4G Accessories] jirafabo:
Yeah I'm one of those that don't know much about the charging. I did figure there was a different charge rate when plugged into the wall and when plugged into usb or a usb converter like powerjolt.

I also found that one of the usb to micro's that I bought for using with my car powerjolt coverter won't let me connect via debugging/adb shell. was a little surprised at this... is it just a bad cord?
[Epic 4G Accessories] IBNobody:
D+ to D- must be shorted to get the high power mode? Maybe that was why my 3A supply was not handling it.
[Epic 4G Accessories] IBNobody:
The Epic pulls 380mA when charging from a USB port from a Dell T3400 workstation. The result was steady at 40% and 80%.

I'll try out my other charging methods later and find out everything.

Stay tuned!

EDIT 1:

380mA is the magic number. It draws 380mA from all USB sources, including my two car chargers.

It draws 600mA from the wall adapter.

The wall adapter does indeed have D+ and D- shorted. My other chargers did not.

Here is the pinout for a USB port: http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml

Here is the "beefy" USB charger I've been using:

http://www.wagan.com/index.php?page...ategory_id=22&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=98

This charger is rather nice because the step-down supply (AX3002) has a large heatsink soldered to the ground tab.

It currently pulls up/down the D+/- lines via resistors. Each port is pulled down separately.

What I plan on doing next is to remove the pull resistors from one of the ports and short D+/- together.
[Epic 4G Accessories] kynetx:
Well, this explains a lot. This was really getting frustrating. I bought a "high-curent" charger for my car and the phone blows through the battery when I'm driving around with Maps running.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Kosiak:
Im always on the road and for me an inverter in cigarette lighter with stock wall charger works best.the slowest charge is using stock usb cable since theres a slot for it on the inverter.2nd was radio shack car lighter in inverter.the inverter was from radio shack as well
[Epic 4G Accessories] aero1:
that is the official spec but there are actually not just four but six connectors on usb micro, which is how samsung can create a whole mess of pinut jumps for various amperage draws as well as data, entrainment dock and car dock.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veener79:
I went to reinstall 2.2 from Odin I checked master clean. Odin stated it started. But it will not end. I am in dowload mode. I do not want to unplug my phone unless I know it is safe to.

I unpluged it and had to pull the battery. I read a post wrong and found out I should not have been in Download mode.

Incase anyoe make the same mistake as me

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782619&highlight=master+clear+download
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Colton5419:
Yeah you don't do master clear from download mode, if you did start it, you should be fine to remove it.

To do master clear boot up your phone and enable USB Debugging under Settings > Applications

And then go back to your Home Screen, Open ODIN, Plug in the USB and click Master Clear.

Note: This will wipe all data you have on the Internal SD.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Capivik:
Sigh...did all of this all over again and it finally started doing something. I now have a progress bar filling up in the Odin window where as I didn't the last several times.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derek4484:
Yea, Master Clear is supposed to be done from USB Debugging mode. I found that out the hard way myself. There is no documentation really on that odin one click, so I ran a Master Clear while in download mode. It messed the phone up so bad my computer wouldnt even recognize it anymore when I plugged in the usb cable.

I was able to save it though. Just start odin one click, hold vol up + vol down, and then plug in the usb cable (do this after removing sim card, sd card, and battery. then put battery back in). The phone should immediately turn on in download mode, odin should then immediately recognize it. Then you can do a one click retore back to jf6.

Well thats what I did anyways and it worked.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lestrada:
Stuck on att reboot logo

Help guys Ran the one click for odin to get back to stock now my phone keeps rebooting to the att logo and does not go any further . any assistance is greatly appreciated
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Go read the last couple pages of the odin one click thread, I've answered this exact question in there twice. With links.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lestrada:
Sent Ya a PM buddy
[Desire HD Android Development] adwinp:
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########## S E R I O U S W I P ############

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I have reported this project for the Evo 3D (or another at least dual core/1GB RAM device).

The DHD is not capable of handling the pre and post boot routines for phones requiring a reboot quite often.
[Desire HD Android Development] faddys123:
Well we need root first!!
[Desire HD Android Development] adwinp:
I thought that was quite obvious.

I posted about it in the general forum. Just do a search. ;]
[Desire HD Android Development] adwinp:
Okay guys, a test version is ready. Before I upload it, Lemme know a few things:

What apps you CAN'T live without (stock apps)

I want to get rid of bloat.

For example: why would you need 10 apps and widgets for Facebook and Twitter when you can replace that with TweetDeck?

That won't be a problem with the AOSP version I'm working on which will ultimately be Hik@Ri for DHD.
[Desire HD Android Development] LecterMe:
I say remove:

Amazon MP3

Blocked callers

Desk clock

Facebook

Friend Stream

News

News & weather

Peep

Quickoffice

SoundHound

Stocks

Teeter

Twitter
[Desire HD Android Development] ratcom:
the only stuff i use in sence roms is music, contacts and calendar ... oh and the clock ;-) the rest can go for me ;-)
[Desire HD Android Development] gillepy:
I could probably live without most of the stuff on there, would love to keep the big clock weather thing though. This is my first android phone so looking forward to playing/learning with it.

I've rooted my phone as per Evostances instructions, will i need to do anything else before I can flash a rom?
[Desire HD Android Development] ffff:
Nuke 'em:

Amazon MP3

Car Panel

Facebook

Friend Stream

HTC Likes

Locations

Peep

Quick Lookup

Reader

Search Anywhere

Search People

SoundHound

Stocks

Teeter

Twitter
[Desire HD Android Development] ffff:
- HTC Settings widgets

- Calendar

- Camera/Camcorder

- Clock

- Desk Clock

- Flashlight

- FM Radio

- Gallery

- HTC Hub

- Market

- News

- News & Weather

- People

- Talk

- Wifi Hotspot
[Desire HD Android Development] mikecoffee:
So let me get this right a hero rom?
[Desire HD Android Development] phunkycow:
No. The key features of this ROM are based on his old Hero ROM (correct me if I'm wrong).

Thanks Adwinp, can't wait to give it a try.
[Desire HD Android Development] adwinp:
Post #1 updated with link:

Lemme know if you can extract the archive without errors; my inet connection is somewhat flaky atm, and I don't know if it was uploaded correctly to RS.
[Desire HD Android Development] funkatiko:
I´ve got aproblem triying to flash the system.img....it says FAILED ( remote: data length is too large)
[Desire HD Android Development] adwinp:
You're doing that through fastboot on your PC, right?

Copy the zip file to your SDcard and reboot into bootloader (and press power once there)
[Desire HD Android Development] funkatiko:
Yes, i was triying through fastboot, but then i tried from the bootloader with the zip, and everything went allright. Now ur rom is working perfectly! Thnx a lot! I really don´t like sense, and before i had a nexus one and i loved it´s interface, so this is the closest to it.

Btw, could u build a rom completely empty? I mean, with no so many apps, just the basic ones like Gapps and that´s it? I´m the one who likes to have just a few apps.....

Thanx!!!:)
[Desire HD Android Development] gbuisson:
awful

this rom is awfull, why the hell did you add other useless apps in place of the htc ones? that 8pen app is crashing constantly, i can't bring up the keyboard so can't enter my credentials for market.

I'm highly disapointed, moreover i can't go back to the official htc rom, i need a windows PC to run their ****ty RRU...
[Desire HD Android Development] funkatiko:
What i did is uninstalled 8pen, download by pc and moved to the sdcard any keyboard (better keyboard, for example) and that´s it.

Appart from that and lots of useless apps, the rom is working perfectly for me.... keep in mind that it´s a test rom....give it time....
[Desire HD Android Development] El_Nino9:
kind of rude, aint your cup of tea just say that.

i don't see you doing anything to help?would like to see you try.

getting back to stock is easy from a non windows pc. its called fastboot. search for it and learn hot to flash system.img

if you're nice enough i'll load my rom up which is stock+su with amazon and soundhound removed. if you're nice :P
[Desire HD Android Development] gbuisson:
sorry

yeah i'm sorry, i was angry because it's late here and i need to sleep, well except the apps and the 8pen stuff the rom works quite nicely and is smooth, where do i get the system.img file ? i tried to extract the assets from the .exe to get the rom zip file but once i get it i cannot open it, says unauthorized or something like that...
[Desire HD Android Development] adwinp:
Hmm, I have had no issues so far, that is why I uploaded the files.

As for 8pen, just hold on menu in any input field and select input method -> Swype.

Or disable 8pen from Keyboard settings menu.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] IgorBotti:
Hey people, I've flashed my E10a with a E10i firmware, because my original was giving me so much troubles, and I tried to repair, factory reset and everything, but with no success and flashed with an E10i firmware, that solved my problems. But now I want to get back with the E10a firmware(that I have backed up) to see if will work good again, but I tried PC Companion and SEUS but PC Companion that the update was failed, to check my internet connection(and its fine, nor firewall blocking) and SEUS says that I have the newer version.

What I do?

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jameslewis:
u mean X10 i and X10a yeah?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] SXUsr:
No, they're just in the wrong forum. ;-)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] IgorBotti:
Oh sorry, its in the wrong forum.

Its a E10a with E10i firmware(I think its the same that a X10a with X10i firmware), how do I get back with my stock(E10a) firmware?

I tried PC Companion and SEUS but they don't give me the option to repair, only says that I have the newer version.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] IgorBotti:
Anyone could help me please?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] SXUsr:
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] wampyyyr:
I bought this SE Xperia X10 Mini pro like 3 weeks ago and I'm just trying all the ways to change its theme, I hate the factory theme, makes me so sick when I look at it eww....

I even installed GDE and it just can change the wallpaper (for example when I go to the settings the wallpaper is the same old damned blue...) what to do now :( I hate this feature so much... I'm regretting so much for buying such a mobile ah, and by the way I could not download the ADW launcher I tried so hard...

Somebody help me please :(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] SXUsr:
Try asking in the "mini" forum. ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halmo:
Today I rooted my telus hero and flashed VillainROM 12 onto it which all went pretty well. The tutorial said the 3g may not work after and ide have to add the apn info myself, which I did. But when I enable the mobile network it greys out and says "Turning on..." forever. Does anyone know any solution to this?

Fixed, apparently the other 2 APN I inputted from the internet were wrong the closest one I had showed or looked like a space between the APN type when I removed that it worked :S
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Strange... did you reboot the phone?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halmo:
Ya i've rebooted the phone tried changing the APN over and over and it wont work
[Epic 4G General] mike21pr:
I dropped my Epic yesterday (luckily not a scratch) but now I feel the slider a bit loose from the left side. You can lift it 1-2mm from the left side if held in portrait mode, but right side still sturdy. Its a but annoying to type since it wobbles a bit and makes some clicking sound when open. Just wanted to ask if anyone has or seen a teardown of the Epic to see if there is a way to tighten the slider a bit??

**cmon ex Pre users... u know how it feels**

Thanx
[Epic 4G General] done12many2:
Mine does it a tad bit as well. Never dropped, but I think the case may be causing it to losen up a bit.
[Epic 4G General] tim.d:
Mine does the same thing. Only had it 4th days and it's got some serious wobble. Definitely wish it felt more sturdy, ala moto droid
[Epic 4G General] Bigjim1488:
what your feeling seems to be what most epic users are having. I wish they made the slide as sturdy as the TP2 slide was. Man that thing was strong! My old epic had the same kind of movement right out of the box, I recently got another one and it is not too bad but I am sure over time it will loosen up again.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
The build quality is really on the "meh" side. My first Epic had screen wobble after a week and the screen glass raising up above the bezel on the left side. My replacement (brand new) had screen wobble out of the box and again the glass on the left side of the screen is raising up slightly above the bezel. You can slide it open, press on the glass on the left side and literally see it move back down into the bezel. The stores display model had a tight screen and the glass was set into the bezel on both sides. Not in the mood to go on a replacement spree. I pay insurance so I am waiting to see if it gets any worse over time.

Sent from my wrist watch calculator
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
Styckx,

from a employee's perspective, you'd have a MUCH better experience if you swap them out immediately until you get a perfect handset. The longer the wait between replacements, the more likely it is for the following:

The rep forgets you. Sounds silly, but dealing with one rep/store makes it more likely they go the extra mile for you. For example, replacing the epic with a new one, instead of a refurb.

They decide it's not a replaceable issue and tell you to go through insurance and pay the $100 deductible if you feel the need to replace it.

It gets worse and worse until you finally decide to head to the store, and they tell you it's now considered physical damage and refer you to Asurion.

I can't tell you how many loose charging ports or slides we saved from being *broken* phones by catching it early. Big difference.
[Epic 4G General] mike21pr:
no luck finding a useful teardown to see if there is an easy way to access the slider and see if you can just grip it a little so its tighter...

can the tach at sprint take a look at it?? Im past my 30 days and im not looking for a replacement... just enough for it to stop making sounds when i type while walking...
[Epic 4G General] sultan.of.swing:
The screen rides on rails. If you have ever taken apart a semi auto handgun then you would know what i am talking about. Only way to tighten them up would be to squeeze the female end of the rails which is on the keyboard part of the phone.

See attatched pic for disassembly.
[Epic 4G General] mike21pr:
that pic is saddeneing.... lol

but thats exactly what im looking to do. i want to see if there was an easy way to have it exposed so i can tighten it... i know that if i get to it, i can make the adjustments to make it rock solid, what worries me is the teardown part
[Epic 4G General] I EnFamouz I:
Tht pic reminded me of micheal vick -_-
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Wow that doesnt look pretty. It looks like it was in a car accident or ran over lol
[Epic 4G General] sultan.of.swing:
Ran over
[Epic 4G General] playcs:
did you figure out how to tighten it? I have the same problem. My became loose because I was trying to pry out a case I put on. It's not exactly loose, but it bugs me that there's a 1mm gap between the screen and keyboard.
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
Sultan, can you take pictures of the back of the phone as well?

If you could demo a "teardown" on that (what else do you have to lose?) and figure out how to safely tighten the railing, that'd be great.

I don't know if it would be possible so if there's any brave or rich soul out there willing to attempt, many of us will be grateful.
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
I've had my phone for about 8 days now and I noticed the wobble as soon as I took it out of the box. If I have my palm on the bottom right corner and then try to click something in the upper left corner, the screen rocks back and forth. Annoying.

I got it at best buy. not sure if I want to go through the hassle of unrooting and getting a new phone just for a minor wobble. Can you just take it back and say you want a new one? I've never done it before...
[Epic 4G General] sultan.of.swing:
I had to send that one back to assurion. Sorry guys.

But from what i saw if you could somehow tighten the rails then it will work.
[Epic 4G General] shook187:
I took my epic back to best buys cause of screen wobble. They didnt have a problem at all. I just told them to compare it with other epics they had in stock.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Anderdroid:
I'm curious to see what FPS quake3droid will run at on the G2. It will decide if I swap my Vibrant or not. PM me for it or get it from the market. Hope to see how the results are.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] TFJ4:
If you wanna pm it to me I'll check
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] smjfosho:
Ill test as well
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mcp2009:
I'm getting 50's and 60's FPS sometimes 40's and if i receive a text while playing it goes down for a few secs. You do mean the FPS it says in the top right right?

EDIT:Ok now it's looking like it's between 40-60
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Anderdroid:
40-60? Definitely good... The Nexus One / Evo was averaging 25-30. Droid X solid 60, Vibrant 50-60.

Just wanted to know how powerful the G2 was and felt like that was the best way, thanks for letting me know!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mcp2009:
Yea pretty sure I would of gotten higher if I ended all my task beforehand I'll do that and try again

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] philosophics:
I'll try it out too if you pm me. Have no problems runnin that test...
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] SlicedKuniva:
you can pm it to me too and ill give it a try as well :)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] DToX69:
If you need more testers let me know, I'm curious to test as well because my friends vibrant had better fps in most the quadrant 3d tests compared to my G2 :(
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] muriani:
I actually purchased it from Market, and the performance is pretty much what you're hearing.

It runs pretty buttery-smooth. I suck at playing it though >_<
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Anderdroid:
My G2 came yesterday so I've been able to test it myself and it does run pretty smooth. Could edit settings and push it to 60FPS maybe. We'll see what I can do in an update.