yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G General] nrinzema:
Sprint Data in Michigan Crawls

I am in the Grandville, Wyoming and Grand Rapids area too. It seems like their EVDO has consistently been underperforming for quite a while. 4G in grand rapids works fine if you have strong signal.

AFAIK back when this area was owned and operated by iPCS who sold their coverage wholesale to Sprint they had a EVDO roaming / sharing agreement with Alltell. Back then the EVDO was fantastic running at around 1.2-1.5 megabits per second with latency of usually 120-130ms. Either when iPCS was bought out by sprint or when Verizon ate up Alltell something changed.

When you say that a PRL hack will put you on Verizon towers it makes me wonder if that hack is using Alltells old sid/nid which still allows sprint customers access but has been since removed from the current official Sprint PRLs that they are pushing to our phones.

I have the new Airvana Araive femtocell from Sprint at home, it is updated hardware that has rev. A EVDO support built-in. When I am at home and my phone links to the Femtocell, my EVDO screams at around 1-2 megabits per second. When I leave home I see the crummy 100 - 600 kilobits per second off the real towers. http://www.cellfanatic.com/2010/08/23/sprint-airvana-review/

My old touch pro windows mobile phone always lists my handshake to the tower at full rev. A link through ##debug menu which makes me wonder if the towers themselves are not being fed the proper connectivity resulting in the congestion and poor speeds we are seeing.

Wondering if the towers are not properly built out properly because they are planning on expanding 4G in Michigan and are waiting to essentially hit two birds with one stone upgrading the EVDO infastructure along side the 4g rollout.

Sprint really must have wanted to partner with Clear because they were legally forced into a iPCS buyout because their old partnership with iPCS required that they would not operate competing services in iPCS regions read: Nextel and Clear. They bought out iPCS before they activated 4G in Grand Rapids.

That is the full dump of what I know that could be elements of why things are running poorly. Or hey maybe EVDO is just being pushed to its breaking point, its really hard to know exactly as a consumer without being able to see their backend. Sometimes I wish I knew of a local engineer that I could buy lunch so I could talk his ear off to get this information right from the source :) Anybody out there??

Anybody know of anything else, have some corrections to make, or details to add? Thanks!

Nate
[Legend General] omar.elhelw:
hey everyone,

I have rooted HTC Legend, I use Arabic, the current rooted original ROM for the legend does not contain Arabic.

I already have the Factory version of 2.1 that has Arabic support built in it!

I just want to use the HTC original OS with Arabic support WHILE my phone is rooted to grant su access and all the rooting profits.

Any idea how can I root the Arabic supported ROM?

Any helpings would be really appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Peace!:D
[Legend General] omar.elhelw:
come on, 55 views? there must be someone who know what I am talking about!
[Legend General] Firen89:
you need dsixda's Android Kitchen

In this thread you will find all the information required for rooting a rom:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=633246
[Legend General] leopard106:
thats what we (arab users) need,

a way to built our own roms with our way

Thanks for the link
[Legend General] omar.elhelw:
Dude u rock! Thanks for the perfect help! Really appreciate it :)
[Legend General] omar.elhelw:
Man there is some Arabic supported roms already, available at http://ardoid.com/

But there isn't one for our sexy HTC Legend lol, I will try to work on one and publish this here! Wish me luck!
[Legend General] leopard106:
I wish i can help, but really no time for cooking some rom.

BTW,don't forget to add MARKET ;)

and may the power of kitchen be with you

good luck man
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarisaanig:
Which one should start at First.. Root or Flash? to get new firmware?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
For firmware you need to flash.

Then you can root and some lagfix.

But you can.root first and do a backup so you can use that if something goes wrong.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
EDIT: The instructions below are dated and only apply to 2.1 and 2.2 based ROMS

10/7/10 update: Added 3rd splash screen

10/30/10 Update: Created 5 more Slayer status bar header backgrounds

[YOUTUBE]HXhcdq-58wM[/YOUTUBE]

YouTube Video of my Slaytanic HTC EVO 4G

This is still a work in progress. Need to make some Slaytanic icons.

Sample Screen Shot:

Here are the images I created:

Status Bar Header Background

Status Bar Header Background

Status Bar Header Background

Status Bar Header Background

Status Bar Header Background

Status Bar Header Background

splash screen

splash screen

splash screen

Wallpaper

Wallpaper

Wallpaper

Wallpaper

Wallpaper

Thanks to carlz28 for the slickest, sickest, bootanimation file i have ever seen.

Instructions for installing splash screen:

1) Enter fastboot mode

( hold down "Volume down key" and then "power button" hold both till you get a white screen then select Fastboot)

2) at command promt "fastboot devices"

3) fastboot flash splash1 "SplashFile.FileName" (use the name of the actual file you want to use as Splash)

4) fastboot reboot

Instructions for using header background file:

1 nandoid backup

2 adb devices

3 adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk

(make a backup copy of this file)

4 open the apk file with winrar

5 insert the "status_bar_header_background.9.png" that is in the attached rar file into the framework-res.apk's \res\drawable-hdpi folder

6 adb remount

7 adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/

8 adb reboot

The attached Slayer_EVO.rar file contains all the files shown above.

EDIT: created a 17 second boot sound file and attached the SPC_animation_final.rar file.

the beat of the song goes well with the boot animation. on my phone they sync up pretty good.

EDIT: added the carlz28 team chaos bootanimation

Edit: 10/30/2010 Update

Created 5 more Slayer status bar header backgrounds.

I've attached a RAR file named "MoreSlayerStuff.rar" that has the new images and some instructions
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] v_lestat:
That boot animation is friggin intense.

Wicked man.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JAMRZ69:
How do i get that to work on my EVO

Dude that is sick what do i have to do to get that on my evo i already have war ensemble as my bootup sound with the droid x eye but have been wanting something like this for a long time maybe a lamb of god theme would be cool too.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
Carl from team chaos made it.....best ive ever seen.

Ill post a link to it later.....playing bc2 right now.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
Check back tomorrow. Ill post some instructions.

Can your share the war ensenble boot sound?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] phatmanxxl:
Bad ass. O.o
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
added images and basic instructions
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jabbawalkee:
Can you post the boot animation por favor? I don't see it in the OP and would love to have it. Slayer FTW!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SayWhat10:
How to download this

Sent from my Evo
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Abracastabya:
**** yeah!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
I created a 17 second 'war ensemble' boot sound file and attached the SPC_animation_final.rar file.

The beat of the song goes well with the boot animation. on my phone they sync up pretty good

I'll post the boot snimation later today
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] srtpusher:
just wanted to say

FUUUUUUCKIN' SLLLAAAAAAYER!!!

and to add more san antonio to this thread
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] srtpusher:
there is no animation in the rar file, only the mp3.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
added the carlz28/team chaos bootanimation file.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Reaper333:
Pretty awesome theme Id have to say. Been into to slayer since the beginning. Yeah Im dating myself a little but, truely one of the best metal bands that has ever existed. Thanks for the theme.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
Added 3rd splash screen:

I updated and included it in the Slayer_EVO.rar attachment in the first post.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
10/20/2010 UPDATE

Created some more Slayer status bar header backgrounds:

I've attached a RAR file named "MoreSlayerStuff.rar" that has the new images and some instructions
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbulletier:
Hi, I have a Samsung Galaxy S I 9000. I tried to flash the ROM, accidentlly switched off my phone. The phone would only go into Recovery mode so i erased everything on my Card and Reset my phone through Recovery. Since it still didnt start, i tried dowloading the I9000XXJP2.7z file and loading a fresh copy of phone software. Phone goes into downloading mode, however after loading all the files on Odin and pressing start, the message "Analysing files" comes up and nothing happens beyond that. It shows COM8. I'm absolutely new to this and dont know what to do. Can somebody please help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcboyy:
So what is your current condition? can you go to Download Mode? I recommend use Odin.. I've bricked my SGS almost 10times while learning how to flash but managed to flash all desired Roms successfully (eventually :P)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbulletier:
I can go to the download mode however i dont know what am i not doing right as after selecting all the files (Pit, PDA, Phone, Modem, CSC) and being on com 8 and clicking on Start, all Odin does is say "Analysing files". Doesnt go beyond that and there is no activity (Blue bar) on the phone either. I'm not sure if the files i'm using are right or not or if im missing anything else here.
[G1 General] Dr.Gonz0:
hehe so... got my happy self onto CM6 and fiddled around with some MMS threads here and there and everywhere to find out the APN settings... No dice on MMS :(
[G1 General] Dr.Gonz0:
Then I plugged this in and it works for me

Name: wap.cingular

APN: wap.cingular

Proxy: wireless.cingular.com

Port: 80

username: WAP@CINGULAR.COM

Pasword: CINGULAR1

Server: wireless.cingular.com

MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com

MMS: Port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication type: <not set>

APN Type: <not set>

Then after saving it, I power cycled it and once I came back It's all good :D

hehe don't mean to be all repeatitive with the threads on the board kinda had to rip the settings from my t-mo wing.
[EVO 4G General] sablesurfer:
All the super programmers go out for linpacks and multi-touches and whatever else...but here is my result of new 3.29....

...Lets Golf plays amazingly better in one area

...Lets Gold plays pretty darn good in another

It has always been hard to choose the exact power point on the scale and the sweet spot on the swing scale in all other versions of software. Now those scales run up and down SO FRIKKEN SMOOOOOTH.

Another cool thing of the game is the flyovers of the course...they are pretty decent now...and only reason I say not great yet is probably due to the game and not the frame rate.

So far that is pretty cool to me. :^)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAXSUNG GAL:
:eek:HELP! I have Root Explorer installed on my rooted Evo (2.1) no custom ROM. Like an idiot, I uninstalled gtalkservice.apk, talk.apk and talkprovider.apk. Fortunately I moved them to my sd card so they didn't disappear. Of course, now I keep getting that "com.google.process.gapps" error message and I haven't been able to download apps from the market all day. I tried reinstalling the apps with both package installer and with app installer to no avail. Someone please tell me how to fix my idiotic mistake! Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenixjn:
have you tried adb install?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAXSUNG GAL:
How do I do that? I don't know if I have that on my phone and I can't download anything from the market...do you have a link and instructions on how to use? Sorry I'm such a noob....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenixjn:
Is your phone rooted? If so, hopefully you have installed a custom recovery and you can flash the google apps file from the CM6 thread. If you are not rooted there are 2 options:

1 - Rerun the RUU. This means you'll lose all data OR

2 - ADB install the missing apps, this is more complicated as you need several things, like the android development kit, the driver and the files you took off.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAXSUNG GAL:
Thanks for your response Fen....OK yes I'm rooted. 2.1 Evo. How do I get to the CM6 thread?? I rooted several months ago and other than get myself into trouble today I haven't done any other stuff than install root-friendly apps....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAXSUNG GAL:
A shout out to MIZTAKEN over on the Captivate board that had kindly posted all (3) .apk's because his Dad had also stupidly zapped them off his Galaxy S making app market unusable....THANK GOODNESS....uploaded all 3 - life is good!!!!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blaine91787:
*228 isn't working for me to update prl so i'm just going to manually do it but need the most recent prl

*edit* midwest. i'm located in kansas.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larsrya8:
Most recent PRL for 'where', exactly? Different parts of the US have different PRLs.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blaine91787:
salina, ks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmba:
Yikes

As I am SURE everyone knows, a PRL is a "preferred roaming list" It is for secondary tower acquisition when you are in an area that is not served by Verizon's primary towers. A new or different PRL will have NO effect on your phone when you are not roaming.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Blaine - try this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723829
[Hero CDMA General] silverballer95:
I've avoided getting the new update because I didn't know if it would interfere with my phone being rooted, or brick it or something. Is it safe?
[Hero CDMA General] TpyoKnig:
if you do that OTA update if I'm not mistaken it will un-root your phone..
[Hero CDMA General] unCoRrUpTeD:
That is correct.
[Hero CDMA General] theimpaler747:
Yup, you have to flash a version of the update with root permissions and extras allowed. There's a few in the dev section I believe.
[Vibrant General] dbm0361:
Hope this means we get lucky
[Vibrant General] presence06:
Froyo was leaked, it wasn't released... just saying.
[Vibrant General] dbm0361:
True but they got it and not from a home made rom. So maybe we are next
[Vibrant General] presence06:
I was just correcting the title. Froyo wasn't released, it was leaked. And yes, I hope that means that T-Mo will push it in the coming weeks.
[Vibrant General] rudeguy:
why is this posted in the Vibrant section if this is about the Cap?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] cmstlist:
I've used android-vnc-viewer for a while but I hate that it's landscape-only. Can anyone suggest a VNC viewer, free or cheap, that works well in portrait? This was not so bad on my Milestone with a hard keyboard, but on my N1 it's awful to have to use the landscape keyboard which hides the screen contents while I type. The VNC app I use on my iPod Touch lets me view half the screen and type with the other half when I use it in portrait.

Any thoughts?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] gupta.keshav94:
Search Wyse on market ..

The paid version costs 14.99$ but there is a free version too.. Dont know what's the limitaions of it.. Just check it out if its of any use to use.. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] akirajds:
it doesn't cover the full screen when i type in vnc

how do you enter your text? i long press the menu button to get the keyboard up
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] gupta.keshav94:
I also have to use the menu button to bring up the keyboard..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] xxlap1xx:
Hello guys... I just picked up a mytouch 3g a few days ago... and i've noticed theres a important feature that is missing.... which is the call waiting notification for calling someone when while they're talking on the phone... are all the android phones are like this? or it's just my phone? are there any ways to fix this because i dont want to keep calling on the person and annoy him/her while they're on the phone.... any help will be appreciated... thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] xxlap1xx:
Anyone have an idea?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] boucheboura said:
this problem is not solved yet; you have to try another phone hhhhhhhhhhhh
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] WhiteLightning:
Hi,

Apologies if Im posting in the wrong section or asking something that's been answered before.

I'm new to the Android scene with an Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade) and I want to sync contacts, calenders and notes stored in Outlook 2003 by connecting to my PC via USB. What tools are there out there that works like Active Sync?

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] canimm:
Sync Outlook with Android

yes i was looking for that to...someone?

Thks :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] minty1978:
i think the best you can hope for is to export your contacts from outlook, and import them into your gmail account.

you can use google calender sync (search google) this will sync your outlook calender and gmail calender.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Stryf3:
I'm not familiar with that phone, but it comes with 2.1 right? You can use the 'email' app to sync up with your exchange server. I don't think it will sync notes, but it can sync up contacts, email, and appointments.

You could also try touchdown from the market. http://www.appbrain.com/app/exchange-for-android-2-x/com.nitrodesk.droid20.nitroid

It costs $20 after the trial, but works really well and will sync up everything you're looking for.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] WhiteLightning:
Thanks for the replies so far.

I don't want to sync with gmail, as sometimes I work offline, therefore need sync directly with Outlook. Also don't use Exchange, this is standard alone Outlook.

I've read HTC have a similar tool (HTC Sync ?) for Active Sync. Will this work on a San Francisco, which runs Android 2.1?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SonicMZ:
You need to downoal the program MyPhoneExplorer and connect your phone to USB, then follow the instuctions. To my mind this is the best free soft avaliable out there.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrishornet:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782211

this is a thread from the evo section about improving the camera, it applies to the incredible as well. the camera is capable of being better than the iphone's (see page 4), and if it just needs software then maybe we could get some improvements.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] le0.br4zuc4:
That would be pretty cool
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexdeluxe:
That would be...incredible. Would donate to whoever could make it sound and look better.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWizKid95:
quick post just in case development starts!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omgi0wn:
Ya I really want to see this take off since we have such a sophisticated camera.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iflip:
I'm a professional photographer. I would like to see an app that will enable the user to manually adjust the cameras f stop and shutter speed...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tikikai:
Nice. I get some pretty decent shots already, looking forward to some improvements!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yodes:
would love to see these improvements but from reading that thread it seems like its been around for a little while and hasn't shown any developer interest.

Perhaps we can get an Incredible developer to work on this.

Sent from my HTC Incredible
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrishornet:
hasn't got developer interest because it was moved to q and a for some reason
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Div033:
I assume the reason it hasn't gotten any developer interest is because of the daunting task that it is. Not only is it a lot of work to begin with but they would also have to research and learn about the camera hardware... Sounds kinda nightmarish to me.

That said, it would be a great achievement for the mod community if we could get a modded camera working better than the iphone 4!

Sent from my Droid Incredible running SkyRaider Vanilla 3.0
[Nexus One General] flappjaxxx:
I'm sure I will get flamed but here goes anyway. Everyone is jumping on to the MIUI bandwagon, and yes in my opinion it does have a few cool features, but not enough to win me over. Am I the only one on XDA that kind of dislikes this rom? I've tried to like it but I just can't. I like roms that tend to be more stock anyway, I think modded froyo such as enom's rom and cyanogenmod etc. have all of the features and beauty that I need. I see a lot of people saying think iOS and Android together! If I wanted iOS I would own an iPhone and not a N1.

I understand it is all preference and whatnot, but I can't be the only one who hates the MIUI interface. FM Radio cool! Interface not cool! I know I can install other launchers but to me that kind of defeats the whole purpose of running this rom.

I'm not going to mess with it anymore, I just wanted to give it a chance.

Am I the only one who doesn't care for this rom?

Sorry for the rant
[Nexus One General] S_Dot:
It's okay. I dont hate or like it
[Nexus One General] RellikZephyr:
Haven't tried it. It looks nice and well done but the iOS styling doesn't draw me in

Think I'm gonna try it, but I'm with you flapjaxx

Rellikzephyr
[Nexus One General] typ_ex:
you're probably the only one who would make a thread about it.
[Nexus One General] Macmee:
First thread I've seen about MUI. Flashing now :)
[Nexus One General] flappjaxxx:
Probably.. I just don't see what the big deal is about this rom. I posted in the general forum so I am allowed to express an opinion/vent a little about a rom thats getting a lot of attention and I personally don't see what all the hype is about.

By the way you did read and reply to my thread. :-P
[Nexus One General] daeshawn:
Yea you're correct in stating that installing other launchers defeats the purpose. I liked it for about a week but went back cyan...now i'm on micromods hybrid...for me the sense roms got me hyped up. If the Mui wasnt iphone'd up then it would actually be really sweet but that whole iphone thing just ruins the experience and awww of having an android device
[Nexus One General] staulkor:
I agree with you OP. I dont like it at all. Now the fact they made a new UI is cool, but like OP said, if I wanted iOS, I would have bought an iPhone :P
[Nexus One General] typ_ex:
haha fair enough.

I am not too big on the iphone icons either. However, I do like the lock screen, speed, and the battery life.

Also it isnt as obvious as in cyan, but it does have .flac support and will stop playing music when you disconnect. However it will not play upon reconnecting.
[Nexus One General] flappjaxxx:
The lock screen is slick. It does seem speedy, I can't confirm battery life only because I wasn't able to use it long enough to really wear on a battery. I do appreciate that there are so many choices with custom roms and the dev team that created this rom has obviously worked hard and it shows. That is the beauty of android, so many choices. It is a very pretty rom no doubt, but I just prefer a more stock type interface.
[Nexus One General] Mactagonist:
The MIUI ROM looks nice, but I also prefer a stock, simple look. Im happy to see them pushing the envelope though.
[Nexus One General] khanh1289:
the big hype is because MIUI is a complete overhaul, different than what we are used to. Sometimes a change once in awhile is good, and MIUI is a great change I jump from cyan to MIUI. FM radio, lockscreen, and the UI is amazing, I do prefer different style icons but that's about it