yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z General] tenbeau:
I got off of the phone with a Rep from T Mobile and they claimed they had to change my web plan to suit the G2. They claimed different connections.They did give it to me at the same price as before but they also claimed it would completely change what has been happening to the device and my other phones(Vibrant and Nexus One) would see an improvement as well. So far after about 5 hours no change whatsoever except for slightly poorer reception. I am beginning to wonder if this G2 is star crossed and was not ready for prime time. I am starting to doubt anything TMobile says at this point.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mikeatron:
i get poor reception unless im completely out in the open. i get no reception at all in house vs my iphone 2g, which got solid reception.
[G2 and Desire Z General] aedv:
I get little to no reception in my basement, whereas with my BB 8900 the reception was poorer but still workable. At least the data works over Wifi.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kgood63:
getting the same problem with both of the G2`s i purchased data service drops and then comes back but thats been happening for about a month even on my touch pro 2
[G2 and Desire Z General] elopez2808:
Happened to me also

My first G2 would randomly go from full bars to absolutely no service at all and I would have to turn it off and on to get service again. Since my vibrant wasn't having and problems like that I went and exchanged it for another G2. I haven't dropped signal but I frequently go from full bars 3g to edge or g and back and my data connection seems to hang every once and a while :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] markdurant:
I have great reception. Just a good as any other device I have had.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tenbeau:
I got a replacement G2 yesterday afternoon and it is worse than the first one. The reception or I should say lack of reception is ludicrous. This is after T Mobile supposedly put me on a different connection type (whatever that is ) they could not explain it but did not increase my bill. The radio reception is much worse. The hinges are much looser than the first one and overall I am not a happy camper with this device. I go from 3 bars of H immediately to G than to 2 bars E and then no signal. It just fluctuates. Connecting to market is about a ten or 20 minute affair if it actually finally does connect. Downloading is sporadic at best. Phone has great potential IMO but it is flawed as released.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luis86dr:
I get full bars of (H)	a majority of the places I am. I'm out in jersey.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Talesin_BatBat:
I'm having the opposite issue as most; my cell connection is solid, but as soon as I hold the phone in landscape mode (or press my palm along the 'top' in portrait mode) I lose wifi connectivity instantly. Wifi Analyzer shows between a 20 and 30 dBa drop with either a G or N AP... apparently enough to go from four bars to zero, when I'm standing ten feet from my AP, and even more if I'm in the next room. I've tried the same thing with my G1, and I get at most a 5 dBa drop no matter which way I hold it.

Anyone else having this issue? TMo said that I was the first to call in with it, and to try returning/exchanging the phone under the 'buyer's remorse' period.

...I'll have to find another store though; the PFY manager at my local couldn't seem to understand why I would want to use wifi when I get solid HSPA+ signal, and insisted on redirecting me to the TMo Support phone number. He also seemed to be under the impression that wifi was slower than HSPA. Which might be true, if I didn't pay for a 28mbit connection at home. Or hadn't already hit the TMo 10GB/mo throttle cap.. which drops the data connection speed to 50kbps maximum. With no alternate 'truly unlimited' plan or way to buy even another 10GB.
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidcues:
I have had nothing but "H" yes i am in Boston, yes, yes.

Going to Maine this weekend, will let you know what it does.

H for Hysterically Hyperspeed
[G2 and Desire Z General] Du22ty:
Add me to the list because I'm experiencing the same problems where I will be 3 or 4 bars into H and it'll drop down to to G and then back up to E, just sitting there on the desk. I'm on my 3rd G2 and they've all been like this. I was starting to think it's the network then I remembered my N900 was 100% solid 3-3.5G in my house although it did fluctuate quite a bit in between the two.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Cjaz:
Fresno, CA G2 very poor data connections though hspa+

Very bad speeds in Fresno, CA that is HSPA+. Usually less than 1Mb down. Often see less than 500k. At a TMobile store with "a cell tower across the street pointing right at us" my G2 and the stores G2 demo phone only got a 3mb down.

I also see a weird pattern of less than 300k down with above 1.2M up often. There is a YouTube video showed some similar Speedtest.net hi/lo combo results called:

T-mobile G1 vs G2 "the face off"
[G2 and Desire Z General] treymurphy84:
same issue

i am having the same issue and i am bout 20 miles north of charlotte nc there has to be a problem with the antenna or something but who knows.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Gr8gorilla:
Atlant, Signal much better with G2 than with Vibrant. Thats about all I can say about it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xile6:
Mines is great if im not @ home. Dl are fast and full 4 bars. But we moved to another house which the signal sucks bad. I normaly get 1bar and edge but hell the g1 did the samething. So I dont see a probelm with the phone just tmobile network
[G2 and Desire Z General] Halotron:
Same here. About to take this bad boy back :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] joebobjoe:
Yeah I get the fluctuations, too. Even when I'm not moving the phone.

There must be some wicked solar flaring going on.
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperDave81:
I took mine into a tmo store today. Manager told me it was definately messed up and mine was not getting signal anywhere near all their demo phones were. Told me to send it back. So now I'll probably end up trading ****ty signal for loose hinges. Maybe I'll just get a refund... It's such a shame, this phone could have been the one...
[G2 and Desire Z General] phxblue:
Guess im lucky. My signal is strong, it actually seems stronger than on my Vibrant.
[G2 and Desire Z General] drakkahn:
I'm on my third G2 due to signal issues.

So far this one seems to be much better. My wife hasn't had any issues at all with hers.
[G2 and Desire Z General] heygrl:
If you're not on JI6 for the Vibrant, your bars aren't accurate. I was at T-Mobile and on JI6 my Vibrant reported a far better and far more stable signal than the demo G2 they had. The Vibrant has excellent reception.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ghostcreamy:
This is something an OTA update can fix, especially if it's true that only 10% of people are effected.
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperDave81:
Are you stating a fact or an opinion? Are you a Tmo employee?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Stryder5:
I haven't noticed missing bars, but my G2 reports I don't have signal half the time.

Settings > About Phone > Battery Use > Cell Standby

It will tell me that 50% of the time, I do not have cell signal. I compared this to my brother's Vibrant and his is at 0% signal loss. Definitely something wrong here because my cell standby usage is twice as much as my brother's (we live in the same household so location shouldn't matter).
[G2 and Desire Z General] Arcadia310:
I only get bad signal in my house, everywhere else is fine.
[G2 and Desire Z General] schwiz:
im getting better reception than on my nexus
[G2 and Desire Z General] gottijr:
Tmobile G2 calls drop

I didn't notice the signal issues but I guess it's happening to my phone as well.

I have a diff major issue. My calls (most of them) drops around 4 min of the conversation with a small beep.

Went to the store back, changed the sim same issue, replace the phone same issue. Changed the number (sim) same issue.

anyone experience calls drop?

they said I gotta wait a few days until they try to fix this issue.
[G2 and Desire Z General] VValdo:
My problem was suddenly my entire network (phone and data) dropped and I was getting an "x" - no service message.

I had heard of others having htis problem. Went to settings->wireless networks -> "Available Networks" and when scanning for networks got "Error while searching for networks" .

This makes me worry. Resetting the phone fixed it, but I hope this is software and not hardware.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] garthy:
Hi

I've been looking at the backup API[1] and wondered if anyone knew why BackupAgents[2] arn't implemented for any of the built in apps(except browser). I would like my settings to be restored after a wipe. The code to actually do this for a package is tiny and it brings a nice benefit to people who flash there ROMS.

I've attached an example implementing saving settings for the Calendar. This hasn't been tested or compiled (I'm building a ROM as we speak) but is so simple I can't understand why it isn't done before as it was a feature of 2.2. (undoubtedly this has some mistakes as I mainly code in c++/c#)

My original intent was to write a BackupAgent for the DeskClock app as quite a few times I've wiped then flashed a ROM and forgotten to set my alarm and been late for work! But this needs to backup the Database that the Alarm code uses and it would be nice to have the SQLite Backup API[3] exposed so I can write a BackupAgentHelperDB. Then all our apps can have settings backed up! :D

Any thoughts or is backup a very boring area in ROM development! :-/

Garthy

[1] - /guide/topics/data/backup.html

[2] - /reference/android/app/backup/BackupAgent.htm

[3] - /backup.html

Err nolinks but look at developer.android.com for [1] + [2] and www dot sqlite dot org for

[3]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] garthy:
OK well I've complied and submitted a patch.

This would be nice to see in cyanogen 6.1.

https://review.source.android.com/#change,17553

Gonna do all the apps..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmollabi:
I'm rooted using unrevoked..I'm having trouble at this point..I can't unlock Nand..what is the easiest way to do this..thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
Look im not trying to be mean but searching is usually your best bet. I am willing to bet your answer can be found in the first 4 pages of this forum. Try searching ENG Bootloader .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwertz:
I believe the unrevoked forever does that for you but you have to select it.

from www.unrevoked.com

unrevoked forever is a tool to set your Android phone's security level to S-OFF. The security level is a flag stored on the radio; when the flag is S-OFF, the bootloader (HBOOT) will no longer check the signatures of firmware images before flashing them. This allows custom firmware images to be uploaded, including unsigned boot, recovery, splash1, and hboot images (as well as official images that have been modified). When the system is S-OFF, the NAND flash memory protection is also reduced; this allows all partitions (including /system) to be written to while the operating system is booted.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidcues:
Great response REM

sent from my HTC vision
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpkimmel:
What are you trying to do, could you be more specific? Unrevoked gives you unlocked nand, so i'm not sure what problem your running into?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmollabi:
I used unrevoked..tried to install cyanogen n I get a error message
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpkimmel:
are you sure unrevoked worked, sometimes you have to do it a couple times....do you have superuser permissions? I would make sure unrevoked is correctly installed...also redownload your rom and make sure the download is completed successfully, i never dl to phone, always to pc...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmollabi:
I have superuser..I used unrevoked

should I use unrevoked forever
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwertz:
Boot the phone into bootloader and you should see S-ON or S-OFF. If you see S-OFF you have nand unlocked.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwertz:
Yes, that is what I said earlier a couple posts up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimeslunk:
Ya can't flash cm6 directly from unrevoked you need eng boot and amon recovery to flash it. You are most likely nand unlocked but trying to flash through clockwork. Easy fix is download Rom manager from marketplace then choose change recovery or whatever it says. I haven't looked at it for aong time then choose amon ra recovery. Then do another nand backup because clockwork and amon don't really work together. Then you should be able to flash cm6 no problem. Though having already done this I would personally suggest vaelpak over cm6 its almost all aosp and everything on your phone will still be functional. Plus its just as snappy as cm6 and I seem to get a far greater battery life with it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
If you want to be able to install CM6 you need the ENG Bootloader.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpkimmel:
I user unrevoked forever, but none the less you should have nand unlocked, check bootloader for s-off......REM3Dy is right...look at this guide..it will get your what you need..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=800859
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmollabi:
It's says s off..but I don't have anon ra..I'm using clockwork..what should I do
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpkimmel:
clockwork is just fine....go to that guide i gave you, downlaod the pc36img.zip image and follow those instruction, it will give you eng boot........and then clash vaelpak rom...or cm6

just follow that link to that guide, scroll to the bottom and follow...its easy as pie...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmollabi:
When I get home ill give it a try..thank u
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmollabi:
I followed your guide again n was successful and was able to flash gapps.but still getting an error flashing cyanogen..wat am I doing wrong
[Streak 5 General] kharmafish:
Discontinued dell streak on O2 and pos dell I spoke to o2 today about getting arepair on my streak they said as they stopped selling sny type of contrsct for the streak.that they can't help.also dell said that they are also discontinuing to sell the steak!

Im I dreaming anyone any light on this
[Streak 5 General] fards:
lol

dell have just launched it in two new countries...

http://www.o2.co.uk/dellstreak <<--- appears to be for sale there..
[Streak 5 General] wonsanim:
I think this is some misunderstanding :) the Streak continue open to other market:cool:
[Streak 5 General] ronj1986:
Fards, are you an O2 subscriber? If so can you call to see if there is any truth behind the OP's post?
[Streak 5 General] wonsanim:
Or Any Other user on O2:)
[Streak 5 General] yosemite_sam:
Im an O2 customer :) Dell Streak on O2? Never heard of it!!! *whistles* :D
[Streak 5 General] kharmafish:
Well thanks for response, I can only confirm what o2 have told me I'm on my third steak they said no longer able to offer replacement only repair, and dell don't repair steaks I'm told by dell.

So unsure to hand my streak to o2 for so called repair. Its basically wont make calls from text messages or drops calls from phone book that I make, yes the streak is still on its web site but if you call to purchase one there no longer in stock it,itried last night.

Brad
[Streak 5 General] fards:
Spoke to o2, "we can't get. enough of them. They sell out as fast as we stock them"

I'm not surprised they wont replace a 4 Th one!

O2 use a service centre for repairs, I think you misunderstood what y you were told :p
[Streak 5 General] DeathJester:
Contact a solicitor. If they recommend suing, you may well get a default judgement awarding repair costs, legal costs, and compensation for the period the phone has been defective.

That is, unless, you screw with the phone in a way which voids the warranty :p

I am not a lawyer, I am not your lawyer, this is not legal advice.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roscoe141:
Thanks to help from one of the members on here my bluetooth is now working fine for making/receiving calls.

However why does the audio from youtube app or tunein radio app not also come through my bluetooth device when paired and connected but instead through my HTC Desire loudspeaker?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roscoe141:
Any one got any idea?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roscoe141:
I'll try rephrasing the question.

Why doesnt a standard bluetooth in ear headset carry the full audio of my HTC Desire the way a pair of bluetooth headphones probably do and not just phone calls?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roscoe141:
Either noone knows or the ones that do aren't seeing this thread.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordKillalot:
I have Nokia BH-503 headset and I had the same problem. The calls would go through my headset, but everything else would play on the speaker. I noticed when I went to settings/Wireless & Networks/Bluetooth settings that my headset connects to phone audio, but not media audio.

I did some research and found a solution that works for me. I turn on the headset first, then bluetooth on my phone. Wait for a few seconds and that's that. My headset works perfectly and plays all audio from the device. When I go to settings, it says that the headset is connected to phone and media audio.

Try that and see if it works for you.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roscoe141:
I'm only getting the option to use phone audio for some reason. I even tried switching my headset on first as you suggested.

My headset is a Nokia BH-102.

Any other ideas on how to get the media audio connected?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roscoe141:
I think my bluetooth headset is just too crap to play media audio.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wumpscut223:
I had a Nokia a long time ago that had caller groups and I had a "VIP" setting that would allow only people selected to ring and txt with an audio report. Everyone else was silent. I would set this ringer profile when I was going to sleep and anyone who I didn't want to wake me couldn't and everyone who I wouldn't mind hearing from could. I want my girlfriend to wake me if she needs anything but I don't want to hear from anyone else :p

Is there a way to do this on the N1?

Thanks :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Ringtone can be selected per person.

Apps like "Contact GroupU" allow to set ringtone over a group, and to modify groups - default Contacts app doesn't have the feature (but it's accessible from Gmail).

You could use something to change your default ringtone to "silent" on demand, and this way your ringtone for VIP persons would remain the only one.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tristantinus:
Hey guys,

I want to switch from one rom to the other on my android HD2 but i want to be able to save all my downloads and settings etc.

Is it possible ?

and if so how do i do that?

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malaeus:
theres a thread above you with exactly that....

search is your friend. if you cant find it with search, try google. google is your friend, if you cant find it with google. then you have no friends.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] memin1857:
use titanium backup from the market.

(donate version makes it easier to restore)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tristantinus:
YEah i tried searching but i guess i didnt use the right keywords

Thanks though =D
[Android Software Development] kwdubu:
Is it possible to simultaneously run two apps, say Google Navigation and Pandora, and split screen them on one display? My droid x for example.

Thanks
[Android Software Development] evilkorn:
Not that I know of, but you could use one of the programs that runs as an overlay when you double tap home to quickly switch back and forth.
[Android Software Development] kwdubu:
I think its reasonable to think this could be useful and would be used, but, I couldn't code "hello world" if my life depended upon it. Anyone interested in taking a whack at this? If it got to alpha I'd buy a test device.

Tapatalk on DX
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Gaz25:
ok developed an app and just decided to use images for buttons.

Made a nice glossy button in photoshop, added to my app and put it on my HTC HD 2 for a test.

Why does the image not look as smooth? like I can see the blend/gradient lines.

Does the dpi have any effect and bit depth? Image was made at 72dpi

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Telyx:
DPI only comes into play if you print your image. Bit depth might make a difference. I don't know offhand the color bit depth of the HD2's display, but if it isn't the same as your computer's display, your buttons will look different.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Gaz25:
yep its the colour depth. PC, i'm using 32bpp where as most phones are at 16bpp.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zyphuris55:
What language is the pictures being used in? Recently I've found out that C# uses Bilinear image resizing, which means it inserts estimated pixels in with the image when resizing.

Try the following:

1) save the image as a 24 or 32 bit png

2) make the image the same size as the button
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Gaz25:
I'm using c# and I'm not resizing the image at all.

The other thing i have noted is that if I add a picturebox to my app and set the image to the same one I'm using for my button, again I make sure I display the image at its actual size, it looks better than what it does for the button.

Why is that?

Same image, displayed at actual size looks, better in a picturebox than it does in my custom control?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] m4rk0358:
I was hoping to find an app that could use the camera as a barcode scanner of food products to let the user know if there is an ingredient that they can't consume. The user would enter their allergens when they set up the app (i.e., gluten, peanuts, vegetarian/vegan, etc.) and when they use the scanner on a product's UPC code at the store it could let them know if the product is safe to consume. I couldn't find anything like this in the market and would love to see something like this.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fachadick:
something like this?

http://www.appbrain.com/app/scanavert-subscription/com.app.scanavert1
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] m4rk0358:
Perfect! Guess I'm not very good at doing searches. :o
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fachadick:
nice :)

glad i could help
[General Topics] TheMathMan:
Buying tomorrow... is it really worth the extra?
[General Topics] pulser_g2:
If you plan to install a custom ROM, then yes, as I believe the X10 has an encrypted bootloader that is currently unbroken.
[Android Apps and Games] n1ghtl1fe:
first off not sure if this is were this thread belongs...

Anyone kno of a program that will automatically sync and and convert my music to a smaller audio format and place it on my phone?
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Get a bigger SD card... Do you really want to renecode already lossy music down to even lossier?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TylerD004:
I have been running a variety of ROMS for a few months now without issue. Each time, I wipe data, then cache, and then sometimes dalvik.

I fear there is still some data SOMEWHERE causing me the following problem:

For the past two weeks, I cannot change my keyboard on any ROM. I press and hold on the input field, select change input, and then choose a different keyboard (I usually have android, htc's, and swype), but no matter what I choose it stays on the one that was before. The only way I've been able to get off of the android keyboard is by uninstalling it from the ROM.

Is there something I am missing.. OR something I can do to wipe what ever data is causing this bug?