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[Droid 2 General] hockeyhead019:
Hey guys,

Just curious what your thoughts were on changing the ROM from the original one on the phone to Epic, (whatever the newest one is I think it's 2.5 somebody correct me if it isn't). So I guess if you've done this what are the most noticable changes and is it worth the time it takes to do this.

-Jim
[Droid 2 General] bladearronwey:
I'm really enjoying the epic 2.5 rom. I liked the phone stock but I found it to hang up quite a bit, blur seemed a little power hungry, and there were some apps installed that I did NOT want that constantly bugged me (city ID!). I switched to epic and my phone seems much much more responsive and my batter life seems mildly improved, by about roughly 10%. I'll more than likely continue to use epic until the bootloader gets cracked and we get something like cyanogen on the D2
[Droid 2 General] skipwagner:
I also use epic 2.5 and it sometimes randomly reboots, but otherwise its amazing. Battery life is great!
[Droid 2 General] hockeyhead019:
what's your battery life like? because that's my main problem with my d2 since i text quite frequently and that seems to drain the battery like no other.

so you guys say go for it? also how do you back your contacts up when you change the roms?
[Droid 2 General] zibrah3ed:
If you are looking for a rom with little to no Blur left, try installing Motoboy's R2D2 SuperClean. It doesn't have all the Star Wars stuff and you are left with a solid system. I experienced a few bugs that were show stoppers on Epic 2.5. Those being the slide to unlock reboots, and the calendar not allowing me to add events. Matt has posted a fix for the calendar, but as of yet nothing stops the unlock reboots. Personally I find both of the roms to be better than what was shipped with the device. Ultimately which rom to flash should be your decision not someone else's.
[Droid 2 General] wecramer:
Link?

Can you post a link for Motoboy's R2D2 SuperClean?
[Droid 2 General] zibrah3ed:
Read the instructions carefully, then read them again. This is a slightly tougher install than Epic.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=796908
[Droid 2 General] HerroMoto:
Well I'm a new Droid 2 user. I had the original D1 and just got the D2 about a week ago. Epic was the first rom I downloaded and I like it a lot it reminds me of my D1 roms I had installed. It's pretty fast and hardly lags. I had a few problems at first. My phone rebooted randomly about twice and I'm not sure if this was a problem for everyone or if I just had a corrupt file installed, but whenever I would use titanium backup my messaging app stopped working. It really pissed me off because my messages still worked, but I couldn't see them. It kept force closing, but eventually it started to work. I'm enjoying this rom so far.

EDIT: I'm having the lock reboot problem now, it has happened maybe four or 5 times and it has been getting annoying lol. I haven't really looked for a fix, but I will be soon.
[Droid 2 General] newk8600:
The lock screen reboots are a known bug in Epic 2.5 but I'm back with epic after tweaking R2D2 too much and I haven't had a problem after installing lock screen on/off widget and setting it off.
[Droid 2 General] hockeyhead019:
What do u mean by the lock screen reboots? Just out of curiousity? I haven't had any reboots but I don't use a lock when my screen shuts off... is that what ur refering to or just the regular slide lock?
[Droid 2 General] zibrah3ed:
Slide to unlock from screen off. If lockscreen is disabled it doesn't do the reboots.
[Droid 2 General] HerroMoto:
Yeah I've heard that people without a slide-to-unlock feature are fine, but people like me that HAVE to have a lockscreen, are expeirencing problems. It has happened to me a couple times already
[Droid 2 General] newk8600:
@Herromoto

Maybe you could disable the slide lock screen and put a pattern lock on. I don't know if the widget will disable the pattern or the pattern will make a reboot but it's worth a shot.
[Droid 2 General] HerroMoto:
Yeah I heard that's a solution people use, but I am too hard headed to do that lol, I like the old school lock screen too much :p
[Vibrant General] Bikram:
Hi,

I am in Canada and about to buy a new cellphone. We have Vibrant from Bell which I can get for $450 (used) and it has front facing camera. The only bad things that I know of is that gps has not been fixed yet and the phone looks like a cheap copy of Iphone.

Whereas Captivate is coming up pretty soon from Rogers. I have pay around $620 to get that (new). Unfortunately it has front facing camera, but th egps has been fixed.

Not sure which one to buy. Is there any other differences between them that I don't know?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
[Vibrant General] aaron1992:
From what I understand they are the exact same phones, just different carriers. I think the vibrant has a sleeker look to it, but thats just my opinion. And my friend who has a captivate, he wasnt able to do something to his phone that I did without flashing the kernel or what not, not exactly sure what it was, but still. I think it was mobilap.
[Vibrant General] stefan.buddle:
same phones basically, although you can unlock the vibrant and use it with att and access their 3g network but you cant do the same for the captivate
[Vibrant General] Bspence415:
Vibrant looks much better
[Vibrant General] Gigamaster89:
I like the design of the Captivate better but will probably go for the Vibrant just because of the possibility of UMA.

That and it supports all bands.
[Vibrant General] Emama:
Get the Canadian vibrant for sure!

It is the same as the international version i bet it has the update faster than our vibrant, also it comes with the front camera!!

No matter u use it or not, more stuff is good stuff :p
[Vibrant General] henreeg:
D:

i don't have a front facing camera!!!
[Vibrant General] Bikram:
Any one knows when the Vibrant is getting its gps fixed??
[Vibrant General] Emama:
Stop asking this again no one knows
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hawon:
Things I like

1. Keyboard. Did I say keyboard?

I'm still trying my fingers to get familiar with physical keys. Almost two years of wondering on virtual keyboard made it little bit uncomfortable but I love actually having the physical keyboard.

2. Call quality

Compare to my dear NexusOne, call quality is little better.

3. Hinge design

I remember how unsatisfied I was with G1's design or Xperia x1a with it's slide out. I didn't like how G1 continuously hitting the side and became loose or not so smooth sliding out mechanism of Xperia x1a's design. Fortunately my hinge didn't have any problem and works great.

4. Size

So much thinner than I thought. Of course comparing to ones without physical keyboards this is much thicker but wow not bad at all.

now the things I don't like

1. G2 didn't restore all my apps from app store. I had to manually search and download them all again. Yes it still had my paid apps on there but none of them restored either.

2. Screen problems.

First, automatic brightness doesn't work. On top of that screen with white background flickers (i.e. surfing the web) when the brightness set to minimum.

3. Space bar on the keyboard

I really do wish space bar is little bit bigger. I do not need three quick keys. Two would been perfectly fine. I rather have a bit longer space bar.

4. Battery life

Probably due to auto-brightness not working properly, battery drained a lot quicker than i thought. It lasted me only 7 hrs on my first day.

Sigh... After work I'm going to T-Mobile store to exchange it =(
[G2 and Desire Z General] theglock:
Automatically restoring apps will be in gingerbread from what i've read... but dont quote me on that
[G2 and Desire Z General] Akulamenuri:
It sucks that you had to download everything again. I'm not sure if your previous phone was rooted or not but Titanium Backup does a fantastic job of restoring everything with one click but you have to be a "Root" user to use the application.

I dont have the phone yet but I do agree that the quick keys aren't need. Having an application on a homescreen is alot easier to access than having to open the phone and then hit the quick key.

Are you going to exchange the phone for another G2 or just another phone entirely?
[G2 and Desire Z General] swags:
I can't figure out what auto-brightness is really trying to do. I figured it would use the light sensor and adjust brightness as necessary. Instead it seems that it just starts the brightness on a lower setting when you first wake the phone up and then increases it if you keep the phone awake long enough.

I can see some logic to that design, so it may be intentional. Of course it does not reflect how we actually use our phones. If I need full brightness, I probably need it right away. If I'm using my phone in a dark room (say, trying to read a terrible Google Voice transcription of an already incomprehensible late night drunk call), the last thing I want is for the screen to go full blast after a minute.

The quick keys definitely feel like a gimmick to me. I have them set to directly open a message to people I frequently text, but I don't know how much I'll really use them. I'm sure someone will come up with a really cool thing to link them to though.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hawon:
with my NexusOne, whenever I wipe the device completely to install different rom and waht not, as soon as I sign into Google account all my apps were restored. I don't know why G2 can't when Nexus One with Froyo can
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hawon:
I still do have an option to go back to NexusOne.

I'm going to exchange the phone for another G2 and see from there.

I don't think it is a good idea to decide a device after only a day of use
[G2 and Desire Z General] Arcadia310:
Sorry to hear that man. My G2 lasted 18 hours on its first charge.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hawon:
I should used multi-quote...

anyway, there's a light sensor on top left corner of the screen. It should sense the amount of light it sees and adjust accordingly. At least that's how iPhone, NexusOne, and other devices worked. hm.. if yours act like that too then idk it is defective entirely or just need a update.

Either or, my screen flickering at the lowest setting should not happen.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dmahfood:
Actually, there is a QuickKeys widget included that you can put on the homescreen, so you don't need to open the keyboard to get that functionality.
[G2 and Desire Z General] swags:
After a little experimentation using my hand to cover the light sensor, I think my sensor is just very sensitive. I'm also probably too used to a very dim screen because I always kept my G1 brightness down to save battery. I'll have to experiment more in a completely dark room to see what happens.
[G2 and Desire Z General] vdub804:
Im still training my battery its been more than 24 hrs and the G2 still hasn't went dead yet
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidlicious:
Would they let you exchange a G2 for another one just, no questions asked? I've never done an exchange before so I am just curious.
[G2 and Desire Z General] StuRoid:
I think the reason your apps aren't automatically downloading is due to them being different devices and so the Market recognises that and doesn't download them.

If you use AppBrain you can sync your Nexus One and save the list of all your apps there and then copy that list on AppBrain to your new device and then you can sync that and it will download your apps so you don't have to search for each one.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Arcadia310:
Yes. If you bought it at a retail T-Mobile store you have a 14 buyers remorse period where you can freely exchange it for a new device (has to be the same device, can't exchange for a Vibrant for example) if something is wrong.
[G2 and Desire Z General] HamNCheese:
How does that make any sense? "I have buyers remorse, so I'll go exchange this for the same model...."

The policy is 20 day no questions asked - restock fee may be applied. What they do at a local store may be entirely different.

http://www.t-mobile.com/Templates/P...Policy&WT.z_unav=ftr__returnpolicy&print=true
[G2 and Desire Z General] Arcadia310:
If your phone has a defect you are allowed to exchange it for a brand new phone of the same kind within 14 days I believe. I'm obviously talking about a retail store.
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidlicious:
Is the hinge issue considered a defect?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ghostcreamy:
Agreed... AppBrain is a must have and it allows you to have apps setup per device. When you get a new device, AppBrain simply restores all of your apps.

Auto Brightness is working for me.

I think everyone, myself included, needs to train their battery if they want to make the most of their setup.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hawon:
Actually within thenperiod, you can exchange it to whatever. Only timenyou cantnfreely is exchange to same one. It has to have some sort of defects.

FYI, if you purchased out right, then its 30 days to return.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hawon:
Appbrain, now I know what to do. Thanks,

Hmmm. How well does your auto brightness work?

I got the new one, include this one all five devices I tried didn't work as well as nexus one. Almost non-noticeable, like an iPad.
[G2 and Desire Z General] VValdo:
Here's the official CNet Review.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cyricc:
Judging from some quick testing with logcat it seems like auto-brightness sets the screen to 80 brightness (out of 255) BUT changes it permanently to 160 after the sensor exceeds a certain (low) threshold. Changes in ambient light cause the sensor event to fire correctly, it just doesn't seem to do anything other than set brightness to 160. Auto brightness definitely looks broken currently.
[G2 and Desire Z General] borodin1:
Just like OP, this is my first day with the device. I too did notice that auto-brightness is all borked although no screen flickering yet. Can't stand the Z-hinge, seems like there is no good spot to grab the screen to slide it up since all corners are rounded. Also, does anyone know how the buttons backlight is suppose to work (home, menu, back and search)? Is it suppose to stay on for a certain amount of time or all the time while the screen is on? What triggers them to come on, screen press, track-pad press/touch, all of the above ? Does auto-brightness have anything to do with that? My backlight for those buttons don't seem to follow any logic or pattern.
[G2 and Desire Z General] swags:
Heh, I saw the same thing with logcat last night and was just about to post that. I also noticed that after sleeping and waking up the phone, the brightness is sometimes set to 160 right off the bat even with a low light sensor reading. At least we know it's a software issue now.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
Al right, first of all, I am not the developer or want to advertise this commercially, but you really have to check this out. Unfortunately it is not free, but the widget they have is simply perfect.

It's called Palmary Weather version 1.2 is just out and I was following them for a while, because I knew this version comes with widget.

this is a picture of FULL widget, it comes with different options, this is 4x4.

As you can see the below part change with nice information when you tap it.

It has 5 different information bars integrated in one widget which I think it is graphically stunning. I do admit I found the apk through google, and I will see the coming days if the information is accurate. When it is as accurate as it looks, I definately will buy it.

Here some screens from my phone, where you can see the 5 different informations you get in the widget.

you noticed I am a bit enthousiastic about this:D

Cheers,

Arnold
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] javagreen:
I agree, that IS beautiful indeed.

I do have one question though, can it detect the correct location via GPS/Cell Tower Info? I adore that functionality in Beautiful Widgets' weather widget.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
Looks great! Do you know what weather services it uses ? Just want to know if i can use it in my city. :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
You can detect "my location" and it works.

I tested Bhubaneswar, it is now 26 degrees celsius there and a few clouds, further a shiny night it says. Correct?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
Yup.. Here i Go to get the credit card :) Thank you for the info. Too bad its not available in the market..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
Here in Holland it is when you searching on Palmary:D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
Seems like they added it recently. Last time i checked it wasn't there.. Thanks again for the info ( the one about the market :D )
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
Today it came in holland I think. No problem ;-)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] murerlars:
Super nice weather application. I only have one problem.

Whenever I choose the full version widget, it dosen't show the hole number for the tempature reading (see picture below).

Any one know why???
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
Maybe you have a bigger font installed. Compared to my screens your font seems a bit larger, which means it needs more space. Its only a guess, but try to install another font for a while, just to rule this out...

Also my temperature start a bit higher comparing to your moon sign for some reason. Mine is at 4x4, yours too I think?. I just shouting some possible reasons, I am not sure of course....

I use adw laucher and have set 6 rows and 5 coloums....try that too... I am curious why yours is not showing the whole number....
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] augie7107:
Extremely nice UI and very informative.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] murerlars:
Good thinking. I changed the font back to the original and everything looks fine now. :)

Thanks for your help...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] atanu89:
Thanks for this PollPix, looks awesome and quite aqurate with my location setting :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] chongbh:
I cannot find it in the Google Market, I stay in Singapore. Anyone can provide the link?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] QuentinCosta:
if its not in market try a search by google...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gupta.anurag08:
Its not a widget :(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] augie7107:
It has multiple widget sizes and configurations.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
Didn't you read the first post ? version 1.2 has widgets not 1.1 .
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gupta.anurag08:
I m using version 1.02..

Can anyone share ver 1.2??
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
Buy it from Here
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] atanu89:
Site link mentioned above had it to buy
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
That's what i said. I hope those who want this app buy it. It's by far the most polished app i have ever used. Needless to say this is the best weather app for Android. Look's really great and very informative. And i am biased to 4X4 widgets :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
yep, I tested it now for a couple of days checking the weather multiple times an hour:D and the information is really accurate. So I stole my wife's credit card:o....again...:eek::Dand bought it. The dev's really did a good job, award them with a couple of bucks if you like it...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tuxStyle:
How is the batter after the installation? :)

Did it get worse?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
Not that I am aware of, so IF it use more battery, it is not significant...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kylec:
i set mine to my location in australia and it says the temperature in fahrenheit, but i want celsius and i cant see a way to change it. does anyone know how to?

edit: lol never mind i found it, now i feel stupid haha
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] damirbusic:
How did you get that clock on top of it ? Or is this lockscreen ?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
Just use Adw launcher,set it to 4X5, select 4X4 widget and put the digital clock widget by maize on top of it
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
newer version is there with a very nice 1x4 widget...looks awesome...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tuxStyle:
I bought the app a few days ago.

Thing is... it needs more locations and, a way i can choose which meteo station to use by default from the list they have
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
I live in a very small place in holland and it not only recognize it also the information is amazingly accurate.

Only thing I have is sometimes it shows a black/white icon instead of a coloured one...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ptesmoke:
thanks for this! not only my fav widget but definetly worth buying. thanks again.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] vrs2610:
hey wats the time widget in the pictures called. thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] k1sr:
Can I borrow it too...?? :p

Oh, and are there instructions on how to use the app anywhere - couldn't seem to find any on the site...

Don't get me wrong, it's fairly intuitive, but with so much information, etc. it's kinda hard to know exactly how to navigate through all the options, etc.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] m6x:
Hi, my Tytn 2 dosen't recognize the card, I haven't recently updated the rom...:(

Any solution?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Does a computer or any other device recognize the card?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] m6x:
Yes the computer recognizes the card...

I've also checked the flat cable and it's ok...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Backup the card and reformat it? Does another card work?
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] fasix:
today it's out a new skype, but not for wildfire.

how do i install it ?

is it possible? :confused: :D
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] web2010:
I downloaded it from market. But i cant login :/

does anyone know how to fix it?
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] fasix:
from market? from wildfire market? is there?
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] coolK3N:
Skype say not supported.. due to Wildfire small screen :(
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] tigger69:
This is the one that works on 3 uk, dont know if it works on other networks though.

http://rapidshare.com/files/423313609/Skype_0.10.0.14_hutch_live.apk
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Skye Menjou:
Don't bother, the Skype in the market FC closes all the time.

Also use appbrain to install it, See my guide in General section.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] web2010:
I mean appbrain market sorry :p

anyway it wont connect, i got connection error and i'm unable to use it :(
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] GigiAUT:
I downloaded it from the normal Android Market. Managed to sign in but it was a bit sluggish. The real problem was trying to exit the app. Apparently the Log Out option is in one of the tabs, My Info I think it was. Whenever I try to press that tab, I get a force close and the app restarts and logs me back in. Ended up having to kill it.

Don't know if I can call or text yet because I uninstalled straight away. Nimbuzz will do fine until they sort it out.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] MaxFragg:
i could log-in via wlan,but skype crashed instantly when i tried to do anything (htc default rom)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] donglt:
Just installed and it's working fine....
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] chichoko:
Worked fine on OD 4.0.32. Really had no issues with it except the sneaky log out button.. im gonna try it on stock 2.2 and report back..

*edit* sorry my bad.. posted on the wrong forum.. :$
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Kositch:
Wildfire - NO

Just installed on Wildfire (via .apk). Screen and graphics looked great, but when clicking on My Info or trying something else, it keeps crashing. Lets hope, that Skype devs will make it work also for this very popular device :confused:
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] jakx:
Same here. I can login, but clicking on any button crashes the app. Very sad, I was hoping to finally have Skype on my phone.

I wrote a mail to the support, they just answered that the Wilfire isn´t supported at the moment.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Kositch:
So at least there is probability, that it's only "at the moment" and in future, there will be release for small res. phones...
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] tobybobby:
Everything works fine,but i can't make calls.Chatting works fine,info works fine.