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[Online Courses, Schools, and Other External Resour] generalamerica:
If you looking a book or something to teach you the basics Beginning Java Programming for Dummies and Android Application Development in 24 Hours are good reads.
[Online Courses, Schools, and Other External Resour] Vanquish46:
I'd rather not fill the forum with more threads so I'm just going to ask my question here. What is the best way to read the android dev guide on the device itself? Just going to the site directly? Ideally I'd like a pdf or something designed to be read on a small screen. The site can have formatting issues when read on a small screen.
[Online Courses, Schools, and Other External Resour] Archer:
I've been developing for a long time (nearly 30 years), and whenever I need to learn a new language I start with the Sams range, "Teach yourself whatever language in X days/hours". They're pretty good and this is available for Kindle, which is great if you use the Amazon Kindle app...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Yours...1_fkmr2_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1287485537&sr=8-2-fkmr2

It obviously costs, but I really do rate those books as brilliant starting points. The rest is google and friends on here.

Hope this helps - good luck mate.
[Online Courses, Schools, and Other External Resour] mat431:
Personally, I've been coding in Java for what... four years now? I'm feeling dwarfed here by johncmolyneux but honestly, the best way to learn is to not use an IDE like Eclipse, but to use something that you have to hand-code everything yourself, such as Geany! You learn fairly quickly after writing a few applications. :)
[Online Courses, Schools, and Other External Resour] BigGee:
If you are thinking "titanium", "mosync" or "phone gap" it is worth doing a bit of background research. There are several extremely powerful tools out there that can help you build cross platform apps - these are among the top ones.

bit more discussion about this here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16703287#post16703287

There are a few useful reports comparing them - check out ours by googling "triballabs cross platform"
[Online Courses, Schools, and Other External Resour] EraqEE:
The Google App Inventor makes it pretty easy to create your own Android apps. Best part is you don't need to learn any programming languages. You won't be creating anything too complicated like a video game for example, but it's a good start nonetheless.

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/
[Online Courses, Schools, and Other External Resour] abcdjdj:
If you want to learn the basics of Java, then please check out a book called as "Head First Java". They really explain the basics with the help of real life examples to make things much simpler so that people understand.:)
[Online Courses, Schools, and Other External Resour] prc292:
Beginner app projects

I'm also just getting started with app development. Something I've been looking for is a beginner app project. Wish I could find a walkthrough of a simple app like a game of Hangman or something like that. I've been through the android developer training web site and got some good info but some things I'm still a little stuck on. Id Love to see an actual app (rather than just a mock up of some fields and buttons) and then a slightly dumbed down explanation of the code. Might be a lot to ask but man it would be great!
[Vibrant General] ludeboye:
On a stock vibrant?
[Vibrant General] Xianku:
Get Launcher Pro from the marketplace
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
And desktop visualiser

Sent from my Galaxy S using the XDA App
[Vibrant General] fit333:
dxtop pro, long press icon for options. you may need to grab an icon pack. gl
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
what about getting the entire name of the apps to show up instead of fading off. There's plenty of room if a second line is used.
[Vibrant General] rogerchew:
That only allows changes to dock icons...what about application icons?
[Vibrant General] vapotrini:
You can change app icons on with Any cut or Better cut.
[Vibrant General] Xianku:
If you have Launcher Pro (Plus):

-Long press on the homescreen

-go to shortcuts

-applications

-tap the app you want

-a screen should come up with the stock icon and title for the app

-tap on the icon and change it to whatever you want (it will go to your gallery, so you'll need to have already downloaded the icon you want)
[G2 and Desire Z General] dippkpmann:
What is a really good program to sync music to the g2?
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliLove310:
If you're using iTunes, iSyncr does a really great job of syncing your iTunes with your phone. Theres one for Mac and one for Windows on the market. I used it all the time with my Nexus, and it worked perfectly. I haven't tried it on the G2 yet, haven't finished downloading and setting up all my apps yet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mtl171:
iSyncr if you use itunes or DoubleTwist
[G2 and Desire Z General] thedarkpassenger:
I personally like doubletwist but it can be buggy at times

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] SuperDave81:
Is there no way to full theme our phones (ie: black status bar, custom icons, etc...) without root and a custom rom? I really hate this white status bar.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mtl171:
only when we root :(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redct:
I was trying out a new ROM, so I did a nandroid and flashed. Unfortunately the flash wiped the internal SD. Can I get my Nandroid and my data back or is it a goner?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speoples20:
Its probably gone, but you can try and recover it. I've used a program called Recurva to recover pictures accidently deleted off my camera. You might be able to recover your nandroid, but don't get your hopes up.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] All~G1:
I'm not sure any CW flashable ROM will delete either of your sd cards. Which one did you flash and how? If you have a nandroid image saved outside of the sd cards that just got deleted then you should have a folder labeled /sdcard which is your internal sd.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjhart85:
His language was ambiguous, but I think he meant he made a nandroid (backup) and flashed (with Odin).

Yeah, you can try a number of programs designed to restore data. Be very careful & make sure that clockwork is NOT set to ignore the hash check (I forget exactly what the option is). You don't want to flash it on top if it fails a hash check (unless you are only trying to restore data, which should be ok to try).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shorty82524:
Hi everyone, long time reader, first time poster here. I rooted my Droid Incredible in order to upgrade to the leaked OTA 2.2 update, then decided after a while to downgrade back to 2.1 using mejdam's method in order to get the official OTA 2.2 update. I was able to root using unrEVOked not too long ago but ended up downgrading again to 2.1 because I started to have multiple reboot problems with the phone. I'm now back to the official 2.2 update and now when I try to root again with unrEVOked it gives me the error "internal error: cannot find misc". What am I doing wrong? The phone still works correctly, I just cannot apply root anymore. Thoughts? Thank you!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arkshel:
I get direct deposit through ipay but when I try viewing the pdf on my evo it only comes up as a blank page.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
hm which pdf viewer are you trying to use?

I personally anything that uses apples Iproduct method (wehter it ahs any relation to apple or not) so I dont use Ipay but i do use pdf viewers a good amount.

normally i have 2 optinos adobe or the built in pdf viewer i have a lot less issues with adobe.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pardsbane:
I got my G2 today, and I'm pretty happy with it. I haven't messed too much with the hinge, but it seems pretty solid and I'm not very worried about it.

However, this evening, after a few hours of usage, I noticed the phone locked up hard, twice, within 30 minutes of each other. Within another 30 minutes, it rebooted itself spontaneously. This has me pretty worried, but I was in an area of the house where I only get edge, and reception goes in and out frequently. So its possible some type of radio reset thing was going on causing it to crash.

If that is the problem, I can probably deal with it. Hopefully its not a sign of a larger problem.

Another annoying thing happened to me later in the evening when I was trying to write an email. The cursor kept moving to different widgets on the screen or moving the text cursor up and down and left and right while I was writing the email, almost as if an invisible person was playing with the arrow keys. I realized I was sitting in such a way that the optical mouse was pointed directly at my ceiling light, so I'm guessing that was the problem, when I moved, I think the problem went away.

Anyway, just a word of caution to be on the lookout for similar behavior.

Let me know if you've seen anything like this with your G2.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sloppyjimbob:
Im having the same problem. I guess its just the way it senses "touch" (or light).

See my thread in this section (G2 Light Sensor Trackpad Issue), I can't post links yet. But there is a video in there showing why.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pardsbane:
I think I can live with the cursor sensitivity, now that I know what it is and that other people have the same problem, I can just move the phone a bit and it will go away.

Its also something that can be tweaked or fixed in software hopefully.

The locking up / crashing worries me. If its just a bug with going in and out of radio signal, they can fix that in software too, but if it is a hardware problem, I'll be pretty pissed.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
I've been out of the loop for a while.

I see the latest version of SkyRaider, 3.2 available and am wondering what are the pros and cons (if any) when upgrading from 2.5.2?

I see alot of people having problems with the Wireless Tether app when running 3.0 or above. I've had problems with it since upgrading to 2.5.2 so much that I already stopped using it and switched to EasyTether so that isn't a concern.

Also, are there any upgrades needed (such as radio or other) before wiping and installing 3.0?

Any info and opinions are much appreciated.

Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rabbiporkchop:
I'm using the newest Skyraider vanilla Rom, and my tether app is working great. This Rom seems to have no issues.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
Does it do anything that 2.5.2 doesn't?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DadamsJR:
im loving it!!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
:confused:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hatman41:
Yes it does ALOT more than 2.5.2 and he is about to release 3.3 so I would hold off until he releases that to upgrade. It should come out in a couple of days as they are beta testing it now.

v3.1 RC3:

Patched Gmail 2.2.1 and Voice Seach

Baked in Flash and Hulu

Added the Android keyboard

Fixed viewing YouTube videos from m.youtube.com

Added five new button mappings

v3.0 RC3:

Completely redone using the new leak base

Kingklick kernel #1 BFS

Working global search

4x4 Workspace

Espresso Mod themed with middle app drawer

5 column application drawer

14 available right button mappings

Busybox 1.18

Superuser 2.3.4

Gmail 2.2.1

New Voice Search and working with mms/email

Tab completion by default

Support for init.d scripting

Works with A2SD using the download provided in the second post ONLY

Google Search 1.1.0 from the Market

Google stock Car Home launcher

Car Launcher Music button now works with HTC Music

Htc Mail Mod for EAS Admin Removal

Removed the demons from the leak base

zipaligned all of the apks

v3.0 RC2:

Redesigned Rosie coded by me

Espresso themed

Scrollbar/screen indicator

Middle app drawer button

5 column app drawer

4x5 Workspace instead of 4x4 (let's use all the space!)

Calendar & Radio widgets take up less space

Launcher2 included as a backup

Busybox 1.18

GMail 2.2.1

Superuser 2.3.4

Modded Hulu (sensor orientation+fullscreen)

Stagefright disabled over http

HTC stagefright libraries used

Google Search 1.1.0 from the Market

Google stock Car Home launcher

Htc Mail Mod for EAS Admin Removal

Kingklick kernel #2

Flash 10.1 Final (look for it in the skyraider folder in your sd card along with a copy of Hulu and the old Flash 10.1 Beta 3 just in case)

More to come ...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
Nice!

Thanks for the info.

Do you need to upgrade the phone at all before installing 3.X if you're coming from 2.5.2?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hatman41:
It will require a full wipe. 3.3 should be comming out this weekend from what they are saying.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
I have a happy EVO. It gets great battery life, until some process causes CPU usage to peg. And there it will remain until I reboot.

I looked at a number of task managers and utils like SystemPanel Lite. None them let me sort the processes by CPU usage like Windows Task Manager or better yet, Process Explorer by SysInternals. And most of them do not list all processes running. They usually show user apps.

How can I find which process is hogging of the CPU cycles?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skittlesV1:
install quick system info
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakhar:
Are you using setcpu and do you have profiles enabled in it? This happened to me last night, CPU stuck at 100% until I rebooted... I had profiles enabled in setcpu based on how much battery % I had remaining.. I rebooted and it hasn't happened since.

Sent from my EVO running Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo and King's #10 CFS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
The paid version of System Panel has a monitoring feature that is exactly what you're looking for.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
i second that the paid version of systempanel gives you a moniter feature that lets you go to history and view apps taking the most power as well as the processes. if you click the system porcesses entry it will open up and give you that information.

I origonally bought it intending to uninstall it withen 24 hours and then once i started using it have decided it was well worht the money and kept it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
@skittlesV1, thanks for the recommend. System Info looks like what I need.

@Drakhar, Funny. I didn't have SetCPU on when this happened to me twice. I just put it on partly because of this problem I was experiencing. I use profiles rights now. If I find they are a problem, I will take them out.

@_MetalHead_ & @omegasun18, Thanks for the info. I did not know the pay version would do that. It's a well polished app. I might end up buying it in the end.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] studio7t7:
Hi,

there is a small problem on my tilt 8925.this is not for the home screen.

but all the other places icons are pixelated.not really clear i can see small

cutting edges around the icons.

is this normal? or should I have to increase the back-light?

any ideas

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] stylez:
iits normal as the kaiser is qvga 240x320 that's why gets jaggy around corners.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] studio7t7:
Thanks

Ohh really thanks a lot
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zgjbeta:
Ok so i have a MT3g running Cyans 5.0.7 this is obviously a 32b. Unfortunatley i made the most retarded mistake of trying to flash a new recovery rom 1.7.0 from 1.2.6 and instead of booting in recovery i did it directly from adb shell on my pc while phone was booted on rom. It oddly didnt give me any error messages but when i tried booting in recovery i get the mytouch green logo screen and wont boot. There are no recovery logs tried both commands and i cant update my rom nor can i push the engineering spl because i was told u need to be in recovery for that? Is that it? Is this phones recovery done? What are my options? Thank You in advance!

Btw looked at other posts i promise this is not related.

Phone however does boot to my rom just not in recovery?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] digitaljeff:
boot into fastboot and try flashing it there...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zgjbeta:
I did it wont allow i dont have engineering spl :S and cant install it unless i am in recovery its amazing really!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Follow this guide and only do the custom recovery steps of it (based on the conclusion that you already have root :0)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756918
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zgjbeta:
Alright guys i figured it out this is what i did THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH to this guy http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=547133
[Fascinate Android Development] fallingup:
Hey guys-

I know it seems that development is going slow on this device, but please dont post links to kernels you find / repost links that are on IRC. Right now ALL kernels are very alpha, and some stuff may be broken, thats why kernels have been released in IRC and only IRC, so the developers can see instantly what the problem is.

If the original developer didnt post the kernel here, I would not flash it, just because it may be super outdated or may brick your device. The kernels that have been posted were never meant for public consumption, just for testing purposes past the devs themselves.

Voodoo is on the way, and we do have working source right now for voodoo, and all source is up at www.github.com/jt1134 if you want to try building it yourself.

To install the stock hacked kernel (for use with clockwork) you can install this zip in recovery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Fascinate%20Files/stockkernel-signed.zip

Edit: dirrk's kernel is posted below, it is still alpha / beta so be careful with it.
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
Dirrk

Developer Spot Held

[Kernel Release]

1.0ghz Low Voltage

1.1ghz Low Voltage

1.2ghz Low Voltage

1.1ghz Standard Voltage

1.2ghz Standard Voltage

[BETA] REMOVED ATM

1.4ghz Standard Voltage

1.6ghz Standard Voltage

Please read the changelog before you ask any questions.

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BxkJ4zVcE6f_ODVkMjZmMzYtNjE5ZS00Y2RmLTgwZWEtOTIxNGQyNTliNTQ4&hl=en

Known Issues

SetCPU Govenor: On Demand doesnt work.
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
Here are a few more overclocked kernels. Exercise caution when using these kernels and have a backup ;)

Kernels are overclock to 1100/1200 respectively, and are using stock voltage levels. Speed is capped at 800MHz on boot, use setcpu or similar to overclock. DON'T USE ONDEMAND GOVERNOR!!AND DON'T USE PROFILES WITH SETCPU!!

BLATANT WARNING:

The original kernels posted here cpu/voltage values can be changed on the fly, even without rebooting. If you decide to change these values, then you are on your own. Please understand what you are doing. If you break your phone and yell at me, I will laugh in your face for ignoring the blatant warning.

END BLATANT WARNING
[Fascinate Android Development] DevinLeFevere:
Thanks for the update. I've been holding off because of the horror stories. I'm rooted for now and cannot wait for Voodoo!
[Fascinate Android Development] bendbowden:
I do need to work on my patience. Thanks to you and others who do what you do.

Sent from my Fascinate

OC'd @ 1.2 GHZ :)
[Fascinate Android Development] Zennmaster:
I agree with all of this, EXCEPT - I don't think development is going slowly! of course, all I have to compare with is the Droid 1. That device wasn't even rooted a month after it was released, and it was a couple of months after that before Koush compiled CM5 (current at the time).

I got my Fascinate on release day, and less than a month later we've got root, OC'ed kernels (not for the faint of heart, but they're here!), and we're soon to have reliable OC's and probably CM6.1 shortly after FroYo gets pushed.

Seriously smart and dedicated people are working VERY hard on this stuff, and it'll be coming along shortly!

A LITTLE patience people!
[Fascinate Android Development] DevinLeFevere:
Ahaha, Same here. I remember CM4 and going to CM6 a few months ago seemed like the development went from point a to z over night.
[Fascinate Android Development] saps:
Dirrk whats your definition of low voltage? If I read the doc correctly, JT's Kernal does 1.2Ghz with 1325mV; I believe. You at like 1250mV or something? Seems the Epic guys are making that voltage/speed combo work.

As always deepest appreciation for all your efforts
[Fascinate Android Development] smalltownbird:
For some reason when I click on the link to the kernel it takes me to my Google docs with nothing there...
[Fascinate Android Development] syaoran12:
After setting up setcpu it freezes once hitting the 1.2ghz. If I don't use setcpu then it runs but not at the oc speeds. I set it to 200min 1200 max on conservative am I doing something wrong?
[Fascinate Android Development] aphelion02:
I have a noob question, how do I	flash this kernel? Can I just flash this through CWM like a normal rom?
[Fascinate Android Development] syaoran12:
Just install it through CWM or the ROM manager by installing from sd
[Fascinate Android Development] charlesweaver:
[Q] need help

hey i tried to install the kernal though rom manger with install from sd card, but when it reset my phone and tryied it just tryied to load some update.zip and not the .zip i secleted am i doing something wroung or missing something. I am already rooted.

when i boot in CWM the only options i get are

reboot system now

aplly sdcared:update.zip

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition
[Fascinate Android Development] syaoran12:
Have you flashed ROM manager?
[Fascinate Android Development] charlesweaver:
hmm

ok well i got clockwork to work but not when i tried to flash the zip for the kernal i think it froze at installing update and im afraid to turn my phone off now hmm. what do i do now ive been wating for like 15 mins and its has not done anything at all.
[Fascinate Android Development] ballaholyk84:
You are not booting into CWM.
[Fascinate Android Development] mackeydesigns:
Flashed, installed SetCPU, adjusted scale to 1200 and was getting some apps closing on me (not force closing, just opening and closing) then it started to freeze, so i restored back.

Does restoring through CWM replace the kernel too?
[Fascinate Android Development] syaoran12:
You may need to use odin to flash the stock kernel.

I am still under restrictions or i would post a link to do so. It is in this forums if you look around.
[Fascinate Android Development] charlesweaver:
yeah i figured that out i got it working now but now it freezes on

Installing: SDCARD: jt1134-fascinate_voodooo)

fining update pacakage...

opeing update package...

installing update package...

its just sits there doing nothing not even the yellow bar startes to show at all.
[Fascinate Android Development] syaoran12:
No it does not. On the other oc kernel topic there is a .zip you can download or restore stock kernel with odin
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitmanr2003:
When flash is activated in camera sometimes flash will not shut off. Then I have to use torch to shut off. Then camera won't start no matte r what I do till I reboot phone
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mizzos4:
Try clearing the data from the camera app in applications management. Anyways, I had weird camera issues when Fring was installed but none once I uninstalled it. Not sure if this applies in your case.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitmanr2003:
What is fring
[Droid X General] onelifexv:
It appears Tranquility still uses BlurContacts, and not the standard Froyo Contacts. Is there any ROM released that uses the original Froyo Contacts?

Froyo allows sorting of contacts by last name, but apparently Motorola felt like removing that feature.

Thanks