yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant General] masterotaku:
1). As reuthermonkey stated, it's down to hardware drivers. Even though AndroidOS itself is open with source code available, this is not always the case with the drivers the OS needs to access functions on a given phone. Most of the drivers for any device (phone or otherwise) are proprietary. Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Huawei, LG, Sony...these companies have to PAY for drivers from chipset/soc manufacturers to integrate them into their devices and as such the code for those drivers isn't necessarily freely available. To gain access to these proprietary drivers is a tedious process of reverse engineering.

2). The process of getting most phones "close to running stock android" is a careful process of ripping apart a given phone's OS and cobbling together 3rd party or AOSP project tools/apps to approach being a "vanilla android" feeling experience. Many of these "custom roms" are great, but it can equally be said that most of them are personal projects made by people who love to tweak things to their liking, and not necessarily made to be great for everyone. And most of these stay in a perpetual state of beta-ness. Cyanogenmod CM6 is really the only well developed project dedicated to truly bringing the vanilla android experience to phones at the moment, and then only to phones that CM devs actually have in hand as it's an entirely volunteer project. Be grateful our phone is soon to be blessed with CM6.1.
[Vibrant General] xplanowestx:
Basically what would need to happen is someone take the source from Google. With that source you need to find a way to basically make all of your drivers (Samsung's Galaxy S Vibrant drivers) work with the android platform. It's not an easy process of adapting drivers to something else, it sounds like oh yeah include the drivers and you'll be good right? Unfortunately it's not as easy as just plug and play.

On the second note, i'm pretty sure what your thinking of is Eugene's Vanilla Rom he's been putting together.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=757000&highlight=Vanilla

It looks like he's got some good progress and there is a download going for it. I don't think it's something he's focusing on either. I think the main reason why is with Froyo coming sooner or later there's really no reason to invest time in a 2.1 vanilla rom with as much work that goes into building it from source.

Hope this answers your questions. BTW, as a reference, there is a Q&A forum which would be a better place to put this Question.
[Vibrant General] zaduma:
Eugene's AOSP 2.1 Port is dead. And rightly so, no need wasting time getting 2.1 AOSP running on the device.

On a side note however, another developer has jumped in to help CM 6.1 reach Vibrant. And it might take a long long time before G2 has any kind of custom rom support. :p
[HD2 General] andyk159:
After weeks of messing around with settings, re-installs, et al, I find that support for UK users using Skyfire has been removed.

The following is a quote from Skyfire support:

"We've consolidated datacenter operations in the US. Because all connections now appear to come from the US you may not be able to access sites that block non-UK traffic by IP address."

I noticed this because I could only see the international version of BBC News website, which includes adverts, and some videos don't work. TVcatchup doesn't work either.

See http://support.skyfire.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5949&st=0&gopid=30616&#entry30616 for further details, including my grumpy reply.
[HD2 General] Airborne Aircrew:
Don't worry... I'm a Brit in the US... The damn Beeb won't let me watch

anything

of theirs... I want all those TV license monies I gave them for all those years... Cheap bastiges!!!
[HD2 General] otherworld:
It's really annoying isn't it. One little change at their end and suddenly most of my favourite sites have stopped working. Back to Opera I suppose - but it's not the same.

At least there's the fantastic MyPlayer app for watching iPlayer (although I assume it's not ex-pat friendly).

Ian
[HD2 General] fred_up:
The TV Licence fees you already paid were for the years that you used ol' Auntie Beeb.

The only solutions are a UK proxy (either paid for or free) or, I think, MyPlayer - which uses its own fileserver of 'borrowed' BBC programmes.
[HD2 General] Airborne Aircrew:
I was in the military for 10 years where I spent 6-10 months of each year unable to see a TV. I should at least get a rebate... ;)

I'll look into MyPlayer... Thanks.
[HD2 General] otherworld:
Just to confirm MyPlayer does work outside of the UK as I used it to download some programmes before a plane trip back from Spain last week.

Wonderful app.

---

MyPlayer thread on XDA
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] fedealf:
today install Skype from the market in my Aria, chat and calls works perfectly!
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] fedealf:
tested on CM6
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] muskratt:
too bad it takes up so much space and cant be moved to sd :(
[Desire HD Android Development] LlabTooFeR:
Latest shipped European RUU for HTC Ace

THIS ROM IS ONLY FOR DESIRE HD! DO NOT TRY TO FLASH IT IN ANY OTHER DEVICE!

http://www.multiupload.com/QWN6T4VR2T

Enjoy!
[Desire HD Android Development] SupremeBeaver:
where did you get this from? Do you have access to the phone?
[Desire HD Android Development] LlabTooFeR:
No I don't have access to the phone, but I have access to the ROM's :D
[Desire HD Android Development] looking-g:
Hi football also this is a large improvement over the previous one thanks again
[Desire HD Android Development] PlankLongBeard:
T-Mobile US

Guys, I have a question.. Edge is the only band that can be used for this on T-Mo in the US? :mad:

I haven't seen anyone claim a US ownership yet, hence I ask.. I did see that T-Mo did match on the 2100 band on the DHD, but not the 1900 :(
[Desire HD Android Development] tasty_boy:
i can feel the smell of a "Workin cam"...
[Desire HD Android Development] dezborders:
Why so? The HD ROM update is not likely to have 5mp camera drivers...
[Desire HD Android Development] xHausx:
Thanks Football, has anyone had any luck de-odexing this yet?
[Desire HD Android Development] v-b-n:
Hmm...m-deejay already released an update for HD2 based on this ROM but I am not sure if its de-odexed or not...

Here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=795914
[Desire HD Android Development] mdeejay:
not deodexed :)
[Desire HD Android Development] taune78:
This worked Great on My DHD.
[Desire HD Android Development] Pyr0x64:
deodexed app and framework folders:

http://www.multiupload.com/67LRZDO5U8
[Desire HD Android Development] faddys123:
you got one when ?
[Desire HD Android Development] taune78:
This friday
[Desire HD Android Development] SupremeBeaver:
how did you get it? could you maybe post a picture?
[Desire HD Android Development] xmoo:
Test sample??
[Desire HD Android Development] mostling:
I call bull****...
[Desire HD Android Development] taune78:
Its not bull**** its a training sampel from HTC
[Desire HD Android Development] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
can someone please post a full system dump of this rom... I cant seem to dump the system.img
[Desire HD Android Development] adwinp:
system.img is an ext3 file, just mount it as loop.

mkdir /mnt/android ; mount -o loop /path/to/system.img /mnt/android
[Desire HD Android Development] eozen81:
A few sample pics would be welcome here pal
[Desire HD Android Development] yrreP:
I'm using DHD with a slightly newer ROM (Ace_HTC_WWE_1.28.405.1_R2_Radio_12.28a.60.140e_26.03.02.08_M_release_153392_signed.exe), and it is flying!

Happy days!
[Desire HD Android Development] adwinp:
Could you provide a dum of your SYSTEM: partition?

an adb pull should be enough (unless you have busybox somewhere on your sdcard, then):

copy and paste in terminal/console:

adb shell; cd /mnt/sdcard ; ./busybox tar cpf /mnt/sdcard/dump.tar /system
[Desire HD Android Development] onesolo:
And by the way, the DHD has the same root problem that the G2 or not?!?!
[Vibrant Accessories] tekkguy:
I got my Vibrant last week, and I needed a contest entry for a contest over at Instructables, so I hacked up a cheapy iPod dock into an awesome dock for my Vibrant.

The speakers are great for desktop use at work, despite being so cheap.

Unfortunately, I can't post a link to it ... so here are some pictures instead.
[Vibrant Accessories] Steeltippin:
Not bad, how do you feed audio into those speakers? Using the AUX jack on the top of the Vibrant im guessing?
[Vibrant Accessories] tekkguy:
Yeah. It's not shown in the pictures, but that speaker set has a built-in 3.5mm cable. You just plug it into the headphone jack on the Vibrant.
[Vibrant Accessories] Chief Geek:
NICE! I love instructables.
[Vibrant Accessories] Saiboogu:
Is that Sugru for the bumpers? Trying to think of things to do with my samples - neat stuff.

Anyway, awesome dock. Need to keep my eyes open for a cheap dock like that.
[Vibrant Accessories] tekkguy:
Yeah, the Sugru is for the bumpers. I also used it to cover the rough edges of the cut plastic, and to give traction to the feet and stabilize the bottom of the speakers (they liked to rock forward when the phone was placed on the tray).

Those speakers are linked in the Instructable ... I can't post links, but if you search on Amazon for "folding speaker set" and then sort price lowest to highest, you can get those speakers for less than $5 including shipping. They have black ones too.

I happened to get the white set for free from a giveaway. The sugru was free too, so in my case, this dock cost me nothing but a USB cable. :)
[Vibrant Accessories] Saiboogu:
Here -- I think this is your Instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/Hacking-Cheap-iPhone-speakers-for-Android-Dock/

And the dock: http://amzn.com/dp/B000C8TSCQ

Might need to try making myself one of these too.
[Vibrant Accessories] tjhart85:
Personally, I'm hoping for a rotation mod (like CM has......it'll probably have to wait until CM6 is ported to it) that'll allow for the phone to be upside down. When that happens, I'll try to basically make this, but with a mount for the phone to actually dock into the connections.

If/When I ever get the ambition to do this, I'll definitely be using this instructable as a starting point.

THANK YOU!
[Vibrant Accessories] tekkguy:
Awesome, thanks for posting those. That is indeed my Instructable.

Yeah, rotation upside down would be awesome. If that were the case, you'd have to lose part of the tray in this version. But I do have a set of desktop computer speakers that are USB powered ....
[Vibrant Accessories] ejamin73:
Nice

Where did you get the clock app?
[Vibrant Accessories] tekkguy:
It's called Digital Clock, you can get it on the Market. It's a free app.
[Vibrant Accessories] kreno:
I also have those speakers. I can honestly say they are very cheap but good for the money. If you don't feel like waiting for shipping just go to wal-mart, they are packaged with some of their shirts for about 7 bucks
[Vibrant Accessories] tekkguy:
Here's another one that I submitted to Instructables today ... no speakers on this stand.
[Vibrant Accessories] anthonys2r:
jesus hahahah
[Vibrant Accessories] nearblack:
Hey bro, what case are you using, and where did you buy it from?
[Vibrant Accessories] tekkguy:
I'm using the Jelly Case by Amzer ... got it at Amazon: amzn (dot) to (slash) aTMvCj since I can't post links :)

By the way ... voting started today at Instructables, so if you're a member there, I'd love to have the votes!
[Vibrant Accessories] oka1:
Sugru substitute

You can use Goop or other similar type instead of sugru. There is also liquid handle sold as well. You can buy it at home depot or other places like that in adhesives section. there area bunch of these poly urethane polymers. Basically all you have to do to form it is use wax paper to create the depression shape desired.
[Vibrant Accessories] degeneration:
BTW. You mentioned USB speakers. I have hooked those same speakers up via usb (just strip on end and shove it where the overall + and - of the batteries would be). Take very little electrical knowledge, but I would look it up if you haven't messed around with wiring things up, but I love turning things into USB powered. Although I wanted to put a mini-usb connector on mine and have yet to do it, but just say, for those of you out there, these speakers run off USB just fine.
[Vibrant Accessories] tekkguy:
Well when you buy them from amazon they come with a usb power cord. I didn't get mine from amazon.
[Vibrant General] clamman:
hi all im a new bee to android and i am looking at 2 phones the vibrant and the g2 i do like the vibrant because of the screen you can see it well in the sunlight not sure about the g2 yet has anyone used in bright sunlight? Here is my problem i need animated weather maps for my job i know the vibrant only has 2.1 now is there any walk around to get weather maps to animate on 2.1 or should i look at the g2 please i need some help. your suggestions would greatly help

thanks in advance
[Vibrant General] tjhart85:
Why wouldn't you ask this in a more general section? Asking what people in a vibrant subforum think is probably going to get you the answer of Vibrant.

That's my suggestion.
[Vibrant General] AgentFour20:
If you like a physical key board get the G2 . If you don't like physical key boards get the Vibrant . HSPA+ would be another thing I would factor in which the G2 supports , but only matters if you are in a area near an HSPA+ tower .
[Vibrant General] clamman:
well i asked it in the vibrant and g2 section i do like the vibrant better but i need the animated maps that is why i asked it here maybe some one has a walk around until the 2.2 update comes
[Vibrant General] abcdavidefg:
There are animated weather on the vibrant.

Try beautiful widget, the eugenes roms have fancy widget, look on the market for more options
[Vibrant General] allthrottle:
I'd hold off on either for now. Both are powerhouse phones, but both have been experiencing many issues that make me second guess my decision for a vibrant and my thoughts about getting a g2.

The issues with the vibrant are obvious... Gps, battery life, screen burn in, lag, support, etc.. The g2's are just starting to be revealed. Lack of memory, minor hinge issue, speaker phone quality, and lack of ability to permanently root currently.

Just remember though...there are worse phones out there, and neither are a horrible choice.

If you can, hold off a month. Watch the forums for updates on fixes for either. If none of these have been resolved by then, go for whatever new phone is being released, which may be the mytouch hd.

Sent from my Vibrant using the xda-app.
[Vibrant General] clamman:
i have been watching the forums that is why i have not got the vibrant or the g2 yet but if they fix both im still up in the air that is why i am asking
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyjune:
IS there any way to set my opera mini my default browser:o

NOTE TO MOD: WHATS WRONG WITH FONTS, SIZE ETC - WHY CANT WE CHANGE THEM
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xnifex:
if you upgrade to the newer Opera Mini 5 you can. If you're still using the 4.2 that needs to be used with a java client, I don't think you can.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] crispythedrummer:
Hey everyone, so I just recently picked up another vogue and my last android was myn's warm donut. I've been reading up a lil here and there and it seems as though incubus' rls 13 is stable. The part im not very sure about is the kernel that is stable with it. Also if anyone can shed their experiences with the new release that would be great.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Barogi44:
incubus Rls 16 and the 09/09/10 kernel is solid for me. No lock ups or any problems. Im using a vogue on nand. :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] deltagamer:
I've had a couple of lock ups on it, but it is the most stable so far...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] crispythedrummer:
good to know, thanks guys!
[Desire General] tolis626:
Hi guys!

I've been waiting for Froyo's source code by htc for a long time now,probably as much as most of you around here,and expected that within the first few days,if not hours,we would have an explosion of new versions for Sense roms or even new ones.Well,until now such a thing has not happened as you may have noticed! :P

How long do you expect it to be until we see the first devs working with the htc kernel source?I know it's a little too early,but I'd expect that most would instantly release something!

Thanks in advance! :)
[Desire General] Ik Desire:
Which changes would you like to see? I understand that having the source code kernel can be important for devs, but I don't see directly what can and cannot be changed. I am not a developer, I am a user. Maybe it is a good idea to create a to-do list of possibilities or a wanted changes list or something... just thinking loud ;).
[Desire General] marinierb:
It's not a question of what changes can be made. It's question of building a kernel which is 100% compatible with our devices. The kernel we are using now is probably from the Nexus One sources. Close, but not 100%.
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] mehulkarate:
Hi guys & girls,

Here is the much bugfree rom mehul pro serise M8.i didn't forgot the battery life, this time its more than All mehul pro series. also new theme made by me its looking nice you will like it, so flash your opal with my rom and please give feeedback,enjoy my rom

​

How to install:

- Flash this ROM as usual

- Hard reset your opal (it's important)

- Wait 5 minutes on the welcome screen

- Calibrate screen

- finished the configuration you must Install this cab: http://www.4shared.com/file/fndT0s2N/fp7_ppc_en.html(it's important)

-Then reboot and enjoy!

Features:

★ Extra lite ROM (no 3rd party app)

★ Open or hide keypad with a touch of Htc mega.

★ Good amount of RAM, start-up free RAM is approx 71 MB.

​

http://www.mediafire.com/?y7qzo16g11636fj
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] golokipok:
6.5.3

hey there, i'm just wondering when are you going to make a 6.5.3 rom? :)
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] Mr.zeus:
tanx for ur work friend

i'll test soon. what is the build?
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] javedabdool:
little help

can anyone help me to add a keyboard like the one in this build to my wm6.5.3 which has the normal crappy keyboard??
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] jmpnjimbob:
Nice ROM

Look through the Forums for the latest EzInput keyboard and make sure the one you get is for QVGA.

This is a very nice ROM. It is a lite ROM that gives you a fair amount of free space especially when considering that it includes Office Mobile 6.1.

Nice job.

I can only hope that you consider cooking one of these with Manila 1.2.
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] aidinvm_ultimate:
great rom

one of the best for opal, i think

but if you add m2d to this rom it would be much more usable

thanks bro for this hit :D

keep good work
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] BehradGH:
full of bags ... needs a lot of soft reset :O
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] adinarula:
Good Rom

hi ! i try this, its Nice rom Every thing is gud

but

Pls Update Gsm file. bcs my operator name was gone and a number is there 40505 (Reliance Network)

other wise every this is fine.

Gr8 Rom man.

thanks again.
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] Nuno Rodrigues:
The battery is ok ?

Regwards

Nuno Rodrigues

From Lisbon, Portugal
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] mehulkarate:
battery life

hi Nuno Rodrigues

this rom has good battery life. try it .
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] marcopolo:
Can you confirm if it has Mobile Office 6.1 with Word and excel?

Thanks.
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] Sushrut52:
Superb rom buddy....

u r a champ...

keep making more...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xr4v3nx:
Has someone tried modifying their App Inventor app(s) and publishing them to the Market? If you do, can you please help me? :X I've tried several methods but I get errors when compiling it. I get this error:

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.directory.Direc

toryException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Launcher (The system cannot find t

he file specified)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.readMetaFile(Unknown Source)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Unknown Source)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Unknown Source)

at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Unknown Source)

at brut.apktool.Main.main(Unknown Source)

Caused by: brut.directory.DirectoryException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Lau

ncher (The system cannot find the file specified)

at brut.directory.ZipRODirectory.<init>(Unknown Source)

at brut.directory.ZipRODirectory.<init>(Unknown Source)

at brut.androlib.res.util.ExtFile.getDirectory(Unknown Source)

... 5 more

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Launcher (The system cannot find the f

ile specified)

at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)

at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source)

at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source)

... 8 more

:mad:

I'd gladly reward anyone who can help me with a working method
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gypsymoth:
I had mild success with a different process. I was able to upload the app to Market and distribute it. However, it will only install on Android 2.1 devices, not Android 1.6 nor Android 2.2. The app is called "Meow (Free)"; which you can give it a try if you have Android 2.1.

I've detailed this process on a web page, but this system won't let me post a link here, even though I've joined a long time ago. You can probably find it by searching for the title, "Upload App Inventor Apps to Google Market", on Google. Maybe you can try this and we can share notes.

Chieh
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xr4v3nx:
Thanks and yeah, I tried one method but I haven't uploaded mine to the market yet cause it's still in beta. What's the name of your app?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gypsymoth:
Ok. I took a break from the problem and developed a second app. Then I tested it on Android 1.6, 2.1, and 2.2. They all worked. I then uploaded it to Market and it worked as well. So there must be something inside the first app that the system didn't like. I don't know what, but I guess the process works.

The first app is titled "Meow (Free)". The second app is called "Three Little Pigs".

Chieh
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xr4v3nx:
I'll those apps :P how do you think apps get famous? Through it's function? Features and stuff.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nicklantz:
how did you implement the LVL library ?

Ive followed a rough howto from some .it site and finally got it passed everything. when I hit publish tho it tells me "The copy protection feature will be deprecated soon, please use licensing service instead "

so you cant click to use or not use copy protection anymore ,until that's figured out app inventor apps wont be publishable anymore.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HypnoticGuy:
I just published one yesterday using apktool and the directions on the .it site for the most part. It takes patience, and a bit of thought.

I do have a question for anyone who may know the answer to this regarding App Inventor apps however.

When I decode an App Inventor app I use the -s parameter so that the source is not touched.

I would really like to be able to decode the source code too, so that I can add a couple things that are just not possible in App Inventor, and recompile.

I have tried to do this without using the -s parameter, but when I try to recompile I get a long list of errors similar to the list at the top of this thread.

Does anyone know if it is possible to do this with App Inventor apps? Any hints on what I need to do to get it working? If it is known that this is not possible I don't want to spend days trying to get something to work that just isn't possible. But, if it can be done I will spend the time it takes to figure it out.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nathanpc:
Just have a look at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12009324#post12009324 :)