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[G2 and Desire Z General] larryccf:
zerosx's report is the first negative report i've seen re the GPS - mine's on the money (usually within 10') and 40-45 seconds from cold start to a lock on 4-9 satellites. not unusual to see a lock on 11 sats out of 11 in view

below is a screen capture of GPS Sat map i took, while in the house. It actually had me located withing 10 feet of where i was, until i plugged the phone into the usb port to take the screen capture and it jumped back 10 feet more at the instant i plugged it in.

did a "my tracks" log on a short trip across town - none of the path that looked like a drunk had drawn the lines like on my Vibrant, no cutting across corners at turns, no driving 75 feet off to the side of the road, etc

check the forums - you won't see any threads on the GPS - there just haven't been any issues
[G2 and Desire Z General] ZeroSX:
Meh, maybe I got a bad one? I really don't know, I seriously can't get the damn thing working.
[G2 and Desire Z General] larryccf:
i wasn't attacking the credibility of your report, just stating it was the first one i've seen

you might consider taking it back for exchange cause mine is eerily spot on - i say "eerily" cause after the vibrant, being located on the right block of my subdivision while outside, was a lucky day. Inside the house, it wouldn't even lock on one satellite
[G2 and Desire Z General] dalaketh:
I have had issues with it picking up GPS in my house as well. Right now I have been looking at the GPS Test app and it still displays 0 satellites. When I go to Google maps my location is close but about 10 m off or so. When I am outside I have not had a problem with it. Yesterday I was able to pick up 4 to 6 satellites within about 40 sec. I'll try out the Tracks app later today and see if it is accurate.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ZeroSX:
This! GPS Status shows no satellites indoors. It's quite frustrating.

Larry - haha no prob. I didn't give it a second thought, and you're pretty much describing my former iphone4 to the letter. It was... creepy.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Orite:
The GPS works fine if I just want to lock down where I am but the moment I start trying to use it in my car for turn by turn it goes south quick. It loses all signal and is stuck on "Searching for GPS..." for about 2 minutes then comes back and gives me about 30 seconds of information before freezing up again.

It's an improvement coming from the Vibrant but still not as solid as my Nexus One.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gjvah:
Mine is flawless, locks up withing seconds and it's super percise. The native nav app also works rather well.

GPS is one of the strongest points of my phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EuroSpeed:
Mine is pretty accurate.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mikeatron:
gps is all good here
[G2 and Desire Z General] mgshute:
Mine Locks way way faster then my old ass G1
[G2 and Desire Z General] Futant:
GPS is fantastic. Locks about twice as fast as my nexus one does. 5ft-10m accuracy generally.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mark925:
The GPS has been the best I have had. It locks a lot faster than my N1.
[G2 and Desire Z General] E Double:
Well, today I haven't been able to use GPS at all. No lock. I cleared everything through GPS status and still no joy. Earlier in the week I had trouble, but that was due to a setting I had turned on in Beautiful widgets. I turned it off, and everything was fine. Its still turned off so now I'm left scratching my head. Granted, we're experiencing ****ty weather today due to a Nor'easter, but it isn't that bad, as I'm having no issues with my satellite tv signal. Typically I've been able to acquire lots of satellites (8 or more typically) anywhere in my home, so I'm a little worried, especially since I just past my remorse period and am now into t-mobiles "go **** in a hat" part of phone ownership. Any suggestions? I've done two battery pulls today and GPS is still dodgy. Stuff like this makes me miss tin cans and string.
[G2 and Desire Z General] larryccf:
since you've already noticed one app affecting your GPS, have you thought about backing all your apps up to your SD card (OnTheFLy backup app) and then un-installing them, doing a factory reset and seeing if GPS functionality comes back?
[G2 and Desire Z General] E Double:
Yeah, I thought about that. Gps started working again a short while ago. I'll probably give the backup/wipe deal a shot tomorrow. Out of all of the apps I've installed that have options concerning control of gps the beautiful widgets home weather widget is the only one that appears to knacker gps functionality. We shall see.
[G2 and Desire Z General] larryccf:
if its the beautiful widgets with animations, iirc some folks have complained about that update version

i'm still running the first version, with no problems
[G2 and Desire Z General] drumking:
It works very well with in 5 feet. I believe the G2 is A-GPS it uses cell towers

and other means too track your location.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jmd1981:
I used it in LA all last week when visiting. It was awesome and there was only one time where it navigated incorrectly.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Quiksotik:
I'm having some problems. It will either take forever to find me within 5 or so miles, or it'll find me within a block almost instantly, but it'll take at least ten minutes to get that last GPS lock that removes the blue circle around my arrow. Anybody having this issue? Should I exchange the phone and see if it works on a new one, or has someone resolved this problem with the phone they have?

I should mention, I have turned the phone off and on numerous times and tried it from all sorts of different locations, but to no avail. My old G1 could get a location lock quicker than this G2, and my girlfriend's Droid Incredible has almost no time between powering up GPS and finding a lock.

Also, I just installed GPS Test from the Market and it says I'm viewing and seeing 11 satellites, but none of them are very accurate and it still can't find me past half of the block I'm on. Any idea.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Gr8gorilla:
I have a GARMIN 305 that I use for Triathlon training and it won't get a lock indoors either. So I mean what exactly do you guys expect. Most GPS units say that if you are indoors it doesn't work as well.

Out side it is as accurate as my Garmin.
[G2 and Desire Z General] .A.J.:
Mine is great. Right out of the box it locked on in about 3-5 seconds indoors (one story house) and under rain. I was shocked it worked so quickly. Now it locks on in about 3 seconds and I tend to get a lock on 9 or more satellites. I've no complaints.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Quiksotik:
So, should I exchange my phone? Sounds like by and large most people aren't having issues with the GPS and in fact have it almost instantly find a lock, whereas mine takes minutes.
[G2 and Desire Z General] larryccf:
i'd delete or un-install any apps you've downloaded first, do a reboot and see what that does to the GPS

could just be an app - one poster had issues from the beautiful widgets app messing with his gps

if it is an app, it will just return when you get the new phone if you re-install the same apps

just a suggestion
[G2 and Desire Z General] Quiksotik:
It's been like this since I first got the phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Taha24:
The GPS has been fantastic on this phone. I just switched from the Vibrant and ofcourse the GPS was mostly unusable before the update, and even after the update it wasn't very quick.

Whenever I have opened the Maps app outside its seriously got a lock on (not the triangulation circle) in about 4-8 seconds. Its awesome.
[G2 and Desire Z General] theratdude64:
My GPS used to work beautifully, the most responsive GPS I've ever had. Now it will never lock onto anything, and in GPS status it quickly blips satellites picked up, but only for a split second.
[G2 and Desire Z General] oldsk00lz:
I've had mixed GPS results.

For example.. right now, while inside on a cloudy day, I ran GPS status. I saw some connections over a 2 minute period. I started seeing the connections flash... but still searching. Then at 10 of 10 satelites, is still flashed. Finally it showed up and was locked. Thought the app may be bad, but saw 1min+ load on my maps as well.

Interesting that I was seeing the gps sat locations flash quiockly, so seems that the radio was touchy or wanted to wait for complete lock in.

Also while traveling this past week (sunny and driving) it had issues locking and took so long that I recycled my phone. Happened like this about 3 of 6 occasions.

Other times is locked in within 5 seconds.

Sounds like there is a radio update as part of OTA, so I hope this fixes any issues with gps or cell reception.

-oldsk00lz
[G2 and Desire Z General] larryccf:
i swear there has be a number of folks suffering gps issues that are caused by other apps

i've already seen on mine how "Thunderstorm" live wallpaper and speedtest.net caused issues with my proximity sensor and these are apps that were already proven with 2.2 android - with the developers apparently acknowledging there's an issue with them on the G2. I only mention that as there must be something in the G2's coding or software that it doesn't play well with apps, even ones that are developed for 2.2 and out there working on other model phones w/2.2

it'd be an interesting experiment if someone having the issues would download OnTheFly backup app and backup their apps to their SD card, and then do a factory reset

especially if your GPS works great most of the time and sporadically goes south, interference from a configuration conflict from an app seems so likely. I could be wrong, but it would be interesting if someone did it - and save them the hassle of returning their phone unnecessarily

just a suggestion
[G2 and Desire Z General] theratdude64:
I just may do that, I did an onthefly backup last night and just got back in town so I think I'll do the hard reset in a bit to see what happens. I have already removed any and all apps that were installed just before the issues started, and that did nothing.

BTW, how can I get past this 5 minutes between posts thing? I wanted to edit this one and had to wait 5 minutes...
[G2 and Desire Z General] heygrl:
You know that, even though it's HTC and I'm sure your G1 was like, perfect and sampling you at 200MS leading to smooth tracking but like.. GPS won't always work properly under poor weather conditions.
[G2 and Desire Z General] larryccf:
curiious - did you get a chance to try un-installing all your aftermarket apps?
[G2 and Desire Z General] theratdude64:
Was going to post today, the GPS magically works again without having to redo that. I'm happy but frustrated at the same time. Just barely in my bedroom it blipped some more, but connected after 21 seconds with 7 satalites.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikhailCompo:
I would like to trade in three mobile phones with those 'post your phone get cash' deals (including a T-Mobile HTC Hero), to get an HTC Desire.

However, I dont think I want to get one with the new screen as i have heard they are not as bright, so

Q1: How much difference in brightness is there AMOLED vs SLCD?

Q2: Is there any benefit in battery life from AMOLED vs SLCD?

Q3: How could i ask a potential seller (numpty) to find out which their phone has (does the model number/revision show you?).

Thanks for any help with this.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3722:
http://pocketnow.com/android/how-to-tell-if-your-htc-desire-has-slcd-or-amoled-screen

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=749115

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=757986

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=726844

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761941

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=754360

Please search.
[TG01 General] dz213:
Hi all

i have toshiba tg01 with windows mobile 6.5 french (orange)

i need just lire arabic in my ppc how please

note please that don't need arabizer my pcc juste read in internet explorer or my soft
[TG01 General] wafeeq:
1- Arabic support: read arabic sms, e-mail, browser etc...

2- Arabic Keyboard: itouch keyboard

Have fun
[TG01 General] dz213:
Thank you

Baraka allahou fik ;)
[TG01 General] wafeeq:
wa anta aydan
[TG01 General] basbak:
Thank you very much brother
[General Topics] D3vr04:
:eek:You heard it here first folks. VZW to get the Apple IPad on October 28th!
[General Topics] pele78:
*slow backs out and closes door*
[General Topics] chopper the dog:
F'n funny.

@[OP] Probably wrong site to post the grand news.

If anything theres a bunch of members sarcastically shouting.

WE'RE HAPPY FOR YA!!!

good day.
[General Questions and Answers] harb81:
my phone has been destroyed .

how can I return my contact from spb backyp file to windows pc.
[General Questions and Answers] Mister B:
Use the SPB PC app to open & view backup file contents & then go to PIM section open contacts & save them to a CSV file that can be used to import them across various softwares & platforms.

You can also load pim from the backup into Windows Mobile device emulator to view PIM & save it via varying PPC softwares you prefer for future restore to PC/PPC or other platform mobiles.
[General Questions and Answers] harb81:
thanks a lot
[General Questions and Answers] rise3370:
My file didn't worked, since it's only an address book file....

I don't know what to do now.... OMG
[General Questions and Answers] leodido22:
i've the same problem .. someone can help us ?

thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Mister B:
PM me the file & I will convert it to a CSV contact file you can easily use on PC, PPC, most mobiles ect.

Although if backup file is from SPB you should be able to view & export contacts with PC software in link in previous post.
[General Questions and Answers] zoogoo:
Hi.. I have the same problem.. My Galaxy s phone is broken and replaced by the store and they offered me an LG optimus x2 instead.

The problem is that all my contacts is locked inside kies in .spb files and i haven't been able to transfer or convert to my new phone..

Do anyone have any idea how to solve this.

I would be very grateful if anyone has a solution to this..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phntm:
i have an extremely annoying problem with the vibrant

when i put it in my pocket, locked, after a few seconds it would restart. :mad:

apparently the power butter gets long pressed if you hold it for 6-8 seconds, your phone will restart, even when locked.

anyone has a fix for that ?

i would greatly appreciate it...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disturkis4u:
Mine wont power off or reboot if the screen is locked...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z0phi3l:
Why would you put it in a pocket with anything else in it, you looking to scratch the phone?

I doubt a key or something would be able to "randomly" press the power button in for that long, you sure it's not the phone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phntm:
i've retested this again and again.

holding the powet button while phone is locked and screen is off for about 8 seconds does a reboot.

I don't get the shutdown animation, only the startup.

if you can't reproduce it, what mod/kernel are you using?

I'm on stock kernel ji6
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nethris:
hello guys i have an unlocked vibrant and i live outside the us, so do i have the chance to get the OTA, did any one get tue OTA from outside the us with an unlocked vibrant? Ty
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragoth12:
Doubtful. The OTA is pushed via the network. They wouldn't push a OTA update on you because they don't have the update for your phone unless the carrier you are using sells the Vibrant. At least that is my understanding of it. I think there is an ODIN image of the OTA update if you wanted to get it in the Development Forums.
[Nexus One General] Namuna:
Discovered this little easter egg while writing an update to Facebook today.

Using the Swiftkey keyboard, with prediction on, start typing Hooha

:D ;) :D
[Nexus One General] khaytsus:
That's not an easter egg, that's a one-off predition of a word it doesn't know. I do like that it knows that word, however. I am also a fan.
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
i dont have swiftkeys, what is it trying to say?
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
Don't mean to hijack the thread but I'm just curious to know why Swiftkey requires full internet access.
[Nexus One General] fubaya:
I don't know but I have another keyboard that suggests "boobs"
[Nexus One General] khaytsus:
My guess would be because it downloads language files when you install it.

Yes, boobs.
[Nexus One General] crachel:
It has Voice Input which sends what you said to a server, deciphers it, and sends it back..
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0cke:
Hi all,

Does anyone know where these icons comes from. The ones I am referring too are the ones in the Rosie navbar, so for Phone, Mms, Mail, Camera etc.. I am looking for the complete pack or icons of the same type, but for other apps.
[Desire HD General] uk_ramprasad:
Hi,

I have been using iPhone 3Gs for almost 5 months and gets bored with iOS4 with so many issues and less customize other than Wallpaper and background. After using iPhone used with best apps and decided to moving to android with best customize of HTC sense UI. Few days back i got the information HTC desire HD and Z is lanuching to India by November. Its time for sell my iPhone 3GS and falling love with Android 2.2 +Sense UI.

Iam deeply concered about whether i can go for HTC Desire HD or Z with below factors.

1) RAM comparison

2) Camera and HD video

3) Perfomance

4) Battery Life

5) Future upgrade compablity for android 3.x,4.x....etc

Hope u guys help me on this. I know this is the best platform for users like me , with help of great people to get best of cooked ROM for WM,Andorid and buying Tips

Please advice me which one i can go for it , Apple's iOS4 make me to Move over to Android Lover.

Thanks,

Ram
[Desire HD General] willk22:
Hi!

Is it a comparison of the iphone and Desire HD, or a comparison of the Desire HD and the Desire Z you are after?
[Desire HD General] uk_ramprasad:
As i mentioned in my post. I going to sell by iphone 3Gs and moving to androisd. Currently iam willing to by ethier HTC Desire HD and Z . I am not sure which is one is best
[Desire HD General] willk22:
right ok:

Point 1

Desire Hd: 768mb RAM

Desire Z: 512mb RAM

Point 2

Desire Hd: 8mp camera/ 720p video recording

Desire Z: 5mp camera/ 720p video recording

Point 3

Desire Hd: 2nd generation qualcomm snapdragon processor clocked at 1Ghz

Desire Z: Qualcomm processor, clocked at 800mhz

Point 4

Desire Hd: 1280mAh battery

Desire Z: 1300 mAh battery

Point 5

Erm... We don't know yet! hopefully yes :D

And my recommendation? Go for the Desire HD! Unless you are desparate for a physical keyboard like the Desire z has, or dont like massive screens, the Desire HD has much better specs, and looks a lot nicer too...
[Desire HD General] alex16021977:
I think you should also consider the general user experience. I also had a 3GS (and i loved it but i lost it), and i am now dying to have a DesireHD. I wait but i am not patient...

But testing a Google Nexus One, i realised that the experience was not so smooth, and a few things about Android made me a bit upset (like copy/paste and it looks the DesireHD has no trackpad, the tactile button just below the screens that you always mistakenly touch when you want to write a 'space', and the feeling that i had to push on the screen instead of just touching like on the iphone ).

But i still wait... at least to see if the tactile experience is better than the nexus one ! And the iphone is still much more expensive !
[Android Software Development] mardvd:
As you can see in this screenshoot ( ht tp://yfrog.com/myselezione002p ) ListView doesn't show all item separator, seems that the problem is setting textSize for TextView. (I have already tried with ListActivity instead of Activity, but same result)

This is a little testcase:

ht tp://pastie.org/1218668

Thanks for any response!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lpcox:
Hi everyone,

I apologize if if this is not the appropriate place to post this info, but I thought it would be of interest to some people here. You may have seen stories in the news recently about the privacy-monitoring extension for Android called TaintDroid that was developed by researchers at Penn State, Intel Labs, and Duke University. An excellent summary can be found on Ars Technica.

The reason I'm posting to this forum is that we are proud to have made our source code available last night. If you want to play around with the code, you can find it at the TaintDroid website (search "taintdroid appanalysis"). Along with links to the source code, you will find instructions for getting the code up and running on a Nexus One. We have also set up a Google Group for users who want to discuss anything related to the project.

Our only caveats are that we are merely researchers so 1) you use the code at your own risk, and 2) we do not have the resources to offer proper support. We hope that by releasing the code to the public a self-sustaining community of interested users will form.

We hope that you find our code interesting and useful. Happy hacking!

-landon
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dvdivx:
Thanks for releasing the code. Look forward to using it on an incredible rom soon.

:)

http://appanalysis.org/tdro1d.html

I'm assuming that's the link. Couple of questions.

1.I see it's on 2.1 rom, does it work with 2.2? Especially as it uses the 2.6.32 kernel.

2.Since the Desire is basically a Nexus One with sense, has it been tested on that platform or with sense?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vasra:
Thanks for releasing the source and instructions!

This is what Android needs, as Google is not taking good care of the privacy of it's users.

It's impossible to install apps now, because most of them want really wide rights, but you have no idea what they do with those rights.

TaintDroid at least gives a possibility to peek into what is being leaked.

Soon some of the app makers will start to encrypt their calls to try and and mask what they are leaking. If/when this happens, it should be a warning sign to users about that particular app.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_wings:
Can anyone confirm this rumor in german Android forums? Some people seem to be REALLY shure about this
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_reloaded:
SE said this month end .. so its just a rumour ...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pablots1:
Where did you see that?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrPappy86:
Post a link please
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wh4tsUP:
h t t p : //w w w.android-hilfe.de/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10/31515-android-2-1-fuer-x10-sowie-updates-die-vor-android-2-1-a-26.html
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_wings:
"To prevent spam to the forums, new users are not permitted to post outside links in their messages. All new user accounts will be verified by moderators before this restriction is removed."

sorry..

android hilfe de
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thefunkaygibbon:
There may be some truth to this (although I doubt it)

They did say at the end of last month that they would need a couple of weeks

( http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2010/09/23/update-on-updates/ )

but no where is there an official date. So while it is possible, I still think it is doubtful
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sim-value:
In 16:30 so lets just will till 18 and lets see ...

Atleast if enough people believe it it will be like a DDoS on the SEUS Servers xD
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] argnom:
indeed, let the deluge commence!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztk_ztk:
Are u sure ? 2.1 coming today ?but we heard that talk since 3 years ago hehehe
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrPappy86:
Any update?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gavilaaar:
Nearly there. Oooooooo, I do hope this sorce is right.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irTim:
It seems it is not true and I was so excited. :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gavilaaar:
If the UK are in GMT +1 then it may come at 19:00. Just keeping the dream alive lol