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[Flipout and Charm General] ghostwheel:
Skype crashes pretty much immediately. Fringe gets much further. I can get all the way to the test call, and even hear the woman talking to me, but while this is going on I get a forced crash.
[Flipout and Charm General] longlife_01:
Hey everyone,

I'm thinking of getting the flipout but this app issue is a bit annoying. of course i'll be doing that trick explained in a previous msg to install the other market but I was wondering if there was a fix for skype as it is an app i'd like to use.

If possible, I have a couple more apps that i was thinking of using. Could someone tell me which one work or not?

boxee remote,

remotedroid or gmote

kik

shazam

barcode scanner

opera

rockplayer

gtranslate

msn

tasker

Here are some that i saw that I will be using. Some are pretty common so I would thing that they would work but now that I saw that skype isnt I'm not sure anymore. I actually have some more apps i read about but cant find the names now... Will post them another list when I find the names.

Thanks in advance for your help. I'm hoping to buy this phone soon in the next couple weeks.
[Flipout and Charm General] ghostwheel:
I use the following:

Barcode scanner works, but because the flipout doesn't have an auto-focus camera, when you are close enough to have the barcode big enough to be recognized, it is not in focus.

The solution when you display the barcode on screen is to enlarge it.

I have a small plastic lens that I put in front of the camera for close ups, which works, too.

I tried

all seem to work, though rockplayer only worked in software mode, hardware mode, whatever that means, gave FC.
[Flipout and Charm General] longlife_01:
Thanks ghost!

I guess barcode scanner is not the most important app for me...

FYI just read this article about the new skype that was released last week. Apparently it supports the flipout's screen size. :)

(well since I just sign up on this forum the link I put for the article on lifehacker wasn't allowed, let's see if it works like this

lifehacker . com/5685332/skype-for-android-updates-supports-smaller-screens-reduced-footprint

Anyone else has tried one of these?

boxee remote,

remotedroid or gmote

kik

msn
[Flipout and Charm General] ghostwheel:
Oh, cool! Ok, installed it. Works much better, at least doesn't crash. But the microphone doesn't work - neither internal nor plug in.

Notice that on a discussion on the skype forum, Crístian claims it works on the Flipout, so maybe it can be made to work...
[Flipout and Charm General] TheUnknownOne:
I have found a way to get the apps that do not show up on the app market.

First go into android market and type AppBrain

Install App brain App market and the app below it that says fast web installer.

After you have done this go to appbrain.com on the browser NOT the app and then find the app and press install.

This worked for me when I wanted to install Google Goggles
[Flipout and Charm General] apjashley:
I tried these instructions and got the patched market app running, but the extra apps don't show up! I also tried with the version in the Tattoo thread... same.

(This is with marketenabler running as T-Mobile US)

Any help please?
[G2 and Desire Z General] daft.71:
What kind of sim card format is used in the G2/Desire Z? I'm asking because I plan to get one on Bell and swap my SIM from my SGS to it and vice-versa depending on my moods.

Do they share the same form factor? The SGS uses a standard SIM card.
[G2 and Desire Z General] fryrice8850:
yup just a regular simcard size not those micro ones found on the iphone4
[G2 and Desire Z General] daft.71:
Thanks! That's what I wanted to hear! :) Being able to keep my SGS and still use it as a phone once I get my Desire Z is something nice.
[Epic 4G General] uuesley:
happened to set my epic down on my wifes camera case, which has a magnetic closure flap...the phone was asleep when i set it down, but when it got close to the magnet, the screen turned on and skipped the "drag to unlock" screen...ive tried it numerous times since, and get the same result...

anyone else experience this?
[Epic 4G General] jirafabo:
Must be like blackberries. When you pulled them out of their case the screen would turn on and when you put them back in the screen would turn off.
[Epic 4G General] zetterwing:
I remember reading about the magnetic sensor in a list of specs but this is the first time I've heard of it actually being triggered. It would be nice to see some cases that take advantage of this feature.
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
I just pulled a hard drive magnet off of my cubicle wall and tried it. Doesn't work for me.
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
Sign of a true techie...we have hard drive magnets hanging around for absolutely no reason.

I just did the same thing with the same results.
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
lol, yeah I work in IT on a military base and we have alot, i mean ALOT of hard drive magnets. theres probably 20-30 on each cubicle cabinet door. lmao.
[Epic 4G General] uuesley:
sweet spot seems to be about where the LED flash is....
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
Yup, that works for me..but doesn't go to the lockscreen, immediately goes to the the home screen.
[Epic 4G General] Koadic:
I would assume it is for either the home media dock, or an upcoming car dock, so it automatically goes into the proper program when in place.
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
Hope they plan on putting out a maintenance release for that..I just installed Car Home, locked the screen and put the magnet next to it and it came on in landscape mode, but just on the home screen.
[Epic 4G General] uuesley:
Would be nice if we could use something like tasker and create a couple of actions depending on the proximity of a mgnet...
[Epic 4G General] jacjyd:
Haha all I "use" the magnet sensor for is with the Tricorder app, magnetic flux option. =P Might help to find the best spot... (I guess I'm not cool enough to have hard drive magnets at work.)
[Epic 4G General] arashed31:
It's for the slide-out keyboard. Hold your phone in portrait and keep the magnet to the left of the LED flash. The screen will re-orient itself to landscape. Move the magnet and it will go back.
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
Uhh..what?! Its not for the keyboard, I do know that. But I don't know what its for.
[Epic 4G General] arashed31:
It's for the keyboard. Put your phone in landscape mode with the on screen keyboard open. Put the magnet on the phone and the on screen keyboard will disappear.
[Epic 4G General] uuesley:
Yep....that makes sense....just tried it, and understand what you're saying....

Thanks for the info....
[XPERIA X10 General] tigermrk:
http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2010/10/14/home-screen-and-hd-video-in-the-x10-update/

new videos from rikard skogberg regarding x10...bout time too . :)
[HD2 General] Marvlesz:
Hello everyone,

Had this weird situation after doin' a hard reset :D, though i'd share it

It's not edited and the numbers it's showing cannot be true either, cuz i just turned on my phone :D

if u faced sumthing like this post it down ;)
[HD2 General] bummer2000:
I had a Qtec S100 3 years ago... and on Lifetimer it was showing a little bit more than 16000 hours :D
[HD2 General] Don001:
Try using Android and see how many hours you get ;)
[HD2 General] Marvlesz:
Lifetimer ? over 3 years ? it's possible to get that # .

can't do a hard reset on android :D , till NAND is released :P
[HD2 General] Don001:
Patience is the key, although the key is rusting :)
[HD2 General] bates_1974:
Had you changed the time and date on the device? Mine shown similar last week after a battery pull and having to reset the date and time back to local
[HD2 General] sumflipnol:
I think kawazaki is suggesting that your data usage will go higher if you use Android since Android is constantly connected to data (which is what I really hate about the OS; maybe I just don't like the constant social-networking thing).;)
[EVO 4G General] jamehof:
Hey everyone,

I have the EVO 4g, and I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to consider rooting. The risks are a little scary as I would rather not get pooched and have to pay out the butt if something were to happen to my phone. So.. I'm wondering, should I root?

What are the benefits?

What is the best ROM in your opinion? Best for battery and function (meaning, I don't want to have to turn everything off for 30 hours of battery life). I'm currently using Launcher Pro Plus and I love it. Just wondering what my options are and what the XDA community thinks.
[EVO 4G General] Maximiano:
Why root.

Rooting now is very simple, it is no longer a complicated process that will take you 30min. I was in the same mind frame as you before I rooted, but I have to tell you that it was a great thing for me. After seeing the difference between my phone (stock HTC EVO) and my friends rooted EVO (running CM6) I was blown away. Rooting basically gives you complete control to customize you phone. I then rooted my phone and went straight to CM6 (Cyanogen Mod 6). It is fast and has quite a few options that you just cant get without rooting. There are quite a few apps out there that are only available to the rooted phone. I also was not a big fan of sense, or the huge boat load of apps that Sprint had installed on my phone and was able to get rid of them when rooting. The only advice I can really give to you is to explore the XDA Forums, see the benefits of each ROM, and all the words that you dont know, find the definitions for and things will make more sense. There is a lot of nomenclature here. I am currently running Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo RLS1. It is a sense based ROM with a different theme. I hope this was helpful.
[EVO 4G General] jamehof:
Thanks for your response!

I have a couple of questions for you (or anyone else willing to answer):

1) I know rooting voids the warranty, but does unrooting make the warranty functional again? Can they tell that it's been rooted before?

2) I've been reading around and I've seen people simply go to unrevoked on their EVO, then root that way within a few minutes. I've also seen people connect it to their computer, install drivers, etc. Which is best? Are they the same basic principle, but one doesn't take as long?

3) I've been looking at Myn's TPT and I really like it. But I'm wondering how many hours I could get out of the battery using that rom. I'm also wondering what the best way to update that rom (when an update is released) is?

Thanks again! I look forward to getting the ball rolling and getting all the awesome features that my phone should include in the original pricetag!
[EVO 4G General] DarkManX4lf:
Rooting with unrevoked is just a simple way of rooting. All the commands are entered for your automatically rather than manually using a comand prompt to flash images etc.
[EVO 4G General] jamehof:
Alright, I did it. Used unrEVOked, and so far so good. I'm sticking with stock 2.2 for now until I can do enough research on quality ROM's.

I do have an additional question though..

I purchased SetCPU, but I've noticed that I can't "overclock" above 998mhz. Why is that? Isn't the processor a 1ghz? I wouldn't really consider that overclocking :-/

How do I get pass that so I can actually overclock it a little?
[EVO 4G General] m4rk0358:
Only certain kernels allow you to overclock. Most custom ROMs come with custom kernels that allow you to overclock. You can also flash different kernels over a custom ROM. Just make sure that particular kernel is compatible with the ROM you are using.
[EVO 4G General] lehalter:
Wireless tether is enough of a reason to root for me. Try Ava. If you like Sense, you will love Ava. You will notice it is MUCH faster.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xplicitelem3nt:
Hi all, I updated my phone via kies mini to j16, now I cannot find the 2G option. I need this because I cannot make or receive calls while I'm in my basement unless I'm on 2G. Anyone having trouble finding it? Have they completely removed this?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmas0n:
I believe it's just be reworded. The option you're looking for is "GSM only" under Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Network Mode

Give it a try.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epakrat75:
It's J EYE 6, not J ONE 6. Anyway...

Not removed, improved IMO but not terribly user friendly I suppose.

Under "Mobile Network Settings", tap "Network Mode".

AUTO = 2G/3G

GSM Only = 2G only

WCDMA Only = 3G only

Hope it helps...

EDIT: Oops, it looks like I missed being post #2 by ~ 2 Minutes.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xplicitelem3nt:
Ahh thanks
[General Topics] headhod:
Hi Everyone!

Please i need some opinions couse im buying one tomorrow :D,

Which of this 3 phones do you preffer???

Thanks for your attention

Bye!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aflansburg:
I looked through the threads and I couldn't really find anything on this. Basically I'm looking for an app that automatically switches the screen to horizontal orientation when you go into an app like messaging or whatever it might be. But that goes back to vertical when you hit the home screen. I know I can just turn the screen, but there is some lag when I do that so I figured it would be easy if it just automatically did it whether I turned the phone or not. Also, the accelerometer must be super sensitive because I barely move the device sometimes and it switches back to vertical. And yes I have calibrated

I have a Sprint CDMA Hero running Fresh 2.4.0
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Russss:
You can probably make Tasker do that.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ashwinmudigonda:
I just recently got my G2 and have been playing around. I figured out AppBrain recently and I realized that there was an update for Google Goggles. However, after downloading, when it tries to install, it gives an error.

Anyone else facing this issue?
[G2 and Desire Z General] robothouse:
Yep, I can confirm this issue on my newly replaced G2 device... a bummer since this app is pre-installed and I am unable to delete/remove it for a fresh re-install!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
I've been seeing way too many requests for this with just about every mod possible. Considering the simplicity of this mod, the easiest way to please everyone, is for all of you to know how to accomplish this mod yourself.

BTW, this is for the status bar itself, not pulldown bar or notification background.

What you need:

- Paint.NET software (or any other image editing software that you are already comfortable with, this one seems to be the easiest for setting transparency though.)

- Your framework-res.apk AFTER you have all of your other mods applied to your phone. Otherwise you will have to apply this mod again every time you add or change mods (most likely).

- 7zip

So, you should have your framework-res.apk on your computer and 7zip installed to open the apk. Open up the framework, navigate to /res/drawable-hdpi folder. In that folder, find the file statusbar_background.png. You can either pull that file out to your computer to edit it or open it straight from 7zip (which is the best way to ensure there is no issues when pushing framework back to the phone) but you must have your editing software set as the default to open .png files.

Now once you have that file open in Paint.NET, you will see the image of the status bar as you currently have it. Up on the top toolbar, you should see the option "Layers". Click that then select "Layer properties" at the bottom of the drop-down. At the bottom of the window that pops up, you should see "Opacity" and the number set at 255 with the neighboring slider all the way to the right. I suggest using the slider because as you move it you will see the transparency applied to the bar image, allowing you to slide it around to the desired transparency.

Once you have finished setting your transparency, click the little disk image at the top left to save your changes, close the program out and you should then see a box pop up in 7zip (if you made changes without unpacking the file from 7zip first) asking if you would like to apply changes to file you edited. Say yes, then close 7zip, which may or may not state that changes have been made to the apk and if you'd like to update it, which you would say yes to if it does. If you unpacked the file from 7zip, simply drag and drop the file back into its correct spot, confirm you want to replace the file, then close it up. After all of this is done, just put framework-res.apk back into the framework folder on your phone whatever way you like, turn your phone on and you have a transparent status bar.

As a side note, you can play with Paint.net to see all of the modifications you can make to your status bar like changing colors, texture, and a few other things. One piece of advice is to have a backup framework-res.apk in case you make a mistake or something.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] JoeyBones1:
excuse my extreme noobness, but what is the best way to transfer the apk back and forth from the phone to computer? yes I am new to this and yes I am a retard and yes I probably shouldnt even try this..
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
Easiest way would be to get root explorer so you can navigate to the /system/framework folder and copy the apk from there to your sdcard, where you can just copy it to your computer. the other option would be plugging your phone into your computer, phone should be on, open up command prompt then navigate to your sdk/tools folder (get it if you dont already have it), then type "adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk c:\" without the quotes. the file will be in the root of your C directory. To get it back on your phone when finished, for root explorer just reverse the steps, but when moving the apk back to its proper folder, just hit the "Mount R/W" button at the top right of root explorer, copy the file back in and reboot. For alternate method, boot into recovery, mount /system partition, then in prompt after navigating to sdk tools folder type "adb push c:\insertdirectoryto\framework-res.apk /system/framework/" without quotes, then boot up and youre done.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] BillytheKid82:
tried this...boot looped...had to restore backup...thanks for the info though...might try again soon
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
Did you try editing the file without extracting it or did you extract it and reinsert it?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mixedlemon:
Or you could edit the .png and use metamorph to push it into the framework-res.apk without moving or unzipping anything. And you could just keep the metamorph theme with that one .png on your sdcard to re-apply it whenever you flash a new rom, without altering any other theme elements you've already applied.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Gahh Its Lee:
What do I edit to change the pull down notifications?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] chrisloveskaos:
thx a ton got it

transparent, transferring back to phone now..we will see

edit ..boot loops too..

i used root explorer ..extracted framework-res.apk to my sd card ,,then on my computer i opened paint.net and edited the statusbar_background.png file and then

zipped back up the framework-res and renamed to apk then copied back to my framework folder and it the forced closed and went into boot lopes...

i know im close to getting this right ..what step am i skrewing up?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] BillytheKid82:
i edited the file w/out extracting it...using root explorer i copied the framework res to my sdcard...plugged my phone in to comp, opened the framework res w/ 7zip, edited w/ gimp, saved all changes...unmounted phone, used root explorer and copied the new edited framework, then navigated to the original framework res and pasted the new one there to overwrite the original...then it force closed so i tried to paste it again, then the phone rebooted and boot looped? not sure if i did something wrong
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
That file is a .9.png file. editing these is ridiculously difficult and ill-advised.

I JUST remembered that I think you need to be running a deodexed rom to allow modifications. I've always used deodexed roms and forgot that it might be a requirement for things like this. Do either of you know if what youre running is deodexed or not?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
metamorph is definitely more useful. I just have never created anything to run with it so I don't know the process of doing so.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] BillytheKid82:
im running skyraider vanilla, i tried to look on the thread to see if it is deodexed and i couldn't find if it is or not...may not be...thanks for your help
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] chrisloveskaos:
running new skyraider 3.3 and im sure it is
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
Yea it seems they are both deodexed, and btw I didn't know skyraider 3.3 was so awesome I'm tempted to switch over to it. But yea, I'm not sure why your phones aren't allowing the modifications to the framework. I might as well load SR 3.3 and see for myself what's up. I'll get on that later tonight when I have time and let you guys know if i figure anything out.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mixedlemon:
Use this with metamorph. It will work on any rom (tested on skyraider 3.3) except those that still use the "drawable-hdpi-v4" folder in the framework-res.apk. If your rom uses that folder, simply rename the folder it puts on your sdcard in /sdcard/AndroidThemes/HalfTransparentBar/

If you'd rather have a different transparency just replace the .png in the folder with yours.

In fact, if you want to edit ANY graphic on your rom, just put the .png in the /sdcard/AndroidThemes/xxxxxx/framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi/ folder with the same file name as the one you want to replace. And of course, do a nandroid backup just in case.

EDIT: As Berzerker7 pointed out, this file probably wont make anything transparent unless you have a modified services.jar. oops.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
Well then that simplifies a lot of things lol. Thanks for putting that up for us, makes everything even easier.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Berzerker7:
Simply swapping a file won't work. It's the same reason simply swapping a transparent image for the notification pull-down doesn't work. Opacity is controlled on another level by services.jar. You need to modify the values there, as well as swapping out for a transparent image.

Btw, this didn't work for me on SkyRaider 3.3. (Metamorph or swapping the file).
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Gahh Its Lee:
It makes the background black but not transparent on virtuous 3.0.1
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mixedlemon:
Ah, I must have already installed a theme that modified it, then.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] dimebagdan65:
WOOOT!

SO can't wait to try this!

Wow... epic fail on my part... edited the image, repackaged, compared to original, file sizes/compression were similar enough, so I copied it onto my SD card and went in to Root Explorer... Mistake number 1)forgot to do a nandroid OR a titanium, Mistake number 2)Renamed the framework-res.apk to framework-res.bak BEFORE I copied the new file to the /system/framework. As soon as I did that, everything went haywire so I did a battery pull and went to do it the ADB way from recovery. Thought I did that right, so I rebooted into a bootloop... Finally gave up so I decided to do mistake number 3)full nandroid restore of a backup that was admittedly a few days old (See mistake 1 lol) after which I had rearranged a few things and added more apps etc... Now on to the important stuff...

MAKE SURE YOU DO STEP 1 BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY OF THIS AND IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS, DO STEP 2 SO YOU DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID!

Step 1)For the love of all that's holy, do a Nandroid and Titanium backup first!

Step 2)In Clockwork Mod Recovery, do NOT do a full restore, instead go to advanced restore and simply restore the system (the part that you were messing around with to do this mod lol I realized this gem just as I clicked "Yes" in CWM, I still have the palm print on my forehead... haha​

Hopefully you folks will have better luck than I did, but if not, hopefully I can save you some of the headache I went thru...