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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbr0wn:
Smartpad 810c custom roms/development/faq/ecc

http://www.androidiani.com/forum/mediacom-smartpad-810c/

Sorry, only Italian language forum :)
[EVO 4G General] strung:
Been playing with Skype on the EVO. Skype to Skype calls. Sometimes it works well, sounds is good. Other times, maybe 1 out of 2 times, the sound is very choppy throughout. I tried calling skype on a nexus one and on a computer. All on the same wifi network. Seems to be an issue on the evo only.
[EVO 4G General] strung:
Installed KingzKernel #11, and now all seems well.
[EVO 4G General] spiicytuna:
I was going to say...

I use skype (the apk floating around that has been hacked to work on 3G) averaging 3-5 times a week to talk to family overseas, with each call being 30-60min, using cm6 + snap, with 0 issues. In fact I have been surprised at how little batter it uses.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borealis17:
I've been using version 2.0.5 (pre3test3) and would like to know if there is a more current and stable version of this app for the slide.

My phone is running 2.1 w/CR_Mod.

Thanks a bunch guys!!
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavenWulf:
here ya go... bookmark for future searches http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalxgod:
That did not work on my phone

rooted running 2.2 froyo mytouchslide
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavenWulf:
Known issue... it won't work on your's because you are running CM6 or a CM6 based ROM, the only CM6 based ROM that this will work on is #TeamFenix v1.7.1... all others need to use Barnacle to have working Wi-Fi Tether
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conductive:
I am currently using google wired usb thether and was wondering if anybody has been able to make one of these routers work with an EVO as a modem?

Is there a better solution like USB to Ethernet or do I need to set up a computer to share the Internet connection?

Thanks
[Vibrant General] burgon:
I'm taking a trip to asia, and I'm planning to watch a number of videos on the way. I'm trying to figure out what codec gets the best battery life. Does the Vibrant have a hardware decoder that is optimized for certain codecs? I read a thread on here about the ARM Neon gpu, but it seems pretty vague as to what codecs are native. Has anyone tested different codecs and checked battery life?

Thanks

------------------------------

Ok here is what I did:

Coverted the same video 6 ways: h.264 (iphone specs), xvid, mpeg4, mpeg 2, flv (300kbps). I used Freemake Video Converter and then WinFF for the flash conversion

I odin'd back to stock and ran all the vids. Mpeg2 had to be run using software mode on the rockplayer.

Each test I ran for 1 hour. Since I'll be using this while flying, I put it in flight mode, lowest brightness setting (both video player app and main), and killed all tasks with Advanced Task Killer. I checked the battery percentage with the Quick Settings app

Stock Rom

h.264	15% battery loss

xvid	15%

mpeg4	15%

mpeg2	15%

flash lq 10%

I was shocked that flash was so low - but the video was hideous, it was 300kbps and looked really bad, so I did a 800 kbps conversion (flv hq). It looked much better

flash hq	13%

Then I installed the One Click Lag Fix (OCLF) and tried just the winners again.

flv lq 8%

flv hq 11%

Bionix final with Core v2 didn't change anything

flv hq 13%

switched to Bionix final with JACs Voodoo with Colorfix - this includes a very low brightness setting that is great for the plane. I used SetCPU to put it in powersave mode but I had to set a minimum speed of 400, at 200 the video locked up.

flv hq 10%

h.264 11%

I have a low quality h.264 that I still need to try, but 10% for an hour of video is great.

Of course now Froyo is the new hotness, so I may have to try it, but there seem to be lots of complaints about battery life.
[Vibrant General] Frizzmmm:
Actually I have done a litle playing around with movies in different codecs, seeing which ones rendered the best on the device offset by their battery drain. I used several native codecs ( .avi, .mp4, .mkv ) and while the results arent as definative as one would hope, the average winner is .mp4. My personal testing comes from playing movies saved to my sd card while I am at work. I never plug the phone in mid day and use the "hop in the car on my way home and look at the screen" test. After a full 8 hours of playing video my sgs is at 21% with mp4, 18% with avi and between 16% and 20% with mkv. Hope my little bit of benchmarking helps you.
[Vibrant General] mmas0n:
AVI, MP4, and MKV are not codecs; they are container formats.

While I don't have an answer for the OP, if you want an accurate experiment you should try several different codecs (H.264, DivX, XviD, etc) inside the three aforementioned container formats and see what your results are. You might also try using different audio codecs and don't forget to try the 3GP container as well.

I vote that you science the hell out this and report back. :D
[Vibrant General] burgon:
updated the op
[Vibrant General] kanwal236:
Personally I got better battery life from jac's kernel with bionix final and bionix fusion than either core 1.2ghz or core 1ghz kernel, try jac's kernel and see if battery life improves for you

Sent from my SXY-T959
[Vibrant General] android53:
OP you realise most modern flights have hours of video, film and games right? Also they often have usb charging points in the seat! If you are worried about battery life buy an external battery pack, I did for a month travelling in korea and japan, it worked great
[Vibrant General] burgon:
:) I take this trip all the time. This just happens to be first time that I've taken the trip with the Vibrant. United economy Chicago to Tokyo to Bangkok is lucky to get food, forget usb charging ports. I've checked the movie list - it's particularly lousy this trip.

Also I've always wondered about this. It seems like some movies kill the battery and others don't.
[Captivate General] h078:
As most here I had GPS issues on my Captivate.

Note I have the first model that was shipped to the store on release date.

Currently running ATT OTA eclair (rooted)

No additional mods:

Changed LBS settings as following:

APP SETTINGS:

Session type: Tracking

Test mode: S/W Test

OP MODE: MS based

Start Mode: Cold Start

GPS +: OFF

Dynamic Accuracy: ON

Accuracy:250

USe Skyhook: OFF

Use PC Tool: OFF

SUPL SETTINGS:

Custom config

supl.google.com

7276

Secure Socket:OFF

SUPL mode: SUPL

Cleared GPS Data, Rebooted and

After that I got lock every time outside (under heavy Oregonian clouds) within 10 seconds accurate to 10m.

I do not think it will get more accurate as Captivate is not used to navigate thermonuclear warheads:D

Accuracy was steady without jumps in latitude and longitude values

Same behavior in Google maps and Navigation...

On reboot lock time was 30 seconds with same accuracy and inside the house lock ( depending on location in the house) takes 25-45s with 15m accuracy..And I certainly can find my way through the house with such accuracy

Thought to share and hope it will help...

Plz post your results...
[Captivate General] flashman2002:
How long have you been running this setting and have you done any tracks with it to see if it jumps around? These are some questions that typically will be asked. And this is also in the wrong forum as this does not deal with development. It should go in general. :)
[Captivate General] lfwake08:
Great.

Wow. Well done. I just gave this a shot out of sheer boredom at work, and it is seriously awesome. I put my phone by the window and had a GPS lock in literally less than 20 seconds at <10m accuracy. Needless to say, I'll be keeping these settings.

The GPS has been a huge issue for this phone, so thanks for the hard work! I appreciate your time and effort.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
For the millionth time, this doesn't work.
[Captivate General] boomerod:
Thanks for posting. I've found, particularly that I am now on Froyo, that locks are not a problem; tracking is still unreliable even with phone mounted (vertically) on my dash. Did you drive with navigation?
[Captivate General] bts0uth:
Locks arent the problem anymore, at least not for me. the problem is the GPS actually keeping up with you while moving and when taking a turn.
[Captivate General] designgears:
Thats just a cell lock, gps still sucks, so when you move around it will not do so good.
[Captivate General] h078:
Additional...

Sorry forgot to mention...

I did drove today using Google nav for about 8 miles around a town and did not see once nav arrow jump on me or showing blue circle around...
[Captivate General] drancid:
+100000000000000000000

yup gps lock is not the problem.

In my opinion, you can get faster lock cause you set the accuracy as 250.

Have you tried my setting? i posted this several times on jupiter mod thread. I'll give you my setting one more time.

Session type : Tracking

Test mode : S/W Test

Operation mode : MS Based

Start mode : Hot Start

GPS Plus : On

Dynamic accuracy : On

Accuracy : 50

GPS logging : Off

Server SQDN Type : Custom

Server : supl.google.com

Server port : 7276

SUPL secure socket : Off

AGPS mode : Control plane

I'm having "usable" gps ever with these since cog 2.1.7

Sent from my Catpivate operated by Cognition 2.2 Froyo beta 9
[Captivate General] boomerod:
Not being sarcastic, I promise, but you are one of the lucky ones (and there are more than a few of yal out there). One guy mentioned that he guessed it was the fact that his minivan has a huge front windshield. My assumption is that he is able to mount his phone far enough up on the dash that it gets a really clear view of the sky. That notwithstanding, I think there are likely others with a similar or same vehicle that don't get the good tracking he notes.

Where do you drive mostly? Are you in a dense urban area or more of a small town? Just wondering....
[Captivate General] boomerod:
I tried Control plan too...can't remember if I did while on Froyo. I'll try it again since I have nothing to loose. But what I recall, it is made no difference for me tracking wise. I also did some reading on Control plane and it did not seem to be a particularly more effective protocol than supl; they both have their pros and cons. Sorry, that's all I retained from the reading. :o
[Captivate General] vikasm143:
looks good till now; my phone never used to get any signs of location for like a min or so; but in open sky it locked posotion in like 15 sec; great; thanks OP
[Captivate General] FutureSix:
Stupid thing but...... i get 100x better results using 7262 port....
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
What other settings outside of the port? Or does it mirror the op

Captivate

Cog 2.2
[Captivate General] FutureSix:
umm lemme check...

supl.google.com

7262

OFF

SUPL

----

App settings:

tracking

s/w test

standalone

hot start

gps plus : ON

Dynamic : ON

50

OFF

Full lock under 10sec

and perfect tracking with MyTracks app (walking or in car)

It even managed to follow me in every alley of a grocery store...
[Captivate General] drancid:
Sounds nice. i'll give a shot!!

Sent from my Catpivate operated by Cognition 2.2 Froyo beta 9
[Captivate General] h078:
I live in urban area of Hillsboro Oregon. Place where companies like Intel, Tektronix and Nike reside...no scyscrapers but densly populated industrial suburb of Portland. Driving Lincoln town car if size of windshield matters... :-)

Teleported by Android on SGH-I897
[Captivate General] n4d3r:
can you please tell me how you guys are finding these settings in your phones??
[Captivate General] opcow:
I use LbsTestMode and I get to it using a Launcher Pro shorcut (press-hold>shortcuts>activities>LbsTestMode). It was accessible via dialing *#*#1472365#*#* in the stock firmware.
[Captivate General] jaxf250:
This works pretty darn well for me! Thanks... using original 2.2 leak OS from DG ->I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgearsvvv

and it gets a lock quickly... let's hope it continues over time...
[Captivate General] tonyc0642:
Works great for me, indoor lock in less than 10 seconds, accuracy within 10 meters. Thanks man.
[Captivate General] Whipon:
Wow!

Wow. These settings worked like a charm. I got a lock in less than 30 seconds, and with excellent accuracy.

Thanks a lot ^^.
[Captivate General] drancid:
Not a Problem.

So glad to hear that.

I know it takes little longer than other settings at first time but this is the best settings for me... yet... lol
[Captivate General] drancid:
i tried this but unfortunately it is not better than my settings for me..

i went back :p
[Captivate General] WickedStyx:
I honestly have given up and think messing with the GPS settings is a waste of time. It seems to have as much do with positive vibes and praying to Jeebus than any tweaks.

For example, without changing any settings whatsoever:

Tuesday - Outside, clear sky, no lock after 10 minutes

Wednesday - Driving, clear sky, lock after ~5 minutes, tracking well

Thursday - Driving, clear sky, lock after ~5 minutes, kept dropping out and tracking poorly

Friday - Inside ground floor of a two story building, lock accurate to 30m in less than 10 seconds.

If I'd tried to tweak GPS settings today before testing I'd be posting here about the amazing new settings I found that fixes GPS.
[Captivate General] FutureSix:
Well, glad my settings worked for a few of you... For the others, try to check out what are Rogers I896 settings, i've heard great comments...
[Captivate General] opcow:
The Roders setting are the same as AT&T's.

The best thing for me was to leave everything stock except accuracy. I changed Accuracy to 250 and it locks in 10-30 seconds and then in another 5-10 seconds settled down to 5-10 meter accuracy. I haven't tested it driving around so I don't know how the 250 meter accuracy setting effects that.
[Captivate General] tonyc0642:
I guess you're one of the unlucky ones that nothing works for, because I've never had a lock a single time on my gps(gps only, wireless networks off)with any rom, but this gave me an accurate lock on 11 satellites in less than 10 seconds, indoors with heavy clouds and rain, and it works consistently every time. So it's not coincidental for some of us as you implied.
[Captivate General] WickedStyx:
Yeah sorry. I was trying to share my experience of finding some magic settings, only to be dissapointed a couple of days later. I wasn't trying to say that it doesn't help for everyone.
[Captivate General] tonyc0642:
Oh, I totally understand. Alot of people have the same problems, I think it may have to do with which batch your Captivate came from.
[Captivate General] K-mart Shopper:
There is no correct GPS setting. Two captivates here, one tracks beautifully with no changes, but mine doesn't. Possibly some hardware differences or quality control issues. Getting a lock is a piece of cake, but come to a stop at a light and you'll keep moving according to whatever GPS software you're using. Why is the device predicting my movement? Is that behavior normal?

Plus, you'll get a lock fast one day.. try again later and, oops. Not working anymore.
[Captivate General] AlecKyle:
When i type *#*#1472365#*#* in on the dial pad, it all dissapears and I never get to press call. What is wrong?

I am running 2.2 rooted
[Captivate General] Drew489:
2nd. And when I made a thread about this a few days ago and filing complaints about it...all I got was flamed. The thread even got locked.

I guess people are in such denial that if you challenge their reality, they get ultra defensive.

Bottom line, the GPS completely sucks and only works a rare few people. PERIOD.
[Captivate General] Drew489:
Do you have an application called LbsTestModeLaunch?

If not, try *#3214789650#
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
Minimal use but the op listed settings appear to work really hood on the latest cog.

Captivate

Cog 2.2
[Captivate General] JvKintheUSA:
Anyone tried the GPS with the metal battery cover removed? Try it.
[Captivate General] Krad:
I have determined that if i turn off bluetooth and wifi on my phone and fire up google maps or navigation my gps is pretty much spot on. I can drive without issue and it will follow me mostly without a blue bubble.

However i have noticed with bluetooth and speakerphone on and wifi, that it hardly works and keeps loosing signal.

Keep in mind that i keep my phone plugged in, in the car so i know it is not a power issue with the battery. I now don't use my bluetooth in the car when i need the gps to work.
[Captivate General] RGardner:
Just tried it ...

Ran position test with cover - 0 inside near window (no lock after 45 seconds).

Shut phone down.

Removed cover.

Ran position test without cover - 9 satellites inside near window (locked in 5 seconds!!!!!). Signal to noise... mid to upper-30s. (a high of 41dBHz)

Curious.

Edit...

Put the cover back on and the number of satellites dropped to 5 or 6 with SNRs of 25 to 27... high of 34dBHz on the satellite which was 41dBHz without cover.

Circumstantial, but curious.
[Captivate General] djwyman:
well I just tried the first posts settings on my phone standing on my balcony of my 2nd story apartment (inside I can't get a lock from any phone whether it be iphone, captivate, old sprint samsung instinct, or a real tom tom gps) and got a lock in about 30 seconds. later today when I go out and about I will test the drive ability of it. Before I switched to the 2.2 stuff I was using a gps fix which changed a bunch of files in the phone (apparently the post was removed for some reason) and it worked really well. I have not really played with my gps all that much since I changed to 2.2 then to cog 2.3b2 and now 2.3b3 so today will be my first test run.
[Captivate General] tbong777:
OK I really did not think any settings could help with the GPS locking issues....BUT WOW....Yours are excellent for my area....

I got a cold lock in less than 5 seconds using GPS Test Pro The problem is ...it doesn't stay locked and still is a little wacky..however I used it to get to a destination on my motorcycle and it was perfect. All voice directions were accurate on on time..I use the NAV in my cars so that is not an issue, Outdoors this seems to do the job well enough
[Captivate General] tbong777:
Where one is using the phone has a lot to do with it as well....inside outside where in the country or world...Everyone has a different view to the heavens....
[Captivate General] djwyman:
so I did my drive around test today and I had no issues what so ever. no twitchiness no blue circle...It just stayed were I was and followed me the whole way. I was using google nav, I had my phone mounted on a little cheap universal dashboard mount I bought at auto zone in a 96 blazer if that matters also it was mounted horizontal. This is using the settings from the first post in this thread on cognition v2.3b3.
[Captivate General] mindbuRn:
Cognition v2.2 Beta 9.1.3

Took a 45 minute trip yesterday and used the navigation for the first time on my phone since getting it two weeks ago. The stock "Navigation" app was used and when the trip started it locked on immediatly. After that had no problems for about 10 - 15 minutes, then I hear "GPS signal lost". I hit the home button and reopen the app via the running app drawer (or whatever it's called) and it locked back on in less than a minute. My phone did this process the whole trip. Anyone have any ideas what could have been the issue on this? I was unable to run any kind of GPS status tests or anything but it just seems odd to me. Why will it be fine one second, loose the signal, and then pick it up when i recycle the app?
[Captivate General] fldude99:
Where in the car is the device while in navigation...does it have a clear view of the sky under the windshield?
[Captivate General] mindbuRn:
For the most part it did, some of the time it was sitting on the dash, and some of the time it was sitting on my lap. I hate to compare the Captivate to any iPhone but I must say I had no issues like this at all with any iDevice that I owned. They just worked, wherever they were.
[Captivate General] phrebh:
For what it's worth, these settings worked wonders on my Captivate. I'm actually getting 7 sats while in my basement now.

I got it that day it was released, so maybe this only works with that first batch as some have suggested.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
I would like to see EVERYBODY change the supl server to google.com, port to 7276 and then take a poll. The GPS fulfills all expectations for me now
[Captivate General] zootallure:
Tried it. Signal strength up 20% lock in seconds 9 sats. Before removing 4 sats and no lock....wtf samsung.

Done inside 0ne story house.
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
Anybody try GPS with a coat hanger in the headphone Jack?

Captivate

Cog 2.2
[Captivate General] zootallure:
you da man
[Captivate General] l7777:
make a double hedral out of the hanger before inserting it and you'll have enough signal to create a black hole.
[Captivate General] Dankenstein:
Laffin @ this and those who played along . . . and possibly @ JvKintheUSA, if it was facetious. Subtletastic, if it was.
[Captivate General] rip93:
Ok tried it and.... Got a lock.. joke google maps reported accuracy within 3000meters:eek: Wish I could have taken a screenshot. It was a good laugh anyways.
[Captivate General] itchytweed:
I tried the lbstestmode and gps status with wifi both on and off and found that lockup on cold start and data wiped was far faster with wifi off. Haven't toggled BT yet but it looks like the common processor chip can't service the near realtime requirements of GPS when running other services. IMNSHO, Broadcomsux. BTW, test done on stock Eclair-update 2.
[Captivate General] stan.s:
Really?

10 meters outdoors? That's just about 33 feet. I think that's not so great.

My SE X10a gets 9.3ft that's 2.8 meters with 8 poor satellite signals, indoors, on the lea side of a hill.

SE X10a GPS readings
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
Try disabling wireless location

Captivate

Cog 2.4
[Captivate General] Mac11700:
I tried this..and didn't work at all . I could before get 7-10 sat in view and locked with in 10-15 seconds with a reading of 23-36 for strength and now olny get 1-2 sats in view no locks and 15-23 strength. This is with the JH7 OTA update. Now to try to put it all back the way it was..This is outside clear view of a cloudless sky btw.

Mac
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] GéVé:
Is there a list ?

A saw some UI's, but is there a list with names of them and maybe links?

ATTENTION : they have to be QVGA supported !

Greats,

A newbie
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Skye Menjou:
Like launchers?

I used to use Launcher Pro.

http://www.launcherpro.com

http://www.appbrain.com/app/launcherpro/com.fede.launcher

You can customize everything about it like the icons and Appdrawer, Widgets and the amount of homescreens.

Do note that HTC Sense(Default UI) specific Widgets will not work on LauncherPro(Like the clock/weather/friendstream).
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] JebyDroid:
I use Zeamer, found here in XDA: it's fast and lightweight :)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] kevin2516:
There are heaps of alternate home launchers, and they work on any resolution lol

there's launcher pro (my fav) fast and stable)

adw launcher

zeam launcher

pandahome

openhome

and all these other ones.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] GéVé:
Nice !

Others and some pictures are alway welcome !

I think its a nice idea to make a archive in this topic of all the UI's for Wildfire.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] ™¤»Aamir«¤™:
just check this thread

h t t p : / / xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770711

someone please activate my account i cant even post XDA links to other members
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] GéVé:
Only UI's here !
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] kevin2516:
there is no need to make a thread of all the ui's ... i already listed heaps of the different programs that can make your home screens look awesome, if you want to see how different people's screens look, you go to that thread listed above.

there is no point in making another thread of ui's as you can simply do a search to find all the necessary programs.