yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] :
the "speculated" nexus 2 looks like a wannabe iphone 3g..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hkbkjosh:
I just got my Motorola Xt270 upgraded to 2.2 ..... It probably wont be out till December !!!

I actually am really happy with 2.2.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Meltus:
Congratulations on being able to edit your build.prop.

This proves absolutely nothing.

(edit: That wasn't neccessarily aimed at the OP, just at whoever took that screenshot :p)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kanttii:
Yeah. Anyone can do that - and hiding statusbar doesn't tell it's something new..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jobryan26:
There is nothing really special with the notification bar... color and icons from what I understand. And according to Dmitriy Molchanov Gingerbread has hardware acceleration, video chat, and is labeled as 2.3. While 3.0 is designated for Honeycomb.

The question left in my mind is "Will the EVO receive Gingerbread?" Due to the processor dependent hardware acceleration requirements of Gingerbread this would leave the EVO out of the picture... however HTC Spain stated the HTC EVO and a few other HTC 2.2 devices would be receiving the upgrade. I guess we shall see..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] psychomaniac189:
you can prolly run a custom rom that has gingerbread in it. i ran a touch pro with windows 6.5 and it never got the update from carriers, or htc.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] .:[K]!nG_D:.:
oh gosh i hope your wrong because im getting the EVO for Christmas!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Slipdisc2:
OHA Team Member Confirms Gingerbread Version As 2.3, Hints At Dev Nexus Ones Receiving An OTA Update In The Next Few Days

androidpolice.com
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] snowboarda42:
The EVO had better receive the update, it's new enough you'd figure that they wouldn't leave it out. I might even cry a little if it doesn't...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Slipdisc2:
My guess is that if/when the N1 gets it, you will see some of the resident chefs here starting baking things up and making it happen. 4G radio support might be a deal breaker for some I suppose. I'm not in a 4G coverage area so, it doesn't really matter to me. Well actually it does matter but I would be willing to wait for that.

But if you are hoping for a Sprint 2.3 release by the end of the year, you better keep those tissues handy. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] .:[K]!nG_D:.:
yes i read on quite a few sites the the evo should be getting the 2.3 update yes the evo is a pretty new divice they would be crazy if they didnt make an update for the evo...ok so the android 3.0 update will be honeycomb and its only for tablets soo we should be fine
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jatinps:
any updates yet? this is quite unlike the 2.2 where it was leaked out much in advance. looks like google has learnt how to keep things in the wrap :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] :
2.2 was leaked a month after the line was cut. It hasn't been a month since gingerbread has been cut. They're just now on early gingerbread builds for the n1.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] albert emmer:
Gingerbread Again!

here guys, another gingerbread in action. this time from google engineer. take a look!

my original post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9560119&postcount=13

source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/02/android-gingerbread-officially-teases-you-in-googles-voice-sear/

and

http://thegadgets.net/technology-news/gingerbreads-native-android-market-to-get-related-tab/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bevin.matt83:
Hi one and all

I had been following bin4rys Xperia Mod for the X10 and have succesfully rooted my xperia. the firmware now is R1EA025 SO-0B1. My initial firmware was R2BA026, i would like to use my old firmware , can any one tell me how to downgrade the OS ?

I tried the PC companion tool but it says Update failed, i keep tryng but to no avail the message is always update failed.

Does anyone know how to revert to the old OS. Please

Bevin
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flyboyovyick:
Like with my LG i can't downgrade to android 1.6.

So you might not be able to downgrade

Hope this helps
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drsk:
Most phones in the market had one or the other reason for me to eliminate them (be it cost or feature).

I have shortlisted SE Xperia X1 and SE Hazel. The cost difference between these 2 models is about $50.

Which one should I choose? One a 2 year old smartphone and the other non-smartphone. Does it make sense to go for the X1 over the Hazel?

I have NOT used any smartphone till date and I normally keep my phone for more than 2 years.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackleung:
It all comes down to your preference. If all you want is simple and stable and just a simply "phone" to call others, pick the Hazel.

If you don't mind the pain for the learning curve and have to do a lot reading here (especially you are new to smartphone), X1 is still a powerful workhorse for your MP3/video, GPS, personal data organizer.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comeradealexi:
I'd recommend it if you can get it for a good price - dont pay like £300 for it - but it is a good device but theres lots to learn and much to tweak to get it good. if you got time to do that then go frit!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drsk:
jackleung and comeradealexi - Thank you very much for your response.

You have helped me decide on the phone. I will go with X1. I am getting it for approx. £200.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altae:
I also recommend you the X1. You will get a powerful smartphone with the freedom of Windows Mobile. Use xda-developers as your source for software and you will realise sooner or later that there is a freeware solution for almost every need/ situation.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tunataylan:
Don't buy X1 now. Go for an HTC Android phone. X1 is slow.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cristidotro:
I would chose an Android device over the X1. The 800x480 pixel resolution is too much for xperia processor so it will be slow in multiple situations. Look for an Android device in the same price range, and you will be happier (or at least this is what I'll do if I was in your situation; Xperia is a great phone, I don't regret I payed for it).

Or look at a WM phone with better processor or lower screen resolution.

Cheers!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caliban2:
short answer: no, don't buy it. it's old...

longer answer:

it's hw is outdated and the drivers provided by SE are inferior. SE did a real lousy job on this. the official rom comes with winmo 6.1, the panels just suck. we all use 6.5-roms, but since there's no official 6.5-rom as a base, it's always a bit of a workaround on the x1.

go android. or have a look at windows phone 7. if it has to be windows mobile (it's all but dead now!), get the hd2 (touch pro 2 may be cheaper, if you can get one). everything else you wouldn't really enjoy.

(btw, the resolution isn't too much for the hw - it's the drivers. if you ever had a go with htc's touch pro 2, you'd know. same hw, better drivers, way better performance)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harveydent:
Don't buy from Sony Ericsson.

I've been a big SE fanboy in the past and I still use several of my old SE phones but they've been releasing crap/crippled phones at an alarming rate recently.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoyzNDaHood:
I don't regret that i own an x1, but i bought it almost 2 years ago. Don't buy a X1. The X10 mini pro, or other Android phones, are also low priced, so there are no reasons to buy a x1 now. The X1 is out-of-the-box a bit slow and you have to do a lot of tweaking/flashing before it's pleasant to use.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tin427:
I HAVE NO REGRET FOR GETTING MY X1 2 YEARS AGO!!

but for now, just go for android:p
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altae:
If you can get it cheap, you like the freedom of Windows Mobile and you can deal with the disadvantages of Windows Mobile I recommend you buying the Xperia X1. It's still one of the best WM devices available (and it will be forever since WM isn't in development anymore). I love mine.

But if you want an operating system that is up to date and will be further developed you have to look somewhere else (Android, Iphone, WP 7).
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superweijie:
Best WM device, not.

Nobody warned this guy about keyboard, screen display loss and cracking? Wow.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Awassenaar:
Ok, the X1 may be old but drsk said he didn't want to spend too much money. So people recommending an iphone or newer android devices will not help him because those are (more)expensive.

I think the X1 works quite well for its age. But i must say you have tweak it a lot to get it exactly to you likings but it is worth. I have a lot of friends with newer phones and I haven't often seen them do things the x1 can't. It only does it a little slower or has less eyecandy.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altae:
In fact there are still a lot of things you can do with an Xperia X1 that you cannot with Android and especially with the Iphone. And the best: You don't have to root, jailbreak or whatever to do whatever you please with your Xperia X1. So I stay with my recommendation. If you can get it for a good price don't hesitate.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superweijie:
I am very sure there are cheaper phones, WM, android or symbian that can do a job as well as X1.

The reason of your friends not doing things that X1 can't is because they are not power users like you. They probably spend much less time getting the phone up to speed. The time spent flashing, restoring etc can be spend elsewhere, such as actually having fun.

A lot of things? Care to elaborate? I can't think of any. Jailbreaking and rooting is very easy and much more quicker than installing those tweaks just to have the X1 behave like it should. If someone is willing to mess with WM, I am sure he/she can equally have fun with Android and iPhone. Jailbreaking is a breeze compared to HardSPL-ing.

Anyway, I am surprised that X1 is still worth money in threadstarter's country. It is basically worthless over here. Also, who would he go for warranty if he is hit by the various hardware defects with the X1? SE will probably run out of replacement parts by now. And plus the repair fees probably gonna cost more money and time. Simply not worth it IMO. Just get a WM phone with a better track record.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Awassenaar:
Ok, I get your point. But I just want to make this clear, the things you mention like flashing and stuff... I actually do those things for fun. It is not like I am sitting at home slaving over my phone while my friends are playing outside ;)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drsk:
Guys,

Thanks a lot for all the responses. I just started loving this forum. Am amazed with these responses even when I had not come here for sometime.

My criteria for a new phone was:

1. Should be < $450.

2. Should have good batt. backup.

3. Above average camera and audio (music) quality.

The reasons for not going for Android phones -

1. Good Android phones are expensive approx. $450+ which is not in my budget.

2. Most Android phones available today do not have Front Facing camera (except Galaxy S).

3G has just started entering the market and one of the main feature is video calling. Without FF camera, this feature will be useless. Now, I do know that I may (ok .. honestly "will") not use this feature in near future (say 6 months to a year). But, IF I desire to use that feature, then at that time I will have to buy a new phone just for this purpose. I normally do not change phones unless the current phone stops working or is too outdated. (My last phone Samsung D600 lasted 4 years before I lost it).

Also, Symbian phones had this peculiar feature of limiting the call history to 30 days! I just hated that limit. I can understand if they limit the number of history entries, but certainly NOT the time limit. Ofcourse, I could compromise on this if other criteria are met.

I had to leave out Samsung budget phones due to the reason that they give many features, but their quality is "middle of the road" (mainly camera and audio). The good ones were out of my budget.

After searching a lot I could narrow down to 2 choices SE Hazel (non-smartphone) and X1 (smartphone).

X1 attracted me based on the specifications - mainly the batt. backup which not many smart phones matched (atleast on paper - dunno the real life scenario) and is available in the range of $330.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caliban2:
it's your money...

seriously: don't get the x1. you'd have a lot of work before you to get it running. can't believe you missed all the threads about miserable build-quality (hw-keyboard, cracks, flex-cable). might i suggest htc's touch pro2? same hardware, has hw-keyboard, but you get official winmo 6.5 and an up-to-date system (htc sense, drivers), last firmware-update was about 4 months ago (x1: march 2009!). it has all you want (front-camera). only drawback is that it needs an adapter for headphones - believe me, it's worth it. price is $299,99 on amazon.com, so well inside your range.

edit:

while the x1-battery looks good on paper, it loses capacity rather quicky. and most custom-roms for x1 are high on consumption anyway (yes, you'll flash custom-roms. no, you won't be satisfied with stock-rom).

:)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luirhy:
I do not regret buying my X1 but there are lots of other phones available now that far surpass X1 in computing power and features.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ted presley:
Touch pro 2? Ok, let's see:

- Both touch pro 2 and X1 have problem with sliding cable (it needs replacing if you slide your keyboard too many times). But compare 2 keyboards, Touch pro 2 have a much better keyboard

- X1 have cracks after using it for a while (several months or years), this is true, but not that serious as others said.

- you get official winmo 6.5 and an up-to-date system (htc sense, drivers) with touch pro 2: yes, X1 you have to install custom ROM

- I use to be hesitated like you, and finally, I choose X1 because of 2 rediculous things:

+ X1 has an 3.5 jack heaphone on top (you can put the phone into your pocket and plug your heaphone into for music on walking ^^), while touch pro 2 you just have 1 port at the bottom for: charing, heaphone, USB...which mean you can't listen to music while it's charging ^^!.

+ X1 has a flash led.....yep, which mean you will have a torch in the dark...while touch pro 2....the flash isn't available (what a shame, we have it on touch pro 1)

So, that's my experience. Good luck to you. :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackleung:
There are 2 other hardware issues with TP2 (which mean it can't be fix by software easily). Crappy broadcom BT driver with lot of issues like volume can't be adjust and cracking sound on A2DP (check HD2 and TP2 forum yrself). No TMC support.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vietdoan20062006:
buy it if it is cheap. in my country, the 2nd one is like £100, brand new is aroudn £150
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncw2k69:
i recomand -- go for SE Hazel

xperia is laggy and need flasing and other kind of staff
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonus:
That isn't at all true. I've flashed many a ROM, at this point, I'm back to stock. Why? B/c its FAST and STABLE. The majority of people saying that you need to tweak this or that to get the stock ROM to be fast installed a bunch of crap on it and slowed it down to a point that they felt the ROM was unbearable... they then flashed a new clean ROM and saw a speed improvement. All cooked ROMs have bugs, some less than others, and all cooked ROMS will experience slowdowns as you install more and more programs that bloat the registry and/or load into RAM at startup.

I've had my X1 since the early X1 days, and I've never had a crack. I have had the keyboard issue, but a quick cleaning fixes that.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drsk:
Guys,

Thanks for the various feedback and suggestions.

I din't come back to the forum so long because I had a very bad experience :(.

I bought the X1 through e-bay. Received it on Dec 1st and on Dec 3rd the phone slipped out of my hand and fell on the road and cracked the touchscreen (the display still worked perfectly). I wanted to get that repaired without voiding the warranty and hence contacted the seller. He generously offered to repair the phone free of cost if I could ship it back. I did ship it back and even got the confirmation from him about its receipt on Dec 22nd. The last communication from the seller was on Jan 5th and I still dont have my phone. Have lost any hope of getting it back.

But, from about 7days with the phone I have these observations:

1. Loved its display.

2. Taking still pictures in the dark is not good.

3. The keyboard and the pad are helpful and allowed me to use most of the functions without the touch screen.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] abrelosojos:
I've been searching everywhere and really have had no luck, I hope I dont anger someone for asking, But I'd really appreciate if anyone has any idea where I can get the original Android soft keyboard?

It was perfect, Sadly the sense version of android I have, Only has the sense Keyboard.

:)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] 1baldric:
So I downloaded Clockwork Mod onto my phone and I have root access (thanks to AndRoot) -- so I've been able to flash the ClockworkMod recovery or the RA recovery onto my phone.

However it won't let me boot into the recovery mode (HOME+POWER).

The odd time I can boot into the Clockwork recovery, but as soon as a screen comes up it immediately reboots and then it won't let me boot up.

With RA recovery it wont' get me into anything....

Any suggestions? It's an HTC Magic (Rogers), so it's a 32A phone (as far as I know) and it's really a pain living with just 2.1.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] AdrianK:
When flashing RA recovery, are you using H? G is for 32B.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] 1baldric:
yup it was like 1.70h or whatever... made sure of that

but it would never boot into recovery mode...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zeroafro:
Dwnload rom manager from market. The app has an option to reboot into recovery. I haven't tried it personally but hope it helps.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] 1baldric:
i've tried rebooting into the mode that way... still when it reboots and just as i see something it reboots automatically again... and then it'll just come up with that warning screen and i'll have to pull the battery
[Palm Treo Pro] dvento:
I explain my problem use these packages: LangPackESN.CAB, RealVGA_11.CAB ResPack128dpi.CAB, to change the language but then uninstall them (ERROR FOLDOUTS) to restart after you uninstall the Palm makes its process to load but then remains frozen in the symbol of PALM and does anything more try to use the software to upgrade the ROM romupdateutility but progress never moves 0 and then the [262] error launches me please I can do? You can someone help me?..:confused:

Idioma Origal Español:

Por favor ayuda con mi Palm Treo Pro,

Explico mi problema utilice estos paquetes: LangPackESN.CAB, RealVGA_11.CAB, ResPack128dpi.CAB, para cambiar el idioma pero luego los desinstale (ERROR FALTAL), al reiniciar después de la desinstalación la Palm hace su proceso para carga pero luego se queda congelada en el símbolo de PALM y no hace más nada trate de utilizar los software para actualizar los ROM romupdateutility pero el progreso nunca avanza de 0 y luego me lanza el error [262], por favor que puedo hacer??? Alguien me puede ayudar????.
[Palm Treo Pro] Godmik:
try a hard reset...
[Palm Treo Pro] guilledil:
the same recommendation: hard reset

after being able to revive your treo pro, you should try flashing a ROM in spanish. search the tutorials on how to do it

en español:

misma recomendación: hard reset

luego de hacer revivir tu treo pro, debieras probar instalando un ROM en español. busca los tutoriales sobre como hacer esto.
[Palm Treo Pro] dvento:
Thank you friends with hard reset resurrect my palm with that scare me were not as more desire to change the language.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifeisfun:
I decided to root my Telus Desire.

I have debranded the phone couple days ago

using this guide:

http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/177907-froyo-2-09-405-8-update-windows-not-required.html

so I'm not sure if this is causing my problems :(

Now I'm getting error message from Unrevoked:

“Communications with phone unexpectedly interrupted" Try again

I did and result is the same.

A HTC drivers and software removed

New driver properly installed.

My HBOOT is 0.92 0001

Radio 5.09 0020

Can you help ?

Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifeisfun:
Just to update..

tried 32bit win OS PC and everything working fine :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroBogus:
I rooted my phone with unrevoked. It worked great but now I am having some random reboot issues. I want to get it back to stock, and since there is not stock shipped rom available I am wondering if I can unroot it? I am already back to my original backup (as close to stock as I can get). Any info would be appreciated.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xploder270:
EDIT: Guess the RUU linked in the sticky post is not really for CDMA devices, oh well...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crapula512:
its better if u address your problem and keep a estable custom rom than going back to stock rom. maybe u cna fix it by increasing the VM to 32MB
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavymetalmage:
Don't use that RUU. It's not really for the CDMA Desire. Your best chance for getting S-ON is to ask the unrevoked team on IRC. (freenode server, #unrevokedtest channel) You should however try and fix your issues.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] ch3ss:
I am curious what the best rom yall suggest is for the droid 1..

i have heard bugless beast is pretty good... any other suggestions
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] wayne9592:
Try miui with a slayer kernal... you can find the download for the rom at code.google.com/p/d1-miui
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] REYES702:
I've been looking for one myself and simplerom has been the smoothest and most problem free one I have checked out in past 3 days.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shmoo_45:
Ultimate Droid 1.0.0 is by far the smoothest and quickest ROM that I've run.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] loudaccord:
Huge fan of Cyanogen 6.0... just switched to the latest nightly and it's even better. That's just my .02 :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] marc.ientilucci:
My buddy wants some help rooting and wants better battery life, any suggestions? (Im on an evo so im unfamiliar with droid roms)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] jhuntdog:
I like Cyanogen nightlies. They're fast and work. Not sure if there is a big difference in battery life. I just rooted a couple weeks ago and keep trying different ROMs, Kernels, Themes, settings combination, which tends to keep me charging.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shusuke028:
Id definitly have to say UD 1.0.0 or MIUI for droid. UD for speed, smoothness, stability, and themes. And MIUI for speed and just plain aesthetic appearance
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] binglejellsx2:
+1

I just can't give up the features and customization. I've just loaded nightly build 160 and the new features in it rule. There are a couple of bugs, but that's because it's not in its stable release yet.

As far as themes - I make my own and just Morph them in. It's never a big deal and they work with any version of CM because I'm only changing PNGs. All of the conflicting text colors can be modified within CM Settings.

Android: it's whatever you want it to be.