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[Captivate General] jamina1:
This exactly.

Android is supposed to be this huge open source project, and while we can root and mod and flash all we like, we should also have the option of just being able to go to google and get the newest version ourselves.

The fact that not only the carriers (which is to be expected) but the manufacturers feel the need to bloat up the software is frustrating and annoying!
[Captivate General] stuff:
I think the carriers should just create their bloat software, and put it on the market. And those that want it, will download it. And those that do not want it, will not download it.

Of course this is a dream.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] daveaep:
Hey,

I've tried to follow the instructions how to build your own Ubuntu for the HD2 HERE.

I've tried it several times, but I don't know where it goes wrong!

I'm loading ubuntu from the HD2 and it reboots...

Does anyone have more experience building his/her own Ubuntu 10.10 build for the HD2?

I really like to learn this, so I could pass it on to others.

Thank you very much!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan-htc-touch:
I tried launcher pro's contact widget, and scrollablecontacts, both don't display pictures, both also work fine on my acer liquid with sync'd photo's, I'm thinking the only way to get them to work would be to replace the contact app with aosp contact app..... but I've had no luck with this
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
I opened this thread asking the very same thing.

I hope someone can give us an answer/solution! :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 3daysaside:
First of all, sorry if this thread is out of place, but I'm not sure where else to turn.

My HD2 worked terrifically with FroyoStone 3.2, Hastarin 7.6 up until last Wednesday (5 days) ago. Then I started to experience, and have not been able to fix, serious TS lag issues.

Symptoms: I hit the unlock button, swipe to unlock, and the touchscreen will be responsive if I KEEP using it...if I pause for up to 3 seconds, the screen is no longer responsive. I have to relock the phone, unlock, and then swipe again to get it to work.

The touchscreen works perfectly fine in Windows Mobile 6.5. (Energy 2361X)

Attempts to fix: I've formatted the SD Card inbetween trying all of the following items-

1) Switch to MDJ ROM with MDJ kernel

2) Switch to Bluetopia ROM (0.5, 0.6 & 0.6.1) with Hastarin 8.0 OR 8.1

3) Switch back to FroyoStone 3.2 with kernel that comes with it

4) Update Radio ROM

5) Update to new Energy WinMo ROM -- after running Task 29 first.

Today, I purchased a new SD Card, loaded it with a clean install of Android, still have issues.

Also tried:

1) Turning off all LED notifications

2) Disabling Auto brightness in WinMo and Android

3) Disabled Screen Auto-Rotate

Honestly, I'm all out of ideas, and I hope someone in the community has a way to help out. I find it so odd that the touchscreen works great right after a "wake-up" as long as I keep it constantly stimulated...then fails to respond if I let it sit for more than three seconds. Is this a polling issue?

All ideas are appreciated. Thank you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sleepwalkers:
This probably belongs in the Q&A forum, not development.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 3daysaside:
Moved.

For future Googlers and the sort who are researching this issue, the thread has been placed here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833068

Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] a454nova:
I use an external battery charger and switch out between two batteries. I rarely ever use the USB to charge it. I always get 18-26 hours of use before I switch out. 18 hours is after all day in the car with the GPS going.

Anyways check this out...

One hour and I'm still at 100% I had to share that. When ever I use the USB charger, it drops to 97% within a few minutes. : ) I had just gotten off the phone with my wife. A 20 minute call.

I recommend a second batter to everyone. Way better charge externally.

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I would have used a screen shot but I wanted to grab it before it dropped.
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
I can get 18 hours too, if I don't touch it ONCE all day. Too bad that's not how a phone is usually used.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Then you have your phone set up inefficiently. If I didn't touch my phone, it would last for about 4 days.
[Epic 4G General] sryans2004:
Well how do you have your phone set up? I just charged to 100% and lost about 20% in under 2 hours. Trying to calibrate battery since I just changed ROM's even though that never seemed to help me before. No matter what ROM/KERNAL I use, my battery seems to be the same.. (About 10 hours if even that with medium usage)
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
I set up my phone to lose as little battery life as possible when I am not using it. I have it set to underclock the CPU when the screen is off. I have juicedefender turn off the wifi and data when the screen is off, with a schedule set to 5 mins every 2 hours so that I can receive emails. I have autostarts disable the DRM services upon reboot. I have tasker auto toggle the airplane mode upon reboot. I run Pheonix 1.43 kernel because I get the best battery life with it. If I leave my phone sitting for an hour without using it, it loses under 1% of battery life. This allows me to send 50 texts a day and take about 30 minutes of phone calls and play about an hour of angry birds and check a few emails and browse a few websites and still get 18 hours of battery life.
[Epic 4G General] sryans2004:
Tried Juicedefender & didn't seem to improve anything, also use autostart to disable DRM + unnecessary apps from starting up, I tried the airplane mode trick & used phoenix kernels up until yesterday. I even stopped everything from syncing such as Facebook & Google accounts (manually updated) I even disabled background data & didn't seem to improve battery life.. I must have a bad battery?

I got my EVO going 20+ hours when I had it with a few tricks, which I cant seem to do with my EPIC (not saying evo is better or anything so plz dont take it the wrong way) just trying to figure out what I can do to get my EPIC battery life better.
[Epic 4G General] shook187:
Why don't people just get the 2 battery on ebay for $10 and call it a day. That's what I did. I no longer worry about battery life, cause 3 is more than enough.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Really depends on your juicedefender settings. If you have it checking data every 5 minutes or choose not to turn data off with the scree, it wont do anything for you. If you set it up like I did, it will double your battery life.
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
This doesn't really have to be said but:

1. Swapping batteries is annoying.

2. Some people are too busy during the day to sit there and worry about it.
[Epic 4G General] shook187:
complaining on a forum about battery life is annoying but they still find time to do it.
[Epic 4G General] sryans2004:
Well here is how I think of it. I spent $250 on this phone + the monthly bill. Now why should I have to go out and buy an extra battery in order for me not to worry about my phone dieing when I am out.

My fiancée has a 1cent phone and always makes fun of me because I have a $250 phone that cant even last a whole day, and hers last 2+ days without even charging.

My point is I should not have to go out and spend more money when I spent as much as I did on the phone itself. I am not complaining about battery life, i am trying to get tips on how to help improve it.
[Epic 4G General] shook187:
Im sure her phone doesn't have a 4" display a hummingbird processor. Its doesn't run android operating system or runs on 4g. One should know all that comes with a price. Price being battery life and $250 ;-)
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
Maybe if I was here everyday complaining about it, 365 days a year then I'd agree with you.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
One thing to think about also is that not all batteries are created equally. I have 3 Samsung OEM batteries and one of the Ebay knock offs. One of the Samsung batteries gets me close to 30 hours with moderate to heavy use on my current setup. The second one usually gets about 25 hours. The third gets me around 18 hours and I'm lucky if it doesn't lose 10% of its power sitting on my nightstand before I put it in the phone. The Ebay knockoff battery is good for 20 hours most of the time.
[Epic 4G General] sryans2004:
but... what I was saying anyways, I got my EVO to run 20 + hours with some tweaks (no extra battery needed) which has bigger display and almost same processor, also runs android operating system. I'm not going to mention 4G because I don't even get 3G in my area let alone 4G.

I am just trying to figure out why a lot of people on here can do certain tweaks and get their battery life to be excellent while mine wont even last a day. I'm trying to figure out other tweaks I can do or if I just have a bad battery (not complaining)
[Epic 4G General] a454nova:
1. Ya right!

2. ah, Ya right

3. It takes 20 seconds, less if you don't have a case around it

4. It takes about the same amount of thought and effort to plug in the USB

5. Charges it way better.

I've never sit there and worry, hell its made my life faster. I'm always doing something and get caught with a dead phone.

You probably live life by that motto huh... lol
[General Topics] xybe:
Engagdet has a review on Brasso Gadget Care, (I can't post links but it comes up pretty high up in a google search for the product)

That got me thinking about the daily care for the screens in our phones. People say a microfiber cloth should suffice but some of us have oily skin and the touch screens end up really smudged, or maybe the plastic has tiny scratches that spoil its shinyness. In any case sometimes we'll want some extra help cleaning our phones.

I've heard that rubbing the inside of a banana peel works to hide scratches on plastic screens.

I used to polish my digital watch with toothpaste when it got scratched, but I don't feel comfortable using it with an expensive device even ones with glass screens.

My favourite product for screens and plastic (even reading glasses) is Pledge, it hides tiny scratches, really cleans the surfaces and even lubricates the screen so it is easier to drag my fingers, it also protects surfaces so they don't get dirty so easily. I have even tried it on my mousepad and mouse skids and the mouse glides effortlessly. It also smells nice.

Please contribute your thoughts, experiences and criticisms.
[General Topics] Akulamenuri:
My shirt, seriously, whatever i'm wearing is normally what I clean my screen off with.

I always apply a protective screen to my phone to prevent scratches, the shirt only comes in handy for fingerprints.
[General Topics] Beejis:
Same, but I don't use a screen protector.

Sent From My HTC EVO 4g
[General Topics] EliteIntegrity:
I have used the brasso gadget juice and I quite liked it.

It leaves a really nice fresh smell and it made my iPhone gleam as well as preventing the build up of fingerprints (strange but true).

It does a good job on my laptop as well. I am a bit fussy about my gadgets being nice a new looking and I like it allot. I used to jump up and down about AM Gel screen cleaner but Brasso gets my vote now.

The cloth is too small in my opinion. And it is probably ok on an xda/iphone or other small gadget but for anything bigger you need a decent sized microfiber cloth to go with it.

I got mine from screen-wipes.com with an extra big cloth.

Hope that helps

John
[General Topics] orb3000:
I use a microfiber cloth no need for more
[General Topics] aaa:
I use also microfiber cloth, and sometime also my shirt :D .

No screen protector too.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vkapadia:
I have an HTC Hero CDMA (obviously, since I'm posting in this forum...) with CM6 on it. I sent myself an email with two APK files attached. One of them shows the Android logo with a paperclip, the file name, the size, and an open and save button. The other one just shows the logo w/clip, name, and size. No open or save button. They are both the same file type so it's not a type issue. The only difference between them would be the filesize. The one I can open is 216kb, the one I can't is 6mb. Is the 6mb one too large? How can I get that to open or save?

Thanks

-Vinay
[Legend General] roeylee:
How can I know if it's a software issue or hardware?

I am helpless.
[Legend General] ropaisoft:
Why are you helpless?
[Legend General] JonasDroid:
Do a factory rest and dont install anything.

Wait for a day and see what happens if it still occurs go to your shop
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simonsteele:
Went to fix the boiler yesterday, thought best take my Galaxy S out my shirt pocket in case it falls in the toilet.

You guessed it. As taking it out dropped it in the bloody toilet!

Its resting in rice at the moment but as it was turned on I am not holding out much hope.

3 months into a 24 monther!

Oh well looks like one of those Palm Pixies that O2 are knocking out cheap is on the cards.

Best dam phone I ever owned!

SS
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ilgrande:
I posted a HOWTO further down as I tackled a similar problem succesfully yesterday;-)

May the force be with you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nCoder:
Easy! This phone might not be dead (only in comma).

This same thing happened to my wife last week with an Omnia2 and it looked dead, but she proptly removed the battery and after drying it... It's alive and well again.

Just pray... and wait ;)

You may want to wait a full day before you turn it on again. Please let us know ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] allotrios:
let it dry thoroughly

and you may want to try another battery

10 years ago i dropped a motorola startac in the loo as I was cleaning it

it still works on the charger!!!

just be patient and let it dry well (two days)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mike.sw:
oh man that sucks, update us if it's still alive..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] microtriper:
Went fishing last week and after a full day on the boat I realized my dad had put my bag (with ipod) in the live well instead of the dry area. The thing was DEAD for about 3 days and sitting in the rice jar for 48 hrs AMAZINGLY brought it back to life.

Ow and since I´m in Brazil an iPod here costs ARM+LEG so I´m a very happy camper now.

Wait and be happy!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simonsteele:
Latest news after a few days drying.

Turns on but screen is grey. It used to show very faint lines. Like the screen matrix lines.

Now it turns on and screen is just grey.

Occasionally get flashes of the Samsung splash screen and I did try the 3 button recovery mode and once I saw a flash of green and the little robot.

Maybe all is not lost. Its back in the rice at the moment! Not sure what we are having with our sweet n sour tomorrow night though! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] allotrios:
i thought it got wet yesterday?

let it dry for a few days DO NOT use it before that

take the battery out!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chiffa_ua:
Once I silly took my iPhone to the bathroom and drowned it. It took three days in rice for it to completely recover. So, don't lose you hope. We all support you :)

*If completely dead, I am ready to have a virtual beer for it to rest in peace*
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simonsteele:
Should we be drinking beer together so close to the Ashes and the Rugby? lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simonsteele:
No sorry was Saturday.

I keep the hope but have always fancied a play with a Palm WebOS.

Still I am missing the Galaxy S. I want it back! Live damn you live!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
You never know, my son poured a glass of sticky fruit juice on my laptop. Came out of every hole. Turned it off quick. Stripped it down as much as possible, got to unlock all the ribbon connectors, water sits right in there. Soaked it in Isopropyl alcohol. Binds to the water and draws it out. Let it dry for a few days and it fired right up. Also had to strip my SGS, screen was messing about, found the main screen connector hanging off. Anyway comes apart quite easily, just a few small screws and some gently pulling on the bezel edge.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chiffa_ua:
So what? We all are under the same Queen! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simonsteele:
Still just the grey screen but it flashes the Galaxy S splash screen for a second now.

Been quoted £64 to fix it by a place in London
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pele78:
take it and get it fixed LOL

64 quid is better that whats its worth for the whole two year contract lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] scott2500uk:
Last time I drowned a phone i managed to rescue it by sticking it infront of a dehumidifier and max for a day. Also dont forget if u drown a phone take the battery out ASAP so not cause any further damage.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] snuff96:
As soon as I saw the title of this thread, my heart sank. Hope it works but if not its definitely worth the Money to fix it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
Put it on a hot place(not to hot)

That help it to dry.

You can also use a hairdryer over the backside. Do it gently and don't make the phone to hot.

When foe put it in the rise jar again for a day or two.

Sent from GT-I9000 jpo. My own kernel for z4mod and with 341MB Ram
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simonsteele:
Well guys it is at a Samsung service centre being looked at.

They give cause for hope and think up to £60 to fix it.

Should know if it is viable to fix by tomorrow afternoon.

Keep your fingers crossed!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] #1RAGE:
Good luck with the repairs. Hopefully you get it working 100% without costing you too much.

One warning I have for people with regards to the alcohol bath. I spilled beer all over my old BlackBerry Storm and after I dried it out the buttons were all sticking but at least the phone worked. People kept suggesting to bath the phone in 99% alcohol. I decided to try it. Well it definitely cleaned out all the sticky beer but it also leeched in between the layers of the touchscreen and left some permanent clouds and wet spots under the screen. The phone worked fine but the display looked a bit messed up. I'm not sure if the Galaxy S could suffer from the same effects but I thought I would share this experience in case someone is thinking about trying it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] simonsteele:
Well I just had word back from the repair centre and......

It's DEAD!

To much board damage :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chiffa_ua:
I am so sorry for you loss! I know how sad a time this must be. Your phone will have a place in our hearts. We will remember it as a good friend, a fancy entertainer, a partner in all our sweetest and sadest moments of life. Ashes to ashes and bricks to bricks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] allotrios:
:(

damn sorry to hear that
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nCoder:
So sorry for your loss! :(

It's a terrible way to die.

RIP
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Hootyhoo:
I tried after 2 weeks of investigation, to upgrade from 6.1 to 6.5. I downloaded hardspl and Ryans 6.5 Heavy for sprint. I read everything about doing the install. I made sure Windows Mobile Center was working and sync'd. I started the the hardspl and did everything it asked. I watched the Mogul go into I guess bootmode. The Red, Green, Blue and white, and then nothing. Somehow the phone became disconnected. According to Windows Mobile Center. I tried re-connecting and failed. I tried AFM's solution for flashing from SD card, with no change. Stuck. I copied RUU_signed.nbh on the SD card. That didn't do anything. I put the 6.1 program from HTC on the Card with the .nbh file and still no good. Beginning to think I didn't read enough. Anyone know how to get this phone back to normal again? Thanks for your time.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] mattsm:
Just passing through here at xda, I can help you if you this evening, no time during day today. If you don't get it before then. You can reach me at ppckitchen.org in the chat section.

But until then you can post what your bootloader version says right now, in order to see what you got.

current bootloader version?

current radio version?

If your current bootloader is either the 2.40 or 2.47 then all you might need to do is flash a custom rom. Hard to tell if you don't give all the info needed to know where you are at exactly.

Also the nbh on the sd card has to be renamed to TITAIMG.nbh not left as the RUU_signed.nbh it was. SD card can be NO BIGGER than 2gig. and must have a format of FAT32.

Hit me up in ppck this evening if need be. Justpctech might be around as well.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Hootyhoo:
Well thats where the problems are coming from. I'm using a 4g card and I forgot to rename the file. Yes the bootloader was 2.4. Screen says : upper right corner -RUUNBH .........Starting at left side towards top: TITA 100 MFG.....SPL-2.40.OLIPRO....CPLD-9

i believe the the problem was the SD card and the naming. Thanks so far. Heading to work at the moment but will try later. Thanks again.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] mattsm:
Perfect, that one is best IMO.

I recommend this from where you are.

1. Flash the sprint stock rom from here Because it contains a gps radio, 3.42.02 which is fine. Now if you already KNOW you have that radio, skip this step and go right to step 3.

2. After flashing that rom when it comes to the part "tap here to align screen" : At that point instead of tapping here to align screen, do a soft reset. This will allow the customizations to NOT run.

3. Start flashing custom roms. If you don't like the one you flash, then just flash another, your bootloader and radio are good if you are on this step.

Just a note to anyone else, all you are doing is this:

1. Unlock with hardspl, 2.40 or 2.47

2. Upgrade radio to gps (this can be done by flashing that stock rom I supplied) or just putting the radio rom nbh on card and flashing.

3. Flash custom roms.
[Galaxy Tab General] em4all:
Hi

dose any body noticed when the tab on 3G the right side get worm? Is that normal or should I be worried ?

Also when I change the position of the tab the orientation dose change for the home screen for some time but after awhile it seems to forget and it stops shifting til I reboot but all the applications run smoothly .is this a glitch or do I have a problem???

Any response is greatly welcome

Em4all
[General Accessories] delinquentator:
bottomline i want to buy bluetooth stereo headset for music listening, i was considering buying the mw600 right now at the store, however here is my main concern. I want the headset to work with my laptop also, i understand you'd need some type of a2dp software for the OS to get it work.

basically would that be a problem if i bought mw600 and wanted to stream all audio from my pc? i am willing to buy a 3.5mm audio transmitter if i have to and if doing so would that be a problem also with how mw600 works, should i be looking at this model and if not which(i like the price on mw600)

i know my phone works with mw600 but i want to stream audio from pc/laptop, look forward to the responses need to get something today before the stores close.
[General Accessories] LIL Z:
Motorola S305 Bluetooth Stereo Headset from Amazon...$35...Have bought 3...People see mines and want the same. Dont know about the PC thing though.
[General Accessories] delinquentator:
i'm intrested in earbuds and not to mention the mw600 has the ability to swap headphones due to it's 3.5mm jack. the question is getting it to work for pc, thats my main goal.
[General Accessories] jblizzard888:
according to Sony's website it will work:

"Connect to two wireless devices simultaneously, allowing access to the music files in your computer, PDA or other Bluetooth™-equipped devices."

taken from:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/mw600#view=features

btw those look really nice...where were you gonna buy them?

I cant seem to find them local.
[General Accessories] delinquentator:
i'm in nyc so there are a couple of places around here, i believe price is 45 and i hear very good reviews bout it.

So my last question is, with this i can be able to stream any audio that is played on my laptop to the headphones right? it's not going to be limited to windows media player or something like that. Winamp can work yea? gaming audio anything?