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[myTouch 4G General] kamasi36:
#4 reason is open to debate. Some say the GPU on myt4g is better than the Vibrant. I've used the vibrant rooted almost a month and I think myt4g GPU is better. Next G2 and then the Vibrant.

http://androidevolutions.com/2010/1...wervr-sgx540-hummingbird-in-samsung-galaxy-s/

The Hummingbird wins in one area of GPU only. in all other areas G2 wins. Which is slightly inferior to myt4g processor.
[myTouch 4G General] bbman911:
No more Sammy for me!

I had the same issues with the Vibrant as just about everyone else who has posted replies:

- unuseable GPS

- no camera Flash

- No notification light

- No FFC

- I hate capacitive buttons

- no trackpad

- no HSPA+

The only thing I liked better about the Vibrant is the screen...it is a beautiful screen that the MT4G can't compete with, but with all the other problems the Vibrant has, the screen is not enough to make me keep it.

I spent more time flashing ROM's on my Vibrant than actually using it...sure, it makes you feel cool for the first week when you are adding new features and trying new ROM's, but it gets very old very quickly when the UI changes, but the crappy hardware is still limited and there is nothing you can do about that except to buy a decent phone...for now, that is the MT4G.
[myTouch 4G General] clivo360:
The main drawback to the Vibrant's screen, IMO, was the jaggy text. amoled and S-amoled screens use the pentile arrangement of pixels, which gives one less sub-pixel to each individual pixel (2 instead of 3). This makes text look pixelated.

Text looks very sharp and clear on the MT4G. Speed and good GPS are the two main reasons I switched. HTC just knows how to make android phones. Everything works very well on the phone and it flies!
[myTouch 4G General] waiaung1:
You could very well be correct but I kinda wanna see the tests once the Galaxy S phones get Froyo for a fair comparison. It is a known fact that Froyo adds somewhat of a boost to graphics performance seen by older Snapdragon processor phones performing better in graphics benchmarks after updating to Froyo. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I am right but from using both phones, it seems like the Vibrant is able to handle 720p HD videos and games a little better (the games could be due to devs not coding the games properly for the new Adreno 205). If you guys wanna see a comparison, I say you run the same games and HD videos side by side, and not rely too much on benchmark numbers. What I find interesting is that, the video frames are noticeably smoother on the Vibrant when running the Quadrant benchmark.
[myTouch 4G General] kamasi36:
Froyo does it no good as far as the GPU. It is designed to enhance optimize the CPU. JIT. Which is why even with JIT activated on the leaked froyo (att) it didn't improve in MFLOPS where the Qualcomm processors did. (5) times improvement. AS for games. I have been playing asphalt on the myt4G and it is a better experience then the vibrant. (butter)

The above poster is right when he says that HTC does better with Android then Samsung. All the Samsung Android devices had problems. Most notably, no support. HTC makes better Android devices. Period.
[myTouch 4G General] waiaung1:
I know JIT mostly improves CPU performance but phones such as the Nexus One did get a little bit of a GPU jump in graphics benchmarks after getting Froyo. The reason I think is because these graphics benchmarks are not 100% GPU only; a little bit of CPU is involved as well. An example of a CPU affecting graphics is the PS3, the CPU does wonders for it which is evident through amazing graphics in first party games like uncharted 2 because the system is being used more efficiently. Another thing that Froyo adds is better memory management (unlocks hi mem and manages it better) which should also affect these scores a little IMO. I just don't think it's a fair comparison until the Vibrant receives the actual Froyo update, that's all I'm saying. It could be the case that they are even or that the adreno 205 is better, we'll find out once Froyo arrives.

P.S I whole-heartedly agree with you two that HTC makes a lot better android phones, heck phones in general, than Samsung.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marko63:
I have followed the steps found elsewhere on this site to allow almost any app to run from SD. I have seen cautionary notes about unmounting the SD card and the potential nasty effects it can have. (Including how touchdown even cautions against moving the DB to the SD card).

Under what conditions could I unmount my SD car. I know that connecting to my PC and choosing to connect as disk drive. What about using HTC sync?

If I do unmount the SD card is there any precautions that I can take to avoid corrupting theses apps or DB (Force close before connecting)

Next in a much more general question. Is it possible that whith a future release of Android OS that all apps, widgets and data can be run from SD card regardless of whether root access is required or not. Or is more of a core functionality that will always prevent some apps from running from the SD.

Appreciate any and all replies.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marko63:
Come on guys a little help here

Please I have seen that this group is filled with Brainiacs that could answer this question in their sleep.

I know that it is a noob question but I did research it first before posting it.

Anything from anyone would be helpful
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
I use Froyo A2SD, and have never had a problem. I certainly don't do anything special.

On your second question, it won't be a problem in the future because the hardware is better specified. If you look at the Desire Z and HD they have way more app space in the first place, rendering any form of A2SD obsolete.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marko63:
Thanks Dave!

Dave,

First off thanks for the reply.

1. Do you ever use HTC sync yourself? Also it should be noted that I ran the modification to force apps to run from the SD not just the ones that are market approved ones. Again the worrying note from Touchdown about corrupting the DB

2. Actually want I meant was will the phone we have (Desire) manage run from SD better with any future software updates. It is disappointing to have an 8Gb card and not be able to load up with tons of apps.

As much as I would like to update my phone that is not an option for me as I have had the phone less than 2 months.
[Captivate General] Tenacious--M:
My captivate is really nice, but my one gripe is the buttons on the bottom. They dont stay lit very long at all and on my phone, I have to press repeatedly to get them to recognize my touch... especially the back button.

Should I exchange my unit or is this typical?

Is there anyway to get them to stay lit longer?
[Captivate General] kegobeer:
No, you can't get them to stay lit longer.

Go back to your AT&T store and ask to check out several other Captivates and see if the buttons work better. If they do, exchange the phone.
[Captivate General] baseballfanz:
It's even less sensitive if you have a screen protector on it.

but I would rather have a screen protector:D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AimlessWanderer:
First of all this is probably all my fault for not unrooting my Vibrant before trying to flash the stock rom through Odin. I've tried different versions of Odin and the flash is successful, but I'm getting a black screen after the "S" during start up. Sometimes the keys will light up, other times they won't. I'm using the right .tar and .pit files as well. I'm still able to boot into recovery and download mode. I'm at a loss right now and considering just trying to get a new Vibrant from T-Mobile somehow.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterotaku:
I'll share with you the steps I go through when reverting to bone stock JFD.

Go HERE and get Odin3 v1.70. Earlier versions, especially v1.00 are as buggy as a roach motel.

Go HERE and get the JFD Odin3 package, including the 512.pit file and the JFD pda file.

Load them (as you seem to know how to do)

and be sure to click REPARTITION before proceeding with the flash

.

I'd also suggest removing the external SD and sim.. I've never personally had to do this, but you might as well...

Let me know if this succeeds or fails...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
You should check out'eugenes froyo that doesn't brick' search for that. Using that method through odin and then stock will wipe everything, including your internal sd card, but it should get you up and running again. It's a pain but it should do the trick
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterotaku:
Good man! I was gonna suggest that as the next step! :)

If my initial clarifications failed (I was being specific primarily about the need to repartition) to help..Then do the procedure HERE, which is flashing Eugene's brick liberating Froyo first before using Odin3 to revert back to JFD..

note: this requires you having a working and functional install of the AndroidSDK found HERE.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
Thanks and thanks for posting links, I can't do that yet
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jumaaneface:
since you already have the original jdf.tar im assuming. all you need to complete the equation is the froyo that doesnt brick as a few others have already said. you will lose everything on sd card.

step 1: load up ODIN

step 2: select the pit file that you have already

step 2: select eugenes froyo.tar as the pda selection

step 3. turn off phone and take battery completely out

step 4: plug usb cable into phone and computer (battery must still be out)

step 5: push and hold both vol +/- keys and insert battery.

Step 6: if done correctly, you should know be in download mode (yellow triangle, actually says downloading lol) if not repeat steps 3-5 until successful then continue to step 7 (one of the com windows should light up displaying com:4 for example but could be any number..

Step 7: select repartition, auto reboot, and f. reset time. NOTHING ELSE.

step 8: click start.

Step 9: assuming that it doesnt hang anywhere, the blue progress bar should slowly continue to move until finish and phone boots into recovery (probably gonna through an error. doesnt matter)

Step 10: battery pull

Step 11: repeat steps 4 and 5 now

Step 12: this time select same pit file

step 13: for the pda file select ...uvjdf.tar (the one you originally tried to flash that landed you in this situation).

step 14: uncheck repartition this time. (only f. reset time and auto reboot should be selected)

step 15: click start.

Step 16: if it hangs, repeat steps 10-15.

step 17:it will reboot into recovery. then select reboot phone now.

step 18: assuming that all was done correctly, you should have your phone back exactly how it was the day you bought it, minus the sims3(sacrifices)

I feel like your phone may have been burned by dragons recently. lemme know if it works.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AimlessWanderer:
Gave your idea a try masterotaku and the outcome was the same. I'm now trying the "eugene's froyo that doesn't brick". I'm unfamiliar with Android SDK. Do I just install it and thats it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AimlessWanderer:
Flashing to eugene's froyo that doesn't brick and then flashing back to stock worked. Ya'll saved my phone! Thanks for all ya'll help. This has got to be the most quick to respond forum and most helpful one I've been apart of. Thanks again. Is there like a points system here or something I can use to show my gratitude?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] guitarist5122:
So i passed by the tmobile kiosk in a mall in Wilmington, De where we have hspa+ and i did a speed test next to the mytouch4g and my slide came out faster, lol! The 4g was 2.2 mbps down and .76 up and my slide was 2.7 mbps down and .79 up. I wish i could get a pic. Ya'll try it out if youre able to.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] slughappy1:
I live in SLC, UT and we have HSPA+. I can barely get above .5 Mbps up/down :-(
[myTouch 3G Slide General] guitarist5122:
Then i would venture to say you outside of hspa+ since that is what i get in tipical 3g areas
[myTouch 3G Slide General] KCRic:
That's funny:D Wish you would have taken a pic.

I would venture to say though, that you (and the mytouch4G) were not inside a 4G area. Might get 3G where the phones were but since the hspa+ signal doesn't travel as far (keeps the data rates a bit more stable) the mall blocks out the 4G. It's all speculation though, maybe they will have a radio update pretty soon because the radio isn't locking on to the 4G signal very well.
[Desire General] malctron:
The new Dell's Stage UI is anyone going to port this for our desires ?
[Desire General] toyface:
It's a bit early to say just yet, I've had a swing by the EVO Forums, it's still rough there, have to change the LCD density to get it working apparently.

There's a thread for it in the EVO Forums, where it's been seen working http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=830656

I've tried to search for dell stage in both the Dev forum and the Themes and Apps forum, s'all I got ha ha!

There is THIS though at good and evo http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/11/unreleased-dell-stage-ui-running-on-htc-evo.html

You could always try it out for yourself, I've no real interest in it myself, basically just Sense but looks worse, the app drawer is KILLER though, needs to be in LauncherPRO IMO
[Desire General] malctron:
Ahh right, I'll have to keep my eyes open I don't even like dells products so don't know why I want to try their ui haha.
[Desire General] Lucas0511:
Modaco had somewhere reformatted apk's for Froyo. Try these links http://www.multiupload.com/5MF6GFC2GX

http://www.mediafire.com/?b9ta2kza5tgmu2g

Need to unzip the package and install the apk's

Stage UI on EVO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NnvL22Y_gg
[Desire General] unnddd:
Wow that actually seems to work quite well. I'm surprised it's as easy as installing a few apks :) Not quite like porting Sense to the Nexus One (different kernel, dependencies etc.) lol..
[Desire General] GANJDROID:
Its really nice tbh. Also surprised its only apks and not flashing a zip. But it worked well on Defrost 6.0 :D

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cronus1995:
so I was trying to unroot my phone using an ruu update I had. I started running the update then I realized it was an ruu from way back before the slcd screens (I have an slcd screen)

well the update was doing it's thing and now the screen has gone blank! I need some help! how do I undo this? or am I totally screwed?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spence341:
This belongs in Q&A, not Development... That being said, read throught this thread and see if it helps you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=825960
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cronus1995:
ok. sorry about that. thank you for the info though!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spence341:
NP, did it work?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cronus1995:
Yes. It worked great.

Sorry for the long wait on a reply. I had to do this while I was getting ready to go out for the evening.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradleyG:
Hello, i have a few question regarding rooting and unrooting and if i wanted to get the official froyo update would i have to unroot? I am currently completely stock but kind of want to root so i can install nonmarket applications and do the lagfix. Okay so first off if i were to root my phone would the oclf + root be the best way to go? And if i were to unroot would i still have the factory warranty? And also would i still be able to get the froyo update if it ever comes? Haha any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
first and foremost.....no one has any real knowledge of the official FroYo (how its going to be released, how we are going to update, ie; kies or OTA) nor does anyone have any idea when its really going to be released....so that question is impossible to answer truthfully. you will have someone undoubtedly come in here and say you must stay stock and never root and then you will have someone else come in here and say that you can go back to stock and it will let you update, blah blah blah....

why are questions like this asked every few days? READ. SEARCH. all this has been debated before and there is no clear answer. if you dont like it, go get an iphone.

rooting is technically voiding the warranty, but if you can get back to stock it doesnt matter.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrox1:
Does any one know where the water damage indicators are on the desire?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] couto607:
I believe there's one in the battery compartment. Should turn pink/red if it's come in contact with water. It's the big white sticker under the battery I believe.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
There are usually some inside the phone too.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrox1:
No it's just I have bricked my phone so I have to send it back in.

But I work in very damp environment. And after hearing the stories with the Iphone, and their water tabs. So want to make sure they can't give me sh1t ;-0
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ephumuris:
There is one under the battery. One on the battery. One at the bottom of the phone hidden inside. Around the usb connector area.

That's all. I have opened my Desire many times.
[myTouch 4G General] Deleted member 2893243:
Hi,

I just got my phone 2 days ago and trying to get my gmail contacts to my phone. I have configured my gmail account in my phone by going into settings --> Accounts & Sync and adding an Account. I have chosen only Contacts (not mail or calendar).

Now when I open up Contacts app and go into the Menu to View --> "gmail account" and select the group I want it to display, only a partial list of my contacts are displayed. For example, I have 99 contacts in gmail group, I am able to view only about 15 or so of them on the phone.

I have tried syncing up several times but kinda hit the wall now. :confused:

Appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks in advance
[myTouch 4G General] JWhipple:
Are you only seeing contacts that have phone numbers? Or do all 99 have phone numbers?
[myTouch 4G General] Deleted member 2893243:
Atleast about 70 of them have phone numbers.
[myTouch 4G General] Deleted member 2893243:
The issue got fixed when I did a factory reset and reentered the google account information again. This is not a good thing but did get the job done.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slughappy1:
I just wanted to know if I can use Keyboard Manager? I know that we don't have write access on /System, that's why I'm not sure if I can use it. If so, do I just follow the directions in the thread?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChosSimbaOne:
Hi Guys.

I don't know if this is the right forum, please tell me if so.

I think that I've screwed up bigtime when i tired to upgrade my recovery image. Here is what happende.

I have rooted my Hero a long time ago, so what i did was trying to follow this guide for installing the latest recovery image: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=645253

when i tired to flash the recovery image using this command: flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img. I was using Terminal Emulator.

What happened was i got a lot of error messages saying that the phone was out of memory. This resulted in that i couldn't get acces to the recovery menu when rebooting my phone and that i cant access my phone rom.

I then tired to flash the recovery image using the installation guide of this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=561124

The thing is that i can see that the phone is mounted through the "fastboot devices" commando

When i try to flash the recovery image using fastboot i get this error message:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot boot recovery.img

downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)

finished. total time: 0.001s

HELP! What can i do? Is my hero 'saveable or is it bricked?

//Mads
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
First of all its not bricked don't worry. Do you still have old recovery of Amon_Ra or not ? If have than put latest version of Amon_Ra recovery into your sdcard & reboot your phone into old recovery of Amon_Ra Than just follow these commands

adb shell
$su (not required if you have root already)
#mount -a
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img

when its done just type adb reboot . your phone will reboot

Hope it helps
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChosSimbaOne:
Hi, it's good to hear. I think that my old recovery mode was screwed up during the attempt to upgrade. because if i tries to boot into it it just stops at the HERO bootscreen and goes no futher. If i just try to boot normally it goes to a black screen and then nothing else happens. Tried to let it boot for 30 min without anything happening.

The only thing i can access is fastboot.

when i try adb shell it says the following:"

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
you need to update your drivers that means you are not having latest drivers .. there was a thread i guess download drivers & check how to set up correct adb drivers on windows .. & by the way do you have installed HTC Sync ? make sure you have installed HTC Sync because it finds all htc drivers i guess than try

adb shell reboot bootloader
fastboot boot recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img
adb shell reboot
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChosSimbaOne:
Thx for the help, but that didn't work either.

I found this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=714519 which did the work. So now i'm back at 1.5 for a little while, just need to root right away :) The good thing is that my phone is working :-)

Thx for the help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
Glad to hear it Men .. Well come abroad ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmattp:
I've been reading about the "mount" command on my computer today with the systems built-in manual. I then googled "mtdblock" and did some reading on that. I found a thread on the Droid forums encouraging people to use mtdblock4 instead of mtdblock3 because /system is in mtdblock3 on the Droid.

I tried the cat /proc/mtd command and it returned "no such file or directory"

Then I found this post where someone says that the Galaxy S "uses a Samsung proprietary interface for its flash, not MTD."

So, how do we know we're remounting the correct partition when editing /system?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kernel ranger:
Hey OP, I know this is far dated but did you get an answer to your question? I really need to know the same
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
To be deleted.

Sorry
[myTouch 4G General] tien28:
Been having the g1 since the first day it came out and now im looking at this phone as a good replacement.

Im currently in a family plan with my sister, with her being the primary account holder. She lives pretty far away from me and im wondering of what ways that im able to upgrade without her presense needed, if she can sign permission over to me some way somehow.

Or maybe another option i have is to get this phone through wirefly for 79$, but im wondering if i can activate an account with my debit card since i do not have a credit card. The site also asks for a driver's liscense # which i dont currently have, so im wondering if this is required.

Thank you for any answers
[myTouch 4G General] rgoyena:
Try it
[myTouch 4G General] tonyriceroni:
Well easiest imo but prob most expensive is just to upgrade through the tmobile website