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[G2 and Desire Z General] gravis86:
I was showing you the reasoning behind why Google Maps does not use the compass to determine orientation. It does not because it can not. Google engineers aren't that dumb. The only time Google Maps activates the compass it when the user has selected StreetView.
[G2 and Desire Z General] keenerb:
I disagree on both counts.

The reason google maps uses derived direction of travel rather than compass orientation is because direction of travel is more useful to a moving vehicle than true orientation. That, and some devices may not have a functional or calibrated compass.

Also, on my google maps, while standing still, the arrow is currently indicating my true orientation based on the internal compass. Perhaps your version is different.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gravis86:
I totally forgot about the accelerometer. My bad. :rolleyes: Google Maps uses the accelerometer to determine the orientation of the device relative to you, and then the compass to determine the orientation of the device relative to the Earth. So it actually can see what direction you are facing... I stand corrected.
[G2 and Desire Z General] theratdude64:
My gps was having nasty issues pre OTA, but now it works beautifully :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] mpmilestogo:
I love these forums. We start with a question about the Vibrant versus the G2 handset. We end up and I learn a lot about compasses, GPS, which way I should face, and accelerometers!

Thanks wizards of XDA. You guys rule! I mean it seriously. The evolution of threads on XDA is an interesting cultural and sociological perspective.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] PetiePal:
Is there anywhere I can find ringtone and alert rips from all of the Android phones?

I'm still on my OG Droid, but I may upgrade to an Incredible or the Droid X that I have as spares. Depending on which I choose I may want a few of the alerts etc from the other phone to bring to its partner.

Is there anywhere that hosts all these? Maybe it's the completionist in me :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stevew84:
I'de also like to know this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] PetiePal:
I believe that you have to be rooted to access the \\system/media/audio folder.

Anyone with root would you mind copying these and hosting them somewhere?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mmmark111:
Why don't you just download any ROM for ANY phone, open it with your favorite ZIP program, and navigate to /system/media/audio and bang out some copy&paste? Easy as pie.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nd.tahmass:
i bought an htc hero and tried to activate on sprint but i then found out it was flashed for metro pcs is there a way for me to unflash and return it to sprint
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vandelay007:
If you go to the sprint site you can download the official .7 RUU and that should do the trick, then you can root from there
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twistmycap:
Ok so i when i go to run android from the root of my sd card and i get this little thing at the top left corner of my screen and its just gives me the htc boot screen.. can any one help me pleeease... i just wana cry because im stuck..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nutmegy:
make sure all the files ar in a folder called "Android"

Also check what the startup.txt file says as well

should have a line saying

set cmdline "rel_path=Android"
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] pramathesh:
Guys, is there any way one could change the Galaxy S boot up animation by any chance?? I loved the ones I saw on UOT Kitchen. Please help! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] BMWpokerAce:
Thats what i m looking the whole day for.......

Would appreciat every ideas.
[Droid X General] papi92:
I will trade my rooted incredible for a rooted Droid x.
[Droid X General] Morkai Almandragon:
ok ok, I just have to ask...

Considering where you are posting, does it really matter that either is rooted? :)-
[Droid X General] papi92:
Lol I guess not.
[General Topics] papi92:
Ill trade my rooted incredible for a rooted Droid x
[General Topics] pulser_g2:
Any threads like this belong in the marketplace.

Closed, feel free to post offer there.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Markdental:
Starting ~two days ago the weather (after pressing the weather icon on the widget itself) of the Stock News/Weather widget is not working, it is supposed to show the hourly report when sliding the bar, but nothing changes when I slide now.

Here are other reports of this happening:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=832529

Anyone know of a fix for this?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kolyan:
nope.....have the same problem on Vibrant.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] optvader:
I have also noticed this. It has been a problem on mine for a week or two.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] cubewalker:
saw that as well
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] optvader:
I updated to Build# FRG83D and the hourly rain % chance is now showing.
[Droid Incredible General] papi92:
Trading my rooted incredible for a rooted Droid x
[Droid Incredible General] khanam:
I do not believe droid x is nand unlocked...
[Droid Incredible General] KB Smoka:
Nope, it's not....Have fun with that.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] StirliX:
I tried searching forum, googling the web, maybe i don't understand what to look for, maybe my english is way too bad, maybe it's only me w/ this problem.

So, I got Artemis, used kingston microSD 1GB and don't recall any problems. Now i have 16GB Kingston SD hc, which is recognized by my device quite well, i listen music from it, install most programs on it, i have it for some time like half a year or more.

The problem is that sometimes device loses (seize to see) the storage card completely, it happens just on fly when something being played from SD, sometimes it just lies in standby and stops seeing SD, sometimes after soft reset it becomes lost.

Sometimes soft-reseting helps, but i need to do it dozens of times literally!

Then all of a sudden when i lose all hopes it comes back and works for some time (from few hrs to few days/weeks)

Now about roms i use, i was on a Touch Vanilla (or lite) 4.0.2 when i bought this SD, and used it for half a year, but i got tired of this card loss issue, so i decided to flash my device again, i had to do that anyway cuz it became bloated already. So i installed Touch Full w/ cube 4.0.2 and used it one day, and found out that there's the same issue w/ SD. Today i found out that WM6.5 is quite better than 6.1, so i flashed it just to try out and hoping it will fix the problem, it didn't :(

I tried turning off powersaving for StorageCard in WM6.1 Touch Full (there are some advanced options in it) now did it in 6.5

I tried ArtemisSDEnhancement.cab ; SDHC-Artemis_Wm6.cab ; sdhc.cab -> all that i found related.

I read the forum for some time, read topics about SDHC.

I've cleaned contacts on both SD and device.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] raving_nanza:
...

find WM5torage.exe on your device..

untick all the box's..

save settings..

done ;)

(if not try formatting the sd card to fat32)

Rn
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] StirliX:
no such file

i'm on wm6.5 ...

and it's fat32
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] raving_nanza:
...

format it even if it is already fat32

copy your sdhc contents first ;)

if it still dont work..

hard reset your device or reflash..

a reflash would be better..

(Always do a hard reset After you have flashed)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] StirliX:
whatcha mean by reflash? i just tried 3 roms in a row, isn't that called flashing?

and frankly my artem doesn't seem to hard-reset anymore... or i did someth wrong
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] raving_nanza:
yeah changing the rom is flashing..

your probably not holding the keys after pressing the reset button..

you should actually download Wm5torage and try using that..
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] StirliX:
i do hold them. the both soft keys rite? the ones w/ "-" on them?

i'll look for this wm5storage, ok.

in a meanwhile i'll try formatting sd. any suggestions on cluster size?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] raving_nanza:
...

yeah the ones with "-"...

default cluster size
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] StirliX:
idk, i'm holding both soft keys and it doesn't give me the choice to hard-reset. it just drops to some error, which is dispelled as soon as i unpress "-" keys
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] raving_nanza:
...

hard reset:

hold both "-" buttons

press stylus button

keep holding "-" buttons

are you reflashing to the same rom or differant ones?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] StirliX:
i read the wiki and i no how 2 hardreset m8 =) it just refuses to work.

i guess i'll return to WM6.1 Touch 4.0.2 Full rom, it was all ok for me. Then i'll try to mess w/ sd some more, using ur advices
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] raving_nanza:
...

in my experience, 6.1 is much better than 6.5..

iv had hcsd issues with 6.5, but hardly ever with 6.1..

i know how iritating having no storage card can be..

good luck dude..
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] StirliX:
As i described - SD issues started in 6.1 and continued in 6.5

So it is not a choice for fixing issue, it's rly true that 6.1 for artemis is optimal :)

And i have SD atm, just can't b sure if it still w/ me when i reset device or use SD very much.

And ty m8 =)

and hey, maybe some advice from u on which rom to try out next?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] raving_nanza:
...

i always use anderw82 6.1 rom for artemis however babeluts 6.5 (spb shell) rom is pretty cool :)

1. youl need the cam loader fix for andrews rom

2. rarely but sometimes, babeluts rom pops up with error.. (while runnimg wm)

apart from that.. they are very good..

some cool programs if you click "uploads for p3300"

enjoy :)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] StirliX:
been there ;)
[Desire HD General] djelli:
Hi!

I really missed a certain place to fix a neckstrap/handyband with my DHD, so I had with my Hero and even with my Desire (Speakerholes).

I checked out the hot discussed cover of the simcard and found that this would be the right place to drill holes inside my virgin DHD. It really get me nervous when I took a driller and drill those two small holes inside the body of the DHD and the simcardholder, BUT now I have the possibility to fix a neckstrap/Handyband with my DHD and I feel much saver with it :-)

some call me paranoid, some cautious - You name it :-)
[Desire HD General] alien79:
Christ!

I have got to give it out to you man...you have got some GUTS!

Only the thought of "drilling" my new 800 dollar phone gives me goose bumps!!!
[Desire HD General] djelli:
There is soooo much space wasted to structure the body; drilling with the most smallest driller I've found. O'coz had a lot of tishues around me, full of sweat, but no tears. ;)

call myself a happy ONE
[Desire HD General] malex1:
This will invalidate any warranty claim for repair or replacement.
[Desire HD General] maxseemo:
I doubt it, he didn't really tamper with the internals. But who knows!

Crazy mod you done djelli... well done to you but I hope you have a strong neck cos this phone isn't too light :D
[Desire HD General] djelli:
I really did this job with all precaution and I didn't drill more than nessesary, beliefe me: I'm happy with that so called mod :p

It really looks like it was there before made by HTC, hmm ok its a bit tricky to get the small pins inside the small holes and outside too, but: its worth every moment of my courage.

And warranty should not be affected, coz where I drill there is no area with elctric parts
[Desire HD General] Andy:
What size bit did you use? I'm tempted to do the same. I'd stop you losing the battery cover too, if its loose like mine is.
[Desire HD General] djelli:
The bit is exacly as big as the neckstrap pin is, so very small!

As you see I drill 2 holes, one for in, one for out.

I did the knot inside the small plastic-lock of my neckstrap-connector.

Sure, you will never loose your simcover anymore = nice side effect.

I took the strongest, goodlooking cord, which I use since years now (with my Hero and Desire) and I, o'coz use no metall!!!
[Droid X General] fupamobile:
Cant decide which one to get. vote and Post why you chose the one you chose.

the only reason why i am leaning towards the fascinate is no locked boot loader and fast GPU for games and it seems more smooth and snappy. but i dunno if those are real issues....

on this forum, it looks like the droid X is only slightly more popular.
[Droid X General] bmac420:
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/09/07/samsung-fascinate-review/

my bigest concern is that no 2.2 means no official flash support. and since it recieved an maintanance update recently its not coming for a bit (otherwise they'd role it all into one). that and i hate bing. following birdman's tweets... there seems to be a lot of odd things with the root folder structure as well.

its all personal preferance, i look at the fascinate more as a toy.
[Droid X General] fupamobile:
im kinda out of the loop right now. whats the story with the droid x and 2.2? that is somewhat of a big deal.
[Droid X General] SupraLance:
IMO, all the X has over the Fascinate is:

a lot heavier (5.47oz vs 4.1oz),

slightly larger (127x66x10.2mm vs 125x64x10.5mm),

bigger screen (4.3" vs 4.0"),

bigger camera lens (8mp vs 5mp).

*better reception*

And, oh yeah, Froyo!

Latest word from Samsung, Fascinate will have Froyo "by the end of the year." I prefer a 4" SAmoled to 4.3" LCD and I've read the Samsung takes better pictures even with the smaller lens, So I'm leaning Fascinate as well. But NOT impressed with Samsung's support.
[Droid X General] s15274n:
I have a vibrant running a leaked TMo froyo, and I've played with the DX, everyone is different but I much prefer the Galaxy. Screen, feel, non-blur, really good developers, super easy to root/customize and the phone has some millions... lots of support.
[Droid X General] jeffnucci:
I just went through 3 replacements in 7 days. I like the hackabliity of the Fascinate and the screen is gorgeous but its too thin and between TouchWiz being stock and Samsung still not having Froyo out on the eve of Gingerbread I'm not impressed. I have a Droid X on the way and couldn't be happier. Motorola has the best reception and data speed IMO. As long as I have root and WiFi Tether I'm fine. Someone will crack the bootloader eventually. The devs here are amazing.
[Droid X General] SupraLance:
I should add "Better reception" to my above post, that is a significant plus for the Droid X. Thanks for that, Jeffnucci. However, if you think the Fascinate is too thin you are going to be disappointed to learn the Droid X is actually thinner. Thinner and heavier may mean more fragile due to increased momentum from a 3' fall.

I think the bootloader on the Droid X is like 2.2 on the Fascinate - just don't have it yet but won't be a significant difference in several months. When they are running the same software, it's just the differences in hardware that will matter.
[Droid X General] jeffnucci:
The X is heavier though is it not? Thin and light gives me the feeling of cheapness in my hands. The X feels like it has a nice heft to it.
[Droid X General] das7771:
I played with the fascinate a bit and did not really like the feel of it. I like the fact that the DX is made of metal and has a larger screen. IMO AMOLED screens suck in bright sunlight. Almost unusable in my experience. I have owned samsung phones in the past and my experience with samsung support is sub par. Combine the DX with the Fission Rom and that equals awesomeness...lol
[Droid X General] fupamobile:
whats so special abou the fission rom???
[Droid X General] zehkaiser:
Fission is a vanilla android experience. It's blazing fast and doesn't have blur crap. It's a brand new phone I'm holding in my hands.
[Droid X General] das7771:
Yes it is really fast. They have worked out most if not all of the bugs and will have an official release on monday. The speed, amount of ram, and battery consumption are just a few reason to use it.
[Droid X General] jeaton313:
Droid x is better I had the fascinate for a month it is too buggy and cheap feeling went back to the x it is just a better phone.
[Droid X General] jeffnucci:
Agreed. I just got my X and it is the best phone I've had yet. I've owned an iPhone 4, a BlackBerry Torch, a Fascinate, a Droid, etc. This is fast, it feels good in my hands, it looks nice, I love it.
[Droid X General] azturbomini:
I had an incredible (rooted). Sweat got behind the screen so my local verizon store gave me the option of another inc or the facinate. I took the facinate. Voice quality sucks, signal sucks but the screen is unbelievable. Due to reception issues I can swap for an X but after comparing screens I just can't pull the trigger. The X's screen colors seem very washed... Is this normal or is there a fix?
[Droid X General] wardo5757:
two words: "unlocked bitloader".... i am sick of this crap and this will be the last moto i own if it continues.... i wouldint buy a laptop if it had the same thing...
[Droid X General] irishguy0224:
I have had every single phone VZW has to offer. (smart phone wise) I had the Fascinate and honestly loved it. The screen in AMAZING. I couldn't believe how nice it was and the picture quality is literally as good if not better than the X. I currently have a X and really enjoy it but i find myself missing my Fascinate from time to time. A lot of people are saying it felt cheap because of how thin it is... But i kind of liked that... The thiness i mean
[Droid X General] azturbomini:
About the cheap feel, With the kickstand case on it, its a different phone. I don't think I can return it lol.
[Droid X General] apinkel:
I went with the X due to reception, mics (noise cancellation and sound quality), battery life and the build quality.

I love the form factor and the samoled screen on the fascinate but I wasn't comfortable going with that phone due to the wonky GPS. I don't use the GPS that often but when I do I need it to work.
[Droid X General] milan616:
The X isn't washed out, the Fascinate is just massively oversaturated. Just the nature of OLED displays. A day of not using one and you'll realize the X in fact has a very lovely screen. And technically very close to color correct.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FXrubP:
hi i want to use android on my phone but i have truble choosing, there are just

so many developments!!!

so my question is which one is the best?

i am using the camera the games calling and music

so which one is the best for me?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Reno_79:
Because you are using the camera, the Desire HD and Z builds are out for the time being so ignore those.

That leaves you with the choice between Sense and Non-Sense (stock) versions, which only you can decide. This will be a subjective decision anyway as my choices might not reflect what you like in a build.

I would recommend any of MdeeJay's builds as he seems to be the dev that keeps them the most up-to-date and fixes bugs regularly, plus his kernel is reportedly very good.

Personally I use ShubCraft2.0 but this has recently been discontinued along with a number of other builds meaning they will no longer be updated. However, I've heard good things about the following:

NexusHD2-FRG83 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=793924) which is a stock build based off the Nexus One branch

MDJ FroYo Sense Revolution (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=823491) which is as the name suggests a Sense based build.

It's all down to personal taste which you prefer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zarathustrax:
There is no "best"... try a bunch and see which you like best.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dan138zig:
do try mccm
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Burgum:
Problems Installing Android

I copied the Mdeejay_FroYo_Sense_v._2.3_Clean_#15 files to my SD card and started CLRCAD and haret.

All I get is very small text on the upper left of my screen nothing else happens

what am I doing wrong.

HTC HD2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Derbyman32:
Make sure your startup text is pointing to the Android folder,,, or whatever it is named. That could be the problem.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
by " nothing else happens " you mean the screen goes black or it sticks on the 4 lines text ?

if it goes black, then you have to flash another radio, if it stick then you will just have to remove battery and try again :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mcbyte_it:
I tried all of MDJ android builds, in addition to few others, and i am stuck between MDJ FroYo Sense Clean and MDJ Froyo HD:

the FroYo HD has the best interface, the latest Sense with many improvements on the older Desire android (Scenes, Skins, HTC Sense.com, Bluetooth transfer, and other stuff), but the camera is not working, while MDJ Sense Clean 2.3 has the camera working.

When the HD rom can suppor the camera, it will be the best IMHO...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bassdroid:
This is one of the most stable roms i have found with working camera and long battery life(as long as you use the right settings).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=820696
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swanton187:
I recently installed the cognition OS on my captivate and I am loving it. But I have run into an issue where my contacts doesn't show in contacts but when they text me it shows there full contact info but that wont go into my contacts. can anyone please help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swanton187:
Bit of an update if it helps. When I dial through my hands free I can see all my contacts. Any idea how to make them visable in my phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
They appear to be in there some where. Go to contacts on your phone. Hit the menu button then display. Make sure all options are selected to view. Phone, sim, google

Captivate

Cog 2.4
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zipolly:
hi ive just updated my X10 to 2.1 and would like to know if there is any way to increase the size of the text in the message app as it is rediculously small considering its on a 4" screen.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballubas:
theres an app called lcd density on the market, but that changes everything bigger or smaller!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Takyon:
Don't know about stock messaging but I use handcent sms and you can change font and size.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mipepim:
font size on market:)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zipolly:
Cheers everyone :o)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zipolly:
font size gets very poor comments on market an awful lot of one stars :o
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thr464fuf:
I am using Nonsensikal v12.5. Has anyone been able to install and use Adobe Flash 10.1. I have the file but the installation fails.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer169:
It does not yet work with non sense based roms.
[Captivate General] Insomaniac10:
Hey guys my girlfriend has a captivated.....shes rooted but running both stock kernel and stock firmware, she never uses the external sd card except for when she had to get a new captivate a few weeks ago, they transfered her data and put it on the external.......today she recieved a notification in the notification bar saying that her external sd had been wiped.....she hasnt installed any apps today, didnt do anything with the sd, nothing............any thoughts???
[Captivate General] david717:
Happens to me constantly. I don't ever put anything on it anymore. For me it's the cognition roms. The first time it happened to me I ran a utility called "Photorec" to try and recover a lot my pictures and other filed. (It works for more than pictures) Was successful for me.

TestDisk/PhotoRec
[Captivate General] newter55:
Your external sd does not get wiped by any rom. Your internal sd won't even get wiped unless you master clear or hard reset your phone. Or you manually format obviously.