yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
considering before you put in the sd card, you have to remove a sticker that says "Stop, please read the quick start guide before proceeding." Then if you actually read the quickstart guide (which apparently you don't need to since you are smarter than the rest of us), it will tell you that once you put a card in, it becomes part of the system memory and is thus fore, nonremovable.....

not to mention the phones seem to be selling very well.....
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
maybe you should quote the insult??? :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] mmelo76:
Look, I'll be honest, I saw no insult here, (if I am wrong show me the insult, I edit the post) I saw were users speak ill of one company and another and others advocating one company to another.

Regardless, all are responsible for their actions, a child can insult, but an adult tolerates and ignores.

Return insults with attacks; leads nowhere.

It's my second speech on this topic, if it occurs again, I'll have to close it too.

We could not discuss such matters without bias?

My last warning.
[Windows Phone 7 General] smuook:
For what it's worth... besides dissenting viewpoints, I really didn't see a lot of flaming going on here. :confused: I've actually learned some things and think this topic is relevant, especially since it is currently ongoing and may affect people's decisions to buy a certain phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Ok, Apple has never manufactured anything. Wanna hear something ironic? Samsung made the memory and other parts for the iPhone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Samsung makes exceptional hardware. They have a bad name when it comes to their software.

Samsung Hardware + HTC Software = heaven on phone?

Apple cherry picks really good hardware and puts great software on it. Apple never really was a hardware company. They are just good at branding (making cute items that you know what they are upon glance) and writing the softwae for them.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mmelo76:
Right, right.

But let's avoid giving more "rope" to the subject ....

Yeah. why I said I'd leave open.

I'm just asking to be as unbiased as possible.

And also keep the theme of the topic, avoiding or leaving it in assumptions roam ...

There is no men or companies; perfect in the world.
[Epic 4G Android Development] darchevo:
Hey guys. I cam to the epic hopeing to see more roms and more exciting things. Instead, I saw a not really supported device. So I am going to begin to port other 2.1 roms so it could fill the gaps we have between getting froyo. So I need some start suggestions. My first port is going to be the Droid X rom 2.1. So if you guys want me to port other 2.1 roms, you would have to send me a ROM dump please.
[Epic 4G Android Development] xjman:
Port Cyanogenmod.

Or make your own.

Do you have any idea what your doing?
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
you are so getting sigged for this.. by far my fav post of the day
[Epic 4G Android Development] ahager88:
He could call it im14andHAVEnothingTOdoMOD
[Epic 4G Android Development] ravizzle:
lmfao

10char
[Epic 4G Android Development] rufflez2010:
I sure as hell would never flash it. You have no idea what you're doing kid.

Here are some examples of your ****ty spelling:

Ohh belive me it is. So how come we don't have any. People repliesing?

Belife me this is legit check this out.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ahager88:
And this one makes my sig!
[Epic 4G Android Development] skeeterslint:
Why don't you start by porting the gingerbread dump you linked that seems like a good start.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Chalup:
Not everyone speaks English as his or her first language,...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dameon87:
*** Dameon87 sets mode: +m

Dameon87: Learn to code.

Dameon87: Now.

Dameon87: Bye

Dameon87: ....

*** Dameon87 sets mode: -m
[Epic 4G Android Development] sryans2004:
wow some of you are unreal..... instead of judging the guy from his spelling how about giving him some idea's, the epic needs more devs...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dameon87:
Dude he obviously has no idea wtf he is doing. He thought we could port the I9200 leak to the epic in a few minutes.... rofl.
[Epic 4G Android Development] rufflez2010:
Misspelling words are kinda key when developing. You don't want to misspell something and have it ruin your day with a device. He honestly doesn't know what he's doing. My only reason for the comment was due to the Gingerbread he wanted ported in 20 minutes. Go read that thread and you may agree with me then.
[Epic 4G Android Development] rufflez2010:
I realize that. I speak 2 languages myself. But I don't want him touching anything when commands need to be SPELLED CORRECTLY. He obviously struggles with simple words.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sryans2004:
Ok... but maybe he is a fast learner, maybe he could help out the community.... you never know, so why not try helping him instead of putting him down?
[Epic 4G Android Development] sryans2004:
Maybe he's using his phone and the keys get stuck like mine do and doesn't care to fix it since it is just a post. It seems as if you guys are judging him when you really don't know what he's capable of....
[Epic 4G Android Development] rufflez2010:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqJH8ie4QIs

Again, not someone I would trust with my phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
again tho, if he had come in and said hey my dad works for google i can get a leak of gingerbread for yall can someone help me, we woulda laughed but tried anyways.

instead a few weeks ago he joined heroc channel on fossnet and started pretending he was darchstar (one of our best devs) and he had a leak he was gunna work on with cm team to port it over. since then its spiraled into him being banned on fossnet and him evading it. now he is on the forum in another thread claiming there is a leak for gingerbread and demands that it is ported over, when i bust on him for being a fake he come in here and says he is gunna port a whole lot of roms for us we just need to supply the dumps....

again if he came here asking for tips on learning on how to start rom developing im sure he would have gottena lot of useful tips, instead he came in here like a fool and as such.... this is not an attack on him because of his age.. bubby323 has one rom out and is working on a sense port and he is under 18 (if he chooses to disclose his real age thats on him) but a matter of the mindset.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bubby323:
I'm 14. (: Oh, and I have 2 ROMs out. :P
[Epic 4G Android Development] darchevo:
Ok listen up. Frst of all, I am typing straight from my epic, give me a break on spelling. Secound, I am not going to be developing on my own, as you may all know about IncredibleDoes in the incredible forum, well he was nice enough to offer to help me step by step on my first rom port (Droid X). I am still waiting on a reply from him so give me some time. And third of al, all of you ar telling me to port this that are not 2.1 roms when in the thread I said specificly 2.1! So calm down guys. I'm only trying to help.
[Epic 4G Android Development] xjman:
Make your own. Its not rocket science, but its not easy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max_Pain:
hey guys.

i've been getting into modding apps to match my liking. i've modded widgetlocker, sms unread count, ported the cm6 mail app and modded it, and also lookout. pretty much what i'm doing is changing .png's. i've done it by openining the .apks with apk manager, editing the .pngs, zipping and then signing it. then i install and bam, everything works.

however, now i'm trying to mod MixZing and i'm having an issue. bear with the long explanation:

tried the regular method using .apk manager. if i unzip/edit/zip/sign and try to install, i get "Application not installed"...if i do unzip/edit/zip as system app (no signature) and try to install, same message. if i do unzip/edit/zip as regular app but dont sign it, same message. if i edit the file with 7Zip and try to install, also get the same message...

if i unzip/edit/zip/sign and try to copy/paste over the existing .apk in /data/app i get force closes when i try to open the app.

now, if i edit the .apk with 7-zip and i copy it over the existing .com.mixzing.basic-1.apk in /data/app then it works! the widgets work, the app works. all is well....until i reboot the phone. then i come back and the app wont launch, as if it wasn't there.

i go to /data/app/ the .apk is there, but it wont launch. if i try to install it from there, it also gives me "Application not installed"...interestingly enough, when i try to install it, it tells me it would overwrite an existing application. yet when i go to the Market, it shows as Mixzing NOT being installed and lets me install a new copy just fine.

if i install again from the market, and copy/paste my copy over it in /data/app, it works again...until I reboot...and the cycle repeats.

what am i doing wrong here?:(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makskylan:
I am also trying to theme/mod apks to my liking. I am also getting the same errors as you are"application not installed ". I posted the same questions, yours are more detailed, on Riptides theme thread. Riptide has themed several add-ons that are flashed via recovery. I am waiting on a reply. Maybe check his thread and see if your questions are answered on there also...

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makskylan:
No help or suggestions???

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antiphon:
What files are you modifying? Are they *.9.png files? If so, they need to be decompiled, not just extracted so you can see the borders.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max_Pain:
yeah the majority of the images edited are the buttons, all of which are .9.pngs. would that make a difference as to the app not installing? or the fact that it's recognized prior to boot but not after boot?

EDIT: i decompiled the .apk with APK Manager. replaced the .9.pngs with my own. tried to recompile and when it was about done it gave an error. after that it allowed me zip the apk. when i went to install, got the same message..."application not installed"...

why this issue with MixZing and not Lookout, SMS Unread Count, CM6 Email, WidgetLocker???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antiphon:
Ok, .9 png files are not normal image files. To make a long story short, they are special image files that contain meta-data. Usually this meta-data is used to tell the widget where to stop and start (basically borders). Developers use .9 png files instead of hard-coding the borders to make it easier and more flexible for widgets and other images to display on a wide variety of devices.

When you extract .9 files, you will not see the meta-data. Chances are what is happening is when you are modifying the .9 files, you are also erasing the metadata. All .9 png files must have either a black border on the edge to tell the application where the border is, or it must have a white (blank) border surrounding the image. When you decompile the images, you should see some black lines on the edges of the .9 image files (make sure you are using APKManager 4.9).

So, when editing .9 png files, you have 3 options:

1. The easiest is to simply edit it the way you have been and remove the .9 filename. So for example, if the file is called background.9.png, rename it to background.png. This works about 50% of the time.

2. Decompile the .9 png file to see the borders, edit the image file and either keep the existing border or make your own black border on the edge (it doesn't need to be thick, just a small black line will do). The only problem with this is that sometimes you can see the black lines after it is compiled again.

3. The best way, IMHO, is to make a blank edge on the border of the background. This will avoid any compiling errors and eliminates the chance of seeing the black border. It doesn't need to be thick, just as long as the app can distinguish the border.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max_Pain:
thanks for detailed post. will look at it with more time tonight or tomorrow.

i tried quickly now but didnt work.

i decompiled the apk using apk manager 4.9, i was able to see the .9.pngs with the black border. i changed all the extensions to just be .png for all of them. then edited them all in photoshop (make them clear is all i want), saved, and recompiled. for the first time APK Manager didn't give me an error. got all the way to asking me if it was a system app. i chose no. then i signed the app. again, no errors from apk manager. but when i tried installing, again got "application not installed"

ahhh...

will try other methods from your post later. if you have an idea as to why my first attempt didnt work i'm all ears.

:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antiphon:
I know what the problem is. You need to uninstall the previous version before installing the modified version. Even though they are the same app, the signatures are different, so they won't overwrite. I make that mistake a lot too. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max_Pain:
uninstalled mixzing, tried installing my signed copy and again, application not installed.

does it matter that i mixed the renaming of the 9.pngs to just .png from step 1 to the decompilation of the .apk from steps 2 and 3? maybe i should just rename the .9.pngs through 7zip without decompiling?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max_Pain:
any more suggestions?

to test out a theory, i did the following:

1) extracted .apk with apk manager, changed 4 .png files that were not stretchable .9.pngs. zipped .apk, option 2, then signed .apk.

i uninstalled my working version of mixzing, tried to install this one, and got application not installed.

2) i decompiled .apk with apk manager, changed the same 4 .png files, recompiled apk, non-system app option, signed .apk.

mixzing was still uninstalled, tried to install this version, got same application not installed message.

neither of these tries including any .9.png modifications and still failed?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lychnecross:
Does anyone know if the Behold II supports ext4 partitions? I know that BH_Man's roms support ext3 (which I currently use for apps2sd). Nu11u5 came out with a rooted kernel based on the 1.6 OTA update; however, it doesn't support apps2sd. I was thinking of upgrading my ext3 apps2sd partition to ext4 but I wanted to make sure that it will work first. I tried contacting BH_Man, but he hasn't responded yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lychnecross:
Since no one has responded, I thought I would add what I found out about ext4 support in the Behold II [BH2]. According to the source code, It seems that the BH2's kernel does indeed have support for ext4; however, I was unable to verify that Samsung actually compiled their kernel with ext4 support.

Back in the old day, before Cyanogen and Amon_Ra's recovery, to upgrade an ext3 partition to ext4, this was all that was needed:

tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

When I ran those commands in recovery mode via adb, tune2fs refused to run because of a missing mtab file (meaning tune2fs couldn't verify that mmcblk0p2 was mounted or not). I could be that I needed to use a newer version of tune2fs (but I'm too lazy to compile it myself). Whatever I tried, tune2fs wouldn't run. I actually had to use Acronis Disk Director to upgrade from ext2 to ext3 as I ran into the same problem before btw. I decided to give up and just use ext3 for app2sd. It works well and the slow down isn't really noticeable. Plus I like the added bonus of the journal.

The moral of the story: When buying a phone, make sure there is an actively developed ROM for it (like Cyanogenmod). Otherwise, forget about hacking it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] crazyon2wheels:
I have downloaded and tied Vlingo for the HTC evo and really like some of its features so far.I was looking for a few hacks that would make it even better but I wasnt able to find anything here or on a google search so far.Is there a way to change the wake up Commnand? I would love if instead of saying "Hey Vlingo" I could say "Hey Stupid" or "Hey Phone".Also is there a way to have the wake up command work in the background from any screen not just the vlingo in car screen? I know this would eat up battery if not plugged in but it would make the phone truly hands free if you could say Hey Vlingo from say the music screen. Or if there is another app that does this already I would be willing to look into it too.

Thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric0668:
Excuse me if this was covered elsewhere, but I am fairly new (at least not a regular) and this is my first time using WiFi with a cell

I have hooked up my router to my puter

Is it right that the main benefits u would get with your cell would be the minutes don't come from your bucket, if you don't have unlimited, and also you get near cable-like speed on the internet?

Well, the first does not apply, I have unlimited

The second does apply....sort of. When I turn on the wifi the speed of the net iis great. IF I come back to it a short bit later, it seems to freeze there. I can type, but it won't move, I dont that it moves if I switch off wifi, back to hspa+.

I have to turn it off then on. Can anyone please explain this?

Thanks a lot

eric
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sapo916:
Please note that T-Mo Wifi Calling does use plan minutes. You should explain the second issue in more detail. Does the phone show the wifi icon in the notification bar when its frozen?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric0668:
Thanks for the first part

I guess it is different than that calling from Wi-Fi called U? or H?

As for the second part yes no Wi-Fi symbol is still On up top . Everything up here is exactly as it was a few minutes prior when I was able to use the Wi-Fi on the web . Again I am not very good at this I will give you any information you need but please be patient and ask me for anything You need

Thank you
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lonlawrence:
Your wifi app is for calling only. If you want to use the web you connect to any wifi in your wifi settings. With your wifi calling, it does not use the web for anything but calling. Your regular wifi (what we used before they put wifi calling on some phones) is the only thing that connects to the web. Hope I cleared that up for ya!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric0668:
lonlawrence, thank you I believe you misunderstood me. I am not speaking of using the WiFi app.

I am speaking of using WiFi speed for the internet
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric0668:
Thank you whosdaman, and thanks for moving it/them if it was you that did that

it is quite ambiguous as to the difference in the two, not helped when there are other questions in the mytouch general section. ...but thanks nonetheless

while you were moving the thread, did you take time to read it and see if you can help with the , what is a prolly very simple question to you

if you can help, great. If not , np

eric
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whosdaman:
You're welcome, and yes I did ;)

And no I can't...I have no idea
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric0668:
Thank you

So, when you say you have no idea. It is not typical for it to lock up if you use wifi for internet or is it not common, as in you have not tried the wifi for internet.

Thanks if you have time to answer. I know ur busy moderating the forum

eric
[Droid 2 General] ljbaumer:
Hey everyone,

So I was just browsing around the htc desire part of the xda and I stumbled across this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843920. I noticed on one of the screenshots (attached to this post) that there were some basic system controls in the status bar. I was wondering if there was a way we could have that on our droid 2s? I know for a fact that you can't have system controls in the status bar right now but maybe there is a way of porting it over? I am looking into the files of the theme right now to see if there are any files that could be moved over and flashed but I am sort of doubting that.

thanks,

ljbaumer
[Droid 2 General] ljbaumer:
what! this isn't general! why would you move this post!
[Droid 2 General] bamfart:
I have a feeling its the Tom they have, but if its not I would like to you aswell
[Epic 4G General] petrafan007:
Hi,

I'm at the end of my patience here. I've had all 3 of these roms installed, and they all work great, except that google earth NEVER shows up in the market. I found a google_earth.apk, and Installed it from ES File Manager, and it works except when I try to clear the cache, or change any of the layers. And on the first attempt it crashes but 2nd or more, it will work if no settings are changed. I've already tried to fix permissions in clockwork but to no avail. Any suggestions?
[Epic 4G General] schizopunk:
From what I've read by searching Google, I think Google actually removed this from the market for some reason.

EDIT: Either that or they've changed it to 2.2 and above only. Haven't used 2.2 yet so I'm not sure if its there or not.
[Epic 4G General] petrafan007:
well then I guess I should be happy with what works??? lol! But if anyone wants the file, here it is. See what you can do with it.
[Epic 4G General] sniperwitagun:
I'm on the 2.2 Beta and its in the market for me. so if you really can't locate it in the market then i would assume you are right in that its only for froyo now. in which case you can probably install an earlier version of google earth and run it without any problems. i'lll see if i can find one in one of my old backups somewhere if you would like.
[Epic 4G General] petrafan007:
I would really appreciate that! :)
[Epic 4G General] LucJoe:
I doubt that would work, since you have to connect to google servers to run the program and they force you to use the most current version.

Worst case scenario you will get it when the official 2.2 is out, won't be long.
[Epic 4G General] petrafan007:
randomly now it works without any problems. strange.
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Probably put it 2.2 only for the size. I still have ir installed on 2.1 and it works fine, I can pull the apk later and pay it If anyone wants it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] m2shakiba:
hi everyone

does any body know why my musics are played faster than they should

its like someone has speeded up the music player

does it have any thing t do with the winmo

cause i am using the stock rom

:confused::confused::confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udovoodoo:
Anyone have any idea how I can go about getting the Arabic font working perfectly on my G2. I love the phone but the lack of the Arabic font is really an issue.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udovoodoo:
I guess no one has any clues which sucks royally
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikey:
The only thing i can suggest it looking through other android forums and ask the posters, how, if its possible or capable.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Backdraft11:
Hi,

I especially like ROM Manager's feature of automated nandroid backups, however I know that it only works with Clockwork Recovery which AFAIK doesn't work too well with Milestone, which is why I (and I'm sure alot of others) are using G.O.T.'s OpenRecovery.

I was wondering if there was a similar app/thing that will allow automated, scheduled nandroid backups, but for the Milestone and/or on OpenRecovery. I know you can do a pretty good backup of your apps if you decide to change ROM's using Titanium Backup, but AFAIK nandroid backups are the "best" backups out there.

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] intika:
Here is a solution

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1678859
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctpthanh:
Dear

My Vibrant (using Fusion 1.2) losts about 25% battery life each night (7 hours not use at all). Most battery goes for cell standby. Is it normal or not.

And what is cell standby?

Thanks.