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[Android Software Development] rpmccormick:
As some of you know, you can now place FREE calls to anywhere in the US or Canada using GMail and the "voice and video chat plugin". You can also receive calls from within GMail if you have a GoogleVoice account and you set it up to forward GoogleVoice calls to "Google Chat" as well as your phone(s).

This is awesome! I can now answer calls from GMail instead of my phone. I wish the desktop GoogleTalk app did that so I wouldn't have to always keep a webbrowser page open to GMail, but that is not what this post is about...

I got to thinking: if GMail can place and receive free phone calls, why can't I do that on my phone (or any device with internet)? I downloaded every available webbrowser for Android and tried to surf to GMail, but none of them even loaded the page (???), much less the plugin.

While searching for any possible solution, I learned that the required "voice and video chat plugin" is available for Linux. This fact makes me almost positive that it is somehow possible for someone to develop an Android app that loads that plugin, logs in to GMail (spoofing a desktop browser), and displays the Pop-out dial pad capable of placing and receiving free calls!

Is anyone up to the challenge? This is huge people! FREE phone where ever there is internet. I hope someone can make this happen on Android devices, since it already works perfect on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

EDIT: Lots of info in the SIPdroid thread I found after posting this, but it still would be nice to just make an XMPPdroid app and not have to deal with connecting Jabber to SIP. If my linux PC can make free Google VOIP calls without setting up additional SIP and PBXes accounts, then my Android phone should be able to too.
[Android Software Development] sLiKK:
Great idea! Im sure others are working on it. Im all for free calling wherever there is internet. Not sure if the cell phone carriers ate gonna like it.

*** Sent from my Samsing Vibrant
[Android Software Development] dubyajaysmith:
+1

I've thought the same, currently I'm using SipDroid>pbxes>sipsorcery>sipgate>GV. Anything a bit simpler would be great. Plus when i try to hook up a friend, at least one of those sites aren't open to the public;gizmo is a simpler setup, hasnt been open since google bought it and has been sitting on it ever since. If I find anything I'll post here
[Android Software Development] fupamobile:
this would be really nice. cell carriers are already ripping us off unnecessarily. this would give us some ways out
[Android Software Development] chrisjs81:
PBXes added support for the gtalk trunk recently and their latest sipdroid application can even set that all up for you today. In the end you'll have sipdroid->pbxes->gtalk with direct dialing.

I've been using it for a week or so now and it works better than any other solution I've tried, except for a sipdroid/android bug where a bluetooth disconnect causes the phone to reboot.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azeron0:
I have the Droid Incredible and I have the the tether feature for use with VZ Access Manager. I want to use the 3G Mobile Hotspot instead of tethering with the data cable. Any suggestions?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igknighted:
Are you rooted? If you are it is easy, either flash a ROM that has 3G Hotspot built in, or install the wifi tether app (needs root as well). I prefer 3G Hotspot (seems to work more consistantly), but it's not available in every ROM.

Make sure you know the risks and read enough to know what you are doing if you do decide to root.
[General Questions and Answers] gschoper:
This might be a strange question and I hope I posted in the right place, but I have a Droid2 that took a swim and was replaced with a Devour. The Droid2 was rooted and had Titanium backup installed. My replacement phone is a Devour running Donut (rooted as well). I have a ton of text messages on the backup that I would like to restore to the Devour from the Froyo backup. Is there any way to massage the titanium backup files to get a Froyo sqllite database to restore to Donut?

Thanks in advance,

G
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaSmittyman:
I am not sure what caused the issue, but my ext sd card will not mount. I have tried 2 others but still no go. I went into clock work to manually mount it but it gives an error SDEXT:!. But when i got to super manager the card is there.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichu_9:
Had similar issues last week and the only way to get it back to work normal for me was to repartition that drive using odin. Before u do that make sure you use adb to backup sd card info.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaSmittyman:
I have issues when trying to re-partition. I get this error

E: Can't mount dev/block/stl10

(invalid argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount DBDATA:

copy default media content failed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kooksta:
Did u install any lag fixes?? Ur supposed to un install any before flashing any rom... im still a noob, but I've learned how to fix it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragon_usa:
Hey, any1 using the DNLA yet ?

if so, how do you get it to work ?

Mine can't find the destination media, only the phone show up.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Randy.Reid101:
What are you using? I use my PS3
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benmyers2941:
Connected yes, actually play anything with any watchable quality no.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragon_usa:
I used Media Player 12 in window 7, but it doesn't work. :(
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X_Cerberus_X:
I've also used it on my PS3 but it tends to have some issues from time to time.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remmyhi:
Working great through wifi using iMediashare tool on my Desire and LG BD390 bluray player. No special options though.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholasb:
Yes, fully functional.

1 Desktop/Server

1 Mediacenter

2 Laptops

2 mt4g

Using nothing more then the media sharing capabilities built into win7 + divx. Using twonky I am able to play anything shared on my main library to any device running win7 and the built in windows media player with the appropriate setting.

in win7, just make sure you have your libraries shared. With that, your phone, using twonky, should see the upnp/dlna server and be able to play music. I have a collection of mostly divx video, this u cannot play on the phone. I am still hoping for a divx/xvid codec..

If you have a mediacenter/server setup. Ensure your win7 libraries are shared on the library and you can see these shared libraries on your win7 mediacenter. If you can, run windows media player on the mediacenter. Under the Stream menu button check the option to "Allow Remote Control of My Player". Confirm this option and you will now see it on your phone using twonky. You will be able to play music/movies to your mediacenter because it should have the capabilities of decoding the video.

Going further, I have internet access enabled on my media. I can access everything I have from anywhere I have. Haven't tried to do this on my phone yet.. But I prob will sometime. I think the solution may be as simple as a vpn connection to my home network.

Let me know if you have any specific questions... :D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragon_usa:
I did samething you told me to do in win7, but i got error " No permission to access server/service"

I can see it in my phone now.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cal3thousand:
Works perfectly with my WDTV Live player...

But I'm certainly interested in what nicholasb has to say about the streaming home content via VPN.... if I'm not mistaken.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragon_usa:
hello

My media player on mytouch 4g found all the songs from the game rockband that is in SD card. any1 know how to fix it or get rid all the song from rockband ?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenijourr:
Same thing happened to me... I just deleted them lol
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragon_usa:
where do you delete them, in media player playlist or in the game folder?

if I delete them in game folder, can I still play the game ?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenijourr:
In the media folder I'm not sure about the though I haven't tried, don't really care about it anyways
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rarshker:
My Galaxy S was subject to a weird bug that caused me to reset the whole thing, unfortunately, i reset it without a simcard, now my Galaxy S cant detect any simcard no matter what i do .Any one know what i can do to fix this? ive already reset 4 different times and my phone was rooted and has now been unrooted . it runs stock eclair with touchwiz.

*update, flashed the phone twice with the same firmware , No dice
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shellin:
I just perma-rooted and everything works, S-OFF and all except one thing:

My phone cannot connect to any network at all. My home's wifi, nor can it place a call. When I went into the Wi-fi calling app, it said that I wasn't registered on the network. I tried to register, but that didn't do anything at all. o_O;

If I unroot, everything is fine, bar the lack of root. :E Any solutions?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brenopoubel:
Hey everyone, i live in brazil and in usa(orlando).

I'm trying to configure my HTc Desire and i can't get 3G connection, only EDGE,

Anyone know if it's possible get 3g connection with HTC DESIRE on AT&T?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rahulrulez:
Hello,

I am using ChompSMS application.. I text my friends a lot.. I chat through texting.. On default application I was getting all the sms.. But on ChompSMS, some text messages are getting delivered on friend's cellphone but they are not getting received on my Galaxy S (running on Eclair 2.1)

Is their any problem in ChompSMS? Anyone facing the same issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gerbear:
I've been having this issue too on my EVO. I uninstalled Chomp SMS today and made a post on fb for all my friends to text me with times and comment if I don't respond, and I seem to be getting all their texts now. It sucks cuz I loved that app :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got_milk:
I believe it's a common ChompSMS issue.

I personally just use the stock Messaging app and I've yet to have any problems or complaints with it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rahulrulez:
Hello guys..

Finally I found out the bug..

This is not ChompSMS issue.. I had one Auto Task killer installed in my galaxy S.. I created a autokill list.. I added Messaging application inside that..

Whenever the message was coming, Task Killer used to kill all the task present in autokill list.. So does the messaging application.

One thing, ChompSMS use the Messaging process as a backbone so killing it resulted "FAIL OF RECEPTION OF MESSAGES"

I just removed messaging application from autokill list.. and blah.. everything started workin.. :)

If you guys have this problem, then please look for auto task killer you are using.. Make sure you don't auto kill messaging process.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yablosha:
Helpp

Hello! Tel st15i ask. I ask. Royalty Free Stock 4.0.2.A.0.42 does not turn off sms, sms reading comes ChompSMS go out blocking the bodies hanging on the lock screen unread sms, until you come to the stock SMS is not removed from the screen. Maybe someone knows the solution?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] KimG:
Hello.

I was wondering if anyone know about an app that shows SMS counter, calls and data usage. All in the notification bar? doesn't need to be all in that one line. All the info in the drop down tab is good too, or even better.

thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] rossysaurus:
hi guys

i remember having a game called time crisis in my local arcade and on my playstation 2 around 8 years ago and i would love to see a game like this on a touch screen.

for those of you who have never seen/heard/played time crisis, watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgpJ1VWtxk

the light gun mechanism is hard to explain, but irrelevant since in this port it would be good if you could just poke people in the face to shoot them.

it could also use the inbuilt accelerometer/g-sensor as a replacement for the arcade pedal. eg flip the phone away from you to duck and reload.

ideas if anyone fancies a go at making something like this?
[Android Apps and Games] maskeraid:
they already have made an official Time Crisis game on the iPhone..like 2 years ago now lol. i wish there was ANYTHING like this for Android OS though!
[Epic 4G Themes] ptfdmedic:
Ok. I hate the Epic on screen keyboards. I love the Droid x keyboard. I found a flashable zip for Froyo but it didn't work. I extracted the .apk and just installed it that way. Works great. I can't take credit for the file but I don't remember the source. I found a few of them and this is the only one that worked. I attached the flashable zip and the .apk. I think this was over in the Evo forum's. Either way it works really well.

Hope your guys enjoy.

Edit: Thanks alexnaoumi for locating the original thread by invisiblek (all credit goes to invisiblek for this fix).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7644384.
[Epic 4G Themes] drew2jr:
Post some screen shots Thanks
[Epic 4G Themes] alexnaoumi:
here is the original thread... the thread has screenshots of the keyboard.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7644384
[Epic 4G Themes] ptfdmedic:
Thanks for finding this. I updated the the 1st post.
[Epic 4G Themes] II5StarII Swag:
Works perfect
[Epic 4G Themes] decalex:
With the apk, how did you install it? Just tapping on it (using a package installer) or did you push it to the system/app/?

Odd, I tried both and it wasn't working (on Quantum Rom 1.2 Froyo DK05)
[Epic 4G Themes] ptfdmedic:
I just tapped and installed but I imagine it would work both ways.
[Epic 4G Themes] flawlessbmxr:
ever since the EXT4 switch I can't get this to work. any workaround for it? or if anyone can upload one that works?
[Epic 4G Themes] ryno502:
Thanks for this.

Ill still probably use Swype Beta (better than stock Swype), but Ill definitely give this a shot.
[Epic 4G Themes] qbking77:
I tried to flash it... it didn't work, so I tried extracting the .apk... didn't work, so I used the apk u gave... didnt work... any ideas?
[Epic 4G Themes] BeerChameleon:
Do i need to flash the zip and install the apk or just one or the other?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thetoner:
I've got myself a new HTC Desire and am loving it and the Android system. I like the HTC sense widgets, and how clean they look. However, the large SMS widget is annoying me slightly; in the preview of the conversations, it only shows the last message received by a contact, not the one I sent. Is there ANY way I can have it so it shows me the last message I sent to my contact? Thanks in advance guys!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobandroid:
how about trying handcent sms? it may have what you want, and it's free, get it in market, most of us are using it... i think
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thetoner:
Handcent

I have tried it, but it isn't anywhere close to being as sharp as the HTC Sense widget, that's my biggest let down. Hahaha, so again up to the top looking for an answer!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BodenM:
I don't think you can show it in the stock HTC widget. Have you tried all the variations of it, not just the first one?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thetoner:
Yes I have tried all the variations and the settings. This boggles my brain to no end. How is it something this small is not customizable.
[Droid X General] DNak206:
First post after having my DX an entire week, trying to find what I can without being too noob but can't seem to find a solution to this.

I tend to type 99% of the time in landscape and seeing how the keyboard takes up 90% of the screen, I often can't see what fields I'm entering for the text. The keyboard automatically opens when attempting to input and assumed if I pressed outside of a text field, it would close the keyboard but no go.. Is there anyway to close the keyboard, even if it's just to scroll on whatever page I'm on to see what else is there then come back to the keyboard when I'm ready by clicking within the text area?

That probably made no sense but hopefully you get the jist of it. Thanks in advance.

EDIT: The back button seemed to work, disregard.
[Droid X General] somethingwired7:
You can also swype from the top of the keyboard to the bottom and it will minimize.
[Droid X General] Sleuth255:
Also you can press/hold the menu button to close. You can also do this to raise the keyboard at any time.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mftek1:
Does the red one scratch easy?

Is the rubber made like the black one, just red?

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thepza:
Actually, the red mt4g, and the other non black versions do not have the rubber sides. That's the main reason I'd choose the black over plum.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentaaron:
All the demo phones at the T-Mobile store were scratched when I went in there at 9:00am on launch day. They all looked really bad because the plastic is black underneath the red paint.

Much of the damage looks to have been done by peoples fingernails...but there were pretty bad scars on them from the security leashes that they put on them at the store.

The black was scratched as well, though not as noticeable...i ended up going with the white one mostly because of this reason...the piano finish will not scratch as easily.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mftek1:
So the black is the only one with rubber sides?

What do the other ones have?

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[G2 and Desire Z General] JCreations:
Everytime if i hold my phone normally, the signal starts dropping. I managed to track it down to the bottom part of the phone, just beneath the battery cover.

As soon as my hand touches that part the signal starts dropping from 4bars to 1 or 2 bars.

Anyone else has this problem?
[G2 and Desire Z General] tbalden:
Yeah,easily reproduced here too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ew4936:
yea, i had to return mine because of it. every time i used the keyboard, the signal would drop or even die out. hopefully the next one i get won't have the same issue, or at least not as bad as the device i had before.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tbalden:
Hope youll have it sorted out. I have 1 or 2 levels of drop only. Its a common problem with recent smartphone models? Strange.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
The bottom of the phone is where the antenna is.
[G2 and Desire Z General] darthmelk:
I mainly get one or two signal line drops when holding the phone with the keyboard open. Not a big problem.

But... WiFi seems to be a lot worse: if I don't touch the phone I get full bars, but if I hold it (keyboard open again) it sometimes can drop to one or no bars.

And I was laughing at the iPhone 4 users. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] tbalden:
Might worth try to add isolation lol,like for iphones

I cannot yet reproduce the wifi thing tho when im further away it may indeed weaken.will test it further

-- sent from htc z using xda app
[G2 and Desire Z General] JCreations:
Wifi only drop one bar here. I'm 3m away from a n-router.

Isolation doesnt seem to work. It might just be a weak antenna.
[G2 and Desire Z General] GlitchZero:
Was able to reproduce a 1 bar drop from WiFi once, nothing since, and nothing from signal.
[G2 and Desire Z General] snudel:
one bar drop. but no change in usage. iwould suggest ignoring the signal strength
[G2 and Desire Z General] diogoperas:
Drops 1 bar here. Not big deal.
[G2 and Desire Z General] WDawn:
Same here. Drops one bar. Sometimes two. But i had exactly the same thing with my Touch Pro. As long as I don't get dropped calls, i don't mind.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mancuk29:
Problem also on desire HD
[G2 and Desire Z General] huppelkutje:
My Wifi drops all the way to zero when using my phone with keyboard.

Tho, this is when I'm couple meters away from the router (2nd floor). When I'm on the 1st floor the signal only drops 1 bar.
[G2 and Desire Z General] petard:
FFFFUUUUUU

I just noticed this. I'm currently in a low signal area. Phone sitting on table: -103dBm. Using keyboard: -113dBm. 2 bars to 0 bars and even no signal.

How can they do this? ****.
[G2 and Desire Z General] philliman:
Never experienced none of those issues. Wow that's crazy.
[G2 and Desire Z General] petard:
Like the iPhone, it is only obvious in low signal areas. Go to settings about status and look at the numerical signal. It drops quite a bit.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CoolinHL:
I did a test and dropped from -99dbm (7asu) to -112dbm (1asu) by deathgripping my phone. It went from 2-3 bars to 0 bars.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tbalden:
I wonder if its related to being made of more metal than usual devices, alu alloy of htc z.

-- sent from htc z using xda app
[G2 and Desire Z General] gtrab:
I've noticed the death grip; 2-3 bars (!!) in some indoor areas

Maybe this is why I've noticed battery drains faster when leaving my phone face up than face down (poor signal = more power consumption to keep the link)
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
I can reproduce this, but only when I put my hand around the bottom of the phone in a very unnatural way. Just like the hinge "issue", I don't see a problem in normal use of the phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] andrewilley:
I've seen this issue in everyday use too.

At work, we've got a Wi-Fi point is a little way from my office. With the phone lying on the desk, signal is medium level and works fine. As soon as I pick it up just to type anything, Wi-Fi dies completely.

Same with mobile network coverage (T-mobile). I get 1-2 bars, sometimes 3, with the phone on the desk in my office, but no-signal if I pick it up ready to hold it to my ear in a normal grip. I have to walk out of the office and down the corridor to get a signal. I have the same problem at home in the middle room of our house; fine either end of the house but I lose cover walking through the middle, which is the room we spend most of our time in. :(

Nuts. I thought it was just me and hadn't looked much further into it yet.

What are people using to get accurate network & wi-fi signal levels rather than just bars?

Andre
[G2 and Desire Z General] tbalden:
Settings / about phone / network. There it shows signal strength.

-- sent from htc z using xda app
[G2 and Desire Z General] rmclardy:
Oh my... i could have written that exact same post... works ok on my desk at work... generally about -101 to -105dBm, but as soon as i pick up to do a text etc... dead...

i have a N900 sat next to it with another T-Mobile sim... -98dBm is usually what it says. never drops out when picked up.

i use "Signal Strength Widget" by "BitMod Dev" from the market on my home screen to monitor it. seems quite good.
[Droid X General] Mackattack:
Okay so I did the about:debug in the stock android browser, then went into the more setting and changed the uaprof to desktop. Yet, sites like ebay, and stuff keep coming up as the mobile version even after clearing cache, history, and anything else I could to try to solve this issue. The odd part is the Eris, and Incredible don't fully have the issue as once it is set to desktop the browser mainly goes to desktop pages vs what the X does. Any ideas how to solve this issue? Google was no real help I don't think. Thankies.

Edit: do I need to check normal rendering to have this work correctly?
[Droid X General] Ubermicro13:
I know that Skyfire Browser has an option to quickly toggle between the Mobile and Desktop version of websites
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] durakbane:
thank you for this theme...it looks great!
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] goldenstorm:
I am happy you like it. Let me know if you find any bugs or changes.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] nitsuj17:
great job...as always :)
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] durakbane:
so far so good...no issues. :)
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] dmaustin:
The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.... I need my black storm back! Really thx for everything tho, this was my fav theme on di01!