yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G Android Development] jprocha101:
Yes, it will only change the backdrop. To get it to look like the screen shot you need to change a few more files in a couple different places.

I could tell you which files need to be changed and give you the correct images. PM me if you would like to know.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
jprocha, have you discovered what any of the other images in the framework archive are for? I am considering experimenting to see what effects can be acheived, so any headstart is appreciated :)

It will probably take some time, but a full guide for skinning the interface could be useful...

Side note - has anyone tried setting their wallpaper to an image that has parts at 100% transparency? The system doesn't write anything to the screen for transparent pixels, so it leaves a sort of afterimage when you slide from one screen to another
[Epic 4G Android Development] The Tick077:
Awesome job, I tried to figure this out when I first got my epic, and failed miserably. Now I am sure I can do it! Thanks again!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jprocha101:
i don't have immediate plans of creating a full guide. But the easiest way to find out what images are being used on the screen is to compare the images in the stock rom to the ones in a custom rom that looks very different from stock ie emotionless beast. Just notice what is different and you should be able to figure it out.

Let me know if you are having any trouble finding a specific image and I'll try to help.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nandryshak:
Hey XDA,

I currently have a MyTouch 3g 32B. Yeah I know, ancient, right? I'm currently looking to upgrade to either a T-mobile MyTouch 4g or a T-mobile G2 (aka Desire Z).

I'm into custom ROMs, radios, hboots, SPLs, kernels, you guys know the drill. I'm pretty dedicated to Cyanogenmod, and I've noticed that they only support the G2 right now, I haven't really heard anything about the MyTouch and CM. So this gives the G2 a big advantage over the MyTouch.

Keyboard doesn't matter. The front facing camera gives the MyTouch a little bit of an edge. I'm leaning towards G2 because of modding.

This isn't really a versus thread, as I have almost all the info I want from gsmarena.com. But I'm having a hard time comparing the CPU and GPU in the two phones. Not much turns up on Google. Obviously the speeds are different, but that doesn't matter much as I'll be overclocking it.

So which phone has a better CPU/GPU? I've heard the G2's GPU is currently the best, not sure how true that is. I will be using the phone for emulators.

The question: what does XDA think of the CPUs/GPUs? Can anyone give me the model of GPU the phones use?

Thanks!

Nick

P.S. Cross-posted to MyTouch 4g.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EfemaN:
The CPU in the G2 is the MSM7x30, not sure of the exact model; the MT4G has the MSM8255. The GPU is the Adreno 205, I believe both have it.

EDIT: I'm rarely 100% positive, but almost so in this case :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] acousticsea:
Yeah, the G2 and MyTouch 4G both share the same cpu and gpu. The only difference is the default clock speed of the cpu, 800mhz for the G2 and 1ghz for the MyTouch.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
GPU, yes, but CPU, no.

The G2/DZ has the MSM7230.

The MT4G has the MSM8255, same as the Desire HD.

But bear in mind the G2's CPU has huge overclocking potential.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kylez64:
indeed very true
[G2 and Desire Z General] FrenicX:
I have heard of cyanogen being on the mt4g by some guys on youtube. Haven't seen a vid with it on it. Only mention of it in video commentary.

If you can get cyanogen on mytouch I would say go with it. It has 768mb ram instead of 512mb with the g2. If you want to run any Sense roms then go with the mt4g. Sense is a memory HOG.

For now the G2 is the overclocking champ at 2.0 ghz. 1.5ghz and higher is commonly 100% stable for most of us. The mt4g has been seen at 1.7ghz stable. Not sure how common that is though.

Keep in mind that devs are still discovering both phones and there is still a lot more to be accomplished between both phones. If you can wait a bit to see what they come up with I would.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
I'm running the stock Sense ROM on my DZ. No memory issues whatsoever, plenty of free memory. Sure, it uses up slightly more, but there's still plenty of free memory. I won't run any faster just because you have an extra 256 MB RAM free.
[G2 and Desire Z General] FrenicX:
I was running villain and virt. There was just too many slow points even while overclocked. Once while navigating with music it left me with only 12 mb. Not that Sense isn't a fun rom to have, it is. But there's a reason why, from the factory, they put it on a phone with 768mb.

I'm sure they weren't aiming at making the mt4g a better performing phone. Just a similarly performing phone with a slightly more demanding stock OS.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
I suggest that was a problem with those custom ROMs then. The stock Sense ROM has no problem with RAM.
[G2 and Desire Z General] FrenicX:
Very possible. I forgot the DZ was stock sense. How much ram do you have free after a fresh boot? Most I had with villain was 120 and 160 with virt. Both sat at 80ish under normal use though.

Perhaps MySense is the reason they put 768.

At any rate, if I could get Cyanogen on the MT4G.. and I hadn't already bought the G2, I would. Similar prices and more ram plus higher stock clock speed. Even if I never used that extra ram, just having it there would be nice.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
I have not long ago booted my phone, and I have 113+128 MB free according to the Running Services page.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandryshak:
Hey XDA,

I currently have a MyTouch 3g 32B. Yeah I know, ancient, right? I'm currently looking to upgrade to either a T-mobile MyTouch 4g or a T-mobile G2 (aka Desire Z).

I'm into custom ROMs, radios, hboots, SPLs, kernels, you guys know the drill. I'm pretty dedicated to Cyanogenmod, and I've noticed that they only support the G2 right now, I haven't really heard anything about the MyTouch and CM. So this gives the G2 a big advantage over the MyTouch.

Keyboard doesn't matter. The front facing camera gives the MyTouch a little bit of an edge. I'm leaning towards G2 because of modding.

This isn't really a versus thread, as I have almost all the info I want from gsmarena.com. But I'm having a hard time comparing the CPU and GPU in the two phones. Not much turns up on Google. Obviously the speeds are different, but that doesn't matter much as I'll be overclocking it.

So which phone has a better CPU/GPU? I've heard the G2's GPU is currently the best, not sure how true that is. I will be using the phone for emulators.

The question: what does XDA think of the CPUs/GPUs? Can anyone give me the model of GPU the phones use?

Thanks!

Nick

P.S. Cross-posted to G2 general.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobsbbq:
I had the G2 and I can tell you 100% this phone is hands down better. CM will come to this device soon as well. Don't settle for a phone based on what it's development is at in a given time. Look at what is better in terms of hardware and over all device specs. With 786 mb of RAM and FFC and perm root this MT4G nails the coffin on the heavy loose dangling hinged G2.

A good developer is going to be receiving his MT4G really soon to pick up the CM port for our MT4G.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moustafaraslan:
I also love the MT4G and there WILL be many roms on it just look in the general discussion section where they have raised money to buy phones for devs to allow them to make roms. but about the G2 hinge problem just check it at the store before you buy it (hold it upside down ...) my friend did this and he got 1 with a very sturdy hinge. As to your gpu/cpu I don't know but I think the CPU is the same (don't take my word for it though).
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grankin01:
CPU =MSM8x55 at 1Ghz

GPU = Adreno 205

The MSM7x30, MSM8x55, and the MSM8x50a all use a 45nm process. The speeds are 800Mhz, 1Ghz, and 1.3Ghz respectively.

The Adreno 205 is a significant performance enhancement from the Adreno 200 found in the first gen snapdragon processors found in the Nexus One, etc.

The MT4G MSM8x55 is likely an o/c'd version of the MSM7x30 as alot of references to MSM7x30 are made in build.prop and throughout the rest of the OS. Same situation probably from the MSM8x55 to the MSM8x50a. Intel does this with their cpu's all the time. O/C, stamp a different model number on it, and sell it at a premium price.

MSM = Mobile Station Modem

My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandryshak:
Thanks I was looking for a post like this. So basically what the 4g has over the G2 is the FFC and more RAM? I kind of like the look of the G2, it's more.. professional looking? I'm not sure yet. Thanks for the posts so far guys!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grankin01:
To each his own. I personally had 2 g2's and ended up sending them both back for random reboots and loose hinges. The reboots were fixed with the ota and custom roms I think but that hinge made me almost drop the phone several times and was going to do nothing but get worse over time. And it seemed to loosen up very quickly. Just FYI.

My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msmith1991:
I too owned the G2 and it was a great device. It was smoother than the 4g but I'm sure that's due to the fact that it doesn't have a skin on top #cough cough# sense LOL

... I really miss the hinge and keyboard... you really can't go wrong with either device but the 4g is cheaper and has more features...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2Noob4U:
If you can be patient. I'd imagine a port from CM will be forth coming very soon.

I came from a 32B myself and this phone even with Sense is way better.

I personally like a physical keyboard like my wife's Slide, but her and I both like the MT4G better.

Your choice though.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vdub804:
the mt4g is okay but the g2 is nothing to sneeze at, sense is nice but stock is better in my opinion, hmmm I wonder which phone will get Gingerbread first if the other gets it at all (officially anyway) you know some things work but most things are broken.:D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnE ShoT:
I heard the reason why the g2 and the mt4g only have about 1gb instead of the 4gb as advertised is because some of that space is being saved up for gingerbread so eventually both devices will get updated :)

BTW just because the g2 currently can run CM doesn't mean that is superior than the mt4g just wait until they release some roms for this bad boy and will see how much this phone kicks ass even the stock Rom runs great just use LauncherPro instead of mySense no lag whatsoever
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ducter:
I had a G2 for about 2 weeks, and sent it back under the buyers remorse. Basically in stock form I like the G2 better, but felt the mytouch has a bit more longevity to it where it has more ram..that said I dont think you can go wrong with either phone. I am a stock froyo guy over sense or my sense crap but thats just my personal preference.

Running different benchmarks when clocked the same the G2 pulled ahead by a hair on most but I credit that to the mytouch running my sense, in actually using the devices I found the G2 to be smoother as well, but again the whole my sense thing again.

The mytouch line always seemed kinda kiddish to me somehow and it seems that a new model is always on the horizon, not trying to insult anyone that has one, or likes them..hell I have one currently lol, but I just cant shake the feeling that I am using a lesser phone, even though I know I am not.

Side by side I found the G2 to have a better display, colors looked more vivid and eye popping despite the mytouch having a slightly larger screen, the mytouch is slightly washed out looking, but that was only evident to me when they were side by side, using the phone on its own the mytouch is just fine and you dont really notice the colors and stuff when its not in a side by side direct comparison.

I suppose the end result would be whatever one you like better, both are good and the mytouch will have more ROMs for it shortly so that shouldnt really weigh in on your decision.
[General Topics] bobsbbq:
I'm not sure how many of you have heard it but a user was on a call and his droid 2 exploded and some of the glass cut his ear causing a hospital visit and 4 stitches. As a Electronics Engineer I doubt anything except the battery could cause such a explosion. But I'm not very knowledgeable on the LCD etc and to what the potential danger is for explosion.

I'm sure this will hit main stream media by tomorrow and if it is proven to be accurate and true, this is going to be a big hit for Moto and maybe cause for concern of others using the same possibly defective hardware.

Here is a video of a news clip. http://www.the33tv.com/videobeta/919e261e-2d3d-422a-bc61-f3c62612039c/News/12-02-10-Cell-Phone-Explodes
[General Topics] bobsbbq:
After some more investigating on Google I think this will turn out to be a fraud or scam. I can't see how the explosion could have came from the inside of the phone with enough force to crack the screen and the phone is still working. Most of these rare instances are related to the battery exploding. If this was the case the device would not function at all.

I suspect this guy damaged the device put it up to his ear and made it cut himself and try to make people believe it exploded.

We will see???
[General Topics] Ducter:
...I dont know what to make of that story. It seems to me that the screen is intact making and "explosion" kinda not possible. It sucks that this day and age we cant just take someones word on what happened but face it, the worlds full of people trying to get rich quick. Cant say that this is what this couple is doing...but looking at the phone, seems more like he dropped it and now wants a new phone for free.

I dont know..I suppose Verizon can release to Motorola his call records under a courts order and that would be the first step..see if he actually placed a call at around that time.

The other thing, If I was in my driveway and my phone explodes on the side of my head I am not going to leave my house and travel to my wife for her to tell me what happened lol, I am going to go inside my house and look in the mirror to see what the hell just happened to my head..thats just me though I guess?
[General Topics] ekinnee:
He had to have smashed it in his pocket and answered a call thereby cutting himself on the glass.
[General Topics] RavenWulf:
considering that the Moto Droid line uses Gorilla Glass it really makes me wonder how the hell that happened without destroying the phone. one of my buddies who drives for another company accidentally ran his D2 over and the only thing that was still good was the screen. my guess is this dude is pissed about Verizion dropping the D2 and releasing the D2 Global with better specs and is trying to get out of his 2 year contract and get a payday on top of it.
[General Topics] vdub804:
he must've been overclocking the sh!t out of that droid2 3.0ghz maybe :eek: seriously who do you sue verizon or google whoever it is i'll say thanks for the riches ya dig.
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Hi there,

I am pretty new with this stuff, as I just got this phone today. It came with Froyo2.2 so I unrooted it back to the original JFK.

It did not come with a sim card, so I do not have a sim inside the phone as of now. But I do have a bell sim that I will use after to put the unlock key in... Is that okay?

I Connected the vibrant through Mini Kies and the MTP application says its connected.

I just re rooted from J16 back to the original.

I have the 64 bit drivers installed.

When I try to run Generate Unlock Windows Script I get the following error message saying...

Copy nv_data.bin

*daemon not running. Starting it now *

*daemon started succesfully *

error: device not found

error unable to find file <.\nv_data.bin>

could not find C:\documents and settings\1\desktop\key\generateunlockwindows\nv_data.bin

Anyone know what this means?

Or know what to do in this situation?

I am not sure if I should try installing the 32bit drivers or what.
[Vibrant General] mbison83:
how did you downgrade the phone from android 2.2?

I just bought the phone through ebay with the OS already at 2.2, and the phone is locked to t-mobile. I've heard it is not possible to unlock it with the 2.2 update. Is that true?
[Vibrant General] doin-it:
Yup, having exact same problem. If you find a fix let me know.
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
Make sure your usb setting is on debug and you have all of the files for the unlock on your pc. You also need java installed.

That method worked for me from stock.
[Vibrant General] mbison83:
can someone answer my question?
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
I don't know whether the unlock methods work with Froyo but you can download a 2.1 stock Odin in the forum.
[Vibrant General] mbison83:
where can i get it at and how do i do the rollback?
[Vibrant General] koooba:
...... please?
[Vibrant General] mbison83:
very funny.
[Vibrant General] koooba:
Wasn't meant to be. :) Usually please and thanks goes a long way when asking for something. Shows appreciation.
[Vibrant General] draikz:
^ Hence the THANKS button.
[Vibrant General] mbison83:
it also shows sarcasm and in this case thats what is seems like.
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
Read the stickies in the forum. If you can't figure it out ill grab the links tonight.
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
For the unlock this worked for me.

For going to stock. (From the general stickie)
[Vibrant General] megatherian:
I unlocked my phone w Galaxy_S unlock 2 days ago. It's in the market and I was running Bionix V when I did it.
[Vibrant General] koooba:
Pretty soon we'll have apps that'll say hi and thanks and apps in general will replace everything we say, so much for what our parents taught us huh? :)
[Vibrant General] draikz:
Technology > your parents.

Anyday.
[Vibrant General] franjess:
Do you know any other way i could unlock my samsung vibriant .nothing on this site has worked for me,,,who do i pay get files to work on this site please help poor black boy
[Vibrant General] koooba:
Poor with a few hundred dollars worth of phone. Lol

Did you try the PRO SGS app?
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
If you want help you are going to have to be a lot more specific. What have you actually tried?

Just a tip, people will not help you on these forums if you ask for help without showing you've tried to solve the problem and know how to search.

There are loads of unlock threads. Almost everyone get one method to work eventually.
[Vibrant General] mbison83:
I have android 2.1-update1 on my vibrant and this app worked for me:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/galaxy-s-unlock/com.helroz.galaxysunlock

I love this phone :)
[G Tablet General] AbsoluteZero:
Hi All, This is probably a really stupid question, but i've been searching trying to find the answer, is it possible to install windows 7 or any other OS on this or any other android tablet?

Thanks in advance for any help,

AZ
[G Tablet General] Reginhild:
The yet to come out Viewsonic "Viewpad" tablet is to be dual boot Win7 or android...although differentprocessor. Hopefully they will do better than the g tablet with their android os overlay.
[G Tablet General] AbsoluteZero:
Should I stop thinking of all these tablets like it's a laptop, that the OS can be changed from Android, to Windows, to Linux? or is it basically the same as a normal PC?

Thanks Again
[G Tablet General] ewitte:
Would forget about windows but (a version of) Linux should be doable. Possibly CE6 but I don't think anyone is doing anything with it.

http://developer.nvidia.com/tegra/downloads

This is not an x86/x64 CPU so the OS has to support Tegra specifically.
[G Tablet General] markgolly:
These tablets have a different processor in them, so, no, they cannot run any Window OS except Microsoft's mobile OS, a.k.a. Windows Mobile, a.k.a. Windows CE, etc. These tablets are more akin to mobile phones than general purpose desktop/laptop computers.
[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
Ok, I went through the first 8 or 9 pages in the Focus section and never found a thread for this. So, I decided to make one. Pretty much every other phone I owned had a thread for this and it was fun to look at pictures people take to test out there camera.

In less than a full year I have went from an HTC PURE to a HTC MAGIC to a NEXUS ONE to a XPERIA X10 to a SAMSUNG GALAXY S CAPTIVATE and now to my lovely brand new SAMSUNG FOCUS....alot of phone switching I know. But im so happy with my Focus...I think WP7 is pretty damn awesome so far and its a great break from Android (which Im a little bored with).

One of the things I have been VERY impressed with in the Focus is the camera quality. So, hopefully we can keep this thread going and take pictures and post them for other people to see.

Ill start, I only have 1 pic to post for now, but Ill get more for sure. This shot was from work, just the first day after I got my phone so I was testing the camera.

Let the picture posting begin!!!
[Focus General] naplesbill:
Taken in my backyard:
[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
Nice pic man! what camera settings were you using for that?

ps. nice backyard to
[Focus General] naplesbill:
I don't really remember exactly. I took a few and I was switching between macro and normal mode. I haven't had to change much in settings to get good pics on this phone. I have messed with macro, white balance most often. I have never used the antishake setting.

I think this camera is pretty good honestly.
[Focus General] randude:
My camera takes some great outdoor photos, but it seems to struggle with focus indoors. Anyone else notice that?
[Focus General] FL5:
Speaking of indoor pictures:

Right before the start of Disney Princesses on Ice, taken with absolutely no skill or changes to any settings. Y'know, just to give an impression about what can be expected normally.
[Focus General] naplesbill:
I have had issues with indoor focus a few times. I have also been able to get some really good indoor pictures. Unfortunately, I cannot share those pictures. ;)

I will try to get some for this thread eventually. Here is another outdoor shot from my backyard. For this one, I used Macro mode.
[Focus General] tewmgd:
One from the streets of Montreal :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthieu/5234826846/sizes/l/in/photostream/
[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
Nice pic for low lighting man!!! Shows the focus is definetly capable of making those shots good.

ps..I would hate to be paying there power bill lol
[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
Nice macro shot!

Anyone try playing with the sharpness yet? its medium by default, Ive taken a few pictures with it set to max and they seem nicer.
[Focus General] olieebur:
Here's a shot I took at the auto show a few weeks ago. No tweaks applied. Just pulled it out of my pocket and snapped.

Uploaded with ImageShack.us
[Focus General] hoyji:
Since I've rarely ever posted (first time, LONG time) you'll have to visit the link manually :(

h||p://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5927/wp000036copy.jpg

As you can see, I had nothing else to do but take some pictures on the new phone. I rather enjoy it as my wall paper; its a friendly reminder to leave the house a bit earlier to avoid the traffic.

Note,

The when taking the picture, it also saved GPS info such as Altitude, latitude and longitude, nice touch.
[Focus General] mrdondre:
Anti-shaking on, Wide Dynamic Range on, and sharpness set to high.
[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
I like how the background is blurred out....you didn't use macro for that shot?
[Focus General] mrdondre:
Oh wow! I didn't know there was a macro option. :x no.
[Focus General] pigue:
Christmas time

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8424580/PS_000004.jpg
[Focus General] naplesbill:
Great pic! Did you do anything special with the camera settings?
[Focus General] pigue:
Just shot and hit soften in Picture lap app. Thats all.
[Focus General] ekw:
heres mine!

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/4462649/1/focus photos?h=91af57
[Focus General] idloco:
here's mine