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[Captivate General] bames:
i actually considered selling my captivate and going to a 3gs or I4 largely due to the GPS issues with the device (wifes i4 GPS works flawlessly with mapquest).

I had also considered it because i recently sold my ipod classic and had considered getting a touch but if i could do a 32gb i4 and have one device cover my phone and mp3 needs why not. (captivate isn't horrible as an mp3 player but i would miss the ability to 1. control through car stereo via ipod dedicated input 2. The enhanced sound quality of using such input.

Fortunately with my wife having one everytime i had the notion i could play with hers

mp3 playing great.......games great........web device great

But the biggest missing component from IOS is a competent notification system (lack of notifcation bar, would definitely miss the convenience of the dropdown notification bar as well as being able to place information, widgets & shortcuts on the lockscreen, and lack of mobile AP (i think the latter can be remedied via jailbreak).

As much as i like to tinker and customize i could honestly live with the app grid and lack of widgets if the iphone had a more competent and convenient notification system for managing missed calls, texts, emails etc. (I don't know if anyone has played with one but the screen that comes up when multi-tasking seems like it would have been ideal for delivery and management of such notifications. When you go into multi-task/app switching in IOS (via push the button twice quickly it then displays running apps and recent apps in the very bottom row of screen. The top 95% of screen is unused and imo wasted potential to house the notifications.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
i returned my captivate cuz of battery life and gps issues and picked up the iphone 4 which i currently have now. while the gps is flawless, the battery is about the same or worse while in use. On the other hand battery lasts considerably longer when the iphones screen is off compared to the captivates battery with the screen off. (good for listening to music and audio books).

The stock ios is garbage compared to android. i had to jailbreak it and then work for hours searching for repositories and tutorials on what i can do to personalize and force the phone to have some cool features. You really take silly things like moving icons where you want them and having widgets for granted while you are on android. I miss how easy it was to access information etc. it is possible on the jailbroken ios, but the pickings are extremely thin and the few available are glitchy and leave alot to be desired.

The shoddy multitasking combined with one hard button is another pain in the ass. Multitasking in ios usually means actually closing the program and then having a quick link available to u when you want to open it again.

I am pleased that there are more high quality apps available on this iphone 4. Android is not that far behind though and i can tell that app dev for the ip has slowed. Considering the sheer mass of apps available for the ios i would expect more apps designed for the ip4 to be available. Only a very small fraction of the apps utilize the ip4's retina display. Also, when i check the jailbroken repo's for new homebrew apps, development seems to be stagnating.

I've only written about the things that are important to me. Some of my complaints about the iphone can be explained away as i'm sure some people will try to do. However, my opinions stand, there is much left to be desired.

My suggestion is to find an android phone with working gps and decent battery. Or test out a new windows mobile phone. I can't say i'd recommend the iphone to someone. If you need to replace your captivate soon, i'd suggest asking for your money back because they cant deliver on gps promises, ask for a full refund. Save you're upgrade and wait for a new wave of android phones to hit att.
[Captivate General] Dungeon47:
I had poor battery performance and abysmal GPS at first. After conditioning the battery properly by running from full to 10% a couple of times, the performance improves significantly, and now it blows my old iPhone 3GS away in battery performance. Also, the GPS issue for me has been resolved by using Assonance ROM. I get a solid lock within about 10 seconds outside, and about 30 inside, and it holds even while I drive.

All that aside, if you just want to pick it up and have it work, but don't care to 'make it your own' then iPhone is right for you. The bottom line is whether you are happy with what you have.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
My experience has been that most of my friends with iPhones that absolutely love them did not own a smartphone previously and the few that did aren't as pleased with their iPhones as they thought they'd be. Then there are the ones that just refuse to admit that an Apple product isn't as good as they want you to believe.:D
[Captivate General] systoxity:
i have to believe this. idk who would deem most of this stuff as godly unless they havn't tried android at all.

as for what the other guy said about conditioning and gps fix, i did everything known to man to make that battery last, but i still am not satisfied with battery life in the captivate or the iphone 4. battery technology needs to catch up. Gps wise, i was really looking for a gps that could track my run's and give me distances etc. i tried roms and all the gps fix suggestions from xda but it still rarely gave me accuracy close than 10-20 meters and bounced from house to house while i was goin through my neighborhood. at least the iphone4 got one thing right.
[Captivate General] bames:
good call. I guess it would get easier with more use but i also don't like the 1 button method either. The multiple buttons on the captivate makes web browsing and multi-tasking a better experience imo
[Captivate General] Algorismus:
Perfect :) +1 :)
[Captivate General] gpzjack:
Ive had both. The reason i dont want the iphone anymore is the ridiculous cost to replace.I picked up both of my captivates for cheap. Overall i love my captivate...the only reason i will get rid of it soon is the gps. I also have a htc aria. If it had a bigger screen i would prefer it over my captivate. Its very fast and the gps is dead on.
[Captivate General] planoman:
I have had both also. It took several months for me to get used to the captivate. I use yahoo email and the iphone is better for yahoo email than android. This was almost a game stopper until I learned how to use gmail to basically look just like my yahoo box after forwarding my emails to gmail. The gps is still an issue but not as much since I carry a blackberry bold 9700 for work and the gps locks to 3 meters in about 20 seconds.

Once rooted and lag fixed, the captivate is pretty awesome! The screen is to hard to give up on. I think 4 inches is the sweet spot for phone screens. When I look at the screen on the iphone it looks so much smaller than before.
[Desire General] -Happy Feet-:
Hi,

The new Friendstream widget and App are great and even better than the stock Desire version. Can anyone make an

Flashable zip?

Thanks lars
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyassfung:
How do I install apps? I looked on in the htc evo wiki and other q&a's but couldnt find it. Im new to the evo, so i dont know what im doing.

I download a com.[app name].apk file from my pc. I allowed unknown sources, now i dont know what to do.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muppetman462:
You'll need a file that you can open the .apk, I use linda file manager (which you can download from the market).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbgotee784:
Do you have root explorer or any kind of file reader app installed

sent from my EVO while rocking back and forth in the corner
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyassfung:
thanks it worked great. So I'm guessing this is the procedure to installing apps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
Any apps you download as .apks you will need a file manager to run. Astro works well as well. If you are rooted, use root explorer.

Think of it like Windows. To install something you have to use Explorer and run the .exe.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gonzo99:
Hi. Had my zee for a few weeks now and generally finding it great! However in recent days I've been having big problems installing apps, either via appbrain, market, or directly. Some work some don't and I can't find a common thread between them.

My zee is rooted and gfreed but stock otherwise. The apps that wont install include angry birds and the BT phone app so they are not by amateurs.

Any advice on how to troubleshoot? I've cleared the market apps cache and data, uninstalled ad free in case it was checking but still no joy.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks

Gavin
[G2 and Desire Z General] ddotpatel:
What happens? Any error messages. Is it all/every app from market? How about when trying to install apps from apks?

Edit... oh OK, some apps, not all. Do you get any errors or does it just say install failed? I would probably do a factory reset then try again, if fail, I'd start from scratch again.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gonzo99:
It just says ' installation of x was unsuccessful '

Which is less than helpful! I've tried the angry birds apk and get the same

As I say its not all apps, some install fine. Is there a logfile somewhere that might give me a clue?
[G2 and Desire Z General] ddotpatel:
You could see if you get anything useful from a "logcat". Google how to do it. Maybe search "android logcat to SD" so it autosaves to SD. But they are pretty hard to desipher. Start it running just before you attempt the install so you don't get a file that'll take weeks to read through.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Zimeon:
I had this exact problem with my old Desire, some apps just refused to install (like angry birds) and it all happend out of the blue. Never did check logs as i changed to the Desire Z shortly therafter. Atleast it's not google account related.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gonzo99:
Solved....

Many thanks to ddotpatel for pointing me in the right direction.

I've solved the problem (for now) so though I would post my experience in case it helps someone else.

using adb I produced a catlog on the sd card ('adb catlog -f /sdcard/cat.log') while trying to install Angry Birds.

Reading that pointed me at a problem with '/mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec'

After some more googling, that lead me to the folder .android_secure on the sdcard, and the file smdl2tmp1.asec within it, which I deleted. At the same time I did a chkdsk which did find a problem, but whether that was related I don't know.

Anyway, after deleting that file I tried again and all the apps that wouldn't install immediately installed perfectly without a hitch.

Not sure what that file does, but google suggests that its a relatively common problem, so maybe someone else will benefit.

As always, XDA proves its worth!

Gavin
[G2 and Desire Z General] ddotpatel:
Could you tell us what led you to believe it was that particular file,... what kind of error message is there? Just so we know what to look out for.

And don't forget to add [SOLVED] to your thread title.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gonzo99:
Sure,

The relevant lines in the log were:

ASEC file '/mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec' currently exists - destroy it first!

(No such device or address)W/Vold ( 1207):

Returning OperationFailed - no handler for errno 98E/PackageHelper( 9429):

Failed to create secure container smdl2tmp1E/DefContainer( 9429):

Failed to create container smdl2tmp1D/dalvikvm( 1288):
[General Topics] phoenix56317:
The topic of this post maybe misleading but it's relevant to what am about to say here.

There's only 1 reason why people come to XDA and that is to explore ways on how to get more from their mobile devices! In some ways, it's like buying that New 69 Mustang ! At the time, it was FAST ! It had that Sex Appeal ! It was the BOMB !

As the days and nights fade, time goes on and we part with that 69 Mustang but some of us, well, we just place a tarp over her and store her in the garage, hoping to imagine that some day, we'll get to put more life into her.

In essence, my 69 was the Sony Erickson P800. Oh, she was a BEAUT. but sadly, I had parted with her to move on to the HTC 8125. Strangely, I was being lured with the ease of using a stylist and then came the touch screen, OH BOY !

The meat of this post is to inquire about almost all of us who have held on to those devices that we accumulated over the years, hoping to get a little more joy or functionality out of them.

Wouldn't it be COOL or NICE to ship your devices and ask the original manufacturer to wave a magic wand over it and it comes back Brand New and ready to rock, once more ? Maybe, we can seek out some trusted people to breath new life in our devices, huh ?

Many of us, had spent hundreds of dollars on our devices and many of us are here trying in vain to BREATH new life in them ! Many of us are trying to keep up with everything that's going on but sadly, it's just a little overwhelming for the not-so-nerds we thought we were.

If you LOVED your 69 Mustang and hate to part with it, Seek out those who are willing to help you, as I am. I don't want my hard earned dollars on my devices go to waste.

Any ideas from the community are helpful so please pipe in here, thanks !
[General Topics] phoenix56317:
Loved the story. :)

Guess my question is what to do with all the devices that we geeks have accumulated over the years.

And NO, Am not donating mine !

There are just some TOYS we keep because they have that SEX APPEAL .

Seriously, Why isn't there some way to breath NEW life in some of those lost loves sitting in the garage, like my 69 Mustang.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sucaba:
Basically my dilema is this. I run Mac OSX exclusively at home, but I am able to use a friend's computer to flash via ODIN if neccessary. Its a pain, however. I'd like to use Heimdall with new frontend, but a requirement for heimdall on OSX is that you have previously installed a secondary bootloader.

My question is, what ROM or ROMs can I flash with ODIN to aquire the secondary bootloader and not have to bother my friends with my sick ROM fettish anymore?

(Currently soft-bricked off of Onyx 4.2UFL trying to flash JK6)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] INeFFeCTiVE:
Not sure exactly what you are talking about... but i think the answer you are looking for is Rom Manager. There are 2 versions Free & Donate/Paid both are available in the market, so once you fix your soft brick find it and install it. The only thing you will need a computer for at that point is to copy the ROM to the internal SD card.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sucaba:
ROM manager is fine unless you need to recover from a brick. Its not much good if you do. I'd like to use Heimdall for OSX, but it requires a secondary bootloader. On the I9000 you can get it from a JPA ROM. I don't know which ROMs have this on the Vibrant.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Alvin_sks:
Whenever i make any call a 1 is added in front of the number i type.

for example when i want to call 555-555-555 the number becomes 1-555-555-555.Im using htc hd2 ,hspl 3 ,radio version 2.15.50.14, phiremod skinnyevo v2.0.HELP PLEASE.

thanks in advance.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
Go into Settings -> Call Settings -> Auto IP dialing *Disable*
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] maoz59:
Hi,

This is my first creation..

Credit for the skin to bimbam69,

original thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=636423

I just adjusted it for our mini.

Just extract the zip file and copy the file and the folder to the

"Program Files\TCPMP" folder on your device.

Enjoy!
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] Skyatob:
Is TCPMP, the same as Windows Mediaplayer folder?
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] maoz59:
I don't think so..

If you don't have TCPMP you can download it in the original thread link from the first massage..
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] 13alexandro13:
Tcpmp - 0.72rc2 rev31

Hi, with TCPMP-0.72RC2-ARM-REV31 don't show nothing... it's normal?
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] maoz59:
strange..

I have the same version and it works perfectly for me..

Are you sure you followed the instructions?
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] 13alexandro13:
Yes, I have inserted the .xml in skin folder... now works! :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbgotee784:
I was wondering if anyone out there could help me out. I am building my own Rom and want to add the option to reboot into recovery after I hold the power button down. Any help would be great and thanx in advance...

sent from my EVO while rocking back and forth in the corner whispering I will not flash.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmichaelow:
Hello from the DInc forums! =]

Haha, well, first off, I know this is the Evo forum. You guys have a working GB port already, so I was wondering if you could help with the port to the DInc. Devs over there are practically nonexistant. And well, devs over here are everywhere!

As far as I can tell, the files I need to change (to get a boot) are in boot.img. I've swapped out some ramdisk files (init executable) for some CM ones, and a CM kernel. However, I am now getting an error. (Full logcat attached)

Any devs want to chime in?

PS Maybe I'm going about it wrong way. If someone could just tell me HOW the GB-to-Evo port was done, hopefully I can figure something out.
[Galaxy 3 General] aantdesign:
I have original Google FROYO fw. I'm interesting of flashing it to My Samsung Galaxy 3, so I have some questions:

- Is it possible to flash original Google FROYO firmware to out Apollo?

- If it is possible is it can be done with ODIN?

Thanx in forward for Your answers people :)
[Galaxy 3 General] Gsam101:
Nop, you can't flash a Stock Android Firmware. You can try to replace Touchwiz apps with stock apps, but it's not really easy.
[Galaxy 3 General] aantdesign:
So I can brick My phone if I flash stock Android?
[Galaxy 3 General] stampgevaar:
yes, from what I know if it's not a version for that android model it is not possible.
[Galaxy 3 General] nastyba:
each telephone has it's own hardware (display, processor etc..) Fw doesn't contains only the operating system but also drivers for i5800. Each telephone has different hardware which means diferent drivers. You can port android or anything from one device to another, but you must make it work with drivers for your device. And that's just a part of it. Don't forget about storage and RAM capacity. May be one day we will have ported Android 3.0 for i5800 - it will be possible but just parcialy - not 1:1

Is here some cook for i5800 who can make our device more stable and make it work ext2 partition for SD ? Or port A 2.3.1 ? :)

Would be nice :)
[Galaxy 3 General] aantdesign:
I saw HTC HD2 Win7 phone with stock Android 2.2 on it. So I wonder is it possible for Us to do it...

i don't know how that man do it but i saw it. He make something like boot loader and when He restart his HTC He can chose between Win7 and Android to boot.
[Galaxy 3 General] divinesahil:
Definately we can port it with modified kernals its lik mac on assembled non apple pc but for that we need a boot loader cracked first which is quite not possile for now as no 1 likes to play with there nands and partial bad boot loader means new flash rom and other equipments to mount it.
[Galaxy 3 General] aantdesign:
Ok m8... I'll forget about it :)

10x
[Galaxy 3 General] nastyba:
But It was PORTED not just installed from one device 1:1 to another device, read carrefully what I've written above
[Galaxy 3 General] Gsam101:
We don't have a Motorola device, so we don't have to crack the bootloader ;).
[Epic 4G General] shaolinmastr:
I have read a lot of threads on this and have tried all the suggestions. AC still doesn't see my phone as rooted. Is there a different rooting process I should do?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fireshaper:
Okay, every time I see someone talk about MotoBlur they talk about the widgets and the Launcher. How come we never see anything about getting the text magnifier in the text input field?

This is the one thing I would love to have from MotoBlur. Anyone know how I could get it?
[Galaxy Tab General] saamagan:
Does anybody here knows how to use the subtitle button using the stock video player? By default its disabled when im playing converted movies in mp4 format...if I copy a .vob file from dvd to my tab will the subtitle will enable?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funeralthirst:
i'm on axura 2.1 and went to flash a new rom through clockwork and it says E:Can't open /sdcard/*********.zip (bad)

so i redownloaded the rom, put it on my sdcard, tried again, same thing. i then downloaded a different rom, put it on the sdcard, tried to flash, same thing. any ideas? is it odin time?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badaphooko01:
Did you save it on the internal card or the removable card? It needs to be on the internal to flash through CW.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funeralthirst:
it's in the right place. in fact, the axura21ve.zip is still on there and will flash fine, but no new zips will flash, so i'm thinking the fs got corrupted...?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_dave:
I've had this happen on Axura 2.1 also with the mounting_fix_vibrant SD fix.

I can't copy anything from my PC to my internal SD card since flashing Axura 2.1
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funeralthirst:
i thought that sombionix' sd mount fix was included in this rom. apparently not. which is weird because this issue never affected me in linux with previous roms that didn't have the fix. oh well. flashed the fix and am booting a new rom.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexic0n:
I am also unable to flash a different rom over Axura. Can you help me? I want to go back to Bionix but can't!!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I was on axura 2.1 and changed to 2 new roms.

I an on another rom now, just fine.

I have been getting the android logo with exclamation mark a lot more recently though.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brnbock:
I smell ODIN with repartition checked. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RensoreK:
Ive also run into this troublesome problem, even Odin back to JFD stock will not help me get the new roms on, wiped internal sd, external sd, cleared cache and everything. Was able to flash back to JFD and then Fusion 1.2 . Havent tried the repartition setting in Odin but I may have to go that route.. any input from you guys would be great, has anyone fixed this problem yet?

[FIXED]

What I did was odin back to JFD and select the "Re-partition" option, didnt delete any of my data and seems to have corrected the problem installing other roms, try that out.
[HD Mini General] yakamoz:
Hey,

it seems to me that HTC has forgotten to place an OK button when saving contacts to SIM. Does anybody know how to do?
[HD Mini General] fighter7139:
Use the back arrow button.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Yorkshire Yellow:
I've got 'CabBatchInstall' on my device, which is useful, as it allows you to install a batch of cabs one by one to your device, after updating the ROM or doing a hard reset. You generate a list by pointing at the directory where you've stored them, and can then edit the text file down to only include the cabs you want to install, rather than the entire contents of the directory you've pointed at. See the application thread at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=407885.

This got me thinking: Is there an app for 'interrogating' your phone to see what you have installed on it at a particular point in time? After all, what you have installed is listed at Settings > Application > Remove Programs > And if there is, or if not, but someone would produce this sort of thing, could it be made to 'talk to' or be an addition to 'CabBatchInstall', so that the list of installed apps is the one 'CabBatchInstall' uses to do the batch install after hard reset or new ROM?

Just so you're aware, I've made similar post to this on the application thread I've linked above.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p107r0:
you could try listing the folders in Windows\AppMgr to a text file - MortScript which should be capable of this