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[Legend General] sronweb:
Some weeks ago a tried a nandroid restore on my Legend using MDJ ROM with ext sd partition (around 500mb) but I had no success. I did a simple restore from the recover menu.

My doubt was that nandroid does not back up the ext partition but in effect I see that the back up file contain a file "sd-ext.img" which should be problably my external back up. Then when I have restored Legend has stucked with boot logo e didn't completed the power on sequence. I had to reinstall and configure (partially as I use Mybackup).

Please, do you know the correct procedure how to completely restore such type of ROMS using ext sd memory?

Thank you
[Droid Incredible General] apsawyer65:
Just thought I would pass this along for those of you using Exchange Accounts and constantly changing ROM's on your Dinc's.

Apparently, when you connect your Dinc (or other Android device) to an Exchange Account using Active Sync, Exchange records a unique ID for that device. When you change your ROM and reconnect to your Exchange Account, another unique ID is recorded. I received a report from one of my Exchange Admins showing eight different Android devices connecting to my Exchange Account. Obviously, he was wanting to know what and why.

I run custom ROMs on my Dinc and my gTablet. Updating a ROM to a newer version results in a new ID in Exchange. So, if you are approached by your Admins asking why you have multiple devices connecting to your account, you have an explanation.

Your current device/ROM combination is easily to identify as it also records the first and last sync time.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sonelone:
I found that I have wifi hotspot in my wireless settings even though it was not in the OTA. Will I be charged the $15 per month if I use it?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sonelone:
Wifi tethering was not part of the update, right?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkadesi:
yes it was

When did you buy your phone?

if it was recently, chances are that it came pre-installed with it
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sonelone:
wasn't it supposed to be an app?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkadesi:
NO, T-Mobile is using native android tethering setup (which is good)

ive been tethering (both wifi and USB) but havent received any warnings or messages asking me to get the tethering plan.

then again I dont cross my data limit either, i hit about 2~3 GB per month...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sonelone:
Has your monthly bill increased at all?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddgarcia05:
Did you change the user strings to the bower you used when you were tethering?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkadesi:
Nope, I am on the Even more Plus plan, $59.99 for 500 Mins, mobile to mobile, N/W, Unlimited Text and Data

Nope, everything is bone stock, i am not even Rooted.

I Dont go over 5 GB, maybe I am on their "Nice" list :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cubanito151:
I have also used it not too much I just wanted to try it and never got charged.
[Captivate General] Benny1234:
In reviewing the new page on the nexus s, the only thing I really am interested in is the internet dialing/SIP. I have tried SIPdroid on the captivate, and it works ok, but very staticy on the other end. I am curious as to whether anyone knows where the SIP client for 2.3 came from. Is it SIPdroid? Did Google buy SIPdroid? I would also be very interested in flashing only the SIP part of Gingerbread 2.3, the rest of the update isnt all that interesting to me. If anyone comes across info or files related to this, post here.

Thanks
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Google bought Gizmo5 about 1 year ago. This is probably where they got the SIP client.
[Captivate General] cesierra:
From what I read on the official document, internet calling works via wifi only.

I hope and i'm sure the devs will modify this to make it work via 3G.
[Captivate General] etamme:
A few things:

1) You are using VoIP over 3g? It's probably not goind to sound great, and any free client you have is not going to implement g729 b/c it requires a license so GSM is your best bet for low bandwidth, and it doesnt sound great.

2) a. No it is not sip droid. b. Sipdroid sucks - it is a terrible client. Basically the PBXes.org people who "wrote" sipdroid took the example "client" from mjsip and jammed an android interface on it. The backend sip implementation is pretty crappy, doesnt support call transfer, does multiple registrations and can flood a registrar.

2) CSipSimple is a much more promising client (IMO). And while has not yet implemented transfers yet, it is based on pjsip, a very well implemented sip stack that does fully support these features. Also, I have found that CSipSimple has less fuzzy audio too.

3) I have been looking at the 2.3 SIP stuff - It's not like you can just take that part from 2.3 and "flash" it to your device.

Besides that, the implementation that is in the 2.3 SDK looks very simplistic so far - and it is unclear to me whether or not the dialer will allow native SIP calling, or if google has just put in sip libraries for people to develop SIP applications. I see no where in any settings that allow you to specify "phone wide" sip credentials.

This would seem to be further backed by the sample "walkie talkie" application that is available with the 2.3 sdk.

4) I doubt google bought gizmo5 for their sip stack/client. There are many highly compliant open source sip stacks freeley available: sofia-sip, pjsip, jain-sip etc. etc. I dont know what is "under the hood" but what google has exposed via the SipProfile so far looks to be sub-par.

5) "Internet calling" support isnt going to be enabled on all devices, although i think the nexus s probably will be one of the few, in fact even in the AVD I get an "internet calling not supported" message when I try to call a sip URI from the dialer.

Your best bet right now - try out CSipSimple. Native SIP support is going to be a bit raw for a while is my guess.
[Captivate General] Benny1234:
SIP dialing

Thanks etamme ! Thats some good information! Yeah I would like to use SIP for international calls, wifi and 3G data. I use the phone when we travel and have foreign sims. So making GV /G5 calls would be perfect. I used to use an iphone, but unlocking became a PITA recently. (read as 6.15.00 BB)

Will check out CSSipSimple, I assume it will work with G5. I'm glad someone else realizes Sipdroid is terrible. Every time I use it the other party complains. With all the updates theyve done they have failed to address a major problem.

Thanks again!
[Captivate General] chadstone30:
have you tried this?

i'm trying it now

http://androidandme.com/2010/12/news/how-to-place-and-receive-internet-calls-with-android-2-3/
[Captivate General] opcow:
Gingerbread has a built-in SIP stack.
[Captivate General] OCedHrt:
Running Gingerbread right now...I can tell you that "Internet Calling" works straight from the dialer. However, my experience with built in SIP over wifi on Pbxes.org is that cSipSimple is more usable. There is a noticeable lag using the built in SIP configuration and only UDP works for PBXes since it doesn't allow a hybrid mode like cSipSimple (TCP for registration, UDP for connection due to PBXes incomplete TCP implementation). The problem I have with cSipSimple is that the mic gain is way too high and it picks up all the background noise.
[Captivate General] mik3l04:
Looks to me that it is based on JAIN-SIP from inspecting the AOSP source. Have look at http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/external/nist-sip.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD

JAIN-SIP was developed by NIST and the AOSP references NIST also. Haven't dug deeper to confirm however.

What would it take to extract the SIP bits from the AOSP and use it as a reference library for a SIP enabled application? I have never tried but it should be possible no?
[Captivate General] chdyoung33:
Wrong mic (top)

You can set the mic gain:

While in a call, click the menu button (bottom left)

Select Media

Move the Mic slider left to lower the volume (quickly before the screen goes back to default).

However, this does not really solve the problem because cSipSimple uses the mic on top of the phone which does not pick up your voice very well, and pics up the sound from the receiver (speaker) causing the person on the other end to hear an echo of everything they say.

I have not been able to find a way to change this behavior.
[Captivate General] akeem_da_dream:
anyone having an issue with phone calls being rejected with sip dialing? I've tried sipdroid, csipsimple and native sip. using google voice forwarding a number i recieved from ipkall, and using iptel.org instead of pbxes
[Nexus One General] utcarbs:
It seems that the majority of Nexus owners here aren't too impressed with the new Nexus S. The manufactor is samsung, the specs are tame, and the hardware is at the current market's standard; more or less. The only reasons I see for an upgrade is for having the status and guarantee of getting future update first, pure google experience, and a slight update to the Nexus One. Gingerbread is moot since we'll be getting it as our last priority update.

With that being said, what device will stray you away from the best android phone ever? Any dual core slut? A hardware beast like the EVO?

The only phone that's stopping me from purchasing a Nexus S is the LG Star with dual core. However, do we know if this phone will follow Samsung's strategy of releasing to multiple carriers? Will it be a pure google flavor? Updates will surely be slow but how will the development community be for this phone?

Honestly my only criteria comes down to which device will be supported by this community. Software is a moot point when you have great developers improving it in everyway possible. I would really like to know what device Cyanogen will fall in love with!
[Nexus One General] Meltus:
Fairly cheap (yeah right)

Dual core

5mp or higher camera

Sexy looks

Notification led (seriously, why are manufacturers leaving this off?)

Hard keyboard (preferably)

Camera flash

HDMI out

Trackball

Good battery life (I guess this can be worked on by devs)

Seperate audio out jack

Good screen (bright, scratch resistant, non smudge, etc.)

No pointless search button (it just annoys me)

At least 1gig of ram (at the VERY least!)

Decent internal storage

Can't think of anything else.

Yeah... I think ill be waiting a while :P

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[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
Non-Samsung stock android phone.
[Nexus One General] dinan:
I for one prefer Samsung hardware... sure it may be more plasticy than HTC phones, but the hardware is superior. The Galaxy touchscreen is far more accurate and smoother at tracking, can also handle up to 5 simultaneous inputs (MT4G can only do 4 and choppier). You'll never have dust under the screen with their AMOLED screens since the glass is practically on top of the screen, unlike HTC devices. The camera unit is superior to all HTC 5mp sensors (just by looking at it, the aperture is larger). The external speaker on the Galaxy S line is also superior to the N1's, MT4G, G2, etc. - better bass reproduction and less tinny, also louder. The quality of audio through headphones... also better because of Samsung's sound chip. All in all, there's not many things from a hardware perspective that HTC does better. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
[Nexus One General] charnsingh_online:
Camera nexus one is better - more pixels not mpx but some more pixels, sound through headphones is dependent on equaliser and stuff so with CM6 and poweramp u get mind blowing sound, EVO and incredible can handle infinite touches, u can stick any glass to the screen. Thing thing is if glass breaks screen is gonna break 99% and if its not stuck to screen there are chances the display will remain good. It has both good and bad points. Every screen doesnt have dust under it, None of my HTC phones ever did, dont know about speaker but audio through did sound awful on galaxy s
[Nexus One General] xemino:
this and decent build quality, like the nexus one.

one thing i'd really need is a better/louder speaker, the n1 one sucks soooo much.
[Nexus One General] efishta:
I'm hoping the Motorola Olympus on ATT will be as good as the rumors - I'm on an ATT Nexus One since March, and have got the upgrade bug for a few reasons:

1. bigger screen - 3.7" is too small for me. 4.3" would be ideal, but I need a phone on ATT because I'm due for an upgrade and I can sell the N1 for about what I'd get a new phone on contract on ATT.

2. better touch screen, the N1 has occasional (although rare) issues with touch screen accuracy, not to mention no true multitouch. (not really a problem, other than in an occasional game or rotating in some apps)

The additional upgrades, such as the rumored 1GB of ram and the upgraded cpu/gpu, are all icing on the cake. Hopefully it'll be compatible with Netflix's requirement for additional DRM on Android phones, and that's gravy on top of the icing on the cake.
[Nexus One General] efrant:
1GHz+ Dual core processor

3.7" display

1,024 MB RAM

850/1900 MHz 3G bands

Aluminum unibody design

At least 16 GB of storage (whether onboard, or available slot for expansion)

Better speakerphone

:)
[Nexus One General] gqkevyn:
Dual Core!

1GB Ram

3.7" (no larger than 4")

SD Card Slot *cough*

Non-plastic

Stock Android

I guess it's pretty much the same thing as the Nexus One but Dual Core and higher Ram. I'm hoping next year's Google's "baby" will be back to HTC (please don't make it Samsung or Moto)
[Nexus One General] utcarbs:
I know we're all excited about dual core but do you think Android will take advantage of it? Is the speed really going to be noticable?

I really just want dual core for the battery savings aspect and better gaming.
[Nexus One General] itay1:
You're almost guaranteed dual core will make battery life worse, not better.

For a dual core to be any better, the computation efficiency needs to have a sharper gradient than that of the power efficiency. Or else, running a single core for X time might mean less power than running 2 cores for Y time.

Besides, the reason i hate my nexus one is the abysmal touch screen. It gets confused ALL the F'ing time.
[Nexus One General] xyellx:
* 1gb Ram

* min. 8 GB internal Memory

* outside microSD Card Slot

* Audio Jack

* phy. TRACKBALL with notification (frozen bubble anyone?)

* sexy design like my N1 <3
[Nexus One General] xManMythLegend:
Like the N1 the use of a next Gen chip.

Comparable or superior camera/camcorder than iPhone.

SOME kind of colored notification system. Whether led or led trackball.

Min 4" screen preferably 4.3

HD display.

App storage...Touch screen...GPS/wifi/3g etc..batterylife.

None of those things should be an issue.

Give me at least 2-3 of the top portion...and all of Tue bottom I'd switch asap.
[Nexus One General] player911:
Hmmm

The Nexus One is near perfect.

If I had to upgrade I would consider the following:

Sexy Looks

1ghz Processor; probably Dual Core since that seems to be the direction we're heading

4" Max Properly working Super/Amoled Screen

Front Facing Camera for laughs

Enough Ram

Rootable Android

TrackBall or Smart Dpad

I LOVE the trackball on the Nexus. I have a BlackBerry Tour with an optical sensor and I hate it. While it DOES work, it lacks sensitivity and accuracy. Both gaming and office/texting/website entry all benefit from having a trackball. Selecting text on my Blackberry is a pain. Also using a full touch method blows chunks too, similar to the iApple and Android Web Browser method. It's hard to select JUST the text you want.

Other stuff should just work. Also a hot-swappable microSD card would be nice. Although I really never have to remove it using Android, the occasional pulling of pictures and stuff is faster to just pull the SD card = no phone.

Even though I don't currently use the Desktop or Car port, I think the idea of having such is great. I'm wanting a few Desk docks for my office and bed side but waiting on some good prices.
[Nexus One General] cu_ninja:
Honestly, I don't see any amount of hardware changes that would make me switch, that is until Honeycomb comes out. The Nexus, while having it's fair share of issues, is getting Gingerbread before even most new phones will get it and will run the new software just fine. So to me there's no point switching to any other phone except the Nexus S and that's only if you want the latest gadget/tech toy. I know alot of you guys drool over dual core but it's not like android is pushing 1st gen snapdragons to the limit yet. I'll let the software catch up to the current tech before I make a switch.
[Nexus One General] G0belet:
My dream phone? It'd have:

fastboot oem unlock

A trackball, or an optical one but with a rim that lights up (for notifications), a la E71

A processor speedy enough to carry day-to-day stuff, not necessarily dual-core

A LARGE /data partition (at least 1GB)

Working multi-touch

A keyboard (I got used to touchscreens for typing, but I still consistently type faster with my N900, even though I barely use it today)

At least triband HSPA/HSPA+ (900, 1700, 2100), like the Nexus One has, when I have to go to North America (I'm currently in Europe, and no, we don't only use 2100 MHz, we're slowly switching everything to 900 MHz)

Quality materials, like the N1 has

Basically, I want a Desire Z but easily unlockable by supported methods, and tri-band HSPA+. I know it's stupid to avoid the DZ because of the radio, but if I buy it in Europe with the right keyboard layout for my language (French AZERTY), I also want to be able to use it in NA.
[Nexus One General] androidlicious:
For me, it would have to be the camera and hardware of the phone (style). I don't really give a toot about processor speeds.

One phone that really fits my criteria is the Nokia N8 but, unfortunately, the software on that phone is terrible. If it had Android on it, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
[HTC Wings] Hakim Rahman:
it turns out almost everyone in the XDA-developers in mourning over his hard brick (suspended animation) theirphone!! :cool::cool: I became concerned and wanted to help them but what I myself experienced the same thing ... but at least I'm still trying to solve the problem together in this forum ... I hope there are still those who feel called to give his heart to a little light in this case !!
[Android Software Development] TulpiX:
Hello

I got the idea to write my own home screen replacement / launcher.

My problem is that I find information on the topic is sparse at best. Or I'm looking in the wrong places.

So my question is: do any of you guys have pointers? Information? How tos? On the topic.

Any help would be appreciated

Thx
[Android Software Development] benjymous:
You could start with the source to the stock version of Launcher, and just start fiddling with it to see how it works

http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Launcher.git;a=summary
[Android Software Development] seraph1024:
Go download the SDK and look under sample. Look for home. It's a good place to start.
[Android Software Development] TulpiX:
thx i will look that up then
[Epic 4G General] JettMartinez:
Does anyone know if there's an android music player that does on the fly volume leveling? That's probably a bit much to ask of the epic's processor, but I though I'd check.

I ran all my music files through an auto level process with my desktop tool (mediamonkey) but apparently it didn't take or I did something wrong, because the stock player just randomed to Metallica and blew out my eardrums. :eek:
[G Tablet Android Development] ch121s:
Has anyone been able to get this type of WIFI connection working on the GTab? My university campus uses this connection and I can't connect my GTablet on that WIFI
[G Tablet Android Development] prscott1:
Yes, I did (at my university) but I had to replace the settings app with the original (which also allows the soft button for settings to work fine). There are some issues with doing the settings replacement so use with caution.
[G Tablet Android Development] potissimus:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857939

See the above post for a solution.

Android 2.2 (which the G Tablet runs) can connect to such network configurations, but the tapntap user interface did not create menus to input the information.

The aforementioned thread allows you to replace the tapntap settings GUI with the standard Android one, so you can input all of your credentials. If you would like, the author of that thread also kindly provided a rollback so you can put the tap n tap settings GUI back on once you've configured the network.

Or you can wait until the Dec. 20 update from Viewsonic. I called their support about a week ago regarding this feature and they assured me that it was going to be in the update.
[G Tablet Android Development] ch121s:
Thanks guys!
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
Great news! At least we know it will be more than just Flash on 12/20.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legaleye3000:
I'm in South Florida and when I update weather or location in maps, half of the time it will say I'm in Wilson, OK. My dad just got the MT4G and his does the same thing.

Any ideas? Thanks. (We both have 2.2.1 and latest updates on everything).
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shlongwoodian:
How is your location being determined? GPS? Mobile networks?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legaleye3000:
Usually mobile network, but I think its happened with GPS too. However, once I need to get directions from Google Navigate, it gets the right location. But until then, my weather is wrong, latitude will be wrong, etc.. I usually keep GPS off until I need Navigation.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shlongwoodian:
That's definitely odd. Yeah, I keep my GPS off pretty much all the time - unless an app requests it on-demand. My weather is always found, perfectly. What's interesting is that it's happening on both your and your dad's phone. To me, that almost seems like the tower it's connecting to.

Shoot, it could even be a "bug" in the HTC weather app/widget that based on certain location data, it displays a completely different value (city). I'm only speculating.

If it was just your phone, I'd be inclined to say there is a hardware issue. I have had 3 MT4G's in my hands + my fiancee's and none of them have ever once experienced any issue such as this.

Possibly anything to do with the APNs (Access Point Names)? Check Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names. As far as I can tell, this is supposed to be set to T-Mobile Data.

Sorry I can't be of more help!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legaleye3000:
I know, weird. And we are on T-Mobile Data for the APN... Maybe it is the tower... ?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
I have the SAME issue, it isn't as drastic, but everytime I try to go into "Maps" application to search for stuff in my location, it "finds" me at a place I haven't been for like a week, however... again, as soon as I use my turn by turn, it locks onto where I am and gives me legit directions...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuzzmanmatt:
My MyTouch 3G did that, said I was on the other side of the state. It probably has to do with the tower you're hooked into, because mine would only do it at work, not at home.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kokesh:
Any ideas, if it would work? I think it can, I've seen some ports for Wildfire being made, so I guess that Optimus with better specs should be able to run it just fine!

Do you know of any plans to make 2.3 ROM?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] domenic_s:
Lets wait. It's possible I think and perhaps there will come an official update.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] DaemonAshra:
Well, Its working on the Droid Eris and the Wildfire which are both around the same speed and size of the LGOO, so im sure it will run well on this phone with a little OC. we can only wait to see how the devs piece a ROM together.