yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
True, at the moment. Considering the push that Tmobile (all carriers) are making toward "4G" for 2011, this should gradually become a disparity.

Edit: I suppose a better example would be people saying "no one really needs to shoot in 720p" for 480p video. And according to another member, the lack of HD recording is due to hardware, so if true, no software update in the future will ever "enable" 720p. This is vastly disappointing, and saying no one "needs" 720p doesn't abate it.
[Nexus S General] Capt-CDD:
What is the back story of Google/Sammys partnership? Do you have a link I would love to hear or read about it.

And no the "curved glass" Banana phone thing left me cold as well.
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
I created a thread to talk about it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863837 It is musing and speculation, so I don't have any particular link to a story, but it's what I gathered from culminated readings about the Nexus S in the past 5-6 months, or so.

To my OP in that thread, I want to add that it's become clear that Samsung didn't have their dual-core processors and HSPA+ capable processors ready in time for the Nexus S (again, inferred from various stories about Samsung wanting to use Tegra 2, that their Orion dual-core not ready nor optimized for Gingerbread, Orion only began production late 2010, etc.).

I don't think there is any mystery left regarding why Google/Sammy didn't include dual-core and HSPA+ capabilities in Nexus S. They simply weren't ready, and when faced with the "Gingerbread" deadline, we got the Nexus S. I'm not sure if I feel justified spending $580 dollars to let Google/Sammy get away with this, especially compounded by the [new and continuous] complaints. Of course, everyone values things differently.

I'm going to wait until CES to see what's on the horizon. We're really at a brink in mobile technology, and I can't help but feel that while the NS is the culminated success of Android so far, it represents the end of an era.
[General Questions and Answers] johnael7:
My T-Mobile G2 is perma rooted, so I followed these instructions to overclock it (on youtube search "overclock tmobile g2" its the first video by blackprince310, i cant post links since im a new user) ...the only part i didnt do is the temp root part since mine is already perma rooted...so when i run linpack it goes up to 50 MFLOPS, but if i stop using it for a while when i go to test it again it scores lower than 20!, mostly 14 MFLOPS...so its actually making my cellphone slower, is there another way to PERMANENTLY overclock it? a way to overclock it without having to test it to see if its still running fast, i wanna trust that once i overclock it, its gonna stay like that
[General Questions and Answers] dfgged:
If you leave a phone overclocked, the battery will drain extremely fast. I'm guessing you're using setcpu. The reason it's slow is because setcpu scales down the processor to help battery life, also the temperature can get high. I haven't watched the video, nor do I have a G2, but this is most likely cause from what I read. Don't worry, your phone should speed up as it is needed. Something similar happens with my Continuum.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Rencx:
Just today get new phone Vodafone 845 it have 5 buttons.

Call | MENU | middle | Home/Back | Drop

And the problem is that....

Menu button works like call button so I have now 2 call buttons. Also the same problem is with Home and Drop button. I cant go back in apps. And this al is with official ROM from Vodafone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ahlidap:
well... I think the better to do is to send it to warranty...

Seems an HW problem...
[Nexus S General] alnova1:
I was wondering if anyone has had a Fascinate that has now purchased a NS? I was thinking of buying a NS but was wondering if it would really be a step up from the Fascinate....especially no 720 video for the NS. I'm sure if my Fascinate wasn't rooted it would be but I'm rooted and debinged and all of that crap...also have gps fix and that's not a problem either. Just wanted to buy a new toy but if it's not really an upgrade I think I will hold off. Any input would be appreciated.
[Nexus S General] JeepBeep:
I just came from the Tmobile Galaxy S, IMO if you have the $$ to upgrade it is worth it, the phone feels much more solid. Other than the jump in OS there arent to many difference (front facing camera ect.) But I am def. Happy with the upgrade. Now just setting it up for my taste.

Hope it helps a little.
[Nexus S General] Zorachus:
Speaking of the Fascinate, I do like some of those trippy live wallpapers that phone comes with. Is there a way to get those files and install on the Nexus-S yet ? And how do I root this phone ?
[Nexus S General] alnova1:
Yes it does..thanks for the info. I might just wait but on the other hand I always have 30 days to return it if i don't like it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbrazee:
ok i feel really dumb asking this but i cant figure it out. but any ways how do i edit the 3 icons at the bottom of the screen, other than dragging an icon over it. i need it reset or something i lost the one that takes you to all your apps and cant seem to get it back. please help
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t3project:
LOOK HERE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=851834&highlight=adw+guide
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clobber:
Hey,

I just upgraded to the new Google Maps 5.0. I don't see anything different. I dont see the compass or any of the two finger swiping stuff. I'm on Android 2.1 stock. Are certain features only available on Froyo etc?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdavis:
I'm using a froyo rom, and the 3d stuff isnt working here
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcero:
I'm using elelinux 2.2 (froyo) and if u go to Manhattan for example and zoom in you see 3d-models of the buildings (street map).

The 2-finger-rotation is not working for me either
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpha124:
yea same here... I think they've region-locked the feature :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecurran:
Mine doesn't even seem to do the vector smooth zooming. It's still blocky when you zoom in like in the old one. What's going on? :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lohtse:
same here.. mays well have saved the data from the download...4.70 was as good 5 is so locked why bother pushing it??? nothing new unless have latest devices...
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taknil:
Son: I am disappoint!

You promess new goodness and then it's not for us.

No real changes, 3d Buildings look a bit more angled in maximum zoom level.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lohtse:
you get 3d builds????HOW!!!!!????
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacaronyMax:
I've got them too, I just cant angle it using 2 fingers down the screen :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jed2191:
It's not region-locked. I'm in the UK and my mate has a Desire HD and can do two-finger rotation easily on Google Maps 5 (Sense/Android 2.2), not sure about 3D Buildings though (maybe only in San Francisco), maybe it's locked to devices that don't have a high enough graphics/processing power?

EDIT: Saying that, it doesn't work for me either. Both on RCMix2.2b (Sense/Android 2.1) and FroydVillain 1.7.2.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanti:
Nothing for me either. Wasn't expecting 3D but at least the vectors would be nice. I guess they just put a bar on hardware and said "below this and we just don't give a shoot about any of the features. buy new hardware ffs you'r fone is like a year old c'mon get with the program!" :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calico5:
Could you give us a few more details as how you got it?

How do you enable it? from the menu? You have the GSM Hero? What ROM are you running? etc etc

Many Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacaronyMax:
Yeah I have a GSM Hero (I live in the uk lol) ;)

Um.. And are running a lightwieght version of FroydVillain, I've also got the new market if thats makes a difference and simply updated maps earlier today, and when ever I zoom in close on a city.. Tada 3d buildings appear :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacaronyMax:
Found this post in the Zee section :p

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9865111&postcount=6
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calico5:
The compas icon just takes me back to my current location! Do you have any additonal layers applied to the map?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geochelone:
There are indeed 3D building in the latest Google Maps on HTC Hero.

Attached is the screen capture somewhere in NYC.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wallimo:
My hero has 3d buildings, in another topic someone suggests installing the latest street view to get it working, not sure what that has to do with anything. But i did it and it seems to have worked. For me unless I've gone over the screen in a certain zoom and do this multiple times the map won't zoom seemlessly. I am in China and I got the google maps 5.0 from xda. Running stock 2.1
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kernal panic:
3D buildings have been available in Google Maps for ages now. 5.0 adds the ability to tilt and turn them round. The Hero doesn't appear to allow either of these.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flemmard:
I'm using Cronos (Eclair) and 3d buildings are working ..

Slide down the screen with two fingers is working, not rotation.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcs333:
has anyone got compass rotation?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wapz:
Well, very interestingly on Google's site it says the G2 is fully supported with the two-fingers for "panning, zooming, tilting, and rotating gestures", as Google describes it. There are no hardware differences between the GSM Hero and the G2 are there?

Can somebody potentially figure out a trick to enable these functions like demonstrated in this Google video? It looks great!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eeVoskos:
I believe that when they say G2, they mean this one and not our poor little hero. I don't think it will be ever supported for panning/rotating/tilting. 3D buildings look kind of nice though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcero:
Is Google Navigation in 5.0 working for you? It starts up but when i enter a destination and won't finish loading. In 4.7 it works fine. I tried different things, for example removing the system app and install it completely from market and after wiping dalvik

I'm running 2.2 stock final from elelinux.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcero:
Hm now its working, I think.
[Desire General] poqueque:
I have an HTC Desire not rooted.

Today I received an Android update. It said it was updating Android Market. I accepted the update, downloaded and installed.

After installing, when booting, I have a Force Close error on HTC Sense, looping, so I cannot do anything with my phone.

I have think on hard reset, but I guess I'm loosing all contacts, sms, and so... which I cannot afford.

So, it is something I can do?
[Desire General] 3722:
Download the update again.

http://www.shipped-roms.com/downloa....2-2.10.405.2_R_P_release8gn61bgo3rswcw24.zip

And flash it manually from recovery.

i.e., rename it "update.zip" , put it in your card (not in any folder) , turn off phone, turn on + holding volume down , select recovery , hold volume up and press power button , select "apply sdcard:update.zip"

Probably if you clear the data of the "HTC sense" system app it will be working again, but in your situation it's not possible.

You may do it if the above works.
[Desire General] poqueque:
The file you linked seems to be for a HTC Bravo... Is it safe?
[Desire General] Popenda:
Idea and a easy way/process.

Well as said above. You can try that option or download 2.29 Ruu file from shipped-roms.org. If i were you i would find a backup app that could transfer your contacts and other stuff.

The easiest way you could do to get to stock rom 2.1 android rom that the desire was bought with and then try to update to android 2.2 rom version 2.10 to get to as your phone was before. But that will probably loose your contacts and other important stuff. Its a windows tool. I just used it because of the 2.29 small android market update that i think isnt perfect to get back to stock rom version 2.10.405.2.

This is the link:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=768256

I suggest you find a backup app or tool for contacts and stuff before doing other things first. :)
[Desire General] 3722:
The codename of the "desire" is "bravo"

It's safe and easy.
[Desire General] poqueque:
I cannot install anything. Is there a way to backup if I cannot start the desire?
[Desire General] poqueque:
The recovery option with the update.zip will reset the contacts, sms and other stuff?

Thanks
[Desire General] 3722:
No.

You are just reapplying the update.
[Desire General] poqueque:
It worked!! Reinstalled the update and now it's working fine!!

Thanks so much!!
[Desire General] 3722:
Nice.

Don't mention it ;).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T3hPWN:
This is screen shot from engadget of the dell Thunder im just curious about that widget/Launcher thing anyone have an idea? hope fully not part of a custom UI. I cant seem to find any info about it via Google search
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruki_Uki:
Hmm what phone too lol. Seeing its from overseas I'm going to guess it could be a lot of things, maybe its a feature they have and we don't, maybe its a feature we will see in an update. But I too am curious. It almost looks like it belongs in Sense, but that phone isn't running Sense.

Sent from my EVO's 4G :) You?........I thought so
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T3hPWN:
Yeah thats actually the DELL Thunder every time i Google that damn phone i keep seeing different pics with different interfaces and pretty damn sweet widgets im going to look for the dump and see what i can extract (if i can find it that is)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruki_Uki:
Those damn overseas people never like to share their fancy sweet ideas with us :P

Sent from my EVO's 4G :) You?........I thought so
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T3hPWN:
Man looks like this is actually old :-( here is a link to the DL BY Magnus

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=831436&highlight=dell+stage
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackjumper85:
I think it is called Dell Stage UI
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cesarcerros31:
Yes it is dell stage its a nice launcher

Sent from my soon to be gingerbread evolution 4g
[Epic 4G General] shaolinmastr:
5.0 if available in the market
[Epic 4G General] travo:
Worked really well, then froze.

Was awesome about the first 4 minutes of use, looked at downtown Houston in 3d, zooming in, panning, spinning around 3d sky scrapers, then Freeze, and a buzz from the vibr motor. Left it alone for a minute, it did not become responsive, did a reboot.

When it came back online, my battery went from about 80% to 20%.

I'm hoping it was a fluke, charging my battery now, will try messing with it again later.

I'm running the 2.2 update, and I'm rooted.
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
I did the same, no problems tho. My only difference is that I'm not rooted. Runs really nice and smooth. It's pretty impressive to show off. You do have to zoom in pretty close to get the 3-d buildings to pop up tho.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Is map rotation with multi touch or the new compass mode working for anyone? Mine refuses to rotate either way.

Sent from my wrist watch calculator
[Epic 4G General] ydoucare:
Map rotation with multi-touch works good for me. Stock DK28 rooted.
[Epic 4G General] sgunther:
I got "Compass Mode" working on my Epic 4g by zooming in on my current location, two finger gesture from top to bottom to enter 3d mode and then press and hold on the location/compass button in the top right. My phone asked me to wave it around in a figure eight to calibrate the compass and then it worked.
[Epic 4G General] decalex:
May be a stupid question, but have u "activated" it? 2 fingers, swipe down.

It doesn't let u rotate and zoom simultaneously, and looks like it's only 2 point multitouch. Awesome upgrade regardless (so far).

Edit: doh, poster above beat me to it :)

Sent from the future.
[Epic 4G General] ferite:
Mine froze also after a couple of minutes playing with it. Had reboot to get it back. I am running stock 2.1.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Got it. Thanks!

Sent from my wrist watch calculator
[Epic 4G General] lepapirriky:
Same here, mine frooze but now its running smoothly. I tried to replicate the same scenario and nothing happened and I didn't got any probem with my batt.

Sent from Maxwell's shoe.
[Epic 4G General] Arion02:
It worked great for the first 5 minutes. I tried the "my location" feature and the app froze. I can, however, press the home button and it eventually gives me the option to FC. I've tried it 5 times now with the same results every time... :mad:

Stock 2.1
[Epic 4G General] fooo1:
Some faq on their help page says rotate only works on phones with 2.2. It didn't work on my 2.1 phone.
[Epic 4G General] ultra78721:
Running fine here no freezes....not rooted

Thanks for the heads up on maps 5.0

EPIC 4G
[Epic 4G General] shaolinmastr:
Works fine on mine.
[Epic 4G General] jzh797s:
Where is the 3D view?
[Epic 4G General] decalex:
Look up like 5 posts

Sent from the future.
[Epic 4G General] jirafabo:
The change in battery percentage has nothing to do with Maps. That's just a common problem with Android. You'll notice most times you reboot your phone it will come back with a crazy drop in battery. It's just a well known error and you can run it down for a lot longer than if you were really at that percentage.

For instance I had this happen after a reboot today (to install a .zip via clockwork recovery). It went from 45% at 8:00, rebooted after the flash, booted up as being at 13%. BUT, it's been sitting on 13% since then and its now 11:15, and i've used it for about 45 minutes during that time.

Just flashed a few more .zips in recovery (it's 11:45) and my battery came back on at 15%. Gained two percent! Sweet!
[Epic 4G General] jirafabo:
Gotta zoom in a good bit and generally be looking at a downtown area. Dowtown orlando showed up in 3d but a big hospital about 5 miles from downtown didn't show in 3d at all.
[Epic 4G General] junitosoto:
it does not work on my phone why?
[Epic 4G General] jirafabo:
Are you rooted and running Android 2.2? (froyo)

it won't work on 2.1
[Nexus S General] swehes:
So how is the GPS working on the Nexus S? That is my question for the day. :)

MODS: Did not see the initial thread. Why? Because I posted in the wrong sub-forum. Please delete this one. :)
[Nexus S General] mmas0n:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875575

Some people seemed to be having some trouble early on, but mine locked to 5m on the first try in just a few seconds.
[Nexus S General] mcosmi:
My GPS in NYC is rock solid. Much better than my EVO performed. Also, on a side not, the evo's compass sucked bigtime in nyc...not sure if it was the phone or the city interferance..but the Nexus S does not have that problem either. This phone is AMAZING, and the new MAPS ROCKS!! My poor nexus one is jealous.
[Nexus S General] formuk:
It's perfect.

Dallas, TX.
[Nexus S General] SphericalPuma:
Mine was jumping all around the place at first sometimes off by 200+ feet, but now it locks on to 6-8 satellites with ease.
[Nexus S General] cyco1978:
have you updated google maps for some reason i got mine like 8am after i updated the google maps it looks on with no problem
[Nexus S General] KROMO50:
I am using internet2.voicestream.com I have the $5 plan. This is the same plan I use on my N1.
[Nexus S General] tks989:
nice to see this still around. used it back on my wing and iphone/ how fast is it?
[Nexus S General] KROMO50:
3299down 1012 up i am in dallas
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reboot24:
Hi,

I hate to start a new thread but I don't know where to go from here.

First off; I am having issues with the market not downloading anything, the files go to the download folder and say downloading forever. I am unable to download anything.

Secondly; I try to add my gmail account to the email app and it says "setup could not finish, unable to open connection to server." However I am able to add the gmail account to the gmail app.

Both were working before I flashed my Captivate using I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 and then rooted it with SuperOneClick. I have flashed it a few times thinking that it could of been a bad flash, but always the same result. I have tried to access the market and email before rooting and still the same result.

I have sideloaded ROMmanager and was hoping to load a new rom that may fix the issues however ROMmanager will not flash ClockworkMod Recovery. I click it and a download bar appears for a split second and then nothing.

I am at my wits end trying to solve the issues here.

Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot!

:confused::confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oriongaby:
Backup your data, and do a master clear using I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.exe. Reinstall the ROM afterwards. I hope it helps.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reboot24:
Thanks for the quick replay.

I have tried that a few times already. Any other ideas
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reboot24:
I've read a lot of solutions to the market issue saying to log in to google talk. Yet when I open talk it simply says could not connect to server. will retry shortly.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palmetto_X:
Same here

+10
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Experiencing this same bug right now. Any advice?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Download this

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=464425&d=1292362952

This is the update zip created by rom manager. Save to your internal sd. Use three button to get into recovery. Reinstall packages, boots to same screen. Reinstall packages. Boots into clockwork. You can flash a rom from there
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Solved the problem.

Do a factory reset through the menus. Once it boots back up, open the market and proceed to add your google account that way.

Worked perfectly for me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jrob2k:
I just wanted to ask if anyone knew where Google Maps 5.0 Cached its map data. (Phone or SD Card) basically asking because i've been taking trips up to the mountains (4 hour drive) and last time i tried to use my phone (Captivate) as GPS for the trip, at about the 3hr mark i began receiving low memory warnings and my phone began turning away text messages and doing all of the other funky things they do when running low on program memory. the only way i knew to remedy the problem was to restore from a previous back up (clearing the google maps cache and installing google maps didnt work). i just wanted to know if maybe Google Maps 5.0 downloads the map data to a different location or has an option to avoid this. sorry if this has been posted else where, i did a search and came up with nothing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AndyCr15:
I was wondering the same, as I'm wondering if anyone can provide the complete cache's?

Wouldn't it be great if we could download areas in advance!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] m16:
I'm pretty sure its stored on the SD card, where I'm not sure.

I put my phone into disk mode, and the cache when down to 4B, I had to force stop the app to get it to go back to my previous cache, which was 27MB after ending disk mode.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ties:
sdkaart/android/data/com.google.anddroid.apps.maps/cache ..i believe...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nraudigy2:
Is it possible to back up those caches?