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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keinengel:
I never got permanent root, because I didn't want it. I did all the rooting, flashing radios/spls/recoveries and custom ROMs I'd ever need with my trusty old Magic. Now I'm trying to stay clean :D

I just needed temproot for TitaniumBackup and drocap2 - that's it. Don't need supercid, s-off or anything else - and that's what made Visionary so attractive. Too bad it's hit-and-miss.

My problem with rage was that I had root access from the terminal, but couldn't run those two apps without permanently rooting. Besides, I'm not quite sure how to unroot, should I ever need to. Would flashing the stock PC10IMG.zip from fastboot be enough? I see it overwrites most partitions, but would it also overwrite the radio config one?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buzmay:
Jut put the PC10IMG.zip in the root of your sd card. Then turn completly off the phone, and turn it on into bootloader (down key volume + power button), and the device shall recognize the zip.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrulri:
My A101 (2.2) sometimes gets unusable slow! I enabled swap (512M on SD Card) but thats not the point, /usr/sbin/audiomixer takes all the CPU, over 85% in "top" (using Terminal Emulator)

What happened here? :(
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstefan:
Hi!

I am facing the same problem on my A101.

/usr/sbin/audiomixer is using up to 95 % of the cpu. The device reacts with a very high latency to my inputs. After a reboot it works fine. I haven't done anything, no music playing, etc. I just put in the power supply.

I have looked into the logcat output via adb. I'll get the following warning nearly every second:

W/AudioTrack( 1214): obtainBuffer timed out (is the CPU pegged?) 0x17e18 user=00002000, server=00000000

killing the process or rebooting the device is not allowed within the adb shell.

I hope Archos will fix this soon!

Is there any official Archos bug forum, where we could report this issue?

Stefan
[Focus General] bgervin:
When I run the diagnostics app or dial ##634# I can get into the diangostics application, but when I try any of the codes nothing happens. Is there supposed to be a send button or something?

All I see is:

Diagnostics (ver .0929)

An area where the #'s typed show up, a -/minus button that deletes the last typed key

The numeric keypad itself (0-9, * and # keys)

When I type in codes, ie. #1234# - the numbers show up but no dialogs or anything is showing up.

Anybody see this? Thanks in advance

Barry Gervin
[Focus General] djca:
Did you enter * before #1234#? Try *#1234#

Sent from my SGH-i917 using Board Express
[Focus General] bgervin:
Yes thanks - I'm an idiot :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
This has been winding me up for a while. I don't post too often but read alot and there are many MANY users who quote an entire previous post to reply.

They even do it on the second post in a thread. Its not like anyone is thinking you're talking to someone else.

USE QUOTING FOR WHAT IT IS INTENDED FOR!!!

Rant over :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cicer0:
I agree.

Or at least shorten the quote if you think it's important to post it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Intratech:
Wotchutalkinaboutwillis?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
I don't know what he is talking about either, Intratech...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Alpha Trion:
AHHHHHHHH!!! can't stand the pointless quotes, I think the quote buttons should actually be removed from the forum.....;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
Ok maybe I walked into that one :-)

Im glad im not the only one.

Do we think its bad enough to come up with some sort of rule?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Nope!

I don't even think it's bad... the quot is in a different color, pretty easy to spot and "not read"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samga:
This kind of quoting is totally redundant and a waste of space. It makes threads longer and difficult to read.

You really should quote only the most relevant parts where it clarifies your answer, marking omitted parts with "(...)"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Auzy:
I'd rather people quote entire posts than not at all.. There are some people who jump into a thread and respond to significantly older posts without reference.

I'm more concerned that the number of people who are inventing their own outrageous claims (without evidence) and trying to shove it down others throats aren't even being told off by mods. It is effectively degrading the quality of discussions, because trolls win either way. With some of these trolls, some threads get closed because of flamewars, and there is no way to dispute their claims without causing one (some of the trolls are wrong).

Not going to name people, but for instance, there is at least one GPS "expert" going around thread to thread stating that Google maps is faulty and that the GPS is flawless. He is causing a flamewar on EVERY thread because he hasn't actually proven that it is faulty, yet, mods aren't warning him, requiring that he provides accurate evidence as requested by those in the community, and because it's clear he hasn't actually done sufficient research, there is simply insufficient information to make the claims
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
thats my main rant reason.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Billus:
We need quotes, just makes it easier to spot and understand the poster if they are replying to someone specifically (question, opinion etc) otherwise it seems that they are talking to themselves. Quotes are shown in a different color so there is no need to read it if you don't want to, pretty easy to spot.

On the subject of second posts. You should quote the person if your indeed replying to the OP's opinion, question etc otherwise it might seem that your asking for something else. Quoting, if done correctly, just makes it easier to read and follow a forum topic but each to their own I s'pose.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
The thing is darker, just don't read it!

As for the speed, is your mouse wheel that hard? And if you're on a smartphone, your finger will get all muscular and powerfull, pretty sure your girlfrind will enjoy! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
Your first point here does not make sense. Surely if its a second post in a thread it is obvious who and what you are replying to. The reason you are posting is to reply to something above so just following the conversation flow.

I agree with the second point. Quotes used in the right context are indeed useful.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
LOL :-D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] appelflap:
it would be the best thing to have a forum option to expand quotes automatically or to display them in a collapsed view.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Auzy:
Or even a half-collapsed view.

So show a maximum of 5 lines of the quote (and hide an images), and then have a "expand to see full quote".

Then there is still quick access to the complete context, things are clean, and the flow of conversation is maintained.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
You guys are coming up with some great ideas. Maybe the development of this app could include it in an update?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
I'd just like to raise this subject again due to the ever growing community here.

I find the problem is increasing to the extent that someone will post a long and valid post only to have someone quote the whole thing and put a +1 at the end.

Can we find another way to agree with people other than taking up huge amounts of space?

Maybe start the quote with a couple of lines, then ... to show it continues.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theduckking:
+1

:)You're right. There's a thanks button it's not really the intended use but if you agree with someone why not just thank him?

That's certainly better than the "quote all +1" approach

something other about form etiquette:

If you don't have anything useful and constructive to say: shut up

I'm getting tired of cynical replies to people who just desperately need help.

Seriously, if you're in a bad mood or find that question particularly stupid you don't have to answer.

Hating on others just ruins the mood for everyone....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiral.v:
I was really excited when I heard the rumours about the nexus S along with 2.3.

Now it's been released I am extremely disappointed. It is no different from the Samsung galaxy S, which in my opinion was not a good device to start with, with it's cheap plastic design, lag problems and GPS issues etc. They even dropped the SD card slot which was the final nail in the coffin for me. Didnt implement hspa+ and dropped the bluetooth 3.0.

:mad:

So for now i'll be sticking to my HTC desire with a custom 2.3 rom when it becomes available.

I suppose 2.3 comes with some welcomed features but we will have to wait till honeycomb to see the full UI update i guess.

What are your thoughts? Will the nexus S be your next device?

Let me know what you think.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greenstuffs:
I don't know but HTC is also full of problems too, i hope people realize that HTC uses cheap crap into their phones, the nexus one's awful touch screen, tiny speakers, dust under the screen, power button problems. I don't understand why people praise HTC so much i mean their warranty isn't stellar, having to send your phone for 3 weeks isn't very appealing.

Galaxy S to start with is already a better phone than the nexus one, the GPS works and everything works in the vibrant.

Your comment seems like from just another misinformed user.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap3604:
My thoughts are that people who complain about Google not releasing the phone of their dreams have missed the point of the Nexus S ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sassyness77:
I think:

No SD card= no problem, It's a phone after all guys, if you need music I would get an iPod, I use Pandora or groove shark anyways...I can't even fill my 8Gb card as it is!

Plastic Build= This is not a problem for me either because it's googles phone, i bet it will feel solid after all and I like the classy black gloss look so im biased anyways...:)

No HSPA+ = I don;t think many people are actually getting up to the 7mb anyways, but in the near future I think T mobile will be updating it to a whopping 21Mb so this is a bit upsetting but I only get edge at my house anyways so I'm okay with this too

This is the ONLY fully supported GOOGLE PHONE as of now remember. The nexus one is slowly dying :(

That's why I will have mine on the 16th!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekkitan:
Not sure why so many people complain about the Galaxy S line of phones. I have the Fascinate and I am not getting lag, the plastic case is plenty durable, my GPS also works fine.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sassyness77:
EXACTLY i held a fascinate and it felt so solid! I just don't understand it....and HSPA+? You can still get up to 7.2 MB, but that isn't good enough? I mean that flies on my Nexus one already! I dont need any more speed.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irishrally:
I think you should read the first post in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=867112
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
Why, I think Google ****ed up.....having Best Buy Launch it
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap3604:
Love it :D

It's amazing to me how Google could come out with "the best android phone to date" (Endgadget's verdict) and yet people still complain :rolleyes:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CraigP17:
would you have perferred WalMart?

lets keep it real, GOOGLE missed on the N1 because you couldnt walk into a national retailer, touch it, feel it, try it.

Best Buy Mobile is one of the best places to get a smartphone if not the best, they certainly have the most and best prices. rebates anyone? any retailer is going to have idiots who dont know what theyre talking about...trust me it would be worst in a WalMart, Shack, or Target for example.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiral.v:
I'm not praising HTC at all. I don't agree that HTC uses cheap crap in their phones. HTC's design and build quality is one of the best in the industry. I do agree no phone is perfect, Some HTC's do have problems like the lack of a good quality speaker and the multi-touch issues on the N1. However the new HTC line up looks promising such as the G2/desire z and desire HD etc.

When I was playing on my friends galaxy S I did notice the lag issue and GPS problems. To me the actual build quality seemed cheap. However I will say, great processor and internal hardware, with that gorgeous AMOLED screen. That's just my experience of the device.

I think you might be missing the point I am trying to make.

I wasn't expecting the phone of my dreams, far from it. My point is that the specs are almost identical to that of the galaxy S. With exception to the NFC and gyro of course.

The reason why expandable memory is a deal breaker for me, amongst other things, is the fact they are removing a feature, I know for some people this will be fine, but it reminds me of the iphone and how apple removes basic features, in their closed system.

The nexus S could have been great, but it was rushed for release just for the Christmas season.

Above all that here in the UK its going to cost a whopping £550 on launch day!

I think the nexus S will be fine for most, but there's nothing revolutionary about it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DKYang:
The last I heard about a "revolutionary" phone was from steve job's mouth. Just sayin. I don't think google is saying this is a revolutionary device. Nexus named phone just means its Google's baby.

Some people just have too much expectation.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raeef:
I don't agree on making a general comment like HTC rocks and Samsung sucks or vice versa.In gadgets world, you have to take each product and review it as it is. About build quality , I have a cheap Samsung slide phone and it has been taking some awful falls for a while, on hard floors and streets and although it's fully made of plastic, it amazed me how it's still holding up with just scratches and it's performing just like the first day I got it. There is no one device that can fit all people, everyone has something to look for in his phone. For me, NS fits me the most now. You might have some other specifications that you are looking for too, so this might not be your phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madcypher:
Couple of key points for me...

Not realy '****ed' up per se, just dropped the ball on a couple of points:

NO HSPA+= No purchase for me, my next phone has to have it (currently with HD2)

No HD video recording. WTF!? I'm sure someone will unleash it in a custom ROM or hack, but off the bat, just plain doopid!

I was almost there until I found out those 2 points. I'd rather get a MyTouch 4G.

Cyph:rolleyes:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan562:
google probably said "screw u htc for trying to make it harder to root"
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
What do you think you're going to do with speeds above 7mbps?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donniestarko:
No 4G, No HD Video, No SD Slot. These are staples in current cell phones. Is it that hard for google to put in a phone? NO PURCHASE.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donniestarko:
ever heard of tethering?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap3604:
Ever heard of trolling? :rolleyes:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiral.v:
My point exactly, why remove features??? And wasn't the fact that android phones have expandable storage, differentiated it from the iphone...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Exactly right. I'm not sure why google didn't have an sd card slot. Very disappointing :(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andyandrwew:
touchwiz blows, filesystem blows, internet sucks, overall the super amoled screen is truely the only thing people bought the vibrant for...

HTC isnt perfect but its a f*ck of a lot better than Samsung...because Samsung blows.

I have the N1 and my bro has the Vibrant. The day he got it, he asked me to trade with him and then begged and offered another $100

trust me...HTC does much better workk
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demo23019:
ignore that thanks and BTW you have no clue
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Dust under the screen is huge.... I have an HTC Hero (upgrading to the Epic) and it is ridiculous. IMHO Samsung has much better hardware than HTC, but yes, there were a few mistakes with the NS design (no sd slot)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zack_sparrow:
Matter fact, I'm using nexus one, this is such a ****.

I don't care ns don't have sd sort because out built by another company, not htc
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiral.v:
Well, I guess there is no such thing as the perfect phone.

Now that the Nexus S has been released, I think i'll be getting the Desire HD. At least, amongst other things, i'll be getting a sd card slot, HSPA+ and saving a massive £120.

Let's see what 2011 brings with honeycomb and the dual core ARM's :D.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenbeau:
I second that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!called 4 Best Buy stores and got different answers from all of them about the availability of the device. Their Best Buy FAQ customer call center just does not know!!!!!!!! They say one thing and than reverse that a moment later. confused: Which stores will actually have it and will it be sold off contract or just ordered for off contract no one seems to know:( UNBELIEVABLE. Goggle has really done it this time--Tied in with a Retail outlet that does not have a clue. What a cluster f**k.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superfrag:
DHD has poor battery life, washed out screen, and extremely poor sound quality.(Last part is actually common for phones having Qualcomm chips). Not to mention will get updates later than the Nexus S. If it's worth the money you're saving, good for you! :D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan562:
the nexus s will run with ext4 file system instead of rfs like the vibrant and a different hardware for gps.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demo23019:
I know you're anxious and excited as am I :)

But seriously how do you know they even have them to even give you a definitive answer? For one its the weekend and probably wont get shipments till earliest, tomorrow.

And even if they did have them they probably wont put into inventory till Tuesday or Wednesday so floor employees wont even know since they are not stocked items.

Not to mention its Christmas stores are hectic with christmas shoppers so they probably want to just get you off the phone and just tell you anything

Google gave a release date and so did bestbuy. All stores will most likely have stock Thursday. You guys are really making a mountain out of a mole hill

patience only 4 more day
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kubernetes:
The problems with the Galaxy S have almost been entirely with the software. You can see this with the custom ROMs that are already out--no lag, no touchwiz, etc. A Google-developed Galaxy S with Gingerbread and optimizations for the Hummingbird CPU? Yeah, I think it'll definitely set a benchmark.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
Sure, but have you or the guy I originally replied to ever used T-Mobile's network? In the heart of Chicago, you're still significantly under 7.2mbps as it is. Have you ever used an HSPA+ capable device and achieved more than 7.2mbps on it?

The point is moot altogether for anyone who doesn't tether anyway.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebauchedSloth:
Google didn't *&^*&^ up, this is exactly what they wanted.

It's a gaming phone. It's designed to showcase Android as a gaming platform.

What's the major beef with Android right now? Lack of games. Who is having issues with the platform? People writing games, like Rovio. So what is new here?

* Low latency audio.

* Ability to write full on native applications

* Much faster event dispatching

* 32-bit native rendering paths by default

* Concurrent Garbage Collector - low lag.

* Support for Playstation buttons

And what about the device? What did they choose?

* The best available screen.

* The fastest mobile GPU

* They added a 3-axis gyro.

* They dropped the SD card and replaced it with ample, FAST internal storage, so games can depend on it.

* They fixed lag issues, etc.

All make sense, if you want games.

I think it's a coincidence, but also note that this is release G, Gingerbread.

Games.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onthecouchagain:
I was vocally critical of the Nexus S since its announcement - and part of me is still disappointed particularly by the lack of HSPA+ support - but I am beginning to change my mind.

Now, how do I conjure up ~$600 bucks? Hm.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap3604:
Two words:

Street

Walking

Might actually be worth it for the Nexus S ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ma2k5:
Relating to the issue Engadget mentioned, about the screen missing presses - having to repeat them; I decided to watch some videos of the NS being used and I have noticed this happen a notable times, even for just sliding through the screens. This isn't good because I don't even have this problem as frequently on my N1 and it has all sorts of screen problems.

Is this because of the curved nature of the phone? Did they change something to make it less sensitive or otherwise miss these touches? It is hard to watch all these touch misses, it is frequent enough to be annoying.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueScreenJunky:
The lag problems are a software problem, which won't be on the Nexus S since it's using stock android.

Do you know for a fact that the GPS problems haven't been fixed ? Seems to me like Samsung were already trying to fix it on the SGS so they know about the problem, I don't think they'd release another phone with the same issue.

As for BT3, I think some users complained about it on the SGS, but I don't use BT so I wouldn't really know.

For me the only problem is the lack of SD card (I would probably never use it but it's good to know it's here if you need it.) and the build quality... On the other hand, if it had been an HTC device we wouldn't have the super amoled screen so maybe it's worth it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demo23019:
Not sure how many of you actually have a galaxy s phone, or are just getting your "facts" from old vids..ect

But Ive had one for past 4 months so i have plenty of hands on experience

The lag issue, GPS and even compass was resolved on galaxy s phones a while ago

It was all software issue not hardware.

Allot of people complaining are still using old firmware or just dont understand how satellites move and are not stationary just because you get a quick lock one day or earlier in the day doesn't mean it will as fast the next time...ect

so they think they have faulty GPS. Granted some might actually have a faulty GPS but if this was caused because galaxy S phones were defective then everyone including myself would have this problem which isn't the case.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krumb:
this thread makes me lolz.

look, i've owned the n1 for the past year - i've loved it. all the issues with the n1 that some of you made such a big deal about, i would rarely find that they affected my use of the phone. and i consider myself a bit of a phone geek, regarding useage, etc.

i'll be first in line for the nS. i'm excited for the new hardware...i don't care much about the lack of an sd slot - i currently use a 16gb card, and have about 7gb not being used; i don't care much about the lack of h+, as my current speeds (4-5m) are sufficient as i don't tether (often) or download torrents, etc (thanks for jacking up our unlimited plans, asses!); i don't care about plastic casing vs metal...

just saying, some of you and your expectations...wow.

looking forward to enjoying the phone at the end of the week.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sshtac:
^^^ agreed
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
Is it just me, but do the Galaxy S phones feel soo much lighter than an N1 when in reality they arent really too much lighter