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[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
And you can't ask them not to?
[Nexus S General] Slapinfunk:
none were sealed... I saw them all in the cabinet.
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
Quite suspect. Thanks for sharing.
[Nexus S General] raeef:
Yup, I noticed this when I got mine, the 4 phones that were in the store were not sealed.
[Nexus S General] nxt:
No Nexus S is sealed or sticker seal. That's the way it is.
[Nexus S General] uansari1:
The Nexus One package wasn't sealed either.
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Maybe this explains the "white powder" some of us got. Idk. I noticed that to. Weird. Nexus One was sealed. Hmmm. Why WOULDN'T you seal any device.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Slapinfunk:
they probably have to update the packaing so much they dont seal them at the factory... my guess at least...
[Nexus S General] Slapinfunk:
The funniest thing, was the girl helping this other guy was like "You are going to love the 4G on this..."
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
What? Wouldn't it make sense for a production line to seal their products at the END? Why would you attempt to seal them mid-packaging? Haha

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] uansari1:
I bought my Nexus One on January 7th... the white package that the N1 was packaged in was not sealed at all. The top was snugly slid down onto the bottom, and had to be pulled off. The phone was wrapped in plastic though...
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
My N1 was wrapped. Just like an iPhone, for example.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
BBY is full of douchebags... men and women alike.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Slapinfunk:
all apps restored now...

The NoLED app isnt crashing like it used to so something must be different...
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Give it a chance man. Don't listen to all the bull****.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] ryude:
One thing I've found is that Android phones are very sensitive. Sometimes doing a factory reset solves ALL problems.
[Nexus S General] AdamHart612:
LOL!!!! Yeah Best Buy honestly probably doesnt change ****, seeing as their employees are too dumb. But my Evo was open as was my NS, and the sales douche messed with both before giving them to me. My preciousss...

I hate having to deal with them. Not only do they suck, but in my experience they actually try to scam you. Luckily I live a couple miles away from BB headquarters, so if they try any BS I just mosey on down and start *****in. Sorry poor receptionist, but it usually does the trick.
[Nexus S General] Slapinfunk:
First time I ever had to do a factory reset on an Android phone and I have had them all from the G1 till the Nexus ONE came out... kept the N1 for a year till the S...

It was really lame Best Buy couldnt see that my T-Mobile was authorized for an upgrade... So I am going to get what ever new phone comes out on T-Mobile for Free and flip it...
[Nexus S General] Lucas155:
Could you explain this a little better? I'm eligible for an upgrade on Tmobile and am no longer under contract. Can I get the Nexus S without signing a new contract?
[Nexus S General] kolyan:
You all should do factory reset, this made big difference in vibrant
[Nexus S General] barmanham:
For people bashing nexus S get over it. HTC isn't god's gift to man ive had alot of HTC phones and there is always something wrong with them.I got a mytouch4g few days ago and it comes with a craptastic screen changed it 2 times still the same thing. If you have a Nexus 1 or a Galaxy S why even get this phone? The plastic agruement is pretty moot for me the weight of the phone feels like the mytouch4g to me.Its pretty solid I like it better then the vibrant.No creaks at all If you already have a good phone like I said why go and buy another one for 500+ its not google's fault HTC sucks and they have nothing new to offer and send out so many defective units no wonder T-Mobile replaces phones like its nothing they hear about it all the time with all the screwed up HTC
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Yeah, if you buy it outright for $529+tax.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackjumper85:
It's all in the title.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noob_2010:
I remember seeing that, I think i saw that while trying to change my PRL(should of posted more info of how you got their) but when I saw it mines was unchecked I think. I guess it's best to keep it unchecked because if you are connected to the USB while in EPST mode some things may not be accessible....i dunno just a guess.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrcamposd:
Im using Fresh Evo 3.4.0.1 and check the little check mark. reboot. then i go back see if changes remained the same, but it turns out it does nothing. the check mark once checked is unchecked.
[Epic 4G General] S0ckM0nk3y:
Hello fellow XDA members. I'm in need of a little guidance. I currently have (please see title of thread) and I'm looking to flash the DK28 Froyo either through update.zip or Odin. If I'm correct when I flash this I will lose root? Will I also lose my kernel, or will that DK28 zip/tar file come with it's own kernel? If it does come with it's own kernel I wouldn't need to do anything but flash or update.zip the DK28 file correct? Or would I need to take my Phoenix kernel off? If so where do I find the stock kernel. I've searched and searched and sorry if I'm not seeing it and if someone could provide a link to it that would be great. If I do not need to do this and just go straight from what I have to DK28 that would be even better. The reason for me wanting to do this is that I have lost most but not all faith in Samsung/Sprint whoever is in charge of the 2.2 update (but that's for another argument not in here). If someone could please help that would be fantastic. Your help is always appreciated with me.

Thanks

Tom
[Epic 4G General] XtaC318:
Wrong section; post this in General please.
[Epic 4G General] S0ckM0nk3y:
will do my bad
[Epic 4G General] dangdang:
Check out this thread. It will get you dk28, root and some extras using odin.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853209
[Epic 4G General] dangdang:
For completely stock dk28 see this thread. This one also uses odin.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861253
[G Tablet General] rcastillomd:
I read this on the tnt lite thread and I was wondering how common is this? I read the instructions on how to get out of there but why does this occur? and is it a one time deal or a recurring theme?
[G Tablet General] xmr405o:
I have had a couple of bootloops but that was early on when I first rooted and installed CM ROM. Both times, re-partitioning the SD card worked.
[G Tablet General] rcastillomd:
patitioning the sdcard how do I do that? with what? and why?
[G Tablet General] ircactus:
I did it with clockwork. Saved my bacon. Note you will need a microsd to get things done. Once done I was able to mount usb again via clockwork and copy rom over to the freshly partioned sdcard. Problem solved. Tnt 2.4 will almost certainly put you into boot loops. Went with vegan. Been smooth sailing ever since.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salmanr86:
i just got a kingston micro sd 8gb class 4 card

previously i ran a 2gb unbranded card and it worked fun.

ever since ive started using the new card, the phone is hanging and it gives i/o errors in windows. its file systems are also corrupted sometimes. ive used all roms on it from miui to leedroid to rcmixhd, everywhere there is the same response

and with the 2gb card it works flawlessly

i checked the card with hd tune pro and it looks fine in the test

let me know how can i check the integrity of the card
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3722:
Run a checkdisk with repair option.

Another way is to backup all the data from it and then run a full (not quick) format.

Also install h2testw and test it with it.

http://download1us.softpedia.com/dl...aff/100149366/software/system/h2testw_1.4.zip
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Greets All,

I tried looking on google and here so I wouldnt have to ask, but nothing relating to my question came up with an answer I considered based on my question, so I'm going to ask here.

I know its been discussed that Haret.exe kills the Windows Kernel and boots into Android, thats fine. But what I wanted to know was a couple of things: At the point you run Haret.exe and the screen goes black to run Android, does the Android at that point depend on anything from Windows? I know someone on here said that some information gets mapped to certain memory locations that are used by Windows, but I didnt ask to see if that meant Android shares this info, or all out replaces it with what it needs.

And the second part of the question is, Before running Haret.exe what does Haret.exe look for from windows thats loaded before haret.exe can run? For example, I figured Windows would have to load the drivers to access the SDcard or obviously Haret.exe cant be loaded or Android cause it wouldnt know where to look. Im trying to find out What haret.exe (and/or Android) expects loaded before it can be run.

The reason for this is I am looking to try an experiement on my TP2 and I know I cant brick the phone, and want to run some ideas or tests to see if some of my theories could hold true. I can clearly tell you I am more of a windows expert opposed to linux/android, but its the art of learning that keeps my interests going.

Thanks for anyone and all that answer this.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
*Sorry Bump*

Anyone?
[Android Software Development] Flowah:
For example, when I select an option for a menu, or open a menu, to make it make a sound? I have these Metal Gear Solid audio files, for menu opening, menu 1, 2, 3, and I'd love to be able to incorporate them. I just feel like it'd be a really cool thing to have, kind of like different menu transition animations.
[Android Software Development] CyberWalrus:
Try adb pull /system/app/soundback.apk

Then decompile this apk with apkmanager, and replace the .ogg audio files in /res/raw/ with your own sounds, converted to .ogg format, making sure you first optimise them with apkmanager.

Then recompile the apk, push it back to /system/app/ and on your phone, go to settings-> accessibility and enable soundback

I haven't tested that, but I see no reason at all why it wouldn't work. Enjoy!
[Android Software Development] Flowah:
Awesome, I'll give it a shot! This is going to be so awesome if it works!

Is it possible to just install the apk? Like I would any other apk? Or do I have to adb push? Root explorer? (I pulled soundback.apk with root explorer. Can I push it back with it too?)

Edit: Okay, so I tried it. It doesn't work. Just force closes on me. I converted .wav to .ogg, made sure they were 2 channel, about the same file size, and 44100 just like the ones in the regular soundback.apk. But still problems. Any ideas? Do I need to sign it?
[Android Software Development] CyberWalrus:
Strange, as I said, cant see much reason why they wouldn't work. You could upload the sounds and I'll have a look myself, see If I can do anything.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loluog:
STill a little new to this But I'm pretty sure there aren't any threads on this.

BUT My question is what is the difference between gappsmarket and appslib?

One of my reasons for asking is because there are some apps for instance like K-9 Mail that are o nboth markets but different versions. The one I have from Gapsmarket is version 3.4 and the one in appslib is Version 2.403.

So if anyone has any reasons or explanations for the differences It would be very much appreciated.

P.S. This is for the Archos 101
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strongergravity:
gapps market delivers the "real" android apps market hosted by Google. Odds are, it is going to have the most current versions of apps, since it is used by 99% of android users.

Appslib (along withGetJar, AndroLib, etc.) are secondary markets that were set up by independent 3rd party's to deliver apps to:

a. people who can't access the official market (like non-hacked tablet owners)

b. people who want apps not found in the official market (like porn & questionably legal stuff)

c. people who bought an android device from a manufacturer that wants to limit what the user can have access to.

The 3rd party markets are usually updated slower & have less selection b/c the app developer so where most of the customers are first, and some may decide that the 3rd party market support is too much trouble.

It is like the delivery truck rolls into a small town & drops off 100 cases of batteries to WalMart. Then they have to hunt down the one mom-and-pop store in town, set up an account, do the paperwork , and then sell them 1 case (because that is all they can use/sell). Who would you deal with first?!?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loluog:
Thanks

Thanks Man appreciate it. Was just curious but that clears things up a lot.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strongergravity:
That's why i'm here...to learn for myself & pass it on to others. That's what XDA is all about.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loluog:
Yeah I know this site has helped a lot with everything. I joined when I got the HTC hd 2 then switched to the evo. Very helpful.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strongergravity:
Its made my Eris a much nicer device, too!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexM555:
There is another reason why certain tablet manufacturers like Archos do not provide Google apps like Android Market. I was told by an Archos tech support specialist that the A101 is not Android certified. It does not have all the required hardware features like a compass in order to pass certification and thus access officially to the Google Android marketplace. The A101 also does not have Adobe Flash Player certification yet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
I love everything about the G2 besides our video cam peformance... i used an Epic 4G and the video was night & day difference, i couldnt believe how nice it looked compared to our G2's.

I envy Epic 4G (Samsung Galaxy S phone) users and iPhone 4 users.
[G2 and Desire Z General] blunted09:
i havent actually had any issues with the 720p. The iphone 4 does record the best though. i wasnt too impressed with the sgs though.

SD card maybe?
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
Trust me, the Epic 4G in 720p was a night & day difference. I couldnt believe how smooth it recorded compared to my G2. My videos were slow & choppy @ 720p while the Epic 4G was smooth like an iPhone 4G.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sciphonic:
I've never seen another phone record HD video better than an iPhone 4. That being said, if you step down the quality on the G2 it actually looks pretty good. Also the macro on the camera is surprisingly good with adequate lighting.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
Youre kiddin' right? The G2's 720p recording at low light is horrible, which is a real disappointment!
[G2 and Desire Z General] sciphonic:
Kidding about what?
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
About the G2's quality... the G2 only does good in a decent lit place but at low light its horrible, just horrible man...
[G2 and Desire Z General] sciphonic:
I didn't even mention the 720p recording, but I agree it's below average in the current crop of smartphones. The thing is, all phones are pretty bad in low light so I don't think that's a good reason to hate on the camera. When I shoot outside with the G2 on lower quality it does look good, plain and simple.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ibemad1:
Meh, its a phone. I dont expect good HD performance from it. If i want good HD performance I'll use my full 1080p camcorder.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
Yeah i know what you mean, but it would be nice to have a phone that can record 720p like the Galaxy S & iPhone 4.
[G2 and Desire Z General] urfavoritemazn:
go get a freakin iphone then. wtf.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
Great, now we have a fanboy gettin' mad.. buddy, relax... just because i said the iPhone 4 records a better 720p video doesnt mean i think the iPhone 4 is better.

The G2 isnt perfect and im only pointing out the obvious. Smoke a blunt will ya?
[G2 and Desire Z General] icolorado303:
Im gonna second that the iphone 4 is the best
[G2 and Desire Z General] greengoldmello:
I hate when people do that. He doesn't want an iphone, he wants the g2 to step it up. :/

Anyways, another issue is the horrid codec they use.. I use my ipod touch to record videos because the sound quality is ten times better.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Blue1k:
Uh no it's not. Have you seen the quality of the Nokia N8. Blows away the IP4.

Low light is exceptional, dual mic recording, very high bitrate recording etc...

See here: http://vimeo.com/14903500

I think the OP has a point. If they are going to offer 720P then why not make a lens and sensor that is capable of producing a decent quality video.

Can you imagine if you took the quality of the hardware of a Nokia camera and combined it the awesomeness of Android?

I had the N8 and IP4 but I love the versatility of Android and had to come back. Telling people to go buy an iPhone is not the right reaction. Telling HTC to make a damn good camera for once is!
[G2 and Desire Z General] ibemad1:
YES ! I can imagine an expensive phone.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Blue1k:
Like the G2 is cheaper than the N8? lol

I don't mind paying for quality.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
Right, if you're going to advertise "720p video at 30fps!!!" then actually meet that quote. The G2 is one of the best Android phone out there so it's a shame that they can't even include a decent lens/sensor that actually records at 720p @ 30fps.

Not a deal breaker, but like i said it's lame to see a Samsung Galaxy S phone capable of doing it but we can't on ours because of some cheap ass lens/sensor/hardware limitation.

Oh and the audio quality is just horrible too - and yes i know, if i want HD video with good quality audio/video use a camcorder. But you know I paid good money for these new devices and they are advertising good quality video/audio so why settle for less? Unless you have a camcorder with you everywhere you go, your phone is sometimes the only option to capture events that maybe only happens once in a lifetime.

Just a thought.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nickbunyun:
Although I love the g2 I side with the ones saying video is kinda mediocre... G2 kicks butt in benchmarks and etc, so I was expecting video to be up there too.. the quality is iffy, esp don't like the bad audio quality.. to be honest it seems its like my G1 only in "HD"

I don't like to settle for less.. usually... but when other phones do a lot better.. eh.

However id take physical keyboard over smooth hd :P
[G2 and Desire Z General] geova87:
Just buy a camcorder!! :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
lol :rolleyes:
[G2 and Desire Z General] lthnnpwr:
Sorry if I'm resurrecting a dead topic.

But ditto, the video recording on my Desire Z is terrible. Well, it's very nice as long as you don't move it around. Just start moving around and changing lighting conditions - the fps drops fast as hell. And it's not even about recording - you can see it happening on the screen. I'm not talking about a bad picture quality, I'm talking about the actual lagginess of the video recording.

And to the ones offering to buy a camcorder - sorry, but no. That's why I bought this smartphone. I was expecting it to behave like all other decent smartphones. The video recording difference on this one compared to Galaxy S or iPhone4 is disgraceful. I could not believe how good the Samsung recorded the video, no matter how fast you move around or how dark it was.

So I was wondering, is it possible it's a software issue? Like bad camera drivers or whatever? (Yeah, yeah, hoping it's not hardware, this is pathetic). Has anyone noticed any differences with different firmwares? Is it worth trying changing the firmware (I'm on the original T-Mobile Froyo 2.2.1 I believe)?
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Some have reported that the 720p recording is a lot better in the new 1.72 ROM/OTA Sense ROM update from HTC. But BEWARE, this update is currently not rootable. If you already have radio S-OFF via gfree, you can upgrade to it, try it out, and though you will not have root you can then downgrade again if you want. But if you do not have radio S-OFF via gfree, if you upgrade then you will NOT be able to downgrade, and will not have root.

I am not sure if the Virtuous custom ROM has this same improved camera, since it is also based on 1.72.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
Hhmmm very interesting... We need the folks that are running the 1.72 ROM/OTA to come out and let us know if this is true or not. It would also be nice to see if the Virtuous ROM does indeed have this updated & improved camera app. Guess the only way to find out is to flash it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lthnnpwr:
Actually, I'm on 1.72. If I knew that I would not be able to root it once updated, I would not have done it. But the update came some time round Christmas, and I haven't been playing with the camera for a while now. Will try it out now.
[G2 and Desire Z General] blunted09:
The sd card that came with the phone didnt do so well for me so i bought a new one. after that its actually pretty good. try a different sd card maybe??
[G2 and Desire Z General] lthnnpwr:
Well, tried the camera now, with 1.72. Overall experience is most probably better. But still - it becomes laggy, when lighting conditions change, and it just feels like the phone is trying hard to calculate something. I might share a short example clip later on today.

Seeing how good the footage quality is in stable conditions, I can only think of software problems causing slight lags. If it was a hardware problem, it would be lagging all the time - but it is not!

As for the possible SD card slowness - I might try that, but I doubt it is the cause -- simply because I see the lag appear on my screen even when I am not recording anything. So I doubt it could be a hardware bandwidth issue.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
Yeah I feel you on that one, the recording really only lags when the lighting condition goes from bright & clear to dark. It's too bad because I see the Galaxy S line record perfect 30fps 720p videos at real low lighting. I pulled out my G2 and man I felt like I had a phone that was 3 years old with old software/hardware.

I hope there's a fix for this because I use my camera a lot to record videos, but since it sucks balls at night I don't even bother anymore.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tvdang7:
The video recording is better than my old phone but the camera is what i am mad at. The shutter speed is so slow in decently lit places like in doors. I used to have a moto zn5 which would take a picture in no time focused or not. Now all i have is blur indoors if i take non-posing pictures. Mind you that phone is 2+ years old. HTC needs to step it up.
[G2 and Desire Z General] victorinoxs:
I agree that the camera is terrible. Pictures taken are grainy as hell (compared to N1)
[G2 and Desire Z General] C.Flat:
My desire z's HD recording goes to **** (very low framerate) whenever a change in lighting causes it to adjust.
[G2 and Desire Z General] funkadesi:
Took this just now at work..... exposure was set to +1 and light was set to florescent.....

Its not bad.... what do yall think?
[G2 and Desire Z General] hypersonicx:
I agree the camera on the G2 is kinda low end when it comes to 720p. I had a Samsung Vibrant and a iPod Touch 4G about a month ago and I have to give it to the Samsung Vibrant for having the better video quality at 720p.

I mite actually trade my G2 in for another Vibrant. I might miss the keyboard though, but I have a lil girl who is 2 years old and recording vids and taking pics on the go was a + for the Vibrant.

Samsung has the down sides though. Like there file system which slows the phone down.

So I understand where the Op is coming from when he looked at a vid from the Galaxy S on Sprint. The Galaxy S on TMobile is just as good.