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[Desire General] pms:
Additionally The Samsung customizations are absolutely terrible ... They just destroyed android... I have tried one and for instance the Samsung application that replaced "people" is much much worst than the desire one...
[Desire General] ste1164:
If you plan to go on a lot of 3D games like the gameloft ones the galaxy s much better. Also the super AMOLED screen is probably one of the best out there.
[Desire General] jul644:
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yes humming bird is better for graphics than snapdragon as snap dragon is over a year old now while humming bird is 6months old
[Desire General] vnvman:
Imho the devs working on galaxy s roms are not as good as the ones we have involved here. Also the gorilla glass is a lie: it gets scratched anyway, check youtube yourself if you want. Sure galaxy s works better for games, but it needs a lag fix or it will become really sluggish...on top of that samsung is really bad in terms of user assistance and rom updates. I trust htc way way more and i don't care too much about games, hence why i picked the desire. My 2 cents...
[Desire General] erklat:
+1.

Samsung has better battery though, but Desire is clearly a better device. And between 8GB of internal storage and SD slot I would opt for SD.
[Desire General] Lothaen:
Samsung TouchWiz looks fairly ropey to me - HTC Sense is nicer.

Samsung GPU is better than the Desire's - Samsung if you want to play heavy games.

Samsung's casing is lighter but plastic compared to Desire's nicer, but slightly heavier finish.

Two users that I know with a Galaxy S said they _needed_ the lagfixes on it - while four users of desire haven't needed anything of the sort.

I think the battery life is neither or nor there - my phone lasts about two days between charges - so does the galaxy S from what I've heard - think it depends how you use it.

I'm sticking with my Desire :)
[Desire General] bailz2506:
feel like putting in my 2 cents as well.

Love the look and feel of the desire,galaxy just felt budget.

I wont ever buy a phone that doesnt have an sd slot (sorry apple)

Choosing between screens is a bit nit picky isnt it...can you really tell that the desire has less pixels or a less sharper image? come on get your microscopes out.

After i got my desire i tested it next to a galaxy in the store and pic quality was better on desire, also speed was better.

I think i have a thing for sense it works for me.

For someone who was previously a samsung fan for my last 7 phones (after nokia went to that rubbish symbian thing) i have to say desire hands down
[Desire General] Nitin985:
Desire or desire hd, the hd has similar graphics to the Sgs and a better CPU
[Desire General] aaa:
I want to add something here.

Galaxy S is not something you want to compare with the normal Desire.

Galaxy S belongs to a younger generation which is obvious better, Desire is also much cheaper than Galaxy S.

If you want to compare than compare Desire HD and Galaxy S.

I prefer to have a Desire HD instead of Galaxy S.

Reasons: Sense HD is way more beautiful than TouchWiz. trust me on this one. I have flashed the ported Touchwiz on DeFrost...pheeeewwwww...I wanna puke seing the Touchwiz UI...but this is only my personal taste tho'
[Desire General] LocoMan57:
Of course you're right, but this isn't the topic...

To add something, do you think the hardware of the Desire will last 1 year and half or more ? I wish it would not become obsolete... :)
[Desire General] aaa:
It is very difficult to say...if you pay attention to the smartphone development this year, you can see that the technology advances mega rapidly.

There is already news about the existence of dual-cored smartphones somewhere next year.

I think, even Galaxy S and Desire HD will be strongly out-of-date if the news are true, not to mention the normal Desire which is already older.

The question of the term obsolete is therefore going back to you, how often do you want to get a new cellphone, how much are you willing to pay for it and what are you going to do with the phone.,

For me, I am planning only to use my normal Desire (bought 2 months ago) until the dual-cored smarties are available on the market. I will consider that my Desire is obsolete at that time.
[Desire General] rafi300:
I appreciate all you're opinions ..

I have researched alot into the galaxy S and desire is for sure better built quality .. But the samoled and hummingbird with the gpu inside tells me to gt galaxy S .. But than the ppl say lag and gps stuff .

I m all for rooting and modifying my phone to the fullest with developer refined roms .. Would the darkys rom and newer voodoo kernels fix all this problem of stock gps and lag problem ?

I m also more leaned towards galaxy due to the fact that Googles newest Nexus S is v similar in hardware to the galaxy S .. So there will b a big spike in development in upcoming months is what I think ?

I may be wrong ..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Kevlar-:
or something similar to CM6.1... Every ROM ive tried has a bunch of extras that arent really needed.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootnik:
Try Doc's "Less is more". While it is i9000 based, it is probably the cleanest rom out there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=856561
[G Tablet General] rdbwpb:
One of the application I really enjoy on this tablet is Autodesk Sketchbook. Sketchbook ran fine on stock TNT and on TNT Lite however when I went to Vegan (now on beta3b) it started to fail. The program runs fine but the canvas only fills 1/4 the screen. This is regardless of the zoom level.

It's as if this program sees the screen as 4x it's size or such. If I do a sketch on the 1/4 screen, save it and load it on my phone it's fine. I've tried reinstalling, clearing cache and clearing data for the application but nothing works.

Any ideas on this?
[G Tablet General] OrdeS:
how did u get it to work in the first place?

I could never find it on the market, or the market with improved fix either.
[G Tablet General] rdbwpb:
I bought it for my captivate and used Titanium Backup to move it. It worked well under TNT Lite. Very fluid brushes and very fast. If I can't get it working on Vegan I'll move back.
[G Tablet General] SpinKix:
Same here

I wasn't able to find Sketchbook on Market until I flashed the latest vegan 4 p14

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859884&page=124

The new pre-installed Market had sketchbook.

I'm having the same 1/4 screen canvas problem also.

Funny how all the controls are correct on the screen, but the canvas isn't.
[G Tablet General] rdbwpb:
I just tried a program called phone speed test. It puts 50 fish on the screen to test graphics. It does the same thing as sketcher. It only uses about 1/4 screen. Not sure what that means but it's consistent....
[G Tablet General] KorbenD:
Go into Spare Parts and uncheck compatibility mode at the bottom, then reboot. This got Sketchbook working full screen for me.
[G Tablet General] SpinKix:
Works!

THANK YOU!!
[G Tablet General] rdbwpb:
Thank you very much that did the trick.....rb
[Nexus S General] cesierra:
It is a fact that the native internet calling client on Android 2.3 only works via wifi.

There must be a way to override this limitation and make it work via 3G. Are there any devs working on this? Did anybody figure it out already?

I know I could always install and go with a 3rd party sip app, but my experience with all of them is that they all have issues.
[Wildfire General] CrazyPeter:
No OTA updates being offered here in the UK.

Anyone know why? Also, the phone is having trouble enabling Wifi. Anyone else seen this?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthmelk:
I created some folders on the desktop and added some apps there. Is there a way to re-arrange the apps inside the folder? When I add a new app, it will always be last and I couldn't find a way to re-sort or at least sort them alphabetically.

Do you know something I don't, or is this another HTC software failure and I should search for another folder app in the market?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthmelk:
No reply, so I guess it's not possible to configure the folders after created, right?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidcues:
I don't recall being able to config folders much other than renaming. This is not Windows.

This ain't no htc software failure.....believe me. That's like blaming amtrack because your alarm clock didn't go off.

vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fred_loves_ginger:
I like 'app folders'
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Galaxea:
I am sure that there are plenty of people that would agree with me that one script that can install all three at the same time would be fantastic. I have managed to get all three working on their own (once), but I have also had to reflash sooooo many times after something goes wrong and I always get something that doesn't install the first time (or breaks all the other things that have been installed already).

PLEASE can one of the guru's of XDA write one script that can enable all three (AND standardize on one version of Busybox so that we don't have to keep changing it - preferably the most recent one). I will happily pay for this functionality.

Anyone in favour say "AYE"
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] 3dawg:
AYE! (10 charizards)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] fyzm345:
since the developer of each tool is different, it hard to compile it at once..

just wait until the developer compile it..

if they want..
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Galaxea:
These are mostly just files that are copied across and replaced or added. I may be wrong but Busybox is just used to execute the commands, so putting together a script that can make all the changes at once shouldn't be impossible. Well, I hope not....

Devs, any reason why this can't work? :D
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] LouNGeRR:
Why don't you just keep one backup for your main ROM that has everything in it for daily use.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Galaxea:
That would be fine IF: I could get all three working again (I am working on it), and, what about testing out new ROMs that don't have these pre-installed? I need to go through the pain each time I test a new ROM.....
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] fyzm345:
yeah..

it simple of copying file..

but xrecovery need an older busybox[it depend on busybox version v1.5/6] while other tools need latest busybox[v1.7]..

so, copying file will become mess with the existence of 2 busybox version..
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Galaxea:
All that needs to happen is that the final Busybox that gets copied across/used needs to be the right one for xrec.

If the other bits get tweaked to use this older version then we can standardize on that one (or xrec needs to be tweaked to use the latest busybox - which makes more sense). The key seems to be to make sure that xrec is left with the correct version at the end.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] fyzm345:
IMO, we wait until zdzihu release the xrecovery which suitable with 1.7 and there will be someone compile it as what u want..
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] kishen80:
AYEEEEEE.....i like where u goin...but its hard,there is few dev.we have theme dev only.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] chiefy009:
An apps2sd script would be awesome, that bloody instruction on here has briicked my phone so many times I have got bored of trying. If anyone could put the commands into a apk or something it would be so much easier.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] fyzm345:
the guide is very straight to the point..

with illustration also...

what step did u not understand???

*continued in the app2sd thread...
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] javroch:
Black Out

Preview 7.1

for Fission 2.4.2/2.4.3

Brought to you by javroch

Feel free to repost, but please ask and always include a link back to this original post at all times.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=832452​

Coming Soon:

More UI elements themed

More apps themed

I just added a Droid 2 Global build.

Moderators, if you see this, there was no "Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps" section, that's why I posted here.
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] botnryan:
Thanks! really diggin this theme alot. It didnt theme my pandora widget tho.
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] javroch:
You have to install the one that gets pushed to /sdcard/BlackOut. There's probably like 10 Themed apk's in there that you can install just by browsing to that folder in your "Files" file manager. I don't install anything that isn't in the ROM by default, so you have to optionally install those on your own. Also in that folder are themed versions of all three keyboards. Hopefully, that'll help you out. All of this is noted in the main thread in the DX section.

I'm glad you like my work.
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] botnryan:
Oh, alright. Thanks for the reply!
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] zapatodefuego:
Google search skin

I've always loved this theme and my phone looks so... archaic when I have to revert back to the stock theme after Fission updates.

Just some constructive criticism: one thing that bothers me about Preview 7 is the new google search widget. I don't remember it being so thick and I rather liked the slimmer version from Preview 6.
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] javroch:
I did this so that it would match all of the other widgets in height and they would all meet edge to edge when you go homescreen to homescreen. It's something that bothered me for a while. Unfortunately, I'm probably going to leave it in there for a little bit like this, at least as a test run, but you can always extract the old one from Preview 6 and push it over the new one on your phone after Preview 7 installs.
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] botnryan:
I got svetius to make the themes and apps directory, he should be moving this there soon :)
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] javroch:
Thanks a bunch. I'll be honored to say that I can be one of the first threads in the Themes and Apps forum haha
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] javroch:
Preview 7.1 posted. Fixes battery indicator issue. Now the numbers should match up to what your battery actually is at.
[Droid 2 Global Themes and Apps] javroch:
happy holidays everyone!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legaleye3000:
Do I need a "4G sim card" to get 4G speeds or no? My current sim card is probably 1 to 2 years old. Thanks.

(I know the new sim cards have a skinnier gold contact area).
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Yes, you do in fact need to use the new '4G' SIM card.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legaleye3000:
I have an extra sim laying around that has the skinny gold contacts. Is that for sure a 4G sim or not necessarily? Thanks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Not necessarily. The MT4G came with one in the box. I suggest you use that one or go to a T-Mo store and get a new one.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmw407:
I don't understand this. Why would you need a new sim card? I have my old sim card and get "4g" speeds.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
The new SIM cards help decide how your phone communicates with the network.

The older generation of SIM cards have a limited capacity to connect to the 4G network. They can only connect a couple thousand times and then they will stop. You'll be able to make and receive calls and text, but Data usually stops working. You will need to replace the SIM card with a new ones that has the ability to connect to data at a higher frequency rate than the old SIM. T-Mobile started to release these newer SIMs almost a year ago, so you may be using a newer one. If you want to know if the SIM card you are currently using is 4G compatible, call into Tech Care. They can tell which kinds of SIM cards are old and new.

Again, I would recommend using the one that shipped with your MT4G.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] battousai622:
I just called t-mobile, and the person told me that new/old sim card doesnt matter. i dont think he knows what he is talking about though. Check out the post below, it has mixed answers

http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/myTouch-4G/Using-A-new-SIM-CARD-for-mytouch-4g/m-p/572443
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbiggss:
This is correct.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kline:
I am still using the original SIM from when I opened my T-Mo account (approx Jun 07; crappy free flip phone). I get 4G data speeds fine (see my sig image). Did not swap SIM to use this phone.
[Nexus S General] Patrick_CZ_1973:
Hi all,i living in Europe,my next family in Florida.Include nexus s another language pack??Please info me,i bad speech english.Thanks...[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] KenpoAP:
anyone testing the beta version of this new ui? See the video and it looks awesome?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] KenpoAP:
www.androidpolice.com/2010/12/20/sp...replacement-on-steroid-private-beta-now-open/

Check this out!
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] kseries88:
that looks pretty cool, do you think this would suck a lot of battery power?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] RavenWulf:
I signed up for it yesterday and am hoping I get pick for the beta test, it looks awesome
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] KenpoAP:
I also signed up for this one! If any get ahold on this first please report! Ha! Thanks guys!
[Nexus S Accessories] pkx:
...ain't pretty, but it works great!

Made it with Sugru: http://www.sugru.com
[Nexus S Accessories] mmas0n:
Good idea. Sugru is awesome stuff.
[Nexus S Accessories] leyvatron:
Damn, thats ugly.
[Nexus S Accessories] graemegb:
Just thought about buying a lot of sugru to make a desktop dock/stand. make the bottom part first and then make a mold of the phone for the top. might try it.
[Nexus S Accessories] Purple Drama Llama:
x2 ..... :D lol
[Nexus S Accessories] Smilez_c:
Now just spray some platiDip on that sugru and give it that rubber/matte feel and look :D
[Droid X General] desicrator:
I cannot figure out how to get jrummys oc app to work with fission 2.4.2 any help? And yes I searched, can't find anything
[Droid X General] anrichardson:
Actually I had the same problem. Everytime i tried to apply a setting, it would go straight into a reboot.

The Fix, Team Black Hat has an kernel update.zip and that fix it for me. And I searched around and somebody told me about this. So go to http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...ystem-baseband-2-3-340-kernel-bootloader.html and download the zips and install.
[Droid X General] desicrator:
Thanks checking out now
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9000gt:
my phone wont boot up.

i get this image below when i turn the thing on.....

mobile phone icon --- !--- pc icon

have i bricked my phone? cuz i unplugged it from usb while in download mode
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackygr:
Did you try to flush with Odin??or Kies?Did you try to get to download mode again??Can get in recovery mode???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9000gt:
thanks dude i didnt reliasei can get into download mode again. i just flashed to xxjpy uisng odin again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackygr:
Nice done mate,glad i helped a bit.
[Nexus S General] Epiksol:
I read one users response on a different thread regarding something similar to the issue that I am having.

They said T-Mobile told them to get a newer sim card and that this may remedy the problem. In my case, this has been the only constant in the 3 phones that I have been through. I have had the same sim card for about 3 years or so now.

I will try activating the sim card that came in the box with T-Mo to see if this remedies the problem. Since I'm at work right now I will have to try when I get home later.

Does anyone think this will have any affect what-so-ever?
[Nexus S General] RogerPodacter:
The galaxy s phones when first released, all variants, had issues of signal dropping from full to zero bars while sitting in one place. I remember because there were YouTube videos of it All over and it was shortly after the apple antenna issue.

Not sure if or how it was ever resolved. But it seems that Samsung may just have this type of radio baseband performance if we see all these individual units doing this. I don't know maybe others can respond.
[Nexus S General] peakaboohaha:
I have the same issue as the OP. I travel to the same location weekly with NEXUS ONE, signal never drops in the T-MO Country here locally, and streaming CNET POD CAST never a hiccup, however, with the new NEXUS S, I would lose DATA Connection only, while the 3G will show full signal. I had to reboot the phone to get the DATA back.

is it the S issue or 2.3 issue?

food for though....
[Nexus S General] Das_mobile:
If you have T-zones or Web2go or Phones 1st web, you will have problems
[Nexus S General] maniakmusic:
I had the same problem too, now I fixed the problem. The thing was that had the wrong data plan on the NS, i had my old web plan from my hd2 which seems like different from the one for the NS. I restarted my phone after 5 mins off and now i have my internet working beautifly. A T-Mobile rep said that it was an error in the system that made the phone think that that was the right plan for the NS for a few. A glitch you may say, but all you have to do is put the right data plan that all, easy. Hope this helped and have a wonderful holidays everyone.
[Nexus S General] milkham:
this is happening to me too, last night for a little while and today for about hte last 4 hours can't get connection back. i have full white bars, with 3g icon but can't access anything
[Nexus S General] Epiksol:
So I activated the new sim card last night and I'm still having the same problem. Albeit it doesn't happen as frequent, but it still does it nonetheless.

I will call T-mo again to verify my plan. I am on a 1500 Minute Family Plan which includes unlimited data and messages. I will see if they need to tweak something and let you guys know if this remedies the problem.
[Nexus S General] Epiksol:
Ok, it seems like the issue has been resolved after I spoke to T-Mobile earlier today.

The rep on the phone verified that the data plan I was on was in fact the correct one. He said he was going to reset the signal from the towers to my phone to see if this would resolve the issue. He asked me to turn my phone off for about 15 seconds after we hung up.

Since then, I haven't seen the problem arise again so my guess is that it somehow fixed whatever was going on.

I'll let you guys know if this changes and the problem occurs again.
[Nexus S General] timur525:
What's with the CAPS? ?

On topic: i have a captivate and I can confirm that all galaxy S phones had droppend data. An official ota update fixes it so maybe you guys need to wait for something official. Isn't there a new firmware for the nexus S already? Try flashing that and see if you still have issues.
[Nexus S General] adamr240:
Doesn't every android phone from samsung have this problem?

I know the Moment has that problem, after 3 updates samsung called it quits, I still have to reboot mine 2 to 3 times a day for data lockups.
[Nexus S General] Epiksol:
@timur525 Yea, I'm already on 2.3.1.

I manually updated the first hour it came out hoping that it would solve the issue. The problem was still there after the update.
[Nexus S General] Memnoch30:
I have exactly the same issue as the OP. Extremely annoying to reboot the phone every time it happens. One thing I have noticed is that my phone doesn't know its number. If I go to settings, about phone, the number says unknown.
[Nexus S General] Epiksol:
That shouldn't affect anything. My number shows up in status.

I had this issue resolved a few months ago as the push-to-talk app Tikl requires this in order to use it.

I was having the problem even with my number showing up. Call T-Mobile and have them reset you with the towers like they did for me and see if that helps you too.