yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptgay49:
I also thought it would have been answered by now. However, I think the developers (who would be the best folks to answer this question) are busy working with the Gingerbread source code to build new ROMs for us.

This is what I have figured out so far but I'm not sure if my analysis is correct:

After selecting your hardware and carrier, the OS is the most important element. Most of us are currently on Froyo (2.2). I have seen some screen shots showing the OS version to be "2.2.1" but I am not sure why. Google (I think) has released the source code for Gingerbread (2.3) and the developers ("devs") are hard at work producing new ROMs as I post this.

I gather that it is best to stay away from trying out different radios ("basebands"). Most of us are using 2.15.00.07.28.

I think the ROM takes the OS and re-works the user interface by adding, removing and changing the various screens and "features" of the OS. For example: the ROM can be written to take out the stock music player and substitute a music player that the ROM developer prefers. I think this is called "baking in an app". I believe the ROM developer can also create an overall "look and feel" that can be quite different from the stock OS. For instance, the ROM can be "colored" in black and red (rather than the stock green) and the stock font can be changed to something the developer prefers. In other words, the ROM is what you see and use on a daily basis.

Now this is where things get a little fuzzy: the kernel. I think this is kind of a behind the scenes element that governs the performance of a ROM. It greatly affects things like battery life, time to charge the battery and the "speed" of the phone. The kernel is where the phone can be "over-clocked" and "under-volted" should you want to do those things. I gather that once you select a ROM, you can try different kernels without changing what the various screens look like on the phone. I believe this is the way most people do it (pick a ROM and try different kernels with it). I don't think the other way really works (pick a kernel and try different ROMs with the kernel).

Next comes themes and skins which really only affect what you see on the various screens without do anything about battery life or the speed of the phone. I haven't played with these much.

Finally, I forgot to put WALLPAPER on the list in the original post. I believe this only appears as a background image on the home screens.

If any reader sees errors in my layman's analysis, please, by all means jump in and correct me. Per my disclaimer in Post #1, I am just an ordinary user and this analysis could be flawed or incorrect in whole or in part.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hachamacha:
Everytime I try to answer a question like this, I get too complex about it and leave more questions than answers. Then someone comes along and says "It's like Windows or Linux or MacOS on a PC", and that's that. Well they're right. Those OS's tell the PC's that they are PC's and essentially all OS's do the same things.

Here's my simplified new list:

1) Hardware on phone :: meaningless without OS

-- (android OS - or any other OS)

2) Linux kernel understands hardware like touchscreen, radios, I/O (drivers/modules). Of course it also understands how to schedule processes and all those "kernel tasks".

3) Libraries provide APIs (Application programming interface) to userspace code (like APPS).

4) Userspace (apps, scripts, libraries) provide user control over the phone.

--

Together they work in harmony (we hope) to make the phone realize it is a phone and allow us to use it as such. (well, a smartphone, so many things other than a phone).

Here's a simple example: You touch the phone icon which is in userspace, and it brings up the userspace phone app. As soon (or before) as you touch some buttons, dial a number, it is using the API to the driver in the kernel that actually understands the phone hardware/radio. Also userspace controls GUI which is also requiring API to some form of OPENGL API that is requiring device drivers that get the touchscreen/LCD display. and so on.

--- Hashi

PS: I realize there are a thousand things wrong with this representation, but hey, it's a start. Feel free to fix it up if you're inclined.
[Android Apps and Games] xl VipeR lx:
I created this thread in desire HD section as i own one but thought everyone shold know

All Android users looking for Swype but cannot get it, your in luck. head over to http://beta.swype.com

i happened to be looking at the site and noticed that they have started registering again for beta users. I registered and got Swype beta free. PS its a December 2010 build

SO hurry up before they stop registering.

Register for swype. activate the link in your email and then download to your device. login with your username and password and USE

and its official! Too be honest i looked everywhere maybe finding a working cracked version as i cant use the HTC keyboard because i'm addicted to Swype but no need for a warez Swype. Just register for the Beta.

Beta version works perfectly too. tried and tested last night.

No cracks, no trials, simply an official method of getting swype. Feel free to thank me if this helps!
[Android Apps and Games] xl VipeR lx:
Make sure if you have a previous build of swype you uninstall
[Android Apps and Games] panzka:
Warning,

Doesn't have all the languages that the old unofficially got Swype 1.6 beta..

misses like half or more for example finnish language.
[Android Apps and Games] xriderx66:
I got this yesterday its badass
[Android Apps and Games] karash:
This is legit!

Finally a FULLY working Swype on my Droid 1. I only did the English/Spanish choice.

Thanks man.
[Android Apps and Games] xl VipeR lx:
Cool. Im not sure what languages it has yet but will have a look later. Just payroll the full version if you are looking for other languages
[Android Apps and Games] mick1475:
Hi guys. Been registered, but I'm getting 'error while parsing package' EVERY FREAKING TIME and I've tried a good few times. Could somebody share the .apk, either full or lite, via pm. I can send you a screenshot proving I'm in the Beta. Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] xl VipeR lx:
Hmmm illl see if I can send
[Android Apps and Games] jgutierrez86:
I am also having the same problem. If anyone would be polite enough to give me a hand it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Oh by the way HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Greenfieldan:
Try redownloading it.
[Android Apps and Games] xl VipeR lx:
Any luck
[Android Apps and Games] bongd:
Thanks a bunch. I've got this on my Desire Z and didn't like it when I used it on my Xperia X10... but it's fantastic! I was just too lazy to go through the tutorial the first time around lol :D

It seems a lot more intuitive and much improved. I'll show my wife tonight because I signed her up too. This is awesome when I'm too lazy to pull out the keyboard. And it's actually kind of fun. I've been spamming all my friends with random texts :eek:
[Android Apps and Games] xl VipeR lx:
No worries i didnt like this on my x10, in fact the x10 with 2.1 update is still crap. but the DHD, WOWZA!
[Android Apps and Games] bongd:
I wanted the DHD but it's bands don't work with my wireless provider. The DZ didn't disappoint though. WOW. Sense is amazing. Using the Virtuous ROM and it's blazing fast.

Can't believe I paid full price for the Xperia X10 and suffered for months with it!
[Android Apps and Games] Symondo:
will this work with a resistive non multi touch screen?

only reason i ask is i have swype on my hd2 (capacative, multi touch)

My tablet is wvga running android 2.1 - i would like to be using swype on that too
[Android Apps and Games] EazyLuke:
Yes, it works.
[Android Apps and Games] fcb13:
SlideIt is much faster in my opinion, and there is even an option to add words that the keyboard does not know/
[Android Apps and Games] xl VipeR lx:
With Swype yeah. say for example you want to add the word ikhzter into the dictionary, because my name isnt in the dictionary.

Type it in once, I K H Z T E R, and it will automatically add it to the dictionary, next time round just slide the word not tap and it will automatically put it in as it saved it last time.

swype is much clever, instead of clicking add it auto adds, to delete just highlight a word and press swype key to delete :D neat i know
[Android Apps and Games] IceDree:
It still beta though , it will expire by the end of the month

I've been using SWYPE beta in my Motorola OG MileStone 2.1 for about 3 month now , Im reinstalling a new beta from SWYPE website every month now
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvliew:
I'm not sure what's the problem. I always odin before flashing new rom. The problems I'm having now is, I can't install a certain apps. It will install but it won't show up on my menu list. It's battery left pro. I've been switching and testing rom recently with nero and gingerclone. Doesn't odin wiped everything? I check root explorer, the apk located in /data/app .

Another issues I'm having is with the data connection. I'm using whatsapp. When I left my phone untouch for a while, my message won't come in, I suspect the data was cut off. This never happened before. It just happened after I've been switching rom between nero and gingerclone.

Please help. Is there anything I'm missing? Is it something still lies in the phone memory? Thanks.

P/S I'm on Nero V2 right now.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bjballar41:
I'm looking for a certain icon its Kirby I saw him on someones screen shot on like page 45 or so can anyone help me
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Sqdnguns:
http://tinyurl.com/27nfmcm

Tons................
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bjballar41:
How do I get it with out the background where TS just him
[Galaxy Tab General] roth140:
i have my eris rooted with wireless tethering. can i connect the galaxy tab to the phone somehow?

i turned on the wifi tethering but it creates an ad hoc network, not a hotspot. So, i went to Best Buy and tried to get the Demo tab to find my phone but it wouldnt. I forgot to try the BT tethering instead of the wifi tho.

any thoughts?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] brswattt:
Would if be possible to have a gingerbread notification bar (black bar with green icons) for the liberated froyo?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] BelacNongaw:
Yes and no. There are a few icons the kitchen doesn't seem to replace for the sense roms, so you end up with an icon every little once in a while that still has the rounded bar background on it. That looks pretty messed up against the flat black bar. I don't use sense roms much, but when I played with it the best I could get it to look was by just using the gingerbread icons and leaving the rest of the sense stuff (bar, dropdown, etc) alone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] exe127:
Is 32A get the Vodafone update now?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] renedlog:
NO!

All Vodafone devices are 32B devices.

Also, NO.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] keinengel:
Romanian Vodafone Magics are 32A.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] exe127:
will it have later?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] keinengel:
No official info, but probably not.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Xeon3D:
Portuguese Vodafone devices are also 32A.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] exe127:
why no one make a 32A port to vodafone 2.2.1 ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WoblyGoblin:
I made you 32A port of Mytouch it is the same thing
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] exe127:
DO you mean that your port can use on 32B vodafone 2.2 for 32A machine?

Merry christmas
[Streak 5 General] Krad:
Howdy,

I am a tweaker/modder and love replacing graphics and theming. Been messing with some custom roms, modems and kernels.

I am very happy with my captivate and was showing it to one of my Dell Reps... WHAT!!! you were with your Dell Rep??? I am working on a large project which includes purchasing 20 servers and 4 sans... 10gbe backbone... etc... Because the project is so large, he is sending me a Red 32gig Unlocked Steak preloaded with 2.2.... He says it has a 15 day lead time.. but hopefully i get it soon....

Will my app backups from Titanium backup restore to the streak? Will i have to download all new apps because of screen resolution?

Any descent development going on? cooks?

i am sure i will start releasing some custom framework-res.apk and whatever apk the Dell uses...

whats good? whats not?
[Streak 5 General] borijess:
Expect greatness
[Streak 5 General] esox23:
I too just came from the captivate and while that was a great phone it's got nothing on the Streak, in my opinion the Streak sits in a league of it's own and provides a user experience like none other. Yes it was big and kind of clunky for about the first day, but now it doesn't feel any different a normal phone, BUT the normal phones now feel small and difficult to use.

One major thing you WILL miss is the brilliant colors, clarity and overall awesomeness of the Captivates SuperAMOLED screen.

The Dell Streak seems to behave better then most other phones when it comes to mod'ing, flashing, rom'ing, root'ing - I guess it just seems to be a lot less ba$stardized than the HTC and Samsungs. This is of course MHO.
[Streak 5 General] tmotytn:
You will probably notice a difference at first in screen quality from the SAMOLED on the Captivate...but for me, after a day or two it wasn't noticeable.

I have a Commuter Otterbox on my Dell, and all I had was a BodyGlove on the Captivate, so the Dell is quite a bit heavier and bulkier--but still pocketable.

Working GPS, bigger screen, easier pc recognition, and all the "ohmygodwhatISthat? conversations are things you can expect...
[Captivate General] jasonwskidmore:
I just rooted my Captivate. Tired of waiting on AT&T/Samsung to bring the goods, plus I love this kind of thing. I followed this procedure to root the device. "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739304"

It worked like a charm! Now on to bigger and better things...

Thanks to TGA_Gunnman for the instructions!
[Captivate General] ninjuh:
Congratulations on your very successful accomplishment. You should embrace this moment with joy and bliss. It is truly an honor.

Seriously tho, get crackin on some roms. Kthxbailmaoimhigh
[Captivate General] jasonwskidmore:
Funny when I read the word "Kthxbailmaoimhigh" I immediately pictured Cowboy Wayne getting attacked by a raccoon...

Anyway, where is a good place to start looking for roms?
[Captivate General] Razr Edy:
Here. Make sure to backup your NV_data.bin or your whole /efs folder is better. just in case...

And Gratz!

EFS Backup here is the one I followed.

[ROMS]

Axura

di11igaf's

Perception < I would wait for Perc 10 to roll out.

Odin One Click really good thing to have and learn to use.

Cognition

Just look in the Dev section and you shall find many. **hopefully the devs will get them into rom manager eventually**
[Captivate General] jasonwskidmore:
If I already backed up my current rom through ROM manager, does it take care of that?
[Captivate General] Razr Edy:
I wouldn't chance it. I just edited the last post to give you some links. I'm really not sure that that method is the perfered or not. so I just copied the whole folder with adb to my computer. You have adb in the "one Click root" app, get used to using it. It comes in handy in bad situations.
[Captivate General] Razr Edy:
Oh, and there is a different Odin for flashing other roms with, though I've never looked for it. From my understanding it's what you will need to use if you ever wish to restore from a nandroid backup while completely wiping the phone first.

Course that's just my understand from what I've read on it.

Good luck, have a blast! give Axura 2.5 a spin, you might like it.
[Captivate General] jpbadonk:
Welcome. Rooted a while back but finally installed my first ROM over the weekend. Cognition for now...and very very happy and eagerly awaiting some cookies. From all the reading I did, it seemed like the easiest to start with for a beginner (someone here did a great 3 part video walk-through of Cognition on you tube).
[Captivate General] Razr Edy:
Yeah, I started out with Perception 9, switched to Axura while the file system thing gets worked out. May endup staying Axura though :eek: I haven't gone through the videos though and I keep forgetting bout them. I started flashing back on the 8525, so I'm used to written directions. How were the videos? were they easy to follow and understand?
[Captivate General] jasonwskidmore:
Successfully backed up my efs folder...

No problems to report as of now...

Back ground in Linux makes this all quite easy!

Now looking for the roms....Which ones are the bombs? Was that corny???
[Captivate General] Razr Edy:
lol, nah. well, the ones I linked to seem to the the most worked on as they are always at the top of the forum. Axura's Dev Adam seems to be on top of his creation. he's usually really fast at answering questions too. Perception is a nice rom too, but like I said I'd wait for 10 to roll out. Designgears again seems to be on top of things. he yanked perc 9 off the download list soon as he saw Samsung screwed the pouch on the file system bug even though he didnt use that particular kernal. for safeties sake. those are my two favorites. Cognition isnt bad, seems stable and gave me no problems.

Also, when I was using Perc 9 (till 4 hours ago), I had voicemail notifications. I noticed the others dont seem to notify me. I thought it might be the nv_data.bin so I copied my original over but that didnt seem to help.
[Captivate General] jpbadonk:
I thought the videos were very good. This is the one I used - 3 parts.
[Captivate General] jpbadonk:
I read that the voicemail issue is due to the ROM being Vibrant-based. The recommended fix is to use Google Voice and have it push voicemail notifications via text message (as well as transcribing via email).
[Captivate General] samven582:
I to can not wait any longer for AT&T/Samsung to deliver 2.2. So I just flash my rom to cognition 2.3b6. Going to upgrade to cognition 2.3b8 this weekend :D
[General Questions and Answers] jdb1981:
Hi. This is a question for a rooted Droid /Milestone, but should be applicable to other models as well. I'd like to know if there's a command or any other functionality I can use to "lock" the brightness setting so that other applications can't change it.

I know it's possible, because there's an app in the Market called AdjBrightness (looks like the developer posts here, as well) that is capable of locking it, but I don't quite need all the functionality it provides, and I can't work out how to reverse its home row backlight disabling, which means I ALSO have to run LEDs Hack... I'd like to just write something simple for my specific settings to replace both.

I'm trying to create a very short script I can run with Tasker and set to a widget that will accomplish 3 things: Disable the home row backlights, set the brightness to 2/255, and then "lock" that setting so that other apps can't affect it. I want to run Aldiko for reading in pretty much total darkness, and this is the ideal setting for me.

So far, I can get it set properly using the following:

su

echo 2 > /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness

and with Tasker I can run that as a script and set it to a widget, with another widget to complement it that runs:

su

echo 100 > /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness

which reverses the process and sets everything back to normal.

What I need is to figure out how to lock in that "2" brightness setting, which at this time persists only until some other app affects the brightness. When I run Aldkio, its built-in brightness control feature overrides my setting and lights the thing back up too bright.

So, can this be done with a script? I imagine a chown command that temporarily takes ownership of that function could work, but I'm not smart enough to know how, and I've exhausted Google and the forum search. As I mentioned, this thing would always be run with a complimentary script that could later reverse the chown and give it back to whatever process it ought to belong to... I KNOW it's possible because there's at least one app that does it perfectly; the AdjBrightness setting change persists after I open Aldiko, indeed it persists basically forever; you've got to kill the app or reboot to be able to adjust the brightness with any other means.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?
[General Questions and Answers] jdb1981:
Bump? Still trying to figure this out.
[General Questions and Answers] jdb1981:
Bump

Still wondering if there's a way to do this.
[General Questions and Answers] Quaddy:
+ 1 - if you find a way to lock it via command line, do post back, as will i

i am currently using adjbrightness it to control my button backlights on my dell streak

its great as it locks it on for that session. but after reboot have to manually renable

so i have written an execute entry in tasker to control all or just some of the leds for various notifications

but would love a command line way to lock these as adjbrightness does, i cant find out how its doing that!!!
[General Questions and Answers] biits1993:
In my device adjbrightness app lock the brightness just by changing the permission of "/sys/.. /brightness" file to 444. So even system can't change the brightness value if requested by any other apps. To unlock the brightness permission of "/sys... /brightness" is restored to previous state, 644.

So in terminal the commands can be "for changing brightness to 2 and lock it"

su

echo 2>/sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

chmod 444 /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

"for unlock and restore "

su

chmod 644 /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

echo 100> /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

Same goes for button backlight brightness file

But I found it "not suitable" for my device even with adjbrightness. If I lock brightness using adjbrightness after my screen turns off normally or by using power button , I can't turn it on using power button, so I have to open the battery and reboot the device. Same thing happens if I do it using "commands" or script. So "something" should be done so that the permission of ".. /brightness" file is set to 644 before the screen turns off normally or by other means.And after the screen is on the file permission will be 444 again. I think it may be done using tasker but still don't know how.

Hope someone will help. :)

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] ranchu-panchu:
Hi

I am not sure why, but I can't turn off screen, with "echo 0 >" into brightness.

It seems that there is some minimum brightness somewhere which I need to configure ?

I really struggle with it.

Any idea how to do that ?

Thanks,

Ranchu
[Nook Color General] Ellerbestyle:
Did a search and nothing came up. Was wondering if it is possible to port all the apps from the galaxy tab to work on the NC. You know like the email app they made and stuff like that. Can't be to hard can it?
[Nook Color General] rutter9:
Its about just as hard looking in the apps section where they are located and posting in the right section.

Sent from my Nook Color
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chvvkumar:
Hello people!

My university Wi-Fi uses WPA2 Enterprise for security and we authenticate using the following settings:

EAP Method: PEAP

Phase 2 authentication: MSCHAPV2

CA Certificate: Thawte Premium CA

and identity and password being our student credentials.

Now, I got this setup running by installing the required certificate exported from my windows machine and using THIS tool.

When I install the certificate, I set a password for the secure credential storage and enter the password to enable credential storage.

Now the problem:

Only on RAM builds, the OS seems to forget that I've already setup the credential storage before and asks me to set a new password for it. Also, the phase 2 authentication does not seem to be set (even when I set it to use MSCHAPV2, the selection returns to blank after I close settings).

Any way to solve this issue?

Any help is much appreciated,

Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chvvkumar:
***BUMP***

Anyone?