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[General Topics] vbetts:
Double the cores doesn't always mean double the price or battery life.(Nor should people expect double the performance) Being a mobile platform, I'm sure one of the major points they worked with is battery life. Different from dual processor, which you power both cpus, both sockets, and everything on each cpu. Where as one chip, you just power one chip. Same thing goes with price. a quad core cpu is considerably less than 2 dual cores. I'm not saying that it will cost as much and use as much power as a single core, but it's not going to be as high as you think.
[Galaxy Tab General] ayman07:
I recently bought the AV cables for my tab and i absolutely love it. Only issue so far is the fact that i have to keep the screen on while the video is playing on both the TV and tab. If i turn off the screen then its replicated on my TV. I know with some video players you can adjust the brightness right from the app. But some apps, like the youtube player, dont have this option. Is there an app out there that can dim the screen so the screen almost looks off? Even if video is playing? That would be great. Please let me know if such an app exists. Ill keep searching.

Edit

This was kind of a dumb question because there are plenty of dimmer apps on the market. Basically i want the screen to be black and yet output a signal to my TV. Is this possible?

Ayman

From the Tab.

www.twitter.com/ayman07
[G2 and Desire Z General] niiza:
my phone number shows up as unknown under my about phone page. so when i send a text it just shows a grey box instead of my contact picture, i know its not a big deal but its driving me crazy! :mad: is there anyway to change this?
[G2 and Desire Z General] ianmcquinn:
Settings->Call settings->Additional settings->My phone number
[G2 and Desire Z General] niiza:
Thats only with Cyanogen mod.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gravis86:
Add yourself as a contact in the phonebook
[G2 and Desire Z General] niiza:
that doesnt work. the phone has to read its own number off the sim card. adding yourself doesnt do anything.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ianmcquinn:
What ROM are you running? I know there were instances in the past where T-Mobile did not program the phone number into the SIM properly. Supposedly you could ask their customer support guys to push the number back to your SIM. Alternatively, if you have a spare phone that supports writing a number into a SIM, you could use that to program your SIM. I know my old Nokia's and Sony Ericsson's could. Maybe my old WM phone as well?
[G2 and Desire Z General] DavidXSU:
I just did this and it fixed the gray box next to my name, that box was really annoying. Thank you so much.
[G2 and Desire Z General] niiza:
the additional call settings thing works just fine on CM6. my problem is that it works on some roms and not other @_@ annoying.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ianmcquinn:
Out of curiosity, which ROM are you running? Are you saying that the number is correctly read from the SIM on some ROMs and only not on your current ROM (in which case, what I said earlier about the number not being properly stored on the SIM doesn't apply)? If that's the case, it sounds like an issue with the ROM itself and the ROM developer will need to look into it (either fixing the SIM reading code or adding in the functionality to input it in yourself like on CM).
[G2 and Desire Z General] niiza:
well i switch between a few... stock, CM6, CM7, Virtuous. Here is the extremely weird thing though.....

I have an old sim card from a previous phone. The phone number used with that sim is the same as my current sim. when i put that in, say on CM7, it reads the number just fine, but when i put my activated sim in, it doesnt read it and says "unknown".

Any thoughts on whats up with that?

I know CM6 has the option to manually enter the number but CM7 doesnt have it yet. But its strange that it reads it off a different sim and not the current one.

(both sims are from same carrier too)
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheMan42:
Call tmo, ask them to send your MSISDN to sim via OTA tool in the HLR, they'll know what to do, its a known issue with some sim cards, regardless of the rom
[G2 and Desire Z General] niiza:
^ okay, i shall try that tomorrow probably. i just hate having to call tech support lol, i want to be able to do it myself with the modding community, not tmo XD
[G2 and Desire Z General] dustrho:
Isn't there an app in the Market that allows you to add your phone number to the SIM card (in case you're not running a CM based ROM)? I know I read it somewhere on this site, but for whatever reason I can't seem to find it.

Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z General] lissyx:
Same with Andromadus ROM

Hello,

I've been experiencing the same behavior on the CM10-based Andromadus ROM prepared by Flinny as of topic http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1605016. A lot of SIM IO operations just fails, I can't see why (comparing to another Desire Z which runs stock 2.3.3 up to date).

At least, it breaks :

- SPN retrieval (Service Provider Name)

- MSISDN retrivial (your phone number)

And I think it's related to the impossibility to import contacts from SIM card.

Maybe this message can help, too https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/android-platform/zosqRzWQyNA/7QF-O09ZwzAJ
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitehawkbg:
Hey guys!

I'm new to Android and how it all works.

here I have a Galaxy S I9000 on T-Mobile with 2.1

I wanted to upgrade to 2.2 and from what I've read on the forums I did the following:

downloaded Odin and .pit files (used odin 1.7, and pit file ending in 512)

then used for PDA file I9000UGJL2_homebinary_add_param.tar

plugged my phone in, went into download mode and started installing the 2.2 I guess.. and now is COMPLETELY DEAD!! won't turn on at all and I'm really frustrated. I removed the battery and the sd card and tried to boot it up few times ... but NOTHING!!!

please help!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbbb:
Well I can tell you you should only ODIN when something messes up, and you're in the completely wrong thread. Us Galaxy S Vibrant owner usually don't know too much of GT I9000 phones :) But go back to the thread where you got the odin files and post there, or at least post in your phone's correct section.

But anyways, can you still get into download mode?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitehawkbg:
this is where I was told to come actually. I have a Galaxy S (Vibrant) on T-Mobile, I alerady posted on the I9000 thread but not answer at all.

I can't get to the download mode at all, my phone has a hardware lock on the recovery menu...so I'm stuck :(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungVibrant:
I think bobbb thought you have an international galaxy s, because you said you have an i9000.

So you have a Vibrant Correct?

It appears you used the wrong tar file. You used the one meant for the international galaxy s, not the one meant for vibrant.

You said you can't get into download mode at all because your phone is hardware locked. Then how did you get into download mode in the first place to use odin the first time you messed up?

Try the following. Download the correct 512 pit, and the correct JFD tar for your Vibrant.

1) open odin

2) place pit in pit

3) place tar in pda

4) take battery, sim and sd card out from phone

5) put battery back in, leave the rest out

6) hold down volume down/up (don't touch power)

7) while holding down both volume buttons, plug in the USB cord, with the other end connected to your computer

If that didn't work, try the following, which has worked for me.

1) open odin

2)place pit in pit

3) tar in pda

4) take battery, sim and sd out.

5) HOLD DOWN VOLUME UP/DOWN AND NEVER LET GO (DON'T TOUCH POWER)

6) WHILE STILL HOLDING THAT DOWN, PUT ONLY THE BATTERY BACK IN

7) WHILE STILL HOLDING DOWN VOLUME UP/DOWN, NOW PLUG IN THE USB CABLE INTO YOUR PHONE

Once in download mode, you can let go of the volume keys.

Hopefully that gets you back into download mode and you can just flash back to stock JFD.

If you still can't get into download mode, you might want to see if a USB JIG will work.

I'm just confused how you got into download mode the first time if your phone is hardware locked, did you use ADB?

Anyway, try the method above, hopefully that gets you back into download.

-Ps... you want to be in download mode, not recovery.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] web_ninja:
Do what Samsung said but if I'm correct in what you said? you are using Odin 1.7? get the newest version which is v3 i believe... could have been a problem with that version.. correct me if I'm wrong Samsung... but always screwed up my phone with the older version....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitehawkbg:
Merry Christmas everyone!

anyways...none of the methods ever worked.

The believe that the download mode worked before I screwed up the bootloader.

I read somewhere that on the T-Mobile Vibrant if you go into download mode for first time and your update fails, you can't do anything :(

I guess I will be without a phone for X-Mas and the next day, because I work :(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungVibrant:
Ya if you messed up your bootloader you might be out of luck, but honestly I'm not an expert, so I'm not sure if you did or did not mess up your bootloader by trying to install the wrong tar file.

Odin has given me a fail before, and I got the phone to computer icon and I was able to get into download mode, I guess my bootloader was still fine.

I have a feeling you can still save your phone, keep asking, don't give up.

the latest odin is odin3 v1.70. I think.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMakarius:
Ok I have rooted, installed rom manager, flashed clockwork, installed TI backup, taken a backup of my current samsung stock rom, and backed up all apps and data through ti. I am ready to flash a new rom. My question is can I flash to any rom out there but still go back to my stock rom at any time? Can I move to a custom froyo and then flash back to my eclair rom I backed up? Same for gingerbread (when it is available)?

I am all ready to take the next step but just want to make sure I can get back to where I am at now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
1. Take a backup using clock work recovery of ur eclair

2. Copy this to external SD or anywhere where it would be safe even if u formatted ur internal SD

3. Install ROMs of ur choice and play all u want

4. Use one click ODIN to get back to eclair stock

5. Go to clockwork and restore ur backup
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
As mentioned above odin is what will safely get you back to stock. Before you flash make sure you know how to and can use this program

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989

The clockwork backup you made is good to restore your phone and settings to how you have them if you are on stock 2.1. Do not try to go to you're backup if you are on 2.2

I hope you have a pc and not a mac. It is easy and quick, allows you to go back to stock and recover from bad flashes. Good luck, and happy flashing
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warp.asylum:
Caution:

If you have a 1010 build phone (and perhaps 1009), DO NOT USE Odin 1-click JF6. There have been multiple reports of it bricking these newer build phones.

Breakin' Ranh has been through it and has posted a guide here for getting back to stock if you have one of these phones. This process effectively replaces Step 4 from diablo009's post above.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMakarius:
Once on 2.2 can I use Odin to get back to stock 2.1 and flash to my backup ROM?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] krazyog1:
hey every time i get a pic msg the picture is small how can i fix that??? LIKE THE PICTURES LOOKS VERY BLURRY AND ITS WITH ALL THE PICTURES... CAN SOMEONE HELP ME ON THAT PLZZZ. THANXS AM USING FROYO 2.3
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -deuces-:
Help us help you, next time post your carrier and country.

search the discussion section for "mms".

and this should not be posted here.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 10507:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=766241
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mmduluth:
I think all that fixes is the sending/receiving. I've looked everywhere and can't figure out how to stop the pictures from being compressed so much. I found one thing but it involved a lot of steps in terminal in Linux which I know nothing about.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jmmmmm:
What build are you using?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mmduluth:
Who? I'm using EVO Carbon Remix by motoman
[G2 and Desire Z General] Vandale:
Merry Christmas to all my G2 owners & lovers out there. Also Merry Christmas to every one else :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrbmg:
Merry Christmas bud...
[G2 and Desire Z General] opensourcefan:
Merry Christmas folks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] blazegunz:
Merry christmas!
[G2 and Desire Z General] bgolden84:
Merry christmas to all
[G2 and Desire Z General] wileykat:
Merry Christmas to all users n mods.

..sent from my CyanogenMod'd HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z General] iamjames:
Merry Christmas.
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
Only G2 owners? How about us Desire Z folks? ;-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Vandale:
Also said to every one else ^_^
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
Yeah, just poking fun at your special preference for G2 owners! ;-)

Merry Christmas!
[G2 and Desire Z General] going_home:
Merry Christ mas everyone !

Heres hoping you will have a great time with your families.

Be thankful that you are able to have time with them.

Remember our Armed Services, many are thousands of miles away from their families today.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Vandale:
You too :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bishybob:
Happy Christmas everyone!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Utorrent76:
Merry Christmas & a happy new year. I have a feeling we are going to see some preaty sweet offerings for our G2/Z's in the new year. Come on 2011!

Sent from my CyanogenMod powered G2.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Vandale:
Cannot wait for gingerbread to be ported!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Utorrent76:
Gingerbread FTW!

Sent from my CyanogenMod powered G2.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tep065:
Merry christmas :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcdwll_mrcs:
I know this is a dumb question but I downloaded a different kernel and I need to know how to flash that kernel and keep the rom that I have on my evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiddenKnight:
reboot into recovery and flash kernel zip over the rom. dont wipe anything.

and you posted this in the wrong section. post on Q&A next time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
You're going to want to wipe dalvik and cache (as you always should when Flashing something). Possibly even battery stats if you want to play it safe :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Addictedtothegreenguy:
Treat kernels just like you do roms I don't want you to be paranoid
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcdwll_mrcs:
Thank you all allot. Im just a lil confused now because someone say dont wipe but some of yall say to wipe. But im sure I can work it out from here. Thanks

SWYPED FROM MY EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .mak:
Don't wipe data

Do wipe cache

I never wipe battery stats, but I suppose you could.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Five Easy Steps:

Wipe cache.

Wipe dalvik-cache.

Do not wipe data.

Flash ZIP.

Enjoy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androidious:
Exactly...

Just make sure to ONLY wipe cache and dalvik cache. This will ensure that the kernel is flashed correctly with no traces of the previous kernel. Again, like said previously, treat flashing kernels as you do flashing ROMs. It's easy, and if anything goes wrong (rarely ever happens, unless you use a kernel not designed for the EVO, LoL) then it can always be undone by reflashing :)

Good luck and enjoy! You'll be fine br0
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willy900wonka:
For completeness....(? it's Christmas)

Due to some possible wipe (recovery) issues:

Wipe cache , twice.

Wipe Dalvick , twice.

IIRC
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcdwll_mrcs:
Thanks all for your help. I looked at a couple of different kernels, which one do yall think is the best mainly for the battery anyway?

SWYPED FROM MY EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolishesh:
I'm running SBC-net 4.2.2. And it runs great for me. Good battery and is smooth.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcdwll_mrcs:
Do you have a link that I can download that kernel?

SWYPED FROM MY EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiddenKnight:
Yea. Sorry guys. Meant the data, don't wipe it. Several others already explained it so don't worry.
[EVO 4G General] suck3rs:
My phone is rooted and I have been having issues with roms. Anyone else having problems?

This is a brand new replacement phone and I am considering taking it back. To get another one.

Thoughts suggestions? Anyone else having similar issues?

Issues:

Keyboard vibration feedback works sometimes. Mostly doesn't.

When rebooting from recovery using the reboot command it hangs on the white screen sometimes. Have to yank the battery and then power it up again.

General instability in the roms I have flashed. Reboots, force closes, and CPU running full steam ahead on some of them. Also flashing some like ripride on fresh 3.4 just results in boot loops.
[EVO 4G General] scud626:
You may want to flash airbourne 3.4 with stock kernel I have not had those issues with that combo
[EVO 4G General] suck3rs:
Airborne ? I suppose that is a Rom? I may go back to the stock RUU and return the the phone. Why should I have to put up with a defect? I am running OMJ latest Rom with riptide9 v11. It does have some stuff I don't want on there but it is stable.
[EVO 4G General] scud626:
Yea it is a rom from virus I dont have anythose defects it is something to do with hardware 04 but stock htc kernels usually fix all those issue
[EVO 4G General] suck3rs:
Really the big issue is the feed back for the keyboard. It doesn't work most of the time. I haven't had an EVO for almost 3 weeks before getting this one, 20 days go black tie insurance, but I definitely can tell a difference. I am flashing the RUU here in like 5 mins and then I should be able to tell. Oh were you meaning the stock kernel or completely stock?
[EVO 4G General] entropism:
If you got it back from Best Buy broken, then why the heck aren't you complaining up a storm and making them FIX it? Honestly, I will never understand why people use BB's crap insurance over Sprint's TEP.
[EVO 4G General] suck3rs:
I no longer have that insurance. I do have a brand new phone with a flaw from best buy. If you get a brand new phone you can opt into getting Sprint to cover it.

You don't understand why? Because Best Buy is misleading and I came from ATT who did not offer anything like Sprint does. As soon as I walked into the sprint store to ask about my old phone I knew I made a mistake in my choice. When I heard an employee telling someone they replaced their screen. I have never seen Sprint advertise this kind of service. I thought it was something of the past and didn't realize Sprint had repair centers and to the extent the repairs they would conduct.

I went to best buy and got turned away. They told me to come tomorrow when their manager is there. In fact I had to pay extra tax to get my replacement which was complete bs. I called Sprint and I spoke to one of there management guys. He told me to go to best buy and if they would not give me a new phone to call them without leaving the store.
[EVO 4G General] suck3rs:
Went to best buy again today. Got turned away again. Literally was told that they did me a favor replacing the phone in the first place.

Called the store and spike to the gm. He was pretty understanding and hooked ne up. Now I have a phone that works.
[EVO 4G General] scud626:
I agree, always deal with sprint for repairs. Stock kernel 11 or above is better for all around functions (camera, 4g) ziggy kernels are best performance. Just trial and error with diff rom/kernel combo is the best advice. till you find the one that works best for you
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] elracing21:
New home launcher ADW EX. Its just adw with a few more customizations. It's on the market.

Anyone using it yet? I just bought it and its amazing! Everybody post pics of your launcher and show off your personal taste!

If you experience any stutter or freeze issue its probably a memory leak caused by one of your widgets, a quick adw reset will fix it. Just go to the menu scroll down and adw reset.

Anybody with suggestions should email the dev from the market place. He replies quite quick and is open to suggestions.

HTC Vision S-OFF CM6.1 Stable Oc'd to 1.5ghz on Pershoots Kernel :)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] gravis86:
I ran into this earlier today on the Nexus S forum and thought about reposting it, but I got too carried away playing with it and forgot...

Menu > ADW Settings > General Behavior > Animation and Effects > Wallpaper Scrolling
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] juanshop:
I just bought it and is just amazing! The effects. And everything is awesome and do not believe crap, this is FAST!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] elracing21:
Thanks I found it right before coming back on.

This thing is amazing. I love the new swipe effects. I am using effect 5 and its sweet with my setup!

HTC Vision S-OFF CM6.1 Stable Oc'd to 1.5ghz on Pershoots Kernel :)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bsktballstar3131:
just finished playing around with it for a bit and all i gotta say is...wow. animations switching screens are so sleek and dont lag at all on my CM6.1.1. no FC's or anything. loving it so far. havent defaulted it yet, still trying to see if i truly want it as my default. only thing i wish it had right now is swipe gestures for each dockbar icon (not just the main swipe up/swipe down gestures) because on launcher pro i have 5 different gestures, particularly: quick compose for chomp and screen off and lock because i'd rather quickly swipe up than long press the search button. unfortunately i can't do that to the dockbar in ADW but instead i've made the single swipe up gesture for screen off and lock, and long press search as quick compose. also in launcherpro i had a swipe gesture for battery use shortcut in settings and in ADW i just decided to make a shortcut for it on the desktop. also miss the launcherpro facebook widget but i can live without it.

in conclusion, this launcher is absolutely amazing so far, battery drained pretty quickly but i can't tell if thats just cuz i was literally messing around with it constantly, even to the point where i would just play around with the screen transition animation for days haha or if its actually a battery drainer. i guess we'll see if it really drains a lot of battery tomorrow, assuming i can show some self control with playing with the screen animations :)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] GlitchZero:
God that all sounds entirely too complicated.

Also, it really sounds like your hung on LP.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] elracing21:
Lawl! I agree.

Battery seems the same to me. I was messing with my transitions for the hell of it for a bit didn't notice any major draining.

HTC Vision S-OFF CM6.1 Stable Oc'd to 1.5ghz on Pershoots Kernel :)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] myronic:
Wow is all I can say. Phenomenal animations and extensive options! Thanks for the heads-up!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] KiNG OMaR:
I don't know... It seems nice, but I'll just stick with LPP :p