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[Epic 4G General] diego1985:
I know what you mean, being new to android, I wasted 30 mins of my life trying to recognize the difference, it is very misleading.
[Epic 4G General] watermoore:
I love when people ask you what kind of phone you have and when you respond with "the epic, its an Android device," they stare at you blankly, but if you say you have a "droid" all of the sudden your cool.... lame. Its like having the phone with more GeeBees and the Why Fi's lol

Sent from my Epic
[Epic 4G General] Pito2k6:
It just tells you Motorola is doing something right if a lot of ppl know it by the name Droid.So its not that dumb.Droid does.....
[Epic 4G General] kenvan19:
Well yes and no. They just did a good job saturating the market with ads and creating "hype" whereas the others have focused more on real features and the phones capabilities (except for the complete lack of advertising for the galaxy s phones) verizon focused on a catchphrase. Whatever works though.
[Epic 4G General] DiGi760:
I went through this the other day at work. One of my co-workers needed an HTC branded charger for her friend's "Droid." I told her that HTC didn't make the droid and brought her a micro usb charger that works for a Droid. She told me it was the wrong kind of charger. Then she searched for the phone on the internet to show me what she meant and it was a Droid Eris, so I got her a mini usb charger and had to explain how it would work, even with HTC's oddly shaped plug.
[Epic 4G General] oshizzle1991:
LOL. i might put this in my sig hahaha
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
Is this a troll thread?

Sent from hell...
[Epic 4G General] oshizzle1991:
no.......?
[Epic 4G General] warlar12:
It gets me at about a 7 people are dumb when it comes to technology brands and software
[Epic 4G General] ldrn:
It doesn't aggravate me at all; as long as they're not calling my Epic 4g an iPhone, I consider it a win. ;)

The bar moves lower every day.
[Epic 4G General] JettMartinez:
^This

I have an MP3 Player and a Smartphone. NOT an I*anything. :D
[Epic 4G General] kbnguy:
Where is it?

Damn where did I put my Epic DROID 4G? Anyone seen my Droid?? :p

/Bait
[Epic 4G General] pre2epic4g:
does not piss me off at all.
[Epic 4G General] SINNN:
Lol. It pisses me off too. Its usually boons who say it. Not modders or devs. But I do get urges to grab their "droid" and throw it at asphalt.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I have given up trying.to explain thimgs like that to people I just agree that it is a droid so they wont ask a bunch of questions. I have had people think my phone was a blackberry. For me it is a 7 out of 10.
[Epic 4G General] cwilgus:
I must be one of the "AT LEAST 7" boons (noobs)

All right help me out then. Because I only assumed that devices with the ggle android operating system were called droid phones for short. My droid phone, I didnt know there was a policing of the term. Motorola, HTC, Samsung etc... are all mobile devices that can have the android os on them, so I call the droids. Just because the Motorola marketing genius's decided to call a device a droid doesnt change any of the above fact, that I know of. Now that is just my misspelled opinion and do not mind being corrected at all. I insist as I don't want to sound un educated at the broken glasses convention.:cool:
[Epic 4G General] sweepingzero:
A friend of mine has att and texted me he got a new phone. Asked him which one. Said droid. Att doesn't have droid. Took 15 minutes for him to figure out the actual name of the phone and 20 more to argue with me that calling android droid was ok. I'm pretty sure marketing did it on purpose calling it the droid for this exact reason. I almost drove over to his house to smack him :) plus droid commercials are obnoxious weird and make 0 sense.

And on the important clearly relevent note. The epic is clearly the best ANdroid phone :)

Edit: I agree with the iphone comment 1000% I refuse to even own an ipod. People can call my or any other android phone anything they please over calling it an iphone anyday. I literally left att because of the iphone and their hatred for google sexiness
[Epic 4G General] SINNN:
I thought droid meant all phones with android. Lol. Still.. Dumb.
[Epic 4G General] vawlk:
I chuckle. Anyone who freaks out about their Android phone being called a Droid has more problems than the person they are mad at.

The Droid has done more for the Android brand than any other phone.
[Streak 5 General] airanderson:
Hi all!

Merry X'mas!

I'm contemplating the purchase of Dell Streak with the updated Froyo. Wasn't really sure if I should get it. Am also looking at HTC Desire and LG Optimus 7.

Dell Streak looks really good to me. But I'm worried about the size of the handset. It is good for web browsing etc but not sure if it's portable (cos I can't try putting the demo set into my pocket as it's locked to the display counter). And most reviews online are based on Android 1.6.

Could I seek opinions/advice from current users of the device, please? Is the device easily portable in the pocket (small size guy Asian jeans, pants)? How does it compare to HTC Desire? I heard that Dell Streak can't load the names of contacts when u use the dialing pad, is that true? Any other comments about the phone too? :)

Many thanks in advance!:)

Regards,

Anderson
[Streak 5 General] ronj1986:
It is true, when you dial #'s, the names containing those letters so not appear onscreen.
[Streak 5 General] airanderson:
Thanks for the info!

Can I also wifi-tether using Dell Streak as a modem for my laptop? Sorry, I'm new to Android OS, not sure if wifi-tethering is based on OS or hardware. Have only used Windows Mobile and Symbian OS.
[Streak 5 General] Spectre51:
Yes you can tether with it but you will need the Unlocked version in the states as AT&T will surely remove it from the official 2.2 once its released on the locked units. On the unlocked phones its on there by default.

As far as fitting in pockets yes it is a big phone and might be a little awkward when you sit down but standing up or walking around it is no problem. I have had a iPhone, and a Nexus One, have used a Droid, Captivate, and others....I like the the streak the best.
[Streak 5 General] Ravindra9:
I bought my Streak yesterday. And interestingly, its my first Android device too. It came preloaded with 1.6 however immediately got updated to 2.2 (absolutely easily) upon switching on, with SIM inside (FOTA)!!!

Well, size is a matter of personal opinion. Of course, you can not put this in your shirt pocket. The device is Beauty outside, and brains inside.

All is well with device, in terms of speed, stability, user interface, battery life and almost unlimited apps, however If you have been a winmo user all this while you MUST NOTE that unlike Activesync, here you DO NOT HAVE any GOOD SYNC option, which can SYNCHRONIZE your OUTLOOK- CONTACTS, TASKS, CALENDAR, NOTES and MAILS. However if this does not bother you, primarily I feel, Streak should be a good experience!!!
[Streak 5 General] airanderson:
Hi Ron,

I see! I'm in Asia, seems like the telcos here don't lock the phones so the tethering function should be in there! Looks like the phone is portable!

Hi Ravi, looks like you are enjoiying your phone! I'm not too bothered about active-sync cos I am currently using Nokia E63 on Symbian. Nothing much for me to sync with my laptop cos would be using the SIM card for contacts. :)

How long does the battery last?
[Streak 5 General] Ravindra9:
No bro, I am not really enjoying my Streak and it is ONLY because of its issue of OUTLOOK synchronization which is an absolute must for me from my business point of view.

The battery life of course depends on so many parameters, including drainers like Wifi/Bluetooth/GPRS (3G), playing music/video/camera / phone calls/ screen brightness etc. However I can say that I am on 3G (switched on) ever since I switched on the phone, using wifi for about 30 min, in last 24 hours and no other major drainer, except few phone calls, however fiddling a lot with the device which means the screen has been on-- a lot, and I have not charged my phone, ever since I switched it on for the first time, ever-since I bought it that is now over 42 hours (of course I fully charged it, before first usage itself) and as I can see, i have more than 60% battery life still remaining. This is really good, for sure!!!
[Streak 5 General] airanderson:
Hey Bro! That's a great battery life! My normal usage would comprise of 1-2hrs of web surfing and IM over 3G network, 10-20mins of talk, perhaps 50 SMS per day.

Have you tried taking photos and videos with the phone? Good quality?
[Streak 5 General] p00kienrayray:
I just got a dell streak today at best buy, so mine is the AT&T locked @ 1.6. Idk when exactly the 2.2 will come out for mine, but honestly for $99, I dont care.

I'm gonna give a little review of it based on my one day of ownership:

I've been an owner of iphone 3gs, nexus one, HD2, and still have my EVO 4G. Aside from 1.6, I'm really digging this phone.

the cons:

*the speaker phone is fine during calls, but cracks when I have the music on full blast (but not a deal breaker).

*the keyboard isn't that great for a phone this size, but there's a lot of keyboards out there in the market, so this isnt really a problem.

*camera is sub par to all of my previous phones (not a deal breaker)

*some may disagree with me, but HTC's Sense UI is better than Dell's Stage UI

*Other gripes are firmware-related, so once I'm able to update to froyo, it should be all good.

Pros:

*The battery seems to be better than my N1, HD2, and EVO, but I'm not sure if the firmware has anything to do with this.

*the screen is only .7 inches bigger than my HD and EVO, but its a HUGE difference. it truly is more enjoying to browse and watch movies with a bigger screen.

(keep in mind that on the 4.3 in screens, I can operate it with one hand, but this phone was designed to be used in landscape mode, so you really need two hands to operate it. feels like i'm holding a psp. kind of weird, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.)

*despite the huge size, the form factor of the streak feels good in the hand(s). Its unbelievably slim and sleek. not too heavy, but not too light where it feels flimsy.

*wow factor. immediately after I left the store my friends and family saw it and they were like, "DAYYYYUMMM!:eek:" Phone envy:D

Because its only dealt through few retailers, the streak is a rare gem.

*contrary to other reviews I've read online, the snapdragon processor has been very smooth so far and not spotty at all.

Overall, my main issues are with the 1.6 firmware which will all go away with 2.2 (I have froyo on my EVO, so I'm sure it'll be just as great if not better on the streak). The hardware (besides the lack of a 4G radio) is perhaps the sexiest.

My biggest concerns however, are the actual quality that the gorilla glass are reported to have, and the support that dell comes through with for the streak (pushed back release date/froyo update).

p.s. I forgot to mention, this phone should fit in your front jean pocket fine. but I wear a lot of gym shorts and track jackets that have wide pockets. because the streak is so long, its more likely to drop out of your pockets than other phones. this has happened to me already, but fortunately it only received a very tiny and hardly noticeable blemish.
[Streak 5 General] Spectre51:
Stage ui is horrible I just use launcher pro. The keyboard gets a nice upgrade with froyo as swype is bundled in. the camera is okay, just wish the hd video was better.

Sent from my Dell Streak
[Streak 5 General] airanderson:
Hi Ray, thanks for the first hand comments and comparions on the Dell Streak. I had a go with the demo set in store, I think the Sense UI does looks nicer than the stage UI. And I'm kinda worried about the support as shipment was delayed once to the telco here. Do tell me more about the phone as you use it!

Is there any apps to load contacts' names while keying on the dial pad?

Hi Spectre, will go check out launcher pro! Sounds cool! Saw it appear a few times at the other threads!
[Streak 5 General] subvecto:
Setting up Outlook sync is trivial with android device, just sync directly with exchange server; set it up accordingly, similar as setting up exchange activesync in winmo handset; and rather than sync with PC. Like in winmo platform works as push based as well...
[HD7 General] Eckon:
Hello!

I'm a 50% Happy user with the HD7, i've been following and reading all the issues with the phone (don't get me started on the mms config!...), but anyway, just a simple question.

I'm trying to fully charge the HD7, but i don't want it to be powered on while charging, it just keeps awaking from the dead!

How can i circumvent this ?
[HD7 General] ewells30:
Far as I know the HD& can only be charged while turned on. At first I thought I had a defect unit, but as I read on the net and in reviews that it only charges while being on.

Hope this helps

Eric
[HD7 General] Rouz.:
You can't charge any wp7 device while its turned off.
[HD7 General] norbee3al:
:D i can charge it when de device is off! It is just a big battery sign on the screen!
[HD7 General] ceesheim:
and how are you doing that ?
[HD7 General] hiddengopher:
Pixie sticks.

Lots

of

Pixie

Sticks.
[HD7 General] norbee3al:
i turn off the phone and i put the phone to the charger. That's it.

I think is it important, i charge it via charger, NOT via laptop.
[HD7 General] FiyaFleye:
I have to call BS on this one, at least if you're using an HD7... Unless you mean when you let it die til it's very end, and then when you plug it in it DOES show that, but temporarily until the phone has enough juice to turn on... then it does.
[HD7 General] frankd14321:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^+1
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
Hello guys... Could anyone please give me a link to download Htc desire hd unbranded stock rom for my DHD.. i have tmobile branded fone and its very slow.. and if you could tell me in a few steps how to flash it.. that will be really appreciated..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1OT:
Slow DHD

xmoo has the stock ROMs here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=824357&highlight=stock+rom

I'm just reading about aswell but take a look at this 2 if you do flash it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=889238&highlight=froyo+2.3+manual+update&page=2

- However, have you had it long? I found my T-Mob DHD lagged out at times when I first got it (on release), I took off a couple widgets that where updating/sync'n all the time off my desktop, I run like 3-4 now & its fine.

Also are you Rooted? You can Temproot with VisionARY, just restart to get OTA updates : ) To keep it running nice 'Cache Cleaner NG' is superb, runs on a schedule & Adfree will edit your host file with loopback entries for known AdSites (gets them out your free apps).

Appologies if this is old news m8 : ) It's just my DHD runs smooth & I'm still on 2.2, wondering if yours is either shipped 2.3 or recently updated and you want to revert back?..i'm just doing some reading myself atm 2.....

(I'm still on 2.2 because like an idiot I cant find the protected amazonmp3 app that I removed!! What a fool, no OTA for now! I've read up on re-installing and setting permissions with root explorer if I can get the stock app!! Might just flash to Stock OS myself if it proves easier!)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
Hi,

I posted this yesterday, it summarises the processes you need to run through to unbrand your DHD and update to the latest HTC Firmware (Android 2.2.1).

You can find it --> HERE

A quick warning, the latest HTC Firmware will prevent you from rooting.
[XPERIA X2 General] RJH57108:
I have Bing on my X2A and it seems to bring up the bing site correctly --- with the entry screen to either type in the request or say it ...

But then it says that the device is not supported and asks if I want to go to m.bing.com in the browser ...

Is there a way to get Bing to work? or at least let it recognise the x2A???
[XPERIA X2 General] doministry:
Disappointing but Microsoft stopped Bing support for WM6.5.

It just doesn't work anymore.
[XPERIA X2 General] RJH57108:
Looking on the web, I found a suggestion to download the version that is listed on Marketplace ... did that, and it now works (at least it allows the SW to work and doesn't ask about going to the bing web site) ... but the voice commands go into a "thinking ..." state and just sit there ... but otherwise it appears to work ... and can find its location ...
[G1 General] dilwaladoctor:
Can someone please tell me an easy way to port MIUI ROM to G1. There are a couple of threads posted on XDA for G1 MIUI dated December 3, December 11 and December 20, 2010. But for me, they are a bit complicated (especially the flashing of new radio 2708 in fastboot, didnt work for me after several tries)....if possible, please post a VIDEO on YOUTUBE describing in detail the process of flashing MIUI rom on G1. THANKS.

HTC DREAM/CyanogenMod 6.1 Stable/Radio 2.22.23.02/SPL 1.33.2005
[G1 General] :
Where are you stuck with the radio?

Do you have the SDK installed? Are the adb drivers installed? What SPL do you have?
[G1 General] dilwaladoctor:
I tried to flash it through recovery. I have SDK installed but normally use terminal emulator. Didnt try ADB. SPL is 1.33.2005......anyways I found that MIUI Rom for G1 is a modified CM6.1 Rom with limited MIUI functinality so I have given up the MIUI idea for now......unless someone comes up with a Full MIUI Rom for G1........MIUI Devs dont seem to care for G1 anytime soon though........Thanks for the reply
[Android Software Development] jorny32:
Hey guys. I've been looking around all over for info on the problem with my app. Nothing I found was a concrete answer. here's the problem. I made an app that works really well except it force closes when I hit the back button to finish activity and then start another of the same activity as before. It force closes once in a while when I do this, throwing a log cat error that says out of memory, pointing to where I fill my bitmap cache. There's two reasons im thinking it would be doing this. 1) My bitmap factory is having a problem or 2) I have the context of my activity stored as a variable so I can close activity and that is too much memory. I'm using a panel, which also may add to the problem. Also, another phone can't even start the activity the first time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is only problem on app and this fix will make it market ready.
[Android Software Development] nitzanj:
Did you try to explicitly clean up the bitmap references? you should call Recycle() on every bitmap in your activity's onDestroy or wherever you do your cleaning. Another issue I had was with the Bitmap.CreateScaledBitmap method - it leaks, apparently. I made a small static method that uses a transform matrix and then calls Bitmap.CreateBitmap (the overload that takes a matrix, obviously). That change alone solved half my memory issues.

The thing about not loading at all on another phone might be a heap issue. My game loaded just great on my customized SGS, but on the emulator with 24mb of heap it crashed. The reason was that I pre-load all the sprites at the beginning, and apparently 24mb isn't that much :rolleyes:

Solution was downscaling and lowering resolution and color depth for the sprites, not much possibilities here - too many bitmaps take too much memory...

I'm guessing the phone you tested likely has a smaller heap than the phone that doesn't make your app crash.

Of course all of the above is mostly guess work, but that's what I can supply right now :D
[Android Software Development] georgeyeung:
i have the problem fc too, but after i upgraded to 2.2. the seem the problem fixed automatically.
[Android Software Development] jorny32:
Thanks so much! I made it recycle my bitmaps, along with a few minor changes, and it worked great! Thanks for your help!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheJohn47:
Hi there, sorry for another thread but i'm having a lot of problems.

I'm trying to install this ROM here, but i'm having a few problems.

I think there may be a problem with "E:" on my phone when trying to install the ROM. I get a message saying "E:can't mount" and the installation is aborted.

Please could someone point me in the right direction of how to fix this.

Thanks a lot.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volapyk:
Wrong section mate. This should be in the Desire Q&A section.

Cheers,

v
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheJohn47:
Thanks for moving.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurpreet3579:
Search. For usb brick.

Follow procedure get it done.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
Do I need any task killer or they are just taking memory & slowing down the phone ?

Everytime I open it I have a hole bunch of apps running & some will open right away before I Evan exit the task killer ?

I tried most task killers but nothing seams to actually work properly .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
I would not recommend using a task killer. Android OS has a built in task killer that will kill apps if they're taking up too much memory. Using a task killer, more often than not, can actually INCREASE battery usage instead of helping it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
Do I need an anti virus ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
No. That's a common misconception brought on by Android Haters. Unless you install random third party apps that seem sketchy, you won't need to worry about any viruses. On top of that, any app that is infected is sandboxed from other ones so they could ONLY affect that app and not others. But the point of this post is no, you won't have to worry about anything. Android is actually pretty safe :cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathsled:
many apps you think are running (you see them in the task killer) are not actually running but rather just cached so that they can be opened faster. This is how Android works. True the caching takes up a small amount of memory but you're not wasting CPU cycles on those apps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
Wow thx that's good to know .

Thx to you all here @ XDA you guys ROCK !!!
[Galaxy Tab General] rsakuma:
So I have a Tmobile Galaxy Tab, and I ****ed it up somehow.

I tried to put clockworkmod on there, and somehow it gives me a black screen every other option, so clockworkmod only shows half the time. But it still works.

Tried to revert to factory via the settings menu, it didn't work. Tried to do it ia clockwork, it didn't work. Tried a few more times and somehow I got it to work, but almost everything that was stock is not here....I"m stuck with nothing but android and some tmobile addons, vending.apk ain't even there.

So, I"m throwing in the towel and would like to know if anyone knows where the stock files for the tab can be found. I looked on the wiki, and it tells you to make a backup before everything is ****ed.

:|
[Galaxy Tab General] seven2099:
Yep,

As the wiki says there are no recorded firmwares of stock US/Canada tabs for the most part.

If I were you though I'd simply flash JM6 and then JMC ontop of it.

You'll lose all your stuff but your tab will be better off anyways. Performance of the dev firmwares outdoes any of the stock ones. And you'll get a few extra features while you're at it.
[Nook Color General] Ravynmagi:
Having an odd issue with my Nook (rooted with Auto-Nooker).

When I power it off, I cannot seem to power it back on with the power button, unless I plug the USB cable in first. Any ideas? Is this normal? Thanks.
[Nook Color General] brianf21:
I had problems the first couple of power ups, then is started acting normal.
[Nook Color General] bartimeus:
I just got ny nook last night and when i tried to wake it up this morning i had to plug it in. I hope it fixes itself soon.

Sent from my NOOKcolor using the xda app
[Nook Color General] peiziyu:
Silly question perhaps, but a few people have forgotten... Did you remove the SD card with the Auto Nooter image and reformat it? Otherwise it will boot into that every time you try to turn it on.
[Nook Color General] Beejis:
This was my problem as well until I did what you said. Thanks for the reminder!