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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
but look at the back cover, it does also have the hole where the microSD was supposed to go

but you are right on that question, it might have came down to the choice of this or that...

i wonder if there's any hardware hack, to install the microSD support for ourself :D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
in the end the fact is it doesnt have an SD card so we gotta deal with what we got, I for one dont really care, I hate to do this but the iphone doesnt have an SD card, that isnt a big deal is it?

The world may never know
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
(Dig the image! Haha!)

Ultimately, I agree. However, if I had been given a choice between NFC and a microSD card if that is indeed what it came down to, I probably would have chosen the latter. 16gbs is far more than enough space for me. I recently wiped my SD partition which was barely a gig simply because it was becoming too cluttered (left over folders from apps I no longer used, old NAND backups that weren't my ohshitstock fallback, just generally outdated stuff, et al.

I highly doubt I will ever fill up the space entirely as I'm not one who insists on walking around with my entire mp3 collection, both Star Wars trilogies, and/or my family photographic/videographic history just because I think I should be able to. Lol
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
here is another close up, of the back cover with the perfect fit with extra room on both side of the microSD
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
Heres how i see it, 16 gigs is more than enough for what i would want on it, really though who doesnt have an ipod or an mp3 player that they dont cary with them anyways.

I know i have my 4th gen touch with me whenever i go out,
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
according to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication

NFC has a way shorter distance than Bluetooth and less data rate.

so... what's the future to provide NFC support?

and the radio frecuency used is very low, as in easy to face interference issues.

heck even a R/C car can break havoc to a NFC
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
NFC or RFID, which do you pick, personally i rather place my bets on NFC
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
Sort of like the folks on the Vibrant forums installed a FFC? Or the physical Galaxy S GPS fix?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericc191:
I thought the Nexus S is using a new Ext4 partition or something. If I were you, I'd return the NS for a GS and throw 2.3 on it. Hell of a lot easier than what you're talking about doing.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diversificationied:
There are numerous reasons to get rid of the removable storage.

1) Move to the cloud and don't worry about local storage

2) More reliable hardware if you can standardize on the assembly line

3) More security, Less attack vectors (rootin n1 with sd card hack)

4) Easier to test the recent switch to ext 4 by removing variables

5) Less moving parts

6) Faster data access
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
That would be like what the Vibrant did.

But Nexus S has better OS, NFC, and everything else seems slightly better out of the box.

The rest of the SGS series seems to have poor QA, and software wise is always playing a catch up game

yes, in a similar fashion, but instead of installing a FFC, we install a microSD slot

the challenge on this side project is to find a microSD mount that fits into that hole in the compartment, and match the soldering pins in the motherboard.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diversificationied:
No one is gonna be "adding" a micro sd slot like a FFC was added. It's an entirely different situation. With the ffc was just pulled. In this case the pcb is new:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
oh well, there goes the idea.

i can see it has no space nor any point of contacts to mount the microSD

seems like they really had to choose either or scenario as mentioned above

NFC vs. microSD
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
this is what i was talking about in a previous post about how the case had a space for an SD card
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokexz:
Look guys, it doesn't have internal Micro SD, this is all pure NAND, no SD trickery like WP7... Google made this a dev device, and they wanted to give devs a feature of Gingerbread, virtual SD card compartments. They wanted you to use the virtual SD card for transfer, it's a feature for Gingerbread, so devices with no SD card can work better with Froyo's apps to sd. It's very basic, and they did want to cut costs, wouldn't they have used just an internal SDHC 16gig micro SD card? They just didn't put one, end of discussion.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhilashraj:
maybe this sounds silly..

but could they have chosen to exclude the SD cards because the external memory is likely to create a bottle neck in reading/writing information?

as in -- if you allow the average user to place a memory card, they'd go with the one with LARGEST capacity, and slowest read/write times...

possible?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
We arent bashing the device for not having an SD card we are discussing if it was ever a thought in the minds of Google/Samsung
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
my points exactly

i consider this a very nice research & development project :)

no idea why some people seems to either take it personally, or seems to think people are dishing the phone because of X reason. :confused:

there are plenty of hints google/samsung had it on their plans at one point, but it obvious they scrapped it due whatever reason, in this case it seems like to them the NFC was more important
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztm.000:
I like this idea. Anything is possible, right?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
Yeah, if this was a bash thread, I wouldn't be participating. I try to stay away from negativity like that because it runs counter to the spirit of this community, imo. I have fallen for the trap in the past, though. :(

But, anyway, we should probably also keep in mind that the Nexus S could be considered an experiment in utilizing the capabilities of the ext4 file format versus.. er.. whatever was used in the past. Getting beyond my limited technical capabilities, though. It wasn't used previous to this device, was it?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Because those with less maturity get emotionally wrapped up in the devices they buy and their ego won't let them admit they may have made a bad buying decision. A challenge to the device-of-choice is in a way a challenge to their own egos and they must attack those that they sub-consciously perceive as attacking them.

/pop psych lesson over

:D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 651stp:
idont mind that the micrSD was scrapped. Would have preffered no SD and 32-64 internal though. :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
yeah, i'd be satisfied with at least 32 GB, 64 GB would be ideal
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhaedraCorruption:
Actually, the prototype Nexus S did have a Micro SD slot, for cost saving reasons, google/samsung decided to remove the slot in the production models.

I personally don't see how an a Micro SD card would cost them much.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androyed:
I really don't care about the lack of a microSD-slot. 16GB is enough for me. What am I going to do? I'm not going to watch movies, and I'm not throwing my whole music collection on it. Besides, most people use an iPod/Mp3-player for their music, so what do they need more than 16GB for? And that it isn't replaceable doesn't matter to me neither.

I guess that's what Google/Samsung thought too: more than 16GB is not necessary. It seems it is necessary, looking at all the dissapointed people, but I think you can perfectly live without it.

By the way, the space for applications actually doubled from the Nexus One. People seem to forget the good things from the Nexus S, the things that are actually new, things where they rant about at other devices.

If you think the lack of a microSD-slot is really that big of a deal, then just don't buy the Nexus S. It's not like because it's a Nexus, made by Google himself, it HAS to be perfect or something. That's the beauty of Android, right? You get to choose your own hardware, sort of!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
That's actually the reason why having more GB is better.

To avoid having to carry several devices with you.

I for one prefer to haver Everything in 1 device (phone + camera + video recording + MP3/AC3 + movie collection + games + office work documents to edit and review during trip)

there's nothing more boring that being stuck in the airport doing nothing, and or when you are stuck in hotel room with nothing fun to do... not all business trips are fun, some are in very remote boring towns :p

Streaming MP3/AC3 to the Car stereo system is a breeze, it auto connects as you turn on the car

no need to carry CDs any more

keep all the audio on the phone

the movies are mostly for the hotel, plane

games are perfect for doctors offices, and on the waiting lounge on the pre-flight, or in a movie theather line up, or those crazy morning line ups outside the stores for limited edition items, or crazy sales like boxing days and stuff :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
What Allgamer said.

Why carry 2 devices when you can carry 1? I don't want to need a man purse or batman belt for all my gadgets; that was part of the appeal of the iPhone when announced, the first all-in-one gadget that did all things well.

Obviously I can live without 32 gigs on my Nexus S, but I had no problem at all finding ways to use up 28-30 gigs on my 32 gb iPhone or my 32 gig Galaxy S (16 int, 16 ext sd).

Heck, I could use up 3-4 gigs just with Nandroid backups when I was testing various ROMs on my N1 or SGS.

It's interesting how so many people assume their own use case is the only valid one and so easily dismiss the needs/desires of others...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i wonder if we can replace this from the SGS (SGH-T959)

instead of the stock one in SNS :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
I don't think it would fit.

Also, you'd need to hack the kernel to mount the external sd card, and you might need a driver for the sd card slot hardware.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr mystery:
I personally love the iNand flash memory over SD card any day. Sure it's finite but it's so much faster shows in read/writes.
[Android Software Development] /b/rotherJudas:
I have to do all editing from my phone, no laptop anymore. Any suggestions on a great app to edit system files, and something to repackage apks?

RIP Cotton Eye Jim
[Android Software Development] PMGRANDS:
Root Explorers My Favorite,

But ES Explorer Is Pretty Good Also,

And That Ones Free!!
[Android Software Development] /b/rotherJudas:
I've been using root explorer, but a lot of files show up as nonsense and symbols.

RIP Cotton Eye Jim
[Android Software Development] /b/rotherJudas:
Any other suggestions guys?
[Android Software Development] PMGRANDS:
Try NinjaMorph!!
[Android Software Development] msgfromside3:
if you are okay with shell interface, Terminal Emulator is what I would recommend.
[Android Software Development] ginosergio:
sorry guys, I'm trying to overwrite this file

\system\media\audio\notifications\22_on_time.ogg

but ES explorer say it cannot do it. I chose properties and see that the file is read only.

How can I do it ??

Ser
[Android Software Development] MatDrOiD:
Are you rooted? If not, you cannot do it, because you need root access to do changes in /system directory. If, you can do it with e.g. one of the following apps:

Root explorer (paid)

Super Manager (free)

File Expert (free)

After starting, you need to mount (switch) r/w. Additionally, in both free apps, you need to enable root option in their settings before. Now can you can overwrite.
[Android Software Development] ginosergio:
Yessss !! it works (yes, I'm rooted) :p

Thank you, MatDrOiD ! I used File Expert. Just 2 questions:

in file expert, when i go into options - mount - and choose "read and write" should I be already positioned browsing the "system" folder ??

I've done this way, but I suspect that "mount read and write" is a global option referring to system folders and can be enabled just when entering File expert ?
[Android Software Development] PMGRANDS:
Only System files have to be Mounted as Read/Write to Edit them, other than that they can't be Modified!

*Sent on My*

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"Sprint" Hero.... Running My, *ExEnHeroC* Rom, w/Kifno's Twist, Also The XDA-BLUE.apk!! "Page 10" of My Thread!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=957867

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http://www.mediafire.com/?bb1axugm0bw7oro

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=US#/profile?user=PMGRANDS
[Android Software Development] MatDrOiD:
I don't like to say it, but pressing thanks-button would be awesome! :D

You can also mount r/w while in root folder, does not matter. After closing file expert, you always have to enable root explorer function and mounting r/w again, when you start file expert the next time. At least i cannot find an option to enable it permantly. Which is understandable for me, because superuser rights can damage your phone (so this enable action works metaphorically as a little warning, imho).
[Android Software Development] Jean1965:
Hi, I have a rooted an android tablet (Chuwi Hi12) and find the lowest brightness way too bright. Now I found the settings of brightness and want to lower the settings but the system won't save the file with the new settings. What am I doing wrong? Please help. Many thanks.

Jeanpierre
[Android Software Development] bee man:
i think

root browser is the best one!:
[Android Software Development] Klusio19:
I have question. With any root Explorer I can't overwrite ANY file on ANY app. Always pop up something like "can't overwrite" I'm rooted with Magisk, Pocophone F1 MIUI 10.3 by xiaomi.eu 9.1.17 (dev.)

Any solution?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mstyle88:
Hey all,

I know the 'loose hinge' debate has been beaten to death but anyone have any good experience with any cases that help negate this problem? I called T-Mobile about the hinge and they said they never heard of the hinge problem but that some say certain cases help alleviate at that. (Ponder that statement for a moment!) I figure its worth asking before I try to take apart the phone and stretch/replace the springs.

My phone has been great, no hinge issue until last night the phone fell of the nightstand and ever since the hinge is so bad that you can feel the looseness as you hold it or text.

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] PatrickHuey:
i would like to know the same thing. the thing is, i dont think any manucfactuar will build a case for the phone to prevent the hinge looseness. the reason being is because companies such as htc and tmobile do not see it as a problem, so i dont think anyone will make a case maybe with a clip, to hold it tighter, or whatever. which would be cool. but im glad someone noticies the same thing i do. i dont mind the hinge, but i cant stand typing on the on screen keyboard because i can feel the screen just jossle just a little. drives me insane!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] shadowofzeus:
I think it could be done with the hard shell, and rubberized cases. I small spring loaded mechanism on the part of the case near the microphone. it would stretch out and lock the keyboard in place when you extend it and then lock back in place when you close it. I tried to draw a design but I am a horrible artist. We would have to build them ourselves though.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] CB620:
I have a hardshell clear case I got off ebay. I can tilt my g2 now and the hinge/screen won't open or expose. I have the one that doesn't go around the trackpad.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] romdroid.:
i am also looking for this kind of case
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mstyle88:
Sadly for me, a few pieces of scotch tape on the sides fixes the problem! I dont use the physical keyboard a lot so its not a big deal.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ad505:
I'm not sure if one is made /c:

Any ideas in a DIY case manipulation?

Sent from my rooted HTC Vision running cm6.1.1
[HD2 General] Lilolong:
Hey Guys

i cant find this prob in the search engy

sry for my bad english im from germany and my last englishlesson is 3 years ago ;D

So here is my problem:

i flashed my htc hd2to 2.08 hspl

than i insatll a custom rom and at 99% it fails so now if i insatll any other rom this happens:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkSk3DYjNmk[/YOUTUBE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkSk3DYjNmk
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
Go here

After using the above, re-flash a rom.
[Droid X General] DNak206:
Used to love Palringo for WinMo but with Android, there are TONs.. have heard Meebo is pretty good, what do you all use?

primarily interested in: MSN, Yahoo, GChat, Facebook
[Droid X General] crxin:
I came from a blackberry where bbm ran the show, not I use gtalk. Makes it easy for me since I can monitor email and talk on my pc while at work.
[Droid X General] DNak206:
but can you add contacts from other services like msn and such?
[Droid X General] frielfanatic:
I use eBuddy. Great program. Its free in the market
[Droid X General] greate:
I use nimbuz also free in the market. Good app i cant send files and even do a voice chat on YM.

Sent from my DROIDX
[Droid X General] zanix:
I like Trillian, it's not free though [$4.99]
[Droid X General] DNak206:
Yeah, I am not against paying for one.. I instant message quite a bit, for personal and for work. What I really liked about my old MSN IM client for my last WinMo phone (TP2) was that you could send voice clips as messages. Palringo did the same thing except the audio clips came through as 3rd party links which was kind of a nuisance.

Anyone else?
[Droid X General] Funnyface19:
+1, caught it when they were giving out the free beta and free updates, i love it besides everyone should know it can be found on the internet fringe somewhere floating around for the taking lol
[Droid X General] fmkaiba:
I used newborn for a while, then switched to ebuddy. More relyable
[Desire HD General] 3kgt:
I have made a search in google and here without getting any good answer! Or maybe im just blind!

To the Question.

I read that Taskkiller are no good, and i do agree after trying Many of them!

But what about Autostart killers? many apps start upp in the list wich i never use!

So is an Autostart killer any good?

tested 2 of them but saw that half of the "services, apps" that i did say to autokill still did autostart :S

And is there any way to remove the annying startupp sound/anime?
[Desire HD General] QuiXilver:
Same principle imo. Have u read the article in my sig? If it's autokilled on startup then restarts, chances are there's a process that's running that starts that app for a reason.

Just leave it and see how it runs.

On Winmo on my HD2 I changed the startup image and sound after installing HSPL. Not sure what exists that allows you to do it on Android. It would definitely need root access though.
[Desire HD General] 3kgt:
The problem is that apps wich i Never use! and are of No important like

News

HTC Likes

hutc Hub

Reader

FM radio

Shares

Are always started in background when the phone is started!

Edit:Can add that i used several autostart apps! and none works really!

and an example of that is the News feed in Desire hd.. It downloaded 2 mg in 1 single day by 3g connection.. An app wich i never use..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gibsonusa:
I was wondering how to get different icons for my vibrant I've seen some folks uusing the Mario mushrooms and some had better looking web and contacts stuff like that.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] concac858:
I think they either used better cut or desktop visualizer
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gibsonusa:
Is better cut easy to use or will there be some learning to go threw?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dverrette:
From what I learned everything is a learning process when it comes to XDA, check out the market for apps that change icons and your user interface, another suggestion is to check out the Vibrant Themes and Apps section. There is plenty of mods and themes there, I'm currently using the Black Froyo Theme and loving it! Check out some pics of it here
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilflip193:
On my vibrant I am currently running Pepperake v2. It has alright battery life. However I'm trying to find the best battery life. Speed doesnt effect me that much. I am just trying to find something that has long battery. I feel that every rom I've put on my phone is just draining the battery. Trying to find a stable and battery safe rom. Any ideas?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] concac858:
Nero v3 is stable and battery is pretty good
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilflip193:
thanks

Thank you. Going To test it out now. I didnt even know they released v3 thought that they were still on v2. Testing now.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Molezou:
Axura 2.2.5.5

sent from my xda app and please excuae my swype
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilflip193:
Already used this rom and for some reason it gave me alot of lag.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Molezou:
have you tried enabling the Voodoo lag fix from recovery? And how was the battery life when you tried it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tynen:
I've been using Nero Beta 3 with Curio's Stock+voodoo kernel. I get stock battery life, with amazing performance, and of course it's froyo.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
using ginger clone with voodoo.

On Idle, i lost 1% in 12 hours (did this while sleeping)

while light use, i got around 30 hours (music for a bit, a little web, texting heavy a few phone calls)

Moderate use around 20-21 hours (music alot, web alot, texting heavy, few phone calls)

Heavy around 15-17 hours (alot of music, tonsssss of web, texting over heavy, alot of phone calls, and dungeon defenders for a half a hour)

i use it heavily, and thats all i need, because when im not using it at night, i charge it, and 17 hours is good enough for me.

voodoo installed, no other changes.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duce HD2:
Nero V3, even with voodoo enabled. It's fantastic. For whatever reason the longer I'm running this ROM, the longer the battery is lasting....it's almost like the phone and the battery are becoming a single entity....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilflip193:
Ok I have yet to try this currently testing NeRo v3 with lag fix. I've been using it for an hour with brightness on full. Gps on. Textinf heavily and im at 93 percent. Better than the last:-)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] concac858:
You should turn down the brightness and use titanium back up to freeze some apps that run in the background that you don't use and battery life should be much better
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosslabs:
Nero V3 is perfect for battery file :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
yes, freeze things like...

ALL things that end/start with DRM its useless.

Media Hub

Samsung Apps

and

any other apps that you dont usually use..

i find my maps opens randomly in the background, and i never use maps, so i froze that, i can't use maps now anymore.

things like that will make your battery double easily.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjggilbert:
Nero 3 by far. I can go two days almost on a charge using wifi, 3G, a little gaming etc.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmo879:
Axura 2.2.5.6 so far has been the best for me :)

Internet, music, apps have been running on my phone all morning and so far I'm down to 90% after 5 hours!