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[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Some time ago, the Linpack for Android app was changed so that it would run for a substantially larger period of time.

I suppose that was done because there was a lot of "scatter" in the results on a given phone due to competing processes and kernel activity - so running the test longer sort of averages those things out. I think those "2 second" reports you saw are for older versions of the app.

Having said that, the Linpack benchmark is effectively meaningless - it measures floating point performance, which is something that your phone only rarely engages in during routine operations.

If you enable JIT, kill off as many unrelated apps as possible, crank up your overlocking, set min CPU speed to = max CPU, and turn on the performance governor ... you'll get a good score ... but the last three tweaks will eat your battery up, and you will only see improvement in interactive behaviors of the phone which correspond EXACTLY to your max CPU frequency.

For day-to-day use, where you will be concerned with battery life AND the long-term life of the phone (OC'ing @ 810 has burned out a number of Erii already), about the best you can do is:

- enable JIT

- use the interactive or smartass governor

- set your max CPU to 710, 729, or 748

- occasionally trim back unused apps (manual kill)

The Linpack benchmark on any given phone is nothing more than a proxy for max CPU frequency - if you run several trials of it, changing the max CPU frequency each time, you will see that the benchmark number is exactly proportional to the max CPU frequency.

bftb0
[HTC Aria Accessories] AbiXDA:
Hi Guys,

I just bought a HTC Aria and am now looking for a case and screen protector. I did go through this entire forum and read to all the posts in regard to the these items. However, I do have some specific questions in regard to these products that I hope someone can answer.

For screen protectors, I was looking at the following:

youtube.com/watch?v=O5FDzVFa-Vk

This protector looks fairly thick, do you think it would affect the screen sensitivity too much? Anyone have an experience with this particular product?

The two cases that I am looking at are:

amazon.com/gp/product/B003TFDIZC/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

amazon.com/gp/product/B003SNIMZQ/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Which of these would be more protective for accidental falls? Personally, I like the design for the first one, but if it does not protect the phone very well then it serves me no purpose.

One of them is an argyle skin case the other is a jelly skin case. What is the difference between the two. I upgraded from a 10 year old prepaid phone. So, do not really have any experience with any type of case/protector.

Thank you.
[HTC Aria Accessories] mr72:
I have one of each.

The most vulnerable thing to break on this phone is if it falls and lands on a corner or on the front glass in any way, it will shatter the digitizer. I know this from experience.

Both of these cases will protect the glass from an impact either on the edge/corner or for a face drop. They both have a ridge above the edge of the top of the phone so the glass edge is not exposed directly in the event of a drop face first. But the jelly case, while it is sticky and bulky and impedes putting the phone in and out of your pocket, definitely appears to be more shock absorbing than the TPU type cases and I would tend to think it will work better if you drop it.

That being said, I generally don't use any case or cover for my phone. My wife had a nice case on her Evo and one drop shattered it. My friend had a beefy rubber case on his iPhone 3Gs and one drop shattered it. Someone ran over my wife's iPhone in a rubber case with their Yukon XL and it left tire treads on the screen protector and otherwise the phone came out in mint condition. So you know, I think it just all depends on precisely how it is dropped and the case makes minimal difference.
[HTC Aria Accessories] AbiXDA:
Has anyone tried the following? I am concerned that it may block the proximity center.

Both links are for the same product; however, they show different images/angles.

amazon.com/Skinomi-TechSkin-Protector-LIFETIME-REPLACEMENTS/dp/B003F31HM4

skinomi.com/htc-aria-carbon-fiber-skin-protector.html
[HTC Aria Accessories] mr72:
the skinomi thing doesn't have anything I can see that would prevent the screen from shattering if it's dropped.

If you want to protect the phone from the most common and expensive damage, then you need two things:

1. a raised ridge around the edge of the glass so that if the phone is dropped directly on its face, it won't impact the glass, but rather will land on this ridge

2. some kind of shock absorption on the corners of the phone so that the impact of a corner drop is not transmit to the corner of the screen glass

The skinomi "protector" has neither of these features, and IMHO it's simply cosmetic. It does look nice.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowen23:
So i was reading on phandroid that Tmo is uppin their 4G speed to HSPA+ 42 and it mentioned that 3G HSPA and 4G HSPA was backwards compatible does that mean that we could possibly be getting 4G for the Vibrant?

Edit: Heres the link to the post i read, the backwards compatiblity part is right above the orangish box at the bottom

http://phandroid.com/2011/01/06/t-mobile-hspa-42-live-speed-test-video/
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flak_Munky:
Basically the backwards compatibility only allows for support of the older devices (you will be able to connect to the data service with older devices). You will not get 4g speeds on a device that does not have a radio/antenna that supports 4g. The older devices may get a slight boost to their speeds as 4g does have more bandwidth, but it won't be close to true 4g speeds.

Simpler: No. The Vibrant does not have a 4g radio/antenna in it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowen23:
dam, thats not the news i wanted to hear lol... well is there any way to install a 4G antenna/radio on a vibrant or is that obserd? the only thing that i want to change on my vibrant is the speeds off of wifi, with the FFC installation this fone is a real competitor besides only supporting 3G..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flak_Munky:
Short answer: No you won't be able to install a 4g radio/antenna into your phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
Hspa+ areas are very limited. So unless you are in area near a hspa tower then it doesn't make sense to buy a phone with hspa+ capabilities.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kponti:
Thats not entirely true. HSPA+ availability is a state by state thing and not so much a overall area. Most big cities have it already as of now in the US, however some states have small amounts of large metropolitan areas and thus come off as having limited HSPA+ availability.

Eg Texas has 4 major cities with a whole lot more than that in metropolitan areas. So in Texas, I hardly ever loose 3G+ reception. But when I visited Mo, there were a lot more small towns etc and even regular 3G reception wasn't as prevalent.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
Im in california and hspa+ coverage sucks. Its in its early stage of development and it'll be a while before having an hspa+ phone is a necessity. Just my opinion. But if you are in an area of hspa+ coverage I would say go for it.
[Wildfire General] mrbumbastik:
Read ***

Today morning i was playing on my wildfire, playing the game teeter. I got the wildpuzzle rom v0.6. I played teeter for a good hour or so, not droppping the phone or dealing it any damage. All of a sudden the notification area of the screen became distorted, it had multi coloured lines going through it. I thought this is probably a one off so i just locked my phone and unlocked it. As i unlocked it the soft key buttons (home, back, menu, search) turned on but the screen didn't. I haven't dealt any damage to the screen. It was just off. If i pressed the softkey buttons it would vibrate like it did, but i could not see the screen at all. I thought taking out the battery and putting it back in what do the trick, that didn't work neither. As i switched it back on, no htc screen. I tried going to hboot but that didn't come on neither. I have HCDR's 768 kernel and have got setcpu to performance. As of now the phone is on, it acts as if it works (unlocks, locks) but its just the screen. About half an hour after it went faulty the screen poped up when i unlocked it, the original wildpuzzle lock screen wallpaper was on, this was strange as i had put on the orange wave. Since then it seems as it is just locked, if i press the power button the soft keys turn on but the screen is still off. I was wondering if this is the rom or something else, if i sent this to HTC for gurantee as it is barely 5 months old, but would they figure out i have broken the gurantee with root? What should i do, or is it just the screen? The screen should be good as i didn't drop it or hit the screen hard, just average use. Any help is desperately needed as i want my wildfire back. thanks for any help in advance.

I thought that it was just the screen so i wacked its side against my desk, magic, the screen came on but with the orginal wildpuzzle lock scree, as of now i'm backing up this rom and i am going to install a diff rom backup, can i install legit original rom (vodafone 2.1) again and try for gurantee?

Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated.

***I have got the screen to work again but i am trying to go to recovery, it boots normally but when i keep hold of volume down and power button it goes to a blank screen. I take the battery out and then put it back in. Switch it on and it goes to HTC screen and boots normally into wildpuzzle...
[Wildfire General] GuestK00293:
Can you get into recovery mode? Before anything, can you charge your phone? If yes, charge it well.

If you her into recovery, take a nandroid backup. Then wipe the data and cache. You will lose all you data and apps you might have installed. Try rebooting after.

I doubt if your phone is bricked as you see the lights and buttons seem to work.
[Wildfire General] mrbumbastik:
at the moment i am charging my phone, i'm going to wait till full charge. But just before i got it into recovery, made a bacup, wiped dalvik cache and wiped data/factory reset. Then i thought it should boot, tryed booting, shows htc boot screen, 2 mins later instead of going to the HTC Quetly Brilliant screen it stays at a black screen, i just took the battery out and it doesn't even go to hboot, tryed wacking it on the side again but no luck. Maybe screen? could i use gurantee and get a new one or repair?
[Wildfire General] Kalavere:
Running the phone with a 50% overclock probably isn't doing yourself any favours. Especially when you don't have a GPU. I never run my phones with more than a 25%, and with that said I am running my Desire with a custom kernel (for BFS/HAVS etc) at the stock 998Mhz, 1.2Ghz just isn't necessary. I do realize that 768Mhz makes the phone less choppy but personally I wouldn't do it.

If you can't see the screen try looking here to flash via ADB, then you could send it back under warranty.
[Wildfire General] f0xy:
True. Just like overclocking thw cpu in your computer and not adding any extra fans.

I run overclocked at 595mhz. This is ample

Sent with love from f0xy while mobile!
[XPERIA X2 General] Nightcookie:
Hi everyone,

I noticed that the coloured notification / status LED is active only as long as the device is "awake". It turns off as soon as the X2 goes into standby.

That kinda defeats the purpose of a notifivation LED, doesn't it?

Or am I missing something in the settings?

Many thanks,

N.
[XPERIA X2 General] Nightcookie:
Well, for anyone interested, this doesn't look good:

http://talk.sonyericsson.com/thread/1567?tstart=60

Feel free to comment.
[XPERIA X2 General] XtriFe:
wow, if the notification LED isnt even working properly then i've completely lost my interest in the Xperia X2... thats just a basic function that must be working on every phone. Including "high end" ones like the X2 once was when it was released.
[XPERIA X2 General] Nightcookie:
Just to follow this up:

I've been in touch with SE support, and they're saying the X2 notification lights "should" be working even when the device is in standby. And they said I could send mine in for checkup. I'm considering that.

N.
[XPERIA X2 General] ashkaeli:
Keep us informed on SE's reply...afaik it works in WM6.5.1 but not on WM6.5.3
[XPERIA X2 General] Nightcookie:
Not much news here.

Sent my device in to Customer Service, who called to say that fixing the LED issue should not be a problem. Got it back yesterday, but nothing's changed, the problem is still there. :( Boooo, poor customer service!

So I'll send it in again. I've been given the name of the head of customer service so that they can take care of things.

Frankly the X2 is annoying me. Gorgeous piece of powerhouse hardware paired with completely f***ed-up software. It was just the other way round with the X1, but at least that device worked.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MegaPrime33:
So, this is totally a noob question, but I can't seem to get this. I have an image I want to use as a wallpaper but I want it to be static on each page, and not spread across each page. When I choose the image to set as wallpaper, it makes me crop it, but it wont let me crop it to the size of the screen. It makes it a box, instead of a rectangle. However, if I just go to use the crop tool, it does it fine.

Help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secularhuman:
When I use Speed Test to measure up/download speeds, often a different server will give much better speeds. Also sometimes 3g is faster than wifi.

Is there any way to point my phone to the fastest servers all the time? Perhaps an application that will do this?

Secular
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I just find the one closest to me... seems to work. Using the one in my state often shows a d/l speed twice that as the one the app defaults too.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willsnews:
How do you find the one closest to you
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secularhuman:
You can to that IN Speed test but how do

you make that setting stick for the phone in general operation, after you leave Speed test?:confused:

Or is that what speed test does?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Speed Test Settings > Change Server > find closet.

It saved it for me.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kponti:
Speed test thinks I am either in Utah or Washington....problem is I am in Dallas, tx. No available servers for me in Tx in that app cos why would you need that when you are in Utah?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamaroufi:
I am in Dallas and it says my server is in Dallas.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] rugbydroid:
The HTC Thunderbolt RUU and System Dump can be found here.

THE LATEST LEAK IS RUU Version 1.05.605.0 BELOW (1/13/11)

Download at:

http://u.115.com/file/t548be4a27 (RUU)

http://u.115.com/file/t56b32ddf4 (PG05IMG)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

First Leak (1/7/11)

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt/52860-htc-thunderbolt-system-dump.html --- thanks Clink

from current ROM (shipping?)

very big. lots of bloatware. 140MB Golf game.

no bing. Yes Goolgle Maps

1.) http://www.multiupload.com/P6BPE7NBX7 (Part 1 of 3) (includes golf game apk)

2.) http://www.multiupload.com/7L7YHXUAV5 (part 2 of 3)

3.) http://www.multiupload.com/ZJX0PXFYQY (part 3 of 3)

Some items users have found so far:

VZW specific:

BitBop

Golf

Nav

MobiTV

Mogstup

Rhapsody

Rockband

Skype

Sling

UStream

VCast Music

Vcast Videos

Blockbuster

No Bing

Adobe Reader

HTC:

FM Radio

DLNA

Greader (sounds kind of cool)

Slate.apk ???????

Slacker Radio

Skinpicker.apk

Live Wallpapers

Boot Animations

Normal HTC Keyboard (nothing special)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] wintrxtrem:
Will it be possible to install skype [video] on other devices, like maybe an Evo?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] thevoiceless:
Tried installing the Skype app, it installs but it's authorized to run on my device (HTC Incredible).

Tried installing the Blockbuster app but the install failed.

The Blackboard apk is a theme, not the app for the website.

That's all I tried.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] snowboarderxd1:
ThunderBolt

yeah i downloaded the Thunderbolt system dump and i went looking around i found the Boot Animation which is so cool lol

And i also found the games Rock Band and Lets Gold

Lets Golf doesnt really work im probably missing another apk because not all the graphics show. Just white.

But Rock Band seems to work. Its so hard though haha

Anything elses i can pull from this?

Also Any way to convert the Thunderbolts Boot animation to work on the "X"?

Edit:

heres the links for the files

Part1: http://www.multiupload.com/P6BPE7NBX7

Part2: http://www.multiupload.com/7L7YHXUAV5

Part3: http://www.multiupload.com/ZJX0PXFYQY
[Thunderbolt Android Development] luniz7:
is the RUU in one of the zips or do I need to dl from the chinese site?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] mlclm:
Just copy the bootanimation.zip to /data/local.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] steb0ne:
I wonder how to get the DLNA app to work?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] wintrxtrem:
What version of Skype is it? Is it the new VZW video version or an older non video?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] 10076757:
Quick time make a NAND rom out of this for the HD2
[Thunderbolt Android Development] IceCreaMan:
lets us know if you find a netflix apk
[Thunderbolt Android Development] MrNameless:
No /system/media/bootanimation.zip WTF?!? :O
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Funnyface19:
whered you find the dump

edit: found it
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Funnyface19:
there is listed a powerdown.zip.....
[Thunderbolt Android Development] catalystsupreme2:
its in Bolt3/systems/customize/resoruce...vzwbootanimation
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Funnyface19:
also i can confirm the boot ani works, move it to /system/app fix properties with rootexplorer to rw-r-r rename your current bootanimation.zip to something else like old_bootanimation.zip and then rename the thunderbolt one to bootanimation.zip and reboot
[Thunderbolt Android Development] coldconfession13:
I could play rockband but the multitouch doesn't work. Im using Droid x
[Thunderbolt Android Development] lp1527:
Anyone have any luck getting the Skype w/ video capabilities working?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] pfeckert:
..\Thunderbolt_WDM_System_Dump.zip\Thunderbolt_WDM_System_Dump\system\customize\resource\VZW_bootanimation.zip

:-)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] pfeckert:
found it @

..\Thunderbolt_WDM_System_Dump.zip\Thunderbolt_WDM_System_Dump\system\customize\resource\VZW_bootanimation.zip

:-)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Irishpride:
Anyone try the live wallpapers?

Sent From My Galaxy S
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliquser19:
I was wondering if any knows of or could create a boot up sound that sounds like the nerov3 bootdown sound but instead of shut down sequence started.. or w.e it says say "start up sequence started"..
[Nexus S General] tolktwenty:
Kinda pointless post but was bored at work so thought I'd share my views for anyone else who's on the fence about getting it:

I was waiting for CES announcements to see what was coming out in the future but changed my mind and decided to jump in and get a Nexus S. I was coming from an old WinMo phone that I've had for ages (having been a poor student), which probably isn't the best base to be commenting on this but I'm used to android as I've been deving on my housemates HTC Desire HD.

I'm so glad I did, I won't lie and say the phone is perfect as no phone is. It is, however, a true pleasure to use and looks gorgeous (especially compared to WinMo).

I mostly just wanted to put a nice positive post on the forums because there's allot of people moaning about one thing or another to-do with the phone and as with anything people only tend to post when they have a problem or issue. Especially regarding the specs being current gen and not next gen; and therefore a lack of longevity. It's easy to forget that being a "Google" phone means that regardless of hardware it will be around for a while, and will still be enjoyable and exciting to use during that time thanks to the ongoing updates.

The device feels solid and premium, even the plastic backing, and I prefer it in the hand and visually to my house mates Desire HD (which is also a great phone). Battery life is better than most equivalent devices. Sound is crisp and clear. Reception on the same network has been better that the HD. Everything has worked perfectly. The screen is beautiful, especially if you like darker backgrounds.

My only disappointment is the lack of gorilla-glass, but that's not a biggy for me.

The phone wasn't meant to be bleeding edge. It was meant to work, and work well. It does, and to quote Mr. D's "I'm loving it".

Thumbs up Google and Samsung.
[Nexus S General] slateac:
Even though people are going crazy over the dual-core phone announcements at CES, but none of those phones won't be available in months and they still will launch with Froyo.

The Nexus S still uses the most powerful harware available at the moment but the feature that it's really marketed for is the fact that it will be running vanilla Anroid and will get update priority.

I have this phone and I can easily say it's one of the best android phone the market. Here in the UK there is no 4G so all this no HSPA+ stuff doesnt really affect me.
[Nexus S General] Ceres66:
agree

Hear hear! I totally agree. This is my first smartphone and I am loving the Nexus S. :) Pure Google experience all the way.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
2.3 is why i went for our SNS ;)
[Nexus S General] KidCold:
I agree :-) its an awesome phone! My first android phone coming from the Iphone 2g and what a difference xD
[Nexus S General] lcr44ramirez:
IMHO the NS is still a sexier device then the ones shown at CES. Just saying
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
I understand and agree with wanting the Nexus S for the timely and clean updates, but I've always called people out when they play the "I don't need it" card when specs are compared. There are many things on phones we don't "need," but that doesn't abate people's disappointments. Granted, it goes both ways; people will find anything to complain about (like if it had 720p recording, some would say it should have 1080).

Everyone is different, everyone has opinions, and everyone can voice them at an open forum.
[Nexus S General] leyvatron:
I love the clean black look of the Nexus S. No emblems, no harware, and no icons.
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Amen. The SAMSUNG on my i9000 and the T-Mobile & Samsung on the Vibrant are just butt ugly compared next to the totally unmarked NS.

Still, that ugly Verizon logo on the new Samsung LTE phone won't keep me from buying it! :cool:
[Nexus S General] Jonathon Grigg:
Agreed! My first 'real' smartphone too (my Nokia E63 could be classed as a smartphone, albeit not a very good one, suited me at the time though) and I absolutely love it! :D I have finally jumped on the Android wagon (lack of money prevented me before :p ) and I am not looking back!

Same with Australia. We have WiMAX but only in Perth and a couple of other places (not in my area though) but it doesn't support phones. So everything is perfect for me! Sure there are other features that would have been nice to have, but I would never had really used them, so overall it doesn't detract from the experience.
[Nexus S General] justsignbythex:
You think that's a difference? Try coming from a Blackberry :p.

Seriously, I love this thing.