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[Fascinate General] motherpuncher22:
Sorry to bring up an old thread, but i was wondering if any ROMs have implemented this feature yet? I just picked up a fascinate and would love to be able to use this feature. Thanks
[G Tablet Accessories] simon-edwards:
If anyone is looking for an alternative mains charger I can confirm that the charger for the current LG portable DVD range will fit just fine. They provide a full 2A current, so they are plenty strong enough for our tablets. These are readily available and reliable.

LG Models DP371B and DP581B and probably many more.

This is the way that I charge my g-Tablet in the UK, where US mains sockets are in short supply.
[G Tablet Accessories] xjarl:
Do you mean this one?

I'm not sure..do you mean the charger like this one?
[G Tablet Accessories] simon-edwards:
That looks like the one that comes with the g-tablet. I saw a few people asking about alternatives and thought I'd share a working solution.

BTW the portable DVD players also come with regulating car power adapters which should work with the g-tablet.

If anyone knows where to buy alternative clip-in country-specific connectors for the standard power supply unit could they please let me know where to find them.
[G Tablet Accessories] psouza4:
Thanks.. just bought three of them from a guy on eBay.
[Streak 5 Accessories] motobiz:
Hi,

I just upgraded to dell stock 2.2 from O2 2.1 and I am not able to use the button provided on the wired headset to answer calls or to end calls. the button press activates music player.... is anyone else facing the same issue?

I did not find a OS level setting via the interface wherein i can specify the key press action.

thanks in advance for any suggestions.
[Streak 5 Accessories] rahulkadukar:
I faced an even stranger issue, I was able to listen to music and answer the call at the same time. I was using Winamp and the playback did not stop so I was hearing the song as well the caller. (I believe this was on 1.4.5)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] codyppc:
i am trying to change the mail.apk in my rom. i want the features in the new mail 3.0 version, but cant figure out how to get it to stick. i have tried cooking it into my rom, adb, and root explorer. what else does it take?

i have seen it in other custom roms, but they all are missing something i want. plus, i like making my own.

Thanks for any help, cody

below are two pictures of the different versions. the first one is the one i want.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jiggadroid:
Which roms have that I've never seen it. Looks awesome though.

Sent from my ADR6300
[Droid Incredible Android Development] chingy51o:
post the 3.0 apk
[Droid Incredible Android Development] codyppc:
this is the apk to the version in my first post. it has a white backgroud. i like the black background that you see in other versions better. i dont remember which rom i got this from, but i see similar versions in a few roms.

my favorite part is the checkboxes on the left. i can go down the list, check the boxes, and mark a bunch read or delete a bunch all in one shot. i have seen cyanogen, droid x, nexes with a similar version that does the same thing. i prefer sense roms though. the galaxy s devices (at least the epic) had a one too. i think this one came from a desire z port or virus rom.

i will try to find a black background version to post if someone is going to open it up to make it work with other roms. the rom i got this from didn't have a black enough bold face font to distinguish from the unread and read emails.

question, what make an apk work with some roms and not the others? framework?

i have done a lot with cab files on windows mobile and they didn't work like apk files do. blackberry had alx, cod, jad, and jar files. android seems to be the toughest to work on multiple devices.

Thanks for any help, Cody
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bradatz:
Use Root Explorer to replace mail.apk in your system apps folder.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kriskmk:
I wanted to do the exact same thing... find a way to use the Desire Z email app because of it's ability to select emails directly.. I don't think it's a matter of simply replacing the Mail.apk.. that won't work I am pretty sure since the frameworks are different.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] codyppc:
this is another version of mail 3.0. this version has a lot better color for the unread email font. the first version was hard to see.

thanks, Cody
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cliefan:
did you figure this out? Anyone know if this new version of Mail is included on any of the roms here?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 760hacker:
I'd love to get this working as well. In my opinion if you are an exchange user HTC's mail and functionality is lightyears better than the AOSP mail app.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
I'm an exchange user and I love the patched AOSP mail client. The multi-select is there by default, Global Address List works perfectly, black background, doesn't enforce the admin policy and I can't think of one thing that the HTC client has that this one doesn't. Just my opinion.

P.S. Plus a unified Inbox. That takes the cake!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kriskmk:
The black color is actually one of the things I DON'T like about the AOSP email client. I know this is subjective.. but the white HTC email, contacts and dialer is aesthetically much more pleasing.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
I'm not a big fan of it either, but one of the other posts mentioned wanting the HTC mail in black. I wish I knew how to unpack the apk and swap white background and black text.

EDIT: Hmmm... Kind of boring today at work, so maybe I'll play with it and see if I can. :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kriskmk:
dude.. if you manage to make the desire Z email client work with the current sense roms.. then I'm sending you a donation. I am on magnolia RC3 by the way.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
Sorry. I meant I would attempt to change the color scheme in the vanilla Email.apk. I guess I can give an attempt at the new sense client on old sense roms, too.

EDIT: Wow! This mail client is a bear! It's definitely relying on the newer sense framework. I haven't given up, yet.

EDIT2: It's above my head. Sorry.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] codyppc:
the first post said i tried that. i wish it was that easy.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] codyppc:
so, is that the final answer? the new framework is required.

how come some apks work on different frameworks and some dont? wish someone could explane this a little better.

Thanks everyone, Cody
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kriskmk:
aaah.. no problem.. at least you gave it a try.. thanks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
It's looking for classes (instructions) that aren't in the current framework. I tried to push a few of the new framework files over to Warm TwoPointTwo RLS4 and surprisingly it didn't boot loop. It did, however, FC on the launcher and acore repeatedly.

To explain it better, it's like you know the good old English and that's it. Then a new book comes out that has NEW slang words in it that you must know to understand the book. If you don't have those new words in your vocabulary, the book cannot be read and understood by you. That's how the new Mail.apk is. It's requesting new procedures that the old framework has no clue about so it FC's and throws a Java exception (error).

I hope that helps explain it.

You're welcome Dude. I wish I could've got it working for you.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] hsj1906:
I'm an exchange user as well and my biggest issue with the AOSP mail client is that I haven't figured out a way to "move" emails (individually or in a batch) from one folder to another folder.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cliefan:
HUGE issue for me is missing search functionality is the AOSP client. Can't even search email on the phone, much less server searching...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] brinox:
all i have to say is: oooo EEEEE ooo KC mo... i saw the KCTV5 and was like whoa! kansas city rockin out in the XDA!
[G Tablet General] shuratilt:
I am trying to figure out what the usb port is for. I've tried to plug in my flash drive to it to view movies that way, no luck. any ideas.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
USB drives, both flash and harddrives, have been reported to work. They have to be formatted FAT32.

Jim
[G Tablet General] japhule:
Also supports keyboards and mice.
[G Tablet General] bigwest:
That's funny...I watch movies from my flash drive on my GTab all the time....try rebooting.
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
It is likely working but you have to know where to look to see it. In a file manager you need to navigate to the / folder. That is the root directory. From there you should be able to scroll down until you see usbdisk. That will be your thumbdrive. I'm not sure that external mice and keyboards work with TnT. TnT doesn't have the mouse cursor built in I don't think. They work fine with vegaN that I use though. You can also use external hard drives as long as they are formatted fat32 and not NTFS.
[Android Apps and Games] ragdoll20:
will the zinio .apk work on one of those crappy chinese tablets? I really want an e-reader but i want the magazines that zinio has to offer. this would be the perfect solution. I have seen some that run on android 2.2, and i would get a 10 inch model.

Can it be done?
[Android Apps and Games] K900:
Maybe yes. Maybe no. Maybe you should get a Nook.

Sent from a piece of ginger bread... Now with a little cyan tint :)
[Android Apps and Games] ragdoll20:
no, cuz 7 inch is too small if you want to read magazines. i want to buy a 10 inch model. Please, before i buy one of these tablets, is it possible? i mean, its just an apk so it shouldnt be a problem right?
[Android Apps and Games] Gahh Its Lee:
Nope it shouldnt be

As long as it can be installed normally then it will work
[Android Apps and Games] ragdoll20:
awesome!! ok :D
[Android Apps and Games] brgavino:
Keep in mind that not all Zinio magazines are available on the android app. Also, the Zinio app itself is buggy- In most cases, landscape mode will not work, and will force close. FYI.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hempin:
first off hello all and thank you in advance. I was undecided on the froyo 2.2 on hero because of the camera (got a 3yr old that thinks she's a photographer) so i wiped clean and tried to reinstall fresh rom 1.1 but find i'm at firmware 1.5 what's the easiet way back to 2.1 please so i don't go crazy and burn up the rest of my stash? i've tried the sprint updae but phone isn't recognized.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeezyAF:
This is stock - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849024
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hempin:
wow now i know who they were thinking of when they documented the word awesome.. i appreciate bud.. this took me back to factory factory which is where i want to be! lmao thanks again
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeezyAF:
Not a problem. Glad I solved your problem.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vita10gy:
It's 2.3 that doesn't have the cam working yet. 2.2 is fully functional in both options (CM 6.1 and AOSP)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] matejdro:
Is there any way to change that big phone button on bottom of HTC Sense homescreen to something else?

HD2 already have hardware key for phone, so that button is just wasting space.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mattfmartin:
Post in the right section
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] matejdro:
Sorry, i was 100% sure i posted in android Q&A. How the hell did it landed in development? :(

Can somebody move it please?
[G Tablet General] adamczykon:
Please forgive me should a similar thread exist somewhere on these forums; if one does, I have yet to find it after several weeks of poring through the various threads.

What I am looking for is some insight and/or suggestions regarding the proper uses of the external microSD card that can be inserted into the Viewsonic G-tablet. When I look at "Settings"-->"SD card & device settings" there appears to be two distinct memory options; 1) An SD card with ~13 GB of available space and 2) Internal storage with ~1.5GB of available space. What I do not see, is my 8GB microSD card that I've inserted into the tablet.

I have ES File Explorer installed and it recognizes SDCARD and SDCARD2 when I explore and navigate to find them. Again, I do not seem to be able to see the 8GB microSD card I've inserted into the tablet.

I know the 8GB microSD card works as I've tested it using my computer.

Once I solve this problem, I'm looking for best practices for how to use the external microSD card to store music and video files in order to keep internal space available as necessary.

Any assistance or insight would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
SDCARD2 is your external micro sdcard
[G Tablet General] adamczykon:
Well, if that is the case, why is my 8GB microSD card showing us as having ~13 GB of available space?
[G Tablet General] japhule:
You have 16gb internal on the tablet. 2gb is reserved for system/apps and 13gb is for additional file storage. Settings does not display your microsd card storage at all.
[G Tablet General] treenuts:
Here's how I understand Gtab storage

The G-tablet is unlike other Android devices in the way it uses and reports internal storage. It allows users access to ~13GB of internal storage and refers to that location as /sdcard. I think that the remaining storage space is partitioned for system files and applications, and is not available through the /sdcard location.

The external microSD card slot is available in a folder named /sdcard2. The card MUST be formatted in FAT32, or it won't read. If you use the ES file manager, you should be able to see it.

Now here's the rub... you can't access /sdcard2 through most apps. Android apps are generally designed to only access /sdcard, (which, on most devices, is the external microSD card).

Now here's the OTHER RUB:

When you plug your g-tab into a PC via usb, it automatically mounts the /sdcard folder. You need special software and tricks to access the /sdcard2 location through USB. I've never done this.

And here's my advice for using the external microSD card:

1. Format it using FAT32

2. Use ES File manager to access it

3. To transfer files to it you can connect to a shared folder over a wireless LAN using ES, or you can use a card reader and transfer directly from your PC

4. MortPlayer is a music player that can access /sdcard2

5. To play video from /sdcard2, browse to your movie file with ES and then select your media player (I use Rockplayer)

6. NEVER feed your /sdcard2 after midnight ;)

Have fun!
[G Tablet General] HorsexD:
I Like how cyanogen rom had Evreything displayed right. Too bad it has too many bugs for my tastes :s
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] refract:
Is there a place where I could buy a black mask for x8 ? ( note, I don't want a external casing for protection or whatever, I want the original black phone mask with black back cover - I was impatient enough to buy a new cellphone so I rushed in and bought a white xperia x8, while I really wanted the black one )
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buddha:
pa sta nema nista kod nas? ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidjens:
Keep an eye on this thread.

Only place I've found a black housing so far is on eketshop. However! I have no idea if the site is a scam or not.

I have ordered one for myself, but it has not shipped yet. I recommend you wait and see if the shop turns out to be fake or not. I'll post in the other thread if I recieve mine. By the looks of it, the shop is either a scam or just very slow.

I really don't want anyone else to waste money if it turns out to be a bad tip.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Owec:
on ebay

look here (19 usd with free shipping worldwide):

http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-X8-Cover-Case-Housing-Black-/110631685887?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item19c2298eff

or just search "xperia x8 black cover case" on ebay.

If you pay with paypal you can make a complaint and then you get your money back. Draw from the experience of me.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flyingteddy:
Yea, found that some time ago but unfortunately they can't ship to where I am (NZ) so couldn't try it out. :(
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9000blackrain:
black cover is almost 16$ for X6
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhuoxian:
I buy a black one cost me 22RMB,it looks no problem
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flyingteddy:
argh...should've warned people on this thread too.

I did get a black housing eventually but the problem discussed in the other thread mentioned that the clear touch screen is glued to the front housing so changing it would be hard without damaging it.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techno28:
I hope this helps

This must help you guys, the video of disassembly shows that the LCD can be seperated.

Xperia X8 Repair Manual

I found this link in the X8 multi touch thread, do this at your own risk.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flyingteddy:
Thanks for that but the problem is not with the LCD assembly...

The part list in this manual indicates the 'cover front assy' comes pre-assembled with the touch screen unit (glues together) so I assume they were never designed to be taken apart.

Very useful manual though, thanks.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lizypen:
Thank a lot!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinaroy:
thank you for your help!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] trustyk69:
I have just done my ROM fix now have TNT lite with market and flash all fine. The only game that will not install is angry birds. Someone please help. Have already tried unmounting SD card but no good. Thanks in advance
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] webby_s:
What kernal do you have installed. Install the latest kernel from here and that MIGHT fix it.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] trustyk69:
Ok my stupid question is how do I know what "kernal" I have installed. I'm at work right now so don't have my pad with me today to try the above but will as soon as I get home.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] webby_s:
You can (while on your home screen) press the menu button, go to settings, then about device. That will show you what kernel you have installed.

I am just suggesting you do this cuz I installed a kernel that killed a few apps but then I installed the updated one (kernel) and I got those apps back, mainly Angry Birds!
[Nexus S Android Development] stroughtonsmith:
So, I have a barebones version of MeeGo (barely) running on the Nexus S. I can't really do much with it on my own, but I'm posting the info here so you can build it and try it for yourself.

What works:

• ADB root shell

• X11 & UI apps

• Super-AMOLED brightness control (fixed! still off-colour tho…)

What doesn't work currently:

• Touchscreen

• WiFi

• Anything else :-P

If you've never built a MeeGo rootfs before, it's relatively straightforward, and all the binaries are precompiled for you (but it's definitely for developers only).

I have my boot.img (kernel + ramdisk) and a MeeGo kickstart file at http://blog.steventroughtonsmith.com/2011/01/nexus-s-meego.html ; you can use fastboot to boot the image, or flash it to the recovery partition to dual boot. The actual MeeGo rootfs is run from a rootfs.ext2 file you can drop onto the Nexus S using Mass Storage mode - no need for messy flashing or the like, you can thank me later).

There's not much else I can do on my own right now, so if you want to see anything become of this do get involved!

My kernel is stock git://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/samsung.git ; make herring_defconfig; the only change was modifying the .config to turn on CONFIG_VT (needed for X11).

Go nuts!
[Nexus S Android Development] Arcarsenal:
Well done on the port so far. This is way beyond my area of expertise, but I do hope that some people can help build off of what you've done so far. Always nice to see what kind of fun stuff we can run on these devices...
[Nexus S Android Development] kennethpenn:
Looking forward to more development on this!
[Nexus S Android Development] vitosans:
Great stuff!

I have been waiting for someone to start something like this, I work as an embedded developer during the day so not much time at night but I will chip in were and if I can, I am pulling the source and looking at the build system / process.

Looks like you have done the heavy lifting of bootstraping the device now its just about porting drivers.

Cheers and great start!
[Nexus S Android Development] ilfccd:
What driver are you using for the X11 and is it accelerated?
[Nexus S Android Development] stroughtonsmith:
It's using unaccelerated graphics; although, with luck, SGX 540 graphics drivers are available for other devices (like the OMAP4) so in theory you may be able to patch those to run.
[Nexus S Android Development] stroughtonsmith:
Update - backlight working; color is still fscked, might be gamma:
[Nexus S Android Development] ilfccd:
According to PowerVR rep on CES there should be an open source driver later this year (info from Phoronix, but they are lately not really reliable source of info).

Here is another question though. Have you tried using the omap tree of linaro for the kernel build?

I don't have Nexus S around currently and I'm doing all my work on TI OMAP (A8) based IGEP v2 board and TI OMAP 44xx Panda (A9) board. As they both have PowerVR 530/540 graphics I'll check tonight or tomorrow if the closed driver is compatible with linaro's kernel as I'm currently running that on the IGEP. As Samsung is part of linaro, there could be some patchests for the hummingbird in there. The current uname -r for the linaro is: 2.6.35-1008-linaro-omap so it could be compatible w/ MeeGo's kernel, there could be even newer version in the git tree.

Keep up the great work, I'm really interested in what you are doing with MeeGo. Thanks!
[Nexus S Android Development] stroughtonsmith:
I'm not sure how compatible the kernels will be, the Hummingbird is not an OMAP device (and it would be more akin to the OMAP3 than OMAP4); but if the kernel works, then it should work with MeeGo too. MeeGo is relatively versatile.

Graphics drivers would be nice!
[Nexus S Android Development] ilfccd:
I actually use the linaro distro (ubuntu essential, which i hate) to build meego inside it, because of the work the linaro guys did on the gcc compiler (should be better versed for arm chips). according to the wiki here https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/UserPlatforms/2010-09-13

the drivers for omap3 should be freely accessible (the 530 core). there is a mention of the 540 core in there also, but I haven't really used them as I don't run X on the boards. You could try the PVR 540 driver for the OMAP4, you might be lucky with the build, could be compatible with the one in the hummingbird. If it is, this could potentially be far better than the Nexus and HD2 MeeGo 'ports' :).
[Nexus S Android Development] stroughtonsmith:
I'd try the OMAP4 driver if it was easy to get! I can only find instructions for the PandaBoard, and no repo or download links.
[Nexus S Android Development] ilfccd:
I will try too, if I can't locate them myself will ask someone there. First of all I have some urgent IPoIB business to attend to, though. Probably later tonight or sometime tomorrow.

Edit:

I forgot to ask, did you build MeeGo from scratch or only the kernel and used the daily userland from the arm tree?
[Nexus S Android Development] stroughtonsmith:
Prebuilt userland, no compiling required. I always use the daily RPMs (when the repo is working…)
[Nexus S Android Development] tomqman:
google just released new graphics driver dunno if that will help your screen problems https://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_thread/thread/90d5498622a6ea4