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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiiilence:
I've been using the Galaxy S for a while now, but just tonight I've noticed that haptic feedback is making a really strange noise. I don't really understand it, but the setting below default for vibrate intensity and below (the one right under middle) is making strange sounds, sort of like the sounds that you got from playing Commander Keen when we ran on DOS...

Is this normal, or has my motor broken or something? It's strange and it's sort of annoying...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] piottone:
Any information on this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Thw world has moved ON.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cantIntoCode:
Erm no it's not, barakinflorida (http://twitter.com/#!/barakinflorida)

Is currently trying his best to sort out all the kinks. Please do not miss inform people. Also Your posting in the wrong section!!!!!!

And with a simple search you would have found your answer ...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] androidfreak2010:
The latest video he made looks very promising. Looking forward to trying this. We will be able to have Sense and CM7. Great work, barak!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBJVX7mQnKs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dcarr622:
Check the main threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877460

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=827745

A bit of searching never hurts

Frankly it's always puzzled me why people want Sense on their Galaxy S. Why not just buy a Desire? Would have you a lot of time and money.

At some point I'm sure we'll get a "decently usable" port, but it will never have the strong support of our best Devs nor will it be good enough for day to day use, IMHO.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LostEden:
BlueDark

SuperBler V4 Themed in Bluedark!! Klick!

Themed:

Clock

Launcher

GenieWidget

Youtube

Contacts Widget

Music

Settings

Calendar

Contacts

Phone

Browser

MMS

Market

GMail

LatinIME

QuickSearchBox

Font

Icons and framework-res

!Credits!

THX for Rom Super@tmel Link

THX aodpoe for Notification Drawer Idea from Cyanoid 2 (Page)

THX HTCCLAY for Graphics

THX LordSeth my best Friend :rolleyes:

BlueDark Full Rom

Make a full Wipe

Install this Full Rom BlueDark

BlueWhite Update

Install via Recovery SuperBler V4 and Reboot

go in Recovery and Install BlueWhite and Reboot

[YOUTUBE]pdVvIsmew4U[/YOUTUBE]

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[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Buddha:
not bad.

thanks :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Bigt2003:
Love the BlueWhite theme! Thank you!!! :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LostEden:
A promise is a promise!

Ähhh...USERS Klick my THANX BUTTON ;)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Bigt2003:
I thought you forgot. I used MetaMorph to patch in Castaway's Speedometer battery and signal png's and Shadowch31's gradient bar. My phone looks perfect now. Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] vova336:
When watchin 2.3 reviews, all are saying that the effect when you press the "end call" button is cool

i tried it and it was f****ng amazing !!!! but the problem is, that i use HD2, so the only Gingerbread i can get is m-deedjay's, which is cool, but some stuff isnt working (like on other phones)

So the questin is: how to get that effect on Froyo 2.2??

THANKS !!!
[Android Apps and Games] animelover:
No since this "old school TV" effect must be supportet by the kernel!
[Android Apps and Games] bigfoottrucker:
Working on aospGBmod on heroc. Just had to adjust LCD density.
[Android Apps and Games] buttsev2:
this "old school tv" effect is just a close animation

http://phandroid.com/2010/10/21/gingerbreads-screen-off-animation-exclusive-video/

in short, no it can't be done on froyo
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
I just came across the following sticky in the main Android theme/app forum.

Anyone that intends to post an .apk in the market should see this:

[WARNING] DavinciDevelopers steal apps from this forum !
[Android Software Development] ade.se:
Hello,

Im currently writing an academic paper on android and openness in my master's programme. If all goes well, it will be submitted for a conference soon.

I'm looking for your opinions on having an android device open for operating system level modifications or not. As you may know, some phones have a signed bootloader such as the Motorola Milestone, t-mobile g2 (who made the phone reinstall stock OS when breached), and probably many others. Google however, make their devices open, even though they are sold as consumer devices. Many others do not bother to install circumvention mechanics.

Obviously, the people here will be biased towards allowing modification to the OS, therefore, i would like to get a discussion going, to discern what problems and possibilities you see in the long run for hardware manufacturers.

1. Does the possibility of making OS level modifications affect your willingness to purchase an android product? i.e. do you check if it can be modified before buying? And how much of an impact does it make on your desicion?

2. Why do you think hardware manufacturers put in measures to prevent custom android OS builds to be installed? Put on the corporate hat and try to see their strategy.

3. Do you think manufacturers have anything to gain by making devices open and free for modification, with source code for drivers and the like publically available?

I would really appericiate your opinions and discussion!
[Android Software Development] FreeTheWorld:
1. Does the possibility of making OS level modifications affect your willingness to purchase an android product? i.e. do you check if it can be modified before buying? And how much of an impact does it make on your desicion?

As a beginner app developer, this has yet to bother me. I do enjoy being able to add apps that add functionality to my phone but I haven't bothered to get down into the "root" area. So no I do not check nor does it impact my decision...I own a Samsung fascinate by the way

2. Why do you think hardware manufacturers put in measures to prevent custom android OS builds to be installed? Put on the corporate hat and try to see their strategy.

My opinion on measures to prevent changes is all about PR and performance. If enough people hacked a phone and the hack caused the phone to work below is ability then the only news report you will see is the phone sucks.

3. Do you think manufacturers have anything to gain by making devices open and free for modification, with source code for drivers and the like publically available?

This is also a give and take if question 2 is not of a concern to them, then its def a gain for the company and to all of the developers out there that do search for the best phone and nick pick around until they find it.

Are there enough of those kind of people out there to affect a companies buttom line. Maybe not yet but in another couple of years who knows.
[Android Software Development] Lakers16:
1. Does the possibility of making OS level modifications affect your willingness to purchase an android product? i.e. do you check if it can be modified before buying? And how much of an impact does it make on your desicion?

It hasnt yet been a deciding factor on which device to get, primarily because sooner or later they all get cracked open.

2. Why do you think hardware manufacturers put in measures to prevent custom android OS builds to be installed? Put on the corporate hat and try to see their strategy.

One reason could be that the carriers demand it as a way to keep any revenue that they get from the preinstalled bloatware.

3. Do you think manufacturers have anything to gain by making devices open and free for modification, with source code for drivers and the like publically available?

The percentage of people that actually tinker in this area is very slim, so the manufacturers most likely don't see that as a big market opportunity.
[Android Software Development] :
Don't have any answers, but would like to read your paper when done...sounds interesting and a Masters Thesis is always fun to read! LOL :)
[Android Software Development] ade.se:
It's not a thesis, just a short article. I might make a survey for it but I need to ask the right questions.

Not all devices get fully customized, root is common, but in my phone for example it is not possible to load a custom kernel, as the bootloader checks for signed code (Motorola's secret key). There's been a massive uproar from the owners of the Milestone, as people didn't expect to be hustled like that when getting an android phone. The main problem is of course, that Motorola takes a long time to release updates. Even as of today, Froyo has still not been released for my phone by Motorola.

While I am not sure about it, I suspect Sony Ericsson X10i owners are in the same boat, and they will get a really rotten deal, seeing as 2.1 has been officially declared the last version the device will recieve. Yet, an enthusiast could release a perfectly fine version of 2.3 if the phone accepted custom firmware and he had access to drivers etc.

So basically, you buy a piece of hardware that is very capable, but The Company decides for you which software you could run.

Imagine if you bought a Windows Vista PC right before Windows 7 was released, and the only way you could get Windows 7 on it was if that particular PC manufacturer released an official update containing all it's bloatware and applications you don't want. Since the update needs to go through all kinds of verifications and approvals, it might be delayed for a half a year, or maybe 9 months, after the new OS release. Why do we accept this on our phones and tablets?
[Android Software Development] JimmyChingala:
Hi,

1. Does the possibility of making OS level modifications affect your willingness to purchase an android product? i.e. do you check if it can be modified before buying? And how much of an impact does it make on your desicion?

For me personally, yes, most definately. I like to be able to get in and play, see how things work, change stuff. And i think custom ROMs IMO are a big drawcard of Android.

2. Why do you think hardware manufacturers put in measures to prevent custom android OS builds to be installed? Put on the corporate hat and try to see their strategy.

To try and ensure the device works as they want it to. Minimise support costs etc.

3. Do you think manufacturers have anything to gain by making devices open and free for modification, with source code for drivers and the like publically available?

Definately. Encourages improvement of existing features, and development of new stuff beyond the manufacturers initial product scope, which can be integrated in future products.

Android OS its self is an example of this - the developer community is writing apps, logging bugs, and contributing code to the benefit of future releases of Android, which in turn benefits device manufacturers.

- jc
[Android Software Development] EpicFail236:
my two cents

1. Does the possibility of making OS level modifications affect your willingness to purchase an android product? i.e. do you check if it can be modified before buying? And how much of an impact does it make on your decision?

>> Personally, I feel like the ability to modify my phone at the core level is something I as a power user can use to tailor my phone's experience in the way I need to make it the most efficient device it can be. This is especially necessary as my phone is my primary connectivity device (I really only use my laptop for things the phone just really isn't capable of handling yet, such as video conversion)

2. Why do you think hardware manufacturers put in measures to prevent custom android OS builds to be installed? Put on the corporate hat and try to see their strategy.

I think this is less the decision of the manufacturers and more of the carriers themselves. This really is because each device has to be tailored to be sold to the average user, rather than power users (read: 85-90% of people who will read this reply) and as a result is designed with an experience in mind. To the suits, anyone who take a phone that is supposed to have a specific experience in mind, and changes that, it becomes a different phone, and anyone who looks at that phone will see that. This means, TMo/HTC can't sell a G2, because everything that my office mates will see when they look at my phone is my android customizations, not a G2. my office mate, who is shopping for a phone, can get an android phone anywhere... but they can only get a /G2/ from TMo/HTC. Similarly, if I like my G2 experience, when i get a new phone, i will be more inclined to continue enjoying that experience with a G3, rather than buying any on sale android phone and making it just like my last one. Hence the need to have a G2 experience on every G2 phone. Just my 2 cents. I am not a businessman, lawyer, or doctor.

3. Do you think manufacturers have anything to gain by making devices open and free for modification, with source code for drivers and the like publically available?

Yes, but nowhere near as much as they can get by keeping their cards close to their hand. see my answer to number 2.
[EVO Shift 4G General] edgemaster191:
was reading over at Androidforums.com about people turning off GPS on the Shift and getting faster 3G speeds because of it.

my results are always inconsistent where i am (jumping between 300 and 600kbps) but my fastest speeds are going from 600kbps to 1mbps and i have never gotten 1mbps where i am with any phone. (blackberry tour, palm pre, Evo)

wondering if some of you want to try it out and confirm what i'm seeing?
[EVO Shift 4G General] Jo_795:
I shall try this outside but right now at work I have crappy signal because of the building itself
[EVO Shift 4G General] Kirby Baker:
Just tested on mine, 556k down with GPS on, 1555k with it off.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Compusmurf:
Interesting. I'd have never noticed that because I keep GPS Off all the time unless I have an app that needs it. Sometimes every drop of power counts. :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] EricSS619:
I wonder if it would change wifi speeds too?
[EVO Shift 4G General] adamr240:
I've tried this and it didn't make a difference. I do, however, get slower 3g speeds with this phone than with the other one i had.
[EVO Shift 4G General] silex:
Wow, are you sure you are not on 4G? Speaking of 4G, anybody see improvements disabling GPS there as well?
[EVO Shift 4G General] Kirby Baker:
Yeah quite sure. I live in the sticks. I wont ever have 4G here. But the 3G here is super fast (probably because nobody is on it?). On my Heroc, I think I maxed out around 1720k down once (using Speedtest app and a server 45 miles north of me).

Just for the hell of it, I tested again just now and got 1815k down, 585k up. So looks like I beat my old record! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takuhii:
My RAM (not internal memory) usage is terrible. Out of 190MB I have 63MB free. Anyone have any ideas how I can improve it, or is this normal??

I am running CyanogenMOD 6.1 with Flykernel 12a (well check my SIG for info).

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skymera:
That is normal. In fact, 63MB is quite a lot, usually it'll dip to between 35-40MB.

Why are you bothered by 63MB? After all, unused RAM is wasted RAM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takuhii:
I was under the impression it was like a computer, the more ram available, the faster it was...

Is that a wrong assumption?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skymera:
RAM is fast(er) than flash memory (Which may be used for swap etc).

So loading apps into RAM is beneficial.

While having more RAM is indeed good, having more free generally isn't.

RAM is there to be used. I run CM6.1 and it manages itself fine, so you need not worry :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takuhii:
no probs, I'll stop fretting... My Internal storage sits at about 157MB
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hubix:
When I free my RAM I'm getting about ~70Mb maximum but normally 35-45Mb. Remenber that's not Desire HD that's an old phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Android's internal memory killer will keep everything OK... There's no need for more RAM to make it faster.

In fact, using taskillers to close apps in the background actually may slow the phone, as the apps have to "reload" fully again, rather than residing in RAM. If that space is needed, it will be freed immediately :)

So yeah, don't worry about RAM usage whatsoever :)
[Desire General] rapid64k:
I know it sounds silly, But are we supposed to turn androide phones off?

The reason i ask this is becuase 1# the alarm wont go off if you turn phone off so you need to enable flight mode.

And 2nd# when i turn off the phone and turn it back on it will default back to normal theme.

so just wondering really if i am right or wrong?
[Desire General] Evil_Cid:
Turning it on and off frequently is not a good thing to do (battery will be seriously affected)....so it's best to leave it in stand-by (screen off). As for alarm clocks, you can always disable them in the clock....I'm not sure what you are trying to say about the flight mode....that's generally used to disable wireless communications and I am unaware of its effects on the alarm clock.

The phone should be able to return to your custom theme after you turn it back on....I wonder why yours does that...
[Desire General] garysargent:
As an aside, I don't think turning the phone on and off reboots everything!

I had a situation where on startup the phone was really slow and unresponsive, like something was using lots of CPU cycles. Eventually after a few minutes the phone just rebooted.

Turning it off and on did not fix this, however pulling the battery out DID fix it. So pulling the battery must reset something that a simple switch off/on doesn't.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
I only turn mine off if flashing a new ROM, wanting to remove the SD card. Otherwise it's on 24/7
[Desire General] Lothaen:
I know if you have a live wallpaper installed to SD that it will return to a normal default wallpaper.

Could that be the reason your theme is changing?
[Desire General] Kalavere:
The battery won't be 'seriously affected', what does that even mean? At worst it uses 1-2% battery to reboot.

I never turn my phone off, I put it in flightmode if I know I won't have signal for any length of time, and when flashing ROMs I just mount the external storage and drag and drop to the SD. It won't do the phone any harm to turn it on and off.
[Desire General] Tander_ZA:
Agreed.

I keep mine on 24/7 though. Only time it is off, is when a new ROM is being flashed or I remove the SD card - so, hardly ever. :)
[Desire General] Lothaen:
I'm sure I turned my phone off once (or maybe it was my old phone) and the alarm went off still... was on an aeroplane too so I secretly tried to shush it up!
[Desire General] dgattenb:
I turn it off every night...have done to all my phones... cant see anything wrong in this. The phone works fine, it's off for about 7 hrs, yes I have to reset a few things here and there ... but It's fine.. sync all my google stuff in the morning .. fab .

It's always charged at work in the day , so may be the battery is running low, but as I plug it in every day .. I dont see it ...

The wifi is also on at work .
[Desire General] chrismast:
possible. My phone does the same, when I turn it off it returns to the normal livewallpaper instead of my selected one.

My phone is also on 24/7, got no reason to turn it off. If i dont want people to call me: just turn off the sound :)
[Desire General] Lothaen:
I agree - or just ignore the person and laugh evilly while they try and call you!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alijs:
Hiii All,

we noticed gingerbread rom ported to Droid, when to expect such from our Milestone Guru's??

how different the droid customized rom from milestone?

thnx to all
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Ifiuse:
Kabaldan is making a ROM with Gingerbread, Look for CM post, last page...

He has problem with the radio...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alijs:
I have noticed that, thanks for replying.

but, as a Milestone user, can I try the droid ginger rom??

how much different is Milestone from Droid?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
No...Dont do that! You'd probably brick your device!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] DannyDroid:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Droid#Motorola_Milestone
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alijs:
thank you guys
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] icemanak:
Depends on the milestone

I have a A854 CDMA milestone in Alaska, I run droid roms all the time..Only thing i have to change is the APns which can be a bugger...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] mohitrocks:
I am fairly certain that the CDMA "milestone" is actually the droid, while the GSM verison with the locked bootloader is GSM. The roms are quite different from both phones. If I am incorrect, please correct me. (This is from my understanding and I take no responsibility if something happens to your device). Also, you should check the model in settings and system info and see if it says milestone or not. (I'm pretty sure it would say droid if its a droid and milestone if its a milestone) Once again anyone please feel free to correct me.

Please press the thanks button if I helped! :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] icemanak:
I believe you are correct sir...its a rebranded bastard step child of a droid...it says A854 in the model settings...no milestone anywhere in system info. Yes the GSM versions are quite differnet
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alijs:
thanks all for feedback
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wytenburg:
I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to root and put recovery 2e on the Bell Vibrant? I just got mine back and I can't seem to find the right files to flash.

I want to install Darky's v8.0 and I need the different recovery mode. I'm running JL2 and on the CF-Root v1.3 thread there's no download for that?

Has anyone done this to their phone that can give me a brief set of instructions on this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Are the details not on page ONE of Darkys post .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=814091

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markywylder:
this may help....

I put together a little guide for bell/vigin galaxy owners...check it out :)

androidforums.com/galaxy-s-all-things-root/264530-flashing-darky-v9-gt-i9000m-minimal-risk.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murmur95:
I also just wrote a easy guide just now because I had the same issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10875806#post10875806
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucre:
So, disgusted by the bloatware that came with my myTouch, I figured I'd try to get my ducks in a row and root the sucker.

I read that temproot using Visionary is pretty safe, so I did that. It was nice to be able to get into the familiar CLI and do "rm amazonmp3.apk", etc., but of course everything comes back on restart.

So, I thought, before I permroot, I should back up the ROM. I downloaded Rom Manager and clicked the Backup Current Rom button. It downloaded ClockworkMod and the screen went black, and now it shows no signs of life.

Have I killed it good and dead?

Is it possible to fix it at all? I haven't given the SDK a good look yet - is that likely to be my salvation?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
Can you get into hboot? Hold vol down when you start up the phone.

If so grab this image here: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b4f....140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155771_signed.zip

Rename it PD15IMG.zip, pop it on the SD card root and let hboot restore the stock image/recovery/bootloader

More info: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863899
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjjackson56:
Sdk will probably help but this happened to me also the first time I backed up my first rom. Did you flash cw recovery? If so what I did was a battery pull then power back on holding volume down and pressing power. It then booted into recovery and did the backup properly and everything was fine.

But don't hold me to this could be a fluke.