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[Captivate General] crystalhand:
Apple from the start locked any carriers from adding their own bloatware by releasing all updates themselves.

I personally prefer the android side. By releasing it on multiple devices it helps keep the source code easier to access and modify.

I bought a android because I wanted to be able to mod things like the launcher and add themes. Its all user preference
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
You can still have that customizability and access without letting carriers hold customers hostage. Hate to say it, but my WinMo phone was a lot more customizable and easier to work with than my Captivate. No command line BS to deal with and so much like my desktop OS that I could do almost anything with it. Maybe if I knew more about Linux I would think differently, but I don't so I can't. WinMo had its shortcomings, but access and customizability weren't among them.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
It more than just that. Currently, Google simply release OS source code. Phone makers need to get the source code, compile it and combined with its customization and drivers to make a ROM image then release. Google made zero effort to offer a mechanism to update its OS once it is in user's phone. That's where it is lacking.

You can add bloatware or desktop skins to Windows OS anyway you want. Yet it is still capable to go to Microsoft site to download OS patches and updates all by itself.
[Captivate General] squarejp:
Guys you are totally forgetting about the WP7 is the solution against closed hardware and fragmentation. MS has standardized all basic hardware with a minimum requirement. All apps that are not come with the WP7 can be uninstalled or reinstalled via the marketplace base on the hardware manufacturers and Carriers. This will not bloat the device and able to push out updates accordingly. Each provider will become responsible for their own action without interrupting the fundamentals of the WP7 device.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
No, we are not forgetting WP7. It has potentials. But somehow Microsoft has yet to release a single update to its WP7 OS 3 months after release. So, we have to wait and see how really committed MS is to WP7.
[Captivate General] viperrepiv:
It would definitely be nice to have a more seamless update process
[Captivate General] csingh:
I understand that Google can't take direct control of the updates because of the whole open source model.. But I really wish manufacturers would just release "stock" versions of their firmwares on their websites so more advanced users could just switch to those and not have to deal with all the carrier BS.. And the ridiculous wait times we have between updates =\
[Captivate General] ScubaMedic:
Maybe Google could impose time limits on how long after an update comes out the phone companies have to get it implemented.
[Captivate General] drwx:
what does the open source model have to do with anything? imho, a lot of people in the android community throw around the phrase "open source" without actually knowing what it means. how about we phrase it this way..............linux is of the "open source" model, yet i don't need permission from dell or hp to update linux on my computer.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
How? Google puts the code out there for anyone to use or not use. How do you force someone to use something they get for free to start with? This is not a google problem.

All Google could do is make it NOT free - make someone sign on that they can't have it unless they update regularly - that sort of breaks the whole idea of free.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
okay so i made the leap and traded my evo for a newer epic4g. i love the clarity of the screen and the overall speed blows the evo away. downside is some of the bright colors look washed out and the screen is smaller.

my question is when is the epic getting official froyo so we can have more development? such as roms & kernels?

will the epic even get gingerbread at all?

my concerns and observations are:

the proximity sensor is very sensitive and i find it often does not work as even when i have auto rotation disabled i find certain apps like my phone will go into landscape mode and get stuck there. :confused:

cannot update my prl or profile without the use of qpst? i mean i assume this is a software flaw? ive seen lots of people have this issue and it must be reported and fixed by samsung IMO.

really bad radio signal life compared to the evo. i have no idea what the difference would be?

ive noticed compared to the evo i have less free ram. i usually had about 200-250mb free and now i have only 140-170. whats the difference here? would a custom kernel possibly fix this?

also id love to know why there is no working version of apps2sd as i feel it would benefit the free memory the phone has.

as i said im not here bashing but giving my observations and to tell you the truth if these issues cannot be fixed ill for sure be going back to the evo. i sorta see why samsung have a bad rep. :rolleyes:

can anybody give me any fixes for some of the issues i posted?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiGi760:
Good questions. We don't know and anyone who tells you differently is lying.

Auto-rotation has nothing to do with the proximity sensor. You probably need to run /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha as root and follow the instructions.

I haven't had an issue with getting my epic to update the prl even on custom roms.

Signal life? Do you mean signal strength? Hardware is different, but i haven't heard many complaints about the epic's signal strength.

It is mis-reporting it to you. There is more memory available solely to the OS that you don't see as available for programs.

I was under the impressions that some people had it working.

I don't see anything on the list worth jumping ship over. :-/
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A_Flying_Fox:
Be careful op. People here like to flash their e-peens when you have a negative observation towards the phone.

Luckily some are more open minded and will help

Have you rooted the epic?

I'm on stock froyo dk28 and I get almost 2 days out of my phone, but that's with only using 4g and wifi because 3g is of no point to me unless I go somewhere out the city

There's a developer "noobnl" who's working on a gb port, but its not gonna be completed until official froyo sauce straight from samsung comesout

You should've held the evo for a bit until the epic got official 2.2 because then you would've definitely not have had any type of buyers/traders remorse
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A_Flying_Fox:
Also...I don't have ay problems with the auto rotate....there migh be something messing with it lol also the kb likes to skip buttons sometimes
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
yes im fully rooted running clockwork3/ext4 with the bonsai rom. ive seen many, many complaint of not being able to update prl or profile at all. ive even done several data resets. :confused:

do you guys have the link for the working version of apps2sd?

as i said im not bashing the phone, i do like it alot just seems alot of issues with it atm.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
i did this, will report back.

yes compared to my evo i have really bad signal strength right now.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A_Flying_Fox:
There mightve been something wrong with the modem flash

I couldn't upate m prl when I first updated to dk28 but after I flashed back to 2.1 then 2.2 it was fixed? So idk I would try that

And my phone also has horrible signal cmpared to my hero, and the 3g speeds and ping are horrible compared to what I got on the hero, and also apparently there's a cap of 1mb/s upload on the epic on 4g
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
They capped the 4g upload speed? I don't have 4g in my area but that sucks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddymikey1975:
to the OP..

try ##786# <reset> <enter MSL>

let it go through it's paces.. it will factory reset BUT.. after reset, it will perform hands free activation, then reboot, then update your PRL, then restart the radio, then look for software updates.. (this will also most likely fix GPS if you're having problems with that too)

Hope this helps

EDIT: for the 'getting stuck in landscape mode' i have encountered this on occasion as well.. seems like the settings for 'use sensor to auto rotate' or something like that in your launcher or in menu > settings> etc.. might be conflicting.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AceCooper0506:
Hi, I've searched everywhere trying to fix the problem but none suggested by other users was able to fix it.

The problem I have is when someone calls me, I can barely hear them. However, when I make calls to other people, the call volume is absolutely perfect. I'm talking about the incall volume, not ringer just incase some people misread it.

I've done replacing the htcleo.acdb and default.acdb files, that didn't do it.

Some have suggested that turning off the Keypad tone fixed this issue, but it didn't do it for me either.

So if anyone has come across a working fix for this, please share your wisdom with me. Android on the HD2 just makes the phone 100 times better, just need to fix this issue to make it perfect.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] reza416:
It may be the rom

i also have the same problem and i noticed that after changing my rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kamiikhan:
I get that problem sometimes but how I sort it is to turn loud speaker on and off then its fine.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] simmonsstummer:
i'm having the same problem with htc tattoo.

just installed the: CyanogenMod 7.0.0-RC2.2 (7007) 2.3.3
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guntizzle:
I've download a few different drivers and nothing seems to work

Windows 7 x64 ult

I've tried reformatting the sd card and that didnt work, tried kies but since windows doesn't reckonise the phone i cant use it. I get the warning in the taskbar but thats it, any help?

trying to get some music and pics on my phone and i dont have an sd reader
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
Did you restart the computer after uninstalling the drivers and then reinstalling them?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guntizzle:
yea i did, when i flashed it in the phone properties it now says its a GT-i9000? i thought i downloaded some but maybe i didnt and thats the problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loggik:
No, once you install the Samsung Captivate drivers, if the computer detects an 'i9000' phone (or an i9000 ROM on Captivate), it will automatically install the drivers. Try right clicking Computer in the start menu and clicking Manage, or something along those lines (not on my Windows partition right now...). Then in the left pane, select Manage Devices or something about Devices. Then try and look for the phone in that list (look hard, it would be under mobile devices or something like that). Right click on anything associated with the phone and click Uninstall or Remove or something along those lines. Again, sorry I'm being so vague, I'm not on my Windows partition right now.

Oh, and while you're doing this, make sure your phone is not plugged in.

After you finish that stuff, reboot. Then plug your phone it and see if it automatically detects the correct drivers. If not, leave it plugged in and install the stock Samsung Captivate drivers (can be found somewhere in the development forums).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guntizzle:
allrighty ill give that a try (also im pretty tech savy i got my A+ cert and have flashed a few psp's in my day so throw what ya got at me)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loggik:
Great to know! :D So then you shouldn't have a problem following my vague/horrible instructions xD

Anyway, if that doesn't work, you can try booting in safe mode and following the same steps (though I doubt that would make a difference)...

But I do remember this happened to me once. I was also running Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, but it was on my Desktop computer which I was only using temporarily because my laptop had crashed, so I didn't have much of a desire to fix it so I never did :o

Oh and I'm taking A+ next year... they don't allow students to take it freshman year ): (lol I feel young...)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guntizzle:
i dunno, i think i did it but when i plug in my phone i still get this
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loggik:
Okay, right click on the one with an exclamation next to it and click 'Update Driver Software'. Assuming you didn't delete the folder that had the Samsung drivers in it, choose "Browse computer for driver software", click on "Browse...", and select the folder that you unzipped the drivers to. Make sure to keep the Subfolders option checked, too. Click next and let it do its thing. Restart your computer and see if it works then. And make sure your phone isn't plugged in during this too.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guntizzle:
nah, when i browse the folder of usb drivers it says "the driver is already the best used driver" :confused: so that seems to not work

would flashing to a different rom maybe serve better?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loggik:
Hmm...

Then you can try doing the same in Safe Mode, which will keep Windows from trying to re-install the driver (which is what I think happened). Also, make sure you're using these drivers from this guide.

Oh, also, don't miss the "Disk Drives" drop-down, too. It also has drivers for the GT-i9000, at least it does for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guntizzle:
hmm nah i thing something is wrong with the rom, no gt9000 disk drive, still doesnt work after the drives, i think i just may get an sd reader, thanks for trying tho

edit: oh wait thats an internal sd, hmm, i think im gonna try another rom i guess unless anyone has any other ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guntizzle:
HAHA oh wow, okay i dunno what happened where but suddenly its working again, oh well

lol thanks alot tho
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loggik:
:\ that's a good thing... kinda :p well, glad it works!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syypher:
So my Evo is rooted and it was running fine for a while. After a couple months it started having intermittent 3g connections. My bars would be completely empty and I can't make phone calls, browse the internet, text message or anything that requires the 3g connection. It resolves after a good 30-45 minutes or if I keep restarting. When I restart it works for a while then cuts off again and the bars go blank. I restart a few more times then finally it stabalizes...

I am currently using the MikiFroyo ROM and use Virus ROM and Myn's before this. I also have flashed the "all in one" radio packaged from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715485

Can anyone help me? This really hinders my work at very crucial times and it's getting really annoying.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScottishGeek:
Does anyone know if it is possible to modify the default TouchWiz keyboard (not the Swype one) to remove the period and "configure" button? I love the keyboard but I ALWAYS seem to accidentally hit the period key instead of space?

Thanks in advanced!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Da Vikster:
Hey guys

I was wondering, is there any way for my phone [Blackstone, running stonehenge winmo 6.5.3 ROM] to access videos on a network location and play them? Barring issues such as network lag, is there a program that lets this happen?

Thanks in advance
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cwwjr1681:
Does anybody know how to patch the MMS in build? I am using MDJ Ginger 2.7 and I want to patch the MMS to work with tmobile usa. My pictures come through too small. and its only on buiuld without an MMS fix. Can anyone link or supply me with how to fix MMS on TMO US?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SpiderVenom:
go to messaging, setting, user agent, custom user agent, nexus one
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chkn:
How do I change the current sms ringtone . I've tried from sound setting and from within sms settings, but nothing removes the really long sms notification
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lqaddict:
Settings->Sounds->Notification ringtone
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Windst:
I'm still a little new to this. I made a 2.1 backup and began using freex102.2 beta3, I want to try the 2.3, but also want to backup 2.2. Can I make more than one backup file?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman_112:
As long as you have adequate space on your SdCard you can.
[G2 and Desire Z General] LooieENG:
First of all, this isn't a major issue, or may be due to T-Mobile or something, but my phone is 1+ minutes behind everywhere else, like train/bus times, TV, computers, etc..

It also means when I get a text message, then reply within a minute, it puts my reply before the text message...

Also, how the f**k do I stop Facebook syncing?

I have both Facebook and Facebook for HTC Sense under "Accounts & Sync" and Facebook is fine, it just syncs contacts and works

Facebook for HTC Sense however, syncs both contacts and live feed. They DON'T sync at all, no matter how long you leave them, it just shows the syncing icon. I disabled them both, but when I restart my phone they're back again

Another issue is that sometimes the internet just won't load any pages sometimes. The bar just loads like 90% then stops and won't load anything until I restart my phone (again, this could be T-Mobile)

Any suggestions? I'm using the stock ROM (before OTA) with S-OFF
[G2 and Desire Z General] poetryrocksalot:
What the heck? I probably won't provide any useful information, but perhaps your settings aren't set to automatically detect the time?
[G2 and Desire Z General] bahmanxda:
I don't have any real solution for you but if you have s/off and you like sense why don't you try flashing virtouos rom or do a wipe and factory reset.
[G2 and Desire Z General] LooieENG:
Thanks for the replies

It's definitely set up to use the network time. Not sure why it sets the time of my messages to 1 minute behind, but the texts I receive have the proper time (1 minute in front of my phone time)

bahmanxda, I don't really bother with custom ROMs. I've tried a few but don't see the point in them (I use the stock ROM but removed all the bloat and other rubbish from them, plus I don't want to overclock my CPU yet)
[G2 and Desire Z General] jervill:
Maybe you could remove the "Facebook for HTC Sense" account altogether from "Accounts & Sync?"
[G2 and Desire Z General] LooieENG:
I use the Facebook app though, and I also use the Facebook contacts sync, will removing it affect either of those?
[Streak 5 General] cheetah2k:
I've only really noticed this over the last few weeks. When loading the gallery after an extended period where the DS has been asleep, the gallery takes ages (lag) to get going and display the photo folders..

I thought it was my Class 2 32Gb sandisk microsd that was causing the issues, so I replaced the Class 2 with a new Lexar Class 10 32Gb card. While the new card certainly improved the read speed opening photos, the lag still persists.

Another consideration was that the lag started while I had the 318 Speedmod kernel installed. So I decided to bring the phone back to stock 318. Did a complete wipe and started from scratch, but still the lag is there.

Is anyone having the same issue on stock 318? :confused:
[Streak 5 General] bash_array:
Now when you say complete wipe... are you saying "factory reset" from the OS menu under A. privacy or B. boot menu option 1? Or did you flash streakmod and/or clockwork recovery, wipe your delvik cache, then use QDL tool to reflash back to original?>

The latter will kill everything.... Try this --> http://streakdroid.com/?page_id=92

I am experiencing no lag... Please take a screen shot of your about phone screen so I can see your set up....
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] joeshmoe08:
Nice dude, but really would like a red version to match the Generation X theme.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
It will be in few minutes...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] r1m:
Thanks. The keyboards look great. I especially like the va green version.

I have one question? Could you mod the keyboards that they have qwertz layout?

Pozdrav iz Zagreba. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
I think it will be; but no primises...

/Croatian

Mislim da će biti, ali neću ništa obećat 100%
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] joeshmoe08:
Thanks for making that really quick, but that really wasn't what I was looking for.:o

I was looking for one that looks like the stock (first picture) with a only red on the first suggestive word and a red glowing line on spacebar when word suggest. Also take out the smiley face for all text and add the return(arrow thing) key. Hopefully its not too much of a hassle.

Edit: also I don't know if its my screen, but that red looks slightly pinkish to me. Is it possible to make it just the same red as the red Generation X theme?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
I did use red (brighter version) from generation X.... Which arrow thing?! I just modded colors and rest is stock... Can you take screen shot? I'll do one for you similar to VA green

By night I'll add also darker red version..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] joeshmoe08:
No you got the arrow thing its fine. Working great on my phone. Thanks!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
Thx for pointing it out for stock picture smile... I didn't even look at it till now and saw what you meant for smile and I forgot to say that stock picture is from internet not from my phone... Just posted it so it's there. (I'll replace it later in day for one on m phone so people don't get confused).
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] joeshmoe08:
Alright cool man. I'll try to spread the word so more people try this awesomeness out.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] w83:
Looks great .. Thank You for sharing !

EDIT:

In VA Green version & is replaced with & :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
I know that so wrote it in Notice on 1st page. So far no solution for that because I didn't change there anything except some png's and colours....
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] UNDR8D83:
jus a suggestion but maybe model em off the MTM gingerbread keyboard as it has the ':)' smiley's key included

great work by the way already running ur themed cyan neon market :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
They are same except smile part bit that can be added to this one by edting png. I like more stock keys
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] UNDR8D83:
pretty new to this 'editing' game any chance u can point me in the direction of how to do this cos i'd love the themed board also a 'full' board lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
Like in thread title says now & and < signs are fixed and showing like they need to be shown. No more & or <....

Who already downloaded keyboards please re-download them again since I also changed links in 1st post. Now keyboards are really 100% working... Update with new ones will be soon....
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] pauldiddy:
nice ones.hope you modify swype,too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
Tried swype today but stupid app always has it's own colour and has only few png and either one is background... I'll think of something

Also 2 new keyboards are added and I hope you like them... In full white version black background is from theme (android menu) and can't be changed if theme isn't full white background
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gonzolanar:
thank you for gingerbread color
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] m3talmike:
Could you create a version like VA Green version but with all symbols and letters green?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
Yes... it will be tonight I hope...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] m3talmike:
Thank you very very much :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
As requested... Added it for you.. Hope that is one you wanted