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[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
I had an iPhone 2g, 3g, 3gs, and a iPhone 4, and I loved them all, but as the time went on, it's like the same thing over and over and over again, icons were the same, everything functioned the same, same blah blah, but with the Vibrant, I can change my home screen to something crazy, I can OC, Undervolt, make it fly, whatever I want, I just felt with the iPhone I was always stuck (Yes I was jailbroken) I didn't feel like I could do much, while the Vibrant, I can change almost the whole thing, and even add a FFC (on the way :D) So does the Vibrant belong in top tier? OF course, any day of the week. I'm getting the samsung infuse whenever it comes out, and my vibrant will still be in the top tier, I'm sure of it.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Are any of those phones out right now?
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
First of all, this is XDA, a place TO MOD Therefore yes, it is fair to compare the Vibrant to other phones here on XDA that are also modded.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
... God everyone has that answer.

Think of something else.

1) not everyone on xda is rooted.

2) 90%+ owners arent rooted.

The vibrant at its stock is laggier than my windows 2000 computer ( yes i have one hoping to keep then sell it when theres like windows 577 lol)

Vibrant at stock is laggy while most other phones arent.

Its safe to say what that guy said.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
So then what is a "top tier" phone stock? Evo? Incredibly bad batt life. Same with Dinc. Maybe the DroidX? But that has a monstrously ****ty screen. MT4G? G2? Nexus 1? Seriously, what is a "top tier" phone if the Vibrant isn't there?
[Vibrant General] hazard99:
He's going based on software! And while I will admit that software is a big deal It can be changed. Its one of the plus for us.

I mean look at the hd2 ****ty winmo 6.5 now It runs everything under the sun.

Btw if you plan to sell the vibrant It might be best not to de-vaule it.
[Vibrant General] drcrappants:
took me a while to google what ffc stood for! anyways i see the camera is on its back--how is software supposed to allow it take pics from the front?
[Vibrant General] drcrappants:
what would devalue it? changing/adding software? dont people just reset to factory settings when they sell anyways for privacy
[Vibrant General] hazard99:
When people feel a product is crappy they wont pay for its worth. Just look in the market place and see how many people are selling theirs. It isnt cause the hardware sucks. It's mostly because samsung screwed the pooch and doesnt support the phone like they should.

So everyone's running to ditch the phone. I personally havent seen a phone I really want more than the vibrant except for maybe the atrix.

As far as the ffc. There are apps out there like quik that can take advantage of the front camera. If you do this mod you void your warranty and you also introduce banding in low light situations.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Yes. Evo is one of them.

Why?

It has the perfect hardware, software is decent and the batt life; most of ours sucks too. It all depends on how u use it.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
You said "stock." A stock Evo using 4G will be dead inside of 5 hours on standby. Our phone on JI6 will last 3+ days on 3G standby.

If you're going to go with the "we can only compare stock phones" argument, then we go stock. No oversized batteries or shutting off features (4G) to make up for other deficiencies. So if you think the Evo is a "top tier phone," then I guess top tier is okay with a non-functioning phone by lunchtime.

And as for "perfect hardware," how true is that compared to the Vibrant? The Evo has 0.3" more screen, HDMI, a flash, and FFC. Vibrant has a better CPU, GPU, screen quality, BT, gyroscope, sound quality, camera, and more storage. If the Evo has perfect hardware, the Vibrant is more perfect in quite a few areas.
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
Yeah, I do get pissed at those idiots who sell a brand new Vibrant for 250 or 235.
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
First of all why was this thread even started? If you don't like the phone, sell it, trade it, we don't care. And to conclude, each phone has it's own advantages. I like to watch videos and play games on my phone, so the Vibrant was obviously the best choice. Each to his own.
[Vibrant General] checktheemails:
TBH, I love having something that is awesome that not a lot of people have. The fact that people misunderstand the phone and can't mod it to get the full potential just makes it more appealing to me. It's rewarding.
[Vibrant General] Yang2nd:
I think they giving the Iphone 4 wayyyyyyy too many props!!
[Vibrant General] tweak89:
I think you missed my point, that you almost HAVE to mod the phone to get it to a usable level, much less getting the most out of it. That's not what I think of when talking about top tier electronics.
[Vibrant General] hazard99:
It wasnt that bad when I first got mine. I only started to noticed when I started seeing things in the vibrant threads lol.
[Vibrant General] blasian shadows:
i meant was haha. and who needs dual core? maybe more ram but not dual core.
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
Funny how I sometimes go back to JI6 which my phone apparently likes. For me JI6 is only 0.5 to 1 second slower when opening apps and etc. then bionix and axura, and the web browser is absolutely butter smooth. And this is with 50 apps installed.

But dual core? A 2-3 second difference when web browsing will not get my 500 dollars.
[Vibrant General] sLiKK:
I love my vibrant and the ability of android to be highly customizeable software. One thing I rrally hate about vibrant is its faulty gps. I hate hate hate its gps. I can never trust on it when im driving. I had to dish out around $100 to get a stand alone gps for my car. I wouldnt have bought it, had my vibrant had a working gps.

*** Sent from my Samsung Vibrant (Bionix V) using xda app
[Vibrant General] TheSneakerWhore:
TBH...I buy new phones and sell the old all the time (within 2 months). The Vibrant is the only phone IN THE LAST 10 YEARS I've kept using for months. Top tier, yes. Then again, there are over 20 phones using price, mod-ability, interface, UI, software, hardware, and jerk-off-ability.

10 chars...Just to make you read this.
[Milestone XT720 General] mrmako777:
my phone is rooted with androot, jit and apps2sd enabled. i have it oc'd to 1ghz as well, problem is it freezes a lot requiring a battery pull! :( typically it happens when i run any app requiring root permissions such as titanium backup, root explorer etc. is there a way i can find out what is causing this problem? "android system info" provides logs, but only from the time of boot, so i cant trace down what caused the phone to freeze prior to it freezing. any suggestions?
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
I also had lots of freezes but spanning back to almost a week after I got the phone in August and way before I rooted. It got worse after I rooted and installed apps2sd. It was really awful for a while so I feel your pain. I'm curious if you have the original SD card installed? At some point I convinced myself that the SD card that came from Cincinnati Bell was flaky and replaced mine. However, due to personal idiocy, I also had to reflash the CBW sbf and do a factory reset when replacing the SD card, so any of those may have helped. I haven't experienced the fits of freezing since then (knock on wood). I currently am rooted with androot, jit, apps2sd, autokiller and overclocked at 1GHz/56 vsel with setcpu and haven't had much trouble since mid-December.
[Milestone XT720 General] spiderx_mm:
I think the freezing issue is due to Overclocking. I also encountered with frequent system crash and rebooting. after realizing the Milestone Overclock is the source, I re-flash my phone and now it's running with default 720MHz. since then, no crash, no reboot, no freezing.

if you still want O/C, give higher VSEL value than current setting. that'd help.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
install launcher Pro

it is more fluid than the stock AOS launcher that the XT720 is using
[Milestone XT720 General] mrmako777:
Thanks for the replies guys. So far in trying to narrow this down by trying/removing different apps. Surprisingly I think it may have to do with lp. I've been running adw all day today and have had no issues. Weird...
[Milestone XT720 General] fiveplustwo:
I had similar problems, after switching original SD card class 2 with a class 6 card noticed an improvement, but not 100%.
[Milestone XT720 General] texascowboy:
My XT711 has frozen a couple of times while launching the camera or the nav. Only a few times though, I dont get it.
[Milestone XT720 General] ktylife:
Check Vsel setting and SD card speed/health.
[General Questions and Answers] salvogarbo:
Hi,

I've tried several searches to see a thread exists (couldn't see one), apologies if there is one...

I have a HTC Magic (Vodafone UK) it is currently running 1.5 as shipped (see details below).

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B ENG S-OFF G

HBOOT-1.33.2004 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-11

RADIO-2.22.19.261

Apr 9 2009, 23:29:17

I've never received any OTA updates, however I'd like to upgrade to 2.2.1! So I'd appreciate advice on the best route to re-enabling OTA updates/Manual upgrades etc...

Thanks in advance

Salvo
[General Questions and Answers] reuh:
For rooting the device I'd suggest looking at the cyanogenmod wiki.http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Magic

I'd stick to CM6.0/CM6.1, Amon Ra 1.7.0 and all the updates mentioned in the wiki. I would not recommend using the 2708+ versions on a Magic when you are starting. However, on a magic the cyanogenmod will probably feel bloated. If you have rooted your device it will however be easy to switch to any other ROM.

The Ezterry and Firerat version of Gingerbread for the Magic are however still in development. I would suggest gaining experience with CM6 before trying Ezterry's or Firerat's ROM's. Perhaps those ROM's will be ready by the time you know how to use them.

(Gingerbread feels really nice and fast. However since the data connection did not work on my Magic PVT 32B I needed to downgrade again.)

I still use good old Amon Ra 1.7.0 for bootloader, also found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530492

But the CM-wiki already contains all the information and links you need.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
UPDATE

: 4/30/11

Thumb KB 4.0, Beta 3.1 is now available at the following location: http://thumb4beta.blogspot.com/

If you have Thumb KB already installed from the Market, you must uninstall that version first before installing the new beta.

Some very nice changes so far....enjoy!

Thanks to Paul @ Beansoft for his very hard work on this new version!! :)

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Original Post:

I have been working with Paul, developer of the Thumb Keyboard (TKB) app, over the last couple of weeks to fine-tune the various layouts available on the TKB for the NookColor.

As of today, we tested the various layouts and they are working great! No longer does the bottom row disappear like it does with the current version available in the Market. A new version, with the new enhancements for the NC, should be available tomorrow.

This is great news, as this keyboard is incredibly easy, intuitive, and flexible to use on my NC. Appelflap is a very responsive dev and is doing a great job in supporting the NC community with these recent changes to his app.

A big thanks goes out to him for his patience with my testing and for a great app that makes typing on my NC so much better. :)

[My NC: Rooted, running v1.1.0r2 by Decad3nce, OC'd using 1.1Ghz OMAP3630 by Dalingrin]
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chhaggerty:
I'm really looking forward to this, I have big fingers so I'm "all thumbs" to start with.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DatterBoy:
Went to market and picked it up but could not figure out how to enable it in the nook. Looks like an interesting concept. Will buy again but can you tell me how to activate it? Refunded until then.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] kamillion:
I second that. I bought it too but have no clue how to get it to show up i the list of keyboards. I've done everything from renaming the zip to apk, renaming the latin ime and even copying the zip and the apk to system still to no avail. I see theres going to be an update tomorrow hopefully it fixes the the installation issue but if not can anyone who has gotten this to work please offer a solution.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jadambpharm:
the apk that you have to move to system/app (as with other keyboards) is actually located in data/app-private. move that guy over and maybe change permissions. its been a while but i think thats how i got this working.

edit: after doing that, i also had to reinstall by clicking on the apk that i moved. it then showed up as a selectable keyboard.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
This is what I did to finally get it working. It took me a very long time to get this keyboard recognized in the NookColor Tools as an optional keyboard, but here is what I did:

1) Backing up the Thumb KB on my Droid X using "My Backup Pro" app

2) Transferred the newly created backup from my DX to my NC

3) Used Root Explorer to go into the backup file and and copied the .apk to /System/App

4) From within Root Explorer, installed the .apk (I was already mounted as R/W)

I could just not get it installed from the Market, for whatever reason...even after copying the .apk from /Data/App-private to /System/App.

As a side note, it does seem like renaming the LatinIME.apk in /system/app was something I tried and worked, in addition to what I performed above. I have since renamed that file back and I still have the Thumb KB in my menu option.

Let me know if this works, realizing that backing up from another device may not be possible for everyone.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jadambpharm:
when you tried copying the apk from data/app-private, did you then install by clicking on the apk while it was in system/app? that was the key point for me.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] 360Razir:
After copying the .apk to the /system/app folder, I did run the installer directly from within Root Explorer and this worked for me.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] mike96789:
I was also helping the Dev out and testing this, and it works great. I did do a restart after I moved the .apk to the system/app folder. Using this keyboard makes a lot more sense for a tablet than the other keyboards. I can type faster now without having to put down the Nook, or feel like I going to drop it on accident.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
Been looking forward to seeing the "not completely compatible with Nook" note go away. Thanks for the heads-up. =)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] kamillion:
This worked for me

Thanks alot, your instructions worked flawlessly. Ive been trying to get this thing working for days.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] barbo:
problem parsing package

I downloaded thumb keyboard from the market and then moved the

com.beansoft.keyboardplus.apk

from data/app-private into /system/app (with root explorer)

In root explorer I tapped on the apk and hit install

then I got "problem parsing the package"

any help?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] ERamseth:
Saw this today. Looks like great minds think alike...

http://androidandme.com/2011/02/applications/swiftkey-bringing-tablet-keyboard-to-honeycomb/
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] barbo:
problem parsing package - fixed

I don't know what happened but somehow I had my order cancelled (must have hit something somewhere along the line). I downloaded from the market again and it is working.

I've only trie dit for a few minutes but I think I am going to love it!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jsl099:
Exact same problem with parsing package. Looking forward to getting this working.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tunwear:
Same issues as above. Great idea though. Refunded until confirmed it can install from market with no tinckering.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
Thanks 360Razir for helping me out by testing the keyboard on the NC!

For people with a parser error: do you rename the apk when copying it over? Renaming could be the source of the parsing problem.

Furthermore I turned off copy protection on the market. This should reduce the installation hassle a bit.

I'm planning to make a installer for (rooted) NCs. Can someone describe the exact steps that have to be taken to install TKB on a NC? That would be great (please use the non protected app on the market as the starting point of the description)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
One minor issue I noticed; when using the 7" symbol/numeric keyboard in portrait, when I press the ., key, it enters a period in the text box as it should, but the key confirmation popup displays a 0 .
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jsl099:
Thanks. I uninstaled and redownloaded from market. Copied the file over, installed from the new location, and am typing this with it now.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
Thanks for noticing. Have to work a bit on the symbol keyboards anyway.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
So not renaming the file solved the parsing error?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
No problem, and thanks for putting this keyboard together; excellent work! =)

Just wondering if there might be a way to get the directional arrows from the 10" keyboard in landscape mode to work when controlling a PC using gmote?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DatterBoy:
How can we do this without using Root Explorer? I would prefer not to buy it just for this as I have no other use for Root Explorer. Mostly run things through ADB,
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
Great suggestion. Have to look if that is possible.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
That's exactly why I'm planning to make an installer devices.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
Should be something like:

adb pull /data/app/com.beansoft.keyboardplus.apk
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
adb push com.beansoft.keyboardplus.apk /system/app/KeyboardPlus.apk
adb reboot

Afer reboot it should be listed in the available keyboards. I had to rename the original apk (com.beansoft.keyboardplus-1.apk) to KeyboardPlus.apk before it was listed as an available keyboard.

Hope that helps...?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DatterBoy:
Thanks! Worked! But the name of the APK was com.beansoft.keyboardplus.apk.

I think this would be better if the space bars on the landscape mode were below the alpha keys. Still feel like I have to reach for these and that was one of my biggest problems with traditional layout. All the keys that are currently in the bottom most space are secondary and should be less accessible. Space should definitely go there. Except on the right side. Return and period should definitely be there.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
Yeah, I thought that was odd, no clue why mine had the "-1" after it. Edited my previous post to reflect what is hopefully more common.

Regarding key layout: would it be possible to add an option to swap the positions of the keyboard-minimize and symbols (and return-to-alpha) buttons?

On quite a few occasions I've mean to hit symbols, and instead fat-fingered and closed the keyboard. I think there might be less of a chance of inadvertently closing the keyboard if the key-min button was located next to the huge spacebar. Also, it would help from a tactile feedback point-of-view, as one could simply "feel inward" from the bottom left edge of the screen to quickly change between alpha and symbols.

Hope that makes sense.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bugeyed1:
Purchased this from the Market & found that the announcement was a bit premature with regards to the installation. I decided to wait until this product is more mature & uninstalled it.

Thanks,

kev
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
Agree, hitting the space with the left thumb could be a problem. Will definitely take a look at that.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
I will rethink the design. In combination with datterboys feedback I think I make the close keyboard key smaller. Maybe I will swap the symbol key and the close keyboard key also. Your argument makes sense. Will have to experiment with that.

Btw this weekend I will open a thread in the paid apps forum. Hope to see suggestions etc. in that thread. That forum is more appropriate and a better place to collect feedback of users of other tablets also.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
I will release the NC installer this weekend. Sorry for the confusion.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
TKB Installer for Nook Color (Beta)

Hi,

I've created an installer for TKB on the Nook Color. It's for new installations of the keyboard, but it can also be used for updates (I update the keyboard frequently so..)

The installer has to be installed on a (ROOTED) device with which one downloads Thumb Keyboard from the market. Run the installer and follow *exactly* the steps described in the install procedure.

(Background info: the installer copies the apk from the /data/app dir to the root of the SD Card. The root of the SD Cards also contains a second installer that has to be installed on the NC. Running the second installer on the NC will copy the apk to the /system/app directory and reboots device after)

The Installer is currently in beta. I hope to get some feedback from NC users if it works as intended.

EDIT: The installer will not work yet for Galaxy S variants. If you're using one of these devices. Please copy "transfer.apk" and "NC_TKB_Installer2.apk" to the external sd card yourself after running the first part of the installer.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Caesarg:
Used the installer, it worked great. Thanks.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jdt1:
Used the installer, it installed ok, the keyboard shows up in nc tools but when I select Thumb keyboard and long press in text field the keyboard does not appear. If I select another keyboard from nc tools all works well.

Any idea what I did wrong or failed to do?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
Unfortunately I don't have a Nook Color myself so I can't test this app. I just compiled all the descriptions in this forum concerning the installation of a third keyboard on a NC into an app. The only step I left out was the installation of the apk once it was copied to the app/system directory. I thought it was an unnecessary redundant step. But maybe it is necessary.

So maybe a solution is to install the KeyboardPlus.apk from the /system/app directory. To do this, download the (free) Linda file manager from the market browse to the directory /system/app (in linda "my phone" - system - app) and tap on KeyboardPlus.apk

Let me know if this worked. If so I will try to build in this extra step.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] appelflap:
Thanks for the feedback.

Were the steps described in the installer sufficient or did you do some additional steps to make it work?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Caesarg:
Just used the steps described.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Dirtmuncher:
Ditto on success with the installer.

I bought thumb keyboard from the Market before I realized I didn't have an easy way to install it.

Luckily I came across appelflap's installer app, downloaded it directly to my Nook's SD root, opened it and followed the rest of the instructions as advertised.

Worked flawlessly on my Auto-Nootered NC 1.1.0, as does the thumb keyboard itself.

Thanks, Appel!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tranquilchao5:
Problem...

I ran the installer, but the thumb keyboard is still not an option in nook color tools.

*EDIT* NM I got it. I think I installed it from the wrong location.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] DatterBoy:
Would be nice to get a "GO" or "NEXT" button like other boards have that reflect the execute command for the text field you're entering info for. The Return key sort of does it now but it's hard to understand when/how it will operate.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] pyush:
Installed installed api and the keyboard. Is working like a charm. Thank you.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Midnitte:
Where does this install from market? I have it in my app draw but i dont see it in /system/apps and my data folder is emtpy.

sent from nookcolor