yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet General] nunjabusiness:
I can give you some real-world recent feedback.

I have dozens of servers I need to be able to remotely access and we do not allow RDP, so UltraVNC and LogMeIn is installed on each. I have already set up shortcuts for each server for convenience in setting up a new user to access them.

Every one of the VNC clients I have tried is lacking in some way. Some in several ways.

RemoteVNC has ads across the top so it is essentially worthless. I didn't bother trying it other than the first connection.

PocketCloud looks great, but I cannot find a way to import .vnc files (shortcuts) or send keystrokes to the login window. Very counter-intuitive, IMHO. Their support is almost non-existent in my recent experience, since I have asked in their forum and have yet to get ANY kind of answer from either their devs or their forum community. UPDATE: they JUST responded to me with "Sorry."

MochaVNC Lite has no ability to send CTRL+ALT+DEL that I can find so ... worthless.

Android-VNC has weird glitchy graphic issues the two times that I tried it.

LogMeIn is the only one that looked good and performed well enough for me to check statuses.
[G Tablet General] it2steve:
+1, this product is AMAZING and well worth the cash if you plan to use it a lot. I have it on my phone and tab and it's flawless. It allows you to save all settings for one click TS access and set the screen to 'full-screen' and will resize according to device AND layout!
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
+1 for LogMeIn Ignition for Android. I used to lug around my crazy heavy laptop when I traveled for business and now I leave it logged in at the office and access it via my gTab using LogMeIn. It works great and has plenty of folks using it if you need a question answered or issue resolved.
[G Tablet General] machine73:
Thanks for the input on logmein. I've been using UltraVNC on my laptop to access all my machines on the network and has been great.

Will deffinately look into logmein pro.

THanks guys.

But 1 question remains unanswered. Has anyone had any experience using the dual boot G tablet? Is it worth the extra 2 bills for the dual boot option, or is just gimicky?
[G Tablet General] HorsexD:
Do you Mean the Viewpad? Not worth it if you want android. it has android 1.6, also it uses an atom processor instead of a Tegra 2 Dual core.
[G Tablet General] jwischka:
Supposedly there's a group that's ported 2.2 over to x86, and the Viewpad is one of their main targets. I have no idea how well it works, or what its maturity is.
[G Tablet General] hitekredneck:
Ah yes, another thumbs up for this one, Xtralogic that is! Absolutely top notch in my book. Well worth the 25 bucks if you plan on using it often.
[G Tablet General] jerichoholic:
are you selling any of those 3
[G Tablet General] theindependent:
The biggest selling points for me, outside of my nearly everyday use of LogMeIn, are multiplatform support, ease-of-use, and integration with an existing workflow. Mac or PC, I've never had problems. Couple that with ConnectBot (which I use to do CLI-based Linux admin) and the Linode and Rackspace Cloud clients for Android, and I'm pretty much set anywhere I have WiFi to rock things out.

I <3 this tablet.
[G Tablet General] machine73:
I must say after playing and tweaking my tab to my likings, I am nothing but pleased. Spent some time setting up LogMeIn and everything is running smoooothhh....like butta.

A few FC's but nothing to get all bent over.
[Defy Android Development] mcm_xyz:
Hello to all.

I consider UK 3.4.2-117 the best rom so far. However the haptic feedback missing was killing me so I started digging. Long story short, by a mistake I found that the responsible file for this was framework-res.apk. So I decompiled with apkmanager 4.9 and compared with the TMO file. I found some differences in res\values\arrays.xml with suggestive names: "VibePattern".

Solution: use the file attached and put it to the root of ramework-res.apk

The reason for not providing the whole file "ramework-res.apk" is because I made interface modifications to mine (black status bar and so on...)

Please let me know if this worked for you!

Update: Seems there is no problem on odexed roms either so install with confidence. Do not use ApkManager to recompile. Simply replace the file inside the apk with winrar or 7zip. If you are on stock rom MadStu has prepared a nandroid zip for you. Read further.
[Defy Android Development] Dude-01:
Sorry for the stupid question but the only thing I've to to is to copy your resources file and paste it into the ramework-res.apk?

I tried it but nothing happend, even after a restart. Could someone an untouched ramework-res.apk reupload it after the fix? :)
[Defy Android Development] HiDef:
Awesome dude, thanks, it works!!! :D
[Defy Android Development] mcm_xyz:
Yes you have to drag and drop it to framework-res.apk overwriting the existing one. You also have to enable vibration from settings... In sound settings check haptic feedback. First thing you have to notice is vibration on the 4 bottom buttons (menu / home / back / search)
[Defy Android Development] mick711:
Work on deodex or/and odex ROM ?

Thanks for this FIX !
[Defy Android Development] mcm_xyz:
I think it will work on both. Mine is deodexed but I think it will not matter.
[Defy Android Development] andyfletcher:
I had issues after inserting into a standard / odexed install. My handset is now looping so it looks like im going to have reflash the rom again :(

Should i have pushed the apk back using adb? i just used root explorer.

Less than happy.

Andy
[Defy Android Development] naenee:
After making a backup, I've tried this as well and indeed - you've done good work and Haptic Feedback is as it used to be. Thank you for sharing your solution.

Various system-settings had been reset though, but that was as expected.
[Defy Android Development] mcm_xyz:
Sorry for the inconvenience. However framework-res.apk does not have a classes.dex inside so there is no odex file either. So I think it was a problem with pushing the file back or with the ziping process.
[Defy Android Development] ellendel:
But where is the framework-res.apk?

Ok i found it ; but how can i overwrite the file? Do i have to use the adb shell?
[Defy Android Development] MadStu:
Mine too :(
[Defy Android Development] breezasib:
Great work!

Could you say exactly what you changed in arrays.xml?

These are the default values:

<integer-array name="config_longPressVibePattern">

<item>0</item>

<item>18</item>

</integer-array>

<integer-array name="config_virtualKeyVibePattern">

<item>0</item>

<item>6</item>

</integer-array>

<integer-array name="config_keyboardTapVibePattern">

<item>0</item>

<item>6</item>

</integer-array>

<integer-array name="config_safeModeDisabledVibePattern">

<item>0</item>

<item>18</item>

</integer-array>

<integer-array name="config_safeModeEnabledVibePattern">

<item>0</item>

<item>18</item>

<item>500</item>

<item>600</item>

</integer-array>

<integer-array name="config_scrollBarrierVibePattern">

<item>0</item>

<item>12</item>

<item>12</item>

<item>12</item>

</integer-array>
[Defy Android Development] mcm_xyz:
I've replaced the entire arrays.xml with the one from TMO firmware. Anyways all keys containing "VibePattern" seem to be changed.
[Defy Android Development] MadStu:
I think I may have had problems as I don't how to use apk manager correctly. I replaced the apk which I made but I have no idea if I did it right ;)
[Defy Android Development] muhski:
how do i find out, if i have odex or de-odex rom?
[Defy Android Development] mcm_xyz:
Do not use apkmanager for this. Use simply winrar or 7zip. Do not even unzip and then zip again. Use drag and drop and overwrite the file inside apk.
[Defy Android Development] TPGamer:
Can anyone, who successfully applied the fix, provide a step-by-step "tutorial" to how to do it? I've never used apkmanager before, I have a few ideas how to do it, but I don't want to ruin the system with picking an incorrect idea. :D Thanks.

Edit: So no apkmanager, just simple plain winrar. Thanks.
[Defy Android Development] MadStu:
LOL, I'm a stoopid boy.

I just used winrar and it's working perfectly now :)

I also added it to my Protected Market Apps Fix and Camera Mod .zip file to install via recovery and it works. :D

The modified stock framework-res.apk is within this zip if anyone wants to download just for that.

Cheers. :D
[Defy Android Development] muhski:
can i install this twice?

i alredy habe the market and cam mod installed!
[Defy Android Development] MadStu:
Yes no problem, it will only overwrite a couple of your existing files with the same ones :)
[Defy Android Development] mick711:
Thanks MadStu i test because when i try to modify my framework-res.apk phone won't boot .
[Defy Android Development] andyfletcher:
that is what i did.

I opened up the .apk file in 7zip, deleted the resources.arsc from within the zip, then dropped the new one into the zip and copied the file back to /system/framework using root explorer. As soon i said yes to overwrite the handset rebooted and began looping.
[Defy Android Development] andyfletcher:
Fantastic! Just what i wanted (saved me getting involved with apkmanager too).

Thanks!

Testing now.....

RESULT!! Fantastic, big thanks to mcm_xyz & MadStu. Now we have a perfect UK froyo!

I would have like to have had the black status bar. Every theme i have applied causes me to loop. Hey MadStu, whats the chance of adding a black status bar mod into your "super multifunction zip" ?

Cheers.

Andy
[Defy Android Development] mick711:
And all other :D like :

No Time in TaskBar

Batterie Mod %

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Work fine your zip ;)
[Defy Android Development] muhski:
@andy:

http://www.multiupload.com/JGGH3UZ0HW

this is MadStus pack with a black bar! (hope it's ok, MadStu) (blackbar-credits go to Mr. shaftenberg :D )

blackbar looks like this: http://img214.imageshack.us/i/25026d1296490175android.png/ (shaftenberg-credits, again :D )

no clock, sry! (also Mr. Shaftenberg :D )

ps: if you don't like it, just install the "old" file of MadStu again, works fine for me!
[Defy Android Development] andyfletcher:
Hey! Thats spot on. What great service. Looks good to me :)

Cheers.
[Defy Android Development] edition-:
So it can be used in a standard/odex ROM?
[Defy Android Development] muhski:
With MadStus pack it does work with odex and deodex, i tried with odex!
[Defy Android Development] hitones:
Whats the clock widget? thanks
[Defy Android Development] hitones:
Thanks, this worked a treat
[Defy Android Development] fighterchris:
@hitones the Clock Widget is the LG Optimus 2X Weather Widget

http://www.filesonic.com/file/69243471/signedTodayBriefingWidget.apk
[Defy Android Development] hitones:
Thank you, much appreciated, fighterchris ;0)
[Defy Android Development] shaftenberg:
WTF, you used MY statusbar with MY homescreen :D Funny guy!

and BTW, the clock widget is "SiMi Clock Widget" ;)
[Defy Android Development] muhski:
ich wahr zu faul nen eigenen screen zu machen!

und credits sind beim post eingefügt :D
[Defy Android Development] teodysalivia:
THANKS! it revived the feedback including the multikeyboards. EXCELLENT.
[Defy Android Development] reinsen:
i dont really get it... i found the apk file but i dont know how to access it on my pc?!

tried to copy it to sd card -> modify on pc -> cant copy back.

help :(
[Defy Android Development] madlive:
Same problem here, anyone knows what I can do?
[Defy Android Development] dan13l:
Presumably you could make an APK that does the opposite? I'm trying to turn haptic feedback off on my wife's Defy. I'd flash the UK 3.4.2 rom, but I'm concerned about breaking downgrading on a phone that needs to be stable (ie, if the Froyo rom has issues, she's stuck with it).
[Defy Android Development] txusti:
The same happens to me. Is there any way to get back the camrecorder app? Maybe a flashable .zip file through recovery mode?

Thanks
[Defy Android Development] dblanc:
First of all thank you guys for finding and sharing the fix for the haptic feedback!

I want to use the theme from this site: http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/46988-barre-de-status-en-noir-pour-la-rom-uk-342-117-nouvelle-version-disponible-14032011/

However when I do, I loose the haptic feedback again.

I tried to re-apply your ".zip" files, but then loose the theme again.

Here comes the request: could someone make the haptic feedback as a standalone zip file, so it can be flashed on "themed ROMs"? (or alternatively some further "how to" to use the 7zip file, I must say I struggle to understand the framework-res.apk method...)

Thanks and sorry for my basic problem... :o
[Defy Android Development] dzzdefy:
Please, i need the original unmodfied "framework-res.apk". i need to disable this Market Apps Fix and Camera Mod .zip because the camcorder is not working.

Thanks
[Defy Android Development] dzzdefy:
From where to get this framework-res.apk??

Thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] wondercoolguy:
I just read the article

http://www.optimus2x.net/index.php?topic=156.0

If this is true goodbye Optimus 2x and what a waste.
[LG Optimus 2x] rouvax:
I'm not sure but, if it's 4G, wont be it CDMA ?
[LG Optimus 2x] Mehrsau:
4G means LTE. When do you think you'll have an working LTE infrastructure? 3G is more than enough.
[LG Optimus 2x] wondercoolguy:
This phone is rumored to be on TMO USA which means its GSM and I'm in the DFW area so I can take advantage of 4g converage. To me this is a massage waist of a phone if in fact no 4g
[LG Optimus 2x] FearKill:
4G will not be big for about. 2-3years. How many countries have full cover over land? Not many got it with 3G even. I am lucky that I live in Sweden. Here we were first with "real" 4G but only about 11 major cities got it. But are expanding fast. But many countries does not even got 4G yet.

Sent from my crap x10! Hello LG Star
[LG Optimus 2x] j3.cole:
I am in SATX and the 4Gish speeds are here to. However, this phone ....

Network Technology: GSM

GSM: EDGE

UMTS: UMTS (WCDMA) HSDPA 10.2

GSM Bands: 850, 900, 1800, 1900

UMTS Bands: 900, 2100

To take advantage doesn't it need to be at least HSDPA+ to really use the 4Gish network?

Won't the very best if your luck be maybe 10mb down on the lg?

Don't get me wrong I am torn because the rest of the specs are so nice.
[LG Optimus 2x] svengalis:
Acoording to phonefight.net this phone will be 4g compatible when it comes stateside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WirINvz8GP8
[General Questions and Answers] alfy72:
does anyone live in the bedfordshire area who can upgrade my desire to run the hd desire rom,

please email me

thanks

alan
[Android Themes] Grey Hawk:
First off, I would like to say, I know nothing about themeing Android, which is why I'm posting this.

My basic knowledge is: framework.apk in /sys is where the theming is kept. I know how to pull it from my phone, but do not know how to edit/open a .apk once its on my computer. Thats it. Thats all I know when it comes to theming. I don't know how to use the SDK or command prompts(I use root explorer) or what the individual files are in the apk are.

What I do know is graphic design, which makes me want to get into this.

What I'm trying to do is take part of a theme I like and port it to a different ROM, with my own added touches. I contacted the original developer, but since he doesn't have the phone I have(Droid A855), he has no experience on how to port it himself. In fact I was able to port his theme over from a CM ROM to Bugless v0.5 using a program I found online. However I'm unable to port the theme to Bugless v0.6. I assume this because v0.6 has bits of Gingerbread in it, and things aren't lining up.

More specifically, I'm looking to do the following:

-Take a theme that works on Bugless V0.5 and get it to work on Bugless V0.6

-I'd be happy with just porting the status bar and all the icons that come with the status bar(Wifi, battery, downloading, downloading complete, sms etc...) and the notification menu with the ability for me to change a few of the icons.

-And theming the keyboard

I understand that this may be or may not be a lot of work for someone to tell me how to do this, due my 0 knowledge of anything like this.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Themes] dully79:
Dude just a search for theme Porter, there's a couple of them and there's a sticky at the top of the forum how to theme.

My sig has links that could be useful to you also.

Hope this helps. 8-)
[Android Themes] Grey Hawk:
If you read my post, you would see that a theme porter doesn't work.

Besides I'm looking more into how to do it for future reference too, the sticky at the top is lacking.
[Android Themes] dully79:
As I say there's a few theme porters, 1 may work better than another unless you've already tried them all.

Basically youll have to use apktool/manager to decompile the apk, swap out your desired images, and recompile. You may also have to edit the xml's inside the decompiled apk to change colours. The sticky can point you in the right direction to the xml's to edit.

Just be aware of. 9png images as they can create head f#$k.

Everything you need to know is already posted its just a case of finding it.

To put the new apk on your phone you can use adb or create an update zip, there's threads for these hanging about too.

Sorry I can't link but I'm sending this from my phone, hope this sheds a little light on the subject.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
I love to take photos, and I dont have a digital camera (I dont even know if it would be any better than my phones) so I use my phone. I used to have a problem with my camera taking blurry pictures when not in sunlight, but figured out what ISO is and fixed the problem.

My new problem is that my pictures seem to have a grainy feel to them. Its like little blue green and red dots all over, and it annoys me. Im wondering if theres a way to fix that or an explanation.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IVI4V3R1CK:
Are you able to post a pic that you've taken with the camera? I've noticed when taking pictures things can be grainy if I take a really up close shot of something, but I think that's because there is no macro-mode (like most SLRs and Point-and-Click cameras have). But when I take a normal picture with it everything comes across really smooth.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
I guess

Is that good enough?

Edit: i think i solved the problem myself. I think it happens in low light situations.

Yishtishe
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IVI4V3R1CK:
It almost looks as if the camera is out of focus. Do you get the same results when you use the LED flash?

Edit: I just saw the edited post. That was going to be my next idea. Its probably something with the white balance.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
No. That's how I think I figured it out that its light causing the problem. When I take it outdoors there is like no grains watch.

Yishtishe
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Its called noise, and it happens with any digital camera when you crank up the ISO in low light situations. Its pretty similar to the graininess you would see in a film camera set to high ISO, but the cause is the digital sensor instead of the film itself.

http://www.photoxels.com/tutorial_noise.html

Some reviews I've read seem to hint that HTC phones tend to be a little heavy in the noise department compared to some other phones. I doubt there's not much that can be done about it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
Thank you all. I have one more question. There is this photo effect that I really like that mskes the sky have a greenish look to it and makes every object look better. It is usually accompanied by a background blur to make the object pop out. Here is an example of the effect.

I just wanr to know how that effect is done and or what it is called.

Yishtishe
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohgood:
your cameras lens is dirty as hell ?

the other effect you're loooking for is called a bokeh (spelled right i think) and it's possible with some phones. haven't tried on the g2 yet, but dslr's do a fine job of it.

:)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the orange bandit:
If you're using your G2 as a camera, I would *highly* recommend that you install the Virtuous (or another Sense/Desire Z-based ROM), as the camera application is way superior to what you get on a stock ROM (or Cyanogen). In the Sense camera app, there are even a handful of filters you can apply as you're taking the photo, one of which is this bokeh that you're interested in - even has a slider so you can adjust the parts of the pic that get blurred/focused.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
What if I really hate sense. Is there a way I can simply get the sense camera while keeping cm?

-Mylenthes with his awesome G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
I searched bokeh and it isn't really the effect. The effect is accompanied by bokeh, but isn't just bokeh. It has a greenish look to it. Thanks anyway, and still wondering how tovget sense camera on cm.

-Mylenthes with his awesome G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TL24:
Use "Vignette" and you'll never use any other camera apps again. This app has the settings you need to take a pic like that.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
I use vignette, but it doesn't have bokeh or the effect I like. It is a grear app though.

-Mylenthes with his awesome G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Try tilt-shift. Its a similar effect to bokeh, where you can blur areas of the photo. I think the leaf picture you posted is just that and some color filtering/manipulation. Although, I'm not expert at photo editing, I just know a couple tricks.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
I don't like the tilt shift. There is not enough customizability with it.

-Mylenthes with his awesome G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
I see what you mean, there is no control over what areas are in/out of focus. There are lots of different photo edited apps on the market (some of them free), play around with a few of them. Better yet, get Photoshop (or the consumer level Photoshop Elements). The Android apps are just toys compared to a real photo editing suite.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
My sister has Photoshop. Also I found the effect. It's called lomo. Also there is an app that does a Boleyn effect so thanks for all your help.

-Mylenthes with his awesome G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
That's a cool effect (Lomo). Thanks for sharing, I wasn't familiar with it. As I suspected, the effect can be simulated with edge blurring and color manipulation, but of course its easier if the app/program you are using has a built in Lomo effect.

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-digital-photos-look-like-lomo-photography

I'm currently playing around with a market app called PicSay Pro. Seems pretty cool so far. It costs the same as Vignette ($4), but lots more ability to scale/adjust some of the effects parameters. It has the Lomo effect, as well as a nice vignette effect (edge blurring) tilt-shift (lets you pick the focused area, and amount of blur) and a bunch of other stuff.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] |ErosizeD|:
Same devices like HTC HD2 with Snapdragon, when you overclock the CPU, the same happens with GPU...

But in our case ( defy ) is not the same...

By default ( where i know ) PowerVR SGX530 it's runing AT 200Mhz, but can run higher, than 200mhz ( 400mhz i think ).

We can overclock the GPU to get more 3D performance, witouth sacrificate the battery?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naenee:
Why do you think the GPU can run at twice the default clock speed?

If there is an article you have read that states or suggests this - please provide a link.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] |ErosizeD|:
by default it's runing at 110Mhz ( i think )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVR

the default clock is 200Mhz, and i thing can go furher.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K r i ll e:
I have seen traces of 125mhz looking in the system files, but thats more of a guess

Sent from my Defy