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[Android Apps and Games] frenchie007:
which is the best do you think? and if there are more what are they?
[Android Apps and Games] jdog94:
i try them all and always go back to launcher pro
[Android Apps and Games] Ireyn:
I'm a LauncherPro Plus fan myself. I like widget resizing, hiding apps from the launcher, and putting custom icons on my dock. (Note that these things are not exclusive to LauncherPro--it's just that I think LauncherPro's implementation is better).

You should also check out:

GO Launcher

SlideScreen

Zeam

Zune Home/Faded Home

Metro UI/Windows Phone Android

Helix Launcher

Spark*

HE Launcher

Launcher (stock Gingerbread)

Launcher2 (stock Froyo) [NOTE: I'm unsure of the name]

GO LAUNCHER - feature-filled newcomer. It's taken the best features of LauncherPro AND ADW.Launcher. Comes highly recommended by my girlfriend. If you want those features, though, just nab the Plus version of LauncherPro--the features are easier to use.

SLIDESCREEN - great if you have LOTS of incoming information. Displays missed calls, texts, emails, upcoming calendar events, twitter, stock, rss, and facebook all right on your home screen. Very intuitive (but completely non-standard) design. I wish I could use it, but I only average one phone call per day.

ZEAM - a longtime contender in the "fast launchers" category. It's designed to be lightweight and easy on old machines. Fortunately, it does this without giving up features. Widget resizing and gestures are both supported here, competely free.

METRO UI/WINDOWS PHONE ANDROID - gimmicky, fun, and pretty. I most definitely wouldn't recommend them for day-to-day use, but they'll fool all but, well, the kind of people who hang out on XDA.

SPARK* - Spark* is another one of those very non-standard launchers. It'll display news, facebook, twitter, messages, and slew of other things on your home screen. Again, it's great if you want to sift through a lot of information easily. For me, though, it's a bit slow and busy. If I want the news, I can open the news app.

LAUNCHER/LAUNCHER2 - They're exactly what they sound. Launcher is available on the market, and I believe Launcher2 is hidden on XDA somewhere (can't remember exactly where I nabbed it, though). They're feature-starved, but really fun to have. I like to open up the Gingerbread Launcher periodically and remind myself of all the things I love about alternative home replacement apps.

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Unfortunately, I haven't used the following in a very long time, so I can't tell you anything about them. Sorryyyyyyy.

ZUNE HOME/FADED HOME

HELIX LAUNCHER

HE LAUNCHER
[Android Apps and Games] Cimer:
I feel like GO launcher EX is a great launcher but just does not fit me, but it can be great for other people.

ADW EX just makes you go oooohhh ahhhhhh with too many settings

I have not tried Launcher Pro Plus.
[Android Apps and Games] russphil:
ADW, Launcher Pro, and many others are for all intents and purposes the same. They're all smooth, they all have great features, updated often enough. It really comes down to personal preference, I started out with the launcher pro beta, then switched to ADW, and have pretty much stuck with it for the last four or five months. Launcher Pro really separates itself from the rest with it's widgets, but since I don't really feel the need to use them, ADW has pretty much done the job for me. Try the launchers Ireyn mentioned, because your own opinion matters much more than ours.
[Android Apps and Games] baric88:
It called dx and That home replcement is the best i tryed an iv tryed all the homes check it out on the store it pretty nifty
[Android Apps and Games] jriv:
I'm gonna have to go with go launcher ex.i started on launcher pro plus then switched to adw ex but go has all if the best features of then both and scrolling is ultra smooth.which if great since I use a lot of widgets so adw lags after a while

Sent from my icy cold glacier freezing every phone in its path
[Android Apps and Games] titans10:
Launcher Pro all the way... Ive tried ADW Ex twice but never gave it a fair shot because i loved LP soo much.
[Android Apps and Games] chris5h:
I loved Launcher Pro Plus for a long time, simply for the widgets they added to the paid version. The Facebook widget in perticularly is better that any other Facebook app/widget.... until I found an app called "Colorize Widget". It is a free app in the market that is a collection of widgets very simmilar to the paid "Plus" widgets in Launcher pro but free, faster, and overall better.

I now use Zeam Launcher as it is insanely fast (by far the fastest of all the launchers), combined with Colorize Widget's facebook and agenda widgets, and am very happy.

I also have used Go Launchers EX for a while and although it is a great launcher, I diskliked the app drawer.
[Android Apps and Games] Buddha:
LauncherPro Plus.. enough said :D
[Android Apps and Games] mikeandjaimie:
Zeam seriously kicks ass imho. I started using it a couple months ago and never looked back.. the smooth side scrolling of the dock PWNS any other setup.. ADW has this feature, but ONLY for the "secondary/hidden" dock which imho is useless.. should be an option for the main dock, but oh well..

UNFORTUNATELY, Zeam launcher is no longer being developed :( I am hoping that someone picks up where the original dev left off, but it's upto the Dev.

I went back to LauncherPro Plus, as it's my next personal fav.. but if Zeam comes back into dev, I will drop it in a heartbeat for zeam
[Android Apps and Games] Z a p i x:
I have no issues with my stock launcher on my Epic 4G. However for curiosity since getting the phone in October I've played with ADW, LauncherPro and more recently, Zeam.

It wasn't until just this weekend I started to really look into using one. 7 home screens filled, I ran out of room.

ADW offers alot of themes, however most of them you have to buy. This being the initial turn off, I spent a few hours playing with ADW and the settings. I recall the dock changing previously, but it wasn't even when using another theme. With a max of 5 icons, it was only 1 more than my stock launcher and no additional home screen.

LauncherPro being simple and to the point, like ADW offered very little in terms of upgrade from what I was already content with, however no custom themes to add to it.

Zeam... This little gem as simple as it is, does do something the others don't. It allows me increase the apps on the dock, resize the icons, etc. I now have 7 icons viewable

(phone)(contacts)(voicemail)(APPS)(messaging)(internet)(email)

and find it rather convenient. Even more that I can add more apps and scroll the dock left or right to access them. While it doesn't resolve the whole issue, I find it much better than my other options. There's more to it, but that was what attracted me to it.

With that in mind, I am using Zeam. If I could do the same in ADW, I would probably use it in a heartbeat because there's much more that can be done with ADW.
[Nook Color General] lafester:
So as we all know the Nook Color has hardware video decoding maxed at 854x480, 1100 kbps. After reading the handbrake thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894165 I found that while handbrake produces excellent video, the audio is much too quiet for my needs.

After much searching and testing I have finally found a great converter that not only looks good, but allows audio gain adjustments as well.

Get Any Video Converter from here (Free):

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

They also have a paid version to rip DVDs if you would like to support the developer and have a nice all-in-one app.

Setup is pretty easy with AVC...

(after you select video to convert and set up output file directory etc)

Click on output profile

Select customized mp4 movie

Scroll down to frame size and manually input 854x480

Scroll down to video bitrate and manually input 1100

Click on Edit tab up at the top of the screen

Select options

Select audio

Set volume control to 8db

Click ok

Click Convert button

Just wanted to share what I have found to be a great alternative to Handbrake :)

Let me know if you like it or hate it...
[Nook Color General] QaeadarDAzeal:
Yeah, that's a nice conversion app. Personally, I like using Freemake Video Converter. This has everything that does, but it's also got a bunch of presets all setup to make converting a breeze. For example, to convert a movie I already downloaded...

Add Video, Click on "To Android" at the bottom, and it's running. Very painless. =)
[Nook Color General] panamamike:
I'm also a freemake fan, does all I want less one thing. Is it possible to get it to normalize the audio levels? I know handbrake does have this feature.

Unfortunately the NC speaker is a bit gimpy and points backwards.

Something else to note, the nook can do better than 1100 kbps with software decoding. I have a video at 1800k plus that plays pretty smoothly, I'm thinking something around 1500k would probably work well. (Haven't tested)

Mike
[Nook Color General] lafester:
I just downloaded Freemake to check it out.

I did not see any way to adjust audio which is the main feature I was looking for.

Did not see any option to normalize audio either.

It does have a nice layout and features.

AVC still wins for this feature IMO :)

(yes it also has the normalize option)
[Nook Color General] Hest88:
Thanks lafester. I tested it with your settings and it worked great. The only thing was that, for me, the movie I was testing (which happens to be a musical) had a bit too much reverb. I may try it again at a lower volume setting.

I also tested the Pro version, mainly because I'm hoping to still find something that can rip and covert in one step, but at those settings the audio and video weren't in sync. So, I guess I have to stick to using two steps.
[Nook Color General] lafester:
let us know what settings end up working for you.

seems like I saw some sync settings as well?

not sure ad I haven't tried ripping yet.
[Nook Color General] nspeer:
Thanks for this. I ripped a DVD with the paid DVD ripper and it looked and sounded great. Only complaint is that it was not full screen vertically, only horizontally. That is to say, there are black bars (like letterbox) above and below the video but the video window does go all the way to the right and left of the Nook's screen. Maybe it is just because the DVD is widesreen format?
[Nook Color General] crea78:
I used lafester settings for AVC on Office Space, and the audio is out-of-sync with the lips. Not sure how to correct this if it is even possible?? I will probably try Freemake to see if it is any better.
[Nook Color General] nspeer:
I fixed that problem by reading the FAQ on the app's website.
[Nook Color General] boborone:
Thanks for that writeup. One suggestion, though. Put [HOW TO] or something to that effect in the title.

Sent from a super smooth captivate running andromeda
[Nook Color General] crea78:
OK, after following the audio/video sync FAQ, I set the "Default Sync Factor" to 24 which is what AVC showed on their site. Will see how it turns out...
[Nook Color General] br0adband:
Late reply but many people find it easier to use MakeMKV - which can rip pretty much anything on optical media - to turn the Blu-ray content into a single MKV file (can have everything inside that one file too) and then feed that MKV to HandBrake where it can get to work.

MakeMKV has been around for many years now, it's in perpetual beta apparently so, give that a shot.
[Nook Color General] Addembaked:
Any Video Converter Problem

Just downloaded AVC. Simple to instal and looks very uncomplicated. Conversion worked but audio and video are violently out of sync. Tried output to AVI and also MP4. It seems the video is converting at a much slower rate than the audio resulting in the non-sync. The audio finishes 8-10 seconds before the video on a one-and-a-half minute clip. What am I doing wrong? I used to convert video with a free web-based application called Acethinker Video Converter, never had that problem.
[Nook Color General] MusicFanslovers:
According to my test, iDealshare VideoGo alsow works great.

It is easy to use. It can convert between almost all kinds of video formats, audio formats, and convert video to audio format.

It also has the basic editing feature and has a built-in media player.

I prefer its batch conversion.
[G2 and Desire Z General] killer8nl:
Hi,

Couldn't find if it was possible or not so I decided to just ask.

I got a Desire Z with 1.72 with S-Off, Perm Root etc.

So I was wondering if just flashing the official 1.34.405.5_PC10IMG.zip would let me flash everything back to stock(for example for warranty reasons).

Best regards,

Christian
[G2 and Desire Z General] killer8nl:
Anyone?

From what I understand from some other threads this is just possible on 1.34 not on the OTA 1.72 or you have to change the version number before

right?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Mnemoch:
Once you have root it will flash, did it myself yesterday (was having data issues so started over at 1.34). If you are on 1.72 without root you have to follow along http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905261
[G2 and Desire Z General] troby1986:
Yes, but you would still have to unroot your phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenarcher707:
No matter which android phone i use my gallery always shows a dropbox folder with some photos on it. I want to remove it but i can't seem to find a way how. I logged in to my dropbox account and checked out my folders, i have nothing in there. Kinda frustrating. Any ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Insert a text file named ".nomedia" in the dropbox folder
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenarcher707:
That's the thing, i don't have a dropbox folder on my phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
New version of dropbox stores data on external SD, if u have one. Check for the folder named dropbox on ur external sd.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dystopian:
I too have this problem, but I never knowingly did anything with dropbox

I use sugarsync for that functionality

Something I did in the past (I install and uninstall a lot of apps to test them) must have created the single picture in my folde called dropbox.

The dropbox folder seems to be related to Picasa (it has a small picasa logo bottom left)

I cannot find the image folder or anything on my device or sd card and I can't delete it - even deleting the cace and rebooting it rediscovers the file
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dystopian:
and it turns out it was a picasa web album associated with my google account

So I could delete in picasa hooray
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bechan:
how do I remove pics from my dropbox folder on my samsung phone?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] reflux21:
So you did flash, and you are running WP7 on your HD2.

Now the battery dies quick?

Firstly, download this ROM and flash it: (google your ass to find out how its done, dont ask me :D )

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=941905

Its a custom ROM by football. Works amazing. Better than original ROM or the Moonlight (another custom rom) shiite you're planning on running.

After you have this ROM (or even if you dont have this ROM) if you take care of the follwing things, you will get HUGE battery life.

1. Fix the indicator by installing Registry editor, charge your battery to full and follow following steps:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933751

Thanks arkatis!

2. See that you have a new sd card, not the one which came with your hd2 orignially, buy a new one, any branded one should do, and rplace it with the older card and in your phone go to: settings> about phone> hard reset

These two steps will really show a massive imprvement in your battery life.

(google tom xap deployer, registry editor xap for wp7 hd2, chevron unlocker)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] mickfarr:
Are you able to list even one of the performance difference's between this rom and the Moonlight rom?

:o
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] sathara:
i think moonlight is good at battery back up .... more than 24 hours used now ...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] reflux21:
well, for astarters, ml has a higher call drop rate, the voice quality over the call isnt all that great either, im on x.12 radio, and its not able to use the radio perfectly - this same problem is not there on footballs rom.

Another bug is while recieving calls, sometimes, when you click "answer" it automatically puts you on speaker phone! Its scary when you dont want others to know who just called. (happened twice on ml)

gps lock took nearly 5 minutes on ml, on footballs rom it snaps on in less than 30 seconds.

thats why i had to switch to hd2 1.00
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] mickfarr:
Odd how I haven't had any of those problems. Anyway there is no difference between this rom and footballs rom. The tools to make any of those kind of fixes aren't out yet. The only kind of change you'll find is simple things like different keyboards or installed apps. :-)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] washpota:
You answered the wrong question. He asked for "performance difference".
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Shahab2500:
I did both, but there is no improvement in battery life. lasts less than 12h as before...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] caiteha:
I will try the hard reset part when my new SD card arrives;)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
Hold on there a sec, top be clear buying a new SD card might not work at all!!

If you dont have lots of cash or you dont have another use for the SD card please dont go spead money on something that may not work!

Not all cards, even within teh same brand and model will work!

and the reg fix doesnt improve battery life, it just lets you know what you have left, most issues with apparent high consumption are because a your phone isnt fully charged yet windows reports it so, apply reg fix once charged, restart and charge again you may been to repeat process, and to check use the HYC battery tool, try it pluged in and unplugged and you may notice a difference, if you do, restart and plug back in again to charge the remaining battery
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] arkatis:
I am using Moonlight atm..and with calls/sms and wifing i get utleast 1 and a half day..I use my tweak everytime i charge the phone and seems alright!

I am so obsessed with WP7 so i maybe get an official WP7 mobile..i am thinking of Omnia 7..Looks good!:rolleyes: :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] zarathustrax:
I actually got the best battery life with the card that came with my HD2.... I've tried 8 different cards with wp7, too... most of them bought recently. Just buying a new card doesn't mean it will work with WP7. Your best chance of getting a good working card it to get a class 2 sandisk with part# ending in A11M.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] mickfarr:
I only seen this now! This just proves you haven't a clue what you are talking about!! :o
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Lord Raque:
I'm using the Moonlight-Rom and I tried the last Radios (2.12, 2.15, 2.14)

And the winner is 2.14 - used the phone a lot (games used Wifi...) and after 12h I've still 25% left.

With the other Radios I had to charge it after 9houres because it ran out of battery without using it that much only some SMS!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Mordanius:
Hey,

at least we could talk in german, but the others should be able to understand our conversation ;)

I also tried many Radio Roms and my fav is 2.12, bu to be honest I only tried 2.10 2.12 and 2.15.

Do you really think, that the 2.14 is better than the 2.12?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Lord Raque:
Ja dann machen wir das in deutsch... ;-)

Yes The first Rom I tried was 2.15 (it was already installed - previous rom)

Then I read that 2.12 is working very good and because my phone needs to be charged after less than half a day (using 2.15) I tried 2.12 - but I still had the same problem.

Thats why I decided to use a other Radio! And it seems to work!

Maybe it depends on the phones too?

I dont't know - Try and Error....
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] iBimmer:
I too don't think the registry battery fix works. First time I ever installed WM7 ROM was football's and never changed it. Tried the battery fix a few times with no luck.

Had Radio 2.15 and downgraded to 2.12 with no luck. I see some have improvement with 2.14.

I took out my SIM card yesterday to try if SD card "helps" in battery drain. Left wifi on and played with internet for a bit. This morning it had like 90%+ battery left in it. So it's not the SD card. IMO Radio is the major culprit for the battery drain.

I'll try 2.14 tonight.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Mordanius:
That is what I am feeling too! In an other forum I read, that it could be helpful to release the battery for 60s before charging it. But I don't want to do this every time I charge my phone :(
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Lord Raque:
Right, tried that too but there are no changes and if I check the battery with the HTC battery tool after charging it is 100% charged....
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Mordanius:
What is that for a tool? ;)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Lord Raque:
;) Found it somewhere here.... @ XDA
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] :
Nice, thank you / Danke Dir :)

Will test it tonight :)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] sathara:
i get good battery life when making calls and sms .... but when i travel battery goes much fast .... battery issue is much complicated i think ...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] kundanjuit:
I have a 16gb Class 2 Sandisk card and had a bad battery life of around 10 hours and so I got rid of wp7. I decided to reload it and dual boot with MAGLDR SD build.

So created a 8gb partition for wp7 and 8gb for android. And now I see the battery lasting more than 24 hours.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Alcatrazx:
check the voltage of your SD Card...

How much voltage does your Sandisk Class 2 card consume? Mine consumes 2.7V
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jenzy1985:
where one sees the consume?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] iba21:
i'm trying it and, it's incredible!! :eek:

installed, restarted, charged, battery tools tech me the stats of the battery, it reads electronical circuit on battery.. and.. battery icon drains changes!!

this i the real fix!

great man, i love you :D

anyone fixed the battery's icon problem?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasiimabbas:
Best music player for x10 ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leonidas300:
Poweramp by far :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buddha:
+1

PowerAmp rules :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drsheykh:
I use mediascape but am not satisfied with it .

would like to try something new.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasiimabbas:
I use playerpro for quite some time now n it rocks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
I really like mixzing
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasiimabbas:
You should try playerpro and as the guys above said also try poweramp
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImS0Raw:
I've tried all great music players but PowerAMP is the BEST!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasiimabbas:
Has anyone else here used playerpro , I m realy impressed by it
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kistigun:
deffinatly poweramp
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drsheykh:
I will be trying both paweramp & playerpro
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasiimabbas:
Is poweramp free as music playerpro is not ,its $ 4 or something
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasiimabbas:
How about double twister