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[Xoom General] KYT:
GPS does not require data, the maps that are loaded require a data connection, if they aren't cached/saved locally

All the GPS does is receive timestamps from satellites

Then it calculates the difference in the time it take the signal to reach the device to determine its position.

The GPS is a receiver ONLY

Like a radio in your car, just because you can hear the DJ doesn't mean he can hear you.
[Xoom General] setite:
Since the wifi-only one has GPS, it doesnt seem to need cellular.
[Xoom General] asianxtreme:
Actually the GPS your talking about is true for stand alone GPS systems.

The GPS in android systems require a data connection- well technically you can get a location (pinpoint longitude, latitude), but if you don't have data then you would see a dot on a blank map. I don't believe android actually store any maps for offline GPS- it redownloads maps everytime.
[Xoom General] KYT:
yea the google maps is like that.

but some of the pay-for GPS programs like TeleNav/Garmin/whatever saves a local set so they'll load faster.

Hey maybe watching a dot is something some people are into :confused:

I bet on the wifi only XOOM, the GPS would be more for the stupid LOOK AT ME AT A xxx COFFEE SHOP! facebook thing. Places? IDK something like that.

I don't use it, I don't want to advertise when my home is unguarded.
[Xoom General] dwboston:
Google Maps 5.0 will cache maps for a route you enter in (and potential re-routes) and your favorite destinations. So conceivably you could plot a route while connected to WiFi, disconnect from WiFi, and take the Xoom in your car and have the GPS work fine. You wouldn't get live traffic updates but it should have all the maps you need to get to your destination.
[Xoom General] asianxtreme:
Haha yea. I wasn't aware there are stand alone GPS apps for Android. I think they should put it in as an option for google maps- choose a certain area for dataless GPS. Yea I do that on latitude on my N1- check into places on campus (but with a 3g connection).
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
Yes, any new developments?
[Xoom General] wang1404:
no actually in Maps 5.0, Google added the feature saving data to use offline later on.
[Xoom General] jaeisber:
Has this been confirmed. I know this was a feature Google mentioned, but I feel like tests have been done to prove that it doesnt do that yet.

In fact, I used my Nexus One on a drive from Chicago to Minneapolis. There are some spots that have little to no data service and I was driving on a blurred map becuase it couldnt download the images (or vectors in the case of Maps 5.0).
[Xoom General] setite:
Because of that problem around Las Vegas I bought a signal booster.
[Xoom General] SS2006:
any news on this i cant wait nemore!
[Xoom General] martonikaj:
Nope nothing new as of yet. The product does exist, but no US announcements on availability.
[Xoom General] SS2006:
Can it be imported
[Xoom General] martonikaj:
Imported from where? Its not even out in Europe or anywhere else lol. Its been announced to be available in Europe but there's still no set date.
[Xoom General] sputnik99:
I remember having read that you can'connect to android market without having 3G. Of course you can via WiFi but you have to have a sim card in your device.

Is that true?
[Xoom General] martonikaj:
What? Of course you don't need 3G to connect to the market, WiFi or a bluetooth pair with a phone for 3G will work just fine. The Xoom doesn't even ship with a SIM card, and will only need a LTE SIM later on when it gets upgraded to 4G. Verizon's 3G network is CDMA (as opposed to GSM) and doesn't even use SIM cards for connectivity. Not sure where you're getting your info but there is no need for a SIM card or 3G to use the market and this has never been speculated... Verizon will even sell it to you without 3G connectivity if you don't want it lol.
[Xoom General] schnoz:
Motorola is seriously dumb if they don't announce this by Wednesday. They are basically just yelling at Apple to take the cake. There are people out there waiting for the first tablet to meet their needs that comes out first and if Xoom doesn't deliver on a tablet that is around 600 dollars before Apple, they are going to lose a huge amount of people to their IPad 2. Motorola, please learn how to launch a product please.
[Xoom General] sputnik99:
maybe I got something wrong. I am pretty sure I read about other android tablets (viewsonic?) that don't have the market installed because they had only wifi. Maybe this doesn't apply to the XOOM.
[Xoom General] chaoscentral:
that was actually due to the fact Google only supported Android on a phone. This of course changed with the introduction of Honeycomb. The only reason the Galaxy Tab was able to get around this little caveat is because the original Galaxy Tab had a cellular radio in it, and all of the US carrier version can do text messaging since they all have a phone number.
[Xoom General] foxbat121:
Google discourages current Android OS (< 3.0) to be used on tablet with the exception of Samsung Galaxy Tab. Hence, you will see most of those cheap tablets that run Android 2.2 or older OS without any market access. Yes, Android OS is open source and manufacturers are free to chose what OS to use on their device. But in order to gain market access, they have to get approval from Google.

Xoom is different. Any tablet equipped with HoneyComb can indeed access market but not all the apps will run well or compatible with the new OS.
[Xoom General] SS2006:
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/motorola-xoom-1745-commercial.html#

Nothing here yet though, ridiculous, ipad2?
[Vibrant General] drscott333:
So I rooted my friends Vibrant last night. I rooted my Vibrant a few months ago and didn't run into this issue. But I rooted using the same program "Vibrant One Click Root/Unroot" and followed the same steps as I did when I rooted my phone. However, once I installed ROM Manager and installed Clockworkmod Recovery and booted into recovery and clicked reinstall packages, the phone just rebooted. I remember when I rooted my phone when I clicked reinstall packages it did its thing, then went back to the blue recovery screen. Then I clicked reinstall packages again and it took me to the green recovery screen where I was able to then install zip from sd. My friends phone just keeps booting to the blue recovery screen where I can only reboot now, reinstall packages, clear user data, and clear cache. He had to leave so I did not have time to troubleshoot.

Any ideas as to if I missed a step? Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Sorry for the n00bish attitude, if this was my phone, I would put a little more effort into finding the answer. I'm just trying to get this done as soon as possible.
[Vibrant General] natecglenn:
Are you using the actual clockwork app to boot into recovery? If so id just go back to stock and redo the root
[Vibrant General] drscott333:
Yeah, I went into ROM Manager and clicked "boot into recovery". Where it brings me to the blue recovery screen. So you think I should unroot then re root? Because everything with the root seemed to work fine. It installed superiser and I had no problems downloading Titanium Backup or ROM Manager and allowing superuser permissions. Which made me think I was just forgetting something...but I might just try that. Thanks!
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
if your rooting stock 2.2 your gonna need a modded 3e recovery or one of supercurios voodoo kernels with CWM & root already built in. Superoneclick will root stock 2.2. If its 2.1, then you may need to hit reinstall packages a couple of times to get it to take.
[Vibrant General] jrizk07:
All you should need to do is hit reinstall packages again. When you do it the first time it will boot back into the same blue recovery again. Hit it once more then it should boot to the green recovery. If that doesn't work you probably have a bad zip file on the phone. In which case you'd re flash CWM again.

If you're not getting the superuser request when you flash CWM then root didn't take. Make sure root works first.
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
Did you actually run install cwm from rom manager so the update. zip is there?
[Vibrant General] vibrant2010:
Just make sure with Astro or another file manger that you have a .zip file and it should be 1.72 MB in size and you want that on your internal SD card....Then when you boot to recovery it should let you hit reinstall packages with no problem
[Vibrant General] slivoman:
I'm new here, but I have flashed 3 vibrants since last week. I had the same problem you did.

When I flashed my phone last week it was stock 2.2, so I had to flash the modified 3e recovery which fixed my issue getting into CWM to install my ROM. Today i was flashing a co-worker's vibrant who also was on stock 2.2. However, on his it would keep rebooting when reinstalling packages, even though i did the 3e recovery flash. I ended having to Odin back to 2.1 on his phone before i could flash the new ROM.

I just used AIO Vibrant Toolbox 2.5. Hope this helps.
[Vibrant General] drscott333:
Thanks for all the feedback!! I don't have the phone with me to check if the update.zip folder was for sure there. But if it is, I'll try reinstalling the packages again. Otherwise I'm just going to unroot and try rerooting with the AIO Toolbox. I'm not going to be able to do this until tomorrow though since our work schedules were pretty much opposite today. But once again, huge thanks to all of you!!! However I've never unrooted before...if I haven't flashed any ROMs, I shouldn't have any problems should I? Just click unroot?
[Nook Color General] OneStepAhead:
I bought a nook color yesterday so I could get in on the rooting and roming fun as well. It came with 1.0, which I've already rooted and am now running HC from an SD card. A bit slow, so I'm planning on trying to install it internally. 2 Questions:

1. Is their any reason I should stay at 1.0? Or should I upgrade to 1.01 or 1.1? Will I be able to go back to 1.0 if I want using the 8 reboot method?

2. If I install HC to the internal memory, will I be able to restore to stock? I'm not sure I'm going to keep this device yet so I don't want to do something that will make it impossible to return to stock.

Thanks :)
[Nook Color General] woot1524:
1: No, there is no benefit to staying at 1.0.0. If you want to stick with stock eclair then upgrade to 1.1.0, the update fixed some WiFi issues. To revert back to an older "save" install clockwork mod via rom manager and make a backup. That backup can be reflashed whenever from whatever.

2:I don't know what you're confusing GB for but so far only Eclair/Froyo/HoneyComb currently run on the nook color. Yes you can revert back to any older CWM backup from any install on your eMMC. There are stock flashable images in the dev forum, so don't worry about not being able to go back to stock.

Good luck. Have fun.
[Nook Color General] OneStepAhead:
sorry, typo, i meant HC not GB. who can keep them straight these days? :) thanks for your answers. i've read reports of people having various problems with 1.1.0, it seems the consensus is 1.01 is the version to be on.
[Nook Color General] woot1524:
I think the problems you're talking about stem from upgrading an already rooted 1.0.0 or 1.0.1 with clockwork mod installed. If you start with a fresh(no root/CWM) 1.0.0 install then upgrade to 1.1.0 via b&n, then root it; you're in the clear.

But why bother with all of that when nookie Froyo 6.8 on eMMC is stable and performing beautifully.
[Nook Color General] cutterjohn:
1. none that I could ever see... must've fixed something to warrant two updates although I believe that both were mostly for WiFi but I never had problems with 1.0 or 1.01...

...now I'm just wondering where the new B&N updates are as IIRC they had TWO slated for February and it's getting to be kind of late in the month to push out two updates... might just as well do one big one now... hope that they're skipping Android 2.2 and going straight to 2.3 or 3.0...
[Nook Color General] OneStepAhead:
Well the only reason I bought a Nook Color was to play with Honeycomb, dont have much interest in running Froyo, I can do that on my EVO already :)
[Nook Color General] eyecrispy:
One reason to stay with one of the stock ROMs is if you want to use the B&N reader and B&N kids functionality, which are not part of the froyo or HC ROMs. I personally use it a lot and hope they'll get ported over.
[Nook Color General] OneStepAhead:
Im sure thats important to many people, although I strictly bought this to play with Honeycomb. Now that I've got it running, I'm wondering what I'll actually use this device for? I can already do all this stuff on my EVO and the screen size isn't that much bigger. It sure had been fun messing with it though! Why B&N didnt enable some of this functionality out of the box I'll never understand!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nk33:
I want to re calibrate my galaxy tab. I have routed and followed all the steps to a T yet i have used the emulator to browse my system\bin directory and there is no sensorcalibutil_yamaha file in mine.

Can anyone shed any light on this for me?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricfmartinez:
same issue on my HTC EVO. my screen rotate is off and I need a way to re-calibrate it. Running MIUI 1.5.27
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0vermind:
Same issue. Going into the settings menu and doing the horizontal calibration doesn't work either, have tried everything to get my accelerometer to work....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariolob:
Hi everyone,

I'm not a owner of SGS,I'm an Acer Liquid dev,and I was thinking about a Galaxy S based ROM for my device. I found a dump on the net,but is kinda obsolete (2.1),so I hope that someone will help me :)

Can you please upload a /system folder dump of your phone? :) If you're not experienced, I think a simple "Copy/Paste" with root explorer should be fine :P

Thanks in advance,

Dario
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corgar:
check on samfirmware.com for latest release ( XWJS5, froyo 2.2.1 )

here complete stock rom. to open factory.rfs use poweriso.

pass for the archive is samfirmware.com
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franklin01:
Copying the /system will probably not work, try to keep your whole rom and change things one after another, try with /app then /framework and so on...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
You will make yourself very unhappy. Samsung roms are bad as hell!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariolob:
Many thanks!! :D

Well, I tried just yesterday my father's SGS and i fell in love with it :P However,it's just developing curiosity :P
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impactor:
I would like to use the script '95havsvdd' which is as follows:

#!/system/bin/sh
sleep 30
echo 128000 800 825 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 245000 800 825 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 256000 825 875 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 384000 850 900 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 422400 875 925 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 460800 900 950 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 499200 925 975 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 537600 950 1000 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 576000 975 1025 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 614400 1000 1050 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 652800 1025 1075 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 691200 1050 1100 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 729600 1075 1125 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 768000 1100 1150 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 806400 1125 1175 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 844800 1150 1200 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 883200 1175 1225 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 921600 1200 1250 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 960000 1225 1275 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 998400 1250 1300 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 1036800 1275 1300 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 1075200 1300 1300 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 1113600 1300 1300 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 1152000 1300 1300 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs
echo 1190400 1300 1300 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/vdd_levels_havs

However, when I checked current voltage table in my phone, I noticed there is an extra line on top:

19200: 900 975

Seeing as there is no 19200 in the new script, is it still safe to use it?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukyjay:
19,200? The phone can't possibly run below 128,000....

Just do a nandroid before flashing your new kernel, if it doesnt work you can always restore
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phasA:
Is the script for a software or to copy to sh?
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
when i buy a phone i should be able to take the battery cover off and not scratch up the side of the phone,it took me 30 minutes to get it off.i want a great android device but no way was i going to deal with that.good luck with yall's new device and ill be sitting here and waiting for the next android phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] aNdroidnut:
not knocking you but how long does it take you to get your battery door off your iphone:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] r34p3rex:
You're doing it wrong :D You just need to put your nail into the slot and lift up
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
lol @ returning a product for an action that takes 5 seconds and literally will only need to be done once, if you never want to replace your battery.

It took me awhile to figure out the "sweet spot" to lift up from to open the cover, but once I did, it was easy... And now the battery's in, and I love my phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] BelacNongaw:
Yeah, the first few times slide your nail closer to the volume rocker rather than the slot. It loosens up after a few times.

Lol @ an iPhone user not using a phone if he can't remove the battery.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
nice one http://media.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon9.gif
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
true but i scratch it all to yeck.
[HTC Inspire 4G] iPrevailed YDG:
i had the iphone for two years. im glad i jumped ship to android.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
look i want a great android phone and im not going to to the iphone because its a iphone,i wanted this to work but no way was i going to deal with this and i agree i may not have to swap it out but there have been plenty of times i have had android phones and had to take the battery out to reset it when it would freeze.
[HTC Inspire 4G] davwman:
Not knocking the fact it could have had a better door, but its simply a case of user error. I watched the unboxing videos and everyone had a hard time. It just takes patience. And the bottom cover just needs a little squeeze on the side and bam off comes the door. But to each his/her own.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dreadlord369:
Thats weird, I went to two AT&T corporate stores in my area and the battery door came off of both in a snap. No issues at all. I guess maybe some are affected and some aren't?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Simba501:
Wow. Lol.....giving up on it because the battery door is a little difficult? Wow
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Am I the only one that LIKES that the battery door is hard to take off? That just tells me it will be harder to knock off!
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
oh well i guess i was just frustrated,but all is good.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2udCrRAZdK:
I feel your pain. I also had a hard time getting the battery cover off. I was starting to regret not having the AT&T guy do it for me in the store.

Once I got it off the first time, now it seems very easy. I also remember having a hard time getting the battery cover off my HD2 the first time.

I must just be "challenged" that way.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jthornton71707:
I just put the Sim in the inspire and I'm really liking it. And I've used every Android phone and went back to my iPhone. This might be a keeper
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
i guess im "challenged" also.
[HTC Inspire 4G] legend221:
I wouldn't rock an iPhone if it was FREE and was paid $100 bucks.

hahaha

Some people are not willing to think outside the box.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Shaquiel Harris:
Gotta love the back cover latch on the vision. Best phone ever made. (:

Sent from my Rooted God-Like Htc Vision.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nismopunch:
mine took me a while to get open, but not much time spent. sweet spot to get mine open was still the indentation, but partially more towards the volume button. since i figured that out its super easy to get off.

sucks apple wants you to buy a new phone when your battery wears out :rolleyes:
[HTC Inspire 4G] mikejames07:
:D:D:D:D I literally LOL'd
[HTC Inspire 4G] Rican2008:
I am going back to iphone4 until AT&T gets a better android phone with a better battery capacity. My battery died today before lunch just sitting in my pocket.
[HTC Inspire 4G] davwman:
That means you got stuff syncing Like crazy. Better management is needed
[HTC Inspire 4G] milleirish:
Wow! I am just Laughing my ass off! Let these people go back to the Apple Nazi ranks, we dont need them. Their lost, our gain.
[HTC Inspire 4G] drleospaceman:
Lol @ using an ad hominem to defend ****ty engineering.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shawn1224:
You knew these threads were coming. Everytime a new device hits the scene, there will be detractors who will jump ship on such trivial issues.

The sales rep put a pretty bad scar on mine and I just had him give me a new one. Also a nickel works well.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CraigP17:
Lolz
[HTC Inspire 4G] di11igaf:
Lol at ****ty engineering. I'll use my captivate and inspire without a case.
[HTC Inspire 4G] drleospaceman:
Lol @ using a red herring in attempt to change the subject of cheap battery covers that need to be pried off.
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
You got an inspire? Your work is the best for captivate's.I look forward to anything youll provide for the inspire.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
wow i wish i lied and said i was going back to my moto razr,never thought this would have turned out be a android vs iphone thread,learned my lesson.
[HTC Inspire 4G] falconeight:
This is exactly why steve jobs doesn't let his users have access to the battery, memory, or settings. They are not smart enough to handle all the responsibility. He is a genius!
[HTC Inspire 4G] hightechlive:
lol know that is funny.
[HTC Inspire 4G] borguesian:
Wow....just....wow
[HTC Inspire 4G] darkbluexplorer:
HAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHH oh ya i LOLed on that one!
[HTC Inspire 4G] KGBoston:
Brilliant.
[HTC Inspire 4G] acPIZZA:
0.60mm guitar pick got in the battery slot with pressure into the slit - all I had to do was lift up. No damage whatsoever to the phone since the pick is plastic itself.
[HTC Inspire 4G] falconeight:
Thank you I have been saving that one for a day like this.:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] FLAC Vest:
That's just it though, I should be able to sync constantly to stay updated without my phone dying.

I love my phone but the battery dies fast; very fast.

Captivate 2.2.1 Paragon
[HTC Inspire 4G] waltah!:
I also used a guitar pick on a couple of them. A razor knife blade just to the left of the notch and it pops right off without scratching.

On the battery subject I took mine off of charge at 7:45am. It's now 11:35pm and I have 25% battery left. Considering how much I've browsed the web, checked FB and played games that's pretty solid for me. I only need it to get me through my day as that's all I expect from any modern smartphone. I even played some flash video on a couple of sites, which played full screen very smoothly btw.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sir*mez:
I never had an Android device freeze on me to the point I had to pull the battery. I think your mistaking android for window phones.