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[Xperia Arc General] kiwiBratwurst:
+1 for the Neo (how could SE have stuffed up and not given their flagship model a front facing camera.. but given the cheaper model the same fancy new screen and camera chip and also given it a Front camera!) are they really that stupid?

I'm going buy an HTC or Samsung next..and if not them a motorola.. after those choices.. I might consider a Neo :p

Kiwi
[Xperia Arc General] McHan:
And so here I am on a brand new Arc. Had it for a day or so and must say it's been very smooth so far. My latest phone was an X10i so this is not terribly different...

Anyway, first impressions are very good. Great screen. Native Exchange integration is perfect (except I can't sort contacts by other than first name, believe this is an Android quirk). WiFi tethering was very smooth. DLNA was hitch-free. In-call sound quality is very good, I'd say better than the other Xperias I've had (apparently it has a little mic that takes up background noice to cancel it out, though I think I'll need to fly with a head-set to experience this properly). Why they've switched the "menu" and "back" buttons around I can't understand for the love of me, but maybe there's a reason...

Overall, with my short experience it's been great, so far. Certainly a phone I would recommend to any non-X10 user and probably to those that have X10s, as well.

Cheers for now/M
[Xperia Arc General] piercewei:
what a lucky person!!! i love the phone so much. you must be very close to SE. so can you please advise when it will be released. it think april is too late to wait. im keen to have the phone right away.
[Xperia Arc General] oXunknownXo:
A video review from a guy at ESATO forums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlIiD5he1S8

My thoughts...very nice design, good screen and very good camera, the bad? it lags too much.
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
oh wow, I just actually clicked on the video LOL I know that person personally since he's in Thailand. Like both him/I said, wait for the final firmware. That unit he has is still a very early prototype, no where near the final. Some of the hardware isn't even implemented yet, you can tell which :D . Cheers :)
[Xperia Arc General] gaolinde:
look,when you talking about you don't trust sgs which is only 3 months younger than x10 and got 2.2 update almost the same time as x10 got 2.1, and knowing that SE announced x10 would never receive 2.2 but samsung never claim they won't provide further version, but then you said you trust in SE?

i don't think you need any oppinion at all.
[Xperia Arc General] sidneylopsides:
Got to play the arc, neo and play last night, and I also saw the arc at CES. Its certainly improved since then, and huggee fast first time round.

One thing I noticed is that the widget overview is now smooth, no lag like before.

As for neo vs arc, there are lots of similarities, but when you pick the phones up the arc feels better, special somehow. The neo feels normal... Also the display is better on the arc.

Sent from my C64 using a flux capacitor.
[Xperia Arc General] gunawan-1:
Does arc support 3g video call?

GN Multimedia - X10i
[Xperia Arc General] McHan:
Nope. No front-view camera.
[Xperia Arc General] gunawan-1:
Thanks. So sad... really 3g video call feature.

GN Multimedia - X10i
[Xperia Arc General] MJ_QaT:
Neo vs Arc..... I'll say Arc for the design, never used front cameras and don't see a reason to use it
[Xperia Arc General] sebasgl1:
i am really happy eith it, is fast and has one of the most important thnigs to me... design, the galaxy brand look like crap and are based on iphone design
[Xperia Arc General] mhyke13ph:
There are Differences on Arc and Neo not just the Looks

Arc

>Clear Black Panel(No Air Gap, Great Sunlight Legibility, 20% more Brighter than Neo)

>Lightweight(117g) vs (126g)

>Slim Arc Body(8.7mm~10.5mm) vs (13mm)

>Screen Size 4.2" vs 3.7"

Neo

>Front Facing Camera

>Better Hardware Positions(Camera Sensor, Shutter Key)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
more specifically, getting the AIO Vibrant Toolkit to recognize my phone. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=954509)

I installed the vibrant drivers, and my computer recognizes my vibrant and I can mount it no problem, but when I open up the toolkit, it doesnt seem to be able to control the phone at all. (i have usb debugging on and I don't mount the phone when I'm trying to use the toolkit.)

I'm on windows 7 pro.

any ideas?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
try it on xp 32 bit and see if it has the same problems
[Epic 4G General] aleph23:
Thought i'd post these here. Others can post theres as well. If I get any answers I'll post those here also.

1. Are there plans to fix the gps issues on the epic? Or is it simply hardware related?

2. Why did samsung choose the rfs file system?

3. What is Samsung's corporate position on open-source software development?
[Epic 4G General] rgregg504:
I have a question for you and other members. What exactly is the gps issue? Mine works perfectly on my epic on 2.1 and 2.2.1
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Some people have gps issues such as accuracy i believe. some don't
[Epic 4G General] rgregg504:
Oh ok thanx just curious because me and my wife both have the epic and both are fine.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
I have a problem where the gps doesn't lock at random. Usually a battery pull clears the problem. Accuracy is usually within 30 feet or so.

Rfs? It was the thing they had at the time. On new phones they are using ext4.
[Epic 4G General] ungovernable1977:
Supposedly 2.2.1 official on Monday will address GPS.... we will see... not sure the point of that Q&A at this time (the next few days) as we have yet to see what they listened to for the build they are dropping in a few days. I honestly think he wants our input on matters other than software/hardware complaints that are well known. I think that will be useful if everyone is contented with the 2.2.1 release, Its not a bad thing to have a suggestion box, IF the issues are addressed somewhat promptly...
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
I asked:

Does Samsung intend to address the hardware keyboard issue that causes the phone to miss keystrokes?

and

one other question that I completely forgot.

Edit: strike that, just remembered.

Is Samsung going to offer firmware updates for the Camera which is available in the settings menu of the leaked 2.2 rom??
[Epic 4G General] aleph23:
Gps locks fine and quickly, but then loses lock after 5-15 minutes. You have to manually turn the gps on and off again to get it to re lock.

And I asked because it was supposed to be addressed in an update that came our months ago but still happens for a lot of us.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Dont forget you cant lock GPS with wifi or 4g on.
[Epic 4G General] ungovernable1977:
Well there must be enough wrong with GPS for them to mention it as one of the main features of the udpate to happen monday... hopefully they will fix your issues, I have got my GPS to 2 meters on DK28, but actually have yet to leave it on for an extended period of time, dont really use Nav, I know my city from jobs... and dont really like leaving that on, Ive disabled it since they first came in phones... tinfoil hat and all... ;)

HW Keyboard!!! If it does not improve, I will take it in for service. I got a replacement like Jan 3, for my OG that I had since launch week, and aside from the screen fail, my original never dropped keys... not that I can remember... it also seems to be getting worse, and since January I have not gotten that much faster at typing on it to make a difference that way... but I HOPE its software... else I may end up with another TEP claim.
[Epic 4G General] aleph23:
I lock with wifi on.
[Epic 4G General] raylusk:
My question is what is samsung's plans for future os updates for the epic?
[Epic 4G General] aleph23:
From the sound of it, Svetius at captivate says that xda will be filtering the questions before they go to Sammy.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
I can probably easily tell you how they will answer it or at least summarize it..

We are working hard to isolate and fix this issue..

We chose RFS for its reliability (they made RFS themselves they are not going to say any bad about it)

Samsung is committed to open source

---

Those will be your answers..in a fancier manner..

As for GPS locking , I lock just fine..I noticed Google Maps gets stuck here and there but if I use any other software there is no issue...
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
Generally not for long. Leave WiFi on for 2 days, without ever shutting it off. Then try getting a lock. Promise you won't be able to.
[Epic 4G General] riceknight:
I've never had problems locking on to GPS

The problem that I share with many others is that the GPS will randomly stop connecting with satellites after 10-20 minutes of use. Sometimes a lot sooner than that. It'll reconnect after about 2 minutes, but its really annoying when you're using google nav.

I've tried using GPS status and I can see that it has a great signal, but it won't connect to a couple of sats at random times. Very buggy.
[Epic 4G General] ungovernable1977:
AFTER the update, if it happens, those with GPS issues should get an ALL GPS thread like the 2.2 one... it seems like a real clusterfuk as it stands, and theres no clear proof that its software, or a crappy GPS radio, and thats the end of the story. After the update, which claims to address GPS, those with GPS issues need to compare notes, and figure out as best as possible what is hardware limitation, what is software, what is user error. As stated above, other software besides google maps should be tried as well, in case there is something weird happening with that... I dont use GPS much, so I wonder why this issue keeps popping up so much, and people dont collaborate enough on solving the issue. After that best GPS fix ever thread popped up, I Odin'ed to DI18, and did all the steps, even considered going to DG27 or whatever to be extra retentive, but once I got all the way up to my rooted, rom'd setup, got 2 meters, or maybe 1... thats all I bothered with. I understand those that use their epics as a tom-tom need much higher standards of connectivity.... hopefully you wont be disappointed.
[Epic 4G General] aleph23:
I hope so too. I work at several different locations and user the phone as nav. Gps locks fine, just loses lock soon enough, often at critical times...
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
I was fascinated by Google Android platform and about one year ago I bought my first Android phone (HTC Magic). Well the platform was not that much mature at that time and my phone was lacking many features. With time it matured and evolved. After waiting a long time and spending a lot of hours to search a application which could send business cards and receive them as well, I couldn't find one which could fulfill my needs. So I decided to create one for me.

Here I present my first android application - Share Contacts

Minimum Requiremet:

Android 2.1

Features:

Send contacts by SMS

Pick up contact information from saved contracts

Send Customized information

Retrieve contact information from SMS

Save retrieved Contact Information in Phone Contacts

Application APK file is attached here.

Please give it a try and provide your feedback (if possible)

THANKS ;)

Version 1.0 [2010-02-02]

Send contacts by SMS

Pick up contact information from saved contracts

Send Customized information

Retrieve contact information from SMS

Save retrieved Contact Information in Phone Contacts

Customize business Card before sending /saving

Integration with Phone/Contacts Application for sharing contact

Version 1.1 [2011-02-28]

Add Contact with Sync Facility (with Google only) - If no account configured then saved with "Phone only"

Fixed some spell mistakes

Version 1.2 [2011-03-02]

Modified Manifest file to allow Android 2.1 user. android:minSdkVersion="7"

Note: User with Android 2.2 or above need not to upgrade to this version, No other changes in this version.

Version 1.3 [2011-03-12]

Added new Icon - More descriptive what application does. Hope you like it.

NOTE: For version 1.4 update, Please un-install previous version (if applicable) before update. Otherwise previous version will not be replaced.

Version 1.4 [2011-03-18]

Fixed the issue with Character Encoding (e.g. Cyrillic alphabet)

"NOTE" in received business card Message will be saved successfully [limitation only one note can be processed]

Version 1.5 [2011-03-20]

- Application Available to Android Market.

- Fixed force close issue due to missing Name/First name

- Fixed internal bugs to improve performance

To Install Scan image or just click from Phone:

From Android Phone:

market://search?q=pname:isoftmagic.share.contact

Android Web Market:

https://market.android.com/details?id=isoftmagic.share.contact&feature=search_result

Please, Post your response and if you liked it "click thanks" and Tweet...somehow it encourages me. Thanks for your support!!! :)

Thanks "mic_888" for recognition and post on XDA - Portal!!!!
[Android Software Development] syamsoul:
what your app name in market?
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
I didn't published to market thatz why i shared the apk file with post
[Android Software Development] Beach_Head:
Is this open-sourced?
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Till now I didn't uploaded it to any source-code sharing site...may be in near future... based on users response ;)
[Android Software Development] Beach_Head:
Okay. Well, I think I'll give it a try...
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
This AWESOME! Its seems to be working flawlessly on my Nexus One on CM7 nightly rom. Will update more observations soon. God bless you for this.

Aside : I wish others with programming skills would make such amazingly meaningful apps instead of eye candy themes. I hope I learn android programming soon.
[Android Software Development] Rootstonian:
Can I see your permissions from your manifest file? :) LOL
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
why you need that ?.... anyway... here is list of permission:

android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS

android.permission.READ_CONTACTS

android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS

android.permission.READ_SMS
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Contact saved from received vcard goes into 'phone only, unsynced' group. This cannot be synced with Gmail.

Can you please provide options to choose where/which account to save the contact in?

This would make it perfect!!
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Thanks!!!! Nice suggestion, I can try to make it happen....
[Android Software Development] Beach_Head:
Any updates?
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Perfect! Now it saves contact into default Google account!

Awesome! God bless you for this!!
[Android Software Development] peshovec:
i am the only with installation problem?

from the device : there was error parsing the package

from adb install..

/adb install aha_signed.apk

1397 KB/s (109332 bytes in 0.076s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/aha_signed.apk

Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION]

tried to resing the apk, dosent help at all..

google about that and found that may be:

android:versionName="1.1"

can lead to problems (something about digit, which is not understood as digit etc...)

How can i modify AndroidManifest.xml ? ( i have found java -jar AXMLPrinter2.jar , which can "decode" it, but did not found how to "encode" it )

p.s. trying of android 2.1 (aka eclair) "stock" version
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
I think you have installed earlier version and now you are trying to install it without un-installing it.

try this:

adb install -r aha_signed.apk

if it doesn't work then un-install it manually and then try...

Good luck
[Android Software Development] peshovec:
sorry, that didn't mention that

it is first install

have tried the reinstall option too
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Please download version 1.2. I have fixed the issue. Now Manifest file has following entry

android:minSdkVersion="7" (Android 2.1)

Sorry for Inconvenience!!!!
[Android Software Development] peshovec:
thanks

installed now successfully
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Hey, another request.

Am using this on Nexus One with a CM7 Nightly Tom.

Currently you need to scroll to select the contact you wish to send.

I use the search key, it pops up, but it does not register any entries and therefore cannot find the specific contact.

Can you please include a search option?

Thanks.
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
User Manual

There is very easy work around for this.

Open Contacts App -> search contract -> menu -> share -> select "Share Contact" app -> You get the contact in "Share contacts" Application

Please let me know if it works for you :p
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Thanks a ton! Your workaround is perfect!!
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Last request! Can you please change the icon to look like the .vcf icon? Would be perfect!!
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
My Skills with Icon is very poor, I managed to get this icon with search on Google. If you have any icon set which will explain the application better in visual form, Please send them to me, I will incorporate the changes.

These are icon Specifications:

Launcher icon dimensions for high-density (hdpi) screens:

Full Asset: 72 x 72 px

Icon: 60 x 60 px

Square Icon: 56 x 56 px

Launcher icon dimensions for medium-density (mdpi) screens:

Full Asset: 48 x 48 px

Icon: 40 x 40 px

Square Icon: 38 x 38 px

Launcher icon dimensions for low-density (ldpi) screens:

Full Asset: 36 x 36 px

Icon: 30 x 30 px

Square Icon: 28 x 28 px
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Oops! Even my design skills are poor!

I found these: http://findicons.com/icon/237992/contact?id=404946

Can these help?
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
I am getting "502 Bad Gateway" error of the site. anyway, I will try to find some icons.

Suggestions from others are also welcomed ....
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Must have been some error earlier. Website online now. Please explore.
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Yes, website is up now. I tried to search for few more. I liked this one very much.

http://findicons.com/icon/237769/kontact

Check it and give your feedback.
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Looks good & unique! Please go ahead! Waiting for final release :)
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
checkout the new version (1.3)..
[Android Software Development] peshovec:
have tried the app...

(10x for modifying it to install on android 2.1)

seems like it depends on android 2.2, because i have force close

If you don't mind to "backport" it to 2.1 i will be glad to help
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
I had tried to test every functionality on Emulator with Android 2.1. Nothing crashed for me. If you can provide me Logcat or tell me which specific functionality is forcing you to close the app then I can try to simulate the problem, and try to help you
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
I am familiar with the error logs you provided, these logs appear all the time in background due to API used in application for parsing the business card, but it doesn't crashes the application and its not because of Android 2.1 or 2.2.

One reason I could thing about this issue is less free memory. I used to face this problem in past. There is one work around for that. I explained it in following post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11854280#poststop

I hope this could help you.
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Hi, the new icon looks good. Thanks

But it looks like its not been replaced everywhere.

The downloaded apk, the installed app still show the old icon.

Can it be fixed?
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
It seems your phone is saving images in cache. Try to uninstall the app and then install it again. It shoul solve your problem.
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
I have tested application with multiple Phone no., mails and addresses but never faced force close. May be all address and phone numbers you are taking about have used some special character set (Cyrillic). I am not much familiar with Cyrillic... I can try to test & fix for Cyrillic if you can provide me one or two examples.
[Android Software Development] KoolPal:
Thanks. A reboot helped fix the issue!

Awesome!!
[Android Software Development] peshovec:
may bei can send via email such contracts?
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Can send me by PM(Private message)?
[Android Software Development] Beach_Head:
Thanks for the updated icon.

FYI, the app version is still v1.2 and not v1.3...
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Thanks , I will take care of this in future release.
[Android Software Development] wbsoul:
First let me thank you er.vikas for your valuable efforts.

I have an htc HD2 mobile running on of the latest C7 gingerbread build, and I would like to share my test results.

>>sent a contact to the following devices:

- Nokia mobile -> contact message received as a normal txt message, and no option to save to contacts

- Blackberry Device -> contact message received as a normal txt message, and no option to save to contacts

- htc Desire HD with sense -> Message got recognized as a contact message, and a save to contacts option was available.

>> then I tried to send a contact to my HD2 device from the following devices:

- Nokia device -> didn't receive it at all, neither could it be visible on messages.

- htc Desire HD with sense -> didn't receive it at all, neither could it be visible on messages.

so am wondering about 2 issues here:

1- why the sent VCARD not recognized by nokia as a busniss card.

2- why sent busniss cards from other devices not seen at all on Android.
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Thanks for your analysis!!!

I think both questions are interlinked. I am not expert on Nokia phone but here is my understanding.

Nokia receive/sends contact using some compressed business card it is not revived by other nokia mobile as plain text message. So Nokia phones could parse the business card sent by Nokia and add to contacts. But plain text in message is never parsed by Nokia. So the contact sent by Android phone will be successfully received by Nokia Phone but it will not be able to add it automatically to phone contacts.

As Nokia doesn't send the message as plain text and SMS application on Android is not prepared to receive the compressed business cards sent by Nokia or other phone. So Business card gets lost. I also faced this issue.

"Share Contacts" application is build with concept of plain text messages So that evey phone can receive it and Android users can add to phone contacts without any problem.

I will try to dig deep and if I could find out any way to overcome this. I will implement it in App
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Please check the latest version (V1.4) for the fix.
[Android Software Development] caraboy:
”Version 1.4 [2010-03-18]

Fixed the issue with Character Encoding (e.g. Cyrillic alphabet)”

On first page, you should change de date in your post. We are in 2011 btw. :p

Thanks for the app!! :D
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
thanks ... terrible mistake.....
[Android Software Development] Ben74:
nice app. works on captivate 2.2. however, i get a force close when i try to send a contact that has only an "Organization" name and a "Work" phone number. maybe you're expecting something to be in the first/last name fields?
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Thanks for feedback !!!

Yes, you are right..it happened because of missing name(first/last), the API I used to parse contact has some limitations. I will try to enhance this in future release. Stay Tuned :)
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Check latest vrsion. The issue is fixed now.
[Android Software Development] Beach_Head:
Can you post the file here please...
[Android Software Development] ver2go:
Great idea. Any plans to include sending/receiving from Google Voice?
[Android Software Development] er.vikas:
Thanks!!! Right now I am not sure as Google voice is not available in my country. So i will not be able to develop and test.. But nice suggestion.. I will keep it in mind and will implement in future.