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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pngface:
Why do so many people want the Galaxy S2? I don't get it...

Galaxy S was an iphone 3gs ripoff - design, even ui animations and app drawer

Galaxy S2 is an iphone 4 ripoff - again, design and ui.

So maybe the real phone you want is made by a certain fruit company?

Just saying..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MJ_QaT:
I'm going for the Arc because of its features, loved the HDMI thing and its UI
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danne77:
i would get me a SE neo. love the look. reminds me of Vivaz
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bama1965:
Arc gets my vote
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HYPER-X10:
Arc for me. Atrix was high on my list due to the qHD screen, but the pen tile has put me off.

I'll have the Arc until a decent dual core comes out (not samsung or lg)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LahiruRD:
Arc or Neo for me :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasiimabbas:
Desire or Arc......
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiewable:
I wont upgrade until I can get a smartphone with a battery that can last two days of heavy use,
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
Lol why are you after a smart phone then? That is not going to happen, especially after the dual core phones start coming..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totalundone:
My next phone isn't going to be one of the new Xperias. Not enough of a hardware upgrade to justify it for me, not to mention that I'm a little put off with SE. NFC is also looking to be big (as sad as it is to say, if the iPhone is going to have it, retailers will support it) and the lack of NFC in any of the Xperias doesn't help.

My timeline is in the next 8-12 months. I'm going to wait and see what Nokia does with WP7 (since they should be putting in a good camera, Ovi Nav, and the WP7 updates teaser looked pretty good) or some type of Dual-core Android phone (maybe quad around then?).
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tandfeen:
Im having a hard time to deside if i should by the arc or a htc incredible s.

I dont know wich one i want the most

Sent from Chefens X10i using XDA app
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meta96:
funny, SE was right

... how many pf you have been angry about SE and the 1.6/2.1 and the never seen 2.2 update? and now, all want to go the arc route. unbelievable. SE you has been right to f$$k us hardly ... keep on your route ... we are like isheeps, miaumiaumiau
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MJ_QaT:
I keep wondering why you are still here?

Sorry I didn't get the last part of your reply as I don't speak sheep ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
I think I'd probably go for the Neo.. front facing cam.. Don't really like the look of the other phones, and not bothered about installing custom ROM's not stable enough, or complete enough for me.. Although I would still like to Root and tweak what I have...

SE still making the best looking smartphones you can get.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiewable:
You really don't think battery tech and power consumption will improve in the next few years?

I could have never imagined a phone being more powerful then my computer in university 10 years ago yet here we are
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
Well I'm an electrical engineer and unless they drastically overhaul things, it is not possible that you can have an advanced smart phone and expect days of battery life out of it with really heavy use... I seriously doubt things will change that much by then.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiewable:
Well the x10 does everything I could as for in a smartphone right and I dont plan on upgrading for at least 2 years so hopefully we see some advancement by then.

Having said that, your professional opinion is discouraging...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badlog:
Galaxy 2 or atrix.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XB_LI:
I think I won't fall into the trap again which'r setup by the SE,I had learned about the lesson on my X10.Even now my X10 still haven't get back since i sent it to SE service centre 1 months ago for changing of the motherboard which caused the reboot loop.

Somemore,the after-sell service's really poorest,they don't care about the customer only concern their new products.I was disappointed and totally frustrated my faithful.Maybe there'r an amount of people continuously to buy Arc,Neo,Pro either Play.Do it worth to buy for only the addition of the Bravia engine display and Exmor R™ sensor?And it was still running the 512RAM,1Ghz processor phone without the front camera,slow update services.

Galaxy S2,wait for me...dual core generation's coming soon...Goodbye,SE~~~hope those SE loyal customer "make it believe"
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostsouls:
Either this......

Or this......
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzo.Hasashi:
HTC I guess..since SE is f up with us all...wont fall into the trap (again) of buying an Arc and getting NO SUPPORT on software updates.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruzin_cruzing:
I'm going to wait to see what else comes out this year. My Xperia X10 still feels pretty solid, and we got a whole bunch devs dedicated to their projects, but I am considering purchasing the Atrix 4G.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
Reviews for the atrix are very positive, 9 out of ten everywhere I've seen! Xda members are also seeming to be very happy with it, about 90% are giving it very high praise...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyleth:
Atrix, Nexus S or Desire S, but deffinetly not another SE
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xepter:
Atix or better preferably htc
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
None of those, I've decided not getting a new phone until end of 2012. I hope a new poll is open in those times... I wonder what models will be :eek:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saketh321:
i got an hd7 a few days ago... loving it but going to get the atrix when it releases on bell in canada possibly.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohsentz:
maybe galaxy s 2

The people who r going to buy another xperia make me laugh
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simoking:
Xperia play. For sure

Send from my x10 cm7
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perets:
maybe arc. but everything changes so fast.. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cancel357:
I am going with the arc, I love the X10 so the arc is going to be a huge improvement for me.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidjems:
It's interesting to see that despite all SE put us through during last semester, we are still a lot planning to get an SE phone.

Reason can't understand Love.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacosdg:
S Galaxy SII
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphex33:
I would get the Arc because of the the styling, and features......Sony+Android=superpower
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoTi_96:
When my x10 is dead i'll buy the new samsung galaxy (not out yet) or a HTC
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 80mercury:
<rambling commence="True">

It amazes me how a good phone producer like HTC can't learn how to make a pretty phone! It seems like every phone they make looks the same... They should learn some from the old giant; Nokia. They know how to make pretty phones! pity... r.i.p Nokia.

That said. I've been looking for a new phone for a while. But I can't find one worth upgrading to. I still want a small phone, but a drastic increase in pixel-density... slightly bigger would be ok. 3.5" maybe. And it has to be dual core.

I kind of like the rumored Xperia U, but not happy Sony skips the memory card... And I wouldn't by a Sony before I know there is a custom ROM available.

Another question is... should I hold of for NFC?

</rambling>
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XeX_DuBwoofer_x:
i will hopefully be replacing my poor x10 that has a busted usb port with a HTC HD2 (when i have a new LCD + Digitizer + Main Flex Ribbon) i will be flashing it with a custom WP7 build, i can't wait!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Im happy with my X10i,itll do me for a few years more.My wife had the Arc one,but she sent it back because it would heat up too much.She has that Samsung,I think its an S2,and thats the one I would go for.

Shes got an old HTC Wildfire,but its such a crappy small screen......

LOL,I see the Arc is popular-handy for a pocket warmer in the cold weather.Remember to wear asbestos gloves when making a call......
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berat013:
Galaxy S2 is my next phone
[Nook Color General] heldunder:
now I realize I'll prolly get the lynch mob soon after i post this... being that all the research is over in the dev section, but my question is fairly complicated and i cant seem to find a direct answer from my own reading.

now i have root on my NC and i would love to put a custom recovery/rom on my NC. could any one point me in the right direction to get me started loading a custom recovery? i dont want to run froyo off of an SD card i would love to have it just be a giant version of my phone(I'm sorry if that's asking to much)

i learned and pushed myself to do it a while back on my EVO 4g when i saw there was a rom with wimax capability's and that was my first time rooting anything. I do on the other hand work as a sprint instore service and repair tech. so all of this reading isnt completely lost on me.

and my second question. when i booted my nook back up after i let the battery die, all my setting and apps were gone. any one know anything about it?

thank you for any answer, and I'm very sorry about my spelling and grammar, i know it sucks >.<
[Nook Color General] heldunder:
i think my biggest confusion/hangup so far has been the custom recovery not sure if i have this right or not but. these are the steps (i think) i need to take.

1. aquire root. [check]

2.custom recovery.[?]

3.custom kernel.[?]

4. custom rom.[?]
[Nook Color General] claudius753:
So what you want to do is flash a custom rom? You would just download a CWM sd card image. Burn that image to your SD card. Then, grab the rom you want, such as nookie-froyo, or whatever. Copy that zip to the SD card.

Put the SD card into your nook, then reboot. It should boot into CWR and from there you can just flash the zip. The same thing with a custom kernel, just copy the zip onto your CWM sd card, reboot, and flash the zip.

I'm not sure if that is what you are asking, though.
[Nook Color General] heldunder:
I've actually figured it all out finally. is there any way to see what my CPU is running at?
[Nook Color General] aaps:
The speed of your NC can be done by downloading 2 free apps in the market:

Linpack for Android

Quadrant Standard

The Linpack app will tell you how many MFLOPS (Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second) and Quadrant will give you a score to benchmark for CPU, I/O, and graphics. They will also give you as a reference how you compare to other devices.
[Nook Color General] jackal424:
So I'm new to Nook. In fact it's still being shipped for the wife, lol. Little that she knows, it's getting nootered before it even gets in her hands.

I've rooted phones and flashed custom ROMs.

From what you're saying above, does CWM reside solely on the SD card? That's different than a mobile phone. So any time we need to install a custom ROM (even the first time), we'd have to boot using the SD Card that has CWM, right? Of course I'd have to root the nook first.

following should really go into a different thread:

So whats the best ROM? So many out there. I just want to be able to use all google apps and market (for kindle app).

Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color General] tarheeldan:
You can still install Clockwork from the market and it'll run of the NC without an SD card. I've done it. But for the installation of CM7 (something to do with EXT4? I don't even know what that means...) CWM on an SD was necessary.

On what the best ROM is. Well, looking in the general section subsection here it looks like a lot of people are on rooted stock 1.1. I tried Froyo and it was cool and all, but I missed having the full 8GB of storage on the nook. I haven't tried Honeycomb yet, so no idea on that one. I currently have CM7 nightly 8 on my NC and really like it. I may not have all the storage space still (they're working on it) but it's snappy and sleek.
[Vibrant General] draikz:
I don't have the app and I did these screens using a combo of home and back button. I'm more than positive those are the two to success.
[Vibrant General] wearmaize:
Most people have come to the same consensus but no one (as far as I know) has been able to reproduce the screen shot feature effectively.
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
yeah, i accidentally took a screen shot somehow when i was running bionix v 1.2 (i think that was the rom i was on). no clue how i did it and couldn't do it again, but it was some key combo...
[Vibrant General] Chalup:
Any idea how to capture videos with at least 24 fps?
[Vibrant General] compuguy1088:
Same here...
[Vibrant General] professorx2010:
same here on bionix :)
[Vibrant General] nacron:
I'm fairly certain it's because of lag. On the international galaxy S with froyo, you press the home button (the big thing in the middle of the touch sensitive keys) and back. This happens because the home key is not a touch sensitive key. On the vibrant the keys are all touch sensitive. I believe that they are not multitouch so you cannot hit both the home and back at the same time. So I think that somehow the home command is hanging up and the back key is pressed so it simulates the action that is supposed to give the screen shot. I think that samsung recognized this flaw and redid the commands on the galaxy tab. My tab takes screenshots by pressing the power and back.
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
sounds likely because my phone was lagging when i did it, but wouldn't that just cause a race condition? or maybe i running an i9k based kernel (i can't remember).
[Vibrant General] Phrack:
Your theory is probably fact. There are people with some SGS phones that claim they can take screenshots consistently with back+home while others, myself included took a screenshot accidentally and have been unable to reproduce it since. I recall that I had just upgraded to froyo.ka6 via mini kies and was adding/rearranging shortcuts to one of my home screens. I hit the home key to get back to my main home screen and I got a screen shot. Haven't been able to do it again.

Since my Vibrant came with Eclair and was later upgraded to Froyo I believe that this was a feature that just wasn't meant for Vibrant or just was overlooked when Samsung ported Froyo to Vibrant. This feature probably works reliably on phones that come stock with Froyo, not those that are upgraded to Froyo. It's almost as if Samsung wasn't planning on Froyo for the Vibrant but due to the outcry here and possibly other forums Samsung hastily modified the base Froyo and released it via kies mini.

ScreenCapture service is there, just no documentation exists on how to trigger it for Vibrant.

There is apparently one developer who has figured how to trigger the ScreenCapture service:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/screen-...tomorrowkey.android.screencaptureshortcutfree

The only screen capture app that DOES NOT require root but requires Froyo..It even saves to the same directory as ScreenCapture service. I use the free version and it works better than drocap2 or screenshot it on my Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] Bernardos70:
App looks interesting, but I don't agree with some of the permissions it requests..... like location and full internet access.

Another vote for home+back key combo taking a screenshot, and that functionality being crippled due to the all touch-sensitive vibrant keys as opposed to the physical i9000 home key. I have taken a screenshot before, and it was going back home by hitting the home button, then the app lagging and me hitting the back button to try to get out of the app.
[Vibrant General] Phrack:
I don't agree with the permissions either but it's nothing nefarious. It's ad-supported freeware, and like most adware the internet access and location permissions is to deliver targeted ads to you, such as if you're in New York you will then see ads for places near you. That's what adware is all about, no corporation cares where you are at any given time, they just want your money. There is a higher chance of success that you will respond to an advertisement that is targeted to your interests (that's what tracking cookies are for, if you browse a lot of sports related sites, most of the ads you will see will be sports related.)

The paid version has no ads btw. I wonder how effective ads are since most people I know ignore them entirely.

Anyway, after trying drocap2 and screenshotit screencaptureshortcut is still better for froyo since no root access is require and unlike drocap2 there is no 'screenshot captured' pasted on your images.

So far the best screen capture imo is Android SDK but that requires a PC. Non-PC is screencaptureshortcut.

Anyway now that one developer has figured out how to trigger ScreenCapture service I'm sure we'll be seeing more and better apps soon.:)
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
Mysterious screen shot has been happening to me too, I thought I was the only one!

Was searching for an answer to my mystery and I see this old thread, seems like I'm not the only one!!!

Is the mystery solved yet? It's been happening to me too lately, and just happened again about 20 mins ago. I don't know how I did it!

Ok so, I don't have any screen shot or screen capture apps installed on my phone. Yet sometimes mysteriously I take a screen capture. The phone says "screen captured" and it even makes an album in my gallery called "ScreenCapture" with the screen captured picture inside it.

I'm on rooted Froyo 2.2 KB5, and no screen capture apps installed.

I think the mystery involves a combination of the power button with one of the capactive buttons, but I can never reproduce it, it just happens by accident and freaks me out.

The only other time my phone has done something mysterious was when I somehow went into "safemode." Yes, "safemode" similar to Windows safemode. I have never been able to get back into safemode either.

2 mysteries of this phone I would love to solve.
[Vibrant General] jonen:
I don't think its been solved :p

I just downloaded an app to take screenies.
[Captivate General] MoneyAddyct:
Hey guys, I'm currently running the leaked JI6 Froyo update that has been deodexed and the kernal has been changed to allow for <2e> recovery mode.

In Rom Manager (Premium), I flashed ClockworkMod Recovery successfully, and selected Backup Current Rom. I named the ROM, pressed OK, and it rebooted to <2e> recovery mode.

Then it just says:

# Manual Mode#

--Applying muti-CSC...

Installing Muti-CSC

and it just hangs there. I waited 10 minutes and then just rebooted the phone. I also tried selecting "reinstall packages" which also just rebooted the phone.

One solution said to select "Flash Alternative Recovery" after flashing ClockworkMod and then reflashing ClockWorkMod but the Flash Alternative Recovery option is greyed. I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions?
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
The leaked captivate has the 2e recovery preventing you from using clockwork mod and thus rom manager. There is a way to flash a different kernel to allow user of clockwork. Do some digging in the dev section and you should be able to find it
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
when you are in 2e recovery, you need to select reinstall packages, let it reboot, then select it again. you will be put into clockworkmod
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
You're thinking of 3e.
[Captivate General] Frank the Funkasaurus Rex:
like pirateghost said, you need to reinstall packages twice. The second time you will see a green recovery screen and that is 3e recovery.

Also, you shouldn't really use ROM Manager for anything anymore. There are update.zip files that you can download that will get you into the correct recovery and you should do your flashing and backing up from the recovery screen not ROM Manager.
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
Ya I must haver been thinking of the wrong recovery. Agreed about rom manager though it is essentially only a gui interface but it does not always works and just adds complication/problems
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Razzielos:
Hi i have question, How make status more attractive than in Android 2.3 ? In 2.3 it is so ugly for me :/ I try to instal theme but i dont now how :( I only would change status bar. Any .apk file to do this ? I'm begginner at this :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Habarug:
AT LAST i find someone who agree with me about how ugly the gingerbread bar is! :P

As for the themes you flash them in recovery, worked great for me so far.

I make my themes (you can choose to only change statusbar) here: http://uot.dakra.lt/

Just follow the how to guide for finding the framework and systemUI apk and add the theme you want for everything but the statusbar from system --> app folder if you use a CM 7 rom :)
[Captivate General] the_ahmadzais:
Hey guys I have xperia x10 and interested in this phone. How is this phone? Or should I wait a few weeks to get Motorola atrix or nexus s.
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
I'd wait for the next round of phones that are coming out. I'd actually pass on the Atrix, simply because Motorola insists on giving it to us with an encrypted bootloader.
[Captivate General] fatttire:
I would definitely not get a Captivate. given that new phones are coming out.

I would even tell myself back in September not to get a Captivate and wait for the phones that are coming out now, it's that bad.

Samsung basically stuck us with 2.1 (unless you do a custom ROM) and more or less once they sell you a phone kiss you goodbye for support for it etc.

Oh yeah, and if a phone has been known to have GPS issues, and you read an official Samsung tweet that their new update fixed GPS, don't believe it.

Stay away from anything Samsung.
[Captivate General] boborone:
Ya, I love this phone, its bad ass. But if you're looking to trade up, give it a little time and wait, this one age hardware wise pretty soon with the new ones coming out.
[Captivate General] Jemack:
X10 is not a bad phone to hold on to until something you really like is released. Fyi - I love my captivate. Just disappointed in samsung. With custom roms this phone is great, imo.
[Captivate General] Ragin Caucasian:
Given the state of [smart]mobile devices today, what can you really say "I'm gonna wait for ____ phone to come out and be content"?

Sure, if you're in the market for a new device you can ALWAYS say "wait for the next round", but the truth of the matter is that there aren't a lot of devices that will be relevant for 10 months. This was one of the things I sat on for months prior to actually buying the Captivate.......mobile providers don't expect you to keep your device for the full 2 years.

I would definitely NOT get a Captivate unless you plan on rooting. That being said, if you don't want to root your phone, if you just plan on living an a stock environment, why don't you just get an iPhone? I mean, what is the point of having an open-source device if you never take advantage of it?

When I was running the stock Captivate it was horrible and I would've killed someone by now if I was waiting on the carrier or manufacturer to feed me (updates). Unfortunately, that is the world we live in. I must say that (I rooted the device within a week of my purchase), I wouldn't trade my Cap in for anything else right now, not even the Atrix. It is more than capable and this is my first Android device, so its not like I'm an experienced ROM loader. I don't have any issues with GPS, calls are fine, I can clock at over 1500 running Firebird2 and Cognition 2.3 (running FroYo). The only "issue" I have is some legacy mp3's won't play (that apparently no one else has this issue) and I'm rather disappointed in the quality of the speaker (after running a few sound amplifier apps).