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[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanketss84:
Hi All,

I have a few Atrix specific queries.

It might sound dumb but i really want to know.

1. Whats the actual difference between Atrix and Atrix 4G.

2. Tegra 2 - HP H.264 Video playback Issue , can it ever play HP H264 videos via some software update or 3rd party player. Link

3. Android 2.2 supports sharing mobile internet on a wifi network by setting the mobile as a wireless router or hotspot , does this feature work out of the box on atrix.

4. Is there a hardware required to be present on the phone for NFC or when motorola releases the Android 2.3 update , NFC will work on the atrix as 2.3 enables NFC on the phones.

I really liked this phone a lot but with so many unanswered questions cant make up my mind.

Will keep posting my queries here.

Thanks.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neer2005:
There is no difference between Atrix and Atrix 4G, Atrix is just the European version. Tethering out of the box will get you charged by Att, you want to root to avoid that. And the Atrix does not have a NFC chip.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanketss84:
Thanks.

Can you elaborate more on "Tethering out of the box will get you charged by Att, you want to root to avoid that."
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neer2005:
If you jus start using the tethering than Att will add a tethering package to your bill. You want to root to get PDAnet which gives free tethering.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acPIZZA:
I think that what he means, is that if you go into the phone and enable/set up the tethering option, ATT will know this and switch you to the data plan with tethering.

This can be avoided by rooting the phone - which if you have access to a pc is extremely simple and can be done in basically a one-click process.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiggytom:
So we should use an app like Wifi tether? Or do we have to use PDA net?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neer2005:
Any tethering app that doesn't let Att find out about your tethering.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elementaldragon:
I don't get what's the big deal with NFC. For one, the technology is hardly even used in the US currently... and even if it was, it'd still probably be few and far between. It's about as big of a perk to me as a gyroscope (Ha).... which isn't much of one at all.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanketss84:
I stay in India and we dont have ATnT here i will be continuing with Vodafone

when Atrix launches here.

I am not aware of term rooting as i am new to android world , but will it be possible to root atrix easily so that i can share my internet over wifi using atrix as hotspot.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neer2005:
Atrix is very easy to root especially with a computer.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elementaldragon:
Well.... if you have been following the iPhone world, think of rooting as jailbreaking. In short, it basically gives you access to and control of every folder on the phone's internal storage (or to a certain extent). Allows you to modify things such as the launcher used, themes, hopefully in time the bootloader, etc...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanketss84:
This made things a lot more clear , thanks a lot.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FNugget:
Rooting your phone will void the warranty if you leave it there, but the process is reversible and it is fairly easy to unroot and cover your tracks.

Rooting comes from Unix terms. Rooting gives you root access by making you the administrator/superuser.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbae2:
The h.264 performance should be improved by a software update that is planned for the future. Heard that form a buddy with some information on such deals. It was known that the Atrix would release without the ability to do 1080p and such files but that a software release would unlock the native support from the chip.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanketss84:
More Queries.

1. Can someone comment on the browser text rendering is it readable or hazy.

How well is the pinch zoom , is it responsive.

2. How many people are facing the random reboot issue , is it after rooting or users who have not rooted are also facing it.

3. Are all the apps displaying properly on the qHD resolution.

4. How is gaming on this device.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neer2005:
1)Yes

1)B)Yes

2)I think it's an issue with launcher pro

3)not all

4)amazing.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanketss84:
1 - Yes , is this yes for readable or hazy , i saw a video review on youtube of the atrix where a full site was loaded and the text was not clearly visible until the site was fully zoomed.

2 - You sure that the phone itself has no random reboot issues.

3 - So there are still some apps that still dont support the qhd resol , do they refuse to load completely or show some odd formating or show some borders.

* Sorry for all this lame queries.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diviance:
1) Perfectly legible to me.

2) Mine has yet to reboot by itself after 12 hours of usage.

3) So far, all of them load for me but the graphics may not be sized appropriately. Words With Friends is a good example.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanketss84:
After reading all the issues faced by so many users , i am wondering if everyone is facing these issues on there atrix or only some.

Is it after rooting or on the stock phone itself.

How can motorola release a phone with so many bugs was there testing team sleeping or what.

Users complaining about phone screen freezes after alarm snooze , this is ridiculous

Music player , thats the most basic functionalty.

Motorola should have delayed the release if they already knew about these issues.

I am still wondering if everyone is facing all these issues on there atrix or is it that some handsets are buggy ?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snlu178:
I am having almost none of the issues so far. Only one I noticed is the camera is not great and can take bluish photos if the led is the main light source.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCX Designs:
Ok while we get closer and closer to launch i've had the question in my head more recently especially after using the Desire HD/Z roms on my Incredible.

What apps do we know will be on the ThunderBolt?

HTC Locations was no where to be seen in the CES demo's of it being on the phone....

Anyone care to chime in on this?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
Ever since I found Launcher Pro I've never used anything else.

I'm running SkyRaider 3.5 (which is HTC Sense) and I'm wondering if I should go to an AOSP ROM like CM7.

I'm wondering:

> Will it be faster than current setup?

> Will it be better on battery than current setup?

Let me know, thanks.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smabbage:
Battery and speed will improve depending on which kernal you use. The main advantage to using a AOSP ROM for me was better bluetooth support. I can't use wii controlers with my emulators using Sense but I can if I use a non-Sense ROM like CM6 or CM7. Shows you what I look for in a ROM doesn't it. ;)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Doesn't Skyraider offer a senseless version of the Skyraider ROM?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
Speed will depend, more likely than not it will be a bit speedier and better on battery IMO. I have been running CM7 with the Savaged-Zen kernel and i got over a day and a half out of it, that with setcpu at 128/1113 with smartass governor.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techobsessive:
I used to stick with Sense based ROMS because they where just so smooth and stable, but now im with AOSP ROMS like CM7 and a few others. I use launcher pro and its awesome. The customization of AOSP ROMS are pretty much endless, and they give you a cleaned up Android. Id give it a try, just make a back up of SkyRaider then download the latest CM7 RC.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smoonyheim:
@OP

I was in your shoes about a week after using the phone after I bought it.

Went AOSP and haven't gone back except for the occasional, lets see if somehow the grass somehow decided to paint itself greener and became super plants.

I recommend AOSP completely. It's alot more of a streamlined android experience, and IMO lets you really customize the OS to work for you, rather than having to work with sense.

Not saying sense is bad or anything, it's my favorite non stock rom, but AOSP is just above and beyond for me.

Although incredibly re-engineered had me off AOSP for about 3 days before switching back
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
Senseless is still Sense framework, which lacks the advantages of a true AOSP ROM. The advantage to Senseless is a vanilla interface, but the stability of the Sense framework.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
Thanks for the input!

Will be switching to an ASOP ROM sometime tonight.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khanam:
For me unfortunately, the lack of decent widgets keeps forcing me back to the new desire z based sense roms. Too many additional features in sense. Wish there were good equivalent aosp widgets for what you can get from htc in the hd/z/mt4g/inc s roms...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_live_lee:
I don't know if you wanna jump in head first or not but, I'm really enjoying the new Cyanogenmod 7 RC1 right now. Another great is MIUI. They're both great on battery life and they're both highly customizable. But they are a big change from sense- especially MIUI. And, obviously, CM7 is a release candidate so it isn't perfect (although damn close.) Whether you jump on them now or later, once you've gotten your feet wet, you should check em both out some time.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfiniti9:
That's false. I have never gotten the battery life from an AOSP rom that I have from an optimized Sense rom. I've used almost every kernel for both types of roms. There are quite a few people that actually complain about CM battery life. As far as speed its like the butt dyno, just saying your phone feels faster is all perception. There are people that say the optimized Sense roms are the fastest and some say the AOSP are the fastest. Try what you like and use it. The real differences is in the interface. Bluetooth is definitely better supported on CM.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solarpolitiks:
I found my best battery life AND speed were with Ruby ROM 2.0.2 with Launcherpro. Cyanogenmod 6 is good too but had tons of features I didn't use. Invisiblek kernels are a great addition to AOSP ROMs.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enomele:
I've been running MIUI 1.1.26 with invisablek #28 for a while now, w/o setcpu and while I wouldn't say it's the fastest combo (not that it's slow) its is the most stable my phone has been since I switched from Virtuos using stock kernel.

After setting up invisablek #28 and wiping battery stats it did take a few days of crappy battery life until it started to kick butt. I can get thru a 10 hour work day of moderate web surfing and constant music playing and still have at least 20% battery left. And if I run with the 2150mah extended battery forget about it.

I would definately recommend giving MIUI and invisablek #28 kernel a try. It has the faster charging the stock kernel has and runs smooth and stable. The launched takes a bit to get used to but you can always run launcher pro over it. Tried that but I love the MIUI launched too much.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfiniti9:
Thats my issue with the CM line, it has tons of features I dont use (which could be flashable) and includes way too many localizations. I must admit I forgot about Ruby, it was the best in terms of speed. No lag, no hesitation, smooth as butter.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SRDoniger:
Launcher Pro doesn't extend any battery life on any ROM I have used it just a different launcher but one of the best ones I have used so far.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runagt2:
If you aren't attached to the Sense experience, the don't even hesitate to try out different ROMs. I gave up on Sense after a month of purchasing the Dinc, tried out CM6, tried out MIUI, and now I've been "crackflashing" CM7 since January. A lot of people are experiencing really good battery life. Can't say so for myself since the Dinc is my main computer, but I would certainly say that it is the fastest ROM I've tried.

Do a nandroid backup. Try out a bunch of new setups. Restore the nandroid if you aren't happy. Simple as that--when you're rooted you can do a lot with these devices.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
I will say that CM's GPU performance is better than that of the Incredible's on 2.2. My guess is that this is due to CM's release using more recent drivers for the Adreno 200. I've tested this with both benchmarks and games.

On Sims 3, owning the largest house makes panning/zooming is a virtual crawl on stock Sense, even with a good custom kernel. On CM7, it's playable, a huge difference. Quadrant advances/profession GPU score (not the worthless combined score) is nearly 150 points different. To give a perspective, it's 280 to 410 on average, which is a huge jump.
[General Questions and Answers] ruikaka16:
i flashed cm7.0-nightly-full-23 in my heroGSM,and use the autostarts,but when i start the application,only display like the attachements, could anyone tell me why,thanks
[General Questions and Answers] colonel_lp:
am also having a similar problem with Autostarts and cm7 nightlirs. Have you used the theme chooser? I believe it only strted for me after i applied a theme.
[General Questions and Answers] ruikaka16:
sure ！ i have used the theme chooser,let me try !
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgalan14:
Ok so this had happen a few times in different find (AOSP and Sense ) but I don't understand why is happening tho, I get pdf files every other day and I really need this feature but when I try to open it it force closes it on me, any idea?

Thanks for the help guys

Btw I'm running 3.70 root for now
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrdodrx:
Some things you can try:

Uninstalling Adobe Reader and reinstalling it in the market

Using another app like VuDroid

Checking to see if your pdf files are corrupt
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgalan14:
That made it work and I don't understand why does it happen tho I'm taking the apk from now when I flash another rom thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dweezy108:
Found the fix.

Menu, settings, manage apps, all, swype, clear data.

Update: ERROR MESSAGE "Swype EnglishUS failed" it wont load. I can swype in spanish but not english.

The swype keyboard use to work perfectly, now not at all. The keyboard seems not to display the swype button and i cant press any keys. when i try to press a key i get a blue box that appears around the entire keypad. Have anyone had this problem or know how to fix it
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsboredom:
I have this issue, just switch to the android keyboard and then switch back
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dweezy108:
I've tried switching key boards and restarting my phone and neither helps.
[G2 and Desire Z General] convolution:
I accidentally imported all my contacts twice and now I have two of everyone. Is there a way for me to delete all the doubles?
[G2 and Desire Z General] tazz9690:
through your gmail
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dan9I:
Hi ;)

I'm running all roms with 2.3.x adnroid and chose TyphooN CyanogenMod 7!

TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 = speed, stable and CM7:rolleyes:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Sukuya:
tried it, liked it, didnt love it... try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11441449#post11441449

Ultimate Droid, Picks up where cm7 lets off
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msyang20:
did anyone else encountered my problem with handcent sms??

i am in love with this app, but...somehow im unable to send mms to iphone users...its really strange.

had to uninstall it. now im using go sms which is fine but...its not as great as handcent.

since we're all using mt4g's...does this happen on your device too??

plus i was rooted/stock...now im back to unrooted/stock...since i had thought rooting was the issue..urghh, such a waste of time. im a bit reluctant to install handcent again onto my now unrooted device if in case the same issue occurs again...it will be once more, a waste of time.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavenWulf:
I haven't ran into that issue, my niece and her husband have the iPhone 3GS and I'm able to send and receive SMS and MMS with them and they are on TMO, wife's best friend has iPhone 4 on AT&T and we are both able to send and receive SMS and MMS with her.
[Nook Color General] cameraz:
I have read many versions of instructions on how to root my Nook 1.10, but I am a little confused as I proceed. Here's what has happened so far:

1) I downloaded and extracted WinImage.

2) I downloaded auto-nooter 3.0, and I extracted the file using Peazip. That left me with a WinZip file. Since I don't have a copy of WinZip, I downloaded 7-Zip, and used that to extract my WinZip file.

3) That left me with an auto-nooter 3.0.0 folder.

4) Inside the folder are three files:

0.fat

1.fat

2

My question now is, which one (or more) of these 3 files do I put into WinImage to get onto my SD card? I haven't seen these three files mentioned in any other tutorial.

Thanks for the help anybody can give me.
[Nook Color General] BGrutter:
I don't know much about your problem specifically, but after reading your report, I might suggest you link where you got the files. That way, someone might try downloading the same files and see the results you got. Easier to troubleshoot that way ;)
[Nook Color General] cameraz:
Thanks for the suggestion. I got the files from here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?46vb5569wm35kp6

I got the link from xda's Auto-Nooter 3.0 instruction page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=942424

Hope this helps.
[Nook Color General] cameraz:
Anybody used auto-nooter 3.0?

Can anybody help me out here? Thanks.
[Android Software Development] rmoney:
Do any exist and what does it take?

Basically I'm envisioning the standard Android lock screen, except for the right slider. I don't use it for vibrate, so it goes unused.

So, I would like to replace the right side slider with a smart button that allows you to open notifications based upon what you have received.

If you have an unread text, it shows a text message icon and sliding it opens to your texting app. Same thing for Gmail. Obviously its possible to have more than one type of notification, so there would need to be some sort of hierarchy (say Texts > Gmail > Email > WordFeud > Facebook > etc) so that it only opens the most important to you. Users could choose like 3-5 apps that would work with it.

If you have no notifications, then it should default to a single app you use regularly, but does not necessarily have/need notifications (Camera, Google Reader, etc).

Changing the background color of the icon would also be a good way to help differentiate between the default slider, and one that would open a new notification. For example, on the current stock lock screen, the vibrate slider has a gray background. You could keep the gray background for the default app, but when you have a text or email, the icon would change to that app and the background could change to a specified color (say orange for a text, green for an email, etc).

In addition, I wouldn't mind having the weather on the lockscreen as well. Too often do I find myself having to unlock my phone just to check the temperature outside. Obviously the down side to this is having to poll for weather data, but it is something I'd be more than willing to live with. Especially if one could chose how often it updated (30 mins, 1 hour, 3 hours, etc).

I realize most of this can be done with Widgetlocker (or maybe Cyanogen), but honestly I don't like using it and it does not feel polished enough for me. So would something like this have to be baked into a ROM, coded from scratch or whatever? Are there any devs who do this kind of work? is this level of detail even realistically possible given the nature of Android? is this even the right forum?
[Android Software Development] constellanation:
Just saw the last part, but I think it's still your best bet.

Just curious why don't you like widget locker, it does everything you asked for?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker&feature=search_result
[Android Software Development] emac3263:
custom puzzle slider for widget locker

can some one please make a puzzle slider for widget locker.

i love the puzzle unlock feature.

i would love for the puzzle piece to be the chicago whitesox logo.

thankyou in advance.
[Nook Color General] mycomputerisjunk:
I was wondering if anyone saw some mod or setting that allowed the wifi to be persistent even when the display is off. It looks like the wifi turns off after the screen sleeps for a little bit.

It would be nice to get email notifications without the display being on.
[Nook Color General] fpga_guy:
The app softlocker does what you need.
[Nook Color General] danknee:
I use an app from Market called Wi-Fi Keep Alive. Free, works great.
[Nook Color General] UltimatePR:
Wi-FI Keep Alive here work perfect .
[Nook Color General] Tool Belt:
None of these work with my rooted with the wpa_supplicant fixed to allow connecting to ad-hoc.
[Nook Color General] ke5hde:
If you are rooted just go to the wifi settings and click on the menu button go to advanced then wifi sleep policy then select never. Hope this helps.
[Nook Color General] Tool Belt:
Sounds great, unfortunately no such advanced wi-fi menu that I can find. Anyone get wi-fi to stay on with the wpa_supplicant ad-hoc fix in?
[G2 and Desire Z General] hogg2500:
I have to say that I never ever use the Camera button on my G2. I always go for the Camera App on my screen instead.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tazz9690:
I go to the camera app as well, but I use the button to actually take the picture. I take steadier pictures that way.
[G2 and Desire Z General] hogg2500:
I usually use the Trackpad myself. I don't think I've ever used the button for that lol.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TJBunch1228:
I love the camera button, frees up a spot for an app on my screen.

I could also just turn a light on in the room but I also love the flash on my camera. :P
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
I actually take less steady pictures with the camera button. Maybe I'm not used to how hard to press it, or maybe its my genetic hand tremors onsetting as I get older, but I take smoother pictures more consistently tapping the capture button on the screen lol.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Okawa:
I love the camera button, one thing I hated about the Nexus One was the lack of a two stage camera button.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Durkbeef:
I didn't think I would use it, but turns out I use it almost daily...(mostly to take vids of drunk roommates =])
[G2 and Desire Z General] mistm:
If there wasnt that camera button I would ask why HTC were so dump and didnt include it. I use it every time I want to take picture ... not only to shoot the picture itself but to open camera app as well!! It would be waste to have icon for camera app on homescreen with this button. Thanks HTC for that!! I dont want phone w/o camera button anymore!
[G2 and Desire Z General] lainvalenajr:
I don't really use it but I wouldn't say its useless lol... I use it sometimes
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
I never knew the trackpad button clicked the "shutter" on the camera app. Thanks for that!

Personally, I use the hardware camera button quite a bit to both open the camera app, and to take the photo. I don't keep a shortcut to the camera app on my main homescreen.