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[EVO 4G General] wd20293:
I was a long time user of Launcher pro. I donated to Federico, thinking he should be compensated for his product, There was a time when his upgrades were coming at a good pace. I understand that he is rewriting code from the bottom up for an improved version.

I chose, (keyword) to purchase Spb. I know some of my decision was for the eye candy aspect.

15 was a little high, but there again the EVO wasn't cheap either. Room for improvement on functionality, but I am very pleased with it. I have my screens set up almost identical to LP. Lost a little real-estate but gained screens. Working super smooth, battery seems the same. I can actually navigate quicker. Their widgets are fantastic, hope more to come.

IMHO it is the same as seeing someone driving a Porsche and criticizing them for the cash outlay, when the ford pinto still gets you from point A to B. I personally like style and do not feel I gave up much usability, it is beta

CM rc4 savage zen 1.01
[EVO 4G General] sftd:
We all have different spending patterns my friends. The irony of what I said lays in the fact that I mentioned "economic future", when obviously if one was going about soundly securing such a thing, the last thing they would be doing is buying fifteen dollar applications for a phone. This was a half hearted attempt at self-deprecation. I'm pointing the finger at myself in that comment, but things of this nature are easily lost in text, and for my lack of consideration in that regard I apologize.
[Atrix 4G General] vertigocreative:
This only occurs when something is plugged int the audio jack, whether a cable, headset, speakers, etc.

When I pause any playing audio/video or when an incoming call pauses it, there is a loud and continuous static noise that won't stop until the media is un-paused or stopped.

I've already got AT&T sending a replacement, but thought I'd throw it out there to see if anyone else has experienced this problem.

Does anyone else have this issue?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleuiko:
I set up my Google account in Motoblur and it downloaded my entire contact into my phone. With my iPhone, I can set it so it only imports those in the "My Contacts" group. I would like to do the same here since "All Contacts" stores every single email address I've ever communicated with.

I am mitigating this issue by turning on the filter for "only contacts with phone numbers" but I would like more control over this.

If Motoblur can't do this, how can I bypass it as have the Contacts app connect directly to my Google account?

Thanks!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snlu178:
Sadly. You can't do either. This is our fate with MotoBlur.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seymour2884:
Just make, your own contact list put who ever you want in it select it under contacts then, it will pretty much be your main one
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleuiko:
Yeah, but I want it to sync with Google Contacts.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phobos512:
There's an option in the contacts app settings menu to show only contacts with phone numbers.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleuiko:
Yup, thanks! That's what I'm using now and it is a lot better. But I was hoping for more control group-wise.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phobos512:
Unfortunately the Motoblur contacts app doesn't allow for the same level of control as the stock Android contacts app. I have asked about installing the AOSP contacts app but no one has told me whether it would work / what dependencies it has, and reading through the Cyanogenmod forums hasn't helped me figure it out (I'm no android developer).
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2whisper:
And weirdly enough this option isn't available in the bell version.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Roze-:
I can't find any option for that in contacts either :( Can someone tell me where it's situated or the Bell version doesn't have it :/ And if there's a work-around if this is the case?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepovr:
I just went into my contacts in the web version of gmail and starred everyone that I wanted in my phone contacts list. Then on my phone I just set the contacts to favorites and all that showed up was the starred contacts from gmail.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleuiko:
Awesome tip!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monotune:
ever since my EB13 update, my MMS's are not sending

they say "sent" but my recipients aren't getting anything

what can I do to fix this? :(
[A7 General] Kamrondroid:
I was playing robo defense and I heard a crackling from the right speaker and then it died. There's no audio balance control on this is there? I suppose I now have the joy of calling elocity tomorrow. :(
[A7 General] jetracers:
Yeah I had the same issue last weekend when playing Pandora. Apparently the speakers can't handle much power.
[A7 General] Kamrondroid:
Yeah, my volume was only about halfway up...that's not excusable in my book.
[A7 General] netstat_EVO:
As long as you weren't using something something like dsp manager to up the volume, velocity should repair under warranty.
[A7 General] Kamrondroid:
Yeah, called Customer Service on Friday, and they are suppose to call me back within 48 business hours; so, just waiting on them now...
[Nook Color General] buffnutz1:
Is Airplane mode supposed to be on all the time?

Has anybody found a good wi-fi fix yet (lots of on/off when I take it out of sleep)?

I have an app that says it can't be played on an unstable platform, any idea why?

Is there an alternative to SetCPU for CM7 that works?

Thanks everyone
[Nook Color General] therealguppy:
NO.

Not that i know, Some people have problems some don't

No idea. What app? I will try it on mine.

I have not hear of anyone using one, but there are several CPU tuners on the

Market try some out and let us know.
[Nook Color General] virx14:
Someone reported success with "CPU tuner" from market (free). I did not try it yet myself. Note that CM7 has most of SetCPU functionality built in, the only thing missing in profiles support.
[Nook Color General] subcypher:
I turn airplane mode on, as a matter of fact.

Go into Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi Settings > hit Menu > Advanced > Wi-Fi Sleep Policy > set to Never. This keeps Wi-Fi on, but it doesn't shut off every time the screen goes off or appears to the system to be idle.

Which app?

For now, I just use CM7 to set my governor to Conservative. Not having policies does suck, but I can deal with it for now. CM has much bigger fish to fry at this point.
[Nook Color General] combustiblemonkey:
My airplane mode is on all the time but my Wifi always works. Are you running nightly 8 or later? 12 is pretty good. Wifi does not seem to lag coming out of standby at all.

What app do you have that thinks you are unstable? It is probably possible to spoof it into thinking it is on a Nexus or something.

I am 99% sure that someone involved in CM development said explicitly not to install SetCPU, because CM has an internal clock speed controller. I can verify that it does scale the processor up and down on it's own but beyond that I do not have details.
[Nook Color General] buffnutz1:
The app is Homerun Battle 3d. My favorite game, but it just won't work.

Apparently I really fell behind, because I'm on Nightly 6. When I upgrade to the latest, what upgrades should I expect besides better Wifi?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] rakeshchn:
I am not code savvy enough to say its possible or not, but can we have a mod to display the charging status and alarm info in the PIN lock screen, like how it displays in the pattern lock screen. Dont know if there are many like me who dont use PIN to lock the phone because we cannot see time,battery & signal status,alarm etc without unlocking the phone.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] eunkipark92:
You can see the time on status bar.

You can see signal status on your status bar.

You can see the battery status if you change the charging animation In framework res.apk

You need to get the accurate battery though.

The alarm..im not sure :p

axura 2.3.0 with adw launcher ex
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] gopack13:
Alarm Klock in the market allows you to put alarm info in the lockscreen. It can either be the time of, or a countdown to, the next alarm. You can also customize it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] blackwrx02:
I made the switch just this past weekend to the Inspire and gave my iPhone 4 to my wife. I don't miss the iPhone except for its camera. Compared to the Inspires camera, the iPhone 4 camera is like a 20982340823 megapixel camera.

Please don't take this as a troll post or an Apple fanboy post, its not. I just wonder if its my phone, the inspire, or android in general that causes the absolutely awful pictures. The grain is horrific, and no matter how still I hold the camera, the shot blurs.

I'm not new to photography either, its a part-time hobby for me. Just really disappointed with the camera so far :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] nhshah7:
is this on the stock rom? is it any different on custom roms?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Anthonok:
Apple has had 4 years to adjust one camera app. Simple as that. Android has 197941218894 camera apps. by that I mean that come stock
[HTC Inspire 4G] jc2470:
I have read a few post claiming what you are, I personally have owned iphone 4 and compared with mine I definately can say its not a big difference if any, I dont have any grainy problems that some talk about. The pictures are real clear. Maybe go check out a demo model at att and take pic and see if it is any different.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bmolloy:
I agree the Camera on this phone leaves something to be desired. I am hoping they will update this with an OTA. If I remember right HTC did something like that with the Incredibles Camera. My wife has an iPhone 4 and that is pretty much the benchmark by which all cellphone camera's are measured (N8 excluded of course). This camera seams to work OK if nothing is moving, but trying to get any picture of my 4 year old is impossible with the Inspire.
[HTC Inspire 4G] alex4lex:
I c wut u did thar
[HTC Inspire 4G] blackwrx02:
My inspire is completely stock.

I haven't used any if the market apps for the inspire yet, so maybe there is some hope in a different app.

Are any of the other roms different/better?
[HTC Inspire 4G] djspira:
I use android revolution and notice a significant improvement in the camera. Not sure why but it is much better. Hard to beat iphone 4 camera...
[HTC Inspire 4G] Cannibul:
I've got the opposite problem. My DSLR makes lousy phone calls.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Noz85:
Are you holding it right?

sent from my HTC Inspired Desire HD 4G
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aridon:
If you change the iso to 400 or so things tend to improve. Htc has never been known for their camera. It is passable.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Androidude:
Its because the iPhone 4 has a larger sensor in its camera. While the iPhone is only 5 megapixels, the larger sensor makes a very noticeable difference in quality so it is less grainy and takes better low light shots. An update to the Inspire can't fix the quality, it needs a bigger sensor.
[HTC Inspire 4G] carhigh:
I think the camera in the inspire 4g is great. However, i am comparing to my dell streak which sux. I feel more like im shooting with my hd2 now, which had an amazing camera
[HTC Inspire 4G] substance12:
it may be an inaccurate observation on my part but it seems like after the camera focuses and i take a shot, the picture ends up being blurred just slightly. it's never as sharp as immediately after the auto focus.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Sean3:
Yes that's accurate. It definitely has a tendency to do that from what I've seen. One way to minimize that is to press and hold the camera/shutter button until the picture takes instead of waiting for it to focus and then tapping the button. Don't know if you already do that or not, but if you don't it might be worth a try. Hope it helps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] getabetterpic:
As someone else mentioned, it is the sensor that matters, not MP (as you know). Unfortunately, other than Nokia (and Apple, to a lesser extent) phone manufacturers seem to randomly pick an available sensor in the price/MP range they want for the camera, stick it in, and forget about it. Unfortunately this is an industry-trend, so I don't see anyone changing soon. Can't wait to see what Nokia does with some WP7 goodness in their hardware. *notatroll*
[HTC Inspire 4G] mcca555:
sony ericsson takes great photos too
[HTC Inspire 4G] getabetterpic:
True, although they haven't had a good camera-centric phone since the K850.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mgreco1988:
I actually have had good experiences with my camera.. hmm... :confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] billymild:
I think the camera does a pretty good job. Does this have the same camera as the EVO? If so I saw some pics that the EVO took compared to iPhone 4 and they look pretty damn close.
[HTC Inspire 4G] akira02rex:
I think the camera on this phone is pretty good, no issues for me. You guys are expecting too much out of it IMO!

What is the device's primary function? PHONE.

You could definitely replace your normal cheapie $150 point and shoot camera with this phone, but not a dslr.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rapidstar:
Same here, my camera has been good so far. Better than Atrix camera, partcularly the Video!
[HTC Inspire 4G] captmiddy:
I will put my $150 point and shoot up against this camera any day and will win 9 times out of 10 if not 10 out of 10. Don't get me wrong, the camera in this phone is fine for a phone, but I am not replacing my dedicated equipment for this. Phone cameras have never been meant to be high end, with very few exceptions. That the iPhone camera is fairly good is nice but you aren't getting a clean shot each time if you stuff the phone in your pocket like most people do. When was the last time you saw a lens cover on a smartphone camera?

Also there seems to be an odd piece of plastic over the lens on the Inspire, this is likely causing some distortion of the picture based on how much it has been pressed and moved around. Anything not hard in front of the lens is going to cause some distortion, this distortion is something the lens will attempt to focus around, but since this plastic may shift during your usage it is likely not going to be stable.

This still goes back to HTC for not putting a good glass like filter over the top of the lens to protect from these distortions happening. And also, as mentioned, the image sensor is probably a very cheap one. You can buy an 8 MP camera for under $100 now, but you will get what you paid for and have a horrible pictures. You can also buy rather pricey 5MP cameras that take wonderful pictures. Although now 10+MP camera seem to be the norm.
[Fascinate General] archalon:
Perhaps a dumb question, but my brain is hurting from all the learning here:

I have modified my phone as I want it, including rooted deodexed stock eb01, swapping .apks, running all the mods through cwm, removing apps,etc. (I guess I themed it the hard way).

Question: Can I create a .tar file from the device while it is running, basically a 'snapshot' of the system exactly as it is ? That way I can odin to current setup if I dork up my phone.

my apologies if this is a stupid question
[Fascinate General] Avelnan:
THAT IS TOTALLY NOT A STUPID QUESTION...I actually believe its a great idea right now.
[Fascinate General] soba49:
Well, the long answer is, you shell into the phone and make images of the various sectors of the phone, name them properly, and heimdall them. If you use odin, take an extra step to tar it together.

Here its a guide for doing that on a continuum:

http://androidforums.com/continuum-all-things-root/263953-how-make-custom-odin-images.html

Note it glosses over dividing out the kernel binaries and RAMdisk, mentioned in the more comprehensive guide for the Behold:

http://androidforums.com/behold-2-all-things-root/54424-creating-custom-roms- odin.html

I haven't seen anyone post a cute little listing of the actual partitions and cutoffs specific to the fascinate, but I haven't looked very hard either.

UPDATE #2: (it is L: bml7, not bm17 & not bmI7)

So theoretically it's really simple (from an adb shell):

dd if=/dev/block/bml7 of=/sdcard/zImage bs=4096

dd if=/dev/block/stl9 of=/sdcard/factoryfs.rfs bs=4096

dd if=/dev/block/stl10 of=/sdcard/dbdata.rfs bs=4096

dd if=/dev/block/stl11 of=/sdcard/cache.rfs bs=4096
​

(copy zImage and factoryfs.rfs to your local computer)

tar -H ustar -c zImage factoryfs.rfs dbdata.rfs cache.rfs > odinTAR.tar
​

These two commands append an md5 checksum to your package, and then rename the file. This finishes the process.

md5sum -t odinTAR.tar >> odinTAR.tar

mv odinTAR.tar odin_package.tar.md5
​

NOTE: I did not include the modem, but you can flash that separately. This tar includes your personal data, so consider this before distributing any file you make this way. I haven't tested these instructions myself in any way.

Short answer:

Backup (everything but kernel) with nandroid and use that to restore. So long as you have a happy recovery setup, that is the path of least effort.

Swyped w/ XDA App. A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.
[Fascinate General] archalon:
thanks for the response; certainly more involved than just a " create .tar" option somewhere. (Though that would be cool to develop for CWM or something)

Looks like some more learning for me. Always appreciate the info.
[Fascinate General] soba49:
The next time there is a worthwhile update from VZW, I'd like to put together a not-stock, stripped-down-as-possible (small file) odin tar that is just enough to be a launchpad for flashing ROMs on whatever the next official modem is. So I'm doing my reading ahead of time.

Actually this looks like a great "What is where" link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850359

To paraphrase the link I posted above:

These are found in /dev/block. BML stands for Block Management Layer. STL is Sector Translation Layer. RFS is Samsung's Robust File System.

bml7	zImage (kernel)

stl9	factoryfs.rfs (system)

modem:

bml12	modem.bin

personal data:

stl10	dbdata.rfs

stl11	cache.rfs

other:

stl6	param.lfs

bml2	pit.pit

bml3	efs.rfs

NEVER:

bml1	boot.bin

bml4	Sbl.bin

unknown:

bml8	recovery.bin

You may use dd (and apparertly cat) to copy these partitions to your SD card:

adb shell su -c "dd if=/dev/block/bml7 of=/sdcard/zImage bs=4096"

adb shell cat /dev/block/stl9 > /sdcard/factoryfs.rfs

You may reflash them individually with heimdall, or tar to flash as a group in Odin.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciji:
Has anybody been able to figure out or change how the Atrix uses the battery when being plugged in?

I've set my laptop to stop charging after it hits 85% and start charging only when it falls below 40% (which almost never does because I keep it plugged in). This prevents my laptop's batteries from cycling between 90%-100% all the time.

Is there a way to do this in an Android phone? The back gets hot when I use it while being plugged in, which suggests to me that the battery is in use.
[HTC Inspire 4G] gflare:
With the Inspire, is there anything within the stock setup that I should be looking to backup before doing the whole gold card, root, s-off, ROM flash process?

With my old captivate, it was a good idea to write down your Android ID, and there were a couple files to backup in order to maintain samsung kies functionality.

Is there anything like this for the Inspire? Will the Android ID stay unique regardless of the ROM or should I keep that number on hand all the time like I had to do for the Captivate?

I've been looking around here for awhile, and I haven't seen any answer to this question yet (search didn't come up with anything for me).
[Epic 4G General] poit:
Hmmm.......

I just installed the update to Google Maps, version 5.2.0. The first time I opened it it got a GPS lock withing about 5 seconds, and placed me within about 10 feet of my location in the house. Not only that but the compass seems to accurately spin the map around when I move it.

Before this update it would often take 20 seconds to lock and I would typically be placed about 100 feet from my actual location even though it claimed 10 feet accuracy.

I don't know if they actually fixed something here but it's very promising.

I'm on the stock EB13 ROM with the stock camera-fix kernel installed.
[Epic 4G General] BWFBezerk:
Since this update it freezes my phone every other time I open google maps
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Same here, EB13 stock (no root or anything) works perfectly with Google Maps now. I literally got the address across from my house within 5 seconds. The compass is incredibly accurate as well.

Edit: Turned on some extra layers, and now the location is EXACT with my address and everything.
[Epic 4G General] tnvento97:
man. i'm still on 2.1 but the gps performance definitely seems better with the new google maps update. scrolling seems a lot faster and smoother too, even with the sat layer turned on.
[Epic 4G General] poit:
Sadly, after a few hours most of the problems have reappeared. That made me wonder if stale data is causing problems. I went into the App manager and cleared data on the maps app, and once again it became super accurate again. Wonder what that means?
[Epic 4G General] Bortmonkey:
Did anyone else's map change color? Mine is greenish out of nowhere.
[Epic 4G General] bluebrent420:
Didnt know this update was out. Just installed and instantly it located me, i mean fast as in like 2 seconds! However ive been lucky with all the installs, my froyo update runs smooth as silk and much faster
[Epic 4G General] onelikeseabass:
CM7 RC1 B11 here. Runs great and does seem to be a bit snappier with 3d buildings and lookups.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] saenz4931:
Can some one please help me to find a Clearbar and stock HTC Sense... i know there are some themes that have the clear bar and htc sense but most of them have colors like blue reds and so on.. i just would like to have the clear bar and the htc sense per haps the elite's r2 dialer.. if someone can make this can u please share it.. would be glad to donate for his/her time doing this.. o

or if anyone can direct me to the right direction, i would really appreciate.

Thanks in advance.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdij305:
I want to flash but I really have no idea. I'm not going to use it yet, but I'm going to use it when it's good enough to be a daily driver. I want to know how to flash because the instructions are so confusing.

So can someone help?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DCrozier28:
Wow. There is a lot to do.

1. Root your phone

2. Download super user from the market.

3. Download rom manager from the market.

4. Go in to rom manager and select flash clock work mod recovery. Select your phone. (Vibrant)

5. Download proper drivers to your computer. This is so you can read/write files from copmuter to phone or visa versa.

6. Download rom of choice to computer.

7. Plug phone to computer. Make sure phone debugging is on. Go to settings.

8. Download rom to phone. Make sure its on your internal sd not your external.

9. Got to rom manager. Select flash rom from sd.

10. Now you are in recovery. Select select zip from sd. Select choose zip.

11. Select rom you downloaded.

12. Let it do its thing.

13. Reboot phone.

14. Don't do anything for 10-15 min.

15. Reboot again.

16. Enjoy.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdij305:
No bro, I know how to flash a Custom ROM. I do not know how to flash CM7 because it is a special method. Apparently, neither do you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eunkipark92:
download odin bro :) and put appropriate files in to each box then flash away ~

axura 2.3.0 with adw launcher ex
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eunkipark92:
Its good your trying to help someone but maybe read what he's asking before answering question? Giving false info like that might leave new android user with soft,or hard bricked phone.

axura 2.3.0 with adw launcher ex
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DCrozier28:
Hahahaha. My bad. I did this through my phone and all I saw was "can some on post a video in how to flash" then I went in it and started reading the OP. Completely missed the CM7 in the heading. Have you checked out youtube??