yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FC1032:
I'm a little of both.

I only really like the weather unlock animations, weather app and new 3.0 lockscreen from Sense. Besides that, I like the simplicity and look of stock gingerbread
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DonDizzurp:
you can find a replacement theme, alternate apps and widgets..

although you wont ever get that tight sense ui integration :(

but sense roms are very plain.. theres things i miss about it here and there but not as much as i enjoy playing around with cyanogenmod roms and customizing every little bit of it :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hldc1:
I'm personally torn between the two, but that's the nice thing about the Nexus One (especially when the bootloader has been unlocked).

I'm a fan of Sense, and it's the only UI I like. There's just something about it, and I think a few of you touch upon some of the reasons why I like it. I don't know if it's because it makes the phone seem more user-friendly, but I know it's something. It just feels solid. As far as functionality goes, it makes the phone feel like it has a fully-functioning OS. There are just so many little unique customizations that make the phone more user-friendly.

On the other hand, I'm a big fan of CM7. Quite possibly the best iteration of Gingerbread on the streets. The speed of Gingerbread, especially in CM7, is mind-blowing (especially when you think how far things have come since the early days of Eclair in January 2010). I sometimes feel "homesick" when I'm using a Sense ROM.

I think it boils down to what you want out of your ROM. Sense is rigid. Vanilla Gingerbread allows you to make things how you want it. I will say this though: the stock camera app sucks. The Sense camera is tons better.

Just my 2 cents.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
There is no properly functional Sense ROM for Nexus for at least a year.

UI- and usability-wise, since DesireHD's Froyo versions Sense beats both stock Gingerbread and CM7 by a large margin. But unfortunately it can only be seen on Desire, since Nexus doesn't have proper functionality in those ROMs.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikkuh61:
I think SenseUI is the better one.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebigbe:
ROM flasher... i flash wherever i want :p:p RCADSmix SENSE > CM7 > MIUI .... which one suit the mood..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z4buz4:
The gingerbread interface is better :D Pure android experience!
[Atrix 4G General] oFUNGUSo:
if you guys/gals could humor me and take a super close look at your power button and tell me what you see, i would appreciate it.

maybe, just maybe, im being anal, paranoid, whatever. this wouldnt be unusual for me as im super sensitive about my expensive electronics.....

but i swear one corner of my power button is starting to peel. one corner (botton right) looks like its starting to peel up. maybe im trippin'. im bout ready to bust out a magnifying glass and look at this thing (as soon as i can find one)
[Atrix 4G General] mgymnop:
I can't see anything, but I have the feeling that my power button gets worn out from pressing. I don't know if I just became used to press the button or if it becomes easier to press, means I need less pressure almost like the spring is wearing out.
[Atrix 4G General] Man_of_Leisure:
Same feeling here, but I'm certain that I'm just used to it now. When I let friends play with my phone they struggle like I used to. Wimps :D
[Atrix 4G General] eatkabab:
lol! yeah thats my favorite. "how the hell do you turn it on?!! oh" "how the hell do you unlock it??!!! oh" --- MY phone *****!

But to the OP, yeah I notice my top left corner has a slight gap but isn't pealing.

To the above two posts, yes, the button on my atrix and my room mates have broken in since we got them a week ago. At first we were both pissed off because we couldn't turn the **** on. Now its almost tolerable although I would still appreciate an extra 1/2mm of button.

Also, my finger print reader area already looks 'worn.' We'll see how well it holds up. Always have that 1 year warranty and if it does break from normal use, you can always talk to ATT and have them give you a different phone...
[Nook Color General] jd95:
I am wondering why some of my games crash in my nook with cm7 like sherk. Is there a certain version I have to get to have it work or is it just not working yet?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimlightner:
i was looking for some text icons to put on my evo..and a little info on how to install theam....:o
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesyNutz:
https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.bii.android.app.dskvzr&feature=search_result
[HTC Inspire 4G] Imaano:
I am fairly new to android. I have been seeing different words that sort of confused me. Like for example, ROM, could anyone explain what this is? Also, what is rooting?

Thank you?
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirk123:
ROM: Read Only Memory, a program used to make changes to anything from the look of the home screen, to icons to custom boot animation

Getting root or rooting your phone is the process of modifying the operating system on your device to grant you complete control over it.

This means you can overcome limitations that the carriers and manufacturers put on your phone, extend system functionality, and even upgrade it to a custom flavor (ROM) of Android
[HTC Inspire 4G] jc2470:
a rom is basically the operating system, instead of being installed like windows it is flashed, it can have built in stuff installed depending on who puts it together, the kernal is what makes it al work with your phone like drivers and all that, rooting is giving you super user access, aka admin rights. without super user rights u cant get access to core system files, after rooted u get a higher level of access to the system. Certain programs from market require root access like rom manager which allows you to make a nandroid back which is exact back up of everything on phone, and u can also enable sideloading allowing you to install apps straight from your sdcard, instead of just from the market.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Imaano:
So would rooting enable my device to download applications from outside the market?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jc2470:
it depends if bubby included it in the one click check his thread out and it will tell u.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jc2470:
just read up in dev section make sure u know what everything is, and there is also a file to get back to stock as you got phone, but depends on what you wanted just root and side loading still same rom that came with phone? if thats it just do gold card and bubbys 1click root. there are other roms that you could try out aswell but like i said check out dev section first and get familiar a little with whats going on.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Jemmauk:
Hi,

Just a couple of questions - I have been trying to get my Diamond to work on 3UK network and it tells me that it needs a network code. It comes up with a grey screen asking for a code to be input, if its cancelled out then it means the phone will work as usual but the SIM wont register so its useless as a phone as such...

I phone 3UK and the drone tells me that it means that the phone is locked (to whatever network) and cant be used on theirs... but my question is how can it be locked when I have flashed the thing at least 5 times? I've run the hardspl on it more than once and reflashed it, so is there a chance I have managed to install a locked ROM that has overwritten SPL or is the drone as clueless as he seems to be?

This is getting to be a dealbreaker for me and 3UK because I want to use the Diamond to see if I can get a better signal on that than the X10 Mini Pro that I have (which reports no signal 95% of the time) - If I can I will stay with them, if I cant I will get out of the contract...

The other question, is does anyone have any idea what the differences are between the MDA Vario 4 and the HTC Diamond because I ran the SKtools benchmark on my phone and it reported my phone as substantially *slower* than a Diamond and called it an MDA Vario 4 - this was marginally improved when running the Performance.exe clocker, but even then it seemed not to equal the stock diamond hardware figures. I am running host.exe as the home page, but even when I disabled that it was still down on power...

I have tried to find the difference between the Diamond and the Vario 4 and there seems to be no effective difference regarding processor or memory as such - could it be that the 6.5.3 system is dragging the phones figures down?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Arqa:
Hard SPL isn't unlocking your phone, it just let you to flash custom roms, to unlock your phone, use this thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 15935784:
Hi Guys,

Just flashed Darky's 9.3 ROM to my I9000 phone, everything was great but just cant find any information on what does the "Download" option does for you when u select it at the menu where u "Press and hold the Power button".

Would really appreciate anyone who will reply and like me know what it does.

Thk's.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitb:
It puts your phone in Download Mode. That is used to flash ROMs from your PC (eg. with ODIN)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Daxten:
I like the Idea of HTC Scrybe very very much, not last because of the much rumored Microsoft Courier.

So far I've only seen it taking screenshots and editing these with the pen, which is of course the first step.

But I'm thinking of live pdf editing and stuff like that. I want to open the Script for my lecture and add notes to it with the pen, or take a photo of the blackboard and insert it into the pdf, you know things like that.

Will these things be possible with HTC Scrybe? I think only taking screenshots and editing these is a bit uncreative and not realy productive and/or helpful
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] globiboulga:
I've had the same concerns, but if you look on youtube and search video, you will see ones where someone actually writes something in the notes application, which sync automatically with Evernote. The writing seem to work quite well (i.e. small enough to actually write words and sentences on the 7" screen), although I am quite interested to see a live demo.

You can also find videos where people edit documents with the pen, including scribbling in books, PDFs, etc. Not sure whether or not these are saved as pictures - seems to be the only way (?), and then forward these as email, and so on...

It's a shame the only release dates I can seem to find point to an early May release...
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] bcmobile:
If you setup your lectures in your calendar as recurring appointments, you can scribble notes in the calendar entry and at the 'next' lecture, you can pick up where you left off. This would effectively build one long note for each subject. This is one of the many killer features which are difficult to appreciate until you use it.

Clove say mid April release.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Whoareyou:
And its spelled "Scribe"
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] jah:
Flyer has palm detection and fine pen options for detailed notes. Only issue is that the touch buttons are not palm friendly.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kcchen:
I'm sure there are Android apps for taking notes... hopefully there are a few that sync with Google Docs or Dropbox... and record meeting sounds.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] newtonc:
there are no other note taking apps that sync audio and pen input as of now.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kcchen:
Hmm... that's too bad. HTC's site show's this as a function of Scribe... maybe its a different app shown in the intro video. It starts with the user typing noteson a blank page, then taking a picture and adding to the notes, then handwritten annotations with the pen, then recording sound, and playing back the sound via the notes...

In any case, I still find myself preferring pen and paper to my iPad during meetings eventhough the convenience of electronic notes with sound is a powerful tool. We'll see if the magic pen or smaller form-factor of the Flyer solidifies the change.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] The Jones:
I think the notes app can do everything you need including the taking of hand written notes, typed notes, sound, pictures etc all in one note.

You can also edit PDF documents with annotations etc and save those back into the PDF in 2 different ways. I have no idea yet if you can do any more advanced PDF editing such as changing the flow of a document with an image.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kcchen:
Yes, after reading a few more reviews, it sounds like the Notes application can do the notes and sound sync... though there may be a problem with the granularity of the notes and sound sync.

Definitely looking forward to getting a small-form factor, full-featured Android tablet.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] newtonc:
htc's custom app can sync audio and pen. there are no OTHER apps that do that, meaning that unless someone extracts htc app, we can't do that on other tablets.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kcchen:
That makes sense. Not enough real estate on a phone to take notes. With the stylus concept, HTC definitely needs good apps which utilize the ped. The Notes app actually sounds like Soundnotes, which I use on the iPad. Definitely has the same quirks (per a recent review), and definitely not like the livescribe pen.

Hopefully we get a few more options as android tabs become more popular. I desperately want to go all electronic with my workflow, but can't seem to get away from paper for notetaking... I do scan those in for archival purposes. ;-)
[Defy General] hah2110:
If I get the Defy and root it and install a FroYo ROM, what do I lose? Motoblur? Ability to switch ROMs? Ability to downgrade? I read all these posts about people screwing things up. What is the right/easy/painless way of getting a stock Defy to a custom ROM?
[Galaxy Tab General] triplex76:
here you can find how the Galaxy Tab is constructed :

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Teardown/4103/1

and intrestingly here there is the datasheet of the wifi/bt/fm chip:

http://pdf.eccn.com/pdfs/Datasheets/Broadcom/BCM4329.pdf

as you can see it got fm support and not only a receiver but also a transmitter meaning that implementing support at kernel level you could listen your mp3 or whatever you want on your car radio!

it got double simultaneous stereo bt output support ! wow

as you can see bt spec are about 2.1+edr and not 3.0 ... why?

cause bt3.0 is simply a bt2.1edr+wifi support for large files...so hardware is the same , only software support is needed for 3.0!

you can see the collaborative support bt+wifi described inside the datasheet and even wimax support!
[Galaxy Tab General] dubie76:
I am interested in knowing if it is possible to power a portable hdd from the tab. I recently tried to plug my portable 1tb usb powered hdd into the tab via a usb to micro adaptor I got on eaby. It all connects up, however there is not power to the drive. I wonder if any tech guys who break these things down would know if there is a switch or program that would make this possible. This way, I can have 1 tb of vids and apps instead of 16gb on an sd card.
[Galaxy Tab General] corodius:
dubie, I have already answered this question in your thread about the matter, and even went as far as to explain WHY it will not work. Please do not hijack other's threads, especially for info that was answered in your own thread about the matter.

On another note, cheers for the links Triplex :D Good to see the innards of our tab hehe.
[Galaxy Tab General] triplex76:
just a quick OT answer to dubie...

usb host function is not supported from the tab at the moment but this is not the only problem.

to work properly an external usb 2.5" hard drive needs almost 500mA, it doesn't need (the best one!) that much of juice when working but when starting to spin it needs double the mA cause there is a peak just as it happens for car battery where specs are different for start amperage (peak) and continuos one.

galaxy tab can't provide 500mA, better can't provide at all cause the usb is not a feeded one type.there are phones and tabs where the usb works as an host but they needed an external power supply to feed the hard-disk if you want to connect one.usb host on mobile stuff is just there for static memory, pendrives,external hid peripherals.probably some newer ssd could work good too.
[Galaxy Tab General] dubie76:
Other than repair and information, are there any mods that can be done by taking one of these apart?
[Fascinate General] gremnocht:
Hello all,

I'm having trouble flashing frankenclean 2.8nv. it gets part way through copying files and ends with: E:Can't chown/mod /system/ (Too many open files) E: Failure at line 294: installation aborted. I'm currently on 2.5nv, but I am unable to flash 2.6 or 2.8. I'm using CwM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery v2.5.1.x Red. I can restore to my last backup, but can't flash anything new.

Anyone have any suggestions or tips to get 2.8 flashed?
[Fascinate General] doctorj1:
did you wipe everything??
[Fascinate General] gremnocht:
Yes, Wiped cache, and did a factory reset, the result was the same.
[Fascinate General] tmlhodge:
Q&A... i know its useless to try, it will never happen
[Nook Color General] cmstlist:
It looks like there isn't yet a bootable SD with the latest (3.0.1.0) version of Clockwork Recovery. Is there anyone working on this? I guess this deserves its own thread now.
[Nook Color General] cmstlist:
Bump!

Also is there anything one could easily do to take the older recovery-on-SD and replace something to end up with 3.0.1.0 on the card?
[Nook Color General] cmstlist:
Sorry to cross-post:

Ooooookay I'm going to see if I can take this into my own hands.

I downloaded and imaged a 1 GB SD card based on the 3.0.0.5 recovery. Mounting it in Windows, I see the root directory contains:

mlo

u-boot.bin

uImage

uRamdisk

Now, I also downloaded ClockworkMod 3.0.1.0 and I see inside the boot directory of the zip file:

uRecImg

uRecRam

Suppose I modify the SD card as follows:

uImage --> replace this with renamed uRecImg from 3.0.1.0

uRamdisk --> replace this with renamed uRecRam from 3.0.1.0

Will that give me a bootable universal 3.0.1.0 microSD card? Is it that easy, or is there some subtlety I'm missing here?
[LG Optimus 2x] Virtue94:
I plan on getting an Optimus 2X however the audio quality is a big deal for me and I don't want to carry around an extra mp3 player. So does anybody know the exact chip on the Optimus that carries out Digital to Audio conversion? And I'm just throwing out something into the open but when is USB hosting going to arrive? I want to start using my DAC on my portable amp.
[LG Optimus 2x] aMpeX:
In the Korean version it's a Wolfson WM8994. I suspect the audio codec in the other versions will be the same.
[LG Optimus 2x] xavdeman:
Could've just checked the Anandtech article. Google: Optimus X2 Anand.
[LG Optimus 2x] Virtue94:
You have no idea how happy I am to hear its a Wolfson DAC. Thanks.
[LG Optimus 2x] xavdeman:
Yeah, I was too when I read that, I ordered it this morning, can't wait :D
[LG Optimus 2x] Unimatrix-zero:
I want to know how the quality of the camera is in the final version of the mobile!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yetep:
Hey guys

Seen online the 56 fps cap was removed however they all link to Captivate ROMS.

Being new to the SGS, can someone tell me how to do this?

Im running Darkys 9.3 atm
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yetep:
Yooohoooo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
Well if you did read it then you would know it was not true.

**DamianGTO Ultimate OC/UV Kernel.1200MHZ. 350MB Ram. 600HZ. all ext2. Darkys rom. Js5**
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yetep:
I did and btw im using your kernel love it!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
Thanks.

Well I did look into this to.

Just to be able to make the fps to 68 instead if 57 that's default.

But I did not find anything that works.

**DamianGTO Ultimate OC/UV Kernel.1200MHZ. 350MB Ram. 600HZ. all ext2. Darkys rom. Js5**
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yetep:
Looks like something i might have to check out! Will have a wee look at some sources and try work some magic
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
Do so.

If you find anything let me know.

**DamianGTO Ultimate OC/UV Kernel.1200MHZ. 350MB Ram. 600HZ. all ext2. Darkys rom. Js5**
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
Don't forget that the FPS caps prevent heat and overuse of the battery.

Besides benchmarking, there's no real benefit form removing the FPS caps
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
I don't buy that.

Its only to save battery life.

It would be better in games.

And I don't want yo remove it either. Just to use 68 instead for 57.

That's the update frequency on the screen.

Over that its pointless.

**DamianGTO ultimate kernel v1.1 * 600Hz * 350MB RAM * OC/UV * 1200MHZ**
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Chamgea:
I previously had the original Vibrant. When I would mount the phone to my Mac Computer it would show both of my Internal and External SD cards.

Now when I mount my new Vibrant 4g it only shows the Internal SD card. I have turned on USB Debugging and it still won't display the External SD card.

Anyone know how to get both SD cards to mount to my computer?

Btw...in the time past I never needed to download drivers or anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dcam1075:
You are most likely only seeing the external SD card when you mount it to your computer as the Galaxy S 4G does not have an internal 16gigs like the Vibrant. So only the external 16gig is mountable.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hightechlive:
and get the galaxy s 4g,been seeing the problems with this phone but that dang screen is very nice and i have just a few days to return it so good or bad move?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] DustinCasler:
Good move! I did the exact same thing. Luckily my 14 days with the mytouch ended a day after the Galaxy S 4G came out. I love the nicer screen, faster data, and lighter weight / more comfortable feel. But I will admit this, i'm just using it for something to get me by until the pyramid or galaxy s 2 come out. If I was looking to keep it for a long time I would take into consideration that the MyTouch 4G will have much more support from the hacker community. CyanogenMod for example(my favorite rom that I used on my NexusOne) already has great support out for the Mytouch 4G while there is just now support coming for the Vibrant and you won't know if it will support HSPA+. So I guess My answer is that if you want the best option that's out right now, get the Galaxy S 4G. But if you have aspirations to hack and rom your device right now, you'll probably be happier with the MyTouch 4G.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] DustinCasler:
And in case you're wondering, I have got noticeably higher data speeds with the GS4G. But I can tell that the MyTouch performs better when it comes to processing speeds.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mbernusg:
I came from a mt4g.. I had I for about 3 months. Galaxy is the way to go.. it's just an all around joy to use
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] castro08:
I have a question for you guys, my gf got the gs4g a couple days ago we live live in CA. And lets say the GS 2 come out how dose the return thing go
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dcam1075:
I believe California has a 30 day return window. I highly doubt the GS2 will come out in that window but if it does you can return the GS4G, pay a restock fee and get the GS2.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] castro08:
Oh and if it dosnt is there a way to get out of the contract?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dcam1075:
Nope. You want to make sure you have the phone you want within the buyers remorse period. I am not positive about CA policies but most places in the US the contact kicks in after 14 days. In CA I believe you can exchange phones within 30 days but you can't return it out right and get out of your contact after 14 days. You may want to check with your local store or call customer care for CA specific terms and conditions.