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[Defy General] eaustra:
In "about phone" I find that my Defy is:

Firmware version: 2.1-update1. Is this in fact the Android OS version installed?

Build Number: JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1 Is this in fact what in this forum is referred to as the phone's firmware version?

I ask this because do far I have seen firmware version only referred to as 2.51.1 and such. It seems very improtant to know before attempting to root the phone.

Yes, I've tried to find the answer elsewhere, no luck :(

Thanx to anyone with an asnwer!

Peter
[Defy General] Step666:
Yes, 2.51.1 refers to the build number - there is no Android version 2.5[xxx]

All 2.51.1 ROMs are based on Android version 2.1/Éclair.

2.2/Froyo ROMs all have build numbers along the lines of 3.[xxx]
[Defy General] eaustra:
Thanks for clearing that up!
[Defy General] michael_cook:
Root Achieved

Thanks for the advice.

1st I needed to download the Moto Tools (Moto Driver Installation).

I ran 1.7 of SuperOneClick but it kept freezing waiting for Device after appearing to push RageAgainstTheCage to the Defy. After trying numerous times with 1.7 and turning on/off debugging at certain places, I tried 1.3 of SuperOneClick and that worked right away.

Appreciate all the help!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] wangjs:
Name:

Toy Xylophone

Description:

Play and learn music!

Toy xylophone is not only a fun instrument for kids and adults to play, but also a simple learning tool to learn how to play more than 60+ children and folk songs from all over the world!

Features:

- Multi-touch support, so you can play it like a real instrument.

- 60+ children and folk sample songs from all over the world.

- Tempo adjustment during song playing, so you can easily learn how to play the song.

- Two beautifully designed music keyboards, rainbow and wood styles, for you to choose from.

Latest Updates:

- 20 new songs added. Make it 60+ songs now!

- Mute function during song playing. You can easily follow the blink notes and play the full song!

Video: http://vimeo.com/21854717

Download Links:

Toy Xylophone: http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=2b3c1de5-9940-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

Toy Xylophone Free: http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=f543b62b-d541-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
Looks pretty nice. I'm gonna download it for my 11 month old boy. He just loves my HD2. Not to mention how he loves all the things that make all kind of sounds. Thanks. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] wangjs:
Hope you like it! Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dkp1977:
We both like it very much. :) He especially likes the songs that come with the app.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] wangjs:
Just update my Toy Xylophone, 20+ new songs added! Enjoy!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] wangjs:
Sounds like he will be a musician soon. Also, If he like sounds, my another new game might be interested to him. :)

Check it out here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1029361
[Fascinate General] thefunkbot:
100-0% in 2 hours with the screen off. Superclean 2.8. I've tried "reconditioning" the battery by letting it drain and wiping battery stats, but it doesnt help. What can i do?
[Fascinate General] doctorj1:
try running the battstats script, do a search for it
[Fascinate General] neh4pres:
As a general rule, ONLY flash new roms with a fully charged battery

Sent from my Rocking dj05, themed superdark w/o swype mod, voodoo 5, with custom boot and shutdown.. With premium xda app.
[Fascinate General] Scrappy1:
All froyo based ROMS at this point still drain battery much faster than 2.1 ROMS when wifi or gps enabled. Gotta turn off wifi and gps to get good performance.
[Fascinate General] tasiadessert:
Have you ever over-charged your battery.?
[Fascinate General] devlp1213:
even with on I still get several several hours of battery life on sc2.8 I get full day charges with wifi on at home, playing music while driving, constant internet searches
[Fascinate General] ckevinwelch:
I flashed SC2.8 Sunday morning at 1:00. I was at 98% battery, and ran fxpms and battstats right after flashing.

When I woke up at at 7:00 my battery was down almost a quarter (about 76%). I noticed in spareparts the time without sleep was over 5 hours. I turned off GPS, WiFi, and auto-rotate, then turned them back on. Then I ran /system/bin/sensorcalib_yamaha from terminal emulator. It is now almost 24 hours later and I am at about 25% battery.

Since your battery life is so bad, I would also recommend turning your phone off and doing a complete charge on a wall charger (i.e. not a computer). Maybe try the things above after doing that. Good luck.
[Fascinate General] spodg:
Just for comparison

Just for comparison: Stock unrooted EA28 gives me over 50 hours of standby on one battery charge. I did not used the phone for calling much, but I have Skype running 24/7 and of course I check email and sending texts. Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-fi, 3GData is constantly on. Now I think that's how it should be. Two days on one battery in standby with minimal use, not 2 hours.
[Fascinate General] ezas:
I was not getting horrible battery life but it went down hill when I went to SC 2.8nv from 2.6 which I did with a full data wipe.

Running bstats at 100% (charged until it says 'full' in Spare Parts) then 3 full cycles from 100% to < 5% helped me some. Not life changing but noticeably better battery life. I'm doing one more full cycle right now. Than I'll go back to putting on the charger when I get the chance.

I have charger by my bed, a cord hanging from my computer and one in the car. Not too hard to keep it charged up like that.
[Fascinate General] rivaaaa253:
No not at all, try going into terminal and enter

Su

Fxpms

On the latest superclean and that should help and wipe battery stats on a full charge, trust me I've had the same problems where I wouldn't use my phone at all during school and at the end of 6 hrs it was dead when I checked...
[Fascinate General] obsidianchao:
I get about 4 hours total use, no complaints.

Samsung Fascinate, Verizon

EB01 Superclean 2.4

Kenesis' TransMyst GBKB (EPIIIIIC)

Mob87's Honeycomb Theme

Stock Kernel
[Fascinate General] bobloblaw1:
What I've found so far--

1. I seem to sporadically get a "time without signal" error but that results in standby using significantly more battery than it should. you can check this by looking at phone info. If your time without signal is 50% or higher (and you are in a good signal area) you have this issue.

Workaround: Toggle airplane mode on and then off each time you reboot your phone.

2. GPS radio doesn't always release wakelock. Therefore the phone won't go to sleep and the battery will drain like crazy. You can check this out using Spare Parts.

Workaround: Disable GPS when you aren't using it. Some people have reported that opening Maps and then closing it will also release the wakelock.

3. There seems to be a bug in sensorserver_yamaha which controls the rotate settings. You can check to see if this bug is effecting you by looking at the CPU usage of this process.

Workaround: Disable auto-rotate. OR This may be a fix but I am currently unsure. Boot up terminal. Su to root. type /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha and run it. Follow the onscreen instructions.

You still might need to go through the battery re-conditioning process. However, as far as I can see, these three items seem to be the biggest culprits in fast battery drain on SC 2.8.
[Fascinate General] ssmaster:
I am confused. Where is this "phone info"?
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
Use spare parts and see if under battery history, other usage, the phone is at 100% running. If it is, something is preventing the phone from sleeping, and causing your issue. For me, the proximity sensor was creating a wakelock and the phone wasn't sleeping. I Odin'd stock EB01 + 2.2 pit and then reflashed cwm recovery, the rom and kernel, and so far, I haven't had the issue repeat itself and battery life is much improved.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob77:
Just wondered if there was a way in which I could force an update? I've had to revert back to stock firmware and am currently on 2.3.1. Ive tried the CHECKIN method but nothing happened. Any suggestions guys?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
you can manually push the update through recovery located here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=967953
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [hfm]:
Nope..

Do look for the thread titled '2.3.3 link' though. It's rather easy to apply it manually.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob77:
Thanks guys

I have done that method before but I think it screwed up my mms hence I would rather receive it OTA just incase. Are they still pushing out the 2.3.2 update for us that are yet to receive 2.3.3?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Probably not. They would probably send you the version that goes from whatever you're on to 2.3.3 since the Android 2.3.3 URL thread has like three different versions.

The alternative is to flash a custom ROM such as CM7, Axura, GingerS, MoDaCo which features 2.3.3 (unsure about GingerS)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempdown123:
I still don't get the 2.3.3 OTA either. Since I had some problem when I was using N1 and tried to update it manually, I decide to wait for OTA in my NS. I am curious why it can take so long time to push out an OTA?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorak950:
Two reasons: network strain and damage control in the event of Problems.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaulW21781:
I'm waiting for the OTA to come through to my other halves new NS which we got yesterday to update from 2.3.1 to either 2.3.2 or better still 2.3.3 but, guess it ain't happening any time soon :-(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Force update in post #2 that I linked. This is the same file you would get from the OTA. All the OTA does is bring a dialog box saying its available for you and it goes to that link. The link was achieved using aLogCat. It's directly from *.google.com
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaulW21781:
Done cheers!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mac227:
how to force update

Picked up my NS on saturday (so it should be running 2.3.1 right?) Anyway when I go into settings-about phone-system update it says i have latest version. I am fairly confident this is not so. So how do I force update to my NS?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [hfm]:
Search for the thread titled '2.3.3 link' and do it manually or wait until you get it pushed down to you. There it's no way to force it OTA (over-the-air)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
this has been posted so many times

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=981361
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CB620:
Go to development and use the 2.3.3 restore with root. Real easy
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takkun1946:
No offense to the OP, but I find it very odd that people buy a "pure Google experience" android device then manage to forget to use Google.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
OP's name does have "mac" in it :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] galnet:
Sorry if this has already been mentioned but Ive just checked in to Samsung Apps and was asked to update. Seems as though there are going to be Free and Paid Apps. Im on Gingerbread so no idea for others but update is there just click on Samsung Apps.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dilbert83:
Mine updated a couple of days ago, running 2.2.1.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] blackdeath09:
Just checked it on Froyo and there is an update indeed
[Galaxy S I9000 General] galnet:
Thing I like is it doesnt display the stupid number over the icon or pop up on the status bar every hour!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] i9000OR:
I just received the update, but every time i try to open the app it force stop. Im running Android 2.1.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zziggy:
I noticed this too. Everything has "Free" next to it which means they could start having some paid ones. I also noticed that Asphalt5 is missing. Pity, I used that to show off the graphics on my phone.

RoadSMS appeared. Lets you walk and text and see the road ahead with the camera. AndroidGuys samsung app appeared.

Oh, I'm not on gingerbread. fw 2.2.1, darkys 9.3 xwjs5, jve baseband, damiangto kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] galnet:
Yer i noticed Asphalt 5 was missing. Shame cause as you say it shows of the graphics.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Intratech:
I got the update a few days ago. Guys Asphalt 5 isn't missing, just click on bit that says 21 updates available and it will take you to more apps. It's not that intuitive.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bsamurai:
Nothing to do with Gingerbread, Froyo 2.2.1 received the same update

It's all here my friend.

looks like Samsung want to create it own "market", similar with HTC direction.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rapidpayments:
I got the update on 2.2.1.

I had 48 updates available before the update but only 23 afterwards.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Hero Yu:
The social hub push email apk region specific? Its not showing on my uk unbranded galaxy s......
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgkahn:
Can't update hangs at 29% every time
[Galaxy S I9000 General] An Droid:
Some of the missing apps (eg. Asphalt) can be found under the 'updated apps' heading.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] belayson:
Yea after updating you lose the majority of the apps and no more asphalt :(, its a shame cuz that really was a pretty deep game, especially considering that it was free. Now after flashing a new rom I can't download it back lol nice...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] optima2004:
Mine updated but looks no different than before, my friend on another network updated his and its the new one.

Is the new interface carrier limited?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
Are you looking under 'updates' in the 'featured' tab? Snap&Go, Asphalt 5, Social Hub, etc. were there for me, but took me a while to find it lol.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wuestenfuchz:
Where can i find the "featured" tab?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DocMarc73:
+1 Cant find it ....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Deleted member 4008681:
after upgrading to 2.3.3 via kies (CSC DBT) and a factory reset. non of these samsung apps are available for download. i could only install the samsung apps update itself.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SaneinOne:
Here you go
[Trophy Windows Phone 7 Development] ansar.ath.gr:
Hi,

A new ROM for the Vodafone_ELL operator:

RUU_Spark_Vodafone_ELL_1.10.168.05_Radio_5.52.09.16_22.33a.50.10U_by_ansar

see also thread: Windows Phone 7 Branded ROMs for Spark

Till next version enjoy!!!

Regards, ansar.
[Nook Color General] Adanedhels:
Ok so I remember I read awhile back someone had used a EVO market spoof, I wanted to try the same thing in order to try and force some of my programs to work correctly. Does anyone remember where this is I've spend hours searching and can't find the post anywhere...

Thanks,

Adan
[Nook Color General] pseudo_nomen:
Here's the fingerprint from my EVO from /system/build.prop:

ro.build.fingerprint=sprint/htc_supersonic/supersonic/supersonic:2.2/FRF91/294884:user/release-keys
[Gen8 General] jimcpl:
Hi,

I have a 10" Android tablet (a Viewsonic Gtab), but am thinking of getting a smaller tablet, for portability. I guess that, functionality-wise, I've been somewhat spoiled by the Gtablet, but the Archos 43 seems to come close, but with a smaller form factor.

So, I've been researching it.

I know that the screen is resistive and only 1 point touch, and that it has 256MB of RAM memory, and is available with either 8GB or 16GB, but had some questions:

- The Archos site says it comes with Froyo, but starting Nov 2010. I'm assuming that the current units are shipping with Froyo, but the Archos wiki site still lists 2.1, so I was wondering: What are the current (new) units shipping with? Is it Android 2.2? Or, are they still shipping with 2.1?

- On the Archosfan site, I've seen some threads about the size of the system part of the nonvolatile memory (/system ?), but it seems like there hasn't been any success in increasing that. Is that still the current case?

- What kind of debug-type, unbricking capability does it have? For example:

o Does it support ADB via the mini-USB port?

o Is there a recovery capability (e.g., power on + vol, to flash recovery)?

- I gather that it's possible to get Android market installed, but wanted to confirm that that's the case?

- Some general questions: How are the display (both viewing and touch responsiveness) and internal speakers, and is the Archos 43 reasonably fast (I know that that last one is a relative question)?

Sorry for all of the questions!

Thanks in advance,

Jim
[Gen8 General] jch0:
Try it out before you buy -- you might hate it.

They ship with 2.1, but will update to a highly-hacked version of 2.2 when you connect them to the Internet. Careful -- the custom 2.2 build uses an older kernel (2.6.29), and it seems that the JIT is disabled.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

For viewing, the display is pretty nice. The touchscreen is pretty horrible -- I find it's unusable with fingers, you need a so-called "stylus" (a match or the cap of a ball-point pen will do fine).

A few other caveats, which might or might not be relevant to you:

there's no GPS, which is a real shame for a device with such a nice, large screen;

the camera is pretty poor, it's really only useful as a webcam;

the MPEG-1/2 and AC3 codecs cost extra, and while it is possible to install a free software player, that won't allow you to play HD content;

there's no IPv6 support in the official kernel.

In short, I'm finding it's quite nice as a media player, but certainly not as a general-purpose Android device.

--jch
[Gen8 General] jimcpl:
jch,

Thanks for the info.

Re. the Froyo and the older kernel: What is the impact of that? Does that mean that some (all? a lot?) of apps from market won't run on the 43?

Re. the screen. I have some older PPC/Windows Mobile PDAs (IPAQ 100, Dell Axim, etc.). How the touch sensitivity on the 43 compares to those?

I don't need IPV6 or GPS...

Thanks again,

Jim
[Gen8 General] ExploreMN:
Jim,

Have you considered a phone like the Droid X or the Evo? Screen size is nearly the same, but then you would always have it with you and you would probably be happier with it as a portable device.

BTW...once you go capacitive, resistive screens seem like ass ancient technology that you kinda hate. Its like sleeping in silk pajamas and then changing into polyester ones.
[Gen8 General] jimcpl:
Explore,

I mentioned that I have a G tablet, and that has a capacitive screen. I'm just looking for something smaller, kind of to use as an Android pda, not a phone, and esp. No monthly plan.

I've actually also been thinking of getting an LG Optimus V from Virginmobile, which is also Froyo, but Flash apparently is no-go on that because it uses an ARMV6 cpu.

Jim
[Gen8 General] donn123:
You must try before you buy!!! I didn't know this when I bought my a43 and let me tell you, typing on this device is near impossible. In fact I find the resistive screen so bad I no longer bring my a43 to work with me and I have reverted to my iPod Touch since I can easily and quickly thumb type on it.

The a43 has been relegated to my desk at home strictly as a "learning about Android" device. I have paired it with an Apple BT keyboard and that makes it usable but not portable.
[Gen8 General] CrunchyDoodle:
Hmmm - I kind of like my A43 IT. I find the resistive touch screen pretty good. It compares well with my now ancient Palm T|X and is almost as good as the capacitive multi-touch on my A101 IT.

After close to 20 years using a Palm, I am very used to small resistive touch screens. I am most comfortable with a stylus in my hand. I have fairly large hands and fingers, so it amazes me when I'm fingering my A43 and it gets it right most of the time. I actually have a sense that it knows what I'm thinking to get it so right. Again, 20 years of using Palm gestures with a stylus, as well as their tiny on-screen keyboard. I bought SwiftKey for both my A43 and A101. It's very intuitive (if software could be intuitive :) ). The few minutes I played with an iPad were no better to me.

Bye. :cool:
[Gen8 General] jimcpl:
Crunchy,

I have a couple of TC1100's, so for this use, I'd not prefer having to use a stylus, I just realized though, that I also have a Fuj U820, which also has a 5" resistive touchscreen. The 43 would be a bit smaller screen, but seems like it'd be comparable, but w Froyo instead of Windows 7, so I'm kind of leaning to trying the 43.

Thanks for all the feedback, everybody!

Jim
[Gen8 General] cutterjohn:
I decided to go ahead and order a 16GB a43 from Amazon yesterday. Should be here tomorrow, or so I hope.

I'll let you know how it is... the a32's resistive screen is VERY responsive,probably one of the best that I've used, or at least as good as the old PDAs and MUCH better than either the WPDN or Augen GT78...

Heh. Didn't notice that about the kernel... although a larger disappointment to me was only 256MB of RAM... and the uSD lack of the a32 but I knew about that ahead of time, still odd for something that is more useful as a PMP than a general purpose device. (The 3.2" screen @ 400x240 is just too tiny to really use for web browsing or reading except in a pinch. Also would've preferred a uSD slot over the crap camera(640x480) might be useful for barcode scanning, works for QR codes...)

One additional comment, I've take to using a stylus with the a32 as some programs(and keyboard) are really kind of small and the stylus makes it less painful to select various things... fingernail gets by most of the time, but I've come to prefer a stylus for pro-longed use so I'll try to keep that in mind when I get the a43... probably won't have much meaningful to say until Friday though... unless it's really awful...

[EDIT]

Seriously?! You're running stock fw on the gtab?! Has it gotten good enough to use? (Which is the main reason that I started exploring custom fws in November...)

Which reminds me of another comment about something that I already know for certain from using the Nook Color & a32: do NOT expect a cortex-a8 tablet to be as fast and smooth as a tegra 2 tablet. They just aren't.

Also forgot to mention that it seems that Archos added a swapfile w/the froyo upgrade so a little more internal storage is lost to it. Not sure if it makes any difference as I upgraded the a32 as soon as it had fully charged which took me straight to the latest fw which is what I'm using on it. (Seemed kind of pointless to bother with anything else on it since I'm only using it for music playing and occasional video... played some over uPnP from my linux box the other day(mediatomb) which went well...)

[/EDIT]

[EDIT2]

...so I decided to pull out the a32 and check some things with the Android System Info app, and found this hilarity: (this is stock 2.1.8 fw)

Android ID: dead00beef

and yep,

o.s. version: 2.6.29-omap1

[/EDIT2]
[Gen8 General] jimcpl:
Cutterjohn,

Yep. Still on stock w Gtab... not even w the enhancement pack. Maybe I'm not as discriminating as others, but it's been fine for me, and I use it a LOT.

Besides the screen on the A43, the things I'm hesitating about are the 256Mb /system, whuch seems kind of restrictive, and what the downside if the older kernel is.

Thanks for the comments, and post when you get yours!

Jim