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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freak174:
Hello dear XDA members.

I find the camera on the Xperia not as good as other phones, such as the Iphone. I mean when I bought the phone it was the HD version, did they mean that it is able to watch movies with HD quality or does it take pictures and videos in HD?

The camera has an 8.1mp, and it aint that good as I thought it would be, I mean the photos should be really smooth and good.

Am I the only one that has these kind of thoughts?

Yours
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
the camera on this phone is better than the iphone. Mp arent whats important when its comes to quality. The problem with the stock se camera is to much compression/noise reduction. This causes a blurry picture....or at least not as clear. Also, make sure you turn off image stabilzation if you have it on...this ruins quality even further.

Try downloading alt camera apps from the market....vignette is one of if not the best to download from the market. This app allows you to set your own compression settings.

Also, alot of people like camera 360 ultimate....try them all and find which you like best.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freak174:
Yea I find the blurry very annoying cause the smallest move I make the picture also get blurry. I compared the camera with a friend of mine that has an Iphone and It looked like the picture was better on his phone.

However, I will take your advice and download new camera apps. Thank you =)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
Ive done comparisions with iphone 4 and the x10....but using vignette. X10 was an obvious better picture....maybe not with stock cam tho...i didnt test that.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] fuct26:
is There a way i can put AIM on my HD2-WP7 No app in marketplace for AOL AIM:confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 10123:
Basically I'm interested in purchasing one of the cheaper tablets on the market for my sister, I want to optimize it before giving it to her as a gift.

The main interest for me is whether I can use the mods for tablets/handsets using android 1.6.

Although they are both different I'm wondering because they both use Stock Android 1.6 whether everything on here will work fine on the Tablet.

The Tablet itself is a Elonex eTouch

http://direct.asda.com/Elonex-eTouch...efault,pd.html

The Important Specs that I can find are:

Screen

Tablet: 800X480

Memory

Tablet: 192MB RAM

Tablet: Micro-SD Slot (Important for installing apps?)

Tablet: ARM LNX Code 9 Processor

Okay so before anyone replies I'm thinking that the root won't be compatible. I was an avid Windows Mobile fan (SE X1 etc) and its time for me to jump ship to Android. Although the root in theory shouldn't be compatible due to different phones/tablets, but because the specs are similar it could work?

Also there is a higher spec version Tablet also available at Asda (UK's Walmart) that includes-

* Android 2.1

* Higher Resolution screen 1024X600

* Larger screen

* Higher Ram 256MB

* And a 1GHZ Processor

http://direct.asda.com/Elonex-eTouch...efault,pd.html

Anyway If I've gotten this all wrong and you can't root the tablet does anyone have any ideas? For those -like me- who buy cheaper unknown tablets but due to lack of support find it hard to use XDA.

Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandall:
After successfully S-Off'ing my desire I had problems booting the phone after restoring my nandroid backup. A full restore would result in bootloops.

I originally thought this was because the custom Oxygen table I had applied was too small, but on trying others, I had the same result.

In recovery, under advance restore options, I only restored the following elements of the nandroid backup:

sd-ext

system

data

cache

I didn't restore 'boot'.

This prevented the boot-loops and I seem to have my phone functioning as before with nothing missing...

So, my question is, what data was in 'boot' and did I need it?! :confused:

If anyone cares to tell me why the full nandroid caused these issues, then please do!

Finally, if the above is answered, I assume I'm ok to flash the custom Oxygen hboot and restore all again other than 'boot'? Users were checking the 'size' of their nandroid backups, but I could work out how to do this?

Thanks in advance.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evil_Cid:
Data stored in '/boot' is used help in the process of loading the Android OS when you turn on your phone. The '/boot' partition is used to set up all the other partitions (i.e. /data, /cache, /system...). S-OFF just suspends a security feature and puts a new S-OFFed bootloader(this is not in /boot). You have to do a FULL WIPE after performing the S-OFF before doing the full restore.

If you flashed the custom Oxygen HBOOT, then you have to install a new ROM that will fit inside the '/data' or '/system' partition (can't remember which one exactly...I think it's /system). Restoring your previous ROM will cause problems as it may not be able to fit in.

As for checking the size of the nandroid backups, connect the phone to a PC and mount it as the USB Drive. Go into the SD card and under your recovery folder (which will be named as 'ClockworkMod' or to the one you are using) you'll be able to find all your backups. Check their properties....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandall:
Appreciate the info, thank you. I think I only flashed a new ROM after my nandroid restore failed... I'll have another go and install fresh ROM straight after the custom hboot.

Thanks again.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evil_Cid:
No worries...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingDavid36:
This was extremely valuable info. It restored back to the Backup with out a hitch. Thanks alot. Dude you Rock! Very clever!
[Wildfire General] Nexus04:
Hi with reference to a thread I started -http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978634

I thought I would try Launcher Pro free version.I am currently using ADW launcher.

After I downloaded Launcher Pro from the market I press home botton and it gives me the option to use ADW, Launcher Pro or the HTC Sense.Now when I choose Launcher pro at first it is ok but if I try to add a widget or customise the screen in any way it freezes the phone. I have to remove the battery and re-boot.I dont have any problems with ADW or Sense could it be a conflict with SetCPU?

I have uninstalled launcher pro at the moment and my Wildfire is running fine. Has anyone else had problems with launcher pro?

Thanks again
[Wildfire General] C4NCER:
are your widgets located on your sd card? that would cause some of the problems you're getting.
[Wildfire General] Nexus04:
No I have apps2sd but only a few apps are on the sd. Although I put Wildpuzzle onto the sd to flash it also jacobs kernal I put onto the sd card to flash it aswell. I have tried uninstalling Launcher pro and then downloadind again and re installing but still getting the freezes.Could it be to do with the SetCPU settings I have?

They are like this-

Max 652 MHz Min 245 MHz

all other profiles Screen off etc are 352MHz max 245 MHz min
[Wildfire General] FireFly:
Personally I use it too (LP), and I have no problem. It even makes the home much faster than sense.
[Wildfire General] C4NCER:
those settings dont look too bad. you could maybe try increasing the min for when your screens on up a bit, but apart from that I've got no more ideas.
[LG Optimus 2x] gieke:
I just installed Sygic Aura on the P990 Optimus 2x and after installation I got the message : "We are sorry. Aura requires 3D hardware accelaration, which is not available in this phone." :confused::confused::confused:
[LG Optimus 2x] Geordi2k9:
3D hardware accelaration comes with Android 2.3. The P990 has 2.2 when its shipped. You have to wait until LG give us 2.3.
[LG Optimus 2x] Sesire:
No, it's an old app which just dosn't support tegra2 yet. I already wrote the dev a mail
[General Topics] gizmee:
According to latest survey by comScore the digital measurement provider Google's Android and Blackberry RIM have beaten up Apple in the wild race for best mobile Operating system,OS.

The from comScores "Mobilens Serivice" tells that the study of 30,000 mobile users; 30.4% were Android based as the leader followed by RIM ( Blackberry) and then Apple with a constant 25% share of the Market.

With Regard to this Race for Mobile OS Supremacy, all have there advantages, but on the other hand this proves that today a major Population uses smart phones. (65.8 million in US only) .

For Lates UPdates on

Android|iPhone|Apple|Market|Gadgets|PS#|Jailbreak...GizMee.com
[General Topics] etp:
I really like Blackberry's simplicity. Pity few feels the same.
[General Topics] rayfin:
Android now has 52% market share :)
[General Topics] BlackWolf80:
Android win :-)

Inviato dal mio Optimus 2X
[General Topics] vnvman:
Nope, i feel the same too, the new Bold makes me horny.

Anyway, these numbers mean almost nothing: Apple sells only ONE phone, which costs about 800$, while there's a bunch of crappy low end android phones out there, so go figure.

This said, we're users, not shareholders, should we really care about marketing? I guess not, it's none of our business. What we should care about is software/hardware quality...on that note: there are many androids with awesome hardware, but does the software really keep up with that? Look at a super cheap lg optimus 7 (desire cpu+gpu package), it's smoother than a SGS II and costs about three times less. Even RIM has hardware acceleration now, BB OS 7 will be way faster than current android os when it will come out in a few months, and i won't mind picking up one if ICS won't be a MAJOR update. After a year spent on this OS i can say that it's not perfect, and i'm even kind of tired of playing the nerd part ironing out the bugs and glitches that google dev team is unable to handle.

You might say i'm a fool, and argue that RIM sucks and is about to die, but believe me, if android doesn't come to a new deal i can't actually tell who's gonna die first (at least in the highish end devices marketplace)
[General Topics] SpartanG087:
I love my android. Don't want anything else

Sent via Skynet
[General Topics] topdroidapps:
go android go :)
[General Topics] Furik:
Google might be in the lead but there will always be loyal Apple and Blackberry users.
[General Topics] omgdracula:
Android has the best quality in my opinion, and the fact they are open source is that much better!
[General Topics] goldbergx:
Much easier to find Apple/BB loyalists than Android one in my opinion.
[General Topics] hunainkhatri:
As expected :)
[General Topics] talormolly:
Android will be the King. And from the top cell phone news, almost 70% are about Android :D
[General Topics] wtstalin88:
Apple or Android

Apple and Adroid Both r nice

but i reffer Apple iphone most its the matter of Trust.
[General Topics] NewZJ:
All software sucks.
[General Topics] scyld:
I agree.

When I get my Android smartphone, it will be because of its low cost, first and foremost. I also appreciate the OS's flexibility. But I'm hardly "loyal" to the operating system, since it seems that its primary attraction is what it doesn't do, that is lock down the system from its users, than anything it does do.

When there is an OS that lets me use my smartphone computer like an actual computer but has full developer support, I'm jumping ship. (The most likely candidate will be Windows 8.)
[General Topics] srkoza:
go android!!!! piss on apple!!! and rim is ok :) people are just on apples nuts, if the white color gets u excited then u shud try coke :D:D:D:D
[General Topics] Dripz167:
I'll always go for the one that gives me the most out of my OS, and that will always be Android. Though I'm not loyal to it.
[General Topics] aaa:
If Blackberry, Symbian, WP7, WebOS and iOS do not do anything new and spectacular, a.k.a if the situation stays like how it is today, Android will be the king.

note: I am using an Android (Desire) and am very satisfied about it but I am more than willing to get something else, if it is better.
[General Topics] Digibonez:
I'm sorry to share this idea here.

In my opinion, Apple is still the best. If you don't like it's premium price tags, Android has some good alternatives.

Send from my Samsung GT-5800 with Kyrillos 5.7 Honeycomb and Fugumod Ultra under the hood.
[General Topics] toy028:
Apple makes great devices but it's androids turn to shine. Open source linux is what users want. If you want a simple device that's easy to use then buy an apple.
[General Topics] Dininthedrider:
Go droid go!
[General Topics] cruisin3style:
can't argue with those numbers

I've used my mom's ipad a little more than I've used my nook (just got it Wednesday), and honeycomb on the nook is definitely better than the ipad's iOS. I hate that from what i can tell you can't get back to the ipad's homepage without pressing the home button, navigation in general is real questionable on the ipad. Plus it is too big, but that's just me.

I also have a palm pixi plus and it is way better than her blackberry (no touch screen is a big part of that though). Too bad the palm devices didn't catch on more, webOS is really nice.

gotta love droid!
[General Topics] vnvman:
So you're saying that the horrendous lag in the ui doesn't bother you?

Geez i wonder how people can stand using android tablets at the present day; software is so poorly optimized for these devices that i wanna cry when i glance at one: everything lags like hell and about 80% of the widgets look blurry because they don't support tablet resolution, plus many websites are loaded in their mobile version which is just meh...
[General Topics] Asperity:
Yes, that's exactly what Mom and Pops say when they walk into the store. "Excuse me young man, I'm looking to get my first smartphone, can you point me to the devices with an OS built on Linux?"

People walk into a store with a set price in mind on what they're willing to spend. For many people, Android is all that they can afford. Don't lie to yourself, the average user doesn't care about "open," they care about the price.
[General Topics] dirtbag_td:
I am personally waiting for my contract to end with my Cell Provider and then I will be switching over to the darkside and getting me a Android based phone.
[General Topics] pdxphreek:
When I had a Blackberry for my last job, I absolutely hated it.

iPhones are okay if you don't like being a geek and fiddling around with your phone all the time.
[General Topics] vnvman:
Totally agreed. Personally i got a Desire last year because at that time iOS was piss poor in terms of functionality, and also because it was insanely overpriced: i COULD afford it, this has to be said, but i didn't want it. Nowadays iOS 5 has brought most of the improvements i was after (sure they stole google's ideas, but i'm just a user, should i care?), so if we have to compare an iOS loaded iPhone4 with a Desire right now Apple wins for too many reasons, plain and simple. Anyway, you know what? If i had to choose one of the two said devices i would still go with the Desire right now, and that's not (or at least not only) because "itz open source, linux roxxx1!!1", not even because i can't afford it (i still can) but basically because i'd just feel like a freaking moron buying a phone that performs almost on par with mine and costs about three times more (and this just a couple months before the release of its next version). If you choose to invest your money on a iOS device you either should be INSANELY rich or mentally disturbed, because what they offer is absolutely, totally NOT worth the money, and that's a FACT. Jobs knows that for sure, but still he doesn't give a flying **** because he sells a lot, and that's basically thanks to people who have no brain nor any sense of reality.

I bet most of them are like those you see parking their 60.000€ SUVs in front of a LIDL discount, and give **** to eat to their children because now they have to pay for their toy...sorry for the rant, but that's the kind of people who should be sterilized, if you ask me...
[General Topics] xda<3:
Props to Android. I have some apple products, but in all honesty my Android phone is the best. Comparing to the iPhone, Android phones are much more customizable. Heck, on an iPhone you can only change the background, unless of course you jailbreak. But seriously Apple? Anyways, go Android go. :D
[General Topics] iridaki:
Call me superficial, but I want to be able to choose my own ringtones.

:D

Xperia X10i via Tapatalk
[General Topics] Ronnet:
You can argue that Android is no.1 only because it is available on so many different devices that come in different styles, shapes and prices.

But the reason it is available on so many devices is because it is such a great OS. If phone makers only cared about having the same OS to stand against Apple then they could have gone for Windows Mobile 6.1/6.5.

Sony tried it with the early Xperia models (their premium phone line) but they quickly found out it wasn't up to the task and went to Android, for these reasons:

- Android has the speed (making it great for high and low-end phones).

- Is user friendly (making it great for the savy and the not so savy)

- It is open (making it great for modders and regular folk)

- Phone makers can redesign it (making the OS fit for Blackberry like devices (Charm/Galaxy Pro) as well as Iphone like devices (Galaxy S)).

Whatever Apple and RIM do they will always have one style and one point of view, so they can never match up to open source and its collective minds of professional and amateur developers (both hardware and software).
[General Topics] vnvman:
Lmao android is available on many devices because it's free, so the manifacturers don't have to pay for the os and can save a lot of money...
[General Topics] Ronnet:
So you are saying that manifacturers would also use Android if it was crap, because it is free?

I don't see how you are giving a counter argument to my argument. Ofcourse it being free is great and all but that alone doesn't lead to manifacturers picking it massively. I'm sure that had a paid OS been much better then they would have gone for it instead.

As a end-user I don't care if the manifacturers paid for their OS license. I just want the best possible smartphone experience and Android + manifacturer tweaks offered me that.
[General Topics] vnvman:
Well it's not crap, it's pretty nice, ofc price isn't the name of the game (not totally). Let's say it's a great bang for the buck for manifacturers shall we? ;)
[General Topics] rhazahrd:
the ios is just a well done os...simple and usable for moms, dads, kids and grampas/granmas..people that just want to use that without thinking about how...

the biggest success of android is keep the community on their side, cos there a lot of people fixing holes in android that android's developers cant...

ios users want to brag that look and shine...

android users want to be part of something bigger...
[General Topics] vbetts:
Majority of android users though don't root their phones at all though, we're the minority here as is people who jailbreak their ios devices. But shouldn't any mobile os being like that? Using it without having to think of how they use it? I would have that for Android any day of the week.

The big reason as it's been said before Android is growing so much is because of availability. There are only a few still supported Blackberry devices on the 4 major networks here in the States, and only 1 iphone 4 on 2 networks.(The white and higher gb versions are counted in this) Android devices, there's at least 4 on the 4 major carriers here.
[General Topics] ifn_ace:
yes I completely agree. I have an experience, a lot of my friends using blackberry I have no idea why they choose blackberry than android. maybe they didn't know about android. And after I showed my samsung galaxy GT-S5770, many of them now using android phone such as: LG Optimus Black, Samsung Galaxy Ace and etc

I just showed my samsung Galaxy GT-S5770, you know it's not great enough. What if my phone was sony ericsson X10 ?:D
[General Topics] Jorixine:
Most people, at least here in Argentina chooses a BlackBerry over an Android simply because they think its 'easier' to use. Another fact that could do that is that BB was one of the first smartphones coming to our market and people is very used to them.
[General Topics] KnowledgeBroker:
Opinions like these make me laugh. An open source device which is still young but attempts to do the most is NOT going to be perfect. But you have to consider the fact that the entire idea of the operating system is built on the idea that if you can make the hardware do it.. have at it. It wont be perfect until more generations of the Google software goes by.

Apple would be far from perfect if they allowed their hardware to be FULLY utilized. They would still be better because of limited number of hardware profiles to work on(og iPhone is not that many generations away), but only one current software to work on..

That said, android has done damn well considering all those apps have to work on hundreds of hardware variations, and multiple versions of OS. It does quite a bit pretty damned well considering it works consistently on my nook color(a device not meant to do almost anything) as it does my Samsung vibrant. It your optimus. Or that dudes galaxy tab. Or that other guys og Droid.

You get my point. It is amazing Google has gotten it's OS to work as well it has without it being a control freak trying to sell you yesterday's functions.(apple)

Notice I didn't talk about rim or webos? Yea.. they aren't dying, they never were alive in my opinion. They never tried to offer more than the bare minimum, something an almost but not quite smartphone can offer. Sorry if it is harsh, but it is true.
[General Topics] lunlunb:
that android has broken in the lower ended market is the main reason,unlike ios
[General Topics] Gusar321:
People like to repeat that a lot, but it's not really true. The most popular Android phones are high-end devices from Motorola, HTC, Samsung. Most of them in the same price class as the iPhone.
[General Topics] DonEmu:
Popularity doesn't really trump availability though. The fact that the high-end scale of android is the most popular just shows that more people are prone to using it at its maximum potential but that fact that the OS as a whole caters for a larger clientele is in itself incentive to go high-end.

You at the very least know that your currently high-end phone would have a far longer shell life due to a more universal updatability of software than lets say, IOS/iPhones that practically become obsolete in a year.
[General Topics] slapshot30:
But... But... What about WP7??

Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G
[General Topics] FatalityBoyZahy:
I've never gotten used to a Blackberry .... never have, never will.
[General Topics] nrvnqsrxk:
You guys are missing the big picture. AAPL might be losing market share, but look at their net income and compare that net income of each separate Android manufacturer.

Yea, that's what I thought. But it doesn't bother me a bit.

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[General Topics] KnowledgeBroker:
Umm, why would someone do that? Google owns Motorola now, they coulbsay screw everyone else and try apple head to head.. but it isn't twirling business model.

These companies can be compared market wise, not individually as manufacturers. Hell, what makes android much better in my opinion is that there is competition from other manufacturers of the same OS.

I laugh out loud when tech news and blogs ask if the next tablet is the "ipad killer".. because the ipad is based on popularity and stability, not features and functionality. Every android wins on the latter concepts.. they are just competing with other android devices.