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[TG01 Themes and Apps] mirolg:
(InsertNameHere) i like your animation! :cool::cool::cool: AND tnx for the MUCH tnx-es to me! i thik i use your animation for my next miROM1 rel.5!
[TG01 Themes and Apps] (InsertNameHere):
I would be honoured. Look forward to Mirom 1 rel 5 and a 6.5 rom with sense and lots of ram!
[TG01 Themes and Apps] mirolg:
yeah, tnx a lot, man! how i can find your toshiba animated.gif? i like to cook in in miROM1 rel. 5.it will comes tomorow.
[TG01 Themes and Apps] (InsertNameHere):
Check your PM, we can sort this out!
[TG01 Themes and Apps] olyloh6696:
Great strt menu replacemnt, but does it only work 6.5.x?
[TG01 Themes and Apps] mirolg:
YES :D And no free RAM gain- only replace the standard style- but looks great
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanjinho:
i tried to install the android on my hd2 from the sd card... i formatted the sd card and extract the files from the pc to the hd2... but when i hit clrcad.exe and then haret.exe it shows me HaRET Version pre-0.5.3-... and i click run and it shows me error like cannot open script file \storage card\default.txt ?????????
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
You might need to redownload the Andriod SD build are just download and try another build if you can not get that one to work.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanjinho:
everything is ok now... I have my android done with the CWM... thanx any way
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexs5:
IM using the latest ver of midnight and tethering wont work the app (free-tether) works and all but any device trying to connect wont connect at all, been happening for wuite a while now :(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Try clearing data in manage applications. Worked on Bonsai
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevesprivateaccount:
I have wifi tetherworking great with 4g even, on syndicate 1.0.1
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/boat-browser/com.boatgo.browser

Just ran across this browser and its handling pretty well. Streaming videos work pretty well too. Its like a blend of safari, miren, and dolphin! Try and post feedback!!

**Here is a test an evo member did (not sure if he used the latest version)**

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092139
[Epic 4G General] yogi2010:
thanks, will do.
[Epic 4G General] OneEyedWilly:
Ill try it, but Xscope is blazing fast and is my default. Edit: I just tried it and its nice, but Xscope just blows the doors off it. Its speed imo, is unmatched for a non rooted browser.
[Epic 4G General] dsswoosh:
I just tried both xscope and boat browser.

Both are extremely fast.

Boat browser wins imo. The ui is alot simpler than xscope. Less clutter is superior.

Both are awesome though
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Someone should really do a comparison between all of the browsers and post a handy chart or something. Might do this later today with a dozen or so of the best known browsers.
[Epic 4G General] dsswoosh:
I am confident xscope and boats will come top. With personal preference only going to which ui someone prefers.

Don't forget to test for flash and html5 comoatibility. Opera mini mobile can't do flash.
[Epic 4G General] akenis:
Agreed. I think Boat just rocked the boat. Been XScope user for long time. Way cleaner UI. Just can't figure out how to sort bookmarks.. or a way to save them for the next flash? Guess it just uses stock bookmarks whereas xscope uses it's own, with a save to sd option.
[Epic 4G General] akenis:
Can't figure out bookmarks...not just synched with stock. Can't figure out how to sort stock either?
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
Thanks for this browser. I was using dolphin hd but I love this browser. Very fast.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] splashmktg:
I would love to see that. I'm using Opera Mini now but was using Dolphin and tried several others. A chart with positive and negatives of all would be a great help.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Gonna do it tonight after I finish dinner most likely. Going to test as many as I can with load times of web pages, flash smoothness (subjective), a bunch of browser tests like acid3/html5/browsermark, features and available screen real-estate. Hopefully it wont take too long, but it probably will as I will restart the phone between each browsers test to give a level playing field.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
that would be awesome!
[Epic 4G General] dsswoosh:
Yep, please test.

It would indeed be a sauce of awesomeness.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
It's definitely faster and nicely simple. If I can just go without the extras, I may wean myself off Dolphin HD for it.
[Epic 4G General] akenis:
Yes... but how do the bookmarks work? Mine are all deleted now. I cleared stock and then used xscope to send all my saved bookmarks to stock... but they don't go to boat B! If there's no way to save/sync bm...then it's a no go.
[Epic 4G General] Firon:
I just use Opera Mobile. Renders well and is sickeningly fast. Works with Flash too.
[Epic 4G General] Muckrak3r:
I really like the "exit and clear records" option. The one thing I hate about the stock browser is that it runs indefinitely and keeps windows open etc.
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
I like it. Its a little iphone-ish lol but it looks good. I usually use dolphin HD but I'm going to run this for a while to test it out
[Epic 4G General] 56789:
I dunno, the new Dolphin HD 5 beta 2 is pretty damn quick...
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Ahh, I love competition. ^_^ Kinda reminds me of how Firefox 4 got me much more loyal to Mozilla again.
[Epic 4G General] ishal:
Well I just ran the most basic of all test, I pulled out a stop watch and compared stock to this. Now unless I am doing something wrong here, but stock beat it every time loading webpages. Anything I am missing? But besides that its a pretty nifty browser.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Mine were imported without me even asking. Sorry, not sure what the trouble is...
[Epic 4G General] tbob18:
I did this a while ago. It may have changed a bit, but it is still pretty close.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1003243

Opera Mobile is not the fastest on every site and it does have bugs, but it is the fastest "feeling" browser IMO.

I did not test Boat on that post, but it is fairly close to xScope/Dolphin Mini from what I found.
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
I don't use Boat because its fails to scale with my lcd density.

With that said I like Opera for the speed dial and the flawless zooming.

I'm sure they will add the speed dial functionality in later versions of Dolphin HD. It is in Dolphin Mini. Which also works well. Except for the zooming!
[Epic 4G General] akenis:
Yeah, but if they change, they are not synced back to stock bookmarks. If u clear boat data from manage apps, it will reinsert stock bookmarks...but it's not two way.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
An annoying but not unexpected issue.

One way I know Boat is better is that at least for me, flash content is smoother through its use. So the thing must be more memory and/or CPU efficient.
[Epic 4G General] Isira:
Speed Dial is implemented in Dolphin HD 5.0 Beta :)
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
I am almost done with this battery of tests, and Opera Mobile is looking like a HELL of a browser. Seriously it stunned me. My post is going to go up within the next hour and its going to be gigantic as I wrote down all of my rambling thoughts as I was exploring and testing each browser. Tested 10 browsers with 4 site load tests, 4 browser benchmarks, and a flash video stress test. What a PITA this was. A couple of the browsers angered me they were so awful. Didn't do the V8 test like you did, but I guess I will throw it in before I post. Damnit.
[Epic 4G General] badbeats:
You should try FF 5, cant use an old browser like FF4 :)
[Epic 4G General] badbeats:
I tried Boat an it was not bad. I do not like the layout better then Xscope. I had a few sites that did not display that well.

Opera Mini was good, and fast, but it also had some problems with websites, and it seemed to struggle with flash.

Dolphin, and I did not get along, I dont know what to say.

Stock is ok just boring.

I am keeping Xscope.
[Epic 4G General] tbob18:
Nice, looking forward to some refreshed benches!

6.0a1 is not bad. :)

Edit: Oh, you probably mean Firefox Mobile 5. I'll have to check that out!
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Just posted it. Was a much bigger PITA than I thought it would be, lol.
[Epic 4G General] RushAOZ:
This browser is an iphone rip. Except it actually works the way its supposed to. 7 out of 10 for me. Ill stick with dolphin hd. Its worked perfectly well so far.
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
In the new tab window. But there is no way to set the new tab speed dial as the homepage. Sorry :D
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
and.. I think it works great?! Its very clean and polished, the menu button brings up key options which you would have to go into settings and scroll for in other browsers. plus the latest update adds a few themes and black is rocking out nice!:D
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
updated OP with test results
[Epic 4G General] Custodian:
Tested al browsers. And the stock browser from ginger is still slaping them all...hmph...maybe just my phone...-shrug-...I'm getting far faster reads
[Epic 4G General] dsswoosh:
No way will stock beat opera mini mobile for loading speed.

Stock is also sluggish when scrolling.

Go to mmo-champion or ign.com and stock falls flat on its face for scrolling smoothness on a 1 ghz processor.

Boat always remains silky smooth. Even with lots of flash videos on the page at the same time.
[Xoom General] aohus:
Let me start off by saying that I am no 'company fanboy' of any sorts, but rather a 'gadget fanboy' who tries to assess devices as objectively as possible.

I am current owner of a rooted Droid X (running gingerbread theme, undervolted, overclocked, with sysctl enabled, ~ approx. 2 days batt life on extended)

No, I am not teed about the current lack of flash, sd card support. thats not my gripe.

* My main gripe is a hardware limitation. I just find it heavy to use after prolonged use (after 20 min of continuous usage).

* I find the screen to be subpar compared to its main competitor, the iPad, which uses a IPS display resulting in a higher contrast ratio, deeper blacks, wider viewing angles, and better color reproduction

Xoom, Viewsonic G-tablet, iPad1

* I find holding the xoom to be an uncomfortable affair compared to the iPad1. Now, I am an iPad1 user as well. I'm starting to realize why iPad has a thicker bezel. It makes it easier on the user to hold and use.

* Native google apps are buggy. I wasn't able to play a lot of YouTube videos, and the Google Maps application with vector support was surprisingly choppy. Everyone zoom into San Francisco until the buildings show. Tilt it so you can see a lot of the buildings. Start scrolling. Its pretty choppy. For some this is barely an issue, to me, it irks me.

To those that are on the fence for a tablet, and are a current Android smartphone user, I would highly recommend the iPad2 as it is lighter, thinner, and cheaper than its main competitor, the Xoom. Not to mention the 100k+ native iPad application support. And whats wrong with diversifying your OS portfolio? :) If you think about it, who woulda thought that an Apple product would be cheaper than its main competitor?

I don't mean to knock on the Xoom, but its just not ready yet, and I'm extremely worried that tablet developer support on android will not be as successful as the iPad due to android tablet pricing ($800, no wifi confirmation yet, $539 pricing is still a rumor).

Personally, I'm on the fence with this device. All the Xoom needs is time, so that the bugs can be closed and application support increases. Not to mention the root community on the tablet will explode hopefully in the near future. To be honest, I would LOVE to have an undervolted, overclocked android tablet that can give me almost twice the batt life. I'm still deciding whether to return this and get the iPad2.

However, I do find the xoom's 1280 x 800 16:9 form factor to be superior than the iPad when it comes to web browsing. The web browsing experience on the xoom is phenomenal.
[Xoom General] dudeimgeorge:
Insanely unnecessary thread. Threads like this have saturated this website. extremely redundant. come on
[Xoom General] rudemood:
Opinions

Assholes
[Xoom General] aohus:
its an opinion. so had i made a thread only praising the xoom would that be unnecessary as well?

you can easily not respond to it. the post was created in order to garner discussion. thats all.
[Xoom General] Elysian893:
iPad doesn't have 100k+ native apps, it has 65k... I think your preference on the thicker bezel is also just that, preference. I prefer the Xoom's smaller bezel. Viewing angles on the Xoom are an issue for you? I'm looking at might from an off-angle right this moment and can still read the screen fine. Also, what are you using to judge the color representation? Any kind of professional tools, or is this just your eyes, which are far from what I'd call accurate?
[Xoom General] Elysian893:
Yes, it would be unnecessary. People who like the Xoom like it, people who don't, don't. There's plenty of reviews out there on professional sites that people can go to.
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
I was with you for a minute, until your advertisement for the iPad 2.

The Honeycomb SDK has been out for LITERALLY LESS THAN 2 WEEKS. Developers couldn't really develop until they got their own hardware as the emulator sucks. There is one honeycomb device, do you think there will never be any others? I find the app argument really weak. Give it a couple of months and there will be several Honeycomb devices, probably a 3.0.1 or 3.1 android update.

Maybe you can live with the limitations of iOS, but I cannot. Those poor notifications send me into a rage.
[Xoom General] DroidzFX:
Your assessment is just opinions how you feel about the device. When people are looking for an actual review they are going to read your crap and get a bad impression. The ipad cant really be classified as a tablet since there is no real difference between it and an iphone besides size. The only thing apple has is apps and a tablet should be about more than just apps. Android offers a different experience as a whole. But you just mention basically how much your hand hurts because you lack some muscle strength to hold something that weighs the same amount as the original ipad.
[Xoom General] dudeimgeorge:
dude are you stupid? what you just said is exactly what i claimed as redundant. Had he written this days ago, specifically on the launch date, well this would be a great NEW THREAD. Opinions are great, but having multiple batches of the same crap bloats this forum and is just lazy. go out of your way and look for the countless people who are voicing their beautiful opinions on what they think about this product. all this is garnering is redundancy, and you are no better, hot shot
[Xoom General] aohus:
one can easily find the difference in display quality by the naked eye. If that isn't enough, there are multiple reviews stating the iPad's display is better in terms of contrast ratio, black levels, and color depth.

As for the bezel issue, thats a fair statement to make, its a user preference.

The viewing angles on the iPad IPS display is definitely wider than the Xoom's LCD display. But seriously, i wouldn't consider that a 'dealbreaker.'
[Xoom General] aohus:
Right, and this is what i stated in the OP
[Xoom General] aohus:
lets not engage in personal attacks here.

the vitriol and negative remarks is atrocious. I would have expected this kind of behavior from apple fanboys. seriously. do we have to be so insecure that we can't critically judge our own product? a shame really.

i'm anxiously awaiting LG, Samsung, and HTC to make its honeycomb debut. Already eyeing the 8.9 inch sammy tablet thats supposed to be very thin and light. we shall see
[Xoom General] foxbat121:
Xoom is way ahead of its time. The software stack it relies on is way to buggy. From various report on this forum, it can barely play any decent HD video clip and Netflix support is non-existent (probably will never arrive). Yes, over the time the software will improve and stablize. But at its current state (buggy software, no Flash and no microSD support), it is not worth the premium price it is asking for, IMO.
[Xoom General] roebeet:
I have a Xoom and a SmartQ R10 (same IPS screen as the iPad). I did a comparison on Slatedroid: http://www.slatedroid.com/index.php?/topic/15865-screen-angles/

The IPS screen, imo, is better. I didn't use graphics and guides to figure this out - it was strictly with my naked eye.

As for the iPad(2), my biggest beef remains which is the walled garden approach to doing things that Apple forces on us. I am not a hater - I own MacOS SL and I love that OS - I personally think it's better than Windows 7. But iOS is a different animal, entirely.

I owned an iPad for a few days, so some examples of what I'm talking about:

- You can't even boot into the iPad until it's connected to iTunes. There's just something blatantly wrong with that way of thinking, imo. I need a desktop OS to use my tablet for the first time.... huh??

- Crippled audio and video support. No AVI, no FLAC, no Vorbis, no MKV etc etc. Yes, you can download (paid) apps to fix this, but why should I have to? Even MS started supporting Xvid AVI's in their Zune HD, last year - and this is MS we're talking about, the king of proprietary lock-down.

(Note: Before the reply of "that's because Apple doesn't support piracy", let me explain what I do. My purchased DVD's are ripped to Xvid AVI's as a standard, or MKV's if I need multiple audio tracks or subs. I made a decision years ago on these formats, as it offered the best compatibility at the time. As for music, I backup my CD's to FLAC and made the decision to use Vorbis as my Cowon music player supports it, it's easier to transcode because the codec is free to use, and it offers better quality than MP3's. But Apple thinks I'm a pirate because I don't use their codecs? I prefer freedom and choice).

- File sharing versus drag and drop. Seriously, why does Apple do this? It's my device, can't I just drop files into it? Are you so afraid that I might use it to play pirated videos that you have to lock this down?

- That HDMI dongle. Seriously, that's just pathetic. Why is so hard to just add a micro-HDMI connector to the iPad2?

- No Flash. EVER. Because Stevey-J has a problem with Adobe, his users pay for it. Don't tell me iPad users don't want it, because we all know that they would like support, deep down inside. Given the OPTION (and I stress that word) of having it if you wanted to, most would choose it. If you don't want Flash, then just don't install it. But give us the option of either / or.

- No external storage. Granted, the Xoom is missing this feature right now, but USB Host mode work (I just confirmed it) and the hardware is there. Apple doesn't add a microSD slot for two reasons - one, because they don't want you actually bypassing their draconian lock-down policies. And two, because no external storage = more money for them for their 32GB / 64GB devices.

The Xoom is FAR from perfect, don't get me wrong. But I suppose it all depends on how you plan to use your device. I tried the iPad1, and I hated it. But that's just me.
[Xoom General] chris17922:
Dude who wrote this .....I agree with you
[Xoom General] knut150:
You have summarized this very consistently as opposed to the OP. It is getting really bad in this forum that I have to ask whether it is worth to visit.
[Xoom General] aohus:
some of his points are a little off. i agree with many, but as far as codec support goes, the xoom tablet does not have much codec support. you can't play FLAC, Vorbis, MKV's natively on the Xoom, so its the same for both iDevices and the Xoom tablet.

However, that being said, it doesn't mean its the fault of honeycomb, thats motorola's decision to not support various codecs.

i'm just trying to be rational. it really comes to this.

Either Wait, and see how the other honeycomb tablets turn out

OR, if you need to buy a tablet now, you essentially have two choices when it comes to premium tablets, the xoom or the iPad2.

so you have $800 vs $499 at the moment.

a device thats thinner and lighter, cheaper compared to a singular $800 tablet with a better OS (honeycomb).
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
Wrong. $729 compared to $800. 3G vs 4G upgradable + expandable memory

The wifi Xoom isn't out yet so you can't compare a wifi only iPad 2 to the Xoom just yet.
[Xoom General] slshults:
Any post that starts off with "I am not a fanboy" is a really good warning that you're about to read a post by a fanboy who doesn't want to be thought of as a fanboy.

Heavy? Don't you find a hardback book to also be heavy if you're wasting energy trying to hold it up for 20 minutes? Get the motorola cover which has a built in stand and use it. or put a throw pillow on your lap and rest it there. The iPad 1 weighs 1.5lbs. The Xoom weighs 1.6lbs. You really think that additional ounce and a half makes more than a negligible difference? Any object of more than about 1/4 pound will start to feel heavy after 20 minutes. The product you're complaining about here is not the Xoom. You're complaining about gravity and your arms. There are multiple work-arounds available beyond those I mentioned above.

Judging from the screenshots you're primarily using your Xoom in Portrait mode, most likely because that's what your Portrait-centric iPad taught you to do. Your Xoom and Honeycomb are both Landscape-centric. Try to make the switch. You'll have a better experience.

"I would highly recommend the iPad2"

Why would anyone take advice about a product from someone who has never touched or used that product?

"I don't mean to knock on the Xoom"

Yes you do. That was the whole point of your post.
[Xoom General] roebeet:
You are correct - I was mixing my GTAB experience with my Xoom experience. After the fact I realized that the Xoom is actually more crippled codec-wise than my GTAB. That's a surprise.

Vorbis does play OOTB however, I'm a heavy Vorbis user. But the video support is bizarre - MKV works, but only to a point. Depends on the audio / video codec inside. And Xvid AVI's do NOT work, which is worse than my GTAB. FLAC doesn't have OOTB support but apps like Rockbox can fix that.

My bigger point is that the Xoom at least allows you to copy the files and then use an app, if available, to run the content. The iPad doesn't allow that - you have to have the app in advance (usually not free) and then use iTunes file sharing to move the content over. It's much less efficient.

I did do some audio / video testing on an iPad, so I know what was available and the cost for the apps. Vorbis, in particular, really annoyed me because that's my audio codec of choice. The Xoom actually sees Vorbis files, AND reads their tags. That's actually better than my GTAB.

Bad marks on Xvid AVI's, though - I hope that will be fixed. There's no WMA / WMV support either -- that could just be a build.prop change, however.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sryan1983:
I have a question(s) (hopefully not too stupid of a question) about custom MTDs. I followed the guide by HebrewToYou here and it worked perfectly. A couple days later, I decided to Factory Wipe/Reset through CWM and reinstall all of my apps, newest nightly, and newest gapps for a fresh clean start on things. When I got back in, I noticed that my custom partitions had reverted back to default (240/145.1/80). Is this normal? Everytime I wipe, will I have to redo the custom MTD process? Thanks in advance for the help/advice.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ardvaark:
Yes and yes.