yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r.iqbal87:
Designgears makes good roms for those starting off, and good roms, just in general. Back in August when I got my cappy my first rom was I believe his first rom release, [srv] 1.0 or something. It was kinda my gateway drug. But his roms are good for beginners because the process for flashing is very simple, and most of all they're pretty stable. So for people unwilling to do deal with bugs, or are prone to complaining about things they don't want to really understand as yet, designgears offers a variety of solutions.

PS....

just as everyone else has mentioned, make sure to post in the correct section to avoid cluttering the forums.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgrooman:
Does Firefly unlock/enable tethering or will I still need an app like Wireless Tether? (I did read the first few pages of the official firefly thread but did not see the answer there...)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangi26:
I'm almost 100%, it does. I'm running Phoenix (kind of the big brother to Fire Fly, and it is supported)

Sent from a autonomous device
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Wahoo a best rom thread, Have not seen one of these in awhile.:D

Ok Well there is no "Best Rom" Just a "Best for you rom". I have my favs like everyone else but your best bet is to try them out as you see one that catches your eye. No one can tell you what rom you would deem best it.
[Xoom General] e.mote:
AR Resize

Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/qt61s0

Description: Adjust video aspect to better fit widescreen videos onto mobile devices' screens. Very fast, no video recoding. Windows-based. MP4 only.

Use: Unzip to a folder. Drag-drop videos onto AR_RESIZE.CMD to change their aspects. To restore to original aspect, drag-drop on AR_RESTORE.CMD.

Notes:

. Degree of aspect change is adjustable. To change, edit AR_RESIZE.CMD and search for set "_fudge=7". Possible values are from 0 to 10, where 0 = no video aspect change, and 10 = change to fully fit device screen. Samples below.

. Since this changes a value in the MP4 container, not all players are compliant. Anamorphic videos may be less compatible. Feedback on Xoom player (and 3rd-party Droid players) are welcomed.
[Xoom General] DebianDog:
DVD Catalyst just added this functionality too for Xoom rip although I am no fan of stretching my videos around.

Cool editing the MP4 info though.
[Xoom General] e.mote:
The above is non-permanent and reversible, which is vastly preferable to having to re-encoding the video. As of this point, it doesn't do side-cropping, since I know of no way to do soft-cropping via MP4 container specs.

I'll implement soft-crop once there is a decent media player for Android that can handle the MKV format. MKVMerge has a cropping function, but sadly, most players won't recognize it. Since the MKV container is sponsored by the Core peeps, I'll be certain to get them to implement it for CorePlayer (if it's not already), and I'll be on the VLC forums as well.
[Xoom General] madsquabbles:
I've always hated watching TV's where people distort the sd to widescreen. if the ratio isn't set properly it drives me crazy.
[Xoom General] e.mote:
I agree, distorting AR isn't a good option, but it's between the bad and the worse. There are a few gazillion tablets out there with 4:3 aspect.

Which of the below looks the worst to you?
[Xoom General] patass:
I hadn't realized that Leonidas was made out of the same material that Gumby is...Thanks for this.
[Xoom General] e.mote:
Better image resizing examples. First image is of 300 trailer (2.41 AR) on the iPad, second is of same on the Xoom.

2.4 video on iPad (4:3) screen

2.4 video on Xoom (1.702) screen
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] willzrocking:
Over the Last couple of days I have been using the stock MIUI rom, it ran supurb and very fast and stable and with the gingerbread theme for MIUI it looked very nice. And battery life for me was incredable using it normally like I do and at the end of the day maybe be around 55-65% left.

I now have moved onto the CM7 rom as wanted more of a stock like phone and read it is very good but from full battery within an hour it is almost 30% BT is not on as know there is a common no sense rom issue.

Although this is easily fixed by just switching back I wandered if anyone knew any stock like roms with good battery performance? or should I just stick with miui?

Im using a Euro HD2, and think its the 2.15 radio
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] vbenkovskyy:
You are using HTC HD2?

You are using HTC HD2? If yes, it's normal. Almost all android roms draining batteries very quickly...;) And MIUI drains the battery additionally...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] willzrocking:
:P

I do realise that the MIUI roms drain the battery lol only at a much slower rate all my question was, is there a stock rom that drains it at a similar rate so it lasts say a days use instead of an hour :D

Also why are the CM7 mods the worst offenders at the min ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] coldest~~~:
go to market, and download currentwidget. put the phone on standby (turn off BT and GPS) let it sit for a minute, go to currentwidget and see how many mA is showing. if it's 3-7mA on standby, then it's normal.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Skellyyy:
You should try get your hands on MDJ's Cyanogen Mod 2.6. I thought that had great battery for a CM7 ROM. You won't find it here on XDA as MDJ's work is banned but a little google should do the try. ;)

It comes with the stock launcher but it's pretty easy to download your preferred launcher. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] KeeperOfThePizza:
I see some people with the circular battery mod or the percentage inside the battery mod..where can I find this? I don't really care for cyanogens options
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ianmcquinn:
You have to modify your framework-res. You can do this easily by using the UOT Kitchen (http://uot.dakra.lt/). Someone also made an app do this here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=892297. Never tried it myself though. I've used the UOT Kitchen many times before though.
[HTC Inspire 4G] gtalum:
This is probably a stupid question. I just rooted my Inspire using the simple root tool. If I try some other ROMs, will I have to set everything up again? Program data seemed preserved, though I'm not sure how, but I had to place all my icons back on the home screens and set up email accounts again. I hope there's a way to switch ROMs without having to go through all this work again. I appreciate any advice!
[HTC Inspire 4G] isaacfank:
there are different partitions on your phone. boot,system,data, and cache. if you dont format data then all your programs and settings will stay.

but if you are switching to a rom that does not have sense (ie cm7) then you must do a full wipe of everything.
[HTC Inspire 4G] gtalum:
Thanks! I'm really looking to try the ROMs with Sense.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
Titanium backup is key.
[General Questions and Answers] cesaraph:
Updated 18-Mar-2011 :

2.3.3 CM X8 J005 HACKDROID

Download : 2.3.3-CM J005-by-racht

This is the J005 version made by Jerpelea with audiomixer,headphones,brightness and wpa fixed.

Sense theme installed, HTC keyboard, LauncherPro and system panel (as in all my roms).

e06531e06ce99392cec158f6309ed0a6 cm7-j.rar 89MB

I tried ebuddy messenger but i got safe to remove sd any other app like ebuddy??
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] huntish:
Hello!

I have recently rooted my xperia x10 mini pro, with superoneclick rooting software.

With that, I also removed some of the stock apps like peggle, wisepilot etc from my phone using the code as "rm -r [appname].apk".

But now I am facing a problem with my phone as I cant hear the voice during call.

Though the caller's voice are audible in Loudspeaker mode!

Can anyone please help me with this problem?

Did I do something wrong here?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GatorsUF:
I have become satisfied with the battery life on my AMOLED inc, but the power button is screwed up so I am getting a new/refurbished one. I am not sure if it will be AMOLED or SLCD, but I am excited either way.

Does the SLCD get the same or better battery life? Is the only other difference between the two that some recoveries don't work with it...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I Am Marino:
I may be wrong but I've never heard any blaring differences between the two, yet this is with my experiences.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptainMoustache:
If there is any battery saving difference I haven't noticed any. I got one of the first SLCD units and the battery life is just as bad as before.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ianxcom:
For some reason I have it in my head that amoled has better battery with dark colors and lcd with whites. I think I read it in regards to lcd and led tvs.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
As far as I know, AMOLED's are better when displaying black colors. Because the pixels don't light up thus saving power. But on the downside when displaying white (Such as a web page) it can use up to 3x more power. The SLCD on the other hand is more neutral. It uses the same power with all colors. Because the blacks light up, but the white doesn't use any more power than the others.

Correct me if I'm wrong. That's just what I've read somewhere along the line.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ianxcom:
I think lcd's work by always displaying white then use power to block certain colors out.thus blocking every color, ie black, uses the most. At least that'd what I always thought.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaze06:
AMOLED on average has better battery life through most tests I've found, but the principles of what you're viewing has a large affect on it. I prefer dark backgrounds as it is, but if you're using a lighter background and have your screen unlocked often it's going to drain a bit more than it would if you had say, a black or dark gray background. The differences are really going to be minimal in everyday usage.
[G Tablet General] alex5968:
how often does viewsonic release updates ..I just updated to 3588 thanks
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
alex5968,

I think VS would tell you they try to update monthly. But in reality, it's just ever so

often.

roebeet (one of our developers) found update 3991 maybe a month ago on VS's site and everyone has been wondering if/when it would be sent out.

But, again, no one really knows what VS is going to do.

If you have 3588, you have a good ROM. With whatever good software you want to add, you will be able to have a good time with your G-Tablet.

I would stay "stock" at 3588 until we see if 3991 is coming out soon. IMHO.

Rev
[G Tablet General] lsu205:
Can market run on stock 3588 with no enhancement pack?
[G Tablet General] alex5968:
Thanks, I just got this and In very pleased with it.. Im using stock firmwear and have very little issues. Thanks
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] pliablemoose:
Anyone able to use the eTrade app?

I can't sign on, keep getting "We are unable to connect to eTrade, please check your data connection and try using eTrade mobile Pro again"
[G2 and Desire Z General] deliriousDroid:
I am trying to set my network to only 2G when I am listening to streaming music(to save battery, and keep it cooler) but when I switch it to only 2G, my signal dies completely. I'm not sure what to do here. It could be cm7 fault to, I don't know

Mods: I am posting in Q&A as well as I don't know what one is better. Please remove if it is wrong

Sent from my SilverBullet "HTCDesireZ running CM7"
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
That's interesting. I'm on CM7 with a G2 and my 2G only works fine.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jashlock001:
2G Signal

Are you sure that you have 2G signal at your house? I recentley went on vacation and in some places there was no 2g only 3 and 4g available. You should call and ask you Network Provider...
[G2 and Desire Z General] deliriousDroid:
I will look into that, but I think I have seen 2G in my notification bar

Sent from my SilverBullet "HTCDesireZ running CM7"
[G2 and Desire Z General] deliriousDroid:
And you where right. Apparently bell has no 2G. Guess I'm outta luck there. Quick question tho, what's better on battery, 3G or 'H'... and what does H stand for?

Sent from my SilverBullet "HTCDesireZ running CM7"
[G2 and Desire Z General] Spastic909:
H is for "4g"
[G2 and Desire Z General] deliriousDroid:
Haha, why don't they just say 4G

Sent from my SilverBullet "HTCDesireZ running CM7"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoobshoober:
Hi

So since yesterday I have been having bootloops problems after installing cm7 nightly 23/25 and was wondering if anyone had insight on it.

Basically after moving apps to sd the phone would get stuck at the boot screen with the circling android guy. at other times it would be stuck at the screen before that and this only happens when I reboot with wifi on.

So far i've tried reformatting the sd card, factory reset, calk's zip to reflash everything.

I use amon ra 2.2.1 and the nandroid restore doesn't work either.

I'm not exactly sure if apps2sd is the problem but after testing doing different things to the phone, I only get this problem after moving apps to sd.

any suggestions on what I can do to get cm7 running again?

edit: oh and the kernels I've tried were sz 2.1 bfs or 2.0 bfs

2.0 worked fine for me on the other nightlies
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
First I would recommend you do a clean install, then flash the latest gapps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoobshoober:
that's what i did

formatted my sdcard

factory reset, flash calk

then flashed the nightly and gapps from 3-07

it boots up fine first time around. only get bootloops when i move apps to sd or reboot with wifi on. the boot loops are at different screens as well so it's kind of weird
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
That's pretty awkward. You have enough space, ect to move them. You're not moving any like system files are you?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Are you using the native (Gingerbread/Froyo-style) A2SD, or something like a2ext?

I've got all of my emulators and games on my SD card, no problems whatsoever. :/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoobshoober:
yeah i'm not sure what the a2sd style is. just the normal kind that is apart of the cm7? i've never done any extra settings with the external because i just use the stock one.

it's working for now i think but im afraid to add more programs haha. so far moving a few items on nightly 25 with sz 2.0bfs is working with wifi.

we'll see how it goes.

i think i reflashed like 15+ times from 3am till now ugh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Wait, are you having issues when you DON'T use a different kernel?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoobshoober:
Well its hard to tell what was causing the bootloops. I don't feel like its a kernel problem.

On my ride from socal back up to norcal today i moved apps individually from internal to SD and rebooted to see effects. I realized it may be because I put the launcher on the SD. I've done it in the past though so I'm not sure why its not working now.

The other change I made was from 2.1 bfs to 2.0 bfs.

It's working for now so ill just be more careful with moving apps to sd
[Off-topic] sindrefyrn:
So, the west is finally in Libya helping the rebels over there.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/19/libya.civil.war/index.html?hpt=T1

I believe this is great, as long as air support is the only thing we're supporting with. I know, we are not the world's police, but when such a genocide is taking place I believe it's right to help the people of Libya.
[Off-topic] Skellyyy:
Yeah I think it's about time the UN/US/UK/France did something about this. Colonel Gudaffi (spelling?) is totally messed up in the head. Does he honestly think that attacking even more now is going to help the situation? And more does he think that Pro-Gudaffi people take on the western world? Let's hope it ends well with little or no deaths to be had to those risking their lives going over to help the Libyan people.
[Off-topic] DanWilson:
I'm shocked at this.

I mean;

France going to war!?!

What universe did I wake up in!?
[Off-topic] sindrefyrn:
France has for long been a very powerful country when it comes to their army. It's also one of the five members of the United Nations Security Council.

France and UK are leading the operation.

US ships fires against Libya:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/19/libya.civil.war/index.html?hpt=T1
[Off-topic] Skellyyy:
You do know that France has one of the strongest Army in the world with the French Foreign Legion army? :eek: :p
[Off-topic] DanWilson:
France? Powerful? Don't make me lol.

I'm surprised they've not painted their flags white by now.
[Off-topic] muerteman:
Dude jokes old man
[Off-topic] DanWilson:
France are still rather weak.
[Off-topic] sindrefyrn:
France is ranked 6th here.

http://www.globalfirepower.com/
[Off-topic] looby:
Total hypocracy.
[Off-topic] Nicgraner:
Heh i knew i wouldn't be first.. I jumped at this thread the second i saw french and fighter lol
[Off-topic] V0latyle:
I find it interesting that France is actually getting involved considering they didn't want to have anything to do with the US' involvement in Iraq...maybe they have some interests of their own in Libya?
[Off-topic] Mr. Clown:
No politics.

Thread closed.
[Droid Eris General] gospodinwizard:
I am a software QA and Integration tester by profession so if any devs need some testing done I'd be more than happy to assist. Just PM me...
[Droid Eris General] rootedkfirefan:
Software QA

I saw your post and I was wondering, what route did you take to get into your field? I had a conversation with someone today and they mentioned that I could look into becoming a QA tester.
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
I just read a post by roebeet (well known dev who put together the TNT Lite ROMS) and something he said made enough sense to me that I thing everyone needs to hear it.

If you are going to flash and try everything you find on this site -- you run a real risk have having problems. Everything you flash adds, changes and deletes stuff from your tablet and some of that gets carried over from ROM to ROM to program.

Just because you partition/erase/delete/overwrite does not mean your tablet content is destroyed. There are a bunch of partitions on your tablet (12?) and some are preserved and some are modified depending on what you do.

So am I saying "Don't mod you G-Tablet" or "Don't try out new stuff." NO.

1. Make real sure you know what you are doing. Too many people just rush ahead and wind up with real problems.

2. Read directions and read all the posts about others who have done the same thing you want to do.

3. When you are making changes, do them one at a time and make sure it's working right before moving on. When you change a bunch of stuff it's hard to tell what the problem/problems is and where it came from.

4. IMHO, too many people see the modding as a game and then they get mad at the dev or people who are trying to help them -- when all the time it was their own fault!

I think it would even be a good idea if someone knowledgeable could help us see if we could put together a flash which would actually delete/erase what's on a

troubled tab so it could be rebuilt. Sorry, but I don't talk enough Android yet to do that.

Think about it.

Rev
[G Tablet General] notsob2002:
I would recommend running a format zip before any reloading on a Gtab whether a new rom or the stock. Just like all the computers I work on for people the first thing I do is run a program to erase the hard drive to make sure nothing old can interfere with a new reload of the operating system

Calkulin has this format zip from his rom thread or you could use the other one from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=974422

Start fresh don't just overwrite!

:Dale
[G Tablet General] guduri:
Calkulin's Format all is awesome

Exactly. Calkulin's format all is a life saver. It is much cleaner and faster way than to do three or four steps to clean stuff out (Invariably one forgets one of the steps which causes all the problems).
[G Tablet General] pagantek:
I have used this file to solve many problems going from rom to rom... Good stuff.
[G Tablet General] Neudle:
[Q] Should I step back and use the format zip?

Two days ago I reset my gtab to stock. I have the 3389 zip saved and installed that using clockwork. I also used clockwork and did the data wipe/factory reset right before actually applying the rom.

Loading the stock VS rom removes clockwork and after reboot it pulled the OTA update and currently running the 3588 version.

I did this in anticipation of the upcoming VS update. The tablet seems to be running fine and as I said it's able to find and apply OTA updates.

Would you still recommend running this format zip, and then re-apply the 3389 I have saved?

Thanks,

Neudle

** Would like to point out there is a comment in the referenced post concerning using this format zip..."So this is a "detox" program for our gtablet that we can choose to run prior to NVflash process. And this process should not be done unless absolutely necessary, right?" "Yes, exactly..."
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
Neudle,

If you were at 3389 and did 3588 via OTA, I would try my recovery. If it does not

come up with your old CWM, then it should be stock recovery and you should be

good to go.

If needed, you always have the option of manually loading recovery and the 3588 update.zip into /sdcard and flashing stock again.

Rev
[G Tablet General] Neudle:
Thank you for the response.

Actually I think my tablet is fine. Unless I'm really confused (which is certainly possible) 3389 was the update from late december/early january. The 3588 is the update that came up in like febuary. Isn't 3588 the most recent?

This isn't the first time I've reloaded the stock rom and it seems it always over-writes/removes the clockworkmod.

I was simply more curious if you folks do feel it's always best to use the format.zip when swapping roms?

As I said, I'm simply prepping and anticipating the upcoming update from Viewsonic and not worried about clockworkmod for the time being. From what I've seen the update includes a recovery that looks similar.

Thanks again,

Neudle