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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zer0_:
Not the option to disable vibration during phone calls, though!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lofwyr:
Under Advanced Settings V.30.1, the first four options control the vibration during calls... by default, it vibrates on receive and on end... just uncheck those options.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zer0_:
Lol I dont think you know what i meant. I don't mind it viberating when i recieve a call or when it ends.. its during the call.. if someone sends me a email, a whatsapp msg or a SMS msg, the phone viberates during the call.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Progressive82:
I want to ability vibration notification during calls on marshmallow, what can I do?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliotropik:
Tried multiple times to get it to work,

downloaded all files for i9000 galaxy s, other Bell user say works 100%

flashing speedmod.. ok, works great

installing efsbackup.zip.. ok

flashing cm7-galaxys-initial-kernel.tar with odin.. ok

i do get to recovery mode, I see the Clockworkmod Recovery 3.0.0.5 menu

when I click for the next step, "mount and storage" to format.. I get a black screen, any sub menu is a black screen with the Clockwork logo in the middle..

so I'm stuck at that step..

I tried flashing trasig kernel, which has the Clockworkmod Recovery 3.0.0.5, I do have access to all sub menu..

any ideas? help would be great

thanks
[Xoom General] cobraextreme:
I've been a bit of a smartphone junkie for the last four years, but now that I have a Xoom (on Verizon) my Evo barely gets used. I'm considering porting my number to Google Voice and paying the Sprint ETF, then pointing the number at a cheap pre-paid dumbphone. Something with just voice and basic texting, and good battery life. It looks like I'd recoup the ETF in a few months and save a bunch over the remaining 18 months of my Sprint contract.

There would be both pros and cons to this, most definitely, but for some reason I find the idea extremely attractive. Maybe it just seems like it would be futuristic or I'd be getting away with something.

I saw one person in here mentioning that they did this, anyone else considering it? Anyone else go tablet & dumbphone and have any advice or protips? I'm worried there's something terribly wrong with this plan that I'm not thinking of, or else more people would do it.
[Xoom General] vlx600d:
yeah ive been thinking about it too. The only reason i will stick to my droid 2 is tethering.
[Xoom General] r0guenj:
i thought about it, but the reality is as much as i use the tablet, i still use my phone quite a bit.

there are many times it is easier to just look at something on my phone (which is usually in my hand unless i am driving or riding my motorcycle) than it is to pull out the tablet.
[Xoom General] bogatyr:
Tethering and size will keep a smartphone on me.
[Xoom General] AJerman:
Yeah, I gotta still have a phone. I'm not going to carry a tablet around with me everywhere.
[Xoom General] panicproducer:
Exactly, if you simply buy a wifi only tablet and keep the smartphone, you can keep your monthly payments light by only paying for one device
[Xoom General] Elysian893:
This is exactly what I did. My phone is a Samsung Gusto. I use Google Voice through it still, if I want to place a call, I place it through the Xoom to have consistency with numbers. Also means I don't have to put any contacts in my Gusto. I have my Xoom with me everywhere I go, purchased a bag for it(a murse if you will, though it's a US Army map bag), also carry my Droid and my wallet in said bag. Works well enough for me and I use my tablet less in public than I did my Droid, which I see as a plus :p My phone only costs 9.99/mo on our family plan(I've got my mom and sister on there as well), so $30/month for the Xoom(1gb plan plus the stupid extra line fee), insurance and the 9.99/mo puts me lower than where I was with my Droid.
[Xoom General] cobraextreme:
Interesting - when you say you place the call through the Xoom, are you using the GVoice website or the apk that's floating around to initiate the call?
[Xoom General] Elysian893:
Website, the APK won't dial out to another phone, it does nothing when you tell it to 'call'
[Xoom General] rjoudrey:
I will be keeping my Droid X and will definitely not need a 4g phone.
[Xoom General] gfacekilla:
I'll be doing the same thing here real soon. I have a LG Dare that will work just fine. Everything else can happen on the xoom.
[Xoom General] Stone 13:
Not here, I'll be keeping a smartphone because when I'm in a meeting or in the office and I'm required to have my laptop, then I need something lightweight to keep in touch with my personal contacts, social networks, etc. Also, going to a party or bar hopping with my Xoom might not be the best thing, especially after a few drinks. I can't imagine asking for a number and pulling out this big ass tablet like "Excuse me while I whip this out" lmao!!
[Xoom General] Elysian893:
I already did that once :eek::cool:
[Xoom General] Stone 13:
How did it work out for you? LOL!!!
[Xoom General] Darthus:
Another option is to go to a carrier like T-Mobile where you can get a data only plan on a smartphone, then use Google Voice and SIP/VoIP. That'd probably be about 40 bucks a month. You could tether your Xoom to that for free.

An even cheaper alternative, if you can carry the Xoom around, is to cancel your phone plan entirely and tether your phone to your Xoom. 20 bucks a month for the 1GB data plan should be plenty.

I did have a fantasy of having a 4G enabled phone, unlimited plan, and tether everything to that, but battery life is the killer. The Xoom has far superior battery life. Even a Mifi will only last you for a couple hours. But yes, eventually my dream is to have one device that lasts all day and projects 4G wifi to whatever device I happen to be using at the time. At that point works just as well if you pull out your MacBook and need to tether.
[Xoom General] twinkyz1979:
I have my Xoom dialing through Sipdroid with pbxes and i can make calls just not receive them at this point.
[Xoom General] Darthus:
I use CSipSimple -> SipGate -> Google Voice to make calls and the reverse to receive them. Both directions work. However, with SipGate they allow you receive calls for free, making calls costs money. So, if you use the Google Voice website to place a call, it will call you back then connect you, which SipGate coutns as a free received call. There is an app called GVCallback that does this much easier, but it integrates with the normal phone dialer and so doesn't work with the Xoom at this point.
[Xoom General] PaulG1488:
I'm currently using a voyager and my xoom and I'm ok with the combo but I do miss a smart phone especially since I find the thunderbolt tempting
[Xoom General] Elysian893:
She was actually all about my tablet at the bar, checking it out, talking to me and such... My friend was trying to tell me she was taken but I was too inebriated to get the subtle hints, so as you can imagine, it did not go too well :rolleyes: I think it would have gone much better if she weren't taken :D
[Xoom General] setite:
I've been thinking of something like this too. My EVO is okay.. but a little too finicky for 3G or 4G tethering. I read that there will be a data only option with the thunderbolt. I might consider that.
[Xoom General] wang1404:
It can be a bad idea if you're married and your wife is all over the xoom. When I'm on my xoom, she's watching TV. When she takes the xoom. My nexus is the only option to keep up with technology. I have a desktop too but that **** takes a century to boot up.
[Xoom General] cobraextreme:
Yeah, I could see that being a problem. Fortunately for me, my wife is afraid of my Xoom.

After a little more noodling, I'm also contemplating a cheap Android phone on Virgin Mobile. An Optimus V with most everything turned off, their $25/month plan, and Google Voice to hang on to my current number in a safe place would be sort of like a dumbphone but with maps etc for emergencies. It would make the cost break-even take 4-5 months though, since I couldn't use a $9 phone from Walgreens.

In any case I think I'm going to give it a trial run with a drug store/drug dealer phone for a few days to see what it's like. I'll let you guys know how it works going back to the 90s for a bit, but with a Xoom this time instead of a Palm Pilot.
[Xoom General] mjbeam:
I have a Samsung Epic with Sprint unlimited data plan and the Xoom with no plan. I always have the phone with me but only occasionally have the Xoom. So when I want to use the Xoom I wireless tether to the Epic and have 3G/4G access to the web.

That works pretty well for my needs.
[Xoom General] wang1404:
Haha what do you means sgphes afraid of it? Like itll bite her when she touches or something lol? But yeah let us know
[Xoom General] Magnesus:
I don't have a smartphone. And I don't need a smartphone. I use an old phone without even MMS or internet. I'm waiting for tablets though - Xoom or Tab10.1 - because I love such devices. Right know I have two e-readers and they are a little too slow for browsing internet (and only greyscale).
[Xoom General] ghoticov:
I just found this thread... I did a search before and it didn't come up, I must have did something wrong. :)

Anyway... I am thinking of going this route also. With carriers starting to crack down on tethering, there is no way I am going to pay for data for both my xoom and my droid x, which I rarely use any longer. I pretty much talk on the phone with it and look at FB or twitter every so often.

Plus... a dumbphone is much easier to carry in my pocket. :)
[Xoom General] cobraextreme:
I ended up only lasting 2 days on the dumbphone. In fact, 5 minutes after activating it I walked across the street to get coffee, without my xoom, and had a moment of panic when I realized that I needed to change a meeting on my calendar for later that day. I ended up switching to a small cheap android phone with better battery life. It solves part of the problem I had (pointless "Hummer" phone), but of course I'm still paying for lots of redundant internets.

I really want to be able to do this but I don't think I'm quite ready yet.
[Xoom General] 3devious:
I dropped from Droid 2 R2D2 edition & went back to my old LG EnV Touch. The touch screen really sucks in comparison but at least my phone doesn't reboot every other day anymore. Smartphones don't manage to do dumb things very well sometimes. I've only had Xoom + feature phone for a week. We'll see what happens.
[Xoom General] nareau:
I also did exactly this. Dropped my Sprint HTC Hero in favor of a Samsung Gusto. Pre-paid, it cost $10 + $35 activation. I hardly ever make phone calls when I'm not at work. On this plan, I only pay $2 on any given day I use it. All my text messages go through Google voice on the Xoom. It stays charged for about a week at a time, and it pretty much lives in my car for emergencies.

Heh heh heh. It's looking like me getting the Xoom will mean my wife gets my old netbook. So everybody's happy!
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
Does it work with Bluetooth headphones I am planning on buying some and I know volume might not be best so would sound fix work or is it in works
[Vibrant General] Sdobron:
I believe voodoo sound only affects the headphone output because this uses the DAC, bluetooth would be digital sound only. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
[Vibrant General] geoffcorey:
^^ this.

Since the bluetooth has no sound conversion done through phone hardware (the part where the digital singal is changed from 1s and 0s to actual varying voltage), then voodoo sound does nothing for bluetooth headsets and is totally dependent on the headset itself.
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
Oh OK thanks I am staying wired sound improvement is to great to give it up
[Nexus S General] jimbo05dv8:
Hi I've been trying to root my Nexus s from day one with no success is there a better way other than ADB for some reason I have no success on ADB
[Nexus S General] noj78:
Hi there I just rooted last night so I'd be glad to help if I can!

Where are you getting stuck?
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
You shouldn't actually be using ADB, you should be using fastboot. First off, are you on a mac or a PC?
[Nexus S General] Five0nIt:
Not trying to thread jack but maybe you guys can help me. I'd like to upgrade my phone to 2.3.3, root, and use the voodoo sound and colors. Any help? Thanks.
[Nexus S General] kirdroid:
There are HOW TO GUIDES in the development section. You can refer those for rooting.
[Nexus S General] afishpie:
Can search for pauls superboot. Best way for starters imo.
[Nexus S General] Five0nIt:
Ill look into it. Thanks.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Superboot is easy but I've never been a fan of how it mods your kernel. If you are on a mac you can use the link to the mac rooting guide in my signature :)

Sent from my MattedBlues CM7 Nexus S from the XDA Premium app.
[Nexus S General] kirdroid:
What do you mean by mod the kernel? Sorry new terminology to me :-)

Does it mean it will replace the stock kernel?
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Yes it does. It doesn't do anything noticeable but its just as easy to just root the regular way and there is nothing being modified.
[Nexus S General] kirdroid:
Thanks...good to know :-)

I used superboot as well...but anyway I'm using netarchy kernel..so no big deal I guess.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Ya its just a matter for those who want root without anything custom installed.
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
Well, you know when you clear your cache and Dalvik cache and it takes a while for all your icons to come up? Well, I noticed that it has been doing this every time I reboot my phone now. Where before it would only do it when I would boot into recovery and cleared those caches. Any reason for this?!

Thanks in advance...

PS - My setup is as listed in my sig below.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Any time I've ever had lag like that when the phone was booting up, was if either it was immediately syncing things when it boots up, or if i hadn't wiped dalvik and cache in a while. Usually wiping the cache's would solve the issue. Also do a battery pull. If that doesn't help, maybe change the kernel. How does the phone run otherwise, once it's all booted up? Maybe you just have a ton of apps that are all starting up when the phone is booting up, I'm not sure.
[Droid Incredible General] pmdied:
Sadly, I dropped my Dinc and shattered the screen today. I was planning on waiting to get the Thunderbolt but it looks like I am forced to upgrade early. Just when all these great roms are being released... terrible problem to have.
[Droid Incredible General] ProTekk:
Dude, thunderbolt is released tomorrow. Wait it out for a day.
[Droid Incredible General] pmdied:
Roger that. I'll be waiting outside the store for them to open.
[Droid Incredible General] madfatter:
same boat as you, messed up a hosuing replacement. Ill be heading there tomorrow to pay full OOC price. OUCH!
[EVO 4G General] Csierra72:
When I try to look at my photos and various items on my SD card from the phone, I can't. If I plug it up and view via my computer, everything is still there. It shows me my available and used space. I already tried moving and reformatting.

What can it be and how do I correct it. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Hmm. Thats kind of odd. So you can see all of your photos fine from your computer? Maybe copy everything back to your computer, and instead of copying everything back, put the sd card back in the phone (as a test) and take some pics with the camera, and see if you are able to view them. If so, copy just your photos back to the card. Test again, and see if you are able to see them. If not, then I honestly don't know. If that does work, I'd say that some other file on the sd card is corrupt or something. You said you did format the card, right? Did you use the computer to format it as FAT32, or did you use the phone to format it? Whichever you already tried, maybe try the other way too, just to be safe. Hopefully some of that helps you, but if not, then I apologize, as I've never had anything similar like that happen to myself.
[EVO 4G General] elegantai:
are you using es file explorer with the root option enabled? sometimes on sense roms if you have the root option enabled you can't view the sd card contents. Also try making sure other root apps don't have the /system or /data mounted rw
[EVO 4G General] Cool Cake:
I had access issues with my SD card and I deducted that it was bad. I used the stock card that came with the Evo and the problem went away. Maybe use a different one and see how it works

Good Luck
[EVO 4G General] Csierra72:
I've tried anything and everything. even bought a new card. All was good for a day and then it started happening again. Sprint is sending me a new phone. they couldn't figure it out either. Thanks for the suggestions though.
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
Make sure you do not have a .nomedia file in your SD Card root folder. Wherever a file named .nomedia is, the phone will not scan that directory. I had the same issue with my phone not detecting my pictures and videos and it turned out that file was in my root directory. Deleted it and voila! All back up now. I think PowerAMP put it there for some reason.
[EVO 4G General] Csierra72:
THANK YOU!!! That was it, fixed it.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Thanks for that tip. I've never had that problem, but I love seeing threads like this, where it's something unusual and out of the ordinary. I will retain that info in my arsenal of Android / Evo knowledge for future use or helping other people with it. That is so strange, that something as simple as a .nomedia file could cause a problem like that, and it's also even more odd that an app like poweramp would create that file. Is there any known reason as to why the heck poweramp would create this file that makes it so the contents of your sd card are not readable? I'm glad you got it fixed up OP! I love xda, so much info here.
[EVO 4G General] mithritades:
I have this same issue,I just bought an EVO because my Epic screen smashed and I'm using the sd card out of the epic(which was rooted) and I'm trying to view the contents,it used to be MyFiles on the epic but I can't find out where to see it on the EVO...I want to get all the stuff I had backed up onto my Evo...any help appreciated...and I don't see a .nomedia file
[EVO 4G General] heathmcabee:
Can't say I blame you for coming to the Evo forums to ask this question about your Epic. I would download root explorer and see if you can find the file.
[EVO 4G General] mithritades:
No,you misunderstand,I HAD AN EPIC but I broke the screen so I GOT AN EVO...
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
What file manager are you trying to use to see the SD card contents. Astro is a good file manager. Root explorer is also great, but isn't free.
[EVO 4G General] mithritades:
Ok so i bought a new sd card and I bought rootexplorer(I rooted it lastnight with unrevoked3),why isn't there an app for seeing the sd card in the applications menu?,now that i can see the SD...how do I restore my contacts from my backup on my old sd card?
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Yea, there isn't a native/built in file manager. You need to use a third party app to see the sd card. Did you have your contacts backed up on google? If so, they should restore when you log in to google. If you didn't, and you had them backed up on your sd card, then I'd copy the contents of your old sd card onto the new one, from within the contacts app, press menu, and select import/export. choose to import from sd card, and see if that works. If that's how you had saved them before, by 'exporting to sd card', then that should work. Good luck.
[EVO 4G General] mithritades:
I never tried exporting them before I always used TB ,Unfortunately I have to manually copy them,Titanium backup wasn't no help,I bought Mybackup Pro so I should be good from here on out...thnx for the help anyway
[Nexus S General] Andy6446:
Hi all,

Today the Nexus S has been released in The Netherlands. However I've ordered a US version (because of a S AMOLED screen) through the dutch online shop and that type runs on a GB 2.3.2 english version.

My questions are;

Can I install a dutch GB 2.3.3 (which runs on a dutch models from today on) on that model?

If yes, how to do it?

Sorry if you will find my questions pretty basic but my knowlige of Android is basic too

thanks in advance for any help

Andy
[Nexus S General] ghost010:
you dont need to patch/flash/rom the US nexus.

with android 2.3.3 it comes with Dutch.
[Nexus S General] HydrantHunter:
I don't have an answer to your question, however I was wondering if you have checked to see if the 3G frequency of your carrier is supported by the US version of the NxS. I think T-Mobile uses 1700MHz/2100MHz (different than all the other US carriers). Not sure what is used in the Netherlands or if other US versions of the NxS are available yet.

Good luck and enjoy your new phone - the NxS is quite excellent.
[Nexus S General] Andy6446:
I have ordered this one from the dutch webshop (pretty big one) so I assume everything should work fine here
[Xoom General] msalem:
I keep seeing many apps running in the background when using Advanced Task Manager even right after I just start up my Xoom or right after I just kill the process and I was wondering if there is a way to stop these apps from starting up on their own?
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
Honeycomb frees up its own ram. Even though they appear to be running they are actually cached. If you go to settings, application, running services you will see what is truley running. On the top right hit cached and you will see the stuff that is open but not using CPU...ie not running.

Sent from my Xoom
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
Do not use a task killer unless the app in question is truely stuck.

Running services will continue to open themselves after you close them. Memory is handled by the OS and you have plenty left, I promise.

If you believe an app is malfunctioning and eating up CPU cycles, uninstall it, forcing it to close will do nothing.

If an app is not a service and not in the foreground, it is not running.
[Xoom General] martonikaj:
let them run, using a task manager is only making you drain more battery by having the apps continually restarting after force killing them.

honeycomb will manage your RAM and CPU just fine.
[Xoom General] kcrudup:
Christ. Take that **** off your tablet! It's not necessary.

Repeat after me, people: "UNUSED RAM IS WASTED RAM", and "THE SYSTEM KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE ITS RAM BETTER'N YOU DO".

HTH
[Xoom General] inrelief:
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[Xoom General] wang1404:
Task manager is the problem. Uninstall it right at the moment you see these comments!!!!
[Xoom General] msalem:
Thanks for all of your advice. I'm uninstalling it now.
[Xoom General] csseale:
I really wish they would stop developing that virus they call an app. And I wish Verizon would quit pushing it on customers.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bazzix:
Using Cyanogenmod7 nightly build from 2 weeks ago. Had 60% battery before I turned on the flash led with the built in Torch app, not the superbright setting, just normal lighting.

I had it on for less than 30 minutes, and the battery was drained all the way down to 0.

Is this normal?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
Could be. Using the LED for an large amount of time, 30 mins or more, can damage the phone. The LED can get hot as well so I would say yes, it is normal it drains the battery. I maybe wrong.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XartzMAX:
The Flash/LED drains excessive power from the battery, thus decreasing the battery voltage drastically. The battery Gauge on the Li-ion batteries works by the voltage of the battery, so the sudden drop in voltage indicates that the battery is draining fast. But after the phone shutting down the voltage may have settled down and probably there is some juice left in the battery.

In other words this seems normal and is a drawback of the Li-ion batteries as I know. I personally dont recommend using the LED for too long as it is not meant to be used like that. You ll probably be shortening its life.