speedemon90

it looks like a scam to me.

Were you able to reset his password? If so then just spam that email.

DarkSithCL

iTrader: (1)

not yet... just now getting back to it... sucks what the web has become... thanks bro!

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Is that the computer you usually use to access his account? I did a quick search on that address and it seems legit, but Im still thrown off by the "pay us 30 cents" bit.

is300eater

is there ANY way to unlock a phone (HTC) without paying?

CGFebTSX04

You could ask your carrier but they have to be selling the phone I believe. So long as your account is in good standing, meaning you haven't missed any payments recently. Just tell them you're going out of the country and would like to use your phone. You give them the IMEI number and then they'll email you an unlock code within 24-48 hours. There are exceptions though but for the most part, they should be able to unlock most phones. If they can't do it, then you'll have to use an unlocking service or an eBay seller. Sometimes, if the phone is popular enough, XDA has an unlocking tool. I know they have it for the Samsung phones, not sure if they have for HTC phones.

is300eater

Alright, thanks

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Success

CGFebTSX04

^That's some insane battery life.

The Galaxy Nexus is on sale at $100 for new Verizon Wireless customers on Amazon Wireless:


Not sure how long this will last.

Costco

wtf

DarkSithCL

iTrader: (1)

yup...same one I started the account on... LOL

I really have never seen such a strange request... might have to breakdown and call them about it...

Costco

Stumbled upon a minor but real annoying problem.

Just started using google music to upload all my music to the cloud.... every song without album art gets the same incorrect album art. I tried restarting google music, logging out of my google account and it still does it.

None of these songs have any art at all in iTunes, I don't get it

GIBSON6594

It's most likely something to do with the metadata in your music. The songs that don't have album artwork for me have standard Google Music icons.

Also, GM does read your musics metadata and autofill it with what it thinks should be the artwork. So it must be reading something in your data.

FiftyFive

Civicdrivr, is there anyway you could explain how you did this? I might have missed it in the last few pages. I have rooted phones, etc before. Just want to know exactly what you did so I can imitate. That would be awesome!

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

I have the same issue. I think its due to what Gibson said.

I have an extended battery for my Nexus S, 3500mah vs the stock 1500mah.

I was also running Mathkid's Matrix v14.5 kernel. I used NSTools to set up the CPU, 200mhz min and 800mhz max (underclocked from 1ghz max). I used SIO scheduler, and lulzactive governor. Whenever I was at home, I switched on WiFi as well. I have GMail, Google Music, News and Weather, and FeedR syncing. News and Weather syncs every hour and FeedR syncs every four I believe.

After I did that, I switched from that kernel to Francos kernel and my battery life went down the drain I also find that its not as stable and Matrix. Ill be switching to Matrix v15 sometime today.

WILLDOGS

I've been using torque for over a year with a cheap adapter off ebay and it works fukkin great!

Here is the one I have

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ELM327-OBDII...item43acdc632a

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Thats the same one I have. I guess its hit or miss on quality.

CGFebTSX04

So I just came across this app (Stick It!) which is pretty cool I must say:


https://market.android.com/details?i...sageek.stickit


Seems to work on Froyo and up. There's also a calculator windowed app which allows you to use it on any screen made by the same dev.

https://market.android.com/details?i...y5haXJjYWxjIl0.

I could see this being more useful on tablets or phones with bigger screens.

CGFebTSX04

One of the kernel devs on XDA got USB OTG working on the Galaxy S running JVU (Gingerbread) and up (ICS). More info here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1450298


I know CM9 and the build by OneCosmic is trying to incorporate it into the ROMs as well.

speedemon90

When you guys change just the kernel and keep the same ROM, do you wipe anything??

CGFebTSX04

You don't need to as it doesn't touch any of the main caches. You can wipe Dalvik and cache though without any issues.

CGFebTSX04

So I decided to try out this tweak regarding smoother scrolling and more incremental steps in volume control for my Galaxy S and my Transformer. (Not sure if it works in ICS and I didn't feel that my Galaxy Nexus needed it):

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1411317

^Instructions on how to baksmali/smali and which lines to change are in the above link. Its a little difficult to understand but the pictures do help a lot and its pretty easy once you figure it out. You don't need to do both mods as they are independent of each other.


So far I have to say there is a noticeable change in terms of scrolling. Especially in the stock Honeycomb browser. The white squares are almost all gone now and scrolling in the Pulse app is a lot smoother than before. On my Galaxy S, scrolling in some apps is much improved. I also combined it with the browser HW acceleration that someone compiled for CM7:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1375125

CGFebTSX04

Nexus S 4G Ice Cream Sandwich IMM26 Official leak?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1473092



Looks to be a more recent ICS. I wonder what's new.

zguy95135

CM9 alpha released for the Epic 4g yesterday . Im typing this from a delicious ice cream sandwich right now. I cant believe how smooth this is for an alpha.

CGFebTSX04

Nice. Yeah the ICS alphas have been pretty smooth so far. I'm actually waiting to get back on them though as I went back to CM7 for battery life and browser performance. Was gonna try the ICS alpha for the Transformer but I'm waiting for a few more things to be fixed. I'm typing this on my Transformer while Bluetooth tethering off my Galaxy Nexus right now. Works quite well actually cause for some reason the WiFi access point where I'm at doesn't work properly. Good thing I have reception here. lol.

Mr Marco

Meh, liking the aLapRecorderHD. Cheap and effective.

https://market.android.com/details?i...corderhd&hl=en

DarkSithCL

iTrader: (1)

Wow... Looks sick mang!

Actually has a great link for a youtube video with all the instructions...

Did i hear correct that u don't have to be rooted to use this?

CGFebTSX04

If you flash through ODIN you don't need root. if you're flashing through CWM then you'll need root to flash CWM recovery. Once the official OTA drops you could just flash through stock recovery but who knows when that'll drop. Probably soon though if this leak is looking good.

#1 STUNNA

That's pretty impractical. Since you can't resize the screen of the other app running the video will always be over top of the other app and you'll constantly be moving it around to get it out of the way.

This reminds me of the multitasking that will be in windows 8 where you can watch a video (or any app really) and use another app at the same time but you'll be able to resize the apps so that the video isn't overlayed on the app behind it, the video app and other app resize to accommodate and share the screen with each other.

tmnhs81

Bought me a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S couple of weeks ago. Coming from HTC HD2 this feels like feather in my hands. Very light for such a big phone. Touch screen in much better and more responsive that HD2. Best thing is the sound. Crystal clear music. I love Sony Ericsson...lol

is300eater

OT: It cracks me up whenever someone on Facebook post something negative about the iPhone and say he/she wants to go back to Android, it's like opening Pandora's box

CCColtsicehockey

Come on Verizon where is 4.03

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

So Samsung says they are going to have an SIII event sometime in the first half of the year. Cant wait to see it.

CGFebTSX04

Well supercurio is saying don't flash the Nexus S leak:


Take that as you will.

CGFebTSX04

I'm a huge fan of SE phone designs. I saw the Arc S a few months ago and thought it was pretty nice. Now that they're actually helping the Cyanogenmod team I think they have a good chance of making more awesome phones.

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

I dont see 4.0.4 being much different than 4.0.3. The NS4G got 2.3.7 while the GSM version got 2.3.6, and the differences were minimal.

CGFebTSX04

Yeah probably some bug fixes. Oh well as long as it drops to AOSP soon after I'm sure XDA will have it.


On another note, my Google Wallet has started getting updates from the Market directly. Not sure what Google changed but it shows up in the "My Apps" section and updates without any issue. Ive already used up my free $10 from Google and need to top up. Its just the terms I'm confused with. It says there is a $2 maintenance fee each month if it isn't used at least once a month, otherwise it is waived? Not sure if I'm reading it right.

JnC

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As someone who is completely new to this rooting stuff. I went ahead and rooted my old EVO 4G using the following guide.

http://www.androidauthority.com/how-...-update-21656/

Now what? lol.

I have tried browsing the android forums to get more acquainted with this whole idea of rooting and its benefits but to no avail. There is just too much info for me to decipher at once. Can any of you pros help me get a grasp over things in layman's terms?

JnC

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Sorry to quote your whole post but how the hell do I get my evo to look like that ?? lol

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

In the Development sub-forum for your phone,choose a ROM you like, download the zip, and flash it through recovery.

Thats MIUI. It may be available for your phone.

CGFebTSX04

This looks like a good starter read for the Evo 4G:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1386911

You may want to bookmark this page and make an account for XDA if you haven't already:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=619

Everything you could ever want to know is at XDA. Use YouTube to guide you with certain flashing processes and all that. Read the threads at XDA and you'll get an idea of what you can do to your phone. You can install custom ROMs, kernels, themes, etc. With custom kernels, you can Overclock, Underclock, Undervolt, run custom modules to enhance the phone like CIFS, etc.


iLauncher:

https://market.android.com/details?i...5jaGVyTGl0ZSJd

https://market.android.com/details?i...xhdW5jaGVyMiJd



Smart Keyboard Pro:

https://market.android.com/details?i...Ym9hcmRwcm8iXQ..

http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard...php?f=13&t=617



iPhone Notifications:

https://market.android.com/details?i...aW9uc2xpdGUiXQ..

https://market.android.com/details?i...ZpY2F0aW9ucyJd



I found these after but didn't take screenshots to emulate the lockscreen perfectly:


Magic Locker:

https://market.android.com/details?i...dpY2xvY2tlciJd

https://market.android.com/details?i...1sLmlwaG9uZSJd


NoLock:

https://market.android.com/details?i...WQubm9sb2NrIl0.


Al except maybe NoLock will work WITHOUT root access.