Android: Phone News and Discussion Thread
02-25-2011, 12:13 PM
#2201
nope, not mine 
but other things drain my battery. Like my stock music player is pretty horrible with my battery. I got poweramp and that is much better. Although I will still force close it after I'm done using it for a while. Earlier on maps was my big issue, becuase i had the traffic layer checked it would always be getting data from it, took a while to find out but now i'm good!
but other things drain my battery. Like my stock music player is pretty horrible with my battery. I got poweramp and that is much better. Although I will still force close it after I'm done using it for a while. Earlier on maps was my big issue, becuase i had the traffic layer checked it would always be getting data from it, took a while to find out but now i'm good!
battery drain a consuming subject... no pun intended!
02-25-2011, 12:15 PM
#2202
Safety Car
ahh there we go 
I'm missing a few of the programs that comes with CM7 like themechooser, but i saw somewhere on the xda forums that i can still get it somehow, so i'm gonna look that up. My only gripe about cm7 is adw launcher, i dunno right now i just prefer my stock home
I'm missing a few of the programs that comes with CM7 like themechooser, but i saw somewhere on the xda forums that i can still get it somehow, so i'm gonna look that up. My only gripe about cm7 is adw launcher, i dunno right now i just prefer my stock home
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933517
02-25-2011, 12:16 PM
#2203
Suzuka Master
great the dev just updated his ROM so I'm gonna be flashing again lol. Umm is there anyway to save my home screen layout? I dont wanna keep making it lol
02-25-2011, 12:17 PM
#2204
Suzuka Master
Here's how to get back your original Gingerbread Launcher and remove ADW:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933517
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933517
02-25-2011, 12:19 PM
#2205
Safety Car
ADW also has a backup/restore setting inside its own settings which dumps your config to your SD Card in an xml.
Also as a note, you probably already know this, if you're just updating within the same ROM, you don't need to the whole factory reset, wipe everything, etc. Just flash the new update unless the dev says otherwise or you start having problems.
02-25-2011, 12:21 PM
#2206
Suzuka Master
Yes. Backup the launcher through Titanium Backup and restore the data portion after you update. You will have to replace the widgets though. All the icons and homescreen numbers will stay the same.
ADW also has a backup/restore setting inside its own settings which dumps your config to your SD Card in an xml.
ADW also has a backup/restore setting inside its own settings which dumps your config to your SD Card in an xml.
02-25-2011, 12:58 PM
#2207
Safety Car
Samsung just confirmed the Galaxy S phone will be getting Gingerbread! (This news is probably mainly for the international versions but I'm sure XDA will make it available for the other variants.) The website that leaks Samsung firmwares said he heard about Samsung testing Gingerbread a few weeks ago so hopefully its true. If so, +1 to Samsung for keeping their products up to date unlike their past.
http://www.slashgear.com/gingerbread...sung-25136186/
http://www.slashgear.com/gingerbread...sung-25136186/
02-25-2011, 01:25 PM
#2208
Sometimes, the data gets corrupted when updating OSes so its best to clear it which solves a bunch of other problems.
Yeah. No downside to it other than it taking up space. But you'll always have that peace of mind just in case your phone dies. You don't need to backup all system apps, however, because those are usually not restorable to a new build without causing issues.
Just focus on backing up your regular apps, games. As far as system apps, I only really backup my [SMS/MMS/APN]Dialer Storage as that contains all my text messages. That's not included in the batch or probably is but I'm just too lazy to find it. Its much easier to scroll to it under Backup/Restore for me. lol.
Yeah. No downside to it other than it taking up space. But you'll always have that peace of mind just in case your phone dies. You don't need to backup all system apps, however, because those are usually not restorable to a new build without causing issues.
Just focus on backing up your regular apps, games. As far as system apps, I only really backup my [SMS/MMS/APN]Dialer Storage as that contains all my text messages. That's not included in the batch or probably is but I'm just too lazy to find it. Its much easier to scroll to it under Backup/Restore for me. lol.
02-25-2011, 03:16 PM
#2209
Suzuka Master
damn this stupid updated version has more problems than the last one, time to flash back and do everything again haha,
02-28-2011, 09:22 AM
#2210
Senior Moderator
I have a question on linking my phone contacts to Exchange ActiveSync.
In Outlook, I have multiple folders in Contacts to group the different people that I know. For example, I have a folder for all family members and a folder for Project X. However, when syncing with my phone, I can only get the contacts that are under my main "Contact" folder. Is there anyway around this?
In Outlook, I have multiple folders in Contacts to group the different people that I know. For example, I have a folder for all family members and a folder for Project X. However, when syncing with my phone, I can only get the contacts that are under my main "Contact" folder. Is there anyway around this?
02-28-2011, 10:56 AM
#2211
My Garage
I have a question on linking my phone contacts to Exchange ActiveSync.
In Outlook, I have multiple folders in Contacts to group the different people that I know. For example, I have a folder for all family members and a folder for Project X. However, when syncing with my phone, I can only get the contacts that are under my main "Contact" folder. Is there anyway around this?
In Outlook, I have multiple folders in Contacts to group the different people that I know. For example, I have a folder for all family members and a folder for Project X. However, when syncing with my phone, I can only get the contacts that are under my main "Contact" folder. Is there anyway around this?
02-28-2011, 11:51 AM
#2212
Senior Moderator
02-28-2011, 01:13 PM
#2213
Safety Car
I think its a limitation of the stock Exchange app. You'll need to use a third-party Exchange app like Touchdown:
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
It has a 30 day trial but I highly recommend the app. You can probably try other Exchange apps that may be able to do the same thing. I just don't have experience with them. If you know where to look, you may find a key for the app...
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
It has a 30 day trial but I highly recommend the app. You can probably try other Exchange apps that may be able to do the same thing. I just don't have experience with them. If you know where to look, you may find a key for the app...
03-01-2011, 11:34 PM
#2214
I changed ROMs on my G2 to Cyanogen latest stable build, but had to go back to Enomthers. I was getting WAY too many FC. I much prefer Cyanogen's UI. Dang.
Not sure what was causing all the FCs, but I think it was something with the stock messaging app. Everytime I opened it, it would freeze and either FC or I'd have to reboot. I was trying to disable the notifications so I could use handcent, but could never get to the settings.
I wiped the phone and tried a couple times, but still same thing. Also tried the RC build. but that was worse. I'll give it a shot again when the RC 7 gets to stable build.
Not sure what was causing all the FCs, but I think it was something with the stock messaging app. Everytime I opened it, it would freeze and either FC or I'd have to reboot. I was trying to disable the notifications so I could use handcent, but could never get to the settings.
I wiped the phone and tried a couple times, but still same thing. Also tried the RC build. but that was worse. I'll give it a shot again when the RC 7 gets to stable build.
03-02-2011, 12:06 AM
#2215
Whats up with RDX owners?
iTrader: (9)
Did you run fix permissions?
03-02-2011, 12:20 AM
#2216
Safety Car
I changed ROMs on my G2 to Cyanogen latest stable build, but had to go back to Enomthers. I was getting WAY too many FC. I much prefer Cyanogen's UI. Dang.
Not sure what was causing all the FCs, but I think it was something with the stock messaging app. Everytime I opened it, it would freeze and either FC or I'd have to reboot. I was trying to disable the notifications so I could use handcent, but could never get to the settings.
I wiped the phone and tried a couple times, but still same thing. Also tried the RC build. but that was worse. I'll give it a shot again when the RC 7 gets to stable build.
Not sure what was causing all the FCs, but I think it was something with the stock messaging app. Everytime I opened it, it would freeze and either FC or I'd have to reboot. I was trying to disable the notifications so I could use handcent, but could never get to the settings.
I wiped the phone and tried a couple times, but still same thing. Also tried the RC build. but that was worse. I'll give it a shot again when the RC 7 gets to stable build.
03-02-2011, 12:34 AM
#2217
Hmm. not sure about the dalvik, but I did the factory reset and wiped data and cache. Is that the same cache as the dalvik? It was a selectable option when installing rom through ROM manager.
Didn't do the fix permissions. I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
Thanks guys.
Didn't do the fix permissions. I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
Thanks guys.
03-02-2011, 12:56 AM
#2218
Safety Car
Its separate but I don't think ROM Manager has it as an option. Its probably only certain Recoveries that have it. Factory reset and Cache Wipe should suffice though. Definitely try the fix_permissions (Some recoveries call it "Fix APK UID mismatch") in recovery or ADB. Instructions:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.ph...ix_permissions
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.ph...ix_permissions
03-02-2011, 01:01 AM
#2219
Safety Car
An official Gingerbread ROM was leaked yesterday for the international Galaxy S. I haven't gotten around to playing with it but from the comments at XDA, it looks like its still fully beta. Samsung took out the screen off animation. Luckily, its an easy fix and the devs can reinstate it easily:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974230
Its probably already been ported to the other Galaxy S phones. But its just not worth flashing at the moment. Hopefully, Samsung releases the sources soon so the devs can create a proper Voodoo kernel for it. Good sign though for Galaxy S owners since Samsung is supporting the phone beyond Froyo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974230
Its probably already been ported to the other Galaxy S phones. But its just not worth flashing at the moment. Hopefully, Samsung releases the sources soon so the devs can create a proper Voodoo kernel for it. Good sign though for Galaxy S owners since Samsung is supporting the phone beyond Froyo.
03-02-2011, 06:40 PM
#2220
Moderator Alumnus
- Frank
03-02-2011, 08:59 PM
#2221
Banned
Its too bad HTC only supplies the phone. It doesn't get HTC sense UI on the android platform. Looks nothing like The HTC EVO 4G i have or the HTC Hero or Desire which all use HTC sense as well. I'll never understand why T-mobile would do such a thing.
03-02-2011, 10:01 PM
#2222
It actually does have and use HTC sense. The UI does not look the same, but performs like any other HTC Sense phone. The phone is plain awesome. Cons: Tmobile bloatware! The apps I'm using now: 1. Gtask 2. Poynt 3. Handcent 4. Google Goggles 5.Mint 6.Dolphin HD 7.Ringdroid
at LaForge's glasses. he was just on Big Bang too
03-03-2011, 08:36 AM
#2225
My Garage
Also, not all people want Sense. I prefer vanilla Android.
03-03-2011, 11:13 AM
#2227
Banned
03-03-2011, 11:25 AM
#2228
Safety Car
They call that UI Espresso. Its supposed to cater to the teenagers because it introduced the customizable themes that you now see in regular Sense. If you know how to play with custom ROMS, you can put Sense, Vanilla, MIUI or whatever you want on that phone because it has a lot of devs for it.
03-03-2011, 11:34 AM
#2229
Banned
It actually does have and use HTC sense. The UI does not look the same, but performs like any other HTC Sense phone. The phone is plain awesome. Cons: Tmobile bloatware! The apps I'm using now: 1. Gtask 2. Poynt 3. Handcent 4. Google Goggles 5.Mint 6.Dolphin HD 7.Ringdroid
HTC EVO 4G
HTC Droid Incredible
HTC Touch Pro 2 (Windows Phone)
MyTouch 4g
The T-mobile phone doesnt have HTC sense and the reviews confirm it as one of the main reasons its not liked by them. My sister in law has it so i know what you have. I'm glad you like it though and T-mobiles UI.
03-03-2011, 11:34 AM
#2230
Safety Car
There's been a malware going around in the Android Market which used the Root exploit called "Droid Dream". MYournet posted in the market which utilized the exploit and probably stole data via Root access.
The exploit has been patched in Android 2.2.2 and above but of course only people with Gingerbread are safe by default. Google has already hit the killswitch for these apps and they should've been automatically uninstalled from affected phones but if you guys have downloaded any of the apps from MYournet then you should factory reset to be safe. You can read about it more here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03...open-backdoor/
List of apps affected:
The good news is that this is easily patchable if you have a custom Recovery or root access. Follow this thread for info on downloads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977154
OR
Download this app from the market:
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
The exploit has been patched in Android 2.2.2 and above but of course only people with Gingerbread are safe by default. Google has already hit the killswitch for these apps and they should've been automatically uninstalled from affected phones but if you guys have downloaded any of the apps from MYournet then you should factory reset to be safe. You can read about it more here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03...open-backdoor/
List of apps affected:
* Falling Down
* Super Guitar Solo
* Super History Eraser
* Photo Editor
* Super Ringtone Maker
* Super Sex Positions
* Hot Sexy Videos
* Chess
* 下坠滚球_Falldown
* Hilton Sex Sound
* Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls
* Falling Ball Dodge
* Scientific Calculator
* Dice Roller
* 躲避弹球
* Advanced Currency Converter
* App Uninstaller
* 几何战机_PewPew
* Funny Paint
* Spider Man
* 蜘蛛侠
Here's another list of apps that Lookout also found to be affected as well:
owling Time
Advanced Barcode Scanner
Supre Bluetooth Transfer
Task Killer Pro
Music Box
Sexy Girls: Japanese
Sexy Legs
Advanced File Manager
Magic Strobe Light
致命绝色美腿
墨水坦克Panzer Panic
裸奔先生Mr. Runner
软件强力卸载
Advanced App to SD
Super Stopwatch & Timer
Advanced Compass Leveler
Best password safe
掷骰子
多彩绘画
Finger Race
Piano
Bubble Shoot
Advanced Sound Manager
Magic Hypnotic Spiral
Funny Face
Color Blindness Test
Tie a Tie
Quick Notes
Basketball Shot Now
Quick Delete Contacts
Omok Five in a Row
Super Sexy Ringtones
大家来找茬
桌上曲棍球
投篮高手
* Super Guitar Solo
* Super History Eraser
* Photo Editor
* Super Ringtone Maker
* Super Sex Positions
* Hot Sexy Videos
* Chess
* 下坠滚球_Falldown
* Hilton Sex Sound
* Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls
* Falling Ball Dodge
* Scientific Calculator
* Dice Roller
* 躲避弹球
* Advanced Currency Converter
* App Uninstaller
* 几何战机_PewPew
* Funny Paint
* Spider Man
* 蜘蛛侠
Here's another list of apps that Lookout also found to be affected as well:
owling Time
Advanced Barcode Scanner
Supre Bluetooth Transfer
Task Killer Pro
Music Box
Sexy Girls: Japanese
Sexy Legs
Advanced File Manager
Magic Strobe Light
致命绝色美腿
墨水坦克Panzer Panic
裸奔先生Mr. Runner
软件强力卸载
Advanced App to SD
Super Stopwatch & Timer
Advanced Compass Leveler
Best password safe
掷骰子
多彩绘画
Finger Race
Piano
Bubble Shoot
Advanced Sound Manager
Magic Hypnotic Spiral
Funny Face
Color Blindness Test
Tie a Tie
Quick Notes
Basketball Shot Now
Quick Delete Contacts
Omok Five in a Row
Super Sexy Ringtones
大家来找茬
桌上曲棍球
投篮高手
The good news is that this is easily patchable if you have a custom Recovery or root access. Follow this thread for info on downloads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977154
OR
Download this app from the market:
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
Last edited by CGFebTSX04; 03-03-2011 at 11:40 AM.
03-03-2011, 11:47 AM
#2231
Pro
ParaSurfer - Does your Acura sync your contacts with your HTC? I have a 11' TSX w/ Tech package and I have the HTC Hero...which doesn't sync w/ my car. I was wondering if HTC EVO syncs up w/ it or if HTC in general doesn't sync contacts...
03-03-2011, 12:01 PM
#2232
My Garage
Vanilla Android only looks like crap if you're not smart enough to figure out how to use it. Some people don't like carriers telling them how their phone should look and operate.
03-03-2011, 12:27 PM
#2233
Banned
Yes it did just fine as well as bluetooth.
03-03-2011, 03:28 PM
#2236
It doesnt look the same because its not HTC sence UI. HTC sense looks almost the sam either in WinMo or Android.
HTC EVO 4G
HTC Droid Incredible
HTC Touch Pro 2 (Windows Phone)
MyTouch 4g
The T-mobile phone doesnt have HTC sense and the reviews confirm it as one of the main reasons its not liked by them. My sister in law has it so i know what you have. I'm glad you like it though and T-mobiles UI.
HTC EVO 4G
HTC Droid Incredible
HTC Touch Pro 2 (Windows Phone)
MyTouch 4g
The T-mobile phone doesnt have HTC sense and the reviews confirm it as one of the main reasons its not liked by them. My sister in law has it so i know what you have. I'm glad you like it though and T-mobiles UI.
Since you are so convinced that the Mytouch4g does not run HTC sense, I decided to take pictures for you. The phone has everything the evo has, except the look. Mytouch4g is an Evo killer
See the options? Those are HTC sense options. Flip for speaker, quiet on pickup, etc. It has it all. I wouldnt have purchased 2 MT4g if HTC wasn't included. MT4g also has HTC themes otherwise known on the MT4g as themes (Tmobile bloatware), but at least you can create your own if you don't like them.
Last edited by whudini3000; 03-03-2011 at 03:36 PM.
03-03-2011, 04:28 PM
#2237
Safety Car
HTC Espresso (MT4G) is a variation of Sense UI (All other HTC Devices). So as a base, it is Sense UI but with some slight UI tweaks. The main focus of Espresso is the Theme Management which is now integrated into the new Sense UI. It introduced the Theme Management and had it before Sense did. Other than the icons, they are pretty much the same thing. Besides, both can be easily replaced with any home replacement launchers which will hide the Sense look if it bothers you that badly.
03-03-2011, 04:30 PM
#2238
Safety Car
In other news, the N64 emulator is now in the market! I've been waiting for this so I can play some Ocarina of Time. Not that I shouldn't be studying or anything. Its currently $5.99 in the market and so far the reviews seem positive. Its from the same guy who made the other emulators so you know he'll be supporting this one:
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
And NO you do NOT need root to install and use the app.
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
And NO you do NOT need root to install and use the app.
03-03-2011, 05:30 PM
#2240
Senior Moderator
It doesnt look the same because its not HTC sence UI. HTC sense looks almost the sam either in WinMo or Android.
HTC EVO 4G
HTC Droid Incredible
HTC Touch Pro 2 (Windows Phone)
MyTouch 4g
The T-mobile phone doesnt have HTC sense and the reviews confirm it as one of the main reasons its not liked by them. My sister in law has it so i know what you have. I'm glad you like it though and T-mobiles UI.
HTC EVO 4G
HTC Droid Incredible
HTC Touch Pro 2 (Windows Phone)
MyTouch 4g
The T-mobile phone doesnt have HTC sense and the reviews confirm it as one of the main reasons its not liked by them. My sister in law has it so i know what you have. I'm glad you like it though and T-mobiles UI.