All Things Android - Apps, Phones, Tablets - Discussion

Yeah, got it the day after Samsung told me I'd won it.
They called me about 3.30pm one day and it arrived at work 10am the next day.

It's nice, though I haven't used it much - I'm waiting 'til I have a screen protector for it before I start using it properly, don't want to risk ruining it.

 

CM7's new (at least new to me) lockscreen is awesome

 

Yea, I believe that was pushed mainline in late November. It was supposed to be part of CM7.2, but it was early. So is the 6-band EQ.

Lots of minor tweaks in the newer mainline builds. They've really done some awesome things with audio... mainly separated the headphone volume and the speaker volume for media. You can have your phone's speaker going full blast, but plug in headphones and it now remembers the level you last had your headphones at.

 

Hmm...

Someone from Engadget apparently confirmed the AT&T Note has NFC - about 25 minutes in to this podcast, one of them fiddles with the phone, discovers NFC and they talk about the battery being marked as NFC-compatible.
Which flies in the face of what they said roughly 90 seconds into this video.

Not that any of this directly affects me, I just mention it because I found it interesting.


Rather more importantly, the site I linked-to that is selling an NFC battery for the Note has replied saying it's definitely NFC-capable and has the 4 contacts.
I just need to find out whether it will fit the Nexus or not.

 

Ah okay, yeah I'm running CM7.2 6-band EQ huh? In DSPManager?
Doesnt really matter to me though because I use PowerAMP with a 10-band. But the system-wide 6-band may be good if I have to use Google Music or Pandora, etc.

@ The audio thing, my Samsung based ROMs (2.3.6) did that as well.

Now I just need CM9

 

Haven't been using a screen protector... haven't had problems. It's been a month or so since I've had it, keep it in its own pocket with the included headphones.

 

I know it probably would be fine but I'd rather just wait.
It's not like I don't have a plethora of other Android handsets I can use in the mean time...

 

Damnit, the Note's battery is apparently too wide for the Nexus.
I can't believe no-one tried until now though.

Anyone recommend any good/reputable manufacturers of extended batteries?
I know of Mugen but that's it.

 

Well, damn.

Extended battery for the Galaxy Nexus?

 

Yep, my reaction exactly.
Though it's just one person who says so - until I see a photo or try it myself, I'm going to cling onto what little hope remains.

For the i9250, yeah.
I know Samsung do one but it's just 2000mAh ( as I said on Twitter, the 2100mAh one for the i515 isn't compatible ).



On a completely different note...

Steve Wozniak: Android has leapt ahead of Apple in many ways​

 

Hey guys, can I get some feedback on my first guide, please?

[GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII - xda-developers

 

I hate Google Voice

Just sent out tons of old text messages to people, again. What the hell? lmao

 

Google Maps is not on my phone and is listed as incompatible.

What the hell?

Does anyone have the apk?

 

You could always use sprint navigation. At least it's included in your monthly plan...

 

Samsung promises all-day battery life from new smartphones in 2012​

Want.

 

Great guide! Informative with pictures!

Click me!

Ditto.

 

Thanks! What can I improve/add?

 

Nothing really, that I can see anyway. It looks like you covered all the points.

 

Ah, great! Is your XDA name the same as in NBR? I wanted to put your name and Step's in Credits for giving me the starting push in Android

 

Yep, though I don't do much business at XDA. My username doesn't have many stats on it..lol. I usually just go to XDA to browse.

 

Oh, I thought you posted your modded CM7 for Atrix there...

 

Nope. Too much snotty behavior at XDA.

My RedPill threads...
- ROM - RedPill Beta - v3 - 7/23
[ROM] Dorian's RedPill-CM7 V1 RC (aka "RedPill Hybrid") [**TEMPORARY THREAD**]

 

Hmm...


I got a chance to check for myself today and the Note's battery is indeed too large for the Galaxy Nexus, so I'm back to this:

Any recommendations for reputable third-party battery manufacturers?

 

Hitting almost all day light usage with my rooted Galaxy Nexus, half day with medium usage. Extended battery, custom ROM, and kernel.

 

Thanks !

 

HAL, just a question : why does my GSII only get 3-5Mb/s download, when it is certified for 21Mb/s?

 

Your carrier, the phone and it's network. The specification quotes a maximum theoretical value of the wireless network's specification. In real life things rarely come close to that value. Examples? Think: home wifi network, USB transfer speed.

Like all things, manufacturers/carriers will always quote the higher, theoretical value to make people think otherwise.

-Tapatalk

 

It depends on signal strength, local equipment...any one of a number of things...

At work I get about 5-10 Mbps down, but at home I can get up to 50 down, which is obviously ridiculous for a phone.

 

I was outside, center of the city, lots of antennas nearby...

Then why does my dad's xperia arc S get better speeds both in H+ and WiFi?

 

I was explaining why it doesn't match manufacturers' value, which was what you asked.

Were both phones tested at the same time? Does your radio match the RIL (and vice versa)?

-Tapatalk

 

Yes, I understood that

They were tested several times, same place, exact same test start.

Not sure how to check that... Is that related to the modem and such?

 

Ah yeah it's called "modem" for Samsung devices, since XDA search is down...I can't find out atm. But usually, a rom dev will recommend a modem to go with the rom.

 

My modem is XXKI3, flashed a few weeks ago, from XXKH3. The RIL is stock Samsung (not CM).

 

So my phone seems to have been getting hotter lately after i switched to CM7, and battery life hasnt been great.

Then I realized i never took SetCPU off of Performance mode locked @ 1.6Ghz when I was benchmarking.

Might explain that

 

That, verbatim.

You have lab speeds, where you have perfectly ideal testing conditions where 21.1Mbps may be attainable, then you have the real-world which is never anywhere near the lab speeds.

In the real world you have environment (temperature, humidity, foliage, geography, etc), backhaul load (the amount of viable bandwidth in the local ring topo), backbone to backhaul interface (where the cellular backhaul interfaces with the internet backbone, usually a fiber trunk), number of users that the tower has to divide spectrum between (every user that's added to a node decreases the total available bandwidth to every other person that's connected, since there are always minimal QoS requirements), and MANY other factors. Just to give you a sample...

50Mbps is a GREAT number for a phone. Without that dual-channel memory interface that's a part of OMAP4 you wouldn't be able to take advantage of that speed. The Galaxy Nexus is an LTE Advanced handset if I'm not mistaken, which puts it at being 100Mbps (duplex) capable.

LMAO, that would do it. Try keeping Tegra 2 stuck at 1.6Ghz... two words: Melted Plastic.

 

I see... Thanks for the explaining (And thanks again to Johnny aswell!)

But it still remains : why do I get better results on the Xperia Arc S on WiFi, H+ AND GPS? Same test settings, time start...

Maybe...

 

Every phone has a different antenna setup. And different devices can be set at different HSPA releases.

If you have root on your GS2, what does this say on your build.prop?
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.gprsclass=12

I have mine set to identify differently than what AT&T ships phones with. They ship it at HSXPA=1 and GPRSCLASS=10.

Then again, the SE could be on a different band than your GS2. Since most cellular networks have 3G on two bands (AT&T for example has it on 1900Mhz and 850Mhz, and 850Mhz is usually faster because of less signal noise and degradation).

 

Hahaha, fixed it now

At least i know the OC is stable lol

 

Guys I need help with my honeycomb TPT. It will NOT connect to wifi the way I want it to. It's a completely stock TPT, with the latest ota update.

It will connect unsecured w/ DHCP. It will connect unsecured with static IP.
It will connect secured WPA2/AES w/ DHCP. It will connect secured WPA2/AES with static IP.

It will NOT connect secured WPA2/AES with my original 63 char ASCII key. Is there password length issues with honeycomb?

My wifi is managed by a linksys WRT54g v6 router, set to wireless G only, secured by WPA2 Personal/AES (no TKIP) and a 63 char. ASCII password. DHCP is enabled and there are available addresses. All advanced settings are set to default. The only other time I've had an issue with this is my xbox360, where for some reason it wouldn't take the entire password, but so I increased the password 10 chars at a time until it was the full length/original and oddly enough it connected, I still don't know why! I can shorten my wifi ps length if need be but it will be pain because I have tons of devices I would have to change. Any insight? I know this isn't a help me thread but I figured all the android geniuses would be in here. This is my first tablet and my first android device in a long time.

 

Ummm... I don't have those entries

Examined the build.prop twice, didn't find anything related to the RIL

 

Android share doubles iPhone in U.S., Samsung most popular vendor - BGR​

It's a tad unclear about exactly what period the study covers but it seems to indicate it's as of the end of last year, which means that already includes the launch of the 4S.

 

So, starting to look into rooting my Galaxy Nexus and flashing a custom ROM - yet another different way of doing things to learn

 

Always fun learning how to root a new phone Different every time lol.

Though none of them seem difficult after rooting an LG Optimus (ugh)

 

Problem is, bouncing from Motorola to SE to Samsung to SE to Motorola to SE to Samsung it's just impossible to remember it all - I have to learn from scratch each and every time.
And it's only easy to re-learn with the SE handsets and that's only because I wrote a far better guide than anyone else ever seems to bother doing.

 

This one I can't really help you with. Every Android device model is different in regards to wireless hardware and OEM specific libs. I don't have your tablet, and Lenovo likes to do their own thing with hardware, so they're probably not like anyone else's WiFi hardware/driver setup at all.

 

I used the simple 1 step unlock/root program from Wugfresh. Worked without any issues so far Using ROM Manager (CWM Recovery) for the ROMs and kernels.

 

I was trying to set up this toolkit but I cannot get the drivers to install.
I've spent what seems like the last 12 hours downloading parts of the Android SDK and it doesn't seem to have made any difference so far.

 

Galaxy Nexus USB Drivers?

 

Yeah, Galaxy Nexus USB drivers.

I think I've finally got it sorted - I can find my Galaxy Nexus in adb now.
Just involved downloading everything in the Android SDK ...twice.



edit: yep, handset now unlocked (bootloader), rooted and has CWM.

Which ROM and kernel are you using?
I've read good things about AOKP and franco.Kernel so I was planning on giving them a go.

 

Codename Android and Lean Kernel.