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    All Things Android - Apps, Phones, Tablets - Discussion

    Discussion in 'Smartphones and Tablets' started by H.A.L. 9000, Aug 1, 2010.

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    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    No, you misunderstand.

    When a phone is sent away for repair due to battery-related issues, quite often the battery's capacity is tested and a print-out sent back.
    I've seen batteries come back with print-outs saying they're operating at 111% of their rated capacity.
     
    Step666, Mar 16, 2011
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  2. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    YES!! WIN!!

    [​IMG]
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 16, 2011
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  3. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Oh, I know, I was just adding that. :) For people that go from ROM to ROM to ROM, calibrating the battery is a must.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 16, 2011
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    Tristan Garrosh Did Nothing Wrong

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    Setcpu is a must as well.
     
    Tristan, Mar 16, 2011
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    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    Well i am running 2.3 so its not bad at all .... but its a rc release so it is a little buggy
     
    Texanman, Mar 16, 2011
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    Anyone know if theres a way to make the keyboard NOT go fullscreen when horizontal? Its the only thing about Android that is extremely annoying.
     
    ahl395, Mar 16, 2011
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    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Has anyone else noticed their phone's headphone jack becoming unshielded or something...for some reason listening to anything with headphones with my phone is an exercise in frustration because the slightest movement of the plug will attenuate the audio, even simply rubbing it with a finger freaks it out and sometimes it'll start or stop or switch tracks on it's own, suggesting electrical interference.

    I thought it was the headphones but i used that pair in both a Sansa Clip and both my PC's without incident, and today when they finally died, i bought a different pair of headphones from a different manufacturer and the same thing occurs. Works great on the PC but horrible in the phone.

    It seems to be worse with this pair though and I can't even put the headphones in my pocket without it attenuating and you can hear static as it rubs on my jacket or if i rub the cord by mistake with my hand...making listening while on the move impossible. Disappointing since I'm now forced to return to the standalone mp3 player so i can't scrobble or anything. :/

    Another sign that I need to prepare for a new phone. :D
     
    booboo12, Mar 16, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    ^ that sounds like a problem with the phones headphone jack to me. That happened to me on an old mp3 player of mine.

    New phone! :D.............or an iPod touch...... ;) :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 16, 2011
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    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Don't know how many of you are familiar with 'Tasker' but this seems to be a free, albeit slightly limited, alternative: AutomateIt - Lifehacker
     
    Step666, Mar 16, 2011
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  10. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 16, 2011
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    Pai Notebook Evangelist

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    I wouldn't want a flying car, takes all the fun out of driving a car. ;)
     
    Pai, Mar 17, 2011
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    oldstyle Notebook Consultant

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    Flying car? I would take. :D
     
    oldstyle, Mar 17, 2011
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  13. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Starting with the lock screen, slowly working through other elements of my home screen.......etc. :p
    [​IMG]
     
    Johnny T, Mar 17, 2011
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    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    can it have huge rockets? everythings more fun with rockets!
     
    Texanman, Mar 17, 2011
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    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 17, 2011
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Have $100 off Verizon that ends this month... I wonder if my next phone will be the Thunderbolt... maybe the Samsung will come out before the end of the month and bring something better to the table (like the SAMOLED+ screen and hopefully more).
     
    sgogeta4, Mar 17, 2011
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    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    If any of you guys have a Galaxy S, the new kernels on XDA provide 10-finger multi-touch, that while not particularly useful on a 4" screen... it provides better accuracy. :)
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 17, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    I still have to do that crazy process to install Clockworkmod on my phone before i can do anything :p *procrastination*
     
    ahl395, Mar 17, 2011
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  19. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I just installed my first custom rom today!
     
    Nick, Mar 17, 2011
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    ^ Nice! :D on what phone?
     
    ahl395, Mar 17, 2011
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  21. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    A Vibrant. Has anyone been able to find OEM Samsung Galaxy S 4G (T959v) batteries? They're 1650mah, and compatible with the Vibrants.
     
    Nick, Mar 17, 2011
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    How'd you install ClockworkMod? :eek:
     
    ahl395, Mar 17, 2011
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    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Drop THIS on the internal SD.
    Boot into Samsung's recovery, and select re-install packages.
    It will bring you back to recovery, just select "reinstall packages" again to be taken to ClockworkMod.

    :)
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 17, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Whaaaaaaaat????? :eek:

    Why didnt you tell me this way before?! XD :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 17, 2011
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Actaully, all I did was, put the Axura zip on my SD card, then copied it to my install memory. Then I ran the Rom Manager, selected the Axura zip, them it rebooted and I selected reinstall packages, and that was it.
     
    Nick, Mar 17, 2011
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    hmm, i actually didnt try that or think of trying that, lol. Usually you go through ClockWork to do it, and i cant get clockwork on my phone unless i do this whole process.


    @HAL: will this much easier way work for me? :p or do i have to do that long way for some reason :rolleyes:
     
    ahl395, Mar 17, 2011
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  27. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    LOL. The short way is almost ALWAYS not mentioned, because some people like to do the other way of rooting and all that mess so they don't have to deal with recovery menus...

    I could have told you about that earlier..LOL. Sorry. :eek:

    Since you are on official 2.2, though, you DO still have 3e recovery. Just something to remember...
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 17, 2011
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    LOL XD

    np :p that other process is long and (as you can see XD) i havent done it yet :rolleyes:

    I may just go ahead and do this way XD

    The only thing is im worried of loosing my Samsung Keyboard. I found an apk for it, and flashable zip. but with this method i wouldnt be able to flash any zip's that arent ROMs? and im not sure if itll work anyway.

    Could anyone test it for me? :)
     
    ahl395, Mar 17, 2011
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    Any flashable zip is flashable from CWM... just select the .zip you want instead of a ROM. Under "Flash ZIP from SD" you can choose what to flash. Also, I have a working version of the Samsung Keyboard if you need it, along with Swype, the Gingerbread Keyboard, and MTM-Blackout Orange.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 18, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Well if i do this easier method i wont have CWM, right?

    Oh ok :D sweet! Thats the one thing i didnt wanna lose flashing a ROM :p
    btw, whats MTM-Blackout Orange? lol
     
    ahl395, Mar 18, 2011
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    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Bah, my Defy's earpiece has died :mad:

    Now I need to play Motorola warranty lottery with it :(
     
    Step666, Mar 18, 2011
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  32. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    LOLWut?!

    MTM-Blackout Orange:

    [​IMG]
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 18, 2011
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    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    That looks very Windows Phone 7 ish...digging it! :cool:
     
    booboo12, Mar 18, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Oh wait, nevermind XD


    Interesting keyboard... you cant see the keys o_O how does that work? XD is it multitouch?
     
    ahl395, Mar 18, 2011
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    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    It's a colored version of the gingerbread keyboard... and yep. Fully multitouch. :cool:
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 18, 2011
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    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Hmm, maybe the HD2 'family' isn't quite as out-dated as it might've seemed: HTC Thunderbolt review -- Engadget

    Apparently, amongst other things, the screen and camera quality are a step up from the likes of the Evo 4G - particularly the screen.
    And the build quality is what you'd expect of HTC when they 'do their thing'...
     
    Step666, Mar 18, 2011
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    ahl395, Mar 18, 2011
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    Pai Notebook Evangelist

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    I just use swype, it so much faster. Once you get used to it, you can't go back.....

    The gingerbread keyboard, I tried that too. It's too cramped together. It's VERY functional (because everything is there on one screen), just not practical.
     
    Pai, Mar 18, 2011
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  39. ahl395

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    Yeah i like swype too :D

    I use swype if im typing with one hand, so much easier :D

    I used to use it all the time, but a multitouch keyboard is faster than swype for me.
     
    ahl395, Mar 18, 2011
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  40. Pai

    Pai Notebook Evangelist

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    I guess, it all depends on how greasy that finger/screen is. :p
     
    Pai, Mar 18, 2011
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    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    I use Ultra Keyboard.
    Ok, not free but it's extremely customisable and you can get half-qwerty in portrait which I for one find very useful, swype-like features. It's also got the ability to both add words to and black-list them from the dictionary, themes, adjustable button sizes.
    Pretty much any option you could want, it has.


    The keyboard that HAL posted looks like it would work well for Swype though actually.
    The like of defined keys would seem to gel more with that than typing IMO.
     
    Step666, Mar 18, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    haha yeah :p on my old phone i only used swype, becuase it had a 3.2" screen which was...quite a task to type regularly on :p

    On the 4" screen, the regular style multitouch keyboard works good :D


    I've tried that one, not too bad but not as accurate as swype is.
     
    ahl395, Mar 18, 2011
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    The swiping isn't perfect, no.
    But having used the half-qwerty, I can't go back to a full qwerty portrait keyboard on my Defy.

    Maybe I'll re-assess it when I get a phone with a larger screen.
     
    Step666, Mar 18, 2011
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    As promised the benchmark of the " Patriot LX Class 10 16GB microSD Card" that i ordered, it has been error tested and it is perfect :)

    My only problem was with the microsd to sdhc adaptor, the write protect tab was totally loose, the worsted i have ever seen, every time i inserted it into my notebook to do the benchmark, I got an write protection error, and when i removed the adaptor the write protect slider had moved, so i fixed it by heating up a fine knife and made a little bump by melting some of the plastic, now the write protect works great :)

    [​IMG]
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Mar 19, 2011
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  45. Thierry19

    Thierry19 Coffee enthusiast

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    Thanks for the benchmark!
    What do you guys think of that?! How bad can this battery be..?!
     
    Thierry19, Mar 19, 2011
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  46. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    It in Hong Kong. US and Canada only for me :)

    I have a second battery for my Vibrant, but I never have needed to use.
     
    Nick, Mar 19, 2011
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    Seems too good to be true at that price, which usually means it`s fake, so you have know idea of the capacity or the quality.

     
    Tinderbox (UK), Mar 19, 2011
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    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Not too bad - slightly better write speeds than my Kingmax, slightly poorer read speeds.
    Guess brand isn't such a big issue after all.



    On a different note, this seems like a pretty good deal: Dell Streak for $99 when bought with a Dell PC or laptop
     
    Step666, Mar 19, 2011
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    Thierry19 Coffee enthusiast

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    Damn I wish I had to buy a new laptop now. Great deal!
    Regarding the battery you guys must be right, 4$ is a little cheap :p But I would really use another battery, I often find myself in this frustrating situation where you phone becomes a worthless paperweight.
     
    Thierry19, Mar 19, 2011
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  50. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    $20 may seem like a lot, but would you rather have an exploding battery or one that works? LOL. There was a guy in the news here not too long ago that had his phone catch fire because of a crappy non-OEM battery.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 19, 2011
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