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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.

  1. Step666

    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    My Defy now has CM7.

    *does happy dance*
     
    Step666, Jun 7, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Nice :D


    I'm running MIUI on top of CM7.... its quite a different UI, but the notifications are great.
     
    ahl395, Jun 7, 2011
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    Double 0 Notebook Geek

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    Dual core cpu's won't be fully utilize until ice cream sandwich comes out anyway.. but yeah I see what you're getting at
     
    Double 0, Jun 7, 2011
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    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    I thought this was pretty cool: OnLive Player app for iPad and Android tablets meets the public at E3 (update: hands-on) -- Engadget

    Basically, onlive added a basic touchscreen overlay (so you can play without the wireless controller). So rts games could be very playable without the controller (dow2 comes to mind).

    Since onlive is gearing this towards tablets (i've seen no reports of it coming to non-tablets), I'm hoping some dev can rip it out and give it to regular smartphones when it gets released.
     
    Darth Bane, Jun 7, 2011
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  5. Step666

    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Dual-core, dual-SIM, dual-standby Motorola Android handset for China: link
     
    Step666, Jun 8, 2011
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  6. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    LOL!

    Xperia Arc ( locked with a plan including 500MB free internet and unlimited calls/text ) + PS Vita = Unlocked GS2! :p

    400€ + 250€ = 650€ :p
     
    Phistachio, Jun 8, 2011
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  7. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    So I finally got Spare Parts working; I had to delete the pre-installed copy of it from my ROM and re-install it from the Market. Now it runs, but it won't let me set the WiFi sleep policy. The three options are Android default, never while plugged, and never. I tried to set it to never sleep while plugged in, but it keeps reverting to Android default as soon as I close Spare Parts. Telling it to never put WiFi to sleep doesn't work either.

    Looks like I'm stuck only being able to use it while the screen's on, unless anyone else has ideas?
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 8, 2011
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  8. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    To change the WiFi Sleep Policy, have you tried going to Wireless and Networks --> WiFi Settings --> then press the menu key and tap advanced?

    It should let you set the WiFi sleep policy there without needing Spare Parts for it.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 8, 2011
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  9. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    There are no "advanced" options (menu key does nothing), and there's no such option in the main WiFi settings menu.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 8, 2011
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  10. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Gosh. They've really stripped a LOT of features out of your Android build. I've never seen a phone that didn't have that. Even the Moto Backflip had that... :eek:

    [​IMG]
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 8, 2011
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  11. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Would that still be the case even though I'm running a custom ROM?
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 8, 2011
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  12. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    The actual menu setting is buried in Settings.apk in /system/app. So if your ROM dev didn't include it, yes, that's a possibility.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 8, 2011
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  13. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Samsung Galaxy S II confirmed for July touch down at Verizon - Phone Arena

    I hope it comes in time for the fourth of July weekend! Though I'm disappointed that it has not LTE connectivity. Hope they got that part wrong...

    edit: false alarm :(

    http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/08/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-said-to-be-verizon-bound-in-july/

    Update: We just received word from a Verizon spokesperson that the reference to a July release was just a miscommunication and was actually in reference to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Yeah, we're bummed out, too.
     
    sgogeta4, Jun 8, 2011
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  14. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Its rediculous that T-Mobile can even call their service "unlimited". After throttling its almost useless.
     
    ahl395, Jun 8, 2011
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  15. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    What speeds are you getting?

    In Central AL, I get 1.5-3.0MBPS
     
    Nick, Jun 9, 2011
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  16. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    I bet your throttled speed is still better than my regular unlimited speed :p
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 9, 2011
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    I wan't my damn galaxy sII.
     
    mrXniick, Jun 9, 2011
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  18. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 9, 2011
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  19. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Well normally, i get 3.0-5.5Mbps.

    But after i hit the 100MB "4G/3G speed, limit" it gets throttled down to a solid 0.1Mbps. :| which is pretty useless, its bullcrap. I had a way to get around it previously but it looks like they changed the way they throttle :rolleyes:

    Dear god i hope not :p 0.1Mbps is worthless for use as home internet......... :|

    Lol :p no working PHONE (ironic? :p) though last time i checked :eek:
     
    ahl395, Jun 9, 2011
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  20. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Mastershroom, Jun 9, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Get it! . :D
     
    ahl395, Jun 9, 2011
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  22. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    They haven't released a price yet...given that the Samsung Intercept and LG Optimus V are both $200, I will literally eat my own shorts if this thing is less than $300.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 9, 2011
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  23. Blake

    Blake NBR Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    I will give you $100 towards the purchase of said phone if you film yourself eating your shorts and let me upload it to youtube. :p

    Cool looking phone. It's becoming slightly appealing to move over to the prepaid side of the force.
     
    Blake, Jun 9, 2011
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  24. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Lol :p

    $200 is pretty much MSRP price for those phones AFAIK... so if this one follows suit... itll probably be more like $400, $500. But we'll have to wait and see, you could sell your current phone for a chunk towards the new one :)
     
    ahl395, Jun 9, 2011
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  25. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    It's a great phone... If Moto hasn't done their dastardly deeds to it. It's got the same internals as the Desire HD. Same SoC. :) Except Moto saw fit to include an HDMI out... which is really something I wish more phones had.

    I wouldn't be shocked if it's slightly under $300, or just slightly over.

    Meanwhile... Another Droid X has found it's way into my possession. OMG, I hate this phone.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 9, 2011
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  26. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    This picture is relevant... :D :p

    [​IMG]




    Really? I wouldnt think it would be that cheap unsubsidized
     
    ahl395, Jun 9, 2011
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  27. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    The green guy obviously wins.

    Period.
     
    Phistachio, Jun 9, 2011
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  28. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Obviously because he's the one with the green lightsaber :D
     
    ahl395, Jun 9, 2011
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  29. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    Well ofcourse! Green > Red.
     
    Phistachio, Jun 9, 2011
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  30. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    There's really not too much to the MSM8655 Qualcomm SoC. It's more of a budget SoC right now, actually. I just find it really interesting that Motorola chose a Qualcomm chipset and not an OMAP. It's not characteristic of Motorola. I just wonder if this signals something...
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 10, 2011
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  31. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Virgin Mobile's phones are technically subsidized, although not nearly to the extent that contract carrier phones are. For example, the Samsung Intercept I have is available on both VM and Sprint's contract service. I paid $200 for mine on VM with no contract. Sprint contract customers could get it for like $50 subsidized with a contract renewal, but getting it off-contract with Sprint was way more expensive than with VM; something like $400 IIRC.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 10, 2011
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  32. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Ah ok, interesting @ both :eek:
     
    ahl395, Jun 10, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Tried the Honeycomb port for my phone just for the hell of it :p pretty cool i have to say :D
     
    ahl395, Jun 11, 2011
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  34. mrXniick

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    mrXniick, Jun 11, 2011
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  35. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    AFAIK, that's an engineering sample. Notice there's no Samsung logo, there's no chrome accents, the power button is moved up, and there's a camera hump on the back. Those were all changed in the final revision, to the device you can buy today.

    Or that's actually a Canadian bound device. The Canadian carrier Bell has 850MHz 3G networks and always gets the same devices we get from Samsung, except theirs usually don't have logo's all over them. But even being a Canadian device can't explain the camera hump. :confused:

    EDIT: I was looking at the images wrong... That second image may actually be another design prototype... ? It's not anything I've seen so far. But I'll ask my Samsung rep Monday morning...
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 11, 2011
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  36. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Riddle me this: my phone no longer has a lock screen. When I hit the power button while it's in sleep mode, it just turns on already unlocked. I've tried a few reboots to no avail.

    WidgetLocker's lock screen works, but as soon as I disable it I have no lock screen again.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 12, 2011
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  37. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Look in settings, i know some ROMs (namely Cyanogen) have an option that turn off the lock screen completely, like your saying.


    Also, The Triumph will not have Motoblur :D you need to get this :p
     
    ahl395, Jun 12, 2011
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  38. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    There are no settings like that; as far as I know my settings are completely stock, and I haven't messed with them anyway. >_<
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 12, 2011
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  39. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    thats really weird... o_O do you have any nandroid backups to restore from?
     
    ahl395, Jun 12, 2011
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  40. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Nope. But there's a new version of my ROM out anyway, so I think I'll just flash that and hope for the best.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 13, 2011
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  41. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    ^That usually solves quite a few problems... especially when you wipe data/factory reset and not keep and of the old (possibly corrupted) files.

    Sidenote... Have a Droid X? Want CM7? HUGE NEWS... it's now coming within the next week!

    http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?283-Video-CM4DX-Installed-and-Running!

    <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5ZOLEHwfZA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5ZOLEHwfZA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width='560' height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
     
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    H.A.L. 9000, Jun 13, 2011
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  42. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    This is going to sound very noobish, but I was under the impression that one could only put "semi-custom" (for lack of a better word) ROM's on Motorolas other than the Droid 1 due to the bootloader. Have they managed to unencrypt it?
     
    booboo12, Jun 13, 2011
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  43. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    So I got a my touch 4g now and its pretty cool, its my first smartphone so im not complaining. im typing on it now and its pretty smooth currently using wifi but got 2gb dataplan..
     
    usapatriot, Jun 13, 2011
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  44. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    Do you mean iPhone 4? iPod Touch isn't a smartphone...
     
    Phistachio, Jun 13, 2011
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  45. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    [​IMG]

    How much did you get it for?
     
    Johnny T, Jun 13, 2011
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  46. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    Oh! :eek: *pacefalm*

    That's what gives for not living in the USA i guess :p
     
    Phistachio, Jun 13, 2011
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  47. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Woohoo the EVO 3D will be coming with an unencrypted bootloader :D Should be getting it the end of this month or next month if all goes well.
     
    ahl395, Jun 13, 2011
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  48. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The phone was $129 after rebate as far as the rate plan goes, it's a family plan but it was something like $129 mo. + fees/tax for two smartphones and one dumbphone sharing 1,000 minutes, unlimited text and 2GB data @ 4G/Unlimited data @ 3G speeds.

    Roughly, the same cost as the previous AT&T plan with no data, the AT&T plan would have cost more with data added on plus a lower cap and less minutes.

    Oh well, T-Mobile will be AT&T in a few months, but we'll be locked in for two-years, whatever happens after that, we'll deal with it then.
     
    usapatriot, Jun 13, 2011
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  49. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    ^ Pretty good price for the phone :eek:
     
    ahl395, Jun 13, 2011
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  50. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    So what's the best way to put music on my MyTouch4G? I have all my mobile music in a main folder which contains sub-folders divided by artist names.

    I tried DoubleTwist but it won't let me sync a the specific folder I want, instead it automatically gathers all the music on my computer, much of which I don't want on my phone.
     
    usapatriot, Jun 13, 2011
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