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My girl and i both have G1s. Her phone uses DXtop and is not rooted. Her DXtop has the ability to orginize APPs in her APP drawer. I have been looking everywhere and cant find anything that alows my rooted G1 to do the same. Is there anything out there that can manage APPs in the drawer on a rooted G1 running cyan 4.0.4?
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My girl and i both have G1s. Her phone uses DXtop and is not rooted. Her DXtop has the ability to orginize APPs in her APP drawer. I have been looking everywhere and cant find anything that alows my rooted G1 to do the same. Is there anything out there that can manage APPs in the drawer on a rooted G1 running cyan 4.0.4?
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modified launcher
Is Modified Launcher different (in functionality) than Advanced Launcher?
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Is Modified Launcher different (in functionality) than Advanced Launcher?
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Actually I was thinking of advanced launcher but here are both of em. It's been a long day.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538871
modified launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540880
advanced launcher
Advanced launcher is a home replacement. I'm interested in a theme or application that is not running over my original home but allows the APP drawer to be customized. Besides, it also states that it is not usable with Cyan 4.0.4. Any other ideas?
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Advanced launcher is a home replacement. I'm interested in a theme or application that is not running over my original home but allows the APP drawer to be customized. Besides, it also states that it is not usable with Cyan 4.0.4. Any other ideas?
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its not a home replacement like dxtop....it actually replaces the one you have
did you even read the op properly?
I'm confused by myself. So here's the description: u17 ist still the old version for cupcake releases. There is a standalone and a replacement. Both are for cupcake based builds.
Then there ist v2.0.1. It's the new version. It's for donut based builds. And it's currently only the replacement version, standalone will come.
So don't use v2.0.1 on cupcake based builds (like cyanogen's 4.0.4 stable) and don't use u17 or u17_replacement on donut based builds (like the cyanogen experimental branch).
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i.e........ u17 is compatible with 4.0.4 but not donut
read the op and use the replacement version instructions to fix up your build
Launcher_update_17.zip
*can hardly contain anger*
I see now. Was misunderstanding the wording. I'm somewhat noob, but trying to learn what I can. Thank you for your help
mijalex said:
I see now. Was misunderstanding the wording. I'm somewhat noob, but trying to learn what I can. Thank you for your help
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lol dont worry. the stuff here is kinda hard to go through unless youve been here for a while. Can you add [SOLVED] to the title
B-man007 said:
its not a home replacement like dxtop....it actually replaces the one you have
did you even read the op properly?
i.e........ u17 is compatible with 4.0.4 but not donut
read the op and use the replacement version instructions to fix up your build
Launcher_update_17.zip
*can hardly contain anger*
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Thanks for breakin it down. The way I was feelin yesterday I woulda struggled to do it.
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Thanks for breakin it down. The way I was feelin yesterday I woulda struggled to do it.
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hehe i know the feeling. When that happens I just go two weeks without posting
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hehe i know the feeling. When that happens I just go two weeks without posting
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I would love to do that, but then what would I do to kill time at work?
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I would love to do that, but then what would I do to kill time at work?
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hehe this summer, my productivity numbers fell by 133% at work thanks to xda
now ive found a way to look productive and artificially boost my numbers: interns
now they are up an extra 70% from where i was before xda XD
i had the same dilemma. i dont know how id kill time at work w/o xda
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hehe this summer, my productivity numbers fell by 133% at work thanks to xda
now ive found a way to look productive and artificially boost my numbers: interns
now they are up an extra 70% from where i was before xda XD
i had the same dilemma. i dont know how id kill time at work w/o xda
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I would love to see my productivity numbers before and after. Between XDA, Hulu, CNN, and some other randum stuff I might look up I don't know how I get anything done. Good thing I do programming so I can just say "Hey this stuff got me stumped." Also I know how to really drag out a project. Good thing I work with a bunch of goof off's too.
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I would love to see my productivity numbers before and after. Between XDA, Hulu, CNN, and some other randum stuff I might look up I don't know how I get anything done. Good thing I do programming so I can just say "Hey this stuff got me stumped." Also I know how to really drag out a project. Good thing I work with a bunch of goof off's too.
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i know what you mean xD
yesterday i spent 3 hours debugging another teams program. they had 6000 SLIC and it crashed on run time. I figured what the hell, im up for a challenge. well the whole program crashed because of one letter
fliers instead of flier
both flier and fliers were valid so it compiled fine but crashed when it was run. the exception being thrown was nowhere near (in a completely unrelated class) where the error was and the debugger on eclipse missed it completely.
turns out, the guys made bets on how long it would take me to find it. (i beat all their wagers. i told them to give me the pot or id report their asses. see, im super productive XP )
because of that diversion, i didnt get my team to finish their project so i made them stay after xD
B-man007 said:
i know what you mean xD
yesterday i spent 3 hours debugging another teams program. they had 6000 SLIC and it crashed on run time. I figured what the hell, im up for a challenge. well the whole program crashed because of one letter
fliers instead of flier
both flier and fliers were valid so it compiled fine but crashed when it was run. the exception being thrown was nowhere near (in a completely unrelated class) where the error was and the debugger on eclipse missed it completely.
turns out, the guys made bets on how long it would take me to find it. (i beat all their wagers. i told them to give me the pot or id report their asses. see, im super productive XP )
because of that diversion, i didnt get my team to finish their project so i made them stay after xD
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LOL. Yea one lil letter, number, space, or character and that throws everything off. I've had to go thru line by line studyin everything to see whats been wrong and after awhile everything just blurs together. Luckly I'm workin on a couple different projects that use arbortext which makes everything alot easier. But there's those times arbortext messes up and its back to lookin at the code in text pad or word pad and wow you already know how that is.
I just thought I'd mention this even though its a little off topic, but I love my Touch now with 2.2 on it. It does absolutely everything I ever wanted a phone to do, the app market is full of awesome and useful apps, super stable, and my god, the battery life is out of this world. I only wish it had a glass capacitive screen to be a little more scratch resistant and finger friendly. I'd never get rid of it when my contract is up next March if it had that.
I wanted to give a shout out to all the devs and dedicated testers to put the Vogue back on the cutting edge.
Which Release are you running? is DZO or Incubus?
nickel911 said:
Which Release are you running? is DZO or Incubus?
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Incubus RLS9. But not for any good reason really. It was just the last 2.2 I installed and called it perfect at that point. I've probably flashed my phone 30 times so I needed to find something that worked and stick with it before I wore out the NAND.
I'm considering buying a cheap used Touch to try this out instead of the phone I am using now on Sprint. How well does Android work on the Touch? Are there any downsides or things that don't work? What's the battery life like?
Thanks!
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I'm considering buying a cheap used Touch to try this out instead of the phone I am using now on Sprint. How well does Android work on the Touch? Are there any downsides or things that don't work? What's the battery life like?
Thanks!
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You should try it.
Everything works except for camcorder. Battery lasts a full day easily.
What's your current phone?
believe it or not I am running 2.1 because it allows me to send mms on sprint. RLS3 allowed me to but something changed in the other builds and I cant mms anymore.
acegolfer said:
You should try it.
Everything works except for camcorder. Battery lasts a full day easily.
What's your current phone?
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Just keep in mind the screen is small and text input without the stylus can be annoying in portrait mode sometimes. But other than that, ace has it right. Everything works cept camcorder though I never used that myself so I don't care.
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believe it or not I am running 2.1 because it allows me to send mms on sprint. RLS3 allowed me to but something changed in the other builds and I cant mms anymore.
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yea Incubus posted an RIL that had the old APNs settings so it didnt disappear i was able to send mms with it like that. if i get a chance i will upload it if not i know there was a thread about it a little while back
I'm running the themed release10 with the new NBH file and I LOVE it. Other than the GPS (verizon issue...) it's perfect. I am very grateful that people are spending the time to make this phone so much better!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude don't give up. The gps on vzw is fixable. Have you tried the fix listed in the faq thread. Worked for me. Sry for the punctuation my touch pro kbd isn't working all the way in xdandroid.
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Incubus RLS9. But not for any good reason really. It was just the last 2.2 I installed and called it perfect at that point. I've probably flashed my phone 30 times so I needed to find something that worked and stick with it before I wore out the NAND.
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i would like to encourage you to try all that are out there before you make a decision on what you use-
good luck and welcome to the club
Combiner said:
I'm considering buying a cheap used Touch to try this out instead of the phone I am using now on Sprint. How well does Android work on the Touch? Are there any downsides or things that don't work? What's the battery life like?
Thanks!
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there is one for sale here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724434
good luck
acegolfer said:
You should try it.
Everything works except for camcorder. Battery lasts a full day easily.
What's your current phone?
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I am currently using a Palm Treo 755p so I am completely new to this. In terms of functionality, what is the difference between running it from the SD card and doing the NAND method. The SD install seemed pretty straightforward and the NAND version seemed more complicated. I am pretty tech savvy but have never installed a new OS on a mobile phone before. Can anyone provide a link to a simple straightforward instructions for installing via NAND? Also, which release should I be installing? I see people talking about more than one.
Thanks so much for your help!
Awesome. I'm getting a used touch [$50 ftw] for Froyo on it. Thanks a lot to everyone who posted.
Just a small thing, does SMS work as it should? I'm pretty much intending to make the Touch my No.1 phone, and SMS is a major factor. So, all apps work, including Wi-Fi? Impossible.
The touch does not have wifi capabilities , but SMS works great!
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Dassin4 said:
The touch does not have wifi capabilities , but SMS works great!
Sent from my European Vogue using XDA App
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Touch? The Touch [Vogue] does have Wi-Fi capabilities, the Touch Dual doesn't if you're thinking about that.
TheRealCod3r said:
Touch? The Touch [Vogue] does have Wi-Fi capabilities, the Touch Dual doesn't if you're thinking about that.
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wrong... vogue does not. kaiser does
piperthedj said:
i would like to encourage you to try all that are out there before you make a decision on what you use-
good luck and welcome to the club
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Yeah, I've been testing Vogue roms for quite some time now. 2.2 is easily the best on the vogue. The improvements made to the OS made the whole thing faster and more efficient. Battery life is through the roof comparatively as is speed.
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Awesome. I'm getting a used touch [$50 ftw] for Froyo on it. Thanks a lot to everyone who posted.
Just a small thing, does SMS work as it should? I'm pretty much intending to make the Touch my No.1 phone, and SMS is a major factor. So, all apps work, including Wi-Fi? Impossible.
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works fine here.
incubus26jc said:
wrong... vogue does not. kaiser does
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HTC Touch/Vogue > gsmarena.com/htc_touch-1999.php
Hi all i hope someone can help me please, my son just got hold of a G1 now it comes with 1.6 android system as there being any release e.g. 2.0 or 2.1,
I dont want to root his phone unless theres a good working custom rom
Thanks
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Hi all i hope someone can help me please, my son just got hold of a G1 now it comes with 1.6 android system as there being any release e.g. 2.0 or 2.1,
I dont want to root his phone unless theres a good working custom rom
Thanks
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I'd wait til CM6 becomes final. 2.1 IMO just doesn't run well enough on G1's hardware. The speed is there, but apps get killed too easily for memory.
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I'd wait til CM6 becomes final. 2.1 IMO just doesn't run well enough on G1's hardware. The speed is there, but apps get killed too easily for memory.
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I disagree. I run 2.1 and it works just fine for me.
can teh man said:
I disagree. I run 2.1 and it works just fine for me.
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Well, I couldn't run Pandora and then check my email and do gchat. Pandora would shut off when I try to do other things. Didn't have SWAP set up. Didn't have this issue with 1.6.
can teh man said:
I disagree. I run 2.1 and it works just fine for me.
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is there any links please
There is a lot of good custom ROMs. Go check The Rom Bible and look at the ratings of every ROM there. You will find something good.
And I agree that Eclair is usable, but not to fast. You have to set up a swap partition to run it good enough to be a daily driver. However, you will not find as fast 2.1 ROM as stock Donut. G1 has too little RAM memory (processor is good enough). But something for something - if you once see 2.1 ROM you won't want to go back, trust me .
If you're looking for speed - check Dwang, it's very good.
BUT! Very much depends how your son will use the phone. If his gonna do a lot of multitasking and play with the phone 24/7 then he should stay on 1.6 or start reading how to really set up an Eclair ROM to run smooth. If he is really casual user then almost every ROM will be OK for him.
@up - The Rom Bible
can teh man is using Cyanogen 5.08.
can teh man said:
I disagree. I run 2.1 and it works just fine for me.
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2.1 sucks for multitasking. My widgets update 5 minutes late on average and sometimes they never do and I have to open the app to get them to update. Horrible.
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2.1 sucks for multitasking. My widgets update 5 minutes late on average and sometimes they never do and I have to open the app to get them to update. Horrible.
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that problem went away for me as soon as I ditched all Widgets that required a background dedicated service.. rather than just using the widget API to update from application data.
ezterry said:
that problem went away for me as soon as I ditched all Widgets that required a background dedicated service.. rather than just using the widget API to update from application data.
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Interesting.
If he's anything like my son, he'll be using the phone for messaging. I would definitely avoid Eclair and Froyo for now. No need to root it - stock 1.6 is fine for most everyday purposes. If he starts to want to install tons of apps, then you can root and start investigating your options.
lol that happened to me my first day having the phone >.<
I'm not sure why it hasn't been mentioned on XDA yet, but TQ 3.0 has been released:
I'm only putting it out here, so if someone wants to make an official thread then go ahead. I'm amazed no one has said anything here... unless I'm missing something. Looks sweet!
READ ALL THE WARNINGS - especially Rubix users:
I'm leaving the below link in the post just in case, but the rom owner asked me to update the OP with a direct link. Don't worry, I tested the link, it's not malicious. Please visit this link first :
http://bit.ly/aloOp2
Another source of info:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-x-roms/92122-tranquility-3-0-blurless-taken-next-level.html
Thanks,
Installed and seems like this ROM is solid....no bug(s) yet....nice
Confused
This is supposed to be a blurless rom, correct? I loaded it last night, and def still has blur in it.... When I get home I'll have to see if it actually deodexed like it promised. Even Contacts are still blur...
I will say that it's FAST though..
dreamersipaq said:
This is supposed to be a blurless rom, correct? I loaded it last night, and def still has blur in it.... When I get home I'll have to see if it actually deodexed like it promised. Even Contacts are still blur...
I will say that it's FAST though..
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All of the current ROMS have *some* level of Blur. Since we cannot bypass the Moto Kernel, there are some levels of base code that just have to be there.
Tranquility, Apex, zapX, and Rubix 0.5 were all built on the 2.3.15 release and then removed as much of the blur components as they could and still have it function.
Fission & Rubix 1.0 built from a base that came out of the Droid2 SDK which appears to be very stock Android and therefore, they are a little more 'blur-less' than others. Which is both good and bad. Time is showing that some of the blur components have some nice functionality that people are missing when they go completely blur-less.
Also,
Direct link to Tranquility 3.0 is here:
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-x-roms/5280-tranquility-3-0-blurless-taken-next-level.html
This new Tranq 3.0 is based on and I quote:
Base system files from 2.4.5 (R2D2 build)
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Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
All of the current ROMS have *some* level of Blur. Since we cannot bypass the Moto Kernel, there are some levels of base code that just have to be there.
Tranquility, Apex, zapX, and Rubix 0.5 were all built on the 2.3.15 release and then removed as much of the blur components as they could and still have it function.
Fission & Rubix 1.0 built from a base that came out of the Droid2 SDK which appears to be very stock Android and therefore, they are a little more 'blur-less' than others. Which is both good and bad. Time is showing that some of the blur components have some nice functionality that people are missing when they go completely blur-less.
Also,
Direct link to Tranquility 3.0 is here:
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-x-roms/5280-tranquility-3-0-blurless-taken-next-level.html
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This is absolutely true and was the same for the D1 except it wasn't Blur, but you can't build AOSP for D1 either without using the extract-files.sh to pull all of the proprietary components that make the phone work.
It's a basic truth about phone firmware.
can anyone tell me how the contacts list comes up aosp style or blur< i noticed blur has a thing to merge my phone contact with fb and twitter< without having to use the same name on fb and my contact info. please let me know thanks guys!!
kameleongt said:
can anyone tell me how the contacts list comes up aosp style or blur< i noticed blur has a thing to merge my phone contact with fb and twitter< without having to use the same name on fb and my contact info. please let me know thanks guys!!
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The Contacts app is Blur....
Though the MMS is AOSP
Had rubix fallowed the instructions of installing the 2.3 detox then installing the tranq rom but the home buttion no longer works tried flashing the 2.3 rom still the home problem tried rubix after that. Same thing. Can I install the 2.2 stock rom in clockwork without wiping the phone? I just want to get my hone button to work again
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Had rubix fallowed the instructions of installing the 2.3 detox then installing the tranq rom but the home buttion no longer works tried flashing the 2.3 rom still the home problem tried rubix after that. Same thing. Can I install the 2.2 stock rom in clockwork without wiping the phone? I just want to get my hone button to work again
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I hate to say this, but maybe you should post this on either droidworld or another forum with an active thread. I doubt you'd get much support over here, not sure why. Tranquil. doesn't seem to be popular around here. I didn't see you mention trying a nandroid restore.... did you?
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I hate to say this, but maybe you should post this on either droidworld or another forum with an active thread. I doubt you'd get much support over here, not sure why. Tranquil. doesn't seem to be popular around here. I didn't see you mention trying a nandroid restore.... did you?
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Your right I forgot I had made a backup today. But I really want this rom. I hear the battery is great. After I installed rubix my battery life went to crap. I use wifi all the time and found my phone was no longer sleeping when wifi was on any idea how to install this rom? Id really like to try it out. Should I just try again and hope.for differnt results?
mavermc said:
Your right I forgot I had made a backup today. But I really want this rom. I hear the battery is great. After I installed rubix my battery life went to crap. I use wifi all the time and found my phone was no longer sleeping when wifi was on any idea how to install this rom? Id really like to try it out. Should I just try again and hope.for differnt results?
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From what I read you may want to do a sbf back to stock 2.2 then install this.
I am seriously considering installing this to test out but want a little more feedback from users as to any possible issues (mail/pop3 etc..)
D.
debaucher said:
From what I read you may want to do a sbf back to stock 2.2 then install this.
I am seriously considering installing this to test out but want a little more feedback from users as to any possible issues (mail/pop3 etc..)
D.
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Its running pretty damn good for me. And since I have Tasker set up to sync my data every 30 mins, my battery life is great also. I'd imagine it would be even better if I set it to sync every 45 or 60 mins.
Love TranQ3.0, and I never thought I'd be saying that.
debaucher said:
From what I read you may want to do a sbf back to stock 2.2 then install this.
I am seriously considering installing this to test out but want a little more feedback from users as to any possible issues (mail/pop3 etc..)
D.
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So far, I've had like maybe one or two glitches.... sometimes after a reboot the boot screen gets left on the lock screen, so you can still unlock your phone, but you have to guess where the sliders are.
another is that the calendar widget doesn't work.
Other then those two, the rom is FAST, stable, and battery life has been great. Worth it to me in my opinion... It's not an ASOP "experience" though... it's more like a hybrid.
Like it so far though, it's my daily driver.
Edit: Also, this applies to STOCK people (running the 2.2 OTA).... I was odexed, completely stock..... installed this rom with ease: no wiping, no formatting, nada. AND it deodexed my phone for me.... LOVE THAT.
Youtube app and music does not work for me. Mp3 are not recognized by player. I went back to 2.3.8 and everything works fine.
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eRod v1.0 said:
Youtube app and music does not work for me. Mp3 are not recognized by player. I went back to 2.3.8 and everything works fine.
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That really sucks. I've never heard anyone having those problems with this ROM.
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If anybody is interested, I just posted a circle battery mod for this rom in themes.
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eRod v1.0 said:
Youtube app and music does not work for me. Mp3 are not recognized by player. I went back to 2.3.8 and everything works fine.
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really? coz everything is working here ....
just a little glitch not effecting performance and functional, overall this ROM is great, fast and stable
LexusBrian400 said:
Its running pretty damn good for me. And since I have Tasker set up to sync my data every 30 mins, my battery life is great also. I'd imagine it would be even better if I set it to sync every 45 or 60 mins.
Love TranQ3.0, and I never thought I'd be saying that.
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I have bought tasker aS well (the stock rom doesn't let the os sleep when gps is enabled so I bought it to turn it on and off for all my apps)
Now I like your idea of syncing every 30 but I use google voice exclusively. And the voice app. Does that mean if I turn off my sync I won't get my messages in a timely mater?
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This rom also doesn't seem to sleep when wick is on. Am I missing something? Anyway I do see how this can save a lot a battery with the screen dining and everything. I had to wipe my phone to get it to work. Last time I tried when I booted every system app was force closing. I feel like this is a little slower than rubix but way faster then stock. Could be too the drawer just doesn't feel right. Too bouncy for me to use quickly. Ill probably go to pro launcher. But if I don't want to how do I customize the 4 apps at the bottom? Its driving me nuts
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I just got my first smart phone lol and its I guess the newest version seeing as I bought it new today and none of the jailbreak guides are working I would enable debug and open the bat file and it would say failed.........can anyone tell me how to check my version and where to find a guide for that version.
Thanks
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I just got my first smart phone lol and its I guess the newest version seeing as I bought it new today and none of the jailbreak guides are working I would enable debug and open the bat file and it would say failed.........can anyone tell me how to check my version and where to find a guide for that version.
Thanks
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are you trying to flash a custom rom?
beefhat said:
I just got my first smart phone lol and its I guess the newest version seeing as I bought it new today and none of the jailbreak guides are working I would enable debug and open the bat file and it would say failed.........can anyone tell me how to check my version and where to find a guide for that version.
Thanks
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Please make sure you know what you are doing before you end up with a brick. First there is no jailbreaking in android. Second you can find what you are looking for under settings about phone. And dont assume it is the newest version cause you bought it today. Alot of the device being sold still have 2.1 on them and not 2.2. So do yourself a favor and save some grey hairs and do a few hours of research before you do anything.
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Im honestly as noob as it gets with this never jail broken/unlocked a smart phone before so Im running in circles on what I need to do....Cant you get free apps once its unlocked? and get things like Zelda Ocarina of Time for the DS etc.....thats mainly why Im wanting to do it and I've seen some people with downloadable background and icon skins I'd like to do that too basically make it look flashy? I know it sounds dumb and I'm probly gonna get flamed but none of these guides have worked for me
beefhat said:
Im honestly as noob as it gets with this never jail broken/unlocked a smart phone before so Im running in circles on what I need to do....Cant you get free apps once its unlocked? and get things like Zelda Ocarina of Time for the DS etc.....thats mainly why Im wanting to do it and I've seen some people with downloadable background and icon skins I'd like to do that too basically make it look flashy? I know it sounds dumb and I'm probly gonna get flamed but none of these guides have worked for me
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So what are you trying to do? Root your phone? alot of the android apps a free. There are plenty of emulators for games, never use them myself but they are out there
zelendel said:
So what are you trying to do? Root your phone? alot of the android apps a free. There are plenty of emulators for games, never use them myself but they are out there
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Well I was under the impression if you unlocked your android all apps would be free, I mainly want a emulator yes to play games like Pokemon and such and if I can Ocarina of time, but another thing I wanna do is get a snazzy looking layout on my phone I've seen alot of different types I assume its to do with computer to phone and what not
and I have a 2.2
Please read....alot. If not you will ruin your phone.
beefhat said:
Well I was under the impression if you unlocked your android all apps would be free, I mainly want a emulator yes to play games like Pokemon and such and if I can Ocarina of time, but another thing I wanna do is get a snazzy looking layout on my phone I've seen alot of different types I assume its to do with computer to phone and what not
and I have a 2.2
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No not all apps are free. Even if you root it the apps will still cost depending on the apps. I am not sure of the games that you can get as like i said I dont play games on it. As for the themes they are mostly for custom roms and few will work on a stock rom.
Once again before you do anything head over to the dev section and read up or you will end up with a paper weight.
The problem here is that you cannot jailbreak your phone.
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noobfail said:
The problem here is that you cannot jailbreak your phone.
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He is right. Jailbreaking doesnt appy here. What you need to do is root and enable non market apps.
There's no ds emulator, only gba, ps1, snes, etc, but no n64. Also we don't talk about getting paid apps for "free" here since its...illegal :0. 2.2 is "froyo". We pretty much call it "rooting" and not jailbreaking. Once you root your captivate, you can install custom roms and you can make your homescreen flashy without having to even root it if you want. Android is wayyyy more customizable than iphone(sounds like you are coming from that)
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There's no ds emulator, only gba, ps1, snes, etc, but no n64. Also we don't talk about getting paid apps for "free" here since its...illegal :0. 2.2 is "froyo". We pretty much call it "rooting" and not jailbreaking. Once you root your captivate, you can install custom roms and you can make your homescreen flashy without having to even root it if you want. Android is wayyyy more customizable than iphone(sounds like you are coming from that)
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The community here is helpful lol thanks for everyone pointing these things out for me, I apoligize for my noobness again but I read how to install custom ROMs but titanium backup wont even run on my phone it errors.... how can I remove the other unlock app I tried and didnt work either? I definately atleast wanna root my phone and worry about getting a gba emulator later on, so we know its froyo?
beefhat said:
The community here is helpful lol thanks for everyone pointing these things out for me, I apoligize for my noobness again but I read how to install custom ROMs but titanium backup wont even run on my phone it errors.... how can I remove the other unlock app I tried and didnt work either? I definately atleast wanna root my phone and worry about getting a gba emulator later on, so we know its froyo?
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The reason it wont work is because you dont have root. Here is a link to some reading. I implore you toread up. If you go to fast you are gonna be real mad when your phone wont even boot up anymore. if it is 2.2 then yes it is froyo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887525
Start here.
Go to settings-> about phone and look at the "firmware version" if its 2.1 then its "eclair", if its 2.2 then its "froyo". 2.3 is "gingerbread" and you don't have to worry about 2.3 until after your more acquainted with this whole rooting business.(don't try getting gingerbread right now)
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yeah its froyo and Im trying to do the super one click, but everytime I plug my phone in it looks for something to install to my pc but it came with nothing =/
beefhat said:
yeah its froyo and Im trying to do the super one click, but everytime I plug my phone in it looks for something to install to my pc but it came with nothing =/
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Did you install the drivers?
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yeah its froyo and Im trying to do the super one click, but everytime I plug my phone in it looks for something to install to my pc but it came with nothing =/
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are you unzipping the file that super onclick comes zipped in? did you read the link i sent you?
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Did you install the drivers?
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thats what I dont get how to do I got nothing to install anything with and I clicked the recommended setting my vista gave me and it couldnt find anything
And yes I read what you gave me I went to the new captivate users link and Im taking it slow I just wanna get it rooted and the drivers on so I can put music and get more accessibility with the phone
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And yes I read what you gave me I went to the new captivate users link and Im taking it slow I just wanna get it rooted and the drivers on so I can put music and get more accessibility with the phone
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Can I ask why exactly you want to root? Or do just want to lol
Just asking because some of the things you want can just work without having to root, just remember rooting voids your warranty.
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