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GPU Overclocking

I've been playing with the GPU clocks and here's the result with the CPU running at 500MHz and the GPU at 200MHz (I think).
This is actually a better Neocore score than a Nexus One gets (though obviously it has a few more pixels to push).
I pushed the changes to the sourceforge copy of the kernel (ltg is broken) to allow messing with the clock. The best I could get is using 0xa99 in /sys/module/clock_7x00/parameters/gpu which I think is 800MHz/4. (bits 3..6 are the divider-1).
Who knows how stable it will be at this speed.

Neat. It's fascinating that there are people still looking to improve our Vogues to their maximum potential when they are becoming seriously outdated...

looks like an update for rogue tools in needed

I searched and cant find where I would download this via SourceForge.

That's amazing. Overclocking the GPU makes me feel like it's a PC.

Nice work dzo!!
I'll implement this into Rogue Tools ASAP.

great i guess ill hang in for a rogue tools update...

Awesome! Any negative side effects?

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I pushed the changes to the sourceforge copy of the kernel (ltg is broken) to allow messing with the clock.
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I don't see the code anywhere, I think you forgot to commit it

gTan64 said:
I don't see the code anywhere, I think you forgot to commit it
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Following this thread from NOW. DZO, if you were in Spain, I would invite you to my restaurant for an exquisite dinner.

PeterDLai said:
Neat. It's fascinating that there are people still looking to improve our Vogues to their maximum potential when they are becoming seriously outdated...
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These devices aren't as outdated as some would think. Newer phones have slightly more ram, higher res screen, and that all important accelerometer. Being able to overclock our devices, takes away the CPU advantage these devices have.
The new iPhone 4 (that was announced yesterday) is amazing. It has a front camera that's for FaceTime Video Chat! OMG, my Kaiser clearly doesn't have that. Oh wait! I has a camera in the front of my phone and I can in fact use video chat. Yea, it doesn't work in Android but it does in WM, and it's not limited to Wifi connection only.
The more I look at newer phones, the more homogeneous they seem. The only reason to upgrade your phone is if it's free, or cause your phone broke.

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These devices aren't as outdated as some would think. Newer phones have slightly more ram, higher res screen, and that all important accelerometer. Being able to overclock our devices, takes away the CPU advantage these devices have.
The new iPhone 4 (that was announced yesterday) is amazing. It has a front camera that's for FaceTime Video Chat! OMG, my Kaiser clearly doesn't have that. Oh wait! I has a camera in the front of my phone and I can in fact use video chat. Yea, it doesn't work in Android but it does in WM, and it's not limited to Wifi connection only.
The more I look at newer phones, the more homogeneous they seem. The only reason to upgrade your phone is if it's free, or cause your phone broke.
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Also us Verizon users who don't have data plans can have a smartphone in the Vogue, use Android, and not pay the outrageous 30 dollar data fee. That's a major point.

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Also us Verizon users who don't have data plans can have a smartphone in the Vogue, use Android, and not pay the outrageous 30 dollar data fee. That's a major point.
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+1 to that. that's the only reason I ever got the vogue. of course, now I have the data plan. and i'd never go back to a 'dumb' phone. but still.

nice article on iphone 4 vs android.
http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/2066-top-android-phones-shouldn-t-be-wary-of-new-iphone-4

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The more I look at newer phones, the more homogeneous they seem. The only reason to upgrade your phone is if it's free, or cause your phone broke.
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Idk, I upgraded to the Evo and am VERY happy with it.

mrono said:
Idk, I upgraded to the Evo and am VERY happy with it.
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A coworker in my office got the Evo. I played around with it, and it is a very nice phone. I actually just sold my Touch Pro 2 for a Vogue because I wanted something smaller, and most of all I wanted to step into Android without breaking the bank (still in contract )!
The Vogue is quite the device! Sure, it's not as fancy as many of today's phones, but it's small, light, and it seems to be infinitely hackable. I have a special place in my heart for it.

Dzo you never fail to amaze me. I still mess with my vogue running 2.1 a couple times a week. I mostly have it for my two sons who are 3 and 7. I disabled the ril and keep some games music and kids games on there for them since it doesn't have service. That damn thing lasted over 2 weeks in standby with out being on a charger. I wish my hero could do that. And 36fps in neocore. I could barely touch that with the hero over-clocked to 761mhz.
On a side note. Anyone ever try the wifi/sdcard thing? Or if it's even possible to piggyback a usb wifi stick on to this? This would greatly extend usability of this device for me at least since I use it as more of a pda.

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Dzo you never fail to amaze me. I still mess with my vogue running 2.1 a couple times a week. I mostly have it for my two sons who are 3 and 7. I disabled the ril and keep some games music and kids games on there for them since it doesn't have service. That damn thing lasted over 2 weeks in standby with out being on a charger. I wish my hero could do that. And 36fps in neocore. I could barely touch that with the hero over-clocked to 761mhz.
On a side note. Anyone ever try the wifi/sdcard thing? Or if it's even possible to piggyback a usb wifi stick on to this? This would greatly extend usability of this device for me at least since I use it as more of a pda.
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I doubt the wifi stick idea would work. From what I've read, the Vogue's hardware doesn't support USB Host. I've also read that the wifi sdcard thing also didn't work due to lack of driver support.
I think our only way of getting wifi on this thing is to just solder in our own wifi chip.

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I doubt the wifi stick idea would work. From what I've read, the Vogue's hardware doesn't support USB Host. I've also read that the wifi sdcard thing also didn't work due to lack of driver support.
I think our only way of getting wifi on this thing is to just solder in our own wifi chip.
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The hardware does support usb host and I have the documentation for it but somebody would have to write a driver.

I have a few questions.
#1 How's the battery life overclocking the GPU? Is it the same or worse?
#2 Can anyone get Kwaak3 running so we can get some benchmarks going? I can only get that working on Polys 2.1g, and that was months ago.

Sims 3 Samsung Vibrant Version

So I took a look through a few Samsung Vibrant demos and apparently the Vibrant gets its own version of the Sims 3. The one that comes preloaded on the Vibrant is nothing like the one currently on the Android Market and it looks amazing. You can see a demo of the Sims 3 for the Vibrant here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9xUdHUMCIQ
Now would there be a way we can get it onto our phones? I've tried just pulling the apk from the Vibrant dump, courtesy of Wes, but after I install it and open it I get a message saying "There is a problem parsing the package". I don't really understand it all, but I'm guessing we can't actually play the game because our device isn't the Vibrant. So how hard would it be to try and get it to work on our phones?

Im not sure either i did the same exact thing. Try Signing it or pushing it though adb XD idk it probly has something to do inside the apk maybe the screen size plays a roll in this?

pretty sure that things got the humming bird 1g in it and weve only got a 600 mhz. im pretty sure this game wont work on our phones because of the difference in proccesors
edit: it may also be for android 2.2 not 2.1

Fyi The vibrant is running 2.1
sent from my rooted slide running cm6

Please upload the game! I want to try it, if it work on me. I have acer liquid running android 2.2.

i got it to install..i'm using a evo though..but it's unplayable all the environments and background is black..anyway to fix that??

how did you guys find this? i downloaded the dump but didn't find anything other than the launcher.

jayv1717 said:
i got it to install..i'm using a evo though..but it's unplayable all the environments and background is black..anyway to fix that??
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Only if you had the game source code or the source code for your graphics chip. This sims game is optimized for the galaxy s's very fast gpu so don't expect much help even if you had access to all of that
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Only if you had the game source code or the source code for your graphics chip. This sims game is optimized for the galaxy s's very fast gpu so don't expect much help even if you had access to all of that
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the evo is just as powerful as the galaxy 2. the reason everything is black is because the textures are missing.
Same thing happens in sims 3 on the PC.
and thats whats so confusing about this because wes said that sims 3 was included, but theres no sims3 apk big enough to be the actual game. so as far as i can tell, the game is NOT in the dump.

neok44 said:
the evo is just as powerful as the galaxy 2. the reason everything is black is because the textures are missing.
Same thing happens in sims 3 on the PC.
and thats whats so confusing about this because wes said that sims 3 was included, but theres no sims3 apk big enough to be the actual game. so as far as i can tell, the game is NOT in the dump.
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Not GPU wise. Look at the statistics of the Galaxy S's Gpu and the Evo's and you will see how much of a wimp the evo is in the gpu department.
http://androidandme.com/2010/06/news/high-end-android-gpu-showdown/
http://howardforums.com/printthread.php?t=1630768&page=17&pp=15
In regards to the Evo
"In terms of performance "...22M triangles/sec and 133M 3D pixels/sec""
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Sam...PU-of-all-Android-models-article-a_10435.html
"the Galaxy S can process 90 million triangles per second"

Ya that humming bird is no joke. I was watchin theunlockr.com and they were doing a copmairison of the n1 and the galaxy s next to eachother both running the ported quake 2. And the n1 was all choppy and the galaxy was smooth as butter. Needless to say I was thinking of getting an n1 or evo but I'm thinkin of goin with the galaxy now

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Ya that humming bird is no joke. I was watchin theunlockr.com and they were doing a copmairison of the n1 and the galaxy s next to eachother both running the ported quake 2. And the n1 was all choppy and the galaxy was smooth as butter. Needless to say I was thinking of getting an n1 or evo but I'm thinkin of goin with the galaxy now
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Actually, that was the Desire vs Vibrant, but close enough lol.

I think the problem is that the game engine, etc. are in the dump but the actual files needed to play (textures, etc.) come on the SD card.

can you send me the file?

I'd like the file as well if at all possible.

I Have it, and all I could say is that it runs really well on the slide.

Clom801 said:
I Have it, and all I could say is that it runs really well on the slide.
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Do we have video proof or could we possibly have video proof?
Wouldn't the screen resolution be a problem as I'm sure that the vibrant has a 4.something screen and the slide sits at 3 and some change. I would also like this version of The Sims as opposed to the crappy version that has been on the market.

Here's your proof buddy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfOla7wjdjk

How did you get it to install and work? Whatever version i've been finding installed but stayed on a black screen.

I had the same problem at first, the only way I could get it to work is to put the 3 Files in Titanium backup and restoring them from there.

SmartBench 2011 is out, supports multi-core procs

Does it really? We'll find out, as my G2 whooped the GTabs ass thoroughly in SmartBench 2010.

I just saw that someone just benched their viewsonic gtablet.. beating out the stock motorola xoom by quite a bit.
My 1996MHz G2 got 2093/1730 - but it was really variable.. 1.8GHz losing to 1.5GHz.. and so on. I suspect the usual pain in the ass shenannigans (also my biggest annoyance with Android) - apps do whatever the **** they please. Have an important process? No.. vvm or whatever needs to gobble some resources. Everything behaves as if the command 'ps' didn't exist. Does this environment even respect ionice and renice? It should.. but it probably doesn't..
Ok, I don't want to get off topic ranting about (which I would if I mentioned the ****ed up key mappings for usb keyboards - doh)..

Smartbench 2010 was a single-threaded app after all, so that second core in the tablet would not have been very useful.
Smartbench 2011 uses 4 symetrical cores for CPU tests, hence it will take advantage of up to 4 cores if they exist.
And you are right, with the multi-core support, the results are a bit less consistent simply because a lot is going on within your phone all the time. One of the reason I decided to collect massive number of results is to take average values. As you can see, more test results we have, more accurate the number becomes. I suspect this tablet number will become more accurate as more people run tests on it.
Oh, and currently, 2011 only returns the most popular 150 entries. This does mean at some point down the road (probably in few days), some device/configuration with only 1 run will not show. I need to figure out a better way to show all this data...

Are you the developer? If so, pretty damn cool!! Thanks for making this app.. I was wondering about whether or not multi-core was just only dual core.. but its good to know that its quad core.. I suppose this is best seen in the 4x mandrelbot..i kinda missed that one. Perhaps a good test would be tar cjf -- isn't that a pretty stable (results wise) benchmark.. The only problem is that you'd have to bundle the file to compress.. or perhaps download it afterwards.. I think that would be over-reaching the perms of the app tho.. My gtab is sometimes getting Android null as my version.. but its on par with the other gtabs.. which makes me a little angry.. heh.

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Are you the developer? If so, pretty damn cool!! Thanks for making this app.. I was wondering about whether or not multi-core was just only dual core.. but its good to know that its quad core.. I suppose this is best seen in the 4x mandrelbot..i kinda missed that one. Perhaps a good test would be tar cjf -- isn't that a pretty stable (results wise) benchmark.. The only problem is that you'd have to bundle the file to compress.. or perhaps download it afterwards.. I think that would be over-reaching the perms of the app tho.. My gtab is sometimes getting Android null as my version.. but its on par with the other gtabs.. which makes me a little angry.. heh.
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Yes, I am the developer of smartbench.
Ive been experimenting on various algorithms for a while now, but many of them just aren't very consistent, especially when ran using 4 parallel threads. Gets worse when file IO is invoiced. And as you mentioned already, I'll have to include a file which will significantly increase the apk size which could be an issue for some people. I'll have to experiment further, thanks for the suggestion though.

Nice. Ran it on my Droid and my Gtablet...
Droid (800mhz) scored 655
Gtablet scored a 3081 (beating the Xoom at 2914)
For grins I ran it in the SDK emulator running a Honeycomb image...scored an awesome 65 ! LOL

It's not available from the Market to download to the GTablet. The web version of Market claims the app is incompatible with my GTablet. I can never figure out why things aren't compatible.
Perhaps it's because the permissions is checking phone state and GPS?
The SmartBench Donate is compatible though - lol.

tcrews said:
Nice. Ran it on my Droid and my Gtablet...
Droid (800mhz) scored 655
Gtablet scored a 3081 (beating the Xoom at 2914)
For grins I ran it in the SDK emulator running a Honeycomb image...scored an awesome 65 ! LOL
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Ouch.
Do you get any screen artifacts when you run Smartbench 2011 on your GTablet? (Is it based on Honeycomb?) I've received a report that this is the case with Motorola Xoom, although tests do run ok.
Thanks.

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It's not available from the Market to download to the GTablet. The web version of Market claims the app is incompatible with my GTablet. I can never figure out why things aren't compatible.
Perhaps it's because the permissions is checking phone state and GPS?
The SmartBench Donate is compatible though - lol.
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Yeah, I need to check for the phone state to prevent any cheat while the program is running. The GPS thing was the requirement for the ads - I actually don't use it.
And yes, the Donate is just a key, its a very simple app so I would be very surprised if it ever breaks on any devices.

It's not available in the market for the gtab. Can someone tell me where to get it?
Thanks.

I've got the donate app, I just can't get the other part unless I use my wife's phone. As I mentioned, Google market says it's incompatble with my GTablet for some reason.

Nah...vegan Rom based on froyo. Had to download it on my phone and transfer it to my tablet as it wouldn't show in the market on the gtablet.
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Ouch.
Do you get any screen artifacts when you run Smartbench 2011 on your GTablet? (Is it based on Honeycomb?) I've received a report that this is the case with Motorola Xoom, although tests do run ok.
Thanks.
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Sent from my Viewsonic 10" GTab...

Acei said:
Ouch.
Do you get any screen artifacts when you run Smartbench 2011 on your GTablet? (Is it based on Honeycomb?) I've received a report that this is the case with Motorola Xoom, although tests do run ok.
Thanks.
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Vegan on the Gtablet scored 3095/1989 saw a little bit of artifact and work only in portrait
Nice to be able to compare score a bit
App doesn't show up on the market but the donations does

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Yes, I am the developer of smartbench.
Ive been experimenting on various algorithms for a while now, but many of them just aren't very consistent, especially when ran using 4 parallel threads. Gets worse when file IO is invoiced. And as you mentioned already, I'll have to include a file which will significantly increase the apk size which could be an issue for some people. I'll have to experiment further, thanks for the suggestion though.
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Is it possible to truncate all post cm7_rc1 nightlies and group them together (per device)? Once the cm7 nightlies start back up you'll have a lot separate groups for each rom version/build.
Do you think the viewsonic scores lower in games because of its 512mb ram? Almost got beat by the G2 in that category.

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I've got the donate app, I just can't get the other part unless I use my wife's phone. As I mentioned, Google market says it's incompatble with my GTablet for some reason.
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Here you go, this is the same binary as the one you will find in the Android Market:
Smartbench2011.apk

Blades said:
Is it possible to truncate all post cm7_rc1 nightlies and group them together (per device)? Once the cm7 nightlies start back up you'll have a lot separate groups for each rom version/build.
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Yes, I need to figure out a way to gracefully present all that data that is being amassed. I am currently looking for ways to group them together in some general ways so that it would work for most cases. I'll need to study the format of these ROM names a bit more before I can determine what I can do next...
Do you think the viewsonic scores lower in games because of its 512mb ram? Almost got beat by the G2 in that category.
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I doubt that is the case. These graphics test aren't THAT memory hungry.
Having said that, the Games score isn't that low - still lower than other Tegra 2 based tablets but that G2 you are comparing with is probably heavily overclocked. I have a regular G2, and Smartbench 2011 was baselined on G2 - both Index scores are 1000.

@Acei Thanks for the awesome app!
Everyone else, I see it in the Market.

TomorrowSpace said:
@Acei Thanks for the awesome app!
Everyone else, I see it in the Market.
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You're welcome.

cool app! running vegan 7 i got 2761 for productivity and 2408 games..

Thanks Acei for the app ....You are the Man !!

Canocial Making Ubuntu Based Webtop Competitor

For those of you who are mad the Droid 3 doesn't have Webtop, Canonical is making a competitor and I imagine the Droid 3 will be able to run it. It meets the specs, not sure about USB host but everything else. I imagine you could use bluetooth for keyboard/mouse as well. I wonder if it will be possible to get something like this working on the Droid 3.
-Dual-core 1GHz CPU
-Video acceleration: shared kernel driver with associated X driver; Open GL, ES/EGL
-Storage: 2GB for OS disk image
-HDMI: video out with secondary frame buffer device
-USB host mode
-512 MB RAM
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This isn't just running Ubuntu on your phone's hardware, its access to your Android apps through the regular Ubuntu UI. Looks exciting, read more:
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android

Okay that sounds insanely cool!

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Okay that sounds insanely cool!
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thanks for stating the MrObvious
Obviously its HYPER COOL !!

Cant wait. Hope it works out!!! I was thinking of getting an Atrix because i love webtop
Sent from my XT860

HYPER COOL indeed
This was cool as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415166
Worked perfectly for me ik not the same thing but if your bored and like ubuntu id recommend trying it.

There is a video out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXUjjg9qQ0
First thing I noticed is the demo is running on a blur'd Atrix 2 which means no custom kernel or ROM is needed.
At this point it looks like there is a pretty good chance the Droid 3, Bionic, Razr, etc will be able to run this.

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
Sent from my XT860 using xda premium

It's gonna be sweeeeeeeet.
Ditto on the shut up and take my money.

Silber said Ubuntu for Android would be released under an open source license, but that Canonical expects it to mostly be pre-installed on specific hardware.
"We'll want to optimise for certain hardware profiles and chips," she said. "It simply wouldn't be the same experience on a downloaded install."
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Source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/373024/canonical-puts-ubuntu-on-android-smartphones
So it will be open source and not OEM only. I was thinking it would be open source since its Ubuntu but you can never be sure.
As far as optimizing it for hardware, hopefully the fact that the phone they demoed it on has the same exact OMAP/PowerVR SoC that is on the Droid 3 means the source will be most optimized for that hardware. In the demo it looked like a nearly finished project.

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There is a video out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXUjjg9qQ0
First thing I noticed is the demo is running on a blur'd Atrix 2 which means no custom kernel or ROM is needed.
At this point it looks like there is a pretty good chance the Droid 3, Bionic, Razr, etc will be able to run this.
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Video is down, You guys think it could mean something?

SeiferTV said:
Video is down, You guys think it could mean something?
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It was a private video (only those with link can view). It had several phone #s not blurred out in the video so chances are it was meant to be shared internally only.

I found a new link to the video:
http://youtu.be/3pZUCKt0RKc
Edit: On a second thought, if it contains not blurred information, should I edit out the link?

Say this does come to pass and it's possible to load it up on the D3. Which dock can you use? The only ones I can find don't allow a USB connection.

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Say this does come to pass and it's possible to load it up on the D3. Which dock can you use? The only ones I can find don't allow a USB connection.
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I'm hoping it would be possible to get it working with just HDMI output and no dock. I don't know if the Droid 3 supports USB OTG host mode, but it does allow bluetooth keyboards and mice simultaneously so hopefully that would be an option.
The Droid 3 works with the lapdock/webtop hardware wise according to this youtube video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OclL-KISYWI

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They also said it would come preinstalled on some phones, because it needs some optimization to run smoothly. Read that on The Verge
Still, pretty cool thing! Hope someone port that to the D3 (and consequently the M3 too =P)
Rocking with my M3 and XDA app
Hash's ICS Alpha 7 + Camera Fix

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I'm hoping it would be possible to get it working with just HDMI output and no dock. I don't know if the Droid 3 supports USB OTG host mode, but it does allow bluetooth keyboards and mice simultaneously so hopefully that would be an option.
The Droid 3 works with the lapdock/webtop hardware wise according to this youtube video below.
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That looks promising, although in the comments someone stated he might have modded it. The OP didn't reply so who knows.
I hadn't even considered bluetooth peripherals, but they work just as well.

AragornPE said:
They also said it would come preinstalled on some phones, because it needs some optimization to run smoothly. Read that on The Verge
Still, pretty cool thing! Hope someone port that to the D3 (and consequently the M3 too =P)
Rocking with my M3 and XDA app
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I'm hoping that they release the source which has already been optimized for the demo phone, the Atrix 2 since it has the same OMAP4430 that the Droid 3 and a lot of other devices have.

New video, sounds like it won't be a easy task to custom install it ( for people with handsets that don't have it stock-installed ) : ( ( although, "In Devs We Trust" )

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New video, sounds like it won't be a easy task to custom install it ( for people with handsets that don't have it stock-installed ) : ( ( although, "In Devs We Trust" )
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He made it sound somewhat like Android source is, it will be available but the average user can't just install it on a device and expect it to work. Hopefully the devs here can make it work. The biggest limitation for us is going to be only 512MB of RAM, besides for that the demo phone has the same hardware as the Droid 3. It may not be a multitasking device, but I imagine things could be done on the Linux side to cut memory usage, possibly even switching to a lighter Ubuntu forked distro. It would still be useful as is for simple web browsing, a real office suite (LibreOffice), a real media player (VLC), etc.

DraStic DS Emulator on the P990

So, I read all over the DraStic forums and even on google play that TEGRA 2
processors are not compatible whit the emulator... I can confirm this because
before I used to test both the demo version and the pirated full version from
aptoide on my P990 which has the TEGRA 2.
Both version always showed a black screen and force closed instantly no matter
what, So today after a few months I tested the demo again and... It worked...
The official forums still say that TEGRA 2 is not compatible and yet it works on
my P990, A bit fearful I bought the full version because I like auto updates and it
worked like a charm too!
Maybe it has something to do whit the kernel I'm using or something random...
Anyway, I'm using Tonyp's "The ROM" build 26 and "Kowalsky Kernel" 27 exp
alpha 14 (the 3.0 + one), For anyone who feels like trying his luck!

It doesn't work for me. KK 100p5.

I think is the app not working.
It doesn't work to me too on my S3 i9300
Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk

the latest version works well for me, I've tried GTA Chinatown Wars, thanks for the heads up.
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Well, I'll be damned. It really does work, despite their claims that it's not working on non-NEON devices. I'll let screenshots speak.
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda app-developers app

They added x86 and Tegra2 (+other non-Neon-ARM-CPU) - support a month ago!
Nice Christmas present! The app is technically well coded, the coders Exophase and Lordus are helpful/supportive and they fix bugs fast and implement features nicely/clean and fast.
It also dropped in price and is really worth it!
All those who bought the app can also participate/volunteer in beta-tests.

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They added x86 and Tegra2 (+other non-Neon-ARM-CPU) - support a month ago!
Nice Christmas present! The app is technically well coded, the coders Exophase and Lordus are helpful/supportive and they fix bugs fast and implement features nicely/clean and fast.
It also dropped in price and is really worth it!
All those who bought the app can also participate/volunteer in beta-tests.
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Yeah, I've noticed that some time after posting. I was actually really thrilled because in te last couple of years, our Tegra 2 gets neglected too often, ranging from the fact that Vine and Instagram videos aren't supported, to some trivial facts like Twitter Image Upload.

NoDze said:
Yeah, I've noticed that some time after posting. I was actually really thrilled because in te last couple of years, our Tegra 2 gets neglected too often, ranging from the fact that Vine and Instagram videos aren't supported, to some trivial facts like Twitter Image Upload.
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Being on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (1st-gen), I know exactly what you're talking about.
Would be interesting if a processor-instruction-set could be changed a.k.a. "flashed", but I guess there isn't a rewritable flash and probably NEON couldn't simply added with a Kernel - Module, could it?

TnA.Plastic said:
Being on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (1st-gen), I know exactly what you're talking about.
Would be interesting if a processor-instruction-set could be changed a.k.a. "flashed", but I guess there isn't a rewritable flash and probably NEON couldn't simply added with a Kernel - Module, could it?
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There was once a discussion about this and, as far as I remember, TonyP said that it was somewhat possible, in theory, because some people tried to do that by making Armv6 processors show up and work as armv7 processors, enabling them to use armv7 apps and stuff, basically the same thing we need because NEON isn't supported by our hardware and our only option is to emulate NEON. But, in all seriousness, it's impossible. We can only send requests to the app developers to fix that, as did the guys from the DraStic team do.

NoDze said:
There was once a discussion about this and, as far as I remember, TonyP said that it was somewhat possible, in theory, because some people tried to do that by making Armv6 processors show up and work as armv7 processors, enabling them to use armv7 apps and stuff, basically the same thing we need because NEON isn't supported by our hardware and our only option is to emulate NEON. But, in all seriousness, it's impossible. We can only send requests to the app developers to fix that, as did the guys from the DraStic team do.
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So technically NEON-Calls have to be catched on a higher abstraction and then emulated, or executed by other calls, thus technically leading to a lot overhead and inefficiency... But atleast NEON-Only-Apps could be executed then... Would be interesting thought...