Android thread V-garychencool finally rooted his phone and got ICS edition

[garychencool]

Oh yeah, for anyone who forgot today is Ezhik's Galaxy Note's 1 year Anniversary. It's somewhere else in the world right now. Remember how he was so happy when he got it :smile:

[Flaming Spaz]

[QUOTE=Generic.Monk;38872548]also cm10.1 for the galaxy s2 is totally awesome and with near iPhone levels of smoothness[/QUOTE]

Link?

[Kingo64]

[QUOTE=Regorc's Chest;38866710]Hey guys, my brother is having a problem with his Galaxy S (1) and it has us stumped.
Basically it boots, gets to the custom boot symbol, and hangs.
The troublesome part is it won't boot into recovery mode, only download mode, and in download mode it comes up as an unrecognised device when plugged into a PC.
Is there any hope?
He was booting CyanogenMod.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like he fucked up flashing it and was also using the official CM10 for i9000 (it's fucking retarded) which fucks up your partitions.

Here's what I recommend you do. Download an official stock ROM like JW4 or JVU from SamFirmware. Flash it onto the phone using Odin (google it, tonnes of tutorials).
After that, if he wants to use CM10, I recommend downloading Fishears CM10 4.1.2 Nightly. It is stable and uses the standard partition layout as any non-retarded ROM. Just copy the zip files onto the phone, format cache and system and install the ROM + gapps zip files.

[Hunt3r.j2]

[QUOTE=Ezhik;38872898]htc one x is the prettiest phone this year imo

shame about the software :([/QUOTE]

I guess, the kind of lacquered gloss on the side combined with the matte back really made a good impression.

[editline]17th December 2012[/editline]

Jesus, /r/android is basically a Samsung circlejerk. Constantly. People actually claimed that the Note 2 was special because of its battery life, even though the only reason why it has such a big battery is because the phone is huge.

Meanwhile the RAZR MAXX HD has a bigger battery and is the size of the GS3.

[editline]18th December 2012[/editline]

Whoa, HTC M7 rumor claims that there will be some kind of SoLux panel tech. It sounds a lot like the transflective display tech based upon description.

This might be interesting.

[Kingo64]

[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;38874608]Jesus, /r/android is basically a Samsung circlejerk.[/QUOTE]
Reddit is shitty in general. I would think twice before taking advice from them

[whatthe]

Guys, my contract has ended and I'm finally getting an android phone, unfortunately I'm not very savvy and would like recommendations on an android device. Budget is much of an issue.

I guess I want to know the least restrictive OS, with the best hardware for power. I was thinking of getting either the Samsung i9250 Galaxy Nexus, or S3.

I'm going into town really soon and I'm stupid and will pick a bad phone.

[t]http://puu.sh/1CitA[/t]

As far as I can tell, this is the extent of my options.

[nikomo]

My mom went and picked up my SGS2 today.

Now I just need to wait for when I get... home? I mean, I don't live with them anymore, but can I still technically call it my home?

[FPtje]

Maybe not technically, but who cares? :v:

[jaybuz]

I think my Nexus 4 has just died even though the battery was almost full. I was listening to a podcast while working but kept pausing it to talk to people. I checked it after a few minutes of it being paused and the power button isn't doing anything.

oh my!

[thisguy123]

So I have an Archos 10[SUB]1[/SUB] G9 Turbo 8GB model.
Had it for little over a moth and a half.

Yesterday I put it down for a moment and when I came back It had gone into standby but the power light was solid green and pressing the power button didn't wake it up.
I held the power button and it turned off and now It just will not turn back on.
I tried holding volume+ and the power button, no response.
No power light, nothing on the screen holding the button for any length of time yields nothing, it's like it's gone completly dead.
Plugging it in to it's charger does nothing, again no power light, no nothing, not even a flicker on the screen.

I even left it charging overnight just in case, didn't help.

Luckily it's still under warranty so if it IS completely dead I could get a replacement but if anyone knows anything that may fix this I'd be glad for the help.

[kaze4159]

Since it's a tablet I'm assuming the battery can't be removed easily
My iPod did exactly that once, the solution was to leave it until the battery drained itself, then it would turn on fine

It'll probably be faster to get a replacement if that's the case :v:

[jaybuz]

nvm, it's responding to the power button now! Kinda strange.

[長門有希]

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;38875522]Reddit is shitty in general. I would think twice before taking advice from them[/QUOTE]

reddit's fine when you unsub from default subreddits

[editline]18th December 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;38874608]
Jesus, /r/android is basically a Samsung circlejerk. Constantly. People actually claimed that the Note 2 was special because of its battery life, even though the only reason why it has such a big battery is because the phone is huge.

Meanwhile the RAZR MAXX HD has a bigger battery and is the size of the GS3.
[/QUOTE]

I mentioned that Android should be useful from the start, without having to root for things to work right, that comment is sitting at -27 points with one person saying that that would be no fun, and another calling me a dicksucking faggot.

[Sgt. Napalm]

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;38855883]Also I put my Fascinate on Cyanogenmod from stock and my battery life went through the shitter. It went from being able to go a straight week while asleep without charging to barely lasting a day.[/QUOTE]

I changed my phone's CPU governor to conservative and that seemed to fix the problem right up.

[editline]18th December 2012[/editline]

Hey guys, for some reason the Facebook app enables my GPS whenever I open it up. I can't find any settings to make that not happen. Am I missing something incredibly obvious?

[sdwise]

So is the fp app broken for anyone else?
Also, someone mentioned the Android x86 project earlier in response to me mentioning I'd love to have android on PC, but when I tried to dual boot one of those builds and it ate my recovery partition. I had to buy 25 dollar recovery disc's.

[editline]18th December 2012[/editline]

This was about 4 months ago.

[iCole]

[QUOTE=Generic.Monk;38872548]also cm10.1 for the galaxy s2 is totally awesome and with near iPhone levels of smoothness[/QUOTE]
Not as smooth as Android 4.1+ should be, but mcm's custom builds are a tad faster than official CM10.1.

[editline]18th December 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;38874457]Link?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036229[/url]
[B]Do[/B] wipe the clock app data if you're doing a dirty flash from CM10 to 10.1. It's in the instructions but I thought I'd mention it again.
[B]edit: [/B]
[url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891222[/url]
mcm builds, vsync is fully working although the solution is probably not as pretty as the CM team wants, so they're not using that yet. Coming over from CM (and back if you wish) worked back in CM10 days, should still work on CM10.1.

[sdwise]

[QUOTE=Ezhik;38876103]I mentioned that Android should be useful from the start, without having to root for things to work right, that comment is sitting at -27 points with one person saying that that would be no fun, and another calling me a dicksucking faggot.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't say android has to be rooted to work right, I think it works as designed without root.
Not everyone is savvy enough to be allowed to access root files, just like not everyone is savvy enough to be allowed to edit windows sys files.

[garychencool]

[QUOTE=sdwise;38876568]So is the fp app broken for anyone else? [/QUOTE]

Yeah, I uninstalled it because it broke for over a month. Don't know where geel went though.

[iCole]

Lol, Samsung Galaxy Grand is a 5" phone with a 480 x 800px TFT display. That's gonna be painful to watch.

[sdwise]

[QUOTE=garychencool;38876791]Yeah, I uninstalled it because it broke for over a month. Don't know where geel went though.[/QUOTE]

Glad I'm not the only one.

[editline]18th December 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=iCole;38876793]Lol, Samsung Galaxy Grand is a 5" phone with a 480 x 800px TFT display. That's gonna be painful to watch.[/QUOTE]

Is it a budget device?

[garychencool]

[QUOTE=iCole;38876793]Lol, Samsung Galaxy Grand is a 5" phone with a 480 x 800px TFT display. That's gonna be painful to watch.[/QUOTE]

lol samsung, it's like a random phone like the Xperia ion

[iCole]

Seems like a mid-ranged device, it'll have an optional dual sim version (i9082), too.
[url]http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_grand_i9080-5162.php[/url]

[kaze4159]

[QUOTE=iCole;38877304]Seems like a mid-ranged device, it'll have an optional dual sim version (i9082), too.
[url]http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_grand_i9080-5162.php[/url][/QUOTE]

Whoa, that's the first dual-sim phone I've ever seen that isn't a Chinese ripoff

[1solidsnake2]

[QUOTE=iCole;38876793]Lol, Samsung Galaxy Grand is a 5" phone with a 480 x 800px TFT display. That's gonna be painful to watch.[/QUOTE]

187PPI, just 7PPI more than the HTC Magic.

[Generic.Monk]

[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;38874457]Link?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.get.cm/?device=i9100[/url]

if you're running CM10 you can just flash it over your current install/use the updater and as long as you flash the new gapps and wipe clock data it seems to work with p. much no issues

[editline]18th December 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=iCole;38876793]Lol, Samsung Galaxy Grand is a 5" phone with a 480 x 800px TFT display. That's gonna be painful to watch.[/QUOTE]

seems like they're pulling a 2011 HTC (releasing a load of crap phones which people will only buy based on brand loyalty)

[TurboDweeb]

[sp]Please excuse me if this has been asked or solved or whatever but I've been crawling through threads for a week now looking for a solution[/sp]

I'm getting a problem with my Evo 4G (original) wifi. I can't touch the router since this is the connection at my uni (We have several routers spread across the acres of campus, all broadcasting a WiFi signal; they all have the same name, also. Perhaps this is relevant).

-3G works fine
-4G works fine
-WiFi does not
-WiFi connects succesfully to a network, but does not receive any data
-Internet app displays Web page not available
-No apps can receive internet data
-[B]Laptop, and other people's devices, receive data on these signals perfectly fine[/B]

Things I have tried:

-Power cycling
-Using a static IP
-Disabling/enabling WiFi
-The app WiFi Fixer
-The app FXR WiFi Fix and rescue
-Desperately trying to pick up additional threads on the XDA forums or otherwise related to my problem

Now in the advanced settings, I noticed that it lists the IP as 10.0.25.116. On my laptop, connected to the same signal and succesful, I use ipconfig /all and it lists the IP as 10.0.25.161. I double-checked, I didn't misread it either. Perhaps this means something?

I'm unbelievably frustrated because of how elusive the solution is. And it taunts me too, because my own home connection works fine as well.

Any help is appreciated.

[editline]Edited:[/editline]

AHHH holy shit I fixed it. Isn't it weird when that happens, you go and ask for help and as soon as you do you come upon the solution? I don't mean to clog up the thread, but:

Here's some info in case another poor soul like me is helplessly googling solutions and comes upon this post:

[quote]If you've got a laptop or other computer connected to the same address, you can fix this quickly.
-Open the command prompt (Windows Key+R -> cmd)
-Enter: ipconfig /all
-You'll get a bunch of paragraphs of lists of data.
-Head down to what, for me, was the fourth section, named 'Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection.' It's the longest and has info such as DHCP Server and Subnet Mask.
-Check out [B]IPv4 Address[/B], [B]Subnet Mask[/B], and [B]Default Gateway[/B].
-On your Android, go to the Wireless & Networks subsection from the Settings section you get when you hit the menu key on the home screen.
-Turn on your WiFi and connect to the signal in question.
-Hit Menu key -> Advanced
-Check the box for Use static IP.
-Plug in the values of the data you gathered above from the command prompt. [B]Default Gateway[/B] for Gateway, and[B]Subnet Mask[/B] for Netmask.
-For [B]DNS 1[/B] and [B]DNS 2[/B], use the following numbers:
-DNS 1: 8.8.8.8
-DNS 2: 8.8.4.4
-Of yourse you noticed that you also need to input an IP address, most importantly. But here's the interesting part:
-Take the value you got from ipconfig data on your computer. The last digits should be a group of two or three numbers.
-From what I've gathered in extrapolation of many many threads about potential solutions, the router your device connects to will hand out an IP address per device. It will have designated slots for all the devices connecting, and your device needs a free one.
-For whatever reason, the slot you're using, notated in the group of numbers at the end of your device's displayed IP, is either taken or malfunctioning. Switch it by inputting the address you got from your ipconfig data, then changing the last two digits.
-My uni's signal had 100 free slots. My last three digits were :161, so my free slots were from :101-199. I could change it to :162, or even :187 or :199, whatever. I picked 199.
-If you're out of the range of usable slots given by the router, your device will respond with a pop-up "Please enter a valid IP address." If it sticks, you're good.
-Make sure above the IP settings that the IP address listed has changed to your input. Might take a few seconds.
-Test your connection. You shouldn't have to reconnect or forget the connection, as long as the above is true and Use static IP is still checked.

If you don't tell the device you want a static IP, it by default will ask for an IP when it connects. For me, I noticed I was stuck on :161 every time, despite forgetting and re-connecting, or turning off WiFi, or power cycling my phone. So you might have the slot it gives you the first time you get it, but in the future it might be taken and the phone will be trying to use it and can't.
Good luck.[/quote]

[iCole]

[QUOTE=kaze4159;38877871]Whoa, that's the first dual-sim phone I've ever seen that isn't a Chinese ripoff[/QUOTE]
Samsung S6102 Galaxy Y Duos
Sony Xperia Tipo Dual
Samsung S6802 Galaxy Ace Duos
Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562
Alcatel One Touch 993D Dual-SIM

just some I pulled off a local e-shop. They exist, they're just not marketed at all and usually are made from mid or low range models.

[Generic.Monk]

ok a few complaints about CM10.1 and perhaps 4.2 on phones in general (I have 4.2 on my N7 but obviously the user experience is different)

1) lockscreen widgets are super fiddly and the new way of getting to the camera (making it a widget on the far right) is a bit dumb since you have to swipe down to get the slidey widget thing to activate then slide across which is an unnecessary hassle if you want to take a a photo quickly - thankfully CM allows you to readd the camera shortcut in its former position on the unlock ring but this is a bit dumb of google

2) mobile hotspot doesn't work - this is probably just me but it's annoying and I'm hesitant to wipe my data since I don't know whether it's a bug with CM or just whether me installing it over a previous version/with existing data buggered something up

3)the 'go back to homescreen' animation in CM isn't the same as the one in stock 4.2 on my N7 - it's the one that occurs when you go from one app back to another using the back button and it's much slower than what I'd like - I'm fairly sure this is a bug since it occurs on some third party launchers that I've used previously - I find this annoying

that said the CM team have done a good job of fixing the minor annoyances that 4.2 has - they've made the quick settings panel actually have toggles instead of a few toggles but mostly links to the respective settings screens which never made sense to me. the customization is much appreciated - I set the menu overflow icon to be displayed in apps and reassigned the menu button to open the multitasking switcher which makes so much sense I'm actually cumming buckets (while the S2 was released before 4.0 I simply cannot believe samsung are still making phones with the menu button - it's an unquestionable design mistake and there's a reason google hates it)

[King]

[QUOTE=iCole;38876793]Lol, Samsung Galaxy Grand is a 5" phone with a 480 x 800px TFT display. That's gonna be painful to watch.[/QUOTE]

Samsung Galaxy Grand-parents. Lower res + big screen = big text, perfect for grandparents. Large screen size means they will be able to type and interact with it easier.

[Generic.Monk]

also while the facebook app doesn't utterly blow now (though I'm fairly sure it blowing before was a result of shit coding rather than HTML5) I still can't believe it still relies on the menu button, something that's been deprecated for over a year now

seriously there are a total of 3 options that the menu button accesses - settings, logout and about which could all just be put into a menu overflow or even (shock, horror) the [b]SIDEBAR THAT THE APP ALREADY HAS[/b]. also the sidebar should really be accessible with a swipe in at any point from the side rather than just the top (like every other respectable app)

the inverse of this is of course google currents which is a fucking joy to use and somehow gets better with every single update