[Danj]

CM10 ports on Optimus S/V oh wow.

Don't suppose anyone's got it running on the Optimus 2x yet? LG were supposed to do an ICS update this year but that doesn't look like it's happening.

[Bboy AJ]

This is the catch all android thread, right? Can someone give me a list of 9" or bigger tablets coming out this year? I want a tablet as an ebook reader for my anatomy books (so lots of detailed pics with text), so it needs a good screen and battery life. The tablets out right now with high res seem to have power problems or connectivity problems (lulz, Ipad3, lulz, not really wanting to deal with itunes and shit).

You don't have to deal with iTunes if you want an iPad 3.

[Brettison]

You don't have to deal with iTunes if you want an iPad 3.

I was thinking this as well. iPad 3 seems the clear winner for tablets over 7-8 inch variety considering everything can basically be done just on the iPad now.

[Binabik15]

You don't have to deal with iTunes if you want an iPad 3.

I don't? How so? My dad has an Ipad (but I never had it in my hands so far) and he complaisn to no end about having to use Apple software to transfer stuff over to it.

If there's a way around that, please tell me how. Even if I get something else, he'd appreciate it.

what's wrong with the Transformer Pad 300 and 700? they don't have the signal issues of the Prime... Galaxy Note 10.1, whenever that drops...

At least for the 300 I hve read test that criticised it for having low brightness and bad viewing angles.

I have no hands on experience with ANY tablet so far, taking the long trip to a Media Markt or something comparable where you can actually play around with the electronics is just not something I can do right now. Next week is a brutal onslaught of exams.

[Bboy AJ]

I don't? How so? My dad has an Ipad (but I never had it in my hands so far) and he complaisn to no end about having to use Apple software to transfer stuff over to it. If there's a way around that, please tell me how. Even if I get something else, he'd appreciate it.

What's he transferring? All he needs to do is use iTunes Match and he's basically good to go for all media. iCloud should do everything he needs. I don't sync my iPad with iTunes much, if at all. I could live without iTunes easily.

Read this: http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/

I strongly suggest picking up an iPad over an Android tablet if cost isn't a huge deal.

[XMonkey]

I think the most amazing thing about the Nexus S isn't the fact that it's gone all the way from Gingerbread to Jelly Bean... but that's it still preforms so well with a single core hummingbird processor. Yet again, Samsung showing that they can really make an amazing phone processor. Makes me wish my Galaxy Nexus had an Exynos rather than the OMAP that it has!

I wish my Nexus had the S4 w/ LTE :(

[ScOULaris]

Wow! I just learned something really useful about the new stock browser in Jelly Bean after watching this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUe6DJfKLQ

Flash support, smooth scrolling, fast page loading, and now quick swipe access to pretty much every functionality that I use? Stock browser is my new default.

[TheTowel]

I'm having trouble finding a place that can replace the screen on my phone. It's the Evo 4g LTE and while I can find plenty of sites that offer replacement screens for the One X, I haven't found any for my phone. It is relatively new so I'm hoping that's the issue. Few places have it on back order but it seems like they just have that there to show a large selection. I don't want to use insurance as I'd be dropped after this replacement. Any help?

I've read that since the LCD is laminated to the glass, I'd need to replace the entire screen.

[tino]

I'm having trouble finding a place that can replace the screen on my phone. It's the Evo 4g LTE and while I can find plenty of sites that offer replacement screens for the One X, I haven't found any for my phone. It is relatively new so I'm hoping that's the issue. Few places have it on back order but it seems like they just have that there to show a large selection. I don't want to use insurance as I'd be dropped after this replacement. Any help? I've read that since the LCD is laminated to the glass, I'd need to replace the entire screen.

You mean like this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-EVO-LTE-...ht_3860wt_1259

[Copernicus]

Toolkit from reset my phone from img. =/

Back to fastboot. meh

Does anyone know if locking the bootloader removes root?

[Jazzy Network]

Just bought as Nexus S 4G to have as a replacement phone for my Epic Touch 4G in case it ever breaks and I need to replace it. Can't wait to see how JB functions.

[The Faceless Master]

looks like Telus beat them charges like Rocky

“After extensive testing, HTC has determined that the current version of HTC Sense with Android provides customers with the best experience on the HTC Desire HD. When we consider new versions of software, we weigh a number of factors, but ultimately the customer experience on the product is the deciding factor. We apologize for any confusion this change may have caused our customers.”

IT WAS HTC ALL ALONG, MUAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHA!!!


http://phandroid.com/2012/07/21/telu...id-4-0-update/

[Yeah_its_Bob]

I always wonder is there any way in speech to text to delete without clicking the delete on screen?

[TheTowel]

You mean like this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-EVO-LTE-...ht_3860wt_1259

Yeah, thanks! Does look like it's been taken off a broken one, though. I'd have a repair center swap out the screens. Don't trust myself with this.

EDIT: Never mind, seems like it's OEM quality.

[Copernicus]

Some "impressions" from someone going to a Nexus S from Galaxy Nexus.


-dat low resolution pentile
-dat tiny keyboard
-dat shitty auto brightness
+dat lovely lovely lovely hump and round shape
-dat capacitive menu button

Well see how long I can manage, but Jelly Bean is pretty good on here. The hardware is obviously at its limit though. Since I don't game on it, its fine by me.

Did I mention dat tiny keyboard? This post took way too long.

Oh yea, you can finally erase then primary account without wrecking havoc on the phone! I hope this means multi user accounts are on the way.

e: Play Store will try to log in to the next account on the accounts list after removing the main one.

Anyone with a NS and JB should change the animation scales to .5 inside of developer options, makes it seem much faster.

[kinggroin]

Some "impressions" from someone going to a Nexus S from Galaxy Nexus. -dat low resolution pentile -dat tiny keyboard -dat shitty auto brightness +dat lovely lovely lovely hump and round shape -dat capacitive menu button Well see how long I can manage, but Jelly Bean is pretty good on here. The hardware is obviously at its limit though. Since I don't game on it, its fine by me. Did I mention dat tiny keyboard? This post took way too long. Oh yea, you can finally erase then primary account without wrecking havoc on the phone! I hope this means multi user accounts are on the way.

what kind of drop in performance did you see in the ui if any at all?

[Copernicus]

what kind of drop in performance did you see in the ui if any at all?

Its obviously hanging on for dear life. Recent apps still has that second lag when coming up. After speeding up the transitions its better though. Installing an app in the background still brings the phone to a halt. Single core + Android shows its face. Google + runs surprisingly well on it, I was expecting it to choke.

I can live with it mainly because its not going to be used as much anymore, plus I have low standards for ui stuff. I'm probably moving into CM 10 street in ROM city so that should makes things much better.

Also the screen isn't that bad, I just realized this this had a screen protector on it.

[Brettison]

Some "impressions" from someone going to a Nexus S from Galaxy Nexus. -dat low resolution pentile -dat tiny keyboard -dat shitty auto brightness +dat lovely lovely lovely hump and round shape -dat capacitive menu button Well see how long I can manage, but Jelly Bean is pretty good on here. The hardware is obviously at its limit though. Since I don't game on it, its fine by me. Did I mention dat tiny keyboard? This post took way too long. Oh yea, you can finally erase then primary account without wrecking havoc on the phone! I hope this means multi user accounts are on the way. e: Play Store will try to log in to the next account on the accounts list after removing the main one. Anyone with a NS and JB should change the animation scales to .5 inside of developer options, makes it seem much faster.

I tried to tell you, but would you listen???? He'll no!

[jokkir]

Goddamn I have terrible battery life with Jellybean on my Nexus S. Only 2h 15m screen on time :\

[Good Job Bob]

Some "impressions" from someone going to a Nexus S from Galaxy Nexus. -dat low resolution pentile -dat tiny keyboard -dat shitty auto brightness +dat lovely lovely lovely hump and round shape -dat capacitive menu button Well see how long I can manage, but Jelly Bean is pretty good on here. The hardware is obviously at its limit though. Since I don't game on it, its fine by me. Did I mention dat tiny keyboard? This post took way too long. Oh yea, you can finally erase then primary account without wrecking havoc on the phone! I hope this means multi user accounts are on the way. e: Play Store will try to log in to the next account on the accounts list after removing the main one. Anyone with a NS and JB should change the animation scales to .5 inside of developer options, makes it seem much faster.

Why'd you go back to a NS?

[Copernicus]

Goddamn I have terrible battery life with Jellybean on my Nexus S. Only 2h 15m screen on time :\

Really? I managed about 3 hours today while I was transferring over apps/data.

Why'd you go back to a NS?

My reasons range from altruism, to curiosity and cultumating at gathering research for future Microsoft related trolling.

I'm getting an N7 this week so, I probably won't been my GN at home anymore(where I tend to take advantage of it the most), combined with the fact that my dad could use a larger screen I wouldn't feel right sitting around with an overpowered phones at my house fetching text messages. He could really use the larger text/bigger screen while still being a tech dude and reveling in having a supercomputer in his pocket. I also want to see how well Android does on older tech, I'm even considering going back to an N1 with JB hack that I handed off to some one else (I'd trade the NS for the N1).

Timing is pretty great for all the tech shit happening at the end of this year. Even though I'm just an M$ hating android fanboy, I'm secretly hoping the padfone 2 is Windows 8/Windows 8 Phone Edition combo. I'd be like a pig in shit if that came true. So by having an old phone now I can justify spending more money later on. This way I can enjoy tech, piss of van by posting in a windows 8 phone thread, and jump off the burning ship which is breaking off into more and more pieces by the day that people lovingly love to call Android.

You know, all the things any true android soldier would troll for.

[Bboy AJ]

Does Android GAF use Twitter? Actually, I know you sobs do after the Android Apps thread. Where's a list of your user names?

[Brettison]

@Vanillalite

[zbeeb]

Does Android GAF use Twitter? Actually, I know you sobs do after the Android Apps thread. Where's a list of your user names?

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=309249

Thread for all neogaf member twitter accounts

[Greyface]

AWAKENINGS: AN ANDROID DESIGN PROCESS

doubleTwist Alarm has been an overwhelmingly successful project. It has received universal acclaim, from Google executives to design publications and many Android and gadget websites. Yet, the first question on anyone’s lips was always the same: “Why an alarm clock? Why would you take a swing at something so trivial and small, something so elementary to any cellphone made since the 1980s?” The answer is simple: because this is extremely essential tool we use every day. We wake up with it every morning — and it simply hasn’t been done right. It’s kind of terrible: you can compare it to waking up every morning to find you’ve been sleeping on a small pebble. To start your day off frustrated and displeased doesn’t just throw your mood into a funk, it can actually be quite unhealthy. Now there’s a problem that’s simply begging for a solution. ...

I know i´m not the first person to ask this, but do you ever considered to bring this app to iOS? it looks gorgeous

Make this iPad and you get my $10.

[ScOULaris]

AWAKENINGS: AN ANDROID DESIGN PROCESS

Beautiful. Just bought it. Thanks for sharing!

[Copernicus]

I might have to buy that alarm app after that article, and lol at then comments.

------

Beats buys itself back from HTC...

https://www.google.com/producer/edit...ntrolling_inte

[Greyface]

I might have to buy that alarm app after that article, and lol at then comments.

I bought the app, and it is indeed beautiful, despite it not being the style I'm attracted to (although I realize I'm in the minority here). The sleep cycle is really cool though and such UI features makes up for any design misgivings I might have . As regards to the comments, de With had already spoken on the possibility of an iOS version:

Will you design a iPhone version of the app? I'm not interested in designing an iPhone version. While doubleTwist gets a lot of requests for an iOS version, it's not the platform that truly needs a 'design investment' like this right now. Also, fascinatingly, Android users are much more willing to seek out 'better' versions of apps already on their phones. It also has to be said that there's simply not enough 'freedom' for the development for a truly excellent alarm clock on iPhones and iPads: engineering-wise, it'd be impossible to hook into the system so deeply that one can assure the alarm will always go off, like the standard Apple-supplied Alarm app. You used to work at Apple, what was that like? What did you learn there that you have taken and applied now with DoubleTwist?

[tino]

I bought the app, and it is indeed beautiful, despite it not being the style I'm attracted to (although I realize I'm in the minority here). The sleep cycle is really cool though and such UI features makes up for any design misgivings I might have . As regards to the comments, de With had already spoken on the possibility of an iOS version:

Heh this guy is the bizarro version of that instapaper guy.

Does the alarm has the function that slowly raise the alarm valume like Gentle Alarm and does it let you set custom mp3 ringtone?

[Cipherr]

That alarm looks badass. Does it use true blacks? I can imagine using that on my GNex with that AMOLED screen.

[The Faceless Master]

Heh this guy is the bizarro version of that instapaper guy. Does the alarm has the function that slowly raise the alarm valume like Gentle Alarm and does it let you set custom mp3 ringtone?

but he listed legit reasons, unlike marco...

[ScOULaris]

Heh this guy is the bizarro version of that instapaper guy. Does the alarm has the function that slowly raise the alarm valume like Gentle Alarm and does it let you set custom mp3 ringtone?

Yes and yes.

Although in order to use a song as your alarm tone, it requires you to also download their music player. Just noticed that, which is a letdown. Maybe they'll add the ability to just pick any MP3 from your sdcard directory in a future release.

[Greyface]

Heh this guy is the bizarro normal version of that instapaper guy. Does the alarm has the function that slowly raise the alarm valume like Gentle Alarm and does it let you set custom mp3 ringtone?

yes and yes
edit: beat by a junior :|

That alarm looks badass. Does it use true blacks? I can imagine using that on my GNex with that AMOLED screen.

The linked blog post talks about some of the issues he had to deal with regarding color representation on different devices. It's telling though that they chose the HTC One X for all the pr pics...

[The Faceless Master]

It's telling though that they chose the HTC One X for all the pr pics...

that was the newest high end phone out when they released.

[Good Job Bob]

Where are you seeing the One X? Looks like a white Galaxy Nexus to me.

Heh this guy is the bizarro version of that instapaper guy. Does the alarm has the function that slowly raise the alarm valume like Gentle Alarm and does it let you set custom mp3 ringtone?

The difference between these dudes and the third party Instapaper client dude, is that a third party Instapaper client for Android was always going to be a niche market, while something like an alarm clock is far more mainstream.

[The Faceless Master]

Where are you seeing the One X? Looks like a white Galaxy Nexus to me.

indeed it is.

[Greyface]

indeed it is.

Shit, can't believe a galaxy nexus could look that good.

[gcubed]

Shit, can't believe a galaxy nexus could look that good.

? All the pictures i saw look exactly like a gnex? Am i missing something?

[Unknown Soldier]

Shit, can't believe a galaxy nexus could look that good.

Galaxy Nexus has always looked good.

[Greyface]

? All the pictures i saw look exactly like a gnex? Am i missing something?

Galaxy Nexus has always looked good.

Hey I meant no offense, haha. I just rarely see the white ones

[daoster]

AWAKENINGS: AN ANDROID DESIGN PROCESS

For people with this app and the galaxy nexus... Are the alarms louder than the weak ones stock has?

[brotkasten]

Shit, can't believe a galaxy nexus could look that good.

Have you never seen one in a store or in the wild?

[The Faceless Master]

Nexus 7: Camping aka Google puts out the fire.

[Cipherr]

For people with this app and the galaxy nexus... Are the alarms louder than the weak ones stock has?

I havent ever had any issues with the sound strength of the alarms on the GNex. In the dead silence of night even the moderate speakers of the Gnex blaring an alarm is plenty enough.

[DXPett1]

Nexus 7: Camping aka Google puts out the fire.

Only when the ad shows they are in their backyard do I realise "wait, how the fuck do they have data!" :(

Yes, I realise you could do the whole Android superior Tether/WiFi Hotspot

[tino]

Only when the ad shows they are in their backyard do I realise "wait, how the fuck do they have data!" :( Yes, I realise you could do the whole Android superior Tether/WiFi Hotspot

IME most of the campsites still have Verizon signal, you don't get TMobile thats for sure.

[Greyface]

Have you never seen one in a store or in the wild?

I've seen plenty black Nexus in the wild, and even owned one myself, but never a white one.

[jokkir]

'Dead Trigger' now free on Android due to 'unbelievably high' piracy rate

Dead Trigger, a zombie FPS for smartphones from the makers of Shadowgun, is now free to download on Android thanks to rampant piracy on the platform. In a statement on Facebook, developer Madfinger Games says that even at $0.99, the piracy rate on Android devices was "unbelievably high." Madfinger is careful to point out that Dead Trigger will not be a freemium app, and "all players are able to play without in-app purchases." Dead Trigger is available now from the Google Play store for free, or on iOS for $0.99. $0.99.

I want to see hard data on this. It couldn't have been THAT bad. Although I didn't purchase it (I didn't pirate it) because I didn't know if my Nexus S could run it and learning about the in app purchases after you paid for the game

[MarkPH]

Confirmed: Samsung to announce Galaxy Note II with 5.5-inch display at August 15th press event

http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/23/samsung-galaxy-note-ii/

[tino]

Confirmed: Samsung to announce Galaxy Note II with 5.5-inch display at August 15th press event http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/23/samsung-galaxy-note-ii/

BGR said narrower and taller screen? I think most Note 1 owner will be happy with the "OG Note".

On the other hand, HOW MUCH OF A JOKE IS TMOBILE USA?! Jesus Christ.