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How to get the best experience for Android. Tips and advice here :)

This thread will be dedicated for people posting about things they have done to improve the experience of using Android on their device.
I'll start of by posting some already known but may be new to new users.
In spare parts turn off animations and speed of transistion of windows. This should make navigating faster.
By doing this it should also automatically turn it off in the settings app.
Based upon your needs you can change how many apps may be open at any given time.
Dark Man X: i set in dev-tools (development settings) a process limit to 3 apps, now my diamond is much more stable and smooth
maybe someone helps who doesnt know this feature (like me)
Also first boot is always sluggish due to Android setting up everything. After you see the homescreen you should give it a good 5 minutes to settle in. Then reboot and reload haret again. You should notice the system is now more responsive and smooth.

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babijoee said:
This thread will be dedicated for people posting about things they have done to improve the experience of using Android on their device.
I'll start of by posting some already known but may be new to new users.
In spare parts turn off animations and speed of transistion of windows. This should make navigating faster.
By doing this it should also automatically turn it off in the settings app.
Based upon your needs you can change how many apps may be open at any given time.
Dark Man X: i set in dev-tools (development settings) a process limit to 3 apps, now my diamond is much more stable and smooth
maybe someone helps who doesnt know this feature (like me)
Also first boot is always sluggish due to Android setting up everything. After you see the homescreen you should give it a good 5 minutes to settle in. Then reboot and reload haret again. You should notice the system is now more responsive and smooth.
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When I restricted the process limit to 3 or even 4 apps in development settings I found that my exchange email started messing up. I could open the message list, but couldn't actually get an email to open. It kept closing out to the home screen. Removing the limit brought it good again. Was repeatable by selecting and removing limits. This is on a DIA100.

robh1234 said:
When I restricted the process limit to 3 or even 4 apps in development settings I found that my exchange email started messing up. I could open the message list, but couldn't actually get an email to open. It kept closing out to the home screen. Removing the limit brought it good again. Was repeatable by selecting and removing limits. This is on a DIA100.
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probally recommended for light users of android.
eg texting, phone, web and music.

Mr.Sir said:
It works great except for:
1. Camera doesn't work.
2. It literally EATS my battery and heats up the device a lot more than winmo. It's even a bit warm in hibernate.
I have no stability, lag or other animation issues. Fix those two points and we won't even need winmo anymore, except for booting android
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please read the topic before posting. we know this already, back onto topic.

I turned off auto-rotate display under display settings, this increased speed for screen tilts and removes the instability with launcher pro when extending/closing the hw keyboard. Eq no more force quit on launcher-pro when doing tilt+extend keyboard or.
Seems like launcher pro get's dual inputs both sensor and physical keyboard extend.
You will lose the auto landscape if keyboard is not extented, byt I never use landscape without keyboard anyway.
XDAndroid 2.2 Froyo 1.7.10 Beta
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro(RAPH100) using XDA App

CeasarRAPH100 said:
You will lose the auto landscape if keyboard is not extented, byt I never use landscape without keyboard anyway.
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Yup, which is why it's really not a big deal to turn off that rotation sensor feature

CeasarRAPH100 said:
I turned off auto-rotate display under display settings, this increased speed for screen tilts and removes the instability with launcher pro when extending/closing the hw keyboard.
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Im new To android on my verizon touch pro and my main complaint was how it would freeze trying to rotate all the time. I just tried this tip and now it is way more smooth.
Sent from my MSM using XDA App
Android 2.2b2
Verizon touch pro cdma

Screen of death / SoD work around
This may be device dependent (it might or it might not work for your device) but you can download batterybooster; free download from market and the website HERE
Once you've installed it, run the application and look for the icon that looks like a sun, far right hand corner, and tap it. Set it to Never and it should never time out! Keep in mind, this work around circumvents the automatic back lgiht feature. So, you will need to manually turn off the screen (usually power key). The intent of this work around is to have the screen to remain ALWAYS on.
Additionally, if you haven't already enabled the installation from unknown sources, when you run the .apk, Android should walk you through this process. Also, if you are installing this from the market, it won't hurt to set the automatic screen off to greater than 10 minutes.
n-Joie! (Enjoy)

Good read!
Some interesting reading on THIS site; specifically for devs and ROM builders.
nueDriverProject is a project to eventually rewrite all existing HTC drivers in C to aid in optimization and other efforts.
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i cannot find stk menu on xdandroid and anyone knows how to install stk service?

reker said:
i cannot find stk menu on xdandroid and anyone knows how to install stk service?
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stk menu? stk service?
Please, explain more - I have not a clue what you are talking about.

stk = stock maybe Or are you talking about the SDK? Two entirely different trains of thought there, my friend. Also, which version are you running? There are quite a few out there as we speak!
Do, get back with us when you can!

arrrghhh said:
stk menu? stk service?
Please, explain more - I have not a clue what you are talking about.
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STK=SIM TOOL KIT
see wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_Application_Toolkit
the sim card sell in china contain a built-in menu and it can perform some predefined functions, such as get the weather forecast or news thru sms, watch how many contacts the sim card can store, change my password of the sim, blablabla
in winmo, the stk service is built-in the rom, the service name is STK_Service, the filename is STK_Service.dll and i can access stk menu by running STK_UIPPC.exe
but in xandroid, i cannot find a useable stk service installer, i searched and found a stk.apk but i cannot install it on xandroid, when i try to intall it, it just tells me the application cannot be installed.
i noticed that the official android has included stk (com.android.stk can be found in /system/app/) but xandroid not include it
so.. does anyone know how to install it?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

reker said:
STK=SIM TOOL KIT
see wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_Application_Toolkit
the sim card sell in china contain a built-in menu and it can perform some predefined functions, such as get the weather forecast or news thru sms, watch how many contacts the sim card can store, change my password of the sim, blablabla
in winmo, the stk service is built-in the rom, the service name is STK_Service, the filename is STK_Service.dll and i can access stk menu by running STK_UIPPC.exe
but in xandroid, i cannot find a useable stk service installer, i searched and found a stk.apk but i cannot install it on xandroid, when i try to intall it, it just tells me the application cannot be installed.
i noticed that the official android has included stk (com.android.stk can be found in /system/app/) but xandroid not include it
so.. does anyone know how to install it?
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This is outside of the scope of XDAndroid, it seems to be carrier-specific. We try to support all carriers, but that doesn't mean we can support every single function of every single carrier.
Stick to WinMo if this is a problem for you, or figure out how to get the apk working and let everyone know how you did it .

no, it's not carrier-specific, in fact, near half of carriers in the world use stk.
stk is supported by official android and the source of stk.apk could be found at packages/apps/stk in the android source code, but it cannot be installed on xdandroid

reker said:
no, it's not carrier-specific, in fact, near half of carriers in the world use stk.
stk is supported by official android and the source of stk.apk could be found at packages/apps/stk in the android source code, but it cannot be installed on xdandroid
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It is carrier-specific, and besides this is all for so-called 'value-added services'. You can't expect those to work on our port... If it's causing you grief either get a native Android device or go back to WinMo!!!!

@reker
It may not be supported by XDAndroid (the dev project) BUT it doesn't mean that you can not figure out how to support it and share this info. Keep in mind, ALL of this is made possible through the work and development of us, the members! If it was "so important" wouldn't you think that there would be support for it already?

GPS woes
At the moment, it has been reported that GPS does NOT work for Gingerbread. However, GPS should work in FroYo/FRX06(latest release to-date). It has been said that getting a lock(GPS lock) while in winmo, CAN reduce the length of time it takes to get a lock while in Android. Also, if you are running a ROM with QuickGPS, it is suggested to run it once before you run haret. This will also get a quicker GPS lock while in FroYo.

[XAP] [Source] [Mango] MultiTaskToggle 1.1.1

Hi hackers,
Threw together something fun for you: a one-click (don't sue me, Bezos) app for enabling or disabling multitasking (no-dehydrate) on Mango. Fast app switching + full multitasking = awesome! Disabling multitasking when you need to save battery = convenient!
Credit to Jaxbot for working out the no-dehydration registry change. That's all this app is, just a convenient way to toggle that registry value.
I'm going to try to add support for more devices (Samsung Focus S and HTC phones that have lost the ability to use COMRegRW.dll).
UPDATE 1.1.1: Case sentitivity recognizing SAMSUNG now fixed, Samsung and LG confirmed!
UPDATE 1.1: Better Samsung support, possible LG support.
Features:
Secondary tile with deep linking! Shows current multitask state and toggles it when tapped.
Supports HTC, LG, Samsung phones.
HTC phones need to not have the latest HTC updates, as those break the Registry driver I used.
The latest DFT ROM works, and others that support TouchXplorer probably do too.
I'm working on a way to make it work with official ROMs as well - you can help out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335862
Works on Mango! Uses no homebrew DLLs.
Limitations:
No Dell/Asus/Toshiba/Nokia/etc. support yet (find me a registry function and I'll add them, though).
Doesn't work pre-Mango; it's a 7.1 app (could be downgraded pretty easily).
Requires interop-unlock.
Instructions:
Unpack ZIP file and find the XAP in MultiTaskToggle\Bin\Debug.
Install app on an interop-unlocked Mango phone.
Run app and ensure it loads the current value.
[Optional] Select the value you want; it will set immediately.
[Optional] Tap "Live Tile" button to create a tap-to-toggle secondary live tile.
This app is a simple wrapper for the OEM registry edit DLLs to make use of Jaxbot's hack. I wrote it largely just for familiarity with mango homebrew. The source is a bit of a mess right now - I took an existing homebrew library and beat it savagely until it worked on Mango, but didn't really put the pieces away neatly afterward - but it's simple enough I expect somebody else can use it for good things. Personally, I plan to make an app that allows easy general-purpose registry edits on Mango, though I still don't see any way to do registry browsing.
Thanks to XDA member MarysFetus for taking the time to do a visual overhaul of the app, with nice icons and such. It's much more artistic than my solid-color tiles with simple text! Grab the xap directly below. You can also visit the site: http://www.suicideclown.com
Thanks to XDA member singularity0821 for doing more visuals for the app, with a new (and flipping) live tile. I've included that XAP below as well.

Downloading to test now.
Oh. wow nice tool.Fast toggle MultiTask no need to edit registry by using touchexplorer and connection setsetup

Doesn´t run on OMNIA 7.
"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMExeption (0x80070032)..."

Custom Skin
Great App,
but personally wanted to do an custom design, so I've changed color values in the MainPage.xaml file, but for some reason I am getting an error while building the xap.
Anyone knows how to fix that?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Error Code is in German.
@Moderators: delete if this necessary.

MarysFetus said:
Great App,
but personally wanted to do an custom design, so I've changed color values in the MainPage.xaml file, but for some reason I am getting an error while building the xap.
Anyone knows how to fix that?
Error Code is in German.
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Error in English;
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Silverlight for Phone\v4.0\Microsoft.Silverlight.Common.targets(249,9): error : Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Phone.InteropServices, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=24eec0d8c86cda1e' or one of its dependencies. Strong name validation failed. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8013141A)

Thank u very much.....
It works great in my HTC Mozart....
regards

work on HTC HD2 Mango 7720 (BTTF)
edit:
change between Dehydrating and Multitasking with Live Tile also working

MarysFetus said:
Great App,
but personally wanted to do an custom design, so I've changed color values in the MainPage.xaml file, but for some reason I am getting an error while building the xap.
Anyone knows how to fix that?
Error Code is in German.
@Moderators: delete if this necessary.
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Read: http://thounsell.co.uk/2010/11/avoiding-reflection-adding-the-interopservices-library-to-the-wp7-sdk/

fiinix said:
Read: http://thounsell.co.uk/2010/11/avoiding-reflection-adding-the-interopservices-library-to-the-wp7-sdk/
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Make sure to read the comments about using Visual Studio Command Prompt. I had to do this after copying in the dll & editing the filelist XML.

Yeah, I had to get around the Strong Name Validation too, before it would compile. People have said it shouldn't be necessary but I ran into it all the time.
Thanks for testing, folks! Let me know if you find any bugs or have feature requests.

contable said:
Doesn´t run on OMNIA 7.
"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMExeption (0x80070032)..."
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Hi Contable,
That's unfortunate, but I need more info to fix it. There should be a stack trace; can you tell me where in my code the exception is coming from? It's probably either the way I'm accessing the registry on Samsung, or the way I'm deciding whether it's a Samsung device or not. Either one can probably be fixed, if I know what's broken.
Unfortunately, the old way of determining what device I'm on (checking a registry key) doesn't work until I know what registry reader to use (the generic reader doesn't work in mango).
Big thanks if you help me get this working!

Hah... you ever felt like a total idiot before, doing something the unreliable and hard way when there's no need to? Yeah... there's an official API to get the OEM name. LOL @ all those registry-based versions.
New version coming soon. Fixes to Samsung support; please test again. Possible LG support too, please test that also! Still needs Mango.
EDIT: Update is live, now! Please let me know if it works on non-HTC, and give me a bug report if it doesn't. Thanks!

GoodDayToDie said:
Hi Contable,
That's unfortunate, but I need more info to fix it. There should be a stack trace; can you tell me where in my code the exception is coming from? It's probably either the way I'm accessing the registry on Samsung, or the way I'm deciding whether it's a Samsung device or not. Either one can probably be fixed, if I know what's broken.
Unfortunately, the old way of determining what device I'm on (checking a registry key) doesn't work until I know what registry reader to use (the generic reader doesn't work in mango).
Big thanks if you help me get this working!
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Here my reply:
V1.1 doesn´t work either. After starting the app on my screen appears a message: "Unknown Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Please report at XDA..."

GoodDayToDie said:
Hah... you ever felt like a total idiot before, doing something the unreliable and hard way when there's no need to? Yeah... there's an official API to get the OEM name. LOL @ all those registry-based versions.
New version coming soon. Fixes to Samsung support; please test again. Possible LG support too, please test that also! Still needs Mango.
EDIT: Update is live, now! Please let me know if it works on non-HTC, and give me a bug report if it doesn't. Thanks!
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just downloaded latest and installed on LG Quantum. app works fine, live tile works fine as well. not sure if it does what it says though. still tinkering to see if the settings actually have an effect. should I see a change o fthe setting under settings/background tasks?
That always lists Tasks "on", irrespective of what I do with your app.
edit1: hmm. just tried to turn the Tasks under background tasks in WP7 to off. Now I can't turn it back on. any idea why that is?
edit2: in addition to the observation above it seems some of my multitask programs stopped working in multitasking (they crash on resume, or refresh instead of resume - e.g. bbc news mobile, wpcentral). Is it possilbe your program can have this effect and how to fix it?
edit3: it seems it's only bbc news that crashes. others seem to work fine. maybe that wasn't working before I sideloaded your app (likely).

contable said:
Here my reply:
V1.1 doesn´t work either. After starting the app on my screen appears a message: "Unknown Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Please report at XDA..."
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LOL case sensitivity fail. Thanks for testing though, try version 1.1.1

GoodDayToDie said:
LOL case sensitivity fail. Thanks for testing though, try version 1.1.1
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Thanks button is pushed.
V1.1.1 is confirmed to work on OMNIA 7.
I like the concept of the live-tile toggle. A Bluetooth toogle is still a dream...

derausgewanderte said:
just downloaded latest and installed on LG Quantum. app works fine, live tile works fine as well. not sure if it does what it says though. still tinkering to see if the settings actually have an effect. should I see a change o fthe setting under settings/background tasks?
That always lists Tasks "on", irrespective of what I do with your app.
edit1: hmm. just tried to turn the Tasks under background tasks in WP7 to off. Now I can't turn it back on. any idea why that is?
edit2: in addition to the observation above it seems some of my multitask programs stopped working in multitasking (they crash on resume, or refresh instead of resume - e.g. bbc news mobile, wpcentral). Is it possilbe your program can have this effect and how to fix it?
edit3: it seems it's only bbc news that crashes. others seem to work fine. maybe that wasn't working before I sideloaded your app (likely).
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Thanks for the report that it works on LG! First post updated.
You can read more about the change by reading about Jaxbot's multitasking hack - that's all this is, a convenient way to enable or remove it. The simple asnwer to "what does it do" is that if you background an app (hit Start, hit Camera, hit Search, lock the screen, answer a phone call, tap on a streen-top toast, switch apps uing Mango's fast app switcher, etc.) the app you were running won't exit. This means it doesn't need to be re-loaded when you switch back, and also means that if it's running a timer or similar in the background, that can still run. However, it also consumes RAM and may decrease battery life.
Mango is completely un-aware of this hack, even though it makes fast app switching work better. Settings -> Background Tasks (a new Mango control panel) has nothing to do with it and shows no changes when I enable or disable the hack.
If you want to test if it's working, this is easy. Enable multitasking using the app. Then, open any NoDo app with a significant load time (anything from Facebook to Plants vs. Zombies). Once that app is loaded, hit the Start button. Then, hit the Back button. If the hack is working, the app will resume instantly, no re-loading at all.

contable said:
Thanks button is pushed.
V1.1.1 is confirmed to work on OMNIA 7.
I like the concept of the live-tile toggle. A Bluetooth toogle is still a dream...
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Awesome, thanks for testing and reporting!

GoodDayToDie said:
Thanks for the report that it works on LG! First post updated.
Mango is completely un-aware of this hack, even though it makes fast app switching work better. Settings -> Background Tasks (a new Mango control panel) has nothing to do with it and shows no changes when I enable or disable the hack.
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thanks for the clarification. Got it. It's good to know it's flying under Mango's radar. Just wasn't sure. The change in the Background Tasks I see must be something else. Apparently something I do not understand at this point. It showed "on" before, now after turning it "off" I can't turn it back to "on".

Wait wait hold up... Are you telling me you have interop working on Mango?
Looks like I've been out of it for the last few months. Good work, to all the developers who have been working towards this, and hey, glad to see my hack is still useful come Mango time

New Windows Phone Tango Features and Changes

Hi guys,
With the leak of Windows Phone Tango dump, let's make a list of newly discovered features
Please include screenshots if possible.
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eric1204 said:
Thank you HD2Owner for this world first Tango Rom.
TANGO 8773 have 8 background tasks + main Tiles.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
8 background tasks memory in use. (seems no more than 256mb?)
8773 vs 8107 boot(no task) memory in use.(seems less than mango 8107)
and some changes (messaging/maps setting)
In Tango Unlocked Emulator preview that location Icon seems not yet.
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Thanks to eric1204 for the list.
Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23600141&postcount=2098

Russian site WP7forum says that Tango will include
- The ability to export contacts to SIM (not confirmed)
- Manage domestic / international roaming (not confirmed)
- Handle multiple attachments in a single MMS message
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Source: http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/15/2799870/windows-phone-tango-screenshots-leak

How about languages?
As all are aware, tango build will support 120 languages.
Does any one have the list of languages supported by tango?
I am just curious about Indian languages.. (which or any will be supported)
Aslo not sure how they will be supported?
- Will it include UI in those languages
- Or only tango will be able to render apps and websites developed in those languages

Fantastic...

How is IE9? Is the promised "Find on Page" feature back? Also did they add a tabs button? Or do we really have to wait a full year for this?
Anyway the other changes in Tango are minor bt very welcomed, certainly the rotation of the maps and the 8 multitask cards.

Are there any changes in the setting... specifically ability to setup mms with unlocked devices? Also curious if there is the ability to leave wifi on during "sleep" mode (screen off).

My phone has had those maps settings for a long time now... unless you are talking about the fact that yours is missing the 'tap to read directions' setting.

Is there a heading pointer in the maps app in Tango, like on every other phone. I can't use WP7 as a GPS device because I make wrong turns due to not knowing which way I'm facing on the map in unfamiliar places.
Still need to tap while navigating? Playing with your phone while driving is now illegal here and they can pull you over for it even if you've done nothing else wrong...
Can you send video off the device in eMail or MMS yet?
Is there a URL auto-shortening for SkyDrive links sent yet?

N8ter said:
Is there a heading pointer in the maps app in Tango, like on every other phone. I can't use WP7 as a GPS device because I make wrong turns due to not knowing which way I'm facing on the map in unfamiliar places.
Still need to tap while navigating? Playing with your phone while driving is now illegal here and they can pull you over for it even if you've done nothing else wrong...
Can you send video off the device in eMail or MMS yet?
Is there a URL auto-shortening for SkyDrive links sent yet?
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There are 3rd party GPS apps that do that. Same as all other OS's.
See above...
MMS yes, don't know about Email.
::Shrugs:: & don't care. It'll be hard integrated into the OS. Why would you need the URL's?
P.S. Here we go again... ::sigh::

Marvin_S said:
Also did they add a tabs button? Or do we really have to wait a full year for this?
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Tabs button is already present in Mango under "..."

I can't wait for the first Tango HD7s ROM.

pvt_nemesis said:
Tabs button is already present in Mango under "..."
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of course but I mean a button not a menu item, like in pre mango. Since there were a lot of complaints about the lack of a tabs button and missing "find on page". I would like to know if users will have to wait for a year for a feature to come back if MS decides to take it out against the will of the public.
About the maps, does it utilize the compass and does rotation now works while walking? Or does it still only works when navigating? This should not require a third party app imo.

Marvin_S said:
About the maps, does it utilize the compass and does rotation now works while walking? Or does it still only works when navigating? This should not require a third party app imo.
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The built in app auto rotates the map as you navigate. While walking or driving. This is already in there from Mango.

i'm really not looking forward to tombstoning being back. I wonder if they'll just make it so it's done on devices w/ <=256mb RAM? that'd be fine w/ me... Fast app switching is so freaking handy when doing serious multitasking, i do not want to see it go!

bc3tech said:
i'm really not looking forward to tombstoning being back. I wonder if they'll just make it so it's done on devices w/ <=256mb RAM? that'd be fine w/ me... Fast app switching is so freaking handy when doing serious multitasking, i do not want to see it go!
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Tombstoning will only happen on devices with 256MB Ram. Other devices will be able to continue to use the regular method of multitasking.

bc3tech said:
i'm really not looking forward to tombstoning being back. I wonder if they'll just make it so it's done on devices w/ <=256mb RAM? that'd be fine w/ me... Fast app switching is so freaking handy when doing serious multitasking, i do not want to see it go!
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it never left, mango just made it less noticeable.

Apps will tombstone when they are far enough back in the back stack and the phone runs low on memory. So if you have an App consuming the maximum 90 MB allowed on 256 MB devices and it gets pushed back it tombstones immediately when a new App starts.
But if the first App useses only 8 MB and all the others as well you get to start ~ 10 Apps before the first gets thrown out of memory and therefore has to be tombstoned.
On regular devices it is the same but they have more time before they run out of memory (unless there's lots of background tasks consuming memory as well but they are rather limited in that regard (aside from the resource intensive task which only runs while on charging power).

drkfngthdragnlrd said:
The built in app auto rotates the map as you navigate. While walking or driving. This is already in there from Mango.
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Yes I know, I thought for a second they implemented rotation by the compass in the maps app, without the need to actually navigate, like iOS has. That when you open the app it will rotate in the direction you are pointing it to. Currently the maps app is just static if you dont navigate.
No IE changes?

Multitasking
Does it still have multiple instances of the same app while multitasking? For instance, do the settings still take up multiple windows? It would be great to know that an app I was previously running won't be knocked off the list because the messaging app is open in like 4 different windows.

Ryken100 said:
Does it still have multiple instances of the same app while multitasking? For instance, do the settings still take up multiple windows? It would be great to know that an app I was previously running won't be knocked off the list because the messaging app is open in like 4 different windows.
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This is so annoying. It also happens with browser tabs. Open a couple of tabs while browsing and an app gets knocked off the list.

[HOWTO][4.2]Now there's an app for that. Enable Multiple Users in Android

For Android 4.2 Try this:
mildlydisturbed said:
FYI, since I stumbled across this looking for 4.2 and it came up because *not 4.2* is in the title, in case it's not here - 4.2 how to (possibly depending on build)
adb shell
su
pm get-max-users (should show 1)
setprop fw.max_users (some number above 2, I chose 7)
pm create-user someusername here
repeat the create-user as wanted.
That popped up a "Users" tab for me after creating 1 that allowed me to create more.
Your mileage may vary, and I did this on a different device so I may just be useless
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Or this:
SferaDev said:
For those who doesn't to worry to do it wrong I've coded a app of this procedure.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187934
See you!
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Only bug I noticed was that in order to switch from any non primary user back to the primary(as far as using a visual UI), your lock screen *has* to be in landscape mode. Easy enough I guess so have at it!
Thanks to everyone keeping the info flooding in on this subject. Hopefully KLP will have this baked in for phones as well.
Original Method for 4.1 below:
Been featured on the below sites!
XDA Portal
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/switch-user-profiles-on-jelly-bean/
XDA TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLdt973MToM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Phandroid
http://phandroid.com/2012/08/02/and...but-confirmed-for-future-versions-of-android/
The Verge
http://theverge.com/2012/8/2/3216403/android-multi-user-feature-shown-off-developers-video
AndroidCommunity
http://androidcommunity.com/multi-u...ndroid-tweaks-enabled-in-jelly-bean-20120802/
Android Central
http://androidcentral.com.feedsport...s0Edefinitely0Enot0Efinished0Eyet/story01.htm
Slashgear
http://www.slashgear.com/android-multi-user-support-uncovered-in-jelly-bean-02241519/
OS News
http://www.osnews.com/story/26244/Android_4_1_has_rudimentary_multiuser_support
Phone Arena
http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-...unts-on-a-Jelly-Bean-device-right-now_id33001
Android Headlines
http://androidheadlines.com/2012/08...-multi-user-accounts-in-jelly-bean-video.html
PhoneDog
http://www.phonedog.com/2012/08/03/...r-accounts-on-android-was-a-long-time-coming/
Boxden(?)
http://slumz.boxden.com/f244/androi...-but-confirmed-future-versions-andro-1793277/
Geeky Gadgets
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/androi...ple-user-accounts-in-action-video-03-08-2012/
DroidDog
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2012/08/root-set-up-user-profiles-in-jelly-bean/
Pocket Droid
http://www.pocketdroid.net/simple-multiuser-environment-hidden-android-41-jellybean/
*Insert Disclaimer Here*
Also, I have navigation bar mod on my 7/30 build of CM10, so ignore those.
This should work on any Jellybean Android 4.1.x ROM built from AOSP, like CM10, AOKP, etc.
Please read this entire post before doing any of this!
This feature is now in AOSP fully as of Android 4.2!!
After reading about the recent discovery of multiple user code being in JB, I decided to mess with it.
Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfHWV_-X3a8&hd=1
Manual method(fun, makes you feel like a hacker):
First, we need to enable this.
Go to Terminal Emulator and type these in:
Code:
su
Code:
pm create-user test
Hint: "test" being the name of the 2nd user. You can change that to a name, or whatever.
Now, we've created a 2nd User on your JB 4.1 device. Hold the Power/Lock button to bring up the power menu, and you should see this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
From here, you can switch to the 2nd user, which will have a fresh homescreen, and show you the tutorial. Settings are limited to this user, as seen here:
mantian said:
In case someone hasn´t figured out how to rename/change any usename, it's pretty easy.
You only have to go to /data/system/users and edit the "userX.xml" file, where X is the user numer(0,1,2,...). The change the name between and to any other you like. For example, from guest to invitado. Save the file and reboot. It work well for me.
P.S: If you don't know which user number has the one you wanna change, check out the userlist.xml file, which has the same path above.
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To remove this 2nd user from your phone, switch back to the primary user via the power menu, and go back to Terminal Emulator.
Type this in:
Code:
su
Hint: only if it isn't still running from before
Code:
pm remove-user 1
Hint: primary user in this case is 0, 2nd is 1, so on and so on.
Now you should only have one user, and your Power Menu should not have the ability to switch to a new user anymore.
To double check, go back to the Terminal Emulator and type this:
Code:
su
Code:
pm list-users
Should say:
Code:
Users:
UserInfo{0:Primary:3}
Easy Method:
XDA member Raghav Sood has an app that does all of the above for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824066
At the moment, this isn't extremely usable, ie texts from the primary user's still show in the 2nd test account. But, with the right launcher installed, and hiding the apps from the drawer on the 2nd account, this can still be usable in its current form.
My suggestions:
1.) Label the 2nd user Guest
2.) Use Nova or Apex as the launcher for the Guest user, and hide all of the apps you want(texts, social media, email, etc) from the app drawer.
3.) Setup a security lockscreen on the primary user to prevent Guests from gaining access(each user has different lockscreen settings)
You can read more about this here:
http://phandroid.com/2012/07/31/cod...oid/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews and on their source link.
Feedback:
cdesai said:
http://goo.gl/AnXT7
P.S. - This was done by modifying code in the Settings app, and i did submit the patch to CM Code-Review(http://goo.gl/PU4wQ), it ins't in yet as it's buggy.
We've tested it pretty extensively, and it's insanely broken.
I also submitted a patch to AOSP related to this(http://goo.gl/u0WbN), and it got rejected, due to what i said.
The below line comes a developer at google, who's been working on this since more than a year:
"Multi-user feature is not ready for deployment. Bad things will happen if you use it in its current state!"
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Roodborstje said:
I have it working om my GSM GN.
I found that in the second account there are apps that I don't have in the primary account, for example: Google Wallet, Play Magazines, Play Books and Play Films. (I'm from Belgium)
Oh, they disappeared as soon as I signed in with my Google account.
If you are on the second user, most of the data from the primary user is hidden (you can not acces it).
For example:
- photo's
- unlocked levels in Angry Birds
- music
- contacts
- google account
- clipboard
- home screen
But there are a few exceptions:
- all the apps are there, as if they were just installed
- the recent apps menu
- the use-app-as-default-setting (I don't know the official name). For example: if you set Apex as default in the Guest account, it will also be default in the primary account.
- your messages (!)
Ps: this was my first post on xda
I hope you find it usefull.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Sent from Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.

It. just. Looks. So .
Sexy :')
Great tut btw!!! I shall do this
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Dude, just awesome! This will come in very handy for my 2 year old! Thanks!

Uploading a video now of it.
Edit: Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfHWV_-X3a8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.

this would be epic if this could work.
you could probably make some serious change in the marketplace also lol

Great! Also works in adb shell.

cypressious said:
Great! Also works in adb shell.
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i get 'stopped(sigsstop)' what wrong?

great! will come in very handy since im always working with Ethiopian children and trust me they're pretty smart they always blackmail me saying they'l send my contacts dirty pictures and messages. now its all going to be stopped ! thanks bro

NeoNikon said:
great! will come in very handy since im always working with Ethiopian children and trust me they're pretty smart they always blackmail me saying they'l send my contacts dirty pictures and messages. now its all going to be stopped ! thanks bro
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Good luck with that.... 0.o
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This is fantastic. I hope that there is more exploration of this. Would be perfect for tablets.

http://goo.gl/AnXT7
P.S. - This was done by modifying code in the Settings app, and i did submit the patch to CM Code-Review(http://goo.gl/PU4wQ), it ins't in yet as it's buggy.
We've tested it pretty extensively, and it's insanely broken.
I also submitted a patch to AOSP related to this(http://goo.gl/u0WbN), and it got rejected, due to what i said.
The below line comes a developer at google, who's been working on this since more than a year:
"Multi-user feature is not ready for deployment. Bad things will happen if you use it in its current state!"

cdesai said:
http://goo.gl/AnXT7
P.S. - This was done by modifying code in the Settings app, and the patch is on cm gerrit, just not ready to be let out yet.
I've also had a build up with that for quite a few days now, it's just that i didn't release it as it's unstable and not intended to be used now.
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One more reason to go cyanogen on tablets

Just tested with team eos jelly bean rom and it worked, on the motorola xoom MZ601

This is really cool. Now I just need Jelly Bean

I have it working om my GSM GN.
I found that in the second account there are apps that I don't have in the primary account, for example: Google Wallet, Play Magazines, Play Books and Play Films. (I'm from Belgium)
Oh, they disappeared as soon as I signed in with my Google account.
If you are on the second user, most of the data from the primary user is hidden (you can not acces it).
For example:
- photo's
- unlocked levels in Angry Birds
- music
- contacts
- google account
- clipboard
- home screen
But there are a few exceptions:
- all the apps are there, as if they were just installed
- the recent apps menu
- the use-app-as-default-setting (I don't know the official name). For example: if you set Apex as default in the Guest account, it will also be default in the primary account.
- your messages (!)
Ps: this was my first post on xda
I hope you find it usefull.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

Roodborstje said:
I have it working om my GSM GN.
I found that in the second account there are apps that I don't have in the primary account, for example: Google Wallet, Play Magazines, Play Books and Play Films. (I'm from Belgium)
Oh, they disappeared as soon as I signed in with my Google account.
If you are on the second user, most of the data from the primary user is hidden (you can not acces it).
For example:
- photo's
- unlocked levels in Angry Birds
- music
- contacts
- google account
- clipboard
- home screen
But there are a few exceptions:
- all the apps are there, as if they were just installed
- the recent apps menu
- the use-app-as-default-setting (I don't know the official name). For example: if you set Apex as default in the Guest account, it will also be default in the primary account.
- your messages (!)
Ps: this was my first post on xda
I hope you find it usefull.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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That is really useful information
Just goes to show just how usable or unusable it can really be in its current state.
Sent from Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.

Can we do this with ICS?

Thank You...Works perfectly on my Galaxy Ace running maclaws JellyBean Beta1 4.1.1

BetoFlakeS said:
Can we do this with ICS?
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No. The code required wasn't implemented until Jellybean.
Sent from Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.

Great

[Q] Fire Phone in Israel

Hi,
Does anyone know if I would be able to use an Israeli SIM in the unlocked Fire Phone?
(the bands are there but I was wondering if anyone has real life experience)
Thanks!

If your carrier uses one of the bands the phone supports, you shouldn't have any issue with an unlocked phone.

It works just fine, gets LTE too on Youphone and Pelephone which are the ones I had a chance to test it on. Infact it even gets APNs automatically, like my Iphone does.
However, if you're thinking of buying this, I'm not sure if that's the best move. I've been using it for 2 weeks so far, bought it for 80$ just as a testing device, and though the device is fast, good size, decent camera, etc it has far too many quirks to truly be reliable in my opinion. Also, there's no Hebrew, at least not in the settings and UI, except for morelocale2 which changes the email and the google apps to it.
Doesn't bother me that much, but it can be a problem for some people.
Top 2 problems for me thus far-
1) You can't use Google's App Store with the newest Google Services- which means you can't have Youtube and the offical Gmail app working, and have a working app store. You have a choice: Either have a working app store and lose Youtube (replacing it with another youtube app works) and use a different email app then Gmail (offical amazon app works)
2- This is currently my biggest problem- Google Maps for me for some reason can't find a GPS fix even though Waze works fine. Big problem for me since I use Google Maps a lot when I'm abroad.
3- Keyboard- Google Keyboard doesn't allow Hebrew installed, you can't switch between languages due to some weird bug. You can only use the official Amazon Keyboard which does support Hebrew but has a very annoying way to switch between languages which I hate.
To conclude- this isn't a regular phone. It will probably never be a "regular phone". I would advise you to buy an LG G2 (or S4 if that's what you like), there's always good sales on them for 175$ brand new on ebay, they will give you better battery life, better screen, same processor, and best of all- peace of mind that every app you want will work 100%.
This is an Amazon phone, and they don't want you using it as a real android device.

it's works for me with Cellcom - without LTE
there is a cm11 for this phone

extremeblizz said:
It works just fine, gets LTE too on Youphone and Pelephone which are the ones I had a chance to test it on. Infact it even gets APNs automatically, like my Iphone does.
However, if you're thinking of buying this, I'm not sure if that's the best move. I've been using it for 2 weeks so far, bought it for 80$ just as a testing device, and though the device is fast, good size, decent camera, etc it has far too many quirks to truly be reliable in my opinion. Also, there's no Hebrew, at least not in the settings and UI, except for morelocale2 which changes the email and the google apps to it.
Doesn't bother me that much, but it can be a problem for some people.
Top 2 problems for me thus far-
1) You can't use Google's App Store with the newest Google Services- which means you can't have Youtube and the offical Gmail app working, and have a working app store. You have a choice: Either have a working app store and lose Youtube (replacing it with another youtube app works) and use a different email app then Gmail (offical amazon app works)
2- This is currently my biggest problem- Google Maps for me for some reason can't find a GPS fix even though Waze works fine. Big problem for me since I use Google Maps a lot when I'm abroad.
3- Keyboard- Google Keyboard doesn't allow Hebrew installed, you can't switch between languages due to some weird bug. You can only use the official Amazon Keyboard which does support Hebrew but has a very annoying way to switch between languages which I hate.
To conclude- this isn't a regular phone. It will probably never be a "regular phone". I would advise you to buy an LG G2 (or S4 if that's what you like), there's always good sales on them for 175$ brand new on ebay, they will give you better battery life, better screen, same processor, and best of all- peace of mind that every app you want will work 100%.
This is an Amazon phone, and they don't want you using it as a real android device.
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Since you already have the phone, try following the tutorial in my signature. I don't think it will solve the Hebrew problem, but it should solve the rest of your complaints (although maybe not Google Maps GPS. I'm not sure what's happening there). You can put the working Play Store on the phone, with everything that comes with it. I'm watching a YouTube video right now.

extremeblizz said:
Google Maps for me for some reason can't find a GPS fix even though Waze works fine. Big problem for me since I use Google Maps a lot when I'm abroad.
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Hmm, the Fire Phone supports A-GPS & Glonass (also Cell ID and Wi-Fi positioning). Waze was developed in Israel, so it has to work there.
I only changed the location mode to "device only" and used FasterGPS to set my country.
I get "3D Fix" within seconds when tested with GPS Test Plus. Accuracy is around 3 - 4 meters, good enough for car navigation.
Pics included:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Excellent review ! Helped me a lot! thx!
Thx for a very thorough review, saved me from buying one, and for me also, hebrew in general is not a problem system wise, but, need a hebrew keyboard, so, goodbye fire !
extremeblizz said:
It works just fine, gets LTE too on Youphone and Pelephone which are the ones I had a chance to test it on. Infact it even gets APNs automatically, like my Iphone does.
However, if you're thinking of buying this, I'm not sure if that's the best move. I've been using it for 2 weeks so far, bought it for 80$ just as a testing device, and though the device is fast, good size, decent camera, etc it has far too many quirks to truly be reliable in my opinion. Also, there's no Hebrew, at least not in the settings and UI, except for morelocale2 which changes the email and the google apps to it.
Doesn't bother me that much, but it can be a problem for some people.
Top 2 problems for me thus far-
1) You can't use Google's App Store with the newest Google Services- which means you can't have Youtube and the offical Gmail app working, and have a working app store. You have a choice: Either have a working app store and lose Youtube (replacing it with another youtube app works) and use a different email app then Gmail (offical amazon app works)
2- This is currently my biggest problem- Google Maps for me for some reason can't find a GPS fix even though Waze works fine. Big problem for me since I use Google Maps a lot when I'm abroad.
3- Keyboard- Google Keyboard doesn't allow Hebrew installed, you can't switch between languages due to some weird bug. You can only use the official Amazon Keyboard which does support Hebrew but has a very annoying way to switch between languages which I hate.
To conclude- this isn't a regular phone. It will probably never be a "regular phone". I would advise you to buy an LG G2 (or S4 if that's what you like), there's always good sales on them for 175$ brand new on ebay, they will give you better battery life, better screen, same processor, and best of all- peace of mind that every app you want will work 100%.
This is an Amazon phone, and they don't want you using it as a real android device.
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