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Htc sensation and galaxy sii
Kindle fire.
D'ultimate
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Anybody here have a Kindle Fire? I hear the browser isn't all that but I mainly want it for my 9 yr old and 15 yr old to play games, watch youtube, that sorta thing.
What about those no named tablets with 2.3 on them?
Really enjoying my Galaxy S II Skyrocket so far.
I like being able to visit car sites like this one: http://www.shayton.eu/ and being able to see the flash intros. Its not a huge thing, but its nice not seeing "??" all over the screen for once.
I like being able to visit car sites like this one: http://www.shayton.eu/ and being able to see the flash intros. Its not a huge thing, but its nice not seeing "??" all over the screen for once.
From what i've read its a great little tablet to watch moves on and play games.
http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/amazon-kindle-fire/4505-3126_7-35022491.html
also most of the no names don't have access to the market so that limits the use.
Eventually, yeah. I stopped waiting when 2.3.6 came out and my ota for 2.3.5 still hadn't arrived.
Galaxy S2 line.
Case in point, took some of my first pictures with my Skyrocket yesterday and was blown away by the clarity. Really great camera!
fixed
nolookjones
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did the same with my mobi nexus s...ICS is running great and seems like its much faster than GB so far from what i have tried out...
Jazzy Network
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Got a GS2 on Sprint on Amazon.. First time Sprint user. Anything cool I should know?
Only that the phone is a beast. I just set my Mom's up an hour ago and am very impressed with it in design and performance. Really not liking my Thunderbolt at the moment haha.
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NinjaFridge
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Its awesome. Touchwiz has built in screenshot capability so you don't need to wait for ICS.
Jazzy Network
Member
Yea I watched some reviews on it. The new Touchwiz seems smooth and very customizable. I'm diggin it. Can't wait.
If you use the flash, yes. without it, its shitty. But I use the flash so it comes out pretty clear.
Unless Im doing something wrong and am a shit photographer which is VERY possible.
I was watching some vids on Ebaumsworld and thinking about how that site used to be one big blank box and it made me sad.
What the hell is with some of this DRM? I bought Zookeeper yesterday because I heard good things when it was on the DS. My home internet connection just went down, so I decided to play it on my Transformer to pass the time. Nope! Gotta have an internet connection to play the thing I bought!
+1 DRM affecting paying customers.
edit: Whoop, nevermind. A friend told me it's one-time activation. I'll just have to remember to boot up a game right after I buy it (a sad thing that I don't, but it's DD and all)
Also, cannot wait to get ICS on my TF101.
+1 DRM affecting paying customers.
edit: Whoop, nevermind. A friend told me it's one-time activation. I'll just have to remember to boot up a game right after I buy it (a sad thing that I don't, but it's DD and all)
Also, cannot wait to get ICS on my TF101.
br0ken_shad0w
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Touchwiz has a few neat features built in:
-Slide on your contacts to go to either phone or message.
-Slide on the status bar to adjust brightness if not on auto.
-Home + Power for screenshots
Probably some more, I haven't really played with the OS.
Haters gonna hate, touchwiz is fine.
Which build are you using, Kushdeck? I've been tempted to switch from CM to ICS, but the previous alpha build was horrible.
Snarfington
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Love ICS on Nexus S. This thing works like a dream. Glorious.
I hate the slide on the status bar to adjust brightness. I have never done it intentionally. Arg.
They also hardware accelerate the browser, which pre ics made it MILES better than any other android browser.
edit: and yes the slide brightness thing is annoying as fuck.
Khalifa Jayy
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Question: why do the android browsers always "refresh" or reload when I come back to them after going home / minimizing it and using another app? This has happened to me in every Android phone I've had and I'm curious as to why this happens. Is it a memory issue?
Help please! I am about to upgrade my friend's iPhone line to get myself a Galaxy SII on my Tmobile line. The thing is the data plan needs to be changed on the iPhone line, but the rep said that it won't take into effect as long as I activate the S2 on a different line.
Now my question is, I will be unlocking/rooting straight out of the box. Is this possible? I don't know if it's like the iPhone used to be where the phone was just locked until you plug it into iTunes and all that. Will I be able to activate the phone for the first time on T-mobile? Hopefully this would prevent my friends data from getting changed.
Now my question is, I will be unlocking/rooting straight out of the box. Is this possible? I don't know if it's like the iPhone used to be where the phone was just locked until you plug it into iTunes and all that. Will I be able to activate the phone for the first time on T-mobile? Hopefully this would prevent my friends data from getting changed.
Memory would be my guess. It doesn't do that on my gs2!
Pretty sure they fixed around 2.2 update.
EDIT:im wrong, read this thread and find out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395828&page=103 its on one of these pages
PowerAMP sounds better and has a GREAT equalizer/preamp+gapless audio. It's probably one of the best music players I've ever used after the 2.0 update. The interface is skinnable now but I haven't seen anyone make any sadly.
I find it extremely convenient. Unless you like the autobrightness (which I find too bright in dark environments) I don't see why you wouldn't use it.
Unknown Soldier
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I've read a number of user comments on forums which say PowerAmp sounds better and I'm still not sure why. All these players go through the Google media framework in the Android OS and should sound exactly the same with EQ/preamp disabled, right? I guess I'll download both and listen to the same thing on both since they both have free trials.
Most players do but poweramp has its own I believe. Also gives you the option of using its own media library that doesn't have the same tag issues as the stock android one.
I'll post again since my last post was about 3 months ago:
I've got a Samsung Gravity SMART with Froyo. It's pretty gimped in terms of built-in memory, and the frustrating part is that the dalvik cache is on the internal memory so even apps that install to the SD card eventually eat up all the memory and I start getting "memory full" errors.
The only saving grace has been rooting the phone and removing some of the crapware, but I think the only real long-term solution is modding it so the dalvik cache isn't stored on the internal memory.
Is there any way to do this safely, or do I have to wait until someone gets around to porting cyanogenmod (if that ever happens)?
I've got a Samsung Gravity SMART with Froyo. It's pretty gimped in terms of built-in memory, and the frustrating part is that the dalvik cache is on the internal memory so even apps that install to the SD card eventually eat up all the memory and I start getting "memory full" errors.
The only saving grace has been rooting the phone and removing some of the crapware, but I think the only real long-term solution is modding it so the dalvik cache isn't stored on the internal memory.
Is there any way to do this safely, or do I have to wait until someone gets around to porting cyanogenmod (if that ever happens)?
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Whaa? It still happens on the droid x and happened today on my GN... I'll see if it happens again.
Seriously?....that never happens on my N1 with CM.
This kind of question is best reserved for the folks at xda
I can back up RJ. Happened all the time on my Droid X and happened once already on my GN.
Unknown Soldier
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PowerAMP:
+ the equalizer is very powerful and has tone controls for bass and treble
+ volume control is finer than Android default (and other players)
+ lots of options for manipulating music files, including tag editor
+ nice lock screen widget
+ is updated regularly by author
- interface is hilariously convoluted compared to stock player and PlayerPro
- album art downloader often downloads wrong art and no option to change it yourself
- has the problem where audio skips a moment when screen turns off (known Android issue)
PlayerPro:
+ interface is very clean and intentionally resembles stock Android player
+ album art downloader lets you choose what you download from Internet search
+ downloads artist pictures which are overlaid under the lock screen widget
+ nice lock screen widget
- uses Google framework, so you can set volume too loud or too soft but never just right
- not smart enough to ignore the Last.fm "no picture here" placeholder images and downloads them
- audio skips when DSP Pack is used on Galaxy Tuna and screen turns off (known problem with Tuna/ICS)
- hasn't been updated since July 2011, has author abandoned it? it works fine on Tuna though
The biggest problem I'm having is with comparing audio quality between the two players. Because PowerAMP and PlayerPro don't follow the same volume settings, trying to get the volume level on both exactly the same for an A/B comparison is virtually impossible. PowerAMP gives me much more granularity in volume controls, but it's album art downloader sucks. PlayerPro lets me get exactly the right album art with Internet search but the volume control is retarded on stock Android and has always been, and PlayerPro inherits this.
If the author of PowerAMP is planning on adding the ability to select your own album art using Internet search, then I would definitely go with PowerAMP at this point. Maybe I should post in the forum for that app and ask.
+ the equalizer is very powerful and has tone controls for bass and treble
+ volume control is finer than Android default (and other players)
+ lots of options for manipulating music files, including tag editor
+ nice lock screen widget
+ is updated regularly by author
- interface is hilariously convoluted compared to stock player and PlayerPro
- album art downloader often downloads wrong art and no option to change it yourself
- has the problem where audio skips a moment when screen turns off (known Android issue)
PlayerPro:
+ interface is very clean and intentionally resembles stock Android player
+ album art downloader lets you choose what you download from Internet search
+ downloads artist pictures which are overlaid under the lock screen widget
+ nice lock screen widget
- uses Google framework, so you can set volume too loud or too soft but never just right
- not smart enough to ignore the Last.fm "no picture here" placeholder images and downloads them
- audio skips when DSP Pack is used on Galaxy Tuna and screen turns off (known problem with Tuna/ICS)
- hasn't been updated since July 2011, has author abandoned it? it works fine on Tuna though
The biggest problem I'm having is with comparing audio quality between the two players. Because PowerAMP and PlayerPro don't follow the same volume settings, trying to get the volume level on both exactly the same for an A/B comparison is virtually impossible. PowerAMP gives me much more granularity in volume controls, but it's album art downloader sucks. PlayerPro lets me get exactly the right album art with Internet search but the volume control is retarded on stock Android and has always been, and PlayerPro inherits this.
If the author of PowerAMP is planning on adding the ability to select your own album art using Internet search, then I would definitely go with PowerAMP at this point. Maybe I should post in the forum for that app and ask.
Since I'm a nerd, I went out and grabbed a cheap nexus s last night for 250. I tend to flip back and forth between iOS and android. Like them both. What I really want is to test out google wallet. Tried today but the flashing didn't go as expected. Fresh start tomorrow!
Also, can't wait for ICS to hit AT&T gsm phones.
Also, can't wait for ICS to hit AT&T gsm phones.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Oh hey, PowerAMP just crashed while playing a song. I've never seen PlayerPro crash. That's a strike against PowerAMP.
Hold down on the album art to change it while in the now playing screen. Unfortunately I don't think he's implemented batch tagging yet. I really appreciate being able to tag singles I download straight from my phone though.
What phone are you using that causes the audio to skip when the screen turns off? I've never had that happen with any audio player on android or phone. I use a nexus one daily with poweramp.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
So the face recognition thing to unlock on the nexus, is that a nexus thing or an ice cream sandwich thing?
its ICS but does require the front facing camera
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Ya, but any phone like S2 or something that is supposed to receive ICS should have it also then. Seems like a pretty cool feature.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
is there a way to edit the drop down bar on my gs2? Seems like a waste to keep the Bluetooth tab there when I will never use it. Would rather get rid if my widget and put brightness there
It's an ICS unlock method. However, it's up to the device maker to use it and include it in the device.
Case in point : Nexus S doesn't have face unlock (presumably because the ffc isn't the greatest), while the Galaxy Nexus does.
Al-ibn Kermit
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Why does the OS use up so much battery on my gs2?
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