Ive took the plunge and ordered a flyer from expansys uk it should be with me friday
I have one main quedtion shoukd i update to honeycomb or leave it on gingerbread?
I have a galaxy note on 2.3.6 and its great so what are the benefits of 3.2?
I have bern looking at the flyer for some time but couldnt justify the price, expansy have it at £249 for the 16gb wifi so i took the plunge and cant wait
Ill be using the flyer mainly for films and netflix
Thanks for help cant wait to become part of the flyer family
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Sorry i thought id put this in a&a moderator can you be kind enough to move it please
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471925
Thank you
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Im even more confused now think ill see what gb is like with my apps if it works im not sure what ill do
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Flyer arrival day today. .. Im sat patiently waiting for parcel force to deliver ny new toy
I have a queation which isnt on the link is it easier to upgrade to hc on a fresh install or load everything then upgrade?
Ive read some users experience slugishness so am i best on doing the update first?
Got wifi only uk version.
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No i would not up grade
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This is the debate that never ends, but my two cents: Honeycomb is great on the Flyer. You won't notice the loss of the capacitive buttons, and the on screen buttons will soon seem natural.
Plus, the ability to use the pen in any application is great, as is the superior handling of bluetooth keyboards (if you ever find yourself using one).
I'm 100% pro Honeycomb on the Flyer.
How do you plan to use it? For games honeycomb status bar don't go away. Many have complained of accidentally touching it during game play and losing their work. Also, if you use kindle and/or nook app, the honeycomb bar also don't go way. Therefore, you lose screen restate. In other words, if you need the maximum amount of space DON'T UPGRADE TO HONEYCOMB
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Many have complained of accidentally touching it during game play and losing their work.
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I upgraded, and found I missed the phone ability. I'm now running leeDroid's HC and am a happy camper again. The loss of BT phone isn't a huge deal for me, as I only plan to use the phone part while traveling overseas and speakerphone is fine.
But aside from the phone, HC is a thing of beauty on the Flyer.
Ill upgrade when more apps are HC/ICS friendly. I use the Flyer for movies and occasionally for notes. Currently HBOGO's lack of compatibility is keeping me from upgrading.
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Ill upgrade when more apps are HC/ICS friendly. I use the Flyer for movies and occasionally for notes. Currently HBOGO's lack of compatibility is keeping me from upgrading.
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I've found a few apps that hide, for lack of a better term, from me in the Market. Most seem to have been uploaded here, so they don't stay hidden long. But it can be a little annoying. Fortunately, since we can download from here directly onto the phone memory, it's only 1 additional hoop to jump through.
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Am I the only one? I mean...I've been on Android for the past 2 years. Since the HTC Hero came out. I've went thru the Hero...the Moment...the Evo...the Evo Shift...the Epic...the Nexus S...and now the 3D. All of these phones I have rooted, modded, customized and ran thru the ringer except for the 3D.
I just dont have a desire to do it anymore. When I was rooting...I was doing something different to my phone every other day. Flashing a different ROM...flashing a different mod...changing something....constant wipes...ect. My purpose for rooting all the previous devices was to make them bigger, better and faster. I dont have that desire with my 3D. It honestly works wonderfully and its as fast as I could possibly want. I dont use Wireless tether and when I do its when I travel in which I dont have a problem paying the few bucks for the service as I need it.
So is it just me? Is root that popular to the majority? I'd assume yes on XDA but I wanted to ask.
Completely unrelated...I'm completely EXCITED because I found a sleek black gel cover for my 3D that will still fit in my leather holster. Complete protection and convienence...NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!
Allow me to be the first to say: cool story bro.
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I still had the desire to root, but I'm losing the need to flash. The 3d in stock form is great just the way it is.
I can definitely see your position. After a while the phones start coming with the features you want and its needed less to mod it because the feature is now built in.
I get that... I personally haven't hit that point and i know many others haven't either. But, I get it.
But, with the way some companies are doing business its still required by some of us. (Like requiring your phone to be a specific chipset, even though your phones chipset could easily handle the app.)
Are We Not Phones?
We are EVO.
ARE WE NOT PHONES?!
3DEVO!
I refuse to have an unrooted phone because I love creating my own personal themes. I try to change the look of all, or most of, my apps. I always change the font. I hate the bloat put onto our phones. I need to have a personal splash screen, boot animations, and my own sounds. I have to have my apps backed up w/ data in case some unforseen incident occurs that destroys my phone. I need wifi tether, or hotspot. Now, roms are what I don't really need, but I always find something that I want, so I start flashing.
They why are you here?
E3D
The time this consumes is almost reason enough to not root your phone
If it wasnt for themes and CM7 I dont think I would root the 3D either...
Hurry CM7!!!!
Okay, now to answer your question:
I am only rooted for CM7 and to try MIUI on capable hardware... Oh yeah and HAVS/UV kernels... And for tethering that I rarely used. Otherwise I do agree with you, for the most part.
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I just want the keys to my house, I wanna be able to move my furniture, paint, choose my corn, take out the trash, clear out the ads & network my pad etc, etc.
Not that I have to do any of that now,
I just want the keys to my house.
Now I have them
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I keep reading that you guys root for tethering, I thought that the 3d came with a mobile hotspot and that you can tether away free of charge since data is unlimited
(currently awaiting my 3D to arrive)
Simple answer. Nope. We're still asked to pay for tethering even with Unlimited Data Plans.
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Complicated answer? ^^
So to get free tethering I must root? Any specific app they can't trace?
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Complicated answer? ^^
So to get free tethering I must root? Any specific app they can't trace?
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Any
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They why are you here?
E3D
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To learn more about my 3VO. To find hints and advice to get the most out of it.
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I root to remove bloatware. If I don't want an app I shouldn't be forced into it because of its popularity. If I want it I will add it, there's a market for a reason
Sure the stock evo is great but I always like a little more customizations. With root you can save battery, get wifi tether and USB tether, and pretty much do anything you so desire...
I dont flash a rom everyday or even every week. I find a good ROM I really like (currently VIPER) and then I only really flash when they come out with big updates for that ROM.
You don't have to be a flashaholic. There are a lot of good things that can come from rooting: No more Bloatware, better battery life, quicker updates. I love stock sense but enjoy having small modifications like a circle mod for the battery and CRT.
I did enjoy having CM7 with my hero prior to this phone. Some of that might just be that the Hero was so slow and CM7 made the phone ok.
Each to their own but rooting has a lot more going for it then not going for it.
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To learn more about my 3VO. To find hints and advice to get the most out of it.
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That all starts with dat root my friend...
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When Sense 4.0 comes out for the new phones and not the EVO 3D you will want to root, because it will get ported. No Sense 4.0 doesn't exists yet but it will someday unless Apple patents it first.
So as the title says im having my upgrade this week and bending toward the amaze against the galaxy nexus one thing that keeps me off from buying its that caroussel 3d effect when you quickly switch screens!
I went in a store played around whit it and when i wanted to quickly scroll through the homescreens i got that effect its kinda irritating after long time :/ and another thing is the back of the phone its quite ugly :/ guys im really sorry to post this here and annoy you as i know there is 10000 threads about a dude jumping to the amaze 4g but none did really answer my question
Thanks !
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So as the title says im having my upgrade this week and bending toward the amaze against the galaxy nexus one thing that keeps me off from buying its that caroussel 3d effect when you quickly switch screens!
I went in a store played around whit it and when i wanted to quickly scroll through the homescreens i got that effect its kinda irritating after long time :/ and another thing is the back of the phone its quite ugly :/ guys im really sorry to post this here and annoy you as i know there is 10000 threads about a dude jumping to the amaze 4g but none did really answer my question
Thanks !
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You can always try a different launcher.
I think that for some custom roms (specifically xboarder56's) you can disable the 3D effects by a Tweaks app that comes pre-installed in the rom.
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You can always try a different launcher.
I think that for some custom roms (specifically xboarder56's) you can disable the 3D effects by a Tweaks app that comes pre-installed in the rom.
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i could use a custom launcher of course but i like the sense one :/ and not an expert whit rooting and flashing roms on other devices on my x10 it was extremly easy just install z4root and voila sucks that it isn't an option by default tho :/
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i could use a custom launcher of course but i like the sense one :/ and not an expert whit rooting and flashing roms on other devices on my x10 it was extremly easy just install z4root and voila sucks that it isn't an option by default tho :/
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This device is more complicated than that.
However once you unlock your bootloader it's fairly simple.
I know NRGs Energy ROM also has the tweaks to disable the carousel and 3D widgets if you want. I actually think it's XBoarder's tweaks app just borrowed.
Like binary said, it's rather simple to unlock and root, just very time consuming on this device compared to many others. Binary put together great step by step instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426179
[HOW TO] ROOT HTC RUBY / AMAZE 4G
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I know NRGs Energy ROM also has the tweaks to disable the carousel and 3D widgets if you want. I actually think it's XBoarder's tweaks app just borrowed.
Like binary said, it's rather simple to unlock and root, just very time consuming on this device compared to many others. Binary put together great step by step instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426179
[HOW TO] ROOT HTC RUBY / AMAZE 4G
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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Everyone has a different opinion on battery life. I typically get anywhere from 16 to 28 hours of battery life depending on amount of use. Got the same on stock ROM with brightness turned all the way down.
If you like Aosp go with galaxy nexus. There is no telling when we will get Aosp Ics. If you prefer Sense though definitely go with the amaze. Its a great phone hardware wise! The real big difference is the software and camera. If the camera is a big thing for you maybe the amaze is the way to go. Its a much better camera.
Great phone, there are only two issues that my phone has:
+The capacitive lights bleed onto the main screen.
+The flash for the camera bleeds into the lens.
Besides that everything works perfectly!
Concerning battery: for me if my phone stays on standby it will last for days, but if i use it heavily it'll give me a good day's use out of it.
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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as far as battery life goes, mine usually lasts a day (at least 20 hrs), so in that respect i think it's pretty good especially since my old mt4g struggled to get even that lol
I would say save your upgrade for the next new phone.
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I would say save your upgrade for the next new phone.
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ya actually that sounds like really good advise especially seeing that the htc ville is just around the corner, might as well get that
its like the amaze but thinner/lighter not to mention ics and sense 4.0, so basically better lol
Thanks alot guys ! Well im quite desperate to change my old x10 lol will get the amaze !
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I was also torn between these two phones myself. I decided to settle with the Amaze due to the mediocre camera on the galaxy nexus, and also the lack of expandable memory (they seriously seemed to have pulled an Apple with this). The nexus does have the 720p screen (pentile though), but the Amaze offers the perfect blend of screen size and resolution. It seems like we do have a few hardworking devs, so it’s a matter of time before more jump ship to Amaze with more ROMs available.
One of the reasons I went with the Amaze was due to the back of the phone. I actually think hardware wise it is one of the nicest phones out there.
Like others mentioned, battery life just depends how you use it. I get between 8-14 hours depending on my day. That is quite a few 20 minute or so phone calls, texting a good amount, web browsing, g-talk quite a bit and a little BT streaming of music and movies. Streaming of the music and movies will really suck it down quick though. I know someone else who has a black Amaze and.gets 5 hours, but he is always downloading movies and streaming music.
It really is a great phone and it does have a good camera, just have to have decent lighting for a good picture.
Might run into a couple small issues like light bleeding into the screen from the soft keys lighting up. There are a couple apps out there to shut them off. I believe the G-Nex suffers from the same exact thing. That and the flash bleeding when taking a pic. I personally have yet to have that happen though. Seems common enough though.
Good luck! There are some good peeps on this board and especially in the Amaze section.
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One of the reasons I went with the Amaze was due to the back of the phone. I actually think hardware wise it is one of the nicest phones out there.
Like others mentioned, battery life just depends how you use it. I get between 8-14 hours depending on my day. That is quite a few 20 minute or so phone calls, texting a good amount, web browsing, g-talk quite a bit and a little BT streaming of music and movies. Streaming of the music and movies will really suck it down quick though. I know someone else who has a black Amaze and.gets 5 hours, but he is always downloading movies and streaming music.
It really is a great phone and it does have a good camera, just have to have decent lighting for a good picture.
Might run into a couple small issues like light bleeding into the screen from the soft keys lighting up. There are a couple apps out there to shut them off. I believe the G-Nex suffers from the same exact thing. That and the flash bleeding when taking a pic. I personally have yet to have that happen though. Seems common enough though.
Good luck! There are some good peeps on this board and especially in the Amaze section.
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Thanks guys ! I really want to get this device but can you tell me just a little bit more about the flash bleed ? I can't wait to get this and join and flash custom roms but looks so hard to get this thing rooted and is this phone easy to hard brick i really want my phone to last because if i brick it im kinda dead :/
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Thanks guys ! I really want to get this device but can you tell me just a little bit more about the flash bleed ? I can't wait to get this and join and flash custom roms but looks so hard to get this thing rooted and is this phone easy to hard brick i really want my phone to last because if i brick it im kinda dead :/
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There's a thread somewhere on here about it, but the gist of it is that the dual flash isn't confined/separated enough from the lens so sometimes you get some light bleed on the bottom (or however you hold your phone while taking a pic).
Supposedly you can fix it with a tiny piece of electrical tape, it basically mimics the effect of putting the dual flash in a housing unit (like the sensation has). I haven't noticed it enough yet to do that, but it does bug me that HTC produced this phone without fixing that...haha
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There's a thread somewhere on here about it, but the gist of it is that the dual flash isn't confined/separated enough from the lens so sometimes you get some light bleed on the bottom (or however you hold your phone while taking a pic).
Supposedly you can fix it with a tiny piece of electrical tape, it basically mimics the effect of putting the dual flash in a housing unit (like the sensation has). I haven't noticed it enough yet to do that, but it does bug me that HTC produced this phone without fixing that...haha
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Meh small issues no device is perfect can't wait anymore i like alot aosp and the galaxy nexus but ita battery fails and so does the camera so no thanks to that
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I have need for speed hot pursuit, madden 12, and sim city I purchased from the market they all download, install and play fine on my captivate, but they won't download data the additional data on the flyer. Sim city and madden get to the download part and stay on 0% the whole time, hot pursuit says there is a server error and closes. What's the deal here? Anyone else have this problem?
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I just attempted to use live chat for the issue. I tried Need for speed hot pursuit, and it didn't have the android version as an option for support, so I just selected PC, and when I got in the chat I told him I don't have an issue with the PC version, I am having an issue with the Android version, and he eventually told me he esculated the issue to the appropriate department and they'll contact me by e-mail within the next 24 hours...so yeah i got nowhere.
If there's anything I learned from EA, its that they don't take android seriously at all. Their support is terrible, and they literally let their games be broken for months before they release a patch that fixes the issue, but breaks many other aspects of the game. I actually uninstalled NFS shift on my Captivate because of that. One update broke the steering, and a month went by without a patch, and then they finally updated it, and after the update it no longer worked on my phone, force closed everytime I tried to race. I eventually just uninstalled it.
This is irritating though...I was looking forward to playing these games on a large screen!
Anybody?
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this NAN download error exists for ages on multiple devices
only workaround - copy the files from an other phone/tablet or google
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this NAN download error exists for ages on multiple devices
only workaround - copy the files from an other phone/tablet or google
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Even that doesn't always work...
EA is making me mad. I mean I also contacted Rockstar on why GTA 3 isn't showing up in the market, and I got an e-mail back from them in an hour explaining they are testing it on a per device basis and haven't made it available to the flyer yet because they haven't tested it yet. I also contacted Gameloft yesterday about Nova 2 not showing up in the market and they contacted me back today stating it was an error with the market, and gave me a link for a direct download. EA? I e-mailed them 2 days ago and I've heard nothing back!
IF I had to guess I'd say alot of developers figure there aren't a whole lot of honeycomb devices anyway and Android is moving on to ICS anyway so they just didn't bother to port or get there stuff working right on honeycomb. I"m thinking ICS will fix most of the issues.
Well, I moved back to gingerbread to get my games working. I found a launcher that looks great on gingerbread (see picture near the end of the themes page)- and i haven't looked back.
Btw, would you be able to share the link for nova2? I bought it for my cappy, but it doesn't show up in my market. Actually wanted a tablet to enjoy that game better. I stopped playing it till I got a tab. Then it wasnt available!! Grrrr
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Yeah its seeming thats the only way. I really do like honeycomb alot though, hate to go back. I just tried cutting and pasting the sim city game data from my captivate to the flyer, and it fires up, shows the ea logo, and then instantly closes. I think I give up for now. Would be nice if EA wern't such sorry asses and would fix this stuff, but apparently for now the only way is to downgrade to gingerbread.
I found a link on Google that had the additional data for sims. I researched the nan issue when downloading to find it. But id think the captivate one would work anyway. Someone's I wish I could dual boot hc or gb.
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So If I revert to gingerbread, and install all my ea games and download all the data, and then upgrade to honeycomb, will all my ea games work?
has anyone got any further with this? Because I have been trying to get NFS Hot pursuit for ages and all I get is sever error 5002.
or does anyone know a link to download the extra content?
I found one for worms after I got NaN error and it worked great.
I'm using a Sony Xperia s. And really want to get this game to work.
I have the same problem with my HTC Flyer and Real Racing 2.
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I have the same problem with my HTC Flyer and Real Racing 2.
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I went through the pains of setting up an EA account in order to ask them about the NaN issue on the Sims game. Here was their glorious reply:
Hello TSGM
Thank you for your interest in Electronic Arts and for writing us with your thoughts and questions.
First and foremost, I would like to apologize about the length of time that it took for me to reply to your email.
I am sorry that you are having complications with downloading The Sims to your Android Tablet. We are working to make our games available to as many devices / countries / carriers as possible. Please keep checking www.eamobile.com for updates.
We do apologize about the inconvenience once again and if you have any other questions about this issue, please feel free to contact us.
Thanks again for writing us. We look forward to helping you answer some of your questions and hope you enjoy playing EA games!
Best Regards,
Christopher
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So no. Absolutely no help whatsoever.
Oh god yes ea doesn't take their mobile division seriously at all. You have to email and wait for a response. You can't use live support or call them. And if you email them using the developer contact information in the Google play store they tell you to go to their support site. I never even got a response from them but you just got a canned answer anyway. Makes me wanna boycott their mobile games honestly
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TSGM said:
I went through the pains of setting up an EA account in order to ask them about the NaN issue on the Sims game. Here was their glorious reply:
So no. Absolutely no help whatsoever.
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Same as usualy.
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I've been through the same old rigmorole with EA games.
Most games work on my Sensation XE, but not on the Flyer.
They're development department can't be bothered to make these games work on the flyer in my opinion.
Tiger Woods 12 and Bejeweled 2 would be awesome on the Flyer.
What a pity!
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Really screw ea, the issue is ea not the flyer. They pretty much have an email account no one checks for mobile support. You can call them or use live chat for consoles and pcs but they really don't care about mobile games
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JB1971 said:
I've been through the same old rigmorole with EA games.
Most games work on my Sensation XE, but not on the Flyer.
They're development department can't be bothered to make these games work on the flyer in my opinion.
Tiger Woods 12 and Bejeweled 2 would be awesome on the Flyer.
What a pity!
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For those that have either one of the following symptoms but is not limited to these:
1) longing for ics/miui v4
2) unable to shake the feeling of flashing something no matter what device the ROM is built for
3) guilt of flashing a new ROM with bugs knowing that your old one was perfect, similar feelings that are associated with post relationships
4) hiding the addiction of xda and ROM flashing by allowing spouses, significant others think that you may be cheating rather than meshing around on your phone
This is to be a release or getaway, there's to be no judgment or community punishment...mods are not a part of this protection...sorry.
Come share your stories....you are not alone.
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First! Hm... maybe not the best thread to be first in...
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haha nice thread.... Lets just say i've been checking xda and others forums way too much since ics has been leaked. Really into these sense 4.0 roms and just waiting for some more stability.
Never knew this could become addictive until I found myself sneaking to check this specific forum while my fiancé is sleep beside me at 2am and then when confronted (yes I'm at the stage where I get confronted) about it, I lie and say it was a girl...jk..but I did lie though, still a shame.
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I am constantly checking these threads I need help. I've lost my mojo :/
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Flashing while driving, flashing while pooping, sneak flashing after promising not to, thinking about flashing while "listening" to my wife, starting a download prior to an appointment so I could flash immediately after, waking up from a dead sleep with an idea about flashing then getting up to do it then hiding the phone when my wife wakes up, thinking "this rom is perfect, I'll never flash again", then flashing something two minutes later, etc... Yeah I been there man.
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Flashing while driving, flashing while pooping, sneak flashing after promising not to, thinking about flashing while "listening" to my wife, starting a download prior to an appointment so I could flash immediately after, waking up from a dead sleep with an idea about flashing then getting up to do it then hiding the phone when my wife wakes up, thinking "this rom is perfect, I'll never flash again", then flashing something two minutes later, etc... Yeah I been there man.
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Honestly some of my best flashing is while pooping, I wipe my ass and my phone at the same time. I hide the phone too, waiting until I hear the true sound of sleep and by then my 100 mb ROM is complete.
Is it just me or does anyone else hate the initial flashing of a miui ROM? There's no muffling that amplified ass bout audio and I always forget about it at 12am during the work week.
I may move this to the Android general, if I can.
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Hi.. My name is Gene.. And I'm an Android Addict.. I've been using Android in various forms since the G1.. And I've spent thousands of dollars going through nearly 50 phones and tablets in the last 3 years. My girlfriend doesn't quite understand the obsession.. And I'll be honest.. I don't understand it myself.. I just start thinking about shiny new designs.. Quad Core processors built on new architecture with die shrinkage.. Better camera hardware matching point and shoots matched with glorious software... And dozens of ROMS and kernels to sort through to find the perfect combination for my phone and I.. I get this itch... And my eye starts twitching... And.. And..... GOD WHERES MY PHONE! I DONT CARE IF THE NEW ALPHA OF MIUI DOESNT EVEN BOOT I JUST NEED TO FLASH IT!!!
*grabs EVO and runs*
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I'm always promising myself that I won't flash a new rom. That today is the day when I stop.... 2 seconds later flashing a new rom. It's gotten to the point where I had to make a new folder on sd card just to save the zips I flash so I don't have to redownload
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I'm always promising myself that I won't flash a new rom. That today is the day when I stop.... 2 seconds later flashing a new rom. It's gotten to the point where I had to make a new folder on sd card just to save the zips I flash so I don't have to redownload
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For a minute I thought that was normal, my sd card would fill up in a matter of minutes or hours depending on whether or not I was on 3g or wifi. I got better with my flashing as I told myself that aosp and miui are the only roms to flash...until sense 3.6 & 4.0 came out, along with 45 different ics aosp roms and now I'm sitting here licking my lips for some miui v4
Gene,
I know to a degree what you mean I have an Acer that works and I found a great combo and now it feels a little too complicated to upgrade so now I'm thinking about trading that sucker in for a nook tablet/color or a kindle fire...anything lighter and good development 7 or 10 inch tablet. I have no good reason a to why I'm trying to do this either.
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For a minute I thought that was normal, my sd card would fill up in a matter of minutes or hours depending on whether or not I was on 3g or wifi. I got better with my flashing as I told myself that aosp and miui are the only roms to flash...until sense 3.6 & 4.0 came out, along with 45 different ics aosp roms and now I'm sitting here licking my lips for some miui v4
Gene,
I know to a degree what you mean I have an Acer that works and I found a great combo and now it feels a little too complicated to upgrade so now I'm thinking about trading that sucker in for a nook tablet/color or a kindle fire...anything lighter and good development 7 or 10 inch tablet. I have no good reason a to why I'm trying to do this either.
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To be honest the best tablet I ever owned was the touchpad. And that was before CM9 dropped for it lol. WebOS was awesome on the touchpad. Then CM9 dropped and suddenly I had the best of both worlds haha
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To be honest the best tablet I ever owned was the touchpad. And that was before CM9 dropped for it lol. WebOS was awesome on the touchpad. Then CM9 dropped and suddenly I had the best of both worlds haha
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But I've got my eye on the Nexus Tablet rumored for summer. If the price range of around 250 to 300 holds true and it does have worthy specs I'm all over that.
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Gene_Bailey said:
But I've got my eye on the Nexus Tablet rumored for summer. If the price range of around 250 to 300 holds true and it does have worthy specs I'm all over that.
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Yea due to recent budget cut backs, if it's not cheap and easy it's not coming into this house. I won't lie the Acer a500 gives me the best workout when trying to hold it
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Ok so I had only ever owned Samsung phones...I had the HTC one x and I hated how aggressive the multitasking was....so got the one today and I'm still noticing the issue even with the extra gig of ram....like xda for instance if I leave it open and go back it'll refresh...same with the web...I don't know if it's my imagination but personally I don't see a difference..and I have maybe like 4 programs open....btw is there a taskmanager I can use to clear ram?
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Ok so I had only ever owned Samsung phones...I had the HTC one x and I hated how aggressive the multitasking was....so got the one today and I'm still noticing the issue even with the extra gig of ram....like xda for instance if I leave it open and go back it'll refresh...same with the web...I don't know if it's my imagination but personally I don't see a difference..and I have maybe like 4 programs open....btw is there a taskmanager I can use to clear ram?
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Ugh. Not going to lie, this post worries me. I made my purchase based on the fact that with such a big deal it was on the HOX I figured reviews would mention it this time if it was a problem and no one had. It's what made me jump to the S3 at the time.
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Ugh. Not going to lie, this post worries me. I made my purchase based on the fact that with such a big deal it was on the HOX I figured reviews would mention it this time if it was a problem and no one had. It's what made me jump to the S3 at the time.
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To be honest it has gotten better...it's an improvement over what the one x had but imo not as good as my gs3....I guess I was spoiled by the other phone ...but will say this phones build quality, screen and speakers are amazing...
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Ok so I had only ever owned Samsung phones...I had the HTC one x and I hated how aggressive the multitasking was....so got the one today and I'm still noticing the issue even with the extra gig of ram....like xda for instance if I leave it open and go back it'll refresh...same with the web...I don't know if it's my imagination but personally I don't see a difference..and I have maybe like 4 programs open....btw is there a taskmanager I can use to clear ram?
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So it seems that it only does this on internet connection apps right?
I know what your taking bout, this was the reason I took back the one x after a week and ended up with the S3. I did noticed it a bit when I played with the ONE at the store but not enough to not buy the phone.
I'm not an addict I just flash a lot.
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Does anyone know if flashing a custom ROM on the one x took care of this issue?
I'm not an addict I just flash a lot.
I just flashed trickdroid....gunna try that out...I know on the one x vipers Rom helped...so maybe when more development comes along there will be better management...it's definitely better then the one x was tho the more I use it
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Ok didn't help...have 8 windows open and came back to this thread which was in a saved state and it refreshed on me
Well mine arrives tomorrow. We'll see if it chases me away again. Hopefully it doesn't. I'm super excited for the phone but no matter how amazing the hardware if the software can't multitask properly I have to return it. I primarily read online and if my web pages keep reloading I'll just get annoyed.
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Well mine arrives tomorrow. We'll see if it chases me away again. Hopefully it doesn't. I'm super excited for the phone but no matter how amazing the hardware if the software can't multitask properly I have to return it. I primarily read online and if my web pages keep reloading I'll just get annoyed.
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If all else fails, you could setup the XPosed framework (requires Root) on your phone and use the App Settings module to force the browser to never close in the background (tick the Resident option I believe). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072081
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If all else fails, you could setup the XPosed framework (requires Root) on your phone and use the App Settings module to force the browser to never close in the background (tick the Resident option I believe). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072081
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Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. I may not touch root or anything until my 15-30 days are up to return it though. I just remember how bad things were on the HOX. No matter the rom or tweak they could never get it fixed. It just drove me off the device eventually. Having a little pre-device buyers remorse at the moment but we'll see this afternoon! Thank you for the future reference though.
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Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. I may not touch root or anything until my 15-30 days are up to return it though. I just remember how bad things were on the HOX. No matter the rom or tweak they could never get it fixed. It just drove me off the device eventually. Having a little pre-device buyers remorse at the moment but we'll see this afternoon! Thank you for the future reference though.
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I myself am torn. This phone is so nice but oddly I'm not over excited about it for some reason....maybe I've stuck with Samsung's too long ...no but seriously the screen and speakers are phenomenal and sense 5 is very nice, tho I could do without the feed...does the buyers remorse start in the day of receiving the device correct?
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So there is still no solution or workaround to gain true multitasking yet ? Surprised I havent heard anything about this in video reviews so far.
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So there is still no solution or workaround to gain true multitasking yet ? Surprised I havent heard anything about this in video reviews so far.
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Well from what Ive read on the international forums people say the multitasking is good one this phone...like I've said I've only ever owned samsungs and this is my second attempt at an HTC phone...so my opinions may be biased so to speak...but from my experience multitasking on my gs3 worked much better then the htcs I've tried...again use it own opinions on it...I'm not knocking HTC at all...I like both companies...
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So to you lucky bastards that already have the ONE what's the verdict on multitasking? Are the web apps still reloading when clicked on? This is the reason I took the ONE X back too
Flash much?
I think it only refreshes if it falls off the multitasking screen.
Never mind. It's as bad as the hox for browsing.
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I think it only refreshes if it falls off the multitasking screen.
Never mind. It's as bad as the hox for browsing.
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So u notice it too? Mines seems very selective...some times I can have xda open to a post...do something else...come back and it's fine...others it refreshes and bump me back to the main page...also (not sure if it's a Netflix thing) but if I pause a video and come back it'll return me to the main screen as well...is there a task manager where I can free up some ram?
I really want to love this phone it's so nice ....I hate to say it through not too crazy bout the camera quality....
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with the extra gig of ram.
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This scares me about the phone. I was about to pick it up tomorrow but now I am second guessing myself. I really did hate the HOX multitasking. Where I work the Internet is slow, I don't want to have to wait for all the reloads.
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Yeah. It's no where near the Galaxy S or Note lines. I don't really know why HTC cripples it to be honest. It's not bad, but it's not good. I mean, a lot of us don't swap out batteries. If HTC is going to cripple multitasking and memory management to improve battery life they should follow their own "studies" that most people don't use extra batteries and just keep it normal.
Yeah I'd rather have to charge it then have my phone refreshing all the time.
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Well I either gotta deal the phone or sell it didn't realize I coukdnt bring it back to stock to return it once it was unlocked
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Yeah I honestly am probably not going to root or unlock this one. I don't mind it stock to be honest. And it seems to cause more trouble than it's worth.