The GOOGLE | ANDROID Thread

[Trini Hookah]

Guys, need a Note 1 case. Where can I check for a nice flip one?

[K74T]

Message Supa's Bad Robot on FB to see if they have, they're also open today as well.

[Jonathan_337]

Does Digicel or Bmobile have any carrier billing options for the play store? Looked all over & couldn't find anything...it'd be nice if they did.

[wheelbarrow]

Ah find allyuh real lapsing in here when it come to letting ppl kno about new stuff eh... #justsayin

Anyway, Moto X officially announced ppl

The folks at Motorola have finally officially announced full details about the Moto X. This mystical phone was fabled to be many different things, but leaks and rumors in recent weeks have given us more of an idea of what to expect. First, the specs — is this the stuff champions are made of or is it another drop in the bucket? Let’s take a quick look:

Motorola X8 processor system (1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro optimized for Motorola software)
2GB of RAM
16GB or 32GB of internal storage (latter only available through Moto Maker — more on that later)
4.7-inch Super AMOLED HD display, 720p HD resolution
2,200 mAh battery
10 megapixel Clear Pixel camera
2 megapixel front-facing camera
NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi N, Miracast, aGPS
and more
All of this is coming to us starting at $200 on a two-year contract, and will be available on all of the “big five” carriers here in the United States. Each carrier will get at least black and white, and some carriers will also offer additional color variations of their own. So what about the other dozens of colors we were promised? Well, that’s where the Moto Maker comes in.

Motorola Moto X hardware specifications

Operating System Android: 4.2.2 Jelly Bean

System Architecture: Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System, which includes a software optimized Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (1.7GHz Dual-Core Krait CPU, quad-core Adreno 320 GPU), a natural language processor and a conextual computing processor

RAM: 2GB

Weight: 130 grams

Dimensions: Width: 65.3mm
Height: 129.3mm
Curve: 5.6-10.4mm

Battery: 2200mAh
Mixed Usage Time Up to 24 hours
Talk Time Up to 13 hours
Bands/Modes GSM/GPRS/EDGE UMTS/HSPA+ up to 42Mbps

CDMA/EVDO Rev. A (CDMA model only)
4G LTE
Rear Camera 10MP Clear Pixel (RGBC)
- Quick Capture
- LED flash
- 1080p HD video
- 4X digital zoom
- Slow motion video
- Burst mode
- Auto HDR
- Panorama
- Tap to focus
Front Camera: 2MP + 1080p HD video

Memory: 16GB standard; 32GB version available online. 2 years 50GB storage free on Google Drive (total of 65GB)

Connectivity:
Bluetooth Version: 4.0 LE + EDR
Supported profiles: HSP, HFP 1.6, SPP, A2DP, AVRCP 1.3, OBEX/OPP, FTP, BPP, PBAP, HID, PAN, MAP
Wifi 802.11a/g/b/n and ac modes with dual band antenna system

Audio Codecs: AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, AMR NB, AMR WB, MIDI, MP3, PCM, WAV, WMA (v2, v7, v8, v9, v10), FLAC, QCELP, EVRC, OGG/Vorbis all enhanced with virtual surround technology.

Video Playback: 1080p HD Video, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, VC-1, VP8
Video Capture: 1080p HD Video, MPEG4, H.264

Location Services: aGPS (assisted), AGPS (autonomous), sGPS (simultaneous), Standalone GPS, eCompass, GLONASS

Touchless Control

Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Base Colors: Woven Black or Woven White

[Ted_v2]

Finally this new facebook update allows you to save pictures. Bess

[Swisha]

BlackBerry Messenger Beta Starts Rolling Out for iOS and Android Devices

According to BlackBerryOS.com, the beta version of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has started rolling out in the Beta Zone for Android and iOS devices. The Beta Zone, which is similar to Apple's Developer Center, started sending out the invites to select registered users today, with more expected to follow in the coming days and weeks. BlackBerryOS.com has also leaked several screenshots of the Android version of the app, but screenshots of the iOS version do not yet appear to be available.

MacRumors

[Jonathan_337]

Anyone here was lucky enough to get an invite? My beta zone account shows nothing.

[Jonathan]

got the OTA update for 4.3 last night

How is it going?

Any issues with phone service?

Got my 4.3 ota Monday evening... Everything runs perfectly! No complaints here

[J453]

got the OTA update for 4.3 last night

How is it going?

Any issues with phone service?

Got my 4.3 ota Monday evening... Everything runs perfectly! No complaints here

Got mine last night. Works fine as well.

Any improvements on battery life?

[Jonathan_337]

Having a prob on my dad's galaxy s3..I had AOSP on it before but it was too...confusing for him. He likes the Samsung roms better, so I went back stock based..since then, on incoming calls the caller's name won't show unless I store it with the +1868 in the phonebook..anyway to fix this? There's too many contacts to change them all manually.

[bolo23]

Is 4.3 available for bmobile s4 as yet guys

[M_2NR]

Having a prob on my dad's galaxy s3..I had AOSP on it before but it was too...confusing for him. He likes the Samsung roms better, so I went back stock based..since then, on incoming calls the caller's name won't show unless I store it with the +1868 in the phonebook..anyway to fix this? There's too many contacts to change them all manually.

not sure if this applies to the S3's but for my hox, i had to edit the build.prop like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1160343

[ebfields]

Do a backup with kies and the reinstall stock with odin then restore from kies. Should be ok then.

[honda hoe]

got the OTA update for 4.3 last night

How is it going?

Any issues with phone service?

I've had no issues since I updated

Tho there are reports of ppl's nexus 4 bricking after the 4.3 update

[nervewrecker]

I got it the day after it came out. Coincidence that's when digicel start playing up, thought was the phone until I saw everyone else complaining.
Everything works smooth here otherwise.

Not sure if any changes in the battery life as I'm not a heavy user.

[Trini Hookah]

Finally this new facebook update allows you to save pictures. Bess

Said like a true creeper.

[Halfbreed07]

Question

I have an htc one I bought from there site, I would like to know how to activate 4g when I put in my card?

Do I have to put in any info

going into the digi store and ask for the APN settings, once you have a 4G plan

[javishm]

yea u usually have to put in the apn settings manually....i think its available on their website

[bolo23]

I have bmobile

[Captain Awesome]

Is 4.3 available for bmobile s4 as yet guys

4.3 is only available for the Nexus 4 at this time.

[zahc]

Was perusing sammobile...T&T firmwares exist for S4 mini, S4 active and S4 zoom. And as I mentioned a few weeks ago, the Mega 6.3. Latest galaxies to be launched soon. Look out for it around the end of the month.

[zahc]

Is 4.3 available for bmobile s4 as yet guys

4.3 is only available for the Nexus 4 at this time.

4.3 exists for Nexus 4, 7, 10 AND google play editions of the S4 and HTC One. If your S4 is the i9505, the 4.3 ROM will work. It won't work on the i9500.
Bmobile sold both versions so check which one you have.
There's no TouchWiz 4.3 yet....still have to wait a few months for that.

[bolo23]

Thanks for the info bro, but I checked the model and it's a gt I9500 so I guess I have wait

[maj. tom]

The FBI can remotely activate the microphones for phones running Google's Android software to record conversations (worldwide)


http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887323997004578641993388259674-lMyQjAxMTAzMDAwMTEwNDEyWj.html

And pretty much every consumer device with a mic and internet connection. Keeping the world safe since 9/11. Except Benghazi. And Boston.

[Jonathan_337]

Having a prob on my dad's galaxy s3..I had AOSP on it before but it was too...confusing for him. He likes the Samsung roms better, so I went back stock based..since then, on incoming calls the caller's name won't show unless I store it with the +1868 in the phonebook..anyway to fix this? There's too many contacts to change them all manually.

not sure if this applies to the S3's but for my hox, i had to edit the build.prop like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1160343

Thanks man I'll do some research on this and give it a shot. So all you did was add that line to the build.prop right ? Cause he said "Then use the normal recovery flash method and you should be good to go." after...and that confuses me a bit.

[Jonathan_337]

MoDaCo.SWITCH coming to Samsung Galaxy S4, switch between TouchWiz, Google Experience

Paul O’Brien’s MoDaCo.SWITCH software for the HTC One lets users toggle the Android environment on their smartphones. Want to disable HTC Sense and switch to the version of Android you’d get if you bought the phone from the Google Play Store? Just tap the switch button and your phone will reboot into that environment while preserving all of your apps and data.

Now it looks like O’Brien will be bringing a similar tool to the Samsung Galaxy S4.

MoDaCo.SWITCH

The Galaxy S4 is currently the only other phone you can buy with a choice of a standard Android experience or a custom version of Android developed by the handset maker. If you buy the phone from a wireless carrier or most stores, it’ll ship with Samsung’s TouchWiz software. Get it from Google and it comes with Google’s version of Android.

Having released a public beta of MoDaCo.SWITCH for the HTC ONE, O’Brien wanted to see if there was enough interest in similar software for Samsung’s flagship phone to help pay for development costs.

So he turned to Indiegogo to raise £1,000 to pay for phones that developers could use for test purposes. The campaign has reached (and surpassed that goal), which means that development has been green-lighted, although it may be a while before a SWITCH app for the Galaxy S4 is ready to go.



MoDaCo.Switch Article

[S_2NR]

seriously liking the moto x. cool features.

[Jonathan_337]

3Minit Framework 3.0 [29/07/13][MODS][THEME]

I really think this is a must have addition for any Galaxy S4 owner..Makes your phone a lot prettier, and different.

[Jonathan_337]

Tried editing the build.prop to fix the caller ID and didn't work..Number Fixer just let me add the country and area code to all 1700 contacts though, and well it works fine now.

Just posting in case it'll help anyone else.

[M_2NR]

Having a prob on my dad's galaxy s3..I had AOSP on it before but it was too...confusing for him. He likes the Samsung roms better, so I went back stock based..since then, on incoming calls the caller's name won't show unless I store it with the +1868 in the phonebook..anyway to fix this? There's too many contacts to change them all manually.

not sure if this applies to the S3's but for my hox, i had to edit the build.prop like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1160343

Thanks man I'll do some research on this and give it a shot. So all you did was add that line to the build.prop right ? Cause he said "Then use the normal recovery flash method and you should be good to go." after...and that confuses me a bit.

Yea but this was for HTC devices though. I see you didn't get through. I'll keep number fixer in mind next time I'm rooted also.