The GOOGLE | ANDROID Thread

[Swisha]

@mitch, I have been watching some videos on the SGS2, Whoa!

Phone is sweet, performance for so

Now Im thinking to get this or wait for the next nexus device
The vids are made by @samjpullen‬‏ on youtube

been hearing talks that the next Nexus phone will be made by LG. not really a big fan of LG so i'm still getting the SGS II.

have mines on pre-order but it's out of stock everywhere. hopefully stocks come in tom. or next week...

[achillies]

Gartner: Android at 36% Smart Phone Sales While Windows Phone Languishes


Following Millennial Media's findings this morning, it's Gartner's turn to drop their latest figures on us. How has Android been doing in terms of sales over the last few months? Very well, thank you. According to Gartner, more than 36 million Android devices were shipped in the first quarter of 2011, accounting for 36 percent of the market. This is three times over the same time frame from one year ago.

Turning our attention to Windows Phone for a moment, the Microsoft mobile OS isn't doing all that well for itself. Only 3.66 million devices are running their software, with roughly 1.6 million of them powered by the new release. This represents a drop from 6.8% a year ago to 3.6% today, a move in the wrong direction by anyone's standard.

We're all for competition in the mobile space because we need companies and platforms to keep Android innovating but Microsoft might not be able to help here. Are they a has-been who needs to bow out of the mobile race or will Nokia help revive their efforts?

[shaq090]

any way to fix the force crash error on my samsung captivate when im on the android market?

[M_2NR]

any way to fix the force crash error on my samsung captivate when im on the android market?

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[2NR Smurf]

Lookin for a nice, scrollable contact list widget to use with ADW Launcher. Something similar to the contacts widget that comes with Launcher Pro, or the Buddies Now that comes with the Galaxy S launcher.
Anybody have anything?

[2 Towers Distribution]

Bought an xperia x8. Need some help in getting games and apps and downloading to phone as well.....Thanks

[jhonnieblue]

just flashed my rom l;ast night to ADR 5.1.7
running sweet, flashed the radio too
little hickups here and there with syncing but overall much more stable
going to check battery life on it now
loaded sense 3.0 weather on it, have to do the lockscreen tonight

[Captainzaak]

just flashed my rom l;ast night to ADR 5.1.7
running sweet, flashed the radio too
little hickups here and there with syncing but overall much more stable
going to check battery life on it now
loaded sense 3.0 weather on it, have to do the lockscreen tonight

What device you have? what img you flash the radio with? I'm contemplating on trying out a few i saw on XDA.

[jhonnieblue]

desire HD
radio img Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2
just loaded the sense lockscreen 3.0, very sweet
but how do u get the 3d effects when shifting from screen to screen
was searching for it but couldnt find it

[Captainzaak]

desire HD
radio img Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2
just loaded the sense lockscreen 3.0, very sweet
but how do u get the 3d effects when shifting from screen to screen
was searching for it but couldnt find it

You normally find it user "Personalize", but i never seen it in my current ROM (CoreDroid), launcherpro does the same job so i just configured it in there

You notice any difference in battery or WIFI performance with the radio flash?

[jhonnieblue]

wifi working sweet but d battery life dying quickkkkk
sigh
i did a battery stats swipe las nite so will do a recalibration today once it run down
dint dl launcher pro yet, ill try that sometime tonight

[genghis]

^^^ Xperia x8,

do your self a favour, load the Floyo ROm (updated 6th May)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914513

its much faster than the 2.1 SE has on the Phone currently.

[Captainzaak]

wifi working sweet but d battery life dying quickkkkk
sigh
i did a battery stats swipe las nite so will do a recalibration today once it run down
dint dl launcher pro yet, ill try that sometime tonight

thats what i was afraid off with flashing the radio.
My battery life got a lot better when i re-calibrated, actually got 30hrs with EDGE, about 6hrs of Wifi and 6 levels of angry birds , give or take a apps downloaded and playing around.

[achillies]

[Swisha]

Next Google Nexus will be either HTC, or LG built



The Nexus line is the true and original Google phone and we've seen two already. And now we came across a photo of a third Nexus phone in its testing stage. The phone looks HTC-made and lacks the menu/home/back/search keys. It will probably run Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest Android version.

The photo doesn't show much, except a generic phone design, but the information, given to TechHog.com is pretty juicy and intriguing. It seems a Google developer sent this in and reportedly said that the next Google phone will feature some amazing specs. It will most definitely feature the latest (yet unseen) Android version, which integrates with Honeycomb (hence the lack of additional keys under the display), has a HDPA+ and Sprint CDMA (which would mean an early or exclusive appearance at US telecom Sprint), front-facing camera and a rumored first appearance in December this year, along with Ice Cream Sandwich itself.

That's about it for specs and as for the name, it's not given yet but it may not be Nexus 3. It's still undecided. The Nexus phone line isn't a mainstream gadget on its own. It's made to carry the latest software version, in order for it to be a platform for dev testing. And in the case of the original Nexus One it had an HTC twin brother in the face of the Desire. The Nexus S had one in the Galaxy S so we're hoping this yet unannounced 3rd Nexus to have a global market brother as well.

We'll keep track of the matter and update as soon as news becomes available. Rumors so far suggest that either HTC or LG will make the phone.


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[Swisha]

ASUS targets Christmas for Padfone launch, hints at Ice Cream Sandwich (video hands-on)



We just got to spend some quality time with ASUS' newly unveiled Padfone and you can see the smartphone that doubles up as a tablet on video after the break. It's still a mere mockup for now, but ASUS has big plans for it -- plans that coalesce around the Christmas period and the very latest version of Android at that time. ASUS' Benson Lin was careful not to openly admit the company intends to ship with Ice Cream Sandwich, but he did point out that you can't launch a smartphone with Honeycomb as the OS. We were encouraged to draw our own conclusions.

The smartphone is actually the only smart aspect of this hardware pair -- the slate part acts as a display, a set of speakers, an extended battery, and an I/O extender, but it doesn't work by itself. ASUS also tells us there'll be other functionality enabled by the tablet panel, but that's being kept under wraps for now. Compatibility between the display dock and subsequent phone generations is being contemplated but couldn't be confirmed, and as to the UI, ASUS says it'll be almost the same as its second-gen Android tablets. You heard that right, second generation ASUS Android tablets -- to succeed the Transformer and Slider -- will be coming around the same time as the Padfone.








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[Greypatch]

interested in the new google unit...

[r3iXmann]

padfone real looking like a captivate there

[immortal]

2.3.3 update out for Galaxy S i9000T through Kies.

[2NR Smurf]

^any One click roots out for it?

[fallen18]

sup guys new here, any1 knows if european roms work on our phones.

[r3iXmann]

sup guys new here, any1 knows if european roms work on our phones.

i had a finnish rom on my SE when i had it...just needed to install english keyboard and i was good

[AbstractPoetic]

Does anyone know if its commonplace for Android phones to have such short battery lives? I find myself having to charge my phone more than once a day. My BB has way better extended battery life than my Android.

I'm curious to know how the IPhone compares as I'm strongly considering switching.

[2NR Smurf]

^it would depend on the specific model, what apps you may have running in the background etc.

I get a full day and then some from my Galaxy S and thats with moderate usage, both voice and data.

[trinivibes]

Not sure if this app was posted before.

Since i have free data this week i had the opportunity to use a new app i downloaded called speedview.The app tells you the speed that you are traveling at by using GPS, it is not extremly acurate but still pretty cool.The pro version also gives you 0-100 and quater mile times.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/speedview/com.codesector.speedview.free

Another app similar app that i did not try yet is fastest droid.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.fast.droid

you guys can check them out.

[Swisha]

stats updates...

Android is top smartphone OS in the US, iOS is a close second

According to the latest report by the analysts from Nielsen, Android enjoys the highest usage among smartphone platforms in the United States, followed by iOS and BlackBerry OS.



Some 36 percent of US smartphone users have an Android smartphone. In comparison, 26% are using the Apple iOS while 23% are using RIM's BlackBerry OS.

The remaining 15% of the smartphone pie is taken by Windows Mobile, which still has a decent 9% user base, and by WebOS, Symbian, Windows Phone 7 and PalmOS. It's a little disappointing to see Symbian despite being the oldest platforms here and still very much alive unlike the now defunct Windows Mobile having no more than 2% market share. Same goes for HP's WebOS, which deserved a lot more success than it received.

Android's overall domination comes as no surprise really, considering the huge number of Android devices out there and new ones coming out almost every other week now. Apple's iOS, on the other hand, has so far been restricted to a handful of devices, ten to be precise, with four versions of the iPhone and iPod touch each and two versions of the iPad, launched over a period of four years. RIM too has a fair number of handsets under its belt and has been around much longer than the other two. We are sure if this chart showed smartphone users across the world, however, the difference between Android and iOS would be even higher as Android phones are available in lot more areas compared to iOS.

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[r3iXmann]

WP7 eh looking too good there

where RASC?

[Swisha]

nah he say ease them up. apparently WinMo users still "migrating"

[M_2NR]

I saw on news some google mail (gmail) accounts got hacked

[achillies]

Does anyone know if its commonplace for Android phones to have such short battery lives? I find myself having to charge my phone more than once a day. My BB has way better extended battery life than my Android.

I'm curious to know how the IPhone compares as I'm strongly considering switching.

I get a day and a half easy, sometime times charging on the night of the second day, once i go easy on the WiFi

what phone, how old, what version, is it running a custom rom, have you calibrated the battery???