So whenever i get a new android phone this month, what should i do to my G1

11/4/2010 9:03:05 PM

Has anyone had an issue with their Fascinate acting as if it's receiving touches even though you're not touching the screen?

If it's in my pocket, it does this.
If I'm playing a game (like Angry Birds), it reacts like I touched the menu button A LOT.

Can't really duplicate it, either.

11/4/2010 10:50:54 PM

My captivate does not have this issue. ^^keep it in box, first android phone is a cool collectable

[Edited on November 4, 2010 at 10:52 PM. Reason : .]

11/4/2010 10:51:45 PM

^^^ wifi media (music) center on the cheap (grooveshark, slacker, pandora, etc.), really fancy thumb drive, coffee table gaming device for guests, wifi media center controller (pc) or rdp device. just a few ideas.

11/5/2010 9:19:42 AM

Rooting my droid and installing Lithium MOD v1.0.12 (red theme) is the best thing I could have done for my phone. I cannot believe how much better it runs.

11/5/2010 2:03:17 PM

^^^^^ is the G1 upgradable to latest versions .... I might would buy it from you to use for development ... dont need the data plan, just the wifi for testing.

11/5/2010 2:12:54 PM

you cant upgrade through official means....im living in the stone age.
side question..

when is the Motorola T2 supposedly coming out?

11/5/2010 3:21:28 PM

Probably Q1 2011 or later

11/5/2010 3:46:58 PM

Hey Volcom, all my buddies with the OG Droid are running Cyanogen. Did you run it also, can you compare the two ROMs?

11/5/2010 4:23:19 PM

Quote :

"is the G1 upgradable to latest versions .... I might would buy it from you to use for development ... dont need the data plan, just the wifi for testing."

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/11/cyanogen-squeezes-android-2-2-froyo-into-g1-mytouch-3g/

11/5/2010 4:29:09 PM

Most of you guys are probably running Chrome. I would strongly encourage trying this theme: http://goo.gl/OZLWp and the Gmail Android theme... My Gmail has never looked so sexy.

11/6/2010 8:56:05 AM

anybody have any issues with calendar/DST issues? i have a recurring daily appointment on my calendar for 9:00 am and my phone lists them all at 8:00 am now. I just double-checked my Outlook and it does still say 9:00 am. if there is some kind of bug, i would think i would have heard about it by now, especially with all the media coverage the iphone bug got

11/8/2010 8:40:37 AM

No problems here. Granted I use Touchdown for my exchange email and calendar though

11/8/2010 10:46:00 AM

Moto Droid Pro hits tomorrow, here's your Android portrait keyboard like the Palm Pre for ya gs7

http://www.dailytech.com/Motorola+Droid+Pro+Hitting+Verizon+Tomorrow+for+17999+After+Rebate/article20097.htm

11/8/2010 11:16:13 AM

So I have a number of albums (mostly rap) which are cluttering up my 'Artists' list in my music programs (I've been using MixZing, Meridian, and TuneWiki).

Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' for example has 10 songs with different collaborators...so where there should be 1 list item for Dr. Dre there are 10+.

Is there any way to group the songs/albums by 'Album Artist' instead of the Artist listed for each song? I've dug through the settings for all 3 programs and didn't see it.

11/8/2010 11:31:56 AM

Only way I know is to edit the ID3 tag in Media Monkey or something to just the artist for all of your albums. This is a huge problem with my music library as well.

11/8/2010 12:08:31 PM

The reason I suggest media monkey is you can edit a whole folder ID3 tag at once vs. one track at a time.

11/8/2010 12:28:20 PM

Ah ok. For some reason I thought there was an ID3 tag for 'Album Title,' but I guess I was mistaken. thx

11/8/2010 2:54:31 PM

Hopefully most of you can get upgraded to 2.2+ soon ...

http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/security-researcher-releases-web-based-android-attack-317

Quote :

"Security researcher releases Web-based Android attack Devices running Android 2.1 and earlier are vulnerable to the browser bug Version 2.2 runs on 36.2 percent of Android phones, Google says. Older phones such as the G1 and HTC Droid Eris, which may not get the updated software, could be at risk from this attack. Android 2.2 is found on phones such as the Droid and the HTC EVO 4. Because Android walls off different components of the operating system from each other, Keith's browser exploit does not give him full, root access to a hacked phone. But he can access anything that the browser can read. That means that Keith's attack probably couldn't be used to read or send SMS messages or make calls, but it could snatch photographs from the phone or snoop on someone's browsing history. "You have full control of the SD [Secure Digital memory] card, so anything on the SD card is fair game," he said in an interview. "If they use their browser to access anything, you'd be able to get ahold of that stuff.""

Short video of the exploit in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czx_AKdj8ug

11/8/2010 3:24:27 PM

Quote :

"Keith's browser exploit does not give him full, root access to a hacked phone."

people can have my pictures and browsing history, not important. i don't do anything on my phone that's significant to any hacker as phones are so easily lost/stolen

i think the 88 security flaws in 2.2 are more significant:
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/11/04/firm_finds_88_serious_security_flaws_in_android_2_2

[Edited on November 8, 2010 at 3:58 PM. Reason : .]

11/8/2010 3:57:41 PM

Quote :

" i don't do anything on my phone that's significant to any hacker as phones are so easily lost/stolen"

email?

11/8/2010 4:38:24 PM

not important email, i don't keep that stuff in my inbox, and it's just personal, no business stuff on it.

11/8/2010 4:56:04 PM

This may be old but Opera Mobile beta will be released this week. Apparently there's hardware acceleration for smoother scrolling, zooming, etc.

The video below uses Galaxy S hardware to demonstrate the browser. It reminds me of an Apple commercial (piano music, but no voiceover).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbJPAPoOZho&NR=1

edit...

Well, it looks like it's out in apk form today. The review below doesn't make the app appear as promising as the video. Anywho - barcode for those interested...



http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/11/08/opera-mobile-10-1-beta-now-available-for-android-pinch-to-zoom-and-youtube-support/




[Edited on November 8, 2010 at 10:18 PM. Reason : dfbgsdg]

11/8/2010 9:59:45 PM

Looks like Samsung and Verizon announced the continuum. Pretty nifty how the secondary display will turn on just by holding it.

http://www.bgr.com/2010/11/08/samsung-continuum-hands-on/

Quote :

"We just grabbed some hands on time with Samsung’s latest device to debut on Verizon Wireless, and here are some of our initial thoughts. First off, the build quality on the Continuum seems solid — definitely a notch better than the Samsung Captivate and Samsung Vibrant. The device still feels a bit plasticky and a tad light, but again, it’s better than what Samsung has put out in the recent past. The screen is fantastic. It’s a Super AMOLED display with separate “ticker” display below, though there aren’t actually two displays on there. The four menu buttons are basically silkscreened over the display, which breaks it up into two separate sections. Software then controls the main section and the ticker section, and they can work independently of each other. Pretty cool, huh? Lastly, the grip sensor. There’s a capacitive layer on the edge of the handset and as soon as you pick it up (or even just touch it), the ticker display lights up and is fully functional while the main display stays dormant."

11/9/2010 11:17:07 AM

I'm tempted, but still kinda holding out for info on the droid t2... me wants dual-core!

11/9/2010 11:33:18 AM

meh, the processors now are plenty fast and capable. If I was going to wait for anything, it'd be LTE.

11/9/2010 11:41:46 AM

opera is meh. hardware acceleration and flash need to be implemented for me to wants it. after that, I'm sold. I've loved the opera 10 interface since WinMo with my TP2.

as far as the continuum, looks pretty snazzy, but I personally have gotten used to the 4.3" screen of my Droid X and find it hard to go back to anything smaller. Wish the weather would show numerically, didn't seem to have settings to show the temp, just the condition in the ticker. i'd like a phone that would use a ticker rather than the 4 buttons and a toggle button on the side (or a sensor...whatev) that would switch between "button mode", "ticker mode", or "both".

11/9/2010 1:45:34 PM

Quote :

"If I was going to wait for anything, it'd be LTE."

I hear that but if your line gets an annual upgrade I would go ahead and use it, in 12 months you can upgrade again.

11/9/2010 2:10:51 PM

True. I'm happy with the Fascinate and probably won't look LTE until after the first generation to let the bugs get worked out and LTE gets rolled out more places.

[Edited on November 9, 2010 at 2:25 PM. Reason : ]

11/9/2010 2:22:50 PM

Source on droidforums.net who supposedly signed an NDA with Verizon about the new device releases said that the Droid Incredible HD will go on pre-sale 11/12. Apparently Verizon has been keeping hush hush on it to try and sell as many of the Incredible phones as possible before the new release.

I will definitely be picking one of these up

11/9/2010 8:48:45 PM

Can you guys refer me to the best rom for the og droid, and an oc kernel. My buddy is running cm6 and he said it just seems a little laggy.

11/10/2010 6:19:38 AM

i too need to flash my original droid

it's just too slow

11/10/2010 8:16:34 AM

i <3 winamp

11/10/2010 8:46:42 AM

^^^ I'm using Liquid Frozen Yogurt, it seems nice.

[Edited on November 10, 2010 at 9:08 AM. Reason : .]

11/10/2010 9:07:52 AM

LithiumMod w/ P3Droid Kernel

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/lithiummod/65208-rom-lithium-mod-source-built-awesomeness-themes-galore.html
http://p3designs.info/kernels/

11/10/2010 11:36:05 AM

^ Have you tried the liquid frozen yogurt? I have heard a bit more about that one.. just want to get him setup on the best. Sounds like CM6.1 is going to be released soon too.

11/11/2010 2:33:04 PM

Quote :

"Hey Volcom, all my buddies with the OG Droid are running Cyanogen. Did you run it also, can you compare the two ROMs?"

Cyanogen has more perks but Lithium seemed faster so I stayed with Lithium.

11/11/2010 4:10:40 PM

Has anyone lost their entire SMS history yet without warning? A couple weeks ago I lost about 2-3k texts and figured it was a bug in Fresh Evo. My buddy just told me tonight he lost about 10k on his stock 2.2 Incredible.

nandroid backup was way too old to be useful.
Titanium Backup doesn't run nearly enough for it to be effective with SMS.

http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/sprite-backup/android
May schedule this to backup to my dropbox nightly now (Unless I poke around and find Titanium easily does this).

11/12/2010 1:51:28 AM

Android has a habit of dumping texts if you have a large number of them. There's an app in the market called SMS Backup & Restore that is free and you can use it to schedule backups but it doesn't do MMS. MyBackup Pro is $4-5 bucks but can back up pretty much everything.

11/12/2010 8:38:27 AM

^^ I was about to suggest SMS Backup+ as well. You really should have this installed, works in the background flawlessly and creates a SMS folder in your gmail that you can easily search.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/sms-backup/com.zegoggles.smssync

11/12/2010 10:03:15 AM

check this out

http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/10/when-angry-birds-attack-new-android-bug-lets-spoofed-apps-run-wild/?partner=contextstory

11/12/2010 11:43:29 AM

This is kinda interesting. I didn't think we'd see an LTE phone so soon.

http://phandroid.com/2010/11/11/htc-mecha-aka-incredible-hd-spied-running-on-verizons-lte/

Even without LTE, that thing looks like a beast.

11/12/2010 1:53:38 PM

Wonder why it has 3G and 4G in the notification bar. And if it's LTE I doubt we'll see it til next year.

11/12/2010 2:37:09 PM

Yeah I have used SMSBackup in the past when I first started flashing/rooting my Evo and it works well, but as far as 'really should have this installed' goes -- I'm thinking more along the lines of 'this bug really should have been addressed'.

11/12/2010 2:48:54 PM

Verizon still claims LTE is going out next month, so I'd assume they'd want a launch smartphone.

11/12/2010 2:51:18 PM

Seeing as how limited their initial LTE rollout would be, I don't really see why they would want to launch one. They'd have so many people pissed off that they can't use LTE. Plus that article says something about seeing that phone at CES. Isn't that in the spring sometime?

11/12/2010 3:26:59 PM

Think CES is either January or February.

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/11/12/rumor-no-lte-phones-coming-to-verizon-this-year-htc-samsung-lg-and-motorola-all-ready-for-2011/

Quote :

"We received semi-sad word this morning from one of our peeps on this whole Verizon 4G LTE Android handset situation. While there have been a number of rumors about the Incredible HD, a device from LG, the Olympus from Motorola and now the Elite from Samsung, none of us have had a clue as to when we might see them. Until now anyway. Most of us had been hearing that the Incredible HD (Mecha?) would see a November or December release at the latest, but our sources have informed us that there are currently no plans to release any major LTE devices this year. They did confirm that HTC, LG and Samsung all have devices ready to rock, but not just yet. Motorola is also rumored to have a device, but our guy can’t confirm as he has not actually seen it yet. Now remember, release dates, planned devices and anything else that comes along with a wireless carrier are subject to change on a dime, so take this as rumor for now. As we have more, we’ll be sure to fill you in."

11/12/2010 3:32:39 PM

contemplating trading droid-x for samsung fascinate... anyone used both? im thinking with swype i wont need the uber large keyboard.

wondering if battery life has improved with froyo on samsung galaxy... it looks like this is so from forums i've read.

11/12/2010 4:56:36 PM

The Fascinate's screen isn't much smaller than the Droid X's.

No one knows about battery life with Froyo on the Fascinate because no one with a Fascinate has Froyo. I can't comment on other galaxy phones. That said, I haven't had any battery life issues. I get a solid 36+ hours between charges for my level of use.

[Edited on November 12, 2010 at 5:44 PM. Reason : wrong word]

11/12/2010 5:43:36 PM

LG sucks. i've got both an LG phone and LG dishwasher that I would like to dispose of office space style

11/12/2010 6:07:32 PM