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[Q]Some questions about basic app, need help

Well i got my android phone a week ago (motorola defy) and ever since i've been finding out some lag and some minor problems with the apps running on it. The slide lock lagged but i installed a new one with widgets and it works just fine. Now i need some advices about other ones.
1. Youtube stock app for android 2.1: When the video loads and i move the bar within the place where the video had been loaded, but guess what, it gets stuck and does the loading again, and not like the windows browser's youtube...Is it suppose to be that way?
2. The keyboard is kind of hard to type with and i've been looking at some keyboard layouts but whenever i installed one, it said that it'll record whatever i'll type so in a way is it dangerous? because when i type my password on internet, does it get sent over to some website or is it totally safe?
3. Also I'm using launcher pro, it works fine but i was wondering if the stock launcher is working in the background as well which can cause lag along with launcher pro?
4.Also my stock browser laggs sometimes when it's zoomed in. So i would need some suggestions about another faster browser?
Thanks for any kind of help and advice

funny, i expected something from you guys as my questions are one of the common questions...or is someone can't be bothered here to help me out? ...

shad0wboss said:
Well i got my android phone a week ago (motorola defy) and ever since i've been finding out some lag and some minor problems with the apps running on it. The slide lock lagged but i installed a new one with widgets and it works just fine. Now i need some advices about other ones.
1. Youtube stock app for android 2.1: When the video loads and i move the bar within the place where the video had been loaded, but guess what, it gets stuck and does the loading again, and not like the windows browser's youtube...Is it suppose to be that way?
2. The keyboard is kind of hard to type with and i've been looking at some keyboard layouts but whenever i installed one, it said that it'll record whatever i'll type so in a way is it dangerous? because when i type my password on internet, does it get sent over to some website or is it totally safe?
3. Also I'm using launcher pro, it works fine but i was wondering if the stock launcher is working in the background as well which can cause lag along with launcher pro?
4.Also my stock browser laggs sometimes when it's zoomed in. So i would need some suggestions about another faster browser?
Thanks for any kind of help and advice
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1. No idea...
2. Its safe, no worries, slideit is imo the best keyboard. But there are a lot of alternatives.
3. The stock launcher is in sleep I assume, with Home Switcher you can swop. When only 2 or 3 launchers installed your system doesnt lag. Or you can freeze it with titanium backup, not sure if it can do any harm when you freeze your stock launcher.
4. Try miren browser, it is really good.
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thanks alot for your help, really appreciated it.
About the youtube stock app, what i basically mean is that, when a youtube video on computer on any browser...is loaded completely (red color strip). You can freely move the circle thing within the red color stripped which basically mean that that part is loaded can be be watched freely. BUT with my stock youtube application, that's not how it works. If i move the cursor a bit, it just hangs there and then i have to start the video from the beginning, loading and alll that. So i wanted to know if there's a good alternative youtube app with cache? so that once the video is loaded (when connected to internet), you can watch it even if you have no internet connection at that time...

Honeycomb SDK preview out!

Google just posted on the android dev blog, a sdk preview for honeycomb is out!
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/01/android-30-platform-preview-and-updated.html
I'm downloading now to give it a go!

Just fired up the emulator. Its dog slow and its stuck in portrait mode on its side! Does anyone know how to get it into landscape mode?

footboydog said:
Just fired up the emulator. Its dog slow and its stuck in portrait mode on its side! Does anyone know how to get it into landscape mode?
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I tried figuring it out but couldn't, must be a feature.

Yeah, same here. Emulator is REALLY slow. I mean I expected it to be maybe a little slower than previous versions, but holy crap. My computer is by no means the best out there, but it certainly isn't slow. You can barely even tell what's going on when you do something.

footboydog said:
Just fired up the emulator. Its dog slow and its stuck in portrait mode on its side! Does anyone know how to get it into landscape mode?
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try Numpad 9 and 7

NoEnd said:
try Numpad 9 and 7
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Or Ctrl+F11 / Ctrl+F12

Yea I had to google search how to change orientation, with numlock OFF, numpad 7 or 9.
And yea the emulator is super super slow.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of widgets in there, or new apps etc.
I know honeycomb is meant to be 'built from the ground up' for tablets, but to me it just seems like a tablet themed front end (launcher and app drawer). I manged to crash the launcher and then I saw the standard android notification bar etc.
As a side note, if honeycomb is going to be released in a few weeks with the Xoom, maybe google is skipping gingerbread on the nexus 1 and going straight to honeycomb?

athornz said:
Yea I had to google search how to change orientation, with numlock OFF, numpad 7 or 9.
And yea the emulator is super super slow.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of widgets in there, or new apps etc.
I know honeycomb is meant to be 'built from the ground up' for tablets, but to me it just seems like a tablet themed front end (launcher and app drawer). I manged to crash the launcher and then I saw the standard android notification bar etc.
As a side note, if honeycomb is going to be released in a few weeks with the Xoom, maybe google is skipping gingerbread on the nexus 1 and going straight to honeycomb?
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Its not going to work like that. Tablets are going 3.x route
and phones are going to stay 2.x
So the next phone release will be 2.4

I tried the usual emu shortcuts (Numpad 7 and 9, Ctrl F11 and F12) but they just switch the window orientation, not the Android UI. If the window goes into portrait mode its slightly too tall for my monitor (1920x1200 res). If the window is in landscape mode the UI remains in portrait so its sideways on (if you see what I mean).

cainhunpi said:
Its not going to work like that. Tablets are going 3.x route
and phones are going to stay 2.x
So the next phone release will be 2.4
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And you got your Information from...?
Some Android guy confirmed, that Honeycomb isn't Tablet exclusive.
And it also says that 3.0 is specifically optimized for Tablets but NOT that it's Tablet-exclusive! http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.0-highlights.html

cainhunpi said:
Its not going to work like that. Tablets are going 3.x route
and phones are going to stay 2.x
So the next phone release will be 2.4
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According to the interview with Matias Duarte and Engadget, Honeycomb will be optimized for both phone and tablet sized hardware.

In the Engadget interview with the android UI guy, I can't remember exactly what he said, but he hinted that honeycomb is not exclusively for tablets, just what we have seen of it so far is.
I think the phone version of honeycomb will just be like the gingerbread UI with the new apis and features of honeycomb

It is stuck in portrait mode for me too. Ctrl-f11 switches the window layout but the android inside is still portrait...

Apparently you need to go into settings and turn off automatic orientation

Anyone having luck with getting it to run?

So how long before we see the camera app extracted and running on our phones?

Emulator is horrendesly slow. I know it's a preview sdk but urg...

The launcher keeps crashing for me, it worked one but wanted to change resolution so closed it

I think the launcher only works at the default resolution.
I changed the scale when you launch the avd to fit it on my screen

What is new for honeycomb? Sorry if I sound like a noob
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[Q] Aldiko book reader

Has anybody used Aldiko Pro? I want to buy one, but I want to know if it works with transformer. I have read Aldiko is not compatible with HC

It sort of work if you don't try to change orientation. If you go from landscape to portrait or vice versa...it FC.

Try Moon+ Reader, Agree that Aldiko FC books on change orentation. Moon+ works well for me with as yet no FC + more features than Aldiko.

rikkia said:
Try Moon+ Reader, Agree that Aldiko FC books on change orentation. Moon+ works well for me with as yet no FC + more features than Aldiko.
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+1 on Moon+ Reader. I use this on my TF and EVO with no problems.

vicci said:
Has anybody used Aldiko Pro? I want to buy one, but I want to know if it works with transformer. I have read Aldiko is not compatible with HC
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Aldiko Premium working great for me...no FC
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Same here, no FC

lifeisfun said:
Same here, no FC
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So it does NOT FC if you open a book and then rotate the screen?
I have the free version and it FC every time you rotate the screen. I'd drop a couple bucks on the pro version if it doesn't do this.

Does moon reader hide the navigation buttons like kindle app does?
I hate seeing the home and back and menu button while reading especially in the dark.
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I had the force close problem as well, but you can go into settings and lock it into portrait mode. I can't imagine reading in landscape mode, anyway. Problems only arise when I launch Aldiko with the dock attached (dock forced landscape + Aldiko forced portrait = Android force close), but when I'm reading, I'm holding it portrait without the dock.

FrayAdjacent said:
So it does NOT FC if you open a book and then rotate the screen?
I have the free version and it FC every time you rotate the screen. I'd drop a couple bucks on the pro version if it doesn't do this.
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Nope, not yet anyways.

Canadoc said:
Does moon reader hide the navigation buttons like kindle app does?
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No but its hardly noticeable I read with 1% brightness in night mode and never see the buttons lit up.
Also I had FC with Aldiko Pro on rotate.

If I import the books on my microSD card, can I then delete the original files? It seems to make a copy of everything, but I'm not sure.

Why would anybody pay for a bookreader in the first place with all the great free options? Not trolling, just curious what the reasons are

javroch said:
Why would anybody pay for a bookreader in the first place with all the great free options? Not trolling, just curious what the reasons are
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Because we like to support people who make products we love?

you guys should check out coolreader, its only 1 dollar and has many options and support lots of formats. i compared aldiko, fbreader and a few others but i think coolreader is better. i just discovered the free reader that comes with the transformer is pretty good too. i really like the dual page display.

Latest Aldiko update removes the crash-on-rotate bug. This was the only item that kept me from giving them a few small coins for their product. Now running Aldiko Premium and enjoying it

Long time user of Aldiko and love it on my TF.
No force close issues but I prefer portrait mode so have it locked into that orientation. No FC issues.

Lag in Aldiko?
How is the lag under Honeycomb? I love Aldiko for all its features, but on my HTC Hero and Desire HD it has ridiculous amounts of lag when updating the book cover thumbnails when you are in any of the views.
On those devices, you scroll down just a few books and you see a default Aldiko cover which after a second or so updates to show the actual cover. If you scroll down more, again the same lag. But what is really annoying is that if you scroll up again to the books you just viewed, which had already shown the cover, they have reset to show the default Aldiko, so you have to wait again for it to update. Just looks so tacky, when the rest of the software is so polished.
I really don't understand why they can't update the thumbnails more smoothly.
Is it the same behaviour on the Transformer or other Honeycomb devices?
That is the only thing really stopping be from gettin Honeycomb over the HTC Flyer, because the Flyers Reader UI like on all their latest phones is simply beautiful, I think it uses OpenGL so it so fluid.
Thanks for any advice!

I'm looking for a ebook reader as well, and I was primarily looking at kindle and nook. I like both for a few reasons ...
nook seems to have a much better selection of magazines ... car and driver for example, is 99c per month with nook, but unavailable on kindle.
I like kindle because its ebooks are often cheaper (kindle version of the same book is quite often 50% cheaper than nook) and it also syncs between different devices. I read from my Desire and my Transformer so this feature is a must.
What other ebook readers do you guys recommend?
I looked into moon+ reader but it looks iffy when it requires access to a lot of personal info ... why does an ebook reader need to know about state of my phone for example???
FBReader also looks good.

Thinking about purchasing a Note 10.1

I have a few questions targeted to those that currently own a Galaxy Note 10.1, first question does Hulu application work? I currently have a HP Touchpad and the application doesn't work on it. There is a work around but sometimes the browser force closes or no display shows up. The Hulu application was working fine on my HTC One S before I unlocked the bootloader. Hulu may lose a customer Besides that with the Jelly Bean leak when using split screen is there still a delay before an application responds to your touch? Last question I noticed in the Jelly Bean leak a web browser icon on the application list in the middle of the toolbar that can be windowed. Can the web browser be in a tiny window and moved around like the calculator and music player? Thank you.

Cyanogenmod for Galaxy Note 10.1

Hi all,
I recently got my self a Galaxy Note 10.1 and I'm interested in rooting it and putting Cyanogenmod 10 on it...but I'm not sure on what will happen with the features like the s-pen. What are the pros and cons of Cyanogenmod on the Note 10.1 - do you advise it, not advise it, have you tried it, what did you think and are there any videos showing the difference between Cyanogenmod and stock touchwiz on note 10.1?
Thanks and sorry for the long winded question.
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Hi,
I'm not an expert but I did try Cyanogenmod once it worked great, the only thing that it's not working for me is, the HDMI out cable.
So I flashed back to a rooted stock ROM
I didn't check that they make this work yet after I restore my older ROM
the pen and everything else was working great.
hope this help a little bit

Everything will work better than stock, but you lose a few features. SPen still works, but you lose the SNote, the Peel remote function, tethering has some problem at the moment password does not work, you lose the photo grabbing feature. Lose polaris office. Nothing happens when you take the pen out. My PC does not recognise it anymore for some reason now. But it works on another PC. Something when you type it makes mistakes. Sometimes charging icon freezes, it crashed a few times already. You lose the manage connected device when tethering.
Now the better part, it's a lot faster and snappy, bluetooth is much better, connects much faster. Equaliser does not crash anymore, even via bluetooth. All the apps that was getting the "package invalid"error, is gone. Skype now works, did not on stock. I am happy with the compromises so far.
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I am also interested in Cyanogenmod but havent tried it myself on a tablet.
Can anyone confirm which of these features one would lose when flashing CM10.
Will Spen pressure sensitivity and palm rejection work? that is quite important to me.
I have the N8000 which has telephony and sms ability, does CM10 support it?
I have started 'weaning' myself off most of the stock apps and some features to see if I can live without them.
I've stopped using:
Quick apps and the feature when removing stylus (Don't miss it)
Stock Internet (replaced with Chrome)
Stock Gallery (replaced with Quickpic)
Stock video player (Use quickpic)
My Files (replaced with Solid Explorer)
Snote (Snote sucks there are hundreds of good alternatives)
Music Player (Stock is actually very good, I see Opollo is available in market now)
Video Player (I use quickpic)
Some of the features that I do like and use from stock are:
Screen snapshot
screen snapshot with quick editor (press and hold snapshot button, i use that editor alot)
Peel Remote
Samsung app Store
Polaris office
Video Maker
Camera
Contacts
messaging
Phone Dialer
Gapps
Can anyone confirm if those apps/features are working in CM10, or if CM10 has its own version or other better alternatives in the market.
*eagerly waiting to press thanks button*

My note 10.1 is coming today, got any tips on how to root it?
Is there a toolbox?
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Tried it but went back to stock. I would suggest waiting for stable release. One issue that stood out when I tried it was touch input wouldn't register sometimes such as tapping near the time to bring up settings.