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Skyfire on Diamond

I'm finding it fast, very fast, but also very buggy.
A lot of the time it will only show up on the left side of my screen, and it renders everything in 240x320. Whats the point of my VGA screen
It does play videos on the REAL www.youtube.com, so flash support is looking good.
It looks like it may be the best browser, if they can fix the screen issue and the resolution.
How are you guys finding it?

ah, quick little search on the skyfire forums reveals they don't support VGA resolutions, i guess nobodys found a temp fix for this?

DeadShawn said:
ah, quick little search on the skyfire forums reveals they don't support VGA resolutions, i guess nobodys found a temp fix for this?
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did you try searching THIS forum for skyfire threads?

DeadShawn said:
How are you guys finding it?
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It sucks. It's useless. It's extremely buggy. It erased my entire phone.
But I guess you could form a better opinion when you are a US citizen, which for some dark reason is a requirement if you want to test it.
So Skyfire is more of a 'distant puff of smoke on the horizon' to me.

I'm more than happy to wait for the guinney pigs to finish testing it. Unstable software is useless.

X1 - New Firmware

I am so proud of Sony Ericsson.
You know... Half of the company is from Sweden, where I live!!!
I just updated the phone to the new firmware. And I am almost shivering from proudness.
In ONLY FOUR MONTHS Sony Ericsson managed to make the Opera browser the default web browser on the phone. I can't believe how incredibly good they are!!!
I haven't notice anything else though, but oh my god... Isn't this more than enough to accomplish in ONLY FOUR MONTHS?
Anyone complaining on Sony Ericssson have to answer before me. I absolutely adore them. They are unbelievably good.
Anyone... Please don't tell me they managed to do anything else. I don't think I could take it. Making Opera the default browser almost made me faint. If you say something else was fixed too, I think I will die.
/Michael

Rodin69 said:
I am so proud of Sony Ericsson.
You know... Half of the company is from Sweden, where I live!!!
I just updated the phone to the new firmware. And I am almost shivering from proudness.
In ONLY FOUR MONTHS Sony Ericsson managed to make the Opera browser the default web browser on the phone. I can't believe how incredibly good they are!!!
I haven't notice anything else though, but oh my god... Isn't this more than enough to accomplish in ONLY FOUR MONTHS?
Anyone complaining on Sony Ericssson have to answer before me. I absolutely adore them. They are unbelievably good.
Anyone... Please don't tell me they managed to do anything else. I don't think I could take it. Making Opera the default browser almost made me faint. If you say something else was fixed too, I think I will die.
/Michael
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Cynic enough???
Here's what has changed:
Here are some things that have been noticed so far with this update.
The device now boots faster.
Faster menus - switching tabs in settings is quicker.
Programs launch quicker and file explorer is quick in loading folders.
The Vodafone ROM update (not sure if others have this) includes a couple of other additional trial games including Bubble Bash, Block Breaker Deluxe, and Tetris Mania.
Bluetooth Problem reported to be fixed. (I didn’t face any bluetooth problems with the old software and am not facing any now.)
Wi-Fi bug fixed.
Panel animation is a bit smoother but still laggy on switching from portrait to landscape and vice versa. Overall a faster panels experience.
Video playback has improved a lot! CP benchmark on a video resulted in 90-92% on the old ROM and is now increased to 98%.
Word prediction in most text-boxes.
Media Panel improvements including; music indexing is a lot faster, image scrolling is almost as smooth as it should be, changing tracks show information about the track at the bottom of the screen, and most importantly it now only shows pictures from the My Pictures and Camera folders on the main and internal storage – say goodbye to all those images from program files and windows showing up.
Camera improvements include faster focus lock and more stable focus. Preview is also smoother and introduces a new setting letting you define the frame rate to use for the video to shoot.
Furthermore, I think they updated the 3D drivers too. TouchFlo 3D is running way smooth - especially the Pictures and Media tabs! (flicking through pictures and music is quick and smooth) + Slide2Play is performing much better with this new updated ROM; quicker and smoother movement in landscape, switches album/song images correctly on song change, and so on.
http://xperiancer.blogspot.com/2009/01/xperia-software-update.html

initially when i just flashed the new firmware it was noticeably faster. boots faster and faster file system. used to take 8 secs to open /windows folder and after flash took just 2 secs!
but now after reinstalling my apps, the file system speed has decreased back to that of the old firmware. still boots faster tho.

i have reported that my x1 is very fast but i dont have new firmware installed yet..
i want to ask you how to install the new ROM? i got the new ROM from the pavel and download it in rapid share.

msalmank said:
Cynic enough???
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I'm not sure I am able to be cynic enough. But I sure tried.
msalmank said:
The device now boots faster.
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According to some, maybe. For me it booted in about 55 seconds before, and so it does now.
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Faster menus - switching tabs in settings is quicker.
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It might be. I don't see the difference though, but that might be becuase it doesn't matter much to me. There are other things more important.
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Programs launch quicker and file explorer is quick in loading folders.
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Yes, I agree. Loading the Windows Folder seems a lot faster. But still, that isn't something the average user does several times a day.
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The Vodafone ROM update (not sure if others have this) includes a couple of other additional trial games including Bubble Bash, Block Breaker Deluxe, and Tetris Mania.
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I actually have no clue.
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Bluetooth Problem reported to be fixed. (I didn’t face any bluetooth problems with the old software and am not facing any now.)
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Maybe, maybe not. I've seen reports saying there is no difference in this area. I haven't tried it myself yet, so I can't tell.
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Wi-Fi bug fixed.
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I never notice that one myself. So I can't say it's better or worse.
msalmank said:
Panel animation is a bit smoother but still laggy on switching from portrait to landscape and vice versa. Overall a faster panels experience.
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According to some users maybe. I can't say I see any difference at all.
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Video playback has improved a lot! CP benchmark on a video resulted in 90-92% on the old ROM and is now increased to 98%.
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Well... 90-92% up to 98% isn't really A LOT. I've tried two WMV videos though and think they might have been a bit more fluid than before. But as far as I can tell the difference is not that incredible.
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Word prediction in most text-boxes.
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If this is the case, that's good. I haven't seen it yet.
msalmank said:
Media Panel improvements including; music indexing is a lot faster, image scrolling is almost as smooth as it should be, changing tracks show information about the track at the bottom of the screen, and most importantly it now only shows pictures from the My Pictures and Camera folders on the main and internal storage – say goodbye to all those images from program files and windows showing up.
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Well, that was a really good improvement. I still would have liked to be able to chose folders for images myself, but this was a step in the right direction.
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Camera improvements include faster focus lock and more stable focus. Preview is also smoother and introduces a new setting letting you define the frame rate to use for the video to shoot.
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I see the framrate option. But I can't confirm it really works. As a matter of fact, I even don't know what to expect. I didn't get 30 fps before, and I'm sceptic I will get it now. But of course I may be wrong here.
As for preview and faster focus lock, I can't tell the difference from before. For me it's about the same.
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Furthermore, I think they updated the 3D drivers too. TouchFlo 3D is running way smooth - especially the Pictures and Media tabs! (flicking through pictures and music is quick and smooth) + Slide2Play is performing much better with this new updated ROM; quicker and smoother movement in landscape, switches album/song images correctly on song change, and so on.
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Again, I can't tell the difference. I doubt Sony Ericsson had in mind that you should use TF3D. So the possbible improvements in using TF3D is irrelevelant to me. Maybe it's faster for other applications using 3D, but I haven't tried them yet and thus can't tell.
One of the most annoying bugs is not fixed.
That does not apply to you using english keyboard. But for me, using the swedish letters Å, Ä and Ö it does.
Those keys seems to be implemented after all "normal" keys. So where all other keys seems to get into a keyboard buffer when you type them, the special swedish characters are written immediately to the screen. That means when I write a swedish sentence that should look like "Jag ska försöka träffa dig innan mötet." instead looks lite "Jag skaö fröska ätrffa dig innaön mtet."
That is, in my opinion a HUGE bug, which they should have focused on before doing anything else.
Regards,
Michael

@Michael, did you bother to tell them about your HUGE bug?

artesea said:
@Michael, did you bother to tell them about your HUGE bug?
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Yes of course I did. October 24 I mailed them about this problem.
Should have been enough time for anyone with some competence to fix it.
EDIT:
As a matter of fact I've mailed SE 24-25 mails on different matters on the phone. Most of them might be specific to the operating system which SE has no control over, but for me as a customer that really doesn't matter. But the response I've got was just that, freely translated from swedish: "SE has no direct control over the issues since that is a Windows Mobile specific matter".
They even told me that about the Radio Panel.
Do you understand why I am a bit upset?
I like the phone even though it still has some issues, but I really can't stand Sony Ericssons ignorance.

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Here are some things that have been noticed so far with this update.
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Oh, and by the way...
Why should people even have to "notice" differences between firmwares?
We should be informed about the changes without having to guess what's fixed, and what's not.
It is our equipment, and it's our time and efforts we put in it to try to see if we get any improvments. We shouldn't have to do that. SE should give us information on what is done so we could decide for ourselves if the update might be needed or not.
/Michael

wow..
yes it's annoying.
no you don't get better help when sending 25 emails in a few months.
welcome to the world of consumer electronics!
Why do you think that the iphone doesn't have a copy/paste function after the product has been on the market for 2+ years?
they don't give a **** .. you paid already
I think some ppl here have fixed some issues regarding swedish key press's.
not sure but try to search.. have seen some stuff come by.. but I don't need it so forgot where.
good luck

Just tried to update on the SEUS (sony ericsson) and it didn't work. Said It was already up to date. When I check my rom version it is NOT the new version

Rodin69 said:
Oh, and by the way...
Why should people even have to "notice" differences between firmwares?
We should be informed about the changes without having to guess what's fixed, and what's not.
It is our equipment, and it's our time and efforts we put in it to try to see if we get any improvments. We shouldn't have to do that. SE should give us information on what is done so we could decide for ourselves if the update might be needed or not.
/Michael
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I agree 100% to that.

Rodin69 said:
I'm not sure I am able to be cynic enough. But I sure tried.
According to some, maybe. For me it booted in about 55 seconds before, and so it does now.
It might be. I don't see the difference though, but that might be becuase it doesn't matter much to me. There are other things more important.
Yes, I agree. Loading the Windows Folder seems a lot faster. But still, that isn't something the average user does several times a day.
I actually have no clue.
Maybe, maybe not. I've seen reports saying there is no difference in this area. I haven't tried it myself yet, so I can't tell.
I never notice that one myself. So I can't say it's better or worse.
According to some users maybe. I can't say I see any difference at all.
Well... 90-92% up to 98% isn't really A LOT. I've tried two WMV videos though and think they might have been a bit more fluid than before. But as far as I can tell the difference is not that incredible.
If this is the case, that's good. I haven't seen it yet.
Well, that was a really good improvement. I still would have liked to be able to chose folders for images myself, but this was a step in the right direction.
I see the framrate option. But I can't confirm it really works. As a matter of fact, I even don't know what to expect. I didn't get 30 fps before, and I'm sceptic I will get it now. But of course I may be wrong here.
As for preview and faster focus lock, I can't tell the difference from before. For me it's about the same.
Again, I can't tell the difference. I doubt Sony Ericsson had in mind that you should use TF3D. So the possbible improvements in using TF3D is irrelevelant to me. Maybe it's faster for other applications using 3D, but I haven't tried them yet and thus can't tell.
Regards,
Michael
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As for the biggest BUG you are facing, i can't say much about that - since it doesn't realy apply to me, as you too pointed out. But maybe you should try flashing on a non-Swedish ROM and see how that goes? For definitely all the points i highlighted are pretty much what i saw - with both the Vodafone as well as the Generic UK ROMs.
FYI - when i say that they probably updated the 3D drivers... i'm not just talking about TF3D (i use that as an example 'coz it was usually buggy before this firmware), but games are actually running as they should have done before. No glitches or problems with Atomic Cannon, Archibald's Adventures, and more games that faced usual lags or slowed down a bit in menus or something like that. Furthermore, Slide2Play is also working way better with this updated firmware.
the framerate option on the camera is great and actually works. The media panel has been improved a lot! The bluetooh and wifi issues have definitely been fixed... and the device startup time has been improved too, way quicker now.
55 Seconds?!?!?! - i barely got that with my old firmware! Maybe it is the Swedish ROM? Definitely try out the Generic UK or Vodafone UK ROM for a few days...
Best Regards.

Started a poll here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478859

msalmank said:
55 Seconds?!?!?! - i barely got that with my old firmware! Maybe it is the Swedish ROM? Definitely try out the Generic UK or Vodafone UK ROM for a few days...
Best Regards.
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I use the Swedish updated ROM, and I, as other swedes with updated phones I've talked to, don't feel any improvements with the new ROM. In fact, the phone seems to be slower when using SPB Mobile Shell: When clicking programs, it takes some time before the icons appear. Same time when sliding into the second page of programs. I didn't have this lag before updating...

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I use the Swedish updated ROM, and I, as other swedes with updated phones I've talked to, don't feel any improvements with the new ROM. In fact, the phone seems to be slower when using SPB Mobile Shell: When clicking programs, it takes some time before the icons appear. Same time when sliding into the second page of programs. I didn't have this lag before updating...
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Hmmm... definitely try out some other version, like perhaps the Generic UK ROM. See if you face same issues with that one...

ATX84 ~~ NRGZ28 energyrom custom boot animation ~~ Updated July 8th

I have made a new boot animation for NRGZ28, it's still in its early stages, and can only hope I have time for more. I'm a huge fan with what he has done to my phone, and he has compelled me to give back to the community.
My goal here was simple. Sometimes I forget(as im sure some of you do to) what it was like owning a stock Rhodium, and i cant even remember what the GUI even looked like. NRGZ28's ROMS, although amazing, does not change dramatically enough for me to be mesmerized everytime i pick my phone up as it used to. Although I'm sure this wont entirely do it either, it will at least remind you of what you hold in your hand! Or something like that anyways, i was never really good at public speeches
This should work for any of his ROMS
P.S.~~if anyone could post some feedback on how far the animation goes on your devices that would be great! that means the leo, rhodium, Raphael... and any other devices that have a screen of that size, on both energyrom and stock roms.. or any roms for those devices. and if you know a way to change the length given for the animations let me know pronto!! I recieved a new warranty phone and the animation isnt playing the same length anymore. not sure if this is due to newer updated roms or the fact that the energyroms tp2 splash screen isnt on there anymore, just shows the ATT splash screen. thanks
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Updated July 8th!
Cabbed/Shortened/Resized---No more BS work for you!!
Additional Notes:
1) At least on my Rhodium, the last second or 2 wont play. (the fade out) It will simply hang on the image for a few seconds. (which works just as good) The orginal was 14 seconds long and i had to speed it up as i am unaware of a way to customize the time wm gives for the boot animation. So if anyone knows of a registry setting or a program that will do this. let me know ASAP!
2) I will also work on getting a sound file for it as well if this becomes popular enough.
Install
1) Download .cab
2) Installs it directly to windows
3) It will ask you to restart
Uninstall
1) Go to settings->system->remove programs
2) Will automatically put back the default animation
Please be patient as doing 3d animations takes a long time, as well as tweaking issues just to have more arise. And don't even get me started on getting a decent gif animator, and then trying to get it to do what its designed to do

Downloads
NRGZ28-Thinking outside the box
hotfile download

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Screenshots taken at different intervals(for those of you on outdated phones)

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That looks really cool from the screenshots, the bouncing and then the electric explosion looking thing... haha. Cool work.
Any chance of having it just say HTC there instead of NRG? I think you would get quite a few more downloads/donations.
Also, a short video or gif would be cool so we can see what we're getting!

Idea for Startup Animation
Hi There,
I am a huge fan of energy Roms as well!
I thought the following would be cool!
X-mens wolverine blades comming through a screen shot making the famous-x and the at the bottom Energy ROM...
Wish I knew how to but maybe you can do this for us??

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That looks really cool from the screenshots, the bouncing and then the electric explosion looking thing... haha. Cool work.
Any chance of having it just say HTC there instead of NRG? I think you would get quite a few more downloads/donations.
Also, a short video or gif would be cool so we can see what we're getting!
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Hmm.. that sounds like a fantastic idea! so the problem is.. start up a new thread for more generic animations, or just change the name and make categories in this one?
Will most likely be uploading a youtube video of it today.

Bad Boi HTC said:
Hi There,
I am a huge fan of energy Roms as well!
I thought the following would be cool!
X-mens wolverine blades comming through a screen shot making the famous-x and the at the bottom Energy ROM...
Wish I knew how to but maybe you can do this for us??
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Yes, this was my first concept design.. but depending on where the X goes, it might require that i make hands and wrist at least(which is a little bit of work ) unless it slashes with the blades coming through the background..i forget.
i don't know the legality of putting the original wolverine slash in there, (and wheres the fun in that? ) but i will see what i can do
If anyone knows of some good x slash video's, post them up! as i seem to be having a ridiculously hard time finding any. people need to make tags better! you would think there would be hundreds popping up! but no, with the game out all i find is gameplays for origins-wolverine

i like it alot
i think its awsome. wish i had skill like that !

I agree, this is a stunning job!!

gplock said:
i think its awsome. wish i had skill like that !
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well i went to school for it.. its now my $30,000 hobby YAY ITT-Tech

GREAT work man, i installed it,and it turns out that the XBOX360 startup sound lines up nicely with the animation, thats what i use now, if anyone wants the sound i'll link it up

what course man
i want some ! get some Comp on the table. better then heating and AC

thesyntax said:
GREAT work man, i installed it,and it turns out that the XBOX360 startup sound lines up nicely with the animation, thats what i use now, if anyone wants the sound i'll link it up
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yea it sounds pretty good. maybe i could add a separate cab file that has both in it. its not copy write infringement if i dont sell it right? haha

gplock said:
i want some ! get some Comp on the table. better then heating and AC
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maybe its the lack of sleep.. but could you rephrase that? lol
i graduated in Information Technology-Multimedia

nice ..... i like jokes
just googled the closet one from me Bennsalem Pa not that bad.! how long did you go for ?

I liKE it too
venomshot629 said:
That looks really cool from the screenshots, the bouncing and then the electric explosion looking thing... haha. Cool work.
Any chance of having it just say HTC there instead of NRG? I think you would get quite a few more downloads/donations.
Also, a short video or gif would be cool so we can see what we're getting!
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...But alas I am not using energy rom. Please consider making it for HTC.

gplock said:
just googled the closet one from me Bennsalem Pa not that bad.! how long did you go for ?
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I went for 2 years. I got 2 weeks off for winter break, and 1 week off for summer break. if you want your summer off you can have them add another 3 months for each summer. thats just for the associates degree. its another year for the bachelor degree and that gets you ready for making video games.

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...But alas I am not using energy rom. Please consider making it for HTC.
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I will work on it as soon as i get a chance. Hopefully tomorrow or the next day. I will also try and do this for every boot screen I make. There will of course be a few that are only for energyrom

Amazing painting，drew with Note

just view following pics，i found other site，drew by Dxq666 .

Holy smokes! That's good stuff.

Great drawings!!!

Holy Crap!!! That's Awesome stuff!

Fantastic!
I can't get a good calibration with my stylus.
Maybe it's because I'm left-handed and hold the pen to the side (I did change the left/right hand settings).
I just can't get it to be accurate.

Sweet. Neat looking art.

The 3rd one is very good.

Are we doing a general "post your pictures done on the Note" thing yet?
Here is my first try just using the S Memo app. Hopefully I can get the cat to sit still for longer next time:

heres a couple of mine done in sketcher

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heres a couple of mine done in sketcher
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Nice - does that use the pressure-sensitivity or is it just whatever weight of line you choose? So far I've only really found the basic S-Memo app to behave the way I want it to.

fards said:
heres a couple of mine done in sketcher
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Wow, you've got some talent there fards! Beautiful use of colors.
Does this mean you've moved on from the Streak? Any thoughts for a fellow Streaker thinking about making the switch?

I have played with Zen brush and omni sketch but none of them have the pressure working properly in Zen it simply doesn't work and in omnisketch the options won't show.already emailed developers and they are aware of the issue,
My rom in UK kj4 it would be great If anyone with a latest from would try and see if it works,the best way to test is by downloading omni sketch and checking if you have the pressure options as in the manual.
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Ooh, I wasn't even aware there were _meant_ to be pressure options in Omnisketch - they're just not there, like you say.
I'm on KJ4/KJ4/KJ3 (CPW) -

One of my first real ones on my Gnote...u like?

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One of my first real ones on my Gnote...u like?
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I like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CGI_Ram said:
Holy smokes! That's good stuff.
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I found other amazing video，I try post soon.

my friend did these on my note...tbh am not that good at drawing i cnt even draw straight line XD

both zen brush and omnisketch are cool applications but I can't find them anywhere. (I have a Tab 10.1 but can't access Samsung Apps)
It would be great if someone would take backups of these apps (using Astro maybe) and share the apk files

Question : do you guys use the s-pen or do you use other pens? If so, which?
Thanks

WTF, i cant even write anything properly...

Sound control in notification area App... Link!!!

Sound control in notification area App...
Found this wee app today.
Might be handy for anyone who likes to customise their tabs to their own tastes.
Have not tried it yet, what do you think? any good?
http://www.tablified.com/music-video/volume-in-notification/
MJ-12

I do like the mute button, but is there some reason simply using the hardware keys do not suffice?

My hardware key broke. Still works but harder to press. Probly cuz ive flashed almost every ROM there was,i wore out the darn things!

g0t0 said:
My hardware key broke. Still works but harder to press. Probly cuz ive flashed almost every ROM there was,i wore out the darn things!
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Ah, makes total sense now lol.

Thanks you for this application

also useful if its docked/propped up/connected to a tv and you're using a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard/remote

very useful, thank you.