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Gingerbread enables 32-bit colors on our EVO screens!

Title says it all. I can confirm that gingerbread renders everything in gorgeous 32-bit colors!!!!!!
For example, the weather channel app would look like crap, now it looks great.
Wallpapers look STUNNING.
Press and hold the home button to open the recent used apps menu, notice how the black blackground is blending in so nicely. on 2.2 it looks like crap.
Edit: Screenshots up. XDA Adds a lot of compression to both photos but you can still tell the difference.

Cant wait to see this

anyone else able to confirm this? and what program did you use to determine its rendering in 32bit? just wondering

This is correct....
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ha I remember you talking about this on IRC.. Good find!

That's freaking amazing! I can't wait! Are you running gingerbread on your EVO?
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I don't understand why this required Gingerbread to resolve it? but i'm looking forward to no more color banding in wallpapers either way

as a graphics guy, this is probably the best bit of news to come out of the whole gingerbread smorgasbord of news...
utterly awesome!

Yes, I was running gingerbread alpha 3. It's still pretty buggy and with a lot of things missing so I just went back to stock 3.70.
Success100 said:
what program did you use to determine its rendering in 32bit? just wondering
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My eyes
I also just wanted to clarify that our EVOs always had this capability, but only Android 2.3 renders everything in 32-bit color. It's all software.

zeuzinn said:
Yes, I was running gingerbread alpha 3. It's still pretty buggy and with a lot of things missing so I just went back to stock 3.70.
My eyes
I also just wanted to clarify that our EVOs always had this capability, but only Android 2.3 renders everything in 32-bit color. It's all software.
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Show me something that actually says it's really in 32-bit color and I'll believe it. Or you can post the pictures you had posted earlier somewhere else so it doesn't compress them.

shift_ said:
as a graphics guy, this is probably the best bit of news to come out of the whole gingerbread smorgasbord of news...
utterly awesome!
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yes, indeed! i was about to write off gingerbread as a waste of my time but now it can't get here fast enough...
Myn get back from your cruise already and integrate gingerbread builds into warm 2.2!

God I hate when people do this...
I for one believe him... why not. And if it turns out not to be the case so be it. He's been RUNNING GB.....
QUOTE=thetakara;9915297]Show me something that actually says it's really in 32-bit color and I'll believe it. Or you can post the pictures you had posted earlier somewhere else so it doesn't compress them.[/QUOTE]

rockky said:
God I hate when people do this...
I for one believe him... why not. And if it turns out not to be the case so be it. He's been RUNNING GB.....
thetakara said:
Show me something that actually says it's really in 32-bit color and I'll believe it. Or you can post the pictures you had posted earlier somewhere else so it doesn't compress them.
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Yeah totally. He has no reason to lie about it. So why not just take his word for it? We're all here to help each other out

thetakara said:
Show me something that actually says it's really in 32-bit color and I'll believe it. Or you can post the pictures you had posted earlier somewhere else so it doesn't compress them.
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intelligence is overrated.
http://bit.ly/fSLf4v

I went ahead and flashed the alpha 2.3 and honestly saw NO DIFFERENCE in color reproduction.
I know all the places online say the gingerbread renders in 32 bit but I believe its only certain apps and screens that are actually in 32 bit. I could be wrong though
sent from my DAMN EVO

I'll rephrase my response, since it wasn't what I meant. The evo 4g isn't capable of displaying 32-bit color.
And my response wasn't meant to be disrespectful. I'm simply asking for a source isn't of just saying that he used "his eyes".

Hmm, can't see the difference, must be my display.

Success100 said:
I went ahead and flashed the alpha 2.3 and honestly saw NO DIFFERENCE in color reproduction.
I know all the places online say the gingerbread renders in 32 bit but I believe its only certain apps and screens that are actually in 32 bit. I could be wrong though
sent from my DAMN EVO
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Use it a little bit more and you will certainly notice the difference. For example, check out wallpapers and how there is NO color banding effect.
I wouldn't have posted if I had not noticed such difference. Again, it's a subtle effect most apparent in apps like the Weather channel. If you're in doubt, run it on gingerbread then do the same on Froyo, then come tell me you can't see a difference.

Systemfraud said:
That's freaking amazing! I can't wait! Are you running gingerbread on your EVO?
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Hey if u find out he is plz tell me

This is pretty cool. I've been excited for a GB, but not as much as others around here, however, this certainly makes me more anxious for it

Leaked Flash 10.2 update

This was posted on AF by Yumms with a link to Flash 10.2.155.67 apk. Couple reports are very positive. Enjoy
http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=49794
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ncludes-honeycomb-compatibility-download-now/

Thanks, it's pretty good and better than the 10.1.

Installs fine.
How do you test Flash? (what websites?)

I tested Youtube in 360p and a video on stern.de (I don't know the resolution). But I will test more videos.

Giant plus one on this! I used the flash that is over in the zoom forum and it works great! I've tried every different iteration / hack out there and have never had usabel flash, 10.2 FTW!
Here is the link I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990009

e4xda said:
Giant plus one on this! I used the flash that is over in the zoom forum and it works great! I've tried every different iteration / hack out there and have never had usabel flash, 10.2 FTW!
Here is the link I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990009
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Thank you!
this is assome!this works much better than old 10.1 release.
i have an A101.
Finally theres an really good flash release for our gen8 devices.

Awesome !
Thanks for tellin us this !
-DroidSlave

6 replies and only 2 thanks? Hmm...
lol j/k
I tested it as well and youtube was very watchable in HD. It was the mobile site, but I assume the same would be the case for the full site. I did have a problem with Dolphin HD freezing, but I think that was the browser itself, not having anything to do with Flash.

Has anyone tried this w an A43?
Jim

THANKS a lot !!

Just installed it, my browser crashes each time I try to view a flash video...
Edit: Just rebooted the 101, it seems to be much better

It's not installing for me, the whole tablet freezes... tried 3 times and had to keep the power button pressed for it to come back to life. Did you guys uninstall 10.1 first? I have a 101 on the latest fw release.

i have had installed flash 10.1 first and then 10.2 from here thanx again for that post

awink1 said:
It's not installing for me, the whole tablet freezes... tried 3 times and had to keep the power button pressed for it to come back to life. Did you guys uninstall 10.1 first? I have a 101 on the latest fw release.
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Ok... tried again and it installed the fourth time, but whilst the video is smoother than with 10.1, the audio is out of sync
Any advice?
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Jarod_mellor said:
Has it been released to the public yet?
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official? no
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/11/flash-10-2-beta-hits-android-market-on-march-18th-only-supports/

this sounds good will try

awink1 said:
Ok... tried again and it installed the fourth time, but whilst the video is smoother than with 10.1, the audio is out of sync
Any advice?
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What browser are you using? I found that with the heavier browser like Dolphin HD, it was giving me problems. I tried Opera browser and didn't have much problems playing flash vids.

Thanks for this,
I have tested this on the app 'Tv Shows' and and the BBC iPlayer app, it seems much better than 10.1 so far and hasnt crashed of had any audio/video sync issues.

Awesome sauce! Works like a dream on my 101!
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A70S?
I've installed it on my A70, and it doesn't seem to work. Is it not supposed to on the A70? What sites beside youtube can anyone suggest? I'm always redirected to the m.youtube site.

Flash 10.2 is now available in the Market...

can we just install 10.2 directly over 10.1, or should we uninstall 10.1 first (ti backup)...or?

unless it says it works on Tegra 2 devices, do NOT install it!!!!! the flash that came on our phones is for the Tegra 2. The Flash 10.1 that was in the market essentially broke all flash capability in the browser, and they even had a WARNING in the description for Tegra 2 users.
EDIT: looks like it may be okay is it's "optimized for dual-core devices"
EDIT x2: http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2011/03/update-on-flash-player-10-2-for-mobile-devices.html "For a list of upcoming Flash-enabled devices which show off the latest performance improvements, including the MOTOROLA ATRIX™ 4G, MOTOROLA XOOM™ and LG Optimus 2X, please click here."
Looks like you're good to go!

con_ritmo said:
can we just install 10.2 directly over 10.1, or should we uninstall 10.1 first (ti backup)...or?
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Yes you can use it for the Atrix. If you go to the market it will tell you update available. If you read down it says its for dual core also.

yep, in the market it didn't list it as an upgrade (for me) ...just as a clean install...but i took the hit and it installed and upgraded without any issues. can't say i notice a difference at the moment...but it's still the best way that i've found to interface with orb...
thanks!

NICE! If you play a game like flood runner 2 on miniclip, it's finally actually playable!
of course, you need to fullscreen it, but thats easy. just click on the game window and hold down. Then press fullscreen.
20-25 fps

Good stuff; glad to see that it improves quality on single core phones as well.
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Has someone modded it yet to work with Hulu, or anyone have a link to a modded version for Hulu?

jmacdonald801 said:
Has someone modded it yet to work with Hulu, or anyone have a link to a modded version for Hulu?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990075
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Seems it hasn't really made it much faster. Put flash 10.2 on both the Atrix and my Nexus S and the Nexus S still loads videos faster and plays them smoother... sad =(
(Before testing I cleared out some RAM and the Atrix has over 550mb free while the Nexus S only has 157mb free!!)

Samsung Galaxy S2 @ 1.2Ghz Web Browser Test

Samsung Galaxy S2 Browser Test
This is pretty much the retail version with Super Amoled Plus & newly designed 1.2Ghz Exynos.
Just see the brillant performance
Video

Yep, watching that just as you posted it.
Fantastic UX.

Why must this be posted in a new thread....???
Samsung Galaxy SII Articles, Reviews etc.:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978200
It's allready posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12999811&postcount=293

golf2vr6 said:
Why must this be posted in a new thread....???
Samsung Galaxy SII Articles, Reviews etc.:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978200
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I am with you.
If anyone disagrees I will write a little web bot thing that would batch-create a new thread here for every SGSII related video on youtube.
Seriously, maybe if this was a final samsunged-in-the face phone, but another prototype video? come on, guys...
thanks

Ahh come on guys. No harm, no foul. Starting in the next 2 weeks, we will see fresh content from the UK guys.
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android_master said:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Browser Test
This is pretty much the retail version with Super Amoled Plus & newly designed 1.2Ghz Exynos.
Just see the brillant performance
Video
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amazing!
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dhruvmalik said:
Ahh come on guys. No harm, no foul. Starting in the next 2 weeks, we will see fresh content from the UK guys.
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yeah, so let's not clutter the forum with new threads

Yeah and finally they allowed the browser to run in full screen - Oh wait, they didn't.

ans they also removed the rotation animation

paranoid2007 said:
Yeah and finally they allowed the browser to run in full screen - Oh wait, they didn't.
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you can do that in all android settings
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mimstyle said:
you can do that in all android settings
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android_master said:
newly designed 1.2Ghz Exynos.
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Newly designed? What you think they threw away tge million 1.0 chips, made all the scientists work over time last weekend and cranked up the chip presses to "superfast" to make tge 1 May deadline? LOL the clock speed is just a setting... All they have to do is flash new firmware...

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ans they also removed the rotation animation
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Yea, I noticed that. It was a smooth iPhone like rotation animation rather than a choppy twist and turn.
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Newly designed? What you think they threw away tge million 1.0 chips, made all the scientists work over time last weekend and cranked up the chip presses to "superfast" to make tge 1 May deadline? LOL the clock speed is just a setting... All they have to do is flash new firmware...
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LoL, and more so the entire purpose was to have specifications which can last throughout the year and compete with the HTC Sensation or any other HTC device released this year.

mmm_ok said:
Newly designed? What you think they threw away tge million 1.0 chips, made all the scientists work over time last weekend and cranked up the chip presses to "superfast" to make tge 1 May deadline? LOL the clock speed is just a setting... All they have to do is flash new firmware...
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I read "newly designed" as "hasn't been in any previous device. Not that it is a chip completely different to the chips in the protoypes.

ugh haters.. well let me be the first to say, thankyou for sharing this video

mimstyle said:
you can do that in all android settings
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How do you run the stock android browser in full screen? Please do tell.
Thanks

You can't. In the settings of the GS it was disabled so you don't have access to that option so I bet it will be the same way for that beasty smartphone. Really not that much of a deal... and the top bar is always useful for the time and radio toggle and battery status etc

The screen is so huge that you will not need to have a true full screen experience. It will be more comfortable to have the Top bar or the Bottom Bar available while providing you a larger view of the website.

inurb said:
How do you run the stock android browser in full screen? Please do tell.
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There's at least half a dozen 3rd party free browsers that are far more customisable. I personally use Dolphin HD because it allows me to configure everything I need.

Andromadus beta 5 ideas

I like andromadus a lot. its the best rom ive ever had but i think i have some ideas for the next versions of it:
-themes, i would love a sense 4 or touchwiz or even a iOS theme
-more processor speed options, i mostly onderclock my Android. but there should be more "low speeds" options, like 600mhz.
-USB options, like the internet USB options in android 2.3x
-Beats Audio, maybe?
-The old music player, this one is not as easy as the one in beta 3
-Gmail update? it says everytime at opening that it hasn't been synced
-games, temple run is always buggy. Fix maybe?
-when at lockscreen, and then holding the lock button, you can still make screenshots or shutdown or phone, happend to me 2 times. fix that please
i will have more but this is it for now. what do you think?

mazdarati2 said:
I like andromadus a lot. its the best rom ive ever had but i think i have some ideas for the next versions of it:
-themes, i would love a sense 4 or touchwiz or even a iOS theme
-more processor speed options, i mostly onderclock my Android. but there should be more "low speeds" options, like 600mhz.
-USB options, like the internet USB options in android 2.3x
-Beats Audio, maybe?
-The old music player, this one is not as easy as the one in beta 3
-Gmail update? it says everytime at opening that it hasn't been synced
-games, temple run is always buggy. Fix maybe?
-when at lockscreen, and then holding the lock button, you can still make screenshots or shutdown or phone, happend to me 2 times. fix that please
i will have more but this is it for now. what do you think?
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last thing you said: it has always been like that.
themes pretty much difficult and there are cyano theme you can use
they're trying, I think, to keep the rom as much similar as possible to stock/cyano ics and and to add new features when they may be useful, but not to completely change it. Beats audio: it's mostly for sense roms, you can flash a zip if you want it. they can't update gmail themselves, google should.

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-themes, i would love a sense 4 or touchwiz or even a iOS theme
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AAB4 supports theme. I think the place you should look at is the market. In case you really want sense 4, there're Sense 4 ROMs.
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-more processor speed options, i mostly onderclock my Android. but there should be more "low speeds" options, like 600mhz.
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Set CPU, the dev release it for free somewhere in this forum.
ROM Tool Box Lite, in the Market, free, doesn't let you create profile if you don't pay though
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-USB options, like the internet USB options in android 2.3x
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Never saw that in Stock GB.... but you can always do it in the settings
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Beats Audio, maybe?
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You can flash it yourself, just as the Wifi-calling. It's somewhere in this forum
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-The old music player, this one is not as easy as the one in beta 3
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I think Apollo is way better, it runs smoother, faster and plays more file types. The old one was really crappy. I have no idea why you would prefer that one over Apollo.
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-Gmail update? it says everytime at opening that it hasn't been synced
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This is a known issue, I can't recall what causes this but it is solved by wiping the cache/gmail cache. Go to account & sync to check if the email sync is actually checked. Not AAB4's fault though.
Overall, I think a lot of things you ask for you can get it if you do some extra work instead of asking the dev to do some more work.

KyraOfFire said:
AAB4 supports theme. I think the place you should look at is the market. In case you really want sense 4, there're Sense 4 ROMs.
I think Apollo is way better, it runs smoother, faster and plays more file types. The old one was really crappy. I have no idea why you would prefer that one over Apollo.
Overall, I think a lot of things you ask for you can get it if you do some extra work instead of asking the dev to do some more work.
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sense 4 rom does not have working camera's and camcorders.
Apollo is more laggy than the old one for me
Im a noob at denvelop. and im not gonna customize this rom because i can let my HTC crash very easy. and i like this thing

This is pointless, honestly. Some people would like these changes, some wouldn't. They can't take a stock experience and change it drastically just for you, and if you must, please PM them your "Sense based" ideas.

Not sure on your other points but have to agree about Apollo. Not sure how anyone with a Desire Z would prefer that over the old music player when it does so much in Portrait rather than landscape....

Lol I made a sense 4 themed andromadus rom in the dev section. Just made it today haha
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mazdarati2 said:
-more processor speed options, i mostly underclock my Android. but there should be more "low speeds" options, like 600mhz.
-The old music player, this one is not as easy as the one in beta 3
-Gmail update? it says everytime at opening that it hasn't been synced
-games, temple run is always buggy. Fix maybe?
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I dislike how most CPU governors start slow and build up after wake. If the wake speed isn't high enough moving the lock circle on the lock screen seems very laggy and not fluid.
Music player is so very easy to change. If we are talking about custom roms, you can easily delete .apk files in /system/app because you have root access. I do this to ensure only my favorite browser is always used for instance.
I wish known issues like Temple Run crashes, camera focus is off, 3g doesn't always recover after wifi signal dropped were mentioned on the 1st post as "not working". I believe that post is misleading otherwise. Perhaps his 2nd reserve post could be used for a list of "issues" to be resolved.

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I dislike how most CPU governors start slow and build up after wake. If the wake speed isn't high enough moving the lock circle on the lock screen seems very laggy and not fluid.
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Which ones are you thinking of? To my knowledge, all the ICS roms released use kernels that default to the smartassV2 governor. SmartassV2 automatically hits an ideal wake frequency immediately after turning the screen on (768mhz in Andromadus). From there it will ramp up or down appropriately.
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83nn0 said:
Not sure on your other points but have to agree about Apollo. Not sure how anyone with a Desire Z would prefer that over the old music player when it does so much in Portrait rather than landscape....
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I suggest Google Play Music. It's much faster than the old player while maintaining the same look and feel. It also tries into Google Music, but I haven't tried that since I'm not in the USA.
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blk_jack said:
Which ones are you thinking of? To my knowledge, all the ICS roms released use kernels that default to the smartassV2 governor. SmartassV2 automatically hits an ideal wake frequency immediately after turning the screen on (768mhz in Andromadus). From there it will ramp up or down appropriately.
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I'm using Interactive governor since it move slowly up & down. For better less lag on my g2 andromadus b4. Thanks devs. I'm lovin this rom.
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blk_jack said:
I suggest Google Play Music. It's much faster than the old player while maintaining the same look and feel. It also tries into Google Music, but I haven't tried that since I'm not in the USA.
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Not the first time Ive heard that and i thought i was going crazy not being able to find it in market, however just looking on the web version of Google Play and i get ''This app is incompatible with your 3 HTC HTC Vision.''
Something to do with me being on the network 3 uk?

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Not the first time Ive heard that and i thought i was going crazy not being able to find it in market, however just looking on the web version of Google Play and i get ''This app is incompatible with your 3 HTC HTC Vision.''
Something to do with me being on the network 3 uk?
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Yea it's only available to networks in the US. There are tons of mirrors out there though so just sideload it onto your phone (like I do)

It will be great if you add the possibility to switch hardware keyboard language.

nikanorov said:
It will be great if you add the possibility to switch hardware keyboard language.
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I actually think you already can. I believe CM added the ability, somewhat recently, in some capacity. Worth looking into..

blk_jack said:
I actually think you already can. I believe CM added the ability, somewhat recently, in some capacity. Worth looking into..
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Are you shure? I don't see any option in b4.

nikanorov said:
Are you shure? I don't see any option in b4.
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It's not accessible via the menu which is why I couldn't refer you to something right away, I saw it committed in a patch but didn't look into it too carefully..
https://github.com/Andromadus/andro...mmit/85510e7ddf23abd99250f6b14cf38749d0027d26
Sorry now in retrospect I realize it's not what you were asking for, my bad

usb host mode?

blk_jack said:
I suggest Google Play Music. It's much faster than the old player while maintaining the same look and feel. It also tries into Google Music, but I haven't tried that since I'm not in the USA.
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i cant find Google Play Music. when im searching for that, i can find winamp and ringpod etc. but no specific app that is called: google play music. help me please

mazdarati2 said:
i cant find Google Play Music. when im searching for that, i can find winamp and ringpod etc. but no specific app that is called: google play music. help me please
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1533816