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[Q] Magnetic X10

Hi All
I've been reading XDA for a while, but never posted before - today though, I noticed something really odd with my X10
...it seems part of the back panel is magnetic (it started picking up paper clips!) - i'm not sure if it's always done this or it's something new
It's a very specific spot though - if you pull the back panel off, it's the small rectangle just above the bit that says microSD (though it does it with the back panel on too)
I was wondering if anyone can help me with the following...
1) what's under the rectangle
2) is it supposed to be that magnetic
cheers

Internal compass

muddster said:
1) what's under the rectangle
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Speaker.
muddster said:
2) is it supposed to be that magnetic
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What do speakers need to work.

XperiaX10iUser said:
Speaker.
What do speakers need to work.
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Ummm lemme guess lemme guess lemme guess
ummmmmmm......MAGNETS
lol

Yeah my bberry and n97mini were too. Freaky innit
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Mmmmmmmmm . Guys why some people are rushing to post anything before they even think it for 2 seconds ?
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muddster said:
Hi All
I've been reading XDA for a while, but never posted before - today though, I noticed something really odd with my X10
...it seems part of the back panel is magnetic (it started picking up paper clips!) - i'm not sure if it's always done this or it's something new
It's a very specific spot though - if you pull the back panel off, it's the small rectangle just above the bit that says microSD (though it does it with the back panel on too)
I was wondering if anyone can help me with the following...
1) what's under the rectangle
2) is it supposed to be that magnetic
cheers
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Under the rectangle is the flux capacitor , and yes it is magnetic well no its actually the gravitational pull thats cause by it being able to stop time.
All quite normal just whatever you do do not place paper clips near it!

Relevent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvmvxAcT_Yc

I downloaded the metal detector app months ago and it seemed to give the most accurate around the area mentioned above! So i would say it is the compass not the speaker!
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
Ummm lemme guess lemme guess lemme guess
ummmmmmm......MAGNETS
lol
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a magnetic magnet?
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blad69 said:
I downloaded the metal detector app months ago and it seemed to give the most accurate around the area mentioned above! So i would say it is the compass not the speaker!
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No, it is most definitely the speaker.
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Magnets, how do they work?
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Cheers for all the replies - thought it was something like that, but wasn't certain
- figured someone on here would be able to put me right
thanks again

Another Walkman Android - WT18i

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_wt18i_budget_walkman_china-news-2616.php
is this phone better than the w8?
does it come with gingerbread?
what apps does it have?
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yeah ,i have heard that rumour,maybe after the release of w15 ,we might get android 2.3 on xperia x8

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There are rumours going around that sony wants to release a walkman phone in its android range
http://www.gsmarena.com/is_sony_ericsson_working_on_a_walkman_droid_the_w15-news-2522.php
this will ship with similar hardware like the x8
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If this device comes with 2.3, its a great news ! we can port this to our X8 !

HaN6787 said:
If this device comes with 2.3, its a great news ! we can port this to our X8 !
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I can bet that most of things will work with this sonys rom.

Oh man, and I just bought my X8. If the w15 has a camera flash and multitouch, im going to regret buying my X8 :/

its just a rumor. don't regret buying X8. its a wonderful phone.

edxmon said:
Oh man, and I just bought my X8. If the w15 has a camera flash and multitouch, im going to regret buying my X8 :/
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Hate software not the phone
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edxmon said:
Oh man, and I just bought my X8. If the w15 has a camera flash and multitouch, im going to regret buying my X8 :/
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Well, we can port the W15 software to our X8 if it will ever be released :>

bogdan_mihai554 said:
Well, we can port the W15 software to our X8 if it will ever be released :>
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I really like my X8, but I just wish it had multi touch and an LED flash, like my old w810i or w960.
I love sony ericsson phone designs, but the X8 is missing only those 2 things.

great, w15 get android 2.3 and we get 2.3

Come one people - this is a fake - have a look at the box....
And Lollylost (a popular member from se-nse) said thatit's a fake, too...
Quote:
SE's phone boxes look different. All white for prototypes (P5i had a nice one though), and phone's image on the front for retails.
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Anyway,they've got to continue the WalkMan line...and it better be android

yeah...I still miss the old walkman player on my flashed-to-w610i's k550i...they look so much nicer and they have much more function like the equalizer control...

its true...

sultanovski said:
its true...
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What?
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edxmon said:
I really like my X8, but I just wish it had multi touch and an LED flash, like my old w810i or w960.
I love sony ericsson phone designs, but the X8 is missing only those 2 things.
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We have multitouch, i mean...pinch zoom...look in the forum, led flash...i don't really need it, but you're right, it would have been nice if they had put it on our X8

We have faked multitouch , it's no even dual touch
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mati96PL said:
We have faked multitouch , it's no even dual touch
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Hi! Do tou success to install dualtouch on Nexus rom ?! Via manual instal or update.zip? Because me, I get force closes with "root explorer", to copy the .ko file
(sorry for the other post in the previous topic, if it's considered as flood! )

It's preinstalled in nexus v2 rom , no need to install xd
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As I've said before, if that rumor is true and the w15 will have simillar (same, except sound chip) hardware as x8 and if it will ship with gingerbread on it, S.E. will give us that update. It happened before with the X10 it will happen with the X8. Just keep in mind that's just a RUMOR.

Official ZTE Blade II confirmed

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...an-francisco-ii-unofficially-revealed-1040870
Who's interested in it? Same price as the original
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The only real upgrade point in my mind is the arm 11 processor. Would make a big difference in capabilities.

Seems a shame it's not 1ghz though
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LiverpoolsNo9 said:
The only real upgrade point in my mind is the arm 11 processor. Would make a big difference in capabilities.
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I think you're getting mixed up. ARM11 = ARMv6 Cortex A8 = ARMv7, No difference all smartphones nowadays use ARMv7. But ARMv6 is commonly used in budget droids
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Already found several drivers for this model in ZTE skate kernel source
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I think you're getting mixed up. ARM11 = ARMv6 Cortex A8 = ARMv7, No difference all smartphones nowadays use ARMv7. But ARMv6 is commonly used in budget droids
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Well that made that nice and confusing didnt they....

Now available on orange website
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not much of an upgrade

Also released this weekend:
T-Mobile Vivacity - identical to the SF2 but front facing camera as well as rear facing camera, plus 4 capacitive menu buttons rather than 3 physical buttons on the front.
t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/t-mobile-vivacity-black-payg/
Android 2.3.5 GRJ22
Device: T-Mobile Vivacity
Product: P736E
Board: blade2
Brand: ZTE
CPU: ARMv6-compatible processor rev 5 (v6l)
Max freq.: 800 MHz
Min freq.: 122.88
Cores: 1
Adreno 200 GPU
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Looks remarkably like an iPhone 4?!
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Indeed. But I'll try not to hold that against it.

I wasn't putting that as a con - its a pro for me actually
I like the iPhone appeal
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Hehe
(me too but don't tell anyone )

Wouldn't real upgrade phone for you blade people be second hand desire or galaxy S, still better hardware than blade 2...
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Pl4ub said:
Wouldn't real upgrade phone for you blade people be second hand desire or galaxy S, still better hardware than blade 2...
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yes, i would have thought it was a better upgrade.
but i think this phone is for people who dont have the original and want a phone thats cheap with decent specs.
kind of like the htc desire s compared to the old desire

Had a quick look and ppl want a lot more for the S and the Desire ...almost twice the price. So the Crescent is by far the best option at the price.

fr0d0#2 said:
Had a quick look and ppl want a lot more for the S and the Desire ...almost twice the price. So the Crescent is by far the best option at the price.
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I suppose, but its very similiar to the desire to desire s upgrade;
They beefed up the CPU slightly, added a front camera, and made the design nicer
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the blade is a great phone, but the battery is appalling .... Hope they fix that in the new version.

minimal changes, even I will not buy ... leave ZTE Blade

[Q] Will a stylus for resistive touch screen work for defy?

I wanna get myself a stylus and the one that comes for the Nokia N97 looks sleek, and where I live, it comes at an equivalent $2 which is cheap
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My question is, the touchscreen for the N97 is resistive, not capacitive (like in the Defy) so will this stylus work without problems on my phone?

Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.

kadavil said:
Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.
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nope.. from what I've read, styli for capacitive touchscreens do exist

best an cheap stylus!!
a metal spoon!!! try it!!!
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been using my car key, just need to touch the metal part.
no fear, gorilla glas's here.

Yes but stylus for resistive screens dont work
and anything that can conduct electricity would work(as said before a metal spoon )

Thanks a lot people.. You saved me 2 bucks
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Car keys don't work for me!? why?
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You are holding the rubber part of the car keys. Hold the metal part while touching and see..
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kadavil said:
You are holding the rubber part of the car keys. Hold the metal part while touching and see..
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m not dumb... I was holding the metal part...
apparently shard object don't work... like a metal pen...
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maybe the stylus of samsung galaxy note will?

I brought the below, and the stylus works great with my Defy.
Not had any problems...... yet
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220919431867?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Well , You cant use that stylus for capacitive TCs ! But there are many styluses available which have some rubbery stuff at their end ! try Dinodirect.com , They have alot of those styluses !

100% no! You need a capacitive stylus which is usually a metallic body and a rubbery tip. Resistive stylus could be anything which you can apply pressure with.

[email protected] said:
100% no! You need a capacitive stylus which is usually a metallic body and a rubbery tip. Resistive stylus could be anything which you can apply pressure with.
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You can always create a stylus using antistatic paper ..
all you have to do is to tie antistatic paper on the tip of anything. and it will work like any other stylus..

happy accident
Just by accident i unlocked my MB526 Defy+ with a can of Pepsi )
Perfect proof that Metall (still) Rulz!

Sainyam said:
You can always create a stylus using antistatic paper ..
all you have to do is to tie antistatic paper on the tip of anything. and it will work like any other stylus..
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^^ditto what I do too, bit of sticky tape on one of my old stylus from an imate jasjam

kadavil said:
Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.
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as they have mentioned, yes you can use stylus.
But it MUST be a C class stylus. No other kind will work.
BTW as far as I know, the S-Pen (stylus from the Galaxy Note) is NOT a capacitive stylus so... i think it doesn´t works on any other smartphones, and neither it does on some tablets either.

[Q] Cracked glass, what tot do?

I dropped my LG yesterday and its cracked. LCD is working. Touchscreen isn't. I want to replace it myself. Do I need to buy incl the LCD, or just the glass?
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Is this enough?http://m.ebay.nl/itm/221382396949?nav=SEARCH
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Fraxon said:
I dropped my LG yesterday and its cracked. LCD is working. Touchscreen isn't. I want to replace it myself. Do I need to buy incl the LCD, or just the glass?
Is this enough?http://m.ebay.nl/itm/221382396949?nav=SEARCH
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no you need to buy the one that includes the lcd, it's practically impossible to replace only the digitizer alone and you will see this when you replace your screen I should know because I've done so already (bought only digitizer then replacing broke lcd and had to buy lcd+digitizer)

XxZombiePikachu said:
no you need to buy the one that includes the lcd, it's practically impossible to replace only the digitizer alone and you will see this when you replace your screen I should know because I've done so already (bought only digitizer then replacing broke lcd and had to buy lcd+digitizer)
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Is it easy to DIY?
I'm debating whether I should send my unit to LG for replacement, which probably costs $150-$200 or buy the lcd+digitizer on the market (costs around $130-$140 I believe) and do it at home. Don't know if it worth the risk.

Well if you want to know the process there are video tutorial on YouTube that you can watch and if it looks like you can do it yourself then go for it, I did it myself the first time and it wasn't difficult but I have experience in doing this from previous devices
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Hey @XxZombiePikachu
I have also cracked my screen - single crack, but digitizer stopped working in lower half of the screen (where crack is).
I have a question WHICH lcd/digitizer/glass did you buy (from whom), and is the LCD the same quality as the original?
For me it is very important to have OEM LG screen - I love the G2 screen and don't want to buy some Chinese knock-off.
Is the brightness same as original???
Please tell. Thanks!
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Well if you want to know the process there are video tutorial on YouTube that you can watch and if it looks like you can do it yourself then go for it, I did it myself the first time and it wasn't difficult but I have experience in doing this from previous devices
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levchikb said:
Hey @XxZombiePikachu
I have also cracked my screen - single crack, but digitizer stopped working in lower half of the screen (where crack is).
I have a question WHICH lcd/digitizer/glass did you buy (from whom), and is the LCD the same quality as the original?
For me it is very important to have OEM LG screen - I love the G2 screen and don't want to buy some Chinese knock-off.
Is the brightness same as original???
Please tell. Thanks!
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well I had bought it on ebay from power_gamer_usa1, it turned out to be just like original it felt/looked the same and brightness functioned like it should(make sure you buy lcd+digitizer together I know you can buy separate digitizer but it is not worth it the replacement process is far too difficult and you will end up breaking the original lcd and will need to buy another replacement take my word because this was my mistake and I have a lot of experience it taking apart electronics), but of course when buying from ebay you have to be careful and I had just bought one that had original logos/mentioned it was oem and took a risk; have been satisfied with it since then(I bought in December 2013)