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shadow111
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Jun 22 2011, 09:11 AM
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QUOTE(tgrrr @ Jun 20 2011, 12:34 PM) Never defrag flash based storage. 1. Mechanical drives' head need to seek back and forth if files are fragmented causing unnecessary wear. Flash access are digital with no such problem and runs several magnitudes faster. 2. De-fragmenting flash causes unnecessary data movement (reads and writes) causing more harm by wearing out flash faster. 3. Flash based storage employs various different algorithms to store data due to flash fundamental behaviour which I'll not explain here, but in a nutshell, OS sees a virtual mapping of the data, not the physical one, thus have no way of knowing how to best manage the data in flash. ic.. thanks for the info.
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Deardaniel
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Jun 22 2011, 10:39 AM
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QUOTE(CyberKewl @ Jun 21 2011, 09:55 PM) My guess is that you've probably put those apps into SD (or it is automatically done by default by HTC). It will take some time (few seconds to about 2-3 minutes) before the icons will show up. Usually the launcher will auto refresh the icons. To prevent this you can move the app from SD back to phone which will reduce your available phone space for installing apps but you won't face this issue for apps that you put on the phone. Thanks mate. guess that is right which i've tried moving back the apps from sd to phone and the icon reapppear immediately. Looking at this point, this is one of the con already.
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CyberKewl
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Jun 22 2011, 10:59 AM
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QUOTE(Deardaniel @ Jun 22 2011, 10:39 AM) Thanks mate. guess that is right which i've tried moving back the apps from sd to phone and the icon reapppear immediately. Looking at this point, this is one of the con already.  yes this is one of the cons for putting apps in SD but you get to save some space at least. But even if you put it in SD, the app icon will appear just takes some time. Choose the apps you want to put in SD wisely
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apiapi
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Jun 22 2011, 11:56 AM
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Why is it I kenot find some apps in my phone Market? e.g. Discovery Channel app. I can see it on my PC but not in my phone Market.
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netzsch
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Jun 22 2011, 12:01 PM
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hi..i've been seraching in google about 3g video calling using android secondary camera.is it posible?
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CyberKewl
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Jun 22 2011, 01:17 PM
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QUOTE(apiapi @ Jun 22 2011, 11:56 AM) Why is it I kenot find some apps in my phone Market? e.g. Discovery Channel app. I can see it on my PC but not in my phone Market. its possible the app is only available in the US region, same happens in apple's app store too. you can see it in pc probably because the web market didnt filter it but your phone version does. even if you could see it, sometimes you may not able to download it and get an error which is usually due to the region issue. You could try finding the APK from other sources and install it manually tho.
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apiapi
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Jun 22 2011, 02:05 PM
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QUOTE(CyberKewl @ Jun 22 2011, 01:17 PM) its possible the app is only available in the US region, same happens in apple's app store too. you can see it in pc probably because the web market didnt filter it but your phone version does. even if you could see it, sometimes you may not able to download it and get an error which is usually due to the region issue. You could try finding the APK from other sources and install it manually tho. I can understand if its location-based service or subscription-based service. But, Discovery Channel?
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CyberKewl
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Jun 22 2011, 02:23 PM
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QUOTE(apiapi @ Jun 22 2011, 02:05 PM) I can understand if its location-based service or subscription-based service. But, Discovery Channel?  well its possible the content (such as videos) or certain aspects of the app is only available in US so that's why they made the app accessible in US region only.
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Deardaniel
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Jun 22 2011, 05:51 PM
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anyone has any idea why my papago is not running on full screen on my htc sensation? appreciates some advice..thanks much in advance.
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Azureknight94
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Jun 22 2011, 07:26 PM
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QUOTE(Deardaniel @ Jun 22 2011, 05:51 PM) anyone has any idea why my papago is not running on full screen on my htc sensation? appreciates some advice..thanks much in advance. Probably because papago not optimized for it yet? Try asking in the sensation thread. Maybe got sensation users who found a solution to the problem
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TSxDarkKnightx
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Jun 22 2011, 08:55 PM
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QUOTE(Deardaniel @ Jun 22 2011, 05:51 PM) anyone has any idea why my papago is not running on full screen on my htc sensation? appreciates some advice..thanks much in advance. Papago is not meant for a QHD resolution phone i guess. They might release and update soon.
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cucurr
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Jun 23 2011, 11:28 AM
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Hi all experts, I want to ask one question, Could it be possible that HTC Touch Pro 2 be converted to Android? Coz i heard people transporting Touch Diamond 2 into Android. How does that work?
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LegendKiller86
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Jun 23 2011, 02:16 PM
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hi all...i have an X8...just rooted with 2.2.....but my carrier name is missing....ive adjusted the PLMN settings and rebooted but to no avail....am I missing something here? like settings or components?
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cucurr
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Jun 23 2011, 05:07 PM
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hi experts, my current phone is SE Xperia X10 mini.
Again I just want to quickly summarises everything happened to my phone. I sent for repair two days ago and yet no update from them yet (they asked me to wait for their update) On thursday 06/16/2011 I've plugged in the charger at night for normal charging purpose, and in the next morning, I discovered that: 1) Cannot be turned ON while connected to charger or usb cable / not connected with charger or usb cable - both situation. 2) Cannot be turned ON whether with or without Sim card. 3) Cannot be turned ON with/without SD card. I've tried all of solution options mentioned above. When consulted with some local repairers, 1) Some claimed the battery 2) Some claimed the IC. I am in quite complicated situation, I want to save the phone because we paid quite an amount to it. I enjoyed the phone so much, only to be upset with this sudden turned OFF and cannot be turned ON. Never ever happened before with other phones (Nokia, Motorola, HTC, even earlier sony ericsson products~!)
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XeactorZ
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Jun 23 2011, 10:20 PM
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Hi all,i duno why i keep fail to update/download application from market today,angry birds season got update,me from morning already update keep say download unsuccessful or update unsuccessful just now oni finish update it by turn off phone awhile and turn on then update oni work so i continue download my angry birds rio,before tat my phone already installed,but in market say me no install at all so i uninstall it and download again,download unsuccessful again and its work,finish install so in conclusion,how to solve this problem ?? very annoying,oni got problem on certain apps ~
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max79
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Jun 24 2011, 11:53 AM
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hi guys, i just bought Experia X8 2 days back. kinda new with this android phone and market. so, yesterday, i started downloading a few apps.. well actually around 20. downloading and installing it was a breeze. but after some time i got the message that i am low on space. it seems that it has been installed in my internal phone memory. so my questions are:
1)How do i install it in my card memory?? 2)can i just try to find where is the app folder and and copy it to my memory card?? or must i delete it and download it again and set it to phone memory..which i don't know how to set.
please enlighten me here. thank you.
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XeactorZ
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Jun 24 2011, 12:44 PM
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root ur phone and install 2.2 custom rom ~
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CyberKewl
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Jun 24 2011, 01:59 PM
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QUOTE(max79 @ Jun 24 2011, 11:53 AM) hi guys, i just bought Experia X8 2 days back. kinda new with this android phone and market. so, yesterday, i started downloading a few apps.. well actually around 20. downloading and installing it was a breeze. but after some time i got the message that i am low on space. it seems that it has been installed in my internal phone memory. so my questions are: 1)How do i install it in my card memory?? 2)can i just try to find where is the app folder and and copy it to my memory card?? or must i delete it and download it again and set it to phone memory..which i don't know how to set. please enlighten me here. thank you. 1) Which version of android is the X8 running? If it is not Android 2.2 or above, you cannot move the apps to the memory card. If it is Android 2.2 or above, you can go to the Settings > Applications page to move each application individually that you want to the memory card. Take note that it may take your phone longer to boot up because it is loading the app information from memory card instead of internal storage. Alternatively, you can try to get a 2.2 (or above) custom ROM (but you need to root your phone to do this). This is more troublesome to do for a first time android user, so I wouldn't suggest you to do this before googling and finding out how to do this because it might brick your phone if not done properly (brick = kill your phone, turning it into a useless brick). 2) Refer to point 1, you can move it from internal > sd card if it is on 2.2 or above. You do NOT need to download the app(s) again. Hope this helps.
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max79
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Jun 25 2011, 01:28 AM
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it says that my firmware version is 2.1 update 1.
does that mean that i cannot move that app to the card? in that case, is there no other way to download the application to my card other than rooting ??
yep, i'm kinda newbie and kinda scared to root my phone. is there anyone out there have rooted their experia X8?? please help me out as today i can feel that the phone is kinda lagging due to insufficient apace. any help will be appreciated.
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CyberKewl
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Jun 25 2011, 07:43 AM
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QUOTE(max79 @ Jun 25 2011, 01:28 AM) it says that my firmware version is 2.1 update 1. does that mean that i cannot move that app to the card? in that case, is there no other way to download the application to my card other than rooting ?? yep, i'm kinda newbie and kinda scared to root my phone. is there anyone out there have rooted their experia X8?? please help me out as today i can feel that the phone is kinda lagging due to insufficient apace. any help will be appreciated. Other than rooting and/or using a custom ROM i dont really see much options here if you want to move apps to SD. this is one of the bigger limitations of android before 2.2. if you dont want to root perhaps you should reduce the number of apps installed by removing the ones you dont need and only keep the ones that you use/games that you really play.
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