Android :: Which Manufacturer Has Best Track Record For Updates?
Sep 14, 2010
I'm an adroid newb. just wanted to get it out there.First thing i've noticed now is this worrying trend of us consumers being dependent on the good graces of the manufacturers depending on them for OS upgrades and we all know they never really care or are motivated with providing something for free.It seems like the same problem as the Laptop PC market has with them being slow releasing new drivers making our choices of which Linux or windows one wants to install limited and the negative performance impact that follows. My having to install drivers in compatibility mode on my HTC SHIFT to be able to run win7 on it which is waaay better on such a slow machine rather than the originally bundled vista.SO, to the point. What android smartphone builder are generally considered the best and fastest, most reliable at releasing these new updates Froyo and future versions.If i wanted to buy a real top-of-the-line model which would make the best investment, like will any of them get android 3 updates when it becomes available?
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May 14, 2010
market - informs you of updates - keeps track of free apps too. nice!
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Nov 7, 2010
I'm finding my screen is too bright for me to read with in bed at night, even when set to the dimmest setting and with the background black and the text brown. I had this same issue with my old Palm Tungsten E2, but there was a program that allowed the screen to be adjusted to even lower than the manufacturer's level. Is there a similar app for Android? (Actually, I find my screen too bright at the best of times, too.)
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Jun 30, 2010
I'm about to dump ATT/IPhone for Sprint/Android (EVO), but one thing has been nagging me and I want to make sure I know my options before jumping (e.g. given these 2 yr contracts).My concern is with ongoing support for my phone after purchase, support in terms of receiving the latest/greatest updates to the Android platform (e.g. within hardware constraints). Who ultimately controls whether a phone gets a release (e.g. Carrier or Manufacturer)?It seems to me the best bet is to go with the Nexus One platform given that is under the control of Google and should be well supported in that respect. However, it seems like it is going to be a hassle and/or costly to go with Nexus One using Sprint. Is there anyway around paying full price for Nexus One and using Sprint as a carrier? Any chance Google has a deal with the carriers to subsidize phones?Plus, I would prefer not to have the blot (e.g. UI modifications, app replacements, etc) added to the phone by Carriers and/or Manufactures (e.g. prefer Android as perceived by Google). Wondering who has the control of UI modifications. Does the Carrier contract with the Manufacturer and have control over what is added and how it is supported (e.g. whether a phone gets a new Android release, etc)? Or does the Manufacturer have the control?And lastly, say I get the EVO and on down the line someone (Manufacturer or Carrier) decides no more updates for the EVO. It sounds like I should be able to root the phone and continue with updates. Without support from Carrier/Manufacturer of course, but is it against the Carriers rules to root a phone?
Also, when rooting a phone, I'm assuming you can not take a release straight from Google and install it. Rather, someone has to implement the release for the target hardware (e.g. build, add any necessary drivers, etc). Are there any gotchas in doing this? Who is the most reliable supplier of these builds? I know that is a pretty broad question and I'll plan on doing additional research in that areas, but if anybody can give me a nudge or share their experience, that would be great.
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Jun 24, 2010
Does anyone know the name and/or manufacturer of the camera sensor in the EVO?
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May 3, 2010
first off, let me say "Hi". got my Eris about 3 months ago and been lurking ever since . i've enjoyed reading just about every single page of all the stickied threads -fascinating stuff. you all seem pretty Knowledgeable (OTD, Caddyman, etc) and look forward to reading you thoughts on this. Here's the scenario:i have an Eris and my girlfriend has an EnV2 she will soon be upgrading to the Incredible. she suggested we swap phones once she gets the Inc, since she doesn't really need all that extra fancy stuff -i reluctantly agreed so yesterday, just for kicks, i brought this up to a store tech and she said that wouldn't be a problem, but once the phone comes off the original account it was activated on, the manufacturer voids the 1-year warranty ergo i wouldn't have a warranty on the Inc, nor would she have one on the Eris post swap. does this sound crazy, or is it just me? secondly, would it really be as simple as i imagine? just swapping phones & switching ESN's on our respective accounts once her Inc is activated?
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Sep 19, 2010
I'm increasingly feeling like our beloved Droid1, which has been by far the best supported by developers of root, will eventually be abandoned by our developers as more and more smartphones emerge with better specs - from manufacturers who will play ball with us - unlike the Motorola, who is apparently giving the root community the cold shoulder with new encrypted bootloaders and closed exploits.As November approaches, the mass exodus will begin as those who can upgrade early will begin to do so (as some already have who have lines on their accounts that are upgradable now), and the number of Droid1 owners will dwindle more rapidly.My question is - after the dust settles - to which manufacturers will our developers migrate to the most? Which one will be the most root-friendly? I have been spoiled by flashing ROM after ROM after ROM and making all sorts of modifications, and the thought of having to use anything stock turns my stomach.Pete, Fab, Chevy, JRummy, Koush, CyanogenMod team, CVPS - and others (you know who you are) - feel free to guide us in the right direction!
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Dec 1, 2009
I was just wondering what the difference between aTrackDog(SD) and the regular aTrackDog? Which is better and more stable?
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Jan 17, 2010
I have searched the whole group but wasn't able to find a answer for my problem.I want to record audio from the microphone, apply some audio signal processing and than save the processed audio data in a compressed format.I figured out, how to record audio uncompressed but now I wonder if I can use some api functions to store this data in a supported compressed format.
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Nov 16, 2010
Please help me if you know how to record voice and if anybody call us than record both voice.
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Nov 10, 2009
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html Is there a way to get the device manufacturer or the USB device ID? I could not find anything documented.
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May 25, 2012
In my application I am trying to track Downloads happening in my device (from Google play store or from any URL s) . I don't want to start any download my app should track of downloads going on in device. When ever Download starts my application should start listening to it. When user starts downloading my application should track download start time and when download completes I want to get end time and size of data downloaded.
Q1. Is there any way to do the above requirement.
Q2. If multiple downloads happening I want to get record of both downloads separately.
Q3. I need to get from which url Download is happening. Or Is it happening from any app like Google play store.
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Mar 15, 2010
I like to know on which version of SDK does support 'AudioTrack' class? Does 'AudioTrack' can be used from 1.5 SDK, 1.6 SDK and 2.0 SDK?
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Nov 24, 2009
Some of my users are reporting force closes. Does anyone have some ideas about how to track these issues down when I can't reproduce them in the Emulator or on my Hero? This is my app btw if anyone wants to logcat it for me:
http://aliceonandroid.wordpress.com/
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Jan 12, 2010
I have been looking in the market for an app that I can track my car mileage for work. Have been unable to find one. I know that there are other post on this in other parts of this forum but no luck. Need to be able to have multiple entries a day, as I make several sales calls a day also be able to input gas fill ups and be able to export this for tax time.
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Apr 12, 2010
How to collect URLs of all http/https requests made by the phone as well as well as the return status code and user agent from the headers. This information should be coming for all browser requests and other applications too.Please let me know this information can be retrieved on App level or we have to go to system level for this.
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Sep 23, 2010
I'm wanting a way to play an mp3 track with just one touch... like starting an app. I don't need this for every song in my playlist, just a few select funny mp3's that we all need to whip out at any given time at the drop of a hat.
Say... Chevy Chase's tirade in Christmas Vacation... or Hangover's "I'm a one man wolfpack." etc.
I don't want to go through the hassle of opening my music app, searching for the specific track, then hitting play.
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May 25, 2010
I want to know what kind of users are using my app.
I think I need the device id, the network type, the network provider name and its ip address. is there any framework to do this thing? And of course I will ask user to enable it before I can do it and leave an option to disable it when user want to toggle it off.
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Oct 15, 2010
How do I keep track of the runtime of an application.
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Mar 24, 2010
I'm considering moving from a Nokia to a Motorola Milestone (Android 2). What's the best way to keep track of contacts? I don't care about syncing with facebook, but it would be nice if the integrated calendar could read a field 'birthday' from my contacts automatically. Is this possible? What do you suggest?
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Apr 13, 2010
total nubi here and i'm trying to writ an application that trackes how far you have traveled. I can't find anything on how to do this. I can get location, speed, bearing etc.
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May 26, 2012
In my application I am trying to track Downloads happening in my device (from Google play store or from any URL s) . I don't want to start any download my app should track of downloads going on in device. When ever Download starts my application should start listening to it. When user starts downloading my application should track download start time and when download completes I want to get end time and size of data downloaded.
Q1. Is there any way to do the above requirement.
Q2. If multiple downloads happening I want to get record of both downloads separately.
Q3. I need to get from which url Download is happening. Or Is it happening from any app like Google play store.
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Aug 1, 2009
I want to record the audio as aac file. I can able to record raw amr file. In the same I would like to record the aac file. Is it possible to record the audio as aac file? if so how?
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Jan 24, 2009
I would like to know whether its possible to record call in Android. If its possible then which class should be used for that purpose. I think there should be some message broadcast receiver invoked when a call is accepted and application should be started in background and record the conversation. Would like to know if this is actually possible and it it is then what classes to refer to?
One more thing if I want to send the recorded file to a server through GPRS then is there any limit in size for it to get transfer through GPRS? Small files will be transferred easily through GPRS but what about larger files? Is there any upper limit as to files of this much size can be transferred.
More importantly I want to know about the call recording function. Whether its available in Android phones as a native applicatoins or not? If its not available then can a application be written that can record all incoming and if possible outgoing calls as well.
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Nov 6, 2010
Is there app, which can record mp3 from FM radio (NOT internet-radio), for android?
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Jun 8, 2010
I want to know how can I get the number of records (rows) in a specific table in my db. I need this so I can create a loop to go through every record and add each one of it to the specific Array and display it later on.
This is the source:
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Mar 26, 2010
I'm working on a application that, while it's running, should be able collect and save information about the music played by the Phones MediaPlayer.
There are not any public API for this at the moment, do you have any plans for this in the future?
It would be nice if my application just could use the default Music player, instead of implement a new player.
So far the only solution I can find is this this link here: http://www.alexc.me/android-music-app-service-currently-playing-song/... ,but this is not a nice way to do it. It will only work with phones that use exactly same version of the interface file IMediaPlaybackService.aidl
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Sep 6, 2010
I'm an android starter I tused AudioTrack to play music But it just tell me filenotfoundexeception I try to play mp3 wav ogg (all in raw dir) I've no idea where is wrong? here are my code:
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Oct 5, 2010
On my contract I think I've got 500mb Internet. Is there a app that will tell me how much mb I have left? I don't mind paying but free will be even better.
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Sep 29, 2010
Does anyone know of a good organizer app for keeping track of your life? Appointments and such. I have the Jorte and I do like it but for some reason it is now linked to my Face book and puts in all my friends birthdays which I do NOT want in there and I can't seem to unlink it. But I would also still appreciate any recommendations so I can check them out to see if they work for me.
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