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DOES **GPS** Work On Hermes?

I have a cingular 8525, and theres people talking about loading tomtom to there 8525, is the GPS function working on it? seems like there is drivers on here for it? and people trying to get it to work? Anyone can give me any info without me going over 70 pages of peoples comments?
Thank you.....and a Thank you for all the people cooking the ROMS...Lets see at ATT/Cingular ROM with Windows Mobile 6.......

Come on man, just read the last few posts out of the GPS threads and you will know. It does not work yet, the software is there (supposedly) what is needed now is an antenna.

If you're not willing to familiarize yourself with the GPS threads, then please just go out and buy a bluetooth GPS and save everyone some time.

thank you
I expected this response, But allot of people have the same question this just makes it simple......Who wants to carry their brick looking hermes and a brick gps module? NO ONE.... but thnak you for the replies....it is very appreciated

If you can't be bothered to read the threads than any attempt you make at enabling gps is likely to result in a brick. So why bother ask?
Maz
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I think this is a great question as I have been a member of xda for a while now and I don't feel like reading through all 70 pages either simple question why not answer the question without making him feel like a d!ck not working yet man when it does work it will be added to the stickys

insanenyc said:
I think this is a great question as I have been a member of xda for a while now and I don't feel like reading through all 70 pages either simple question why not answer the question without making him feel like a d!ck not working yet man when it does work it will be added to the stickys
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Pfff then we would get this question everyday. people should just read the last pages! Or else we get stupid questions every day.
btw. is the proton rom out already?

insanenyc said:
I think this is a great question as I have been a member of xda for a while now and I don't feel like reading through all 70 pages either simple question why not answer the question without making him feel like a d!ck not working yet man when it does work it will be added to the stickys
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With the PM's he sent he deserves me to really let loose at him. But I won't.
so..
Hi, how do I flash my hermes?
why are the roms not on the ftp?
how do i find my arse?
oh no, I've forgotten how to breathe!
Maz

Gentlemen please. You know what I like about XDA-Dev, compared to some other places, is the generally very helpful and polite manner of the posters. Sometimes something can really wind us up and showing a bit of irritation is fine but now we've shown that let's think how we avoid this problem in future.
Firstly if there is already a thread on a subject it should be used to post a relevant question. So a question about GPS should not be in a new thread like this one.
Secondly, I agree with the above poster who said - you only need to read through the last few posts , not all 70 pages, to know roughly what is happening.
Thirdly, you may get away with far more slightly cheeky things if you ask politely and with a measure of humour.
Lastly, as someone above said sometimes it's just easier and more peaceful to give a very short answer to a "cheeky" question whilst perhaps also pointing out that next time the person might do a bit more work to get the answer.
Peace and Love
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"With the PM's he sent he deserves me to really let loose at him. But I won't.
so..
Hi, how do I flash my hermes?
why are the roms not on the ftp?
how do i find my arse?
oh no, I've forgotten how to breathe!"
I can manage to Flash my arse - if that's any help?? Last time I did it though someone gave me a boot up it which made me **** a brick. So I guess you might say I got stuck in bootloader mode and ended up with a brick!!!???

@mikechannon: good point. nice pic. very amusing.
Maz
http://maz.net.au/

You all are right probably... but why are there 3 threads???
And why are there 4 threads about WM6???
Both my favorite subjects, so I always have to read 7 threads...
Yeah I know, I don't have to if I don't want to. But I want!
But still: maybe some more moderating???

Worth a haiku I think.
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Whats The Point

People Repost The Same Thing Everyday We Got The Point I Can Leave Town And Travel The World Get Another Degree And The Same Thing Are On Here Then When I See Some Threads Other Post Like "what Carrying Case You Use To Carry A Tilt Phone " They Dont Close It Crazy S**t!

jay22s said:
People Repost The Same Thing Everyday We Got The Point I Can Leave Town And Travel The World Get Another Degree And The Same Thing Are On Here Then When I See Some Threads Other Post Like "what Carrying Case You Use To Carry A Tilt Phone " They Dont Close It Crazy S**t!
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what was the point of this thread....especially in the development and hacking section, off topic, discussion...just about anywhere else i would have understood, but what was the point.....

jay22s said:
People Repost The Same Thing Everyday We Got The Point I Can Leave Town And Travel The World Get Another Degree And The Same Thing Are On Here Then When I See Some Threads Other Post Like "what Carrying Case You Use To Carry A Tilt Phone " They Dont Close It Crazy S**t!
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Each forum has its own grounds for topics. So if someone wanted to know about the Tilt case, they would have to ask in the Tilt Accessories forum, or the General Accessories forum. We all just like to see some sort of orginization around here. Which are the reasons for certain threads, like the two stickys here in Development & Hacking. BTW this thread will probably be closed soon. I suggest not posting anymore new threads like this, you may get a temp ban.
Just Dance!
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But They Posted That S*** In Here Phone Case

because those users post in the appropriate place.
not in dev and hacking..
but once again.

jay22s said:
But They Posted That S*** In Here Phone Case
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Whats the thread?

Perhaps your post is *not* in the correct forum, but I do agree with you. Not on, say, the Tilt case... But I have noticed that there really has been nothing REALLY new as of since what wm 6.0? I mean SPB shell and iFonz, and and others I haven't tried *ARE* good apps, and need updates posted, but as for something totally phonechanging, (like I was hoping for the ati 3D driver for my hermes) you probably just aren't going to see it. Also I appreciate your sarcasmic humour! Nice at 4:15 AM coming into work. hehe
BTW temp ban? Thats a little harsh isn't it?

jay22s said:
People Repost The Same Thing Everyday We Got The Point I Can Leave Town And Travel The World Get Another Degree And The Same Thing Are On Here Then When I See Some Threads Other Post Like "what Carrying Case You Use To Carry A Tilt Phone " They Dont Close It Crazy S**t!
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I'm guessing your first degree wasn't in punctuation?

carcomp said:
Perhaps your post is *not* in the correct forum, but I do agree with you. Not on, say, the Tilt case... But I have noticed that there really has been nothing REALLY new as of since what wm 6.0? I mean SPB shell and iFonz, and and others I haven't tried *ARE* good apps, and need updates posted, but as for something totally phonechanging, (like I was hoping for the ati 3D driver for my hermes) you probably just aren't going to see it. Also I appreciate your sarcasmic humour! Nice at 4:15 AM coming into work. hehe
BTW temp ban? Thats a little harsh isn't it?
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You want to unleash something ground breaking? I don't see you developing anything new and improved. So what if most posts are updating other programs.
And to the OP stop capitalizing the first letter of every word, it fkin hurts my eyes.

I've offered plenty of times to help out some of my device's main cooks with rom application development but no one has ever taken me up. I'm now a 30 year old father of a 2 year old. I've already developed a complete freeware software application for car computers called MediaEngine (.org) and I just don't have it in me anymore to create something from the ground up. If anyone wants a freelance VB programmer to look at their code and come up with improvements though, hey I'm all for it. Also, I did state that current programs need posts with their updates.
BTW I'm not meaning to complain, I just long for the experience I had when I first installed a ROM and upgraded my phone from boring to wow.

carcomp said:
BTW temp ban? Thats a little harsh isn't it?
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You missed the first thread that he started and was closed within 15 minutes, then about 5 minutes after closing, this thread popped up. So, no it's not harsh, and I really wouldn't be surprised.

Applications missing from Android Market

This issue relates to my HTC Desire which an unlocked handset in the UK. It has come to my attention that certain applications do not appear to be in the Android Market that I would have expected. For example the Gameloft titles (eg Asphalt 5) do not appear.
Are these applications country restricted or perhaps do I have an issue. I read elsewhere that the issue could be related to locale or language in the settings, howeve rI have checked these are set to English.

Try using search instead of asking a question that's already been asked and answered a dozen times already.

The search on this forum is a mess. Found an answer through the google android postings.
Thanks for your "help"

npw said:
The search on this forum is a mess. Found an answer through the google android postings.
Thanks for your "help"
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Search on here works fine, and if you bother to actually read the forum rules, you'd know that you're meant to actually use it before asking the same question people have already answered dozens of times already.

Thanks FloatingFatMan, I actually got here using search and now you've been so kind to not provide a normal answer.

Reflian said:
Thanks FloatingFatMan, I actually got here using search and now you've been so kind to not provide a normal answer.
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one crazy stuff. click on the first result.
http://tinyurl.com/yycn4br

Reflian said:
Thanks FloatingFatMan, I actually got here using search and now you've been so kind to not provide a normal answer.
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Ever thought that just MAYBE, some people are starting to get fed up with the same questions being asked time and time again, when the answer could be got with just a couple of seconds of bothering to look?
You could have found the answer in less time than it took you to ask the question in the first place.

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You could have found the answer in less time than it took you to ask the question in the first place.
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This is true, however this matter could have also been settled in less than the 26 hours or 3 posts it took for you to school a noob.
Let's play nice FloatingFatMan; this is not the first thread I've read on here in that last few days where your comments are rude or unhelpful.
@npw - You'll find the answer to your question is that Google have not yet approved the Desire ROM for use with protected apps. Wait a little and the missing apps should appear in good time.
As already mentioned, please remember to Google thoroughly before you post!

Yes, thank you monkeyfishing, that was the answer I found after googling it. I searched this forum but not Google, this has always been my first stop for HTC related questions. Slight mistake on my part, but thank you for polite answer/ request to search rather than the rant of an ill tempered fat man (a floating one at that). I guess its just a waiting game for google to approve the desire for protected apps

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Yes, thank you monkeyfishing, that was the answer I found after googling it. I searched this forum but not Google, this has always been my first stop for HTC related questions. Slight mistake on my part, but thank you for polite answer/ request to search rather than the rant of an ill tempered fat man (a floating one at that). I guess its just a waiting game for google to approve the desire for protected apps
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Now if I was REALLY ill tempered, I'd take exception to that. But as I'm not, I'll just be childish, bend over, and moon you instead.
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Just as I hoped it would be taken

Adjust saturation or contrast with a custom rom?

Any chance at adjusting vibrence, contrast or saturation with a custom rom? With an unlocked bootloader, I wasn't sure what was possible with the Xoom and some dedicated devs. I like the screen better then the ipad, but it can certainly be better.
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First, you are not a developer. This belongs in general.
Second, being able to set a range of brightness and contrast for the auto brightness to use would be damn handy.

BOOM!
lol, and when someone with 87 posts since 2008 decides to take time out of their day and write in your thread just to tell you to post this in general, you dun goofed!

Lol
Sent from my HTC EVO running MYN's RLS5 BETA using the XDA app.

You know what, this thing uses an geo force video chip right? We should be able to have a ton of color/contrast settings.

Haha..so the idea of having this possible in a custom rom is not enough because I am personally not a developer?
Sent from my Xoom using XDA App

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lol, and when someone with 87 posts since 2008 decides to take time out of their day and write in your thread just to tell you to post this in general, you dun goofed!
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My goodness... you are *so* right. I needed someone with 180 posts since 2009 to show me the error of my way. Especially since the OP was posting something that belongs in development. Oh wait, you didn't and he shouldn't.
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I may be mistaken but I do not believe the developer forums are only for developers. This post is a question directly relating to development and seems to be right at home. I could certainly see a case for it not being here, or being here, either way.
That being said, I am sure that the reply post did nothing to promote the OP from contributing to this site.

Its alright, Bukem75 is just a bad poster.

Bukem75 said:
First, you are not a developer. This belongs in general.
Second, being able to set a range of brightness and contrast for the auto brightness to use would be damn handy.
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First, putting things in a numbered list makes you sound like an ass.
Second, he doesn't have to be a dev to post in the dev forum.
Third, his post is placed properly. Settings for saturation and contrast would have to be addressed in the kernel/rom.

1st) hi guys
2nd) you are all my friends
3rd) i agree with question and what category it has been placed in
4th) bye guys

Morkai Almandragon said:
I may be mistaken but I do not believe the developer forums are only for developers. This post is a question directly relating to development and seems to be right at home. I could certainly see a case for it not being here, or being here, either way.
That being said, I am sure that the reply post did nothing to promote the OP from contributing to this site.
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Alright, my bad. I thought the rules were the same across the site. Evo development area is for people creating apps and cooking roms. General is for people asking questions.
Thread DELETED/Locked??? This is DEVELOPMENT section not Q&A/General!!!!

I suspect as a device sees more developers that tactic becomes necessary, but that is rare... Although I would LOVE to see that kind of support for this thing!

Is it possible to adjust these settings on other Android devices? I've never attempted it on my 3 Android phones, I've never felt the need. I can see the benefit on the Xoom, but I don't know if it's even possible to adjust the settings. Wouldn't it have to be part of the video drivers? If another device using the same chip allows it, then it should be conceivable.

Actually the question section is for asking questions
Edit a: how do we not have one
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Alright, my bad. I thought the rules were the same across the site. Evo development area is for people creating apps and cooking roms. General is for people asking questions.
Thread DELETED/Locked??? This is DEVELOPMENT section not Q&A/General!!!!
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On phones w/CyanogenMod you can change the render effect right in the settings menu. You can actually put a color overlay on the screen. I'm not sure what this means for us other than someone should send a Xoom to Cyanogen.

All you have to do is do CTRL-U in photoshop

I would also be interested in this as well. Looking at an ipad right next to the xoom you can see slight washed out colors especially in facial tones.
Trying to talk myself into getting one and if the color could be calibrated some how that would be sweet.
ps been a lurker / reader here for a while and I apprecatie OP for poting this question.

So has there been any talk recently about this kind of mod for the Xoom? Seems to me that, based upon the amount of talk I've heard about the "washed out" Xoom screen that something like this would be a pretty big priority among developers. I'd actually be much more anxious to see something like this developed before any further OC kernels or other enhancements.

Kernel port Galaxy R?

Is this possible to port Samsung Galaxy R kernel? This is the same Tegra, but there is 3.1 kernel

Run. Fast.
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Should we tell him? It would be unfair to have a lynching without telling him why.
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I got the bucket of water to put out the flames. In case you haven't realized, this has been covered before MANY MANY times. Please use your search function.

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I certainly hope you guys don't plan on flaming him for this
From what I can see, he is a software developer and is coding that Fallout game for android
so he's not a technical moron, I think it's an honest question

againareku said:
I certainly hope you guys don't plan on flaming him for this
From what I can see, he is a software developer and is coding that Fallout game for android
so he's not a technical moron, I think it's an honest question
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Well...I think dev or not he have to read the threads beafore asking...
from the (m)ATRIX...

Oh man, do I miss the atrix forums!
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againareku said:
I certainly hope you guys don't plan on flaming him for this
From what I can see, he is a software developer and is coding that Fallout game for android
so he's not a technical moron, I think it's an honest question
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What's that got to do with anything? If anything, that makes matters that much worse - if he's so tech-savvy, he should know about using the search function before opening ANY new threads.

well, after use "Search" I've found many threads w/o answer. So I just would like to know why, just ont one, simple answer.

I kind of agree with him, there is the need of a sticky thread that clearly states what and why cannot work, and what instead is needed, and why.

ovitz said:
well, after use "Search" I've found many threads w/o answer. So I just would like to know why, just ont one, simple answer.
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You should know better than that. Opening a new thread when one already exists on the same subject is a big no-no on XDA. Opening a new thread KNOWING one already exists just makes it worse.
Anyway, I'm sure there's a good reason a Galaxy R release doesn't help. The devs have no obligation to explain in great technical detail why this is not possible, if they say this won't work you should be able to trust their expertise and experience on that. If you need solid proof and reason, maybe you could try extracting the drivers and making them work on the Atrix yourself.
shadowed87 said:
I kind of agree with him, there is the need of a sticky thread that clearly states what and why cannot work, and what instead is needed, and why.
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Like I said above... This is a hobbyist community, everybody here works for free in their spare time. Not necessarily because they are such good people but because they enjoy doing it. (Sharing what they've done is what makes them good people.) Nobody here has any obligations towards others, and IMO it's wrong to ask or demand such things. Be grateful for what you got.

ravilov said:
Like I said above... This is a hobbyist community, everybody here works for free in their spare time. Not necessarily because they are such good people but because they enjoy doing it. (Sharing what they've done is what makes them good people.) Nobody here has any obligations towards others, and IMO it's wrong to ask or demand such things. Be grateful for what you got.
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I am a hobbyist myself. I wasn't demanding. I just exposed the possibility of the need of a summary thread, to avoid all these useless posts. It's an opinion I expressed, sorry if it sounded differently. I am very grateful.