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[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
The fact is.. we are early adopters. Yes.

And we all know that we would have a problematic phone in our hands when we bought WP7. Then why did I buy this?

Because I was faithful that Microsoft was not going to blow it up. I thought MS was going to update, fix bugs, and try their best, since they have the nicest phone right now.

It's not the bugs that annoy me. It is the fact that the January update turns out to be an April update (yeah, we are 22 March and nothing until now).

And it doens't fix a quarter the problems that we can found in the list of bugs thread.

I share your pain and frustration.

Yesterday I caught myself looking at Nexus S. I'm worried ;/

Still.. since I've balls, I'll stand and wait some more for MS do something useful in this life (oh, yeah, they do sometimes.. Xbox, Win7..)

Don't abandon us!
[Windows Phone 7 General] FiyaFleye:
I don't believe the phone charges while it is in the process of syncing over USB, only when it is in standby, it has been discussed a few times. If you just synced, obviously it accessed your music, so how can you expect it to have not prevented you from accessing it, it does that as a precautionary measure. The trial issue has been discussed a variety of times as well, It's been fixed in NoDo. The games and push notifications could be device specific, as you're the 3rd person I've seen mention this. I use my SkyDrive to move files, or email, I don't see how that isn't "easy." As far as the formatting, good luck finding perfect formatting on Android...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
You see, there's no one thing with WP7 that in itself is enough to make me abandon it. It's just the daily grind of all those annoyances that continually grate on me. I'm always sat next to someone playing with their iPhone or Android or Blackberry and some of the time as I'm whizzing through WP7s tiles or playing with some jazzy app I can see them glance over at my phone....and then I'll almost inevitably come to an app that won't open and I'll have to reboot my phone to get it working and I can imagine them chuckling to themselves as I eat humble pie.

It. is. annoying. The potential is there but there are so many let-downs. :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] conantroutman:
There is absolutely no need for this thread to turn into a flamewar.........

If you can offer a potential solution or any relevant information to the points raised by the OP then please dont be shy in putting them forward...

Anything else, dont bother.

That is all.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FiyaFleye:
Really don't see why my post had to be edited when it wasn't a 'flame' - maybe his response attacking my thank count was, but mine was asking a question of utilizing available resources. Those that have been posted a variety of times.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
Dude I was just teasing ya! :D Anyway I think you've missed the point of the thread. I'm not looking for individual fixes / excuses / workarounds etc etc to each of the individual points. My point is, that was a TYPICAL day spent with WP7, and that all these little things contribute to an overall feeling of malaise with the OS. I've tried to put across that I am a stalwart of WP7 - I have had many many WM5 / 6 / 6.1 / 6.5 phones over the years and went straight to WP7 and yes there is much to like, which is why I'm still clinging to it.

I really just want to guage the mood among other WP7 users - are they experiencing similar malaise to me or not? Is it just me?
[Windows Phone 7 General] conantroutman:
That statement wasnt specifically directed at you. You'll notice that posts from multiple users have been deleted in an attempt to bring this thread back on topic.

Let me make this very clear to all concerened.

I expect the next post to be directly related to the isues raised by the OP.

Not discussing the drama this thread has already caused in its short lifespan.

NO MORE OFF TOPIC CHATTER PLEASE!
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
typical ?

is this a typical day of your phone usage ? I've seen the bug thread, but there aren't a whole lot of folks posting similar accounts of annoyances... there are threads, but not so many all at once, such a short span of time.

I wonder how long since your last reset, and if you reboot it daily, weekly, or just when it becomes unusable ?

id imagine it this is a typical experience that m$ is working pretty hard on it... with the update getting pushed back regularly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
Sadly, yeah

It wasn't until I started writing them down that I realized just how many there were.

I did a hard reset a couple of weeks back to cure the push notification issue, but it has returned. I reboot my phone whenever an app asks me to or an app stops working or anything else goes wrong that a reboot might cure. On average, probably about once or twice per day.

The delays in getting the bug fixes are all part of the overall feeling of "meh" I'm getting about WP7.

Obviously you're still very much in love with WP7, which is fine - I wish I was, too, but despite me evangelizing it to all my mates, deep down I don't feel anything like as good about it as I did in October last year.

Actually, I just remembered another thing that went wrong this morning - when I came out of the (constantly crashing) Comica app, the screen graphics went all ape**** and I had to reboot. Again.
[Windows Phone 7 General] conantroutman:
To be honest, with this many issues I would be inclined to think that it's a device specific problem.

Do you have any kind of warranty you could claim on?

Sent from my fingers to your face...
[Windows Phone 7 General] VelJharig:
I understand a lot of the little frustrations, especially with the update delays, but one thing that did stand out for me is the comment about stability... having to restart your phone to get basic functionality (app launching) going again. I very seldom (less than once a month) have needed to reboot my Focus to get some service or app going again. Some apps do have stability issues for me, but a reboot of the phone doesn't appear to be needed... I can simply relaunch the app in question after it returns to the start menu (sometimes I've had an issue where the app needs a couple of launches to sort itself out).

Are you using a WP7 device with a replaced microSD card, or a Samsung Focus with an added microSD card? The stability issues sound like something that I'd expect to see with a non-compliant microSD card, or some hardware issue with the device. I'm running a Samsung Focus with an added 16 GB card (Ridata, class 6 for the curious), and 20+ GB of space has been used on the phone since Dec., and my device sounds like it is far more stable than yours at the moment.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
Well yeah there's a warranty but most of the issues are either with apps or are known software issues.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
I usually try restarting the app at least three times before I reboot. Rebooting always fixes it.

No it's an HD7 with the stock O2 ROM and stock 16GB card as supplied. I have done nothing to it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
TBH, I think this is the main problem. HTC isn't exactly known for providing great SD cards with their devices.

I encountered similar issues on my HD7 but haven't seen them on either of the Omnia7's or Optimus7 currently available to me.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
But if it was a problem with the storage card, why would rebooting fix it?

If any data on the card was corrupted, it would still be corrupted after the reboot. If it was a transient read error, then retrying would usually work, but it never does.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
I don't know for sure, but I reckon the OS gets bogged down over time. Either due to temporary files or running processes. I didn't investigate much myself as I returned the handset after about a week, but others with certain HTC devices (as well as some DVP owners) have said the problems go away by changing the SD card.

It may also be that it's fixed in NoDo as they have reworked the way memory is accessed. I did however see similar issues in the 7008 build on my Omnia7 - which made me revert to the standard 7004.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
Hehe, WP7 is piling it on today. Just tried to download an app.

"Can't get this information at the moment. Check again in a little while."

*Sigh*
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
I think we dell venue pro owners are the experts on sd cards and WP7 :) The known problem with the DVP crashing when using wifi or returning from standby with a black screen is fixed for a lot of people who swapped their sd cards, though not all. For reasons we cant pinpoint WP7 is spectacularly picky about which cards it works with. I myself have tried 2 new cards and have not managed to solve the crashing problem on my DVP.

Quite possibly you are experiencing the same intolerance to certain sd cards on your HD7 as has affected the DVP and possibly a device swap could fix it. I certainly have not experienced the level of individual application failures you have, and that is with a known crash happy device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
I think I will wait for Nodo and see what happens after. There are some bugfixes in Nodo so you never know. Nodo must surely be coming in the next few days.....right?
[Defy General] alexandre.rocco:
Hi,

I don't know when but my google talk doesn't refresh my contacts list status anymore. If i look on gmail they are totally diferent, the only way to refresh the list is reloging. I tried reinstall but didn't solve the problem, dont know what to do now.

Thx,

Alexandre.
[Defy General] shad0wboss:
This is how gTalk works :/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vibeguy2004:
After installing Captivate Cognition 4.2.1 i noticed that the sound quality during calls had static and the headphones would only work on one side. Has anyone else found this problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyFlyer:
I have not noticed this. However, I have made the switch to Serendipity 6.2...stable and smooth. Battery life solid.
[HTC Incredible S] timbo007up:
How to downgrade to 1.36 (release ruu)

This only works on froyo based roms, gingerbread radio won't downgrade

About:

Currently it is not necessary to downgrade since no exploits have been found. But for the case we have to downgrade, we have it. It is currently only tested on the leaked ASIA rom, but cannot imagine it is not working on later/other ROMs.

I have nothing to do with this method, i only wrote the guide.

This guide is based on the DHD downgrade (so many similarities will be found)

Anyhow keep in mind that:

You will lose all data on your phone (not from your sd-card)

First boot after downgrade can take pretty long (a few minutes) so dont be scared it didn't work and absolutly DON'T pull your battery out. Just wait a while, if its beyond 15min and still not working. Come here and ask. And DONT PULL THE BATTERY unless you are told to.

Thanks:

Scotty2, rhcp and Guhl for development of this method

jkoljo for putting up the DHD guide

bippolinno for the ruu mirror

lge73 for testing and getting it done

If i miss someone, please tell me and i add u

System requirements:

HTC Sync (or ADB drivers)

Incredible S with build number higher than 1.36

A working ADB setup (ADB is included in the downgrade package though)

Howto downgrade:

If you have a branded device, Goldcard is required (have not tested it if its required for a non-branded device EDIT: unbranded seems to work without goldcard)

The PG32IMG.zip (if the download is not working extract it from the RUU, can be done by yourself (see below))

Connect Incredible S to a computer. Charge only, USB Debugging enabled!

Open up cmd/terminal and go to downgrade folder

adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell

If you got "#" in the result, you have temproot! Proceed:

cd /data/local/tmp
./misc_version -s 1.31.405.1

Put the PG32IMG.zip on the root of your SD Card (trough adb push or just connect it as a disk drive)

Reboot into bootloader (adb reboot-bootloader or hold volume down while rebooting)

Follow the instructions

Ready, you have downgraded your Incredible S to release ROM

Extracting rom.zip from RUU.exe

Ruu can be found here

Make sure your INC s is connected

Start installer

Click next

Click next

Goto your temp folder (open the start menu, type %tmp% and press enter, ty l0st.prophet)

Sort folders on date

Pick the most recend and look inside one of that folders for rom.zip

Copy it to downgrade folder (or anywhere else) and rename to PG32IMG.zip

Disclaimer:

I am not responsible for bricks
[HTC Incredible S] Bantu85:
Thanks to all involved!

I would recommend that you mention all data on the device will be wiped by this downgrade and that the reboot after downgrade will take a little while and not to get scared or do silly things like pull the battery out!
[HTC Incredible S] AndroidWolf7:
Thank you for this very clear guide !

Now, I just need to know where to get the European rom ! (i will install the european rom instead of the asian)

Someone can give me the link ? Please ?
[HTC Incredible S] timbo007up:
It is in the guide (RUU.exe). Just download and install. Just received message from the tester that it is also possible with just the misc_version hack and use the RUU.exe

It is the oldest currently available. But i'm not 100% sure if its the same as the old European Rom, but it has the same number as mine (Netherlands) so i quite sure its the same.
[HTC Incredible S] AndroidWolf7:
I can not extract with ruu...

Cause i have an asian version. I didn't upgraded it...

I just need to install the european Rom.

If someone can share this for me, it will be great !

Thank you guys
[HTC Incredible S] timbo007up:
Like i said: download the ruu from this topic it is the european. Than follow the guide. I don't know how I can be any clearer.

Don't know what the problem is since all you say that you want the European ROM. Btw if you have preinstalled Asian ROM, there is a possibility that there are minor differences. But you can always flash the Asian ROM back.
[HTC Incredible S] AndroidWolf7:
Thank you again...

Sorry but my English and android's knowledge are not so good :p
[HTC Incredible S] timbo007up:
That's no problem. I advice to get a little basic knowledge about Android, since this process on the IS is still in its early stage a lot can go wrong and currently there are not many methods available for fixing it. Not that a lot can go wrong here, but if it does you are screwed.

So if you don't know what is going on, I advice to stay at the default stock ROM.
[HTC Incredible S] ab65:
Extracting rom.zip from RUU.exe

Ruu can be found here

Make sure your INC s is connected

Start installer

Click next

Click next

Goto your temp folder

Sort folders on date

Pick the most recend and look inside one of that folders for rom.zip

Copy it to downgrade folder (or anywhere else) and rename to PG32IMG.zip

Oh hell 2 nights I used to figure it out were that temp folder could be.

First I had to turn on the option see hidden files.

C:/Users/%user%/Appdata/Local/Temp

Windows is so frustrating wen your used to a Mac.
[HTC Incredible S] vido.ardes:
It's alot simpler than that, just open the start menu, type %tmp% and press enter. Voila!
[HTC Incredible S] ab65:
thanks l0st.prophet

that information comes in handy. it's so easy if you know :-)

don't ask how long I used to get a working ADB setup, and that is also a piece of cake wen you figured it out.

( I'm still on PPC Mac and muss use the Pc of my son, and he is enjoying it seeing me so helpless on windows system)

But it's a great tutorial and in the end all went fine.

Thank you xda comunity.
[HTC Incredible S] zhaominghao:
thanks for share
[HTC Incredible S] yoworld:
this is very helpful:)
[HTC Incredible S] shiftyllama:
does this work for s-on devices?
[HTC Incredible S] doctorsax:
Yes, although it's untested on the new GB ROMs.
[HTC Incredible S] shiftyllama:
I get an error when running the adb command:

adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter

reading:

Failed to set prot mask <Inappropriate ioctl for device>

I'm trying to downgrade from Vivo_Gingerbread_S_Virgin_Mobile_AU_2.12.981.2

Any ideas. Does the psneuter exploit no longer work with gingerbread?
[HTC Incredible S] touchpro247:
Tested on Gingerbread 2.3.3 but, the radio will not downgrade so the OS does not load.

The "How to" is a little different tho.

Note: Do not update to GB if you want to downgrade back to froyo anytime soon.

I'll attach this here for safe keeping.
[HTC Incredible S] shiftyllama:
so am i stuck with the aussie virgin ROM untill an RUU for europe is released?
[HTC Incredible S] touchpro247:
Yes or until a full root method is released.

I am trying to downgrade now tho and then force the ota.

Wish me luck... :D
[HTC Incredible S] shiftyllama:
good luck.....

and let us know if you manage it and how!! :D
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dschlitz:
For some reason, video has stopped playing on my phone...not even on youtube. The error message pops up saying "sorry this video cannot be played...there was a problem while playing". Any fixes for this?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] teapea:
I use Links2SD which all works fine, and provides me with some interesting numbers on the sizes of apps.

However I have perhaps a more general question about the size of apps on the phone.

If I look at my QQPlayer app for example

App total size is 6.88MB

which is made up of the apk and dex. Apk = 2.75MB and Dex = 106KB

The Data for the app is 8KB and the cache is 0.

So where is the other ~4MB going? If it's not in the apk or dex?

It's the same for other apps too - to a greater or lesser degree though. Uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't help either. It makes no difference if these apps are linked or not.

A not linked - and never linked app of angry birds shows the APK=16.71MB the DEX being 261KB but the total app size being 18.79... again where is this missing space going?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] pongscript:
After you install an application, all files are stored on the phone, after using link2sd, dex and apk will be moved. all file that is not dex and apk will remain on the phone.

the missing mb that you are refering to is.. libraries and binaries that the application is using. for example *.so file is stored on the phone. I tried moving those file and resulting for application for Force close.

Some file that are not move, but not limited to, when using link2sd are:

*.so - library or binary file.

*.db - database file

*.* - other file such as images, cache, settings file.

you could verify their existence by navigating to /system/app/[app folder]

or somewhere else.
[Android Themes] Calico5:
Hi,

Been setting up my new homescreen layout the last few days. The only thing im missing is a clock!

I have a 4x1 space left on my main screen, but was looking for a Honeycomb style clock to use similar to the one below.

However, i dont want the weather there.. as i only have a 4x1 space. Are there any decent honeycomb clocks out there?

I tried google, but i could only find the clock shown in this screenshot:

As you can see.. the numbers arent quite as nice as the ones on the previous screen (i assume thats the beautiful widgets skin)

Can anyone help me out :D

Many Thanks

Calico
[Android Themes] wsatterwhite:
Fancy Widgets Pro has a good Honeycomb skin and it allows you to have just the clock without the weather.
[Android Themes] cnra2521:
You can use a transparent background
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawrencelee:
My Galaxy S cannot connect to PC by usb, I tried many ways but failed. Now I give up (maybe the usb port is broken). Is it possible that upgrade to 2.2 without usb?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Your suspect the USB port on your Phone is broken ??? send it off for repair.

Are you on stock ROM at present ? and do you have CWM or 2e recovery. if you dont have that then you cant do it, unless you check the over the air update under settings.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawrencelee:
I can enter the recovery mode, but I don't know where I can download the update.zip file. And is it enough just put this file in /sdcard/?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
can enter the recovery mode, but I don't know where I can download the update.zip file. And is it enough just put this file in /sdcard/?

You can transfer the file from the sd card to the internal sd card .

Or use Rom Kitchin mobile version download to your phone .

But as always no usb means no recovery if anything goes wrong .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=817703

http://romkitchen.org/m/

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawrencelee:
oh.... Looks a little complicated. I need time to study. Anyway, thanks very much.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawrencelee:
Is there a "gold" update.zip which I just download and upload?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
i dont know what you mean by that but you can connect to wifi and go to your download site e.g XDA follow the links to the download, then when its downloaded Boot into recovery and flash it.

You have to have CWM or 2e recovery tho,
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maskr:
I had the same problem 2 days

Read that post, I hope it will help

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1001772
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gfacer:
Clean the port with Alcohol

Try cleaning the usb port with alcohol. Its tiny but try and do what you can gently. I thought mine was broken too as I had tried everything (including ubuntu/linux). Then in a linux forum I read about cleaning the port. When I did that I tried in windows again and lots of drivers came up instantly. It was a good day!

As far as getting Froyo, thats pretty easy. just get a kernel (like hardcores) using an update zip and then go to most custom roms and follow the directions for CWM (clockwork mod) which you will have if with the kernel.

But the other poster is right, you can't reflash to stock if things go badly. So you might keep trying to get a PC connection where Odin or heimdall will work just in case. I ended up stuck with a custom rom when my internal SD card died (I have one of the infamous i9000m models) but it was no issue for the repair but I suspect that is because they had done thousands of the repairs by that time in Canada.

Good luck.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vangelis13:
My PC running the latest Ubuntu does not recognise the Atrix; it charges the battery but I cannot connect anything under USB (Motorola Phone Portal, Windows Media Sync or USB Mass Storage).

I think it started after I froze the Comprehensive List of apps or after I aRooted the phone; Anyone has something similar..?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
by dissappear i mean dont stay on the screen you put the shortcut on.. the app is still there but the shortcut dissapears.

any of the newer 2.2.1 builds fixed this issue..

thanks in adavance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Are these "disappearing" apps installed to the external sd card by any chance ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reobedr:
Same happens to my phone, but only for apps installed on the external SD. My workaround is to move all apps to phone SD and keep all media (photo's ringtones and the likes) on the external sd card.

Also curious if this is a bug or a feature :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
i dont think they are on external sd just sd.. when you goto manage apps in settings they show up on sd card.

but i wondered if the bug was fixed in a newer 2.2.1 build.. otherwise i will not bother upgrading.

i already know about the workaround but the 3 angry birds are really too big to install to phone memory