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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racketier:
You can create the file right from your gtab using your choice of file explorer.

Instructions using ES Explorer:

1. Navigate to /sdcard/ (this is your internal memory...not sdcard2 with is your microsd card if applicable)

2. Hit menu, tap "New" then tap "File"

3. Name the file "calibration.ini" without the quotes

4. Reboot and don't touch the screen until the OS is fully loaded up (not sure if this is necessary, but can't hurt)

5. You're all set! I would then check to see if the file has disappeared from /sdcard/. It should have removed itself.

Good luck!

Update:

I was reading through this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863741

It says that you MUST have a microsd card for this to work, and you MUST put the calibration.ini file in sdcard2 NOT sdcard as I mentioned previously.

I suggest trying to add the file to both locations, reboot, then remove both (if they still exist). It won't hurt to have the file in the wrong place.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxdelirium:
I have used both the calibration.ini method and the app method (i.e. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=934500&highlight=Calibrate) and have not had any bad things happen to my screen (only good things..).

I also went the computer to device route when creating the calibration.ini because i couldn't figure out how to make root explorer make the .ini !
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rumbleweed:
Make sure you put it in the root of the SDcard
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbansal2:
thanks a lot :)...will do it when I get home
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgstan:
How do you know if it's doing anything? I put the file on the root of my sdcard2 and it boots like normal. Should I see something different?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racketier:
Nope. But your screen will (hopefully) be more responsive.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
Anyone done it?

Nothing wrong with either Android or my Cappy, I just get bored with technology every few months and want something new :)

The Focus looks like the best Windows Phone offering on ATT. However the development section looks like it sucks.

I want to at least be able to

1) Get rid of the ATT stuff

2) WiFi tether (So I can use a WiFi Nook/iPad/Laptop/etc).

Are either possible?

Any comments on the switch?
[Windows Phone 7 General] yeahtyeaht:
yes, from desire to mozart. tehtering is not possible
[Windows Phone 7 General] andoridkiller:
Me!!! And i love it!
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
The Samsung Focus is the best performance/screen on AT&T, it just depends if you want a solid bar form, or slider ect. The screen alone makes it better than the other two imo, but it does only have 8GB of storage (rest are 16GB) if that is a factor for you. Personally I love my Focus.

You can remove anything you want including the AT&T apps. Just hold on the app, and uninstall.

Tethering through a dialup / usb cable is possible, but a pain. WiFi tethering is not possible (yet).

I moved from Android, and while this is a new OS with a lot of features missing that Android had, I would never go back. The UI is by far the best out there, and its a much more pleasing overall experience.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
Tethering might be a big one. It means I can get data (I'm on an old unlimited plan) via my phone- on my laptop, or tablet... I don't have to have another $25/mo plan to get data on a tablet or something. I just Wifi tether that sucker.

USB cable would work on Windows but... On an Android tablet, let's say... Android wouldn't be able to tether with it on USB, I'm going to guess. (that's even if it's got a USB port)
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
The swap from android to WP7 was the best cellphone change I ever made...
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
I still carry my Nexus One around in my laptop bag just in case I need to use the tethering. Its the only reason I still have it.

If I'm out and about somewhere where no wifi is available and need to get something out to a client ect, I just swap the sim card.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tfouto:
You might want to look at the H7S on AT&T, if you dont mind AT&T slowness on updates. Its a 4.3 screen with a SLCD. I think it will be the best wp7 screen, better then the Samsung screens.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Not for WP7 because blacks suck on SLCD. Not to mention if it shares any qualities with the HD7 then the battery life is going to be dismal.
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
you can tether on the focus though and I don't think there is a mozart stateside...
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Just did the other way around... And feel relieved.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tfouto:
backs suck on SLCD??? No way. Deep blacks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
*blacks* and they're nowhere near the blacks on a SAMOLED device. Considering how much of WP7 is black it's nowhere near as good... at least for this OS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] CDODGE:
Just traded in the fascinate for the focus. Was going to hold off to see the hd7s first but after loking at the 4.3 droid with slcd i decided I couldn't leave amoled. I am so glad i switched. Only things I'missing is Google voice and maps. I would like tethoring but never really used it. I'm glad I now have a phone that I don't have to load custom roms every other day to make myself happy with it.

I will never go back to Android.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Niiceg:
I had Desire, Desire Z and they are crap compared to Omnia7. WP7 rocks!!! I love the UI, games. No lags, no problems.
[Windows Phone 7 General] yipcanjo:
Amen to ALL OF THAT! :)

Had three different Android phones, an iPhone, and now I'm using an LG Optimus 7. Best phone I've had, and the overall experience is way more pleasing than any Android device -- no about about it!
[Windows Phone 7 General] f1restarter:
After seeing the video of MS holding a funeral procession for the iPhone late last year, I took a leap of faith and got the HD7. Then realized the funeral was actually for WP7 updates and Steve Ballmer is still the CEO of MS. So now I'm back on android and just got a Nexus S. The HD7 is safely back in it's coffin err I mean original box. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
For the person that said they did vice versa and are now "relieved", why?

My main worries:

1) Google integration. Anyway my contacts can stay in sync with my Google account?

2) App support. Facebook, Netflix, Google- nobody else supports this it seems the only entity that does is Microsoft. ?? Microsoft wrote the Facebook app and apparently their Netflix app doesn't even stream videos (it would've been a plus over Android)

That said it does everything else... Equally well I think (Email, messaging, browsing, etc). The Office integration would be a huge plus for me.

All in all, what are the Pros/Cons for this over Android? Not only Android but the Captivate?

How's battery life (real-world) actually compare?
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
I looked it up and it appears they updated it in March so not sure what the complaint is? Every few months is still better than what the Android folks are doing.

In fact I'd say the official Microsoft updates are about the same frequency as the unofficial upgrades in the Android world.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Wait... who told you WP7 Netflix doesnt stream? I watch movies on it all day at work... Battery life is better than android but no smartphone has great battery life. The UI isn't laggy like android, it's actually got good original games, zune pass is freakin amazing, the keyboard is better, just everything is a better quality. The guy who said he did the reverse and was glad has been trolling the WP7 forums for months trying to turn people away.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
The app description doesn't mention streaming, so I assumed. It just says queue management, etc.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
It's streamed since the release of WP7... I've used it daily the whole time and it's the whole reason I pay for Netflix to be honest...
[Windows Phone 7 General] f1restarter:
The complaint is about MS first telling everyone that the updates will come straight from MS and cannot be stopped by the carriers, then later they admitted this was sadly not true. This is why I chose a Nexus S as I don't ever want the updates to be held hostage by any carrier or manufacturer (samsuck!).
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
Huge pro but it's not an option for me.

I certainly think, what with the Captivate fiasco, the next phone I actually buy (remember- this one I'm just exchanging my Captivate for) is going to certainly be something directly updated (either a no-branded device or something like iPhone or a dev Android phone).

Wasn't WP released in Nov? Just now getting Copy and Paste out??? No Navigation on the horizon??? I mean what do you guys say about this... You're saying this is better than installing a custom ROM?
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
one million times better

navigon is known to work for sat nav and copy and paste just came out.

The only thing I miss on android is skyscape...that's all
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
Google Nav = free

Navigon = $90

.....................
[Windows Phone 7 General] the_Enlightened:
I really hate android... What a crappy os eclair is... I know it just might be my x10... But I can't wait to get wp7! I miss my energy roms for my hd...
[Windows Phone 7 General] the_Enlightened:
Well... Enjoy your crappy ios wannabe then:-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] the_Enlightened:
Anyone that want to trade a wp7 with my x10i?
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
not the way its used in the app forum =)

take a gander
[Windows Phone 7 General] backspacepc:
Can't help you on wp7, I've never looked back since my switch to Android, and truthfully the only thing I don't like is no streaming with netflix
[Windows Phone 7 General] radeon_x:
Yes, and then I switched back. Too many apps I missed - GTalk, remote desktop, Synology NAS app, a quality Google Reader app, etc. And when you factor in widgets,and multi-tasking, I find it faster in day to day use, even with the quirks. Will revisit when Mango rolls around.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jayr04:
I just bought an hd7 to replace my touch pro2. I already have a samsung tab so i didnt want two android devices. But if i didnt have my tab. I would have gotten an android phone.

I like the simplicity of wp7, but customization and lack of apps doesnt make it a very fun os to use.
[Windows Phone 7 General] syntropic:
I'm thinking of switching to a MagicJack. That would be comparable.
[Windows Phone 7 General] irkan:
yeah me, but i will most probably go back to my desire,

IMO, WP7 is a serious fail, it is missing some of the most basic functions in a phone

(for me its USSD input and SIM applications) and am sure many others
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Basically you can tether on any GSM phone, the qestion is how easy it is to enable the feature. This is functionality that's built into radio, so if your phone has a USB port you can tether.

As regards screen, I would advise to look carefully. I personally can't stand AMOLED whites because of highly visible pixels. If these don't bother you, sure the blacks are great.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
What's wrong with USSD? It works here just fine.
[Windows Phone 7 General] THUDUK:
I am running wp7 and android on hd2, 90% of the time spent on wp7, the whole feel and fluid control with wp7 is far more natural than the fastest android builds, having owned iPhones, windows, android, webos, phones the windows phone operating system is the one I would choose, the keyboard for one is so addictive to use, never felt this from any other system. All I can say is it just works.

My problem is I can only justify one phone, nowadays money is tight. Would like to sell on my hd2 and buy a wp7, but tried on the Marketplace on xda not a single response. I think trying to sell older phones even one as amazing as the hd2, will be tricky.
[Windows Phone 7 General] irkan:
I cannot progress in the USSD menus, .. it gets stuck at first screen, and am not able to bring up the num pad so i can input any options and progress

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1024251
[Windows Phone 7 General] snakewar:
Yes, I came from a Samsung Galaxy S and now I have an LG Optimus 7. I got tired of Android :cool:
[Windows Phone 7 General] pikacz:
switched from galaxy i7500 to mozart, best decision ever. had enough of no updates and constant force closes
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Re USSD, I see. The problem isn't that USSD doesn't work then, it's that programs can't send USSD queries due to missing API.
[Windows Phone 7 General] amtrakcn:
Moves from Captivate to Focus too here. Currently there is no solution for WiFi tether, but removing AT&T is easy.

So far I'm happy with the choice. Also Focus share a same battery with Captivate.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Well I got Arc. Was forced to do so due to so many limitations. Android is power whatever you say about it. WP7 is only potential right now. I couldn't wait another half a year or so to have missing basic things on my device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] irkan:
it does send the query (i get the first menu options of the USSD when i dial *141*) but i cannot progress due to the number pad being disabled!
[Windows Phone 7 General] crubbish:
I had switched from Milestone to Mozart and have been (moderately) excited for a while. Now I'm about to switch back to Android and anticipate it. The elegance and 'smoothness' of WP7 are nice but they are severly outweighed by lack of basic functions and general inflexibility. I'll look at WP7 again perhaps in a year time as I don't see it coming close to ios or android functionality-wise before then.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
Like what? You guys mention missing features but then don't mention any specifics.

How is iOS more flexible than WP?

Basically what my reluctance is with WP is the same with iOS. iOS wasn't BAD when I had it, it certainly worked, but it got boring so I moved onto Android. Now that's boring now I want to try WP. I think if I'm bored with Android that nothing will satisfy me so I guess you could say I'm just looking for a good stable device that works.

I was actually wondering about that- thanks for the info. I've got about 4-5 Captivate batteries. Even though it sounds like the Focus gets better battery life than the Captivate, right? (I'm assuming that was your prior phone)
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
1. You can sync calendar and contacts through gmail

2. Netflix streams just fine.

As far as what is better, its really up to who is using the device. WP7 has some limitations, none for me and what I use my phone for, but for others, I guess it can be deal breakers.

The biggest pro for me over android or winmo is the lack of problems. Programs don't regularly freeze up or close themselves, phone doesn't freeze up at all. I've had one freeze up since november and that was at least 3 months ago. phone resetted itself when it happened. Boot takes about 25 seconds too.

depending on your age, installing roms, constantly having to fix your phone gets old real quick.

I was lucky to get 225 for my hd2 last november. Probably couldn't get more than 175 for it now, just to underbid other listings on CL.

I can't find an hd7 for under 300-325 which is funny considering how many people say they are going back to android, selling them, etc...
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
You may just be bored with the typical old Palm related "miniature desktop" UI layouts that both iOS and Android are derived from. Personally, the fresh, new, more intuitive UI for a mobile device that wp7 is, was just the thing I needed. The intuitive, simple way you flow through information is great. And things 'just work' just like on iOS. It just has a very nice polish to the overall platform.

Missing features are there, but honestly not anything I can't do without until they release them. The overall UI experience is beyond what I experienced with the iPhone & Android (and webOS, BB & Symbian). Not only is the UI above the rest, but the quality of apps already has the ability (with some examples already in market like Cocktail Flow) to be much better than on any other platform. I fully expect to see a large surge in quality apps being developed/released for wp7 over the next few months (especially once we know the details of the MIX11 announcements).

Things people want:

API's for sockets ect so dev's can create working 3rd party messaging and instant messaging programs will most likely be opened up starting at MIX11 in a few weeks, so that will negate that one. Also good full featured google voice apps will need this.

Smart dialing is currently missing and would be nice, but its not something I get all agro over. This is definitely a bigger one, and I do imagine it will come soon.

Custom ringtones ect I think will come sometime year I would imagine but nothing has been announced.

Hotspot tethering people complain about a lot, but it will come in time, and again not really that big of a deal for most.

Ability to create custom hubs for similar programs like news.

True turn by turn nav built into Bing Maps people like to complain about, but that will come (most likely with Nokias Ovi Maps integrated services), and you still get normal directions for now (and A to B app does the turn by turn if you want 3rd party).

But the things most people need on a daily basis are there and work great. I honestly still carry my nexus one for those times I need to tether to get something out to a client, but thats a rare occasion that I am nowhere near a wifi hotspot. Other than that, I absolutely hate picking up my old Android/iPhone/BB/other phones because I am sick of the old Palm derived UI style everybody else uses, and the wp7 UI is just that much more pleasing.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
I think what you said about the mini desktop might be spot on. That's also why I said, while WP is locked down like iOS and is not as open, it's radically different simply due to the fact of how you work with information and such... It's a genuinely new OS.

So the APIs... I'd assume this is for running like, background Facebook Chat??? Or does it already posses ability to run that in the background?

I do like that feature though, noticed the Facebook app doesn't have Chat on WP. Not that it's a dire need but the fact my phone is online all the time means people can't tell when I'm ACTUALLY on Facebook so they don't know how much time I actually spend on there :p
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Yah real working facebook chats, gtalk, as well as true in app notifications will need these API's opened. I'm almost certain you will see the announcement for that at MIX11 this month. They have stated numerous times that this is the dev's #1 request. They will also need this for things like Google Voice apps to have direct socket connections for message notifications ect without needing the current 3rd party workarounds.

There are a couple 3rd party work arounds for gmail talk, facebook chat ect, but none of them work particularly well, and none will work like you'd expect until these are opened.

The facebook integration into the UI is actually really nice, and the Facebook app is there for the deeper things like access to messages/events ect when you want it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] surge89:
Yes! From HTC Evo to HTC Arrive! You can remove the bloatware but no tethering. Great phone and am currently not missing Android as much as I thought i would! Needs more apps but they are coming in fast so no complaints here!
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
How are the updates?

Android is able to be hijacked by both the carrier and manufacturer. IE, I can't slap 2.3 onto a 2.1 device and upgrade it.

Is WP different than that? IE, do they release one software package for all devices? So even if ATT does not release it officially, I can download it straight from Microsoft (prob with a slight tweak to break the ATT restriction?) to install it?

Another question I have is do you use a custom domain with Hotmail, and does it work just like a regular live account?

Basically Google Apps, there for awhile, accounts couldn't access everything that a regular Google account could and I was wondering if the same was true on Live.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
The updates are nothing like Android. OEM's can't hijack it, and carriers are 'supposed' to all be part of the testing and delivering of the updates. With the most recent one, most carriers have deployed it/are deploying it, while AT&T is still in testing with a supposed release in 'early april'. But there is an easy way to get the update by tricking the software, since ultimately you download your updates from the Zune software on your computer.

So basically, the updates are cycled out to everybody over the course of a few weeks, but you can 'unofficially' obtain it pretty easily if you can't wait. All phones run the same software unlike Android where all the OEM's have their own versions with hardware not tested by Google ect. So you usually end up having to buy new phones to get updates on Android.

Not sure on the custom hotmail domain.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
Cool info.

I'm also looking at this as an opportunity to ditch Google.

I trust Microsoft's Privacy more than Google's. What with IE9, Windows 8 (looking like WP will have great integration with it), WP7... Microsoft's offerings might be good enough for me to consider going all Microsoft again :)

What still worries me is the sockets, yeah you can live without it but holy crap it's a brick wall and limited without them, just look at the iPhone at launch. (It really surprises me that copy/paste, sockets, multitasking: that Microsoft didn't observe Apple's failures on this one). And tethering.

Other than that I think I could live with it. I think I'll be calling ATT to get it shipped.

The Focus is the best WP right? I'm on ATT.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Yah but C&P is now here, multitasking & mobile IE9 ect are coming later this year, and sockets are probably going to be announced in little over a week.

Its slightly frustrating, but this is a new platform, and you can't have everything ready all at once. All that within the 1st year is better than the other platforms. All of them.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TexUs:
Defiantly better than iOS but I don't think it bests Android there, does it? Certainly it bests it in the QUANTITY of features within a year.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
within a year, but not its first year. Android definitely kicked up the features quickly once the Droid was released though. wp7 will gain momentum also. Having all those in the first year is pretty good imo.
[Windows Phone 7 General] amtrakcn:
Yep, both Samsung G9 battery.

For Android, the battery life is uncontrollable. I never figure out what the hell service/thread is draining my battery.

In comparison, with same 3 gmail account push, same level of activity, my Focus lasts nearly 2 days and Captivate lasts 18 hours.

Also Focus has a working GPS:o
[Windows Phone 7 General] Damnzel:
I switched from Samsungs Galaxy Ace to Omnia 7. In my opinion, the usability is so much better than on any android device I ever had a look at. The 4" SAMOLED is superb, it just feels a bit over saturated sometimes. Google sync integration is also great, I just miss gmaps because you cannot find anything with bing here in germany. Can anybody confirm that? Everytime I try searching for a POI it just takes me to the city :(. Folder management (i.e. for pictures) and of course the already mentioned multitasking (why didn't they at least integrate a taskmanager to quickly take you to the last few opened apps instead of pressing the back button 100 times?) are missing.
[Windows Phone 7 General] amtrakcn:
I would say android can do a lot right now, but you have to maintain it a lot too.