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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barsy:
is there any way to disable windows live contacts from people? because there is a lot of people not necessary and i dont want to change my email too any ideas?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashykat:
There is no way currently to disable syncing contacts from your primary windows live account, your best option would be to log into your windows live account on your PC and clean up your contacts there. It's not a great option but it's the only way to achieve what you want to do, as far as I know.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hgyut:
maybe if you create new Email and make it only to WP7 devices

maybe it's good idea :D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickymvp:
maybe you can find a tool to keep it SYNC~~:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheNewImage:
Hi

I just flashed over to RC4, wiped the card and the cache before flashing it. When I start up the Market, it instantly closes. I have flashed other roms in the past and never seen this happen.

Thanks for any help
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r916:
Next time search..

Go to settings>applications>find market clear cache/data

If that doesn't work, reflash gapps (make sure you get the right ones, the most recent)
[Thunderbolt General] ignitros:
I have been using an older version of DVDFab v8.0.7.3 to convert dvd's to m4v files to watch on my phones. All of my older movies play fine. Anything I convert now with this newer version will not play. They will play fine on my computer but not my TBolt. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Anyone familiar with DVDFab v8.0.8.5 feel like giving me a little heads up?
[Thunderbolt General] ddgarcia05:
Try avi format.
[Thunderbolt General] ignitros:
I'll try that but why would all my other videos that are m4v work and just not the new ones?
[Thunderbolt General] ddgarcia05:
What are you using to play the video. Try a different player.
[Thunderbolt General] ignitros:
I have the stock video player and the 3d gallery one. But that still doesn't explain why my older videos work and the newer one don't unless there is a problem with the new program I'm ripping from vs the older version.
[Thunderbolt General] DeathAdder666:
I've used Badaboom, Xilisoft Video and AVS to convert videos. If you're really nuts like me, first you use SlySoft to remove the DRM from the DVD in your computer's optical drive. Then I use 1ClickDVDCopyPro to rip the DVD into a folder on my hard drive.

From that hard drive folder I use AVS Video Converter (v7) to create a video from the profile for Android devices with some slight modifications. I change the frame size to 800x480 or 720x480. I also change the audio down to 128kbps (just to save space). The bitrate for the video I go between 800 and 1500, depending. For documentaries and dramas, 800 to save space and 1500 for action movies to give a cleaner video playback.

Then use RockPlayer (download the ARM v7 - don't use the universal player) to playback the MP4 video. That's the best success I've had with converting my own video.

Usually anything that I download from the Internet, I use the Xilisoft Video Converter (v6.5.3) to create pretty much the same thing as the DVD rips. The reason I don't use Xilisoft for DVD rips is the way it reads the IFO files from DVD's. The AVS software is pretty intuitive for the files based on the IFO. I also try to download the highest quality I can find so I don't lose much in re-encoding the video to a lower bitrate.

Good luck. Hope that rambling above helps.
[Thunderbolt General] DeathAdder666:
Oh yeah. Forgot to mention. I've used Badaboom, but found it slow and didn't seem to make my video conversions better or equal to the AVS or Xilisoft converters. Hard to tell on the TB because of the small screen, but when viewed on the computer it looks worse by comparison.

Plus, the Xilisoft CUDA seems to work faster (I have a new Intel Sandy Bridge with a GTX 460 for processing) than the Badaboom. Xilisoft converts 4 videos at a time on my computer, each hour long video taking about 15-20 minutes to complete (simultaneously). Very nice. :cool:
[Thunderbolt General] ignitros:
Well... I tried that Rock Player and it works okay. I still can't figure out for the life of me why my other videos play when they were created the same way as the newer ones. Rock player seems to play them fine and the stock player plays the avi files I created I just don't think they look as good as the m4v ones I made previously. I guess I'm just going to have to fool around with it alot more to get things figured out.
[Thunderbolt General] ERIFNOMI:
For newer movies, DVDFAB to remove the protection then Handbrake to convert. DVDFAB is free for just ripping DVDs but they don't make that really known on their website. This is possibly the most fool-proof way to do it but it also gives you plenty of options if you're into that.
[HD2 General] gemibaby:
I need help to sim unlock my htc hd2 fone
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
Do you have a unlock code for it yet?
[HD2 General] the5th:
just got one to, but don't know if its a refurb. also want to get it unlocked, any recommendations. HTC HD2 TMobil usa version.
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
You have to get a unlock code for the phone and a sim card from the provider you want to use. Without the code and the sim card you are not going to be able to unlock the phone. Go to ebay and look for a seller you can buy a code from, are Google sim unlock code for HTC HD2.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandman512:
I really would like to add a theme to my EPIC, but at the same time I would like to keep the same size FONTS that I currently have. I tried the Midnight Blue theme and LOVED it, except everything was smaller. Any thoughts? THANKS!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Simply delete the fonts folder before you flash the theme :)
[General Questions and Answers] cheshyre:
Is there any way I can obtain/export a list of all installed packages with their available activities?

ADWLauncher has an activity picker in its custom shortcut feature. It lists things like:

Calculator

Calculator(.Calculator)

Camera

Camera(.Camera)

Camcorder(.VideoCamera)

Camera(.Camera_dual)

Camera(.VideoCamera_dual) ...

I have apps which generate a list of installed packages, but how can I get something like this showing all the activities?

My phone is rooted, but I'm not much of a coder.
[General Questions and Answers] seraphine:
Did you ever find a solution? Cause I desperately need this too :(
[General Questions and Answers] pandik:
Try search in google for this: activities.droidicon.com

Sry but i cant posts links yet ;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsernst:
Is it in the build.prop script? What is the switch command to enable it?

Thanks!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagantek:
VEGAn-Tab 5.1.1 has it enabled, its the Gingerbread roms that have issues AFAIK.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lannister80:
I have VEGAn-Tab 5.1.1 installed and I don't know that hardware decoding is really working. I have an MKV file (720p) with the following stats that plays quite choppy:

Video: H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC), 3482 kb/s

Resolution: 1280x720

Audio: AC3, 384 kb/s

First off, Meridian won't handle AC3 sound (and the video is still choppy). Arcmedia does handle AC3 sound, but the video is even choppier than playing in Meridian.

What gives? I thought this thing could play back 1080p with no issues, let alone 720p. Divx plays fine, but that's not what I bought this thing for...

Any ideas?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merril:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=890096

See Roebeet's post regarding Tegra 2 limitation.

And for the record the advertised 1080p playback was through a dock and hdmi cable to a 1080p display, not on the 1024x600 display built in.

This tablet lacks the power I personally expected, but at the right bitrate you can still get a movie that maxes the resolution of the screen, plays smoothly and still retains HD detail.
[Captivate General] overkillogi:
I'm stupid and didn't read the read text in the guide...how do i go back to At&t?

Thanks
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
Are you not able to see apps in the market?
[Captivate General] Jemack:
Out of curiosity, why do you want to change back to at&t?
[Captivate General] pyroman27:
Enter Att provider number under custom. It is 310410. Then back up that number.
[EVO 4G General] bballer71418:
Did anyone read shinzul post? What do yall think it could be this time?

http://mobile.twitter.com/shinzul/status/55691147305164800
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
A working GPS? They must have taken Samsung Android courses
[EVO 4G General] jstalford:
I've heard the Savaged-Zen team and Deck mention things about GPS being fixed shortly, so hopefully that is a thing of the past soon.
[EVO 4G General] Vegasden:
His last reply was "It's actually an app for all Android phones".
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Maybe its an app that fixes all the bugs on 4G without having to flash another rom/kernel! :D
[EVO 4G General] davenukem:
Glad to see somebody else thinking starting other projects when one is broke is not wise.
[EVO 4G General] Ep3n3wp:
The new google talk app(9.5.3) from the beta test market that has camera permissions which allows you to video chat from evo to pc...
[EVO 4G General] bballer71418:
I rly hope so!!
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
Now THAT would be something, almost sounds a little out there ... but I would place no doubt on #TeamWINning as they've already taken **** to another level.

Definitely interested either way, but THAT would be something else. Wonder what it is m.. ??m?
[EVO 4G General] joeykrim:
one of my most favorite parts about the open source community is all our work is shared with everybody! as long as you have an internet connection, you can read the code which makes it very easy to duplicate or improve!

i was so happy to see closed source wimax code ported into open source cm7. i finally made the switch from stock sense to cm7!

to be honest, i felt the wimax settings page and wimax advanced setting pages in cm7 were kind of klunky and had a lot of wasted space (same for stock sense wimax settings page). i took it upon myself to spend countless hours learning how the Settings.apk was setup, rearranging java code, figuring out git/repo from command line and submitting code to cyanogenmod's review site.

it took me 6 failed submissions to cyanogen before i was able to do it correctly! embarrasing it took 6 tries and sooo many hours, but at least i was trying.

heres the link:

http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,4443

i hope it gets accepted :)

shinzul has done a great job porting over closed source HTC WiMAX code into the open source cyangenmod project. sure, its not perfect, but the code is right there for ALL of us to improve whenever we want!

i'm excited for shinzul's next project as he has shown some great java skills (feel free to browse his source code to see for yourself!) in his ability to bring original content to this community!

its great to see everybodys support and/or feedback. thanks for a great community!
[EVO 4G General] mkeena0305:
We appreciate your effort. Whats next? :)
[EVO 4G General] bballer71418:
I feel dumb thinking that there's nothing else that teamwin could do to make my phone even more awesomer :p
[EVO 4G General] krazyflipj:
EPST app so we don't need to flash a sense rom ever again?

Sent from my CM7 Powered device
[EVO 4G General] snandlal:
Ya for Shinzul my Ninzul...epst app? Come on! We know you can do it!
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
doesn't matter what the app is or does, I will buy it
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
So even if their app is an ovulation chart/calculator, you'll still buy it?

~ d3rk
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Way to go Joey, looks good to me also! One more person to give you the green light and its in there!

~ d3rk
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
yes, and it will be better than all the ones currently on the market, nobody knows more about women and their cycles than the pimps in Teamwin

though I doubt very much that is what they are doing
[EVO 4G General] sling:
Well Im betting Teamwin gets Grand prize

https://www.x.com/community/ppx/devchallenge?mpch=ads&mplx=3484-106634-2056-8
[Xperia Arc General] yoman2:
Can't Seem to setup the Exchange Active Sync account on my Arc, using default mail client. Using the exact same settings which had worked on my HTC Desire, but when I clicked next, it just runs some processes, and doesn't proceed any further.

Using the same settings, I downloaded Touchdown on my arc and tried, and of course it works.

Anybody have any clue?
[Xperia Arc General] ronniecross:
Is this hotmail by any chance? It would be interesting if you are experiencing this with anything other than hotmail as I know this is something experienced with Hotmail connecting to the default mail client...
[Xperia Arc General] ronniecross:
p.s. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1019675&page=2 ;-)
[Xperia Arc General] yoman2:
Thanks! it's actually a home.microsoftonline.com service not hotmail..

Tried everything I could... doesn't work..
[Xperia Arc General] ludovic.audoin:
Hello, I succeed in installing an exchange account (mail2web) on my Arc with no issue for email, agenda and contacts. The only problem is that my contacts are not sorted by Name/First Name but First Name/Last Name.

BR
[Optimus One, P500, V General] snowcolt17:
i am using cm7. how do i go to my internal pictures via file explorers? in andexplorer in wont let me paste pictures in my internal
[Optimus One, P500, V General] snowcolt17:
btw. the only reason i wanna know is so i can copy my wallpapers to my phone memory. when i plus my phone to my pc or reboot. i have to redo my wallpapers for multipicture. =/.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] naoru:
Root Explorer can mount internal memory as read&write.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] snowcolt17:
yea. i got root explorer. andexplorer. and like 5 others. i found the internal music. where is the internal pics at?
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] corybucher:
Anyone have any good suggestions.

Oh and if I get flamed for a straight forward question like this I will find out where you live come to your house and put a big bag of flaming poo on your doorstep ring your doorbell and run like the Damn Dickens.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] Aaargh!:
not if I ring your doorbell first
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] vampir4997:
Dont take this the wrong way. Shouldnt this be in android apps and games, not in a phone specific forum?

shifty root

imapaler's battery mod

adw

mikshift

bcnice kernal

htc ime mod by gimpsta
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] corybucher:
First poo bag, lol. Yeah, so what
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] jesusice:
This is where you go to get the most informed information. I mean, we all bought the Shift, right? So we must be pretty smart. Like, who want's to get advice from people that bought the Epic? ;)

Haven't played any Android pool games, btw.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] Caromsoft:
I did a quick search over at AZBilliards and one person recommended an app called Carom3D, but when I looked I couldn't find it. Have you tried Pool Break in the market? There is a demo. Can't try it myself, don't have a Shift yet! :)
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] ahager88:
Last pool game I played was midnight 3d... on a RAZR

Sent from my PG06100
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] noskoviak:
Pool Rebel Lite is the best emulator so far.. im a league player in wisconsin.. we take our pool seriously here. trust me on this one.. let me knkow if you find better. id love to play it.
[Vibrant General] Romanbb:
Just wanted to give some people a heads up on WHY this happens

It isn't your kernel or ROM to blame, it happens because of android coding.

Anyone who's ever used WidgetLocker may recall that they call this the "5 second rule."

Basically when you press home, Android disallows any apps to do anything for about 5 seconds, this includes long pressing home to bring up most recently viewed apps.

WidgetLocker has a way to bypass this, and I believe a few other apps do it (ones that rely on the home key... I think QuickDesk might). I'm unaware of any app that's sole purpose is to do this.

Hope this helps someone
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
Thanks. I was going crazy trying to figure out why long pressing to access the task manager was not consistent.

And yes, this 5 second rule applies to many services, including hidden APIs for shutting down the screen. Apparently there are no official APIs for this but the hidden APIs requires a small delay (about 5 seconds).
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
wow, I really thought it was the kernel because this only happen to me when I'm with the OS kernel so I'm ending up flashing the stock kernel. nice.
[Vibrant General] thegreatcity:
Thanks for the info. I knew about the 5 second rule through widget locker, but I didn't know it ran that deep in the system.
[Vibrant General] Deleted member 2371530:
But i never use widegt locker and b4 bi-winning i was running trigger with tiger kernel and home long press was fine it is the kernel caus when i first swtiched from os to tiger u could tell the difference its so annoying but i love os with bi-winning just wish that didnt happen :(
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Tested and confirmed. Thank you BT.

This only seems to be noticeable to me on 2.2.1... I never had this thought on roms like Trigger (2.2).
[Vibrant General] Abu-7abash:
Im on a 2.2.1 rom yet i barely have that(only when im on the homepage and it lasts for about 2 secs max).
[Vibrant General] regP:
The inconsistent long press drives me crazy. So much so that I ended up switching to the task switcher app.
[Nexus One Accessories] amzter:
Being a person who loves my music I want it to sound just right, now I know a lot of people don't like the Dr Dre's however they were a gift so I was pumped when i got them, I have been using PowerAmp as my main music app with my sennheiser cx300 and it was good and i had all the right eq settings for my Dr Dre's, however recently i accidently uninstalled poweramp and i lost all my eq settings for power amp, i had the best setting with no distortion or anything howevr now that i have reinstalled it i don't have any of my eq settings, does anyone have good settings for the dre's or know how to get my settings back?
[Nexus One Accessories] volsey:
Sound is subjective, what I think sounds "right" or good to me, might sound harsh or off to you.

Choose a preset EQ mode that sounds the best or closest to what you had, and fine-tune from there.

I've listened to the Beats headphones fairly extensively and find myself wanting to crank up the mid highs to balance out that extra bass. But then again this depends on the type of music I'm listening to as well. I can't stand listening to some compressed rap and hip hop on the same EQ settings as rock, especially coming from a phone.
[Nexus One Accessories] xManMythLegend:
As stated above. Purely subjective.

Type of music , encoding quality of music , personal taste etc...

Let your ears be the judge. Good starting point is knowing what your headphones strengths/weaknesses are.

Pick your favorite 2-3 songs and adjust till you feel right about it.
[Nexus One Accessories] knightnz:
If you "love music" then generally you want the EQ & all tone controls to be flat/off, and use good quality headphones. Having any of those settings on in PowerAmp introduces additional processing which mucks up the audio IMO.

I've no idea if the Beat headphones are actually _good_ headphones or not (being both a Monster product _and_ celebrity endorsed, the price is somewhat inflated), if so then they should sound fine with no EQ assuming the source media is clean. I'm guessing that the bass is over-pronounced in those phones given the name attached to them. (If you like excessive bass, then Sennheiser HD212's are a good cheap alternative, I hated them though)

If however you're the type of person who thinks the Black Eyed Pea's are "a pretty cool group", then just turn the bass dial up. :)

I use either some Sennheiser 280Pro's or Grado Alessandro's and unless the source audio is poorly mastered/produced (not that uncommon sadly) then I leave the tone + EQ controls alone and/or disable them. The audio quality from the N1 is NOT what I'd call audiophile grade, but it's "ok".
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
I think this will be my last real "noob" question. I've done some searching, but no real clear answer.

Just how exactly do I install a ROM? I'm thinking of trying both Virtuous and Cyanogen, just want to test them first. And do I still need to use / have the goldcard I initially made to downgrade the firmware, or can I turn that into a "regular" SD card again?

PS - With Virtuous, will using something like LauncherPro slow it down? Or will it not matter?

Thanks again in advance.

EDIT: I also kinda need to update the radio, I have no mobile data on the stock 1.34 radio...lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
I bet you could of figured this out by googling "how to flash rom on g2/dz" faster than typing this question lol. Get rom manager, flash recovery with rom manager, download rom you want from rom manager, click okay...pretty easy stuff.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astriaos:
However sometimes this does not work. A manual install of whatever comes down to downloading and dropping the .zip file of the ROM and whatever Google App pack into your root SD mount. Boot into recovery by Pwr+Vol Down, do a full wipe of both cache and the phone. Then Install Zip from SD card, flash the rom, then the gapps. Reboot.

Yes your back key will function in root.

Edit: When mounting your sd card onto the computer make sure USB debugging is on.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
Thanks guys, I did end up figuring it out, now I'm just trying to flash my radio...there's 1 thread with goo dinstructions, but they're still not clear... eugh.

I feel more and more noob with this haha.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shortlived:
Well do a lot of reading before you go and install just any radio.... Make sure they are compatible. I don't want to see your next noob question be "I bricked my phone please help"
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coszy:
you will learn by your mistake.

That's how i learn it.:P
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
No, I made sure to read everything I could. I just couldn't find any noob friendly radio instructions. I installed Virtuous, just trying to update to the recommended radio. lol
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shortlived:
Rmk40 actually just released a program all about radios. Go check it out.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puravida82:
SERIOUSLY, careful. No offense, but if you're not sure on the details of how to flash a ROM, chances are you don't have the knowledge to safely flash your radio.

I feel competent flashing roms, pushing files with adb, and radios still freak me out. If you mess up, there's not turning back =/
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
I have a ROM flashed now. Just haven't found any real concise instructions on how to flash a radio.

The problem I find with most of these guides is that they say "If you don't know this blah blah google it", rather than explaining the method and how to do it / why it is important.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dietotherhythm:
I think you should get clockwork mod premium and check out the options on there, it will basically download the rom for you and complete all the necessary steps to have a working install. I've been flashing roms since the G1 in 2008 and I still have some small issues here and there when doing it manually but if you want a safe bet, go with the clockwork mod app :]
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
I used it already to isntall roms, but can you flash radios with it?

Radio flashed...still can't use browser though...bleh.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnowOokami:
why flash your radio though? I'm using CM7 RC4 with Pershoot kernel en stock radio... reaching up to 30 hours of uptime (with average usage) and good connectivity.