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[Nexus S General] solidkevin:
Really hoping I didnt make the wrong choice here, the Xperia arc I had my eyes on and the only thing it didnt have was a FFC and I can live without it, beyond that I like the looks, bigger screen, lighter weight, on the arc better and sony unlocked the bootloader on their new devices so updates will come regardless, way better camera, I just dont know about this whole screen thing....
[Nexus S General] MarkusPO:
i just got mine today, so thought i'd chime in too.

build quality: not cheap imo, the ergonomics dept should pat themselves on the back. feels just right

doesn't feel laggy

sensors problem. compass seems a bit off, and the best gps lock i've had is 10m error after about 60s. i stood outside and waited, no lock. resorted to downloading gps status and downloaded the additional gps data. this seems to be the only way it's locked on. compared to a desire, this is hella slow and crappy for gps.

camera quality, i think for a phone it's good enough. for the ffc, so it's vga, but at what resolution does skype mobile use? what's that? it's not working? oh well. i think vga is fine for video calls. anything else is just additional cost.

about to test with music and haven't put a sim in yet to test the phone.

i bought it for development, so i'm now going to start messing about with it, but the phone feels nice and zippy, but disappointed with the sensors (will be testing outside tomorrow) as i'm looking to do a lot of augmented reality dev.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
if you're going to test sound, i highly recommend using netarchy's kernel (unsure if it works on a I9020A).. but basically put Voodoo Sound, it'll be highly worth it without question
[Nexus S General] MarkusPO:
thanks, but i'm going to keep this stock.
[Nexus S General] j0hnZ:
You can change the bad color by using voodoo control app on the market and finding a kernel that supports it.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
if you're keeping it stock... why did you say

aren't you simply contradicting yourself?
[Nexus S General] solidkevin:
Not sure what you mean by "kernal that supports it" Can anyone help me out with this? Whole reason I got a NS is so that I didnt have to mod/root etc lol

But I dunno if I can live with this yellow tint, I NEED to change it!
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
You can do plenty of app development on a stock rom. Not all development is rom/kernel based
[Nexus S General] MarkusPO:
Yep, thank you. "Development" only means ROM development here. in the big-wide-world it means apps!
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
well, you didn't specify. and yes, development on XDA is defaulted towards ROM development and not apps.
[Nexus S General] MarkusPO:
bah. it doesn't matter, let's play nice.

want a game of horseshoe? HORSESHOE!
[Nexus S General] solidkevin:
What about a yellow tint? You have it? Its seriously bugging me out...
[Nexus S General] MarkusPO:
crap, sorry about the thanks there ;)

no, i don't have a tint at all - i have a 9020. and no tint. i manually upgraded to 2.3.2 - too scared to update to 2.3.3 yet. i don't have a sim in it, so the ota wasn't registering.

in terms of sound quality, it blows away my ipod touch 1st gen, but then again most of my older cheaper mp3 players do so that in itself isn't saying much! the dynamic range sounds a lot better on this than what was on the desire too.

but still haven't taken the stickers on the phone off yet. need a case!
[Nexus S General] doniqcc:
Lol lmo in your world maybe.

In the one that I live in and the rest of the world DEVELOPMENT means rom development or something else or different to improve the phone or make it looks nicer maybe a theme
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
You'd be even more amazed at sound with voodoo.

Seriously, you're missing out. But if u don't want to mod it then that's fine.
[Nexus S General] MarkusPO:
putting glow-in-the-dark stickers on it will make it look nice... ohh i see... i didn't know that's development! thanks! :P

development means programming. fullstop. period. back to the scheduled show!
[Nexus S General] doniqcc:
Not in xda development but you can do it in android market place but you'll learn eventually it's ok. I can't wait to see what app you'll work on. wait I know something about teaching other people how to develop a rom without rooting your phone nice yeeeeah
[Nexus S General] aaronpaws:
voodoo sound and color changed my life.

Try the settings in the apps and themes section of this forum.
[Nexus S General] solidkevin:
I wish I could do it without a root, I just cant seem to do the damn root, Im stuck on the drivers part....
[Nexus S General] DKYang:
Na man. For the rest of the world, there are so many types of development (not just phone related) that it's not even funny. :eek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development
[Nexus S General] solidkevin:
What exactly does this voodoo sound do? Im listening to my music and it kills the inspire I had in terms of loudness..
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
Voodoo Sound is self-explanatory, it simply enhances sound.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=806195
[Nexus S General] j0hnZ:
The best course of action for someone like doniq is to add them to your block list. These type of people pop up every now and then, but I've never had to block anyone before the Nexus S section.

You have to be rooted to use the kernel, and voodoo, so if it means that much to you then you know what you need to do. I use Netarchy's kernel, but I believe all of the modified kernels support voodoo at this point. Don't quote me but you can look in the development section and look at their changelog's.
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
not to take anything away from you, but why would having the nexus mean you can finally develop apps? afaik any android phone can have apps made for it >.>

but yea i eagerly wait for my SPH-d720.. just wish they would announce/release it already
[Nexus S General] j0hnZ:
Having the latest and greatest os before anyone provides the ability to test changes that could result in applications not working correctly. Having a phone that can test these changes well ahead of the rest gives developers this ability.
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
fair enough
[Nexus S General] matt2053:
Wow. I never post here, I just stumbled across this thread looking for some info about the Nexus and I seem to have found the worst poster in the world. Awesome!
[Nexus S General] iJITSU:
I hear ya on the yellow tint. I originally got one with the SAMOLED and got rid of it for that very reason. I read about the Voodoo option but didn't seen 100% success. Just ordered one that supposedly has the super LCD. I expect the images/text to be sharper but not sure about the tint since I've seen the pics/vids where the super LCD version also looked yellow to me. We'll see.
[Nexus S General] j0hnZ:
I returned my first one as well for the purple tint. Second one had the same problem, some people didn't notice(I don't know how, maybe their fanboisms). Anywho, Voodoo works great on the screen tinting because you can set it however you want.
[Nexus S General] MarkusPO:
what version of android are people running to see this purple tint? gingerbread.3?
[Nexus S General] j0hnZ:
.1 and .2, so not an issue now...with purple anyway
[Nexus S General] milesjohnson:
Is there any where you can get a ns att for $200? I like it and all but im not up for paying$ 600 for it....

Sent from my GladiAtrix ;)
[Nexus S General] RogerPodacter:
Unfortunately no unless you can find a used one. But all phones are 550 dollars unless you buy it on contract.

You should buy a new phone on contract, lets say an iPhone, sell it for profit on eBay for 600 bucks, and use that cash to buy the nexus s.
[Nexus S General] solidkevin:
This.
[Atrix 4G General] Routaran:
Hello,

I didnt know where to put this question but i am considering buying this phone. Does anyone know if it will work with FIDO (Canada)?

Thanks.
[Atrix 4G General] bongd:
It works on Rogers so it should work on Fido as well :)
[Atrix 4G General] HungryEel:
Yes, I am using it on fido and it is working perfectly!!

3 things:

1- download the sms time fix (the sms received will be -4hours unless you download this from the marketplace because how rogers/fido does thier time stamping)

2- take name display out as some reported that it doesn't play nice with atrix when you receive a call from a landline. (I never have that problem because noone calls me from landline)

3 - I am on the AT&T atrix and it will warn me when i reboot the phone that I am on roaming network, once you click the notification, your phone does not complain
[Atrix 4G General] noxlord:
I am on Rogers with the ATT Atrix. I just had to load the APN settings and now I'm good, data and calls are perfect.

HungryEel, I did not test sms, but I will look into your fix.
[Atrix 4G General] tecnic08:
It WILL work with fido I brought the ATT from US and unlock it. Now I am using it in Canada with Fido. Really great run H+
[Atrix 4G General] bongd:
I'm on Rogers and didn't need any SMS fix. I did call in to ask for "name display" to be "excluded" from my account though - this fixed the Pay Phone listing from coming up on incoming calls though.
[Atrix 4G General] ChongoDroid:
+1 worked fine on Fido... unfortunately when you unlock this phone it voids the bell warranty so i have to go through the Motorola service centre in Richmond...
[Atrix 4G General] creativedevil:
Hey Guys, since this is a topic about using in canada on rogers/fido network, I have two questions.

where did ya'll get the phone unlock from? and if someone can tell me how much it would cost?

and does anyone know if the 6GB dataplan from rogers/fido still possible to get?

i know for sure that Android eats up the data very quickly, i have opted for 1 gb data from rogers and I am always either almost finished with or over the data. i like the Atrix, am definitely picking up the phone by this saturday. Don't want to carry around 2 phones, if the 6gb plan is not available, thinking of leaving rogers as it is too expensive.

any suggestions? help much appreciated.
[Atrix 4G General] noxlord:
I used Cellunlock.com there are some coupons floating around for 50% off.

For your Rogers plan, you really should read this thread. I had a crappy plan and after reading that thread and doing my homeworks, I called retention 3 times and ended up with a ridiculously nice plan. From what I know, the 6Gb plan is dead and the only way to get one is to have a grandfathered corporate plan.

How are you using so mutch data ? you should try using wifi ... (or opera mini)

Oh and don't forget to call retention, maybe they can do something for you.
[Atrix 4G General] creativedevil:
Thanks a lot for the info. I will try CellUnlock.com.

I will call Rogers Retention people and see what happens. I have tried that trick in past and have got response such as "Oh you want to cancel your plan, sure, pay the money to us and F... O..." basically. Hence I am a little hesitant. But hey, there is no reason why I shouldn't try calling them again.

Why do I use it so much? Cuz my job requires me to... I travel through GTA a lot, and because I have a smartphone, I use it for pretty much everything from checking my emails to making phone calls to use it as a GPS.
[Atrix 4G General] noxlord:
read the thread, if you are into a contract, there is a new rules: they can only charge you what you own them on your subsidised phone.

use a line like "I really like your service, but since it's SOOO mutch cheaper elsewere, there is no reason for me to stay..."
[Atrix 4G General] bongd:
To add to this, remind the CSR that you want to be compelled to stay but in such a competitive market place you need to look at all avenues (the mitigating factor being what you pay, you want a better plan for what you pay!).

Do make sure to up sell the benefits of staying with your current provider and they'll happily recline, making small talk and keeping the discussion constructive and positive. They'll "review" things and find either a feature they can add, a discount that can be applied, etc. Just remain optimistic and act as though you're so torn between sticking with them or going with a risky new provider.

This usually seems to yield good results with me. I've worked in Retention departments and can sniff a promo hopper from a mile away. But if you're a nice promo hopper, whatever, I'll give you a good deal. Just be polite and a good sport. They'll try hooking you up where they can. Usually..

(if not, tell them thanks and that you'll call back after some review)
[Atrix 4G General] creativedevil:
Thank you so much for the input guys... Real Helpful tips... I will try all the options mentioned above and will get back with some results...
[Atrix 4G General] bongd:
Awesome, man. Let us know how it goes.
[Atrix 4G General] creativedevil:
Well guys, the tips above didn't help in the first try. I called them, got transferred to retention, answer was same old ****ed up response... Oh, we are sorry to see you leaving, let me just remind you that you will have to pay Rogers to end your contract, when do you want to end the contract?

I will try calling them again next week and see if my luck works out this time...

Again, thanks a ton. I have my Atrix working superb and flawlessly.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Bikers:
a friend of mine has a milestone and wants to use skype with videocall! I've read that videocall with skype is only available for some phones!

what do you use for videocalling over the internet or is there a way for making skype do that? perhaps make skype think you have an iphone, just joking!

thanks!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
The Milestone does not have a front-facing camera so videochatting is not possible. But I've heard that it uses the regular camera as well, but then you have the screen of your Milestone on the table so it kind of defeats the purpose.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] IanTester:
Even being able to receive video would be a good first start.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Bikers:
ok! thanks guys!

I just took a quick look at his milestone and I thot I saw a front facing camera, but I might have seen some sensor...
[Desire General] rumbo575:
Hi everyone!

In my pursuit of the ultimate rom i've settled for the insertcoin 0.3++......Took some risks to customise the phone and flash the cm7 hboot but now i'm there:D

I really like the new Leedroid 1.4 and the Auraxtsense 1.84 but i think this shades it!I want to chat in the developers area of the said roms but not enough posts....

Tried the Alpha revision custom sense hboot for leedroid and aurax but it would'nt have it,pity really but now on insert coin i have a load of apps and 175 mb internal memory!

Is there anyone who is using the same rom as me and would care to share their thoughts on the competition?

PS i've tried all the HD roms except starburst i think....Done the vanilla roms,oxygen,cm,gv etc

Cheers Simon
[Desire General] Andrewawright:
Haven't used said ROM myself, but I'm currently hunting for the right one for me. As great as it is and as appreciative as I am, little things are bugging me with the Oxygen ROM (I actually just came on to get some info on the stock 2.3.3 HTC sense for nexus s on my desire)

Out of interest what's made you choose this one?
[Desire General] rumbo575:
I have been through most easily,even miui but i got to like insertcoin 1.8h,quick n slick with no memory leaks either.Went to 2.0 a2sd and data ext but thought it was laggy....this one you have to flash the cm7 hboot which just fits all the rom to nand flash...the hboot size is 130mb i think and the rom fits at 120mb so you get a load more internal memory considering the standard hboot is 250mb......used to like oxygen but gingerbread 2.3 isn't that good,i thought froyo oxygen was better.

This rom i'm using goes like sh@t even while it's installing all the apps on the market upon installation
[Desire General] Meaple:
Then you realise it starts to slow down when you've installed your apps.

Sent from CM7
[Desire General] beetnubbin:
I'm a big fan of the data++ sensehd roms too. Rcmix densensensenised with launcherpro went like the proverbial off a hot stick. Did notice some slow down once all apps were installed but it is a seriously BIG improvement over other apps/data to sd. Flashing hboot was scary at first but now I dont hesitate at all. If anybody noobs are tempted then download fastboot commander. If there's any demand for it I'll do a walk through.

Having said all that, I'm currently playing with oxygen with custom hboot and found it again faster still. The only thing compares for me was the hiapk rom (based on cm7) which I tried briefly. Anybody else had a go on this one? miss the sense goodness though.

will be back on a hd ginger sense soon what with the ginger bravo leak.
[Desire General] rumbo575:
To be honest i have 43 apps on there ontop of all the ones which come as standard and the phone is fast...Again in all honesty it's not as fast as i thought it would be
[Desire General] rumbo575:
I'd love to go back to a vanilla rom again but i keep missing sense.....Can't find a weather app as good as htc...that 90mb hboot flash might just be in the pipeline very soon and have a bit of oxygen this weekend.

PS I recommend fastboot commander also
[Desire General] rumbo575:
Beetnubbin......I'm going to ditch this rom,it's not as fast as i thought....Leedroid 2.4 was faster i thought even though there's a few minor bugs.

Auraxtsense 8.4 went well for me too....is there any other rom you recommend mate?....Have'nt tried starburst classic yet,any ideas?
[HTC 7 Pro] klecka27:
Here is my new issue with WP7....Google has listen, I believe iOS has another podcast streamer/updater. WHY IN THE WORLD CAN'T WE UPDATE OR STREAM PODCASTS IN ZUNE!!!!?!?!? The Zune suite is the main reason I went with WP7, this seems like such an easy feature to bundle in the OS.

thoughts?:confused:
[HTC 7 Pro] Raven822:
They showed off podcast support in the music app at MIX, but you'll have to wait for mango before you get it. I was debating returning to android but after seeing the future of WP7 at MIX, I'm sticking with WP7.
[HTC 7 Pro] LayneRobinson:
I subscribe to several (video) podcasts (i.e. College Humor) in the Zune software on my desktop and then wirelessly update them each night. It would be nice if I could manage them from the phone directly, but it works well enough syncing to my home computer.

Zune software / Marketplace / Podcasts....

I have an Arrive, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't matter.
[HTC 7 Pro] SimzzDev:
Just wait until Mango... Along with better podcast support, Mango will be bringing a lot of features to Windows Phone 7.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmanxda:
Hey guys,

I'm a big Revolution HD fan but since I flashed 3.1 I have a weather sync bug.

Now I flashed the 3.5 one and had have the same issue.

After some reading on the post I've noticed a "weather sync fix for 3.5" and installed it but get still the connection failure.

Why the weather app can not connect to the internet?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I'm TheQuest:
Hi Jmanxda

The Weather sync seem to be a problem to do with HTC itself from the looks of the amount of post about it:-

Search Results

Take Care

TheQuest :cool:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmanxda:
Got message: "Sorry -no matches. Please try some different terms." :/

Sent from my Adam PixelQi 3G by using it!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I'm TheQuest:
Hi Jmanxda

I do not know why that is happening? will try with different name:-

Weather sync/Search Results

Take Care

TheQuest :cool:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmanxda:
Thank's for trying to help!

Now I downloaded Animeted Weather from the Market and it has also

a problem to connect to the server. But my Internet connection is ok because

I am writig from my Desire HD.

As far as I knew the stock app and this one from the market are using diferent servers. How can this be possile that only weather apps are not able to connect to the internet?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sphuyal:
I am not that much big fan of HTC s weather...it never worked out perfectly for me even when i was in stock ROM. Speaking of ARHD, i never had issues with weather syncing. I m currently using ARHD 3.5 but i use GO Launcher so can not test HTC weather sync but i m sure most of the problems with weather is on the HTC half than on the ROM.

I guess you flashed 3.5 correctly. Did you restore your (google) settings after flashing 3.5?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmanxda:
I think so. I've done a factory reset with ClockworkMod and wiped the cache and installed the 3.5 .zip!

Then I tryed the weather widget, got the expected failure

and recovered some of the green highlighted settings at tinanium recovery.

At the end I installed the "weather sync fix 3.5" from "revolution hd" main post

also with ClockworkMod, but it was not the solution for me. :/

First time I noticed that issue was after I flashed the battery stats. Has it something to do with it?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madindehead:
This should really be asked in the ARHD thread. Why couldn't you ask in there...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmanxda:
Post was deleted!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmanxda:
I've wiped all af the data including dalvic cache and batterystats and flashed the systhem one time more.

Now it seems to work but only if I use wifi. If I use 3G connection it has still the same problem to

synchronise to the Server!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalrose:
is there any one who knows a call recorder that can record the call with headset handsfree?

even the newst version off totall recall couldn't do this
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
There is a kernel that can record calls. You could have a look at that. Somewhere around here.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalrose:
thanks bro but I couldn't find it..

as a matter of fact i want it for desire hd

my i ask all of you to help me???

I have to record all my calls with headset hadsfree but it's imposible
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalrose:
no answer???
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=993793

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=883598

Read both. The kernel that has this built in in the second link, second post. Please read.

There is no other option.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalrose:
thanks dear

can i use it for my father's phone desire hd too???
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
No. This is for the Desire only. That is why its in the Desire forums. Go to Desire HD and have a look there.

Sent from CM7
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
This IS in development, I am aware if it and believe the mods will be fine with it (read a couple posts below for my reasoning). This IS directly related to development. We need a working rommanager to make flashing roms, kernals and mods way more noob proof and quick. If we get a working rommanager and everyone puts their mods kernals and roms on there, it would be great. This is also a legitimate reason that we don't deserve a official cm7. We need a fully fictional clockworkmod and rommanager.
[Epic 4G General] jeffyv2:
U just made your valid point invalid because u posted it in the wrong section...
[Epic 4G General] bricky23:
Maybe you are fine with it, but I'm sure the mods won't be.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Oh, I'm not stupid, I have developed roms for other devices before and understand the xda rules. How is this NOT development? Development doesnt mean something you can download and flash, it means anything related to developing for the device. General is for general things like phone problems and unrelated things and qna is for questions...
[Epic 4G General] bricky23:
I think you may be stupid, not sure yet. Lol just messing with you. I don't care where you post.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Kk
[Epic 4G General] ragnarokx:
Aren't we waiting for Koush to give us an update to Clockwork to get ROM Manager working again?
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Is working on a new epic release? Our issue isn't the official cwm. Its our port of it.
[Epic 4G General] Shoulon:
If everyone posted to this they would all most likely quote this.