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[G Tablet General] CosmicVagabond:
I just flashed my Gtab to TnTlite and it went smoothly. I was nervous as hell but all went well!

Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 General] L337Ware:
As posted at L337Ware

I'm not some kind of communist hippie but I have to admit it's nice to get a high quality free application that isn't marred by Ads every once in a while. I've noticed a trend of sorts lately that alot of applications I originally downloaded aren't offered for free anymore or now have Ads plastered about them. In a matter of fact I probably need to consider how I'm going to update some of the reviews already on this site.

This leads me to wonder why? Is this a sign of things to come? We are already being charged a premium for XBox Live games in comparison to the titles on other platforms even in the light of some missing features. I've kind of attributed that to supply and demand though and know the prices will drop as things become more competitive. Perhaps the initial offerings were a simple test of the waters? I've considered this as developers are still trying to get their footing on this new platform. Regardless it still kind of feels like a bit of a bait and switch to the end user.

That being said I understand the need to cash in because I know some of these applications took a considerable amount of time and effort on the developers part. Honestly I wish as much consideration was placed on developing new business models as producting new products in the mobile market. Creative uses of Geotagging, cameras, and perhaps even social networking could be used as opposed to damaging the user's experience.

Since I kind of dropped the gauntlet there I will cough up a few examples.

Geotagging - The user has to go to say a store in order to unlock an application. This would also work with a setup where a purchase has to be made if a code was offered on the receipt.

Cameras - Scan a bar code for this product using your phone to unlock application. This could even change from month to month as the app relocks.

Social Networking - Like this page on Facebook and keep it liked to keep app full featured or follow this entity on twitter to unlock app.

I'm not saying all of these ideas would be easy or even effective but the current models could definitely use some work. At the end of the day I don't really blame the developers as they are doing what they need to in order to justify their hard work. I believe the burden really falls on the creator of the platform to step up and separate themselves from the pack. In this case I hope Microsoft moves a bit faster than their competition.
[Windows Phone 7 General] conantroutman:
I lol'd..... :D

Seriously though, I noticed on the app store the other day that there's a Lego game where you can unlock in game items by going to a shop and scanning the bar codes on actual Lego products so what your suggesting is probably already happening on a small scale, if not its right around the corner.

MS will probably catch up in 3-4 years :p ....... just kidding.

Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
Given the three alternatives you proposed, I'd take ads in the app over all of them. All of those would be far more annoying requirements than a minimal ad that I most likely won't respond to anyway. In those cases, I have to go out of my way to locate a product and allow someone else to be aware of my activity.

All things considered, I think I'd rather keep things as they are. Many of the ad-based apps I have now only display the ads on title, setup, and other ancillary screens, not during the main functions of the app. That seems like a reasonable approach.
[Windows Phone 7 General] L337Ware:
I can see where you are coming from. Thing is I tend to get very annoyed when I accidentally click an ad while trying to use an application. Seriously I'm not really a professional in the field of digital marketing but if I can come up with alternatives that easily there definately has to be a better way.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
I've never accidentally clicked an ad in an app. Either you need to start using higher quality apps or finetune your motor skills :)

Sure, your alternatives are interesting, but how exactly would developers get paid using them? Take the FB/Twitter like/follow scenario for example - sure, you gain a bunch of followers but there's no money changing hands.

Scanning a barcode could work for branded apps, i.e. the app is commissioned by the manufacturers of the product in question. But apps like these are generally free anyway - unless we are talking e.g. Lego Games where this approach would be great (although, including a code INSIDE a box of Legos would be better in terms of revenue).

I really like the GeoTagging idea though, but again I'm not entirely sure how you, as a developer, would leverage this. You could do what Cocktail Flow has done and sell your app for $$$ but include an in-app code-redemption (or in this case, Location-based) system of sorts where the full app unlocks. It sort of limits your reach though as you will either have to contact retailers (or theme parks, coffee shops, etc etc) all across the globe to strike deals with them about kickbacks.

Generally speaking, using GeoLocation or Barcodes is pretty smart, but not for the average developer. Too much overhead in terms of administrating the scheme. For branded apps I definitely think we'll see more taking advantage of this to unlock "special" features or offers though.

As an interesting side-note, there are fairly huge discrepancies between countries in terms or trial-to-paid conversions and the like. The US seems to be very low on the list in buying apps at all whereas Australia is on top when comparing the same app, with an equal price. As a "desktop" ISV I've never come across this before (the US has always given very high trial-to-paid conversions for me) so there is something about the mobile sector that makes people vary about purchasing apps. Even comparing a $20 desktop app with a $1 mobile app the desktop app has higher sales. My take is that the app "bubble" is about to burst.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
how dare the devs make money???

Research has shown that ad supported apps do better than paid apps. I would gladly pay for any app over an ad supported, but apparently I'm in the minority on that one.

Just ask the indie developer Elbert Perez, over 100k made on ad revenue...
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
ad free - the wonderful application that blocks ad related sites systen-wide. love it !
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Way to be disingenuous...

Desktop apps are easier and better to use, and are usually worth the extra cash. Higher rez graphics, better graphics in general (even with Integrated cards) and generally of higher quality with better support IME.

But it's not hard to misclick an ad when apps seem to have them on the bottom on one screen and at the top of others, and some apps randomly change ad positioning.

It's part of the reason why I uninstalled AlphaJack. There aren't enough people on the platform to not have a ton of "dead" games in your list, and the Ads move from top to bottom on different screens. Also, Ads on the top of the screen in Metro are just terrible, and prone to misclicks because the gesture area is up there (to see your Wi-Fi status and Reception level)... Ads on the bottom are prone to misclicks because the menu and app control buttons are down there. Ads generally look pretty bad and do not fit within the GUI, either...

All those ideas are pretty terrible and with gas prices these days it costs more to go to the store to unlock an app than to just buy it. For me and where I'm located, I could probably buy 10 apps with the gas I wasted just to unlock one app...

How about they just give longer trial periods so that we don't have to buy basically every app on impulse. Very short time limited trials (i.e. Android's 15 minutes), and feature limited trials (many WP7 apps) do not give me incentive to buy anything.

Most functionality we need on a smartphone is trivial to obtain via stock apps, anyways, besides games.
[Windows Phone 7 General] burnblue:
Your options 1 and 2.. Have the user buy something else, or get close to a for-purchase product, to make the app free. Your option 3.. follow them on a social network, never give them any money.

Why not just skip a burger/beer/brownie and give the dev a couple of dollars for the app? I don't understand people.. they'll pay $10-$15 to sit in a movie theater for 2 hours but won't spend $2.99 to use an app everday forevermore. YOu said you respect their time and effort, do you really? Don't forget that they have to pay to be in the Marketplace.

Look, I'm a regular user too... I'm hesitant to spend on something when I don't know if it's good or if free alternatives will do it. That's why MS put trials in. Unfortunately MS wasn't smart enough to have a 3rd category between "paid" and "free" called "trial", so people just browse free apps and devs have to do ads to make money.

This still isn't a big deal. The app's free. The devs support their users for free. Maybe we should be telling Google etc to find a revolutionary new complicated business model and stop sticking ads in our web pages
[Windows Phone 7 General] munkeyphyst:
MSdoes have trial apps.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Marvin_S:
Add suported model is also the easiest to gain money, no paperwork with ms. A few clicks and your good to go, plus you can serve a much larger crowd since a lot of people can only use free apps on wp7.

Even a big part of europe does not have the possibility to buy apps yet and you dont want to exclude your own countries people ( in my case), your friends and family.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewishollow:
Samsung wants me to send them my Vibrant to "reflash" it. Can I do it myself?

Hey all. I've been having a couple of problems with my Vibrant -

1. About once a day, when trying to play an MP3, the phone says that the audio files can't be played because they don't exist. Reseting the phone allows the audio files to be played again.

2. The wifi radio frequently will not turn on properly. When trying to turn it on in the wifi settings menu, the wifi will say "turning on...", and about 30 seconds later it will say "error". After a few tries, it will eventually work.

I called Samsung, and they want me to send it to them to "reflash" it. I'm wondering if this is something I can do myself. I've been reading about all of the flashing of roms you guys do here, but I've never done it. Would using Odin or whatever to reflash to stock be the same thing Samsung is going to do?

Thanks for bearing with a n00b!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] }{Alienz}{:
Yes to all your questions.

You can do it yourself. It will be the EXACT same procedure Samsung will do (except here you have the option of using ROMs that are MUCH cooler).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewishollow:
Awesome! Thank you! Two quick questions-

1. What's the risk level to this? Would I be running the risk of creating a shiny paper weight if I start flashing?

2. What's your favorite ROM? Any recommendations?

Thanks again!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
If you can read and follow simple directions then, it is a no-brainer. 1st read the noob bible it has all the instructions to flash anything you want. Go to Unlockr.com or Youtube type in: --Odin back to stock --- rooting a vibrant--- flashing a custom rom.

Simply put Odin is a program that allows you to restore the original 2.1 JFD rom (stock) from there you would Root the phone> then download Rom manager>download Titanium backup> then backup your phone using it> then download a custom rom and put on you internal sd card > then using Rom manager you would flash it

and you have flashed a custom rom. All this takes les than an hour (more like 30-40 min)

Hope that helps you understand more......cheers
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewishollow:
I'm not sure if I should put this in another thread, but as I was following the steps, I hit a wall - Titanium backup is force closing when I'm trying to open it. It will show a message saying that it got root access, then immediately crash. Any troubleshooting hints?

Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewishollow:
NM - it's the new 3.7.6 version they released - it has known FC issues. I got the apk for 3.7.5 and it works like a dream. Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenbeau:
Just a thought could it be that you do not have busybox installed? Or perhaps the most recent busy box.:)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewishollow:
Thanks to your help and encouragement, I took the plunge and flashed a custom ROM! It may not sound like much to you guys, but it was big for me!

I chose trigger for my first try, and it's incredible so far! It's SO much better than what Samsung is putting out!

Thanks for you help everyone!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpaul007:
Trust us, the fun is just starting for you!! Once you flash, you can't stop!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgingermany:
Battery Life

And I think you chose the right ROM! Trigger is the shizznessttt!!! If you don't mind me suggesting though, make sure you charge your phone at 100% before flashing anything. It actually made a difference in my battery life, no bs. I guess there is a difference why the devs write and suggest you are fully charged and not just so it dont die midway through flashing procedures lol. Good luck fam.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I Phone Killer:
there is allways the chance you could brick your phone. I suggest reading the noob handbook at the top of the vibrant Q&A page, take your time and follow all directions and you should not have any problems.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] bwcorvus:
TeamWIN has now made their Kernel Manager app work with the XOOM. What it allows you to do, is flash kernels inside android. No more booting into fastboot, or even running update.zips.

https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Team+Win
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Archangel:
Just downloaded and just what we need, it is awesome, will get the paid version as promised in the irc LOL
[Xoom Themes and Apps] sfld:
It corrupted my kernel just fyi to the devs
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Crazypinoy9:
it didn't corrupt your kernel. Just manually push the BCM4329.ko file through adb.

or just to be safe just push everything again manually. That way you know everything was done right.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] -shift-:
if there are issues, please join us in #kernel-manager on irc.freenode.net. we encourage all devs to participate in troubleshooting any outstanding issues on all devices. :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] grasshoxda:
this broke my wifi. what do i do? i have no idea how to do the steps above with adb
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slatejones:
Download and run the one click root file, it will repatch with the kernel that comes in it or you can place the files from the latest kernel release into it. I think thats the best option for you if you are not comfortable using adb.

Get the one click root here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1011196
[Xoom Themes and Apps] grasshoxda:
i reran rootmyxoom and have wifi back. how to i use this then without losing wifi?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] grasshoxda:
lol just finished doing exactly that :) thanks tho
[Xoom Themes and Apps] grasshoxda:
how do i go about placing the new files into it?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slatejones:
It could be an issue with the download. Find the file with astro or root explorer and delete it then redownload, or download to your computer and place it on the xoom and have the app install from the sd card instead of downloading it.

If it still doesnt work for you, just reflash the one click root and give it a day or two for the devs to update the app or something.

Hope everything works out for you
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slatejones:
Well.... Uhhh.... Thats not something I tried myself. But I think it would be pretty easy... When you extract the root my xoom folder to your computer, open it up and find the kernel files... then replace them with the updated files from the 1.3.2 zip file. Just unzip the 1.3.2 folder and copy and paste.

Hope this helps
[Xoom Themes and Apps] grasshoxda:
ive opend the rootmyxoom folder and i dont know where to put the contents from the zip
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slatejones:
I dont have a current version of the one click root, but I would think to look inside either the wifi root folder or the tiamat folder (inside the rootmyxoom folder). Whichever one has the same files from the 1.3.2 folder, copy and paste them over to that folder inside the rootmyxoom folder and you should be golden.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] grasshoxda:
ive looked thru them all , i dont see any files in any of those folders that look like the ones that come in the zip
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Archangel:
open up the tiamit files in the root my xoom folder and replace with whatever kernel you want to use. I did this three times with tiamit 1.3.0, and .1 and .2. You can try to just replace the entire file or go in and replace the indiviual files from within the tiamit kernel folder. Be careful though if you replace the wrong files or mix them up could be bad results, usually just no wifi or bootloops.

Oh by the way i always did all this on a windows based computer that way the files look the same or similar
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jakem90:
This works great, now if only there can be a similar app that installs themes :D
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nzaw4:
Wow, Kernel manager just solved my problem of flashing the new tiamat 1.4.0 kernel.

Was having issues in CWM, instead of pulling my hair out in testing it out via trial by error. Had a (status 0) error while flashing kernel in CWM.

It was resolved by using Kernel Manager!!!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] TheBurgh:
Can't access link to download apk? Anyone have this problem?

Edit: got it downloaded
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jakem90:
worked great with 1.3 but as soon as i tried 1.4 it broke my wifi, gonna wait till next update and try again, dont like the 1click root method
[Xoom Themes and Apps] KerryG:
Breaking WiFi would be really bad on a WiFi only XOOM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infra4800:
HI,

wondering if it is possible to see all the custom (user created) hotmail folders in stock mail application in htc desire hd.....

tried everything, but it only retrieves mails from inbox...

i know other way is to go via internet, but i would love the mail application to show all the hotmail folders
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infra4800:
anyone plz?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AthenaLod:
would love to know this also
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fubofo:
Answer = no

POP emails only ever support standard Inbox / Trash / Sent folders.

Anything else is kind of considered IMAP which allows full sync of all folders and PUSH mail.

Apparently Microsoft has recently set up Exchange Activesync on Hotmail (ie: IMAP access, kind of...). Though HTC Mail app does not function correctly since GB 2.3.3 with Exchange Activesync / Hotmail for some unknown reason.

Try:

- Moxier Mail (recommend)

- Touchdown

- Enhanced Email
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Autris:
Flashed Myn's, decided to try something different so I Wiped the phone completely as per the instructions on the Rom. Flashed the Rom using latest Clockwork.

I have tried:

Updating the Radios (WiMax, 4g, 3g)

Flashing a different Rom (Same Results)

Using a different Clockwork mod version to flash both the Rom and Radio

Nan droiding back to Myn's, or stock, or any other rom has the same results

Waited 24 hours, to see if it was a problem with the sprint network

Updated Data Profile/PRL all using sense (All mods I used were sense 2 based)

The phone will boot into the Android OS, but after it loads it wont receive incoming calls unless I have an active call. (I'm talking to someone then I can receive calls)

Could this be hardware related? Any input or additional ideas are appreciated.

Solution:

##data#

MSLCode

Data Profile

Hit Menu, goto Restore

Phone will reboot and start working again.
[Vibrant General] javolin13:
I lol'd and still do.... sigh...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/19/samsung-galaxy-s-gingerbread-update-pulled-by-google-coming-b/
[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
Old news...
[Vibrant General] javolin13:
Not really, it was just put out today... i'd say old news would be if it were maybe a day ago, or more... but thanks for your post and your concerns... :)
[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
Noo.. check the i9000 forums (you don't have to) it's literally been pulled for a day and a half :D

Ps: Your welcome, because I do care oh so much :]
[Vibrant General] oka1:
I have a copy of the GB update so, If I have it enough people have it to make it into something usable. You honestly do not consider using the actual factory update would you ?........... that is a huge step down from the custom roms we all run.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] snikeris:
Hello, I am noob at android and lg optimus one. This is my question:

It is possible to root lg optimus one 2.2.1?

How I can root it?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dislplin01:
here at the bottom of this post :) enjoy let me know and message me if you want to put Custom Rom ill give you the link to that too http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953
[Optimus One, P500, V General] jigodi:
Yes it's possible. You can root your device if you downgrade to 2.2 with kdz flasher.

In this thread you'll find about downgrading:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1007244

After downgrading the z4root app is here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953

succes :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] shhbz:
first of all no 2.2.1 cant be rooted u need 2.2 to root

chk this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1038338
[Optimus One, P500, V General] virusshah1997:
Hey dude you can now root ur andorid2.2.1 search the ginger break in this forum
[Optimus One, P500, V General] manast:
Just use GingerBreak. ;)

Its really easy and rooting took less than 2 minutes.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mutia:
use gingerbreak.apk but it seems there are still problems
[Thunderbolt General] schwab16:
I'm having a problem where my phone will not connect to 4G, it connected fine for about 2 weeks and then it stopped working. I have tried everything I can think of, restores, data wipes, new roms, the new radio, messing with modem settings, but I have had no luck, I'm starting to think that it is just my Thunderbolt and I will have to get a replacement :( I took this screenshot of the thing i think is werid, the phone recognizes the LTE network but GPRS service is disconnected. If anybody has any suggestions on something for me to try it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Thunderbolt General] droidboy850:
Flash the new radio that was made available today and see if that changes it. If not factory reset your phone and bring it in and say it stopped working.
[Thunderbolt General] crazed_z06:
I been have problems with 4G since Saturday here in San Diego. It has been working fine for 3 weeks up to this point. I have 3-4 bars of 4G, but there's no network connection. The connection does NOT bounce between 3G/1X. It is solid 4G, however on the 4G LTE icon at the top, only the white arrow lights up, never the down arrow. When I run the ping test in the diag screen you posted there, it fails.

I went down to the Verizon store near my house and they had two display Thunderbolts. One of them was having the same exact problem as mine. While I was there, I rebooted mine and it magically started working right.

Then about a hour ago, it stopped working again. Rebooted twice and nothing. Called Verizon tech support just to let them know there might be an issue since my phone and the display phone werent working right. They transferred me to a

"4G specialist" who had me shutdown the phone while he "rebuilt" my account in their system. Booted back up and it works again.. Dont know if something he did fixed it, or the third reboot fixed it.

BTW, my phone is factory stock. Have it set to LTE/CDMA Auto in th phone settings.
[Thunderbolt General] crazed_z06:
Sigh... it's doing it again this morning :(
[Thunderbolt General] GoldenCyn:
Same here, stuck using 3G until further notice.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt