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[General Topics] ZookNC:
Well I had the choice between the Defy and a HTC Desire HD when I wanted to buy a new phone. I chose the Defy over the HTC for 2 things : battery life and scratch/water/dust resistance. I've overclocked the CPU on my defy via Vsel and am currently running it at 1.2 GHz. I've had no problems with it apart from the earpiece failing (a problem early defys had and I bought mine in December 2010) but I fixed that.

If HTC had offered a phone with double the battery life and a bit more "life" resistance, I would have bought it for sure despite the price difference.
[General Topics] ShadowReaperGR:
The price I found them is about equal (15$ is the difference). I would go for the defy because of the water/scratch-resistance, but I like tinkering with smartphones.

Why I cannot install custom roms in defy?

What differences could a custom rom have from an official one?
[General Topics] leo914:
Desire is better

because HTC is better than MOTO

HTC phone have more ROM
[General Topics] MacaronyMax:
Desire development http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=628

Defy development http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=855

As you can see the Desire has more custom roms, and more support behind it, Custom roms allow root acsses and custom kernels the ability for overclocking, Many roms are pretty similar, some offering stock android, Sense, Motoblur and others. But if you're like me you'll find one good rom and stick with it, no need to flash very single rom possible so if you're like that it doesn't paticularly matter how much development is going on. Also you can install custom roms on the Defy afaik. In my opinion I'd go for the Defy because I just hate it when my phone has marks or scrathes on and it makes me want a new phonw (I'm fussy :p) But hope you're happy with whatever choice you make :cool: :)
[General Topics] MacaronyMax:
That's a very closed minded way of thinking? :cool:
[General Topics] Sven76:
Hi,

My phone of choice at the moment is also the Defy. I prefer it over the HTC Desire because of the size, the outdoor features and the price.

Best is to use the phone without a case or a display protection. It's like Otterbox already integrated.

HTC speaker and camera lacks quality anyway. Compared with whatever phone each HTC will loose in those 2 points...

Just my 2 cents.
[General Topics] ShadowReaperGR:
The only thing that keeps me from buying the defy is that custom roms (especially CyanogenMod) are not supported
[General Topics] Step666:
If you go to the Defy section, you'll see that there is someone working on CM7.

Yes, the bootloader being unlocked is a huge obstacle to custom ROMs but people are still working on them nonetheless.
[General Topics] ShadowReaperGR:
The bootloader should be unlocked or not?

I hear many complains for the motoBlur, is there anyway to remove it?
[General Topics] Step666:
The Bootloader on the Defy is locked.

But people have found an exploit that will allow them to port CM7 in spite of that.

As for Blur, it's easily removed - there are already modified stock ROMs available which have had Blur stripped out.
[General Topics] ShadowReaperGR:
Defy is a newer device, so isn't it normal that there aren't so many custom roms as the desire's?
[General Topics] Step666:
Yes and no.

When a device is very new then there will be fewer custom ROMs but the Defy's been around a wee while now.

Once a handset reaches a certain age, then the size of the community and ease of development become bigger factors.

In that respect, the Desire wins.
[General Topics] Dante_Lv:
I would go with Desire because of the strong community support, you won't find a lot of roms to flash with defy due to the BL lock
[General Topics] 123android123:
if Defy already can up to 2.2, choose it la
[General Topics] RealyPssd:
I was looking at these 2 phones as well..

If I pick the Defy I pay $430 after taxes, have to buy it out right new.

If I pick the Desire I can get one used for $220, 1/2 the price. Looks to be in good condition, comes with an Otterbox case too..

This'll be my first Android, I'm coming from a Nokia 5800.

Hmm
[General Topics] aaa:
Moto: water resistant, not many custom ROM to choose compared to Desire.

Desire: More custom ROMs available, non-resistant to water.

Comment:

- you got to see the GB custom ROMs with goodies from Sense 3.0 and you will forget that you have ever set your eye on Defy.

- you will become a lot smarter after learning how to flash the custom ROMs and will be able make use your device up to 150% than its stock ability.
[General Topics] frasco810:
Huh? I'm running CM7 RC0 on my Defy.
[General Topics] aaa:
ups ...my mistake...
[General Topics] Product F(RED):
Isn't the bootloader locked down on the Defy? You're very limited to what you can do with it. Yes, you can install ROMs, but not kernels, which prevents you from installing certain ROMs. Desire has TONS of ROMs and mods. It's just a lot more open. My vote goes to the Desire.
[General Topics] RealyPssd:
Well, I met up with the gentleman with the used Desire and it was in prefect condition so I am now a proud owner of an HTC Desire :D
[General Topics] aaa:
Congratulation and go right away to the Desire specific section :D
[General Topics] halqassem:
Go for the best >>> Nexus S
[General Topics] howezzhuang:
Desire for sure, for the price and more.
[General Topics] hello247:
i reccomend buying htc desire. so much support and so many roms to try out.
[General Topics] kloobasa:
I have HTC DESIRE and I love it. Its very good smartphone
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] privateeyeball:
I just flashed Cyanogenmod 7.0.2.1 yesterday, and then flashed chad's most recent kernel. I really want to extend my battery life, and I'm aware that voltage tweaks are the way to go to do that. Never have done that before, however, so I'm not quite sure how I'm supposed to do it. Is there a guide or some sort of simple instructions on how to do it? I'm assuming I just need to flash a file or two through ROM Manager, but I don't want to try something without knowing what I'm doing first.

Side question: With the smartass governor, I know I don't need to use SetCPU or the like, but are the any kind of CPU or performance settings I can do to push better battery life?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveG12543:
Just download the zip for the lower voltages and flash. Just keep in mind its not stable on all phones, resulting in reboots. And I hear people underclock to around 883MHz to save a bit more battery, but it still feels nice and snappy. I personally can't vouch for that, as I leave mine at 998MHz.

Sent from my Droid Incredible running CM7.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] privateeyeball:
I see lots of files in the incredikernel thread. Not sure which I am supposed to flash.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveG12543:
I just used the one provided by Chad in the first post. My phone is one of em that handles the lower mV values.

Sent from my Droid Incredible running CM7.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] privateeyeball:
Can't quite figure out which are the file(s) to use for the voltages. I see the setvdd_levels_signed.zip file. Not sure if its that or others which I'm supposed to try.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jacksonroh:
that's the right one
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveG12543:
Thats the one. Hope your phone supports it.

Sent from my Droid Incredible running CM7.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lonnyrs:
but if you don't like it, be aware you have to have root explorer (or the equivalent) to remove it..
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortmomof2:
CM7 looks amazing! From what I see, with CM7, we use an app for reading vs stock. This seems like it could be a perk as notes and highlights would then be 'in the cloud' and not on the device?

I see the Kindle App, which I need as well as access to the market.

For those who have used both autonooter and CM7, is there anything I might miss that CM7 doesn't include? (Not trying to be negative, just wanting to be educated before making the leap :) )

Our primary use of Nook is for reading, but because BN doesn't have all the books we need, I rooted to gain access to the Kindle store.

Is CM7 permanent? Can I go back to stock/autonooter if we don't like it?

I've seen a few issues about battery life...has that been resolved in current updates?

Thanks for your help!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animatechnica:
i think the question is what do you gain with cm7 -

first you get access to the markets, and while you lose the ability to read native nook magazines - it is far outweighed by among other things..

- flash playback for websites and video

- tablet like status bar with navigation

- bluetooth support for gps and/or BT keyboards

- fast snappy performance with overclocks

- augment your experience with 2.2 based apps TVSHow stream for watching past TV shows, PlayOn for streaming hulu, netflix to your nook via your home pc, MegaViewer Pro for catching a number of streaming movies off the net

- location based apps like geodelic, zagat, aloqa

CM7 can be installed into your internal memory for better performance or to an SD card - if you are unsure you can always install it to an sD card so when you want to go back to stock/autonootered, just pop out the SD card and reboot. As for me i installed internally and never looked back
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nanan00:
What do you lose? as far as I know the only lost thing is proper sleep mode which results in only a 4-5 day standby battery life on CM7 over the multi-week standby on stock.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] autumnmist:
I'm not 100% certain since I haven't tested it myself yet, but you probably will lose access to the perks/certificates/coupons you would normally get when you connect to the internet using a Nook at a Barnes & Noble store.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zenaxe:
You will lose:

- kids books

- magazines

- the library interface

- "read in store" feature

- "lend me" feature

Basically, the custom ROM turns your nook into a generic non-B&N tablet from B&N's perspective.

Given the excellent design of the nook's boot up setup making it nearly unbrickable, I would guess that there will always be some route back to stock via a CWM image or the original recovery. But once you go "all in" one direction or another (i.e. buying apps from B&N and locking yourself into their market or setting up a custom CM7 home/apps, etc), I'd guess you'll want to stay that way for a while.

I'm currently on the fence. I like the stock reader and library a lot and do not own any kindle books. I'm currently playing around with CM7 on SD card waiting for 1.2 root/noot but may stay with rooted 1.2 when it becomes available since I like B&N's library app and read in store features so much.

If it looks like 1.2 can't be autonootered, I will install CM7 and never look back, though. Market/root is more important than anything else for me.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the5ifty:
First off, sorry for the hijack but I want to know and its not far off topic...

I read something somewhere that cm7 can be booted via sd and when the sd is out/a non cm sd is in it will boot completely stock bn nc? So kids books can be used and magazines and all the bn stuff for my wife and I can throw a cm7 sd in and go to cm7 when I want?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nburnes:
That is correct. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iDidItAll4theNookie:
The big loser is battery life. Especially on standby. I never really used stock Nook much. But I'm trying to give the 1.2 update a fare shake, and I must say, the standby difference is quite noticable. After 6 hours of standy on stock, I am still at 98%. If I was on CM7, I would probably be at 91%. The difference ends up being how often you charge, which results in how long your battery will last over the life of the device.

That said, CM7 is great, and as long as you have a cooperative SD card, it runs great right off the SD just look for the size agnostic SD installer thread here and give it a try-- there really is no harm to try as long as you can follow the steps. Its good fun, and the only thing I think it needs is better standy time.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boborone:
Also op, you can transfer kindle books directly to nook. Just put them in books folder. I have tons of books not from b&n on my nook.

Sent from a super smooth captivate running andromeda
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortmomof2:
Well, I installed CM7 on one of our nooks last night and it is soooo different!

A few things I 'miss' initially:

BN Stock Library Shelves - the app just has them in one list. It can be sorted by author, which helps, but I liked my shelves.

Angry Birds - Can not figure out how to get it working. :(

I'm not a big fan of all the 'phone' references/apps either. I'm still learning and their may be a work-around for the last 2 issues.

That's all for now. I may try Phiremod's on my next nook. :)
[Surround General] inspire me:
How does the HTC surround compare to captivate? App market and performance?
[Surround General] PixoNova:
Well, you're comparing android with wp7. I'm not sure what the app selection is on the surround. I just got mine (and broke it) a few days ago.

Anyways, I believe you'll want android if you want an operating system you can customize. There's tons of roms for the captivate, which change the functionality of the device for the better.

Wp7 has limited customization allowed.

I see you have the inspire. I would keep the inspire above the captivate. You guys have cm 7 at least

Swyped from my Motorola Atrix 4g using XDA Premium App
[Surround General] inspire me:
I know all about android and I wouldn't give up my inspire for either of those phones. I know about rooting and roms. My wife wants something more basic but I still want her to have a good selection in an app market
[Surround General] ROCOAFZ:
Download the developer tools for windows phone 7. Open the emulator. Browse the marketplace. You can try some out that way. Their are lots of useful apps on the windows market place and new one's daily. After may when all the new api's are released i think the marketplace is going to see some REALLY awesome apps.

Also ATT hasn't release NODO yet but if you got it early like me... market place becomes blazing fast.

I can tell you use Android. All current windows phones run about the same speed. The Apps are fast, the keyboard and word prediction is awesome (this coming from a guy that swore he would never use a touch keyboard, got a topaz for free, hated the touch keyboard and now am no longer abbreviating anything because the keyboard onscreen is so easy to use). The windows phone 7 onscreen keyboard even kicks my wifes Iphone 3gs's keyboards butt.
[Surround General] ROCOAFZ:
Interesting ....

http://www.wpcentral.com/better-os-requires-better-keyboard

I knew that the WP7 keyboard kicked butt, but check that article.
[Surround General] jwzg:
I have both. I like the functionality of my Inspire, yet I like the smoothness and look of WP7. I use the Inspire more right now. Once our email server is fixed, I'll use the Surround more.
[Surround General] stillTRE:
If this is for your wife that isn't a tech-head and doesn't like to tinker with everything i would definately recommend the surround. I got it on day one and have loved it all along that being said, after watching the browser wars videos on pocketnow i was compelled to tinker, and on the very day that the surround got NoDo i bought a captivate off of craigslist and have since rom'd it out with serendipity 6.4 and installed go launcher and a myriad of apps and have consumed most of my waking, non-work(and some work) hours just customizing.

But all that said, i still find myself gravitating to the surround because i personally think it functions better (especially now that i can copy and paste). Not to mention that i have a zuneHD and XBox360 and do the $15 a month zune pass for all-you-can-download music across all platforms...

So now that i have hijacked the thread, I would like to answer completely that the surround is a fantastic phone and the MS app market has everything i need (except the ability to satiate my need to fiddle with the details). I would definitely recommend this to your wife as she probably wont get the full android effect like you do.
[Surround General] macjr82:
I have a surround for my personal phone and a captivate as my work phone. My wife, who has an iPhone 4, plays with both of them occasionally. Wp7, IME, is definitley more wife family.

As far as my own usage, the only think the Captivate trumps the Surround in is the web browser, as fr as ease of use. WP7 has the best keyboard on mobile, while android has the worst, but swype trumps everything.

Here's a review I posted when I first got the surround. I'd update what I said about WP7 app store then, though. There are definitley more than enough quality apps on Wp7 now. My wife even envys some of my WP7 exclusive apps. If you have Netflix you can stream on WP7 but not Captivate.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/cell...2-ios-android-windows-phone-7-comparison.html
[HTC Inspire 4G] jamrosz:
Several people have asked how to change the device name of their Inspire 4G. This requires root permissions.

Install Root Explorer

1) open the system folder

2) Click the "Mount R/W" button at the top

3) long press the build.prop file and select "Open in Text Editor"

4) scroll to ro.product.model=Desire HD

5) change the "Desire HD" to "Inspire 4G"

6) press the menu button and select "Save & Exit"

a backup of the original build.prop will be saved

reboot

How to change the hostname (requires root permissions)

This is the name that appears on your WiFi network. Usually it looks like android_xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Install Terminal Emulator

1) enter "su". This will grant SuperUser

2) view the current host name "getprop net.hostname"

3) change the hostname "setprop net.hostname Inspire". Substitute Inspire for whatever name you want your phone to appear on the network as.

4) view the change "getprop net.hostname"

5) restart the WiFi connection.

This will have to be done everytime you restart the phone. A script can be written to run this operation after bootup for automation.

To change the bluetooth device name requires nothing special.

1) turn on bluetooth through device settings.

2) select "Device Name"

3) enter the desired name for bluetooth connections and hit OK.
[HTC Inspire 4G] defconjuan:
care to elaborate on how to make a startup script set the hostname on reboot? did a search and didn't find quite what i was looking for. thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Nysona:
Is there any benefit to changing the Device name other than merely wanting to?
[HTC Inspire 4G] grape8pe:
My thought is that it might not be safe to have your MEID viewable on every wi-fi access point that you are on. If you use public wi-fi spots frequently, this might pose a problem.

Any updates on the start up script?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
No. It just changes what you see in the "about phone" information.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cire216:
Just use the inspire mod to change from desire to inspire...
[HTC Inspire 4G] allplay111:
thanks, hope it wok
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hp79:
I have a unlocked dell stock froyo 347 version. I was messing with streakdroid recovery image files (recovery.img), then finally upgraded to 351 image (Streak_351_15609_00.pkg) and 351 recovery image (recovery.img).

Once the update was finish, it started reboot but was stuck at dell logo forever even after replacing the battery.

I used fastboot streakdroid recovery image (recovery.img), and it somehow starts to boot up okay with the new stage ui of 351 version. I replaced my home with LaucherPro since I hate dellStage.

To root the 351, I installed streakdroid recovery (recovery.img) again with fastboot, then from recovery environment (camera + poweron), installed Superuser.zip and finally got everything working and rooted. I used Root File Browser Aplha (free root explorer) to delete some useless softwares in /system/apps directory (amazon mp3, copilot, zinio reader). I'm seeing baseband gausb1a1347100-us, oem version gausb1a135100, build 15609. Is this how it's suppose to be?

So is this okay? What does baseband and oem version, and build number really mean? I imagine that it is better to have higher build number, but what does baseband and oem version mean?

Out of the box from couple days ago (4/19/2011):

After update and rooting and deleting (4/26/2011):
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techvir:
Higher numbers always does not mean u have the best

If u have no issues keep the 347 basband... Probably it might be better than 351
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nino888:
I have the same baseband and been through exactly the same scenarios. I am now on 351 after all.

To get out the stuck Dell logo, I simply replace the battery, and turn Streak back on. The screen will show "Start emergency recovery" (don't remember the exact wording), and it will reboot again. While it's rebooting, press "vol up, down, power" at the same time. Enter the recover mode and choose "Restore Factory Default". After that, my streak starts normally.

I wonder if baseband 347 has anything to do with this "Stuck Dell Logo" issue.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eSZee:
I had a stuck blank screen issue but both my baseband and rom are 351.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hp79:
So do all of you guys have Baseband 351, OEM 351, and Build 15609 on your streak?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nino888:
mine:

baseband 347. oem 351, build 15609
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Baseband: 351

OEM: 351

Build: 15609
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] airbillion:
To get baseband 351 I had to flash back to baseband 319 first and then flash baseband 351. I could not get 351 to stick without doing this first.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hp79:
I reverted to 347, so now everything except the recovery environment is same as original. Recovery environment is still the one from 351. I used fastboot to write system.img and boot.img from my backup that I have created. I thought it wasn't a complete backup since nandroid was stuck at backing up firstboot, but I guess those two are the only files needed for a good recovery.

I think the stock 347 is much smoother and works better for me. There's no annoying ooVoo, and no constant sync icon. 351 had too much crap on it that was hard to remove. I felt the apps were crashing more often in 351.

Baseband: 347

OEM: 347

Build: 15274
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eSZee:
OOVOO is easily removable after rooting. I too think 347 was better. Gonna flash back to it and hopefully that bricks the phone and dell sends me one that is actually new.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hp79:
I had it removed, but the service was coming back on again like a zombie. Besides, something still didn't felt right, so I went back to 347.

I didn't know bricked phone is covered under warranty. So if you act dumb, they just replace it? No charges later on? If true, that's a relief on these dangerous experiments with fastboot and system image files.

I went back to 347 from 351 by using fastboot tool with boot.img and system.img. I know someone had these posted somewhere, and they matched the exact same hash code as mine.

I tried reinstalling streakmod 0.3.2.6 and did a nandroid backup again. It's stuck at backing up firstboot, which I don't know what it is. But the rest of the files seems to be working fine.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eSZee:
That's cause streakmod doesn't work with 351. It mentions this in the streakmod thread. One guy said it worked but he was the only one to have it work as far as I can tell. Maybe he took different steps to get it to work.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ducehlmg:
If its bricked, they cant check to whats wrong, they would be in the same boat as u so...

they dont have anything special that we dont have so if we cant get it back on, neither can they :)

brick + warranty = good

brick - warranty = bad