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[Windows Phone 7 General] colossus_r:
9.wireless charging

Yes and then you want world peace

Have you ever use a WP7 device ??? Real use not just 1 day playing ...

As a phone not as a psp console???

M8 Those devices do things rigth for the 80% of the users out there ..

Its only 8 months old OS...Did you forget iOS or Android how where in the first 8 months ????

It will be better (away better) with mango and way better than any os was in the 1 year.

So be cool and wait ...for the world peace
[Windows Phone 7 General] elektryk:
Do you mean MS has started WP7 8 months ago, or it is 8 months on market? I can understand that this system is 8 months on market, so there is no good "navigation" software with offline maps, but microsoft has much more time to prepare its product. WM6.5 has been developed from original windows CE which was started aprox. 1997, so it tooks more then 10 years of "evolution" to get this OS functional and nice looking. Now WP7 is similar to Windows CE 2.0, it has "small version" of Word, Excel some applications made by hobbiest, and GUI which is so "creative" like Windows CE was in 1997. Only difference is faster and bigger hardware.

And if you compare WP7 phone to non-smartphone from 2005 it is fantastic. But today is 2011 and if you want to sell product you must compare it to competitors. WP7 was designed to be new trend in technology and showing future of this market and beeing revolutionary. Currently some non-smartphone phone has better functionality.

I think this example should be understood different way. Microsoft has developed Windows 95 from a scratch, people were disapointed because there were problems with compatibility, but got used to this OS. Then were windows XP which brought more new technology, there were many problems but people accepted this OS. Then was few years without new OS and had appeared Windows Vista. It was criticized for many problems, and avoided in many areas. Now we have nice, quite stable Windows 7 which based on Vista. IMHO WP7 is still in "Vista" stage, maybe Mango will fix this, but I believe 2-3 updates which will bring so many changes as Mango will make this system like windows 7.

Sure if microsoft were founded 3 years ago, this mistakes can be forgiven. Nodo is a small part of functionality that was promissed.

Nokia is a different story, this company had lost so many chances. They had good quality phones, own OS (Symbian), they wanted to develop QT and now they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Why MS gave them money? I do not know, probably MS want to earn more money.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blaze9824:
Help!! i got this HTC Hd2 on ebay a few months ago, it had dual boot on it for windows 6.5 and Froyo 2.2 Desire HD. when in android the phone alway thought i was in the UK. to make a long story short i wiped the phone and installed a NAND froyo 2.2 build. it worked ok but was very bland and boring. So i downloaded the MDJ Nexus S Gingerbread 2.3.2 rom and flashed it over what i already had, it rebooted and shows the new HD2 logo, hen goes into the boot animation for the nexus S rom and sits there and does the animation over and over again. i took the battery out and rebooted and let it sit overnight 6 hours later its still doing the animation loop, HELP! how do i get it to work, do i need to reflash the windows rom and start over or can i reflash the Nexus S Gingerbread 2.3.2 rom? Oh BTW im not useing the clockwork recovery im using the DAF install with the MAGLDR and my HSPL and radio are up to date.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blaze9824:
ok reflashed it and it worked that time, told it to wipe and over write it and it worked that time any idea why it did that/?
[Xperia Arc General] gechu:
I've switched from HTC Diamond2 (windows mobile 6.5x) to S/E Arc, and I miss the HTC interface.

Is it possible to load the android equivalent to this hardware?
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Get beautiful widget + Sense theme for ADW launcher
[Xperia Arc General] Mesho Arc:
thanks :):)
[Xperia Arc General] gechu:
Thanks vegetaleb for the reply! I see that it is possible to mimic the home screen layout really well. However, what Im looking for was the part of Sense that handled calendar related stuff like booking a meeting. In detail, I liked how the clock was changed like it was on a spinning wheel - which made it possible to change the time really fast. Maybe there is something similar in the Android world?
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I am missing some Sense apps as well, like the slide down Alarm that you will never find in other apps, if it was a Nexus One with 90% same components as HTC own phones you can ''port'' Sense into it by a custom rom, but when the hardwares are totally different here it's very difficult to do it.

SGS devs tried to port Desire rom but they never could, and they tried hard...

I hope you didn't see the new Sense 3.0, you will return to HTC once Sensation is out :p
[Xperia Arc General] FrAsErTaG:
The phones hardware is identical to (apart from smaller storage,screen etc) to the Desire HD, it would be very portable to this device although the smaller storage would make it harder.
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Small storage is not a problem, on N1 the DHD port was working great thanks to EXT3 of 1gb on SD
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khakhi:
Hi,

In which folder are the maps situated on my SD Card on my New X10?

I want to copy that folder onto my X1 aswell.

Pls advice
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denenatse:
/sd card/ system/ system/app

sent using my wicked awesome premium xda app
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-FACE:
For wich maps exactly you are talking about?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khakhi:
The maps one would need to use with their Navigation software on the phone, my X10 i bought second hand doesnt have maps and thats why Garmin mobile isnt working so i want to copy the maps stored on my new X10 to the SD card on the X1 so that Garmin Mobile XT can work
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khakhi:
Chap,

i went into my SD card and opened the system folder but that folder is empty
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denenatse:
make r/w
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khakhi:
hi,

i go into root explorer, select R/W then go into SD Card/system then i get a folder that says "parent folder"

Pls advice
[Android Software Development] arvan:
Hello everyone.

Recently, I've started developing some Android apps, and now I have a task and I don't know where to start :) So I guess I need some help ;)

Ok, I need to write an app, which connects 2 phones via bluetooth (this part is done), and then, from one phone I should tell the other one to turn on its Camera and start recording video. Also I should be able to stop the recording.

And a bigger task should be able to send the recorded video to the remote phone, or stream it someway...

Is there any code/totorial/example on such a task? Only Starting recording also will be fine for now :)

Hope someone reads this, I need Your help!!! :D
[Android Software Development] alostpacket:
In my Bluetooth apps (BlueMuze and Listables), I send little serializable meta objects. I think usually these are callted DTO for "data transfer object" in Java.

I call them something else but it doesnt matter what you call them as long as they are serializable and are exactly the same type of object with the same package name.

So I basically created my own little mini networking stack on top of the regular socket.

So the communication process might go something for this:

Let's say device1 is you control phone, device2 is the camera phone.

-> devices connected

device1 -> are you ready? -> device2

device2 -> yep, ready -> device1

device1 -> turn on camera -> device2

device2-> camera on preparing to return stream -> device 1

device2-> send byte array data for the stream -> device 1

Hopefully that should get the ball rolling and you can say if you need more detail or more basic info or whatever :)

I'm not really sure where you're starting from but figured I'd toss that out and you can tell me if that's too advanced or too basic or just right or whatever.
[Android Software Development] arvan:
Thanks for the reply :)

Ok, I'm new at android development, so maybe it's gonna be a little tough :D

Any way. I've got that communication process "plan" in my mind already. Hust don't know how to realize it. As for a start, I'd like to know which are the classes/methods that control camera.

As I'm planning this app over Bluetooth (it's always free you know ;)), I have already done the connection part (little buggy, but will fix it). So I guess I can do these steps

Then goes the Camera thing.

And finally the byte stream... I guess if I manage to record something, I can find some methods for sending byte arrays??? I hope so! :D

So now my first task is the camera control I guess.

And what about your serializable meta objects and little mini networking stack? Please some more basic explanation on these...
[Android Software Development] alostpacket:
Sure thing, in programming Serialization is basically just the "flattening" of an object to be passed over some data communication channel like Bluetooth/Serial or TCP/IP / Whatever. Basically it takes a full Java Object and compresses it down to it's raw byte equivalent.

To do this in Android/Java you make a class to hold some data and have it implement the Serializeable interface.

Here's an extra simple version of one of mine (you can add more complexity to yours as you need, this is just to demonstrate sending an object over the wire).

package com.alostpacket.listables.donate.vo;

import java.io.Serializable;

public class BluetoothMetaVO implements Serializable
{
//I made these codes up for myself
public static final int START_TRANSFER = 0;
public static final int TRANSFER_COMPLE = 1;
public static final int TRANSFER_ITEM = 2;
public static final int RESUME_TRANSFER = 3;

public static final int TYPE_PING = 9;
public static final int TYPE_REPLY = 10;

public static final int REPLY_OK = 11;
public static final int PING_OK = 12;
public static final int RECEIPT_OK = 13;
public static final int RECONNECT_PING = 14;
public static final int RECONNECT_REPLY = 15;

//this is the data you would end up sending
public int commandCode;
public int type;
public int numberItems;
public int id;

public BluetoothMetaVO()
{

}

}

To get the bytes you use and ObjectOutputStream and writeObject() probably to a ByteArrayOutputStream. (and later, for larger files a BufferedOutputStream).

If you're using the BluetoothChat example in the Android SDK as your starting point, you can pass the bytes to the write(byes[] b) method.

Then, on the receiving device, you use an ObjectInputStream and readObject to reconstitute the object.

You can then check the values of one of your properties (so for me I would check the commandCode) and act accordingly.
[Android Software Development] arvan:
Wow this will really help. I'll start codeing first tjing in the morning :-)
[Android Software Development] arvan:
Ok, now finally I tried some coding, but have lots of problems all the time. I steted with the BluetoothChatExample. But I think it's too mixed up for my case. So I decided to separate the Server app and the Client app. Let say, I need an app which creates a BT socket and listens to it. When a Client app connects to it, it allows the user to send a message to the client. Depending on the message, the Client should take a picture with it's camera and send it to the Server. When the Server receives a pic, it should store it on SD Card.

Anyone can help? Need some help on Client-Server connection...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dreadnought001:
According to Asus UK on twitter, the next FOTA update is going to take place this Thursday (28th April). Interested to see what changes this will bring...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] combat goofwing:
2 updates with in 3 weeks of lauch for the uk is very good service at least they are listening to feedback
[Eee Pad Transformer General] racerxe24:
This is awesome news. It seems that ASUS really wants to make a strong statement with this tablet. I think they will be aggressive in keeping this up to date and making sure it is a great product.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rio911:
Any idea what features they are improving/fixing with this update?

rio
[Eee Pad Transformer General] human_error:
Nope - we had to figure out the fixes from the last OTA ourselves too. Things which need fixing are:

- Camera taking videos

- Repeated dock/undocking with the keyboard half apparently can mean the transformer doesn't know if it is plugged in or not

There could also be other performance improvements, more pre-installed apps (layar was added last time), fixes for minor bugs with widgets. I'd still like an update to improve the speed of the GPS and the reliability of the compass which sometimes can still go funny.

Heck, it could even include a new honeycomb build from google which could fix various honeycomb performance issues.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EP2008:
Bet you it's the buggy rear camera lag... that was one of the biggest complaints by all reviewers.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] MikeTheCoolOne:
Mine has just told me there is an update available right this moment (I already installed the first update when that came out last week so it isn't that), installing it as I type...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kgdg:
I think it will have some or all of these included:

These were all identified by Anandtech as firmware updates coming shortly:

-ASUS tells us we aren't seeing a near doubling of battery life with the dock in use because of inefficiencies in the current firmware—something that could improve with the May firmware update

-fix issues with when tablet forgets it is docked + locks up when docked + restarts when docked

-put the unit into an ultra low power state when docked if the tablet is in standby, and power down completely when not attached to the tablet

KG
[Eee Pad Transformer General] czm:
I've just got the same message. Not sure whether to install or not.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] vodrin:
Just updated and video recording seems much better
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rio911:
Can you give us a screen grab of your status page?

rio
[Eee Pad Transformer General] MikeTheCoolOne:
The installation was fine, here are the new version numbers as I can't post screenshots:

WiFi - v5.248.28

Bluetooth - v6.11

Kernal - 2.6.36.3-00003-g8038d35 android@Mercury #1

Build - HRI66.WW_epad-8.2.3.9-20110423
[Eee Pad Transformer General] logichoops:
in the process of installing the update now, it shows up as update 8.2.3.9 (10.36MB)

will report back once done
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Started posting more info on the update here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1041502

If you find anything updated/new that's not in the list please post there and i'll update the info. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JohnDoe01:
... when the SG2 is "gorilla glass" protected ?

I wonder :confused:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nicolopolus:
Nah, I shouldn't think so. I've had nothing on my SGS1 screen for over a year now and there's no blemishes at all!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nooner:
I've never used a screen protector on my HD2 and I've had it since December '09. It has no scratches on it and I've dropped it a couple of times, thankfully without damage. The HD2 does not have the benefit of so called Gorilla Glass.

I plan on getting the sgs2 so long as no massively unfavourable reviews suddenly appear (and this seems unlikely) and I can't see myself getting a screen protector.

I feel screen protectors were useful in the old resistive screen days, but with todays capactive displays I don't feel the point is there as much....

The only caveat I can possibly think of and which doesn't apply to me, is if you keep it loose in a bag or in the same pocket as keys. Even then, and as you mentioned, I don't think it would matter. Gorilla Glass is named that for a reason.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] extrememonkey:
I've had my dell streak for nearly a year (also Gorilla Glass) and not even the tiniest of scratches ars visible.

One word of warning - a 8 month old baby with new teeth will infact crack the Gorilla Glass if they manage to get there hands on your phone!!!!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ryude:
My captivate got a few scratches on it, so it's not scratch proof.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sajadkhan806:
samsung omnia hd for past 1 n a half year, nokia n8 for 7 months. no screen protector and no scratch. gorilla rocks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lugi93:
My SGS 2 wont see a screen protector on the screen..perhaps on the back site?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] zakeen:
Its always better to have one and not need it, then not have one and need one.......

600euro phone

5euro protector...............
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Polluxus:
Gorilla glass maybe good to protect your phone from your keys or a coin but a grain of sand will still scratch it.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] troed:
I have the FOLIX antireflective screen protector on ALL my phones (Touch HD, HD2) and ordered it for my SGSII now (the phone will be delivered in 8 days according to expansys - hope so) NOT because the screen needs protection but it makes the visibility of the screen in direct sunlight a charm (esp. in nav-mode!)

So for me it´s more a sunlight visibility enhancement but a protection. GG does not need protection ...............
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sutorcen:
Yeap I second that and it's been to the beach and back many times. Still as good as new.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bilboa1:
ive a tiny scratch on the SGS as well from some sand or such tiny stuff. in general its very scratch proof. I guess i just wasnt lucky.

putting a protect is up to you: YES it can be useful, but NO its not really required - its just that the screen is not "unscratchable". it does happen. Its just pretty rare.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] dinan:
What you guys don't realize is the screen is slightly different than the original Galaxy S because of the oleophobic coating. I had a Galaxy S as well and it never got scratches but my Nexus S (as well as many of my friends' nexus S's) have slight scratches in the coating, not the actual screen. It's fairly easy to get scratches in the oleophobic coating. If you examine any used iPhone 4 closely you'll see the same thing.

So it's up to you if you want to replace the nice smooth feel of an oleophobic screen with a screen protector or not. I'm pretty sure any screen protector would hinder the visibility and performance... I've never seen one that could match the look or feel of my naked Nexus S screen.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jenkinson6a:
Just put one on mine and apart from the few bubbles i can't tell its there. When i first put it on it felt nothing like as smooth but used a bit of car wax on it and now its perfect.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Jes7er:
I like this idea.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] turborider:
had screen protector on my HD2 and ordered last week for my SGs2 Savvies screen protector for Samsung Galaxy S2 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/170627309357 ,anything can hapen who knows it might scratch but is worth to have it :p
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rovex:
You can scratch gorilla glass. I deeply scratched my Dell Streak within a few weeks of getting it, i still dont know how.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] snoopstah:
Mine came today -- very unimpressed. Very cheap and poor quality film, poorly cut (needs trimming to fit the device, as the speaker hole is too low for it to sit properly otherwise) and mine had a crease in it too (may be due to the post, but no damage to the envelope or packaging).

I'd steer clear of this particular protector.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] saquib:
Another one which does not fit:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004WJCCJM/ref=oss_product

Just processed the return. Found a pack of 10 for £3.99 on ebay, ordered. Will report back on how they fit.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jimsey:
my galaxy s had some small very feint scratches after several months of being carried in my pocket, grit and sand can certainly scratch gorilla glass.

that said the gorilla glass was one of the things which persuaded me to change my nexus s for a SGS2

I 'm going to order one of those folix ones mentioned earlier int the thread, having read a few reviews they sound like a good quality option.

provided it fits and doesn't feel awkward the £5 cost should easily add that to the value of the phone when it comes to my next upgrade in 6 months.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] htchd2sucks:
I was about to say the same thing!

On my HTC HD2, I never had any scratches in 2 years. But once I went to a sandy beach and somewhat a tiny sand particle remained in my pocket.

The day I put my phone in the same throuser, that tiny thing got into the "leather case" and scratched the screen in the middle.

it's only a 2mm scratch and it's not deep. But it's theeeere I can not take my eyes out of it!!! :mad:

If a simple 2dollars plastic would have prevented that then I would have definitely put it.

I will buy 1 for my new S2!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] raffounz:
I think both a bumper and a screen protector is required...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jonnyhall1bmx1:
defo need a screen protector, mine has plenty of scratches ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Doallyn:
I've had the SGP Steinheil on my SG2 since day one - they are brilliant, well worth the extra money, no scratches and keeps the fingerprints down. Stops those times you put your phone in with your keys...

Just wish they did them for the PS Vita :(
[Galaxy S II Accessories] darkasecas:
I had a screen protector for about a week, it got heavily scratched very soon, so I took it off, been about half a year without one, wearing the phone in my pocket. and it doesn't have any scratches. I wonder what people that says it get easily scratched does to their phones :s
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DanDroidian:
Hit or miss, as most things in life are.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] atifsh:
Didn't had any for first 2 months and gave zero issues...

Than my mother used for 10 minute call and I got nice scratch near speaker

Than my wife used it and I got another near speaker.

Since than I have a protector on:D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] misterspex:
why going risky and don't use one? ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] htchd2sucks:
It takes one tiny tiny thing such as a grain of sand which slipped into your pocket to scratch it...

So spending 2 USD to protect against that is quite... reasonable and realistic!

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] buxz777:
did they have earings in? if they had diamond , quartz etc etc in their earings this could be why you have marks from them near the speaker :-)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mattbass:
I've had a number of phones, with gorilla glass friends included some have been treat really poorly and they look fine! The gorilla glass has transformed handheld devices as far as I'm concerned!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] francis820:
I've had my S2 since August last year, and experienced its first drop of about 5 meters only on its third day. It landed first on its top left corner which I would expect, much less a scratch, on the screen but it didn't. I tried those cheap non-reflective screen protectors but I didn't like it since it has what I call the "LED effect," i.e. screen distorts on an angled view. With a hot Super AMOLED display, that was an injustice to it.

Finally, I've landed an Invisible Shield screen protector and even though it reflects light, the plastic is really thick, clear and easy to clean. I was so convinced that I had the entire body wrapped with it, only to tear them away around 3 months later... except the screen part of course. :D

Bottom line, even though it's Gorilla glass, I still need this no matter what the face down shoulder-height drop tests say. Speaking of which, I've seen recent videos that the S3 didn't survive those tests, which is a let-down. Guess I have to wait for the S4 then...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bman77:
I have a bestskinsever full body protector and love it. It just feels right having a protector.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ADX@ss:
Where did you buy it ?