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[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
You are right in many ways.

However "average" users like to have their favourite wallpaper in front and even this is missing.

Do you really think this tile system which is not really appealing will attract masses?

Actually you're right. WP7 is much more complete than iOS years ago at launch but we agreed here that times and market has changed completely and this cannot be compared today.

And I really don't observe masses running to get WP7 devices "which just work".

Anyway for user like me - and believe me this type of user is not a total minority anymore - WP7 is not possible at current state. I've had the best intentions when buying and using it.

And regarding sales and money making - the system which has now about 50% of the whole market has ALL those "geek" features now. Those "unnecessary' ones. Why? For nobody? Nooo.

It's for people. They need it more and more.

WP7 didn't fail yet because it's too short to tell. Yes the press was enthusiastic. We can judge some time after Mango and when first Nokia devices hit the market.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
Look I just unboxed it and its been only one month for me for so long, I am a business person, but I really dont miss the missing business features right now, maybe because I am not using them right now... I use HandyScan to Scan my papers.. who edits and makes a Powerpoint presentation on a cellphone? who makes excell sheets on cellphone?

The bluetooth file transfer is one thing I miss when it comes to 'business' use.. but really.. I do not make Powerpoint on a cellphone and I dont really need it..
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Well I don't make Powerpoint presentations on the phone either.

But as I also use my phone for businness, I think it's idiotic to send 5 separate emails with 5 documents. I often send Pdfs from the phone but on WP7 I can't..

I also want to do a simple thing like change alignment, change font type or define it's size, or edit indent etc.

All of this can't be done on WP7 Word.

Just examples.
[Windows Phone 7 General] xsteven77x:
WP7 also looked quite bright before it came out and look how that turned out. Just saying...it's all vaporware for now and could go either way at this point.
[Windows Phone 7 General] xsteven77x:
Lmfao till they try to actually use it for something.
[Windows Phone 7 General] xsteven77x:
Just about the only voice of reason in this thread!
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
What does wp7 and porn stars have in common?

Think about it.

They're always c+*%ing
[Windows Phone 7 General] FiyaFleye:
It's also hilarious how this isa thread about a user's personal positive opinions on the OS, and even still, you guys need to come in here and spew your venom. I mean, just by reading the title, you should have known it wasn't a thread you'd agree with... Anyway, just for giggles I'll respond to some of this.

doministry, if you think the average user agrees with you in any way on 99.9% of the crap you post on here, you're seriously mistaken. I can even tell you that the majority of people I've seen with an Android phone don't even change the wallpaper, same with iPhones. They just don't care, and realize that wallpapers make it harder to read. Actually, most of them do exactly what was done on WinPhone, they change the lockscreen wallpaper...

Also, Android owns so much market share because of the amazing marketing strategy put forward by Verizon a couple years ago, to save both companies, which others followed just to remain competitive. You forget to mention, that an OS which is the complete opposite of Android in iOS isn't too far behind, especially considering it's minimal exposure in terms of flexibility... A new Android device comes out weekly, and even then, if you think about it, it's still ONLY at that number. You go into any store here in America, and 9/10 phones are Android, and the market is that small?

When it comes to apps, Android also didn't have many of these apps at launch, actually, I remember seeing somewhere that WinPhone has more big names faster than any other OS.

I've used this analogy before, and I'll use it again because obviously I'm dealing with one minded people. If Google were to release a desktop OS, at this moment, and it would be severely lacking behind Windows, you guys would excuse them for being new. None of you would say "well it needs to compete right now with Windows" all of you would say "it's new, give it time, it'll catch Microsoft in features" but when it comes to Microsoft, simply because it ventured out from the cave all of you hide in, it's an opposite approach. Just saying.

At the end of the day, I really don't care what you guys like. I have the phone, I enjoy it. I just wish that I could click a thread which was obviously Pro WP7 from the title, and not be greeted by the same bull**** you guys put in every other thread. Because, you guys are the biggest hypocrites... When a user like me posts positives in every thread, I'm a "fan boy" but when you guys ***** in every thread, you're "realists," right?
[Windows Phone 7 General] amtrakcn:
Every time these user comment thread turns into such long redundent flame wars... Really tired to read/write the same ideas again and again.

WP7 is better than WM to me +1.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Avandor:
Gah not another one of these... :mad:
[Windows Phone 7 General] conantroutman:
I thought we already had a huge, never ending comparison thread.....

Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
[Acer Iconia A500] bjh2379:
I'm having problems with It shutting off overnight while charging. Anybody else having this problem?
[Acer Iconia A500] edgie168:
I just discovered this "feature" this morning as well. -_-
[Acer Iconia A500] bjh2379:
Did u find how to fix this?
[Acer Iconia A500] geeknik:
I love the feature where the A500's battery doesn't last overnight with the screen off. I didn't think I needed to charge it overnight since the battery was at 95% anyways, so I just set it on the table next to my bed and went to sleep. Woke up this morning and it wouldn't power on. Pretty cool. Wonder what is draining the battery? My DroidX can sit on the same table for almost a week w/o being charged.
[Acer Iconia A500] Neoprimal:
I haven't seen it, then again I play music from getting into bed till I wake up so ill try leaving it to sleep and see what happens.
[Acer Iconia A500] cj03ct:
Me too

Same issue here.
[Acer Iconia A500] green2droid:
i have not tried the trick that I just found that seems to extend the batery life....I put the tablet in "airplane mode" , enable the WiFi and the battery looks like it is draining alot slower. There is power being used for "cell standby" even though is a wifi only tablet
[Acer Iconia A500] Engineerche:
Same problem here with shutdown on charge. Right now it seems fairly consistent-
[Acer Iconia A500] TrevFMT:
I'm experiencing them same thing when leaving asleep for extended periods. It first happened while I was charging... now it happened again when I left for dinner and came back. I don't see any setting options for that
[Acer Iconia A500] ph423r:
Same here. Thought it was a "feature" to keep from using as much battery.
[Acer Iconia A500] TrevFMT:
So shutting off notifications seems to stop the problem for me.. except that I don't get notifications :rolleyes: At least it boots pretty fast
[Acer Iconia A500] JiggaGeazY:
I'm getting this and i'm loosing a ton of battery somewhere in the process too. I think the above poster is right.

I plug in tabby. go to bed. wake up to pee. see tabby is 100% battery. unplug and go back to bed. wake up to go to work and tabby is powered off completely and battery is anywhere between 85%-90% in a matter of 2-3 hours after being unplugged.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Its likely a rogue app I would get a program like advanced task killer watch it and see what apps are loading in background after you kill all apps.look for apps you installed.not so much the ones Acer put on your tab.

With Ti backup freeze the first one you think should not run give it a day.if that's not the issue keep going down the list.

Had a similar issue it was a app I got from amazon.that was So CALLED FREE.they are not so I uninstalled everything from amazon. No more battery drain.

SOME APPS do not fallow the drained android or social rules

Watching the apps to be sure nothing is running CPU cycles allow the time I loose about 2 to 3 % batter life over night with wifi set to stay awake.

This is ideally from 11 pm until around 10 am the fallowing day.

Yes I sleep in alot giggles
[Acer Iconia A500] JiggaGeazY:
re-flashed with Taboonay v.2.0/Richardtrips v.3.3 Kernel and it fixed everything.
[Acer Iconia A500] rbtconsultants:
had this on my tab for 2 days and reflashed back to stock because battery life was awful.
[Acer Iconia A500] jscsltd:
When browsing the marketplace, installing an app and then going back my scrolled position in the marketplace is lost. This is very frstrating and makes browsing and installing from the marketplace a pain.

Am I missing something?

Cheers, John
[Acer Iconia A500] cybermage1:
Same here. Another issue: I can search and find apps to install (for instance "Root Explorer" that I wanted to use to replace wpa_supplicant) but when I click the link to view the details and install it, I get a dialog that says the detailed view can't be found. If I click OK, it goes back to the search results. If I instead click back, I can read the detailed view, but clicking "Install" results in it telling me the application can't be found. Looks like Google is blocking the app.
[Acer Iconia A500] mantrajt:
+1 same problem here! (Using the tablet outdoors and I must say the feeling is great but....the screen is awful!!!! I can see my every detail reflected in the screen ...lol)

By the way is there no way to comment or rate an app from the market app???
[Acer Iconia A500] jscsltd:
Is there perhaps a way of installing the gingerbread marketplace app?

John
[Acer Iconia A500] Budadank:
I've been having the same problem today. Lots of Apps in the market seem to be giving this response but if you try and see the details of and install a featured app then there's no problem. I think the Android Market may be having a few issues today. Try using the Android Market website instead, worked for me.
[Acer Iconia A500] jscsltd:
I'll give that a go, thanks :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] rorytmeadows:
yeah I noticed the same thing

I would also like to know where to rate and comment on apps
[Acer Iconia A500] spaanplaat:
I hate it loses position on back. I like to browse through the app list to what is available for us honeycomb users but the fact that it goes back to the start makes this a pain in the *ss.
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
i agree, this is horrible, especially when browsing a long list. The marketplace is pretty average all round really.

Would it be too much to ask for a dedicated tablet section?
[Acer Iconia A500] atomicwedgie:
Just chiming in agreeing that this is a real pita.
[Acer Iconia A500] hellcat82:
Another +1 for the position loss on back being a pain in the ass, especially if you've just scrolled through 400 or so apps only to have to scroll through them again.
[Acer Iconia A500] imonfire1358:
+1 here as well. I'd also love to see a section in the market just for the newest apps. I still can't figure out how to comment or rate anything there either. Some of the stuff I have tried and had to just uninstall I would love to be able to comment on. Any suggestions?
[Acer Iconia A500] qhinton:
I use the online site
[Acer Iconia A500] cybermage1:
Regarding rating apps, here's what I've found:

Menu + Purchase History

Click the name - pick to open with browser

Rate it from the browser.

Yeah, it sucks. Honeycomb fail.
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
+1 on losing position in the marketplace when going back to it from an app page - very frustrating. I've also had numerous occasions when an app wouldn't properly download or install - the animated bar would continue but no notifications would show up and/or the install would fail leading to the animated bar on the app page continuing to animate but no progress. Going back then finding the app again then going into the app page and clicking install again seems to be the only way to kick start it.
[Nexus S General] Gaurav.Stallion:
Here's my story, I'm getting my Nexus S probably by day after tommorow or maximum by wednesday, it's coming all the way from US. I've read the guides on updating to Android 2.3.3, but am still not sure, as this is my first Droid and i cant take risks as I cant get the Amoled version repaired in my country. I want someone to guide me personally on instant messenger as I upgrade to 2.3.3, can someone please volunteer to help me? :)
[Nexus S General] Androyed:
I think 2.3.3 is on the Nexus S when you buy it. If not, you will get an OTA update.

Updating to a newer version isn't that hard. If it's OTA you don't have to do anything at all.
[Nexus S General] Gaurav.Stallion:
Isnt the OTA region specific?
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
2.3.4 is the new OTA update not 2.3.3
[Nexus S General] Gaurav.Stallion:
Will I get that OTA in India? And will it be for i9020? I'm asking this because only i9023 is availible in India and I have i9020
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
just manually update it. there are no risks
[Streak 5 General] wgizmo:
hi,

Today my backlight on my screen just gone off. Did factory reset, battery out/in, hard reset and still nothing. Its like setting brightness to minimum and i almoust can see anything. Need help with this please.
[Streak 5 General] keithdphan:
I've notice 351 screen brightness is turn down compared to 318 which was too bright in my opinion. Kinda sucks because I bought adjbrightness app. Now its useless.
[Streak 5 General] wgizmo:
Yea but on mine its totally gone dark. I cant change anything by any settings. Leds of home,back and menu works fine and flash from camera. Everything works fine only screen is very dark. Its like swiching off the light in the room. You can still see things but in darkness. Its looks like lighting bulb is dead :( or something. Any ideas or tips?
[Streak 5 General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Sounds like the LED backlight burned out, and did so way too quickly. But, try flashing a different ROM and see if that helps, if you believe it to be software related.
[Streak 5 General] wgizmo:
Problem is even when i go to fastboot mode is the same. Its looks like hardware problem. Its any chance to check in fastboot backlight? like benchmark or test?
[Streak 5 General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Nope. No test modes for anything like that.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
This is 1 of 5 "Wall-E Series" Boot Splash Screens. The others will be released as they are done. I hope you enjoy my work. And if so, please click "thanks."

Flash through Bootloader

-Reboot to bootloader

-Once the file loads, press volume UP to flash

Thanks to mudknot2005 for the blank PD98IMG file.

If you want a custom boot splash, message me.

Devs: You may use any of my work within your ROMS or Themes. Just give credit where credit is due.
[HTC Inspire 4G] agarth1050:
Is it possible to make one for my Boston Celtics?

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
Done. It can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13360609#post13360609
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will972:
hi everybody, can i install the Sense3.0 sms style on my android 2.3 rom ??:confused::confused:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosty_ice:
I don't exactly know what the 3.0 SMS app depends on, so I can not give a general answer, but RCMix 6.0 comes with the new SMS app.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will972:
i know but i just want the application :
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shithead:
I'm looking for that messaging app too :-(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apoorvajsh:
I'm pretty sure it's not as easy as installing something from a market, and you probably won't just be able to push the apk through adb.

Just wait for a flashable zip from your ROM or use capy's ROM.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will972:
Exaxtly , i already try to install many things but nothing..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyleastley:
yes im looking for this aswell, im on leedroids latest rom and he has not implemented it yet but fingers crossed.
[General Questions and Answers] wonbad:
Sorry, can not erase this post.
[EVO 4G General] TorxT3D:
i think the downtown area has had it for a while, but finally i can get a (very low signal) right here inside my home (hickory hill area). There must be a second clearwire tower somewhere around here. The speed of course sucks, i got this speed when 3g was released 4-5 years ago. :\

myns rls 5 with PRI 1.90_003, PRL 01115, RADIO 2.15.00.11.19

i plan on trying the new leaked radio/rom to see if signal gets better, but i doubt it. is it worth the try??
[EVO 4G General] CoolWaters:
Are you sure about this? I live downtown and I can't get a signal. Sprint doesn't list Memphis as covered. I know Clearwire covers here, but they don't sell plans here yet.
[EVO 4G General] gharris040604:
I hope so I will be back there in two weeks for the bbq contest
[EVO 4G General] TorxT3D:
update: i found the 4G tower.. its being broadcasted from my local sprint tower a couple blocks away.

heres screenshots of the max speeds i was getting at full/semi full bars

the location of the tower is at knight arnold and perkins, on top of the teachers credit union building.
[EVO 4G General] splmonster:
Go by Clear.com coverage map, Sprint only shows official cities and even then they rarely update it. Wimax is open, so wherever Clear shows coverage you can use it.
[EVO 4G General] CoolWaters:
You're right. I get a very, very weak 4g signal in a few parts of downtown. It isn't consistent enough to use reliably and I don't get it at all in my condo.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
Is there an app that has front facing camera FUN effects?

like the "distortion" effect that comes with the phone.

I'm looking for mirror effects like the ones that are linked (these are from google images):

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRK3RRiLnjgWS58TD4u1ZoUM0K0nIKuwhquYDZcwzE_VNyvuSnP&t=1

http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/07/160x120_camerastura.jpg
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wauterboi:
The Camera 360 has some cool "Funny" effects like that. In fact it looks like he has the mirror effect on the top one.

However, the second one, I'm not too sure about. *scratches head*
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrahmati:
Yes, there are some apps I have tested and like them:

Camera Fun:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spiceloop.camerafun

Cool Camera:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.coolcoders.coolcamera
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
What is it with people resurrecting 6 month old threads lately???
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
+100000,:eek:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] seking:
I have heard that HD2 has 512 MB of Mmemory. But I installed the MIUI version of Android and it is showing in the setting applications that I have used 78 MB and free space is 138 Mb. What about the remaining space?:confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] matthew33:
Did u partition your sd card?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hg3atintin:
What size is cache, system on your phone?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] seking:
How to find cache and system size?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hg3atintin:
Did you use cwm? Whats the size of the rom? And size of cwm rom partition.
[Xperia Play General] b4d5h0t:
Hi all, i got hold of splintercell conviction hd , sandstorm hd and modern combat 2 today but ive had problems with all 3 of them i was just wondering if anyone has them working on there xperia play?

it probably was the sources i got them from as ive heard there are different versions of the games about but i dont want to go and buy them if there gonna be no better from gameloft. so im just checking before i fork out.

anyone else had similar experience?

black screen on splintercell

grey and black graphics on sandstorm and fails to download modern combat 2?

i dont think its my hardware as most games are fine.

gimme your thoughts :confused:
[Xperia Play General] mikzfan:
my problem is slightly different. I bought sandstorm, nova, asphalt, sparta for my htc evo 4g. Trying to get other games it says gameloft cant support my phone. Which makes me wonder if some kind of divorce took place after I bought my games, and if I am in somekind of limbo right now

mikzfan
[Xperia Play General] Dousan:
I bought a few games when I had the HTC desire hd and just installed those on the play and encountered similar problems. Wrote gameloft and got my paid games upgraded and they work like a charm. Dpads and touchpads incorporated in the games ;-)

Regards Dousan...

e: when upgrading games to the play I had to download some extra stuff to make it work. (Had already copied my backup from HTC dhd to my play).
[Xperia Play General] b4d5h0t:
ah right yep the games must be coded slightly differently for the play cos of the pad... ive got another version of conviction here now which is working but not with the pad grrrr ... im gonna have to spend some dosh and buy the right version :)

ALSO anyone know if the play is multitouch cos it doesnt feel like it. i know its gotta pad so it doesnt really matter but on sandstorm using the screen i had to stop moving to aim?
[Xperia Play General] Adam3Sixty:
ONe thing i do know about, lol, the play has multi touch screen AND touch pad, if u try the touch pad test software u can use 2 fingers on the pad AND 2 on the screen at the same time :)
[Xperia Play General] b4d5h0t:
Just a quick update... i bought splintercell and modern combat 2 and both work great using the pad controls,... I found out i had to buy the games to get the right version for the xperia play just a tip for other noob freebie hunters :)
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
Only problem I've had with some games is them not showing up in the Xperia Play games section after download.
[Xperia Play General] tonymontana079:
Hi There Ive had the same problem with modern combat 2 dont know about the other 2 it force closes when i select it from the app menu, but I have got a way to get it working. This is on xperia play, for the downloading try restarting your phone turning the wifi off and back on and stay next to your wireless so you know youll have a good connection.

You try to load it from the app menu first and it will force close then hold the recent apps button and select the game from there and it will load it does still sometimes randomly force close though.

Hope this helps

If all else fails contact gameloft they take a few weeks for fixes like these but they will offer you a free game or something for the inconvenience.;)
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
That is good of them, I bought a game off PSN for PSP which wouldn't work & when I contacted them they told me it was my fault because I have a Jap PSP and they wouldn't re fund or supply a replacement.
[Xperia Play General] b4d5h0t:
i had the same problem with games not showing up... have you shut down and restarted your phone since u got them... mine show up. i think after a restart of the phone, not sure give it a try but mine are on the xp slide out list
[Xperia Play General] tonymontana079:
Maybe consoles are a bit different but they should have allowed you access to a copy that did work for you if you paid for it. Or maybe that was just Sony as they get a cut out of every psn sale.

Yeah your right that is normally their attitude i was actually surprised when they did it and they done it twice for me bought nova 2 didnt work so they gave me assasins creed and spiderman free, then i got impatient for an fps so i tried modern combat 2 and didnt work either they gave me brother in arms free for this one. To sum that up i got 3 free games for 2 faulty games I bought and nova 2 works now since their update still waiting for a fix for modern combat 2 though.:(