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[Galaxy S II General] s3thh:
I tried to upgrade with Tmob through CPW yesterday but tbh i thought that deal they offered me was rubbish.

My discount for a phone is £330 (so 310 is not max), so they asked me to pay £70 upfront for 2yrs contract £25pm with 500mb internet (im on 3gb atm). I can get similar deal directly from o2 not to mention £100 cashback. So i said thanks and got my pac code.

But before i go ill wait till wednesday and try to upgrade directly with Tmob as it may be cheaper then by going thru 3rd party. But wednesday is my final deadline, im not waiting any longer ;)

One more thing, apparently Tmob dont have WnW+ anymore and all of ther internet is 500mb, but im not sure and defo gonna try to get 3gb.
[Galaxy S II General] En_croute:
Humm, another porky pie

I will defo check before signing - as only "some of the calls are recorded" for "training purposes" and you can guarantee my promise of 3gb will be one "not selected for retention"!
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
The deal I got from CPW on tuesday was this.

Talkmobile (Vodafone 2g/3g network)

12month contract

25pounds a month

300mins

1000texts

Unlimited (real unlimited - no fair policy/overcharge)

and 200 Pounds upfront for the phone.

I will be selling my original sgs for around that amount so it was good for me :) taking into account that I bought the SGS 100 Pounds upfront last September :D
[Galaxy S II General] la55zlo:
Ordered my upgrade through buymobilephone.net on friday

TMob 18 month contract, 300mins, 300texts and unlim data for £25/mnth with phone free.

I was expecting to pay additional for the phone but when they came back with no cost I snapped it up quickly.
[Galaxy S II General] En_croute:
That's pobably not Unlimited Interent - it's 500mb data, and subsequent unlimited browsing.

RSS, POP3 and Internet Radio do not count as browsing

Twitter may, depending on your client application you use.

And the unlimited is in fact upto 3gb Fair usage policy.......

My promised "3gb data", turns out ot be an "error" - they didn't know the difference between data and browsing. Awaiting a manager to call back.

Another T-Mobile untruth.
[HD7 General] rysky007:
And as I see nothing changed in this update, no clue what is in it, but every thing looks the same, same crap i mean. Back to HD2 till HTC comes out with a better interface.

Good luck to the rest.
[HD7 General] XPLANE9:
Umm, HTC does not have any say in creating the WP7 interface. If you didn't like the interface, then why buy the phone? Plenty of us on this forum love the metro ui.
[HD7 General] rysky007:
Cause you can only play and see what a phone has so much in the store, it takes time to really tell if you like a phone or not.

After using HTC sense on the HD2, I assumed that HTC would have a similar interface on this good hardware.

Dont get me wrong, the hard ware is nice, the typing is much better then HD2, but the OS by its self is terrible, just like HD2 original OS, but HTC sense on top of that interface makes it better.

But the OS by its self now, even compared to the HD2, is missing a lot of must have things, settings and features which every phone in today's market, hell any phone in the past ten years market should have.

I kept hearing about amazing updates, but each one is disappointing.
[HD7 General] XPLANE9:
Maybe do some research? If you even bothered to google what WP7 is, you would realize that manufacturers have no say it the software and that it still a new OS.

Don't blame HTC or Microsoft, blame yourself for not taking 5 minutes to research anything about WP7.
[HD7 General] morpheus1982:
Didnt care too much to read your long response, because as the other said, research would have stopped you from buying this phone. If you knew what the OS was about, you would have stuck with the HD2.

Anyway, isn't it Nokia who are flopping with Symbian and wanting WP7 to up their phone sales?
[HD7 General] Neo XL:
I agree to the most of the missing features in WP7 he wrote about.

The wm users are spoiled, they could give their smartphone an individual style and they could customize their apps and design. WP7 is boring in this way. But i flashed my HD2 back to wm 6.5.x, and after one day i felt, that i went back to yesterday. The control of WP7 is modern and in many ways more efficient.

After this desicion i bought a native WP7-Phone, the HD7, and hope for future ways to individualize it. At 1st the start screen... i hope for a chance, to make it more elegant and have a wallpaper background. Then i hope for smart dialing (native, not with a program) and for an email hub with all my accounts. Also i hope, i can create indidual hubs for system, internet, comm apps and so on, so that the start menu is not five miles long and more properly. I hope, to have a chance for a music player, which can open and play my folders...like mortplayer before, and a video player with mpeg and avi support. Also a way, to get advanced memory by using sd cards.

The best way for MS would be, to give back the features of wm 6.5 in a new and modern smartphone with more abilities. Because they made smartphones long, before Aplle and Google woke up. They used the experience of microsoft and give these phones a modern staff and electronic. Why didn´t use MS it´s own experiences and why must they go a seperate way with an unready OS?

So we have to wait, for MS, Chevron and many other creators. Maybe in two years we look much more lucky...or WP is at it´s end.
[HD7 General] jimbonics:
Tethering on the HD7 is indeed restricted by T-Mobile. Other WP7 handsets on other carriers can tether.

While not a real ctrl+a or select all, the latest update allows you to select as much text as you want by tapping a word, and adjusting the slider. Effective for massive amounts of text? No, but how often do you need to select massive amounts of text on a phone? This method, in my opinion, works fine for a paragraph or two.

Not to me it doesn't

Expect in WP7 the program screen flies in either direction, getting you to what you want fast. Mango will also add the ability to jump to a given letter, like contacts.

Two taps versus one tap is that much of a deal-breaker to you?

As a right-handed person, I hold the phone in my left hand. My thumb easily taps the end call button, and I did not star in Even Cowgirls Sing the Blues.

Go into contacts, tap the letter A. SIMPLE.

Because tapping the Home capacitive button and then a different tile is THAT big of a pain?

I can say with all honesty, that the 20 people I migrated from HD2's to HD7's couldn't be happier. Literally. My mobile support calls dropped to ZERO. No

It also tells you all of this on the lockscreen. Tap your power button, glance at the screen, turn it back off. Also, all these things you mention are on your home page, just like your HD2. Not sure what the issue here is.

You should read Engadget.

If you don't like it, that's fine. However, just about everything you mention here is personal preference, not missing or lacking features.
[HD7 General] jimbonics:
And here are the changes the updates bring, for the curious...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/basics/update-history.aspx
[HD7 General] truffle1234:
HTC sense slows down the device.... i never liked it i was using it on my TP2 and i gave it up as it craped up my TP2, used the energy titanium roms only...

i want to see what you will complain about afte MANGO is out....

some things will not be there on WP7 and the rest of them and more will follow with MANGO update...

Nokia will show there first WP7 device soon.

HTC sense will never be on WP7 devices...
[HD7 General] tfn:
Although I agree to lot of stuff being discussed here (good or bad) Mobiles now a days a more of a personal choice

I went and got the HD7 just to feel how WP7 was as I had never used a WM before having come from nokia symbian and android, I found it interestingly different.

for me the email is the best part of the OS and browsing is a joy on the HD7, but I am definitely looking forward to a NOKIA WP7 as I am sure two heads will be better than one

:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avishayil:
Oh, poor Samsung Galaxy S, So much times flashed,

Make an estimation how many times you flashed it, Stock, Custom, Stock, Custom, Stock, Custom... OMG :eek::eek::eek:

My Answer is about 50-60 times, 3 weeks with my device.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
does this include flashing updates ?? if so mine must be over 100 lol

i must admit, since i turned to CM7 and MIUI i dont flash at all now, im very happy.

before this i was flashing new roms daily.... good old days
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skibbi_pl:
I flashed my phone from stock 2.1 to KIES 2.2. Then odin JS3,JS7 and finally JVK. I'm not counting custom kernels, but basically each 2.2 version was flashed with speedmod.

I'm even lazy to upgrade to latest ginger :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamie2002uk:
Probably over 50 time including odin and cwm flashing darkys rom,simply honey now tweaky rom which is fantastic
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanivula:
Lost count now! I've had mine 3 weeks now (came from a ZTE Blade). After the initial confusion and tendancy to not want to touch ODIN, the flashing has gone ballistic. Started to go through the ginger roms now... Fun times!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bodziophonix:
My average time with rom is around week but from last month it's CM7 to Darky or Darky to CM7, I can't decide which one will be the best for me. And I'm thinking myself it would be nice if Darky had that all option like CM7 and CM7 was stable like Darky :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oswade:
I'd guess around 50-100 times (including failed flashes, custom roms etc)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarr622:
I have had mine since September and I would estimate easily a couple hundred times.

I hope the flash memory can take it!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dk206:
Lol around 30times for me I think. Did darkys but reverted to stock rom cus he updated it **** everyday lol. Used a xustom kernel with stock 2.2.1 jpy and been happy with it. Fast slick

Now....SGS II >:D

Yes poor sgs. In my drawer gathering dust.

Swyped from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWulf:
Poor Galaxy S or lucky Galaxy S? I rather think my phone is really stretching it's legs now under Darky's v10 RC6. I voted under 50, but I must be approaching that number. I've been flashing Darky's roms since the Legendary Steel Edition.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrIwik:
Wow, I think I would be lucky to have flashed my phone a dozen times. This includes and update through Kies, playing around with kernels and flashing back to stock and reflashing after making a brick.

I think once I found something fast and stable I thought I may aswell stick with it until gingerbread comes out of beta. Now I'm just waiting.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imsid:
i have never flashed until now

i m a bit scared :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chanw4:
Depends on what you mean by flashing. If you mean flashing a complete rom. About 10-15 times. If you include updates like theme and kernel. More than 50 I think.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elimix:
I did like 4 flashes and around 10 updates
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
Don't worry, we are here for you. You have nothing to be afraid of

...and if the hydrostatic radiation emitted by flashing it kills you, can I have your phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXNCHAMPXx:
Loooooooooooooooooooooool.

Sent from my GALAXY S 2.3.3 Darky v10.0 Final
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imsid:
lol

hydrostatic radiation

i just downloaded the stock JVH rom will flash tomorrow :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wurstel:
i try to keep the flashing to a minimum, i flashed it about 10 times since i got it in december, but i just found out there´s a new miui build, so i might flash the 11th time today ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avishayil:
It is fair to say that we all are addicted to FLASHING?

Maybe we should leave computers and manage with photos :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AmdPhenomII:
I have really lost count of how many times I have flashed my Galaxy S since I had it in November 2010...First custom was Darkyy's now I am on Tweaky Rom JVH, which is really nice :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaanrider:
lol may like 20 times
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danni_ind:
Please include an option Over 100 times ....

hmm..not sure tho its 100 or 150 :P seriously no joking guys
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rat2000:
I flashed my phone 3 times since august. Trough kies I got an update to 2.1 then updated it to 2.2 and then with kies hack I updated it to 2.2.1. I will use the last method again on xeu ginger.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
SGS 2 has a flashing counter on the boot screen so stick with SGS 1.

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Schemerlamp:
I flash every 2 days:D:D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B3311:
About 60 times, but I'm clean now - went cold turkey while on holiday. Tough, but had to be done....

Should have been a lot less, but I didn't have a clue what I was doing in the early days - way back in the distant mists of time, maybe as far back as February - so there were many reflashes, rereflashes and rerereflashes.

Still on Froyo with JS8 via Doc and Pele's BAT, and won't be changing it - giving the phone to my daughter and expecting my SGS II in a couple of weeks.

Then I can start again....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moogley:
It's true when they say once you get started you can't stop. The custom firmwares just keep getting better and better - Big thanks to the devs.

I reckon I might've flashed my device around 50 times by now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilblade:
Somewhere between 30-40 by now.

R
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SiL3nTKiLL:
flashed it over 40 times by now and still not satisfied
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CDTI:
Less than 20 times ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeebad:
Wow, I thought I'd been reasonably adventurous with a couple of dozen times. You guys over 50, do you ever get to actually *use* your phones?!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbrueser:
I just started doing it yesterday. But it's getting really addictive :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeBeSad:
flash and backup/restore takes 10 mins :)

I did flash like 30-40 times :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeebad:
I know, just playing :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlipModeOC:
I have the flashing bug aswell..... I even made a guide for those who don't here.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
There is a difference between flashing kernels or.modems and flashing ROMs. I have flashed kernel or modem 100 times at least....entire ROM just three times.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoobProof:
i have had my phone since september and the first thing i did was to fix the 3 button combo. starting from that day, i have flashed my phone over 250 times i think :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] !_Ale13star_!:
I have Galaxy S since few days...i flash it about 7-8 times
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lttldvl:
I've only flashed about 3-4 times. I updated my SGS from 2.1 to 2.2 via kies, then flashed XXJVK, when my sister and father got the same phone as me after seeing it I was asked to flash theirs to XXJVK lol.

Now I've flashed the latest MIUI, and am happy with that while im waiting for the GalaxySense ROM to be a bit more complete and stable.

I think it's safe to say that im getting addicted to flashing lol!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mim2007sa:
I flashed atleast 20-30 times my Galaxy S -1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avishayil:
250? I think you should take pills for this Flashing-Addiction.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pietpapier:
over 100 times in one month...

Some days i flash 5 roms a day..

Addiction:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Their is an alternative version of SGS that can be used as a phone instead of a testbed .

Much harder as people keep phoning you up and you have to answer silly text messages much better to keep flashing .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirsever:
cam it be bad for the phone?^^
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirsever:
*i meant can^^
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fomax:
Only last week! custom rom testing!

Darky 9.5 to Gotrip1.9

Goatrip1.9 to Simple Honey 3.2

Simple Honey 3.2 to Juwe 4.2

Juwe to dark 10RC6

darky10RC6 to simple honey 3.3

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajuki:
Flashing is an addiction.

Thank you Samsung for building such a robust device which I have flashed over 250 times. It will be 1 year with it next month. That's about on average 20 times a month!!! But of course that includes multiple flashes in dame day. Scary figure now that I come to think about it!
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
Having played around with the boot animation I'm wondering if you'd (you reading this) would consider taking the time to outline what you think makes a good custom boot animation...

I'd love to put some effort into making quality boot animations of varying types - not necessarily what I think is nice or cool but rather, what the community would like to see. What 'you' want to see.

I'm open to any and all original idea's and suggestions. You'll get full 'concept' credit if your ideas makes it into a new release.

Let's hear'em.
[Acer Iconia A500] denhk3280:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vCYj3aiQE4 CAN YOU DO THIS?
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
Well I played around with the stock version but I can't get the zip under 14mb at 1280x800. Seem like overkill imo.

Also, it is kind of all over the place in multiple itterations.

I kind of feel bad now - having asked for suggestions and opening up discussion, just to put the breaks on the first idea that comes in ): I am sorry.

I edited my original post to include the word, original.

Don't be shy. Throw your ideas agains't the wall and lets see what sticks. This is an open discussion for everyone.
[Acer Iconia A500] denhk3280:
can you sd me the 1280x800 photo? i want it..!thx, u mean you dont have enough web space to upload?
[Acer Iconia A500] ipetloudog:
I would like to have triggers boot anim permanently. That is all. [vibrant]

If I wasnt throttled, id post a link for u to see. It really should be THE standard for all android devices.
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
I'm not rehashing boot animations. Sorry guys.
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
Just bumping back to page 1. Still looking for discussion - your thoughts and what you'd like to see.

Don't be shy. (;
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
How about an X-wing type craft, with an Android instead of an R2 unit, I don't think that I'd even have a cockpit, just an Android. Doing a final trench run, and as the pan out an apple blows to bits as the craft flys at ya.

If I had the talent that would be what I would make first. I'd love to see it.
[Acer Iconia A500] Baldyl0cks:
Can you do this with the Acer stats?

MOD EDIT:

PLEASE UPLOAD A SMALLER IMAGE SIZE
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
There are already some faux-pc start up boot animations. I'm not interested in rehashing boot animations.
[Acer Iconia A500] gunnyman:
How about start with the iPad bootscreen then have it fizzle and die replaced by a dancing android
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
lol! That could be quick and easy to do.
[Acer Iconia A500] karlkarloff:
Personally, I always wanted to design a simple bootscreen(not that I have any clue how to do it)of the zig-zaggy heart monitor screen flat lined and then slowly getting a heart beat back as it comes on...possibly if you wanted to, instead of the blood pressure and pulse rate numbers in the corners throw up the processor speed or whatever numeric stat you wanna stick there. Possibly even a little flashing android in place of the little flashing heart.

Either that, or just a picture of Steve Jobs' head on a pike...just kidding.
[Acer Iconia A500] Fluffbutt:
Don't want ANY boot animations.

Anything running like that will slow the boot down, even if it's just 1 second.

Why do people what all pretty pictures and fancy spin window animations when all they do is waste time and power??

ALL my anims are turned off, both the A500 and Windows 7 desktop.

Hate animations and fancy twirl-openings, page turns on book reader, etc
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
I don't believe this is the case at all. If it was blank, all you'd see is a blank screen while the system files and the OS prepares to launch the GUI. I'd rather see something than a blank screen.

As far as I know, there is no way to stop the boot animation except to replace it with something blank. All this will do, however, is cause the screen to be blank while the system loads. I don't believe it will speed it up. And the amount of power the boot animation uses it minuscule. If any, during the course of the average up-time.

Be that as it may - I think you've confused the boot animation with desktop animations. They are not the same nor interchangeable.

This thread is about ideas for what people would "like to see" as a boot animation - what plays as the tablet is loading. It's about fostering ideas.
[Acer Iconia A500] Fluffbutt:
No, I haven't confused desktop anims with boot anims.

All I'm saying is that ANYTHING the cpu is doing (including displaying animated thingys) takes up cpu cucles and memory. if it has to break off reading a file to shove the next frame to the graphics gpu side of itself, it has to take some time. Time I'd rather it used to boot up..

If I have to have a boot anim, I'd rather it be super basic, barely there than have a multi swirly 3D effect running.

"This thread is about ideas for what people would "like to see" as a boot animation - what plays as the tablet is loading. It's about fostering ideas."

I accept that, but my answer to that question is still "nothing", or "the barest minimum" - it's still an idea, after all, and a valid point.
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
Well nobody's going to argue with you personal opinion of boot animations. So... moving on...
[Acer Iconia A500] Justray:
Nice thread, I whould like to see anything but an apple :D

I kid, what kind of graphics are used, format?, I haven researched...

P.S. Anyone knows where I can download virtuous picasso boot animation... It blows me away :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG-Sj6ej_bA&feature=player_embedded#at=465
[Acer Iconia A500] JWingWangWong:
You should make a boot logo based on what rom you are using.

Eg: If I have Virtuous Galaxy rom I can download a neat looking boot animation showing something with Virtuous Galaxy loading.
[Acer Iconia A500] metpolds:
@gammaRascal - I appreciate what you say about not wanting to rehash your previous efforts but for those of us who drool over your animations it's rather like throwing a dog a juicy bone, no matter how good it is he is always going to beg for more! Would really like to see your "GR-Frosty v.2" animation but with the Android replaced with your new "geared" Android figure. By the way I have previously let you know that Frosty v.2 works beautifully on OTA 3.1 - still does - no lag - have you had your update yet?
[Acer Iconia A500] sda.171:
a retro bios loading screen like the ones in those old windows systems xD! That be greaaaat!
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
I did try it. From a design standpoint it was...Well, you know... meh. Two totally different Droids didn't match. Starting out with a glossy version then going into the line-work version - it didn't fit.

I'm still on 3.01 here.