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[Windows Phone 7 General] slimshady322:
Our governments sure don't block Microsoft from releasing a finished search engine (not bing beta which is actually live search) nor do they have anything to do with whether you can get local results etc. on the phone.

The only thing that I understand is that MS does not offer the Zune Pass in Germany because they would have to pay several cents for each song we stream.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Freypal:
UK isn't exactly fully featured either.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Avandor:
Something is always better than nothing. :D

And governments have nothing to do with what Microsoft decides to release or not... unless you are in Libia or some weird dictatorial regime.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Brav0:
But its more featured than the rest of the world :P

I'd rather talk to Microsoft about it, but they probably don't to talk to me...but that won't stop me from trying!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] TheOnly1:
LOL. In Germany you have at least Marketplace access :) The ONLY way to have paid apps on your phone in Bulgaria is to pirate them. And then MS talks about software piracy :)

It's complete joke. In my country you have Apple Appstore, Android Marketplace but no Windows Marketplace. Not even with Mango. Maybe we have to wait for a Banana update to have Marketplace as a popular joke is that we are the Banana Republic of the EU :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
I fully agree and fully subscribe to this thread.

I am really fed up with the US-centric MS services.

I am in France, not a small country, I have no local search and Bing Map sucks... Unusable. And Microsoft pretend to be a global company?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sylau90:
I think microsoft is too greedy,they want to gain 100% profits in here....Since they know that Bing is not good in other countries,they should give us an option to use google map...Like Apple,they are not operating any search engine or map businesses,therefore until now,they still using google map and iphone still selling good...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Brav0:
Excellent glad your with us!

I hope those Bing stations opened in Munich and Paris I believe start churning out better support!!

The funny thing is that Bing actually has Local Results for Germany, not good but still its there, we just can't access them! Only if we change browser and search language to english (US or UK). Giving us the option of Google Maps would go a long way, but in the end Microsoft wants to build up its Bing. They are, but it's just taking a while. With Nokia onboard hopefully we get there map data soon!
[Windows Phone 7 General] day2die:
Microsoft is NOT stopping Google from making Google Maps for Windows Phone so I don't see how this is Microsoft's fault.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sylau90:
their fault is that they did not negotiate and cooperate with google before WP7 is released.They should use google map as the stock map app especially both bing(countries outside US) and wp7 still in a premature stage.
[Windows Phone 7 General] uristic:
Lol.. the most hilarious post ever.

So.. why don't apple puts windows on their macs as it's better and it's more used than mac os ?

Why don't google stop developing android as it suck and invest in WP7 as it's better ?

Or would you invest milions in something and than ask your biggest competitor to use their solution instead ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] uristic:
Same "Banana" feeling here -.-
[Windows Phone 7 General] sylau90:
LoL at you????

For me,I won't bet my reputation since I know Bing is not good in other countries at this time,I rather use the better options for this critical stage since the OS is not perfect I won't risk the map and search engine apps as well.....As I mentioned,WP7 is in pre-mature stage,thats means just use google map temporarily,not forever

Furthermore,Thanks for bringing mac OS into this topic,you just make your mind look hilarious and awesome...I know that and thats why I LOL at you...

Do you know that mac OSX has a function called dual boot or boot camp?????this is because Apple knows their operating system still need more efforts to catch up the windows in terms of games and apps...therefore they offer this function....So,whats wrong???If WP7 use google map for this critical period since the bing map is not as good as google map in other countries in this world????In case you don't believe,I can tell you that in my university 1000+ imacs are dual booting windows XP...In this case,Apple at least gives their consumers an option,but we have none in WP7.

Moreover,you should know that Apple still securing their mac os well,so no pc can run mac os legally because apple didnt sell their license and it is a premier OS.M$ can do the same here,they can not license out the Bing map or search to other mobile devices.

After you read this,you should LOL at your post...

you make my day mate.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FTC:
...I dont believe that Microsoft deliberately blocks any features to annoy users outside of the USA/UK. The questions is rather if they can. There are hundreds of regulations within each country and even more within the EU which prevents them

from doing this or including that. Just take the country codes on DVDs. Just take the uproar in Germany when Google started streetview. And lately the problems with collecting location data, which among others would be necessary to enjoy the features of "Local results"... One has to make a choice between protecting his privacy and using services based on data collections....
[Windows Phone 7 General] slimshady322:
Well MS tracks the location of phones in every country. And again, I understand that MS cannot offer the Zune Pass in Germany because of local laws but there is nothing stopping them from releasing voice search or a final bing engine or the upcoming bing vision and such stuff.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nalgrim:
No zune pass in Canada, and make the Microsoft points good for Zune, Xbox live, etc
[Windows Phone 7 General] blacksoul0:
It looks like Mango has more support for Germany.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=28039732&postcount=7770
[Windows Phone 7 General] skwarek:
I'm in Canada and also don't have full features. I guess Microsoft thinks we still live in igloos :). It would be hard to do a local search for a polar bears :P
[Windows Phone 7 General] blacksoul0:
From that forum:
[Windows Phone 7 General] BfA:
I want Zune Pass in Canada, but they don't have it available. I've heard the reason is the stupid music labels want too much money. It's kinda like how Canada gets a lame NetFlix and HBO compared to the American version.

Here's a chart someone made. It looks pretty pathetic outside of the US! It looks pretty brutal with the new Mango features as now there's way more items that aren't available in other countries! (I can't make a link as this was my first post.)

andrewtechhelp DOT com/andrews-tech-opinions/126-windows-phone-7-feature-availability-matrix-the-mango-edition
[Windows Phone 7 General] buffalosolja42:
good post

But this goes either way really, when another country releases a phone it comes to US half baked as well. Honestly it is next to impossible to make a software that is completely compatible with every governments regulations. But they are trying same thing happened with Google Voice support right being here and there. What it really boils down to is the negotiation with record labels and other items that seem simple working out a deal with to accommodate it. In order to be able to provide it, we would get an ad based Zune (then its like Pandora sort of or Last.fm) Have a little faith and it will come maybe the Nokia acquisition will be helpful in the maps area as well, with the offline navigation and such. I hope you guys get some good love with Mango we are all waiting for it, I almost considered paying the 100 just to have my phone developer unlocked for updates and such (no time yet to learn to build apps) Sorry for long post but I see the validity of this arugment.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Brav0:
I hear what your saying. That being said, local results are available in Germany (not the greatest but not bad from what I can tell) but they're locked out if search and browser language is set to German. This can't honestly be about government regulations if all it takes to use the service is to change one little setting in the phone and restart it. I just want Microsoft to give me whats already there, and then of course build it up with the Nokia deal and such!
[Windows Phone 7 General] bountygiver:
Almost everything starts as US only first, see google voice... US only, for so long...

google navigation/latitude also available as US only for quite a long time before adds more country but my country still didn't support it...

android market also only allows US only to purchase for quite some time, my country only got allowed to purchase w/o enabler recently...

facebook checkins also starts as US only first...

Apple app store also only allows US to purchase apps at the beginning, my country only can buy apps from appstore a year and a few months later...

give them time, they will make it available in your country soon...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agera:
Hello to all,

Firstly first post to this site and also new to the world of rooting/flashing so bare with me on this one..

Ok as title states I would like to know on how to successfully flash my x10 and receive the benefits that xda have given to alot of us!

Phone specs:

Xperia x10a.

Ver 2.1update1.

Rooted via super one click.

So far I have only been able to root the phone.. I have TB and have performed a back up recently. I do also have the Rom Manager app whilst watching a tutorial via youtube flashing using the Rom Manager I was not able to use the Flash ClockworkMod Recovery as the x10 was not in the listing to proceed. I have also got xrecovery ver 0.3 and tried another method using this but I was not able to install xrecovery properly.. I downloaded it all well and good but went to install and the 3 windows never became ticks just crosses.. Uninstalled and reinstalled but to no avail it did not work..

So my questions are:

Have I done something wrong on my end for this not to work? (knowing my luck yes).

And all I'm after if someone could take the time out and lay out a clear somewhat easy path in order for myself to be able to flash and install custom Roms? cm7 is what I would like to use unless if a good recommendation is given.

Thank you in advance to all and I do apologize for the long post I just wanted to make sure I covered everything.. Still new to this :)

Kind Regards.

Agera.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sopdogg:
Xrecovery installer can be a bit troublesome. Sometimes it doesn't even work for me.

In my opinion, the best way to install xrecovery, root, & jit enable your x10 is through flashtool. You will need a PC but the process works better than the installer. Try that method and find out if that works.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agera:
Hey thanks for your reply, my noobness is showing greatly at this point regarding xrecovery... it'll help if I actually click install busy box and destination folder (duh) made me look....yeah :) Ok well now I have a phone that has been rooted and now have xrecovery in operation, I guess now comes to install a custom rom.

Now to sum it all up basically I have to copy paste desired rom and google rom pack load it onto the sd card (not in any file inside sd but just on sd) perform final backup get into xrecovery factory wipe first? I believe then custom rom reboot then get back into xrecovery then install google apps reboot and done?

I hope I got that down I'm trying to remember processes without having to go back to a tutorial, if I left anything out permission to give me a clip over the ear :)

Cheers.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Lee:
When you pick a ROM, make sure the phone's baseband matches the ROMS baseband the developer wants. Also, follow how the way the dev wants the ROM installed, like phone wiped and cache wiped and stuff. And sometime there are multiple files that needed to be flashed in a specific order in xrecovery. So make sure you follow all the devs directions. Hope this helps.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denenatse:
and you can find different ROMs that don't require you to flash googleapps as well, that just makes it confusing. I started with FreeX10, as it was simple and easy to install. once you have a hang of it, I recommend using Trip's GB MIUI. and you said you backed up phone before you installed xrecovery? I recommend you backup using xrecovery first
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agera:
fixed phone was able to get back into xrecovery and do a restore...:)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agera:
Ok, something I want to ask regarding what I did today when I went to update to a newer o/s eveything went fine until after the phone rebooted and came back to the home screen the 2.2.1 froyo rom I used seemed to be refreshing itself every 2 seconds which made it next to impossible to navigate around the phone... The arc version 2.3.1 opened up and about 30 seconds it froze restarted and shut down again did that for a while... So both didnt work for me only other thing I opened up was the google pack so I could get the market and gmail, I also tried it without installing google apps... same thing happened.

So my question is have I forgotten to put an extra file in? or was it my blind luck that I used to unstable roms?

I've really tried here.. if anyone can please post a link that is certain to work with exactly what i need to do and what files I need that would be really great. Whether its 2.2 or 2.3 it doesnt matter to me so long as it works at this stage I'm having no luck getting something solid here...

Cheers.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
*im not responsible for whatever happens to your phone...deal with it or dont flash...thanks***

heres a gingerbread theme for the charge...it is built off imnuts ed2 rom..since i dont have a charge, i have no idea if it actually works....i made several xml edits that could cause a bootloop or problems...so id appreciate if anyone who is comfortable restoring with odin/cwr would try this out for me

***you must be on a deodexed system before flashing this or it wont work/or not everything will take***

if it works fine, please screenshot it for me, thanks

5.27.11: alpha 2 out, see changelog in post #2

what *should* be themed?

framework-res

twframework-res

gallery3d

geniewidget added

aosp deskclock added

gingerbread kb added (will replace stock android one)

nexus s lwp

microbes lwp

phone

dialer

settings

market

as of alpha 2

contacts

aosp mms replaces tw mms

mediaprovider

browser

aosp music

if you want aosp lockscreen, flash my android.policy mod from development...i didnt include it at this time in the package

downloads/instructions in 2nd post
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
Instructions:

1. download, place on sdcard

2. boot into cwr

3. flash

4. reboot

5. PLEASE SCREENSHOT AS MUCH OF THE PHONE AS YOU CAN, SPECIFICALLY WHAT I HAVE THEMED! this helps me as I have no other way to work off of anything

changelog:

download (ed2, deodexed roms/systems only!)

Alpha 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?2s8bbbrumd3cxxz 5.30.11

Alpha V2: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15331201/rom/gingerbread_v2_charge_nitsuj17.zip *5.27.11

Alpha V1: http://www.mediafire.com/?bggafuon1lae0up
[Verizon Droid Charge] boostedjti:
I'll test this once my charge comes in later today sir
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
dude...your killing me. I want to flash! but im at work and can't fix if its a fail.......
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
ok...couldn't wait. looks and works great. thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
oh yeah, i forgot the lte icons :o...thats what comes of using a 3g device...ill fix that in the next...can u ss dialer/settings/menus etc? oh and the pulldown/power controls?
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
seems like everything is ok....so far...
[Verizon Droid Charge] Grillrd:
I'm not sure if it is included but, did you by chance include a dark google search widget?
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
pulldown works and looks ok. still alittle bit of the ugly tan color. bit its a huge improvement.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
that screenshots color is all messed up. the color on the Voicemail is tan not blue?
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
i did not, no
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
alright i can see i have to resize a little better on the power control background...try and use shootme or drocap2 for screenshots if ddms.bat is whats making bad ones...or vice versa
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
ill give one of those a try. do you know if I can use the recovery from rom manager? I have it installed but im reluctant to try it...I've been using the custom cwm.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
i wouldnt...check if its compatible first...it isnt on the fascinate
[Verizon Droid Charge] boostedjti:
Koush recently added support but honestly....

Reboot recovery from terminal is the best option.

Still waiting on fedex for my charge :(
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
some people were having issues restoring backups with the custom recovery. is that still an issue I can't find an answer.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
I've been using Quickboot to boot into recovery.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Grillrd:
I believe so. I'm not trying it for now.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Manjews:
Agreed.

I asked the question in general and in a few threads but i cant get an answer so for now Im not going to try it either. lol
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
I have the updated rom manager with support for the charge. booted into recovery and got the android symbol. battery pull and im back up and running. got to be a way to uninstall custom and flash cwm from rom manager. just can't figure it out yet.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Keighles:
Got a force close when trying to open gallery.

The other stuff looks pretty good

Sent from my voodoo Droid Charge ED2
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
thanks, ill fix the gallery for the next version
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
ya. I just got the same thing. gallery force close
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
how would I go back to stock?
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
reflash whatever rom you are on
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
yup, i know what i screwed up there...ill fix that and the pulldown menu with the next version....also the more screenshots i get the more i can figure out :o
[Verizon Droid Charge] Keighles:
Sorry about the screen shots..I already flashed back to imnuts ed2 rom

Sent from my voodoo Droid Charge ED2
[Verizon Droid Charge] boostedjti:
Give me a few to flash and upload
[Verizon Droid Charge] boostedjti:
If you want any specifics lmk
[Verizon Droid Charge] Goronok:
Yeah, Gallery is definitely hosed, most other things seem to be pretty stable though. Also, here are a few pics of things not lining up quite right :
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
thanks guys that helps...i was hoping that more of the file names would have remained the same...on the continuum they were identical to the fascinate...looks like sammy changed some stuff up...but now i have something to go off of :)

ill have another version out tomorrow id think (hopefully)

and if notice other stuff thats off, post it! thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] nvikram:
In gingerbread, the signal bars turn green. Anyway to make the signal bars green in your theme? Otherwise besides the notifications drop down, and the gallery...everything else looks good
[Verizon Droid Charge] nvikram:
What launcher are you using? Looks very clean.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
adw. thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nvikram:
Also, looks like the gmail notification icon is still the froyo icon and not the gingerbread one.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
op updated, new version..hopefully fixed some stuff (see changelog)...PLEASE continue to screenshot! only way i can do this :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
Here you go nitsuj17, Its getting there :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] nvikram:
Also the 4g icon is buggy. When data is in use, the icon changes to the gb one. When data is idle, the icon changes to the froyo one.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
thanks, ill adjust the above issues for monday/tuesday
[Verizon Droid Charge] suzook:
Great work so far. Anyway to get the brown/gold changed to blue like on the fascinate? Or maybe a green/grey to match the rest of the gb theme? Really diggin this theme. Thanks again.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
yeah i can fix what is in the screenshots...some stuff has been renamed from the fascinate so screenshots are vital for me

if anyone can get more up there of just different apks/etc it would be even more helpful
[Verizon Droid Charge] Goronok:
Thanks again for your work on this theme.. We all definitely appreciate it :-)

Just thought I'd mention that I had to reflash stock ED2 because the SMS/MMS database got corrupted with the last version. I could see inbound text messages in the notification bar, but they would not display in the stock or 3rd party SMS apps i have. I haven't tried reflashing the theme to see if it happens again, but I probably will this afternoon. I use Go SMS Pro too, not sure if that has anything to do with it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] suzook:
Working fine with stock sms.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
i put aosp mms in the latest...i may leave that out of the next one if its causing issues
[Verizon Droid Charge] boostedjti:
No issues for me sir. I didn't wipe either
[Verizon Droid Charge] Keighles:
I have been using aosp mms since I rooted and haven't had any problems.

Sent from my voodoo Droid Charge ED2
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
op updated with v3
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
Looking real good. The dialer is still the same as the screenshot I posted for v2 with the contacts tab still brown and orange and the orange voicemail icon. Contacts has tan icons in the tabs, all other brown/orange gone. Music looks finished. Only other brown/tan/orange that I could find is in the calendar which isn't listed as being themed so w/e. Thanks for taking the time to do this:)
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
yeah i didnt touch the dialer or really look at the tab_ ones in framework-res....just had a few minutes this morning so i took a stab at some fixes...thanks for the feedback!
[Verizon Droid Charge] nvikram:
Is there anyway to include the stock android Calendar in this?
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
not easily, the aosp one causes a lot of issues
[Verizon Droid Charge] Goronok:
I'm not sure what's different about my phone, but the aosp mms causes constant FCs. I've tried re-installing fresh ED2 with no 3rd party apps installed and right on boot i get a com.android.mms error.

Would it be possible to make a version without this baked in?
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
Yes...ill make it a patch in the next version...but try clearing cache in mms under settings as well
[Verizon Droid Charge] qubanaso:
hi has anyone gotten the same problem as me when I try download link from xda app it tells me the content is not supportedvim trying to flash this theme?
[Verizon Droid Charge] mypantsaretorn:
Had some free time so figured I would help out and take some screenshots. You can view them here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/benmek/Nitsuj17SGbV3#

Any way you can make a version that resembles the real gb a little closer as far as the green signal bars instead of gray and having the 4g/3g idle state with a constant green 4g and then just have the arrows alternate when active?
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
Real gb actually goes gray when dormant thwts why I chose to do that...although I know some people don't like it
[Verizon Droid Charge] mypantsaretorn:
Oh, ok. Can you just make the signal bars green then?
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
i dont think im going to update this again...as kejar31 is theming his rom gingerbread...so its kinda redundant for me to do it :)

ill move onto another theme most likely
[Verizon Droid Charge] mypantsaretorn:
oh, ok. You got me again! Haha.. Is his rom being discussed on irc? I haven't seen any forum posts about it on here or AC.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nitsuj17:
hes mentioned it on irc/twitter

its still being worked on...hes only had his charge a day or two! ;)