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[Vibrant General] burn0u7:
issues? well...

there's still no excuse. i get pissy too but you dont see my ass coming on the boards and bashing. keep that crap to yourself cause no one on here wants to hear it. your issues are simple enough. either you didnt wipe your device while installing or you did something that only a n00b would do.

i have problems too but known problems such as GPS. you dont hear me whining about it like a little *****.
[Vibrant General] nedlog:
CM7 rocks!!

I found that build #20 messed up all of my user data/apps and had to start fresh (ODIN, etc). Of course a Nandroid back-up would have probably solved my app issues so next time try backing up before attempting anything crazy . Even TB didn't work when trying to reinstall (there was an update to TB that may have solved my problems I never tried it). Learning everyday about my phone and loving CM7 every step of the way! Good luck.

By the way I too am a SWYPE beta user; just had to re-initialize the installer with their emails and I was good to go.
[Vibrant General] hd2life:
Cm7 is god sent for emulators and just that outweighs any problems it has. Basically you can press screen and buttons at the same time, well done cm7 well done indeed.
[Galaxy S II General] advocator:
Hi,

Just got myself some nice account at hidemyass_dot_com ... They dont support l2tp yet, and pptp just doesn't work (some encryption issue idk).

So I figured i'd try using openvpn. So I downloaded the market version of openvpn software.

Got the crt files, ovpn files and key file. Everything is in order. When I try to connect, I see that I can pass everything (even get a bloody IP). But the routes dont work. Meaning, I'm not routed through the tunnel but through the normal pdp0 interface.

I got into adb shell, adb logcat etc. This is what I figured out:

Routes are not "implemented" because it can't find the tun0 interface. Why? because its not in "up" mode. Since its not in "up" mode, openvpn software failed when it did "ifconfig IP MASK".

Now get this, if i manually (after openvpn authenticates, assigns an IP and says "connected") netcfg tun0 up, and then manually ifconfig tun0 IP MASK and then manually assign the routes which were automatically failed last time - it works.

Everything is routed properly.

What I figured was an issue with the netcfg tun0 up and ifconfig tun0 ip mask commands ... I read people tried tun.ko files (for each cfw) but couldn't find any for S2 (or lite'ning).

OMG I'm desperate. Help? :)

[SOLVED] - CHECK BELOW
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
I've been trying to do this but just forgot about it when I first got the phone. You need to compile the tun.ko driver.
[Galaxy S II General] Gawis:
are you root?

you need root for OpenVPN

also the kernel needs to have tun.ko else it won't work

I wasn't able to test it myself yet but this is what I remembered from my Hero..
[Galaxy S II General] advocator:
I'm root.

Now not sure about the tun.ko in the kernel. I guess it has the default one (I do afterall, manage to netcfg tun0 up and ifconfig tun0 IP MASK if I do them manually ... they fail when openvpn does them by itself) ..

Maybe I need a special tun.ko? how can I compile my own?
[Galaxy S II General] Gawis:
I suddenly remembered thread in which I posted a while back about SGSII and OpenVPN

that member confirmed it as working, the link is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074492

I will root my SGSII somewhere this or next month and try it myself then..
[Galaxy S II General] advocator:
SOLVED

Had to reinstall BusyBox (so I'd have /system/xbin/bb folder).

Now everything works with the default tun.
[Galaxy S II General] lalajrs:
re-install openvpn when prompt ifconfig directory select /system/xbin/bb. then open console add sym link "ln -s /system/xbin /system/xbin/bb"

your openvpn should now able to up the tun0 interface and accept the push config from openvpn server
[Galaxy S II General] richyy74:
Hi,

I made my own usb otg adapter from a plain usb a to micro b adapter. You have to connect pin 4 /which is not connected/ to ground to fire up host mode.

Edit: It is not easy to dismantle a usb connector or adapter and it requires soldering. So I guess anybody with the necessary skills will find the pin on his own. I will not post photos because my solution is far from being pretty.

For everybody else: the nokia USB OTG cable is wired the same way so it is very likely that it will work. (on Hungarian forums I saw references that it works, but I can not guaratee it.)

Tommorow I will go buy one and report.

USB Host mode will allow to connect USB pendrive, mouse, keyboard etc. to the SGS II.
[Galaxy S II General] kaukassus:
this is very useful for people like me who knows how to solder things, but for the people who have absolutly no Idea what you are talking about, you should add more details/pictures to the OP so the people who doesen't know much about electronics know what you are talking about, and what benefits it brings for them.

I myself will probably make one or more, so I don't have to always take my USB OTG with me all the time.
[Galaxy S II General] Techvir:
May be you dint know about this thread :eek:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092493

This was explained with pics a long time ago
[Galaxy S II General] richyy74:
Yeah sorry. I never saw that. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Techvir:
Why be sorry. This forum is to help each other out. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Samuel Rozenberg:
OTG Cable USB (B) to Micro USB (A) Powered with AAA batteries

As one knows, Samsung has promised a HMI Cable

You noticed it is not only a cable but a box out of which you may plug in an extra power supply.

The obvious reason is if the passive monitor does not furnish 5V, the phone will rapidly be out of power.

Now you know that to obtain video rather than anything less, Pin 4 (sense) and 5 (Ground) of micro USB (male A) must be connected with a 365K resistance.

I suppose the dock Samsung is selling for I9100 (yes, I have it) is grounded at 1000K as it provides audio with remote, and yes, the dock provides power supply via extra micro USB as well.

I come to my point: If I want to access any USB data On the Go, I need a cable OTG with 2 ports: USB 2.0/3.0 (female, B sided) to a micro USB (male, A sided, grounded but with no resistance = 0K). Many of them exist on the market out there.

But it is quite impossible to use because of lack of power supply in the passive device (let’s say a handy 1T HDD usually powered via Host connexion !

Would it be possible to insert some sort of receptacle for AAA battery in the middle of such a cable to provide for power while you are for a long time out of access to an electric plug ? Does such a cable exist somewhere to buy ? What would be the sheme to mount this ? HELP !
[Galaxy S II General] 3XTR3M1ST:
Instead of shorting pin 4 and 5 from within the cable head, would it also be viable to short them from within the device itself? Say if I disassembled the phone to access the back of the female usb micro connector and soldered the pins. Would there be any damage caused if the permanently shorted pins 4 and 5 (within the device) is connected to a charging adapter/PC?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Arbelzapf:
Here's a little tip to make the NC's lockscreen a little bit more comfortable:

1. Go to: Settings->CyanogenMod settings->Lockscreen->Lockscreen gestures

2. Hit "Build gestures" and then "Add gesture"

3. Click the "Action" button and then choose "Shortcut or activity"

4. Select an app or shortcut you want to be able to launch from the lockscreen

5. Draw a gesture

6. Hit "Done"

Of course, you can also set an unlock gesture which will allow you to disable the unlock sliders in the "Unlock options".

You can now launch your shortcut from the lockscreen by drawing the assigned gesture. This is often faster and more convenient than "unlocking and launching" for your most used apps.

A few examples from my setup:

- circle (or O) launches Opera Mobile

- "P" launches Pulse

- "U" launches Unifies Remote - extremely useful when watching movies.

There is other crazy stuff you can do, for example launching GScripts, but I haven't figured out anything useful for that yet. Maybe you can give me some input on this :D

I hope you find this tip useful. Please share your ideas about how to make the most out of those lockscreen gestures!
[General Topics] SH4YD33:
Just recieved an email:

Shut-down of Windows Marketplace for Mobile Web Site and My Phone Service Notification

June 8, 2011

Dear Windows Mobile 6.x customer:

Microsoft will be discontinuing the My Phone service for Windows Mobile 6.x. We will also be discontinuing the Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site. Because you may be affected, please review the details below:

Windows Marketplace for Mobile Web Site To Be Discontinued

The Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site at http://marketplace.windowsphone.com will no longer be available starting on July 15, 2011. After July 15, 2011, you will no longer be able to browse, buy or download applications for Windows Mobile 6.x phones via the Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site.

The Windows Marketplace for Mobile service will continue to be available on your phone, however. You will continue to be able to browse, buy and download applications for Windows Mobile 6.x on your phone.

My Phone To Be Discontinued

On August 7, 2011, the My Phone service will stop saving content from phones to the My Phone service. If you rely on the My Phone service to back-up the content on your Windows Mobile 6.x phone, you will be affected.

Starting on August 7, 2011, Microsoft will begin moving your My Phone content to Windows Live SkyDrive. SkyDrive is Microsoft's free online storage service that helps you access and share your files such as photos and Microsoft Office documents. Contacts, calendar entries, text messages and photos will be moved to SkyDrive for you. Once moved, you will be able to access this content by logging into SkyDrive using the Windows Live ID that you used to register for the My Phone service.

Other content types, including videos, music, documents and favorites will not be moved from My Phone to SkyDrive for you. If you want this content, you must save it from the My Phone service to your local PC.

On October 6, 2011, the My Phone web site at http://www.microsoft.com/myphone will no longer be available. On this date, you will no longer be able to log in to the My Phone service to access your content stored to the My Phone service. Microsoft will continue to store your My Phone content for one (1) year. Physical copies of your content can be shipped to you upon request until October 5, 2012.

Take Action

To learn more about the My Phone service shut-down, including information about your content moving to Windows Live SkyDrive and how to save other content to your local PC, please visit this web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2557520

Microsoft is committed to making this transition easy. In the meantime, we want to sincerely thank you for your use of Windows Mobile 6.x.

-The Windows Phone Team
[General Topics] DavidTiger:
Got the same email a moment ago...

I never really used it that much but its pretty crappy that their shutting it down :(
[General Topics] xaccers:
they're transferring it to a new system, not shutting it down.

You'll still be able to access marketplace, and you'll still be able to back up your contacts etc.
[General Topics] prabhat:
If I see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2557520 I dont see any hint where similar service will be provided to backup contacts and SMS etc for WinMo 6.x.

I feel all users depended on Microsoft My Phone Service should now migrate to some other free service :confused:

Thanks.
[General Topics] goody1926:
My Phone-Locate lost phone

I wonder what happens to the Locate My Phone feature? I have the free service.
[General Topics] bobzero:
Annoyed by this. Will resort to SPB backup.
[General Topics] Farmer Ted:
I won't miss either of them. Marketplace is a joke, anyway, and there are much better solutions for backing up.
[General Topics] prabhat:
I agree for Marketplace :).

Can you suggest alternate for My Phone using online/cloud based solutions?

Thanks.
[General Topics] trueg:
The Marketplace is a joke, but I heavily depend on the My Phone service. :mad:

I would be shocked if they created a Windows Mobile 6.x app for synchronizing with the new Windows Live Skydrive system.

TrueG
[General Topics] orb3000:
Same email here, well sad day for WM...

WP does not have a service like this at the time...
[General Topics] Badwolve1:
Really need to get a new device, I reckon this is the end of the last bit of support for Winmo :(
[General Topics] boxit:
I don't really use the marketplace that much, but I do use the MyPhone service for backing up my contacts and SMS messages. It makes retrieving those items nice and quick when I'm updating the ROM or for some other reason. I also use google sync as I occasionally boot android on my HD2, so I can get access to the same contacts and calendar, but it doesn't sync all the texts.

I've had a look at the SkyDrive thing and from what they're saying, it looks like they'll migrate the stuff over to that from myphone, but I can't seem to find a way at the moment to sync your phone with it directly.

It seems like MS don't really want to support anything less than WP7, despite it only being out for around 9 months by the time the cut off date comes around and most people with smartphones are forced to take out 24 month contracts. As you can see, that means a whole load of people are going to be pissed off.

I've been a WM user for a long time and I would like to stick with it, but right now, it looks like MS have lost the battle. WP7 may have a better UI than 'droid or iOS, but there isn't the support for it when it comes to manufacturers and developers. The best WP7 phone out there has been out now for over half a year and the hardware inside it is virtually identical to a phone brought out a year previous to that. Why? Because that's what MS insisted the specs should be. I am seriously considering moving to a 'droid phone (possibly the Samsung Galaxy 2S when I can get it for a good enough price on my contract).

Seriously MS, sort yourselves out. You had a good product and you ballsed it up.
[General Topics] MauricioRPP:
Farmer Ted, I would greatly appreciate if you could point to a free online service that does the same thing as MyPhone.

I agree that marketplace is really bad, but it aggregates a few apps that otherwise you would need to download the .cab and install al by yourself (like the Citrix client, a professional tool forgotten by iOS and Android - they have a client, but it is completely unable to open .ICA files because the OS is locked down).

anyway, the only way I can see this is that MS wants WM6.5 and 6.0 dead, like, NOW. And MyPhone was the ONLY feature of WM that did not exist in iOS and Android. Now apple launched a similar feature in iOS 5, and MS decides to shut down this feature.

well, I WAS waiting for Nokia to launch some WP7 phones to replace my aging HTC, but now I will not buy a fraking MS-branded phone not even if it is the last phone in the world. MS simply has zero respect for their user-base, and this is the proof.

edit: the saddest part of all this is that I am tied to a WM6.5 device only because of that Citrix client. when my HTC HD dies, I will have to buy a netbook to carry around and be able to connect to my work - because it's impossible for me to change the server configuration to work with the newer smartphone clients. (sorry for the rant here, but I'm really angry at MS).
[General Topics] Simon_WM:
What i want to know is, How are we going to use the skydrive, are they going to bring out a new application, to help configure the sky drive :confused:
[General Topics] Simon_WM:
I Second this, I showed the e-mil, to my dad, and said i need to get a new deivce,

HD2 FTW =)
[General Topics] francisco55:
Marketplace? what is it?

There a lot of apps in other platforms. I don't like windows. I prefer android.
[General Topics] rwxer:
As alternative you can try http://www.bloove.com It allows to backup your Windows Mobile phone (contacts and sms) or migrate data to any android phone.
[General Topics] Farmer Ted:
Why does it have to be online? Hell, I just copy pim.vol to my sd card and call it good. I also use sk tools to back up my pim data to have an alternative. I'll copy the backups to a pc, so I have a failsafe. You could always upload the backups to some web service, but I guess I don't see the point. Doesn't windows live still backup contacts? I've done that as well, but have never used windows live or myphone to restore anything. I've just used it as a failsafe.

I don't really care about backing up texts; I just delete them whenever I flash, but if I wanted to save them I'd use sk tools to do it, and maybe use pimbackup as an alternate way to save them. Again, I'm not sure why a web service is needed to do it.
[General Topics] akshay2000:
It has to be online, because we don't have time to copy pim.vol everyday! (Maybe, every few hours for few people.) We can't keep hitting those backup and restore buttons every now and then. We want everything to be seamless and requiring least possible human effort. We want polished ways. And we had it all. Now, we're habitual to it. We want it to be continued!
[General Topics] GSLEON3:
Most WM users I know are business users. These are the COO & CEO of small to medium sized business, or their sales force. I always have a backup device in my suitcase because I have left devices in planes after long flights, once it fell out in a NYC taxi & more than once it has been broken or otherwise incapacitated.

Now I don't particularly care about text messages, but Contacts, Phone Location, Documents, Videos used for presentations, Calendar, Tasks, Browser Favorites & the Items on my SD Card are different stories. One of the reasons I stuck with WM was the MyPhone Service. Where else can you back up or restore all this data in one central place & then retrieve it with any WM device or computer via the website?

Yes, Live does some neat things!!! But So does My Phon. So, why not integrate the features that are improvements? Why keep starting over every single time you develop a similar technology. It would be like the Tire manufacturers every year saying "Okay, we have a new material that is great on dry & wet or icy roads, So should we look at revisiting the SQUARE tire? No, you take features that set you apart, features that build value & integrate them. That is how you develop a superior product.

Now a backup program just

WILL NOT

cut it for those situations that we mobile workforce members occasionally find ourselves in. Neither can you just swap out the PIM volume in many occasions.

MyPhone has saved me on two separate occasions, everyone I know that also uses WM & is in this type of business have told me similar stories. Just like you may not use OnStar every day, but you sure are gonna be happy it's there the day you are on a back road & turned over in a ditch, or find yourself in Minnesota during winter and slide thru that stop sign into the ditch with your kids in the back seat at 16 below zero.

Backup of swapping PIM is great if you are a student or if you sit at a desk 9 to 5, Monday thru Friday, but when I get a call & need to grab the next plane to Chicago with nothing but my device & the overnight carry-on bag I keep in my pickup, that dog just don't hunt.
[General Topics] Nixeus:
So if you want an online synch system for your contact, here are the solution :

* Having an Exchange account ( like me, it synchronize calendar, task, mail, contact)

* Using the Windows Live apps in order to save contact ( and yes, the contact feature of Windows Live is very good, and in addition you can edit/modify/read them from your pc or from the website)
[General Topics] prabhat:
Yes as per contacts Outlook is the best as most of the user have their email configured in outlook and they can Sync Contacts, calender and Task etc in Outlook and on go they can get all those sync on demand. This can be with the same Exchange profile or another profile as well.

But My Phone is over that where it can sync SMS in addition to all above on web/cloud which is not supported in Outlook. And we can Sync our device on demand without any manual work :).

May be Google should come forward to give similar service like My Phone :confused: or M$ should have addon for Outlook to have SMS sync as well :confused:

Thanks.
[General Topics] xaccers:
Most WM users I know have Exchange so that takes care of contacts/mail/calendar etc.

Files are either sync'd when they connect to their computers, or they use droppedboxx
[General Topics] thebranded:
Your "Better solution" is the below? Seriously?

You may not receive important text messages but some of us do, and need them backedup for records and audits. So your "solution" has nothing to do with one of the core services of Myphone, how is that a solution?

at least rwxer, posted a useful alternative.
[General Topics] SaturnusDJ:
Is this free?

I dont understand a sh** of most replies. :p

Skydrive won't be a replacement I think. PIM Backup worked nice in the early days but now it's really slow and data might disappear or isn't sort out nicely in WM anymore, so I started using MS My Phone. Really liked it...but now what? :confused:
[General Topics] Simon_WM:
Yeah, I second this !
[General Topics] josefcrist:
This makes me not want to ever buy another Microsoft phone.
[General Topics] Farmer Ted:
Where did I ever say I backed up text messages? I'm pretty sure I didn't. If I wanted to, I'd just use one of the age-old applications like SK Tools, which does a fine job.

I have a mortscript that backs up everything I need; it takes me 2 seconds to execute it. As I said earlier, I don't need to upload things to a server, although I guess I could, just for the hell of it.
[General Topics] xaccers:
The waste of space that is WP7 did that for me :)
[General Topics] neocyke:
Just read the mail. The irony of it all..

I just started using My Phone like a month (after having winmo for years) and found it quite handy. Before that, everything went on the PC.

You have to admit though, with WP7 out and being M$, this day would eventually come. We all know it deep down. But then, I'm *that* worried yet. Someone will waltz in with a similar service soon. In the mean time, it's back to manual backups with outlook & iSMS.. -sigh- the irony...

** oh yeah, you could backup txts with iMobile Tool SMS backup. smaller, faster than SPB or any other txt backup app i've used. Sadly, it's still manual, needs a PC and does only SMS.. still, better than nothing i suppose..
[General Topics] jonny68:
I'm actually more amazed people still haven't defected to Android, i used to think WINMO was the business until i defected to Android and ill never look back.
[General Topics] jb789:
As for My Phone, I guess some program that can auto-upload a PimBackup file on a schedule would be good enough for me. Does such a thing exist?

RemoteTracker can do the same & more. However, it's not bug free & you DO NOT want to start fiddling with options without reading up on them first (as in the "lock" command).
[General Topics] neocyke:
So does the new ver of Sense..
[General Topics] soulja4187:
I always though WM was the best and then I started using Android never look back
[General Topics] jb789:
Looks like Funambol should work for me, although I may just sync to my PC & then backup to Spideroak or something similar like Dropbox.

There's also Google Sync, which I think is basically an Exchange server. I don't think it does anything with SMS, not sure if it can sync My Documents (containing a PimBackup file). And then there's the issue of turning your entire life over to Google, which I'm not really comfortable with.