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[Windows Phone 7 General] andycted:
There is a trend on wp7 which is quite different than android. it's both good and bad in my opinion.

Games which are not xbox-live, even good ones, aren't really promoted on the platform. The same goes for apps that aren't 'official'.

This isn't bad per-se, meaning big companies with good resources can provide very polished good apps, like the ones you mentioned.

On the other hand, independent developer are left with their own means, with the menace of ever increasing spam and invisibility.

The 'featured' section is confined to 'official' apps like the ones you mentioned and the games section official promotion/visibility is monopoly of xbox.

While this can produce a few good standard apps, I think Microsoft could work better with the plumbing necessary for indie devs. Right now they basically have no interest in putting some boundaries between a good indie app/game and a crap/cloned/spammy one. They just mention that the 'marketplace will decide for itself'. Seems a bit too little.

Yeah I know this isn't all that weird, but seeing stuff like doodle jump on xbox live and free clones that got to the platform months earlier, that are free and actually better than the original... I feel something is missing.

Personally, seeing the problems linked with the 'free' and 'new' sections of the marketplace, it seems to me that they had the potential for the ultimate best mobile marketplace ever, and they've blown it away following previous models and standards.

All this to say that it's excellent to see all these official apps coming out (whilte the title of the thread is wrong, since it's not 'devs' that are stepping up, rather it's companies that bought in), there are a few missed opportunities to have a mix of what is good on android and ios together.

Don't misunderstand me, I know wp7 is far closer to ios than android, at least for marketplace structure. And I would still take this marketplace over others.

I just think people upstairs care too much about numbers

[disclaimer] yep, I do develop indie stuff, like the game you can find on the signature, so my point of view is partial. At the same time I feel like spam, app quality and visibility is a big issue with the current marketplace structure, because it's still at 1/10 at other marketplaces size but already affected by similar problems (cloned apps, spam apps, non-content apps). I didn't expect it on a new system like wp7, but evidently it's normal.
[Windows Phone 7 General] -deuces-:
:cool: streak continues..The New York Times official app dropped today, not too much of a biggie but its slick and for wp7 now :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
You do have a valid point on how Microsoft handle apps visibility, it's a bit of a shame but I can understand that as a new platform they need to promote the known apps and games to prove that the OS is viable. Hopefully this will change soon enough and maybe the web marketplace will improve things.

As for indie devs, I think the issue too many have is that they don't try hard enough to offer something compelling and truly exciting. I generalise a lot mind you, there are lots of talented developers making WP7 apps. However when I see something like 4th & Mayor, an app so good they made foursquare remove then redesign their official app, I'm wondering why more developers aren't producing this kind of work (not to mention the 4th&M developer shares his work with whoever wants it). We also need more original content, not just clones. I mean, Chickens n' Vixens is nice and all but we knew from day one Angry Birds was coming and that it would obviously get all the attention from Microsoft and most consumers. The amount of work that went into that could have been put in something much more original, it's a bit like a waste of talent.

Then again I'm not a developer so I shouldn't criticise but from where I stand, if an app is excellent it will be recognised and featured as such.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
I've seen others actually like PEGI, Alitalia, Accuweather, France 24, 2 new WeightWatchers apps and more I can't remember.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Engadget is back!
[Windows Phone 7 General] jeffgeno:
Most important of all (at least for me) MLB At Bat 2011 is now available. It's $15 like on all the other platforms, but I was able to listen to the local radio broadcast of the entire Red Sox game yesterday afternoon at work with it. It was over wifi, but never once cut out for the whole 3 hours it was going under the lock screen. It's really well done. Slap a live tile with a couple favorite teams on there and it's perfect.
[Windows Phone 7 General] andycted:
I agree totally on what you said. But for the last part, I think for the games section it's different. It has a lot more competition and there the marketplace limit is better evident. Either you have an xbox live title, or spend tons of cash in ads, or you must be very lucky to get to the top. Meaning, it's not enough to produce a good product, it's not even enough doing 'normal' advertising. You either are on xbox live or you must use some other workarounds, sometimes not very savory too... the entire system is also too fragile, marketplace / pubcenter meltdowns occur way too often and lord knows what happens if you screw a submitted update. It takes about a week for the certificator to approve it, which is time enough to get tons of ugly reviews !

Shameless plug, my game is (was ? didn't check lately) the 3rd best reviewed on the marketplace (4.7 average rating on 1200 reviews), but it's at place 120 in the games list, meaning the user will have to scroll through hordes of clones and 1-2 stars reviews first. I'm absolutely not alone in this. Skydiver classic is fabulous and free, miles better than parachute panic (I think) but it's buried under hundreds of other games.

End plug/rant :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] koornneef:
Tiny eBook Reader (from PocketPC and Smartphone) has finally made it to WP7.

Convert the books and upload them to Dropbox using the desktop tool (PPC you could just drop books onto the storage card).

Free with ads and paid 'pro' version without ads.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
I've tried using applications airlines and tv stations put out, they're crap. the m.whatever.com version is usually lighter and more functional.

every single news station in america has an android app, they suck donkey dnagles. goto the mobile version of their sites, awesome. weather.com is another fine example. some things just don't need doing.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
So it was all smoke... Nothing but crap this week, I'm really tired of these eBooks spamming the marketplace.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lugi93:
Oh yeah im pissed at these ebooks too, why are they even showing up as new in apps.. they should really create a ebook category only!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] andycted:
That was a suggestion (mine too) long time ago, both here and on android. It really boggles the mind they can't do something as simple as to move every ebook in a separate 'marketplace'. Shows how these big companies decision making staff are detached from real needs and just work the numbers. On the app hub forum we're discussing exactly this and I can assure you it annoys developers WAY more than users :)

But of course no-one will listen to devs, let alone users !
[HTC Sensation] vincentli119:
G2x has manual focus but sensation doesn't.

any chance to get that function in sensation ???
[HTC Sensation] Lakeshow423:
Lets take step one first before any talk about ports.
[HTC Sensation] TJBunch1228:
When you tap the screen the camera manually focuses. Is this not what you want?
[HTC Sensation] vincentli119:
I'm talking about the manual focus use the slide bar to control... Not the touch focus ..It's more accurate than touch if I need to do some micro adjust
[HTC Sensation] chchang1:
U need root...which ain't available...
[HTC Sensation] Elvis_Freshly:
If you had to ask this I wouldnt suggest you do any rooting and you go do some more reading in the forum. no offense meant.
[HTC Sensation] setzer715:
Your actually able to hold your hand steady enough to utilize this?
[HTC Sensation] iPrevailed YDG:
i alwaaays wanted Manual Focus.
[HTC Sensation] vincentli119:
yes i think i do ...y?
[HTC Sensation] vincentli119:
i got S-off and rooted... what now???
[HTC Sensation] MxFadzil92:
isn't like too early to port over something ? whereby roms and kernel havent been develop yet? i guess is a step by step process? unless you port the camera yourself and put it in the development area? just kidding ... who knows someone or some developer may port it over to the sensation ... cheers....

(the s-off that is being achieved by alpharevx and revolutionary is still in beta stages?)
[HTC Sensation] vincentli119:
is it possible right now???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] saruji:
As the title states. Often times when I've gotten a new gadget for hacking or for playing around with, I often look back and think to myself that I wish I would have done that differently. I am about to get my nexus one in the mail and am wondering about others experiences and the things that I should or would want do with it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irkkso:
I started getting random process errors onscreen. It got to the point where "process com.android.com" was force closing, rendering the phone unusable. I decided to flash the ROM to ROTO’s JMI (Wipe). The phone boots but the errors were still there, as if they weren’t wiped at all. Long story short, I went back and forth with a couple of ROMS that I have (even my stock JK1) and then it started booting straight to recovery and showing this:

verifying the filesystem. please wait.

verified the updated filesystem. finished

– Wiping cache. . .

Formatting CACHE. . .

update application. please wait

E:Can’t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(Invalid argument)

E:install_application_for_customer:Can’t mount DATA:

your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.

copy application failed.

– Applying Muti-CSC. . .

Installing Muti-CSC

multicsc : src /system/csc/XEU/system/ .

Anyone who can lend their ideas on how I can get the Tab back will be much appreciated.:)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenup30:
Did you try to restock with odin? then you should get a real factory reset tab.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irkkso:
I've tried JMK-stock-safe with no luck:confused:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0sh:
1st of all , seems you are old here , you should know the rules , do not post any questions or anything is not for Dev in the Dev section ..........

check here O.o :eek:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irkkso:
OK you're right and Mods. may convert thread into fstab editing thread for Galaxy TAB, I think it will be actual for all Devs. I already start working on it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakomola:
Enter the website of samfirmware.com (must register) and download the latest firware available that is JQ1 2.3.3 and the pit of your region and flhasealo with odin and recover your tab
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irkkso:
after flashing with JQ1 the booting stops on SAMSUNG logo, and only way to reanimate it is to re flashing with JMK-stock-safe(but all errors are still stay)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rangercaptain:
You have corrupt files and a bad flash, or you are restoring bad apps and system data (a big no-no).
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noxxious:
if you got the jq1 from samfirmware and flashed it with odin, you will get stuck at the samsung logo. you need to flash a file dbdata.rfs to complete the firmware.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jba.33a:
I find mini apps tray (show / hide dock at bottom), with apps showed that I couldn't modify, quite annoying. Searched internet for solution - modifying it or removing it fully, but no success...

Does anybody have an idea how to remove or modify this tray?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbeelzebub:
I've no clue what you are referring to. "Mini Apps Tray" is a feature of Touchwiz UX 4.0 though.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bd85:
Hehe, what you see is the apps you have used recently. Do some search on YouTube on Honeycomb and watch so you can see how honeycomb work and how you use it
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jba.33a:
Sorry, I obviously didn't explain it good. I'm not referring to left side pop-up bar that shows recent apps, but the downside one with taskbar, calendar, clock, mini music...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbeelzebub:
On the bottom in that pic? That is touchwiz.... hasn't been released yet. So unless you are sleeping with somebody at Samsung who hooked you up, I'm confused. :p
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordwinkevin:
How do you have mini apps tray when its not released yet?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NPuter:
To the direct left of the time display on the bottom bar, sometimes little notification app icons are shown there - kinda like in windows task tray. For instance, someone at bestbuy installed some speedometer app on the tab and it showed a little icon in that area. When you tapped it it said, enable gps for speedo to work (well I'm getting a little off topic) Anyway, I could not figure out how to get it out of there and it started to annoy me because it was a really ugly icon...

EDIT: Now that I reread the original post, it does seem like he is talking about the touchwiz app tray...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdagenius:
Am interested to know if there has been any progress with modifiying the Touchwiz Mini Apps tray. Is it possible to add Apps to it as I can't find a way to do it at the moment?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BroBot175:
ive tryed an failed :P dono bout anyone else though :P

you can remove them easily and romove the miniaps tray but i cant get anything to run as a miniapp or even put a shortcut there :L
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdagenius:
Ok, how do you remove the mini apps tray please?

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanHacker:
nevermind.........
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanHacker:
delete the app, then they're gone.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanHacker:
you can get them to run because it is just more then adding an app to make it work. Samsung has kept this source to themselves. so we cant change those apps until they do.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdagenius:
Oh well. Thank you for the reply. At least we all know now.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lufc:
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions &

Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting

Moving to Q&A
[T-Mobile LG G2x] y0yoy0:
have a look *near* the bottom of:

www.lgforum.com/forum/boards/carrie...artphonegeek-dot-dot-dot-its-another-week-and

take the info with a grain of salt and for whatever it's worth. who really knows. :confused:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] laker666:
Ya there's already a thread about this
[T-Mobile LG G2x] y0yoy0:
that it's 2.3.3 rather than 2.3.4?

and, that the info is coming from an lg source directly?

i've been on this forum all day and i've not seen that reported here.

sorry if i missed it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] laker666:
Well you weren't to specific on what you were referencing
[T-Mobile LG G2x] y0yoy0:
i referenced the specific info *near* the bottom of the thread. it was posted about an hour ago.

which thread on xda were you referring to?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] PhantomRampage:
I honestly don't care if it's 2.3.3 or 2.3.4, I just want them to release something with fixed drivers already so we can use them.

All the great developers here will upgrade their roms to 2.3.4 anyway, all we need are the bug fixes
[T-Mobile LG G2x] chk230:
useless rumors. back in april they said "coming soon", it's almost july :mad:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] eagle1967:
fyi

first it doesnt surprise me that they are releasing an outdated os again i mean they are only a million dollar company not big like cyanogen .

2nd is smartphonegeek although maybe hes trying to be helpful hasnt given us 1 bit of correct info yet. so although this is probably true im putting no faith in anything he says anymore unfortunately.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
We all knew it was 2.3.3 to begin with. No surprises there.

Plus 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 aren't that different. I run CM7 which has 2.3.4 and honestly it is just a number.

I think the only phones running 2.3.4 are the Nexus Phones. The Sensation, Galaxy S2, and G2x will all be at 2.3.3

Although I did see an unofficial 2.3.4 update for the Samsung Galaxy S, it is nothing official.

Lets just hope that this LG update doesn't count GB for future upgrades, as most manufactures will provide at least a few upgrades to the OS. I'd be happy with an official 2.4 Ice Cream update though.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] laker666:
The sensation runs 2.3.3
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mahgninnuc93:
A question

If I have already installed the leaked 2.3.3 when the ota rolls out will it download that for me since I"m already showing 2.3.3 on my settings or will I have to use Nandroid , reset to original and then get the update?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mingkee:
2.3.4 have two major changes:

1. video support on Gtalk

2. IPv6 support
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mahgninnuc93:
As long as the changes would take care of the rebooting and battery issues. Last night I unplugged at 100%, went to sleep and this morning battery was dead :(

I"m just ready for the darn update to get this thing running as it should. and since I"m not a T-Mo customer I cant return it to T-Mo.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] J360:
either that or keep your phone rooted and wait for someone to compile a stock/rooted version that you can install. it usually only takes one of those guys a few hours after they get the release... thats the way I did it with my N1 after I rooted it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
Because the leaked GB update is horrible. Of all the roms in this forum, THAT unofficial GB leak was the worst. Ever 4 hours the phone would be found turned off in my pocket. It would die on a charger.

If you want a working phone, get that crap off of there. Even EaglesBlood version based on the leak caused me the same issues.

Flash Eaglesblood Froyo edition or CM7.1 RC1. I'd say those are your two best options right now.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] cenigma13:
Hi,

Anyone able to download and read magazines using Nook application on their x10?

I am using xShinyBerad ROM with LCD Density downloaded from Market.

I'm using LCD Density to drop the density to 160, so that Nook application thinks it is installed on a tablet.

With that, I can see all my books and magazines, but I am unable to download any magazines.

Books can be downloaded fine, and I can read them. The only issue is I am unable to download magazines.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kokesh:
http://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensource-detail.jsp?detailCustomerModelCode=LGP500#
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Anands3:
Great News here :!!!:D:D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] ViTAMiNCHEG:
w00t! :) Awesome news for all of us especially for the devs.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] legycsapo:
This is V20e, the Romanian is V20g, and the Russian is V20B.... :confused:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] lekhwani:
Lets have some more fun. Time to spice up and juice up our o1.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] royskeyz:
lol your not so excited as i am:D:D, waiting for good staff from mik.

BTW: did you try to flash back to official 2.3 after flashing gsm baseband fix? just wondering any effect?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] BlackRose 22:
This the American version

From: SmartAss City Runs:MiK_CM7
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] mihir287:
Great news!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Sgt-Hartley:
No effect, works normal after flashing back official 2.3.3 great news on the source code
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shhbz:
Great news! Kickass time :d
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] andy572:
time to kick the fu**ing 2.6.32 kernel, thank you LG - now we can made a "mobile phone"

with the kernel :)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] anirudhnyg:
Woohooo great news ... now comes the true custom roms
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Zerobarat1:
OMG awesome :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] sweetbinodray:
This is global release.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] lekhwani:
I simply restored my backup of 20g. Every thing is normal as usual. In mik's rom gsm data is not working after the patch. So in the meantime, I switched back to v20g. Hope mik releases another complete patch.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] GuestK00248:
Woooooooooooooooooooo!!! I'm happy! Muahahahah!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Freedomalfa:
Hope to see a fully working Gingerbread soon from our devs,we need patience and to let him work .
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] doktornotor:
Looks like my piss*d off idiot-proof email worked. You guys owe me a beer... :p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] bindaasathar:
Finally we've got what our developers were waiting for... Can't wait for a custom ROM made outta Official GB!!! WoW!!! Great News!!!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Somyab:
Wat a kickass news man..cant wait..
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] ViTAMiNCHEG:
doktornotor bombed LG with emails and now we have the sources :)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] :
Bombed? C'mon... the spambot was set to only send 100K messages per hour. :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] sanmore:
Wow! Waiting for Mike to cook custom rom with this kernel
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] roi14:
that was sick man!!! haha!! you pwned them!:D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] IamIrene:
nice one

so can i download and flash it ??

because my phone version should be download Malaysia / Singapore
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] :
Well, maybe you should ask the uncle Google what source code is first? :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] ccdreadcc:
Source Code is a 2011 American science fiction-techno-thriller film directed by Duncan Jones, written by Ben Ripley, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright. The film had its world premiere on March 11, 2011 at SXSW,[3] and was released by Summit Entertainment on April 1, in North America and Europe.

source: wikileaks...erm... no..wikipedia :P

ahaha :P
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] andy572:
What?:eek: I thought, Source code was released by LG :(
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] ccdreadcc:
no no no this movie is fake source code..

original released by lg :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] josinpaul:
yup ur right....:D..here is the download link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] k2n3:
great news:D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] geoemm:
Let the work on. 35 kernel beginnn....
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] naturist:
Great news..Now its time for some cooking :)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] andy572:
oh nice, you can cook for me - in my kitchen - :D:p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] jin1711:
its gonna be a great battle between developers :-D Let's Mortal Combat begin xDDD
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] naturist:
Lol, only if you are going to release a bugfree rom today :D:p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] andy572:
Mansi, when i release a bugfree update today, you dont have time to use it - so what? :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] DigitalAnalog:
Get a room, you two. :p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] naturist:
I always have time for you, I promise. Now, go and cook the ROM for us if you need to taste food from my hand. :p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] andy572:
****, i cant :( ... currently i'm on my real job...
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] tritant:
Great News !!! good work DEV ;)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] naturist:
LOL bad luck :(

BTW: I'm on my real job too :P