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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soniboy84:
I think all we have to do is to wait a bit. My only problem is, that the application store is pretty empty(and overpriced), but hopefully it's gonna change.

What I see is, that Microsoft tries to copy Apple in terms of system optimisation, and simplicity, and so far I say it's successful.

I hope once the marketplace will be flooded with applications, there will be a serious filter on what apps they allow, and what they don't. The main criteria of selling on marketplace should be to have a perfectly smooth application on every windows based mobile, because what I see now is far away from that. Applications seem to just thrown together for wp7 in a day or 2.

Otherwise coming from android myself, I miss certain apps, or games, or functions, but the other hand I'm impressed by it's UI, and smoothness.

WP7 has potential, but it's time is not yet here. Once a great poet said in youtube comments: "Iphone is the past, Android is the present, WP7 is the future"
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwajr:
I came from evo 4g and I love it I got an arrive. Its so quick. And something no one mentioned battery life is great sure if I game for a while I will need a top off bit other then that a work day is no problem btw my work day is 12 hrs
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ineedtoys:
There are some surprising holes in WP7 which I didn't expect compared to other OS.

1) No common Compass API - it's down to individual hardware manufacturers to supply drivers and they all implement it in a different way. So what works on an LG won't work on a Samsung or HTC. Really hinders the use of maps and star gazing apps etc. This is despite the compass being a mandatory part of MS' hardware spec. So much for MS' tight hardware platform control. And don't think about trying Mango - even if you have the compass working in NoDo it won't in the Mango Beta - and MS say it wont be availible until the OEMs release their final versions. The whole point of a Beta and RTM is so developers can test and adapt their software ready for launch - but with the compass augmented apps (one of the killer features of modern smartphones) they are screwed. We have a common API for GPS, why not Compass?

2) No PIN delay - even the most basic phone that offers Exchange support allows a configurable delay before the phone is PIN locked, or respects the delay imposed by an Exchange security policy. Everytime my screen goes off - I have to enter an 8 character password - despite the Exchange policy allowing a max 20 minute delay. Is this fixed in mango? Is this how MS works with MS?

..and relax...
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madsnake53:
hey there i was just wondering is there an easy way to s-off my htc aria without doing the downgrade nd stuff
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drumist:
No, sorry. But if you do a Nandroid backup first it shouldn't be a big deal. You can just restore it after you reinstall Clockwork.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madsnake53:
oh okay then, whats the benefits of s-off anyways and also should i install the clockworkmod 4.0.0.5
[Galaxy S II General] Nightravenn:
SOLVED.

Greets.

A mate of mine forgot his unlock password the other day. At first I thought it was gonna be the same as with Galaxy S - just flash it or better yet do a wipe/factory reset in recovery and be rid of it - boy was I wrong... I tried everything I could come up with - flashing costum SW, different kernels from xda, older/newer original SW, CMW resets etc. - no luck at

all

.

So now I turn to you beloved XDA and ur techies - does anyone have any idea how we could reset our SGS2's so that this passwords would be gone aswell?

Solution:

Just spam random passwords (think it was 5 wrong) and then a message appears, that the SD card will be reset and a full wipe will be done - press OK and bang the phone boots normally.

In case anyone finds themselves in the same situation. You lose all your data ofcourse but the password is deleted and bang the phone works.
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
What password are you talking about, because a factory reset in recovery mode should do it.
[Galaxy S II General] Nightravenn:
I am talking about the screen lock with a password. Like I said nothing works... everytime I turn the phone on I get the "Confirm Password" screen thrown in my face :)
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
A ROM flash should definitely get rid of that, but I'm very surprised that a factory reset doesn't do it.
[Galaxy S II General] Nightravenn:
Like I said I tried flashing original roms (older and newer of KE2), costum roms (villian, litenin etc.), different kernels - the password is still here.
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
I'm stumped then mate. I've never had a lockscreen password persist from one ROM to another. I think household insurance and a brick may be the easiest way to remove it ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Nightravenn:
Hehe ye I was not exactly exstatic about it either... I've been playing with roms etc. since my 1st android Samsung Galaxy (GT-I7500) and the one thing that was always persistant was "Software saves" - and now this with the SGS2...

I just tried the same on mine - set the password and flashed the official KF3 - got welcomed with the "Confirm Password" screen and just input my password that I set before and bang the phone finished with the software update and booted normally...

Thinking this thread would be better off in the development section in case anyone will have the time to look into where this stuff is stored and make a workaround (perhaps similar like the nv_data one for network unlock).
[Galaxy S II General] Pume:
This is purely a guess and I haven't tried it on SGS2, but you could try flashing a ROM via Odin and ticking the option "Phone EFS clear". Not sure but this could wipe also the EMMC partition where I have heard the screen lock data is stored in. I won't take any responsibility on bricked phones or other problems though...

I only did try this on my wife's SGS and for it it did not do any harm.
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
Tut tut matey. It's a question - it's already in the wrong forum ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Nightravenn:
Heh my bad about the placement of the topic :)

@Pume EFS is actually where the calibration is stored aswell (which is different for every phone/IMEI/RF), but yes I did try it aswell heh, also tried the bootloader update option ticked on - same story still the damn PSD (Password screen of death?).
[Galaxy S II General] TheGhost1233:
First you can try to disable the password via adb (in recovery) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1110307

If its not the right description you could try to format the data partition in recovery and then flash a new rom. No idea how smart that is on the galaxy s II but on the desire it was perfectly save. Last i believe this is a more common problem and there should be other threads around with solutions.
[Galaxy S II General] Pume:
Oh, good to know anyway. Damn I'm never gonna put a password on mine as I tend to forget even my own birthday :)
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
You could try that again(flash a rom) without your SIM card and maybe without your MicroSD. Maybe it syncs with data and get the password lock from there.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSobadef:
Are you sure the password isn't a PUK lock? Try booting the phone without a sim. If it works, then the password is restricting your use of the service by locking you out of the phone. To solve this you can do one of two things:

1. Get the Sim replaced

2. Call your provider for an unlock code and GET RID OF IT in the security settings under sim-lock

Hope that helped!
[Galaxy S II General] Nightravenn:
Actually I always flash roms without the SD card and SIM as I've come to realise some .pit's acutally repartition your SD card aswell thus erasing it - cheers for the post tho.

@TheGhost1233

You might be on to something with that actually but now I have another problem... for some reason everytime I want to go to recovery it shows that little yellow box (the usual one before going into recovery) and then back to the dumbass PSD. So I can't get ADB working now at all.
[Galaxy S II General] Nightravenn:
I almost don't want to post this hehe...

But ye found a solution - spammed random passwords (think it was 5 wrong) and then a message appeared, that the SD card will be reset and a full wipe will be done - pressed OK and bang the phone boots normally :)

In case anyone finds themselves in the same situation. You lose all your data ofcourse but the password is deleted and bang the phone works :)
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
I think this is anti-theft protection, at least your info is gonna be deleted if someone steals it :)
[LG Optimus 3D] dinoric81:
Looking in the instruction guide it shows a picture of the buttons at the top of the notification bar and says that the far right button with the up and down arrow on is for 3g.

But on turning this button off the phone still connected to the 3g network which the button is suppose to stop. Further investigation has revealed that this button only turns off mobile data and not 3g so becareful if you have been using this button to turn off 3g on the phone to save battery power.
[Wildfire General] ksang:
after ota update from phone menu, phone keep showing sense launcher close unexpectedly and show the button force close. keep looping and i cant use the phone now.

never rooted or flash b4, just stock on ver 2.1.

can some1 help to solve so i can use my phone again or i need to bring back service center?
[Wildfire General] music.soul:
Did U REstart ur Phone?
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Factory reset if problem persists.
[Wildfire General] ksang:
yes the hp auto restart after update.

now cant factory reset as the main screen keep looping the sense launcher loading and force close. cant access the menu and settings.....

can reset if on the hp through download mode???
[Wildfire General] poeken:
You can factory reset through the Recovery. Boot in to Hboot, press Recovery, when the warning triangle appears press vol up + power to boot in to HTC Recovery.
[Wildfire General] ksang:
ok i try that, photos taken from my hp will be stored in sdcard right? will that be erase as well??
[Wildfire General] poeken:
No, all files on your SDcard will be kept intact.
[Wildfire General] ksang:
thanks all for quick response, solved after fac reset....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acg123:
I heard that there was a supreme court ruling that stated cell phone companies shouldn't be allowed to charge for use of the WiFi hotspot. Was wondering if anyone else heard/knows anything about this?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsf3g:
Yes, but after the Emperor dissolved the council and the last remnants of the Old Republic were swept away, regional governors took direct control over their territories, and so the ruling no longer holds on most Systems.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexpete9:
Why care? I've been using the wireless teather app for months with no problems.

Sprint doesn't crack down on you like AT$T or Verizon do.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acg123:
Because I took the OTA update.. :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khilbron:
Sounds like a personal problem to me. Rule #1 of rooting never take an ota. Especially since everytime there is an ota there is always a leaked copy of it out there already rooted.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
You "hearing" something isn't reliable. You need to find an official case and decision from the Court. Assuming it exists. (The ruling, not the Court. Although. . . .)
[HTC Inspire 4G] hashnoz:
hi how can enable 900/2100 to use 3g connection on htc inspire 4g in outside us because i cant use 3g but edge??
[HTC Inspire 4G] Nick281051:
Post in general
[HTC Inspire 4G] frostmore:
hardware issue.

no 900/2100 outside of US.unless there is a hack kit that enables u to hack the hardware.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dictionary:
Wrong section, but you can't use an Inspire 4g on T-mobile 3g .. no matter what. On ANY other 3g/4g other than the bands built into the device. You can't unlock bands, as that is hardware dependant.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
What they said. It is hardware related. You would need to replace the internal anttena with one for T-Mobile

This has been covered many times. Thread closed
[Wildfire General] voanhduy1512:
Recently I have rooted my Wildfire but i still use stock rom. But when i charge my phone, the led always red although i charge for 6 hours. It come up to 83% and freeze there. Please help me and sorry for my bad English
[Wildfire General] music.soul:
Use any other Rom i had the same problem i just changed the Rom and all is set
[Wildfire General] voanhduy1512:
I try to use CM7 but it does happend too
[Wildfire General] bt33:
Had the same problem in CM7

changed to jokerdroid and problem solved

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=999899

brian
[Wildfire General] voanhduy1512:
I try to flash Jokerdroid but had a new problem here. I know it's kind of stupid but i flash google package app gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip but it didn't show the login screen for me to login. So my phone can't connect with my google account
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
You dont need GApps with Jokerdroid.
[Wildfire General] voanhduy1512:
So how can i sync with my google account? I see the Setup icon but when i press it, it just like it doesn't work very well. It bring me back to my laucher home screen?
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Froyo Sense ROM's include all the required GApps needed.

I assume you are S-OFF with AlphaRev X? If so, HTC Setup, Scenes and Wallpaper no longer work as intended. But, a fix has been found. You can refer this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1156713
[Wildfire General] voanhduy1512:
Thanks for your reply, i didn't solve these problem but when i use HTC Setup, google account was something like "google_login" and i can't change it. And I don't see Market and Maps either
[GT540 Optimus General] frimset:
hi, this rom, [ROM]CyanogenMod 7 | SwiftDroid V2.0 RC0 Eye Candy Edition have spisit radio, but i cant use, forse close, sorry for my bad english, anybody can soltion?
[GT540 Optimus General] eoghan2t7:
dont worry in v2 spirt fm is removed due to it only having a 7 day trial. if want it to work use root explorer and delete com.mikersmicros.fm-1.apk and reboot then use the market to reinstall itg
[HTC Sensation] wiible:
Hi Guys

Has anyone had this issue since the update where the sync icon permanently shows.

I have disabled every sync in accounts and then rebooted and i still get the same thing...... arggghh

Strangely, my flyer is now doing the same thing, does anyone have any ideas???

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] phonegod:
instead of rebooting hit the power button and restart that will shut down every app to its normal state
[HTC Sensation] wiible:
thanks for the reply, but that's what I meant by rebooting :)
[HTC Sensation] phonegod:
ok try turning off data then restart the phone see if that works with no data it cant sync
[HTC Sensation] launton:
This is being discussed in another thread.

1.Disable automatic syncing.

2.Sync manually once. Then re-enable syncing.

Still doing it? disable the syncing of 'watch' in accounts and sync.

This should cure it and credit to the posters in the other thread for this fix
[HTC Sensation] wiible:
Thanks for this. It worked :)

Can you tell me the other thread that talks about the solution as i have searched and cannot find it?

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] baronb:
This did not seem to work for me. When you say manual sync do you mean go into each listed item and hit the sync now button?

Watch is and never was auto sync in my handset.

Any help would be great or the pointer to the other thread!

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] charmz2k2:
I had this issue and uninstalled linked in for sense and it disappeared :)
[HTC Sensation] baronb:
Well had a play and it seems if I stop the auto sync, cancel the existing sync and turn auto sync back on it works fine.

I can only think on startup there is an issue with one of them, not got the time to work out which at this point, could be linkedin for HTC as I do use that. Will try it fist and let you know.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Life Engineer:
I have a Desire HD in mint condition! Only used for 5 months!

Now in my country it costs 440$ new without warranty!

I bought it used for 4 months (i.e. a month ago) only with warranty for 440$, so now there remains 7 months of warranty!

I have an opportunity to sell it with the warranty and it's cover and screen protection for 480$!

Now A new SGS2 here in my country costs now 650$ without warranty!

I have an opportunity to buy a used one for 1 week only, still in mint condition for 580$!

So should i sell the DHD for 480$ and pay 100$ to get that SGS2!?!?

What would you do?!?

PS: I'm a bit hesitant only about the user interface... I like and i'm used to the Sense and Touchwiz doesn't have a good feedback... :confused:

Please help me!
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
You're not restricted to TouchWiz. I'm not keen on that myself and have both the SGS2 and a Galaxy Tab. Have a play with some of the other launchers available on the market to see if you'd be happy to move from Sense to them. In fairness, there's not much in it except the widgets that each launcher specifically has.

I'd strongly recommend trying Go Launcher, Launcher Pro and ADW Launcher. They're just my recommendations - there's others available.

If you decide you can work with one of the other launchers then DEFINITELY get the phone. You really won't regret it!

The DHD is a great phone, but the SGS2 is the greatest*!

*at the time of writing ;)
[Galaxy S II General] guitarmafia:
go for the SGS2,,,,there is no other handset that can be compared to this beast,yet,,,and if u dont like touchwiz,,get some other launcher,,,,Launcher Pro is my fav...but of course u have alot of other choices.....just check the handset before buying if it is in a good condition and that it has no dead pixels,,,,

u can check that by Samsung's test menu(*#1234#) cuz i dont know why would some1 want to sell this phone...:)
[Galaxy S II General] Life Engineer:
Thanks bro! (I still remember ur name, maybe you had someday the HD2 like i did?!?)

Yes i think i can live with Launcher pro plus coz i used to use it on the HD2 with non-sense rom!

Let me ask you some questions about the SGS2/touchwiz, these are my main concerns:

-What about facebook and twitter integration in the contacts, sms and all the system... Is it close to what sense gives you?!

-Does it have smart dialing?!?

-Can you "colorize" a bit the user interface?! I mean contacts and the call screen look so colorless, like black only... I know that sense is not that big issue but it gives u effects and colors along with some beautiful widgets and apps (friendstream, HTC hub...)
[Galaxy S II General] Life Engineer:
Yes you're right thanks bro!

He said that he has a MAC at home and that SGS2 doesn't have a good connection features with MAC (sync or other...) and he showed me his iPhone 4 to prove me that he just bought it instead of the SGS2 and he wants to sell it!
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
Yes mate - I had a HD2 as well and was quite active on the forums because they were so busy!

I've got full integration of Facebook and Twitter into my contacts list, so I really can't complain there.

Smart dialing works about 90% as well as any smart dialing I've seen. The only difference is that if you type "john" then it will bring up all the people who's name begins with "john". Other dialers I've seen would also bring up names that contain "john". That's the only negative thing I've seen about it though.

To change the user interface, you can either go off the modding threads here or use one of the launchers that has themeing (theming?) or skinning included. I use Go Launcher and there's tons of themes available for that. You just download them and apply them in the launcher preferences.

I'd say that most launchers are more configurable than Sense, so I really don't think you're going to miss much. With the extra speed and loveliness that comes with the SGS2 I can't see any reason not to do it!
[Galaxy S II General] a67543210:
Why are you wasting time again. Go to SGS2. You will regret why you delayed so much, eating time with HD2. I'm a shop owner.The number of people that bought this phone because they saw it with me is incredible. They are now asking themselves how possible is it that they never knew about the SGS2. One even refused to let people touch his phone because he was afraid others may not handle it carefully. Thats the love we found with this beast. Get going mate....
[Galaxy S II General] kled54:
Get the s2 my fellow countryman.. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Life Engineer:
Ok sadi2e ;)
[Galaxy S II General] kled54:
btw the new touchwiz on the s2 is not bad, in fact it's very good, you will not love it, but it will do what it is supposed to do without the lag.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Problem is as posted on this forum multiple times HTC owners buy a phone without Sense then repeatedly ask for Sense on the forum .

Might be that as a Sense user you have difficulty with another like TW .

I would check the phone out in your hand first as to how you would cope if you where Senseless .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Life Engineer:
Ok guys so i'very checked the S2 that I'm willing to buy and found out that I can live with some minor issues like yellowish tints and such stuff.

After that I cleared ny mind about hardware issues, software issues pop again!

I've been reading a bit about battery performance and the Android OS battery consumption issue!

Is it bad on all devices?! I've read that it might be related to WiFi and that is critical to me!

I am connected to WiFi always at home!

Please guys I need some feedback!

10x
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mallak:
Hello.

I have a rooted SGS 2. Since I want to sell it, I need to perform a factory data reset. Can I do it with a rooted phone (Super One Click).

Phone runs on unsecured kernel, original firmware.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crucio_:
will work fine.

if i was selling it tho id reflash a stock rom via odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
And reset custom rom counter

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuja:
Hi,

I have a 9100 that I try to make windows 7 x64 detect. I tried with the drivers and even with kies but the phone is simply not detected as if it was not connected with the usb cable. I played with debug on/off, and mount button but nothing worked.

I can charge the battery with the usb cable but cant xfer files, its only charging the pone, nothing else.

Any idea of what could be the problem ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Install usb drivers via kies.

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuja:
Hi,

I already done that, still no detection, its not even telling unknown device.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Just as any other windows hardware reboot phone reboot PC .

Boot phone set to USB mode in settings connect cable wait for windows to install drivers .

KIES tools Install driver .

That fails read all the other exact same posts for a solution .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuja:
It was the usb cable the problem. I changed it, now its working, thx for the help.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] van001:
hi guys,

I am a newbies, My AT&T Atrix 4G's system version is 4.1.83

with build number OLYFY_U4_1.8.3

I would like to install non-market apps so i need to root my phone first,

i have tried aroot,super one click,gingerbreak and it didn't work...:(

I have tried 3 hours...Can somebody help me???
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goTouch:
You can give us some details about the problem you are having. Root process should be very simple.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuocfan:
Run gingerbreak then gladenabler.