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[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
The patent system is there to protect people from having their stuff stolen. How'd you like it if someone broke into your house & stole everything? Ok, not exactly the same thing. Or how about, you developer some new software or Ui or something & some big company like MS/Apple/Google steals it & makes millions or even billions off it? It's funny how when it's the big corperations, it's "sad/sick/etc," but if it were some small company or a single person, it's ok.

Double Standards just aren't cool. I may not like big corporations & their greed, but guest what, they have rights too.

You do realize that patent licensing happens everywhere to protect the developer of a technology. Like DVD/Blu Ray manufacturers paying royalties to the developers of that technology. The "Blu-ray Disc Association" (Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG (Lucky GoldStar) Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, and Samsung) created the Blu Ray format, so everyone else making Blu Ray players/burners must pay a royalty. How would you like it if you were the developer of Blu Ray & seeing all these companies making money on your technology while you're broke.

NOTE: In all of MS's 36 years, this is only the 7th time they actually acted on their patents.
[Windows Phone 7 General] truffle1234:
I agree with you.....

everyone have the right to collect $$$$ for their patents, as they have spent time money and efforts, and no one is allowed to just take and use someone else's work...

Google will have more trouble coming their way when Nortel patents will change hands...

Oracle is also going to collect money from Google for some stuff they used in android, estimated $2 billion or so....
[Windows Phone 7 General] Nudua:
Google should have done their homework tbh, handing over these issues to the hardware manufacturers is pretty weak.

Not that I'm agreeing with these patents, some of them are very vaguely defined.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
You guys really don't know how vague some of the patents are. Hell I can pick any software and find some copied code. Do some deeper investigation yourself. Doesn't matter how big or small a company is, doesn't matter to me if its Google, Apple, or some unknown Guy down the street.

The patent system needs a major over haul. Make a new OS or program and make millions, and I guarantee you that you will be slapped with patent infringement. Its sick.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
You do know oracle had to drop more than 90% of their case.
[Windows Phone 7 General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
It isn't vague. When you patent something, you have to be thorough about how it all works. These "news" articles just give the "Title" to the patent. The full patent has this huge legal description of what exactly is patented. I know this because as a kid I was going through the patent process, till my lawyer found out what I was trying to patent already existed. BTW, as for try to make an OS. Well the problem is all OS's are basically the same, very similar UI's save (WP7). they all have some form of taskbar/start menu/window based applications. The whole point why Windows is called Windows. The point of inovation is to make something new, not copy what's there & try to make it different. That's basically borderline plagerism, granted that's to do with writing, but it's the same thing.

See this;

1) No. 6,909,910 from 2005 for "managing changes to a contact database."

2) No. 7,644,376, issued in 2010 to cover an API that lets mobile apps learn about state changes in the device.

3) No. 5,664,133 from 1997 covering "context sensitive menu system/menu behavior," known more generally as a graphical user interface that lets users "quickly and easily select/execute the desired computer resource."

4) No. 6,578,054 from 2003 covering online and offline transmission of data through methods that "eliminate data transmission and allow multiple copies of data to be synchronized via incremental changes."

5) No. 6,370,566 from 2002, with the self-explanatory title, "Generating Meeting Requests and Group Scheduling From a Mobile Device."
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
All of that us understandable but the patent system us royally ****ed up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/technology/27patent.html

http://www.macgasm.net/2009/12/30/the-patent-system-is-broken-and-nokia-vs-apple-continues/

There are patents that defy the laws of phsyics, patents that are beyond belief. ****s stupid. Its actually hurting innovation from the little guys.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tiny17:
I hear this argument often, is it really hurting innovation from the little guys? I'm not convinced that it is. If a small company has an awesome tech that may infringe on some intellectual properties, they can broker a deal with the holder of those patents. This isn't necessarily going to hurt the small company, but rather add to their valuation when it comes time for them to be acquired by a larger company.

On the flip side this can really help a small company, if they are the holder of the patent. Again, it greatly increases their worth and will again help them in being acquired.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
pointless discussion/thread, ill just bow out now.
[Thunderbolt General] skillzo1:
I use to get an option to add a newly added contact to google and now i dont. Any ideas?
[Thunderbolt General] Jrocker23:
You dont see a little link icon at the top right corner after you make a contact?

or

Whe you make a new contact, right under name there should be a drop down that says phone, and gives you options for google, phone or sim?

Check and see if your logged into gmail as well, just in case.
[Thunderbolt General] skillzo1:
I dont see an option for either of them. I check to see if i can link newer ones to google and its not giving ke that option or the option to add to google when creating a new one.
[Thunderbolt General] rlrbjr:
While in the People App. Menu -> View -- make sure Google is checked.

I unchecked SIM and Phone so any contact I created is automatically added to my Google contacts. If you have more than one of the options checked then you should get a choice when you create the contact.
[Thunderbolt General] Grizzld:
Are you on MR2? I noticed this as well. Didn't happen before on my Incredible.
[Thunderbolt General] Jrocker23:
Im on mr2 stock rooted and I have the options
[Thunderbolt General] skillzo1:
Rlr...google is checked in my people app.
[Thunderbolt General] skillzo1:
No mr2 here...im 100% stock. Always have been.
[Thunderbolt General] Kid_Cudi:
When adding new contact, scroll up. Should say contact type, choose google.

As for syncing, it's automatic.

Thunderbolt «» BAMF 3.0
[Thunderbolt General] skillzo1:
That works but it use to have a window that pops up and asks me. And how do you save to google #s that are now saved to the phone and not google?
[Thunderbolt General] kierandill:
Settings, Accounts & Sync, Google, ensure Contacts is checked.
[Thunderbolt General] skillzo1:
When i do that it still says stored to phone.
[Thunderbolt General] ddarvish:
i cant remember if you have to either edit each contact and switch phone to google or just recreate them all toghther.. there is no way to switch them in mass any sync them in google
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwatsie:
Hi,

I am a newbie but I want to have root privileges on my GB 2.3.3 phone, so I read the instructions on how to flash the stock kernel to the CF root kernel (described in the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788108) and gave it a try.

I started with the following official stock firmware and kernel from SFR (French provider), obtained thru Kies by updating from Froyo 2.2.1 to Gingerbread 2.3.3 (Official stock firmware was released 4th of July 2011):

Model number: GT-I9000

Firmware version: 2.3.3

Baseband version: I9000XXJVO

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9000XWJVK-CL264237...

Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWJVK

Kies mentioned after the update to 2.3.3: PDA: JVK / PHONE: JVO / CSC: JV4 (SFR)

As the build number, specifies JVK, I selected the CF-root zip: CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVK-v3.1-CWM3RFS.zip

I flashed this CF-root kernel using Odin without re-partition. Odin successfully flashed it, next my device rebooted, after which everything looked normal. But then after half a minute, the screen goes black and devices reboots by itself.

This repeats continuously: after boot, I have the home screen and I can use my device for around half a minute (response is very slow though), then it reboots.

In recovery mode in Clockworkmod, I did ‘wipe data/factory reset’ and ‘wipe cache partition’, both ended successfully. However, the problem of the reboot after about half a minute stays.

In the Tweaks app, I managed to deselect all tweaks (in between a couple of reboots...), but no positive effect: My devices keeps hanging after half a minute and then rebooting.

During every boot, after the boot animation during the glowing S, the phone vibrates once but then proceeds the boot up to the home screen...

1.) Did I select the wrong CF-root kernel zip file?

2.) Can anyone advise my on how to get my phone rooted and working again?

3.) Or is flashing the complete stock firmware the only option?

Many thanks in advance for help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yamatona:
AFAIK CF-root kernels are for Europian roms.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tidjidi:
Hi there,

I got a similar syndrom with a BUJVB (french provider SFR).

My config is => SGS GT-I9000 - PDA: BUJVB - PHONE: BUJV3 - CSC: GSFRJV8

I finally rooted the gingerbread by a manual operation from the speedmod kernel (loading superuser and busybox from the speedmod CWM2.5, then resinstalling my original BUJVB kernel)

Anyhow, did you get a clue why some cf-root do not work properly?

What causes the systematic reboot phenomenon?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madrooster:
That CF-Root JVK is for XXJVK, ie. a Gingerbread 2.3.2 build. This build is a number of months old. Use a CF-Root that is built for JVH or JVI.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NickD89:
I recently rooted my gingerbread 2.3.3 ace. Would the same method work for my girlfriends 2.3.3 galaxy s? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhu1:
Just trying again solves the problem. Its more of an odin problem then a cd root problem and if you have to blame cf-root then it is also samsung based Such as odin.

hit thankxx if i helped. sent from my mind through telepathy (ya its possible)!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvaliro:
i was in the same situation rebootloop - so i just flashed this and then everything is workin great.:rolleyes:

CF-Root-XW_NEE_JVH-v3.2-CWM3RFS.zip - [Click for QR Code] (6.70 MB, 42595 views)

thanks XDA.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] RollerCoasting:
Long story short, I run an android rooting business off craigslist, and a client wants me to root his Infuse.

He wants Gingerbread and WiFi tethering.

I can see we don't have any Gingerbread ROMs out yet, and that's just fine.

My main question is, which Roms support wifi tether and which one is the most stable?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] nstong:
Do you donate half of what you make to devs?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tight686:
AFAIK they all support the tether feature.

Of course if I'm wrong you can just have your customer use Barnacle Wi-Fi tether once you root their Phone.

Personally I use Bionix and I love it. No issues at all.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ZzFDKzZ:
LMAO! Hope your donating to the devs.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] luilui8812:
its not complicated... and u can unlock Original wifi and usb tether, no extra programs needed. all u need is to have phone rooted, then download titanium backup and look for a program with titanium called "tetheringmanager" then eith backup then uninstall, just uninstall or just freeze. works like charm, i use this technique for my infuse and my old samsung captivate
[Samsung Infuse 4G] abudabu:
For Wi-fi tethering,

You can do 1 of 2 things

1)Root the phone and buy an app called SystemApp Freezer ($1). Then Freeze tetheringmanager

2) Root the phone and flash any of the 3 Rom's in circulation. They all support Wifi tethering. I'm on Infused 1.5 and Wi fi tethering works flawlessly.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] luilui8812:
titanium backup does that for free
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
infused is probably the most popular. if done through rom manager you have the option for aosp lock screen. infused runs touchwiz launcher but gb launcher is also installed. it also supports touch wiz 4 if that is desired. the other roms are going for a more aosp look and have gingerbread launcher.

the standard way to root this phone is superoneclick from clshort fuse. but like others are saying, if you are profiting off this you should probably donate, especially to clshortfuse and to the original developer of rageagainstthecage.

the phone is not nand locked, recovery is signature verified and needs to be modded before flashing cwm.

alternatively you can just use odin (thank you samsung) and flash one of the voodoo enabled kernels achieving root and getting red cwm in the process. i really recommend the community kernel.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] RollerCoasting:
Thanks for the help guys!

I didn't know about freezing tetheringmanager, I'm thinking I won't even need to flash a custom ROM for him now. Of course, if I do I will donate (I already have to members of the MT3GS and G1 community) because if it weren't for the awesome devs, I wouldn't even be profiting.

Thanks again, if I have any more I'll be sure to ask them, you guys seem like a very helpful community :)

EDIT: So if I install the community Voodoo v7 kernal (using the method on the post) I will then be able to flash ROMs via ROM manager and CWM?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] antuus:
This thread seems wrong on many levels. I sure am glad devs don't charge for the stuff they do for us.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Cohdee:
I'm kind of torn. It does seem wrong to me as well, but I also feel that if you are too lazy to learn to do this yourself, then you should have to pay.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bradbusa:
someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i think you kinda have this backwards. you MUST have rom manager/cwm installed before you can flash a rom.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
ROM Manager is optional. CWM is a must.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] RollerCoasting:
What I'm asking is if I install the Voodoo community kernel on an unrooted phone, will it root it for me, allowing me to use Rom Manager to flash roms?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Misterjunky:
You are only required to have Rom Manger and or clockwork recovery IF you want to flash a rom using zipfile roms. There are many roms which we flash using ODIN and ODIN does not work with zipfiles, it only works with *.TAR files.

I have flashed both ways.. I happen to like the Odin rom flashing with TAR files a lot better because so far I have never had any problems using Odin.

However using zipfile roms with clockwork recovery do many times cause errors and other problems.

Main thing is that when flashing roms you MUST be 100% sure that the rom you are flashing is 100% compatible with your brand/model of phone.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bradbusa:
no. you have it backwards. again. root first. then install roms.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouzon21:
IS there a way for any of the desire hd roms to be used on a mytouch 4g? I'e seen some that I would like to try and flash, but i dunno what the possibilities are. can someone lend a hand? thanks in advance!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smartgig:
Hello,

Most of Desire HD needs a specific radio version of desire hd.

RADIO is a part of your phone that controls your hardware behaviour and most of phones have their own radios !

As you can not install a desire hd radio on you MT4G, it is not possible to use DHD roms. The roms may work but on a poor performance.

Flashing a wrong radio on your phone can break your phone for ever !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baykus77:
I have interesting problem about my galaxy s2 mobile phone. I submit this issue to official local samsung techinical service last time but they said that there is no any information about this problem and they haven't got any record like my problem before.

The problem is that my galaxy S2 mobile phone has been charged nearly 10 hours when I buy it at 22/06/2011 (even phone on/off doesn't matter)

Recently battery reaches %100 and the charge time reduces to between 3 and 5 hours.But if I open phone or disconnect charge device, battery level goes down %60..

I am curious what the reason about of this problem. I had been buyed 10 days ago my galaxy s2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
If your battery is 100% charged and on disconnect charger it drops to 60% return to seller its faulty .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjtj4444:
Before you return the phone, test if a factory reset helps (Note: you'll loose everything on the phone!). The repair shop will probably do a factory reset the first thing they do anyway.
[HTC Desire S] faddys123:
On the desire s it is easy to get scratches on the screen and I have a keep one. I thought that the screen was gorrila glass??
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
i haven't noticed any problems with mine. I even dropped it on concrete which managed to chip the aluminium on the back but left the screen intact. The only time i can see scratches are when it's under direct light and those are still hard to see. Also, i do not use a screen protector.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
It's clearly not a rubbish screen or this forum would be flooded with more posts saying the same

Buy a screen protector they're named like that for a reason
[HTC Desire S] faddys123:
I obviously have got one now.
[HTC Desire S] GermanDZ:
I hat screen protectors, but the screen seems to be adequate; I dont get any scratch and carry the phone in my pocket without any kind of protection (just try to no mix up with coins and keys).
[HTC Desire S] jerome.jh:
When compared side to side, the screen is also somewhat dimmer and the Nexus S (S-LCD version, not amoled). Colors are also less vivid, but that may be software related.
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
Viewing angles might and black levels not be the best, but the brightness and colours are great. I'd hardly say the screen is crap. Also, pretty sure it is Gorilla glass but I'm not going to try and find out.
[HTC Desire S] korenisko:
Compare it to x10 mini and you an se that diference...
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
i am pretty sure that the screen is gorilla glass

who told you that gorilla glass cant be scratched?it is scratch resistant not scratch proof

a small grain of sand can scratch the screen

easily

that is why it is always better to get a screen protector as soon as you get the device :)
[HTC Desire S] mixalakis32:
DS has for sure gorilla glass. but you can see some small hair0like scratches when the screen is off. i use protective membranes
[HTC Desire S] korenisko:
I tried on x10 mini foil from Brando. They are 110% quality. But after an hour goes to bin :-D

I havent any scratch on screen. Desire s detto.
[HTC Desire S] uncle_buckman:
I noticed a scratch today, only had it several days.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmurph3:
I just recently flashed the 2.3.3 GB firmware from SamFirmware. It actually works quite nicely. I just recently encountered a power button issue and would like to flash back to stock before sending the phone in, but the problem I have is not being able to go into download mode. I'm not quite sure what the problem is. I have an ATT captivate, and have done it in the past before. When I turn the phone off, the phone will vibrate like it does in 2.2Froyo but the back light for the buttons will remain on(possibly until the battery dies). Every button trick I try only cycles through the att logo screen and when I have the phone plugged in it always shows the battery charging when the phone is off and plugged in. Regardless, I can get to recovery mode, but never download mode.

Any suggestions? Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
You do know that download mode in GB (2.3.x) is Vol Down +pwr buton, right?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Assuming it turns on you can try adb commands. All else fails jig will force it in to download mode regardless.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmurph3:
Yea, and that's not working. I only get recovery mode every time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Not true. I897 GB bootloaders Download mode combination is Vol up+Vol down+Insert PC connected USB cable. The combination you said is I9000 Bootloaders.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkkaranrk:
But i think the majority are on i9000 boot loaders.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
True regardless OP didn't specify what bootloaders he is using, so just covering basics.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popfan:
If all else fails, remove your battery, sim chip, microsd chip, then plug in your usb cable, hold vol up & vol down and put your battery in.

Should go right in to download mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
the phone boots. Use adb.

install adb (although imo you should have done that BEFORE ever flashing your phone)

open a prompt

Change directories to where you have it installed.

Then enter the command:

adb reboot download

and you're dl mode.

Make sure you have usb debugging turned ON.

Or make/buy a jig.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmurph3:
Here's another problem, and I do thank you guys and gals greatly for helping me out. The computer recognizes my phone and the drivers when booted up normally, but in download mode the drivers fail to install or be read. Therefore, I cannot flash back to stock. I've tried uninstalling drivers and reinstalling manually on my computer and still nothing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CremeFraiche:
had the same problem, download mode wouldnt get recognize by PC or odin and drivers fail to install. I decided to install mini kies and it installed drivers thru that and problem solved, download recognized and was able to flash to 2.1
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmurph3:
Thanks! I'll be sure to try that when I get home. Have you had any problems with the GB 2.3.3 leak that came out few weeks ago or have you not tried it?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CremeFraiche:
ive just used cognition only since it's release and like it so far
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] ktran1588:
Since no one posted here yet, I will.

THIS IS STRICTLY FOR SPRINT TAB ONLY.

Here is all the step you need to get your tab updated to Gingerbread. Thanks to ZoinksS2k for the guide and pvtjoker42 for the file.

First you have to have stock EB28 on the tab. If not follow these steps:

Download the E24 flasher

Find a copy of Odin (1.3 worked for me)

Extract the flasher, look in \Models\Binary, strip the .MD5 extension from the file SPH-P100.EA24.SECURE.REV07-FULL_CL871413.tar.md5

Load Odin

Connect device via USB

Reboot into recovery (power off, hold power and down volume keys or do a "adb reboot download")

Select the newly renamed .TAR file in the PDA slot in Odin

Select start (flashing should commence)

Boot, then you will be prompt for EB28 update, allow the EB28 update to complete

Then follow these step to update to Gingerbread:

Download the Gingerbread update (Special thanks to pvtjoker42 :) for this. Source)

Copy the update_from_EB28_to_EF17.zip file to the root of your SD card, rename it to update.zip

Reboot into recovery (power off, hold power and up volume keys or do a "adb reboot recovery")

Use volume rocker to select apply update.zip (or whatever)

Touch the home button to select

NOTE: If you got stuck during the update, try to reformat the sd card with your tab or use a different one, then try again

Warning: You will lose root on the tab, and there is not a solution to root Gingerbread yet...

Enjoy!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] siptang:
Downloaded, renamed and flashing using the recovery.

Now I'm at a screen with little android with triangle with ! sign..

is this normal?
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] rangercaptain:
Hold in power for like 20 seconds (power off), then power on like usual.

Boot normal? Yeah!

Stuck at samsung logo? Bad flash. Return to step one.