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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DagsJT:
It kinda feels like it is actually running better, to be honest. Internet (when it works) seems to draw the pages quicker as well as loading quicker, it feels smoother between transitions of apps so I think the hard reset has helped to some degree.

I've also got a "Help+How-to" app on there which I didn't have before the hard reset.

It'd be nice to have constant data access though :( I'm not holding out much hope for any updates to the OS from Samsung or Orange to fix anything up either.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
I'd noticed that Help and How to app as well.

Yeh I'm not really hopeful :( One question... are you signed up for Orange's Everything Everywhere thing? IE does your phone occasionaly switch to Orange-T-Mobile ?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DagsJT:
I signed up for it a while ago but never noticed it switching over to T-Mobile as you never really see what supplier it's connected to without going into the settings.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
Only reason I ask is that mine only seems to lose it's connection when it switches to "Orange T-Mobile" then back to "Orange". It displays on the homescreen underneath the phone icon/tile.

I also signed up for this service a while ago as did my sister so it's a common theme.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DagsJT:
Ah yeah, I THINK it might've changed over once but otherwise it just stays on Orange.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
I posted something on the MS answers site a week or so ago. Just had a reply on it now asking for details. Another guy has jumped on board with the same problem. Also on Orange UK.

It may be good to get as many people with the issue to post up there for a fix...

The link is http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/winphone/forum/wp7-wppics/data-connection-problem-since-mango-update/1544a63f-7bf0-43fa-837c-7e89f10b86ab?page=1&tm=1319027651966#footer

If you could pop your details on it may help with a fix :D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DagsJT:
Just added my details. Interesting that I have a different firmware revision.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
The 0222 revisions seem unique to Orange. Quite strange... I'm guessing as you did the force trick you got the generic Mango version.

Hopefuly a few more people will add their details and mark it as "im having this problem too" so we get a credible response.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthveda:
I am also experiencing this issue and I am on airtel network from India. Posted the details in that thread. Since it seems to be happening with Samsung Device, must be something specific to their radio firmware
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
Interesting post on the Windows Phone Blog today...

"We’re excited most of our customers now have access to all the new features in Windows Phone 7.5. But we know there’s still work to do.

For example, we're working with Orange in Europe to resolve a couple technical issues that are temporarily preventing us from delivering updates at full throttle to all its Windows Phone customers. "

And then it continues

"One last thing. Next week we’ll start delivering some model-specific “firmware” from handset makers, so don’t be alarmed if you receive an additional update notification on your phone. These updates are designed to activate new Windows Phone 7.5 features or improve your phone’s performance. Not everybody will receive or require one: It all depends on your country, carrier, and phone model."

I wonder if this is related to what we are experiencing?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DagsJT:
It does sound like it, especially as it mentions Orange by name.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DagsJT:
I hope I'm not speaking too soon but the problems SEEMS to have mostly fixed itself? I'm not having to pull the battery much at all now, I can't actually remember the last time I did.

Is it "fixed" for anyone else?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
Well I didn't want to Jinx myself... but it's not happened to me for a while... I wonder if it was something with the Orange network and after a few complaints they've changed something?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
Well seems that jinxed it. Its done it again. Had to reboot to get the data connection back :(
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthveda:
I guess I Jinxed by looking this post :p

It happened last night, after a 7 days 8 hours of no rebooting and no problem encountered. I am guessing it has something to do with the time, since it happened to you (UK) and to me as well, over here in India. Don't think it is carrier dependent
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
Strange... Yeh it happened to me yesterday morning. It also happened to my sisters omnia 7 at the same time.. (she is visiting) seems to be more than a coincidence.

Fed up if this.. Thought it was fixed and now it seems its not.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthveda:
do you have whatsapp installed?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
Nope... Not got whatsapp
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthveda:
I was trying to that background apps might be the cause, as it was introduced in mango.. and whatsapp came into my mind. probably should disable it and check if this happens with backgrounds tasks OFF
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freypal:
Hmmm the only background task I have running is accuweather for the live tile.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthveda:
I had the same, uninstalled it. Haven't experienced the breakdown for few days now
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tornadog:
My previous TF when docked the lock clip would automatically slide to the locked position. The replacements I got dont do this. I have to manually slide it into locked position.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] moddernate:
Im using cw 3.0 and cm7,I've successfully built .zip with zipthemer, using edify. The .zip flashes successfully but when booted are not applied. This is driving me nuts. PLEASE HELP!!!!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] studpuppy102:
Are you usuing edify for generic HTC? And in recovery mount system before applying zip
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] moddernate:
Thanks man mounting system did the trick
[Blade General] Nitsson:
I have a GEN1 Blade running SS (previously JJ), and I now want to try a 2.3 based ROM, probably Ginger Stir Fry as per recommendations (looking to speed and stability). However, I can't seem to boot into CWR - either but holding volume- during boot (that just show the green Android logo for a few seconds and reboots over and over until I let go), or via the Reboot into Recovery option in ROM Manager. As per ROM Manager I have the latest version 3.0.2.7 installed.

My plan was to to follow this guide to first convert to Gen 2, and then flash GSF.

Any ideas how I can get CWR to work again?
[Blade General] irishpancake:
Recovery 3. 0. 2. 7 is Gen 2 only.

You should flash 3. 0. 1. 4 in ROM Manager.... works for Gen 1 Blades.

In RM scroll to bottom of screen... All ClockworkMod Recoveries..... go there..... you may have to clear cache to see old recoveries..... hope this helps :-)

You could also TPT... GSF has tpt images in MoDaCo...... big thread there. Will also give you latest CMR.
[Blade General] Nitsson:
That did it, thanks. 3.0.1.4 allowed me to boot into recovery.

Flashed to GSF and am playing with it now. Seems nice but the Market apps do not download, though I can browse Market content and choose install as usual. Peh, always something... :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ke5tny:
Hey all sliding over from the cappy forums. Wife got an inspire and all of a sudden it will turn itself off. the last time we had to take it to radio shack for a new battery to get it to come back on. were 4 days left to return for a new one.... are there bad batched like the cappys to watch for, or is this a known issue?

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Sounds like your cappy was contagious. :p

It's the exception rather than the rule with this phone. Very few instances of this occurring with the inspire.

Certainly not frequent enough for this phone to get tarred with that stigma, like the cappy.

If the battery didn't solve it, then its the phone. Take it back and tell them their first generic fix for these problems, that is, give the customer a new battery and hope he doesn't come back, didn't work.

If you have only four days left, run, don't walk, back to the store. :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] mcca555:
get a new one

never heard of such a problem
[HTC Inspire 4G] ke5tny:
Thanks all, that was pretty much what I figured.. maybe got an abnormality. the phone has worked excellently otherwise (im jealous). Its just happened twice in the last 24 hours.
[About XDA developers] andr0id23:
I've been a fan of this site for a long time. I don't post too much, but I have gained much information here. This site has been an invaluable part of my Android hobby. I own 5 Android phones and a Motorola Xoom tablet, and thanks to XDA they are all rooted with custom roms and I use each one confidently. This site is full of great information and helpful people.

However, as of late, XDA seems to be putting out a bad vibe to many of its users. I personally see this stemming from the fact that users are expecting far too much. Everyone feels entitled to everything, on their own terms. They make demands of developers that will benefit only themselves. Instead of helping new members find the info they are seeking, they'd rather berate and belittle them publicly. The act superior to anyone asking a question. And on and on(trying not to write a book here). I am watching as developers that have contributed so much be treated with little or no respect until they don't even want to be a part of XDA anymore. I am seeing new members being scared off by elitist, rude "veteran" members. Overall, more and more people are wanting to distance themselves from XDA.

We cannot blame the site admin or mods, though i do hope to see them push the site in a different direction soon. It is on our back, the users of XDA. We are XDA. We need to remember that the devs are doing what they do for free, and for Android as a whole, not us as individuals. What happened to the great sense of community with Android. IMO, that was one of the best aspects of being involved with Android. There is much more I could say, but I think the main points are made and you can fill in the blanks. I hope to see Android become a community again, where users help one another, don't expect everything to be tailored to them specifically, and share a bit of both gratitude and empathy.
[About XDA developers] abn75:
I agree with you, but sadly I do not see Xda changing for the better anytime soon. Maybe not at all. The majority of the blame does lie with us, the users. But, the admin and mods must also take some of that blame, as they have allowed the current trend to continue as long as it has

sent using a black and Decker toaster oven and two wire coat hangers
[About XDA developers] JimmyMcGee:
Dude we get it, we understand your not happy, we are working on this so give us some time to work through the issues and quit berating us and maybe try helping us by offering solutions to the problems you see.
[About XDA developers] chopper the dog:
Ehh, what do you expect with family plans and children with phones? The smart phone demographic over the last 4 years has changed so dramatically. It's no longer just seen as a business tool, but rather the hip new gadget to have. So when you widen the scope and age of users the arrogance and lack of respect is increased and certainly magnified.

good day.
[About XDA developers] andr0id23:
Are you a mod or admin? I'm assuming so by the wording in your post. Noone was berating anyone, especially the mod/admins. I said they weren't to blame, and the poster below me said users are most responsible. This was a post to call attention to an issue, and try to get forum members back into a more community oriented manner, and to NOT react like you did by sounding angry, snide, and pointing fingers.
[About XDA developers] andr0id23:
Good point indeed.
[About XDA developers] JimmyMcGee:
No Sir I appreciate your Post. abn has been complaining about our inaction for a while and we ARE looking to improve and it just gets a little old hearing the same complaint over and over when you are working to make this a Quality Forum everyone, including us, wants it to be. I do apologize for my perhaps over-reaction, but it is hard to be constantly beat up on. Yes, us Mods/Admins do deserve some blame. But we have recognized it and we are trying to resolve the issue.
[About XDA developers] cjdjd:
We all just do our best.
[About XDA developers] psychocyst:
you need to consider that back in its earlier days, XDA was all about this lil' group of people with WinMo devices learning to rip their mobile OSes apart. as the site grew in size and popularity, more devs came in along with more end-users who feed upon the products of their kitchen. once the android explosion began, there was no other way around the fact that a multitude of users would flood in where as the number of devs coming in would be far smaller.

i still remember just over a year back when i got to cooking my own WinMo ROM the community was growing but there were still devs around where ever you looked ready to guide and help around but now that the site's more popular than ever people flock here expecting miracles and are not disappointed either. it's so addictive that you have to stick around for more. but sadly the number of devs don't grows as fast as their end-user counterparts. that's why you see this problem today. we need the newer member to be willing to learn on their own, being patient with the progress of other devs and most importantly...READING.

just my two cents.
[About XDA developers] _Alex_:
Open tech forums are always ripe for attrition due to many reasons.

The question here is, do we cater to the users or do we cater to the developers? It's pretty obvious that without developers, XDA wouldn't be much of anything.

It's my opinion that the 'elitist' attitude which you speak of from the senior members is something that SHOULD be done, as their point is to protect the developers from being inundated with trivial questions and not detailed bug reports.

Kyphur, another XDA Moderator, had this to say back in 2008 (in a similar thread) when we were a bit smaller, and it still holds true:
[About XDA developers] lambomanx1:
I think that there are problems here at XDA that are there partially because of the rather loose rules we have set in place.

Sure, the internet, like most places in our society, is one that is supposed to promote freedom of speech. But there is a monumental difference between debating and being immature. A large proportion of the members here grown adults, but it really, really doesn't seem anything remotely close to that quite a lot of the time. Quite a lot of "you ****ing prick"s and the like being thrown about between members. Quite frankly, it's ridiculous, like a bunch of rather scummy 13 year olds.

Part of that does seem to come from the allowance of swearing on the forums; not saying don't swear, because believe me, I'm the last person who'd say that...but I don't on here, merely because it's not the swearing or inappropriate language itself that causes the problem, but the behaviour that naturally comes with it. Many forums are banning the discussion of provocative topics such as Mac vs. PC, iOS vs Android etc. Obviously, this being a mobile device forum, that can't be done here, but there needs to be some moderator control over that. All because people can't help but be immature about it...

That's the worst bit of it.

As for developer vs. end-user, just look at the market now, as well as what the developers here are doing. Smartphones are now more accesible, and the variety between the OSs at their core is much smaller than it used to be. The developers are working hard to make the process of rooting, jailbreaking, any kind of software modification easier for the more technically inept user.

Developers can't expect this forum to stay a developer community if they are going to make their creations so easy to use :D So experienced users need to accept that XDA has now moved away from being what it's used to be. They need to

try

and be accomodating to less technical users.

However, the biggest problem here now are probably newer users. They simply don't read or search. Answers are having to be repeated over and over again, even when everything is in the OP...many users need to spend time reading, and they'll realise that a lot of the answers aren't even technical; just a bit of common sense and logical thinking and you'll get the answers you'll need.

In a way, a simple way of post once, sticky once, force end users to read it, and we'll get somewhere.
[About XDA developers] andr0id23:
A lot of good posts here. I tried to word my OP carefully as to not point fingers. Or at least not to lay blame on any one group of people. And I can't claim to know the whole story as while I own a handful of Android devices, that is only but a small part of this site as a whole. I don't come close to visiting all the forums. I really like XDA. From what I see, it is one of the rare sites where thread, where i frequent, often stay on topic. This is due in part to the mods, and in part to the users directing newer members by telling them this isn't the right place to post, linking to an appropriate thread, or just giving a quick answer. However, it's when people start getting angry and calling other people out for not knowing something, being rude, blah blah blah, that I am seeing more of. If all someone has to say is "use the fu**ing search", or "wrong spot noob", there is really no reason to post anything at all. That isn't helping anyone. There are better ways of going about it.

And I think we all have to admit, the days of only the more technical users rooting and modding are coming to an end. Devs are making it easier, one click methods are popping up all over the place, everything is automated, etc. People no long need to learn what is going on when they root their devices. While I enjoy having that knowledge and using the abd method of rooting when there is a one click available, others certainly will not, and they often don't need to. Maybe this isn't the best decision in many of our eyes, but tt is a reality now. More and more people are hacking/modding/rooting every day, and many of them have not even used a command line. I mean hell, there is even an "adb for dummies program" that will install and set up adb for you in one click now!

Again, not point fingers, but I am saddened to see so many people arguing, so many snide, rude responses, people being so demanding and self-serving, and devs leaving the site. I realize that the site is bigger than ever, and that mods do this for free and don't want to waste time being "rudeness police". I don't have all the answers, just something Ive noticed for awhile now. Glad to hear the mods are working on it as well as they can. I know they don't want to see developers leaving. Let's face it, some of these developers have quite a following! Also, sorry they have to hear the same complaints over and over again, but, as I said, I'm glad they are looking into it(if there is even anything that can be done, and I thanks the mods, admin, devs, and users for making this such a great place to learn and share!
[About XDA developers] Deleted member 857253:
I am one million percent in agreement with this topic, but I think the blame is not xda per se... Now, this is MY OPINION, but the problem is as mentioned before, our current society... I said something similar on aamikam's MikG thread on the Evo forum, this is the result of the 21st century, where technology has made mankind do anything anywhere anytime with only a click, and the kids and teens of today are raised in this world of now, so is in their nature to have that state of mind, "I want this now"; and I know this is not all the world, but in general, this is the new way of life on this century, the age of now...

We can also blame the new parents of this era, the average parent now is in their mid 20s to 30s, low 40s and in general, are allowing their kids more privileges and liberties than they had just because "at your age I couldn't do it, but I'll let you do it, not like your grandpas who didn't allowed me do anything at all" and so on and so forth...

Anyway, just wanted to say something about this, good nite all..! :cool:
[HTC Sensation] tsktsk999:
hi guys, anyone know how to sync only facebook photo to phone contact, rather than whole facebook contact?

this is the problem i encounter:

when i tab on the TO: list in messaging and type in my friend's name, it will show a replica of number (ie number from phone contact, and number from facebook contact). And the worst part is some of the number from facebook contact are wrong.

can anyone help?

thanks in advance.
[HTC Sensation] aagvain:
is something like this what youre looking for?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nloko.android.syncmypix&feature=search_result
[HTC Sensation] tsktsk999:
thanks aagvain, i forgot something, previously i sync with my facebook account, and am able to get all the email address as well.

so i have to either add in the email via gmail one by one and sync gmail, or is there any other alternative?

thanks a lot :D
[HTC Sensation] tsktsk999:
just an update, i've solved my problem.

i've installed google contact sync and it will only sync facebook photo.

the downside is it doesn't sync the email, so i have to manually input.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnia1994:
i just updated to 3.2 , i can view my sdcard content in astro file manager, but the image nvr appear in gallery.. why is this happening?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnia1994:
solved... just reboot once.. thx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] krichmond0306:
Is there anyway to extract and album thumb from an mp3 file?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] htccraze:
A standard MP3 file only contains audio data, with no additional information about the artist or type of audio contained within it. please see the two webpages to shed some light on this.

1st webpage = Embedding Album Art in MP3 Files

2nd webpage = How to Tag an MP3 With Album Art

if you want to grab album art there are several apps on the market that will allow you to do this. album art grabber found here is rather useful. you then might (in theory) be able to look at your sd card to extract the file that way. not really sure, never tried.
[HTC Sensation] Utking:
New kernel supported 2.6.35.10-g6d6a25c!

Guide is two posts below!! This is a stable temp permaroot with overclocking!!. DO IT ON YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY

It goes up to 1,5ghz, 1,62ghz and up to 1,8ghz :)

It works 100% for me, and root has been stable all the time, haven't lost root unless i rebooted!

Just to ble clear, this is not my basework! Thanks to teamWin, eugene373, idanfima, coolbho3000 and wisefire for the easyfrevo part!

All i did was to repack it a little, edited some scripts etc.

If you wan't to donate, do it to these developers :p.

Anyways here it is:)

It comes packed with a overclock module folder, find the file that is the same as your kernel, and drag it into the base folder, run the script and when it says press a button to continue wait 15 seconds, then press a button :)

Oh, if the easy start doesn't work, try the redo one:)

It should now autocopy the setcpu.txt file to your sdcard!

And press thanks if it do!

Edit: added more steps, 1.5ghz, 1.5ghz undervolted, 1,6ghz and 1,8ghz and added 1,8ghz undervolt TEST + 1,6ghz undervolt TEST! :)

Drag the files in the 1,8 ghz folder into the main folder to go up to 1,8ghz. (did this to prevent accidental overclock) :p

If you get a constant popup with setcpu has been granted superuser access you can turn this off in notification

http://www.multiupload.com/42EQ1UBJL1