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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sonus:
I loved and still love Windows Mobile. I moved because of the lack of development and the clunky interface. The speed of WinMo didn't help either, tweaking the UI and adding shells, like SPB or HTC Sense helped the UI, but only went so far, and took up additional resources. Another speed issue, was the inevitable slowdown of the system as PIM databases grew. For example, too many texts = serious slow down of threaded SMS app.

Many of you rally for the customization abilities of WinMo, but in reality, the majority of customizations developed were only developed to make up for WinMo's flaws.

All that being said, it took me a long time to move out of the WinMo ecosystem. To be honest, even when I made the move I kept my Xperia X1 just in case I needed to do something "technical" that only WinMo provided. Well, after 2 months I sold my X1, as I found I never had a need for any of that "advanced technical functionality" that only WinMo provides.

I will also say, that I switched to WP7 and not Android, because Android has the exact same flaws WinMo has... it is highly customizable only so that the user can correct the design and UI issues. Android's popularity over WP7 is based on it being released to market shortly after the iPhone. With WP7, I find that my phone is ALWAYS fast (Ive never once experienced a slowdown). I don't have to worry about customizing anything because the UI is extremely well thought out. The Office integration is top notch, and makes any other implementation (WinMo included) look like garbage. Don't get me wrong though, WP7 is not perfect, however, I can at least have faith that MS is working on issues, and that I'll get a software upgrade that's been throughly tested and is bug free unlike with WM or Android where upgrades are left to the end user via ROM flashing.

I probably pissed off a bunch of people with this post. I will say that I UNDERSTAND 100% if you are still using WinMo b/c there's some sort of functionality that other mobile OS's don't provide (like all the tethering options, or WM5's support of Pocket Access Database sync.

TLDR: WinMo's features are great, but they don't outweigh its flaws.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chekuhakim:
I still remember when i use my old HTC rose. Wm standard. A very stable OS. Never crash on me. A pretty reliable OS. But the market changes and i have to change also.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoryB:
I saw something somewhere that said they are closing the WM marketplace and the my phone services.

Found this on wikipedia

On Metroholic

I remember seeing an email like this one described above.

I went in through my phone and was able to see apps for my Fuze.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sonus:
I too received the email about them closing marketplace. I never lost access to the marketplace, so I wonder if they actually shut down the ability for developers to add *new* apps the market.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
What you are all talking about (the mail from early summer) referred to:

- Shutting down the website of Marketplace

- Terminating the ability to upload new or modify existing apps

The on-device Marketplace wasn't shut down, and at least until last week you were perfectly able to download and pay for applications. On the 3rd however, it seems everything broke down. That's why I asked. RoryB seems to see apps again though, so maybe they fixed it again.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoryB:
Exactly.

I ran MarketPlace on my phone and logged in. It then told me I had previously purchased apps I can install as well as showed other apps I could get.

The website jumps you to another website related to WP and not WM. I found some old links I used to get to the website and they just show up as invalid addresses.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kainppc6700:
SAD DEPARTURE Reply

I thought I might take this time to break some sad news to my fellow XDA forumers that my Diamond has "bit the dust" in an effort to repair the touchpanel. The full story is here in this YouTube video I made, and it isn't all bad as I am doing $50 worth of giveaways and taking entries all the way through December 10th.

Anyway, I have moved on to a Snapdragon 1Ghz Samsung Epic, and am learning to enjoy the LoveHate relationship with Android. The speedy Hummingbird inside that machine makes it fly, but something as simple as USB Sync with outlook is a major pain (I did end up finding a parial solution though) - I never realized that something that was so easy on my Dragonball processor powered 30Mhz Palm m500 would be so difficult for a device with nearly 35X the power. Other things seem to work okay though, and I surprised myself when some things can get accomplished faster even though Android really wastes its resources, even if you really crack down on it.

One thing I can say for that is that after trying Windows Mobile 7 and Android, I would never ever ever use a Windows Mobile 7 handheld as my primary device - not even if it were free. Android and real Windows Mobile offer so much functionality that I could never get done on WinMo 7. I guess if it floats your boat though, "good on ya".

- 2B
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] massie:
For office and mail : WM6.X is more than enough for me.

Of course customed rom with sbp shell.

Now I have all professional software I need.

I would like a lot new hardware for WM6
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Flegmaa:
Android, cause it has many apps while WM has small number of apps on its marketplace.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joeyfjj:
Because it's one of the most versatile OS, and that I'm stuck on a 2-year contract :P
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kjliew:
The Windows Mobile Marketplace is closed from access from PC web browsers. Only WP7 Marketplace is available. Windows Mobile Marketplace remains available from the WMMarketApp/SkyMarket on the device for both WM6.1 and WM6.5.

Sad, but true, Microsoft did close the door for developers to add/post on Windows Mobile Marketplace.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhp2025:
Roger that!

Most agree with you!

Even I still keep my antique HP HX4700 with WM6.5.

So cool, if we compare it with other OS as for kids, IMHO.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Hippowave:
I dont use it anymore. I had a old Windows mobile phone but i broke it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kainppc6700:
MARKETPLACE Reply

But honestly, who used that anyway?

- 2 Bunny
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] PseudoBob:
I never did - but while I was looking for applications to pimp my old WM phone with, I regularly hit homepages for apps that read "now available from the marketplace" - which, of course, meant it was no longer available. And there's no local download link. D'oh. But I guess that means that for some apps, you had little choice but to use the marketplace.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Cookie Ninja:
[WQUOTE=PseudoBob;19452732]I never did - but while I was looking for applications to pimp my old WM phone with, I regularly hit homepages for apps that read "now available from the marketplace" - which, of course, meant it was no longer available. And there's no local download link. D'oh. But I guess that means that for some apps, you had little choice but to use the marketplace.[/QUOTE]

I've saved all my favourite programme and application cab files in a folder on my SD card. I reload from them whenever I reflash a WWE ROM or just need to clean reinstall the stock ROM. Used to do a lot of ROM nodding using the kitchen.... But that was nearly two years ago....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kainppc6700:
WINDOWS MOBILE FOREVER Reply

I've saved all my favourite programme and application cab files in a folder on my SD card. I reload from them whenever I reflash a WWE ROM or just need to clean reinstall the stock ROM. Used to do a lot of ROM nodding using the kitchen.... But that was nearly two years ago....

Exactly. If you want, I've got probably over 100 random Windows Mobile CABs if anyone wants 'em.

- 2B
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoryB:
Can't hurt to see what you have. I'm interested.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] anon1811:
Mee too.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Cookie Ninja:
In addition

Mortplayer

Coreplayer 3.x (still is better than any media player on any platform)

NFS underground demo version

GPS pro

NDrive 10 with keygen

Sygic 11 with keygen

Garmin mobile xt with keygen

Spb wallet

Spb shell

Spb wireless monitor

Many tweaking programme cabs

& many more.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ocos:
so many clicks...

I find many things like turning on the bluetooth or WiFi that took 1 press in Windows mobile 6.5 are now 3 presses or swipes deep in the Windows phone 7.5.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] anon1811:
You could try ConnectivityShortcuts.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mikeb85:
How do I send invites on google +?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mikeb85:
Delete this please
[Epic 4G General] brianhuangbh:
I called Asurion today about a defective vibrator in my replacement Epic 4G and this is an AUTOMATED message. Meaning that it says this for every call it gets.

This doesn't seem like it would have an effect on any phone, much less a phone with no send key.

All this was part of an automated message including the part where they check the water damage sticker that isn't present on the phone...

Well, at least I ended up with another replacement phone my way, even if it was after they hung up on me about 4 times because I was calling from the phone I had issues of. :rolleyes:

At least I get a free Micro SD card and an OEM battery every time they mess up :p
[Epic 4G General] cachorropedorro:
LoL "defective vibrator".
[Epic 4G General] squshy 7:
Ummm...you should have just taken it to a corporate sprint store? If you're paying for full TEP, then sprint would have replaced it for free.

Unless of course it stopped working because of water damage...

And BTW, the water detecting litmus paper is under the back housing, you wouldn't see it unless you were taking the phone apart.

EDIT: sorry, nevermind. Just realized you were talking about a replacement you already got from asurion. My bad
[Epic 4G General] gregory15:
Screw it. .......
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
You do realize that 90% of phone owners are nowhere near as educated as people here on xda, right? They probably tell you to do that to distract you so the phone can sit without a battery for a minute or so.
[Epic 4G General] running_the_dream:
I think that's part of the point the OP is making. Asurion could easily just say, take the battery out of the phone for 'x' seconds/minutes. Then, place the battery.
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
How often do you think people even restart it when told?
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
Haha what a joke i have TEP they dont do ****, i had a crack in a screen and the said oh well normally we dont fix cracks we just changed our policies so they gave me someone else's phone, i saw that you see lights under keyboard from an angle, and that the usb slider was broken and bent. then when it got stolen i was given a new phone and that one feels cheap the keyboards feels plastic-e like. And every time i have an issue they give you so much **** its not even funny and its become ridiculous on sprints part.
[Epic 4G General] running_the_dream:
I would guess 97-98%?
[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
Lol this is nothing

On the evo forum some guy wanted help cause his kickstand won't stay inside

It was hilarious what they told him to do

take out and put back in battery

Do a factory reset

Buy a new battery

And ton of other stupid stuff

Sent from my super awesomely amazing

Generation

Unsubdued

Nuclear

Drive

Assault

Module
[Epic 4G General] Edge-1337:
Gotta love it. I gave my 16GB card from my replacement to my brother for his EVO to upgrade him from his 8GB one.

Love the spare battery. I charged one up, and I carry it with me all the time just in case I can't get to a charger.

Hope they didn't charge you your deductible again, and take a point off your claims. I'm only allowed 3 claims a year. Already had to use one. Sprint lied to me too. Said I had a $50.00 USD deductible, I looked on my card account history...$100.00 USD!
[Epic 4G General] MikeyLee:
Ahhh the world of outsourcing to stupid ass companies LOL If I have ever had to have a phone replaced I go to a Sprint store. I bought and paid for a new phone and if it needs replaced, I get a new phone. Not some used and possibly abused piece of crap that has been quality checked by someone who probably doesn't know his or her head from their ass.
[Epic 4G General] sceptor:
Its def 100
[Epic 4G General] Qwallace70129:
Yep.....that sounds ALOT more accurate .....lol
[Epic 4G General] nickwn88:
I got a crack in my screen and they fixed it next day.
[Epic 4G General] bjhill2112:
LOL - or a keypad for that matter! I can just picture some poor low tech schmuck, phone in one hand, battery in the other, staring at the black screen and scratching their head.
[Epic 4G General] brianhuangbh:
Haha, the worst part is that they don't let you call in from the phone you need support from. They automatically hang up on you after the dreadful 10 minute process. I ended up calling them off google voice...on my phone. ;)

Hmm. I talked to the Sprint rep and they offered to pay the deductible.

The other phone they sent me (my second replacement phone in a week) had issues with the touch buttons on the front. There seems to be a problem with their refurbishing process for this phone...

Well, as long as I'm scoring free overnight shipments of new phones to unbox with free batteries, 16GB memory cards, and chargers, I'm cool. :D
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
ROFL!

I just spit my soda everywhere.

Couldn't help it, that post and 25 years in IT support, and I just couldn't help it

IMO, if you hit 40%, you are having a miracle day

LOL

TEP has been great for me, replaced one with a broken usb for free, & one that got lost for $100

All pretty much hassle free

This Epic post brought to you via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] monkeyracer:
I wonder how many people in this thread that bash Asurion know that they are the insurance provider for all of the top 4 carriers...

There's only a few situations where Asurion even needs to be involved:

Crack in the screen that is longer than 1 inch (yes the policy did recently change, shattered screens are not covered in the stores anymore)

Water damage or other physical damage (run over with car, chewed up by dog, etc)

Lost or Stolen (Use the protection app or another locator app to try and track it down and save a deductible, and maybe expel some aggression towards the schmuck that took your phone.)

Anything else should go to a tech store for them to fix or replace it.

And, honestly, $100 is not bad for a $500 phone to be replaced next day.

The refurb process is a little strange; some refurbs I have received from Asurion or Sprint repair stores have been great with no issues, and some have been back to the store in less than a couple weeks with issues, and I've had quite a few Sprint devices since 2002.

Sprint has a "30 Day Bounce" policy meaning if you get a refurb that has a legitimate issue (nothing software related) then they need to send it back to Asurion or wherever to have them re-refurb it and get you another refurb.

I don't see why people are so afraid of refurbs, they are just as likely to have issues as the new phones, but are put through more testing than the new phones. My refurb Epic is holding up great so far compared to the new one, but maybe I just got lucky.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
its acually more like 196 dollars. dont forget your monthly payment as well as the deductible.

you can buy an epic on ebay for less than 200 dollars also.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mikeglongo:
Is it normal that I still haven't gotten any OTA update? Im over in NY and went to stock ROM, went to stock recovery, and unrooted the phone. When is the OTA update rolling out until? Did it stop? I keep getting connection failed when manually looking for a software update.

And I don't want to manually use the LG tool because I am afraid of bricking the phone and don't want to go through the trouble of unbricking it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] harleyxlc:
I never got the OTA either and it was announced they stopped. The LG updating didn't brick my phone either.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DustyVV:
I was actually wondering the same thing.

I called Tmo CS over a week ago, and he swore that I would be getting either an email, text or phone call, letting me know that I would be getting the update. He was nice, but I think he was new (didn't seem all that sharp). I did ask him about the rumor that they stopped the OTA, and he said that there was nothing about that in his system. He said, according to his system, it was still active. I asked him like 3x lol.

I have a refurb, so can't use the LG update tool. I know there is an alternate way of doing it, here on the forums, but I'm just too darn lazy lol. I will be calling Tmo again, in the next few days. If I get any useful info, I will pass it along to you.

I like my G2x, but honestly...between LG and Tmo, this has been one, huge clusterf**k. Thank God for the devs here, and around the net. They have done what LG and Tmo have continuously failed to do...made me a happy G2x owner!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Waldano:
ive had the same issue trying to do it by the phone so used LG tool and .... bricked my phone :(

i called Tmo and they exchanged my phone at no cost. the new one came with Gb preinstalled.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dalephil22:
Why not just screw the OTA and grab one of the great custom, pre rooted roms. I did the OTA thing and had to re root. Ran the official update for two days and got tired of the thing. The custom roms spoil you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DustyVV:
I'm running EB 2.3.3, and love it. And thanks to EB, I also love my G2X again. But I would like to have the new baseband. And I can only get that from the update.

Really, what I think it comes down to (for me), is that I want T-Mobile to step the hell up, and stop jerking me around. How do you release an OTA...but only to SOME? I've just never heard of such a thing. And how do you release your "flagship" phone, then realize it's got issues, and then try to sweep all the owners of said "flagship" under the carpet...where you don't have to deal with them any more? It just makes me sad. I used to brag to all my friends, how much I loved T-Mobile. :(
[T-Mobile LG G2x] heysharon:
I kind of sympathize, but people recommend custom roms as a blanket solution to random issues way too often. Don't get me wrong, I love EB and CM, and xboarder's rom is fantastic, but the first two don't have a2dp and the latter won't still give you a new baseband. For people like me who have a non-functional gps and rely on a2dp, the official update is pretty critical.

Also, is there any evidence suggesting T-Mobile actually pulled the update? I think I know the post where this rumor started, and for what it's worth, a pretty knowledgeable rep told me about a week ago that the OTA is still rolling out, and will continue to do so through August. If the roll-out is slow, I don't think its too surprising considering what little space lg has to screw up again.

[EDIT] http://www.tmonews.com/2011/08/t-mo...ad-ota-rollout-manual-update-still-available/
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Well here it is posted on T-Mobile Support forum. The post says its created by T-Mobile so I'd say its legit, not a rumor.

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2362

G2X CM7
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DustyVV:
Actually, although EB 2.3.5 doesn't have A2DP, EB 2.3.3 does. :-)

And the mms works SO much better than other ROMS I've tried.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] heysharon:
Yeah, the link I posted above was the same notice from a secondary source.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
But you called it a rumor. Looks pretty official to me.

G2X CM7
[Off-topic] cali4nia831:
Hey everyone so I made a Fantasy Football league on yahoo.

I have 10 spots open for anyone that wants to join. Its 100% free.

If you want to join please be active throughout the whole season.

It really ruins it for everyone if your not.

Post in here or pm if you want to join.
[Off-topic] Dark Mage66:
I would join, but it's on Yahoo! Sports. I really don't like there format, and would recommend ESPN Sports because I've joined many leagues there so I would be active.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mmapcpro:
I have been swapping out pngs in framework-res, systemui, system apps, and data apps rather successfully.

Typically, I adb pull the file, use 7zip to open the archive, replace the pngs, sign the apk (for non-system apps), adb push, and then adb shell reboot.

This works for most of the the apps that I'm altering. However, I have run across some apps, that when I use this method to replace the menu icons (actually, all I"m doing is colorizing them), it breaks the app. Some of the apps that I've been having trouble with are root explorer, xda premium, out of milk, and beautiful widgets. I have had no problems with any of my other apps and system files.

edit: I also make sure to set the permissions to be the same as the other apks in the folder, generally rw-r--r--. I have tried both overwriting the existing apk that I originally pulled, as well as uninstalling the apk and dropping the new on in the folder. Either way, it doesn't appear in my app drawer, and if I try to install it, it comes back adn says, "app not installed."

Anybody have a clue how to guide me?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mmapcpro:
I got xda and out of milk to work. But Beautiful Widgets and Root explorer still force close on me.

Also, the Webroot app is a .zip file in /data/app

It's called com.webroot.security.full-1.zip. I got one of my icon changes to work, but the menu icons don't change. Not sure what's up with webroot.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mmapcpro:
bump...nobody knows about this sorta thing?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] wewoapsiak:
It sounds like you are editing apps you paid for. Some paid apps run a check (md5?) that prevents them from working correctly. Example would be if you try to edit the apk for LauncherPro, you lose the ability to use LauncherPro Plus.

Also, if you screw up a .9 png file, that can throw your app in the crapper. You're simply pulling the png's, not decompiling and editing the xml files right?

Maybe this will shed some light on the issue, maybe not:rolleyes:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mmapcpro:
Yeh, pretty much as I described, I'm pulling the apks, using 7zip to open them, but not extract. Then I already have colorized versions of the icons I want to change on my computer, so I just copy them into the archivel Then I sign the archive with apkmanager, and then push it back into /data/app/ and correct the permissions.
[HTC Sensation] secano:
There you go

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.facebook.orca
[HTC Sensation] patrick91it:
can you post the APK, it still not released in my country :/
[HTC Sensation] Bluewall:
Yeah, it will be really appreciated ;)
[HTC Sensation] secano:
Try this

http://db.tt/nnCq66P
[HTC Sensation] iJohnny:
I have downloaded this from Android Market just a few minutes ago, and I do not see any point for this. :confused: We have messages in Facebook for Android.
[HTC Sensation] Pneumatic:
Trillian connects to Facebook as well as all of the other chat servers (MSN, AIM, ICQ, etc) in one program.
[HTC Sensation] Lawliet:
Thanks for the APK. Absolutely NO IDEA why Facebook decides to restrict the app to countries.
[HTC Sensation] nicksmizzle:
why do i even need this? idk, but i'm gonna have it anyway
[HTC Sensation] kurtis.austin2:
This isn't Facebook Chat. It is Messages. It is different. It isn't to chat with online friends, but to send messages to any friend... Not instant messages, more like email messages
[HTC Sensation] funnysurf:
Does anyone have the actual version 1.0.011?

In my country it's still not in the market :mad:
[HTC Sensation] patrick91it:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KJ4VHGRI ;)
[HTC Sensation] funnysurf:
Great. Thanks :D