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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doministry:
I would like to see if they bring something new in Email and Office part regarding functinality. I definitely saw threaded messaging in the email coming.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arturobandini:
This is a real question and a serious problem.

In my law firm they are using WP7 devices and several lawyers are complaining that they cannot edit the forwarded emails.

This is absolutely weird. Such limitation is not acceptable

WP7 is definitely not a serious OS, and definitely not made for business purposes. It is just a toy.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andycted:
yep, and that's similar to ios a few years ago. But that was 2007. In fact, it seems Microsoft thinks the market is still in 2007 state for some stuff.

Anyway, the supposed statement that wp7 is 'not for business' is just a PR statement. They mean 'wp7 is not a complete os, yet, so it's not ready for business'.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doministry:
Well maybe they think of kids and Facebook **** more than anything else?

I really wanted to get this answer: why this OS, with so many great ideas has so many idiotic limitations. It's beyond me. But I was called a "hater" instead :D

Editing forwarded/replied email is a very important functionality. And even if native app doesn't allow it, we could have some 3rd party solutions but they are not supported in any way. In my case there were also other email issues: embedded pictures not displaying, sometimes attachements not appearing after download process.

Interesting to know if these things will change in Mango or MS doesn't really care about it. That's the question: does MS care?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andycted:
I have the certainity they don't. They have taken all the bad sides of apple without the efficency, the vision and the appeal
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbbrack03:
I've got a project that I would like to start soon and any help or advice would be appreciated. This will be my first App and I'm looking forward to digging into it.

PROJECT: Xbox Live Launcher for WP7 Themes

DESCRIPTION: Clone the Xbox Live Game Launcher from WP7 devices. Allows the user to launch and list their games from within an App that resembles the WP7 Xbox Live Interface.

WANTED FEATURES:

- Xbox Live Profile Integration

- Xbox Live Message Center

- Xbox Live Friends List

- Xbox Live News Feed

- Ability to add Game Shortcuts and Custom Tiles

The idea for this app is that users will be able to add the Xbox Live tile to their Favorite WP7 Theme and have as close to the original as possible. The features that I have listed have all been in other Apps. The ability to log into Xbox Live and show your avatar with profile information has already been done in other apps, so it should be theoretically possible for this one.

The Launcher will allow you to browse your List of Apps and add shortcuts to your games to the Xbox Live Launcher.

Any advice or information that will help this project will be appreciated. If you would like to be involved, send me a PM. I plan on having 2 version of this App and submitting it to the market when it's complete.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonatamartica:
sounds good. id like to find a homescreen thats a clone of the xbox dashboard
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milpan:
Nice

If you need any help with the graphical art I would be more than willing to help PM me if you need it :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sangosnip69:
Really good idea!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nugget1993:
+1 on this!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imeio:
where is the app? did it?
[General Questions and Answers] nutt_shell:
Hey everyone,

This is my last gasp and possibly resolving my issue. I have a Bell GT-I9000m phone. It is unlocked, rooted with CM7 2.3.4 JVK. I usually use this phone on the Rogers network but recently moved to a rural area.

Rogers' coverage in rural areas in my province is horrid. I decided to take advantage of Telus' 6gb data plan offer, thinking I could put my new SIM in the phone and everything would be great.

At the Telus kiosk in a near town I got my plan and made a couple calls on the phone to ensure it was working. When I got into my car I initiated the Telus APN and boom HSPA was enabled and everything was great. About 15 minutes later I noticed my signal bars diminish to zero and the phone fell back to emergency calls only and I could not get signal back by rebooting or anything. When searching networks ROGERS was the only one that was seen as available.

This morning I called TELUS and they said it was a SIM card issue. So I went to another kiosk in another town that is a bit closer to me and they gave me a SIM. Again, everything started out great, I received a text and browsed internet at full speed then on the drive home the bars diminished to none and I was stuck with the exact problem as mentioned above.

I spent an hour with a TELUS technical rep. She was great helping me even though it was a phone off of their network. We could not come to any sort of resolve for my issue. I have tried using *#*#4636#*#* to change to WCDMA only and multiple other options.

Further issues for me is my phone will only connect to my computer to charge. I think some pins are broken or something because I cannot connect via USB to flash anything. I can send files to the phone wirelessly and enter download mode (although the phone is not recognized by the computer) and CWM recovery mode.

The phone also works perfectly with my still active ROGERS sim.

Thanks for any ideas on this.

All the best

Steve
[General Questions and Answers] ferparedes:
First of all this isn't a "what is root!??!!??" nor a "OMG I BRICKED MY PHONE SOMEONE HALP!" type of question.

This is more of a "I want to understand what's going on under the hood" type of question.

I'm asking this because I haven't seen the answer anywhere and it'd probably take me several days putting together a bunch of tidbits of information about this to understand it.

What does getting root on an Android device involve? I've used 1-click tools, flashed kernels that include root (CF-Root, for example), used adb and nvflash. What goes on at the OS level?

Thanks in advance to any helpful soul that replies!
[General Questions and Answers] mtmerrick:
pretty much its granting sysadmin rights to your phone.
[General Questions and Answers] Omnichron:
It gives you admin level access to the operating system. You can customize apps, looks, performance and a good host of other things including backups, flashing ROMs etc..:)
[General Questions and Answers] ferparedes:
Thanks guys, but like I said, I know what rooting is and what it's for. I have both of my android devices rooted (Galaxy S and Asus Tablet).

What I want to know is, when you root a device, what's modified, what does rooting actually involve, under the hood.
[General Questions and Answers] rootfan:
Root is a Linux term. In Linux based operating systems there is a predefined user account called root. When a device I shipped to you, the manufacturer has prevented you from being able to be root user for safety, and to prevent you to add, remove or modify things at a system level. When you perform the procedure of rooting your device, you change the su binary in the system directory, usually through a security exploit, to remove these restrictions that the manufacturer has bestowed upon your device, and now you have full access to anything on your phone:cool:

Hope this is helpful, and I case you do not read my awesome signature, please hit the thanks button to show your appreciation if this helped:D
[General Questions and Answers] rootfan:
Root is a Linux term. In Linux based operating systems there is a predefined user account called root. When a device I shipped to you, the manufacturer has prevented you from being able to be root user for safety, and to prevent you to add, remove or modify things at a system level. When you perform the procedure of rooting your device, you add su binary in the system/bin directory, usually through a security exploit, to remove these restrictions that the manufacturer has bestowed upon your device, and now you have full access to anything on your phone:cool:

Hope this is helpful, and in case you do not read my awesome signature, please hit the thanks button to show your appreciation if this helped:D
[General Questions and Answers] ferparedes:
Thanks again but, again that's not what I'm asking. OK here goes again:

- I know what rooting is

- I know what root is for

- Both my phone and my eePad are rooted

- I know what su is. I've used Linux and UNIX

What I want to know is, what is actually modified on the android OS when rooting the phone!

Is the kernel modified?

are permissions modified?

Is it an API thing?
[General Questions and Answers] TheManii:
Rooting usually consists of 2 parts, the vector and payload:

All those rooting apps use various exploits to insert the payload. On devices that can install custom recoveries without rooting (ie unlocked bootloaders) they can merely use the recovery to directly install the payload.

There's dozens of vectors including making a 'superboot' kernal which include the payload and installs it on the first boot (i think?)

The payload is minimally the SU binary and the superuser app. Both are made by the same guy.

On the Dell Streak (which has an unlocked bootloader) rooting is just flashing an update.zip containing the SU binary and superuser app. A simple copy to /system. Newer rooting apps also include patches to plug up the exploit that they used themselves. Gingerbreak includes a dummy /system/bin/profile that plugs up the exploit used to install itself(?)

If the kernel is modified it's prob at runtime and not a hard patch, if it modifies it at all (i dont know), my assumption is that the linux kernal in android retains hooks that SU uses to link up with the system and normally it's simply not enabled by not including a SU binary. The superuser app of course just more or less a front end to SU (settings and logging)

Unlocked bootloader devices are likely the most reliable to root since they dont depend on exploit vectors, as updates plug them up they have to find a new vector or modify them, which means that there are open vectors that actual malware can use. Using a custom recovery to flash is the intended purpose of having an unlocked bootloader.
[General Questions and Answers] pabock:
I'm very new to this so please forgive this old man. I'm 60 years old and bought a brand new Viewsonic G Tablet. Then after getting it I searched the internet on how to make it better. Seems everything depends upon "rooting" the device. I spent the day and now it's 11pm searching the net, watching youtube videos and reading about but no one actually gives you a step by step answer. I'm hoping one of you fine people help me out, please.:confused:

I guess I was wrong. Not one person has stepped forward to help me. Thank you so very much. I know what rooting is but what I don't know is how to root my Viewsonic G Tablet 2.2. You'd think I was asking for the code to a Swiss Bank Account. LOL With PC's I'm a wiz, or was until I reached 55 or so and then things were just going so fast and over my head. But when it comes to this, I'm like a brand new student trying to learn Japanese. All I need is for someone to please give me a step by step instruction on how to do it. If you'd like, I'll Paypal you some money for helping me.

Thank you

Philip Bock CSM US Army (Retired)
[General Questions and Answers] ferparedes:
Thanks Manil! That's what I was looking for! It seems that most devices have a locked bootloader, and now I understand why it takes a bit longer (more than a few hours) to root each new device,
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
I searched for "Viewsonic G Tablet 2.2 root" and found this http://droidpirate.com/2010/11/27/how-to-root-your-viewsonic-g-tablet/

Looks promising, no garantees though.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jan123_GER:
Hi there! I just installed this ROM on my HTC HD2

(NDT MIUI DEVELOPMENT V22.1| STABLE V1.1[A2SD-D2EXT][Tytung r10])

Now i have the problem that the phone does not sync the google contacts any more. The sync is on and my google account seems to be connected(im able to receive emails ...) Other roms i had before did sync. Does anyone know how to fix this?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pReXx:
Did you check the settings in

Settings->Sync->Google?

There is a toggle button to turn contact sync on/off.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jan123_GER:
Im so sorry. Im so dumb :D

My Contacts were saved in my Sense Account. Just moved all Sense Contacts to Google and imported them.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oilerseberle14:
O need to flash back to stock firmware so I can trade this phone in for a sgs 2, but I'm not sure which firmware is correct I thinks its either KC1, JL2, or JK3 someone please reply, also how to get i9000M on splash screen instead of just i9000 like I have now... thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] quaff:
Re-flash KC1, make sure the package has the bootloaders too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cboone:
Probably want to change csc to BWA as well. Most of the kc1 roms out there are from Bell.

Is SaskTel offering you an early upgrade?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BlackDino:
How can you trade the phone in?

Goto samfirmware.com for sasktel firmwares
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oilerseberle14:
Samfirmware doesn't state which carriers have which firmware...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] joelhon:
Whoa plz let us in on the secret, how are you obtaining an early upgrade to the sgs 2?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gfacer:
I would try the jh2 éclair stock rom on samfirmware.com, with pit, then make sure your csc is right for sasktel and then either bring it right in or use kies to upgrade to kc3 gb rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] upichie:
Honestly, I wouldn't worry too much. They probably would accept a device with custom firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gfacer:
That might be true, you could always try and leave if they won't. They'll reflash it anyhow.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] upichie:
Personally, I've taken multiple i9000m's back to Sasktel with various i9000 firmwares, albeit stock. Like in his case, it didn't include the "m" on the splash screen. I've never had any troubles. YMMV, however.
[HTC EVO 3D] bhambalek:
I'm not sure if this is old news, but I was in TWRP today and found an Easter egg! Hold down the volume up and volume down keys at the same time, and the background picture will change to the Emo Horse displaying the quote " Whatever Volcano! Your heat can't warm my frozen heart."
[HTC EVO 3D] DarkManX4lf:
I'm sorry but what's twrp
[HTC EVO 3D] netwokz:
Twrp = Team Win Recovery Project. Gunna have to try this...

(Reboots phone)

Sent from another Dimension!
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
lol, that's funcking hilarious. I thought I was getting trolled as I rebooted...lol

Thanks man...
[HTC EVO 3D] Joey_UFC:
i can't lie, i tried it and it worked lol

thought i was getting trolled for a second to.

+1 my friend
[HTC EVO 3D] r0cky0790:
Yeah, this is very old news.

My "DU4L C0R3 SH00T3R" shot you down in 3D! -Security Off-
[HTC EVO 3D] DDiaz007:
Hey you can't blame him for posting it. Some people didn't know .
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Ha ha nice
[HTC EVO 3D] Compusmurf:
The first to find the missing race horse got his name added to the TWRP thread, first post. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] jayfonzerrelli:
Funny.
[HTC EVO 3D] knowledge561:
Cool I guess
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ncmacasl:
Extreme Noob for Android Development (but a techie at heart).

Have LOTS of questions before "taking the plunge" into rooting, etc.

I see an early thread in this section on Rooting...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1064257

...but it clearly says you cannot UN-ROOT with this method.

Does this mean if I root, does it void the warranty? How can I un-root? Is there a different method that will allow me to unroot if needed?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
you can fix anything all you do is you ODIN and bam you will be fine dont worry flash away

for future questions in general section or ayoteddy's noob FAQ thread thanks
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ayoteddy:
See my thread [REF] Complete Noob FAQ [8/7/11] - PDT

it may have answers to all or most of your questions
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ncmacasl:
I read that - it was only somewhat helpful.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
Unroot does work, not sure what was going in the earlier thread, but unrooting works. If it doesn't work through superoneclick, you can always use Odin to restore your phone to its' stock state, so you can always unroot.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
hey there, I remember you from the old Sidekick and PBD days, lol. I've been on Android for a while now and have rooted and flashed many phones. I PM'd you and am happy to help ya out if you like/need. cheers

Sent from my SGH-T839
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ncmacasl:
I have some more questions...

If I Root, is there any way I can FORCE a Phone-Memory-only app that does not have widgets to be moved to the SD card to save space?? I was SHOCKED to see how many simple apps/Games

If I Root, is it possible to REMOVE built-in default apps and replace them with Market Apps (like Calender, SMS, Phone/Dialer, Contacts) as well as to remove a lot of the Bloatware that was built-in?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tylermaciaszek:
to remove bloatware you have to use a file manager go into system/app and remove! i would suggest just adding .bak to the end just incase you ever needed the

and you can move most apps to sd card but some apps will not support it and if it is not supported you can't force it!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
Hi please help me!

I have a galaxy S and i deleted the tw luncher app and i had a backup like it said in the thread i saw (because i wanted to upgrade the stock luncher because i was bored... it was a mistake i know and i regret it) but then i factory reseted my phone and i have no lucher and i can see anything beside a black screen and the notfication bar.. i think everything is working i tested the phone and it s ok and contacts and so on but i can t use the apps because i can t see them...

ps: i dropped my phone into water and the power/screen off button isn t working so i can t go into download mod and flash another rom... and i have lag fix installed and root...

PLEASE HELP!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miro666:
Buy new device if your old is under water...

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
it s working just fine except the power button pls don t be ironic cause i m very stressed because it isn t mine... so...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dfolt:
LOL, Nice, but its wrong section

Your phone is dead [`]
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
i think the problem would be solved if i could install another luncher... but how?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
how can i flash the rom if i can t go into recovery or donwload mode?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krarvind:
You can't. Dry out the phone to see if you have any luck.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quaff:
Set up ADB and use ADB to reboot into download / recovery mode.

If you can figure out a way to get into settings, you can open up market and download "Go Launcher Ex" or another launcher
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerozoneice:
nah, i'll pass on this one

maybe the guy whose phone you dropped in the water loves guys too...and can forgive you :)

but if she's a girl...hope it's not one of those

http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...kistan/28034945_1_police-constable-khalil-car
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
i used adb once but can i use it if i m not in download mod?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
i was thinking to install a luncher on a sd (switching it with apps 2 sd) but all the lunchers i knew like luncher por ADW go luncher... aren t compatible with apps 2 sd...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quaff:
hell, better yet, use adb to install a new launcher

just download the apk from somewhere.

you said your phone can still turn on and load up right? just no launcher?

adb should work in that state. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
install drivers on your PC, set up adb, put the attached file in the same folder as adb...

from command prompt type "adb install com.fede.launcher-2.apk"

restart phone and you should have a working launcher.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borelis:
Why this bad attitude from some of you guys? He needs help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
i repeat my question... can i still use ADB if i can t go into donwload mode?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borelis:
Yes you can :-) I think you use the above command when the phone is on.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
hei kaik541 i think u know what u re doing so please can u be a little more precise because i m so noobish so i will be very very very very very gratefull if u had the time to explain it to me a little bit more then what u allready did :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usetheschwartz:
If you're on a PC, download Samsung Kies and launch it. Hit "ALT-F4", which should get you to a secret menu for launcher replacement that *should* resolve water damage issues.

If you're on a Mac, download Samsung Kies (currently a beta) and launch it. Hit "Command-Q", which should launch the MacOS compatible secret menu for launcher replacement that is supposed to resolve water damage issues.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
@usetheswartz u re ironic... no?:-/ :-s
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siky_dude:
that`s really low...o_O
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
No need to take the piss.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
i don t know why people are so ... bad...? i need some help...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krarvind:
Can you get usb debugging enabled in settings, applications, usb debugging. Then you can use adb.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usetheschwartz:
Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
@krarvind i see only the notification bar and a black screen and when i press the proprietes button i see "contacts" "note" "sim services" so i can t go into settings ...:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
why it s that a stupid question my friend? because u didn t know the answer? or? i don t get u? if u don t wanna help plese let this good people do and don t waste ur time:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quaff:
you can still get emails and sms right? email or text yourself this link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex

open the email/sms from notifications, then open the link, and choose market, then download that launcher

try that
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssewk2x:
Solution for you. Take phone back to store. Tell them it just stopped working. Say nothing about deleting luncher. Play dumb. Shouldn't be hard.

If you lucky, they install factory software again for you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remus1710:
@ quaff if i factory reseted the phone i don t think i have any email accont seted up so... i don t think i will recive the email... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krarvind:
You can't press menu soft key and settings? You need to enable usb debugging or else you will be out of luck. It might be enabled already though . Try adb to see if it does work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quaff:
you should still have SMS? that should work still? or do you not have a sim card in there?

edit: how did you do a factory reset if you don't have a launcher, and can't get into recovery? O.o did you do a factory reset before you messed up the phone? or are you trolling us? haha
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siky_dude:
sms then.....Mr. Troll McTrollington