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[HTC EVO 3D] wildcatswr5:
Seems like you could just use a cutout of the phone, paste your screenshot in, then overlay a transparency on the screen for the "shine" effect.
[HTC EVO 3D] knowledge561:
Cant find any plus vectors are cleaner. I would do the vector myself but my laptop is still in the shop.

Uhhhh.....ummm.....**Fainted from Signature Fright**
[HTC EVO 3D] wildcatswr5:
I attempted the vector for you but I don't know how to prepare it for what you want. Seems like I would need the screenshots first so I'm lost.

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HTC EVO 3D @ 1.7GHz running silverneedle kernel and viperROM :-)
[HTC EVO 3D] knowledge561:
Just leave it barebone and converted to .psd. Then when I want to throw a setup together, I can make a layer for my screenshot on it.

#SWAG!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] empiire:
I have one for you. I use it for my own setups. Remind me via PM tomorrow and I'll link it to you. .psd format.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beastley:
Is there any way to get the messaging app skins from the international version? Maybe we could install the international mms.apk? Any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AvatarOfFrost:
I am interested in this as well, but I bet the international version of the mms.apk won't work on ours. Maybe some kind of port?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oxeneers:
I just want to install the stock 2.3.5 Gingerbread Mms.apk. Waiting for root.. waiting for roooooottttt..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
I think you need root

Does et4g have it yet?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danzano:
Obviously i dont want to brick my new toy so my question is with me having a very new firmware revision can brks tool still do the trick as i know root methods for different firmwares differ
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
yes

10char
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danzano:
Cool im running it now it said backup system so i said yes incase i ever need rma then it said system backup failed but then log showed different heres the log so far

Creating backup of current boot and recovery img

this should take some time... please wait

Loading Bootloader to pad... please wait!

Starting...

Bootloader sucessefuly loaded to pad

Starting...

Sucessefuly Backup Boot partition

Starting...

Sucessefuly Backup Recovery partition

Starting...

Sucessefuly Backup System partition

P.s its now taking forever is this normal?

After it is done will clockwork mod be installed or is that seperate i want to use clemsyn 18b with hd rom and then maybe ubuntu at some stage but need to get started on it :)

btw thanks for answering my question and i think the bar is moving slowly maybe just my eyes tho
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danzano:
Solved problem :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tempott:
I'd really like to try out a Windows Phone 7, but It has to be on a Galaxy S2 version on TMobile. The Focus S would be perfect if it came to Tmobile. I'm a nut for that SuperAmoled Plus display. So while I wait and hope for the Focus S to come to Tmobile, what exactly are the big plans in the near future for this mobile OS? Will there be or are there advantages with having a Windows desktop and having a Windows phone? I currently have a SGS 4G and it's great on the current rom. But I have to admit I really love how smooth this Windows Phone 7 OS is.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
Do you know that to toggle WIFI off and on they have released one big as* application that puts a one whole big box on your front screen taking all that space just to toggle WIFI off?? And the guy who is incharge of app scene some Joe Billfore something from twitter is encouring users to put four such large boxes on your front screen one each for BT, WIFI, Airplane Mode and Cellular??

He has been tweeting about it and everyone is raving about that application.. you know why? Because it LOOKS GOOD.. thats the only one selling point of WP7, nothing more than that..
[Windows Phone 7 General] killerb255:
That's the problem. Even with Mango, I can only think of a few selling points for WP7...and they're not enough to sway people away from the two 800-pound gorillas that are Apple and Google:

1) Facebook integration is second-to-none. You don't need an app at all!

2) The UI. It's smooth.

If I'm missing any others, please feel free to add to the list, but Microsoft has got A LOT of work to do if they even give a rat's ***sack about the platform.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Alcoholic:
Smooth reliable fast and full of unique features that are interconnected within the operating system.
[Windows Phone 7 General] NotTarts:
Interface consistency. This is such a huge thing for me - it's great knowing that I can open an app and expect it to look the same as the rest of the OS. This is something Android lacks, IMHO.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
Yes you do. Around 1/4 of my Facebook friends don't appear in my WP7 feed, due to them restricting privacy settings in FB. Also you can't delete items, fully see your "likes", see who's checked in to "places" etc. Also I can't get toast / push notifications without the official app. Sure my live tile will tell me when someone has said anything, but the phone won't buzz..

The FB integration is GOOD, but is it significantly better (i.e. a system seller) compared to say Xperia Facebook Inside on all new Sony-Ericsson Android phones?

Both of these points also apply to the iPhone. This is the elephant in the room when it comes to WP7; most people on here and other forums defend WP7 by comparing it to the flaws in Android only..

This is a false victory, as most of the advantages that are constantly rolled out (smooth non-laggy UI, consistent UI in apps, good useful app-store without tons of shovel-ware or malware) also apply to iOS.

The most frequent advantage people state over Apple is that rows of icons is "old hat" (compared to an alphabetical app list? lol), that iOS feels old now (subjective), or that they hate Apple (fanboy-ism). Maybe I should start a new thread; "what are the selling points of Windows Phone OS compared to the iPhone", because no doubt this thread will again be 99% fully of Android comparisons (you'll see).
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
I agree; live tiles are nice, but they're not as good as widgets (which can have a lot more functionality).

Also relying on a "flip" animation to notify the user is actually worse than putting a little counter on the icon to show new notifications, as it doesn't really allow "glance and go" (one of the big selling points of WP7!).

Indeed, this is a point I always make when talking about the metro UI; it's great...as long as you love looking as long lists of white text on a black background.

I was playing with a Sony Xperia Ray the other day, and the amount of eye-candy in their custom Android build is astonishing. Widgets zooming out and wibbling around, a FB ticker that whizzes through your FB friends profile pics as well as their updates, and a photo album app where pictures fly together then split apart. Maybe metro is more useable in the long run, but cool flashy stuff like that is how you sell a phone..

It's not down to the hardware; iPhone 3GS out-performs most WP7 games on 2 year old hardware:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1111945

Toasts still disappear forever after 15 seconds don't they? That means if you miss one, you might as well have never got it. Also no toasts for basic stuff, like email or the social media integration; toasts are poorly implemented IMHO.

Mango is a huge step forward *for existing WP7 users*. For other smartphone users, it just puts Windows Phone roughly on par with the current versions of iOS and Android. Unfortunately though, the Mango rollout coincideswith the launch of iOS5, iPhone5 and Android ICS; so again Microsoft will find themselves 1 generation behind. Can Wp7 honestly compete? Without some seriously new unique selling points, I don't think so.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Wyn6:
Below is a link to a pretty good sized and

unbiased

review of Windows Phone Mango. Also, a link to the PC World series "30 Days with Windows Phone 7".

Unfortunately, threads like this in the WP7 forums turn into the same thread over and over again. You're going to have bias for, unsurprisingly, and bias against, surprisingly, in this forum.

Mostly you have people who purportedly dislike and/or hate the OS constantly lurking around a forum dedicated to a mobile OS they dislike and/or hate waiting for threads like these for their opportunity to continue bashing it.

Follow the links then find you a Tmobile store that actually has a working display of an HD7 or ATT store with a Focus and check it out yourself. Although, you'll probably run into sales rep bias there. Heh.

Hmm. Another theme in these type threads is that the OP makes the one post and then never comes back. Baiting perhaps or maybe just run off because of the ensuing brawl. Good luck.

http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/the-ultimate-windows-phone-7-mango-preview

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/239405/30_days_with_windows_phone_7.html#tk.mod_rel
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Social Hub in the Contacts app on my Vibrant. Twitter integration in June 2010...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
I'm confused by this post; where does "bias" come into play in this thread?? Can you explain the basis of these accusations? If you don't agree with the opinions here, rebut them with evidence; posting positive reviews as a rebuttal is odd and seems to show some sort of weird positive bias..

This is funny thing about posting on WP7 forums; if someone posts something positive, lots of posters will agree happily. But negative posters are accused of having some sort of grudge..?! I just don't get it..
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
And we see why. It's because some people can't have a discussion with people who disagree with them. Instead of showing others what they're talking about, they break out the rhetoric and veiled assaults on those people instead.

The reason why the threads turn into flame wars, and you're free to have a look, is because in 90% of cases Pro-WP7 posters troll people and bait them into arguments (some of them quite petty). It's been going on for almost a year in this forum. I stopped posting for about 2+ months and just lurked (prolly made a post or two in the Vibrant forums in that time) and nothing changed at all.

Most people who post here have WP7 devices. Whether they like it or not is their business. However, this forum should be open to both positive and negative feedback.

Unless you can show obvious and provable inaccuracies in someone's post, it's good to keep the flamebaiting in Notepad on your own personal computer and off the forum. When you post it you do just as much harm as they do when they reply to it. I know what it's like, cause I see some people continue to further the argument ever after they've basically said "you were right" for no reason other than they don't like what someone else has to say. I'll leave names out of it this time.

The 30 days with Mango thread about Molly's review was a pretty decent example of that. The woman was personally attacked just for having a different opinion, with people nitpicking parts of her blog post that really had no big impact on the outcome of the review.

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Lol, we posted basically the same thought the same exact minute.

JINX!!!

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Also, the idea that you can pick "the phone that fits you" from plaing with it in a carrier store probably < 1 hour makes absolutely no sense, especially when you cannot link your account to the device (Android, iOS, or WP7) and see what it actually functions like in real world use.

Reception Issues, GPS Performance, Battery Life, etc. Those are just 3 obvious things that simply cannot be tested in a carrier store, and if you're ready to spend cash any rep will tell you all of those are fine... Why wouldn't they?

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Terrible example. The 3GS has a HVGA resolution so there is much less pixels to render. The better hardware in high end Android/i4/iTouch still give better performance than WP7, though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
No doubt, someone will now post that they love their WP7, and if we don't like ours we should sell it and move to Apple or Android. This type of post happens at leats once in response to *any criticism*.

Personally I'm happy with my HTC Mozart Windows 7 phone. But I can see obvious flaws in the current OS, and in Microsoft's long term strategy. It is possible to like an OS and see issues with it, I still don't see where "bias" comes into play!

As I pointed out in the thread; simple games like Doodle Jump and Angry Birds run noticeably slower with a lower frame-rate on my Mozart. This is not related to the screen resolution, as they render in 2D.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Over8ted:
I thought this was a "Selling Points of WP7" thread and not another "Android rulez them all" thread. WP7 has a different interface. Completely unparalleled compared to any other. That's why most people like it, is because it doesn't look like other phone OSes.

I still have yet to see a phone with such tightly integrated services. iPhone may have iTunes and all of these stores with it, but I still have yet to see so many big name titles for games on other phone platforms than WP7. Same for Office, too. Word processing is one thing, but the fact you can use a variety of cloud sharing techniques for documents is something I haven't seen being used by others. Facebook chat integration with your SMS inbox is brilliant as well.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tempott:
Wow, I can see people are really divided on this as much as Android vs iOS. Since I use a Windows desktop and laptop, I was hoping there was some kind of advantage moving to a Windows Phone OS. I don't know anyone that has one, but since playing with one at Best Buy, I was attracted to how smooth and solid the OS felt. I appreciate all the input.
[Windows Phone 7 General] NotTarts:
This is a silly assumption to make. Even the iPhone 3G can play Angry Birds at 60fps, and Windows Phones have shown they can handle relatively complex 3D games (Tentacles, ilomilo, The Harvest, etc). The real reason games seem to run slower than their iPhone counterparts is due to XNA being locked to 30fps - something that is rectified in Mango and has nothing to do with the capability of the phones.

I posted this in another thread but I think it applies here, too:

People will argue and say that the iPhone provides all this, but no, they can't be compared at all because the iPhone is still currently one of the most expensive phones on the market. My Windows Phone Omnia 7 cost me $348. The iPhone 4, in comparison, costs $1150 - almost 4 times as much - on the same plan.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
If you had actually read the thread and not jumped to conclusions, you'd see that I stated that quite directly.

Android phones have superior service Integration to WP7 devices. It's not hard to see.

Everything is pushed to Google's apps on Android and this is achievable because their C2DM design is superior to the PUSH Notifications on WP7.

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The main selling point to WP7 is the user experience. It's not competitive from a functional point of view, but the user experience is compelling enough that it's addictive to a certain subset of smartphone users. It's up to Microsoft to either cash in on that experience or work feverishly to close the functionality gap between it and other smartphone OSes.

Also, "completely unparalelled compared to any other" is a bit of a stretch, don't you think? Especially given thoughts on user interfaces is 100% subjective...

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The fact that the game is complex doesn't mean the quality of the graphics in the game is on par with other phones. In the Adreno vs. SGX540 benchmark link I posted in another thread (that Adreno is the Second gen, not the first gen that current WP7 devices use) you can clearly see the Hummingbird's graphics quality is wildly superior to the Scorpion's. Microsoft is pushing the fact that WP7 uses a HW scaler to developers so that the developers can use low res assets and have the HW scale it up to keep performance up.

It's no secret that the GPU in launch WP7 devices is very weak compared to Hummingbird, nevermind Tegra 2 and esp TI or Exynos GPUs.

Dungeon Defenders has GPU bottlenecks on the Galaxy S phones. The WP7 devices would probably melt trying to run that game at the same level.

And like I said earlier, the scalar and the fact that Metro is a minimalist UI design has a lot to do with WP7's apparent performance. When running benchmarks which tax the hardware it doesn't keep up. However, it's ironic that the UI is touted as being flawless when you can't even scroll a list without it jumping here and there, and that won't be fixed until Mango is released for most of us.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
As an end user, I don't care what the technical reason is - the games just appear to run worse. It's not just me, my girlfriend (the definition of a casual gamer, and a big fan of Angry Birds) noticed it too. She has now been left with the impression that iPhone runs games better than WP7.

By the way, I now have official Mango running on my HTC Mozart, and the framerates of the above games haven't changed. So Mango is not some magic fix; the developers have to re-build and re-release the games with 60fps support.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Also, let's try to keep it Civil. Too many threads getting locked lately.
[Windows Phone 7 General] NotTarts:
I'm not entirely sure, but I think the Adreno 205 is roughly equal to the SGX 540:

G2 is Adreno 205 (2nd gen WP7 devices), Nexus One is Adreno 200 (current WP7 devices), and the Epic 4G is SGX540. Doesn't seem to be 'wildly superior', but maybe you were talking about a different benchmark.

I agree though, WP7 devices are underpowered compared to the competition. I misread his post and thought Aphasaic was claiming that the iPhone 3G had better hardware than Windows Phones, but I can see that's not what he meant.
[Desire HD General] flawlessx92:
TIme to say Goodbye to this AWESOME gadget

Its been a while since ive been using DHD (5 month: quite long if compare to other phone i used..haha)

I've just sold DHD yesterday..

Reason:

1) HTC phones price drop like shyty nowadays..Damn..Better sell now b4 i loose more $$ (Bought at USD 462.53(RM1430 in April2011), sold at USD 388.14(RM1200 in September 2011)..thats +$50bucks lost ><

2) DHD super great development n DEV support quite distracting my studies..haha..eager to try n flash new ROMS n update frquently

3) Android is too fun..too many games n apps..gonna leave android for a while since got SACE exam this november...=P

4) GPS lock for DHD is ugly..staying in Malaysia...previously using RCMix Sense 3.0 v27 and Sense 3.5 v1.2..it sucks..i only get my GPS support for about 20% of my whole GPS usage attempt since past 5 months..Using Sygic n Papago..Dunnoe whats the problem..it my phone

Considering to buy new gadget soon enough (especially after exam =D Nov-Dec)

Any good gadgets u guyz recommending?

Better HTC tweaks capable android?

Tablets? Ipad2? Iphone4? anything?
[Desire HD General] maxoveride:
Damn, I say your lost is quite little. I sold my DHD for RM 700.00

Next phone? Gs2 or drolly wait for the Nexus Prime.
[Desire HD General] drpsyko:
Whoa, you bought it for just RM1400??? Dang, and sold it for RM1200?! That bro, is not a loss.

Considering many new HTC phones use the same cpu as Desire HD, it's a bit disappointment for you to sell your phone. Upgrading to dual core phone doesn't make much difference. So it's either Nexus Prime, or quad core phones.
[Desire HD General] AdmiralGwiezdnejFloty:
sg2 maybe something from se
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
I think that I will pre order HTC Vigor :)

720p display

1.5 GHz CPU

1 GB RAM

And some models should come with 48 GB of storage space :p
[Desire HD General] fbw.sw:
prime or galaxy i think would be my choice
[Desire HD General] dexteral:
Sgs 2 or sensation :D
[Desire HD General] rohithksaj:
nexus prime..............:):):)
[Desire HD General] affinity121:
It does indeed look very tasty :) have to admit I don't have the money for a new phone yet and I'm still loving my dhd.

If you get one the jealous factor will be sky high :)
[Desire HD General] AdmiralGwiezdnejFloty:
Well. Maybe something from Nokia and Mango :P

but also Vigor is very nice :)
[Desire HD General] AdamiX:
What about Evo 3D?
[Desire HD General] fuzzbeans:
Wait and see what phones are coming in december. If you dont need it now dont look. :P
[Desire HD General] krzych:
Buy next DHD :D lol (I don't know why you had problems with GPS, should be fine as other phones have). If you wait a while, it will cost you almost nothing ;).

By the way, you won't fix your play-desire by selling play-hardware ;). It's just yours free will problem, so fix the source ;).
[Desire HD General] PXeuda:
i think prime is a good choice, no memory card but cloud is coming
[Desire HD General] sanjayng:
Sad you sold the DHD. I would not sell it.

You can look at Samsung Galaxy Note. Looks promising.
[Desire HD General] cccho:
Back to HTC big family or SAMSUNG Galaxy
[Desire HD General] dmivik:
It's not bad sell. I bought my dhd in January for 1000 $ (29000 rub) and now I can sell it only for 300 $ (9000-10000 rub) :)

I don't see any good phone by HTC now that can replace dhd. But if you like apple - iPhone 4 or 4s - good phone.
[Desire HD General] raze599:
I would look at the Galaxy Nexus when its released. The first proper ICS handset.
[Desire HD General] DexterMorganNL:
You got still much back for your dhd ( you bought it in April when price already dropped ). I think selling your DHD is not a good idea unless its really old, yours was maybe just about 6 months, yes then of course you can still get good amount for it.

Mine is 1 year old now, I got it with a contract so the contract cost me about € 600 for 24 months, so I still have 12 months to go. Judging the dropped price off the DHD which is at € 350 in my country now, that would mean if I would sell it now I would atleast lose 50% off the orginal price when I got it one year ago.

So selling a DHD does not sound a good idea to me, you will need to add alot off money yourself for getting a new HTC phone and they are not so much different from the DHD, they only got a better processor and GPU, this you won't notice really, as i'm running sense 3.5 to on my DHD and it can be over clocked up to 1.8Ghz and higher.

And when you see that HTC still brings out phones with same processor as the DHD, but overclocked at like 1.5Ghz that's why I don't see reason to get new phone, I think the DHD should stick with me until it dies, for like 4 years or so.

Of course I can sell it after I had it 2 years, but then I probably would just get about € 150 or so and keeping it longer will save me more money, of course it depends if there would be any contract which I have now with my provider, but how things look now in my country it seems like the contracts will be more expensive and not giving the same mobile internet as before.

Btw the price off the HTC Sensation is also low, in my country the lowest price right now is € 414, but the contract will at least cost you about € 700 a € 800 with a 2 year contract with mobile internet.
[Desire HD General] audiavant:
There are no better yet before HTC Vigor will arrive.

It will be small difference to change now.

When we get 1.6 GHz dual core, 1.5 GB internal store and removable SSD card I will consider to change.

HTC Sensation EX is dropped form my side because not removable SSD card (only 16 GB and not to change).
[Desire HD General] stevysg:
the new nexus def.