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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rastik:
Hi,

after upgrading to 2.3.5 (SGS2 stock) my phone kept disconnecting from Wifi. After a successful connection it disconnected after a minute or so and then created a connection again.

Going throught logcat I've found that WifiStateTracker does not detect correctly infinite DHCP leases, e.g. for static IP address. My router sends -1 as a leasetime which in turn makes it expire right away. After changing my DHCP router setting to offer only temporary lease for the phone everything works again.

This patch covers that perfectly:

http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#patc...i/java/android/net/wifi/WifiStateTracker.java

So, I hope this helps in making better custom ROMs.

Until then just switch to dynamic IP address if you encounter this problem.

Rasto
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hg3atintin:
I have a dhd with latest 2.3.3 ota stock rom for europe. I tried the adv ace hack tool http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1259821 and I got Cwm but no s-off. And the rom did not want to boot.

I tried a custom rom flashed through cwm but it wont boot either. Im getting stuck on the white screen.

Im currently downloaded a pd98img of stock rom. I am wondering if I put it on the sdcard and flash it through hboot will the phone work again?

Need help asap
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] affinity121:
Well you won't be able to flash a custom rom if you have s-on. Yes it should work again if you flash a ruu official rom. Once that's done. S-off and your done.

Guessing you did something wrong hence the issues you faced
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ponk2k:
My Dhd was the same as yours and didn't have any problems. Did you ask for some help on the irc channel or did you just not read the manual
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xzibit316:
Was about to try the ace-hack until i read this post. Total noob at this been looking for months to do this. If i run the hack can i just put say leedroid on a new sdcard and install through CWM. I just need to know if it all goes wrong can i get back to stock rom with the PD98IMG...

Never mind the phone i'll be brickin' myself....:eek:

Thanks in advance.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueazure:
for stock devices, the HACK kit is probably the easiest and fastest one-step process to S-OFF, ROOT, install CWM for flashing custom ROM's , downgrading etc

i tried it yesterday and it worked flawless for me, just read the manual and follow it step by step..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xzibit316:
Cheers, maybe give it a try later.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sl4mp:
I had the exact same problem 2 nights ago!

What I did: Downloaded a stock 1.32 rom, named PD98IMG.zip and put it onto the root of my SDcard, then entered bootloader (holding volume down and the powerbutton) and then you just wait for it to scan the SDcard. Once it finds the PD98IMG it asks you if you want to install. Follow the screen intructions and you'll be fine.

After I got the stock rom up and running (1.32) I downloaded visionary from the android market place, and rootet id through that. There are good guides on how to do this on the web. Just search for "How to root Desire HD", and skip the downgrade step, cause if you installed the 1.32 edition, you just did ;)

Good luck, hope this helps!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mciscrazy:
You couldnt provide the links to the stock rom im not able to find it! As you can tell I have the same issue!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arminvandyk:
Use this guide - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905003

1.32.405.6 - http://www.multiupload.com/BTJ8KY0KH9

Good luck
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hard.rocker:
+ 1, s-off by away
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evangelism:
u r the SAVIOR ... AWESOME!!!... i tot i bricked my friend`s DHD.....

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my savior!!!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Remember when people were complaining about a lack of good apps and all they could hear was "There's no API for that, wait for Mango, bla bla bla...".

Developers have had the tools since when? May, June, July? Yet the only worthy app we've seen is WhatsApp. At a time when people are preordering the iPhone 4S like crazy, isn't it time WP crank it up a bit?

Why can't I have something as simple as Audible for instance (heck, there isn't even an Amazon app outside the US)? It's like the world stopped with Mango, I don't get it.

[Insert "you're to impatient", "buy an iPhone" comments here]
[Windows Phone 7 General] ammarmalik:
a good chat client. WhatsApp, IM+ DO NOT count as good chat clients. They are both broken, slow, buggy, laggy and half the time don't even work. If someone now says IM+ works then I'll ask them to use it on iOS or Android and see what 'works' REALLY means.
[Windows Phone 7 General] agp64:
I must admit I was all excited about getting Mango and having Live tiles on the home screen.

Sadly there are hardly any good apps to use, And even fewer with live tiles.

{I would love Twitter to have a live tile}

The little things like no WiFi tethering and no decent Navigation app for WP7 is testing my patience as well. I am hoping Nokia will rectify these short comings as I really do love the windows software.

I just hope the hardware that this platform deserve is released soon.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
TuneIn radio has been updated to Mango, and now supports background audio. That's the best update I've had - use that app all the time. Other than that a few of my map apps (Bingle Maps, GMaps) open quicker, but that's it really.

Yeh is a bit of a let down so far; still no augmented reality apps yet, or properly good WP7 exclusive games (could we have *one* FPS please?)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sayonical:
another complaining thread sighs....

:cool:
[Windows Phone 7 General] ammarmalik:
well WP7 isn't a bed of roses as you might think it is. For those who paid through the roof have the right to complain if the platform doesn't meet their expectations.
[Windows Phone 7 General] whistler-nl:
Maybe Navigon Navigator does'nt support your region but for 95% of the users Navigator IS a decent navigation app (and version 4 should to be released soon to the market i read somewhere).

There will never be an OS that will fully forfill YOUR needs but when it does what the majority of users want it's on the right way.
[Windows Phone 7 General] the92playboy:
I dont get the "no good gps apps" argument. Is Garmin Streetpilot not available in the US or Europe?
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
How about this. Let's come up with a list of the apps that we really want and some of us can start to ping them (via twitter or email) to see whether or not they are working on a WP7 app and any idea when it's coming.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Alcoholic:
Im getting 5+ updates everyday and most are for mango. It takes time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sayonical:
There's an idea I can run with instead of countless posts moaning and groaning!

I'll start

Ereader.com (Back when I had my pocket pc, then android so I have a lot of books on there, would love to have this on wp7) However Barnes and Nobles own the company now and they have the nook so probably a hopeless cause....

A Barnes and Noble Nook app wouldn't hurt though...

sent the tweet: @BN_care will you be releasing a Nook app for Windows Phone 7? I'd also like to read my ereader.com books on my windows phone. Help!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Garmin is US only, Navigon so far is only available in Germany (?)
[Windows Phone 7 General] the92playboy:
Canada also has Garmin, and works awesome for those interested.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bl4ke:
This is pretty much the reason I can't see myself switching. I have an iPhone. Why do I want to move to a platform where I can do less than I already can? I really want certain apps on WP7 before I move or I just cannot justify moving. It may be an unimportant app to most people, but an app like Grindr is something I don't want my platform without. Not to mention I have a free turn-by-turn app with iOS(which I believe Nokia is going to be addressing, and is most likely the hardware I'd be buying if I got a Windows Phone).

A lot of people on here(from what I've noticed) are saying that WP7 needs to get more unique apps. While that's nice and all, I want already existing apps. Most of my friends also have iPhones, and I don't want them to tell me to pull up an app and be unable to. I don't really care about the "look what my phone can do and yours can't." I care about being able to do all that they can at the very least.

Many people on here care about games and think that could be the main selling point of WP7. I just don't see it happening. While it's a small sample size, most people I've met pretty much only pick up simple games like Angry Birds or Cut the Rope(if that). I just don't feel that a large majority of smart phone owners want to play action-packed RPGs on their phones. We have computers and consoles for that. And while it might be a nice novelty to be able to once in a while, again, the only games people I know as well as myself play are the simple pick it up for a few minutes and put it back down games.

Next comes the photography apps. I almost never take pictures, but many, many people do. I don't have a WP7 to compare apps with, but I'm curious what the photo apps on there are like. I have Camera+, Hipstamatic, and Instagram on my phone. How do non-native apps(and I guess the native app) on WP7 stack up to those? I hope Nokia will save the day in terms of excellent camera quality, but the in-app editing is also a pretty important feature to me(when I do actually take pictures) and others.

The Windows Phone OS looks pretty amazing, but I just can't justify moving until it can do all that my iPhone can in terms of apps relevant to me. I'm hoping by WP8 it will be all I want and more, and just maybe it will be able to suck me out of the Apple ecosystem. The live tiles are a pretty excellent concept, and while it's compelling, I need more apps to be available. People almost always develop for iOS before they develop for Android or WP7, so it definitely leaves something to be desired in that department.

The only thing I'd be pleased with is the fact that Skype integration is coming. On that token, I already have a Skype app with video calling on the iPhone. So Microsoft has definitely got to step up their game, get existing apps on this platform at all costs, and make sure their own in-house apps completely blow the other platforms' alternatives away.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
While iOS and Andorid have MapQuest for free with virtually all the features of Android's Google Maps and Navigation for free.

http://wireless.mapquest.com/

Uses Navteq map data, BTW. Guess they were better at negotiating a licensing deal than Microsoft...
[Windows Phone 7 General] agp64:
That's all well and dandy for those that have access to it. But there are many areas in Asia that still have no way to navigate offline.

It seems to me that a majority want WIFI tethering to avoid having 2 data plans, The same reason I want it.

My 4 year old Nokia had WIFI tethering and world GPS maps.

I do love this OS. I am hopping Nokia maps will make it our way soon.

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Great post Bl4ke.

The cross platform apps are a must for WP7.

I still cannot believe Skype is not available for WP7. My friends laugh when I tell them I do not have Skype on my phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] k4ce:
It is a disappointment ... coming to WP7 from Android ... I patiently heard the argument that the apps will come once mango is here ... and considering such quick deployment of the update, I was hoping the developers will take notice and flood the market with apps... instead all I see on the marketplace is the same set of apps being repeated in the featured section ...

1. There isnt a decent chat client for WP7

2. Youtube playback seems to be slow

3. No third party browsers ... IE9 does not support text reflow ... i see myself scrolling sideways and downwards ...

4. Bing navigation is so crippled ... thanks to their deal with Navteq

5. Facebook client looks ancient .. Twitter client is marginally better ... where are the live tiles though ?

I can continue ranting but honestly, I feel really sad about how slowly the new apps are coming in ... It was almost the same when I was with Symbian and the Ovi store basically did not grow ... I sometimes get so annoyed with WP7 that I wish to put my sim back in my LG Optimus One (a very midrange phone) ... but heck, I can do a lot more with it ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
I am coming from WM 6.5 and its an utter let down and nothing but regrets..

following are some apps which dosent need any further API release, nor any hardware shortcoming:

A 'decent' wallet app. (code wallet pro)

A decent agenda and appointments app (pocket informant)

A call monitoring app, calculating PEAK/offpeak/weekend minutes (phone dashboard) Basic call times is missing from call history.

An application to send SMS on particular time and date, like a SMS scheduler.

SMS backup application.

A Data monitor to calculate how much 3G/WIFI data I am using, weekly/daily/monthly/yearly.

A call/SMS blocker.

Audio recorder to record incoming/outgoing calls automatically. (resco audio recorder)

Last good game which lasted more than one day from start to finish was on 5/18/11: plant vs. zombies. You dont need APIs to make a good nor is their any hardware limitation. There were games in begining but now its just pathetic.. COLLAPSE? Burn the Rope? I mean seriously.. Why we still call it a 'smartphone' with dumb games like that?

All the apps right now are so basic.. and all the 'mango' updates have been equally basic. I guess mango was all about flipping that tile to show other side.. thats it.. we got the flipping tile.. NOW WHAT? WTF can I do more with this phone than just stare at that flipping tile??
[Windows Phone 7 General] tiny17:
Quality apps take time to make. MS did give a decent window to prepare apps, and Kinsoft apps was able to get their apps updated, but we only enabled fast resume - the easiest Mango feature to add. Some of these other features/API's take more time to add or even require a ground-up approach. So give it time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sayonical:
Wp7 is new. You knew what you were getting yourself into when you bought into the platform.

WP7 won't be perfect overnight. Takes time. If you don't have the patience or certain features are as vital to you as oxygen then by all means sell your wp7 and jump to the flourishing app store of iOS or Android.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
WP7 is over a year on the market now. No one expected anything overnight, but a year later and no Pandora, Skype, Spotify, etc. etc. etc. app is a bit much. Giving us half-baked Navigation after a year of dealing with... well... basically nothing... That's a bit much.

You're really insulting people's intelligence by insinuating their whining about something that came out last week. That worked last september/october. It's not gonna work this time.

But keep trying.

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Developers got early access to Mango. Much of the issue is the fact that WP7 is a low priority platform for services and top developers. Good developers don't need several months to deal with a new platform.

When Trillian developed their Android app they had the first beta out fast, same for Beejive. MapQuest has a beta Navigator out for Android and iOS that is on par with Google Maps (minus StreetView).

Seriously, you're not giving good developers enough credit. It's not that hard to move to another mobile platform if you're worth anything.

We ARE talking about good developers form reputable companies are we? And not just college kid basement coders who got a free AppHub account for attending university...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
Some more apps missing from WP7:

watch live TV on mobile (SPB TV)

No financial application to enable live trading on phone.. no decent financial app to manage portfolio.. view performance and monitor.. all current 'stockwatch' apps r basic to its core, just pulling rates from yahoo finance and vomiting it on its app.. 'FXratewatcher' is only one of its kind which gives tick by tick price.. so it proves its possible to make such app, but no one is making it.

Color coding and categorizing contacts, Google contacts support contact 'categories' .. friend/family/work/school... color coding contacts according to contact categories. Current 'Grouping' is limited to 20 contacts, useless, but looks good. Is it still a smart phone? Or a girls soft toy?

Text-to-voice app.. reads ebooks/websites/highlight any text and it will read it..

phone backup app, zune backup is not really a backup.. you cant port it to your new device.. if you loose your phone, you loose your data.. so why do we still call it a 'backup' when it does not do it..
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
We are talking about apps though, I don't want to bash them too much on features because to be fair they did a lot with Mango. Contacts categorisation can only improve, Groups are already not bad at all and full backup is one of the most requested features on the suggestions website so I'm sure it will come soon enough.

Now back on the apps front... The argument that WP7 is new has become stupid now, all reviews will tell you that Mango put the OS pretty much on par with the rest regarding what it can do so really the issue now is with apps.

Let's suppose developers aren't interested because of the small user base... This is freaking Microsoft we're talking about! They could easily pay the top 500 devs on iOS and android to make WP apps and they wouldn't even notice the missing cash. They did it on the console front, with Japanese developers in particular. When developers don't have incentive to work on your product, pay them. Simple. You can't have a year-old OS without Words With Friends when you know it's the first app people will download.

I don't care about this app but where is Photosynth? It shines on the iPhone and is absent from WP, it's a Microsoft app! And as for WLM I would rather have a polished standalone app like the iOS one rather than the barebone one that's baked in our OS. They're also guilty of giving more to consumers that are on competing platforms (or are on their platform but live in the US).

I agree an OS will never fill everyone's needs fully but we're a year into the platform and stupidly basic apps are missing. Here in the UK we have no banking app, no TV Guide (!!!!), no Amazon app. I'd like to have Audible, that's not much to ask. I could go on but I'm sure everyone has their own long list.

The one area you would think Microsoft's experience over their competitors would give them a massive boost is gaming and I don't even feel like starting a rant on this because I'll have a page to write. I'll just mention the name Epic and people can fill in some blanks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] havox22:
SBP TV has been on WP7 for awhile

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/5bead4b5-b65e-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

but we do need more apps, Im waiting for hulu plus app, some sort of madden football game, and some sort of good nfl app

I know some are waiting for Pandora, someone made an app

http://www.wpcentral.com/pandroa-radio-proof0of-concept-app-windows-phone-7

i dont know why its taking devs so long to release apps, the main thing for me that WP7 is missing is more well know apps :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] tessut:
Pandora,skype and tethering on some devices ist still missing for WP7 but it has in my opinion potencial
[Windows Phone 7 General] wheresmybeaver:
I'll agree there are definitely some gaps in the selection of hardware, and yeah I miss data counters and other apps that need deeper access to the OS. But I am very happy with the current selection of apps; it's just tricky finding them!

I've been using Passwords by Thomas Gerber; it's at least as good as SPB Wallet that I was using on WM6.5 but the layout is clean and modern, so it's quick and simple to find the pin / password / data you're looking for. It also has a metro-styled desktop sync app.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
Thanks... Paid and bought it.. :)

And thanks to poster above who posted link to spb tv.. ::)
[Windows Phone 7 General] DavidinCT:
I've been saying this for a long time. Know when WP7 will have succeded ?

When your local TV stations app is available, when your local sports radio has one. When Dish network has one for remote dish. The stuff you use everyday and there is already apps for Android and the iPhoney.

There is a lot of things I would like too see but, the main thing is apps for local news(from local TV stations) and my favorite Sports radio station (Weei in Boston/New England). If I had a iPhone I would have apps for them already.

I know there are some big titles, like I miss Tomtom (I lived on it in WM 6.5) but, till sales on devices are larger, some of the big guns don't want to hear WP7.

So for better apps, when need to put more WP7 devices in people's hands.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Or like I said, Microsoft needs to pay the top developers to port their best apps to WP. They did just that for their console and it paid off.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sayonical:
A year ago the api's weren't there. They became available to developers in August. We're in the first weeks of October. If you expect high quality apps to be ready in 2 months then you have little idea of how software development works. Whatsapp basically did something like that - releasing a barebones client just to get it out in the Marketplace and you guys posted a thread complaining how it sucks compared to iOS and Android. :rolleyes: Quality apps takes a good few months esp if said team is also supporting apps on other platforms. A good few months haven't passed since Mango got released.

Skype, Tango and Spotify has been demoed by Microsoft. I'm pretty sure we'll see it relatively soon.

As for matching iOS and Android's offerings - its obvious WP7 has to win marketshare to entice othe big name companies to release apps for wp7. There need to be a demand, something wp7 doesn't have yet. So again you gotta wait whether you like it or not.
[Windows Phone 7 General] DavidinCT:
Maybe that is what it will take, but, something has to be done. Esp in the gaming department.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
Microsoft just needs to let developers use native code so they don't have to start from scratch when developing for WP7. I'm sure we'd see a lot more games if they could reuse some code from the Android and iOS versions.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lekhwani:
Windows phone 7 market is kinda boring currently. Hope we see much more spice in the coming days.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Guys, in case anyone is not aware, the built-in navigation functionality of WP7 is best accessed through the voice activation function. It is much easier to get a location and route when first searching for it through the voice search function. It will pull up the subject of search with several options to process it. Among those options is the "Direction" function. Simply tapping that will bring up the navigation and route planning function.
[General Questions and Answers] revanth667:
Hi Friends,

I have paid 25£ for a unlocking software at x10unlocked.com. Instead of unlocking it it has damaged my phone. After using that to unlock my phone, it does not detect any mobile signals or cannot connect to any network including home network. Can anyone say what has gone wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] CallMeVentus:
You bought that . That's what's gone wrong probably .

Forever living in my Galaxy Ace using XDA App
[General Questions and Answers] nisargmehta1:
Hi

Would like to know if there is any development plans for Motorola Fire XT 530/531 phone. Please let me know if you know about it.

Thanks

Nisarg