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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonko-d:
Just bought a Color Nook with CM7 on ebay recently, added a Kobo account, and a Gmail account to buy one app (Root Explorer, to try to get rid of the unnecessary phone icon - unsuccessful unfortunately - Is it an unremovable part of LauncherPro? maybe need to switch to Zeam?). A few days later, we had some fraudulent activity :eek: on our credit card. Is this just coincidence or could the Nook I bought have some kind of malware installed that could send someone private information? If so, is there some app that can scan the device for malware? Or do I need to go do a complete wipe and reinstall? I was hoping not to have to do that, which is why I bought a used device already rooted rather than buying a new one for a similar price and trying to do it myself. This is all new to me, so I was intimidated by the idea of bricking the device.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
No, there is almost no chance that you have malware on your Nook. To be safe you could download lookout and have it scan but I am almost certain that they are unrelated. Virus are very much overplayed by news sites. There have been very few and all are removed from the market within 48 hours.

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonko-d:
Thanks for the fast response. I'm not so concerned about the couple things I downloaded as what could have been installed before it was sold to me. Would it be possible for someone to intentionally install something and then sell the Nook that way?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
It's possible but again highly unlikely. Just download lookout or AVG and do a scan. If nothing pops up your safe. Do be advised that AVG does not like SU. It is not a virus.

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonko-d:
Thanks again. I'll give those a try.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sturgeron:
Ok Ive drawn a blank.

I want to measure the ambient light level; it seems that SE must have used a non-standard (surprised?) implementation, as various apps that can read the sensor on other phones cant read the light level on the X10.

I can find no help in the XDA forums or through google.

I have searched through /sys/devices for anything looking hopeful but no luck. I was hoping a file would hold the sensor value, just as http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1284938 shows how to measure charging current by reading a file deep in /sys/devices.

I want ideally to use light readings with Tasker to control the phone, but also it would be great if Juicedefender could control screen brightness for us as the screen is my main battery drain.

Pointers, hints or even the answer all welcome!

Thanks in advance

Chris
[Windows Phone 7 General] ammarmalik:
I thought Mango was suppose to bring full support for IM clients? Yet IM+ and WhatsApp are still awful. WhatsApp is such an incredible app on iOS and Android, using it on WP7 makes me cry literally on what monstrosity they've created. I get a toast notification for a new message, I click it and it takes a good 3-4 seconds for message window to open (why not instantly?) and it takes nearly 10-15 seconds for the new message to appear. It's the exact same behavior in IM+. It's very laggy and very choppy and a far cry from the general smoothness of Mango.

So can someone tell me why this is?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sayonical:
Developers are human beings prone to imperfection. Give it time, allow them to learn the ropes of this new platform and iron out the kinks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
The WhatsApp developers said they wanted the app to be available as soon as possible so they purposely made it barebones. They also promised several updates to make it on par with the other versions.

As for IM+ they haven't updated the app to Mango yet but it's coming.
[Windows Phone 7 General] blanket:
i'm staying on IM+ cos miyota's messenger suck. but the new versions of IM+ has no more messenger support, and i doubt future updates will have it any time soon

so it's actually quite irrelevant to me cos

1. i lose messenger functionality if i update it

2. it is still quite laggy if i don't

oh well...
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
Why the heck would you need any 3rd party app in order to use live messenger or facebook? oO
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
I (and others) updated twice and still haven't lost WLM. The way I understand it, as long as you update and don't reinstall it stays there. But just in case you're unlucky I'm not telling you to go ahead and do it :D

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I actually like having dedicated apps for IM, same for twitter. The only app I've stopped using is facebook because the implementation is quite complete in WP7.

I would say it's probably down to UI for me, I find IM+ easier to manage than the built-in messaging for whatever reason (same for twitter) but they really need to upgrade it to Mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
Everything has gone downhill in the application scene after the mango... Didn't they released the so called APIs? So where are the new applications which were not possible to make before? Since mango all we saw were updates for 'fast app switching' which btw is not fst at all... And than we saw saw a dozen applications to pin a settings tile on front page... And than it just died. No new apps, no new games, everything in MP just died and came to a stall.

So much so far for the hyped API release..
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Agreed, the marketplace is depressing and the APIs were released ages ago.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Agreed. Not sure what more MS could do to entice developers. They will even write your code for you ffs. We need developers to show some initiative, or will we have to wait for Windows 8 & WP8 integration to get it?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sayonical:
How much faster could the app switching be lol

I say give it some time. I am expecting we'll soon see apps like the announced Skype, Tango, Spotify apps etc. Mango hasn't even reached 100% roll out yet. Perhaps too they're waiting till the Gen 2 phones launch in the US.

Just within the last few days apps like LastFM, iHeartRadio, Tunein Radioa and Vevo got background audio streaming, pinnable stations and yes fast app switching :D So I think the pace is fine in terms of current apps getting updated. New apps will come soon.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Casey_boy:
This is going off-topic now, but I can probably guess at why developers have been slow with updating their apps for Mango.

When Microsoft released the Mango tools, they told us (the developers) that once we updated our apps to Mango, then we wouldn't be able to update our NoDo apps. They changed that, but quite close to Mango release so there wasn't all that much time to get on and update.

It also takes time for developers to actually implement the new features and APIs into their programs.
[Windows Phone 7 General] madmaximillian:
Does the built-in live messenger functionalityi n the WP7 messaging app support "see when they are typing" yet? You know, the "..." visual that tells you the other person is typing a message? That's kind of the whole point of messaging over data rather than texting (like BBM and iMessage).
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
@Casey_boy that explains the slow pace of updates but not the lack of new apps.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sylau90:
This is why the heck...firstly, I'm using my outlook account which tied to Australia region for my main account. While,my main account which is the one with all my messenger buddy is tied to my US. Therefore, I can't use the outlook account for messenger. And I even tried the following steps:

1)my main account is created few years ago, and it is tied to US. However, until now I still unable to change the live ID or merge with my current Australia account.

2)M$ don't support messenger for secondary windows live account.

3)tried to move all my active messenger buddy to outlook account,but M$ don't allow me to use live messenger on this outlook account. It keep showing error and need me the fix the password.

4)not willing to create a new live messenger account as I have spent around 30dollars on apps.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
This ..

And lets not forget Mango has been available to developers for months now.. I think like 3 months already.

It dosent have that functionality..
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
What lack of new apps? We're at 33k
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
For most people the point of instant messaging is simply that it doesn't use text/ sms messages, it uses your data plan.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
your 'we have 33k app' rebuttal is like a toddler saying 'what game? i have rusty's poop to play with'..

here is my penny to keep you thinking and demand quality:

sms scheduler to automatically fire up and send sms on particular day and time.

call sms blocker.

dedicated agenda and appointment app. Pocket Informant.

a wallet app. code wallet pro.

last decent game which i didnt finish in a day was released on 5/18/11: plant vs zombies.

audio recorder to record incoming and outgoing calls automatically. resco audio recorder.

data monitor which records all ur wifi and data connection and gives a monthly/weekly/daily/yearly view. spb data monitor.

an app to collect total call duration peak/offpeak/weekends to warn when reaching calling plan limit. phone dashboard.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
Most of what you just listed isn't possible with the Mango APIs
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
ya than stfu and dont tell people to look at your 33k apps.

apps after mango, apps after mango, microsoft will release APIs after mngo.. everyone had hopes on mango.. and now i dont know what APIs did they release.. because everytime i ask for any app i know the other person will come up with the same old 'oh thats not possible because MS didnt release that API..' bullshi*.

according to you the only apps developer can make with present API is to pin a tile and another RSS reader, combine it with flaslite and tip calculator and we have your 33K app you mentioned.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
We probably will never get APIs for most of that stuff. I think a lot of what you're asking for isn't even possible on iOS. You bought the wrong OS, stick with Android.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
You are wrong again.. dont fool people with your 'oh no API for that' crap all the time..

Out of all the apps I mentioned, only first two are not possible to make because of no APIs.. remaining all can be made. But the fact is, no professional developer company is interested in making them for WP7.

And you dont need APIs to make a decent game like Plant Vs Zombies, Need 4 Speed, Assasins Creed... the fact is no one is interested.

So once again stfu and dont say 'Oh you bought a wrong OS.. you should buy Android' ... OS is right, there is nothing wrong with this OS and all the apps mentioned are possible in this OS, but their is simply no prof developer interested in making them for 'this' OS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
Also not possible. Why are you acting like you're being attacked? LOL
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
lol, i am sick of this phone..

hopefully things turn for better.. i have too much money on this phone.. on games, on zune pass subscription and everything.. i cant go back now.. going forward is my only option. lets hope we get quality apps..
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
I do kind of wonder though, most of the big mango apps they demoed back at MIX still haven't been releases yet. Stuff like Skype, Spotify, Layar, etc. They must be waiting for something. Maybe to go along with the big marketing push
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Thats what I'm thinking. Its making me anxious they need to give us some juice!
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
There's absolutely no PR benefit in them holding back these apps from users. None, whatsoever.

The Apps likely aren't completely done yet. They can show you a rigged demo at a tradeshow just to make a point. That does not make it a complete, fully-functional implementation.

The issue is never how many apps are in the marketplace, but WHAT apps are in the marketplace.

WP7 just happens to be missing a lot of them.

Like I said in another thread, if WP7 only had 1,000 3rd party Apps/Games, but the top 250 apps/games from iOS/Symbian/BB/Android, that would be fine and we wouldn't even care.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sylau90:
wonder why Microsoft blocking third party app to use windows live messenger service,such as IM+....while,they don't allow secondary windows live account to use the live messenger services.

To make the mobile phone real personal?say My family,GF or friends borrow my phone,they will never have a chance to log in to their account...this situation happened when my gf&I outing,she borrowed my phone and she can't chat with any of her friends....

purely disappointed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
While I agree, they've done it before with games.
[Windows Phone 7 General] madmaximillian:
all phone plans where i am that come with data (ones available when you guy a smartphone) come with free unlimited texting. I guess its kind of redundant to have live capabilities if it doesnt have live features
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
I wonder if we can ever have a discussion about WP7 with the words "wait" or "soon" popping up?

Like Purple11, I like my phone but I am getting impatient regarding all the missing apps and features.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Because using multiple WLM mobile clients breaks the mango client. For some reason Microsoft is the only company who can't find out how to make a proper mobile client that works flawlessly with a user logged into different mobile devices at the same time (i.e. Tablet + Smartphone + Desktop).

I bet they seen this behavior I noticed and just told them to remove it, since it works fine when used "in isolation."
[Windows Phone 7 General] vikas776:
I m also getting frustated with my WP7 focus

Man no real messanger :@

i use gtalk but in WP7 still no good app to chat ( all IM clients sucks )

WP7 is sexy ,fast ,zero bugs but no funtionality ( i dont live in US so most of the features r restricted )

I wanna buy samsung focus S .pls microsoft do something fast ur time is running out :(

Wp7 has style but very less features and even more less for those who live outside US

Android is just plain OS but full of features

iOs well dont talk about that .
[Windows Phone 7 General] ammarmalik:
tried gchat. sucks as much as IM+ and whatsApp. I guess WP7 as a platform for chat apps just plain sucks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Since we were going off topic, I started a thread about the lack of new apps.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18250017#post18250017
[Windows Phone 7 General] blanket:
1. my contacts, calendar, etc... are in my gmail acc, not hotmail

2. my gmail acc is for more serious purposes, while my hotmail is more for fun

3. my hotmail's id is for messenger

4. i set up my phone using my gmail for convenience's sake
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Because the WLM/FB client in Mango is trash, and third party apps work flawlessly.

[youtube]U0JmfVG7CO8[/youtube]

However, that does not fix the issues that the platform has with these apps. They just don't work well on this OS, period. iOS is almost as bad, except PUSH Notifications there can be depended upon. WP7 Notifications, no so much.

Also of note: Mango's WLM client cannot send picture messages to some popular third-party IM clients, like BeejiveIM. It will complain that they aren't using the latest version of messenger, so you'll be forced to fall back to either Email or MMS to send pictures.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ Siick. I'm sure someone will say it isn't supposed to work that way.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Actually, the people on this forum said "Working as intended."

Unsuprisingly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
"I click it and it takes a good 3-4 seconds for message window to open (why not instantly?)".

No one mentioned that. I'm curious. Why?

I always touch that point, and no one can give me a satisfactory answer. Why the hell we need to wait reloading the app when we touch the toast notification? WhatsApp does that.

That kills a chat client. You receive a Message on Gchat and need to wait it reload. Non sense.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Saux64:
WLM isn't broken, he probably has it set in pull mode, which is the default one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
That's me and my video.

I know how it's set up, with Google Push and auto-start when the phone boots up with no Notification Tray or Bar Icon/Entry.

Anything else?

P.S. Same exact behavior when Using Trillian for Android, as well, with C2DM Push Enabled.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Purple11:
Dumb wp7 fanboys... These are the same people who rate utter shi" games like COLLAPSE and Burn the Rope 5 stars...

Give them anything with 'metro' interface and the will be masturbating to it... It doesn't matter if its of any use or not...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Saux64:
i ment wp7 settings...
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
My HD7 is set to push IMs to the phone.

The issue isn't hte push settings. It's that the phone breaks when you log into the chat service from multiple locations and/or mobile devices.

3rd party chat clients don't exhibit that behavior. That's what the video was made to illustrate.

That even with 4 mobile clients, web client, and WLM application logged into WLM, the BeejiveIM client has no issues getting messages. The Mango client breaks and stops recieving push notifications for new IMs and tile notifications.

It matters when you have Desktop/Laptop/Smartphone (or two)/Tablet PC and like to be able to chat from any device at any given time (not being tethered to a certain device, e.g.). Right now you get a better experience using the free BeejiveWLM on android (no ads, but only works for WLM) than you do using the WLM built into mango.

3rd party WLM clients on WP7 also didn't have that issue (all of Microsoft's mobile WLM clients break in this way, including the app on iOS and Windows Mobile). This is why some people (me included) still want a good third party IM app. They're simply more reliable, with more features, and in some cases less restrictions as well (i.e. what clients you can send pictures to).
[Windows Phone 7 General] Saux64:
Sorry for low quality video.

logged from multiple locations.

[YOUTUBE]Y6_QoAnGppo[/YOUTUBE]
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Which Clients.

And there is no push-poll option in the Messaging settings on my phone.

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Your video is useless. I already told you it happens when you have multiple mobile clients logged in. That's why I did it with a PC and two phones, not just with 1 phone and a PC running two clients.

Incoming second video with 3 mobile devices logged in simultaneously + WLM desktop client... Soon, before this evening. I'll edit in in here. The issue is 100% reproduceable. This time, I'll do Trillian *and* BeejiveIM on the Vibrant.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Saux64:
desktop MSN + mobile.

push/pull options are in email account > windows live > download new content, but you probably already know that.

btw you said "and/or", i don't have another mobile to test it.

what i think you refer to, is when you start chatting from the pc.. that isn't a bug afaik, msgs will be sent again to phone once you return chatting from there.

Maybe ms need to add an option there, for those who prefer consuming more battery and get the same msg twice.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Uploading new video in a few minutes.

iOS : WLM Official + Trillian

Andorid : BeejiveIM + Trillian

WP7 : Mango Messaging Hub

All clients work properly wiht MPOP...

Except the ones developed by Microsoft.

Video clearly shows the push notifications forming on iOS and Android from all the non-MS developed clients. WP7 and WLM on iOS got absolutely no push notifications or Tile/Icon Counter updates.

The problem is that it break the messaging hub. So even if you leave hte computer and try to carry the conversation on the WP7 device, you won't get any incoming IMs from that person. They will see the IMs you send to them, though.

Also, the email options for ActiveSync have nothing to do with the IM client. That's to set the Exchange Server to either push email/contact/calendar/to-do data or sync it manually (or on an interval).

There is no option to push or pull IMs in WP7. It's PUSHed by default, and that's the only choice.

What I seen:

1. Trillian works well on both platforms (I'd assume BeejiveIM would as well).

2. Android PUSH Notifications (C2DM) are faster and more consistent than iOS.

3. No Microsoft-developed WLM clients properly support MPOPs.

This is not an issue for people with only one smartphone, or those that don't log in from multiple mobile clients and move conversations between desktop and mobile a lot. It IS an issue for people who own multiple mobile devices and do move conversations from desktop to mobile and back a lot. I do. It's an issue. It's a showstopper, IMO. That's why you don't see the issue, and shouldn't really care about the issue, either.

No, that's not the way it's supposed to work. With MPOP, you see everything at every place where you're logged in, that way you don't miss anything. Even closing a chat in Trillian closes the Desktop WLM window. That's the way MPOP works. Microsoft's clients just don't function correctly, and certainly aren't exhibiting expected behavior for people who do IM a lot and are used to using mobile + desktop clients.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Saux64:
you are right about the settings, but i still think this was done this way to extend battery life.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
That doesn't explain why they're client is broken on iOS and Windows Mobile. They're still coding their clients like it's 2006.

All of their Mobile Clients are broken. PUSH does not rape your battery, either... iOS supports that, obviously. PUSH on WP7 should not drain your battery. The phone doesn't even download the data in the background, it just displays the notification/tile change and it then polls to refresh the data when you go into the HUB (similar to iOS; Android push notifications supports intent'ing an app to download the data in the background, but I run BeejiveIM or Trillian all day and there's absolutely no discernable impact on my battery life - even with both running concurrently).

I've tested Facebook and Google Talk, in addition to WLM. Both of those support MPOP on all clients (Desktop, Web, Mobile) with multiple clients getting everything. It doesn't start getting ugly until you're doing FB with Microsoft Clients. Then it breaks the same way WLM does. That tells me it's not an issue with what chat service you're using. It's a client issue.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Saux64:
well i don't have an android or ios phone to check out so i won't be discussing that, but imho wp7 doesn't seem to be broken or bugged, instead a design decision. Besides i think this is more server related than the app itself.

from what i have been testing, there are 3 ways to get msg back to the phone after you reply from another place. relogging, sending some msg or after some mins of inactivity.

if you want to have all the conversations in all devices at the same time with the possibility to reply from anywhere, then i think you can't. But that doesn't mean it's broken. it's the same like someone wanting to play the stupid msn games, how many users like that exists in the world? maybe one day there will be an option for users with your needs.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
It's the app. The server issues are ruled out by my use of 6 different clients connected to that server :) That's not even a chance of being an issue.

Other vid:

[youtube]-jXasfsfP14[/youtube]