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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
Past experience has shown me that software plays a big part in how well a gps operates on a phone (my tilt 1 was poor with many early roms then got great). The captivate gps was almost useable with gingerbread but was total crap with froyo.

I'm happy to say that the refurb captivate I just recieved (build 1101) has a kick ass gps even with froyo. My captivate is finally the phone I expected it to be.

If anyone is keeping score:

I started with a build 1012 that had a really sucky GPS.

My first replacement refurb was a build 1007 with a pretty good gps (much better that the first) but still not able to keep lock all them time when inside the car.

The 2nd refurb i got was a build 1012 with horrible GPS and now

My last refurb is a build 1101 with a stunningly good gps turning it on, out of the box, with froyo on it.

So, I can say confidently "The captivate HAD "hardware" issues with the GPS with build 1012 being the worst of the worst and totally crap".
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileseq:
How do you guys get replacements if at&t refuse to replace it because gps isn't covered under warranty. My phone has no problems with unexpected shut downs. There is nothing to prove it except the sucky gps.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KreepyKen:
The random shut-down thing seems to be their trigger. I returned my first Captivate to an AT&T device center with three problems. I walked in and said, "I'm having three problems with this phone..."

"First, the GPS is horrible. It doesn't even lock on a clear day. I travel for work and this isn't acceptable. It used to work pretty well, but suddenly doesn't work at all" The lady I was talking to (the manager) just stared at me.

"Second, the phone has Froyo available, but Kies refuses to do the update. It starts and downloads, then tells me it failed and to try again later. With Gingerbread coming at some point, I want to be able to update this phone." She continued to just stare at me.

"Third, every so often it reboots itself or shuts itself down and requires a battery pull to turn it back on." At this point, she started nodding her head emphatically and sent me to one of the reps to push through the exchange.

I traded in my 1007 for an 1101. The GPS works fine and it came with Froyo, but the shutdown problem is more pronounced. It happened to me twice in the last week (coincidentally, both times it happened while the Amazon AppStore was installing updates). I can deal with the shutdown thing once in a while if I have a decent GPS, but as soon as the Galaxy Nexus becomes available on AT&T, I'm getting one.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap1618:
were you under warranty when you swapped the phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KreepyKen:
Yes. I highly doubt they'd replace a phone that's not under warranty.
[General Questions and Answers] vai6921:
Hi, this is my first android phone (Dell Venue). I got it about 2 weeks ago, and have been trying to root it since. I have tried z4, superoneclick several versions new and old, and universal androot 1.6.1. Not sure if any of those shouldn't be used on this phone but am completely new and I have no idea about the terms being used or anything for that matter. I have tried turning off my phone and turning it on for superoneclick. I have tried to toggle dev access. None seem to work. The closest i got was with the 2.1.1 superoneclick and trying to turn it back on when it says, "waiting for device", this goes all the way to step 5 and then it errors out saying "remounting/system with read-write access...error: closed. FAILED".

I have 2.2.2 froyo on it and not sure if you require any further information. I would really like to root this phone, if someone can help me with pictures or a video on how i can do this or tell me what it is i'm doing wrong, it would be much appreciated. I have tried this on windows 7 64bit, windows XP pro, windows xp, and windows 32bit.

Please can someone shed some light on this for me?

Thanks,

Vai
[General Questions and Answers] shennar:
Have you googled?? I did that for you and found this and this
[General Questions and Answers] vai6921:
Yes lol, i have googled, and i have no only followed that but several other forums and ways. I have also followed the thread on this forum as well. For some reason it just will not work and mind you i have 3 of these dell venue phones that i have been trying to root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exluke:
Hello,

When I tried to update the swype to the latest version through beta.swype.com it said that it can't be installed on phones that have swype pre-installed. Is there a way to flash a new version of swype or some similar procedure?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cares:
You need to remove the pre-installed app via Titanium Backup or Root Explorer in order to install.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exluke:
Great, thanks.

Few questions...

Is there a free version of root explorer that will do the job or is it worth paying?

Which files should I delete?

Finally, once deleted the swype installer available through beta will work?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
You can use es file explorer, it has root access and can set permission [free]. Just delete the swype installer apk, and yes, te new installer will work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exluke:
Thanks for the help!

Just for completeness for any future visitors of this thread this is the procedure that I used compiled from other threads including this one...

1) download ES explorer and set to Root mode in settings and enable write access

2) Download swype installer per beta.swype.com instructions

3) Navigate w/ ES explorer to /system/app and delete swype.apk

4) Navigate to /system/lib and delete libswypecoreXXXX.so

5) Reboot

6) Run swype installer*

*The first time I ran this I got a "force close" of the swype input method. I uninstalled through the normal applications menu and rebooted. I tried to install again and had another error in the install. I rebooted. I used "all regions" and got a 'not enough space' warning. I went back and used "Americas" only and it installed and worked perfectly. No doubt others mileage will vary.

Thanks!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klobkelosh:
I was looking at the ice cream sandwich sdk port for nexus s and wondering if it was even possible to port ics to the eris? Where would one start? Do all the drawables need to be resized?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CondemnedSoul:
The sdk version I have and am playing around with has mdpi folders as well so no resizing will be needed for that. The only thing is.. being an sdk... if we get it to boot... nothing really will work. It'll just be something to play around with for now. Probably will have to navigate through everything with the trackball.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zer0_Cool:
How much of a difference does it make that the source was just recently released?
[Galaxy S II General] eitama:
Even though I suggested my GF to get the iPhone 3GS and 4S, I'm not a fan of iOS or any iDevice for that matter - I just don't like the lack of flexibility without jailbreaking.

Still, Apple has been able to do it over and over again, they find some missing feature, and nail it. They just implement it perfectly.

This time it's the AE/AF Lock.

I wish SGS II had this as an option, this would prove so useful with the autofocus problems it is having. And ofc it's a great feature both for still images and video.

If anyone knows about any fixes/patches/way to get this done on android/sgsII - This is the place to share!
[Galaxy S II General] suhail_kapoor:
The exposure lock will be available to apps in ICS .. i am hoping Google implementation of ICS camera will carry it too.

Keeping my fingers crossed ... i honestly feel the camera module on SGSII deserves better camera app capabilities
[Galaxy S II General] slind:
Could not agree more. I was freaked when realizing that it's not possible at all on our phone. Always liked that about camera+ from the apple app store :(
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
The SGSII has AF/AE lock. What drugs are you on? To AF/AE lock both at once, just hold down the shutter button on the screen. You will hear the beep and the focus box will go green. Now the AF/AE is locked you can pan the camera around and you'll see the focus is locked and the exposure doesn't change. Now you just let go of the shutter button and the SGSII will take the photo.

If you want just AF lock, you tap on the area of the screen that you want to focus at and you'll hear the beep with the box going green. Now you can move the camera around and you'll see that the focus is locked but AE is still active and adjusting the exposure. To take a photo in this mode, you tap the shutter button. If you hold the shutter button down instead, it refocuses and goes into AF/AE lock.

I've had this feature ever since I bought my SGSII in May.
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Yes, but it don't work @ video mode. Our phone will only start auto-focus when the recording has started. Did you even watch the video?
[Galaxy S II General] eitama:
+1

10 Chars ;)
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
Haha who's on drugs now :p

I guess with ICS a lot is gonna change and we will have more freedom to.tweak the camera :)
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
Looks like I am the one on drugs! Apologies to eitama for my biteyness.
[Galaxy S II General] Pat123:
Never mind. His post at least helped a few people to use their Camera better (if only for still photos)!
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Yep. I learn about the holding the shutter button to lock both AE and AF. Cheers!
[Galaxy S II General] Hotdawgo:
I just learnt that too! Thanks haha =P
[Galaxy S II General] aerobahn:
It DOES work on video mode. SGS II has had this feature since day one. Stock Video Camera app just doesn't implement it. If you're a developer, it's easy to add to your app.

Here's a video I made testing no auto-focus & no auto-exposure for the SGS II...although this is for my private video recording app, not released & probably never will be.

[YOUTUBE]wzBD0fo-NV0[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] LuffyPSP:
haha +1. Me is one of them! :D
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Great news! Well, maybe someone here can try to look into Camera.apk as I do not have any knowledge on smali. :p
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Thank you for the explanation. You helped me in understanding the camera better and use it in much better way :-)
[Galaxy S II General] rocky23:
+1 on tht yes the feature is present , but its a good post as said aboue, will help others.....cheeerz:)
[Galaxy S II General] marcookem:
Hi! That's amazing. Are you sure you can't share this app? It's the only thing missing from the whole android world at the moment.

I would enjoy paying for an app capable of this. And many people like me.

No kidding this would be awesome for some creative video making.
[Galaxy S II General] hooligan007:
Plus me
[Windows Phone 7 General] cgibsong002:
Just an interesting topic that I wanted to discuss (I'm sure there have been similar topics). Please, keep the fanboyism to a minimal.. lets try not to argue too much.

So, it's been about a month since Mango was officially released. After the long wait, was it all it was hyped up to be?

In my opinion, yes.. but mainly no. Now, to start things off I should say I have a Focus and this is my first and only smartphone (have had it since March), but I've used others. So on to the topic. Mango, in my opinion, was a great update and brought many needed features. I'm currently left with a phone that runs great, rarely crashes, has a smooth UI, and just plain does its job well. But having used it now for a month, I practically already forget that I'm running mango. It seems like the exact same phone I've had for the past 6 months. Sure, they added some very nice features, but in my opinion nothing huge that I find myself constantly using.

The multi-tasking I find almost completely useless as it's not real multi-task. As developers need to make use of this rather than the phone itself.. and since WP7 developers are generally not too concerned with us, multi-tasking for now is almost non-existent. The only use I've found for this so far is an alarm app which prior to mango I'd been quite frustrated that I couldn't set an alarm and then actually use my phone. Now I can.. but this is something I only use about once a week anyway.

Then there were many other nice features.. the new search features, some better marketplace integration, facebook integration, voice to text. this was all stuff that i was thrilled to mess around with at first and have some fun with. but now, its all stuff that rarely gets used, and while nice to have, didn't really change my phone. I still feel mango, while incredibly polished, is just too far behind it's competitors.

so yes, my answer is kind of confusing. I have a phone that does what it's supposed to do brilliantly, but I don't know.. it's just kind of boring. maybe it's the lack of a good app marketplace, maybe it's just the kid in me. As of now, I feel like next March when I'm due for a new contract, I'll probably go android or iPhone. Now, this is not because I dislike my phone, but because I don't think any of the 3 are worthy of a continuing contract renewal. It just seems to me like each of the three are pretty deficient in once aspect or another. I think it'll be fun to just hop around and try out a different OS each time I get a new phone rather than be a fanboy and miss out on what others have to offer. I definitely think MS has the best base with their UI, but I think it'll be a few years til they're feature and app rich enough to truly be the all around best.

So, what do you guys think? Is mango still blowing you away, or do you find it like me to be just a few nice feature upgrades?

Also even though it was slightly off topic, how many of you switch to different OS's all the time? Do you find yourself more content that way?
[Windows Phone 7 General] species5618w:
Comparing to wp7.0, Mango is a definitely a huge improvement for me. Comparing to other competitors, it's different enough to be a viable option. It's suppose to be boring and does what it does. I think iOS is equally boring, probably more so with less integration, but it does have more apps (which you have to pay). Android is another matter, but because it's not boring and works on all kinds of hardware, it's also not as polished.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ammarmalik:
Right now I have 3 instances of the same SMS conversation running in the BG. Yep that is just some very intelligent muti tasking. With the way MS has done multitasking its almost useless. Before you'll know it you'll have sms, settings menu, wifi menu running in the BG. I mean seriously is the OS not wise enough to figure that 3 instances of the same conversations should probably not run at the same time? Very idiotic IMO.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
Mango is a huge step forward for me, mainly for the ie9 improvements + the office 365 and skydrive integration
[Windows Phone 7 General] Anthonok:
IF they fix the multitasking it will be worth while. But as of right now multitasking is complete garbage on wp7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
No. My android sim is throttled and without my DSL hooked up that has pretty much cemented just how much I use the vibrant over the hd7. There is still too much **** I need the second device for, apps, core is functionality, etc. Stuff like transit navigation is a godsend for me on android, and awol on wp7. I had to navigate a new city with Bing maps. Never again will I put myself in that situation. Battery life is also better o the vibrant, which is becoming increasingly important to me these days, since I'm finding myself away from a power source more and more.

Las night after one hour off the charger my hd7 showed 61% and one hour remaining. All I did was browse the web. No music, videos, games or any of that stuff. This phone fives worse battery life than the worse "4g" android phones out there.

alSo I'm so damn tired of misclicking copy when trying to select a word. Its a huge hit to the time it takes me to compose messages. The keyboard is also buggy and randomly closes down on me while typing, which can lead to misclicks and lost text in apps and web pages.

I really need to sim swap, but I'm way too lazy to uncase these devices at the moment :-(

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
You still havent sold your WP7 yet and gone back to android that works for you?
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
yea I noticed it was useless instantly and its a non feature for me. Its not something I use or think about. Too bad hp couldn't release one full touch 4" WebOS device.

Not only that, but it makes no sense either. Users should be able

• my keyboard just closed down twice •

To exit apps and long press search should be voice command. Long press home to multitask. Long press back to exit an application. Its like they did it differently (and oddly) just to be different.

And they destroyed the contextual search button, which is laughable ad it wad one of wp7'd selling points.

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[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
I already have wp7 + android + ios. I'm already on them. No need to go back to anything as I use them all every single day heavily.

And you're a troll.

A bad one at that.

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[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
You're the troll, you constantly bash WP7 and continue to post about how you dislike it but refuse to ditch it. Wouldnt the sane thing to do be to just use the other OS's you have and prefer instead of constantly spreading negativity? And not sure about you, but I dont have any specific goals to accomplish regarding being a good or bad troll. Maybe I should buy an android device and go and constantly post in android forums how much I hate it, wait that would be trolling, wouldnt it?
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
What you did is flame baiting and trolling. Giving critiques that others disagree with is not trolling. Maybe that's hard for you to see. I thought it was obvious?

Only an idiot would spend $500+ on a device to bash it in a forum, but i guess that's your style. Im not going to validate you with any further responses. You aren't worth my time. I've already posted my on topic opinion in this thread.

Lol @ telling me to short sell my devices and stick to a certain one. Really, do you lack common sense or something, or are you just that desperate to see that people only get one side of the coin on this forum (which is stupid, and unfair). I'm still laughing at that part...

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[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
I dont think N8ter is a troll.

He just is not a fanboy, and like me, he uses three differente platforms, so he knows the good and bad of each one.

The bad, worse, the fatal flaw of WP7 for ME (I'm saying my OPINION), it the Multitask. Please, someone slap Belfiore in the face. I'm too far away, otherwise I would do it myself.

What kind of SMARTPHONE that limits the multitask for the last 5 instances lets the system take 3 of those instances to show the same app? "Oh, you could use the back button and close it". So I will have to control every app I open and close? That's not smart.

Worse than that, you have to reload the app each notification you have. Even if the app is in your memory. Oh, yeah! Everybody LOVES waiting. Especially with iOS and Android instant resuming EVERY app.

WP7 is not a system where you can chat with your friends if not by FB and MSN.

"So stop whining and buy an Android/iPhone." Yes, I could do that. But I sould my Nexus S and my iPhone 4 when I had the three, to stay with WP7. I love it. Like to use more than iPhone and even more than Android.

But it could be better, and that's why I'm whining. That non sense multitask makes me mad. And I'm really hoping MS fix that, because it's the best OS out there.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cgibsong002:
Yeah, I'm thinking Mango was more important for MS and potential customers than user current users. It definitely created a huge buzz for Windows phones and the more polished features make it more attractive for potential customers. But I really don't think it was worth all the obsessive update checking that I (and thousands of others) were doing for weeks leading up to the release.

And it's good to see that there are some non-fanboys here who can give honest criticisms but still use the device as well as others.

just out of curiousity, those of you who use multiple devices.. is it for separate personal/business or just separate plans so you can take advantage of the different OS's?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
For me the best thing about Mango is that it finally fixed 3rd party notifications so now my tiles are live and are not just giant icons.

I don't use fb chat/msn because my battery can't take it for too long, twitter integration isn't as good as using a dedicated app, I rarely multitask because many developers haven't updated their apps yet and I'm used to hitting back to get out an app.

So in a nutshell I would answer no as the notification issue should/could have been fixed in a small update. Most importantly, Mango should really be about all these apps that where not possible before and here is the amazing list of worthy apps I downloaded thanks to Mango:

- WhatsApp

- ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] cgibsong002:
I hear a lot about WhatApp now that we have mango. what's so good about it? To me it just looks like a messaging app, but why not just use standard texting?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Hum... because it's free :D

Particularly great to message people abroad (text as well as picture messaging).
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
It's just free in the first year. Afterwards it's €1.99 per year. Which is almost nothing, at least in comparison to SMS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cgibsong002:
gotcha. just downloaded it but it told me that none of my contacts have it. so its useless to me. plus it uses my data connection, which I have limited. So this doesn't appear to really benefit me. Oh well, interesting idea though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jtn04:
+1

This is the one thing about mango that annoys me the most. I hate when i go into multitasking to go back into kik messenger only to find it has been knocked out by 4 pages of text messages lol.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Most people here have unlimited SMS and mms. Board express ate my longer post. I'm pissed.

Always, the thing that makes WhatsApp good is free chat and file transfer over data connections like WiFi. Its a boon for people who travel internationally.

I actually like Samsung ChatOn better than WhatsApp. I don't use WhatsApp because they charge iOS .99 and that's it, but want other platforms to pay a subscription. It just isn't fair :P

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[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
Saw Board Express in your post and just downloaded it. Seems like it might be a good app. Hope I don't lose posts. I tried editting this post from Board Express, but it does't work well. In any case Board Express does seem to work very well for reading the forum.

Why not just use Facebook chat since it uses data and more people have Facebook than unlimited SMS.

I'm assuming Android and iOS have decent Facebook chat apps.

Facebook chat is intgrated very smoothly into Windows Phone 7, so it seems like a better choice than some other thing that people would need to convince their friends to all install.
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrewkeith5:
This whole messaging thing is something I find incredibly difficult to understand.

When you have e-mail, what is the point of sending text messages over a data network? What is the point in WhatsApp, when you have 4 communication options already, all of which are much more widely used.

It's the same as BBM and iChat (or whatever it's called) - every smartphone has an email address and a phone number, and every smartphone has access to facebook chat, so why limit yourself to one platform that, as we've seen with the BlackBerry debacle, really isn't a good idea.