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[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
I wanted to suggest an update to a few of the WP7 advantages list. In particular, I think the following at least need some revision (noted in blue following each point):

15. Turn By Turn directions. Although you need to tap, it will automatically recalculate if you deviate from the route.

While it is technically not integrated, there is a free MapQuest app for iPhone that works far better (IMO) than the so-called turn-by-turn navigation in Bing Maps. It provides clear, accurate directions, and very easy-to-understand voice. And, of course, it doesn't require any tapping to get directions, and therefore is legal to use in all locales, unlike the WP7 equivalent.

16. Bing integrates alot of functionality, such as barcode reading, music identification, applications for your search, local scout.

While this is still a small advantage for WP7, the Bing app for iPhone has recently been updated, and now provides about 80% of the functionality of Bing on WP7. It does not provide music searches or app integration, but everything else is there (Bing Vision, a local scout equivalent, voice-activated searches, etc).

24. Ability to directly share a photo in Facebook, while viewing the photo and not first being in Facebook.

As with the Bing issue, there is still somewhat of an advantage here for WP7, but some new information I have found makes it much less of an advantage than it was presumed to be. It is actually possible to share photos to Facebook directly from the camera on iPhone. It isn't entirely and "iPhone feature", but it still works perfectly.

Every Facebook account is given a special email address for publishing photos to your Mobile Uploads album. All you have to do is add this email address to the contacts on your phone, and you can then share photos to that email address directly from the camera, and they are uploaded to FB.

For example, I set up a contact as "FB Upload" with my upload email address. After taking a photo, I tap Share->Email, and then type FB, and the email address pops up at the top of the filtered list. Tap on it, tap send, and it's done.

This technique can also be used anywhere that a photo can be viewed/shared, not just from the camera.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
Is that MapQuest app MapQuest 4 Mobile by AOL Inc.? I am installing it now. It's description matches what you wrote. I plan to test this on my way home. Looks promising.

I would like to know where the Turn by tap is illegal and the MapQuest app is not. Neither is texting. As far as I know, even hands free calling allows the use of the phone to dial. Basically a tap. In Minnesota, internet use while driving is technically illegal. So, both would technically be illeagal since that is where the map and directions are coming from. Not positive on the wording of the law, but I think technically that makes it illegal to drive with my phone without shutting off data, since it is constantly getting data from the internet. Not that I or anyone else actually does shut it off though.

Regardless of legality, not needing to tap is an advantage.

I didn't know about the Bing app. I am installing that now too. Not sure what Microsoft is thinking by putting that app on the iPhone for free. Definately gives some advantage back to the iPhone with that.

The facebook thing is kind of cool. It's really one of the things I have found the most frustrating about the iPhone.

Only thing that I see wrong with this is that anyone can post pictures as if they are from you without your Facebook credentials. Just email to that address. I am trying to find that email address so I can try this. I tried it with my @facebook.com email address. It just showed up as a message and the photo had the wrong orientation.

It would be really cool if you could post where I find or setup an address to email it that will actually post a picture into Facebook. Nevermind. I googled. http://email.about.com/od/Facebook-...Your-Secret-Facebook-Upload-Email-Address.htm

You really need to go to the m. version though http://m.facebook.com/upload.php?refid=7

Better: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=210153612350847#What-is-my-personalized-upload-email-address

Apparently, there is no current way to change this. Since finding out about it, instead of going home, I have looked into ways to change it. The ways that used to work even just last fall don't work anymore.

And you can not control what email addresses have the right to post info. This is actually kind of scary.

I need to get out of the office, so i won't be making updates until later tonight or maybe tomorrow.

Thanks for all the info though. Since my iPhone is my daily device it's always nice finding or learning of things to make it more useful.

I do still plan to get a micro SIM to SIM card adaptor so that I can use either phone depending on my mood. Just been busy.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
At first I was concerned about the email interface as well, until I saw the actual email address, and realized that it is created in such a way that, unless I give it to someone, the likelihood of anyone divining it on their own is infinitesimally small.

As for the legality of tap-by-turn, many US states are now considering and/or passing full bans on any physical interaction with your phone on any level while your vehicle is in motion, not just texting.

Sorry about the Facebook instructions, I meant to include them but I was short on time and forgot.

For anyone who wants to find your Facebook photo upload email address (it isn't needed for WP7 devices, but you still might find it useful elsewhere), it is really simple. Just point a browser (I believe any PC or Mac browser should work, but I used Firefox and it worked fine) at m.facebook.com. After signing in, click on the "Photo" link. The page that will be displayed will include your personal upload email address.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
I was planning to head home, but haven't yet. I've been trying to find a way to change the personal upload email address. Facebook used to have a way for you to be able to change it. But not anymore. Every way that I could find no longer works.

I was able to upload a photo from my iPhone with it though. And the orientation was correct.

And 5 minutes after posting, I found how. http://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=1935548
[Windows Phone 7 General] ROCOAFZ:
Is this for out of the box functionality or after app?

If out of the box, WP7 still wins with turn by turn, facebook without an app (not just saying photo uploading) and bing additions.

If with apps - Navigon, turn by turn and others have way more functionality in wp7 then integrated as i would think iphones apps also do.

To add another one i don't think is mentioned (i may be wrong though as i haven't looked) - WP7 has linked-in integration. Adds linked-in contacts to your contacts and syncs. You can also post a message in the me hub to windows live, facebook, and linked in at the same time. Very nice for business users.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
I know most here would disagree with me, but even for the out of the box comparison I don't see the Mango Bing Maps as a win for WP7. I feel that Microsoft really dropped the ball, badly. In many respects, I don't even consider it to be voice guided at all, since there is no "guidance," there is only "assistance" when you ask for it.

As a basic turn by turn nav system (non-voice), the iPhone out of the box app works just as well as Bing Maps, IMO. In one respect it is even better, in that it automatically recalculates if you miss a turn.

I agree about LinkedIn though. That was very smart of MS to include it in Mango, and the other players really need to add it to their OSes. It needs to be added to the Mango advantage list.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
Actually, Bing maps on Mango does automatically recalculate. It says something like, "Looks like you went a different way." Then, the route is adjusted.

I do like the MapQuest app on the iPhone. Mapquest gave a route home different than Tom Tom, Bing Maps, and how I normally go, so I took my normal way. It gave the more classic "recalculating, Worked great and I see myself using it during the motorcycles season. "Turn by Tap doesn't work so well on 2 wheels.

And the iPhone Bing app worked well for a test of Bing Vision on a book cover (book on Perforce) and a bar code (bottle of DayQuill).
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
When I get to updating the posts, I will probably leave them as Mango advantages. But, will note that an app exists. Sharing to facebook works with that email address, but it is still less convenient. Also, if you acidentally send the email to another contact, you have just given that person the ability to post pics and status. That's a Facebook flaw, not an iPhone flaw though.

I may use one of the reserved posts for advantages mitigated or elliminated by apps.

Going to sleep on how I want to update things.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ROCOAFZ:
If i remember right the reason bing didn't do non tapped was they didn't have the license from nokia (or navteq i forget which) ... but with nokia now they do. Nokia is integrating there maps into bing so i expect a change. For Nokia windows phones though Nokia drive (or maps) i forget which is free.

With mapquest though does it go down now and then? At my work they used it for a while but it would go down once or twice a week. At the same time aim and aol.net was down (i checked) Just curious if the app has the same issues as the web version.

I wonder... has anyone tried bing with a bluetooth headset (on windows phone)? Will it say the directions by pressing a button on the headset?
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
I do use MapQuest.com somewhat frequently it to find out approximately how long it should take me to get from one spot to another. I don't recall ever seeing it down when I've needed it. I'm sure it has been down at times since the site has been updated many times through the years.

I also occasionally use it for to print directions. I haven't really printed many in the last couple years though. I got an HTC Fuze in November of 2008 that had GPS and got a TomTom on Black Friday of 2009. All my phones since then have had GPS.

My guess is that the Nokia map improvements will come with Tango. Then I'll either need to modify the thread to be Tango vs iPhone 4S with iOS 5 or any updates for it. Hopefully we don't need to wait for Tango or Apollo for this.

I think the headset tap might not work so well, especially if playing music at the same time. Nomally headset controls are used for volume, pause, next, and previous. Not sure how it could send a special code to a different app, like Bing maps while playing music. If it there is a way to do it, that would be great. Love to hear it if there is.

I also need to look to see if the MapQuest app is available for Windows Phone. To use the GPS, it would need to be the foreground app, but that isn't too big of deal since it is to be used while driving.
[Windows Phone 7 General] spartacus84:
Each OS has its advantages and disadvantages ... IOS is currently popular but does not mean it will remain so ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
Your first statement really does nothing but restate the obvious, and your second statement has nothing to do with the first, and serves no purpose other than to incite argument.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lolrifle:
I found iOS to be easier to navigate than Mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ROCOAFZ:
This thread isn't for opinions. it's to state advantages and disadvantages of each with evidence. Statements like though lead to troll wars. please feed the trolls somewhere else.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] justin94:
Has anyone tried to flash the razr deodexed rom to this phone yet. Are they identical as far as hardware goes? I'm tempted to try it
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Different processor for starters. Also different gpu i believe.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dellenrules:
The razr uses the same processor as the bionic, the OMAP 4430. It also has the same GPU as well.

The CPU on the razr has be overclocked to run at 1.2Ghz.

The galaxy nexus uses the OMAP 4460 which clocks at 1.5GHz and uses a slightly more powerful GPU than that the 4430 uses.

The nexus has been under locked to run at 1.2Ghz.

In short. The razr and bionic have the same processor and gpu, where they differ is at the kernel level.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] justin94:
So different kernal and locked bootloader= not a good idea?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Atst44:
Processor

From what I have read personally, the Razr has the 4460 as well as the Nexus. The Bionic has the 4430. I am pretty sure that is correct.

Sorry, Just an observation.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eraursls1984:
No, the Razr has a 4430
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
I heard 4460 as well, but i also dont have one. Id die though if it was another d2g scheme where they repackage a phone with 1 new option and re-release it as "special" if its the same phone only no removable battery. #Phuckthatfone
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dellenrules:
OMFG The galaxy nexus is the first phone released with 4460.

As for the RAZR...

The motorola site list the processor as 4430.

It was listed as 4460 on their site after the nexus premier but they changed it back and followed it up in the forums by stating they made a typo which was now corrected.

The teardown of the RAZR also reveals A 4430 CHIP.

IT IS NOT A 4460.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] deedscreen:
I hope this is possible for the Photon 4G, and by the way, the rom can be modified to work with the Bionic.
[HTC Radar] anuj_ks:
Hi all, I'm playing a small MP3 file using Zune on my HTC Radar, and the audio at the start of the file gets truncated. The test file is attached.

For example, the Audio clip I uploaded says "Hi, this is a Test Recording". When this is played on the PC, we hear the exact recording, but when this same file is played on my HTC Radar, I only hear:

"......this is a test Recording"

This file also plays fine on the following Windows 7 Phones:

HTC HD7

Asus E600

Can someone here please download the file on their Radar and confirm that this is a problem with HTC Radar phones, or is my piece defective??

Thanks!!!
[HTC Radar] sails:
Turn off the equalizer.

Was the same for me on the HTC Radar.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] d3athb4dishonor:
Just wanted to know since I'm coming over from the G2 and I want to go ahead and root the phone. Just got it today out of the box, do I need to downgrade anything before I follow the root instructions? The tutorial I found isn't very clear on that and I dont want to end up messing the phone up already.

If this helps you answer my question I've got.

Android Ver 2.3.4

HTC SENSE 3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] verne2k:
no you don't need to downgrade anything
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] d3athb4dishonor:
Thanks a lot bro.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] richierich118:
I had a g2 plus 3 replacements rooted everyone trust me this is way easier. Plus no downgrade required. Just rooted my 4g slide
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Droidmoder:
Nope. Our phone is pretty easy to s-off and root.

click my sig for extra help if you need it. From s-off to roming and everything inbetween!
[Galaxy 3 General] Shadowmaniac:
so i wanted to flash to new rom but when i open odin i get

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/odinw.png/

any help?
[Galaxy 3 General] Rapier07:
Right click and select run as administrator
[Galaxy 3 General] rjpalmeida88:
Run odin as administrator. Make sure you have kies installed because the usb drivers..
[Galaxy 3 General] RoboD7:
Hi!

You don't have to install KIES. Only you need to install USB drivers.
[Galaxy 3 General] jaspring:
Right click and select run as administrator
[Surround General] sevengun16:
My phone was unable to boot up after trying to update to mango 7.5. The installation was aborted by me. Ever since that, the phone doesn't boot up at all....
[Surround General] rob243:
why would you abort the update?

how far through the update did you get?

If you have a backup start the phone while holding the camera button, and then connect it to your computer when you see the windows phone and an arrow --> point to the computer on the screen, this should automatically launch zune and it will restore your last backup.

good luck
[Surround General] sevengun16:
The update was finishing and it was like the last two step where the phone has to restart but the screen just got stuck at the HTC logo so I aborted it. The problem is that I can't even boot up the phone( tried the way you told me ) and my pc can't detect the phone. The phone just seems dead like theres no power and I have charged it( but I don't know if its being charge since theres no sigh or signal that its being charge ). Could it be a battery problem or the windows mobile operating system got corrupted? By the way, when the phone got stuck at the HTC logo, I pulled the battery out. Is it possible that I have damaged the battery?
[Motorola Photon 4G] taintbad:
I am trying to replace my flip with my photon, but I am running into an issue where the stock camcorder stops recording at 23:07 with a file size of 1.89 GB (2,040,108,503 bytes). This is annoying when I am trying to record 45 min lectures.

I do not have encryption turned on and have my 32GB sdcard formatted to fat32. If I use lgcamera from the market I do not run into this issue, but I prefer the stock camcorder UI.

If someone has a free 23:08 min/sec and 1.9GB can you record some 720p and let me know if this is expected behavior or if I need to tweak some setting somewhere

thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Doballa:
make sjre your camera is set to use the external sd card
[Motorola Photon 4G] taintbad:
Its set to the external sdcard, but the behaviour is the same regardless of if I set it for internal or external storage.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Record two different clips or shorter lectures lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] duncanbyy:
I read somewhere awhile ago, don't have the source anymore. The article basically said the issue is with the sd-card. If I remembered correctly, just reformat the card in your phone, something was off if you did it on computer.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] fosselman:
I used screen filter on my captivate for night time reading but on my note all it really does is wash out the colors. Is anyone else having this problem or have alternative apps that would work. screen is just too bright for night time reading even on the dimmest setting.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Phytrax:
I think this is always how Screen Filter works. Maybe you just didn't notice before due to which setting you're using. Screen Filter works like if you turn down the brightness on a JPG photo, so you lose color depth.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] RashaMatt:
There's no way around it - SF reduces the dynamic range of the screen, so you're going to have a correspondingly smaller palette of colors. The lower you go, the worse it gets.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] fosselman:
Thanks for the replies guys. It just seemed more drastic on the note. Maybe its the bigger size. Can't even do a comparison cause I already shipped my captivate off to my mom.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] ChodTheWacko:
Try using a program with night mode, with opera, doing the red on black mod.

Screen filter also blotches up the blacks for me too.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Lordrdx666:
Superdim is an app available in the market... I am using it happily on my sgs sl i9003... It works great...

Screen filter basically applies a graish filter on the screen whereas superdim allows you to turn down brightness from levels lower than stock!

Tapashocked :) via my gt-I9003 with a random keyboard of my choice ! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] carhigh:
Post a link. Its not showing in market for me
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Phytrax:
I found it with no problem. Requires root, maybe that's why it's not showing up for you? I just did a search for Superdim.

---------- Post added at 08:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:50 AM ----------

I just tried Superdim. Had no effect at all on my minimum brightness.

Anyone know of something to adjust the actual profile of the Autobright??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] vatanatips:
screen filter is a good app，i usually use at night for reading
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] carhigh:
Im rooted. Shows in market from laptop and can install, but still doesnt show from phone market. weiord

i use it too
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Phytrax:
Screen filter is useful in the theatre when I don't want to disturb anyone, but other than that it just messes up the colors too much.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Lordrdx666:
That's why super dim is better... It should work on rooted phones...

I haven't set profiles for it... I just usually work in that app by playing with the brightness slider

Tapashocked :) via my gt-I9003 with a random keyboard of my choice ! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] aussiebum:
hmm, never noticed any colour problem with screen filter but then again I don't dim it that much. Will give SuperDim a go though.

Link for people who can't find it -> https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.pruss.superdim&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkucHJ1c3Muc3VwZXJkaW0iXQ..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Phytrax:
Like I said, Superdim doesn't do squat for me. Default minimum brightnes shows 20 on Superdim. If I reduce it to 1 nothing changes. Can you tell me your screen is actually dimmer on 1 than on 20?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aroratushar:
I am new to xda developers community. I bought a brand new HCL ME X1 Android 2.3.3 gracious Gingerbread Tablet.

I rooted my Android 2.3.3 Tablet, and I have installed ClockWorkMod Recovery 5. I want to be prepared to flash my own built images via Fastboot. But I do not know how. How to dump Fastboot format ( .img ) images and by using which tools, so that I could use these images to restore/upgrade via Fastboot especially. Currently I am afraid to replace the OS because I do not have enough safe backup images. Please, guide me regarding this serious problem as I want to prepare my Tablet to use both the tools in case of emergency, and I also want to upgrade my 2.3.3 to at least 2.3.6 or even 3.0. Those who would help me, I appreciate in advance. Also please tell me, if nanddump raw nand images can be used to restore my paritions and OS from FastBoot?

Tushar
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Niksko:
Does anyone have a backup of the stock recovery image in case anything goes wrong with flash CWM?

Thanks

-Nik
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Thyrus:
push . i also need it to return my faulty GN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Ditto. Anyone got one
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jstegeman:
If anyone can tell me how to pull it, I'll pull and post tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cellzealot:
http://db.tt/Q3euJTZE

That is a link to the stock recovery from ITL33d.

I have confirmed it can be flashed in fastboot to get back stock recovery after a failed attempt to load CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chandlerweb:
What about ITL41D which is the more common retail version? Presumably it would need to be this for warranty purposes?

By the way, there is a post in the GN Developer section about "Insecure Boot.img" - which is a modified ITL41D boot image. According to that thread, modifying one value in that file will make it back to stock again but I cant figure out how to mount it and edit it as Im not a linux guru.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
Would any of these help?

http://www.peteralfonso.com/2011/11/download-100-stock-fastboot-images-for.html
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Niksko:
Yep, perfect. Follow the link at the bottom of the post.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Whats the process of getting them back onto the device?

fastboot boot xxxx.img

?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] omrij:
You can use

to flash just the recovery

or

to flash entire partitions
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Cheers

Take it will wipe the phone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Just tried Peter Alfonso's but it says theres no android-info.txt in the zip when there is :/