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[Omnia 7 General] Dyonas:
I've got a Samsung Omnia 7 coming my way this week and it already has WinPho 7.5 on it. I own an Android phone and I won't likely be changing from that but I am very interested in what WinPho has to offer. With that said can anyone recommend some good apps and offer any tips on things that annoyed or frustrated when you first got your handset? Specifically I'm thinking of anything that might be simple on others phones but took you a while to find like a setting or some toggle option.

I'm really liking the idea of the unified messaging where you go from SMS to Facebore etc all without leaving the screen. Any other things that I should look forward to? :)
[Omnia 7 General] ballajalla:
Thats the thing about WP, you really dont need any apps. If you have an unlocked device however, there are a few interesting apps here on xda.
[Omnia 7 General] gremmmy:
Well It’s kind of hard to recommend you app's when you’re not from the Netherlands (since allot of app's that I use every day are Dutch). App's that are handy to have are the xda app, autopanorama, advanced config, windows phone device manager 1.7 (when your Omnia is unlocked), battery status and flashlight-x

Some games are really fun to play are; farm frenzy 2, OMG, rocket riot and tentacles :)
[Omnia 7 General] jupp360:
I am using:

Handysafe (also with Desktop client)

Geocaching from Groundspeak - not perfect but there is no c:geo on WP7

Amazon Kindle

Amazon Hunter

Board express for Tapatalk

facebook

Mobiletag

MySPC 2011 (Sharepoint)

Schnelle Übersetzer (english - german)

Angry Birds

Bejeweled

Fable Coin Golf

Harbor Master

Bubble Birds
[Omnia 7 General] dickturpin1976:
what are the default values mate? do you know them?
[Omnia 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
600/-1600 for 2

1200/-500 for 7

Would have to ask here for volume level 5 if you need it.
[Omnia 7 General] dickturpin1976:
thanks alot mate :)
[Omnia 7 General] TomyMMX:
For me unlocking the device and enabling WiFi tethering is the killer usage for the phone.

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That is very cool, id not know about that.

Before I always had to crank th evolume all up, but still barely heard the other person.
[Omnia 7 General] balcsida:
I think, the best WP7 game is Chromatic!

Try to beat my score! :D
[Omnia 7 General] Dyonas:
Oh wow.. so much for being notified about updates to this thread! Thanks for all the suggestions, if only I'd read about the Chevron unlock sooner I'd be a much happier user. Unfortunately by the time I realised how great a deal it was and how useful it would be they'd sold out of tokens. I'm hoping they will get some more in the future or I'm gonna be stuck with what MS choose to allow and that feels far too much like Apple's world for my comfort.

I've taken a look at the volume profiles, so far the only sound I'd wanted to change was the headphone volume but now that's done. I'm gonna take a look at some of the apps mentioned, already got Apict though since I loved how it was when I tried it.
[Omnia 7 General] dk5055:
I hardly use phone for anything else than game development, texting and calling.

oh, and I use "Endomondo Sports Tracker" frequently when I go hiking :)

I think it is the best App beside my games :)
[Omnia 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
Same here, glad I made you aware of it :)

I've heard of this new one, I'll need to try it :D
[Omnia 7 General] thedirtchamber:
Hi guys. I've asked this on another forum but I didn't get any answer so far, so I'm asking here too. Being a new omnia 7 owner too, I think this thread is good enough. :)

So:

"Does anyone know how can I sync Hotmail contacts with my Omnia 7? Here's why I'm asking:

As you probably know, the contact pictures that come from syncing with Google are pixelated and look horrible. Why they didn't fix this so far is beyond me.

I've noticed that if I create a new contact, the phone asks where to "save" it, Windows Live or Google. If I select Live and then assign a picture to that contact, it has the same quality, so it's much better than Google. However, I don't want to manually create all the contacts, so I went into the account settings and unchecked the "Contacts" option in the Google "what to sync" section. The Live account doesn't have this option, only "Email" - why is that?!

To my surprise, the People section only shows 3-4 contacts after I unchecked that option! I really don't know why, because on Hotmail I have all my contacts listed, so I assumed they'll be synced with the phone.

So, what would be the best and fastest way to do this? Or some other workaround for the contact images problem...at least until Google finally fixes this mess...

Thank you. :)"
[Omnia 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
Hiya mate,

Sorry it's not the answer you're looking for - I have no idea!

I understand the problem. Don't know why Hotmail can't sync more than mail.

If you have some way of getting them onto Outlook that could be the way to go.

Other than that, best to ask

here

.

Good luck :)
[Omnia 7 General] hatuna:
Windows Phone News

Windows Phone News is the application that I would install immediately upon buying a WP7 device. You can get it at marketplace for free.

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/4cfd516a-0e3b-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

Check it out if you didn't yet and you won't regret it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chochopk:
Hi

After rooting, I observed that 3 apps - Call Logs Backup & Restore (com.riteshsahu.CallLogBackupRestore), Zipcar (com.zc.android), and S2 Calendar Widget (com.byte256.calendarwidget), have their screens squeezed to the lower left quardrant. (see attachments. The 4th one is S2 Calendar Widget launched from the drawer.)

I vaguely remember that Call Log Backup behaved just fine before I rooted/fastboot oem unlock the Galaxy Nexus with Modaco's Superboot r3. But I don't want to go through the trouble of unroot/fastboot lock after setting up all my apps.

I suspect if I change the pixel density maybe they'll show themselves. But LCDDensity for Root has no effect.

I know this is an obscure problem so if you can try these 3 apps out and see if the problem is isolated on my phone only, that'd be great too!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thugjedi:
go to the developers options in the settings and turn off forced gpu rendering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chochopk:
It worked! Thank you. Who would have thought to check there.

I shouldn't have listened to Myriam Joire of Engadget to turn on that setting.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt2053:
Yeah if it was so simple, wouldn't Google just turn it on by default? :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conquereddroiduser:
I have a Transformer Prime on the way (if my Best Buy pre-order doesn't get canned that is), and am trying to get a jump at some potential uses I have in mind for it. Specifically, I'm looking for an app to use for teaching/presenting on a regular basis. iOS has a teleprompter app that does some of the things I'm looking for, but I haven't had much luck finding one for Android yet. Specifically I'm looking for:

- Auto scrolling text (like a teleprompter)

- Support for Rich Text (so highlights and font changes can be seen)

- A timer or clock

- Audio Recording capability

There used to be an app called M-Prompter, which seemed to have most of those features. Does anyone know of any others I should investigate?

I'm also looking for an app that does something similar to iOS keynote, being able to remotely control a power point running on my prime from my android phone. Any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crypt0kiddie:
What in the hell was Samsung thinking when they made this thing so damn shiny and smooth? I drop it on a daily basis.

I tried a silicone case from eBay, the fit was GREAT but the things like a dang lint roller. EVERYTHING sticks to it. I pick up my phone and it's covered with hair and grit, dirt, sand, you name it.

I actually have to wash my silicone case off. I actually got sick of how much stuff it picks up, I stopped using it.

I ordered a Case-Mate case last week, hoping that works out better. Hopefully it shows up tomorrow before I just return it for an iPhone 4S, ugh, it's frustrating the hell out of me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
blame the phone on your parkinson's disease. makes sense.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Order a TPU case. Nothing is better. They have them on Amazon. Matte black looks amazing with this phone. The owner of TPU posts on XDA and is always listening to our feedback.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
Hmm... haven't dropped the phone yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Respect18:
Try TPU next time, its amazing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vegasrich:
Haven't dropped mine yet. Maybe you should try sticky tape on your hands
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crypt0kiddie:
How does a TPU case differ from a Silicone case as far as stuff sticking to it? I've never really had much luck with these rubber cases from that stand point. Stuff always sticks to them like crazy.

What is a TPU case made from? I guess if the Case-Mate doesn't work out, I can try that next.

That said, I think I actually looked at the TPU cases when first looking for a case. TPU Cases was sold out every time I looked so I ended up ordering this silicone rubber piece of crap I got from eBay.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] il buono:
Nothing sticks to it and it looks and fits nicely to the phone with not much thickness added

It's made of TPU. It's some longer scientific name.

http://www.amazon.com/TPU-Cases-Flexible-Samsung-Galaxy-Packaging/dp/B005MGUTW6

Mandado from my E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] riassan:
fits tightly with protection to the phone good fit and you wont turn back not a lint trap at all bro check it out

http://tpu-cases.com/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
I agree this phone is way too susceptible to being dropped
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ffolkes:
This phone is very slippery, partiularly the back panel. It's like it's made of Teflon or something.

I second the suggestion of a TPU case. Best case I've had, incredible customer service. I highly recommend one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
No, that's the Palm Pre.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Does that case scuff the outer edge of the phone? That was the one thing that bugged me about the OG Epic cases.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] il buono:
Could be different for someone else, but I've had mine for 2 weeks and I have noticed some extra scuff marks. Since the upper rim of the case where the phone enters is made of a slightly harder TPU material, constantly removing the phone from the case will cause this to happen. I do this to clean out any dust particles that may get through. If it wasn't for the case looking so good on the phone, I probably would've switched it out for that reason.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
get a TPU case, not going to prevent drops but just trust sammy's build quality. Mine has already taken some spills and already came out ahead
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eagercrow:
How do you drop your phone so often that you blame the phone's design?

I did accidentally throw my phone, but that's because I forgot it was in my hand, lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] btate0121:
Go with the TPU case. I picked up the matte black one off of amazon myself as a temp solution until I splurged on a casemate or something more "heavy duty" and otterbox like.

I actually decided to just rock the TPU case.. it's niiiiice.

I also have a vid review up on amazon for it as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Where's the link to your video?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] il buono:
Right here :)

http://www.amazon.com/review/R11P8B3A6E5T4H?ie=UTF8&videoPreplay=1
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] btate0121:
I was just about to post it. Thanks much!
[Galaxy Tab General] fowenati:
Just got this on my evo3d, I found that ONE of the causes is when using Titanium Backup, I backup my AOSP system data with TB, and restored it in a sense ROM, which conflicted. A factory reset did the trick, but so would cache cleaner I believe.
[Galaxy Tab General] montecristo1:
I did two factory reset and cleared all cache, no luck. Im using the tab now, message pops up about every two minutes or so. Very annoying.
[Galaxy Tab General] fowenati:
did you restore from Titanium backup? try NOT restoring App/System DATA from TB.
[Galaxy Tab General] iqbal350z:
lg e405 same problem

Hi

I have same problem, started today, after saving a contact I received via whatsapp.

I've read up about this and it seems like it can be fixed by clearing contacts cache...any concrete advice on this?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psero:
Hi,

I realize a lot of people might have the same problem as I have, but haven't found the answer after searching for many hours. So here's my problem:

windows vista x64

installed android SDK and all related drivers

GN is recognized with correct driver in both fastboot mode and regular "on" mode.

GN is recognized as a device in regular on-mode with 'adb devices'

GN is recognized as a device in fastboot mode with 'fastboot-windows devices'

HOWEVER, when GN is put into fastboot mode, NO devices are found with 'adb devices' even though the icon for 'safely removing hardware' pops up with 'Android ADB Interface', which means the driver is correctly installed.

Someone please help explain why the device is not recognized by 'adb devices' command under fastboot mode even though it's recognized by the computer!

Summary:

GN is found with 'adb devices' for normal boot, but GN is not found under 'adb devices' for fastboot mode. I have reinstalled the android ADB driver, but still the same problem.

I am stressed out! Please help me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JTECJ:
I have noticed exactly what you are talking about however what I have found is that it doesn't seem to need to be able to respond to the adb devices command. I was still able to unlock,root and flash multiple different boot.img and radio.img files through fastboot without the computer returning the device while in fastboot. Hope this helps.

Justin

P.S. while you are in fastboot mode it seems you may be looking for something different than standard adb commands. Fastboot is primarily used in this situation so a command for you will typically look something like this"

fastboot-windows flash boot boot.img

or

fastboot-windows flash radio radio.img (the radio.img and boot.img files used in these examples you would want located in the same folder as fastboot-windows)

if you want to try the software out without flashing it "permanently" try:

fastboot-windows radio radio.img (just forget the flash portion)

for unlocking the bootloader the command will look something like this:

fastboot-windows oem unlock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djmcnz:
ADB isn't used in fastboot mode, fastboot.exe is.

ADB is for when the phone is running Android or recovery only.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HeathCliffR:
Phone doesn't recognize ADB in fastboot

Phone doesn't recognize ADB in fastboot - have used every conceivable method - downloaded Samsung drivers. Downloaded PDANet. Uninstalled Samsung and tried Naked Samsung. I got the phone unlocked. But I CANNOT get the PC 64 to recognize ADB when I am in fastboot. HELPPPPPPP. I've been working on this for TWO DAYS, and it is RUINING my Christmas holiday.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zombieflanders:
Have you tried the driver installation/troubleshooting section of this post?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HeathCliffR:
Unfortunately, yes. I tried the Samsung drivers. Then I tried the PDANet. I also tried the Samsung naked drivers. I was sure that MSKIPS toolkit was going to work, but when I typed in "2" for rooting, NOTHING happened. I'm at my wits end.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RMatt1992:
Of course it doesn't.

AS STATED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THIS THREAD, YOU MUST USE FASTBOOT.EXE.

Please, read thread then reply.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
When phone is turned ON - use adb

When in FASTBOOT mode - use (surprise surprise) fastboot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] afilopou:
When phone is turned on or in recovery - use adb (check it with "adb devices" ,without " in cmd)

When in FASTBOOT mode - use fastboot (check it with "fastboot devices" ,without " in cmd)

In order to work fastboot you must have the fastboot.exe preferably in the same folder with adb
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] achavik:
Try this

I tried installing PDAnet but no Joy.. but went to device manager and selected adb drivers and samsung from the list and that did the trick... :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
This was the most stable ROM ever for me and ever since I got an iPod touch, MIUI looks bad..I'm thinking of going back to Sense but I'm clueless. Any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coffeehandle:
any of the sense 3.5 roms are great.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topdnbass:
MIUI doesn't look bad.. Try a few themes there are some great ones.

I'm pretty certain that MIUI is the easiest rom for customization (using the theme app).

You can change pretty much every aspect so it can't just "look bad".
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
Ok that's the thing I've tried a bunch of different themes and I just don't like miui anymore. Probably the iPod made me sick of it. Now which sense roms we talking here? Can I get some links?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcusva79:
Try mikG. His roms are pretty stable. Go to themikmik.com or themes/ mikroms.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] achami85:
was never a big muiui fan because of the iphone feel it kinda had and sense roms are awesome for stability but just didnt like any of the roms that people came out with....up until tonight cm7 was my clear cut #1 choice but had an issue so id say evo deck or cyanogen paired with tiamat for the tier rom kernel experience...and with sense tho ive found some with crazy add ons

try some of these the guy has horrible reviews and spelling but the roms are sick to try

and they have a cyanogen ics rom

http://supersonichtcevo.blogspot.com/2011/11/prime-xl-3d-sense-35-with-beats-audio.html
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krankymonki:
I had used sense Roms from MikRoms and they work great but now I've moved onto AOSP Roms like EvoDeck and I am much happier now since my battery last much longer

Sent from my Poo Flinging Evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
So you say Evo Deck is better than cm7?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaronagis:
decks seems to run a little better for me than cm7... I get better battery, but they are nearly the same, as decks is based off CM
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alaman68:
go with Joelz's sense 3.5 or tommy tomatoes 005. They are both fantastic. Tommy built launcher 2 in so you can use that and have the AOSP feel
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
Yeah, was looking for from something stable but good performance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
You flash old school CM7, Xplod, or legit ICS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
I am bored of cm7. I was on that for a long time. I want something snappy that can last a bit..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giograves:
What about the Synergy ROM? Sense "3.0" with what I hear working 4G, GPS, WiFI.

Trying to make up my mind also, sinceIi really dont have a whole lot of time to "try before i buy".
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
I've tried synergy. Bad experience. Just super laggy but have not tried the 3.0 unless all synergy have 3.0.
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
I'm having all kinds of trouble with my MT. I originally flashed CM7 from stock with CWM after wiping factory and cache. The flash errored out the first time, but worked the second time. The gapps install errored out so I just tried rebooting without stock google apps. The phone just booted to the Motorola logo and didn't go any farther. I let it sit for over 20 minutes and no go.

I had made a backup so I went back to CWM to restore the phone. Again, I did a factory and cache wipe, ran the restore, rebooted, but now the phone boots to Motorola logo, then reboots into CWM. So weird!

I have a theory that it has something to do with a hardware problem. When I try to flash another rom (besides cm7) the screen goes blank (no text) and then goes back to the root menu. I tried booting to CWM then plugging it in and removing the battery but after an varied amount of time the phone shuts off.

I've searched and searched and I can't find where anyone's had a problem like this and NOT been able to get the phone back. I'd like a solution, but I'd also like to know if i'm the only one who's had this problem!

thanks!
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
Never mind

I got it working! I tried a different battery in it and it worked! I'm not sure if it was the battery or I just did the right combination of things, but I'm glad to be back! But for anyone who is having the same issue here's what I did:

Running CWM 5.0.2.6

1. Wipe factory/cache/davlik

2. format sd card

3. shut down

4. use pc to copy stock nandroid backup from androidforums (google "stock triumph restore")

5. boot back to CWM,

6. restore the backup and reboot, should work

**IF you have md5 checksum error, use adb via usb to run these commands and immediately try to restore again:

adb shell

# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2010-06-29.20.22.53

# rm nandroid.md5

# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5

# exit

**Make sure to unmount the sd card before restore.

Again, I really don't know if it was battery or not, but I tried this before changing batteries and it didnt work!
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
But wait, there's more!

Ok, now that I'm able to get back to stock, I'm still unable to flash any custom roms. I wipe/factory reset, format /system, then install update from sd card. When I confirm the update, the screen goes blank (no text), then goes back to the main menu! It does this with any rom!

Any help?
[Motorola Triumph] vizionforever:
dont think triumph is supported phone according to cwm ?
[Motorola Triumph] Haro912:
You want to choose zip from sd card. Not install update
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
I knew I'd word something wrong

I meant to say that. I did install zip from sd.
[Motorola Triumph] Haro912:
Are you running the latest cwm?
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
Yep, 5.0.2.6. I just tried CM7 .04 beta because I have a friend who flashed it successfully on his MT. When I ran it it said it was installing for maybe 4 seconds and then said complete. When I rebooted all I got was the Motorola logo.

I just got this phone. Is it possible that Motorola changed something with the hardware to make it not work?
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
I've managed to get CWM running a little more stable by replacing the boot.img file with the one from CM7, but all I get when I run the zip is this:

-- Installing /sdcard/CM7.zip

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

Install from sdcard complete.

that all takes about 6 seconds and I get just the motorola logo when I reboot.

It still goes blank (no text) when I try to flash any other rom (like stockROM) so something is definitely screwy.
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I have a friend with a Triumph who successfully flashed cm7. I looked at his phone and found that the model number on his is WX345 while mine is WX435. Maybe my version really does have issues with clockwork?
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
I did notice that the Triumph isn't listed on Clockwork's site. It is, however, listed on xda. Maybe its not officially supported?
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
figured it out! It had something to do with the sd card. I was using a 16gb class 10 PNY card. I put the stock 2gb back in it and it worked like a charm. Don't know if it was a defective card or the phone/clockwork just didn't like it.
[Motorola Triumph] vizionforever:
Bay PONY...Noticed that my pny class 10 16gb was slower(or just took longer to mount and search for media, cause it's bigger) than the 16gb samsung class 2 that came with my epic...Dunno; but glad to hear CWM works! now you can switch back cards ;)

PS. what root method u use command line or gingerbreak?
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
I've tried both. I like the gingerbreak b/c it adds superuser app for you. Both worked fine though...

But since I installed CM7 I didn't need to root it first.