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[Windows Phone 7 General] damtrx_:
For the last 6-7 years i'm using Windows Mobile devices and for year and a half Windows Phone 7.

When i migrate from Windows Mobile i told myself - Never again WinMO or microsoft ! So i tryed different Android phones (that was about year 2009-2010)

Well Android seems to be the best OS for me . No White Screen of death,no sudden restarts ,bug free. I decide to give it a try with my firends devices

Suddenly i found that i'm in the same sittuation when i was with Windows Mobile.

Crappy devices,lots of LAG,rooting,flashing,reinstalling and etc.Every day i came back home with something that i whant to customize.After hours of reading,restoring ,reflashing the next day comes and the same problems continues and my devices was not working properly .

"Hey Martin why did not pick up your phone" ...."Someone calling" ?

"Why my battery is draining in a couple of hours"

"Why my 3g data does not work" . "Why i can't use programs that my Andro friends have"

And then i start reading ...

What CPU you use,What Display(HVGA,QVGA,WVGA..blaVGA..) ...how much RAM did you have. Is there TaskManager to kill your programs...enabled Bluetooth ...oh problems and problems.

Why i have to worry about that i forgot something or i should not know...

Why i have to know what is my screen and what resolution supports.

Why i have to khow the available RAM on my device ?

Why my friend are using iGO but i can't install the same version ? Why my programs stop work suddenly ?

Everyday questions and quiestions what is not working and how to resolve the problem .

Then i said ...well this is the same sh*t like WinMO !

I moved to Windows Phone 7 (mango beta2) and suddenly - no problems . Yes there are things that i missed from WinMO or Android but now everything is working out of the box.

I don't worry anymore for all the problems that i had.

What CPU ? - don't care. What display resolution - Why ? How much RAM - WTF ?

Exchange Server integration with UAG - no problem. Sharepoint access - not a single problem

Whant a document or file from my phone - why not download from my SkyDrive .

Working Excel spreadsheet - not a problem. Whant to edit DOCX file - well i can do it with a limitations but i still can.Preview Powerpoint presentations (PPTPX) yes i can.

And BTW i am not one of those users that use their phone for Talk and games only.I use it for may daily tasks as an IT Consultant/Administrator and i don't miss anything .(well maybe OpsMgr client and free RDP)

Bluetooth filesharing - you should be kidding be . Why don't install RS232 and Ifrared to bring back the old days .
[Windows Phone 7 General] telep:
On android you have a choice, on wp7 if you don't like something you dont have a choice because WP7 is locked. Also android and iOS have localized apps for every country, wp7 doesnt have any of that because it doesnt sell.

So, you are saying that on android you can not edit excel spreadsheet or preview PPTX file, please, my 5 years old Symbian devices can do that. I know people that are using iPhones, Symbian Nokias, Androids, and none of them dont know whats the screen resolution, or how much RAM memory phone has, or how many cores CPU have etc, so your argument that people only can use WP and be oblivious about hardware specs of their phone is wrong.
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
2 major things that you forgot (not that I disagree)

1. drag and drop media to the phone without zune (I LOVE THAT)

2. Better camera drivers (save from the titan series, the cameras on windows phones have been woefully mediocre, even by standards of mobile camera)

In addition to that the developer support is there, communities are by in large bigger, and generally do some great things for the device. However, a killer for me with android is the keyboard options. They all suck. The UI options. They all suck (that includes vanilla ICS, it was like it was designed by a retarded monkey tossing poo blinding other monkeys and drawing said ui with the non used poo).

that said there is a lot to like and dislike about both platforms. But since I love typing on my phone, keyboard is a HUGE DEAL
[Windows Phone 7 General] damtrx_:
@telep -

Every time i want to install something i had to figured out what are my specifications and find the proper resolution because of the fragmentation.

Want HTC sense - not in a stock rom . If i get the proper version ...with specifications...for the resolution...for that particular OS ...no way

Want some media player - still have to find proper resolution version.Whant to install Bunny Shooter or Angry Birds. No problem.Whant to play - lags as hell.

And when back to 2010 - there was no way to open PPTX or DOCX files. Still my girlfriend can't open these formats on hers Android 2.3 phone (Wildfire that lags alot)

I'm really tired of reading 10 pages of threads only to find something usefull.I don't have enough time to debug my phone or someone else phone.If you want do it,maybe you don't have social life at all.My time is precious and i don't want to lose it .

That is my opinion.I am not a developer - I am a user .
[Windows Phone 7 General] telep:
Uhm, i dont do that, i download it from market and it always works, i dont know what were you downloading.

Thats major BS and you know that, i opened pptx without any problem

Docs to go (paid)

Kingsoft office (free on market)

And please tell me more how 150 euros wildfire can not compete with your 350-400 euros WP7 phone, i would like to hear it more, you should compare samsung mini or some cheapest huawei with n900 that would be perfect. ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] damtrx_:
In my Country Wildfire is more expensive than HTC Trophy that i have :)

Wildfire - 250euros (not S)

Trophy - 225 euros

Well for paid app is prety good . Some how i don't want to spend money for that comes with my OS for free.

Something that i miss alot from Android and WinMo - USB file access

And by the way as far as i remember i can't share internet conectivity from my PC to Android phone(not reverse tethering) . I don't had that problem with any WP7 device or WinMO

Still both platforms are good and if somehow in next WP8 version Microsoft add some missing features Android is going down. People in my country bought Android phones because of the crappy WinMO realization and expensive iPhone phones. That is the only reason Android to grow fast - alternative for the iPhone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emdzej:
Just because this is sometimes more convenient then sending this through skydrive. And you can't first download any file from the web to your windows phone and then share it with your friends. You can't save zip file to your phone.

I agree that it all depends on what you do, you always can find a workaround but it is all about convenience. I do a lot things on my phone instead doing them on my PC just because it allows me to do it. WP is limited in some scenarios, but it doesn't mean that it is bad or ****ty. Every platform has its drawbacks and I thought that this thread is about that.

I agree that you should not care abt hardware specs... but its the press who usually make the noise here and users follow :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] jakdillard:
I have used all of the OS'es in this battle

1.WM6.5- Wished MS would have keep this going it wasn't all that bad (mogul-touch pro 2)

2.Android 2.x- felt unfinshed and HTC Sense kinda f'd up the experience for me(HTC Evo)

3.IOS4.x- was cool wanted something finished that I didn't have to tinker with but got old to me and boring(IPhone4)

4.IOS5.x-Was cool but got old and boring seeing how if I was at the barber shop and looked at someone else's IPhone it looked just like mine and apps from IOS4.x crashed (yes ones downloaded from the app store on a non jailbroken device) Not to mention that SIRI is a lazy old ***** (Iphone4s)

5.Android4.0.4- This is what brought me back to android it look more finished I like the UI better yeah its kinda laggy from time to time but what UI doesn't have some problem personally I really like vanilla ICS (galaxy nexus) I think this is perfect for me I can customize if I want to or just use
[Windows Phone 7 General] damtrx_:
I agree with that . The only different files than Audio/Video ,Docs and TXT files that i want to open are VBS and PS1 and some archived files (RAR,7zip etc)

For the rest i don't need anything . Sometimes it's really annoyng that i can't open scripting files but it's a phone not a tablet or PC.

OH..and Flash player for opening crappy Flash sites !For the most of the web browser experience i don't need flash but some developers made their sites on Macromedia Flash and don't create mobile sites. That is really annoyng .
[Windows Phone 7 General] telep:
Yeah, i downloaded it free from market. :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] emdzej:
On the other hand with screen size of > 4" you can do something useful with your phone :) and do not need to carry tablet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] damtrx_:
Believe me i tryed couple of times to do hard stuff with my device.Even using SSH client to my linux router at home is a difficult task.(small fonts,crappy keyboard)

RDP connection is very anoyng if you try to do some stuff too.As example if i try to review System log on some server it took me very long time.

If i try to apply some powershell script it is almost imposible - i tryed hard.The screen size is very small to do that kind of stuff.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emdzej:
I've managed to manage some ssh keys and accounts, move files over sftp and so on. Of course this is not something anyone is doing, but I can imagine some other scenarios :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] htc9420:
I forgot to mention that anyone who backs up android by its marketshare should regard the history of smartphone market.

Iphone comes out-expensive, one button 3.5" touchscreen, iPod users jump on the ship. Baristas, park artists, hipsters, ducks, Paris Hilton etc flock to the Fruit. IOS rocks.

---2 years later---

Android launches. Everybody's considering the 2.1 as a real competitor over Iphone. Why? WinMo devices are for stylus, not optimized for touch. Iphone 3 is still very expensive with expensive apps and music. android=open source= plenty of cracked apps=hope for winXP users.

---2 more years---

Market is flooded with cheap Android devices.Android beats the hell out of BB and gets on top.BB services are expensive. Devices are getting old. Everybody wants to touch the screen of light. Why? Iphone experience for less money. For the dual SLI GPU fans there's Moto RAZR, Droid, zilion cores, xray camera--hardware runs amok, in front of Google coders. No one cares about bugs. Wp7 comes out with decent phones, wonderful and new-concept UI but immoral OS ( no this, no that, no and no). It gets better with 2 updates.

--- nowadays and counting---

Android share keeps on climbing. At a slower pace. IoS is uniform as new pubs and parks open. WP7 is the new choice, not the new trend. Nokia is getting stronger with WP. RIM is almost extinct.

That pretty sums it all up. Android has a huge marketshare not because of the quality of the OS, nope. With AndroidOS, for new devices, it's either cheap or high end. 2 year Sammy Focus stills sells higher than Captivate on Ebay ( who's buying a Captivate, anyway?).

With WP, the OS sells the hardware.

With Android, it's the hardware that sells itself, regardless of what OS version 2.3,2.3.6,4.0.1,4.03( as long as it says dual-corrre, QUAD-corrre).

With IOS, the envy sells the devices.

If anybody is really interested in what daily users say about WP, got to Amazon site and read the comments for any WP device. You'll all be amazed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emdzej:
Nobody, at least not me, says that WP is crap, I just indicate what is lacking from my point of view. I've been using it non stop for over a month now (earlier used LG Optimus 7), and didn't throw it away through window - in my case that is a good review. But it dosn't change the fact that for me it lacks a lot of featuers for now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] poyensa:
This kind of threads are repetitive all around xda-developers, and quite useless. I really do not understand why a thread about android in WP7 section. Thread closed.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdave72:
hi everyone,

i have no idea why, but ever since last week i can't seem to see any internal\external storage in recovery (while in android it's fine). needless to say i can't flash new roms, backup\restore etc.

can any one help me?

i'm using CWM 5.8.3.1 (without team rogues, i want to flash that one, but i'm not sure whether or not i can use fastboot to flash ontop of an existing recovery... if so, could you please post the instructions to this?)

the 20120419 snapshot of cm9 wingray.

thanks for your help
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wesamothman:
Well, try to flash another recovery image. If you are running eos team build, you can flash their recovery and it reads internal and external sd card.

Let me know if you need the link...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdave72:
i'm not sure... i'm running CM9 (so team rogue?) and my recovery isn't branded (it's original, no teams there...).

so you're saying it's ok to reflash ontop of the existing one with other recoveries?

please send me the links

thank you so much
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wesamothman:
Yup, it is ok to flash another recovery.

This is the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1604014

Also, I would suggest you to go to another ROM, which has been found to be the best as of now. Thanks to Team EOS for this ROM.

What is your xoom model? 3G or WIFI?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdave72:
i have the wifi version

one more thing - i have to boot the xoom into a certain mode right? and then do the flashing...

how do i get to that mode?

EDIT: sorry for that, i could find the answer easily online. thanks so much, everything is now working perfectly
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdave72:
you've done more then enough :-) thanks so much again!

done with the stuff you posted (although i already had a root so just re-flashed the recovery)

i don't use gapps (i have problems with google stuff) so i use F-droid and aptoid. if you have any others, i'll thank you even more :-)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wesamothman:
I would love to help you with that but honestly I don't know know any other alternative to gapps besides that the latest gapps pack is fully issue-free :)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] droidxpert:
Thread closed
[HTC One X] LakshayX:
Guys I want to go for a Privacy screen protector..are they good enough n do they spoil the color reproduction or anything?

N can anybody suggest a good one?

Thanks

Sent from my Stunning White HTC One X
[HTC One X] Deleted member 2496007:
Tried one once. Not too bad until you are out in strong sunlight, then its sooooo private not even you can see the screen!

Alsoa pain in the car using sat nav. Holder has to be pointed right at you.
[HTC One X] bcool15:
lol
[HTC One X] LakshayX:
Thanks..but I think I am still gonna go for one..I don't like people peeping at work n in metro as well:rolleyes:

Sent from my Stunning White HTC One X
[HTC One X] Garoto1973:
Did you ever get one? I want one mostly to cover a nasty crack on my screen (only visible when screen is off). I figure a privacy or mirror screen protector might hide it.

I see 2 brands coming up in my searches , Empire (inexpensive $2-$6) and Clarivue (expensive $19).
[HTC One X] LakshayX:
Never got one..wasn't able to find 1 here..but dropped the idea ..I have heard good reviews about Empire n its cheap too..n if it reduces the brightness or anything then u can remove it without suffering huge loss..

Sent from my Stunning White HTC One X
[HTC One X] kash20:
I ordered one of ebay and used it for a few months, I wrote a review somewhere on the site, it covers the screen well and can be taken off and reapplied, the problem was that I suffered an almost 30% decrease in brightness and so when out in direct sunlight, you have to change brightness to full which is even more of a battery drain, hope that helps
[HTC One X] Garoto1973:
I got one from Empire. Looked awesome before applying, covers most of the screen. However, after applying I get diagonal annoying lines on the screen . Its unbearable. i took it off.
[HTC One X] thinhletien:
i want privacy screen protector for my HOX too, but the problem is i also want matte, anti-finger print :(
[HTC One X] ogieanakbaik:
at first i was using this kind of screen guard. but after 1 month i changed it to clear one and yeah the screen even better than before.. :D
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
Alrighty, I now what the settings should be but I can't seem to access the apn settings in the metro 2.1 rom. Any suggestions? (besides a reflash and apnbackup)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] delmarz:
I recently bought wifi dongle to shared my connection from pc to android.. my problem is that built in wifi in Xperia Mini pro or android devices has no adhoc supported yet so it won't detect my wifi dongle connection in android..

Im using virtual access, mhotspot etc. but no luck :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hishk:
Nice, definitely trying this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RaydenEris:
Gotta try it!

:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] I_FLY_Z3R0:
Ahh I love how the toggles are done! Good work will be trying tonight:)

Sent from my iPhone killer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cdss:
Thanks to another dev and team, more to play with, good luck to you guys ...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qbking77:
I'll definitely get a review video going :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
Thanks for mentioning my name on op section. Looks great and you guys are moving to the right direction that I wanted to see!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knoc:
and to think i just flashed miui!..this looks slick imma download it and flash later today
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] john9:
Thanks for doing this!You are so cute.:p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] spitefulrain:
I loved my franken-rom on the OG epic. i know this will be high quality.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bambam126:
lol

u got qb king at the wrong time lol good one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FrameCityJackal:
You guys have been missing out on some good **** ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jm5503:
Is the ROM uploading or something?? I can't find the link....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
From the linked page ->

Frankenstein's Ego 10x v1.0 XDA Thread (click on Frankenstein's Ego 10x v1.0)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRitz:
Yes been waiting for some new stuff sounds and looks good Im in
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tykalx:
just gotta ask, when you say the camera is silent, does it make a noise when focusing?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] isaac2k10:
What are the install instructions? I'm sure it's like any other rom flash to el26 cwm and flash, but i always follow the directions on the OP thread
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] twoslo:
thanks for the contribution (another option)

downloading now to try :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FrameCityJackal:
I'll have to double check and ask him. I've been busy flashing various things as of late.

I'm sure if agat still has focus noise then this does too

Yup flash just like every other ICS rom, wipe its ass clean :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lindenhurst:
Ok. Saw a thread about downloading the premium suite (s-note) for the note last week and now today I can find it anywhere. It included the apk file download link.

ANyone have a clue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DesignGrits:
It has not come out, the only thing that has been released was the SNote app from the premium suite.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lindenhurst:
I believe the snote app is exactly what I am looking for. You have a link?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DesignGrits:
Can't find it, uploading the apk to my dropbox right now.

---------- Post added at 10:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:43 AM ----------

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36777055/com.sec.android.app.snotebook-1.apk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] manfly9884:
There is also this app the works well with our Note: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1643134&page=2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lindenhurst:
Thanks much. There was a discussion about whether it worked with various ICS Roms last week, and for whatever reason, I can't find any of those threads.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kevwo:
i was wondering where that thread went too.

i downlaoded the apk, and it kept saying there was a problem parsing the package. came back to the thread and it was gone. i just assumed they had to delete it cuz of some issue with samsung
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] squish099:
Yep I cant find the thread either.. I'm the person who upped it to 4-shared. The n7000 thread I got it from is still active though...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lindenhurst:
I wouldn't think that Samsung would have any say over what's posted on a forum. Maybe I'm wrong.

Oh well. It kind of pisses me off that we buy this awesome phone in Feb, and here 3 months later we are using an outdated operating system. Sure I have ICS installed via flashing a rom, but I think Samsung mislead us when they acted like the ICS was coming out in the first qtr, and now we see competing phones being sold with newer operating systems than what we have.

Guess I'm learning what really goes on in the world of marketing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] clockcycle:
Samsung has always been really slow at providing updates. Usually taking a year+

3 months isn't bad. Considering this is their "flagship", oh nvm that's right SIII > note as far as they are concerned..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mcmc08:
I don't believe the problem is with Samsung. I think the issue is with AT&T. They are adding their "enhancements" to the ROM before its release.:rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sgndroid1:
Man! Why do they have to take so long? Freaking years! If it wasn't beacuse iphone small screen and their annal closed OS, I would have jump back into iphone in a heart beat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wase4711:
to a giant corp like ATT, updating a phone OS probably isn't high on their priority list...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] netsyd:
Exactly the problem with large companies. Screw you, we already got your money and you're stuck with us now, so why would we care about you.

Its not about the customer anymore - its about the shareholder and the suits at the top getting as much money for as little effort as possible. If they wouldn't get dumped by everyone switching to faster carriers, they'd never spend any money upgrading anything (like towers or 3G-->LTE) since that absolutely destroys profit margins.

I think we as consumers don't give ourselves enough credit for how much power we hold over these corporations. There's 5 million Note users - obviously not all AT&T... It's time we stop giving these companies a pass just because we the customers are too small for them to care about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wase4711:
good points...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dafoxs:
Apk

I do have the SNote apk file. Not sure why that thread vanished. Is it ok to post a link to the file?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
Would you mind posting it, or pm ing me with a link? I've been looking for the past week.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gibbsrob:
Samsung is the best at customer support and liberty of your device.

I believe the OS upgrades are slowed because of carrier signatures on bloatware. As for customer support and honoring warranty repairs regardless of system modification, heck, Samsung evens pays for shipping via UPS to get your device to and from. I've bricked so many Samsung phones during the FROYO -> Gingerbread leaks, reverting back to FROYO and not changing the bootloader back. SAMSUNG NEVER GAVE ME A PROBLEM. Samsung rules the land!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] truth77:
I can't lie this is true. I gave back a phone on warranty and it was rooted when I returned it on accident and they still said nothing. Flash counter on it was 4-6 too. I like Samsung but the business world sucks. I have a bachelors in business economics and its worse than you guys know. In the long run its what's gonna kill humanity but we won't go there yet lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DanielSantana11:
I need the S Note app too!

Would somebody send me a link, here or in pm? Thanks!