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[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
I ran into the article below while online this morning; what this means is that Apple will now compete with Android for the pre-paid market. I believe that Windows Phone should jump into this market as well before they get left behind as usual.

Cricket to Offer US' First Prepaid iPhoneThough the iPhone's carrier exclusivity has long ago ended, the iPhonehas always been available to postpaid wireless customers only. Thanksto prepaid wireless carrier Cricket, that will no longer be the case.Starting June 22nd, Cricket will begin offering both the 8gb iPhone 4and the 16gb iPhone 4S. Of course, Cricket customers wanting to jumpinto the iPhone game, are going to have to pay to play. Cricket'sprepaid iPhone will be priced at $400 for the 8gb iPhone 4, and $500 forthe 16gb iPhone 4S. Alongside the prepaid iPhone, Cricket will continueto offer its $55 per month no-contract, unlimited talk, text, and dataplan.

http://thesmartphonechamp.com/cricket-to-offer-us-first-prepaid-iphone/
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Just a smart move to sell more phones.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kwill:
You're an idiot with your "before they get left behind as usual" comment. I don't think there's anything wrong with having a premium experience that not everyone has access to initially. There's nothing that says cheap more than pulling your cellphone off the aisle in WalMart, in a package that looks like a set of headphones:p And I'm sure there will be plenty of WP7's made for smaller eceonomic countries already, that will make it into the prepaid market.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
Hum, first off where do you get off calling anyone an idot? Does calling people bad names make you feel more like a man? if so then I totally understand. Now Your second comment makes sense and I agree with you.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Testware:
Huh? Prepaid what?

idiot* :P

Just wondering though- how big is the prepaid market in the US?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
You can buy any number of Windows Phones off contract and use them on a prepaid plan.

Anyway I don't know anyone in real life who has a smartphone who is using prepay. I can't imagine it's a huge market in the US. I keep saying it MSFT should concentrate on where the mass market is. All this niche stuff comes later.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
i don't have the article link, but read tmobile's customer base = 1/3 pre-paid, or non-contract customers. that's quite a few people that are choosing to come/go as they like to different carriers.

my understanding (no proof) is that att will allow a non-contract setup, and also verizon. i have no idea if this is true or heavily populated.

using an iphone on a network that couldn't handle it's user base would suck. oh, wait, hello there att. ;-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
tmobile is the fourth place also ran carrier with barely double digit market share. at&t is three times their size. Furthermore the majority of phones in the US are NOT smartphones. So tmobile is 11% of the market. We will just go on faith and use your figures; 1/3 of tmobiles customers are prepay. And probably only 40% at most are smartphone users. So that is 40% of 3% of the market. So that's 1.2% of the overall market. And that is being generous. I would assume the percentage of smartphones on prepaid plans is less than those on contracts. I don't think your example of <1.2% of the cellular market makes a strong case.

Furthermore look at that Andriod percentage of the "smartphone" market. We all know what qualifies as an Andriod "smartphone" in a number of cases would not pass the Windows Phone device requirements.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kwill:
Sorry, you are ABSOLUTELY right. I apologize and thanks for taking it so well and helping me realize the IDIOT I was for making such a comment;)

Glad you see my point as well:)
[Windows Phone 7 General] GreenGrenadez:
WP7's Marketing

IOS & Android and especially Blackberry users really have absolutely NO IDEA what they are missing in Windows Phone! They are so blinded by the fact that "everybody" has one mentality that their eyes and minds are closed to the real fact that the WP7 is faster, better OS!

My wife is an devoted iPhone user, and while we use the same apps to do the same things, I get the info faster than she does and with a better looking UI, thinner phone & with a larger screen!

I feel feel the same passion as kwill & wanting to keep the power to ourselves, however when companies are pulling apps off Windows Market Place because the users under 3% doesn't justify updating applications and all the ads you see on TV say download the app for your iPhone or Android and leaves out WP7, it will not be long before the WP7 just ends up like the WinMobile (which WAS the 1st smartphone, I might add)!

Microsoft must get their phones in the hands of these people to show it's power, speed and usefulness.

That's my 2 cents. Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Hmmm. You do know that Samsung sells the most Android devices, and the Galaxy Series is the most sold?

HTC is right behind them with the Desire HD.

Those devices meet and exceed WP requirements, so Your statement false.

I'm on prepaid btw. Its how I switch phones, its cheaper and it fits my circumstances. MVNOs are really starting to take off now.

Edit, your graphs are wrong too.

US smartphone market is more than 48% now, with Apple and Google being the only ones to rise. Everyone else percentage fell.
[Windows Phone 7 General] prgwhiting:
Windows Phone already has. That's how I bought a pre-paid 710 on Thursday last.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
You want to take it easy there tough guy? Nothing in my post denies the existance of the Galaxy Series or the Desire HD. You are aware they are not the ONLY Andriod phones sold right? Right? There are a number of Andriod phones that do not meet the Windows Phone requirements. There is nothing that you said that contradicts that statement. So care to retract your remark about "false" statements?

Please try and see the forest through the trees. Look at the math I did. Does changing the number from 40% to 48% have any meaningful effect on the final number or the point of the post? Does it?

Final suggestion, if you are going to get butt hurt about honest talk regarding Android might I suggest avoiding the Windows Phone forum? See my signature.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Care to actually comprehend what I typed? Because you were insinuating , but in reality most devices sold aren't the cheap ones.

Yes it has meaningful effect. The number is actually 49.7%. That's nearly half; half if you round. That's a big difference in the real world.

I normally don't respond to such childish remarks but I'm using a app if you can comprehend. This app doesn't show board signatures, maybe you should try it. See what I did there?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
No way I'm biting at the smartphone part, but I'll be much more than happy to live off what is profitable of that 1% or so of just the US market.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
I was not "insinuating" anything. I typed what I meant in black and white... twice. You are the one that refuses to read what I typed and instead wishes to put words in my mouth and call me a liar.

My God. Do you not know what "look at the math" and "final number" mean?

We were calculating the potential market for noncontract smartphones at Tmobile. Here's the math since you obviously don't want to put in the effort...

Tmoblie market share 11% (you wanna quibble about this?)

Pay as you go customers on Tmobile 1/3 (I trusted this number from the guy who brought this up. Quibble with him if you don't like it)

Percentage of cell customers with smartphones 40% (This is the number that gave you a siezure)

Your number for % smartphones 50%

So my number 11%*(1/3)*40%=1.466 of the entire cell phone market

Your number 11%*(1/3)*50%=1.833% of the entire cell phone market

So I ask again does that 50% number you quoted me make a meaningful difference in the FINAL number? Let me help you... NO. It in no way changes my point. It is a tiny number either way. And it is a tiny number Apple, Google, Blackberry, Windows etc have to divy up. It will no save Nokia or Windows phone. I'm not saying that they should completely ignore it but just because they didn't jump on it yesterday doesn't mean it's the end of the world.

Well you wouldn't even have to read childish remarks if you...

a) didn't call people liars after they made 100% factually correct statements

b) didn't make trollish quibbles about numbers that don't change the overall point of the post.

c) actually addressed the point of the entire post.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nicksti:
Let us keep it respectful.

To make a comment about the price, $400 USD for an iPhone 4 does not sound like a good deal to me. $500 for an iPhone is a little better but something about spending $500 on a phone with a 3.5" screen just sounds like poor value for money.

That is HTC One S pricepoint.

You can get a 16GB SGS2 on Amazon for $458
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ He wins, I give up. We're obviously talking about two different things.
[Windows Phone 7 General] saintsoulja:
Do not remind me of this! i just signed two year contract with Sprint!! yes sprint. i thought unlimited data is great (nope, not on the worst network in this world).

What Tim is doing is good, but if he is trying to give every joe a iphone then the thing would not be as demanding. You give a affordable iphone to everyone and nobody would want it. Keep your price high and you have a fanboy regime :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] pasupata:
In Germany and Romania as an example a LOT of people use every month prepayed cards for their smartphones - it's more cheaper this way than to pay each month a huge subscription and to be locked in a contract for one or two years. A 200€ smartphone without contract it's cheap enough to buy without having to pay 30€ or more each month for a contract just to get the phone cheaper - a prepayed card comes with other advantages - like anonymity in many countries, better deals etc.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
Just heard that Virgin Mobile is the next in line to get the iPhone. Rumor has it that this will happen in July. Looks like Apple will try to flood the market just like Andriod did. But I was just thinking; with Windows 8 comming out; does that really matter? If Apple would release more than just one modle then I guess that would stir things up but then again the iPhone is becoming old news any way. I don't know, I guess I just want to see Windows Market share increase is all.
[Windows Phone 7 General] xsever:
I want WP to succeed but reading about how many basic features the Facebook app lacks and lags makes it hard for teenagers/heavy Facebook users to switch. It's these people that seem to run at iPhones without thinking/knowing.

Blackberry went down bcz it only offered nice features for business people. For a mobile OS to succeed these days, it's all about apps and basic needs in today's world.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
I just repaired your spelling mistakes via built-in spell check on my phone. Took about five seconds. Just amazed at todays technologies.

As far as apple flooding the market, I think you are late (and wrong in comparing them to android) on that call. They have been incredibly successful at selling iphones.

About w8 coming out, and whether or not apple/iphone models will matter, I'm very surprised at this comment. I believe you will find the same scenario on w8's release as you currently do with w7: one windows phone awash in a sea of androids and iphones.

If you feel strongly that something will change, please explain what is going to motivate people to switch from an iphone or android to a w8 device ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ windows 8 , that I see a mile away.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
I'm not sure if you mean w8 is a long way off, or that windows 8= w8.

Since its supposed to be the same across tablets (ok, slaaaates) , pc's, and phones, might as well start calling it w8,instead of windows pc 8, windows tablet 8, windows phone 8.
[Windows Phone 7 General] GreenGrenadez:
Xsever, the reading IS what's hurting WP. That app rolled with short comings but has since been updated. Hell the OS itself does a fine job of dealing FB, don't see why need an app.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
Sorry for being unclear. When I lived in Europe I used a prepay phone. I was referring solely to the US market. Prepay particularly for smartphones is not particularly popular here. That was what I was trying to illustrate with my calculations. And if you really want to use a phone on prepay it is possible here in the US and the rest of the world. My point was that it is not the vast unexploited market some are making it out to be.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
LOL. Are you an Apple fan boy?:p
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
Hum, Cicket is not pre-paid; it's month to month with no contract... where did this prepay stuff come from?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Not exactly an informative or interesting opinion, but I'll answer anyway...

Yes, I'm a fan of apples' desktop os. I could care less about its mobile os, or phones, so your assumption is only that.

The real question is, why you did not explain how you anticipate wp8 is going to prevent being a replay of wp7's introduction and current adoption success ?

Yes, it will still be a sea of android and ios handsets, no matter what mobile os or hardware maker you of I prefer.

Well ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] AndyFZ1S:
Have just checked your punctuation and it took me less than 30 seconds to realise it's terrible, No capital letters on names etc :rolleyes:

Have to agree with you though, I think the situation will be very similar even if the new handsets running WP8 are absolutely superb and the OS is flawless, It would be good for Microsofts marketshare to grow with regards to their mobile platforms but lining pockets is not my concern, All I care about is bad spelling, punctuation and having a phone that does what I want it to do.:p
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Fixed, lots. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Lol, lets not repeat this.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
It's probably not as simply as "jumping in."
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Acuap:
Hello.

I have a chance to change my little worn-out DEFY to something newer and faster. Namely it's GSM version of Motorola RAZR. However it's branded in Orange PL soft. Is there an easy (or medium) and relatively safe way to simply debrand it?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Yes.

If you have a network unlocked Razr you can flash any EU rom. (Put another carrier sim card into ur razr, if it's unlocked you'll get data signal, if not, it'll ask for a network code. In this case, you can aways ask your carrier for the network unlock code or buy one at an unlock phones service - just google it)

This is the thread that points to programs, drivers and files you need.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1539192

In the ROMs thread you can clear you doubt's regarding each rom to pick up for flash.

Cheers
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] manojzzz:
Please give me flash player for huawei u8180

I install many versions but it not work please give me link to download

I am new user in xda I hope you help me I am using cm7.1
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] atis112:
This ROM based on CM7.2 and marcellusbe's sources and on my FireDroid sources. Huge thanks for marcellusbe for his great work.

I don't have galaxy3, i make this ROM for my friend, so please be patient. :)

Features:

Latest nightlies

Back button ends call option in CyanogenMod Settings/Input

ThemeChooser avaliable from Settings/Display

FM radio

Revamped,Holo, Blade lockscreen style

ICS transition

ICS rotation animation with enable/disable option in "Cyanogenmod settings/display" (disable default)

Fully ODEXed

And more...

Downloads:

FireDroid-NYOMI_Edition 1.0

Google apps

Bugs:

Video recorder

And maybe more...

Other links:

My facebook page

Sources on github

FireDroid for X10 Mini

FireDroid for X10 Mini Pro

FireDroid for X8

Install:

Go to recovery

Full wipe

Flash firedroidxx.zip

Flash Google apps

Reboot

Credits:

jerpelea

nobodyAtall

marcellusbe
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] atis112:
reserved

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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Halco:
Does it have unique features ? Could u tell us more ? Thanks
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ak700:
Back button mod looks interesting. BTW can you try make the home button the call pickup key? That would be great! All the best
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] aarrun:
**** finally found something new and interesting!!!!.....carry on your work/.....waiting for ur releases.... :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] atis112:
Yes, it's possible, i will work with the pickup key, but not with the home button. I will make it for menu button. If it will working on my x8 i will add it for galaxy3 too. But there are a lot of new function what i can't make without the phone. E.g.: Center clock option in statusbar, ultra brightness function, a2sd option... I need a galaxy3 for these but i don't have. So if i can borrow this phone from my friend again, i will make it for you. :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ak700:
You can try this guide for the centre lock switch - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1361715

It also has a guide for having the power switch at the bottom. That seems great!

BTW I don't use this phone anymore for personal use, so I am available for full testing!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] atis112:
No, I need source codes for this. I will make center clock option to CM settings.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Pinak.ahuja:
That would be cool.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Smonic:
So these will be nightlies?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] austin266:
what are nightly builds........??
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] simbawimba:
nightly updates to the ROM
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Smonic:
I mis-read the first post when i posted above. They won't be nightlies.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] griauciai:
Calendar force closes. Have anybody other this problem or solution how to fix it?
[HTC Amaze 4G] mrmako777:
get it here
[HTC Amaze 4G] chozyn:
Thanks for the heads up...just got it!

Live or Die this day.....
[HTC Amaze 4G] macheteZen:
Back to $2.99 :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] Y2Ne1:
It's free 247 at 4share.com :rolleyes: BUT SUPPORT THE DEV DAM IT got mine for 2.99 ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiestobunio:
How well set the settings to the optimal CM9 MINI ROM? I know it was already somewhere, but I can not znaleś.Bardzo mainly I mean if ZRam to be enabled or disabled? And how to set the processor.

Advance thank you very much;)

If I could give it some help thanks
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pipi14:
Smartass v2 cpu governor - cpu frequency 122 - 729.

Z-ram when ur not using supercharger then 18% if u do then disable it..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floureiro:
I Use Smartass v2 cpu governor - cpu frequency 122 - 600 works well.

The problem is that the battery is short-lived

Relative Zram I don't have opinion.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shmhazan:
when playing a video and you press the power button,the screen goes off and locks the phone,the video doesn't continue to play.

it should lock all buttons .

help anyone.

also is you can find a replacment video player that can lock all keys (all i can find is locking the screen , menu and back key. i need to lock everything that my kid will not open the phone)

thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] ba32471:
Is It possible to have track info on car stereo in bluetooth streaming?
[Venue Pro General] dijsil:
sometimes when i close the phone after i send a message it restarts. any ideas?

OS: 7.10.8107

firmware: 2250.1800.7720.219

hardware version: 112.576.2.0
[Venue Pro General] SirRudolph:
-.- We really need some developer support here.

Dell should unlock this phone for us if they arent working on it more.
[Venue Pro General] Technosquid:
I actually did have a random phone restart on my main DVP while using the messaging app earlier this week. It happened just as I flipped up the screen to access the keyboard. It was not after sending a message, though.

After the device rebooted and I got a call, neither the "answer" or "ignore" buttons were illuminated, and I had to power off the screen and power it on again before the answer call button illuminated and let me press it. I'm not sure if the two things were related.

Same firmware and hardware rev, but I'm using OS build 7.0.7720.68. T-Mobile Mango ROM updated using Zune from stock 7004.
[Venue Pro General] mskovrinskie:
I just got out my DVP after not using it for a while to install Tango. I started noticing that if I slide the keyboard closed pretty hard, the device will always reboot. I'm 10 days out of warranty so no path for help from Dell....

Does anyone know of a way to fix this (other than not closing it hard)?
[Venue Pro General] benjaminries:
I was worried that this was simply the hardware breaking down - maybe a loose ribbon cable or something - but now that you mention it, I don't think the problem started until after I forced the Tango update.

I get shutdowns and restarts whenever I snap the keyboard "open" or "closed" too hard. Both are equally problematic. If we think it is an issue with the OS upgrade, I can only imagine that the DVP's accelerometer is putting out a value that the updated Tango OS can't handle, causing a fatal crash or some other kind of overload. This sort of thing is at the fringe of my understanding... but frankly, there aren't a whole lot of other ways I can conceive of an OS upgrade making the physical hardware act more "delicate".

The other possibility, of course, is this: the failure is purely a hardware issue, but it only seems Tango-related because enthusiasts are frequent device users and therefore highly likely to have done the Tango upgrade by now. But it would be pretty coincidental that we'd all worn out some internal slider-related component just after Tango updates.

We need the following missing data:

a) is anybody getting slider-related resets on a pre-Tango device?

b) is anybody with Tango NOT getting slider-related resets? (flick your keyboard slider open with some force, and see)

EDIT: oh wait, the OP appears to be on Mango.
[Venue Pro General] mskovrinskie:
I had pre-Mango on my DVP for a long time with no issues of a reboot when closing the keyboard quickly. Yesterday, I pulled it out of my gadget drawer and went through Mango and then Tango updates. Starting today, I can very easily reproduce a reboot problem simply by closing the keyboard very quickly.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] RonaldoMG:
Hi,

I've experienced good speed enhance on ics 4.0.4 for my xperia x10 mini (robyn).

Thanks for it :)

But recently I've tried to use GPS but it doesn't work.

Did someone else experienced this issue?

How it could be solved?

Regards,

Ronaldo
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] RonaldoMG:
Today, several days before I installed the new CM, the GPS worked.

I don't know what happened, but if the problem occurs again I'll post it here.