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[Windows Phone 7 General] ballanda123:
People forget that the WP7 platform is almost 2 years old, just because the first real contender of a phone came out 2 months ago.

I believe the timing of the announcement yesterday was done so that MS can gaurantee Nokia goes bankrupt in Q2, and then buy them in Q3. Nothing personal, Nokia. Should be a very interesting landscape by this time next year.

I bought a Lumia 900 last week. It is still the best phone I have ever owned (coming from Samsung Droid Charge).

I'm not pissed about the phone becoming obsolete. When the WP8 Lumia is released, I will sell the 900 on eBay for whatever its worth. Then I will take the proceeds, buy the new Lumia, and recoup any losses by switching it over to StraightTalk.

Even if I lose a couple hundred bucks, I don't care. You couldn't pay me that much to take an iPhone or Android handset... even a Galaxy IIIs.

MS probably knows/knew they're not gonna get many more people on board with the WP OS before W8/WP8 come out in tandem anyway. But they should have waited until 3 days before release to announce anything (about the only thing I admire about Apple). Time to short the hell out of Nokia stock.
[Windows Phone 7 General] neolp123:
lol..

nokia lumnia 900 is already available for 49$ now.. Nokia is going down down down!!

http : // www . nokia . com / us - en / products / phone / lumia900 /

**remove spaces
[Windows Phone 7 General] lp113:
Wonder if nokia will unlock its drive to 7.8 since it states it will unlock it to all windows 8 phones (conversations. nokia. com/2012/06/20/nokia-drive-for-all-windows-phone-8-smartphones)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
I was over on Facebook and they are having contests to give away free Nokia Lumina phones, LOL no body wants one:laugh: Everyone on there is like what for? That phone will be out dated in a few months.

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/2945637-get-rid-of-the-new-ui-and-add-an-opption-to-add-wa
[Windows Phone 7 General] Wyn6:
To all those talking about being left behind or not having access to WP8 apps, or the Lumia being obsolete, let me post what I posted elsewhere on the internets.

Question: Why would a dev of a normal app, normal being not requiring upgraded specifications (e.g. games) cut out millions of potential customers?

Let me clarify. Let us say that WP has 15 million users (some put the numbers between 13-16 million or so) right now. If a dev codes strictly for WP8 and submits their app at launch of WP8, how many consumers would that be?

Let’s say 3 months after launch WP8 has sold 6 million units (just a number) but in the 7 months prior WP7.x has sold another 9-12 million units increasing its user base to between 21-28 million units. That means WP8’s 6 million users would be somewhere between 20-30% of the entire base of WP users.

However, if that same dev codes for WP 7.5 and higher, how many potential consumers are they reaching at that point? Let me answer that… ALL OF THEM.

So, as a dev who is probably trying to turn a profit (some are hobbyist, I know), why would you NOT code for the largest potential userbase? At such time that WP8 users surpass WP7 users, meaning most people on the current platform have transitioned over, probably in 2 years, THEN you can update your app to WP8/9 specs.

Business-wise, this just makes more sense. You’d be foolish, in my opinion, not to do this as a dev.

And, for consumers/users, by the time you're ready to transition to WP8/9 (1-2 years) you'll more than likely have access to nearly 200k-300k apps, if not more, for WP7.x.

The Lumia will be a good phone which will be well supported for some time to come. So, what it won't receive EVERY feature that's in WP8. Guess what? That's how it's been on most platforms. ios and Android are both like that. Obviously, it's not killing either one of their sales. I realize that most of us on forums like these tend to live in a geek bubble. But, it's only us geeks and nerds who generally care about updates and a vast array of feature sets.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mickfarr:
Very true, I was telling my mum and dad that the update to WP8 wouldn't be coming to their phones and my mum just asked "won't they still work?" lol :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] svknet:
Instead of what isn't, can somebody provide information about what are features being provided in 7.8.

I am looking for below features-

- Complete Maps (like Google Maps, never mind if its Nokia Maps)

- Memory mode on USB (See files in Windows explorer on PC)

- Bluetooth file transfer

Hope I am not expecting too much :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
I keep saying that over and over again when the geeks on here say "Windows Phone would sell a lot more handsets if it was like Andriod and you could customize it and root it." If I gave my mom a Windows Phone and told her it is the iphone people are always talking about... she would believe me. Windows Phone has been a failure due to marketing. All this other niche geek stuff nobody in the general market cares about.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FTC:
..so far I always thought that peoples reading and posting at xda-developers are geeks or at least technically savvy peoples. I wonder because right after Apollo/WP8 was announced, it was also announced that this would not run on "legacy WP7 devices". So how comes that there is now such an uproar and peoples feeling "cheated"? Either those peoples are not so savvy as they believe or they just take the occassion to flame about Microsoft....
[Windows Phone 7 General] XxAndrexX:
Hey guys, I said this since the beginning. Microsoft is not any more microsoft of the past.

They screwed us all with winMo with this stupid useless update from 6.1 to 6.5.

Now they will screw us with another useless update from 7.5 to 7.8

The only difference is, winMo was a perfect system, wp7 is the worst one.

If they lost nearly all customers with Wp7, they will lose the other part.

I'm still waiting for skype, faster whatsapp loading, nightmode videocamera with autofocus, and so on... But I realize i'll have to step to android, even if i dont like it, but i dont trust anymore in microsoft.

And wtf the hardware???

Even an old winMo could handle most of the tasks Maybe even of win8.

Microsoft is full of bull****, and bull**** started with aero.

Why do you need a directx8 card to run aero??? Linux had much better graphics efects under directx6.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FTC:
...you are lucky that stupidity doesn't hurt, otherwise you would be screeming 24/24....
[Windows Phone 7 General] stomms:
strange marketing

They should name 7.8 update "WP8", but with hardvare related limtations for Mango devices, as Apple always do with their iOS updates, that's it! iPhone 3GS (and even iPhone 4) owners are happy to get iOS 6, but nobody will really focus on fact that they really getting nothing new, like 4S owners get, no 3D maps, no Siri no other fancy new stuff...

And there would be no complains at all, users would be happy with new "WP8" updates, and limitations for old devices would be very logical in this case and nobody would say that their new and shining Lumia 900 is left behind...
[Windows Phone 7 General] redwhiteandblue:
I do agree with this, they should have called it "WP8 Light" and included as many features from WP8 as possible given the hardware limitations. Then there would be no fuss.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sitizenx:
Really?! What about the ones that are still complaining that their 3G phones are SLOW after the iOS 5 update? Forget that. Leave my Windows Phone smooth.
[Windows Phone 7 General] stomms:
There were never iOS5 for iPhone 3G, doh... (last one for 3G was 4.2.1, I owned one and know for sure)

And 3GS isn't slow at all with iOS5
[Windows Phone 7 General] skittc:
Christ!! All these people going mad saying their phone is now a brick or whatever are overreacting in my view. The phone you have just now will still be as good a phone for you next year, it just isnt as good a phone as the ones that will be out next year. Regardless of WP7.8 or WP8 that would be the case anyway, as it is with all technology, because it is constantly getting better.

I dont have a problem with 'only' getting the 7.8 update for my Lumia 800 which i am contracted into for 24 months as i think its a great phone and will get even better with the 7.8 upgrade. The main complaints i've been reading are based on peoples opinions that their phone/tablet/anything should always be the most up to date and best version out there, but to do that means either no progression in the market or spending alot of money constantly changing/upgrading your items.

I will definitely be upgrading to a WP8 phone once my contract is up because I much prefer this to my previous Android and iPhones and feel that the future devices on offer will be extremely good. Everyone has a choice and thats fine, if they want to have an Android or iPhone then go ahead. But i'm sure you will have plenty of complaints about them too.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jorkobe23:
http://mashable.com/2012/06/22/nokias-lumia-900-update/

Read this guys!
[Windows Phone 7 General] mrTablet:
Software. I want OS updates!
[Windows Phone 7 General] drupad2drupad:
Isn't OS a software? :S
[Windows Phone 7 General] vnvman:
Nope, listen to the Apple guys OS = software+magic. Ain't that cool?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
But on the sales floor, its going to be labeled "discontinued" by the sales folks. The only people paying retail for 900's now will be the few who didn't hear about wp8 replacing it.

CL here had 2 nokia 900's for sale ffriday for $150 "to finance my new iphone".

I think you're estimates of future nokia 900 sales are hopelessly optimistic.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Megadark07:
*Waiting for some official features news*
[Windows Phone 7 General] 31lived:
will this update WP 7.8 bring the languages support same as WP8
[Windows Phone 7 General] DavidinCT:
This !
[Windows Phone 7 General] ah-le-le:
My feeling is that Microsoft will make no further comment on 7.8. They tried to break the news as gently as possible that this is the end of the line for 7. Different Start Screen tiles: that's it. There would be no benefit to Microsoft in repeating the same bad news over again. Future is with 8, not 7. Now Microsoft's goal is to reduce the number of people pissed off at them right now and get its existing userbase to upgrade to 8 when the devices are released later this year.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nicksti:
I was about to post this and then on refresh I saw your post. I would be shocked if MS was forthcoming with the information about 7.8. Not until WP8 devices are out.
[Windows Phone 7 General] biang:
I believe MS has said all they will say about WP7.8. If there were any better news, wouldn't this be the time, while everyone is angry, to reveal them? What advantage is there to keeping silent? Microsoft was silent about the WP8 upgrade story for the last several months as rumors swirled. Did we suddenly get good news? No.

It is no coincidence that Nokia is announcing and releasing a barrage of new apps and updates right now. Nokia has the most to lose, and is doing their best to distract us with these goodies. My bet is that some of these apps/updates could have been released earlier, but were held back until now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Rare Earth:
If they announced any more features they would be announcing WP8 features as well, which they want to do at a later date.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ZetaZynK:
Mary J. Foley writes on this matter:

WP 7.8 will add a 3rd tile size only. Nothing else.
[Windows Phone 7 General] DavidinCT:
That is what Microsoft said at the the Summit and been saying all along. Everyone else *THINK* they should be getting more so they are starting rumors. People are assuming they are getting more, they are not.

People as of right now, UNLESS something changes(from directly from Microsoft), ALL YOU ARE GETTING IS THE NEW START MENU and nothing else. This has been clearly said.

I watched the whole summit 2 times and watched the 7.8 annoucement a 4-5 times to see if there was ANY detail that I might of missed to say maybe we will get more. They didn't do anything and it was very clear that they were giving 7.5 users what they feel is the staple of Windows Phone 8, the new tile layout. That is IT.

If you think you are getting something else, it will be in App format from the marketplace.

This thread should die... and we should move on trying to find a leak of a beta or something...

Well said.... Great thought. So true... I know the Lumia 710/900 dont like this but, WP7 is 2+ years old now. It is time to move forward, they limitations of 7.5 can't keep up with WP8 so it's moving forward.

Just think of all the Android 2.3 users who just got their device a month ago, oh, no Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean for them !
[Windows Phone 7 General] jasongw:
Hint: EVERY phone on the market today, from EVERY manufacturer, featuring EVERY OS, will be outdated in a few months.

There is NO SUCH THING as future proof in the world of technology. The sooner you learn that lesson, the happier you'll be :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] fatclue:
Good luck trying to get that message across, you have a better chance of getting pregnant by the tooth fairy. There is NO SUCH THING as idiot proof in the world of technology. The sooner you learn that lesson, the happier you'll be. Please forgive the blatant plagiarism.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pbp8ntballer:
Well, before anyone jumps the gun just yet entirely with what will be included with 7.8, how about we just wait and see when they fully announce the update in complete detail. I find it extremely hard to believe MS would be that dull enough to only add a new Start screen to appease to its customers.
[Windows Phone 7 General] yaiba60:
They are either dull or they are too dumb to at least confirm some features other than the start screen. That is, if MS has them in store. And I doubt they have any judging from the L900 upgrade/no-upgrade incident.
[Windows Phone 7 General] milk070:
looks just about the same =/
[Windows Phone 7 General] Frankzzz:
renders you speechless.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jborean93:
I think this is the second time that I saw a website with this news, has anyone else seen any other evidence that their might be more features other than the new start screen.

http://wmpoweruser.com/another-microsoft-product-manager-promises-more-for-windows-phone-7-8/
[Windows Phone 7 General] ctiger:
Microsoft is playing dumb again. Major improvement aside, if there's any significant bug, or bugs, they should quickly address that by a release bump, or, it'll be just the old same, as what they had 5 years ago.

should be put aside the maybe higher resolution, or siri like voice search, or multi-core process, or whatever, there're several annoying bugs, like for me, the media just freeze after some use, and I have to reset the phone to get a MMS.

As someone saying the current phones will be outdated in several months, well, Apple announced iPhone 4s will get the iOS 5, so even though it will be old, but still going well. With a lower price in the future when new iphone come, it still will sell. But WP after the free phone push, they just lack the mojo...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] not.a.troll:
Hello guys, you'll have to excuse me for the wall of text, but it is necessary to fully describe my ordeal.

I bought an used atrix about 4 months ago from ebay (and i'm now deeply regretting it, too many issues). When I first received the phone I was unable to hear callers, even though they could hear me (badly, but could). I resolved that the easiest way possible: I bought a headset. Even with that issue and since it was impractical for me to return the phone because I'm in a different country (customs alone were over $100) I continued to use it. I flashed CM7 and ATT N_.37, flashed TWRP 2.1 and I enjoyed my phone for a couple months (even with the audio issue). Then one day, I went to bed with my phone on a full charge and in the morning I found it turned off. I tried to turn it back on and nothing happened. I thought maybe the battery had been drained by something, because I had left 3G data enabled. I tried to charge it and nothing happened, except the phone started to get really really hot in the lower part so I decided to disconnect it. I tried again a couple hours later and same thing happened. Next day I hit the power button and was able to enter android recovery. I wiped and factory reset, reinstalled cm7, gapps and radio and phone turned on and showed around 60% charge and it seemed fine and then all of a sudden the led started glowing light blue. Then the phone shut down and started to boot loop. I took off the battery, let it rest a while and then when I turned it back on everything worked fine (still, minus audio). That was two weeks ago. Today, it started to do the something similar but worse. Blue led flashing and boot loop are there but if I enter recovery I can't find anything in the sdcard, and if I place a microsd in the slot it isnt recognized. Also, led is flashing blue even while in recovery so I doubt it is a CM7 issue.

tl;dr My phone is dead. Can it be fixed or do I now own a $250 paperweight?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelobud:
Try to flash your phone with your stock firmware using rsd lite

here a list of firmwares ... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125944

WARNING! : flash it with YOUR stock sbf !!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] not.a.troll:
isn't that dangerous? from what i understand with this post it seems as if it isn't advisable to use an sbf on an unlocked bootloader.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stewartsoda:
Only if you're downgrading. It can work if you do it properly, but it's not recommended. Fruitcakes are the more foolproof way to go.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] not.a.troll:
well i chickened out of the .sbf flash and just tried the moto-fastboot stock restore available elsewhere. while everything seemed to flash correctly i am still bootlooping/shut down. also, light blue led still there and sometimes i get stuck on bootscreen and can't even enter recovery. guess ill have to take it to a shop and see if something can be done. else S>atrix 4g for parts.

D:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x-geo:
hello to all

my atrix 4g originally was in firmware 4.5.141.MB860 ATT, i unlocked the bootloader succesfully and flash CM7... but for reasons of life (silly excuse jejeje) i want to take it back to the original fw... with this files: Blur_Version.4.5.141.MB860.ATT.en.US and 1FF-olympus-user-2.3.6-4.5.141-111212-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P012.sbf.gz can i go back to stock fw? with this stock files i lose the boot unlock? is this a safe method? and what is the safest?

thanks for your help and greetings from Colombia (and sorry for my bad english)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrism.brunner:
Flash the latest sbf for your phone. I've done several with no problems. Yes, you do lose the unlocked bootloader though.

This will return you to stock. I used the same files.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrism.brunner:
I also have been through several phones with this issue. Although you can flash the sbf with no troubles, that is really only good for sending it into warranty. From my experience, this is a hardware issue, and flashing the stock sbf doesn't solve the problem. If you do not have warranty, a repair shop is your best bet.

Good luck.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matada02:
Repy

Hi,

Yes you can go back to your stock rom. Another yes, you will lose all your files and your bl unlock too. You have to start everithing from the begining. :) this is a safe method if you flash your own rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Brabusik:
So. Who is better. Almost same specs but new tab got omap chipset and different video acc. What is better in ut opinion?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Brabusik:
They are similar?)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] viper001:
From a performance (+price and features) point of view the P6200 wins.

http://www.glbenchmark.com/compare....nly=1&D1=Samsung GT-P6200&D2=Samsung GT-P3100

IMO, it will only get better once the P6200 get ICS.

The latest isn't always the greatest, in this case.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] wyemun:
Hey ppl,

I'm back with new live wallpaper! Checkout this Live Wallpaper I made. If you like Portal, you will like this :)

Google Play:

MOD EDIT: Links removed.

Screenshot:

Demo:

[YOUTUBE]j0V9boOAbXM[/YOUTUBE]

My previous LiveWallpaper (it's free!)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1394995

Feedbacks are welcomed!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dehaani:
Very nice.

Presumably it doesn't scroll on stock ROM?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dpwhitty11:
This is great!

Why wouldn't it?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dehaani:
Because the new TW doesn't scroll any other wallpapers, have you coded this one to scroll itself?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] veyka:
Closed as per rule 11.

XDA is not a place for selling or advertising paid products.

If you wish to make a free version available on XDA as well as linking the paid version, contact me and I will reopen the thread.
[Motorola Droid X2] LaserChicken:
For those Linux users who may be familiar with, and for those Windows users who may not, Deadbeef-- is available on Android and can be found in the play store.

What is it?

DeaDBeeF (as in 0xDEADBEEF) is an audio player for GNU/Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris and probably other UNIX-like systems.

Description

Player which can play many file formats + online radio (shoutcast)* multiple playlists

* equalizer with 10 bands and presets

* gapless playback

* viewing music file tags and album art

* replaygain

* shuffle tracks and shuffle albums mode

* works with folders

* last.fm scrobbling

* plays many file formats - mp3, ogg, aac/mp4, flac, ape, wv, wav, tta, mpc, sid, mod, s3m, nsf and more

* loads cuesheets

* online streaming radio (shoutcast/icecast)

* full unicode support and charset detection

MAKE SURE TO INSTALL "DeaDBeeF Free Plugins Pack" IF YOU WANT MP3,APE,SID,AAC,MP4,WAV PLAYBACK

http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/about.html

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.deadbeef.android&hl=en

Why use it?

Ever try to play a wav file or flac in CM7, or stock? Didn't play, did it... So then you search for another player, you find one that CLAIMS to play flac and wav, but when you install--still no love for flac and wav, right? Well, if they don't give you support that ain't native, you ain't gonna hear jack through your jack, Jack. With deadbeef, thanks to its addon package, most any audio file you can imagine can be played. Oh, and then there's the scrobbling and streaming. ;)

Are there other music apps that will successfully hand you support for flac and wav? Yes, there are. I'm pushing this one because the developer is known to me (not on a personal level) through his development for the linux platform. He's always worked hard and for free...and always responsive to support request. I think Alexey deserves some promotion.

This app has a free version and a paid version, the paid version is only one dollar ninety cents.

As Alexey Yakovenko continues to work on this app, it will only get better and better--I highly suggest it.
[Motorola Droid X2] trafalger888:
Checking it out now looks good so far...just no lock screen control or pull down control...but that's not an issue for me
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
Oo this is fantastic! I have entire discographies I can't play because they're FLAC. Thank you!
[Motorola Droid X2] LaserChicken:
It's a young app with room for improvement, that's for sure. The EQ is wonky and like you said, lacks lock screen controls and some other features.

I kinda place this as my *specialty* player right now, using it for my wav and flac files. As it picks up more users (and their inputs), I'm thinking it will mature into a first place player.
[Motorola Droid X2] 754boy:
Actually someone in the reviews listed the lockscreen widget as one of the good features.:eek:
[Motorola Droid X2] meskes:
I rather use Power amp.