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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenzibit:
If you all remember from the Windows Phone Summit, it was mentioned that all devices launced will have (receive updates) for a period of 18 months.

What does this mean brothers? Does it mean every WP device released will be neglected and won't be able to upgrade to another major OS update just like today's 1st and 2nd gen devices after 18 months.

What if we get quad core, NFC and all these hardcore hardware goodies? Will a phone with all the wonderful specs still be neglected? I really don't see how if the Kernels and cores are not changed.

Typical example: Will the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy III loose support for Android ONE DAY??? Even if the Android kernel and the cores still remain the same???

I'm really lost and need your opinions...any explanations?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drupad2drupad:
I hope it does lose support after 18 months as that leaves the room for new innovation every 18 months which is fantastic if you as an end user want value for money! 18 months in gadget years is a long time. I would rather prefer new screen res, new processors, new add-ons to the hardware that can be exploited using an updated OS. However, yes if the OS can do all these by not changing kernel etc, we might potentially still be able to update to newer OS, but would you not want those hardware features that evolve in 18 months? I would!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhariak:
18 Months is too short...

Think of how the latest gen phones got a front facing camera, yet we won't see Skype integration unless we upgrade to WP8...

What features will the 2nd gen of WP8 phones get that won't be used until WP9?

18 months is wayyyy too short... 36 would be a more fair number!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drupad2drupad:
For example, they could exploit the possibility of x86 instead of ARM?

or hexa-cores?

or kinect sensors?

Now imagine if we could run the new kernel and MSFT would give WP8 to us right now, but we had same hardware, we wouldn't be seeing those NFC goodies on our current phones or those games that exploit multicores!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
That would be idiotic. 3 years?

And considering that Android manufacturers abandon you before you've even bought it, 18 months is perfectly fine.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicious2500:
18 months is fine its the length of your contracts eligibility so essentially your phone will be supported until the next wave comes out.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marvin_S:
18 months is perfect, means you can enjoy your latest update for a half year before your contract expires and you can renew it icm with a new phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenzibit:
Come to think of this, then someone like me need not buy a flagship phone. When WP8 comes out, they'll be low end, mid range and high end phones, since I don't play a lot of games on my phone and just use my social, forum and productivity apps, I really don't need to buy a WP GS3 or One X like WP which will no be supported in 18 months time. Both high end and low end WP 8 devices will not be supported in 18 months time then I better buy a cheap WP8 device when it comes out. Or am I wrong?

Sent from my HTC HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenzibit:
And also are they giving us 18 months support based on the expirations of contracts? If so then they are not being fair to some of us who buy phones off contract. You really need to use your phone like forever if you buy one coz they are damn expensive.

Sent from my HTC HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Why is this such a complicated concept?

It's 18 months from when the phone is released.

If you buy a year old phone, then that would be your problem.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DavidinCT:
Personally, I think it should be at least 24 months, in the US we all end up with 2 year contracts. Now if you buy the phone 3-4 months after it's release, who's fault is that ? Yours not Microsoft.

Now here's another good question that should effect US users. Does this 18 months start when the phone is released by the Carriers or the OEM ? Phones released in the US tend to get an overseas release before the US, sometimes as much as 6 months (GSM or CDMA).

How about the case of the Verizon Trophy or the Sprint Arrive, for example. The GSM Trophy was released about 8-9 months BEFORE the CDMA releases of the Arrive or the (few weeks later) Trophy. Yea, people say they are different phones but, MS could say, no a Trophy is a Trophy. Are you saying when I buy a CDMA phone (better coverage in the US now) my upgrades from Microsoft could only be 6-7 months on a just released phone, that I just signed a new 2 year contract on (sorry Lumia 900 owners) ?????????????????

All I know, when the WP8 devices start shipping, I will watch for the most popular one on here, and buy that one, because the XDA hackers will give me WP9, even if Microsoft does not :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eeeelliott:
All its saying is Microsoft has to support them for AT LEAST 18 months. It doesn't mean they're necessarily going to abandon every 18 month old phone. All the contract says is that they are obliged to support us for 18 months. Who knows? We might even get windows phone 9 on or wp8 devices if they are compatible!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DavidinCT:
Knowing how Microsoft updates Windows and the XBOX, I would bet that you would get EVERY update including the major release, Unless your over 18 months after release (after 18months you will get all minor releases but, no more major updates).

As in the xbox, if your system requres a update, you can not access xbox live till you update. I'm sure MS would want everything standardized and on the same level if possable.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinister1:
The question is what happens after the 18 moths are up? Will they stop releasing apps for it? Will they shut the market place down for Windows Phone 7.8 users like they did with Windows Mobile forcing everyone to go to Windows Phone 8?:confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Nothing happens after 18 months.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DavidinCT:
Nothing really...

They stop supporting your device(as for updates). I know that just because WP9 hits, your apps are not going to stop working or anything like that. It just means just like now, your going to get a minor update for Wp 7.5, and they will move on to WP8, all current apps will work fine and most of WP8 apps would work too (some games and big production apps could be an acception.)

As someone posted on another thread, a programmer today creating an app for WP8 would want to make it backwards compatable to 7.5/8 to reach the most people possable and reach higher sales amounts. If you just make a WP8 only app, you limit the people who can access your app. Just makes business cense...

Some apps will need the WP8 features and those you will not be able to run (high impact games will be the acception for the most part).
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimshady322:
But if it is a port from Android, iOS or even a Windows 8 Metro App, it is way easier to port to WP8 than to WP7, and if WP8 sales are good, it might not be profitable to support the small marketshare that WP7 holds.

However, as of today your statement is of course true because there is not even a WP8 SDK.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drupad2drupad:
Any new OS version WON'T have a bigger marketshare than that times ongoing OS.

e.g.

WP7.5 will have more than WP7.8 at its launch

WP7.8 will have more than WP8 at its launch

WP8 will have more than WP9 at its launch

etc.

So... even if WP8 sales are good since day 1, it will take at least 6-8 months to overtake that time's WP7.x userbase.

In the least effect, a W8 developer who ONLY ports to WP8 is losing potential 12 million customers - simple maths.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Decepticaons:
When I go to stock they work fine, as soon as I flash a ROM they stop working again. I know these are all related so Im thinking its something in the software, but I have re-installed the camera.apk, tried different camera.apk, tried camera from play store, tried flashlight and screenshot from play store. None of them worked. It could be hardware, but sometimes the camera does work at random. I swear when i re-install some apps from play store after a flash it works fine. Im gonna try adobe flash and see if that does it, but let me know if you have suggestions cause its making me mad!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jose makalolot:
Suggestions?

First is tell us what rom you flashed.

Sent from my Calculator with Android.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Decepticaons:
Im on SKY ICS 4.2F Im on the ATT google base and have flashed update 2.5 and 3B. I am also using the stock-modded kernel. Installing flash player did not fix it. This is making me really mad!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nantai:
Have you try to start completely from scratch?

Flash one click leak from kennethpenn using odin - I use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1652679.

Then Odin flash CWM Touch - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1566613

Then flash your Base with OP instructions followed by your Update with OP instructions - I'm sure you already do, but follow OP to a T

I know how frustrating this can be but it has fixed numerous problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Decepticaons:
I have restarted from scratch 4 times. I think I will try to go back to stock one more time and test the camera at stock, then test it again after every step I do and see where it starts to force close.
[HTC One X] kingaoss:
halo everyone

i have a q ?

can i connect my htc one x phone to th hdmi tv via htc mhl adapter or htc media link

and connect playpad or playpad pro and play a games

(does playpad work on htc one x )

so if can do it its so nice to play a games on hdmi tv and playpad ?:good:
[HTC One X] bigdirtyjase:
I would assume that you can since the playpad/paypad pro were designed for Android (tablets mainly) I don't see any issues with the One X
[HTC One X] zerozoneice:
Holding the superior (top half) part of the phone in the palm of the hand shows drastic drop in wifi signal (tested with dB meter), also visible in wifi icon "lines".

Does this qualify as a death grip and eligible for replacement?
[HTC One X] srashedian:
No, that is just you blocking the wifi antenna... Death grip is more of a joke actually, it means if you pinch the top left side of the phone with your hand the connection will cut out (Now why you need to hold that part of your phone closed tight in your hand is a mystery)

Yet, if you can <<Disconnect>> your wifi by holding the top left corner of your phone, you can go for warranty if your phone is still lock...
[HTC One X] Usexy:
Yeah I have the same problem as the OP, mine gets to the point where I can get it to go from full signal to absolutely nothing simply buy holding my hand over the camera.

Are you sure this is normal?:eek:
[HTC One X] bigdirtyjase:
I would say you're blocking the wifi signal.

If it was going the other way "death grip" the phone and the signal boosts then you have the wifi problem and would need to contact HTC to get it fixed
[HTC One X] zerozoneice:
So the death grip is actually the life grip :)
[HTC One X] srashedian:
Yes, that is normal (Actually it is not normal by international wifi standards, there is a problem with HOX WiFi antenna, but as this hardware problem is in all HOX devices and even HTC is admitting it, it counts as normal)
[HTC One X] xhaniGS2:
Hi there,

I have one X and tried this method and signal drops if i hold (half top) of the phone, but i don't think this can called Death Grip.. i also tried with Sensation and Evo3D, they loose signals like One X.
[HTC One X] Usexy:
Thanks for the info :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] system.img:
I was bored of the slow stock camera and liked the zero lag and burst mode of Galaxy S3.

So here is an app which can enable it on the Ace.

Search for Fast Burst Camera on play store. There are two versions, one is free and the other one is paid(will add play store link later)

It is really awesome and can shoot upto 10 pics per second max and can shoot pics with zero shutter lag. After taking the burst shots, you can select the best one manually and delete the others. Try it out! :cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] PulseDroid:
Wow!Thanks for da share it's AWESOME!

And I got about 15 per second!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] ondense:
if you don't minde, i will add the link's and everyone can download without problems:

FREE VERSION

NOTE: if you like this software, buy it and support the autor !!

Have a good day fully of photos :victory:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] iseberk:
But this application image resolution maximum only 640x480 :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Jar3112:
Because it uses video recording instead of camera in order to take these fast pictures.

Sent from my Galaxy Ace on Cm 7.2
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] yurachan1:
fast burst shot is also available in Camera Zoom Fx
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] discord84:
Yeah i find camera zoom fx burst pretty good!! takes up to 32 shots pretty fast
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] n0v4c41n3:
thanx..nice share..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atishey23:
Hey guys,

Plz take some time to read my problem try to solve that.

I am very fond of flashing custom roms on my galaxy ace. I am currently on Love Cry A4 rom(chineese rom).

So my question is that does flashing different roms affect the apps shown on play store?????

I am having this problem since i switched from cm7 to ics stockv2 and other roms. Before gta3 and max payne and many more apps were shown on my market but now they are not avialable. I mean the market says it is not supported by your device. TO my surprise the file explorer also not shown on market like es file explorer and solid explorer etc.

plz guys if any body know what to do kindly tell me i would be very thankful to you.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pseudonym:
Its because lovecry has different lcd density. Find these lines in system/build.prop

ro.sf.lcd_density=152

qemu.sf.lcd_density=152

then change them to ace's default

ro.sf.lcd_density=160

qemu.sf.lcd_density=160

Save it then reboot. Make sure you mount system as r/w.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atishey23:
thank you very much. I'll will do as early as possible.

THANKS AGAIN:thumbup::o:o:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atishey23:
i tried your way and u know what it worked like a charm and all apps which i was missing came back to market.

Thanks man u saved me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jklong03:
All I did was call customer service, complained that my 4G speed was worse than my 3G speed (it really is most of the time!) and after a few transfers and no arguments, my AirRave should arrive this Wednesday.

So those who have tried to get one of these boxes before, you might try the 4G vs 3G argument like I did and I had no problems getting one!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agent852:
AiRave does NOTHING for 4G-WiMax. Period. Besides, if you have broadband at home, the best connection speed you're going to get is limited to your broadband speed, so you might as well just use Wi-Fi.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
It is mainly for call quality but will raise your 3G speeds but will do nothing for your 4G
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sputnik767:
Lol, I just sent mine back. Just about the only thing worse than dealing with crappy Sprint service is using the Airave. GPS would cut out overnight most of the time (yes I had the antenna next to the window, whereas my phone would pick up a GPS signal even away from the windows), and when it worked, the voice quality was terrible with constant stuttering. I hope you have better luck with your device than I did.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
I had your luck with the airave when I had to use one a few years back, although it helped a little (I had no signal despite being a half mile from a tower) with calls it was more a pain in the butt to deal with, especially whenever the power went out and I had to get it up and running again.

And I must've done something wrong because no matter what I said I couldn't get them to send one for free lol I even had to drive down the road from my house to call them and request one, told the guy "I'm sitting in the parking lot of the mall down the road because I can't call you from home", he was like "wow that's bad". Uh, duh.

Also it seems like I paid $4.99 a month (on top of the $99 I paid for the device) and that only covered two lines on my five line account, I would've had to pay more to have it cover the other numbers. I hope they've improved the service since then.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jklong03:
Yes, I know that it has nothing to do with 4G, I just like sticking it to Sprint and getting free stuff from them!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
I got mine for free and it worked like a cgarm minus a few sms issues but didnt last long for me.. even used it to upgrade to the sgs2 last year when it came out.. signed a 2yr contract on it.. however dont have wifi right now so they sent a letter to return it or be charged for it.. so i called and they cancelled the line and sent for a return kit all not costing anything.. now im eligible for a third line and since itd be new can get a new phone at discounted price and we needed a third line anyways :-) win win situation and then some!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] proxy0:
I got mine for free. Everything was an they even said so over the phone. I've had no problems. **** don't even have the GPS antenna near a window. The only bad thing I've experienced is if i'm talking in my house an go to leave. I get disconnected. Better then having to stand next to a window or move around the house.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t0mmyr:
wow, youve been getting ripped, i had the old samsung airave when i called to complain about the service at my home, they fedexed me one for free overnight and charged me $4.99 every month but with a $4.99 credit every month as long as i kept that service on my plan. i noticed when torrenting i had ****ty ****ty call quality, the original samsung device also did not help evdo speeds with my then smartphone, it was a PITA so i unplugged it about a year ago and its been sitting in my closet until about a month ago when i decided to call sprint again, i told them it hadnt been powering up and if i could exchange it, they sent me out a new model called the airvana and i shipped the old one back, it was a bit of a hassle to get the new one activated but i guess that was because i just called *2 from my sprint line, i let it sit a few hours as they said and it never worked, so i call the 866 number on the instructions like i should have in the first place and they got it all set up and it was active within the 1st hour of placing that call...since then i've upgraded my time warner cable to verizon fios 25/25, call quality is great and it was horrible before. also my 3g at home sucked ass, it felt like the worst 1x signal so i always have to use wifi, however with the new airvana i tested the 3g speeds it puts out and its not bad, much better than the ****ty cell towers 3g to my house, i prefer the high speed of wifi when i'm home though so i'll continue to use 802.11g/n when i can, i guess the 3g is good for when sprint guests come over so i wont have to give them my wpa2 password
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
lol I only used it for a year and disconnected the thing over two years ago. I now live in a good signal area and recently donated my device to Sprint, along with an old, old blackberry for recycling.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattheyu:
FYI, the AirRave is NOT completely free. Since it counts as another line, you pay additional fees. In my case it was ~$3 per month. It was a nightmare to get them to refund it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Compusmurf:
Actually, if they give it to you as a service promotion, it's completely free as is the unit itself.

However, the unit is on LOAN, they want it back if/when you terminate sprint service or they will charge you for it.

Mine is 100% free, no charge, nada. So, you can get it free.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattheyu:
I guarantee that if you look at the breakdown of Sprint Surcharges at the end of your bill, it increased when they added the AirRave. I was told it was automatic since on their end, it appears as a second line, which means the fees for a second line.

On mine, it was:

Administrative fee - $1.50 for one line to $3.00 with the AirRave)

Regulatory charge - $0.40 to $0.80

State Cost Recovery Fee - $0.30 - $0.60

Slightly higher taxes

Also on the bill: "Sprint Surcharges are rates we choose to collect from you..."

That means Sprint is NOT required to collect those by law or regulation. Since they are, it is a fee/charge.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rbtrucking:
I am in an area with horrible reception so bad that without the air rave my phone would be useless that thing helped me a LOT I went from always roaming to always full bars! Only problem is it seems to make my wifi a bit slower but nothing enough to complain about.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t0mmyr:
****, you're right, for the past 2 years I've been paying about $2-$3 in taxes for this 3rd line of crap they were supposed to be providing at no charge

heres mine:

Federal-Univ Serv Assess Non-LD ............................................................. $1.89

California State-PUC User Fee .................................................................... $0.08

Administrative Charge ................................................................................ $4.50

Regulatory Charge ...................................................................................... $1.20

$7.67
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Duce HD2:
The thing that blows me away is that you have to spend hundreds of dollars on a carrier like sprint, then on top of it have to go through this kinda of BS to even get a signal in your home so you can receive calls etc....something wrong with this picture.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beejis:
You do realize there are other carriers besides sprint right?

My general cell phone rule of thumb, never get a carrier just because of a phone.

It burns when I Tapatalk...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R1ptide:
Love my airvana. Had the issue where the phone would think it failed to send a text and it would send like twenty but they fixed it a few months back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ydoucare:
It's nothing special. Sprint gives away free Airaves like they can't get rid of them fast enough. Just tell them your signal has degraded and they'll usually hook you up with no questions asked. Problem is, a lot of us have them for legit reasons. My signal here was great for years and years, then one day it dropped like a rock, was lucky to get more than 1 bar. It's been that way ever since.
[Folio 100 General] Crunon:
Hi there!

I found an Interesting thing in the Web.

A Windows OS on Tegra 2 Device. Maybe a developer can it make working on our Folios?

Here's the site, i found it:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/evaluate/microsoft-bsp-for-windows-embedded.aspx
[Folio 100 General] swimmer 4:
I thinks it's better too wait for windows 8 rt. Maybe this can work on the folio.
[Folio 100 General] Crunon:
I mean i read, win rt needs a lot of resources, more than our folio have,..
[Folio 100 General] DT84:
Windows 8 RT would make sense. Windows Embedded, nope.
[Folio 100 General] Crunon:
Will win32 programs/games be compatible to win RT?
[Folio 100 General] prbassplayer:
Development forums are not meant for giving news or finds. Moved to general.

Cheers
[Folio 100 General] swimmer 4:
No they will not work on the rt version