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[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] circleofomega:
Previously: Owned HTC HD7, Windows Phone 7 device.

Current status: Own a RaZr running CM9. (Android 4.0.4)

Ok...

Here I am again at that crossroad. Where to go from here. I am in a genuine dilemma here. I have had a WP7 device and I loved the simplicity and fluidity that kicks Android in the nuts. (Let's be honest.)

The problem is, like they say, once a flasher, always a flasher. I have played around with RaZr a lot! I have had custom ROMs, mods, tweaks, apps...you name it. And this is where I want/wish/feel/need to stop. I am done with Android. It takes waaay tooo much of my time. There are so many tweaks and mods that it leaves very little family/social time. Android is very customizable. Like totally. I can have HTC OS/apps on a MOTO. LG homescreen on HTC. Bla bla...it goes on...

You would ask then why did I shift from WP7 to Android. Good question. The itch to flash a ROM, the high you get when you have another device's UI, an app that you love...all of that. The dev scenario on the WP front it almost negligible. I am again being honest. And I don't even have to mention how it is on Android front.

But, like I confessed, I am done. What else do I do now...?

On the other hand, WP8 is fresh, new and beautiful. I like it. Another thing, I had many apps that I thought I would love running once I get my Android. I did, only for a month. The excitement died with the same speed it was born.

So, I will conclude this with a question.

How will my experience be different from WP7 and more importantly, Android. I want a simple, fast, and innovative OS. But what is the future of WP? Is it going to be as big as Android? Apart from the resizable tiles, is there a lot more than what was there when I had it?

Footnote: I use phones for email, staying connected on social platforms, staying updated with all the latest tech news and most importantly, books. I like to read a lot. And of course Music. So is the WP8 for me? OR Android is my best bet?

PS: Trolling and sarcasm will NOT answer my questions. So please avoid it. I am looking for people who are genuinely interested in sharing info to make WP8 my next phone.

Thanks a lot for your time and patience.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohgood:
Too many contradictions. You want new, fresh, different, but don't want to flash anything. You want wp8, but its not been released, so you are basing your wants on vapor ware.

For now, get an iPhone, then, if wp8 is ever released, read the hardware and software reviews, and weigh it again.

I don't like iPhones, but at this point, change and stability is all you need.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] circleofomega:
Thanx for your reply. To begin with, I hate Apple to the core. So that's out of the window. I would rather stick with my RaZr. Thanx anyways...

Sent from my RaZr NeXus.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chabun:
WP8 will have many new features:

Bluetooth File Transfer, Real Multitasking, 3rd Party Info on the Lockscreen etc..

Just browse through WP7 sites like www wmpoweruser com or http://www.1800pocketpc.com/...

I'll go for WP8...
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] circleofomega:
I've made up mind too. I'm buying Windows Phone 8 as well.

Thanx!!

Sent from my RaZr NeXus.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chabun:
That's nice to hear... Welcome back in the WP world:D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XoomZoom:
Hey XDA,

I got my S3 at launch, and ever since I've seen some great Jelly Bean roms coming out I've been tempted to flash one on. My only problem is that I'll be losing S Beam, Smart Stay and Direct Call.

Just wondering if anyone who has already done so can give me some advice on weather it's worth it? Weather the Jelly Bean features outweigh the built in ones or not? Any feedback would be great, thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Samsung is almost ready testing Jellybean for the S3, it will come out in about 6-8 weeks officialy. Maybe some leaked roms will pop up at Sammobile soon. If you only want to root for Jellybean i would not do it and wait for a little while.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
If you want those features stock with Samsung based roms and wait for the official jelly, in the meantime check out a few custom s Samsung roms to keep the flash addiction happy ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XoomZoom:
There's a few reasons I'd flash one of these roms on it. #1 being I for some reason am a massive vanilla android fan, and #2 being that I live in Australia and it will probably take them an extra 6 months to bring the official update here after it's released. Although, I did get the "Stability Improvement" update last weekend, a few weeks off the rest of the world, is that an indication of future updates being that quick also?

Thanks for your replies and I look forward to continue this thread to help me decide. One part of me is thinking how hard is it to touch the screen to stop it from sleeping, press a button to call someone, or use bluetooth to transfer files bigger than web pages. The other is saying what's the point of getting the latest and greatest smartphone to get rid of it's advertised features?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
I think ultimately the answer is just flash it and if you don't like them just restore your nandroid! I've got 4 now, of different roms/kernels ....it's like having quad boot!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XoomZoom:
Wait you can have multiple roms installed at once? I thought you could only have one! I'm quite new to this. Also while I'm here, how do I edit my signature? I can't find it in the CP anywhere :P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
if you root then you can create a nandroid backup(complete system image) so I try different roms, if I like one I set it all up then do a nandroid, so if I want to try other roms and come back I just restore it, but now that this will lose your data between making that original nandroid and returning to it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfMails:
Are you kidding me? Another "Custom Rom or Not" Thread???? Really !?????

Already hundreds of times something has been written about these threads!

Don't open such Threads!

-Use Google

-Use other forums

-decide for yourself

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XoomZoom:
Everyone's situation is different, hence why I'm asking. Also, I'm not "demanding" anything, I'm simply asking people who have already done what I'm thinking an opinion, and even developers can explain what the pros of using their software compared to stock if they so desire. I may be new to these forums, but I've been a part of the Android community since it's release so I don't appreciate being treated like a so called "noob" when if you calm down, sit back and think about it I have not broken any rules, and I posted it in Questions and Answers not the Development section so this is also the correct section.

To the other people who actually cared to share their opinion, thanks, and I think I'll give a few custom roms a go.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfMails:
Nevertheless, you can compare your questions with other questions and answer them. Be it here or in other forums.

Because I do not think your question is "unique" and can not be answered with another question that has already been asked​​.

You must simply enter your title in Google and then you'll find massive pages, where the same or similar question has been answered.

Why I am so upset about it? I have already explained in my text.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
This is not exactly a whats best rom post its asking is JB reliable enough to install; as its a not yet released firmware .Plus featureless lost .

Simple solution for whats the best rom posts is to report to a mod let them decide .

Personally i would not report this as its not a whats best rom post .

But OP i would actually wait for JB release from Samsung .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfMails:
Then he should change the title. There may be discrepancies because of his title.

You have to admit that the title "Custom Rom or Not?" sounds like such a post
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Its getting a bit off topic but i dont actually disagree with your viewpoint . Its just a complete waste of time forum is what its users are and their is no way around a general lowering of standards apart from the mods saying bang bang .I gave up a long long time ago and now ignore many posts .

OP not included in the above .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XoomZoom:
Thank you all, I appreciate the feedback and I will change the title.

I have decided I'll do a backup of my current software and just give a few roms a go :) can't hurt unless I brick it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skem:
Try temasek's rom, it's fast and fluid and i rarely have launcher redraws. Google Now is suprisingly useful in all times.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norpan111:
Some people think they are mods, just report the threads instead of coming into every thread you think look useless lol.. Talk about waste of energy

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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimsheiggy:
Please i need help with my samsung captivate, i've gone through various post and thread in all forum pertaining 2 soft brick or hard brick. But i don't what i can call my own because all i get when i try booting the device in various mode is white display at times with several colour doting display or fading display with several color, whenever i try boot in download mode it displays the white with several colour and at my computer i get gadget driver installation succesful then d phone power off and on which i hear disconnection n connection sound from my pc. so it keep repeat d same thing. pls help how can i fix this. i need genuine solution.... thks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -SGA-:
What were you doing before it bricked? ie. Were you flashing something, using it to hammer nails, or mixed it up for soap in the shower?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimsheiggy:
I wanted to install cm-9-20120804-NIGHTLY-captivatemtd on the device. Actual the installation was successful then when i was trying to restore my backup. it now stoped in d process of installing boot sector. after which remove the battery to start again. that was when it started showing that. actuall when i press power to on it doesn't respond but it only show the display when i plug my charger or usb to computer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droyd666:
I had exactly the same problem. Use a program called one-click unbrick, that will get your phone back into download mode. After that you can use odin to restore stock. Watch out though, I was very happy when this all worked and I booted into stock only to find out that restarting the phone would brick my phone even worse than it was before. Now the computer wont even pick it up at all and it is stuck in a white at&t bootloop screen when I turn it on. When it is plugged in, all I get is a grey battery that isnt charging and it will not go into download mode. I don't know what I did wrong so I cant tell you how to prevent this problem so just be careful.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
A jig would likely be your best option to force your phone in download mode.

If you haven't tried it already, try flashing a stock rom using Heimdall. I've had much better luck using that program than Odin with my own phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brttwilliams:
droy... The problem you're describing is exactly what happened to the first cappy I had, fortunately for me, I did it within a week of getting the phone.... I took it to an AT&T service center *aaack*, they were nice enough to tell me that there was nothing they could do and that I should be able to get it sent back in. Fortunately for me, it was right around the time when the 2.3.5 stock update came out and there were a few other people that were having somewhat similar problems. To try and fix it, I tried the jig, which I constructed myself only, ran the meter tests and found out that it didn't work after trying 3 different ones. I sent it back and got another, fortunately, I haven't ran into the issue again, so I think it may just be some kind of fault on the board given that I've never read of anyone else until now running into the problem
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimsheiggy:
Thanks youall, gr8 help
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ijoshv2:
Right now I'm on some random rom. Don't even remember what. But.I'm rooted and clear for flashing.

I don't want ICS or JB, because the battery usage is ridiculous. GB works just fine, I suppose..

Now, I like themes.. I especially hate that the notification bar is black. I like my phone to have a good theme to it..

I was gonna download "new senzations" 2.3.6, but my computer won't download from the site. Says there's an active download. Go look at it, it's pretty much what I want. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1352405

Can anyone suggest a good, stable rom that supports themeing, or can someone download new senzations and link me to a dropboxed copy of it? Please? (: thank you all!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ChiTown29:
I've been on ICS roms with this phone for some time now, but when I first rooted my phone and exclusively stuck to GB roms until I was a little more comfortable with everything, my favorite was Blazer 4.0 and I also recall it having quite a few themes out there to choose from. As far as overall performance and variety of themes, that's the one that sticks out in my mind.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1363071

Scroll past the ICS version to get to the link and install instructions for the GB version (newest being 4.1)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ijoshv2:
I remember trying blazer 4.0 and changing the dpi, and seeing some graphical issues in the notification bar.. maybe it's been worked past by now? I'll backup and give it a shot. Thank you!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ttrain721:
Blazer 4.1 with Dazed n Confused's theme, awesome rom with an even awesomer theme :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ijoshv2:
Post links, please?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfal8705:
new sensation v2.3 themes off crisis sensation rom is always been my favorite GB rom
[Galaxy S III Accessories] theking_13:
Interested to see what you guys are using, I have an Seidio Surface case with kickstand and love it. Currently Seidio isn't offering a kickstand with the SGS3, so wondering what cases you guys are rocking, and if you could post pics that would be much appreciated. :)

Sent from my sexy white HTC One X on T-Mobile ;)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] txkorm:
I believe there multiple threads about this already but I'll play. Casemate pop!

Very happy with it but will be going with a thinner case once the Olympics are over.

Currently not being productive on my S3.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] RageATheM:
I have the Seidio Active with a kickstand for my S3, I'm not sure where you get that they aren't selling one with a kickstand unless you mean the Surface line up...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] theking_13:
Sorry about that, I just found the other thread, couldn't search on mobile. :p

And yeah, I meant the Surface series, I love those cases. :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aashishkaushal.m:
plzz friends tell me about difference between them ..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pseudonym:
Use search
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrankyDoodle:
Wtf dude?

Search, there are like 1000000000 topics about this.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidewinder_x5:
hey guys, finally got the atrix, fully (un)locked and loaded with neutrino rom 2.8GT (great rom, btw :laugh:)

anyway, i'm all set, but i have noticed a few things that seem a bit unusual.

1) i run viber almost 24/7, and every 15-20 minutes or so, i get a vibration, like i'm receiving an incoming message. however, after i unlock and check, nothing there. anyone else experience this? i do realize that this could be just a app issue, but my mom's phone (galaxy y duos) doesnt show any signs of this.

2) alright, this is probably a stupid question, but does neutrino come with a built in alarm clock app? i didnt find one. if not, whats the best one (your opinion) from the market?

3) when i try to flash the GPS mod in cwm, it keeps giving me an 'installation aborted' message. tried 3 times already. any others with this issue, and know how to fix it?

thanks in advance to all who reply :D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravilov:
I think you have to add the Deskclock addon. Or, you can always install any other alarm from the market.

My fav so far is Alarm Clock Xtreme.

Did you read the instructions for it? You are not supposed to flash it directly. Open README.txt from the ZIP and read it.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidewinder_x5:
Damnit i KNEW that i shouldnt have flashed it. Beats me why i did anyway. Thanks though :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aroundthepond:
so i tried to get a ROM on my phone and i ended up in recovery and doing format/system now my ARC is stuck on sony logo and i cannot get to recovery by hitting vol down or the back button when rebooting device (no blue light turns on anymore)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ducanh2992:
reflash the kernel and the rom now :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aroundthepond:
how do i do that ? if it doesnt show on comp when connected
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArcMan09:
INstall the drivers.

For that Download Flashtool,

& then go To c:/flashtool/Drivers

& install in on the computer.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CZ Eddie:
Bluetooth audio (car stereo/Pandora) is working for me on the ParanoidAndroid version of CM10 that was released this morning:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1818199

Just a heads up to those of us who wanted to give CM10 a shot but weren't willing to give up Bluetooth. I know there are a lot of you!

If it's working in ParanoidAndroid, then I'm betting the same fix will be rolled out to JB AOKP & CM10 real soon.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Time_Zone:
Waiting for Bluetooth apt-x support in any cyanogen.

Edit: and so are you!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] junglizste:
How about dock audio?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CZ Eddie:
Abso-freakin-lootly! :good:

After APT-X is added, I won't care about dock audio.

But right now it sure would be nice to have.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bravomail:
Updates are coming daily!

Try today's CM10 - it is lovely. Got bluetooth fixed. :cool:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohsen1984:
Sony might bring android 4.1 jelly bean to the xperia 2011 line as they said on Sony mobile product blog :)

Here is the full report: http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/07/31/sony-says-android-4-1-jelly-bean-plans-for-2011-handsets-were-an-error/
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Sudanminipro:
Dude why don't you first see if a thread related to the topic you want to post has been posted already? As far as I know there have been 2 more threads here about this and there has been extensive discussion about this already:mad:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohsen1984:
Sorry!

Sorry! You're right man. But take it easy, I dont think a good news bothers anyone even if you hear it 3 times ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Sudanminipro:
But nothing is confirmed as yet & thats the problem:( Even I'm waiting for Sony or Kamarush to release a JB ROM for locked bootloader:D, since I can't install custom kernels because of bad blocks in NAND flash
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohsen1984:
I know but I think its more likely to have an update on the way because definitely sony dosen't want to make expectations and then disappoint users by refusing that. If they do I rather say they don't know anything about commercial politics. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb87:
Hey, none of the posts I have participated in ( commented or started) appear in the xda forum under the participated tab in Tapatalk. They just disappeared without changing any settings. All other forums in Tapatalk work fine. Anything I can do to get them back in the participated tab?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emceeb:
Me too

All my post gone

Not sure what happened

Everything was all right yesterday
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdoblo:
All threads i subscribe too on xda app notify me by email but the links don't work, so i have to go out, start app and look manually, annoying!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb87:
I guess then its an issue the forum settings? I thought I was the only one :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfribeiro:
Already reported to tapatalk. They are working with XDA staffs on this problem right now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb87:
thanks for the update
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K3n2:
Hi,

I'm using Xperia P, Build 184.

So the problem is pretty strange. My phone can discover all the wireless networks around and works just splendidly fine, except for the wifi network I actually intend to connect to, where it wont even discover it in the first place.

I've tried "Auto setup", and manually adding the wifi network, but it was no use..

Anyone facing a similar problem.. any suggested solutions maybe?

Help me with that, and I owe you a beer! :good:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1eddie5:
Hi i have my asus transformer and i flashed twrp 2.2.1 touch for it. I was having trouble clearing data and formatting it. I had a rom Revolution hd on the internal sd. so i flashed clockwork mod latest and rebooted to recovery. i cleared data skipping /data/media for the internal sd card. then when i went to try to flash revolution hd it appeared as if the internal sd was wiped. i checked everything and it appears as twrp did clear data but still just kept saying fail. mow im stuck with clockwork which only reads internal sd and no boot cuz it got formatted by twrp too. i have tried adb and nv flash etc but cant get any working. my computer doesnt recognize my transformer for nothing. im on WINDOWS 7 ultimate 64 bit. i have tried mostly every possible fix but doesnt work. i have also tried download mode but no luck. IM THINKING LINUX MAY BE THE WAY TO GO??? ANY SUGGESTIONS???
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurung_vishwas1:
Had you taken backup of current ROM ? Do you have external SD card ? In my case, all the backup from CWM recovery is kept in external SD card only. Otherwise, you can try to MOUNT the SD card from recovery, I think it is in advanced option. If you are able to MOUNT, then you can copy the ROM and flash it again.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoinTheRealms:
If you can get APX mode working (holding vol up,down and power at same time at boot) and your computer recognizes it, give whitekidneys EasyFlasher a go (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1688012) to get TWRP back on, then restore back ups etc as gurung_vishwas1 said they are located on the external sd card. try updating TWRP to the latest version also
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1eddie5:
im on ClockworkMod Recovery v5.5.0.4 roach-tf101-r2 i dont see an option to mount the sd card. Yes i had a backup too but it got wiped off when twrp wiped data but kept saying fail. I think it was just a bad flash of twrp.

I tried many times on different usb ports but no luck. I still get USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoinTheRealms:
Thing of Doom will be able to help you much better then i can. The only thing i can think of is to install asus sync, which i belive comes with all the required drivers. Or you could try the universal naked driver (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514942) but i havn't used it so i dont know if it will work for your situatio.