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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
You are under the assumption "bloatware" = "something bad". Some bloatware can be good, or useful. If you need TMO's wifi calling feature, a Nexus device is not for you. Get a Galaxy S III or something that T-Mobile was able to get their hands on the software and add their own here it comes-bloatware!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zim2dive:
Argh.. yes I forgot... I do use WiFi calling in buildings sometimes.. the reception is so bad on the cell radio, its the only way to get calls sometimes... this is not a trivial thing to lose :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timskyline86:
Don't think it will be an issue after some time passes. The Optimus G is coming to T-mobile and more than likely will have wifi calling (hopefully not baked in) and will probably have the 4.2 update. So the libs and rils will most likely be taken from that to get a modified apk to work. It's basically what had to happen with the ICS updates.

If not there is always Talkatone+Google Voice (both free) to call and receive on your T-mo number till someone gets a work around. If you can wait and really want Wifi calling I'd give it a month or two. Otherwise use the above as a backup for bad coverage.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miker525:
Hopefully after the optimus G is brought over and WIFI apk is ported I'll pick up the phone. Unfortunately for now I'll have to pass on the pre-order of the device :(
[Windows Phone 8 General] pdaimatejam:
The Windows Phone Software Development Kit (SDK) 8.0 provides you with the tools that you need to develop apps and games for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.5.

Overview

The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 is a full-featured development environment to use for building apps and games for Windows Phone 8.0 and Windows Phone 7.5. The Windows Phone SDK provides a stand-alone Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Phone or works as an add-in to Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium or Ultimate editions. With the SDK, you can use your existing programming skills and code to build managed or native code apps. In addition, the SDK includes multiple emulators and additional tools for profiling and testing your Windows Phone app under real-world conditions.

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro

Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client versions

Hardware:

4 GB of free hard disk space

4 GB RAM

64-bit (x64) CPU

Windows Phone 8 Emulator:

Windows 8 Pro edition or greater

Requires a processor that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)

If your computer meets the hardware and operating system requirements, but does meet the requirements for the Windows Phone 8 Emulator, the Windows Phone SDK 8.0 will install and run. However, the Windows Phone 8 Emulator will not function and you will not be able to deploy or test apps on the Windows Phone 8 Emulator.

Instructions

Choose the language version you want to install and click the Download button for the WPexpress_full.exe file. Follow the instructions to install the SDK. Note that each localized version of Windows Phone SDK 8.0 is designed to function with the corresponding localized operating system and localized version of Visual Studio 2012.

Note - Windows Phone SDK 8.0 installs side-by-side with previous versions of the Windows Phone SDK. You don't need to uninstall previous versions before beginning this installation.

Download the release notes which are in a separate file. For Windows Phone SDK 8.0 documentation and samples, see the Windows Phone Dev Center.

To start VS Express for Windows Phone, click the application in the Apps list. If you have Visual Studio Professional, Premium or Ultimate installed on the computer, the VS Express for Windows Phone shortcut won't appear. Instead, start your Visual Studio instance as usual and then create Windows Phone SDK 8.0 projects using the installed Windows Phone templates.

If you try to run a project in Windows Phone Emulator and Hyper-V is not enabled, you will be prompted to turn on Hyper-V. Turning on Hyper-V requires you to restart your computer.

Note: this release is also available in .iso format. Choose one of the following options for handling downloaded ISO images:

(Recommended) Write the image file to a blank DVD.

(Alternative) Mount the image file virtually as DVD devices.

Download WebSite: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35471
[Windows Phone 8 General] Venekor:
So how do you learn how to use an SDK? I've always had an interest but there is never any obvious guide of how to program. I picked up UE3 SDK quickly but that is because there was like 30GB of tutorials on it, where can I do the same for this SDK?

Thanx.
[Windows Phone 8 General] mcosmin222:
You learn visual C#/B/C++. You do not directly use the SDK, you use the development tools in it
[Windows Phone 8 General] monotheist:
First learn Silverlight/C# and then read the SDK documentation,

To put it in simple words SDK just gives all the functions that u can use on Windows Phone.
[Windows Phone 8 General] mcosmin222:
Typically, if you learn any C# API (other than windows forms) you will learn all the others. They are very similar to each other, only some few twinks here and there due to platform differences.

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The SDk is bugged, emulator does not work. Says it wants virtualization and my PC doesn't have it, when it clearly does. Both Android and Windows Phone 7.5 emulators work fine.

Kinda failish...from Microsoft.

oh well...the SDK system requirements are pretty damned huge. My CPU does not support SLAT apparently...
[Windows Phone 8 General] Venekor:
So I can just go to the Visual Studio website and follow the tutorials there? I have bad eye sight so I learn better from videos and listening instead of reading lots of text which takes me far longer to do. Luckily typing is easier as you know what you're typing on the keyboard so you don't have to pay as much attention on reading the text on screen.
[Windows Phone 8 General] StevieBallz:
Your processor needs SLAT support (extended Virtualization) also called VT-x by Intel. It is available from the Core i3/i5/i7 processors or newer AMD processors. This is due to the fact that the WP8 Emulator relies on Hyper-V instead of VirtualPC which was used for WP7. So if you have a Core 2 processor your hardware does lack required features. This is not a bug in the SDK.

On learning development of WP Apps there are series that take you around the SDK like this one: http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2010/09/30/31-days-of-windows-phone-7/ It's still for WP7 but almost everything said there still applies for WP8, although in WP8 it was much extended. There are also Development Webcasts and Hands-On Labs you can try out. You can Google for those - there is lots of content on the topic.

But as was said before - it would be beneficial to know some C# beforehand.
[Windows Phone 8 General] meandu229:
I keep installing the SDK but visual studio express 2012 for windows phone doesnt appear in my start menu, says everything is installed fine, Any ideas?

Edit:btw using windows 8 x64 Evaluation Version
[Windows Phone 8 General] StevieBallz:
Do you have a regular version of Visual Studio 2012 installed? In that case the SDK integrates itself with the regular version and just adds the project type there.
[Windows Phone 8 General] meandu229:
That will be the one,, Cheers for reply.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Venekor:
Since no college near me teaches any programming and I have to work, I better start teaching myself.

Can any one tell me where to start?

Thanx.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Taurenking:
https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us

http://www.windowsphonegeek.com/Resources

http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=259285 (book)
[Windows Phone 8 General] Fun With Drugs:
Does WP8 have any new ringtones/notifications or wallpapers?

I dunno if that stuff would be in the SDK, but it'd be cool to have a dump of those files.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Venekor:
Weird Visual Studio basically does everything for you, I was expecting you'd have to make everything from scratch. Not what I wish'd for really as I did want that experience, those guides don't teach you how to understand the language, just how to create something quickly. Kinda like when you were at school reading from a text book and they never taught you the foundations of how to create your own sentences, always taught pre existing ones.
[Windows Phone 8 General] mcosmin222:
You can look for manuals for Visual C# around the web, there are a couple of free ones created by Microsoft, but you won't find any videos.

Once you understand the basics, it will be pretty easy to get started on creating complex apps. This is the beauty of C#
[Windows Phone 8 General] SFU11:
can anyone give me MD5 or SHA-1 hash of the iso? thx.
[Windows Phone 8 General] StevieBallz:
If you want to learn programming from the ground up I guess it would be best to start with a regular book on programming with Visual C# 2010 or something along those lines (2012 books are still rare I guess).

The problem with starting out on Smartphone platforms is simply that there is nothing like Console programs that allow you to easily experiment with language features without having to care a lot about more complex concepts like asynchronicity, Event-models, data-binding, etc.

While I can do a simple:

public static void main(String[] args) {

Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

}

on the Desktop to arrive at a program that outputs those famous words to the screen on the phone it is more like with a PCs GUI programming.

There you have to instantiate a Window (or Page on the Phone), place a Label control (both of which are classes) and assign a property of the label to the text. Algorithmically a lot of information is hidden in those classes. This is mainly due to the fact that during actual development people don't want to and don't need to care about the details behind those things but for learning how to do things the effect is pretty devastating.

So my suggestion would be: Take a book on C# development and work through the basic concepts of Methods, Classes, Properties, EventHandlers and then before diving into the details of WinForms development switch over to the Phone SDK and acquaint yourself with the workings of the according UI Toolkit.
[Windows Phone 8 General] jackrabbit72380:
how can i tell if my computer has a processor that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)

my laptp is intell pentum and my desktop is amd phantom x4?
[Windows Phone 8 General] mcosmin222:
Your laptop won;t support it.

I am not entirely sure about the AMD though.

There is a tool for that in the SDK download page.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhlii:
I am new to XDA, new to the Nexus 7, and new to android on retail devices.

BUT I am a linux kernel developer - with a driver in the distribution kernel, and I have done android ports for development platforms.

So I am stupid on somethings and very sharp on others.

I need to do my own drivers for some devices for a Nexus 7.

Clearly others have been able to build kernels etc. for the Nexus 7 so that must be possible.

I am looking for pointers, howtos, ...

I already know how to write drivers, compile kernels - even for android.

I need to know where to get the config information for the Nexus 7, or a source tree specific to the Nexus 7,

as well as how to get a new kernel onto a retail device. I am used to putting android onto SD card and booting it on and unlocked device
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjnagy:
Recenty bought a TF300T ...performed all the ASUS updates to Jellybean 4.1.1. Is it still possible to root the device? It's not absolutely necessary but I have a couple apps that want root. Titanium Backup, Voodo Sound and a couple others. Also once obtaining root will the sideloaded version of Microsoft Xbox smartglass still work?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rail205:
Yes you can still root, Did it 2 days ago on jellybean 4.1.1. as for the Microsoft Smartglass I have no idea?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sib64:
Have you searched a little before to post your OP...not sure.

So, if you search a little in the General forum for TF300, you will see some posts that I've written and which explain how you can install recovery and rooting ;)

Go here =>

Post #26

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Thanks. It will be cool to search and read before posting :cool:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SecUpwN:
How am I able to properly upgrade a ROM if the phone is encrypted? Or would I always have to save all data to an external drive, reformat my SD-Card and do a completely fresh install? Recommended HowTo's?

If people with encrypted phones read this, I'd like to know about your experiences: Do you feel safer with an encrypted phone? Ever lost one or had difficulties with the encryption preventing getting back into your phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dessolator666:
Ok, so :D got the phone to start encrypting itself... it's still not done after 10 hours (leads me to believe that it's broken in DT 0.2.0). As best as I could find the phone only encrypts the data partition, which pretty much means that you should be able to update the rom with no probs (just updating the same rom should work fine with the same data; and changing roms requires a datawipe anyway) or at least that's how i understand it.

as far as security goes the only means (that i know of and have tried) past a standard lockscreen is through adb (or the "i forgot my password" method which requires you to log into your google account) so in this respect encryption would be an improvement.

as far as getting into the phone goes, a factory wipe should eliminate that problem (along with your data:( )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SecUpwN:
Thanks for testing. If the phone is fully encrypted and the SD-Card is taken out, is it still encrypted? I've read of a case where thieves tried to get into the phone and they couldn't because it was fully encrypted - can someone confirm or deny this information, please?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtabbs:
I have been searching, but it appears that every phone is different in the method to unroot and achieve what I am trying to accomplish. I would like to unroot, load the latest ROM with updated firmware/radios and change the boot loader back to stock.

How can I achieve this?

Details;

Boot Loader

SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.97.0000

MICROP-041f

TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab

RADIO-2.15.00.11.19

Aug 19 2010,14:29:08

Recovery

ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.2

ROM

CyanogenMod-7.1.0-Supersonic

Baseband version

2.15.00.11.19

--edit--

Read another thread on here looking for info from fastboot. Below is the command and output.

>D:\HTC EVO\Revolutionary\RootEvo4GNew>fastboot getvar mainver

>mainver: 3.70.651.1

>finished. total time: -0.000s

I rooted the phone with UNrevoked, years ago and of course used Clockwork for the recovery to load new ROM's. I know that I have updated clockwork several times if that makes any difference.

Help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to give this phone to my son, but reactivating it with old everything is not working.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linuxman008:
I have to do the same thing today, and this is what I'm using:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1245649&highlight=guides

Currently still in the process, I'll edit if this method doesn't work for me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
Not totally sure that the Revolutionary method will work since the OP used Unrevoked to root his phone.

To the OP, I would go to the Unrevoked page. I believe they have a 2-step method for un-rooting.

Sent using my EVO 4G and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtabbs:
So a bit of an update on what I have done over the last couple...

I have updated all the radios/firmware etc. using cmonsterf50 and Captain_Throwbacks combined update.

I then downloaded what is supposed to be a stock ROM from the Wiki page which takes you to Captain_Throwbacks rooted stock ROMs.

If I could find a stock ROM I would download and install that and then I could use the two step mentioned above.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
There are PC36IMG.zips in the "Restore stock from Revolutionary" link in my sig. The latest is 4.67. You really didn't have to update the radios/firmware separately as the PC36IMG will do that as part of the update.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtabbs:
Thanx Captain! I acutally had to revert the radio back to a previous version for the unrevoked_s-on update. Got it all done with the three updates and only took about another hour to complete with all of the lengthy reboots.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznminivan:
The touchstone is a QI standard inductive charger so it should work right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
This is what the general consensus is, but won't know for sure until we get one. I ordered a couple of them for 5 bucks just in case.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznminivan:
i bought a couple as well. hopefully they work so i can have one at home and in the car
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wurzelsepp3:
I think it should work, the problem however will be that the Phone won't stay on the touchstone, because the Nexus 4 doesn't seem to have magnets in the back of the device (That beeing said it shouldn't be too hard to mod the touchstone).

It seems like the official Dock uses rubber to make the phone stay in position.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctfrommn:
Verge video stated that it does indeed have magnets both in the phone and the charger. The rubber? surface is simply to keep it from scratching.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
This is what I had read too. That is does have magnets. Never used a palm pre or anything like this with wireless charging other than my tooth brush. I wonder how strong it is? Like will I notice there is a magnet holding the phone to the wireless dock when I pick it up?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznminivan:
looks like its strong enough to hold it up in the car if its placed upside down you can google pictures of it inside a car. i can link photos yet
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
That's cool. I didn't think about the magnets being strong enough to hold up in car. Let's hope so. Like this picture.

https://www.google.com/search?q=tou...siMiAKazIG4CA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=360&bih=640
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Capt.PP:
It has been confirmed by Androidcentral's Admin that Touchstone will NOT work on Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kookas:
It's pretty cool. I hate Samsung's attempts to milk what few Galaxy Nexus users there were by coming up with a different (and super expensive) dock for every possible situation they could think of, instead of making one flexible dock.

Also, why are you buying Touchstones? We don't even know how much the ball costs yet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KentuckyHouse:
People were buying Touchstone docks because they're like $5 and if it turned out they would work, they were afraid the cost would jump up.

And yeah, we DO know how much the ball will cost. $50-55.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
Palm/HP touchstones WILL NOT WORK...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Initial_G:
Touchstone

I was just about to purchase some until I read your post! Thank you!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asdf916:
thanks for saving me $5 :good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abe in space:
It would've been hilarious if the charging portion of the Touchstone worked, but the magnet was flipped so it repelled the Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewdude:
I bet the coil in the touchstone can be reversed. Still doesn't guarantee it will charge.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anirudh412:
Will NOT Work!

I had a GS3 International and got the verizon inductive charging back for it. Worked flawlessly with all Qi compatible transmitter pads like the Energizer ones. However, the Palm Touchstone is NOT Qi compatible. Hence its a no go for the Nexus 4.

I am very interested in the Fatboy pillows though. Are they out for sale yet? The colors are quite interesting compared to the plain black orb from Google.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ra_grand:
Confirmed by android central. palm will not work with nexus 4. Hopefully google sells one for less than 20 bucks.!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegreatcity:
No, you THINK you know. Until you can provide a link with official pricing details, it's speculation just like everything else. Googles been putting "break-even" prices on all its newest devices, who's to say they won't surprise with a cheaper dock solution too?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] downwiththebanksters:
The link to the definitive android central "no".
[Nokia Lumia 920] slannmage:
I want a handset only as I'm on Three but I was just wondering where I can get the handset? I cannot find any info anywhere for anything other than EE which suck with their crazy prices and low data caps. Also if I manage to get one will it support Three's eventual 4G release as they will be using 1800mhz?

Thanx.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Guitarfreak26:
Id be interested in picking up a yellow one.. My local phones4u had a demo one out but knew nothing about it :S
[Nokia Lumia 920] risq:
I emailed Stephen Elop directly about this, and to my surprise - he responded, all be it very vague.

I aired my concerns about the limited sale on EE - and asked if there were any options coming for SIM-FREE. I understand why his answer was vague, as I could be anyone at the end of the day.

But it doesn't look good for those of us wanting one without signing an EE contract in the UK anytime soon..
[Nokia Lumia 920] slannmage:
I'll just not buy one then, their loss :\
[Nokia Lumia 920] AndyD777:
I have a yellow 920 on pre-order that due to arrive tomorrow with Phone4U. However, there is a lot of confusion about if these handsets are locked or not. I really don't want to use Orange / T-Mobile / EE as I am currently happy with Vodafone.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Venekor:
So funny how Nokia have released their best Smart Phone yet and most people cannot buy it. Firstly it is EE exclusive and they've said it will be until at least next year, secondly all handset only phones are locked to EE as well and thirdly EE prices are stupid and offer barely any data.

I would have been quite interested but WTF are Nokia doing?
[Nokia Lumia 920] Tuffcheez:
I saw the Lumia 920 in Phones4U yesterday. Lovely looking phone but Nokia messed up. Personally for me I waited long enough for this phone to come out but with all the shenanigans around it I couldn't wait any longer. I hope you guys are happy with it. I went with the Note2 in the end. A truly amazing phone!
[Nokia Lumia 920] Arthur Hucksake:
Madness isnt it.

Quite fancied this phone to pair up with a Windows 8 setup, but they are making it impossible to obtain one.

It's the only WP8 of the bunch with a stand out feature.
[Nokia Lumia 920] karlmueller:
Here in Germany where I live you can buy the Lumia 920 factory unlocked no problem.

This is where I ordered mine for example: https://www.handytick.de/handys/nokia/nokia-lumia-920-black.htm

They say that they ship outside of Germany on prior request only but maybe you can try to contact them and ask if they can ship the phone over to the UK.

Here is their email address so that you don't have to try navigating that German website: info@handytick.de

Hope that helps.

Regards,

karlmueller

p.s. I'm in no way associated with that website nor I'm getting any kind of money from them for "promoting" their site - I'm just trying to help