yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
I can echo your feeling that Steve Job has made many wrong decisions on out behalf, and I too don't agree with him. Not just what the iCal can or cannot do, but also his initial decision to leave out cut and paste, disallow navigation, leave out MMS, etc, etc, where all these could easily have been given to the users from day one from Apple itself, rather than having the user jailbreak to get them. His decision on not providing multitasking is not going down well with me either. I need to be able to switch from my eWallet to Safari without exiting eWallet. When I'm running my golfing software, I do not want the application to exit when a phone call comes in. That's not possible in a stock firmware. So, we still must jailbreak to get that function and that's disappointing. I was hoping that I would not need to jailbreak anymore in OS 3.0 but clearly this is not to be the case.

So, I too can see the merit of snoozing, although I personally do not find it a deal breaker. Two reminders is enough for me for appointments or making calls (if that call must be made at that time). (Also if I need more reminders than two, I would probably use Pocket Informant instead of iCal.) If the call must be made anytime (e.g., to call my Utility company to complain about the bill), a task without time is indeed a good way to go IMO. With priority set, I could call it the moment I'm free, rather than have to wait till the set time to make that call.

As for syncing of task with exchange, it is actually possible to do this. There are many places giving precise instructions on how to do this.

At the risk of repeating myself, you can EDIT an excel sheet while running word or email in background.

Hope this makes sense to you.

BTW, which calendar/task application are you using currently?

Other than snoozing of calendar reminders, is there any other things that you feel are very important to you but iPhone would not be able to provide?
[Touch HD General] saminegm:
Thank you for your informative answer.

Oh i dont think most of his decisions were wrong. I simply like to decide myself.

being a lawyer i need to be in sync with my office all the time and urgenty need to NEVER forget an appointment or task.

cut and paste has been an important issue as i often need to copy something from an email to a word document and forward the word document to someone else. tethering too.

i will have the new iphone this month and will give it a try.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Based on what you said are your requirements, I think the existing iPhone will also do a good job. Of course all the nice things about 3gs are good too, such as the compass , better battery life, bigger RAM, bigger storage, better camera, and more importantly the even faster speed. Australia will start selling on June 26, and I'll pass mine to my wife and get the 3gs then.
[Touch HD General] maati:
Hi eaglesteve,

I don't have enough time for a full answer at the moment, so I'll reply later. What I can say is, yes, the iPhone is getting better with copy&paste, navigation software, voice control, new camera etc., but there's still plenty of things that are disturbing me:

The need for iTunes, the impossibleness of downloading things from the internet and transferring them to the computer afterwards, still the lack of multitasking (at least it's got 256MB RAM now so Backgrounder should work better).

I've used the iPhone 3G for several months and of course I've done all the hacks and tweaks (Jailbreak, Backgrounder, iMobileCinema....) but that was not enough.

I only bought it because of the ability to Jailbreak it, thinking I would get used to some of the shortcomings compared to the WinMo devices I had before.

I liked the ability to get things done a bit more quickly (e.g. looking for something in Google Maps or AroundMe, or Fahrplan) but that was not enough. It was still way too limited for me.

Now that the 3GS is out, I thought about switching to the iPhone again (after all, I paid for a developers account and for lots of apps) but then I tried to compare it to my Touch HD objectively and realized that there's almost no reason to switch.

All the new features like voice control, copy&paste, tethering, navigation and so have been possible with WinMo forever and the hardware of the Touch HD is still better (despite being almost one year older!). The software in the AppStore is better, but there's nothing I can't get for WinMo, too (at least nothing that I need as I don't play games and such). There's only the digital compass I'd like to have, but I can do without that in exchange for some more freedom.

Another thing that's disturbing me is that Apple is always at least half a year behind with their hardware. They could have easily outdone their competition now but instead they only released a minor hardware refresh of their phone (which is essentially a copy of the Touch HD, but with a camera from 2005 and half the display resolution) with software features that should have been there since the beginning (and have been there on Windows Mobile for almost a decade).

I just don't know why I should take a step backward to a phone with outdated hardware that finally adds features that should have been there for ages and still doesn't let me do everything that I want.

I found all the apps I need for both the iPhone and WinMo, so should I go back in time just because of a user interface that's a bit easier to use and a compass?

There's lots of Windows Mobile phones coming in the next few months and they're not just "the same old hardware with features that should have been there forever" but steps forward with great cameras, huge displays, gigahertz processors and all of them have voice control, multitasking, navigation software etc. because WinMo always has had that.

Of course the iPhone is getting better and adding previously missing features, but there's still no "killer feature" that would justify abandoning all the freedoms of Windows Mobile, at least for me.
[Touch HD General] brusko1972:
I think you got that part right. Hey you said it not me:D I think anyone who buys an iPhone has got to be one.
[Touch HD General] brusko1972:
hmmmm.... why dont you read your post and see that youre the one who started the name calling. Why dont you just admit it the you are too brained wash to even see what other phones can do compared to the iPhone.
[Touch HD General] brusko1972:
You admit to all these iPhone defficiencies and yet you preach differently. Are you a spokesperson for iPhone steve? do you get paid for every wm user you convert to iPhone? Why dont you just sell your HD and hangout in the iPhone forum from then on
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Firmware upgrading experience

Yesterday I did my firmware upgrade to OS3.0, so I thought I would share my experience in this aspect of iPhone.

I chosed the upgrade path rather than the restore path. This basically preserves my data during the upgrade.

After plugging in the USB and starting iTune, The upgrade process took about 20 minutes to complete. After iTune syncing, all apple store application data, including email accounts, mails, SMS messages remain intact after the upgrade. No reinstallation of apple store programs or restore needed. Love the simplicity and ease of upgrade Apple provides for its customers.

The global search facility is capable of searching even deleted email (even those which has been removed from the thrashed bin folder). This was a real pleasant surprise for me. To quickly locate this thread for example, I entered "iPhone experience" into the search box, which located all the deleted email automatically. I click on those email's link to this forum, and here I am! No need to wonder in which page of this subforum I have to go in order to make this post.

I can even restore the deleted email back to the thrashed folder, then move them back to the inbox if I want to. Love this flexibibility.

Disappointed though that OS3.0's bluetooth only extends to sterea headphone but not to file transfer still. Disappointed also that voice control, and video recording have not been extended to 3G iphone, and are only available for 3GS. So, jailbreaking is still a strong incentive to get those features (of course for backgrounder too).

Performance seems a shade snappier after the upgrade. Browser seems to let user start scrolling before all downloads are completed now. Email loads noticeably faster too.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Experience on jailbreaking and firmware upgrade

Yesterday the jailbreaking tool (Redsn0w) was released for iPhone 3G. (3GS will have to wait though).

I downloaded that tool and the new 3.0 firmware to my PC. I clicked on jailbreaking tool with my iPhone connected to the PC in DFU mode. The software asked me to select which firmware to patch, and I chosed the 3.0 firmware, then I just waited for a while, DONE.

I was really surprise to see all my data for jailbreak application 100% intact. I just reinstalled the applications (which had been wiped out before during the upgrade by Apple) and I was back in business.

It's THAT easy.:):):)

Not every program works on 3.0, just like many applications in Applestore also must be updated for the 3.0 OS to continue working. The backgrounder does not work anymore at this point, and everyone is waiting for the update. Other than that, there is no drama.
[Touch HD General] Slothie:
And this is relevant to the Blackstone because???
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Please stick to the topic. The topic here is my iphone experience. May if I post only negative comments about it I will be hailed as a hero here and encouraged to make even more such posts. Both type of experience could be shared politely. Let's not make a battle ground out of this. If you don't like this topic, skip and go and read elsewhere. Everyone can have a fair go, mate. Thank you.
[Touch HD General] shruff:
Well since you brought it up what does "my Iphone experience" have to do with XDA Developers in the sub forum Blackstone->Blackstone? How does this contribute in any way to the Blackstone topic or Windows Mobile?
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
This thread for for HD users who are trying out the new device to discuss their experiences.

Further, there are many such threadw which may not in your view contribute to Blackstone topic or window mobile. If we want to ban all such threads, then do it for all. No need to single out every thread that touches iPhone for attack, is there? Why only negative posts on iPhone are relevant and not both sides of the views?

Each of us can decide whether to take part in "irrelevant" thread. Nobody puts a gun on our head to read it or just ignore it.

So, why don't we just leave it as that? Cheers.
[Touch HD General] shruff:
Do you really have nothing else to do than provoke flamewar threads? I do pitty you!

I mean lets be serious here, how many ppl come to a Windows Mobile forum to read about iphone or other devices? If we want to know about other devices we can go read about them in there respective forums etc! If this thread and others similar to it are not "off topic" then the defenition of "off topic" needs to be revised!

Think about it from another point of view, if we went over to an iphone forum and started these kind of threads you can just imagine criticism it would receive and moreover it probably wouldnt last 4-5 posts before it were removed. cheers.
[Touch HD General] zenkinz:
can your iphone 3g/3gs stream rtsp file?

don't get me wrong, iPhone is a great mobile gadget, it has revolutionalised alot of how a mobile gadget should be designed/used, but it's not a perfect phone, at least not for all mobile user segments. If it works very well for you, thank congratulation you are the user segment that iPhone is targetting or trying to target at. There are some other merits you would find in other mobile gadgets such as Windows Mobile, Palm Pre, etc.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
I'm not disagreeing with anything you just said. I never said iPhone is perfect. I always said there are merits in other devices too.

I always said the HD has fantastic screen size, screen resolution, battery design (being removeable), and has good speaker. I had always said how I wish iPhone can be better in those departments.

I don't deny there are lots of area which iPhone are yet to catch up still (at least the non-jailbroken ones). In multitasking, in bluetooth file transfer, in providing a file explorer.

I had also said somewhere that Palm Pre's browser, from the video demo that I've seen, appear to be capable of giving Safari a run for its money. I had praised it's multitasking design too. I had said Palm Pre caught my interest, and would serously get one when its application store catches up and when a GSM version is ready, with more storage capacity.

I had also expressed interest in exploring Android, but lamented that no store in Sydney has one that let me play with before I could make the purchase.

So, far from a blind iPhone worshiper that some of you try to paint me as, I consider myself to be quite impartial when come to hardware. For me I'm looking for SOLUTION more than any specific hardware platform. The best solution differs from person to person, and changes from time to time. A year ago, Athena was the best solution I knew of. Then, it was HD. Now, I like the iPhone solution more, but that does not mean it won't change with time. If I go back further in time, my best solution at that time was Psion devices.

Some of us are interesting in finding better solutions and do genuinely want correct and impartial information to be shared. I wish people understand this.

Cheers.

All these were in the records, if you go back and check my post.
[Touch HD General] zenkinz:
well, all I read in all your lengthy post is how you love your iphone and how well it has worked for you. I don't doubt that and I congratulate you for finding a gadget that meets your demand/requirement. It's one thing to share how the phone works for you, it's another thing in claiming all the deficiency of Touch HD and writing it off.

now for all the greatness of iphone, it won't work for me since I need to have a rtsp player so that I can watch live TV online ;) I will be waiting for iphone 3.5G then, since iphone 3G S is nothing more than an attempt to deliver promises that should have been delivered in iphone 3G.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Sure. Your requirement is to use it to watch TV online and now you believe iPhone can't handle it so you do not like it, and that's a reasonable and logical way to go about choosing your solution. I too congratulate you for having a solution that you're pleased with.

I always said that I was 100% pleased with my HD before I knew enough about iPhone. I don't think it is fair to say that I've written it off. It's just that now I have a better solution for my requirements.

I'm not familiar with the rtsp stuff, so I don't know whether or not iPhone can do that. However, it does have the likes of Slingplayer http://www.slingmedia.com/go/iphone that allows you to control and watch your home television. Not sure if this is what you want but you could check it out yourself.

There're also quite a few "Television" streaming applications in iPhone that lets me watch all kinds of stations such as the various CCTV in China, but the performance is jerky. I do love watching TV, so please don't get me wrong on this. It's just that if I stream the movies over 3G it's going to cost me a fortune every month because here in Australia data plan is very expensive and there is no unlimited plan AFAIK, unlike in Singapore. I had therefore hoped that my dream device in the future will have in-built TC tuner. However, after using my niece's phone with such a feature and see how poor and grainy the reception is, I gave up wanting it.

Of course, if anyone wants to watch sports television on their phone, almost every phone can do it, at a cost paid to the Telco, but I'm not really into such a thing.

So, perhaps you could share your experience in this area with us? You might have a reason to mention rtsp, and I do love to learn new things.

Edit: Ah, Real Time Streaming Protocol. No, AFAIK iPhone does not yet support it. However, Telstra is currently working with Apple to enable iPHone users who want to watch Foxtel on the move. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1040255.html

So, you were right. It does not support it yet, although it may be on the way.

If you'd carefull followed my posts, you'll see that I never shy from acknowledging weakness of a device, and here is just another example of me seeing one of the weaknesses that could turn some people off, depending on how seriously you want that requirement met. And I thank you for pointing out this weakness because I like factual information and am glad to have learned something from you here. I now know there is another strength HD has over iPhone.
[Touch HD General] zenkinz:
I do have unlimited data plan, but the tv channels I access via my service provider, doesn't charge based on the data traffic, but by the channels I subscribe to. But because I have cable tv subscription plan, I have free access to all the channels, although they have free channels for access (but only for their mobile subscriber)

to watch live tv, you either access it via internet, or via tv tuner chip that supports DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld). I have the opportunity to test the latter service for 3 months, and although the video quality was much better (than Mobile TV via internet) it's highly dependent on the broadcast signal coverage, and I don't expect the coverage would be better than that for a cell phone even when the service provider is ready for production launch. Since then, the service provider has improved the video quality and it's quite a joy to watch live football match or latest news, especially on a big 3.8" screen.

see this video shot I took yesterday on HD, on watching live TV, youtube and a Xvid movie playback from my storage card

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_oY5gRxz0k
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Thanks for this info. The football match was indeed quite smooth, although when you stretch it to full screen I suspect the picture will become sort of blurred.

Are there lots of such programs available? Or is that just for live sports coverage mainly that Starhub offers? Does it affect calls coming in at all? If both are running, are the voice call quality affected? How much does Starhub charge a month for this service? Last question. If you're overseas, can you still watch your subscribed programs? Do you know if Palm Pre (read some conflicting info on this) and Andoid phones support rstp now (there appears to be lots of work being done but not sure if working solution is already released)?

BTW, found out this info, http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/238/406 Says that RTSP enabled media player is being beta tested and will soon be ready at the apple store. Not sure if it is exactly what you're looking for though.

Here is another related article: http://news.techex.co.uk/news/indus...-and-mpeg-ts-streaming-in-single-media-server

Still looks like vapourware to me at the moment.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Hi zenkinz,

Good news for you if you really need a media player with RTSP support.

I just read this :

A jailbroken third party media player called vlc4iPhone has these features:

- Built-in internet ratio station browser with search

- Plays nearly all of your favourite media

- streams media via HTTP, RTSP, MMS, and more.

I just installed this application on my iPhone now. If you could PM me and work with me to do the testing (that is if you're keen), I'll be most happy to oblige. Alternatively, you might have a friend with a 3G jailbroken phone, you might be able to get him to install this software and let you test. Pity that this application is not on the applestore.

edit: not sure how to use this to watch TV though. I can search for radio stations easily but have no idea how to search for TV station.
[HTC Excalibur] duramas:
Hello, my Dash had some water damage a while ago and I want to try to retrieve some contacts from my phone, but I can't get it unlocked because the star (Z) key isn't working.

It seems only the Z and Alt and Enter keys aren't working because those are the only buttons that don't make the lock screen go away.

Now is there anyway I can retrieve my contacts or fix the Z key or even find out what my issue is?

Oh and the phone is opened up.
[HTC Excalibur] roloracer:
Is the phone staying locked after bootup? it should unlock with a soft reset.
[HTC Excalibur] duramas:
Its still locked after a soft reset and has like 364734673647 thousand alarms.
[HTC Excalibur] liuc1978:
put in alcohol

in any drugstore you can buy a botle of isopropilic alcohol, put the keyboard chip on it and wait for 1 hour, then dry the keyboard put in the phone and try, maybe your problem is that the contacts are bad.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerpelea:
Hy all

i have some of clock values from mxipupdate_operator_100.provxml

000 0 London,Dublin

001 +4 Abu Dabi

002 +1 W Central Africa

003 0 Cassablanca

004 +3 Nairobi

005 +9:30 Adelaide

006 +10 Guam

007 +5:30 New Dehli

008 +9 Tokyo,Osaka

009 -5 Eastern US

010 +1 Paris,Madrid

011 -7 Mountain US

012 -5 Eastern US

013 +1 west central africa

014 -5 Eastern US

015 +6 Almaty

016 +2 Praetoria

017 +1 Berlin,Rome

018 -8 Pacific US

019 -9 Alaska

020 +1 Paris,Madrid

021 +1 Paris,Madrid

022 +2 Athens,Instambul

023 -5 Eastern US

024 +3 Nairobi

025 +1 Paris,Madrid

026 -11 Samoa,Midway

027 +5 Islamabad

028 +3 Nairobi

029 -4 Santiago

030 +2 Athens,Istambul

031 -5 Eastern US

032 +12 New Zealand

033 -6 Central US

034 +1 Paris,Madrid

035 +3 Bagdad

036 -8 Pacific US

037 +4 Yerevan

038 -5 Eastern US

039 0 Casablanca

040 +8 Malaysia,Singapore

041 +5:30 New Dedli

042 +7 Bangkok,Hanoi

043 +1 W Cent Africa

044 0 Casablanca

045 +1 Paris,Madrid

046 +1 Berlin,Rome

047 -6 Central US

048 -6 Central US

049 -8 Beijung,HK

050 +2 Cairo

051 -3 Brasilia

81 +1 Minsk

115 +9.5 Adelaide,AU

175 +10 Hobart

205 +9 Tokyo,Osaka

351 +2 Helsinky,Riga sofia

371 -8 Pacific us

397 -6 central us

398 -5 eastern us

399 -6 central us

400 +5:30 Sri Lanka

401 -5 Eastern Us

402 -3:30 Newfoundland

403 +3 Moskw

404 -5 Eastern Us

405 +1 Berlin,Rome

406 -8 Pacific US

407 +1 Paris,Madrid

408 +1 Berlin,Rome

409 -4 La Paz

410 -8 Pacific US

411 +12 Fiji Islands

412 -10 Sydney

413 -5 Eastern US

414 +9 Seoul

415 +8 Taipei

416 +2 Helsinky,Riga,Sofia

417 -5 Eastern US

418 +1 Berlin,Rome

419 +4 Yerevan

420 -6 Cent America

if somebody has other values please post them here

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RESERVED 050-100 i will test them

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bobsbbq:
399 -6 central us

398 -5 eastern us

397 -6 central us
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerpelea:
thanks bob

br
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gtrab:
Thanks jarpelea

You are sort of a powerful enzymatic catalyzer facilitating ROM developments all over here

Do you take donations ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] soros2000:
How about jakarta?, it should be same as bangkok time but in manila v3 world clock show same timezone as singapore, china.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rling:
172 +9.5 Adelaide,AU

Edit. My mistake.. TZone should be 115 (dword:73)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] [★]:
thanks for this :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Illodin:
Greetings fellow Member,

Do you know how to enable haptic feedback on Opera 9.5?

I do know it is possible because Cloudyfa' s ROM v. 1 includes one. I've tried to add several versions (15202, latest) without success. I've also added VibrationEnabled registry key. No success.

Do you know hot to make it happen?

(I prefer opera feedback to other because it gives feedback only when the web link is activated. Other 'haptic softwares' just give feedback when the screen is touched.)

Kind Regards,

Illodin
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Ghostifish:
my bad, replyed to old thread instead of newer one.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Elroy_b:
well.. does anyone have it yet?

Dutch languaged WM6.5 rom??

Plz let me know