yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] Paitor:
Ok, where to start? Well from the beginning of my short smartphone experience. My first phone was a Motorola A1000 with UIQ. The phone where not as good from the beginning but after some turns with the ROM cookers it became a pretty descent phone. It had GPS, a great app for mp3 (PowerMP3) and for that time an Opera webbrowser that worked on the most common sites.

Ofcourse the webbrowsing was slow and the GPS took ages to get a fix and the sound from PowerMP3 started to glitch when I had it in the background and did other stuff. But hey, I accepted it because it started to get old.

So, anyway. When the Xperia was annonced I found it as a great replacement. It was a smaler phone, it had full qwety, highres screen, wlan, gps, radio and finally 3.5mm jack. A friend had the first tytn phone (my first contact with XDA) that i thought was a bit slow. But still, it was an old phone and with the specs of the xperia I thought that WM would run smoth as butter.

Now, I have had the phone for 6 mounths and the honymone is over. Ofcourse the ROM cookers here have done an amazing job to speed it up. But still. Sometimes the phone is less responsive than my old UIQ phone. There is still no fully working webbrowser, the GPS does somtimes have problem to get a fix (not as long as 10 minutes though) and loading times eg. for showing pictures, open menues is the same as on my UIQ or worse.

I am getting tired of the chronic statment soon... the next version of Opera, when skyfire is ready, the next version of windows mobile, the next radio or ROM upgrade, the next version of manila etc.

And still, phones with weaker hardware is working smoth as silk with ROMs from the manufacturers like samsung, Apple or OS like Android. Why can't MS make an OS like that? It dosen't have to be "cool" as iPhone. But why not make it run smooth with less loadingtime?

As it is now, I can't lend my phone to a friend if he/she whan't to test it or browse a webpage without having them to wonder why nothing happens if they press this or that because of the loading times. "How could you pay that much for this phone?" And, no, I can't answer that anymore.

Ok, now I have let off some steam. And I havn't eaven mentioned the worthless casing on the phne that have cracked for the second time... ohh, now I have ;)

Peace over and out
[General Topics] bigmouth66:
I wrote almost the same words today on a Dutch forum. I have my Xperia now for about 7 months. Out of the box it's a piece of sh.t. Thanks to the cooks it's an acceptable phone now, but my next phone will be no WM phone anymore. Thinking of buying the new Iphone when it comes out. Better/faster hardware doesn't say anything when WM is the OS.

Iphone here I come. If you can't beat them join them...
[General Topics] jeffla:
Although I do like my iPhone, I HATE apple. Going from my kaiser to the iPhone was a huge change. Mostly good, but putting up with apples bs is obnoxious. They are so restrictive. I miss the days of rom flashing, changing web browsers, media players, notes applications......just to try something new. With my iPhone, I can only change what apple approves, and that is very little. I am eagerly awaiting the Pre's release. Currently I pay AT&T 135.00 as month for two iPhones with the cheapest plan possible. We have the 1st gen iPhones with 20.00 a month data plans. I have no desire to pay 160.00 a month for the new iPhones when released. Two pre's with sprint will coat us 100.00 with my corporate discount.

I plan on checking out windows mobile again when wm7 is releases but not before then.

Jeff
[General Topics] redbandana:
take a break play with the iPhone and crapberry you'll be back within 4 months. Honestly, it took stupid applications like iBeer to make me want to go back to windows mobile. When I walk into work people with iPhones and BB's ask me why my Fuze or my Tilt looked more appealing than others they have seen. Simple answer, "I got no luck in the game of popularity therefore I spent over a year learning of the capabilities and the love what goes into windows mobile, outside of microsoft". Personally, I think they will never understand but when you show them easy written applications like "positions" and pdf reader "hustler" or "playboy" magazine, for some reason they believe you are a porn star, cause its that real...

edit: actually iPhones in Boston are played out so if you have a nice looking Tilt or Fuze it will get you ass. However, you may have to pay for an expensive hotel and some cheap ass beer too go along but that is how i roll. Nobody stops my floss.
[General Topics] Paitor:
Well, iPhone is no option for me. I like the modding that was possible with both my UIQ phone and WM. Android is what I now think will be the smoothest and more loadingtime free OS. I'm sad that it isn't possible to have android on my xperia. To me the xperia actually is the most good looking phone on the market today.
[General Topics] eaglesteve:
I can do lots of modding with iPhone too, and much of those modding are not available with WM. You can even make it look like a PC if you so incline. But you must jailbreak it first in order to do it.
[General Topics] eaglesteve:
For me, the more time I spend with iPhone, the more I grow to like it. It is amazing to find how customizable the phone is. It is also amazing to find that one single button in iPhone could so easily let you switch between active tasks, terminate program, launch most recently used programs, and with the power button do screen capture, do soft reset, etc.

Not all applications are entertainment in nature. You can get serious medical applications, enterprise resource planning type applications (including SAP and Quickbook), office productivity applications (Pocket Informant on iPhone is far more useable than the winmo version), etc.

The only really lacking area is GPS software, but that's likely to change with firmware 3.0 that removes the artificial restriction apple set.

Otherwise, WM applications are falling behind that for iPhone. There are many reasons why this is happening. Some winmo developers have discussed the reasons for this on this very interesting thread here:

http://www.4winmobile.com/forums/ed...s-mobile-apps-falling-behind-iphone-ones.html
[General Topics] eaglesteve:
I too feel that Apple is going overboard in the type of restriction it places. That's why I jailbreak my phone, to free myself from all the restrictions.
[General Topics] eaglesteve:
This is an article related to the current thread that makes some interesting reading.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-10151228-82.html
[General Topics] Paitor:
Great essay you did there Eaglesteve. I know some things about jailbreak and what comes with that because of a friend that have one. But to me, the hardware limits on iPhone is to big. The important things too me that iPhone lack is, qwerty, MicroSD-slot, changeable battery, radio (I'm lazy sometimes), photo led (great as flashlight) and a good GPS.
[General Topics] jeffla:
Hey, if I jailbreak, can I drag and drop my music files? I hate having to sync my music files via itunes, or Media Monkey. I just want to drag a few songs over before work and just be done with it.
[General Topics] eaglesteve:
Yes you can. You can also name the music file anyway you want rather than having it renamed by ITune. The music file could be copied to your own sub directory.
[General Topics] eaglesteve:
Thanks Paitor,

One factor that puts iPhone on the negative light is the fact that no hardware vendor other than apple through Foxconn is allowed to make the handset. This is both good and bad. Applications are easier to test and bugs more easily fixed. Also, having just one company controlling it nobody could pass the bug to another company if the graphic accelerator does'nt work (wink wink). You also don't have the risk of undersized hardware specification and slow device. On the other hand you don't get lots of choices in handware specifications such as those you've outlined.

Actually iPhone hardware contains the FM receiver all along, but disabled at the moment.

I believe Tom Tom will soon be available once OS 3.0 is released.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] rogatsby:
I finally put together my first ROM thanks to this extremely helpful site. Actually, it was just choosing, swapping, deleting files and packages, but I'm still proud of myself. Everything works great, TF3D is smooth and quick, SMS works and the phone functions are fine.

But I have one really annoying problem. In the WM 6.1 settings menu, my icons and font are sort of screwed up (too large) and the tabs are not right. I have tried adjusting the icons and fonts with Diamond Tweak and Advanced Config Tool, but was unable to totally resolve the problem. Here is a screenshot. Can anyone tell me what is wrong? How can I fix it? Do I need to re-cook and change some things in the kitchen, or can I solve it some other way? I would prefer not to re-flash and reinstall.

Thanks a bundle.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] rogatsby:
As you can see, I also ended up with 2 "phone" icons, one that leads to the WM properties and one that leads to the TF3D phone setting. :confused:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gtrab:
I am not familiar with the WM6.1 registry but I bet this has been mentioned and solved before

search for phone & control panel in this subforum and you'll find it

also, look at the sticky threads: jerpelea's kitchen and chefs develop and share centre

I am sure I saw it somewhere, but I cook over WM6.5 so I didn't pay attention to it...

my first thought would be: go to /windows/ start menu/ settings and check there :confused: maybe

The font size and icons spacing can be adjusted within the registry

You can use a registry editor from your PC to do it

I can't point you to the exact location of those registries but hope this helps
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] yptan62:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Phone

change "group" to "Hide" =1 valve

if you cooked yourself

go and edit

goto SYS folder

goto sub-folder Shell

edit file with rgu extension (only one)

search for

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Phone]

"Group"=dword:1

just change "Group"=dword:1 to "Hide"=dword:1
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] rogatsby:
Thanks so much guys. I recooked and fixed the problems with your help.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jodywallin:
What happened to yesterdays tread on the release of the New Official HTC ROM update for the FUZE. And what is the status?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] kk0813:
Here is the thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=519698

Update is still not available. I guess this thread will be removed as there is already a thread available.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jodywallin:
Thank you! I couldn't find it. I appreciate your help. Sorry for any inconvenience to the site.

Please Kill this thread.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] elmalote:
Anyone know what that does? Its under Performance :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] HTC Touch Freak:
I have seen that way back when I had mmy elfin also. I turned it on but seemed to do nothing. In 9.7 with Opera Turbo it will speed up page load times by 80%. Good news for us in the US that do not get 3G with our TD2's. I'm perfectly fine with Edge. Specially when 9.7 comes out.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] chch:
Turbo mode uses a server to download and pre-compress data. In general it should be faster but sometimes you can't tell.

Currently Opera offers Opera Mini which always uses a sever to preprocess and Opera 9.5 which before Turbo mode never used servers to preprocess data.

Now Opera are giving you the option within a single software solution.

Maybe you don't want your bank details going through an intermediate server. Other times you want more speed. Now you can toggle between security and speed.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] mcva:
First Beta of Opera Mobile 9.7 is released. In addition there is a standalone Widget Manager. Well, both are probably buggy things since its their first version to the public.

http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filenotfound:
Love my TD2. The only thing I don't like is the fact that I do not get an audio notification when I receive a sms.

Does anybody know a fix/app/workaround for this problem?

thx.

Sorry found it already:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjangoBE:
Could you please say how you fixed it?
[G1 General] fatjohnny:
I just completely toasted my G1 plugging it into my towers front USB port.

I had the pins reversed on the USB header after I accidentally pulled out the pins installing a card reader it seems I put the other header pins back in backwards.

The G1 got a fuzzy look on the screen and then gave me some color bars like a TV test pattern almost.

After I yanked it, it would no longer charge or be recognized as a removable device by Winders vista or XP. Wouldn't charge on my DC or AC or any computer and did NOTHING but get hot when you plugged it in.

I found a couple of other threads on the interwebs but nothing with more than a yank the battery and the sim card for a while and see what that does for a fix... Which didn't do it.

I must have fried something that regulates the charging.

Moral of the story is be real careful what you plug your phone into.

All because I was too lazy to go get a thumb drive from upstairs to test the USB port.

Well, my replacement G1 should be arriving today so it's only costing me $20 shipping, but this still sucks.

Fail, just fail, life fail, USB fail, FAIL
[G1 General] lbcoder:
Well that should learn you for reversing the polarity. Though I am a little surprised that they don't have a diode in there.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Private-Cowboy:
Hi,

just wanna ask if the lousy build quality is normal for the Diamond. I've yet to see one that is problem free - and I had half a dozen in hands.

Mostly the dpad is not level and one edge lifts up.

Then often the power button is not level.

Then I've seen that the stylus does not get sucked in completely as it should be by the magnet.

And finally I've seen that the battery cover does not close completely (leveling at the top end) and come off very easily?

Given the fact that I only paid 290 Euros for my brand new Diamond and the features it packs I can endure a lot.

But given the fact that I know HTC from devices like the Qtek S110 I'm really dissapointed.

The build quality of HTC seemed to have gone downhill by a lot - Diamond problems like the one noted, Touch HD color peel off, Xperia X1 cracks and color peel.

What the heck are those chinese doeing? Do they think because they are the only ones building WM phones these days customers are willing to put up with such crap???
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] grahamkdt:
Mmmm...

I must be the odd-one out then because mine is really smart... no such issues?! Battery cover good, stylus fits, buttons level. Mine is HTC branded, may be its the network providers' manufacturing plants that are less than top quality?

I know for a fact that all brands are not built in the same plant. Having said that, the quality should be equal where ever they're built ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] supersanj:
i have the MDA version and the build quality on it is good. Nothing sticking out of uneven.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Private-Cowboy:
I've only tested HTC's own devices. And I've yet to see one that is free of flaws. Even the new D2 has problems like dust under the screen etc.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] grahamkdt:
All I can say then Mr Cowboy, is that you've been damn unlucky. I've been using HTC devices since 2001, and I've had one device in all that time which I could fit in your 'duff' catergory?! ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] qmt49:
Actually, HTC are Taiwanese.

Apart from the obvious xenophobia, I have also noticed that one edge of the D-pad is raised, allowing the light to leak through. I'm a bit disappointed - the Diamond is my first HTC device, and one of the reasons I bought it was hearing how good the build quality generally was on HTC phones.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Private-Cowboy:
Well some say Taiwan is still China. Besides that I've used HTC devices for quite a few device generations. The best one prolly was my magician - rock solid and still runs strong with no signs of any wear.

The Diamond on the other hand simply does not feel solid and clearly shows what I would describe as cost reduction effects. If you treat the Diamond as a ... device you prolly don't care. And I don't do either very much because I got mine recently very cheap (because the D2 was sitting right besides the D1 in the store the D1 was sold for less then 300 Euros).

You get a mighty good load of features for less then 300 (my old Eten X500 had cost me double that) so I don't wanna complain too much. But I feel that I'd be prepared to pay another 100 for solid build quality (metal casing etc).

I've taken a very close look at other HTCs on display in various stores around town and all of them had at least minor flaws. The black X1s already showed color peel off like the Touch HD and even the display unit of the D2 had visible dust under the screen - and I don't think it was on display for very long.

That said I think the Diamond will be my last HTC. The features are great but I simply like a bit more solidity. I exchange my own Diamond twice to end up with one that I can half way live with - first one had a stylus problem (not sucked in properly) and a power button problem (wouldn't turn own sometimes - maybe because the power button was not level and did not press properly), the second one had a royally screwed dpad (bent inwards on the right side and lifting up on the left side) and non-fitting battery cover and the third only has a bit of the pad lifting up on the right side (not as much as the second).

I looked through 6 stores in town and my percentage of a 100% perfect HTC was - 0%, none, nada.

Maybe german stores only get the crap productions because germans usually don't complain much, who knows. ;-)

I even have a X1 lying around here (ordered because I was thinking about returning my Diamond) but I'll return the X1 instead. The X1 is also HTC meaning it's disaster (cracks and/or peeling) in the making and I'm not prepared to pay a 170 Euros on top of my Diamond for that.

On the other hand build quality in general has gone downhill as it seems. Even coworkers of mine complain about the shoddy build of there iPhone-Toys. And they paid much much more than I did for my Diamond. Maybe the X2 will be what I'm looking for given the fact it's made by Foxconn/Asus.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] slick69:
Prove it. Carrier brand snobbery is not going to get us anywhere.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Private-Cowboy:
I don't believe that either. For one HTC might be THE defacto PDA-monopolist but generall they are a rather small company. I don't think they have a lot of plants all over Taiwan.

And why should carrier devices should be build with higher 'tolorances'? Some carrier devices can be built a bit more solid - like the XDA Diamond given the different back cover - when they are changed from the original.
[XPERIA X1 General] benzo:
I want to add to the internet tab the FB,MSN and Skype shortcuts, create a new tab RSS, create a Tasks Tab or add a Tasks shortcut to the Today tab and more..

is it possible?
[General Topics] marjon:
I am looking to buy a touch diamond 2 in the next 3 weeks and have a general question regarding contacts and keeping my current phone number.

In order to get the TD2 for an affordable price I need to take out a new contract with the same provider (t-mobile) am currently with. An upgrade is out of the question as the phone would cost more than the new contract. I would like to keep the same number, so is it possible to transfer my current number to a pay as you go sim then transfer the number from the pay as you go sim to the new contract?

If so can someone give me an idea on the timescales involved and timings to avoid as little phone downtime as possible. Anyone done this? or any advice regarding the procedure is most welcome.

MarJon
[Touch HD General] crajee:
It's just a poll which can instill confidence in ppl who want to flash.

Names of custom ROMs intentionally avoided as it will be a bad taste, infuriate many ppl and above all against rules etc.

ALso left out names like "Stock" etc to make it clear to all.

Absolutely NO Replies whatsoever please. You can only vote, if you choose to.

Request to Moderators : Please lock the thread and leave only the poll open.
[Touch HD General] jpcicno6:
i keep the stock rom only cos im scared of ruining my phone and voiding my warranty - which knowing my lack of pc skills ill do the first and as a consequence the latter lol
[Touch HD General] Icefeldt:
Dutty's HD 3.4

pwn!
[Touch HD General] dazza9075:
lol, :) im not going to say anything....
[Touch HD General] sdfg88:
Just want to be specific :-D
[Touch HD General] ALLDAT:
Stock keep reading on the different roms but can't seem to figuire out the whole process from start to finish so..:)
[Touch GSM General] quok:
Hello Folks!

Since i changed my provider which brought me free 30mb traffic per month, i am perfectlly in sync with the funambol network.

Due to the fact that i activated the sync per push my mobile is connected with the ISP all the time ... not transferring but connected.

The Problem is that people keep telling me that they cannot call me ... they are just beeing said thet my number is not available.

Is it possible that the permanent internet connection disrupts the accessibility of my phone? If not i think of speaking a few unfriendly words with my new provider!

Any Idea ?

Cheers

Markus
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] momulah:
Hi I have tf3d2 rhodium and sheps rom on my fuze. I have trouble using outlook to add holidays to the calender on my fuze. I tried enabling holidays in outlook 2007 but the holidays wont appear in outlook. I dont know why I select U.S. and it appears to want to load but closes before it adds them. Now is there a way to add U.S. holidays by way of a cab file? Thanks in advance. I tried searching the forum and found nothing but instructions using outlook.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] momulah:
Anybody?? Any comments on this? Anyone want holidays in calender but cant using outlook?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] jdmsleepr:
sorry man, mine shows up...im sure your doing it the right way but try this to make sure!!

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache...+holidays+in+outlook&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

cheers!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] littlened:
Got this phone today, installed tom tom, google maps and also gps test, none of which can find any satellites.

Tom tom just says "Waiting for valid satallite signal", google maps is the same, and gps test says "GPS starting up".

In the gps settings I have it running on com 4 for software, none for harware and managed by windows.

Anyone any ideas what could be wrong? fault gps receiver/antena?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] gingerprince:
Did you try standing outsite?

( sorry, tongue in cheek humour :P )
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] denniegst:
what about your baud rate settings?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cocoaju:
How about trying the Asisted GPS, it will use some data but it helps find your locale.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pgamble:
I tried the supplied Google Maps and my copy of Co Pilot 6. Both acquired satellites very fast with a good lock. Didn't have to do anything special for Google Maps. With CPL as usual you have choice of BT or Manual. You choose Manual and do discovery. It finds it on Com4 at 4800 baud (I think) ... and that's it.

Paul.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] rob_p:
Do you find that the accuracy is good with CoPilot? I've got TT7 on mine, and it locks quickly qith good strength, but the lag is BAD. Don't know if this is a TomTom issue or the phone?