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[General Topics] Digitaltigre:
I don't use one evryday but what Im saying is if theres things you dont like about iphone you're pretty much stuck with it. Look at what we are able to do on WM for example.

If you don't like the volume control you can install one from a different Rom. If you get tired of it you can uninstall it and go back to the standard vol control. If you decide you want different video drivers they can be cooked into a Rom. I can get into my registry and change my proxy settings, default photo location favorite channels in slingmedia player etc. I use AE button plus to remap all my hardware buttons. I have the right softkey on a double push do alt-tab between apps. That way I can have two progs open that I need to transfer info between. How can you do any of those customizations on the iphone? You cant. You may say that you wouldn't want to change the iphone but I'm saying what if you did?

Besides that I'm tired of Apple acting like they invented stuff. They brought the first gen out w/out 3g when my wm phone had 3g for years! Then when they dropped the 3g they were acting like 3g didn't exist before their new phone. Now their commercials for the 3gs are bragging on features that once again, I've had for a long time. Voice control? Really? Anyone tried Ms Voice Command? I can ask my phone what appointments I have tomorrow. I have to admit their implementation of copy/paste is pretty sweet, but there's no excuse for making users go 3 years without that basic feature. I just saw a commercial where they showed 'you can copy a phone number and paste it in a text message' Wow! I am just floored. These dudes are not making devices for me. I feel dumber everytime they talk to me!

I have to say I admire the iphone form factor...the glass capacitive touch screen, the quality build. But thats where it ends. If there was a Touch HD style phone with US 3g bands and an Nvidia chip under the hood - forget about it, it would be a wrap son. Those devices are coming and Im waiting patiently!
[General Topics] Aisorik:
Does anyone experienced with a jailbroken iphone know if such things are possible on it? Or even more so, is there even a need to?
[General Topics] bob50963:
Android g1 for the win!

The only thing the iphone has going for it is 3-4 years of fixing every bug. Give htc and google phone 3-4 years :D

Also, no microsoft = no mac= no iphone. Write that down. Apple couldn't compete with microsoft so we were nice enough to give them our intel chips. When I say intel chips I mean for there computers.

I am a pc
[General Topics] addicus:
I think the last part of your statement is the most noteworthy. The IPhone is big worldwide but gigantic in the States. The carriers haven't put out and pushed a WM phone since the Kaiser and the problem with the video drivers seems to have soured the pot.

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On the otherhand Nokia has put out high voltage/bad ui phones for years over here with little success. Apple is showing that you can put out inferior products (previous IPhone versions) if the company itself is willing to market the devices and push the 'flashy parts'. Then the company needs to ensure the carrier(s) on board with the advertising. This apparently isn't going to happen with Microsoft itself and HTC's contract with Qualcomm (who won't allow anyone else to work on the video drivers) is really holding the WM progression back when it comes to leading edge development.

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I am a fan of WM, but not HTC. I only get HTC products because of Xda-Devs and the hardware keyboard combination. Ever since the Hermes came out (my current product) and HTC refused to support my Wizard I knew the company was on a simple money grab. Luckily I don't need their support with this website here.

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I still feel MS is waiting for the right 3rd party to come along and develop WM to it's maximum. That's why they don't come down on this site and actually have encouraged the work here as long as it doesn't encroach on the carriers boundaries.

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Lastly, please remember Apple is moving ahead without worrying about what/who it's leaving behind. They give the OS3.0 update to everyone, but how many generations of phones are they really supporting. Truth is even the 3GS is really a first generation platform phone as the OS has had no major changes in how it operates and interacts with the phones it works on. Rival that with MS who is attempting to not alienate users all the way back to WM2003. They want even the legacy phones to be usable and compatible because the phones are meant to work with Exchange servers and the businesses that Microsoft is married to worldwide and has been for nearly a decade and a half (15 years).

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The companies work from two different vantage points. My first ppc/smartphone was the MX200 and it was light years ahead of anything on the market in the States in 2004. Apple was pushing the iMac back then. They have no history and therefore, no loyalty to an invested business community. This may end up being MS's downfall with the way the ppc market is moving, but it's still fact. Windows Mobile 7 may be MS's last opportunity to make a big splash in the general public's eye.
[General Topics] addicus:
Kudos. That may be the best unbiased post ever on this topic. On point, short and sweet.

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I've been holding out for the tegra based phones for a year since I saw the youtube video pimping it's attributes. Come to think of it the best part of the Tegra was the mega-multitasking ability while keeping battery usuage at a minimum. We do call these products ppc's and what is the use of not multi-tasking with ease. You wouldn't stand for it on your home computer (PC/?Unix/Mac) so why should it be okay on your handheld? It shouldn't.
[General Topics] crazy talk:
see the bolded reply's

ignorance of either platform is what causes all these "flame wars"

btw, you can run sling on 3G. Skype too.
[General Topics] Paul_Days:
My 2 Cents

Well,

I come from the Palm background had a IIIe, V, Treo 650, and 750 where I switched to Windows Mobile. Then I did the hop to the ELFin. Now I am very fond of the new Hero, but as i said in another post, for 800 bucks? Hell, next week I'm picking up a "New" refurbished Iphone 2G for est. 250 dollars.

Fine, iPhone has it's things, but compared to the Windows Mobile it has SO MANY advantages. Not only operating system-wise, but the construction is ROCK SOLID. In the last couple of years apps have been developing like bunnies. So, I am leaving the Windows Mobile family.....maybe for a while.

Paul
[General Topics] Roflcopterrr:
This is exactly what i'm talking about!

"If you don't like the volume control you can install one from a different Rom. If you get tired of it you can uninstall it and go back to the standard vol control. If you decide you want different video drivers they can be cooked into a Rom."

The iPhone doesn't need the user to go through any of this hassle, because it all works as it should! Even with all of the drivers on WinMo, it still isn't an ENJOYABLE experience. The iPhone 3GS's inclusion of parental controls now allows M rated apps in the app store, so that app killing thing is over with. Everything on the iPhone works as it should. If you want more things, just jailbreak it! What we're doing on XDA is basically "jailbreaking" our phones, so we're not locked by our carriers (if you have one).

I don't have an iPhone, but if I want an app, all I have to do is go into the app store and search for it. If it isn't there, i'll jailbreak my phone and get cydia!

Now if I want an app for windows mobile, I have to GOOGLE the app, go through a mess of forums, different payware / freeware PPC app sites, and then get the program from there. If it weren't for the iPhone, we wouldn't have the Touch HD, different volume controls, or anything like that. It was when the iPhone was released, that HTC finally realized that they actually have some competition! Once i'm due for an upgrade, i'm leaving my Touch Pro. I love it's open-ness and hardware qwerty, but the disorganization of Windows Mobile and the plain poor user experience and GUI is what really irks me.

I love technology. I use FreeBSD, I use Command Line IRC programs (irssi ftw), so I'm definitely a person who knows his technology - but on Windows Mobile, it never seems to please me! When I go into the start menu, the top taskbar flickers and THEN i go into the actual menu. I want fluidity. I want a bug-free phone. HTC or any other Windows Mobile phone maker can't seem to accomplish that.
[General Topics] Agent Blair:
You know what sucks? HTC still won't listen to us :mad:

A group of wealthy XDA-ers should make their own phone company and directly compete with HTC. THAT would be epic, and completely revolutionize the phone industry. Sooner or later the iphone "establishment", which has stayed in power for a couple of years will eventually fall. You just can't have a grip on such a large user-base on ONE single phone and ONE OS forever!
[General Topics] josefcrist:
that would be totally epic too bad that is totally unlikely to happen.
[General Topics] Soaa-:
Here are my thoughts:

If you're thinking of switching from WM to iPhone, then quite possibly WM isn't for you. iPhone doesn't suck for most people. It just doesn't suit most of us here at XDA. We prefer function over quality and ease of use. That's not to say that we don't care about usability, but our priorities are fundamentally different from those of Apple and most other people.

It wouldn't make sense for me to recommend WM to everyone. Lots of people would rather have something less functional but much easier to use.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] sandudan1983:
http://www.banutul.com/GabrielMarin-23457.html:):)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] piannetta:
Hi,

I've put a heap of ringtones and alerts into the My Ringtones folder in My Document.

However, they only appear in the list for ringtones, not for anything else.

I know, I know, the folder is called Ringtones, but if WM6 won't look there for alerts, where should I put my own alert sound files so they are found?

Cheers,

Pete
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ohyeahar:
put them in the Windows directory of your device.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Mesquire:
In addition to Windows folder, there are several locations in which to place your media files for WM to use as alerts. I usually place them in the root directory of the Storage Card, e.g.,

\Storage card\Filename.MP3
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] AndyBonny:
Hoping someone can help. I'm have a problem with my Diamond 2 each evening.

Opera is throwing up an error page every night (not sure at what time as I'm asleep) and my hand set freezes at 11.54pm every few days (have to remove the battery to restart the device once its frozen). I need some help in pin pointing the cause. I'm suspicious that the two problems are related though they may not be.

Opera generates a report for Microsoft which mentions Opera.exe and NK.exe. I think that one of these programs or possibly another is trying to update itself and for some reason it can't compleet the request. I checked to see if I can see web pages on opera which still works.

Is there a log file or a monitoring program which I can use to establish what may be causing the freeze and the opera error?

I suspected it may be Apptodate and removed the entries I found in windows/applicationdata/apptodate but the error came back the following evening.

Also on my list of suspects was Quickgps. I decided to click the manual update button which should stop Quickgps requiring itself to automatically update data but again the handset threw up the Opera error the next evening.

I've turned off push internet and removed the push pages I had set up

I'm happy to solve this on my own but just need to be pointed in the correct direction. Can anyone recommend a way to pinpoint the problem.

Thanks
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] ohyeahar:
Rather than going through trouble-shooting, perhaps you should try a hard reset.

Also, it's probably not advised to pull the battery as you described. Try the reset switch. That's why they made one =)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] oth_76:
hard reset
[HTC Excalibur] IceNova:
right now my dash, when powered on, will just display a white screen.. when doing a hard-reset...nothing happens, when trying to do to the bootloader thing,the tri-color thing doesnt show but the computer does detect the dash...so i tried an update to stock...and it said that instalation was successful,alltho it was not
[HTC Excalibur] orb3000:
Welcome to the forum

Have a read here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=397583

And:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=415225

Good luck,
[HTC Excalibur] IceNova:
i thank you for the swift response,but im sorry to say that those two posts dont help me in the least bit...i fully understand the upgrade process, im just having some technical difficulties that i cant figure out, but please if there is anymore information that i can offer,feel free to ask... im kinda phone-less until i can solve this problem
[HTC Excalibur] vwgtiron:
how about these essages

you tried plugging it into the computer while holding the camera key? also how about the normal press two home keys and cycle the power button? If these dont work PM me and I will help you out. When you use the bootloader make sure that you are flashing back to a tmboile rom
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] eranyanay:
Well, I tried to build rom from my backup of the original rom shipped with my device.

Now I've got to check it somehow to see if its good.

I havent hard-spl my device yet, but im going to do it now.

I couldnt find direct answer, but what happens if I try to flash bad image?

Im going to use the hardspl 1.93 olinex unsigned.

If the Image I created isn't working properly, I'll be able to flash my device with another rom for bootloader mode?

If so, how?

(of course, Im assuming bootloader mode will be accessable even though I flashed bad image?)

thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Soikiro:
yes..i have flash my device a few time from the bootloader screen..its appear "usb" and than your pc see the device..start RUU and flash it againt

butevery time you flash..is possible to brick the device..becarefull

put in the storage card the file .nbh and rename it in "DIAMIMG.nbh" than press volume down and backspace+tasto reset..hold the buttons and flash without pc...this is the faster way (less 1minutes)

ps i never brick any phone..and flash a few time a week with new release and mine
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tchiuhangng:
hi there Soikiro,

sorry for being a bit noob at this, but would greatly appreciate if you could explain if it is changing the spl that will brick the phone, or flashing the rom that may brick the phone?

And if the phone is brick, can I reflash it back to default?

Thanks for your help!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nagasai:
Three may be more possibility for bricking the device during changing of spl. So be careful and choose correct one for your device. You may play with the rom. But be careful of spl.{sorry for my bad english}:)
[G1 General] hazeline:
Hai, i faced a problem with my keyboards after flashing multiple roms, my menu,space and backspace button are nt responding well.

HTC claimed that the third party rom caused the keyboard to be spoilt. Feel free to post comments about whether flashing will cause keyboard to be less responsive.

I myself think it would nt, however i would be happy if anyone is willing to clarify with me. Thanks!
[G1 General] Gary13579:
HTC is trying to get out of replacing the phone. There's no reason that the ROM should cause this.

Try flashing back to a nice stable build like JF 1.51. Does it still have keyboard problems?
[Touch HD Accessories] Rozenthal:
I just wanted to let you know NOT to buy the new Touch HD privacy screen protectors.

They seem very good "on paper", however in reality it's a major disappointment. The privacy screen protector should reduce the viewing angle of your screen, making sure that people sitting next to you can't see the screen. This feature does in fact work up to a certain point, but the problem is that this screen protector reduces display quality so badly I consider it unusable.

Basically, the entire screen get's a very harsh rainbow color effect and some strange wavy lines that make your screen look like a 1995. CRT screen.

So, in short - avoid it.
[Touch HD Accessories] Sku11y:
I had a mirror screen protector turn up with a case I bought.

Applied it fine, then got the green and pink lines when looking through it, it actually became more clear the larger the angle I looked at it from!

The protector scratched really easily too, tried changing backlight brightness by dragging and I got a nice scratch. I wasn't pushing hard.

Nice idea, poor implementation.
[Touch HD Accessories] Kraize:
I was thinking about getting something like that. How about some pictures? lol.

If it looks alright, I might swing for it from some other manufacturer because my friend has one on his iPhone and it's perfect.
[Touch HD Accessories] Rozenthal:
I threw the protector away 5 minutes after trying it out. It's THAT bad.

As far as the iPhone goes, it's possible that it's not the same manufacturer. Also, it would seem that extremely high pixel density of Touch HD's screen could be linked to the way display get's messed up with rainbow effect.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] adityaw:
Can anyone please upload Meebo.apk version 16 (newest) and Twidroid somewhere? Please don't suggest downloading them from Android Market since my HTC Magic (unbranded) doesn't come with Android Market. Many thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] guinnes.s:
http://www.androidfreeware.org/getfile/Meebo.apk

http://www.androidfreeware.org/
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] adityaw:
just in case anyone need them :

http://www.indowebster.com/Android_Apps.html
[Wing, P4350 General] braumeister:
Have anyone the Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM? No modifications or so on?

I currently use a Version from JustStable. Runs perfect!
[Wing, P4350 General] ivanmmj:
There is no official WM6.5 for the Herald, therefore no.

You can just JustHome, that's wm6.5.

Other than that, I don't have a German version.... yet.
[Touch HD General] evil Homer 3k:
Hi people,

First post, but I've been a member for a while, but didn't have anything to post.

Just come from a Samsung Omnia to a Touch HD.

Loving the phone much more than my Omnia, hence the reason for getting one.

I'm having a bit of an issue at the moment though with storage space for emails.

I use Seven as a push mail client for my workgroup email and my Gmail. I did come across this issue before on my Omnia where when downloading an attachment, it would report that I had too much email and calander info on my device. Going to the storage settings and unchecking "use memory" card fixed this before.

So now I'm getting the same error on my Touch HD, but the fix I employed before doesn't work.

I'm running Dutty's 3.9XT rom which I put on on saturday, and have 269mb free on the internal memory, and 5.6gb free on the memory card.

I did use PIMBackup to restore my contacts and sms only, not my emails as it resyncs when I install Seven.

So I'm at a bit of loss on how to get around it, and was wondering if anyone else had an issue or a more permenant fix.

I'm gonna post on the Seven forum as well, hopefully get some resolution to this.

So, loving the forum, and has really helped me out in the last few weeks since I got my HD.
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
Using different rom at present so these links may not be 100% accurate as from memory. Either way its in email account settings

Go to email tab > menu > accounts > menu > options > storage and click on 'When available use this storage card to store attachments'

Should hopefully do the trick
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mstyle83:
Hello,

do you know an application that enables the mobile phone in the

Sleep mode after a certain time?

For example, the MP3 player should disable after an hour.

Its a good function if you like to hear music for sleep and after the time the mp3 player stops the music.

Do you know any app for this one? I have the cupcake 1.5 (as root) on my mobile.

Thanks for your help.

Best Regards,

Stefan
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] arty:
first of all...everyone who offers cooked roms did a great job.

but the last months i noticed there are only WM6.5 roms with titanium.

for myself, i made the experience that 6.5 "with" titanium isnt realy made for our little devices. besides that it doesnt really give the comfort like manila does.

sure...at the beginning it seems smooth, but then after u start to work with it more often u notice the lack of "power" :)

so, is it possibe to try WM 6.5 with M2D insteat of titanium?

or if it doesnt work because of ram...why not just go back to the latest WM6.1 and make it stable and comfortable. after testing several wm 6.5 roms with tianium i went back to joshs V15 m2d, its just faster and easier to use.

just my thoughts, maybe others have the same.

but anyhow...keep on cookin'!^^
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] boog:
I have played with 6.5 a little, and I kinda feel the same. Except, I like a very lite today screen (lite on memory) and the standard 6.1 today plugins have suited me just fine, with the addition of pocket digital clock.

I guess we will have to see what the future brings, maybe titanium (chome) will improve. I'll probably be sticking with 6.1.

And, to me the latest build number (at least for 6.1) doesn't mean a whole lot. So many things can be changed in the kitchen that the build number becomes irrelevant.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] arty:
ya, it doesnt have to be always the latest one.

but i guess it is just the hype for 6.5 an its titanium :)

it looks fresh and new, everbody wants to test and use it. and here the desire for the latest stuff comes in. a lot of people forget about the comfort they had with their previous roms (speed and usablitly).

we always have to keep in mind...6.5/titanium is made for another generation of devices...our hermes cant keep up with them anymore and it doesnt make sense to have a pseudo diamond2 which cant be used for daily tasks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] MrDSL:
I have cooked a 6.5 ROM with manilla instead and had wayyyyyyyyyyy less memory then when using titanium. I like manilla better but the scrolling with 6.5 is something I just can't live without anymore.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] riyazhyder:
I guess it's 6.5 all the way!

Hi,

I agree with MrDSL that things like scrolling in WM 6.5 is something even I cant live without... And I am on wm 6.5 and there are very good ROMs for hermes dished out by our chefs.. and in my personal experience are stable as any of 6, 6.1 ROMs.. I use them every day for my professional use..

and on the proactive note since the world is going forward.. I guess we should adapt WM 6.5 rather than taking a step back to 6.1; in any case if I would ever go back I'd do so to WM 6 than 6.1 since the later is more stable...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] utak3r:
Titanium takes really low RAM... not comparable to Manila - even my small HS++ theme takes more!

For now the best ROM is 6.1 with one of the latest builds (21051/21048) - they're hell fast and rock solid. In the meantime I'm working on the WM6.5 stripped of the honeycomb and Titanium - and it seems really fast and stable! Soon I will release it, too for you, guys :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] arty:
sounds cool!

@ manila issue

ok...it might use more RAM than titanium but its way more usable than titanium.

you have quicker access to main features. and i think that is what one wants...easy to use and comfortable.

of course its just a matter of taste but why should i "upgrade" to something newer which isnt that comfortable and with less speed than my previous version?

@scrolling issue

some guy at pdaviet managed to include a working touchflo into his hermes roms (6.1), without FTouch. i think it was dvha's rom.