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[Touch GSM General] RedL:
Hi guys

I have searched and seen that other members have also had this problem but I dont quite know how to get around it still - my activesync has suddenly stopped working - it wont sync "cannot be successfully completed", although it is connected and I can explore. Now I cant fix this so I have tried to go the bluetooth route (all my contacts etc have been deleted). I am stuck - my touch shows as a paired device as does my pc but when I try to connect from bluetooth setting I get access denied (by my phone). What am I doing wrong? There is no 'connect' button on my phone. :confused: I am really frustrated (especially at my own stupidity but nevermind).:(

One more q - when I open remove programs on my touch it has no contents all of a sudden - there is no entry (blank) next to total storage memory available? I cannot uninstall now...
[Touch GSM General] jeremy89632:
Ohmy, that sounds like a hard reset is waiting to be done.

More to the software issue.
[G1 Apps and Games] kandrews5725:
All I'm looking for is a standard flash player that would play .flv, .swf and h.264 files from video channels like YouTube, Vimeo, Exposure Room, etc...

They all use a standard flash player which streams, or downloads the files so it shouldn't be that difficult to implement I would think.

The Hero rom has already shown a flash player that works, basically as a plugin to the browser, so there must be a way to port it to the other roms.
[G1 Apps and Games] Fingerlickin:
I'd like to see this too.
[G1 Apps and Games] bbuchacher:
wait until October, which is when adobe will be releasing their flash player for the android platform. and btw the flash player on hero sucks and is utterly pointless. I believe its Flash 8 all the sites you listed req Flash 10.
[G1 Apps and Games] cdmackay:
I found the Hero one to be usable, but only just. The sound seems ok, but the picture is a bit stuttery. It will be interesting to see if it's really the old hardware used in the Hero that's not up to it, or whether a differnt app can do better. I hear that the beebplayer is also poor on the Hero - not tried it yet - so perhaps it's the hardware?
[G1 Apps and Games] Do0zman:
can you please provide a link to this article?
[G1 Apps and Games] random_username_:
there is one check the market
[G1 Apps and Games] kandrews5725:
Yeah, I had no luck what so ever trying to play video from any of the top video sharing websites, due to the fact that the player version was 8.0. I did however have great success with viewing flash-based websites (typically exported as Flash 8 or earlier for compatibility).

That is going to be an issue that the Flash player will have to contend with when it is released in October. The player will have to be updated regularly everytime a new version of Flash comes out. Hopefully Adobe will stay on top of that, or the player will become obsolete very quickly.
[G1 Apps and Games] kandrews5725:
I hope you don't mean the Android7 Flash Player in the market?

http://www.cyrket.com/package/org.android7.flashplayer

It will play an .flv and what not, but you would have to have the file locally on your phone.

It isn't a browser-based solution where you can click on a video link and then launch the player to begin streaming, or downloading the video like you can with the YouTube player.

That is what we need, only for any website that is hosting a flash-based video. Either that, or these websites have to begin offering free downloads of the original uploaded videos.

We saw a sneak peak of what's to come with the flash-enabled Hero rom, but like we all know, that is only for version 8.
[G1 Apps and Games] SolemnWishing:
Actually, the Flash Player in Hero is so far pretty sufficient, it actually can play YouTube videos, you just have to click on the video itself and it will open in the Flash player.

However, I do agree, further development would be nice. For example, when on sites like Myspace, I would like to hear some profile music playing, it would just in total add to the whole "internet phone" concept.
[G1 Apps and Games] bbuchacher:
http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/06/22/adobes-flash-10-for-android-a-big-win-for-mobile-web-apps/
[G1 Apps and Games] tuto0503:
the flash player on the hero rom is ok....it will be perfect one i can watch hulu bangros on my g1...lol
[G1 Apps and Games] kyleds:
makes me sad...

yeah,

my friend recently got a HTC phone, don't remember which one though. it was for either sprint or verizon and he can go to facebook and play the actual apps on there like restaurant city and mouse hunt, etc. why is it that we don't have it yet?
[G1 Apps and Games] lbcoder:
Flash, being proprietary closed source crap, is contrary to the nature of android. Adobe has in the past been VERY slow in supporting new platforms, so quite frankly, it really should die altogether. There are plenty of open source alternatives for flash-type content that can be used instead. Instead of complaining here, you should complain to the content provider who chose to use that crap format.
[G1 Apps and Games] Ducter:
http://gizmodo.com/5300800/flash-for-android-webos-landing-in-october

hulu blocked mobile devices. so no phone can veiw hulu anymore. i dont know why they would do that but sadly they did :(

if it was a winmo phone then he can do it because he was using skyfire. his phone doesnt have flash but skyfires servers do.

skyfire uses proxy servers to intercept browser requests which are then compressed and sent to skyfire enabled phones. the proxy server technology has the smarts to take flash video/games, java and other desktop class features that normally slow down mobile browsers dramatically, if those features are even supported, and render them correctly, truly giving mobile users flash.
[G1 Apps and Games] clefky10:
The one on hero is pretty good, you can play games on sites and stuff, but looking forward to 10 coming out
[G1 Apps and Games] nupagadi1:
Was he using skyfire? seems like it could be it as it was able to go on and watch hulu videos.
[G1 Apps and Games] kyleds:
not sure, I'll ask him though.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Reaper:
Hi all,

I have had my touch pro2 (t-mobile branded version) for about 1 month now. I have come across a pretty weird problem. The device sometimes cannot see my expansion card, it seems to start randomly (4 times in last month) when starting an application that is installed on the card.

Removing the card from the device and placing it back in makes it visible to the device again. Even stranger is, if you then soft reset, the card is visible untill touchflo starts up (and probably starts accessing the card to get the music and pictures etc), the card then dissappears again.

I have till now not been able to determine the cause of this problem, and mostly after hard resetting a second time the problem dissappers for while and the card functions normally.

My question is, has anyone else had such a problem and do you know of a solution? Also do you guys think this is a hardware or software error (or maybe the expansion card is faulty?) and should I return the device to t-mobile to try and get it fixed? I am hessitant to return it, as the error seems random and i cannot reproduce it on the spot everytime.

All advice, comments, suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mcspikesky:
Mine dissapears when i turn the screen off while playing music using Nitrogen. Uknown as to why, made a post but no results. Just gonna deal with it for now.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Reaper:
hi, thnx for replying.

I came across your thread, but I do not use nitrogen. Hope you find a fix for your problem soon. It is very frustrating not knowing exactly what is causing the problem and how to resolve it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] jahr:
Hello,

I've found that I have the same problem when I use the Album application. I've placed some pictures to the card and opened the folder with Album. It opens well, but when it generates all thumbnails, it tries to write them to the file album.cache. It writes an empty file and the SD card disappears from the system.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Reaper:
sounds a lot like what happens to me, I have noticed it with the music tab from touchflo..when it tries update the library by scanning the card, the card disappears. But it does not happen often. For some reason a hard reset sometimes helps and sometimes does'nt. When it does help, it works for a random amount of time (longest has been 2 weeks, then I had to hard reset for a non related prob, and it gave some probs with the card again)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] beast0898:
Guys,

This is normally down to a corrupt file/files on your SD Card.

Try backing up the entire card and doing a full format.

The problem is as you say, during the creation of the databases the software is getting to a corrupt file and this causes the SD Card to drop.

All full format of the card and copying data back on will resolve it.

Cheers,

Beasty;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mastermarv:
i have none of the problems described above with my sandisk 2gb card.

maybe you should check whether you all got the same card.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Reaper:
hi Beasty,

Thnx very much for your reply..I have formatted the card and so far so good. It's kind of hard to fully comfirm that it has been solved as the error occurs randomly. (or maybe it is solved and the next time it happens the card is just corrupt again :P)

The card I currently have is a class 4 brandless one that was provided by t-mobile with the device. Do cheaper cards have a higher probability for corrupting then the brand name ones? In any case I will be buying a Sandisk at the end of the week, been wanting a class 6 anyway.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Ramsfan_Jim:
Not sure whether its the same problem, but (as I've mentioned in another thread) when I fully charge my device with the power off and the card installed, it fails to recognise it when I restart the device.

I do not have the problem if I charge with the device on, or if I remove the card prior to charging.

Cheers,
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] jahr:
Thanks, so far it seems that it solved my problem.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mwatson:
I had a iphone 3GS and sent it back so I could get the Hero.

I'm not sure now if it was the best trade off? The Apps are much more polished as is the whole iphone OS. Now the 3GS can be jailbroken and unlocked it can be used on any network which is good because O2's 3G coverage is not good.

So... are you regretting the switch? would you go back to iphone?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dtopler:
I had the original iPhone and the 3G for ~6 months months, but haven't used either in more than a year. Since the iPhone, I've used a Blackberry Bold, e71, Xperia X1, and Touch Diamond 2.

The Hero has been the closest to an iPhone experience compared to any of those phones. No, it's not quite as polished, and nowhere near as fast as the 3GS (based on my brief experince with it), but its design, flexibility, and Sense UI makes up for it.

I've had iPhone users comment on the design of the Hero, as well as the Sense UI. It is the general consensus amung people that have played with my phone that the UI is far nicer designed than the iPhone design.

I couldn't stand the iPhone because it would always lock up when I tried to answer a call, which proved to be extremely frustrating. I don't get that with the Hero...in fact, it's the best PHONE I've had, with the exception of the Bold.

All in all, yes, the lag is annoying, and there are definitely a few things I would change, but for the most part, the Hero is the most enjoyable phone I've ever had, and don't regret switching from the iPhone (or any other phone) to it. Plus, the exclusivity of not having a phone that 10+ million other people have is always nice :).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] fozzieb:
i keep wanting to sell my hero and go back to iphone, i hand the original 3g and now think the 3gs would have been a better purchase.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] plbelanger:
The only thing I really miss about the iPhone are some of the games. Games are a weak point for Android at the moment though this will eventually change as more and more handsets keep coming out and developers will be unable to ignore it. Come to think of it, that's about the only thing about the iPhone I actually liked lol.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dondula:
I am missing my iphone a bit now that i'm using the hero. I think the iphone had one of the most fluid interfaces of any phone i've ever used. I miss the screen automatically turning on and off during a call when it is close to your face. I always try to turn off the screen during a call out of habbit on the hero and end up disconnecting the call. I also liked the hardware silence toggel on the iphone for quick ringer switching. The keyboard on the iphone was also a little bit more responsive and got more of my keystrokes correct. The main reason why I got the hero was for the widget and facebook integration. I got sort of board with the limits on the iphone os, and always having to open individual programs everytime I wanted to do anything. If the iphone started to offer home screen widgets i'd probably switch back in a heartbeat. I think the sense ui is cool, but until they make it less buggy, its just hard for me to fully enjoy it. I'm also getting mad at the fact that my facebook links in my contacts keep getting erased for no good reason, if anyone has an idea to why this happens and how to prevent it please share. Also i've noticed the signal and call quality are lower on the Hero than the iphone and my other HTC devices, I can hear a hiss in the background of all my calls, and tend to drop calls in places my iphone never did. Hopefully this can be fixed with a new radio version. I would like to keep my hero because I think it has so much potential, I just hope HTC releases some new firmware soon.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] superswede:
Well, though question...

I´ve had the iPhone 3G for more than a year now but bought the Hero after having drained the iPhone in a heavy rainfall. I also (don´t ask me why..) ordered the new 3Gs simultaniously and I´m still waiting for it...

I loved the iPhone, and still do, but the Hero is more "interesting" and more flexible when it comes to customization.

The iPhone is more "snappier" and more polished but the Hero is something fresh and interesting. Keep in mind that Android is still in it´s first year on the market which I find VERY impressing.

Will I keep the Hero, the iPhone or both? I seriously don´t know...

If both phones have had been new to me I would have bought the iPhone because of its (imo) still superior ease of use and "snappines".

Hero on the other hand is the only phone that I´ve met that can compete with iPhone on the ´overall experience´, the both ´simply works´ (...just that iPhone works a little bit better. Question is, will it last?).

I only know one thing for sure. It will take Microsoft more than ´some´effort to make me go back...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mwatson:
Video playback on iphone is unrivaled, The camcorder with editing is better than expected. Battery life is also better.

I waited ages for the Hero and really want to like it. But as with the facebook issues and the camera/video quality isn't great either? Video playback on the Hero is not great with the stuttering.

Seems the only thing going for the Hero is the widgets?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dondula:
I actually totally agree with you. I tried to play an mp4 just now and get stuttering every 4-5 secs. The music app can't compete with the iphone either, I love the widgets and the customization on the hero, but as of right now that’s about it. I have another week to return it but I want to give HTC the benefit of the doubt that they will be upgrading software quickly. Man I don't know what to do.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mwatson:
Thats where i am with it. Dunno what to do and time is ticking before we get locked into contracts.

Maybe iphone is the way to go for now. Not to dismiss Android and HTC, maybe during next year's contract renewa'/upgrades HTC and Android maybe have caught up. But for now, the damm iphone just can't be beat on every count. Sure the widgets are great, but in 3-6 months (or less!) will the novelty wear off and we're left with a duff battery, dodgy signal reception, a less than impressive camera, don't even go there with video recording.

Tell ya what though.... being a geek is tough! and expensive!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] plbelanger:
I'm sticking with the Hero personally. I hate Apples ridiculous policies and I hate having to close out apps in order to use something else..it's so annoying. Android is getting there and Donut is coming soon which I hear is using 2.6.29 kernel which brings a nice little speed increase. I know more apps and games are on the way, especially since a couple major US carriers will be getting Android devices in the next couple months. Hero is coming here as is something from Motorola from what I hear. BTW, I think iPhone is so smooth because it only really runs one thing at a time while Hero for instance runs a lot widgets, sense ui, etc. I mean iPhone 3G has what a 434mhz processor? That's not much at all.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] superswede:
Agree on that but mhz isn´t everything. Hero is running a Qualcomm processor and iPhone 3G a higher quality (some say...) ARM processor.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mwatson:
Some good points there. I'm not sure the Hero will be able to upgrade to Donut. I understand its out the loop. I might be wrong though.

The thing is, its not just speed, actually i'm not bothered about that. I had a touch diamond before so the Hero flies in comparrison. Its the low quality camera/camcorder/battery life/video playback and signal quality that let it down.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] foxmeister:
It should be said that both the Qualcomm processor *IS* an ARM processor.

The IPhone 3G uses a Samsung designed processor based on the ARM11 core,

and the Hero a Qualcomm processor, again based on an ARM11 core.

The IPhone 3GS uses a Samsung processor again, but this is based on the superior ARM Cortex-A8 core.

Essentially ARM licenses processor cores to semiconductor manufacturers who then build their own SOCs (System on a Chip) by integrating a range of other components onto the same die.

I remember ARM when it stood for Acorn Risc Machines (not Advanced Risc Machines or just ARM as it does today!) and powered the Acorn Archimedes. :)

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch General] RussST24:
My Experience - iPhone / WinMo / Blackberry / Android

Hi,

I brought the original iPhone when it launched in the UK with no apps etc. Since then I have jumped about to Windows Mobile (Touch Diamond + Xperia X1) and also Blackberry (Storm - Curve 8900 - Bold).

Throwing myself back at Apple I got the 3GS when it launched, very nice phone and very fast.

My issues with Apple are the stupid controls they have around the app store and the refusal of background apps. (I totally understand the end user experience can be quantified with no running apps and for the less techy masses this is a good business move).

I however feel grown up enough to be able to manage my own running processes and know that if I run too many it will slow down.

I still do love my iphone and all the apps/games available but all through my iphone life I get drawn back to Windows Mobile as I can do so much on it.

Now I have been waiting for a unlocked Android phone to come along and jumped at the Hero as I have a company SIM card and no personal contract.

I am loving my Hero so far (been just over a week), its not perfect and does hang up sometimes, but at least it comes back quickly and I have not had to reset it etc. I am sure future builds will improve these things, I remember iphone 2.0 release!

Just so nice to be able to run FuriousStream and then actually continue to use my phone for checking mail/twitter/web etc. On my iphone it drove me nuts I had to close the streaming app!

Video recording is SO much better on the 3GS but in fairness for me is a very small part of what I use a phone for so not end of the world.

Sense UI is very nice, I like being able to customise the experience.

I get bored quickly and it saves me getting fed up with the same old.

Will I never go back to the iPhone??? Maybe/Maybe not. Too early to tell, but for me Android is like Windows Mobile as it should have been with background apps plus a good UI with a good marketplace but the option of just installing what you like with no one dictating to you straight from a developers webiste it you want.

Russ
[Hero, G2 Touch General] fuzzmo:
I'm coming from this issue at a different angle. I had (still have) the Xperia X1 and although on the face of it it should do everything you want it is unresponsive at times even with the cooked ROMs that the geniuses here manage to cook (Thanks to them I didn't send the phone back!).

That being said I wasn't too enamoured with WinMo even in its 6.5 guise. Then there is the HTC issue with video which it should do well but never does. So my other contract was up and being an advocate of Linux and Open Source etc. I wanted an Android phone and was gonna go for the HTC Magic - I had a play around with it and even in its infancy Android just blows WinMo away. However the Magic is a touch underpowered and I was hearing not so pleasant things about Video.

Cue the Hero and I was about to jump onto it until... I read about the lag. I couldn't believe it - I didn't want another device that I had to fiddle with so much just to get it running smoothly. I then checked the HTC specs and it is the same that they use in all their phones - and given the video issues that cause problems for Coreplayer etc. I decided I wasn't gonna tie in to another contract on a phone which really should be good but with too many niggles to leave you disappointed.

I then went into the Apple Store to try out the new 3GS and was blown away by the speed, the apps, the seemless integration of everything and realised that it had finally come of age and it would be next device (which it is). It is the closest thing to an all in one device - nothing else comes close. Android will eventually - in fact I would argue in 18 months time it will have surpassed the iPhone and Apples policy of drip feeding features which should be standard. However HTC really needs to change the internals and start upgrading their processors etc. They have designed the most beautiful interface with Sense UI but their hardware just fails to match....

I say this as somebody who really did NOT want to get an Iphone but realised that the competition is still a bit behind and to be fair it is a fantastic device (of course not without its flaws but these are ones that I can live with). I hope my next device will be Android - I suspect though it won't be a HTC device....