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[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viper139:
X1 over iPhone

Well - that new design which is being delivered for a couple of month now does have a stronger keyboard-cable. We did order 4 devices for my employees a couple of weeks back and they all have the new design and the new cable. So if you have the new design, I would not worry about durability.

Since X2 has been announced the x1 has really dropped in price so it was a cheap pick up. Here in Germany the iPhone is much higher in price and only comes with ridigulous bundles.

I had my casing replaced (slight cracks) after almost two years of hard work every day and the keyboard-cable has been replaced also (warranty). I did not have any functunality issues up til now - the crack was just optical, but they replaced the casing anyway. Thanks SE.

Support personal from SE is not worth a call - but that is what XDA is for :)

Apple does have cool looking stuff (my wife got an iphone as a gift and is cursing because she misses the keyboard), but for my day to day work (Appointments, contacts, gathering data in Word or Excel...) I always would prefer WiMo up til now. Taking a look at the app-store does not make me jealous - most of it is unneccesary or just a waste of time.

So I stay with my X1 for now and wait for the next generation WiMo phones with WiMo7 or iPhone 4 - both should arrive end of 2010 or start of 2011.

Every step in between is covered by XDA
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lunie:
I ♥ my X1.

It's so flexible to my needs i just can't live without it. :P
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonny4911:
no idea about if its reinforced

but after i sent mine in for warrenty repair, i decided to put a bit of tape on mine to reinforce it anyway! i only did this because i was changing my housing as well. (nothing wrong with it, not a single crack after a year, i just scratched it up when i dropped it on the floor xD

I love my X1, and XDA keeps it updated, who cares about Sony Ericsson Updates.

I say keep the X1, and use your iPod too!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viper89:
@RacloOne I agree a 100% what you say, Although Alot of your problems you mentioned with the X1 have easy software fixes.@Rydock I've had my X1i(My first WM phone ever) sense October 2009 and have never regretted the decision . This is my personnel opinion of the Iphone, I respect the gaming of the I-phone and how smooth the UI is but other than that it's a over hyped fashion statement. Majority the apps are useless and another way Apple can drain money out of you something they do best, The way they lock down/ Limit their OS is restarted. I find it silly to buy an I-phone when your Ipod touch is the same thing except it doesn't make calls:rolleyes:. I'm was coming from the Rokr E6(A linux based phone/my first touchscreen phone ever) and people warned me about how bad WM is Bla Bla Bla, But I went ahead and bought it anyway because once I learned the ins and outs of WM like I did with Linux I would be able to have the phone live up to it's potential and it has. I'm not going to lie when I first got my phone it froze alot but that was because of the the sh!tty 6.1 after I got rid of 6.1 all that has stopped, As for the scratches I have dropped my phone a couple of times so I obviously expect scratches lol. Reading this thread is the First I heard of this Flex cable issue but looking at it seems mine is reinforced so idk but no problems at all up to now. Honestly bro I say keep your X1 because it's worth it and if you do I would personally help you with any issue because most likely a new user like yourself would have similar questions/ issues like me when I first started off;).
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ring-bearer:
Here is my summary of my major problems with the X1 and the fixes. You can see that for me, the only big problems that can not be fixed are the sluggishness and the camera.

1. Finger unfriendliness --> SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 + WM 6.5.5 (great combo)

2. Screen sensitivity --> X1 SoftTouch tweak

3. Small messed up screen area and messed up LED --> Repaired by SE

4. Keyboard letter repeat problem --> Repaired by SE

5. Sluggishness --> Tried all tweaks (slightly helpful), tried overclocking (great, but unstable), but still takes too long to accomplish certain tasks

5. Blurry indoor photos --> Set to sports mode + LED on but pictures too dim

Overall I'm very happy with the X1, but wish the X2 could have nailed all those problems. Oh well, waiting a year or two...
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rydock:
Thanks to you guys, I've decided on keeping the X1. The fact that I can come to XDA for support, potentially stronger unit, and that I have the iPod touch to feed my apple needs. I'm just glad to hear that some of you have owned the X1s for a long time and still working.

How did you get a warantee repair after two years? Or was that only for the keyboard cable?

Thanks to everybody who replied and help me make my decision and also for the iPhone comparison and the list of fixes.

I'll keep that in mind, thanks! I think I'm going to enjoy my stay here.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viper89:
@Rydock I'm glad to hear your decision, Ya just Pm any time I'm always glad to help:).
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ring-bearer:
Same here. Enjoy!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harveydent:
Welcome to WinMo, and have fun obsessively tweaking and flashing your phone! :D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] rerrazi:
Hi every body

I am using direct show to access to camera on HTC touch HD.

Ie have succeed to access to the camera and to have very nice flow But I can't set Focus neither Zoom:

To have autofocus and zoom thre are 2 ways with Direct show:

2-a) Classic method: AMCameraControl:

Api : pAMCameraControl->Set(long CameraControlProperty , long lValue, long tagCameraControlFlags ); (AMCameraControl is got from the Video capture filter (CLSID_VideoCapture ))

CameraControlProperty = {......CameraControl_Zoom = 3,...CameraControl_Focus = 6,...}

tagCameraControlFlags = { CameraControl_Flags_Auto = 0x1,CameraControl_Flags_Manual = 0x2}

lValue: in général 0,1,2 or 3, but I tried lot of values from -10000 to 10000.

2-b) IKSProperty mothod:

After looking at Camera.exe traces we have tried this method below that seems to be used by Camera.exe

Api pKSPropertyKs->Set(guidPropSet,Property , NULL, 0,&pValue, sizeof(DWORD)); (pKSPropertyKs is got from the Video capture filter (CLSID_VideoCapture ))

guidPropSet: we tried PROPSETID_VIDCAP_CAMERACONTROL, AMPROPSETID_Pin ...

Property= 4139 for Zoom according to Camera.exe traces.

pValue = from 1 to 20 according to Camera.exe traces.

In the both cases the camera does not do neither autofocus, neither Zoom :( :( :( .

Does some one knows how to get parameters values with which one of these functions must be called to do autofocus, and Zoom ? Please Help.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] shadysayed:
Hi rerrazi,

I am facing the same problem. did you manage to solve it? if yes can you please post the solution

Regards,
[Windows Mobile Software Development] mk-gi:
I'm trying too to change the zoom property, without success... But I'm pretty sure that the only way to make it is to use IKSPropertySet, since they haven't implemented the AMCameraControl interface. (if you take a look inside Camera.exe, you can also find references to a certain CGraphManager::SetPropertyViaIKsPropertySet method)

We "only" have to find the good props to use as parameters...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] boolat:
Hello,

how to send an MMS with the hero?

Thank you
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
Thought this was insane!

"sprint Android update! Upgrades to 2.1 for Hero/Moment now expected early 2Q10. Currently working through options for upgrades w/ HTC and Samsung. "

Sorry for another thread, but the others are so long...
[Hero CDMA General] david_ag:
So we are looking at April or May.. nice althought most probably by that time we'll be sick of having it for a couple of months already.
[Hero CDMA General] 27s:
I read that. Meh, What they are saying is, "HTC, Samsung : DO we have all of the bugs patched" and HTC and Samsung going...****....did we patch asroot2? Haha.
[Hero CDMA General] Darkshneider:
They can patch whatever they want, Ill be waiting for the DEVs here to make custom ROMs based on that update.
[Hero CDMA General] rockcrawler:
This may be obvious, but what is Sprints Official Twitter username? I would like to follow them.
[Hero CDMA General] imb951:
+1 Same here
[Hero CDMA General] cmccracken:
@Sprint

:D
[Hero CDMA General] cmccracken:
Kcarpenter got schooled by @Sprint! ;)

1H2010 is business-speak for 2Q2010, but with false optimism for 1Q2010. Coming from Sprint's mouth, 1H2010 probably means 3Q2010. They're not known for making their release deadlines.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
ROFL i hadn't checked back! That is true, they did say 1H.

EDIT:

Who knew they actually read that crap.
[Hero CDMA General] rockcrawler:
I knew I was going to feel special, but I asked anyway LOL :D
[Hero CDMA General] Sirchuk:
I wonder if they are going to be updating due to the fact that the Legend and Desire are both going to be release early next quarter? Hence, a new version of Sense will be on the market and they won't be able to use the 'it's not ready' yet excuse anymore.
[Hero CDMA General] Street_Knowledge:
if i were sprint, i would be PISSED after looking at forums like this. Not because people are modding the devices but because ppl who are doing this on their free time for next to nothing with none of the resources that the htc/sprint guys have are almost finished making this completely ready and stable, meanwhile the people they are PAYING to do this still arent done, with all the resources and source code in the world to work with
[Hero CDMA General] jonnythan:
No offense to the devs here, but what they do is really not in any way similar or comparable to what the HTC devs are doing.
[Hero CDMA General] Darkshneider:
Really? I thought the only difference was that guys at HTC have official kernels and the closed source part of the phone...
[Hero CDMA General] cmccracken:
The "closed source part of the phone" is the vast majority of the code running on it, including most bundled apps and Sense UI. The bundled Google apps are also closed-source and non-distributable (and the new versions rock).
[Hero CDMA General] Darkshneider:
Exactly, DEVs over here still tinker with what they have and make amazing things with so little.
[Hero CDMA General] johnsongrantr:
I'd imagine there's an UNGODLY big difference from editing code till it works or looks differently, icons, colors, bitmaps... and creating your own functioning code from scratch. This is what sprint is paying htc for.

I've been able to hack together programs to work a certain way I wanted, but if you told me... i want a program to do a new function... I would absolutely give the deer in the headlights look.

I'd imagine the majority of the DEV's here are able to fill the first type very nicely, only a select few are able to fill the second type, or are willing to code from scratch for free in their free time.
[Hero CDMA General] daryelv:
Sometimes writing from scratch is much easier that editing/fixing someone else's F*^ed code.

[rant]I worked as a Team lead and the company basically replaced most of my team with offshore (H1B's). I got stuck trying to support poorly written code. In my experience one good developer that writes well-documented code and properly tests his code is worth about 15-20 Offshore developers when you start factoring in bug fixing, code management, and support. The company saved $30,000 for each developer they replaced, but then had to hire 3 times the amount of personnel for support. :confused:

[/rant]
[Hero CDMA General] johnsongrantr:
Can anyone contest to the quality of htc's kernel source? is it poorly commented and hacky? My guess it would be pretty professional looking, could and probally am wrong, seeing how it's taking some time to twist the kernel into a fully functioning 2.1.

I haven't dove into htc's code just look around yet, I did with the palm pre a bit and saw some of their almost comical comments they made on some of their internal apps, very neatly commented just some of the stuff they said was kinda comical (talking bout sections of their code being rubish but working.. noting to clean it up later)... I liked the general mood the palm dev's had at the time of their first release (rushed but focused it seemed)
[Hero CDMA General] Street_Knowledge:
see thats the thing, they have already shown off several phones running sense and 2.1

whats the holdup here?
[Hero CDMA General] johnsongrantr:
HTC has already demo'd some of their new senceUI stuff.. helicopter view and such... they've also said it's comming to the hero/eris etc, so I imagine in between all the new stuff they keep on adding, the rush of other phones they're pushing, and the whole 2.0 to 2.1 they probally had to backtrack on + the beta test & working out bugs it's just taking some time.

I've been on beta test teams for apps and games and such... it takes alot of time to release, even after they have a release client already chosen.

Sorry don't mean to take over this thread... I'm just interested in what's being discussed here.
[Hero CDMA General] jonnythan:
The HTC devs are actually coding things. They're working with program source code, creating new functionality, writing device drivers, etc. The guys here are mostly hacking together pieces of software they're finding other places (other phone dumps, leaked ROMs, etc).

Totally, totally different things.

The devs here really do impressive things with what little they have to work with, but they're not really creating code. I mean, no one on XDA is writing new functionality into Sense - we can't even change something trivial like phone keypad vibration. No one is changing the number of home screens, or creating new multi-screen views, or implementing multitouch in new places, or anything like that. They're all working with stuff that's already been created. It's sort of the difference between building a new car using a dozen random older cars and building a car using a factory and piles of raw metals.
[Hero CDMA General] Diplomat2387:
With all being said in this thread...Do you think we will get a fully functional 2.x ROM before Sprint/HTC releases theirs to the public?...I would hate for that to happen after all the work the xda devs put into cooking a ROM for us...
[Hero CDMA General] johnsongrantr:
Will we see it? Fully functional, no major bugs? My guess... yes, I'm optimistic... realistic estimate? probably not... if we waited another 3-4 months the community would have eventually popped it out... my thoughts.

But it's totally worth the effort, IMO waiting for htc to re-release an updated .29 kernel source for their android 2.1 update, probably looking at like 3 months minimum.... after it's even released (please just wait for it this time instead of everyone endlessly spamming customer support :facepalm: I know... i know... "it worked" :rollseyes: )
[Hero CDMA General] rlkelley:
I think what the Devs on here do is much more impressive. They have to be able to reverse engineer a lot of parts that the HTC guys already have the inner workings of. But since some of us are Sprint shills, it makes since that they would bow down to the greatness of the Sprint and HTC developers.
[Hero CDMA General] jonnythan:
Nice first post.
[Hero CDMA General] rlkelley:
Sometimes you gotta call them how you see them, and when I see someones posts all over the Sprint sites and on here with a certain tone it should be pointed out.
[Hero CDMA General] jonnythan:
I'm not a Sprint shill. Run along now.
[Hero CDMA General] 27s:
One thing that is overlooked here is the fact that sprint has to get its grubby fingers on it. I am going to bet good money that Sprint has had the working 2.1 for hero for at least a few months. They have to add in their bull****, and make sure it works with the newer OS. That includes updating Nav..NFL, etc. Now, with that said, it looks as though sprint (just looking at the tweet) is going back to HTC and Samsung asking if they want to put anything in, before Sprint pushes the 2.1 update. The potential downside to this, would be if say, HTC did not have multitouch in the build sprint had during the last round of testing, so then Sprint would have to make sure that (or add in ) there apps work with multitouch. I am not saying that is the case, but a realistic scenario. We are the tech oriented, or the stupid curious bunch of people. Sprint has to have an update that works without drama for a much greater population than what is represented at XDA, or any android forum. Just my two cents.

--Matt
[Hero CDMA General] jonnythan:
If Sprint has had the full 2.1 build from HTC for so long, why has HTC not released it on their international version yet?
[Hero CDMA General] Grinder16:
Id be happy to take that bet for any amount you want to wager.... thats all I will say but you would lose that bet
[Hero CDMA General] ljmeli:
Why is that all you will say? Drop the cryptic, I know all act and let it out.
[Hero CDMA General] 27s:
Eh, maybe not a couple, but they have had it for a significant amount of time for proper testing. The point was not the amount of time, but the process.
[Hero CDMA General] Grinder16:
Because in a time where unemployment is VERY high, I dont want to find myself without a job...
[Hero CDMA General] ljmeli:
lol...alright, alright, I had to try :)
[Hero CDMA General] Grinder16:
Fair enough...:) I wouldnt have expected any less. I hate doing that but some things cant be disclosed. I just tired of seeing all the speculation and rumors especially laying blame where it doesnt belong
[Hero CDMA General] bbv203:
Today from sprint on twitter, for anyone who cares :

sprint

Android users: We hear you re: 2.1 update; still on track for early Q2. Details as soon as avail. Many thanks for your continued patience.
[Hero CDMA General] entropism:
Not really. Back when I was one of the beta testers for an unpopular WinMo device on Sprint, I was talking to them about actually hiring some people from XDA to develop a good base ROM. Sprint was vaguely interested, but nobody else seemed to be on the forum's end.
[Hero CDMA General] secbrad:
So do you think they're gonna go to a judge and ask for a warrant to find out who "Grinder16" is because they disclosed some top secret information.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stuxda24:
hi i need help putting the original windows mobile back on my xda mini s.

Cheers.
[HD2 General] alexsql:
They sent me this link this morning

http://www.sticktogether.com/htchd2/
[HD2 General] theclueless:
still no official pricing and release date... but it is preloaded with transformer 1 and 2 :p
[HD2 General] reocej:
Anybody besides me got an upgrade eligibility burning a whole in their account.:-)
[HD2 General] Lake292:
I tried to google it... i tried to look into Leo Official ROMs... tried here Leo shipped roms couldnt find my rom anywhere... and before i flash hspl i wanna have chance to go back if something goes wrong...

my rom is 1.43.113.3 (70315) CSY radio 2.04.50.22_2 and protocol 15.26.50.07U

its from czech t-mobile... could anyone help me out? HTC website doesnt accept my serial number and on t-mobile website is nothing...
[HD2 General] EddyOS:
go to the Czech HTC support site and it should be there...
[HD2 General] Lake292:
i tried but it doesnt accept my serial number... i guess becuase its t-mobile branded
[HD2 General] EddyOS:
more than likely...but if peeps on Vodafone UK put there's in they get to the download page of their VF ROM...
[HD2 General] Lake292:
on tmobile website they have just upgrade for nokia and sony ericsson... i think ill email them, thanks for help anyway
[HD2 General] Audio Oblivion:
no they dont cos there isnt one released by voda.... yet
[HD2 General] EddyOS:
no, but it should give you the first 1.43 ROM shouldn't it? I have an unbranded HD2 on 1.48 out the box so I'm assuming as I have access to 1.48 and 1.66 if I go on the support page...
[HD2 General] Audio Oblivion:
nope

if your handset is unbranded you can download whatever you want from the HTC website and it will work.

If it is locked down by the network then you will not be able to download any version of their roms officially.... until they release one. Even then you will only be able to download and install the latest.

However... network operator roms are posted all over xda... just search and ye shall find.
[HD2 General] EddyOS:
I assumed putting in your S/N would bring up what's been released already - bit backwards but I suppose it's to discourage people pissing about with their phones and just flash it back - another form of control! :(
[Nexus One General] MI_canuck:
A little soon... but any time frame on when we *might* be able to get an XDA hack/ROM to get the Desire's Sense on the Nexus?

I'm not a huge fan of having something on top of the OS to slow things down, but this implementation of Sense looks really cool...

http://www.engadget.com/photos/htc-desire-first-hands-on/#2713786
[Nexus One General] arifhanid:
Now that the Desire is official I don't think it'll be too long or too difficult a port....just got to sit tight a little...
[Nexus One General] xeeder:
Would be great! ^^
[Nexus One General] mgear356:
and bring on the FM radio!

i want it soooo badly!
[Nexus One General] Diceman4:
Ugh, i just dont understand the desire (no pun intended lol) people have for sense.

Now that standard android widgets have started becoming full-screen, why slow yourself down with a clunky interface...

It is better than the god-awful cube that samsung has though.
[Nexus One General] ztm.000:
+1. Sense UI to me is annoying.

I wouldn't mind the HTC Bravo/Desire's vibrant rainbow wallpaper though..
[Nexus One General] bfspider:
There are a few parts of the HTC UI that would be nice to have. Phone Dialer, Clock, and Keyboard for instance... Also, the N1 is a way faster phone than the other phones that have HTC Sense. So, you might not even tell a difference.
[Nexus One General] hmarcus:
When the first sense ui was leaked the Hero wasn't even released. So maybe we wouldn't have to wait for the Desire to be released. I just want the high res keyboard and maybe test how fast (slow) the extra ui layer is on N1. It slowed my Magic to a grinding hault. Maybe Nexus can handle more..
[Nexus One General] Wabster6:
Sense on my magic actually ran super fast. .. the dialer and HTC ime are the huge winners for me. .. I'm really looking forward to sense on my nexus. .. anybody look into samsungs new wave?
[Nexus One General] iVisionX01:
HTC Sense won't be slow on the N1 you seem to forget that it has a 1GHz Snapdragon and 512 ram. It's not going to be like it was on the G1.
[Nexus One General] Carloswithac:
Wonder if the Desire has extra ram due to it having Sense.
[Nexus One General] arifhanid:
Ram is same as Nexus - 576MB
[Nexus One General] frenchtom:
didn t HTC announce last year that they would make SENSE available to regular Android phones???

i wouldn t mind it

and official specs of the N1 does say 512 rams...
[Nexus One General] frenchtom:
like this

http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=862&news_id=510
[Nexus One General] Redestwing:
Nexus only has 512MB.
[Nexus One General] arifhanid:
Oops you're right - Ram is 512MB but Rom is same as Desire at 512MB also.
[Nexus One General] kingcedz:
I think that extra RAM is specifically for running Sense UI....It ll be really good to have the option to get Sense UI onboard N1 at some stage. the Exchange support in Sense has always been better, so is the social networking integration, as well as little touches such as the calendar widget.

I am actually rather tempted to switch to Desire from Nexus One, missing the convenience of Sense from the good old Hero.
[Nexus One General] Driskol:
The Extra ram is just to make u buy another piece of hard hehe

I have right now on my nexus arround 300mb of ram free, i think we dont need 76 more of ram to run Sense :)
[Nexus One General] hoss_n2:
hd2 was announced to have 448 mb rams but now after radio flash it has 576 rams may be we all have 576 of rams