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[Nexus One General] nando99:
Nope... just as it says - the New T-Mobile Contract Sucks... this is the N1 forum, so I'm obviously talking about the N1 phone T-Mobile contract... I didn't say T-Mobile sucked... I've been with them for a long time and I plan to stay with them but what they are offering with the discounted N1 sucks. (Mostly bc is the only plan you can get.)

"Anyone else deal with this?" can easily be interpreted in many ways - like: How did you deal with it? lol What did you do?

Not sure how/why you took it as has anyone else "experienced the stupidity that is T-Mobile"...

My post was neither rude nor ignorant - it was misinformed. Everyone's informative and pleasant replies have seen that I now possess the information I was looking for.

And just for the record: "just last week" is long time for a busy forum.

My topic didn't kill any unicorns...

Everyone will be just fine.
[Nexus One General] kep0ne:
From what I've read on the TMo forums, after 120 days, you're able to change to the Even More Plus plans without any penalty from google. This is what I plan on doing.
[Nexus One General] nando99:
Damn 120 days...? Can anyone else confirm this?
[Nexus One General] BrandonG777:
Yeah I heard the same thing. I was planning on doing this.
[Nexus One General] stephen293:
Look dude let me make this very simple for you.

Your Concern: 500 Minutes is NO WHERE NEAR enough for you and for some reason you were informed that you cannot change this plan for two years.

The Answer: NOT TRUE. I upgraded to 1000 minutes Even More Plan two weeks after I got my nexus one (I was a new tmobile customer and chose to go the subsidized route)

Regarding the 120day wait...I believe this has to do with the Even More PLUS plans only. OK?

Bottom Line: YES YOU CAN GET MORE MINUTES ON YOUR NEXUS ONE
[Nexus One General] nando99:
Look at that ^^^ .... exactly what I asked for.

That wasn't so hard.

Thanks for the info.
[Nexus One General] stephen293:
I was about to edit but saw you responded. Just an addition:

Customer Service Reps are human beings and Google def. did not make things easier for them. The reason why it took me two weeks to finally upgrade:

1. Was told I had to wait two years - 1st week

2. Was told I had to wait 120 days - 2nd week

3. Called about setting up Visual VM and he randomly suggested it...I was like "but the other reps said...."

4. This guy told me that that was the dumbest crap he ever heard and promptly upgraded my plan.

My point: If you don't get through with one rep call again and again. It's not that they're trying to give you a hard time it's just that they're just as confused as you are probably. Not to dog on TMo reps. bc they are 100000x better than ATT IMHO.
[Nexus One General] nando99:
Haha @ #3 and #4

I myself had to call 3 times to speak to someone that can help and as we can see they still provided the wrong information. Not really *****ing, just the truth. But I agree, T-Mobile customer service is 1 of the best I've dealt with overall.

Looks like I'm going get the N1 after all... actually, still not sure. Stuck between the N1 and the HD2...
[Nexus One General] KrazyBlonde:
Yea the whole system is kind of jacked. I have the family even more plus plan, and one of my lines contract will be up in april, and the other not till next year, and the only way the line that is almost up would be able to get the 179 price is if we dropped down to individual plans and he canceled his and then got a new contract. That is the only down fall about the whole google selling this thing, I paid the full price for mine, one because I already have a contract with tmobile and 2 because I didnt want to get locked into any contract with google... blah I was on the phone with them for like 20 mins last night trying to find a way around the whole thing, but basically if my bf wants the phone at the lower price he would A: lose his number B: lose our school discount on the family plan (since im in school) C: his plan would go up.. all in all seems like a better deal to spend the 566 and be done with it.
[Nexus One General] dallastx:
I went from Sprint to T mobile for this phone. After 120 days "Google ETF time frame" i will be threatening to cancel if they don't lower my unlimited plan from $99 to $70 a month. I never paid this much for a phone plan. And if i cancel "ETF $200" i will sell the phone for $500 and go on to the next company. Probably Nexus on Sprint Network.
[Nexus One General] :
That same response was posted days after the phone launched. It's been answered numerous times, so you really didn't too hard.
[Nexus One General] stephen293:
@nando: I love my N1. This is from a guy who stood in line in front of an ATT store when the iPhone first came out. I later changed to a BB only because I'm an idiot and lost my phone and the BB was free from a friend. I did love that BB though. I guess I don't really have a hardcore allegiance to any "brand" as long as it does its job and does it well. The HD2 will also be a good phone.

@dallastx: I know that $99 may sound like a lot (correction: it IS a lot) but believe it or not it's not that unusual. With ATT I was paying $110 for my BB for 1000 rollover and BB data package with unlimited text. Hence why I was so happy to switch to Tmo.

Edit: I just checked sprint wireless out of curiosity. I see that their "Simple Everything" plan (unlimited everything for smartphones) is $99. What did you pay and for what phone? Again just wondering.
[Nexus One General] sir*mez:
Use google voice (for unlimited minutes and texts) and stop b!tching!!!
[Nexus One General] :
Google voice uses minutes.
[Nexus One General] sir*mez:
smh

^^^^^^^

Face palm, ohhhh boy!! Since when? Have you used it right? Ill let someone else answer cause I really don't want to. Did you still uses you t-mo number to make or receive calls or all google voice? Maybe your confusing the fact that someone called you on your t-mo number and you thought it was google voice. I'm happy with 500 mins and my UNLIMITED google voice and text!
[Nexus One General] masse1369:
Sprint's Unlimited "All You Can Eat" plan was $99 + tax. Even with the Even More plan Unlimited Everything at $99 is not that bad and you still qualify for upgrades. Even More Plus is certainly better, but compared to other carriers, comparing apples to apples, TMO wins in a landslide. Yes I work for TMO but I'm also not selling any of y'all phone plans... LOL! :D

I just checked Sprint's website and it's still $99. Although their $69 plan with 450 minutes and Unlimited calls to mobile numbers with data and text is pretty good...

I only use roughly 400 anytime minutes a month so it wouldn't really matter to me even if I didn't work for TMO. The last time I looked at my plan I was around 400 minutes, 1500 texts and about 500MB of data...LOL
[Nexus One General] :
What makes you thinkg google voice uses data instead of minutes?
[Nexus One General] AndroidZ28:
Just ignore him. Of course google voice uses minutes.
[Nexus One General] flarbear:
Some people add Google's number as one of their "myFaves" numbers and then it doesn't cost them any minutes.

That option isn't available to new customers because there are no myFaves plans any more...
[Nexus One General] david1171:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=548405&highlight=google+voice

Need I say more.
[Nexus One General] :
Lol, that's not as simple as "just use google voice and stop *****ing".
[Nexus One General] ndboost:
wait what? Are you ****ing kidding me? Sounds like you misunderstood the rep considering they have contracts for $100/mo for unlimited everything w/ contact or $80/mo without..

I have TWO Android phones (G1, Nexus One) on a family plan with NO contract for $139.99/mo + a 15% discount on top of that.

I get:

Unlimited minutes

Unlimited Text

Unlimited Web/Data

on both phones including warranties on the phones even though they weren't purchased via T-Mobile.

Youre going to pay a minimum of $70/mo for the android phone thats like the bare minimum you'll pay to have any of the Android based phones.

Tmobile has recently changed their pricing structure, they now offer contract based plans and non contract plans.

Contract plans give you discounts on phones

Non contract plans obviously dont give you discounts, these are cheaper monthly as well.

infact, check this out:

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/...teplan=Even-More-Plus-Unlimited-Talk-Text-Web

Unlim everything for $79.99/mo no contract.

OR

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/...aspx?tp=tb1&rateplan=Even-More-Unlimited-Talk

Unlimited talk for $60/mo + $40/mo for the unlim data/txt/web. = $100/mo in contract.

If you think about it thats an extra $20 + Tax a month youre paying over 24 months..thats $480 youre paying more over a contract term.. Youre pretty much paying more for the phone in payments then..

$480 (in extra cost) + $179 cost of N1 = $659.00

IMO if you want the N1, pony up the extra cash up front and stay out of a contract, get the same plan for cheaper and not have to worry about wanting to switch to Verizon or AT&T and having to pay an opt-out fee.
[Nexus One General] ferraripassion:
The phones are locked right?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnappo1973:
like the one that comes with Jack's rom!!

I have been serching the forum for hours now!

anyone can help me??

Thnx
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackleung:
Google is always yr friend in search: http://www.ictinus.com/NoPluginsToday/
[About XDA developers] jfischer5175:
Now, I, as a site developer, understand, more than most, the need for keeping the forums organized. But, in my humble opinion, I feel that the modding is getting a bit excessive.

Case in point

Since I can't post a link to the thread in question, since the forum thinks it's an outside link, the thread number is 630584

This particular thread, which was posted in Nexus One development, is about testing self-developed apps on a non-rooted phone, in particular, is it possible? It was locked and marked as a non-valid post for the development forum. Did I miss something....

If this is the inappropiate place to pose this question, I apologize, but, I felt the need to address this.

PS - And, how is linking to a thread on the site an outside link?
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
Could you provide a link to thread in question and I'll have a look at it

Ta

Rick
[About XDA developers] jfischer5175:
Never mind. The mod in question changed the status of that thread to moved.
[HD2 General] mrdannyaitch:
I'm assuming the result is a cause of the action on this, but I had installed some widgets such as ebay from a popular windows mobile website, and after 1 use of each, decided they weren't up to much and used the HD2 inbuilt remove programme tool to delete them.

What I hadn't counted on was the fact that having placed shortcuts into my quicklinks, deleting these would cause problems. I now have white icons with the window logo in colour on them in place of the shortcuts, and tapping these gives a "Shortcut Target" X Error opening the shortcut or locating the target filename" popup. This has also resulted in the menu softlink on the bottom right of the homescreen now not working (it greys when I press it, but there is no action).

Please can anyone advise how to fix this?

I've searched "start menu key" "remap menu key" "menu key error" but am having no luck.

EDIT: I found a post where someone had problems removing quicklinks and realised it was down to having the 25 quicklinks mod, I deleted the cab and it has gone away.
[G1 Android Development] jonze5:
Android apps are about to get 3 times faster!

Myriad Group AG, a member of the Open Handset Alliance, unveiled yesterday a brand new high performance virtual machine, named Dalvik Turbo. It would replace the standard Dalvik engine that Android uses to run applications.

Dalvik Turbo increases application execution speed by up to three times ‐ allowing OEMs and operators to bring smoother delivery and more complex applications to Android phones, while also providing substantial battery life improvements when running resource intensive tasks. It also enables developers to take full advantage of Android, allowing them to create games boasting advanced graphics and complex models while retaining full compatibility with existing software.

You can bet the guys at Google are all over this right this moment. A three times speed increase on Android apps would allow even the G1 to run the most complex apps. It would also improve battery life, something smartphones tend to suck at. However, the best part about this is “full compatibility with existing software”, meaning we could see the benefits of this new Dalvik virtual machine very, very soon. This is one of the beauties of Android, things like these could only happen on an open environment where several companies innovate together.

The guys from Myriad will be at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from 15th‐18th February 2010. That is just around the corner. This is going to be one of the biggest news during the event, can’t wait for it.
[G1 Android Development] prettyboy85712:
Late to the party.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=630523
[G1 Android Development] zachattack052:
i could live with my apps running 3 times faster, but wont bealive it till i see it
[G1 Android Development] PSP_Hacker:
Lame response
[G1 Android Development] PSP_Hacker:
I think this is great news especially since they're a member of the Open Handset Alliance.

I knew that the VM had to be improved if we wanted any big Android performance improvements. Why haven't any devs tried optimizing DalvikVM?

With all the source available, why hasn't someone modded the window manager to implement real multitasking?

I've only seen tweaks here and there... if the source is available to both homebrewers and manufacturers, why can't we make something as good as what HTC has done to Android for the Hero?
[G1 Android Development] xtenpeben:
1. we are not a company where we can have deadlines of stuff and devs get paid at least 150,000 a year.

2. we have devs that do this for their own enjoyment and their own liking. If the little tweaks here and there are enough for them to enjoy the phone, its their call since they are the publisher of the product.

3. lastly, i'm sure pay all these devs at least $150,000 a year on top of what they earn on their regular work and I'll tell you, we would have a blast of new improved stuff.

4. It's not that all devs want money. But devs won't do something so hard, esp if you have to do research and stuff, and it'll prolly take months in research at a company, for free. If companies are researching on improving those fields, why would our devs spend time improving the same said fields?

just thank our devs for the hardwork they do and for all the overclocking and stuff they spend their free time on.
[G1 Android Development] DevPhone1337:
1) I think the majority of us don't like Sense.

2) Why don't you do it?

3) Read the post above mine.
[G1 Android Development] MikeChannon:
Well not really. We are a huge site and avoiding multiple threads on the same subject really helps when searching for answers.

So please use:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=630523

Thanks

Mike
[Nexus One General] Kman Gymrat:
Hey,

So I noticed a problem with my phone that there's a section right accross the top of the screen that is not reponsive to touch, it's probly about a 1/4 inch or so and don't care what I do seems to solve it. I kinda noticed it from day one before I rooted and put on CyanMod ROM on it but since I never put any games as such on there before cause it would slow it down some I hardly ever had to touch that section of the screen for it to bother or stand out to me. Now I'm rooted and all and put some games on and notice it big time.

So I was wondering if there is something some of the development people here can do to fix it via software or something instead of me having to send it for repair? I called HTC about it and they said I can send it in but it would be for repair (charged) rather than warranty because I've unlocked the bootloader.

What do you more experienced people think? Maybe for some strange reason the touch screen area on my phone was enterred wrong or something so it covers a smaller area and so could just be written to cover the proper area size? Just thinking but I have no clue how that stuff works. I have no other issue with the screen like what I read others complaining about, everything else lines up fine and works fine just this... Any help appreciated!
[Nexus One General] ScaredyCat:
Is the screen firmly fixed at the top? Does it click at all when you press it?

SC
[Nexus One General] Kman Gymrat:
Seems so, I checked all that but am nervous to try pushing any harder on it to be honest, no clicks

Edit: Even tried pressing that side of the screen outside the touch area and as close to the as possible, still no response and no clicks
[Nexus One General] ScaredyCat:
The only reason I ask is that someone had an issue like that and used a hair dryer to warm it up and secure it...

Just a thought.. granted a wrong one :/

SC
[Nexus One General] Kman Gymrat:
Was their's unresponsive in the upper part as well or just clicking? I have hot air soldering tools for doing BGA repairs on xbox360's, PS3's and even an iPhone just Friday I repaired. If something like that would work sure have better tools for it than a hair dryer but wouldn't want to do damage anymore than what is already done to make repair costs higher.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pajousek:
Well ... does it even exist? I've tried to search anywhere and I've just found things to make BS kernel for the old one. I suppose it can't be interchangeable?

Do I have to make it? Is it even possible?
[Nexus One General] altarity:
Once upon a time I got my RHCE and Unixware certifications, but I've been away from linux and unix for a few years now. I've snooped around the filesystem a bit on my nexus one (effin love this phone!), and there are a few things that just aren't clicking for me.

Can anyone describe or point me to a description on the android boot process?

Apps are all done in java and then run in a VM, and complied when they run? Basically most everything runs at one abstraction level higher than on your typical desktop linux? How efficient is this?
[Nexus One General] lbcoder:
What do you want to know about the boot process?

Java bytecode, java virtual machine -- "dalvik". Not compiled on run. The new versions of Dalvik involve a JIT, older ones do not.

Yeah...

Depends on what you mean by "efficient". If by "efficient" you mean that an application compiled for one hardware will run unaltered on another hardware with a totally different CPU architecture, then the answer is *extremely* efficient. There is no possible way to do this with native executable code, which means that support for multiple incompatible devices would require separate executables -- that would be truly inefficient.
[Nexus One General] altarity:
Basically I want to understand what's involved with switching out a kernel. I know there are plenty of magical updates that I can push to my phone and flash that will do this for me. I also know I could probably deconstruct one of the update zip files to see exactly what it is doing, but I always like to get a logical overview before I start making assumptions on how stuff works. (I often get in trouble)

As far as efficiency of running in a VM vs Native, I was just curious to know what the trade off in app performance was. I suppose this is a little nonsensical, now that I understand a bit more about the design of Android. I remember back when you had to specify the architecture when you downloaded apps for windows mobile. (or what ever it was called back then)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] platijet:
This is the official WWE ROM 2.001.00 (modified by me to be acceptable from other regions/languages ).

You don't need to add cab's after flash or hard reset, because that file includes EXT ROM.

It is high recomented to flash phone with official languange before,because my file does not include radio part (when i 'll find time i will make a complete flash ).

You can find official ROM's here: ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/smartphone/f900/os_images/

How to:

1.Format SD in "FAT" mode and put that file inside (extract from .rar )

2.Phone must be swithed off, pres at the same time ok + power on ( ok is the midle button in volume ).

3.Wait until finish.

http://www.mediafire.com/?hjwnmmgzz1f
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] energizer1389:
I miss customizing the snooze time on event reminders in my Blackberry. You can only set 1 snooze time for all reminders. Ex. Lets say Im being reminded I need to go to grocery store in 15mins, I wont be able to make it so I want it to snooze like in 60 mins(like outlook). Cant do it. Id have to be clicking snooze every 10 mins or whatever one has it set to.

Anything that can be done?? Any apps?? any customizations???
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] watzone69:
I want to know too. I like to set my reminder for 2 days prior to a doctor appointment or similar event so that I can make plans. It would be great if I could snooze it for 47 hours!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] energizer1389:
oin your case u can simply add various reminders. click menu/add reminder while setting up ur event
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvisaur:
Hi guys,

I tried several tutorials to root my G1. Downgrading to RC7 doesn't work for me. I get the "not allow" error.

I tried also the goldcard method. When I changed the microSD card in HxD, I can't put any files on it, I need to format it :S. I tried this with 3 different microSD cards and they all do the same.

What to do/try? is there someone who can help me with it?

Thanks in advance!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] protomanez:
Is your device UK or US?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvisaur:
UK. (I'm from the Netherlands, same as: h t t p ://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3551154&postcount=226, who uses a UK ROM)

Unfortunately that goldcard method isn't working for me.

PS: Can't post a link because i'm a new user :S
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvisaur:
It works now!

In HxD I had to choose for Physical Drive (and not Logical Drive)
[Nexus One General] ScaredyCat:
I've just moved to tweetcaster which is free and pretty good (although it really could do with caching).

If you root you can use drocap2 (although images seem a little washed out) and there is picme too

SC
[Nexus One General] AndyCr15:
I don't think it's the app I came across the other day, but apparently Alpha 3 of myLock will do this, as argued here. Alternatively, Lockbot Pro also does it.

I'm not sure I have much to add over what I said in the other thread... hope you like Tweetcaster or Swift for Twitter usage :)

Leo said once again in TWiT this weekend that the Audible app wouldn't be long...

**EDIT** The trackball wake app I was looking at was this I think -

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-blau-android-keyguard-qFj.aspx
[Nexus One General] pjcforpres:
A really good tip that might help you achieve some of your goals (won't replace apps you want of course)...

You can change the browser to iPhone "sim" mode, so when you visit a site it thinks you are on an iPhone... to do this, open your browser, then in the URL type in about:debug and hit go. It is not going to go to any sites, but when you to settings you will have some extra options at the end of the settings list, one of those is the "UAString" and you can change that between Android, iPhone, and Desktop...

In stock mode, the browser auto switches to Desktop part of the time if you go to a full site that has special security protocal, ie wellsfargo.com, but not always. So it is really helpful to turn on this option and switch it up as need be.

Conversly, Dolphin browser has this enabled by default as an option, but I am not a big fan of Dolphin, I think it slows down the browser experience personally.
[Nexus One General] kevwright:
Thanks very much, will try both.

Kev
[Nexus One General] kevwright:
That is a great tip, thanks.

Kev
[Nexus One General] ScaredyCat:
This doesn't seem to work. However Menu -> More -> Settings and scroll right to the bottom and select UA String from there works.

SC