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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadMartyn:
think were just gonna have to wait and see about how customisable it'll be and if we can strip it down...

any advance is good and lets not get to like the iphone.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estan_0223:
I'm excited

I think whatever we will lose, many of the new functionalities will make up for it. Right now, I am using many of the same apps that I have used for years and nothing is cool anymore. Adding Zune and XBOX and social networking into the OS will be something fresh. I already have a Zune HD and I can tell you I love the flow and the speed of the device and I look forward to the same uniqueness when WP7 hits.

But I will say, what will make or break this OS will be the way developers take to it. If developers start to produce fun, new apps that draw the masses, this will be a success. If not, all will be lost and it will be time to get on over to Android.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomj777:
I think I understand why Microsoft wants the Jobsian control and I worry that the precedence Apple set for locking out hacked iPhones could be adopted as a reaction to the good folks here. As someone said earlier in the thread, if folks can't hack and then develop WP7 then they'll move to Android...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric12341:
I personally never thought anything was wrong with windows mobile in the first place. its just like being on a pc but with a smaller screen, but however this new os does look promising so i will get a phone with it on it as long as it at least will support some multitasking (which it apparently does) and microSD support and i also read somewhere else that it will be based of CE6. and as for the crowd on here crying to goto android.you guys need to calm down the OS is not released yet, and its getting annoying seeing those complaints every other post give it a chance malditos desgraciados tarados imbéciles!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonteepee:
Interesting but a bit worrying

I hate the jobsian control freakery of the iPhone but I love the simplicity of the UI, the ease of use and of course how easy it is to write apps for. BUT I also love the freedom of the WinMo world. So this new direction from MS is really worrying - whats wrong with a new interface and all the pretty bits, the ease of use etc etc without all the restrictions? Sure people on this site are going to mess//break/change and generally improve it and sure some of that stuff will break other things, but ultimately the people here know the risks and know the pleasure of making a device more customised for their personal preferences. If I want to move out of the safe boundries setup by the manufacturer and it stops stuff working or flattens my battery in an hour, I know not to go crying to the shop or manufacturer.

I can understand the desire of the manufacturers and the operators to control what we get up to with what they consider "their" devices but really guys we pay hard cash and we use your services, get over it. Its MY phone not yours I paid for it, I own it.

Dear Mr Balmer we already have an iPhone we dont need another.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broadview:
We're talking about something that won't be customer's hands until late this year, so it's hard to speculate what the final product will look like.

However, I will issue this warning: 7 does appear to be in the direction of Apple's iPhone: more multimedia and communication appliance than general computing platform. If that's the road Microsoft intends to follow, we can expect more DRM, more prohibitions, and Microsoft activity protecting 7's intellectual property rights.

Some in this thread have put their faith in XDA-Developers to provide the tools to allow users to mod 7 phones just as they have with previous Windows Mobile phones. I have no doubt the developers here have that capability but I can only say that 7 not only promises to be a fundamental change in technology, but also in Microsoft's relationship with its customers. Don't expect the same laissez-faire attitude Microsoft has taken in the past to those that toyed with what they consider to be legally-protected property.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjsnyc:
I voted for 'I like it'...can't say I 'love it' juuust yet :D

For me, the lack of UI customization is not a deal breaker for me anymore. I used to love love love switching UIs - from the stock WM today screen, to SPB, to Manila, back to stock WM, to Titanium, different lock screens galore, etc, etc, etc...but I can honestly say that its a waste of time for me now and I have been using Manila for a looooong while - no tweaking, nothing. I just want to get to my dialer, txts, email, opera, etc as fast as possible. If this new tile system helps me be more productive, then so be it!

As for multitasking - it appears that it is here to stay anyway (fingers crossed cuz i do like to have the option).

The deep integration of the cloud with the OS is probably what I'm most excited about. Its just speculation, but I believe MS was just showcasing facebook as an example of what this device can really do. Who knows how many other partners/sites are in bed with MS right now (did you see all those carrier and company logos in the background?). How cool would it be if MS figured out a magical way to bring their Exchange technology to an infinite number of other web-services? Perhaps this is their new definition of multitasking - not having to jump in and out of apps, but have everything tied together in the place (hub?) that makes most sense.

My only real complaints so far:

1) Name - I woulda called it ZunePhone or Zone or something NOT A FREAKING SENTENCE! I mean, its not like MS called their game console 'Windows Gaming Console Series'

2) The transitions better be optional. I can see myself getting annoyed with all the flippy letters n stuff.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumbles:
Windows Phone 7 Series

I believe that the sacrifices that we are going to have to make going to the new platform that is Windows Phone 7 are necessary inorder for us to move forward.

Lets remember that Microsoft has made a clean break from the past and started fresh. This is not Windows Mobile. The last version of Windows Mobile will be Windows Mobile 6.5.x. Windows Mobile is dying and Microsoft is killing it. But they had to inorder to remain relevant in the Mobile space.

I really like what i see from Windows Phone 7. But what is great is the knowledge that what ever is not in the OS at launch, such as copy and past and multi-tasking, will be added later with OTA updates. Finally microsoft is giving us OTA updates!!!!!!

This platform will get better over time and quickly.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfarrah:
If current proposed specs remain, it will have killed the best part of WM for me. But I'll try to hold off ranting until things get official and a machine is released. :cool:
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magicalan:
its a freaking zune no customization at least for now am not liking it alot x.x
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychosliver:
Looking forward for further details.

As far as to what Microsoft have introduced, I'm impressed. But this is for the 'Hubs' concept alone.

Looking forward to know if this new mobile OS perform seamlessly for current smartphone processors not only for those Snapdragons alone as this will make most people really excited about.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdcpa:
YUCK

It's ugly.

I'm sure it will get "broken" at some point.

I wonder if the devices that use it are going to be more iphone like, ie, charger and headphone port, non removable battery and no SD card support?

What happens to companies like HTC if that happens? Will they simply make the device MSFT wants? Or will they continue to make a variety of devices?

The THING I HATED the most about the iphone is that unless you jailbreak it which sounds freakin' gay to begin with, you can only sync it with one computer and if you try and plug it into itunes on another computer you lose all your data. And even if you don't, you can't just move it here and there as you please as you can with WINMO. I gave my iphone to my wife for Valentine's day(conincides with our aniversary) and went and got a TOUCH PRO 2 and I DON'T MISS that EL RETARDO, but I gotta admit that skee ball game was kind of cute.

Please don't misunderstand me. I think the iphone is great for your below average putz. I'm just an average putz and I like to tinker as with the ROMS and APPS on XDA.

GOSH, I'm feeling nauseated as I write this. GOSH, MSFT don't do that. BUT I bet you do. OH? You already have?

Dag nab it, I want my phone to do what I want it to do, not just what you think it should.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandrobber:
I still don't know

1.) APPS?

2.) GAMES?

3.) HD VIDEO LIKE ZUNE HD

4.) Storage Cards

5.) SLIM??????

6.) Is ROM customizable?

7.) GPS or AGPS?????????????

8.) BATTERY LIFE !!!!!!

9.) Love my media center if this resembles that architecture then I am good to go.

If they don't get it right I may use my wifes IPHONE:eek:. Love to hack around on the current OS but the novelty of the new screen does not impress me until I can see if it is actually an improvment. Can't wait for the emulator:confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Realmsea:
Apps - I'm betting MS is working closely with partners to bring in the apps. As it is, MS is taking a more intimate approach to partnership so I expect more "company" apps and less "individual" apps. There's also the question on how easy is it to port existing apps to the new OS. I guess we'll hear more of that in MIX.

Games - The Xbox integration is promising. If anything WP7 may shape up to be the first gamer-phone (no, not that Ngage thing). That's quite significant because it may eventually nudge Sony to do something about their partnership with Ericsson... seriously, folks have been talking about a PSP-phone for years...

HD Video - will probably be left to individual phonemakers. WP7 isn't going to be the only OS to play HD Video if the hardware supports it.

Storage Cards - will probably be left to individual phonemakers... and most phonemakers tend to include storage card options anyway.

Slim - will probably be left to individual phonemakers, same with screen size (except it cannot be smaller than MS's specified minimum). See battery life below.

ROM - no idea.

GPS/AGPS - again, this will probably be left to individual phonemakers? Some makers may focus on selling a GPS-enabled set, others may not. Will MS's policy to allow only certain apps to multitask push phonemakers into partnerships with turn-by-turn apps would be interesting question to answer though.

Battery Life - much of this depends on what battery phonemakers will choose to pair with their devices. I suspect we'll need to charge the phones daily on average use.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] refthemc:
So far I like it. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruudfood:
I voted "nothing special" but really I let them off lightly. I'm completely unimpressed!!

So there's a live "hub" that shows how many emails you've got or which friends have updated their status. Big whoopeee! I mean, come on, is that the best you can do MS? Where's the revolution?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pg2005:
Yeah sounds very nice. But unfortunatley it will take another 20 years for microsoft to beat 130.000 APPS and other things. Windows Marketplace didn´t grow, why should it work now?

Wake up Bill and Steve, the future is now

I might be wrong with my opinion, but at the moment I don´t see a fuure for Windows Phone 7
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vangrieg:
I don't know whether it'll work now, but the reasons why it didn't grow are pretty straightforward, I think. WM is very fragmented as a platform, so while you have a base of some 30 million phones, you can't be sure whether your app will work, due to different hardware and such. Devices capable of gaming are very rare. So a central distribution platform isn't adding too much value to anyone.

In addition to that, there are other ways to distribute apps because sideloading is allowed, unlike the iPhone. So the reasons for app makers to go there and give 30% of revenues to MS, and sometimes even rewrite apps to meet Marketplace requirements are vague to say the least.

There's absolutely no reason to put free apps there - because of all of the above plus $100 registration fee for each 5 apps plus $10 for each market (until recently).

From the user perspective, until now I personally can't even use it because next to nothing is available for my market.

However, I don't see the number of apps in a store as an ultimate measure of its usefulness. App Store sucks in many areas. I can't try apps, descriptions are poor, iTunes interface is horrible. So there are certainly ways to make a better experience.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmbillings:
I'm gonna agree with Vangrieg, I think it hasn't worked up till now because there are too many options and variables. Take Flix - I stick it on here, and it's also been picked up by lots of the winmo download sites, but then it's free. I was considering putting it on Marketplace to perhaps attract the less savvy "consumer", but it would cost me a small fortune, and even if I sold it for $0.99 I might not make my money back, let alone a profit, so where is the incentive?

Win 7 phones look to be a lot more consistent so adapting an app for different screen resolutions and so on should hopefully be a thing of the past - but MS help themselves by making it free to submit an app (although it would still need to be "approved" of course), then taking a cut of the sales. That way there is no "risk" for devs. I think that would help them build up a good library in no time (especially as Apple seem to be getting more and more restrictive of what's allowed over time - hopefully MS won't go along this path)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haledesu:
Last night we had a party and I ended up vomitting on the phone next to my bed and fell asleep.

I noticed that i vomitted on my phone when i woke up.

I put it on the heater without the battery and tried charging it some hours later.

ive tried charging it without the battery and after that with the battery but still nothing.

could the stomach acids in my vomit affected the motherboard or anything?

ive read a lot of other threads on it but nothing that solves my problem.

and i rather wont open my phone, give me some possible solutions where i wouldnt have to open it up.

or did i just waste 830 dollars down the drain on this phone?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haledesu:
help anyone?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reversedhex:
looks like you battery is death(hence the infra-red light)

buy a new one or try to charge your old one

it could also be a short circuit and then you have to take it apart and clean it with alcohol or distilled water.

i do not recommend alcohol as you might throw up again :p
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haledesu:
ah kk tnx

i guess ill try going to a phone store asking if they have a battery to try it out.

ill be back in some days if i got it to work or not
[Touch2 General] ganesh.htc:
Hi all,

Where can i download free HTC Touch 2 games?
[Touch2 General] Frank C:
Go here.......http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-tag-game.html

And have fun....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pika1460:
hello to all. my problem is a tricky one: i was wondering if i could find a data register which shows the amount of internet traffic that my phone makes. I recently got a bill for over 100 euro for my internet usage and as far as i know i have done no outstanding data transfer appart from the usual mail and weather application on my htc diamond. I run the standard wm 6.1.

Many thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fwt:
Look here ... Link
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] twisted-pixel:
or here

http://www.cabcache.com/cabs.asp?cab=27
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] BlackWhite24:
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[Touch CDMA Android Development] cp0020:
I downloaded the nomorootfs zip file containing everything to flash android to my phone from the flashable linux and android thread but there is no nbh file or initrd. Do I just put those in there? And I want to use myn's build so can I just reaplace the androidinstall.tar with his? I have no clue what to do and I realy don't want to mess my phone up. I have a sprint touch. Please explain how to do this like your explaining it to an idiot lol thank you :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] incubus26jc:
why start a new thread just to ask how to flash android? there are numerous tutorials on how to do this in this very forum. You will probably not get much of an answer to your question because the answers already exist with a little reading. I have found hiccups during this process but nothing a little reading didnt help. sorry to be blunt but this forum is getting out of hand with starting new threads for simple questions. next time ask in myns thread.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] cp0020:
I have asked several times but noone ever replies so I figured making a new thread would help. And I've read other forums but I just don't understand them. Sorry
[Touch CDMA Android Development] egzthunder1:
Take a look

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=628353

This has all the info that you will need.
[HD2 General] szek2000:
Dear all

Thanks in advance.

I am having problems with the alarm with HTC's HD2 alarm. The alarm will not sound when I am charging the phone. Is it normal?

Best Regards

KK
[HD2 General] deserted:
You got something new.

check it http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=589905
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] saijao:
Hey Guys

Video and Piccies

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/windows-phone-7-series-hands-on-and-impressions/

http://www.slashgear.com/windows-phone-7-series-hands-on-1573973/

It doesn't look to be more hardware challenging than sense + wm 6.5.3 .... I wonder if they changed the boot-loader requirements much
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] freco:
Well... I thing it's time to give a try to "you know who... Harry".... (iphone) LOL. First impresion, i don't like WM7.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ale07:
I can't believe that they haven't had a leak of it yet

and if all apps are restricted, android here i come
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kenikh:
I can't post links for some stupid reason, but there is a REALLY long video demo on channel 9. It is called:

First-Look-Windows-Phone-7-Series-Hands-on-Demo

just got to "channel9 do msdn dot com" and search for the above.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] tleaf100:
windows 7

goodbye winmo,hello android,have used winmo for ever,but microsoft have shot themselves in the head this time,instead of the foot as usual.

you can forget cooking roms etc for 7 series,ms are going to lock up os so that folk cannot "improve" the software,ms is bored with htc making them look stupid.

looks almost as if ms have given up on rest of the world and are looking to survive with american market.

a bing hardware button !!,there are only 15 people in the world who use bing and they all work for ms.

x-box and zune support intergrated,cor that should please a few dozen more folk.

this was meant to be the start of great new things,apple etc must be laughing them selves stupid.

series 7 to go up against iphone, winmo 6.5 for enterprise.

looks like most of the rumours of a two os system etc where right..
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] chris_ah1:
Note how he skips questions on prompts for lockscreen.

Also how he skips out on showing any of the day to day features and how they will look.

The rep in the slashgear vid also avoids all relevant questions.

TBH consumers and certain sites bemoaned WM6.5 for crippling devices like the HD2 and TG01....yet now they are all upset that this is too simple. It is a phone for noddy.

Guys in the media, make up your mind!!!

I hope XDA can come to the rescue of this pos. eye candy only goes so far, but it offers no nutrition that we can use daily.

This is not looking one iota like a business capable device.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] leepriestenator:
Terribly disappointed with Win Phone 7. It's a regular person OS. Completely built around Social Networking with very little appeal to the business user and with ZERO appeal to us tweakers and hackers.

I hate the all text interface. Looks like i'll be sticking with 6.5 for a long time to come.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] + Que PPC:
Time to start saving funds... to buy a new baby capable for WP7S

Hey flar!!! make this **** A News on the XDA portal!!!!

new era for XDA developers! hope all the big masters are now thinking DAMN! this is freaking cool!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdDAeyy1H0A

:cool:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] donniesd:
wow what a waste of RD money. Still very slow and lagging. Looks nothing more then a UI upgrade over wmo6.

I am off to the next google phone!!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kenikh:
Interesting thoughts, but I disagree. Apple isn't laughing. WinMo7 looks aimed straight at Apple’s consumer-dependent heart. So Microsoft is tightening down platform constraints and cooking ROMs may become a thing of the past...when it comes to market share, so what?

Lack of development transparency at the OS level hasn't hurt Apple’s market share. Frankly, it has helped Apple build a tightly integrated consumer appliance that doesn't water itself down by pandering to corner contingent s of users. Apple has proven that extending the platform through application development and NOT allowing customizing the platform is the current recipe for success. WinMo7 is co=opting this recipe, but still allowing far more development flexibility than Apple does.

Realize that the real play in Mobile is about the consumer experience…this is why your complaints about Bing, Zune, etc. don’t make any sense. These functions are usage enablers, just like Google Maps and the iTunes are on the iPhone. No one cares about the brand; they care what they can do with the device. If I can do everything as slickly on a WinMo7 device that I can do an iPhone, do I really care if I am using Google or Bing? End-to-end, WinMo7 is going right at the core of the iPhone consumer value prop, while providing a more open platform that far more robust than the iPhone and still enables all of the Enterprise scenarios with ActiveSync and Exchange Policy integration

Sure, WinMo7 is no Android; in terms of open source code or ROM customization, Android will be the new king. But WinMo7 doesn't need to be and if anything, WinMo 6.5 has proved that an open platform isn't the ultimate deciding factor for the success of a mobile platform.

While Android will be the most flexible platform moving forward, this doesn't necessarily mean that it will be the ultimate market winner...The only markets this kind of platform is guaranteed to win are those of corner case users like a ROM chef or open source code guru.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Master_H:
very good post, thanks a lot! :)

I'm sure, MS will have success with 7.