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[Nexus One Accessories] Phil750:
So I can get the headset to pair up just fine. But call quality is nil. Anybody else seeing the same thing? Crappy Bluetooth stack?
[Nexus One Accessories] krohnjw:
BT works great for me in both my car (Clarion CZ-509) as well as my BT headset (Nokia BH-600). Volume and clarity have been excellent for both.
[Nexus One Accessories] rotohammer:
Sometime wifi interferes badly with bluetooth, is that on?

I have a Motorola H15, H17, Plantronics 855 and BB903. All work awesome. Only my Sennheiser VMX-100 has given me muted call problems.
[Android Software Development] thedalmeny:
Recently sold my HD2 - although a cracking device which i personally miss.. No Windows 7 Mobile upgrade was enough to annoy me into selling.

Purchasing a HTC Desire this week..

It does seem like an interesting year ahead for Android itself - the application store has grown a huge amount over the last few months.. Motorola Droid pretty much changed the fortunes of that company, plus sold more in it's first 2 weeks than the iPhone 2G did. Which i find simply jaw dropping.

Now Samsung, LG and Sony are all releasing Android phones... Pretty much abandoning their own platforms for the most part.. Which can only mean more apps for Android - any developer would be insane not to with the user base about to exploid with majority of mobile manufactures moving to it (with exception of Nokia obviously)

I was going to wait for the new iPhone release in June - then again.. Any upgrade Apple will make will be a 5mp camera, AMOLED screen, 1GHZ(ish) CPU and larger screen (pos).. Which HTC Desire has, so i can't see myself wanting it over the HTC Desire in a few months.. Plus i general detest how overly priced the iPhone is..

I've always thought what set the iPhone apart from current phones - isn't the OS interfaced or the hardware.. HTC have caught up in that respect.. But the application store was always it's biggest seller - more to do with third party developers than Apple itself... But now with Android getting such a massive uptake - you gotta wonder.. In 6 months is that really going to be the case? How long will it be till the Android marketplace is actually bigger and better than the iPhone AppStore... It's got to happen.. Simply from a numbers game - developers have a much higher potential earnings with a much larger user base..

Your opinions on Android?
[Android Software Development] pzumk:
Android just pwns.

Case closed.

Well,

I used an LG phone with propietary OS before and it sucked. Switched to a Windows Mobile phone later (used 6.5) and it sucked too! Apps? I did see like 5 good apps on the Marketplace.

I'm now using the Nexus One for 2 months and a week and this is my first Android phone and I fcking love it and most of the apps are great! I even see that some iPhone Apps were already "ported" to Android.

You see Samsung, LG and Sony are all releasing Android phones and that means Android will be grow a lot in the next 6 months! There'll be much more apps at the end of the year because everyone who's buying a new good phone is going to buy Android (I hope xD) and develop for it.
[Android Software Development] HumpDdumpD:
I've had my nexus for about a month & a half, before that a g1, then a wm running dash (excalibur) definitely loving android. It's linux, you can't go wrong. To be honest though I've only held an iphone once. It was kinda cool, but apple locks their **** down too much. Just my .02
[Android Software Development] Balkin:
Just received my Nexus One yesterday and I could not be happier. This thing is so fast and full of features that flow very well. The apps that I have decided to use are well built, many are as nice as iphone apps..
[Android Software Development] G-Fetus6:
I've had the g1 since it came out. The app store has just been growing every week.

I'm still rockin a g1 cuz I'm waiting for a darn good keybored android phone to come out with amazing specs. I'm on tmobile, I thought about the cliq, but there's not much devolopment yet. Although that's not amazing specs at all lol. Although I hear the cliq is built like a metal monster

Android is the beez knees. Simple as is.

And with so many phone company's picking up android

Iphone will be down eventually. All in due time when they can't get over the same design

Sorta like the razr hahah
[Android Software Development] `mods:
The Android Marketplace is going to sink the Apple App Store for sure.

It seems that developers have an easier time managing and publishing their apps through Google instead of Apple. Apple's store censosres too much and people with jail broken phones can't find any apps for their rooted devices . In the Android marketplace you can find root only apps. Open source is going to win and beat closed source. That is the way it should be.
[Android Software Development] pzumk:
I've heard many iPhone devs are going to develop android apps now ;)

(`mods! :D)
[Android Software Development] `mods:
Ya xPatriicK, what a small world. :p
[Android Software Development] Balkin:
If they make them as nice as the iphone apps I wont mind spending cash on them, winmo apps were always so ugly! (in general)
[Android Software Development] pzumk:
I have to agree.
[Android Software Development] Crunchy Frog:
Android is growing so fast that Apple started wetting themselves and took a first strike against HTC as a warning shot accross the bow. Apple may end up suing everybody making Android phones to try and slow down the rabid growth. We'll have to wait and see what happens though.
[Android Software Development] NeoS:
Seeing the new Android SDK supports openGL ES 2.0 makes me very happy, as some iPhone users were still sassing me on my Nexus with games like Streetfighter 4 and stuff. Now it's my turn. (as soon as some decent games are developed)
[Android Software Development] dieKatze88:
Honestly. 1.5 made android what it is today, by making it into a usable experience.

I downloaded the Android SDK the first day it was available, and ran it on my computer to see what could be done with it. I swiftly dismissed Android as nearly unusable (at that point, at least I was right)

I ended up replacing the Cingular 8525 I had at that point running WM6.1 with a HTC Fuze running WM6.1. What a great device with awful software. WM isn't nearly as bad as people say it is, the problem is most rom chefs don't put on near the same amount of polish that I did with any Doom maps I made, or any of the Stepmania themes I made. To see problems solved in other roms crop up in a rom 4 versions later started to annoy me. Plus, chef's obsessions with some of HTC's awful UI staples (I swear, I will be the one to kill the engineer who wrote the full screen volume control. A change in volume shouldn't be a project, it should be a task) and the little things piled up. It never got any better. This was the future.

Let me say one thing. CRC, the chef for the HTC Hermes, is the main reason I obtained this view of the future of WM. If you ever get stuck with a HTC Hermes, use his roms. They're excellent, and bug free.

Just about the time I was getting REALLY sick of the idiocy around WM roms, and 6.5 in general, the Android porting project for the MSM7200 chipsets started releasing builds that ran more than acceptably on the Raphael. So I got involved. Downloaded some, tested kernels, the whole nine yards. This new view of Android, with a usable UI, and honest to god workable system made the decision for me. I just had to pick a device. At this point I knew I would want a Hardware keyboard, and that I would want 3g. Being an AT&T customer, this severely limited my options as to what devices I could have access to (yeah, at that point, around October last year, to none). Eventually the Droid came out and the Milestone was announced. I ended up buying a Telus Milestone from Canada on the first day it was out. Haven't looked back. If you are on the fence about android as an OS, try it out. Its available on so many of the WM phones that are talked about on this board, so if you can, run one of those builds from SD. Or just go into a Verizon store and ask to play with a Droid. They'll gladly let you play with it, because they're selling more of those than they know what to do with. Its really a great operating system, and everyone who is complaining about not having 2.1 yet is splitting hairs.
[Android Software Development] Irishpride:
I was a long time WM user and a flashing junkie. I started off with the HTC xv6700, then the Vogue, Diamond and Touch Pro. After having a WM device for almost 5 years I just got sick of their over-priced 3rd party apps and programs and wanted to move onto something bigger and better and didn't want to wait for WP7. When I started checking for a new device, there was only one direction to go and it wasn't going to be an iphone. Android was the logical choice and this is coming from someone who wasn't initially a fan, I was loyal to WM, but after going into the Verizon store and playing with the Eris and Droid, I was sold. I had the Android ports on my Vogue and TP, but nothing is like the real thing. I found a cheap Eris on craigslist and it has been great, especially since the Eris Dev Team finally rooted it. As nice of a phone as the Eris is, I'm on the look out for something with more balls(The Incredible!!) which hopefully should be out in a month or so, which makes me really happy I didn't use my NE2 on the Eris. I can just about guarantee that HTC and Android are going to run away with the smartphone market, leaving WM, apple and RIM in the dust. With some great "super phones" coming out(EVO & Incredible) this should be a great year for Andoid, not to mention HTC.
[Omnia II Accessories] Aafi-rocks:
Hi all,

Is there a good bluetooth gamepad that matches Omnia 2..

I need 1 that can hold the phone in landscap/potrait.. so I can easily play games..
[Omnia II Accessories] josefcrist:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13760

this is pretty much the only one that i have seen.,
[Omnia II Accessories] Aafi-rocks:
Hi,

Does the MSI BGP100 Bluetooth gamepad works with all the games..? or it only works with FPSeCe..

Also I have read in some forums that it is not compatible with Omnia and the drivers wont support Omnia device..
[Omnia II Accessories] jerf:
If you are interested in alternatives to the MSI or Chainpus BGP100 bluetooth gamepad, google search "modded by bacteria" go to the "work in progress" section of his forums, and search for the thread "Re-housed Bluetooth controller". The creator of the site, Bacteria, will be transplanting the innards of the BGP100 into an SNES controller. Previously, he has transplanted it into a PS1 controller. It seams feasible to DIY into almost any controller housing.
[Omnia II Accessories] TheGoD:
There is also a Zeemote-Driver for Windows Mobile, but it's not free (9.99$).

http://www.mymobilegear.com/GameProWm.php
[Omnia II Accessories] Atcold:
You said that you play games with our device.. But, which games? Do you mean FSPECE? It does not run smoothly! Ok, you can set frame skip, but it is not so playable..

Thanks
[HD2 General] CasualStarlord:
Okay, so I really want to purchase tomtom for my HD2, with real money...

I may or may not have installed a questionable copy and it works GREAT but when I go to their site (www.tomtom.com) they only give options for buying it for iphone... so where the hell to I purchase this bad boy?

Or do I need to purchase the maps or something like that?
[HD2 General] Nino_Z:
I believe the TomTom application is free but the maps do cost some money. So you can simply search for TomTom 7 on google and if you're lucky you might even find some free maps. If not - you can buy from the homepage.
[HD2 General] starstreak:
Does TomTom really display properly on the HD2 screen?

And does the HD2 have that same annoying lag as my Touch Pro ? Where the cursor on the map is really about 2-4seconds behind of where you actually are on the map? Example: You cross a intersection, and 2-3 seconds later TomTom shows you crossing the intersection. Annoying when you're in a city trying to find the right turn when its close.
[HD2 General] Shadowdh:
Works much better on the HD2 than either the kaiser or the x1 thats for sure... sometimes I think there is a bit of lag in the position but most of the time it seems spot on... (eg I went round a round about and it showed the car symbol at each exit as I passed it...)
[HD2 General] fred_up:
You can download the program from * Here *.

As has been said, the program is free. This ones works fine with my HD2.

Of course you still have to buy the maps. The UK v845 map I bought works fine when stored in the root of the microSD card in my phone.
[HD2 General] lousyfer:
It works great on HD2
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] UncleManuel:
Hi!

I played a little with HDWall today and got a little Problem with it: The slider bar is "hanging in the air" due to the grey background. How do I get this thing transparent (the background, not the icons ;) )?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] antoniomistretta:
Have you new tabs? ( docs, ereader)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] UncleManuel:
NRGZ28 flushed the eReader-tab, but the documents-tab is still there. New is the call-history-tab... ;)

So here´s the full listing:

-EnergyROM 23549 + Cookie´s Home Tab

-WM 6.5.5 build 23548

-Manila 2.5.20121225
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] johnkst:
If you're using the same version of Manila as I am (2.5.1920), you need to install a transparent version of the file 511c6915_manila to 'get rid' of that 'curtain' behind the slider. If you're using a different Manila version, it might be a different filename, but the effect should be the same.

Antonio also has a cab that will add transparency to the slider in several places. It may be more than you need, but he can at least point you in the right direction...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] antoniomistretta:
So not good! I'm sorry. But if you take away thedocuments cab, try this!

http://hotfile.com/dl/18508077/e2c878d/AM_Slider_trasparente_con_cornice_Sense_2.5.cab.html
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] UncleManuel:
Ok, deactivated documents & call history tab. Your .cab works fine! Thanks! :) :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] zamurai:
Thanks. Finally found what I was looking for.

1 quick question. If I install this and then change the slider icons using icon changer. Will it replace the transparent slider?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fallenangel408:
how do i get rid of the black pop up when you touch and slide the slider??? it looks cropped in pic...or better yet how do i remove it? see the pic tops visible when you slide?!?!? thanks in advance
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] xXJohnXx:
Check here plz.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=630568

Greetz :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] xXJohnXx:
Your welcome Antonio :cool:

Greetz.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sitaniace:
:(it's possible to change the text of Sense 2.5 provide a different color?

I use a background where the text or not to read more. :(

example a blue text instead of the normal white text:D
[Nexus One General] ram130:
I herd reports from person experiencing better battery life by using a non htc or factory charger. Some also say it takes much longer to charge but are now easily getting two days or longer life than with stock chargers. I want to narrow it down and compare the results.

I want to know what is the output mA. It is usually located on the charger it self where it states the voltage. The factory charger for the N1 is 980 mA and via usb is 480 mA. So those who are experiencing better battery life as a result of the switch, what is your mA on the charger? Also what brand is it?
[Nexus One General] javucci:
I suspect this is right!

Whenever I use the stock charger, battery drops really fast, even if not using the phone much.

I'll be measuring this and put here the results.
[Nexus One General] ram130:
Please do. I'm gonna try a bb charger tonight and see if it lasts longer.
[Nexus One General] liam.lah:
I can't imagine this being the case. The battery holds a specific charge. I have a motorola charger, 500mA, and when you charge via computer USB you are getting less too. At no point have i had exceptional battery life.
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
I've used 2 different mains chargers, a car charger and charged from 2 seperate PC's using 2 seperate µUSB cables, battery life remains roughly the same, as you would expect.
[Nexus One General] cyborg_001:
I use my Nokia N97 charger rated 5v 1200 mA and it charges the phone from empty quite fast...sometimes from 20-30% i get to 100% in 2 hours flat...i get about 1-1.5 days and haven't tried the standard HTC charger yet cos I feel Nokia's are better quality...i even use the old Nokia usb cable but don't think usb cables make any difference.
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
Your Nokia adaptor will charge faster due to the extra 200mA available to the phone (assuming it's able to draw it, but given the faster charge you would assume so).
[Nexus One General] diversificationied:
Electricity is electricity.

The only changes you'll see between sources is how fast it charges the battery.

There are no magic chargers that charge the battery a certain way to "last longer".
[Nexus One General] flarbear:
Higher current chargers get to the "mostly full" state quicker because they are dumping power into the battery faster. But, the protective electronics on Li-Ion batteries will cut to a "topping charge" state sooner because the charge speed is so high. The topping charge level is the same speed regardless of charger and so switching to it earlier means you spend longer in that state.

A lower current charger will take longer to get to the "mostly full" state, but it will get closer to true 100% before the electronics kick into the topping charge mode.

The other thing to consider is that the indicators on devices often indicate "charged" when the phone reaches the "mostly full" state and so the higher current chargers appear to "finish" faster. But, if you look at the charging status you will still see that it is still taking on a charge. If you wait until that stops then you will be at a true 100%.

So, if you need to get the phone to the "mostly full" state then a higher current charger is better for a quick boost. But, if you want to get the phone to a full charge then the current level of the charger may be mostly a wash due to the fact that it has to spend more time in the topping charge mode. If you are charging overnight then it really doesn't matter which you use.

Now, one thing that Li-Ion batteries do not like at all is heat. When you use a higher current charger then you heat the battery more and its eventual life (i.e. how many months/years it will last) will be impacted more than a lower current charger. So, for overnight charging I'd rather use a lower current charger. But, if you need to dump a lot of charge into the battery quickly then a higher current charger is faster if you aren't worried about getting it to the 100% full state. But, for small batteries like in phones, stay less than the rating of the batter (i.e. no higher than a 1400mA charger for a 1400mAH battery). Below that level there should be no appreciable harm to longevity, but even still - the lower the charge rate the better in the long run.

See this page for information on topping charge and charge currents:

http://batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm

See this page for graphs of battery longevity with different charge rates:

http://batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
[Nexus One General] flarbear:
It is fuzzier than that.

A higher current charger will likely have the device report "I'm charged" with less power in the battery because what it really means is "I'm just doing a topping charge" and that topping charge can still be a good 10% or more of the battery life, especially higher with a stronger charger since the electronics have to be paranoid about over-charging and measuring the current changes that indicate the battery is truly full are harder when the charge rate is higher.

A lower current charger may not trigger the "I'm charged" indicators until it hits 95% full because it is pushing less on the trigger conditions.

If you have a habit of taking the phone off the charger when the indicator first goes green then you may see more battery life on the lower current charger, but it isn't magic - it's just the silly games that battery indicators play to impress the consumers.

Also, if you have a habit of taking it off the charger when it goes green then your battery may never get fully calibrated and so it may only be 70% full when it thinks it is full. But, a lower current charger may get you closer to full more often and thus cause you to reach a calibrated state easier and quicker.

For calibration you should always leave the phone on the charger until well after the light goes green, keeping it on even after the text indicator no longer indicates that any charge is happening (i.e. the lightning bolt is gone) and even then leave it on for a few hours past that anyway. Once calibrated then you have the maximum battery capacity available (modulo the "age" of the battery). It can take several hours to get a phone completely charged if it is poorly calibrated. And sometimes it may even get better with a couple of calibration cycles back to back (but only in extreme cases).

More info:

http://batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm
[Nexus One General] Highland3r:
Two chargers used - one is a mains -> usb charger. (i.e allows USB lead to be used via a mains plug)

Output is 5v @ 1A

Other is a plantronics charger.

Output is 5v@ 350mA.

"Mains" based charger gives around a day's worth of charge with standard use.

The Plantronics gives me 2 days worth at standard use.

There is a fairly clear "boost" in battery life from switching between the two chargers.
[Nexus One General] ram130:
Well I just finish charing my N1 battery with a universal charger rated @ 200mA. It took over 4hours, I let it stay for 5. With my OEM charger I would get barely a day. So lets see how my battery lasts today.

Great points indeed. I've learning alot and thanks for the links.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmsullivan:
Is anybody else coming in to an error where even if you have download crutch installed you can't finish the download all of the way, it only happens from RapidShare and unfortuantly most of the devs use RapidShare can somebody explain what's going on
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jad011:
i dont understand why you think you should post in the q and a in a g1 sub forum... wrong place
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
They use it to gain points for free account on RS...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmsullivan:
Because I'm using a g1 and I figure it must be a problem with it since I have download crutch going it should work but it doesn't
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] n11:
Has anyone used the web app for Google Voice on an HD2.

That seems to be the only viable alternative for Windows Mobile since Google's GV app is primarily for Android.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] MiamiKnight:
Any updates on this?

I need to know this too.. Im having a hard time deciding if I should get the Nexus One or the HTC HD2. One of the pros of having an android device is my google voice account which I dont wanna give up (I currently have a G1). I'm leaning more towards the HD2 at this point because of all the issues/reports with the N1, and if there is an app for google voice on WM it will definitely be a plus! :D