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[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] seed_al:
I know. It's quite bad, actually. That's what I hated about my Touch HD. But nevertheless, my HD took much better pictures than the iPhone 3G (in most cases, at least). I'm sure that's also the case with the Pure.

When it comes to cellphone cameras, however, spec sheets are mostly useless. :(

They never tell you about anything other than the Mpixel number - which of course means nothing (though I wouldn't want to have less than 5).

The camera is very important to me. Reviews are mostly useless, because they never make direct comparisons under the same conditions. I end up buying several phones, comparing the cameras, and then selling them again... crazy, but that's all I can do :(

The HD2's camera is actually the first smartphone camera I would be satisfied with - if I could make the flash not overexpose everything that's less than 3m away :mad:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] chiks19018:
Flash overexpose - now if only they would provide TTL flash intensity control. Goodness....

2M vs 5M

My LG-VU actually took much better pictures than the iphone 3G and Pure. The only problem was that you would not realize that until you transferred it to your PC, courtesy of the crappy resistive plasticky screen.

I still have it. Maybe I will use it as a camera only :p
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Jaxbot:
Cameras... bleh. All smartphone cameras are awful.

But I do have to agree here: Even though one phone may have a snapdragon processor, and the iPhone may have a 412mhz processor, the iPhone navigates so much faster.

Of course, I know the reason for this, but it certainly does make me hope that Microsoft sorts this out with WP7S.

(Though, never, EVER, would I buy anything that supports Apple...)

EDIT: Also, I've had lots of people say that my Touch Pro's screen was "less sensitive/accurate than iPod/iPhone's". Even though I've tried to explain it, the average user just doesn't get it.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] seed_al:
No way :D

It's not going to beat a Snapdragon phone. ;)

The iPhone 3G isn't that fast, actually. It's barely faster than the QCOM MSM phones, but of course much more smooth/fluid (and that despite it has 100MHz less).

Smartphone cameras? Yes, they're not good. But I'm not going to buy a dumbphone because of the camera. ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] aussiebum:
You won't say that once you gets your hands on a HD2 (with or without custom rom I might add). It's probably the 1st (and last) HTC WinMo 6.5 phone with enough grunt to power thru practically anything. The only reason why an iPhone might feel faster is because it presents you with a flashy animation before actually loading up the app. WM phones don't do this.

Used to have a Touch HD and preferred resistive touchscreens. Several months with a HD2 changed my mind ;) I do think resistive touchscreens are actually more accurate though, I can touch-type way faster on my HD than I can on the HD2. But that could just be a Wm 6.5 limitation.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] chiks19018:
Ok. here's the deal. CCD sensors are more noisy and most HTC camera probably use CCD sensor given the noise in low light pictures.

after researching a bit, I found out that the iphone uses CMOS sensors which actually produce a smoother, less noisy picture. No wonder.....my eyes can see the difference.

fyi...Canon uses CMOS sensors across it's line of decent to high end digital cameras, a big reason why it leads the market.

update: i also just found out that the HD2 uses a CMOS sensor too. no wonder u hd2 owners love the picture quality of the hd2.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Jaxbot:
I'm not referring to the speed, I'm referring to the navigatability (and how "fluid" it is).

Of course, I always laugh when I see the animations on someone's iPhone, because it really does make it seem like the app loads faster than it does (Hint to Microsoft?).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Wishmaster89:
Then check again.

CCD was always superior to CMOS and probably will be for a long time(that is why they use it in science).

Almost all mobile phones(there are only few that use CCD - mostly in japan) today use CMOS sensors because they're cheaper.

Basically mobile phones are mostly using 1/3.2" sensors if not smaller and at that size CCD would offer better picture quality and low light sensitivity but would be bigger so the phone would be bigger that is why ODM's are using CMOS sensors.

More expensive CMOS sensors are used in DSLR's but show me just one P&S camera that uses CMOS.

So both HTC(all HTC's) and iphone use CMOS sensors but probably from different manufacturers hence the difference in quality and noise level.

So once and for all. For mobile use CCD would be better but it is bigger and not as cheap as CMOS sensor. In high end DSLR market it is not so clear that is why both CCD and CMOS sensors are used.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] chiks19018:
I am back to fk the specs....

It appears that at this time, there is no clear defining line between CCD and CMOS. both are very competitive, both offering it's own advantages, strengths and weaknesses.

CMOS is the future

Canon making CMOS for compact cameras
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] seed_al:
:D haha :p
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Wishmaster89:
I never said CMOS was worse for DSLR. On the contrary I admitted that today both CMOS and CCD fair well in DSLR's. Considering the size of the sensor low light sensitivity seems to be equal between the two.

What I meant is that for small sizes CCD is best(almost all point&shoot cameras) and mobile phones where unfortunately manufacturers decide to use cheaper CMOS sensors - remember that there are better CMOS used in high end cameras and cheap ones used in mobile phones and PC cameras. Unfortunately we get cheap sensors in our mobile phones.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Kloc:
I think he reason why they are making the spec's high is because they want everything to touch and feel better. So why f*** the specs? I'm pretty sure that's going to be important. You put a 538mhz proc in a WP7 it's probably not going to want to move.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] chiks19018:
chill man, I am not arguing with you, nor I am putting you down. In fact I liked your post. made me do some more research! ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] chiks19018:
The specs that the phone companies provide are like a girl saying she wears DD bra size. :D

When you take it off you realize that it was padded on a B size :D:D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] seed_al:
OMG I just solved the flash exposure issue with a new driver from HTC!!

Wow that feels good! What a great camera phone I have now!!

Sorry, guys, for being OT, but I'm so happy^^
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gogol:
*LOL* ..... Thanks for that! I got a good laugh :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Wishmaster89:
I'm not arguing cause there's nothing to argue about;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Yurablyat:
Hey guys, I'm new here and I own a G1. Ive had it since it came out and i noticed that over time it got a lot slower, also my battery life got a lot worse. So Ive been thinking about rooting it for a very long time, but i never actually came around to doing it.

So I was wondering what are some good roms that are out there, there are a lot of them out there and it can be pretty overwhelming especially for a noob like me.

From the research that Ive done on google and youtube, Ive come up with 3

Cyanogen (seems like the most popular)

Fasttest

MLIGN (from what ive seen seems like the best hero rom)

So what id like to know what are the advantages and disadvantages of these roms? Are there any other ones that I might have missed? Which one do you recommend?

Thank You
[HD2 General] igloo:
Two days ago I noticed that the display of my HD2 is not plane with the surrounding case. When slidding the fingernail from left to right (portrait), there is like a 1 mm (or less) border when the case starts, the same is true for right to left.

As this border is not constant around the device, I am confused. Could you please check your device and tell me if your display is even with the device and looks like one piece?

I just cannot remember how it felt and looked when it was new ...

Any input is very much appreciated!
[HD2 General] froztii:
i am really lazy to search. but there was a thread about this
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
this has been posted about a few times. It seems most of us (myself included) have perfectly aligned screen and surround, , while some people have a small unevenness, perhaps high on one side, low on the other, or a slight lean towards one corner.

You could probably get it replaced if you are still in your first few weeks of use from your provider?
[HD2 General] froztii:
is this what you have?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=590425&highlight=alignment

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=608970&highlight=alignment
[HD2 General] igloo:
frotzii, you are right, this is what I experience as well. So I am not the only one.

Thanks to all for the quick responses. Will try to get an replacement asap...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papermonk:
I'm having a problem rooting my Nexus One (I have also read the newbie FAQ and searched the forum to no avail) - I have followed the instructions listed on the androidandme site.

When I try to unlock using fastboot I get this returned:

C:\....\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot oem unlock

... INFOErasing userdata...

FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

When I start the phone in fastboot mode it now says *** UNLOCKED *** at the top of the screen. I then flashed Amon-Ra's recovery image, as below:

C:\....\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-

RA-nexus-v1.6.2.img

sending 'recovery' (3954 KB)... OKAY

writing 'recovery'... OKAY

I assumed everything was going to be fine despite the issues unlocking. On trying to boot into recovery mode all I get is a screen with an exclamation mark and the android robot.

On turning the phone on as usual it seems that I can not run "Root required" apps such as the N1 torch.

I have tried running the OEM unlock command again but it seems to think that it has worked, as below:

C:\....\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot oem unlock

... INFODevice was already unlocked!

OKAY

It would seem from the newbie guide that I still need to flash the recovery image but that seems to be going fine. I can't see that I've messed up so far so is there some way to "unroot" my phone or go through the OEM unlock process again?

Thanks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jongie123:
You already unlock your bootloader, now put your rom of choice in the root of your sdcard, now flash again

AmonRa recovery, but this time don't reboot, after you you flash the recovery, flash the rom, and reboot.Now you should have su permition. ;)Remember to nandroid backup before flashing the rom.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mellowgato:
I tried this, but still don't have root permissions - any thoughts?

I have read and searched and read some more and searched some more, and now just need some help...

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jongie123:
2 options, either install superboot from the Modaco's site to gain su, or flash Cyanogen's google adon.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Ourea:
I suggest One thing. Pay 15.47 american Usd, at Online Kitchen for Modaco, Viola, Your done, always rooted.. Always Su'd up..

The Bootloader is simple on a windows machine, and so is root.. On Modaco's site there is a whole tutorial on this.. Plus search the threads, a whole ish load too.. ;)

i"d pay the 15.47.. Just Nike it, Just do it.. It's so much easier.. Just click-click, bake, download, flash, done..

Go..Go..!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papermonk:
Thanks, I managed to flash the custom ROM this way, however I can't boot into recovery mode unless I boot from fastboot. Is this to be expected or should I be able to just turn on the phone, unconnected to the computer, while holding volume-down and boot into recovery mode?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
If you just need root, get 'superboot'. It needs to be flashed to the "boot" partition (after unlocking the bootloader).

What it does is copy the root files to the data ROM and sets up permissions the first time the phone is booted (runs some sort of script I guess).

Link to superboot (free), make sure you get the right version:

http://android.modaco.com/content/g...erd79-epe54b-superboot-rooting-the-nexus-one/
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martin0285:
look up "get root back".... Try these commands via ADB:

adb remount

adb shell chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su

....This should "fix_permision" and get you root back, IF you ever had it....
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deprecate:
Using adb you can issue "adb reboot recovery" and wind up in recovery mode. You can also hold down the power button and trackball (connected or disconnected from the computer) and enter fastboot. From there, select bootloader and then recovery.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadhuKashmir:
I am trying to unlock g1 but it fails showing "too many links". It does not do anything else.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rod3:
If you are rooting a G1, correct me if I am wrong, but couldn't you just use one of the one click root methods?

I thought all of the patches denying one click root were contained in official FW's of GB and the G1 did not get it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] chiks19018:
Opera came as the default on the HTC Pure so I have been using that ever since.

Right now I am on Aman's TESS LEO IV and for some reason decided to surf the web using Internet Explorer.

Wow! That is what I can say. The page formats correctly, the rendering while scrolling is nice and clean without any blank spaces.

And it renders Flash too!

Do I miss the mutliple tabs? Not really.

Good Job Microsoft....they have been improving PIE without making a splash:cool:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Dirk:
It really is getting better, especially on the newest WM builds. I'm not convinced enough to move from using Opera but it is certainly adequate as a back-up browser. I hope they continue to make progress with it as it would be nice to see it perfected.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] vader165:
Can someone cab up the newest rss hub and post it? I am stuck on the stock rom and hardspl is being stubborn. Thanks.
[HD2 General] irishkris:
Hi folks,

Just back from my first holiday in France with my HD2 and, despite setting weather, Facebook, Twitter and email not to automatically download while roaming, something seemed to be establishing a GPRS/EDGE connection occasionally.

Any suggestions on what this could be or how to identify it?

Thanks,

Kris
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
stocks? weather? time sync?
[HD2 General] InRBigness:
If you dont want to have any data charges then I strongly recomend NoDatainRoaming by Dynamic+. It automatically switches off data connection (same as modoco no data) when you leave your home area but when you get back to your home area it turns it back on. No more forgeting to turn it off.
[HD2 General] Timothye:
Same here .

i just returned from the USA .

before i walked on the plane i turned off all data connections .

i turned on my phone to take some pictures with it while in the USA . came home to find out i have about 120$ of fee's .

:/
[HD2 General] ononeowen:
you guys are lucky

I took a trip up to Gunma prefecture in Japan for new year. I came back to Taiwan and I had 800 us dollars phone charge... I didn't even take pictures with the phone I just brought it with me!
[HD2 General] Wee Fat Bob:
Had a similar issue in Greece. Footprints and google maps both seem to automatically start the data connection when they start. I have a feeling that the compass may do as well. Could be something to do with quick GPS trying to download updates?

I've been using modoco no data to good effect. May give NoDatainRoaming a go if it's automatic
[HD2 General] rustamg:
same thing on mu dubai trip.. .These connections turn on automatically .
[HD2 General] WasStoNed:
NoData works for me, just configure before you power down the phone to fly
[HD2 General] Jim Coleman:
RSS Reader has no Roaming setting so if you've got it on AUTO, best switch that off.
[HD2 General] seed_al:
A quick search would certainly have brought the answer to all of you!

Don't be lazy!

Anyway, here's the solution: Go to "All Settings" --> Connections --> Connections --> Advanced --> Select Networks

There, simply select "My Work Network" everywhere.

With that setting, your phone is only allowed to use WiFi. There's no need for third party tools or anything, it's that simple.
[HD2 General] alex fung:
My Location?

I think it is more important to find out what is making data connection and how to disable it, rather than using nodata to suppress everything. What if you really need to use HSPA/GRPS during roaming? You need to know how to enable data connection and do your thing without the HD2 automatically doing a lot of other data traffic in the background.
[HD2 General] irishkris:
Alex,

That's exactly my concern - I'd like to be able to use the net knowing the HD2 isn't going to pull down a load of other stuff as well.

The weather tab is set not to connect while roaming, stocks are the same and RSS is configured not to automatically update at all.

The only two other things people mentioned are time sync and my location - how can I tell if those are connecting while roaming.

Kris
[HD2 General] ccezar2004:
does anyone know how my location actually works?... cell broadcasting, gps, or how?... i set up the send no location info in settings and automaticly decline htc location service and the phone still knows were i am....
[HD2 General] alex fung:
I have no idea HD2 is doing timesync, or how I can disable it. As for my location, disable it in the Settings tab.

I believe phone gets cell tower ID via normal handshake operation. Then it asks Google to translate it to a city name. It is the second part that consumes internet data traffic.

There is yet another possibility of hidden data traffic. I think HD2 has AGPS, but there is not interface to enable/disable it. Similar to My Location, AGPS translates cell tower ID to location, and triangulates to pin point where you are. Much quicker than GPS, but not as precise. If it is so, then it explains why taking pictures leads to data traffic.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] mancuk29:
I love my hero it does everything I want and I can get almost all the apps I want.

The only thing I cant find is a decent radio player for the uk where I can listen to UK channels like bbc , key 103 , smooth fm ... I know there is no fm built in and it will have to be a software based one ...

any idea's ??
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] bryanchapman9999:
I use beebplayer for streaming Radio1
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] earthbellybutton:
In my opinion you may try also Cherry Rpayer made it by "aor.leadapps" is it for listening online an you may finde a lot of radio station allover the world. Cheers!
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] chanakya1:
RadioTime is best but sad its a paid app
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] skulkiller:
I use Driod Live Lite its free and works great
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] shenye:
Beeb player for bbc radio stations. Search for the capital FM app on market, it lets you listen to capital, heart and some other highly popular UK radio stations.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dige92:
Hey guys...

I bought a new mini-SD card for my rooted G1. I have the latest CM on it. So now i decided to install my nandroid-backup.. but now i have a problem with downloading all of my old apps from android market. In the market it says that all of my apps are installed, though they aren't. In the app-list of my phone my old apps are still shown and when i click on them it says: This App is not installed on your phone (sorry i'm using a german g1, so i have to translate the messages). So as you can see, my problem is that I can't download any of my old apps from market and i can't delete those entries or like the "rest of the app thats still on my phone". Any ideas ? I don't want to factory reset my phone... cause i love the way it is now (except this issue haha)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolimit78:
Try this. There is a similar issue there the apps don't exist but the Market DB still does, which gives you the problem of not being able to install but cannot uninstall it, because it doesn't exist. Below should help you out.

Type - mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system (enter)
Type - rm /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/* (enter)
Type - reboot (enter)

Words in bracket are instructions and not to be typed.
[Palm Treo 750] sergi00:
hello

Sorry for my bad English.

I am looking for the file update for my Palm Treo 750V to WM6.

Currently my software version is TREO750-1.12-VFF, firmware 1.12.0a.00

Someone would have kept it?

In advance, thank you if you have a solution for me.

Bonjour

Pardon pour mon mauvais anglais.

Je suis à la recherche du fichier de mise à jour pour mon Palm Tréo 750V vers WM6.

Actuellement ma version logicielle est TREO750-1.12-VFF, firmware 1.12.0a.00

Quelqu'un l'aurait il conservé ?

Par avance, merci si vous avez une solution pour m'aider.