yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One General] tsquare2112:
Received mine today. Colors look good. I do have 3G/Edge switching but I had that with my iPhone as well. The only trouble I have is the bottom area of the touch screen is a little picky, but I am pretty sure that is me getting use to it. All in all I love it.
[Nexus One General] faraz1992:
Ya i guess ur right..... its just some iphone lovers projecting minor issues as a major one or just starting rumors about Nexus one....
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rorytmeadows:
Give me a break...

Charlie Kindel

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsphone/archive/2010/03/18/know-your-audience.aspx

This is dumb. I'm sorry, but perhaps you should have talked with some real businesses instead of the fa*gy ones in Silicon Valley. My boss isn't okay with my going on Facebook during work hours. My company also doesn't want my personal phone accessing my company's exchange server. Perhaps Microsoft should have talked with some REAL businesses rather than progressive ones run by overgrown teens.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ronkra:
Like those "typical" households they used to test Vista...facepalm.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Spike15:
I don't mean to sound like I'm defending Microsoft's actions with WP7S -- I definitely am not, and am outspoken about my views regarding WP7s -- but the article said they talked with IT staff and management.

I work in IT, and there's a big difference between us and the management. People at the business use company PCs on the company network to go on Facebook and a variety of other personal sites. People use their company-issued BBs to do personal things.

As IT staff members, we don't care. It's business management that cares. My boss -- manager in charge of technical services -- just shrugs off the Facebook network traffic -- it's not his problem, he just keeps the network running.

Modern IT staffs -- in general -- are very liberal. It's the business management that cracks down on stuff like that.

Also, while management may be deep-rooted in a control, all work no fun philosophy, whether they like it or not, they're waking up to the fact that this generation of worker likes to be liberated. It's being pushed to them by speakers and writers and pundits everywhere.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] hidden_hunter:
I work in IT management in a large government department and that's the trend that we are working towards, we understand there is very little we can do to STOP people trying to use these types of services but if we can have appropriate policies and guidelines in place we at least have some control.

Work-Life balance is a big thing that some employers are trying to push, so there is definately merit to the idea.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] danielhere:
Micro$oft = Apple in disguise. They are following Apple to get the BIG BUCKS now.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rorytmeadows:
Hmm this is interesting. I'm not sure why it's becoming acceptable to check your Facebook messages while at work. Or at least why would people be laying back and giving up some bandwith for it. I'm having a hard time why *.facebook.com isn't already added to firewalls.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Spike15:
Employers are realizing that the liberated worker is actually happier and therefore more productive.

The big boss in my IT department is very hands off in this way, he walks by people standing around talking about not-work, looking up webpages that aren't work, et cetera, and doesn't even care.

He hires only skilled workers, gives them basically unlimited freedom, and as long as the jobs get done, he doesn't care.

It pays off too, everyone there is fiercely dedicated to him and their work, and we have exceptional quality and exceptional turn around, because instead of constantly fearing crossing the line, we want to work because we want him to be happy, because he's so good to us that upsetting him would be devastating.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rorytmeadows:
Well that sounds promising for many, but honestly, I'd rather stay as far away from that Japanese-culture crap and hippie California sh*t as possible.

And then the other question becomes, what if the work ISN'T getting done. I mean this is America, so, most likely it isn't.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] hidden_hunter:
Because we find that facebook is no less damaging than people standing around talking about football for 30 minutes

Yep pretty much, if the work's being done you could sit on facebook all day as far as my boss is concerned
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rorytmeadows:
As someone that was fired from a job because of LiveJournal content, I don't think I can agree with that statement.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Spike15:
As a person who is totally anti-hippie, I can say that it's not "hippie California sh*t [sic]", it's just appealing to human nature.

People who are satisfied with their situation will work harder than people who aren't, and they'll do better work.

It's even gone so far that my immediate superior actually doesn't tell anyone what to do anymore. He just asks you to do it, and because he's such an easygoing dude that's a joy to work for, you do it because the prospect of upsetting him after how good he's been to you is distressing.

It's about people wanting to go to work, wanting to get the work done, and that leading to better output that people who drag themselves to work just for the paycheque.

Sometimes I forget that I'm being paid.

Sometimes I forget to go home on time.

Sometimes I work at home on my free time.

Then you can that worker and find someone who will do the work?

You make it seem as though just because you treat your employees with kindness and respect you can't fire them if they don't perform.

Also: Who's to say "this" is America? I take exception to that -- I wouldn't live in such a terrible country.

In my country our banks have money.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rorytmeadows:
Well, I understand where you're coming from and I can definitely see that productivity would work with that kind of management there. But in a lot of companies, like mine, your workforce isn't bright enough to respond in that manner. I am a therapist at a day program that employs high school graduates (some of which who knows how they made it through high school) and thus, it's a battle to get the work done. They can be gotten rid of, but then replaced by a workforce of the same caliber. Such is my field. Then because of that dominate culture, the "laziness" rubs off on the educated some that also share the space. I don't want any of them on their Facebook accounts at work.

Most of the companies in this country are full of a workforce that can't spell the word workforce. You're entrusting them to these same philosophies of management? You don't have very good odds doing so.

And if you think that this workforce isn't the target audience, that's incorrect. It's the ineducated that rush out to buy Apple products because of the flashiness and lack of functionality. They may not have the money, but hey, there's always public assistance so they can live in a ****ty house, have 3 kids while making $25k a year, and still go out and buy an expensive phone and TV as long as there is a credit card that can be used.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Spike15:
I don't understand why the fact that the average consumer is the target totally precludes enthusiast features.

THIS IS MICROSOFT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!

JUST LOOK AT WINDOWS!

I boot up my Windows 7 machine, I see a very clean, very easy-to-use interface.

My 51-year-old mother, who is probably the most computer illiterate person I have ever met, can use Windows 7, she can use Internet Explorer 8, she can use Microsoft Outlook 2007, and does so on a regular basis, without my help.

By the logic of the WP7S designers, it is impossible that this operating system, that these programs, be useable by people like me -- I am an IT professional. I spend my days at work writing scripts, building and maintaining servers and networks et cetera.

But it's not impossible! Microsoft was the company that showed us this by bringing a "complicated" system to 92% of the computer market!

Let's take that clean, easy-to-use interface I get when I boot my computer.

But now I want more power. I can easy hit WIN+R and type "powershell" and hit ENTER to get a terminal window I can use to do basically anything. I can easy go Start ==> Control Panel to get at the guts of the operating system. There are a million ways -- from right-clicking to hitting keyboard shortcuts -- to get to advanced features, that are hidden in plain sight from the average consumer.

Microsoft wanted Windows 7 and Vista to be easier to use, less confusing, more user-friendly, et cetera. Did they take out the things that made the operating system good for enthusiasts and specialists? Things like Active Directory, MMC, Command Prompt, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, et cetera?

No, in fact, the most powerful administrative tool to come out of Redmond since MMC -- PowerShell -- was added as a default in Windows 7!

I literally cannot believe this is the same company that brought us the likes of Windows. They're the company that took DOS and built Windows, with all the functionality except now useable by a broader audience, and throughout their history they've continued to do that, adding more advanced features to every product while simultaneously making it easier to use, and not just for the average user! Their software targeted at experts becomes easier and easier to use too!

Windows Phone 7 Series is a failure, and betrays everything I respected and thought I knew about my favourite company.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rorytmeadows:
I agree completely. You cannot get the poweruser features that IT specs and nerdy hobbiests like me without buying some application, or at least hacking the phone. You don't have to hack Windows 7 to browse the files or edit the registry. It's part of the OS, as expected.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] CSMR:
Spike15:

Well said! I agree 100%.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gogol:
Agreed,

But too bad .. Microsoft does not see it like that.

This WP7S, according them, it is a brand new line of product.

We should not relate it with Windows desktop OS anymore.

Why?

Because Microsoft clearly stated ... "Phone is not a PC".

No matter what, they will stick to that.

Only time will tell, whether WP7S is a failure or not.

When iPhone was first announced, we all complained it is too restricted (still now). But it is now gaining market rapidly and successful.

Oh yes, WP7S is not for power user like us. Because it is different, because it is NOT targeted to use, power user.

They target all those Facebook addicts, all those Xbox players, all those music souls.

But not techies, nor power users, thinkers, tweakers like us.

That's the thing that I regret about WP7S.

I hope the next iteration (WP7.1 or 7.5 or 8.0) will change the situation.

Until then, Android is the answer :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rorytmeadows:
Well, I guess a slate phone is the answer.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] eaglesteve:
Why not a jailbroken iPhone?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] pilgrim011:
Because, even jailbroken, it still doesn't have SD card, removable battery, customization is poor, no hardware keyboard, not enough serious apps (lots of iFart, iBoobs i****...) etc.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gom99:
Last chart I saw suggested that apple market share has been stuck at 25% for the last 3 months. I'm hoping that's not a one time occurrence, and is rather part of a trend. RIM is at 50%+ and increased a 1-2% during the same time (was expected to fall). Android moved up 5%, WinMo down 3-4%, Palm down 1-2%.

I'm hoping this is a trend so we get away from this idea that a phone does not need advanced features, and that people realize that devices that force vendor lockin is not a good idea.

I like marketplaces, but I don't like artificial enforcement of the marketplace. It's my device, I want to use it as I please. Generally, Freedom = good, artificial restriction = bad.

You can put a nice user-friendly candy-coated UI on something without ripping out the advanced features.

As for wp7, I am liking it better than the iphone experience, I don't think MS will prove to be as restrictive as Apple, so I hope it does well. However, I'm still undecided about what my next OS will be.

But I hope the market starts to swing more open and tech oriented with intuitive UIs on top of powerful open devices. And I hope this makes Microsoft open up their policies a bit as a result.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] tamer1009:
Hello, today i updated my htc touch pro to EnergyROM, i didnt made any mistakes, but the problem is after updating ROM, then you have to align the screen. i did this but after it's done it asks again to align, again again again...

what happend? :eek:

did i lost my htc now?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] the-wrangler:
just try to reflash it, put it back in boot loader (hold volume down + power button, and soft reset all at once until you see the tricolour screen)..you didnt brick it, its prob just a bad flash ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
It does that if you mess up the alignment, but maybe you have other issues. To skip the screen, put a file called "welcome.not" on the root of your sd card. I'm pretty sure that's the name you need.

Edit: yup, it's Welcome.Not
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] revelare:
hello,

I'm looking for a xt9 dictionary...Do you have any .cab with this dictionary...I don't want to change my original language (portugues), so the only way to have polish dic. is to install it...

best rgds
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] berre:
Hi guys,

Don't know if this one is popular here but there's a new version of sweeterhome out (beta)

I love my ahome setup but I must admit sweeterhome has some serious potential.

I've created 2 simple screens but I have an issue

center screen:

left screen:

I noticed that I wasn't able to swipe to another screen anymore because my app tray / widgetblock use the full size of the screen.

If I'm on my center screen (with clock and pure calendar) I can only swipe to my left screen (with apps) when I swipe over the clock widgetblock. Swiping over the pure calendar widget doesn't work.

When I'm on my left screen (apps) I can't swipe to my center screen anymore. On this screen I have one big app tray with 5x4 icons and one small app tray at the bottom with 5 apps. In other words, the complete screen is filled up with app trays (both of them are locked).

Anybody using sweeterhome here which might be able to help? I've posted this on the sweeterhome site as well...

Thx

B
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] dethduck:
go into edit mode on the left screen, edit the properties of the springboard launcher you made to open up the apps tray (I assume you are using a springboard for that), then in the properties of that springboard should be an option that says "make minimizable"; toggle that to yes. exit out of edit mode now you should be able to toggle that same springboard app launcher to both open and close that tray it controls. give you back your desktop.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] dethduck:
alternately, resize the app tray so it doesn't cover up the bottom where your toggles are.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
For root users with recovery img only.

Save zip to sdcard, reboot into recovery, and flash the zip from sdcard.

Enjoy.

OR

If you comfortable with a linux shell, you can mount the system partition as rw, and delete the htclockscreen app from /system/app (if you even think about asking me for help, just use the patch and save us both some wasted time). However feel free to email/msg/call at home at 1am Unheard for help, since he wanted to point out the command line procedure.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jamezelle:
(golf clap):)
[Droid Eris Android Development] sunder74:
applying wallpaper to the nexus lock screen

hey fantastic patch by the way! thanks so much for the hard work. i do prefer the nexus lock screen however is the transparency the only option? i tried to apply the wall via menu/wallpaper/lockscreen...says wallpaper applied etc but doesnt show when the device is locked. is this a limitation of the initial root? would it be advisable to go to v3 of the 2.1 root? again fantastic work much appreciated...
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
v0.3.0 is advisable, wont fix your problem. Will look into it after I have a break from the phone for a bit.
[Droid Eris Android Development] RADirklaw84:
One other bug ive seen with the wallpaper is that it does not allow you to shut off or snooze your alarm so I had to restart or appkill to get it to shut off
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
RADirklaw84

Confirmed that 14 minutes ago, work wakeup in a long time.
[Droid Eris Android Development] edgeupgx:
How/where can I remove this without re-flashing?
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
By using that nandroid backup you made, right before trying it?

Didn't make one? Probably have to reflash.
[Droid Eris Android Development] edgeupgx:
Im good backup didnt work at first because Im guessing the phones power was low. Right after I posted had put my wifes phone on the pc to charge and the nandroid back up went through.
[Droid Eris Android Development] lljksac:
I'm probably in the minority that actually enjoys the lock screen more than live wallpapers, but this patch is great. Other than a few small visual issues, this is perfect. I hated the Sense lock screen. Great work jcase!
[Droid Eris Android Development] 2wisted:
installed it and love it only issue i have with it would be the alarm wont snooze...will you be working on that or is this just something we would have to work around? other than that its a great extra
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
The issue is in the HTC Alarm, and Sense. Use another alarm clock.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Jboxen:
Love it. Nice job.
[Droid Eris Android Development] 2wisted:
what are some good alarm clock replacements out there that i might be able to use?
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
Dunno, when you find one tell me please.
[Droid Eris Android Development] droidkevlar:
Sent this to a buddy cuz he too scared to do the commands via adb and he is an idiot and got it to work. I stamp this, idiot proof. :)

Thanks for this. Saves me on gas having to do this for his phone.
[Droid Eris Android Development] lljksac:
Gentle Alarm works much better.
[Droid Eris Android Development] SoCalSpecialist:
thanks for this!

was a great addition to my theme
[Droid Eris Android Development] Craigerade:
I love the Nexus lock screen it keeps me from pocket dialing. I wish I could set a lock screen background though.
[Droid Eris Android Development] mtnbiker9999:
I really like this lockscreen and it works great except if i put my phone into airplane mode. When it comes out of airplane mode, the lockscreen continues to say 'No Sim Card', display the 'emergency call' and no longer show the battery charge. Rebooting the phone fixes it. Perhaps the CDMA Nexus One lock screen will fix this problem.
[Droid Eris Android Development] .mak:
Works great on my rooted 2.1 Eris. The only issue I had was the phone was sluggish at the first reboot after the flash,

but that may be a placebo effect

and could have been caused by a number of things.

As others have mentioned, a non-transparent option would be very much appreciated :) ..even just a graphite colored, solid background would be better. For now, this works perfect as-is as far as I can tell.

EDIT: Yep! It was a placebo effect, it wasn't the Nexus lock screen mod at all that made the phone sluggish. Must have been a new/fresh app that did it!
[Droid Eris Android Development] WalkingTaco:
I love this lock screen. Not a big fan of the transparent because I have my sense clock on the home page and the clock on the lockscreen clashes with the clock on the homescreen. pretty lame on my part but im picky. I was wondering what program I could open the zip into to try and delete the clock or if anyone knows how? I'm not that experienced with code but I could poke around.
[Droid Eris Android Development] shaninNH:
Is there any way to adjust the degree to which the background fades? For example if the background fades 50%, can it be increased to, say, 80%? In that case the transparency/overlap issue would be greatly reduced.
[Droid Eris Android Development] WalkingTaco:
no you can't
[Droid Eris Android Development] legion505:
Will this still work if I have the HTC Sense UI enabled?
[Droid Eris Android Development] muerteman:
Yes, it works with Sensable on my phone which is basically sense. I would also like to suggest making the backgroud not transparent. My only slight issue with this is the overlap with my homescreen clock.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
I no longer do dev work specifically for the eris. You are welcome to add modifications and republish yourself.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Marisa:
I'm having the same issue. It temporarily worked properly when I happened to reboot on the go, however I cannot reproduce this. I've tried a variety of solutions, but only things I could have been doing at the time. Not sure what made the difference those couple times.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Droid Eris Android Development] n2imagination:
help with alarm

has anyone been able to remedy the inability to kill the alarm when it goes off with this lock-screen up? Love the lock-screen and I know jcase has moved on but, aside from re-flashing, is there a fix. When the alarm goes off and it is locked there is no dismiss pop-up with this lock-screen so I have to Astro kill off the process or completely restart the phone. Even when i kill off the alarm the vibrate keeps on going until restart. If no solution I will not re-flash this on when I flash Evil Eris 1.2 when Framework releases is here in the next few days since I use the alarm 3-4 times a day for time reminders.

Thanks for any help
[Droid Eris Android Development] Marisa:
You'll have to use a different alarm, Sense alarm is built to work with the Sense lock. Gentle Alarm was suggested earlier, I've given it a try and it is definitely worth the small fee.
[Droid Eris Android Development] DeezNotes:
I'd like to do this as well. Yesterday I found this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=665652 and crashed my phone messing around with it.
[Droid Eris Android Development] mtnbiker9999:
The V3 leak that just came out fixes this bug.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Puxxie:
Hi all I'm trying hard to figure out what I'm doing wrong, but I followed the directions and get this when trying to run the update. I placed it on my sdcard not in any folders reboot into recovery

i press vol up to boot into recovery then select Apply sdcard:update.zip

Then it says..

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command

--Install from sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

Can anyone help or tell me why this is??

THanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
File corruption, redownload. Something changed the signature.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Puxxie:
Thanks for the reply!! i'm going to try now to see if it works thanks. And if I may ask you if it doesn't work, is there any new way to put this on my Eris by chance? Thanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] Puxxie:
This didn't work. I tried redownloading a number of times and tried renaming the file to update.zip still no go. Can someone tell me where I can find directions of doing a linux shell or is there any other way to possibly get this on my Eris?
[Droid Eris Android Development] LexusBrian400:
Why are you changing the name of the file?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Puxxie:
Well I read in another post someone was trying to install something from there sd card and it was giving them the same error I'm getting, so someone told them to re name the file to update.zip so the phone will read it but it still didn't work for me