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[Desire Themes and Apps] MaTiCeK-:
I agree that the things you stated would be sweet to have. I've rooted my Desire just to tether and to run Apps from SD. However, WiFi tethering still isn't hassle free. Sure I'll use it if I really have to, but at this point it certainly isn't something.to show off to people. Symbian phones can do it without hacking, using Joikuspot app (currently $5). Come to think of it, doesn't the Palm Pre also offer WiFi tether out of the box?

I've had the Desire for 2 weeks now, I kind of like it, but find that Android isn't really much more open than iPhone OS. On a jailbroken iPhone, I can do pretty much everything, I can on my rooted Desire, except for the obvious things as is LED flash and Flash Lite in the browser. None of which are really great.

About syncing with your Mac, comming from an Apple only set up I had the same issues. I suggest you try googling for SyncMate and you probably already know DoubleTwist for syncing media.

As last word of advice, keep your iPhone, I sure will mine. :)

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[Desire Themes and Apps] safsephiroth666:
You're unhappy about this, you're unhappy about that. You can be unhappy as much as you want but that's how it's working right now. I know that it's a hassle using Wi-Fi tether on the desire right now. But it'll get better. You can't just say "Make it so" and expect it'll be done. The guys on this forum are trying the best they can. You don't like it there are alternatives.

And as you said in the first post, you would have known all these issues if you informed yourself better before purchasing the phone, and not complain that this is somehow a problem that android or the devs here created.
[Desire Themes and Apps] p-slim:
You are wrong and sound stupid. Wifi tethering is not free nor is it an option so if you want it you have to root your phone. Why should wifi tethering be free? Not to mention the palm pre plus and palm pre pixie come with the app from Verizon, the sprint versions do not. The evo comes with sprint hotspots. If you don't have a hot spot app blame your carrier not android moron.
[Desire Themes and Apps] potter1984:
If ya can't be bothered why bother getting one in the first place. And people come here for help with rooting and ROM s that's what the whole sites about.

If you not rooting or have questions rooting related then ask on a forum for USERS not devs.

Sooo glad I never went an got a iPad poo. Even better the HP tablets out soon.

An if your out with it ipoo just sit in McDonald's and get free WiFi or just buy a WiFi router..........

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[Desire Themes and Apps] MaTiCeK-:
Well it doesn't have anything to do with the carrier if one's not living in the US. I can tether my phone as much as I want. In Europe we pay for data volume not for the way we use it. Sadly the US trends seem to be spreading to the EU more and more, so maybe one day our freedom of consuming mobile data will end also.

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[Desire Themes and Apps] dickson123:
Sounds like you should have just bought an old 2nd hand crappy winmo 6.1 device and used the wifi tether on that with the sim out your iPhone.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
You people are ****ing nuts. (Excluding the nice mac user who wrote some nice things about his experience)

If we could go back a few hundred years, you'd be the kind of people trying to convince yourselves and others, that the african american slaves should be happy with what they've got, and that the right to vote and full pay is pie in the sky and shouldn't be free.

If HTC and android figured out a way to make wifi tether come out of the box, do you think HTC phones sales would drop? or increase?

If HTC offered supported software to tether and sync their phones to macs, do you think their phone sales would drop? or increase?

I'm not asking for something that is impossible or expensive. It is not included out of pure laziness. It's not included because you're happy with what little you get for free from the hard working developers in this community who are working on it, because there is no alternative.

To the iphone guy who advised I keep my iphone. You're right. I will. It was stupid of me to expect HTC and android could come close to replacing it. And I imagine this will continue to be the case until HTC learns to take care of their apple users who are wishing to defect.
[Desire Themes and Apps] safsephiroth666:
Well excuse me! We don't need the likes of you! Begone!
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
Sure thing Endora.
[Desire Themes and Apps] desmopro:
You are really stupid, im sure at 99% you have jailbreaked your iphone, because Apple DONT ALLOW AT ALL wifi thetering application on the market.

Its not an android problem, but an HTC problem, if you want that on a HTC device, make like if you wanted to get multitasking on your old phone, JAILBREAK/ROOT
[Desire Themes and Apps] omniwolf:
how quickly people with barely more experience than the OP are to jump in and troll around about this issue. most of you i wish would just go away, you're giving the rest of us a bad name.

as for the actual issue, fair enough. you bought a phone that you thought could do something, but you were wrong. so, what's the actual reason for you post? you want wifi tethering to work easily.

i would say the reason why they don't allow you to do this easily can be explained through this scenario. imagine wifi tethering was enabled:

you set up wifi tethering and put on some simple password like "penis", and then forget about it. some people find your WAP and connect, then proceed to download a ton of movies. after they go over your 50MB of data allowed on your plan, you get charged thousands of dollars (literally) for their downloads. of course you don't want to pay, so you have to blame someone.. hmm. it's probably going to be the phone manufacturer for allowing this to happen.

even if this scenario only happened once, the bad press from "HTC phones are easy to hack into: hackers racked up a $5000 bill on innocent Joe Bloggs' phone account" would be enough to make them stop wifi tethering.

so, with a bit of hacking ourselves, we've been able to enable a rudimentary form of wifi tethering. it's totally custom made, free, and has helped a lot of people get some desired (excuse the pun) functionality out of their phone. but apparently this isn't good enough, OP. you want a perfect app with all options, nice graphics, and a happy ending?

i have one thing to say: if it doesn't work as you want it to, write the program yourself.

you have come to the wrong place to complain about a free application that someone in their spare time has worked out and released to the masses.

i think HTC are probably right with this decision (from a PR point of view, not a functionality one of course). if you're here to talk about how lazy htc are, you're in the wrong place. but i don't think you are - you mentioned that you thought this thread should be in the development forum, so i think you're here to complain that no one has developed something for you. again, you're in the wrong place. do it yourself or pay someone to write it, but don't come here thinking we owe you.
[Desire Themes and Apps] :
sheesh.....lots of bad attitude in here.

if you need wifi tethering out of the box and without having to hack/root, you should have bought the HD2 which has it's wi-fi router built in.

a little research would have told you that, but as you already said, you realise that.

anyway, despite all the *****ing and grumbling in here, the fact remains that if you want wifi tethering on the desire, you have already been given the answer a few times from what i can see.

It seems though, that you might be better off seeing if you can find someone to trade your desire for their HD2...
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
Woah... Lots of 'You're in the wrong place' comments. Thanks for letting me know.

Well, blame the moderator who moved my post into this place in the first place.

I'm a consumer. I'm not complaining that the android developers haven't done a good enough job with the wifi tether application that you can get for free (and barely works on the desire).

I'm complaining that we need to root our phones to get them to do something they should be able to do in the first place.

HTC usb tether doesn't work on my mac. What's their excuse? They haven't got one.

It felt good to ***** about it. I just spent 600 bucks AUD on a phone that doesn't do what I want it to do (my fault) but the fact remains that the thing I want it to do, should really come as a built in functionality.

I'm right in saying so. There are countless posts on this forum and modaco from people saying "I just want wifi tether and backup"

Posting my rant made me feel better about the money I paid for a phone that doesn't do what I want. If you don't like it, don't read it.

And by the way, the mistake I made was in assuming (yes. ass out of you and me) that all of the new rooted android phones would wifi tether once the application was installed.

Boo HTC for not supporting apple computers/users.

You're losing market share and giving me every reason to look forward to the new iphone and no reason to look forward to new HTC devices.
[Desire Themes and Apps] totorip:
what terminal are you using and how do you kill ping
[Desire Themes and Apps] lukacs.attila:
This topic should be closed. Now. Period.
[Desire Themes and Apps] desmopro:
Are you really sure usb not working, that work on my linux with no any drivers so ...

try to see in control panel if your mac detect a "New network card", if not lets me know your version of OSX (10.5.8? 10.6.3? 10.6.4beta?)
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
No, there is more to discuss. Don't be a *****.
[Desire Themes and Apps] potter1984:
Well said :)

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[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
Thanks for the tips dude. I will no doubt be messaging you to ask for advice on how you got Syncmate and doubletwist to work. Did you manage to get USB tethering working on your mac with your desire?
[Desire Themes and Apps] MicTh:
hmm...

I my opinion all sofware and hardware developers should exclude apple products. Thats pretty much what apple are doing so why should everybody else do their work for free because they are so gready ?

If you buy another phone because you have realized this, why don´t you buy another laptop to?

I do not mean to punk you, but I have taken that choice to a while ago and sure I sometime miss the iPhone but I refuse to buy apples product because they are so arrogant when it comes to support and service (in my country anyway)

Good luck :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] gogol:
Well, you should be thankful because even though you need root, there is a way to have this wifi tether.

If you are not satisfied, you can always sell (or return it if you may) your HTC Desire ... and back to square one.

Or like other user said, probably you need HTC HD2 ... or other WinMo device to achieve your "goal" (to have wifi tether for your iPad).

I am not an expert on iPad nor any Apple iDevice. But, I read that you can jailbreak an iPad AND iPhone. Have you check this? Probably there is non-approved app for iPad / iPhone for this?

Probably you will say "I don't like jailbreaking (as you dont like rooting)". Keep in mind that in the first place, you cannot have that on your iPad. It is not supported officially as Apple stated. Thus, you should explore "any" workaround available. Whether it is via jailbreak or rooting your Android.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
Hey, I totally agree. Apple are evil. They are the new microsoft. But microsoft is still microsoft, and Windows sucks balls. Even windows7.

I'd put up with windows7, if I could get hardware as hot as my macbook. But I can't get hardware anywhere near as sexy.

Wanna start a company with me? We can make computers some how as hot as macbooks, but with better software and support. lol.
[Desire Themes and Apps] omniwolf:
when i said the wrong place, i meant xda-developers completely, not just the wrong forum within xda-devs.

by the way, nice back tracking there. you're now basically admitting to trolling yourself. this thread should be closed.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
I jail broke my iphone 2g. I jailbroke my iphone 3g. I jailbroke my iphone3gs. I'm not afraid of jailbreaking. Or rooting.

But I bought this android phone hoping I wouldn't have to do that anymore. As I said a million times, my mistake.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
I wasn't so much trolling as fishing for someone to say 'hey, this is how you do it.'

I got close, with the helpful mac guy who gave me some tips. So mission accomplished.

Why are forum *****es so ****ing nasty? It's a free world. Be friendly. Help each other. Be nice.
[Desire Themes and Apps] lukacs.attila:
Then why are you still using the F word, and call us "*****"?
[Desire Themes and Apps] 2004mark:
Urmm.. HD2???
[Desire Themes and Apps] potter1984:
Had hd2.... which I'm guessing this guy should of got. Would of sorted out his WiFi tether probs, I'm guessing he will actually be doing some research next time, before splashing the cash lol. BTW ****ing love my HTC desire. Best phone I have ever owned. Period.... lol

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[Desire Themes and Apps] potter1984:
Lol, Sorry did i touch a nerve?.......

And the devs are smart enought im sure but their busy with work that pay the bills first ;)
[Desire Themes and Apps] stingerpl:
Well, better stop expecting someone to do it for you and do it for yourself for a change.
[Desire Themes and Apps] jamesd256:
It's a shame people are so quick to over react.

There are some points being lost amongst the squabbling here:

1) The carriers don't want you to tether, so they put pressure on the phone manufacturers to make it difficult. It has nothing to do with laziness. I don't begrudge them that. It's a cut and thrust world, and many people wouldn't own a £500 phone if it wasn't available on contract.

2) Any one who calls any corporate entity 'greedy' is fooling themselves. All corporate entities are driven by profit. The Apple board are on auto pilot and just playing to the market as anyone would.

3) I too was disappointed to find out that Android was not as open as I expected, but I don't find it too much of a pain to get round it by rooting. I have flashed HTC phones countless times and never bricked one.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
You're right on all counts.

The only issue is that the HTC Desire rooting process may be causing a bug where usb connectivity dies, permanently. At first they thought it was app2sd, but paul can't rule out that it's the rooting process. So i'm too paranoid to root the phone just to get wifi tether. And taking into account that wifi tether doesn't really work, (without manually setting ip addresses and subnet masks, and pinging from the phone each time) I'm a bit hesitant to root the phone.

It's just disappointing. So many people will pounce on me for being an iphone user, or for being at all disappointed with the beloved android. But I am. I mean, I can't even get skype on my htc desire because google hasn't added the htc rom for the desire to the list of roms allowed to download protected programs. It's not at all open. It's sounding more and more like apple every minute.

Yet. I still have the phone. I'm happy with a lot of the functionality. I miss a number of iphone apps that won't ever be built for android. But it's still nice to slowly wean myself off of apple.
[Desire Themes and Apps] foxmeister:
If you truly want "open" Android, the solution is to buy the Nexus One.

On the subject of WiFi tethering though, I rather suspect that it isn't the panacea that most people think it will be. When I used WiFi tethering on my rooted Hero, it would drain the battery so fast that even keeping the phone plugged in to the mains wouldn't stop it from shutting down in less than an hour.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Themes and Apps] Raul Duke:
"Android 2.2 'Froyo' to include USB tethering, WiFi hotspot functionality"

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/android-2-2-froyo-to-include-usb-tethering-wifi-hotspot-funct/

:)
[Desire Themes and Apps] MicTh:
well

Actually I also agree with "jamesd256" and I don´t see anybody pouncing you for beeing a iPhone user. The problem is that you make it sound like you expect everybody to just go to work for you, just because YOUR dissapointed over something that is partialy due to your selection of harware. I´m sure people don´t give a sh.. which phone you uses but don´t start your threat with complainting instead of requiring.

I thing you got out, what you put in this thread ;)
[Desire Themes and Apps] gogol:
There you go :) Wait for Android 2.2 and you will be settled ... throw away your iPhone 3GS for good ... *lol* j/k :P
[Desire Themes and Apps] jamesd256:
Ok, I didn't realise that. I have only read superficially about rooting the Desire so far. I will, as usual, wait a while for things to settle down before I take the plunge. I would be amazed if there isn't a stable rooting process in the coming months. I admit that's not much use if you want it now.

As for Wifi tether, not sure what you exactly mean, but it works great on my G1. I am with Virgin media which is a bit unreliable, so we often use the G1 to get the household back online, and I've never had too many issues configuring it, just used it out of the box with access control.
[Desire Themes and Apps] awf:
Yes i wait for android 2.2 but I never had Apple stuff either lol:D
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
To the guy who said I was complaining. Yes I was complaining.

I was complaining because I was shocked that this didn't come included with my phone --> http://goo.gl/rDJs

It appears it will now. So To the other guys who said it was pie in the sky and silly to ask for such things. F*ck you very much.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sirako5:
haha, yeah. I would throw it away, but I gave it to my boyfriend instead as a handmedown. :) Very excited for 2.2
[Desire Themes and Apps] nicelad_uk:
2.2 Should include everything you need, its a major update even if its not supposed to be, faster, a2sd, wifi hotspot etc etc, all major updates I think!

BUT, there is doubts on when that will be available too, so don't think of that as an easy way to resolve this issue you have.

I have rooted, from a mac, using Pauls method and installed MCR r3 from his baking section, all works fine and a2sd works great as does connectivity. At first, I lost Internet Connectivity, so I flashed again and formatted my SD card, all back and fine.

Happy customer here, just one thing you need to remember about this place is that it will always help you if you are nice, so lets try and be civil and help each other, thats why we are here.
[General Questions and Answers] Blazey:
So I have an HTC Fuze with a recent NRG rom on it. It has been working fine for the past month but today after sending a text then locking it right after, the keyboard input seems to have gotten changed. I first noticed when the question mark button put a slash instead. Then I realized that the entire top row of keys were #'s 1-9 like on a comp keyboard. I figured the keyboard selector got changed but it was still on the Pro keyboard. I checked advanced config as well and no changes there. Any advice?
[General Questions and Answers] Agent Zach:
Here's a shot at it:

If the Keyboard Selector says it's using the Fuze keyboard, change it to the Touch Pro layout.

Soft-Reset.

Switch it back to the Fuze layout.

Soft-Reset, and reply with results.
[General Questions and Answers] bigcurefan:
Worked for me, thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxuniform:
Hi guys. Anyone know why the 'E' disappears from the phone screen every now and then after being in standby mode for a while? When I 'wake' the phone up, it eventually comes back. It should be present at all times, no? Especially with push Gmail on.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] brooklyncat:
I need someone to help me with these tabs for a stock rom. If it can be done.
[XPERIA X2 General] andres27:
well since i screwed up my x2 while i was updating it , i have this idea: if a have the SE international warranty in my hands right now, but i dont have any clue about the guy who sold me the phone, may i send my phone back to usa with the warranty ? what if they ask me about the seller? could they just give a new one just getting my old x2 and the warranty?

i actually have a friend living in usa right now , she could do all this but i dont wanna send her my phone until i got sure this idea 'll work
[XPERIA X2 General] Avarell_Dalton:
The only ones who can answer this question with high accuracy is SE themselves, why not give the SE service in your country a call and ask them what to do. It's not like you're burning any bridges if you do that, on the contrary. I think they give you an address to a local service centre where you can drop it.

I suppose you don't have the original receipt so ask about that when you call SE. I read in the English pdf manual SE has 2 years warranty on the phone and every phone sold lays in that time frame. I know warranty time can vary but my guess is its 2 years worldwide since that pdf file is accessible for everyone at their web page.

GL, A.D
[XPERIA X2 General] andres27:
well i guess you right, but i dont have a local SE support , i'm in chile and my closest SE suppoort service is in colombia, lol.
[XPERIA X2 General] hertell:
So, you can't get the phone into the "update-mode" by pressing the powerbutton and volume-button simultaneously?
[XPERIA X2 General] Avarell_Dalton:
Aha, i'm sorry to hear that.
[XPERIA X2 General] andres27:
no i cant:(
[Nexus One General] D200P13:
just thought id post this for those with battery issue. maybe this will help see why battery goes low quick.

- Charges at 480mA when installed in Nexus One phone connected to USB, at 980mA when installed in phone connected to charger

- Talk time: Up to 10 hours on 2G, Up to 7 hours on 3G

- Standby time: Up to 290 hours on 2G, Up to 250 hours on 3G

- Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G, Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi

- Video playback: Up to 7 hours

hmm i dont know about the video playback haha. if the screen is the number 1 battery drainer as the default battery history information says 7 hours might be false.
[Nexus One General] D200P13:
UltimateJuice seems like it might help also. i will check it out but if anyone has tried it and i havnt posted here please beat me to it and let us know the results of it.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] n1ghtwish:
Somehow, not too long ago, I came across a boot animation that was a combination of the waving bots WITH the "Eris" text in the center, and then it played the stock Moto Droid animation.

Does anyone have this anim?? If someone has it, post it up and I'll link to it here so this thread doesn't end up entirely useless

Thanks!
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] Riley1524:
Here you go!
[HD2 General] es5296:
what's upi just got my hd2 and loving it, except for the email app. i have my yahoo email to filter emails to different folders does anyone know how to be able to see the other folders other than inbox?
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
go to your inbox, menu > tools > manage folders try that mate
[HD2 General] es5296:
no worky . i still don't see My folders. Itd still the standard draft, inbox, sent, outgoing, and deleted items.
[HD2 General] Tunay:
I have the same "problem"/issue with my Leo...
[HD2 General] boogieTilt:
Inbox

Tap the Yahoomail/Inbox, then tap the Inbox dropdown.:cool:
[HD2 General] Tunay:
I have the folders but they are empty on my phone...
[HD2 General] powerslave69:
me too with gmail account...only inbox..no labels/folders...

there is no MENU--TOOLS----MANAGE FOLDER view....
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00233:
I got a great deal on a used nexus and got everything but the USB cable. Is it possible for me to unlock my boot loader before I buy a cable for it?