yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Incredible General] anothen:
Hey guys- I've got a few updates that should help.

I've ordered my phone on May 13 in the AM through telesales. I have been following a thread on AndroidForums.com. People have been posting their location, order date & and received date as opposed to the garbage Verizon has been reading off of a screen for a 'status'. It looks like the midwest and west coast are 1-3 days behind the east coast for shipping notifications. I ordered mine on the 13th, live in MA and received my shipping notification about 30 minutes ago and the phone will be shipping out of PA. Other people in the midwest and on the west coast are just not reporting to receive notifications who have ordered on the 10th-11th.

By trend- east coast should be receiving their 10-13th orders by friday whereas the midwest/west coast will be receiving their 9-11th orders by friday.

I hope this helps....
[Droid Incredible General] g00s3y:
This waiting thing is crazy, I walked into my local store the day after it was released and they still had a bunch available. Bought mine right then and there.
[Droid Incredible General] kaiserII101:
So do you guys think if I order mine on July 5th that Verizon would have built back up a stock of Incredibles or do you think I would be waiting till July 25th?(do not want to do that especially if the shadow has better stats)
[Droid Incredible General] jbh00jh:
Until the problem getting the screen is solved (all the new phones are using that screen now) vzw won't be able to build up their stock. If you want the phone you need to order as soon as you can and get on the waiting list now. The screen shortage could last for months.
[Droid Incredible General] kaiserII101:
-bashes samsung-
[Droid Incredible General] MrDJ:
I bought mine the day it came out. It was already on backorder before the store even opened that day. So I don't know what you are talking about. this phone has never not been on backorder
[Droid Incredible General] chameleon131:
They haven't always been backordered. My friend went on the Saturday after the device was released and bought one right in-store. This was in rural Pennsylvania though, so obviously every store is going to be a different story.

So who else thinks this AMOLED screen shortage thing is a ploy by Samsung to sell more of their own devices? :-p
[Droid Incredible General] rloyd:
Received shipping info

Just received confirmation email with Fed-Ex tracking info.

Ordered on 5/16 and will arrive 6/2 by 4:30PM.

Hang in there, it's just a matter of time.

-Rob
[Droid Incredible General] DeeBG:
I just got a call from a local VZW store saying that my Incredible came in but my only means of transportation (well, more than 0.5 mile transportation at least) was borrowed from me on Sunday and won't be back until next Sunday.

I wasn't expecting it so soon given I just placed the order last week and the online orders were pushed back again. VZW + HTC really know how to work the tease... x.x. I might break down before Sunday and just get a taxi or jack a friend's ride =p.
[Droid Incredible General] chameleon131:
Ordered in-store: 5/21

Received shipping notification: 6/7

(18 days from order date)

Estimated delivery date: 6/9

(20 days from order date)

It's coming from West Chester, PA which is only 45 minutes from my house. But it'll take 2 days to get here. I hate how shipping works :-p
[Droid Incredible General] PyroInsane:
Protip: Instead of ordering online like a jackass, go to your local retailers, support their jobs, and get one in a store! We wouldn't lie to you like the website does ;)

Which brings me to my second point, the shortage has been all over the web from the start of the problem, if you missed the fact that the phone was on backorder, that's your fault.
[Droid Incredible General] wpbear:
If you order online there is no activation fee, in store you get charged the $35 and I have heard people not getting the shipping email from in store. They get the phone the promised date but for some reason the email of shipment is delayed and this causes trouble for those not home 24/7 to sign for the box.
[Droid Incredible General] rynosaur:
This kind of attitude is why I never buy in-store. Salespeople and their attitudes! You cell salesmen are almost as bad as used car salesmen--not as much bad cologne. The salesperson at my VZ store said "Hopefully, you'll get it soon.", but the site says "ships by 6/14". I prefer the promise. Means I can call up on 6/14 if need be and get free stuff for not cancelling my order ;)
[Droid Incredible General] br125:
I have always bought all of our phones in store and never had any activation fees... could it be that we have a business plan? If so, I was unaware of this $35 charge and I would absolutely save some money and purchase on-line.
[Droid Incredible General] wpbear:
Activation fees are a norm in wireless on new lines. Some (few) biz plans will give free activation. I have a biz plan that give 15% off month fees but still pay activation. I asked in store and they said no. It is not my fault that wireless co are stabbing their employees by giving this deal online only. And i agree with the post up about cell sales people being like used car sales (especially the ATT reps)
[Droid Incredible General] digitallocksmith:
Should have pre-ordered it. I got mine a day before release. I also have some MVP thing where I get a 20% service discount and 20% off accessories, as well as noactivations fee...and 18 month upgrades as opposed to 2 years. Not sure how that happened, but I'll take it.

As far as waiting goes, it is worth it. Whining only makes it worse for yourself.
[Droid Incredible General] E30kid:
I was contemplating the idea of ordering the phone from VZW online two days ago, but I decided to call around to my local resellers and ended up finding one the next day. Every Best Buy in a 50 mile radius was sold out, along with my local Verizon stores.

Having the phone now sure beats waiting until the end of the month.
[Droid Incredible General] wpbear:
I searched local today and struck out. I want the wirefly deal for $149 w/free activation but they wont even give an ETA to ship, they will take the order and when it comes in they will send it. With Verizon website they charge $50 more and $35 to activate but they give a date it will ship.
[Droid Incredible General] brandonpa:
I ordered from the store and I did not get charged an activation fee. Whichever store is charging you is ripping you off. In fact I ended up activating my phone on their website without any problems. In response to the op it is funny it starts in west chester pa and then goes to coatesville pa and then to Newark jk then to your home FedEx delivery center then to you. Or at least the was the path that my phone traveled.

Perhaps I did not get charged due to not signing a new contract and paying full price for this beast?
[Droid Incredible General] wpbear:
Activation fee would only be on new lines. I am starting two new lines (DI and Blackberry) when I place this order. I found a place that only does phone orders that want $250 for the DI and $130 for the blackberry; each with $100 rebates supposedly. I am a little worried about phone only places and I dont like the idea of having to do mail in rebates. But they do have the DI in stock.
[Droid Incredible General] rynosaur:
I paid for my DI on 5/24 from verizonwireless.com and got it today, 6/10. In that interval, they cancelled the new number they were going to give me and gave it to someone else LOL . . . they're all jambed up!
[Droid Incredible General] ilinimud:
Amazon had them last night! I order one, probably out now though.
[Droid Incredible General] wpbear:
amazon says 2-3 weeks to deliver. that was last night. They dont say out of stock ever, but they also will take the order and ship in the future.
[Droid Incredible General] rynosaur:
Around where I used to live in Boston, one Best Buy has had them all along, although no one picked up their phone to verify ;) Also, several BB stores in the NYC area have continued to show them in-stock.
[Droid Incredible General] knwlsh:
and how plausible are the delivery promises?

I ordered mine on 5/25/10 and they are still telling me '6/15/10'. I hope that really at least means 'before Christmas'!!
[Droid Incredible General] vzw:
HEY NOW! lets keep the Verizon Sucks to yourself if you don't mind I work for the company and it is a GREAT company... Just because your phones on back order don't blame verizon we are a SERVICE PROVIDER we provide service on your Equipment that is the Manufactures ISSUE... The hold up is the screen the company that makes the screens wasn't expecting such high a demand.... WHY I DON'T know...... They were warned by VZW It has to do with the touch points and the chemical they use... I don't know more than that.... Please Forgive the service provider for manufactures screw ups... Believe me we would love to have them in stock think of how many more we could sell!!! Oh btw The BEST PHONE EVER ON VERIZON WIRELESS! I love mine.... I got it pre-order and had it the day before it launched... My suggestion watch our website for pre-order opportunities in the future.
[Droid Incredible General] dsjr2006:
He has a great point and since Verizon is the only place you can get the phone then it is their fault. They are responsible for supply from the manufacturer so they should have ordered enough. Simple as that and there is no excuse for not alerting a customer that the product they ordered is not available when they expect it.
[Droid Incredible General] wpbear:
So this weekend Wirefly received a huge shipment of DI. I ordered one and then my name came up on the waiting list at Best Buy. I was next in line and Best Buy got only one. So I cancel Wirefly even though BB cost $50 more since Wirefly was screwing with me over my different shipping and billing addresses.

Anyway, try Wirefly they may still have some.
[Droid Incredible General] ohwut:
Actually if they're on "backorder" that means Verizon ordered MORE than HTC Could supply. As it's been reported plenty of times the Incredible shortage is due to the AMOLED shortage caused by Samsung, since HTC can't get enough AMOLEDs from Samsung, HTC can't supply Verizon the phone.

Everyone blame Samsung.
[XPERIA X10 General] Papazian25:
I haven't used my email much on my xperia but thought I should give it a try? I want to have a big widget with my inbox on one screen if possible. What mail-app can do this? Which one do people use and recommend?
[XPERIA X10 General] Papazian25:
Ok, so I'm guessing this is not possible on the x10... Or people really don't use mail-apps :)
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
I've had a look around for something but nothing that worked well.

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Sent from my X10i
[XPERIA X10 General] tuxStyle:
I don't use widgets (excepting timescape :P) so, i have no idea but, the email client from X10 is one tap away from your emails... just put it on the screen.

Also, you will see your new emails in timescape.

Another good email client is K-9.

Just check the market.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] getsch0208:
MusiCentre for Windows Mobile​

This is a Centre for managing Music & Videos. It should replace all your other Media Apps (Album, WMP...)

Development Team today: outerdepth, getsch0208

- We need every Developer who like this Project! Please send us a Message!

http://musicentre-devs.blogspot.com/ Our New Blog!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phenomenon:
so it's a UI that puts all the music and video apps together? Why need that? Why not just browse to the MultiMedia folder and thats it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] impreZzA:
This looks very interesting, unfortunately I cant help you due to my limited (very limited :D ) know how :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] getsch0208:
Not for browsing apps, that should be like the Windows Media Player with better features, because WMP is bad.

It should replace all your Media Apps (Album, Videoplayer, Musicplayer)- All on one app.

Sorry I haven´t write about this ideas.. :D - I´ll correct this soon !!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mrvearn:
Hopefully some1 can build music player with searching & display lyrics like TTPOD for symbian...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] getsch0208:
cool idea.. but i haven´t any idea to build such a player... hmm..:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] getsch0208:
no helper?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thesecondsfade:
Couldn't you just use Nitrogen or S2P or TCPMP?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zepiii:
Dreaming isn't a bad thing at all...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mureta:
hi buddy, is good for omnia i900? thnx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] getsch0208:
i this a vga or wvga? this we looking forward to release!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jardan:
It looks so nice, but it also looks so dead... Can anyone confirm that people are working on this project or if they have abandoned it?

thanks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xManMythLegend:
Im a little baffled about FB.

Many of my contacts say "no albums found". Or only some of there albums show.

Many post pictures when I attempt to view "cannot retrieve photo at this time,please try again later"

Some of contacts when I try to expland the comments section I get -1/null error.

Anyone have any idea what the issue can be ?

Ive uninstalled/reinstalled ,Ive also tried going to FB settings online make sure everything was checked..but nada.

Im able to do all of the above without issue on desktop and Itouch.

:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[General Questions and Answers] Papazian25:
Edit: problem solved
[XPERIA X10 General] dennis_h:
I must have done something wrong. I can not find the way to switch from the standard keyboard to the android keyboard anymore when making text messages. Could I have incidentally uninstalled something? If so, how to reinstall ??

Any suggestions?

Thank you !
[XPERIA X10 General] SE-Naz:
Go into Messages... as if you are gonna type a a new message...

Where you normally type press your finger down and hold for few moments and it should bring up a menu to change keyboard types...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hendrixus:
Find contradictions on this item.

My Phone seems to be unlocked when I had Android 1.5 on it. When I switched it on I got the message I could upgrade to Android 1.6

Now it is asking for a network unlock code. So it is locked. Is this due the offical 1.6 upgrade or was it already locked on v1.5 which I basically couldn't test back then.

I never rooted this device, nor put alternative rom on it nor did anything "special"to it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] protomanez:
No, it should not. If you still have the unlock code you should try it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hendrixus:
I haven't.I have to buy it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] elegos:
Hello there!

This is a G1 / Magic tool to easily convert images in splash screen ones.

This tool is based upon ffmpeg and you need it installed on your system before proceeding (it will prompt you about the program missing in any case)

REQUIREMENTS

ffmpeg installed on your system

a 320x480 image

a 320x480 device (i.e. G1 / Magic) with engineering SPL

USAGE

./file [--help][-h]

Prints out how to use the script

./file your_image_file

Converts your image into a flashable splash screen, if you want the script will continue flashing the file directly.

NOTE: if you wish to make this script work with the Nexus One or any other device which doesn't share the same 320x480 resolution, just change these two variables:

size_check=307200
size_desc="320x480"

size_check is in bytes, size_desc is just a descriptive string.

I ASSUME NO RESPONSABILITY ABOUT THE USAGE OF THIS SCRIPT. USE IT "AS IS", LOOK AT THE OUTPUTS AND YOU'LL AVOID BRICKS!

Please, if you wish to redistribute this script, give the right credits and don't change the prog_header please (maybe link this discussion in a text file)!

Here the code is, just slap it in a text file, give it the executive permission (chmod +x filename) and use it!

#!/bin/bash
prog_header() {
echo "###############################"
echo "####### EleGoS's FFMPEG #######"
echo "# G1/Sapphire/MyTouch3G/Magic #"
echo "### Splash Screen converter ###"
echo "###############################"
echo "version 1.0"
echo ""
}

if [ "$1" == "--help" ] || [ "$1" == "-h" ]; then
prog_header
echo "Usage"
echo "$0 your_image_file"
exit 0
fi

warning() {
printf "\e[0;31m$1\e[0m \n"
}

check_ok() {
printf "\e[0;32m$1\e[0m \n"
}

ffmpeg_check=$(which ffmpeg)
size_check=307200
size_desc="320x480"

if [ "$ffmpeg_check" != "" ]; then
OUTPUT=$(echo "$1" | cut -d'.' -f1).raw565
clear
prog_header
ffmpeg -i $1 -f rawvideo -pix_fmt rgb565 $OUTPUT
clear
prog_header
FILESIZE=$(cat $OUTPUT | wc -c)
if [ $FILESIZE -eq $size_check ]; then
check_ok "$OUTPUT is ready to be flashed."
else
rm $OUTPUT
warning "$OUTPUT filesize mismatches! Wrong image size ($size_desc)? Aborted."
exit 0
fi
echo "In order to flash this image you have to plug your phone in fastboot mode."
read -p "Flash it now? (y/n) "
if [ "$REPLY" == "y" ] || [ "$REPLY" == "Y" ]; then
fastboot devices | grep -q "fastboot"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
warning "The USB cable is not plugged, or the device is not in fastboot mode."
echo "To flash the splash screen, manually execute this command once in fastboot mode:"
echo "fastboot flash splash1 $OUTPUT"
exit 0
else
fastboot flash splash1 $OUTPUT
fi
else
echo "To flash the splash screen, execute this command once in fastboot mode:"
echo "fastboot flash splash1 $OUTPUT"
exit 0
fi
else
warning "ffmpeg not found! Please install it before running this script!\ni.e. (DEBIAN) apt-get install ffmpeg / (OSX) sudo port install ffmpeg"
fi

Some ready-to-flash raw565 images (link on the images):
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dferreira:
Thanks, this simplifies the process :) Works great on my Mac OSX SL.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Gen00:
Where can i download it for the Mac would love to create my own Splash Screen..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] elegos:
You need:

- MacPorts installed

- ffmpeg installed via macports (sudo port install ffmpeg)

- Open the terminal -> nano splash_creator

- copy / paste the code

- [CTRL]+O, then [ENTER]. [CTRL]+X

- chmod +x splash_creator

- Put the image you want as splash screen in a folder where the script is (it is actually in your home)

- Open terminal -> cd your/folder/here

- ./splash_creator your_image_here.whatever
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ari197:
great tools

really great tools man .. works really nice on my ubuntu ..

anyway, have any idea how to create the boot animation?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] elegos:
nope, I only know it's in /system/media/bootanimation.zip (at least in the latest cyanogenmod), but I haven't figured out how's supposed to be created =\
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sim64one:
splash

Thank you guys.

The best/simple guide to change boot splash screen in 1 minute!

I've only added "sudo" to my ubuntu terminal to run it!

:rolleyes:

my own splash
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dancerobot:
Thanks!

Wow, thanks, works like a charm.

For anyone who happens to like Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), here is my splash screen, feel free to use it:

And an associated boot animation

(I wrote my undergrad thesis about her)

Thanks again!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] marquardt1219:
ok where is the link lol?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lannister80:
You don't necessarily need to download macports. Just grab an ffmpeg binary from wherever (included in lots of software distributions on Mac, like the KMTTG TiVo file decoder, Handbrake, etc) and just do it from the command line.

ffmpeg -i mygraphic.jpg -f rawvideo -pix_fmt rgb565 mygraphic.raw656
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mplaines:
I have an EVO the size is 480x800 the size _desc= would be 480x800 what would be the size_check=

Not sure how to calc the value

thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Semicuda:
@mplaines: for 480x800 it needs to be 768000

Works great for my Desire, thanks for the script!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
Very nice and useful, thanks a bunch, I will definately keep the header and credits. Also you may want to add to your OP to install ffmpeg just do $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg ;)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gee one:
The low-dough ghetto version

I have a Mac and found an interesting way to work around...

Get an image editor (I used Gimp) and create a 320 x 480 BMP of your splash image.

Flip it vertically so that it looks upside down and backwards.

Save it as a bitmap (.bmp) and select the 565 setting.

Use a hex editor to strip off the first 70 bytes of the header. That's 70 in decimal, not hex! To confirm, the resulting file size should be 307,200 bytes exactly.

Flash away!

If you are flashing a 480 x 800 image to an HDPI device, the file size will be 768,000 bytes and not a nibble more.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
I didn't have to mess around in gimp and rotate things, just us the script and you'll have no problems
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sparksco:
Repost?

I have reposted this for the G1 section, just kept the OP from here the same as there and gave you all credits. Also here are my splash screens, more to come!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] elegos:
I'd really like if this would work on the Nexus One too... haven't found anything about!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Timelord83:
if i read correctly what this does. it changes the UGLY green mytouch3g logo before the boot animation? if so i'm interested.. where can i get linux copies of fastboot and Adb?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shaooas:
Very Nice work .. Good instructions :)
[Touch 3G General] semsem_2us:
dear friends

i have touch 3g and the i was making a call till the battery gone mty, when i tried to charge the phone, the red light didn't turn on, tried to switch thr phone on but nothing happens went to htc; they said i have to replace the motherboard has anyone any advice about such problem...

Regsrds
[Touch 3G General] azahidi:
HTC has given the best advise, IMHO
[Touch 3G General] semsem_2us:
so i have no other option but to replace the mainboard; right???
[Touch 3G General] azahidi:
I guess that would be the only solution. Regards.
[HD2 General] m0bov:
Sorry but i've been told there is a setting but can't find it! Can anyone help???
[HD2 General] Archer:
It's not a setting - it's an application that HTC made, but left off the HD2 for whatever reason.

You can download TouchX Taskmanager here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=584415
[HD2 General] m0bov:
works a treat thanks!
[HD2 General] fantasytozi:
Search for Ameba. It's great:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mrshimmy:
I have two ideas I would like to put out there for the awesome developers here at XDA. I have searched for these and have not really seen either.

Skydrive Sync/File Explorer

We have MS MyPhone, which has a measly 200mb of storage, but MS gives you 25gb with your Hotmail account with the skydrive. I have searched and the best thing I have found is the Live Mesh, which is only in Beta and doesn't have devices yet. It would be sweet if someone could create a sync/file explorer program with skydrive so that you could access any information from the skydrive and even better would be auto sync. Kind of creating a RAID setup with the phone and a folder on the skydrive :)

Single Messenger

I think HTC did a good job integrating social networks into the contacts, but it would be nice to have a tab in Manila or under the contact that would list all contact from one person on one page with an icon to indicate what communication it is. I.E. get emails/sms/aim/gtalk/ircq/facebook/twitter/myspace/etc all in one screen from that one person.

Perhaps I am asking too much, but I figure I throw it out there in hopes someone creates it. Either way, thanks to everyone here for your answers and creations!