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[Nexus One General] cue_32:
I used to be an iPhone fan until I tried Android... but I have no problem in admitting that the iPhone display is a lot better than my Nexus One.

I also had a chance to cross the border and test out my Nexus One running Froyo side by side with iPhone 4. The browser speed is about the same speed as the Nexus One. I was amazed, but not... and never will be, coming back to iPhone 4 simply for the Open concept and for having my phone look and feel like a Cue_32 phone.
[Nexus One General] Jrbourque:
I'll keep it short and simple... **** the iphone, releasing something already behind the curve and calling it new and amazing. Apple and jobs are dbags. I know lots of people that will not buy or upgrade their iphones because even they know its garbage... would rather use a Motorola cliq( and that says a lot)
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
Why are most ppl like 'ANDROID IS THE BEST, THE IPHONE SUCKS'??? I mean are they retarded or what? Both are great phones, we just happen to like android more. That's it.
[Nexus One General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
Well, first of all the UI designer of an apps uses different colors for different purposes. Let's take a calendar app which will show upcoming meetings in red color. Looks great on Milestone, hurts your eyes on AMOLED over-saturation. Especially RED and ORANGE colors.

So this is not about graphic editing, this is about a little screen which a moderate user will look at many times, and for longer periods of time. So it better be a screen which is easy on your eyes. That's why i hate those AMOLEDs, because i'm a heavy smartphone user and i have to work with the screen many times during the day. And what makes it even worse is the combination of AMOLED and PenTile Matrix. You get over-saturated colors and bad resolution on text thanks to the pentiles. And coming from a Milestone i was shocked when i first saw how badly AMOLEDs reproduce colors.

Now, brightness is a different issue, but even here AMOLED on N1 and Desire lose, because the bad thing here is: who cares if AMOLEDS are brighter in DARK surroundings (where you don't need much brightness anyway), but totally worse than LCDs in sunlight?

I love my Nexus One, but i wouldn't hesitate to switch my N1 with the new rumoured N1's using LCD screens.

In the end it's all a matter of taste, and i'm all for good color reproduction and good resolution. And in this area the Motorola Milestone AND the iPhone 4 are leaps and bounds ahead of the Desire/N1/Incredible.
[Nexus One General] MaximReapage:
Ummm.....what? No offense, man, but that just doesn't make sense. The saturation level is sheer preference, and I'm sure you could write an su program to adjust it if you think it's too much. I'd also like a source on the "scientifically proven IPS vs. AMOLED test" - for posterity's sake if nothing else.

Personally, I love the level of saturation on the Nexus One....the colors are brilliant and really pop and make rich media look amazing IMO.
[Nexus One General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
Of course you could tone down the saturation on AMOLED screens somehow technically, but this doesn't change the fact that N1 and Desire come with over-saturated screens.

Wanna know how bad the color reproduction on N1/Desire is? check this out:

http://www.displaymate.com/Nexus_One_ShootOut.htm

see how much better the milestone/droid screen does:

http://www.displaymate.com/Motorola_Droid_ShootOut.htm

And BTW they have also supported a review about the iPhone 4 display vs. droid-x, incredible and htc evo and said that its the best screen overall currently. I'm an avid Android and Nexus One fan, but we have to keep it real, when it comes to display the N1 and Desire are badly outdated.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365915,00.asp

Regarding color saturation: iPhone 4 is undersaturating and the Incredible (which uses the same display as the desire/n1) is extremely over-saturated. The best on the bunch being the droid-x. I already loved the Milestone display and i know that motorola uses great displays for their droid smartphones.

But if i had to decide betweeen the iPhone and N1 display i would rather choose less saturation, this is as you said a matter of personal taste.
[Nexus One General] robstunner:
Meh, i guess im too much of a cheapskate to enjoy that video. $700 in the hole. Must be nice to ruin something like that without any remorse.
[Nexus One General] bigmout:
Shahpur, your unbiased and reasonable commentary is much appreciated!
[Nexus One General] dakkie:
If you need a case "bumper" for youre phone to call, to get a reception :rolleyes:

i dont need one for my nexus one :D
[HD2 General] pakistaniprince:
Best program to convert 480p .AVI files to Mpeg-4??? and keep the 480p HD when converted to Mpeg-4, i use some file converter and it just became super CHOPPY and it wasn't the right size for the HTC hd2 also....any help ;\
[HD2 General] danxtian:
try dvdffab platinum. i never have a problem with it. check out my sig if you wanna see samples:)
[HD2 General] pakistaniprince:
would it fit to the htc hd2 screen?

and which one do i download theres HELLA! lol
[HD2 General] danxtian:
whaddaya mean which one? just download one of them movie. and you will see the results of what i convert for my hd2

edited: fixed the hancock movie links
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
danxtian, I think you just won BP's annual "Flagrant Disregard for the Rules" award...the link in your signature is prohibited here, to put it mildly.
[HD2 General] danxtian:
ok... will remove it..
[HD2 General] Showtime7:
"Any Video Converter" is a good one...
[HD2 General] chvvkumar:
I second any video converter. Simple and works really well (even with the free version)
[HD2 General] nrfitchett4:
I use spb converter. it gives screen resolution sizes so it fits the whole screen and is easy to use.
[HD2 General] Camusa:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=666971

Plus 1-click DVD converter is also a good one, but the ones I listed in the above tread are free.
[HD2 General] HOGWILD:
you could also just try core player it will play the file off your phone just like that....
[HD2 General] Showtime7:
Here's one specifically designed for HD2... I am going to test it out and edit this with a small review.

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/htc-hd2/
[HD2 General] chvvkumar:
Videora works great but the obnoxious ads are a huge let down. At least for me.
[HD2 General] Showtime7:
I tried it out and yes, the ads annoyed me to no end... It's also a slow program, sometimes pages won't load until you refresh, stuff like that. The conversion didn't take too long, but the end quality was less than what I hoped. Audio was completely screwed, and resolution wasn't that great. And I find it hard to believe that it was designed for the HD2 yet there is no HD2 profile, you're forced to use the HTC HD profile which obviously isn't the same. Going to try some more with Any Video Converter, hopefully there is a profile that works well.
[HD2 General] chvvkumar:
I use these settings for my videos in Any Video Converter:
[HD2 General] urfriendjason:
I've tried to convert some movies with the settings above but for some reason it says that it can not play the file. I'm using the wm player and do not have core player (read that it's a paid program). I'm using Miri's rom 17.5. Maybe it's an issue with the rom? Can someone help me out please?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanman1975:
Surely this is a software thing. Would we be able to get a version for our N1s?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chahk:
We already can.
[Off-topic] mercianary:
Ok.

I know this is stupid...

You know that spinning circle in the middle of the screen when loading?

Try spinning spinning your phone round at the same time so it looks like it's still.

Its much more fun than waiting for things to load.

Don't blame me if you drop or scratch the hell out of the back of your phone doing this.
[Off-topic] [★]:
Lol :cool:
[Off-topic] flyboyovyick:
ROFL just random!
[Off-topic] echow:
that's funny
[EVO 4G General] muncheroo:
your review reads well. in the battery section, you should specify what you've tried to remedy the problem... there are tons of people, myself included, who make it through a day on heavy usage.

i have gmail push, always on data, calendar sync, and gps enabled. turned off gchat service, removed people widget, friend stream widget.

when my phone is idle i usually lost 1% every 90minute to 2 hours. and I can get 4-5 hours of heavy usage in before bar hits red.
[EVO 4G General] sablesurfer:
Pardon me?!?!

"Navigation is straight-forward, but I fear for a slightly older generation of users (e.g. anyone born before the 80s) it may seem too "busy" and overwhelming."

Pre-70's here buddy...;) I have been playing with my 4hr old phone quite a bit already. So there.

:D
[EVO 4G General] oblivion0:
Honestly muncheroo, I haven't done much by way of battery optimization but will start working out on it once I have a relative mental benchmark for battery life as of the latest update (which by the way has amped up my phone's lifespan quite a bit).
[EVO 4G General] oblivion0:
Sorry sablesurfer, no offense meant!! I actually used that anecdote after showing off my Evo to my mom and a few mature coworkers. I got the same response from everyone - "It's beautiful but has so much going on, how do you keep track of everything!?"

The irony I think, is most of the widgets are all about improving efficiency and multitasking capabilities. :]
[EVO 4G General] MrDSL:
Good write up..

I would really love to see what people define as heavy usage. I'm sorry but I'm not buying the full day on one battery with heavy usage crap.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] audino:
Hi,

as I worte before IVE GOT IT and now I would like to have following things running as on my nexus one:

voice input (like search or text) I did enable it on settings but how can I use it?

Im from germany maybe it doesnt work on 2.1?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cyzoonic:
I have the same question.

Also when I try to use Voice Search in Google Shopper I get "Sorry, Google Voice Search is not installed on this device".

My Galaxy S is from Swisscom. 2.1-update1 (ECLAIR)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] audino:
Hi,

I found a way you have to download the voice search apk frome elsewhere and install it on the device, then reboot and it will work!

greets
[Windows Mobile] DaReDeViL:
Hi everybody,

Is there a place where we can find the changelogs of the different WM builds that we can find here and there ???? I'm getting rid of having to try every build to figure out what's new !!!

If someone can help .... :)
[Windows Mobile] Bruce Inman:
You can find info on individual builds and what has been changed on sites such as pocketnow, softpedia and wmpoweruser, but unfortunately I have not found a one stop shop for comparison.
[Windows Mobile] DaReDeViL:
thank you bruce, but I already visited those sites without finding any changelogs. Aly other clues ?
[HD Mini General] xdarno:
Hello everybody.

I'm absolutely new to this topic as the HD mini is my first smart phone and maybe this is an absolute trivial question, but I did not find an answer:

Is it possible to change the default IMAP folder names the phone's client is using?

I unfortunately can't switch the complete phone's language to English but I definitely need this for the IMAP folders.

Is there a solution to have "INBOX", "SENT" (or is it "SENT-ITEMS"?) and "DRAFTS" also for non-English systems?

Thank you for your time and answers.

Arno
[HD Mini General] darthrider:
Hello Arno,

As far as I know, this is not possible. I have looked for a way to change the default IMAP root directory (e.g. /imap instead of / or /INBOX) but I never found a solution.

It is probably not what you need but the only thing I found is that it is possible to use a custom port for a server: just add ":Port#" at the end of its address. This partially solved my problem since our sysadmin has been kind enough to run another IMAPS server on port 10993 (instead of the standard IMAPS port which is 993) through which I am able to access to ~/imap as my IMAP root instead of ~/ (my IMAP root is in my UNIX account home directory).

Regards,
[HD Mini General] xdarno:
That's a pity darthrider. I doubt that "smart phone" is the right wording if something simple like this isn't possible.

My mail provider is neither able nor willing to introduce some symbolic links (e.g. map "Gesendete Objekte" and "Sent Items" to the same folder). And while Outlook, Thunderbird and my web mail client are able to configure it as wanted, the most important software (my phone which was bought to replace Thunderbird and web mail) isn't.

At least I've learned something. Maybe 7 will introduce this possibility...

Nevertheless thank you for your response :)
[HTC Aria General] Shovelhead84:
I have been having significant trouble getting my new Aria to sync with outlook. After some hopeful searching I have determined that this is not an isolated incident. I have tried a few of the tricks and processes for syncing that others have had luck with, but nothing seems to work. Most people who get it working appear to be using version 2.0.38 and those with issue have version 2.0.33. It would be easy to determine if it's just the HTC Sync software version, but it is no longer available on the HTC site. The only thing I can find is version 2.0.33.

If anyone has a copy of 2.0.38, a copy would be appreciated.

using

Windows 7, 32

Aria stock (non-rooted)
[HTC Aria General] dayton1:
See if this works for you. I checked the link and I believe this is what I used.

http://www.htc.com/us/support/aria-att/downloads/
[HTC Aria General] Shovelhead84:
That was it. It looks exactly like the section of HTC i was at and even the same link. Every time I tried to access it it took me to a support page instead of directly downloading. Wish I talked to you before I lost 3 hours of my life on that issue.

Thanks Dayton!
[HTC Aria General] pete2275:
I've been having trouble with HTC Sync & Win7 also. I have tried version 2038 with no success. Even tried on WinXP and it wouold not sync, is it possible there is an issue with the phone?
[HTC Aria General] Shovelhead84:
I began to think that there were problems with the phone also when I couldn't get the sync to work. After rooting issues and the problems with sync I have chalked it all up to bad drivers sticking in windows.

If you installed any version of HTC sync other than 2.0.38 it will give you some problems. Try uninstalling sync and all drivers for the aria from windows. Start fresh with the 2.0.38 install and see how it does for you. I had to clear out everything and start clean after I go the link for 2.0.38 from the above post.

I no longer seem to have any problems syncing or going to boot loader.
[HTC Aria General] discord2k:
One thing that worked for me was after installing HTC sync all my apk files now have a Google Android icon. So I double clicked em and it started an installer. Then as soon as I did that my HTC sync started working. I had been fighting with it for two days as well.

And the app installed no problem.
[HTC Aria General] Shovelhead84:
Was that with ver 2033 or 2038?
[HTC Aria General] yutyut2010:
Hi there:

I just bought a HTC Aria in Hong Kong and I tried to download HTC Sync 2.0.38 from

/ us/ support/ aria-att/ downloads/

THe website does not take the serial number of my phone. I live in the US and my service provider (in the U.S.) is T-Mobile.

Any clue what I should do ?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] din0_22:
Can we Install the "Motorola Droid FRF84B" Froyo Test Build for DROID to Milestone?

Found this @ Phandroid just now.

http://phandroid.com/2010/06/29/motorola-droid-frf84b-froyo-test-group-build/

Can this work with our milestone???
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] gemini002:
nope tried and prompted me to flash dunno maybe someone else can try
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] gemini002:
since this official maybe it was the way i tried to flash it hmmm should be signed and milestone only does signed roms not custom try rom manager and clockwork see if this boots gotta go now will try later hopefuly someone else tries
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] DarkOne951:
No, this will by no means work on the Milestone.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] gemini002:
:mad: damn I have a fealing that some telus goodies are about to drop:)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] din0_22:
i am patiently waiting on this... hopefully telus releases the update soon.

anyway, since i am using this milestone telus in the U.S. via At&t, do you think i will lose unlock?

i sure hope not!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] gemini002:
nah once unlocked always unlocked :) can't really say much but there is a copy of froyo 2.2 milestone out there just need to get it soon;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] electricgoat:
this is not a ROM right. is just an update. me is trying now.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] mrcaze:
If it's Droid then it's for CDMA. I don't think it's a good idea to try it on Milestone.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] DarkOne951:
This has been repackaged as a ROM. It will not work on the milestone, under any circumstances.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cmstlist:
Could a moderator or the OP perhaps re-title this thread in light of the fact that the update in question will not work on a Milestone?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] din0_22:
Question is pertaining specifically with the title. It specifically states "DROID" and the question addresses if this will somehow work due to it being signed by motorola.

Perhaps, it will be helpful if there is a developer who can torn the package not to include the radio which is the only difference of milestone to a droid.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cmstlist:
The title of this post seems to suggest that we, the Milestone owners, can accomplish this installation and it would somehow invite us to do so.

Motorola signed the Droid firmware to run on a Droid, not a Milestone. There are additional internal hardware differences beyond the radio, and there are software differences that permeate several components of the OS.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] 0mega1:
If it were so cut and dried, we'd have custom roms by the butt load.

It isn't

I really wish people would stop assuming that life is simple because almost every other android device has custom roms...

The milestone could have custom roms right now and it wouldn't make a difference, because we couldn't load them.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Alex R:
Here is how to update your motorola droid to android 2.2 froyo FRF84B.

tipsneeded.com/update-motorola-droid-to-android-22-frf84b/
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] din0_22:
Per your request, title has now been changed.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] ady:
Moved to general since it isn't related to development.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] 4biddenskill:
This will not work on Milestone, it is built for Droid which is CDMA. Droid and Milestone are two different devices, they require completely different ROMs. There is no Froyo ROM for Milestone out there yet, neither official nor leaked.

Please be patient.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ManUtdRul3:
Hey. I tried to rebrand my Xperia X10i so that it would update the Build Number to R1FA016 or something so that my battery life would improve. Thing is the only thing that I can see that changed was that it changed to X10a.

Now.. my 3G does not seem to be working either. :(

Does anyone know how I can basically put everything back to normal? I saved everything like my contacts, messages and apps onto my memory card beforehand, so does anyone know how I can reinstall the applications once my phone is back to normal?

Thanks, I really want to get this fixed... soon! :(

Thanks again, ManUtdRul3.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Mobzter:
To get back to x10i I suggest looking at the thread that begins with decrypted roms. I think all you need to do is flash it bak. Maybe you might want to look into rooting it afterwards.. but that's all upto you!!

As for backup you can use mybackup to help save most of the important stuff. Just one warning.. when you restore apps back to phone the market won't show updates unless you manually instal them.. not sure about any work around but I'm all ears if there is lol

Hope it helps!!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ManUtdRul3:
Thank you, I will try to do this tomorrow and I will get back to you. :)

Any other advice will be very welcome!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ManUtdRul3:
Ahh! I tried using Omnius to flash my phone, but know when it starts up, it comes up with a Yellow Triangle and Exclamation Mark!

Can somebody give me actual steps to take to be able to:

1) Allow me to actually use the phone (remove the symbol on startup)

2) Change my phone back to X10i so that I can use it like I used.

Help over MSN would be great, if possible...

Thanks :/
[HD2 General] richardqilu:
I just got a HD2 with T-Mobile 2 weeks ago and I want to disable the password login policy from my exchange server. So I searched online and found the following solution:

-------

Enable/Disable Exchange Security Policy

Registry Key: HKLM\Security\Policies\00001023

To enable it: Set value to 0

To disable it: Set value to 1

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I edited the registry according to this using TotalCommand, and the password login was disabled for about a day. Then all the sudden, the password login comes back again and the registry value has been set back to 0.

I wonder is something is overwritting the registry value or did I do something wrong?

Thanks for the help!
[HD2 General] Captjk:
Password disable

Try searching for zenyee stay unlock, it is free and I have been using it with my TPro 2 and corporate exchange mail password lock for a year. You need to install it and when the lock is sent by your exchange you need to regedit the settings again for the lock code to be turned off. In the future you will get a popup to say exchange has enforced security again but the locking has been disabled.

Works like a charm!!! :D

Jack
[HD2 General] richardqilu:
I installed Zenyee Stay Unlock, and I checked the Registry which has a value of 1, but the password is still not disabled. Any idea why?
[Nexus One Android Development] lorin.bute:
Hey guys.

I'm an experienced .NET Developer and developed with java a little. I want to start developing Android apps on Windows.

I downloaded everything and my app runs, but once i debug it i get a strange error: "The JAR of this class file belongs to a container "Android 2.1-update1" which does not allow modifications to source attachments on its entries".

While looking on the internet to find a solution i came upon a few blogs that explain that i need to get the android source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...-container-android-2-0-1-which-does-not-allow

I'm having an immense headache getting it because nothing works. There's no simple guide to do this.

If any of you know the error and can help me solve it i would appreciate it.

Also, if you know how to get the source please let me know. I'm going crazy here.

Thanks!
[Nexus One Android Development] olearyp:
You say you downloaded "everything", but not what "everything" is. For mainstream development (using only public API), you don't need the Android sources.

Get the SDK, and Eclipse ADT if you want the most straightforward environment, import one of the example projects, and get it running on the emulator/device. It's pretty much all explained in this tutorial project. Then you can see what's up with your particular program. Good luck!
[Nexus One Android Development] lorin.bute:
I have Eclipse, the latest ADT and the latest SDK. I installed the packages for 2.2 and 2.1 with the Google APIs.

I'm trying to make a simple tip calculator app. If i don't make a certain check in my app everything runs ok. As soon as i check if 3 EditTexts have text in them i get that error.

If i don't need to check, my app is behaving ok.

if(txtbillamount.getText().toString().equals("") || txtpercentage.getText().toString().equals("") || txtpeople.getText().toString().equals(""))

{

...

}

The hello world apps works fine.
[Nexus One Android Development] bmj1086:
Do you have an else statement?