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[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Pluto:
yeah , your right .. but the thing is .. back in 2008 (when i only knew dumbphones and smartphones prices were a blast) i bought my beloved and now stolen SE w595 .. just a couple a days later , Here Comes SE w902 & samsung i8510 .. a better camera + bigger screen .. stuff

Honestly i felt like my new w595 was turned into bull****! i dont want that to happen next if i buy a milestone

but when i think about it .. it was out for a year .. is there really something new coming ? all the good damn phones comes to the US (droid incredible , samsung epic 4G) while leaving us lay in the dust

everytime i try to convinve myself to buy the milestone by saying (i'm just a teenager .. why would i need a 1GHz CPU and stuff like that ?) but honestly i just can't help it .. for god's sake the galaxy spica is faster than that !

beside that locked bootloader .. when i thought about it for like 2 minutes i say what's the joy having an android when you can't root it/install ROMs ? because back in the days when i had the w595 i used to change themes & flash menus like a maniac !

i've decided to wait for a non-Motorola device , i've taken myself a hour to think about it .. that's my decision .. Thanks everyone !
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] GlitchZero:
I literally just picked up the Milestone on Telus two days ago, and don't regret it. It's pretty sweet, and I don't see the Droid X or the Incredible coming (I assume you're in Canada, as you're looking at the Milestone..) any time soon up here.

With the customization and rooting available, it's a pretty sweet phone.

Just me though. Good luck with picking a phone. :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Paitor:
The driod 2 is released any day now but I wonder how long we have to wait for a milestone 2

Edit: I bought my Milestone 2 weeks ago. And I love it.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bijixda:
it will outdated in term of operating system, currently we only get android 2.1 which everybody already has 2.2 :(

and next time 3.0 released we can only bite our nail ^^
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] SiL3nTKiLL:
it will be soon!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] gabriel.twl:
Hi guys, actually i've more or less pretty decided to get the milestone already due to it's nice form factor and android, also pretty much i'd like to have a qwerty keyboard for a change.

I'm currently rocking a HD2, and i don't intend to sell it yet. But was interested in android after running froyo 2.2 and sense desire build on it. So i was like pretty much wanting to get an adroid device to play with and see how it goes. No suitable options in the marketplace for nexus 1 and it's way over my budget, i reckon i can get a milestone (brand new) over here in sg for around 550 Singapore Dollars, so i thought i get it! (TODAY, LOL)

So i thought i'd pop by xda for trusted opinions and rooting possibilities, and i'm faced with little support for the milestone as compared to the crazy HD2 forum, LOL. So i'm wondering is it possible to root my milestone? And what do you guys mean by bootloader locked? And why? Pardon me as i'm pretty new to android, had a g1 in the past, but didn't play much with it and sold it, now i'm back! Haha.

I'd appreciate any links to other sites for help and more info and prolly more support than what we're getting here? If you feel uneasy to post, you could pm me. Thanks!!

Any issues i must take note of with buying milestone? Since i read some had wifi and baseband issues, D-pad down button is bad etc. LOL. And the droid's back cover is loose, not sure about the milestone though. Plus is there really a huge difference in droid and milestone when it comes to development/rooting/flashing roms etc.?

The only difference i know of currently is one's CDMA the other's GSM and the droid doesn't support multi-touch natively until the updated the software as well as the droid has got fm radio?

Oh ya, there's no wireless teethering on milestone? Meaning my laptop uses my phone's network?!

Appreciate all advice!! :)

Sorry for uber long posts!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] gabriel.twl:
Man, it's really lacking in support for milestone over here at xda, or there's nothing to support at all? LOL. For the first time, i'm a little disappointed with xda. Hahahaha, i hope people could point me in the right direction for milestone news and tips etc. Anyways, heading to get it now!!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Lesiroth:
Quick answers:

- You can root the phone, as in, have access to modify the system at root level.

- A locked bootloader means you can't use any other kernels except those signed by Motorola themselves. We're all hoping for methods like 2ndboot and kexec to help us out here :P

- You can tether via USB,WiFi, or Bluetooth.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] XtriFe:
i have a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 with windows mobile.. I originally wanted the Milestone but since i could get the X1 for half the price of the Milestone i decided to get it. I am now in the process of selling the X1 and getting the Milestone (probably next week) :P
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] gabriel.twl:
Thanks. I went ahead and get it anyway. Haha. I'm hoping for more support and some flashing goodness soon! Plus 2.2 froyo!! Some issues or concerns i found so far. I realised that the device gets hot pretty easily and not normal kind of heat, rather at the area below the camera at the back when holding landscape. And in gmail app, you can never empty your trash permanently. This kinda sucks, as the trash always restore.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Mokurex:
where did you get it for 550? I was at a starhub shop the other day and it wasn't even close to 550.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] thepwneddroid:
If you don't want to wait, there's always the Samsung Epic 4G or Galaxy S Pro, whatever it is called in your region. If you don't mind that there is no camera flash.

Sent from my Droid
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] XtriFe:
Are those phones even out yet ? Would you be able to install custom ROMs for them in the future?

The milestone looks better in my opinion.. (physically) but seeing how its got a locked bootloader... im afraid of buying a phone (with so many options at this day) that could be already stuck on its final OS version.

If only the Xperia X10 had a physical keyboard (i dont like the mini pro version) id probably buy it. I want an android phone with a physical keyboard not only for texting but also for emulators and the milestone seems the way to go ... as its about $420 too. (amazon)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] webkyaw:
I'm in the same boat as some of you. A former Xperia X1 user who got tired of flashing with ROMs that aren't stable and sluggish. I don't want to get an official ATT phone cause I am on the MediaNet unlimited plan and I like to tether to my laptop. I also like having a QWERTY keyboard and been wanting to try Andriod OS. Some questions:

1) What specifics should I look for to ensure I'm getting the Telus version of DROID and unlocked for AT&T to ensure 3G?

2) I saw recent news that there is no official support for Tethering or wifi router mode on DROID, but are there apps (even the Xperia X1 did).

3) Can anyone tell from just what's listed on Overstock and Amazon whether those phones will work on ATT 3G? Many thanks.

I already sold my X1, been using my old Samsung BLackjack 2....need new phone...SOON!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] psychuil:
http://phandroid.com/2010/08/02/ful...-2-mentioned-on-verizons-site-in-plain-sight/
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] webkyaw:
Sorry, but that link is old and obvious news about Droid 2. What about for GSM users like on T-mobile and AT&T?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] psychuil:
Old? It's from two days ago.

Here's one from yesterday: http://www.droid-life.com/2010/08/03/droid-2-to-be-announced-august-10th-available-august-12th/

And from what i've heard a GSM version is due in 2-3 months.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] TheMaverick:
Froyo is coming to the Droid, so I'd imagine the Milestone will get it.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] fadimck:
my friend if you are interested in Android + physical Keyboard so the Milestone is the best choice (i'd X10 which is Android Booming Device, but due to the fact that I need the physical keyboard deadly so i switched to Milestone).

the Milestone will not offer to you all what you need, my advice to you is to go for Nokia N900 where you can perform all the above and more (TV out) but you will miss the Android customization (which does not exist on N900).

I'm happy with the Milestone, although i was a 7 month user for the N900.

it is all about you and what you need from the phone (although i was criticized for the move done from X10 to Milestone but I'm happy because the phone satisfy more than 80% from my needs)

decide and tell us your decision ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] fadimck:
Yeah my friend, check this out
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rich_bown:
Check out the HTC desire Z - basically the desire with a qwerty.

Not sure when it's coming out but got my eye on it as a replacement for my milestone.

I wouldn't recommend ANY motorola product, my wife has been growing old waiting for a DEXT update and it's looking iffo on froyo for milestone, they are not good at after sales support.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] mancuk29:
I have the HTC desire on froyo and have just bought a milestone for its keyboard don't get me wrong I love my desire and with froyo its FAST but its keyboard isn't physical and a little hit and miss ... froyo is coming to milestone in a month so I took the plunge .. froyo and milestone will make it rock .
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] p-slim:
Is there any way to enable browser downloads without installing astro file manager?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] colima95:
here you go

google download_crutch_lite.apk the one with the mediafire link install and wooaaaalllaaaa download any thing you want
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] p-slim:
Thanks
[Desire General] shoey-n:
I've tried in the general and Q&A section about it, but no one is replying so I'm going to have to go ugly and hack the APK

In Android 2.1+, the stock contacts merge contacts with the same name, a few of my contacts have the same name but are different people (obviously) but because of the merge, I have 2 mobile numbers in 1 contact for 2 different people and I have no idea who I'm ringing.

Firstly does anyone know of a way to disable this ? (it doesn't merge online, just on the phone)

If not, who knows how to change the APK to stop the merge, is any developer willing to attach a Contacts.apk without the merge ?

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] vhicke:
Ok rooted my phone yesterday and after step 2 i checked my firmware and says 020 not 023 do i need the firmware some place. I am using the lastest 023 rooting instructions
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Bin4ry:
If you got 020 Firmware you cannot use the latest rooting guide because it does not contain a 020 update it only contains a 023 update.

So please check if you switched accidently in the wrong folder or smth :)

Regards
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] vhicke:
I can do the rooting no problem. The first step brings my phone 016 then second step to 020. I updated my phone a week ago to 020 so maybe a file somewhere that uses sony ericcson update software
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] superprelude:
Obviously, it's user error, since everybody can get 023 following the instruction and download the correct files.

delete the folder and download again to try.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willy900wonka:
How can I be sure that the Sprint/HTC "debug" malware is no longer on the phone, if ( as I believe) Unrevoked has used literary license with its name on their tweet?

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/unrevoked1_disclosure

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/public/skyagent_protocol_description.pdf
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GumboChief:
Dude- Read your own link. Sprint removed the file on June 4th via an OTA. That is why unrevoked no longer works.
[Droid Eris Android Development] last rites:
tried to follow the directions which say to hold down the red and green buttons then push volume down then up then wipe.

when i push the red and green buttons then volume down it take me to the hboot screen and asks me if i want to upgrade.

should i just be holding the red and volume up? then wipe and install the downgrade rom just i would flash a new rom?

need to get this figured out soon. my screen is loosing touch more and more now my home, menu, and back spots are not allways working
[Droid Eris Android Development] lord194409:
You should go to fastboot and flash the Ruu for 2.1.
[Droid Eris Android Development] ECLIPS3:
http://www.thefuzz4.net/home/Androi...ris/HowToRollYourRootedErisbacktostock15.aspx
[Droid Eris Android Development] last rites:
this is what i'm tryin, but step 2 is what isnt working. when i hold power on and send buttons i get nothing but a upgrade screen.

should i be holding the power on and the volume up to start. then i come to a screen with a wipe setting and i can boot the downgrade zip from there
[Droid Eris Android Development] bugger561:
Could I also downgrade the hboot on a rooted Eris. Would this offer any advantage or disadvantage over the hboot that came with the rooted leak v3 rom?
[Droid Eris Android Development] ECLIPS3:
just go into recovery mode, which i believe is by holding vol up + power, then follow the directions from there.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dazpazz:
Hi guys

I'm getting rid of my hero and was just wondering should i leave it running villainRom 10.3 (after a full wipe) or put the offical rom back on?

Many thanks

Darren
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nellisere:
probably best to use the RUU to make it official, thatway they cant have a go at you because they dont like the way it is, or, put it in your ebay listing saying when they buy it, do they want villain with the recovery or completely official
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dazpazz:
am i right in thinking that i need a 'windose' machine to use the ruu?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nellisere:
yes, i think so, if you have a mac you could use paralells desktop or bootcamp, and i think on linux it is called 'wine'
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dazpazz:
isn't there an almost offical 'update.zip' lurking about?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
I would leave the stock rooted rom on. in my experience rooted phones sell for higher than non rooted IF you fully explain what root is and how it benifits the end user.

if you want to use an ruu I made an app called openruu (search for it in dev section) so you can flash on Linux or Mac.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
If you are gonna sell it, upgrade to villain 12, and wipe. :) it is based on official release.

And rooted should fetch more money. Be clear in description that it is rooted and running whatever rom (maybe point to info on it) and they can't whine as it is as described. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barrons:
Trying to flash the new sense froyo circle battery mod and expresso bar and im getting these errors on both:

E:Wrong Digest:

system/framework/framework-res.apk

E:Verification failed

anyone know how to fix this googles it and no luck...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe.rar:
turn off verification.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schiznik:
You can't flash an apk, it needs to be in an update.zip

You could push the apk to the correct location instead I expect
[HD2 General] mfrey0118:
I searched around, but not for hours and hours so if this has been addressed, I apologize in advance:

I am having some difficulty with importing photos from my HD2. Since I use Windows Mobile Device Center on Vista Ultimate 64-bit, I like to take advantage of the import photos feature. However, unless I delete photos I do not want to import from the phone itself, every time it syncs, it imports the pics I previoulsy deleted back to my PC.

Ok, so I figured, easy problem, I'll just open the file explorer by clicking on "File Management" from the WMDC home screen, and go through the "DCIM" folder and delete the photos off of the phone that I do not want copied to my PC.

Only problem is that when I open the file explorer, the photos will not show at all, just default picture icons. Why? How am I supposed to delete photos from the phone using my PC, expecially if I have a lot of them (which I do), if I can't even tell which is which because there's no thumbnail preview? All my photos that are on my PC show just fine when I use Explorer, so it doesn't seem to be a problem with Vista...

Help??
[HD2 General] mfrey0118:
Wow...such a helpful forum...50+ views and no replies...
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
If 50 people have viewed this thread and you have no responses, then none of those people had the answer available. Please don't make presumptions or comments like that about what help you get from an open, free, volunteer-based resource like this.

Now, you're probably not seeing the preview images because you're connected via the activesync/WMDC option. You'll need to reconnect the phone by USB, and choose "disk drive" option...this will let your PC see the SD card on the phone (and its contents, including the DCIM folder) just like it was a regular external hard drive. Once you do that, you should be able to get thumbnail previews of any pics on there.
[HD2 General] watcher64:
DITTO ...

But also just a suggestion, for questions like this that are not specific to the TMO version you should check out the main Leo Forum, as this is more active and also covers a lot more general area, the Q&A Forum there answers most questions already, but a new question is always welcome ...
[HD2 General] mfrey0118:
I did wait 5 full days before bumping the thread...

Dude...don't get me wrong...I love xda...I have learned so much from you and you guys are great! My bad if I came across as ungrateful...

See, that is why I post idiotic and sarcastic replies to my own threads, so that the lords of reason can swoop in and provide me with their eagerly sought-after wisdom!
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
It's all good then, no worries ;) Bumping threads is perfectly fine (within reason, which you certainly were), it's just that those words can touch a raw nerve here...it's just a pride thing.

So now are you now able to see the thumbnails again? I'm guessing so, but didn't want to assume.
[HD2 General] mfrey0118:
Yes, that does work and I can't believe I didn't think of it! Kind of a pain though to have to remount the phone active sync afterwards but I can live with it.

Thanks for the help.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
No prob! Yes that is a pain sometimes, but at least you can point the finger directly at microsoft for that one ;)
[HD2 General] pepsidrinker:
Here is what I do.

Here is what I do to import images/picture off my phones SD card. Maybe it will work for you?

I connect my phone using the USB cable and select disk mode on my phone when prompted.( IE NO active sync) Now I like to use Picasa for managing my images. In Picasa I import my images and it knows to not import images that I've previously imported.

This take only a few minutes if that... and I have all my phones pictures on my PC with little to no hassle.

You can download Picasa for FREE from the fine people at Google, just do a search for "Picasa".
[HD2 General] mfrey0118:
Ah, thanks for your help, forgot about Picasa.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] dajones89:
does anyone have the file for this android clock?

i cant seem to find it anywhere :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] magokh:
extract DeskClock from here:

http://link.geekfor.me/vanillalock2

and push it via adb in /system/app/
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] dajones89:
Thanks Mate :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] BradPitts137:
tried it on my cappy app works except for date is messed up
[EVO 4G General] tlordon:
:)so i posted this video on youtube.com:)

notes:

you can use your phone to update your tv or blueray player (samsung tested)

you hook your phone up to its USB port and put the phone in disk drive mode.

on the tv it will then pop up a menu with 2 options Media player (vids music pics etc) or software upgrade.

Media player is just that use your sd card as the source for media player on tv.

software upgrade it looks for the extracted folder you get from the exe file from the samsung website. (looks for that folder in the root directory of the sd card

what i say there

"Upgrade Samsung LCD TV using HTC EVO as USB Mass Storage Drive

I show you how to upgrade your tvs firmware with your android phone im using a htc sprint evo and a samsung ln46b640

and as you see in the video you can use the phone in disk mode and use media play on the tv play your tunes or videos

(kinda a double bonus in one demo)

can the iphone do this LOL"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E_W5DiWmUM

[YOUTUBE]<object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-E_W5DiWmUM&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-E_W5DiWmUM&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object>[/YOUTUBE]

:confused:why is sprint and htc not promoting all the great and cool fetures of there products and thus forcing us to find it all on our own and thus create the underground movment LOL:confused::(:eek:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhypr:
I was wondering if it's possible to add options to the "share via" menu. It would be lovely to have share via dropbox so you can access your photos/videos easily without connecting your usb. Any ideas or alternatives on this?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] crackeyes:
I am trying to get MMS working on the touch but I can not find the APN settings anywhere for USCC. THey have android devices but they will not give you the settings unless you have an "offical" android device Anyone have an idea of where to look
[Touch CDMA Android Development] heavymetalmage:
I'm gonna try out some setting that I've come across. Otherwise, I'll probably wait till they a Samsung Acclaim in the store and just sneak a peak at what they set. I'll let you know if I have any success.

EDIT: It didn't work. I'll have to find someone with an acclaim and find out their settings.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] piperthedj:
for the better part of a year, the USCC settings automatically load up (at least they always do for me) granted it takes about 15 minutes but they always get themselves in.

in-case you find yourself in the situation where it wont set itself,

a prime question i have- are you using Haret or NAND?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] crackeyes:
I have it on NAND. My internet works just the MMS is not. I know its not fully supported yet but I would at least like to know how to send them. I could care less about getting the, ( i get a ton of lame ones).
[Touch CDMA Android Development] piperthedj:
odd: i have been on NAND for almost a month i think and have not had an issue with MMS

when i was first playing around with android and Haret, there was plenty on PPC geeks here http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=113441&page=3

i find this extremely weird. since the newer kernel builds, i have not had a problem. i used to have to configure the APN all the time but havent needed for a while.

when you go into wireless settings does it say t-mobile? or what are your current settings?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] heavymetalmage:
I've found some settings but I am unable to set my MCC and MCN (I'm using Haret.)

http://www.androidonhtc.com/wiki/Carrier_network_settings#US_Cellular

and

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=1746229&postcount=159

That seems to flush out the settings for the most part. I went to a US Cellular store to see if I could view the APN for the their recently released Android phone but you can't view it.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] crackeyes:
Just for info

I am on Incbus 2.2 rsl10 with DZO 8-7-2010 240x320 nbh

when i look at my APN it is showing T-Mobile US