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[Windows Phone 7 General] jz9833:
I was a long time WM user and I loved it. However when I got a Fuze I was annoyed by the lack of games and apps which were on the level of an iPhone.

Then in January when the Nexus One launched I decided to give android a try. Honestly, I loved it and never thought I would look back. Then the nexus got froyo (android 2.2) and my mind was blown even more. Sadly though I broke it about 2 weeks ago and Asurion gave me a Vibrant as a replacement.

The vibrant without a doubt has the best hardware (especially screen) on the market today, however it is still on android 2.1. This is a BIG letdown because once you use 2.2 its really hard to go back to using 2.1. Flash, full copy and paste support, JIT compiller, etc. were big upgrades.

I always knew fragmentation was a problem for android, but since I had a nexus I kind of just ignored it. It wasn't until I got my vibrant that I realized this is something that really is a big issue and it's ridiculous that the flagship phone for android right now doesn't even have its most up to date software. MS is being very smart to fight this issue right from the word go with WM7 (yes they are leaving 6.5 behind but that is also a good thing ;) ).

A couple other things about android are really starting to bother me too. The lack of quality games and the market's horrible organization are big issues. Especially when you consider that google is always trying to compare itself to the itunes market. Unfortanetly, apple is the only company who got it right and hopefully MS will to.

That being said I am very excited about WM7 and I will probably get a phone once it launches, but no copy and paste support from day 1? That MS would ever even have an internal discussion to omit this feature from their initial release boggles my mind. Shame on you MS:(

EDIT: Another thing that annoys me about android, whenever I show it to people they ALWAY say "oh, so it is just like an iphone" and I have to correct them and say no, it is an android phone. That is the main thing I love about the WP7 UI. It is something new and completely different. I love the hub concept. For a company that is always talking about innovation, I feel google didn't do enough to be different.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Well to be fair samsung made their TouchWiz UI look very much like the iOS UI, at least superficially. I actually prefer it to sense.

But these Galaxy S phones are so buggy right now that I'm surprised they didn't push the release back or recall them. Feels more like a bad Windows ME for mobile than a decent smartphone OS. WP7 should have no issues taking market share from android. The only reason why it is competitive with iOS is because only Apple does iOS devices.

It's a shame palm didn't license out their os. I wouldn't have hesitated to get a WebOS device with Galaxy S hardware, or even a Pre with a 3.5" screen and a but better keyboard + faster processor (pre plus already has 512 ram and 16gb flash storage).
[Windows Phone 7 General] loadstone007:
My mantra says that you should never buy a product that is at version 1.0 (like WP7). Let other consumers do the QA for you.
[Windows Phone 7 General] richteralan:
this.

and better wait till v2.0 with 0.1 increment

or v6.0 with 1.0 increment.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Fermat:
Why do you need Android 2.2 when Android 1.6 is better than WP7?

Think.
[Windows Phone 7 General] havox22:
I guess everybody has a different opinion on what BETTER is :eek:
[Windows Phone 7 General] FUS3 360:
I've been a windows mobile fan since the HTC dash. Soon after my HTC dash, I got the HTC P4300, then the touch diamond, and after that I got the touch pro. Reasons why I fell in love with Wm was because of the many things one was able to do with the operating system. Wisbar advance desktop 2 mad my touch pro so awesome because I was able to make my own interface, including a windows phone 7 theme that I created. My touch pro screen became too small specifically after seeing phones like the HTC imagio and the HTC HD, both with huge screens. Plus I was ready to give wm6.5 a spin. Soon after Verizon got the HTC imagio, I went ahead and purchased it. Too my surprise, the imagio kept freezing on me so much that I had to trade it in for another device. The only device That was better at the time was the motor Droid running android 2.0 at launch. Honestly, I love the motor Droid but I knew that I would miss windows mobile. I told my self that if windows came out with a whole new Is, I would go back to windows phone. Well now its time for windows phone to get back to where they used to be. As a windows phone fan, I will be helping windows phone by purchasing they're first windows phone that hits Verizon. Windows phone will raise again.
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
Because we can and do choose to use WP7. And who defines "better'? We dont all have to be good little google lovers or isheep for our choice to be valid, some of us just simply do NOT want an android or iphone and are quite happy with what WP7 has to offer. Whether something else is "better" is a matter of opinion.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Lukehluke:
I think that Windows Phone 7 is a step in the right direction, however they are currently missing quite a few key features and they need to have as many key features as possible before their launch.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kanundra:
I know I'm going to get flamed, but Android still doesn't seem finished or polished enough for me. I currently have an Android phone but I've had several WinMo phones and iPhones in the past. Hopefully Microsoft's apps will rival the Apple store, because the Android Market sucks in comparison. My opinion, nothing personal.
[Windows Phone 7 General] eknutson:
I like Android for what it is - but it feels more like a nice WinMo 6.5 than something I'd call 'new and improved.' I'm ready for the upgrade to the new WP7 platform, for sure!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
I agree with this. Though I don't really like android. It basically reminds me of WM with SPB Mobile Shell...which I never really liked. I tried MS, and many other UI's and always ended up back with Titanium. I have tried WP7 themes, and they look good and are fairly functional (in fact I am beta testing Fireslaves 2.0 atm) but they still won't have the integration that the real WP7 is going to have, and that is what I am looking forward to.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Android phones are fairly bad investments because so much is missing and the platform moves too fast for phone manufacturers to keep up. Too many of the phones are underpowered as well - spec-wise...

Part of the issue its the way google slows the manufacturers to put android on any and everything. They act like they don't know phones are subsidized on contact and cost factually more than netbooks off contact.

A phone that will only get one os update and then fade into obscurity is not that useful to me. Also my gps would be working right now if this phone ran anything other than android...
[Windows Phone 7 General] fixxxer2008:
they shouldn't. wp7 will be locked down worse than the iphone and the UI is horrid. nuff said!
[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
Yeah, instead of going with a phone with a beautiful and consistent UI, I'll just stay with Android where I have no games, low quality apps, and have to rely on this website for the latest firmware. Android isn't as perfect as most of you fanboys try to make it out to be. I have nothing against it, but it could use an improved selection of app devs.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Still hard choice for me.

Android is pretty mature and has most of needed functionality.

But the UI is not for me and is so fragmented.

WP7 has many missing things.

The UI is perfect because it's consistent and simple.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pco.vaz:
Well I'm a full time .net programmer and I do like Microsoft.

Regarding their mobile OS in the past, I can only observe they been in the business for lots of years and done nothing with it.

My recently bought android phone haves apps for nearly everything and it integrates seamlessly with most available social networks, etc. I even have the best RDP client I ever used on a touch device.

Silverlight does appeal to me as I'm adopting it as my new dev platform but till I can see 7 running on a phone, I'll let others be used as lab rats.

Does Microsoft give you any optimism when you consider their past in mobile devices? I say NO.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sservati:
I have worked with Windows Mobile, iOS, Blackberry OS and Android...and I have seen WP7 demo videos...

From what I have seen you can't navigate and play music at the same time with WP7 but Android Can!

WP7 introduces new vision for UI design, but I think I won't like this tile style...it is so not polished yet!

If you are all email, facebook guy who wants fastest push system for email and notifications...Up to now Blackberry has won for me with very far difference, lets wait and see what will WP7 does!

If you want device just with cool apps and games to play and you don't care about your XBOX..go for glassy iPhone 4!

And still Windows Mobile can live...too many apps, modified roms &...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
Does anyone else get delayed sound? for example when you change the volume on your phone, it displays the change on the screen, then about a second after it makes the sound.

Also allot of games on the market seem to have delayed sound too, noticeable in menu's
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
anyone? this is so easy to test.. just press volume up
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Robin.B:
It's the way it's been with all the android phones I've played with so far, when you up or down the volume it takes a while for the sound to come in. Never bothered me as I don't use the sound when navigating through menus anyway and it doesn't show up anywhere else.
[General Questions and Answers] SteveDJ1:
I have a ghost text which was a blank message sent by one of my friend's

kids. I cannot see the message, but know it's there as the '1 new message'

notification shows under HTC Sense & Pocket Shield; any ideas how can I

get rid of it?

Thanks,

Steve.

Diamond 2,

Sense 2.5,

WinMo 6.5.

(done a search on 'ghost text' & 'blank text' & 'blank message.')
[General Questions and Answers] Mark Crouch:
Try this...............

Try the attached.....

Unzip it on your PC, copy the .EXE to your phone and run it on there - then do a soft reset.

Hope that helps ;)

Mark.
[General Questions and Answers] SteveDJ1:
Mark,

ran the fixunreadcount.exe, but the notification is still there. Thanks for your help, guess a hard reset is next tho.

Steve.
[General Questions and Answers] Mark Crouch:
Weird thought just come into my mind.....

If you go into Messaging, there's an Inbox icon top left with a downward pointing arrow next to it; click that and it'll show a folder list for your email account(s) - if you have any set up - plus the SMS folder tree. You may see an unread message in Drafts or Sent Items or......check any of them that have an unread count next to them and read/delete any you find!!

As you say, a hard reset is the "cure all" for these sorts of situations, but it's a bit severe to have to do it to get rid of a pesky unread message!!!

Good luck finding it - hope you don't have to hard reset ;) (or that I'm not too late and you already have!!).

Mark.
[Desire General] mancuk29:
Was hoping the annoying Facebook problem would be solved where contacts with phone numbers appear in phone even though you have Facebook contacts deselected in people ... unless there is a way to get rid of them ? (without deleting off Facebook)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] corey8084:
I'm on the Motorola Droid using the BuglessBeast ROM and I've noticed an error that occurs where my text messenger will FC and when I try to reopen it, it won't open and force closes instantly. I have to restart my phone every time this happens and I don't know what's going on. I want to uninstall and reinstall it but I couldn't find it in the market. it's the stock text messenger that comes with the US phone. Anyone have information for me?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] corey8084:
I could really use some assistance with this issue, anyone have any ideas? please!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] jahnile:
For testing I would try a different txt app to, handcent is very good and u may like it more than the stock one. If you don't want to use a different app then I would flash the Rom or do a nandroid restore if u have a recent back up. Good luck.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] corey8084:
I just re-installed the rom, I'm testing it now to see if it worked.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] aerdely:
If still having problems you can try to fix the permissions. Should be in bb tool box. The other thing is I had this problem with chevyno1 v4.6 and gmail app. I extracted the app rom the rom zip and deleted it in the system/app folder with root explorer. Then rebooted and reinstalled with app extracted to sdcard by running the apk installer. It work after that. No more FCs.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] aerdely:
Actually if I remember in the bb tool box you can enable godmode. That will allow you to edit the system/app folder without root explorer. You can use any file explorer if you don't have root explorer or don't want to pay for it.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] corey8084:
apparently in BB tools, there is a way to delete mms and re-install it, it allowed me to start my messaging without having to restart my phone (the only way I could get messaging to work after fc) appreciate the help there guys, seems like it may work this time, crossed fingers :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blix1337:
The camera has stopped working randomly. The only thing I could think of that might of caused it would be the phone some how shut down when it was in my pocket. When I start up the camera app it immediately closes. When I attempt to use Google goggles, it says cannot connect to camera. What can I do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trobb09:
First off you can give us some more details as to what software you are running. Are you on a stock Sprint ROM? A custom ROM? Did you install any software and then notice this change? Does this happen 100% of the time?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blix1337:
I'm running the stock 2.2 rooted odexed rom. Stock kernel. And haven't installed any new software to cause this...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blix1337:
I've cleared cache, dalvik cache, camera app's cache and it still doesn't work...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blix1337:
No one has any idea? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xusxmarinesx:
It happens to me on both ava stock 2.2 and now netarchys 2.2... I have to wipe everything to get it back for a few hours... it just did it to me again do you have netarchys fps fix?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blix1337:
This is the craziest thing ever. The camera has returned to working after 10 hours of not working. I didn't do anything to get it to return. I will be continuing to monitor the camera to see if it happens again... This is the first time it has ever happen and the first time I've been on a 2.2 Rom for a significant amount of time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
This just barely happened to my phone too! Grrrr!!!

I'm running Fresh.02 + I tried flashing several kernels to see if it would fix it but none of them helped. :(

kernels I tried, latest versions of: kingX, snap, netarchy

Will try to do a full wipe and flash the stock 2.2 rooted w/o any fancy mods. <--- ok this fixed it!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
Does installing the 3D Gallery app cause the Sense camera app to randomly stop working?

I'm getting the same problem again on a different ROM.

UPDATE: I've uninstalled 3D Gallery & cleared data on the Camera app and it still doesn't work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] briankurtz79:
i am having this same problem. have flashed several roms with no fix. cannot pin point when this happened either. really frustrating. ive done reboots, wipe, you name it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabbour_onar:
happened to me

Yes it happened to me, but i have HTC EVO 3D i used leedriod rom and it happend exactly i changed rom to ics and still didnt work know i will call htc and ask them how to get the official ics rom after that if camera wont work i will tell them that the camera was working before i made this update and they must fix it for free :cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hilfordjames:
Hi guys

Any luck with this problem? I'm using a rooted xperia neo running night-elf@work-Inx #2 with an unlocked boot loader - I've used Google goggles many times before and then today its coming up with "Cannot connect to camera. You may need to restart your device" and yet the camera is working because behind this pop up I can see the image that the camera is seeing. I've tried to take a screen shot of this but the screen shot uses the camera and therefore I blanks out the image through the back lens.

I've also uninstalled the app and reinstalled it - cleared all Dalvik cache - as well as moved it to SD and made it a system app - none of these trials have made any difference.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skipwilly:
Are you sure there are no problems or known bugs with the rom you are using? Have you tried reflashing your rom? (it might be a pain to do, but something in the rom might have broke and it can help to start fresh).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hippy70:
I never post here but I have had a problem with my phone's camera that I fix by some random thread I found a while ago so I thought I would share what helped me. The thread stated it is something to do with the camera's connection to the phone and sometimes with drops or bumps of the phone it becomes loose. All I had to do was turn the phone face down, put my thumb over the camera and press down with some force. Not enough to break it but just to reseat the connection. After that, restart the phone. I have done this a few times and it has been successful ever time. I hope you guys have the same success.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angryITman:
That is correct, in some cases i have found the camera has come unseated. but it could also be the board.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xboxhacker:
Ok, this is going to sound like a crazy request....but..

I have a HTC EVO, and i used a ROM from AvalancheMod. It was a Froyo port from the HTC incredible. It had a, what i think, was a better messaging app then the EVO has on the official froyo release. So i want to know how i can port the Verizon Incredible MMS.apk to my EVO.

I downloaded a zip from adrynalyne @ androidforums. It has the MMS.apk in it and i flashed it to my EVO while running 2.2. The app does not work... its not in the app drawer or in the home screen. If i make a anycut short cut to a direct message, it says the app is not longer installed. If i use root explorer and try to install the MMS.apk it says it can not be installed.

How can i modify the MMS.apk to be used on the EVO??

THANX!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trobb09:
I highly doubt this is possible due to the device-specific nature of that APK. Not only is it device-specific, but it is also carrier specific (probably including Verizon MMS settings and such)

Unfortunately I don't think this is going to ever happen but you'd be better off trying a 3rd party application for SMS/MMS like Handcent SMS or Chomp in the Android Marketplace.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xboxhacker:
But it was working on my EVO 100% in Ava's Froyo V2RC3 ROM... his rom was a port from the HTC Incredible to the EVO...it even had VZN apps...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] az93civic:
just extract it from that rom and push it to your current phone
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xboxhacker:
This is what happens when i push it to the phone....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmend:
Hey guys, I can't get my Google Calendar to SYNC at all with CM6?

I think it actually used to sync fine and after one nightly I manually applied the Market fix, Facebook sync fix, and Froyo audio decoder 'fix' and ever since that day I have not been able to sync my google calendar at all (on CM6 only).

Even after re flashing to a stock 2.2 Rom (to try it out) and re flashing to the latest CM6 nightly I still cannot sync calendar (and yes I wiped). I wonder if there is something on my SD card or something that google is trying to restore (from backup) that is causing this.

My hunch was that hacked facebook.apk that is needed to sync on CM6 is causing the google calendar sync issue. But even after removing facebook all together that did not solve the issue.

At this point I am stuck because even after a freash flash of CM6 Calendar still does not sync.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trobb09:
My calendar syncs just fine with the latest nightly of CM6.. I've never had a problem with it and I have been using the nightly builds since they were started a few weeks back.

Go to Menu -> Settings -> Accounts and sync settings -> 'Your Google Account

Is 'Sync Calendar' checked? Check it if it is not and then hit Menu -> Sync Now
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmend:
If it were that easy I would not have posted here. I have already tried that. My calendar used to ssync just fine. Not sure what I did. but now I cannot get it to sync at all even after flashing a new version of CM6.

That leads me to beleive there is a problem with my google account maybe or something is remaining around on my phone after a wipe.

I would think the latter is more likely because I can sync my calendar just fine on the stock 2.2 froyo or on older eclair roms.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trobb09:
Hmm.. What recovery do you use to wipe with? Maybe try updating/switching recovery versions to alleviate the wiping issue. Wipe data.. Wipe cache.. Wipe dalvik.. Even wipe SD after backing it up to PC if you truly want to start from scratch!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Alex_GP:
SO.. as the title says... is the Hero worth buying now?

Also, I`ve read here about some problems with the touch screen that suddenly appear... is that a general issue or just some isolated incidents?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Alex~:
The phone is over a year old now, the CPU is a generation older than the other Android devices with the 1GHz Snapdragon processor. I'm sure the phone manufacturers are preparing the next generation devices for later in the year - making those phones obsolete.

If you're after a cheap device then you should be able to get a Hero second hand for a decent price. If you're willing to root and try new ROMs then there is still a decent community for the Hero - otherwise you'll be stuck on Android 2.1 if you stick with the official updates. The Hero is highly unlikely to get any more updates from HTC.

If your budget allows for a newer phone, then you'd be better off getting a more powerful Android device.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Alex_GP:
Thanks, I too think that it`s a little old, but it has a fairly good price, almost the same as Wildfire here, where I live, but that qvga screen on the Wildfire is a let down for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Alex~ is bang on, it is cheap,and the community on here is great, so if your gona be using custom roms then go for it. But I wouldn't like to say how many devs will still bother with us after Xmas.

If you can put up ur budget, do that.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Tru, there are better phones available if buying new, but it's more than competent if second hand.

I'll be about till May 2011 with my hero anyway, as my contract expires then. And even then, the hero is popular enough to merit continued support i reckin.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dazza7111:
Hi I just bought one off eBay about a month old for £150 took a bit time to root and get used to Android, but worth it and its ok for price with lots of features. Although I think I now should have gone for HTC Legend?