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[Captivate General] hobolooter:
I upgraded from an HTC Fuze. Here are my thoughts:

WinMo is slow, ugly as butt (including most of the blackberry "look alike" roms), people care way too much about touch features even tho the screen is designed for a stylus, horrible mobile browsing, zero apps i care about, and its a dead platform.

Android, I can back because its fast, actively developed, I can actually develop an app for it without going through microsoft's embedded framework or god forbid win32, interface is modern and usable, looks amazing without the god awful ugly roms, etc.

All in all I should have upgraded sooner, the HTC Fuze is a pile of yesterdays garbage and the Captivate has my full praise.
[Captivate General] howudodat:
To provide an alternative viewpoint (some fo these problems are captivate some _might_ be android)

The captivate for one reason or another fails with fundamental tasks that WinMo has done for ages, custom ringtones, copy / paste an address from email (not gmail) to an appointment, heck copy / paste an appointment. GPS...sigh...uninstalling messaging leaves the system playing two ringtones for each sms. Synching of contacts / calendar / tasks that are NOT gmail...USB connections to back ports only...And coming from an HD, having Sense....I feel like I have taken a huge step backwards.

Now on to what I like...the captivate has a stunning display, runs fast and I am sure the android platform will outlast winmo and has or will have a larger developer base. It is the future (This is the reason upgraded). Handcent sms. And eventually the HUGE oversights on this phone will be fixed by the people here. I'll just have to buy another $50 to $100 in widgets that came with my HD.

All in all I dont regret my decision, I just wonder if it was pre-mature.
[Captivate General] Ryukeima:
I went from a Touch HD to Touch HD2 to the Captivate and I am quite happy with the decision. I do miss the larger screen and ability to use my ps3 controller for games and emulators. I also miss the ability to use a stylus when I so desire. However, I feel that the decision was wise because the captivate has a beautiful screen and performance definitely blows winmo out of the water. Also, winmo 6.5 and below is pretty much a dead OS now anyways. The graphics performance of the captivate also blows the HD and HD2 out of the water. I am sure the captivate will only get better when 2.2 is inevitably released.

I cannot comment on the GPS problems because I have not used GPS. And even with the "lag" that the captivate experiences in comparison to some other android phones, it is completely unnoticeable in comparison to WinoMo. The device flies.
[Captivate General] AllTheWay:
First android device

I have had many windows mobile devices in my life time. Also had the Touch HD and the HD2 along with the Fuze, Tilt 2 etc.

I absolutely love my Samsung Captivate. It's about time that Samsung stepped up there game and made a device to gloat about. Though I still have my HD2 and that by far is the best windows mobile device bar non. The screen size difference between the HD2 and the Captivate is negligible. 4.3" to 4" is not that big of difference because the AMOLED screen is amazing to look at. In my opinion even better than the iPhone 4 screen.

As far as the GPS. I don't have any issues with it. I use GPS test (from the marketplace) and I am able to get a signal lock in about 5-10 seconds when I am outside no problem. This is without making any changes to the GPS or doing the so called GPS fix.

I know that I read on engadget about Samsung says there is a "fix" for the GPS in the near future. In my opinion Samsung is looking out for the customer more than HTC is.
[Captivate General] Ryukeima:
I concur.
[Captivate General] :
I love my captivate so much that if i could, i would marry it =D
[Captivate General] systoxity:
i bumped up from a fuze. Getting this phone was like clearing up a life long constipation.
[Captivate General] sschrupp:
Awesome, thanks for the insight everyone. Including some downsides. They definitely don't seem like deal breakers for me though.

I'm sure there are other people on the fence too, so maybe this will tip them to one side or the other.
[Captivate General] Ryukeima:
I would also like to add that I was quite surprised with the different camera modes. The low light shots look really great. I was personally never a fan of LED flashes on phones anyways (besides being a ridiculously good flashlight on my HD2).
[Captivate General] pantyryder69:
I switched from the htc hd to iphone 3gs and now the captivate. The best thing about the touch hd that the other phones cannot beat in my opinion was the gps. It would get a lock very quickly due to the sirfstar iii chip in the phone and would rarely lose lock no matter what speed I was traveling at.

The iphone is the best for game apps since it has more developers and therefore more choices in the app store.

I missed the big screen of my touch hd and wanted better quality which is why I got the captivate. Compare the touch hd video playback to one on the iphone or captivate and you'll see that the touch hd is more washed out due to the 65k limit.

In my opinion android is kind of like windows mobile where you have chefs cooking different roms and the ability to customize all parts of your phone to make it better than it was stock. The iphone allows something like this as well but makes it more difficult as everything is on cydia and doesn't have a well known forum like xda to turn to for help (but then mb I never looked hard enuf)

Basically the captivate feels more of an upgrade from my touch hd than my iphone
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BoogWeed:
Hi all,

I've been using Modaco Custom ROM for about a year now and never really bothered to look at anything else as Modaco just worked for me. However, a few days ago I thought I would just see what other ROMs are out there and try them out... boy was I in for a shock!

I had no idea the Hero Mod scene had grown so large in the last year with so many different ROMs and each with so many variations! I decided to put a simple little spreadsheet together to give an at-a-glance view of what ROM does what, this would be helpful to pretty much anyone, not just newbies.

The spreadsheet is on google docs and I welcome anyone to edit it, just copy/paste the 'link' below:

https : // spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Atl6lHwiDFTJdG9tWTBaWmJEQS1pY25CZnBIWUJ1RUE&hl=en&authkey=CKeImyw

Sorry about the link, xdadevs would not let me post full links as a new user.

BE WARNED: The information I have entered so far is very rudimentary and probably slightly inaccurate, but it was just to get the spreadsheet going.

If anyone could contribute just a line or two it would be a great help! Just edit then hit File > Save.

Also, the formatting is pretty crude, but I thought I would clean it up once there is more information.

If it's useful, it could possibly be used as a sticky?

Thanks in advance for any help guys.
[HD2 General] lonelykatana:
Im starting to think the conection for the screen is faulty.

But I'd rather know for sure than send the phone off for weeks to be fixed only to be told they wont do it:mad:

The colours have been going pink/purple ish, and the whole picture has been jumping to the right.

It happenes for a while, but when I switch the screen off a few times it fixes the problem.

Is the conection for the screen around the bottom of the device? where the buttons are?

Because it seems to happen when I press hard around that area.

Id rather know for sure before I start opening it up

If it happens again, ill throw up a photo if it will be of any help.

Thanks:)
[HD2 General] lonelykatana:
SORRY

thinking about it, this thread should have gone into 'HD2 Q&A' - But I forgot it was there!

Feel free to move it mods
[HD2 General] lonelykatana:
Booooiinnggggg!

Come on people help me out:rolleyes:
[Desire General] jomik:
Hey, I'm new here, and just got a HTC Desire recently, I mistakenly updated to Froyo before I knew that I couldn't root and now I want to try downgrading my HBoot to 0.8 so that I can root.

I want to follow this:

htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2934

But I need a RUU (No idea what it is really) to do that, so I'm looking at this list:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695667 but I honestly have no idea how I can see which one I need to download, so can anyone help me out there? Where can I see it on my phone? I believe it's unbranded and all that.
[Desire General] FloatingFatMan:
You can't. You're stuffed until someone breaks the new HBoot, which may be never.
[Desire General] dmpwd:
mate, i understand you're new, but please read forum rules.

hboot 0.92 is not downgradeable at the moment, as explained on some already opened threads...

unfortunately, you'll have 2 wait.
[Desire General] jomik:
Well, it looks like someone succeeded in downgrading from 0.75 to 0.66 without doing any such breaking? I'd like to try it just to confirm, what harm can it do? Haven't seen anyone actually having tried that way?

I also did read forum rules, I'm not asking for a way to downgrade it, just asking for some information in how I choose what RUU I need? >.<
[Desire General] dmpwd:
no, the rule was to search before posting a new topic.

there's another thread with discussions about this subject: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741672
[Desire General] jomik:
Aye mate, I did search before, I've been browsing around for most of the day, what I'm asking is how do I see what RUU I need to download for my phone, not how do I downgrade HBoot.
[Desire General] dmpwd:
but mate, whichever RUU you get won't fit because you have updated your HBOOT to 0.92. that's what's being discussed in the thread I pointed you...

if you dare reading...
[Desire General] jomik:
Yeah, I'm reading, and I saw that the method was tried, I'm still interested in what a RUU is :P

And sorry about that, I only read like around the latest pages, not the first 2, which was the one it was on >.<
[Desire General] dmpwd:
RUU stands for ROM Upgrade Utility and it checks your HBoot version prior to installing any ROM.

Hope this helps! :-))
[Desire General] andreadj:
off topic off topic off topic off topic off topic
[Desire General] dmpwd:
there's no point in having rules and manuals if people are lazy enough to bypass them every time they have a doubt.

anyway, feeling better now andrea? relieved maybe? :-)

enjoy your week.
[Desire General] andreadj:
lol !

yes dmpwd, I was already feeling quite well, waiting for Paul's rom as many others...i came to delete my post because it was going to be taken negatively, but I like the kindness that comes between the lines of your answers....FYI I am now quite amused, thanks!
[Desire General] rodzt37:
THE GUY SAID HE WAS NEW!

Forums were designed as a community where likeminded people can SHARE knowledge, WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE IN HERE nOT GET? If someone asks for genuine help, help them with useful information not Nazi rule keeping or say nothing and move along. we dont need idiots.
[Desire General] charon72:
OT. Sry.

Jup and as he just registered this would be the first thing he saw and agreed to...

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By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

The owners of xda-developers reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.

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Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news.

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Rule #1 and Rule #2.6... end debate.
[Desire General] cjm1979:
Is there not also a rule about flaming?
[Desire General] charon72:
Would hardly call a copy paste of the rules for flaming..

But if you saw it as that, then i apologize.

Just getting tired of post after post asking the same things by newly registered users.

I wish that reading and searching had first priority, instead of spamming the board with countless new topics.
[Desire General] foxmeister:
++++++1

The rules are there for a reason, let's not forget that! To be honest, these forums are starting to get less and less useful, because of the amount of redundant threads that are being started.

If we had more robust/regular moderation, this would be less of an issue, but it seems we don't have a Desire-owning mod! :(

Regards,

Dave
[Desire General] dmpwd:
this is my point of view and what I was trying to explain, but some people even called me a nazi/idiot for that. that's another rule-breaking activity, but anyway... :p

hope the OP is happy now.
[Desire General] andreadj:
I wish that reading and searching had first priority, as well as newbie help, instead of producing 2 full pages on newbie behavior, but anyway...
[Desire General] jomik:
Yeah, and I did search before posting, I think people just got the question "How do I downgrade from 0.92" instead of my original question that asked what RUU I'd need to get for my phone, if it was possible. Lol.

And also, I wonder how the hell this topic got onto rules and stuff like that, so lets just leave it at this O.o
[Vibrant General] offensive:
My visual voicemail randomly decided it was going to start giving this error:

Communication error:

Your current settings do not allow data communications.

I'm on 3g with full signal, and all of my other applications are working over the internet. Anyone else experience a similar issue?
[Vibrant General] junkdruggler:
have you tried a free visual voicemail client? tmobile visual VM hardly ever works good for me...
[Vibrant General] yipcanjo:
Is your wifi currently enabled? 'Cause TMo's Visual Voicemail doesn't work over wi-fi. Seriously. It's one of the absolute worst Android apps ever written. Such a piece of junk.

Anyhow, after *much* frustration, I finally switched over to the (awesome!) Google Voice app for my voicemail. No phone number to switch *and* it works just dandily. Very happy to have made that change.

Hope that helps.
[Vibrant General] Broken:
Anyone know what directory default T-Mobile Visual Voicemail app is located???
[Vibrant General] offensive:
Lol, no certainly wifi is not on. I've removed the readded the vvm package, and still no go.

Will the google voice app pull from my t-mobile voicemail?
[Vibrant General] greengoldmello:
You should really try google voice
[Galaxy Spica General] ikke008:
Hello,

Does somebody knows how I can unlock my i5700 for free?

Many thanks
[Galaxy Spica General] sanaz:
maybe you`re suppsed to root it.
[Galaxy Spica General] pixiejoe:
no rooting won t unlock youre i5700
[Galaxy Spica General] digitized007:
it is not free yet or not supported by any tool yet ...

only way is to buy unlock codes for it...
[Galaxy Spica General] eiroljohn:
Try flashing you're spica with roms applicable to your region.. I think that will solve your problem..
[Galaxy Spica General] 123unlock:
flashing the phone will not remove the simlock

for simlock removal you have several options

- get code from provider

- go to local unlock shop

- buy unlock code online (takes several days)

- unlock phone online for example at UnlockSamsungOnline.nl or fastgsm(dot)com(instant unlock via cable)

till now there is no free solution for this model..
[Galaxy Spica General] briandarrel:
Search for samsung remote unlock, should be the first one - I can't post links yet. Get a free unlock by selecting trialpay (Purchase credits > Free unlock).

You will need to complete one offer, make sure you select an offer you can get a 100% refund on. I would suggest a roboform pro license.

Unlock using their software (instructions are given). Remember to ask for your refund.

Let me know if you have any problems.
[Galaxy Spica General] pennypt:
it would be fine if someone create a apk like GALAXY S

heheheh

we gonna keep dreaming with this :D
[Galaxy Spica General] 123unlock:
thats not possible.. since the unlockcodes for i5700 are not stored in nvm
[Desire General] shazan:
Hello guys this is from my personal experience that i have with my desire

(no guarantee)

Requirements and Procedure

i have desire from orange unlocked through a code.

i used a 4 gig Goldcard

and a normal OTA update.

No Root

firstly i used a normal SD and it created a problem like no signal, reboots, loading for 20 mins and then i sued a gold card and a normal OTA update which i got on my phone and now it works like a charm.

Hope this helps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unnddd:
It turns out that H3G Desires are shipping with version 1.22 of the RUU ROM, which means that I can't simply follow conventional guides to debrand it. Is there any way to downgrade to a generic ROM so that I can upgrade to FroYo?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiaatie:
Welcome to XDA!

Please use a search before posting a new thread.

Every hTC device have it's own forum and it's the first place to look for ongoing discussion about device developments.

Take a look [here] and if you can't find answer to your question post it in Desire Q&A.

As this is not really the right place to ask and next time at least try to include device name in thread.

:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unnddd:
Thanks for that. I did do a search before hand but I probably searched for the wrong terms, as I've found a half related thread in the forum you linked.
[Captivate General] rob989_69:
Ok, the 1st go around with the speed fix in development brought into question quadrants reliability in my mind. I was scoring almost double in quadrant with a phone that felt slower than the Euro ROM.

I've compared against a coworkers Droid X which routinely scores 1200's in quadrant and when running Linpack and Benchmark the Captivate wins out, albeit by a small margin.

Has anyone done a reliability test on quadrant or any other benchmarking app?? Seems a higher score should mean a faster phone, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Any thoughts??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amco:
My gmail isn't working with this rom and since gmail isn't an app i can't uninstall/reinstall. Anyone else have a fix or have the same problem? :D

Forgot to add that when I try to load it up it force closes.
[HD2 General] L22EEW:
I am currently using MyMetroLock, and SOMETIMES if I don't have a lock code on, and I slide the slider across the screen, it doesn't unlock my screen. Basically I can slide the slider back and forth the screen, and the screen won't unlock.

Anyway, got around that problem by turning the lock code on, and work's fine. BUT there has been problems with this lock screen, with the lock code ON. Basically I had my HTC to backup every Monday @ 4am (via SPB backup), and it soft resets. So this morning after waking up, I moved the slider on screen, and tapped in my phone lock code, and kept getting message saying lock code was incorrect. So had to HARD RESET :mad:

Now this isn't the first time this has happened, it's happened a FEW times, and have now decided to get rid of the MyMetroLock. So managed to uninstall MyMetroLock, but then I have no lock slider lock screen on my HTC. The lock screen I have is a basic version, tap unlock bottom left screen.

How do I get back the HTC version of the slider lock screen?
[HD2 General] L22EEW:
Ok, have figured out how to get the HTC slider lock scrren back, as that was in the LOCK menu.

However still having the same problem with the slider. A few times I am able to lock phone, and unlock using the slider. Then if I slide the slider across the screen, the phone won't unlock. The slider don't freeze, as I am able to slide it back and fore the screen, but the phone stays locked.

Any ideas? As I have had to revert to using the "windows classic" unlock display :eek:
[Desire General] I RICHY I:
Okay, so I've lost all my settings because I had to debrand to get froyo.

For those of you who want to enable auto-backup you need to go to settings>search>searchable items and select settings. Press the search button and type in privacy (it's at the very bottom of the list).
[Desire General] Aitese:
I've seen this tip a few times and I've tried it and it doesn't give me the result you all describe. Weird.

[edit] In fact, I can't really search Settings at all. I'm able to enable, but I don't get a list of results no matter what I type, even things I KNOW are in the settings menu.
[Desire General] BelgianAtheist:
works as the OP describes it on my Desire.

(you have to go back to the home screen and press the search button then type "privacy" and scroll to the bottom)
[Desire General] jedininja666:
Also when you press the Search button, you might have to click the Google 'g' symbol in the top left, and select the Settings 'cog' symbol. You should then be able to search for Privacy.
[Desire General] piumach:
Perfect!! Thanks so much!
[Desire General] lanxton:
Does this also fix the problem with the WiFi key not being restored on factory resets? I am tired of doing it manually.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dushan90:
I have a Motorola A1000 phone (locked). Does anybody have any unlocked firmware?
[Vibrant General] frankencat:
Anybody using Set CPU? What are your settings and do you think we need this with a 1gHz processor? Thanks.
[Vibrant General] gravis86:
Use the search function. There's a good thread on this already. I'm on my phone so I can't post a link but it's called "SETCPU Confirmed working !!".
[Vibrant General] frankencat:
Thanks. I did a search but I missed it somehow.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7377386
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NICEGYPT:
I would like to know if this version work 3G with T-mobile US , i want to get it from clove.co.uk but i want to make sure first if it works with T-mobile US 3G ....

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kilack:
clove sell them with 3g frequencies of

3G Network - HSDPA 900/1900/2100

t-mobile usa uses 3g on

1700 and 2100

so you would be missing a band, doubt it would be any good for you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] larryccf:
no 3G without the 1700 band

tmo usa uses 1700 upload and 2100 download - i foolishly thought i could survive with just 3G on the download side - luckily someone that had tried it with a HTC Desire from Tmo UK told me it didn't - if tmo usa network doesn't see both sides of the AWS IV band (1700 & 2100) it will limit the connection to 2G speeds
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reuthermonkey:
that's why they call it a "band". Without both frequencies that are bound together, it aint gonna work.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NICEGYPT:
Thanks guys for the answers. I really like this phone but I don't want to get the one in tmobile, because I want Arabic support and I don't know if vibrant accept I900 0 Roms . If it does of course I will get it . So my q now is the vibrant accept I9000 roms or not ?

Thanks again
[Streak 5 General] Amdathlonuk:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741943

It's been good, but it's not for me...

Comes loaded with Co-pilot!
[Streak 5 General] Amdathlonuk:
Still for sale.

Now only £280! with a few extras! :)
[Streak 5 General] bigsro:
Howdy pardner - Im interested for that price - why so cheap though?

How does this rebel sim work?

I take it your not interested in exchanging anything for it? (sorry have to ask) Its a steal at that price though...
[Streak 5 General] macsbac:
I would be interested if you haven't sold it yet.
[Streak 5 General] Amdathlonuk:
Sorry guys.

Now sold, will be posting it monday.