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[Android Apps and Games] cul8rm8:
What is so great about our country (UK) is the fact we have the freedom of choice.

Many young men and women over the years have died fighting for this fundamental right. Now, if anyone thinks this bluetooth marketing software would be annoying or even deemed as spamming, use this great option of "choosing" not to accept it.
[Android Apps and Games] _Schizm_:
And with that, I choose not to accept you.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
You, sir, just won one free copy of the internets.
[Android Apps and Games] boborone:
No guys this would be useful in lots of applications like fairs, malls, places with lots of people and lots of store fronts. Say your wondering a music fest, suddenly you get notified that so-in-so is giving out free autographed cds to the next hundred people, or in the mall a notification pops up for half off at radio shack for all cell phone accessories if you bring in this coupon, ect. If you don't want it, don't use it. I think it's pretty cool.

OP, is that the track of this app you were talking about?
[Android Apps and Games] lambstone:
so you want a bluetooth bomber? that is rather useless. I tried with with my winmo phone last time and most phones just get a "do you want to accept contact card?"
[Android Apps and Games] bennettm89:
More of yours died as opposed to lived. You should do the same for wanting to bluetooth spam.
[Android Apps and Games] boborone:
Yeah, I think in terms of a small scalled run (ie comic book shop), this type of marketing is rather hit or miss. Most people have feature phones. What you need more of is whats called captive marketing. Like an add on a bus or train.

And guys whats with all the hatred? In the type of format of a cell phone, it would be illegal to push something to it without the owners consent. If you don't want it, don't take it. This is the same thing as somebody handing out flyers on the street. If you take it, you have consented to it, are you gonna start yelling at the guy handing em out saying he's ruining your trip down the road with spam? If anything, I tend to say something to people throwing the leaflets on the ground, that's ruining my walk.
[Android Apps and Games] moneytoo:
Bluetooth Spammer

http://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartmadsoft.bluetoothspammer
[Android Apps and Games] snakeeyes21:
A similar thing is already used but with sms location based marketing.

Here in the uk, co-op stores recently had a trial where customers on O2 within 0.5 miles of a store could recieve a free bottle of dr pepper.

http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/asp/newsarticle.asp?newsid=59471

Could be very interesting to recieve such messages whilst wondering around town.

Completely different to the suggestion of bluetooth marketing because sms marketing could be controlled by the networks to ensure spammy spamsters dont annoy their customers, and ads could be targeted easier due to the info the networks hold.

Never the less its a very intersting concept and I doubt many people would have a objection to recieving such messages, providing there was a optout once a message is recieved from a store which they dont use.

Personally I dont think bluetooth marketing would work as it has a very limited range, the majority of people dont walk around with bluetooth on, and those that do wont have it descoverable, and just have their headsets, earphoes etc paired to their devices.
[Android Apps and Games] typhoonk:
forgot about the bluetooth bombers!!!

I used to go through a big box retail store with it on, and watch all the managers and sales staff pick up their phone and go, "what the f...."

then loop around and do it again!!! LOL, I was a ____ when I was young :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
There was an application called instantroot that roots HTC hero running 1.5 but until the software was upgraded nothing was done for the instantroot application. Do you have information about that? Is the developer still working on it?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Not heard of it for a while, but this method at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=726118 works on 2.1 fine with little issues.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
Thanks but I'm still looking for a very easy way to do the root. I don't know why(may be I'm afraid) but I still hesitate to root my hero. I'll think about it again, thank again.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ratratrat:
Following that link pulser gave will give the easiest way to root your hero.

Its thanks to that I'm able to root it with no problems whatsoever.

Good Luck!! Don't let yourself stay unrooted!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
Ok. I'll try later as the villainrom web site is not reachable now.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Hmm. Are you having trouble too getting onto the site?

Here's the instructions as posted.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
Oh man thank you. I wonder if I must install ADB to root my phone. I ask this because I still can't reach villainrom web site to check this guide http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1735
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
If you find the user btdag, his signature has the same guide, as he wrote it on both sites. I just use that link as it's easier to find.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
I would love to take credit for that guide but the user ante0 created it (such a simple method I overlooked). Here is it quoted. It is missing pictures but should make enough sense (i hope). It is highly recommended to have the latest HTC Sync installed (link in my sig) for this guide.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] chiaojen123:
Have you ever heard of Universal Androot? It is only one click away to root your hero2.1.

It's working on my hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
Universal Androot? Never heard of it. But it looks great and easy. Can I also install another firmware after I root my device with it?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
Can I install another firmware like FroydVillain 1.2.2 OTA on my hero after rooted it with this application?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
If it installs a custom recovery image then yes you should be able to. If not try installing ClockworkMod and then installing AmonRA - once you have root.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rapsass:
You are the best. Thank you.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] NoNco:
Application thread in the Nexus forum. Worked on my Hero 2.1 for instant root.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=747598
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lewymd:
Hi there i have an unlocked european Samsung Galaxy S Running I9000xxJM1 is there anyway i can install the standard version of android, unskined and no manufacter software?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
there is no need to unlock, as it is not locked

no to the 2nd part, we're all waiting for a clean build of android without Samsung customized software
[Galaxy S I9000 General] snapper.fishes:
The Cyanogen team has said that they are working on a release for Galaxy S.
[Vibrant General] M9x3mos:
Hello all i was looking over the gps fix information and kinda stumped to see if anyone else is noticing this or there is something wrong with my device.

I was using the "GPS status" application from the market and was able to get about 8 or 9 satallites seen but was not showing a fix on them the indicator was just staying on 0/9 Fix/Sat

Using the same app at same time in mytouch slide was getting 8-9/9 or so with only like a 3m error where the vibrant was getting an error rate of 10m+

is this normal with the fix settings that is posted in development thread or am I missing something or maybe just a bad device. The phone is getting the location and giving me directions just seems like quality of signal is far less then what it should be even with the fix applied.

if anyone could test for me that has the vibrant install "gps status" and get fix with maps and run this application and see if shows you green sattelite locks or that 0/8 thing that I noticed.
[Vibrant General] Stresa:
Samsung has committed to deliver a firmware update sometime in September to fix the GPS issues.

Returning your phone for a replacement will not solve your problem.

Sent from Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
This is not "normal." Neither is it news. Browse or search this forum and find many similar reports of GPS problems. The GPS on Vibrants, like all Samsung Galaxy S devices, is defective. The GPS Status symptoms you report seem common to all Vibrants; European models have different symptoms, but similarly unreliable accuracy.

And be a little skeptical of assertions that "Samsung has committed to deliver a firmware update sometime in September to fix the GPS issues."

Samsung has committed to no such thing, but rather has announced a September rollout to "optimize" the GPS, whatever that means. Whether or not this will comprise a "fix" remains to be seen. (A "fix" would imply that something is broken, which Samsung has not admitted.)
[Vibrant General] M9x3mos:
kind of like the iPhone reception issue lol

i thought that was something with agps hand off that was causing the problem. will all that stuff turned off and phone even in airplane more it never achieves fix from sat that is in any way accurate like signal is low.

even my android running hd2 after about 5 mins gets a gps lock better then this thing with better strengh.

has anyone tried the gps status app and seen what I mean. not fixing on any sats.
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
Please read the forums first. Your symtoms are the most talked about topic since the phone was released.

Not sent from my Vibrant using XDA App 'cause I returned it.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Of course I have. Many other Vibrant users have. Our symptoms with GPS Status or GPS Test are pretty much like yours.

What is especially bizarre is that the Vibrant will appear to "lock" on only one satellite and report a position with some degree of accuracy. That is impossible under the way GPS works -- three or four satellites are required.

The relationship between this bug and the other accuracy bugs inside the unit - errors in how well the actual coordinates get tracked versus reality -- are not well understood. The best thing is to wait and see what the September changes accomplish. There is no guarantee there. So if can, and are still within your buyer's remorse return window, you may want to return your phone for a refuind and wait to see what gets fixed. (You can always buy another one if there is a real fix.) If you are beyond that window, you don't have much choice but to hope.
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
No they didn't. They said they were going to "testing software to optimize GPS". I wish they would have said they are "testing software that will FIX GPS".
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
What you think that means... lmaoooo its a safe way of saying they know there is a issue yet not completely saying its broke and we need to fix it. Instead they throw out a optimized gps coming..
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
That's one way to look at it -- if one is disposed to play stooge for corporate spin.

I say give them credit for -- and hold them accountable -- what they actually say. Since Samsung has never admitted a flaw in the GPS performance -- only that it apparently fails to meet some users' expectations, as if it's all our fault! -- we cannot know for sure what they mean by "optimize." It may be a fix, and I hope it is. But it may just be incrementally better than it is today. I am cautiously optimistic, but that is all.
[Vibrant General] M9x3mos:
Atleast they acknoledged it pretty quickly. I will give it to september or when ever the G2 from tmo comes out just unlock sell it and buy that one.

Lol was affraid of some software bs after the behold II fiasco saying they will get 2.1 and then say they are stopping at 1.6 which they still don't have.
[Vibrant General] smutek:
They can't say that because that would be admitting that there is a problem, which would be a poor decision from a marketing and probably from a legal stand point as well.

I agree though, it would be nice to have them say "man, we screwed this up and we promise to do everything we can to make it right". The carefully crafted statements from marketing/legal just come off as insulting to the user base who has already committed to the product.
[Wildfire General] lordjester:
Anyone heard anything as too when HTC are releasing froyo for the wildfire...?
[Wildfire General] cashisback:
Correct me if im wrong but HTC Wildfires and HTC Desires are being shipped to china with Froyo Pre installed. So surely we must be getting the update soon!!!!!!!!
[Wildfire General] aaaccc:
still waiting foryo 2.2 :(
[Streak 5 General] mrdegriz:
Crap 1st post I know. A word of warning to anyone considering getting a Streak from these guys..

So I took my Dell Streak back to Carphone Warehouse as it had reception problems. They refused to replace the device and insisted on sending it to be "Repaired". 2 weeks later it finally arrives back in store for me to collect. Now, not only was the back plate bent but the screen is smashed...Storm back to the Store where they ummed and ahhed and proceeded to "Call Support" who, apparently, had to email their repair center to investigate as they didnt know their phone number?! Cant tell me IF they will replace the device let alone when...I would seriously warn people against buying devices from this company. Simply the worst service I have ever seen.
[Streak 5 General] marciu:
just phone dell directly and tell them what happened, be very demanding they will send you new device... that's what I did when I bricked my streak while updating to 2.1. Just got the new phone this morning :)
[Streak 5 General] mrdegriz:
Interesting. Might give that a go in the morning. So gutted, was really looking to firing 2.1 onto it! :mad:
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
Please keep us informed how you get on :)
[Streak 5 General] mrdegriz:
Despite my protests they are going to repair it again. Noone can tell me how long this will take. I truly cant believe this is happening! It took them 2 weeks to screw it up this badly. How long will it take them to actually get it back to me working?! Anyone got Charles Dunstone`s email address? I have some choice words for him regarding his so called company.
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
I would phone dell and inform them what is going on and how unhappy you are about it plus i would be Bombarding CPW's Head office with complaints via email and letter :)
[Streak 5 General] mrdegriz:
Been going at it via Twitter, Phone, Reddit and Email.
[Streak 5 General] fards:
have you put it in writing?

Have you given them a definite time period to replace/repair it ?

if the answer is yes then go to your trading standards department and get them involved to help you out..
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
Yes that is a good idea Fards and you can never beat a good old letter to one of the board members.

I had an Acer lappy broke, cut a long story short they would not repair it so found out who was on the board from PC WORLD as i got it from there and sent a letter every day to a different Board member a week later i got a voucher to go and choose a new lappy to the value of £600 but i originally only paid £400 so good result in the end :)
[Streak 5 General] flumps:
heh, i did something similar back in the day when woolworths was about. brought minidisc player from them and a week later it died, after multiple visits,emails,letters, phone calls they wouldnt replace it or refund it so i started to send 3000 xrated post cards to multiple woolys stores aswell as the head offices of kingfisher,managers,shareholders. it made the news/local papers and 1month later i got vouchers worth 3k through the mail. totally made up for all the money id spent of postcards n stamps :P
[Streak 5 General] mrdegriz:
Waiting for a call from them today. Have consulted trading standards and will be proceeding with a letter if I get no joy from CPW today.
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
That's ma Boy, keep us informed :)
[Streak 5 General] mrdegriz:
Just rang the little dears to be told "We dont open til 10" They must need a lie in after a hard days ripping people off!!
[Streak 5 General] mrdegriz:
Apparently, now it has gone to Birmingham..Bloody phone gets around more than I do!! I have to wait a week for my replacement...By which time CPW will have had my Streak for as long as I have...Superb!
[Streak 5 General] Dogmann:
@mrdegriz

I have no idea why yours has gone to Birmingham as i was told CPW can't repair Streaks as they don't have any parts or software to do so. As i said above mine took 9 days to be collected by UPS and is now on its way to Hungary and should be back within 10 days which i will be interested to see how true that turns out.

Both CPW and Dell have been utterly useless and after this i won't be dealing with either of them again nor 02 for that matter. I have just bought a Galaxy S direct from VodaFone and will sell the Streak or just use it for mucking around with if and when it ever gets back.

Marc
[Vibrant General] androidmonkey:
I notice that when typing a contact name for a SMS message, some of my old contacts no longer on my Gmail account show up. I think these contacts may still be on my SIM card. How do I edit my SIM card contacts from the phone?
[Vibrant General] :
In the contacts option you have to choose which ones to display: SIM card in your case.

Once you do that the SIM contacts will appear in the main list. You can then long press one of them and choose edit.

There is also an app on the market called contact2sim pro which will pretty much do the same thing but I find it completely unnecessary with the Vibrant.
[HD Mini General] hacking_soon:
Hello,

I need a way to sync my phone by my laptop.

for example I deleted my contact by accident and I want to bring it back from my laptop on my phone, but when I connect my phone to active sync or microsoft my phone it delete the contact on my outlook contact or my phone list!!! in fact laptop sync by my phone! I want the way sync my phone by laptop!

please help me.:(
[HD Mini General] Japhy:
you can setup it in the wmdc.
[HD Mini General] hacking_soon:
thanks, but I didn't get it! could you explain more?
[HD Mini General] pqillu:
Have you tried to delete your profile in the active sync?
[HD Mini General] hacking_soon:
nope, you mean it works?! to sync my phone by laptop I have to delete my phone profile on laptop then connect my phone and sync it?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m8tix:
Hey folks,

I've been searching now good couple of hours for a working black status and notification bar or theme for the newest nightly cm build but had no luck at all to find something fully working.

Best theme I've found so far which I really like a lot - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723278 - but it is not fully working unfortunately :( I can't change the notification font colors to white in the cm user interface settings and android market theme seems to be broken. Rest seems to work.

I also found here at xda a htc sense like bar/notification but it's not working at the newest nightly build for my desire.

I really hate the white/grey bar/notification but want to keep cm for now because it awesome ! Has someone found a working black theme for the latest cm ? It would be very appreciated :)

There is also the possibility to use the MetaMorph app with some specified xml files but haven't take a look at it yet.

Thanks in advance !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m8tix:
*bump*

I switched now to RC2 so it shouldn't be hardly a difference to the current nightly build but I haven't found any working black notification bar yet :s

IF anyone has found some sort of htc sense like theme that works fine with CM 6 RC2 please don't hesitate to share it here :) Thanks !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waza_Be:
*bump*

I am also looking for a good theme. this one is really nice: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=745854 but the author ask for a donation to port this to CM6.

I prefer to make this donation to someone on xda that will do it and share for other users, better than giving my money to him.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile] yixiar:
I hope somebody help me to change ROM language from english to chinese.

1. extract OsKitchen 1.31 RC2 to a folder.

2. import the official ROM:RUU_Photon_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.36.707.3_Radio_Signe d_32.2803.05.06_0.63.05.36_Ship.exe

3. import the WM6550-23563-Rollup-All-Pkgs

but the localization setings only list 0409, no other language option

Who know how I should do next?:confused:

I've read the common turial of the tools, but they are't relative to changing ROM luanguage:o
[Windows Mobile] af974:
This is the last advice.

Use the main OsKitchen thread to post a that kitchen relative question,there is no need to open another thread.

Closed.
[Vibrant General] adamboyd83:
I will b switching from my Hero to a Vibrant on friday and after browsing around here for a few days I have a couple of questions.

1. Whats with flashing through ODIN?

2. Are ROMs and certain fixes not flashed through recovery after root?

I'm pretty excited about this phone. I look forward to see what it can do with froyo.
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
nice, im getting mine tomorrow or Wednesday,
[EVO 4G General] OneStepAhead:
from http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/epic-4g-review

"So is it the right phone for the job? In a word, yes -- the Epic 4G is a great device. Killer, even. Nothing speaks to us more strongly during the course of a review than finishing it and saying, "alright, I'm ready to buy this thing," and the Epic is on the short list of phones that has managed to do it. More than its Galaxy S siblings, it feels like the Epic has overcome its shortcomings -- notably the forgettable UI skin -- to shine, and it's a phone we could easily imagine using day to day. Only thing is, the EVO is also on that short list for us -- and the better camera, bigger screen, and $50 savings versus the Epic still make it our winner in this 4G shootout, though only by the thinnest of margins. Needless to say, if you need a physical keyboard and you're looking for the one of the most musclebound Android phones money can buy, we wouldn't hesitate to recommend it."

:D
[EVO 4G General] Vandam500:
I've been thinking about switching over to the Epic but the GPS problems found on all the Galaxy S phones along with Samsung's bad reputation for slow if any updates make me really appreciate how awesome the Evo/HTC really is :)
[EVO 4G General] rockethot:
You can't take engadget reviews seriously. They gave the iphone 4 a higher rating than the Droid X
[EVO 4G General] Beejis:
Of course they would, they are iphone fanatics. And aren't they also owned in part by apple or at&t or something?

Sent from my HTC Evo 4g
[EVO 4G General] rockethot:
AOL owns engadget
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
But the Evo and iPhone 4 got the same score.

They really aren't as bad as some other news blogs out there (Gizmodo).
[EVO 4G General] Minjin:
How many Epic threads do we need in an Evo forum? Are we going to have a separate thread for the Gizmodo review?
[EVO 4G General] Success100:
i played with a epic today, i wont be switching from my evo...
[EVO 4G General] heygrl:
Engadget? -- Really? -- They're not even fully aware of GPS problems that are affecting the Galaxy S line of phones -- in short, completely disregard their reviews because -- Engadget isn't playing with a full deck -- don't let your love for HTC cloud your objectivity.

Hopefully I used -- enough.
[EVO 4G General] gTen:
The Gizmodo article needs its own thread actually...unlike this one..I mean in the Gizmodo article..now don't get a heart attack...only time it compared the Epic to the iphone 4 was to say that the Epic is better at it...when I saw that my jaw dropped....if anyone doesn't believe me read the article...

That said samsung said GPS will be fixed in September..so thats withing the 30 days of the Epic..so if necessary it ca be returned if GPS is a concern.

As for the Engadget review..only reason it got an 8/10 over a 9/10 was due to the 50$ extra..so its not that its a worse phone.it just costs 50$ more...