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[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
Luckily I'm not a fanboy of any side. I look for what works the best. I'm a iPhone, Blackberry, and Android user myself. I'm defending this phone because it works well. On my phone, I usually will send a couple text messages and emails, call a few people, take a few pictures, listen to music for a couple hours, browse the web for a while, and play a few games. I was able to do this on the iPhone and Blackberry but when i first got my Incredible, it would last like 3 hours of heavy use. I only recently got it to last the whole day because I installed a new kernal. But the thing is, I can do all of the things I usually do everyday with WP7 or iOS so why should I have to continuosly alter my phone to make it fit my needs? Microsoft nor Apple would be dictating how I do things because they do things how I usually prefer to do them.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Godo_PPL:
I really do not understand why you are ranting on htc because they make a hub/ui experience that really shows what the phone is capable of...

YES, it is eyecandy, and not for everyone..

YES, It is hardware demanding and probably uses a lot of battery..and finally

YES, it is something that may not be practical in every day efficiency..

But..

It is highly innovative, can very well be a BIG advantage over other manufacturers, shows what Microsoft has planned/enabled developers to make and gives HTC publicity :)

I like the way htc is moving things, and will most likely buy mozart when it is released!
[Windows Phone 7 General] kanttii:
I have something to say.

. Fragmented? Could you explain?

. IMO the UI is not inconsistent. If compared to WP7, Symbian or any other mobile device OS it's just different and needs getting used to.

. You can get other media players - that's why the stock player isn't as feature rich as it could be

. Stock apps depend on the manufacturer, and the idea of Android is to have a great source for alternate applications, the Market. Most paid apps are good quality, but in countries that can't yet access paid apps quality can still be found from free selection.

. Android is in development. Copy & paste work fine for me, when I need to do so which isn't usually.

. Why do you need updates, if there's no newer version of the OS yet than 2.2? Manufacturers are on their way to deliver it to customers, but as usually they want it to look just theirs.

. Actually, Android can use more than 512MB - have you seen devices like Desire & Nexus One in action? Also, the tablets with 1GB of RAM? IDK what is the maximum capacity, but this tells it supports A LOT of it.

. Tell me some phone with large internal capacity, and I'd get one.

. Google depends on manufacturers for photo & music etc sync. Android has sync for contacts, messages, email etc through Google account.

. Performance drops?

. Yes, smoothness is an issue that needs to be fixed. But with devices with a low amount of RAM, like Magic & G1, it depends on use of animations.

. I have good battery life with both stock & custom ROMs and kernels. Every phone I've seen doesn't have long-lasting battery. Why should Android phones have them then with larger price?

. Poor selection of quality games - true. Does WP7 have good games? WM6.5? Developers are on the go.

. App switcher is good IMO. What would you want of it? Task managers can be bought/dloaded from Market, those too that can replace stock app switcher.

. Flash performance could be a lot better, yeah. It's about Adobe and Flash Lite for devices with incompatible hardware for Flash 10.1

. Nazi Theme? Android Market's idea is about openness and free will, but without letting porn & malware in.

. Carrier Bloatware is always a problem, with other OSes too.

. Stock phone sucks compared to Rooted Phone is true in some occasions. But with normal users it doesn't matter - they want just a phone and won't hang on small details like us who want most out of their devices.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bengal34:
Well, it is fragmented but the negative effect of it is up to debate. Due to Google giving way too much power to the hardware manufacturers you have to rely on them to ship out OS updates. I don't rely on HP to get my updates for windows7, why should it be any different on my phone? This is my major beef with the OS. Plus its going to fork with gingerbread.

With apps, WP7 is going to have a much more currated app store.

Also, with the high minimum specs you will have a hard time finding a crap WP7 device. You may not like how all of them look, sure but they'll all be buttery smooth.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gom99:
More information about Sense
[Windows Phone 7 General] kanttii:
Yeah.. I'd like to see low end WP7 devices with lower specs & graphical features too, as the price of $600+ is a lot for most customers.
[Windows Phone 7 General] XaaR_:
1. BECAUSE, not everyone have the latest phone all the time, and what if you have an Hero and want 2.2? You're ****ed unless you run Custom ROMs

2. iPhone?

3. It is unfair to compare a released OS with an yet unreleased

4. Uhm.... Except iPhones and WP7, which happens to be the only large competition to Android

Not going to say anything about the other points
[Windows Phone 7 General] kanttii:
Yeah.

Manufacturers are to be blamed for slow update to 2.1 & 2.2, and that's where custom roms come to the arena. I'll never get an iPhone - I've followed it since first news came out, and tested it many times. It just doesn't fit me.

WP7 sounds very good.

Also, for the games. Symbian & iOS have largest selections, but afaik game developers are developing and going to develope them for Android too when it grows more.

I had a stock ROM in my Magic first, but as no news of 2.1 or 2.2 came from HTC I rooted (and soft/hard-bricked) it and got a 1.6 Sense ROM. Then 2.1, and now I'm searching for The One Perfect.

What devices do you guys have?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Hirnteri:
No htc Sense in wp7 so far.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/24/htc-ceo-initially-we-dont-have-time-to-put-sense-on-windows/
[Windows Phone 7 General] kanttii:
Oh no.. Wish they'll provide it via updates, then.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
If its HTC, I'm sure you will be able to download it via their market(seen in the videos).
[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
1. Fragmented as in most Android phones don't have Android 2.2.

2. Inconsistent as in Android Vanilla has no distinctive look. The gallery, music player, and home screen have absolutlely nothing in common.

3. Having alternatives is NO excuse for not having a good stock player. Why do you think Microsoft is improving all of its stock programs for Windows? They could just say go download Winamp and Google Chrome for good experiences but they know things should work great out of the box.

4. Stock apps should be good on every Android phone. Google should take some responsibility and develop quality apps so I don't have to download 5 alternatives to find the one that works decent.

5. Copy and Paste is broken whether you use it a lot or not.

6. Google should have a way in which you can update your OS along with everyone else. I shouldn't have to wait for anyone besides Google.

7. Wrong again, my phone has 512MB of RAM but for some reason only around 210MB RAM is available when all my apps are closed.

8. iPhone 4. 32GB. Happy shopping.

9. Again, the stock apps should be great. Manufaturers shouldn't have to clean up everywhere.

10. Yes, performance drops like when home screen swiping lags out of nowhere.

11. I have lack of smoothness on my Droid Incredible. one of the stronger devices out there.

12. WP7 does have good games. Where have you been?

13. Full flash on my phone lags kinetic scrolling in a very annoying way.

14. Yes, the Nazi theme was a slap in the face to many people in the world. I like open market, but this shouldn't be tolerated at all.

15. Carrier bloatware is non existent on the iPhone and can be uninstalled on WP7.

16. Rooted phones bring software updates, better battery performance, and more stable usage. Normal users would love all of those.
[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
Sense 2.0 is amazing for Android. Just flashed it to my Incredible and it fixes so many of the problems I mentioned before.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
And how many devices will get this update through official channels?
[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
Doesn't fix all I mentioned above of course. Fragmentation will still exist and will most likely only reach the high end Sense phones. At least C&P isn't broken for me anymore.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
Yea, it'll be interesting to see which existing phones HTC pushes it out to, if any. Also, with all the rumors of Gingerbread/Honeycomb tightening things up, how far back will they go? HTC only promised to release 2.2 for their 2010 phones. So anything more than 5months old was effectively outdated. Will they say only 2011 phones will get the new Sense and/or Gingerbread/Honeycomb? Anytime someone questions the existence of fragmentation on Android you just have to post this image...
[Android Software Development] busyychild:
Is there an app/widget that will auto-hide the dock like the Windows taksbar that will either work in conjunction with LauncherPro or have its own dock?

Im not looking to use that empty space or put more icons there.

I just want the dock to be hidden until I make a gesture or "mouse" over it. Then it will pop up and return to its normal location. Much like how you can have it in windows (taskbar).

Im not looking for extra functionality. Just something to display more of the background.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Software Development] SXUsr:
If it's like ADW it will have the feature already built in.
[Android Software Development] busyychild:
Thanks!

ADW was exactly what i was looking for.

allows you to hide/show the dock with a up/down gesture. same with the taskbar.

sweet!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neederishelp:
will the eris play FLAC music files?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morphius2036:
There are several apps in the market that show they reconize the .flac format, Meridian Media player, Audio Player, AMPlayer....ect. Search FLAC in the market.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neederishelp:
okay, thank you.
[Desire General] interqd:
Hi all... since yesterday my htc sense keep closing on its own every 10 minutes.. I don't know why....

Well I have been using widget locker since yesterday...could it be the problem? Or may be any damage in the rom? Am using leedrod rom..

Pls anyone can provide any solution? Will be much appreciated...
[Desire General] interqd:
Please someone....
[Desire General] interqd:
its been 3 days now

please.. can anyone tell me whats wrong with my sense???

almost everytime i unlock my phone, it will restart all over....

this sometime happen even after long browsing..
[Desire General] MaxBotev:
Hello,

The first thing you can do - go to Settings, then Applications, find HTC Sense and delete it's application data. If it doesn't work try to wipe everything (all your data will be lost)

Turn the power off. If your HTC Desire is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it

Hold the Volume Down button

Press and release the Power button

You are now presented with a menu that allows for Fastbook, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock

Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button

Press and release the Power button

Now simply confirm your decision: Volume Up for YES and Volume Down for NO

lost, so make a backup/sync your contacts).
[Desire General] sindrefyrn:
Do you run a custom ROM?
[Desire General] GANJDROID:
there are now 3 different threads about Sense restarting on the same page.

Maybe you'd like to search?
[Desire General] interqd:
yes... leedroid

but i wasnt like this firstly...

tried that...

sense stays good till 1 hour then restarting again :(

could any widget causing this ?

thx...

already searched...

their problem is slight different with mine..
[Desire General] interqd:
still no solution here :(
[General Topics] acallas:
On my Incredible, I have the option to send a text when I reject a call... but I can't seem to get it to work. When I reject a call.. that's it. No option to send a text pops up... nothing.

Any thoughts?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jm5503:
Looking for the best settings to avoid loadings screens, stability and speed....I personally use seven homescreens and a ton of widgets and every once in a while ill experience a load screen when returning to the home screen.....thx in advance....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jm5503:
Anyone????
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddat:
I also have 7 screens. all icons, and 9 widgets. scrolling is mostly smooth. except for screen previews while pinching. That is choppy. I find around 4-5 widgets its smooth.

tried fooling around with the settings and cache but nothing makes it smoother. unless i'm missing something.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddat:
anyone else comment on how many screens they have, how many widgets, and how smooth their screen previews are?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricersniper:
i use 3 screens with beautiful widgets clock, def. music widget, Pandora, YouTube and power-control widgets. i think its smooth as silk.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolageek:
Two screens with the stock weather widget, battstat and LCD clock on the first screen. Second screen has picture widget, scrolling contacts widget and power control widget. Smooth as buttuh.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
For me, my GPS problems have been mostly fixed with the latest firmware.. however the lock still takes about 15 seconds.

To enhance (not fix, it's not a fix) this..

Install AnyCut (not in the market for some reason), select "new shortcut" and go down to LbsTestMode.

Open it, select MS-Based mode and back out of it. Don't change anything else as you're liable to make GPS worse.

Now you should get a lock in 1-3 seconds, very quickly. If your phone is not getting a lock disable WiFi.
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
And much better tracking as well. My Tracks did much better when I turned it off standalone to MS Assisted.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=201142930973527917117.00049060180af6659398c
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
wow. First lock after flash was great, then after the days go it gets worse, basically back to before. Changing this, I opened my front door, pointed the phone out, turned on gps and opened gps test. Instantly like 5 seconds I got 6 satellite locks.

Awesome, obviously will see after a few days how it works. So far that helped alot.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
It's never gone to what it was like before (ever) but I've noticed some bugginess with aGPS.

Over WiFi it won't download new information & lock. I've had to disable WiFi for it to lock on a position.

Sometimes when going from 3G to E, it will lose the lock. Is this horrible? No. Can it be corrected? Yes.. can the Vibrant accurately track our location? Yes.

MS-Assisted is only good for stationary locks quick one time fixes but not actual tracking. MS-Based is for tracking..

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=e...22653250295432.00049063685873acbe8e0&t=h&z=14
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
Could not get a lock on MS Based. It saw 6 sats and they were all at the same position way off the compass on GPS status. Let it run for 10 minutes on 3g and it lost all but 2 sats. Change it back to MS Assisted and I get 10/10. Maybe I need to clear data.
[Vibrant General] snowdogging:
At this point I am pretty sure that the settings in lbstestmode only affect the tests in lbstestmode. All other applications appear to use the settings in gps.conf or somewhere else.

Changing the settings in lbstestmode appears to affect other apps temporarily due to hot start mode but after reset the phones are going back to default anyway.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Well you can test it yourself. It's too soon to say much of anything. It takes time to determine anything with this phone. If nothing changes it will be noted in a day or two when the hot fix is lost.
[Vibrant General] snowdogging:
Yeah it is just plain buggy. Sometimes lbstestmode seems to change gps.conf but not always. The use SSL setting doesn't seem to be changed but sometimes it does change the SUPL host.

Another strange things in test mode is turning on MS Based and then clearing GPS data. Sometimes when I do that and then run the get position test I can see my 3G turns on and it pulls the list of satellites. 10 satellites found in a couple seconds...great. If I then go back and clear the GPS test data again and go back to the same test it sits at zero satellites and never pulls a new list. WTF...completely unpredictable behavior....sigh.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Just drove about 5 miles. Locked instantly and very well.

My track. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=203177861999786056973.0004906582f910d2e8a53

Too early to tell yes but Ms based doing me good for sure. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=203177861999786056973.0004906582f910d2e8a53
[Captivate General] FlukiestEmperor:
I was wondering if there was anyway possible to change a setting to continue using the camera at low battery.
[Captivate General] finalrequiem:
Subscribed...
[Captivate General] DarkVasyaK:
the same for music and videoplayer please
[Captivate General] jwood55812:
Also would like to know if there's a way.. it seems kind of ridiculous that there isn't an option to disable it... Well-intentioned, poorly implemented
[Captivate General] cesierra:
the same for the voice recorder ...subscribed
[Captivate General] mymansionisabox:
subscribed
[Captivate General] papamac:
subscribed.....
[Captivate General] FlukiestEmperor:
bump......
[Captivate General] jojorios:
Subscribe...
[Captivate General] NFauteux:
I am sure that someone knows how to do it. Maybe it is in the settings.db that we access to enable sideloading of applications. I will look more into it and let you know if i run across anything
[Captivate General] NFauteux:
I checked the settings.db and it doesnt hint at changing any of those settings. Maybe i missed something but I dont think so. Are there any other settings files in the OS?
[Captivate General] cesierra:
I was hoping this would be removed or disabled in Froyo, but it is still unchanged.
[Captivate General] Dave the Knave:
I actually think I know what the cause of this is.

The obvious answer is that it's Samsung's doing. Now, I don't know about you guys, but I like the changes Samsung made to these apps, with the low battery exception. If you were to replace these with the AOSP apps for each respective task, the low battery issue goes away, meaning that this is coded into the apk somewhere. I'll see if I can dig around and find them, and possibly hack a line or 2 of code out. I'll test my results, if there are any, and post them here.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freditoj:
Anyone else having problems with Wireless tethering with Win 7? Iy uncouples then I have yo restart the app. My version is the 2.5.0. 08 beta. Any pointers on a fix?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freditoj:
Anybody ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chubaan:
Win7? Are you talking about HTC HD2?

I'm lovin' it!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chubaan:
Or win7 on computer?

I'm lovin' it!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freditoj:
Windows 7 PC
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eaglenest608:
Yeah, I am as well....am not getting any Internet access even though it allows me to join the network. I have Win 7 x64 and have tried with 2 diff computers and 3 diff versions of the wireless tether...7, 8 and 9. It was working at first and then all of a sudden it just stopped allowing me to surf the Net. I started my own thread on this but not much help from all of the knowledgable people on here nor with replies.
[Epic 4G Accessories] betatech:
I will be doing reviews and testing for Seidio products and received my first one to start with. ( Admins if you would like verification I do have that available ).

It is the Green ( Or Saga as they call it ) Epic 4g Case. I have provided a couple of pictures and will be posting a full review today with more photos to come. Possibly may do a video to show the sliding action since that has been a big question among the cases currently out.

Currently I'm going to be testing the sliding mechanism restriction, phone damage if any, and a few other things.

Seidio Innocase EPIC 4G (GREEN) Review

Review:

From first impression, the Seidio Innocase for the Epic 4g has a great feel all around the case. The rubberized no slip grip works wonders, yet still has a smooth to the touch finish. All buttons and microphone are completely accessible without restriction.

Sliding mechanism:

With the case attached to the Epic 4G there is NO restriction on the sliding mechanism. Now Seidio did a surprising design that many manufactures have not attempted. For the bottom portion of the case, the attachment clips are on each corner yet they are raised slightly from the rim of the case, this allows a very small opening for the case to move freely. Addition to that, the top cover has the attachment clips mounted on the top and bottom. Due to both these features – Scratching of the keyboard is long gone and smooth sliding stays.

Installation and Removal:

Install was very basic, the case clipped on smoothly and is simple enough to remove incase of a reset, memory card, and battery removal.

Appearance:

The case is thin compared to most out there. After installing the case there was not much added to the bulk of the phone. In my opinion this gave a the phone a better look with a case due to how thin it is.

The green I had to admit is beautiful – It is a true Saga but can be looked upon as a light forest green.

Durability Testing:

For this I used my second epic as it is my test phone for software and such. To meet the standards of daily use, I tested the phone while out at a Mall, Movie theater, Restaurant, and outside on trails. This allows different areas and different types surroundings for testing.

After Dropping the phone on several occasions and from different heights and on different material ( 1ft, 3ft, 5ft, 6ft) - The case never came off and surprisingly the case is almost un-touched. The phone was fully protected and no damage was done.

Options:

There have been questions if the case will fit with a Seidio Screen Protector, Phantom Skinz, Invisible shield, and 3rd party brands. I tested the case with phantom Skinz – Tight fit but still works great. Seidio Screen Protector – Fit perfect, Invisible Shield - The case fit like a glove. 3rd party skins provided the same results.

If there are any questions please feel free to post. Other colors and products coming soon.
[Epic 4G Accessories] zigarath:
tell them to release a case that can replace ur backplate instead of snapping on top...either that or a premium case with felt lining

update[color]:

Really you cannot go wrong with black unless perhaps a chrome/rubber premium case w/felt and galaxy s logo (of course with seido at the bottom :)
[Epic 4G Accessories] betatech:
Will do, now is there a color preference of the felt and back case? ( there are some that are picky about that ).
[Epic 4G Accessories] tbobaggins:
Zigarath has a good idea there. If they had a backplate that flared out just enough to cover the chrome edges it could probably be a lot smaller. Id love to see photos of the white and I'm curious how the colored cases attract markings/stains. I have always had black seidio cases but am considering something a bit more vibrant but would hate for it to get all marked up and dirty after a short period of time.
[Epic 4G Accessories] betatech:
The rubberized coating is smoothed and not course so stains and markings are less prone to occurring and visibility.

More colors soon to come as there will be a review for every color possible.

Any other color requests?