yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Blade General] koalauk:
Just found about this little beast few minutes ago on joggler forum, OMG I have 10hours 15 minutes till the Orange stores open up.

Definitely yes for its own section.
[Blade General] john306:
Why not.... I got one as a cheap and cheerful stop gap till Christmas when my contract ends, so far I'm loving it.
[Blade General] crowdpower:
+1 from me
[Blade General] idroid84:
Absolutely!!! DO ITTTTTTTTTTT! quick! do it! :D:D
[Blade General] lazarus_mub:
Getting one for my son's birthday. This phone is really saving the day, low cost PAYG Android that is actually half decent. Definitely needs space all it's own on XDA Forum.

/mub
[Blade General] koalauk:
I have got to say for £99 you get a lot of features . Been spending all evening with it and very pleased with this my very first Android phone " Will never give up my WM though"
[Blade General] deepakgeorge:
Me too vote for it
[Blade General] dom.l:
If this thing can be rooted that would be great , i hate the orange bloatware they put on it , and rooting is the only way to shift it , but id prefer there to be a one-click root for this and then i have SU
[Blade General] tigger69:
Look here for root.

http://android.modaco.com/category/453/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/
[Blade General] Foka002:
Seriously ? 95 for Yes and still no separate column for ZTE Blade ? There is sub-forum for Moto Flipout/Bravo etc with 8 threats in total LOL. Cmon guys, what you waiting for ?
[Blade General] bugeyes:
Hero takes a fall

sadly my hero didn't survive a 20foot fall ! So got one of these to put my sim into. What can I say its an excellent piece of kit ! . Don't think it would survive a 5foot fall too well but what it does it does better than my hero used too! The camera that do many people hate isn't much worse than the heros and WiFi on mine is great! Got a good one ? Perhapse worth the risk for 100quid tho :)
[Blade General] neologan:
forum section already, it's taking too long! ;)
[Blade General] harmohn:
There are also devs out there that are / wanting to cook roms for the blade; c'mon xda sort it out please!
[Blade General] obsydian:
Yes please.
[Blade General] rmclardy:
Yes please. +1. :)
[Blade General] fil:
Yes for its own space, got a few questions that need answering.

One tho, how do add a hotmail acount, can only seem to add either an orange email account or google one?

Just bought one for my dad, unlocked it via ebay for 99p !

Think im going to give up on windows and my touch pro 2, for one of these!
[Blade General] harmohn:
Not straightforward to get hotmail on 2.1 unless you have a hotmail pro account (for pop3 settings).

Recommend forwarding hotmail to a gmail account; see url for howto:

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f12/how-to-forward-hotmail-the-tutorial-7068/

;)
[Blade General] dredmond:
Mods, any idea on ETA?
[Blade General] BigD18t:
another vote for yes, sold my hero for one and its great, would love to see a big dev scene on here for it.

Villainrom will be doing roms for it soon, but the more choice the better.
[Blade General] ibnabatoot:
nprussell from villainrom has got his one, so you can bet custom vr roms will be hitting it soon.

modaco have been on the case since pretty much day one.

for such a cheap, decent, phone with alot of attention, it needs its own subforum.

if cluttering is the problem, get rid of one of the crappy subforums like the wildfire lol
[Blade General] fil:
Cheers for that, they allways have to make it not straight forward dont they, I see android still has its issues like WM, where it will do what you want, you just have to find a work around 1st!
[Blade General] cobhc:
Absolutely from me as well! Best £100 I ever spent.
[Blade General] amoebauk:
+1 from me
[Blade General] interceptor02:
1+ for me too!
[Blade General] joe_998:
+1 Should definitely get it's on subforum. NOW! :)
[Blade General] xArbyx:
Where did you get it unlocked for .99p ???
[Blade General] Arbk:
Ditto, best mobile spend to date.

The following it has warrants its own sub section imo.
[Blade General] fil:
ebay user: imei_unlock
[Blade General] Bastimon:
This is probably one of the best budget phones ever, it should definitely have its own space here!
[Blade General] ken218:
Pitty we don't have a working kernal source yet... when will manufacturers start to be more open? :(
[Blade General] kissofjudas:
yes at the price spec this is going to draw huge attention a dedicated forum would be the biZ
[Blade General] hillmie87:
voted. This is a very affordable phone with so much possibilities. It'd be awesome to get some of the best devs out there to turn this budget gadget into an awesome beast. Go San Frans! :)
[Blade General] flash2004:
+1 for me...

This is the best value for money phone on the market right now.
[Blade General] Marinetux:
+1 for me as well!

This little thing is just awesome! :)
[Blade General] salmon123a:
+1 its a great phone :D
[Blade General] feckineejit:
My first post and i say yes :D
[Blade General] davnig:
i had no problems adding my hotmal account - entered the email address and it automatically added the pop and smtp details.

But mine is rooted and running the modaco custom rom!
[Blade General] tanivula:
YES!!! This phone will be my first android device once I get my hands on it. Android for the masses at this price!
[Blade General] crazyd:
It is an awesome phone and it would be great to see it on xda-dev
[Blade General] flibblesan:
I voted no because there is already a community for this phone at MoDaCo. Why do we need to duplicate things?

Having a forum on XDA doesn't mean that we'll suddenly have more devs releasing ROMs for the phone.
[Blade General] fishb00n:
i just ordered one :) yes!
[Blade General] cesar67:
Yes !

10char
[Blade General] uzzy:
Yep definitely! A section on XDA-Developers would massively increase the development of the device and the Android OS.
[Blade General] Con500:
Absolutely, Yes
[Blade General] mirotis:
If we were thinking that way then we should only have one forum for each other phone. So, if in modaco they start a forum and the development first for a phone there is no need for xda-developers to start a forum on the same phone.

I think your way of thinking is very strange, and it can been proven by the forums in xda-developers that are for the same phones that modaco has.

What I don't see is an answer from an Administrator as to what will happen with San Francisco.
[Blade General] BigD18t:
Mods whats the genral thoughts then ?
[Blade General] Rhamsterman:
San Francisco/Blade vs Motorola Bravo

OK, I've decided, I'm going to sell my Blade and buy the Bravo.

Then, when I've read both of the threads in the Bravo section, I'm going to sell my Bravo and buy a Blade.

Then, I'm going to go and read the Modaco sections on the Blade

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
[Blade General] MrGubby:
Another yes please :)

I bought one of these to play with Android but my son claimed ownership :(

so I bought another :D
[Blade General] mario999:
Definate yes from me. Excellent phone for the money. Much better than my old Magic.
[Blade General] harmohn:
This is taking the p*ss - c'mon moderators why the prejudice against a ZTE device? Especially when your pumping dime a dozen moto devices? We need an answer either way fellas!
[Blade General] flash2004:
+1 :)

absolutely ....
[Blade General] magicman1973:
Yes please, for a Blade/San Francisco section.

I'm using a MoDaCo ROM on my San Francisco right now, so I greatly value the MoDaCo forums, but I think a XDA section for this phone would encourage new development, i.e. new ROMs, ports, apps fixed for the Blade etc.
[Blade General] Bas-Tyra:
+1 from me also .. been using blade for 2 weeks now, sold my wildfire :p
[Blade General] 109place:
Second this - give the people what they want :)

Give iiittttt...
[Blade General] dredmond:
Clearly mods aren't checking this thread...maybe we should all discuss some warez or something :p
[Blade General] martinml:
Maybe you should post it in the right place: xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=263 (still can't post links :P)
[Blade General] mirotis:
Already done...... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8673444#post8673444 Thanks for pointing it out. Let's see the reaction of the moderators :)
[Blade General] lpinho:
Bought one from Orange uk, please add it!!!

I already order one from a friend in the UK, cannot wait to get it...
[Blade General] dwarfcoach:
Definately yes from me, just ordered one online (delivery should be Wednesday), can't wait to be able to carry around a slightly more pocket friendly device than be beloved HD2...

Of course also wanna have a play and see what the expert chefs will cook up :-)
[Blade General] seblog:
another yes from an italian owner of this little beast!

really love it, and the price is so cheap that you just can not avoid buying one!
[Blade General] raymentchen:
+1 Please!!!
[Blade General] kang.t7:
Yes Yes & Yes

I just Bought one off ebay, Waiting For Delivery:P

I've been over @ Modacco

http://android.modaco.com/category/453/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/
[Blade General] birdibird:
+1

getting mine saturday, can't wait! :cool:
[Blade General] Danhandy:
Yesss plsss!
[Blade General] cd492:
+1

Hope to get my Blade this weekend.
[Blade General] cydia:
+1 (*220000000000000000000)
[Blade General] cydia:
http://zteblade.webs.com/

a directory of ROMs fir the Orange San Francisco
[Blade General] mirotis:
So, I guess that's it.... modaco and villainrom will be the only ones with an official thread for San Francisco.
[Blade General] Knedjo:
+1

this phone is a Wildfire & other LowEnd Android phones killer!

must have separate space for it!!
[Blade General] numyg:
Voted Yes!

Yes ! Yes! Yes!
[Blade General] Ghaffar:
Yes Definitely. It is a great value for money and I am sure will have lots of users. A dedicated section will definitely be great.
[Blade General] markrs:
+1 this is such an amazing phone for the money £80 for something with 90% of the features of a HTC Desire!
[Blade General] Henrik_Nyberg:
Yes please provide a sub forum!

Got one delivered to Sweden! Really looking forward to xda roms for this beast! Perfect for my GF. Almost as good as my Desire!
[Blade General] baritoneuk:
Yes, please add this to the forum. My wife has just bought the San Fran and I'm almost tempted to get on myself (it's between that and the Desire HD)
[Blade General] robot1000:
There is a huge demand for it.

Hope the guys at xdadevelopers can get it implemented
[Blade General] optima:
Are we gonna get a forum for this awesome phone
[Blade General] azureus139:
Yes please... +1
[Blade General] UKseagull:
Guys can anyone help me out?

I've just bought an Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade) and got it unlocked using a code from Ebay, the code has worked. I then did a factory reset but I cannot get any network signal using a new O2 3G sim card. I've actually tried my own working O2 3G sim card and that won't work in the San Francisco either.
[Blade General] bcbaluga:
i think all android devices with potential should get its own space in the xda forum (and i think for a low-end device) it has potential!
[Blade General] casimir007:
full ack. esp. now since the correct kernel source has been released at h**p://support.zte.com.cn/support/news/NewsDetail.aspx?newsId=1000322
[Blade General] thefon:
I just bought one, so YES!
[Blade General] harmohn:
Did you manually add the APNs for your O2 SIM?
[Blade General] silvacrest:
this should certainly get its own sub forum

its miles better then some of the low end phones already here and its so cheap too
[Blade General] lanbing007:
Absolutely!
[Blade General] me_:
BUMP

To the admins:

So what's the verdict? Please reply, it's not very nice to keep people waiting...
[Blade General] kang.t7:
I KNOW ITS ANNOYING.

No Mods paying any attention.

I got this Phone & MOdacco Roms are the only option.

Maybe someone should post up some random Porn or Warez to Get some Attention:confused:

EDIT: I reported my own Post...lets see if we get a reply:P
[Blade General] Knedjo:
Until we await for mods and admins, here's Open Source code (Eclair) for ZTE Blade:

http://support.zte.com.cn/support/news/NewsDetail.aspx?newsId=1000304
[Blade General] wacky.banana:
We are aware of your request. It will be considered together with requests for other devices.

Any decisions will be communicated in due course.

In the meantime please continue to enjoy your stay on XDA although posting porn will get you into a whole heap of trouble.

WB (XDA Moderating Team)
[Blade General] PReDiToR:
Sure ...

Because the market has such a diverse collection of ROMs and hardware models we need to give all the popular boxen their own space.

Sooner or later the only difference between Android phones will be the kernel config.

All 2.2 software will run on a device that has 2.2 installed, same for 2.1 and if it is still necessary the legacy versions.

This will reduce the space to a handful of forums.

I hope =)

Biased because:

My wife and I left HTC and WinMo to go Android/Linux and after seeing our lovely phones my mother, sister and brother-in-law are all getting Blades.

When they start asking me crap I'm going to have to turn somewhere for answers!
[Blade General] anneliese:
Got my Blade today. Waiting for XDA to give us (there is a growing community around the Blsde).
[Blade General] alsebalsam:
As a future owner......absolutely!
[Blade General] adeba:
please please
[Blade General] chall32:
Another vote!
[Blade General] winston6969:
Lol over 400 votes and not a sniff
[Blade General] Blues003:
Please! MoDaCo already has one. xD
[Blade General] lordjubblydave:
+1 here, i use my blade more than my SGS
[Blade General] sandstroem:
Great idea!

Voted.
[Blade General] 71baker:
Voted yep!
[Blade General] wtel:
Must have!
[Blade General] Knedjo:
:eek:

ZTE "Blade" has officially landed in France (ten days ago) under it's own ZTE brand:

http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/en/press_center/news/201011/t20101108_194339.html

No doubt that FR version unlike UK "San Francisco" doesn't have Orange's bloatware! :rolleyes:

We really need dedicated section for this "value king" phone!!

What's a "critical mass" of votes to have it? 500?? :confused:
[Blade General] That-Guy:
Yes please!

Sub forum would be great :)
[Blade General] Blues003:
It has also been released in Holland and will be released in Portugal. I have no idea why it still hasn't been added.
[Blade General] Taskman:
Ordered my phone some days ago. It is being released in Sweden any day now so it got my vote.
[Blade General] Knedjo:
It's unbelievable how much is this phone underestimated and under-appreciated even by community and every flamboyant Android media!

This phone has also been launched in Hungary by T-Mobile:

http://webshop.t-mobile.hu/webapp/w...reId=2001&productId=242046&langId=-11#UPGRADE

And it's something like 140 euros FREE of contract! But where could you read about that?!?!

Situation with this phone only fuels my thesis (proven by HTC stellar susses) that manufacturer must make break on USA market, backed with marketing machinery of "cellular companies" in order to elevate it's brand to a critical point of being widely recognized and respected!

ZTE opted for EURO & China markets and affordability approach!

As a consciousness buyer I salute that, and can only urge XDA people to support this effort!
[Blade General] forforce:
Can someone tell me please from where can I buy this phone and get it delivered to Romania? Contract free.. Thanks in advance, I really wanna buy this phone! :)
[Blade General] joakimpekkari:
Voted! Ofc ut should get its own space :-D
[Blade General] jabran200:
Definately, I just ordered mines for £79.98 including £10 topup from orange and can't wait for it to arrive.

It is my first Smartphone as I am not one to spend too much on a phone.
[Blade General] henrikmon:
It most definately should!
[Blade General] putterill:
Another vote from me!
[Blade General] AnttiV:
+1 yes here!

Just noticed my provider offers it with a terrific plan: 6.90€/month for two years, and this includes phone and unrestricted data with unrestricted speed (15Mbps max)! That is almost too good!
[Blade General] stema:
+1 for me

I get one from TaoBao.

more expensive....but its worth.

Good experience for using Android... :)
[Blade General] s-i.m.o-n:
+1 from me.

When do we get it?
[Blade General] Knedjo:
Could you please clarify this part of the offer:

http://saunalahti.fi/puhelimet/puhelin.php?id=482&type=handsetmodel

does this means that phone is 117 eur for pre-paid aka "pay-as-you-go"?

much apreciated!
[Blade General] ba5e:
+1

This has replaced an iPhone for now - thats saying something (but then Android is kick ass compared to iOS for customisation).
[Blade General] Rockwell_:
It means you can buy the phone with 117,60€ but you have to pay every month for subscription. Minimum 0,66€/month with 1 year deal (Norppa+).
[Blade General] tangeloFIN:
+1

Yeah. Got the phone yesterday from the Finnish Saunalahti carrier's deal mentioned above.

What can I say with only one day experience with this phone?

It's great! :)
[Blade General] ckrasos:
I say yes too!
[Blade General] fraencko:
The ZTE Blade is also coming to Germany next week (as BASE Lutea) so I'm voting Yes for a new subsection.
[Blade General] Romano4990:
When the Zte Blade (San Francisco)topic will appear ? please!

Thx
[Blade General] ba5e:
I bought 5 of these during my last UK trip - amazing phone for the price!!!
[Blade General] teemz:
Been using the phone for a couple of days now. This looks to be very nice and cheap phone, also a good choice for developers instead of expensive high end devices.

When these are coming widely available around the world, we can expect great things from dev community.
[Blade General] thomnow:
+1 here :) DEFINITELY
[Blade General] olyloh6696:
defintely deserves its own forum. this will attract many more ppl to the website as the phone is very cheap and affordable. it will have a bigger community and get many roms and enhncemennts. when the toshiba tg01 first came out, it didnt have a cooked ROM. them when it had an xda sub forum, we now have a wisconsin range of roms to choose from, we can even (nearly) get Android to work on our toshibas now. ado if we get a Orange san dransisco forum, i can help pump up my brothers phone :P
[Blade General] casca:
come on! when?!
[Blade General] cnhust:
Absolutly, we need a own speca for our blade,haha~, +1
[Blade General] casca:
+ than 600 users have said yes! come XDA admins! we're falling behind some other forums!

This is the best money buy phone of the moment! There should be two spaces created, Boston and San Francisco!
[Blade General] zerodi:
plsssssssssssssssss need a place for the Blade on xda, its only fair hehehe

Paul at modaco is doing a sterling job - http://android.modaco.com/category/453/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/
[Blade General] zurpher:
I fully support this request. ZTE Blade seems to become the favorite Android phone for many users who would benefit from active and professional developers such as here at XDA.
[Blade General] hochunlouis:
Yes please coz I just got one :-)
[Blade General] kmetek:
where to buy this one in europe and that they send to slovenia?
[Blade General] koalauk:
why ooh why I ask why this is being ignored?
[Blade General] Zimeon:
Hell yes :) Just ordered this phone from saunalahti just for developing! :p
[Blade General] Knedjo:
for you my SLovenian friend it would be best to travel to Swiss, and by one yourself! It's the cheapest way:

http://www.okmobile.ch/de/mobile/index.php?id=smartphone

BTW

I'm enjoying this phone for the last couple of day and I can tel you it's superb product!

Cleaning up Orange crapware is mandatory... and quite easy!
[Blade General] bradmax57:
this is bloody crazy why it hasnt got its own space yet, if its down to capicity get rid of some of the other phones such as galaxy lol
[Blade General] mattbee:
Just ordered 2 myself from same place for my boys for XMAS.

So yes please, lets have a forum for this device..

:p

M.
[Blade General] xatnet:
+1 Just bought this phone
[Blade General] ste1164:
I think it should it's a great budget android phone. Apparently they have moved from OLED displays on the phone to TFT displays for a reason I do not know which kinda sucks.
[Blade General] Knedjo:
OK! Huge milestone has been reached - 700 votes!!

over 95% of those are for opening of the dedicated section on this forum for ZTE Blade! What else should we do to persuade mods/admins?!?

@ste1164

switching from AMOLED to TFT has downside in color saturation and angles, but according to some screen is more responsive due to different - better controller chip!

I have AMOLED version and I can tell you that it does put bit more resistance compared to TFTs that I've had experience. Naturally it shouldn't be mixed with resistive screens :)
[Blade General] justathome:
I now have 3 of these! Come on XDA!
[Blade General] bilalp:
If u guys wanna an awesome blade forum head on over to modaco, they've got anything you'll need,they even are trying to put gingerbread on it
[Blade General] gtklocker:
I want a section, please!
[Blade General] xipod:
Just Bought this phone, it is amazing !

Compared to my Motorola Milestone mobile, this phone is cheaper and way way better, especially RAM is bigger.
[Blade General] fsrkewd:
my phone is coming soon, as a replacement of my water-damaged captivate!

definitly want a section for it!
[Blade General] majnu:
absolutely needed, I am going to buy one if I can get hold of one with the OLED screen.
[Blade General] tekken-:
Wtf is this!?

709 vs 14 votes :S fix the blade-forum ffs!
[Blade General] rjm2k:
Don't forget to vote for the sanfrancisco/blade in the best non-htc device poll

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9659494
[Blade General] nonamer:
Done ...

But it´s nice too see, that almost every device got a picture except the blade and 2 others ... What the hell is wrong with ZTE Blade on XDA? :mad:
[Blade General] MrPontus:
ZTE Blade, is selling verry well.

why not a section on XDA yet?

I know several advanced users wo just bought this phone.
[Blade General] ngagephone:
Yes we need a page for osf blade.
[Blade General] hCrespo:
I fully agree!
[Blade General] Kelvino9:
This phone has a great user base, is leading the poll for best non-HTC device 2010, is selling amazingly well and is now available on many different carriers in many countries and still has no own thread.

Very strange, XDA!
[Blade General] Knedjo:
I don't think that HTC is very happy with this phone from ZTE!
[Blade General] 71baker:
Come on , SE X8 has it's own page , not ZTE Blade?

:(
[Blade General] _maxxo_:
I guess it's not expensive enough :eek:
[Blade General] Kelvino9:
They are always free to step in and build something equal for that price ;)

That must be it for sure :)
[Android Software Development] Nekromantik:
Hey people

I was wondering if the image files that nandroid creates are encrypted?

Reason I ask is I want to do a Android based final year project for my degree but it has to be security related.

Anyone got any other ides on what I can do that can be done in 6 months and not been done before?

thanks
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
Nandroid packs the files into a yaffs2 image that is not encrypted (as far as I can tell).
[Android Software Development] Nekromantik:
ok cheers

Wonder how hard it would be to encrypt it.
[Android Software Development] Captainkrtek:
Well encryption can sometimes lead to corruption, which no one wants with a backup...
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
What did you have in mind? Did you want to just protect the backup with simple encryption, or be able to use the file-system image with encryption in-place like linux EFS?
[Android Software Development] Nekromantik:
I was thinking just a simple encryption so that you cant restore the backup without the key.

Not sure if I will be able to use this for me project but am seeing the android "expert" at my university on friday to discuss things.

Will be good to have XDA for help :)