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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valdraz:
I'm more than likely rooting my Evo shortly.

I'm trying to determine if I'll even be able to accomplish what I want from the root, can anyone help me out with the following questions?

1) Can I run the stock HTC rom with a kernel that will allow more than two point multitouch?

2) If the above setup is not possible is there something very similar?

Overall my performance and battery life has been great with the latest update, I'd just like some customization options and superior multitouch.

I've been doing google and forum searches on this topic on and off for a while and find it difficult to sort out what information is current, most of the results with solutions are from before the latest OTA with the 30fps cap removed.

I'm also unsure what rooting is going to do to all my paid apps that are not associated with android market (gameloft for example)

Edit/

it seems I won't be rooting tonight afterall; Unrevoked is offline.

"Not Found

The requested URL /recovery/3.14/reflash_package.exe was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurkhali1:
Hi guys, I am having problem hiding the keyboard in some programs like in wunderradio. When I open the program and type in the search the keyboard gets stuck, there is no way to get the keyboard to hide likewise in profimail, where as in other programs like opera there is a Done button which hides the keyboard. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmaxx:
My wifes Desire seems to make random calls when in her pocket or bag. 8 x to the Chinese takeaway the other night. PMSL. Its on auto lock, but still manages to call people at least once a week on its own. Her friend has the same problem with her Wildfire. Any ideas ????
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beaverman20:
Just a pattern lock... do she remember to lock it? i have forgotten that at times, and it has called people...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ik Desire:
Tell them to lock the screen, and use a pattern or something to prevent it from accidentally unlocking. If (somewhat warm) things can touch the screen, anything might happen, and things brushing past the tractable might activate things too.
[Imagio General] alleyezondisromo:
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/mob/1957457259.html

Im pretty sure hes using someone else's work to make money... not to sure how fair that is .
[Imagio General] NRGZ28:
Yeah that's me.. and that's pretty messed up. I hate it when people do that. I see it happen everyday on the local Las Vegas craigslist with Android ROMs for the HD2 :( Oh well... I flagged him at least. Maybe if more people flag the ad it will get taken down. Maybe that way nobody gets taken for $50 bucks, for something that's completely free!
[Imagio General] djdafreund:
Worth a shot, i just flagged it too to help out. What a wanker!!!
[Imagio General] drkfngthdragnlrd:
Flagged it...
[Imagio General] jersey_609:
Flagged it as well
[Imagio General] mrcalais:
Flagged it also.
[Imagio General] mitja12:
me too - bastard getting money from others people work
[Imagio General] buru898:
Flagged him too, hate when people do that stuff. I say we spam him with Bassels SMS'er like 500 times each or something. This bothers me a lot :/. People like him are why a lot of development is halted for various devices and programs.
[Imagio General] motisu:
I also flagged him.
[Imagio General] johnhale:
Flagged him
[Imagio General] JEANRIVERA:
flagged the hell out of him!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Imagio General] Starfury:
Flagged him too as "prohibited" I assume thats the right one.

Anyone tried calling him yet and asking him about his amazing $50 service and then after he's explained ask how he can justify taking other peoples hard work and passing it off as his own... meanwhile record the conversation and post it on the thread...
[Imagio General] DavidMc0:
As far as I can see, he never claimed that it was his own work.

I think he should credit the rom creator, but if he's offering a rom installation service for cash, there's nothing wrong with that in its self, though it'd be fair to give a percentage to the chef who made the rom. If he's just going to send the buyer the files and instructions, then yeah, he's out of order.

Has anyone found out what he's actually offerring so we know if this outrage is appropriate, as the advert doesn't state if he's just sending files or physically upgrading the rom (so charging customers for his time and skill, not for the freely available rom).
[Imagio General] ipoeng:
I'm also flagged it

and also hate it for making money on NRG's work

NRG -> I'm always behind you man for kind like this

HD2 T8585

NRG ROM Always the latest (the CHT classic one)
[Imagio General] EricNL:
Fan of NRG's work!

Flagged him also.
[Imagio General] mr_absinthe:
Flagged him as "prohibited"!
[Imagio General] NicoBD:
Flagged him to...

Damn bastard, getting money for your hard work NRG, Love your Roms...
[Imagio General] xebozone:
Flagged! I hate people who make money off the lack of knowledge of others!
[Imagio General] NeolioN:
Thank you, NRG!

Flagged him as "prohibited"!
[Imagio General] SatScan:
Flagged... but is still there....

Can some1 contact the provider to *ban this

thx

Grtz,
[Imagio General] DJChameleon:
I just flagged this listing as prohibited but I have a question. I frequently run into people with windows phones in my work as a DJ and like to share cabs of the great software from XDA. I jokingly refer to this as pimping their phone. Of course I never think of charging for this even though I am often giving large chunks of time and expertise. I enjoy helping people discover how amazing windows mobile can be if you know how to harness it. I always refer them to XDA to learn more and get more great free software. The truth is they never invest the time it takes to learn how to use XDA.

So here is my question, if someone were to provide a pimp my phone service and donated half his proceeds to the software developers, educated their customers about XDA and kept the other half as compensation for their time, expertise and the educational services rendered, would that violate the spirit of XDA?

I have half seriously pondered this businesses model but wonder about the ethics.
[Imagio General] Marcus Tavares:
Flagged too.
[Imagio General] cmylxgo:
Flagged...thats my dialer and enhanced slider icons :(
[Imagio General] killavirus:
Damn would love to help but cant afford to txt the US :(
[Imagio General] Kameirus:
flagged it also
[Imagio General] joe_coolish:
Flagged....

As a developer for XDA, I see what you are saying and these are my thoughts on the matter (totally XDA according to joe_coolish): I think that people are lazy. Period. Few people take the time to do things right or learn how to do things in the first place. Most would much rather pay someone to do things for them then take the time to learn it for themselves. This could be because their time is worth more than what it would cost them to pay for it.

For example, this guy I work with paid me to setup his speaker equ. for his house even thou he had all the wires and components sitting there. I put the puzzle together correctly and I made everything work and it took me ~45mins to do it. He said it would have taken him over an hour to read through the manuals and figure out what all the pieces were and where they went. So if he makes $60 an hour and this project would have taken him 3 hours, that's $180 of his time. He only paid me $75 so he saved over $100.

Now back to selling XDA services. As long as they know everything is free and you credit the original authors, I personally don't see a difference between setting someone's phone up or setting someone's home speakers up.

That's just my opinion. Any other thoughts?
[Imagio General] buru898:
Hmm I do agree with you on that. Like, you can show people, "Hey, you should do this to your phone (or whatever over thing like hooking up speakers) because it'll be awesome! You can do this and this and such. Just go here and it'll give you all the instructions." and yes, lots of the time if it doesn't interest them they mostly ask if you'll do it and most likely will pay you because they read and make it seem tedious to them.

But the people should be able to see that it's possible to do it themselves first and realize it's your time they are paying for and not the software like that this guy makes it seem like he made.
[Imagio General] trinijstn:
i just flaged it too.
[Imagio General] DavidMc0:
Actually, he never makes it look like he made the software. I think he should be clear about where the software is from, and that it's free, but if he is just selling his time and knowledge, then you're all over reacting rather than seeking clarification or comprimise from the guy.

We need to find out if he just sends files or provides a service with his time.
[Imagio General] Blairware:
I am with you on this, with the key being disclosure. I had a guy contact me locally when he saw my location on XDA, wanted me to install a ROM for him. He already knew he could do it for free himself, but he was scarred ****less of bricking his shiny new HD2.

I told him that I would provide a

service

which he offered to pay me for, and I did home one better. I said, look, instead of you paying me to install a ROM, what if I spend some time with you, show you how to do it, and what to look for when choosing which ROMs and Radios work with your device? That way you won't be calling me every two weeks, spending more money to

update to the latest build

when I can show you how to do it yourself.

This then became a training session, as a service, and not some self supporting thing where I make money pushing someone else's hard work. Made us both feel better, and I have absolutely no regrets that it was the ethical way to handle it.

Now, as a business model? I doubt it would work. Not unless you want to incorporate as a LLC or some such. Too much liability, which kills off so many small business models. But I digress. Just think: Would you be okay if someone did something profitable with YOUR creation? If so, what would you expect of them, ethically and in terms of compensation. Finally, when it doubt ASK THE CHEF, PROGRAMMER, or DEVELOPER. Everyone on XDA has an inbox. Use it. :rolleyes:
[Imagio General] joe_coolish:
HA! That's so true!

Really, most people on XDA aren't doing what they do to get money. I build because CoOkIe's Home Tabs saved my life (well, saved my phone's life). I'm poor and so I can't donate to everything that I'm using on XDA (Oh, btw, try the Sencity theme on your NRG Rom. It's pretty slick!) but I feel that if I give back too, I can feel better about using other people's software.

Now, "services" are completely different. If I trained someone something IN PERSON, I would expect compensation! That is completely ethical from where I stand. But, as you said, when in doubt, ask the DEV :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewzee:
exactly as the title states, whenever i attempt to view the devices connected i get that output. I've searched, and the proposed solution is to start adb as root, but whenever i use sudo before adb start-server, the output is = sudo: adb: command not found

i don't understand what's going on, is it a problem with my drivers?

edit: solved it by using this as my /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"

the id vendor was wrong in all the tutorials i read.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testulous:
THANKS!!!! This worked for me, Ubuntu 10.04.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] confiq:
hmm.. interesting... when i changed the ID it started to work on Nexus S and on HTC magic...

If you have ubuntu 10.10 it SHOULD work without udev rules..
[Windows Phone 7 General] deadwrong03:
http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-ui-makes-iphone-look-like-a-dinosaur/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBpiLudT40
[Windows Phone 7 General] djcaston:
Saw this post and absolutely loved it. It's very true. If you think about it, the iPhone UI really is ancient and extremely primitive and really brings nothing exciting or innovative to the table.

Many times when I talk to people about phones seriously I sometimes refer to the iPhone "UI" as the iPhone "List of Apps". There really is very little of a UI to speak of; if I were to design a phone UI, the last thing I would think of trying to pass of as a UI is a list of apps that offers little to no information at a glance, and Apple was really the first company to do this.

If any Apple fanboy wants to challenge me on this, I usually only need to ask them if their device is jailbroken. More than likely, most iPhone users that are serious about their phone are running services that in some way provide what WP7 will be providing it's users: ease of access to information that matters most, a beautiful UI (usually iPhone users try to get as close to "beatiful" as possible with themes), and intuitive interface.

I'm glad that people are recognizing how little of an interface the iPhone actually has, and I can't wait for the launch of WP7 to start opening people's eyes to how fun and productive it can be to use a phone. :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Pickx:
Guess which modern smartphone OS is the closest to this? Is it Android? Meego? No... it's Windows Phone 7!

These tiles waste screen real estate like it's their job, and barely display any info. Compare it to Android and tell me it's not a step back.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ren13B:
He mentioned turn-by-turn navigation using Bing and that's the first I've heard of it supporting that. I figured at some point it would but not at launch. Can anyone confirm this?
[Windows Phone 7 General] zarathustrax:
Bing has offered turn by turn navigation for a while now on wm6.5.... I'd assume it will also on wp7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ren13B:
Yes the tiles are large but the vertical scrolling it does makes that a non issue for me. Just flick your finger and you can get to anything you have pinned quickly.

If you don't like that then I'm sure someone will make a hub with a familiar grid layout you are used to for launching applications and whatever else similar to what htc did with sense on WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ren13B:
Yeah I know I use it all the time. That mention on the video was the first I've heard of it on WP7 and that functionality seems like it would be something that Microsoft and the reviewers would have mentioned by now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] djcaston:
The icons in the iPhone UI are static images that display zero information. The tiles in WP7 display some information, and the lock screen also displays information. The purpose of the tiles is to show you a small amount of information, and tease certain data to make you click on the tile and look at more status updates, foursquare check-ins, tweets, whatever it is the application handles. Its far better than nothing, so I wouldn't say it's very bad at all.

The problem with the android UI is that it doesn't really offer a unified, organizaed homescreen. The homescreen is a collection of different widgets, applications icons, and notifications that run across the top menu bar. If you ask me, it's a very unorganized way of dealing with things, and it's part of the reason that android still seems unfinished and not very polished in comparision to other phone operating systems. Where everything is unified and organized on the WP7 homescreen, you have a collection of jumbled information on the android homescreen.
[Windows Phone 7 General] chex13:
Haha, this is so true. Ever since I got my zune HD I've been saying this, it is so ironic that Apple used to market the Mac because 'windows looks like a spreadsheet' when that is exactly what iOS looks like.
[Windows Phone 7 General] djcaston:
Same with iTunes. It's such a boring, non innovative program. Zune works much better and is a lot more exciting
[Windows Phone 7 General] janneman22:
i agree with you. I am use zune (software) for some time, and i just love it! not because I 'm just another geek, but cause it's just works fine!:)
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
You can say the exact same thing for WP7. The homescreen is a collection of Tiles, application icons, and notifications that run across the top.

For those that don't understand that a Live Tile is the exact same thing as a Widget on the homescreen look below. The only difference is what happens when you click on them.

Android Widgets (pick one)

WP7 Tiles (showing the same info as a widget would)
[Windows Phone 7 General] djcaston:
One of the things that I absolutely love about the zune software that a lot of people don't even consciously notice is that you can browse by artist, song, or album instantly, from the same screen.

See, with iTunes, you have to pick what you want to alphabetize by on the regular spreadsheet view, or you can pick album view and only view by album, or artist view and only view by artist.

With the zune software, when you're looking at the collection screen, you can choose to go through alphabetically by artist, album, or song, all from the same screen at the same instant, or you can change the sort order and order them differently.

Other great zune innovations include:

- the search bar, which searches not only your collection, but the marketplace at the same time

- the quick search thingy - if you're in the artist section and start typing, it'll take you to the artist that matches what you're typing, just like when you type in explorer

- Zune Pass, which allows you to stream the entire song, any song, on the zune marketplace, or through their web interface, and soon through WP7!

There are more but I don't feel like listing them right now :D

If you don't have Zune get it now and find out for yourself!
[Windows Phone 7 General] djcaston:
In some ways, what you say is true, but I disagree with you because of the way that the information is presented. For me, the reason I like WP7 better is because it provides a far greater level of organization and unification. Everything is arranged in tiles, and they all follow a similar visual style, and are sized in multiples of the standard block size. The end result may be the same information, but the way that it is organized and arranged looks MUCH better (IMHO) than a whole bunch of widgets that are different sizes, different visual styles, different fonts, and are ultimately not all pulled together. To me the end result looks like an unfinished and rather ugly operating system, like android.

I think HTC recognizes this and shares my view as well, which is why they provided sense for android. By placing sense over the rest of android, they can present a phone that looks much more "finished". I'm sure that when HTC puts there name on a phone, they want to make sure that the operating system is up to par as well, since thats what the user will be interacting with while they use the phone. Apparently, while they thought android was good, they didn't think that it was good enough visually, which is where sense comes in.

That's what gives WP7 it's wow factor; it's so well put together.
[Windows Phone 7 General] rruffman:
I totaly agree.. not to mention the adverage user will not know how to really customize their phone so wp7 answers this challange..
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ huh? You pin a tile,app, and bookmark to the Start screen the exact same way as you would on Android.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Sir. Haxalot:
Did you notice that the discussion wasn't about function, but about visual design and consistency.

I don't like android because it's terrably inconsistent, and it feels unfinished. That you more or less need Android 2.2 with JIT activated to even come close to the performance of WP7 or iOS doesn't make things better.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^huh, what loads faster a text only web page or one full of different graphics and pictures?
[Windows Phone 7 General] djcaston:
This day in age? There isn't much difference with high-end hardware, which is what we will be dealing with in WP7. Additionally, it matters much more whether the OS is efficient and highly optimized to handle things like graphics and animations, which, from the testing thats been conducted by several well respected blogs and individuals, seems to be the case with WP7
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Also, calling WP7 UI text only isn't a fair assessment. It's very heavy on animations and has dynamic images and backgrounds. It also pulls data from the Internet so to make UI fluid you need to really master asynchronous APIs all around the place. It feels lightweight but it's not as light as it seems.
[Android Software Development] lazos:
I want to hash a string using sha1. Android has any build in function or can you give me a SIMPLE code that does the job?
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
Take a look at the MessageDigest class:

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/security/MessageDigest.html
[Epic 4G Themes] maldito.boss:
can u flash it with CRM Recovery or u need to do those steps from the link that u post?

great job porting this theme keep the hard work raiderep
[Epic 4G Themes] NeonMonster:
Its a deodexed zip file, so it should be flashed in Clockwork as far as I know!

This looks like a awesome theme! I'll try it once everything has been ironed out a bit more!
[Epic 4G Themes] raiderep:
Sorry guys I left that out of OP. Flashable in clockwork recovery.

sent by an Epic4g through the cosmos
[Epic 4G Themes] specialk0324:
Thank you so much!!!!
[Epic 4G Themes] lauranrenae:
Awesome theme. Works great over Epic Experience v1.1.6. Thank you!
[Epic 4G Themes] dnathan13:
Can we get battery as %?
[Epic 4G Themes] JungleJiujitsu:
Great job my dude! Do u have gtalk? I took junkduggler up on his offer n made some mods for the 1st time to my phone lastnight using ninjamorph =), wouldnt mind askn u a few things if possible, eithr way, u the man for getting this done, bout to try it now!
[Epic 4G Themes] InfDaMarvel:
Doesn't appear to have the same dock as the original theme. If thats not part of the theme how do you get the dock from the original theme?
[Epic 4G Themes] JungleJiujitsu:
This theme is redonkulous! Did u see the new loading animation?...what he said, is it possible to get that dock?...also, the icons, clock and wallpaper, are these possibilities of being include in an update?
[Epic 4G Themes] crackem:
Thanks Raiderep for porting this over!!

Is this the finished product or will their be more changes being made??

EDIT: I tried to implement the 3G Notifications Bar Icons from your Blue theme through the framework-res file, but it's not taking it. Basically, I copy/pasted it over & re-zipped it, then flashed via CWM. Is there a step I am missing ??
[Epic 4G Themes] Fidelio_o:
Love the theme, Only thing I dont like is the Battery Icon, Anyway someone could make a metamorph or an update.zip which includes the stock battery icon?
[Epic 4G Themes] thomasskull666:
You beat me to the punch, I was porting this myself so thank you for making my life easier :-)
[Epic 4G Themes] redsox19asb:
Is it possible to get the them with one of the Circle Battery w/ % mods? I love the theme, except for the battery.

Great work!