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[Off-topic] arikyeo:
What is the best free web hosting out there?

I have tried Sixserve, megabyet, and other smalltime ones who didn't send me a confirmation mail. Sixserve has a lot of ads that skew the formatting of the site, and megabyet has flood control, and my site takes forever to load on most occasions. I can't use a credit card as I'm too young, and my parents are overly paranoid to use their credit card online. I want to use the site as a repo for my upcoming project to cook roms in a package, and also to be my portfolio (I'm also a photographer, and a smalltime video editor) . I want to use Joomla!, or wordpress for my site. Can anyone please guide me on which free web host is the best, or, even better, donate to me a web host. I will do something great in return ;). You decide.
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
Why not just use the wordpress hosting? I'm not sure on what sort of restrictions there are on the sites though re content etc.
[Off-topic] arikyeo:
Wordpress hosting does not support 3rd party themes, and I have to pay for CSS editing. Also, no space for my repo. Anyway, thanks.
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
Oh right, thats pretty lame then!

What kind of space do you think you'd need? Just so someone who possibly has some spare space on there host can give you?

I would help - but do not have any subdomains, nor any space/spare DB's.
[Off-topic] arikyeo:
I don't need much space for the front-end (the web site), based on my experiences in jumping around free web hosts, I only need 1 MYSQL database, about 100mb is more than enough for the site. However, for the repo, i would need (maybe) a LOT! of space, so that the end-user does not need to download >1gb? of data just to cook a ROM of < 50mb. Oh, the area for the repo should not have flood control enabled, please. TYVM:D
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
I guess you gave up on hosting it yourself?
[Off-topic] arikyeo:
Yup, becos' the electricity costs involved were humongous, so did the bill :D (I don't know about your country, but electricity in S'pore is charged at 20-40 Singapore cents per kilowatt, depending on the type of housing; that's equal to about 13-30 US cents!)

You get the idea.
[Off-topic] pulser_g2:
I wouldn't touch free hosting with the proverbial barge-pole, but apparently byethost is alright.

I can't vouch for them, or otherwise, and I would always recommend people use their own dedicated server they have root on (provided they know how to manage a server), or that of someone they trust to run the server for them.

I am not a fan of shared hosting services, but they're obviously very convenient for a lot of people who aren't interested in servers etc. I just think you're better to learn to work on a server, for the day something it goes wrong and you need to use ssh to fix something.

But this doesn't help the OP, who can't pay for hosting, so if you want to try a free host, byethost might be worth a look. No personal recommendation from me btw, just what I've heard from others.
[Off-topic] arikyeo:
I tried the following free web hosts:

Byet

Sixserve

Megabyet

Byet's resellers(e.g: noadsfree, 000a.biz, etc...)

000webhost

Awardspace

Dreamhost

And more

But all... s*ck. All have flood control, which isn't beneficial for WordPress as it will query the MySQL DB 30+ times every time a user loads a web page, hence it will take forever to load the page(Flood control blocks out multiple connections to save bandwidth). Wp-cache did not help either. I am at my wits end now. I would definitely appreciate if someone who has $$$ to spare treat me with a hosting account. AdSense will pay you back when I start up the site. Please..............?
[Off-topic] cashu30:
@arikyeo: Wow you already tested many different web hosts.

I am actually very satisfied with my own web host and until now I had no problems. I can recommend this webhost. Maybe you want to test this one too.
[Off-topic] arikyeo:
LOL... This thread was abandoned a long time ago...

Anyway, I'm happy with Heliohost now. Great service, great uptime.
[Off-topic] SimonDevise:
I think the best choice for you is WordPress hosting , specially if your CMS is WordPress .
[Off-topic] emaderam:
If you want to use a free web host for WP I recommend Wordpress.com. My recommended web host for Joomla is Freehostia. Just refer to: http://www.freehostia.com/free-joomla-hosting.html. I can understand why someone would choose WP for a small site and it's probably a little easier to administrate than Joomla. But I've always preferred Joomla to WP or other CMS, mostly because I've used it more. Joomla is very good, there's a lot of great free and commercial extensions available, pretty steap learning curve for an administrator though. Drupal is also a great platform to create complex sites, but I'm not a fan of it just because I don't wanna learn another system. Joomla meets all my current requirements. I don't think there's a "best one" of them.... it depends on your goal and technical expertise. There are some useful resources which can help you have a right choice when choosing your needed CMS. I recommend two pages providing a comparison chart of WordPress, Joomla and Drupal: http://www.threehosts.com/ratings/wordpress-vs-joomla-vs-drupal.html and http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/cms-comparison-drupal-joomla-and-wordpress. Both present the information in an easy-to-understand format. The best recommendation I can give you is to do some good research on other available products so that when you made your final decision you can stick to it and don't have to change the whole system after some time because this then can get time consuming and causes additional costs. A full list of these programs is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems. But the most popular ones are presented on http://www.simplescripts.com/script_list. Platforms on SimpleScripts are categorized and this helps you make your decision more easily.
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
Hostinger is the best ever!

Many good subdomains!

Try it
[Off-topic] ramana0123:
Best free web hosting for WordPress/ Joomla?

Joomla is a portal- or community type site while WordPress is a blog.

Joomla gives you a lot of power in your hands and that is noticeable in the admin section where there are so many options that you get dizzy the first time you go in. it's having less plugins.

Since WordPress has a logical structure, it is easy for a developer to change things around, place ad banners etc…Again, give preference to a specialized developer used to work with WordPress. its having good and lot more plugin's then Joomla

Joomla’s strength is in complexity which is not useful to beginners

WordPress is simple, you can see it as a blog or as a regular website so, it is very useful to beginners.

From free hosting you can not get all basic services which are required for a beginner. You have to pay a minimum amount for basic things which can you do by best hosting service providers. if you need to suggest some hosting services means go with web host, ubiqhost, hostingshout. you can expect good services from these hosting providers as per my experiences.
[Off-topic] pravinkumar1:
Best free web hosting for WordPress/ Joomla?

its been good thing to have such forums, its good news of free hosting over wordpress....i was searching alot for such hosting provider i too went with different hosting providers......but its all conditional.......can you give some more details over these free hosting provision.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] teapea:
Is there any way to set how often data syncs?

I keep background data on generally speaking - but turn off auto-sync. I only want it to sync with the calendar once a day - and want it to check emails once every hour etc.

I can't find anywhere to set the time interval between auto syncs though - and can't find a suitable app for this either?
[Wildfire General] maxxmisiek:
Hello. Does anyone know of a way to replace the glass cover of the camera in WILDFIRE. Does anyone know whether the item is replaceable?

Thank you for any answers
[Wildfire General] jd13g0:
you have solved your problem already?

When I take a picture with my wildfire it always comes with fog. And the glass of the camera is very grating

Greetings
[Wildfire General] elepton:
I doubt you can replace the camera cover glass in your Wildfire without risking damage to the camera. It will also void your warranty. The camera cover glass seems to be secured to the internal casing with a metal cover that I won't risk removing unless anybody has done so and has been able to use the camera again without regression.
[Wildfire General] Fr3ddY303:
Find this link about using polishing to remove scratches from the lens.

http://www.htcwildfireforum.com/htc-wildfire-general-discussion/wildfire-camera-lens-cover/

I have just tried this with Brasso and a screen cleaning cloth that came with the screen protectors.I can not believe the difference in photo quality.The lens has a coating over them if you look a the lens with a magnifying glass it had scratches all over lens.Now the glass is crystal clear again.Hope this helps you..

(If you have scratches or cracks on the lens itself then this is a different matter)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainstormerus:
I recently moved from the U.S. to London with an unlocked Vibrant. Stuck a new SIM card in there and while calls, texts, and Wi-Fi come through fine, I'm unable to connect to any data network in the area.

I called Tesco Mobile customer service (and did some Googling) and discovered that London is in the midst of a data network outage and that the techs are looking into it, but I can't help wondering if my handset has anything to do with the failure to connect. Does 3G here perhaps work on a different antenna frequency that the Vibrant can't pick up, or something? I know that really shouldn't be the case, since SGSs everywhere have all the same innards, but still...

For what it's worth, I'm running with root, stock 2.1, RyanZA's lagfix and the JI2 GPS fix (which I've also yet to see working for me, incidentally... any ideas?).

Thanks much!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kasserx:
i have diamond touch i try to unlock rom and i download SSPL when i cilick it <>restart my device and nothing

i try to start it usless try retry i connect it on computer no appear any plugin

i remove battry an reback it only smoe heat in diamond also when i connect charger some heat in diamond from behind(back)

translate from google >>>>>

I have a Diamond tried to work open the lock has worked him directly SSPL device turnoff

Did not work properly only a black screen separated the battery and was prepared, but to no avail. And reached the device to your computer is also not useful and got a charger, the device does not benefit just noticed heated by light from the back and also when I got the device to the computer I noticed the back of the heated light
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kasserx:
where is answers ? where is solutions where is replys?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] braunie:
I can badly understand you.

If you have a problem to start your diamand, try a hardreset.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] samisemsem:
try the mtty and refiash any rom from xda by sync with your pc it will done
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kasserx:
i think my diamond board damag
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kasserx:
i have win7 i download mtty but usb options Not Available

and how can used it

how can make hardrest

note: I tried to make it to the 3 color mode and black screen but the device unfortunately.

my problem with sspl bcuz i make sspl not 4 diamond i think 4tytnii i put it on diamond now my diamond black screen in bootloader

i can not inter in bootloader or make any hardrest i think my board damag if you have soluions 4me tellme plz

also when i connect my diamond on computer no any usb detect only i feel i back diamond I feel a little heat
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] smarty84:
check the battery and try to format your device. if still not working then if your device is in warrenty then you have to visit htc service center in your area.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] braunie:
How to make a hardreset:

http://hardreset.eu/htc_touch_diamond_hard_reset_soft_reset_en.html

By making a hardreset press long the reset (>3 seconds) while you keep pushing the other bottons.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kasserx:
thankx 4u i'll go to htc 4mantinance

ithink my board is damag
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kasserx:
i try more time but useless thankx 4u i'll go to htc 4mantinance

ithink my board is damag
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] samisemsem:
good luck for you :)
[Desire General] randolph2000:
any one here tried installing Android DSP on stock ROM w/ sense?

http://bel.fi/~alankila/android-dsp/
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Droski:
Have any of the developers ever come out with or began work on a completely custom build? it seems like all the builds are basically ports with tweaks here and there. I dont have the programing knowlege or know how but i think it it would be cool to have the menu load from the side or drop down from the top. things like that would be cool, and i would be willing to use my artistry skills to help develop icons, menus, etc. I'm not saying i dont appreciate all the work any of the developer have done on the current builds available, I am just wondering.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JanssoN:
I think that's because they have enough to do to get Android running on a HD2? They don't want to spend their time for such things. At the moment their working on the NAND anyway. :)

But if you really want to have a real custom build you should have a look in the developement forum and search for coffee shop or something like that. It's a tool to do some work on the UI and enables you to do such things as you asked for I think. ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
Hi, this is my first post so please be easy with me...

I currently have a HTC desire which i've owned for 4/5 months and love it!

i recently updated my desire to froyo 2.2 from the update option on the phone...i'm curently with the network o2 UK.

I bought a 16GB microSD card so that i can install the apps on the microSD card but noticed that not all apps can be moved to the microSD card.

this is causing me problems as i have low memory on my phone now since the Adobe Flash 10.1 update (10mb)

i was discussing this with a friend who has told me to root the phone and forwarded me to this website! (great site by the way!!)

Now i am looking to root the phone but i dont know where to start...

I know i have to hboot my phone in order to install ROMS but can someone explain to me what i should do before hand?

do i need to backup my phone? and how to i do this?

also once backed up and ready to ROOT which ROM is the best rom to use? there are 1000s of ROMS and i dont really know where to start...

if someone could please help me that would be much appreciated
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Use this to root:

http://www.unrevoked.com/recovery/

As for which ROM, it's subjective so you (unfortunately) have to do a lot of reading and try some. See what you like and what you don't
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
cheers...

so this unrevoked will just root my phone so i can install ROMs?

sorry if its a daft question but i'm new to all this and trying to learn
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zHk3R:
unrEVOked gives you root and a custom image (ClockworkMod).

When you've rooted your phone you can start it in Recovery mode and from there you can install ROMs.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
so do i need to backup my phone/contacts before installing unrEVOked?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
You can't, so no...once rooted you can then do a backup in Clockwork Mod before flashing a new ROM.

Do some more reading in the Dev forum for more information (read the stickies)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpaceK33z:
Just to let you know, I'm creating a website where you can find all the ROMs for the HTC Desire and, if it's succesful, for other Android phones too.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
i'm trying the hboot but i do not have an option for HBOOT USB PLUG,

i only have;

Fastboot

Recovery

Clear Storage

Simlock

when i do load hboot pc says its found new hardware and brings up the found new hardware wizard :S
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zHk3R:
... What the hell are you talking about?

In HBOOT, choose Recovery.

Done.

EDIT: Oh, I just got it. You have to install the ADB driver or whatever if you use Windows, while in HBOOT.

If you check the unrEVOked wiki there's a guide for you ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
If you're trying to use unrEVOked, you just open it and connect your Desire and do NOT touch it until the program says 'Done'

Once done you then just select 'Recovery' as mentioned above
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
i am following these instructions and it says select HBOOT USB at the menu...

1. Download the unrEVOked modified USB driver and expand it somewhere you will remember.

2. Turn off your phone, then boot it into the HBOOT menu by holding power and volume down.

3. On your phone, you will have to select HBOOT USB at that menu by pressing volume down four times, then power. Wait until the screen flashes through an “SD Checking” message before pressing buttons; otherwise, the phone will ignore keypresses.

4. Connect the phone to your Windows machine with a USB cable and wait for the phone to say HBOOT USB PLUG on screen.

5. Open Device Manager.

6. Click Start, then right click on Computer, then click Properties, then click Device Manager.

7. Under Other devices, you should now see the Android 1.0 device, similar to the picture below.

8. Right click on Android 1.0 and click Update Driver Software. You should then be at the following screen:

9. Click on Browse my computer for driver software.

10. Click on Browse and select the Android USB Driver folder on on your computer, click ok, then click next.

11. You should get a status bar indicating that the driver is installing. If you get any warnings, just click Ok.

12. Your driver should install and your screen will look like below.

13. Click Close and make sure Android Bootloader Interface is listed under Android Phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beaverman20:
The Hboot USB will display ABOVE your menu selections ;) so just boot into Hboot, and then wait for the green text to flash, then plug in the usb, wait for the text above your selection to chage to Hboot USB PLUG, and go from there ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
It's cause part of that guide is based on the HTC EVO 4G (which does have HBOOT USB PLUG in the menu). The main guide by unrEVOked does actually say this but people using this slightly wrong version may get confused...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nulry:
if i want to unroot, i need to backup the rom by root the desire 1st, then go to the recovery mode to backup, right? Is it just unroot by restore it? Do it need to remove or downgrade the Hboot?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
If you want to unroot you need to get the RUU your phone came with and flash that, you can't backup a non-rooted ROM
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
right guys, i've done the hboot part of the root (with help for the replies i got, thanks guys) and now going to root the phone using unrevoked but come across another problem...i have switched on usb debugging and when i did i got another 'found new hardware wizard' and it wants me to install drivers for this.

if i go under device manager its got ADB under other devices and not configured...is this normal? should i proceed with rooting?

EDIT - FIXED!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
hi guys,

downloaded the latest unrevoked for windows and opened the .exe but it has been stuck on the same screen for 10 mins...

it says:

Waiting for device. Plug phone in now and enable usb debugging. Make sure HTC sync is *not* installed

Recovery image: ClockworkMod Recovery

any ideas?

EDIT - FIXED!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
guys i've rooted the desire now and i really need some help...

i just backed up my data using nandroid via Clockwork mod and it was successful.

I then choose the reboot now option and my phone is in a boot loop.

can anyone help? :(

EDIT - FIXED BY RESTORING TO THE BACKUP I MADE
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
SUCCESSFULLY installed Leedroid 2.1a!! nice...

but after much headache and messing around found out i've installed Leedroid that doesn't install apps to SD...i've been told that i need to partition my sd card using linux boot cd which i dont have and aint got a clue how to use... i thought installing apps to sd card could be done by installing ROMs but i guess not so looks like i have been wasting my time as all i really wanted was to install all my apps to the sd card :(

anyway thanks for the help guys
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
You can partition the card using the AmonRA custom recovery - it's extremely well documented that this is how A2SD+ works...lesson learnt to research fully before jumping into something you don't understand
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
thanks eddy...i'll have a look into it but there is way to much information on how to root your phone which has caused confusion and it is really had to find information.

also there is a lot of contridiction were someone says one thing and other person over rules that and says another thing.

i'm not having a go or anything but information overload isn't good for the brain lol :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
That's true. I just find what works for me and stick to it :D

E.g. Just started using the HD port, it's awesome but needed to re-root my phone. Flashed AmonRA using unrEVOked, partitioned the SD card with a 1GB EXT3 partition and the ROM flies along. Seriously good ROM
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killa_byte:
thanks eddy...whats HD port? also i know i'm being a pain in the ass but can you give me a link on a guide to follow partitioning my SD card with about 2GB using AmonRA over unrEVOked?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kalavere:
This looks very much like the thread you will need to mull over to learn about RA Recovery, don't ask me about it, I am new to Android ROM flashing, I just have pro Google skills. ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
HD port is the ROM from the new Desire HD made to work on the Desire - it's awesome!! :D

You still use unrEVOked but you tell it to use AmonRA as the custom recovery as opposed to Clockwork Mod. Instructions are in the unrEVOked thread and the AmonRA IMG file you need is in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721792
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kalavere:
Hey Eddy, I am kinda following this thread along as it goes, I am familiar with radio/ROM flashing (although I have yet to do it) however, you can still use Froyo to transfer installed apps over to the SD card instead of partioning it right? It just seems hard work to faff about with partitioning (when you don't fully understand it) when you can just manually transfer them over.