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[Nexus One General] ROM_Guest:
As a long time Windows mobile user, the HD7 AWS phone is tempting.

I liked earlier versions of Windows mobile even though the software had quirky activesync issues, because it worked well with Office and Windows PCs, when it worked. I'm hopeful activesync is fixed in WP7.

That said, the HD7 is first generation, and the recent Maximum PC review that did show WP7 ousting Android on a number of factors, showed a win for Android in the app category. (The fact that WP7 is not windows mobile legacy-app, backward compatible, is a big issue).

I'll wait for a version 2 AWS phone (hopefully HTC, Amoled or S-LCD), and to see if OS customizations come along by then (see poster above pointing out monotone theme), and then weigh that against next gen Android phones :)
[Nexus One General] ROM_Guest:
+1! well said.
[Nexus One General] bugsy:
Struggling with this same decision. There are many things about wp7 that look really nice to me. I've been playing with a Samsung Focus and although build quality is not up to that of my Nexus, it's just a very intuitive device to use and the battery life blows the nexus out of the water. But, the version 1.0 gaps are frustrating, no custom ringtones, no multitasking, no copy and paste, etc. I got it for free so I might just keep it and see how it evolves. BTW, the super amoled is incredible, even in direct sunlight.
[Nexus One General] HereAsWell:
I'm personally not really fixed to a special OS.

Right now Android is by far the best choice from my point of view.

WP7 has potential no question, but I started to early with Android to be willing to use an OperationSystem that is not finished and has a limited Software portfolio. Today Android reaches the point I was waiting for years now. Good games do appear more and more. The apps are more and more worth to use them.

If WP7 survives long enough mature the same way has Android did over the last 2 years I might consider to use it... But now is not the time, at least for me.
[Nexus One General] greenlime812:
Unless you guys can get WP7 running on the nexus one then no I wouldn't even consider switching. At first I hated the dis-integration of Android because they leave it up to developers to fill in the blanks, but now that those developers have stepped up I actually really like it.
[Nexus One General] dextroz:
Not sure if you noticed but some colossal google jackass dropped any LED in the nexus s. The highest deal breaker for me. Now we gotta turn the screen on to check for missed notifications. Putting an LED would have been great for power consumption efficiency right there. Idiots.
[Nexus One General] ChongoDroid:
Couldn't agree more, it was the deal breaker for me. Now I gotta wait til the next google experience phone comes out. N1 4 life
[Nexus One General] dinan:
EVERYONE is complaining about the trackball LED, which I'll miss too, but there's something called backlight notifications (BLN) that dev's have put on Galaxy S phones which pulses the capacative button lights for notifications so while it's not as good as multi-colored trackball notifications, it's better than nothing. I'm sure it'll come to the Nexus S in short order...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=772672
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
I'm not sure what I did but whenever I try to do a backup in ROM manager or use it to reboot into recovery nothing happens. I've tried re flashing clockwork mod and using the fix permissions but it gives me an error message stating that an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands. I can still do a back up like normal if I do it from recovery but I'm a little nervous since ROM manager isn't working.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larsrya8:
Do you have S-OFF?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
Yes, running virtuous 3.0.1 and radio 2.15.00.07.28
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meemat:
I have the exact same problem, I can boot into clockwork but when I click on recovery it just reboots into clockwork's main page.

Edit: I tried to reflash an older recovery using ROMmanager and it worked, then I flashed the current one, so that might work.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NilsP:
Recovery versions 2.5.0.5 and 2.5.0.1 are OK. Anything later then that has problems and been pulled for the exact problems quoted here.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
I have recovery version 2.5.0.5. I tried to flash 2.5.0.1 but I got a message that said "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!"
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayhammy:
Folks, there's been a fix posted for this I believe---and I was one of the posters. :)

This is what worked for me:

In ROM Manager, go to bottom of screen and select All ClockworkMod Recoveries. Simply select an earlier version of CWM. I selected 2.5.0.0. You should be good to go after selecting and hitting OK. Then, after a reboot, you should be able to reselect the latest CWM recovery.

Good luck!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
I've already tried that... flashing any version of clockwork gives me the error message "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!"
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmalkin:
Check out this post from adrynalyne and see if it helps. Sounds like your issue.

http://adrynalyne.us/?p=90
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
I've never used adb before, any chance someone could walk me through this or point me to a quick guide to get me started?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmalkin:
Look in the stickies section. There's a thread from AndroidBruce for a "How-to." There's a link covering adb. Once it's installed, it's pretty much typing exactly what's written, unless you're big on using linux.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
I tried that method but no luck. After I entered the command it gave me a message saying "/sbin/sh: system/bin/e2fck: not found"
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luniz7:
If your on a sense rom use e2fsck_recvy
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
Again, no luck :/ this is beginning to really frustrate me. This is what I typed and what was returned to me, maybe someone can see something I did wrong with it.

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell

~ # system/bin/e2fsck_recvy -p /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

system/bin/e2fsck_recvy -p /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 has been mounted 1137 times without being chec

rced.

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2: 13/51200 files (7.7% non-contiguous), 12120/2

~ # exit

exit

Just tried again and got this:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell

~ # system/bin/e2fsck_recvy -p /dev/block/mmcblk-p2

system/bin/e2fsck_recvy -p /dev/block/mmcblk-p2

system/bin/e2fsck_recvy: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/bl

ck/mmcblk-p2

/dev/block/mmcblk-p2:

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2

filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2

filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock

is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:

e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luniz7:
the bolded is not the right command

are you adb shelling in recovery, then mounting system, then unmounting cache?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
I'm unmounting chache then mounting system and then adb shelling. Does adb shelling mean starting the shell in cmd?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luniz7:
Do you know how to use adb? Not trying to be rude here....just trying to help

boot to recovery, then adb shell (this is in the cmd window), then mount system, then unmount cache, then run the cmd
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
Lol, no this is my first experience with adb and I have virtually no clue what I'm doing, I'm just trying to follow instructions the best I can. The guide that I was following had me doing things in a different order so I guess I'll have to try this now. Thanks for your assistance and patience!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luniz7:
you have gtalk? check your pm
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewUserNeedsHelp:):
In case anyone is following this; I still have not fixed the problem.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] difrnt:
I'm having the same issue, but am on a Nexus One and am pretty knowledgeable in adb.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enlightened79:
For your privileged commands try this: Go into the superuser app, then long press the one that says ROM Manager and select forget. Then go back into ROM manager and the superuser app will ask for permission. Now select always. Should be good to go.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] difrnt:
That won't fix this error.

Here's what I'm trying to do and console output.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niffum:
no idea what i'm doing but hey...

I was selecting "Fix Permissions" and it kept comming up with "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged command!". Tried a number of things.. eventually I thought Id have a crack at busybox, ran the program and it said that busybox wasn't installed so I told it to install it and then all of a sudden the "Fix Permissions" worked.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HandsomeRob2310:
I downgraded to 2.5.1.2 and everything seems to be working better..the new version doesnt work well with most of the roms out there... try unistalling rom manager and re-installing that sometimes helps...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djn777:
i had the same issue as well but a roll back took care of it for me
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtown_cyclone:
I was having issues with ROM Manager too since installing Cyanogen mod 7 RC3. Rolling back to 3.0.0.7 of ClockworkMod fixed it for me. Thanks for all the suggestions.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] closer86:
Same problem here, exact same message as above user, both my cache and data are corrupted. Any ideas?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1107963:
look here and see if it helps...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=502010
[Vibrant General] hospo:
My wifi has been working just fine on my Vibrant since the day it came out. Never had an issue. Never changed the settings. Now, when I turn it on, it gets hung up on "obtaining address". It eventually gives me a 'wouldn't work' type message. I don't have the upgrade yet, so that shouldn't be it. Any thoughts? :-/
[Vibrant General] chichu_9:
Try restarting your router..Had similar issues with Linksys. Then delete and recreate your Wireless profile on your phone.
[Vibrant General] hospo:
Those were the first things I did. (Sorry, I should have mentioned that.) :confused:
[Vibrant General] mobilebone:
Is your USB connected by chance? I had the same problem once, where it would not connect to the wifi with the USB plugged in.
[Vibrant General] hospo:
No it's not. Sigh...wish it would be as easy as the suggestions given so far. Please keep 'em coming!

And thanks for the quick replies :-)
[Vibrant General] kmdub:
Try setting up a static IP and see if that works. If that works, then at least you know you have DHCP problems, which are mostly likely on the server itself (your router, etc.). If the static IP works, then go to whatever your DHCP server is and look for an option to clear all previously remembered leases. Then go back and start fresh again by re-enabling DHCP on the phone.
[Vibrant General] hospo:
That doesn't work either. I've tested 3 cells, they all connect. It's just mine. :-(

Now I just wonder if I should wait for the OTA Update or just get a replacement. Honestly, I'd rather not do either. lol
[Vibrant General] DHarr20:
I had the same exact problem. I flashed the JI6 update with Odin and it works fine.
[Vibrant General] hospo:
REALLY?? Oh, that would be great if it were that easy! And by easy, I mean this newby will attempt to spend the next day and 1/2 trying to figure out how to flash J16 update with Odin, lol.
[Vibrant General] cthach11:
Is it password protected? Make sure you type the correct password...I know this may seem redundant but I forget all the time....
[Vibrant General] hospo:
I did that too. I did it twice, just for good measure.

I think I'll try the update.
[Vibrant General] chichu_9:
Follow the instructions in this forum to downgrade your phone to STOCK using ODIN.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=810130

Repeat steps by using files from the below link for JI6

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8511186#post8511186

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halabibk:
Hi I already hate my Samsung Galaxy S I9000, no matter what your guys do always become slow and slow, I have a iPhone 4 is nothing to compare.

I am thinking to buy a HTC.

The Questios is any one here try it to flash the FW for the TAB over Galaxy S? I am willing to try it.

There is any risk of full brick withour recover?

Any results???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarr622:
It's not possible to simply flash the firmware from an entirely different device, sorry. It would take work to port it over, and if you don't know how, then that's not going to happen.

If you try the latest Froyo releases JPM/JPA/JP6 which run pretty well already, and once Voodoo for Froyo comes out very soon, I can't see how you are dissatisfied with the performance.

If you need something fast right now, throw on JM9 with Voodoo.

And while you may feel that the iPhone is smoother at times, that's simply because it's doing much less.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halabibk:
Actually I am running JP6 (Kies) with OCLF, but I will try ir JM9 + Voodoo as you mention.

Thanks....

Really I dont want a lot of app running and services in background I just want to switch from one to other fast without lag. I think this is going to be difficult with this device.

But thanks to every dev, here that work hard in order to make this device smooth.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
I installed jp6 with oclf - OMG it was slow.

Voodoo + JJ1 is so much faster its not even funny.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r3loaded2010:
You can either wait for Supercurio to finish off his Voodoo kernel for froyo, or you can try the new z4mod. But really, I'm running JPM with no lagfix, and while it's not super-speedy, it's certainly fairly quick in most tasks (NewsRob is borderline acceptable). It's definitely much faster than the older firmwares.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quimo:
Hi. Greetings to all from Spain.

Suddenly the Screen bright slider has disappeared of my HD2 configuration screen remaining always on the min. level. I think its a registry problem.

Any idea, registry trick?

Thanks in advance and best regards from Spain
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quimo:
Any help?

Thx
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean2323:
hi guys

my phone is bricked from the update to 2.2.

i cannot get the phone into the download mode; so i guess i just have to get it into service.

what info can be recovered there?

it's not that i need to recover anything (fortunately) ... but, to be honest, the phone has logging info for my email accounts, emails, notes, stuff i wouldn't really want to share

can this be recovered by a specialist?

thank u!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got-petrol:
did you use kies to update if you did its still under warrenty
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean2323:
used kies, i don't think there is going to be a problem getting the phone fixed.

was just asking if the guys in service could get to the data stored in the phone

i have emails, passwords, stuff i would prefer not to be recevered by someone else!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
if it's fully bricked, then there is no way to format the phone to remove your personal info

the guys at the service center with their JTAG machines could recover those files when they fix the phone.

most time they wouldn't care, the'll just go ahead and flash a new ROM and wipe everything

but there is always the chance of an evil tech lurking around to seek for personal info to use for whatever devils plans they have in mind.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean2323:
thank you allgamer

thought so ... that's why i kept trying to restart it.

tried bunch of button combinations, but i'm not able to put it in download mode :(
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rycheme:
I was wondering, is there a way to be able to manage widgets on the homescreen from your computer? Adding widgets, especially photo frame widgets, is such a pain in the butt from the phone. I would like to be able to bring up my Android interface on the computer and then add and configure widgets from here rather than doing it all on the phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeanutTM:
I had created groups within my Google contacts to better organize them. One group I had was "Co-Workers". I later decided to eliminate that group.

I then started noticing that every time I reply to a text from one of the people that was originally in the Co-Workers group, it would send it to EVERYONE that was in the group - about 15 people. However, if I start a new message to that person instead of just replying it only goes to him and no one else.

Is there something else that needs to be cleared such as a cache I'm not aware of? Again, the group was eliminated from within Google. I originally had Handcent and thinking that that may be the problem, I eliminated it and am just using the stock messaging. This is very annoying because I start receiving messages from all of these other people wanting to know what I'm talking about. PLEASE HELP!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] sheharyar:
I have installed android, now how do I import my contacts & messages from my WM6.5 to android?

Secondly I turned on wifi and when I started maps, my rhodium restarted. I think it crashed.

I have Verizon version of TP2 and have installed Mighty Rom.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] e82_antiveros:
wich rom did u used?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] mrj:
The easiest way is to export them from outlook (if you sync with outlook?) to a csv and then go in to gmail and import them, when your phone syncs it will update the contacts.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
+1 for using Google Sync w/your GMail contacts. Works both in Android & WinMo, very nice.

I wonder if it crashed with gps+wifi... I never use wifi. Do you have the newest stuff? Do you have any problems just using wifi?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] sheharyar:
I can't even make calls from Android? Where do I do the network setup :O I am a totally new Android User, I can't even figure out whether I am connected on the network or not lol.

If I am able to make calls, only then I can configure my GPRS/EDGE network.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Well there isn't any network setup really... You just set force cdma to 1 or 0 depending on your network - if you're GSM, set it to 0.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] redpoint73:
I second the suggestion of Google Sync. Sync your WM phone contacts and emails to Google, then when you sync in Android using your Google account, they will all be there.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] sheharyar:
thanks for the help, I have connected to my network.

When I run Maps, it crashes and reboots back to Windows
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Hrm. Not sure dude, do the typical crap. Make sure you're up to date. Delete (move, rename) your data.img. Format card, start fresh.

Try those things, in that order one at a time.
[General Questions and Answers] Nekromantik:
Do you guys think that a geo-encryption app would be possible on Android?

I am talking about creating a simple app that encrypts data based on your location.

I am thinking about doing this as my University project, I have some java knowledge but its basic so Im wondering if I am biting off more then I can chew with this idea.
[General Questions and Answers] Nekromantik:
no one that can help?
[General Questions and Answers] Gene Poole:
What do you mean by geo-encryption? I can't figure out what it is you intend to do?
[General Questions and Answers] markseiler:
Geo-encryption

You might want to check out the white paper at the geocodex website. Its url is the traditional www dot geocodex dot com. (As a new registrant, I can't type in the link myself.)

We haven't looked at Android but we do have a geo-encryption application up and running in the Windoes Mobile environment.

Mark
[General Questions and Answers] Nekromantik:
@Gene Poole

geo-encryption is when data is encrypted or decrypted based on your location using GPS.

@markseiler

thanks I will check that out.

In your opinion, is it possible to do this by 1 person with moderate to basic java knowledge?

Im not looking to make it overly complex, just need it to decrypt/encrypt a basic text file using location.

Also it only needs to work while the app is running so no need to have it part of the operating system.
[General Questions and Answers] ramdroid77:
so what's the problem now?
[General Questions and Answers] Nekromantik:
i dont have a problem. I just want to find out the experts opinion on here if its doable or not. Like if it would take a long time and need a lot of knowledge. I only have till March.
[General Questions and Answers] UpSpin:
What should be so hard about it?

Can you code in Java?

If so, just create your java app for android, get the GPS informations (use already written libraries), think about an algorithm to decrypt with some tolerance (I mean GPS in the consumer market isn't that precise, and you should be able to decrypt it in a specific radius), and then you've done it already.

If you know Java and if you've written your own code, too, you should have a working app in a week.
[General Questions and Answers] Nekromantik:
I have done Java yes but I am no expert.

I am asking as I have seen already working implementations and they all use time data too so that over complicates things.

So you think it would not be too hard to implement getting coordinates from GPS into the DES algorithm without much problems?
[General Questions and Answers] ivolol:
I would imagine that Android / java already have APIs for doing encryption and pulling GPS coordinates. You just need to string those together and you have your app.
[General Questions and Answers] Gene Poole:
I haven't read the white paper, but there has to be more to it than that. It would be impossible to enforce a simple cipher as you could always fake the GPS coordinates. There must be some kind of handshaking going on.
[General Questions and Answers] Nekromantik:
yeah thats true.

I have not been told that it NEEDS to be secure as its a idea im researching so if I can make it complex then I so be it. I just need to find out from supervisor if a simple method will suffice.
[General Questions and Answers] Saraaaa:
Hi Nekromantik, I'm wondering if you could do it or not ?! because I have the same project now ... if you have anything that can help me it's will be kind of you to share it with me.

Thank you in advance :)
[Legend Themes and Apps] were2:
i was bored so i ported the mikudroid bootanimation.

here is a video of the original [click]

hope u will enjoy.

- howto install -

0. install the android sdk

1. connect the legend to your pc

2. copy the bootanimation.zip into the tools folder of the sdk (rename the .zip file)

3. start cmd (windows) or the terminal (osx/linux) and browse into the [android-sdk]\tools directory

4. type "adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local/

5. reboot your device to ensure that everything went right

you should backup your original bootanimation.zip befor!

if you want other bootanimations ported, just ad a request ;)

(original is for desire and n1)