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[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
There's two ways to update live tiles... push or pull on a schedule. That schedule can be hourly, daily, etc. The other way is a standard push. What's interesting is that the only way to trigger a tile update immediately is via push so many apps will just send a request to their server which will then send a push notification to microsoft's service which will come down to the phone to update the tile from... the app's server lol. Extremely roundabout but it is what it is. I think what we'll most often see is apps utilizing the hourly schedule to update. That way they don't have to have a database of all the clients and somehow decide on when to send them notifications. A "pull" is much easier than push for most applications. The inherent problem is when to trigger. The server would have to run a job on a schedule or have some other form of event trigger the push.

So why didn't the tile update in your instance? Many reasons. Did you unpin and re-pin the app? I think that breaks the schedule. If you had low battery, the tile won't update. Or it could've been out of service range when the schedule or push came down. Or maybe the app server's push notification system was down? If you had low signal or the server was overloaded the tile could've taken too long to download. Could be anything really.

Oh and if I ever quit hacking at things and just finish my app it will be in the store with live tile updates. I'll make sure to post it here when it get's published. Should be soon.
[Windows Phone 7 General] skycamefalling:
How on earth do you get "the weather channel" to work?

It never finds my location and every city I enter for search brings a "no results".

I also tried big cities all over the world -still nothing.
[Windows Phone 7 General] womo:
Same for me!

Weather Channel did not find my location, also find no data for big cities like London or Vienna

Weatherbug did also not find the correct location, i am located in villach and weatherbug find a city 200 km in the south in slovenja !!
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
Are you guys on WiFi while you're doing it? It will try to use that for your location if you are. What does the maps app say your location is?
[Windows Phone 7 General] skycamefalling:
I tried with WiFi, I tried with 3G, I tried with real GPS.

Bing Maps has my exact location without any problems but The Weather Channel simply doesn't get any results -it searches for the location forever.

The manual search for cities always tells me that there are no results in the database, no matter what city or location I chose.

I've tried my hometown (Judenburg, Austria) I've tried the neighbor-town with the airport and a weather station (Zeltweg, Austria) and I've tried big cities like Vienna, London, New York aso.

No results, no matter what I try. So I think it might be a problem with my location in general, maybe the app doesn't work when you're located in Austria at all.

I will try to set my phone language to English (US) and try again.

EDIT: Still no luck with region set to USA. The app seems to be broken in my case.
[Windows Phone 7 General] xtrememanix:
another app that makes use of live tile is the wikirand . it will randomly pick an article in wikipedia and show the picture of the article plus the name of that article on the home page .

and associated press also kinda offer live tile . it will show a photo in the tile and it will change at some time interval .
[Windows Phone 7 General] courtlandre:
Microsoft agrees with you exactly, but they are trying to appeal to the masses, not the members of this forum. The average consumer says they want choices, but what they really want is something that just works. I worked in eletronics retail for years and when there were too many choices people got confused. A digital camera for example, if there were 10 models, consumers would have problems. If there were three, they would happily choose one. It's true some people want choice and customizability, but most dont (even if they say they do).

Everyone here keeps talking about how good windows mobile is in terms of capabilities, customizability, etc... but guess what? The platform died because people chose an OS with little customizability (iOS).

In other words, just because you perceive android having more options as an advantage, most people use the default settings and call it a day. Windows Phone caters to these people.
[Windows Phone 7 General] paulf707:
I've just (yesterday) removed Weather Bug and (re)installed The Weather Channel - but I'm not seeing a live tile on there (I've tried a couple of reboots etc).

I've got 'live tile notifications' turned on in the settings, but still no 'live tile'

Anyone else had any problems with this?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ebosian:
The Weather Channel is problematic for me also. The only time the live tile seems to update is after I enter and exit the application. The tile looks better than weather bug, but unless they improve its functionality, it looks like I am going back to weather bug.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Commander Data:
I am enjoying it immensely. Truly a premium product, which is shocking coming from LG (I haven't been impressed with their phones lately). I had the choice between the HTC Surround and the LG and it just seemed to be nicer. The screen is good for LCD. I came from a Milestone (Droid) and the quality is a least as good if not better. The screen itself is MUCH softer though. I already have a scratch and would never had one on the gorilla glass Motorola uses. In saying that, I can't really compare it to other WP7s, but I can tell you it is excellent and I am loving it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] brummiesteven:
MSN Celebrity

ITN News

The live tiles aren't very good mind, they just show a picture of the latest news story.
[Windows Phone 7 General] womo:
Weatherbug dont works in Austria, Europe !!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] wheresmybeaver:
Days Till Christmas (free) now has a live tile showing the number of days till Christmas. Only 35 days to go boys and girls!
[Windows Phone 7 General] HiJAK:
my weather channel app always updates, more than once a day. However my ITN app I uninstalled and reinstalled to try to get it to update at least daily however now it doesnt update at all and just has an itn logo on the damn tile.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
A new app just posted, OceanData, has live tile updates.
[Windows Phone 7 General] **Salem**:
i'm in switzerland, and here works weather bug ok.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dov74:
Just had an update to HTC Hub, it now has a live tile showing weather info.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tiwas:
Where'd you find that tile? I just installed the app update, but couldn't find it...
[Windows Phone 7 General] tiwas:
Now I feel stupid and impatient. Waited a couple of minutes, and the background of the tile changed. Thanks :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] dov74:
I have the app pinned to my homescreen, it just updated automatically.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jeffgeno:
I didn't see it listed in here, but Stocks Tile allows for 4 stock updates at as little as 5 minute intervals to show on a live tile. It's simplistic but works pretty well.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dov74:
Haha, I'd be the same! Glad it's working now.

Edit: Have to say as well, I think the app is quicker now as well?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
MoonPhaser has a live tile showing the current phase of the moon

Beezz shows current Twitter notifications

Alarms shows current next alarm
[Windows Phone 7 General] scottt:
My football - live tile with fav team

Greadie - google reader with unread count on live tile

Flixster - Will show box office number one on tile - updates once a week

Beezz - twitter client - will show unread count on tile.
[Windows Phone 7 General] 'Tron:
Is there a world clock live tile? Or even better a world clock with current weather conditions live tile? I.e.

New York	14.30	5°c	Cloudy

Sydney	08.30	16°c	Sunny

Birmingham	19.00	11°c	Raining

If not, someone should make one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tiwas:
How much space do you figure you can use on one tile? ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] :
Found anything new in early 2011?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Barbbachello:
The new HTC hub is a live weather tile. Looks good apart from the big HTC and the list of apps. Ive seen a thread about removing those things on XDA reccently
[Windows Phone 7 General] Avandor:
Indeed... I'd love to remove the list of apps from the live hub.
[Windows Phone 7 General] judged:
Astronomy Tile of the Day is based on the APOD site(astronomy picture of the day) and is supposed to be live tile that updates daily. It does update but it is rather sporadic. Cool pics though :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] 'Tron:
A big list of Windows Phone 7 Live Tile Apps

Yay.

Question - can one have two Weatherbug live tiles on one device?
[Windows Phone 7 General] adyrau:
As I know, currently you can't have more than one tile per app. So, to answer your question, the weatherbug app can't have more than one tile.
[Windows Phone 7 General] captobie:
Gust Busters -- an app that provides wind information for sailors. You can choose which reporting station you want to appear on the live tile.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Add The Weather Channel to the list.
[Windows Phone 7 General] rruffman:
World Weather Has a Live tile

it has weather for mostly all countries.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Titus_Andronicus:
I am surprised how few Live Tile apps there are. Especially surprised there is no general sports score live tile app. The Score app is nice, but no live tile. What gives. And why doesn't the Weather Channel app have a better update schedule? And why doesn't the e-mail Live Tile have more info than just the number of e-mails (like the subject of the most recent e-mail or something like that). I guess WP7 is only 3 months old, so it should slowly get better
[Windows Phone 7 General] Titus_Andronicus:
just found a sports app with the major NA leagues "Sports Scores".
[Windows Phone 7 General] webwalk®:
best apps with live titels u dont even have to download:

zune player

Calender

Pictures

Contacts

Me (Button)

one i didnt see in the thread and is fairly new:

Flickr App

http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=2e49fb07-592b-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

updates every hour with a random pic

i personaly would like to see a phone internals live tile

showing stuff like connection status, speed, cpu/ram load, freespace, gps location, surrounded POIs, with some nice high tek design and moving objects
[Windows Phone 7 General] pseudoware:
Stock Alert Live - can display up to 6 stocks on live tile

NBA Scores Lite - select a game to display score on live tile

Flixster (maybe already mentioned)

Bing Splash - display's Bing's image of the day on live tile, can save Bing images to phone
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
ArkWords.....
[Windows Phone 7 General] mrTablet:
No live tile on my Zone. :mad:

LG Optimus 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
play a song while in a wifi hotspot or on your network... itll bring up the pic of the artist...
[Windows Phone 7 General] roidsmith:
Bump

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[Windows Phone 7 General] Casey_boy:
AuroraWatch UK (look for other locale versions soon).

Brief summary:

AuroraWatch UK is a free service run by Lancaster University, indicating the likelihood of an auroal sighting from within the UK. This official AuroraWatch UK app allows you to have this data at your fingertips on your Windows Phone.

It uses the "cheap and easy" "live" tile method, i.e. tile schedule (of one hour), rather than push notifications. I only have one WP7 device to test it on, so I'm hoping it's working for everyone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bearkilla:
is someone gonna update the first post or what?
[Windows Phone 7 General] beingnyukeit:
Foursquare - Live Tile has Leaderboard standings

BBC News - Latest Headlines (app by a third party developer)

The Guardian - Main app live tile and also has deep linking...sectional live tiles too.

IMDB - Live Tile has latest news about hollywood

Evernote

Premier Leagues+ - Awesome app for soccer fans...live tiles, goal toasts, etc.

Flixter

Flickr

Tasks

WeatherLive

SportsScores
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvista:
Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum and kinda newb in this all business..

I have a rooted Nexus 1 device with recovery, I recently updated my phone to the following:

Build Number: FRF85B

Baseband V: 34.41.00.32H_5.08.00.04

After updating everything works fine except from the Market, which is gone! :(

I tried updating to CM6 with Google Addons and the Market worked, but I didn't want to lose all my applications, SMS, etc.. so I restored..

Is there anything similar to Google Addons but for Froyo 2.2?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
You're just about 2 generations behind, and running non-official build (which disables paid Market). Why do you expect the Market to work?

Update to FRF91, or to recent FRG83.

Use the bold link in my signature to get to the collection of all official stock ROMs and OTAs, and update your FRF85B to FRF91 by applying an update from there.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvista:
As I mentioned I'm a noob.. :/

Anyway, I downloaded FRF91,

when I'm trying to flash it I get:

E:No signature (575 files)

E:Verification failed

Installation aborted.

Same thing with FRG83.. What went wrong?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
What recovery are you using? Use Amon_RA's 1.8 or above, and disable signature verification.

And if you flash full ROM (~80 MB) - you'll lose the root and the recovery. Be prepared to root again and reinstall the recovery. Wiki can guide you with root.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvista:
Ok, I updated to Amon_RA 1.9.0-alpha (1.8 link was broken) and updated to FRF91.

Still... No market! :(

What am I gonna do?!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Check that you indeed have FRF91 on your system (Settings/About/Phone).

Then go to Settings/Applications/Manage/All/Market, and do "clear cache" and "clear data".

Then run Market.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvista:
Checked and I do have FRF91 installed..

And I can't do that because the market is not there... It vanished from my device..

BTW Jack, I really really appreciate you trying to help me, thanks a lot.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
If you don't have Market at all - then you're missing its APK that you accidentally erased.

Since you have root (and if you don't - then root):

adb push Vending.apk /system/app/

Get the Vending.apk from the FRF91 ROM you've downloaded, it's under - surprise - /system/app ;)

In case it doesn't help - then something is bad in your setup, and the best thing would be to wipe and reinstall everything from scratch, including the ROM.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvista:
Man I'm such a noob.. I can't manage to push it, i'll describe what i've done step by step, tell me what i've done wrong please..

1.Turned USB Debugging on.

2.While the device is turned on (not in bootloader) i connected it to my pc, I didn't mount the device.

3.In SDK tools folder i opened the command window.

4.I typed adb devices, my device was found.

5.I typed adb shell, a $ symbol appeared.

6.Typed adb push c:\sdk\vending.apk /system/app

(I placed the vending file in c:\sdk)

7.Got: adb: permission denied
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Either you already have it on your phone, or you're not rooted.

do:

adb shell ls /system/app/V*

(Android is case sensitive!)

You should see "Vending.apk" present. If present - it'll be easier to wipe and reinstall than to try and solve the problem. If not present - check if you have root by running any root application.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvista:
Man.. It's present..

Guess I'll wipe and reinstall everything.. Hate to lose everything though (especially my unlimited Shazam lol)....

BTW, I need to also reinstall the radio?

Or just the ROM and the ROOT?

And should I do it in a certain order?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Install Titanium backup, back up the applications, wipe, install a custom ROM, restore Titanium backup.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvista:
You won't gonna believe, I was about to wipe it all and then I found this file - http://www.multiupload.com/HV1MWXXXY0 and managed to push it!

Market is working fine right now.

Thanks a lot for your help!

I learned a lot today thanks to you :]
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[Desire HD General] SSJVegetto:
My device syncs the agenda perfectly however i also have a birthday agenda and it doesn't sync that one does anyone else know how to get this on my phone?
[Desire HD General] SSJVegetto:
Ok i found out! I needed to do add agenda to add them i thought they should already be shown but they didn't!
[Streak 5 Accessories] bitziz:
I've just got the Otterbox Impact case and i'm looking at the communter and defender cases, can someone tell me the differences between these three cases?

I'm thinking about if I should pick up the communter or defender.

thanks!
[Streak 5 Accessories] Troute:
The otterbox website will tell you the differences surely?
[Streak 5 Accessories] yokuoh:
The website describes the Defender as being a three layer protection but to be fair, the pictures show both the defender and commuter as looking almost identical to the impact case... as I've said in another thread (and for some reason there are several) it would be reasonable to expect the defender case to be somewhat like the on for the iphone 4 but he one for the streak doesn't look as good.

We need more and better pics :)
[Streak 5 Accessories] Kohawk09:
I can talk to the impact vs commuter. Impact is single silicone sleeve (comes with screen protector, but I didn't use). Commuter is a thinner silicone sleeve, then a hard shell that goes around that, leaving the silicone showing on the front ant 2 sides. Also comes with screen protector (the "3rd" layer of protection, but don't use).

The commuter also has plugs for the proprietary port at the bottom and the headphone jack, the impact does not. I'd be willing to bet the defender has plugs, for the iphone, it looked like the phone was completly enclosed to keep out dust.

I think (just based on how defender cases are for other phones) that the defender will be a hard shell around the ENTIRE device, with a silicone layer underneath, hard to tell in their pics...
[Streak 5 Accessories] bitziz:
The impact also has openings for the headphone and plug. What's different about that on the communter?

Yeah, it'd be nice to have the hard shell around it like on the communter.

Would be nice to figure out the difference on the defender... I don't know what the defender for the iphone looks like...
[Streak 5 Accessories] Kohawk09:
The commuter has plugs that cover the openings when not in use. The impact only has openings - always exposed.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Charles::
So out of all 3, which one is the slimmest? I'd like to try one, but I don't want bulk. I keep my phone in my pocket, which usually keeps it in pretty good shape (as evident by my previous phones), so I just need something that gives me a slightly better grip and minimal protection.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Kohawk09:
From personal experience, the commuter slides in/out of my pockets MUCH easier than the impact. Main reason I got it. Size wise, seems almost identical.

Haven't seen any pics or reviews for the defender.
[Streak 5 Accessories] grizlore:
The videos below show the different types, although the Mighty Streak isnt the phone being demo'd, you'll get to see what the differences are...

--> commuter

--> defender
[Desire HD General] faby71:
http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/93c9ada2ad4d20f983f3269bdb10c7c9.jpg

http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/96d317dc32e75853bb8d9418736807de.jpg

http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/15c6e2c354905a9300da277dc6326ec5.jpg

http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/fa4fb57af7c61c23e5831db6ac39f6b7.jpg

What do you think?
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
I think your links don't work.
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Yes... File not Found is all I get too.
[Desire HD General] faby71:
Link update:)
[Desire HD General] Beards:
No... Still showing file not found.
[Desire HD General] faby71:
Link 1° post work!!!
[Desire HD General] xazac:
Where did you bought it?
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Wow, very nice!
[Desire HD General] faby71:
swiss:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[Desire HD General] xazac:
Ah, so bad! xD
[Desire HD General] NZtechfreak:
Soooo much noise and artifact in those shots, resolved detail not very good either.

That said, looks like HTCs best camera ever (apart from perhaps the Mozart with its Xenon Flash, but I haven't seen many examples from that handset yet).
[Desire HD General] eozen81:
I think that mobile phones' cameras are not for the ones who are obsessed with photo quality.

I am sure long years I will prefer to carry a DSLR camera even though I have got a 8 mp camera integrated phone.
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
i agree buying a phone based on its camera is silly, the only time i have ever used my phone camera was when i got a parking ticket so i took photos of the signage and my car wrote a letter to the council and got off without having to pay :D

if i know im going to take photos i just take my DSLR
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Yes, I agree.

However, what I am finding is the DHD does not leave much EXIF data.

Below is what is missing when shown in PhotoMe which is shown on the SGS:-

Under Overview

Aperture

Exposure Time

Program Mode

Flash Mode

Metering Mode

White Balance

Under Image

Orientation of Image

Software Firmware

Under Thumbnail view

Nothing. There's no section!

Under Camera

Exposure Time

F-Stop

Exposure Program

Shutter Speed

Aperture

Brightness

Exposure Bias

Maximum Lens Aperture

Metering Mode

Light Source

Flash Details

Manufacturer Notes

Sensing Method

Scene Type

Exposure Mode

White Balance

Digital Zoom Ratio

Focal Length in 35mm Film

Scene Capture Type

Contrast

Saturation

Sharpness
[Desire HD General] faby71:
Nice:D:D:D
[Desire HD General] faby71:
More photos..............:p
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Any chance in taking an evening shot (sunset/sunrise) without flash.

Also if possible another two low light shots with and without flash (basically the same shot for comparison on how well the camera handles low lighting with & without a flash).

Cheers.
[Desire HD General] Magnus3D:
Ouch those shots are really poor in terms of quality, noise, too strong noisereduction, chromatic abberation and hell everything. :(

I'm afraid Nokia N8 wins this round.

/ Magnus
[Desire HD General] gibbo82:
Pepsi anyone!??
[Desire HD General] NZtechfreak:
You don't need to be obsessed with photo quality to demand more from your mobile phone camera than the Desire HD is offering though. For many of us the camera is quite an important consideration because day to day photography with our phones is part of our regular use (most of us don't carry a DSLR all the time, eh?). Its nice to have shots that are 'good enough' for that kind of casual photography, and many other non-HTC phones offer that.

I won't, and haven't ever, based a decision to buy a phone solely on the camera, but certainly its a consideration, more important for some of us than others (but you can't dictate to others how they come to a decision to get a phone or not).
[Desire HD General] faby71:
little,little light,no flash:(:(:(:(:(
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Completely agree.

I suppose I fall onto the side on those who feel the camera is a vital component.

I love photography but that does not mean I should take one of my dedicated cameras around with me all the time.

I've captured some quite remarkable shots this past year since technology on phones improved to a state where they were acceptable and I don't see why I should have to lower my expectations on such.

btw.. Hows your Daughter now... has the Colic subsided?