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[Captivate General] macropp:
Common who ever buys anything on any platform? everything will be cracked at certain time. And lack of apps? I thought you were thinking like a developer not some kind of fanboy. Look to the reality. It's just a little matter of time and it'll be full of apps and cool things.

Android? Well it's very good at start but it gets a little boring after a time. No stable ROM or anything. It has a lot of problems here and there too. You just got used to seeing a lot of "Force closes" and other stuff.

If I had the same money I paid for Captivate I wouldn't buy it. It's nothing special. Why should I have to roam this website and look for a fix for a brand new phone? this just doesn't fit. You people living in America, you can give it a try in any mobile shop. You could go there and try it out. They are getting bigger and better. They have millions of updates, getting Flash native support and other bunch of stuff. What do WE get? Nothing. "here's your f***ing phone and do whatever you like with it!" <- this is what we get. Remember my words, not in one week or one month but WP7 will definitely beat Android crappy platform. Even the interface lags. It needs RAM clearing every 3-5 minutes or so. I have a question Why do I have to do this? I'm a developer myself and it's a little problem for me, but what about people who just want to have a good touchscreen phone with decent camera and interface? Those people will always prefer WP7. Also you should check out the coming Windows 8 which has the same interface and I'm sure every single one of you will be using it. Oh and I think Microsoft will definitely make the best integration with it. So before laughing at it check it out. Wish I could just go to the store and have it for 30 days.. Now that would have been awsome..

Write down those words and someday you'll regret them :)

Oh and P.S. I'm by no means a Microsoft employee :D

This was just my opinion about the future of phones.
[Captivate General] 41LY45:
1. WP7 platform still lacks apps. True time will tell but for now. Meh.

2. No Stable ROM? LIES! 2.2 ROMs are solid, 2.3 ROMs are getting stabler by the day. FC? Happens, rarely.

3. Don't understand your point there, i bought this phone because i do the "fix"( mods) for the phone. Again, don't I understand you there, what does that have to do with WP7? Support?

I live in Malaysia, i don't exactly get doorstep hardware support, but i can still update it officially though. :P

4. Not yet, with Mango. Probably.

5. Lags? Naah, not on mine. RAM clearing? Linux does not hog RAM. :P

6. My answer: Because i can do it, and i want to maximize the potential of the hardware i have.

7. To each his/her own then, WP7/ iOS is for those who wants an out of the box experience and consistent performance.

8. Win 8, the tablet/ PC hybrid thingy again eh? It's okay, but not exactly out just yet.

TL;DR version:

WP7 is a promising platform, but it is an unfinished product (being Mango-less) and apps are still lacking.

Time will tell, but for now Android still reign supreme. :cool:
[Captivate General] macropp:
1. true

2. which one is stable? even my original "untouched" froyo ROM went nuts today. It just vibrated for a moment and then bam. shutdown or something. no response. pulled battery and it works.. so don't argue there.. every ROM has it's problems.

3. yes, you didn't understand me right. when I buy I phone I consider it fully functional and without any fail. because I pay a bunch of money which unfortunately doesn't fall from the sky. Captivate? fully functional? common that's a lie.

5. yes lags. not sure about you and how you use it but it isn't as fast as it should be when it comes to a 1GHz Processor and 512 RAM. RAM Clear? sure you use it, without that your phone will become Nokia 1100 WITHOUT a torch. lol

7. it is normal to get "out-of box experience". When you pay 500$ for a mobile phone you shouldn't need to change a software for it or make it less laggy by installing third party soft.

8. think a little about the future too ;) it's just a matter of months and instead of waiting a Honeycomb update wait for Windows 8. It doesn't differ for me.

your last sentence is mainly true :)
[Captivate General] 41LY45:
2. Andromeda3 :cool:

3. Samsung basically screwed up on the software part for the Galaxy S line. Did a terrific job for SGS2. You bought the wrong phone if you wanted that. HTC is the way to go. :P

5. Lags? doesn't exactly do that. Android auto kills tasks. From Froyo I believe. I use only Samsung's stock task manager to kill active running Apps. And that's about it.

7. For Android, not exactly. Some manufacturers may screw up series. (Galaxy S in particular) But succeed in other later versions (Galaxy S II)

8. It's Ice Cream Sandwich! No Honeycomb for phones!

Suggestion: Read reviews b4 buying phones, know about known issues. (see if you can deal with it)

Sent from my Captivate. Andromeda 3, Onix 2.0.5 @ 1.2Ghz
[Captivate General] macropp:
2. not sure about that.. have to check.

3. no one should be screwing anything, that's the point. and HTC costs much more too..

5. does exactly that. you're forced to use the killer application, whether it is stock or not. also you will often need to kill services from Settings->Applications->Running Services.

7. I can't afford a new phone every once in 2 months and I'm sure a lot of people can't.

8. I can't really understand your point.

@ Suggestion: I read quite a lot and no one ever mentioned lags or any other sh*t. just GPS, which I don't need a lot.

Note that you're running your processor at 1.2Ghz, which I'm afraid isn't stock. So you need to overclock the hardware and make it run smooth, although it drains your battery like crazy.
[Captivate General] xThe Enforcer:
Made my day!
[Captivate General] 41LY45:
5. Nope I don't do that. And I do the above only for Opera and the Music app.

7. Student here. The same.

8. Honeycomb is for exclusively for tablets.

It's quite a problem with Galaxy S series phones if you notice. Not exactly told on normal review sites.

Voodoo lagfix God bless Supercurio for that.

@Note: I get more FPS in games. I OC/UV the thing. It even sips the battery lower than stock settings.

Sent from my Captivate. Andromeda 3, Onix 2.0.5 @ 1.2Ghz
[Captivate General] Reamer09:
I had bought the focus awhile back and didn't care for it, but it was smooth and it just worked. I'm using Serendipity 6.4 as my ROM and its one of the most stable that I have used, however, non of the ROMs are as stable as WP7. I love Android and everything we're allowed to do with it, but a phone that just works is often just as desirable. I would put WP7 on my Captivate real quick if it actually was ported to the device (not sure how long it would stay there though), but I don't see it happening. Ever. More power to whoever has the know how and determination for it though.

sent from my Captivate
[Captivate General] macropp:
+1. I completely agree with you.. at last someone who thinks more practically..
[Captivate General] b-eock:
Actually the captivate and I9000 both have a Honeycomb port.
[Captivate General] Reamer09:
Though they don't really do much for the phone.

I'm actually missing my Focus enough to get another one. Especially with the Focus S coming out, the first ones are getting cheap and they run very smoothly. Plus Windows 7.5 Mango is being pushed to them bringing much needed features to the devices.

sent from my Pinnacle Powered Captivate
[Desire Themes and Apps] kiltedrunner:
From a comment i made on the thread mentioned below, but seemed appropriate to start a new one considering lots of people have been looking to do this.

for any of those using launcher pro, and hate the default icons, ive attached the stock froyo ones for browser and phone. if you are an htc sense user and want a stock froyo experience without root/ custom roms then downloading launcher pro and using these icons is the easiest way to do it. if u want the stock android phone/contacts app, download dailer one and link it to the froyo phone icon (by long pressing) in launcher pro. bearing in mind the launcher2 phone icon is hardlinked to the stock android phone app, which is impossible to install on htc phones. this is the closest you can get, and it does a pretty good job!

i have also tweaked the nexus icon from another thread to fit.

it was coming up very small as the app drawer icon in launcher pro. screenshot and files for all icons attached.

ive also attached the froyo stock app drawer icon, the launcher pro one is close but a bit big and doesnt quite match the style

i know no-one has directly asked for all this info but ive been reading the forums and a lot of people want to do this so thought i had to share the knowledge somewhere! i can take credit for very little, all i have done is edit an icon and congregated stuff ive found into one place. from my own experience wanting to do this i found it very frustrating that those with sense but wanting stock had to resort to 'almost but not quite' solutions. ive also found that a lot of supposedly stable roms are far from it. this ensures a bug/ fc free experience. you get complete stock functionality but with the visual appeal and the added dock buttons from froyo.

please link this info on to any forum you might think could need it, also, if some kind soul could upload mirrors to the images for those who arent members (this thread is aimed primarily at them) and embedded photos of the screen grabs would also be appreciated, i dont have the permissions. thanks a lot, hope this stuff is useful!

Peter
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jirafabo:
Is it possible to have gVoice only handle calls to my google number? I don't want calls to my sprint number to be handled by the google voice so I guess I'd have two seperate voicemails set up.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordLugard:
What do you mean? GV only forwards calls made to your GV number to your Sprint number or whatever number you specify. It does not handle calls made to your Sprint number.

Plus i think you're posting in the wrong section.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jirafabo:
Google Voice is an app right? Would this be better in General?

If you call my sprint number right now, it will go to google voice's voicemail.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decalex:
You can modify this in the google voice settings (not from your phone). Whether sprint or Google voice gets the voicemail is not a function of the app.

Go to google.com/voice > Settings on top right > Voice Settings. Under 'Cell' click 'Edit' then 'show advanced settings', then under 'Forwarding options' you click 'deactivate'.

.. Since it says "When someone calls this phone directly and I don't pick up". By directly, they must mean your actual cell phone number.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jirafabo:
Thanks a bunch! I think that's what I needed. Will test tonight when my girl gets home. I use the google voice for my business, so I like to use two separate numbers/voicemails. thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decalex:
If you haven't already, check out the options for different voicemail greetings for different contacts. e.g. When my girlfriend calls, she gets her own custom greeting, whereas, if anyone calls who is grouped in my "work" contacts, they get their own, slightly more professional greeting, and so on. Also, there are options to screen certain calls (as if they're going through a service before it reaches you) and let others pass directly through to you.

Enjoy!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jirafabo:
Yeah I like that option, but I have all personal calls go to my cell number, even if they aren't in my contacts list. I wish I could still use google voice for both voicemails, but without the numbers already being in my contacts, they'd always get the business voicemail, which would be confusing.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBizzle:
So I shattered my digitizer last night and a friend had an old Hero that I could take the digitizer out of. I was able to replace without a hitch but now I am having a strange issue. I cannot pull the top notification bar down. It recognizes screen touches. I can scroll and select icons on my homescreens but for some reason it isnt recognizing the top notification bar. If anyone knows what the issue may be, I would appreciate the response.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrinehart93:
Did you replace the flex cable too? And did you make sure it's plugged in all the way?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBizzle:
The cable is attached to the digitizer. I havent opened my phone back up to check if it is connected all the way. Figured it wouldnt work if it wasnt in all the way. I will check and see. I was wondering if it might be a rom issue. Ill try reflashing a different rom and see what happens.
[HD7 General] 1IV54IV3:
when i try to sync my emails with my live.de (hotmail) account i always get the error 86000108. if i uncheck the email-sync box synchronization works fine (without email of course). if i check the box again i get this error back (m.hotmail.com).

the used email is my live.id so i can´t delete it from my phone and set it up again afterwards to see if it works fine then...
[HD7 General] JEEtoP:
From memory 86000108 used to relate to having a corrupted item causing the sync to fail. In this case obviously in your mailbox which would explain why disabling it allows the rest of the sync to complete.

I would check Hotmail for any corrupted items and delete them.

Do you have anything else that syncs that mail, Outlook etc?
[HD7 General] 1IV54IV3:
Yes I have (outlook 2010).

Nevertheless after some hours of swearing and trying I found the solution:

I tried to sync ALL emails, after switching to "only emails from the last month" it works fine. Seems it can´t handle too many mails...

Regards :-)
[HD7 General] Helenthefirst:
Similar solution for me - thanks!

It turned out I had a 24mb email that was stopping the sync. Once I permanently deleted the large email, syncing started working straight away.
[HD7 General] MagooChris:
Just helped a friend with the same issue but a different error code. was his primary live account and it wouldn't sync.

Emptied out his live account but it still wouldn't sync... finally we cleaned out all his messages on his phone (including emptying the deleted messages folder) and that seemed to do the trick!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tyl3rdurden:
Could somebody please port the ElegantSteel theme for the Epic4G? There is one for the Galaxy S global version so hopefully it wont be too difficult to port over for us..

(I would love to post the link but as a new member I can't :( Its in the Galaxy S I9000 themes and apps forum by dwillMUFC)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
I can take a look for you, not making any guarantees though.

Links for whoever is interested,

Original Theme Post:

[WIP]ElegantSteel by Jedipottsy

I9000 Port

[THEME] Elegant Steel - JPO & JPP 2.0 (UPDATE) {Deodex req for full}
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
Here is an update of sorts for you tyl3rdurden, love the name by the way lol, I have ran into a couple of .9 png snags, but nothing too dificult to fix. I should have a working version to test on my phone by tonight, so I'll let you know when I have something.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tyl3rdurden:
Thanks a bunch :) Much appreciated. I found it to be one of the slickest themes out there and tried to port it myself using tutorials but even the base .psd intimidated me :P I'm sort of new to this kind of things unfortunately.. And thanks haha. It was the first truly good movie I watched.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vertig0:
wooow thats some hot theme...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kab0b0:
I actually have a port of this almost finished, but I ran out of steam before completion.

Here's a look at what I have so far http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8775353&postcount=6

If you want I can donate all the work I've done to save you some time. I'd love to see this finished.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobbywatts:
Thats a bad ass dialer... Can it be put into a zip
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakshow11582:
looks sick i like it :D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tyl3rdurden:
any updates Thomas?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoveisPeace2012:
Any updates on this themmmme???
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
Update! I have the framework completely ported over, I just need to theme all of the apks and then I will release on here in a new thread.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brizzle1986:
Will you be porting this to beta froyo also
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InfDaMarvel:
Sweet I've been trying to port this into syndicate Rom using this new theme injector one of the devs here are working on.

edit:Actually just ported it into the superslim version of the syndicate rom. Pretty much 100% themed minus the 3g and radio signal icons on the status bar.

Annnd the dialer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blingo:
i want to upgrade my xda orbit 1 from wm6 (i think) to wm 6.5

how can i do this and is it possible

many thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blingo:
after doing a bit of reasearch i found this rom

forum .xda-developers.com / showthread . php?t=608344

is that a good one or is there better

if not or this one is ok which version do i install-what are the differances

i also found out that i need uspl installed whatever that is where can i get this

one final thing i need some step by step instuctions on how to do everything from start to finish

many thanks

p.s im a new user so i cant post links notice my spaces between some parts of the adress
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blingo:
help me plz

thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenbeau:
I have researched this and am getting more confused by the minute. I have installed Bionix Final stock and I am considering going back to ji6. I have read that I must flash the ji6 kernel even though I dont believe that bionix changed the kernel. When and how must this be done? After flashing to ji6? I would most appreciate it if someone could tell me the steps taken to flash just the kernel or if that is even necessary and also if I can just flash through Clockwork to go back to stock ji7 when Froyo is sent OTA. Would it be safer or easier to just use Odin? Any and all replies are most appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aczarney:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=733792

Search functions are awesome.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenbeau:
thanks for the reply but I read this thread and still am confused. Sorry I am not as informed or astute as you are. Let me mention I am a complete nubie and am looking for simple steps or instructions or answers. I am continuing to search the threads for more information. Its becoming evident to me that I should never have flashed Bionix Final as it appears that there is not a lot of support or help for nubies who have questions and do not understand some of the procedures or terms.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayprime:
Bionix fusion is based on ji6. It does not actually use the ji6 kernel. It is using a modified jfd kernel so I would not recommend flashing ji6 kernel over the top of it. If you would like to go back to the stock ji6 I recomend odin back to it. But if you wanted you could use jacs kernel or kings kernel if your not happy. Fusion also came in three flavors stock, jacs, kings.

Friends don't let friends flash drunk...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenbeau:
Thanks so much for the helpful reply. Does Bionix final have the same kernel as the fusion does? I am on Bionix Final. I will use Odin to flash back to ji6. Would I use just the tar and pit or do I have to repartition as well? It seems the swype keyboard I am so fond of will not go into landscape mode nor will any of the other keyboards. I have checked the settings and can find nothing that would affect this situation. That is one of the reasons I am contemplating going back to ji6. thanks again for the help and kindness. any info on my other questions is greatly appreciated.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayprime:
All the bionix roms are using the modified jfd kernel. Im using bionix final r1 and im not having any problems with swipe. I find it to be the best touchwiz rom out there. If you do want to go back to stock use the 512 pit amd the ji6 tar and you don't have to check the repartition box. But if your like me and flash lots of roms I would check the box to get all the ghosts out of the closets (fix force closer issues).

Friends don't let friends flash drunk...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenbeau:
Thanks again. I will put your information to good use. I may stay on bionix final for a while longer. I am overjoyed that I now have the correct procedures to flash back when the time comes. Many thanks and Blessings.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
Apparently i screwed up my evo and lost my rsa keys... I always used clockwork but now find out its no good... I just picked up my new evo, i guess i need to root and and use ra amon as my main recovery now.. I used rom manager to try it once but was a little lost...

Does anyone have a guide on ra amon? Also anyone know if i can still use the same root i used before? Which was the one click method..

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
Just make sure u use amon-ra 1.8 and make a nandroid backup. It makes a backup of your good keys. Just make sure to avoid flashing radios for any reason. Your new Evo should have the latest radios(wimax and cell).

Still 8pening from my supersonic on the xda app.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
If I get Rom manager and click alternate recovery will it be 1.8??

Also you mention not to flash any radios..

What about this radio?

http://geekfor.me/evo/radio/baseband-215000901/

Its supposed to go with the Fresh's Rom..

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Have you confirmed that you even need the newest radio? Are you sure its not already on the phone?

But as long as you get that first nand backup done with amonra and squirrel it away somewhere safe, you can switch back to clockwork/rom manager and use that, and flash whatever you want.

And yes, the alternate in Rom manager is the 1.8 you're looking for.

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
Ok cool thanks... Flashed amon 1.8 and went into recovery.. I did a naind backup.. But there was other options as well.. Like nain plus ext.

Also google propriortary something..

I only did the naind backup.. Is this ok?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
For your purposes, yes. You're looking for the wimax image in the nandroid backup folder.

Mount as a drive and copy the folder in the nandroid folder with today date onto your computer somewhere it won't get deleted. Better safe than sorry.

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
Ok all set.. Thanks..

Now theres no way a theme could hurt my 4g RSA keys right?

I only say that because my dad with the same phone, has the fresh 3.4 rom, the radio that they say is supposed to go with it, and that's it.

I have all the same except I put the superman theme on there.

I want to start putting this phone together, starting with the rom and theme.. Don't know about the radio deal yet..

Maybe someone can help me with that?

I don't even know how to check my radio but undersoftware info. it lists

android 2.2

baseband version 2.15.00.09.01

Kernel version 2.6.32.15-ge2fb08e htc-kernel@and18-2 #11

build number 3.29.651.5 CL252548 release-keys

Software 3.29.651.5

Browser version Webkit3.1

PRI_version 1.77_003

PRL Version 60671

I know when I install the 3.4 fresh rom my software will go to something like 3.30

But what about the radio?

the information for the Fresh rom radio is here

Download: Radio Baseband 2.15.00.09.01 and PRI 1.77

Geek for Me is proud to release:

Updated Radio.img (version 2.15.00.09.01) and PRI (1.77_003) for Sprint Evo 4g

Does that mean I already have that radio?

THANKS AGAIN!