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[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
To be honest, I have to strongly disagree....I am a photographer, not a pro, but lots of experience and the iphone 4 camera is NOT that good. Im actually able to produce much nicer results with the focus now than my friends iphone 4. Downside is the focus doesn't save the settings you use...which will be fixed. The iphone 4 quality is WAY to oversaturated...Im not saying the focus quality is amazing...but when I change my settings its definetly acceptable quality. EV and ISO can be your best friends when used properly.
[Focus General] leo5111:
to me the focus wins hands down, my friend who is a self confessed iphone/ iphone 4 BIG time fanboy, has had all the other iphones he had got his iphone 4 like a week before he met up with me tooled around on my samsung focus for like a hour packed up his iphone 4 went to at&t store and exchanged it for a samsung focus.... :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
[Focus General] ktdan1:
That was my thought :confused: maybe it is time for him to setup a Hotmail account, :D
[Focus General] magare:
iPhone vs Focus

I have no regrets switching from iPhone 3GS and 4G to Focus.

They both have pluses and minuses, but I thing WinMo 7 is a new OS and the market place is catching up quickly.

What I miss in WinMo 7 is the customization and low level access (e.g. registry, file system).
[Focus General] SiW73:
"If I could have WP7 on my iPhone 4, I would be extremely happy. But that's not the case. WP7 is good enough to make up for me missing my iPhone 4's hardware so far though."

Yeah, that sums it up for me too. I brought a WP7 phone into the family so I could develop for it, and gave my wife the iPhone 4. There are things I miss, not least the performance - the WP7 phones are basically equivalent to a Nexus One. No slouch, but we're talking year-old hardware. It really shows in games.

On the camera issue, I think I got better pictures "out of the box" with the iPhone, but some things, like macro / close up work much better with the Focus. But this first WP7 update had better fix the camera settings being lost issue! I don't do a lot of video but from the little clips I've taken of the kids I think the iPhone 4 had better 720p quality.
[Focus General] allonym:
I just switched from IPhone 3GS (not voluntarily, it's my work phone), and I already miss the IPhone...sort of. For me, it all boils down to my usage pattern - the IPhone came to replace my radio and my alarm clock. I like to go to sleep listening to talk radio on very low volume, but since the volume controls on WP7 are not segregated, the alarm is now quite useless. Also, I end up missing calls if I forget to turn the volume back up (which is often the case). Also, I like to listen to talk radio while catching up on my RSS feeds on the train to work - my brain multi-tasks quite well; my new Focus: not so much.

I see a lot of potential in the WP7 OS, it is elegant and attractive, but at the moment it feels rather immature; it comes across as rushed. I have high, high hopes for the Q1 2011 update, if they can fix the volume control issue and add some form of multitasking, it will really change my attitude about the platform.

But that's a WP7 gripe, nothing specific about the Focus - I like the look and feel of the hardware, it seems to have a decent build quality. Something about the opposite placement of the lock button and the volume rocker bugs me a bit though, when I hold the phone in one hand and try to adjust the volume with my thumb, I often accidentally press the lock button with the counter-pressure of my index finger. Once I even powered down accidentally. I'll get used to it sooner or later, but it seems the button placement could have been done a little better.
[Focus General] cbebop7:
^^ totally agree with the volume thing.... thats really stupid and plain fcuking irritating. Why cant they just release a minor patch which fixes this and the marketplace/zune crash bug asap?

Frankly i dont give a damn about third party app multitasking as long as they allow pandora and last.fm to play music in the background, just add copy-paste and fix the damn volume and I'll be happy.
[Focus General] tuffluck:
+1

another frustrating thing i have with the focus/wp7 is bluetooth. it doesn't seem to work as well in my bimmer as my iphone did.
[Focus General] jeffgeno:
In what way? Mine connects as soon as I turn on the car and pulls my address book completely. I haven't had a single issue with it.
[Focus General] willp2:
The most surprising thing about switching is that all those dead spots, dropped and garbled calls stopped when I switched to the Samsung Focus.

I thought that the iphone may have been a problem but the difference is night and day. At my home, both get a low signal with just one or two bars. But with the iphone I'd miss calls, regularly drop calls or wouldnt be able to understand people.

I have yet to have any of that happen with the Samsung Focus after several weeks. This nonsense would happen several times a day with my iphones.

Go figure, at least for me its not AT&T that sucks, but the iphone.
[Focus General] Divinedark:
I am an OG iPhone guy. I was one of the idiots that stood in line for a day for the original, 3G, AND 3GS. My breaking point was the 4. It was a pile of junk. Top to bottom it was a mistake. You only had to look as far as Apple firing their hardware guys to realize that even Apple, in their own roundabout way, knew it.

I moved from my iPhone 4 to a Samsung Captivate and spend the next four or five months soaking in the fun of the open source Android platform. The captivate community on this very forum is top notch. The phone did have it's down falls, but ultimately, this community saved the phone for me.

As soon as I watched the debut of the WP7 devices at E3 I already picked the Focus out of the crowd. Same brilliant screen as my captivate without the broken GPS and half assed apps. Don't get me wrong, Android is a great platform, but it gets tiring, especially when you live on your phone. Certain roms that make the OS livable complete break other aspects of the phone. Top that off with the OS being disjointed because of the many different developers and no standardization.

After my wife gave me my Focus for christmas and I had a chance to sit down and work through it, I came to the conclusion that this is the best smartphone OS on the market. The different perspective that the OS takes really clicked for me. It doesn't fight me on the type of email I use, or how I have my contacts organized. It doesn't give me the headaches that iTunes did on the iPhone. The netflix app works brilliantly over 3G and every app that I've tried works exactly as I think it should. There are complaints I can level against it. The biggest being the lack of separation of the volumes as most have said here. And of course the lack of customizable ringtones is a pain in my butt, but something we have to realize is this is the birth of a new smartphone OS. I was there for iOS release and it was worse off by miles. Don't get me started on Android's release OS on the G1...

These things need time to evolve and grow. I have no doubt that MS will throw their weight behind the OS, and things will only get better. I'm very happy with the device and I think there is nothing but brighter days ahead for us. Color me a WP7 fan now... And I'll be bringing more people with me. My wife is now looking at getting rid of her iPhone 3GS for a Focus as well.
[Focus General] StriderNo9:
I actually got my Focus for about a month, couldn't deal with the lack of space and no legit memory solution, exchanged it for an iPhone 4, that lasted about a week, I was so bored with the OS, I called in a favor at AT&T and got it replaced back with a Focus :) Happy I did. Nothing is wrong with iPhone 4 but I was unhappy with it after my Focus.
[Focus General] shigga:
I'm have an iPhone 4 now and a Dell streak. The streak is horrid for music but I do like the iPhone for music. How would you compare the focus sound quality the the iPhone? I'm buying one tomorrow.
[Focus General] BenJG:
I can't speak for the iPhone 4, but the sound quality on my old iPhone 3GS was considerably better than on my Focus. Having said that, I really love the Focus. It's well designed, fast, and the screen is wonderful. And as others have said, the OS should only get better...
[Focus General] eallan:
In what way? Headphones, Speaker?

The earpiece and the speaker are far better than any iphone on my focus.

I have a 2G, 3G, 3GS, and an iPhone 4.

Along with a Nexus one and my focus.

The nexus one has been my favorite phone ever, the terrible touch screen is the only reason i'm looking forward to new android hardware.

The focus is terrific. WP7 is new and exciting. iOs is old and stale, but fleshed out. The app store is leagues better than the marketplace at the moment. The i4 feels likes a more sturdy device, even if it's not. The focus creaks and the back cover is terrible.

The screens are a wash, the retina display is brilliant, but so is the Super AMOLED. The pentile layout is a shame though, and I can't wait for SAMOLED +.

Overall the focus is a great diversion and further updates will only cement it.

I really just miss some crucial apps (Amazon and some other useful ones) and the browser isn't as good as a webkit one.
[Focus General] BenJG:
I was referring to the sound from headphones - I actually think the speaker is pretty good, if a bit "tinny." Using the same sennheiser headphones on both phones (the 3GS and the Focus), the Focus just sounds a bit flatter and muddier to me. There is a thread on this (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=901755), and I'm inclined to agree with the original poster who notes that the sound stage is a bit flat. Having said that, I don't think it's bad - just not great...
[Focus General] BenJG:
By the way, I agree that the Focus creaks. I bought a Body Glove case from ATT, however, and with it on the phone feels quite solid (and only a little thicker and heavier).
[Focus General] eallan:
Fair enough, I actually haven't used it with headphones yet so I can't speak to that, I'll take your word for it.
[Focus General] Andrew725:
After switching from the iPhone 3GS and owning the Focus for a week, the one and only thing I miss about the iPhone is the apps, and while admittedly WM7 Marketplace will likely never catch up to the App Store in terms of sheer size, MS is such a huge presence with tons of $ to burn I'm confident that eventually it will have enough choices to satisfy everyone. As is, I'm missing key apps like GPS navigation (really miss my Motion X and Motion X Drive), and also less importantly a better selection of games (App Store is near 100% supported by game companies. Id, Capcom, Square Enix, Konami, all actively develop for iOS, with the obvious exception of MS Game Studios).

Otherwise, purely from a usability perspective WP7 is better thought out and more intuitive, imo.

Contact and social networking integration is much better on WP7. The People hub is fantastic.

Zune is (and always has been better as desktop software) than iTunes in terms of interface, music organization and usability. Zune Pass integration over 3G is near seamless in WP7, with the exception of podcasts.

MS Office integration is, of course, better on WP7, so if you use MS Office a lot you'll appreciate WP7

Virtual keyboard is also superior. The current lack of Copy and Paste, which is being addressed with the next update anyway, is mitigated by the fact that I can highlight whole words with just a touch and either type over it or use WP7's better dictionary suggestions - no box dragging with a finger. That was annoying.

From a hardware perspective, build quality on the 3GS (and I'm assuming 4) is much nicer. Apple prides itself on this kind of stuff, and their hardware strictly from a quality perspective outclasses everything else out there. What I don't miss from the iPhone is the lack of a replaceable battery, and an SD expansion slot, like I have on the Focus. Furthermore, I also like having phone insurance (something you couldn't get with an iPhone under an AT&T contract).

I've found speaker quality and call quality on the Focus to be better than my 3GS, but isn't that all subjective anyway? Especially depending on what your cellular coverage is in your area. Not everyone lives in NYC and San Francisco.

Ultimately, as with any new OS you're going to run into less overall features and general bugginess that will hopefully be addressed. But overall, I do not regret switching over. I'm really enjoying my Focus and WP7.
[Focus General] captobie:
Where's the Netflix app? It isn't pre-installed on my phone and it isn't showing up in Marketplace. :(

Edit: Never mind, I see it in Marketplace now. Must have been temporarily unavailable or something. ;)
[Focus General] jason.hamilton:
I went from Nexus one, to iPhone4 then to samsung focus. So far i am liking the smoothness of the focus. Everything meshes nicely together. Apps are lacking but i figured it would since it is a new OS. So far there are only a few things i miss.

No front facing camera, but i am sure new phones will come eventually.

No copy/paste yet. It is coming but i dont know why it was there to begin with.

No (1st party) apps yet. And by this i mean banking apps, that kind of stuff.

Multitasking!! it really sucks to have to reload a game every time you get a text message.

Integration with other devices besides phones. Windows media box tvs???

Basic things like RDP and VPN and Telnet apps. Those are essential.
[Focus General] zxcv888:
i think on landscape, they left some space on the sides to make it easier to use... i find it kinda harder to reach the keys so close to the side when holding it...
[Focus General] zxcv888:
I ROFLOLMAOed :D

hahahahah
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Hi guys & gals.

Another TOTALLY off-topic post from me. But relevant here because webstar1 is more likely to see this forum.

ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR EXAMS webstar1. Hope you score the way do it with your ROMs.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Daneshm90:
Dude u need to go get checked for your moodswings.

What happened to

which clearly applies to this thread ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Edited my Title. Thanks mate.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jeebspawnshop:
Haha, I agree.

If anyone else had posted this in the dev forum, ragin would have JUMPED on the original poster and flamed him right out the door.

Hypocrisy is cool beans ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
HEY, I am a confirmed CYNIC. Never a Hypocrite. This thread is a boost to a GOOD person for his EXAM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sargasso:
Is this hallmarks forum or the xda?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] webstar1:
Thanks, just looked at it. So many people wishing me good luck :D

Anyways team galaxy s next theme is buuf.

Originally for android 1.6

GETTING BLACK OPS! YES! (for people that are not into gaming, don't bother)

~Webstar1
[Epic 4G General] PawkChop:
So I'm going to be getting an Epic 4g soon and one of the big features that enticed me was the mobile hotspot. My college doesn't have school wide wifi which is a huge pain in the ass so this feature would make things a hell of a lot easier. Now I see that you have to pay $30 for the feature. My dad is the one that pays the bill and he still uses and instinct so I doubt he would want to pay an extra 30 bucks a month and quite frankly, I wouldn't either. I've heard that there are apps on the market that allow you to wireless tether without paying the extra fee. Could someone tell me if this is true and if so, could someone explain them to me? Thanks in advance.
[Epic 4G General] LargeInTheMargin:
Root your epic and use the free wireless tether app. I was able to do it by following instructions on this site. Runs like a champ and I'm saving $30/mo.
[Windows Phone 7 General] simbadogg:
Is there anyway to search for songs when you're within the "all songs" listing in zune player. I would think that when you're at the all songs list, you could simply hit the search button, and then type the name of the song you want to bring up, but this doesn't work. i've tried many numbers of convos for searching, but every single one brings up Marketplace instead of searching within zune
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
that is a bit of a weird one, wish they made it like they did contacts...

anyways, what you can do is goto songs tab, and select the letter squares, and then from there quick jump to the one you're looking for?
[Windows Phone 7 General] simbadogg:
thats a good fix, thanx...i totally forgot you could hit the # sign to get the letters for the quick access. thanx.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luieavila:
I have recently noticed that one of my Evo's was draining the battery a lot faster than what I would consider normal. I started using power tutor to see where the power was being used up and it turns out that the "Radio Subsystem" was at the top of the list with like 30% or so. I ran the same type of test on my other Evo and it was no where near that. Can someone with knowledge please give me an idea on what is happening? I am running Warm TwoPointTwo RLS 3 on both with King #9. All other settings have been set up the same. The only difference that I have noticed is that the newer phone is on hardware version 0004 and that is the one with the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk63:
According to Sprint revision 0004 phones have slightly different hardware, namely a different camera. It is possible that the radio received a tweak as well. Try flashing the stock kernel from the 3.30 software version to see if this fixes the issue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luieavila:
Thank you very much for the information. I actually downloaded the HTC #10 kernel last night with that in mind, but figured I would ask around and see what was brought up. I thank you for your reply and advice. I am going to flash the stock kernel tonight and post a follow up in a few days.
[Desire Accessories] freeflyer:
Anyone know if the thicker cases such as the case mate tough affect the GPS signal in any way? Logic says it wont but i thought i'd check.

adi
[Desire Accessories] Sthlm:
I've been using a hard plastic, white CM case on my Desire, along with a TuneBelt arm band, for two months. I log appx 10 hrs. per week running and have noticed no difference in GPS accuracy using the tracker apps since using the case.

via XDA app
[G2 and Desire Z General] govtcheez:
So, I heard that T-mobile will start charging for WiFi tethering after the OTA, but I have yet to see anything on my phone or account (online) that indicates that they are.

Anyone hear any update on this?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bishybob:
Sprint did the same thing with the Evo. They tease you with it for a while until they get their tethering plan up and running. You get used to it then they take it away unless you pay.

Well I don't know if it's on purpose (probably is) but they will start charging for it soon. But don't worry. It won't come out of nowhere. When they do start charging, it won't happen until you add the tethering plan.
[G2 and Desire Z General] skiptomylou11:
Hmm. Well, if/when that happens, I guess I'll need to go back to Wireless Tether.

WiFi Hotspot has been very nice, though...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hosermage:
How will they take it away? we now have the app installed. You think the official app will verify with their server before turning on?
[G2 and Desire Z General] noodles2224:
Questions, wouldn't hotspot and wireless tether be about the same???
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gioiellino:
Link removed
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lexuz:
sorry but i can't see anything in your link (well i mean nothing i can understand)

can u explain please??
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rr5678:
I'm guessing the problem is that you have to sign up
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] dixon_coxon:
Google Translator comes in handy......
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gioiellino:
YES, site need registration.

if you use google chrome you can translate and login to view.

htc hd2 WM7 ROM problem

resume the news:

HTC, ROM

wm7 always so bright, beautiful and luxurious, rom has been released, but has not cracked, according to foreignforum's wm7 rom has 3files, the younger brother has beendownloaded, but do not know how to
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] elektrownik:
"Use microSD to flash, copy WM70Full.bin to SDcard, rename to LEOIMG.bin. Turn off your phone, press power and volume down, then press power to flash."

But no download link, can be fake...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gioiellino:
yes... but we dont have the files

there are only images in the site and not files to download
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Nevralgeek:
Here are the files you're talking about

XOS.rar:

WM7_RES_FULL.rar:

1003301112e8e57ae4bf824270.rar:

But do not use these files it may brick the HD2. Waiting for a working HD Version of WM7_RES_FULL
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gioiellino:
WM7_RES_FULL.rar ********************

dont work
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Nevralgeek:
here it's fixed ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] twisted89:
Why do people keep posting this crap as the HD2 wp7 rom? there are several threads on this already and it has been confirmed to be a mondrian rom and will brick your phone if you flash it
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] elektrownik:
megaupload links doesnt work...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gioiellino:
certainly we have to wait a rom working and tested, looking the news
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Casey_boy:
After reading the whole of this waste-of-time topic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833714

It has already been decided that these files are a very good of way of turning your HD2 into a paper weight.

These files will not work. Do not flash them.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Nevralgeek:
Yup files are removed, we have to wait for working ones.

Sorry, I just posted the files mentioned in the first post
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Bartlebee:
Beep bleep bleep
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gioiellino:
have you TEST IT ?!?!?!??
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Nokser:
This is just a patch for Visual Studio ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ~~Tito~~:
Thread closed.

~~Tito~~
[General Questions and Answers] maitrepathelin:
Hi all,

I have a little problem with my Hp Ipaq Hw6915, it's on Windows Mobile 5.

When I let my phone some times , some minutes no more, it displays un black screen with the date, the hour, and a sentence :

In french, yes I'm french so my phone displays this : "Dossier introuvable" :D

And in english, I can translate by this : "File not found"

I suppose that is the screensaver, it usualy displays photo, but here, there is just this words.

So my question is : How to can I delete this black screen or display photos on this screen ?

Thank you.
[myTouch 4G General] pdxrealtor:
I have the g2 and the battery life is great. Blows my old vibrant off the planet.

THinking of getting the MT4G due to radio issues on the G2.

How is the call quality and battery life on the MT4G?
[myTouch 4G General] bobsbbq:
You should probably check out the other thread here in this section.

I came from the G2 as well with data and signal problems and floppy hinges. The battery is not as good as the G2 but not bad. I'm still waiting on my OTA update that is supposed to help the battery and some other issues.

I don't regret the change to MT4G
[myTouch 4G General] pdxrealtor:
Thanks. I'll search for the link when I hit the computer. Rally like the g2 but man the radio is bad.
[myTouch 4G General] DarkAgent:
Even though the G2 has a smaller battery, the G2 will have better battery life because the CPU is clocked at 800 Mhz as opposed to the 1000 Mhz of the MT4G.
[myTouch 4G General] pdxrealtor:
How's the call quality/radio?
[myTouch 4G General] motorjonny:
First phone I can make it through a full day on with moderate/heavy use.. Buh bye vibrant... Better call quality I am told by sone people I have called...