yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 General] plastix:
I guess that would work, but I live in the UK and we aren't forced to buy a data plan, so I can't be certain.

The US carriers seem like a right pain in the backside with different frequencies and GSM vs CDMA etc. I don't know how you guys ever manage to get a fair deal when you are so locked down to one particular carrier.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Phone Titan:
You don't need a data plan if most places that you visit have a WiFi connection.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MSWarrior:
thanks n8ter

lots of good advice

one thing though, I have a sprint Wm 6.5 Touch Pro 2 on sprint, with no data, and it works great! My contract ran out a year ago, though.

So you think if I buy a Winmo7 phone for $499 and try to join AT&T without a contract, they might allow it?

I asked Sprint and they said some smartphones like the Wm 6.5 Touch Pro 2 they allow to connect without data plan, but others like the droid they do not allow.

in any case thanks, I learned alot.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Yes, but you will be responsible for any overages.

I'm not sure how willing they are to put Data Stops on accounts/phones. I've never asked about that. My mom just ETF'd her account and went with Boost Mobile and got a Blackberry Curve instead.

Her AT&T bill went from $80/mo to $120/mo after she put her SIM in that BlackJack, and since her plan was altered her contract was extended.

Just don't try it. You're going to end up on the losing end of that battle.

That is why lots of people do like to buy phones outright. It does offer you a lot of flexibility and doesn't tie you to one carrier (though your phone's hardware may do that job for them :P).
[Windows Phone 7 General] rexian:
If you buy a WP7 phone from Amazon for $99 and choose $15 data plan, you'll be paying $99 + $15 x 24 (2 years) + taxes which would be close to or less than the off contract price ($499) of the phone alone. This is a better way IMO if you can have a contract because you can also enjoy data service (200MB a month) for 2 years.
[Windows Phone 7 General] plastix:
Yikes, how the hell are those costs justified?! I only pay £10 per month,in UK including unlimited data & texts, and 150mins talktime. That's like $7 usd!
[Windows Phone 7 General] kapanak:
Um...what planet are you from? UK pounds are 1.61X US Dollars...which would mean that you are paying at least $16 dollars per month...which is still AMAZINGLY affordable for what you re getting...Although I doubt it is really unlimited data...STILL!

Here in Canada, you either buy a phone off contract and pay full price, or get locked in a THREE YEAR contract, with a minimum $50 plan, which has about 200 minutes, unlimited text, and 500MB of data...although, tethering is free...
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
150 Minutes of talk-time are pathetic.

Lots of people here (in the US) are getting rid of landlines and using mobile phones almost exclusively, so the cost of the contract isn't all that high when you consider the cost savings on the other side of the coin (a landline with a Nationwide Long Distance etc. is around $30-40 a month from a good service and not one of those crappy small companies).

450 minutes is a decent minimum for the markets here considering how much people have gravitated towards using social medium, email, SMS, and IM.

Data Prices aren't as great here as some other places, but tiered data plans do allow those who use very little data the flexibility to pay less for their small data usage, instead of being forced to get the max package just because they brought a certain type of phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] rexian:
Here couple of WP7 phones were launched at $99 from reputed sellers (Amazon / Newegg) with a contract. With holiday season upon us I'd say more such deals will follow, may be even free. How much do you have to pay to get a WP7 phone with £10 plan (contract or not)?

150 mins talk time is not enough for me. We have a family plan and my wife uses 2/3rd of the minutes alone. £10 != $7, as long as you are talking about UK & US currencies.
[Windows Phone 7 General] manlisten:
That's it, I'm moving. :eek:

*conversion was not correct, but that's still insanely cheap!
[Windows Phone 7 General] ckacey:
the lady who bought her HD7 in line before I got mine on lauch-day, got hers without a data plan, they made her pay the un-subsidized price though
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forgetmyname:
My SGS states it has the 2e button. However, this is actually hardware disabled.

I read that XWJP6 would enable the hardware keypress again.

1. Is it true that XWJP6 will enable the 2e press again?

2. Is this the latest, or is there a version that is more recent than XWJP6.

3. Can I get this from Keis? XWJP6 - All Keis says is: new upgrade available - Would you like to do it? (I am paraphasing).

Regards
[Legend Themes and Apps] chinmoykanjilal:
Is there a panorama app that works properly on the Legend? I tried Photostitch but it is not smooth. The stitching comes out broken if the photos are not taken properly. On the other hand, the panorama feature on the default camera of Galaxy S i9000 is awesome. No need to worry about alignment, the camera does that by itself. Is there any way to port the camera into Legend?
[Legend Themes and Apps] darkeingel:
Try Photaf

Works here for me (official 2.1)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlamEmo:
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could post the default wallpaper X10 on the Android 2.1 for me please. Link on the tapa.tk dont work(

Thanks for Advance!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] bigjrocc27:
I could not find this thread up here so i guess i will ask the question although i think it is stupid ill still ask it. I need to know how to make my themes show up i do the cab file install it restarts and my old theme stays on the screen what is it that i am doing wrong? Also do i have to delete the old one or do a hard reset?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] colinm:
Your radio is wrong. You need a radio ending on .50

see

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=732380
[XPERIA X10 General] dan-htc-touch:
just wanted to let everyone know this, as there are still plenty of threads out there that suggest setcpu, and it's a waste of time :)
[XPERIA X10 General] ptesmoke:
Thanks dan, where you been stranger?
[XPERIA X10 General] tookieboy:
so what does it mean? it's doing what setcpu does? what about battery and temperature profiles? what if i want to force the cpu to use a lower clock speed to conserve battery?
[XPERIA X10 General] cwepruk:
I never understood SetCPU myself. The CPU is only used when required, so creating all these settings likely does nothing.

I'd consider it for overclocking, if that was possible.
[XPERIA X10 General] bongd:
I was also informed that our phones should do this anyway but I was suspicious of how well it does, being on 1.6 and butchered by SE after all.. it made a good deal of difference before the update.

Trying it without the update now and we'll see how it goes. Completely removed it and power cycled. Will bump in a few days with my results.
[XPERIA X10 General] dan-htc-touch:
I found android got extremely laggy on 1.6 with setcpu. and I use a temp/cpu widget to keep tabs on stock behavior, my cpu sits at 245 most of the time, except when I'm using the phone :)
[XPERIA X10 General] saltorio:
What widget do you use?

I took a quick look on the Market and AppBrain, and couldn't find anything to track/plot CPU clock to see what the phone's doing while in standby.

I do use SystemPanel, but it doesn't plot CPU clock over time, only usage.
[XPERIA X10 General] freeoscar84@hotmail.com:
Try advanced task manager it shows cpu speed... ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] saltorio:
I'm not looking for a way to see the speed. SystemPanel will do that. I'm looking for a plot that shows the cpu speed over time, so I can see how and when it changes.
[XPERIA X10 General] XERO_Racer:
so what is SetCPU doing then? draining the battery? or is it affecting the charging process?

and what about the app CoolS? its almost the same thing as SetCPU but the only thing you can do is slow the CPU down
[XPERIA X10 General] tuxStyle:
You can use SetCPU to:

1. Overclock (but not on X10)

2. Underclock (you know you go somewhere for 2 days and forgot the charger at home)

3. Make profiles to lower CPU freq when temp is too high

For day by day use, i'm ok with android's ondemand scaling.
[XPERIA X10 General] joachimx:
use android hackers apk. thereu can see theCPU over time...
[XPERIA X10 General] wiedz:
i use setcpu to underclock my X10 to 5xx mhz when the screen is off.

my batt usage is better, from 3-5% per hour to below 2%.
[XPERIA X10 General] aznracer62:
I've been using overclock widget to keep it to 998mhz to see if it would make a difference in quadrant. Recently i uninstalled it and i still get about the same benchmark score.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ogner:
I bought an HD7 on the 21st October and I really like it. There is only one bug that I've run into.

Basically sometimes I can't open Marketplace (but once it was Xbox Live and this morning it was Music & Videos). The screen says loading and those dots are moving. And then I just get dumped back into the start screen.

The only way I can get back into those hubs is by restarting the phone.

What is your most annoying bug thus far?
[Windows Phone 7 General] omniauser7:
On Omnia 7, accidently tapping on the back and search capacitive buttons. I hate capacitive buttons, wish these both buttons were like the home button.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ogner:
Thats not a bug, thats a feature. I also dislike capactive buttons. I liked the real aluminium buttons on my HTC Desire. My HTC HD7 only has capactive buttons.

So anyone else. Annoying bugs in Windows Phone OS?
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
this particular thing isn't just to windows phone OS though, if you really want physical buttons, the LG Optimus 7 has them. A lot of HTC/Samsung phones have moved to capactive buttons.
[Windows Phone 7 General] enjoythemusic:
ROFL!!! :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Croak:
Not being able to connect to a hidden WiFi network.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
known issue, i'm pretty sure MS knows about it, hopefully they'll fix it soon.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Indeed, and I have another bug with the Marketplace:

Sometimes when I am in the marketplace menu and when I press the back button I just have a

black screen

.

Actually it happens quite often.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
please don't spam every thread with your problems , if you just did a bit of research before buying your surround then you would know at leased 3/4 of all your problems .
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] whyviet:
Does anyone have a working keyboard like the one in CM6 for MT4G? I tried installing the one from the nightlies, and it installs fine. However it fc's every time I try to type.

Thanks in advance!
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Infinite76:
why would u need it? the HTC keyboard that comes with it is better. I didnt like the swype one. So i switched.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] pepsidrinker:
Where can you change the keyboard on the phone? My phone is stock.

thank you
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] mark manning:
I hate swype as well as the touch keyboard. Its all all about personal preference and I prefer the stock 2.2 keyboard
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] mark manning:
hold down when entering text until input method appears and switch in there
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] scoochv:
I'm going to second this request; I would rather have the stock android keyboard than the HTC touch input. Personal preference.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] xcobrax81:
for some odd reason the stock android kb is not included as one of the options...
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] mykeldrip:
if anyone can get the stock 2.2 keyboard ported over and working that would be great!!
[Android Themes] SIAS87:
Update:

This beta has now finished and the app has been released.

Please look at this thread to view details and install links for the free Pixel Ants Live Wallpaper.

Hi

I am just puttin finishing touches to a new Live Wallpaper which will hopefully be released on the market this weekend.

The wallpaper simulates an ant colony which can be heavily customized and interacted with.

I would love to have a few beta testers to test that it works on their phones and also to get any feedback on the wallpaper itself.

All cooperative beta testers will be given the premium version on release. If your interested email me (isyslabs{at}live[dot]co[dot]uk) or search for isys labs on google to find our blog where comments can be left (sorry cant post links due to new account).

Thanks
[Android Themes] Jeshter2000:
Me want to test to reindersm3@hotmail.com

Sent from my Intergalactic Supah Dupah Spaceship¡¡!!!
[Android Themes] bruno1211:
I want to test it too!
[Android Themes] h_zee13:
I want to test it also

h.zee13@gmail.com
[Android Themes] roger0909:
I want to test

numer477@gmail.com
[Android Themes] plmiller0905:
I will test also: rpms541@gmail.com
[Android Themes] SIAS87:
Thanks for your interest in our Live Wallpaper.

Unfortunately the beta has finished, but the wallpaper is available for free on the android market, more information and download links can be found at www {dot} isyslabs {dot} blogspot {dot} com

If you have any feedback or comments please don't hesitate to contact me personally

Dan Reid

iSys Labs
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gisxer:
"Currently unable to download. Please try again later."

anybody else getting this incredibly annoying message?

:confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stnguyen09:
Is there any way this could be more vague?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
no different then many of the newb posts
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gisxer:
ok, geez sorry.

fisrt is there a way to screen shot of my phone? maybe that would help.

anyway, it's like a notification window that covers the bottom row if icons on the home screen. can't get rid of it till i reboot the phone. there is an androidcentral.com thread "currently unable to download please try again later " that discussed it but didn't get to the bottom of the issue. i can't post the link cuz i'm a newb. i figued XDA could figure it out
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stnguyen09:
Have you rooted your phone or done anything else to it? If you're rooted, you can take screenshots with ShootMe (you can download it from the market).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veive:
I believe the OP was referring to This post.

Is that right, OP?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gisxer:
i'm not rooted. right out of the box.

yes, veive. that's the post i was talking about.

so anybody here have any ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veive:
It sounds like a 3rd party app that is messing up.

What apps do you have installed?

Edit to add: Have you tried a reset? also, what firmware are you using?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gisxer:
Apps

Adobe Reader

AroundMe

BBC News

Bloomberg

CNBC

Dropbox

Engadget

Facebook

Fandango

Google Sky Map

Google Voice

Lookout

Yahoo Mail

MMA News

NYCMate

Quickoffice

The Weather Channel

Twitter

USA Today

Weather Bug

XDA

Yelp

Zillow

Firmware: 2.1-update1

i have not tried a reset.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veive:
Likely either weatherbug or one of your news apps failing to connect.

Try uninstalling them one at a time and see if the issue goes away.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebastienbo:
Ok so it is best to put launcher pro and beautifull widgets on the /system/app directory so that it can be loaded from memory instead of SD card.

So I tried to copy the launcherpro apk from /data/app to /system/app after putting the system directory in RW mount with root explorer.

But it doesnt seem to happen and after one minute the phone reboots and nothing has been done ...

Probably because launcher pro is running..

Question 1: How can I write the launcher pro and beautifull widgets apk to the /system/app directory

Question 2: What happens to the settings/data from launcher pro?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebastienbo:
NoOne ?

Is there no one that can help me?

Pleaaaase :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snovvman:
I haven't had a chance to do a test myself. I'm hoping someone has or already know.

One can set the camera to take pictures at 4:3 or 5:3 (so-called wide). Looking at the screen, 5:3 actually crops a bit of the viewing area. 4:3 appears to be a wider-angle [lens, if you like] shot.

Any information?

Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timtlm:
Yes, 5:3 crops pixels off the top and bottom to make it widescreen at only 6MP. This is the default setup on sense probably to avoid annoying questions like why the pictures have black bars on either side. If you want to use the full resolution, and have a more standard aspect ratio like other digital cameras, set it to 4:3.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snovvman:
Thank you.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death1246:
Ok so I have acquired another Nexus.

I want to know seeing as you can flash teh HTC Bravos Hboot file what would happen if you flash the holiday Hboot to a retail nexus?

Im going to do it seeing as nothing bad happens to your phone after flashing the HTC Bravos Hboot and seeing as the holiday nexus is the same phone as retail why would it harm my device? Makes no sense for another phones Hboot to work fine and the Nexus Hboot to brick my phone.

Any suggestions?

And should I do it?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g4rb4g3:
Won't work since the holiday hboot is bigger then the retail one. So you can't flash it since it won't fit in.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charnsingh_online:
i dont think should be problem since u can alter partition sizes through recovery i guess. I could be wrong though as i dont know if we can change hboot size through recovery
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] Freemantig:
Is there a video editing app of any sort or a camera mod that enables touching the screen anywhere to take pic? Maybe just a timer?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] thatkidjoe:
Try Camera 360 app. It's on the market.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] 911jason:
Just curious why you need that? Do you not like clicking the trackball button?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] Freemantig:
I don't mind it. It would just be convenient sometimes. A video editor of some sort is what I really want. I can do without the touch anywhere feature.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] Freemantig:
I found a thread talking about porting the LG optimus video editing apo to N1. I'm not a programer our i'd be hard at work porting this too the aria. Honestly I can't believe no one has made this app.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] 911jason:
http://lifehacker.com/5651299/the-best-photography-apps-for-your-android

They recommend Camera 360 also.
[Galaxy Tab General] ConceptVBS:
What kind of damage the gun can do...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNoFOmYe9k

What kind of damage does the Galaxy Tab take?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kt7ckZ9Xho
[Galaxy Tab General] Paten:
In the States, we call those BB's, not bullets.
[Galaxy Tab General] Step666:
I bet whoever did that was quite relieved they didn't manage to break their nice new Tab.

I'd seen first-hand a stanley knife taken to a Galaxy S and an iPhone4, so I knew the toughened glass screens on the market were pretty great for scratch resistance (though, despite that, people still somehow manage to scratch their screens...) but I'd never seen anyone shoot either device before.
[General Questions and Answers] cadesdefy:
I keep seeing people selling these "Data Only" sims. They charge between 75-100 as a one time fee and claim that this will get me unlimited data even internationally.....

Anyone know anything about this? Feels like a scam, but I have talked to a few people who swear by them.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
I've seen people selling ones that are unlimited everything, except no BBM for Blackberries. I know it involves glitching a SIM card or maybe having someone on the inside. I've had a friend offer to sell me one that lasts for a year. I'm not quite sure how it works.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] dvb127:
I just flashed my mini to 2.1. Everything worked very well with Binary's flashtool (thank you very much). After rooting the Phone i removed a lot off SE stuff, but i still have SE Dialer and Contacts. Is there any way to geht Android default Dialer and Contacts, I'm using Dialer 1 One and Phonebook 2.0 in moment but I would prefer to use the standard Android Apps. Thanks in advance!
[Click Themes and Apps] Mithun_srk05:
Hi,

Could someone please guide me to change the resolution of games... I mean, altering the apk files. FOr example, a game designed to run on a WVGA phone, can we alter it to run on a QVGA??? :confused:

Regards,

Mithun.
[Click Themes and Apps] Ze`tah:
I'm also interested in this, want to change res of asphalt5..
[Click Themes and Apps] manilu001:
you can find app on market but it's only for rooted phones, it changes resolution on complete system, name is LCDDensity for Root
[G2 and Desire Z General] pdxrealtor:
Am I wasting my time calling TMO about why I haven't gotten the OTA update yet or is there a chance they can actually do something about it?
[G2 and Desire Z General] totaldrk62:
Just update it yourself. It's a pretty easy task.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bmaing2:
Yea if you check out the development section there is like 10 posts for doing it manually doesn't take long at all why wait just do it yourself I did on the 3rd works great
[G2 and Desire Z General] ilikepu:
2nd that

love the wifi calling feature works great
[G2 and Desire Z General] pdxrealtor:
I've seen that option since the 3 rd I just want mine straight from TMO.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
Yeah I always did the manual updates on my Nexus and now I'm waiting to actually see what an official OTA looks like. That's the only reason I'm still holding out on the manual update... I'm starting to get anxious for the update at this point, it just doesn't seem to like me :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] roadrunnerx7:
i havent recived mine either. been doing the "check in" thing since it started, but nada. is there anything we can do to force the update? i dont want to manually do it either, as the guy above me said, i wanna see what a normal ota is like
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheManCityLife:
I'm in the same category. No update yet. I don't even know what other prompts you are all talking about lol.

Hurry up T-Mobile! Does anyone have it confirmed that Wi Fi calling WILL use your plan minutes?
[G2 and Desire Z General] ilovecoffee:
No OTA here yet either. I'm in los angeles, I figured I would have gotten it by now.
[G2 and Desire Z General] c0nvel:
It even says on the notification screen it'll use plan minutes.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheManCityLife:
Thanks man! I didn't know because I didn't get it yet. At least that question is answered. I'm in Long Beach, CA I thought I would've gotten it by now.... Hmm...
[G2 and Desire Z General] roadrunnerx7:
from what i can tell seems like not many on the west coast ahve gotten it yet, as i live in LA also. has anyone in los angeles recieved it yet?
[G2 and Desire Z General] kunichiwa:
I still haven't gotten my ota yet.. I really thought I was the only one. I really hope i get it soon.. I'm tired of these random shutoffs and I want my wifi calling! >_
[G2 and Desire Z General] mayurolla:
I live in Chicago and have not gotten it yet. I will update it manually later this week when I'm not as busy.
[G2 and Desire Z General] hectorinwa:
Seattle. Still waiting. I don't think it has to do with your location though.

Does doing it manually update the radio as well?
[G2 and Desire Z General] tiger4366:
In Philly and no update yet. Spoke with Tmob CS and they can't/won't do a manual push. I asked what next steps are starting tomorrow and she said to call their technical support line. I somehow doubt that all these folks are going to get it in the next 11-12 hrs magically.