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[Android Software Development] gammexane:
That is a really good point, I spend more money for one coffee in Starbucks than one appl in the market. :D
[Android Software Development] Fiddlestix:
You can get prepaid Visa credit cards that you can use to purchase things...I know in New Zealand we have this option http://www.nzpost.co.nz/apply-renew-organise/prezzy-cards
[Android Software Development] anilLiAnCe:
I think most of us don't pay for apps because we already spent a sh*toad on the phone itself not to mention (if your on sprint) that extra $10 fee for evo users!
[Android Software Development] iynfynity:
wow. if this works in the US it will be a very big help for me. :D
[Android Software Development] rogershroed1991:
It does work in the US, I remember seeing them for sale at 7 Eleven.
[Android Software Development] zack_sparrow:
i am using applanet
[Android Software Development] t3chnlx:
Developers only get paid when the ad is clicked. The amount per click depends on the advertiser.

If a user has an adblocker, they can't click the ad.
[Android Software Development] maartenjanvdwielen:
i buy some

i spend 30 dollar (according to brain apps) on apps i like or use a lot,

open source doesn't mean people work their but off for free. As a not technical user with no skills in programming i love to support the people that make my cellphone even more useful.
[Android Software Development] jutezak:
I've only bought Navdroyd (5 euro). In the end I'm not too happy with the user interface, but it still offers a lot for the money.

I do not play games much, so I do not buy them.

I did donate 5 dollars for Dialer One. It is the type of ad-free, free and useful software that demands a reward.

Software being free for Android while being paid on iPhone may be due to limited avaliability of paid apps, and the different price points of Android phones (the ZTE Blade looks like a very good deal!).
[Android Software Development] urfavoritemazn:
i have yet to buy an app off the android market.

i switched over from iOS and had it jailbroken so i never had to pay for apps ;)
[Android Software Development] Alex530:
Wow. Just wow. You can't support the damn developer entertaining your cheap ass?

Sent from my unicorn
[Android Software Development] kevalin:
I would love to buy apps from some of the developers... but Google, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that I am a "merchant" of Google Checkout, and they are demanding that I send them a fax of my driver's license to correct whatever problem is keeping them from allowing me to buy anything through their payment system (I suspect that my original credit card expired, but they're not saying, and I know it isn't anything else). I'm simply not willing to allow them or anyone else to demand such information when every other payment portal on Earth simply says "just update it, and we'll get back to business." It's not like I'm buying a house through them, after all.

I've never been a merchant of Checkout, only bought something through GC once about three years ago. I tried finding a contact address for Google to get it straightened out, but there doesn't seem to be a contact address or number. And believe me when I say, their "forum" is worse than useless.

While some developers will let you pay with PayPal if you go directly through their websites, too many don't. So while I can buy some apps, it's free versions for the rest of them now, if they have free versions... and suffer without if they don't have them.
[Android Software Development] OrganizedFellow:
I did a quick search for "google checkout" in my Gmail, and I have 74 emails (or receipts) for apps I've gladly paid for.

My most recent:

QuickDesk Pro

EVAC (game)

Clockr Evolution

Ultra Keyboard

SwiftKey

My very first paid app was aHome :)

I've only ever requested a refund for maybe 2 apps.

Ads are not a problem for me.

I'll click them from time to time to support the developer.

If it's an app I really like and use often, then I have no problem donating to their premium version of the app.

Yep, I always tell my new android friends about the 24 hour refund period.

It's a nice comfort to know that if ya don't like it, return it.

You spent ~400€ but can't afford a few bucks?

It's cheap ass people like you and urfavoritemazn (down below) that can never fully embrace what android it.

In the case of "Android™ is Open Source" doesn't apply to YOU or the average consumer. It applies to the developer, the programmer, the designer, the enthusiast, the hacker, and the weekend coder who has immediate and free access to the underlying code of what makes android. It applies to the carriers who get to choose whether to embed Bing or Google search into their phones.

Without the Open Source licensing, our phones would look like ****ty iPhones, where they ALL look and operate the exact same way. It's the Open Source licenses that allows hardware manufacturers like Motorola to throw on MotoBlur, and HTC to add Sense, and Touchwiz by Samsung.

Have you seen what MIUI looks like?

That, my dumb friend, is the power of and Open Source operating system

I hate people and their idiotic "understanding" of what they think Open Source truly means.

RANT OVER!

:)
[Android Software Development] N8ter:
Yes, iOS users are more inclined to pay for apps than Android users, the same say Windows and OS/X users are more inclined to pay for apps than Linux users.

This is because Android attracted many of the same users that are into the Linux cult, all the baggage that comes with them.

No, I don't pay for apps to remove ads. A full featured app with ads is still a full featured app. Paying to remove ads is money down the drain. I don't spend money based on principle. I spend money based on what makes sense.

Paying for Angry Birds to remove an ad wouldn't make sense for me, for example. I generally don't even download apps that duplicate functionality, much less use them. So I don't pay for stuff like Handcent/Chomp SMS. That is, unless they add some value to my device (like a Media Player app that supported a format I absolutely needed to use, for example).

I'd probably buy more apps (or even download more) if developers didn't make 90% of those apps run in the background, but one person's wallet cannot change the developer community as a whole.
[Android Software Development] N8ter:
They've probably already come to the conclusion that they won't need updates when they decided to do it.

They probably decided to do it before they even did it, you know. These things aren't impulse.

And then they emailed the APK to all their friends for them to install, robbing you of more potential customers.

Think it through a bit.

Yes, Google's market needs a makeover. Both in user experience and in protecting the developers.
[Android Software Development] Valinorian:
Currently I'm not paying for anything. I'm willing to pay, but there's no way I'll let Google have my creditcard data. The day Google adds paypal to the market, is the day I'll start paying for apps.
[Android Software Development] N8ter:
The Pirate Bay founders are in jail and have to pay millions of dollars in damages. I wouldn't quote from that movie. Their line of thinking has already been proven ridiculous, illegal, and downright stupid - twice, now...

You type of thinking is exactly what I meant in my post. Open Source fanatics (some call them FreeTards, but I cannot stoop that low) work against the interest of their own platform. Windows 6.1 apps run just fine on 6.5 (with very few exceptions). Symbian applications work fine going from update to update. iOS apps - the same. Android has about as big a reputation of breaking applications with updates as Linux does. That doesn't sit well with me - especially since I think of these things more as a developers, and not just a normal user...

Piracy was very high for Windows Mobile as well. People distributing pirated versions of OEM software, etc.

The reason why VLingo started giving away their Android version is because Android users don't pay,the same way Linux users didn't pay for commercial software/games (preferred to pirate or use low-quality alternatives) and the commercial consumer software market for that OS disappeared, for all intents and purposes.

Also, the lack of guaranteed forward compatibility in Android makes me less likely to make purchases. There are too many apps that bulk on different devices and and updated to only support specific versions of Android.

I don't like buying Android Apps because I don't like the possibility of the app becoming un-updateable until I buy another $450+ phone, which can be a long time depending on when your contract goes into the renewal period.
[Android Software Development] N8ter:
Cause getting a pre-paid Credit Card and putting $15 a month on it is hard for some people (you can even do that via PayPal for some of them, if not most of them)?

The CC idea doesn't fly, at least in the US where these things exist. You don't need to be at the mercy of some bank to purchase apps from the Google Market.

I pay for all my games and online stuffs using a pre-paid CC to protect myself. It's not that difficult, people.
[Android Software Development] cristid:
I would pay if i could.

I think if we want some cool apps like Iphone has we must start to pay. The developers are not interested if they cant make money out of it.
[Android Software Development] N8ter:
Some cool apps do exist for Android, and people pay for them.

There just aren't many. It's disingenuous to insinuate that none exist, though.

Developers like to get paid. If you look at the Android market and the comments for many really good apps you can tell 80% of these kids hang out at Slashdot.

Comments like "App <issue>. Fix now!" for free apps is just terribly rude and doesn't help motivate a developer to provide decent service, especially when the app costs you nothing or you're cheating them by running add block apps to get full functionality without paying for add-free versions.
[Android Software Development] Beackman:
I have pay 2 apps last weekend, windgetlocker and launcher PRO, but in Brasil the dollar are R$1,72 reais, but i pay this happy, for the dev's keep up the app's.
[Android Software Development] Gahh Its Lee:
If an app is good people.will buy it. Most android users don't even understand how to pirate apps nor how to root much less what adfree is. Yes people will always pirate stuff and yes its wrong but if the app is quality it will be bought either way.
[Android Software Development] jgittins:
Yeah those comments really annoy me. Also people who rate 3 stars and comment "5 stars if you implement x feature" are annoying as well. It's like they're holding you to ransom. Really comments should just be used to give your opinion on the app for other users to read, not to request changes.
[Android Software Development] pr0cs:
I've bought a number of apps, I pay more in buying a coffee or lunch during the day than the price of many apps so saying 'they're just not worth it' is ridiculous.

I prefer apps that have some sort of 'trial' mode because given how limited the market is at describing the application and how the comments section is a mixed bag (echo the same sentiment as above where people hold the developer to ransom) it's difficult to know if the app will suit your needs.

To be honest I've only bought 1 app that didn't have a trial and I bought it only because youtube.com had a bunch of videos of the app in action.

If you don't support your developers the platform will eventually die, just like WinMo did. There is a reason why the Apple AppStore has a lot more apps, a lot more polished apps, because people continue to support it, there is money to be made there. Right now I don't think the same can be said about the Market.
[Android Software Development] mtdxda:
I think, personally, that free apps with ads are the better choice.

Android is such an open platform that, on top of the cheap users (like me) who simply don't want to pay for apps, you get people downloading your APK from third party sites anyways.

As long as your ads aren't very obtrusive, you should be fine.

Also this depends on the target audience of your app, etc. Is it for older people who will pay for 99¢ apps and complain about ads, or is it for the younger crowd who will opt to pirate?
[Focus General] sandrobber:
Lets say you have a wireless network but do not use DHCP you can change the network settings after you connect to the wireless just press and hold the wireless connection name that you succsesfully connected to and you can edit it.
[Focus General] Thresher:
That's a great little nugget of info. I added it to the wiki and did not give you credit! How's that for a "thanks"? :O)
[General Questions and Answers] elgkioul:
Hello, I want your help please,

My galaxy s after flashing a froyo rom (darky 4.0) and trying to get into clockwork recovery mode IS STACKING TO THE SAMSUNG LOGO...I only have the 3-combo download mode....When i try to flash another rom (eclair maybe) via odin my pc (win7) cannot recognize the phone even though i have already the latest kies on it...

Please anyone can help? The problem is that I am losing the guarantee...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vadim-zh:
[Q] BePolite (aka "quiet ring on pickup") malfunction after 3.14 rom upgrade

Hi All,

I decided to post this issue after its confirmation receiving from many people.

After flashing 3.14 the "BePolite" (Quiet ring when pick up) isn't working regularly. Usually, the first call after its off/on is going well, than function works from case to case (no dependence traced). Checked at RUS and WWE roms without any installed apps.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CiTrus007:
Hello everyone,

The camera app on my Leo worked fine till few days ago, when I started to experience a "white-fade shutter" when taking pictures.

It works as usual - picture gets taken, but it's kind of weird. It goes like this:

1) I point my camera at the object

2) Camera app does the auto-focus

3) I press the shutter button

4) Instead of taking photo and showing me the outcome, the entire screen fades into white and when the picture is taken, it fades back. (I have no way of knowing, how the picture looks)

Please help, is there some registry hack or fix to avoid this?

Thanks in advance,

Pete
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ijoshv2:
So, I've got myself the amazing G2, and I'm loving it to bits. But, I was browsing around and saw that a DEV was able to port the Desire Z's ROM to a G2, and I love me some sense. :) I want to be able to get that sense-filled-goodness on my G2, but doing it so safely. I really don't feel like sending my phone in to get replaced. I've never bricked a phone before, and I wanna keep it that way. So, can anyone give me some step by step instructions on how to complete a ROM flash? It would be much appreciated. :) thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddgarcia05:
You root with this....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=837315

Backup your rom/nandroid with the app "rom manager" found in the market.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834731

desire z

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=835687

Do a google search and download sdk and adb onto your computer.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PersianBoi:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=837042

is a nice ROM too ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ijoshv2:
Now, explain ABD and SDK in laymens terms? And is this proceedure safe?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddgarcia05:
Well. I really can't explain sdk and adb. It allows your computer to communicate with your phone, which is needed to run many commands. The commands you input in terminal emulator can also be entered to your phone using the command prompt of your computer.

It was ***** for me to learn how to use on my computer but after many youtube videos and question was able to get it running.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=502010

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
[G2 and Desire Z General] ssinisterss:
i watched a video on youtube with the desire z sense rom on a g2 and was wondering how easy its gonna be with the 1 click root method and with visionary. also where do i get the desire z rom?

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] ddotpatel:
The modaco sense ROM is what you're looking for!
[G2 and Desire Z General] ibemad1:
Personally I would go with virtuous. Even though it's still in beta, it seems to have lots of fixes.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
[G2 and Desire Z General] PersianBoi:
i agree with you, ive tested all of the senses roms out for it and i like virtuous the most. stable and fast ;)
[Wildfire General] eragon44111:
howzit everyone :)

so about 1 and a half months ago i got the htc wildfire! i have some questions about rooting now, cuz it seems all the things i want to do involve rooting :)

1.) Advantages and disadvatages of rooting?

2.) Dangers of rooting?

3.) Difference between a hard root and a soft root?

4.) If I root my phone, will i be able to 'unroot' it? (without a trace so as to not lose my 2 year warranty?)

5.) Difference between ROMs and MODs?

6.) Very good and explanatory guide to safely rooting my phone? (complete backups and recovery and the works)

7.) Best ROMs to use? (I'm 15.)

8.) What is the HBOOT menu? (i know how to get into it, just what are the features and can i damage my phone by playing with it)

9.) What is a kernel?

Basically everything about rooting :)

i know its a lot, but please can someone enlighten me.. im so confused :confused:
[Wildfire General] verbuyst:
1.) Advantage: you can do customizations, overclock you CPU.

Disadvantage: with the unrevoaked tool (the tool to get rooted) there is a little bug (namely that when you recharge your phone, when it's off you will have to pull the battery to get the phone started again. this problem is only when the phone is off when charging)

2.) warranty void (but just take a ruu file from shipped rom, and your back to stock

3.) I thought it was that a hard root gives you permanent root and soft root only for a time limit

4.) see point 2

5.) all rom's found here or on the internet are mods in some way (when you change the stock rom to something ells => that’s a MOD. you will have to look at the page from the developer to get the more info. but most of the time its as Android 2.1 or Android 2.2, added apps or removed apps (before flashing also look at the bug list)

6.) Look at the threat of the unrevoaked tool, it is a very easy tool (just one click) and the backup is done in the clockworkmod recovery (nandroid)

7.) See point 5, don't fix what isn't broken

8.) You can damage your phone with it, but it is more of a tool to get the root other than that I don't see any reason to use it or play with it.

9.) This is a reference to a linux. android is linux based and a kernel is like to underlining code of your operating system. (you need this for overclocking your CPU)

Read these site to get a better understanding of things

http://www.androidcentral.com/rooting-it-me-some-qa

http://forum.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/31622-getting-started-android-tips-tricks.html

http://getandroidstuff.com/rooting-android-smartphone-advantages-disadvantages/
[General Questions and Answers] DaDr3amz:
hi all,

iv been looking for a megaupload manager for windows mobile for some time now with out any success, i do have a rapidshare manager that works on win mobile.

But just cant get my hands on any megaupload managers, dose any one have one or just a name i can lookup please ??

Tks for you help, peace out !!
[Android Apps and Games] Meikrekel:
Hey,

Can someone send me the apk of the messenger app of the galaxy s, i love that app but i've got an x10, so i'd like to see if it works on my phone as well

Sorry for my poor English, I'm Dutch.
[Android Apps and Games] taptaptouch:
interested aswell
[Android Apps and Games] deaffob:
I have galaxy s but it's just regular sms. If you are talking about the widget, it's part of Touchwiz launcher
[Android Apps and Games] Product F(RED):
I'm looking for this as well since the one built into my Evo is slow. I love it but it's slow. The Galaxy S/Droid X have the best ones IMO since it's basically stock but with chat bubbles.

inb4 "use handcent", it kept my phone awake so I'm not touching it anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] TooSlo:
Another SMS app that has the iphone style view is ChompSMS.

I've been using it on my EVO since I ran into issues with handcent.

I know it's not exactly the answer you're looking for, but it's always worth a shot suggesting something "similar"
[Android Software Development] bingi:
I have developed a small app which adds events to the phones built-in calendar. It works fine with Froyo on Nexus One and with HTC Sense etc.

But the Samsung Froyo update seems to be different. The events are added, but not synced to the Google calendar. You have to edit the entered event manually, after that it will be synced.

I searched the forum and found similar issues from users, but no real solution.

Anybody out there who can give me a hint, what I have to change in my sourcecode to start syncing on Samsung again?

Regards,

bingi
[Android Software Development] midshipmanorg:
I got the exact same problem. This is driving me nuts.
[Android Software Development] bingi:
Nobody? No idea?
[Desire Accessories] Ghettonine:
youtube.com/watch?v=K72IKkZybd4

This is like heaven... :D I really want this....
[Desire Accessories] raynerape:
I have it. My phone lasts about day and a half with extremely heavy app use and social network backgrounding, browsing, video playing, 100+ of photos taken, etc. I never really managed to get my phone work more than a day or two however, but I can abuse it as much as I want within a single day. Also, be aware that ther battery will never be calibrated. It will usually fully discharge around 30-35%, which means you can never trust the battery meter.
[Desire Accessories] A|ex:
Standard battery and power use i get 2 days, non power use i get 3 days. If i go to the latest radio i get 14hrs down from 2 days! I am fairly sure the radio is one of the biggest savers + setcpu
[Desire Accessories] muthax:
What radio do you use?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] _GLBRT:
okay, so i'm very new to this rooting concept.

i rooted 2 days ago using Z4Root. It seems to have worked, installing SuperUser.

A friend directed me to BlackDroid.net, supposedly to get free apps. I went from my default browser on my Samsung Fascinate and installed a few apps.

One app i installed was Type Fresh. I was messing around with the fonts within the app, trying to understand what was actually changing on the phone. I had rebooted the device around 5 times within an hour after making (what I thought were) font changes.

After changing some fonts, the device began to malfunction:

- Upon reboot, the device will show the Samsung logo while playing the intro music for Galaxy S & Verizon Wireless.

- The device never gets passed this screen.

- After a battery pull, the device showed "downloading - do not turn off target!!!"

- I read in these forums that a battery pull should help. No luck. It still boots up the Samsung logo screen only.

- I've tried a factory reset by holding the volume keys and power button, but the device ONLY boots up into the samsung logo screen.

ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GlobaL_TroTTer:
Wish I could help. Do you have a custom recovery??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] _GLBRT:
i have nothing. i don't even fully understand your question, unfortunately.

(dunno if this is related or not...)

i have a macbook and considering installing a 30-day free trial of vmware to restore the phone. i didnt, but even if i did, i would have no clue what i was doing. im a quick learner with good directions, but some of the verbiage is not familiar to me.