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[Android Software Development] niraj87:
Yesterday, when I asked one of the local technicians (though wasnt pretty qualified), he replied that its the software part of LG, n will sound the same no matter whichever speaker u replace it with (I'm talkin abt speaker playback here) ! Is there a possibility of this to be true?

Abt the playback on earphones, I still use the same earphones that came inside the Optimus' box. There are good chances that it wud sound better on a better pair of earphones, since I did try music on a frnd's Sennheiser pair. I think it needs a woofer-ish thumping effect n bit more thicker sound.

I tried zRoot n few more similar one-click rooting methods, but my phone never allowed rooting! I m a Windows non-advanced, no-risk taker guy, so I wudnt want to either try ADB (which I havent even installed yet), nor wud risk voiding my warranty. I donno if I shud do it since I fear my phone might ****-up doing these things n I cant afford any more bucks, which is why I cant even try DSP.

If someone here has tried DSP, can they tell me how effective is it?
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] pillsburydoughman:
Hey guys, question for those of you who already have apps created..

So far in the app store almost every app listed there is a "text based app that list of something". All the apps are like castrated silverlight applications, rather than an application designed for the phone. (seriously who needs to pay money for an xkcd app when you can just use the browser to visit xkcd.com).

To you app developers out there is this a viable development platform.. or should I be getting myself an android or iphone instead? I mean no sockets api.. come on.

I waited a year replace my BB with windows phone 7 and now that I have it in my hands.. not quite so sure it's going to be replaced. It's a really nice phone but the API is so restrictive :(
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Avictus:
As a developer, the WP7 platform is very viable to me. I'm currently working on a game and will hopefully be submitting it for certification next week. I haven't used the Silverlight stuff yet, but the XNA part of the platform is an absolute joy to use. I'm a very long-time Android user and have owned a Nexus One since it launched. Even though I'm absolutely in love with my Nexus One, I will be jumping ship to WP7 solely because of how awesome the developer tools are.

I believe the Marketplace will start getting a bit more lively over the coming weeks. Developing good apps takes time. So, all the crappy ones will get posted first. I'm not saying all the current apps on the Marketplace are crappy, just that because the platform is so new, people are still working on their good apps. As far as I can tell, the platform has definitely attracted a lot of developer interest.

I program because I enjoy doing it; it's fun to me. However, not all programming is fun. For example, programming in Java (including Android development) is just not fun to me. I'm not saying that Java is bad language or that Dalvik is a bad runtime. I just don't enjoy developing for it. WP7, on the other hand, is great fun. I just really enjoy programming for it. Even if I was the only WP7 user in the world, I would probably still mess around with the platform just because I enjoy it and it's just a pleasant experience all around. Now, I know being a fun environment to program in doesn't automatically make the platform profitable for developers to focus on. I'm hoping, though, that the ease of development will attract a large number of developers and that will, in-turn, attract users. We'll see.

The API is pretty restrictive; I'll admit that. It is something you will have to consider when choosing a phone. If you want to write an SMS backup app or a ringtone changer, WP7 is not for you. WP7 has a lot of limitations at the moment and is missing some features I would love to have (socket support in the API being a big one.) However, I still see the platform as a whole as a step in the right direction. I hope it's successful enough that Microsoft continues to focus on it for a long time so we can see where it goes.

With Blackberry and Nokia trying to keep their customers from jumping ship, Android 3, WP7, and whatever Apple does with iPhone, 2011 is looking to be a very interesting year for smartphones. I'm definitely excited to see what happens with all of the platforms.

Note: sockets are supposed to be coming. I don't know if they're coming in the next update, but I have read that they will be added. Hopefully very soon.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] makku12:
I have to agree with what you just said...

I've been slowly learning how to use VS2008 for a while so I could make tools/games/media players for WM6.5. The problem was that the native UI was so ugly that I had to design everything from scratch if I wanted it to look pretty. The Direct3D tools for WM6.5 were hard to use because documentation was not easy to understand.

I just started using VS2010 and the difference is night and day... I'm learning to use XNA for 3D stuff and it's just so easy. There are video podcasts available as tutorials as well as all the stuff on websites. I, too, am having fun making this game...

On the other hand, I haven't tried iOS or Android programming.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeff.leonard:
I would like to find a way to modify the amount of time the backlight is on for the bottom buttons. I know there is a MOD that uses these for notification in place of the LED we don't have; so I am guessing someone knows how to modify this setting. I would like to be able to make the backlight remain on anytime the screen is on. I am more than willing (and would actually like to) to do the work if someone here can get me started.

Thanks

Jeff
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
no one has yet found a way to do this, not sure if it's possible, but who knows.

https://github.com/project-voodoo/backlightnotification/tree/master/liblights/

^ that's neldar's work for backlight notifications, lights.c is the modified file and lights.c.original is what was modified. go ahead and play with that to see what you can find out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeff.leonard:
Thanks for the info and link. I will certainly look into it and see what I can do. Persistance may pay off eventually!

Jeff
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.vandelay:
actually the epic 4g has this setting built in. on that phone the slide-out keyboard back light has the same timer as the 4 soft keys and you have the option to sync both to the screen.

so maybe posting over there to or just getting the epic source would help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
the setting is still tied to liblights.c and it isn't tied to the length of the screen timeout, it's the softkeys tied to the keyboard keys (which use the same settings/binary)... the keyboard is just an extension of the softkeys so the solution would still lie in modifying liblights.c
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Just get one of the i9000 roms with the setiron kernel, it has backlight notifications among other things.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klloyd:
I'm running cognition 2.4.1, it has a rotation on the home screen! The actual home screen will rotate when the screen it turned landscape. The other cogs dont do this, even the newest one(11/18/10). I asking if we can get a full 360 degree rotation for the screen, like the jailbroken iPhone. That's just cool! Useful as well when using it in the car on landscape.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modmyphone:
Check Settings=>Display and see if auto rotate screen is checked.

You can also use LauncherPro to achieve the same.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d1g1talphyre:
or you can simply pull down the task bar, and hit the auto rotate button
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klloyd:
I actually like the home screen rotating. I'm just wondering if there is a way to do full 360° rotation. With the plug on the top, I could turn the phone upside down when in the car. I love it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
It's launcher dependant. Pull the launcher .apk from whatever ROM and plug it into another.

Sent from my Captivate
[Droid 2 General] sinistersai4d4d:
Droid 2 Global plays an annoying sound whenever I press the power button to sleep wake the screen. Help! Can I stop it without root?

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using telepathy and unicorn dust!
[Droid 2 General] sinistersai4d4d:
C'mon this has to annoy more people than me! Any help would be appreciated.. even if it's just letting me know it's not possible. I don't like everybody at my job hearing every time I look at my phone when I should be working.
[Droid 2 General] maxiang:
On the D2 from the homescreen: menu > settings > sound > screen lock sound, uncheck the box.

~Sent via Carrier Pigeon~
[Droid 2 General] sinistersai4d4d:
Noooo... not the lock sound. Im talking about the additional sound the device makes when waking or sleeping the screen with the power button. Regardless of if the screen stays locked or not.

I should have specified, I figured somebody would say that. Thats why I stressed the power button.

Sorry... any other ideas?

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using telepathy and unicorn dust!
[Droid 2 General] maxiang:
Hmm...is this something MOTO added to the D2G? Because my D2 doesn't make any noise when I press the power button unless that box is checked in settings. I'm a newbie to the D2 though ;)

~Sent via Carrier Pigeon~
[Droid 2 General] newk8600:
I second that. I don't hear a sound on my D2 either.
[Droid 2 General] juliend:
No sound on mine either. Not with the stock rom nor fission.
[Droid 2 General] sinistersai4d4d:
Im gonna record it and make a video tomorrow

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using telepathy and unicorn dust!
[Droid 2 General] sinistersai4d4d:
Omg figured it out. It only makes that sound when the phone is charging and you wake the screen. Didn't realize why it would only do it sometimes.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using telepathy and unicorn dust!
[Windows Phone 7 General] indiekiduk:
So one of Microsoft's big features for WP7 over WM is that OS updates can be sent out directly by MS to all models, eliminating the previous delays from device manufacturers and operators. The great benefit here is not only for all users getting access to all new OS features, but a really important aspect is limiting fragmentation of the platform for developers. I.e. Developers don't need the huge hassle of trying to support all types of hardware and OS to get the highest number of users for their app. This is what killed Windows Mobile, and ultimately is going to kill Android if you read the story about Angry Birds.

So how about a vote? Do you think that Microsoft will hold up to the promise that they will release the OS updates to all WP7 hardware at the same time?
[Windows Phone 7 General] markgamber:
Will they? Who knows. But if they don't they will have effectively abandoned the smartphone market permanently because the number of people left who would believe a word they say about anything wouldn't be enough to sustain a small tech company. I can't imagine Microsoft is that stupid but they did abandon it once already.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lqaddict:
Wasn't once, Sidekick anyone?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Phone Titan:
I think that they will update all the devices at the same time and I think that all of the new WP7 devices have a good amount of sales and so they should update all of them.
[Windows Phone 7 General] blahism:
I don't think you will see updates all at the same time, i think you will see them based upon carriers and headsets but "Around" the same time. I don't think MS would want to push an update all at once unless its just a core update and doesn't impact carrier requirements or device specific issues.
[Windows Phone 7 General] indiekiduk:
I think you raised 2 interesting points there. Say there is a device specific issue, does the manufacturer submit that to MS for inclusion in an update to that particular device? What if they don't bother? What if MS make a new feature in the OS that requires a new driver from the device manufacturer? If they don't bother then its deadlock, and in that case this situation is no better than with Windows Mobile of leaving all updates to the manufacturer. Personally I think MS are in big trouble here if they haven't thought this through completely...
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
If an OEM wants to push a device-specific update, they submit it to Microsoft and Microsoft will push it out after approval (the carrier may need to approve as well). Microsoft, of course, could potentially fix this themselves if the OEM refuses to fix it but I can't imagine that happening.

Microsoft has developed a vast majority of the drivers. Again, I just can't see Microsoft making a new feature that...

1. Relies on a driver and/or...

2. The driver isn't written by MS

They've thought this through pretty well. Some more explanation of the timing and carrier approval can be found here.

http://windowsphonesecrets.com/2010...-and-carriers-ability-to-block-those-updates/
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
If you consider how HTC does it, they add their custom features in an app. HTC has wanted to incorporate Sense into their WP7 offerings. But MS has not allowed it. Instead they compensate by adding Sense-like features to the HTC Hub. I believe this is the extent of any customization among various handset makers.
[Windows Phone 7 General] indiekiduk:
So Paul Thurrott says that (to prevent fragmentation) if an operator/handset manufacturer blocks their devices from an OS update then they can't blog the next one and it's automatically sent out. That sounds absolutely mental!
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
I agree that it's definitely a bit strange. But let's just see how this works out in practice. In theory Android can get updates super fast and in theory the carriers can block iPhone updates. Microsoft is still controlling the process, not the OEMs or carriers. The carriers understandably don't want to run untested code on their networks. Microsoft is giving them the option to delay/block. If they abuse it, Microsoft could just give them the middle finger and release them directly. It sounds like the carriers are going to play ball. The ones that don't will certainly get a bad rap and could lose customers over it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
We certainly do not want the mess that is the Android update process, with Google, the Carriers and the OEM's all having a say in when updates go out!
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Ugh no, Google phones get the update first and fast. As of right now Google has only one phone.

Its all the other Android phones that have this problem with OEMs, and carriers.

WP7 will be just like the Nexus One. All WP7 devices will get updated regardless of carriers. If your carrier wont allow the OTA update then just connect to Zune.

I also think the updates will be regional.
[Windows Phone 7 General] markgamber:
That's the kind of crap that killed WinMo for me. Three times with three different phones I ran into the problem of video "tearing". Three times I emailed Microsoft support, HTC support and AT&T support about the problem and three times they were all content to point fingers at each other. Microsoft says it was a problem with HTC's drivers. HTC says it was a problem with the carrier not approving whatever updates and AT&T says if you want to solve the problem buy this new phone. And I did that twice to find the latest and greatest had the same problem, no one actually did anything. What was worse was finding updates on HTC's site that I couldn't apply to my phone because they were tied to particular carriers and my carrier, of course, wasn't one of them. The worst kind of planned obsolescence. That was when I said the hell with WinMo and bought an iPhone and all that garbage went away. When it had a problem, I went to Apple. Period. Updates came from Apple. Period. And they've only recently stopped updating the original iPhone after how long? Apple cut out the carrier for a reason and has set the bar that Microsoft should at least have the decency to meet if not exceed if they expect to be taken seriously.
[Windows Phone 7 General] indiekiduk:
I agree things were safer for users with the Nexus one, but they've stopped selling it now for whatever reason. I'd love to find out why they decided to do that because that model was a major advantage. All new Android users are going to hit this issue which is what killed WinMo as stated by markgamber.

Also you can't really say what will happen with WP7 because it remains to be seen what will actually happen when its update time. Actually it won't be until the 2nd update we'll find out if people with the old models are screwed over. It'll actually be less of a big deal if Microsoft take 1 year between OS updates because most users will want new hardware anyway, however it could still be a major disaster if manufacturers blame MS for pushing out an untested OS upgrade that breaks thousands of phones. I expect there will be some exemption like hardware of over 2 years old does not get upgrades from MS, that would get them off the hook slightly.

I agree that Apple is great for the consumer, if there is any problem Apple fix it, they control the whole experience, anything you buy on the app store will work on hardware up to 2 years old. However for developers its not such a great picture. The app store just breaks even, Apple aren't interested in app developers being successful, they only built the app store because jailbreaks were doing it anyway, previously they only planned for javascript web apps, and if anyone tries to do anything innovative outside the restrictions of the SDK their app gets banned and they get threatened their developer account will be cancelled. However there was a some money to be made by some lucky people, and everyone else made at least more than building windows mobile apps in the old days. Anyway Apple make all their money from the hardware they don't need to make money from some 3rd party dev making a good app. Google also don't care about developers, the market place is terrible and its widely known that devs with apps on both platforms get like 0.3% of their sales on Android. But as with Apple, Google don't care about the developers either. With Android, Google attract phone manufacturers by offering an OS for free, which they used to need to pay MS $30 per license or whatever. And by having tons of phones out there, Google make a ton of cash from the ads in the built in apps google search, and google maps. They have no need to support developers, and if the platform becomes fragmented they don't care because as long as they sell more phones they make more money.

It remains to be seen what the point of the WP7 marketplace is to MS. My friend has the #1 shooter app and sells 1 a day so MS will be running the store at a loss. And if they need to give WP7 away for free to compete with Android for traction there really is no hope.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bowpay:
You guys bring up some really great points. I am starting to think that the reason Apple stayed with At&t had something to do with updates.

To hopefully add on to this great discussion I think that the US carrier market is in for a real change soon. Every day I see prices coming down and carriers having more and more of the same features. Once carriers are handing out the exact same features it might not be that big of a deal to have MS release all updates. Other countries are way more competitive with their carrier choices and I think US will have to evolve because users demand it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lqaddict:
Just a bit of a correction:

iPhone stayed with AT&T on the domestic market, it is deployed across various providers on the international market.
[Windows Phone 7 General] robart76:
To be honest I'm very curious about the update process. It's not true that all WP7 devices have got the same features. At the moment I've got HTC Trophy on Vodafone and HTC HD7 on O2. The same system but different search providers in IE, different regional keyboards available, different system languages, different settings for adding email accounts etc.. So it seems like every phone has carrier specific rom and I believe carriers would like to keep it that way. It looks like current roms are miles away from one unified rom as we see on iPhone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dmozk:
Regardless of how it is made available I have heard that an update including copy /paste will be ready end Jan...
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
That's a good point.
[Windows Phone 7 General] markgamber:
The only thing that matters is that a given program runs on all WP7 phones equally. That's where Apple currently excels and why Android has been called "fragmented". What they look like and what programs are included with a given phone on a given carrier don't matter.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] aqw955:
Hi~ could anyone suggest a case that is similar to iskin solo? Its sort of a hardened rubber case... I used it with my iphone and held up very good.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] MizzDigital:
Check their website!

vibes and solo are pretty much the same thing:)

Hope that helps!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] aqw955:
dude its a two years old thread.... :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chili1496:
i have recieved a pdf file via email, i have saved the file to my sd card. now what i would like to do is have this file on 1 of my desires pages as a widget or shortcut so all i have to do is tap on it and it opens.

at the minute i am tapping pdf viewer, finding the file and then opening it that way.

someone please help

thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
Hold on the screen, go to shortcuts, astro (or any other file manager will probably do) go to the location of your file and select it and you'r done.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chili1496:
many thanks worked a treat
[neoTouch S200 Themes and Apps] SoulGod:
Where I can find this cab?!

Thanks in advance!

SoulGod
[myTouch 4G General] hospo:
So when I bought my Vibrant, I knew this phone was coming soon. I got the Vibrant anyway because of all it was promising to be. (And because I have absolutely no patience whatsoever.)

Well, that Vibrant, other than the beautiful screen, is NOT all it promised. Yes, I can flash ROMs and blah blah blah, but I have no idea what I'm doing in that area, so it's probably not too smart to try in my case. Besides, shouldn't a phone just work? I understand that they will all have issues, but this Vibrant is chock full of 'em!

Anyhoo...just curious to know the opinions of current MT4G owners. Do you find that the "issues", if any, are worth overlooking? The Vibrant has so many. At first, I had no problem saying "eh, it's a new phone, they'll work it out". I'm realizing over time that not only have they not worked it out, but it's just getting worse over time. :mad:
[myTouch 4G General] dinan:
What issues are you having with the vibrant? I only really had a borked GPS. The screen was great, but text was a little fuzzy, which is unfortunately what I do most on a phone. That said, the mt4g just fits and feels better in my hand, vibrant was too awkward and slippery. I still have both, will decide which one to keep... but the Vibrant running on TeamWhiskey's Onyx ROM was super fast. The mt4g felt 'laggy' to me out of the box compared to it and my modded nexus one. I guess we just have to wait for some good roms.

Edit: by laggy i mean the time between swiping your finger, and actually observing the screen start to move. the phone is fast opening apps and what not, so i'm not talking about that kind of lag. I guess I mean the 'responsiveness' in the UI is a bit slower than what I'm used to and I'm convinced it's the bloatware and mySense that HTC has loaded it up with...hoping for a vanilla android ROM to flash =)