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[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Mr.Kakarot:
I was listing the obvious shortfalls of the phone.... that I can see, nothing more. I did not say they would not be addressed... I am talking about now, not the future. I did my homework and I knew what I was getting into... hopefully, it becomes amazing in the coming months.....

however, if someone is on the fence with this phone, it is way behind... currently.

As for the flash/copy and paste, fail.. it is windows 7

calls, the start screen bounces, you have to flip it up and then, still hit answer.... more work then it should have to be... how about an answer button on the home screen?

calling people? How about having a favorites list, or group?

It does not say on the lock screen or even on the voice mail indicator.... maybe I did not give it enough time to "update". I will try again today.

your defense for the ringtones is the phone does everything else perfect? There is not even a standard ring and I miss a lot of calls because of the stupid, low sounds it does have by default...

have had 6 smartphones in the last year, no buttons for the camera... especially awkward placed ones... but hey, if that is the standard... I am all for less practical.

again, the 3g and wifi is slow... side by side, compared to my other phones.... it has nothing to do with the carrier or my router. Then again, maybe the desire and ios is just that fast ;)

Usually I can not put my phones down, so much to do... however, with this phone, there is not much to do... so I guess the commercial was right about one thing, more time for everything else ;)

I knew most of this going into the phone, so.... I have no one to blame but myself... but I do like to try things ;)

I do like the phone and it is my main phone for now, but for jumping into a market... it seems well behind on most levels.... but hey, if it gets basic functions by the time new phones launch, yay for ms?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MOster:
Enterprise Support

I generally agree with the more positive things under discussion here; but I fear that support of the true enterprise user we'll have to wait for the second update. A lot of my issues stem from the lack of direct access to the file system. I can't save attachments from two or three different emails and aggregate them into one. There are many other WM6.5 features which are missing from this release and while again I'm confident that they'll hit me eventually all I can say for now is that I'm glad I'm not too busy at work.

Inability to search the server for email older than what's cached on the device

Inability to directly save any files for any later use (this came to me most recently as I needed to access a PDF train schedule and had to go back to the site)

No synchronization of tasks

No SMS via Outlook - This was a feature which I only recently saw in 6.5.5 builds but it was very convenient to me.

No vCard attachment (this was missing from 6.5 as well)

No mobile access to Out of Office

There are some simple non-Enterprise items which would be nice to have back as well

Fully-featured Comm Manager, allowing (e.g.) the ability to disable all radios except Bluetooth - This would be much more useful for listening ot musing without being interrupted by outside communication.

I also agree about the dial pad. I think it's great to be able to type a name using the alpha keys.

Audio or video support in MMS - for a phone which is really centered on the social networking experience this is a major deficiency.

Zune is a really ****ty music player.

Poor customization of the home screen (which, to me, looks like it was cribbed from CHT): Specifically, it would be nice to shrink the icons to about 80% and have single-wide variants of the double-wide tiles

Being less totalitarian than Apple and letting people develop and install apps in a bubble

Finally, HTC Hub is a HUGE disappointment. Sense 2.5 was fantastic; Sense 3.0 is just another app portal.

I keep thinking about posting this on social.answers.microsoft... but I'm not sure if it's really worth it. Does anybody have experience with their suggestions / gripes being comprehended / heard and acted upon?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] hd7man:
Chevronwp7

I just got my HTC HD7 a few weeks ago after accidently running over my 4g mytouch. Not sure about the phone as of yet. It is alot different from my old one. Does anyone have any idea where I can download the chevronwp7 program without all of the hassle, or has there been something else developed for jailbreaking the phone.

:mad:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] McHale:
My issues with Windows 7 aren't the lack of features (though those really boggle the mind).

My phone will sometimes lock up when scrolling between screens.

The Marketplace search is the most retarded thing I've ever used. I search for an app, it brings up 12 mp3s, 6 artists, 3 albums and NO apps. And I spelled the app correctly. F'ing stupid.

The complete lack of settings. I live in a ****ty AT&T area where my phone can SEE a 3G tower but I live NEXT to an EDGE tower. I can't tell my phone to use 2G only and lots of other necessary settings. I get more dropped calls on my WP7 device than any other phone I own.

One volume setting for music, ringer, systems sounds - completely short sited. Who uses the same settings for all?

This is just a SMALL subset of a list I've compiled. I'm not even getting into how closed and locked down the OS is. It's bugs annoy me even more ATM. It's 100% apparent to anyone with an WP7 device that they focused most of their development in a new flashy interface to compete with iOS or Android. I get it. But since they'd taken SO DAMN LONG to get the thing to market, they released the OS without a lot of basic functionality in tact to get out to market. If they waited until everything was the way it should be, we'd be another year out.

I agree with comments above. I own Android, iOS, WinMo 6.5, WinMo 6.1 and WP7. WP7 is STILL the one that annoys me the most. It PAINS me to use WP7.

p.s. The fact that Microsoft responded to me personally to tell me that WP7 does not support WiFi that doesn't broadcast it's SSID proves how rushed WP7 is. THAT my friends is basic expected functionality from ANY device that supports WiFi. I have a 50 skype handset that supports my hidden network.

I will continue to promote Android until I feel Windows Phone 7 is BETTER and by the looks of it, we're talking a couple years. The lack of ability to install homebrewed apps is just the icing on the bitter Microsoft cake.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rjh1:
you realy need to read from the begining of this thread! TRY POST #1!!!! its there!

Rick
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] karhill:
After just 1 day with a Windows phone 7 (HD7), I was annoyed by these very same things. The marketplace search is extremely annoying. If I'm searching apps, I don't want a bunch of media results. How hard is that to get right? The lack of settings and status information is also very annoying, as is the one volume setting.

But, overall, the phone is nicely done. The UI is fantastic and I think well thought-out. I have not noticed stability problems. But it just seems fairly limited at this point. MS should be pulling out all the stops to encourage development. Requiring a $99 dolllar development fee, limiting people to 5 free apps on the marketplace...these are roadblocks to the weakest link for WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Mclovin1001:
What is the actual deal with this.

I can now access the Unlock screen but it wont let me do this. Brings up the

"Connect to Zune" Error message

Has this been stopped full stop now no work around.

One day i could the next i couldnt so something must have changed
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TheShowStopper:
Errmmm,excuse me for maybe asking something very daft and stupid here but...

Update 2: We have discontinued the unlocking tool.

That's from the ChevronWP7 link on the first page of this thread... so, anyone know what the deal is as to why they've removed it at all?

By the way... has anyone tried the ChevronWP7 custom ringtone manager at all? :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kawgirlval69:
they removed it at the request of microsoft asking them to... its a deal where microsoft agreed to open discussion with them on the state of the "homebrew" or jailbroken phones and how to not make it a pirating device but make it home customizable... at least thats the short of it...

as for the ringtone mgr... works great.... made me happy...now when my mom calls, "stalkin your mom" plays like it did on my wm6...... phones...:)

hope this clears up the picture some
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TheShowStopper:
Hey cheers for that Val... one thing... how did you get on with converting to WMA format at 48KHz using Expression Encoder 4? Not tried it yet cus not had chance... is it simple enough for a self-confessed idiot to do?! :p

ADDITIONAL - Ok i'm stuck! lol Converted and got my .xap file... but on Chevron it states...

•Currently, to deploy the XAP you will have to use the Microsoft “Application Deployment” tool with the Windows Phone 7 Developer SDK. In the future, we hope to make available a standalone deployment solution for homebrew apps.

But what exactly am i downloading from that built-in link? Seriously confused here... can someone assist please?

Thanks in advance :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TheShowStopper:
Oh great... says it's only available for Windows 7 or Vista... or am i missing something else? I'm on XP SP3 btw... and gutted big time :(
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kawgirlval69:
theres free microsoft dev tools on m/s website.... i think someone here developed a deployment tool also...

you are transferring the converted xap file to your phone... the converter takes the wma file and converts it to xap... the easiest way to figure this all out is to not read too much into the directions..., soon as you think theres more to it ...really theres not.... once you do it you will be like wow that was easy...

as for using xp.... not sure if any of this is compatable with xp... i use w7 so someone else may have that answer...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TheShowStopper:
Yeah i got all that part done Val... it's being on XP that seems to be kicking me in the nads!

Anyone got any advice or info please folks? :)

Thanks in advance :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] cooljaj:
pls I need to change my phone language, it displays chinese and its gettin on my nerves.

I use HTC magician and it was sent as a gift....sombody pls heeeeeellllllllppppppp!!!!!!!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] andrew-in-woking:
Wrong forum

Hi cooljaj

You have posted in completely the wrong forum. The HTC Magician is an old device. You need to select "show legacy devices" at the top of the forum home page and find the HTC Magician ROM Development section.

Thanks

andrew-in-woking
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] tsfine:
Been a while since I posted here. I'm back on a Windows device and must say that when they work out the bugs, they finally got it right. It's a nice clean experience and pays attention to all the shortcomings of ios.

That said, I am having an ongoing issue with chevronWP7.exe - it just says Sorry, I'm having trouble communicating with the phone. Please make sure it's connecting using UB - Please start the zune application. I've tried everything I've found on here except installing the sdk. Will try that now I guess, but hate to install unecessary stuff.

fyi - I have a Samsung Focus and am running Windows 7 home premium 64-bit. Any suggestions? - Thanks for reading.

chevronWP7 indeed did work once I installed sdk. I wonder why some have to and some don't? Do I need to keep this installed anyone know? - Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] stillbrad:
I did everything including installing SDK and still nothing. I even used another computer altogether and still cannot get this thing to give me another message. I went to properties and changed the compatibility to windows 2000 and that brings up the unlock prompt but pressing it does nothing as there is still errors. How can I get this to work? Also I am using Vista 64.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TheShowStopper:
Seasons Greetings one and all!

Right, my findings and results... I officially quit! Been trying to get this Chevron working for the past 7 hours (as i have with Tom's XAP)... what a way to spend Christmas Day :( Got no joy whatsoever so until someone has 5 mins to reply and help the clueless (me for one!) then i'm ignoring the whole idea cus this seems to be a bit messy if you're not sure which direction to go in.

All this hassle just to change to a ringtone seems a blummin farce in my eyes. Anyone else thinking it's a bit of a trawl just for the sake of this? Micro-toss really made hard work of a light job on this one eh :( Pretty unimpressive.

Anyway, off for a mince pie or 3 so hopefully someone can pitch in after they've downed a all their beer! lol

Cheers and have a good one folks! :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] l3v5y:
Can I check whether you've installed the certificate from here?

Toms XAP installer won't work until you get Chevron unlocking to work.

Also, have you installed the WP7 SDK/toolkit?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ceesheim:
and what os are you using (xp is a pain in the ass , you have to mod some files from the toolkit)

actually it is better to use win vista/7

and kill skype/firewall/antivir before you try to unlock .

ps first install the toolkit.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TheShowStopper:
Ok. First, thanks for the reply :)

Now for my info... nope, not done that from the 'HERE' link but on my way now.

As for the SDK... i can only find one version that works on XP SP3... it's got Net Frame' 3.5 in it but i have V4 installed as well.

If i can backtrack and find which version i got hold of, i'll let you know and then you can tell me it either A - Won't work or B - I got the wrong one! LOL :P

BBS :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TheShowStopper:
As replied just, i'm on XP SP3 mate. Always used it... will never ever go to Vista cus it's just like pacman on memory and 7 looks a complete minefield of headaches so i'm being old school and sticking to what i know even though i know sooner or later i'll HAVE to do something about it!

Ahhh now the toolkit is the prob... see my last reply before this one. Looking for version as i speak.

BBS :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] TheShowStopper:
Version i got for XP SP3 that will actually accept is...

Microsoft Windows SDK v7.0. Good enough guys or...? :confused:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] RinTinTigger:
Hey friends,

i wonder if it is possible to build an LCARS UI like on this website: http://www.gtjlcars.de/ or here: http://www.lcars-terminal.de/

Those sites provide themes for XP, but i guess as a UI like MIUI would be better then building a theme around Android for it, right ?

I would die for an UI like this....

Greetz

Tigger

P.s. if thread is not wanted here, pls move, i'd feel sorry for posting in wrong sections!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MagicMan3:
That would be AWESOME!

Yeah, I'm a geek!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Hollow.Droid:
You could probably get the colour scheme and sounds through a MIUI theme (I'm assuming that's what you meant) but anything more would probably be a big work load. Looks awesome though :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] RinTinTigger:
As i said, if it works n looks good as a theme on top of miui or any other rom, im fine...

:D

so, who does it ?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
OK, I would die with you for this, tigger....

Greetz, Formel-LMS using tapatalk ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] squidbutt:
i think they have an lcars theme for sweeterhome
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bengrulz:
theres a tricorder app thats fun to play with.. i know its not a theme but maybe you can at least have some fun with it :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] cybertang:
lcars theme

yeah i made the lcars theme but have discontinued it due to lack of support and very few props anyways if your interested check it out download sweeterhome beta2 and look up cybertuan

anyways like i said im gonna nix the project of no one is really intrested
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] circleofomega:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OEIZvXqzxs&feature=related

Can some1 explian this bizarre phenomenon??? the guy has RED TILEWAVE PANEL?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rustamkwang:
It's vodafone... so ask any1 who use Vodafone...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trixr750:
hey guys I need some help with flashing the rom zip.

I am using RA recovery 1.7 i believe since i figure no need to change what isn't broken. I wiped everything three times including SD:ext. when i start the install, it would abort due to...

E: Wrong Digest: system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk

E: Verification Failed

so what does that mean and how do i fix?

I was trying to install azrael rom and it also did that to ava10.

another error was...

E: Missing file: system/app/com.htc.FMRadioWidget.apk

E: Verification Failed

and that was for Evo Zone RIP rom. any help would get great!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HelgesenJ:
Did you checksum the download? There way have been errors in the zip file due to connection issues...

Can you flash any other ROMs?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Update to the latest amonra

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[Nexus One General] ksc6000:
The Nexus S details are a little more enlightening. Keep in mind the original version might have been scrapped, so these leaked specs are subject to change:

ArmV7 CPU Open GL ES Supported

~328 MB Ram

1 GB Internal Memory

800×480 Resolution 4″ Super Amoled (2?)

Screen 720p Video Recording

T-Mobile (at least this one)

Source: androidandme.com

I really do hope these specs are wrong. I was going to buy this phone for sure. I really was. Despite how everyone has been hating it for being by Samsung and being plastic. I was still going to get it. But now? Forget it. I don’t care if it has a dual code processor and great screen. It needs to have 1 GB of RAM or 768 MB at least. This phone may be ugly but it needs to have amazing specs and no GPS problems or any lag problems. Otherwise I will stick with my nexus one.
[Nexus One General] nmesisca:
I will believe it comes with only 328MB RAM when I see it in front of me.

I'd say its a typo.
[Nexus One General] ohgood:
dual core ? oh, okay dokay.

see, typos aren't targeting creatures. they can strike anyone, anytime. obviously it was meant to say 328Gb, and 1Tb on the not-here-yet S.

just wait. :)
[Nexus One General] Award Tour:
The Nexus S probably only showed 328 MB FREE, if I remember correctly the GPU in the Hummingbird dedicates a ton of RAM to itself. This phone definitely needs at least 768 MB leaving 5xx MB free.

If it's 512MB (which it currently looks like), 1GB of ROM and the same Hummingbird, I'll pass. I'll just wait for CM to port 2.3 to the EVO and wait for the HTC dual cores.
[Nexus One General] typ_ex:
id hope it doesn't have 328 mb ram
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
Just sounds like a Galaxy S then really.
[Nexus One General] Jack_R1:
All the people whining about lack of RAM - did you ever bother to check the amount of free RAM at any given time on Nexus One since Froyo?

Well, I guess you didn't, since Nexus doesn't go below 160MB free RAM, and you need to work hard to make it go below 200MB - which is a HUGE waste. You want to waste even more? 1GB of RAM? Really? Did you see applications that can use 1/10 of it?

328MB RAM can't come with the phone, because 99% of the time RAM comes in powers of 2, and very rarely there are 3 banks used, making the last multiplier 3 instead of 2. 328MB doesn't fit anywhere, so it's not a real number.
[Nexus One General] Award Tour:
As I stated earlier, it's probably 512 MB but the GPU in the Hummingbird dedicates a huge chunk of it for itself. The Adreno 200 GPU in the Nexus One still leaves over 500 MB free -- 5xx MB vs 328 MB is a HUGE difference. So that considered, it'd be a huge step down from the Nexus One if it doesn't at least have 768 MB to even things out.
[Nexus One General] tameracingdriver:
Guess you have never owned a galaxy s either then which lags terribly when it's used pretty much all of its paltry sum of ram?

Trust me if this doesn't at least have double the amount of ram that this article says it has then that is a major mistake imo. Time will tell though.
[Nexus One General] bgoldie:
512MB of RAM should be more than sufficient. Here is a quote from Dianne Hackborn, Android Framework Engineer

From http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/msg/d4f60db2793f23d2
[Nexus One General] Award Tour:
The Nexus != SGS/Nexus S

Again, you're forgetting about the available RAM. I just checked my EVO (very similar CPU/GPU) running CM6.1 and I was wrong about the 5xx figure, it actually has 424 MB to use. That's almost a 100 MB difference. And what if apps get more complex/heavy? Dual cores are around the corner so why not?
[Nexus One General] DMaverick50:
It sounds like a great phone but no better than my vibrant. Its the new generation of android so I would expect new gen hardware like high Res screen, 1080p and all those other great things. The vibrant has amazing hardware so the next generation will be mind blowing, to me anyway. I see no reason to move to the nexus s. I have a nexus one so ill get gingerbread and the S is not better enough to upgrade from a nexus one or vibrant. I understand that they just want a phone on which to release gingerbread but it seems a bit thrown together last minute, not a lot of effort, which is fine but I don't want to have to hear stupid things about Google phones not selling well, as if that's some sort of negative for android generally. I would expect that by now people that want a nexus one or vibrant type hardware already have it so this phone may not sell well. Plus people that know anything are going to be waiting to hear about the next stage of hardware. Definitely not worth jumping on unless you are coming from a lesser phone than the nexus or galaxy s, hardware-wise. On second thought if the GPS works like it does on the nexus one I'd seriously consider selling my vibrant for it. I'm appauled that the vibrants GPS still doesn't work, the most frustration I've experienced with android since its 2008 release is when in the middle of a navigation the screen starts spinning and doesn't regain its composure, happens literally every time. Hell now I think I'm pumped about this phone, I can stop carrying my damn nexus just for the GPS. Its no way to live.
[Nexus One General] tommyz2kool:
It could be a typo. 328 doesnt fit but 320 does. I think its going to be 512 minimum personally.
[Networking] gundalbert:
Hi,

I'm going to move to a location where no reasonable internet connection is available... but 3G seems to work.

I'm now looking for a mehtod to use my old Artemis as an UMTS modem which shares it's connection with my Linksys WRT610n router.

I already searched the net but couldn't find a good solution (except for using the artemis as a wifi router and letting my real router repeat this signal).

Does anyone happen to know a solution which makes this possible via USB?

Or, as an alternative solution, does anyone know a tiny, "green" and cheap computer which could be used to forward the connection from the Artemis to the router?

Any help is highly appreciated.

Gundalbert