yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c0ldburn3r:
1008 phones any good? On stock rom I had a weird issue where the search would pop up randomly. Haven't seen that since I went to P8.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xterminater07:
how do you find out what batch you have? I ordered mine from amazon for like 0.1c with two year contract. All I have is the box can you tell from the box? Or do I need to use odin to flash back to stock rom?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z28james:
Pop your battery and look at the sticker.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henriquef:
Well I supose I'm an exception, I have the three buttons combo, my GPS lock in less than 4 seconds on google maps (It takes longer on navigator), never shut down randomly and run ROMs like cognition perfectly, never had a problem with it ;D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xterminater07:
z28james, where do i look at ... all i see is 2010/9/15 and a serial number
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave the Knave:
Right above the word SKU on the bottom of the sticker.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Gurps777:
Okay so, i got my first android device htc desire hd and it's amazing.

Coming from wm6.5, i noticed there was no way to actually exit some apps...they're still running. i was going to download a task killer but did some reading and turns out it's bad.

There's a options in settings to see running processes and can kill them

But i don't know if that's safe to do...

How exactly do you exit apps in android? or is there no need to exit them? android will close them automatically to manage memory or something?

I would be grateful if someone can explain

Thank you
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rori~:
new to Android :) here some posts to read.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] niXXoz:
Hi, Android 2.2 is build with an "internal taskiller", that will do most of the job itself, but if some apps just doesn't wan't to close themselves: Then just use a taskiller, nothing will turn out wrong. I have been using it for 2 years on my HTC, without any problems at all. But haven't used it on my samsung, cause it has got android 2.2 :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Meltus:
You hit the nail on the head there! :)

Android has no need to fully exit applications. When you close them they remain idle so switching back to them is much quicker. If Android needs to free up some space for more memory intensive apps, it will close the least important services that are running (some services will not be closed, Home app, etc.).

That's it in a nutshell. It's probably a lot more complicated than that though :p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Gurps777:
Yeah i read up on it in that article explaining why not to use task killers, Thanks for that short and wonderful explanation.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dbschr:
Hello,

I am serious considering to take back my HTC Trophy 7 because of the amount of bugs this device has. It rather feels like a prototype then a final result.

How the **** can Microsoft take so long to develope a Operating System and deliver it in this state. The product itself came with a lack of features. But even those minimal amount of features that are now their are full with bugs.

Marketplace crashes, Zune crashes. Random reboots. But today I have encountered the most strange bug I have ever encountered in a phone. I call someone, and I get someone completely else from my contact list on the phone. I send someone a text message, and yet again it gets sended to a completely diffrent person. I have deleted the person and re-added him. Yet again the same bug.

What the ****. I paid 480 euro for this phone. A phone which cannot call or text-message propperly on of the most basis principes of a phone. When I e-mail Microsoft they tell me to go to HTC. But in the end it is software from Microsoft that is failing. And not HTC.

Also the lack of giving any public updates about the bugs and what to do about them is also quite annoying me. At least make a announcement.

Anyway what do you guys think of WP7? And did any of you encountered the contact switch bug yet?
[Windows Phone 7 General] yly3:
Personally I haven't encountered the random contact calling issue and it's the first time I read about it to be honest.People had some random reboots or some screen tearing which occured few times at a a couple of days or so.

By the way you speak you obviously have a faulty device and I suggest you get it replaced'm.

I have almost two weeks with my phone (HD7) and I had only 2 times the screen tearing issue, just 2 reboots (those being caused by eBay app anyway) and several times when Marletplace crashed or IE did the same. I'm using the last two almost daily and I didn't get bothered with the issues so it happened rare also.

It seems that whatever bug you may encounter a soft reset/reboot of the phone will get you rid of the problem (at least for a time) and I am VERY happy about it.

Just check the iPhone 4 forum for example if you really want to see persistent bugs

I am pretty sure the early 11 update will fix most of these .
[Windows Phone 7 General] orangekid:
bro,

this post wins as the most awesome post ever. After reading this I feel like I never want to buy a WP7 phone ever. It actually makes me want to walk into the tmobile store and smash their HD7s on the floor just to do a potential buyer a favor.

Epic post.
[Windows Phone 7 General] indup:
there was so much potential here i was waiting for the dodgy situation you found yourself in due to this.

but your post turned out to be fail.

anyone mention troll?
[Windows Phone 7 General] XeNoMoRpH1030:
@orangekid - Have you ever used a WP7 phone?

@dbschr - I'm sorry that you've had a bad experience. I have not experienced this as far as I am aware. I had an issue with the Market place for a while, but that's because I disabled cookies in IE.
[Windows Phone 7 General] orangekid:
After that Epic rant why would I want to?
[Windows Phone 7 General] GenkaiMade:
Erm dude, these obviously aren't OS faults, or MS would never have put it out - and even if they had,

everyone

would be experiencing the same problems, as we are all running the exact same version of the exact same OS, just on different devices. I have not encountered a single one of the faults that you have mentioned.

Take the phone back to the store, get a replacement, enjoy it, and stop complaining and drawing undeserved bad publicity to WP7 like a total arse :/
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
So it's a rule here, once somebody criticizes WP7 bugs, flaming appears........
[Windows Phone 7 General] truffle1234:
GUYS COOL DOWN...

but an isolated case of dialing and SMS could not be the failure of the OS as this can be so many things....

this is the first person having this bug... i have not have such problems and i have not seen ppl *****ing about it...

but there are ppl who like to make big issues out of non existent issues...
[Windows Phone 7 General] FiyaFleye:
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic and is now feeding off the fact that none of you read into his sarcasm... I refuse to believe he was serious, especially after seeing his ability to read and write.

Anyway, the OP hasn't even posted again in here, which leads me to believe that this was a load of crap. If you're having issues such as those and you post about them, you're going to check in frequently to find a solution, not go MIA after such a ridiculous rant. This sounds like a case of a douchebag trying to stir up the loyalists in here...

On a side note, my WP7 can't get any better, to be honest, with a Beezz update coming in a few hours, and an OS update coming soon enough, I'm looking forward to even more enjoyable times ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
maybe that 1 post was sarcasm, but he has been trolling the wp7 forums the last couple of days.

There is a fine line between sarcasm and trolling and the amount of posts he has here pushes him across the line.

some examples of his wisdom (all posted on different wp7 threads):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9544615&postcount=176

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9550100&postcount=6

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9524808&postcount=97
[Windows Phone 7 General] lumpaywk:
The fact that people are trying so hard to put down an OS so hard to me shows they are intimidated by competition in the market. The fact it gets to people so much shows MS has a quality product and these people are scared they wont have the latest and greatest without going to MS after years of slating them. It takes a bigger person to admit they where wrong it takes a moron to just jump on forums for phones they have no intention of getting just to shoot there mouth off.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Avandor:
@OP:

480€ for a Trophy ?! Jeez... :eek:

Got my Trophy last week and the only problem to date is the Marketplace hanging once in a while, nothing major that won't be solved in the next patch (along with an array of other bugs). Contatcs work great, all my email accounts are syncing, calling and SMS'sing is just fine and all the small issues and stuff missing, is just something I can live with and know will be handled in the future.

If you don't like the phone, exchange it or even better yet ask for a refund, you are clearly not ready for WP7 yet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Avandor:
People are telling you SMS works, contacts works, syncing works and people have been using perfectly working WP7 phones since launch, so you need to start looking at other possible causes of your problems, before pointing a finger at the OS.

No one is denying it has bugs, lacking features and ways of doing stuff that most of us are still getting used to. Just take a good look around the posts and you will see that.

Ok you have issues with that particular phone. The Trophy has met quite a few problems (mostly hardware based) and you need to look at your own phone first. Do a hard reset, trying syncing contacs from a different account or method. If all that fails, report the problem to your vendor and replace/return the phone, its not that a big deal.

At least not something that requires a forum whine.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mmelo76:
We already have a topic about the bugs, and as already advised, made a bad choice, return and end.

It is very sad that as we get watching the threads on account of aggressive postures.

Negative comments about the WP7 can be made, however, turn that attacks between users can not occur.

No sense in getting started this thread, as it always going to have to defend the OS and others that attack, the initial comment was based on one bad experience and was well placed.

After that there were trolls, flames, etc..

If people are intelligent and coherent clearly no foul language want to report problems with their appliances WP7, report here:The WP7 list of BUGS' Thread

But please, polite and responsible.

This thread is closed.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Kelvin040592:
Hi Brothers.

Yesterday, I Install a Rom of ahmedfikry("http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=618767"). and calculated that my PDA in StandBy spends 0,7% energy in 1 hour and playing music, spends 10% in 1 hour.

This spending little, or too them reasonably?

This spending a lot of battery?

Someone help me.

Obs. This Rom is Good? Anyone using this rom?

I use the Radio: 1.71 and SPL: 3.54

Have a radio or SPL that saves more battery?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] gedas30:
hello,

I have TP 2 with windows 6.5 and I can not get my device id number from "ttnavigator bif" file.Its saying that "no app associated with ttnovigator"

Tomtom definately instaled.

Maube someone had that prob before.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Thombose:
did you buy the maps? ;) Warez is not allowed on this forum I fear...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] gedas30:
do I have to?

I allready have maps,but they do not work
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] 5318008:
Hey

This is the original text of this post.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] gedas30:
tomtom

hi mate

so I have dificulties with TomTom on my phone.Can you help me to resolve it
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] 5318008:
AW man, am I 'that guy that knows this stuff' now?

What kind of problems?

1. Problems recognizing installed maps?

2. Problems with bluetooth, or BTTray errors on bootup?

3. Problems with hardware keyboard recognition in TomTom?

If any of these PM me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ronh:
Just copy the .bif file to your PC, and open it with notepad.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] 5318008:
That's a good start. ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnahabhain:
As far as i am concerned i do not see the wood for the trees!

There are a few HD-BUILDS now. But not everybody knows if they are stable, fully working oder multiling foe example. And it gets even worse if one should choose one of them.

Not all users have the ability to test all of them - first and foremost because they are in active development and change by day :D

Can those users or cooks that tried more than one BUILD report their experiences?

How to the BUILDS compare?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buzz killington:
At this point I'd have to recommend cedesmith's desire-hd2 build . It's incredibly fast - out of the box quadrant numbers are over 2000, some have reached 3000, but it's not just the numbers, everything flies. The battery life is great, last night overnight it used less than 5% over 7.5 hours. With his latest updates camera, camcorder are all working, and youtube is smooth now. You'll have to install the updates in post 2 after installing the build.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnahabhain:
ok sounds great... Glad you compared a bit... battery-life is very important...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] summoner:
I've posted a poll about this question in the general forum so everyone is welcome to vote!

From my experience -

1. Firstly, there are 2 active kernels MDJ and hastarin. both are good and I can't decide which one to use. This has a lot of effect with data connection, battery life, etc...

2. Next, the build source (Nexus, Desire, DesireHD, mytouch 4g) - different features, interface style.

I personally tried most of the MCCM and MDJ builds. I like MCCM 1.7.1 (based on desire) and now trying out MCCM HD 1.1beta2 (based on Desire HD)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnahabhain:
I cant decide at all... I would concider cedesmiths version, but for me it is to risky. Staying y mccms desire-build i think
[General Topics] wes342:
Sad news for android

Tat home has some amazing

Ui ideas.

Lets hope tat stays a seperate entity

From blackberry

And maybe we can still see some of this on android.

Or new ports for xda devs.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
You'll need to have done the following:

Rooted NC - check NookDevs (or here for Win7) for instructions

Modified NC to allow non-market apps - instructions here

Install Astro File Manager on your phone

Install Hoccer (attached) on both your phone and NC

the instructions are simple:

download an app through the android market on your phone

open Astro

Click Menu

Select Tools

Select Application/Backup Manager

Select your app(s) that you want to backup, and click backup

Press Back

Navigate to /sdcard/backups/apps

Long press on an app

Select Share

Select Hoccer

Run Hoccer on NC

Slide the app over to the NC (instructions are in Hoccer)

Accept Install
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Roachman3700:
How does this work I thought that Haccer used Bluetooth to make it work? does it also use wifi if they are on the same network?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
You need to be on the same wifi network for this to work.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] dascud:
Pretty awesome. It worked for me. I installed Amazon, kindle, stocks, exchange rate, msn Talk and Xda apps using the hoccer method and all of them work. :-)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] probaina:
I just keep getting your data must be dragged to near by screen even though they're both on the same wifi and right next to each other. I thought Hoccer needed a location signal to work.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] dascud:
Yep. It took a couple of tries to get the sequence right.

On your phone once you hit send from Astro you get the hoccer context menu and clicking that gives you a screen with a grey box at the center. There is a info bar at the top with "transfer time xxx seconds". Now place you nook close by with hoccer running and flip you finger on the nook screen from right end to left. You get a similar grey box on the nook and then the files get transferred. You should see a linking nearby devices or something to that effect when the grey box appears on the nook.

HTH
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] probaina:
Works now. That made a lot more sense. Thanks.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] PHiZ:
I use dropbox instead of Hoccer (on other devices, haven't tried it on NC yet), unless I'm missing some functionality that I didn't see...?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rutter9:
Yea I also just use dropbox
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jm20:
email the apps with Astro

I did the method above with Astro but instead of using hoccer I just emailed the apps to myself with astro and it seems to works fine. Easier than trying to get hoccer to work I think. Only had trouble with one application that started, ran for five seconds then shut down and I got a message saying "unistall app, restart device, then reinstall app using the android market". Anyone else email the apps to themselves? Is there a good reason not to do it this way?

Thanks
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] randomxda:
Got it now. You actually have to SLIDE it off 1 phone, then SLIDE it ON TO the nook. Works perfect. Nice find :D
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rholm:
I installed applanet. Seems to have most of the usual apps

From the market. Any reason no one else is using applanet?

You can install and update from their app just like google

market.

sent from my rooted NookColor
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] dark79:
Probably because Applanet allows you to pirate paid apps.
[G2 and Desire Z General] :
What does this do apart from light up on notification and scroll. The clickable part of it seems useless on nearly every application. I do like the wake up app though for rooted phones
[G2 and Desire Z General] ddotpatel:
Sometimes useful when viewing a web page with lots of links on,... use the trackpad to first go to the wanted link, then select with a press.
[G2 and Desire Z General] YuBlue:
I use mine to surf on the web when I'm in bed, It all depends on personal taste I think
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Important Links with Additional Information about your Captivate

I have found all of these quite helpful. If you think your post should be added please PM me!

Wiki's and How-TO Basics!

The XDA Samsung Captivate Wiki

XDA and Android Terms and Acronyms Thanks to jmtheiss for creating this. Basic guide to XDA and your Captivate :)

AIO Captivate Toolbox: This is the all in one tool that allows you to do everything from install drivers, root your phone, and install custom ROM's. If your new this might be the tool for you to use.

Samsung HOW-TO Wiki (3rd Party Link)

The Main XDA Wiki: Lists all the phones that XDA has in their forums. Also has additional information there.

ADB for Dummies! - ADB is probably one of my best tools for tweaking my phone (and restoring stuff I break). If your going to be changing your phone around at all - READ THIS THREAD

Theming Your Phone

Captivate Theme Sticky: Go here to see all of the different themes/tweaks/mods for your Captivate phone.

MetaMorph Home Page on XDA - This is a 3rd party application that will modify the look of your phone without you having to modify any type of *.apk files yourself.

Circle Battery Mods - How to change your default Battery Icon on your status bar.

Transparent Widgets - Just what it says. But please be careful and understand what you are doing before attempting these mods.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Common Sense Before Posting Your Question - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ

Before you post a question on XDA - Please make sure you have utilized the SEARCH Feature - as your issue has probably been answered at least once.

If your going to post a question, make sure it makes sense! i.e. a bad example is ZOMFGBBQSAUCE WTF DO I DO!!!1111!!!!111!!!!!! vs. Phone is Soft Bricked After Attempting to Odin 1 Click. Which one do you think people are going to know how to answer by looking at the topic? Just saying..

In the body of your text it will be very helpful if you do the following:

State clearly the issue - bricked my phone etc.

What ROM are you currently using?

What is the EXACT ERROR of the issue you are reporting?

Is your phone rooted?

Did you have USB Debugging turned on?

If you fail to put pertinent information such as the above - there is no way for anyone to answer your question.

And.. this shouldn't need to be said but I'm adding it anyways...

Be patient. Be polite. Just because you cannot understand something does not mean u can show your frustration at folks here.

Of course this does not encompass all questions - mainly this is useful for when something goes wrong with your phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwertyaas:
Good resource to put everything together.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
w00t Sitckied! Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Pirate:
JF6 to JF7 Kies Mini Update. Is it necessarily?

Question guys. After using Odin to obtain JF6, do I need to use Kies mini to get to JF7 to be able to use another ROM or I can just master clear everything and from JF6 install a new ROM? Asking because I bricked my phone trying to do OTA to JF7. Got a replacement phone. The boot loader is shot probably so its safe to say my Captivate is bricked. It won't power on at all. I think upgrading to JF7 is pointless but need your expert advice. Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jemack:
I have never upgraded from jf6 to jf7 before I flashed another rom, never had any issues. Think it would be an unnecessary step if you are planning to flash over out anyway.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
After you use ODIN back to JF6 - you can then upgrade back up to any ROM the Dev Forums have available.

The only caveat to this - is READ THEIR INSTRUCTIONS! Some are highly experimental and require you to install them different from the standard CWM install method. (i.e. Cyanogen and the Gingerbread port going around).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanHacker:
i wish this thread was around when i first started out a while back. good job on this one guys.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoungGun821:
Can someone post something that shows how to install a theme? I have flashed a custom rom and see a theme I wanna install on it. (Already downloaded the .zip file for it, not sure what to do next)

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zs0mby:
nice stuff
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apparition:
I find that installing PDAnet as my drivers for my Captivate works well for rooting.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeddite:
Nice thread. I wish I had seen this before I started flashing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
I think the OP needs to be updated with the line "Be patient. Be polite. Just because u cannot understand something does not mean u can show ur frustration at folks here."
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deadclown:
A couple of questions. I've rooted my phone installed a custom rom (serendipity 5.5) and installed that steam. What does jpy and all those others mean? and where would I find out what mine is?