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[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
It all depends on what you want in a phone. I can only speak for myself about why I choose WP7 over the others, and that is because I prefer quality over quantity. For me, WP7 is the best mobile OS ever created. It has fine craftsmanship and superb quality written all over. It is a product that was labored over for a long time to make it the best it can be, regarding functionality, ease of operation, simplicity and quality of user experience. That is what I like. I'm attracted to effort from the heart. Like artwork, where the artist pours his/her self into what they create. WP7 is exactly that.

Do other systems currently have more features than WP7? Yes. But I was fully aware of the setup from the git-go. I knew a lot of features would be temporarily absent when I bought my HD7. But the good news is, there's an update scheduled for Jan that is *rumored* to be massive and provide so much more functionality that it will seem like WP8.

Compared to automobiles, WP7 is more akin to a Mercedes Benz or Lexus or Infiniti, whereas the other systems are more akin to ordinary cars. The world's leading software makers, who made Windows 7, which is the best and fastest selling PC OS in history and massively praised from every corner of the spectrum, have put together the world's best mobile OS in WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
The car analogy is a good one, I like android but it is like a fully loaded Ford (no disrespect) whereas WP7 is like a Ferrari, it oozes quality and design integrity, just doesn't have all the "toys" yet, but it will do.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
just to add to that, i think if you give it a couple of months, play the wait and see game. there is a lot of hype around the first update, and althrough i have already jumped on the windows phone 7 bandwagon, i would suggest that if you're in no real rush, wait till the update comes out, and then compare windows phone to android, and ensure that it has all that you desire in a phone. and if it doesn't, are you willing to give up these things for what you may not have in android (e.g. uniformity, battery life [maybe?], and stability).
[Windows Phone 7 General] bigfoune:
+ 100000000000000000;)

android is not very stable

wp7 will be the best ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
If, as you say, you'll be waiting until Spring, then you'll already have the first update, maybe even a second one, and the biggest missing features will be there, so I'd say, go for it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] 87jason:
Well i think im going to switch once verizon gets a win7 phone that i like. You guys were very helpful and i think i will like windows alot better once i pick one up and use one, android has just become to aggravating for me lol.
[Windows Phone 7 General] fb401:
If you haven't, I'd say go to an at&t or t-mobile store and try it out. I'm a 6.5 to 7 convert who's also used android and 7 is a blast to use. As it's been said, if this January update does come on time and does the fixes they're hyping, it might be the best OS out there.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
In Poland WP7 is upcoming soon.....
[Windows Phone 7 General] bmeek:
I also have a Samsung Fascinate - with the help of the devs here on XDA it is a very usable phone running leaked Android 2.2 builds (and the official update appears to be finally coming out today or tomorrow).

That said, I would shell out a few bucks to Microsoft for a version of WP7 that could be installed on the Fascinate...

Wishful thinking, I realize... particularly being on a CDMA carrier - but I gotta wonder why there aren't devices being offered that can run a choice of OSes.

I suspect there are a number of GSM phones out there running Android on hardware that could support WP7 (and vis-versa). the economics and support hurdles of such an offering obviously make the ODMs and carriers shy away from this idea, but for the population of mobile device enthusiasts who hang out on forums like this, it would be a pretty cool selling point for a phone to be able to run WP7 or Android.

[EDIT] I just searched a bit and saw that XDA folks have done an Android-or-WP7 dual boot config on the HTC HD2... How's that working out?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
ohhh, this is an interesting thread a few months later !
[Windows Phone 7 General] bmeek:
Any good "dual-bootable" (WP7 + Android) hardware out there?

Yeah - perhaps I should've started a new thread for the dual-boot question - sort of changed the topic.
[About XDA developers] boozelclark:
I tried to log on to xda this morning using chrome and received a Malware warning.

"www.xda-developers.com contains malware. Your computer might catch a virus if you visit this site."

Its not recived on the home page or the forums but only any page located above http://www.xda-developers.com/android/

my browser has no problem with

http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-mobile

Whats going on?
[About XDA developers] brumle80:
there was an attack on the site I think, at least I got redirected to a malware site once when I clicked page2 on the android news section, but afaik it's all gone now :)

check this link, should explain all: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=854561
[About XDA developers] Kaherdin:
me 2

Firefox 4.0 beta 7 also gives me a warning.

The main site, http://www.xda-developers.com/ is ok to view, but http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-weekly-qa-week-16/ gets blocked right away. :confused:

WTF?:eek:
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
The site admins are aware, and steps are being taken to get the warnings removed, now the infection is gone.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbg1:
so i was hoping to get a deal on a micro sd card this weekend but didnt, i see a lot of 8gig cards...

i have a 16gig on my hd2 that came with the phone...is there anyway that the sd card from hd2 could effect badly my new shiny mytouch? what can i do to make the card work perfectly with my mt4g?

or should i just try to find a new one
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slhpss:
just pop it in there... but if you've installed apps i think they default to the SD card so go to settings>applications>manage apps and move them to the internal memory before swithcing the cards out so you don't lose your apps
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vacys:
Hello

I have HTC HD2, and I am from Lithuania.

I have nbh files from RUU_Leo_S_HTC_WWE_3.14.405.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship.exe (I understand that this is the latest orginal WWE ROM).

And now I want to know:

WM (such wm6.5.5)

Windows Mobile Builds (such 23566)

sense

manila (such Manila_2_5_20173921_0)

rom

OEM

and etc.

I want to know if I have the latest version. whether it is suitable for my HD2.

I want cooking own ROM.

How I can do it?

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vacys:
ok... thanks... I understand it from this ROM, about which I wrote..... but where can I find it all latest?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurt-willems:
Witch aria do you need?

I have upload multiple download links in the past; take a look here.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vacys:
I am from Lithuania (this is Europe) and I understand I must use this RUU_Leo_S_HTC_WWE_3.14.405.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship. But is there: the latest ROM, the new WM, the latest kernel, the latest in Manila, etc. ???
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurt-willems:
No sir, stock ROM 3.14 haven't the latest manila version (manila 2018) If my memory is correct; it's the Oboe ROM who have the manila 2019

and about WM; no sir it isn't the latest build.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vacys:
ok... I fide Oboe with Manila 2019... but where I can fide latest WM?

I have 23569_MSXIPKernel_SYS_QVGA_WQVGA_VGA_WVGA_0409, maybe it is latest WM 6.5.5
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Treken:
Is there a way to b/u my personal bookmarks from my browser so that if I install another rom I can transfer them into my system files or wherever they go by using root explorer? If I have to coy them to my sd card where in the file system are they located?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Titanium backup saves and restores bookmarks.
[Galaxy Tab General] system1977:
can anyone help me to get into the menu of SCH-i800 verizon galaxy tab,in other word to use only the applications in the phone.i dont want to use the network part.

as soon the phone switch on -the phone is prompting for Activation.infact i am in another contury were there is no verizon network.
[Galaxy Tab General] konawayne:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=839821
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VDubLife:
hello, i'm new here, new to androids as well, actually new to phone hacks in general. Ive jailbroken and unlocked iphones before (my wife has a 3gs 4.2.1 unlocked using with tmobile). but i have no XP with android,.... i'm thinking, rooting is like jailbreaking? i dunno really.. halp! please just give me the basics. like once I ummm, jailbreak my MT4G (hehe got the abbreviation from these forums) how can I modify it with like free apps and such, and the cool themes i see everybody showing off. please halp, please
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbg1:
rooting doesnt give free apps (or at least it didnt when i had a g1) your able to flash a new rom to your phone when you gain root, you can take off some bloatware that comes with certain phones, tweak settings and make stuff more customizable

it is like jailbreaking but i dont think android is against rooting like apple is against jailbreaking
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VDubLife:
thanks for the reply, so once I root it, can I apply some of the themes and apps mentioned on these forums? I saw a thread regarding apps for rooted devices. Is there a different "app store" once I root my device?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbg1:
im just getting back to android after having the hd2 for 4 months and a lot may have changed

but when i rooted the g1 there was apps that were labeled as only use if you have root access, so yes there are (were) certain apps that could only be used if you have root but it was the same app store, i remember the cyanogenmod app and it would update the theme with the click of a button :)

and yeah after root you could do the roms that are in those threads
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mftek1:
Only 1 market for apps. Some apps are for rooted devices, some (most) are not. The main difference between a rooted device is that you will be able too have full access of you're phone and flash roms. But if you have no clue what you're doing you can cause some serious damage to your phone (brick).

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznpr1de808:
yup just be very careful when flashing new roms and themes. dont flash anything until you make a nandroid backup too. i have a very simple saying when doin anything to your own phone: "if it feels wrong, it is wrong" ;) and if you have any questions when doing something always ask for help. because most likely someone on here has already made a mistake that you might be doin and save you alot of headaches lol once you gain root access, everything is cake ;)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XfooYen:
Just to clarify, rooting your phone alone does not give you the capability to make Nandroid backups and/or flash ROMs. Rooting gives you root access to otherwise locked down system folders. Making backups and flashing ROMs require the presence of a custom recovery image (like Clockwork recovery).

To the OP; READ, READ, READ! Read as much as you can (and search) before attempting to root your phone. There's a lot of info in these forums that will get you through but you HAVE TO READ and have good confidence in what you're doing. Once you're ready, root, then flash Clockwork recovery, then install Titanium Backup. Use Titanium to make backups of your apps (including system apps). Use Clockwork to make a (Nandroid) backup of the phone's internal drive chip. Once that's done you can move on to flashing ROMs with the ability to get things back to normal if something doesn't work right. Good luck!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VDubLife:
Great advice folks, thanks so much. I am permarooted with s=off! w00t, already made a nandroid backup using clockwork... so time to have some fun! Please help with the following questions:

1.) Are there any directories of all ROMs available for our phone?

2.) Will all droid ROMs work? or are they phone specific?

3.) Do I need to keep USB Debugging on?

4.) Do I need to keep the files on my SD card after I've already installed them? (ie: root folder [the one from the rooting guided], and application .apk files)

Thanks! great forum
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] LpubV:
hi to all,

just installed successfully Android MCCM SE V3.4 FroyoStone Sense

PROBLEM:

when I reboot on Windows Mobile date & time are wrong

any one encountered this?

keywords for a search are VERY common :

date / time / problem / Android / Windows Mobile / switch

and I couldn't find any hint to solve this issue

A) I don't use a dual-boot software

B) could it be linked to the ROM itself?

thank you for your help

Laurent
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mcbyte_it:
I encountered your problems when i first put android.

The solution is to disable Automatic Time sync from network in both WinMo and Android.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] LpubV:
thank you mcbyte_it

your solution was the right one ... it works!!!

GRAZIE MILLE e FORZA ITALIA!

Laurent

PS mods how do I put "SOLVED"?
[G Tablet Android Development] ehunyadi:
Nice work, and well done!

How is the calendar from the GApps v2 file? Is it stock Google?
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
Thanks! There actually isn't a calendar in the GApps v2 file, now that I look. It's just the SyncAdapter.apk. (Ditto for the Contacts.) So actually the problem with my not having the calendar.apk may just have been from when I was screwing around trying to get things to work before I started all of this. A clean TNTLite 2.0 install followed immediately by the instructions above will probably have a calendar.apk file with no problem.
[G Tablet Android Development] Marine6680:
Seems we only need a few of the apks in the update to get this running. Maybe get with Roebeet to add those to tnt lite or as a supliment.
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
Yes, it might work to have just the two Google*SyncAdapter.apk files included in the main TNTLite install (not a supplement). They need to be there during the initial setup.
[G Tablet Android Development] case-sensitive:
Could you post the two apk so non-CWM folks like myself can try this fix? And where would the two apk go -- /system/app or ?

Thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
You can get them out of the Gapps update.zip file, in the app subfolder (link to the file is in the original post). They would go in /system/app, but if you're not rooted, you're not going to be able to put them there. And I'm not altogether sure it would work this way, and you're still going to have to wipe your user data and cache to try. So you should just go ahead and install cwm--the link is in the OP. (You should have cwm installed anyway, even if you're not going to do this.)
[G Tablet Android Development] case-sensitive:
Thanks. Just to be sure: which cache are you referring to?

When you speak of cache I'm thinking about settings>running application and then clear the cache of individual apps, but perhaps you're referring to something else. And if we're talking about the same thing: the app of which app?
[G Tablet Android Development] 3pod:
I can confirm that this works great.

Good work!!
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
The Wipe Cache option when you're booted into clockworkmod.

Yay! Glad it's worked for someone else!
[G Tablet Android Development] jpothorst:
Exchange contacts and calendar

Google contacts and calendar sync properly but exchange contacts and calendar do not. Any suggestions for exchange users?
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
I don't use Exchange, so I don't have much advice, sorry to say. After the steps above, did you go into Contacts, Accounts, Add Accounts, and choose Microsoft Exchange Sync? Are you on TNTLite 2.0.2 or above, which returns to the TNT contacts and calendar apps that some people say work better with Exchange?
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
Also, a reminder that installing TNTLite 2.0.2 and above may cause your Google Calendar app (from 2.0 and GApps) to not work quite right, since 2.0.2+ reverts to the TNT calendar that the tablet came with. I just installed 2.0.4, and my calendar opens and the data is there, but I can't see any menus or change any views. I have calendar.apk from TNTLite saved in /sdcard, and I just launched/reinstalled, and I'm back to the regular Android/Google calendar. (Am trying to download Touch Calendar, but the market is sooooo slow on downloads tonight.)
[G Tablet Android Development] katmandu421:
Thank you!! Now this is a complete ROM.
[G Tablet Android Development] jpothorst:
Exchange contacts and calendar

After the steps above, I added an Exchange email account which automatically setup the same account in Contacts. I've verified that the Microsoft Exchange Sync is checked/enabled.

Application "Settings" is Force Closing often now. Will revert back to TNTLite 2.0.2 and play with this again later.

Thanks for the effort and I'll keep searching for an Exchange solution.
[G Tablet Android Development] jpothorst:
Where can I find a copy of that calendar.apk?
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
Pull it out of the TNTLite 2.0 update.zip, in the /app subfolder. Just put it somewhere on your SD card, and launch it.

I do have Settings FCs, but only when I'm closing Settings, after I'm done using it, so I haven't minded.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
Argh! Didn't see this until just now -- 2.0.5???? Oh my.
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
Also, Touch Calendar (beta) in the market is a pretty sweet calendar display app. Not sure if you need the Google calendar apk installed as well, but give it a look. Does a great job displaying lots of entries from lots of calendars, with pinch-zoom for changing views.
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
I do think it would be a good addition, if you're not worn out. :) The real Google calendar/contact sync is a big plus, though I know you've said you don't use it.
[G Tablet Android Development] cesman:
Thanks for the information! Works like a charm!
[G Tablet Android Development] ehunyadi:
Good tip; I copied the calendar.apk from the 2.00 update and put it onto my G-Tab. I then used Root Explorer to make /system/app r/w and then copied the file from storage into the /system/app folder, copying over the calendar.apk that was already there. I then ran the calendar.apk to install it. Why did I do this? Because the original calendar that was installed with 2.04 was considered a system application and kept coming back after rebooting the G-Tablet. Now, I have the right calendar regardless of reboot, and it works great. I get no FC's from settings or anywhere. It's now 100% of what I needed/wanted.

Thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] kevinb77:
Total noob question

Not to veer off topic, but I have just installed TNT lite 2.0 with the simple method, the one that does not use Clockwork Mod. I really want to add Clockwork mod to my device for future upgrades and for things like this. Can I just follow the normal steps for install, or is there a modified install now since I already have flashed the unit with the new ROM? Any help would be awesome!

Thanks!
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
I wasn't seeing this happening at first, but that's probably because I had uninstalled the TNT calendar from 2.02 using Titanium Backup before doing my fix, so launching the Google calendar.apk from somewhere other than /system/app worked. Now, having installed 2.04, you're right, launching the Google calendar.apk only works until a reboot. (I also seem to have lost root under 2.04! Titanium backup isn't working.) I also saw a GoogleServicesFramework force close on my first boot this morning, though haven't seen it since.

Hopefully since the only reason roebeet put the TNT calendar back into 2.0.2 and beyond was because someone told him about the Exchange issues, with the proper installation of GApps and the "Microsoft Exchange Sync" account add option, TNTLite can go back to using the proper Google calendar in its installs. The TNT one really isn't a professional-level calendar.

EDIT: I got root set up again, then used Titanium Backup to uninstall Calendar (which was the TNT calendar thanks to installing TNTLite 2.0.4); then I launched the Google calendar.apk from my sdcard, it installed, and it holds after a reboot. So, if you have Titanium, no need to go through the steps of moving it yourself to /system/app--just uninstall with Titanium, then launch the apk. Though now I'm seeing the GoogleServicesFramework force closes. Hmmm. So, scratch all this. Will probably just use Touch Calendar until this is figured out. Most important is that the data is syncing.
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
(From the TNTLite thread, just putting it here for a data trail)

I'm not sure you can do the calendar/contacts sync fix in a TNTLite supplemental, because I believe the big issue is that the SyncAdapter files need to be in place when you first set up your accounts. My fix in that other thread is predicated on a user data wipe, and having the Gapps v2 stuff in place on the first reboot, so that they're there when the SetupWizard and OneTimeInitializer run.

Getting the TNTLite 2.0 (aka Google) calendar and contacts apks back into the supplementals will allow people who've done the sync fix to not lose the Google apps during your supplemental upgrades, but I'm not sure at this point that the sync fix itself can be done without user data wipes. (It might have to be similar to the Market and Flash fixes--telling people in the main TNTLite thread how to get sync working, but not part of TNTLite itself)

But I'm a real newbie to all of this, and so maybe someone with more knowledge of how the Google account stuff works can weigh in with a way to clear out just the Google sign-on stuff and rerun the setup wizard without blowing away the rest of your installed user data.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
I have a 2.0.5 (EDIT: It will be 2.1.0) prototype and I'm trying to bring this all together. Calendar is working fine with Google (syncs both ways), but having some issues with Contacts. Working on it.

I have no way to test Exchange, only the Google stuff.
[G Tablet Android Development] mdwalker@yahoo.com:
Exchange tester

If you want an exchange test case, I can do it. I use exchange for work and have it setup and syncing to my Droid phone.
[G Tablet Android Development] roebeet:
I can't get Contacts to work the way I want - it finds my contacts off Google, but if I add a contact, it doesn't show up. Am I missing something?

Thanks.

EDIT: Yes, TnT calendar was added back with 2.0.2 because of the Exchange grumbling, but then other issues cropped up. With 2.1.0, it's going back to stock Calendar. Contacts is the only thing I'm having issues with, at the moment.

I am mulling over supporting only cwm users, soon. It's just the inevitable outcome of our efforts, imo.
[G Tablet Android Development] arrow21:
Would that mean no more gtab lite versions?
[G Tablet Android Development] jacindc:
Hmm, with my fix (starting at 2.02, wiped data, installed Gapps, now with 2.04 over top), I created a contact on the tab and it pushed out to Google immediately.

Maybe there's a missing file in your setup that's in Gapps v2?