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[Fascinate General] lucas.scott:
Chopper can be a bit.... brash sometimes. But don't let him fool you .. he's a sweetheart ; ) haha

Also , big thanks to Retrokid , Nitsuj17, and skillz360 for continuing to crank out super sexy themes to put on top of all the devs work . You are appreciated .
[Fascinate General] absens:
Thanks to all the devs out there!

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[Optimus One, P500, V General] johnflorin:
Hey there,

I'm considering this phone and was wondering if there is any way to remove or deactivate the cheesy LG stuff...I understand that by rooting an Android phone I can remove extra apps, but what about customizations like the Home menu at the bottom? In a review of an HTC Android phone (and indeed on my current HTC Diamond 2), the funky Sense interface is just a switch away from being disabled if I so desire...is that also possible on LG phones?

Thanks in advance!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bioan:
You can easily install Launcher Pro or ADW Launcher or anything else and you get rid of the LG Interface.

No root needed!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] The_ERROR:
...and for switch of used Home you can use app called Home switcher.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] joshuarr:
You can install a new home if you want. Launcher Pro is nice and it also allows you to hide unwanted apps from the launcher so you don't have to remove them. ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taddzio:
Does anyone could guide me into how could I access HD2's QSD8050 chipset. Is it possible with tools provided by qualcomm

developer.brewmp.com/tools/sdk (sorry but I cant post links)?

Or is the hardware modified too much...

I know it is broad subject but if someone could just guide my to some forums/articles/howtos?

I was going to buy some Atmel AVR microcontroller but why bother when I have something much more "interesting" ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
would a jtag box be what you are after?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taddzio:
Looks OK, do not have time at the moment to investigate... do I need extra hardware for that?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
well the box itself, and then a jig to hold your mainboard. the boxes are around 100 dollars +, whilst the jig is about 10/15 dollars.

It requires dissasembling the phone...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taddzio:
Ohhh... I was hoping it will be somehow possible through USB itself (say when I'm in a boot loader after Task29 - so I can then upload my "HEX").

Anyway... thanks for your help!
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] BlackLynx:
I have tried many cooked ROMs to see which is fastest from Korand roms to bikertibi - almost all windows mobile 6.1 roms.

And i kept one version for 2 months and now i don't know which ROM it is - is there any way to check?

Do people who make these roms - put some signature file in them so they can be seen or recognized ?

Thanks in advance.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Hakim Rahman:
- You can see it in the devices information in the system settings on the device - If you already have a cooked ROM, then you can check the ROM yes it is true such :D:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vido.ardes:
I cannot get 'repo sync' to work for any git repo from my work connection, I consistently get the error 'fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly'. I have read close to a hundred topics on the subject, and they either suggest fixes that have already been rolled into GIT already, or say it's a server load problem, but this worked OK from home (slow as hell, but worked). I presume there is something about by network connection blocking this but I cannot figure out what, can anyone give me some pointers?

EDIT: Just to give more info, there is no proxy or firewall between me and the internet, I have connected directly to the router.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f_padia:
I had exactly the same thing happen to me yesterday. It worked fine from home but wouldnt work at work... eventually it did work though. I think it was just load related for me, nothing to do with firewalls or anything. probably because i was trying it in the evening at home (off-peak i guess) and during the day at work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
Well GIT uses port 9418, maybe it is blocked?

Maybe you can work through another port (http?) Just a few pointers, ain't a git expert either.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vido.ardes:
The only thing is because were on the office network were behind a NAT, so even if I enabled that port on the router surely I would have to forward it to my specific machine to get it to work? Not sure the company would like that...

How would I go about working it through the HTTP port? I'm pretty dim when it comes to netwroking :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
Hmm, I believe you only need to forward if you are running the server itself. using http might work I believe, some quick googling said you have to clone it using the http: protocol in front of it. I guess syncing is based on this? (as in, it remembers).

And you ain't the only one with the lack of networking knowledge :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vido.ardes:
Thanks for the tips

I tried forwarding the port (the network guys let me) and that didn't make a difference, same error.

I tried git clone over http and although it appeared to work it finished very quickly and there were only empty folders, so I think I need to look into how git clone works as I must be missing something

If anyone else has any pointers, please let me know
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
What are you trying anyway? get the android source? They use repo as an extra layer over GIT.

So that might be why git ain't working straightly? What kind of commands are you trying atm?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vido.ardes:
I was actually trying to get the CM repo for now, just to see if I could build a working ROM before I got the android source. I was following this guide. Got everything working up until repo sync (I have even built my first ever program and installed it on my Hero! It's a "hello world", but still...:D)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
One step earlier you execute:

" repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b froyo "

Already tried this with http:// ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vido.ardes:
Yup, got the same problem, which makes me think it has nothing to do with ports. Very frustrating, but thanks for the help I appreciate it
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Divr:
I'm getting tired of this annoying problem. Four times it had happened to me and each time I reinstalled the phone software with the pc companion. It doesn't matter whether I'm not rooted (the first two times) or rooted. It kept on occurring. SMSes don't come in while others seem to be working fine, phone, internet, etc. I've tried restoring the sms related things using titanium back up but yet it seemed that the only remedy is reinstalling. Thought this time, I got an idea of may cause this. Each time it happened, I seem to be coming out from plane mode for the second time since the software installation. Going to try that now. But in the mean time, any ideas what may be wrong or if any of you experience the same problem?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] titibool:
Hi, i've had the same pb, it seems coming from lack of memory, if you got the little hard drive icon with the red exclamation dot, it means you don't have enough space free, and sms aren't received. So the solution, after all, is to desinstall some of your apps to get rid of that icon and finally a little test is to, when you've done that, send a sms to yourself and see if it works again.

hope it helps.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Divr:
Well that's a huge possibility as each time it happens, that warning has pop out. But I'm sure each time the warning of low storage come on, it still has at least 10 mb. How can 10 mb not enough for texts?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] titibool:
Well i don't really know maybe some configuration, but i can assure you that it is one of the cause: i did a simple test, on the edge of 10mb i installed an app from the market, then the icon showed up and no sms could be received. after desinstall that same app, icon disappear, and sms was received.

I just noticed it so i try to always have this 10mb amount of memory... i just do with it, maybe someone who understands better how it works could help more than me :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] hurlof:
i have different problem. after root i cat receive nor send MMS.. working like charm without root. x10mini, 2.1 firmware.

i have no clue why
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hhhawasly:
Most of people here has moved from windows mobile 6.5 to Android after this great revolution.

Did you have any programs in windows mobile that you are missing and wish to be on Android or you don't even know that they exists? maybe those are preventing you from completely switching to Android.

The purpose of this discussion is to help each other finding replacement tools and applications for some useful applications in windows mobile.

My applications that i missed from windows mobile:

* LMT : multitouch launcher - I've viewed a previous thread telling that it is not possible to create such an application, but in my opinion it could be done using the Accessibility services-

* g-trigger : Perform actions based on gestures with the phone. found some replacements as shake2* (shake to play next, shake to mute but those uses only one gesture with very limited actions) , tasker ( very hard to configure and record gestures)

* Garmin : I know there are many GPS applications but there is no one that can work offline,

create custom map

and provide 3D navigation. Since no GPS application is offering a map for my country. I usually use openstreetmap and offline map downloader to create vector navigation map for Garmin.

* And finally the reverse tethering (Internet Pass Through) just like what activesync was doing for non Desire HD/Z based ROMS (can't use them since they lack some Arabic support and are much slower than cyanogen and stock builds). I was able to reverse USB tethering to browse the web through my PC internet but many applications on Android won't run if there is no wifi or data connection is available -thinking of providing a virtual wireless interface but this needs more time :(-.

Do you know any replacements? or do you miss other applications from windows mobile?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] StephanV:
Have you tried OsmAnd? Free satnav app which uses openstreetmap and consistently gets good ratings.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stevar:
Forced to use wimo only by tomtom navigator or update build.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dharvey4651:
Use CoPiliot for offline GPS navigation - I do and it works great.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hhhawasly:
Yes, I have tried it, but it didn't provide 3D navigation - I mean something like this

Unfortunately there is no maps for Syria :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dharvey4651:
Ahhh see living in the United States, CoPilot works flawlessly for me but it's definitely not my favorite. I really prefer iGO8 from WM but I have yet to find a similar GPS software for Android that is available in the United States.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stevar:
maybe Navigon would be the best for me, but i'd really be glad to give it a test before spending 60€...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hhhawasly:
Actually this image is from the internet ;)

I live in Syria. IGO, AERO, CoPilot and Navigon do not provide a map or navigation for my country!

The good thing with Garmin is that it can give me the features of those applications with a custom map taken from a map source.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] smeddy:
I only use WM for TomTom now (and not even that... I live in London and do not drive when in the city, so no need).

However I have yet to find an e-book reader as useful as AlReader2, although CoolReader is getting close. All of Android readers are either limited on file-type, have specific storage locations, or look ugly/have no night-mode when reading.

And I'm glad VPlayer has come along, as I was otherwise missing TMPCP or whatever that video player was called, and I didn't want to pay for RockPlayer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] LoeWn:
im missing MyMobiler.. SOOO damn much! :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kinsago:
As stupid as it may sound - Experiment 13! I loved that game.

+1 for mymobiler too
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hhhawasly:
Wow, I didn't know about this app! It looks very cool.

I think it should be any replacement for this application. You can see this for example, but it lacks file transfer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nghockcheng:
same for me for MyMobiler. not sure of any good Android alternative.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pakure:
medical programs...........uptodate:(, sanford, and others
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] wheeliemonster:
Doesn't Droid Explorer have a window for viewing the contents of your Android screen? (Screencast plugin)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] paolo.dc:
Missing:

1. the calculator of Wm6.5 and the new WM7, they are great.

2. the way WM6.5 (don't know what WM7 does) groups contacts, the 2 versions of Android I tried do not work well for me.

3. don't like HTC Sync it is too unstable and has too many requirements (I had to setup an XP disk just to load my contacts and it was painful), prefer Active Sync it works on any OS

4. battery drain for WM is about 5% overnight with the 2 Android builds it was close to 60%, simply unacceptable.

5. flipping only 1h2m on the darn clock every time you look at it, Android starts from 12:00 and goes to 23:59 that drives me crazy

6. versions of Android that are out seem to be too unstable for my taste and the last one completely crashed my HD2 and had to reinstall radio and rom and had a hard time doing it. Now I am back to stock radio/rom of WM6.5 until everything on an Android build is stable.

On the other hand

1. locking out WAP was easier on Android

2. miss the digital clocks of Android

3. setup was easier on Android

4. the message balloons were easier to see
[Windows Phone 7 General] badboy70:
Hey,

I have an HD7 and i'm trying to get directions to some place, but I can't find how to do it.

I looked at some videos which clearly had directions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Uw5gwPbaM (2:29)

If I got to a plce, I just get the about screen with the adress but nothing more.

If I hit the search button (on-screen) I get redirected to the normal bnig search as if I would've pressed the hardware button.

*webcam shots*

Is his functionality disabled in Belgium or so?

Are there any free alternatives because this is pretty lame if I have a phone with gps that can't even navigate to some place starting from where I'm standing.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tom Servo:
There's no navigation yet. Has been rumored to come with the January update, tho.

But even if it comes with that, I doubt it'll work in Belgium from the get-go. Took Google also quite a while.
[Windows Phone 7 General] badboy70:
But I can't even ask for directions (without voice).

At 3:40 in the clip he has the ability to enter a start and end, I can't even dor that.

I find that pretty weak.

Is there a Google Maps application? because I can't find it in the marketplace.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jaspaworks:
I'm in the Netherlands and was also dealing with this issue for some time.

There is one "solution" though.

Go to settings -> region & language. Set the Browser & search language to a supported country (e.g. English (United States)).

Voila, directions and search will appear in Bing Maps.
[Windows Phone 7 General] badboy70:
Nice, that did the trick
[Desire General] @MARK:
So it's the end of the year and I have a week or so off work with time on my hands.

I have a stock Desire, unbranded and not rooted. Yes it is running 2.2 but beyond that it is as it shipped.

So over the last few weeks I have started to note the low disk warning every now and then. Some of this driven by bad mailbox management on my part as I sync with Exchange and the Desire stores all email and contacts in the system memory and not on the SD card. In addition, large applications such as Swype don't help and only certain apps will actually install to SD

I can't help thinking that as I install and then uninstall applications, all the memory is not recovered.

So I have a few options.

1. Wipe everything and start again. This is easy to do and gives me a nice clean install for the new year

2. Root and then try and force further apps to SD (but this does not get around the mail storage)

3. Flash a different ROM. Some of these appear to give me better memory management.

Now this is my work phone so any ROM would have to be 100% stable. I do not have time these days to "fiddle" with settings each time I try and do something with my phone.

So any thoughts?

Which of these options would you take and why?
[Desire General] emirhan87:
If it's your work phone then I suggest you to root it and flash it with a custom ROM which supports ext partitions. If you think you can't survive without HTC Sense then flash LeeDroid. For native android interface I recommend DeFroST 6.1 (but not 6.1a)

I've never used LeeDroid but heard that it is stable. I've been using DeFroST for weeks and never ever had a problem.

With ext2 partition support, you can install all of your apps to an ext partition on your sd card, which the phone sees as it's native memory. You'll never ever run out of free space. :)

Rooting is harmless if you do it carefully. So be careful. :)
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Personally, I'd just do a hard reset of the phone and start again only installing the apps you know you're going to use and try and keep it free from clutter. If it's been fine as it is then there may not be any need to change it.

Otherwise I'd look at Teppic's rooted stock ROM. You can add things like A2SD+ so you can install more apps but other than that it'll be as it currently is so nothing more to get used to.

Alternatively it might be worth looking at something different - either an AOSP ROM or MIUI. I know a lot of people don't like it but, for me, it's the best ROM I've used - and I never thought I'd like it!! It's quick, stable and has a wow factor I've not experienced since first using Sense
[Desire General] @MARK:
Interesting

So I tried option 1 first to see how things went.

I have now reinstalled ALL the applications I had before (thanks to Appbrain) plus the 10MB Flash 10.1 update that I had been avoiding due to space problems.

I have resynced all mail and am back to where I was earlier today.

But

I now have 47MB free storage on the phone compared to 13MB (and remember I could not install the Flash update).

So it does look like Android doesn't clear up after itself (just like Windows). Perhaps somebody should develop an app for that :rolleyes:

I am also seeing the phone is a lot more responsive and snappy.

So a wipe and reinstall every few months looks to be the way forward for now.

Thanks
[Desire General] MasDroid:
+1 for MIUI, great rom.
[Desire General] BodenM:
Try CacheMate for Root Users Free to clear the cache and free up some of our tiny internal memory. SRSLY HTC? You give us a top-shelf phone, with less than 200MB of internal storage, and a 2GB microSD card. At least mine came with a 2GB card, what did yours come with?
[Desire General] ste1164:
I have also tried MIUI and I thought I wouldn't like it also but after using it a while I love it. It's a fantastic rom.
[Desire General] PulpzillA:
Having the exact same problem as the OP don't know why space keeps disappearing. my exchange account seems to store every single email instead of deleting them after 5 days like i have set it to?!? Also when apps are deleted the space isn't recovered. might have to do a fresh install again. As i havent wiped anything since the last OTA that i got, maybe that is causing the problems.
[Desire General] @MARK:
To be honest I don't think Exchange is to blame here.

I have mine set to sync all emails (but not attachments). My inbox currently sits at around 500 mails (one of my jobs over Xmas to sort) which equates to about 15MB on the Desire.

I think it is various applications that don't uninstall themselves properly.
[Desire General] PulpzillA:
Bit annoying this happens. as i have about 15mb free and it won't let me install anymore apps! Might consider rooting...get a HD ROM :P only thing holding me back is voiding the warranty as i only got this phone in october.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
What ROM are you running at present? If you're unbranded (or even on the Vodafone ROM) the RUU is available to go back to stock if you ever need to

Current unbranded is 2.29.405.5, current Vodafone is 2.33.161.2
[Desire General] PulpzillA:
Yeah running the latest Vodafone ROM. got an OTA update a few weeks back. Might root over xmas when i have some free time. I did it before with my Hero. But i think the procedure is different on the Desire (and too me looks more difficult lol)
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Here's the Vodafone 2.33.161.2 RUU, keep it safe as you can go back to stock if ever needed:

http://www.multiupload.com/K0FR1OK301

Otherwise root ahead and see what's about! :D
[Desire General] PulpzillA:
Thank you very much!! looks like my xmas present this year is a desire with an HD ROM ;)
[Desire General] EddyOS:
I've used the RCMixHD ROM and found it great so I recommend that one :)
[Desire General] godutch:
Leedroid's rom has been rock stable and fast for me, I just tried the Z rom by robocik(almost similar I guess to his rcmixhd) and found it lagging ang crashy at times (though I did use a titanium backup although not recommended)

leedroids will work for sure and is save to use if your phone in important to you, robocik's next sense roms are fun to tinker with and good for day to day usage but not mission critical stuff, leedroid's is
[Desire General] philips1992:
Root phone and ues apps to SD,which is the reason why I like android!

We can enjoy the rise and fall in flash rom..

Of crouse,you can choose a stable rom to use rather than frequently flashing.

CM6,Oxygen,and MINI can satisfy your taste.Using backup software can reserve the settings,so you do not have to worry about it.

Whatever,using apps to SD and intall apps as many as you want to.