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[Milestone XT720 General] spiderx_mm:
1. XT720 will not get official 2.2 update. Motoroi (Korean XT720) already got the update on Christmas Eve and developers are trying to port it to other XT720 phones, but they're still having some issues with proximity sensor, gravity sensor and touch sensitive button LED lights. 3G connection is also still not working.

2. Even in 2.1 update 1, we can overclock the phone (up to 1.2 GHz), install App2SD to move your apps to SD card and have some tweaks to make the phone running a lot better than original stock.

3. Unfortunately, you'll have to charge your phone daily (same as other touch-screen phones larger than 3.5" screen). My best record is 40 hours continuously running without charging. can't go over that.

4. After a few tweaks, the phone is better than Nexus One (according to the benchmarks also). But the HD video recording sucks. (HDMI output is also just for show. can't get it to work nicely). 8MP camera is just on per with other 5MP cameras. Xenon Flash rocks when it's dark, but it kills you with the lagging time and battery life.

Apart from the things mentioned in 4, I love my phone. I've been using this for 6 months already and still thinking to keep it for at least another 6 months before getting a new one even I can't get 2.2 update on the phone. (Throw that BB away. It's Stone Age's phone). :D

Hope you get your answer. :) pls feel free to ask anything u want to know.
[Milestone XT720 General] vsviridov:
Love it. Although my previous phone was a WinMo phone, so anything better will seem like heaven.

@spiderx_mm's points are all true, however it's not that much of a big deal for me. I guess I'll root mine eventually, but only to get rid of stock apps I do not use to get me some space.
[Milestone XT720 General] jebise101:
well my main concern is the lag, if we can make the lag go away altogether i can see myself using the phone. Using a 3rd party app to get apps on the SD card is no big deal as long as it works for any/all apps. Hopefully users can convince Moto to get of there ass and support there devices so we get a official 2.2 update, that way we get some major speed increase, flash and apps on SD officially.

Coming from a O2 which i had to tweak the hell out of and still have slow response crashes and reboots, it start to get annoying and i don't want on that boat again. I ended up having to disable everything just so i can use it regularly. This is something i never had to do with the BB and is 1000x better then winmo so i really hope thats not a issue with this phone due to the low RAM.

I dumped the O2 and went BB was coz of the lack of RAM no matter what i did i could not get more then 2 apps working or they just started randomly closing on me.

1.) If clocked to 1GHz dose the phone heat up?

2.) How much RAM do you have after 2-3 days of usage without a reboot or it dieing?

3.) Is it sluggish at all after the overclock? i can see it lag a bit, but can't deal with it crashing (Samsung Omnia 2)?

4.) What about if you add a live wallpaper and some cool apps that are resource hungry? (just wanna know how much it can handle)

5.) How is browsing websites on the phone? dose it start to hang the phone lag/crash?

On a regular day i wanna be able to do the following at the same time; surf the web while listing to music, be on MSN and taking calls/SMS/emailsand facebook/twitter and youtube etc. This is what i do with my BB always have MSN running and music playing and usually have the browser open and emails coming in etc check facebook go on youtube links etc I use the BB to the max and got pretty used to it and can't go back to using 2 apps at a time like i had to with the O2.

Even if i can be browsing the web and listing to music and be on MSN and take calls/sms/emails without it hanging, lagging. I could try to live with it, even the BB lags a bit but maybe like 20seconds or so very rarely i have to do a battery pull. But that was a daily thing with the O2.

With the O2 i could not listen to music and surf the web at the same time, if i had HTC Sense running forget even running the browser without getting the low memory message and this is with a stripped down light ROM. I really don't wanna be on that train REALLY REALLY DONT.

As you can see how much i have suffered coz of winmo and hoping this phone is better.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
Dude!...

You'll not believe this, but this little toy from Motorora beats the Galaxy S, yes you heard me right, and no, i'm not joking.

If you go over to the I9000 section of the forum, you know Galaxy S is like bread & water, but when you put the 2 together, it beats the SGS hands on 2.1 eclair.

it has got App2SD or App2Card, it can be safely OC to 1 Ghz, stock is 720 Mhz

the screen is smoooooooooth sailing, not laggy like the SGS, GPS is perfect!

SGS GPS works, but it can be better

XT720 battery last a day+ on a single charge even when OCed

8 MP camera, dedicated camera buttons

HDMI output man! HDMI! not even the SGS has that.

you can throw in a 16 GB or 32 GB microSD, it comes out of the box with a 8 GB microSD

3G is really fast on Wind Mobile

Tons of hacks, all well brewed to perfection.

the machine is rock solid and stable... unlike the SGS

Everyone at work were impressed with the XT720 demo, they were not as impressed when the SGS were demoed, due the minor lags.

I was originally in FIDO, but the $40 plan was too sweet to pass over.

You'll not go wrong with the XT720

your next best bet if you really don't pick this one up, are the:

Tmobile Nexus S i9020

Tmobile Galaxy S Vibrant SGH-T959
[Milestone XT720 General] applebook:
Once custom ROMs (obviously, not a custom kernel) get released on the XT702 like on the international Milestone, you won't even need to overclock it for good speeds and lag-free GUI. Even the Droid 2 with its 1GHz OMAP chip can lag with the stock ROM.

The Galaxy S would have been the best phone ever made if Samsung had used a traditional RGB subpixel system instead of terrible pentile matrix (missing 33% subpixels, awfully inaccurate colors). IF you can live with the Galaxy S' pentile matrix display (and that is a big IF) while reading small text, then consider the T-Mobile version mentioned by AllGamer.
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
i can play movie even mkv 480p smooth without lag..hd games also superb...::D

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[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
my same fun & joyful experience as khalpowers
[Milestone XT720 General] Beako:
Your phone isn't smooth in either of your videos (Maybe just a TINY bit in the MIUI transitions video). That's my major problem with the XT720. I've used my sister's Galaxy S and it's nearly as smooth as an iPhone 4. I would only recommend the XT720 to someone who does not mind that you cannot customize the ROM. Angry Birds doesn't even run at full speed compared to the one on my old iPod Touch.
[Milestone XT720 General] jebise101:
I ended up getting the nokia 5230 and giving it to my dad, will be getting the SGS for myself. The 2.2 upgrade was a total let down plus no custom ROM's or tweaks kida pushed me off and i never like Moto :p. SGS has its problems but i think i can live with that because of 2.2 and also up coming 2.3.

just finding that custom ROM is all i will need, if the XT can be OC'ed then maybe the SGS can also. Why would you guys recommend the tmobile version versus the bell version? are they not the same thing minus the antenna's and design?

Getting the Nexus S android 2.3 ported to the SGS was a huge factor for me, as that just says to me once we get this port perfected then anything google releases for the Nexus S can easily be ported to the SGS and no stupid Samsung bloatware. I would only get the Nexus S because of android 2.3 (its gonna come for the SGS officially and even if it doesn't we will have the Nexus port) and the LED flash. Other than that the devices are the same from what i have seen.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
if you were looking to get the XT720

you would have noticed it runs on 1700/2100

Bell runs on 850/1900

the Tmobile version runs on 1700/2100
[Milestone XT720 General] trajano:
I probably would recommend the same thing. Though I have one odd use case that most people do not have and that is "wifi" tethering (after rooting)for those times when I need to connect another device to access the Internet. e.g. laptop, PSP, iPod etc.

The phone itself is a bit overpriced for just that one feature though. However, since I recently lost my iPod touch, this would act as a replacement for it.

So far the relationship I have with the phone (got it on Dec 14) can be described as "I hate it, but my life will not be fun without it"

However, I if I still had my iPod, I may get Alcatel Tribe just because it is cheaper.
[Milestone XT720 General] jebise101:
I know WIND/T-Mobile run on the same bands and Bell/Verizon i think are the same bands and Rogers/AT&T are same bands.

I'm stuck with a 3 year contract with bell and that was why i was thinking of switching to WIND's miracle plan and giving my dad my bell contract. But that not what ended up happening, i stayed with my bell contract and got dad a nokia with the $25 which meant i could in the end get the SGS i wanted since it came out in june.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
that's exactly what i did, i switched over to WIND

those plans were AMAZING!!!! (enjoying every minute of it :D ) unfortunately the lats day to get it was last year 12/31

no more worries about calling long distance

no more worries about sending SMS to international numbers

no more worries about data limit

no more worries about anything.... all feature, all unlimited, ALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!! muahahahahahaha!!!!!

never been happier switching providers
[Milestone XT720 General] vsviridov:
Wind's plans are awesome, but the coverage is somewhat ****ty still. Just gotta wait until they put more towers out there. Now that there's Mobilicity in town (they seem to use AWS2100 as well) that's only a matter of time.
[Milestone XT720 General] Reedddd:
Hi,

im planing to buy the Xt720 soon, but my question is wether it runs somewhat smooth or is it lagging sometimes, because there were mixed replies in some other thread.

And when i OC the milestone xt720 and maybe put the Froyo JIT thing on it, how would it be in terms of speed in comparison to the HTC Desire?

Is it a huge drawback that the phone cant be updated to 2.2 yet? I mean except for performance it doesn't change that much right?

Overall would you suggest the phone to me or is there a better alternative in this pricerange?

And my last question is, when i root my phone is the chance for real higher that it gets a defect or are these warnings pretty much meanless?

Thanks in advance
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
when clocked at 1000, you wont even know the difference to when HTC Desire was on 2.1

if you remember how it was for the Desire to run 2.1, then that's how it feels on this phone

we're working towards porting a 2.2 to work on our phone, it'll be a matter of time before we get it
[Milestone XT720 General] Reedddd:
Ok thank you thats great to hear.

But when i overclock my phone to 1GH will there be issues with the phone, i mean will it stop functioning earlier when overclocked that much or doesn't it matter at all?

In Terms of speed, even when not overclocked the motorola milestone xt720 is faster/less laggy then the samsung galaxy 3 i5800 right? Because i saw a video where the xt720 was lagging and galaxy 3 wasnt.

Sorry for my bad english im german

Thanks in Advance
[Milestone XT720 General] Enricosteph:
Hy i´m verry Happy with this Device....i´ve not Modified anything....only installed Updates and some Apps and everything is fine.....i´ve bid it from Ebay as New for 186 €....so for me its the Best Phone i´ve ever bought and it was very cheap.....

I´m an old WinMo Fanboy but now with Android its the best i ever used.....fast,easy to customize and easy to Use......

Sorry for my poor English.....:rolleyes:
[Milestone XT720 General] ashwinjain:
Loving the phone

I am using it for little more than a month and totally loving it..
[Milestone XT720 General] ksizzle9:
Whoever keeps bragging on the galaxy phones STFU! I have 2 us variants and they both blow balls. I liked my Droid / milestone 1 better....
[Desire Themes and Apps] brummer101:
Unfortunately I cannot seem to find the Analog Clock Collection in the market (QR Codes, AppBrain don't work), even with Market Enabler.

Could anyone please post the .apk?

Many thanks. :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] LuffyPSP:
same. i need it too. i wonder why it got removed.
[Desire Themes and Apps] brummer101:
Found it. :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] LuffyPSP:
thanks mate!
[Blade Themes and Apps] harry_m:
The "portable hotspot" feature _seems_ to be missing on Softbanks 003Z (a branded ZTE Blade running Android 2.2) - at least it is missing in "settings".

How to get it to work:

Go to android-market and download a widget named "Hotspot Widget" (by Harald Müller)...

Put the widget on one of your homescreens and you are able to enable/disable (and configure) the "Hotspot Feature"!

ROOT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS!

It will work on (unrooted) STOCK-roms!

Happy tethering! :)

Video which shows the widget in action on a LG Optimus S:

Youtube - Hotspot Widget
[Blade Themes and Apps] ephumuris:
That's crazy....i just tried usb tether in extended controls and it still works...so it is there!
[Blade Themes and Apps] Swedroidman:
Thanks much appreciated!
[Captivate General] WandererTJ:
I already have Froyo 2.2, I'm not trying to get it through KIES because I know it is not possible because while I had 2.1 which I got at Christmas, I finally managed to get Kies to work w/ Kies v1.5.3.10092_2 while I had Android 2.1 on my phone.

My problem is that now that I've updated to Android 2.2, I again get this terrible message:

"The Device is not Supported by Kies"

Computer Info:

Windows XP SP3

Device info:

Firmware version: 2.2 (Flashed through Odin)

Baseband version: I897UCJI6

Kernel version: 2.6.32.9

Build #: FROYO.UCJI6

and I am rooted, by which I did through this 1-Click Root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

I know that there is a update to Kies, since I had it but had to downgrade to the version I have so that it would work with Android 2.1, but I just dont know if updating it would make it work with my Flashed and Rooted 2.2 Captivate

Is there better software for my PC out there that will work for my phone? Or is there a way to get Kies to work with 2.2? I want to be able to back up and edit my contacts, and be able to save all my messages. These two things are highly important to me.

Being someone that has come from using Motorola Phone Tools, I already hate trying to get computer software to work with my phone, so any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
[Captivate General] kegobeer:
Why do you bother with Kies? US models don't support Kies, and Kies Mini is only used to flash an official ROM. There are much better apps out there if you use Kies to copy contacts, email, music, etc.
[Captivate General] WandererTJ:
First off, I did get Kies(full) to work while I had 2.1 on my phone. And I do have a US model.

What kind of apps are suggested?

And are there any computer programs besides Kies that work with my Captivate and run on XP?

Again, I'm looking for things that will allow me to

1) Transfer my texts/conversations from my phone to my computer

2) Allow me to both transfer my contacts from my phone and allow me to edit them and send them back to the phone (or just edit the ones that are already on the phone and then save them to the computer).

The reason why I want Kies to work is because it does those things. If there is something better that gives me an interface on my computer to work with itd be great, but I don't know of any, which is why I asked on these forums.

Thanks in advance :)
[Captivate General] jc2470:
install one of the usb driver bundles, I updated kies and after it wouldnt recognize my phone anymore had to redo drivers.
[Captivate General] WandererTJ:
Was your captivate flashed to 2.2 and Rooted?

I'm trying to make sure that it isnt why I'm having problems

EDIT: After updating to the latest version of Kies and reinstalling all the drivers and everything, it still would not recognize my device.
[Captivate General] jmesidor:
hi I did you get kies to work with captivate 2.1 I have being trying since last october no luck I try everything maybe I have the worng kies or driver can you post all the linke that I need thanks
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
Contacts can be backed up through either at&t or through google. Not sure if you can access them online.

Sms backup is what I use. It backs up all your sms to your gmail so you can access it on any computer
[Captivate General] jc2470:
you have to use certain drivers for it to work on kies dunno what difference is but i have like 4 different usb driver sets and i dont remember which worked or what i got it from. I d/l 2 off of here I know and I dont think its the one with the odin 1 click to stock. It might be the ones from the samsung site. try rolling back the drivers.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] sthrnfat:
The Ipad has a great productivity app called Penultimate that allows you to make handwritten notes and sketches and store them in notebooks for later reference. You can also take quick snapshots of the notes and sketches and send them in emails.

See cocoabox.com for info.

Anyone know of a similar app for android? I especially like the notebook feature where you can create notebooks and add items to those notebooks over time.

Love the G-tab!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] ssmithri:
The closest app I have found is Sketchbook mobile... but is more of a drawing program than note taking.

Haven't found a true replacement yet...
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] dmm5157:
I've been searching for notes apps, but have been failing miserably.

Looks like Phatware made an app for Android called WRITE PAD, but looks like it isn't that great.

I started using FlextT9, which is a keyboard replacement that has tap, slide, voice, and handwriting style keyboard, which is great. Still tough to take notes quickly with it, though.

I've been looking for an app like the you described, or NOTE PLUS, which is for the iPad. It looks like it's EXACTLY what I need, but nothing like it is out for Android yet.

http://notesplusapp.com/about/version-2-2-screenshot

I hope once the Motorola Xoom, and the slew of other tablets drop in the coming months, we'll see a boom in tablet optimized note taking apps. I have my fingers crossed.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] DireMerlin:
yea its kinda disappointing how little note taking apps there are for android - if you guys know of any please post their names here at least,

once that htc tablet comes out that also uses a pen - i hope note taking apps become more popular, love the g-tab so far (except the sleep of death problem) but the htc tablet was what i was looking for, so hope it gets some good apps behind it

like just trying to keep score for dominoes is hard to do on the android - had to use office to go excel to do it

- as always thanks -
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] dmm5157:
I agree, it's very disappointing.

Right now, I'm using a combination of Note Everything and Genial Writing for my hand written notes. Genial writing ALMOST does what I want it to do, but it lacks the ability to draw pictures mixed in with the hand writing notes, as it lines up your text. It's ALMOST passable ... almost.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] mistergreentree:
I use Genial writing with evernote and like that so far. I just share the written note to evernote.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] debs_basu:
I am developing a penultimate like app for android. I need users to try it out before I send it out to market. please pm me if you can help me fix the bugs, improve it.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] tjrhine:
Check out TabNotes. It's the closest I've found so far.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] aznsrdabest:
Maplepaint
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] ubergeek4l:
Have you tried "Note Everything"
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] goodintentions:
How do I convert my notes to pdf for printing?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] smishra:
Another program that I am starting to like is Handrite. It gives you the ability to freehand draw and write but lacks the ability to categorize and tag.

I also like that you can type your headings and then write below.

Definitely worth a look.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] debs_basu:
Check out "PenSupremacy" It is a Penultimate clone.

It can convert your notes to PDF and send them through email,

and can share with other apps like evernote, facebook...
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] raphenucleus:
PenSupremacy is a very nice app. I downloaded it from the Market last night. It's certainly the best handwritten note taking app I've tried so far on the gtab and I've tried all of the other ones listed in this post. My only complaint is that I don't think the gtab's screen is sensitive or responsive enough (even with a stylus) to make it a true replacement for pen and paper when notes have to be taken quickly as in class or in a meeting. But it's only 99 cents and this is probably as close as you're gonna get to penultimate.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] EricFra:
Try to use TabNotes.

I developed this app taking best of IPad app like Notes Taker HD or Penultimate.

There's a free trial version with all the features you can find in the full version (only limited number of pages and restrictive choice of papers).

I will be glad to hear about your feedback regarding it.

Eric
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] sdesocio:
Sorry but so far everything has been a real dud. Nothing is optimized for honeycomb that looks even half way decent. Someone please make something.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] cottinghamm:
Agree, I can't find anything that come close to working as a handwriting tool, I know I have a cheap stylus but I need to be able to rest my hand on the screen & then write, none of the apps seem to cope with this.

I am prepared to pay for a decent app, $0.99 is throw away money, if someone can actually come up with a decent app (like Penultimate or Bamboo Paper (Wacom)) then I will go for it.

Right now I feel a bit sad that I can't write on my EeePad.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] goodintentions:
Uh... memo, the ipad can't account for your hand resting on the screen either.

Do what ipad artists have been doing all this time and wear a glove.

Pensupremacy and tabnotes are great apps. I tested them out last night and wow they were great!

Bought them both, btw.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] opnsrcaddict:
There are a few apps on the iPad that attempt palm detection so you can rest your hand on the screen while using a stylus. See the end of the video on this page:

http://notesplusapp.com/

Integrating this sort of detection would greatly increase the usability of these apps.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] phinphan:
Notetaker HD and Penultimate both have very effective palm rejection.
[Droid 2 General] dstortz:
Hello Everyone,

I am wondering if this is possible. I have recently changed my rom to Gummy's and i love it to death, my battery life and the speed of my phone are amazing.

The only thing that i am finding it hard to live with out is 1 part of blur, the Messaging Part. I loved having all of my texts and emails go into a "Universal Inbox".

Is there anyway that this can be added into a rom that doesnt use anything else with blur.

thank you in advance.

Darren
[Droid 2 General] bladearronwey:
To add anything blur back in requires a whole lot of blur based dependencies to be added back into the ROM. It more than likely would not work with gummyjar without reworking a large portion of the ROM to re-include all the proper blur dependencies. If you absolutely need it, you could try something like squidly's ROM, I also hear that Ang is pushing out some new builds of Fused, which are AOSP-like with many of the blur features left in (as opposed to Fission, where it's AOSP-like with as much/all blur as possible removed)
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
I have used squidly and loved it to death. Super fast and smooth, and just the right amount of blur in it. The only reason I use fission (which is also and awesome rom) is that squidly doesn't seem to update a lot.