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[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
have you tried asking them on twitter? @windowsphonesupport. they tend to respond pretty reasonably, and maybe they can answer you better than any of us. i only say this cause your posts are very fowl at present, and i understand your frustration, but we don't need it continuously here. we are all trying to help, but you need answers from the source.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
I listen to the wp7 podcasts and bing was discussed recently. They said that they will release updates for new countries as they are finished but that they will not release them until they think they are ready. No timetable was given for it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] waxfresh:
I won a Trophy last week and "investigated" it yesterday.. had to search an adress so i opened Bing Maps and yeah.. Search or route is not supported in Austria!

Had to change my country and region to germany to get it to work, this is too f***ing ridiculous!

how can they mess up those basic features..
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
It's absolutely annoying my post here was removed.

Looks like XDA starts to pretend WP7 fanboys Police?!

Anyway I repeat, their business model starts to be ridiculous.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
it's not the "fanboyism" but it's more the language used.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mktos:
@doministry:

There is one thing you should have in mind - WP7 is not officially suported in Poland. Yeah, you can buy, as one carrier (or two?) are selling phones and about two phone makers (LG and HTC?), via big electronic shops are selling their devices, but WP7 shouldn't be avaliable. Microsoft planned this WP7 "release" for a few coutries (US, UK, Canada, Australia...), rest of the world needs to wait.

It's why Bing Maps aren't working (not ready for this market), there is no Marketplace (remember Xbox LIVE issues?), no Polish language, no Polish keyboard etc. (target market!).

What doesn't change Bing Maps sucks in Poland by now, and there is no alternative yet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
That's why it's sick they sell it here OFFICIALLY.

And it's official, on their Website.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gom99:
Why are you yelling at MS though, shouldn't you be yelling at Google? Unless you want MS to make a google app, I don't see what your rage of MS is. I'm sure it's not their choice to not have the data for poland, they just haven't gotten to it yet.

I'd be surprised if there wasn't a google maps app in a few months.
[Windows Phone 7 General] 937dytboi:
Yes Bingmaps does absolutely suck even in the US, for me at least
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Eerrm, what? Microsoft implementation is crap in many regards. Their native, advertised app is not giving basic functionality, it's their fault.
[Windows Phone 7 General] stringray:
The current Maps app was made by the Windows Phone guys and indeed not that good. The Bing Team will come with a new app made by themselves, which should be better.

That said, the current Maps app works pretty well if your country is officially supported AND your phone's locale settings are correct. As far as I know Poland isn't one of the launching countries for WP7. I may be that WP7 devices are officially sold there, but Microsoft didn't launch the accompanying services there. We've got the same situation in The Netherlands.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mmelo76:
Cleaned Thread!
[Windows Phone 7 General] condorx:
Unfortunately no, Bing is terrible in Europe, even in WP7 launch countries like France or Italy.

The street databases are old and local search for banks/bars/restaurants etc. is not available (you can turn it on with a tweak, but again databases are old or incomplete, with a lot of points of interest missing and no reviews).

Hope they fix Bing soon, it's an important part of the "windows phone experience".

Honestly, I think Microsoft is making a huge mistake: it's fine not everything's ready for prime time, I can accept that, but they're being totally unresponsive. A lot of people are complaining on the official support pages, and none tries to address those complaints and concerns. A rough time schedule would be enough to keep customers happy.
[Windows Phone 7 General] neoxphuse:
I agree, Bing Maps is useless for anybody that is not the US. I live in Canada, and typing a street name such as "Roberts Avenue", rather than look at the street about 5 mins away from my location, it goes to somewhere in Wisconsin. WTF.

Now I just type the street name followed by city. But this is useless. It should automatically goto the closest street name to your location. This is a huge oversight in Bing.

Microsoft needs to get it together sometimes I think. I think we need Bill Gates back sometimes. At least **** got done.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
A decent upgrade roadmap would help too.

If I "dream" of all the inbuilt WP features working properly I see perfect platform.

But when?
[Windows Phone 7 General] stringray:
Really? I thought that they fixed that for the launching countries. Apparently they didn't do that. Very bad!

I sometimes use Bing through a USA VPN connection and for USA stuff it works very fine. But using Bing in The Netherlands, where I live, is indeed terrible. It doesn't even recognize an address. Also it doesn't recognize businesses.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cmacmd:
Here in south Spain, in a city of 50.000 habitants it works very well (but in front of Google Maps it is ridiculous), but i went to a trip in Norway, in there, it was just a epic FAIL the maps resolution
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Indeed, Bing Maps is a terrible software and I am surprised Microsoft dare proposing such a bad app to their European customers.

I am in France, a launching country, and it is a shame.

It is so bad that I gave up using it to find any address....
[Windows Phone 7 General] kabumm:
For me Bing Maps works pretty well.

It found any adress in Germany i typed in. Even streets in villages. Only house numbers arent THAT correct, but that's what Google Maps can't do right in Germany too.

But not beeing able to search for restaurants etc just sucks.

For now i use GoogleSearch-App for that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Ok besides Bing search is crippled in my country.

But it should be able to locate me, yes or no?

I click "me" button in maps but it's only searching....
[Windows Phone 7 General] sammy_user:
Hello, I dont have a WP7 and maybe my question is stupid but what happens when you browse to google maps website from the browser?
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Apparently I already wrote about it - Google Maps work great in IE browser.

My question is about location feature.

Please anybody tell me if location is also screwed with not fully functional maps.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Marvin_S:
It found the adresses I tried in Holland fine, I did had to set my settings all to american and type in adresses like this "street number city" or "street number, city". If you turn location service off you probably have to add street "number, city, netherlands" behind it.

Though no buisnesses etc. and yeah its very basic and outdated compared to google maps. Even the pc version is quite crap :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
And the maps used by Bing are so old....

In my city maps are almost 5 year old and totally do not reflect the current streets.

Does anybody know why Google Maps is not coming to WP7 ??? :confused: Could it be Microsoft blocking it ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] slighmd:
and bing only shows 4-5 roads in my city, compared to google's maps:

BING

GOOGLE

notice the HUGE difference

they should take bing maps out if it doesn't support the particular country, or at least put in an option to change it with something more useful
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jefis:
Nice pictures :).

You can easily develop your own map applications. Probably in near future we will see official google maps application.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Can anybody answer my question?

I want to know if my phone should be able to locate me if I use it in "unsupported" country or not.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Location works perfectly fine here.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Great. What country?

And do you have your phone set to UK?

I also wonder if cloudy weather matters here.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Marvin_S:
Try to use a gps program, there are some free developer test samples. Which will supply you with your current gps coordinates and track you on the map (bing maps) try just to walk :) and if the coordinates dont change at all or the speed indication, than it can be a gps problem!

Becaus I believe all the locate me function does is just getting the gps coordinates and put these with a marker on the map and center the map around it. It should be able to find you even if you on the northpole, however if there is no map data your just a circle on a blank screen. So the developer things give you gps coordinates which you can type in ito google maps and see if the gps is accurate and functions.

Try compiling the gps sample app on msdn for wp7
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Russia. A market as unsupported as it gets.

No, it's set to US - I'm faking things anyway, why not go for the real thing? Live, Zune, XBL - all US accounts, locale is US etc. I did it before WP7, for Zune Pass primarily. But even without it I prefer to set my location to the US in most services and programs (even Windows), that's the only way to make sure you get everything.

It's annoying as hell when they limit features based on location, but Microsoft isn't the only company that does it.

Clouds do negatively affect GPS reception (to the point where your receiver may fail to determine location if you haven't used it earlier), but the phones have AGPS and can use cellular triangulation and Wi-Fi if GPS isn't available, so it's strange that it doesn't work at all for you. I first tried it indoors, and Bing knew exactly where my Wi-Fi router was located. :eek:
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
****. Nothing here. My system is set to UK and nothing.

I wait for 10 minutes and nothing. It shows the map but no location.

Of course it's ON in settings.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
Have you tried rebooting the phone? or changing the setting to OFF, reboot, then back to ON?

I've seen similar issues on some HTC phones, but doing the above seems to have sorted it. Never had any problem on my Omnia7's though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Just turned off, rebooted, turned on again. Nothing. 10 minutes of ****ing searching.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
I guess the key takeaway is: don't ever buy another phone from LG. Even if it has WP7 on it. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] jan123456789012:
Dont be racist for lg! Only for microsoft!
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I don't really think it's LG problem.

Rather poor Maps implementation.

I must investigate this further though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Just checked with my other phone with a good GPS.

Cloudy, no way to find satelites...
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
You aren't trying it indoors, are you?
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Yes I'm trying indoors + cloudy weather.

My other phone which has a very nice GPS and no usual problems with finding position cannot find it either. That must be a reason.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vista1984:
bing map in New york

cons:

no navigation

no public transportation info

no stores and other places location..
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
GPS units need a line of sight to the satellites. if you're indoors, you won't ever get a GPS lock unless right near a window and extremely lucky to have multiple satellites within viewing angle to the window.

if it doesn't even give you a general location using aGPS, i would say you have a faulty device. what happens normally, even if you're inside, is that aGPS would kick in and you would get an approximate location with a large circle on the map... then the GPS would kick in and narrow it down if possible. if this is not happening at all, and your location settings is turned on, then it's most likely the GPS unit in the phone is stuffed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I only see "Searching..." above and nothing changes.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
so clicking on "me" it doesn't float off to a diamond with a circle in it?

just to confirm for me, under phone, settings > system > location... you have it on?

if the first is no and the second is yes, i would say that you have a faulty phone and would suggest getting a replacement.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
FINALLY works!

It was probably weather coincidence.

Yes now I have the diamond...

Apparently the phone - at least sometimes - doesn't locate me if GPS can't find satelites. I mean location based on antennas doesn't always work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
good that it's working.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Yes it is great to know that it's not faulty handset :)
[General Questions and Answers] jflassche:
Hi everyone,

I'm using the stock browser on DocRom 7.1.1 with Hardcore 12i 500 kernel.

When using the stock browser and google (.com, .nl, no difference) trying to open a search result 'causes the browser to lag/ wait forever. This only happens using the phone network and doesn't occur when using Wifi.

Firefox doesn't have this issue so my guess is it's either a bug or some obscure setting I haven't figured out.

Is anyone having the same issue or am I missing something obvious?

Sincerely yours,

Jeroen.

[update]

Problem disappeared after updating kernel. However, I've had this problem before running another kernel. Oh well, it's gone! ;-)
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Bobaboo:
I know there is a new AOSP Rom for Fascinate, and I really like how the round eclair lock screen looks compared to the Froyo lock screen. How would I go installing just the eclair lock screen from the AOSP Rom, or through some other way if necessary.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] RacerXFD:
There is screen locker, and you could pull the file out of the zip and push it to your phone and restart.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] tapout27:
I just ended up using widget locker to enable the standard Android slider lockscreen...works perfectly
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Bobaboo:
Thanks, I started using widget locker but ended up switched to the Droid X... my ROM (Gummy Jar 2.5) has the rotary lock as an option :P Widget Locker's nice for customization options.
[Android Software Development] misterade:
Hello, this is my first post on xda-developers :)

I wish to retrive che CA certificate and the USER certificate installed on the device from my App.

Can anyone help me?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megaearth77:
Hi, I am new this forum and new to using a smart phone, I have my vibrant(used) for about a week now. I try to unlock it for ATT. I read through several dozens threads on this forum about unlocking the vibrant phone. I got all the necessary software install on to the pc(atleast i think so) such as sdk, java,adb, generate unlock window, etc, i also install root and superuser on to the phone. THE PROBLEM IS my orginal IMEI has change after using some unknown unlock software to unlock the phone, it ended up changing my IMEI, it stated my IMEI was change after it was done (now i learn my lesson of not to use untrusted software for phone). I try to do a factory data reset which didn't work.

How do I copy my backup efs folder into my vibrant efs folder?

I try to mv it through adb shell but it stated "read only", show how do move/copy/write my original efs folder files in to the one on the phone ?

And the reason I used a unknown unlock software is because all your methods on the forum did not work for me. Generate unlock window did not work for me, and I try one of the other users method of copying bml3 files and execute it with sgux on window cmd, but I had problem with copying bml3. It stated read only.

Can anyone help me with the command to be able to write my backup efs folder in to the phone efs folder? And help me unlock it too?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Check over in captivate development forum. Good threads there on restoring /efs files.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] OCEP:
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[Wildfire General] doctor vw:
Hello everything one how can i desimlock my HTC wildfire for free?
[Wildfire General] inforfinfor:
You mean unlock your phone? You cannot do it for free.
[Wildfire General] f0xy:
Only option i have seen is to request unlock code from carrier or use a unlocking website which charges
[Galaxy S I9000 General] koj012:
After upgrade to JPE using Kies, had problems with USB connection settings. I set at "ask on connection" but cannot connect to Kies when I press the Kies button. Just went straight into home screen. No problems with the other two buttons (medi a player and mass storage). Anyone with this problem and what's the fix??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] koj012:
Anyone can help ? I'm stuck with this problem.....
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] maurei:
Hi,

I'm an customer with quite an enthusiastic callingpattern, and I often exceed my monthly credits.

I was wondering whether some app excists that monitors my remaining credits based on a predefined amount minus what I've called.

There is such an app that monitors APN datatransfer, 3G Watchdog, but couldn't find one for my credits

[EDIT]

I found one, Plan Mobile Widget, but I'm encountering problems with it!

I would really appreciate it if someone could assist me on this, I sent an email to the developer but I'm usually not expecting any kind of reply.

Hi,

I recently bought your app Plan Monitor Widget, because I'm an customer with a rather enthusiastic calling pattern. I encountered a problem though, installing your app.

Some info
Im on a (rooted, radio/eng S-OFF) HTC Desire HD, android 2.2 (build 1.72)
I have some apps permanently running:
- Advanced Task Killer
- 3G Watchdog Pro
- JuiceDefender (+Ultimate Juice)
- Super Security Beta
- Gentle Alarm
- WhatsApp
- Autokiller Memory Optimizer
- SetCPU

The problem
At first I bought your app and tried to install it, but nothing happened after selecting it from the list of last-downloaded items.
It didn't appear in my mainmenu (where all installed apps are located).
So, what I did, I quickly refunded and purchased it again because I thought I would have just simply to try again, I was too lazy to select uninstall from app manager.

After having purchased and downloaded it again, it still did not work. So I looked up the APKfile with Root Manager and tried to open the package manually, giving me a Parse error (there was a problem parsing the package).
After this, I copied the apk to my SD card and tried to launch it with Astro. It gave me: Activity Not Found.

Now, I uninstalled and removed the app using the standard Manage Application menu, and I redownloaded it again, still no effect.

Some assistance would really be appreciated, as I'm not able to refund anymore because I already did once.

Regards,
Maurits Moeys
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vippe:
Hi guys.

I just got a SGS yesterday as my HTC Desire was stolen last week.

The one I got is a German T-Mobile branded phone (has customised boot and shutdown logo) and I really wan't to get rid of the branding and all those useless apps on it. I live in Denmark so i have no use for T-Mobiles apps that don't work here.

Now i have been reading a lot yesterday on these forums and reading lots of guides but I'm still unsure what route to go. Currently the phone is running 2.1 and I wan't to upgrade to 2.2 or 2.2.1 but unbranded, and then root the phone a bit later and probably move to Darky's Gingerbread edition ROM.

From what i can gather there are 2 methods to do this, but I can't really find out witch one would be right for debranding.

1. Using KIES registry pattcher and change my product code to XEE (Nordics) and try that to flash it to official 2.2 and root that.

2. Using this [HOWTO] manually flash Samsung Galaxy S with JPY firmware ** WORKS **

If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be awesome.

[EDIT] Forgot to mention that i can boot the phone in both download mode and recovery mode holding the 3 buttons, so no need to fix that first.

Information on my phone:

Product code from KIES registry:GT-I9000HKDDTM

*#1234#

PDA: I9000BOJG3

PHONE: I9000BOJF1

CSC: I9000GDTMJH2

Build number:

​

ECLAIR.BOJG3

Firmware revision:

​

2.1-update1

Baseband:

​

I9000BOJF1

Kernel version:

​

root@SE-S603 #2
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
1. Using KIES registry pattcher and change my product code to XEE (Nordics) and try that to flash it to official 2.2 and root that.

Thats the way to go but you would be best to safe a copy of the current ROM for warranty purposes as you would need to flash it back to make a claim .

Flashing via Odin only if you cannot use method 1 .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vippe:
Ok, thanks.

But how do I make a backup of the current rom? There is no download for it at far as i can tell.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0097:
Get Backup from Samfirmware.com

Go to Samfirmware.com click on Firmware then go to Firmware Section. Select then Android and then Galaxy S GT-I9000. Then download the I9000XWJG3 firmware.

Done :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vippe:
But XWJG3 is not a T-Mobile branded firmware is it? If it is nothing on these guides makes any sense. :confused:

Btw I did find a I9000BOJG3.rar file on some download page, downloaded and it does contain the following files that match my current versions. I have no idea if it's a working flash but if it is I would be able to flash thsi from odin to return to stock right?

I9000BOJG3.rar file contains:

CODE_I9000BOJG3.tar.md5

CSC_I9000GDTMJH2.tar.md5

MODEM_I9000BOJF1.tar.md5
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0097:
Oh my Fault. I tought that only the ending is important (Like if the ending is JP7 than it's a Vodafone Firmware and if the ending is JG3 it's a T-Mobile
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
But XWJG3 is not a T-Mobile branded firmware is it? If it is nothing on these guides makes any sense

You get branded firmware from the network operator .

All firmware on these pages is non branded .

Again my suggestion is to use Kies registry patcher and spoof the update to whatever you want .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xamusk:
I'm also trying to debrand my SGS and get Froyo, but I'd also like to make a backup of my original ROM. However, my ROM isn't available in samfirmware.com. It's I9000BVJJI1 and I want to update to I9000BVJJPD, which one of my friends has and probably is the same hardware.

Is there any way to backup my original ROM?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Your rom and every network rom comes from the network Sam is generic base roms .

Back up = Clockwork Mod Recovery to save the rom .

May i repeat if you dont know what you are doing then dont this forum is littered with broken phones belong to newbies who have not bothered to read and understand and now need to take the phone back to Samsung for repair with non valid firmware that has invalidated the warranty .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vippe:
Just did the update via KIES using the patcher and everything went smooth. :D

Saved the new firmware during flashing and a factory reset after the flash as i had basically nothing on the phone yet.

Right now I'm on 2.2

PDA: I9000XWJPA

PHONE: I9000XXJPP

CSC: I9000XEEJP4

Not rooted yet, but I'm gonna do that tomorrow probably. ;)
[Blade General] _R2_D2_:
A video from CES:

http://cnettv.cnet.com/zte-blade/9742-1_53-50098492.html
[Blade General] qipengart:
What carriers are getting this model?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inningsdefeat500:
I updated to Froyo and the Samsung Dock, which supposedly mentions that sound would come out the 3.5mm Jack of the dock on 2.2 only, has apparently not changed

Is there any trick to this? I have 3.5MM connected but sound still comes out of Phone