yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Rahonavis:
I phoned MS support yesterday. They asked me my name and surname, and my phone number. I gave them all correct info.

They didn't ask me what phone do I have, so I didn't made up stuff.

Everything went smoothley.. in 4 min. I had my activation code..

I don't think it's ileegal, because they didn't care which phone do I have.. I just said that I have a windows phone 7. If I buy one in a couple of months, I just enter my activation code into that one... I think..
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Murdhie:
Can someone tell me exactly what numbers to dial in? I'm calling from the UK. When I tried the number it said the number was not recognised.

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Murdhie:
Do you know the exact numbers you dialled in to the phone?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] potter@hogwards:
I dialed +4408448002400. It's a UK MS customer care. Initially he asked me to call the India customer care but when I said i couldn't reach to any valid option that remotely touches Windows Phone 7, he said he will do it for me.

Just asked me where I'm from, what's my number and whether I like windows phone 7 etc (while he was running his tool to generate the key).

BTW, I asked him whether I can use the same key if ever I change my phone and he said I can't and told me that I would have to call in every time I change my phone. But he also said that I don't have to worry about that as the next batch of Windows Phone 7 would be activated already and only this batch has gone without activation.

Hope this info helps .
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Fadik:
So a quick question, is this activation based on the phone number as well as the device?

I am not sure I mean, if i ever change SIM cards in the future, what will happen?

if i change my live account id? creating a new account or such will this affect things.

thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Rahonavis:
Of course, I asked the man in the support, to write them down in case i needed them again. U can call MS support in the UK.. try teir official support website...

(P.S. Don't ask me for my number, everyone can get his!)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Ryoukou:
To the other guys from Germany:

Do you use your correct information, real name, real number and eventually live id? Because it would be nicer if i can use my real (xbox) live id on my phone too :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] eXtermia:
I am on Tmobile Germany I gave my real name and real phone number. No Email address, nothing else. Just said activate my Windows Phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Ryoukou:
Thanks. I have Valley them today. Exactly the same questions you had. Phone works like a charm now. If they fix some minor issues and add some urgently needed features, WP7 will be my favorite OS :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] perzonator:
Just to chip in my piece of the pie.

I have the very lucky ability to speak and write German as if it was my native language and just thought I'd give it a try.

I called the support number and got someone on the phone.

I told him I reinstalled my HD7 and need an activation code which I don't have.

He asked me for name, phone number e-mail and IMEI.

I gave him a false name and I made up a german mobile number.

I did give him my real e-mail.

I asked him how to get IMEI and he said dial *#06#.

He asked me to write down a file number and hang up, look for IMEI and then either wait for his e-mail and reply to that or call back.

I decided I'd call back and give him my real IMEI.

Got someone else on the phone, gave him the file number and the IMEI and he gave me my key.

He replied it for me 3 times because its quite hard to hear them :D

(forgot to mention) Got an e-mail from him within ten minutes after the call. Probably would have been as quick as calling :D.

I hope someone finds this review interresting cause I might start writing more.

Grtz Perry from Holland :cool:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] mbgda:
Can somebody get key for me too? I can't do this in my F***** country :( Please PM me.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Boogie22:
Information for german M$ hotline:

Actually they have problems with the website where the keys are generated!

It should be fixed on monday 7th. If you call them, just say that they should provide you with an email containing the key. They have to do it (in case of that offline website). You have to give a tel. number (maybe a faked one^^) and an valid email-adress (of course).

Just for your interest
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinde:
just got mine

Just called from Germany and received the key within minutes.

Was asked for my first and last name, phone number and my e-mail.

My story why I needed one was quite short: "I tried to synchronize with my hotmail account and was asked for an activation key, which I couldn't find in the box of my phone" (you might notice that I didn't even lie, I really couldn't find it in the box of my HD2 :D). I was told that there is no key with the devices and that it has to be generated. After 20 sec pause, he just told me the key. That's it ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Dex^Luthor:
did you give ur HD2 IMEI?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] digital-native:
Here is the simple way. An extract from the several replies before.

german ms hotline:

01805 672255 (Hotline number)

0800 2848283 (free Hotline number)

089 31760 ('normal' number; munich)

Don't be afraid to call the hotline. A name/firstname, a telephone number and a email address the guy asked for. The only valid info was the email address I gave him. I told him a story about bying the "HD7"! at ebay arriving the next days, and the guy selling me the phone will not give me his activation code. So no further asking. The service guy told me the activation code, and it works fine for me. :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] manupraud:
Hi,

What is the phone number for France ? I can't find it..

Thks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] digital-native:
Try this one. At least they can give you the right number for license stuff.

Siège Adresse

Microsoft France

18 avenue du Québec

91957 Courtaboeuf Cedex

Téléphone

0 825 827 829

(numéro indigo : 0,15 € TTC / minute)

ps: Its just a copy from a other forum, i can't french.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ltsakev:
BRAWO

It's WORK

the bulgarian guy work in this place. great coincidence.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Phantoml337:
What to do in Czech republic?

Hey guys, what should I do, if I live in czech republic? WPH isn't even translated to czech and does anybody know czech microsoft support number or can somebody nice please help me with this? Send me PM and I'll send you my personal details... Thanks :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] digital-native:
Hi Phantoml337,

try this:

Microsoft Czech Republic Home Page

Microsoft s.r.o.

BB Centrum, budova Alpha

Vyskocilova 1461/2a

140 00 Praha 4

CZECH REPUBLIC

Phone: +420 2611 97 111

Infoline and Hotline: +420 261 197 666 (from Czech Republic call : 841 300 300)

Fax: +420 2611 97 100

Microsoft Czech Republic Product Support
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] weeezel:
did it from switzerland this morning, works like a charm no emei number nothing, just name and email and voila!

dont be scared just do it
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] OndraSter:
Hey man, I simply called over Skype to Microsoft in California, worked like a charm :D.

I told them I bought HD7 from HTC in USA, but I had some issues and had to reset it and now it won't activate, probably because I am on trip in Europe and I need it FAST to use it LOL.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Phantoml337:
Man, thank you so much, I just called them, there was a very nice lady, I just said my name, e-mail and phone number and in a minute I received a new code ^_^
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gencaslan:
i called them and i got an activation code within 5 minutes. i had to call them again because i wrote a wrong letter. it was no problem. a very nice guy on the line.

don't be afraid to call them.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ser1k:
can please someone PM me activation code? i can get it in ukraine.

tnx a lot.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] OndraSter:
Man, you got that from Czech Microsoft and I, idiot, called MS in California over Skype, talking 15 mins with my not-native language, English? LOL, I got selfpwned :( :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] milkidou:
The right number for france is:

Zune and WP7 assistance:

01 57 32 42 81

just a name, address, email, operator. and everything's ok!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] marbed40:
Just call to MS Germany as I did. I was called from Poland. It wasn't impresive for guy I've been connected to. He gave mi act. code simply without any necessary questions except first name surname email and my real phone number. that's it and working.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] aklesh:
Need a actovation code badly!

I am in desperate need of an activation code. I tried ringing MS in the Netherlands, but they won't supply me one... typical Dutch, living by each rule ;)

Can someone pleeeeaaaasssee help me out and mail the activation code to klaasrotzooi@live.nl?

thanks a lot! I would really really really appreciate it!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] iconium:
HELP ME PLEASE

MY ENGLISH IS SO POOR

iconium@gmail.com

HELP ME
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] BSmart:
Activation from the Netherlands..

Hello Klaas,

i'm from Holland as well, here's what I did:

I called MS USA:001-800-936-5700

Choose 'technical Support' then 'I don't know' from the Menu.

Got connected to a helpdesk engineer..

Told him I was installing my WindowsPhone7 and when entering my Live ID I was prompte for a activation code.

He asked me some questions like: First / Last name. Phone number and Live ID.

I supply all to him, real name, dutch mobile phone number and Live ID (I made a new one for USA to make sure it works with Market Place)

Finally He gaf me the activation code. Waited Until I correctly entered it and al was fine :)

Good luck!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Sneakyghost:
Hahaha them still do it. Got one yesterday from the german support. They must have probs selling it so they just give it away. I don't believe they don't know whats going on, never ever.

Them twats trying to raise its popularity by spreading it for free lol.

honestly, it IS a very pretty, minimalistic surface but the compatibility with current real life applications just SUCKS!

I had it running 24 hours and am back to WinMo 6.5. I am quite amazed how much one can do with that one. didn't realize before... it just looks old and ugly.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] fjell_strom:
Called American MS support today (from Germany) and still got a code after simply saying I needed one after buying my brother's phone. I am American living in Germany, and would simply have called the German support, but the offices here had already closed. They only asked for email and phone number. I gave my childhood landline phone number and real email, both of which the operator botched in copying down. When she read them back, I realized they both contained errors and smiled. So much the better. Good luck.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattfawkes:
I am new to Android, have no experience in hacking/modding but am aware of rooting & custom ROMs & have a vague idea of what they do but not really how they work.

Can anyone please point me in the right direction with regards to rooting & installing custom ROMs for beginners.

I'm using a HTC Desire Z with HTC Sense 2.2 if that makes a difference.

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemm:
You can start by reading the Wiki in the link below, it has all the basic info you need to know about your phone and rooting and more:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahmanxda:
Also you will need to setup adb on your computer too

Here is a good guide for that:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=532719
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattfawkes:
Cool, thanks for the help.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
ok I'm biased, but I would use this guide for adb since it's specific to the Vision (G2/DZ) - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865685
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isilber:
So I have a captivate From rogers that I got new from someone on craigslist about 4 or 5 days ago. I went to restart this morning and it wouldn't turn back on. It shows the i896 white samsung boot screen, then after that it goes black, you can here the samsung boot screen sound. I have used z4root and used voodoo lagfix and it was running 2.1 for rogers stock. I have tried calling my number from another phone and it goes straight to voicemall, and the buttons come on but don't vibrate when i touch them like i normally would.

*Update* i can go into the boot options screen and tried to clear the cache data and reboot and that didn't work
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Does it get into download mode? U could try restoring to stock to see if that works.
[G Tablet Accessories] purduecmpe:
Just curios for photos / usability feedback... Cant wait to get mine!
[G Tablet Accessories] aaltieri:
There are a couple threads over in the General Forum to keep an eye on:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896724

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896724

Neither have a post from anyone getting the dock, and the second thread looks to be pretty much dead. But the first thread still has some activity so you may see a posting there when one of us does get the dock. I'm sending my stuff in today.

--mop
[G Tablet Accessories] craigwillie:
I was part of the 1st rebate group that purchased the gtab on Thanksgiving day. Around Christmas I received the letter indicating that $10.50 was required for shipping and I sent a chack back in.

My check was cashed on 01/06, so hopefully I'll see something soon. I'll post when it arrives.

Craig
[G Tablet Accessories] mipstpete:
I was on the phone with US Merchants yesterday and was informed they don't have the docks in stock yet. We are looking at about 4 weeks at the earliest for delivery.

I have their phone number if anyone wants it just send me a pm.
[G Tablet Accessories] sixvoltsystem:
I got mine but it is handled by a company called US Merchants that requires me to send a check or money order for 10.50
[G Tablet Accessories] MikeTheSith200:
The woman from US Merchants told me they wouldn't get the dock until February. Yet they cash the check Right away BULL****
[HD2 General] dogntbone:
Hi everyone,

Not to start another chain of link posting and NO link posting and blah blah...

I am fortunate to understand Mandarin and I tried the DFT's release of WP7S...

Just wanna share my fantasy of having CWM enabled for WP7S such that switching between Android and WP7S can be as easy as changing SD cards, restoring, and we're good to go?

Do you think it is possible?

However I do understand WP7S formats the card at firstboot, will there be a way to avoid that upon recovery?

Please share your thoughts...
[HD2 General] dharvey4651:
Unless released by Cotulla himself, you will not see WP7 be released here on xda.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bdcrim:
Moved to Q&A
[Fascinate General] Wagz513:
I am currently running dl01 and I want to upgrade to dl09 tonight. Here's what I am going to do please tell me if this is correct.

using these pieces

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894126

boot phone into download mode, flash the dl09 modem file via odin (pda section). then restart and somehow get back into recovery and wipe everything and flash a dl09 rom and kernel.

I guess my concerns surround what happens after the modem is flashed. Will the phone boot like normal after just flashing the modem so I can use cwm to get into recovery or will I have to boot into recovery via volume button?
[Fascinate General] Kevin Gossett:
Are you running stock DI01 or rooted/ROMed/etc? If you're stock, just OTA update. It began rolling out last night.

If you're rooted/ROMed/etc, then yes, your steps are correct.

Apply modem, boot into CWM, apply ROM and kernel.
[Fascinate General] alemondemon:
The OTA is out and you can pull it - I'd reset the phone to do it, though.
[Fascinate General] superchunkwii:
Yeah, if you are still stock, just hit the update function in the phone and get the OTA update. It takes less than 10mins and doesn't mess with anything on your phone.

Then if you feel the need to root for roms or something do it after.
[Fascinate General] Wagz513:
Thanks everyone for the quick reply, I am not on stock anything at the moment so I will go ahead and get this thing updated with odin
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geon106:
Hello,

I've upgraded a Dell Streak to 2.1 and it's now so unstable, unusable that I want to go back to 1.6

However, i'm unable to find anything on how to. Most guides say to use a default original recovery ROM or stock ROM from Dell. But I can't find such ROM or anything from Dell nor 02

How can I get the phone back to 1.6?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lufc:
Have a look in the streak sticky at Android Development

there are quite a few guides there on how to go back to 1.6

Just wondering why you want to go back wards why not go forwarders to 2.2:)
[Galaxy 3 General] apoorv28:
I think everyone knows out here that raging thunder 2 lags on galaxy 3. When emailed the dev about the problem he replied that while having a decent processor galaxy 3 lacks a GPU that would support rt2 so overclocking may not help. Is there a way we could do reduce this lag.
[Galaxy 3 General] i_rnb:
how do u manged to run it?? it says me "ur version is not licensed,plz buy from market..!!"..
[Galaxy 3 General] apoorv28:
Rt 2

Download rt2 from the link i am posting here and you will also experience the laggy gameplay.

Link- android-themes.com/plus/download.php?open=0&aid=3469&cid=3
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] teddrick:
Hi guys,

I'm quite new in modding themes and I've done some mod to the theme i downloaded from the forum to suit my taste. So far i'm quite happy with the results except for one problem. I dont know what i did but i just cant find the way to make the text in the pop up menu to black color again. Anyone knows how to do it? Or at least let me know which image file to mod so that i can make it into transparent box and the white text will be visible again?

Theme: V11 by vukandric
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] teddrick:
Anyone? Sitting in front of my pc for hours trying to figure out what went wrong :(

Edit: Nvm...guess i'll just have to start from scratch again
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] TheHollywoo:
Hey All Just wanted to toss a free app out there thats in the market called geek dailies, I have been using it since beta a few weeks ago and its pretty simple and nice and even has live videos and flash...from game reviews, android, and even apple and rim info as well, and since I love movies, movie reviews and trailiers.

Just tossing it out there
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] MR_XXIV:
Nice ill make sure to check it out ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] s0be:
Github:

I now consider this Release Candidate quality. Please do report issues (with logcats and dmesgs). Check the known bugs, etc, etc.

https://github.com/s0be/cm-kernel

the -amonra zip is for recoveries that don't take the FS type as the first argument of mount(...) If the regular zip fails complaining about missing files, try the -amonra version.

Latest official version:

no debug

http://heroc.s0be.com/HERC-2.6.35-AP-5.zip

http://heroc.s0be.com/HERC-2.6.35-AP-5-amonra.zip

Headset detection less broken. Now it always thinks there's a mic connected to anything plugged in.

http://heroc.s0be.com/HERC-2.6.35-AP-4.zip

http://heroc.s0be.com/HERC-2.6.35-AP-4-amonra.zip

If that download doesn't work for you, your OS likely has a broken ipv6 stack. Please check that you have ipv6 disabled if you don't actually have an ipv6 connection.

What works:

Ram console

Keypad

Screen

Touchscreen

GPS

Compass

G-Sensor

nand

Early Suspend

Bluetooth

Headset Detection

Camera

What Doesn't work or hasn't been tested:

Thanks to:

Elemag for the initial Hero 2.6.35 port, with Erasmux as a major contributor, Decadence for the 2.6.34/35 heroc board files, and riemervdzee for his pointers at fixes needed to get it working and his continued drive to get this kernel full featured and stable, and everyone they pulled from (Darch, Toast, Cyanogen, etc, etc). If I've forgotten anyone, please let me know the names to add.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rochford77:
what kind of performance increase will this bring? and will it be nice to have when we get a fully working GB rom?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riemervdzee:
Unfortunally the current .35 build for the Hero GSM version is slower than any .29 kernel.

But yeah, seems we have to reimplement a lot of optimalisations.

It is nice that we actually get something out of the HeroC though :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] s0be:
There are other advantages of course, we have to remember. Performance is king, but features are definitely queen. Getting to a recent kernel (2.6.29 is coming up on 2 years old), makes future updates to Heroc a lot easier. Going to up-to-date drivers may allow us to eliminate some of the binary cruft from the Heroc tree, etc, etc.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dbayub:
Two things I've tried:

1. In the xda "hero" dev forum, there was a post that there was a problem with the newer (>.34) yaffs2 code, and you needed to boot and wipe using a 1.7 RA recovery. So, I copied the yaffs2 code from deca's .29 kernel. It then oopsed at 1017 in msm_fb, which was the ifdef'd line for HERO.

2. So, I added "&& !defined(CONFIG_MACH_HEROC)" to line 1016. It then still rebooted, but last_kmsg was different after "vsync on gpio 97 now 0":

[ 3.626831] vsync on gpio 97 now 0

[ 3.632263] msmfb_probe() installing 320 x 480 panel

[ 3.640106] Registered led device: lcd-backlight

[ 3.650085] msm_serial: driver initialized

[ 3.654052] msm_serial_hs module loaded

[ 3.697570] loop: module loaded

[ 3.698760] pmem: 1 init

[ 3.702514] pmem_adsp: 0 init

[ 3.706420] pmem_camera: 0 init

[ 3.711578] Android kernel panic handler initialized (bind=kpanic)

[ 3.712524] AKM8973 compass driver: init

[ 3.718566] input: compass as /devices/virtual/input/input0

[ 3.731079] msm_nand: allocated dma buffer at ffa0a000, dma_addr 256fb000

[ 3.732696] msm_nand: read CFG0 = aa5400c0 CFG1 = 8744a

[ 3.733245] msm_nand: CFG0 cw/page=3 ud_sz=512 ecc_sz=10 spare_sz=4

[ 3.734069] msm_nand: NAND_READ_ID = 5501bcec

[ 3.735229] msn_nand: nandid 5501bcec status c03120

[ 3.735595] msm_nand: manuf Samsung (0xec) device 0xbc blocksz 20000 pagesz 800 size 20000000

[ 3.736114] msm_nand: save CFG0 = e85408c0 CFG1 = 4745e

[ 3.736419] msm_nand: CFG0: cw/page=3 ud_sz=516 ecc_sz=10 spare_sz=0 num_addr_cycles=5

[ 3.737121] msm_nand: DEV_CMD1: f00f3000

[ 3.737609] msm_nand: NAND_EBI2_ECC_BUF_CFG: 1ff

[ 3.738372] 6 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device msm_nand

[ 3.738708] Creating 6 MTD partitions on "msm_nand":

[ 3.739257] 0x00001ff60000-0x000020000000 : "misc"

[ 3.753509] 0x000002c60000-0x000003160000 : "recovery"

[ 3.776397] 0x000003160000-0x0000033e0000 : "boot"

[ 3.794219] 0x0000033e0000-0x000009be0000 : "system"

[ 4.070312] 0x000009be0000-0x000009fe0000 : "cache"

[ 4.098876] 0x000009fe0000-0x000020000000 : "userdata"

No errors detected

Don't know if this helps or not. BTW, I'm using Firerats's custom MTD partitions, so I modified the boot parameters.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] s0be:
yeah, I had that fixed in my tree, forgot to commit the || -> && change I didn't do that yaffs2 change, but I just tested it with identical results.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Decad3nce:
Sweet. I'll spend more time on it this weekend. Swamped with homework atm.

Hopefully we'll have something super stable! :o
[Hero CDMA Android Development] s0be:
Made some more progress:

http://android.pastebin.com/AWysQDNk