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[Streak 5 General] ZodiacPhoto:
When installing some apps from the Market, I noticed that they require permission to access, among other things, phone calls. These apps have nothing to do with phone function - why such access is needed? Is this a real privacy concern? Can they see, for example, phone numbers?

I understand that I can just refuse to install such apps, but some of them are useful... What do you think?
[Streak 5 General] charactervsself:
A lot of apps seem to have the ability to do things that are unrelated. I'm in the same boat as you, I'm unsure if I should even be concerned about it. The amount of apps that do would make it extremely inconvenient to try and be as zealous with security as I would otherwise tend to be.
[Streak 5 General] SAman1:
I tend not to call the CIA, KGB, or Assange too often lol!

so if they're interested in my mistresses phone numbers, then by all means be my guest :D (...I'm pretty sure my wife doesn't work for a dev company...)

I can see no unexplained calls are being made tho, so that's ok.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] leo70:
Please someone help/pm me etc - hd2 is flashable and spl'able mag'able but just reboots sooooo badly.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] noellenchris:
They will replace just flash stock rom and downgrade back to spl by using the hspl flasher, just select the spl. Call tech support and tell them it keeps rebooting and you reflashed stock rom 5 times. They will send you another hd2 and you'll be back in business.

Chris
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] cdguider:
Step by Step

First I am assuming you are an T-Mobile USA HD2 user.

Disclaimer: THIS WILL RESET YOUR HD2 DEVICE TO STOCK. NO HSPL

If not correct me.

1. www.tmobile.com/wmupgrade (Download the official rom from T-Mobile USA)

2. Once you have downloaded the file, extract the exe using 7z or WinRar. ( Right click on the file and click on Extract to ....) Downlaod Link Attached.

3. Reaname the Ruu_signed.nbh to LEOIMG.nbh

4. Copy the LEOIMG.nbh to your micro sd card, put the file in the root directory. (If the phone sits at the bootloader screen, try a smaller size sd card ex. 2GB)

5. With the phone off , hold the Volume Down while turning the phone on. Once you see the Bootloader sceen you can stop holding the buttons. ( Usually it will recognize there is a Flashable Image on the card, If not try again only this time let go when you see a Loading Message .........)

6. The phone will then prompt you to press Press power or some other button to flash.

7. Once your phone restarts go through the prompts if you want to click finish.

8. Put your device back in Bootloader Mode and Download HSPL3 (Attached Below) Next Put your device back in Bootloader Mode and Flash Magldr 1.12 & Windows Phone 7 ( Sure you know these steps, If not readme file included in the file)

9. Make sure the SD card you plan to use is in the device before you flash Magldr and Windows Phone 7. (Most are claiming a 16gb Sandsik Class 2 is working fine)

10. If you having restarts still, post what micro sd card you are using.

11. The problem lies with the Micro SD if you continue to have issues. ( Commong Windows Phone 7 issue)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jronimo:
tried all this, but to no avail. (on a europe htc hd2 512. 2.14.50.04 576 enabled. didnt do exactly as you stated but i did do the hd2 eur. equivalent of the steps) tried 2 microsd cards, the standard 2gb sd card that was in my phone package and a new Integral 8gb class 4 micro sdhc card. as soon as wp7 is flashed the phone reboots, magldr goes into 123456 gogogo! mode and shows dft splash screen. next, screen goes black and phone reboots. phone only loads wp7 1 out of 50 tries (avarage, went through the whole process of flashing, formatting, reflashing, etc. 6 times now) and suffers from random reboots (in sleep mode).

if you want to know how i flash leo70:

either from custom wm6.5 rom or stock wm6.5 rom:

boot in hspl2.08

run task29

flash magldr1.12

usb flasher mode

dwi.exe

>reboot<

magldr > 123456 gogogo!

dft splash screen

screen goes black

htc logo > magldr1.12 > 123456 gogogo!

and again and again until i get lucky and wp7 boots. i go through all settings, phone chevrons easily, phone installs everything easily.

phone battery goes empty/phone random reboots. and goes back into bootloop. when phone finally boots back into wp7 i might either have lost all settings (like a HR) or the phone has actually rebooted correctly and i can continue until the next random reboot. yay me.

any options? is it the microsd card? is it the flashing process? is it anything else i am missing? if it's the microsd card, i am getting an 8gb class 10 sandisk by wednesday so i can then try again. thanks in advance, i really like wp7 so i would love to be able to use it on my hd2.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] cdguider:
SD Card

Backup your information.

Format the sd card using windows.

Choose Default Allocation Unit Size

And Fat32

Quick Format

Let me know if this helps.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] nemo0405:
This happened to me... I am on T-Mo US... i tried everyhting... all roms... hspl... stock... android... bla bla bla... but nothing worked...

and they replaced the phone for me... its your CUP i think... mine was doing it everytime i would turn on GPS or a location based service... If its been less then a year since you bought the phone it should be a free replacement... well for me it was... and if you have insurance... i dont know how its in EU...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] that nicca:
My phone keep restarting all the time ....before i flashed new roms and didnt work. Then i took my battery out my phone and put it back and realized that the little hinges on the right side of the sim card was bended and face out so i pushed it back and place the battery correct and phone works perfect make sure you didn't bend the little golden hinges where you set your batter at
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jronimo:
phone in wm6.5 (custom rom dutty's ml v12 dutch) > usb mass storage mode

format drive H: (8gb integral microsdhc card) standard settings. fat32 quick format. successful

task 29

successful

magldr1.12

successful

boot into magldr1.12

option 5: USB flasher

LEO70 dfi.exe

successful

reboot into magldr

12456 gogogo!

dft splash screen

screen goes black and phone goes into bootloop. wp7 boots after 6 retries

just in case this time the bootloop is an anomaly i change some settings in wp7 and reboot

once again bootloop. stop after 10 retries without getting into wp7. reverting to wm6.5 and keep searching for fix.

note: during full process 8gb microSD card was plugged into phone.

note2: phone did see 7.23gb of free storage space in settings>about

sadly this too did not work. figure it has to be the micro sd card?

edit: @nemo0405 do not have insurance, phone has always worked properly on wm6.5 never had random reboots nor did it have bootloops. phone was bought december 5th of 2009.

@that nicca it's not a power issue. in wm6.5 i do not have any problem with random reboots or bootloops.

edit2: have yet to try 2.15 radio in stead of my current 2.14. trying now.

result: sadly no changes in bootloop.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] that nicca:
^^^ try it bend the 1 golden hing and sit the battery on it where it dont touch and put your phone on you gonna see your phone restarting every min .....i had that problem try it see if it works
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] fredcezar:
Try to charge your phone straight 24hrs.that fixes the issue for me.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] russpattaya:
Go back and put the original stock rom back in, Then start again. You only need a 2gb micro SD. Dont know why everbody is using 16g? Its only used at booting in the Leo70 ROM. Use HSPL2 and change 2.08 to HSPL 2.08. Now put in the radio. I used 2.15.50.14. Now while still in bootloader mode, put in mgldr, and then when you see the menu, tab down to 5 and enter. once you have the gogogo and then Usb..Usb now flash in LEO70 rom. Now do you still have the loopy booty? If so, remove battery and re-insert. Looping stopped? If so go and set up the phone. If still loopy, remove battery again, now take out the sd card, put batt back in. Loopy stopped? If so set up phone. and if it sets up fully, then shut it down and put sd back in. If it goes loopy, then its the sd card. Make sure sd is formatted (FAT) before hand.

Let me know

Russ
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] commensal:
After a task 29, flash first MAGLDR 1.11 then 1.12 ...or flash directly a stock rom. I remind that i read somewhere that MAGLDR 1.12 is an update of 1.11.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] ultramag69:
Remember too, that some sd cards seem to be incompatible with WP7. I have used a 16gb Kingston class 4 micro sd and an Adata 32gb class 2 sd card. These both seem to work. Check the thread about sd card compatibility, you might find your answers there.

Cheers... :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] mskip:
If you phone keeps restarting AFTER you have installed NAND WP7 then your micro sd card is incompatable with Windows Phone 7. Most kingston and sandisk cards seem to work but generic and other brands can have problems which match yours. Reformatting the card wont really help, you need to get a sandisk card (you can pick up a 16GB card for about £18 on ebay) and it should work fine.

Remember though that if you use a new micro sd card that you will need to reinstall WP7 via Magldr as once WP7 has been flashed it sets up the card you have in your phone in a special way and therefore you CANNOT hotswap cards after that.

Mark.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] YauMannn:
dude surely it can't be that easy for get a free phone o.O?

if everyone phoned and said they had 5 unsuccessful attempts of fixing an hd2 and got a new one everyone would have multiple hd2's and htc would die !!!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] leo70:
HI all. I am the OP and doing wp7 'hspl'/flasher/kitchen with other devs too; sorta know what I am doing (to a degree anyway, otherwise I pretend I know :p:D;)).

Anyway THAT is what I am doing: it is being fixed at factory now: WARRANTY. No - they dont give out free phones - but 5 flashes story makes sense! I did this before even reading that post (told them did stock RUU many times). and yes, they should REPLACE your phone under warranty. also: no, not tmous and no, Sd card fine. Thanks for all response but tried everything mentioned here guys except 24 hours charge constantly. That I shouldve given a GO at least before sending in maybe. ???. Battery gets very HOT. (magldr!). battery pins are fine; done everything possible; incl task 28, 28 55aa, 29.

I even tried flashing with dwi.exe with 0kb partxx.bin files to 'clean' it as suggested here and even did task2a and recovered it with stock rom+spl (there are ALWAYS ways if you keep trying and never give up:)) and even done own JTAG!

Couldnt figure it out in the end as it just freezes/loops on DFT screen or ANY droid screen. Sometimes even reboots on SPL screen! dangerous hey!!!!!!!!!! (omg). even when watching cpu direct. ROM doesnt matter. multiple sd cards tried. either is BadBlocks, CPU, or contacts somewhere shorting maybe.

Ideas still appreciated PLEASE but they should replace it with new or at least new motherboard(+processor+ram) under oem warranty- thanks all. :).
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Metallic-Force:
Thank you very much!!!

This works, but I didn't bother extracting the t-mos rom, I just installed it using the tmobile application that came with it.

I had 16gb sandisk (the one that came with the hd2) and I had no problems for 3 days. Before this I major problems pop up shortly after the first day.

Anyway, I just received my sandisk 32gb class 2, and I'm redoing all this hoping that it would work with this card as well.

Again Thank You!

Update: My 32gb class 2 Sandisk is running great!

Cheers!
[Focus General] Noz85:
Hi, I wanted to know what you guys think of the Focus and is it a worth getting?

What are the ups and downs of windows phone 7?

Is there any major hardware issues that I should consider before getting one?

Thanks in advance
[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
I bought the phone outright from Rogers for $630.00 and I don't have a single regret! I think WP7 is gonna be a VERY strong competitor against ios and android by the end of the year. Microsoft needs a few updates to give the devs more control to create better apps, it needs some more user customization, and as most complaints would be it doesn't have copy & paste (which I dont care about at all)

All these are coming in updates soon and once the ball really starts rollin' I think WP7 will be a major success.

Is it worth buying the Focus? ABSOLUTELY! I love the phone, its so fast, fluid, and feels great.

I have new hopes for MS now, and I think Im currently leaning towards WP7 more than android and ios.

just my opinion,,,,hope this helps.
[Focus General] Strider_Aus:
Sweet! You won't regret it IMHO. :)

My top 5 tips for the Focus (extra important for someone like me outside US warranty cover):

1. TAKE TREMENDOUS care clipping on/off the rear plate-phone back. It is plastic, with a couple of tiny plastic clips holding it in. Break these.....replacment back plate or blu-tac required!

2. Think long and hard over a case (I got a body glove - review on this site). This can be a slippery little sucker once the back plate gets some natural body oils / sweat / humidity etc on it. It has such a small form factor – cases do not weight it down too much in my opinion.

3. Add expandable memory at your own risk until MS offer a certified list / approved card process. If you do – load up the phone above the 8GB limit ASAP to test stability over a week or so. If you add heaps of apps and custom info and then need to hard reset, you've wasted a decent amount of time.

4. Use the Samsung Profile app (marketplace) to move the MMS capability over to your preferred carrier if outside US (eg Telstra Australia = worked for me).

5. Remove the AT&T bloat/software if outside US App support.

From one very happy Aussie Focus owner.
[Focus General] Noz85:
Thanks guys I'm see about getting one in a few weeks.

So no custom roms for this device yet, no ones working with this or any of the WP7 phones?
[Focus General] JamesAllen:
Think again

If you are, like me, a former WM 6.5 guy who liked to flash custom ROMs and are thinking about a WP7 device, you are on the wrong path my friend. Custom ROMs on a WP7 device? Have you not read anything in these threads? I went to the Focus from a FUZE with a 6.5.5 Energy ROM, and tweaked and upgraded constantly, including my apps. I did this becuase I wanted to and thought I needed to. It was insanity and I realize this now that I have the Focus. I no longer need to do that, and no longer want to do that. My apps update on their own, the OS will too, and I would like to see some OS updates but don't need them. If what you want to do is tweak, customize and burn new custom ROMs, look elsewhere than WP7.
[Focus General] mcorrie1121:
While we're on topic, how is the call quality?
[Focus General] wspaw:
Call quality

The best of any smartphone I've ever used - Kaiser, Rhodium, iPhone 1st gen and 3GS. It REALLY sounds good. MUCH better radio than any of the other mentioned phones, as well, in terms of reception and coverage on AT&T in my location.
[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
+1

that I can definitely agree with! Excellent call quality!
[Focus General] GrayWolf:
Nice review, squarejp - thanks for sharing that.

User experience on the Focus is somewhat varied, I would say. Some prefer the plain glass "feel" versus having a third party screen protector like Zagg's InvisibleShield (my preference) on it, for example.

My experience with the Focus is that is an awesome phone. WP7 has some challenges ahead but I am optimistic (even if naively so) that most, if not all, of the issues will get hashed out over time. I'm very pleased with this phone and can't wait to see what the future holds for it!
[Focus General] Noz85:
Thanks guys looks like a solid device. I wasn't really looking to mod it just figured I'd ask. I got the aria for Modding anyways. ;)

sent from my HTC Intruder
[Focus General] dead_on_the_floor:
squarejp:

Some of Your cons seem to be a matter of personal preference, not an actual limitation of the phone. two colour sms? c'mon, if you can't tell that the bubble on the right is you and the bubble on the left is your sms partner, then Metro is obviously lost on you.

The best thing about this phone is what JamesAllen has said. it just works, you don't have to dicker around with it (that is unless of course you're taking it from one network to another).

If you want something to enable you to use the features most people expect in a smartphone while being able to enjoy an unlimited data plan, this is definitely a great phone.
[Focus General] squarejp:
Check out the Real CONS on Youtube.

Search "The Dark Side of The Samsung Focus"

Bluetooth + 3G interfere with WiFi signal.
[Focus General] augie7107:
Highly recommend this device and OS.

Put my nightmare X10 right back in the box.
[Focus General] mattbeau:
can I chime in

the ONE thing that drives me crazy about the phone is the small landscape keyboard. I can live with almost all of the other nuances. My captivate keyboard spread accross the bottom of the screen and was really easy to type on. the landscape keyboard on WP7 is just too small.
[Vega Themes and Apps] orlok:
Helloall

Theres a bunch o keyboards apps ou there,, but which ones suit the vega?

Most of my posts here are written on my advent and there full of errors due to the stock keyboard being inherenltly evil.

On my desire im running the ginger bread keyboard,,, but on the vega, its not great in landscape.

Any suggestions free or otherwise just on the vega?

Or is it down to the ultra/ lack of sensitivity with the vega screen?

My desire has a screen cover, whereas my vega doesnt. Does it make a difference?

Rgds

Scummy lok
[Vega Themes and Apps] dmahre:
Im using thumb keyboard. It's alot better than the stock but not the finished solution. I think I paid €1for it. You use your thumbs so you get less double press registering and it does have cursor arrow keys so makes it easier to navigate. When the Vega is plugged in tho using the keyboard is crazy for multiple key presses. From what I can understand it is a power regulation issue

D
[Vega Themes and Apps] zzleezz:
Heard good things about thumb keyboard. I use Smart Keyboard Pro, paid apparently but fully customizable. I use the iPhone skin and have adjusted the height of the keys to much higher. Very nice to type on.

*edit* if you do try smart keyboard pro don't forget to get the free language addon pack to go with it from the market..
[Vega Themes and Apps] CalumD:
I've found Smart Keyboard Pro to be the best so far, less mistakes than on stock and a whole bunch of settings to tweak to your liking :)
[Vega Themes and Apps] Aprazeth:
I use the Gingerbread Keyboard (free) after I have ran the screen calibration tool. Makes a world of difference if you ask me :-)
[Vega Themes and Apps] orlok:
Hello all,

I'm now using smartkeyboard, and so far it's good. The keys in llandscape are a little thin, so I'm still getting wrong keypresses, but on the whole, its an improvement.

Ill try this for a bit, then the thumb one.

Rgds

Lok
[Vega Themes and Apps] fracmo2000:
i also like the gingerbread kb, does sthe screen calibration make it bigger? If so can you tell me how to do this?

Cheers
[Vega Themes and Apps] Lemaru:
If you get the paid gingerbread keyboard (about 63p) then u get advanced options to change the size of the keys. I went for that as the key height in landscape was annoying to say the least.... set the key height to about 55 and all good, can specify different dimensions for portrait/landscape too

63p well spent i reckon!
[Vega Themes and Apps] fracmo2000:
Nice, please do :) I will purchase the kb next time I have the vega! Thanks for the advice mate
[Vega Themes and Apps] Lennyuk:
On my vega I use Swiftkey, it has a prediction method for those that don't know i.e. it learns from how you type to predict the next word before you type anything saving you key presses.

This keyboard is ideal on something like the vega when we all know the screen is not perfect all the time.
[Vega Themes and Apps] zzleezz:
erm, my screen is perfect all the time. Since I calibrated it with the app posted on Modaco.... Before then had dead spots and double characters etc.
[Vega Themes and Apps] O_G:
Calibration!!

Higgsy's tip for the keyboard calibration is spot on. Stock keyboard is a lot better after calibration.

If you missed the tread check it out here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=915146
[Vega Themes and Apps] orlok:
Hello all

Tried the thumb keyboard and while the concept is super, it somehow doesn't quite deliver.

Gonna. Try the paid gingerbread next. As this keyboard keeps inserting full stops where they're north wanted.

Rgds

Lok
[Vega Themes and Apps] swollox:
anoter vote for swiftkey here.

the prediction gets good after a while using it...you do whole words/sentences with very few presses...
[Vega Themes and Apps] remlap:
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[Vega Themes and Apps] rpmccormick:
I am using the Gingerbread Keyboard and I like the smaller key size. I like the Gingerbread Keyboard slightly better then my old standard: HTC-IME mod hires22.

I also have the Dell Streak 1.6 keyboard, but it is not the correct resolution. Maybe the keyboard off the new Streak7 will work better, or maybe someone could mod the package to work with our resolution. The reason I like the Streak is because it has Gingerbread-sized keys with a Num-Pad to the side instead of the top row. This makes it so the keys are not so wide across the entire landscape screen, which makes it much faster to type for me.

It would be great if someone invented a keyboard that has the dedicated top number row (instead of holding like the Gingerbread keyboard) when in portrait, but a right-side num-pad when in landscape!
[Vega Themes and Apps] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Notion Ink keyboard mod - Thanks to gojimi to port this.

I found the Notion Ink keyboard ported from gojimi on XDA-Developers.

I love the keyboard on my WSL XVision (in Europe aka Advent Vega). But the colors are awfull. White on white, that is not very practical. So I made a small graphic mod to the keyboard. I tested it only on my WSL XVision, no guaranty if it breaks your device or destroy your SD card data. For me it works fine.

I attached some screen shots.

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You can download it from my website.
[Vega Themes and Apps] BeeGee_Tokyo:
UPDATE: I reduced the filesize from 1.48 MB to 772 KB!
[Vega Themes and Apps] orlok:
terriffic, exactly what i was attempting. Downloading now. Lovely stuff.

Rgds

L
[Vega Themes and Apps] bl1nky:
I can vouch for the paid gingerbread keyboard. I still get the odd double tap, but I think it's me getting used to big touchscreen typing
[Vega Themes and Apps] ukdtweak:
Im still using the default keyboard that comes built in, however, I have a Galaxy S running 2.2.1 Froyo, and the Swype keyboard on it has an option to show cursor keys and also if you tap on the text your writing, you get a little cursor that allows you to move the typing cursor position so you can use either option to move back through a typed word, so you can then delete/add a letter as required... any good keyboards for the Vega with either ability?
[Vega Themes and Apps] Logseman:
Swype can't be installed, seemingly. However, there is a knockoff called SlideIT Keyboard in the Market which seems very good as well.