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[Windows Phone 7 General] lumpaywk:
the Wii only just edges the sales figures of the xbox and if your saying that makes it the king then you clearly have missed something. They are not comparable the wii is more on a pat with the original xbox. The Xbox 360 is killing PS3 and making huge profits esp now with kinect. Plus the on-line gaming on xbox is miles ahead of anything else else there and if i remember right does it also not have a better gpu then the ps3.

Xbox is the king of the consoles and is making massive profits to claim otherwise is crazy talk.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
So basically you're just spouting bull****? That's what I figured.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Let's start another thread in the general forums. Before that lets do some actual research. I'm talking gaming consoles sales and profits. Nothing else. The WII is winning hands down. Microsoft can only imagine the profits Nintendo is seeing. Lets not forget that each XBOX sold is a loss to MS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gom99:
The Xbox console has:

1. been outselling the Wii for the past 4-6 months.

2. the superior community of any game console in Xbox Live.

3. not been sold at a loss for close to a year now.

4. more avenues to promote its gaming platform (desktop, and mobile).

Microsoft is finally bringing Xbox Live functionality to its Windows Games for PC brand. Age of Empires Online (it's in beta, I'm in beta) signs you into Xbox live. I thought it would be kind of gimmicky, but it's a nice extra layer on top of the game. Xbox Live is of course a big selling point to WP7.

So to me Xbox Live is the "product" to beat atm. Gaming is and always has been social, the product with the best social experience is the xbox.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
1. For the past six months. Compare that to years. Wii is still king of the hill

Everything else is rubbish, I'm only talking sales and profits.

Another thing minus the gimmicky points XBOX LIVE is better on IOS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ganondolf:
The Wii is selling more consoles than the xbox360 each month. you are right if you are only talking about the US market (although Wii sold the best in december. check link below) but worldwide the Wii is easly outselling it.

here is the rough lifetime numbers for each console

Xbox360 - 52m (this was annouced at CES)

PS3 - 46m

Wii - 76m (this figure was before xmas so it is passed 80m now)

you are right that the xbox360 has the best online service of any console and that they are making a profit now.

but also remember that the Wii and PS3 were released a year later than the xbox360. so if you added a year of sales to the PS3 and Wii they would be third but as it is they are currently second but by the time the next gen consoles are released they will be third as the PS3 is outselling the xbox in europe and japan.

Decembers US sales.

Link:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/283537/news/npd-wii-on-top-in-december-ps3-in-third-place/
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ganondolf:
lol. yeah by about 30m.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Reflexx1:
No.

They make money from the licensing deal on the games. Developers must pay a fee to have their games on the XBOX.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lumpaywk:
I was talking about last year, overall sales the wii was a phenomenal success but that point itself can bring this topic back to WP7 is a nice roundabout way.

The success of the wii was due to its mass appeal, it was different exciting and had an appeal outside the gaming market. This is why it did so well and this is why i feel MS has gone this way with WP7. The new OS is radically different and has a much broader appeal for the consumers that don't normally use phones. Also like the wii though the serious end users felt it was weak as it didn't have all the bells and whistles but they forgot that what it did it did well and was unique. This is what's happening now where as android is like the 360 ios the playstation wp7 is the wii of the phone world. Serious phone nuts will always pick android as it is the top dog as far as features is concerned. But for the mass market WP7 is the best and once MS has shaken off the wm stigma it had when it was playing against android it will take off in a big way.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hosam44244:
hi everyone

I tried many time to flash wp7 on my hd2 ,but it always stuck on this black screen

it appears after dft logo screen

I followed instruction accurately, radio 2.15.50.14 , task 29 , hspl 2.8 .magldr 1.12

i tried to flash it with and without memory card but same result

can anyone help?? and thnx everyone
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] TheATHEiST:
dude, this isnt the newbie help desk, post questions in the question section. This is for posting developments ONLY.

I would have thought the following would have given it away...

a) The topic titled "For development only"

b) The forum announcement on every single section about dev forums

c) The front page news.

d) All teh topics that have "Moved" markers.

e) The fact that we have a Q&A forum!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hosam44244:
sorry i misunderstand the category of the forum

i saw topics here written beside them (moved) so i thought they were moved here and i though this is the right place
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] TheATHEiST:
Nope, they mean they have been moved from the location you are viewing.

To answer your question now its in correct place...

It sounds like you have a incompatible SD card or your having a bad flash.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hosam44244:
i tried flashing without sd card and with 4 giga kingston , 8 g san disk memory cards

i hope to find what bad I've done to recorrect it :confused:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hosam44244:
any suggestion !!??

it seems i am the only hd2 owner had this problem
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Subsx:
Hi guys,

I have got the HD2 and everyone is telling me to go to android, however i do use outlook at work to sync my contacts and calander from exchange server, and can also only be done via wireless on laptop.

If i go to android can i sync contacts and calander to my phone??

because i use this alot i dont want to have hassel trying to do it, and is basically the last thing before i make my mind up to change or not?

Cheers
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] EssexboyRacer:
Exchange sync is there on Android but it differs slightly between a sense and non-sense build.

Either way they all lack sync features that you get with Windows Mobile.

Touchdown is the best feature wise for exchange activesync but the interface is horrible and it doesn't really integrate with the built in mail / calendar / contacts apps.

If you just want to sync Contacts and Calendar, and arent too fussed about private appointments, categories etc... then built in android exchange sync will be fine for you.
[Blade General] Gibla:
Hi guys,

There's any rom development in here? Is gingerbread just a dream? :)
[Blade General] rjm2k:
TomG over at modaco has gingerbread running but lots of things dont work like calls etc so it's early days. zte have hinted that there may be gingerbread for some variants of the blade around march/april time so maybe we will get our hands on that and hack into our own roms
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charliebrown1321:
So my wife was using her Tab today and randomly she started getting this error message "Warning: Your device may not be compatible with Android Market", when trying to access her market. Since this error started coming up she can't access any of her downloads and can find almost no apps on the market

Her tab consisted of a Tmobile Gal Tab, JMA/carrier unlocked/IMEI broken/CSC set to XEU. This is the EXACT same setup as my tab which is/was still working fine.

Troubleshooting so far has consisted of

-force stopped/clear data/uninstall updates on android market

-Master reset device

-reflashed device to JM6 then back to JMA

-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878291&page=3 (deleting vending.apk from system/app/ and reflashing/reseting)

-changed CSC to a diff one and set back

-Flashed Roto_v4_full with a repartition

-"unbroke" the IMEI

-tried diff gmail accounts

I'm completely stuck, I can't think of anything else to try and her tab is basically worthless without any 3rd party apps on it, but I can't warranty exchange the device because of the changes/broken IMEI.

If anyone has ANY ideas please, please let me know!!!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charliebrown1321:
EDIT: Broken again after about 15 minutes of use. Testing now to see if it will stay working if IMEI is left intact/unbroken.

EDIT2: Seems to still be working with IMEI intact but of course that means no data through Tmo :(. The issue is now affecting both my tab and my wifes, looks like we may be screwed as far as having data and phone service w/ regular sims.

I managed to fix it! Apparently everything had to be done in the exact order

-unbreak IMEI by restoring /efs backup

-delete vending.apk from /system/app

-fully reload software (chose roto_v4)

-sign in to market and allow it to update

-rebreak IMEI and tested, working good now
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rangercaptain:
I read elswhere in other threads/forums several people were having market issues, that self-corrected. I think it was in technical terms a "glitch".
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Bigcountryed:
Hey guys, I have a question. I wanted to see if it was maybe just a isolated incident on my phone or if everyone else was experiencing it on their HD2 with WP7 rom.

Since I upgraded the rom to wp7, the Bing search background wallpaper has been a picture of the marsupial eating plant (sort of like the Venus Fly Trap) anyways, I thought the image was supposed to change daily, as it does on the normal search webpage.

I actually enjoy looking at the images and reading the little factoids that accompany them. So I wanted to know if you guys wallpaper changes daily or stays the same.

Thanks.

Eddie
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] paulrgod:
Changes every day - though it seems to be around 8pm GMT for me...

Cheers

Paul
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Bigcountryed:
Thats all i needed to know. I will try to reinstall it again, and see if that fixes the issue.

Thank You very much Paul for your speedy reply. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] -juanito-:
Hi

if I open beejive and I click set status > Available > Set Status Error (Invalid.build)

how to fix that problem?
[Android Apps and Games] thatruth132:
That means your using cracked apps which we don't disscus here read forum rules
[Android Apps and Games] -juanito-:
Ok I am sorry

but I want help to fix this problem
[Android Apps and Games] -juanito-:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[Android Apps and Games] Mitty1990:
Delete your thread mate as warez or warez help are not allowed here.

If you want the app buy it via the market or if you don't have access to the market contact Beejive and ask them to sell you it directly.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waikeong:
excuse me I need help for my timescape. Why is it my timescape update doesnt work for messages and call log. It do work for the others. Please help !
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fightingroost12:
i dont want to be that guy... but did u check to see if "call logs" and "mesages" are ticked in the timescape options?

sent from my 2.2.1 x10
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squarememory:
ok first off i respect moderators and if i violated the rules of posting, i am sincerely sorry

lets get to the main topic

---------------prologue---------------------------------

basically I am learning linux commands at school now and it is quite... fun...(lol)

so I want to use ubuntu on my phone to

<run vim and gcc some scripts>

<play around like making batch files>

I have tried ARM ubuntu on wm phone with haret (project rhobuntu) so i searched for any guide to run on my new device , desire z.

So far there was one thread in xda concerning desire z about running ubuntu and it was just like asking possibility not a guide.

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Apparently a guide in nexus 1 hacks is universal for all android devices and since desirez has decent cpu (2nd generation snapdragon) I decided to try it.

And I failed cannot find directory cannot run this device busy bla bla bla

So, I found that there are two reasons of my failure

-loop kennel

-loop 5 instead of loop 1 in the script (tried and does not work)

So, the conclusion is i need to get loop supported kennel

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Questions

1. What is S-off ( ignore this if you are annoyed :) )?

2. Does kennel need S-off to flash (I think so)?

3. Is S-off like hard HSPL on winmo? Does not affect main rom?

4. Is there loop supported kennel to run ubuntu via croot? I saw a rom that dev promised support in future posted around december. I am not professional so I dont think i want to make custom kennels even with right tools and tutorials

5. Do you think other guides e.g. ubuntu for galexy tab does not need loop kennel and can be used for our desire z (note i am not G2) ?

I have tried my best to search in XDA . I would appreciate if you can redirect me to some guide if necessary. Thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Durkbeef:
I don't know enought to help out here... but all I gotta say is that I am excited to see where this is gonna go.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibleedandroid:
The g2 has an additional security feature that stops you from flashing a custom rom. This is s-on. You can gain superuser promition with s-on so you can use root programs but if I remember right you will loose your root every time you reboot. My phone has been s-off for so long people tell me the way I did it doesn't work anymore. I think what you need is gfree or something similar.

G2 CM6.1.1 (free)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darks1der:
I was looking in to this my self. I read http://xdatap1.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/jaunty-lxde-on-android/ that the kernal in cyanogen would be suitable for booting your device into ubuntu. Let me know how this works out as i am really considering doing this my self
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shortlived:
I might try this out as well. You will definatly need s off first.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtwildnateis:
Basically I need some help. I'm trying to theme the gb keyboard and having issues.

I want to change the color of the predicted words to white which i know how to do and have done successfully(which the apk will compile just fine.) But the problem im having is I cannot fix the & and the &it; problems, i edit the .xml to fix it and i try to compile the apk and always get errors. I dunno what to do at this point so i'd figured i'd ask for help. Anyone got any ideas. I've tried this a million times now even with the apk that has not been changed in anyway other the /values/color.xml and which ever other xml folder i cant remember at the moment.

Anyawesome.

Also looking to hopefully fix a issue with the space bar, wanna make it a tad bit wider, and possibly trying to fix the issue with the predictive words(when you type out a word then keep typing, then go back and click on that word to change it to another and instead of replacing the whole word it just past the word directly where you touched and doesnt delete the word you want to change) -but i dunno if thats just because of a froyo thing.

As you can see there is those annoying gaps with the space bar, dunno how to fix it....
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] btrst:
When playing roms like pokemon fire red, if the frame skip is off, games run very slow. if frame skip is on, games run really choppy (even if max frame skip is 1)(sound off). ive seen videos G1 running it very smooth.(which has a similar cpu as wildfire). could it be 2.2 - 2.1 issue? or something else?

im running official froyo 748mhz
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] ryandi7:
Wildfire has no GPU, although I'm not sure if G1 has one
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] pietpodlood:
There's definitely something wrong with your Gameboid, I'm running Wildpuzzle with live wallpapers and everything, not overclocked, listening to music and Pokemon works like a charm, Sonic Advance and even Tekken 3 both run great as well, they are definitely more graphics-intensive, I set Max Frame Skip to 3 or 4 and then it's fast and quite smooth.

I'd download the latest version of Gameboid and another GBA bios file and see if that solves it.
[Legend Android Development] ojessie:
I hope that this is not considered as spam and hopefully also in the right section.

Just would like to thank all developers and contributors for continuously developing and improving roms and applications for our Legend.

Here are really incredible active contributors like ali ba, BlaY0, TheGrammarFreak (by the way all the best for your exam) just to name a few.

I'm not a developer but taking advantage of the goodies here and this is great stuff.

So thank you and all the best, ojessie
[Legend Android Development] SimDroid:
Amen!

Thanks to these developers, the whole XDA forum, and a lot others, I recently managed to downgrade my OTA updated 2.2 stock Legend, and flash it with the latest Cyanogenmod7 nightly build, wich has confirmed that it really IS a Legend (Damn it's smooth and awesome!).

I love my phone, but I love everyone involved in giving me and my phone options even more, makin it my personal device...

Everybody that is making custom ROMS, mods, themes and sharing it is truly estimated.
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
I'm no developer, but I'm glad I've made a good impression on y'all. My exam was fine, I can get back to Android now ;)
[Legend Android Development] mccard:
+1

Thanks guys!
[Legend Android Development] lessirey:
+ 10

Esp to BlaYO, ali ba, thegrammarfreak and all others who doesn't just give up ;)
[Legend Android Development] yrref:
Many thanks indeed!
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
D'aww, thanks guys. *looks meek*. Lol

Thank you BlaY0 and Ali Ba. And the whole damn CM team for that matter. Lol
[Legend Android Development] HpX:
+1

Ty to all the dev's and all the ppl lending out a helping hand her at Xda
[About XDA developers] DaveShaw:
Completely agree.

This is something I try to do now (having flamed and abused in the past :o) for the reasons you have stated above.

Take this post for example, I even provided a link. :D

Why goto the effort of answering a post if you are not going to provide an answer.

As for "don't ask or expect that anything comes from it". I would hope others who don't provide usfull replies read this and take something away from it.

Dave
[About XDA developers] Archer:
Thanks for the comments Dave. Glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks like this.
[About XDA developers] TheATHEiST:
I do get abrupt with people but I also help alot, hence why I have 50 thanks.

I really do not mind helping people but what I cant stand is lazyness. Its one thing been new to teh subject and not knowing something and then asking for help but its another to simply not even bother checking a forum stickies or at least doing a simple search before creating a topic that has already been created.

On some occasions its because the subject is a hard one to search and filter out but on allot of occasions you know its simply because they have not bothered and thought they would just create a topic and let other people do work for them, That is what I cant stand.

Although I have stopped been really abrupt I will still not answer these people but instead choose to make sure they are aware that its not on.

Yes you can say that we was all new once and some people need their arse wiping for them but that is absolutely no excuse. When I first joined this forum I did allot of reading and learned allot of stuff in process, some info I didnt need at the time but later helped me with other stuff and resulted in me not needing to clone topics or ask questions that have already been asked and answered.
[About XDA developers] madnish30:
Completely agree with what the OP is trying to say.
[About XDA developers] DaveShaw:
Are the from people you helped, or from people who liked your quips? :D (j/k)

I think the point John is making, is that the unhelpful replies limit users ability to search. For example, searching for "Help Flashing Evo" will find threads with the answer "Use Search", (recursion ;)) hence annoying the user and causing them to post instead of carrying on.

Users who don't bother reading/searching are (and probably always will be) a problem, hence svetius's change requiring 10 post to use Development forums; we need to find more efficient ways to help them :)

Dave
[About XDA developers] oida_oida:
thank you very much!!! i have been thinking about this topic a long by myself, but i didnt dare to mention it with my low post counter.

I got my HD2 only 1 month ago and its my first WM device. I am very good with all technical devices, but it was still very hard for me to find the right answers.

As i just bricked my nokia phone during an update i wanted to make sure to not brick my HD2..

its hard to get all the information, and i was thinking about creating a webpage - which really expalains idiot-proof how everything works.
[About XDA developers] madnish30:
The guides and the wikis + plethora of resources are already in place especially for establishes devices like the Leo. The only issues is the "newer" crowd is lazy and does not search and hence hundreds of threads asking questions to which answers have already been mentioned sometime somewhere on the forum. That's not the only issue- the problem is that these newer people won't be patient or even post in the correct place.

For eg. I have seen threads about Android development being posted in Win D&H.

We have to live & deal with it, it's a side effect of growth and progress.

JM2C's.