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[Windows Phone 7 General] OGCF:
This is supposed to be casual.

Sent from my Samsung Focus
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
yeah, doesn't the new psp coming out have 4 graphics chips???

I've read that they are going to make a halo port. That would be pretty hard core.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
You obviously haven't played any Game Center games. Those two aren't even multi-player. But please let's not turn this into every other OS sucks except WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Halo port? Isn't NOVA out, change the name and its the same thing as Halo.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
why not? According to you, every OS rocks except wp7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] canadariot2312:
The PSP2 is designed for one thing, gaming obviously, at least I hope Sony is marketing it as that.

I've only played Halo once and it seems pretty fun. Would be really cool if they had the energy sword on the port.

Yes I have. It reminds me more of the Nintendo DS gaming, which is casual.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
If Nintendo were wise, since they'll likely never market a smartphone, they would seek to get their games on the leading smartphones. MS would do well to engage Nintendo in this regard. That, alone, would put more WP7 phones into the hands of eager young ones. If they'd have done that with the Kin, it would still be around.
[Windows Phone 7 General] canadariot2312:
Nintendo will most likely not make any of their games on anything not named Nintendo. If Microsoft and Sony can't get a Nintendo game, I am sure the case is no different for Apple and Google.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Nowhere close. What makes Halo great is balance of graphics, story and gameplay. NOVA may have decent graphics but that's it, it's a crappy game just like everything else made by Gameloft.

I'm not sure how gaming is on Android currently, but on iOS hardcore games suck. Not so much because they can't be made good enough, but rather because nobody has done anything great so far.

WP7 isn't any better, of course. It doesn't even have a single FPS as far as I can see (and before somebody asks "who wants to play FPS on a phone" - I most certainly do).

I couldn't care less for multiplayer so can't comment on that.

One good thing about Xbox Live on WP7 though is that it's managed - games are hand picked and have mandatory meaningful trials. I'm thoroughly enjoying this aspect.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tom Servo:
Before anyone gets into overly exciting speculations over low-power graphics and CPU performance... Figure this, if it were possible, my NVidia card wouldn't be gobbling up 200 watts in high performance 3D mode.

Sure, smartphones are catching up to the performance of desktop computers a few generations back, but desktop CPUs and GPUs still blow their mobile pants off. I've seen it often enough when benching code in the XDE emulator and on the phone. And that's with .NET CF optimizing for VFP on devices but not SSE in XDE.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Nintendo DS is way more than casual gaming. What is your definition of hardcore?
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
You're arguing for fun. Its nowhere close to Halo?

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009...one-nova-hitting-iphone-tomorrow/?mobile=true

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/N.O.V.A./news.asp?c=17343

Your opinion is respected though. If hardcore games suck on IOS then they suck on every mobile OS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
No, not at all. I played Halos on XBox, and tried to play NOVAs on iPhone 4. Gameloft made a cheap ripoff, it's nowhere close. It's as similar to the real thing as KIRF Chinese iPhones are to the original. Basically, every single Gameloft game sucks, even when they try to copy something. It's not just the controls, it's the story, wrong difficulty levels in different missions etc. etc. - those little things that make the difference between bad, good and great games.

Well yes they do, for the most part. Infinity Blade may be good if you're into that kind of stuff, but I don't like RPG.
[Windows Phone 7 General] evolutionqy7:
mostly games on phones is casual :) none of them have the consistency and space for all your controls :) usually just the D pad and a a few functions at the side. Which is kinda a painful experience to be doing on something with a smaller than 4" screen.
[Windows Phone 7 General] brummiesteven:
Multiplayer gaming is definitely coming (or is already there but not yet implemented in any games)

See this image of the hub (particularly "Requests"):

Apparently you can also play with friends on the web:

http://windowsphone.xbox.com/en-GB/

I haven't been able to find that game in the market though.

I would expect Xbox Live games will also be able to play against users on the Xbox - IF There is an accompanying Xbox game that's identical (Earthworm Jim is the only one atm that fits this afaik).
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ Turn by turn only, casual games.

Card games, puzzle games, etc.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Alcatrazx:
Dear all

It seems like something went wrong today ... at around 10:00 am .... The marketplace was working all fine and I was downloading / installing free apps ... so in a nutshell yes I had put in the activation code and everything was all fine ... I was installing a particular app and it got blocked a bit ....

Anyone experiencing the same problem ? Do you reckon that if I reflash everyhing and re-activate will I experience the same problems?

the message is as follows...

error code c00cee3b...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Heathcliff74:
It seems to be a bug in the Marketplace. See this. Try a soft-reset, wait a couple of minutes and try again. Maybe you could uninstall the app you installed last.

Good luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TubeShaped:
Hi community

I noticed that while scrolling web pages in browser (2.2.1), most of all some greyish backgrounds do flicker on the SAMOLED screen. Is this a malfunction of the hardware? Is it a question of perception or is it related to the software?

Regards
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikhailCompo:
I might just be being dumb...

I have a folder on one of my home screens called Games and I keep my games shortcuts in there. I remember naming it to games myself.

However, whenever I create a new folder or long press an existing one I don't get the option to name/rename. What am I doing wrong?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nexus MC:
Did you long press the name on top of the window after you press on it initially?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikhailCompo:
Thank you!!!!
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] zalaros:
Hi to all :D Since i couldn't find an easy way to switch between Phone Keypad and Full qwerty easily, i wrote a small script in order to do that ;) You don't have to install anything, just run the script (unzip it first) ;) You can assign it to a hardware button or even better assign it to a double swipe gesture in the app called LMT (you can find it here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=629263) I hope you find it usefull :)

Edit: This script is tested in HD Mini's default keyboard (WWE version) only.
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] olyloh6696:
Nice I will test on my other decives with htc
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] cloudyy:
can it assigned to 'hold shift button' to show the compact, full, or phone keypad menu? i find this feature in xperia x2, it quite usefull..
[General Questions and Answers] slighmd:
just a quick question: WP7 with Xbox live or iPhone or Android, Which among them would u recommend for

hardcore

gaming on the go considering present and future support and software? i'm having second thoughts about my device and was thinking of maybe switching. please no consoles, pc's, etc.
[General Questions and Answers] the_scotsman:
If you want HARDCORE gaming, neither WP7 nor iPhone will be good enough...PSP/PSP2 is what you'll want;)
[General Questions and Answers] dbzfanatic:
You could wait for the rumored (dc if it's "confirmed" it's still a rumor to me) Sony phone, supposed to be like a psp running android.
[General Questions and Answers] slighmd:
i mean, only from those 3, wp7, iOS and android. i was thinking about gaming on the go with the same device making calls, sms, email, movies, music
[General Questions and Answers] Lizzo:
for gaming on the go with the best future potential, i'd say wp7 has that crown.
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
Currently, android. Give it a few months and WP7.
[General Questions and Answers] slighmd:
Currently have an HTC Trophy, wife has an iphone. My mom has an Android (really!). So i guess the right thing to do is stick to WP7 and be patient
[General Questions and Answers] Spl4tt:
as much as i know we have emulators for psx and other conosles on android?^^

winmo got a psx emulator too (not wp7)
[General Questions and Answers] slighmd:
Cool, a psx emulator! Thats a plus then. Hate this dilemma
[General Questions and Answers] souljaboy:
wp7 doesnt have ish for it .. what are u talking about .... only gameloft hd and dungeon defenders are worthwhile games , and theyre for android

that said id reccomend a galaxy s series or psp phone or a tegra2 phone
[General Questions and Answers] copius:
What screen size do you think you need for hardcore gaming? I can't imagine playing anything in great detail on a screen smaller than a tablet (iPad, Galaxy Tab, etc.)
[General Questions and Answers] slighmd:
Any screen size will do i guess or maybe at least 3.5"
[General Questions and Answers] olyloh6696:
Although i will never buy an iPhone, i have to admit that iPhone wins for gaming. Casual gaming, not hardcore. Android sure has WAY morapps then WinMo, but tbh, i was a bit dissapointed at the quantity/quality. iPhone has dedicated officaial game devs, wheras android is open source and there aren't that many blockbusters.

i personally use ny Ipod touch. i don't use my tab for games, there aren't many :/
[General Questions and Answers] GnatGoSplat:
Android is best for gaming. At CES, lots of new games were demoed for Android.

http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/4690-ces-android-other-platforms-see-a-big-gaming-boost

WP7 has the potential to be a big gaming platform, but it's never going to happen if people don't buy it, and so far, they aren't. Of the few who have bought a WP7 phone, fewer people are satisfied with it than people who bought Android phones.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/71041

Are phones carrier subsidized in the Phillippines? If not, then you will get a whole lot more phone for the money going with Android over iPhone.
[General Questions and Answers] olyloh6696:
Android has better hardware for games

iPhone has better optimization. The devs all just focus on one device hardware to build upon. the apps are more stable.

Gangstar on my ipod touch 2g is smoother than on my Samsung Galaxy Tab :/

p.s - I'm not a Apple fanboy.
[General Questions and Answers] canadariot2312:
None for now. WP7 might have a chance with XBox Live integration (and I think we might see some XBox games ported over, maybe not), but nothing much right now. iOS does have a ton of casual games, but not too fond of hardcore gaming on it (I think the screen size is way too small). Android has the advantage in hardware (obviously), but has a lack of drivers and, with the exception of emulators, the game selection is poor (might change).
[General Questions and Answers] olyloh6696:
Windows Mobile 6.x True playstation emulator.

FSpcse on TG01 = Unbeatable

(except hd2) :P
[General Questions and Answers] drummr8:
the new PSP :)

I would wait for the Atrix to come out, as it will be a powerhouse.

iPhone seems to get more support for games though and they are always released on iOS first. :(
[General Questions and Answers] c4chen:
Play Station Phone
[General Questions and Answers] Niftyspandler:
ok!ggggggggg
[General Questions and Answers] BoazNahum:
I'd go for Nexus S, since Google phones get Android updates first, or maybe wait for that GNP, Sony's future release. The specs are really badass, but Idk about getting games on it. They might be pricey. (I wouldn't try bypassing Sony's epic protection when it comes to software piracy)
[General Questions and Answers] ian619420:
Should I get Galaxy s2 i777 or Ipod touch 5g for hardcore gaming. Games i want to play with FULL graphical effects with minimum to 0 lag are

Amazing spiderman

Nova 3

Wild BLood

modern combat 4

GTA 3/Vice city

dark knight rises

dead trigger

asphalt 7

nfs most wanted

real racing 3

can anyone please tell me which device to get for these games.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Honestly, they're both very fast devices (the S2 especially), but I would go with the iPod Touch 5G because it has a pretty graphical chip, and since iOS devices basically all have the same internal specs, the games run smoother on them.

Again, this is just in the gaming category.
[General Questions and Answers] ian619420:
ok but i remember on android some of those games i listed needed active internet connection to play ex 3g 4g wifi. since ipod touch 5g only has wifi would i need internet via wifi to play single player in those games?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
Okie dokie, ive had a wee look about and whilst there are several posts on battery issues i dont see much on this one ive come across.

Ok, first things first, battery usage seemed a bit high but nothing too major, still got me through a day, then it got worse, bit by bit it was lasting less and less time. so ive done a few wee tests with flashing other WM roms and WP7 and i think i have a good explination.

It seems if you leave it on charge all night it may not quite fill up, if you unplug it when the green light comes on then plug it back in it fills up propperly, if however you unplug it when the green light is on and :cool:isnt full, plug it back in again and then unplug it again before its full it reports on wp7 as being full, which it isnt, then it looks like your battery is draining like a comet falling out of the sky which of course it isnt, just just your battery isnt full to start with.

anyhow, it seems to get worse if you dont notice it not filling up, so if i fill it up to say 80%, then use it, and at some point during the day plug it in briefly but not enough to fill it up fully it then takes that level as the battery max, the next recharge doesnt fill it up until a restart.

So yes, thats all rather complicated and probably makes little sence to anyone but me but the point is this, for one reason or another WP will think the battery is full when it isnt, which makes it look like the battery usage is massive, which it isnt, it just appears that way because as far as WP is concerned, under the right circumstances your battery is perhaps half the size it really is
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Gustopher:
I'd support dazza9075 in his articulation of this undocumented 'feature'. Without having given it the same levels of consideration, I've had similar experiences where I have had a phone on the green light - I unplug it, take a short call, plug it back in and it stays on amber for another hour or more.

Elsewhere in similar threads there was a suggestion to soft reset at bedtime. I haven't done so rigorously, but the once or twice I have done, it does seem that there is more battery left in the morning.

Of course, in the absence of hard data from a battery percentage meter - assuming it is accurate - this is all subjective speculation anyway. But it is reasonably safe to say that WP7's battery reporting is immature at best.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
Aye, not having propper access to battery stats is a bit of an oversight. Just to add to my ramblings just charged the phone, green light, unplug, icon suggests 100%, plug in an amber light pops on, unplug an Icon dropped to around 80%, plug in again and leave phone on standby it will charge, but as I type on here battery icon gone straight to full an green light on.

Lesson of the day, charge and don't use phone, keep repeating unplug an charge to get full charge back
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] arkatis:
Good stuff guys! Indeed; i noticed the same thing! Although when it says Low Battery i can assure you that the phone will still work for a day like mine.. i charged it yesterday morning; at night it said battery low and still now i am using it! Weird stuff but as we know WP7 is not meant to be on HD2! Someone here (member or dev) will fix the problem some day like Android OS... This is just the Beginning! :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] poceh:
I can completely agree with the observations written above regarding the battery charging in our HD2s.

Just install the Battery Tool from the HTC test package found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896104&highlight=test

Then when you open the program, for fully (I mean really full battery) there must be the following lines there:

Weight: 1000
RARC: 1000
Voltage: 4196 (+/-, different, this is mine battery)
Current: 0
Full: 1230
ACR: 1230

Last one (ACR) and Weight (1000) are the most important, so that ACR == FULL. After that I can use the phone for 2 and half days with moderate usage.

When the usually charging appear, after the green light, when I open the application it says:

Weight: 686
RARC: 686
Voltage: 4196 (???)
Current: 30 (it appears still charging with small amount of amperage)
Full: 1230
ACR: 840

For me here the battery is 2/3 full, but is strange that it reports full voltage, although ACR << FULL. If I unplug the charger, then just right after some minutes I'm starting to see how the battery indicator decreases fast.

EDIT: It seems that after green light, If I unplug the charger and plug it again, the above settings change dramatically, as well as indicator, showing 2/3 full battery:

MS_Percent: 69
PA_Percent: 69
Weight: 686
RARC: 686
Voltage: 4196
Current: 75
Full: 1230
ACR: 845

Then after 2-3 minutes it's becoming green again and MS and PA pointing to 100, BUT Weight and RARC = 686.

The question is, is really battery 2/3 full or is just wrong determination of charging percents (battery indicator levels) as noted above?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
ah, very good tool

I think that just proves what i suspected, the phone dosnt have a clue what its doing, to get a full charge, simply unplug when green light comes on, keep screen off on standby and replug-in,red light appears until it thinks its "full" repeat process until ACR is full. A reboot will have the same effect it seems

Failer to do so makes phone results in incorrect battery stats and can result in the phone appearing to have a much hight battery usage then it really does
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] singh_jagdev:
hd2 wp7 battery tips

I struggled a lot initially then I did the following changes which made my battery last for 3 days, yes you heard it right.

1. Remove all live & Facebook (active) tiles from the home screen

2. Turn data/WiFi off when not in use.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] pakure:
yes, use the battery tool from htc to read and charge your battery to 100%...though it says 100%...charge until ACR reading and FULL reading are same or the battery current says zero....similar to current widget in android where the phone can be charged till the current is 0ma..meaning no current is passing between the phone and charger
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] sskoul:
Where do we get the battery tool from htc?

Edit: Foud the link in the above posts .... Thanx :)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dr_strangetrick:
Not exactly related but I have the same problem with charging, if I plug into my laptop it starts orange and turns green when its 100% but what it looks like to me is that when it thinks its charged it turns off the charger and the light still stays green.

So my battery starts draining but still showing green, if I unplug and plug back it will go to 100% but the same happens again.

Getting annoyed with this I got one of these...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UK-USB-Desktop-Battery-Charger-HTC-HD2-LEO-T8585-UK-/260757456468?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccessories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=item3cb65b0654

Its tedious taking my battery out but now I get over a full day without having to charge.

P.S. the battery tool is in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=911309
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] GameDr04:
I'm a huge fan of this particular little battery-related nugget. And I'll be a monkey's uncle: it works.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1041912

My personal habits call for a soft-reset at bedtime (while it's plugged in) and a little video camera shoot when I wake. This yields about 18 hours of battery life for me with constant 3G and/or WiFi usage. I average ~12,000 texts per month.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] tusharch:
which version of WP7 and radio rom are u using ? Presume its a EU HD2
[Android Software Development] hyperbyteX:
I accidently deleted the apk file from the bin directory of one of my projects and now everytime i try to compile/run it I get an error message saying that the apk can't be located. How do I fix this?
[Android Software Development] Brut.all:
Try to clean your project. I don't know Eclipse, but there should be a "clean" command in menu->project, menu->build, menu->run or something like that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] theraf90:
Hello guys!

So I wanted to start a thread for all the possible gmail skins out there, so I converted this thread!!!

Anyone with a custom Gmail app can post it here and if anyone has a How-To to mod our gmail skin please share!!!:D

Original:

Black Gmail App: here
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Phandroid:
Not that I know but that would be cool. Maybe one could make a flash zip like this colored Android Market zip...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] zolah:
Here you go.

Black gmail...

Put it in system/app make a backup of your origional gmail apk and delete it prior or rename the origional apk to gmail.bak.

Enjoy
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Phandroid:
Could you post a screenshot? In the said Market app there is a problem with the text being white against a white background. Would be nice to know if there's the same issue with this one...

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] theraf90:
Yeah baby that's what I'm talking about!

One question, I wanna theme it how do I do it? Ps I still can't see the label colors I have chosen on my pc... Will I always have plain white labels? Thanks a lot man!

@phandroid no problem with this app, it's perfectly readable! ;)

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Troet:
@ Zolah

Thank you for this gmail version. Is it correct that only the inbox has a black background and the mail view still has a white background?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mrdreamers:
didn't work on my tmo s4 alpha rom :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denny1012:
first, i`m a chinese ， my english is not，last day I found X10 2.2beta3， so I`m very happy to upgrade, But I read a lot of tutorials, I found that wo must Xrecovery my phone，I do it ,but When I restart the phone，I press the return key，It still stuck in SE.I can only pulled out the battery.

anyone knows how to solve this problem？
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PollPixx:
There is no better way to explain it than the tutorials written here...

Take a look at the how to for dummies tutorial in this section.

sent from my 2.2 X10
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buddha:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=908791
[myTouch 4G General] bballcat03:
Anyone else having this problem...I go to the weather app on my brand new MT4G, enter in my zip code and it says "location cannot be found"...I tried the zip, and city...it tells me to "try to enter in English"....uh, I am typing in English?!?!?

Any ideas? I searched, but to no avail