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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boah78:
my girlfriend is debating between a focus and iphone 4... I love my focus (coming from a 3gs) but told her to get the iphone... WP7 just isn't ready enough yet for people like her. She's still under contract with t-mobile for another 2 months and then will switch to AT&T either way. I'm hoping by then I'll be able to recommend WP7 instead, but she has no tolerance for bugginess... it will be her first smartphone, so it'll have to be an easy transition, and right now that means iOS. It's a shame too because I think iOS is getting worse with each update... I use to jailbreak my phone mostly for multitasking... now it's jailbroken to keep things (mostly safari) from multitasking apple's way because it's awful (maybe it's better with an iphone 4?) anyway... hopefully this upcoming update will make me change my mind. It doesn't even really have to do anything more for her, just has to do what it currently does better.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mKTank:
I agree. Let her get the iPhone 4, she wouldn't really be happy with WP7 as of right now. It still needs a lot of work to catch up. Restricting her at this point isn't really fair.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hboos:
Legend.

That's what I would say too.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartyLK:
Don't let her know there is no music shuffle setting in the Zune player. I discovered this just this evening when I tried to shuffle the songs in a playlist. The songs were playing linearly and I wanted them to shuffle so I tried to find a shuffle setting. There is none. The only place songs will shuffle is all of them in the main "Shuffle all" songs category.

Not only is there no shuffle setting, but there are no settings period...save for the slider for connecting with Zune.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peew971:
Let her het the iPhone, WP7 isn't mature enough for most people, she will hate it and hate you too.

Plus it's her phone for her to use, why do you care if she uses an iPhone? Do you have share at Microsoft? If you wanted a PS3 and she was trying to make you buy a Wii you wouldn't have it I'm sure.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breus:
She is a woman :):):) take her iPhone so she can also show it to her friends and tell how much it is nice :):)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tasteslikeawesome:
This, a phone is a fashion accessory and nothing more, iphones are the expensive cool thing. unless she is tech savvy and demands more from a phone but its unlikely.

Sent from my rooted x10a with jit 002 optimiser.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vHatch:
shuffle

Don't spread lies just because you dontknow how to do something. Wp7 certainly does have shuffle and repeat. Just click on the cover art when playing a playlist and 3 options come up: repeat, like and shuffle.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiMyNameIsKriss:
Press the album art of the current song you are playing and repeat, shuffle and favourite buttons appear. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartyLK:
For someone to be lying, they would have to be intentional. I was not intentional. The setting is vague to the point of only discovering it by accident. I have other Zunes that the setting is clear to get at. Never had to press the AA in any of them. You need to stop calling people liars when they aren't. You are a false witness.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tone_:
Oh dear more MartyLK FUD

Music: Tap the album image, and then tap Shuffle to play the items in the current playlist in random order.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/music/play-music-videos-and-podcasts.aspx
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohgood:
+1 on iphone

you will regret it if you push for a wp7 device when all her friends are facetiming each other and she's just got .... mmm... nothing.

happy wives
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imaginarynumber:
It could be argued that the iphone is currently better suited to the tech savvy than wm7.

Until Microsoft fix/improve the legion of bugs/omissions then WP7 is an expensive uncool thing.

I don't expect this to be the case forever but that is the sad truth in the meantime.

So for now tell her to the iphone- at least she can't blame you if she doesn't like it ;)

ps before I get flamed- I hate apple but the iphone is a more polished/rounded product- you can change ring tones, retain camera settings, tether, etc, etc. I do expect that WP7 will have advanced features one day but I don't know if or when that will be- nor does anyone else here. The pessimist in me suspects that WP8 will be what we had hoped WP7 would be...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Avandor:
Give her an iPhone... when WP7 matures a bit more, and has a few more applications on the market, with perhaps some newer models, she's ready for one.

Till then... iPhone with a nice pink case :cool:
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eternalemb:
lol I love seeing BS spouting tools like this dolt get pwnd. You get a thanks =D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eternalemb:
legion of bugs? I'd love to see that list...

where are you getting your information from? You CAN use custom ringtones on WP7, you CAN retain camera settings, you CAN tether. We also have file explorers and a registry editor. Does iOS?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartyLK:
Your wish is granted...pwned

Legion of bugs thread

By the way, I added another one to the list, at the bottom (last page)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtopps:
I think and iPhone would be a better choice for her, at least in this point of time. WP7 is still, IMO, too new and unpolished...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emigrating:
@OP While there are advantages to both of you having the same handset (ie. car-docks etc) just let her decide which one she wants. If she really wants a FFC (and really, who doesn't?) she's not going to be happy with WP7 as they don't offer this at the moment. Locking her into a 2yr contract on a, relatively, sub-par device is just stupid. Also, if her upgrade is that close to the unveiling of iPhone 5 I would hold of a little longer and see when it actually becomes available.

That said, my wife has a Omnia 7 and is perfectly happy with it. She does not use FFCs though and app-wise you [more or less] get the same functionality on WP7.

Now, don't get me wrong, but the majority of items on that list are not OS bugs. Some are, for sure, but others are device specific while yet others are simply non-existing features.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartyLK:
There are way too many bugs as is for this "mother-of-all-OSes". And bugs are bugs. Mission was accomplished by providing a list of "bugs".
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emigrating:
No arguments here. The OS does have bugs, some of them are deal-breakers for a lot of people. I was simply pointing out that the majority of "bugs" on that list are either device specific (ie. not Microsoft's "problem") or non-implemented features.

How? Not counting the reg-change that alters the default settings I have heard nothing about camera settings being saved.

This is a huge issue for me, so if I've missed something do let me know. Home-brew is not a problem.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangekid:
maybe, but if every device suffers from numerous "bugs" then it is MSs problem because it fortifies the idea that MS just can't compete in the mobile world without a ****load of bugs.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vangrieg:
My wife wanted a WP7 phone since she saw mine (currently she has a 3GS and didn't show any interest in iPhone 4 which I used before my current Mozart).

However, I talked her out of it and plan to get her a white iPhone 4 if it materializes.

Contrary to most people here though it's not because of bugs (I experience fewer bugs here than I did on iPhone) or missing functionality like copy/paste (she hasn't used it once on her 3GS, I asked. Nor does she need multitasking. She's also fine with existing games on WP7, and loves the IMDB app.

The major reason is that it doesn't have a proper Russian keyboard (there's a homebrew one but it doesn't work half as well as its English version). If we lived in a "supported" country I don't see why I would prevent her from getting it.

That being said, it seems that many phones in the US have ancient beta quality ROMs (like 1.07), so experience may differ there.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emigrating:
Definitely, but I can't pinpoint any non-OS bugs that exist on every single handset out there.

E.g. I've never had my Omnia 7 reboot for no apparent reason, this happened quite a few times in the limited time I spent with a HD7 (and also happens, although not often, on my HD2). nor have I ever, IIRC, had an app start loading then going back to the main menu on my Omnia, this happens a few times a day on my HD2 etc.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoken:
a) he's talking about the abilities of the os prior to unlocking/jailbreaking

B) if you jailbreak the iPhone then yes, you can access/edit system files and plist files (OSX's equivalent of the registry).
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imaginarynumber:
Hi ya- i have to admit that I don't yet have a wp7- have been holding off for the pro 7 and so my opinions are largely based on what i have read in this part of XDA

Just to confirm-

1. you are saying that I can bluetooth tether my laptop and WP7 (like I can with my piece of ****e Sony phone). When I last asked this a month ago I go arses who flamed me and told me to go out and buy a 3g dongle- even though my phone tariff allows tethering.

2. This link I read today is rubbish? http://www.phbeta.com/microsoft/win...-software-update-wont-retain-camera-settings/

I freely admit that I had only just visited the hacking part of the XDA wp7 thread today and was heartened to see that reg hacking is a possibility- I stand corrected.

If the answer to the first part of my question is yes then I will get a Pro 7 asap.

Thanks- oh and thanks for questioning me rather than flaming me- the later being something that I am still getting used to on this site.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imaginarynumber:
Correct- I was comparing like to like.

Tnx
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangekid:
I don't think you want to compare iOS with WP7 when both are jailbroken, because you can do about a million things more with a jailbroken iOS than you can with a chevron unlocked WP7, some of which include:

1) change the wallpaper (on 3G devices you still can't on iOS 4.x unjailbroken)

2) video wallpapers, video ringtones

3) Emulators

4) Complete them overhauls, with "widgets" (sense clock, rss feed, animated Sense weather, Live WP7 tiles, etc...)

and much much more. It's not even a fair comparison at this point.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmelo76:
To convince anyone, requires a research on the 2 gadgest (Iphone e WP), that is what I recommend!

Closed thread!
[Networking] andrewgman:
I have been searching for a way to get My Nook color to work with my wii. Can you please explain to me how to enable AD Hoc on my nook color.

I do not understand the pages I have found on google
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CGCR:
I'm using MDJ's NAND Rom and I can't seem to be able to set notification tones or move SD files to /system files for that matter

Could anyone help please?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] voncrane:
What file manager/explorer are u using? Use Root Explorer
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CGCR:
I'm using Astro and File Manager
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jose makalolot:
Like what vancrane said, use root explorer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CGCR:
Thank you

that solved my problem
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Ok.. I posted previously of my samsung galaxy s being sent away november 3rd and going to the store 3 times and calling in 10 times since..they said my phone was gone....and hadn't come back. This was yesterday.....I just called bell customer service hotline and guess what??!!!!!

My phone was signed off by the repair lady at bell on december 29 2010, she received it at the store!! This is bull****!! I have been lied to for the past 2 months or so all the reps saying my phone was gone and even went in person and said it wsnt there.....so I'm asking you guys, I'm gonna pick up my phone tommorow, show them all the dates about shipping to and from repair center...and CLEARLY showing they recevied it DECEMBER 29!!

What can I get out of a company that repeatly lied to me for the past 2 months? Sure ill take the phone but I want compensation for this bull**** management! ...any ideas??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
bump could use some help

Sent from HTC Desire Z using XDA App
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dagrim1:
Please wait 24hrs before bumping threads...

And to be honest, if you have to ask in a forum I don't think you'll make that much of an impression in the shop.

Just express your anger (which is totally valid btw) but I doubt you can start demanding things or compensation and if you get compensation it will be mostly depending on what the shop is willing to do.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w98seeng:
Don't go to a store for this, they can't and probably won't help. Call customer service and tell them you have a problem that you have not been able to get help with and would like to speak to customer retention

Have as much proof of your case as possible. Exact date you brought the phone in, the exact date you got your phone back, the dates you spoke to customer service, etc.

Be nice, be assertive, but never be aggressive and never get angry. When a person is faced with aggressiveness or anger, they become defensive. They have the power in the situation, but you have the ability to change that.

Say your story to as many people as you have to at Bell. Don't be angry if you get passed around to other people. Always keep a record of who you talked to, when you talked to them, how long you spoke and the outcome.

Don't threaten, don't be abusive, don't yell. Do be nice, do smile (believe it or not, it will come through in the call), do be pleasant and always be assertive, but not aggressive.

If you call customer service and get an overseas rep, ask to be transferred to someone in Canada.

What do you want from Bell? What will you ask for them to do? Make sure it's not a ridiculous request.

Something like this is a good start to a phone call...

Hi, I am having a problem that I hope you can help me with. I have been with Bell Mobility for (amount of time with bell). My phone died on (Date) and I brought it in to (Specific Store) for servicing. I was told by the Bell representative that it will take (How long) and I left. When I called back on (Date) to inquire about my phone I was told (Details). I now it can take a while for service from a large company like Samsung, so I waited.

Use expressions like..

I really need your help, It would be great if, I love my phone but, Bell has great coverage but, At the end of my contract I hope Bell has some really nice phones for me to get. Make a little small talk. "I'm in Montreal and we got some snow recently, what's it like where you are?" Being nice can get you sooo far.

If you, are not getting anywhere, insist on speaking to a manager. If they refuse to pass you onto a manager, be persistent, but be nice. If they still refuse, say thank you, hang up and call back to speak to speak to a manager through someone else.

I hope this helped,

Ian
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arr0ww:
File a complaint with the CCTS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evil-doer:
because im not with bell i called up the repair place a couple of times and they accidentally gave me both the shipping info to and from the repair place. the bell store held onto my phone for 1 week before they sent it to be fixed and 1 week after it was fixed. it could have been a lot longer than a week if i hadnt been in there with the proof it was there and basically yelling at them to give it to me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
This has nothing to do with the CCTS, wich "rules" the communications.

But rather with consumer service. If you are in Quebec, contact the OPC

http://www.opc.gouv.qc.ca/webforms/PES/PlainteEnLigne/Informations_en.aspx
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordcalin:
Call, Complain, *****, Make sure they know your seriously pissed off and won't stand for nothing.

That's about the only advice anyone can give you.... for example, I called Dec 28th about mine, and got the $100 credit at that time. However they kept sending the replacement to the wrong address, I finally received it Jan 26th .... I got back on the phone and raised hell until they reversed my entire months billing since I had no phone due to there screw-ups for that month. End result, my bill has been a total of $29 for 3 months service now between the two credits.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaav bp:
Call the customer service be nice with them and told them your problem and try getting the 100$ credit if this doesn't work you can ask to speak to their supervisor then if it doesn't work the first time try to redo the same process until you find the right person warranty is never a simple thing theres always problems about getting it back to the customer but if your perseverent you'll get what you want.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inglor:
What has worked for me in the past with poor costumer service and with bureaucracy in general is to constantly call and to keep a track of all communications (record calls and write down who you talked to).

In my experience, as soon as they'll realize dealing with you is more work to them then actually taking care of your phone, they'll take care of your phone..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Well just came back from Bell and what a messed up day. They spent 30 mins looking for my phone. Found it then said they won't give it to me cause I didn't have orginal receipt...showed them it and they went and got my cell....wtf???? And ontop of that they made somee BS excuses to not give me ANYTHING saying maximum wait time was 12 weeks???? Wth??? Anddd that I couldn't get any special treatment since I was not a Bell customer anymore.....wow...sigh...I was hoping to get my brother bill credited or something.....these stores are ***beep*** up...excuse my language. But bs, I didn't get any compensation what so ever!!

And fyi.. they said they got the phone a day and a half ago, when it clearly states received Dec 29.....stupid store. I'm considering calling customer service and getting something done here its BS!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Auzy:
You do realise that December is the busiest time of the year right? It wouldn't be a surprise to me if it did take them a while to test it and send it off for repair.

It is also fair to expect a receipt when they return the goods to yourself, because otherwise, there is a risk anyone might pick up someone elses.

I'm not defending them, but do you mind if we see the paperwork (with blacked out sections)?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 280z_rb26dett:
What does the partion SD card option on cwm do?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lokerman:
Hey everyone. First off, I am very new to all this. I started reading last week about the idea of rooting a phone, and ended up doing it the next day. I have bionix-v installed now for almost 1 week, and no problems at all, except for one. The max speed limit in the "conservative" mode in SETCPU is 1000, but the TEAMWHISKEY Website says to set it from 200-1200. I was wondering if anyone can tell me why it's not allowing a speed higher than 1000, and what I can do about it to speed it up? After doing auto detect, the conservative mode simply gives the range of 100-1000. Any help is appreciated.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
You need to get a overclock kernel look at their post for more info.

I suggest u don't, it gives horrible battery life
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Apocalypse:
yeah...

Bionix-V comes with VooDoo kernel...but it can't be overclocked...if you want overclocking get the Dragon kernel or DoW (Destroyer of Worlds)

Personally i would wait for a while until kernel devs get their hands on the official source code...so the OC kernels won't have such crappy battery life
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lokerman:
Hey guys thanks for the quick replies. I tried to read up as much as I could but missed that info. Since you both suggest not doing it, or not doing it right now, I'll take your advice. Thanks a lot!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hazard99:
It isnt really needed anyway unless you just want to see higher numbers. just remember higher overclock doesnt always mean higher test scores.

Infact I often will underclock my kernel to 800mhz. these guys do such a good job you dont really even notice the speed difference.

Dow=fast kernel but leaves your battery dead and lonely.

dragon kernel has been my fav up until eugene's but still worse on battery.

Dont mess with eugene's kernel as it isnt overclocked yet and it isnt very noob friendly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaetm83:
i agree, it's possible to make overclock kernels only when devs have source codes of a kernel. we had not had one until eugene recently released one (still not official vibrant kernel source). this means both dragon and dow kernels are based on galaxy-s i9000 model. because the kernel is not optimized to our phones, battery drain is quite bad. since we do have kernel source codes and eugene and team whiskey are working to improve it, we will probably see good overclock kernels soon.
[EVO Shift 4G General] .Shadin.:
Sorry if this has been answered, but I couldn't find a solution searching.

Before we got permaroot, I downloaded the Gallery3D app from the market since I missed it from aosp. Now that I have an aosp rom again, however, that app continues to show as installed in my market list simply from the stock apk being present. Is there any way to remove it? I tried turning off backup to Google and wiping already to no effect.
[EVO Shift 4G General] zanderman112:
Try clearing the cache to the market and download manager i guess.

Sent from my non-rooted, stock Epic.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jesusice:
So the app is installed on your phone and appears in your Market list of installed apps? It sounds like everything is working as it's supposed to.

You could try using Titanium if it bothers you, it has a detach from Market option. I think it'll keep coming back though.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G General] .Shadin.:
I'll try Titanium and see if that does it. It's true that it's technically working as intended, just annoying that I've tried to delete the apk entirely to get that stock AOSP app unassociated with a market entry where someone just posted it themselves. It's not a huge deal, but I'd rather not have to remember to go in and uncheck auto-update on things like that while changing roms.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2012iawait:
does using google voice for texting affect the battery life? more than the regular text? i turned off the background sync so when ever i want to check the text msgs i do it manually