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[HD7 General] mike21pr:
Took the words right out my mouth.... im back to Android for the time being and this is one of the main reasons why

I have a mytouch 4g now and am very happy with it. Its fast and smooth (for a hw unaccelerated ui) and i have all the features i missed and realized what it will take for me to keep wp7 full time

-better performing apps (really... most apps for example Facebook and Twitter: made me want to use the damn browser instead. The choppy, slow, jagged, and glitchy scrolling and performance of silverlight apps really dont do it for me after getting used to the base os)

-wifi tethering (self explanitory)

-i missed "TV Listing for Android" (i need a tv listings app to track my shows, networks, and showtimes, and sadly wp7 dont have an app that works in my area)

-custom ringtones (i blew it off till i went through not having my own ringtones)

-video chat (most people dont use it, i do)

As you can see, its all personal preference so it may not be a big deal to many, but i realized its better to use and have a device that fulfills your needs at the moment than to buy somehing and hope its added down the road.

I hope to be back soon and will be cheering from the sidelines lol

s3nT Fr0m mY iC3'd 0uT Gl@cI3R
[HD7 General] tarusdg:
This is my story exactly :). I just bought another HD7 because something keeps drawing me back to WP7. I will be selling my Nexus S soon. To me, the glitches and the problems with the Nexus S outweigh the shortcomings of WP7. Options are always good!!!!
[HD7 General] HardwareLust:
I just came from Android. For several reasons;

1. Disappointed with Motorola and Android. Spent a great deal of money on the Moto Milestone only to have Motorola completely ignore us and leave us stuck with Android 2.1. They're never going to upgrade this phone, and frankly I'm pissed. Yes, I know I can root it and do it myself, but that isn't the point.

2. Android, UI wise, is a mess. The stock 'home screen' and widgets isn't nearly as nice or as streamlined as WP7 or iOS. Again, yes there are "alternatives" on the market, but most of these were coded by people in their spare time, and are hardly 'professional' in any way, shape or form.

3. Email. Android has sh*t for Exchange email clients (and Yes, I've tried Road Sync and Touchdown). And the Google client ain't all that great, which is surprising considering that Google made it. WP7's outlook client rules.

4. MS Office. There's a couple of barely adequate Office clones for Android, but they all basically suck, and no One Note integration. WP7 rules as far as Office and One Note integration.

5. WP7 is a bit out of the 'herd'. Android and iOS users tend to bleat the same tune over and over again. I like the fact that WP7 is a bit 'outside' the box.

6. Hardware: The HD7 is an awesome piece of equipment. I love the fact that I can upgrade it to 32gb with a screwdriver. And the screen is fabulous.

7. Xbox and Zune integration: I'm a big Zune and Xbox fanboy, so WP7 is right in my wheelhouse since I game on the Xbox and have Zune already installed on all my comps.

8. I really liked WM6.1 and 6.5, so I wanted to get "back in the fold" so to speak.
[HD7 General] SN4K3B1T3:
I'm coming from Android and I will be getting the HTC HD7 on Bell this teusday..I love the smootheness and the xbox live integration..love being able to have netfix on the go..I will still use android cuz I love modding but for my daily driver I think its going to be the hd7
[HD7 General] thephoneguyusa:
I bounce around phones so much that it is hard to keep track of my last one. But overall I came to wm7 because I want to work on developing apps. I had a Vibrant before this HD7 and I honestly got bored with it... I flashed every rom out there, overclocked it, and made it all nice and fast but in the end I just got bored. I own my own business and I have free time now and then that allowed me to play with roms like that but on top of getting bored it was soaking up time as well. I will stick with the HD7 for a while but I can see myself checking back into the Android arena again (hopefully with a dual core android monster.) If they allowed dual booting with the HD7 like my old HD2 this may be a phone I keep for a bit longer. Only time will tell though.

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HD7- Stock wm7- current

HD2- NAND 2.3 Gingerbread- Wife took over
[HD7 General] carmeng4evr:
These are all the devices i've owned

Verizon:

OG droid

Droid Eris

Palm pre Plus

Kin two

Droid Incredible

Droid X

At&t:

Iphone 3g & iphone 4

Xperia x10

Backflip

Captivate

Aria

Samsung Focus(windows phone 7)

Sprint:

Hero

Evo

T-mo(who i am with currently)

Vibrant

HD2

HD7

Nexus one(borrowed)

Mytouch 4g

and most recently, a g2

I am currently using a mytouch again because i broke my hd7 and i didnt feel like spending 500 bucks for a phone i already had...So i'm considering the next iteration of windows phone or maybe a Venue Pro.

I hate the Lag on Android and the user experience is horrible compared to WP7(in my opinion). I've owned stock android. Motoblur android, sense android, touchwiz android, timescape android and while each offers a somewhat different experience...overall android still feels beta. Its funny that Wp7 is brand new and yet it feels more refined and smoother.

Yes android has many apps but most of the apps are repeats or crap or half-baked

I like my mytouch not because of it's android but just for one simple reason...the FFC.

Before wp7, i loved android...After wp7, i still love it but i can't see myself using it for much longer. I love my user experience with wp7 and i recommend it to all my friends
[HD7 General] elmerendeiro:
I've had a moto milestone, and a nexus one...both beatiful phones...but seriously the android ui is a mess, every app looks different, lack of animations, lags in the homescreen...

Another point that I can't stand is that android code is not optimized for the various chipsets, so you need a tegra to scroll the homescreen smoothly and play nice games...when i first saw the smoothness and the gaming performance of the snapdragon on wp7 i was like: :eek: damn is it the same chip that was in my nexus? really, games on wp7 are already better than the android ones...

Of course there are some flaws in this young wp7...i just made my evaluation of the advantages/disadvantages and decided the i could pay that price. And once you accept the price, you discover that this wp7 is really a gem for the everyday use, fast, smooth, nice looking (this is a personal taste i know, but really, two years ago, i was thinkin at a touchscreen smartphones ui made of big squares to be easy for your finger and not wasting precious space on these little screen, too bad they realized it before me :p... that said, i love the look of wp7 and metro ui, i love the big artist pics when listening to music, same with the photos, along with people live tiles they make it feel your own personal phone, that bends to your taste, to your needs, to your passions etc, not just a bunch of apps)

I'm pretty sure that with the future updates, especially multitasking and copy paste (I really felt the need of it 3-4 times in two weeks, but i'm a power user) it will be appealing to many...

Personally, I'm really enjoying this wp7, I'm not looking back to android anytime soon, but i understand people that, for example, need thetering or other advanced features that are not available now on wp...hope they include them in next releases...btw for thetering the omnia7 can do it pretty easilly ;)
[HD7 General] elmerendeiro:
buy some phones if you happen to
[HD7 General] rich2thad:
Whyy does my fone keep freezing and restarting itself??
[HD7 General] kwiggington:
I went from android to a wp7 and back again i love android but their alot of things i liked about wp7 browser the ui is nice xbox live was sweet im sticking with android for now but ill def keep an eye on wp7 and might defect for good if it blooms well
[HD7 General] JWhipple:
I've fallen into my old rut again - after having come back to Android I'm doing the same crap I was before - flash flash flash hack hack hack customize customize customize. That was my biggest complaint before - it's actually TOO customizable. WP7 JUST WORKS as it should out of the box!

I'm thinking I should have just sucked it up and kept the HD7 - may actually consider hitting Craigslist and seeing if anyone wants to trade locally.
[HD7 General] jimbonics:
Lots more apps and games since you last used it, too.
[HD7 General] mstlc03:
Been running Android on my HD2 for over 5 months now. Must have tried over 20+ different builds. Just got the HD7 today and OMG!!! What a slick OS and the features are just endless. Love Office and Outlook and can't wait to try out XBox Live.

This one is going to be my daily phone!!
[HD7 General] JWhipple:
Thank God for Craigslist! I'm back on an HD7!
[HD7 General] scmurphy13:
As awesome as Android is, it's always felt like a toy to me. I've had almost every Android phone that T-Mobile has put out, and I've always felt that way. WP7 is very simple, which I like. The application interface is almost elegant. So easy to use.

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[HD7 General] newbie2006:
Ok i had the g1 - nexus one - samsung vibrant - htc mytouch - iphone 2g and 3gs - windows htc hd2 )winmo and android) but i have to say so far i am impressed with the simplicity of wp7 - iphone is fun - android is for us that love to tweak and tweak - but this wp7 is just plain simple...
[HD7 General] JWhipple:
Seems this unit I scored on Craigslist is a lot better than the one I had before. Volume rocker isn't all loose, no vibration sounds inside the earpiece with volume all the way up, volume is better (not a lot but enough to make a difference!).
[HD7 General] scmurphy13:
I got mine new from T-Mobile, and my volume rocker wasn't loose at first, but now it is. This will be my 3rd one, and they've all had that problem. It's been in the Speck case, but I'm getting the Otterbox case for it tomorrow, so it doesn't matter at this point.
[HD7 General] JWhipple:
Did you have the vibrating sound in the earpiece ? The one I had gotten new from TMo had that problem plus the loose volume rocker out of the box. This has neither.

As I had mentioned before, the audio output via the headphone jack is much improved over the last one.
[HD7 General] scmurphy13:
I never had the earpiece problem. The volume rocker problem isn't a problem as long as I have a case on it. The power button sucks on it. It's almost flush with the top of the phone.
[HD7 General] nexus14:
I came from a Nexus One. I went to WP7 because I wanted to try a new OS that was compatible with my old plan.

First week of owning it, I hated the power button and the volume buttons. They were flushed with the service and the volume button was somewhat wiggly. Over time, I grew used to it and stopped caring. In fact, I am more accustomed to pressing softly on the power button on the HD7 than the more rigid buttons on other phones like the iPhone.

I like the dedicated camera button. It's pretty useful if you want to take a quick picture. I love WP7 and its unique UI. The simple colors and aesthetics are amazing.
[HD7 General] JWhipple:
I think the hardest part about this decision to come back to WP7 is explaining it to my Android-toting friends ;-)

They'll get over it though!

I have one complaint with the OS in general - in Gmail - I get an email and I read it, but as far as my PC is concerned it's not read. I have to manually refresh to get it to update Gmail's read status. And yes, I have it set to act in a "push" fashion. Not a big problem though.
[HD7 General] walkloc:
just bored

I just came over to WP7.. Hated it at first. Ive been with android since G1 and had pretty much all variations from TMO. I think the software interface is amazing and it does it out of the box and hoping future updates will make it even better. I can really explain why but just to say I was bored with android and I had my mytouch 4g rooted running CM7 and all the other goodies. I traded with someone on craigslist.
[HD7 General] JWhipple:
Same exact setup I had and same situation...
[HD7 General] Sean D.:
I have the same GMail issues but only at times. What happens all the time (and I hate) is that if I delete a message from my phone it deletes from the Gmail server. I don't necessarily want that to happen. I also don't like that an email conversation on the phone isn't saved as a threaded convo. I don't want a long list of back n forth. I just want it either by contact, or subject. But i had the same issue with WM 6.0 too.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
Hi guys, I am feeling really nervous about this... So, the problem is, that I've just rooted my HTC GSM Hero and installed 2.2 ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=767886). Then I downloaded this app http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=892297. There I chose wrong icon (I didn't notice the icon was for FroydVillain) and rebooted device... Now I can't boot device into normal mode (it shows hero for a while, then turns into black screen, and nothing more happens) or recovery mode (it stucks when it shows HERO). I tried this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4467471&postcount=13 but it didn't work. I'm a complete beginner. Any ideas? Is my device really bricked? THANKS.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brat.haneq:
Boot into recovery, reflash the room. I dont know why would you anything to spl...
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
But I can't boot into recovery... That's the problem... It stucks when it shows HERO
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bantu85:
Stay calm... it's not necessarily bricked yet :)

First thing i would like you to do is charge your phone to max!

Try and turn on the phone and hold to "On" key and "Home" key together for 60 seconds. If this doesn't boot you to recovery, try again one more time! It's happened to me that i didn't realise the button wasn't pressed all the way down.

If that doesn't work then let it boot as normal and even though it goes to the black screen don't panic.

Do you have any of the android tools installed?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=502010

See there for help on how to get adb up and running and then come back here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bantu85:
Another thing i'm curious about while we're here... when you boot the device as normal.. connect it to power, the orange (or green) led at the top should be off for a few seconds while the hero boots up... when it goes to this black screen that you see.. does the light come on?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
OK, so, SDK is being installed now, and the phone is charging. What should I do next?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
When my phone is off, the led is red. When I see that black screen, it is off... Is that bad??
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bantu85:
Not necessarily.. it could just mean that it's not finishing it's boot up... let it charge for a while.

Your phone is most likely fine. You just confused it so it can't start up normally. We'll get you back in recovery mode and then you can reinstall your 2.2 rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
So I'll charge the phone the whole night, and I'll try booting it in recovery mode tomorrow morning - I will post the result here :) Thanks :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bantu85:
yes.. if it boots into recovery mode (which it should!) wipe everything and reflash... that should sort you out.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
No, it unfortunately didn't boot.. I left it for an hour but it still didn't help.. I'll retry booting it, but anyway, any more ideas? Anyways, thanks. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brat.haneq:
Hi there

I'm assuming, that You know how to get into recovery, as You flashed a couple of things. Perhaps Your home key is broken ;)

Question: do You have adb set up on Your computer? if yes - does it recognize Your phone ?

There is always option to run RRU...have You tried that ?

with regards

brat.haneq
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonesy:
have you tried booting holding VOLUME DOWN?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
Yes, I have ADB, but when I type adb devices, it only writes: "List of devices attached" (does that mean that it recognize my phone?)

I'm not sure I know what RRU is :)

Yes, it finds HEROIMG,zip, then loads it, then checks it, and adter that nothing happens - the phone still doesn't boot. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brat.haneq:
ok, volume down key response is good ;)

ADB apears not to discover Your phone, probably drivers problem ;/

Look for RRU file it's used for factory reseting entire phone.

You can download it from HTC.com site.

With regards

brat.haneq

EDIT: go to htc.com site. look for downlaoding software for Your phone. You will have to provide Your imei. and You will receive .exe file - that You will have to run on Your PC. You can also look for it on this forum, they should be around here somewhere (or perhaps shipped roms.com)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
When I enter the S/N in the htc.com site, it shows:	Sorry, this software download is not suitable for your device. I can download it from xda forum, but will this work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
Maybe there's some way to flash my recovery img via hboot (POWER + VOLUME DOWN)? :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonesy:
Try downloading usbdeview HERE plug the phone in,turn it on,leave it for 10-15 seconds for windows to recognize it...load usbdeview and uninstall and delete anything with android,htc,mass storage or adb in it thats showing as connected (on the right hand side) unplug phone......then download and install HTC Sync HERE let it install,then reboot (to be safe) plug the phone in and let its do its business,DONT let windows search and direct it to program files/htc sync/drivers (or similar) you should then have adb! If you dont it could be a problem with your misc.img i had this with my magic and fixed it with a post on this forum but will post it up if the first bit doesnt work :)

Any troubles gtalk me sean.mcardle84@gmail.com
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonesy:
you have to do that with fastboot
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew31:
I solved this problem! I just put the correct RUU in my sdcard and named it HEROIMG.zip and then turned on hboot - it flashed the RUU and now I got my phone alive! thanks for your help guys :)
[Nook Color General] michaelad:
I am having trouble getting pandora to run, not sure why but I am sure someone knows.. and I have no mp3 playback ability?

I just flashed Froyo yesterday and everything else seems to work great so a bit of help will be wonderful?
[Nook Color General] mattphoner:
it's only working on the most recent Nookie Froyo (.66), not .58 or .59.
[Nook Color General] michaelad:
Awesome! thanks for the information, I would have never figured it out.. Now for my next question.. how do I stay up to date on the versions of Froyo (nookie) Is there a wiki with download links?
[Nook Color General] ChrisJ951:
Just watch the developers forums, its posted there
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bones841:
Is there a fix to send mms over wifi? Im sorry i looked everywhere but couldnt find the right thread with helpful information.thanks in advance
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZachPA:
As far as I know, carriers lock MMS to the network (3G/4G/1x) so as to require an authenticated handset. That way, they can track usage, bill customers, and keep fraudulent or spam messages off the network. Allowing it over WIFI or any other network would remove those abilities.

There are alternatives to MMS over WIFI though. Carriers usually maintain web sites that you can login to view messages, and it's just as easy to email to a phone than anything.
[Galaxy Spica General] qazedx:
hi, I am having the same problem as here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841371

I tried changing ops file but it still fails at 2s I did every thing like guide said drivers and all, what might be the problem?
[Galaxy Spica General] qazedx:
solved

you need to use not zip file but tar
[Galaxy Spica General] mrbig05:
rooting captivate fail

hi..i followed everthing from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739304. but when i select reinstall packages it sayz E:signature vaerification failed..what do i do?...help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandshifter:
is there any stock rom out there for the captivate ? because i cant use odin because I am on a mac....

any help ?

thanks !
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mengbo:
borrow your friend's windows for a while ...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandshifter:
true well i'm in a dorm where everyone has macs and no windows ... ill try to figure it out some more .... or im just going to have to get my hands on a windows computer
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silencer_007:
Wait a minute, you own a Mac and have never heard of bootcamp?!

Its a feature built into OS X that allows you to run a windows partition. **** man, I downloa.....er......"obtained" a copy of winblows 7 and can boot into it any time I want on my MacBook!

Google it if you don't believe me, but its well worth it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunnyman:
It's the only way to painlessly get Odin working, I found an old copy of XP for just this purpose.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthesca:
I think there is a Mac tool similar to Odin called heimdall. Search for it on xda.
[General Questions and Answers] theartialmartist:
Phone: Aria

OS: 2.2 via Cyanogenmod 7 (build 27)

Please don't disregard this with "try searching", ive searched everywhere, I need my phone to work at work, I am desperate

I installed the latest cyanogenmod 7 nightly (build 27 at the time), and it worked mostly right, so i played with setCPU settings and overclocked too high, froze and autorebooted. unfortunately, "Set at boot" was checked.

After trying multiple times to boot back in and kill setcpu, the phone no longer booted, so I tried overwriting with build 28 (epic fail.)

Now a FULL Nandroid restore gets me all the way to the dancing android loading screen with the blue circle spinning around him, but no further

Is there anything I can do using Nandroid Selective Restore, (short of installing all this SDK/ADB stuff) to just get my text messages, contacts, settings back the way they were? I did not have a current contacts sync, nor did i have Titanium text back up.

I did manage to extract all the files from the Nandroid backup using unyaffs, if that helps

Please, please don't ignore this, i need my phone to work
[General Questions and Answers] theartialmartist:
Please please please please please please don't ignore me. Please, I am desperate, I just need my data back, though i'm a noob i'm a IT consultant and can follow technical instructions. please help
[General Questions and Answers] digitalnirvana:
I hope this got solved else try posting in the HTC Aria forums http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1163 for someone to help.
[Android Software Development] dadyal:
http://www.emoiz.com/android-2-4-to-replace-2-3-with-same-gingerbread-name
[Android Software Development] player911:
I wonder if this is why Nexus One owners haven't received GB yet.

I don't understand why they are making a tablet only version of Android. They should just make it where the system will auto configure for bigger screens. I guess it is easier said then done but they will start to have problems down the road.
[Android Software Development] doctormetal:
That article is extremely outdated. Saw it over a month ago on other sites. Android 2.4 (ice cream sandwich) will contain features from 3.0 (honeycomb). The 2.x series will be for phones, the 3.x series for tablets.
[Android Software Development] BrotherG:
And we have yet to have the official 2.3 update for the nexus one.
[Android Software Development] dadyal:
i am here in Pakistan Still wating for Froyo update from Samsung :D