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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aggro1:
I think kernel would be ok too, but it shouldn't matter. Since I'm planning on installing frozen immediatly. I think I know everything I need to do. But could someone check my steps and make sure I don't forget something

first do 1click root 3.0. after converting to ext4(without reboot), wipe,wipe,wipe, flash frozen.

Seems to easy, I'm afraid I'm missing something.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] othan1:
That's pretty much all you do. :o) Same steps I took.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aggro1:
I will flash it tomorrow, when I have all weekend to fix any screwups. Hopefully frozen 1.0.1 will come out tonight. But either way Its getting installed.

I have a need for speed! ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cypersnap:
Hello,

Is there any application on iphone like DroidWall on Android ? Because I have a limited Data Plan and I want let only some messaging application (Beejive, ebuddy etc...) to use my Data Plan when I am in the exterior and block all other app to use my data plan, but when I am on WIFI, i want to let every app connecte to internet with WIFI.

I searched hard but i cant find an Droidwall's alternative for iPhone.

Everyone have an solution for my problem ? i tried Firewall IP but it is not exactly what I want.

Thank you
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] n8nmad:
iblacklist?

If you have cydia (jailbreak) iBlacklist may help. Haven't tried it but it may help.

N8
[Windows Phone 7 General] deadwrong03:
with the death of windows mobile, cdma launch of wp7, and the iphone coming to verizon it opens alot of options for people like me who are due for an upgrade. Besides the lag and freezes i thoroughly enjoyed the freedom i had with Windows Mobile being able to download music on the go in rar files/zip files and everything and update my library on the go all without the use of a computer and being able to use my phone in mass storage mode on computers and things i know at the moment wp7 is limited in comparison and there are other platforms out there but im primarily interested in wp7.

But i was wondering with the promising upgrades coming and your experience with wp7 thus far how would u rank wp7 iphone and android? what are the pros and cons of each platform in comparison to each other?

im 90% confident im upgrading to wp7 but i would like to hear more input from people who have used the other platforms more thoroughly than I have.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
ios is a kids OS. It's jumbled, it's boring, there's no hardware selection, and the only reason to get it is the app selection. Android is also ugly, jumbled, though you can tinker more on it than any OS that's currently in the land of the living. The lag is what most kills android. WP7 as a whole is awesome. It is missing a few features necessary to some people but for the most part it's blowing smoke. Most of them are unimportant features people accentuate on aside from GPS. I have all the faith in the world that by this time next year WP7 will be right up there.
[Windows Phone 7 General] thesecondsfade:
WP7 is a lot better better than iOS and Android IMO. I do like that Android is open like WinMo was, but that opens it up for being more buggy, laggy, etc. iOS and WP7 are similar in their fluidity, but WP7 just looks and flows better. It's very, very smoothe feeling. Even though the app selection is smaller, it still provides the basic ones everyone uses and has a lot of really good games that aren't available on other platforms.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Android is great in that its really powerful and feature rich. You can do a lot of tinkering with it. However, it feels like somebody's senior project and does not feel like a polished OS. Lots of lag and other anomalies that make using it sometimes less than ideal. However, it does work, and it had excellent Google integration not to mention the very handy tethering/wifi hotspot.

iOS is a very polished product which works excellently with its hardware, and has an insane amount of added functionality by way of their huge developer base/apps. To set up the homescreens ect in a way that doesn't seem meant for a toddler, you need to jailbreak. However, its not difficult to do (although the overall feel still feels a little fischer price to me). And with apple there is a one size fits all mentality. One phone model updated yearly. And, like Android, this OS is based on the 1990's desktop style which moved into handsets by way of Palm quite a while ago.

wp7 Metro UI is quite amazing and an evolution in how you can and will use your handset in a more efficient and intuitive way (imo). It is highly polished and very responsive with some extremely high quality apps (a trend which will continue). Much higher than Android, and some even higher than iOS.

However, the OS is severely crippled in deeper functionality at this point. The email & music players are the best out there as is the metro UI in general, but the settings available to you are pretty limited and there are big things missing like smart dialing and socket support. Given time to add more features this OS will be hard to beat. Most of the necessary features are in the OS and work fine, but you may find a few things hard to live without.

So basically wp7 UI is top notch and much more pleasant to use (I'd say webOS is second), and given another year should be pretty close in functionality to the rest of the platforms. When that time comes, the choice is simple: wp7 given the same power and features has a much better UI while still having choice in hardware.

Me? I have used them all. Using a wp7 device now, and its really hard to go back to my Android, even with the added functionality simply because wp7 UI is so beautiful, and Android is...well....not. I just hope some of my needed functionality comes sooner rather than later.
[Windows Phone 7 General] radeon_x:
If you're used to the freedom of WM6 and being able to use your phone as a computer replacement, then you'll regret going to WP7 which is like a glorified feature phone compared to WM6 or Android :). Let's see... no sockets API, no file system, no multi-tasking until maybe even early 2012, no real customization of any aspect of the UI / core functionality.

Install the Zune software and check out what apps are available. If you can live with those choices then you'll probably love the phone. But if you're used to the power and flexibility of WM6 then I suspect you'd be happier with Android. Which, despite the rabid hate from the WP7 fanboys here (ahem, z33dev33l), is not even remotely near as bad as they would have you believe provided you're running a high end device with 2.2+.

My wife loves WP7 because it's simple and straight forward. I hate it because it doesn't do anything I need it to and the lack of multitasking makes it feel way slower than it really is if you use a lot of 3rd party apps. It's the same old story. Different strokes for different folks. Try them both and use whatever works for you :).
[Windows Phone 7 General] sure haven't:
lol

Good one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] radeon_x:
Hey, I didn't say anything about speed or stability. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
2 things both android and WM are completely lacking.
[Windows Phone 7 General] El Mono:
I've used PocketPC/WindowsMobile devices for years, enjoyed them and found them most useful. I loved my Touch Diamond - great device. When I first saw my friend/co-worker's G1 I was underwhelmed by the look of Android. A year later I have a Galaxy S and love it - but Android 2.2.1 doesn't look that much different than what I saw on the G1. The iPhone is a non-issue for me. Yes, very polished but I just cannot buy into it for a few reasons (I have had a few iPods in the past but grew tired of them).

After some time and consideration of the pro's and con's I decided to give WP7 a chance. Besides, the Focus is essentially a Galaxy S with WP7 instead of Android. I absolutely love it. It is so refined aesthetically that it makes Android look amateurish - I still like Android though. Just have to wait for proper GPS and Lexicomp to make my WP7 complete.

El Mono
[Windows Phone 7 General] sure haven't:
Haha very true. :p
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
I'd rank WP7 1st in UI and smoothness, last in functionality and features.
[Windows Phone 7 General] makoute:
So ios is a kids' os, but at this point wp7 isn't, yet ios, does much more than wp7 is doing now, and probably will do for the rest of this year?
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
I'd say the look & feel are very childlike, but the functionality is not.
[Windows Phone 7 General] radeon_x:
With your signature, I'm not sure how anyone can take you seriously any more...

Anyway, I will say this: When you look at WM6 or Android, I think the old saying applies: With great power comes great responsibility. On both of these platforms there's no question that the user can hugely affect stability and speed by installing crappy software or changing the wrong settings. So I can understand how they can get such a bad rap as being slow and unstable. In reality, any reasonably tech savvy person can maintain a very smooth and stable Android device that is still very customized. That's a fact based on my observations, so argue all you want but it won't make a difference :).

With WP7 and un-jailbroken iPhones, they're pretty hard to mess up and thy're more likely to have consistent performance no matter what you install or what you do to them. In the perfect world, someone could achieve a platform that accomplishes both goals, for now you have to choose what matters most to you and accept the fact that you can't have your cake and eat it too.
[Windows Phone 7 General] drokkon:
I, too, was torn between WP7 and Android, but it became a pretty clear choice once I realized what I was looking at. My old Tilt was powerful and flexible, but such a pain to use that it was just a really expensive cell phone as I stopped using all the "smart" features. I fancy myself a tinkerer, but when I'm honest with myself, I just don't have time for that any more. So while Android was looking attractive for a bit, I knew I needed something butter-smooth that just worked. I fell in love with Metro when it was unveiled a year ago, and it's just as pretty, intuitive, and functional now that I've got it in my hand.

So, unless you're a power user who needs socket-what-have-you on the Android, Windows Phone 7 should fit the bill and meet your needs - in style. (Can't comment on iPhones; I'm probably the only graphic designer in the world who loathes Macs.)

Also, pick a cross-platform app (Yelp, IMDB, or ANYthing) and read the reviews; the WP7 version of the app is always hailed as the "best" version of the app compared to the Android and iOS versions.
[Windows Phone 7 General] captobie:
I've always felt that Android is what Windows Mobile would have been if Microsoft had really been serious about it. The two OS's are way more similar than most people are willing to admit. The fact is, if you love WM then you will love Android. Android is the polished cousin of WM.

At its heart, iOS is also very similar to WM, just very highly polished and very locked down. I love the breadth of apps on iOS, and I love my iPod Touch, but the iPhone isn't for me.

I've been very pleasantly surprised by WP7. While WM=Android=iOS, WP7 is totally different. I'm a bit disappointed that it's locked down like iOS, but I totally relate to the Metro interface. I have no regrets with my Samsung Focus, it's a great phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nicksti:
My posts are going to sound like broken records but I think people are being overly critical of Windows Phone.

Look how long it took the iPhone to get C&P. It took Android many iterations to get to where it is at now. Android did not start with Bluetooth file transfer, OTA updates, or radio in their first handset.

The problem may be that people went from an established OS in WinMo to Windows Phone expecting it to be upgraded in the areas where it was lacking. Windows Phone was a complete overhaul and rewrite.

Windows Phone will get there. Just do your research and you will get the phone that suits you best. Do not buy a phone banking on future updates and you will save yourself lots of frustration.
[Windows Phone 7 General] darkwater13:
I went from WM6 to Android, and it really is the best upgrade if you liked the openness of WM6. It might not come with the polished feel that iPhone and WP7 have, but that's offset by the many choices that you can have.

I can't judge WP7 yet because we haven't seen quite what it can do yet, but regarding iPhones compared to Android: the iPhone is great for if you want to use exactly what apple wants you to (i.e. SMS, keyboard, homescreens, etc.) and if you don't mind not being able to customise. It has a much better selection of apps/games, but more paid than free (although this is slowly changing)

Android comes with customisation, and more possible features (because even the app store in iPhone has restrictions on what apps you can get) but can be unstable or a bit slower because of the customising and multi-tasking (I know iPhone does that too now, but still not on the same level). You can change the keyboard layout, the homescreen (even to match the UI of iPhone or WP7, or something totally different) and all sorts of customised ROMs!

All in all, it's a personal choice. I think WP7 is a good idea if you think the apps and the UI are worth it. It's more of a risk because we haven't seen how well it'll last and catch on. Android is great for if you want the freedom to change anything you want (keyboards, homescreens, etc.). iPhone is great for if you want that stability, and a system that's definitely got the developers' support.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tfouto:
I have HD2, so i had WM 6.5, Android for 6 months and now wp7. I liked the Android customization. Sense, non-sense, changing widgets home-screens... But the true is i prefer the wp7 as it is. I dont feel the need to tweek it and changed it. I never got a 'tweeked' customized experience as good as wp7. And the simplicity of Metro is just great.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Well, it's got to be hard to completely crap on a phone that for it's time had the best specs out but Samsung did it and did it quite thoroughly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] radeon_x:
I don't completely disagree... 2.1 was a disaster. But did you stick around long enough to get the 2.2 update? That made a difference over 2.1. Good but not great, still a bit of lag...

But now with 2.2 and a 2.2.1 kernel like SpeedMod (2 minute install - not a lag fix), for example, it feels like a completely different phone - one that actually performs like it's specs would suggest. The only time you get any perceptible "lag" is if you're installing 4+ apps at the same time or otherwise hammering on it. In other works, it's very very good - what the phone should have been like from the start.

Again, not for everyone because you're kind of tweaking... But the tweaks are genuinely amazing in how fast they speed up the phone. And it's very stable, I have not had to reboot the phone in months - literally.

A lot of people, myself included, are not happy with Samsung for how they've handled updates. And yeah you can probably blame fragmentation a bit, but the reality is with the 2.2.1 fixes they've redeemed themselves pretty well. And really, WP7 is looking at being almost a year away from a multi-tasking update. So you can hate Samsung all you want, but MS isn't perfect either.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
I've got a jailbroken 4g as of today (my stepsister gave it to me because she cracked the screen) and even with the best themes the aesthetics still aren't as nice. I mean it certainly beats out any of the terrible launchers android offers but even with the WP7 theme you still get the same ugly iphone settings related things and stuff. Overall I'd call the hardware of the iphone the biggest dealbreaker though. Don't get me wrong as a whole it's awesome but the one button and the tiny screen just don't do it for me. It's a great gaming platform I'm sure if you have the hands of a preteen girl. (No offense, I have gamer thumbs from hell.) iOS would be usable if it wasnt so cluttered and there was at least a bit more hardware selection in the phones department.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mKTank:
Going from an iPhone 4 to a Samsung Focus, I actually prefer the hardware of the Focus. Yeah yeah, the iPhone 4 is really pretty, but that's it. Functionality-wise and durability-wise, it's just worse than the Focus. At the end of the day, it's a phone, not a trophy. Dropping an iPhone 4 will probably shatter the glass. Dropping the lighter Focus will at most knock off the battery cover. Not to mention I don't have to worry about having a rogue finger over the antenna seam. I always denied that it was a problem until it started happening to me. Dropped calls out the ass.

Also, I really prefer the 4" SAMOLED over the 3.5" Retina Display. It's not as sharp, but at over 200ppi, it's not a slouch either. On the plus side, it has better viewing angles, better outdoor visibility, more vivid colors, and perfect contrast.

Aaaanyway, I'd rank it

1. iPhone

2. WP7

3. ...

WP7 is a much better and overall more functional OS. But the iPhone 4 has the App Store, so... That's pretty much the only thing it has going for it anymore, but it's probably not going to go away for a long while.
[Windows Phone 7 General] rhory:
Look at the world wide sales/registered for each, that's your answer, for now anyway.
[Windows Phone 7 General] darkwater13:
Yeah, it does have a good UI, it's just not suited for me though :P

I find those simplistic UI to be more of a "made for everyone" approach than a "made for you" that I want to have. I want to be able to drop widgets of all shapes and sizes on my homescreen, and have a nice wallpaper/live wallpaper behind it. Also there's less choice with wp7, without every hardware developer being given free reign to change it, and without the source code to make custom roms
[Windows Phone 7 General] Halle:
1. WP7 - For it's stability and beautiful, classy looking UI. It's also very, very fast and smooth. I have yet to experience lag inside the UI. Lag exists though in most apps you get from Marketplace. My phone have not freezed even once and I have not had a single dropped call. I've owned the phone for a month soon. Also I rank this as #1 for it's excellent integration with Windows Live and Facebook.

2. iOS - Altough it looks like a kids OS, it's still very stable, fast and works very well. Not as fast and good looking as the WP7, but good enough (IMO). The Junk Store aka App Store I give no credit for. 99,99% of the apps is just junk. The iPhone 4 design I really like, but it's not the smartest build materials for a device once you drop it.

3. Android - Very customizable OS, but personally I think it's to much. It's just a phone, and to much customization makes me frustrated cus I can never decide wich set up I'm gonna go with... I keep changing it all the time. Also, Android is less stable than the other two mentioned and has some lag sometimes.

When it comes down to it, it's really just a matter of taste. I want a phone that just works day after day and is well integrated with social networks. It must be stable and fast. Also, I like the classy UI of WP7. I really hate when the screen is just clattered with icons after icons like iOS- it just makes no sense and is not at all user friendly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mKTank:
With that logic, Justin Beaver is the best musician of the decade and Toyota is better than BMW, Audi, and Mercedes combined.

Sent from my Samsung Focus using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] rhory:
You are confusing logic with fact, Elvis is the top selling artist in history, not logic just fact.

If you have a point let me know what it is if you find it. ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
I think at the current state it's not worth arguing whether iOS, WP7 or Android is the best OS or not. Both iOS and Android had their issues on their launch. WP7 is still very new and certainly suffers from some weaknesses. But don't forget that Android and especially iOS are way older and had their time to grow up and get better. I for one believe that Microsoft did a great job. And furthermore I believe that they are aware of bugs and glitches that have to be sorted out in future updates.

Different kind of people have different points of view. Things that are important and significant for me may be unimportant and insignificant for others. It's all a matter of personal taste.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ErikWithNoC:
I miss the 4 inch display of my Focus, but you can't really call it a better looking display than the "retina display" (I hate using that name). The iPhone 4 has a really a great screen and my biggest gripe with SAMOLED is the refresh lines. Gradients look like **** on any SAMOLED device (are the SAMOLED+ screens better?). Although certain colors may be richer, as a whole I personally don't think it's quite as good. Like I said in the beginning though, a 4 inch display is the BEST (4.3 inch is too big, and 3.5 inch is small).

As others have said if you drop the iPhone 4 yeah its more likely to crack/shatter/make you cry. I think its one of the risks you take with any phone and since I have a case on any of my devices I take that risk. I mean you take that risk with everything. You could get a really bad looking car that goes as fast/feels the same as say one of the new Camero's and not worry about getting a fender bender, but you definitely want the better looking car if you can have it.

Gaming on any touchscreen device is going to be hit or miss. No matter the size of the screen your fingers are going to cover up a lot of it depending on the game you play which is why I stick with tower defense games (don't need my hands on the screen all the time).

I don't know what you mean by cluttered really. I can keep all my games in a gaming folder, all my music apps in a music folder, etc. I think it is actually quite uncluttered if you organize it (although it could get cluttered very fast if you don't I suppose)

Give WP7 a year/a year and a half and I think it will be a completely different discussion. Nokia/HTC/Samsung/whoever is going to need to make some good hardware, Microsoft is going to need to open up more API's for developers and get multitasking on the thing (along with other necessities), and developers are going to need to make sure their apps match the metro design. Many of the apps I downloaded tried, but they weren't all great. Some of them were really laggy, some of them looked bad, and some were really good (flixster and IMDB).
[Windows Phone 7 General] nitroxn:
On a scale of 0 to 10, -2. So far the apps are disappointing and the phone is featureless compared to andriod and iphone. i see ms waste away 500 Million dollar budget on adverstising.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PieOfJustice:
WP7 is a great OS. You have to look at the entire picture however when making this choice in comparing iOS. When it comes to updates iOS devices receive these through iTunes and are instant. With WP7 you must wait for the mobile providers to finish "testing" each update, which as we are currently seeing can take half a year or more. For music and apps you must also note that while iTunes supports almost any market and has a set price that is the same for most markets, Microsoft only support a very small number of markets and prices things wildly. Music is almost non existent outside the US.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mKTank:
How about this: judging how good something is by how well it sells is stupid, especially in the technology world. Anybody with half a brain ought to know that.

Sorry if my metaphors confused you.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
half a year to test? What os are you looking at?
[Windows Phone 7 General] rhory:
It would help if you had the ability to understand metaphors and their usage, which you obviously do not. As stated, you confuse logic with fact.....something that those with half a brain are prone to...;)