yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
There is nothing wrong with Samsungs hardware, nor is there a problem with MSFT's internal testing. The problem was (and I am fairly certain about this even though no-one has come out and said it in public) a bad bootloader delivered on some (a fairly small number) of their devices.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
That only happened to omnia 7s? Doubtful. The most likely explanation is the fact that Samsung was sending the omnia 7s out with 3 different firmware revisions and one of them didn't agree with the update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Rickgig:
Gotta love this board!

I decided to sit back and wait, still running WM6.5 with sense (the last official update to the ROM).

I monitor the WP7 front by reading the stuff here. I will eventually move to it however, my career has been in distributed systems and mid-range systems from a while back. I never jumped to the latest and greatest as a matter of protocol and I guess that part of the reason I haven't moved to WP7 yet.

I really don't see anything that is a huge disappointment yet but there are enough pieces missing compared to what I doing on my "old" WM6.5 phone.

Looking forward to the day the dust settles and I can make the jump.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
WinMo 6.5, right now, is much more pleasing. I'm glad I still have my HD2 and am using WinMo on it. I love it. I have minimal, if any, issues with it and find it to be just as usable as Android and it has the best market, for usability...not referring to app selection, only the function of the market.

I use a custom ROM on mine and use a couple simple maintenance apps. Just thoroughly reliable. But this is the HTC Sense version. The normal WinMo isn't much to even think about.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bleak Morn:
What, no Zune, MSN Direct, or car with Sync? Sound like a MS hater to me.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Mine, in all their glory
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
What exactly is doubtful? Please show me credible reports of any other manufacturers devices consistantly failing the update process.

The fact that some handsets, no matter what make or model they are will fail is to be expected. It's the same as how some PS3's fail their firmware update or your brand new Audi not being as fuel efficient as your neighbors exact same model.

In any case, I updated a fair number of unbranded Samsung devices. A few of these would constantly fail the process, even after trying all the tricks in the book - taking it as far as hard reseting the devices beforehand. Flashing these devices with a later bootloader (there was no change in OS versioning) they sailed thru the upgrade process first time.

As I'm sure we can both agree, the bootloader (and any other manufacturer specific part of the ROM, such as the radio) is the responsibility of the OEM and not Microsoft. It's inconceivable to expect Microsoft to test the process on all handsets with all possible firmware releases IMO.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mo3ulla:
most ppl in that thread just love flash something .. each day .. week .. owerwise they will say - platform abandoned..

yes yes .. threre soooo much ppl who see a difference between 2 builds . 28008 and 28006 and they will see bunch of differencies .. even if that packet was not even touched . and goal in that new build was - fix solitaire loading problem in %devicename)

such ppls heard - about WINDOWS UPDATES .. QQ OMG OFFICIAL UPDATES .. EACH WEEK ? OMG BBQ. and most of them moann - OMG NO UPDATE ... no update=bad mood= bad day = suicide wish ..( fir them )

most of them does not rly need update ..

ps - small example .. HTC 7 Surround had bunch of funny bugs

most famous

1. ZUNE play with phone ringtone .. simulateously

2. bugs with call respond

3. battery life

all that funny bugs gone by flashing new rom.. where only OEM part was new .. is that bugs was MS problems ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] yardie.spike:
Why is everyone *****in about the official update, aren't we XDA developers. Get or make a Y cable, generate a gold card and flash the ROM with the NoDo Update in it. Then you've got copy and paste.Thats what this forum used to be about.

On another note, i wouldn't be too eagre, i'm running the update and apart from copy and paste the rest of the updates are a joke, better marketplace search- Exactly the same, Faster app loading-possibly but not enpugh to mention.

Obviously you need to ask whats more important, copy and paste(Text only) or being able to unlock and sideload.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JamesAllen:
Bug Fixes

What's most important are bug fixes!!!!! I don't give a crap about the other stuff.
[Windows Phone 7 General] yardie.spike:
My answer to that after running the update for a week , is what bug fixes? Its got more than ever, i'm seriously considering going back to the 1.28 Europe rom at least i can sideload with WP 7004!
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
It no longer mixes music and applications, right?
[Windows Phone 7 General] yardie.spike:
Still mixes them, can't see or feel any difference.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
That isn't right, you have NoDo right? Maybe it depends on what level you're doing the search at.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ErikWithNoC:
Sorry I forgot to mention I have a Zune HD too. I just use it so rarely I almost forgot about it (I bought it the day it came out as well).

I hope you realize how ridiculous your statement is though. Since I don't have every product with Microsoft's seal of approval I'm a hater? Please rethink your statement until you realize how preposterous it is.
[Windows Phone 7 General] YannieBoy:
I don't know what the big deal is. It'll come when it comes. You bought the phone knowing it was a new OS. What did you expect, a perfect OS? That's what updates are for. Hell, 1.5 for the G1 didn't come out immediately. You can complain about the update, I'll be over here playing some XBLA games.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
They claim me to be a MS hater but I showed my MS love. It is possible to love something and yet criticize it. It's called being rational and unbiased. Something this forum lacks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
sidenote: i think it's just sometimes the way you put it? it is good to critic for sure as we should all be getting the very best, but at times, your comments can come off quite abrupt, even if you don't intend for them to. that is the problem with forums (or other forms where writing is the only form of communication), no way to tell what their true attitude was whilst the author was creating the comment.

anyways, back on topic, 1 more week to go hopefully?
[Windows Phone 7 General] zukа:
I don't think he ever said he expected a perfect OS. I don't think any early adopters of WP7 did. I think what he expected - and what I certainly did - was the "early and often" support MS promised in pre-release materials.

I got sick of waiting on carriers to customise updates for my Android device, and was heartened to see that Microsoft would not let carriers slow down their "regular, incremental" updates.

6 months on, the bugs that were there on day one are still present, the carriers have done exactly the same trick and the updates are non-existant rather than regular.

I don't think it's unfair to express dissatisfaction. Most of us here are on two year contracts. That's a quarter of the contract without a software patch, hotfix or bug ironed out.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Very well said. Will work on my literacy.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
I don't think the comparisons to android are fair. Android devices are meant to be the best of the best on release. They come out with the latest and greatest but with little reason to update. I mean what incentive is there aside from character loyalty and let's face it. People will buy what they know. I wouldn't have minded had they left it at "the first quarter of 2011" and then had it come out at the end of this month but the fact of the matter is they gave us a date and then backed out without giving any information until after the fact. I would just like to be more informed as both a consumer and a stockholder.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Little birdy said, Zune is now dead.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jeffgeno:
You might want to check your calendar. Even if you got the first phone shipped in Australia on the release date, we're still a week shy of 5 months. That's probably still too long, but the whining and exaggeration don't help your case.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Audio:
IMHO 4 months (which was when the first "update") is not really a long time.

People keep comparing the update times to the other OS's.

ios

identical devices - Getting an update out to a bunch of identical devices is obviously going to take less time than in another scenario (such as WP7).

android

multiple devices (staggered updates) - The android updates are pushed out horribly. A device at a time, a carrier at a time (or something like that, correct me if i'm wrong). It's an utterly crap way of doing it, and results in certain spec'ed devices not getting any updates for ages.

WP7

Multiple Devices - M$ are trying to push out the update at the same (well, similar) time for all devices running WP7. By doing this, they are bound to annoy people, but the fact is they could be doing it the android way, whereby they push an update out to the devices that it works on, resulting in some devices not getting the update for months later.

Contradicting most other people, I actually respect them for making this decision. Sure, it's taking ages, but fortunately i'm one of those people who isn't too bothered about the initial NoDo update features, as long as it gets delivered smoothly and paves the way for mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] slighmd:
This, late updates and poor support.
[Windows Phone 7 General] manlisten:
The MP3 player has been discontinued, but the service continues.
[Windows Phone 7 General] evolutionqy7:
Guys ye all joined XDA to whine about WP7?

Seriously. Get over it. If you didnt do enough research before buying the phone its your fault.

Grow a pair of balls and some patience.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
I made it quite clear that I researched it thoroughly. There's a number of threads where this statement would've been valid. Post it there.
[Windows Phone 7 General] evolutionqy7:
Well im not saying that WP7 is perfect. But whinning here is really and i mean really not gonna help anyone.

Microsoft Support forums. Thats where you take it! :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
You guys talking about whining, give it a rest and stop whining about ppl whining. Live and let live. Stop trying to control the behavior of others.

Now...doesn't that feel like crap?? When someone tries to control your behavior? Instead of growing a pair, grow some humanity.
[Windows Phone 7 General] evolutionqy7:
Dude whining is not gonna help anyone. I could spam out in 30 different threads what i find fustrating. Then all i could hear is people flaming off because your spamming the forum with pointless threads that have been covered a 100000x's of times on XDA since day one it went live.

People want to see progress and updates and modifications and stuff that counts.

This thread is pointless. Im sure XDA wouldnt have announced looking over the rules of XDA because theres so many spammers on this forum and it wrecks the heads of patient users and developers
[Windows Phone 7 General] conantroutman:
I'm glad we all agree that there's too much whining going on around here.

Lets not get into a back and forth about it though.

Geez..... you'd think this was an android forum :rolleyes: :p

Sent from my fingers to your face...
[Windows Phone 7 General] orangekid:
if this was an android forum the update would have been leaked and flashed eons ago instead of having to wait for MS to release it in 3 years :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] owenw:
It is neither cute or funny calling Microsoft these names. Micro$oft, M$FT etc makes you look like a complaining 12 year old.
[Windows Phone 7 General] conantroutman:
:D

True....

Sent from my fingers to your face...
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
IMO, they should launch Zune again with the updated UI, and let the OSs share with each other. Just like IOS.

Or this could happen to WP7

http://mobile.pcmag.com/device2/art.../www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382027,00.asp

Just replace Zune with WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] zukа:
OH NO YOU GOT ME

**Mod Edit. Watch your language **

I don't particularly care if Microsoft ever releases an update or not - I've already sold my WP7 device (turns out the things don't hold their value that well, who woulda thought?) so I was just sharing my experience. GFY, though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
Really? Then why are devices coming out in the next couple of months still releasing with 2.2? How long as 2.3 been out now?

At least wp7 phones that are coming to sprint/verizon, have the newest version.

and that leaked/ flashed update would be buggy and laggy...
[Windows Phone 7 General] evolutionqy7:
I had the NoDo update flashed on my HD7. Worked great :) Managed to find a way to debrand it too for the HD7. Theres always a great amount of dev support for HTC phones. Too bad the build quality and HTC gone down the drain in general

Though i sold it of and stayed with Omnia 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
wow, are all your posts this articulate???

If you don't have the device, then why are you wasting time on this forum?

And funny, I can't find a hd7 on CL for less than 300, but CL is full of vibrants/ g2's/ mytouch 4g's for 200-250.
[Windows Phone 7 General] conantroutman:
Polite warnings obviously tend to go unheeded around here therefore this thread is now closed.

I think we can all agree that its run its course.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
This might not seem like the right place to ask this but I believe it correlates with development directly.

I have rooted and deodexed my Atrix and with the current knowledge of AT&T capping upload speeds and also knowing that having a deodexed ROM will prevent OTA updates, I was wondering will there be a way to apply the update to unlock the HSUPA cap manually so I will not have to revert my phone back to stock?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Clienterror:
Yes, someone can repackage it once we get a recovery boot option. But at this point to return to stock all you need to do is run the uninstall script.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Yeah, I already have the uninstall script downloaded just in case but I'm always a little iffy about OTA updates. You never know what they're putting on your phone. I was just looking for clarification if it was contingent on the bootloader or not.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] awalt:
Hi,

I am trying to learn mortscript. I was wondering if someone could send me the code for an accompanying mortscript to NoPushInternet.cab, as I think with a sample like this I could make some good progress. (I intend to use this with XDA_UC if that matters).

This cab comes up and I want to select the radio button for \Storage Card, then press Install. Is there an easy script for this? I haven't found anything that seems to help with this in the documentation but I have probably overlooked it.

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] awalt:
OK, maybe a better question is this - for those of you who use the XDA_UC features in custom ROMS to update your preferences of cabs etc. after a new flash, how do you auto-update the nopushinternet cab file? Is there another way to do it that's easier and automatic? I know many don't just manually install all their cabs, I appreciate your advice.

Thanks for your help!
[Android Apps and Games] Serdce:
Hi!

i was searching forums, can't find.

i need an app that locks the screen on and after call with bluetooth headset.

On windows mobile i had a S2U2, for android i can't find any.

Can You help me?
[Android Apps and Games] rr3636:
Tasker can do this
[Android Apps and Games] Serdce:
thx, checking now
[Android Apps and Games] Serdce:
meybe something free?
[Android Apps and Games] Serdce:
Cant find how to do it in tasker...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gbcue:
I'm having a big problem with the camera app.

It appears that when I open, the camera automatically starts and tries to take pictures (by focusing) and then going black, and then coming back up to the camera viewfinder screen, then black, then viewfinder, then black, etc forever. It's as if the camera app opens, closes, opens, closes, again and again.

Both the rear and front camera have this problem...

The camera app used to work just fine.

When I try to use Google Goggles, it lags the camera terribly, and that's when it started (after using Goggles today). I uninstalled Goggles, but the camera is still messed up.

I use the camera in other apps just fine, like the Yelp Monocle, Camcorder and Qik, and they are still working fine, even if the camera app is broken.

I have tried Clear Data from the camera app, rebooting, battery pulling. I'm on my last resort, factory reset!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
can we get some info about your phone... rooted? rom? ect...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gbcue:
Bone stock.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
well with that note i dont have a clue... the first time i turned my phone on i rooted it and never looked back!

i would power off, and volume down and power to get to h boot and factory reset...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gbcue:
So apparently the problem has to do with Geo-tagging, or anytime the GPS is in use with the camera in a picture taking capability.

I have turned geo-tagging off and the camera app is seeming to work...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
i am glad you figured it out bro! sorry i wasnt any more help though...

just flashed the gingersense rom and omfg this is NICE, just sayin... maybe you might want to come to the DARK SIDE and root, lol
[Android Apps and Games] appyet123:
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Add your own news source and choose from predefined feeds and podcasts

Easy Search: You can search for a news source by simple keywords

Integration with Google Reader: Import all your RSS feeds from Google Reader into RssDemon is easy

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Highly customizable UI and support multiple theme colors with both dark and light background (

Smart notification to alert user when new article become available

Easy share: Share feed article and news on many sources. Sharing it via Facebook, Twitter and Email is easy (Requires Facebook and Twitter Android app installed)

Easy sorting: User can define Sort Article by Unread/Read First, Date ASC/DESC and Title

User can create news shortcut on desktop

User can choose to use SDCard for cache storage and even move application to sdcard (app2sdcard)

Feed grouping: With feed grouping, user cans easily categorize and locate feed; user can switch between Group View and Flat View

Hide unread: Don't like to see unread feed or article, this option make it easy to navigate

Offline reading: RssDemon download and cache article and image locally for easy offline reading.

Automatic download for new article: User can also choose to download mobilize article and podcast automatically by application for any new article/podcast

HTTP-Auth/Password: for protected feed, user now can enter a http auth and password
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jalshah05:
Can anyone explain me why my phone keeps vibrating time to time? The phone vibrates even if there are no updates to any apps, also i have turned off the haptic feedback. My phone is not rooted or anything. I have not touched a single thing in the phone. I have added only 2 gmail, 1 hotmail, 1 facebook and 1 twitter account. In background syncing I have enabled all these accounts and weather and pulse news. But I had this vibrating issue from the first day even before ading any other data except 2 gmail account.

Can anyone tell me what is going on?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
happens to me when there is a force close about to occur or is actually happening
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jalshah05:
I don't even have any force closes yet...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] nsdroid:
Hello,

I packaged an update.zip file in order to change some systemfiles through recovery script. The problem is that in recovery mode the sdcard is not mounted,

i get the error: "Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 SDCARD" or something like that. I formatted the card in the phone.

With other phones the guys are using frequently making rom, boot, themes updates.

Does anyone know what can be? Or how can I use the recovery mechanism?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ilendemli:
I had the same issue to on my 8GB SD-Card, i used a 512 MB SD-Card and there wasn't any Problems at mounting, only at Flashing.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] osbozzy:
I guess update.zip works only in 2e recovery.

An we're using 3e recovery ...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] FadeFx:
I think osbozzy is somewhat right, while the recovery in sgs displays version numbers (2e in eclair roms 3e in froyo roms) the g3 recovery doesn't, but i think it has similar mechanism protecting against using update.zip files signed with testkey. To circumvent this someone would have to replace froyo recovery with eclair recovery what nobody did successfully yet.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] nsdroid:
Thaks for the explanation. I think that update machanism is very important to work. In this way the "non root" users can benefit from apps or configs in the read-only area.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ftgg99:
MOD EDIT: links removed

Killswitch for tablets and phones

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What does Killswitch do?

The app uses a combination of sensors to control the sleep state and screen lock of any device.

At the moment, it uses the proximity sensor, light sensor and accelerometer.

Killswitch now has a night mode for weak sensors - if you find there are errors working in low light conditions on your device, simply set up a schedule!

Killswitch has the added advantage of removing your lockscreen via two different methods if you so wish. If you have a case, it really isn't necessary and can be annoying.

Why use Killswitch?

Killswitch will save you battery - putting your device to sleep is as intuitive as shutting your case or turning your phone face down.

And, of course, Killswitch will show all your ipad and iphone loving mates why android is just that much more awesome :)

After upgrading to a newer version, please go into the settings dialog and enable Killswitch again. This is not optimal, but it saves battery and cpu time by removing the necessity for a constantly running service!

In order to uninstall the app, untick "Admin privileges" in Killswitch or via the Accessibility page of your device's settings.

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