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[General Topics] Monty Burns:
As an ex-Android and WinMob user I can only agree, phones are unreliable ... and lets be honest, they have been for more than a couple of years!

The problem as I see it with OS's like WinMob and Android - they are written to be "everything to everyone". They are then customised either with drivers or a front end or both by a manufacturer and this is where the weak points come in.

Why do you think IOS and WinPho7 are far more stable? Because they are closed environments with restrictions to hardware access/low level coding. Because of this its much harder to introduce unstable code.

I am now a Winpho 7 owner and I cannot express here just how happy I am with its stability. OK, it *currently* doesn't do everything Android and WinMob do but what it does do, it does reliably

How embarrasing was it when you went to give a friend a phone number and your "contacts" would lock up or, you try to make a phone call and nothing happens or, you don't get phone calls ... only to find out your phone had locked up!

Reliability is now 100% key for me.
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
dont be rediculous.

I've been using phones as "modems" for years, probably actually thinking about, over a decade! As as for "no such thing as texting"......
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
It beggars belief that people are saying that these are YOUR fault and the way you use it.... unless of course you decided to throw it on the floor (which i doubt!)

So all those "its your fault" people, how would he/we break a light sensor or stop the screen switching on? Seriously .. would love to hear this!
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
Would have to 100% agree with this! Too much rush, not enough QA.
[General Topics] luzhuwang:
no, in our environment where broadband and instant gratification has become so pervasive our expectations have risen ...
[General Topics] omgjosho:
I'm hardly being ridiculous. It's common sense. If you leave your car in the garage 6 days out of the week and only drive it on Saturday, the probability of failure is significantly lower than if you were to commute daily. There are a number of factors involved: mechanical failure and accidental damage being two examples.

The same could be said of cell phones - when they had less function than the phones of today, there were fewer points of failure and a lower probability that it would occur.

Just because you may be the exception to the rule does not change the rule. Assuming that is ridiculous.
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
I wasn't refering to the complexity=failability, couldn't agree more!

I was refering to the fact that you suggest that people didn't text or use mobiles as modems, of course we did.. The only diference was that we had a modem cable and proprietry dialer! I even setup an NT4 RAS server for our company...

and texting? Your seriously suggesting texting is a "new" craze....? I might suggest the exception to the rule might be you.
[General Topics] omgjosho:
I was referencing the period before SMS was an available service, actually. So you're missing the point.

And the majority of people were not setting up their cell phones as modems on NT4, so you are still missing the point and bordering irrelevancy.
[General Topics] pulser_g2:
Regarding SMS... I sent my first text message before making my first mobile call...

Regarding reliability, my previous phones (roughly £100 dumb phones) were all useless.

Friend has LG cookie. Worst, least reliable phone known to man.

Hero? Used it heavily for 16 months out of my 18 month contract, and still not seen anything that takes my fancy to replace it comes May...

Best, most reliable phone has been the most recent one.

For those who complain of a device's speed, just whip up a custom rom and optimise it.

Never had any speed issues on my own ROMS... had plenty in others
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
I'm guessing your in the USA where adoption of digital networks was far slower (and later) than in the UK (and probably Europe?).

Texts have been an integral part of mobiles since well before your Nokia 33xx models i.e. before 2000.

For example, my first mobile was on Hutchinson Telecom (now Orange) back in 1995 Linky

And do you even know what NT4 RAS was? You wouldn't put a mobile on it! You would use a Win95/98 client to dial into it ... usualy from the laptop with its modem i.e. cellphone! Here in London it was common place for IT support to carry this kind of setup around. IT people were some of the first to take advantage of digital networks.... for this very reason. (Yes you could do it over analogue but it was easily monitored)

So, as we are going to labour a pointless point, why on earth do you think texts are a relatively new thing!? Maybe in the states it is but not here in Europe and certainly not in the UK!

edit:

ahh yeah there we go "Location: Livermore, CA" of course, the rest of the world doesn't exist does it...
[General Topics] omgjosho:
There's no point debating with someone who's failing to read.

I never once said that texting was a new thing. You put those words into my mouth, and I'm yet to agree with you about that.

Regardless, let me know when you're ready to actually discuss the topic, sans tossing out insults and making assumptions about what I do and do not know :)
[General Topics] souljaboy:
same .... i guess OP is just manhandling his phone , tell us how you put it on the table for one , do you throw it ?
[General Topics] Dirk:
People don't need to abuse their phones for there to be defects present. The Nexus One has always had a wonky power button, hence the popularity of Trackball wake. It's a manufacturing defect that should never have made it into the wild.

Come on HTC. Let's have some QA!
[General Topics] Tachi91:
People need to give it time

When you sit down and think about it.. Everything isnt given much time to develop properly.. People in this age are inpatient... Look at WP7 while it was under development people kept asking when it was being release and so on... When it was finally released people started complaining about features missing.. Microsoft gave WP7 time to develop and have a decently stable OS before deciding to release it so they can get it out to people and compete against Apple and Google.. If competition wasn't and issue then every OS would have matured while still under closed doors. When they would eventually be released they would be stable and have all the features people would need to be happy but no..

Now companies develop the OS and manufactures make some new hardware and they super glue them together and release it. Then a month later of their release problems start showing up that if given enough time before the official release would have been fixed.

Companies just want to release the newest and greatest (unstable mix) of hardware before the other guy gets a chance.. Phones are released every couple months with defects, but what do they care they just want to focus on the new batch of phones thats going to be releases 3months later
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
Read your sentence. You imply that texting only occured AFTER phones like the Nokia 33xx which first appears to be in 2000. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_3310)

I'm telling you that in London, where digital networks were available much earlier (afaik) than in the US and texting was much more popular way before that (see my link to Hutchinson Telecom/Orange - 1995 when I signed up iirc).

Your argument that phones were not used for things like texting or data, is not true here in the UK. I even remember getting Pop/SMTP setup on my old Nokias!
[General Topics] kevin2516:
Yes because people like you shouldn't be isn't them.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tommebaas:
There is an un offical update for flash!

What do you think of the performance?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] QuaQuaRaQuaQua:
I have had the MDJ GB 2.6 without CWM until now. So i thought i'll try the "imilka's Gingerbread Sense v0.1" but it seems that i do something wrong when partitioning the SD.

This is what i have done...

* Downloaded magldr 1.3 and installed it on the phone.

* Downloaded CWM (recovery_400M.zip) and installed it.

* Deleted the partition i had on the 8 GB SD, and made a 5 GB FAT32 partition.

* Booted into magic loader -> AD Recovery -> Advanced -> Partition SD Card. And partitioned a 1024 partition.

* Copied the gbsense01eu.zip to the FAT32 partition on the SD card.

* Rebooted into CWM again, and installed from .zip.

The installation went OK, but after i have entered my SIM-PIN all programs FC, and it says "cwm storage almost full" in the pulldown menu...

What have i missed out on here??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] h.nocturna:
5GB + 1024MB = 6GB... where'd the other 2GBs go? You might have unintentionally created an empty space between the partitions, throwing the build off. It might be looking for a 2nd partition right after the 1st partition and all it's finding is unallocated space, so it's not using it. Try to repartition it using all the space possible, you can try my guide out if you'd like, it's probably the fastest way and doesn't incur loss of data on your SDcard.

[HOW-TO] Make Ext4 from Recovery Without Losing FAT32 Data
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] QuaQuaRaQuaQua:
Hehe, this is my first CMW install, so i wanted to safe with spare space so CWM and Android could do what ever they wanted.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] greg17477:
To big recovery, reduce to 250mb.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] h.nocturna:
He's right. If you have a EU T-Mobile, then you need a 200+MB partition so that it will use the the ext partition. With a partition that size, it probably "guessed" that you were a US T-Mobile and tried to fit everything on the NAND and didn't use the ext partition.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] QuaQuaRaQuaQua:
Thanks. I just switched to the CWM 250 and everything worked out just nice :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] big noob:
I can't find place where i can turn Infrared on..I download Nevo - remonte control program but it works over infrared..And when i saw that nevo is not working,i find out that i can't turn Infrared ON..why? is there any .cab that fix it or some other program? :)

- Thank You

>> Big Noob <<
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] choc-onyx:
Hi all

Has anybody got this on their gt540 yet?

Ive been reading about spb shell for a while now but there still doesn't seem to be a release date set as its still in beta.

In the vid it says it doesn't work on all phone but has been tested on the samsung vibrant - check it out here

p.s I cant post links but heres the title for the youtube vid search

SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 for Android Beta Download

So far im having compatability problems, running on 2.3.3 rom but in another vid a guy has it running pretty smooth on the gt540.
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] lavero.burgos:
Hi, yeah i tried to test it too when i had Froyo 2.2.1 running but with no luck , i just reveiced a pop up message saying that my phone is not compatible :(... but i will try to test it again on CM7 v1.5 2.3.3, i will let you know how it goes.

Cheers!
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] eoghan2t7:
doest work on CM7 i get the same pop up message ⊙_⊙
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] lavero.burgos:
Yes has sence , this phone is not that powerfull for support this launcher
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] eoghan2t7:
i dont think it to do with how powerfull it is i think the developers have made for a few handsets from low spec to high spec ones to get an idea of what needs done to support all handsets.
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] choc-onyx:
I finally got this running after alot of playing and boy does it eat battery,

Only problem now is I still have to reactivate it again after opening certain apps like the browser.

By the time that they fully release this many other launchers would have caught up and the device not supported message would be cracked for most phones so they wont get the asking price they deserve lol
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] sanmit:
Need help.....where to download from..

And a walkthrough please.
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] lavero.burgos:
how you got it working???
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] sanmit:
Some help here!
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] lavero.burgos:
is that a question or a request? :D
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] sanmit:
None tats called desperate need!
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] choc-onyx:
What i did was choose it as the default launcher then rebooted and reactived it again,

I cant upload the apk's as there just over 8mb but you can google for them, theres 2 versions i found (full version) and (cracked version)

The "device not supported" message will always appear so just click ok

maybe someone with more knoledge than me can tweek it to work better but for me but if you dont mind having to reactive it again after you use a system app like the browser it fine
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] choc-onyx:
hey its now available on the market, the full finished version not the beta

Its now called SPB shell 3D and is a bit expensive but im sure many of you can get it free from other sources ;)

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spb.shell3d&feature=search_result
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] mohnim:
It looks awesome
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] mohnim:
Will it work on our phone's
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] lavero.burgos:
yes i just saw it on the market i hope it be on applanet too , ill go check and test it . crossing fingers hope it works :D
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] ammarcool12:
yea im waiting for it on applanet too it doesnt work till now it comes as problem parasing the package :(
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] ammarcool12:
anyone got a cracked version plz pm me i really like it :P

19$ im not mad to pay dat much for an app :P
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] joostvhoek:
You aren't gonna

steal

a car because you think it is too expensive, are you!!

Think about that when you download a app from internet....

Joost
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] nibras_reeza:
It was released.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spb.shell3d&feature=search_result

Like I mentioned in my post(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=975239) a few weeks back, the home seems to load in background. It might just be a compatibility check that is preventing installation.

Anybody wants to shell the 15$ and give it a ride before others buy?
[XPERIA X8 General] juztmo:
Can anyone of the experts here make a live wallpaper of Sonyericsson colored floting balls,like the background of Satio I think that would be pretty AWESOME on SE android phones Please make my day
[XPERIA X8 General] pongscript:
I think there is already a live wallpaper same with that floating balls.. I just don't know what the satio floating balls look like, if it looks like a bokeh.. Search for Bokeh Live wallpaper
[HTC Inspire 4G] live2drill:
Ok I've rooted my phone via one click method. I have the rcmix hd 3.4 rotate Rom with leeroids 2.2.4 kernel. So far I love it except ever since I changed from factory default Rom I have no H+ or what I'm under the impression of it being 4G. Instead I'm stuck just a regular H with data arrows underneath. Any ideas for a noob?
[HTC Inspire 4G] wolverine423:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11505323&postcount=2

I'd bet that is what is happening.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Noodles5666:
That ROM may only show an H. I know with the one AR ROM i was using it would actually switch between "E", "3G" and "H+" depending on what i was using.
[HTC Inspire 4G] live2drill:
Thanx I think this is very possibly as it seems I have moderately fast connection when off WiFi. Is there possibly an app or a reference to see if the signal strength or speed of connection equates to that of 4G?
[HTC Inspire 4G] GMArthur:
Speed Test app
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
Just run a speed test with the app and you'll know right away what's going on.
[HTC Inspire 4G] wyllie666:
Where do you live?

The stock AT&T setup shows an H+ icon even when in hsdpa... to let customers think they are getting 4g. Your rom is probably correct in showing you an H for hsdpa, because AT&T only has 4g service in like 6 cities nation wide. So unless you live in one of those cities you're not getting 4g anyway.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jbizz:
Wrong! The phone is using the H+ frequency, now if the backhauling has been done yet is the question.
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
There is no "H+" Frequency, 2G, 3G, HSPA+, they all use either 850 or 1900. He's right, they have enabled the "+" to show up all the time, even if you aren't getting an HSPA+ connection. It's very deceiving and AT&T is in some hot water right now over their false advertising, google it to see.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JUDDERMANG:
Hey, my EVO's USB port has gotten loose and I need to revert back to stock before I take it back to Sprint. I rooted it using Unrevoked 3, and I'm currently on CM7 RC2 (Prior to that I was on CM7 RC1 and CM6, if that info is needed). How would I go about doing this without use of my USB port? I'd really appreciate the help. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Unrevoked s-on tool + stock PC36IMG.zip. Use an adapter to get them on your SD card.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rstuckmaier:
Or just visit the site on your phone.

Or use chrome to phone.

Or put them in your dropbox.

I'm sure there are more options, but one of the 4 will get you by.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JUDDERMANG:
Alright do I use the S-ON tool first then flash PC36IMG.zip? Or the other way around?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
S-on tool first. Flash in recovery. Then once you confirm that the s on tool worked correctly, and your s is indeed on, then flash the PC36IMG using the bootloader.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JUDDERMANG:
When I flash the S-On tool, when I go back to the bootloader, it still says S-OFF. Any idea why?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
Did you use unrevoked to root? If not, the s on tool may not work, and just running the ruu should turn s on. If you did use unrevoked, try downloading a different copy and running it again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowboarda42:
Try it again, sometimes it takes up to five times to work. Just make sure it says s-on before you take it back and theres no super user app in your app drawer. Also, make sure you delete the s-off.log in the sd card after your ready to take it in! Maybe even get rid of any apps and folders on your data card that have to have root (ie titanium backup) save the folders though So you can put them back on after you get a replacement.

Sent from my hand with XDA Premium installed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JUDDERMANG:
So after trying to flash the S-ON tool dozens of times and not succeeding, I decided to try flashing the PC36IMG.zip to see if that would do anything and it turned S-ON! Thanks for the help you guys, it wasn't the best way to unroot but it turned out alright in the end.

Yeah thanks for that advice, I plan on doing that before I take it in.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowboarda42:
Glad you got it!

Sent from my hand with XDA Premium installed
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austontatious:
I really want to dual boot ios - I want one particular app from apple but otherwise I love android. Is anyone working on this?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poofyhairguy:
Um, is there ANY Android device that boots iOS?

I have seen Android on an iPhone, but I have never seen iOS on a Droid phone....
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trumpet444:
seems like it would be EXTREMELY difficult to port iOS to another device. Android is open and more "malleable" than iOS and I suppose thats why android has been ported and iOS not
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 71CH:
I lol'd when I saw this thread
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austontatious:
"I lol'd when I saw this thread"? Seems a little closed minded for a phone hacker board... why would it have to be difficult? The nook has similar hardware to the ipad, all one would need to do is find a way to flash Ios. This isn't particle physics. As far as ios being more locked down, many an apple fanboy will tell you there is nothing you can do with android that you can't do with a jailbroken ipad. All its going to take is a motivated individual with the right programming chops.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luigi90210:
the nook has similar hardware to the ipad?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!!!!!!!!!

i never knew my nook had an a4 processor along with 256MB of ram

WOW the hardware observations and tear downs of the nook color were wrong and you were right

hey guys lets port iOS to the nook so we can have the same experience as the ipad

/sarcasm

if you want ios on your nook than port it and have fun

from what i read above and from what i know about coding, not only is it near impossible to port such a crap os to a great device, NO ONE WOULD WANT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its like deeper blue said in his FAQ

but in this case this is ios instead of honeycomb and device xyz is the nook color

EDIT

PS

the nook has hardware almost identical to a droid x/droid2(only difference i know of off the top of my head is the processor and the lack of a cdma chip)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RileyGrant:
I'm no apple fan boy, but to say ios is anything short of amazing is ignorance. however, porting ios to the nook would be very near impossible not to mention illegal since ios is closed .and has copyrights
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xBryan:
whats the point
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] focgreen:
iOS is a joke. Who wants to be owned by apple? If there is an apple app you like give it some time and someone will make a similar one or the developer will make it for android.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luigi90210:
agreed

ios although it revolutionized the mobile OS market it sucks big time compared to android and WebOS

heck ios doesnt even have multitasking
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddog4DROID:
Interesting thought. Logistically it would work better due to the fact there is only one button.

But, illegal. Didn't even think about iut being copyrighted.

> Sent from my Super Clean Fascinate via XDA Premium app
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] focgreen:
iOS is cute. Ha ha ha I remember my first smart phone. (remembering back to beer fest). I also love how apple prides itself on using glass on everything. Well people get those replaced all the time because the smallest crack messes up the digitizer.

I have an ipod touch 1g and 2g. Ho hum. It was cool at first but everyone caught up and surpassed them. More interested in putting android on those ipod touches.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A. Nonymous:
Not only would it be illegal, but extremely difficult to do since it's completely closed source. You would need to hack the OS and de-compile it completely which would be a feat of it's own. Then you'd need to successfully tweak the OS (which is designed to only work on a specific hardware set) so that it would work on some other hardware. And when you were done and published your work, Apple would sue the bejesus out of you and take your house, your dog and your first born child.

Android on the other hand is completely open. The code is available to anyone and you can legally put it on whatever you want without running into licensing issues from Google. Legally you can jailbreak your iPhone and run any legal apps you can get your grubby little hands on. All you have to do it port Android to iOS and figure out how to make it run on the hardware.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luigi90210:
i believe ios is made for the kids

its simple, easy, and loaded with games

while on the other hand android is for adults with its customizable UI, and an unrestricted user experience that you can customize to your liking
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] focgreen:
I think iOS is made for our parents and those who want to be cool or fit in.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericc191:
It's amazing how much Apple hate there is on XDA. Get over it.

Sent from my rooted Nook Color