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[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivorycruncher:
They specifically denied your phone from syncing via ActiveSync? Even with Touchdown, which more fully supports the ActiveSync protocol than even the iPhone? Sounds like your IT guys are morons. I can fully understand not wanting to support Android phones because of all the variances. I know, because I work for an ASP hosting company that does just that. But really, if they wont support Touchdown, they're just shooting themselves in the foot, because that app will work the sane no matter what Android phone it's installed on, meaning you will have a standardized mail platform for Android that supports any and all necessary security features, including full encryption of the local mail database and any data it stores on the SD card.

I don't know if you'll get anywhere with it, but I would recommend showing the the feature list for Touchdown, including the security features, and ask them to support that one app. If you make the case that they only need to support one app for any Android phone, they should be willing to work with you on that.

Besides, every serious corporate user should be using Touchdown anyway. The stock mail client, no matter what Android phone you have, is lacking some of the most basic features, is buggy,and is essentially useless. And if days encryption is required, you're out of luck with the stock clients. Exchange syncing is really an afterthought by Google, and until they make enterprise features and data security a primary focus, things wont get any better.

Sent from XDA Premium on my Super Clean Fascinate
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivorycruncher:
Oh, and btw, I'm not an expert on the matter, but I know that mobile device syncing can be disabled on a per-user basis. What I'm not sure about is if it can actually allow only certain devices to connect or not.

Sent from XDA Premium on my Super Clean Fascinate
[Windows Phone 7 General] deadwrong03:
theres alot of 4g monster android phones with front facing cameras down the pipelines especially for verizon (thunderbolt, revolution and bionic) has microsoft announced any plans for a 4g wp7 hopefully with a front facing camera? it seems like they are getting left further behind in hardware compare to android i would love for a wp7 device with a front facing camera but for now ill have to settle for verizons trophy whenever it releases
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
By the speed Microsoft is updating WP7, you will see 4G LTE support in 2015 and Front facing camera in 2020. Oh, wait, WP7 probably won't last that long :)

The current crop of WP7 all use the same QualComm SoC that is already two-year old. Rumor, Microsoft itself hasn't said anything, is that we MAY see additional QualComm SoC support later this year.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
and the worst part is in its essentially beta phase it feels like a much more complete os than Android. You are correct though. I'm sure well be at windows phone 9 at least by then and Android will still be calling glorified pallet swaps updates.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Please explain this completeness you constantly speak of. As I didn't see it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Android does a lot but everything it does it does poorly.

Windows does a much smaller amount but everything it does it does well.

I'm a quality over quantity type of person. Android is immensely uncoordinated and its presentation is somewhat juvenile.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tempest790:
I can't wait for a 4G WP7 phone! True, Android seems to come out with stuff first, but it's probably got it's share of issues. Given that there won't be a 4G iPhone this year, I think we'll be doing good to see some phones during the holiday season at the end of year. HTC and most manufacturers work on a roughly one year cycle, so we should start seeing some pics and rumors leaked during the summer.

The HTC 7 pro looks like a good phone (even though it got some mixed reviews). I think AT&T wil get this phone or a similar one, but it will be at least HSPA+ or LTE enabled. That's probably why there hasn't been any rumors/announcements particularly since MWC just passed. The only news was the Microsoft/Nokia partnership.

I love WP7, but I'll gladly wait to see a true 4G phone if we get it by the end of this year.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Ok, now I see. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Michael-Dallas:
I would expect to see one from Nokia hopefully in 1Q 2011. But that is dependent on when Mango is released.

Michael.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
everything ? really ? everything is a pretty big word.

being biased is understandable, but if you're a quality over quantity person, you'd be using iOS, and apple products. i don't care how you argue it, apple makes better software, and hardware, period. and to boot, they make less of it, more to align with your way of thinking.

now then, how does an operating system come off as juvenile ? because it has a cool robotic mascot, instead of an old, balding, fat guy that looks like an accountant past his prime ? (balmer, hello)

uncoordinated ? how ? how can an operating system be uncoordinated ? you mean like announcing -your- OS is going to slay all the others, announcing -your- os will be updated on every phone, at one time, every time ? by announcing everything is fine with the update to the update ? that kind of coordination ? please, do, clarify.

i'm trying hard to find good points to wp7, and want to see microsoft innovate, but even the wp7 biased forum HERE, ON XDA, in what should be a pro-microsoft environment is a majority of less than positive responses reguarding what you've described. please, again clarify.

bias is an easy thing to understand. i'm biased towards android because of the mess that was trying to keep windows machines updated and secure back in the 1995-2005 era, and what android (linux) offered to eventually help with. linux sufficed a while, until we found mac os... at that point we were sold. completely for a desktop OS. at this point, we're sold on the simplicity that is android. awesome hardware, updated almost bi-monthly with new, faster, more awesome hardware. the software JUMPS AND LEAPS in innovation with each x.0 release. yes, i'll wear the bias label, for obvious reasons. show me yours.

:)
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Apple does make great hardware but unfortunately the screen is too tiny for my taste and I like a hardware keyboard. As for the software argument I do disagree, I find windows infinitely better in terms of a desktop OS and apples UI is a joke of jumbled unorganized garbage on phones though the rest of it is quite nice.

Yes, Balmer is our mascot. Loving the valid arguments. Android is juvenile because despite the fact that we've had OSes with no concern of lag for about 4 to 5 years now there is still not an android device that is lag free. The only reason the OS is so popular is because it's open. Of course if it wasnt open then it would be mocked due to the fact that all of the defalt stuff is a joke and the lag is miserable.

Again, you confuse the OS with something else. First it's a mascot then it's business practices. The OS is uncoordinated because there is absolutely zero uniformity across the system. It's disgusting.

People expect android with a functional foundation and that was never what WP7 was supposed to be. It's an OS that devs want to develop for because hey, I can't get any app I want for free on it. Can't wait for more stuff at an ilomilo quality, android gets a decent game once every few months. WP7 usually scores at least once or twice a month with a good one.

I guess you could say I'm pro-windows because I'm a gamer and for that there really is no other valid option. Windows may have been garbage a decade ago but it was still the only viable option for gamers then as it is now. It's funny that you mention androids simplicity though. I never considered having to install a new client for everything on the device easy and I have yet to see any real innovation on androids part. It plays like a finger friendly WM with a market. Nothing more.
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
As a person who owns both an Android phone (Captivate) and WP7 phone (Focus), I'd say I will hold on to my Captivate for a while until Microsoft can redeem itself with proper WP7 support.

Yes, Android OS update is a mess. But at least Google does release updates couple times a year. So far, MS released zero updates (not counting the pre-update).

And I found the first party quality software/services serverly lacking on WP7. For example, here is a list of must have and use it everyday software/services on my Captivate:

Google Maps: with vectorized drawing and supports in many corners of the world (I used it last year traveling from US to S. Korea and China), Bing map simply can't compete.

Google Navigation: free turn by turn navigation in US. WP7 has zero offering in this area, free or paid.

Google Voice: free SMS and voice mail and cheap internation calls integrated well into the phone. GoVoice/GVice apps on WP7 have too many limitations. I just can't imagine myself use that daily.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
@z33dev33l WP7 games are great if you are a solo gamer. everything else is a opinion.

The funny thing is, Android and Apple come up more in the WP7 forums than WP7.

This is supposed to be the most biased part of XDA, but even in here there is not much love for WP7.

You have to admit WP7 has faults, and sucks in a lot of areas, especially sales.

Microsoft is clearly targeting the masses, but the problem is the OS doesn't appeal to the masses. Exactly like Zune.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aaron McCarthy:
The Focus can do 4G.... its just throttled down by default. Go into the Focus subforum and search for HSPA+ or something like that. By going through the diagnostics you can enable it if you have a Samsung Focus....

My wife and I both have the focus and I did the change and she didnt. My phone regulary has 2 times faster internet then she does.

I just tested and on mobile speed test it says my speed is 2862 kbps... they have 2500 kbps listed as their 4G speed
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Of course it has it's faults but no more so than any other mobile OS. There's not much love because a lot of people come in with the sole purpose of trolling the WP7 forums. I proceed to feed the trolls because it is my nature to debate but that's just me. The OS doesn't appeal to the masses because what did they have as a foundation? Windows Mobile is what everyone thinks and what part of the masses wants to use that aside from a select few masochists? I cannot, however, think of any area in which WP7 "sucks" I've never been more pleased with a device than the DVP and even that joke of a phone the "surround" holds a dearer place in my heart than any android phone aside from the G1. I wouldn't really base tech decisions on what the masses go by though I mean nearly two thirds of cellphone users don't own toilets. WP7 is a valid contender that just showed up late to the game but has all the makings of a great OS. The UI is leagues ahead of any other and it's only got room to improve whereas android is likely just going to continue doing pallet swaps and calling them updates like Gingerbread.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ You sound like a Zune advocate from 2006. WP7 is headed down the exact same road as Zune. Great reviews, great UI, terrible sales.

If WP7 catches up to Bada, maybe then it would be a serious contender.

You don't seem to understand it, you need the masses if you want to survive in the mobile world.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
i can dig the gamer's perspective (win vs the world), i always figured a console would make more sense (see, i know nothing about games). i'm using native applications for sms, mms, ftp, email, browsing, etc. the 3rd party stuffs are kinda annoying to me usually. they try to do too much, in too convoluted ways.

you're right about android being very finger friendly- but the market (apps anyway) is lacking. apple owns this, completely. i honestly think android needs 5 years to catch up in quality of applications (if ever) and that wp7 just never will, too little, too late.
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
No, that hack only enables HSUPA which is still part of 3G, not HSPA+. Even the new AT&T 4G phones actually can't get any HSPA+ speed yet, not to mention HSUPA are still disabled on those phones. I feel sorry for those owners. I will not consider any HSPA+ phones as true 4G. Only LTE.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
I disagree that they're too little too late. Android was 2 years late and offered a lot less than WP7 does and look where it is now. WP7 is already doing better in pretty much all departments than android was doing at this time and it's only got room to improve. Windows has all the money and resources necessary to force this thing to succeed once they get their head on straight.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Michael-Dallas:
The Focus is capable of HSPA (HSPDA and HSUPA enabled), not HSPA+ (an evolution of HSPA). Even if it did have HSPA+, that's not 4G although T-Mobile (and consequently, AT&T) market it as such.

Real 4G (LTE) speed will be capable of speeds that'll make you consider replacing your high speed internet at home.

Michael.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bleak Morn:
The code is apparently now there to support them in future hardware:

http://windowsphone.mobilitydigest.com/windows-phone-7-to-support-front-facing-cameras/

Of course, since I'm on Sprint that means I can exhaust a 2-year contract waiting them to come to "The NOW Network" (ironic name, eh?).
[Windows Phone 7 General] munkeyphyst:
FWIW, A-to-B is a free turn by turn app on the WP7. Just saying.
[Windows Phone 7 General] BrianDigital:
i really want to switch to wp7 as it would probably integrate with my other computers in the house easily.

Miscrosft needs to step it up, how come my desktop gets updates every month but the mobile platform gets none.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
because windows has thousands of folks exploiting its swiss cheese security, but wp7 only has three.

updates and security patches are not the same thing.
[Windows Phone 7 General] peacekeeper05:
Stick to the main topic... i think a 4g wp7 would be available 4 years from now. Oh wait? 4 years by that time wp7, 8,9 10 or whatever is probably dead like what happened to zune. Since no one really buys a wp7... beat bada first :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tone_:
Do you really need to Troll on the WP7 forums??
[Windows Phone 7 General] PieOfJustice:
It would appear it is the only thing people can do while they wait for these "updates".
[Windows Phone 7 General] peacekeeper05:
Yes i strongly agree with you...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tone_:
You don't have a WP7, you are just trolling and nothing else I bet you don't act like an arsehole on the android forums..
[Windows Phone 7 General] peacekeeper05:
People like you who personally attack other legit forumers are the reason why wp7 community does not prosper. Give some love and caring...
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Perhaps it will be about that time that android figures out how to use a hardware accelerated UI and stops being the laggiest living OS on the market... but I sincerely doubt it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
HoneyComb 3.0 has the hardware accelerated UI and dual core support as well. Just saying...
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Could you show me where it says this because every forum I've seen says otherwise and with the array of devices it'd be quite hard.
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
There is only one device with HoneyComb out there (not counting the unofficial port): Xoom. HoneyComb is still in its infancy and quite buggy to be hornest.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Actually according to Google themselves they dont have it. I suppose that the OEM could add it in themselves due to the fact that it is hardware specific but I can't imagine OEMs caring that much.
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
Google does not write device specific code. They offer frameworks and device makers do have to write code to tie everything together. I believe Xoom does have it enabled (nVidia wrote most of the code for that).
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Yes, I'm aware. Apparently though the capability has been there since 2.1 and no manufacturer has cared to implement it due to the fact that they'd have to write it differently for every device. I figured that's how it would stay.
[Windows Phone 7 General] schmak01:
Just as an FYI, WP7 came ready for 4G (well LTE and WiMAX) all is needed is a phone manufacturer to make one. They probably wanted to test the water before just throwing expensive hardware at it.

There should be a few coming out later this year, rumor is the T-Mobile HTC Bresson is one. (16 MP camera too)
[Windows Phone 7 General] lqaddict:
No it didn't. Microsoft strict hardware requirements for the WP7 had called for the first generation SnapDragon Qualcomm chips that do not support LTE/WiMax/4G, with Nodo it brought CDMA support, and with Mango you will see the support for advanced mobile technologies and updated GPU.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
The same first generation snapdragon from the EVO 4G is in every WP7 device right now, so I don't think its due to that.

I doubt there is software support.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lqaddict:
It's a CDMA chip 8650, CDMA support wasn't introduced till Nodo.
[General Questions and Answers] Forwox:
Hello,

I'm happy to finally have true Android phone in my hands. HTC Desire. It's so amazing, those possibilities are so large and the quality is great. :rolleyes:

Previously I was using Nokia e50 - symbian based phone. I want to move all my contacts, all my messages (2k), notes, calendar notes and reminds, photos and videos. Is it possible to synchronise in one or another way those two phones?
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
It may sound convoluted and there may be better ways that i'm not thinking of but.... i would set up your Google account on your PC and move everything you can from your Symbian to the 'cloud'. Contacts can be added through Gmail, Calender entries moved accross to the online Google Calender, pics uploaded to Picasa...so on and so forth. You can 'Favourite' your Youtube vids from your PC and access them from your phone.

A lot of this may have to be done manually but worth it in the end. Once it's done just sign-in to your Google account on the Desire and everything will sync from Cloud to phone. You may have to find an app to transfer your Browser bookmarks, although the Chrome To Phone extension could help make the task easier. Once you've added them once onto the phone they'll be synced and backed up to your Google account.

Endless possibilities, especially once you've discovered how the App Market gives you access to everything you might ever need. Then there's the fun part, rooting and customizing your phone. :)

Btw, Video, and possibly Notes, can go to Google Docs although moving messages will probably need an app. From the Market.. :D
[General Questions and Answers] mariushero:
Symbian is sucks ;-)
[General Questions and Answers] Forwox:
Okay, thank you! I'm done with contacts, it works fine now, they are succesfully moved from Symbian to Android. But how to move sms?
[General Questions and Answers] erkamt:
http://www.simail.si/nokia2androidsms/

the best way for sms! (I have tried many ways...)

I am looking for a way for notes and agenda now..
[General Questions and Answers] gelasio:
Anyone know how to syncronize the agenda birthdays from symbian (Nokia N79) to Android?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sheni7:
Has anyone found a custom rom for the T-Mobile Galaxy S 4g yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] t-mo123:
Be patient

I think you mean has anyone created a custom rom for it yet. And the answer is no. The phone has only been out for a couple of weeks. Give it some time for devs to cook something up.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1068

you should read a little before posting....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalai:
When my phone switches from 3g to 1x what does 1x mean?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RileyGrant:
Weak signal, usually means youre roaming.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iitreatedii:
It is slow Internet. You don't have a strong signal to 3g, roaming has nothing to do with internet, it has to do with reception...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
1xRTT, predecessor to 3g. slower.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
I would make sense for it to mean a different band....but I have been seeing this 1x in the CM rom I am running. It happens EVERY time I send a text. It switches from 3g to 1x over the bars.

Yet when the text is sent then I have 3g again and I test it by opening up a browser and watching the data arrows while it still says 3g.

Something odd here.

Q for the OP:....what ROM are u running?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
I believe it's cause it's a CDMA phone so the internet sends through the voice line which explains why you can't use 3g during a call.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalai:
4.6b2 one of mikfroyo's its a modified odex. its been themed, i noticed it switching on. i have seen it before on cm also.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImEVO:
It means slower then sh*t! lol:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tailsthecat3:
there is a roaming indicator to notify if roaming. 1x does not 'usually mean youre roaming.'.

CDMA2000 1x is a standard that

aims to bring high data rate capabilities to

wireless communication products. It

supports both voice and 153 Kbps of data

using the same bandwidth configuration as

legacy IS-95A1

CDMA networks (i.e., 1.25

megahertz (MHz) channel bandwidth). This

commonality gives 1x technology

backwards compatibility with IS-95A – the

standards can co-exist in the same system.

When 1x technology is fully implemented,

users will not be required to discard their IS-

95A handsets; however, the additional

capabilities offered by 1x technology will

not operate on IS-95A handsets.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just_s:
This is the correct answer.

Additionally, any AOSP ROM and a few Sense ROMs (EViO and Mik come to mind) accurately indicate signal strength. This is most often 1x on the Sprint network.

Don't be fooled into believing you once had a stronger signal, you didn't. If you live in the same place you have lived while using the EVO, nothing has changed except the accuracy of your signal indication. Switch back to a typical sense ROM and you'll see 3g all day long.

Also, mms are sent via 1x, while browsing etc is done via 3-4g as available. If nothing has changed but your ROM, you are good.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] UnSungHERO420:
I change the font size in spare parts on my G2. The font size returns to normal as soon as I open the keyboard. I've searched and come up with no feasible solution for this.

Help anyone?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] prittyboy203:
im pretty sure that in spare parts that option only works in spare parts so the words get bigger. but if that was what your looking for just in that app i deleted it and installed it again worked for me?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdb23103:
Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. And, yes, I did search first. I am on SC 2.9.1 EB01 voodoo. I have not updated to the new kernel. I did flash the MMS patch. My problem is that I can not receive MMS. At least two people have sent me pictures via MMS, and I receive a message saying downloading but no pic. Haven't tried to send any. Any suggestions? Thanx in advance.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OhioYJ:
I know SC 2.9 required the DL09 modem, I assume 2.9.1 would require the same? I know my messaging didn't work properly in 2.9 until I flashed the DL09 modem. Then no more messaging quirks like you mentioned. On a side note my GPS performance also improved to.