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Yesterday was a sad day we all knew would eventually come—the Windows Marketplace for Windows Mobile applications finally ceased to exist, as Microsoft officially killed Windows Mobile and mostly everything related to it sometime last year. The market brought the capability to do what Apple’s Appstore was doing at the time, which was to try and centralize all the available free and paid applications so that people could easily find their favorite apps in one, single place. The introduction of the marketplace didn’t come without its share of issues and scandals due to various flaws in functionality. For instance, Windows . . . READ ON »
It’s hard to believe just how much the smartphone space has changed since that phone, the HTC HD2, was released in November 2009, two years ago. It was one of the last Windows Mobile devices, but it eventually got ports for both Android and Windows Phone 7. With this active developer support and a thriving community, it went on to become the most popular device in xda-developers history, and was voted as the best HTC device of both 2009 and 2010 in our forums.
Now, it’s November 2011, exactly two years later. Time to recapitulate the story of this extraordinary . . . READ ON »
The recent XDA TV article by Azrienoch & cajunflavouredbob reminded me of the old days, when the HTC logo looked like this. Because of this, I was reminded of some of the old things released that really changed how we use and view our devices and also changed what we came to expect from the device manufacturers.
The first game changer I want to look at is HTC Home. This was the first incarnation of what would eventually come to be HTC Sense. It ran on windows mobile as a plug-in for the home screen and instead of displaying widgets . . . READ ON »
The HTC HD2 is the most developed device in the history of XDA-Developers. Over 1 million posts on more than 45 thousand threads across 17 sub-forums covering five operating systems, the HD2 remains in the top 25 most active devices on XDA almost two years after its release. Its success spoke to all manufacturers about what a smartphone should be like.
I sat down with a friend’s HD2 to hear its story. I asked about where it came from, the struggles it faced growing up in a Tawainese factory, and how it overcame those struggles to become such a smart . . . READ ON »
Welcome to week 44 of our weekly Questions and Answers article. We select five questions that might not be of help to you, but it might still be interesting to read or to pass on to someone who might be looking for that answer.
Q: Does Screen Filter app really work to lower battery usage? Or is it just a placebo effect? Can I set my screen to 100% and use the filter to save batt?
A: Depends on the screen, but you can still benefit from Screen Filter because it will make your screen not as bright to your
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Welcome to another episode of XDA-Interviews, where we try to talk with those members that have been developing on XDA to bring us great ROM´s and applications.
This time, we will talk with Faryaab, a 14 year old Chef who is actively working on the XPERIA X1, the HTC Desire, and on the Samsung Galaxy S.
orb3000: Thanks a lot Faryaab for giving us some time for this interview. So, you are 14 years old, I dare to ask how long have you been developing and how did it all start?
Faryaab: It all started from my . . . READ ON »
Every week, we select five questions and answers, found on the forums. Even though some of these questions and answers might not be of help to you, they might still be interesting to read.
Q‘My phone constantly runs out of battery when I need it the most,what can I use as a backup?’
A Try Power Fort portable battery chargers, charges one full cycle on the Desire.
Q‘Does anyone have a video player that’s working on this build that’ll play .avi files? I keep getting a message “The file
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Every week, we select five questions and answers, found on the forums. Even though some of these questions and answers might not be of help to you, they might still be interesting to read.
Q Hi Guys I just bought a Spring Evo 4G that has Gingerbread 2.3 and Cyanagen Mod 7.03. Will I be able to activate this w/ Sprint? The seller says it is a clean ESN. Or will I have to restore this (how?) to activate it?
Thanks for the help!!
A As long as the esn is clean, you should be fine. The things needed to . . . READ ON »
It is time for our weekly selection of five questions and answers found on XDA forums, and as this week HTC has been around the top stories. So, we will begin with a related question.
Remember that this Q&A might not be of help to you, but it might still be interesting to read.
Q: Is there actually anyway to obtain the new unlocked bootloader on existing devices?.
A: HTC CEO Confirms EVO 3D Will Have An Unlocked Bootloader One Way Or Another.
Q: Does anyone know of . . . READ ON »
Following our series of interviews with XDA developers, this time we will talk with pof; an old time XDA retired moderator who has been actively working in reverse engineering/hacking WinMo. On top of that, he has tons of experience in security, and lately he started to develop for Android. Lets get into this fascinating world:
orb3000: Hi pof, thanks a lot for taking some time for the interview; and without further ado, lets start with an easy one 
, what was your first device?
pof: HTC BlueAngel (branded by I-Mate as PDA2k)
orb3000: What moved you . . . READ ON »
Xda-Developers is a great source of information. Part of the reason for this is the general attitude of the members here. Websters Dictonary defines community as “joint ownership or participation.” By working as a community, the members of XDA have been able to come up with answers to some of the most difficult questions posed in the mobile world. Part of my job as a XDA News Writer is to find those answers and provide them to you in a quick and easy to follow manner. Please join me for another addition of The Weekly Q&A.
Ok, it´s time for our weekly Questions and Answers article. We have selected five Q&A found on XDA. Even though some of these might not be of help to you, they might still be interesting to read.
Q: I’ve been seeing this problem for a few weeks now, with several different ROMs, including the original rooted stock ROM now. In nearly all of my recent calls, I get disconnected one or more times with the message “Call disconnected” and a “Dismiss” button. I’m thinking that this is because of my EVO and not the other side, since usually if they
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Ok, it´s time for our weekly Questions and Answers article. We have selected five Q&A found on XDA. Even though some of these might not be of help to you, they might still be interesting to read.
Q: Would we consider adding a forum for the Transformer? Seems like a lot of potential with that tablet…
A: XDA Admins usually will add the devices based on potential development possibilities as well as popular demand (although not a great contributing factor in the decisions). We are currently in the final steps of determining suitability, but it looks like this will be
. . . READ ON »
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