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Epic has a lot of options available. But as the GB release is quite new roms are still being refined and being made stable. I feel its better to first enjoy the stock experience albeit with root and removal of all bloatware. Most roms normally have extensive themes built in with custom colors and fonts which may or may not be to ones liking. Then stability is an issue with most early roms having reboots and such issues. You can also experiment with various custom kernels which may allow you to overclock or undervolt etc. Then come various file system ie Stock RFT or EXT4 with their plus and minuses. So the options are endless and guess as play with the phone u become more and more adventurous. But always remember do a NAND backup before doing anything and read and read on XDA or similar forums before doing anything

Big Fight - Windows Phone 7.5 Mango v/s Android v2.3 Gingerbread 2012 promises to be the year of Windows Phone. Since its launch about a year back, the mobile OS from Redmond has seen meteoric rise in the form of acceptance and praises. Then with the new friendship formed between Nokia and Microsoft, the mobile platform has the sky as the limit. Nokia is expected to launch its first WP7 phones, Lumia, in another week or so, in India. The mobile OS has conveniently positioned itself as the third most popular platform, overtaking Blackberry. So, we decided to take Windows Phone 7.5 Mango (in Samsung Omnia W) and Android 2.3.2 Gingerbread (in Sony Ericsson Arc S) out for showdown against each other, to help you decide which mobile platform to invest on, this holiday season. The factors that we shall consider in this article are design, ease of use, connectivity options, social media integration, messaging capabilities, navigation and browsing usage, and also a few more points that are critical in an overall smartphone experience. Messaging Mango has a very integrated messaging system that can make connecting with people a very pleasurable experience. One very innovative approach is you can take your conversation to any messaging protocol you please. For example, in the messaging app, you can easily switch between SMS, Facebook chat and Windows Live Messenger to chat with a friend. It's seamless and the complete conversation is visible in the same thread. The Android has separate apps for SMS, Facebook chat and Google Talk. Separate protocols mean you shall have to switch between them as and when required. It is unfortunate that both the platforms have integration with only their own IM services. Of course, you can add additional IM protocols with third party apps. I like Windows Phone's way of handling emails: just swipe to the right to see lists of unread mails; repeat to see flagged emails. Mango also implements a color highlight on the subject of unread messages in the All message list, but the Unread list is simpler. Additionally, whether you use Exchange emails or free service providers like Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo, one single client handles them all and gives a very unified experience. On the other hand, I need to use a separate Gmail app to access emails on the email server. Of course, I can also configure Gmail on the regular email client, but then I lose all the important functionalities like accessing labels, archiving, and even email threads. Both the mobile platforms allow basic functions like forwarding, replying to emails, downloading attachments and viewing them. However, I noticed that Windows Phone uses much less data as compared to Android to download the same emails. There is no push email on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango unless you are using the exchange server. Similarly, even Android doesn't have push email unless you are using the Gmail app. So, both the platforms stand almost equally on that aspect. However, it is possible to specify in the Android's email app how often would one like to query for emails. Microsoft has given no such flexibility on Mango. Social Media Integration I used to always regard Blackberry to be the most socially integrated mobile operating system. Then I picked up a Windows Phone. Windows Phone's contacts app (called People) is divided into various sections - recent, all, and what's new. The recent tab has a little grid of 8 tiles, depicting the last 8 people contacted - either via a phone call, sms, IM, or even a post on the Facebook Wall. What's most interesting is the "what's new" tab that lists out latest updates from all your contacts, from Windows Live, Twitter & Facebook, at the same place. Don't worry about getting overwhelmed because WP7 also allows you to filter the updates according to social networks. What more, it is also possible to club a couple of contacts in groups and follow just their updates on the Groups app. In contrast, Android forces you to open separate social networking apps to follow your contacts' updates and interact with them. Additionally, while Android has an option to 'favorite' the contacts, it doesn't allow you to create multiple groups for different types of contacts, like Best Buddies, Family, Colleagues etc. Unarguably, the deep social media integration in Windows Phone is its one of the best selling points. Connectivity Both Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and Android 2.3 Gingerbread have EDGE, 3G and WiFi connectivity options. They also allow you to create a personal wireless hotspot and use the 3G network to access the Internet. However, Android has the option to be connected as a drive on the computer. Windows Phone doesn't allow that luxury. Windows Phone necessitates the use of the Zune software to 'sync' the content. Personally, I think that's a huge disadvantage. One simple problem I myself have faced is, while I can sync songs with my Mac because I use iTunes, I can't copy pictures on the phone since I don't use iPhoto. Rather, I use Adobe Bridge to organize my photographs. In contrast, Android allows complete access to the phone's directory structure. Multitasking Both Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and Android 2.3 Gingerbread allow multitasking. But here's something interesting I unearthed. Android's multitasking is very dependent on the phone's hardware. For example, if I loaded a web page on Android's browser, and then moved away to reply to an email, the page shall start reloading when I come back to that application. Then again, I faced that phenomenon a lot on the Arc S and HTC Sensation XE, but not on Samsung Galaxy S II. Multitasking with Windows Phone was a more pleasurable experience. After I opened 6 tabs on the Internet Explorer browser, the pages stayed open and loaded even after being away from that app to reply to a plethora of messages, watching a video and posting updates on Facebook for over 2 hours. Now, that is the kind of multitasking I'd expect out of a smartphone. This is something I really like about the Blackberry OS too. Home screen & Widgets As we all know, Android has a great way of notifying live updates to the user with the help of beautiful widgets on the home screen itself. Windows Phone also does something similar, but using live tiles. While both the options give truckloads of information to the user, Android trumps Windows Phone a bit because it's much easier and more aesthetic to swipe left to right for more live information, than having to scroll pages' worth of tiles. At the end of the day, it just boils down to personal preference. User Interface There's not much to compare in terms of the interface. Windows Phone 7.5 Mango looks extremely stylish and sexy. The operating system is very stable and brings smile to the face every time you pick up the phone. Sadly, I can't say the same for Android. In the last 3 years, the OS has surely matured and grown by leaps and bounds. But when compared to WP7, it looks clunky, old and outright ugly. No matter of customization can make someone drool over Android's interface. Compared to that, WP7 hardly needs to make an effort. Apps This is one department Android can knock out Windows Phone hands down. There is practically no competition here. And this could be one major reason for the users to shy away from the beautiful OS Mango. Maps & Navigation May I be allowed to say that Bing Maps is a useless piece of software? Period. Forget about turn-by-turn navigation, it doesn't even allow you to search for locations and get directions. In contrast, Google has recently launched a new version of Maps that even helps you navigate inside a building! Add to that the rich database of locations and business, and free voice guided turn-by-turn navigation and it can't be tough to point out the winner even by the most technologically challenged man. If you really need navigation, then you must wait for the Nokia Lumia devices being launched later this week. They pack in powerful Nokia Maps which are as good as Google Maps, if not better. Notification System Again, you will either like it, or hate it, on the Windows Phone. There is no centralized notification system on WP7. Microsoft expects you to keep an eye on the tiles in the home screen to figure out what kind of notifications you need to attend to. In Android, the notification system had been beautifully implemented right from Day 1. Even Apple was forced to mimic it in their latest version of iOS 5. It's functional, beautiful and awesome to use. Other specialties Windows Phone has out of this world integration with Xbox Live, letting you play games, manage your profile and interact with your friends on-the-go. It also has MS Office available for free, that allows you to create, view and edit Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents. SkyDriveisMicrosoft's alternative for Dropbox that makes storing and sharing files a breeze. On the other hand, more of our lives get entangled in the world of Google, and no mobile OS shall ever integrate with Google services better than Android. Operating Systems on video Verdict It's tough to simply decide whether beauty manages to beat the geek. If you are the kind of guy who loves tinkering with his devices, Android is the way to go. However, for the majority who wants a phone that "just works", exudes style and helps him stay in touch with his friends effectively, Windows Phone is the OS to put your money on. It's beautiful, elegant, and doesn't put a huge dent in your yearly savings like the iPhone does. Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/780467.aspx#

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Since i now own an iPhone 4s , and jailbreak for iPhone 4s is still not sure about .As many people here are using iPad 2 , iPhone 4 etc which are either on iOS 5 or they don't want to jailbreak The biggest advantage of jailbreak on iDevices is ability to install "crack" apps and 3rd party apps .But not anymore , you don't need to jailbreak to be able to install apps without app store The process isn't free , but its worth money spent and is not that huge of amount Process involves getting your UDID ( device hardware id used for development purposes) to be registered with apple developing accounts and using dev certificates and profiles There are several developers on net who sell these services for 9.99$ -15$ they provide u with dev certificate and register your UDID with apple developer accounts All u need is a mac and just install certificate and use ire sign to sign apps u downloaded and sync it with iTunes it basically tricks phone security into thinking that u are testing the application as a developer http://uhelios.com/ this developer i have dealt with personally and his services are at 9.99$ for windows users u have 2 options - install vmware and install and use mac os to use i resign -or sign up for xappsx service , which allows u to directly download apps from www.xappsx.com from your iPhone/ipod/ipad and install on ur device . xappsx is site similar to apptrackr for people who pay can directly download apps and install on their devices without need of using ire sign , but that costs 20$ http://shopios.com/ i have dealt with these guys also and they are very legit offering service for windows as well as mac users for 10$ its worth every penny having to no more worry about iOS updates or ability to loose jailbreak Currently i have iOS 5.01 on my iPhone 4s and i use macbook pro to sign my apps i download from apptrackr it works perfectly , no need to wait for jailbreak anymore . This method works irrespective of your iOS VERSION There are some who can do it for 4-6$ also , but i don't know if they are genuine In my case i bought my package for 10$ . I couldn't get it to work initially , i contacted developer he tried to change certain certificate settings on my macbook , but even he gave up after trying 2-3 times , stating that my macbook has some issues , LOL , i kept playing with it alone and boom it started working .It was just minor issue of mis spelling in one of lines ..... P.S- Plz pay developers for their apps , some apps are well worth every penny , i prefer to pay for apps whenever possible .

8 Weeks Later, How Do iPhone 4S Users Feel? Source Crimson Hexagon, a social media analytics firm, did some Twitter sentiment analysis to find out. The company examined more than 2 million tweets that mentioned the iPhone 4S, looking for strong opinions one way or the other as well as more nuanced, neutral reactions. The result? Not quite as positive as Apple might wish. Some 37% of the tweets were generally favorable, 29% were negative, and 34% were neutral. More worryingly, the percentage of negative responses to the device is growing. Perhaps the most troubling news for Apple is that the battery problem with the iPhone 4S, supposedly solved by an iOS 5 update, does not appear to be going away. Some 11% of the tweets examined mentioned an issue with the battery draining faster than expected. When Crimson Hexagon did an earlier analysis of iPhone 4S tweets, in mid-November, just 7% had a negative impression of the phone’s battery.

This is because When OTA Happens (i.e *228) Reliance Server Doesn't Writes the MDN Whereas on TATA MDN too is written, That is the reason you are getting unknown no, If u have the SPC for your Hnadset than u can put the no manually Trick to get the SPC on 8530 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AJS1K5E5 Here you go, 8530 solution. This is MFI file, run it. The 8530 will go to, and it will FAIL in the middle (this is alright). When the blackberry is in the semi-brick state, connect it to computer and read MSL via QXDM. (Requestnvitemwread sec_code) Then reload OS software, download from here: http://us.blackberry.com/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp Do above at ur Risk, dont blame me if u get into trouble

Hello guys, I am having a problem sending the default SCN (000000) to phone.. It says "Error.. the phone does not answers"