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iphone 4 is the (single) largest selling model in the world as on date.... however -

If they are able to hit the 5K price point as they claim, it will be a great value offering...

Enable / disable safe mode - HTC DROID Incredible - Safe mode is a method that allows the device to run without non-essential applications. This is beneficial for troubleshooting 3rd party applications. So dont go for Factory Reset immediately if your device starts giving you some trouble. First trouble shoot the applications by going into safe mode. How to do get in and then out of Safe Mode - http://search.vzw.com/?do=viewdoc&id=31062&p=5269&supportview=1

Friend Stream and Peep is back and running on all versions of android.... Testers Note on 2.2 - - 3G Mobile Hotspot is useless on 1x as it works only with 3G

Check your heart rate with your free Android phone app Soon Stethoscopes will be history; You must have read the app for iphone; this android app was there even before the iphone app... Hey Mufaddal/Tanveer/Other Docs.... this one's for you...

HTC Peep or FriendStream Not Working on HTC Sense in 2.2? It's OAuth's Fault Thats why Peep and Twitter for HTC Sense is NOT working since I updated to Froyo yesterday on My Incredible.... Its become applicable as of 31st August'10... Twitter for Android though is working perfectly...

So, just when I was ready to install this update.zip, I got official OTA Notification; So ignored it at first; switched on wifi, went back to Settings-About Phone-Update and chose to update; Took about 5-10 minutes on wifi; it downloaded the 93mb file and rebooted perfectly into Froyo 2.2... Seems I am the first one to get official OTA update here (who actually updated over the air)... All settings etc. remained as it is... What I saw NEW in 2.2 - - Its snappier and much quicker - New apps - 3G Mobile Hotspot, App Sharing, Amazon MP3 (bloatware), Flashlight (great app), and some other bloatwares... - I can now see 720p recording option in camcorder - Lots of new widgets; specially liked the NEWS widget, Sync All, lots of new calculators, many new android widgets also added like Power control etc. - Music Widget is snappier and remembers last folders after reboot (a bug in 2.1) - New Messaging App, better, with photos, attachments etc. - Wifi draft N support; more towers visible in wifi now - Flash 10.1 support - Nexus One Live wallpaper - Voice Dial over Bluetooth now works - Takes longer to charge but has IMPROVED battery life - Gmail UI is updated - New startup screen with DROID sound - Ability to save apps to sd card - I find enhanced sharpness of pictures and the icons in camera now rotate with screen orientation - You can't press the menu button to unlock the phone anymore. Sliding the bar is the only way now - BAD - Your screen now turns in every direction but upside down after 2.2 - 1x sign now remains always lit, only arrows dim out when not in use - Now you have to click Menu>Exit to leave the car panel menu; does'nt go out just by clicking back button - Lots more pattern lock options including numeric or password code lock - Peep is not working properly; some authentication issue; Twitter app is having issues; Android 2.2 seems to have broken twitter. (EDIT- Its a twitter authentication feud issue not a 2.2 issue; will get solved soon) - Holding down the home button now gives you 8 recently used apps instead of 6 - New Caller ID Photo screen

For ROOTED Users wanting to get back to stock and then back to Official 2.2 OTA and also keeping their S-Off and then GET ROOT BACK with superuser permissions- NOTE 1: This assumes that you've got ClockworkMod recovery already as part of your rooted phone. If you're not rooted, you might as well stop reading right now as you won't have to do most of this. NOTE 2: In all cases below, when you are told to download a file, download it using your computer, not your phone. I would download each file into a separate folder named somewhat descriptively. There's a reason for this... in at least two cases, you will have two different files with the same filename and you'll want to know which one is which. Then, after downloading the files and renaming them if necessary, connect your phone to your computer with the USB cable and copy the files to the root of your SD card as needed. This way, you can be a little more organized plus have extra copies of everything in case something goes wonky. *** A. PREPARE BY TAKING YOUR PHONE BACK TO STOCK (MOSTLY) *** 1. First, before you do anything at all, go to Unrevoked Forever public:forever [RootWiki] and apply S-off. Just follow their directions. 2. If you haven't installed a custom kernel, you can skip this step. If you had a custom kernel, hopefully you followed the installation directions and did a Nandroid backup. You'll want to restore that backup from ClockworkMod Recovery to get the stock kernel back. I'm not 100% sure if this is necessary depending on which kernel you had but it can't hurt. 3. Go to Adrynalyne's site Stock HTC Incredible Recovery Image Just another blog and get the stock 2.1 recovery image (PB31IMG.ZIP). You need to put this file into the root (i.e. not in a folder) of your SD Card, make sure the file reads PB31IMG.ZIP and not PB31IMG.ZIP.ZIP. Boot into hboot by turning off your phone and then hold the volume down button and the power button until it boots into hboot. Once in hboot, it should ask you if you want to apply the update, click the volume up button to apply the update. Once it is down, it the volume up button to reboot the phone. You now have a stock 2.1 phone with no root, but with S-off. *** B. APPLY THE OTA UPDATE *** Instructions already here - *** C. LET'S GET ROOT BACK! *** 1. Go back to the Unrevoked Forever site public:forever [RootWiki] and download this file: http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/recovery/clockworkmod/PB31IMG.ZIP (You'll notice that this is the same filename as the one you downloaded from Adrynalyne's site, which is why I suggested putting them in separate folders on your computer, remember?). 2. Copy this file WITHOUT CHANGING THE NAME to the root of your SD card. It'll ask you if you want to overwrite the existing file, and you do want to. 3. Unplug your phone from your computer and reboot your device into HBOOT by removing the battery, inserting the battery, pressing VOLUME DOWN, and pressing POWER (just like you did above). 4. When prompted "Do you want to start update?", press VOLUME UP for Yes. 5. When prompted again "Do you want to reboot device?", press VOLUME UP for Yes. 6. You now have ClockworkMod Recovery back. 7. Now, download the following two files: http://bit.ly/su234ef and MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service. You'll have two more files: "payload-update.zip" and "su-2.3.4-ef-signed.zip". 8. Plug your phone back into your computer and copy these two files to the root of your SD card. 9. Unplug your phone from your computer, and turn your phone off (pull the battery out and reinsert). 10. Press and hold the Volume Down and Power at the same time to boot into HBOOT. 11. When the white HBOOT screen appears, use the volume button to move down to "RECOVERY". 12. Press the Power button to select "RECOVERY". 13. Once in recovery, choose "install zip from SD-Card", then choose "payload-update.zip". 14. Hit the power button to go back to the previous screen. 15. Choose "install zip from SD-Card", then choose "su-2.3.4-ef-signed.zip". 16. Hit the power button to go back to the previous screen. 17. Select "Reboot device now". Congratulations! You now have a fully rooted 2.2 Froyo Incredible, and you didn't have to wipe your data... it's right where you left it. The only quirk some have found so far is that they had to reassign their custom ringtones.

^ We will have 1 step root and clockwork recovery etc. for this version of hboot also soon... so wait.. Its in late stages of development and will be with you in week-10 days... along with full s-off to follow... I have updated the Update Post with detailed instructions... SO ENJOY ALL...

^ no need to edit, as you have already contributed your valuable input... as should others...

^ use a CLEAN hard reset i.e. dont restore sms or applications; just get back you contacts by syncing afterwards from a new account; How to Instructions, I have already given before in this topic...

^ Thank You ananth001 for giving me a "-1" for helping you/others out (I presume you did it by mistake) @andy - why are u so afraid; ,max that will happen is that u will loose root... thats it... Its a painless process, however its not possible for me to spoonfeed... u need to take ur own risks in life...

I am using 2 units of Kent RO systems; TDS at my residence in Meerut is as high as 6-700 and 1 at my Delhi Res (TDS is about 250 in municipal supply), so its necessity for me; High TDS is the prime cause of all types of Stone problem whether Gall Bladder or Kidney Stones; These Kent systems are little costly and cost about 12-15K Recently I had to install 1 at my mom-in-laws house at Faridabad; There I experimented; TDS was around 600; The Aquaguard guy there offered to make me an assembled system with all parts same as being used by the top model of Aquaguard (costing about 14K); initially I was sceptical; he offered me the same system for 8K (after exchanging old Aquaguard for 1-1.5K); I found that a value proposition but was hesitant for the quality part; So I instructed him to get me all part checked; The most important part is the RO Membrane Filter (which I used of a good US make company); The 2nd most important part was the Peristaltic Pump (again US make); rest all pre and carbon filters were of Aquaguard; After using since last 3 months my mom-in-law is very satisfied with the quality of water and the overall build and product quality which looks and feel same as any high end system; so I found it a better proposition than my Kent systems or the original Aquaguard.... and all at just 8K with same 1 year warranty and at future home service... Remember that RO systems should reduce 90%+ of the TDS; so if TDS of untreated water is say 700 then treated water should be 60-70; though most systems reduce it to around 40. The ideal drinking water TDS should be around 100 but that can be compensated by the minerals in your diet specially having a lot of curd which compensates the natural minerals needed by the body. Risking not using RO just because it reduces minerals too much is just not worth taking... Go for RO without giving it a 2nd thought... Its the future and we use it regularly in all stages of washing and preparation in our pharmaceutical industry also...

UPDATE YOUR INCREDIBLE TO FROYO (Android 2.2) Official OTA download link from google (for non roooters) - http://android.clien...elease_sign.zip Instructions- Rename the file as update.zip; copy to root of sd card; power down phone (also remove battery and then reinsert); boot into recovery (Hold down the "Volume Down" button as you power the phone back on); A screen should appear showing your phone's system searching for various files. Scroll down to "recovery" using vol down button and press the "Power" button to select it. When you see the triangle with an exclamation point symbol, press the "Power" and "Volume Up" buttons at the same time. From the menu that appears, use vol keys to move to "Apply sdcard:update.zip." Push Power button to select it. Update will start and take several minutes. When the screen displays "Install from sdcard complete" select by vol key "reboot system now" and wait for the phone to power back up. It may reboot itself instead of asking you to do it. REMEMBER- Took a while, and many people PANICKED when it froze at the new Droid eye splash screen (after the DROID voice and a splash showing all the features of the Dinc), but after waiting for what seemed like an eternity, it got past it and went to a screen that counted up to 100%. At 25%, it came up with a screen that said "Congratulations, you have successfully updated your HTC phone to version 3.21.605.1 (the build number). After that, it completed the countdown and booted to your home screen and your system info shows Android version 2.2 in Software Info!! SO BE PATIENT.. Look around and confirm that all is well, then reboot. After this you can remove update.zip from the /sdcard directory. PS - First off, ensure that you have the Stock 2.1 ROM with first OTA, it WILL NOT work otherwise. software/Build version should read as the following: 1.22.605.2 to proceed with this update...if it is 1.22.605.0, the update wont work... Also as far as we know, it cannot work in clockwork recovery!!!... You should be on Stock Recovery. For people who have rooted and are on clockwork recovery from unrevoked, follow instructions here - http://www.rimweb.in...1/page__st__338 This Update DOES NOT WIPE YOUR PHONE. Your phone will turn on as usual. You will have all of your apps, all of your settings, all of your ringtones set, the same wallpaper set, everything exactly as before. You will notice some changes they made to text messaging, changing the keyboard and many other things. As well as speed. and Yes, it works even if you are S-off; just ensure that you unroot and get back to stock before proceeding; Its recommended to root first to get s-off (for future purposes... LOL), then Unroot then back to stock; then first ota then this Ota update...though I have just got news that there is NO need to root as the root process for the new ota is also on the way, so dont worry about s-off...and go ahead and update... STATUTORY - This link and instructions are given in good faith; though nothing will go wrong if you follow instructions properly, I am not responsible for anything;

^ u lucky b... switch on wifi and then try to install; it should go through...

My latest Hardware purchase - i10 1.2 Kappa Magna Model, White Net Price 4.21Lacs on road Meerut (4.36L - 15K Loyalty bonus cheque which i will receive after 90 days) Cost includes - Free Insurance, RTO Road tax, 3 Year Warranty Free Freebie received - Original Hyundai 2 DIN 4 Speaker Music System with USB, Aux IN, Wireless Remote, CD/MP3 etc. worth Rs. 17.5K After market Accessory Installed - Autocop 8850 DLX Model 3.4K; Mats 700Rs.; Mud Flaps OE 250Rs. WHY - As it was not to be my primary vehicle, my other option was Ford Figo; Petrol version of Figo stood nowhere near to Kappa Engines refinement and performance; Diesel Figo was 1.4L Extra which really did not make any rational sense to go in for unless your running is more than 15k KM per year (which mine is not). i10 has better resale; cant trust Ford still; i10 sells 12K cars in a month, 2nd only to Alto (19K); Other Options - Swift K series had waiting of 2 months and I hate companies which create waiting; Ritz was again not VFM in comparison to this deal; Weblink - http://www.hyundai.com/in/en/Showroom/Flash/SRFOVERVIEW/DF_IN_SR_EK_080313114302.html

^ moderation can always drop in for UNsensible choices...

^ wow

^ Theek hai bhai.. TUM TUM ho.... par HUM BHI KISI se KUM nahin hai... LOL... @abhishek I can do it tomorrow if I wish, just lazy as I dont have have evdo in Meerut; in process to get it launched here but facing security issues due to heavy Cantonment area here; they are not releasing bandwidth...

EVDO will be (sorry IS) marked superior to 3G in Indian context and whatever these Indian GSM operators are shelling out...

^ 50kmpl they claim in normal driving conditions

^ I would classify a hardware as anything thats hard and touchable (LOL), has electronics inside it and makes your life easy...

1.Bought Samsung Galaxy-S GSM Android phone for my younger brother @ 26,500/- with bill+warranty (was later on offered 25,750/- from another distributor with bill) Specifications here - http://in.samsungmob...amsung-galaxy-s Interesting Facts - - Only Indian model (and some european markets) gets a Front VGA camera for true 3G video conferencing (at least on the miserable BSNL); Its not their in US Model.... - The 4" screen is the latest special variant of amoled as on my Incredible; its called Super Amoled and there is a distinct difference in sharpness and brightness - It has a ARM Cortex A8 processor running at 1 GHz which supposedly is slightly better than the Snapdragon in my Incredible - It has 16GB of inbuilt memory and micro sd card (I have put in a 8GB card in it) which supports upto 32gb making it possible to use a whopping 48GB of memory. I remember till 2 years back latest pc's came with a GHz processor and 40GB hdd... - It has Bluetooth 3.0 (a new standard) and the 5MP camera also took very good snaps in low light. So I didnt miss the flash... - Wireless tethering is inbuilt - It misses the HTC Sense UI but its compensated by similar programs downloadable from market - Swype keyboard is also inbuilt and I am lovin it... - Aldiko book reader came pre installed. The open office suite even opened pdf files. - GPS lock inside the house is POOR in comparison to HTC Incredible - It has a 1500mah battery 2. Bought a White coloured TVS Wego for my Daughter; Ex showroom was 43490/- On road 47490/-. Specifications here - http://tvswego.com/ Found it better than the Honda Activa in these Facts - - It has 12 " Alloy wheels in comparison to Activa's 10" metal ones - Pickup is much better and top speed is also higher - Wheel base is more by 40mm hence its more stable and seat is more comfortable - It has an external Fuel lid opener (no need to raise seat to fill fuel) - It has separate twin parking lamps - It has Twin telescopic Front suspension (like a motorcycle) unlike Activa's plain damper - Its rear shocker is also gas filled - It has Front Lockable Box (absent in Activa) - It has Full metal body like Activa - The Ignition ring glows in night - There's provision to attach a car charger in the under seat boot

^ ixactly

^ Its a simple known issue with a 5 minute solution posted at many places on rimweb...