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Magician Popularity

Is it me or does there seem to be a lot more support for the Blue Angel than the Magician?
I have been a great fan of XDA Developers ever since 10-03, because this Site offered me such great support for my first PPC-PE, MDA II.
Then I got the PDA2K, about 10-04 and immediately there was a tremendous amount of support on this site for the Blue Angel. Unfortunately, I did not like my PDA2K.
Now I have the Magician, JAM, and I check in daily, but iot does not seem like this site is very involved in this Product. It also seems like the higher-en technology savvy posters and developers do not participate much with the Magician. I know it is fairly new, but to me this is the greates of HTC's devices.
Why the lack of interest?

Agreed but generally XDA-Developers has decreased with the number of posts, interesting hacks, custom roms...gone are all the XDA-Developers who first learned how to unlock the original XDA or create a custom rom.
But maybe the Imate Jam / XDA Mini is just the most stable and solid from HTC and not as many issues leads to not as many posts!

I agree the fact that the Magician has been very stable an useful out of the gate is a factor in this.
I just wish someone would get cracking on the BT Profile or figure out a way to get the Widcomm working. At one time a guy had a reward posted for this. Lately though activity is very weak on that piece.

Hi,
did you ever try Pocketzenphone (www.pocketzenphone.net)?
There is a feature to enable Bluetooth with Widcomm support. Maybe this could help with your second question.
Regards
rH

Vodafone upgrade

Hi, I've come to the end of my Vodafone UK contract, so the time has come when the retention department contact me asking to upgrade or whatever.
After a brief chat with one of them, it looks like I can have any phone I want for free, but my choices are limited.
I'm currently still using my XDA IIi which is starting to hang more often lately, so it's about time for a change.
I almost ditched Vodafone in favour of O2, only to get the Orbit on some package, as I quite liked the idea of having built in GPS as opposed to lugging around my seperate bluetooth receiver.
Anyway, I reckon the phones available to me are the ones on vodafone business website (http://www.vodafonebusinessshop.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=phones.welcome)
I would appreciate any kind of advice on what's best out there, thank you.
(What are those iPaq phones like?)

I've just noticed they do the TyTn (in the form of a v1605) which seem to be quite popular here. No built-in GPS like the Orbit, but it does have a keyboard... hmmmmm.

What has the world come to?

I just got done reading a PM from someone who bought a used phone. And guess what they had on it, My Vanilla ROM.
Guys if you are going to sell your phones, please flash them back to factory. I dont think its smart to sell it with my rom or any other bleeding edge rom. These releases are still considered to be testing.

I understand your concerns and I agree...but I think that if we (as a community) are sharing ROM's...this is one of those things that is going to happen and we'll have to live with ya know...

agree with j3d1n4s7y (pain to copy out!lol)
and i agree with you nottoosmart.
if the seller didnt make it a selling point then, it shouldnt matter. but if the seller was saying 'oooo loooky here, wm6-rare!!!!!!buy me!' then the seller frankly is an idiot!

"What is the world coming to?" ?
Frankly, I don't see what the issue is. As long as the seller clearly indicates that the phone is running a third-party ROM, such as mUn's, then what's the problem? Undeniably, the person ought mention such information, but that's just an issue falling under the category of normal auction and commerce etiquette (i.e., that one should always disclose any major modifications made to a device).
Most people would be happy to get a phone pre-installed with mUn's ROM (regardless of what it's re-branded as). The functionality and stability of the mUn WM6 ROM you speak of are real and significant improvements over the OEM's ROMs.
This thread seems little more than public boasting.
cheers.
fluxist

fluxist said:
Frankly, I don't see what the issue is. As long as the seller clearly indicates that the phone is running a third-party ROM, such as mUn's, then what's the problem? Undeniably, the person ought mention such information, but that's just an issue falling under the category of normal auction and commerce etiquette (i.e., that one should always disclose any major modifications made to a device).
Most people would be happy to get a phone pre-installed with mUn's ROM (regardless of what it's re-branded as). The functionality and stability of the mUn WM6 ROM you speak of are real and significant improvements over the OEM's ROMs.
This thread seems little more than public boasting.
cheers.
fluxist
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much agreed

People are now SELLING the cooked roms...
Check out what I found on craigslist...
http://vancouver.craigslist.org/ele/294772477.html

not cheap either lool

anichillus said:
not cheap either lool
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I know... If I wasn't worrying about M$ getting up my ass, I'd sell your rom at a lower price than that guy and we can split the profits...

Selling cooked roms
OK, I guess I have to disagree with a lot of you folks here. I think it is a bad idea to sell cooked roms. The problem is with people who are new to pocket pc's and to WM5 and WM6. If you will remember, there is a learning curve to these devices, and the extra complexity of many cooked roms adds to the confusion. Also, where are they going to get help for their questions about WM6? or where do they turn to when their comm manager screen doesn't look like the one in the picture? Is the seller going to offer support? Likely not, probably they will refer them to this forum and they will end up PMing the rom chef indignantly, expecting their help.
Leave the stock rom in place. If you want to unlock the device, fine, but put it back the way you found it. That way the people who buy them know where to turn for support. (Microsoft, or the carrier).
Regards,

Make it Factory!
Heck even if you update to the original carriers latest rom, thats fine. You are doing the next guy a favor. But just think of it this way.
If you DONT flash it back to a factory rom, can you really be sure that you have removed all your personal info from the device?
Ever hear about the 100's of HDs that are bought and sold on ebay without being security wipped? Phone numbers, B-Days, eww its ripe for the identity thief.
If you have taken the time to unlock it and play with it, have the common courtesy to put it back to a carrier supported format.
btw Great rom there NTS

sellling cooked roms WTF?!

jacob-mda said:
sellling cooked roms WTF?!
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I second that!!!!!!

Here is another person selling on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...E:L:RTQ:CA:1&viewitem=&item=120106155132&rd=1
Updating Roms are great but they need support for what they have purchased.

lol i love it..some sorta powerseller this jackass is..
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Ok, let me state the issue with this......
I got 3 PM's through the forum about support of this. I know this sounds like me coping out on support, but I am not about to support someone who does not know anything or has not spent the time reading the posts here. Most of the PM's I get are from people who have done the research here and not just saying "BTW I bought a device with your ROM on it, can you help me do this or that"

nottoosmart said:
I got 3 PM's through the forum about support of this. I know this sounds like me coping out on support, but I am not about to support someone who does not know anything or has not spent the time reading the posts here. Most of the PM's I get are from people who have done the research here and not just saying "BTW I bought a device with your ROM on it, can you help me do this or that"
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I totally agree with this. Its very similar to the people that are seeing posts in PC Mag, and other places about WM6 roms for the wizard can be found here. They come here and start flashing before they even know what they are doing then start demanding (and yes I mean demanding) people to fix their phone they have now screwed up (I get numerous PM's from people that want me to be their personal support center and tell them step by step how to do things. Most of those PMs get deleted or I will point them to one of the how to threads and not answer further PMs from them. I'll continue to assist people that post in the forums, but am starting to ignore ones that its pretty obvious they haven't even tried looking before asking. I love the ones that ask for where to download a rom, and just a couple of posts above theirs is a link someone posted.

HTC Panda/P6300 - Device Specific Forum

Hello All (& Mods)
Do you think we could have a section for the HTC Panda.
I am currently testing this device looking to replace our 300+ Qtek 2020is, so far so good, all applications developed for thr 2020i are working perfectly with the Panda,
our 2 remaining issues are;
1. There are not many accessories available as yet for the device (car cradle etc)
2. I want to connect to a GPS receiver but not via bluetooth as this introduces another "issue" for our end users, we currently use the carcomm cradle and PS2 receiver, this would be ideal if/when they become available.
If someone could create a new section for this device, I'm sure more and more people will find it useful as this model starts to roll out
TIA
Damian

damianbyrne said:
Hello All (& Mods)
Do you think we could have a section for the HTC Panda.
I am currently testing this device looking to replace our 300+ Qtek 2020is, so far so good, all applications developed for thr 2020i are working perfectly with the Panda,
our 2 remaining issues are;
1. There are not many accessories available as yet for the device (car cradle etc)
2. I want to connect to a GPS receiver but not via bluetooth as this introduces another "issue" for our end users, we currently use the carcomm cradle and PS2 receiver, this would be ideal if/when they become available.
If someone could create a new section for this device, I'm sure more and more people will find it useful as this model starts to roll out
TIA
Damian
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Not one for cross posting I think this post belongs better in the "About xda-developers.com " Forum.

REQUEST : RedEye Mini (remote)

Well, I've been following development of this for a while now, and today i got an e-mail saying it was released.
What is it? Well its a device that connects to the audio jack of a phone (mainly iPhone, iPod touch etc...) and you can then use a program to send IR commands to any devices you own. Currently the company only support apple products though.
The program that is made by thinkflood has a huge database full of commands for all types of devices, makes an models. It can also learn commands by storing the IR signal from a remote. IT's pretty basic, however i have no knowledge of programming for android my area is web design and programming lol.
Therfore I am asking if there is anyone who could make such a program for Android devices? The accessory costs $49 roughly £32. And in my opinion is well worth the money as this type of universal remote would be priceless. We all love our wifi and bluetooth remotes for PC remotes etc, now I'm sure i speak for a lot of people when I say it would be awesome to control the whole shebang
Well I hope someone agrees with me and decides to pick up this request, I also hope that i posted this in the right section?
Thanks for listening, any questions just reply here. Also google thinkflood redeye mini for their website and info about their products.

Come on, anyone?
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App

I emailed them and they told me that they are starting development on android the beginning on the year

This is highly interesting and old Android phone is both cheaper and more flexible than some overpriced and crappy Logitech remote.
Let's hope Thinkflood releases and Android app soon!

I e-mailed Thinkflood today and got this response:
Thank you for your email. We are in the very early stages of development for Android, and are starting with integration for the Wi-Fi RedEye. Once we have that mastered, we will consider moving onto development for the mini.
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Sounds like their still working on Android support.

+1 for this shizzle

Thanks for posting on this old thread and keeping me informed I forgot I made this thread haha.
Nice to know they are currently working on it. This along with my wifi remotes, such as XBMC, Eventghost and MCE Remote will working brilliantly I'll sell my logitech Harmony remote then.

Red Eye for Android is out. But no sign of the mini version. And I dont know of anything similar in the market.

The only issue I have with these mini IR adapters is how powerful they are. Don't get me wrong I'm all for consolidating gadgets, but after setting up Logitech Harmony's, I think they are much better and are worth the extra cost, plus you won't lose the tiny adapters. With that said, if you have an old android phone, this is the perfect mod, no need to throw away that phone!
An a similar note, logitech is releasing an IR blaster that works with their Android App, essentially, so long as your on the same wi-fi network, your phone/app sends commands to the IR blaster which is staged in front of your devices. Very similar to Pear actually.

it sux they spent any time on the wifi version. thats crap. the mini should had been considered first. but of course they want everyone to spend boat loads of money initailly.