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Updating HTC Arrive to Mango beta

How many people have done it? I'm doing it right now. Step 2 of 9 for the actual beta update...my goodness..it takes a while but it should be worth it.
I'm doing it the way that doesn't require a dev unlocked phone or dev account btw.

Damn that texting bug!! It's still there (kinda). You can keep on typing after 160 characters..just can't send anything.

Hi, how do you get the mango realse?
Hi know that comes out to all developrs on market place, butt i see that you get it in other way...
Can you tell me how you get? E really want to put mango in my htc 7 pro.
Thanks

ms79723 said:
Damn that texting bug!! It's still there (kinda). You can keep on typing after 160 characters..just can't send anything.
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Yeah for real right? I hope it's fixed by the time Mango goes gold

Update went off without a hitch on two Arrives. Developer unlocked them and then ran that provision.exe file to backup/flip the switch to flag the update to come down.

I think the texting thing is a sprint ROM issue. So yeah, I don't think a fix will come until the Sprint Mango update is released.

Trying this on my HTC Arrive right now.
The final 7661 build is installing now!
I will update you guys when complete, if all goes well...
Alex
EDIT: Successful, sweet!

Mine works great non unlocked method
Sent from my arrive using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

Update OK but
Update was OK, but I am seeing some issues, I am not sure if they are on all Mango phones.
a.) Screen does not go black (off) when taking a call. Thi is bad, because your ear is pressing buttons on the screen, mainly Hold
b.) custom ringtones work now, but they are still low in volume
c.) battery life, not as good as before Mango
d.) proboems with downloading email atatchements (does not work most of the time)
still missing some stuff:
a.) interface to configure phone network settings like, time before switching to voice box,...
b.) send a full contact to another phone
any other know issues or new features detected ?

drhoros said:
Update was OK, but I am seeing some issues, I am not sure if they are on all Mango phones.
a.) Screen does not go black (off) when taking a call. Thi is bad, because your ear is pressing buttons on the screen, mainly Hold
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This one existed before the Mango update, though it rarely happened for me.
b.) custom ringtones work now, but they are still low in volume
c.) battery life, not as good as before Mango
d.) proboems with downloading email atatchements (does not work most of the time)
still missing some stuff:
a.) interface to configure phone network settings like, time before switching to voice box,...
b.) send a full contact to another phone
any other know issues or new features detected ?
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I did see something I'd not seen before in email:
"This type of message is not supported by current version of Windows Phone."
As far as I can tell it's just a normal e-mail oddly enough, though I think it was digitally signed. I downloaded a picture attachment just fine though, maybe it's the type?

The no unlock process is on windowsphonehacker dot com Follow the directions. You actually update the phone 2 times. After the first time it says there is another update. The 2nd one is Mango. Literally takes an hour.
I'm using it on a HTC Arrive right now. No crashing or weird stuff for me yet.

done it yesterday, it took me about two hours, no problem
I am missing:
Czech QWERTY keyboard
different notifications for sms and IM (I don't want the phone to vibrate for every IM message, but it would be nice to vibrate when stand-by mode)

already put mango in my htc 7 pro and it is amazing, very fast, good performance and a lot of new things.
I like it very much, and the performance of the IE9 is amazing, very fast load the pages. i think is the best improvement in mango. The IE9 is the best browser i try until today.
i have no problem with the SMS about the number of character, until now everything i use must is running perfect.
think the wp7 is getting better and better.

Just gave Mango a shot on my Arrive. So far everything is working after a little setup and it all works flawelessly. Love it so far.

nohandle said:
done it yesterday, it took me about two hours, no problem
I am missing:
Czech QWERTY keyboard
different notifications for sms and IM (I don't want the phone to vibrate for every IM message, but it would be nice to vibrate when stand-by mode)
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I have Czech on my arrive and for the chat thing u can just put it on away or appear offline.

eric12341 said:
I have Czech on my arrive and for the chat thing u can just put it on away or appear offline.
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I have Czech too, but it is QWERTZ not QWERTY, and no option to change it, also when I pop out the HW keyboard the layout changes back to ENG - therefore preventing me from typing characters like čřžšě. Anyone else has problem with this??
Will try the different statuses behavior, but what I meant was: when you chat with someone and you are on the messaging screen it is not necessary to notify every message because you see what is happening.

Updated using non-dev process. Took 2 hours but works flawlessly. Posting from my Sprint HTC Arrive while eating phad tai...so spicy.

Any concerns by anyone that the unlock process (which I haven't read the steps yet) will lock you out of future updates in the same way that the previous WP7 unlocks did?
I've got a Dev account (a couple of free apps in the marketplace), but that's limited to three phones and I've got 5 phones at home.....want to upgrade everyone.

You mean looking before you leap? Thats crazy! Come on in, the waters fine. Maybe you remember that old tale from "Scary stories to tell in the dark" - Room for One More...muahahaha

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Any concerns by anyone that the unlock process (which I haven't read the steps yet) will lock you out of future updates in the same way that the previous WP7 unlocks did?
I've got a Dev account (a couple of free apps in the marketplace), but that's limited to three phones and I've got 5 phones at home.....want to upgrade everyone.
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If you're worried- september 22nd is the Mango drop date on the street. I'm sure we will see something non-beta around here shortly before that.
There is a process on windowsphonehacker to go back to NoDo.

[Q] Smart DJ on WP7 with mango beta-how to activate?

i recently hacked mango on my samsung focus and tried smart dj only to recive an error message. anyone have an idea how to fix this?

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i recently hacked mango on my samsung focus and tried smart dj only to recive an error message. anyone have an idea how to fix this?
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What does the error say? It seems like this information might help...

its says "Were having trouble creating this smart dj mix. in settings, make sure the connect with zune option is turned on, and connect your phone to your pc" i have done both of these.

Going back to the old ZuneHD
Make sure you have enough music on your phone and that you've listen to enought music. Thats was the fix with the Zune HD should work on Windows Phone

andrew35133 said:
Make sure you have enough music on your phone and that you've listen to enought music. Thats was the fix with the Zune HD should work on Windows Phone
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There are two different error messages, one is his "Cannot create this Smart DJ..." and the other one says "We don't have enough music to create this smart DJ playlist..."
I assume since he is getting the first, more generic message something else is wrong, and its not due to not having enough music, otherwise I assume it would have given him the 2nd error message.
Unfortunately I have not been able to replicate the first error message so I don't know what's wrong. The Zune HD was picky when it came to what songs it would work for, and I don't know if the case is the same for Windows Phone. You may to try these things if you haven't already:
1) Try a bunch of different songs/artists. Does it happen to all of them? And when you get the error, is it always the same one?
2) Try a popular, more recognized artist. You may also want to try playing an artist to see if any of the background images change to reflect that artist. If it does not, its a sign that Zune does not properly recognize the track or that your tags are wrong/incomplete. This is the top cause of Smart DJ and of background images not working as they should.
3) If you don't have a Zune Pass, then Zune will not grab content from the Marketplace even if you have the option to do so on.
4) In order for Smart DJ to work properly, you need multiple tracks from the same artist/album so that Zune can properly probe those tracks for information to pull similar artists/tracks.
5) Your region may be affecting what you can or cannot use on your phone. Certain features are restricted by region (Local Scout, Smart DJ, Podcasts, etc.). So if you aren't in a region that is supported by the feature, it won't work. Normally with Windows Phone, I've noticed that the feature doesn't appear at all if it isn't supported, so technically, I would assume that if you are in a region that doesn't support Smart DJ, you should not be seeing the ability to use Smart DJ. But then again, this is beta, and mistakes happen.
6) It's beta. It's not working properly for you. You may have to start from scratch, resync your phone, or some other drastic measures. It's not guaranteed to work, and frankly, I'm surprised my phone works as wonderfully as it should.
That's all I can think of thus far.

Great Post anyway to give you props for that?

thank you, it started working yesterday for some reason. maybe it took time to connect to zune services or something

[Q] Bluetooth and Contacts

Hi All
Just traded in my HD2 for a Sensation. Nice!
The only problem I'm having is with the device and my car.
Before, the HD2 paired nicely and read the contacts no problem. Now, I have the Sensation paired no problem and I can make calls, but it says the address book says it's empty (when I look on the dashboard screen). Before, when I had the HD2, the address book would show up. I think the car is looking in the wrong place. Currently, all my contacts are on the phone rather than the sim.
Any thoughts?
PS Is there any way to rename the paired bluetooth device on the Sensation?
After pairing, it says 'UHP5406' and I'd like it to say 'Insignia'
Thanks
Steve

I like you had an HD2 before getting a Sensation, this paired in both WM6 & Android to my car (Audi with RNS-E unit), My sensation pairs with my Audi no problem and I can see the address book in my dash etc.
The first time it connects the phone asks you if you want to allow the bluetooth device access to your phone book...Are you sure you didn't accidentally click NO???
Try unpairing the device then pairing again, wait for a while after it pairs then you should get the message on the phone...
Good luck!

Bluetooth + Sensation
Ahh good point. I unpaired them and tried again and this time the 'permission box' popped up (don't recall that first time round). I clicked on 'yes', but when I looked at the Phonebook on the CAR, it said 'empty'. I wonder if I need to give it longer to copy them across???? I have around 2000 contacts. Do you know long it took yours to complete the process?
Thanks
Steve

Contacts and Bluetooth - sorted!
I've solved it and I'm posting the solution, so others may avoid the problems I encountered
All that was needed was Tea!!
I re-paired the phone with the car and left it do its thing. 5 minutes later, still nothing in the car's phonebook. 10 minutes later...still nothing. Went indoors and had a cuppa. Came back out 10 minutes later and the phonebook had transferred perfectly.
Anyone one give me a quick link to 'patience' as a quality...I dont seem to have any!
Steve

I had a Touch Pro 2 which paired perfectly with Audi RNS-E including phone book. I now have a Sensation (same SIM) which initially also worked perfectly. I then had cause to do a hard reset and ever since I can pair OK but it will not download phone book. I am getting phone book access request and allowing always.
Anyone any ideas?

Sweet Jesus....2000 contacts. You man are out of control.
lol

Finally got it to work. I deleted the call log, and the phone book downloaded without problem.
I have also had the unresponsive screen issue on my Sensation, and had taken the battery out for a few hours, and also took the phone out of its leather case, but I think it was the call log deletion which solved the problem.
Hope this helps others.

[Q] Locate my phone without app

Yesterday i lost my 1 month old HTC HD2 (with MIUI on it) and i really want to have it back. To bad i didn't install a locater app yet, so is there a possibility to locate my phone without a pre-installed app (a google service or something like that)?
Thanks

Wow, I feel your pain.
Have you try out Plan B? https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en
It can still install itself onto your phone from the Android Market website, provided it is on, have data connection and the phone is still tied to your Gmail account.
It will be able to give you GPS location.
Here is an exaggerated account on how someone got his phone back, but I suspect the credibility of this story.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/08/how-plan-b-found-the-droid-i-was-looking-for.ars
Nonetheless, it works and still gives a little bit of hope.
PS: Press "thanks" if you think I helped you. It will be my first "thank". =)

i've pushed install B to my htc already, but i don't know if it installed. didn't get any mails yet, so i don't know where my phone is

Hmm.... unfortunately, I cant provide any further help...
When technology fails, we can always fall back to basic human kindness.
I lost my phone once before, but the finder was very kind to call my home and tell my mother about it. Thus I was able to retrieve it.
The finder guessed that it was my home number by searching through the contacts and saw the entry named "Home". But it was a few days later then she called my mum.
So let's hope for the best. =)

call the police first! maybe they can track the phone when someone use it

[Q] Android Device to Device Unified SMS Messaging Control

Let me cut to the chase:
I am looking for an app which enables me to read and send sms messages of an android device from another android device via bluetooth or what ever wireless connection there is.
for example:
I have 2 android devices: device A and device B. suppose, device B is located somewhere near me but i cant get a hold of it. then device B receives an sms message. i want to be notified of the receipt on device A and read the message. I also want to be able to send messages using device A. that can also be the case the other way around: send and read messages on device A using device B.
i tried searching google for that but it seems like im using the wrong keyword for that, and google isnt smart enough to look for something that almost fits my description.
if anyone knows any app that could perform this, please tell me.
if it does not exist yet, maybe this is a good idea for an app.
I have a tablet and a phone. i cant easily access my tablet to read messages while on the road since it is inside my backpack, and my phone is just inside my pocket. and since my phone number and my tablet number is for private and business purposes, respectively. I dont want to get a dual-sim, or multiple-sim devices for that matter, as there is no available galaxy note that sports that feature.
if you know something about this, please tell me.
thank you very much!