[phamilyman]

Athani bhai,

This is thelink: Motorola Defy – xda-developers

[Athani]

Originally Posted by phamilyman

Athani bhai,

This is thelink: Motorola Defy – xda-developers

Point taken, Sirji ;-)

[coolclouds]

Can anyone please help me how to transfer contacts from BB 8900 to Samsung Note?

Edit: Note users, what is the battery back up you get for medium use? any ways to increase backup? It feel like the batter drains faster than my old Tab. (Its in stock condition)

[Nicky]

Originally Posted by coolclouds

Can anyone please help me how to transfer contacts from BB 8900 to Samsung Note?

Edit: Note users, what is the battery back up you get for medium use? any ways to increase backup? It feel like the batter drains faster than my old Tab. (Its in stock condition)

i did it like this:
1. you must have gmail account.
2. configure this on your blackberry.
3. activate contacts sync with gmail
4. now you will have all your contacts in gmail.
5. configure same account on you samsung note and sync contact.
6. Done

[roy_libran]

Originally Posted by phamilyman

noooooooooooooooooooo.
Unless you know the dealer personally, this can be a darned pain. Buy the Indian version if you must. Warranty = peace of mind.

Originally Posted by rajanprash

Sir, you could have considered the Sony Xperia S as well. It is available for 27k with warranty. It would have checked all the right boxes.

Originally Posted by Athani

Sirji, he already bought. Let him enjoy now :-)

I did consider the Xperia S though briefly. Why? First, because it is a Sony. Second, because it is pricier than my budget limits. I initially started with a 20K pot, which I upgraded to a 25K pot mainly to get myself a better phone. This Xperia S would have exceeded that limit.
So, eventually it was a shootout between S2 and HOS. S2 was definitely cheaper by around 3K, but HOS had better performance and camera. The HOS Indian version has issues with Heating etc, and as far as I can understand with my limited intelligence the 1.5 is a better architecture. Hence the choice between Indian and International version.
Regarding Warranty - Let's see how it goes.... Since I intend to Root the device on Day 1, any warranty would have gone out of the window immediately, so why should I pay the 2-3K INR markup for the same? Yes, it is a risk, but then so is driving.

[nishantgandhi]

Originally Posted by Athani

....

In fact Athani, just to put to rest your doubts on locked bootloader of Motorola, here's a rather lucid explanation from the XDA forums:

LOCKED Bootloader, what does this means?
For some people is hell, for others (normally non advanced users) is a pretty cool insurance for their phone. This locked Bootloader thing means there is no (so far) way to rewrite the Stock Bootloader or the Stock Recovery.

When the phone turns on the Bootloader basically starts all the hardware and make your phone come alive.

Then we have the Stock Recovery, this little part of your phone is also locked and cannot be removed or changed from your phone, it will allow you to make Recovery stuff like Full Wipe (Data and Cache) and install Update.zip files.

At first this became a problem, because with a locked Bootloader there is no way to install a Custom Recovery like ClockworkMod or install a new Rom.

Here is where 2nd Init comes to play, this little awesome app kicks in right after the Bootloader and allows the Defy to load a different, non-Stock Android. With this, you can also install a Custom Recovery, which runs from the Internal Memory, and is not ran from the Recovery Partition (remember: locked, not accessible)

What does this means? That even screwing up your phone, deleting all your stuff, or screwing /system partition the phone can still get into Recovery, be recognized by RSD Lite in Bootloader Mode and be flashed with a Stock or modified Rom and it will come back to life normally.

Source: [GUIDE] All-in-One Defy Beginner's guide - xda-developers

[Athani]

Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

In fact Athani, just to put to rest your doubts on locked bootloader of Motorola, here's a rather lucid explanation from the XDA forums:

LOCKED Bootloader, what does this means?
For some people is hell, for others (normally non advanced users) is a pretty cool insurance for their phone. This locked Bootloader thing means there is no (so far) way to rewrite the Stock Bootloader or the Stock Recovery.

When the phone turns on the Bootloader basically starts all the hardware and make your phone come alive.

Then we have the Stock Recovery, this little part of your phone is also locked and cannot be removed or changed from your phone, it will allow you to make Recovery stuff like Full Wipe (Data and Cache) and install Update.zip files.

At first this became a problem, because with a locked Bootloader there is no way to install a Custom Recovery like ClockworkMod or install a new Rom.

Here is where 2nd Init comes to play, this little awesome app kicks in right after the Bootloader and allows the Defy to load a different, non-Stock Android. With this, you can also install a Custom Recovery, which runs from the Internal Memory, and is not ran from the Recovery Partition (remember: locked, not accessible)

What does this means? That even screwing up your phone, deleting all your stuff, or screwing /system partition the phone can still get into Recovery, be recognized by RSD Lite in Bootloader Mode and be flashed with a Stock or modified Rom and it will come back to life normally.

Source: [GUIDE] All-in-One Defy Beginner's guide - xda-developers

2 init does not appear to work on all phones. And there's still the problem of flashing unsigned kernels.

Anyway, we were advising a friend here who was about to buy a phone. I see no compelling reason why anyone should buy a phone with an unlock able bootloader against one which can be unlocked. Hence, the advice to him.

[jkdas]

Originally Posted by chevelle

Just like Galaxy Note 10.1, this will have a plethora of S-Pen friendly app. I am sure the display will be just as good as previous one even though it has a little less resolution.

I wonder why 2GB of RAM is not needed? Is will make everything more fluent and with JB's 60fps, it will be much better. Also those 2GB will definitely be useful when multitasking using S-Pen.

The S pen part is very interesting! Very filmy Very futuristic. Good one Samsung.

[nishantgandhi]

Originally Posted by Athani

2 init does not appear to work on all phones. And there's still the problem of flashing unsigned kernels.

Anyway, we were advising a friend here who was about to buy a phone. I see no compelling reason why anyone should buy a phone with an unlock able bootloader against one which can be unlocked. Hence, the advice to him.

Let me rephrase - what are you trying to achieve by unlocking the bootloader anyway?

Rooting can be done irrespective of the status of the bootloader.

At the end, you will flash a custom ROM only na? If that can be done within the safe confines of a locked bootloader (if you read the highlighted text above, you will realize why I'm calling it safe), then why do you want to unlock it? Beats me.

The purpose of Android is to have maximum flexibility in modding the phone, while mitigating the possibilities of bricking it. Which means a locked BL is better. It protects your original ROM under all circumstances.

EDIT - On which model(s) does 2nd-init does not work? From whatever I researched, that's the ONLY proven method.

[coolclouds]

Originally Posted by Nicky

3. activate contacts sync with gmail

Thank you so much.

I have my gmail account configured in BB but couldn't find the correct menu option to perform Contact Sync. Can you please let me know how to do above step in detail?

[Athani]

Sorry, double post. Mods please delete.

[Athani]

Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

Let me rephrase - what are you trying to achieve by unlocking the bootloader anyway?

Rooting can be done irrespective of the status of the bootloader.

At the end, you will flash a custom ROM only na? If that can be done within the safe confines of a locked bootloader (if you read the highlighted text above, you will realize why I'm calling it safe), then why do you want to unlock it? Beats me.

The purpose of Android is to have maximum flexibility in modding the phone, while mitigating the possibilities of bricking it. Which means a locked BL is better. It protects your original ROM under all circumstances.

EDIT - On which model(s) does 2nd-init does not work? From whatever I researched, that's the ONLY proven method.

Well, if anybody is worried about bricking, he shouldn't be dabbling with custom ROMs, rooting, unlocking bootloaders or anything of that sort in the first place. So let's keep that aside.

About init2,there's still problem with flashing custom kernel (not ROM). Even custom ROMs, if it's a new phone, you have to wait until Devs have found certain work arounds...with init2 or any other method, to have custom recovery, allow unsigned ROMs, etc. Getting all these things to work is also more complicated than otherwise - especially for the new people.

I've already stated the circumstances under which my advice was given. Don't wish to add anything more on this topic. We could go on and on....

[clevermax]

A decent replacement for the Desire, finally?

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[Nicky]

Originally Posted by coolclouds

Thank you so much.

I have my gmail account configured in BB but couldn't find the correct menu option to perform Contact Sync. Can you please let me know how to do above step in detail?

go to:
1. options
2. Setup
3. you will find your email accounts in 'setup'
4. click on email accounts
5. then click on internet email (that's where your gmail account must have been configured)
6. it will check email settings for 10 seconds
7. it should list your gmail account after this
8. click on it
9. choose full menu
10. click on 'edit'
11.scroll down
12. last option should be "synchronization options"
13. click on it and you should find 3 options (calendar, contacts and deleted items).
14. check the option of contacts

Done

[rambo1o1]

Originally Posted by roy_libran

Thanks to all for helping me out with making a decision on my next phone.

To bring closure to my question here, I should update that I have just placed an order for HTC One S, for 25K INR.
Finally it came down to a shootout between S2 and HOS, and after much deliberation, I decided to spend a couple of thousand bucks more and go for the more modern phone.

[/i]

Congratulations.Did you get this from ebay??If yes then is there T mobile(Ebay one is an imported unlocked T mobile version) bloatware on the phone??
Please post a mini review if possible. Isn't the 16GB non expandable memory a handicap?? If your views are favorable then i may give this phone a second look.