Microsoft: we figured people would hack Windows Phone 7, would suggest that they don’t
Hot on the heels of the release of a utility for bypassing the Windows Marketplace and sideloading your own apps, Microsoft has released a brief statement on the state of the Windows Phone 7 hacking community... and we wouldn't exactly say they're too worked up about it: "We anticipated that people would attempt to unlock the phones and explore the underlying operating system
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: breaking-hacks, brief-statement, cat, chevronwp7, developers, heels, jailbreak, Warranty, windows phone 7, windows-phone, wp7
Dell Venue Pro has a microSD card slot, you’ll just need to void your warranty to use it
Remember the good chap that brought us pictorial evidence of the Venue Pro in Microsoft stores on Monday?
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: accessible-one, backstory, dellvenuepro, down-the-phone, evidence, expandability, htc, memory, microsoft, slots, storage, Warranty, windows, windows phone 7, wp7
Confirmed: Droid 2 hack brings FM radio, in one ear and out the other
When we heard that the Motorola Droid 2 was the latest Android handset to nab the ancient magic of frequency modulated audio using Droid X files, we just had to give it a try, and sure enough, if you've got root , the FM Radio app can be yours with a quick download and just a few lines of code. Before you run off to void your warranty, however, you should know it's got a fairly desirable feature missing -- it only plays audio out of the right earphone. But hey, if we're going old school, we might as well go all the way, right?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ancient, ancient-magic, droid, engadget, feature, feature-missing, hack-brings, mod, motoroladroid2, Warranty
HTC EVO 4G suffering occasional micro-USB port issues?
A quick glance of forums about the interwebs suggests that the EVO 4G has another potential defect that seems to be affecting a notable (though probably still very, very small) number of devices: problems with the micro-USB port, an issue that bit Nokia not long ago on the N900 . The main symptom here seems to be that the phone will no longer charge or charges intermittently -- and considering that your phone amounts to little more than a paperweight if it's not properly juiced, we'd say it's a big issue for affected folks. People returning their devices to Sprint have apparently have mixed luck getting reps to agree that the phone should be replaced, but for what it's worth, we've just heard back from an HTC spokesperson who -- in addition to emphasizing that the number of affected units seems to be small -- says that the problem will be covered under the one-year warranty as long as "it is determined that the issue was not caused by customer misuse." Anyone out there seeing this
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: charging port, evo 4g, evo4g, interwebs, n900, nokia, port, spokesperson, sprint, Warranty
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Categories: Android Tags: 3Year, electronics, SquareTrade, Warranty
Select Nexus One users complaining of touchscreen calibration, 3G connectivity issues
As totally awesome and exciting as the Nexus One might be, with any new device there are bound to be some growing pains -- f'rinstance, you might have heard about issues with the phone's 3G connectivity. Well, Google has too (hell, our buddy Erick Tseng even addressed it on The Engadget Show yesterday) and while the cause is less than clear, the company assures us it's working feverishly to get to the bottom of it.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: cellphone, engadget-show, engadgetshow, having-problems, nexus, problem, select-nexus, Sleep, totally-awesome, touchscreen, Warranty
Help! PS3 Shut down and wont power up now!
Hello. I have the old 40G PS3. I have been playing it for about 1 year, maybe more.
Categories: PS2 Tags: 40g, Advance, Disc, eject-the-disc, finger, green, light, power, powered-it-down, red, result, tried-removing, type, Warranty
My PS3 scratches discs?
Has this happened to anyone? I get a ring-like scratch around dvds I insert into the Ps3, sometimes more scratches sort of like Saturn's rings? Is this the first stage of the YLOD
Categories: PS2 Tags: dvds, games, gets-repaired, happened, like-the-air, saturn, smudge, smudge-if-its, Warranty, ylod
my ps3 got the ylod for the second time
i swear this is **bleep**in bull**bleep** it has only been a year since the last time it broke on me, i cant even backup my memory because sony put some kind of bull**bleep** feature in their system where it formats my hard drive if i put it in a different ps3, not to mention i have to pay $150 now because it is out of warranty, i also have a game stuck in the system, this is just perfect, this is biggest bull**bleep** in the **bleep**in world
Categories: PS2 Tags: different-ps3, drive, game-stuck, hard-drive, memory, memory-because, ps3, result, sony, the-last, the-system, time, Warranty
Serviced PS3 24 hours in my house and reformatting already
YEP! I can't believe it myself played Madden 10 for a couple hours then switched to MW2 for like an hour (what a joke that game sucks) then switch over to my favorite game KillZone2 to play and it freezes up trying to log onto the server.