can some one tell me how to!!!!
get my xda to work my orange sim card, ie work like it would if it was in an spv m1000?? (i have had it unlocked!!) i have read that i could flash it to the m1000 sofware ETC
can i change the back ground picture from the O2 bubbles to 1 of my own!
where do i put the programs i have on the disc that i got with the fone (i brought it of e bay!!
Hello there gtivinny,
Welcome to this forum.
It is filled with good Hints&Tips Tweaks&Tunings for the XDA
On this site, there are tools to unlock your XDA.
Go to the home page of this site.
Look on the right under Misc and find "Removing SIMLock".
And furtermore Read The Fabulous Manual (RTFM) or this forum.
It is possible to change the background picture.
a) Choose another Today Theme to change your backgroud picture of the Today screen.
b) Read your current ROM to a File. Replace Bootscreen image. Make a new ROM image and install this new ROM.
I always put (install) the programs on the Storage Card.
And I put all the downloads on a CD and all the CD's in a single case.
If something is not clear please ask.
thanks palmtest!
i have managed to changed the background picture, but its not a ture clear picture! (misty) is there a way i can make it clear!
as for the sim lock i have done that!!
i need to know if i can make it work in the same way with my orange sim like in my old p900!
i read a post further down on the section about flashing the spv m1000 onto the xda!
but its not a ture clear picture! (misty) is there a way i can make it clear
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i asume you are using a picture you took with the cam
well you can take another picture and keep taking them untill you get one which is clear enough for you
or you could copy the picture to your pc and mess around with a photo editor and clear it up a bit
i need to know if i can make it work in the same way with my orange sim like in my old p900!
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not really sure what you are saying here if yo mean if you can unlock your p900 then no
if you mean if you can use more then one sim in the xda then yes (but people seem to get hardresets from changing the sim )
Another way is to rescale your favorite picture to 240x320pixels. IrfanView can do this for you.
Copy this picture to your XDA and save it as a jpg in the directory "\My Documents".
On your XDA: tap start, tap settings, tap today.
Select "Use this picture as the background" and browse to a picture you have placed in "My Documents".
you can also have a look at:
http://www.pocketthemes.com
http://www.pocketpcthemes.com
http://www.ppc4you.com/themes.cgi
to see the most beautiful Today themesother people have created.
Have fun and good luck.
if i put my orange sim in my xda it works to make fone calls and recive sms,
but it wont recive mms!!
so i was thinking if i change it to the orange software (m1000) i would be able, and easier to set it up to work like my p900,
ie internet, e mail/pop etc!! and so on!
now on to the pictures, my picture i have loaded on the fone and set it to
come on my screen is blured, but if i veiw it in image veiwer its cyrstal clear! like it has a misty film over the top
i told you i was stupid, lol
you can set it up to supporting gprs and mms and such without changing rom all you have to do is to type in all the settings for those
like accesspoint and login and password and such
you can find all those settings and guides to how in the networking it forum on this site
just use search
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Can anyone tell me if there is a way to default Pocket Outlook to display First Name, Last Name.
I have set all my contact on the PC to First, Last, but if I create a new contact on the XDA or I edit the name of any contact on the XDA it reverts to Last, First.
I have tried this on a Dell Axim X5 (PPC2003) and this seems to be the same.
Thanks
Matt
Yep got that same prob!! But I got around it by saving the contact to SIM then copy to phone and from there add any additional details.
Hope this helps.
Max
If anyone has an easy answer to this one, I'd be very pleased.
I've been fighting with this one for months.
max me up said:
Yep got that same prob!! But I got around it by saving the contact to SIM then copy to phone and from there add any additional details.
Hope this helps.
Max
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This will work but as soon as you edit any part of the name in the address book it reverts to Last, First again and you have to repeat the process again!
When you sysn to Outlook 2002/XP go to contact select the contact name you want to edit their is an option called "File as" which is drop down menu. it will display the First AND Last Name . Save AND Close repeat step for other contacts.
Hope this helps :wink:
This doesn't help when you add a new contact on the XDA, it files it LAST, FIRST, until you get a chance to sync the XDA and change it back in Outlook.
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to default Pocket Outlook to display First Name, Last Name.
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Oh boy, my favorite Pocket Outlook annoyance, one of many, since I use the GroupWise 6.5 client with IntelliSync to synchronize. What can I say: masochism, a way of life?
Anyway, I solved it by cutting the last name and appending that to the first name for all (250-300 ) my contacts. Only takes one night and is a real good practise for getting used to the touchscreen.
I have searched on a lot of forums, and only 1 tip can be read time after time: get a different PIM, even if you don't have the issue we're discussing right now.
Really, why Microsoft didn't put an option to change the View in there will probably never cease to amaze me :shock:
xda-rocks said:
This doesn't help when you add a new contact on the XDA, it files it LAST, FIRST, until you get a chance to sync the XDA and change it back in Outlook.
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I understand your point but it all depends how often you sysnc your XDA and use Outlook 2000/XP as you PIM . Well it's one soultion..... :?
X-Ray said:
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to default Pocket Outlook to display First Name, Last Name.
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Anyway, I solved it by cutting the last name and appending that to the first name for all (250-300 ) my contacts. Only takes one night and is a real good practise for getting used to the touchscreen.
:shock:
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The best solution for me is to change all contacts to First Name only containing all full name, but as I am a lazy software engineer I wrote some software to do it. I also wrote it to change any (UK) mobile number it finds to +44 at the start so the caller ID appears when then send sms.
I don't have an ftp site so if anyone wants to e-mail me I can send them a copy - runs on the PC with Office 2000 or greater installed and you can preview what changes it will do before altering anything.
Usual disclaimer applies - Don't blame me and make a back up of your contacts in Outlook before you start.
Files are available at the following http download site:
http://www31.brinkster.com/pissterons/onameconverter/onameconverter.zip
Please cut and paste the link into a new browser window.
Let me know if anyone has any problems.
Matt
I can not download the file.. I'm getting this msg:
HTTP1.1 STATUS 403 Remote Access to this object forbidden This file cannot be directly accessed from a remote site, but must be linked through the Brinkster Member's site.
So, please advice,,,
Best regards,,,
If you cut the address and paste it into the address bar of a new explorer (or other browser) window it should work. :wink: If not mail me and I will e-mail you.
Can you mailit to me as well? I too couldnot access that website.
me too.. 8)
could u pls mail it to me too. thanks
Name Converter Software
Converter First Name Last Name entries to All First Name in Outlook on the PC.
Thanks 8)
wtf does
"A Man said to the Universe, Sir I Exist..
But this never created in him the Sense of obligation.."
mean ?
something along the lines of.
"This man felt compelled to create an irritating signature and succeeded"
:?
Hmmmm...
Mr Web.. Hey up Matey.. You Again.. !!!
Thanks for the CD's Which I haven't recive (Yet.. ).
By The Way.. Have you found Something about the eVC (and/or) eVB.. ??
And the 22Way Conn. ??
And for the Signature.. :roll: No Comments.. !!
Hey up Matt..
Guess You've "left" That Same Frame that Reminds of the Something we used to Call "TimeBomb" Expiry.. !!!
P.S.
I Can't Wait for Alan anymore..
Just Die'ng to Get my XDA..
T H A N X Matt..
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I have zero interest in Sprint Picture Mail. However, the account is sort of "hardwired" into the phone and there is no (official) way to disable it that I can find. It doesn't even show up in the list of accounts under Options in Pocket Outlook.
Does anybody know some sort of tweak to get rid of this account?
This would include...
1. Removing it from "send" options when emailing pictures (album)
2. Account chooser for Pocket Oulook
3. TF3D icon on the mail tab
thx1200 said:
I have zero interest in Sprint Picture Mail. However, the account is sort of "hardwired" into the phone and there is no (official) way to disable it that I can find. It doesn't even show up in the list of accounts under Options in Pocket Outlook.
Does anybody know some sort of tweak to get rid of this account?
This would include...
1. Removing it from "send" options when emailing pictures (album)
2. Account chooser for Pocket Oulook
3. TF3D icon on the mail tab
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I believe its an extra cab that installs after a hard reset. Try hard resetting, and stopping the customization.
If there are any Sprint cabs you want they are floating around here or ppcgeeks.
sporklover said:
I believe its an extra cab that installs after a hard reset. Try hard resetting, and stopping the customization.
If there are any Sprint cabs you want they are floating around here or ppcgeeks.
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Well, that's definitely a solution, but I'd rather not have to hard reset my device. I have the settings just the way I like it now.
Does anybody know how to get rid of it after it's already installed?
just stick a peice of black tape over the portion that says picturemail on your phone...
t0mmyr said:
just stick a peice of black tape over the portion that says picturemail on your phone...
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Thank you for the incredibly constructive answer. You are my hero. Jerk.
thx1200 said:
I have zero interest in Sprint Picture Mail. However, the account is sort of "hardwired" into the phone and there is no (official) way to disable it that I can find. It doesn't even show up in the list of accounts under Options in Pocket Outlook.
Does anybody know some sort of tweak to get rid of this account?
This would include...
1. Removing it from "send" options when emailing pictures (album)
2. Account chooser for Pocket Oulook
3. TF3D icon on the mail tab
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I'd love to know how to dump this as well without a hard reset and manually adding the all the other useful cabs myself.
Thanks for posing the question, now to wait for a good answer....
Try downloading the cab from somewhere, installing it, it will say the previous version has to be removed, after it removes the previous version, hit cancel to not install the new version.
Might be worth a shot, although I don't know why you wouldn't want picture mail, it's not like you have to use it, but why remove features?
clamknuckle said:
Try downloading the cab from somewhere, installing it, it will say the previous version has to be removed, after it removes the previous version, hit cancel to not install the new version.
Might be worth a shot, although I don't know why you wouldn't want picture mail, it's not like you have to use it, but why remove features?
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That is a good idea. I'll have to try that!
As for why, good question. I don't really know why it bothers me so much. Maybe just because I like less clutter? Maybe it's an OCD type of thing. :-D One of the first things I did was install Advanced Config and remove the sprint music/tv tabs because i didn't want to use them, even though i didn't have to use them. :-D
clamknuckle said:
Try downloading the cab from somewhere, installing it, it will say the previous version has to be removed, after it removes the previous version, hit cancel to not install the new version.
Might be worth a shot, although I don't know why you wouldn't want picture mail, it's not like you have to use it, but why remove features?
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I'm definitely going to try that! Good idea.
As for why, I don't like the extra account when I got from my text to email accounts BUT the main reason is because it works like POO POO! I hate how it is so damn clunky in it's operation and even though I don't use it to send picmail, if I get a picmail it goes in there.
I applaud Sprint for trying but damn, try a little harder next time. I could have done without this particular crap a$$ feature.
I'm also very interested in dumping Sprint Picture Mail. Since we're limited to six accounts in Pocket Outlook, its being there keeps me from adding in another account I actually use, so it's frustrating that they would add that in by default. Tried deleting all of the registry keys, installed files etc that are done as part of the CAB installer, but it's STILL there! Haven't been able to figure out how to bypass the customization step, otherwise I'd do a HR in a heartbeat and see if skipping the CAB install would work, so still awaiting a solution to this...
i tried but sprint mail was not completely removed , i even installed the other version and it got completely installed and i could not un install it using memaid ! there should be a smarter way toget rid of this sprint B/S.
i don't think it can be removed this way.
you will need to load a custom rom without the picmail.
in the time you have wasted waiting for an easy solution you could have flashed and reloaded all of your settings.
Not everybody wants a to use a cooked ROM. You know, it really gets tiring when know-it-alls pop into threads and instead of contributing something useful just say "you should have just done x,y,z instead of doing what you actually wanted to do." It's already been established earlier in the thread that hard resetting (which running a cooked ROM requires) is not an acceptible solution. I do not appear to be alone in wanting an alternative solution. If you don't have a solution or a constructive comment, can't you just, you know, not post anything?
maan76 - Thanks for trying that method out. I've been too busy to tinker. At some point, I'm going to try scouring the registry and DLLs in \Windows\. Pocket Office is extended just like any other MS app -- through DLLs. So unless Picture Mail has been hardwired through some bizarre method or bundled together with a load of other useful features into one big unremovable DLL, I have got to think that there must be some DLL somewhere that can be unregistered somehow -- it just hasn't been discovered yet. I hope anyway! But you never know...
lafester said:
i don't think it can be removed this way.
you will need to load a custom rom without the picmail.
in the time you have wasted waiting for an easy solution you could have flashed and reloaded all of your settings.
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I echo thx2100 but will say the MAIN reasons I don't want to just run a cooked ROM right now is that the only real advantage at this time is they are light on the apps to free up ram. I come from the 6700 and 6800 and I'm in heaven with the speed and ease that the TP has when running multiple apps.
None of the new ROM's right now really dazzle me but if one comes around that is hot sh$# then I might run it.
With my stock ROM I have no surprises and only one really annoying feature which is the picmail but I can live with.
yep I totally agree thx 200,that there is no need for the cooked ROMs right now for the TP , why I am risking myself in a cooked ROM ?????????? to save RAM nop ! RAM is highhhhhhh and we have plenty of it in tp not like the mogul when the people were racing to build a ROM with higher free RAM after booting ! to save couple megabytes !, now with this strong hardware in TP , we have plenty of RAM .
the other reason which drove us before for flashing ROMs is the new applications (ex Manila for htc 6800 mogul ,u tube......etc) now we ve got the most updated versions of these software in the touch pro.
no logic reason for flashing ROMs at this moment , probably when new software will come up or super tweaks that require flashing ROMs , but definetely not now , we are still new and still learning about the Touch pro.I am seeing junior members building ROMs cause it is easy with this 288 MB RAM , I bet nobody was able to build ROMs for the Apache or the Mogul cause of the limited RAM.
we have a long way in improvement in touch pro before building ROMs.
thx1200 said:
maan76 - Thanks for trying that method out. I've been too busy to tinker. At some point, I'm going to try scouring the registry and DLLs in \Windows\. Pocket Office is extended just like any other MS app -- through DLLs. So unless Picture Mail has been hardwired through some bizarre method or bundled together with a load of other useful features into one big unremovable DLL, I have got to think that there must be some DLL somewhere that can be unregistered somehow -- it just hasn't been discovered yet. I hope anyway! But you never know...
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Using MSCEInfo, I've been able to identify every registry change and file modification made by the Sprint PictureMail CAB and have undone them all to no effect. So, either some other routine is making changes related to PicMail or it's hardcoded into the ROM. Hopefully, it's not the latter...
Good luck and please let us know if you find out how to do it. I've pretty much given up and am just waiting to find a stripped down ROM for the Sprint Touch Pro that doesn't include PictureMail, Touch Guide Mobile or any of the other bloatware that Sprint decided we had to have.
Solution Removal Sprint Picture Mail
I found the solution this morning and I successfully removed the sprint picture mail and I also successfully added my yahoo mail
here what you need to do
1-install the sprint picture mail Cab
2-using resco file explorer or anything else go to windows folder
3-in resco explorer , unclick hide hidden files and unclick hilde file extensions
4-look for sprint picture mail cab , next to it you will find sprint picture mail.exe and some other files cary the same name.
5-this .exe is made by the second installation you just made not ROM related , but still you can not remove it ,for some reason.
so rename it into anything .exe , and do the same for the rest of the files including the cab , not delete them all you should be able to do so .
I did these steps exactly in that order and I opened the messages folder and I was soooo happy not seeing the picture mail account .
Good luck guys
maan76 said:
I found the solution this morning and I successfully removed the sprint picture mail and I also successfully added my yahoo mail
here what you need to do
1-install the sprint picture mail Cab
2-using resco file explorer or anything else go to windows folder
3-in resco explorer , unclick hide hidden files and unclick hilde file extensions
4-look for sprint picture mail cab , next to it you will find sprint picture mail.exe and some other files cary the same name.
5-this .exe is made by the second installation you just made not ROM related , but still you can not remove it ,for some reason.
so rename it into anything .exe , and do the same for the rest of the files including the cab , not delete them all you should be able to do so .
I did these steps exactly in that order and I opened the messages folder and I was soooo happy not seeing the picture mail account .
Good luck guys
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I used Total Commander and removed the file and it worked.
Thank you very much! Now to test how picmails are recieved now.
mrrogers1 said:
I used Total Commander and removed the file and it worked.
Thank you very much! Now to test how picmails are recieved now.
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Can you point out which specific cab you installed (was it just the one built into the TP ROM?) and which file(s) you removed to get this to work?
Also, can you confirm that this removed the Sprint PictureMail account from both the Outlook account list AND the Mail TF3D tab???
del4 said:
Can you point out which specific cab you installed (was it just the one built into the TP ROM?) and which file(s) you removed to get this to work?
Also, can you confirm that this removed the Sprint PictureMail account from both the Outlook account list AND the Mail TF3D tab???
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Well I seem to have completely broke my ability to get picmail so I'll hold back on any instructions. I'll do some more testing and may just have to install the freakn program again.... OR I might load up a bare bones ROM and load cab's I see fit, 1 will undoubtedly NOT make the cut.
Hi all,
Just got my Black T-Mobile G2 which I've unlocked to all networks and put my o2 simcard in...
Who knows how to get the settings to the phone? I guess I need them for internet and mms? Any ideas?
-- Edit -- Thread actually changed, scroll to 2nd page to see.
Google For the settings
The phone should automatically get the settings for that sim mine did
How? My sim card is in the phone but its not downloading anything. I didnt know if tmobile removed everything apart from theirs.
How can i get the phone to download them?
APN Settings
Go to Settings-wireless control-mobile network settings-access point names
edit each one of those to corrispond with o2's settings
try these there are others search on google
my username is actually o2web not mobile web etc
http://www.thephoneforum.co.uk/o2-data-settings-t232.html
DJGurth said:
Go to Settings-wireless control-mobile network settings-access point names
edit each one of those to corrispond with o2's settings
try these there are others search on google
my username is actually o2web not mobile web etc
http://www.thephoneforum.co.uk/o2-data-settings-t232.html
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Thanks for that, I got my settings from a similar place. I've noticed something strange now though...
I had a white factory unlocked hero and when linking contacts via facebook I could see their albums and flick through pics and they were great quality.
Now I have a Black Touch G2 and still on o2, I've manually put in the settings and the pictures are grainy. I presume the settings are slightly different than they are on the white one.
Can someone with a white unlocked hero please post their settings for o2?
Thanks in advance.
????
On my hero the pictures are not really clear but clear enough, they do look a little grainy.
It may have something to do with the speed of your connection at the time of syncing the contact ie gprs or HSDPA, but other than that i have no idea
sorry
Ok, did a bit more digging and found it, so for all you o2 users out there, try this.
Go into your APN settings for mobile web and change your username to bypass
Restart the phone and look at new images (old ones will be cached). Should be spot on now with no reduction in quality.
Just changed the name of this thread as its a question answered but has some great info above for UK o2 customers...
Which pics are you referring to? Is it just the Caller ID pics it displays from Facebook?
Hmm..Speedtest results shot up massively now. Not sure if coincidence though.
Thanks
Phil
well the bypass u/n and p/w should tell the network to route you round o2's transparent proxy, so i would expect it to be a bit faster at least.
wonder if there is a similar way around T-Mobile's Transparent Proxy?
Phil_UK said:
Which pics are you referring to? Is it just the Caller ID pics it displays from Facebook?
Hmm..Speedtest results shot up massively now. Not sure if coincidence though.
Thanks
Phil
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When linking a person to facebook and viewing their albums.
Also when viewing actual web pages, the images are full quality.
It is a lot faster, my speed must be about twice as fast now which is great, I'll edit the title again..
nicelad_uk said:
Ok, did a bit more digging and found it, so for all you o2 users out there, try this.
Go into your APN settings for mobile web and change your username to bypass
Restart the phone and look at new images (old ones will be cached). Should be spot on now with no reduction in quality.
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How on earth did you find this out anyway???
Oh here maybe... http://www.o2.co.uk/assets2/PRODImages/PDF/GPRS3GConnectivityMar07.pdf
perhaps I am doing something wrong however since making the changes outlined above I can no longer browse the web nor connect to my exchange server!!
help please.
edit: sorry all seems ok now. it's worth mentioning that the username is 'bypass' and the password is 'password'.
Phil_UK said:
How on earth did you find this out anyway???
Oh here maybe... http://www.o2.co.uk/assets2/PRODImages/PDF/GPRS3GConnectivityMar07.pdf
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Didn't get it from there, but that has lots of useful info. Just did a bit of digging on the web about the problems and a lot of iPhone users had the same issue, so o2 came up with this work around.
s4vva said:
perhaps I am doing something wrong however since making the changes outlined above I can no longer browse the web nor connect to my exchange server!!
help please.
edit: sorry all seems ok now. it's worth mentioning that the username is 'bypass' and the password is 'password'.
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Is it all working for you then? All preloaded images before you did this change will stay, unless you delete the cache, but everything else should work 100%
Is it all working for you then? All preloaded images before you did this change will stay, unless you delete the cache, but everything else should work 100%[/QUOTE]
I didnt notice a problem before so I cant comment on that. The main reason I changed the username and password were the above reported speed increases. I must say that I have not noticed any day to day speed increases as a result.
Hey guys I was editing my picture with a photo editior on the phone and when I saved it, it somewhat corrupted it which will not allow me to view it however the wallpaper,which I set it under, still shows the picture... is the picture stored in a cache ? is there a way how I can grab it from registry?
Hey guys which thread consists of alot of views on XDA? no one talks about touch pro and all these old phones... just views no comments... =(
Sorry, I usually wait for others to post about these things before I formulate an opinion, much less voice it.
I don't know for sure if this will help but can you open the picture on your computer? Basically, copy the corrupted picture to your microSD and use an adapter that works and attempt to open the picture up on your computer.
R^7Z said:
Sorry, I usually wait for others to post about these things before I formulate an opinion, much less voice it.
I don't know for sure if this will help but can you open the picture on your computer? Basically, copy the corrupted picture to your microSD and use an adapter that works and attempt to open the picture up on your computer.
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I have the corrupted picture , but when I try to open it says it can not open it and its 0kb...I want to know if its like a computer, where sometimes I delete the wallpaper picture but still using it and for me to actually get it I have to go to the windows folder and find it to copy it.. however there isn't much in the windows on the windows mobile.
But thank you R^7z, I never hear from anyone here... its the only forums that never speaks.. seriously!
I'm not sure about this but I think PPCGeeks may have a louder CDMA RAPH fan base. Either that or there seems to be more talking in the newer device forums??? I usually hang out in the RAPH/Android forums when I am on here but occasionally I do browse the newer posts.
Not 100% as to where the actual picture is stored if that is the case. I imagine if this was a stock picture, you could get it back with a hard reset. Additionally, I wonder if the photo editor saves it somewhere?
Well first off I'm glad to see that I had saved it to my computer so I do have back up, but I'll continue my search to where it does save it to... once again thanks r^72. Most forums are talking about newer phones, android espically lol but yeah I post it up on ppcgeeks asweel and got a few info but waiting for tomorrow for more.
Hi All, I hope this is the correct place for this. This phone is very hard to find anything about it, ie. helps, tricks and tutorials. Even the OEM user manual that comes with it misses the mark when it comes to adding a picture to a contact. If you have an sd card installed, (and who wouldn't?) you must add a contact to the phone memory for the option of clicking on the camera icon which allows you to add a picture. If you try to add a photo to a contact saved to the sim card you won't get the camera icon. What you'll get is a whole lot of nothing from internet searches about the correct procedure to do this. Everyone I found didn't apply. I hope this will help others to not experience the frustrations I did! By the way my variant, j727az works with Cricket wireless and just recently updated to android 8.1.0. I bought it from Ebay pre-rooted. Happy hunting.