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[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] cdguider:
Has anyone tried this on an HD2 Windows Phone 7? Spoof Build 7008?

How to remove the operator and get your Windows Phone Updates (HTC ONLY)

without comments

Howdy!

So NoDo was finally released this morning. Well, for the EU people anyway (don’t get me started).

Windows Phone 7, by default, stores your operator identifier in a sneaky registry key, which is checked by the Windows Update Client running on the phone. This identifier is then used to check if the updates have been approved for your operator. If they are slow, like Telstra here is in Australia, you’re going to be waiting a long time.

So, let’s tell you how you can “un-brand” (this won’t remove the boot splash screen) your phone so it appears to be a generic handset to the Update Servers.

Your device needs to be dev-unlocked for this to work. Sorry folks.

1.Download this zip file and deploy the 3 xap files onto your device.

2.Run the ChevronWP7.Ringtones.xap and wait till it displays “Ringtones added… and CustClear.provxml underneath”

3.Run the TouchXplorer app, navigate to My DocumentsMy Ringtones click on CustClear.provxml and select Copy from the Application Bar.

4.Navigate back inside TouchXplorer to the Windows folder.

5.Select paste from the Application Bar, this should scroll right to the bottom and put a copy of CustClear.provxml in the Windows folder.

6.Now run the Connection Setup application and click on the Ok button (it’s the one with the tick).

And now you’re done and free to re-connect to Zune and check for updates.

Again, this is ONLY for HTC devices.

Thanks to Rafael for his help.

Written by Chris

March 23rd, 2011 at 11:31 am

Posted in Windows Phone 7

Source: http://blog.walshie.me/2011/03/23/h...-and-get-your-windows-phone-updates-htc-only/
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] tictac0566:
This is only working with native WP7 devices, I assume.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] cdguider:
Native Devices

Maybe, One way to find out? What harm can the update do? We have HSPL and Magldr, both should protect the SPL & Bootloader............
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] twisted89:
Tried it and it still doesn't detect the nodo update, I'm in the UK by the way so I should have access to it.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] mimmoc10:
I'm in the U.S all the roms that have 7.08 other than boypcc it zune does't say a update is needed. On the boypcc rom it offers the update put the phone is locked so you can't try this out.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] twisted89:
Tried it with boypcc's rom and now detects the update but gets stuck at creating a backup in the update process. Guess we'll just have to wait until a proper release with the update is made.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
it aint going to make any difference, when your device goes in to flash mode windows installs a driver for a "LEO" device

i just reinstalled windows and at no point was anything on the phone or on the computer pointing to it being a Leo, that i know of, so MS can detect something that isnt right on a reboot and wacks it, if i had a native device to hand it would be intresting to find out what driver its installing, rip it out, update the leo driver installed for our HD2 to the other (correct native) driver. and see what happens.....or of course it may well detect some reg entry as stated, but i doubt thats the real cause as drivers are usually installed by hardware IDs but who knows hey!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] cdguider:
Thanks

Thank you all for your input.

Greatly Appreciated
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] coder_t2:
Hey guys, I was wondering if there was an app that would delete everything on my phone if it was lost or stolen. Or at least something to logout of all my account. My concerns are of someone having access to my email, ebay, amazon, etc. Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] SoDev:
If you got/get the Verizon warranty plan it comes with some of the features you are looking for... although they could still just take the memory card out, but at least they can't just go into your logged in accounts.

EDIT - Never mind, apparently the Thunderbolt is not supported yet. Sorry for the incorrect info. Slackers!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] gadget!:
I use Lookout, the free version has the following features:

spyware and malware scan/protection

Locate device (uses the phones GPS

Scream (when you login on your PC this feature will sound off a very loud annoying siren from your phone)

Backup Device

The paid version $2.99 per month or 29.99 per year will allow you to lock the device or wipe it completely.

Here is the website if you want to look at it:

https://www.mylookout.com/
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] xomikronx:
seekdroid is another option
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] lorijuan1024:
Wavesecure

Sent from Zeus's Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] rotorocker:
This is what I have on mine. Awesome app, you can locate via gps, make an alarm go off (great if you can't find your phone), lock your phone, wipe it.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] coder_t2:
Can I transfer seekdroid to future phones?
[Defy General] bokeron2020:
Hello.

The Motorola Defy, when used with PowerAMP, seems to sound reasonably good.

But... when you adjust PowerAMP's preamp and the EQ and get the volume to sound a lot higher than what you get with the stock player/media effects ... some songs sound distorted.

On the other hand... I've read about the Samsung Galaxy S and it's apps "Voodoo Sound" and "Galaxy Tuner".

Those apps seem to manipulate the hardware directly (instead of software preamp & EQ like PowerAMP seems to do). Apparently the Samsung has a dedicated Wolfson audio chip, so I suppose that's why they can do all of that.

So... the question is... can something of this be applied to a Motorola Defy? Even if it doesn't have any dedicated sound chip, could the hardware be manipulated in some way to achive something like what the Samsung apps do ?

I'm also remembering some mp3 players that could deliver more volume, but due to local european laws were forced to lower their output power... and then some people hacked the firmware and "erased" this limitation.

What I would like is, basically, more power, more volume thru the earphones. Could this be possible for the Motorola Defy ?
[Defy General] naenee:
A side-note..

I am always curious when someone wants to have their media player louder:

Why?

Have you messed up your hearing somehow? Don't you use earplugs or headphones? Do you listen to music in very noisy environments... while vacuum cleaning perhaps?

That said, perhaps you could be a bit more specific as to what the applications for the Galaxy do exactly if you want to mimic their functionality on the Defy.
[Defy General] K r i ll e:
I think he's refering to hacks that adjust the frequency respon or/and adjust the software directly tied to the hardware for a more hi-fi experience. Not just meaning getting higher volume or changing eq-settings.

Just googled real quick and come cross this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=735918

Sent from my MOTO Defy
[Defy General] Sir Flashalot:
I don't know of any mods/hacks but PowerAMP is able to play flac files.
[Defy General] domenukk:
Cyanogenmod includes a dsp app.

It has equalizer etc. pp.

You can also use it on other roms with root, afaik... (had it on hd2 sense rom) just google. ;)
[Defy General] bokeron2020:
I wan't my music played louder because... I wan't it played louder. :D

OK, I'll explain it to satisfy your curiosity ;)

I usually play music when I'm working in loud or busy environments and I need to "focus" (intended pun, as I'm a photographer). I can't use canal earphones, so I sometimes need to use higher volume levels... wich the Defy doesn't seem to have, or at least not without distortion/clipping.

Regarding being more specific... don't you find specific enough the names of the 2 apps I've already given ?

Voodoo Sound

Galaxy Tuner

They work together and can adjust the Galaxy's headphone amplifier analog gain, thus increasing the volume noticiably without distortion, or so it seems.

These programs adjust some parameters in the Galaxy's audio chip, so the quality of the resulting sound is apparently better than waht you get from software EQ.

You can find a more complete explanation about all the possibilities here:

galaxyroot.com/guide-how-to-set-voodoo-sound-and-galaxy-tuner

(can't post links yet)

I can live with Defy's audio quality, but I'd want to prevent the distortion and the clipping I get when using PowerAMP to increase the volume.

Exactly that. I want to know If it is possible to do that (or something close to that) with Defy's audio hardware.

The DSP app makes software adjustments. It can't prevent clipping or distortion... it can do a better job than PowerAMP, at best, though I really doubt that.

--------

In short: I wan't to know if it's possible to adjust parameters of the Defy's audio hardware to improve the sound. What "normal" audio apps do is simply adjust the audio data via software manipulation, but they're bounded by what the hardware allows.

I want to tweak the hardware (or, better said, the software that the hardware runs internally)
[Defy General] bokeron2020:
So... the "developers" part of this forum is just a wish... nobody knows a word about this ?
[Defy General] Erra:
The "developers" are busy "developing" software and are not here simply for your beckon call when you want something made.
[Defy General] bokeron2020:
So what's the point in having a forum for people so busy that can't visit the forum or answer any questions ?

We'll... at least you weren't doing anything important. Thanks for answering... though I expected a more informative answer... but, alas, you're not a busy software developer developing software.
[Atrix 4G General] LancerV:
Anyway to get rid of the email attachment limit?
[Atrix 4G General] FLAC Vest:
Is the limit a number of files oor does it just randomly stop after a while? There is a limit on total data size of the eemail; I send pictures from my Bio lab to me and my group from the phone and I can attach about 8 pictures (10 megs give or take) per email.
[Desire HD General] Rudios:
This morning some strange thing has happened. I added my HTCSense account to my DHD just to try. After couple of hours my notification bar signalled the link persons sign and when I opened the notification, it was showing multiple (20+) possible links. After checking I found out that all my contacts were duplicated and, that some of them were automatically linked. I think adding my sense account is responsable for this problem. Anybody else experienced this problem and suggestions to solve. Removing Sense account does not solve this, already tried.

I'm on stock 1.32, rooted and ENG S-OFF
[Desire HD General] z0ltrix:
I have used Google Contact to remove all my duplicates.

Once you sync your contact list with Google account, you can go to http://www.google.com/contacts

There is a button called "Find Duplicates".

There are probably 100s of ways to fix this, but this has worked for me.
[Desire HD General] marleyb:
yes fixing it within gmail contact options, remove duplicates worked fine for me too
[Desire HD General] robE9:
I don`t think he means that his google contacts are duplicated, i just think that google backed up your initial contacts, my question is: your initial contacts(before the duplicate) are on sim or phone ? because sense has a bug where it shows ALL your contacts (sim/phone/google) even if you tell him not to. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=907275
[Desire HD General] Rudios:
All my contacts were on the phone, and came from outlook via HTC Sync.

After syncing, all the duplicates also appeared in outlook.

Happily I have assigned a category to all my contacts, and the newly duplicated ones didn't had any category so it was very easy to delete them from outlook, and sync again. Now they're all gone but also I removed my HTCSense account from my DHD

Edit:

Strange additional thing to mention.

I live in Holland and my last name is "de Vries" which (as you see) has two words. I normally have the "de" added to the first name and lastname will only by "Vries" in order to get them ordered in a proper way ("de Vries" is supposed to be found under "V")

Nothing strange to that, but the strange thing was that some of the duplicates were missing the "de" part of the name
[Desire HD General] hahawasa:
I am located in China. I got a system update notification few days ago.

I did the upgrade without backup. After upgrade

Android version: 2.2.1

software release: 1.84.707.xxx

Unfortunately, the peer could not hear the voice in the phone call.

I did the factory reset, the problem is still the same.

Does someone know where I can find the official ROM?

By the way, my device is rooted.
[Desire HD General] mujie:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=984045
[Desire HD General] hahawasa:
Thanks, I guess it means that I have to reroot the device to flash the rom.
[Desire HD General] Diamondback:
This has nothing to do with an official ROM...

Look in the RUU thread if there is your chinese build.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] larzazral:
anybody have try SlideSound from this link : http://hotfile.com/list/272236/d747d3d

it is work for winmo 6.1??
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Cenobite_:
Why don't you try it and let us know....
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] larzazral:
because my x1 have problem to uninstall back...that why i ask first... :)
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] larzazral:
this file work for my x1...
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] paklay2:
is there any another Sliding sound for x1?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] hwy7.fox:
Yup! This program works on my X1i. Cute program, if you wanna change the default sound, your sound file has to be .WAV format.

Thanks for the link!
[Xoom General] Morkai Almandragon:
Skype over 3g used to work on the Xoom, would someone mind testing it now for me?
[HD2 General] flyfished:
Hi, I have been trying to install Android on my HD2 for some weeks now and getting very frustrated, obviously doing something stupid or omitting something important. This morning I tried the RAFDROID method as it seemed one of the simplest but I'm even stuck with that. Trying to open CLRCAD or haret results in the usual Windows error message "Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found etc."

Other Android systems result in either a blank screen, blank screen with a few red pixels or the config boot up screen in minute font, not even visible with a magnifying glass. Not one completes boot up.

Furthermore, entering my ser. number on the HTC site tells me that it is not possible to update my ROMor Radio. My model is HTC HD2 8585

Rafio Version 207.51.22-2

ROM 1.72.206.3 (86372) WWE

SPL 1.66.000 XE

Before I find a length of rope and a hanging tree I would appreciate your expert advice.
[HD2 General] Richy99:
your radio is the problem, it has to be a .50 radio not a .51 one

and i assume you are just trying to run it from the sd card?
[HD2 General] orangekid:
indeed the radio is the problem. It's not just that it needs to be a .50, it's the 2.07.xx that is the problem. This is an older radio and needs to be upgraded.

The easiest thing to do is to download the 3.14 official update from your carrier and then try it, most of your builds will work.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Sgt-Hartley:
If your an angry birds fan you must get Rio its great. Not many levels yet ive played 14 and there isn't any lag as of yet. Running se firmware 2.1.1.A.0.6. Screens below sorry couldn't rotate them no app to do it on phone and not near a pc.

NOT SURE IF IM ALLOWED TO LINK?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Manny-:
Yeah too right, great game :D works perfect on my X8 ^^
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Antimadrista:
The more I like than previous versions.

You could even turn the screens.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Sgt-Hartley:
If you read the top post it tells you why they are not rotated.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] kecil26:
can't find it at market :(

Edit: Found it!! :D just be friend with google..u'll found everything :D
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] pongscript:
Is this for free? any way Im currently downloading it from somewhere.. I how this works.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] kecil26:
dont have to quote the whole things dude :D i dont think its free..just be friend with google and im sure you will find it ;)
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] saintckk:
RIO will not be available in the Market, at this in time! It is exclusively from Amazon.com
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] riomilan:
Angry Bird rio can download at BlapkMarket
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] JasoX:
It is a awesome game!! Must have with Angry Birds and Angry Birds seasons!
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Sgt-Hartley:
Not enough levels though finished it already got to wait until may now. The new bird is awesome on level 4-15
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] kecil26:
+9999999999999999 :D thats what i got on my x8..3 version of angry bird to play with :D
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Case87:
Another Angry Birds = another great game for x8 :DDDDD
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] albert emmer:
angry birds rio is smoother than its siblings...wait for another levels to be unlocked
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] mdrizal:
work perfectly on my x8 yeah!
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] kathirdr:
nice game... trying to download it from amazon for past three days... could'nt do it.... got it from google... hoorrahhh!!!
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] miensthemonst:
I've try this game and i think this very slow on my floyo cm015

Not like usually in angry bird old version
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Sgt-Hartley:
Works great for me on se 2.1.1.a.0.6 jit enabled
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] kecil26:
ya me too,works great here :D on se 2.1.1.A.0.6 jit enable.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] proN1low:
I have a problem... I playing ~3-4 minutes, and my X8 2.1.1.0.6 JIT enabled is freezing, and restart. plz help i love this game <3 :) (sorry for my bad english)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] hyokorie:
Hello guys ,,

why my phone always hang in display ,, but still can receive message and phone?

when i drop down the menu of the screen get blank or hang or many of scratch ..

is that the flexible cable? or my windows is crash?

please help its so annoying ..

my phone = htc touch pro 2 with 6.5 Windows Mobile ..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] motocrossmann:
Are you saying the display gets streaky lines in it? Or does it just go black?
[HD2 General] bbot3k:
are there any risks to flashing my hd2 too often? and how long does they phone usually last before it breaks down from normal use?
[HD2 General] orangekid:
I've flashed different WM6.5, Android, and WP7 roms probably over 100 times (not including all the radio flashes) and mine is running great with no issues. Everything works fine and I've had the phone for about a year. It's different for each individual unit but I wouldn't worry.
[HD2 General] baksunovic:
I've flashed mine at least hundred times with different OS-s (WM, WP7, Android SD, NAND...) and it's still 100% OK!
[HD2 General] Marvlesz:
It's not how many times you flash it, It's how well you do the flash and how good the files are.

So if you read before you flash and you flash trusted files your device shall live for decades :D.

But if you always ignore the "Warnings" and flash untrusted files carelessly, your device may not see the day light of tomorrow :D .

-By trusted files I mean files compatible with your device and from a known developer :)

-By reading I mean reading thoroughly the entire post, and check the replies as well as they always contain first known issues :D .

- I remember a guy who has just bought his HD2, he wanted to install a custom ROM, he was told to upgrade his radio, after he did his device wouldn't boot. It turned out he flashed the incompatible radio for a Tmous :) .
[HD2 General] orangekid:
The first thing I ever flashed was a custom 6.5 ROM on my Diamond about 2 years ago. I probably read like 20 threads and rechecked my files 10 times before I flashed the unlocker and the ROM. I've flashed custom firmware on many WM, android, and iphones since then and always read exactly what I need to do before I do it. You do see threads where someone flashed a CDMA hspl on a GSM device and vice versa or .51 radio on a tmousa HD2, or a froyo radio when not supposed to on an Evo or Incredible or something and brick their phones.

I think you'll be fine, just make sure you do the research and it's actually pretty easy not to do the stupid thing if you're paying attention.
[HD2 General] Marvlesz:
I don't think that NAND Android and WP7 count, since they're flashed through MagLoader ?
[HD2 General] orangekid:
true, you can only really brick by flashing a bad radio or bootloader.
[HD2 General] theslam08:
Sorry for bringing this back up, I was about to make a new topic, but I figure lets keep it together.

Anyway arent there only so many writes that can be made to these chips? I mean, they were basically designed without this in mind. They knew for updates, but thats like twice a year, maybe 3 or 4 max. Not 100 times a month.

Please excuse me if I am wrong. But arent they basically like a SSD? Ive read they will last only so long because of the number of writes they limit then the cells die. Maybe we dont have cells, but still write times?

IDK, Im just not flashing as much as I used to, trying to keep it to a minimum. Havnt heard of anyone saying it wont flash anymore yet, so thats a good sign. Maybe the writes are in the millions?

Just some thoughts I had...

PS. I also noticed in one of my recovery.log files, it found bad blocks or sectors or something. Thats a bad sign of something...
[HD2 General] tictac0566:
That discussion is ongoing since the flashing thing ever exists... at least, updating your ROM with software from HTC or your network operator is technically the same thing...

I have read several times that those memory chips can stand like 1000 flashing processes, but I have never ever flashed any device that many times. With my HD2, I am probably, like many others in this thread, at 100 different ROMs, including WP7 and Android, in the meantime.
[HD2 General] silverwind:
Thanks for enlighten us :)

I have some bad blocks in my HD2, I always think that it is due to my excessive flashing habit. I flash almost roms avaiilable since I join xda :rolleyes:

Now, it taken its toll. SOme nand android roms fails to flash and boot due to this bad blocks.

However, I still can flash wm 6.5 and runing SD Android without any problems

Cheers
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
Well afaik, those bad blocks should be re-mapped so that they are not used when flashing roms.
[HD2 General] theslam08:
Well thank you for that facdemol!

Its basically like I understood, just didnt really think the actual operation were the same for this chip and ssd. But thats cool, so it should be okay for a long time then :).

As for the bad blocks, is there a way to 'chkdsk' on the nand? Do a clean up of the bad blocks or once bad they are always bad? Id like to clean those up. And no, I have never crashed a flash half way, ive only recently had some boot loops, thinking the bad blocks arent helping...