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[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] galati:
Anybody try this ????? :

Try using the Windows Phone Support Tool. The Windows Phone Support Tool is an application that fixes problems that prevent your Windows Phone 7 from updating successfully. The tool only works for the two error codes listed in the Symptoms section.

Unplug the USB cable from the phone.

Download the Windows Phone Support Tool from the Microsoft Download Center. If you have a 32-bit system, download the WPSupportTool-x86.msi (http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-4E4A-8179-9A3C5483E366/WPSupportTool-x86.msi) package. If you have a 64-bit system, download the WPSupportTool-amd64.msi (http://download.microsoft.com/downl...E4A-8179-9A3C5483E366/WPSupportTool-amd64.msi) package.

Note If you're not sure whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit system, read the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

827218 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827218/ ) How to determine whether a computer is running a 32-bit version or 64-bit version of the Windows operating system.

Complete the steps to install the WPSupportTool package.

When you're finished, click Start, point to All Programs, and then from the list of programs, click Windows Phone Support Tool.

On your phone, press and hold the Power Collapse this imageExpand this imagebutton for 5 seconds until the message Goodbye! appears.

Press the Power Collapse this imageExpand this imagebutton again to turn the phone back on. As soon as the phone turns on and vibrates, press and hold the Camera Collapse this imageExpand this imagebutton until the "Connect to PC" screen appears. It may take a few moments for this to appear. As soon as the screen appears, you may release the Camera Collapse this imageExpand this imagebutton. Note The camera button is located on the side of your phone.

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Reconnect your phone by using the USB cable.

Your phone will be detected by your computer and the Zune software may automatically start. This process frequently takes several minutes.

Important If the Zune software does start, close it.

In the Windows Phone Support Tool, click the Recover button.

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The Windows Phone Support Tool will install an update that fixes the problem and restart your phone. If you phone is locked, enter your password when prompted.

When you see "The device has been updated" text, located at the bottom of the screen, close the Windows Phone Support Tool and disconnect your phone.

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Reconnect your phone to the computer to install the latest phone update by using the Zune software. (To update your phone's software, click Settings, click phone, and then click update.)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] huismeester:
This is the wrong place Sir
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] lestatneo:
i tried this just yesterday, and it didn't work. Instead of pressing the camera button i used zune update to restart the phone and get to the "connect to PC" screen. the tool just wouldn't see it.

i think the main problem is with the drivers. if you check the device manager you will see the phone is identified as Leo, under portable devices, while at the "connect to PC" Screen.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] michaels0007:
No it doesn't work :mad: when you press recover you get the follow

The phone is not in the 'Connect to PC' state. Please, make sure that you follow the instructions and your phone shows the 'Connect To PC' image. :(
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Starfury:
Whats with the "Collapse this imageExpand this image" everywhere?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Marvlesz:
That's called " I copy-pasted everything without editing" :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] chiragpatwa:
hi i got this link may be it works

http://blog.walshie.me/2011/04/04/so-who-wants-windows-phone-updates-like-right-now/

i dint try but looks relaible
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Neo84:
I just tried this. It runs without problems and says it has updated the phone but the phone still says 7004....
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] wixxer:
It doesn't work, though the updater doesn't deliver an error message. I'm wondering if there is a possibility to modify this tool in order to handle the updating process...!?!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] galati:
i try the both with all the method possible but no luck.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] colossus_r:
Hi m8....

I did try this method to..no luck ... i do beleive that is the second boot that when the device

is identified as Leo where the problem is...

Is there a way to to change that, and install the driver for hd7 insteed...?

I think that this tool is very importand for Leo users and it will lets us update the phone.

Maybe a developer can help on this ???

colossus
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] michaels0007:
anyone got a copy of ChevronWP7.Updater :o :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] colossus_r:
Here you go m8
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] PedrooNL:
Mine is still on 7.0.7004.0.

Did somebody with 7008 on a HD2 try to go to NoDo with the New Chevron tool?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] kkutsarov:
Updated Successfully with Chevron but still showing 7008 no copy paste but system is running much smoother....
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Neo84:
I suspect it doesn't run any better than the update from 7004 :(.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] galati:
Seems like Microsoft advise to wp7 users, dont use the chev updater , because cant use the future update.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Derek0228:
I tried the chevron updater method, and it updated me succesfully, but when my phone rebooted, it showed me a picture that told me to connect it to the PC. I did, and zune said there was an error with the device, in summary, it was bricked. Of course, MAGLDR prevents brick, because i could just flash wp7 again, but just don't try this. :cool:

And i think it killed my SDCARD D:

Nothing reads it/finds it. this is so weird. :'(
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] galati:
You are too fast men ,haha, you most be little slowly with your phone. The picture you have seen its normal and you only have to do is do not unplug your phone of the computer , and if you do it nothing hapend , is no necesarry to reflash your phone , just remove the battery and restart your phone. Always its inutile to try it becvause at the moment no funcion the update in HD2.Regards !!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] michaels0007:
anyone got a copy of ChevronWP7.Updater x64
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Derek0228:
hey bro, yeah I waited and Zune gave me an error. Then I rebooted and the picture was still there. Then I reflashed and the picture was still there. So I reflashed without the SD and it was fine. But now my SD is dead. Nothing seems to find it. And if I try to hard reset with it inside the phone, my phone just resets by itself on wp7's splash screen. That's I think the moment when wp7 formats the SD. Its like my SD card is bricked :/ Any suggestions on how to make it work again are welcome.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] elguada:
Hi: The reason for the sd not work because when you remove the sd card and did reflash the phone resets and use only their internal memory, but with th sdcard installed it will see the sdcard + internal memory to make it look as one..
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] galati:
Guys any who try the chev update with a clean install ??? I answer that because i see in the blog when i downloaded this the same problem of the HD2 in many phone who cames with wp7 original like samsung ,htg ,lg ...

And you Derek try to make a factory reset with the sd in to the phone.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] shafez:
Here you go , I tried it , Update finish without errors but does not update.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
i did quite a bit of work on this the other night and have drawn a blank.

right, that process works, but obviously it doesnt because nothing changes, what i believe is happening is basically the same as what zune would do, the difference is zune throws up this error.

so anyhow, im more and more convinced that its the driver thats installed when it goes in to flashing mode thats the problem, the hardware ID is a windows mobile ID, the drivers are downloaded and installed from WU and are definitely the WM drivers.

so, my plan to see if we could iron this out is find what driver set "should" be used, fiddle with the inf and add in our hardware ID, totally remove the WM driver set and make sure windows cant auto update the drivers, run the update, windows will then ask for a driver for this unknown device, you point it to the modified WP driver set and see what happens, course it might be totally wrong and not work at all.

now here is the kicker, ive not been able to find what driver it should be using, its not using the HD7 driver you have normally installed or the windows phone driver, at least as far as i can tell, so it must be using something else, akin to a HTC DEVICE or something.

anyhow, perhaps this isnt the full reason, but id like to try rule it out if thats possible, and the only way i see this happening is for someone with an HD7 to find out exactly what the driver is, and which driver set it comes from?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] shafez:
The error I get with Zune is unable to backup device because of registry change.

So it can't be the driver that is causing this it must be a registry tweak that causes the backup error.

Maybe if the original registry setting is used without any tweaks then the update will continue.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
except we arnt talking about zune, its the MS fix and subsequent cheveron updater release, it could well be a registery entry, but the very fact that the HD2 is seen as a HD2 and not a HD7 at the very moment the instalation process fails or as in the case of the updater succeeds but doesnt do any changes, is an important issue to deal with, your right, it might be the registery, it might be both,

To work out registery you would need a complete dump of both a HD2 and a HD7 with WP7.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Pumpiron579:
Here you go,

http://www.4shared.com/file/G6DaNZPX/ChevronWP7Updaterx64.html
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] mfrey0118:
I can't unlock my phone. I tried Chevron with Zune in background and all that and it just won't do it. I don't know what else to do.

I just went ahead and registered with the key Microsoft gave me and I have access to Live services.

So what is the definitive way to unlock this phone? I can't get any .xap apps to install on it and I would like to do this.

Advice?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
assuming you have used the unmodified DFT release (best in my opinion) you have followed all the threads and installed the certificate that you emailed to yourself havent you?

oh and followed the instructions to make sure its an HD7?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] mfrey0118:
I've got the modified xBox version...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
oh well, your best asking on that thread, all the ROMS are essentially the same DFT release with a few tweaks here and there, in some cases, in my opinion, not for the better and can introduce other issues.

With the DFT release its dead straight forward to unlock, it has some mild relocking issues which can be fixed quite quickly

If you have a issues with a ROM then your best going to that ROMs thread, its possibly been answered anyway.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hjhjhj:
if one has a HD7, why would one want to flash a cooked WP7 on to it?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
this isnt an HD7 forum, and we dont have an HD7, at the moment its not possible to install a custom ROM, apart from the small reg tweaks and icon changes, the only reason to install a "custom" ROM is to apparently make it easier to get running, ive tried several and most introduce more problems, its personal choice DFT are the only ones able to bust open the whole ROM and make changes.

in the future the tools may be available but even then i doubt there will be significant differencess between ROMs, peraps just less time between updates

updating a ROM in general can mean you get a more complete ROM for your needs, however WP7 is a different kettle of fish, it doesnt look likely that there will be hundreds of development branches as we had with WM and Android meaning less for developers o work with.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hjhjhj:
I know this isn't a HD7 forum. I was replying to your previous post telling someone to make sure they were using a HD7.

Well, regarding this thread on the WP Phone Support Tool, it doesn't allow the Chevron7 Updater to update the phone to NoDo. The updater runs like it's working, but never updates the ROM to NoDo.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
applogies, i was refering to the reg edits to change the HD2 to a HD7, not to make sure you actually have an HD7
[Desire General] PulpzillA:
Just wondering how long this should normally take?

Its finished the restore process through recovery and i've now rebooted but it is still stuck on the boot screen.
[Desire General] davebugyi:
Do a full wipe before restoring.

It should normally boot up without waiting.
[Desire General] PulpzillA:
thanks for the reply. hmm it did not. it was hanging on the boot up sequence. i will try restoring again and see what happens. maybe its something to do with my SD partition?

UPDATE: haha second time i did it, it worked straight....weird!
[Desire General] davebugyi:
It depends on other things you've changed, too.

Radio, Recovery, NAND partition, Sd Card...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkdinh101:
For some reason, when I receive a message and I text that person back, my message pop up before the one I just receive. Is there a way I can fix that to where my text message goes I'm order it is receive and sent like normal?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blezz:
download "SMS Time Fix" and apply the setting "adjust to phones time"
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_JMM:
Out of curiosity, is this a problem with your Desire HD or Samsung GT?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkdinh101:
For My desire hd
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkdinh101:
It works. Thanks blezz
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarq:
Hi All, just found this forum. After a few searches I'm unable to find answer to these queries.

I'm thinking of buying a 'HTC HD2, to replace my mobile 6 phone & sony ereader. After a bit of research this seems to fit the bill, with its reasonably large screen..

I basically need it for a pda, texting, bluetooth to car, occasional phone calls/web browsing with 3G & ereader.

I use windows Outlook 2000 on my PC & this syncs with my old phone, (when it see's it!) am I right in thinking the HD will sync to Outlook, & will all the features work?

I especially need the calender reminders, birthdays & re-occurring appointments etc.

I've got over 10 years of calender appointments, & numerous contacts with details, such as child's birth & house moving etc.

I would hate to have to type them all in again, or lose them completely.

Also are you able to read 'epub' & text files?

Finally would it be better to go for the newer HD7 & windows mobile 7?

TIA
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wizzzzard2000:
Hi,

First of all Windows Mobile 7 may not be locally synchronized via ActiveSync with Outlook, only through an Exchange server.

Thus, the HD2 is already the better choice unless you have an exchange account.

Most Stockrom's do not have the eReader, but some have implemented a Costumrom's.

But you can also for example Freda install, it is freeware and very useful.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
for what you are looking for, the HD2 is the clear choice. It will Sync with Outlook, it is a full PDA with Windows Mobile on it nut I do suggest you flash a custom ROM as the stock ROMs are not so smooth and like to freeze a lot or get real sluggish. The Windows Phone 7 is no PDA at all, it is geared toward social networking and gaming with the built in X-Box Live tile. It has no multitasking ability so you can only do one thing at a time with it. Go with the HD2
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarq:
Thanks for your thought guys.

I'd more or less decided on the HD2, but even though they will soon be replaced by the HD7 they are not getting any cheaper.

Is flashing the custom Rom easy to do, I'm not very tech savvy?

Thanks again.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
Yes flashing custom ROM is easy, the only deference between flashing a custom ROM and a official ROM is you have to flash HSPL first then flash the ROM, well at least as far as how you flash them that is. Here is the two seperat guides that senior member MSkip put together on how to flash a custom ROM. This guide is for international HD2s, and this guide is for T-Mobile HD2s. also check out the guide I wrote in my sig it will help you understand a lot.
[Xperia Play General] Barguast:
There has been a lot said about the screen being dim on this phone, and it's the one and only thing that's holding me back from committing to getting it. Summer's coming and I want to be able to play it outside without having to sit in a dark corner.

I've also read that the auto-brightness feature is mandatory, and that it doesn't work particularly well, so I was wondering if this was the main reason for the reportedly dim screen. My current phone - an AMOLED HTC Desire - is VERY dim with the auto brightness enabled, but thankfully I can turn it off.

For anyone with the phone who is able to test, do you think the screen is bright enough if you cover the light sensor altogether? I'm sure that once the phone is rooted, we'll be able to disable the light sensor altogether, and I'm hoping the screen brightness is purely a software limitation (i.e. fixable) and not a hardware problem (i.e. NOT fixable)

Thanks.
[Xperia Play General] johnsongrantr:
If someone that has theirs already were to check the brightness on boot before the sensors even initialize that might give you a good idea of what it is capable of.

Most android phones i've played with in the past boot at full brightness. Your mileage may varry
[Xperia Play General] friscoltu959:
Mine arrive tomorrow... dont know until tuesday
[Xperia Play General] svenk919:
I got a slider for the birhgtness, haven't noticed any dimming/brightening automatically, seems just fine to me.
[Xperia Play General] Aightu:
I think that if this problem keeps appearing SE will do something about it, and else the community will ;)
[Xperia Play General] hawrai68:
I had mine for a day and sent it back...the auto brightness very temperamental. I would play Gboid emulator (great with new controls btw) and the screen would literally get dim and lighten up constantly every few seconds - under same lighting condition, it became very annoying throughout the day as you end up anticipating it..seems the sensor tries too hard under certain lighting conditions and not having the option to disable auto lighting is just dumb.

The screen is also a terrible fingerprint magnet, and definitely not the best on a cloudy day (Could not test in direct sunlight, this is a rare occurring phenomena here in UK) ...Also dust tends to get into the very fine spacings around the screen.

After an hour of use the phone looked like my kids and dog had played with it for few weeks....Not for me.

But maybe thats just me being spoilt with Nexus S and Ipone4 smudge free, brighter screens.
[Xperia Play General] Aightu:
I dont use the auto-brightness. Ive just manually set it a little lower.
[Xperia Play General] johnsongrantr:
I see what people are complaining about and... really it's not that bad.

I can see where it might get annoying if you're looking for it, but the screen is not going off and on like some people make it out to be. At least mine is not.

I keep mine at 50% brightness and I don't notice a brightness change even slightly. It's bright enough to see indoors easily and not noticeably worse outdoors than any other non-amoled phone I've owned.

from my experience people are making a mountain out of a mole hill, and the auto-brightness can be disabled with custom roms in the future, just live with it in the mean time. That or ask SE for an update that allows you to disable it.
[Xperia Play General] MJ_QaT:
Yep, I keep mine at 60% and don't notice any screen change or anything.

Regarding the fingerprint magnet, you can easily install third party screen-protector to avoid that
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discos7u:
Anyone have the new Arc on Orange?

Is it Orange branded? How much Orange software/games demos have they loaded it with and can you remove them?

Thanks in advance!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StickyGeko:
dude orange cripple their fones with the crap they stick on them which you cannot remove unless you root, im leaving them this month to get the arc on a diff carrier, but if you want to stay with orange my best advice would be to upgrade or get it via carphonewarehouse, phones4u or mobiles.co.uk, that way the handset comes unlocked and has no bloatware from manufacturers and will have firmware as its ment to be therefore will get updates far quicker
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAptPupil:
or reflash to the decrypted ROM in the development section
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
except of course you can't flash to the decrypted ROM cos the phones not rooted yet!..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
+1 on that.. always better to go unbranded - you will get more updates and quicker too..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAptPupil:
well I had no problems reflashing my ROM on my Xperia X10 and I never rooted it. You just need to use the flash tool that is also in the Development section
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StickyGeko:
:(

SE have stated simlocked arcs will have locked boot loaders whereas sim free ala cpw p4u and mobiles.co.uk ones will all have unlocked or unlockable bootloaders which opens up the phone for further advancement with the devs
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discos7u:
Thanks all for the comments.

I need to order via Orange - I have a couple of contracts with them and am due for upgrade. None of the retailers can get close to what they have offered me.

I currently have an Orange branded Desire - hence my original question.

I dont really want to flash it (yet) - so back to my original question;

Does anyone actually have an Orange branded Arc and what have they loaded on to it?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StickyGeko:
bit too early for people who buy direct from orange, the reason is that they havent released it yet... officially, i think its only available for upgrades right now
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] travisb:
Orange stores were selling them from last Friday.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discos7u:
OK - well I'll have my Orange supplied Arc with me tomorrow.

So I'll report back and share the love (info) !
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hnupek:
I'm waiting for one as well

the guy on the phone told me it should not be sim locked and branding is questionable, since Gingerbread is new, there's possibility it's not yet branded - only the startup logo..

let's see if it's truth
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imdking:
No way in he(( it's not branded. If you get it through the carrier, it's definitely got the branding!