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[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] AlexVK:
The current non-Sense Android ROMs are actually working perfectly on our HD2s, the biggest problem (for me) is the battery life. WP7 however has some issues on the HD2.

First of all you have to have an SD card that works (correctly) with WP7. Then, if you move to WP7 you will find yourself in a less open environment: less apps, no usb drive option, less control of your phone. You will also lose some Google functionalities you had in Android (Navigation app, sync multiple calendars, maps). You will lose flash support. You will have to call Microsoft for an activation code if you want the live services (access to market apps). This brings a lot of pain in the a$s...

BUT! If your installation is successful you will have a very smooth OS with a great integration of facebook and google contacts synchronization. With Zune software you can synchronize your phone with your movies and music. You will get a pretty good battery life and a fully functioning phone. I flashed a WP7 ROM last week and i think I'll stick with it for a while.

Hope this helps
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Baker0:
Thank you for your help, camera is a big one for me.... Does USB tethering work?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] DemonLoader:
I'll chime in not to necessarily "sell it" but coming from a strictly WinMo background. I have Android on SD, but I've refused to have it as a main OS simply because WM has been everything I needed for years. I'm not an "app"er, could care less about market saturation, as long as I can find, somehow, the tools I need for day to day.

Coming from that background, I decided to give WP7 a go about 2 weeks ago when finally nodo was available to us on HD2. So far its been a double edged sword to me. I miss my openness already. That's my first thoughts. I miss being able to transfer files on the fly and even as simply as move files internally to deep level private folders. In WM6.5 I was to the point of using my phone as a boot-able agent for PC repairs. I would have said I miss syncing directly to Outlook, because for almost 10 years that's where all of my contacts have been stored and backed up, but MS forced me to make an exchange server with Office 2010. I think I'd be damned if I had to move my info online to an external server. Though I did activate my phone to Live, the only cloud service I use is the marketplace. Another thing I miss a lot is Sense, lol I know silly but I absolutely loved that interface.

And what I'm liking about WP7 so far, is one of the main pushes for the phone, that it is a nice neat little interface (though I really wish someone would hack sense into it). Its fast, very fast, and easy to use (which isn't really that big a deal to me because I thrive on difficult and complicated, and used to love having a phone I knew not many people could just pick up and get into), but it is very easy none the less. The marketplace has so far had a ton of apps that I do use almost daily now (which is making it harder for me to think about re-flashing 6.5). Actually the apps are the only things that's keeping me from going back at the moment. I kind of feel like I want to wait for Mango and more hacks so I can have my control back, but damned if I won't miss some of the apps.

Battery life is a bit spotty for me, because I live in a rural area at the moment and if I don't turn on airplane mode when I get home, drain down to nothing in a matter of a hours. I did a test the other day while I was out and had full H and staring from almost 100% went through about 45 min of a 93 min movie from netflix and battery was almost dead. I've learned though, the way I use my phone no matter what OS, I have to charge it all the time anyways.

That's my report, hope it helps ;-)

edit: there is a workaround for tethering with DFrouter but its sort of like the USB Storage workaround.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] ojaidave:
Long time WinMo user that made the switch with NoDo. I haven't shot any photos that required flash, but the photos I have taken with the camera were fine. I got an activation code via chat in 5 minutes or so, so that wasn't and issue. I went through the hassle of formatting my card to allow me to load Android, so when I do need to tether, I have that option.

My biggest complaint so far is the sound is overdriven, which seems to be fixable via registry tweak. In spite of loading Tom's xap, I haven't been able to successfully side-load an app that will let me work the registry a bit. But that's operator error, at some point I'll figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I just checked into NRG's 6.5 thread to see if there was anything new, a habit that will take me a long time to break. At this point, I don't see myself going backwards. I much prefer WP7 over Android, and though there is one app I really miss from WinMo (SplashID), I've found workarounds for the rest. I much prefer the e-mail and calendar interfaces on WP7, and it I'll admit it is kind of nice to have some cool, high graphics games on my day-to-day OS. Having been a smart phone user forever, I'm used to having chargers and battery spares, so battery life isn't much of a consideration for me.

I highly recommend you give it a try. Worst case, you just flash back. Good Luck!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Kritec:
I was in the same boat you are in right now, but there was no way to move away from Android. My love for Android and my loyalty are true to the core. What did I do? I got both. I have 16GB MicroSD Card Class 10 and with sick video guide from 96edwy I now have Dual Boot HTC HD2 running XBmod v1.10 NODO and American Android 2.3.2 !!!

Like everyone else I had my period of "Flash Madness" where I flashed about 5 times a day :rolleyes: but it slowed down few months ago with new job and all. My ultimate solution: I have best of both worlds!!! Nirvana state of mind.... :cool:

I love my Android, but I also love WP7 and right now mobile device gods are smiling on me :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
Well i think everyone has said pretty much everything there is to say, i think all the bad points have been mentioned

all i would say is this,

WP7 is a different OS, its nothing like previous OS platforms on the HD2, you cant compare them as they are for different markets.

I was/am a heavy WM user, WM is a beast of an OS and there is nothing it cant do except games, had Microsoft not been completely shafted by OEMs, QC and the networks, WM would have been a modern day contender, as it is however it may be a beast of an OS but it isnt pretty and its laggy.

I tried Android for quite a while and i just found it fragmented, apart from games which isnt something i use there is little to know benifit over WM, yeah it looks good and is smoother but i just got board with it to be honest. its less functional than WM but is smoother, the UI is not much of an improvment in my opinion.

So i tried WP7, to start with i thought it was crap, very little functionality to the other two, very smooth, but then something odd happened, the UI just grew on me, the intigration of the OS became somthing i thought was great, it took about 2-4 weeks before i suddenly realised i absolutely love the thing, so i tried dropping back to Android for a while and i hated it.

in short, WP7 changes the way in which you use the device, the best and most accurate way of looking at it is, Windows Mobile is the best pocketPC platform out there (not including games) Windows Phone is the best SMARTPHONE out there, there is a difference, i have a second device which runs WM now, im longing for the day someone can port WM to an SD card
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] superpeca:
Yep, couldnt agree more with dazza. WP7 is all about PHONE experience! Most of us are not app freaks and use our PHONE primarily as a communication device, not a gaming platform or a replacement for a compass or a GPS device... All those devices do a better job on their own than any hybrid will so bottom line, WP7 takes me where I wanna be - focused on communicating with people - I can quickly get to my contacts, check what they've been up to, read and send emails and texts, send them a pic or two, surf the web a bit... And no other OS right now does that better, faster and cooler than WP7. Period.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] /b/-TarD:
Only if the battery life is better :( Its only 6 hours from the last full charge and the battery is already down by half :rolleyes:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] ^^rac:
Roxxx

Yeahhh..

I think WP7 on HD2 is awesome!

I also at first thought, that its missing functionality, like file managers, copying files to device and back etc.. The GPS and so on.

But i must say, WP7 is awesome, the integration into Facebook, the browser, the mail client is fantastic. It was not made to be like WM 6.5 etc, this is something on its own....

And it is really growing on all of us :)

Looking forward to the updates, and more software to be added.

We just have to live with the short battery life!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] ^^rac:
Windows Phone Device Manager

Also....

I am not sure if some of you guys have checked this out?

http://www.touchxperience.com/

This is a beta project, and its awesome! Allows custom ringtones, copy files to device and back. This is going to be great.

Try it out! :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] asicman:
Does honeycomb have native support for south asian languages (hindi etc) as yet? I can't test this out. You can try the BBC hindi website.

By native I mean no hacking of the font files.

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ratheen:
Hi

Can anyone port the camera app from honeycomb to froyo or gingerbread?

I have looked around but found nothing, so I just wanted to ask.

Thanks
[Epic 4G General] rjhall:
So by using

adb pull /system/ [destination folder name]

I can pull every file off of my android phone's foreseeable memory, correct? Every time I have flashed or pushed anything through ADB, I never quite understood where things were located or what exactly I'm doing. I feel like pulling every file/directory off of the phone will give me some insight into how the hierarchy works, especially being able to browse it with a GUI.

Am I correct, or is there something I'm missing?
[Epic 4G General] epic4GEE:
I'm not familiar with adb, but a file explorer is an easy way to poke around the file system and learn where things are. Just don't go on a deleting spree and you'll be fine.
[Epic 4G General] rjhall:
I have done that, was just kind of hoping for a better GUI alternative. I'm much faster with a Mouse and Keyboard than I am with a touch screen.

Although attempting to pull a directory has resulted in an interesting problem - when using the command above, it doesn't pull all the files. It pulls some and then stops. Any idea why?
[Epic 4G General] dwallersv:
From your PC, type 'adb shell'. Now you're logged on to your phone in an interactive session with a shell prompt, and can explore from your PC terminal window.

It's linux, so you'll have to learn some linux commands, if you don't know them already. For exploring the filesystem, 'cd' and 'ls' are the main ones you'll need.

Sent from my mind using telepathitalk
[Epic 4G General] rjhall:
Hmm, well I've used adb shell before. Wasn't sure what to do from here, though. Will all linux commands work or just some?
[Epic 4G General] XtaC318:
I believe all the basic commands will work.

cd, ls, mkdir, rmdir, rm, ect,ect.
[Epic 4G General] edonnelly:
I like Droid Explorer:

http://de.codeplex.com/

looks like and works like Windows Explorer, lets you browse both the "phone" storage (system, etc) and the sdcard. Pure GUI.
[Epic 4G General] rjhall:
When I try to cd to any of my directories on my phone, it says access denied. Do I need root? And is there a way to manually gain root with the Epic 4G? I tried the whole one click root BS, it doesn't work - just freezes. I'd rather do it manually anyway, but I can't seem to find a single guide with a comprehensive file list! None of the stickies seemed to match what I was looking for either, or the links were dead.
[General Questions and Answers] vajda:
OK.. HELP!!

So I did a nandbackup.

when installing hboot i got a reboot! (installed it as a zip from my sd card)

after seeing the X logo (with the lock at the bottom), I then saw the android with the orange arrow.. updating.. but it immediately rebooted again with the X logo.

It's now sitting at my desk, X logo on.. nothing happens!

Doesn't response when I click on the power button.

should I pull the battery??

EDIT:

After wiping system, I had to pull the battery and get into ClockwordMod using the volume keys.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murusmaximus:
Only been using it for a few hours, but absolutely no light bleed with a black background at 100% brightness. Speakers are normal too. They may have fixed some of the issues thus far, or maybe I just got lucky. Youtube app ran kind of choppy for me, but the website itself was much better. Loving it thus far. No creaking to speak of either. Will update with any issues if they arise.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Srikar_NBK:
Sounds encouraging. Hope Asus fixed most of the issues, in their subsequent production batches. I ordered yesterday night through Newegg too.

BTW, when did you place the order with Newegg ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swampthing1117:
I just got mine yesterday from best buy. Has tons of backlight bleed on the bottom and a weird very faint light spot somewhere in the middle, and that's at the lowest brightness setting. It has no creaking, but i'm considering returning it to best buy to get the iconia instead. This amount of backlight bleed is nuts, far worse than my nook color.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murusmaximus:
I ordered last week on Friday night I believe. Used 2 day shipping by UPS.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadgetfann:
I honestly don't think it matters when the TF was ordered. I have no creaking and almost zero light bleed and I received mine 2 days after the release date. It seems like the issues are just "luck of the draw" and not related to the batches.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echomatics:
I agree! No creaking and only a very small light bleed issue on 100% brightness. Not enough for me to RMA it. Overall happy with it ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chell24:
I got mine yesturday from best buy. No creaking or audio problems. I do have one small area of light bleed that doesnt really bother me. overall i am very happy with this device.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murusmaximus:
Still going extremely well with the transformer. I think some of the choppiness with streaming video originally was with my router. (Don't buy belkin routers, they're garbage) I was also having choppy video on my iMac yesterday. Went to best buy and picked up an airport extreme. Tablet is flying now on the browser and youtube. The browsing experience is so much more complete compared to my iPad. Haven't had any force closes on the recommended tablet apps, and just 1-2 on my phone apps. Screen quality continues to impress me. Touch screen has been responsive with no lag. Still no light bleed and speakers still good. Plugged in my audio technica headphones, and was blown away. Sound quality is fantastic. Going to transfer some video to the TF and see how it handles it next. Wonder if I could stream netflix using asus's my desktop app or wyse pocket cloud (I think that's what it's called) from my desktop. So far very impressed and happy with my purchase. Cant find a respectable case for this thing though.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hurrpancakes:
I've been contemplating keeping mine. I mean, it's a cool device, but I'm struggling to see the use of it considering I have a cell phone and a laptop. What do you guys use your Transformer for?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chelseatechguy:
hey all! great forum... former se x10 mini user... getting my atrix today!

my main question is: i want to install greyblur after rooting but there are always warnings about not installing it on the BELL version... yet i see, via their signatures, that many bell users have it installed... the guide for greyblur does not have specific instructions for bell, just has big warning in red saying not to install it on bell!

so how do i get it working?? what do i need? i'm pretty handy with android, so no need to have crazy detailed help...

thanks everyone! looking forward to learning more and more about this great device!!

ryan
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raybond25:
See the thread called "SBF/root/deodex 2.1.1 SBF" or something along those lines (in this forum). In order to get greyblur/GingerBlur working on a bell phone you have to flash an international SBF file. Right now the most current is 2.1.1, a generic SBF (leaked from France). Just be warned that flashing this will void your warranty. However, it hasn't caused any issues itself and wont CAUSE anything on your device to fail at all, if you get into trouble its most likely just bad luck with hardware and if you REALLY need to return your phone there is a general way to make it seem like you've gone back to stock, that you can do with the help of forum members here if needed.

Not trying to scare you off, I've done this myself. I'm just making sure you understand the risks. Hope this post helps you understand what you're getting into and where to go for further info.

Also, this should be in Q&A section, not dev.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chelseatechguy:
not scared at all! thanks for the PERFECT response!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chelseatechguy:
ok, i'm going through the steps but for some reason the x64 drivers won't install (yes i have 64-bit windows.). says this:

"The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation."

i assumed they weren't required.

nothing happens when i run rds before plugging in phone. when i reboot the phone, i see the rds protocol message, i run rds on my pc, plug in the phone and nothing happens....

thoughts?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChongoDroid:
I know nothing about windows sorry bruvva

I do know that once you are running a p rom pretty much everything becomes compatible

Sent from my Googletron
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raybond25:
well the drivers do need to be installed, you can find the necessary drivers in an executable package here although i can't tell you whether admin restrictions will block that too. might be easiest to find a PC where you can do stuff as an admin depending on your current system's configs.

once drivers are installed your PC will recognize device when in RSD mode.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GibMcFragger:
I would assume that the login on your comp is not set as an administrator. You have to be logged on as an administrator to modify system files or drivers in windows.

You could also try right clicking the usb driver installation exe and choose "run as administrator".

Sent from my Cool Blue Atrix on Bell using the XDA Premium App.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrenet:
Hey :)

Regarding the Win 64 driver, I had the same issue, until I realised the link given in the thread about 2.1.1/Greyblur for the driver lead to a corrupted file (~ 500 kb) even using a download manager. I downloaded them from elsewhere (Motorola Website) and the error message disappeared without having anything else to do.

Hope that helps!

Guillaume
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chelseatechguy:
Actually got the whole thing going a while back... sorry for not checking back!

I am officially enamoured by this phone......... the start of a beautiful and complex relationship ...

And yeah, I suspected that it had something to do with corrupt file... tried a few diff sites but all seemed the same... eventually tried a diff usb port and it worked... :-)
[LG Revolution] qipengart:
Verizon's third 4G Android smartphone is out today. I think that it is worth having a separate for development here, eh?
[LG Revolution] navycow:
I second this request
[LG Revolution] jxcgunrunna:
I agree. This is a solid phone.
[LG Revolution] ciaphuas:
I also agree to it's own forum
[LG Revolution] stetsonaw:
agreed, especially with the fact that it's rooted now, def needs an area here!
[LG Revolution] MXFrodo195:
How hard was it to root? Was the bootloader unlocked or just an easy unlock?

I was trying to decide between the Thunderbolt and the Revolution(not a samsung fan).
[LG Revolution] qipengart:
LG doesn't seem or want to lock anything down! Hurrah!
[LG Revolution] tryceo:
How is the battery life on that phone compared to the thunderbolt? Better, worse, or indistinguishable?
[LG Revolution] qipengart:
This device was so easily rooted. Time for the custom ROM's for this device...
[LG Revolution] stetsonaw:
Windows ADB Root Method

Speaking of easily rooted...

Remember, I am not at fault if you brick your phone, now, proceed.

I updated the Rootzwiki page with the same info found below for rooting via Windows... see the rootzwiki for the Linux steps.

Busybox actually comes installed by LG on the Revo, how awesome is that??

Download the rageagainstthecage binary

Download the SU binary

Move these files to the same directory your adb.exe is in.

Open Command prompt (either use the Windows Key+R and type cmd or start/run, then type cmd)

32-bit users: >cd c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools

64-bit users: >cd c:\program files (x86)\android\android-sdk\platform-tools

Or >cd (whatever directory adb is in)

>adb devices (verifies you are connected)

>adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/temp/rage

(if the above command fails due to read-only, type 'adb user' then 'adb root' to validate root status, then 'adb devices' again to verify connection)

>adb push su /data/local/temp/rage

>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/temp/rage

>adb shell ./data/local/temp/rage

>adb shell

#mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p12 /system

#busybox cp /data/local/temp/su /system/bin/su

#chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

Verify the file is in place w/correct permissions

#cd /system/bin

#ls -l *su

-rwsr-sr-x root	root	26248 2011-05-29 01:09 su

(permissions	name	access	filesize	date time filename)

At this point, you may way to remove the files you put in /data/local/temp (optional):

#rm /data/local/temp/su

#rm /data/local/temp/rage

continue with commands

#reboot

Download and install SuperUser from the Market

Thanks Zennmaster, _mrbirdman_ for finding the linux routes and birdman for helping me out!

One the Revo gets its own section, I'll post this there.
[LG Revolution] thebum2323:
I totally agree
[LG Revolution] qipengart:
Does SuperOneClick rootig method work on this particular device?
[LG Revolution] stetsonaw:
From what i've been told, yes it does... newest version using the gingerbreak exploit. (gingerbreak app does not work)

Or you can do it the long way...

LG Revolution Root the Windows ADB way
[LG Revolution] qipengart:
Played with this device and actually thinking about procuring it. After all, since rooting is so easy, wifi tethering should be easy to procure and with 4G blazing fast.
[LG Revolution] maggio08005:
An answer would do me great justice....thanks!

We want a section for the lg revolutionaires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:d:d:d:d:d
[LG Revolution] svetius:
Revolution section likely coming soon. It's "likely" and not "definite" because we're still trying to determine whether there's enough interest towards this device.
[LG Revolution] crt_ben:
That's good to hear! I will voice my support for a Revolution forum. I'm loving the device so far - it's a solid phone that seems to be more than the sum of it's specs, and honestly I like the hardware build more than my OG Droid.