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[Desire HD General] dlads:
Hi all,

I have an issue after i re install a rom (namely Coredroid because it's pretty much the only one i like these days, version 6, presently 6.8)

Anyway, I install the rom after a full wipe of data, cache and dalvic then I get all my apps back from the market and then attempt to switch the gingerbread keyboard on, so i go to Language and keyboard and highlight the gingerbread keyboard and then back out of it until i'm back to my desktop, i open up a text field, usually Handcent but i've used Google search and email too, then hold the field to get to input method, highlight Gingerbread keyboard and then it works perfect, however when i get back to my desktop i cannot move anything, Home key works and so do the other three keys on the main part of the phone but the screen won't swipe at all, i have to reset the phone in order to get it to work again.

I've tried to use different search fields and i've tried different settings within the gingerbread menu but nothing has seemed to work.

Any ideas on this would be good, it's a persistent problem and i've only had it on coredroid however i did ask about it in the thread but got told that they don't deal with third party apps, so here i am.

Cheers.
[Desire HD General] naira1:
Try "Fix permission". this should resolve the issue....it did for me
[Desire HD General] dlads:
Ahhh ok, i usually do that after i've done all the apps and such, i'll give it a whirl next time i install a CD rom or otherwise, thanks man, don't know why i hadn't thought of that :confused:

Cheers.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Bigsxy007:
Hi

I currently have w7 on my htc hd2 and im trying to revert back to win 6.5.

ive downloaded this stock rom RUU_Leo_TMO_UK_1.43.110.2_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_.

Phone booted into USB Flasher (Hold Power down, Option 5, End call Button.

But it sits at Wait Usb....USB and doesnt move.

What am i doing wrong??

Please help?

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] reeg420:
You need to enter bootloader. Shutdown phone and power on while holding volume down. It will be the tri color screen. Attach USB then run 6.5 rom update
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] tictac0566:
Another option would be to flash the ROM via SD card method.

This way, everything will be set back to factory status.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
indeed, you should always use SD method when going back to stock, it will correct most issues and will bring your phone back to how it was when you got it, remember to install HSPL again if you intend to tinker with it some more, SD flash will remove Magldr and HSPL and will also change the radio, spl and ROM

search the forums for how to SD flash, theres plenty of them, infact most of them would have came up in the "suggestions of previously started threads" box when you make this thread!:rolleyes:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] timmymarsh:
flashing via bootloader is more reliable, sometimes flashing via sd image is not recognised.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
More reliable but less effective ;)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] timmymarsh:
lol, says you ;)

ive had issues previously releasing the keys at a certain time to get the "image" to be recognised, but it does work.

Call me old fashioned, but ive been flashing via bootloarder for many years, sometimes old habits are hard to beat lol

Anyway, both work, take your choice :)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] nani.chaos:
Hi to all,

I am a noob , i tried to install Android on my HTC HD2 TMO(US) , but after all the Installation i was getting an Error 1E Fatal Error , i am trying to atleast revert back to Windows 6.5, so i downloaded the Official ROM Upgrade from the WebSite the name is T-Mobile_HD2_MR_Software_2.13.531.1.exe and it installed properly without any errors, but all i can see is White Screen Now, does this Installation include OS also or should i install windows 6.5 seperately, please help me

thank you
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] krylon360:
Can someone please give me a list of several apps that can be removed. Going to put them into a script for 1ClickRoot+CWMRedirect.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
Drive Safe, Think Free Office, T-Mobile TV and Google Talk are confirmed as safe,

My Account and My device are possibly safe, some have had problems where it causes force closes but can be resolved with a battery pull.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yogi2010:
Nevermind..... I'll report back later if I have anything more useful to post here, haha.

Sent from my SGH-T839
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] brenix:
All of these may not be suitable for every user, but here are all the apps I've removed to slim down the stock bloat that is on the phone. I've not encountered any FC's or issues after removing these..

This was taken from Titanium backup so I don't have the apk names...sorry

Alarm and Clocks

Allshare

AppPack

Backup

com.google.android.feedback

com.logmein.rescue

com.logmein.rescuesecurity

com.samsung.app.playreadyui

com.sec.android.screencapture

Drivesmart

Drivesmart system

DRM Content

DRM Content Launcher

Dual Clock

Error

Files

Latin Input Method Tutorial

Live wallpapers Picker

Magic Smoke Wallpapers

Media Hub

Media Room TNW

Mini Diary

Music Visualization Wallpapers

My Account

My Uploads

Print Via Bluetooth

Samsung Account

Setup Wizard

StickyMessageWidget

Swype

T-Mobile Device Carbon

T-Mobile TV

Task Manager

Telenav GPS Navigator

Thinkfree Office

Tips & Tricks

Wifi Calling
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Hello,

I have a sincere and honest question. I came to a conclusion but I hope I am wrong...:(

- I notice that several months after WP7's launch there is still no official Google Maps app, still no official YouTube app, still no Google Earth app, almost no GPS navigation apps with offline maps.

- All the non official Google Maps alternatives created by third party developers are pretty slow. I asked some developers why, and have been replied that the main reason is that

Microsoft forces them to use the apparently sophisticated but very slow Bing map system

based on Silverlight (for zooming). As a result the map image takes between 30 seconds to 1 full minute to display on my phone (what a shame). I tested and compared with two iPhone and Android phones using Google Maps, same place, same network, the map image appear in less than 10 seconds.

- Today Shape Services, the developer of IM+ announced that it will not have Windows Live Messenger support because

Microsoft doesn’t allow it

.

http://www.wpcentral.com/im-will-not-support-windows-live-messenger

Therefore I am starting to wonder why I cannot have Google Maps on my phone. Why so many GPS developers (such as CoPilot or Tom Tom) refuse to join WP7. Or why IM+ cannot have Windows Live Messenger support.... ??

And unfortunately my conclusion is that MS are maybe taking this terrible approach:

* MS refuse to allow apps that they think will duplicate functionality,

* Mainly MS actually want to impose their own services, such as Live Messenger, Skydrive, Bing and Bing Map, despite such services are either not available or mediocre in certain territories. In particular I am thinking of Bing Map which is so bad that it is almost unusable outside UK and US.

Microsoft have the right to take this kind of Apple's approach, ok. But then, as a customer, I would like to know it as soon as possible.

--> Practically does it mean that if I am using WP7 I will be forced to use Bing Map instead of Google Maps, MSN videos instead of YouTube, Bing instead of Google search, etc?

--> Practically does it mean that, as a customer, I will not have the choice between several alternative apps having similar functionality, just because MS will not allow them? For instance, does it mean I will never have the right to use an alternative Keyboard (Swype for instance) instead of the keyboard MS force me to use?

For instance does it mean that there will be no alternative player than Zune? (which also means no DivX|avi, the customer being bound to the only codecs MS will allow)

If so, I would like to know, because it's a weird philosophy, and a philosophy which I am definitely not ready to accept anytime soon... I don't want WP7 to be a new IPhone, even more locked down, with no freedom of choice at all...

Especially if I am totally not satisfied with the quality and efficiency of the various MS services such as Bing.

I probably made the wrong choice after WinMo and was maybe silly to stay loyal to MS.

Am I wrong?

Any clue?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dyskmaster:
It is google blocking its services from microsoft. They want android to succeed so they dont even give us the code for a youtube app (they gave it to apple for the origional iphone) let alone a google maps. Half of that is pure speculation so don't quote me on it but u try to watch a video in the stock YouTube app (the one in the market made by microsoft) and tell me how it looks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
Not sure why you are surprised, MS has made it clear that WP7 is going to be more tightly controlled than WM was but even then, they are not as draconian as you think. There is a gps program with offline maps available in Germany, Navigon. They have been asked several times if/when their program would be available elsewhere and their response seemed to indicate they were waiting for more users to come on board before releasing it.

As for youtube, MS recently filed a complaint in Europe against google claiming they are not allowing MS the proper access to deliver a better youtube experience. Even then, you have Supertube and Lazytube so I'm not sure what else is needed.

As for google maps, thats a google product and unless it is required that all mapping programs use bing (which is not the case, check GPS Navigator aSpass http://wmpoweruser.com/gps-navigator-aspass-provides-off-like-gps-map-caching/) that is up to google to make available. Swype wont be happening, been said a few time if I recall correctly.

Seems this time around MS it keeping a tight reign on certain categories of applications to ensure WP7 gives a consistent user experience. Just another factor to consider before purchasing a WP7 device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Thanks for your replies,

So, i understand that WP7 will never have any official YouTube app or any official Google Maps app in the near future.

I can deal with LazyTube/SuperTube to replace YouTube

I cannot deal without the official Google Maps app, as all the other maps are too slow and too basic (no PoI, no Street View, etc).

And what about the fact that Microsoft refuses that Shape Services includes Windows Live Messenger support in IM+

And mainly, what about the fact that it seems almost impossible on WP7 to have:

- an alternative keyboard

- an alternative browser

- an alternative media player?

Whatever IE mobile is ok, whatever the WP7 keyboard is correct, it is a

question of choice

.

What about if people would like to use Swype instead of the regular WP7 keyboard, or Opera instead of IE?

At least would it be just possible to use such alternative programs? Or is MS' approach to forbid any alternative app?
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
That would be fine only if services proposed by Microsoft were available worldwide (which is not the case) and were decent (which is not the case).
[Windows Phone 7 General] gremmmy:
Well about the browser, I can't remember where I read it, but MS said that they are not blocking any browser application (Surfcube is a example)
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrew-in-woking:
Newness and Nokia

Hi all

I think that the problems and limitations of WP7 are to do with the fact that it is a new OS. The Mango update will bring a lot of APIs which developers will use to make better applications.

Also, I don't think Microsoft will let WP7, or any of it's main products, fall far behind the competition and I think that part of the deal with Nokia is to bring better mapping/navigation software to WP7 specifically.

Android has clearly had a lot more investment but in a couple of years WP7 will be a serious competitor.

Cheers

andrew-in-woking
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
You've expressed your issues with Bing Maps a lot here but as I said before Microsoft is probably waiting on Ovi Maps to integrate into the OS to make the services useful outside of the US/UK. So I think your frustration will last a little while.

As for Google services I would guess it's more about Google not being interested in WP7 at the moment and Microsoft being happy to have that pretext to promote Bing. It's a new OS so I'm sure that will change eventually. Also remember Microsoft filed a complaint about Google so I might not be too far off.

Copilot, Tom Tom, etc. not being there is just about them not seeing the point with a small user base, that should change too eventually.

Now choice I'm afraid will stay limited. I think clearly WP7 wants to be somewhere between Android and iOS but much closer to iOS (for now at least). I think they will want the OS to mature before allowing alternative solutions (Opera and Skyfire came a while later on iOS). So yes I think you bought the wrong phone as I doubt all this will change in the short term and maybe Android is what you need until WP7 is a strong player.

Personally I'm happy the way things are as WP7 aims to be an OS about integration and that's harder to make when there's too much choice. I'm annoyed about IM+ not having WLM messenger but after Mango that would have been redundant (I would have preferred to have it until Mango, they could have removed it later). Ideally they should be aiming to integrate all IM services to messaging (a huge task). Same goes for other services.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Casey_boy:
Surfcube is still IE at its core though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
That's not completely correct. Surfcube - just like other browsers available on the marketplace - is built upon the IE engine. So all that's different from IE is the UI on top of the engine. Currently it's impossible to provide browsers with other engines like Opera for example due to the lack of APIs. I don't know whether this will change with mango or not.

As a matter of fact, Microsoft is at least partly going a way Apple has been going with their products for years. If you want a mobile device with an OS that you can tweak to your personal desires, you should go for an Android.
[Windows Phone 7 General] hardcoreplur:
Remember, APIs for wp are in their infancy, mango will extend them, who knows how much. But a company like Microsoft push out they first party app and services first is fine with me. If they work right, I won't have to look for an app that does the exact same thing. I love the fact that I don't have to load a crappy Facebook app just to post one thing, or having a built-in upload to Facebook in the camera. And now with the new APIs with integrating apps into different hubs and apps, should "save us from our phones" more. :)

And for IM+ it could be API isn't available for Live messager.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I'm afraid we won't see any Google Maps before Ovi integration with Bing.

As for browsers all available now are just IE with different UI.

I remember Opera saying they are not interested in making a browser right now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pillsburydoughman:
no loss there, who uses windows live anyway? I spent an hour on the phone a couple of days ago trying to explain to one of my computer illiterate friends how to use it. I eventually had to install it with him and discovered the incredibly horrible and terrible UI.. won't miss it one bit.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
That's the most used IM client worldwide.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Why didn't you just have him go to www.live.com?

And as stated, its the most used IM in the world. Skype is second.
[Windows Phone 7 General] truffle1234:
skype will have Microsoft logo soon..... and it will be on WP7 included in the OS...

and as someone said Windows live massanger is the most used IM in the world..
[Windows Phone 7 General] revrak:
if the idea is to impose their own services they wouldnt have allowed flory (gtalk) and they would reject im+ (for using icq, gtalk, and many other non ms services).

if this was the idea they would have rejected shazam encore, since they are going to implement the same service.

unfourtunately i suspect that the issue with wlm is the deal they made with miyowa

as you can see they talk about a a "deal" between miyowa and microsoft for wlm

http://blog.miyowa.com/?p=1118

just search more posts and you can see they mention multiple times have some sort of agreement...

i know its far fetched but i think its more likely that the agreement they made included exclusivity until ms made their own native app. IMO this sounds more reasonable than not allowing duplicated functionality

edit:

personally i hate this, i would like to uninstall the miyowa app (its crap) and use im+ while we wait for native wlm.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
You might have a point there as everything gets dropped except Miyoma Messenger which is so crap I'd rather not have WLM rather than using it. They should be banned from making another app ever again.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Or it may be with the way IM+ implemented WLM functionality. This could've taken some reverse engineering.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
And don't forget that just-added official Evernote app, which kind of directly competes with the OneNote/SkyDrive/Mesh combo (and currently beats it, IMO).
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
I know it's offtopic, but I'm interested in what makes Evernote better for you than OneNote. The only thing I consider really better is Evernote's UI. But the way it handles notes is not as good as OneNote does in my opinion. I cannot embed pictures from the library for example. And pictures taken with the camera are embedded full size with no option to scale them down. I hope they'll add more features in future. Until then I still prefer OneNote.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
There are several reasons, actually.

Evernote provides a free PC-based note editor, where OneNote will require me to upgrade to Office 2010 (and then again, and again) in order to edit notes on my PC. Yes, there is the web-based OneNote editor, but I find it kind of cumbersome to try to use it.

I (slightly) prefer the UI of Evernote to OneNote on my phone. It doesn't require me to start on a tile-based list, and when I look at my notebooks, I can see how many notes are in each.

I like the ability to share a notebook (to be fair, I don't know if OneNote/SkyDrive offers this, but if it does, it wasn't nearly as obvious as using the Shared tab in the PC Evernote editor).

I like the Evernote email interface. I can send anything to that email address, and a new note gets generated. I even sent a OneNote note to it, and it essentially copied the note for me :).

If I upgrade to the premium Evernote service, I have the ability to return to a previous version of a note if I need to (do any of the upgraded SkyDrive packages offer this?).

And finally (and this is a fairly minor edge, but still worth noting for me), Evernote is cross-platform, so I can set up and maintain my wife's account on her Blackberry without having to remember two different sets of rules (and she loves Evernote:)).

I do agree about the image scaling issue, but you are (slightly) mistaken about the ability to embed pictures from the phone's library. If you view a photo in the Pictures hub, and select Share..., one of the options is upload to Evernote. When you select this option, it creates a new note and embeds the photo, and you can then edit it. It isn't the perfect solution, but it does work. And, of course, there are some nice image resizing tools out there, which would let you create a smaller copy of the image before embedding it ;).

Still, I agree that OneNote's handling of images is better, but that isn't a high priority issue for me. The other benefits of Evernote make it my first choice. For now. Things could obviously change when Mango is released.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
Alright, every single point you made seems valid and reasonable. Thank you for pointing that out. :) But are you sure about the thing that it requires OneNote 2010? I mostly use OneNote on my netbook, which actually is 2010. But at home I use Office 2007. Gotta try if that really ain't supported. If so, it's a damn shame.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmariconda:
i am not sure if this is the right place for this but i am confused on something.

i am going to install cyanogen on my mytouch 4g and i was reading the wiki

the wiki says after you root it, it will be S-off but then it says that you have to

flash the radio to have S-off.

If my phone works fine can i just root it and install cyanogen? do i have to flash the radio?

thanks,
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
If you read our development section, you'll see a thread in regards on how to root your phone. It mentions nothing about s-off needing a radio. If you temp root, then turn s-off, you will not "need" a new radio.
[Desire General] Bengaal:
sorry if this is posted already.......

Hopefully we will get the update next week, or the week after.....

http://translate.google.com/transla...5/update-htc-desire-begint-volgende-week.html

translated from dutch
[Desire General] k3lcior:
The update of the Desire to Android Gingerbread will probably start late next week.

:p
[Desire General] RealyPssd:
Sounds good :)
[Desire General] Lothaen:
htc said on fb that they would give status updates next week or so - do you think its a misunderstanding?
[Desire General] martijndutch:
Now I'm running an s-off custom rom with CM7 HBOOT. What should I do to get that update? WOuld:

1) Flash the original partition table

2) Restore my NAND from my original image

that be enough? Or does HTC detect that the phone is still rooted etc.?
[Desire General] AndroidJaspie:
Sounds good but I only believe it when i've seen it.
[Desire General] PlayPetepp:
Don't do any of the above. Just wait 'till your favorite dev includes those updates into your favorite cm7 hboot rom. Should happen just few days after htc releases it.

Smashed with my RCMix S loaded HTC Desire.
[Desire General] Bengaal:
It could be of course, But tweakers.net is a really trustfull website in the netherlands....

SO I hope it is true:p
[Desire General] Meaple:
Updates might start rolling out for non branded handsets but for all of us who are on contract and want the official update. Enjoy waiting for your carrier to release it.
[Desire General] reaper7881:
Aww I have last exams next week

Lol I got to wait till Friday
[Desire General] eBookworm42:
HTC is very slow with pushing updates, and even after few months all you get is a crippled memory squished update. Update is almost every day with InsertCoin ROM...
[Desire General] mistaliu:
+1 the devs will include it soon after release and once they do their roms are better than stock, just hold out for a little bit
[Desire General] lunoma:
Go to alpharev.nl and to the table and download the last one called Bravo_Downgrader.img. Basically the S-off has like a seal on it, so this will unlock it. Then flash an official RUU to unroot it and restore the bootloader to stock. That's what I did, I chose the WWE Froyo one. I think you should be able to then flash your nandroid backup by renaming it PB99IMG.zip (make sure it's not PB99IMG.zip.zip!) and reboot into bootloader and it should extract it.
[Desire General] dexter93:
Can't wait for a kernel source... I WANT IT NOW!!!!

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] Terepin:
That's the reason why I will never EVER buy and Android smartphone on contract!

Your understanding of how things are working is deeply below zero.
[Desire General] reaper7881:
Only buy android phones from Google is u want fast updates
[Desire General] Thermaltake868:
Can't wait update, so excited.