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[Samsung Infuse 4G] iphone4:
I know Samsung limits the charging on the infuse but is there a certain charger that is faster than the default?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hoofadoo:
I heard if you plug it in and hold it in your left hand, stand on your right leg, and sing the Macarena, it charges much faster
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Optimus-Prime:
TRUE! move your hips harder to gain faster charge.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Kif420:
Sweet!! Cant wait to try!!

Grapes
[Samsung Infuse 4G] antuus:
Use your iphone4 charger......:cool:
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Artimus009:
I just plug it in and leave it in a cup of water on my night table....

My bad-ass Infuse
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hoofadoo:
:eek: you too?!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] apallohadas:
Pfffft. Everybody knows you're supposed to use vodka.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] invizo:
U need to buy a rapid AC USB adapter

I have a rapid car charger and it works faster than my stock AC one. In your local radioshack they have a rapid charger made by enercell that will do the trick, but its designed for the iPhone and includes the apple sync cable.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Optimus-Prime:
Vodka... obviously you haven't tried tequila...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Artimus009:
I used to use 30yr old single malt.but my wife would yell at me when I did.

My bad-ass Infuse
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hoofadoo:
Lets get fancy and go with some courvoisier...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
I put mine near my laptop fan output area. The heat helps charge it fast.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Optimus-Prime:
you should put it on a pan on a stove at medium high. will be charged with in about 20 to 30 mins.

salt lightly.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tyshemi:
Um microwaves do it the best
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jesi.james:
Don't forget the pepper and chilli powder, more spice, more bang for your buck
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bassistguy:
What you want to do is plug it in (using your iphone charger) while holding it in your left hand, then stand on your right leg, then sing the Macarena, while moving your hips around. Then, unplug it, and leave it in a cup of water on your night table (vodka, tequila, 30 year old malt liquor, or courvoisier will work as well). After an hour or so, place it near your laptop fan output area (the heat helps to charge it faster at this point). After about 15 minutes, put it on a pan on your stove at medium high for about 20 to 30 minutes. You can salt lightly (for added charge, add some pepper and chilli powder). At this point, microwave on high for about 2 minutes. Your phone should be fully charged (and then some) by this point!

I actually heard this from my friend's mom's cousin's neice's friend's uncle's cat, who visits this thread quite often!

:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Before I posted this, I did some searches, did some reading, and then hit myself with a big stick repeatedly for you just to get that out of the way!:D

First, I am old.

Second, I am new to the smart phones.

I have a HTC HD2 from T-Mobile. I was not able to get into the Android Market, and was wondering what I was doing wrong. First thing I read was about a SD card. I looked, and, Nope no SD card. So I will be going to pick one up tomorrow, what size would be best? Then I read about moving the Android file to the SD card. I looked and could not find a Android File. Hmmmmm. If there is a Android File, where would it be?

Here are the stats for my phone, maybe I can't load Android, I don't know.

It has Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional,

the OS Version is 5.2.21913,

Manial version is 2.5.20181424.0

ROM version is 3.14.531.1 WWE

ROM Date is 09/29/2010

Radio Version 2.15.50.14

Protocol version is 15.42.50.11U

I really like the phone, but thought it would be nice to get some nice apps from the android store. Any help, and advice is more than welcome Just don't tell me to sell the HTC and buy a Jitterbug phone!!

Thanks again, Bob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] icke:
TMO US or EU?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
This is the US version my carrier is T-Mobile.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
to speak about what a good sd card it would really be useful if we knew how you use your phone. if you store a lot of files/folders/pics/roms etc on your sd card and transfer them often to your computer i would suggest buying a 8gb class 6 or higher but if you dont store a ton of info on your sd card and dont transfer your files over often you could get away with a 4gb class 2-4. you can get them on ebay really cheap, i found a 8gb class 10 for under $15 but if you buy a sd card off ebay make sure you test the card because there are a lot of sellers out there that have a memory hack which will make the sd card say its a 8gb when really its only a 3-4gb. i have not had that problem with any name brand like sandisk, trancend, pny, kingston or samsung.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Thanks for the info.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
talking about apps i would start with appmonster..free on the market. it will backup your apks onto your sd card which i find very useful.

1 way i find cool apps is by looking at some of the icon requests. people wouldnt request an icon for something they dont find useful so i think thats a good starting point. another way is by going to the market on your pc, found here. i like it a lot better because i feel you can view it better, quicker plus you can hit the install button and it will install it directly to your phone.

i could give a breif list of some apps i like but what i like and what you like may differ greatly. there are apps that suggest other apps based on what you have installed but right this second i cant remember the name. i will try & find out and edit this post when i do.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
AppAware found here

Appsfire found here

Best Apps Market found here

all of these apps will show you some of the best apps found on the market. it can be a bug to sort through some apps that are really a waste of space.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
Hiya Bob,

...a Jitterbug phone, huh? I think you're even older than me. :) As long as you're not too old to learn a few new tricks then... you shouldn't have any problems. You're going to have to have some patience and take your time if, by your own admission... you're new to smartphones. You have A LOT of reading to do.

If I'm understanding this correctly - You don't have an Android phone yet. You have a stock (as opposed to customized) T-Mobile HD2. It natively runs WM6.5, and ships with an eight or sixteen MB SD card already installed. It's not an Android phone. YOU would have to install the Android OS onto the phone first. No wonder you didn't have access to the Android market. If you're in the USA - your HD2 would have had the Transformers movies, and a number of demo WM apps & games, installed on the SD card. The fact that you don't have an SD card installed doesn't really matter. I would guess you bought yours pre-owned from some idiot who kept the card and didn't provide a copy.

(as an aside), I bought my USA HD2 pre-owned also. The seller (I'm guessing) kept the 16MB card, but at least he provided a 8MB card with all the files copied over. --- You're not missing anything that you can't get back. Much of it 'junk' but the movies are pretty cool.

I see you've already had some reco's on what to buy for an SD. Depending upon your media needs, I'd suggest at least, an 8MB card. I replaced mine with a 16MB class 4 card. It's working well.

Personally... I flashed my own HD2 with one of the custom WM6.5.x ROMs on this site. It's far better than the stock phones ROM. The only thing that can't run is the Blockbuster app (for silly reasons I can't get into here). What I really wanted was to be able to run the Netflix app... and this was accomplished by installing one of the Android SD ROM versions. It took me some time and research to understand just how... but it's all do-able.

I'm assuming you're going to keep your HD2 as a Windows mobile phone (although you don't necessarily have to). You could flash your HD2 with an Android NAND ROM... but that would wipeout Windows Mobile, and I wouldn't suggest that route for you just yet. Installing Android on an SD card isn't difficult... and it works a trick! But you do have some reading to do. Have fun with it. -Rob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Thanks for the reply Rob, Yes, I am new to smart phones, but am open to learning. I got the phone through T-Mobile, it was a refurb unit, and there was no SD card. It did have the Transformer movies on it.

I will be picking up a SD card probably tomorrow, I will be going with a 16MB.

So from what I have understood so far, is that the phone is not a android, and currently runs on a windows platform. So could I install Android on the SD card and keep windows also? What system would be running? I guess there is a lot to learn, but I am recently retired, and have nothing but time. If you have anything you suggest I should read, let me know.

Bob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
thats correct, its winmo by default. i would take a look at this post which will explain all you need to know about flashing android to your htc hd2. also you can install RunDroid found here which will allow you to dualboot into either winmo or android from your sd.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
(I'm guessing again - and I'm curious), If you see an icon in the Start Menu for Transformers... that's only a link to open the movies... that's not actually the movies themselves... but see for yourself. Click the link. What happens? The movies themselves are 1.3 and 1.4GB (gigabytes) and are stored on the SD card. If you have no SD card from TMOUS, where are the actual movie files? In RAM? In ROM? I don't think so... Let me know. :)

I'm a long time WM user and I won't yet give up WM6.5. I like it a lot and need it. I still activesync everything with my Outlook desktop, running XP on the PC. I haven't yet migrated to Windows 7 (and don't plan to for a while). WP7 on the handheld doesn't do it for me, but I wanted to try Android.

It IS very different from WM, and I'm still not entirely comfortable with it but I am comfortable with technology and so it's an ongoing somewhat fun learning experience. Android DOES have some strong advantages...

I think (guessing again - but I'm pretty certain) that Android would be at its absolute best running from NAND... but then, goodbye WM. And I'm not willing to completely rely on Android for my needs. Besides, I really do enjoy having my HD2 be a WM phone AND an Android phone, depending upon what I choose to do ATM. So if like me... you're unwilling to completely give up windows mobile, your only choice would be to run it from the SD card. I can only suggest that you start reading the Android subforums; specifically the HD2 Android SD Development forum.

Android would boot via Magldr or via a dual boot program like Exceller (which I use), from inside of windows mobile... you'll have to read-up on these things. Speed isn't a problem. It runs very well & fast. The only downside to SD is that battery life isn't the greatest. But so what? Get yourself one or two spare batteries. The upside is that you have two OS's... you get to have your cake and eat it too (if you know what I mean).

Rob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Thanks for the links, the Dualboot is what I thought might be involved. I will start reading in the morning!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Rob,

When I first got my HD2, I had it for about four months, and started having some issues with it. I had watched the movies on it, but when I sent it back I must have sent the SD card with it. I am new to this remember!! When I try to bring the movie up it says file not found. Surprise, it was on the SD card.

I will keep windows also, and run the Android on the SD card. I don't do a lot of fancy stuff on my HD2, but am still learning.

Bob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htccraze:
also with RunDroid you can keep many different android (sd) roms on your sd card and can choose at random which android you would like to boot. i would check out this link, it will show you all the android roms found here on XDA. i find it a lot more easier to look at instead of trying to go through countless pages and reading about each rom. the link will give you some basic info about each one like if its a sd or nand version, when it was posted/updated, if it has sence or not & some other info that could be useful.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
+1 (what I used) Great suggestion!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Thanks, The reading will start today, it may take some time, but I feel I will get there.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
...and just a clarification. I'd also used HTC HD2 Android Roms/Builds, as a good place to compare and research different Android offerings. Ultimately, I went with what appeared to be the most widely used SD ROM. I don't know if it's the best one (that's always a personal choice born of trial and experience)... but it seems to work well. Honestly, I'm just getting my feet wet with Android. Not yet up to running multiple OS's on my card... maybe one of these days, so haven't yet tried Rundroid. I have flashed a number of different WM 6.5 roms. For me, WM is easy. I'm finding Android - on the surface, a lot of fun, but under the hood... I'm still somewhat dazed and confused. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
All the links and suggestions have been a big help, I am still reading at this point. One other question I have is, when I start to install the Android ROM, if I screw up can I still just do a hard reset to be able to start over? I don't really have anything on the phone other than phone numbers. Basicly I have been using it as a phone, and light internet news browsing.

Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
ROM's on the SD card, installation is on the SD card, so don't worry about hard resetting the phone... and even if you had to, it's all pretty easy. No worries. Read-up on dual booting and format the card prior to starting the process.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Thanks Rob, just got back from picking up a SD card, wound up getting a 8MB, no 16's in the store. Do I format the card on the phone or my PC? I assume the phone.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
FAT32 on the PC.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DopeRolla:
struggling

Hi there im a noob and hav a problem that is stressing me out,

I have a hd2 on 02 but open to all networks,

has the same software version as Bobs winmo

i am currently running gingerbread from sd and have been for a short while.:)

i dont like the winmo OS at all so use android more often than not and now for some reason when i try to access sms it wont let me at all, constantly says force close for some reason??? any help would be appreciated.

also im a little curious to what nand is?

I am pretty much stuck :confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Thanks again Rob,. It has been a while since I formatted a hard drive, but found it on the PC. I also found under tools on the HD2 a "Format SD Card" app, thats why I asked if I should do it on the phone or not.

Also, I have found the thread that talks about the Android Loader V6.0, and the Exceller Bootloader. I followed the link for the Exceller and never did get a download. I did get the Android Loader downloaded to my PC until I need it. Will I have to have the Android loaded to the phone first or should I install the Bootloader first? Don't want to mess up and have to do this all over again!

Thanks again for your help. Bob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
NAND is a type of ROM.

... text below is excerpted from this article Here.

...Built-in storage, or main memory, as it commonly referred to, comes in two flavors: ROM and RAM.

ROM. ROM is short for read-only memory. It refers to a memory chip that permanently stores instructions and data, without requiring power. Its contents are written, or "burned," onto the chip at the time of manufacture, but cannot be changed thereafter, hence the name read-only. (We'll soon find out that there is an exception to this rule.)

This is an important concept in handheld computing because for most handhelds the operating system is stored, and sometimes even executed, in ROM -- quite different from your typical desktop computer which stores the OS on its hard drive and loads it into main memory each time you boot up. So, in order to upgrade your handheld's operating system, you must replace the contents of its ROM -- not an easy proposition.

For some of the early PDAs, including the original Palm Pilots, the early Handspring Visors, and Compaq's Aero Palm-size PC, this means replacing the ROM chip. That is, if the manufacturer offers an upgraded ROM -- many simply do not.

A more recent alternative for PDA Manufacturers (remember earlier when we mentioned the exception to the rule) is to use "flash memory" ROM chips, which can be upgraded programmatically rather than requiring replacement. In fact, its name was coined by its inventor, Toshiba, because it could be erased "in a flash." Still, like standard ROM, flash ROM is non-volatile, meaning it does not lose its contents when power is removed.

Palm was the first handheld company to use flash ROM, starting with its Palm III, while Compaq was the first Pocket PC vendor to offer it in its iPAQ handheld three years later. While most of the newer handhelds use flash ROM, some still do not. That's often because standard ROM is less expensive than flash ROM.

Recently, a new type of Flash ROM called NAND Flash ROM (as opposed to the more common NOR Flash ROM) has begun to appear in handheld computers. NAND Flash ROM was developed to serve as a disk-like storage medium for digital cameras and PDAs. Its advantages are that it's cheaper, higher capacity, and lasts ten times longer than NOR Flash ROM. Its disadvantage is that instructions cannot be directly executed in ROM, something called execute in place, or XIP. Instead, the operating system's instructions must be read from NAND Flash ROM into main memory and executed there, similar to your desktop computer's hard disk and main memory. Therefore, a chunk of main memory is reserved for this purpose, meaning you get less memory for your programs and data.

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As for your SMS issues, you'll have to just read, and explore the forums. Do a search or maybe someone more knowledgeable will jump in. You might try to upgrade your SD installation, or switch to a different SD build. Sorry I can't help you more. GL
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
Bob, I'd like to help you more, but you know the old saying... Give a man a fish and you feed him a meal; but teach the man to fish and you feed him for life.

Well... I can't really do either for you. Honestly (as much as I'd like to help... With all of these basic questions... you really need to slow down, read-up some more (lots more, and for your own benefit), because if you don't... you'll run into real issues with Android, and it won't be fun for you. Take your time my friend.

Then again, someone else might step-in here and give you detailed instructions for everything you need. I'm afraid I don't have all that much experience with things android (I'm still learning myself), and I'd hate to give you bad advice. You'll get there.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Thanks Rob, I do appreciate your help. The answers are in the threads, just have to read and understand them.

I hate to tie you down and be a crutch, so your officially off the hook! :D

I will make it in time, so once again thanks for the help.

Bob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DopeRolla:
thank you very much for your help i think I'm gonna try a different ROM and stick to the SD method.

thanks to this site i have plenty to choose from :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Rob, if you read this, just wanted to let you know I read a bunch and have my android installed on the SD. Works great. Thanks for your guidance in pointing me in the right direction.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
Excellent! (and better you did it with your own confidence). Which build did you go with?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bob Davis:
Thanks Rob. I went with AmeriCanAndroid AOSP HD2 GB234 CM71. It does what I need, and the installation went flawlessly. I am still getting use to it, but it is easy to navigate, and use.

Once again, thanks for all the help you gave me.:)

Bob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cauldborn:
Hi,

So after a successful install of WM7, which i didn't like at all i wanted to try a Android NAND rom, i choose the [MAG/cLK]TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 Nightly v3.4.1[2.3.4][A2SD].

I both tried the MAG and cLK method, with both i ended up with the same problems:

I am also unable to access the SD card in Win7 using the mount SD card option with CMW. (For cLK i also tried the google-usb_driver)

So i thought: "Not a problem i have a SD card reader built-in"...

But when trying to install the .zip files using CWM i get the error message "E:Can't mount /sdcard".

I followed both tutorials step by step to make sure i didn't made any stupid mistakes. I've also tried 2 diffrent SD cards and both formatted several times.

With no luck i tried some google'ing but found no solutions for my problem.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rafiqzadah:
Its the Rom

Your problem is the ROM most likely, try to flash a new ROM, or go through CWM thread for same problem and its fix, because most likely the answer you are looking for is in CWM Thread,
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Eelkede:
How did you format it? Using the default Windows formatting tool is not enough, use Panasonic SD Format (google for it). You can also try and use a partition software (Like Easeus) to find out which partitions it has.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cauldborn:
Thx, my problem was that i formated using the windows tool. Donwloaded Panasonic SD Format and formated again.
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
So I just got my EVO 3d after getting my upgrade moved from.January to today :D and I'm joining the club I know a lot of people is been negative about the phone but just remind me how it was. When the EVO 4G came out lol, any cool tips for the 3d I'm a big Android user BTW and Love to play with the later gadgets , so maybe something the is different to the 3d compare to other devices in the market ?
[HTC EVO 3D] rlaw:
What are you going on about?
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
What I want to know ? Mm I know there is 3d videos on youtube and such but like any apps the are good for the EVO 3D only or work better and any good apps or plug ins in HTC hub ?
[HTC EVO 3D] rlaw:
Sense 3.0

HTCsense.com integration.

Complimentary 3D film loaded on device. Yep, youtube has 3d videos too.

Run a search for programs to convert your 2D media into 3D.

Some 3D games available.
[HTC EVO 3D] rugedraw:
TeamWin came out with an app called "TwinPic 3D" that's in the market that allows you to send 3D pics to other people with 3D Android phones in 3D format.

Also, check out this thread I started when the 3D was released for people to share their 3D pics and videos. Lots of good stuff on there from other XDA 3vo owners:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1137416

Gameloft.com has a few 3D games already for sale, but they aren't on the market. You have to get them directly from the Gameloft website.
[HTC EVO 3D] eman3316@optonline.net:
hahahaha, at least I wasn't the only one scratching my head.
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Thanks I see team win is doing what they can till root is achieve nice thanks for the tips :D