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[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] chrisd1a1:
Hi folks,

I've spent a few days looking over the forum and have to say. good work:)

There don’t seem to be many issues, everyone seems to be getting on in the spirit of XDA.

I'm a firm fan of ‘if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it’ so I'm not going to be flying in making huge changes or swapping things around. this is your forum I'm just here to help keep things nice. if anyone has any ideas of how to improve things in this area - (not XDA as a whole) please drop me a PM, and we’ll put it to a vote. if it’s a good idea I'll change it if i can or I'll push for the changes with the senior team.

While this may be a legacy forum it’s clear there is still a lot of interest and a lot of life in this device still:) keep up the work and we’ll keep the phone alive:) I want to start on the right foot so a FEW IMPORTANT REMINDERS

please take the time to read - and for regular users - re-read the forum rules. it’s a good thing to remind yourselves of how we work:) http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?f=341

All the rules are important but to focus on a few.

we are here to help and learn. people do make mistakes. I don’t like users being flamed for asking a question. I'd rather we educated and pointed people in the right way to help them for the future. it’s OK to say use search - it’s not OK to abuse people

I also don’t like people putting a lot of work into something and getting flamed either - a lot of the work posted is a work in progress - people share this out of the goodness of their heart and also so they can get positive comments on how to improve. Again it’s not OK to abuse people cos they shared a work in progress.

sharing work - many developers are happy to share their work with others and in some cases one persons work is used as a base by others. - If you want to change someones work and then release it as your own - ASK FOR PERMISSION FIRST AND THEN LINK TO THE ORIGINAL DEV IN YOU RELEASE!!!

don’t post or link to warez - they will be removed.

Please report any issues or concerns to me as soon as you can using the report button or by PM- I'll deal with them.

Thanks

Chris
[HTC Amaze 4G] jazzmanmonty:
i searched everywhere, but can't find out the answer. so does this phone have gorilla glass? it'd be a shame if it didn't compared to all the other htc phones that have it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] vinterchaos:
I doubt it, there was a whole big thing with the EVO 3D and so many random answers about if it did or didn't from not only HTC but even from Corning. My Vibrant without a screen protector had zero scratches with heavy usage for over a year, Evo 3D had a scratch within a week, being babied.

but from Corning's site, listed devices
[HTC Amaze 4G] ricosuaveishere:
Gorilla Glass

Yes, it does have Gorilla Glass.

Search Google for Engadget Amaze 4G Gorilla Glass. The page was down when I searched but google's cached version is still up.

The screen is the best screen I’ve ever seen on a handset as well and yes I have seen the Galaxy SII.

Josh-
[HTC Amaze 4G] IronWolve:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_with_Gorilla_Glass
[HTC Amaze 4G] vinterchaos:
http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/full-products-list
[HTC Amaze 4G] jazzmanmonty:
HERE IS THE REPLY I GOT DIRECT FROM HTC WHEN I EMAILED THEM IF THIS PHONE HAS GORILLA GLASS. CAN SOMEONE TRANSLATE IT TO ME?

"Thank you for contacting HTC Technical support about if the Amaze has Gorilla glass. In our commitment to quality, HTC pioneered the use of shatter-proof glass in smartphones. At the time, Corning was the only manufacturer and we used their product, Gorilla Glass. Since then, many manufactures have developed and advanced shatter-proof glass technology, allowing HTC to use the highest quality cutting edge shatterproof glass in our smartphones while keeping costs low for our customers"

I TAKE IT AS A NO.
[HTC Amaze 4G] vinterchaos:
We got multiple answers from HTC and Corning about the Evo 3D having Gorilla Glass. Almost positive they've strayed away from it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] daswahnsinn:
I could have sworn my Evo and Iconia did not have gorilla glass. I remember reading some forums about this on before I bought the Iconia. I have had an Evo for ten months and this is the first I've heard of it, but hey I could be wrong neither one of my devices have a single scratch on the screen.

EDIT: By the way I hope to read good things about this phone, I hope to buy it within the next month or so.
[HTC Amaze 4G] vinterchaos:
the evo 3d was said to have both gorilla glass and some proprietary blend from htc, so it was a toss up if you got it or not.. if I remember correctly.

all I know is my vibrant went scratch free from over a year of use, and my evo 3d got a scratch being babied within a week
[HTC Amaze 4G] retiredtandenbmxr:
check out this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1328534

I've had GG devices and this would NOT have happened with GG! Corning does NOT list the Amaze. HTC, during a 5-6 email correspondence with me evaded my question but when pressed admitted the Amaze doesn't have GG, but they would not say what they used. Maybe Dragontrail? Maybe something really cheap? They said it was to save money for the consumer but then why do they charge more than Samsung does for the Galaxy SII that DOES have GG? I can post my correspondence if anyone wants it, but it's a confusing jumble; HTC CS uses some really weird software!
[HTC Amaze 4G] animefreeks:
are you sure about that? my friend had a sensation, which is listed under Corning's website, and yet when he dropped it, the screen shattered like the picture OP posted...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Thoughtful:
Gorilla Glass is just a brand name...it probably has some type of fortified glass. It's not like Gorilla Glass is the best or anything?...Right?
[HTC Amaze 4G] gravis86:
If you actually read what gorilla glass is all about you'll see that it is designed to be harder to scratch, not harder to shatter. There's a big difference.
[HTC Amaze 4G] chrischoi:
GG is still glass. It's supposed to be just a tad bit stronger and scrach resistant that regular glass. In the end, it's still glass.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yalkowni:
Go back to stock using the sticky on the q&a then root using that same methOd and when you flash a custom room make sure you wipe dalvik and cache and delete user data
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dseldown:
Quote" Go back to stock using the sticky on the q&a then root using that same methOd and when you flash a custom room make sure you wipe dalvik and cache and delete user data"

If you had picked up on it in my post, have already done this dozens of times!! Oh and BTW, when at JFD = 2.1 Eclair, it wont allow the 2 drives access to in Cabled USB mass storage, and therefore unable to CWM flash with zips, then I must go to 2.2 Froyo next to be able to get past that problem, but again when I go from there to any custom ROM, it fails to boot at the very end, and starts its looping. Again, the 1st phone I had, never ever, behaved like this!! Same phone but, different dates of manufacturing and also this one came from either Samsung or TMO in Plano,TX where that's all, they do is send out phones for replacement, and this one wasn't in a original box, something they worked on, grabbed off the shelf, and sent to me!! Its just a shame that 99% of all the ROMS are in zipped form, instead of TAR files, at least then I could've tried flashing some of them from, Eclair to see if that made a difference, but when they are zipped, you must use CWM recovery to flash, and thus again presents another problem as far as what I'm going thru here!

Got any thing else, Idea wise, that actually hasn't been tried yet, that makes sense??
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dseldown:
OK, Ive made some progress, It seems for whatever stupid reason, that unlocking my phone, [jailbreaking] was the culprit of this phones renegade behavior, I simply restored it back to a locked status as a TMO provider, and Wholla, the phones now acting right!! And I have been able to get it to the ROM I wanted and flash a better kernel as well with 0 defects!!! And then I jailbroke it again, and its working flawlessly.

Personally I don't understand why that had a bearing on its behavior, but nun the less it did. And has cause me a few extra wrinkles around my eyes in stress trying to figure this out by myself, especially when all the suggestions and procedures I did was for nothing, until this phone was restored to a locked condition again!!

Go figure Right???? Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Anyway I hope mentioning this will prevent someone else in losing their hair or sanity!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frazius88:
hello i think we have the problem, i also have openline my vibrant to be able to use here in our country.. i have 2.1 eclair, i just want to know what 2.2 ROM did you used coz you've said that it's ok to upgrade it to 2.2, but not other ROM, where did you get it.. can you pm me the link

thanks
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
Hi folks,

I've spent a few days looking over the forum and have to say. good work:)

There don’t seem to be many issues, everyone seems to be getting on in the spirit of XDA.

I'm a firm fan of ‘if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it’ so I'm not going to be flying in making huge changes or swapping things around. this is your forum I'm just here to help keep things nice. if anyone has any ideas of how to improve things in this area - (not XDA as a whole) please drop me a PM, and we’ll put it to a vote. if it’s a good idea I'll change it if i can or I'll push for the changes with the senior team.

While this may be a legacy forum it’s clear there is still a lot of interest and a lot of life in this device still:) keep up the work and we’ll keep the phone alive:) I want to start on the right foot so a FEW IMPORTANT REMINDERS

please take the time to read - and for regular users - re-read the forum rules. it’s a good thing to remind yourselves of how we work:) http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?f=341

All the rules are important but to focus on a few.

we are here to help and learn. people do make mistakes. I don’t like users being flamed for asking a question. I'd rather we educated and pointed people in the right way to help them for the future. it’s OK to say use search - it’s not OK to abuse people

I also don’t like people putting a lot of work into something and getting flamed either - a lot of the work posted is a work in progress - people share this out of the goodness of their heart and also so they can get positive comments on how to improve. Again it’s not OK to abuse people cos they shared a work in progress.

sharing work - many developers are happy to share their work with others and in some cases one persons work is used as a base by others. - If you want to change someones work and then release it as your own - ASK FOR PERMISSION FIRST AND THEN LINK TO THE ORIGINAL DEV IN YOU RELEASE!!!

don’t post or link to warez - they will be removed.

Please report any issues or concerns to me as soon as you can using the report button or by PM- I'll deal with them.

Thanks

Chris
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] Shreyas Jani:
Apparently, I had stickys of the forum rules placed in over here. Nice to see u work, all the very best. Well I am the outgoing mod over here! :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsims85:
Can someone modify mms.apk to so it doesn't compress the pics so much? I remember seeing this done in an old nexus s thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wirenut110:
im looking for the same thing
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oxeneers:
Yes, holy ****, PREACH IT BROTHER! Been needing this since day 1. Anyone? I can't get AOSP MMS.apk to load either. :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
Yea why not just get aosp mms working that be great!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Err0rist:
Yeah AOSP would be awesome.

I have been using Chomp.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KLLSWITCH:
well i found the file that needs to be modded but every time i make a change and try to re compile the apk it gets errors and wont compile so im kinda lost im new to making edits like this so....

the file that needs to be changed is navigate to res>xml>mms_config.xml open that and you should see the compression sizes for picture size

---------- Post added at 02:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:18 AM ----------

edit try this but please make a backup first dont want any one bricking there phones

ftp://www.slimeinside.me/Samsung/Mods/MMS/test_MMS.zip
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AvatarOfFrost:
the mms.apk had dependencies. have you installed proper framework first?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KLLSWITCH:
nope like i said this is my first time at editing something like this any info is appreciated
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Nevralgeek:
Hi,

I've got an idea to "fix" battery drain in WP7, as well as with Android.

I can't really assure you how much it's working as I do this each time I install WP7 since the first version of MAGLDR is out.

I started doing this because I had battery problems with magldr.

Here is the trick : In fact, when you install MAGLDR, Windows Phone 7 / Android, or even update WP7, the battery is not charging but draining (that kind of procedure eats a lot of power). But even if the installation ends with a 40% charge, the OS will be sure, at first start that it's almost 100% charged.

I think it's a reason why the battery goes empty faster than with Windows Mobile. It was default OS, with default configuration etc. so 100% was 100%.

So I think we must, at least once, charge the battery outside of the phone, with a dedicated charger. In that way, when WP7 will start, it will see the fully charged battery (100%, for real).

I think the OS will know, when the battery will be discharged, the real capacity from 100 to 0.

I hope it will help, and that I'm not wrong as I don't experience any real battery drain if I do this + camera trick since first version of WP7, and with any Android rom (except MIUI).
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] angrywash:
Hi

My solution is close to yours.

After each flash I let drop my battery until the phone died and you can't restart it under WP7

next I start to charge it under MARGL 5 min then i start WP7 and let it charge.

Now i'm sure that the phone have a good battery calibration.

My HD2, 2 years old, and with camera trick can stay 48 hours in 3G but only 24 hours in 2G??? WTF?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] vartp:
You're not completely right here, OS would not think that change at first boot is 100% charge, you can easily check that by booting first time on half empty battery and indicator will show about 50%.

But yes, battery stats might affect battery drain, so there is a button in MAGLDR something like "Clear battery stats", reboot to MAGLDR, charge to 100%, click that button, boot back to your OS.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] jackrabbit72380:
intresting therys

What is we charged up to 100% and did a hard reset would that make the probum go away?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Nevralgeek:
Oh ok. Weird, each time I flash WP7 or Android, it tells me that I've got something between a 100% and a 90% charge, which isn't possible, after having installed MAGLDR, then flashed the new OS and waited for the first boot (really long with Android).

Nonethless, I flashed WP 7.5 with radio 5.66, and I'm experiencing a huge battery drain, even with camera trick & external charge.

Even Miui seems to last longer. And Android tells me that I have a 62% battery charge, and I restarted the phone on WP and it tells me that I still have a 76% battery charge.

Why don't I have the same charge estimation ?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] jackrabbit72380:
well I can't answer that question but I would bet android is not the 1 that is giving wrong charge estamations in on bttfv2 and I was on v1 and never experienced fast battery drain I personally like the wp7.5 over the other os's so I'm dealing with the fast battery drain issue & random reboots as well I also think the to problems are related some how the random Reboots it never happens when on on a charger! I really think someone should go back to bttfv1 to test and figure out what went wrong when new registry edits was implemented or the new rom was cooked but anyway I read DFT is also working on a new rom I'm not sure if it will be for hd2 tho.

I'm really hoping the problem can be sorted on my last phone I got about 300hrs out of 1 charge but charging touck a wile on my hd2 charging seams to be pretty quick which might not be a good thing not sure. But last night I had it on charge almost 10 hrs after it was already 100% and when I finly got it off the chager it seamed to last a little bit longer

But on rough estimate I'm thinking it last 5 hrs witch is just horrible
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] kid1988:
Where is this clear battery stats button you speak of?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Nevralgeek:
Unfortunately, it's a mistake. I've never seen any "clear battery stats" menu in MAGLDR. But I think it exists on ClockWork.

It's a shame...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] crysanthus:
Battery life 24hrs+

All,

After reading the above posts, I started practicing the following;

* Let battery drain more than 90% or until critical battery warning appear

* Charge in full

* Power of phone. As the phone power off, power off charger ( ... this action may be insignificant)

* Boot the phone to MAGLDR

* Select "Reset" option from the menu

* Phone reboots normally

I have been doing this for the last 2 weeks I guess plus more than 8 charge cycles and now my HTC HD2 lasts 24hrs+ at any rate. :cool:

... I am not a heavy user, but still, I have OutLook, GMail, FB, Twitter running 15mins sync interval. 10+ calls + 5/6 SMSs a day in average. My good'ol battery keeps me happy.

... hope this helps someone ...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] anseio:
I found that it was my choice in SD cards that was causing battery drain. The camera trick got me down to a battery draing of -200. I couldn't understand why I couldn't get down to -7. WP7 "seemed" to be performing fine.

Switched to PNY 16GB class 4 and I think WP7 has accepted it. Have had a few reboots, but nothing I can pin on the card yet. My battery life is amazing in comparison to before. W/ wifi and bluetooth turned off, I get a battery drain between -4 and -7. MUCH better than before.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] KrewsialNL:
I can't get Battery Tool to work to check the drainage on Mango, but I found out that having 3G enabled, Push enabled (set mail check on "upon arrival") is giving me the best battery life. I'm using Mango since yesterday morning 11 am until now (it's 9.42 here) and I have 31% battery left.

Average usage (but it's enough for me) with internet, mail sync, twitter, facebook and some pictures.

for the record, I did not use the 'camera' trick at all.

When I disable push, and have email check set to 'manual' i'm starting to have drains and I have to use the camera trick to keep it low...

I know everybody has different results.. but I just wanted to share this, see if others can relate to this :)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Griff1:
Its pretty strange this battery drain issue, i struggled with it for months with the last wp7 rom i used.

With this rom i struggled with sd card issues like everyone else, in the end i'd bricked 4 cards of differing sizes and the onlycard i had left was the tiny 2gb sandisk that came with my HD2.

Since settling on that card i've had no issues other than storage space and battery drain is a thing of the past which could suggest that card compatability is at the heart of the problem.

Its my guess that constant attempts at read/write failure may be going unreported by wp7.

Currently im seeing about 36hrs at my regular usage, i can stretch it to 48hrs if im careful.

My wifi is on throughout my working day, i make on average 6-7 calls and send and receive 10 or more txts along with a steady stream of people hub updates.

I'm happy in the belief that i don't have a battery issue, i just wish i had more space.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] KrewsialNL:
So much for my optimistic post earlier, one reboot messed up the battery read. 40% left and 2 hours of usage .... I give up :-)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] crysanthus:
... try this for a change :)

... why don't you try this method http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18770816&postcount=9

... sometime back I too had the same problem, but that all changed!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] pakure:
if you fully charge (100%)..your phone in wp7 , it will show erroneous battery drain,...you can rectify it by restarting the phone, then use the camera trick.

if you charge till 99%.it is ok, but 100%...you need to restart:p
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] anseio:
I haven't had that experience. Sometimes WP7 won't allow a full charge to happen though.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] ganjaweed:
Something weird just happened.I was having Bluetooth problems.It wouldnt turn on.I then Flashed the DEv wifi plus Eu fix cab.It fixed my bluetooth but with some added treats.My battery life has more than doubled.Used to go less than 8hrs of normal use but now i hv gone 17hrs and i have around 50 % left.I didnt do any camera trick.Has anybody experienced this?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] phong1892:
Hi, could anyone give me the link to Battery tool for WP7 Mango. Thank
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] anseio:
Here you go.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] phong1892:
Thank you, mate
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] goldbeard:
The only solution that worked for me amongst all the options (based on my experience)

1. Tried the camera trick - NOT WORKED

2. Followed the steps below - NOT WORKED

* Boot the phone to MAGLDR

* Select "Reset" option from the menu

* Phone reboots normally

3. Hard reset the phone - NOT WORKED

4. Charge the phone in magldr USB storage option - NOT WORKED

5. Finally, flashed the 2.12 radio, did the camera trick (not sure if its relevant). The battery life has improved dramatically. It lasts more than 24 hours and still running (26% left) - WORKED.

Follow the thread below to download the 2.12 radio

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=930578
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Robbie P:
Interesting that the camera trick didn't seem to work for you before flashing 2.12, but did after. The trick should work no matter which hardware radio you flash, because it addresses a (HD2 WP7) bug in software radios below versions 5.62. (Did you do the trick after every re-boot?)

It may be that your greatly improved performance is due to 2.12 working better with your phone set-up AND the camera trick, double bubble;)

Make sure you charge your phone as the OP suggests, and you may never need to charge it again:)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] tarda:
thank you for this soft...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Nevralgeek:
I'm on the 2.12 radio, and my battery drain seems terrible to me according to the Battery Tool :

Without camera trick : -300

With camera trick : -80 with some peeks to 330

(no wifi, no 3g, no bluetooth enabled)

Still far from the 3-4 ma noticed on some phones right here :confused:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Robbie P:
Are you still on 5.66 Radio ROM?

Those stats are poor.

I think you are right in the first post about needing to have a full charge when flashing the ROM. But I think most importantly you need a full charge before hard resetting the device after upgrading, because maybe the hard reset restarts the calibration.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] anseio:
What SD card are you using? You should try a different one. Just because it appears to be functioning well doesn't mean that it actually is. I was getting 6hrs battery life while using my Kingston 8GB c2, and am now getting a full day with my PNY 16GB c2.

I disagree about needing the full charge for flashing and hard resetting. I used to think that it was the case, but WP7 seems to know well enough. It may not charge fully, but the battery tool reports the correct numbers.