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[Touch HD General] Bungieman:
They use capacitive touch-screens. I think they respond to heat, or electricity, meaning that they cannot be used with a stylus, but needs no pressure to work.
[Touch HD General] gt112:
ahhh, thanks Bungie, that answers two questions for me, now I know why they are so beautifully responsive.

(Im not a mac person, honest I'm not:))
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
gt112,

Usually we need to have some water applied on the device first, then place the protector over the device. The presence of water will prevent the protector from sticking to the wrong position. Then, using something like a credit card, you repeatedly swipe over the protector in such a way that you maintain the correct position, as well as dispel the water under the protector out. The dispelled water will make the protector stick to the device. The main point is to ensure there is no air between the protector and the screen surface.

Good luck.
[Touch HD General] Insaneboy:
Electric current, produced by the big walking batteries we call humans. :p

Messes with the "capacitance" under the glass of the iPhone and it's recognised as "touching".
[Touch HD General] drzoid:
Yes :), the same technology Samsung used for the F480. A shame HTC didnt choose it either, because it works really well - at least if someone doesnt necessarily want a stylus.

Anyhow, the is the shipped protector an adhesive layer? Could it be easily removed and applied again?
[Touch HD General] frustin:
the touch screen works for iphone, without the need for stylus, because the all the buttons are big. on WM devices, once you get past touchflo you are back in the realms of small icons whereby sometimes it's easier to use the stylus.

but the HD still rocks, so far i've only needed the stylus a few times.
[Touch HD General] tnyynt:
You couldn't use a stylus on iPhone even if you wanted!
[Touch HD General] drzoid:
Thats what I was referring to previously by "necessarily a stylus".

But as to the shipped protector, is it an adhesive layer and could it be easily removed and applied again?
[Touch HD General] Bungieman:
I actually knew that. :)

Sometimes I find it hard to explain things, as I am not used to doing that in English. ;)

But, one thing I'm wondering, is that many people keep saying the screen on iPhone won't work if your finger is cold, or wet. A wet finger would just lead the electric current even better, wouldn't it?
[Touch HD General] frustin:
i was trying to point out the reason why the HD still, imo,

needs

one rather than why the iphone doesnt.
[Touch HD General] chr5s11:
Yes and maybe. You can remove it without residue, but I had trouble cleaning it, so I just used another one.
[Touch HD General] pzucchel:
Hi Eaglesteve, are you serious about applying the water :confused:? Are you referring to the official screen protector from htc? i am using its pressure sensitivie adhesive (PSA) and that's it .

Indeed, the original screen protector is pretty good: it is essentially impossible to notice its existance since it is perfectly cut and there are ZERO bubbles if you apply it correctly e.g. carefully without touching the surface and carefully cleaning the screen before. In addition, the "slide" of the finger over the screen is even better and it's very easy to clean - just rub it on your clothes! :rolleyes:
[Touch HD General] Insaneboy:
Not true. :p

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/03/the_iphone_styl.php
[Touch HD General] frustin:
Good god man! it's an abomination!
[Touch HD General] tnyynt:
I'm not commenting that, even though I've got some itchy fingers atm.
[Touch HD General] Insaneboy:
Yeah, I apologise, that can't be considered a stylus. :p
[Touch HD General] drzoid:
Do you mean cleaning the upper surface or the bottom where it sticks on the phone? In case of the latter I'd wonder as I thought it would be adhesive, so I would expect it to be always removable and reapplyable.
[Touch HD General] MDAIII Avdo:
No water beter is liqud detergents, example for ware

Beter choise is liquid detergents, one drop and dispose integraly of protector. This is old trick.
[Touch HD General] pocketdoc:
Anyone want to talk about screen protectors? Looks to me like you guys want to talk about the screen itself.

Back on topic?

I only see one set available and that is the one that came with the phone.

There is an anti-fingerprint one made for the fruit phone that would be great if it was made for the HD.

Until we see tons of these on the market, I doubt we will see a lot of accessories for this phone.
[Touch HD General] Eitum:
That's totally right. capacitive touchs need a conductive Input to chance the capacity of the screen on this position(s). And that's why you cannot use a iphone with gloves for example.

Are you really concerned about not having heavy glass? ;)
[Touch HD General] Sonarok:
hi,

got a really ugly problem with my screen protector... first i cleaned the screen perfectly... after that i took the screenprotector and as i tried to put it on the phone the protector collected some dust out of the air... now there are some really small thinks on it and i dont know how to clean the protector...

i tried alot but i cant remove all and if i put it on i always get some bubble because the protector is not 100% clean =/

someone has an idea how i could clean it up?
[Touch HD General] drzoid:
Cant you remove it, clean it well and reapply it?
[Touch HD General] supersquash:
After a few people on here recommended them, I have ordered a screen protector from SHOP.BRANDO.COM.HK. $10 with free worldwide shipping is certainly worth a try.

With regards the HTC included screen protector, I was sceptical due to the poor press other members had given them, but I put mine on anyway as I had nothing else at the time. The fit is precise and the durability much more hardwearing than the included TyTnII protector. The problem is, the exact fit leaves barely any room for misalignment whatsoever due to the edges of the case being ever so slightly raised above the screen - meaning any overhang prevents it from sticking. That's what happened with mine unfortunately and so I have two patches where it hasn't stuck. I wouldn't bother removing and re-applying though as you'll end up with even more dirt/fibres/fingerprints which will make it look worse IMO.

Should get my Brando one within a couple of weeks so will see how that goes.
[Touch HD General] Zuber:
Brando protectors are very good. Make sure you get Ultra Clear ones, not Anti Glare.

If you want to try and remove dust off the back of a screen protector, best way I have found is to use sticky tape. Not strong stuff, looped back, so only a small bit of tape touches and so is easy to pull away.

That can remove marks, dust without making things worse like your fingers would.

But you need to be careful otherwise you end up with lots more dust getting everywhere in the process...

Zuber
[Touch HD General] Bungieman:
Somebody asked a question, we answered. Jeez...

Anyway, you didn't notice the links for the Brando-screen protector at the beginning of this thread?
[Touch HD General] trentend:
The original in-box screen protector is a pretty good, in my view.

I first put it on a few times, got a load of dust between the screen and protector, and it looked like a right mess. I bought some cheap disposable screen protectors. They are badly fitting, and worse have no cut-outs for the phone speaker, so I couldn't hear a word anyone was saying.

Given that it was basically ruined anyway, I decided to wash the original screen protector. I used warm water, and a mild detergent (hand wash, actually). Then I shook the protector to remove the major water residues, and dried it in the airing cupboard (shaking to dry it again, half way through, to remove major droplets).

I then re-applied it, immediately after thoroughly cleaning my HD screen. I have an almost flawless application of the screen protector. Washing the original is fine.

He only thing I would criticise it for is that it's such an accurate fit that it's almost impossible to fit it without the sides of the device lifting the protector. This, but reduced in dimension by about a quarter of a millimetre all around, would be the perfect protector for me.
[Touch HD General] drzoid:
Thank you trentend, so basically its really an adhesive layer which keeps in place without any additional means and removing and reapplying shouldnt make any difference?
[Touch HD General] trentend:
Correct. You will get dust adhered to the adhesive layer that causes the protector to bubble. That's why washing is useful. Don't use anything abrasive, a mild detergent warm (not too hot) water, and your fingers, should be fine.
[Android Head-Units] Vitman75:
Hello, I have a 2015 Nissan Patrol, and have an aftermarket X6 Tesla Unit fitted in. I use Z-Link for CarPlay connectivity. The issue seems to be the BT in this unit, as it frequently disconnects, and the unit in general is not completely reliable (intermittent connectivity, car phone audio is lagging and weak). I was thinking that perhaps an MCU upgrade might fix it, and wanted to request help as to where I can find it.

Appreciate your help, and thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Questions & Answers] moh.abusufiyan:
Is someone using Hex Installer in Samsung Note 20 (Exynos), Is it stable? or does it causing bootloop?
[Samsung Galaxy F22] kallumama:
I need root file . Any one have this source ?
[Touch GSM General] lJesterl:
Do you know if a hack is available to add "unthreaded? text messaging back to the Mogul? Our IT folks have Moguls and just upgraded to 6.1 and they receive text message alerts from their LAN/WAN monitoring program on issues with their customer networks. The threaded messaging is really a pain because it lists all the messages under the same heading?

Anyone have any ideas?
[Touch GSM General] kareeem:
Download Schap's Advance Config Utility and disable the threaded sms.
[Touch GSM General] lJesterl:
Thanks

Thank you very much it worked.
[Samsung Galaxy A51 Questions & Answers] Cristofor89:
Hi Everyone I have a galaxy a51 I would like to increase the volume of the headphones only when I listen to music. I would like to know if there is a guide to do it Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A32 5G] icetoseeyoufr:
So, here it is in the title. People here are my last hope.

I wanted to do the TRWP bootloader change, but apparently i am way too stupid to do that, because my phone is rebooting incessently and the only things it show is:

Set Warranty Bit : vbmeta

Set Warranty Bit : Recovery

And i can't turn it off. Pressing volume up + volume down while pressing the power button does nothing. I searched on google relentlessly before coming here. Connecting my phone to my pc does nothing, nothing is recognized. I'm completely desperate. Is there any way to completely reset the phone without the recovery menu? I'm fairly sure there isn't but it doesn't hurt asking...

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
[Samsung Galaxy A32 5G] ShaDisNX255:
Press both volume buttons only when connected to a PC and it should boot you to download mode. After the prompt, press VOL + to continue and then flash your stock ROM using Odin (download Odin from XDA, you can find it)
[Samsung Galaxy A32 5G] icetoseeyoufr:
Thanks a whole lot, i finally have access to the download mode. Now i just have to find the original firmware
[Samsung Galaxy A32 5G] ShaDisNX255:
There are a few sites to download like sammobile and samfrew
[Samsung Galaxy A32 5G] icetoseeyoufr:
I wanted to say: Thank you. Your instructions just saved my phone, and even tho i had a spare (my old phone) i'm glad i got it back.
[Samsung Galaxy A32 5G] ShaDisNX255:
Glad I could help.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] perez6991:
TL;DR at bottom. For those who like reading, continue..

I recently bought a Nexus 7 for tinkering and nostalgia reasons. I am really impressed that the tablet is STILL supported by custom ROM developers, pretty insane for a 8 year old device. However the battery life was terrible, reporting a capacity of ~56% via Accubattery. That is just poor and almost unusable in my opinion. Off I went on the Google machine searching for a genuine battery, most if not all were fake. I saw mostly photoshopped images of a generic batteries, that don't even look like the original. I did however find one listing of actual "new" genuine Asus/Panasonic batteries but they ship from China, ETA was over a month. Here is that listing for it: eBay link for ~$24. I am very impatient and decided to take a chance on this battery, shipping from California: eBay link The reason I chose this one was because I was about to purchase a battery from iFixit for $30, almost $40 including taxes and shipping. The battery in the second eBay link is the SAME battery shown on the iFixit page for less than half the cost. Insane. One of the reviews reported the battery only had around 83% capacity of 3950mAh with Accubattery, not good.

At ~$16 shipped, 83% capacity is helluva lot better than 56% and decided to go for it. The battery came well packaged along with those super flimsy small screwdriver set, adhesive stips and two plastic prying tools. Don't use the included drivers, they will strip the crap of whatever screw you try to remove. Opening the Nexus is the most tedious part of the battery replacement. I did crack the back casing where the headphone jack port is, it is not that noticable once back together. That area is the thinnest part of the casing and still cracked while being super conservative with prying. Once the back is off the rest of the battery replacement is much easier. Once everything was said and done I powered up the Nexus and the battery was charged to around 80%. And the improvement was already noticeable, the battery did not drain rapidly like the old one did. I drained the battery until it shut off, plugged in the charger and waited. And waited, and waited. It took over three hours for the Nexus to fully charge. And Accubattery reported... 90%! Granted this is just the first battery cycle but for $16 I could not be happier. I do not know if I got lucky with the battery I received but I cannot complain one bit. 90% capacity of 3950mAh! However the battery does suddenly cut off at 3%, something that the original did not do but that doesn't bother me. Draining Li-Ion batteries to 0% degrades them immensely, as well as charging them to 100%. Increase battery life (literally) by keeping the charge from 20-80%. This applies to all devices with Li-Ion batteries.

As for a long term test, we shall see. If the battery does fail prematurely I'll post an update here.

TL;DR: eBay sells the same battery for ~$16 delivered that iFixit sells for over twice the cost. The replacement battery has ~90% capacity of the advertised 3950mAh. Link for battery I bought, same as above: eBay link
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] k23m:
Thank you for the link. Another battery power solution for our almost-a-decade-old device is no-battery mod and a cheap 10Ah (or more) power bank glued to the back. In this "configuration" Nexus 7'13 can survive independently of battery supply sources :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] djcaptpln880:
Hello

I just got a nexus 7 2012 version from someone for free.

It does not turn on, does not charge. I tried all sorts of things including "jump starting " the battery.

Looks like I fried the battery doing that.

THe battery reads about 3.4 volts but it should be 4.7 volts correct?

Seeing all this, do you think its worth it to purchase another battery to see if this is the problem?

I am thinking its a dead battery with a reading like that, and wont accept charge anymore.

Any idea?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] jewie27:
Best way is to try using a wireless Qi charger to see if the battery works or to see if your USB port is dead.
[Touch HD General] Millenius:
It's not the ULTIMATE solution, but it's the only solution i found to watch videos perfectly in my Touch HD.

Video : HD trailer 800x480 @ 25 fps : Ice Age 2

Software : CorePlayer 1.2.5

First benchmark = 87% :(

First step :

Re-encoding the video in 240x400 on your PC with http://www.pocketdivxencoder.net/ or http://www.virtualdub.org/

Why 240x400 ?

- the video is pre-rotated (instead of 400x240) (performance +5%)

- the resolution is exactly the half of the native resolution (480x800) (performance +60%)

Second step :

Customize the options of Coreplayer :

Menu / Tools / Colors = Native

Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Video output = Raw FrameBuffer

Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Smooth zoom = OFF

Menu / Tools / Preferences / Video / Dither = OFF (uncheck)

Menu / Tools / Preferences / Advanced / Slow video memory = check

Results (the quality of theses videos seem egal)

Enjoy :p

Sources :

http://www.newshq.fr/touchhd/Ice Age 2 - 480x800.avi

http://www.newshq.fr/touchhd/Ice Age 2 - 240x400.avi
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Any visible degradation on picture charity and details?

Would be good if you post both clips for all to see for themselves.

Beautiful work. Thanks.
[Touch HD General] Millenius:
no, the quality seems the same :)

because the DPI screen is very high (800x480 for 3''8) :p
[Touch HD General] tboy2000:
Sorry are you saying we have to re-encode a hi res video ourselves (on a pc) to half the resolution (step 1) or does the player do it automatically?
[Touch HD General] Millenius:
I upload the trailer "Ice Age 2 HD" on rapidshare (ready in 15min) :

800x480 3Mbits : 26 Mo

240x400 3Mbits : 13 Mo
[Touch HD General] Millenius:
Re-encode on your PC !!

With PocketDivxEncoder for example :p Very easy to use !
[Touch HD General] Millenius:
OK, the upload on Rapidshare is done :

http://rapidshare.com/files/163866230/Benchmark_HTC_Touch_HD.zip.html

You have 2 files : the original, and the optimized 240x400

BUT YOU NEED TO change the options on CorePlayer (see the 1st post of this topic) to see the result.

Default options :

800x480 : 87%

240x400 : 141%

With the optimized options :

800x480 : 95%

240x400 : 232% !!!
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Good post. I think our moderator should sticky this.
[Touch HD General] atomikpt:
Well I got to that solution a week ago, when I got my Touch HD.

But the Coreplayer options, I didn't knew.

Simpy using pocketdivxencoder is enough for me.

But thanks!

Cheers.
[Touch HD General] ez2remember:
Nice solution...

The only problem many of us expecting the Touch HD to have good video performance without the hassles of re-encoding videos.
[Touch HD General] Oppressa:
You can't really expect the phone to resize every frame of a massive video eg 800 x 480 or whatever on the fly. If you want better results, of course you have to re-encode yourself to a more suitable size. Otherwise it's just wasting CPU usage and you'll definitely get slow downs.
[Touch HD General] Guus_:
Sorry but this doesnt sould like a solution to me. Its just reencoding a file to a extreme low res, only a fourth of the pixels, and playing it.. Of course it plays ok, but its only 240x400, and besides that, its completely unpractical to reencode every moviefile. So: nothing changed, no solution at all...
[Touch HD General] tboy2000:
What video bitrate and audio bitrate did you use in pocketdivxencoder to resize your video?

In the advanced options did you choose your ppc as portrait or landscape?

Finally, I can only resize at 400x240. How could you resize at 240x400?

Thanks!
[Touch HD General] kersh:
oh yes, what a super duper solution, re-encode the video with less quality on a pc and losing time.

HTC should contract you for new developments.

This is not a solution, the only solution is get hardware acceleration and software allowed to use it.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Guys,

If there is no noticeable degradation in picture quality and sharpness (which was my question in my post), why are you having problem with this solution? Why carry along and process all the 7.1 sound system when you only have stereo capability? Why carry along all the resolution of a blueray when you don't need it? Of course it is reasonable to go through some processing and bring it to a form that we need, minus all the unwanted and unnecessary stuff if that provides the same clarity and improves performance.

Is the reduced resolution becoming ****ty? If it is, then all the phones out there with such resolution (includinding the most worshipped iPhone) ought to be thrown in the bin too as a meda device.

Millenius, thanks for all your tips. It is definitely helpful.
[Touch HD General] nick007:
Can somebody re-upload the files?
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
I can't get the file also. I think the link address may be incomplete??
[Touch HD General] Mal Bridgeman:
I agree, although the proposal is offered as a solution I would say it's a clunky and expensive workround....but thanks for sharing for those who maybe already have the Coreplayer software. [1]

My Archos (heaven forbid I am going to say something positive about it) just does it .... screen is the same resolution. I drop a 700Mb file and it plays.

I do not know the difference in the internals but it is a disappointment because I was hoping to reduce down to a single device .... looks like the Archos has some life left in it yet.

Mal

[1] Why is there no trial for Coreplayer?
[Touch HD General] Matterhorn:
Yes, HTC should supply the video acceleration drivers...no doubt. However, there aren't many portable devices that can take a high res movie that is meant for a PC and play it perfectly. Another example, would you take a 12 mega-pixel image that you took from your DSLR and just download it to your HD for viewing...of course not, you would re-size it first to save disk space, knowing that the extra resolution is wasted on a screen that size anyway. It is a hassle, but worth the trouble.
[Touch HD General] Lucas0511:
I dont know much about video resolutions and such, just want to be able to watch Divx TV series on my HD. And at this the HD did just fine - until I tried the settings recommended in the 1st post. Then I had a noticeable lag, and between every scene it felt like someone turned a page - black frame(s) - or turning a curtain, dont know how to explain otherwise. Got rid of all the changes, except Colour, and cannot check Dither again. Any idea?

CorePlayer 1.2.5, Video Divx 624x352, 23,97 fps, video file is 350 megs
[Touch HD General] vafanculo13:
No it doesn't you need to do it yourself
[Touch HD General] pzucchel:
Uhm, i tried to follow it with mixed results. First of all, many encoded videos (i use pocketdivxencoder) have a terrible quality after encoding, even on the PC. Then, the result is horrible in real conditions - even if the test says that the speed is above 100%. Horrible since i get essentially one image per second....

...I have the doubt that removing all the automatic rescaling, things could be killed by...Gyrator. I will keep you posted....
[Touch HD General] MAK11:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePGELz5vvbs
[Touch HD General] esackbauer:
Maybe its only because using CoreAVC to encode and CorePlayer??
[Touch HD General] Millenius:
i reupload the files :

http://www.newshq.fr/touchhd/Ice Age 2 - 240x400.avi

http://www.newshq.fr/touchhd/Ice Age 2 - 480x800.avi

Sorry if my solution is not ultimate, but i use all of the options in CorePlayer to play a video 800x480, without results :(

So i search to reencode the video in other formats :

624x352 : results are almost the same :(

but.. with 400x240, the performance were 3x better !! and the quality was very good.
[Touch HD General] Millenius:
I update my first post :

It's not the ULTIMATE solution, but it's the only solution i found to watch videos perfectly in my Touch HD.

Use a 240x400 resolution (exactly the half native resolution of the screen) increase the performance by 2x, and use some advanced options increase by 3x.

I prefer re-encode (5 min for a full movie with my Core 2 Duo E6600) and watch it on my Touch HD.. instead of watch a movie @ 10 fps :/
[Touch HD General] Millenius:
Video quality : 100

But i dont reencode the audio, (advanced options in PocketDivxEncoder)

It's not very important to pre-rotate the video (240x400 instead of 400x240)

240x400 : 232 %

400x240 : 221 % (enough :p)