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[Touch HD General] thomast5:
Hi Owen,

Well I'm not a HD user, I actually have a raphael. but my experience with this device was similar to yours when I first got it. In my experience my device was very laggy to start with. I ended up downloading a ROM and the speed is beautiful, I'm sure the HD will have the same and when this device is around as long as the raphael you will have some amazing ROMs if you already don't. Although it does frustrate me that our performance issues have to be solve by personal developers (who by the way do a marvellous job). So if you are happy flashing a ROM you will certainly get to a point you are happy with in regards to performance. it may however take you some time to do so

In regards to the button aspect, which was going to be my primary focus, the raphael has a few more buttons and a scroll wheel device. Having the extra buttons is frustrating, I have only had minimal (if any) use for them and only feel like they take up room on the device. If you are happy to not have a keyboard I wouldn't be too concerned on the lack of buttons.

Cheers

TT
[Touch HD General] mado_j:
kids phone

there is nothing called iphone sorry buy its the kids phone, who said better os? if so why great apple went for exchnage ???gps but no application wow, 3g but u cant create 2 way video call so there is no compaison if u want to make u kids happy go for kids phone
[Touch HD General] aimache:
No thanks ;)

I bought the HD because I was sure it was the right device to answer my needs. One month after I'm still convinced it was a good choice.

But I'm even more convinced that there's just no interest in trying to convince other users that my phone is the one they need.

A consequence is the following: I'm not interested in being convinced that the HD was not good enough for me ;)
[Touch HD General] ez2remember:
The Touch HD has a very bright screen. Did you alter the settings, to turn off automatic backlight?

I don't find my HD laggy at all especially with the tweak that optimises the cache. Even out of the box I didn't find the HD laggy. Afterall it's only a phone and not your desktop PC...
[Touch HD General] ryaninuk:
Screen looks nice enough in my opinion. I can't convince you that it isn't over rated as after having one for a few weeks I feel it is nothing special.

For the people that say there is no point complaining, this is true if you don't own one I suppose. Although if a person did buy one because of the hype and it doesn't live up to it then I think they have every right to say why they feel they don't like it. I spent 500 quid on mine and I should be able to criticise things about it I don't like at that point.

If a person is happy with his device that's great but others that don't share that feeling are entitled to their views too.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Like I said, each has his own need and preference, so I can only summarise for you who iphone is not worthy of comparison to hd from my viewpoint only.

1. I like the hd screen and not iphone screen: because HD screen has the right level of sensitivity and supports stylus. Stylus is a critical requirements not only it is more user friendly to me, but also because it supports hand writing. Screen brightness of HD is completely adequate under bright sunlight.

2. I need availability of tomtom or similar software. Iphone does not have an acceptable navigation software.

3 I need desktop class word, spreadsheet, and presentation editing software, which iphone doesn't have.

4.I need better software keyboard than that iphone offer and winmo platform offers that.

5.I cannot live with iphone's battery design because I'd been stuck without battery. I do not want the bulk of a mobile charger.

6. the breath and depth of software in iphone is still not there yet.

7. I prefer HD's bigger screen.

8. I like having more buttons in HD rather than just one in iphone.

9. I like being able to customise. You don't like black? No problem. Use something like spb mobile shell, or change the skin and background of tf3d.

10.I like to have lots of choices when come to firmware or ROM. You don't have that with iphone. The ability to improve is very limited.

11.I like FM radio, I like cut and paste, I like all the little things which HD can do and iphone can't.

I like the build quality of iphone. I like it's browser. I like it's smoothness in displaying web pages more than Opera mobile. I like its multimedia capability.

I almost got an iphone.

For me, iphone is a very sexy women, and the temptation to marry her is great. But if I want someone who can manage the household, bring up the kids well, wise with finance, and kind to people, HD is the plain Jane whom can deliver.
[Touch HD General] PanNet:
My Dear Friend,

I've read Your thread and have a question, are you disappointed your live too?

By the way: I don't know the best mobile, car etc. Everything depends on your point of view and expectations.

Best wishes in Your constant quest for the truth.
[Touch HD General] 14andrewh:
Carrying the beast

Hi Guys - the HD isn't available in Aussie yet, so my question - is this phone too big? Can you carry it in jeans pocket? What do you do with it when at the pub sitting down?

Thanks!
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
It is available via ebay, but a little expensive, and they all seems to be shipping out of Hong Kong with uncertain lead time. There appear to be shortage everywhere, probably due to expectedly high demand. Don't believe it when those websites says they have item in stock in Australia. A good way to test is to tell them you're coming personally to collect it, and they'll say that it's all sold out and that they're waiting for replenishment stock from Hong Kong.

As to size, I think it is not big at all. I made a model with the actual dimension and actually prefer it better with 4.5 inch screen rather than just 3.8. Big screen makes LOTS of difference to user experience when surfing, watching video, viewing pictures, using spreadsheet, using on-screen keyboard, etc.
[Touch HD General] Looking Glass:
Nice, but sturdy?

If you have an iphone 3G at hand, well it's ALMOST the same size.

I wouldn't reccomend carrying an HD in your pant's pocket, well, in ANY pocket in fact.
[Touch HD General] redrazr7791:
Man i have owned the VOGUE, DIAMOND, TOUCH PRO and INSTINCT......i didn't even own the HD it was a friends, and messed with it for 5 minutes and am willing to drop some serious cash to open up a line with T-mobile and have this phone imported. Yes, the phone is that good. I have messed with the iphone and didn't like it....simply said, the HD is one H*LL of a phone :D
[Touch HD General] owen.cullum:
For those of you (E.g. eaglesteve, thomast5, ez2remember, RyaninUk etc etc) providing the feedback requested many thanks.

It looks like some users do have a real problem with freezes (around 25% ?? - see 2nd thread below) or very "laggy" behaviour but many do not. This suggests a ROM or hardware issue as either would explain why some see the problem and many don't. Remember that I have a TyTn and I had a Wizard before that so 'm familar with WinMo devices and the general behaviour. I'm looking for something considerably better not worse. At the moment it looks like it's a crap shoot whether I'd get the problem or not on the HD.

Here are the threads I found on device freezing

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=446440

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=450994

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=448094

I'm aware that Forums can give negative slants but there are too many posts mentioning freezes as well as my personal experience to just ignore it.

The good news for me is that It looks like the screen brightness does not appear to be a real issue and lack of D-pad / trackball or scroller I think I can live with?

However, at this point I'm going to hold off until there's a resolution for the freezes or further information indicating that it only occurs under specific circumstances that can be avoided. The occassional pauses of under a second or so are Ok (and expected for any multi-tasking device - especially WinMo) but freezes for 5 or more seocnds is a non starter.

One last point. Guys. I never intended to directtly compare the HD against the Iphone. I mentioned it because in some respects it has become the benchmark everyone compares against. I am not seriously considering the iPhone because of its many restrictions (i really want the bigger screen of the HD, FM radio, good 3G reception, non locked down architecture, good navigation software, MS office compatibility, memory slot etc) so I'm going to stay with my Tytn for a bit longer.

Thanks everyone :-)
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
How did you come to the conclusion that 25% of users find freezing a problem?

The poll clearly shows less than 7% of users who responded are bothered by it.

http://xdaforums.com/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=1111

If you allow for the fact that many users here could also be new to the winmo environment, hence not used to dealing with freezing, you would agree that 7% is not a bad figure at all.

One has to bear in mind that HD is a computer, and computers do freeze. My notebook and desktop freeze occasionally. Sometimes it requires me to manully kill a process to revive it, while in other times I need to do a forced shut down. If you have real low tolerance for it, it's better to get a normal phone. If you're waiting for the day where it can be completely free of freezing, I'm afraid you might never have the chance to enjoy this fantastic device.
[Touch HD General] nin2thevoid:
Heh most people complain about paint chipping problems, fewer people complain about freezes. I have no paint chipping problems though, but I do have the freezes :)

This is not so bad, since paint chipping cannot be resolved by a ROM update, and the freezing, is very likely NOT a hardware issue for a great many reasons, so a ROM update will likely fix it sooner or later.

Oh, and before I forget, the HD ROCKS.

Seriously, I don't even consider it to be a phone. I use it for personal purposes and for work, and it feels more like an ultraportable computer with a phone function slapped onto it. It's very versatile thanks to the OS, and very nice because of great hardware features like a 3.8" WVGA screen, which is one of the most important things to me as it influences the experience of every app.
[Touch HD General] owen.cullum:
Eaglesteve

I got to 25% by including those who said that "It hangs frequently but not enough to bother me" - as I know that would bother me !

Look - I don't expect a perfect device just one that is better than my Tytn which frankly is not that good !

When there is a ROM update I'll probably be all over the HD like pimples on a spotty teenager !
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Fair enough. :-)
[Touch HD General] Khalild:
I love my HD its really good and really fast I find. I have played around with the iphone and its not a great device, very limited. To all the people complaining about screen brightness, I had the same problem, then I went into the settings and increased the screen brightness, its really not that hard. Also you can use an app like g-light to control screen brightness by using the light sensor.
[Touch HD General] kbcoma:
I am a little suprised how this question was responded to in a discussion forum as good as this one, but I will attempt to answer the question asked - is this device over-hyped? Here are my personal impressions after a week.

Is this device gorgeous - most def! Is it perfect? Well, no. I find the power button tough to push and inconveniently placed compared to the TyTn II. Also, it is too easy to hit the volume rocker - both in daly use and while playing some games, thus bringing up the volume screen. I also have not YET figured out a way to make it MSVC friendly (no convenient PTT button) so as to use it one handed - but I will!

Does the screen size make windows mobile easier to use - oh yeah! Is it as slick as the iphone? Not even close. Is it ultimately more flexible, personalizable (?), powerful, and customizable than anything else out there? You betcha.

Can the screen be finicky and sometimes pause? (as in freeze) - sure. Is it a disaster? Not at all. Do all my programs from my Kaiser run on the HD? No. Will they? Most probably.

So what is the point of this? To give someone an idea of what their up against if they are thinking about this phone, or happen to live in the US and want to import a VERY EXPENSIVE phone, that will not run on US 3G.

Would someone who purchased this phone keep it? My opinion... if you a) love to use your phone like a mini-computer, b) look forward to tweaking it and making it your own as programs, improvements and updates come out, c) want maximum flexibility, d) are willing to learn how to use it to get its max, or e) are willing to be at the point where you are at the cutting edge of "MS6pointwhatever", and the phone will only improve as software catches up to what is currently a piece of awesome hardware - then you will love this phone.

If you are more the "look what I can make this do" as opposed to the "look what it does" - then you will love this phone.

If your phone is just a soulless tool - look at something else.

These are just my humble thoughts. :o
[Touch HD General] clb92:
EXACTLY! :)

I like the windows mobile phones, but if some people like the iPhone, it's fine! Then they should buy it!
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Nivu_s:
How will I root Android 13 OnePlus 8 pro
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] HolyHog:
How I always do it is extract the rom your on, then extract payload.bin with Payload Dumper. Then take the file boot.img and put it in your download folder on your phone. Then install the Magisk apk on your phone. Fire up Magisk and do any updates that it needs. Then open Magisk and hit install from the top Magisk section. Select "Select and Patch a File" and then select the Let's Go button. Navigate to your dowload folder and select the boot.img you put there and hit hit Lets Go again. Magisk will create a boot image that you can flash to get root.

Take this new image off your phone and stick it in your extracted folder with the rom. Open Power Shell by holding shift down and right clicking your mouse. Then flash your new file with the command Fastboot flash boot xxxxxxxx.img. (your file name) Reboot and you are rooted.

Of course this is a Windows only way to do it. You can do the same thing in Linux , but it is a bit more difficult.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Nivu_s:
Did it work for u
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] HolyHog:
Yes, it works with any rom. I have rooted A11, A12, & A13 custom and stock roms this way.

I forgot to tell you that you have be in Fastboot mode to flash the boot file. The easyist way is to turn it off, then turn it on while holding Volup/Voldown/power all at the same time and this will put you in fastboot mode to flash your boot file.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Nivu_s:
Ok I'll try this
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] shootind5nukes:
Make sure to always use this command first. If it boots and works properly then you can consider flashing it. the boot command attempts to boot the named image file. If it fails to boot it's as simple as rebooting to get back to normal. Also if you ever have an app that won't install with root you can run the following command with the stock boot.img and it will allow you to do what ever you need to do, after reboot you'll be back to normal with root and the app installed. I must do this when installing chase and using fingerprint login.

fastboot boot name_of_boot.img
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] wtf!!droid:
Unable to unlock bootloader it says command not supported in default implementation.

android 13.

In2021

Can unlock bootloader on 10-11
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] HolyHog:
You can MSM back to 11 fairly easy.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] wtf!!droid:
Wym how can i update my phone with unlocked bootloader
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] HolyHog:
MSM doesn't care what status your phone is in. It installs the rom it is associated rom under any circumstance. You will lose anything you don't have backed up but you will start with a fresh install of A11 which can be unlocked. Then you can upgrade back up to A13 with an unlocked bootloader. When you unlock the boot loader your phone will do another wipe so don't bother doing anything on the first boot. Just get to Developer settings to hit the unlock button, boot to fastboot to OEM unlock and you will be good to go.

A trick to use MSM is start the program and hit start so it will be sniffing for your phone. Then hook it up your computer while on and then hold down Vol UP/Vol Dn and power at the same time until MSM grabs it and starts installing. When it is done, do a reboot process before unlocking bootloader.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] wtf!!droid:
It automatically locks the bootloader once the flash is complete.

Idk what you are talking about

I can revert back to 10-11-12 but my question is about bootloader unlock on android 13
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] HolyHog:
Yes, MSM will completely put you back to stock with a locked bootloader. You will be able to unlock it after 1 boot up on A11.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] wdarea51:
@HolyHog He is saying that once he flashes whatever he is flashing to get to Android 13, once he is ON 13 and gets it all booted up n stuff... that the bootloader is at that point, re-locked.
[OnePlus 8 Pro Questions & Answers] magicmckinney:
If your bootloader is unlocked, no OTA will lock it again. How are you upgading? I have OTA'ed a few times to A13 and my bootloader stayed unlocked through the process.
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] Sunny_Saini:
Hello,

My name is sunny saini I want to do downgrade my Rog 5s from A12 to A11 that's I need the Rog 5s downgrade firmware I downloaded from the asus official site but it's have only 3 files i need flash_raw_and_wipe_data.exe firmware... anyone help me please give me the link
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] ReCiDiV:
you need to download the official firmware downgrade android on the asus website, put the file in the root of the memory where there are android folders and the like. reboot the phone and wait until the firmware file is found and click on the update confirmation. You can also rename the firmware file with your hands, but so that the desired firmware is made higher by the number that is currently installed and repeat the process with rebooting the phone.
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] Sunny_Saini:
I need to downgrade not update
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] Devaanp:
read
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] ReCiDiV:
Its is official downgrade a12 to A11, lmfao.... It's so easy....
[Realme X2 Pro Questions & Answers] pushp29:
Hey all. I'm new to all this. While trying to unroot my Realme X2 Pro by uninstalling Magisk it got stuck on the Realme logo screen. I can get to the Orangefox Recovery, copy/paste files from/into the phone but it doesn't start. I've tried multiple times but no luck. I even downloaded the latest official software update from the realme website and tried installing that but nothing happened. Is it bricked (soft or hard) ? Any help will be greatly appreiated. Thanks in advance.
[Realme X2 Pro Questions & Answers] LOADING610:
Flash orangefox and instal old ui 1 then flash realme stock recovery img then check for update
[OnePlus 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skimpypimp:
It took a bit of work to root OnePlus 8 T-Mobile version on the latest Android 12 update. I am a long time lurker and simply I wished someone else had posted the boot image to save me time. Can be simply flashed using fastboot commands.

Please check to make sure you are on the latest update from T-Mobile and that software version is: IN2017_11_C.43 Android 12 Security update November 5, 2022.

Installation instructions:

*You must have your phone unlocked for any carrier otherwise OEM unlocking will be unable to set.*

#1 go to settings, about device. TAP software version five times to enable developer options under system settings. Go to developer options and tick the following options:

a OEM Unlocking

b Enable USB debugging

#2 Download the OnePlus 8 Windows drivers and ADB fastboot drivers if your using a PC or Termux from F-Droid if using another rooted phone.

PC instructions:

Go to the directory you installed ADB and Fastboot. Open the command prompt by either right click on an empty space in that folder and finding command prompt or going to the directory tree and typing cmd and hit enter. Inside the Windows command prompt the root directory should be the same folder as your ADB and fastboot executables. Move the attached boot image to the same folder as your ADB and fastboot executables and rename it boot.img. Attach your phone to your PC and run the following commands:

adb devices

This command is so you can check to see if your PC is correctly configured and it should send you a notification on your phone to allow debugging from your PC, make sure you will allow it always.

adb reboot fastboot

This command will reboot your phone into fastboot mode. Do not select any you on your phone and only type in the following commands on your PC.

fastboot flash boot_a boot.img

fastboot flash boot_b boot.img

This command will flash the magisk modified boot image which will grant you root access to your phone.

fastboot reboot

This command will reboot your phone. Congrats, your now rooted on the latest Android 12 update for your T-Mobile Oneplus 8!
[OnePlus 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] zeromonarch:
what attached boot img?
[OnePlus 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] keohapa:
I must've somehow missed it too. I cant find any boot image to download
[OnePlus 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Erik1414:
If only there were the elusive boot image...

It could have saved my ass from the current double-slotted brick I sit upon!

🤣
[OnePlus 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] intheb0x:
Does anyone have the boot image for the latest T-Mobile update?

IN2017_11_C.45

in fact this isn't even the latest as there is a new update waiting for me with the new security release or security update but I haven't updated yet also does this wipe data?
[HTC Excalibur] chanty:
I just downloaded and flashed the following rom:

Kavana’s 6.1 ROM

And I found there were many unlicensed software in it. Does xda-developer forum support cracking, pirate warz?

If not so, why you guys accept those roms and even recommand them?

If so, forgive me.
[HTC Excalibur] kidnamedAlbert:
were they full versions or did you have to input the correct serial or whatever it is that you use to register it?
[HTC Excalibur] chanty:
I don't need to input serial number. They're fully functional, but they're cracked versions.
[HTC Excalibur] Ryanmo5:
There is software in the roms that are considered wares. Your officially a pirate lol
[HTC Excalibur] gospeed.racer:
well, the 6.1 itself is not legal, why should the rest of it be! :p Isnt this like complaining that my Corporate Edition XP Pro came with pirated Office 2007?
[HTC Excalibur] n0d:
Traidoresss

KAVANA IS THE BEST:mad:mad:
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
Please remove your user name chanty as i own copywrite of chantyin plural of chanty, if you dont i shall gain the write to your pocket money... :D

My point is that this thread is pointless, just like my reply is.......
[HTC Excalibur] chillybilly:
Shall I hold him up by his ankles while you shake him, see how much pocket money falls out?? :D lol

Another pointless comment....totally agree Stylez :)
[HTC Excalibur] ammarr:
I agree with the original poster. Why do people see this thread as a joke or useless? Using wm6.1 on our devices is one thing (wm6.1 is not available commercially for the average consumer to buy, so no loss is being incurred by M$.... anyway its a long discussion which has already been beaten to death on the forums), however pirating other developers out of the income from apps that they actually depend on.... well, it should certainly not be done in ROMs posted on the forum.

Chandy, do you have a list of softwares on these ROMs which are pirated? (I'm using the same ROM as well, but dont know which ones are pirated. I guess Resco Explorer is one.. what else?)