yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] pedroo:
You cant use pressurized air only, you have to use soft brush and have to do it under the strong light, e.g. halogen lamp

Its very precise work to clean it perfectly rom dust.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] mean-machine:
I'm curious whether MDA Compact V has the same problem.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] axantas:
OK, enough is enough. I disassembled that *****. It is not really that difficult, as it is no iPod. But please: Don't do it, if you are not absolutely sure WHAT you are doing. :rolleyes:

There is indeed a visible gap at the top left corner, left to the inscription "htc", marked blue in the picture. You can see the light shining trough. Nevertheless it is not very clear to me, how the dust gets through the sealing foam (it must crawl through the foams holes or is beamed onto the screen by Scotty himself)

I sealed that hole from the inside (2) and applied some supplementary sealing at the mounted lcd itself. This could be a secondary entry point (yellow line, lcd not visible on picture)

If you are disassembling the Diamond: Loosen the four screws you see (one is sealed "void" - you trash your warranty) remove the plastic insert at the bottom (you will see immediately) and remove the plastic upper side. Start at the top side. It gets off easily.

Before removing the PCB, do remove three cables (picture one two red circles - easy thing) BE VERY CAREFUL ON REMOVING THE THIRD CABLE OF THE VOLUME CONTROL. (Position at the red double-line) DO NOT REMOVE THE PCB BEFORE REMOVING IT. the volume switches are attached to the pcb in a somewat loose way. There is one VERY VERY small plastic nose, that breaks very easily. (ok it works without that nose as well *cough*)

There is a fourth, somewhat bigger cable below the volume control - you don't need to remove that, if you handle the pcb and the screen carefully. The screen itself can be taken out very easy.

The dust is gone now. I will report back, whether sealing was successful or not.

axantas
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] pedroo:
Hi, I have done this as well, before my procedure, didnt help. Do the silicone procedure as I wrote in the first post, dust comes in from outside through gap around the touch screen and frame.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Nirak:
@ axantas...LOL, you should be listed as one of the first pioneers in the TD2 disassembly book.

I''m not as brave as you and send my device in for (warranty) repair....the dust is gone, keeping my fingers crossed it's gone forever...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] santacruzdz:
cleaned dust

Hi ,

I never had that dust on my former HD,but now that I got the TD2..I noticed yesterday that I had a little dust on the middle of the screen!!! I couldnt sleep until i find a solution to clean that away, so I followed that link which explain exactly what to do...step by step...and it worked out WELL !!

http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/htc-touch-diamond2/
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Overloaded:
@Shlomo78

Lol, bye bye waranty :eek:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] tickford:
I am so annoyed, mine is two weeks old and has dust in it! Might just sell it, I can't be bothered going back and forth with the service centres! Not happy HTC. :mad:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] efayes:
May i know where i can perform this operation in Kuala Lumpur?

Anyone please?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Donnie87:
I've got mine from 1 years, and nothing ever happened, the dust never came inside the phone

unfortunately I have to change the digitizer soon, so i'll probably just do the silicone procedure.

actually, I didn't really get where to put the silicone... inside? outside?

can anybody post some more detailed pictures?

is it a COVER issue (so mine it's just fine, and dust will never get inside the phone), or it's a digitizer issue (so when I'll put the new one I'll get dust)?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] sakala:
@Donnie87:

mate, I am sure You have found solution for this, but if by any chance You haven't, I'll try to explain (still I don't have photos available).

You need to separate touch screen (digitizer) from the metal housing. As soon as You do that, You will have clear picture of where are the "dust leak-ages". Around the housing You will find kind of tape HTC uses to attach digitizer to housing. In my case it was very dusty on some places, and it's pretty normal that dust managed to get in.

So I removed the tape completely, cleaned remaining of glue, and followed Pedroo's advice (silicone all over the housing's inside where digitizer is attached to it, place the digitizer, CLEAN DIGITIZER'S glass from above filling possible holes between digitizer and housing).

And now, thanks to Pedroo (great advice, really) I am enjoining my HTC Touch Diamond 2 dust free! All other advices for filling holes from inside of housing haven't worked for me.

WARNING: Do not by any case do this if You are not absolutely sure what You are doing. And do not by any chance try to remove remainings of glue by heat, because that will permanently damage grey foil covering housing!!!!! I know, 'cause I did it! :-(
[General Topics] billycrf100:
Microsoft needs to make better games/apps for windows mobile. Similar to the iphone games/apps because this is why most people buy the iphone; for the games and apps. Microsft needs to build there own games and apps that run smoother and look better. Maybe make a deal with apple and use there apps but convert them to be playable on wm devices.

How to make the games better:

- Focus on a single device e.g HTC touch HD (blackstone)

- or focus on building games/apps that just use the touch screen and accelerometer or g-sensor.

- make the games/apps have better graphics.

- make the games/apps have smoother images not like the old men application that are out at the momment.

- make the game actually run smoother.

- build a software version of multitouch screen

- basically copy the iphone apps/games.

I'm not an iphone fan and i will never buy them but i just want microsoft to build better apps/games just like the one on the iphone. Becuase lets face it the iphone is beating windows mobile by a long shot.

Build this as a service pack not a new os because you seem to be taking to long the build a new os. And speed things up becuase before you know it if you take a year to bring this out then apple will be ahead of you again

Fix it microsoft!!!!!!!
[General Topics] Psygnosis84:
- Focus on a single device e.g HTC touch HD (blackstone) That's where your opinion is duped, Apple is about resitriction and focusing one item, Microsoft focuses and gives freedom for everyone to choose how they want to use the OS, you should say they should focus on WVGA games and possible VGA games and to push makers to concentrate on those screen resolutions

- or focus on building games/apps that just use the touch screen and accelerometer or g-sensor. Games already exist that use the Gsensor, as mentioned above, Microsoft lets the makers choose however if it had no choice to support it's device such as the XBOX360 then you will see a larger amount of support

- make the games/apps have better graphics. Again the hardware is there, stronger than the iPhone even but Microsoft should push developers to this ideal of better games, not just better graphics

- make the games/apps have smoother images not like the old men application that are out at the moment. Refer back to how not all WinMO phones are the same

- build a software version of multitouch screen Resistive is better than Capacitive because you can use anything to control the screen, however multitouch becomes a problem without new hardware (which has been made)

- basically copy the iphone apps/games. How about no, there is hardly any quality stuff for the iPhone anyways, if you reckon stuff like iFart are worthwhile apps then get the iPhone. Each OS is made for different types of crowds. The games made for the iPhone can easily be made for the WinMO but my first point is that not all WinMo phones have the same hardware and screen resolution so it is 3 times the trouble to make a game for all WinMo phones (WQVGA, QVGA, WVGA)
[General Topics] Rudegar:
ms do with wm as they do with normal windows

focusing on a single hardware platform would be like

them focusing on dell pc's only
[General Topics] -PiLoT-:
i agree (with responders) at the end of the day yes its a drab os and its got faults but id reather have these isues than be restricted by microsoft to what i can and cant do, i reckon if they did just do the iphone thing wede be all moving to linux or android not the iphone

also why do people commit to windows mobile (i know recently its gotten more finger and gaming friendly, but its still a business os)

and complain
[General Topics] billycrf100:
I agree with you 'Psygnosis84' saying "- Focus on a single device e.g HTC touch HD (blackstone) That's where your opinion is duped, Apple is about resitriction and focusing one item, Microsoft focuses and gives freedom for everyone to choose how they want to use the OS, you should say they should focus on WVGA games and possible VGA games and to push makers to concentrate on those screen resolutions"

I feel that the games that are out for windows mobile are rubbish and as a result they don't sell very well. There are a lot of good games for the Iphone like 'crash nitro kart'

and 'super monkey ball'

Maybe there should be one company that focuses on making these games. All i ever see is people askng if they can play iphone games on windows mobile. And this company should focus on VGA and WVGA. I think both windows mobile would benifit from this but there is no companies that want to spend a lot of time making games for windows mobile because it hard to build game that look good, run smooth, and is finger friendly on windows mobile. You would have to spend a lot of time to build a games like this. Most of the games already built for windows mobile aren't built properly. They skip corners which makes them run unsmooth. Most of the game companies are building games for the iphone now because its easy to build the software and a lot more people buy the iphone.
[General Topics] sonus:
It really sounds like you just need to get yourself an iphone. You seem to be more interested in a full touchscreen gaming platform with a phone attached than anything else. WM is moreso for adults who want need full PIM functionality as well as powerusers that like to tweak.
[General Topics] toiletduk:
I want my ham sandwich to be more like a taco, but sometimes, life is cruel.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] 7heBoss:
SOrry if this is a stupid question but I was just hoping that someone can point me in the right direction and I would have looked through the forum but I just feel like with so many ROMs that I would have just got lost and confused.

So lately my Xperia has been bugging me frustrating me a whole lot so I was planning on flashing my first ROM and maybe I'll find something that gives me less trouble. So far it seems like Touch-It is the way to go because it is pretty legit. However I don't care much for touchflo so I am actually more interested in maybe trying a windows 6.5 rom and using SPB mobile shell 3.0.

So which ROM would be the absolute best for me. Panels are alright but I can do without them because I really don't change between them often, its too slow and I would rather Use ONE interface that I like a lot. I want speed because I am impatient. Don't want excessive bugs or issues. What is the best ROM to download in your opinion right now for Windows 6.5?

Or if you think you have another ROM suggestion go ahead and shoot. Oh, and please don't bash on me. I just want to have my xperia work well, I don't mean to annoy anybody
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Lokatho:
SEX1 1.01.W4X.23 Barebone:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=509891

WC7X 21234 Loaded

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=510188
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mikkybukky82:
can i get youtube plugin for opera mobile.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] nicelad_uk:
Do you need it? It has YouTube as an App on the TouchPro2
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mikkybukky82:
i need to be able to click on youtbe videos directly on webpages,without having to go to youtube app.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] LordLugard:
Ah ha, i see your point, which coincidentally brings me to another issue. Can you load on the new Skyfire and see how it performs? http://get.skyfire.com

I'd imagine that on that orgasmic screen it should be a thing of beauty, plus you can Youtube directly in Skyfire. I was Hulu-ing on my 3yr old Treo 700Wx and was amazed. Can't wait for the Sprint version :p
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] nicelad_uk:
Aha, got ya.

I'd presume it needs flash then for this to work, which from what I hear about Opera, it doesn't support it yet. Will test Skyfire
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mikkybukky82:
skyfire is not smooth
[G1 General] akaroger:
Hi guys,

I've searched the forum for quite a while but could not find what i want.

How to do I know if my phone is rooted?

I am running Haykuro 5.0.2G.

I need root for my nandroid btw.

Thanks.
[G1 General] All~G1:
if you flashed a rom you are already rooted. I would suggest searching nandroid/fastboot
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] wolframio74:
What is XIP and how i can update it in my custom ROM, my ROM its based on the official ROM for Kaiser but... its a Spanish one :D, (so i dont know if i can use XIP from ROMs in English).

Regards!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mbarvian:
you can use English XIP's, but first, what kitchen are you using?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] joshkoss:
Hi, you will need to use a xip similar or close build number than what your currently using.. some xip's will work with the sys your using and some will not.. u'll need to test individually and find compatible ones that boot.. i suggest using something called easyportoven i think it works for kaiser.. or if u're looking to learn porting xip u'll want to head over to dev and hacking forums and look at the xip porting tutorial.. i'm gonna be putting one together soon but it's for the new type kitchen from bepe, i don't think it would work with yours.. anyway.. peace and good luck.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] qpasatio:
Hi all

Does any of you know if it is possible to chage something in the way I run IGO8?

My main problem is that when I am running Igo8 and want to switch to another application, for example to chage the podcast I'm hearing or to take a note, the igo8 pops up and I don't have time to do the desired action.

Thanks in advance
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] FrEcP:
...

Hmm,

no problem for me. Doesnt popup when minimized...

Run IGo8 - minimize by "Exit->minimize" or press "Home-Button" and switch to another programm with HTC taskmanager.

Only prob:

1. My Blackstone is quite slow while running IGo8 in background

2. IGo8 closes itself sometimes instead of minimizing.
[General Questions and Answers] liehuo:
Hi all! Just a question, can I assign the device lock function found in the today screen to a hardware button? I'm referring to the device lock function that comes with the default windows mobile which we can choose to make it appear at the today screen. It's one of the plugin in the today screen. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Robson:
i remember using this app called ae button plus. check out this link:

http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php

the app essentially expands the coverage and functionality of the hardware buttons. if you'll go through the list of functions, it can lock your device but it's only for wm5. i haven't tried this with wm6...though i'm not sure if an updated version has been released. i used this before when my athena was still in its original wm5 rom. but after upgrading to wm6.5, never found the use for it. secondly, didn't really use the app given that my athena, when closed, had the keyboard protecting the screen from accidental touches.

you could also try hbutton:

http://hbutton.dyndns.org/

haven't used it myself but i do know it can assign auto-screen rotation. not sure if the drop-down menu (when installed) will have screen lock on it. but essentially it works like ae button plus. and the 2 best parts of it: it works on wm6 and is freeware =)

hope that helps
[General Questions and Answers] liehuo:
Thanks! I will check it out.:)
[XPERIA X1 General] sms2000:
I'm using Spb Backup to make full backups. So far it's OK I even tried to restore after HR and it always worked.

Recently I made another full backup and upgraded to the latest stock ROM from SE service site.

Made restore... I mean the full restore and now I'm trying to figure out did I ruin the ROM upgrade?

I do understand that Spb Backup doesn't change the ROM itself. But what happen when I restore the full backup made with previous R2A to my X1i upgraded to R3A? Does it somehow substitute system files of the newer WinMobile 6.1 R3A with older files from 6.1 R2A?

I don't want to use partial restores (PIM etc.) as soon as it's a long and difficult process to restore all the software and features installed.

Thanks in advice.
[XPERIA X1 General] Mr Anderson:
The general recommendation is to have a clean start on a new ROM and not to restore from backups - for precisely the reasons you say.

It is indeed a long chore to reinstall everything, but that's the safest way to ensure a clean start.

Some backup programs claim to be able to do upgrade restores, but I've never had much success with them.
[XPERIA X1 General] sms2000:
Understood. Thanks.
[XPERIA X1 General] sillysquid:
this probably isn't much help but I recently put the r3a on a new xperia from this site then used spb to restore a previous backup from r2a on my previous phone straight from the exe backup (did not install spb backup first).

The only problem i encountered was having to reinstall 1 or 2 applications.
[XPERIA X1 General] ianl8888:
This is an old and somewhat hoary question.

In short, ROM upgrades always re-organise chunks of the Registry from earlier ROM's. So restoring a previous backup over a ROM upgrade risks conflict with these changes

There are several safer methods for rebuilding on a new ROM:

1) use UC ... many, many posts on this + a 150+ page thread

2) there is a thread on this X1 sub-forum showing how to use a \2577 folder on the card to re-install CAB's as an automated process (Flashaholics Anonymous, I think)

3) if you have most apps installed on the card, a lot will run without re-installation, or at least just the addition of SN etc. Then they won't show up in the "Remove Programs" utility, but to de-install, just delete the folder from the card and then delete the shortcut.

I keep a relatively up-to-date copy of all \Windows\Start Menu\Programs shortcuts in a mirror folder set on the card so restoring these is simple

To test the differences in Registry, use the "Compare" function in the excellent freeware editor CeRegEditor
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
You will eventually find a bug if you restore a backup file after changing rom versions.
[XPERIA X1 General] Scott Whitmore:
There is a "Force ROM update" mode in the options when you restore. I've never tried it because I like the idea of a clean install when i upgrade a ROM. But if your keen, give it ago.
[XPERIA X1 General] enterfornone:
And report back with your findnings :)

I've always wanted to try it, but am too scared :)
[XPERIA X1 General] sms2000:
That's a problem that I have no problems...

I restored full SpbBackup without "ROM restore". System reports it's R3A, but Windows Mobile version seems to be the same with R2A. Should it be the same or not?

First I upgraded, second - I restored my backup and only third - I decided to ask this question.

OK with another system Registry organization, I can understand it very well but why any major changes from any 6.1 to another 6.1?

Jumping from 6.1 to 6.5 may and should introduce completely new Registry hives.

Still after restoring full Spb Backup everything works fine, including Hebrew support and fonts, iGo8.3 with A-GPS, additional panels etc.

Anybody with stock [ENG] R3A, please report your Windows Mobile version?
[XPERIA X1 General] Mr Anderson:
It isn't the operating system that changes - it is all the configurations, tweaks and add-ons that change.

The base OS will still be WM6.1, but there are lots of things that HTC and SE have thrown in to customise the device, and change the look and feel of it, but underneath the hood it is still basically WM6.1.

Your problem will be that you took a backup of the R2AA version which will include lots of settings, registry tweaks, software versions and suchlike. When you restore this over R3AA then you might find that the new and (hopefully) improved R3AA settings/files/whatever get overwritten with the old R2AA settings/files/whatever.

You may be okay and never notice the difference, or you might run into any number of problems...freezes, lockups, crashes, instabilities...and you're unlikely to ever figure out why.

Hence, the generally accepted wisdom is to use backup restorations to test experimental ROM upgrades, but to install from scratch if you decide to settle on a different ROM.
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
I think the only thing that will harm your system is when you choose to merge the old registry values with the new one. It's all the registry settings that can get confused with the new ROM.
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
But isn't it fine to restore just emails, contacts, tasks?

Without all the tweaks, settings...
[XPERIA X1 General] Mr Anderson:
Oh yes, that kind of stuff is alright - things like emails, PIM data and any other database files used by the software (stuff like saved game files, SplashID databases, saved settings for things like PhoneWeaver, PocketPlus etc).

If you sift through the backup and do selective restoration of just the databases then you should be fine.

It's mainly the registry settings you have to worry about, as poetryrocksalot says. However, you should also avoid restoring anything which comes with the HTC or SE customisations (such as panels, HTC task manager etc) because you risk losing newer software versions and could introduce incompatibilities between old/new files.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] thebaykid:
I have been trying to get my 8525 (unlocked to t-mobile) to sign onto my aim account using OZ messenger. But every time i try to sign in, it says connection error. Does anyone know whats wrong? I think i might have to create another connection but i dont know what settings to use for it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] thebaykid:
someone has to be able to help me. please someone?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] leumas1980:
Which it is the procedure in order to load a new rom on the w800 and which programs are necessary? Excused l' ignorance Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zaid163:
Hey guys,

I Was in the process of unlocking my sim using HTC_Hermes_SIM_CID_Unlock_v3a and the cable came out because my little brother ran n tripped over the cable.

It was up to 7 % as it was uploading the ROM onto my phone ( The screen how it says it should take about 10 min )

Then I tried re-starting but the computer wont recognize the phone and active sync wont recognize it either, it's stuck on the tri coloured screen

Says ;

HERM100

I PL-1.01

HERM100

SpL-1.40.Olipro

What can I do to fix the phone?

Thanks
[P3400 General] besony:
Lets have a thread to List broadly ROMs that we have here..

I will start with the ones I have seen here..

we can give pointers on basis of :-

Style:

Stability:

Speed:

Battery:

On the scale of 1-10 , 10 being the highest

Typical Use:

*Special mention :

*offcourse the opinions may vary user to user, but will give us an idea for sure

Ok, Lets start:

#Manilla2d < Is It the Touch Viva 'fame' type?>

#Cube <This is Sure HTC Touch style>

Hello all / I am Bhushan Sohani /
[P3400 General] Addicted2xda:
I don't think a lot of people will participate in the thread, since we at this forum strongly discourage rating of ROMs, since each of them is a product of buring a lot of midnight oil (and loss of hair :D).