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[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyh0905:
htc support

Following the stock reply from htc about the poor radio (soft reset, hard reset, wipe sim) I wrote back:

Thanks for the advice. I have tried all you suggested but the reception on my Diamont 2 remains poor. I did a dirct comparison at my work place (this is where I am having my biggest problems), between the Diamond2 and an old Sony Erriccson K510i.

With my T-mobile sim inserted in the D2 I got between no signal and 1-2 bars. With the K510i I had 3-4 bars.

With an Orange sim I got 2-3 bars on the D2 while I had full signal with the OLD Sony Erriccson phone.

I think the Diamond2 is an excellent device, but I feel let down by It's poor radio performance.

Can you tell me if this problem is being looked into by your tech's?

As stated else where on this forum if enough people take the time to complain to htc they may do somthing other than deny there is a problem.

The squeeky wheel gets the oil, as they say ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akash_84:
Would it help if I took a FEW phones all on the same network and compared signal?

I too have really bad reception but have access to many devices including the Touch HD, Vario, Tytn2, various SE phones (c902, c905), Various nokias (N95, N96, 6500) and a few LG phones.

I am on the O2 network, and have enough simcards to fill all the phones up at the same time so I can do a comparison on signal tha way.

The best one will be the difference from the HTC devices but I can then draw up conclusions here and also with HTC.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kl408:
It would be great if you could try the same simcard in a few different sets. This would give us a really good idea of how the TD2-radio really performs...

I got my reply from HTC yesterday and it was indeed a simple and standard (meaningless) answer.

They actually thought that no HSDPA and 3 bars GPRS was not so bad a connection :confused:

Thanks for your offer and awaiting the results......
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hermes77:
hello all

i ve made a lot of radio test here with this d2

it is really poor in sensitivity

the gsm antena is located in the back but in the lower part of the device so when you take it in your hand there is a great attenuation of the received signal.

i ve made a lot of description and test about this known probleme on the french forum.

you can test the sensitivity with field test and you ll see the reception is always around -100 db when other device are -75 db (beter)

active the test with *#*#364#*#* code on your diamond2
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kl408:
Where in the program can I enter the code you gave ???
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hermes77:
just enter this number in the phone
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyh0905:
I entered this code as a phone number and hit send...........

All I got was the automated message "Calls to this number are not being connected"

Any idea why?:confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hermes77:
active the test with *#*#364#*#* code on your diamond2
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kl408:
Got it, code numbers are 364 not 363 and don't hit send, just key in the sequence...

tried it en got these:

RSSI: 31

RSSI 1: -68

NCell info 1 through 6 are: -73 -79 -80 -82 -82 -87

Good or no good ?????
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyh0905:
working!

Yup that didi it!

RSSI 22

NCell info 1-6 = -85,-85,-88,-92,-94,-97

RSSI 1-85dbm

I'm supposed to be in a good 3G area so I'm guessing these numbers are pretty crap:mad:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akash_84:
ok I will test tomorrow all being well and get something ready for HTC

This is more of an issue for me as of today than the 3 Months I've had the phone - reason being, I was constantly being cut off from a very important phonecall

When I looked at the unit, it was signal based whereby it was changing from G to H constantly

On the other hand, another unit I had was fine at the time so I'll do a proper comparison tomorrow and post back.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imranbashir_uk:
I got my hands on the official T-Mobile UK version of the TD2 its called the MDA Compact V. and I got to say T-Mobile done a good job, certainly here in the UK.

I have had no issues with the radio in fact it seems to be marginally better then the TD1 that I have.

The radio version is R3.43.25.19

The T-Mobile version also comes with a case, and looks to be slightly smaller then the HTC version, overall im very impressed apart from the ROM which I flashed straight away.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyh0905:
htc support

Got a reply from htc support, and they really pulled the stops out to help:

Thank you for your feedback. We are always working on ways to improve all of our handsets performances. Please keep an eye on our website for any future updates:

www.htc.com

Go to the support section to see any available updates in the future. Handsets always will vary in comparison side by side tests and we are aware of this.

Thank you.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rling:
Link to alternate radios:

Topaz Radio ROM Resource
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akash_84:
Update so far:

Topaz, Blackstone are the same it seems but the blackstone remained at 2bars around the area whereas the Topaz went down to 1 bar and then even switched to G from H

The Iphone 3G S has full bars as you can see (or its 4 which then kicked up to 5)

I'll try out the C905, C902, N95 Black, Tytn2, hopefully tomorrow

PS: Ignore the time on the Blackstone (touch HD), it had a firmware update last night and didnt bother changing the time to the correct one
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kl408:
Hmmm doesn't look too promising then. Ok, thanks and looking foreward to the results from the other tests..
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akash_84:
Well I dunno... We know how similar the HTC Touch HD and Topaz is so maybe they have a similar fault.

I bet you any money that the Tytn will have full bars

And the fact the iPhone had full bars suggest that it is the phone and not something else.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sceptics:
Having the same issue with the crap radio on tis fella

did the *#*#364#*#* code and the below is what i got, oddly tho, its only during the time when i am doing this then was i able to get 3G full bar. all other times i've always gotten crap reception switching from g-3g-g .....and so on

NCell Info1-6 -99dbm

frequency hopping not active

ROM Version: 1.40.707.1(49069)WWE

ROM Date: 04/20/09

Radio Version: 3.44.25.27

Protocol Version: 61.25t.25.19U
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipL:
Hi

This is interesting. The most useful figure shown is probably the RSSI, which is received signal strength indication, usually 0 to 254, with 254 being the best. Although unless you can compare it with something else that provides the same measurement it doesn't prove a lot.

Flat on my desk I have the Tytn II and the Diamond 2, they show around the same value of 12 to 14, which is 1 or 2 bars on the icon for 3G. I can move them around a little bit and make one higher than the other by a couple of numbers.

Regards

Phil
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcan:
Just updated my radio to 3.44... Seems to have better reception now.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craiglay:
I've upgraded to radio 3.44.25.27 and GSM reception seems better, GPS locks are quicker. No chance to test 3G / HSDPA yet. No noticeable affect on battery life.

For the record, rather than typing the code into the phone application, in file explorer, /Windows/fieldtest.exe is the same thing..
[G1 General] BGH80:
I moved the storage of my apps over to the SD card on the first day I got my ADP1. All has been working fine and I've been able to download apps from the marketplace with no problems. However today when I open the market I got

The application Market (process com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

FYI I have just moved the storage of the apps to the SD card. All my caches are still stored on the phone. I have tried clearing the market cache but still no joy. Any other suggestions?
[G1 Apps and Games] imbonez9:
I know I'm not the only one looking for but a full screen caller id. So when a call comes in it covers the full screen, with the options on screen of answering, silent, or streight to VM. I know my self will donate and believe others will as well. So when a call comes in the picture of said person would cover up full screen. Not sure why there isn't one yet :(
[G1 Apps and Games] D1strukt:
That actually sounds like a nice idea... would love the on-screen selection.. I doubt you would be able to get the callers pic stretched full screen since pics are stored in google's database and I believe they are resized, I could be wrong tho.. I would pay as well :)
[G1 Apps and Games] stickman:
I read somewhere this app can't be done right now. There is nothing in the current SDK that allows to hook anything to the action started by the incoming call.

Maybe someone who knows more about the Android SDK could ellaborate on this...
[G1 Apps and Games] nEx.Software:
The White Pages Caller ID app, seems to have no problem catching an incoming call event and displaying a custom view tat shows caller information. Of course, there may not be any way to interact and block, answer, etc... from any screen other than the default incoming call screen, though I am not positive.
[G1 Apps and Games] kylelipp:
Just try hero.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=522076 - JACMan Hero 1.6

You should just try one of the hero builds, the dialer, contacts, are much nicer, htc totally streamlined the look of the standard apps(dialer, htc chirp, even the clock!)

The answer screen is almost exactly what you're looking for I'm sure. The pic isn't full screen, but the incoming call notification is full screen, you have answer decline right on the screen and hero even has a function(that I can't get to work) that it'll send out a standard rejection sms when you hit decline. The roms aren't 100% stable yet, but don't use the rosie.apk(disable the default in app mgnt) and you're well on your way to a pleasurable calling experience.

Later Tater.:)
[G1 Apps and Games] imbonez9:
Not really feeling the Hero on the G1 wont ever be stable enough thanks though.
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
The Rogers Rom (magic) has a bigger picture for incoming and out going and is VERY fast and stable.
[G1 Apps and Games] borodin1:
I know a few people that will pay for an app like that (including myself). I'd love to see this developed.
[G1 Apps and Games] trevordbs:
yea ive asked about this before as well. and i agree, not feeling to well on hero port to g1. this would be a great ap, id def donate
[G1 Apps and Games] cal3thousand:
I don't see why its not possible since my crappy TREO 750 did it, with a resistive screen to boot (not that it really matters)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meddleuk:
Hi,

I'm due to pick up my touch pro 2 tomorrow. Just wondering if someone could describe the headset that's included with the Unbranded model from Mobilesdirect.com.

Is it an all in one headset or is it a Miniusb adapter that I could plug in my own wired headphones. Whats the quality like?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
cant wait i like this look :cool:

but maybe the tray tab could use a touchup
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] moosefist:
Screenshots????
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
Download Now!

And Screenshots are there by the way. At least I can see them on my PC and my G1.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] xadaniman:
Doesnt work

I was using JF 1.5 and wanted to try this....wipe then flash and doesnt fully load it either sticks boot logo screen or doesnt load at all. cool idea but needs work, Ion is the fastest build out so im interested in this!!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
This does take a little bit longer than a normal theme to load up and may even look like it stuck at boot just give it a minute.

I am gonna flash 1.5 and the to this to see if I can duplicate this.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] xadaniman:
:)

I hope i dont sound ungrateful before, i look forward to the JF 1.5 version.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] blackmamba22:
jf 1.5 watchmen theme

can somebody port the rc33 watchmen theme over to jf 1.5
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tinyaznboi:
man this looks sick, i love the green/white theme my fav color scheme, and im a fan of ben ten so this is awesome.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] supersize:
can you say thread jack??...make you're own thread!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] wiked1r:
what happen to the link?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] prash:
I love the colors and the look of it. Great job!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tinyaznboi:
would this theme work on build that are not ion? im currenting using Cyanogen's 1.5 and would love it if this theme also worked on it. Can anyone confirm?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
Ready now

Ok Link is back, fixed issues switching from JF 1.5 to ION, I suspect it has something to do with it being a whole ROM and not just a theme update.

Will port this theme and my others to JF 1.5 using Tehsano's Theme, for all of those goodies he's got and multiple Rom support.

Thanks Again.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tinyaznboi:
alright sickk cant wait for this theme to work on other builds =]
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
this theme is awsome flashed ion just to try it

add an icon pack with aim icon and all that stuff also new wallpapers would be nice

can wait for a full version
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] xadaniman:
works!

works awesome. no lag, no bugs
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
i got two wallpapers that go well with this theme i added docks to them :D

my own type tho not as big as they usually r but look good with the theme
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] moosefist:
sorry about that, i guess my works DNS is blocking them. damn filtering :mad:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
cant wait to c this on JF 1.51 ADP 1.5 this theme is pretty sick :cool:

maybe when you make it for JF you can do more editing :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] g1junky:
does anybody have a theme template for ion?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
fix google search widget. seems to big when closed
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] igloo77055:
Woah, this looks really nice, makes me wanna move back to ION.

But I'm still loving the Hero theme as of now.

ION needs more themes, that would be much better.

I miss the speed
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
ported to JF 1.5 - ADP1.5

fixed some issues

boot screen for ION

More Images got replaced.

Both Flashes seem to be slow, give it a few minutes.

Ion may have force closes after install from JF 1.5, happened about 50/50 for me still working to fix it.

enjoy
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
theme looks pretty nicee :cool:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalb:
This theme is pretty good. I really like the battery on the lock screen. Is it possible to get a copy of the green flame bg of this theme. I really like it if you don't mind posting it. Again good job on the theme. Surely if i wasn't sporting the hero theme this would be the one.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
hey im useing you theme and i noticed the clock takes up alot of space. the clock is small but the space it takes up is as big as the hero theme's clock

can u plz fix this?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] sianaka:
New google maps

This would be awesome if it had either a larger 4x3 clock or a 2x2 clock that took up the regular amount of space. Also, a black status bar with white clock looks amazing with this. I made a Monster Energy drink wallpaper to go with this and it looks amazing. I was also able to use some of the changes from the hero theme with this. I also would really like to see this with the new google maps incorporated. This is my favorite theme I've seen so far, and I've tried almost all of them since rc29.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
The clock size? Do you mean file size or On screen space?

The On screen size is well within the limits of the 2x2 image size, meaning it still has room for an icon column on either side, and 2 rows of icons below it. That's when the clock is in the default location.

File size, I am constantly compressing my pngs, and may not have got that 1 yet. I'll let you know if that's the issue.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
yea the on screen space it takes up
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] sianaka:
clock

The clock on the Hero theme has been modified to take up 4x3 spaces on the screen. When I load the clock widget on this theme, it takes up the same space. It won't allow me to put the clock anywhere but the center of the screen and I don't use the space on the left and right of it. Maybe you can make the clock actually take up the 4x3 space. I think the clock is awesome. Also I have that monster energy wallpaper I made, but can't figure out where the screenshot app went. If someone can link the app I will post of screen shots of how great it looks with this theme. Actually in a couple min I can link the actual wallpaper on here.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tinyaznboi:
very nice theme, especially the highlights and the android bootup screen, and the lock screen (my fav) but could use a little more work on other things to make it match the theme more ( i know ur not done with it though). So for now im sticking with the hero theme but keep it up :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
Seems like the clock issue is stemming from flashing this over the hero theme with out flashing the original jf 1.5 theme template first. Try doing that first then flash echo echo. You still won't have to wipe. I like 2x2 size so I don't think I'll change it untill I get more things completed.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
im useing the theme on dudes 1.3RC2
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] luiscortes:
I have been using this theme for awhile and love it. With this new update I notice that my title bar font is cut off on the bottom. I also notice that the messaging icon is no longer green. I am using Ion rom from Haykuro. I have also updated 3 times with no wipe and with no luck. I would like to fix this without wiping. Any help would be great.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
Ah I figured out on Ion that the mms.apk and music.apk is just the standard ION version. Iwill fix the update and upload it again, must have missed them when adding them to the zip file. Also I will check the title bar and see what I can find
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] carlosjcar:
bump

I like where you are going with this theme its very original so

BUmp!!!!!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] wiked1r:
switched from jachero to jf adp crb43 wiped flashed moved ap2sd rebooted flashed theme ...... infinite bootloop

edit : wiped reflashed theme and ........

presto it worked! guess gotta run ap2sd after flashing theme

edit2 : no home screen tho lol
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
the theme was designed to work with JF v1.50 CRB21 ADP1.5, there are so many Additional ROMS out there, they are changing constanly. I am not able to trouble shoot the theme for other ROMs. I will however do my best to fix issues with JF v1.50 CRB21 ADP1.5 and ION.

Also another minor update on the way shortly, more notification icons added.

Thanks
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] sianaka:
new googlemaps

please incorporate the new google maps. I really want the icon to match the rest of the theme. Also, can you lighten the activity bar just slightly? Not trying to nitpick or anything, it is just a little off from the other greens used.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aiiao:
tried to flash it with dudes cupcake

but got stuck at g1 screen, too bad
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Lou2serious:
Flashing theme

OK I just flashed the echo theme. Im currently running Cyanogen v3.4.6, at first i was stuck on the boot image i waited about 10 minutes to be sure it was a boot loop so i pulled the battery and powered on my phone and it loaded up just fine.

One thing i noticed is i cannot used the HTC vk it in cyanogen's mod but the Latin IME works fine.

Just thought I'd share this if you guys were having problems flashing the theme.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aiiao:
got it nog with JF 1.51 ADP

looks awesome ^^

my only point is that i think the notification bar could be a color more suiteable with al the green
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
Update 6/28/09

**ALL ROMS**

Changed activity bar color, to match better.

Added/Changed Notification Icons

Fixed text cutoff on Title bar.

Several Minor fixes.

**ION ROM**

Deleted New Boot Screen, added old one back in.

It was creating a lot of issues.

Fixed missing new mms.apk and music.apk
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
going to go ahead and try it out as well on cy 3.4.6...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
this theme... the jf crb21 update... is confirmed working on Cyanogen's 3.4.6 w 1.5 CRB43

i just cleared my screen, loaded the update, waited maybe 5 minutes, the boot screen ran its course, i left my phone alone, it dimmed and shortly after that it was at the lock screen.

no need to reset or anything over here..

but i lost my im application... guess i can adb install this back in
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jubeh:
this theme is so sexy... but it's green... have you thought about making different colored ones? light blue would look soooo good

-edit-

actually, i just saw you have the icon pack up. I'll just have photoshop make them all blue and them try to make a theme for myself. good theme
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aiiao:
after the 2.5.5 update (running on jf build adp 1.5) power manager en weatherbug just keep force closing. before i flashed the update they both were working perfectly fine
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] :
cool stuff, I made a lock2.0 skin using the battery icons, hope you dont mind.

http://lock2.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/echo-echo-battery/
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] r4d14n7:
The JF version is confirmed working on a fresh flash of Cyanogen's 3.5.2. Had a force close on shopsavvy after installing the theme. Uninstalled shopsavvy and reinstalled it did the trick.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aiiao:
power manager en weatherbug reinstall also did the trick.

the only thing (not new in this verison) is that sometimes it just randomly goes on screenlock
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] SteveTilsed:
Tried flashing the theme and got a bootloop. Tried pulling the lock screen from the theme to flash to no avail.

Current build,

Firmware Version: 1.5

Baseband Version: 62.33.20.08U_1.22.12.29

Kernel Version

2.6.27.00392-g8312baf jesusfreke@spork #1

Build Number: CRB43
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aiiao:
try updating your baseband and spl
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] SteveTilsed:
Do you happen to have the latest downloads?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aiiao:
http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/

updating your spl is not without danger. read the threads about it carefully before updating
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] SteveTilsed:
Why thank you Sir, i shall report back.

EDIT:

Thanks again, upgrade and no brick, theme now works :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Glen L:
hi, is it possible to just install the lockscreen and not the whole theme?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
small update

added new tabs, and fixed lots of little things along with some notification icons.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] l3wish:
hehe Solved!!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] godfatherone:
I recreated my own version of it using that for educational purposes like he suggests. I even mentioned him.

My version has more battery notches to give a more accurate battery life. Adjusted the hue, sat, shadows, added the reflection and alot of additions and subtrations from his.

This was not a mere cut and paste operation.

So true your theme doesn't use my recreated battery, sorry to say you did.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] MOONSSPOON:
Love this theme. =)