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[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] braulioleonardo:
In my Touch Input Keyboard, when I go to 12# > 1/2 > 2/2, I see six keys empty. It's possible to add extra characters in these keys (like ª, º)? Thanks.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Teddyen:
I'm wondering about the same thing. Anyone? =)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] combat goofwing:
after owning the phone for a month and having just had it replaced due to screen/battery issues

thought before i do anything to it i would find out

what is the easy way to back up the full device before altering files for hacks etc (didnt do this first time around)

and how do i stop my contact pics coming up in the albu, photos

thanks for any help
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] quarintus:
for the backing up thing. You can only backup files and data. So no settings. (maybe with exensive programs) So when something goes wrong you do a hard reset, and restore the data and files. You should backup programs on your PC.

Search the ofrum for: PPCPimBackup. This is freeware backupsoftware that works very well. It backsup you email, sms, agenda, notes and contact. (The files on you SD card won't get lost by a hard reset).

Can't awnser you question ATM about hte contact pics. Don't have the phone, still waiting for the replacement.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Kork:
I personally use Sprite Backup, which worked very well for me in the past. They have some special for HTC owners right now, so you might want to look into that (http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/sprite-backup-htc-special). I suggest, you try both (PPCPimBackup and SpriteBackup) and see what works best for you.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ronh:
Why do you want to do that before any tweaks?

In that case just give it a hard reset and it will be back to the first time you booted it.

Take care with backup/restore on different devices.

If the ROM versions aren't the same, you can get strange behaviour with your device.

And even if they are the same, some programs didn't restore well on another (same) device.

SPB backup worked well

But I can't say which is the best, maybe sprite has some other advantages
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] unknownserv:
I'm sure everyone hates these topics, but I'm just looking for advice on what ROM to use as I've looked and can't really see any that suit my needs.

I'm after a ROM similar to Duttys 6.1 (E.g, it appears "stock"), but with the new calculator, notification manager etc from the Topaz, TF3D2, WM 6.5. There are a few ROMs that do include all these, but most include third party apps that wouldn't be in a "real" HTC ROM, or have custom TF3D2/tray icons.

Are there any ROMs available that suit this critera, or will I have to cook my own?

EDIT: Phone is GSM, and is currently running Dutty's ROM, and HardSPL. My radio and splash are fine.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nedge2k:
i'd appriciate a good recommendation too. need a similar rom for my missus' diamond. normally i'd just try out a few but she hates setting up her phone again when i flash new roms so i have to reflash it as little as possible!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] unknownserv:
Just found this ROM, which would be perfect if it came without the extras (Then I can install which extras I want, i.e. YouTube).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nedge2k:
looks good, seems to tick all the boxes, might give that a try!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] DaveShaw:
Well then you found your own answer ;).

Thread closed.

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] matrix.has.neo:
after pressing power button twice the 2D speed of the device is being improved dramatically. Do you know why does it act like that?

thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nqnguyen2:
say what? can you be more specific?

1. what rom are you using?

2. what applications are you using that would affect the power state of the device?

3. could you elaborate more on your situation?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] matrix.has.neo:
Hi,

1. what rom are you using?

I've used several ROMS: AthineOS, Hyperdragon, UX and TPC Elite

2. what applications are you using that would affect the power state of the device?

No application specifically.

3. could you elaborate more on your situation?

E.g when I restart my phone, it would work slow. I press the power button. It goes into sleep mode. I press it again. And from this point I get turbo speed in menus.

Don't really know what's the reason for this.

Thanks for help.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nqnguyen2:
the only thing i can think of is if the fonts are being cached. i know if i opened my menus and browsed through the second time it was twice as fast.

i guess don't worry too much about it if it's not giving you problems. consider it a blessing.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] matrix.has.neo:
I don't think the fonts might be cached. When I soft-reset my Kaiser I can work very long periods with my applications and it's slow. Immediately that I press the power button twice the speed is extremely improved. Scrolling works very smooth and fast than before.

It's starting to annoy me that I can't find the reason for this.

If you have any ideas, please help me out.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tahdor:
Looks like some application is stuck some where and harding resources. Please see the list of tasks (not applications) which are running with and without your trick of two presses of power buttons.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ASCIIker:
i concur!

i read this thread the day it was started...i can also observe the behavior reported by the OP but i did not post back because it is a minor inconvenience that is easily resolved when the device goes to standby (manually or automatically)

just to be more clear, here is what you can do to observe the behavior:

1. soft reset the device

2. when it completes booting, DO NOT LET IT GO INTO STANDBY

3a. if you have WM6.5, you can use the start menu as a test application

3b. if you have WM6.1, start an application like resco explorer or opera 9.x

4. scroll up/down and observe the 2D rendering speed

5a. if you did step 3a, LEAVE THE START MENU ON SCREEN

5b. if you did step 3b, LEAVE RESCO/OPERA ON SCREEN

6a. press the power button to manually put the device in standby

6b. let the device standby on its own (if you have set a timeout in power settings)

7. press the power button AGAIN to wake the device

8. now try scrolling again in whatever menu/application you left running

you will observe a noticable improvement in 2D rendering performance. i stress that it IS noticable but NOT significant...i'm not saying it is insignificant but it is not "twice as fast" or "turbo" either, IMHO.

just thought i should chime in and state my observations...just so the OP doesn't feel his mind is playing tricks on him :D

perhaps some cook and/or windows mobile developer can shed some light and MAYBE discover a nugget of a tweak in the process...? (fingers crossed) afterall, chainfire's gfxboost was developed after some dude reported his discovery of improved 2D performance if the htc album application was left with an open (but paused) video in the background.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] OndraSter:
I know about this slowdown, it causes MEMFIX with 101MB RAM. I guess there is some way how to get rid of it, but I always forget it where I saw it:mad:.
[Touch HD General] drgregur:
Hi,

can someone help med to find the place where i switch on the "search names in contact list" when im go to sms or dialer. I know i saw it once but cant remember.

It was so easy to just write the name in the dialer and the contact just popup.. same in the sms function.

/MP
[Touch HD General] kingspeare:
all people

click on "all people" there is search function right on top(with a magnifying glass) to search for contacts, from where you can send call, sms, email so on

or simply type the contacts name in the "to" field of new sms you will get their contact number

if that did not help please be more specific in your request
[Touch HD General] drgregur:
no , not that kind of search. But it was a good tips.

When go into "New SMS", the coursor start at "TO:" from there i can( or could) i start typing names and it find matchings from the phonebook. Or when i got the dailer up, i did'nt need to know the number, i just start to type the name and it find matching names from the phone book.

I know that i saw it somewhere in the settings, but cant find it again. Or have Dutty Rom not that function maybe.

/M
[Touch HD General] dcorran:
not sure it works like that in SMS but if you start to type a name then use menue "check names" option it will list all that match.

in phone dialler it seems to check the list automatically but i think it is just the recently dialled numbers?
[Touch HD General] drgregur:
Yes, you found it, so simple.. wonder how i get the "Check Name" to be check all the time, not only for that sms.
[Touch HD General] playdo:
Normally, it should automatically check Names if you begin typing in the "TO:" field.

Or am I wrong?
[Touch HD General] drgregur:
not on my Dutty 3.9 turbo. I know that on the original rom it was like that.
[Touch HD General] playdo:
Weird, my 3.8 Dutty does still have this feature....

Sorry I can't help you :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
Credit:

Haykuro

Cyanogen

JacHero

NeoBlade

Markazeh

makethetick

XDA Community for your support and help

If i have forgot anyone, i am sorry, please tell me and i will add you :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
Excellent Guide bro. Although I have no need for it, still A++. Might want to include how to do a nandroid restore :) just a suggestion!

[EDIT]: I think this guide is worthy of a sticky! What do you guys think? ^^
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronyoung08:
You are the man!!!

Short simple and to the point!!!

0nly if all the guides were like this...

Thanks man!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlatinumMOTO:
not sure if this is the right spot or not but ever since I flashed from cy36 to 361 I keep losing my adb connection I have to g1s and while I'm working on one the other one isn't even connected to the computer so I just flashed the hero theme on one and plugged it in usb and tried to do the clock switcher didn't work so I go do a cmd and do an adb devices and there's nothing listed then I do an adb shell and it says error device not found but the computer sees it and the adb driver is loaded along with the mass storage driver and haven't had any problems until now.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
You might want to try reinstalling the drivers and the USB Storage devices. That fixed it for me
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikey:
Did you follow the "Preparing your phone for ADB" steps? and do ^ that suggestion first. lol
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlatinumMOTO:
yes I did I've had adb since sdk 1.0 and never had a problem like I said I actually have 1.0 and 1.5 on my computer so that when I root or re root other g1s I do adb but I noticed adb only works on it's version if I had a 1.5 g1 then the 1.0 won't work and same with the other way but that's not the problem I think I found it it's the clock switcher with 361 of Cyan because now I deleted it and restarted and it works just fine and I just tried to do the clock switcher and now it doesn't recognize either g1 again.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heldc:
push apk via abd while in recovery mode?

Is it possible to use ADB to push apk files to the phone when the phone is in recovery mode? I tried and it didn't work (the files I was trying to replace weren't overwritten), and I'm wondering if it's because I did something wrong, or if it just doesn't work. I have adb working fine otherwise, have used it a bunch, including to push files while the phone was booted normally.

Specifically, I want to push the calendar.apk and calendarprovider.apk (I like the 1x4 calendar widget better than the 2x2). I want to do this in recovery mode so that the calendar isn't running when the file gets overwritten. I keep having calendar problems after pushing the 1x4 widget, and I think the problems are due to the calendar being active when the file gets replaced.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccunningham83:
ADB Commands...

First I would like to say I think the guide is great. Though I don't have a lot of use for it, but I have some suggestions to make:

1. List some ADB commands and what they do, specifically how to use them, and what you would use them for. This forum has taught me so much about my phone and linux, but sometimes it was a slow learning process. Working the ADB push/pull feature was confusing when I first started using it.

2. Nandroid Back-ups. I still don't think I am using it correctly. I know there is a guide, but it still seems confusing. Maybe dumb it down a little.

3. Maybe more information on fastboot. I'm not sure exactly what it is or does, seems like just another version of recovery terminal, which from everything I have learned so far, if you can't get to your recovery terminal, you probably won't be able to get to your fastboot either.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heldc:
Actually, you can access fastboot from the bootloader, so it's available even if the recovery console isn't.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
In recovery, nothing is mounted. So in order to push and overwrite the calender and calenderproviders, you have to do this in recovery/adb shell

mount /system/app

After that, You should be able to push the files + overwrite them =]. QQ why do you want to do this inrecovery and not when the phone is turned on and fully functional?o_o
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccunningham83:
but how many times is bootloader available when recovery console isn't? I understand they are different, but from everything I have seen, if you can get one, you can get the other and if you can't get one, you cant get the other either.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
If you type "adb" in terminal you get a whole list of the options and what they do :) Also what part of nandroid backup don't you understand? Its just booting into recovery and alt+b. I assume you mean nandroid restores right? Drop me a PM maybe I can help you
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
Its because the boot loader is dependent on the SPL and if you flash the "Danger" SPL which is basically the only one that causes problems, then you have a chance of bricking your phone. In that case, brick = no bootloader no recovery
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heldc:
Well, actually, I recently had just this happen. My fiance got a g1, and somehow in flashing it for him, it ended up without a working recovery console. It wouldn't flash the recovery image from within the OS, so I had to use fastboot to flash the recovery image. So, it's quite possible to have a bootloader and no recovery console.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heldc:
Ah ha, that's likely the problem, thanks!

Like I said, I want to overwrite a system app, the calendar. Every time I've done this with the phone "fully functional", the app ends up constantly force closing. I suspect this might be due to corruption from overwriting the app while it's running. I'm hoping that if I replace the app when the OS isn't on, the replacement app will work properly.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
No problem :) You could also try replacing the calender app in a ROM and resigin it and then flash it. Have you tried rebooting after replacing the Calender app when the phone is I quote from myself " fully functional "?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crusader0071:
hi all please help me, i realy need your help. i think i might have bricked my phone! please help, the recovery screen just says waiting for device? its a g1 i have a nandroid back up was trying to flash openeclaire 2.1.1 but give me an error at the end saying folder does not exist?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayush20m:
I was planning on putting a folder full of ringtones in the phone using adb. Is it possible to just put the whole folder or will I have to do it individually?

adb push c:\ringtones /system/media

will this command make a new folder in media as ringtones or will it just transfer all the files of ringtone to media?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Midknight2:
keep getting a $ instead of a #

so what do i do
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayush20m:
did u type su (enter)?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkasi87:
Thank you so much! Now I can satisfy my flashing addiction without stressing about having to re-install over 200 applications! ^_^ Thank you!!!!!!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AustinAce:
confusing as hell I swear to god I follow the steps correctly.

then I tried to install Droid Explorer and that failed miserably.

Life hates me. :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dianeofarcadia:
reading and more reading along with several hours. It finally came together. Thank you for the great write up!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fermunky:
OK, not sure why fastboot isn't working. I have CM5.0.7, and broke my recovery, meaning I cannot get into it. One of the suggested fixes was to flash the recovery using fastboot.

ADB works fine. If the phone is on, I can do ADB devices and it will list my phone. With it still plugged in, I shut down, turn back on holding the Back button, and I am in fastboot mode on the phone. However, on the PC at the command prompt, typing in fastboot devices returns nothing...

What am I doing wrong? I do have the Android Phone hardware group in Device Manager when I have the phone ON and plugged in. As soon as I go into fastboot mode, the hardware group disappears (well, as soon as I turn the phone off).

C:\>adb shell (enter adb shell)

# (confirms I am in shell)

# ^C (escaped shell)

C:\> (shut off phone, boot into fastboot using Power+Back)

C:\>fastboot devices

C:\> (and nothing.....)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SG_Shadow:
cmd adb error msg...

I already have my pc setup with adb. It appears to be working just fine. I'm trying to setup adb on my laptop and is running into all types of problems. I've downloaded the sdk and ran the sdk setup.exe and downloaded all the latest files, and of course the usb driver. I was able to successfully install the driver and was able to connect my G1 for file transfer. I've followed the guide info to the letter but for some strange reason I get the following:

* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found

I've already tried uninstalling the newest driver and installing the working one from my pc, then I tried downloading a driver that was listed by a user in this thread. Still no luck. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stryder5:
I need help with fastboot and updating the radio...

I don't know what's wrong and searching doesn't seem to bring anything up relevant?

EDIT: I just went ahead and used recovery to install the radio. Thanks anyways!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishuwell:
thanks alot, I followed step by step and it worked like a charm....greatly appreciated for this writeup:D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erebusting:
Thanks!

Thanks...I had to use

"Im not getting a notification of Android ADB when i plug in my USB"

...I had ADB working before but I did something and it got messed up....now I can debug my phone with Eclipse again....thanks for this advice!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breezy169:
hey could someone give me some help on how to get my MT3g detected by my adb? all my cmd says is "list of devices attached" and no serial number there.? i used the usbdeview and tried to reinstalled my phone and then selected my sdk as my software but it just said "not able to install".

Edit: i got it working now, thanks for the guide. but for some reason i have a failure and 'adb' is an unrecognized as a internal or external command..... when i write a command.

am i giving the wrong command?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xbox4414:
HI I'm new to ADB and using the Evo 4G. I'm trying to follow the root tutorial, as I want to do a nandroid back up.

When I'm at "adb reboot recovery"

I get this in cmd:

So it shows the device but then ADB not found? Sorry I'm completely new to ADB and Android OS.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just_s:
@xbox4414 you don't type reboot recovery into the command line. In theory, you would double click or right click and run as administrator on the evorecovery bat file. It worked for me when I originally rooted my phone yesterday, but the 30 something times I have tried since has not worked at all. Hopefully it will work for you.

Good luck!:)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToBeInfinit:
Sorry to be such a noob but where is the SDK Setup.exe? Can't find it? :confused:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perern:
yeahh!

this finally let me edit and push the framework-res.apk

on my Diamond 2
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickL0V3:
ADB in VM

I recently used LiLi to make a bootable linux drive on a usb stick. I have the option to boot into it or open it in Oracle VM

I was wondering if there was a way to make the VM recognize usb devices (aka my phone?) It would be nice to be able to have adb with me if I ever need to use it and Im not home
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Why not just boot with it? I'm sure anywhere you have access to a VM program, you have access to BIOS settings simple and probably quicker than redownload/installing anything.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickL0V3:
@r3s-rt well its a version of Oracle that runs right off the stick.

I havent been able to boot into it properly so far (laziness) bc it doesnt play nice with my dual monitors.

it was just a matter of curiosity really
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
ah ;)

Sorry, I've never really had much experience with any VMs.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickL0V3:
yea I actually just started working with them over the last week or two.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troopah22a:
CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS OR WHAT IT IS>>>>>!!!!!!!!!.....o_O

on boot

setprop ARGH ARGH

setprop net.eth0.dns1

setprop net.gprs.local-ip

setprop ro.radio.use-ppp no

setprop ro.build.product generic

setprop ro.product.device generic

# fake some battery state

setprop status.battery.state Slow

setprop status.battery.level 5

setprop status.battery.level_raw 50

setprop status.battery.level_scale 9

# disable some daemons the emulator doesn't want

stop dund

stop akmd

setprop ro.setupwizard.mode EMULATOR

# enable Google-specific location features,

# like NetworkLocationProvider and LocationCollector

setprop ro.com.google.locationfeatures 1

# For the emulator, which bypasses Setup Wizard, you can specify

# account info for the device via these two properties. Google

# Login Service will insert these accounts into the database when

# it is created (ie, after a data wipe).

#

# setprop ro.config.hosted_account username@hosteddomain.orgassword

# setprop ro.config.google_account username@gmail.comassword

#

# You MUST have a Google account on the device, and you MAY

# additionally have a hosted account. No other configuration is

# supported, and arbitrary breakage may result if you specify

# something else.

service goldfish-setup /system/etc/init.goldfish.sh

oneshot

service qemud /system/bin/qemud

socket qemud stream 666

oneshot

# -Q is a special logcat option that forces the

# program to check wether it runs on the emulator

# if it does, it redirects its output to the device

# named by the androidboot.console kernel option

# if not, is simply exit immediately

service goldfish-logcat /system/bin/logcat -Q

oneshot:confused:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] russhigg:
:eek: :) Thank you so much. This was very easy to understand!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yrref:
First post!

Hello,

I am trying this on my HTC Legend with Android 2.1. HBOOT thing is 43, and software is 1.32, yet when I try this, it just shuts down, reboots, and gives me a phone, with a triangle and a exclamation mark in it... Nothing more.

How can I fix this?

Thanks:)