yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
welcome to the forum!

your problem starts with v and ends with a (like so many evil things do): vista. ok, that was off, sorry, let's get to the facts now:

this is probably what you have experienced during the unlucky attempt to upgrade your device:

you start upgrading, everything looks fine, your pc's RUU (the rom upgrade utility, what you used to start the upgrade) is working fine, your device's screen said usb and v2.0X and then "upgrading" but then at some point, your pc said, "wait a minute, this is not the device i am used to, i cannot charge or sync it, and it also does not respond with the usual name!" so, vista is as 'smart' as trying to get a new driver for the device, making the sounds of a usb device unplugging, and a new one plugging in, that's when your connection is lost, and that is bad, because the wizzard told you before, to "never unplug the device, unless the upgrade process is over". you see, what happened there?

vista's ability, to make driver installation easier for the user has become bad for you in this situation, as you were relying on, say, windows xp's stubbornness.

ok, you say, why would he tell me all that? i saw that happening!

yes, but now you know what caused the problem. now we get on to solving it.

there is a nice tutorial in the wiki, where you can find a driver for vista x86 and x64, that will behave like the xp driver used to, it will charge the device, sync it, and still be able to upgrade, you find the wiki entry -=here=-, and -=here=- again with screenshots.

when you arrived at successfully having installed the driver, so making the screen on connection change from serial to usb, without vista searching for new drivers, you arrived at the point, from where on you can continue, or better restart, flashing the rom you originally intended to.

but let me say, after breaking rule 1, when it comes to flashing, may i advice you to read a little more about the general topic in the link -=here=-, because i can guarantee you, that that was not the last mistake you made with the upgrading process, and since you probably don't want to start from scratch again in a few days, you should ask yourself these questions:

have i formatted the extrom?

have i resized the partitions to gain storage space?

do i have a proper RUU?

did i pick the right rom?

what about sim unlock?

what about radio rom update?

do i know how to reset a device with a higher os than wm2003?

if to either of these questions, your answer was not a clear "yes!!", but a "no" or even "what is he talking about?" you should definetely make a little research before starting over, because you are breaking hardware limitations here, doing things, htc originally intended trained service professionals to do, not home users, this is something that could break your device or at least cost you a lot of time to repair, when done wrong, so please read the links i gave you, it will save a lot of your nerves. here you are again, -=the most important link=-

and -=another link with a common misunderstanding cleared up=-

have fun reading, you won't regret it.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
A bit of a continuation on this thread started by haykuro some time ago; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=485988

The problem is that a forgotten gesture pattern can't be RELIABLY reset using the too-many-tries approach, only using the WIPE approach.

Up until now, it has been possible to disable the pattern lock such that it will no longer prevent you from unlocking the device, but the existing pattern is still stuck in the phone, preventing you from re-enabling it, since you STILL don't remember the old pattern, AND you can't simply go in and change the pattern because to change it, it asks you to enter the OLD pattern, which you'll remember, you don't remember. I guess the reason for this is that if somebody is messing with your phone, they won't be able to lock you out by changing your lock pattern.

I haven't seen anybody actually post this solution, so here it is...

rm /data/system/gesture.key

** you need root.

Simple. Now the big question is why isn't this gesture key stored in the sqlite database along with the lock enabled and permanently locked out settings?

Probably a good idea to disable the gesture first.
[G1 General] musicrew:
re: continuation

IS this regarding Haykuros G1 pattern lock fix? PLease elaborate if so. Thx much!
[G1 General] musicrew:
By the way

I remember my pattern and looking for the easiest way to get back in my phone. Is your fix in addition to Haykuro's? Or stand alone? Please advise. Thx
[G1 General] lbcoder:
It might work standalone, haven't tried. Depends on what kind of checks the software makes.

Note that there are two locked-out states that you can be in;

1) forgot pattern

2) forgot pattern and tried too many times (permanent lockout).
[G1 General] sandman80:
Hello

The problem is no signal or very low signal with GPS, so impossible to fix the location.

I've tested with gps status and I get 3 or 4 yellow lines but never green, and sometimes it fixes the position. I'd made another test with a HTC Cruise I conected the GPS (tomtom) and the I put the back of the phones in contact to each other, then I get 6 or 7 satellites in green.

So it seems that the gps antenna it's not working OK or the radio firmware it's not good.

With the movistar room I'd tested and was impossible to get GPS signal, then I changed and installed the Dude's cupcake and the last radio but the problem is still the same.

Please, need help! Someone with the same problem.

I'ts the dream that movistar offers giving you 100000 points to make an exchange for free or very good price
[G1 General] lbcoder:
It is quite sensitive to your location and objects around you that can reflect the signals (like the windows on a building). It also helps to start out with a NETWORK + MOBILE connection in order to make use of A-GPS (helps lock-on time).
[G1 General] sandman80:
thanks for the answer

But for sure I test my dream in an open place to have the better reception, helping with the Cell Id location etc...
[Networking] terrencehill:
Hi guys,

i have a big issue concerning the incoming calls on my phone. When my Phone is in standby mode, there is a HUGE probability that i wont recieve any call. I have the device for 4 days now and today i tried to call myself many many times and i can say that the PDA revieves only about 50% of the calls i try to make. For the other 50% i only get to hear the Mailbox after waiting a while. A few minutes later i recieve a sms on my mobile that i had a missed call on the mailbox. So I think this crap cell phone does turn the GSM power too low while in standy mode. While not being in standby mode i can recieve as good as every incoming call. Do you know if there is a way to adjust the GSM signal strength?

Actually the phone suits my needs quite well besides of that issue, so actually i'd rather like to fix that issue instead of returning that phone to the reseller :(

PS: I m on a 1800 GSM network and didnt make changes to the ROM.
[Networking] mazjed:
HI man

no body answer my post tell now i have same

problem

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534511
[Networking] tvrtim:
Try a hard reset and see if that solves the problem.
[Networking] Cotulla:
It's common problem of Eten X600, Eten X650 and Eten X610 :(

I have in hands Eten X650 some time ago - it does not recognize my SIM card at all. just "No SIM" on today screen. with another SIM card it start to skip calls.

Also a lot of users have this problem with GSM.

seems the best variant to return it back :(
[Networking] mazjed:
now soft reset and hard reset not solving it and even rom change

now help but the divice working well withe S2U2 whin disabell

suspend mode from S2u2 options but you now battrey wont

last 10 hrs in this seteng
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] noelsk:
most of us want to have a good speed and useful phone...I have tried some roms such as SwiftBL which was very good for me but still not fast enough. So I decided to change it and look at something better and finaly I managed to do it. Here is the result of my trying which I think is nice and I guarantee you very fast and without any bugs. I hope you will find this post useful :)

enjoy :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] vinnepin:
Aren't the resco app's ment to be bought and so not to be posted on this board as it not legal then?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] wilfmoralee:
what today toolbar is this at the top with time, messages, etc?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] noelsk:
yes today toolbar is contact manager with access to contacts and connections, and explorer at the bottom which gives quick solution to exploring your WM...today toolbar can be modified in settings/today/items...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] noelsk:
these apps are also available on resco web page for free if you like...not keygens :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Remco1982:
Looks very nice, specially the free RAM memory since mine is mostly only about 40.

I might give this a try in a few weeks, when I have some more time to modify my phone. Thanks for the good work so far!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] noelsk:
important thing here is to flash naked rom, which gives you 73MB free memory and makes diamond very fast...the next is to decide whether you like this resco style or not...I like it very much so that is why I am sharing and saying thanks to all developers :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syre:
Hello :).

I have found this intresting program. Works perfect with my MDA Touch Plus.

MY MOBILER v1.23 (06/15/2008) - FREEWARE

* View your mobile screen on your desktop.

* Control your mobile by using desktop keyboard and mouse.

* Copy/Cut/Paste text between mobile and desktop.

* Capture mobile screen.

* Drag and drop files to your mobile.

* Support ActiveSync / IP Connection

* Support Mobile Explorer (File Browse)

Works with:

* Support Windows Mobile 2003

* Support Windows Mobile 5.0 / 6.0

Download @ http://www.mymobiler.com/

Peace.

syre :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hurtem:
Lol I was going to install this on my work computer, glad to see there is a new version. I love this product.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomoffel:
06/15/2008 - Its not a new version ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stylez:
Old news.....

Hold on just had to catch the dinosaur :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pbv302:
I hae one as a pet ...like ages ago.....: even on Ubuntu...:D
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] weblance:
How do I remove the piano sound when a call ends?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] BenF1:
Well, Ive been flashing like crazy trying to find the right ROM for me and I came across one ROM (Mr Greedy) which I flashed and would load.

I have since flashed the reliable Energy ROM and now that is having booting problems with that and it requires a hard reset to load it.

Is there a solution to this?

Thanks, Ben.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] BenF1:
Okay so I think my Volume Down button is broken. This means I cannot enter bootloader. Is there any other way? :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
Okay so when we first had apps to SD, we used an extended partition called EXT2. And then cyanogen and all the other devs decided that ext2 wasn't as good as ext3. Now I realize that there's an ext4. So my question is, is there an infinite list of ext filesystems and is it a coincidence that ext2<ext3<ext4?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JanetPanic:
The question relies on a bit of history.

ext - (extended file system) which was a file system used in minix and *nix.

ext2 (second extended file system) was a replacement for ext. Primarily this allowed for larger files and longer file names.

ext3 was the replacement for ext2... intuitively enough. the most important thing it added was journaling. There were quite a few other changes but the journal is the reason ext3 is favored for the G1. The short version is that an journaled file system is less likely to become corrupt if not powered off correctly.

ext4 extends ext3. From a G1 perspective the main things it provides is some performance improvements as well as journal checksumming. There are quite a few other changes but most will not be pertinent to an embedded environment. Check wikipedia if you want a complete list.

Ext2 to ext3 is completely backwards compatible - if you make a partition ext3 you can still mount it as ext2, you just lose the journal capability while doing so.

Ext3 to ext4 is not backwards compatible if extents are used. Truthfully, unless you map extents to a smaller multiple of block size of your flash card using extents on an SDHC would probably not be advisable. People enable it with the default 128MB extent size and 4KB block size none the less. It would be a long discussion as to why this is non optimal considering a flash block size of 128KB (page size 64KB I believe) but it is not worth having.... most people enable it and so ext4 in most cases will not be backwards compatible.

EDIT: As of this moment there is not an EXT5 on the horizon. Most next gen file system work on Linux is concentrating on BTRFS and a few others whose names escape me.

EDIT2: added block size to EXT4 extents to be clearer.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
oo Awesome, THanks for the response. Cleared things up. Another thing...why didn't developers start with EXT4 then?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saiboogu:
Ext4 support wasn't built into Android - Cyanogen (I think, don't mean to step on anyone's toes) added it in. And it is still a pretty new file system type, so after patching in support, Cyanogen still had to go back and bring in some newer patches to try and fix bugs.. It's very cutting edge still. Given time, it'll be the "standard" and we'll be poking at some other new file system and wondering why everyone doesn't use it. :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JanetPanic:
The original kernel for android would not have supported ext4, since it was not available at the time of the G1 release.

I am going from memory but I think the cupcake release used a 2.6.27 kernel. This would have been before ext4 support was released for general consumption, though it might have been available under experimental.

Cyanogen and most of the custom ROMS out there are using a 2.6.29 kernel now, which has a general release of ext4. There are some known problems with the stock ext4 release in 29 but Cyanogen backported the fixes from 2.6.30. Since I believe most of the ROMS are "Cyanogized" you should be fine now with any of the current ROMS on a 29 kernel that supports ext4, which is not necessarily all of them. I pretty much stick to Cyanogen's ROMs so I can not say what the others do and do not have.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
Ah Thank-you both of you. Cleared things up alot :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlacy76:
This explains it nicely! Ext4 for cyan. Is it still a good idea to run the linux swap partition as well with ext4 and Cyan roms?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
yes

you still want to run a linux-swap partion, swap and ext are 2 different things. Swap is where your system extends it's operating memory not storage as to say even a full computer linux distro uses a swap partion<I know my ububtu does> so yes if you want the benefits of swap than you better have a partion for it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvv_hyd:
Awesome..

Thanks to alritewhadeva for rising this question and thanks much to Saiboogu and JanetPanic for letting us win users what exactly these are for. Couldn't find better explanation even after googling about them.

Regarding this linux-swap.... I do have 32MB partition for that one created before installing the ROM. Now, are cyanogen's roms take advantage of this partition automatically or do I need to "enable" or change setting for that to happen?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
If you read the first post on cyan's rom, I believe it does but as compcache, which I believe and I might not be right but I think it is just a better way of swap, I think more efficent
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlacy76:
I repartitioned today to ext4. I used cyan's userint.sh and Mike Taylors user.conf. I'm not convinced it is working right at it seems more sluggish at times.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
I just use a 96mb linux swap myself that I turn on with swapper and it is quite snappy, there was a thread were people were saying that comp wasn't as good as swap so I decided doing all that was just a hassle so I stuck with tried and true swap
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlacy76:
This is the MT user.conf and the one I'm running.

# User.conf by miketaylor00

# General parameters

general{

apps2sd=0	# this is useless here, require a modified a2sd script

media2sd=1	# moves the medias to sd if /system/sd/media exists

}

#compcache related parameters

compcache{

compcache_en=1	# enable(1) or disable(0) compcache

cc_disksize=32	# Ram swap disksize - any number between 1 to 95 should work

cc_memlimit=18	# Limite the memory usage when backing swap is used

cc_backingswap_en=1	# enable or disable backing swap

cc_backingswap=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 # pointing to the backingswap partition device

cc_swappiness=28 # default 60

}

#Linux swap parameters

#

# linux swap can only be enabled if cc_backingswap_en is set to "0"

#

linux_swap{

linux_swap_en=0	# enable(1) or disable(0) linux swap

linux_swap_partition=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 # swap partition device

swappiness=30 # default 60

}

#virtual memory

sys_vm{

sys_vm_en=1	#enable(1) or disable(0) virtual memory configurations

page_cluster=3	# default 0

laptop_mode=0	# default 0

dirty_expire_centisecs=3000	# default 3000

dirty_writeback_centisecs=500	# default 500

dirty_background_ratio=5	# default 5

dirty_ratio=10	# default 10

}

#cpu clock

proc_cpu{

proc_cpu_en=1	#enable(1) or disable(0) user cpu configurations

# freqency options

# 19200

# 122880

# 128000

# 245760

# 384000

# 528000

scaling_min_freq=192000	# default 245760

scaling_max_freq=528000	# default 528000

sampling_rate=2000000	#default 200000 depending on kernel version

powersave_bias=0	# default 0, CM3.9.6 default uses 200

up_threshold=45	# default 40, percent cpu usage before going up a speed step

}
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdrianK:
Compcache is different to swap.

Swap is a virtual extension of the RAM, which is why it gives us a performance increase. Although adding x amount of swap space isn't the same as adding x amount of RAM.

Compcache compresses what's in RAM, which in theory increases the amount of RAM
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlacy76:
I flashed to Cyan's lastest this morning. I assume that user.conf and userint.sh was replaced with Cyans own?

I'm super fuzzy on all this, as I will be running Cyan's roms from now on, I just need a system/setup/ext that's optimized for his roms. I didn't have much luck with MT's for whatever reason. It ran, just lagged.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] random_username_:
i have owned both a g1 and an iphone and i have always thought the iphones browser was superior however since i have used the hero browser i think it beats safari hands down. It renders pages quicker and it formats the text to fit the screen without jumping everywhere, it has FLASH something all mobile browsers have been lacking until now, the scrolling is almost as smooth considering it does it through software and the iphone uses a graphics chip, the double tap to zoom is precise as the iphone's and last but not least you can CHOOSE weather you want to view the mobile site or full site. this is just my opinion i would like to hear from others :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike21pr:
they are both webkit based and support multitouch

however the hero will come with flash installed, text wrap, and has the ability to download files so id say its better
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwang:
I don't have an iphone so I can't compare, but the htc browser is excellent. It scrolls a bit smoother than even cyanogen's 3.6.5 image. Plus javascript heavy sites run faster than the stock browser.

The only thing I don't like about the hero browser is that it covers the status bar. I understand that its to provide more screen space, but at least give the user the option.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] random_username_:
yeah that really pisses me off too lol
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renegadedj:
is there an apk to install the hero browser? or is it based on the hero framework? i;m running cyanogens 3.6.5 mod with the androidplus theme
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwang:
gotta install hero...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrsirpantsalot:
...plz delete, i posted in the wrong forum
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] sekile:
I am using Energy WM6.1 rom, so I want to try other one, Energy WM6.5 or other. After I flashed it I got green screen, bad picture, but everything else is working good. I tried several roms , same thing.Then I flashed back to Energy 6.1, picture good, all colors. Strange problem. Can I fix it???
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Read this. You need to change your SPL. You can go either the HSPL or USPL route.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=505377
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] sekile:
Thanks, now i am using SPL-1.14.OliNex. So what is the best to replace this one that i can put 6.5 roms
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] DaveShaw:
Please read / search the stickies and wiki before starting a new thread. This topic has been discussed many times before.

If you are still having issues, post in the relevant thread.

Closed.

Dave
[General Questions and Answers] jogol:
I am still using my big screen Axim with Mobile 6 LennySh rom L11. (thx Lenny)

I have looked around and can't find how to enable Voip calling.

I saw this

http://www.etenblog.com/2007/07/23/make-almost-free-phone-calls-anywhere/

but even though I get the icon on the top the Today screen plugin does not load so I can't use it.

Could one of the great geeks out there help me out.

Thanks,

Jo
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] elliott_stocks:
hi does anyone know if there are any games like Teeter?

I enjoy it and just wondering if any similar

Thanks :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] bugsykoosh:
resco bubbles: http://www.fuzemobility.com/resco-bubbles-gsen-addictive-game/

It's like teeter but you need to pop bubbles in order and the boards are textured so the ball acts differently...really neat

also Marble Worlds which is similar but slightly more of a traditional game: http://www.fuzemobility.com/marble-worlds-2-released-g-sen/
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] thedudelasse:
I wonder why the Windows Mobile platform gets so few games. I guess WinMo users have the sense to play games that are meant for gaming.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Bxsteez:
Well there is that and the fact that winmo has tons of emulators. Wait till marketplace comes out then we will get more accelerometer based games.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] LeGacy is Music:
I would like to know any emulators that work with the TP2 I'm kinda missing my spring mogul.(NOT REALLY TP2 ROCKS!!!)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] DragonNote:
While I like games as much as the next guy, I would like to see them incorporate the accelerometers into more APPS as well. This is one thing that the iSore, er...iPhone does well.