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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Grumpy187:
Hey, I have the HTC touch Diamond.. By Telus.

I been trying to get help for my question for a while.. but other sites are not really help full they seem too not have time to help people out who have questions.I was hopin that someone here can anwser some of my questions.

Well Right now i seem to have problems with my phone when i enter appointments on my phone in the callender they dont show...On the screen where it would show a square or a triangle on the callender page it does not appear... and i dont know why.

my other question is is their a walkthrough on the web on how to install themes?

i really like the -->[THE] Black Touch Manila (Topaz Ready) (25 Mar Navy Blue, fixed Rhodium start menu) I seen it on this site and i was wondering does it work for the Diamond? i like the navey blue
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] mancsoulja:
I never use the caledar so i wouldnt really know, as far as that themes go ofcourse you can, themes are usually installed via a .cab just like a program but some are not, just read the relevent thread for the install info :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] s4vva:
Not trying to start any fanboy stuff here its just I was dead set for the Hero until I came across some info about the Samsung Galaxy.

For those of you choosing the hero over the galaxy what are you basing that choice on? It seems on first glance that the Galaxy has better spec with regards to the screen - OLED, Storage - 8GB, Battery - 1500....

for me the only pro for the Hero is the Sense UI (which can be ported possibly) and this board. I must admit I missed the board whilst on my Symbian experience over the last year.

I am still leaning towards the Hero (I am not even sure why) but which are you choosing and why?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nicelad_uk:
Hero - Always like HTC devices, they just seem much better in terms of build quality (all bar TP2, had 4 with problems!).

Support on this in invaluable.

Tefflon coating!

I like the chin - don't shoot me down, I really do like it for some reason.

Haven't seen the spec on the Samsung, but the last few Samsung phones I've owned, I gave them to my mum!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] xdaman85:
Even though the Samsung Galaxy has better specs, I prefare the Hero because of the UI, the design of the actual phone, and the fact that its made by HTC, I'm not a fanboy but because its made by HTC it will be supported by this website and the Galaxy wont be.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] barryallott:
The Galaxy has only 128Mb ram where the hero has 288mb. nuff said.

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[Hero, G2 Touch General] kam187:
Hmm it was confirmed on some italian sites that the galaxy has 192mb usable by apps. Which probably means its has the same or very similar total ram.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] s4vva:
yep i read the same. So apart from the board here, and sense UI there really isnt much in favour of the Hero?

For me the sammy wins on;

camera (includes flash)

screen (AMOLED)

storage (8GB Internal)

battery

still havent seen pricing for the galaxy yet though...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] stesa:
very sad I can't say my ideas here

COZ DEFINITELY I'M HTC FANBOY :p :p
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dipje:
After working with the EzInput 2 onscreen-keyboard on my little Diamond, the reason for me for going with the Hero is the keyboard-software. The rest I don't really care about.

The extra widgets and 7 homescreens and such is nice, but not really 'needed'. But the onscreen-keyboard is what you use more and more and more... being stuck with a commercial application or the stock Cupcake keyboard would be a deal-breaker for me. The HTC keyboard is far superior to most out there. And from what I see they made some handy changes to this android version (picking the correct word from 7 suggestions is nice and fullscreen, finger friendly for example) and the color coding in the suggestions.

For me going from 2.6" (Diamond) to 3.2" (Hero) will be heaven when typing :).

That and the posibility to use Compact Qwerty and even the old phonepad-block (1 through 0 numbers) with T9 makes it possible live without a phsyical keyboard.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nicelad_uk:
Imagine if you went to a 3.8" Touch HD
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dipje:
true, very true. Was thinking about going for an Xperia or Blackstone because they are relatively cheap now.

But if I have a new phone I want a new experience. After years of WinMo phones, and after a year of cooking and tweaking for the Diamond... getting a TouchHD would seem like I would not get anything new. It would feel like 'a bigger diamond' within a day I guess...

.. must be my gadget-vibe, I don't know. But I've set my sights on Android + HTC Tweaks and I'm curious how it will work out :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nicelad_uk:
Have to second that, my thoughs exactly. Had a lot of WinMo devices and just want a change
[Hero, G2 Touch General] s4vva:
This is exactly why I left WM a while back. I tried symbian but didnt like that so going to give android a go and this seems like the best of what is available.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] enlightener:
galaxy:

- amoled

- flash led

- 8 gb internal storage

- better battery life

- smaller than hero

hero:

- 288 mb RAM (galaxy has only 192 mb, like dream...italian galaxy too)

- Sense

- Flash support in browser

- teflon coating

- oleophobic display

- status led

i've ordered hero :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] NisseGurra:
hero: transreflective screen (amoled SUCKS outdoors)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] joshuapurcell:
I still don't know that the Sense UI is going to be a bonus for me... I'll have to look more into that feature. The main reason I'm leaning towards the Hero is time frame combined with a potential discount: the Hero is already out, plus the rumors say it will be on the AT&T network which means I may get a discount on the phone since I have an account with them.

If the two phones came out around the same time and neither of them were on AT&T, then I would be leaning towards the Galaxy.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ale.agos:
Hero: multitouch broswer
[Hero, G2 Touch General] barryallott:
Who are you kidding? cannot find it actually on sale anywhere. keeps getting moved back
[Hero, G2 Touch General] joemax:
Agree with that. AMOLED displays in the sun are practically useless. Inside they are gorgeous.

Spent some time in Las Vegas on business and my Nokia N85 was almost impossible to use when standing outside. My N82 (always take a spare in case of theft) was more than useable.

Keyboard on Hero is fantastic as said above... the two things you're going to be using most are the screen ;) and keyboard.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] joshuapurcell:
I'm just going on what I see on ebay and from hearing people in the UK talk... I definitely haven't seen one here in the US yet though.

EDIT: Just checked ebay and looks like the majority of listings now say shipping in August... :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] methodz:
dang, 02 is giving hero away for FREE!!!!!!!! wtf, now i got to spend $700 on this or the galaxy. right now I want hero pretty bad, especially the graphite one but it doesn't have tmo 3g bands for the us. if the galaxy does which it seem so so far i will buy that instead.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] samjpullen:
o2..... ???
[Hero, G2 Touch General] JakobFriedrich:
true that +1
[Hero, G2 Touch General] NisseGurra:
Galaxy has 192 MB Ram.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] drewster_uk:
must have meant orange...!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] robboy:
I think the hero is a much better all round package.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jkr284:
i know they got the handsets in all the orange stores in south yorkshire UK, some have live demos also, i was anti qualcomm 7200a chipset until i saw how fluid its was, it is just as fast as the iphone (must be the lower res than the hd/xperia that helps) and how ****in good does the hero feel in the hand, its perfect.

I cant beleive im gonna go for another qualcom 7200a chipset, gonna check if the orange shop sells them outright, their own internet tarrifs are ****e. So ill be using my current 3 contact. i just hope there is a fitness app/finance app/some good games like bejeweled 2 as im new to all this android stuff.

looks like im gonna eat my own words lol
[Hero, G2 Touch General] shrimp3r:
What real world difference will the Hero's 288MB of RAM make vs the Galaxy's 192MB?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ewoudpons:
One minor detail not mentioned is that the galaxy screen seems to have haptic feedback.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] zenderady:
I have the samsung galaxy.. and is just a wonderful phone. yes it has a bit less ram, but it runs as fast as it gets, in respect to some videos I saw of the HERO that is laggish. I have nothing against the HERO but the xda community doesn't know what they're missing.

and PS now we got root too for the galaxy, so many of the software advantages of the HERO will be implemented in the galaxy as well. www.androidiani.com and www.hdblog.it (they're in italian)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] frankiee:
Just wanted to add my view...

I had a chance now for two weeks to play around with the Glaxy and Hero.

The Hero's battery is crap against the Samasung Galaxy. On the Galaxy you can listen to Music, take pictures and stuff for days... where as on the Hero you are very likely to recharge at the end of the day - if you make it through the day.

Another plus on the Galaxy: the screen is just unseen before. It's incredibly bright (automatically) even on a beach in the sun you can read or whatever.

Of course the hero has a much nicer interface and the keyboard for typing e-mails or text messages is incredible!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] plbelanger:
The battery is not that much bigger than Hero really. Hero - 1350, galaxy - 1440. That said, I've had no issue with my battery whatsoever.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] frankiee:
What you call a little difference is actually making the phone run a couple days longer. But this might have also to do with a less consuming, pure android interface instead of the touchflo.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] locutus-of-borg:
Reason Its A Hero

Well alot has been said about both phones, but i think untill the samsung is avilable more widely i would be very weary of getting one it samsung first andriod phone and from expirence it usual take samsung a few goose at getting it right were as HTC this there third android based phone and it is deff a HERO it will make android the stongest OS on moblie devices. As for batt life what the hell do people expext you have a min-pc in your hand, technicly it a min-pc with a phone bolted on batt life will improve as time and new modles appear rember the brick phone lol half a day if lucky. So thats my thoughts the HTC is by far and away the best every android phone a big improvement over there first one. Hmmm also lets not forget there going forward unlike a certin Nokia N97. So on that note i would not make any final judgments as such on the galaxey as yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] frankiee:
But don't forget I've been playing around with the Samsung the last two weeks. But despite battery and camera (it even shoots decent clubbing pictures!) I do still prefer the Hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] stesa:
there are some (many) doubs really you have had a galaxy in your hands

http://translate.google.it/translat...llio-display.html&sl=it&tl=en&history_state0=

here in italy a lot of people are cryng back them galaxy battery (and other bugs)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] asci:
I had Galaxy and now I have Hero. Display apart...Hero forever!

1. Sense give a "sense" to Android!

2. Battery life, even if Hero has 1350 Mh battery, it is looooonger than Galaxy 1500 Mh one.

3. Materials are very good and better than Galaxy ones

@Stesa

I'm one of them. I gave it away after 10 days

:(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] stesa:
I know my old friend , i know :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ghoonk:
Are you stating this as a fact or are you speculating?

I have the HTC Dream, Magic AND Hero, and I can say that the Hero's battery gets me a day and a half of normal usage, with always-on Google sync and Exchange Mail sync in the background, Facebook, Twitter and Weather updates every 2 hours, and SenseUI running. GPS and A-GPS are also left to run, with Latitude publishing my updated location.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] frankiee:
it's just speculation. Maybe we'll see more people comparing battery life of these two devices. They are running parallel in our household....
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ghoonk:
It should be interesting to see how this one turns out.

Hero has a 1350 mAh battery, Galaxy has a 1500 mAh battery

Galaxy runs an AMOLED screen, which is supposed to have far lower power consumption than normal screens.

Hero has SenseUI, which have widgets that trigger activity, therefore requiring that little bit more juice over a vanilla version of Android.

Question is, why would Galaxy not have better battery life? In theory, it is supposed to, and I would be surprised if not.

Thanks for not taking offence at my earlier question, btw. I was just curious to know where you were getting the info from. I've had my hands on a proto unit of the GT-i7500, and I am not impressed with the:

a. battery life

b. D-pad

c. unsexiness of the design

d. the way the phone vibrates

Then again, it's just a proto, I have to get my hands on a production unit before I can come to any meaningful conclusion.

In the meantime, I'm really enjoying SenseUI and the under the hood tweaks done by HTC (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr integration, etc), and the only things I'd ask for is:

a. less lag

b. for SenseUI to stop crashing this often. Sometimes I go back to the Home screen only to find the HTC logo (as though it were booting up) -- annoying, especially when I have to make a call or text someone.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] enlightener:
Sense craches?! Never happend to me. Btw, sense crashes when you use a task manager to kill some apps or services like the one used by the weather widget, or album frames.

I've never used a galaxy but i've read that the battery life 'sucks'. I think it is a software issue...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ghoonk:
well, I can't say if it crashed (no Force Close message), but from time to time, when attempting to go back to the Home screen, instead of seeing my Home screen, i see the HTC boot logo, and 'Loading' in the foreground
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kam187:
Just to confirm the samsung battery is 1500mAh not 1440 as reported in some places.

I have both phones too, and I prefer the samsung. My only gripe is the ram - it only has 192mb, while the hero has 288mb.

Speed wise the two phones are the same. I don't get any lag on the samsung, and i'm sure if you turned off the HTC UI you wouldnt get any on the Hero either. HTC will probably iron out the lagginess of their custom UI over a few firmware revisions, just like they did on other platforms.

Apart from that the samsung is actually a better phone spec wise. Of course specs arent everything, and for some people things like the HTC UI are very important - not for me tho.

The biggest difference between the two phones for me is the screen. After using the Samsung for a while, the Hero screen just doesnt seem good enough!

With regards to battery life... Samsung released new firmware which has broken a bunch of stuff :-/ The phone reboots a few times a day, and displays force close dialogs which wake the phone up. This is why some people are reporting really crappy battery life. We really can't do a true test untill they fix the firmware.

[Samsung have pulled the update, but there's no way to downgrade since they didnt release the old firmware :( ]

EDIT: btw changing animiation speed in spare parts makes a big difference - perceptually anyway.

Also fyi swap file support is switched off in the samsung kernal :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] stesa:
people report really crap battery life even BEFORE firm upgrade , nothing is changed with upgrade , just added reboots :p
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kam187:
I updated right away, so I didnt know that. I'm finding sometimes the battery lasts almost 2 days, and others not even overnight!

I'm also finding that sometimes taskiller shows 41mb free and the phone is super fast - the transitions are in fact too fast - and other times 32 mb free and its normal speed.

There's something very screwy about this firmware.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kevinof:
for me the battery is the only major downside on this handset - I am lucky if I get a day , and I mean daylight hours. The last two days I got about 12 hours from full charge to completey empty. This is with bluetooth off, about 10 mins wifi , an hour of calls and email (imap) updating every 5 minutes.

I I could get at least 24 hours I'd be delighted because everything else on the phone is great.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kam187:
Hmm imap every 5 minutes will use alot of power on any phone. Why do you need to check so often? If you're not using gmail for your mail etc, turn off autosync for that - it'll help. You can also turn off background data (i'm not sure if that will affect your emails, have a check)

Using 2g only saves power too, but if you're in a good 3g area and syncing every 5 minutes it might make it worse.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kevinof:
I suppose I am spoilt in that I came from a Nokia E71, which with bluetooth o all day, 3G on all day and exchange mail always connected, would deliver two good days on a single charge. Guess I'll have to change my ways to get more life out of this battery.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] KK43:
Well I tried the samsung, and after only 2 days, I'm going back to my htc magic.

Pros:

- screen is brilliant, side by side with the magic you can really see a big difference in brightness and colours

- slimmer than magic

- 8gb internal storage in addition to an micro sd card slot

Cons:

- battery life sucks, but the magic is so bad I'm not sure it's any better. They both suck

- slower than magic

- Although it has a 3.5 headphone jack, unless you have one with a straight & slim plug it won't fit very well, and I'm not about to dump an expensive set I'm happy with

- annoying screen unlock button on the side you have to hold for a few secs for it to unlock

If anyones still wants to buy it...it's only been used for 2 days so let me know.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] KK43:
I came from the E71 as well before I changed to android. That's the best phone I've ever had, if they had an android model I'd switch in an instant, great battery, amazing keyboard, so slim...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] stickyasglue:
samsung will have problems with android market though surely as it has a screen with a different resolution to the G1, Magic and Hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kam187:
Resolution is the same as Hero etc.

320x480
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gavinfabl:
My last two handsets which I had simultaneously were the E71 and Samsung Omnia. I have also had 2 previous Samsung Windows Mobile handsets.

The E71 was damm good but damm boring with great battery but I still prefer the Hero.

All my previous Samsung phones have had very good cameras, and the Galaxy will too with loads of options and gimmicks. On my Omnia I took pics of my kids as if the were oil paintings - cool .
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nikjensie:
I'm testing a Hero through work, my usual phone is the Touch HD and I have to say

that typing is better and easier on the hero, even though it's basically the same keyboard.

The Hero responds better...

Thinking of buying myself a Hero...

//Nik
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kam187:
Samsung is released sim free next week for 459 pounds.

You can order it from ebay germany now for 325 pounds delivered!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Cedarivor:
Also on O2? That'd be great since it would mean that the Galaxy has finally been cleared by them and a new Firmware that solves it's many problems might be on the way.

I own both handsets Hero and Galaxy. I'm partial to the Hero but the Galaxy is a fine phone rendered almost unusable by a crappy Firmware (random shutdowns, miserable battery life...)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kam187:
Its suposed to be released on O2 next week. But someone on the O2 forum said 31st. Do a google for the thread over there. I havnt been folowing it recently.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] RaQHoliday:
Hearing about the crappy stock firmware on the Galaxy makes me sad, man. I'm really looking forward to this phone. Hopefully the T-Mobile version fairs better.

Who am I kidding, I'm gonna be pushing a cooked HERO ROM to it as soon as one's available lol. C'MON, GALAXY!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kam187:
Its out on O2 with firmware H6 (its ALOT faster, 20mb more ram, and a bunch of bugs fixed. Reboots are fixed too).

H2 is available on a russian site.

H7 was just released in itally today.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] twigg1414:
Hi, just wondering if there is a way to get the time and date to show when reading old threaded text messages. The time shows for newer messages of that same day, while older messages only show the date. Any suggestions? Thanks!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Matthias777:
BTT...I am in search of a solution to this as well. I occasionally need to go back and see what time I sent or received a text, and it is frustrating to see nothing but the date on older texts.

Does anyone have a solution to this?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] wg100:
On my Kaiser (UK Vodaphone branded, with stock HTC WM6.1 ROM/Radio) I am having some problems using the internet, both through the phone and on my laptop via internet sharing.

I am able to use the internet/internet sharing for one session (one connection and disconnection of GPRS for lack of a better description), before it will stop working. The GPRS will still connect, but I cannot get any data transfer to happen unless I do a soft reset. The internet/internet sharing will then work again for one session.

Obviously this is frustrating. Does anyone have a fix, or know what is happening?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] wg100:
Anyone able to help at all? Still having the problem.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ButtonBoy:
OK, I've been all over the internet(s) looking for this solution and I have no joy yet.

I have an ATT Tilt, using the stock 6.1 ROM. Been out of the country many times, but never unlocked it. I finally got the code from ATT today. Borrowed a friend's T-Mo SIM, and it just worked- no SimLock prompt. Navigated to \Windows\SimLock.exe and ran it- it never did anything. So what gives? Is my phone unlocked already, or is something else going on here?

TIA,

BB
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ButtonBoy:
I have done a hard reset on it, and the results are the same. Seems odd. Anyone with an unlocked Tilt have the same behaviour?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] MoreYummy:
how to prevent data roaming?

Is there a way to detect when im outside local area when using data, so it will stop automatically or show some kind of notice.

If accidentally using data while roaming for a while, it would be costly.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] edgey:
Systems settings > Wireless > Mobile Network Settings > Data Roaming
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] christophe.taranotte:
Try APNdroid, you will find it on the Android market.

For more info, read here: http://martin.adamek.sk/?p=45
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ksiriphong:
How can I find official AT&T WM6 ROM?

If I flash ROM following method below is that mean I get the Official ROM right

1.HardSPL

2.official AT&T WM6 striped

Pls help me out or where is official at&t rom....

Thanks,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] + Que PPC:
Well dude...

The hardSPL is one use tho... casue the SPL unlock is forever but... the stripped can be done always

and in fact is an extremely recomended step to follow... if you are sure that you already got your SPL patched... so... just perform the wm6 stripped ATT original rom before try any other rom... maybe you could have important issues if dont flash the original...

At the beginin of every thread for a rom all the chefs post a link to the stripped so its easy to find it...

Keep it up!