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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] optiknerv:
i've bought a couple of portable chargers. Neither of them worked. In bothe cases i plugged them in and my diamond showed itself as being connected to a power source on the task bar. The light ring pulsed in the charge pattern also. However after a few minutes of "charging" once removed the battery level is lower than when i plugged it in. This is the case whether i had the diamond on or off when charging. Chargers work fine using different adaptors on other none wm phones. The thought i had was that the chargers were outputting enough to power the charging circuit but not enough to charge. This in turn is draining the battery. any thoughts ppl??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohamedtarmohamed:
Portable chargers and HTC don't go together. You MUST switch your phone off to charge it otherwise the PMS will get confused and keep changing power sources like External > Internal > External > Internal and so on. Just like a light switch when you turn it on it takes more power than just leaving it on for 10 minutes. Portable chargers have a charge rate of ~250 mA which is 1/4 of a Official HTC Charger.

Conclusion: If you want to use a portable charger ONLY use it after turning your phone off otherwise its USeLESS
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mysterd:
Is it the same for car chargers ? If so, how can we power the device for, say, using GPS navigation for long trips ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] smjoshi:
Nope! Car Chargers work well. I use one regularly - specifically for the reason you mentioned- usage of GPS while on long trips.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] optiknerv:
Basically what i thought then. I must be getting particularly rubbish ones because they dont even work when the phone is off. I gave up on them a few months ago and just bought a spare battery and charger. Quite cheap off ebay and a battery is a smaller item to carry than a portable charger.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
I would be quite interested to see a wiring diagram of this too, it'd be great to be able to just grab a 9v and charge up on the run...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lastnikita:
is this true ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohamedtarmohamed:
Well its true in the UK
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Infestor:
Shouldn't be too hard to build. Take one of these (high efficiency!), solder the 9V battery adapter and the mini-usb cable to it and your're done. Only thing I worry about is the capacity. You get NiMH 9V cells at approx 250 mAh. Given the battery voltage is 9V, you get a total energy of 8.1 kJ stored in it, which translates to 450 mAh at 5V (input voltage of device). Given that this back-of-the-envelope calculation does not take conversion losses in account, you can be happy if you get 20-30% charge out of it. Maybe you could wire several 9V batteries in parallel so you get more charge out of it. Which I am gonna try out right away :D.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gbm85:
No. MythBusters tried it out. Turning on an incandescent light bulb (60W I think?) uses about the same power as leaving it on for 17 seconds. Fluorescent light bulbs didn't use significantly more power to turn on.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mysterd:
Ok...

The only problem is that my Diamond seems to use more power than what is provided by the car charger... So the car charger limits the discharge, but that's all.

On my old prophet, I could have used GPS for days (using a bluetooth external GPS of course).

It's a pity the diamond is not as power efficient.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohamedtarmohamed:
I agree with you. A fellow XDA member posted somewhere here that he started of with 100% for a 6 Hour journey using his diamond and when he got to his destination he said it was around 30% left!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Spiderm@n_:
It's not too hard to build one, as soon as I remember, it's adapter (for the battery), 5V regulator and a female USB (it's easier to find, you use your sync cable and you can charge other things, MP3 players, portable speakers etc.).

Am I right, or you have different design.

Also, you can use 4 1.5V batteries, I've got few 1900mAh of them, so they should last longer. Also, I think the regular 9V battery is bigger than 250mAh.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohamedtarmohamed:
Well i soon will be updating my E42M website with this years invetions so visit it when you can :)

See my signature
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheL:
Hey Guys,

I will hope u can help me.

I´ve flashed a lot of Roms right now and everything is working fine, but

since 1 week my Xperia is doing strange things.

When im flashing a rom on my xperia and after the customizing i restart.

But when I restart my device it taking a long time an then it starts the same customizing and restart again and this is a never ending story :D.

Anyone know this problem and can help me?

Beacause i have no other Phone right now :S

with best regards

pheL
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pking:
Hi!

Im trying to install a new cooked rom on my HTC Tornado. Im following Kar Hoes guide.

But im having an issue right now, Tera Term says it cannot connect. As you may know, without it, we cannot flash.

I have tried different usb ports and two different computers (both running vista) and i have disabled usb connection through Mobile Center.

Any answer will surely make my brothers day!

Cheers!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pking:
Is it maybe Vista that is the issue?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Spiaatie:
It's most likely that vista is the problem - because vista needs specific drivers and most old phones does not have them.

I would suggest You to find a Win XP PC and do the update or find XP Drivers for phone and install them over Vista ones. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
Hello everyone. I would first like to apologize for my not so good English. I do not know whether it is the right forum, I write in? but now I'm trying

My problem is that my mobile becomes to restart again and again, I have tried to update from SDcard. but when I hold "Home" and "power" key and enter the menu, type the following at the bottom with yellow lettering:

E: Cant't open / cache/recovery/command.

When I try to press apply sdcard: update.zip writes the following:

- Install from sdcard ..

Finding update package ...

Opening update package ..

Vertifying update package ...

E: No signature (769 files)

E: vertification failed

Installation aborted.

Hope some can help me.

flapz
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
can you provide more info such as spl, what kind of pvt board you have??? by going into fastboot

End key + Back
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
Excuse me, but I am totally new in this.

When I press SDF and look where it says pvt: 32A ship S-on H.

what do you mean by pvt board?

anything green in the top are:

SAPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H

HBOOT-1.33.009 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-12

RADIO-3.22.20.17

thanks for quick response

flapz
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
is your phone rooted by any chance???

ok well. you need to download a 32A rom for your Phone here is a link to one:

http://rapidshare.com/files/258127559/JACHeroski2.7.3-Magic32A_signed.zip

place that on your sdcard and name it "update.zip" without parenthesis.

you need to find a way to put it on your sdcard using a memory card reader or something since your phone is not bootable. i think you can also do it using adb??? but you will need to download the sdk in order to do so.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
better explain from the beginning!

I put Fatal1ty_Hero-Full_v1.4-Rogers-signed into my mobile, thought it was a bit slow, I would like to start from 0 I went into options and would "restore factory settings".

So it began the just reboot up to several times, the problem is that I can not come to the "desktop". Has the SDK on my computer.

I try just to get the ROM you linked to, and try again, so I write when I've tried. Thanks again.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
hmm didnt quite get the last part.....but if you download the rom i linked you to..

just flash it using the same steps you followed to flash the Fatality-Hero Rom
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
rename the downloaded rom as update.zip and place it in the tools folder of your sdk

now boot into fastboot and do:

fastboot push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
How can I use the SDK when I can not start my mobile? When it comes to the "hero" start screen it just restarts.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
How do I contact the phone in comd promt? when I write adb devices can not I see my HTC. I can not push it on SDkort. But I can not do it in my card reader?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
When I rename the ROM you just have linked to update.zip and apply SDcard: update.zip it write now:

- Install from sdcard ..

Finding update package ...

Opening update package ..

Vertifying update package ...

E: No signature (739 files)

E: vertification failed

Installation aborted.

But write it first:

E: Cant't open /cache/recovery/command. <--- What does this mean?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
what recovery image are you using to do this???
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
daldroid-recovery.img - but it is in the SDK and I can use it when I can not start my mobile?

1000 thanks for your patience
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
download this recovery image

http://rapidshare.com/files/248983573/recovery-RAv1.0H.img

make sure your phone is off and then turn it on by pressing and holding End + back key,

connect your phone to your computer and do this:

fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.0H.img

after that you apply sdcard:update.zip" from the menu

--------------------------------------------

again in orer to run the fast boot command you need to have the sdk and cd into the tools folder of the sdk....

go to Start>Run - Type in cmd:

then do "cd C:\path to android sdk tools folder

for example mine would be

cd F:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
your phone turns on right??? so by start im guesing you mean not load completely...

then just follow the steps from my above post... and place the new recovery image in the tools floder of your sdk..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
Now I understood you. MANY MANY thanks

I think my mobile is running now
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] flapz:
I owe you a BIG favor now, would like to give a cold beer, but I am in Denmark
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
ok see. now your very close...

well since it says Fastboot Usb - it means the phone is connected which is good. just leave that as it is. now lets move on

r2 and r3 dont matter its just different version. mine is a newer one.

do you know the location of the sdk / where it is installed???

if you do all you need to do is the following:

download this recovery image

http://rapidshare.com/files/24898357...ry-RAv1.0H.img

and make sure you save it in the tools folder of your sdk.

go to Start> then Run - Type cmd and then click enter

then type "cd C:\path to android sdk tools folder

for example mine would be

cd F:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools

then after that type:

fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.0H.img

you should get downloading..Okay

blah blah blah.. Okay

then the Last Step

after that you apply sdcard:update.zip" from the menu
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] minogue:
lol. i posted an even easier to follow steps just now.. haha. but glad to know you got it working....

And no problem! Im here to help..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] drawflex:
Since having my TP2 i've been having a good old play with reg entries, getting rid of the voda branding, themes, had a tinker with loads of software.. but now my phone is doing a couple of anoying things and i wanna do a hard reset.... it doesnt pick up mms messages anymore and drops the call 90% of the time when i use the slide-to-answer thing.... I know the tweaks and software i wanna use now, so a hard reset seems like a good idea.

Whats the best way to go about backing up my contacts and keep the multiple numbers/email addresses/ facebook links / and if poss.... pictures associated with each contact ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] stunno:
I just copy the pim.vol file from the root to my storage card using totalcommander, then copy it back when I have hard reset. Then do a soft reset and all is sorted
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] ohyeahar:
PIM Backup appears to be popular around here.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] drawflex:
nice one peeps... ta... another proggy to add to my 'good shizzle' list
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] charlie_82:
I second this. I end up resetting my devices a lot cos I'm always installing all sorts of applications that eventually mess up my OS.

I even used this to transfer all my contacts, appointments & messages from my Gene to the Rhodium.

Just remember to be patient after restoring sms's. Especially if you have a lot. It will slow down your device quite a but while it sifts through all your messages and puts them into the conversation format.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] janshuizing:
Is there a backup program that will restore everything before a crash.

Somthing that will restore all my program's.

When i mess som things up i must do a hard reset and i need to install every program again.

can it be faster.

pim backup wil restore only my numbers en sms isn't??????

Thx and sorry for the bad english
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] tkalli:
Sprite Backup(not free) will backup everything including

your storage card, if you use the custom settings.

:)

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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] janshuizing:
The custom settings of sprite or mine device?????

I dit some tweaks on mine decive of is that not a problem.

thx
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] mccune:
Sprite backup can create a backup of your device, including your storage card. That's what the previous poster meant. You have to use custom settings to do this.

There is also Resco and SPB Backup so there is plenty of choice. Just try them since they are trials before you buy ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] janshuizing:
AHA oke thx for the answer
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Fizzig:
Online and offline options

Personally I've been using Spb Backup and found it's reliable and reasonably quick (configuarable too). Did have some problems with using it either side of a ROM upgrade though... but, dare I say it or will I get booed... Microsoft seem to have done something right for once and their myphone over the air (wifi or 3G) backup service (beta) seems to work well and allows transfer of data to different phones and on either side of a ROM upgrade (you will obviously need a good data plan or wifi though)...

Link...

http://myphone.microsoft.com/mkweb/Start.po?mkt=en-US&ocid=sem_enus_g-myphone
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Sweet Lowdown:
I second the Sprite backup but if all you want is contacts it's hard to beat outlook.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] hake101:
What about MyPhone by Microsoft? It will not only backup your contacts (on a schedule too) but your sms,docs, music etc over the network or Wifi. You then can also logon to the website from anywhere and access them online!

edit: that will teach me to fast read the thread :-)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] snoopy20:
I reflashed by broken HTC to softspl but somehow they have been able to detect it and have denied repair as out-of-warranty. Do they have a leg to stand on if I was to file a small claim?

My reasoning is if you installed Windows XP on a Vista machine the PC warranty is not out of date - and the boot loader is changed when this is done.

Thoughts? Has anyone had this problem and resolved it?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Rumball:
I'm not so sure that flashing a new boot loader is akin to installing Vista on your Windows XP. It is more like flashing a custom BIOS to your computer's motherboard.
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
Very sweet app, will do battle with Sherpa.

Similar app to Sherpa, BUT has Facbook intergrated!! Very nice UI and icons look awsome!! :D

Aloqa is a mobile service that proactively notifies you of interesting places, events, and Facebook friends near you. Instead of having to search, you can just look at your phone and see your favorite hotspots, friends, events of interest, and recommended bargains close by. Whenever You Want. Wherever You Are

VOTE FOR ALOQA "Best Location Based App": http://androidnetworkawards.com/

Link to office site:

http://www.aloqa.com/

Criket:

http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.aloqa.me.client_modules.android

and of course it can found on the Market

or

Here:
[G1 Apps and Games] mrmikemcguire:
Yeah.. played around with it today so far. Its a pretty bad ass app!

Thanks for the heads up :)
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
I like sherpa better :) Aloqa looks too iphone-ish to me.
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
I always find it funny how people won't like an app because its or looks "iphoneish"... I could care less as long as its functional and does what I need and does it well who cares what it looks like, then again you do ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Lol just personal opinion :)
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
Interesting read from Business Jounral:

Mobile search and information startup Aloqa GmbH and named Sanjeev Agrawal as its CEO.

Agrawal was previously global head of product marketing at Google Inc. and later vice president for products at TellMe Networks Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft Corp.

Aloqa said the funding came from Wellington Partners Venture Capital and angel investors. The company is based in Munich, Germany, and has its U.S. headquarters in Palo Alto.

The company has released a beta of its application for handsets that use Google's Android operating system. Users automatically get information on their mobile device about friends, events and local offers based on their location without having to launch a browser or search application.

"What appealed to us about Aloqa is its proprietary technology for tracking billions of moving and static objects without draining mobile handset batteries, without jamming cellular networks with extra data, and without creating user privacy concerns," said Ram Srinivasan, managing partner of Wellington's Palo Alto office. "The mobile app springs into action only when two or more objects come meaningfully close to each other."

So its safe to say that we should expect great things to come from Aloqa. I hope :D
[G1 Apps and Games] underamoon:
Aloqa seems to focus on providing notifications to things around you in a new way while Sherpa seems to want to learn where like to go and what you like to do in a new way. Both are location suggetion apps. They both have their shortfalls early on. It will be interesting to see how these two mature.
[G1 Apps and Games] shotad:
I just Downloaded this app, and it's taking FOREVER to configure...should I just stick with Google Place Directory/Sherpa?
[G1 Apps and Games] kizer:
Personally I really like the app. You can add and remove things from it and its really slick. I like how it shows things in button format opposed to having things all over the place.
[G1 Apps and Games] kizer:
Whats taking you forever to do? Just start it and pick what you want. I had it up and running in less than 30seconds. Of course if you want to add and remove channels that takes a few minutes, but I left everything in a default state.
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
Very true, it will be interesting to see if Aloqa jumps on the "Adaptive Learning" aspect of what makes Sherpa unique. After all Aloqa is only a beta version.
[G1 Apps and Games] shotad:
i started it, picked up my location, and now it's stuck in "Thank you. We are now configuring Aloqa for you. 'Found your location. Connecting...'". and its just stuck there...
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
Exactly I really like it as well, if I would rate Aloqa vs. Sherpa on a scale of 1 to 10

Aloqa = 8

Sherpa = 6

You can customize it to what your into, for example

If you hate burger king, remove it. If you love Coffee add it.

By default a McDonalds tab shows, I removed it and added the FastFood tab which includeds McDonalds and others (KFC, BK, PizzaHut, Subway, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Carls and In-n-Out)

Even has a weather tab (pretty cool)
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
If on 2g or 3g it will take a LOOOOOONG time.... I switched to wifi and it connected in a matter of seconds!

Use wifi for the initial set-up after that use 2g 3g 6g or what ever it will work without a problem. :p
[G1 Apps and Games] shotad:
ok, so I should just wait ntil I get home and set this up...cuz this is ridiculous...still configuring!
[G1 Apps and Games] shotad:
you know, i've been having some hard time connecting to my WiFi, it does connect, but I get NO signal...i'm running Cyanogen ROM, did the fix_permissions and did not fix, wiped and did not fix this problem...anythign else i'm missing?
[G1 Apps and Games] frodsteamin2:
great app i will use both sherpa and aloqa. aloqa on wifi took about 2.343 seconds to setup. thanks again for this recommendation as i wouldve never know about either apps
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
How to set-up Facebook app thru Aloqa

After you register your Aloqa app, you need to complete the Facebook part of the registration here:

http://buzz.aloqa.com/AloqaBuzz-war/welcomeGWT.html

Sign in to your Facebook account from the website then click on Activate.
[G1 Apps and Games] pixel-painter:
Are you in some way associated with this app. Just a curious question since it seems that you have gone above and beyond normal fanboyism in your thread regarding this app. No offense intended here, just curious :) Personally I find that Sherpa misses a lot of places, and while Places Directory seems to get the places that Sherpa misses, it also seems to miss quite a few places too... (often the places that Sherpa gets :p) So if this new app can combine the two in terms of what it finds.... that would be great. Will see what happens :)
[G1 Apps and Games] shotad:
I think this is much better than Sherpa...though I believe with Sherpa...it will remember what you search...but who really searches for ATM's and Starbucks and forget?
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
Android awards

VOTE!!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!! :D

Aloqa

"Best Location Based App":

http://androidnetworkawards.com/
[G1 Apps and Games] kizer:
I was on a road trip and needed an ATM. My wife walked over to First Heritage which is a bank near where I live and we where parked across the street from it. Keep in mind we were 60 or so miles from home so it was fitting that I looked for one. I fired up the following.

Sherpa- didn't even recognize the bank or that it existed.

Google Places - said the bank was there and another was 2miles down the road.

Aloqa - said there was an ATM at our location and that Chase the bank I actually bank with was around the corner.

I still use all 3 now and then for different things, but in finding the ATM Aloqa wins. ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] tekkitan:
I use Google's Places Directory. Sherpa is nice but it is a bit flashy. Haven't tried Aloqa.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] black818pro:
I'm new to Topaz. Every time I finish a phone call or a program, I need to wait for several seconds until the screen is turn off. In fact, I do not key lock my phone.

I wonder if there's any soft button (in any kind of program) can turn the screen off after I finish using the PDA phone?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jabok:
Short press of the (hard) power button turns off the screen (but not the device). That's not satisfactory? :confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] black818pro:
Hi jabok, thank you for yr reply and i noted the "hard" power button method. As the power button is located at the top of the phone and the button is a little bit difficult to press, in my opinion.

That's why I'm looking for a program or shortcut to have a "soft" button on-screen to turn off the screen :confused: