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[Hero, G2 Touch General] veej:
I have an iPhone 3GS as well as a Hero now and came from numerous WM phones including the Pro2. The below is a summary of what I think. Please note that this is based on my personal preferences so it may not apply to everyone:

I must say that the virtual keyboard on the iPhone is the only really usable one on the market. The Hero is ok but it is harder due to the slimer profile. The screen is also slightly more responsive on the iphone, although both are capacitive.

The iphone is slightly smoother. The Hero has a slight lag sometimes.

Maybe it is just me but I really don't like the icon base UI of the iphone. Sense UI is much much better for my need.

No multitasking in the iphone is really annoying sometimes.

Battery in the Hero is much better than the iphone. At least I can last for a day.

The browsers are about the same in terms of speed.

The screen size is slightly too small for the Hero, especially in width.

The games on Android sucks compare to iPhone.

The track ball really helps and especially useful when editing text. The iphone is annoing sometimes to use the finger only.

Overall I find the 3GS much more usable than the 3G but I cannot stand the UI so it is the Hero for me personally. If you prefer the icons (many do) them the iphone is good. Having said that I am eagerly await for the HD2 to see if HTC can really deliver a knockout on this one. Hope this help.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] darfbozo:
I got the Hero because ...

I prefer to look like a nerd than a brainless fashion victim ...

Everyone and their dog has an iPhone, they're the choice of the no-brainer. OOOO look at me, I have an iPhone. Sheep.

The Hero is much more of an intelligent choice. OK there arent so many games, but lets be honest, gaming isnt that satisfying on a phone anyway. I love the fact that there is an app for almost anything and that, in general, the developers are in it for kudos rather than cold, hard cash.

I have friends with iPhones and voice commands apart, there is nothing they have that my Hero wont do as well or better. Dammit I want voice control. :)

There, my penny's worth.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] redrazr7791:
I am seriously thinking about importing a HERO to usse with t-mobile. Currently I have an iphone 3gs and a mytouch 3g. I cannot stand the texting lag that the mytouch has even after the donut 1.6 update. My question to people who have had the 3gS and the Hero, how is the multi-touch on the Hero compared to the iphone? I have watched videos of the Hero Vs. iphone, but they were done before the update was pushed out for the Hero. I am currently selling the MyTouch and can't decide wether or not to save the money for a better android handset or take the plunge and import a hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] immya:
just to reflect on that point...the hero manages to be just as good as the iphone ( maybe slightly slower) but you're forgetting that while the iphone only ever runs upto 2 applications (music + any one more) the hero manages to juggle LOADS of apps at once.

so while the iphone is faster but only runs 2 apps at once

the hero is just as fast and runs many apps

in my view the hero has far better hardware and it optimises processing time alot better also
[Hero, G2 Touch General] risterdid:
totally agree, also what i noticed about both app markets, apple is of course advanced with their thousands of applications BUT they've been out for some time, and to compare to the android app market i notice it improving everyday. the 3g/3gs is a nice and people friendly phone, but the hero for me best suits me with the UI and multitasking, also transfering music and other files is easier than itunes...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jgtthd:
iphone vs hero - HERO!!

i can't believe that people are still saying the hero is laggy, i have the modoco rom 2.5.1 and my phone is faster than my wifes iphone 3gs.

i agree that the apps do seem to be a bit better via apple though but phone vs phone the hero ROCKS
[Hero, G2 Touch General] loggie1:
Polaris to Hero???

I am thinking of moving from my flashed Touch Cruise/Polaris (pola100) to the Hero.

I've being using various roms by the great cookers over on the polaris forum on my device for a while now, currently, pcarvalho wm6.5 23053 rom, and find it to be very very good but I now like the look of Android and the Hero and am considering a change. Some of the problems on the Hero forum have made me wonder should I change.

Can I please ask the opinions of those who have not rooted their Hero but have upgraded to the latest release from HTC?

1. Has this release improved some of the issues highlighted in this discussion?

2. Another thread highlights some problems receiving calls, has this been resolved?

The only way for me to get the Hero is sim free as no providers here do it.

The iphone 3gs is coming on vodafone in the spring but I'm leaning towards the Hero. Vodafone will also be doing the HTC Tattoo also Android but on a lower spec'd device.

Is the Hero worth it?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] erasmogjr:
I have had the chance to own alot of high end phones before the hero, just check my sig. Nothing seems to compare to android. iphone and the palm pre were probably the closest and are definitely more polished and fluid. Both also carry a higher status symbol. When people saw me with the iphone or the pre they seemed more interested and knew more about them. With the hero noone really asks to see it or use it but when I show it to them and encourage them to mess with they are alot more impressed than with the iphone. I am not an apple hater, I love my macbook and would not switch to any windows or linux box if there was money involved. Android is just more fun, even rooting as with the G1 is more fun with jailbreaking or rooting the pre. I like switching whole roms and then tweaking each one rather than tweaking the same rom forever. So ill trade the fluidity and the proximity sensor for fun and exclusivity.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] icreepin:
I have used and developed on the HTC products for quite a long time, the company I work for also has used black berry's in the past (storm included) And a few of the head people just had to have the Iphone (2g all the way to the 3gs)

Being in the development / security side of our IT department I have worked on all of the PDA smart phones and actually carry a BB storm for work. I use the HTC TP2 for my private phone and my neice (she lives with us) has an Iphone.

From a corporate development side of things the Android is leaps and bounds ahead of the black berry in terms of what you can do with the OS. For a long time we used HTC phones with custom roms which were perfect only had the apps we needed on the phones ect. The BB and the Iphone OS isnt as open and easily configurable to strict corporate guidelines. with the BB you dont even have WIFI.

The thing that makes the Iphone liveable (in my opinion) is the apps you can install after the Iphone is jail broken. Another fault with the Iphone is there isnt any way to watch imbeded videos nor can you watch live TV since it breaks apples agreement with ATT. I should also note that out of the millions of apps on Itunes probably less then 3,000 are actually useable.

Also the 2G Iphone was constucted a bit better then the 3G and 3Gs (the latter back of the phone is plastic). Plus the hardware on the android is faster. I will be picking one up tomorrow.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] foxmeister:
To be fair, that's more a fault with the carrier than the phone. If you've got an iPhone in the UK, you can use the BBC iPlayer to watch TV and it works pretty well. I'm glad it does too, since it's those streams that the Android app Beebplayer uses!

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pauliusba:
iPhone is faster and more polished.

But I love Android OS philosophy more. iPhone is made primitive for the masses. It's easy to use, pretty. But lacks functionality and advanced stuff which Android can offer.

I love Androids unified notification system (with ongoing stuff, clearable notifications, short notification 2-line previews), it's menu system (which frees some vertical pixels for general use, cuz you see the menus only when you need them), the fact that all the apps use the same UI elements, everything is very consistent.

The homescreen system (I don't like to call it SenseUI, since it's just a bit customized original open-source Android's version of homescreen thing) is absolutely mindblowing, something never ever seen before. WinMo offers sth, iPhone offerst sth different, Symbian offers sth also different. In Android, you can chose exactly how you want stuff to be offered 2 u - you can set up iPhone-like app homescreens with ability not to include "necessary" icons, you can set up touch-flo-like widget arrangements and so much more. And Android can multitask.

I absolutely love it and can forgive some flaws for it's philosophy. Even market blows everything away - comments, ratings, applications' permissions, the way comments&apps add up to the list as you scroll down. You are also not tied to it and you can get apps from differend sources without any hacking.

And the ball, which let's you navigate your phone while on the move, etc. - it's really handy and works absolutely anywhere - another example of consistentness and unification.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbe88:
I bought some time ago with a dream firmware installed on a 1.5.Volevo put the firmware cyanogen, I was told to check first if I had checked root.Ho and when do the command on the terminal, I always write this Activity Sorry written Request SU ( In application superuser permissions) is not responding.

What should I do?

Thanks in advance
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supremeteam256:
What? Sorry but don't understand what you just asked.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diceman4:
If you need to ask someone a question in italian there are a couple italian boards (androidiani is one i thnk)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imperial.mack:
How do I set up a VPN on a g1? I have CM 3.9.7 rom.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borodin1:
By entering the settings in VPN app (Menu->Settings->Wireless Networks->VPN Settings)

Not quite sure what's the problem here... May have to give us some more details...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] nfreire:
Does anyone know how to point Call History on today screen or at the Phone option Call history to the windows call history?

The only way I can access to the windows call history is by turn on the Phone:Missed call - display message on the screen - notification on Sounds & Notifications. Can I add a shortcut to manila the start menu?

Thanks!
[G1 General] DigitalN.:
Hey guys,

I have been having a very annoying issue as of late I'd like to resolve. I have been trying to flash a new ROM onto my device since thanks to Haykuro we finally can have TMO G1 ROMs on the device however I am having an issue. I follow the instructions step by step, and yet when all is said and done I get into the OS and I have no data network. I can send SMS, make calls, however I cannot check my email or surf the net.

This is very annoying, and I have tried both Cyanogen ROMs, and the JacXROM, and neither one works. I am guessing this is a radio firmware not working, however it is the latest one for Rogers I have found so I don't see how that is the issue (and it is works for others:confused:)

Does anyone have any ideas?
[G1 General] law_ren_ce:
Did you check apn settings?

Because if your not in the us you will have to config the settings to your provider.
[G1 General] DigitalN.:
Does anyone happen to know the APN settings if that is what I have to do? I have no idea what to put in there.
[G1 General] esmith:
internet.com

User: wapuser1

Password: wap

Nothing else.
[G1 General] Bedeadu:
I am not going to look exactly where it is stated...but do a search you should find the settings. These settings were posted somewhere in this thread, I believe somewhere in the middle, it was posted like 5 times.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=544654

edit: Sure esmith, make me look like an idiot, lol, guess you posted like 2 sec. before me. Although you were more direct, I was hoping not to spoon feed the answer, cause they will ask other questions again without searching.
[G1 General] DigitalN.:
For some reason whenever I search I always get crap results.. But just so you know I posted that and then said "Duh, I'm an idiot I should look for it" and I saw the big APN thread and found a post a couple pages back. Didn't work though, so I will try esmiths settings.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mishaw:
Hello,

I was chasing this feature without any good results:

can you tell me if there is any solution, that standard HTC Phone application (as it is in HTC Touch HD) shows the "Company" field from the contact during incoming call. I would be interested in WVGA version.

I am talking about a feature that could look like that:

The thing is that I don't want anything that big as Businnes Pro, besides it looks awful in all other aspects... ;)

Another feature I'd like in WM phone is name search by Company - as it is in iPhone - you start writing the company name and the dialer shows all the contacts with that company name assigned. Do you know of any software doing this?

I'd appreciat your help very much!

Best regards!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] KoolPal:
Try this:

iCaller - simple CallerID app - alpha version 0.1.0.3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=450187&highlight=caller
[Off-topic] hakoni_rebuilder:
Please help! I have a Samsung M400 pocket pc phone edition in korean version, is there any way to upgrade the ROM to English version?What is the latest upgrade for the OS pocket pc 2002 phone edtion?Any help will be greatly appreciated.Thank you!
[Off-topic] D'rath:
OS pocket pc 2002??? Wow! It isn't the last Samsung device ;)

May be a WM2003 ROM could exist but I think there isn't ^^ and 64 Mb RAM/ROM are very few... looking up for an other device ;)

D'rath
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] THUDUK:
Hello Thought I would share my rom, created it using Lobsterdave's Kitchen

Inspired by dotcompt's Deepshining series, don't expect anything original or to blow your mind, this is just the basics of WM6.5 for people who want to add there own applications, UI's etc...

I do not class myself as a chef more of a popcorn seller...If you have problems I will try to help if I can.

WM6.5 23017

Basic Titanium with SIMPLE WM6.1 like menus (NEW) (See images)

HTC BLACK Theme (NEW) (SIMPLE plain black theme, can be installed from settings, today)

No TF3D or Tachi Phonecanvas

No facebook

Applications added:

File Explorer EX (NEW)

Opera 9.5 16702

RSS hub

Advanced Config Tool 3.3

FINGER KEYBOARD (NEW)

Working Youtube

Modaco No Data

Market Place

Messenger

Chess

ALBUM (NEW)

AUDIO BOOSTER (NEW)

File Download (Winrar file including ROM, Pagepool changer and Desktop installer)

http://www.2shared.com/file/7292957/e85c5031/THUDUKROMver3.html

OLD ORIGINAL VERSION THUDROM http://www.2shared.com/file/7125046/e502116f/THUDUKROM1.html?s=1
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] p.brazauskas:
Hi,

Just wondering why is this step nessesary?

1) Flash a standard official Diamond Rom of your choice

Can I just flash on top of rom that i'am using now?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] THUDUK:
Yes you can, I just prefer to flash a stock rom first....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] racz:
23025

newer build pls :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] neptunes50:
In my opinion a good basic ROM to just add whatever you want. In much ROM (not negative to other chefs) are apps with some do not use..

I like this very clean ROM. Thanks for your work man!!;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] elsatani:
How is this supposed to work? I downloaded the file and put it on main storage (4gb). Did points 4 and 5.. I still got the "energy rom" i installed yesterday.

What did i not understand? :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] THUDUK:
Make sure there is no other file called DIAMIMG.nbh in the top level of your internal storage before you drop this one onto there.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] elsatani:
In that case I should have got an error asking to overwrite? But I checked now and its not.

What is supposed to happen when I come to #4? I got the multicolored "boot screen". Then I did #5 and nothing new happened - my old ROM booted..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] THUDUK:
You hold down volume down, arrow back button (not the centre wheel)

failing that you can always use the CustomRUU.exe way from your PC. (have attached this file for you)

Just make sure the DIAMIMG.nbh file is in the same folder as CustomRUU.exe and you can install it this way.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] elsatani:
Ah - Im sorry :) Now I got another menu telling me to "restore image" or something.

Seems to work great. Thanx for explaining to me :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] lagos911:
You have to press the hot key to install the rom...

Restart and press Vol. down and the "Back" button

A menu saw with options...

Thats all...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] THUDUK:
Tested Build 23025 this morning and have deleted it, for me this is a step back by Microsoft.

Horrible, top and bottom, nasty lens magnify thing, uses way to much ram, will wait for newer builds.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] THUDUK:
I decided to revert back to my first version, seems to run faster, smoother, have updated the links on the first post...will stick with this a while until microsoft get there act together...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] butabi:
Love it!

Yo, Thuduk!

Thanks for a nice rom - I've been searching for a clean rom without too much fuss, and it really can't get much cleaner than a fresh WinMo6.5 install :D

On another note, earlier, I was running HTC stock rom/radio and battery seemed to last for about 20-24 hours with fair usage. However, now it seams that it only lasts for about 12 hours or so. Does WinMo have that much to say in regards to battery usage? (I'm not totally newb - the device isn't running high brightness, bluetooth etc the whole day :-p).

When only having a clean WinMo6.5 install and not running fancy stuff all day, is the radio then most likely the culprit? And what radio did you find works best with a clean WinMo and your device?

(I'm running the 1.15.25.14 radio)

And btw - I'm really clueless in regards to howcome some radios drain some peoples Diamonds while others don't - it should all be the same hardware? - Very strange imo..

Thanks for a lean rom!

Regards,

butabi
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] THUDUK:
The radio I use is 1.13.25.24 and get pretty good battery life, not sure how long though
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] rdelsol:
i tried flashing it from my internal storage. But It say's NO IMAGE FILE. But DIAMIMG.nbh is in the root directory of my internal storage. Any explanation why I cant file the file in my internal storage? thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] rdelsol:
I have hard spl 1.4 from Deepshining.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] The Sexygenius:
I've been using your ROM for the past 2 days now and its incredibly clean. :D

However, i'm having a few problems with connectivity.

Wifi would connect now and then, even when the password was correct for the modem, it would continue to try and connect but never establish a connection. The same was true with trying to use O2 GPRS. This would connect, but then it would do nothing within the browser.

For instance I tried to load google.com. When I tap in the address the bar will fill up 1/10 of the way and just stop, the screen would just stay blank. this happens with both internet explorer and Opera. At first I thought it was the Radio and flashed from the recommended 1.13.25.24 to 1.09.25.23 but i am having the same problem. Wifi will connect, but when i try to use GPRS same problem. Also once i try to use Wifi after GPRS with this radio, it will no longer connect also.

I've hardreset several times but still the same problem. Are you or anyone else experiencing similar problems ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] THUDUK:
@rdelsol, try installing the rom from your pc.

@sexygenius, no i do not have this problem, i sugest fash with official rom, hard reset, flash this rom, hard reset...

best of luck
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nomyar:
I have tried this ROM and is nice. Caveat is the memory utilization is not optimized.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] thangkls:
Can we have Diamond original dialer ? I don't know what its name ( opal / cavan / etc ) but I realy like the white dialer or could you tell me where can I get it ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] incredulous:
Nice clean ROM Thud. Been looking for something like this for weeks. Can I ask what kitchen you use? :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] elsatani:
I have used this ROM now about a week. It seems to work flawlessly - but - the zoom dont seem to work when im looking at pictures. In WM 6.1 you could use the pad and make a circle, or make a circle directly on the screen.

edit: and how do I get threaded SMS?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] bogy16:
From what you said, you use Album form HTC. In order to zoom try double tapping the screen.

For second question:

;SMS Threading Off

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\OEM]

"SMSInboxThreadingDisabled"=dword:1
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] elsatani:
Thank you! Threaded SMS now works great :) Though, still no zoom.. Double-tap does not work either..

Just to mention it; Zoom works great in Opera and other apps.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] TimSpaans:
Thanks, Great Rom!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] pixelvandal:
Internal Storage Installation

Hi everyone, I'm interested in giving this ROM a go, can someone confirm that hey have successfully flashed this ROM via internal storage (I don't have a PC - only Macs & can't flash any other way)!

Thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] cxm7105164515:
THanks very much!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] cxm7105164515:
Please mirror!I can not download!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] wuub:
very nice job, thank YOU !!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] wuub:
does any one know how I can add French layout to fingerkeyboard ?

tried to install it but I got a conflict and had to hardreset...

regards

a part from that this rom is the first one that makes me actually enjoy wm6.5 and titanium

thanx
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] thangkls:
Finger keyboard is integrated in this rom ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] wuub:
yes it is but only in qwerty
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] wuub:
Hi,

i'm having issues with some titanium panels such as Showaco Opera

they both seem to be unable to do what they are supposed to do...

(opera : can't import because, some files aren't associated ??)

Some others like Favorite People works fine.

About FKeyboard I didn't find a way to install AZERTY (FRA) layout

But I tricked it by sending myself a mail with the letters I missed and edited the smilies shortcuts by pasting them into it... a least I got my éèàù's

Would be nice to have more Hardreset friendly way to do it ;)

regards
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] danilofc:
help me please

in my device the gprs monitor 2.5.1 dont function can you help me??? thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] _zeke_:
Good work, nice ROM, but it is crying for a slide to answer utility
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] ric h710:
Very nice Rom, but how do I install Swedish keyboard layout for FingerKeyboard.. If I Install fullversion of fingerkeyboard It still don't change. Think It's because Its integrated in som write protected area? Would be very thankful for help!