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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pieteckhart:
Hi all,

A few days ago i received by new TP2. (Dutch Unbranded)

everything worked fine till it tried to use the buid in GPS.

it just doesn't connect!

things i have tried to solve it:

HTC's GPS Hotfix:

http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=570&news_id=165

Did not work :(

HardSPL

Rhodium-HardSPL_V1_20R2.exe (of course ;))

GPS Patch:

Downgrade radio software to 3.44.25.27 (i had .30 before that)

ITDev Solutions GPS Patch1.1.CAB

No change at all :(

Custom ROM: EnergyROM Standard M.25

It was nice to see WM6.5 in action but this also did not change my problem with my GPS.

could this be faulty hardware?

is there any more i could try...

How long should i stay in the backyard waiting for a signal?

Using ChartCross GPSTest i once got a tiny yellow bar as reception but i never got more than that...

It just keeps showing "GPS Starting up".

the HTC GPS Tool opens COM4 with baudrate: 57600 (does baudrate matter?)

and reports it's using 16 sattalites but has 0 fixed satellites :(

Thanks for any tips that may help me out!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Jacklad:
Try baudrate of 4800 - that's the setting that I have always used - silly question, but did make sure that your "location" setting is on? Make sure it is -these settings work on my HTC Touch on Verizon - hope they translate to your phone/system
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pieteckhart:
by location setting do you mean AGPS Service?

if i enable this it tells me i's unable to connect to the AGPS Server.

i have to Connections: T-Mobile Internet and T-Mobile MMS.

please help :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pieteckhart:
hmm i know what you mean now...

Start>Settings>Personal>Phone>Services

there are a few options in the list but nothing about GPS or Location:

Call Barring

Caller ID

Call Forwarding

Call Wainting

Voice Mail and Text Messages

My provider is T-Mobile NL.

is it the ROM i am running now?

i could try to restore the original software...

Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] frav:
Did you try with GPSGate ?

Download it, see if it can detect your GPS and let you use it with any nav software (it creates a virtual COM port you will use with nav sotware).

http://franson.com/gpsgate/download.asp?platform=winxp

Hope it helps.
[G1 Accessories] ytj87:
For extended use of GPS while backpacking, I was looking to make a 4xAA battery pack with USB output. Using NiMH hydrides of 2500mah, we're talking a nominal 10,000mah. Enough for 7 to 8 recharges of a stock battery and 4 or so of an extended cap battery.

I searched the net for examples to follow in my build and found this nice one: http://www.boxwave.com/products/batteryadapter/ and this cheap one: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15048

Much better, IMO, than the $20 Radio Shack one that's only 650mah: http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...roductId=3514763&origkw=3514763&tab=techSpecs

NiMH AA's peak at about 1.4V and are done around 1.2V. So we're looking at between 4.8V and 5.6V for the pack. No voltage regulation is needed, unlike the 9V-to-USB adapters floating around (which have very little power to offer).
[G1 Accessories] random_username_:
here is another good one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ENERGIZER-Mot...er-182002_W0QQitemZ380153488437QQcmdZViewItem it uses 2 aa batteries and is very small and compact. i have 5 of these because they were selling them for 99p in the 99p store
[G1 Accessories] AdamPI:
You probably have, but have you thought about the solar battery packs? I've seen small ones, not much bigger than the phone with 3600mah batteries. If the panels exposed while hiking it can charge and then be used later.
[G1 Accessories] random_username_:
but in the winter they become almost useless :(
[G1 Accessories] AdamPI:
What even in Nigeria? :p

I guess they won't charge as quick, but you can charge them off the mains first and then get what you can from the sun. I'm going to get one myself for the next time my mate drags me off on a fishing trip.
[G1 Accessories] random_username_:
lol the sun would probably break my phone

come to think of it it would come in handy for camping these are some of the ones i am thinking of getting:

http://fwd.five.tv/gadgets/phones/freeloader-solar-charger

http://www.paramountzone.com/solar-mobile-phone-charger.htm

http://www.ethicalsuperstore.com/pr...ms/solio-mobile-phone-and-ipod-solar-charger/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Loader-Charger-Players-More/dp/B001BN2FVM
[G1 Accessories] Neuuubeh:
You are connecting them in series, hence its not 10 000mah, but 2500mah. :). Which is still almost 2x the htc battery anyhow
[G1 Accessories] ytj87:
Wow, silly oversight. Of course, series makes it 2500mah. Hmm.
[G1 Accessories] AdamPI:
I was thinking of getting this one, 0.77W 2600mAh £8.99: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Solar-Panel-B...gets?hash=item2a00d452d5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

This one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Solar-USB-260...in_0?hash=item45edf30a63&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 is a little cheaper, but there are at least 4 variations of that one with different specs, which puts me off.

This one is pretty sweet, but £40 is a lot, although it has 4W solar panels.
[G1 Accessories] random_username_:
i really like the third one but im a bit skeptical because 60% of the things i order from hong kong end up being fake sometimes very good fakes but they are fakes nontheless. If you decide to buy it let me know how it goes;)
[G1 Accessories] AdamPI:
sorry that last one says 2.2w, not 4w :( still good though.
[G1 Accessories] random_username_:
awww man i might buy the 8.99 one and i it turns out to be fake i wont be too pissed as it is not that expensive
[G1 Accessories] quakermaas:
How look what you made me do, when I'm meant to clean the house, while the girlfriend is at work :p :D

Disclaimer: If you try to make a portable charger and end up breaking/damaging your phone(G1 or what ever), don't blame me.

If you chose to make one of these, you will be doing this at your own risk.

Had one of these mobile phone charger lying around for a few years, it might have originally came with a mini usb adapter, but I cant remember and all fittings have been lost for a long time.(pic 1)

Had an expandable usb to mini usb cable from the 1 €/$/£ shop lying around.

Like this but with a mini usb at the end.(pic 2)

Removed the spring winder from the middle of the cable and cut the normal usb plug off, about 6cm(2") from the end.

Stripped the ends of the wires(4)on the normal usb plug, so I can identify the positive and negative.(pic 3)

Hooked up my multimeter to the dark blue and red wires of what was left of the normal usb end(educated guess here ;) , I am sure the colours will be different on other cables, depending on the manufacturer) and plugged it into the computer,be 100% sure you don't short the wires at this point or you will most likely blow(at the very least) the USB circuit on the motherboard of the computer.(pic 4 and 5)

Opened up the mobile charger,it is just a holder for 4 AAA batteries, a diode and a female socket (pic 6)

Stripped the ends of the wire on the mini usb plug, cut away the other two wires, leaving just the dark blue and red.

Added some heat shrink to the wire for support,where it will be exiting the charger.(pic 7)

soldered the red wire to the positive side(diode) of the portable phone charger and bark blue to negative.Insulated the solder joints with heat shrink tubing.

I was getting 6 volts form the mobile phone charger at this point with 4 non rechargeable AAA batteries(4 x 1.5v), I plan to use rechargeable batteries to give me closer to 5 volts(4 x 1.2v) (pic 8)

Pluged it into my usb card reader first and checked to see if the green LED on the card reader came on.(pic 9)

G1 was at 100% charge, so I played some bonsai blast for 10 mins, then took a deep breath and plugged in the charger.

Success and didn't spend a penny/cent doing it, just junk that was lying around.(pic 10/11/12)
[G1 Accessories] random_username_:
That looks awesome what percentage does it charge the battery to
[G1 Accessories] quakermaas:
This is just to see it it works ok, AAA batteries only hold about 800mAH(rechargeable) , not sure about alkaline/zinc carbon AAA batteries.

The standard G1 battery is 1150mAh, so there is no way I am getting a full charge.

I will run the phone battery down to 50% and see how the charge goes with the standard cheapo AAA batteries in the charger, but will take a week to get a better idea of how well it works or doesn't work.

If it does seems to work ok after a day or two, I will try it with 4 x 2300mAH rechargeable AA batteries and see how they go.

Just to point out for people that don't know, the diode is like a one way gate, it will let power travel from the the charger to the phone , but not the other way around.
[G1 Accessories] random_username_:
let us know how it goes :D
[G1 Accessories] quakermaas:
The standard 4 x AAA batteries didn't even charge it 1% after being connected for 1 hour, so tonight, I soldered the usb lead onto the 4 x AA 2300mAH rechargables, plug it in at 42% and after 20 mins its up to 49% :)

I will have to look for a nicer looking battery holder for 4 AA batteries, seems to be doing a great job
[G1 Accessories] random_username_:
glad to hear it works i am going to attempt this when i have a weekend free
[G1 Accessories] Geniusdog254:
Awesome. I'll definitely be trying this, & since my dad is an electrical engineer I may try to improve on it a bit ;). If I accomplish anything extra I will post it here.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] krenisis:
240x320 resolution keypad and softkeys needed to play game ...longer great grafx and mario with a gun for pocket pc free ...extract files (unzip) then play post ur comments and vote..iam trying to build my own website to make freegames for pocket pc so if u can donate via paypal to krenisis@yahoo.com also if u want to ask me anything u can email me i respond and i respond quickly enjoy game and hit me up for any info or questions u have
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lambstone:
dude, we need some other resolution for your games. wvga for instance
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dadeadman:
Seconded. How many people use 240x320 res?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] krenisis:
spacefire

240x320 keypad and softkeys here is spacefire arcade shooter play and enjoy....extract files (unzip) and play game post comments and feedback i respond to all inquires

ok what type question is that many people other wise there wouldnt be a compiler for it and i wouldnt make this games for it just look on xda

1 iam try to get on the compiler iam using a keypad on screen but its giving me problems i might get microsofts compiler if this continues to be issue the only games i can make for wvga is games that follows mouse and thats too limiting

is there any wvga with keypad or softkeys or they are only touchscreen
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lambstone:
The majority of the WVGA devices now do not have a dpad. Thus you should consider making a virtual keypad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] krenisis:
ok pong wvga is on here search xda enjoy
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] blastingproton:
Hi people, I've an HTC TP2, and I was trying to set a ringtone for a callers group. I've seen there's not this capability...

Is there a software that can do it?

tnx in advance, Giovanni
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Tourist!:
+1

I need this also, or at least - on my treo 700wx with WM5 and treo pro WM6.1 I had known and unknown caller rings
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] piannetta:
I use Pocket Informant and it allows you to assign ringtones to groups by filtering your contacts via category, then selecting all contacts and assigning a ringtone to them all.

It's a handful of clicks but I don't do it every day so find it quite useful
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] blastingproton:
Beh, I could try to develop it... Anyone wants to help me is welcome!

Do you know where contacts are stored?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Putra:
Search for MortRing. I've been using it since my Prophet days...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] blastingproton:
In TP2, TF3D needs to be disabled to find the icon in home... I didn't understand also where to add categories...

Is there something more update?

tnx
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] blastingproton:
Maybe I found something interesting:

Just Tones by 1 Touch Mobile

http://www.1touchmobile.com/justtones.php

Set Ringtone/ SMS Tone for Single or Multiple contacts in one operation

Remove Ringtones and SMS Tones for one or more contacts.

Group Ringtone/SMS Tone using the 'Company' or 'Category' field for a contact

Set Default SMS Tone.

Transfer ringtones to any Bluetooth enabled device

Set Sounds for SMS, Email, Voice Mail, Reminder, Alarm etc.

Sort contacts by Firstname or Lastname

Play/Stop ringtones from the main screen as well as the ringtone selection screen

Contacts are displayed along with their ringtone

Supports mp4,mp3,midi,wma and wav formats

Search and select multiple contacts

Enable/Disable SMS Tones for Unknown Numbers.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Putra:
Yes, initially when u set up mort-ring, you have to disable tf3d. categories are defined in your contacts list. If you set "A" as family, "B" as work etc, it'll appear in mortring.

After you set up mortring, you don't have to touch it anymore. It'll run in the background hidden behind tf3d
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Putra:
Unfortunately, it's not free... :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] WaLshy11:
you can assign specific rings tones for specific contacts as a built-in feature.. but i am not sure about the call groups
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Mesquire:
Fortunately, Tone Manager is :D You can use it to assign a ringtone to all entries belong to a Category.

To set a contact to Category on TP2, you need to edit your traditional Windows Mobile Contacts and not your TF3D interface. The most direct way is by:

Start > All Programs > Contacts

Note you can assign a contact to more than one category.

If you have opened your entry using address book from People tab, you can access Contacts by clicking "More" at the bottom of the entry.

An alternative is to your Contacts in Microsoft Outlook on your computer, then sync it back to the device.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] dineshh:
hi

Freeware vipringtone does this job excellently, category, individual contact ringtones etc,. Just a search away from you. if you couldn't locate it, send me msg and I'll post the cab. Been using it since WM5 to WM6.5 works fine.:o
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] osarus:
pressing the top button puts it in standby, tapping that button brings it out and calls random ppl in my pocket afew times a day...

Holding the end button and locking the decide locks it but dosnt put it in standby...

So u have to hold the end key choose lock then put it in standby.... if the standby key is then bumped it will make it light up and... keep your keys company?

Is there a way to make it automatically lock after 30sec and go into standby after another 30sec? as this is just rediculas lol

And i dont want the wimo password lock... i want the lock where u have to just slide the button to unlock it

And help would be much appreciated ^_^
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sleonard:
Search S2U2 (Slide to Unlock 2). Unfortunately, on the TP2 there is an issue with the landscape mode being garbled.

S
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tung_meister:
hi guys, i'm considering buying a hero, but based on the stock rom i have several issues. could someone tell me the exact changes and improvements present in the latest rom so i can make a better educated decision i.e. are there any browser or flash improvements etc. thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tung_meister:
does no one have a changelog?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] gaprince:
somehow my sd card got wiped and now i cant even use my phone. is there any way i can get the rom back to my sd card?

my phone is rooted
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] scoobyturbo:
if i have a card reader copy the rom you are using to the sd card the boot into ravs recovery image wipe data and flashing the rom again
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] kano69:
Do you hate showing duplicate contacts? Well after playing with the phone for 20 minutes i finally found out how to hide your sim contacts..

You will need a regdit program.

Go to HKCU"hot key control user"/Control Panel/Phone/Show Sim.

Change the default Dword value from 1 to 0

Restart your phone and you should be good.

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] xnifex:
yeah this is in the sticky @ Rhodium General, has been known since the MDA/Wizard days, as well as the option of using Advanced Config 3.3

thanks for playing
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] f1ip:
If you use the Tf3D HTC contacts tab, All People. Theres an option to view ALL, Contacts, or SIM. So no need to even do the registry.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] kano69:
Yes your right.. but knowing the fact that if your lazy like my girl and press on call button.. you will get the duplicated contacts and she gets annoyed by it so this is the way to turn it off :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] nuron:
Thanks for this, seeing dups was very annoying haha.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] neojav123:
One of the most useful threads ever! Thanks!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strless01:
Well for me my SD Card doesn't want to work while on RC29 so I have to wait for the stupid automatic update.... SIKE!

Here are the steps to manually check for updates using your Dream/G1:

1. First, have AnyCut installed if you don’t already

2. Next, Create a new shortcut on your phone’s desktop. Select “AnyCut” and then select “Activity”

3. Select “Device Info” as your activity. I can’t find any other way to get to this activity on the phone

4. Press the new shortcut icon you have created.

5. Scroll to the bottom and find the “Check for Updates” button. Click it. You may have to a few times for it to succeed.

6. Once the “checkin” has succeeded, exit back to your home screen and you will be prompted to install the update.

Wait for it to finish download then go to home screen.

-I did not create this guide just feeled like sharing it with yall. Here is the original post. Hope it helps you like it did to me!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nedlinin:
Well, I recently decided to register my phone for use on my universities network. However, in order to access the network, I am forced to login to a page that uses SSL encryption. When I try to access the page, the browser returns an error telling me it was unable to obtain a secure connection and it refuses to load the page.

I did some Googling and it seems that the Android platform currently denies a connection if it finds *anything* wrong with the SSL certificate. Anyone know a way around this?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] pgu:
I've bought my TD2 from Hong Kong....though it has WWE ROM, but still at some places I can find some Chinese...like in keyboard, there are some Chinese input options given and there is no phone keyboard option.

So I want to ask, that when HTC will provide ROM update with WinMo 6.5, do I've to download and update from HTC Hong Kong only, or I can update using any other HTC site also which has WWE Europe or WWE worldwide ROM, so that my TD2 appears to be perfectly English...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] aevries:
read the rom section and you will find the answer
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] blackbeans:
Quick answer to you! Once you've unlocked your TD2 CID, you can change your ROM to any ROM in the world! Go ahead!
[Touch HD General] warnec:
I just flashed my Blackstone with HSPL 1.56Olinex using this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=505377

And I experience a color corruption (see attached image)

Will this problem go away after I flash my device with new rom? (I want to have WM 6.5 & Manila 2.6)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=555137
[Touch HD General] warnec:
I think I may have found a solution:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3725122&postcount=508

(see the first quote)

So it looks like an issue with an older rom. I'll try to update my rom to this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=555137

and report back.
[Touch HD General] warnec:
Quite a strange thing happened here. After flashing with HSPL, I shouldn't expect my wallpaper and clock settings to be saved, right? Dunno why that happened. Anyway, I did a few more reboots and hard resets, and was greeted with normal-color home screen with black background and 0:00 time, so I guess it works OK now. Just flashed it with Manila 2.6 and WM 6.5, it says "windows mobile prepares the device for first use" ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] The Immortal:
Hi m8s,

is there a way to use the Pocket Informant 8 contact engine instead of the Mobile Shell 3.x build in one?

With Mobile Shell 2.x it was possible but I can't find any hint to use it with MS 3.x.

Thx a lot in advance

best regards

The Immortal
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] shayan.k:
Does anyone know where the Water Detection Sticker is located on a D2? my device needs service and just wondering because my phone doesnt have one. is it built into the phone?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bravekid20:
Hello Everyone,

If I root my g1 and partition the sdcard, will I be able to use it like old times? Meaning, will I be able to take out the sdcard and put it in my computer and load and make it show up as usual and load whatever I want? Please let me know.

Thank You
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdrianK:
If you have apps2sd and remove the card while the phone is one it will give you a lot of headaches. You might be able to put the card back in and reboot, it could be fine, but you might have to wipe your card and loose all your apps.

If you only have a FAT32 partition then you can take the card out whenever you want...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamPI:
And as far as reading it on your computer, then yes it will still be the same. You won't see the other partition in windows without some serious messing about, but you don't need to anyway, the fat32 partition will show up and operate as it does now.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brian_v3ntura:
i wouldnt recommend using a 1 gig.. its too little.. people typically have their partitions for an sd card are 512mb for ext(mines 500mb) and 32mb-128mb linux swap(mines 32mb)

so you would haveless than 500mb of fat32(memory youcan use however you want) which is too little for my use.

whenever i root ppl phones locally, minimum requirement would to have a 2 gig sd card.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] minipod:
use HK Chinese version touch pro T7272 (Raphael), any Chinese wm 6.5 rom ?

Thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] aruppenthal:
Best bet is to look on bbs.xbeta, Darkforcesteam, or bbs.rombeta for Chinese versions :)

Let me know if you need some links.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] jskit:
if you prefer to use the latest rom that you could find in this forum, and

if you don't mind using the englsih interface, and

if you are just looking for chinese display, input support in your english rom like me, you could take a look in this website:

wwwdotstudiokumadotcom/wm/?section=support

i have been using the patch provided in this website since WM6 to 6.1 and 6.5 rom.

the only advise from me using this patch is to prepare to hard reset your machine if you are planning to remove it after installation, and don't try to set the default input method to anything other than pingyin or changjie. either way would make your device unbootable.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] minipod:
arppentahal,

Thanks for advise. Thank you very much.