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[Touch Pro2 CDMA] dezoris:
If you are starting fresh you may want to consider doing this right after you get the phone before doing anything.

This should cover most anything you would need to do including the resproxy and other tweaks.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=84404

Download the Verizon CAB and install it and it takes care of most everything you need done.

To hard reset you just go to SETTINGS>MEMORY TAB> and choose Factory Default. It basically resets the phone to settings of when you first got it.

The Radio as of right now either does not exist on the Verizon phone or is locked out.

The only way to void your warranty is to flash a new ROM, which you can't do yet anyway. But any tweaks you make wont effect warranty.

Streaming internet radio is available and included with the phone, you just need the web address.

Other services like orb from winamp is also handy where you can stream your music collection from home if your PC is on to your phone.

Most anything you can think of you should be able to find, with some searching.

And yes when WM6.5 is released you will have to wait for Verizon to officially release the update.

So even though you will see WM6.5 released next month don't expect Verizon to have the update ready right away it maybe a while.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
Well I got my verizon touch pro 2. It's not bad. I hate the browser though. Scrolling sucks and moving around on a zoomed page is terrible when you swipe your finger to go up down etc. The page just keeps going. It's near impossible to touch links to go there. I have to many times just for it to register that I touched a link. Or I have to use the keyboard arrows. It really sucks. You can download files though and this rocks!! I didn't know you could. I got an mp4 and couple other files. Pretty cool.

The ui is ok. I'm surprised how smooth the ui is compared to iPod touch I have which is exactly the same as iPhone minus the phone. So htc did ok here.

I ran the cab installer for disabling push Internet but can't tell anything is different.

So my question now is this.

When winmo 6.5 is released how long might it take verizon to offically release it? Can't I just do the update from Microsoft? I want it as it's supposed to be way more touch friendly.

Why does it violate the warranty if you install a rom? Do any of the toc etc mention this?

Is there a way to do a backup of the phone incase anything goes wrong with a rom or something?

There's a couple things I don't like about that thing you mentioned that would take care of a lot of stuff. The guy disables something I don't want disabled. I forget what it is right now.

Is shoutcast available?

How does the sbp shell thingy work? Like is it just a file you install to change the theme or something? Can you easily install and uninstall without any issues? Same question for the iPhone look GUI.

Will marketplace be available as a widget type of thing or do we know how you go about using it when it's available?

I'm curious also where a good place is to download free themes and apps for the phone?

Is it possible to have free voice gps somehow? There's google maps of course but don't know it. Never used it more then looking at it on my Storm.

This touch pro 2 is supposed to be 3.6" screen but it's not as wide as my storm or iPod touch. How is that possible? I don't understand if it's supposed to be bigger why is it smaller? There should be only 1 way to measure size. This sucks. :(

how do I make the screen brighter? It doesn't seem as bright as other devices like my iPod touch.

Can I file share with my LAN?

What is remote desktop like? How does the built in one work? Is there something better?

Sorry for bombarding you all with so many questions. :)
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] CIPuyleart:
Answers that I have are in BOLD within your quote...
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] MrBigKid:
I'm impressed...

dezoris, Humble1 and the others...

It doesn't mean a thing coming from me but....

I would like to thank you for not being assholes. :)

You both took time out to answer his numerous questions without a snide remark or rude comment.

Thats refreshing!

Thank you! :D

MBK
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
Well thanks so so much. Truly! I dunno what to say except thanks sooooooo much! I'm kinda speechless. :)

I have to save those responses locally to turn to incase I need to.

I do like the phone. That's for sure.

In Opera I did zoom right on top of links and tapped the links and it took multiple tries to get it to work I'd say if I had to guess and I am, 7-9 times out of 10. That's terrible. Could it be opera, the screen itself or winmo 6.1 or that I have not run the screen calibration thing? I hope the next browser version works way better and more touch friendly the I am experiencing so far. Oh yeah. It's currently like dial up speed compared to my iPod touch and I'm even using wifi on the phone. But yes, I have read that Opera is very slow. It works at least :). Hopefully things will improove in this area in maybe the next version or another browser.

What is it like to install another theme or whatever it is called? The iPhone GUI one and that SPB thing? Are they easy to get rid of? I think I'd like to try them, but am wondering the what if something goes wrong question.

Hmm. I'm not sure where to start now. I should look through this sites wiki, but don't know what parts or where to start. Also I'd like to install some neat apps to see what this phone could do, but not sure where to start.

Thank you so very much! :) thank you for being patient in answering my questions.

Update. Remote deskto doesn't work. I try to connect via wifi to my vista and remote desktop on the phone imediatly after clicking connect says , the connection was ended because of a network error. Please try connecting to the remote computer again.

Also windows update won't connect either. Same type of message.

Remote desktop works from my other pc and laptop too.

Any ideas?

Ok. Now my phone won't get a connection to the net via wifi and I changed nothing on phone or router. Reboot router and shut off phone doesn't help. I'm on my iPod touch right now just fine. I don't get it.

Thanks a lot guys.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] gliscameria:
A few small things.

#1 Don't install a bunch of garbage.

#2 The version of Opera on it sucks. The Beta on their site kicks the crap out of it.

#3 Try Skyfire. I don't like the idea of using a proxy browser, but lordy if it isn't useful.

#4 Be patient. I hated both of my previous HTCs until they started releasing ROMs for it.

#5 If you are having troubles with remote desktop, then get VLC. I hate remote desktop because it locks the display and inputs of the host. I use my TP2 as a remote control for my media center. I'd like to find a smarter VLC client though. =(

Enjoy the phone. The WorldCard app is cool as hell.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] Techitrucker:
Remote Desktop

Try this: http://www.rdmplus.com/

I was using it on my Storm and they allowed me to change to the Windows Mobile version when I finally unloaded that POS. Its a bit pricey but it works well even on a EVDO connection. Works great over wifi. One of the few bright spots in my Blackberry endeavor.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] antsmarchin:
Remote Desktop w Vista/7

If you have problems connecting to your vista or 7 machine using the built in RDC program on the phone, you need to change the security level on your computer to:

"Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure)"

WinMo 6 doesn't have the new network level authentication bits. Maybe it'll appear in 6.5.....
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] football0552:
while XDA has huge amounts of programs on it, you may end up searching forever. A decent website for programs, themes etc. is http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ just make sure they are capable with the screen resolution (wvga) and some things may not work on the TP2. Also most of the phone forums on xda have some sort of thread that says must have programs or something along those lines. Read a few of those.

btw, WAZE is a community based gps program that has voice directions and is free. its kinda neat, you should give it a look.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] RaggedOne:
Good stuff up there, gang. Some even was helpful to me, after a year with a Crapberry. :eek:

I think I am going to like it here. :D
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] eburrito:
Ditto, except I've been on a 'berry for the past 4 years...
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
Thanks guys.

Should it take over 9 hrs for a full charge from 0 to 100% battery charge?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] cdmoore74:
I did not see it mentioned yet but get opera mini beta 5. It feels and looks like a real browser plus its very fast. Good enough to type this message to you. There are small beta bugs and no flash support but it's number one in my book. For the remote desktop app get Zadesktop. It will allow 1024x768 resolution with panning which comes in handy with our high res screens.

So far the only problem I have is the gps lag. I've tried tomtom 7.9, igo 8 and garmin xt 5.20 and so far garmin is simple and the lag is only 3 seconds. Tomtom is unusable and igo 8 needs alot of tweaking. I will try all 3 again with my external gps module and report back. I love tomtom to much to give up on it.

I wlll be the first one try a custom rom once a hardspl is released. My xv6900 was crap but with custom roms it became my best friend. Even found a way to tweak the gps for better response. The tp2 is good as is but will be better once I get my hands on a custom rom. There is always a chance of bricking the phone but thats why I have insurance. Just never know when your going to drop or lose it.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] PRBajista:
The first charge out of the box does take a long time. After the first complete charge, it shouldn't take more than an hour and a half to charge the TP2 from a nearly dead battery...i.e 30% or lower. Did you let it charge completely the first time you charged it? I don't know if you are doing this but I typically don't allow the phone to drop to 0%, after it gets to the 20-30% range, I charge it. Although on a typical day for me, I never see it going past 40-50% but that all depends on individual use habits.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
I charged it a bit right after I opened the box when I got it. Not 100%. I then used it a little over the next couple days and the phone shut off itself from no charge left. Then I charged it all night for 9 hrs or so and it got to 90%. Then used it a few minutes and then charged it to 100%. I have since then used it maybe 15 minutes and I think now since I last used it last night it's been sleeping.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] PRBajista:
This article on the very bottom may help you obtain optimal battery life for your TP2. Its is about lithium ion batteries. You don't have to read the whole article, but on the very bottom where it says "simple guidelines" is where you may find the answers you are looking for to improve your charging cycles.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
Thanks.

I did a reset to factory default cus a phone number I didn't use was in the phone. I don't know how to delete it since there's no delete option. Huh?

I then put opera 97 beta. Boy, I HATE every www browser except Safari on the iPod touch that I have. How can I make www browsing the same as safari? The zoom on other browsers doesn't format the page like safari. Anyway to change this? Web pages are displayed either too small and too skinny or they give the full page but it's huge and you have to scroll all over the place. Safari forms the page to the screen and everything looks normal but small. Of course you can zoom. Sadly it doesn't format the text. It just zooms and makes you scroll all over. So how can we get www browsing the same as safari? I can stand browsing on other devices.

Why would you want to install apps to sd card?

Can you get an onscreen keyboard like on the iPod touch iPhone? With same style and key size and specially auto correction etc?

Why won't windows update work? It is never able to connect. Same for remote desktop. Would someone please help me get remote desktop working? Please. I'm lost.

Can you have the iPhone GUI? I know there's 2 and one is for 320*240 Rez I think. Is it possible to use that?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] dezoris:
You install to the SD card not to clog up the phone memory.

You cannot customize the HTC onscreen keyboard however you can install other keyboards, like SPB keyboard which I think is one of the best.

You just choose it from the list of selectable keyboards. I personally have used several keyboards on windows mobile and think the HTC on screen keyboard is really good. I have an ipod touch and don't think the keyboard is that good at all. I mistype way too often. Which is why I have the Touch Pro 2 for the hardware keyboard not to have to deal with a touch screen.

Windows update will not work, it does not do anything anyway as you get updates from Verizon when they are released.

Remote desktop is going to require you to troubleshoot your setup more.

If you cant connect through IP and you have all the right permissions setup on your PC then either you are using the wrong credentials or you have an issue with your router/firewall blocking it.

iphone theme? You won't likely find it as most TP owners are on windows mobile because the Apple OS does not do it for them if you do it probably wont be at WVGA resolution.

It sounds like to me you want the TP2 to be an iphone, honestly you will never get that. Yes the browser experience is not as good on the TP2 but everything else is just as good if you get used to the OS and tweak the things you need to.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
The iPod keyboard is by far the best. Auto corrects perfect or easy to undo it and the keys are by big enough unlike the tp2.

Nothing in router that blocks anything. The phone is the only one not working. Wireless laptop works etc.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] lamontqsanford:
Opera Mini Beta 5 version for Verizon TP2?

Did you download the JAD or the JAR version? Can anyone tell me what the differences might be, or if it matters?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
Opera mini is not out for tp2. Opera site doesn't have the phone listed and it says it may not work since it's not made for this phone. And I haven't seen where to get mini 5 for the phone. 97b1 sucks. Way lagy when scrolling or doing anything. Try to tap a link and either it does nothing or jumps somewhere up or down the page like you swipe your finger. Also the web paves are not formatted correctly. The is is like 1 point even if you set it for largest. Zoom sucks cus it won't format the page nor give you different levels of zoom really. Sites on anything other then iPod iPhone look totally like crap and not even close to desktop or iPod iPhone. They are pathetic. I don't get why no one can make a decent browser for a phone other then iPod iPhone. Heck I'd gladly pay someone for one.

I would love to browse better.

Flash in skyfire is slow and jerky. Frame rate like 5 frames a sec or so

ething. Pathetic. Sloooow and jerky. :(
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] football0552:
Are you using opera in mobile view?! Opera should show webpages exactly as they appear on a desktop by default. as to scrolling its only jerky when you are zoomed in as it renders a new portion of the screen. I would give skyfire a bit more than 2 or 3 fps but I am sure it varies.

Safari is not as fast as you are making it sound on the iphone/touch. There are multiple videos on CNET comparing its speed to other devices and its been beat more than once in rendering webpages. If you have that much of a crush on the Iphone or your Ipod touch why did you spend the money on a WinMo phone? It appears you are wanting more of a consumer driven device anyway.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
I never said safari was fast. It speed sucks. The scrolling is perfect though unlike any other. The page format and rendering is perfect unlike any other. No browser I've put on my phone renders pageslike desktop. Except maybe ie but it isn't formatted correctly. You have a huge page that you need to scroll miles to view it. Opera shows 1 point size text or something and doesn't render pages anything like desktop. I do not have it set for mobile. If I could take a screen shot I would.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
HmmmMmmmmm
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
Wifi shuts itself off all the time. I hope ms fixed this in a new update. I read more then a month ago 6.1 has this problem. It really pisses me off. So does the crappy www browsers that format crap, zoom crap and won't work when tapping links. F them. Makes me furious.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] dezoris:
Make sure when you set up your wireless connection on the phone you choose, WORK and not internet. May have to go through the advanced wireless setup to do that.

And again the differences between the ipod keyboard and the TP2 are subjective. When you factor in the physical keyboard on the TP2 there is no reason to even use on screen unless it is for a quick message. Thats the whole point of the Pro model is for the keyboard.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] firestorm126:
Is the wireless disconnecting everytime the phone goes into standby? I believe this was a power management feature implemented to save battery life. Theres a *.cab floating around that makes it so it doesn't do that.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
Hi guys.

I don't know when the wireless shuts off. I don't have an Internet or work option for wireless that I can find. There is a slider for better performance or battery. It's in the middle and I don't know what this is.

I don't like the tp2 hardware keyboard as much as I did before I used it. The keys are way too small. So I don't use the hardware keyboard. The onscreen keys are also way too small. iPod touch s just fine for key size. Auto correct isn't that good either on the tp2. I guess I'm like I want winmo with iPod touch ui and www browser smoothness and stuff from iPod touch. :( I dunno what to do about having a better onscreen keyboard just like my iPod touch and having the www browsers like safari on iPod touch.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] dspero:
GPS Software

Not sure if anyone else posted this already, but I just tried out amAze GPS for my TP2. Only used it once, but so far seems great for the price (free). =) amazegps.com

I tried the waze GPS and it gave me some terrible directions. Not sure how anyone could trust GPS software that is user updated/created. Cool idea, but unless you live in a major city with a lot of other users, it doesn't seem like a great idea.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] buggs1a:
Buuuuuuuump
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] dweidman:
Buggs -

4 pages of people being unbelievably helpful.

Let me help you here:

This isn't an iPhone. Get over it. Seriously. I don't care if you sleep with your iPod touch and take it for long walks on the beach.

Yes - the Apple browser is better. We can't do anything about this - but that doesn't stop you from *****ing about it. Again. And again... and again.

Please - return your TP2. Or maybe it is time for some ice on your tooth so you can enjoy a nice warm cup of shut the hell up.

And don't bump threads. Especially just *****ing whining threads.

-Daniel

PS. 4 pages of ridiculously nice helpful answers and you are still upset....

/facepalm
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon3sh:
This might be a dumb question but I just wanna know how can I check if my Xperia was debranded already or to see if it is unlocked?

Thanks
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allenx1:
I may be wrong, but arent all x1's unlocked? I have not seen it signed with any carriers.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaosstorm:
ehm .. they have branding on the backside is one spot on the battery cover that says .. ( in my case Vodafone )
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allenx1:
Oh, mines blank so i assumed they all were ><
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon3sh:
I guess mine is not branded because I remember the K790 that I had before during soft reset it will show Rogers logo before I debranded it with wotan server and it will not let me use mp3s to use as ringtones and with my X1 Rogers doesnt show anymore. Also will the trick >*<<*<*<* or something will work to check if it is lock?

Thanks for the quick replies guys.:)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob50963:
My sd card starting giving me errors about 2 weeks ago. It says the card is removed. I have tried about 6 cards now.

When I go into terminal and type mount /sdcard it says something like mount failed (are you root?). So did I loose root? I'm running jacxrom. This happen 2 weeks ago when I flashed.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fandroid93:
i was running xrom when i had simular problems on one of my phones i had to unroot it and then send it back to tmobile. but ive been running it since and no problems since so who knows. but i dont think it was xrom i think it was a combination of adb and a bad cable.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob50963:
Yeah. Any one know any terminal commands I can try? Also my phone keeps creating .dm files on the card. Its not my pc. This has happen on multiple cards and computers. I hope its not my sd card port. I don't have a contract with tmobile. My phones only 1 years old and its already kicking the bucket :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roguestatuskat:
would it be possible for you to go back to RC-29 and try a OTA firmware and see it still goes berzerk
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
i don't know if this would work (as long as you do not care for and information loss, otherwise back up your card first) go into the recovery console on cyanogen 1.3.1 and up and type

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
rm 1
rm 2 (if you have a second partition)
rm 3 (if you have a third partition)
print (look for Disk size /dev/block/mmcblk0: xxxxmb)
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 xxxx (substitute from above)
quit
reboot

see if that works. it will format your card to fat32. eh, its worth trying if you haven't already.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob50963:
Says sh not found
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
when trying to do which part?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob50963:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
Try a card reader and see what happens, if not have to tried throwing it against a wall
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
Hey david, did you see that me and codani got called out to stop hijacking threads. This is no fun anymore
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob50963:
Jfs recovery. I have a card reader. The sd cards works perfectly on my pc.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
oh man... if you haven't partitioned the card then use the card reader to partition it to fat32.

@the_reverend (your new name) when did this happen?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
I have heard this happening a couple times, try reformating the sdcard to fat32 and try it again
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
also if you do get it working again, i highly (said from a tall tall tall building) that you get cyanogen's 1.4 recovery image.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
k

This morning, check here in the q&a on the fastest rom not based on dream or hero, check out wich ever one that you see has mikey as the last post
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Reverend Gridlock:
Pistol gave me a heads up on it earlier, i alright let supreme and codani know, looks like we pushed it too far that other mods came in and mikey had to step it. Looks like the wrecking crew needs to hang back for a little bit till the heat does down
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob50963:
I've formatted to fat32 atleast 100 times. I've used 5 computers and 6 different sd cards.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
have you tried unrooting and seeing if it does it with the stock rom? that would be the last thing i know to do.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
i hang my head and mourn for the wrecking crew... let us all light up a newport for remembrance of better times *sniffles*

now we watch as the noobs come back out of the framework-res and start asking the pointless questions that a simple would've yielded them all the answers they needed. oh well, there was no mention of me hijacking any threads... sooooo..... hmmmm.... mwah-ha-ha-ha!!!

viva la resistance!!!