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[Hero, G2 Touch General] nmuncer:
Hi,

after having several missed calls going straight to my answering machine on my new HTC Hero. I was getting a bit paranoiac, so I've decided to test in/out calls.

Basically, 90 of my incoming calls were going straight to my answering machine. Out-call were about 30% KO

After several tests, to make sure there was a problem, I've decided to request for support from HTC.

Support told me that I should shut the 3g connection every time I would want to receive a call .

So I tried and Bingo, if 3G is activated, I get 10% of the calls, if I deactivate it 90% success.

So you'll say, I should be happy? Right? Wrong!

The main use of that kind of phone is to have a data integration, otherwise I would have kept my old nokia from 10 years ago..

Here basically, if I follow HTC idea, I should keep the 3g closed, sometime, I should switch it on to get my mails, thanks to the non true push capacities (ok this one is not htc) then wait for the sync, maybe force it , get my mails, and then, shut 3g back and pray that no Über important call would have been done.

Well that plain sucks!

Never had such a thing on my previous Data friendly mobiles, why should I accept it on the Hero?

If someone have come across this bug, cause it is a bug, how did he/she managed to fix it?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rhedgehog:
works fine on mine....i suggest you are on a ****e network, or on only 2G where you are. that's what usually causes this.

I guess they suggested this because it sounds like your network hasn't figured out how to route calls properly on their network when data is active, and they dump it straight to voicemail when there is a data connection active.

not the phone's fault, the phone won't even know that the call has been missed, the network simply does not route the call through and sends it to voicemail instead.

i had this on O2 a while ago. went to t-mobile (who knew how to set up their network properly for data) and never had this issue since when i am on 3G coverage. if i'm on 2G signal and have active data then yes, i miss calls. but that's how 2G networks operate.

it's truly shocking how many networks out there have absolutely no idea how to set up their networks properly for data!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nmuncer:
Well I wish it would be that, my signal goes from -63 dbm 25 asu(80% of the time) to -81 dbm 16 asu.

Just after my post, I called one of my friend working in carrier terminal validation.

What he told me was, 2 options:

- Same bug was on the htc cruise, bug got corrected after a fw update.

- Some of my carrier radio are buggy and 3g goes over gsm.(SFR/VOdaphone France)

I bet for the first option since I had the problem in various places since I didn't want to ask support for nothing and get busted for a " feeling and not facts" (did the test in 3 differend location 80 tests in total(I used to be a tester....).

I will update the topic if I get news about it
[Hero, G2 Touch General] foxmeister:
You shouldn't accept it - but most people don't have this issue!

It's unlikely to be a "bug" per se, because otherwise it would be endemic behaviour, so it's either:

1. Your physical device (get it changed!)

2. Your network.

In addition, just an FYI in case you've got the new Sprint Hero, but most CDMA networks (including Sprint) do not support simultaneous voice and data. I've no idea what happens in practice on Sprint, but I'd imagine if you were actively using data your voice calls would get diverted to voicemail unless Sprint automatically suspends data when a voice call is pending.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rhedgehog:
You're on SFR?

OUCH!!!!

Sounds like you have a nice strong signal, but is it 2G or 3G? (do you see a G, E 3G or H at the top of the screen?

if you see G or E, it's cos you're on 2G, If you get 3G or H, it's on 3G.

And yes, there were a few issues with the P3300 and the cruise, but they were mainly on Bouygues, not so much on SFR.

There's nothing known of on the hero, and as SFR sell the Magic, i would have thought they would have ironed out any issues already...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nmuncer:
Hi,

I'm mostly in HSDPA or 3G.

I still have contacts with people at SFR (used to work there till recently) they might share a bit of info.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ajones7279:
Idk if yours is CDMA or the GSM one but on mine (CDMA) under the mobile network settings, I have the option to switch the mode of operation to ether Hybrid, EVDO only, and 1X only. Now, I know how Sprint's network works, not sure if it's the same for any other networks but if I set it to Evdo only (3g) I'll miss all my calls because Sprint does voice over 1X. Hybrid mode does EVDO when you're using data and switches to 1X when you're doing voice/sms.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] squirreleater:
Regarding this and your suggestion that 2g and data will result in missed calls, Can you suggest how to avoid this happening? I live and work in the country and only have 2g, so have found quite often people have mentioned my phone not even ringing- straight to answer phone. This explains it.

Nice to know, but annoying if I can't solve it- I run a business and my phone is very important.

Cheers,
[Hero, G2 Touch General] lawsofpower48:
i have sprint as well and when someone calls you when youre running hybrid, you should not miss calls. you will get disconnected from the internet when someone is calling though
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nmuncer:
Hi, I'm on hybrid
[Hero, G2 Touch General] orouborus:
that is what i hate about hero, it is really great except for the fact that it switches from 2g to 3g without notice. i want it to be permanently stuck in 3g for faster downloads and mms, but when it uses 2g, i cant send and receive mms and surfing the web is slow as heck! im still looking for an app that would permanently put the device in 3g just like with winmo it which you can use wcdma ONLY.

cheers!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] foxmeister:
If you use AnyCut, you can create a short cut by selecting:

New Shortcut->Activity->Phone info

This will create a shortcut on your homescreen which beings up a hidden "engineering" screen on which you'll find an drop down for "Set preferred network type" where you can select WCDMA only.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rhedgehog:
alternatively, open the phone app

dial *#*#4636#*#* and select phone info

scroll down and set it to WCDMA only.

does the same thing but saves installing an app.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] orouborus:
holy monkey! im going to try this!!! :D:D do i have to di it everytime i turn the phone of or is it permanent? :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tsekh501:
That is not specific to the Hero. The fact is, every carrier's 2G network has better coverage than their 3G network. When the phone cannot detect strong enough 3G signal, it jumps back to 2G network. The idea is that slow data transmission is better than no data transmission at all. Many smartphones have the option to lock the mobile network to 2G only. One advantage is that it gets better reception, and another advantage is longer battery life (the 3G chip eats battery much faster than 2G).

If you instead lock the phone to its 3G network. The first thing you will notice is that battery life is significantly shorter. And chance is that you may be getting very spotty reception, because you are not allowing to phone to switch to 2G when it gets no 3G signal. When there is no 3G signal, forcing the phone to "3G only" mode won't give you faster download, it gives you no download.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] orouborus:
true true. i usually charge my phone everynight though. problem that i have with 2g is that i cant send and recieve mms and yeah data connection is slow. in our place 3g signal is ok. i also lock my topaz for wcdma only. but it is ok that it switches to 2g in low signal areas. :D

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] barryallott:
You actually use mms?

Wow, they do exist.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] orouborus:
yeah... mms is great. :D i use it to send items that i wish to purchase etc. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nicelad_uk:
What NOM1 Networks are there in the UK? I only get 2g in my area (booo) and could do with an operator that works right. T-Mobile forums suggest they still have an issue :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] maciej_s20:
Hi

I've checked it with Hero running in PlusGSM in Poland.

Regardless if I select 2G/3G or even "WCDMA preffered/GSM Only/WCDMA only" setting the phone is not available for incoming voice calls during data transfer. Every time when I start internet connection (example: SSH session) I'm not available for incoming calls. At this site I do have both strong 2G and strong 3G networks.

I would like to mention that a few days ago I've swapped Samsung SGH-i600 (WinMo 6.0) for HTC Hero - so I'm using the same SIM card in the same network and the same place. SHG-I600 was able to perform both data transfer (on 2G) and voice (on 3G) on the same time. HTC Hero is not...

I wonder if this is 'feature by design' or a bug in software?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] v1hypersg:
hi,

can anyone share how to configure mail in htc hero so that i can download my emails from yahoo and hotmail

i key in my user id and password, it always give me error message,

previously, i can access both hotmail and yahoo mail on iphone, after changing some settings,

maybe need to change the settings on htc hero,

can anyone share !!

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] samo.chan:
A quick google: -

http://android.comyr.com/index.php/Setting_up_Hotmail_on_the_e-mail_app

POP server: pop3.live.com

Authentication type: SSL

User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com

Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live

SMTP server: smtp.live.com

Autentication type: use TLS

This should work in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] GermanGuy:
I have used Babylon mobile for a long time now. It puts an icon on the title bar and from there you can drag it over any word on the screen and it will translate it. Problem is that I cannot make the icon appear on Windows Mobile 6.5. Anybody know of any tweaks or tricks to make that happen?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] freaknormel:
Same problem here.. with 6.1 it worked flawlessly, not with 6.5 no destkop icon anymore
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nemros:
Hi. I think my thread is not something new.

I own a touch diamond and it has official software running. I am currently not pleased with it's performance. Even though I have been using it for 1 year now I have been reluctant to replace the software on it.

I have decided to flash a cooked rom (I will need to do a Hard SPL before) but there are so many and opinions may vary.

I need some advice in picking a good one.

I'm looking for latest version of win 6.5 and manila / touch flo 3d.

Sorry again but I'm a bit of a noob and I don't want to brick my phone installing something that may not work.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] xcforum:
6.1 is in my opinion much better than 6.5

If u want a very, very, very good rom for your Diamond, you can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=521941

Try it and you'll see a new diamond in your hand !!! :):):)
[General Questions and Answers] G1_enthusiast:
sorry wrong thread please delete
[General Topics] tirmis:
Hi there,

I runnin tcpmp on samsung omnia, everything works well, I can seen subititles as well. The problem I can't change the font. I open settings and go the subitle page, there I see font: tahoma. I put another font into "my storage" or windows folder, try to type path there like /my storage/font name but nothing happens.

Can someone guide me? here is the tcpmp version I use.
[General Topics] tirmis:
Any ideas?
[General Topics] skchattha:
copy your font in \Windows\Font, NOT in Storage card, type font in TCPMP and it would be effective.
[General Questions and Answers] nhpr:
I dug up an old Dell Axim X3 in my closet. It was given to me years ago by an old employer, but I never used it due to the fact that I prefer a notepad for taking notes and my body's RAM (brain) for keeping my schedule. It doesn't have wireless capabilities and only has about 8 MB of space on the flash memory. The one slot for an expansion card means I have to choose between having either wireless ethernet or non-trivial memory. Furthermore, according to http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/DellAximX3 there doesn't seem to be much in the way of a bare-bones Linux-based OS I could throw onto it. I'd hate to throw out a nice piece of electronics that seems like it could be of some use.

Does anyone have any fun or useful projects that I might try with it? I've got a lot of programming experience but only a little electrical engineering (I took two semesters of classes in college), so that probably limits my options somewhat.

-Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] smokeydonuts:
I turned my X3i into a universal remote for my media center, controls everything and has about a 30 foot range with the IR.
[General Questions and Answers] nhpr:
Now that sounds like fun! Is there any good tool for playing with the IR output?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephenwilley:
I've go a Hero and it's setup to sync my Calendar, Contacts and Mail. Unlike the iPhone, I haven't been able to find a setting for how often this sync happens?

Anyone know if there's a way to setup Push vs 15mins vs blah blah, or just how often it does it?

Thanks,

Stephen
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhedgehog:
nope, no settings.

it just does it when it needs to.

it's pseudo push....it seems to ping every so often in the background and only do a full sync when some changes have been made at one end or the other.

seems pretty quick on mine, i generally get emails within the minute. Plenty fast enough for anyone (lets face it, no-one needs their emails within 5 seconds, they just like to get arsey about it!)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephenwilley:
Sure, I was just wondering whether (like on an iPhone) you could lengthen your battery life by setting the interval up a bit.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhedgehog:
nope. you can turn it off, but that's it.

there are various apps in the market that can turn it on and off at various times, and may be able to simulate something like that by turning it on and off regularly....
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] felikz:
pls tell the names of those apps
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhedgehog:
try searching the market for 'sync' maybe?

Alternatively, check the older threads here for something like 'turn sync off at night'.

I cant remeber the name of the thread exactly, but there is one discussing this, and an app was found.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henningl:
App "Locale" with Sync plugin (separate install) are great for turning sync on and off according to conditions like time, location, battery-level, etc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhedgehog:
Awesome. I knew someone here would know.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katmandu421:
You can also set up the regular "mail" client (vs gmail) to pull in your data. This has a setting for how often it syncs.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhedgehog:
yeah but that's only for mail, not for contacts and calendar as well.

But very good point for those who are only interested in email....
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
hey guys, i just flash my G1 to cyanogen 4.0.4 and try to use the blue tooth (jawbone), i was able to sync it and get it to connect however when i make a call, i cannot hear anything on the bluetooth, and yes the bluetooth is working because i tested it on my sony ericson K800. any help would be appreciated it thanks.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
try restarting both devices, if that doesn't work (well had to go simple first) then reflash the radio and see if that helps.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
Thanks man I was about to downgrade to jf 1.51
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] jamieay:
Hello!

Before I try to write something, does anyone know of a utility that will email me with the IP Address of my phone any time the IP address changes? There's similar utilities for Windows, just not Windows Mobile (at least that I've found).

Many thanks!

Jamie
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] tarmacmaster:
Hi guys,

I using OPera 9.5 and CorePlayer for a few months now and I feel it could be much better than what I have now.

CorePlayer is not really fluid (lots of tiny freezes that impacts the video) and the navigation on Opera is a bit slow :(

I have been looking for a few days for configurations for these apps but I did not find anything. Could you provide some configuration tips ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] crankshaft:
For Coreplayer have you tried converting your videos first then using the built in media player or HTC album. You'll get much better quality from them as they can use the hardware aceleration. The only pain is having to convert them first. There's a great free converter in the stickies in this forum.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] tarmacmaster:
The most important thing for me is to watch a video without freezes :D

Could you give me the name of this prgram ? I'll try to convert them first

Does someone has some tips for the Opera configuration ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] vinumsv:
check this out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=467112
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] crankshaft:
That's the one! :)

@tarmacmaster: What rom are you using? Opera for me has always been pretty good.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] tarmacmaster:
I'm using the last Laurentius ROM ; I tought it was quick ROM but maybe it is not in fact ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cymagnus:
For me, in the Opera Preferences Editor, under "Multimedia", i will uncheck "play background sound" and "show animation". Don't need those.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] kaskonjunf:
New version of Core Player

Yes you can convert but it is pain in the *ss...

Have you tried the last version of core player (I am using CorePlayer.v1.3.2.Build.6909)? For me it is working like a charm with xvid videos...
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephenwilley:
To get to the Wi-Fi settings on my Hero:

From Home Screen:

Menu > Settings > Wireless Controls > Wi-Fi settings

Menu > Advanced

From there, you can set it to use a static IP, however, this seems to persist when I go to a different network.

I feel like I'm missing something here... surely you can set different settings for different networks?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhedgehog:
Nope.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] BillyBrazil:
Please....I need help.....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tellurians:
and help please me
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ronbo76:
Looking for an img file

Hello, I'm bumping this thread in the hopes of finding an IMG file that can be used with a bootloader program like mover.exe for the MotoSurf.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] INSPIRING DESIGNS:
Doesanyone know where i could get the new manilla 2.5 rom for verizon touch pro 2. I keep seeing new roms out on www.thewingster.com but they are for gsm only. They might add a cdma section but they havent yet. Are there any similar sites for cdma touch pro 2.

Thank you in Advance.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] m_kranzler11:
Yes, there are technically roms available but we can't install them yet because we need the Hard SPL (unlocker) to be released which is not yet done. Here is a great website to find roms and updates on what's going on - http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=98
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] INSPIRING DESIGNS:
Thank you for your help. If anyone else has any other sites fell free to post it.
[G1 Android Development] commandar:
After spending the last 45 minutes or so trying to figure this one out, I figured I'd document it for the next person that tries this. It's not particularly hard, but it's not quite as straight-forward as expected, either.

Virtualbox is an open source virtual machine host, allowing you to run one operating system from inside of another. Since some of the AOSP stuff requires a Linux or OS X box, and I don't have a spare machine currently, I figured I'd create an Ubuntu VM and use that.

I've tested this using a Vista x64 host with an Ubuntu 9.04 guest, but I don't see any reason it shouldn't work with other versions of Windows.

If you're not familiar with Virtualbox, here's a basic walkthrough on setting up the VM itself:

http://moxiefoxtrot.com/2009/04/23/installing-ubuntu-904-in-virtualbox-202/

It's for Virtualbox 2.2, but the process is the same for Virtualbox 3.

Next up, wggdlr previously posted a helpful how-to on setting up the Android SDK on Ubuntu that you can find here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=537508

Now here comes the voodoo magic part. Normally you can set up USB devices to pass through to the guest OS just by clicking the USB icon at the bottom of the VB window and checking the device. Unfortunately, Windows grabs onto the device at a low enough level that if you try this, VB will error out on trying to grab the device.

Here's how we get around that:

* Shut down your VM.

* Plug your G1 into your computer's USB port and allow Windows to recognize it.

* In the main Virtualbox window, select your Ubuntu VM and then click on the USB properties link:

* Then click on the green plus icon to add a new USB filter, and select "HTC Android Phone [0100]":

which should give you this:

* Click okay and close out the preferences window

* Unplug your G1

* Start your Ubuntu VM

* Now plug your G1 back in. You should see a device manager pop-up in the corner of your screen telling you that Windows is installing a Virtualbox USB Device.

From here, you should be able to use ADB from your guest operating system. I did reboot my VM one time after the VB USB device finished installing just to be sure, though. The only caveats should be that the phone must be unplugged when you start Virtualbox and you have to plug the phone in after you start your VM each time. If you need to use fastboot from the VM, you'll need to repeat this process with the phone loaded into the bootloader as the phone reports itself slightly differently to the host OS in fastboot mode.

Basically, what's happening here is that Windows is very touchy about the G1 USB device for some reason, and once it gets hold of it, it doesn't really want to give it up. I had a bit of a hard time getting ADB drivers for Windows installed on this same machine for this reason. What we've done here is set up a filter so that Virtualbox grabs the device on plug-in before Windows sinks its teeth into it. :)

Enjoy!
[G1 Android Development] themanwhoknew:
great

Thanks! I was trying to get this to work on winxp sp3 etc but I can't seem to get a connection. Going to give this a try tonight
[G1 Android Development] farbird:
welcome to the world of linux...

soon u will throw away your xp and vista and stay on ubuntu or other linux distro..

the only thing u'd ever run on virtualbox in the future may just be your main M$ operating system now..

hehe
[G1 Android Development] commandar:
Heh, I've actually been a Linux user for about a decade and a Mac user for almost five years now. It just happens that everything I have at home right now is running Windows. Vista on my gaming rig and W7 on my netbook.

Also, just a heads up, but for some reason you may need to close and restart VB between sessions. Gonna take some trial and error to figure out exactly what the problem is, but I'm mostly happy to have it working at all now.
[G1 Android Development] CrazyEye:
Great tutorial!
[G1 Android Development] commandar:
Okay, after playing with it a bit more, it looks like the magic combination is that your G1 has to be unplugged when you open Virtualbox and then plugged in after you've started the VM. For whatever reason, it looks like if you start VB while the phone is plugged in, it'll still be unable to grab the device.