yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 General] athflying:
While that has been true in the past, from what I have read, Verizon has pretty much left the phone and OS stock. Google maps with turn by turn directions is fully functional and none of Verizons' junk loaded except for Visual Voicemail. I am definitely going to check it out when it comes out. I have been with T-Mobile for nearly 7 years and I just don't know what they are thinking when it comes to phones. I was excited when the G1 came out and was hoping they were getting back on track, but now it seems like they paved the way for Android and all the good hardware is going elsewhere. The 3G is also very spotty and it wasn't till last month that I finally had in my area. Even still, inconsistent and very limited coverage.

I like the idea of Verizon's network and high speed coverage and I get 20% off phones and service through my employer, so that puts it in the same range for what I pay now. I am a little leary of their customer service reputation and don't want to get the phone and they somehow lock it down in the future.
[G1 General] bug666:
I'm looking to get an Android phone too and has set my sight on the G1.

- It has a physical keyboard.

- At least half of the newer devices are *not* better, specification-wise, than the G1, except for the memory (which can be mitigated by using APP2SD).

- It has poor battery life but larger battery option is available for it.

- It, by far, has seen, and I expect to see in the coming year or more, the most active community development.

- Phone-only price (without contract), it's much cheaper than the newer devices.
[G1 General] joners:
tmobile pulse

Ive still got a while left on my contract but im picking up a tmobile pulse on payg for £180 to tide me over, Paul at Modaco has rooted and built a custom rom for it.

would like the slightly larger screen as well :)
[G1 General] Chedderknight:
I still got a year left on my contract, so I'mma tough it off and see what t-Mo will have to offer by this time next year, defintely has to have a keyboard though.
[G1 General] athflying:
Ordered my Droid today, have an appointment at 1 on Friday to pick it up.
[G1 General] rickb928:
Not moving yet

There's nothing too interesting;

The MT3G Fender is postively luscious, even a Class2 16GB card is attractive, and the jack is a nice touch though I will be using A2DP and suffering with those problems just 'cause I loathe wires.

CLiQ doesn't yet ring my bell.

All else is just another permutation.

I will not be letting Verizon fool me into buying an Android phone - I entirely expect them to find a way to deny me free ringtones, and rooting is something I want to do because I want to, not because the phone got so pwned by the carrier that I can't bear it.

Sprint? Nope, not ever.

AT&T? Not for another few years. Why climb on board their 3G network and join the rush hour traffic?

So my G1 is still good enough. And I'm pretty confident we will see 2.0 on it. Someone there has the pride to say 'if Cyanogen can do it, I sure as hell can too!!!' And they will be allowed to. Eventually.

Oh, and really, nothing else floats my boat. Te Fender is just pretty. I may have to make a veneeer wrap for my G1. WTF.
[G1 General] athflying:
Droid

Anyone know when a phone is usually added to the main menu?? The Droid will be out Fri and it's not there. I hope it develops a following here so I can mod it, just don't have the time or know how to do it myself.
[G1 General] jordanjay29:
XDA-Devs is an HTC-only forum. Only HTC phones are here, and the Droid/Sholes is made by Motorola (aka, not HTC).
[G1 General] brummiesteven:
If I was to upgrade now it would probably be the HTC Hero or the "G2 touch" as they like to call it or the DEXT (CLIQ (T-Mobile and Orange soon to merge)).

By the time I can get an Upgrade the Xperia X10 should be out and Id upgrade to that.
[G1 General] athflying:
Haha...sorry, I am slightly retarded. I even knew that but was running on 4 hours of sleep when I thought to ask that.
[G1 General] jordanjay29:
Honestly, the Cliq/Dext seems like a step down. Smaller screen, funkier keyboard, stuck on Cupcake (unless you root and upgrade it, losing the Blur). I'm not a big photographer, so the upgrade to 5 megapixel camera doesn't jump out at me. And I can live without the 3.5mm headphone jack for now.

I'm wary for the X10 unless they improve that software and stick a bigger battery in. It took the G1 several firmware upgrades to have a reasonable battery life. Being attached to a cable every 5 hours would be murder for those with a day job.

That said, give me Snapdragon or give me death!
[G1 General] Icebergxx:
Just wait, that's all. Theres a GSDM version of the Droid coming arounf with images and all.

But just wait the g1 is laggy and i don't like it but lately it's been real good to me.
[G1 General] jordanjay29:
Donut was like the 1.1 release to Android's 1.0. It made things snappy and faster again, and generally loveable on the Dream.

As for the Droid/Sholes, even GSM I'd be a little wary of that keyboard. Maybe the Dream's spoiled me, but I like the properly aligned QWERTY keyboard, not the soldier-like rows that Motorola likes. Q should be a little bit more left than A which should be more left than Z. And P, L and , should be aligned similarly on the right side.
[G1 General] :
All G1 Unlockable?

I think that there will be no similar phones to G1 to be released in the next 6-month or so. So I'm going to get one now.

There are many on eBay, some are unlocked and some are not. My question is, are all the locked phones "unlockable" via those "unlocking site" which charge 10 or 20 bucks for providing the unlock code?

Thanks in advance.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] andjohn:
Replacement Bootsplashes (every ROM) & Animated Bootscreens for HTC Roms

Hello Everyone,

I was getting sick of hearing the same boot noises and pictures. The HTC startup is pretty ok, but I think mine's a little more polished. I made 2 themes.

1. The first theme follows HTC new advertisement campaign - Quietly Brilliant. There are 2 effects to pick from, Blend or Burn-in.

2. The second theme has the same old HTC logo, but with better animations and the ubuntu logo at the beginning.

Each Bootscreen pack has a bootsplash file as well for replacing the T-Mobile Screen.

The sounds are from www.gnome-look.org, however I have edited them to match. Let me know what you think!

HOW TO APPLY:

HTC ROMs:

1. ADB push the boot.gif to /system/media/boot.gif

adb remount
adb push %pathtosavedfiles%\boot.gif /system/media/boot.gif

2. ADB push the boot.mp3 to /system/media/boot.mp3

adb remount
adb push %pathtosavedfiles%\boot.mp3 /system/media/boot.mp3

3. Search on the forums for 'boot screen flasher 3000'

4. Download and extract the folder to C:\Temp\BootScreenFlasher3000\%zipcontents%

5. Place the file called 'mysplash.rgb565' from my zip into the folder in step 4.

5. Open a command prompt (Start Menu > Run > cmd > ok) and type

cd C:\Temp\BootScreenFlasher\
bootflash.bat

6. Follow the instructions to flash it.

To do it though the terminal:

1. After downloading the zip to your sdcard (download crutch-much?), extract the contents to the root of your SD card.

2. Remount your file system as Read Write (can't remember how to do it, search :P)

3. Open Terminal Emulator

4. Type:

su
cp -f /sdcard/boot.gif /system/media/boot.gif
cp -f /sdcard/boot.mp3 /system/media/boot.mp3

This will only update the animation, I'm not sure how to update the bootsplash from on the phone. You need fastboot, and I think that's only do-able on a computer.

You will now have both the T-Mobile replacement and the HTC animated replacement screens.

ALL OTHER ROMs:

1. Search on the forums for 'boot screen flasher 3000'

2. Download and extract the folder to C:\Temp\BootScreenFlasher3000\%zipcontents%

3. Place the file called 'mysplash.rgb565' from my zip into the folder in step 4.

4. Open a command prompt (Start Menu > Run > cmd > ok) and type

cd C:\Temp\BootScreenFlasher\
bootflash.bat

5. Follow the instructions to flash it.

That's all. Thanks ccunningham83 for reminding me about instructions...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
Any way to do this on a linux system? Wold like to try it out. Thanks
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] andjohn:
Hey, not sure yet. I'll have to get back to you...do you want to take a look at how to setup adb in linux. It's around here. I'll see if I can figure out how to do the bootflash...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] xXReubenXx:
Can you do it through terminal?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] olvap377:
will this work with cyanogenmod?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] andjohn:
Terminal Instructions

No, HTC only. Sadly. I'm working on converting all of my boot animations to the Nexus one...stay tuned!

To do it though the terminal:

1. After downloading the zip to your sdcard (download crutch-much?), extract the contents to the root of your SD card.

2. Remount your file system as Read Write (can't remember how to do it, search :P)

3. Open Terminal Emulator

4. Type:

su
cp -f /sdcard/boot.gif /system/media/boot.gif
cp -f /sdcard/boot.mp3 /system/media/boot.mp3

This will only update the animation, I'm not sure how to update the bootsplash from on the phone. You need fastboot, and I think that's only do-able on a computer.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Macrophage001:
By HTC do you mean HTC Phones, or a specific phone?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] r3s-rt:
dunno what he means by HTC phones, but I know animated bootscreens won't work on anything below Android 2.0.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] andjohn:
I meant HTC ROMs. The HTC ROMs for the G1 have animated boot support.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] olvap377:
so why doseny cyanogen?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] r3s-rt:
cyanogen is 1.6. roms like open eclair and the such are 2.0 - 2.x. only 2.0 - 2.x have support for animated boot screens.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RichieDaze:
Because Cyanogen uses the Google build. HTC builds are built by HTC not Google. There source code is different.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] t69broken:
Forget it I suck at searching
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cproaudio:
you must suck at searching because its been mentioned numerous times.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=549614&highlight=wmdeals

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=568823&highlight=wmdeals

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=569823&highlight=wmdeals
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] t69broken:
I suck at searching

Sorry

I will try better in the future
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] nyckid211:
How about for free for at&t?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mddjr01:
I recieved mine today (Tilt2)- I paid $45.00 (CA tax) free shipping, no upgrade fee and they handled AT&T - site is www.letstalk.com
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bornmw:
hi all

Small question about HTC keyboard, locales, and Dream (and probably any device with physical keyboard).

So, I've installed Cyanogen ROM 4.2.1 and HTC keyboard (also prepared by Cyanogen).

I've added the second language to HTC keyboard by manually editing its xml prefs file, and it worked perfectly well.

The problem I'm dealing with right now is my physical keyboard behavior. HTC remapped some keys, and now Del key results in a local letter, double-tapping menu button switches to English, and search button switches to another locale.

Question to xda developers: is there any way I can change key mappings without recompiling the keyboard?

Thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastermad:
I could't answer your question. But could you show me how to edit your second language dictionary in HTC IME. For now, I only add the new word and can't edit my own dictionary when I add a wrong word.

Sorry for my poor English
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bornmw:
hi

I know nothing about HTC IME dictionaries.

It doesn't seem to relate to the built-in user dictionary editable from the Locale & text menu.

When I add a new word from within HTC IME, even when in English mode, it doesn't appear in the built-in dictionary.

I have no idea where HTC keyboard keeps its dictionary.

There are no db files under its folder (/data/data/com.htc.android.htcime). Do you know where the built-in dictionary is held?

Sorry for my poor English
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jo mateix:
I'm also interested in that question; I have a G1 from spanish Movistar and the alternative keys doesn't mach after flashing the NBH image related in cyanogen wiki. Any help would be appreciated.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jo mateix:
Found! Key mappings are in the files in /system/usr/keylayout
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jo mateix:
grrrr, can't modify the files. Perhaps with adb...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jo mateix:
The right thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=468703

Perhaps this one (in spanish) can get you some clues: http://and.roid.es/foro/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=170&start=0&sid=77ac566269e43d318dd4a40b2cffc318 after

"Problemas

- El teclado físico..."

Good luck!
[G1 Android Development] damnitpud:
So i downloaded the new SDK today and started to mess with the tools folder. Even with the last few releases of SDK the emulator wasn't as strait forward as the original.(double click emulator.exe and wait!)

So being the nice guy that i am i figured i would post the info i found today for anyone else wanting to run the emulator to check out some of the new settings and whatnot of Android 2.0. This first post is going to be short and sweet, later i will add the setup and some extra tweaks to mess with the emulator a bit.

Install the new Android SDK r3:

Hint: If you removed the old SDK this is going to take awhile. The new SDK Setup downloads all of the Platforms and APIs. It takes quite a while!)

Once you are setup open a command prompt and go to the tools directory and type the code below

android list targets

This is the output from my SDK. Yours might be different.

ID: 4 is Android 2.0 and the one i am interested in.

The SDK allows you to create Android virtual Devices(avd) which basically are different emulators for different situations. You need to create an avd to launch the emulator. Below is the code to build a default avd named eclair that launches Android 2.0. The default settings are an avd with 96MBs of memory, no SD and default skin(this is not a theme, its the skin for the window the emulator opens in). I will be adding how to change these settings later today.

android create avd -n eclair -t 4

Below is the code to run the avd we just created.

emulator -avd eclair

Now you can tinker with the emulator...this is a real basic guide on how to use the emulator, i will be back a bit later explaining how to change memory size, add a virtual sd card and what not.

I am not sure exactly
[G1 Android Development] dills84:
Its pretty easy to do with without a command prompt.

1. open SDK setup.exe

2. download proper components

3. Click virtual devices

4. Make a new device with whatever settings you want. Save it.

5. highlight the virtual device you want to open. and click LAUNCH.

i think this way is much easier.
[G1 Android Development] TrOjAnUK:
Thanks for this, I did try using the post 2 method but got loads of errors.. looking forward to the next post and what you may be offering ;)

TrOjAn
[G1 Android Development] jaaronmoody:
fabulous, once this has progressed a bit it's gonna be righteous
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] itm:
Does anyone know how to restore SPB Mobile 3.5 screen layouts and settings following a ROM upgrade? Is there a specific folder/file where these settings are stored, which I can restore to a location in main memory?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ostap26:
Hi , I need help to understand why I cant upgrade my diamond 2 to WM 6.5

Here is my current version ( I got my phone in Hong Kong )

rom 1.40.707.2(49069)wwe

rom date 06.15.09

radio 3.44.25.27

protocol 61.25t.25.19u

I tried to download a rom update from here :

http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=728&news_id=310

but I got a message that there is no upgrade available for my serial number.

Than I took a number (ht968l100038) from stock , from here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=568330

I downloaded an update , it started to run but then I got a message :

Error 294 - invalid vendor ID

So my question is :

1. Why there is no update available from official HTC site ?

2. How in any case I can upgrade it ? what's wrong with my vendor ID ?

Thanks ! ! !

Hope some one could help me !
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] drax0r:
If you read previous posts about that message, someone said it was because the 6.5 upgrade is not for your region. Hong kong in europe?

You have to wait for the upgrade to be available for hong kong/asia.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ostap26:
Hong Kong belongs to asia.actually I live in another country,but got my phone in h.kong.

but version of my rom is an english one,is there some workaround to install it anyway?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] edoftech:
win 6.5

htc has now actually realesed the official update

when i tried to upgrade mine from the htcpedia one it bricked my phone, i mananaged to recover it and install stock 6.1 onto it so hopefully now that im going from a stock 6.1 rom rather than a custom 6.5 :p it should work lol
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] radzi:
I have the same problem as you, and as I can see you have same original ROM, I tried also from another region with same problem ERROR [294].

You may also have S/N HT98LL as I, now I know it's from hongkong (I'm and bought my phone in Paraguay :confused:)

Is there anyway to install european ROM? breake the zone from my phone to install official ROM from somewhere else?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Cokemonz:
Hi,

This has managed to brick mine as well - how did you recover?

It only goes to the touch diamon 2 loading screen and then freezes.

Please help :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ostap26:
Mine S/N is "ht97xl......." .

Some one have an idea what to do ?

When HTC will release an update for this vendor ?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Cokemonz:
Figured it out:

They have only released European versions of the upgrade which does not work with those of us that have asian ones. The HTC huys don't have a release date for the Asian English Winmo 6.5 ROM release.

Not impressed really.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Fienamie:
Hard spl and you can install whatever rom u want....
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] smuppy:
Well put, simple solution ;)

Official ROM sucks kinda hard anyway.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] rati:
Hello, i tryed to update my TD2 from wm 6.1 to 6.5 from official htc site -- http://www.htc.com/de/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=728&news_id=310 -- , but when i put my serial number of my phone, it says that for my region is not available wm 6.5 update , i bought my phone from O2 Germany ..

what's the problem ?

ty in advance
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ostap26:
I sent an inquiry to HTC and what that they said :

Thank you for contacting HTC Corporation,

Dear HTC Customer

With regards to your inquiry, the WM6.5 upgrade for the HTC Touch Diamond2 is not available yet and should be available within the coming month. Kindly contact us later for more information regarding your WM6.5 upgrade inquiry.

so lets wait .... I don't want to break my phone with unofficial ROMs and loose my warranty. Cant they that their ROM will be perfect,but anyway ...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Eyghon:
Today i have decided to upgrade my german device to the 6.5 stock rom (I selected german region). I've put in my serial number, selected the file and the location. And now, I thought I could download the official 6.5 rom. But the download link led me to this site: http://www.htc.com/www/support.aspx where i could not download any rom. Does anyone know what the problem is?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Eyghon:
@S-Line

I've bought my phone unbranded and unlocked, it is not a phone from my provider. The serial i've put in to the field for download ist valid, otherwise i wouldn't get so far to the select the rom file and the the region.

I wrote to the HTC support and they answered: "Wir moechten Sie bitten, den Download zu einem spaeteren Zeitpunkt noch einmal zu versuchen. "

But maybe its better to leave a running system at it is. I've read the thread "Issues with the official 6.5 build" and it does not fills me with confidence in 6.5. Maybe i should try a cooked rom. Will see.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Eyghon:
Today I have flashed my TD2 with your recommended udK Leo R6 and I'm surprised, I have much more space left after the installation. Original, as I bought my device, there were only 180 mb free data space, with this cooked rom I have far over 200 mb left after flashing. Until now, after some hours of playing around i like it, it feels faster. And I'm very happy, that my first attempt of hardspl and rom flashing was successful.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] AntonyWatson:
Have you tried contacting their support.

My ROM is "Eastern Europe" (Bought in UK!) and they told me to go to

http://www.sunnysoft.com/htc/

Sure enough, a valid ROM was available for download :-) Apparently they won't to hosting all the ROM's to the HTC site!

ROM

Topaz_HTC_WWE_EastEurope_2.16.479.1

Windows Mobile 6.5

No need to unlock phone.

Maybe they can help you the same.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SharonAlbocher:
Hey

I installed the new WM6.5 Buy HelloNasty and i have a problem with hebrew.

ive tried to install a lots of hebrew from this forum ....

Something like arabizer and hebrew support only..

the thing is that in both programs i have a problem if i see somthing in message or calendar anything in hebrew its writing backward...

From left to right ....

aanyone knows how to fix this thing ..

i will be glad to hear

thx
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Pilotxxx:
I had this probelm.

I found 1 heb support that works. but somehow it make sound of SMS, MMS Email and ect to not work...
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] RustyJoe:
Can you attach the Heb support that works?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] jsheldon:
NRG Rom

Hi,

Same problem - have used loads of roms with no problem, but just changed to Energy 6.5 Rom (Leo 27 Oct 21864 build) and can no longer use my "Heb Only Support" cab as i then lose SMS/MMS sound notification. Any alternatives would be welcome !!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Rami9:
Using NRG 23071 build

The hebrew works well in the htc sense but is LTR in windows and Opera 9.7.

In any case I use hebrew badnimits cab, and fingerkeyboard 2.1
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] borisdu:
try this one, working fine for me

http://rapidshare.com/files/299565004/free_hib.zip.html
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] kubeb:
what do you mean "LTR in windows" ?

In which application in windows you have LTR?

I use ALEX2003_V2 and have RTL in manila but LTR in htc messaging.

In dutty R2 I had RTL in letters but RTL in words on HTC messeging (like this "טוב בוקר")

in XannyTech and R5 eve letters was LTR (like this "בוט רקוב")

there must be a reg edit to fix orientation.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilkro:
I've noticed my G1 is mostly useless for trying to do fine-tuned Geocaching.

I can get about 50 yards accuracy it seems.

I noticed this post for another HTC phone: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=571266

...and I'm wondering if it applies somehow to ours?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatmanxxl:
might be just the app, both my mytouch and g1 are pretty accurate with Google maps and sprint nav, usually within 5 to 20 feet of the phone. id try a different geo catching app to see if there is a difference.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] AleksZ86:
hi,

some days ago i have found a thread about the difference between the WinMobile 6.5 (23.../21...) Version, but i cant find this thread again, can somebody say me what is the Difference, or post the link to a helping thread :) ?