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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsekh501:
1. How good is the vibrate on this phone?

Don't know how to answer this question... how do you define a good vibration? You can definitely feel it vibrating if you put it in your jean pocket. That being said, I have never had a phone that doesn't do that.

2. Notification LED. Does it light up indefinately till you view the notification or does it time out? if it does time out can it be changed to unlimited? I know there is software for SMS, Missed Call. But not for email. I need something to be able to light up at a glance even if I have been away for hours.

It will time out (don't know how long though), and cannot be changed.

3. Coming off an iPhone 3GS which has crap battery life just under a day, how does the Hero compare on Moderate use? Would you get 2-3 days?

2-3 days? No way. There is no full screen smartphones which give you this kind of battery life. If you turned off internet, don't play media files, don't talk, simply leave it on stand-by, then it can last 2-3 days. Plug it in whenever you are in your office or home.

That being said, the battery of my phone does last a day typically.

4. Call quality in terms of earpiece and speakerphone?

Loud and clear.

5. How does it work as a PIM? Is the Calender still buggy? I remember my G1 you would remove the reminder and it would still show up in Agenda view, but when you go into the item it wasnt there

Good. HTC has their own Calender app for the Hero (and there are ways to get back the Android Calender app, search this forum). It is nicer, looks better, but runs slightly slower.

6. Are the Ringtones loud?

Loud

7. Can you Sync to do tasks with Toodledo?

No idea.

8. Is the Exchange support any good and accurate sync? Contacts, Mail, Calendar?

No experience.

9. One of the biggest crap things on iPhone is not being able to Snooze reminders. Can the Hero perform this handy function?

Yes, there is a snooze button when the calender alert rings.

10. How good is Web browsing? in terms of page rendering? I read that the new android 2.0 will zoom out to the whole page and fit to screen rather than zoom in closer to one side as old versions did. Is this true?

iPhone 3GS is much much better, due to speed and smoothness. Page rendering is better on the iPhone too.

Hero does not have Android 2.0 yet and it does not zoom out to the whole page by default (yes, it's annoying). Double-click on a section does zoom in, but somehow it zooms in more than I would like to most of the time. Again, iPhone is better here.

Hero's browser can display flash. But it is flash lite and it is not as fast as one would like. Don't expect to play flash games or watch flash videos with it. It is useful though if the site you visit uses flash navigation menu, in that case there is nothing you can do with the iPhone.

Speed-wise it is comparable to the iPhone 3G (non-S), but other than flash the iPhone has a much better browser.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dream_Team:
"8. Is the Exchange support any good and accurate sync? Contacts, Mail, Calendar?"

Yes, even better than the iPhone sync. The iPhone supportes remote wipe (don't know for the hero), but the hero can sync mail, contacts and calendar while syncing with your pc or google (you can even do the 3 at once), while the iphone doesn't support mixing iTunes contact/contact sync if there's an exchange account enabled.

Speed : Slightly slower compared to my iPhone 3G (3.1, jailbroken)

The only thing I miss is Safari, but I found dolphin browser to be very usuable, and I'm looking forward to Fennec (firefox). But the stock browser supports downloading whatever you want, and that's a plus.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antis0cial:
Thanks alot for both of your replies...

I've had good vibrates like the PALM Centro which rocks your jox off nearly and if you can even feel it while walking. Some of the other phones like Blackberry Bold etc.. The vibrate sounds powerful, but thats about it.. it just sounds hard.. but if your stationary or got it in a pouch you wont feel it. The only way is if you had it on your desk and heard it rumble on your desk.

Damn sux about the LED, I hate that I always had to wake up the iPhone to check if I have anything when I was away from it. A notification LED is an excelent way of knowning when something has happened.

Yeh got to admit the iPhone does have strength in HTML browsing..

Glad to hear exchange support is better than iphone..

Hmmm spead compared to the 3G.. not too bad.. compared to the slowness of Windows Mobile sometimes..

Dolphin browser and firefox coming soon huh?? What about CHROME ported to the Android or is that what the android is using for browsing..I cant remember I read that the new android would open up a webpage much similar to how the iphone would render it when loading.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberWalrus:
About the notification light, it kind of flashes on and off slowly and gently. But it only flashes about 1ce every 20 seconds. But it will keep flashing once every 20 seconds for ever realy, it doesnt seem to time out (i have had it flashing in the morning to tell me about an email that i got just before i went to bed)

flash wise, i find that it can manage most online flash video things, and it will even load small games, but it will play them very slowly.

Then most important thing to remember is that on android, and particualy, on HTC phones, things HAPPEN. If later some new phone comes out with an amazing, unique interface, you can be sure that someone here will port it over for hero users.

All the little niggles can be fixed as well, partly becuase android seems to be being updated fairly rapidly, and partly becuase of how little google forces upon you. Dont like the text app? replace it with something else then. Dont like the music app? then ditch that as well. Its a great sence of freedom. Also google isnt picky about what goes on the market. Basicaly, as long as its not porn, then fine. Which means theres lots of apps that apple would never allow becuase they would rival its own stuff. Google doesnt seem to care about that
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antis0cial:
Totally agree with you CyberWalrus about the Appstore and hate the iPhone how it just doesnt let you get rid of their propriety software like say NOTES (just as an example)

Good to know about the LED, I just received so much conflicting information as some say it will turn off after 5mins and then others say 20mins others say that the Trackball flashes first and then the Green LED.

I mean just would like it like the good old days where when you receive a notification whether it be mail, sms/mms, missed call, calendar event. You receive a notification LED flashing till you attend to it. So its reassuring to hear yours works like that.

I had the G1 before loved the device, clean smooth OS.. unlike Windows Mobile which trys to emulate Windows too much.. Windows should just go from the ground up and redesign there Mobile OS to make it more intuitive they at 6.5 now and they have a bee's dik difference from Mobile 5 and then again Mobile 5 isnt too much better than Windows Mobile 2002/2003.

But yeah enjoying theses phones like Android that are built from the ground up and are focusing on the consumer. As I said loved the G1 but had issues with the PIM which I do really on a lot. My appointments were set to Alarm say 1 hour before and then I would remove the alarm which would remove but then going into Agenda view it would say my alarm is still on. Its lil bugs like that. annoyed me.

But I am wanting to visit Android again after using Symbian, Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard & Professional. iPhone 3GS. THe Pre did look apealing but a bit of a dissapointment after its anticipated release. So Android is looking good and I dont know it makes me feel warm and fuzzy.. I can see a good future for Android.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] GoCkillaz:
I'm not really much of a pro at hacking my phone, since I've only hacked my MyTouch3g twice. The first time, I ran a Hero ROM, which was pretty slow. The 2nd was JesterBlur, which is uberfast, but is lacking wifi.

I know this seem like a weird question, but is there a way to restore the MyTouch 3g back to it's original T-Mobile software after it's been unrooted?

It's not that I WANT to go back, since I'm quite content with Jesterblur, I just want to know a backup plan. Thanks~

[As a side note-- I unrooted my phone using the guide in TheUnlockr, and I have the recovery software below already installed.]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530492
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] XxKOLOHExX:
Here is a guide from the tmobile website

Remember using this guide will get you back to the default phone os

Download this http://rapidshare.com/files/269267171/SAPPIMG_Sapphire_TMUS_1.88.531.1_COC10_release_signed.nbh and rename it to sappimg.nbh

- Copy sappimg.nbh to your sd card but a goldcard may be necessary if you have changed your SPL.

- Power-off the mytouch

- Insert the goldcard or sd card depending on your SPL

- Power on while holding volume down (of fastboot your device and then press volume down)

- It should pick up the sappimg.zip and you should be able to flash it.

- Once the flashing is FULLY finished reboot your phone.

via: http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Operating-System-Software/How-to-unroot-your-MT3G/m-p/168918
[HD2 General] Lord Spectre:
Hello all,

is it possible to modify status led blinking??

I mean when you receive a missed call or SMS. Could be possible to increase the blinking speed??

Hope my request is clear!
[HD2 General] Lord Spectre:
Maybe my request was not clear.

I'm just searching for a registry trick to modify blinking speed during missed call or received SMS. This because defaul blinking is too slow...

Or maybe it can't be possible! :rolleyes:
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bugsy714:
I am totally confused on what program to use and how to do it, tried searching but am stumped

Can someone provide a quick walkthrough to backup a registry key

Thanks!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
Use dotfred's task manager, and search youtube for 'sashimi registry.' I posted a couple mymobiler vids.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bubble:
I export my phone's registry keys remotely from my desktop, using Registry Workshop and it's "Connect mobile device" feature.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] bugsy714:
Thanks for the tips!
[General Topics] ramtajogi:
Hiya guys much needed help please I have this workabout PSION work PDA but heavy and huge, it`s run WM5 and some work software for courier delivery Can I copy (BACKUP) EVERYTHING from that PDA to my nice little Imate JAMin please. if it`s possible how should i go about ? it`s run GPRS vodafon nz Thanks in advance :)
[General Topics] ramtajogi:
WELL

hmmmm so noone have no idea what am i talking about ? :rolleyes:
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
hi all i have had to charge this phone so much its kinda doin my head in, last night i charged it and took it off at 6pm fully done and my 11pm after taking approx 30pics + 4vids(4min long each) it was down to very low life.

so i chargeed the battery fully again, and this time from 8am ~ 10am today my battery is at 77% i have done sofar

*backlight set @ 30%

*hspda ON

*Weather, facebook download every 1 hour;

*1call, 5min

*3 SMS got, 5 SMS sent

*1hours playing with phone (general settings)

*took 10 photos

*took 1 vid 3min long

from 100% to 77%,
[HD2 General] mkent_barbados:
Simple, turn off 3G. On regular GSM my phone was at 37% after 12 hours with at least 30min talking, lots of browsing, emails, texting, and 30 minutes GPS.
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
did u run with 3g/hspda on before and did it improve alot or not, as i use net alot and really nead hspda
[HD2 General] Gajet:
TBH I doubt you are fully charging in 2 hours. The iPhone is the same, fully charging is not till the meter says 100%, that is more likely 80%.

The battery meter may also need calibrating. Personally I would drain the battery dry by running videos etc, and then charge it back up and leave it charging overnight.
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
i charge it alot longer till green light came on not two hours matey, it took two hours to lose that much life lol

ps. i will run a satnav a few hours should run life down and then recharge
[HD2 General] tboy2000:
My battery was draining fast too. I realised it was because it would stay connected to my data (mobile web for O2 in my case) and never disconnect. I only clicked on the notification bar and saw i was connected to my data for over 1 hour and half. That is a big battery drain. Don't switch to gsm mode - that would suck. What is the point of having such a high end phone and use it in gsm mode?

All I can suggest to you for the time being (until someone figures out how to have data connections auto disconnect after a couple of minutes) is to disable auto downloads for the following:

facebook, weather, mail, stocks, time sync, twitter etc.

You now have to check manually these items. Sucks i know but only way for me to not stay connected to data and drain my friggin battery :D
[HD2 General] kostasalfa:
That happens to me too..I have everything set to update manually! No internet time no twitter,weather etc..And no other apps!!! And it still connecting by itself and stays this way for hours till i notice it!! Any ideas of what does it try to update??

(dont tell me the obvious ones!!)

:confused::confused:
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
ok sounds like a good plan matey, im currently playing a video over and over to kill my battery 0% then im going to charge from no power while phones turned off, 5% life left lol....common...

i keep getting message battery low may lose data is this true will i lose data on my fone?
[HD2 General] br3nt:
on the old PDA's if you drained the battery ( <1% or something like that ) your data can be gone, its like performing a hard-reset... don't know how it is now though... propably its safe, or it turns off before 0%
[HD2 General] johnk1973:
You don't have to worry about that any more. A different type of memory is used. You can even take the battery out and leave it for days and all your programs and data are still there.
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
ok people i completely deaded the battery till it wouldnt turn on and started it charging at 15:43, its now 17:00 and still showing orange led light so i will keep checking every 15min to find out...

1) how long to charge from total flatnesss

2) how long battery last tomorrow on full charge from now to when it conks out again

will keep you updated
[HD2 General] dusanko:
just for information: HD2 has a battery that needn't get totally depleted to get the full charging cycle like on older battery packs. On the contrary, the battery suffers when completely discharged. It is recommended not to leave it till the phone dies, this reduces the battery life. Charge it whenever possible. I have mine in active dock when driving in car, as well as when in office. I know the battery life could be better but well...
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
i dont mean to say ur lieing or anything but do u ave evidence of this, as so many have told me to totally deplete the battery every time, in a few forums around the net
[HD2 General] btyeh:
I would imagine video recording puts quite a strain on the battery.

Also don't forget that gorgeously massive screen runs from a 1200mAh-ish battery. I have the Xperia X1, with a 1500mAh battery. When I get the HD2 I can't help but feel there just won't be enough juice to go around.

Lower battery capacity + bigger screen = ever-so-slight reduction in battery.

I wonder whether captive or resistive screens take more power?
[HD2 General] SteelyEyed:
I'm using wi-fi at home for all data and the battery is lasting forever!

Strongly recommend tying this - see if it works for you?
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
ok all i have the full charge time of the battery, from complete flaness 0% life to full charge 100% life time taken

start 15:43 ~ finish 18:12 = TOTAL 3:19min.

now i will take note of all i do on the device and post results tomorrow or the next day if im lucky and it last that long lol
[HD2 General] btyeh:
Also the way you charge your battery affects the charge time.

Example:

- Charging through phone using stock charger

- Charging through phone using third-party charger

- Charging using a short USB connection

- Charging using a long USB connection

- Charging through phone with phone off

- Charging through phone with phone on

- Charging through official external battery charger

- Charging through third-party external battery charger

Sometimes stock accessories are slower, others, not so. Some manufacturers refer to a "power charge", for example some Sony Walkmans. For that to work though the phone / device has to be off. Thats how they get those 3min = 3hr charge times.
[HD2 General] Gajet:
Erm that's not what I advised. The aim was to re-calibrate the battery meter. All you have done is wait till the batery meter says 100%, whether in reality it's 80%, 75% or whatever. A full overnight charge would have guaranteed that 100% = 100%.

I don't see what you've done other than continue to use it the same as you already were.

I said I doubt you can get 100% in 2 hours, 3:19 isn't much more.
[HD2 General] Gajet:
No he's right, completely draining the battery isn't good and shouldn't be done too often. regularly topping the battery up is the way to go.
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
hi i plan to monitor usage till battery drops dead and then tomorrow night or the net if im lucky i will redo the recharge test over night
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
ok you people are right althought the phone said 100% its now 20:07 so two hours after charge and...

phone usage 18:12 ~ 20:08

-2 calls 5min long

-installed igo8 and tested 5min

-played trailer 5min

-2 text

-standby the rest of time

90% WTF
[HD2 General] nicelad_uk:
I don't know what you were expecting really when people have advised you how to charge the battery and you haven't followed their advice and now you're complaining about the battery life?

Why not try what people advise and then complain!
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
sorry im not complaining im charging it now and will leave it on till 6am so thats 10hours.
[HD2 General] nicelad_uk:
Good man, give us a shout and let us know how it goes. Would be interesting to see if it does make it any better, lots of people have different opinions when it comes to charging, confuses the hell outa me! :)
[HD2 General] ez2remember:
Has anyone tried Modaco NoData?

http://htcdriver.com/index.php?page=nodata

This is a very useful utility I used on my Touch HD and stopped automatic data connections.

It's a bit of a pain sometimes to toggle on/off but I'm pretty sure if it works it will help many of those with battery problems.

Being constantly (data) connected to your network will drain the battery pretty quick. I don't remember having any smartphone that lasted more than 5-10hrs constantly connected. ;)
[HD2 General] 47789:
I think it depends on how aggressively you set the programs to auto-updates.

My HD lasted 20hr+ with hourly email checking and 4 hourly RSS updates.

If it's 15min email checks and hourly RSS, it goes down to 10-12hr.

I pretty much leave HSDPA on all the time to save the hassle of constant connecting/disconnecting.
[HD2 General] ez2remember:
If I remember correctly the Touch HD (sold) actually disconnects from your data connection in standby and automatically reconnects as required for email, RSS, weather updates etc. So while idle you're not actually connected. When you push the power button to go out of standby you'll notice the data icon changing (showing connecting to your networks 3G/HSPDA/EDGE) so you "feel" you're always connected because the process is automatic.

What I've been hearing is that the HD2 doesn't actually disconnect even when in standby hence very poor battery life unless you stop the data connection.
[HD2 General] Fatherboard:
That's in case the device has a smart charging system (or trickle-charge capability, if you want).

most of the devices are dumb, and once the gauge hits 100% the charging procedure is being halted, disregarding battery's true state.
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
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[HD2 General] Xaddict:
Battery drain

I would be surprised if this is a serious battery issue.

I was flashing my HD every second day on average and had really good battery life yet a substantial few people seemed to complain of fast battery drain and blamed it on the new roms.

I never had that problem.

I had data on all the time on my HD. In notifications it would say data on 3hrs 11mins etc.

One thing I know is that setup drains the battery seriously.

I think sometimes new batteries might need to cycle a number of times before they hit their stride.

Will see how my new HD2 goes.

Just got it this morning.

So far so good.

p.s. a 1Ghz cpu is going to use more juice than a 600Mhz.
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
OK all great news, i think, i left it on charge all night

uasge/settings

05:00-17:00

backlight auto

sounds 80%

auto download data all off (facebook,twitter,time,stock ect)

data connections, off via end call key (hspda on when using the internet)

- 3alarms sounds

- 17 photos without flash taken

- 30min showing menu and pics to mates

- 15min video playback

- 1h25min surfing with HSPDA

- 30min HSPDA data connections (no surfing standby)

- 10min installing app and setting it up

so in total my screen spent 4hours turned on with brightness on auto, and another 8hours in standby mode, and my battery life ended up at 39% free/left

39% left after 4hours use and 8hours standby
[HD2 General] Gajet:
That sounds fair. An overnight charge is always going to be better. Also it's worth topping up throughout the day if that's possible, via usb or car charger.
[HD2 General] jrvenge:
Thats pretty good id say, my nokia 5800 which i think has good battery life will only go about 3-4 hours while faffing about, so im well pleased with that. Get mine tomorrow.
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
hi mate, ive taken people's advice and when i got home at 5pm i put it on charge straight away, it says it 100% again but im still going to plug it in over night again to make sure, can i ask a question please, can i overcharge a battery, tomorrow im going to run the device a little harder with more internet as i normally use it a little more on a avg day than today
[HD2 General] EVOIXGSR:
Very bad advice to completely discharge the battery. Old gen batteries worked this way, new lithium batteries...not so much.
[HD2 General] 47789:
[off topic] Not entirely sure (sold mine as well) but I don't think I recall seeing the reconnecting icon when I power on. Further more, the notification bar shows I'm connected for 20+ hour. If it connects/disconnects, the timer should reset itself. I think the default is it stays connected unless you set it to disconnect after a set period of time. As for wifi, it will disconnect upon standby (power button).

Congrats on finding a cure. Repeat full discharge/recharge 1-2 more times and your battery should be in top condition (a couple of cycles to reach full potential).

Thereafter, recharge as frequently as you like. Deep discharge is not necessary unless you want to recalibrate the state-of-charge.
[HD2 General] Gajet:
No I wouldn't do this. Fully discharging is bad, we did it once to recallibrate software, to keep on doing it may actually reduce the battery maximum charge.

I'll look for a link.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Cell-Phone-Battery-Last-Longer
[HD2 General] Appelsap:
Mine is showing a constant connection also, where I really don't need that. I'd like to set that disconnect timer, but can't find it anywhere. Anyone?