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[HD2 General] Moandal:
Reading through this again it seems that the config change on Opera only works for people using the stock 1.43 Vodafone ROM.

It certainly worked for me when I was running that, but doesn't now that I've updated, and doesn't seem to work for people using the 1.48 ROM.

Can anyone confirm or deny this? Has anyone using 1.48 or higher got this working through Opera?

I'm using MyPlayer successfully but it doesn't let you search through categories of programs as easily as the BBC iplayer site, so it would be good to get this working again. All we need to do is work out what's changed over the VF 1.43 ROM. My guess is that it's something else in the many Opera configuration settings.
[HD2 General] rich_13:
in Opera Mobile 10 beta 2 the 'Custom User-Agent' is no longer under 'User Prefs'. User agent has its own heading with 'spoof User Agent ID' there with a value of 1.

Is this what we change to get it working on Beta 2?

P.S. it worked great on the stock Opera mobile. Thanks a lot ;)
[HD2 General] Ianhd2:
Just been reading all 6 pages about this getting iplayer to work thread, I find it odd that no-one has mentioned skyfire

Skyfire is a mobile browser that seems to handle most things you throw at it including BBC iplayer, itv player, 4 on demand etc without any need to add this or that or change any settings.

try it out (cant add the link as too new to this forum) but google skyfire its easy to find

:)
[HD2 General] Pezza4u:
I just tried Skyfire and it says phone is not compatible? :(
[HD2 General] Moandal:
I think the idea is you don't bother with the mobile site and just go to the full www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer site.

I tried it, but found the following:

1) It doesn't natively support rotation, so I'd have to install gyrator 2 or something like that.

2) Much more seriously it won't stream the video full screen, so it's really not much use.
[HD2 General] Ianhd2:
Yes I go to the main bbc iplayer site, and I used the great BsB Tweaks from another page on here to rotate the screen.

as for the full screen video, yes it wont do that, but you can easily view it full screen just bring it to full screen there is only 2mm of the bottom pause play commands visible nothing more and the left right and top are perfect fitting for the screen

As you can see by the photo, hardly a problem that was fitting the screen almost perfectly and its not loads of messing to to it either just a couple of clicks
[HD2 General] beyondthought:
The newest update of Skyfire has auto rotation.
[HD2 General] Moandal:
Autorotation wasn't working for me, but after some digging on the Skyfire website I found this under "Known Issues":

"On some newer HTC Touch screen devices auto-rotate may only work after a restart."

So I did a soft reset and indeed autorotation is now working.
[HD2 General] crapbag172:
how the hell are you guys using flash with the opera browser?
[HD2 General] Pezza4u:
Just tried that and it worked, how strange! Rotates fine and if I double tap the video it automatically adjusts it to fit the screen.

Only problem I have is when you don't touch the screen for a while it goes black. Where are the settings to turn this off as I can't find it?
[HD2 General] Shasarak:
Getting iPlayer to work in Opera by means of the user agent hack doesn't actually require Flash. The video opens in the Streaming Media player in a separate window.
[HD2 General] Ianhd2:
On your mobile go to sounds and display, click on back light, untick the two items saying "dim back light" and "turn off device if not used for"

Will stay on indefinatly then, (Or at least until the battery dies after about 20 minutes then ;) )
[HD2 General] azahoth:
Yep and the new skyfire 1.5 is pretty good imho (I find I use it more now than opera) iPlayer works fine on it. Im not using a HD2 though but the Orbit 2, however I would imagine they should be the same in the page request.
[HD2 General] gabbs:
skyfire.......
[HD2 General] leoni1980:
I can't personally get on with Skyfire....there's just something I don't like about it. Flash video quality is pretty abysmal too although I suppose it does at least work for the most part.

There was an app here that allowed direct streaming of the iPhone streams which are far better than anything skyfire - and even the official Windows Mobile streams - have to offer, but it doesn't seem to work on the HD2.

Someone should carry on its development!

There's Myplayer here but the quality is only standard Windows Mobile rtsp, which compared to the iPhone streams is very pixellated, with poor quality sound. Easier than faffing around with Opera though as it IS the same stream.
[HD2 General] leoni1980:
Screw opera

Ok, so I'm trying out the newest MyPLayer and I'm very impressed: it supports streaming at the same quality as Opera does with the user agent string tweak BUT ALSO allows DOWNLOADING of the h.264 iPhone streams which are superb quality!

SO now I can download all my favourite programmes in fantastic quality to watch on the move, without having to worry about 3g. They download damn fast too. God bless 16gb Micro SD cards.

No more rubbish pixellated streams.
[HD2 General] FryWalker:
The latest version of myPlayer (v1.096) lets you browse by BBC iPlayer category via the menu commands.

-Fry
[HD2 General] Moandal:
Opera/iPlayer problem solved

Finally got iPlayer to work with Opera. The solution was to

a) Change User Prefs / Custom User Agent to "HTC_Touch_HD_T8282" as described in the Hints and Tips, and then also

b) Change User Agent / Spoof User Agent ID from 1 to 2

And now it works beautifully!
[HD2 General] MustangMajor:
Buffering 0%...... stuck

Hi,

tried both Opera and MyPlayer and still sticks with the above message in both apps when the streaming starts.

In MyPlayer have tried changing from the streaming media app to WMP but get same issue.

I have the new HTC 1.6 ROM installed on a UK HTC HD2

The UDP fix above doesn't apply as I am not using Coreplayer

Has anyone got this too work on 1.6 with Opera or MyPlayer?

Cheers,

JUST FIXED IT - I WAS STILL CONNECTED TO MY LAPTOP VIA ACTIVE SYNC - DISCONNECTED CABLE AND WORKS PERFECTLY
[HD2 General] Shasarak:
I don't know if you're still having this problem, but if you are, it may be that you haven't got the user agent string right. In particular, note that it's case-sensitive. It needs to be entered as HTC_Touch_HD_T8282 - if you put in (say) HTC_TOUCH_HD_T8282 instead then it won't work, and you'll get the error message you mention.
[HD2 General] qevdogg:
Hello, I'm a relative noob as well :)

Tried the above as well and bbc iplayer still says it not supported on my phone. I have the upgraded ROM 1.66..

Many thanks
[HD2 General] Leah26:
Sorry GUYS BUT IM SO NEW TO THIS HD2 (im gonna ask silly questions so pls bear with me) ! All i want is bbc iplayer to work!!! basically ive changed the settings on opera:config etc and when i go to bbc iplayer it says i have to connect through wifi? can i only watch iplayer when im conected to my laptop? how do i get streaming media to work? how do i coneect wifi?! can someone pls give me a walkthrough for dummies on what to do next....

thanx :confused:
[HD2 General] mndl632:
you've done everything correct but you can only watch iplayer when connected through 3G on 3 or vodafone. Otherwise you can only watch using wifi
[HD2 General] Shasarak:
If you want to watch iPlayer over 3G then I suggest you search these fora for an application called myplayer - it's a much better way of accessing iPlayer than using Opera (in several ways, not just in terms of allowing access over 3G). But bear in mind that you will use up your mobile data allowance very quickly if you stream video over it - this will lead to your mobile phone carrier either charging you extra or cutting you off. You really need to be using wifi if you want to do serious amounts of video streaming or downloading.
[HD2 General] pspec1:
hi

yep that was the problem. I had some of the letters in lowercase.

thanks
[HD2 General] ikhan24:
can we get iplayer working without wifi ?!
[HD2 General] mm33:
JUST FIXED IT - I WAS STILL CONNECTED TO MY LAPTOP VIA ACTIVE SYNC - DISCONNECTED CABLE AND WORKS PERFECTLY[/QUOTE]

Thanks!. Couldnt understand why it wouldnt buffer. Disconnect cable!

The only other thing i did was change the OPERA 9.7 user config as already described here.

That was it.
[HD2 General] Shasarak:
If you had bothered to look just two posts higher up the thread than your own message, you would have found the answer to that.
[HD2 General] HD2 Addict:
BBC iplayer for HD2

Thanks, worked for me. I'm a HD2 newbie but just loving this phone.

Cheers for the tips..
[HD2 General] adamo86:
hi wheres the cab or link for iplayer
[HD2 General] jae_:
Opera Custom User Agent setting

Hey guys,

in trying to change this setting so my mobile gets recognized as an iplayer compatible device, I'm realizing that page viewing has changed to mobile view. Can anyone who hasn't messed with this setting tell me what the default value was? So this is in the opera:config page, user prefs, custom user agent.

OR, can I fix page viewing to standard without having to click on the relavant option on every single page I browse? (I have tried unchecking the mobile view option under Settings>Display... it's not that...)

Thanks in advance!
[HD2 General] jae_:
OR...

I'm happy to reset Opera to factory settings to fix this... Does anyone know how?

Thanks again.
[HD2 General] mndl632:
to stop the mobile view, go to opera:config and under the user prefs uncheck the box for UAProf URL Enabled. Save and restart opera and you should get the normal view instead of mobile views for every page.
[HD2 General] jae_:
Thanks mndl632, but...

that didn't fix it unfortunately. Any ideas on how to fully reset Opera? (Reset button under User Prefs of opera:config page doesn't do the job, it seems...)

Cheers,

jae
[HD2 General] jae_:
Right, apologies... it has worked, with the exception of google.co.uk. It insists on giving me its mobile version ---which can be swapped with the normal with a click at the bottom...

Thanks for the tip.
[HD2 General] :
Worked great . for me except, when watching the Grand Prix it connected for 48mins then just wouldn't buffer anymore GGRR
[HD2 General] pacoloco88:
iplayer ****

youre a star. thanks
[HD2 General] wlm:
iplayer on htc hd2

THANKS!! followed your instructions and it works perfectly!! I can watch all the iplayer channels - excellent quality!! Love the hd2!!!
[HD2 General] xelon999:
Getting install Flash message after User Agent fix!

Hi, have applied the change as descrived previously, User Agent/Spoof in Opera Mobile 10, but still get the install flash message with TVcatchup seems to have fixed iPlayer though but can't test until at home with wi-fi.
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
i have tried this and just cannot get it to work at all. on vodaphone too and have tried this on the old rom and also the new one. nowt.

i must be doing something wrong but just cannot see what it is.

Mike
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
just a thought, you know this won't make it work over mobile data, only wifi/active sync right? as soon as the bbc website detects it as a mobile network it won't let you no matter what user agent etc. tweak you apply.
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
i must admit that i didnt know that (doh).

on my i900 with opera installed, opera had an internal setting so that you could choose the connection. choosing wap allowed the separate media streamer to open even when using mobile internet.

also, as i am a vodaphone user on 3g surely i am supposed to be able to access the iplayer ??

Mike
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
its a deal between the bbc and the mobile operators to keep bandwidth down, not to block access.
[HD2 General] lemonspeakers:
asfdadsaDAWF
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
how come if i switch to wap everything works ok?

Mike
[HD2 General] lordstewartie:
iPlayer on hd2

Run Opera

In the address bar enter opera:config

Scroll down to User Prefs and click

Scroll down to Custom User-Agent and at the end of the pre-filled text add sgh-i900

Scroll down some more and press Save. You will get a prompt which suggests you may need to reset the phone, but for this you don’t.

Now point your browser to .bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/ and enjoy. The video opens in HTC Streaming Player on HTC smartphones.

Try this I just have and ashes to ashes here we come.:cool:
[HD2 General] rko2185:
I tried this on my usa htc hd2 and got it BUT once i pick a tv show it'll say "we do not currently support BBC Iplayer outside of the United kingdom"

Any other ideas on how to fix this so i can watch it here in the USA?
[HD2 General] Toggs:
MyPlayer

Use MyPlayer instead. latest version, 1.4 I think, plays iplayer and lots more. It's free but you can upgrade for a few euro's and you get high quality streams that are as good, if not better than TV catchup on iphone (same channels too)

Honestly, it's brill and on the HD2 big screen it looks fab.
[HD2 General] GeSte:
Can I get this to work outside the UK?
[HD2 General] SMS92:
iPlayer is for BBC licence payers in the UK so you're unable to access it without a UK proxy of some kind.
[HD2 General] jasjaruser:
iplayer

Many thanks for that, just got my HD2 yesterday after a few years and about 4 ROMs on a Universal. Awesome video. No camera for vid calls is surprising. Steve
[HD2 General] hogig:
I have a UK proxy

I have a UK proxy to access Iplayer via foxyproxy in the PC. Is there a way for me to enter the UK proxy on the HD2 so I can access BBC Iplayer the same way?

Thanks.
[HD2 General] Ponci:
In UK still tells me not a UK network?

Sadly, the same message comes through to my HD2 that is on UK T-mobile. Waht can I do to overcome this? I have tweeked the register. I also downloaded myplayer that comes always back with a message theat the Media file is not found.
[HD2 General] Hulmeman:
I'm having trouble with BBC iplayer via Opera? Getting a sorry, an error occurred message? Details state the page was not found.

You may have typed the web address incorrectly or the page you were looking for may have been moved, updated or deleted?

Anyone else having trouble?
[HD2 General] academygaz:
Sorry to bump this up, got my HD2 the other day and tried to get iPlayer working, it didn't, I got the 'Device not supported' message. I updated the Opera settings with 'HTC_Touch_HD_T8282' like others have used, and I could access the site, but when trying to load up a show, it sits at Buffering 0%, then times out.

Any suggestions?
[HD2 General] academygaz:
still got this problem, havent got a clue where to start to sort it. it connects in streaming media, buffers 0% then times out. Downloaded MyPlayer too, the app runs fine but also sits at buffering 0% before timing out.
[HD2 General] caHbok:
I Got BBC iPlayer Working on The HTC HD2 through Opera brouser, but when I link to a streaming media file in iPlayer, it opens up the HTC Streaming Media app and than i get an error. How can I change that so it opens up in Windows Media Player or Coreplayer?
[HD2 General] -Jonny-:
I am trying to search for solution. Mine also just displays 'Buffering... 0%' until it then comes up with 'Server or data time out'

Sorry if old thread, I was hoping someone could help me.
[Hero CDMA General] mecca_2l:
Sorry, I'm new here, just a quick question,

When I finished rooting my hero, is there any way to change the root password?

In linux i'd simply use passwd. but this os doesn't have one.

am I wrong in assuming this isn't needed? the Iphone incident brought it to mind.

thanks,
[Hero CDMA General] jonnythan:
It's not needed. The only way into the phone is by either having the device physically in hand or via some service, such as SSH. Fortunately there is no SSH server by default and MoDaCo's ROM, which installs one, sets a random password automatically.
[Hero CDMA General] mecca_2l:
ahh cool. thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] bart.p:
Hi,

How do I restore back the Original ROM into my HTC diamond???

I'm running bsb rom, hardspl installed.

Thanks for the information.

Bart
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] longice:
Simply download the ROM for your device from htc.com and run the file you downloaded.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] bart.p:
Thanks!

I'm back to basic ;-)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Silvertear:
Is it possible to use the skin and buttons from the HD2 on the hd
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] millski:
I assume you mean the TF3D inteface from the HD2. It's called HTC Sense UI 2.5 and you can get it by flashing a custom rom with the 2.5 manila. It's also referred to as Leo (the codename for the HD2) and it's been knocking around thanks to the XDA devs here for the last 4 or 5 months now.

Take a look here for custom roms: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=453

Here for info on flashing a rom: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone

And here for a fantastic guide if you actually decide to go ahead and flash a custom rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=505377
[HD2 General] erosennin:
This is my first HTC and to be frank, I LOVE IT. Maybe because it replaced my SEX1? :rolleyes:

Playing music is a delight, the speaker is amazing. Had to reduce the sound to 50% as it was too loud.

Picture taking, could be better, but as I'm used to SEX1, I can say its impressive.

Fast? Fast? It's lightning fast. This device changed my opinion towards WM. I was appalled, but now I'm extremely happy.

Only one annoying thing, when there is no data connection I get this pop up every time I turn on the phone, which is quite annoying.

Overall, I give it a 8/10. It could very easily be improved with ROM updates.

But why did they make sms notification so small?
[HD2 General] Xzeven:
I got mine yesterday. (Donated by a certain someone, you know who you are ;) ;). )

Gotta say it truly is one of THE most amazing pieces of mobile tech I've seen in all my years as a technician. For the 1st time I can finally say winmo users finally have something that knocks the socks of the (in my opinion) now defunct iPhone and indeed any others available to date :D The speed of everything on this is just amazing, never did I think winmo could achieve this. Of course HTC did an amazing job covering over winmo you really never see it for anything.

I've been reading reviews online and in papers (ya I know, paper, im so old-fashioned sometimes lol ) and all the reviews say the HD2 still couldn't beat the iPhone etc so I was holding off buying it. But don't listen to the reviewers they're just too critical, this phone really is the biz, go get it.

Also, as this phone has no Hardware Keyboard it can be a bit tricky at first. I used to refuse to own a phone without a physical one but replacing the default HTC softKB with Fingerboard and everything is perfect :D Some minor tweaks and videos, battery etc are all working above and beyond any media smartphone I've used (and Ive even used the iphone for 5 weeks).

Anyways enough of my wild ravings about the phone. If anyone wants to know anything about the HD2 gimme a shout, happy to answer anyone :)
[HD2 General] Armes:
Just got mine today from.... Vodafone!!! Can you believe for once they've got it out with everyone else????

It's every bit as good as I'd hoped (not surprising as I'm stepping up from an early Tytn).

As tony wheeler found though, you can be too clever.... I originally had an XDA 2 with TomTom Nav 5, forced my Tytn to load it years ago and long before TomTom supported it (in fact I'm not sure they ever did). Tried to force it on the HD2 and all I got was a corrupt screen and it froze. Only needed a soft reset to get it going again, but a bottled out at that point.

I noticed that my favourite game (Bubblet) is missing (I'm a simple soul) and so far I cn't get .tsk skins to load properly, but hey - it's only day one.... plenty of time yet.

Update: sorted Bubble using hints and tips at the top of this forum, thanks TB!! Also, got my skin working by pasting it into the windows folder. It then appears in the advanced Today edit screen.
[HD2 General] anshkhanna:
Lag in messaging

Guys,

people have been complaining about the messaging application being laggy especially for contacts which have long message trail...is this correct? Are you experiencing it?
[HD2 General] erosennin:
Eh, not really.
[HD2 General] Xzeven:
Ive already got 113 messages (+25 on my SIM) on mine and not noticed any slow down or lagg. Also have loads of emails and no slow down on the email tab either.
[HD2 General] Nighthawk:
Mine arrives tomorrow via DHL, looking forward to it.

Moving back to WM from iPhone, been playing with iPhone for the last six months. I have always been a WM believer, but I always look and test the competition in the real world. Then I have a opinion based on first hand experience.

While the iPhone has many nice features, when it comes to business it isn't as flexible or useful as a WM device.

That's not to say WM doesn't have issues, it does. That's for another thread though.
[HD2 General] Xaddict:
iphone switch

I will be interested to hear your honest opinion of the HD2 compared with iphone.

The IP screen and nav functions are very fluid, but I think the HD2 is equal or better.

The HTC Shell makes a huge difference.

Without it I would have bought an iphone myself, and that is saying something!
[General Questions and Answers] ednap:
I have a HTC Touch HD running Windows Mobile 6.1.

Also using Blackberry Connect to provide wireless synchronisation to email, contacts and appointments via my corporate BES.

Have the SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PC to allow me to work on word, Excel and Powerpoint files on my mobile device.

The SoftMaker Office 2008 programs (Testmaker, Planmaker and Presentations) are all associated with the appropriate file file types.

For example if I click an an excel file the file is opened for editing by Planmaker, not pocket excel.

The Problem.

I receive office type documents as attachments in my windows mobile device email. However when I open the attachements from within the eMail the default pocket word/office applications are used to show me the attachment instead of the Softmaker applications.

I work in EH&S and the majority of attachents I receive are Incident Notification Forms consisting of large mutil tabed excel sheet. Because they are large and they take a long time and considerable space to fully download.

I am happy to be able to see the initial part of the attachment (with option to download more) but I would like to see this in Planmaker as pocket excel screws the formating so badly I cannot read the summary information (displayed on the initial tab on the spreadsheet) which I need to read to determine if I should download the entire file to my mobile device for immediate action or wait until I am back in the office.

Is there a way to associate an alternative application (eg Planmaker and Textmaker) other than Pocket Word/Excel to handle attachements in the windows mobile e-Mail Client?

I have asked this of the Softmaker Office Support team but they were unable to provide a solution.

Hope I have explained my issue appropraitly, any help greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Ed
[General Questions and Answers] ednap:
No ideas from anyone?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] asacchi011:
I am trying to install heros sense UI on my g1, i have found instructions in 3 steps on:

http://theunlockr.com/

it says:

Loading Custom ROM methods on our site:

Unroot (G1) OR Unroot(MyTouch), then Root, then Load a Custom ROM, Apps2SD/Hero etc.

I have tried to unroot my G1, but i am having problems. I have fallowed instructions from:

http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/

and something is wrong, it won't work. i made a video please check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ubp_zRmSlM

Do you have any ideas?

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Roar:
Tried the search but with no luck.

It seems since 6.5 MS left out the option "fit to screen" in internet explorer.

I can only choose under view between "mobile" or "desktop" and for some sites this is not an option. I need to get back "fit to screen".

Any ideas?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Roar:
Bump:confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] DLTempler:
Anyone have a solution? I am looking too.