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[HD2 General] kenkiller:
Oh well, the world has just turned crazy...I just gave a compliment for you guys being lucky enough not to face the same problem, and I get lambasted. What can I say? :D

It's mainly due to my frustration of seeing people telling me "No, I don't have it, therefore it doesn't exist." That's NOT true, because it does exist. Simple as that. Even on a fresh hard resetted stock ROM. I see no need to gloss over a problem, this is a thread about current problems about HD2, and I'm just speaking my piece. In the first place, there is no incentive for me to badmouth a gadget I have spent hard earned money on.

There's a whole laundry list of problems that I have encountered, and since this thread is all about problems, here they are :

1) BT sometimes cannot be toggled on. Reset needed.

2) MSN fails with poor reception message, even though every other app that uses internet works. Reset needed.

3) Handwriting SIP overtakes the whole system, even with another SIP active. Reset needed. Basically the green line problem.

4) Twitter and weather do not update at scheduled intervals. Reset needed, sometimes refreshing manually works.

5) Even with a Internet APN chosen as default connection to internet, some programs still insist on using an alternative proxied APN (Opera for example). Normally this is fine, but it breaks the connection of Twitter and Weather. Reset needed, or have to disable Exchange mail, disconnect the errant APN, and reconnect Exchange mail again.

All these on stock ROM with zero cabs installed, with/without the hotfixes. I may be new to XDA, but I ain't a newbie to Winmo phones. Please, if you don't have these problems, you are lucky, or just lucky enough to not be using the same official ROM as me. But don't belittle my words by saying they don't exist.

I have tried to find solutions for all these problems all over the net, XDA, Modaco, but sadly, these ain't problems that can be solved yet. :(
[HD2 General] lovebell:
My hd2's issue http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=606093

second issue is the battery drains too fast, lost 30%-40%overnight, Flight mode, hard-rest, unplug the microsd card and sim card, still the same.I have talked with HTC on the phone, no advices from them, and I said I will order a new battery see if this issue still happens, otherwise I have to send it to you for repair.

I just can not use my HD2 now, I have to charge it via USB-PC which takes 4--5hours to get fully charged, then it will drain 40% power when I get up, after received a couple calls and emails, the battery will drop to 50% when I am about to go out. I have to use an antique cellphone my Nokia n8800 which holds longer battery life.

The third problem is the led flash somehow is sunken, I assume I have touched it accidently caused that.

to me, I really regret that replaced my hd by hd2, yes maybe is just my bad luck, I just don't wanna any troubles.
[HD2 General] Bariša:
@Lovebell

Why don't you try to update your stock rom with official 1.61 rom?

Many people attested of their much better battery endurance.
[HD2 General] lovebell:
Hi, I have tired to flash the 1.61 and lastest 2.1rom

either worked out, so its probably the hardware problem, I am hoping its the battery issue, then I just need to replace the battery.

Thanks for the advice though.
[HD2 General] lovebell:
Bariša, somehow I cannot reply your PM...the system says "The following users were not found:

1. Bariša"

every time when I submit the message....

you probably need to change a user name?
[HD2 General] cMMY69:
I have relied on the standard alram to wake me up every day for almost two months now and it has never let me down.
[HD2 General] cMMY69:
Rant on. I wish the features of this forum actually worked, when it says reply to this message I expect it to do so annot dump my reply at the bottom of the thread, totally out of context. Rant off.
[HD2 General] kenkiller:
You do know you're supposed to use the quote function. Normal replies would of course go to the end of the thread....that's how most forums work.
[HD2 General] Lei Chat:
TomTom don't officially support it.... yet.

Not the HD2's fault I guess but it's a problem.
[HD2 General] guiltlyzebra:
I am not having the SMS or any other major problems. Battery life I am happy with it, it makes halfway through the following day which means I can not worry about being home every night ;)

The issue I am having has only started recently. Obvioulsy have my phone linked to facebook so that albums and profile pics sync etc. And any contacts that are fully synced their contact image changes along with online profile. However I have added a couple of new people to my phone, linked them to online profile and will not pull down data.... pics, albums, status etc etc?

Jody
[HD2 General] DexyG:
Just started getting the SMS issue despite having the hotfix installed. And sometimes my girlfriend says she's been calling me but I have no record of that on my phone. No texts or calls = a girlfriend who thinks I'm ignoring her = me in the doghouse. Bad times.

Couple those issues with the increasingly annoying keyboard and I'm really tempted to beg O2 to let me switch to an iPhone.
[HD2 General] murks_muell:
I also had this issue once last week. Before not once (i owned an iphone...). Before the iphone I already had this occasionally with the diamond. Seems to be normal with our devices... :mad:
[HD2 General] coolayah:
sharing my list of HD2 problems

HD2 owner for 1 month now (ROM 1.48). As the thread heading mntions, I am sharing my list of problems. They shld be fixed in next ROM update (instead of applying manual cab fixes):

(a)able to choose keyboard sensitive level

(b)vol overlay intermittently hangs phone

(c)music skips tracks/stops without reason

(d)music shld fade in/out when recv SMS/calls

(e)able to turn off ablum art update

(f)SMS STUCK AT OUTBOX FOR NO REASON

(g)audio booster to remain on for every track

(h)battery life poor - better power mgnt

(i)hot swap SD card

(j)choose 4x4 or 5x5 for all icon shortcuts

(k)poor FM radio reception

(l)camera low light image capture not good

(m)spell err "connectionss" under airplane mode

(n)slow music startup (>4 sec) in playlist mode

(o)more than 1 agenda in home screen

(p)flash support for opera 9.5 included

(q)battery meter should show % instead of bars

(r)slide button shld respond immediately after sleep mode

(s)audio issue when press 1st num in phone mode

(t)task manager to be available from anywhere

(u)remap buttons feture

(v)default speakphone too loud, cracking sound

(w)alarm bug, just beep instead of playing tune

(x)can choose MP3 as alarm sound

(y)calender screen to shoe background wallpaper

(z)landscape mode in RSS reader

if these are fixed, then the HD2 would truely be a great phone that I will recommend to my friends. thx.

ROM : 1.48.707.2
[HD2 General] kenkiller:
I can see quite a lot in your list that won't be "fixed", because those are set features, not bugs.
[HD2 General] 3kgt:
Hi guys,

i didnt wanna start a new thread so i will borrow this one, I have problem with my phone now after reinstaling to the newest swedish rom!

When i set an alarm, the Phone Either Frezes or Die totally in the morning when the alarm goes on!

And sometimes i Do hear an alarm for 1-2 sec then dead, and sometimes i wake upp and its dead!!!!`?
[HD2 General] kenchan_mc:
i totally agree man!!
[HD2 General] firaX:
Even with radio 2.07 my earpiece still distorts and crackles sometimes when calling.
[HD2 General] larrylo:
I have had my HD2 for over a month now.

I agree with coolayah list cos I have experienced some of those issues.

Here my additional gripes and issues...

1. [repeating] Definitely, battery life. I have improved it by turning off all auto data connections so that everything is manual. I think that does defeat the cool features of the phone.

2. Volume setting maximums are way too low for me. In a busy street, I cannot hear my phone ringing. Yes, it is on maximum setting. The same goes for the music player too. I really like my cellphone loud and at the moment my HD2 is a huge disappointment.

3. Vibrating features are too weak. In most cases, I cannot feel my phone vibrating in my pocket.

4. The built-in password lock feature is broken somewhere. Cos after a soft-reset the HD2 'can' convenient forgets my password. In the end, I had to hard-reset my HD2 to regain access.

5. The screen picks up presses by itself. It is kind of disturbing to find. Like when I put the phone into my pocket and I forget to lock the screen. I think it picks up warmth from my leg or from accidental screen touches.

6. After restarting the HD2, if you press the screen blank button (ie hang up button) for the first time, the screen lock does not kick in. I have to press the Start button and then select the Lock feature to ensure it is activated. After that the screen blank button works fine in conjunction with the lock.

7. Opera does not totally work on facebook games ie the ones without flash. Hmm... Need a more up-to-date version here...

More things for making the HD2 a better phone.
[HD2 General] jakem:
I've noticed this as well (in fact this is a constant problem with all phones) but I'm not sure what the solution is. If my phone rings when it's sitting on my desk at work both the vibration and the ring are embarrassingly loud. In fact, I'd say that at full volume the ring on the HD2 is the loudest of any phone I've ever owned. However, once I slip the phone into its pouch and pop it in my pocket or bag I rarely hear it when the noise of the phone ringing has to compete with other noises like traffic.

Personally, I don't think there's much that can be done about it as there's only so much that tiny speaker or vibrator on a phone can be expected to do.

As to the lock screen issue you reported, hopefully that will be fixed in an upcoming ROM because it was introduced in 1.48.
[HD2 General] Archer:
I was getting that issue quite regularly - maybe once a day - but it never bothered me. 2 clicks and a swipe and it's gone, so not really a hassle. Since the 1.66 ROM however, I've not seen it once. It's only been a few days, so it may pop up, but I would have expected to see it by now.

I believe it's fixed in the latest ROM, but don't know for sure.
[HD2 General] moepchen:
The Automatic profile (vibrate on appointment) doesn't work for me since rom 1.48.
[HD2 General] sunking101:
Blimey, are you deaf man?? The HD2 is the loudest phone I've ever come across....by a country mile. :eek:
[HD2 General] antaed:
HD2 issues

My problems, in order of importance to me:

1. I lose data connection rather frequently = no reliable IM-ing, browsing, etc. = need to disable/enable connection or soft reset;

2. "My location" service is useless - weather sometimes not updating, Google Maps not accurate.

I can live with the rest of my problems (eg. slightly pink camera hue) but with these two I'm losing my patience.

Note:

I consistently follow and flash all the official updates (ROMs and fixes) and the latest ROMs from my favorite chefs.
[HD2 General] lemonspeakers:
i cant agree any more. My HD2 is very, and I mean, very loud!

if you cant hear yours in a busy street, it may be defected.
[HD2 General] mpsjoe:
There is an updated ROM 1.66 available... Most of these issues are fixed, especially the sms issue. My HD2 is now almost flawless, and I'm pretty fussy and good at finding problems, but It's now a phone that I can definitely say is a pleasure to use.
[HD2 General] Maajelvv:
Sim contacts stopped showing after ROM update

Hey guys,

I just update my rom from 1.48 to 1.66 and suddenly I cant see my contacts anymore. they are there because if I just press the screen that one shows up but that's not really helping..

Can someone please help me!?!
[HD2 General] DD9200:
E-mail Problem

I have a problem with the e-mail app, it constantly pops up saying there is a problem with my user name or password but then accepts it when I push okay, then e-mail works fine, then five minutes later it'll pop up and whine about it again.
[HD2 General] Moustafa217:
hahahahahaha.. so true... i never noticed that.. good eye :D :D :D
[HD2 General] Vuurvliegje:
Bij mij werken de home toets en de backspacetoest niet.

Al diverse roms geprobeerd.

Iemand bekend met dit probleem ?
[HD2 General] conantroutman:
My hotmail account used to do that until i set it up via the windows live app.

In call sound quality sometimes poor.

Volume increments too big. Maybe I'm just fussy.

Hard to see screen when its sunny!

All very minor, lucky me :D:D:D
[HD2 General] Moustafa217:
well we can all help you fix these issues one..

for example like http://www.beboxx.com/coen/lcd-bluetooth-vibrating-bracelet.html for the issue of not hearing your phone.. well with this you can hear it and there is a program that let your reads sms displa much more info than stated on the box..

but then again im sure that ur gonna sell your device very soon..

i suggest an android htc phone.. cheers :)
[HD2 General] DD9200:
It sucks 'cause that's the only problem I have lol. Other than that it's perfect.
[HD2 General] Moustafa217:
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE CALL MY BOSS TELL HIM THAT HD2 ALARM SUCKS.. CZ I WAS LATE TO WORK TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

all it freakin did was light up the screen for a couple of hours to drain the battery.. i think the phone is sc**wing with me.. :D :D :D

any suggestions/tweaks?? thx guys in advance!!
[HD2 General] Rhinzo:
yep, try g-alarm it can force a certain volume.
[HD2 General] htchd2sucks:
bugs

Anyone heard that "digitizer problem"?

Also they have touch screen problem apparently!
[HD2 General] Archer:
There's a hotfix for the touchscreen issues that some people have had...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=697765
[HD2 General] htchd2sucks:
thanks

Thanks,

I read most comments on that link you posted.

It looks like its not "uninstalling properly" so I won't take the risks of screwing the device even more!

:o
[HD2 General] 0ryn:
Imap problem

I've had my HD2 nearly 9 months now, I had the Touch HD before on which I was running Leo based roms. From day 2 of having the HD2 I noticed an odd issue where it seems to lock up after its gone to sleep. Mostly you press a key and slide to unlock, but then nothing, its like its loading sense when you first turn on but its not. Sometimes it can take 10mins for the phone to unlock.

It wasn't till recently I found out what the cause of this is. I found that the phone would take longer to wake up if there more messages in my Inbox

Sometimes on waking my phone I would just give up, pull the battery and start the phone again, sometimes not even that would work, I'd have to find a PC, login to my email via the web and delete a few emails or move them to other folders.

(Just in case you are thinking I have 4 million emails in my inbox its more like 40, thats total read and unread).

I never had this problem on the Touch HD or the Diamond before it.

I use IMAP for my email as it allows me to have access to all my email folders. I have quite a few of them. I only set INBOX to sync and just browsed the others when needed.

I tried all the latest roms from folks like Dutty, Tom and Miri but to no avail, some would last 4 days but sooner of later the problem would come back.

Fed up with having a phone that would only work when it wanted to, I decided to experiment with different email connections

No email - access my email on the web.

Results: phone is very fast and totally usable, but I have no indication of new emails, no access to emails in a no signal area.

pop email - set to leave a copy on the server. :rolleyes:

Results: again the phone is quick and I can tell if I have new email, but I lack the ability to see what I've read or replied to.

imap email - native

Results: does exactly what I want, but the phone is unusable after its been locked.

push email - native :D

Phone works perfectly, its quick, my email folders are in sync and the battery life is much longer for some reason. Downside is I need an exchange server for this to work (I borrowed one for this test) and my email is hosted on a Linux server.

imap does work much better if you disable sense but then you are left with half the phone's features missing.

I submitted a bug report to HTC but I never got a reply other than the automated one

What seems to be going on is a race between sense and imap. Sense wants to check for new email before it wakes up, but it can't because the data connection is off, and is not going to be turned on till sense is woken up. :mad:
[HD2 General] cs378:
I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!

People who are looking to buy HD2...

Please DO NOT...

Thsi phone/WM6.5 plannnnnnnnnnn suckssss
[HD2 General] krico:
How bizzare. Never really noticed that before :)
[HD2 General] firefighterbuzz:
HD2 ring and sms alert issue.

Hi guys

I almost started a new thread but the worry of upsetting someone stopped me, so I apologise if this is in the wrong place.

I've searched the net, and the forums high and low, I'm fairly tech savvy so this is a last resort.

I've recently had to hard reset my HD2 following a failed upgrade to HTC's "new" ROM update and since I've done this I'm having the following issues.

Sms alert is not working, all the relevant settings and tick boxes are ticked and set correctly but when I recieve a text....nothing. The screen wakes up and I get the icon in the top task bar but that's it.

Before the hard reset, I'd been having the constant, unstoppable vibrate problem when receiving an sms but that seems to have disappeared now.

Ringtone.....keeps resetting itself to windows default without me knowing. The phone will ring but it takes me by surprise when the default windows tone is played.

I keep resetting my mp3 ringtone, but lo and behold, within a short while the device seems to reset to default tone.

Soft reset helps for a while, but sure enough, it plays tricks again soon after.

I seem to remember reading in a forum somewhere that strangely, Opera affected this issue somehow? I can't seem to find anything about that anymore.

I have found the odd similar issue around the forums but nothing quite the same.

Once again, apologies if this is in the wrong place. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers.
[HD2 General] henry_wong:
I am now using the official rom. The music player stops playing after having a phone call. Although there was a hotfix, it didn't work. The CS told me that I have to endure for a while as they will launch a new hotfix. :(
[HD2 General] leaskovski:
Has anyone mentioned an issue where when you press the power button to wake the device, the screen does not turn on but the buttons at the bottom of the device all light up. At this stage I then have to use the reset button under the battery cover to restart the device?

This happens with stock roms and custom ones to.
[HD2 General] sea_man:
I don't have any of your problems , in fact i'm very happy whit this phone , since 2 mounts ( come from Omnia HD , and a Htc Topaz ), also from the first day i have the energy rom and all work very very fine !

maybe the HD2 is not the phone for you.....
[HD2 General] Boysa22:
+1 The same problem I have also with sound.:(
[HD2 General] IcePanther:
1- Lags when playing music on the Sense/Manila player when

Syncing something (weather...) when the screen is off/idle

Receiving a text message

(presumably) trying to reconnect to the network when signal is low. Basically when I'm in the train lags randomly happen.

These lags are bad (ranging from 0.1 to 30s, sometimes even restarting the phone). HTC needs to add some safety cutoff to their connection process.

This problem is terrible because it makes the phone unusable when I commute to work, which basically is when I need it most. Congratulations to HTC on this one.

2- Sometimes the data connection seems to break, i.e. the data is active in the taskbar on the top of the screen but data connections fail and the button appears to be deactivated in comm manager, yet when I tap it it deactivates and I have to activate data connection again.

3- stupid priority thing, uses data even when WiFi is on.

leaskovski > Yeah, it happens to me when the phone lags badly and I try to wake it up (see pt. 1)
[HD2 General] ap3604:
The only thing that I hate about the Hd2 is the keyboard.

The arrow keys should have an option of being hidden in order to use the space to have the keys bigger / more spaced.

Already tried swype, resco, pocketcm, etc but none of them have that iPhone / Android keyboard style that alot of WinMo converts are used to...
[HD2 General] scarydude2:
My first post on xda forums after been here for 2+ months..i mostly got the answers to my questions by searching the forums..i was hoping my first post wouldnt be in this type of topic...but here i am.. thought it was about time i was welcomed too :D..

+1

this happens to me all the time...form what i have noticed it happens after somebody miss calls you or sends you a message(mind u that i have about 3500 messages altogether,with one convo with 3200 messages in it) and then you press the power(or any button for that matter) to wake the phone up...for me i wait abt 2 minutes and press the power key and then the back arrow button on the phone and magically the screen appears...but yes sometimes it will not wake up..a reset or taking out the battery is the final solution..

- the place where i work does not have O2 uk signals..so the mobile has no signals at time of work..but when i get out the mobile quite often dosent tend to pick up the signals itself...i have to turn the phone off and on from the comm manager...if that dosent work(which it usually dosent)..turn on the airplane mode...n then turn the phone on agian from comm manager to get signals..n yes if all this fails there is no choice but to turn the phone off and on by using the power button.. sometimes the signals come back if i just turn on the data connection and open a website..

-battery life sucks indeed but as i have read a lot of posts abt it, this was to be expected..the culprit more or less is the data connection turning on..i found an application on omarketwhich works wonders in turning it off completely called..data controller by red frogfish..worth a try..

-messages take ages to open(3200 and counting) and if i try to menu>delete messages .. the screen goes light greyish colour and after a few minutes it just returns to the messages screen with no check boxes whatsoever..so now i have the painstakingly long job of deleting my unwanted messages one by one which are also very slow to delete..

-sometimes the signals just vanish while the phone is my pocket or while using it..very annoying..feels like throwing the phone into wall...but it isnt insured so cant do that :p

- the screen problem while on call does happen but isnt that big an issue for me

- while listening to songs with headphones i received a call, talked abt a minute and the call hung up itself and the music started playing...happened about five times..finally paused the music to have a normal chat without disconnection..

PS: I am a noob when it comes to IT but this site has helped alot to develop a bit of understanding of this phone
[HD2 General] mjody:
Hey guys, did anyone mention anything about the "UP" volume button! It's stuck and keep pressing by itself all the time! hence basically it doesn't let me do anything with the phone because it shows the volume screen all the time!

PLEASE!! if anyone knows how I can DISABLE THE VOLUME BUTTON ON THE HD2, just let me know how please, cuz I tried most possible ways, and I think this is the only solution I got!

cheers