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[HD2 General] omneity:
I've had my HD2 for a week now and I must say I'm more than pleased with it. I did consider the iPhone as an option, but as I want to connect my phone to my Exchange Server then it was a no brainer to opt for a Windows Phone and the hardware specs of the HD2 are way above the iPhone. A big thing that put me off the iPhone was it's reliance upon iTunes to synchronise my calendar & contacts - it's dreadfully buggy toy software and I don't want a music application on my work PC.

If anyone has any doubts as to the iPhone's reliability and stability just Google "iPhone faults" and you'll see the problems users have experienced with their iPhones are considerable, with many being bricked through their hardware faults. Interestingly the most common reported faults are similar to those reported by the HTC dissenters such as slow SMS sending - maybe these are network issues? On top of that there's now the 'Astley' virus which Apple helpfully explain away as "the users' fault".

The emergence of open source Android phones whill hopefully spur the mainstream smartphone OS writers to concentrate their efforts on developing their own platforms. It's true to say that Microsoft haven't trerated their Windows OS as a mainstream product and there's still too much legacy code in 6.5, but it's still a decent OS for its intended purpose Hopefully that will be addressed in Version 7 which looks likely to be available to HD2 users as an (free?) upgrade. There's masses of quality third-party apps avaiable to maximise its smartphone potential for just about all users,.

There isn't a perfect smartphone out there and as we demand ever more features of them I doubt if there is likely to be in the forseable future, but the nice thing about the Windows Phone OS is that it is eminently hackable.
[HD2 General] bbmalver:
HD2 Simply Put...

Depth & Customization!
[HD2 General] Xaddict:
iphone got it right???

I remember hearing complaints about iphone for at least the first year, and as omneity says:

"If anyone has any doubts as to the iPhone's reliability and stability just Google "iPhone faults" and you'll see the problems users have experienced with their iPhones are considerable, with many being bricked through their hardware faults. Interestingly the most common reported faults are similar to those reported by the HTC dissenters such as slow SMS sending - maybe these are network issues? On top of that there's now the 'Astley' virus which Apple helpfully explain away as 'the users' fault' ".

p.s. I am a former Apple user. Iphone is more of Jobs' controlled user experience.

I couldn't stand it.

I find it ironic that Apple started out supporting open source while Gates worked hard at controlling users choice.

Now it is the reverse.
[HD2 General] bill.wang:
New things r always trapped in some trouble, and that's why i have paid close attention to leo, but i didn't buy it! im just waiting for a staid one.:rolleyes:
[HD2 General] Teneka_Khan:
To put it simply - the HD2 is the best phone I have ever used. I think it is awesome. I've had an iphone, etc - but the truth is there is no phone that hasn't got problems. The Iphone is falwed because it has no multi-tasking, crap camera, poor messaging (in my opinion), limited configurability, and its tied to iTunes which is horrible. The HD2 has non of the above. Yes it has flaws itself, but in my eyes less than any other phone out there at the moment.
[HD2 General] mobile88:
I FULLY agree with you ; I also have a iphone 3G 16 GB but is now in the drawer collecting dust. As saying goes, One man's meat is another man poison . No point debating about how good/bad the HD2 and iPhone and any other PDA. It will never end

As far as I am concerned , the HD2 is my choice now vs iPhone
[HD2 General] chronicle:
Yep, I totally agree...and that's just what i've now done :)
[HD2 General] fmcastro:
I totally agree with you. In fact, I'm gonna miss the "let me just check if there's something new at XDA routine". But I'm kind of tired. I've spent too much time (since my Eten x500 days) trying to get right the mess of other people. I simply can't stand a device with so many small annoyances anymore. (Ex. have you noticed that Opera doesn't really zoom out to let you see the whole page? WHY NOT???) I want a device that simply works, and then I'll try to tweak it a little more.

I've seen many people replying here that the iPhone has its problems too. Sure it does but I'm sure most of its problems are more like a limitation or lack of efficiency and not a non-working feature. If you are supposed to do something, then DO IT RIGHT! or don't do it at all.

That said, that fact that we have so many former iPhone users here are an indication that it can't really satisfy everyone and that means my post will not appeal to everyone.

Anyway, I couldn't just let everyone trying to solve problems which shouldn't exist in first place without saying anything.

Regards and good luck fixing your HD2s :)
[HD2 General] 4tune:
I do agree with TS that basic functions like SMS should work out of the box, although I do not suffer from this problem.

For the 4th time in this topic here's the quote of the day.

That just about sums it all up for me.

Btw, don't get your hopes up to high with WM7. It wíll have problems too, guaranteed.
[HD2 General] maati:
Every phone and OS sucks. Get over it.

Just accept the fact that there is no perfect phone and buy whichever phone works best or sucks least for YOU.

Don't annoy people with useless discussions, threads like this or stupid bashing against one OS or another (this especially applies to stupid WM-bashing iPhone fans and the media, e.g. WSJ and Gizmodo) - no OS is perfect, in fact, they all suckand we finally need to stop arguing and just buy whatever we like best/hate least.
[HD2 General] hagba:
I can confidently say that I am not emotionally attached to my iPhone in any way and I'm here to see if I can get the HD2 to compansate for the shortcomings and the boredome it is causing me.

Jack
[HD2 General] maati:
HD2 has less shortcomings than the iPhone and will cause less boredome, but it'll bring new annoyances, as you can see from threads like this.

Just accept that every phone sucks in one way or another and choose the phone you want or, if you can afford it, buy all of them.

To me the HD2 is the best phone I've ever had (after the Wizard, Polaris, Omnia, iPhone 3G, Touch HD...), though it's by no means perfect - but it's the one that comes closest to perfectly satisfying my needs. I'd choose it over an iPhone anytime, but that's me - you may be different. The HD2 has definitely less shortcomings and doesn't lack tons of critical features like the iPhone does, but it's also got its own annoyances.
[HD2 General] bliss_12345:
Its just really funny that sunking and fmcastro started virtually the same topic:

"So long Leo" and "HD2 = Worst phone I've ever had"

Same arguments, same complaints, going nowhere..... Sigh

Great phone though
[HD2 General] maati:
I remember exactly the same topics in the Blackstone forum last year - it's always the same every time a new phone comes out.
[HD2 General] rd2000:
Heh Jimbo, I have it EXACTLY the same way with my HD2 :) I LOVe it. Despite the few bugs and qverks. Which i'm sure either HTC or XDADev. Will find a solution for. So im not a bit worried :)
[HD2 General] bcrisp82:
another fanboy rant... anyways...

how many windows mobile phones are there? hundreds+. it was made to be a flexible OS that can run on tons of different hardware and millions of different skins, UI's, plugins, etc. it is beyond flexible.

how many apple phones are there? (one variety with hardware refresh). how can you screw up a phone with one button that can only run one application at once? the phone is made to be idiot and retard proof.

if you put a winmo phone in the hands of a retard that is used to using a phone made for idiots, it will fail them.
[HD2 General] Klaus1960:
I love my Hd2!

Mine too!!!!!!
[HD2 General] weetiebangs:
Really interesting posts. I have had all the iphones and they have worked without flaw. But i have to agree with Jimbo29 comments whilst the phone does what it says it goes straight back in the pocket after responding say to a text etc...

I now have the HD2 and am enjoying it hopefully WM 7 will sort out the bugs. No regrets.
[HD2 General] iDaemon:
have you guys talk about droping the phone yet?

i don't know this can be the topic but if you drop HD2, yes you can search this many topics in this forum.
[HD2 General] str0g:
You have some right but I have never experience sms problem in leo. Maybe your i**** made bad time stamps on sms...

HTC never did overheating device, never refused to replace device if you are smoking... So who have better guaranty then?

I am not defending htc because they piss off all early msm7200 devices users but I never buy i**** with its limitation every where like bluetooth, no multitasking...

1GHZ is enough for web pages with out flash but opera use qt which have some drawing problems its not then phone problem its QT problem.

Gold card method, well why don't you update with official rom release?

Maybe Apple have better sdk then windows mobile, maybe they give sdk directly under their devices. But htc still have better quality, xda devs made a lot of improvements so every one can easily tweak their device if they want to.

Finally I don't need market place if I want to search for current app google is still faster and gave me more useful knowledge about program which I currently searching.
[G1 General] chuckhriczko:
Same as the title. I want to play around and pull some files from it but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Looks like any links on the forums are all broken (understandably). So I figured I would need to see if anyone had it in their personal rom stash :)

Thanks in advance.
[G1 General] jubeh:
yes

10chars
[G1 General] Ace42:
Yes Haykuro himself, they weren't optimized and hes not giving it out so dont hold your breath pal.
[G1 General] chuckhriczko:
So when he released it on these forums nobody kept it? It's understandable considering I didnt. I was just curious. Thanks all.
[G1 General] Ace42:
wasnt being rude, he removed it after awhile..
[G1 General] chuckhriczko:
I didnt think you were being rude. It's all good brother. I noticed all of his roms, even the Sapphire ones on Google Code link to nothing so I figured as much. I was just wanting to do some experimenting. Thanks anyway.
[G1 General] Ace42:
you can try to contact him, not sure how though.Twiiter or gtalk shouold do.
[G1 General] chuckhriczko:
I tried to contact him through his email. Hopefully he still uses that one.
[G1 General] B-man007:
lmao drizzy probably has it...he did leak it after all
[General Questions and Answers] mzmflo:
Hi all,

I read through a few sites and the forum to research about my phone and i am looking to make it not so laggy/sluggish.

I am from Australia and is on Telstra network and my HTC Diamond2 is very sluggish and so laggy, it can barely function. Chance upon android articles and reading about rave reviews about how Android performs faster than Windows Mobile 6.5.

I have ZERO computer programming technical abilities. Just a chemist looking to fix her phone. So, this may sounds like requesting baby sitting service, but if anybody is kind enough, please direct me to the builds that are stable with Diamond2.

Google maps, text msging and bluetooth (which at the moment does not work) are very important functions to me, so I am looking for a build that have functions similar to these working well.

thanks so much in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] mancsoulja:
check this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=509493

there is currently no fully working android build on the TD2 as there are problems with the drivers, android is not a complete replacement for windows mobile tho as you need to boot android from the win mob enviroment, plus as a owner of a android and win mob device i prefer windows over android any day of the week, maybe you should try some system optimisation software like sk tools, pocket mechanic or tweeks 2k2 as they can all improve system stability also try a cooked rom from one of the great TD2 cooks here on xda as alot of them out perform the stock HTC roms :)
[General Questions and Answers] mzmflo:
Thank you so much.

Yes, i am just looking to really optimise my phone as I am pretty much stuck with this phone unless I can afford a new handset straight out.

Again, thank you for the link. I have no great computing abilities but I like to DIY. Will definitely look around more.

Thanks so much again.
[General Questions and Answers] bravo261:
you're really asking a question that will result in an answer that you just won't like. Its basically not feasible to have android on your phone, and if it ever were to be somewhat available, it would not be stable and it would require significant tinkering and knowledge to have a half-ass working android Diamond2.

your phone is nice...there's definitely a way for you to sell it off locally and purchase an android phone.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] weblesta:
hi everybody

someone can help me .i need to update the rom windows ce4.2 to indows 5 or 6.1. i wanna know where i can download it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Claire1009:
Hi everyone,

My G1 version as below:

Firmware number: 1.5

Basband version: 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I

Kernel version: 2.6.27-00393-g6607056

Build number: CRB43

I got 1.6 recovery image from HTC web.

the file name is: signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.ZIP

I update them as following process:

To change the file name to update.ZIP -> put them in SD card -> insert SD card -> turn the power down -> home &Power ->ALT+L->ALT+S

then it show fail message as below:

E:No signature (412 Files)

E:Verifcation failed

installat aborted.

Does anyone know why I can update it successfully? :confused:

Thank you.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
im suprised this is the new QnA section.

Im guesing you have no root.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
It does sound like he has no root, and I really hate the dev, section now. If I wanted Q&A that's where I would frequent
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivanmmj:
If you want an answer to a question, post in the Questions & Answers section, NOT the development section. I moved this to the Q&A section.

Your Tmobile G1 isn't a dev phone. You can't flash a devphone ROM unless you root your phone.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] kmorris89:
So I read that MMS doesn't work in WM6.5 and the solution was to install ArcSoft MMS and fix it that way. The only hitch is...after I installed the CAB, I can't seem to figure out where the actual program is so I can set everything up. Looking through File Explorer I see nothing in Program Files that looks related, nor does there appear to be any kind of new settings panel anywhere. I apologize if this is a stupid question but I searched through all the ArcSoft topics and everyone seems to have been able to figure this out except me.

Help? I'm using a Kaiser on T-Mobile with Witschey's bare WM6.5 ROM, if that helps. Thanks in advance.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] bmw2320:
I'm using Kaiser with WM6.5 build 23081 from T.i.R 19k with ArcSoft MMS version 5.2.2.22 bundled in the ROM. MMS is working good to the same operator in Indonesia :)

I use 2 steps in setting my MMS:

1. Settings - Connections - Connections - Add a new modem conn (the second paragraph)

2. Messaging - MMS Options
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] kmorris89:
For the first part, what's the section heading that "Add A New Modem Connection" is under? For me, it's "My Work Network" and that doesn't sound right for adding MMS settings...additionally, I'm trying to use this info to fill in the required fields:

http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm21387.xml

But that doesn't list a username or password, which the settings are asking for. Am I doing something horribly wrong here? I admit I know virtually nothing about how MMS works, so writing like you're talking to a 4-year-old would be helpful :)

Oh, and also just to clarify, I'm using the version of ArcSoft linked in the second post in this topic:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=476947
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] kmorris89:
...anyone? Still unable to send/receive MMS and have found nothing which seems to be useful =/
[General Questions and Answers] phppro:
I have to store lots of sms for my business. Problem is my smartphone with WM 6.1 or 6.5 cant store them into separated folder.

So I make this thread to ask whether a sms folder manager software that can sold my problem exist or not.....

Thanks in advance.
[HD2 General] pckshd:
Don't know if its only me:

- Press END key (goes to standby)

- Press any key (wakes up)

- Quickly tap any icon --> Won't react

You need to wait about 1 second for touch screen to be enabled. No big deal but sometimes you are quick and this kind of "retards" your intention and forces you to do a 2nd tap.

Anyone?
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Works fine here. At least I need a second to reach the top of the screen.
[HD2 General] jayjoe:
here the same but you must be really quick :-)
[HD2 General] loomx:
Yup, annoyes the hell out of me, unlock the phone and use my other thumb to slide to unlock, nothing happens, have to try again and it works.
[HD2 General] acostaf:
I am getting that, but is not a show stopper for me. have you try to use the 3rd party locking screen app?
[HD2 General] elburna:
i use s2u2. same problem here. no unlocking in the first one or two seconds after wakeup... does the processor maybe take some time to speed up...? :)
[HD2 General] pckshd:
I don't think its the processor because its actually fast. Must be some internal software delay, maybe the touch screen driver 'wake up'...
[HD2 General] Insane Devil:
Similar problem existed in the HD, i have it, and i tried out a fix posted by one of the forum members, as follows:

1.Make a file named - "welcome.not" and place this in the root of your storage card.

2. Hard Reset your device.

3. You will not be asked the screen calibaration thing, and this will solve your problem.

(How to create "welcome.not" = open notepad on your computed, and safe the blank notepad file with double quotes as : "welcome.not"

This will make the extension of the file as .not

Hope this helps!
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Did you mean reset? or clearing the storage :confused:
[HD2 General] Insane Devil:
CLEAN STORAGE. :) (A hard reset, my friend!)
[HD2 General] elburna:
Before making a hard reset i would wait for maybe other fixes or something as i cant imagine that HDs and HD2s problems are the same... Also i didnt figure out this bug on my old HD, even without "welcome.not"...

You can even start the screen alignment whenever you want. So what happens if you do an alignment after applying your fix? Problem back again?

Last thing: I would not recommend a hard reset with your SD-Card in the device as it ruined all my data on it. At least backup all you stuff from the card somewhere on the PC and try this fix with an empty storage card.

EDIT: I completely forgot: there is no screen alignment taking place after a hard reset on the HD2 ;)
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Well that's weird because I read here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2139034&postcount=5 that it only needs a reboot and people confirmed it work that's why I was confused.
[HD2 General] Sean3:
I posted an updated fix here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=587931. If you don't want to hardreset, go into the registry and find HKLM\Hardware\DeviceMap\KEYBD and look for the entry "First Calibration." If it's there and the dword is 1 then change it to 0 and manually softreset. That achieves the same thing as bypassing screen alignment. Manually aligning the screen creates this entry, which is why if you use welcome.not and then later realign your screen, the problem comes back. To solve that you have to change the reg key again. I don't have an HD2 so I cannot confirm if the reg is there or if this would work on it, but it may be worth a try.

S3
[HD2 General] elburna:
dont have my hd2 here at the mom (repair) but would be excited about testers and answers. Just cant figure out how screen alignment and wakeup-delay go together...but the thread mentionend in post above makes me hope :)
[HD2 General] jayjoe:
on a german leo the key does not exist
[HD2 General] pckshd:
Neither in WWE Rom.

But there is a PassCalibration already with value 1.
[HD2 General] skywatch:
Mines has the same problem, not very often but the problem is there. After wake up the tap just does not move or register my touch and because hd2 has such a large screen, they should have put the slide to the middle or at the bottom and not all the way to the top to slide unlock the phone.
[HD2 General] Insane Devil:
@Skywatch:

For getting the slider on the bottom, search for Dusk lock screen in the HD Apps forum, and install that and u will get it on the bottom, it looks lovely! and I have 100% belief that it will work on the HD, as its the same OS and Screen resolution.

@All:

Regarding the Welcome.not, i read in the HD forum regarding the tweak, and it clearly said to HARD REST, or Re Flash your device and only then it will work. not with a soft reset.

This is to skip the Screen Calibration which happens after a Hard Reset and that has to be skipped.

if you have done this, and later you re align your screen, then the tweak will fall off its place. Another HardReset or ReFlash will be required.

No problems doing it with a mSD full of data as i have been flashing that way since past 4 years, without any problem. But, up to u!
[HD2 General] Sean3:
pckshd, what are the other key entries besides PassCalibration?
[HD2 General] pckshd:
It is actually at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\TOUCH\

Other values are AlignScreenNeeded=0, CalibrationData=287,479 57,96 57,864 518,864 518,96 and some more...

These values are from a fresh hardreset, never calibrated, and actually HD2 does not prompt for alignment. So I don't think the issue is related to calibration.

Delay still there :(
[General Questions and Answers] iclick:
Computer OS: XP SP3

Device: HTC TP2

Device OS: WM 6.1

Activesync: 4.5

I have my device connecting and syncing fine to ActiveSync on the computer via Bluetooth, but I would like a quicker way to establish connection. When I get out of Bluetooth range and then re-enter there is no auto-reconnect, so I must go to Settings > Communications > Bluetooth, then under the computer's name click on ActiveSync every time. This gets the job done, but it's too much rigmarole every time I want to establish a connection and synchronization.

If I go to the computer and go into ActiveSync and try to connect under Connection Settings it doesn't see the device. Is there a quick, easy way to connect by creating a shortcut or otherwise not requiring so much interaction to get connected and synchronized? When I set-up ActiveSync through Bluetooth I rather expected it to connect and sync automatically when it got in range, but that would've been to easy I suppose.
[General Questions and Answers] rainsey:
Yes i'm wondering the same thing. Is there a reg key for editing this? I normally leave Bluetooth on and would like it to auto connect. My old K800 could do it so i don't see why WM6.5.3 can't.
[General Questions and Answers] jez83uk:
Is this what you are after? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530327
[General Questions and Answers] rainsey:
Yes thanks, that's all i'm after. I was having troubling searching for it.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Final5k:
Hi,

Is there a software that can play swf on the xda exec? I've installed flash player from macromedia's site but I still can't view the swf files.

Thanks.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Final5k:
anyone can help please?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kokowawa100:
try core player it supports a lot of file formats
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] mesaj:
If you have installed just macromedia player I think it would't work. Install Flash Lite too and try to run .swf file