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[HD2 General] erosennin:
I read many post before buying the HD2, most probably I was in the same state of mind you are.

Having done a huge mistake with the SEX1, I risked my money on another WM. Have to say I'm more than pleased with this beast.

It's fast, very fast, had a ton of applications which were sucking out a lot of memory and not in one instance had I experienced lag. It was only when I went in Task manager that I realised how many applications were running. Apparently, the applications will only close when the required memory exceeds the available memory, I stand to be corrected.

Reception is excellent, far better than my SEX1.

Sound quality is impressive, again far better than the SEX1. My system volume is set at 55% and when playing music on the speaker the sound quality is very good and quite loud. Apparently when the phone senses that it's in a case it automatically increases the volume, you defo won't be having problems there.

Battery life is an issue, but it could well give you a day, for me it's not a decisive issue as the phone is connected to the pc every evening.

Camera could have been better, but then again its a phone, and hence all phones, be it 5,9,12 megapixel, will never be excellent photo takers.

Overall, I think that this phone deserves 8/10. It could well be improved with some ROM updates but the GUI, Manilla, is excellent. I love it!!
[HD2 General] OneGoodKnock:
I have just recently ditched my Google G1. Whilst I enjoyed Android, I think that the Sense GUI on the HD2 is a lot better. The screen is just miles, miles better.

I was worried about the text input side of things - I have always preferred hard keyboards hence the G1. But having got used to the soft keypad of the HD2 I think it is fab.

Overall (and so far!) I would give the HD 2 a rather fantastic 9/10....LOVE IT!
[HD2 General] cobhc:
Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. I guess I still really need to think this through, but I think your input will make the decision easier.
[HD2 General] sparklehedgehog:
Hello

I've used HTC for years since opening my eyes past the Nokia and Sony Ericsson stuff so had the Vario 2 and 3 and then loved the touch hd (blackstone). Finally went for an Android with the release of the Hero as it got such rave reviews and phone of the year etc...

Basically it depends what your priorities are to be honest. My overview of the phones are these:

HERO = Great user friendly device with simple layout, all makes sense and is easy to use and does everything well although nothing is outstanding. Great allround phone for the medium - high end user. Apps are unbeatable for ideas, functionality, price (or lack of as hundreds possibly thousands are free!) and generally GOOD phone. Fun, functional and well priced. Camera is naff!

HD2 = Not so user friendly although it makes sense to the experienced user but very serious piece of kit. Not as fun but very customisable and powerful, superb speed, good amount of cabs out there and assistance from some of the geniuses knocking around on this site etc. They can help you do pretty much anything you want to it. I personally love this phone more than any other phone i've ever used but i like the windows thing even though the marketplace is a con and expensive and very empty still (i know it's newish but they shouldve at least launched with a decent selection ready for people as incentive!). The screen is outstanding, the camera is much better now that HTC have discovered that Flashes exist! Still not on a par with Samsung or Sonys but its a balance in a product so priorities again. The Sense and Touchflo is great, future rom potentials is there too.

If you want a gimmicky (although good) app based fun phone get the Hero, if you want a serious power-smartphone get the HD2 and customise away.

HTC are such a great non mainstream company (in Joe Publics eyes not us gadget lovers) but i feel with phones like the Hero they really are gonna be a main player in less than 3 years as long as they keep their superb efforts up!!!

Good luck!
[HD2 General] arctic giraffe:
Well this thread has been very useful to read :) I'm trying to decide between iphone 3GS or HTC touch HD2. Would love to find a phone that doesn't lag ...

Do people still feel the same way 3 months later - have HTC come out and fixed any problems? Does the HD2 start to lag after its been in use for a while - or is it still really smooth for people?

Sorry if there are other threads that answer these questions ... links to any similar discussions would be good if that's the case.
[General Topics] Diam@nt:
I wrote a quetion to HTC, why they are producing PDAs without D-pad. On internet there are forums full of complains at missing D-pad. Here is the answer from HTC:

"Dear Diamant

Thank you for your enquiry about Windows Mobile.

I've not seen any requests for a d-pad on the HTC devices, but I will forward your feedback to our main office for them to keep in mind with future products.

Best regards

"

Please, write to HTC (click here http://www.htc.com/europe/CS_Mail.aspx ), when you are missing a D-pad. The more messages they get, the bigger is the chance to get D-pad back to new HTC PDAs.
[General Topics] cmstackar:
I doubt they will bring the dpad back

They may bring the little blackberry-wheel to winmo, though
[General Topics] kareeem:
I would love to see a trackball on the future HTC devices.
[General Topics] Diam@nt:
If they dont have requests, I hope, they will get them. Please tell to your friends to write to HTC a request.
[General Topics] abvmoose:
Not having a d-pad is what have kept me from buying newer htc phones.

I dont want a fullsize keyboard to add thickness to the device but the d-pad is a perfect complement. The newer devices have space for them too. Just remove that stupid zoombar.
[General Topics] mancsoulja:
I agree trackballs are the way to go, there small and easier to use than a dpad but still offer all the functionality :D
[General Topics] kareeem:
Except when it comes to games ;)
[General Topics] gerryjoson:
....and changing track's,fast forwarding, volume control,screen on/screen off when listening to music, it pisses me off having to pull the later model's out of my pocket....turn the screen on and do it there instead.

IMO you also can't beat a d-pad for selection of contact's etc while your walking/moving around....a click is just such a positive thing and no amount of fondling the screen can replace it for me
[General Topics] Diam@nt:
kareem, you were faster! You are right.

gerryjoson - by HTC Touch HD I remapped volume keys on side of device to arrows Up and Down. And they were usable f.e. to changing tracks by listening music without turning the screen on. But now on Touch HD2 the keys are not working without working screen.

I think, that D-pad really does not need too much space. Just look to Nokia (f.e. N82), where is the middle button (Enter) surrounded by a smaller frame, that is used to go to 4 directions. I think, this is the best solution, that is really small. Trackball or joystick is smaller, but the functionality is worse.

Please write to HTC, that you want have D-pad on new HTC models.
[Android Themes] soulife:
There's not nearly enough morphs out yet, nor is there nearly enough demand for morphs. So lets get this ball rolling...

Check out this link for some Stuff i made...

Check out this link if you want more/better stuff from me for metamorph. I hit a wall developing this and haven't gotten any support yet.
[Android Themes] sockpuppet4:
The reason there aren't more Morph projects going on, is more than likely because it is still in the alpha testing stage.
[Android Themes] prash:
Actually I really think that 'alpha' title is misleading at this point. They are far enough in it working pretty much nicely to take it out of that phase. Although its currently a script and Stericson is working on an actual app, it still works perfectly and saves a LOT of time for theme makers and even theme flashers if they just get the hang of it already.
[Android Themes] soulife:
I compared my icons pack to one of your themes for metamorph and I see your also using a lowercase directory structure. Just for laughs I capitalized my apk path (like in the nfl theme) and it was still a no go. I donno what I'm doing wrong.

The only this that makes the icon pack specific to my build is maps.apk. since its the newer one it has its icon stored in the 160dpi drawable folder. Feel free to try it and you'll see my problem.
[Android Themes] xenio2000:
Is there a git repository for the Souce Code of MetaMorph.apk?

Very nice project, thank you.

Xenio
[Android Themes] kawazzzzzz:
Hi,

Just a question : I've try you eclair animation on Cyanogen 4.2.5 with G-Chrome theme, and after a reboot, i've always the older anim.

I've try option 1 and 2 im in metamorph script without success.

There's no error message...

Do you know if there's an incompatibility with theme or Cyanogen Mod ?

Thanks !
[Android Themes] soulife:
no this is stericson's project, and it runs as a script at the moment. He said he's working on a gui for it and that he intends to post the code. We'll just have to wait. Here's his thread.
[Android Themes] soulife:
lol, that's because they are the animations he's already using.
[Android Themes] kawazzzzzz:
:D Yes, it's true.

But.... when i use G-Chrome Theme, i loose those anims. So i've try your metamorph to have the theme and animations. ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jporch316:
Guys

I bought an unbranded htc tattoo and stuck my Tmobile sim in it. Received my first mms this morning informing me that I had to download the picture from tmobile.

Rang tmobile who would only email me the settings to manually input as the phone was not supplied by them.

Does anyone on here use a hero with tmobile and if so could they post the correct setting to use

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pwoyorkie:
Hopefully if this link works it will talk you through the process and supply you with the info needed

http://www.manuals.t-mobile.co.uk/m...1&ref=featured&manualid=2905&subjectid=689789
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jporch316:
Thanks for your help.

I used the tmobile uk site in the end and used the settings off the tmobile pulse. I used the option to text these settings and all worked fine!
[Hero CDMA General] mccsomthin:
So I did the RUU flash for 2nd time so I could update with the MR, and this time I skipped the google sync options at startup.

And let me tell ya, that alone has made my phone 10x faster!!! WTF!?!?! most noticeable when dialing, but the keyborad rotates faster, the browser loads pages faster, etc...

I am thinking its mainly because of the large number of contacts, since I use the gmail app not the phone's. So my new goal is to limit the amount of stuff that gets stuffed into the phone by google. I haven't decided how I am going to do it but I dont need all 500 contacts in my phone thats for sure.

Try it out for yourself.
[Hero CDMA General] flipzmode:
Go in to your gmail contacts and create a group only for the people you want to actually have on your phone. I have over 1000 in gmail but only about 50 in my phone. I created a group called "people i talked to" and assigned those people to that group.

Then on your phone go in to People and scroll over to groups and only pick the "people i talk to" group and uncheck anything else. Done.
[Hero CDMA General] mccsomthin:
Nice. I will be doing that.
[Hero CDMA General] katmandu421:
Great tip!
[Hero CDMA General] kmartburrito:
um...There isn't a checkbox in the people group page for me, just a name of the group and a "group" icon next to it. Also, I still have 328 contacts listed, even after making the group. I'm going to just go to the "view" options in menu and turn off google contacts altogether. Any other suggestions, or am I looking in the wrong place? Thanks!
[Hero CDMA General] flipzmode:
I did it off the top of my head. My phone is in the middle of flashing right now. Heh. Let me double check for you once it flashes and boots up. I'll edit this post.
[Hero CDMA General] kmartburrito:
thanks homie! I thought I was going crazy for a minute :)
[Hero CDMA General] jonnythan:
He meant go into your contacts on the Gmail web site. There should already be a group called My Contacts. Move the contacts you actually talk to into that group.

Then, on your phone, go to People, then go to the Groups tab. Hit Menu and then Sync Groups. Uncheck all of them except My Contacts.

Done.
[Hero CDMA General] flipzmode:
Yup. Thanks jonnythan. I guess that's where the confusion was. You first create the group and assign the contacts on gmail's website. And then on your phone you enable that group and disable the other groups in People < Groups (tab) < Menu (button) < Sync Groups
[Hero CDMA General] gqukyo:
I don't even have a single google contact and only use my exchange contacts. Phone is still slow w/o a custom rom... :P
[Hero CDMA General] nick325i:
Sounds to me like you've loaded the new firmware. A lot of people are claiming these are benefits of the firmware. Faster page loads, faster keyboard flip etc....

I don't use google contacts either, but i've never had a problem with slownes..
[Hero CDMA General] kmartburrito:
I finally got this figured out, but there's one step to add to your process in order to get it to work. I originally had 328 contacts (i never use gmail contacts anyway :/)

Even after choosing sync groups and choosing the "people I talk to" group which had 65 contacts, going back to the main people app and going to Menu --> View I still saw Google(328) and it was checked. To finish it, I unchecked google, chose ok, and then all contacts were removed. I went back in by Menu --> View and checked it again. Now it says Google (65.)

Thanks everyone! Good tip anyway, I was getting pissed at all of those extra email contacts I don't use.
[Hero CDMA General] jonnythan:
You just didn't wait for it to sync. So impatient ;)
[Hero CDMA General] flipzmode:
Yup lol. Once you add it on the site you won't see it until it syncs on your phone.
[Hero CDMA General] kmartburrito:
Come on guys, we live in the "NOW" age. Patience is a lost virtue. :rolleyes:

j/k, I'm actually really patient, I think it's just because it's friday. That, or I'm just in a good mood to make excuses :D
[Hero CDMA General] daniel061219910:
thanks

thanks guys this really helped out alot
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] asm33:
Heloo, while y was trying to update my perfect spl, i meka a mistake and put inside spl for 32A instead o B

now, when I press power on button, it makes a little vibration and after that HTC MAGIC appears on the screen and nothin happens.

I have try to make fast boot commands, when starting with back and power, but computer foesn't recognize it.

Any suggestions??

the problem is the first splash is changed and is not vodafone's one, and I cannot access to it
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tazz9690:
What spl did you get? If you got it from Amon_Ra, his spl's work for both 32A and 32B. Are you sure you didn't flash a 32B radio?

What commands did you use?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] asm33:
recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2H.img I use this one and it works, but on the next step, when i was trying to put

update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2010-signed

using the recovery, it ask me for press 2 keys for rebooting. I read that in a wrong way and I press menu and use the menu for reboot the magic. After that it hangs on the first screen and I cannot use the fastboot commands, trying to boot with back+power.

I read it can be done if the first splash freezes but it is not my case.

Thanks a lot for your reply
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] shoemeistah:
Hmm, try installing HTC sync with the drivers again.

And download a recovery rom 1.4 with nandroid backup and download that into your fastboot.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] indiocochino:
No way to do a fastboot or recovery so I think that we can't download into our fastboot...

I have same problem and reading in the forum I think that we have Total bricked phone.

I have tried this solution http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=571457 but the cmd still "waiting for device" so i can't acces to my magic with my pc...

I hope that i am wrong
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] asm33:
yes, I have try what people says on that post and waiting...

is not possible to make anything to allow the computer to recognize the device??
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Free Man:
I was considering going with an imported unlocked TD2 on AT&T and wondered how many are currently doing so and what your experience has been, I realize that I would not get 3G data. How is the phone on AT&T, on just Edge? Any issues?

Also did you have any problem keeping whatever current data plan you have when switching your sim card into the new TD2 or did you somehow get switched to the $30 plan "automatically"?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] cmstackar:
My friend got a EU TD2 recently, and had me help him set it up. Works fine on edge, no other general issues. He already had a data plan, but it shouldn't add one if you don't already have one. Kinda wish I woulda done the same as him, because I always turn off 3G on my pure to save battery, and its incredibly ugly.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Free Man:
Thanks, ya I want the 3G portion of the Pure, but feel it is to fugly to be honest, but really like the look of the TD2.

Has he done an upgrade to 6.5 rom yet?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] monkeysnephew:
No issues for me, other than poor reception. I have one of AT$T's Go plans, and nothing changed when I switched from my Polaris to the TD2, other than the drop in reception. To be fair, I live in a very marginal rural area - the iPhone I tried didn't work at all in my house.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] cmstackar:
That was the first thing I did. After using the Pure's stock ROM, you would too. Even though he wasn't using it, my experiences were just so horrible.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] shayan.k:
i have the D2 on AT&t and the reception is great now after i upgraded to WM6.5

i live in the USA and i havn't had any problems so far
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jngtt:
Using the TD2 on ATT right now, reception is kind of weak in some spots compare to iphone and my old phone, but i still get full signal on the outside

edge works fine, slower than 3g but i dont really care becasue i pay for $10 data plan instead of $30 :D

use the latest radio... that gave me the best signal and battery life so far
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
Those of you that are having problems with reception on the Diamond 2 and Pure I would suggest ugrading the radio if it's not the latest. I've had my Diamond2 since the day it came out (I'm on T-Mo) and had less reception than my old HTC Touch and less reception than others on T-mo. As soon as new Radios came out I upgraded and 2 months ago I upgraded to the latest at that time and I've been getting great reception.

At my familys buisness no one... no carrier can hold a signal in there. The best is Criketbut I can manage holding 2 bars now and sometimes 3 almost anywhere in the building and get full when I'm near the front. Before the radio upgrade I would get nothing. Even up front where my HTC Touch would get atleast 2 bars.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Free Man:
In terms of updating the radio, I am getting conflicting information...when you update a radio firmware in an HTC phone does it wipe out all the settings as do ROM updates (which sometimes include radios and do wipe all your settings out)?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] HTC Touch Freak:
No a radio update does not wipe anything out of your phone. Only a Rom update does. A Rom update does not effect the radio as far as I know. I've had the same radio flash forever and have flashed several different Roms.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Free Man:
Well on the Touch Cruise I did the last official ROM update and it also updated the radio version, so at least they are included with those updates some of the time. The important thing is that if you do a radio update on its own you do not have to worry about wiping out your phone!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
Official ROMs will always include the radio, custom cooked ROMs do not unless stated.
[General Questions and Answers] wader-niwka:
Hi is there any possibility to increase the amount of sms that we could see on one page in conversation mode from 12?
[HD2 General] DAMIEN123_666:
hi all went running today and put on a 2hours tract, "a state of trance @ (.MP3 256KBPS)", any how, i stopped my run 14min later to find windows media player is using 148mb of ram, WTF

WHY??
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MotoHo:
i have been trying every and any build of android i can find for my kaiser but i have yet to find any build or any of the latest files that will allow my touch screen to work. when i go to haret it boots up fine then it take me to the main startup up android screen where it asks you to touch the android and thats as far as i can get because my touch screen isnt responsive in android but work fine in WM i am funning Styles Black rom and yes there is nothing else on the sd card and android files are on the root of the sd ......someone please help
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MotoHo:
with all these people running android i figured i could get a little help??
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] daedric:
First things First!!!

Wich version of Android are you using ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MotoHo:
i have tried the pre made android builds and i have tried make my own by the book no watter what build or what i change i can not get touch screen working. i have even tried changing roms and radios nothing the actually hardware keys work just no touch
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] daedric:
Will you kindly post the content of the default.txt file please ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MotoHo:
#alloctest 0x2000

set RAMSIZE 0x07000000

set RAMADDR 0x10000000

#set FBDURINGBOOT 0

set MTYPE 1553

set KERNEL zImage

#set initrd "initrd.gz"

set initrd "\Storage Card\initrd.gz"

#set initrd "\Storage Card\initrd-console.gz"

#set initrd "\Storage Card\android.bin"

#

# The following kernel parameters are useful

# ppp.username - The username used to connect to the network when dialing #777

# ppp.password - The password used to connect to the network when dialing #777

# msm_sdcc.msmsdcc_fmax - The maximum frequency (in Hz) used by the SD controller

# pm.sleep_mode - The mode used when the phone is off

# 0=Power Collapse Suspend, 1=Power Collapse, 2=Apps Sleep,

# 3=Slow Clock and Wait for Interrupt 4=Wait for Interrupt

# Default is 1, use 1 for best power savings

# board-htckaiser.panel_type - Panel type used to power the panel off and on

# 0=Don't power off the panel (Default)

# 1=Sony 2=Topoly 3=Topoly (probably just the same as 2)

#

set cmdline "clock-7x00.ahb_div=3 clock_7x00.slow=1 elevator=noop ppp.nostart=0 board-htckaiser.panel_type=1 ppp.apn=wap.cingular ppp.username=WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM ppp.password=CINGULAR1 pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=320 mddi.height=480 msm_sdcc.msmsdcc_fmax=32000000 no_console_suspend board-kaiser-keypad.atttilt=1"

boot
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MotoHo:
this is from the ion premade build running on tpc's new elite rom with a tmobile sim????? any suggestions
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] jmhalder:
what radio version are you running? 1.7x i believe is whats recommended.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] daedric:
Try this one:

set RAMSIZE 0x08000000

set MTYPE 1667

set KERNEL zImage

set initrd initrd.gz

set cmdline "ppp.username= ppp.password= mddi.width=320 mddi.height=428 msm_sdcc.msmsdcc_fmax=32000000 pm.sleep_mode=0 board-htckaiser.panel_type=1 no_console_suspend lcd.density=128"

boot
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MotoHo:
i just upgraded radios to make sure 1.71.xx

no differrence still no touch active

trying txt above now
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] jamezelle:
did you try using the default txt that daedric posted
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MotoHo:
yeah i just it and it didnt even boot in to linux at all????

im lost it seems im the only person having these problems

and my radio is 1.71.09.01