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[Touch CDMA General] chunnell:
The display is fine. All the apps appear fine. I set the default at 320 height 240 width at 120 lcd density. It's been running great. The keyboard is all that has screwed up, and that had been fine.
[Touch CDMA General] stickus:
Are you using the HTC_IME keyboard or the Android keyboard? I had issues with the HTC_IME in landscape too, so I just stopped using it and have been using the basic Android keyboard.
[Touch CDMA General] chunnell:
I don't know. I didn't change anything if that's what you're asking. How would I put it back to the Android keypad if that had happened?
[Touch CDMA General] thoughtlesskyle:
i know this sounds dumb, but did you try restarting the phone?
[Touch CDMA General] chunnell:
Yes... Do you think I'd be able to unlock a phone and install another operation system and be that dense?
[Touch CDMA General] stickus:
Some of us are that dense (points to self :D). Are you using the black QWERTY soft keyboard, or the white one? The white one with multiple layouts (qwerty, phone keypad etc) is the HTC_IME. I haven't had it work right for me in some time. If you long press on an text box, then you should be able to select the keyboard that you're using. Switch to the Android one and see what happens?
[Touch CDMA General] chunnell:
I think you had it right before, I think I downloaded something that had a keyboard with it, a theme that didn't install. And it screwed it up. Since I couldn't use the phone at all, I went ahead and just reset the whole thing. It's working now. Thanks for the help though.
[Touch CDMA General] thoughtlesskyle:
sorry for trying to help, i guess i wont next time
[Touch CDMA General] chunnell:
Wasn't trying to be a smart ass. Just was frustrated that I couldn't solve the problem and the system.img for the Vogue for 1.5 doesn't exist online anymore, so now I'm running 1.6 which is nice, but now GPS doesn't work. So had a working machine that was stable, now not so much.
[Touch CDMA General] thoughtlesskyle:
oh well, i have the system.img for 1.5 oh well
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gutsyus1:
By default the HD2 keyboard comes with 5 languages. Does any one know how to incorporate additional languages? I am specifically interested about the greek language.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Nakazul:
I also are intrested in alternetive language keyboard settings. I want Swedish, and that im thinking of keyboard support for Bluetooth Keyboards. External BT keyboards works great, but cant se that im using a Swedish Keyboard. We have the darn å,ä,ö thats messing up the usability for me.

Any Ideas?

Thnx in advance

Peder Nakazul Tjärnberg
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] daro:
Swedish keyboard

I'm also looking for a swedish keyboard! PLEASE!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] pdgpereira:
These subjects are addressed here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5138044 for HTC LEO.

Use the search tool on the top bar with key words like t9, xt9 or even et9 and your preferred language. You might find a suitable solution on another device's topics.

Also, I asked makeveral to implement a selection tool on his BsB app http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5136662. If you think it's a goo idea, add a post to his topic saying so. Good luck!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] eskasi:
Use Fingerkeyboard 2.1 for additional languages... its free and has a much better interface than the standard keyboard. You can switch between languages easily...
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] otakutrevan:
I have a sprint touch pro2 and id like to use a faster and lighter version of windows. What is the recommended rom for this phone?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] NLogN:
What do you mean by "lighter" version?

IMHO, the stock ROM is the quickest ROM out. However, not by much. The custom roms out there (MightyMike's, NRG's, and many, many others, are pretty quick). Now, this says a lot, especially when you consider these ROMS include content designed to run on other phones having more CPU power & MEMORY.

If you're looking for low battery consumption, I would stick to the Stock Rom and use power saving tweaks: reducing backlighting, setting updates, such as send/receive, etc., to manual, and other tweaks. Just search here & you will find tons. You can also search at ppcgeeks.com for power saving tweaks.

Personally, I have gone through about 6 different custom ROMS and they are mostly the same regarding speed and battery consumption. Since I juice my TP2 whenever it's available (car, home, office), I rarely have issues. I'm on Energy's latest Dusk, and it's amazing.

You just might want to experiment with the different ROMS out there and see which one you prefer.

Good luck...and have fun!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] sweena1:
I agree with NlogN. I have been toying with flashing a new ROM but I can't really find anything 'wrong' with the stock ROM. The only thing I think would be fun is to play with 6.5 and the new touchflo interface. Only thing holding me back is I don't know if you can use any of the ROM's for the Rhodium in landscape with the keyboard. That's the ROM I'm looking for but haven't seen. Do some youtube searches for 'TP2 ROM' or 'Touch Pro 2 ROM' and you'll find a bunch of videos that show Nrgz, MightyMike and Juicy. Check out the vid's and see what you think. Let us know what you decide!!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] CeLlgUy:
If you go with a ROM running WM6.5 and Sense 2.1, Landscape is fully functional. In fact, the MightyROM 12.6 is built off of the ROM extracted from the USCC TP2 with 6.5 and 2.1. It is not until you move to Manila 2.5 that landscape issues appear. Even WM 6.5.x works in landscape.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] sweena1:
Thanks for the tip CeLIgUy!!! Now I think I'll give MightyROM a try. From experience, Verizon will take longer than usual to release their customized version of 6.5 and I'm tired of waiting. Now back to YouTube for a MightyROM review.....
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] CeLlgUy:
Your welcome Sweena, and good luck!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] Maedhros:
Mighty Rom for sure.

I was running NRG's before, and I had 40mbs of ram OR LESS at all times. I couldn't run opera some times.

With Might I get 80 mb on his 6.5 version, 6.5.3 Starts at 100 mbs free I THINK ( dont hold me to it).

Sense 2.5 both of them.

Edit: I think NRG's Roms have a higher page pool, that eats up most of the ram, while Mightys dosent.

Mighty's is just as fast.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] EGOvoruhk:
Another vote for the stock ROM. With a few cab tweaks, it's the fastest and most stable ROM I've run
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] kasim1:
What tweaks do you recommend?

One i have is HD TWEAK.

Second is HTCAddicts cleanRAM.

Anything else?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] stab244:
I found this on PPCGeeks. not sure how it works though. I still need to wait for my TP2 to arrive.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] fishingmedic:
MightyROM sense 2.1 version 1206 screams, has no issues, can use portrait and landscape and has tons of support, not that you'll need it at all. Just read the first few posts for his ROM on PPCGeeks and you'll be fine. If you want to stay with the stock rom , the link above has a file that was built with multiple tweaks in it and is highly recommended. It contains most tweaks you would want for speed, memory, battery life, etc. I would recommend it if you want to stay on the stock ROM and if you want a very smooth, fast, stable 6.5 sense 2.1 ROM that is basically stock, go with Mighty's 1206 version. He also does have 3 project ROM's he's working on one with 2.5, one 6.5.X and one that merges both, but I think the 6.5.x is the most stable with landscape and MMS of the project ROMs. Have fun.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] propagandax:
Just found this rom. Looks sweet.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=102276
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] football0552:
I find I switch between Mighty's and Energy roms. I also find that they are faster, often times more reliable (few memory issues), and have more goodies than the stock rom. Plus they provide updated HTC changes, such has the facebook fixes and whatnot.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] stab244:
Argh... I was planning on using a cooked ROM, but I want to know if any of them have Office Mobile included. Document editting on the go is kind of necessary for me...
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] CeLlgUy:
Office is available for free via Windows Marketplace. However, most custom ROMs do include it.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] stab244:
Alright cool. Thank you.

With that out of the way, what's the most stable custom-ROM out there?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] CeLlgUy:
If you go with anything that simply runs 6.5 with sense 2.1, you should find stability to be a non-issue. Once you move into the realm of more experimental stuff, like windows 6.5.x and/or manila 2.5 you may loose some stability. So just dig through the ROM's and just try different ones. I waited until I had a day off work before I did my first TP2 flash and tried about a dozen ROM's. XDA is really more of a GSM site, go to PPCGeeks.com for a more robust selection of CDMA ROM's.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] stab244:
Alright. I'll see what I can do. And thanks for the tips!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atolar:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1253

Has anybody made any progress with this feature? Are they any apps that do this? Thanks for any help!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasmadragon007:
There is a app for that lol, Always flash for root users, its a paid app and needs root access to work.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atolar:
surely there's a free fix to this??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
Truly awesome app. Comes up useful on a daily basis..
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RodrigoKim:
if you mean getting the app for free, that'd be warez. support your hard working devs! :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
Yes!! Support it to keep alive and updated. Skip the coffee for a day and buy the app instead that's what I say.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtcardwhere:
Hi, I just upgraded to cyanogen 4.2.8 today, and I am having a problem with my paid app "Hello IM". This was never a problem before, but today, once 4.2.8 booted up, I noticed Hello IM disappeared from my app list. When I go to the market to try to download it again, it shows up as "Installed" and both the "Open" and "Uninstall" buttons are greyed out. I am unable to reinstall this app, and I cannot remove it.

What can I do at this point, short of wiping the entire ext4 partition on my card? The system still thinks my app is installed, when it isn't. Is there some way for me to remove it now so I can reinstall via market?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtcardwhere:
FIXED: I found a post on google about Open and Uninstalled greyed out. Using these commands in terminal with root access seems to have fixed the problem:

rm -r data/data/com.android.vending/cache

and

rm -r data/data/com.android.vending/databases/*

after typing those and rebooting, my "Hello IM" app no longer shows up as "Installed" in market, but as "Purchased". I am able to reinstall it now. Hope this helps someone else.
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Hello,

I remember it was possible in the past to extract the device manufacture date from the S/N or IMEI, I don't remember tho, does it also apply to the HD2 ?

How can I know the device manufacture date ?

Thanks.
[HD2 General] deyanp:
You can extract it from the serial number, which has the following format:

HTxyz..........

x=year

y=month

z=day

All three have the following range:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z

where for example A=10, B=11 ... Z=31
[HD2 General] Xeon:
So what is the manufacture date of the following device's serial :

HT9BGNW03667
[HD2 General] tictac0566:
Nov. 16, 2009?
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Yeah I thought so but it's also the purchase date :eek:
[HD2 General] deyanp:
Well, did you buy it directly from HTC factory? ;)
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Seems so ! it was a faulty unit anyway :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BassdoxXx:
Hey Guys at first sorry for my english i'm not good in it. And I'm a Android newbie I just gained a bit exerience with my Touch Diamond but it's broken now..okay but that's not the probleme....

If got a question:

After about 2 days of searching for an android 2.0 or 2.1 ROM I was a little bit confused of the diffrent news everybody was talking about. I'm root on my Hero. That was the first an last thing I made with my device.

1. Everybody is gonna talk about MoDaCo 3.0 but when I was trying to download his ROM my browser never got a request. Is the site down, where that ROM is hosted ?? Could someone give me a working link with this ROM ??

2. Is there a ROM with Android 2.0 or 2.1 outside or even not ??? And if yes are they working well ???

Would be nice if someone can help me =) thanks a lot.

Please answer soon if you know something about that :D =)

Greetz BassdoxXx
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kendong2:
you can get modaco's roms at his website, www.modaco.com.

in the android development section there are some 2.0/1 roms, none of them works flawless, see for yourself if it fits your needs.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BassdoxXx:
Thanks a lot for your fast answer. =)

The problem that i couldn't open the modaco page was my isp -.- i downloaded it at school :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sinnadyr:
What? Does ISP's block that site? :P Lol, would never happened in Norway ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] iammodo:
there is a few 2.0+ roms out there for the hero.

most seem to be very usable now.

best sense ui would be lox/behnaam community release on 1.6.

http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1448

there are two aosp roms worth looking at.

lox aosp ( im using that on a daily basis)

http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1416

jnwhiteh aosp

http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1528
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pvdeejay:
Hello all,

I am having very specific request when it comes to choosing a proper rom for install on to my hero.

I am blind. Stock roms are only running Android 1.5. More robust accessibility features are available starting with Android 1.6 and improving even more with Android 2.0.

So for sure I am forced to upgrade my hand set.

There are various roms, some of their authors have even disable google specific features so I know I can't install such a rom.

All the accessibility efforts are being lead by the google developers.

Most likely these accessibility tools won't be usefull to most of you but please can anyone recommend me a rom where market is working and where the following applications can be installed and used?

- eyesfree suite of applications,

- talkback - the google screen reader for android,

- tts service.

All possible help is already appreciated.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pvdeejay:
sorry for the double posting. I've accidentally posted twice and I am unable to remove the post.

Hope anybody can help me please.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kendong2:
i am on mcr3.0, i looked in the market, i can find 8 apps for eyesfree, tts is one of these. i didn't try to install one of these, but usually it works. the search for talkback returned nothing.

not that i want to be rude, but wouldn't you be better off with another phone if you are blind? i can not imagine a touchscreen only phone would be suitable for someone who is not able to see... especially because there are great devices out there that have a full qwerty keyboard, and come with android 2.0 out of the box... imho this would be a better solution.

again, the last thing i want to be is rude, but maybe this was your mistake: you posted in the htc hero section of this forum, the hero is a touch screen only device, including a virtual keyboard on the screen. it has only six buttons and a trackball, and two rocker buttons for the volume. just to make clear we are talking about the same device ;)

if you are still up for the hero you could try the 2.1 rom from here: http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=30418&posted=1#post30418

best you try for yourself, it has some drawbacks, but maybe in areas you don't need (afaik syncing with exchange does not work for example, which wouldn't be a problem for me...). otherwise it might be worth to wait another week or two, we all are waiting unpatiently for the official eclair release from htc :rolleyes:

keep asking if you need to know more, but maybe open a new thread, since your problems are very specific, and might drown between all the newbies question about "how to root my phone".
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pvdeejay:
Hello,

Thanks for your reply and a great attitude.

Yes it may sound strange I have really got HTC Hero here. I know I'll be having problems with virtual keyboard but also I am afraid accessibility features of Android phones are not really such mastered one can use it daily. For example reading emails and content from the web browser is not yet possible. I just want to try how things work and I would also like to touch the virtual keyboard. If I can memorize computer keyboard and use it daily, typewriter keyboard, nokia mobile phone keyboard, then perhaps I might be able to make some use of this too.

I am sory but here are some more questions:

I haven't yet verified with some sighted friends but... is it possible my hero is running even older version of android like Android 1.5? I've based the assumption that it's most likelly running 1.5 because majority of the devices I was reading on the net are running it.

You've been triyng to locate eyes-free applications on the market but you were unable to find talkback. Are you sure you are running newer version of Android than 1.5?

Talkback is supposed to be installed with Android 1.6 andd 2.0 by default and you should be able to find it in the accessibility menu of your phone. I am not sure how well this applies to the custom roms.

Talkback requires google's accessibility api which is reported to be available on Android 1.6 upwards.

To tell you the full story first I've asked on the eyes-free google group whether some accessibility experts from there can help me but no one knowledgeable enough has replied to my query, so I'm trying my luck here then.

Oh I am really excited since I've got really well formed informative reply.

Thanks again

Edit:

Also, I've seen somewhere in the forums here this leaked HTC rom does not support the market. Has this been rectified already? You know if market does not work then most likelly I won't be able to install these applications I am tallking about.

Also you are mentioning possibility to wait a few weeks until HTC guys role out the official update for Hero. Wouldn't that break chances I will be able to root my device later?

Edit2:

Ooops, I should read better next time. Market works on this rom. The problem is paid apps can't be installed which is hopefully not a big issue for me since most of the accessibility enabled applications are free.

Which of the downloads from Hero 21 do I need?

63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26) or No Wipe Download. I will need a wipe I am sure but since this link says nowipe I am ehmmm. confused.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
pvdeejay,

Unfortunately there is not an 'official' update for Android 1.6, 2.0 or 2.1 as of yet. There are rumours of one coming out soon, but nothing cast-iron yet.

You are correct in that the Hero runs 1.5. It does say it under Settings | About Phone (bottom item on list)| Firmware Version (bottom on list again), although without a working screen reader, there is probably little use in knowing how to find that.

If you did want to upgrade, I'm sure plenty of people could help find a ROM that would suit. The only issue with that is that you would need a rooted phone with a custom recovery image installed. Unfortunately, a lot of the procedures would not be easy for you, as the software that you might need to use to go through the procedure is probably not designed that well for accessibility tools. I don't know what kind of software you are using, but some of the instructions for making goldcards are quite complex, and involve editing some numbers in a 'table' which could be quite difficult for you, I would imagine.

I'm sure a friend would be able to help you out with making a goldcard/rooting if you did want to install a custom ROM (you'll probably be waiting a while otherwise :( ). They could even root their phone while doing yours (just share the goldcard between the devices).

Nonetheless, there is probably a ROM out there with little removed from it. I'll have a look just now, but you would need to have your phone rooted to do anything just now.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pvdeejay:
When it comes to rooting and installing custom recovery image. Do you thing the following instructions might work for me?

These instructions don't require a gold card:

- How to Root HTC Hero and Install Amon Ra Recovery Image

- How to install a custom rom on a HTC Hero
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pvdeejay:
Hello,

Here are some numbers I've asked my friend to read from system -> about screen. The phone interface is in czech so I am unable to get some names translated to english, but I believe some of the geeks will understand these identifiers and might be able to help me what is best:

firmware: 1,5
63.118.55.O6U|6.35.04.25
2.6.27-a5504199
Build number: 1.76.405.6 146733 CL# 47214 release-keys
Software version: 1.0.0.A6288
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kendong2:
pvdeejay,

to sum it up:

the hero definitly runs on android 1.5. there are no roms for older android versions, and a few homebrewn for newer versions, as we said already.

i searched for talkbalk on my 1.5 rom, so it is obvious that i couldn't find it...

about rooting of newer roms: it is just a matter of time, sooner or later there will be always methods of rooting a rom. what i meant by waiting is: wait until the official update is out, then wait a few more hours until the first rooted and customized rom is out ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
@pvdeejay,

I would have to agree with kendong2 that waiting for the official ROM is probably the best idea for you at the moment. There are no guarantees that an unofficial ROM would help, and it would be another user interface to try and learn.

@kendon,

I noticed he has the original, easily rooted version of the hero. IIRC, that is what I had on my G2 (and had the security unlocked bootloader out the box). If that's the case, would pvdeejay be able to 'fastboot boot' a full system img file for the purposes of testing it out to see if it meets the requirements.

The reason I ask is that I've only ever fastbooted my AmonRA recovery (I didn't flash it, because I never felt any need to). I'm guessing you could fastboot a full img, but I'm not sure about the practical issues of where it would be stored in memory...