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[HD2 General] snerkler:
Thanks for all the replies. The HTC does sound more and more interesting. I know I said I like how the iphone just works, but I am feeling like I need a new challenge. What I meant about the iphone 'just working' is not necessarily that it is easy to use and everything is straight forward, but more the interface I guess. The way that you navigate around the touchscreen. I am a bit of a gadget freak and do like playing around with stuff, which is why I've been looking at the HD2. I am finally feeling left wanting a bit more with the iphone now. I've gone through all the free apps etc, and while some are great fun initially, I never use them anymore. I play solitaire now more than anything else. I need something a bit more taxing, like I said, a new challenge

If the touchscreen is up there with the iphone then maybe I need to give this phone some serious consideration.

Just out of curiosity is the problem sending SMS on a particular network or any network?
[HD2 General] skr_xd:
I don't have sms problems with any of the ROMs I have used for HD2.

From default 1.43 to latest 1.61 turkey ROM.

So, it seems to vs certain operator specific.

Check in the sms issue thread for any user from your country/operator and see.
[HD2 General] CanEpia:
I've been through all the iphones as well (2g, 3g, 3gs, and got 3gs for many family members including the wifey). The 3GS is a MUCH better device than the 3G and worth the upgrade in my opinion simply because the speed just makes it feel more fluid.

In the same way the HD2 makes WinMo actually feel usable and more enjoyable to use (especially with touchflo), but it's not a little faster as the 3GS is to the 3G... it's a LOT faster. That's just because the old WinMo phones are slow (my last was the Touch HD), but I wouldn't say it's REALLY fast as some of the reviews do... it's just very usable now. However, I'm comfortable with the WinMo OS so the HD2 is a joy to use for me.

Hardware wise, my wife picked up my HD2 when I got it and wanted to play with it since I couldn't stop talking about it for weeks until I finally got one. she LOVED the hardware, and being a non-geek (fashion background) I was surprised when she started commenting on the build quality and she compared it to her iPhone 3GS similar to our new new LED backlit LCD TV vs. our old SD tube television!

She really enjoyed playing with it for a while and going through the tabs in touchflo and thought it was BETTER than her iPhone. Then she moved to the audio player tab... which crashed on her. Disappointed, she continued onwards as she really liked the phone. Then she moved to the settings tab. She looked at it for a few seconds... put down the phone and decided to continue using her iPhone instead.

Even though we've been in 3 countries since I got it, it's automatically set itself up and I've had data access in every country... where her iPhone can't even be set-up to use the network data (needs proxy settings in APN), I've been able to tether, create adhoc networks, take much better pics, read pdfs more clearly, keep up with my tweets, modify excel spreadsheets, review powerpoints, watch television shows downloaded from the net, etc... she decided the iphone was better for her since she didn't have to look at settings and it easily synced to her MacBook so she could show off her pics to family, and as you said... it just works.

She also loves her MacBook and I love my Thinkpad.
[HD2 General] creed:
Ha ha ha, that's brilliant! That to me really sums up why the iphone is the better choice for some people and why the HD2 is the best for others. I love being able to fiddle with settings and customise and change things which is why I will get the HD2 and would never consider the iphone, as good as it is at the things it can do.
[HD2 General] Eoinoc:
I haven't had the SMS problem, so it isn't across the board.
[HD2 General] snerkler:
This is exactly why I'm looking at this phone, I like to fiddle and tweak stuff (and I'm referring to gadgets here :p )
[HD2 General] Xzeven:
Same here, not that I usually keep as many, but I intentionally kept about 300 SMSs to test this problem and there is a minor few milliseconds slowdown, but nothing you'd really notice. I also use the FPU enabler, not sure if that makes a difference to SMS though.

Incidentally I don't have any other problems with my phone, works 100% since unboxing.
[Hero CDMA General] esoteric1311:
Zagg is having a 50% off sale today only.

http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/htc-hero-sprint-cases-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php

Gonna get me a full body coverage !
[Hero CDMA General] N0J:
awesome, thanks for the heads up!!

I put in my order...
[Hero CDMA General] dasingleton:
Placed my order as well!
[Hero CDMA General] theresthatguy:
I'm at the finalize order page but they're not giving any 50% off my order. Still says like 27 bucks. What the heck?
[Hero CDMA General] N0J:
sale price should reflect at checkout, mine did
[Hero CDMA General] black7:
Discount showed up right away for me. Just placed an order! Was waiting for this :) Good timing Zagg!
[Hero CDMA General] obededom:
many thanks to the OP, just ordered.
[Hero CDMA General] evolart:
Heads up - these things are awful. I really would suggest never buying them. Adhesive backing is terrible and almost impossible to not get dust / pet hair / people hair on the sticky part unless you have a clean room. I took every precaution to avoid getting stuff between the screen in it.

Hands were 100% clean, the liquid didn't help at all with this issue, the liquid can get into the speaker if you are not very careful, and if you mess up applying it and want a replacement you get the shaft. They only give free replacements for life if the front is damaged while protecting the phone.

Read reviews online if you don't believe me...the HTC Hero version of the InvisiShield is awful. I have read they are decent and NOT adhesive backed for other phones. So far the best I've found are cheap ass $3 for 3 ones on Amazon that are cling stick.
[Hero CDMA General] runsoverfrogs:
I bought this full price, right when i got my hero...

took it off about 3 weeks later, i hated how it didn't feel smooth at all, overall seemed resistive to the touch.
[Hero CDMA General] obededom:
Just a thought, bestbuy applies them for 8 bucks and guarantees the application. If it were not for this fact, I wouldn't buy.

applying these things is a bit more comfortable than water torture
[Hero CDMA General] auxny:
They aren't too bad tbh, i switched from invisible shield to phantom skin, then i tore that off and just put a normal screen protector on and i bought a full body skin from skinit, so my phone looks sexeh and its pretty protected :D

just bought a zagg invis shield for my psp slim and my NDS lite, and i bought their zagg sparq, since its 100$ i got it for 50 :D its a 6000 mah battery with 2 usb ports that give 1000mah each. all in all i spent like 72$ instead of the 150$

all in all its a good skin, it didnt gather any dust or hair or anything for me, i put it on in my kitchen, but i dont reccomend it on a touch screen, like that other guy said it resists a little.
[Hero CDMA General] magicalan:
I could not resist!:p
[Hero CDMA General] N0J:
lol, nice!

let us know how it works out
[Hero CDMA General] magicalan:
sure will, the charger thing looked promising i wanted to buy everything! haha :p
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
WASTE-OF-MONEY

At least for the Hero. These things are a total pita to put on. They don't seem to make the screen any less sensitive but they do make it harder to slide your finger across it.

Application is a mess, if you are ocd about your electronics then tape up the speaker because water is going to get on it. My g/f's went on well and is almost not obvious but mine looks absolutely terrible, and I did hers first! AND they don't even cover the entire screen! I am very disappointed in the zagg invisible shield for the sprint cdma hero.

I'd like to find a thin, rigid, plastic screen protector. I bet there's one out there somewhere.

*update- after writing this post I couldn't take it anymore. My zagg shield is now protecting the applicator card that came with it.
[Hero CDMA General] nordah:
it might be too late for the sale... who knows... but previously purchased just the front screen protector and not the whole body. im pretty happy with it

i had already used a rubbery body thing for the back but when coupled with the zagg protector, i am alot less worried about accidentally putting my hero in the same pocket as my keys when inebriated.

application was a pita. good luck!
[Hero CDMA General] tbaker077:
I just ordered one for my Eris, hopefully it's not as bad as you guys are mentioning it. Then again the Eris uses a different material, and I only plan to use the whole front(screen + around the buttons).
[Hero CDMA General] magicalan:
lol i used it on my vogue i had and on my hero the universal screen protector

and on my ipod full cover and my brother's ipod :)

i dont have trouble with any of them... so i dont know about you.: S
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
Yeah, I don't know. They're a big name in the business and I know they didn't get that way selling crap. I think I got a defect. I read more reviews about them and most people seem to like them. I also checked out my g/f's more closely and I have to admit if mine had come out as good as hers I wouldn't have anything to complain about. Mine was crap, totally took away from the touchscreen.

I will be calling zagg tomorrow... hopefully they'll help me out with a replacement, they do have a 30 day satisfaction guarantee so if nothing else I'll send it back and try something else.

Sorry for the rant but you know the saying, "A happy customer tells 1 person, an unhappy customer tells ten".

Rant over, please continue...
[Hero CDMA General] magicalan:
what you said its true i bought a universal screen protector for the hero first but my screen kept getting dust after the last screen it had that it was the third it worked perfectly.. i made mistakes that the screen keeps and cant remove like dirt and dust :x so you gotta do it fast ......i still like them

you have lifetime guaranteed just need to make a form of somekind send it back and they will give you another one free ^^ check the page
[Hero CDMA General] mcdroid:
Zagg is pretty good about replacing invis shields. I got one in October and did not like how it looked and had a spec of dust i could see. Called them up and they sent out a new one, just payed for shipping. They will replace it again and they were pretty understanding (at least the rep i talked to).
[Hero CDMA General] ElAguila:
If you are not interested in spending a lot of money, take a look at this and watch the videos. Since the hero has a glass screen, it is already scratch resistant and it has an oleophobic coating to reduce fingerprints. Until reviewing this I tried the zagg, boxwave and bodyguardz as well as generic. The boxwave was the clearest but was a fingerprint magnet. The bodyguardz had a better feel to for me than the zagg. Now I am going naked with it.

http://www.anythingbutipod.com/arch...-test-a-lesson-on-the-mohs-hardness-scale.php
[Hero CDMA General] marr17:
Has anyone tried Best Skins Ever?

http://www.bestskinsever.com/servlet/the-164/HTC-Hero-Skin/Detail

I have applied this skin which is similar to the zagg invisible shield, but cost a fraction of what the zagg shield costs.

Make sure that you clean the phone before applying the skin. I apply some rubbing alcohol to a paper towel and clean off the phone completely. Make sure that you clean every inch of the phone and don't miss the corners or the areas that are curved.
[Hero CDMA General] tbaker077:
So I finally got my Zagg fully body shield for the Eris. Everything went well except for the screen area, which some how got some black off the sponge it came with super stuck on the protector. If the screen installation was a bit easier and such, the screen would be looking more normal. Still worth it though.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mail_e36:
Good morning folks,

Can anyone think of a way to always be able to see CPU usage on the Rhodium?

The only way I can see CPU usage now is to use a program called Virtual Explorer which provides a percentage view of CPU usage (along with a graph).

Does anyone know a program which would bring CPU usage information to Windows Mobile (perhaps on the top by the clock)?

I am on the stock Tmobile WInMo 6.1 ROM.

Thank you!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fade2black101:
Bump!

Anyone had any luck with this?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
Try BattClock.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Miami_Son:
Here's a program I use a lot, Task ManagerEX. When running, tap the Menu and install the CPU Monitor. it will put a small box in the taskbar that shows you CPU use. Blank, no use, more bars, more use. It runs all the time even if you don't have Task ManagerEX running. It's great for seeing that the CPU is doing something during those long pauses instead of wondering if your command has been recognized. You can adjust where it shows up in the Taskbar so it doesn't cover any of the other icons.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cbeck:
batclock is what I use also. I have it set so CPU is a stripe below the start icon and text, with a black collor for low usage, dark grey for moderate, and bright white for heavy usage... that way I don't really notice it on my black taskbar unless I have heavy usage slowing down the device...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fade2black101:
Thanks for your help. That program is pretty much what i'm looking for. However, it appears you can't set the position for both the portrait and landscape at the same time, which causes it to go out of position when switching and covering other things. Which is a shame.

Will give battclock a go too
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schutduk:
hey guys.

i'm currently on cyanogenmod 4.2.7.1 and on Amon_RA's recovery 1.5.2

how do i go about backing up the stuff on my phone and sdcard? will doing a nandroid+ext backup on Amon_RA's recovery be enough? does the backup copy the rest of the stuff in my sdcard as well?

and lastly, can anyone point me to some info on how i can change the splash screen?

thanks in advanced for any help given! :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasmadragon007:
There are couple threads on Splash screens - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=467693&highlight=boot , and http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3010171&postcount=1 , which is not hard to do just need to have adb and fastboot setup(which is in the Sdk setup), and a few other thing's depending on your operating system. I find this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=529361 -to be very helpful if you have any question's or to just ask if you cant find it after searching. If you need any help just pm me and Ill be glad to help. Hope this helps :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schutduk:
thanks plasmadragon007 for the links to creating the splash screens. but can anyone else provide help to my sdcard question?

much appreciated!;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Haywood85:
would any one know if it is possible to get a stripped tmobile rom
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] S3BAZ10:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=576076
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] joshkoss:
Question answered, thread closed..

P.S. Use the search feature please.

Peace,

Josh
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mail_e36:
Hello,

I have found that in certain cases when I use the built-in Task Manager to close programs they still remain open. I know they remain open because they still appear as running by looking in a program called Advanced Task Manager.

Does anyone know why this may happen, or how to be sure programs are closed when clicking the "X" button to close?

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] The Jack of Clubs:
this gets asked so much. from your home screen, hit the top left icon to get the quick menu. it should show a close all button, a wrench, and how much ram you have left. click the wrench. go to the button tab at the bottom and select end programs by tapping x.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mail_e36:
I am aware of the setting you are referring to, and I already do have it set to "Quit Programs when Clicking the X", yet still sometimes programs remain running after clicking the X.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Zylograth:
to close all programs and free up lost RAM I dip my TP2 in a Big Gulp cup full of a 50/50 mix of water and bleach.
[General Topics] Gaboo971:
Please, somebody can tell me how to change the language of the input keyboard please ?? (The layout) it's in QWERTY & i want to put it in AZERTY please help me!! :(

(I have a English ROM & I don't want a French ROM)

Thank's
[General Topics] Noonski:
A good idea is to post this to Q&A if your not going to mention which device it is.

Posting to the appropriate device forums might also help getting an answer.

Not trying to be rude, but Cleaning Development and Hacking, to keep it Strictly Development and Hacking is my second Job :(
[General Topics] Gaboo971:
sorry, its a Acer F1 (Acer Neo touch)
[Android Software Development] ehowe01:
I'm trying to set up an environment on my Desktop for compiling applications for the Droid. I have tried everything I've seen for setting up this environment, but all of the guides I've seen seems to be a few years old and are either broken or the instructions are so out dated that they no longer apply. Does anybody have the steps needed to get this working?

I have access to numerous Linux boxes running different distros. Offhand I have access to Fedora 11, CentOS 4 and 5, Debian Lenny, and *shudder* Gentoo. If your instructions are for a specific distro, chances are I can get a box set up with it so send them along please :-)

Any advice on getting this set up would be appreciated.
[Android Software Development] l3v5y:
Moving to Android Development, since this seems kinda Androidy. Let me know if you disagree!
[Android Software Development] ehowe01:
I seem to have solved my own problem on this one, but for anyone else that is interested, I ended up using an application called scratchbox, I got it at http://www.scratchbox.org/ and followed the instructions in their documentation. It uses qemu to emulate the ARM processor. For the Droid I used the arm7 toolchain package. Once I had it installed I ran it and was able to compile for the ARM without a problem, just make sure to remember to use STATIC=1 when you run your make, otherwise you will get "not found" error when running on the device.
[Touch CDMA General] BinaryDroid:
Not sure if anyone seen the Dream forum, i've been tracing the JTAG locations for the phone. also have a Vogue and was wondering if their is any need for it? has their been any bricking that would need JTAG?

Here is the post, or if anyone knows any other phones that need testpoints in other sections point them to me and i'll trace the testpoints as long as their is a phone of that model on Sprint.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=591048
[Touch CDMA General] jamezelle:
fortunately not really any need for it. as these vogues are rediculously hard to brick.(knock on wood):)
[Touch CDMA General] bri3d:
We don't goof with the bootloader so people don't tend to brick.

Most users even still boot from Windows Mobile so it's virtually impossible to brick.

Windows Mobile: unprotected memory + no codesigning = winning combination.

Funny that the Vogue is more "open" than most native Android devices...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Tubgirl:
Does anyone know if there are any multi-touch piano apps for the HD2? iPhone has it and hopefully WM will get it also now that capacitive screens are coming :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] maati:
I have contacted the maker of Omniano, and he said that he'll look into it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Tubgirl:
That would be fun!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Pappagallo:
As far as I've understood, the HD2 (or rather WM6.5) does NOT support multi-touch.

It only supports pinch-to-zoom.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Archer:
The HD2 supports multi-touch. The devs on xda have found out how to do "dual-touch" from other apps that are on the phone, but nothing more.

That does not mean that the phone is not multi-touch.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Piteko:
I have istalled a simple aplication that shows that, is called I3V5y Multitouch (serach in the forum) shows the "dual-touch"... more than one is mulit :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Archer:
Pappagallo was saying that the HD2

only

supports dual-touch, or "pinch-to-zoom", as HTC insist on calling it.

True multi-touch would be the ability to detect you putting as many fingers on the screen as you can!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] ngocluu:
I don't think so.

The hardware of HD2 is multi-touch ready, but the software does not support it (because it is WM). A "single-touch" application that is installed on a multi-touch device, it doesn't mean that it will understand multi-touch input, but the developer must rewrite that application to support multi-touch input.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] adad:
Why people so concern about multi touch if you can do it all in one finger. Why bother to use more fingers which is more inconvience.

I tired I3V5y Multitouch, it is fun, but not much useful. I look forward to more compatible softwares for multi-touch function.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Tubgirl:
Well, this very thread is about piano multi-touch which would be a big improvement. You don't see any pianists playing with only one finger, do you? ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Archer:
If you read a little further up, you'd see that I was actually saying that the HD2 IS multi-touch. I think it's quite clear from my descriptions that I understand what a "single-touch" application is, and since I've been developing software for nearly 30 years, I also understand that an application limitation will mean that "the developer must rewrite that application to support multi-touch input."

Thanks for the help though.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] CplusT:
So what about the Piano Application ?

Any news?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Karlos G:
Two reasons off the top of my head, firstly games playing... the ability to move and shoot, jump, etc...

Secondly and most annoying to me, trying to unlock the phone one handed... the palm of my hand touches the bottom right corner of the screen and so my finger trying to S2U doesnt get recognised, this happens whenever I let a friend look at my phone too becaue people are not used to having to use two hands or being carefull not to touch the screen anywhere but where you need to (not easy when the screen surround is so thin)!!

lol :D Exactly!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] domon07:
^^--- this dude doesn't know much about the benefit of multi-touch. it opens a lot of possibilities to a phone like finger touch gestures. multi-touch can also mean multi-task.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BopChie:
sorry if i missed it....

I am running cm 4.2.7.1 on my g1 currently

my radio is 2.22.19.26I

can i just flash the hardspl or do i need to up/downgrade radio??

again sorry if im asking a weathered question and thanx for any input
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasmadragon007:
If you have the 2.22.19.26I radio and cyanogen mod you will be fine. Dont downgrade the radio if your going to update to Hard Spl. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod - this guide half way down or so has the instructions on how to go about flashing the Hard Spl. Hope this helps:D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BopChie:
thanx... thats all i needed... got it installed now