yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] wacky.banana:
@ sharpey,

Hey fella, merry Xmas to you.:) If you have been on here as long as I have you would know that XDA is not a support forum but a

Developers forum

, hence the name XDA-Developers. :) The conversation and posts used to be about cooked roms, hacking, development of tools and utilities, etc and pushing the technical envelope, NOT coping with people who won't or can't RTFM (read the manual). :(

It's only in recent times that new users have attempted to change the format and shape of the forum and it has now become, in part, a support forum because people like me like to help other people. Only problem is the noise generated by this process tends to obscure the real nuggets of good information one is looking for before investing in a device like this, e.g, SPL availability and associated development, availability of cooked roms, flexibility of the device from a hacking perspective, and so on. This is what I meant when I said I was looking for a balanced view on here but found it difficult to find what I was looking for although the polls I have linked to also provided useful info.

@ all others,

This thread is just a running update of the journey I went through until I got a HD2. I know there are a lot of people out there who are holding back on buying one as they are confused by how much information/misinformation there is out there on the HD2.

All I am doing is sharing my experience in the hope that it helps someone.

Right now the device is 2 days old and I am

Just loving it.

:D:. Yes, there are some minor annoyances like the lack of a sent indicator when sms messages are sent; however I trust the device and if I want to be sure I simply look in my sent box to confirm the message is gone.

If you are considering buying a HD2, read this thread plus all the links, read the independent 3rd party reviews then go play with one in the metal, and, if you are happy, go buy one and ENJOY!!

WB
[HD2 General] srw985:
Hi,

Is it possible to either map a network drive to the HD2 somehow, such as you can do to map them in My Computer in PC Windows?

Also, is there a way to access network media library shares? Not sure of the technical term for either sorry.

Either natively or with a third party app.

Thanks
[HD2 General] Xeon:
I use Resco Explorer. You can connect the HD2 to you computer over Wifi and share files by mapping a network drive.
[HD2 General] profahmad:
You can try this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2038343&postcount=2
[HD2 General] gareth824:
My lan drives show up on my HD2 automatically using IE. Just tap in \\NAME

Put your drive name on the end and it goes straight in.
[HD2 General] profahmad:
I didn't know PIE supported that. The HTC Network Plugin (which I posted a link to above) allows you to map and view network drives and access them via any file explorer or application. You won't have to type \\NAME in PIE every time.
[HD2 General] czbird:
When I have mapped a LAN network share (mine is requiring login/pass, dunno if this matters), I'm experiencing issues with opening Pocket Word or Pocket Excell (just to give an example). These applications seem to check the availability of the mapped shares at every startup, and it takes about 30 seconds for them to find out that they timeout and load the main window.

This is not happening when connected via WIFI to my router. But it is enough to have active GPRS connection (instead of WIFI) through which the app obviously cannot connect to my LAN share. Once I disconnect GPRS session, and keep the phone offline, they open normally again.

Anyone else is experiencing this?

It's really annoying for me.

Thanks.
[HD2 General] the_operator:
Hi

I am trying to follow this link to map my nas drive ..

Can you give an idiots guide how to do this..

regards

op
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] AlandisN:
Didn't know if where to put this, so I put in both forums.
[Hero CDMA General] tomfreay:
Hi, odd request but can someone with a rooted CDMA hero perform the following and send me the settings.db that you get

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db

Hope someone can help!

Thanks
[Hero CDMA General] Semantics:
Unfortunately, I'm stuck at work and I can't do it for you now. I'm sure by the time I get home you'll have found someone. If not I'll do it later. Unfortunately, I won't be home until 1am. :(
[Hero CDMA General] obelisk79:
Out of curiosity what exactly do you need this file for? What are you trying to do/hack?
[Hero CDMA General] obededom:
H:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db

1248 KB/s (39936 bytes in 0.031s)

H:\android-sdk-windows\tools>

sprint pcs
[Hero CDMA General] buck2202:
Yeah, why do you need this? I just pulled it off my phone to see what was in it, and while I don't see anything that's obviously personal information, one of the tables does contain something called "google_login_public_key" which a quick search suggests is used for encrypting other personal information and passwords.

I would recommend NOT sending this file to anyone unless you know exactly what you're handing over. I'm certainly not suggesting malevolence, but I'm not really sure what a person could do with this information.

If you have some specific question about the structure of the database, why don't you just ask that?
[Hero CDMA General] flipzmode:
For anyone wondering, this is what would be contained in that.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.System.html
[Hero CDMA General] tomfreay:
Opps I didn't think there was anything personal in it!

Its just a file with all the system settings in it.

The reason I want it is because my app (proximity sensor, in the themes and apps subforum here) doesn't work on CDMA heros unless auto backlight is on. But works all the time on GSM heros (which I have)

So I am working on a fix which turns the autobacklight on when the program starts, then off again when it exits. To do this I need to know what HTC called the auto backlight setting, which is in settings.db

I have my settings.db and found the correct name, made the changes and it toggles autobacklight for me perfectly, however when I sent it to a user with a CDMA hero it didn't! So I am thinking the name used is different for some reason.

Hope all this makes sence!

Thanks

Tom Reay
[Hero CDMA General] buck2202:
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but the creation string for the "system" table is:

CREATE TABLE system (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,name TEXT UNIQUE ON CONFLICT REPLACE,value TEXT);

and the auto-backlight entry is:

_id,name,value

4364,screen_auto,1

Obviously, the 1 means auto-backlight is on right now. However, when I turn auto-backlight off, that entry disappears from the table.

Is that different from the gsm hero?

Like I said before, I'm not totally sure what the "google_login_public_key" (in the "gservices" table) does. And a further look shows hex values for logging_id, logging_id2, and android_id in the "secure" table, and digest in the "htcservices" table. I'm not sure if any of this is personal info.
[Hero CDMA General] tomfreay:
Thanks, thats really helpful,

On the GSM hero it is screen_brightness_mode , which if set to 1 enables auto backlight, 0 disables

If this setting on the CDMA Hero? The GSM does not have screen_auto

I found this by opening settings.db in notepad and using ctrl+f!

Thanks for the help!
[Hero CDMA General] tomfreay:
This is so frustrating!

Setting screen_auto to 1 with System.Settings.putInt(1, "screen_auto") does work, but only once you go to menu->setings->sound and display, then it kicks in and works.

Anyone got any insight into this? I don't understand why HTC would change this!
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
I am not 100% sure of the inner workings, but it sounds like their may be a trigger in that when you go to the screen it re-reads those settings. Probably can't watch what it does their with a debug can you? You would have to figure out how to mimic going into that screen and throwing what ever trigger it does to re-read that setting or reset it. :confused:
[General Topics] comeradealexi:
Message me at

Dr_Zoidburg2@hotmail.co.uk

and i will upload it to rapidshare for you :) or PM me here on XDA
[General Topics] nathanpc:
Huh, this is a good idea, but I hate RapidShare. ;)
[General Topics] comeradealexi:
any rom cookers that do though lol bell me
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] richardsoffice:
Whenever I send a message from my SMS Drafts folder it deletes it? But I want to use these messages time and time again.

Can anyone tell me how to stop my Diamond from deleting each message as I use them please?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] nathanpc:
As I'm a SmallTalk fan, I found a Squeak port to Windows CE, take a look: Squeak VM for iPAQ and other Windows CE platforms

This is for all SmallTalk fans! ;)

Remember: SmallTalk will never be dead.
[General Questions and Answers] DAMIEN123_666:
hi all im looking to replace all my htc hd2 (leo) start app icons, i was wondering, i have searched though a good few links on this site but cant find a good collection of icons, im looking for something that includes high quaity nice visual looking icons,

i cant seem to find a complete set which covers all default apps + the common extras like igo8/sktool/memmaid e.c.t
[General Questions and Answers] Biglia05:
iReflect has 439 icons, so I think most apps have their own icon in that pack.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=533993
[HD2 General] Villnius2000:
Hello,

I changed my rom from 1.43FRE to 1.48FRE 2days ago, and i have noticed an important battery drain : a charge drop of about 50% only in 5/6 hours, with no data connection, and no call, the phone was just stand by.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] CrazyDreads21:
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/12/02/nova-gameplay-footage/

I'm sure everyone here has seen footage of this awesome game, from the devs I'm just wondering what it would take for even a rough port to WM 6.5, including the multitouch? I've heard of iphone games being ported to other platforms without too much difficulty, and I know there's some really smart people on here, so just curious if it is in any way feasible or if it would absolutely have to come from gameloft's end. In my opinion, this is the first game truly worth the hard work it might take to port it, and I can only imagine it on that big beautiful HD2 screen.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Djellie:
Awesome game, hope the HD2 gets it :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] snowblindd:
You are right it is a good-looking game, but porting it without a gameloft consent will be illegal, and as far as i seen gameloft.s priority is the iphone and ipod touch. I really hope they will start using wm phone.s hardware to bring such games to phones like HD2. Anyway, don.t raise your hopes too high, it will not happen soon as far as i.ve seen. (just take a look at the Avatar game on iphone, the the wm version, first one is 3d and good looking i might say, the second ... well ... see for yourself :) )
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] orb3000:
Welcome to forums

Wow!

I want that!!

If it´s running on an iphoney I´m sure it can be played on Leo, and also on TP2:D

Hope Dev´s can play with it:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Stoferr:
Wov, that game looks amaizing.. It would be wonderfull on the HD2!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Hellas4:
WOW!!I need that!!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Volis:
:)

I need this!!!

how we can get on HD2:eek: ???
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] DMAND:
I suggest we bombard gameloft with requests for a HD2 version :D , through their website or twitter http://twitter.com/gameloft
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Volis:
Hmmm Okay :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Stoferr:
I would like to write them a mail, asking them to develop games for HD2, but a need an email adress to send to, anyone got it?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] yeye2:
first of all, we need a proper 3d driver, until then, forget about any game if you want to get some decents fps.

with no dedicated 3d hardware, games like this are imposible on HD2,
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Tung_meister:
Seeing stuff like this really makes me wonder about the future of windows mobile in the consumer sector, i mean look at the games windows mobile has to offer compared to the iphone, they're pretty much all graphically terrible - some barely comparing to snes graphics let alone the ps2 standards of the iphone. Microsoft really needs to hurry up with windows mobile 7, enforce some good minimum requirements and get some good SDK's released. It's the only way we'll see any major shift in decent games to windows mobile, until then most devs will prefer to stick with the iphone or android :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] 20mihalko:
totally agrre with you...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] DMAND:
Erm sorry but the HD2 has no problem playing OpenGl 2.0 games, even 3d games like xtract work fine, theres nothing wrong with the 3d driver's just how they are used.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] CrazyDreads21:
Yeah, that's definitely wrong. There's nothing hardware wise limiting the HD2 from playing that game, I know that much. I have electopia and it has quite a few dynamic elements(sun beams, waves coming in, smoke on the horizon, reflections, numerous AI characters) all in gorgeous 3d and runs super smooth.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Volis:
hmm

I playing all 3D games (xtrakt, experiment 14) without problem i thing those new Chips have no limitations for playing only we need more games..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] matchworker:
Hi

I have just bought a Diamond 2 in HK with Cantonese language.

To convert it to mainland Chinese (Mandarin) I assume I need a new rom

Is this correct?

If so - anyone know where to find one?

Sorry for such basic questions but trying to read any Chinese forum posts is impossible :)

TIA

Paul
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] aa3818687:
http://bbs.4tv.cn/
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] snowingx:
and:

http://bbs.3gin.net/index.php
[General Topics] beyondthought:
hi, I just got me a hd2 (on it now lol) I have edited the opera config so it allows me to play BBC iplayer but most of the programs are low quality and blurry, is this normal?? is it cus it thinks its a Hd and not hd2?? I am able to play the same program (top gear)through YouTube and the quality it great..!! any help or info would be great, thanks..
[General Topics] cmstackar:
iplayer is always fairly low quality for me, no matter what device I use. The HD and HD2 have the same screen resolution, so that shouldn't be any problem
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kb0n:
Hi everyone,

does anybody know how to properly remove the text from the quicklinks?

What I figured out so far is that in Registry "HKLM\Software\HTC\Manilla\Home\x" you can simply delete the "DispName" entry or delete its content.

The text and its dark "background" disappeares, but the result is strange though:

a) The quicklink still works, but is somehow not integrated correctly. It's like the transparent "Add Quicklink"-Pictures is put onto it as a second layer. A "transparent quicklinks"-cab could probably solve this though

b) The quicklink can not be removed anymore =) Which is the major problem.

So yes, (b) would prevent anybody from randomly removing your quicklinks when playing around with your phone, but a proper solution would be fine though. Any ideas?

--edit--

looks like this (attachment) :
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Phantoms:
CHT Editor has a setting for this.
[HD2 General] Alfahmad:
Hi

How can I assign picture to mp3 .. and this picture will show up

regards,

Ahmad
[HD2 General] gareth824:
Try this: http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm

All my albums now have the correct artwork after using this. It was doing my head in using the auto update art on the phone.
[HD2 General] NZtechfreak:
I use mp3tag to embed the album art, works 100% with every player I've used it with. I use album art downloader to find a nice version of the artwork (usually at around 600x600 res).
[HD2 General] Alfahmad:
Thanks

mp3tag works great :)
[HD2 General] Fadetogrey:
An easyway

Put a .jpg file with the name Folder.jpg in the folder it will show up.
[HD2 General] NZtechfreak:
Thats true, but that doesn't work for all OS environs (for example I don't think my playstation picked up album art that way). Mp3tag just works with everything...
[General Topics] Krishath:
Guys, do you think that trading my HTC Dream for a Blackberry Storm is a good idea? What do you suggest? :D
[General Topics] nathanpc:
As I'm a HTC, HP(iPAQ and Jornada) and Palm fan I'm going to say no, but let someone that have more experience on both to say ;)
[General Topics] DaveTheTytnIIGuy:
If it was me, I wouldn't do it. IMO, the Blackberry Storm's OS doesn't look as promising as Android, and there's also a lot less hacking potential compared to the Dream. But what things I want from a device (hackability, big community, XDA support, QWERTY keyboard) may not be what you want in a device, so you should keep that in mind when deciding.
[General Topics] galaxys:
Don't do it, the bold 2 is unproven, stay with htc/xda...especially with what droids are on the horizon!
[General Topics] orb3000:
Same here!

Don trade it:cool:
[General Topics] Krishath:
Yeah but my Dream continues to disconnect when I'm trying to connect to the internet or it doesn't catch the signal after I put it in my pocket so I need to restart it. That's why I want to change it! I'm tired of waiting for a new RADIO update :(
[General Topics] nathanpc:
Why don't you ask for support? ;)
[General Topics] Krishath:
I've already asked for it but no results :(
[General Topics] nathanpc:
Humm, that's not good :(

Why you don't sell it and buy another, or a better one?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] macsym:
Hello all,

In order to get In-Call Recorder (ICR) working on my Diamond, I followed the exact procedure described by “auto_exec”:

•	I installed “ICR_51spsoft_com.cab“ from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3155880&postcount=91

•	I extracted/copied “voAMRNBEnc.zip” from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3156069&postcount=96 into the \Windows folder of my Diamond

•	Soft reset

•	I installed the “XDA Diamond Dialer 2.03” from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3160223&postcount=15

•	Soft reset

I can record phone calls but the other party’s voice is recorded from the speaker. I know that because:

•	The recorded other party’s voice volume is very low

•	The recorded other party’s voice volume is higher if I turn the loud speaker on

•	The recorded other party’s voice isn’t recorded if I use the headphones (provided with the phone).

I also tried “Noonski-XDA ICR-VGA-MONX.cab” but it didn’t change the way it records and the ICR main window wasn’t loading correctly.

I am using my headphones every day so I need a tool that can record calls even with headphones. At http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=454527&page=9&postcount=88 I read that “NisseDILLIGAF” managed to get ICR working with a headset but he had to use Abusalza's ROM. I am very happy with my actual configuration so I’d prefer to not change my ROM. Here is my configuration:

•	ROM version: 1.93.456.2 WWE

•	ROM date: 13 July 2008

•	Radio version: 1.00.25.06

•	Protocol version: 52.31.25.13H

•	ExtRom version: DiamondProject Team

Does anyone know why it works on Abusalza's ROM but not on Diamond Project Team’s ROM?

Thanks in advance for any help
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] High__Flyer:
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering if anyone has had success creating a transparent navigation bar... Not completely transparent but more opaque?

With transparent icons, and a transparent bar at the bottom, It seems logical that the next step would be a transparent notification bar.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] obelisk79:
I haven't tried but should be completely doable.
[Hero CDMA General] ksufearless:
all,

i used to stream an audio link on my mogul with windows media player. now i need an app that i can do the same. here is the link:

http://asx.abacast.com/threeeagles-kibzmobile-64.asx

thanks for the help
[Hero CDMA General] red250:
I read on another forum, of which I can't seem to find now, this exact same question, and the person had to download "droid live" from the market and it worked.
[Hero CDMA General] ksufearless:
i tried droid live to no avail. bump
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
Are you talking about streaming OTA like from media at home to you at work? or Just stream it over your Wifi? Does ORB have a droid client?
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
Looks like you can use ORB which is a Client installed at home and then a "web connected device" can stream from your feed. Doesn't mention particular devices, maybe theres an Iphone client but I posted this quickly and didn't read much.
[Hero CDMA General] m.baktash:
You have to download an app from Market DROIDLIVE lite try this .
[Hero CDMA General] red250:
He's trying to stream a radio station. The link is in his post, the station website is www.kibz.com

The stream page is http://www.kibz.com/pages/3397314.php

The problem is the station website runs a media player through abcast, which requires a plug in. Just above the listen now button, it says click here for mobile users. If you goto the page on the phone and press the click here, the phone pops up a box that says "the content is not supported on the phone. no application can be found to open this file. do you still want to download it."

If you go ahead and says yes to download, it just downloads it, then you click on it and it says error, no application found to open it. And yes I have droid live on my phone.

I would also be curious how to get this to work since a local station carries my college team and when i'm out of town i could still listen, but i have the same problem.

I also tried searching for the stream itself in droid live, but it never finds anything.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
it seems like Orb lets you connect to radio stations. But if the stream is encoded for a specific player, good luck finding something that will decode and play it.
[HTC Tornado] LMDYACINE:
I HAVE A DEAD TORNADO AFTER FORMAT ALL BY ttermpro. I WANT TO FLASH IT BY JTAG AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW I CONNECT MY SP5M TO JTAG

I DID NOT FIND THE PIN's

ANY IDEA AND THANKS IN ADVANCE.
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
No one has ever successfully JTAG this device before, no one knows where is the JTAG pin
[HTC Tornado] LMDYACINE:
any other way to restore it there no htc centre on my contry

thanks for reply
[HTC Tornado] SGregory:
Wizard and Tornado have similar platforms... I have Wizard JTAG PINS picture. May be it help you...
[HTC Tornado] LMDYACINE:
Thanks all for reply.but tornado is not the same with wizard take a loke on the picture
[Hero, G2 Touch General] chrisw1991:
I am thinking of selling my hero for round £150 because i can just not sort out the problem it has so maybe some1 with abit more knowledge will be able to sort it. It all works fine apart from the problem with the sim card which is for some reason it does not register any sim cards. The phone is unlocked and i was using a 3 sim card in for about 2 months but then all of a sudden i lost connection and then i could not reconnect with any sim card =/ i have tried different firmwares and radios but nothing seems to help. It certainly isn't barred i know that so i really duno what is up with it but would be a bargin for someone who does know. P/M if your interested :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lord Lucan:
It ssems like phone has been blocked.Did you buy it from previous user? Contact him/her , or the branded supplier with imei number for their explanation.