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[HD2 General] WildL:
Hi all,

Yeeeah, so the Leo was finally announced at the major/

best

3G network in Denmark, the worldwide operator "3". And thats awesome, so of course I hit my wallet and cashed out and got the phone yesterday. Brilliant.

Got the phone in my hand, my god, its beautiful and all, its my first PDA phone so I'm very noobish and overwhelmed by everything, but I'm lovin' it so far! Okay, well I started looking around on the big www and came across this fantastic site and now I'm thinking, I wanna get involved with this shizzle and start cooking - or at least start looking at the menu!!

But I realize that I don't know anything about how to do all this, so started looking around in the Leo Wiki, Tips and Tricks sticky and so on but I feel that its all very comprehensive and I simply don't know where to start, and I don't think the (otherwise awesome) guides are as extensive as could, at least not for my understanding. I haven't come across a newb forum/thread where all the very, very basics are introduced/discussed, so I'm thinking: any noobs out there? or post-noobs? who wanna share some of their mighty wisdom and experience with me? (yeah, I want some Leo-friends)

Okay, so I found a few things I wanna try:

From Leo hints and tricks sticky:

7. Get the old Task Manager Back

To be able to really close programs using the X instead of just 'minimizing' the program and leaving it in memory,

install Duttys HTC Task Manager (attached below), restart and the X is back. Also in Settings you can configure its function.

8. Add Task Manager to Home Screen Quick Links

Copy the hidden TaskMgr.exe file from your Windows folder to your Start Menu/Programs folder. Now it's possible to place a shortcut on your Manila today and you can open/close running programs with ease.

So how do I install this dutty cab? I mean I downloaded it, but where do I unpack it, and how do I run it on my phone?

Okay, next thing:

The location on "my today" is wrong, I saw in the tips and tricks that a lot of users had issues with this, but how can that be? There isn't any way to fix it, cause mine is showing that i'm about 15 clicks away from where I really am, but the navigator works fine? :S

3rd thing:

My network only provided me with a 2gb sdhc card, so if I want to tuck in a 16gb baby how will it work because the OS is stored on the sdhc card, or is it only in the ROM?

Another thing, I see the ROM upgrade from the danish HTC website is newer than the one installed on my phone, but do you think that I should upgrade to the 1.6 which is leaked here, or should I start with the HTC official rom from the website?

WARNING: some danish might appear when clicking here (this is the danish HTC ROM link, look at bottom of page)

I have about a zillion other questions, but my mind is empty right now. I really hope that I'm not out of line when posting this topic, and I hope to hear from some friendly HTC lovers :) Please let me know if this topic is not appropriate and I'll edit/delete it. (yes I did read the RULES)

Kind Regards
[HD2 General] richie_jones:
Welcome and Hello

I`ll take 5 minutes to write a reply seeing as no one else can be bothered.....

Welcome to the forum, you`ll find all you need here, My advise would be to READ READ READ , and if you have any questions SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH, you`ll get flamed if you post something thats been posted before, even though if you do post, it moves from the first 2 pages so fast hence no answers......

16gb sd card will work fine,

Read carefully the goldcard method for updating ROMS and only if you feel confident enough would i recomend it...I`ve flashed 1.61 no issues....

Richie
[HD2 General] skittlesz07:
same as i am......i am currently waiting for my beast and been reading and reading and reading this forum all this while........but the problem is.....i am a really3 noobie person on IT....some topic that were discuss here i can understand but some of have no idea at alll...hehehheh hopefully can get some knowledge from u guys.......[please forgive my english...heheheh]:D
[HD2 General] CanEpia:
Hi WildL,

I understand the noob feelings. Although this site has a wealth of information, it's not the noob friendliest place.

.cab files are like .exe files for your pc. You don't unpack it anywhere, simply copy/download to your device and run (click on it through file manager) it from where ever you saved it. It will unpack itself and install. Your only option generally is to install directly onto your device or onto your SD card.

Not sure on the location thing as I haven't experienced it.

For your SD card, there is nothing on there you have to worry about. The ROM is stored on the device and the card is simply additional storage. Feel free to shove a new one in there.

As for changing ROMs. As a noob, stick to stock updates for now. You're on the newest device with all the newest features so custom roms won't offer much except little tweaks (but the phone is fast enough already) and additional apps you can just install yourself. Some MAY be more stable but current it's not worth the risk of bricking your device. Read read read and when you feel comfortable and think your ready, then start looking into cooked roms.

Good luck!
[HD2 General] Archer:
I'd recommend you use this instead...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=584415

It means you have the X which you can configure to close apps or minimize them (you can open settings for it by tapping it on the sense ui and going to the wrench). You can also list open apps from the sense ui by clicking it and simply switch to or close anything in the list. Have a play - it's the best all-round solution.

At least your location works! lol

It uses your provider's network to get your location - not GPS. It's always going to be within a mile or 2. Since it's only meant for general info, it doesn't really matter much. I doubt the weather 2 miles down the road is much different than it is where you are ;)

The SD card is purely for storage. You can take it out and the phone will still function properly. This obviously changes if you install software on the card. Unfortunately, the HD2 has a pitiful amount of internal storage memory, so I'd actually recommend using the card to install stuff on. With this in mind, I got myself a 16GB SD card and use that, treating it as if I'll never remove it. I'd obviously recommend this, cos it's what I do :)

If your phone is pretty new and you've not done much setting up, it's probably the best time to make sure you've got the most up-to-date ROM. If you got the phone from a provider then you can officially only upgrade using ROMs that they supply. If you got it completely SIM free, then you can use the HTC ones that are out there. The current new one (1.61) is actually an official HTC one, so it will be as risk free as flashing a ROM can ever be. It's just not officially released yet. (I believe HTC "leak" their ROMs so that this community can beta test for them, before they release to the general public, but that's just my belief ;))

Since the phone is still so new though, I don't really think that it makes much difference. The ROM upgrades seem to be doing so little at the minute that you may well not notice any benefits.

Either way, if it's official, you've at least got some comeback if it bricks your new phone!

Basically, this is just a preference. Do what you think feels right. Just bear in mind that a ROM flash means a hard reset, which means setting EVERYTHING up again, from scratch.

Well you're in the best place to ask your zillion other questions. This is the right place to ask this kind of question, and I'm sure that there'll be plenty of people to follow me in welcoming you here. I've been a member of this community for just over 18 months now, and it's been great. There's a lot of good people on here who are more than happy to show off their knowledge er... I mean be helpful! lol

Have fun with your new toy ;)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Arie83:
After flashing my HD to Mikenificent 6.0 my phone locks up spontaneously pretty often.

It occusers mostly after an install or sometimes after a sync (I use MissingSync). Other than that I don't see reasons/similarities.

Why does this happen? And can it be solved.

I'm pretty annoyed by the fact that I have to install and configure everything over and over again.

What I did do:

-reflash Mikenificent 6.0 two other times (using SD card as I always do)

Is there a general solution/cause?

Thx in advance!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
A solution that seems to work although it is a bit of a PITA, is to flash back to stock rom and then flash to the cooked rom again. This tends to resolve these "strange" issues.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] jigners:
try flashing stock rom, then flash another rom (i mean not just mikenificent:p)
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Arie83:
Thanks for your answers...

I'm trying to reflash with a stock ROM now...

After the change to stockrom everything is back to normal

I'll keep you posted what happens after the reflash with a cooked ROM
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Arie83:
Problem solved!

Reflashing with stock rom indeed did the trick. Mikenificent 6.0 works flawless now...

thx!
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Great news. I'm sure that is a relief to you. Glad to hear the stock rom reflash worked and thanks for the update ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] kendong2:
the animated bootscreen from the htc nexus, as seen in this video.

it is rotated to portrait and shown in fullscreen. this was requested in this thread.

download the bootscreen and apply as update.zip with recovery image.

if want to go back to stock look here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] i_maq:
Checking it out:

Edit:

Works nicely, comes up instead of HTC after the Hero screen. Slightly pixelly but other than that, is good! Nice one!
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Nick_Hrh:
Just tested it, and i really like it
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] OttarA:
Nice one ;) Loving it:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] behnaam:
Nice work bro, added it for my next release of HERO21-1.7, I make sure to leave creds for your work in my OP ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] raskall:
Wicked. I just booted the phone 3 times to see the wonderful bootscreen. Hypnotic. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] raskall:
Make that 4. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] minty1978:
nice one kendong, great to see its going in the 1.7 ROM!!

loving the boot screen. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] andres_ontur:
beautifull bootscreen!!!

i love it! =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] kendong2:
wow, thanks ;)

i tried to make it that first the hero with the two nandroids appear, then the looping nexus screen. didn't work out as i couldn't align the pictures correctly, but i'll be working on that, maybe i can figure it out on friday (gonna have a hangover, tomorrow is the company christmas party :D). i like the hero animation with the sound (only the two short android noises, not the htc noise) and the phone is still the hero. also goes great with the original splash screen. i'll let you know if i can make it in time for your 1.7 release, will be an exclusive first then ;) drop me a pm if you have an eta yet, i won't tell anybody ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] behnaam:
1.7 is released and the bootscreen u made really gave a beauty enhancement. Been reading alot about the bootanimations and figured out that 2.0 does support the droid and nexus type of boot.img, just need to resize all the pngs in bootscreen.zip and change settings in the file in that zip and then finally add the bootanimation binary from nexus. Just didnt have the time to do it, gonna add that later for 1.8 release if people want :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] BPFerrari1:
Is it possible for me to add this to a stock Sprint Hero? If so, can I choose to replace the Sprint animation w/ the Nexus Bootscreen.

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] dying4004:
guys.. any idea if it possible to run these bootanimations in Eclair AOSP? becuase AOSP roms dont use animated gif rather use 2 single png files which give a animation sort of feeling not original animation. cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] OttarA:
Read behnaam's post once more ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] dying4004:
yeah i have read what behnaam said. thing is that he is talking about 2.1 series not AOSP series. he meant that he will make his next 2.1 release such that it will support the bootanimation.zip file which contains 2 animation file and 1 plays after another like FLAN (nexus). he dint say that he will make AOSP like that.

so i want to know if it is possible to make AOSP to support playing animated gif file as bootanimation.

cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] OttarA:
Ooops ;) But now that you mention it, I think i heard somewhere that the bootanimation.zip worked on the droid. Here you go ;)

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/4095-modifying-boot-animation.html
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] dying4004:
thnx for the link bro but boot animation in AOSP is just different. its not even a gif file.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Zei:
Mucho thanks for this
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] soopahfly:
Beautiful, thanks.

Is there a version with audio?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] kendong2:
if you have a matching audio file i will be happy to include it, but there was no audio in the original dump of the nexus...
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] shenye:
do you need the SPL for this to work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] xlxl:
no. it looks great.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] johnnylicious:
link is dead can you re-up thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] johnnylicious:
doesn't seem to work on cyan 4.2.11.1 hmmm
[Android Themes] mbiza:
This boot screen animation is part of my old theme

Use it with MetaMorph -> (more info here) and here

Download piss.zip

Tested with MetaMorph 1.7 and CyanogenMod 4.2.8.1 but it shoud work with all cupcake and donut, let me know!!

I don't want to offend nobody, it is clear

Here a preview of the animation
[Android Themes] nephron:
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha LOL love it! very nice :D
[Android Themes] djluis48:
LOL, really nice, im going to use it :D
[Android Themes] zayg1:
I don't think you can use .gif files
[Android Themes] jroid:
what rom is this intended for?? if it's gif it can only be used in hero roms; eclair doesn't support animated .gifs.
[Android Themes] Stericson:
Its not a gif :) Its just an imagesscrolling behin another image :)
[Android Themes] djluis48:
No problems installing, works great :D

I'm using WGBuild 9.2
[Android Themes] JamieD81:
doesnt work with Black Ice for 4.2.8.1

i morph it and restart and it sticks with the blackice boot

so only works with stock cyanogen ?
[Android Themes] shoemeistah:
Simply genius!
[Android Themes] FckingAllen:
OMFG! i went to bed last night at 6am with the thought of someone doing this, Metamorphing this boot screen! IM SO GLAD IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED! dghldhflsdfhsldkrhsalf :D
[Android Themes] mbiza:
that's right! Sorry but i wrote the first post forgotting this info.

Going to update
[Android Themes] nerminator:
Yup pretty epic..... another thing I can pull out of my ****talking arsenal against my brother's iPhone......

gotta have it!
[Android Themes] BookCase:
HILARIOUS!!!

:cool:
[Android Themes] bert269:
Installed with MetaMorph

It installed just fine with MetaMorph 1.7, cyanogen 4.2.8.1 (My G1).

This morning, tried to install this on a friend's G1, cyanogen 4.2.4, and the new version of MetaMorph was downloaded, v1.8.1.

During installation getting error "Control file missing or cannot be found"

Anyone know what this is about? We re-downloaded the Metamorphed .zip file, but it's still the same...

Thanks

Bert
[Android Themes] mbiza:
I've just updated MetaMorph to version 1.8.1, deleted piss.zip and piss folder from the AndroidThemes directory and applied it again, and everything went ok...

Are you sure Metamorph is correctly installed in your friend's phone?
[Android Themes] CMcRae:
with cyanogen vers. 4.2.11.1 dont go. i instaled this with metamorph 1.8.1 but if i restart only the cyanogen bootscreen is show...

please let me know with a pm if you had a solution. thanks a lot for your work.
[Android Themes] mbiza:
I've the same versione of cyanogen and MetaMorph too and it works as always. Sure MetaMorph and busybox are correctly installed?
[Android Themes] nFiX:
works it with dwang?... or is possible to port it?
[Android Themes] CMcRae:
busybox....i dont know...but i installed exactly how i installed the first time with 4.2.8.1
[Android Themes] mbiza:
I think it may works with any cupcacke and donuts, try and let we know!

Try to re-morph it, if doesn't work i will see the config file if something wrong
[Android Themes] CMcRae:
im back to 4.2.5, because i think its the best one....my favorite theme is suported and your bootscreen have no probs with it.

now i am happy...and my android piss every time i started it on an apple...hehehehe :D
[Android Themes] Abaddon2501:
Download link is working again!
[Android Themes] Alfieg:
using cyanogen 4.2.12.2 and Enoch theme here. Installs fine and works but when it boots into the OS none of the apps on SD can be accessed and it's a million force close windows.

Shame :(
[Android Themes] mbiza:
My morph only change the two files that make the bootscreen animation.

It works with no problems for me with cyanogen 4.2.12.2, as always, but without other themes...
[Android Themes] bayhas:
Hi, I have tried to use Metamorph for this on Modaco Custom Rom3.0+ and it doesnt work. Metamorph says it has applied, but will not reboot, and manual reboot shows standard bootscreen. I'd love to use this if someone could make the necessary changes please. Would be much appreciated
[Android Themes] epeets:
just installed this on CM4.2.14.1 with Home++ and it works great!! Too awesome!!
[Android Themes] dkuliyev:
SuperD 1.9

Just tested on SuperD 1.9 - Works like a charm, no FC's =D

G1 - T-Mobile

Amon RA 1.5.2

Danger SPL

32mb Swap/60 Swappiness
[Android Themes] TonyChani:
lol can someone please assure me that they tried this on any 1.6 rom cause last time l morphed a only cyanogen suported thing on superCSDVI and it skrewed up and bricked the phone somehow...but i had a spare sd card so lucky......
[Android Themes] :
Works on every 1.6 rom I've tested, can't live without my pissing adroid now lol
[Android Themes] asoccerfreak:
Does anyone know if it works for SuperCSDIv4
[Android Themes] jhenson496:
Does this work on the Nexus One? I'm running the latest Cyan Mod
[Android Themes] zenstitution:
anyone try this on eclair yet? Would love to try it but my G1 fell in a sink full of water the other day.:mad:
[Android Themes] bopples:
Not compatible with new metamorph

hey mbiza, thanks for this awesome boot screen btw.. good laughs!

does anyone have a way to convert this package to be compatible with the new metamorph?

better yet maybe a new theme package?

i don't want to update my rom without this boot screen.. hehe
[Android Themes] truthlesshero:
a matter of converting the theme shouldn't make a difference..it's just a thm to xml file...

there is a nice converter on the boards here on xda

the problem i am having is that i just get a black screen...is there a limit to the resolution?

the only ones that have worked (boot animations through metamorph) are ones with 256x64 resolutions...

even when i create my own, that's the only resolution that works

is there something screwed up? hehe

i'm running a rooted milestone
[Android Themes] edgeupgx:
Is there a way to make this animation a zip file so I can push to my phone so many apple fan boys I work with would love to see this.
[Android Themes] BurnOmatic:
can someone update this for use with the latest Froyo build :) for the sapphire 32b
[Android Themes] :
I've missed this so much since not using donut.

Any kind soul want to take pity on an old man *coughs* in his twighlt years spend his last days on this earth laughing his ass off watching this whilst screaming in my best rebel yell 'Take that ya Iturd, gutted my Iphone 4g can't get reception because I'm holding it wrong, oh okay its fine Apple have the answer… A Plastic bumper! I should have got an Android muttering freak!

:D
[Android Themes] NoobGuru:
haha nice bootscreen...deff giving android some love, esp since the iphone snobs have now have to do the weird hold to get reception. *waves fists at iphone*
[Android Themes] Houka420:
I just whipped this together from the gif on the OP. The size is 320x480. I tested it on my G1 & it works perfect. Either adb push or install via terminal. I'm running CM6 RC2. http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ghk1m1g3chotz
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jhericurls:
I dropped my Hero and now the screen is cracked, its still working but I need to replace it.

I found replacement housing for sale but this doesn't to include the screen.

Does anyone know where I can purchase a screen?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pauliusba:
Do you mean the screen itself, or the glass surface?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jhericurls:
Just the glass, but read that I have to replace the whole LCD :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ramersonw:
Search on ebay.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] TheLastOne:
Won't HTC repair it, at a cost?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] iammodo:
most screens you can just replace the digitiser.

I replace them all the time on iPods and Iphones.

www.ukmobi.co.uk normaly have most parts.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] etherspin:
yeah do they do the repair? my glass has a scratch verging on cracking it..

that site looks great but doesnt have the hero screen bits yet
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Kaostick:
The other day, I hit the power button on my touch pro, and the screen didn't come on. I did a soft reset, and it started working again. Now today, the same thing is happening, but a soft reset isn't helping.

The screen's back light comes on, the LEDs on the buttons come on, and the phone seems to be working fine. I hear all the sounds, including the HTC sound while it is booting, and the new message sound, but the screen stays black. It still recognizes touches, it just doesn't show an image. I want to do a hard reset, and will if I can get it to come one one more time, but its been about a month since I backed up my contact list. Lesson learnt there. I'm afraid it might be a hardware problem since I don't see anything while its booting either.

Anyone know if this is a known hardware issue with the touch pro? The phone is less then 3 months old, and I've been real careful with it. I haven't dropped it from more then 2 feet, and even that was onto carpet. Its the Verizon version if that makes a difference, and I'm running one of the NFSFAN roms. Its not the newest one, but rather the one posted on October 19th. I doubt its the rom, though, as I've been using it for around 2 months with no issues.

EDIT: Ok, I went into the bootloader to see if it was hardware of software. I figured if it was hardware, the screen would be black, and if it was software, it would be the rainbow. Sure enough, the screen stayed black. Hit the reset button, and the screen actually came on! Go figure. Went to do a backup, and the screen literally crapped out on me while I was watching it. Definitely a hardware problem.