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[Touch Pro2 CDMA] mstevens:
I know this doesn't answer your question the way you want, but the real solution here is to use MMS or email, not SMS! Email can handle attachments and high character counts.

As noted above, these non-standard features only work if both the sender and receiver are on the same system. Anyone outside of Verizon isn't going to be able to see your smilies or whatever.

This is by design, and isn't a bug or programming shortfall. "SMS" stands for "Short Message Service." My belief is that if one can't convey what needs to be said within the character limit of a single text message, it's better to use email or voice.
[HD2 General] sbirsen:
Hi

My HD2 often fails to wake up when I press any of hard button. Before I perform a hard reset I wanted to ask you guys if there are any tweaks or apps which might be causing this. I am using the stock T-Mobile UK firmware, and besides tweaking a few settings via BsB Tweaks, the phone is pretty much in its original state.

My previous HD used to do this for a time, until I realized it started happening after setting up Windows Exchange server. After hard resetting and setting everything up again, it worked fine. I wonder if the problem I have with the HD2 is also due to the exchange server.

Sometimes the phone does wake up a couple of minutes after I pressed buttons, sometimes an incoming SMS helps it. And many times it just wakes up as it should when I press the Home or power button.

I don't have many apps installed, besides Tomtom.

Cheers !
[HD2 General] hashok:
Hi, the same was to me: sent an sms, locked the device, tried to unlock it in half an hour - screen blank, no response to buttons at all. ROM is stock. I remember, I also had TomTom installed and some other popular tweaks, not remember which exactly. After it, I did hard-reset the phone (restored original state). Didn't had the same problem after it.

But had a lot of other problems with HD2 - unsent sms even after sms fix from HTC, unlock screen of S2U2 locked completely (someone was calling me at this moment!), sporadic change of clock time zone...

It is my first smart-phone, and I'm disappointed soooo much... Used "true" mobile phones for years, but never had such problems.
[HD2 General] Dark Knight:
I had the same problem but it's seemed to have stopped (for about 2 days now). It got to the point where the phone wouldn't get past the boot screen! I had to re-flash in the end....

I think it may be related to the applications I may have running. Although, most people are saying the ROMs so far are not 100% stable. (I'm running the Official Test version of 1.61)

The things I've done to try to get around it is :

- Ensure .NET compact frame work is installed to set up 3.5 and set up correctly in the registry

- Once in a whie I run the cleanRAM application that's been developed here on these forums

I don't think I've found the total solution yet, but I'm sure having these in check will help.
[HD2 General] sbirsen:
To give an update :

I did a hard reset yesterday. (it's always painful, but also exciting as you can set it up from start - sad i know)

This time I set up the windows exchange server straight from the beginning, then installed all the tweaks, tomtom, hotfixes etc. It woke up everytime since then, touch wood !

I'm not sure, but there are security policies pushed through to the device (like making screen lock compulsary etc) when I set up the exchange server, maybe this is causing some sort of conflict with the device, which is maybe somehow avoided when you set it up before anythin else... I dunno.

I'll let you know if it fails to wake up again.

By the way, so far I only installed BsB tweaks, but didnt apply any tweaks yet. I changed the battery percentage display, 16 quick links cab, and 3G switch in the Coms Manager, but that's it. No tweaking in the registry yet, just so that I can determine the root cause if it happens again. But so far it looks good ! It also seems faster (as it always does :)
[HD2 General] Dark Knight:
Is it still running stable ?
[HD2 General] wacky.banana:
Chaps,

Look in this thread for a possible solution to your problems....http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=596484

WB
[HD2 General] sbirsen:
It has been pretty much stable. Since the hard reset I was adding (or tweaking) tweaks and cabs in a controlled manner to see which one might be causing the freezing.

After I installed the Disable Auto Device Lock.cab (search the forum, I think it is in the sticky Tips and Tricks post), my HD2 didn't wake up a few times. I uninstalled dit and it is working fine again.

Weird, but maybe that's the registry change that conflicts with the exchange server policies that are pushed to the device, and causes the freeze.
[HD2 General] Sallcho:
Hello,

I've heard some shops and tmobile sell HD2 without default leather case, but when I'll buy HD2 I wanna have one. Checked expansys and clove.co.uk, no leather cases included. Can you please link a UK delivery shop with a <500 quid price and the default leather case included?

Regards
[HD2 General] OneGoodKnock:
I really wouldnt worry about the leather case - it is of dubious quality and is fairly pointless to be fair.
[HD2 General] optiknerv:
Its not worth paying more just for the case. Its not a particularly brilliant one. You can get good ones of ebay and the like.

EDIT You beat me to it.
[HD2 General] Syphon Filter:
Actually, the Expansys one does have the case included. All HD2 retail packages have the case. The only exception I believe is that some carriers (i.e. T-Mobile etc) are distributing ones without the case.
[HD2 General] TomH01:
I got mine from Handtec and the leather case was included.
[HD2 General] Archer:
I have to disagree. Mine is of excellent quality and I never take my phone out without it.

But, in fairness, you can get them for around a tenner anyway, so I wouldn't worry too much about it not being supplied with the phone.
[HD2 General] jakem:
I got mine from Clove and it came with a leather case. I'm not sure why there's so little love for the pouch in this thread. I think it's quite nice and it does everything it needs to do quite well.
[HD2 General] TomH01:
I agree, the case isn't bad at all.
[HD2 General] Archer:
You definitely can't knock it at less than £6!!!

http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/htc-hd2-po-s510-pouch-unpacked.html

:eek:
[HD2 General] djngal:
i really dont know why u dont like this case.... :p

i found it brilliant and this slide in n out pouch type case its the only type of case that i like for my phones... i really dont like cases that make the phone bulky and the like.... :D
[HD2 General] Dark Knight:
I got my phone from T-Mobile UK and didn't received the case.

I kicked up a fuss about it as the documentation clearly states that one should be provided.

So far, I've not heard a thing back from them.

WHether the case / pouch is good or not - I would want one, just for peice of mind for resale value (god forbid!)
[HD2 General] alex fung:
Why do you want to use the leather case? It is very tight and it took me a lot of time and effort to squeeze the Leo in or pull it out. After two tries, the case now sits permanantly in my drawer.

The only situation I want to use the case is to place the Leo on top of it, so that the camera lens is not scratching my desktop.
[HD2 General] Faenad:
After a while, the case expand and it's easier to put/remove the HD2. It's like a new pair of shoes, which have to be used a little to be a comfortable fit.

If you don't want to have to force the HD2 in or out the first days, you can use a folded over piece of paper of similar dimension/thickness than the HD2 to straighten out gradually the case.
[Nexus One General] seraph1024:
Is there a way at all to sort the names by Last, First at all? I use my phone for business and it's easier to remember last names and I sort everything by Last Name.
[Nexus One General] JHaste:
I dunno about sorting but there is always the search feature where you can search by last name...
[Nexus One General] DocRambone:
Android has a BIG flaw, or google: sorting by last name is missing.

I have to use outlooks remapping of contact fields and then import to gmail to get contacts properly sorted. Its really annoying and a big flaw.
[Nexus One General] hurrycaine3000:
I may be weird but I still sort my contacts by first name. I never call people by their last name so it makes no sense to me to look them up that way. I always hated how windows would automatically sort by last name, unless I changed it everytime I put in a new contact. they could have made it a setting option though.
[Nexus One General] melterx12:
Cyanogen Mod has this feature I beleive. When Cyanogen releases the mod for N1 it will probably have it.
[HD2 General] deyanp:
Does the lower part of your device back get warm after using it for 5-10 minutes web browsing or navigation or just fiddling? When holding in the hand you can clearly feel this warmth, but there is no overheating or burning (at least not now during the winter ;)
[HD2 General] Timothye:
its warm most of the time , but i am using this device so i guess it would generate some heat .

and i notice it even more when i have the device set to ROUTER sharing internet , then its even wamrer , depending on how far away the laptop is from the HD2 .

but it hasnt burned up , "YET " ............

/T
[HD2 General] pastypacker:
Mine gets really warm, no 3g here and a fairly stable gprs, so the phone isn't constantly signal hunting.

But it gets even worse if you charge it at the same time, and in fact when in the van and running a 1 amp ciggy lighter supply, the phone sometimes even says that there is not enough current to keep the phone running the current applications, and to shut some down, not good when bluetooth is needed, and running satnav, auto data updates then seem to be too much.

I dont know what current rating the htc car adaptor is, but if you buy a cheap crappy one from the carphone warehouse, i believe they are only rated at 500ma, the same as thier mains mini usb chargers:eek:

Big screen to keep powered up..........but gorgeous to boot!!!
[HD2 General] htc12345:
The antenna is located in the lower back. On extended use it'll get warmer. You can also note this when making a long phonecall with phone in hand or using the internet for long time. If you charge it at the same time also the battery gets warm.
[HD2 General] optiknerv:
Cant say ive noticed it much with my hd2 but my diamond used to get really hot where the antenna was.
[HD2 General] amang2205:
In the first days after I bought the phone, I've kept the screen on by mistake... It was in the leather case that comes along and I didn't realize it.

After about 3 or 4 hours, I've realized that the phone was rather hot. Removing it from the case revieled that keeping the screen on for a longer time will not only waste your battery, but even turn the phone in a frying pan.

You could test this if you browse some lame HTML web page, that doesn't have any scripts running in the background...
[HD2 General] Archer:
I'm not gonna answer the poll, purely because it doesn't have an appropriate answer for me.

The back of my HD2 gets warm when I use it intensively, like browsing the internet for 1/2 an hour via wifi, but doesn't get even slightly warm when I'm using it as a phone.

Anyway, it tells you in the manual that the phone will get warm when in use, so it's not as if no-one didn't know about it. We've all read the manual right? ;)
[HD2 General] freyberry:
Have you guys never used a smartphone before? It's perfectly normal that they get warm when you use them, especially with WiFi.
[HD2 General] amang2205:
My point exactly.

However, it's more like a HD2 property to get very warm, almost hot when the huge screen is on for a longer period: this doesn't happen on other smartphone.

Then again, this could be taken as normal, given the screen size...

In conclusion, there's no need to warry!

P.S.: in case the phone is charging and the battery is way too hot, there is a feature that will automatically stop the charging process in order to prevent the battery from damaging (according to the manual johncmolyneux mentioned): good thing!
[HD2 General] Archer:
My Touch HD used to get a LOT hotter than the HD2. This is warm at best.
[HD2 General] freyberry:
The Touch HD gets a lot hotter. The iPhone as well. Again, smartphones do get warm, that's perfectly normal.
[HD2 General] arisgardelis:
haha.. it's an extra accessory for cooking.... There's even a secret setting to setup the temperature... To get serious, i think this is perfectly normal. I don't think it gets more than 35 degrees Celcius. I noticed it after hard use. Don't forget 10 years ago, 1Ghz processors with 10 times less power needed passive heatsinks 10 times the size of HD2..
[HD2 General] freyberry:
For the iPhone, there's even an app to make it a hand warmer!

But I guess it drains the battery quite fast... and surfing or playing games certainly gives the same effect.
[HD2 General] yslee:
Problem is that it gets warm when charging too... there doesn't seem to be any thermal cutoff or battery full cutoff. I believe the excess heat when leaving the HD2 plugged in over one night is what killed my HD2.
[HD2 General] le_paulo:
The heat in mine stopped the touchscreen working until the phone cooled down so I've sent it back for replacement. A bit annoying as I was using the phone all the time so it got warm often. In some cases, I'd say it got hot, especially as it's summer here in Australia.
[HD2 General] amang2205:
HTC People bug:

- When editing an existing contact, I am unable to open the pop-up menu on the phone numbers (actually, I am able to open the pop-up menu on the Mobile phone, but not on the Work or Home phone - didn't try the rest of them).

Do you have this as well?
[HD2 General] amang2205:
did anyone else find this error?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
sorry, don't understand the problem.care to elaborate on what you expect it to do and ill see if I can recreate it?
[HD2 General] amang2205:
Right.

Go to any contact, and then click edit contact (using HTC People).

Tap and hold the mobile number text box. A context menu will pop-up, showsing options the following options: Undo, Cut, Copy, Past, Clear and Select All.

This sort of things, is normal to happen.

Now try doing the same for the last name text box. And for the e-mail text box.

It wil work as supposed to.

Now do it for the Work number, Home number or other text box numbers.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
duplicate deleted
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
ahhh I see it.the menu only comes up for the first entry in the email and telephone numbers sections.the screen flickers as though it knows it should be doing something, but the menu doesn't come up.

Definite bug, well spotted.
[HD2 General] amang2205:
I've informed the customer support at HTC about this, but after a series of e-mails, I am affraid they won't announce anybody at the dev. dept. in Taiwan or whatever.

So, in case you get this too, what about posting the error (bug) to the Customer support as well? Maybe they'll put this little buggy where it belongs! :)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
yea illpost a bug report when I get home.I wouldn't hold your breath for a fix tho....hehe
[Android Software Development] DullTree:
Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way to convert .zip files of ROMs/themes into system.img files so that they can be booted up via the android sdk emulator?

I've seen that it's possible to launch system.img files in the sdk emulator, but after searching for quite some time I wasn't able to pinpoint a method for creating system.img from update-cm-4.2.12.2-signed.zip (for example).

Thanks.

DT
[Android Software Development] the_fish:
i made a post about those system.img files earlier here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=609090

in theory it's possible using the mkfs.yaffs2 tool, but i'm not sure whether the emulator supports danger SPL roms, because the system image file size is limited in the emulator as well...

http://www.dotphone.org/attachment.php?aid=6

it's the mkfs.yaffs2 tool

see usage here:

http://www.dotphone.org/viewthread.php?tid=32
[Android Software Development] DullTree:
Hi,

Thanks for the link, but I'm quite a newbie in these things, so could someone please walk me through process? I've downloaded the archive in the link.

How many times do I unzip it (I can unzip it up to three times and then I get 5 files numbered 1 through 5)? Where do I paste it? How do I use it? The explanation in the other thread was slightly too complicated for me sorry :)

Thanks :D

DT
[Android Software Development] DullTree:
/push

Anyone willing to help out a newbie?
[Android Software Development] creeve4:
bump

I am looking to do the same thing
[Android Software Development] Meltus:
Get someone to Nandroid backup the ROM.

It creates a system.img, recovery.img, data.img, cache.img and boot.img.

Not the easiest method but it works :)
[HD2 General] amang2205:
I had an e-mail conversation with the HTC Support team in Europe (man that was tough!), and told them about an error (bug) in HTC Calendar.

Hopefully the bug will be reported (forwarded) to the dev. team in Taiwan or whatever, since it's rather annoying:

I've tried creating a new reccuring all-day appointment (every 15th of Dec.), with a free status and with a reminder of 15min prior to the event, using HTC Calendar (which seems to be the right way, since it's on the Sense tab and is't so user and finger friendly). The result? The appointment is created on January 15.
[HD2 General] Boudy77:
Finally someone is suffering from the same error as me.

99% of the reccuring appointment that i makes reflect in January 2011.

i hope that someone can find a solution for this annoying bug
[HD2 General] Archer:
Could you also tell us their response?
[HD2 General] amang2205:
Dear Mr.<myName>,

Thank you for contacting us,

Kindly be informed that we will investigate about this case and get back to you as soon as we get a reply.
[HD2 General] Archer:
Heh - not much of a response then. That's a shame, because others on here have had more promising responses (with their issues).
[XPERIA X1 General] samhiggs1988:
Looks like Vodafone UK has rejected the X2 to focus on Android...

http://www.t3.com/news/vodafone-cancels-sony-ericsson-xperia-x2-contract?=43075

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/30690/vodafone-dumps-sony-ericsson-xperia-x2

Maybe a shape of things to come?
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Yeah - was mention on the X2 on sale thread - it's likely because they are preparing for their massive release of the iPhone or sony has messed up baaad. Still if it is Vodafone then thats well annoying because they'll have stopped selling the x2 just like the hd2 >.<
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolrabbitblue:
Hi community,

I have changed from Sense to a clear ROM and now be very missing the htc album with facebook integration (viewing the pics on Facebook)

Is there anywhere a cab out in the web? Just found an older version without facebook-album.

If anyone has a link, I'll be very thankfully

Greez out there
[Nexus One General] hurrycaine3000:
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if the N1's visual voicemail will be compatable with at&t's visual voicemail, like the iphone. I currently have a touch pro and have to jump through hoops to get my voicemail visual style, and even then it's through youmail, and my email, so not very pretty.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
First, you could have discussed this in the other VVM thread going on right now. Second, N1 doesn't have its own VVM. If you're referring to Google Voice, it works on all carriers.
[Nexus One General] hurrycaine3000:
sorry didn't see the other one. must have looked right over it. what I meant though is, will the visual voicemail that at&t uses, like for the iphone, also work with the N1 or do you need to be with tmobile.
[Nexus One General] carnegie0107:
AT&T has not released a visual VM app for Android yet, so no. But you should just use Google Voice anyway. It stomps carrier voicemail, and it will transcribe your messages for you so you can read them. (and the voicemail is not even the main service of GV)
[Nexus One General] wick12345:
I can't get it to work. It keeps telling me it can't change my carrier settings (at&t)
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
What exactly do you do for it to give you that error?
[HD2 General] htchd2na:
I know that neither default calendar nor Microsoft calendar can display a list of events in agenda for the whole year or more.

The questions is is it possible to hack this? or use another third party calendar?

Another feature I miss is that the dates where events are present are NOT marked in a "year view". Say, in default HTC calendar days which contain events could be RED, days without event default black. Would be nice?

;)
[HD2 General] Nagrom Nniuq:
It would be very nice indeed. Until that happens, try using Manila Today Page and putting Today Agenda as the plugin for it.
[HD2 General] amang2205:
If you take a close look at the HTC People application, you'll see that the information regarding a contact is diveded into two:

- first, you have the actions category, which let's you call a contact on any of his numbers, send him a message, show him on a map (considering you have an address - either home or work) etc.

- the you have the information category, which is a general category. information such as birthday and anniversary is shown here.

now, my question is: why is there absolutely no information regarding the company he is working for in the information tab, or at least somewhere under his name in the upper area of the window?

surely, HTC support suggested that I should buy an app from the Marketplace that will show this kind of information... Now really, can it be that hard to show the company name in the information category?

Do you know whether there is a way of selecting what information to show on the screen when I'm opening HTC People, in the Contact details tab?
[HD2 General] Archer:
Yes, I do. There is no way of doing this.

All you do is click "Edit contact" and it shows you more information, including company details.
[HD2 General] amang2205:
Well, that's just not right! Why do I have to make extra clicks and taps in order to get a very relevant information like this?

Anyway, does anyone know if there's a way of showing the Company name in the details tab of HTC People?
[HD2 General] Archer:
I know you don't like it, but I've already told you that this can't be done. 1 extra click is hardly going to end your life!

These devices are designed with what the manufacturer believes to be the most commonly sought features as the most easily available. You simply want something that they did not think was as important as you do. There will also be things on the phone that you'll look at and think "what's that for - it's pointless", but to others it will be a very important feature. Just accept that it does not do this 1 tiny thing - it'll make the experience much more pleasurable :)
[Omnia II General] x2h:
maybe i missed it, but I cannot directly play .mkv files from the stock media player in Omnia i8000. Is there a way to make it compatible? I am currently converting .mkv to .mp4 or .avi to play them on my i8000. BTW this player is really good. no lagging or screen tearing or anything.
[Omnia II General] orb3000:
http://cellphoneforums.net/samsung/
[Omnia II General] the_gunners:
i'm also looking for proper mkv player.

TCPMP is very lagging
[Omnia II General] sumeshf:
It would be great if we can play mkv files on TouchPlayer. It is one of the good player for video files, but really frustrating to use with large number of audio files.